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IJnprecedeuted Flood?Terrible Be
struction of Property.
. - It is our painful duty to record one of th
. most terrible public calamities, from the suddei
/ rising of the waters on Friday and Saturday last
/ that has ever befallen this or any other country
/ in modern times. On Monday and Tuesday of his
week, the various water couises throughout thi
country were considerably swollen, from the rain
'-r v that had fallen out for several days previous, an<
;W . great fears of a flood were then entertained
But Wednesday and Thursday were compara
tively fair days, and it was fondly hoped tlia
the August storm, which has occurred annuall;
for some years, had passed by; but on Thursda;
evening, at 8 o'clock, the rain commenced falling
again in torrents, and continued with little inter
v. mission tliroughout the night, and during all th
next day, until 8 or 9 o'clock in the evening.
During the evening of Friday, the rain, whicl
descended with a rapidity surpassing anythinj
ever before witnessed in tkiscountry, wasaccom
pauied by a heavy north-east wind, which vcr
generally prostrated the upland corn, and mus
have done great damage to the growing crop;
independent of the flood. When it ceastd rair
ing, although it'was expected the waters woul
be high, no one dreamed, on account of the com
paratively short time the rain had been falling
that so terrible a calamity was to follow, as a!
> most immediately burst upon them; and ou
citizens generally, retired to rest, still gratified a
the prospect of a returning and bountiful pros
perity, to bo aroused in the morning with th
heart-rending intelligence that the substanc
which they had been for years accumulating
with great toil, had been totally- swept away air
destroyed.
T* to oeH'matWl fhat. at least one-half of th
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entire crop of Anderson District is totally dc
st roved. Large portions of tLe crop growing o
upland is entirely swept away in tlie flats an
C '. - small hollows, and even that on the hills serious
' v ' ly injured by the wind. So the fences surround
ing the uplands were swept off, wherever a hoi
y . low, flat, or ravine of any magnitude occurred
But the disaster of the low ground crops, whic!
. were very extensixe, and finer than was eve
$ grown in the District, is complete. A large poi
^ tion of these crops, tog^her with the entire lo>
.. ground fencing, was entirely swept off?a sti
larger portion washed down and embedded i
the sand and mud ; and even the corn that wa
. left standing was covered with water so long, tha
it is said to have soured, almost invariably, an
must be very near a total loss. There canno
be, we would suppose, less than two hundre<
thousand bushels of corn totally destroyed i
; Anderson District, whilst the cotton and otlic
crops are seriously injured. The prospect o
Thursday was that the District would make ai
exceedingly largo "surplus crop; 011 Saturday th
impression was almost universal that a suppl
cannot be gathered.?Anderson Advocate, Sej.
*' m'tember 1.
I The Recent Freshets, the Crops, &c.?Th
freshets resulting from the rains of Friday an
* . Friday night last, of which accounts continue t
t - reach us from every section of the State, Lav
been felt very injuriously in this District als(
The Broad and Catawba Rivers, and the sevora
large creeks that course through the District, ar
represented to have been higher than was eve
before known. The crops on the bottom land
of the large streams have been injured, and t
a great extent, entirely destroyed. Rich field
of corn and cotton that promised more abur
dantly than ever before, have been complete!
inundated. Very considerable damage has als
been felt in the destruction of bridges, dam;
&c., but, we think, not to the extent reports
elsewhere.
TIia nrnsnects of upland crops, particularly c
; .4 cotton, are also much changed by reason of til
: ' continued rains and cold nights. Very littl
progress has been made in the curing of loddei
although the season is now pretty well advanced
Few have succeeded in properly curing any poi
tion of the crop, whilst the most of that ha
.been pulled is much damaged or wholly lost.
Since Saturday evening we have had clear an<
pleasant weather; and it is hoped that the se:i
son will prove more favorable for the maturin,
and gathering of the crops.?Chester Standard
Union District.?The Journal says: "It i
painful to think cren upon the sweeping destruc
tion. Not less than ten thousand acres of bol
torn land, in this district, have been subincrgec
The loss is incalculable but may safely putdowi
at three hundred thousand dollars. Ever
bridge in the district, we believe, with perhap
one exception, has been swept away, while a!
most every saw mill and several very vnluabl
flour mills have met with a similar fate. Thouandsof
bushels of wheat, and hundreds of bai
rels of flour, have been swept olfin the wrecl
Yet, with our losses, we have abundant reaso
to bo thankful. The uplands give promise of a
abundauco and although cakes may not be a
plenty as blackberries, we trust that old Unio
may have enough and some to spare."
