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

| the rest will soon be.
"Thc unexpected rise" he said, of four
inches day in this section is due To the
backing up of waters by the discharge of the
Yazoo food just above Nicksburg. The lat,
ter came through the Yazoo delta after last
Mondays aud Tuesdays rains like tidal
wave; sweeping everything before it.. At
Memphis and below the Mississippi is al
ready falling, and as soon as the swell go"s
down this will continue lower down the rv.
cr, but its effects will yet add to the danger
on the lower river, where the situation is
destined t" become still more serious than at
prcScat. The flood Is unprecedented That
of 1874 connot compare with it,
III" regards the cotton crop Ct the bottom
lands as lost, with the exception of about
oWs>handreda aud fifty thousand bales, which
will be the maximum that can be planted iu
| the upper counties of VI ississppi He has
himself a total of %, 900 acres under cultiva.
tion in his several plantations and of these
10000 acres arc already under water, the
stock of a portion being destroyed Three
thousand bales will, he thinks, b. the m XII
mum of the crop he can produce lIc has
taken measures to secure his horses and
mules, which he will send to ST. Louis and
sell. As to the cattle, pigs and such stock,
most of them have necessarily pcrshed.
Thi distress and suffering cntailed, he slid,
was pitiablc to contemplate. As yet it had
not tcgan TO be- fully realized. Thous ,nds
OF people will have to be fed, and the plant
crs are destitute of means aud without credit
Coming, as the food did, at Il season when
the plantations had all been mortgaged Tor
advances made upon the expected crops, it
is destined to have very serious effect upon
the financial world. The crop is substantially
gone; not only this, but the planters stock
S"'' Tra II. n.JhnnnAaitH ~ 70 produce is
money will find themselves seriously crippleA
One English house in New Orleans he knew
had advanced money on the prospective
crops OF over seventy plantations, and what
the end would be he could not fprcsc!. In
addition To this more permanent injury
will be inflicted upon the planters of the
bottom lands 10y the cntailcd diSorylnization
| of labor. The negroes are tlnckins to the
hill country. TAR less productive region,
whence of late the bottom planters hld been
drawing large and much needed acccsSons
He did not know what had become of his
own negroes, but should cndcavor to retain
them.
TIE LEVEES At NEW ORLEANS.
1t is more than probable that the highest
point of the flood has not been reached at
New Orleans. Though the river has not
vi led materially here for two or three days,
it IL now within few inches ot tn. top of
the lcvccS along the whole front At N:cks
burg the gauge has been marked up >tcndily
for week, and this is likely to continue
The vast volume of water that was poured
through the crcvaSScs ON the east bank into
the llznD buttons is now coming back into
the Mississippi and is supplemented by
t'rcshctS in nearly all the streams in that re
Yinn.
We may therefore. expect foot or more
riSn at this point, aud it needs but u hasty
examination oi the lcvccS to convince any
citizen that such an addition to the food
now rolling past us would greatly imprril
the safety of the whole city. The muncprl
authorities therefore, cannot be too vi.ilaut
nor Is there moment to spare IN raislh- aud
strengthening the cmbankmcnts where
there is the slightest danger.
The line from Napoleon avenue tn Car
rnlt"n ought particularly to be closely guard
ed nigh tand day and kept in the most thor
ouch repair. II funds are needed to per.
form any necessary work the amount could
easily be raised among the citizens.
We do not for Il moment question the
zeal and matchluncss of the city govern.
mcnt, but where such great interests are at
stake 'hc people naturally feel anxious and
would prefer to see supcriluous work N the
direction of protection rather than the least
hesitation or dclay.-N D. Picnyunc.
AN ENGINERR PARALYZED The Dan.
Vile Register cf Monday has the following
account Of Il remarkable accident that oc-
Cured on the Richmond and Dlnvilc Rail
road, near News Ferry, Monday morning.
Mr.. Pat Daccy. the engineer on freight
train coming South, became paralvzcd
Ills fireman was outside of the cab ut the
time and did not observe that the engineer
was paray yzrd until he noticed that he failed
IT, blow his whistle ON approaching the
| station. lie then went to him and found
| The fireman in great alarm closed the throt.
! tie and Jumped "tf the locomotive, receiving
some slight injuries about the breast. The
engine rushed at its own will without gud.
ancc and presently ran into the rear oi an.
other freight train coming this way. The
| collision threw several ears (said to be cigbD
from the track, doing considerable damage,
the extent of which has not yet bcccn as
ccrtaincd
| The plralyZcd engineer was nut on an