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Miscellaneous. Correspondenceof the Charleston Courier. WASHINGTO, May 21. The Bankrupt bill was again taken np In the Senate, yesterday. and Mr. Dixon, of Rhode island, spoke in favor of the bill for voluntary bankruptcy. We are anxious to bear Mr. Calhoun' opinon as to the constitutiunality-of a law extending to banks. It is probable that a -majority will be found in the Senate for the voluntary system alone. In the House, there was a discusSion up en the preemption bill from the Senate the -question being whether it should be refer -ed to the committee of the whole, or acted on in the House. It was not decided, All these measures in relation to the pub lie lands, occasion much excitement and difficulty. The 'bill introduced by Mr. Bell, for ',guarding the freedom of elections, by pro .hibiiing executive officers from interfering fin them in any manner, was taken -up, %and Mr. Brown, of Tenn., replied to -he speeches of Mr. Bell anti Gentry. The question was, -"shall the bill be-re jected." and the previons question -beint ordered, the hill was -rejected-yeas 108.. navs 53. A similar lill introduced in the Se'nate. last winter, by Mr. -Crittenden, was there rejected, only five voting irfavor of it. The Sub- Treasury bill, from the Sen. -ate,ihas been taken up at last. Mr. Ath -erton,-.who in the absence of Mr. Jones, the Mihairman-of the committee on ways and -mneans, acts as chairman. moved that the House go into Committee, which was a greed to, and the Sub-Treasury hill was -taken up by the committee-yeas 101, snays.6.4. - The'l ill was read through, and then the Jirst section was read for amendment. No -one rose to speak. Mr. Jones intended to open the debate by a brief txpesisiim of'the character and ohjects of the bi-l, but he is detained at home by indixposition. Mr. Cushing then took the floor aud moved So strike but the enacting clause of the %ill-:hat is. to reject it. He said, al though ibis vas etiphiaticnlly the mea sure of this adiniistration, it wa4 brought 'before us without any report from ite -committee on finaice. and without any favorable introduciion to our notice. It would be useless-hu thought to to into the details of a -measure so olijee-iona14e. until the sense of the committee was tnken upon its general merits. If Uo friend of the bill wished to speak of its merit', he would go on and expose its denierits. Mr. Atherton said the measure was an old ac quaintance. It had been recommended by the Peuideat in four messages and been often discussed and reported upon. Everv member of this Hoitse was sent he-re to vote for or agatinst this bill. There was no necessiiy. at present, ihr an exhihi tion of its general merits. After the gen tleman from Mass. had given us hi; objec lions to the imeasure, lie would endeavor -0o-e-y. So, Mr. Cushing restimed the floor, but, a the b..ur was late, the com mittee rose. Mr. Cushing will speak to. May 22. The Bankrupt Bill was again taken tip. in the Senata, yesterday, and as no one rose to speak on it. Mr. liubhard moved its postponement till Motilay, when Mr. Allen would lie here to speak. Some Sen aiors were anxious. .however, to take the vote on ihe motion of Mr. Wall, to snis.i tute his bill .fr the oee reported by the .majority of the Comimitee. It was ob jeeted, that Mr. Wall was absent. atid that ,be wished to be here when the vote wits taken. Mr. Clay said he would pair off~ with bim, and it was also suggested that Mr. Southarid, who was opposed to the substitute, was also absent, so thait the friends oif the substitute would have a fair ehantce Mr. Walker warn willitng that the vote should now h~e takeno. He would ex press Jns views of the subject ma a few word.. The people of his state were anixionaly expectig the passage of this -hi. It would alfuord thetm sotme relief, lie was in favor of a vohtmnary system applyinig to personis of all descruitions, and of a com pulsory system --pplyitng to the Banks on ly. He would not exempt the Banks which had been the chief cause of the su ferinig in his State. Baut, if thme friends