Spartanburg District.?The Spartan say
Any attempt at description would be vain.Suftice
it to-say, that this has been the greates
and most destructive flood with which th
section of the country has ever been vistedLawson's
Fork river was ten feet higher tha
ever known before; and we presume this was tl
case with Rivers and Creeks generally. Thus,
may be seen at once, that the loss of propert
and produce, must necessarily be greater tha
on any former occasion. Any attempt to est
mate the value of property lost would be frui
less; but we feel warranted in saying, from tl
reports coining 111 iroui tne country mat tno 10
to our District amounts to more than one liui
dred thousand dollars?some intelligent gcntl
men however estimate the loss at a much liml
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er sum.
Great Freshet and Destruction of tj
Corn Crops.?For a week past we have had
flood of rain, almost without cessation. On ye
terday the rain fell in torrents, which continue
with great violence for the space of 18 hours, ca
sing much destruction to the growing corn
and about this place, and we fear in the adjoi
ing districts.
The rivers and creeks in this vicinity rose (
the2'7thtoan unprecedented height, floodir
tho low lands and sweeping away evcrytliii
which might impede their progress.
As far as our knowledge extends it is the gc-n
raj iuipressiou that not ks? than one-third of ll
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corn crops will be destroyed. We hope, however,
that this may be an over estimate of what will
e be really destroyed Keowee Itiver is this xnori
uiug 20 feet above low water mark.
,, Pickens Courier Aug. 28.
^ The Freshet.?We are cut off from all communication
south east, and the effects of the
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recent cusasier reacu us siowiy. nt naic nu
^ doubt but we will have a gloomy record for some
days to come. The Charleston mail did not
reach here last evening, as we learn that from the
'* Junction to the trestle work the track is under
the water.
\ The bridge at Columbia is very little injured,
^ and will be pttssably to-morrow. Light wagons,
3 foot and horse passengers, can now cross in saletv.
The greatest damage is a deep gully washed
on the west bank, which is being tilled up as
I rapidly as possible. Our country friends will
have this mode of reaching us.
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3 The plantations below have suffered severely.
" Col. Hampton, Col. Singleton, and Mrs. Taylor
are among the heaviest sufferers. In fact, all
the crops on the plantations on the river are utterly
ruined. It is also humored that a number
of negroes have been lost.
"We have nothing further from Hamburg or
p* Augusta.
l' The most painful apprehension is felt for the
" safety of Col. W. S. Brown, Chief Engineer of
th? rirppnvillo Railroad. He started from Al
ston on Monday in a canoe with Mr. McColluin
and Mr. Jeffers who arc employed on the road.
6 Coming down the stream* the boat upset. Mr.
e McCollum, in company with his son, a lad of
some twelve years of age, swam oft". The boy
soon got wearied, and his father took him on his
back, but had not proceeded far when a floating
limb of a tree threw him off, he was seen no more.
Mr. McCollum reached the bank, and returned
j to Columbia late on Monday night.
Mr. Jeffers clung to the canoe, and after some
hours came within reach of a limb of a tree, and
j" succeeded in getting on the tree, where lie remainl~
ed all Monday night. Soon after reaching the
^ tree, he saw Col. Brown floating past him, perfectly
self-possessed. He was heard calling for
1 help in the morning, and, through the effort of
* those on the bank, was rescued from his perilous
U condition. At the present writing nothing has
been beard of Col. Brown or the boy.
The Greenville railroad, from its proximity to
the river, must have suffered immense damage.?
, We have not heard from above Alston. The folt
lowing is an extract from a letter from the post,
master at the office:
"Walker <fc Feaster's store washed over, and
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all the goods damaged. Welsh & McRoy's store
1 entirely gone, with all the goods; loss about $4-,000.
The bridge is gone, and the road, as far
as we can hear on the east side of the river, is
^ greatly damaged?all the trestle work gone.?
