Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-03-01
SEQUEL TO THE WESTERN FLOODS.

The damage done by the Ohio floods to
property is reckoned by millions. Isolated
dwellings and small hamlets, as well as
| towns and cities, along the course OF the
river have their quotas of disaster to add
the sum of the total. Cincinnati, though
relieved from the flood, has 10000 people
in urgent need. Lawrenceburg, place of
about 5000 inhabitants, is practically swept
away. When the water recedes and uncov-
ers the area the town occupies it is consider
ed questionable "whether single house
would remain tenantable." The basis on
which this conjecture rests must be con-
| sidered ample if it be true, as reported from
the locality, that "peOple move about in
| skiffS searching for their homes, and anX-
iously feeling below the surface of the wa
ter with -v,;s end poles to ascertain if their
houses have WithstOOd the floods and re-
main in position" Some 800 heads of fam
lilies in LaWrenceburg are deprived OF their
only source of income, and for the time be-
ing are absolutely dependent upon charity
for the necessaries of life. Distress and
want appear on every side. The damage
wrought in Louisville involves distress to
several thousands. JetfersOnVille, place
| of 10, 400 people, opposite Louisville, is very
nearly obliterated by the flood. Four tifths
of this town are under water and at least
5000 of it's inhabitants are without homes
and personal effects beyond the clothes they
wear. Half the business men Of the place
are ruined financially. There were situated
here extensive car works, glass works,
and ship yards, employing $500 hands,
most of whom are now made dependent up
on charity for sustenance. New Albany,
city of 16, 400 people, likewise opposite
Louisville, is also in bad condition. Over
800 residences are overturned, factories are
stopped, and business brought to stand
still. The overf1Owing water extends be-
yond the city rearward some four miles,
taking in several suburbs. Lower New AL
bany, Port Union, Falling Run are report
ed as absolutely "wiped off the map" The
loss in the largertown is placed at 81 ,00o, 900,
II 600 homeless people are reported "hud-
died ntOclose, uncomfortable and necessari-
ly unhealthy quarters, many of them scan-
| ti]y clad, the large majority penniless, and
all out of employment, with no prospect
for work for some weeks to come. A great
many have lost nearly all of their house
hold effects and nearly all are dependent
upon public charity. Aurora loses 300
houses. Clarksville is under water and
half the town is washed away. Harden
the roofs of the houses, with what re-
suits to the people in the loss of property
may be imagi'.ed To be added to the
losses from the fcOd are the depredations of
'pirates," VINO plunder the partially flood
/ u and abandon ed houses and even steal the
ropes hv meas of which it is sought to pre-
vent dwellings, from floating away. AS is
usual when multitudes OfpeOple are thrown
together in uncomfortable and unhealthy
quarters, with insufficient and unwholesome
food, disease contributes its share to the
har(lshipS of the situation. While the wa
ter was up, it alone destroyed. Now that it
has fallen and exposed the moist earth dot
ted here and there with puddles warmed in
the sun, malarial and other fevers ensue.
STATISTICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE AG-
RICULTURAL DEpARTMENT.-Ther are 4S7
townships in South Carolina. The State
department of agriculture now has over 800
energetic and reliable correspondents scat
tered over our territory, and it aims to get
at an early date one in every township.
Even with its present number of statiSti-
cal assistants the department covers the
State more completely than probably any
other agricultural department in the South,
and when the number is increased, as is
hoped for this spring, the calculations of the
area, and yield OF crops will be as reliable
as those of the United States Census. The
department is now sending out circulars to
its correspondents to obtain preliminary
estimate of the acreage in the various crops,
and it is expected that the replies will be in
by March 9TH and the proposed planting
operations ascertained. The commissioner
is sending out the returns by the census of
1880 of the acreage planted in the different
crops and the value of live stock, &C., in each
township, and township correspondents by
noting the changes since that year can give
a reliable estimate for 1883. The depart
ment also aims to obtain this year through
township correspondents, the address of ev-
cry gin owner in the State and to secure from
them the exact number of bales of cotton
ginned by them next fall, in this way arri-
wing at an accurate summary of the produc-
tion of cotton in Sonth Carolina. The de-
partment is decidedly progressive.-Cor
NeWs ana Courier.