of the Banks here and elsewhere, shiouldi suc coed in exemtptinmg the Banks from the op erationi ofthe bill, lie would not say that be would withhold his vote from the other bill. Mr. Webaster suibmittedlto inte gen timan fron Mis'issippi, whether it wa,. proper to speak of Seniaiors here, as friends of the Banks. There were those here who wete ais little friendly to the Banik< and their conduct as the gentan himt self, but were still opposed to the psropo sitionm ti embrace thetn in the bill. Mr Walker thanked the gent lematn for his lee ture, and usutred himii that lie intendled ino discourtesy to any one. Hot lie hail not used the p~hrase "friendls of the Banks" in any oflentive setnse. He meant thos wrho were friendly to the cotionance of Banks, in contradistinctioni to those like himself, who were opp~osed to their exis tence. He advocatetd the substitimue of Mr. W all; because he new it wouHi destroy the Banks. The Banks, he said, are always in a state of insolvency and banicrrnptcy. They never iusue a promise to pa~y, with out becoming huankrupc, fur they cannot pay. The bill which he advocated would extinguish the Banks. Mr. WV. also spoke of the juistice of the proposit ion to bring the Banks as traders, under the liabilities of eom pulsory bankrn ptcy. Mr, Talltmadge said he had wished to speak on the subject, but was iuabhle and snwilling to tdo si, now. If t he Setnate did not think proper to take tho vote now, he would endeavor to speak the nexat dlay. The motion to posiponte iutil Mondav. was withdrawni, and Mr. Tallmnadge wilt speak to-d.y. We have not heard yet from Mr. Cal hotin, on this subject. The debtate on the Tiib-Treasury Bill has comnmenedI ia earniest. Mr. Cushinr. spoke the whole of vesterday against the 69),J without conicluding the first branch oaf his speech. He was on the floor five Irours, and I pretutme, will take as itneh ptore time ioyday, if the hill shonld be ta ken uip, Mir. Diuncan andI several other -da..israion man were taking notes. I presume there will be many speeches in support of the bill. The bill cannot be taken upon Mondays, Fridays nor Satur days, without a vote o' two-thirds, which cannot he got, as long as Whigs continue in their present temper .in regard to the measure of course, we must have a loig debate. Mr. Jones expects to get it out of Committee in three weaks, but he reck ons without his host, the thing is impos sible. May 23. The Seante, yesterday. had the Bank rIpt Bill under consideratiot. Mr. Tall madge spoke brieffyin'favrof the exer cise, by Congress, of -their constitutioUal power over this subject. The bill lies over till Monday, when Mr. Preston. will give his views on the subject. I (o not know what sort oea bill lie is in favor of, but, recolleoting that South Carolina took- the lead, in 1V27, in endeavoring to obtain the passage of a Bankrupt law, I cannot suppose that either of her Senators will oppose it now, when it is much more necessary., -.und is more nrgently demanded than at any forner time. In the House of Representatives, the Senate's bill for extending the provision oft he law granting pre-emntion rights to setters on public lands, so as to embrace many additionni cases, was taken up.and as usutl, produced some excitement. The-westenn men fought very .hard for, and gained the victory. *A motion ;o lay it on the table was lost-yeas 65. -ays 104. A motion to commit it to the Com mit tee of the Whole on the State .of the Union, was opposed on the ground that, at I.islate stage.