1 Mr. Brown, the chiet engineer, leit Alston yesterday
in a canoe, for Columbia, in company with
Mr. McCollum."
e Should we have any further intelligence bed
fore we go to press, we shall append below,
o South Carolinian, Sept. 1.
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j Destructive Fhesiiet.?The Dee Dee which
j had been quite flush for a week before, commen,e
ced rising very rapidly on Saturday evening last,
,r and con turned to rise up 9 o'clock P. M. to-day,
s when it had risen to within 4 inches of the great
0 freshet of March 1851. The damages to the
[3 crops will be incalculable. On much of the riclij.
est bottom land the corn was late and the fod?
der not pulled which makes it much worse.?
0 From the vast amount of drift wood, punkins
5 <fcc., which passed this place, the freshet must
j have been common to all the streams emptying
into the river from near its sources down.
Chcraw Gazette, Aug. 31.
e From the Augusta Constitutionalist.
e Augusta?The Freshet.?Yesterday exhibir'
ted a busy scene on Broad-street. Turn your
eyes in what direction you would, it looked lively,
and as far as the eye could reach, the box
s pump handle, with from two to four sturdy pumpers,
was seen busily employed. To-day all the
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cellars in Uie ciiy ivni, no uuuui uu reueveu ui
l" water, and in another day the deposits will be
> removed. A number of the cellars, we have no
doubt, after the latter operation is gono> through
s with, will be some foot or a foot and a half deeper
than previous to the freshet.
Now that the waters have subsided, we can
I form a more accurate judgment of the injuries
:i sustained by the freshet. It is nothing like as
great as the loss sustained by tbe freshet of 1840.
;s The city itself is the largest sufferer, and we have
i heard it estimated, by those who ought to know,
p that it will cost about $f>0,000 to repair damages,
The streets arc much cut up, but a large force
r. has been engaged to put them in order, and
. when finished they will bo in better condition
n than previous to the freshet, for the deposit by
n this freshet has been principally sand and gravel,
s while by former freshets it was mostly alluvial.
n The loss of our merchants is comparatively
trifling, as most of theni had removed the principal
part of their goods from their cellars, and
s: but few stores were damaged above the first lloor
by water.
The Recent Fkesiiet.?IIamiicro.?We paid
a visit yesterday to Hamburg, and were pained to
see the sad havoc made by the recent freshet.
1 Not a house or family residing in that town has
'.j escaped its*ravages, and it is a wonder to us that
1 more lives were not lost. In the outskirts of the
^ city, several families and many single persons
1 were taken from the roofs of houses, and would,
no doubt, have been swept off by the flood, had
it not been for the energy displayed by several
10 of her citizens, who, forgetting that their own
nmnortv was nf sfnko ilovnf nil tlioirwolvne f.v
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several hours with boats, in rescuing such as were
in exposed situations. Every part of the town,
and every store was filled with water, except that
of Mr. Josiah Sibley, 011 the corner of Bay and
ie Centre-streets. To give a description of the
a scenes passed through, or of the damages sus?
tained, would be next to impossible.
;d To give our readers, however, an idea of the
u extent of the flood, we must content oursclf with
m stating, that on Bay-street, near the Bridge the
"" water was about, tour teet deep on tlie side-walk,
at the Bank of Hamburg about two, and in the
)n upper portion of the street, from four to six foci
]S deep. On Centre-street, at Robertson's Hard'
'g ware store, the water was about 4 1-2 feet above
the floor; at Kendrick's old store, which was un
c" occupied, about six feet; at Sale it Lock's, about
lt; seven ; at Hodges <fc Smith's, about scven-aud
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one-half, and at Hammond's about eight feet
deep above the floor.
We will not undertake to enumerate the suf
ferers and the loss sustained by each of them, for
it is impossible for them to estimate "their own
losses. Suffice it to say, that they were estimated
to us at from ?500 to ?10,000 respectively,
Dy ciinerent inaiviauais.
The occupants of most of the stores had removed
such of their goods, lying on theflooi,as
were of a perishable nature, to the cour "and
upper shelves of their stores, but the sudden rise,
caused by the lodgment against the bridge of
drift wood and boats, just before it gave way, disappointed
their hopes, and even such goods as
were thought to be safe, were materially damaged.
