Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-04-04

The Channel Continually Being
Relieved by Breaks.
What May Be Expected in the
Region of the DeltaS.

The LOuisianians Making a Hard Fight
Against the Flood Along the Morganza
Levee-Fourth Week of the Great
Flood and the Outlook is Yet Gloomy.
Exaggerated Reports Sent Out
CINCINNATI, April A special to The
Enquirer from New Orleans Wednesday
night said
The water has ceased rising in Green
vile, and it is thought that it can be
kept out of the business section and the
southern portion of the town. Green
vile, however, is completely cut off
from railroad communication with the
rest of the country, and now gets its
mail by the river.
The city council will take measures to
reieve the distress likely to prevail in
consequence Of the overflow. There
seems to be little hope of holding the
Bedford levee in Madison Parish, La,
which is sloughing badly. To prepare
for the expected break a new levee is
being constructed 1000 feet back of the
present one, so that when the break comes
an overflow will be prevented. The
levee at Miller's bend, ten miles above
Greenville is reported very weak, and
can scarcely be saved.
Making a Hard Fight.
The hardest fight being made against
the river is at Morganza levee, Louis.
lana, which protects half a dozen par
ishes, and is the most important levee
on the Mississippi. Here force of 25O
convicts and 100 laborers are working
night and day, and has always been.
The levee is a dangerous one, being
built over sand. 1t has so far held, but
it il admitted that it could not stand
rise of a foot. Its break here wou.
cause more damage than all the others
put together, because the land that
would be oven flowed is planted in sugar
cane, and, the seed being already
planted, would be destroyed while the
cotton lands can be planted after the
flood goes down.
Six large sugar plantations in st.
Johns parish are oyerfiowed by the
Nita break. The backwater from the
Atchafalaya and Grand rivers is flood
ing some cultivated lands in Pointe
Coupe and Iberyille, and causing great
deal of trouble. The Tensas and Black
rivers are bank full and still rising, and
will soon he overflOwing their banks
heavily.
All the streams in the Yazoo delta are
flooded from the crevasse waters. State
Engineer Richardson, who has just
thoroughly inspected all the Louisiana
levees. reports them in good condition,
but says that the chief danger is that the
people will relax their vigilance now
that the river is falling.
Another attempt--the thirds to be
made to close the Live Oak crevasse.
The river here has remained stationary
to-day, but has fallen thirteen inches in
ten days, and the indications are that it
will fall tonight.
All danger here has passed, The
planters are still opposed to the issuance
of government rations to sufferers, think
ing it will cause much demoralization
among the colored people. In nearly all
instances the planters are supporting
their hands so as to keep them for the
planting season, which begins immedi-
ately. In the towns municipal assist
ance is being given.
In Arkansas.
In Arkansas Governor Sagle has
started relief fund for the sufferers.
The worst victims of the flood have been
the colored people recently imported
from North and South Carolina to the
Delta lands, who seem to be completely
panic-stricken by the flood and the differ
ence between Mississippi and their old
homes. There is a great deal of exposure
among the colored people crowded on
the levees, but fortunately the weather
is favorable a systematic attempt is
now being made to save the stock in
the districts flooded, or likely to
be flooded, and good work has been