The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-04-04
ILL ABOUT THE STATE.

The Union Times says: ''ili of the water
courses Uf Union have been ont OF their banks
Almost all the bottom lands OF Tiger aud Broad
Rivers have been covered with water. In cen
sequence, planters upon the rivers are delayed in
their planning. 1t will be many days before
ploughiug can be resumed. and In some in
Stances, Il good deal OF work has been iost We
fear other serious injury has resulted from this
untoward freshet.'
There were two burglaricS In Abbevilc last
week. One at the house OF Mrs. James NJ. Perrin
and the other at that OF Mr.. Anderson Small.
The Lancaster Herald says: "ileavy rains dur
ing the past week. and all the water courses
booming The butmcnt at ellis Greek bridge was
washed away on last Saturday night"
The appearance OF the wheat cccp in Lancaster
County is very favorable.
the fruit crops in Lancaster arc almost hope.
less.
Many Lancaster farmers arc Planting corn.
Eggs and butter are very scarce III Lancaster,
and meet with ready sale 1T fair prices.
Near. the whole section Of country cast Of the
Town of Lancaster. known as the PineywooiS,
was on fire on last Wednesday and Thursday. No
considerable damage done.
During the past week Horny has had even more
than the usual surplus OF wet weather. Farming
operations have been very much Gackeneu ny
tile excessive coil and wet. There Is promise
now Of spring and sunshine.
The chief engineer OF the Georgetown Railroad
REPORTS that the distance, rs computed by actual
measurement, and taken from the most accurate
survey, is about los miles. or this AZ miles were
graded in 1852, ut light cost, and ind 5s miles
pass through u leve.. unDroEen tract, anu Which
eau he graded at low cost. The remaining %
miles are over rolling country, and the cost will
be greatly increased. Estimated cost oi The grad.
ing and building, trestling and cross ties, for l55
miles, 500 600. or about $500 per mile. The iron
and rolling stock is estimated TO cost Sl30o, 600.
In all $4,000, 900.
There was an inoendiary IRE on March 10th
resulting In the dcstructtiu OF the barn anu
stables or Mr.. Henry Teanent, In the vicinity OF
LOwndeSvile. 4 negro Wonan, Agnes Young,
has been arrested and lodged In Jail. She coa-
fcSs IS the crime, and charges that she was put up
to IL by Andrew Speed, u c0iUrtd man who pro
missed to divide his crop for this year with her,
as an inducement.
man and the dangerous wounding OF three
others, occurred Oh the 23d ultimo. at the resi-
dence of Josiah +. Les. near the Tumbling
Shoals. II appears that j. SeabrOok, Leak, tile
brother o! Josiah +. Leak, remained on Tucsiay
night at q Mr.. Bolts. near the residence or j. r.
Leak whom he wished 10 see OH business, ana
that - Brown Was accompanying SeabrooH
Leak On Wednesday morning Brown went TO
the house OF Leak, and difficulty occurred Win
the occupants OF j. +. Leaks houSe,-in which
Brown was severely wounded. In shsrt time
SeabrooS Leak came upon the scene, and also
- Bolt, aud the fight became general sea
brook Leak was Killed dead, and Bolt, his conn
panion, severely wounded. The occupants Of tile
house were Pinckney Wilson, - Shockley,
Morgan Leak. son OF Josiah F. Leak, and prooa'
bly, j. +. Leak, Ut the beginning OF the fray.
Wilson was severely wounded in TWO places. lt
Is said there had been some misunderstanding &
between the Leak brothers, and that they were
not on good terms. The parties engaged in the
bloody tragedy were quite young men, excepting
Messrs Bolt and J. F. Leak, who are middle aged.
Shot guns und pistols were the firearms brought
into play.