The floors of all the warehouses were under
water, with the exception of Mr. Coleman's, at
the foot of the hill. A number of bales of Cot- j
ton were washed out, but were afterwards recovered.
At the Railroad Freight Depot, the water was
about live feet deep, but did not reach the floor.
The depot was filled with goods, which escaped
injury. At the Passenger Station, the water was
about 12 feet deep, but did not reach the second
floor. The road is washed up about half a mile,
but the embarkments are safe, and the road can
be put in good travelling order in a few days.
At the old Depot, which is now used as a private
store-house, the water was about five feet deep
on thi> floors.
The scene yesterday was distressing to behold.
Look in what direction you would, and you could
see every one busily engaged in shovelling the
mud from their stores, or washing such articles
as were not subject to damage by water.
The Bridge.?Already has timber been engaged
for the re-building of the lower bridge,
and the services of a large force engaged, under
a competent superintendent'for its re-construction.
A steam pile driver will be used, and as
soon as the river falls sufficiently, operations will
be commenced. In the mean time transportation
between the two roads will be kept up by
means of flats and drays.
Mr. Conner, the President of the South Carolina
Railroad, came forward promptly and offered
the services of hands and materials for the reconstruction
of the Bridge. In the course of a week
a flat will be finished with a Railroad track, so
that cars loaded can be run on board and discharged
on the Georgia side of the river.
Sturgeon.?Rfding yesterday morning along
McKinne street, we saw several negroes engaged
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in the operation of cutting up a fine Sturgeon,
and was told that he had been caught, with
another and larger one in a hole on that street.
They had been left there by the receding waters,
One, seven feet long was caught in Greene street
on the same day. There have been a considerable
uumber caught in different parts of the city.
We understand that yesterday evening a Sturgeon,
alive and fluttering, was discovered in the
hole on Cumming-street, at its intersection with
Broad street, and that steps will be taken early
this morning to capture this interesting stranger.
Destructive Freshet in* Mobile.?We have
accounts from Mobile to-day which represent the
storm at that place as the severest that had ever
been experienced there.
The river rose to such a height as to overflow,
Front, Commerce, Dauphin and Governmcntstreets
up to Water-street and St. Francis-street
above St. Louis-street was a complete lake, reaching
from the wharf westward nearly to Royalstreet,
and extending beyond the railroad depot.
The damage done to property in the city is estimated
at a million of dollars.
One house was blown down, and the family
occupying it, consisting of five persons, were
killed.
All the boats in port were more or less damaged,
except the Jenny Hell. Some boats were
blown into the woods. Two schooners and one
steamboat were lost. A boat was washed on the
wharf, and now lies on dry land.
The telegraph posts are scattered in every direction.
The Mobile Light House was carried away
with several men, women and children.
The wharves in the city are nearly all destroyed,
and the surrounding country is nearly entirely
inundated.??Savannah News inst.
Serious Freshet.?The late rains caused the
water along the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers
to rise to a considerable height, but no serious overflow
occurred. The Spirit of Jefferson, however,
says the wheat crop has suffered quite seriously.
At Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday
night, the James, River was twelve feet above
its ordinary level, and on Monday it was only
six feet below the great flood of 1847. A number
of street*, cellars, and houses were overflowed
but most of the goods and other property having
been removed, no serious damage was done.
The Late Storm.?The Fi.ood.? On Thursday
evening last it commenced raining here,
and continued in torrents, almost without intermisson,
fur twenty four hours. The consequence
luis been an immense destruction ot the crops on
tho bottom lands, and it gcucral sweep of bridges
in this section of the country. Both of the
bridges at this place are gone; also the bridge
at the Princeton factory across the middle Oconee.
Mitchel's bridge, just above, is left standing?so
is the one at the Georgia factory below this
place, and the one near Doet. Leisler's on the
new road to Clarkcsville.?Athens (Ga) Banner.
Fresiiet.?The Marietta (Ca.) Advocate of
the 31st ult. says: The incessant and heavy
rains of last Thursday night and Friday, have
done great damage. Bottom lands have been
to a great extent overflowed, the standing crops
of Corn, <L'c. greatly injured, if not ruined. Wo
hear of bridges and mills dam destroyed on al'
most all tho water courses in this section. Tho
^ Home Railroad is so moucli injured as to prc|
vent the running of the cars on yesterday.
