Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-18
Southern News.

@ouuheTh IN GIVE.
Seven colored men in turpentine camp
near Society Hill, South Carolina, were struck
by lightning. Three were instantly killed,
and the others so badly hurt that they were
not expected to live.
That great devastation has been wrought by
floods i'll the Southwestern rivers is indicated
by the statement that twelve thousand persons
have been rendered destitute and homeless.
The government is doing all in its power for
| the immediate relief of the sufferers, and
Congress is to be asked to appropriate $780,
| 900 for that purpose. Aid must be given
quickly, for the refugees from the inundated
| lowlands have been literally stripped Of their
| possessions.
New Orleans dispatch says that two
crevasses are reported at the Bayou Lafour-
che levees--one near Lafourche Crossing, tho
her ne AZ Thibodeaux. The latter is very
serious. The breaks believed to be on the
West bank. 1t is now six feet deep, and the
water is said to be three feet deep on the
public road in the vicinity.
The steamer James D. Parker, from Gin
cinnati for Memphis, sunk in the channel
under the railroad bridge. She was being
piloted over the Falls by Captain Pink Varble,
and he says that the accident was caused by
the vessel refusing to answer her helm.
The Mississippi river has fallen half an inch
at Memphis, with thirty-six feet on guage.
Commissioners Mangum, of Arkansas, and
Hemingway, of Mississippi, sent supplies to
points on both sides of the river between here
and Greenville, Miss. Every day brings in
telligence Of widespread suffering, and Of
the destitute condition Of the people within
the inundated regions. Passengers who az
rived by the steamer City ofGreenville report
the river as having risen eight inches at
Helena, Ark. The levee in front of the city
was still intact, but the backwater from the
overflow was gradually encroaching upon the
business portion of the city. The levees be-
tween Vicksburg and Helena are covered with
stock in a starving condition. Several RATS,
with whole families on board, were seen float
ing down the stream. In two instances the
people from the RATS were rescued by the
| crew of the steamer and taken on board. The
situation has become desperate in come
localitie s, and it is only question of provi-
sion or early starvation to both human beings
and stock.
| The Adams cotton factory at Montgomery
Ala, commenced Operations, being the first
venture in that city. 1t will consume 1,5O(
bales per annum.
A number. of Philadelphians have recently
purchased 1, 800 acres of ,oal land in shelby
county, Ala, and have organized the Cohaba
Coal and Coke Company.
VIM. Brown was arrested in Raleigh, n. c.,
for attempting to burn the Orange cotton fac
tory, in Orange county, N. G. He had some
difficulty with S. w. Holman, the proprietor,
and set fire to the lint-room, but the flames
were extinguished before much damage had
been done.
The Cumberland river is rising at Nash
vile, and another overflow is imminent.
There is some apprehension of an overflow
at New Orleans, but the levees are yet
intact.
The Charlotte IN. o. Observer says that the
managers of tho Baltimore and North Caro-
lima mine, near that place, continue sinking
shafts, have cut through come rich veins, and
that the prospects of the company are excel
lent. The assay of samples in January showed
copper 1927 per cent. and gold 1871 per
ton.
Greenvile, Miss, itself, is at present pro-
tected by a temporary levee hastily thrown up
during the past week. All the available labor
in the county, including the county convicts,
was employed in the construction of this levee,
and is now engaged in its preservation. Be-
tween eight and ten Thousand people in Wash
ingten county are homeless. A great number
of these people have gone to Greenville
where they are now congregated in a most
destitute condition. The river is rising at
Yazoo city. portion of the town is under
water, and many houses have been abandoned.
The recent heavy rains have caused the
Tennessee river to overflow its banks in North
Alabama, and the entertainments of the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad have been seri-
ously damaged near Tuscumbia. The selling
of tickets for points west of Tuscumbia has
been suspended for thirty-six hours.
A fire at Decatur, Tex, destroyed nine bust
ness houses on the east side of the Public
Square. The loss is reported to be $50, 900,
but this is probably mistake. The insurance
is light.