-f.the session, it would he eqivalent sogiving.ihe b11 the go ty. The motion was lo.t-yeas 91, nays 100. Tiis waq a test vote, and I presume the lhill will be ordered to a third reading on Monday, when it again comes up in due course. Mr. Alertia moved 4o spvend the ruLes in order to move t hat the Sub- Treas Uy Bill ie iale the special order for this day, wl every succeeding day. after 12 o'clock, until it be disposed of. But the motion was lost, not even a majority vo ting for it. The privateorders were taken up, and the old game of )pposition to any private business was commenced. Mr. Petriken had moved to strike out the enacting clause of the hill under consideradon. givinig as a -eason far it, that if these hills were pas set] and millions of public money voted a way, rhe-denow-ratic majority in the House wotlol le hdld -reponsible for it. The Chair called him to order for -irrevelletncy, but the decision was reversed The hill in question was laid aside; hut sbsequent lv, the private caletidar was taken up. amd the lou-e proceeded in good earnest to act upon a numiber of bills. It is now ascertained that no proposi iine for an adjustient of the Boundary qurestion with Great Britain. was receivrd by the British Queen It was ruitmordl hat dispatches might have been received liv M r. Fox. instrncting hin to offer some cmpromise, but it is not so. May 24. The Senate did not sit yesterday. The Hise refused Ito reconsider the vote by which the moion to cominit th, pre-emption lill was rejected. The bill to repay the fine (o 1000 dollars whir-h was exacteid frot Matthew Lyon, under ihe alieti ain seditinn -laws, was diseussi-d and ltimlly passed ihy a very large inajori iv. The only objectioh niade to it was. that the hi-me had long passed, .hod that the truecitcmnistlnnes ofr !e case were forgotten. Theo lll hail ftie, helifrt Concress before, and had been rejected or den-ated by t-lay. The vote shows thnt li-til parties in thie House vie with each other in dikelaimg federalism and the at-i orft le old federal party. All claim to .he' repblicans-dueitmtcrats, and thle twtt pat ties mutually accnse each tither of fedle alism. The struggle is for power, inw principle. The ltinse finally passed about one hun dred atnd fifty private bills-much to their credit. The twhlige getnerally seen dieposed tot let the Suib-T'reasiiry bill have a fauit -haunce after Monde.y ntexi. '[hey wvil! sufer it to be riully debated, and will offer no factious or unreasonable opposition to its rogress. A prominent Whig mnembet says they will allow it to lie reported and p~sed ini about three weeks. But there are at least a hundred speeches to be maide for and agatinst it. From the Georgian. SAsANAH, May 26. Mere Indians wlurders.-We learit fr-omi Spassenger in the stetnmer Gen. Clinch, Cpt. Brotoks, from btlack Creek. thait ott Sa day forenoon. between 9 and. 10 o' :lock. .Mr. Forbes' Theatrical Comnpaniy, with some others, were on their way ftrom Picolata to zSt. Antarine, and within 5 ar 6 miles from t he lattter place, (the party c-cpying two waggons) when the wag on in the rear was attacked by a party 4 idians, antI Mr. C. Vaiss was killed, 'l'wo oiithers are tiissing, suipposed to he a parn of Mr. Forbes, company. Mr. F. it teems, was in the front waugoin wvith the adies ol the party. who escaped, and eacnetd St. Augustine in safety. It is sup psed that the Indlians conceived the wag one im be a military escort. We con ratiale the estimahle Mr. Forbes on his ~sca Pe. More Lives Sacriced.-We hav'e re eived bty the sanme conveyance, from an steetmed correspondent. the following sad intelligence : Black Creek E. F,. May 23. To the Editor of the Georgian. Sir-The express has just arrived, and arins the following sad intelligence: Extract from the Report.---Lieut. Mar ion. 2nd infentry, left Mlieanopy ont the morning of the 19:h. with three men from his pot Wakahiosta ; after proceeding a out four miles he was fired upon01 by In dians, Hie received three balls, one thrt' the lower part of the a bdomnen, one through the armiand one in his hand-one of his men and all the hotrses killed-the other t wo missing. Lient. Sandterson. yth Infan - r, wvitht a party, of seventeen men, was sent ini pursnit. .He fell in with the In dians and h. and Sve of his wien were killed. Yesterday mornIng and express from Wakahosta to Micanopy, reported th Post .nrannted bry heInrinn. CoJ ::. , with his command has gone in pursuit. It was his command that picked up Lieut Sanderson,and bis men there was-suppos ed to be about 50 Indians. It is supposed that Lieut. Martin will recover. Lieut. Sanderson had his fingers cut off aud stuck in his mouth." We ate also indebted to one or our cit izens for the following extract of at letter dated Black Creek, May 23. We have no news here worth relating, only that a party of Indians or, the 19th inst, fired on a detachment or IS men, killing Lieut. Sanderson and five men. Lieut. Martita mortally- wounded, and two men missing. This afi'ir took place near Micanopy." SAVANNAn, May 24th 1840. From Florida.