The Weather.?Wc learn through tho Federal
Union, that a great quantity of rain fell du,
ring last week in Millodgeville, and its vicinity,
[ the water courses in that section have been full
sfonninrr entirelv* ;ill travel to the NVirth nnrl
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East of us. They have been unable to hear
from the plantations in the river bottoms below
them, but they fear that the injury to the Corn
and Cotton is serious.
Fhesiiets.?From all quarters accounts reach
us of the swollen state of the streams, both in
this and North Carolina. Wc learn from a
ircntletnau who is connected with the difl'ercut
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Railroads, that from Wilmington," N. C. to Phil- i
idelphia, the water is very high in the rivers.? I
The Roanoke, as our readers were informed yes- i
by a letter from Gaston, is very high and was
rising rapidly on Monday. The flood in James
River, rose to its highest point at Richmond, on
Monday. The water found its way into a few
cellers we learn on Maine street, between the (
uity Jlotei ana me luarKet xxuuse, um <ia mc
merchants anticipated the rise, little damage was
done. It is thought James River, and Kanawha
Canal has suffered very much?its docks and
embankments having been washed away to a
great extent.?Petersburg ( Va) Express.
The Storm.?The Storm on Saturday was
exceedingly severe. It rained in torrents throughout
the day, with occasional blasts of wind that
did serious damage to the growing crops of corn.
Rappahannock commenced rising in the afternoon,
and before nightfall was within a few feet
of the highest flood-mark. Part of the Chatham
Bridge was carried away, and some damage, we
learn, was done the Plank Road. We have not
heard from the Canal. The water rose rapidly
and subsided as quickly. The streams in the
neighborhood were greatly swollen. Capt. Long,
from Spotsylvania, lost four horses, while his
wagon and b'am were attempting to cross the
Massaponax, between this place and the Court
House.?Fedcricksburg, (Va.) News.
Extract of a Letter, dated Greenville, 31st August:
"On Saturday morning last, we were
visited by an unprecedented freshet in the upper
country. The water courses are several feet high
cr than they have been during the last seventy
years. There is scarcely a bridge left standing
in our district, and seven-eighths of the grist and
saw mills, cotton "and wool and oilier factories,
are entirely swept away. The heavy corn crops
upon river and creek bottoms are almost entirely
destroyed. Upland corn is not much injured."
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL^
TUESDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 7, 1852.
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THO. J. WARREN, Editor.
Our Mails.
Through the exertions of our energetic Pottmaster,
who went down to the Congaree on Saturday, we received
on that evening all our letter mails to that date,
and the two latest newspaper mails from Charleston.
! There ar<. three newspaper mails now duo, which may
i be expected in a day or two.
Our mail communication with all parts of the coun|
try is again regularly opened by the cars leaving some
two hours earlier than usual; say, leave at 4 a. m. and
arrive at 5 to C p. m.
Meeting of Merchants.
We learn from the Carolinian that a meeting of tho
merchants of Columbia has been held for the purpose
of consulting upon some mode of re-establishing the
communication for the transports tion of merchandise
from Charleston. A committee of three was appointed
to confer with tho President of the Railroad to ascertain
if such communication could be established, and
to report to an adjourned meeting of the citizens.
We would suggest to our merchants the propriety of
holding a meeting for the same purpose.
Debating Societies.
It is strange that Camden cannot boast of a single
Literary Society. Once there were three,?two Debating
Clubs, and a Lyceum.?Where are they now?
Gone! like everything else of this nature; they live only
in memory as things of the past. Where is the Camden
Orphan Society? its excellent library? Gone too;
these are sad commentaries on the intelligence and
energy of our citizens. It is a solemn reflection, that
among many things which have been suffered to droop
and die, that the Camden Debating Club, after having
struggled through the vicissitudes of early ago, just
when it had attained its majority, and full of strength,
should bo neglected, and finally abandoned, and at last,
go too, like all tho othera This socictj- had numbered
over twenty years, (if we mistake not) and during that
time, it was a source 'of amusement, and instruction to
its members. Wc regret the dissolution of this valuable
society; its benefits liavo been seen and felt in
this community, timo and again; its fate does not speak
well for us. Wo can call to mind many pleasant associations,
connected with Debating Societies. The hours
we have spent iu friendly controversy with the companions
of our early youth,?some of them gone from
earth, others with us, plodding along with the busy
throng of life, aro recollections of a most pleasing
character, inscribed in grateful remembrance on mem
ory's page.
