Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-07-03
Terrible Flood at Calro--Further Par
tiOulars.

which lnc CITY mas DCcn nearly swept away.
A letter from that place, dated June l3, to
csting additional particulars:
1t has raincd almost necessarily for the
past three months, swelling the rivers out of
their banks, carrying desolation in their path
way. Thousands Of acres OF land above and
below, has been laid waste, and millions of
dollars worth of property lost. Yesterday
morning distinct shock of an earthquake
was felt here, and at six o'clock in the even
ing the cross lcvce" broke, when the water,
which was twelve feet above the level of tho
town ontSide came dashing, flaming and
scething inside The break was sOunexpec-
ted that the inhabitants were taken by sur
prise, and many of them only had time to
escape with their families to the lcvec, before
the torrent swept away thcirh homes. In many
instances boats and RATS had to be rcsorted
to for the means of escape. To-day every
person is busily engaged in rcscuing what
property they safely can from the floating
houses.
Breakfast was served to the guests Uf tho
Taylor House in the second story, knee tcp
in water, the culinary department. being car
ricd to the third A few families, who re-
sided iii Tie two-story houses, remained in
them until noon to-day. They have now to
get out of their upstairs windows into boats
the water bcing almost on q level with them,
The Ohio levee is the only place of refuge
left, it being only some seventy five fcetwidc
and thrccfourths of mile in length
AT | o'clock p. M, nearly one-half of the
new (unfnshod) hotel, on the evee, fell with
dcaicning crash, preceded by report equal
to siX-pounder. The building was of brick,
| five stories high, with attic rooms. iron door
and window frames; cost nearly 100000
The remaining portion was considerably sway
ed. Total loss
Governor Matcson's new building, five
stories high, also on the levcc, shows signs of
falling. 1t is an unfinished building and
cost about SIS 900.
The "SpringGcld Block" adjoining tho
bank, still stands firm, but will probably come
down with crash soon, as the water is sof-
tening the ground at the foundation. Nine
tcncments are within this building, all occu-
| pied. Thcpost Office is in ono of them. Cost
some three or four hundred thousand dollars
Losses by THE SToIMs.-Thc New York
Herald estimates the losses by tho floods and
storms ofthis season at $4,000, GOO Such
an estimation must be purely conjectural-
| But when we remember the damages from
the overtiowing of the mississippi the
unprecedented inundations that have prevail
ed, not only on the Mississippi but along all
| its trjbutarcs-and the damages resulting
from the heavy rains, throughout the whole
of the great valley that have caused these in
undations; when we remember the deluges
! that we have had along our Northern Allan
| tic coast-thc estimate, although of course
coniectural, will not be surprisingly large
The Herald says that already the effects arc
perceived in the depreciation of the stock
market on Wall street 1t comments as fol-
lows
" loss Of thirty-threc millions or more of
the solid wealth of the country ut this crisis
must make its mark, and with the general
stagnaton in business whichprcvails through
out the Union, we cannot safely predict an
early return of flush times and universal ex-
travagancc Provisions and cotton will COM
mand good prices in proportion to the dimi-
mutton of the crops; but the losses of States
corporations ana individuals from the floods
and storms of 1858, will be felt throughout
the Union and through all the diversified in
| tcreSts of the whole American people. To
the Government and to the people retrench-
ment and reform must still be the rule of ac-
tion until at least we can ascertain that the
profits and savings of the year, on all sides,
will more than counterbalancc,a ,all losses and
deficiencies"
McBEE's FAcToRy.-We visited, in compa-
ny with friend, few days since, McBeo's
Cotton Manufactory on Reedy river some
miles from this place. The factory is now
under the management of Mr.. Gilbert Reed,
gentleman of great experience in the bust
ness, and mechanic of skill and ability
Formerly, the factory did not turn out over
forty buncies yarn per day, but with the
same machinery, except the water wheel and
with the same number of hands Mr.. Reed
turns out about one hundred lunches Tho
cotton manufactured here is said to be of a
superior quality.
We could but observe tho neat appearance
of the operatives in the factory, the most of
whom were young girls and the regularity
and harmony with which every department.
of the business was conducted Tho resi-
donce of the operatives are all neatly and
comfortably ARA. ged. With gardens of ample
size attached, and the Sholcwcaringa cheer
full and happy appearance.
On our return homoward, we stopped at
the Greenville Manufacturing Company,now
under the control Of Mr.. Robert Greenfield
Ihisestablishmontw was putinopcration many
years since by the late Col. Dunhum, dcceas-
cd. 1t has gone almost toruin Mr. Green
field is now engaged in making paper, and
1.-The sample shown us was of the first quality.
Ohly about ten hands arc employed in this
mlnufactory.
The water power Of Rcedy river IS i'm
mease; and to those who desire to engage in
Imanuiacturing enterprises, VIC could not &C.
!, commend stream in our District which ndp1
| prosonts the same advantages as this. Green
ci1le Patriot.
An AFFEcTIoN4TE HUSBAND Harlan HYDE
of Grcenvillc, Conn, lost his third wife one
Year ago. About week since hewent to The
cemetery dug open the gravo. opcned the
for the sakcof the SoldpIate Hyde cnnfessos
and iueki3as hin5saif 'IJa 10 al,,n,t Gf. .,.ar.