-By the steamer packet Florida, Capt. Nock, -arrived yesterday afiernoon. we received the Jacksonville Advocate of Tuesday Jast, from which we extract the following; Capt. J. B. Mason.-We are gratified to find that iis inderatigable officer is still to remain in the service, The open ing afiorded by Gen. Arnsaad, Tor the exhibition of military skill and enterprize cotuld tit have been placed biefore a mtore wortlry onicer than Capt. Mason, and ote. wo we are confident will do credit to the situation, and houor to the Territorial service. "We are :reqested to state that Capt. .ason's-coan Inal is incre-ised to 200, and that an opporrnily is ol'ered to all who are leirous of joining him, to do so by repairing to tle rendezvous at Black Creek, before Thursday next. at which time he will take up his line of march lbr the Indian country." From the Charleslnn Courier. AiK m , S. C. May 25. Centlemen.-We hasten to-lay before you the particulars of an affair, tra:!ical nd somewhat mysterions in i-s naiure, that occured this morning in our village. The dwelling of a rewpectable a citizen of Ibis ilace. during (lie absence oifall its in, mates with the exceptinit of two little irk, was entered by an individual un known to this cornmunitv, who, having sutisfied himself respecting the occupntion and wealth of its owner, was about depart ine. when the lady of the house returned. and finding a strange man on the preimies and the liile girls in tears, from fright, demanded the business of itte intruder. and insisted tin his immediately leaving the place. This the runllan now sermted to feel no inclination to (in, atti n being 4poken to rather har-dhly in regard to his indecorous and unprincipled conduct. de. liberately drew flroin his pocket a pistol. and with a-tirnlh that he would kill her, :ired, aut fortunntely without elect. Tie lady then retreated into the house for safe ty, and atn old and infirm geattletmian, her ,;randffathereoming up at the tiie. te llow was by hit prevailhd upon to leave the premise-s, not however, until he had nothing he had wruntg from the 1111 man a promise to tmake no imention of the ae ruerence, at least for some hours, thus af forling him tiie to easenpe. The facts aIove tRaeL. were, however. very soon tuade poliic hv the daugaher, 1md a numbtilner oftar cilizens, on beinag np p; Iized ot the awlleir, went ins purstit or the -oward.- deternminitg, if potsihle, to bring .*im n p ishmtint for his tnprovoked nnid lastardtly assault upon a feclile and ale lenicelesas f'emlale. I hey sot succeeded in finditn his plnce of retreat, liut ')ind no small dimieamv in ,ecuring his ptgson-he heing provided with a pairtf o'large pistole, kept his pur arers tit hay, fitinag and reloading three or four ties. as they advanced upon him. imtd was only ake-n after baeinag shot ini the meend hy one oafathe party ini pursuit. HeI was theta brought inato the village, snnd thet wound exammnated lay a skilful physi-'inn. at priotounced it a famail oane. Beinag itn ,enasible, ro inforamato respectinig his -h~racter or' place of residence comabhl Ite btainied fromau himtself, nal there were nro tapers otn his persoan. fromn which conld he .leaed ny nteligncerespec'tintg who -te was, or whltat wats his busitless or obaject at visitinigthis section fcousntry. We have thus givetn von a faithful anal mtvarnishead accotnnt of this singunlar anda ragical occaarrentce. Atnd with the hope -hat someathing further aight be ascertain --d in relationa to this maysteriotus charac er, we will reamark in additioan to the a myae facts-that before bteinig takena he -tated that he wast lie "satt ofJ audge Sher mnan, oaf Contnecticuit," -was dletermnitnd never tat be arrested alive, where beinig wnar rants ouat agnainast himt for cimiets comimit red itt Edlgefield District. Hoeis.5 feet 5 inches in height, dark complexion, laack hair, very tin, and nealy dressed. Had ith him a good quantity of antamuttititan, 2 pistols, a razor, a horse hiaher andt a large walkimng stick - WVe htave heard it intimnated, thait he proh ably is alae same individual wiho forsome time past has beent commaittinag extensive robheries ini otur vicinaity, atnd far wvhose ale tectiona a large reward wats lately olfered in the Edgefield Adlveraiser. May 25.