We presumo all intelligent minds will admit that
Debating Societies are sources of instruction to tho
mind, and admirably adapted to its cultivation. Tho
benefits resulting from them, are so obvious that we
will pause to discuss the topic. We now call attention
to the subject, hoping that' some of our friends will
take tho matter in hand, and that we may at least find
co-operation enough to re-organize the old Camden Debating
Club.
Can't the boys and youth of our town do something
ir. this mutter ? There was a capital juvenile Debating
Club in Cauidcn once, and it existed five years, or upwards.
Can't wo have another ? There is no reason
why we cannot! On tho contrary many reasons why
we should. Let the effort bo made.
Mayor of Charleston.
Tho Hon. T. L. Hutchinson lias been olectod Mayor
of Charleston by a majority of 152 votes over his opponent,
General Sehuicrlc.
L.vxd Sales.?Tho Winchester Virginian states that
Messrs. David Watson and James Christy have, within
a few days, sold their farms, near the Opeqson, to Mr.
Jonas Chamberlin, at $45 per aero, cash, or its equivalent
; and Mr. W. D. Barton has sold a small tract of
wood laud, adjoining, at $50 per acre. Thcso'lands
aro within two miles of the Valley turnpike, and tho
prices show a considerable abvance.
The Fishing Question* Settled.?New York Morning
Kxpress states on the best authority that tho Fishcry
question lias already been satisfactorily settled.
tuio wiinPivt?A ln.i/1 nf water me.
Ions in this market on Wednesday attracted attention
from their uniform large size. They were
placed (forty in number) on the platform of tlio
public scales and found to weigh 160-4 pouuds,
being an average of ovcr'forty lbs. a piece! The
load, we learn, came from the plantation of Col.
Carter, near Mount Meigs. Col. C. is well known
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for his skill and success in all agricultural
tors. It may well be'remarked, u beat this, wlio,* y jH
For the Camden"
Mb. Editor?We noticed in the Lancaster^'
Ledger of the 18th ult. an article headed^<'i^ur^^N^H
Out of Hanging Rock Division Sons of TeroperaM?>3BB
ance." It stated that an advertisement had'ajl^,' flB
pear^d sometime ago in-that paper, saying
Hanging. Rock Division would turu'out' in
regalia on the 13th, at'Mount Bethel ChurchmandBlj ^Rj
friends of the Order in neighboring Divhion? weig?Bl3frRB
invited to attend". Soon after this notic^idfla
editor ofthat paper published through the coium~W$apfjB
of the Ledger, that there would be a Pic NTic on IvV
that occasion. We gave hirn no authority.
so?nor can he certify that he had knovvledge'oj^g^^B
the matter from any responsible source.' Hiyfer^lff.'
tile imagination must have invented it, or som&BfeB
of his associates may have thought so in a dreatm^K^H
and he considered it a reality. At any rate, he?. Bj
spread abroad through the Ledger that'therE?* ?|
would be a Pic Nic at Bethel Church on that day;?s?j|^B
and his mind must have been mtTch elated wh|nyB|^^H
he thought of the " fat turkies. hams, mutton, catv|jMkL?^B
tish soup&c? which he presumed would he servedJ&jgdB
We are grieved to find that he deceived
in common with himself, as he informs us thtUj?^E^H
several gentlemen left Lancaster that morrdngbre^Hi^H
fore breakfast, to have their aopetites sharpened,-.'?.-]?
so that they might enjoy the rich provision whfchj:,?\r^E
the Ledger informed them should be. made.for^B.;^R
them. We doubt however, whether gentlem?n'?B<^B
left to ride eighteen mllas without first breafastiffe^jra:1?
