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

ton annually will yet be flooded, he thinks.
large portion is already under water, and
the rest will soon be.
"The unexpected rise" he said, of four
inches day in this section is due to the
backing up of waters by the discharge of tho
Yazoo food just above Vicksburg. The lat.
ter came through the Yazoo delta after last
Mondays and Tuesdays rains like a tidal
wave sweeping everything before it. At
Memphis and below the Mississippi is al
ready falling. aud as soon as the swell coes
down this will continue lower down the riy.
er, but its effects will yet add to the danger
ON the lower river, where the situation is
destined tn become still more serious than at
preseat. The food is unprecedented. That
OF 1874 connOt compare with it.
He regards the cotton crop CT the bottom
tlaads "a lost, with the exception of about
vsSNadSe3 and ffty thousand bales. which
viii be the suiax iuium. .th 4oarAbe piaursain
the upper eo6nsies Of n ississippi :. 3 He rbnS
hiniself total OF z3,UUU acFes uhdeF ciIItlva.s
tion in his several plantations, aud of these
l6.O00 acres arc already under water. the
stock of'a portion being DESTROYED. Three
thousand bales will, he thinks, b. the m Ii
mum Of the crop he can produce. He has
taIen 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 perished. !.
Tha distress and suffering entaiied, he said,
was pitable to contemplate As vet il had
not tcgan to be fully realized. Thousand.
of people will have to be fed. and the piant.
ers are destitute of means and without cr.ai, +
Coming, as the flood did, at a season whcn
the plantations had all been mortgaged Tor
advances made upon the expected crops. it
is aestihed to have very serious effect upon
the financial world. The crop is sIbstautially
gone; not only this, but the plau,ers' stock;
o.. 'T.' -. =. - An nazitE nfoSiuce is
assss s ns ss
One English house in New Orleans no knew
had advanced money on the prospective
crops OF over seventy plantations, aud what
the end would be he could not forese.. In
addition to this more permanent injury
wilkbe Inflicted upon the planters of the
bottom lauds by the entailed disorganization
of labor. The negroes are fockiug to the
hill country. far less productive region,
whence Of late the bottom planters had been
drawing large and much needed acccssions.
He did not know what had become of his
own negroes, but should endeavor to retain
them.
THE LEVEES AT NEW ORLEANS.
IL. Is more than probable that the highest
point of the food has not been reached nj
New Orleans. Though the. river has not
va led materially here for two or three d,ys.
1t Is now within a few inches of the ton of
the levees along the whole front AT Firks..
burg the gauge has been marked up steadily
for week, and this is likely to continue.
The vast volume of water that was poured
through the crevasses on the east bank into
the Yazoo bottoms is now coming back into
the Mississippi and is supplemented by
freshets in nearly all the streams in that re.
gion.
We may, therefore, expect foot or more
rise at this point, aud it seds but hasty
examination OF the levees to convince any
citizen that such an addition to the food
now rolling past US would greatly imperil
the safety ofthe whole city The municipal
authorities. therefore, cannot be too vigilant
nor Is there moment to spare in raising and
strengthening the embaukments whore
there is the slightest danger.
The line from Napoleon avenue to Car.
rolton ought particularly to be closely guard
ed nigh tand day, and kept in the most thor
ough repair. If funds are needed to per.
form any necessary work the amount could
easily be raised among the citizens.
We do not for moment question the
zeal and ~atchfulness Of the city govern.
ment, but where such great interests are at
stake The people naturally feel anxious, aud
would prefer to see superAuous work IN the
direction Of protection rather than the least
hesitation or delay.-N. o. Picayune.
AN EN1INERR PARALYzED The Dan