-The itndivitlhm~l alluded to a hove, dtiedl during the night, of the wound he received in theo head. Hlarrrison and Tyler Meeting in Ham burg.-A mneeting of the friends of Hlarri son rand Tyler. for the Presidlency anti Vice Presidency, was held in Hlamiurg, S. C., on Saturday last. Thte itendant, Mr. Green, was callead to thme Chair, anal te meetintg was adduressedl by Mlaj. WV. WV. Starke, Mr. A. J. Miller, Dr. F. M. Rob ertson, and Col. Hammondl, an old revo lationary patriot, ana acqauaintantce and friend of Gen. H arrison. A ptreamblle and resolutions were adopted expressive of the opinions of the meeting.-Char. our. The Hont. Richard Biddle, member of Conagress from Pittisbhnra, Penn. has ad dressed a letter to his constituents. appra sinag thenm of his ititenitiona to resign hin ent at t he etad of the present session on accoutt of ill health. Connec'icut Senator.-The Hon. Jabez W. Hntinagrton of Norwhtich has bteen elected to the lUited States Senate fratm Connectictnt. On proceeding to thte elec tion in the'State Senate, twenty votes wvere polled, twelve of which wvere for Mr. Hun sinto.--Char. Cour. GREAT FRESHET 0F THE SAVANNAH -RiVER! We have received a slip from the Office of the Hamburg Journal, of the 30th uit. whieb gives the following account of the lnte Fhlid of the $avaunah River, which overflowed Hamburg, S. C. UNPARALLELLED DISASTER! We are at length able to get into our print ing-house, to announce, in this hurried manner, some of the particulars of the tmost lDisasterons Freshet in the Savann-ih and its tributaries, which has occurred within the tietnery of the oldest inhabitants, and to which the Yazoo flood ioth as regards the highth of water and the consequence -was nothing. Our ii hoile town has jnst emerged from the river; not a spot hav ing escaped the flood. We filled, a few hours ogo. but a corner of the picture in which two cities, hundreds or farin, &c., stood in a vast lake of water. stretching from hill to hill, with not a spot of earth in sight. The rain which fell on Sunday, swelled the river several feet; and the earth having .been coni'letely saturated by the many rains which have fillen within the last few weeks, the riv er was ready to.go-np rapidly with -every ad ditional shower. By Wednesday morning 9 o'lock. water had risen to within two -feet of the tuark nmde for.the 2reat fresh of 1833, and before uoon, hnd goe up some feet above it. The water had broken into the town fron above early in the morning; and run over the lots and common near the hill; and at about three -o' clock the rush of water into the street was it mence and zeneral. A few hurriedly construe ted boats were busily plyed all the day and nigh in getting otit faimiltes from the houses in the more exposed situations, and in preserving goods. By these means and the praiswerthy prompt and ntiring labors of several of -our citizeis. mnch property was saved; and what is more iinportant, not a single soul was per. mitted to perish-Not a life was tost. The water reached its highest mark on Thur.,day morning about seven o'clock; bit did not -at once recede, as the fall for several honis wus alitiost iiil)erielitilile. Many of the limilies and citizens took refune from the flood on the hill, bit a majority renained in the up pet stories in perfect safety. 