The sun., 1890-03-15

| When the fall icaches New Orleans many will
supnose the danger Is over, but the overtow
INTO tue Tensns swamp will return at tho mouth
OF the Red isiyer in two or three weeks, and
with the additional wafer here will raise the
river below Baton Rouge, The east side OF the
river must be held until the west side gives
away"
examined the levees around Helena, says they
without fear OF a break. Between Hoena and
very few spots OF dry land. and u rise OF two
feet will certainly cover everything Quite a
number OF houses have been abandoned by
their tenants, who have either removed to
riSn Helena "a or S the high ans IN some places the
% T6e ver here ay and
now 36.4 on the gauge, the highest loint ever
reSSorded, and i sun Using ng,
from Paducah and after loading with lumber,
sacks; and Supplies. lett for the threatend dis;
Engineer Sears. The concensus Of opinion
here is that the levoes on the Mississippi side
great @ oa The sSendd evees snG eoup
ment OF the Mississippi Valley Railroad are
contributing n material degree to the pres
,,vIgksngnS. March ' ih$FS; iiITSe steamer Ellen
Board lor the past few days returned here last
night Her master reports that the conditions
se r5S9 At WILEY pon
On experienced river man, and believes that
Louisiana will inevitably go under, even IL the
:, President Maxwell Of the Louisiana Leyee
Board is In the city to buy materinl He takes
his peopIo are st Hopeful and Working % ing
though. owing to rains in the past few days,
they ha,s done little beyond patching tho
tools and camp at Longwood, but have sent
away their. teams because unable to use or
There is plenty Of good dirt there, a good pro-
lection ieyee. and the main line can be COM
srs Hisats eves the % most d"nserous pont SEf'o on
vase, would do the most damase Bargss
inS s;.r with ,Goods .! rain ''i Snd %E6
the Louisiana side. Work will be resumed
SlonE the whole line as soon n as the weather
determined to hold their side. ' A''
The Queen and Crescent authorities are con-
ndent they can operate the Shreveport division
think the service can last week, being satis-
only guarantee freight trains a few days
the past four days in The lower Mlssssippi val
ddnngerous to the lower valley Is now In the
Mississippi or its tributaries. There are no en-
Mississippi valley. The river has fallen slightly
at Cairo: but the sharp rises at ST. Louis;
SashHie make it evident that tie nat at
Cairo is only temporary. and that thence
southwark the river must continue at It's
present high stage for, at least a week. Al;
though the stage of water at. Cairo and
Helena Is about four feet below extreme
Hoods in the past, the prospects are very de-
cded that at these places the greatest flood
ever known will obtain during the reXt seven
days. At Nicksburg the river IS l.2 below the
great food OF 1882, but the very high stage of
water in the Lower Arkansas renders it GER
tain that there will be no relief at Vick-burg
unless. indeed, the whole country should be
flooded
The warnings given by the Signal ONCE sew
eral days ago that all stock and other movable
property in the entire lower Mississippi valley
should be removed to localities above extreme
flood level are reiterated. Ordinary prudence
demands, under present prospects. that ex-
treme, flood conditions should everywhere be
provided against
ARKANSAS Cry, March 1.-THE ,leyee is still
up and the railroad companies which came to
the rescue to-day brought in sncks sufficient
TO hold the banks for twenty four hours long
er The abroad company has put all It's men
at work under RoadmastCr II igRins, but II the
rise continues a break Is bound to come at
some point near here.
The clouds have passed. and the sun shone
out brightly. too day. There is still railroad
communication with Little Rock. but Interrupt
tion is hourly expected. The Government en-
gineers are doing their best. but hold out no
hope.