The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
SAVED FROM THE FLOOD.
THE WORK OF THE RELIEF BOATS
ACCOMPLISHED.

Dacotah, Capt. Mitchell in command, has
reached here from the overfiowed district
and put of five or six hundred people and
large quantity of stock. The people put OFF
were mostly negroes. who found no diff
Guilty in getting employment. Several
planters from the interior were here for the
purpose Of getting labor for their planta-
tions. The Dacotah yesterday went as far
as New Texas landing rescuing people
and stock along the route. The boat trans
ported about 800 people to this side. and
could have brought many more, but the
people said the river was falling, and they
preferred to stay and take the chances in
Pointe Coupee.
THE MoRGANzA BREAK.
"Capt. Mitchell said the break in the old
Morganza at 8 o'clock yesterday evening
was 600 feet wide, while the break in the
Grand levee just below was 100 feet wide and
washing rapidly, it being of sandy nature.
As these levees are three miles In length
only comparatively small portion of these
great works have yet been destroyed. The
boat rescued every living thing from pig to
dogs and chickent. A refugee was seen on
our streets to-day with dog tied at one end
of rope and a rooster at the other. This
was his only property. He carried them in
bis hands and arms to give him rest
SAChb FUR a CHEtAbSEs
The Dacotah remained here until o'clock
this afternoon loading sacks above town to
carry to the Martinez crevasse. At this
hour she left carrying down 5000 sacks Of
earth. The Pargond is expected down to-
night to carry more sacks to the crevasse.
When she gets through unloading, the Da-
cotah will return to New Orleans, as there
is no longer any demand for a relief boat
along the Pointe Coupee front. The tug
Will Wood came up at 6 o'clock this even
ing with a barge from Martinez, for a load
of lumber. One line Of cribbing outside
the break has been competed. and work has
began on the second row. The work is
under the supervision OF General Manager
Harahan of the valley road, and j. ID.
Houston. They are confident Of closing the
break by next Tuesday. w. L. Clark of
West Baton Rouge was down here this
morning to get help to close+ the Labdell
break. From what can be learned it is a
forlorn hope"
RECEDING AT GREENvILLE.
The TImes-Dentocra' Greenville, tMiSs.)
special says: "After four days of incessant
raining tue sun came UP this morning
The river has fallen three inches in the past
twenty-four hours, which is the first perna-
nent fall since the beginning of the high
water three months ago. The same fall
was recorded on the backwater of the town
and country. Since morning the fall has
been fully two inches. Portions of
the streets which have been covered
for twenty -four days are being un-
which are watched with delight by tho citi-
zens. 1t is safe to say chat this fall will be
followed by a still greater one in the next
twenty-four hours.
BATON ROUGE FIGHTING HARD.
BATON ROUGE April 25.-Both ends of
the Martinez crevasse below this place have
been secured, and a determined effort will
be made to close it. The water is rapidly
filling the country to the rear, and made
its appearance in Shannon's canal this
morning. 1t is said that all his place will
90 under, even if the break is closed. The
northbound Mississippi Valley railroad
train due here at noon yesterday reached
here at o'clock this morning The tracks
of this road will be submerged. David
DeWall, president of the police jury, hes
$50 acres of cane under and seventy-five
out. The back water has reached Burke e.
Dougherty's Westover place, but the Ievee
is an excellent one, and they expect to keep
the water out
SAVING THE CATTLE.
The people of West Baton Rouge are as fast
as possible bringing their stock and cattle
over to the hills for safety. Only the high
est places in West Baton Rouge will escape
the overflow. The Texas and Pacific COM
panys steamer Wheelock, that has been
doing relief work around Morganza has
arrived. Her commander, Capt. Scovell,
says: HE went as high as the mouth OF
the Red river in search of all that needed
assistance. We brought down a few people
and stock. Some we landed at Bayou
Sara and some here. The steamer
Henry Parks, proceeded down the
e.I.. -. 4. zA.
needed there So far as l can see there is no
need for any further relief boat. The peo-
pie refuse to leave their homes. l saw
Capt. Kingsman Wednesday evening. He
expressed the opinion that the ends of Nor
ganza can be protected. Tuesday and We'd
nesday Capt Kingsman and others were de-
voting all their energies to the very impor-
tant work of saving life and property. So
far there has been no loss Of life reported,
and the damage thus far in the overfiowed
sections at and in the vicinity of the Nor
ganza has been confined almost exclusively
to the crops in the field"
HIGHER THAN EVER AT vIcKsBURe.
VICKsBURG, MISS, April 25.---The river
is now higher than at any time in the past
twenty-eight years.
CONGRESSIONAL RELIEF.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-In che House
to-day Mr.. Cannon Of Illinois, from the
committee on appropriations, reported
joint resolution appropriating S150,000 to
enable the Secretary of War to distribute
rations for the relief of the destitute peo-
pie in the district overfowed by the Mis-
sissippi and its tributaries. The Secretary
of War is to cooperate with the state
authorities in distributing the relief here pro-
vided for. Mr.. Cannon urged the necessity
Of immediate government aid to prevent
great and terrible destitution in the over
flowed district. The appropriation was suffi-
cient to enable the secretary to give one
ration day for twenty-one days to &, 900
people. The committee did not make q
larger appropriation because it was In
formed that on May 13 next the legislature
of Louisiana would be in session, and the
appropriation recommended would furnish
rations until that time
Mr.. Bland of Missouri inquired where
congress found authority to appropriate
money for the relief of the people of the
various states.
Mr.. Cannon replied that he found it in
precedents, and in the stirring demands Of
80, 900 persons.
The joint resolution was passed by vote
of 139 to "a.
The Senate this morning on motion of
Mr.. Gibson took up and passed the resolu-
tion.
AT 3:15 o'clock p. N. Vice President Nor
ton announced that he had signed the joint
resolution appropriating $150,000 for the
relief Of the sufferers by the Mississippi