The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-03-31


lies the little town of lIopctield, all under
water One roof alone appears. 1t is ap,
parcntly in the middle of large branch
stream The timber is cleared away around
it in such Il way that the vista looks like a
water course. The food is up above the
ground floor of all the others houses. aud the
little Town of Marion, lying just back of
IIopcGcld, il in exactly the same condition.
IL is possible to go straight west from the
Memphis shore in a skiff for distance of
forty to fifty miles, aud the steam ferry boat
that plies across the river in ordinary times
now goes five miles further across country
where there is usually dry land.
Ono reason of the distress in the sunkcn
lands-of :-L-"sas IL said to be that the gov.
"rnmcnt. Contracts for car ing maths 80 tho
tGDpsrSt FranciskS alley were cut off last
JuneSby Postmaster, General james, aud the
Fpeof,ls There hndre wSrning uf the ap.
preaching foo Is. having no means of com
muuication with the outside world and no
reason to suppose that the small local fresh.
cts were only precursors of the awful floods
that were coming from the Mississippi.
Thus it Is said they were caught unawarca
by what rcscmblcd Il tidal wave three or
four feet in height. The population there is
more thrifty and well to do. or rather was so
before the hood than is usual in Southern
bottom lands Many settlers were immi-
grants from Illinois, Southern Indiana and
Southern kentucky, who have come in
within three years past, prepared To stay.
One especially melancholy story is reported
from this region by James Collins, who
lives few miles below Wittsburg lIc
made one journey TO Helena two weeks
ago for provisions, carried them home and
divided them with his ncighbors. One of
these was John Patterson, who lived about
five miles back from the st Francis River.
lie was a small nndowcr, but thrifty aud
prosperous, owning considerable stock and
several horses and mules Collins padded
over to PaucrSon's place in Il dug out with
provisions, and arrived just in time to save
the family iom pcri>hng, but Patterson
was lunatc Everything he had lost his
wife and three little children living in the
second story of his house had no food. Pat.
trrSnn thought all that hat. h opened was a
series Of visions. lie is there yet with his
family. CnllinS says this case is one of
many in regard to the distress, though Pat
4crSon is the only one he has heard Of who
f,St reason Help went tn this rigcnn To.
DIV IN small steamer that went to Wits.
burg from Helena, bat it may come too late
for mant of the Unhappy people.
CpOLNEss AND FnRTIrUDE.
\ remarkable case nt cnnnrSS and f,rt.
tulc occurred on White River, fifteen miles
west Of here. during the late haod. Mr. II
j. Gnodlin III wife started from the raft
yard. four miles above Calico Rock, in a
small boat to 90 down the river. Mrs Good
lin had a babe in hcrarms. and the boat con
tanned besides Il L. of bedding, hou>ch I'D
utensils Ne. At the mouth of Pincy the
boat upset and Mrs Guodlin caught the
limb of II willow tree with nnc hand. holding
the babe up with the other. The husband
with difficulty swan to her assistance, assiS.
ted her To Il spot where she could barely
touch brttom with her feet and went IN par
suit of the boat, whicI ac found sunk in
the SLOUGH below. but WAS unable To right it
alone. John Richardson hap, ,cncd to ap
pear on the mountain above at the time, aud
hrarin. their cries assisted the man in turn.
in" over the boat, when he rescued the wn.
man, whn had hccn in the cold water with
her child for three hours -Irh RcyiStcr
4 CoL"RED MANS pnEDlcAMENT.
When the lcvcc gave way in front of the
Fitzhugh plantation few days ago one of
the negro cabins was swept nif several hun
drcd yards before the occupant, Il col"rrd
man, who was asleep n the house, diScuv-
cred the Si;untinn Then it WAS that he
appeared upon the porch of the house with
ont "A garment ON, having torn his clothing
of crlw ling out Of the debris, aud not stop.
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