It might so happen where no food could he
cured, hut we are pleased to know that iamihlO^^?H
does not rage in Lancaster, neither did the cifr
zens of that town eat voraciously when.;thetfj5gi^H
were invited to the several carriages;.; which are
diwap UU U 11 Ll J U II Jf SUJ'JUICU .V1UI JJIUViDlUlld V-" Oh
Tlie editor informs us that he arrived on1'
ground at 11 o'clock in company with his friend^?-i- B
the Doctor,and meeting his brother B. ofLancasfetC^fev-?
wearing a rueful countenance, he
us?(we presume be did not uncover his head)-^^S u
he indignant'y informed us that there was no;Pic^*;,jH
Nic, and also that there were no speakers for thajiraBujfl
occasion. " Brother B." must have been the Led
er's authority (if he had any,) for eajing-fhif
would be a Pic Nic, and fearing detectiot!?15*^^*?
sumed the "rueful countenaftce" above spoken
The Ledger next represented us as beihg jh
strait for speakers- which was not so, for many^#
would have volunteered if necessity-had requiredr.|>|p[ *
it,) and he loaned us his man, Dr. Gallachat..
always thought Dr. G. was bis own man; and^'jOK
did not belong to the Ledger. However, we were'>j^B'
much pleased with his address. ;
The Ledger next states that he "addressed
audience of empty stomachs," but this cannot
so, as we believe no one leit home without breakfast,
except the villagers, aud we can assure the.i|!9?p.
Ledger and his friends that if Mr. John U. Ingremf^^S^
who he says invited him to partake of his "cold!
coliation" had known that they had no breakfasti
he would have invited them from his peach
chard to his house, and conducted them to his |||?;
table, which is a'ways bountitullv. supplied withjjffiV - ?
warm provisions for the entertainment of hunjgf?M^ ^
The Ledger concludes by remarking that thaffifl&jj
TurnOut took place in Kershaw District, notih.wfc:
Lancaster, and that he intended nothing disre^'^St:':
spectful to his Hong tag Rock brethren. To.whprh
then does he desire to impute incivility ? Our
Kershaw friends kindly loaned usjtheir Church jjaB
and politely treated U6 with attention and respec^'*|^?l4i
and we are indebted to them for the raafkea&Jsglltl
friendship and regard whicJi taey manifested 1
wards y^s on that occasion, and if the Ledfier
tertains unfriendly feelings towards them, he ,
ought to speak plainly, and not use insinuation^.; M
which are always calculated to wound feelings. Jj
HANGING ROCK. j
From the South Carolinian.
The South Carolina Railroad. \ %
We are indebted to Mr. Bolin, the Agent at: ' this
place, for the following letter, from the en-;
ergetic Presideht of the South Carolina Railroad. ;
Company. Mr> B. also informs us that the let-;
ter mails will reach here this morning, and the
newspaper mails to-night. The telegraphic line,
it is thought, will be in operation to Oharleston^Hfij
to-day. - flHHB
We afpndebted to Mr. Bolin and Mr. Cald^^HH
well, one of the directors, for the latest
from Charleston l?st evening. jHB
Road, September 2.
The damage at the Congaree is pretty
but we are making the most and the best of
But for the draw, we could soon fix up a temp<flHQH
rary means of conveying goods over. That wid^^T^
throw us back. We will make that and the * J
whole bridge at Charleston, while the piles are
driving, and not one hour or a single effort loat^Pal
or left untried to get the work done in the loaspg^^B
time possible; but a good deal of delay, witt^^^H
all we can do, must occur.
We will send passeugers over on Mondajl^ It fl H
would be unsafe to attempt it before. You will
be particularly instructed beforehand.
I have now a full view of the damage every-flHH
where, and my plans and arrangements are
made tu remedv them. .'I
There is nothing now but the work to-fc^Rne, Jfl
and that wo will do. ^ ours, ^ ' i I
Something New under the Sun.-t- g| wm
cently visited a section of our District, about I.
eighteen miles east of this Town, where the good/.
people of that neighborhood have been visitH
with the destructive ravages of a small blacl
which has been operating like the pinT7awy^^^Hm
upon the dwelling houses. Plank partitions^B^^^fl
seasoned heart pine material, of ten, fifteen flHJB
twenty years standing, have been literally
out; floors have been thus eaten until they
given way and fallen through ; log houses
in like nianner^; been ruined by those ruthle^^Pfli
destroyers. This is to us an entirely new devel-ZT^BBM
opment in the historp of entomology. Thefact^sS ;
we witnessed in person. Who can explain,
prescribe a remedy ??Spartan,
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