'i Wednesday night the lower Bridge on the Savaninh. a'fier having stood severe and repented shocks from bonts, floating frames &c. throighont the day, without apparent injury. (save tione of the piars by the office of the Steam Boat Company. which floatid fron its ioorings, and was driven against it, ) was de. stroyed by the ioving masses of the unper Bt idge which were sweeping down the river, that coistruction having given way before the force of the drift and ctrent. Some of the piers are still standing; and it was natter of iston shiment to all who witnesed the many tblows which it received thronighont the after noon anid evenitig of Wednesday, to se it hold up firmly arainst them all; and we qnestion whether there has ever been a better tranied wooden bridge. All are satisfied that it would have been able to resist the entrent and drift at their worst state, and that it would have been now standing, had there been io tpper Gri,g to come ngaitist it and break it down. or had that briilge posessed the strength of construction which -.:!ng sustained the lower, one. Iloweser, speculation upoi this subject is niow out of phiee. except for further apl. catioin. floth bridges are now gone; and the citizens of both sides of the river iimst endnre the deprivation as they best ran. and pnt tip with sitch iennti of crossing for the present as may be provided. At the hi hest stage of the water, it was up tin Mr linhhard's hotise. (the Americn Ho tel.)nhout nine feet-at Sibley & Crapon'i", at was six aoil a half feet deep-at Kernalin & Wiray's. ahout seven feet, titnd it reached. nearly to the eaves of .Maher & Roon -y's brick sti:e. Thc inrge Warehonce of T. Kerna ghan floated from its foiindationon Thursday alernoon: and swting down the current soe l00 yards threnteniiig the destrietion of sev eral hti dings below. Frriinately however, it bronght up between McDonald's & Spi e's storononse, kttncking them also from their nidiil:ttio ulid then it haltel. The warehouse is of course little better than a wreck. the up right frnme being entirely chrushsd down. 'rTroigLhout Wedtesdaiy afternoon a d night, great qnantities of cotton floated down the s'trenn, antI it was whlly ont of the ques tiont to catch any cotisiderable part of it. At some mtomnents, hundlreds of bales were in sight nt ouce mnovintr off in laige fleets. WVe are told that below the town, on both sides of the i iver, it has banked up ini immense piles alonug the shore. l-rom the Hlambnrg warehoused probably as mtany as a thousand baile-s of co toin w. re flonted away. a large part ci whic'' went froim Kernaghani's & Sullivan's-hut all lost more or less. The damage, too, to that whichi remnainied in the ware houses was con sideralhe, but it is impossible to give ainy thing like a correct statement of it nuow. Oinr loss here are im umense-several of our cit zens losing every thing they were worth in tbe world. Heavy stocks of groweries, anid lots of salt are coimpletely swept anwny, or entirely iestroyed, The distrniction of good'i was gen eral anid fearfully extenisive, and a long ime iutst elapse ere onr citizens can recover from this disaste.roius shock. Perseverance, econo my and inidustry, formting a capital which the floid conid not destroy inre s:ill left iwith us.nand we trust that all will employ them in a laudable eff'ort to tercover whilat the flood has ruthlessly seized and taken fromi us. Our Ranil Road is torn tup for perhaps a gntarter or half a mile, butt siuff'ered less ininry than was apprehetuded. From $6,(K0 to $10. 000 wvill probably replace the enba.nkinent, and repaiir all the losses. As onr trethren of the press in Augusta have civeit the particiilars of their losses, wve shall not add to these painful details any, extended no tice of the eflectsof the flood on the oilher side of the river. Tlhe buildings in Antgnata were more inijured than those of Hambnrg. and the amitoutit of cnttoo lost wvas greater; hut their stor,. heing higher, the loss of goswas not as extensive mi proptotrtion to the stocks.-The whole city was uinder water, with the excep tiona ofa bare spot of earth on the sonth side of Broad street, in the neighborhood of Mr. Rca seant's National Coff'ee House. The disaster was general aiid alarmiing throughout Antgista; but we are happy to have it in our power to an nonce the gratifying circuims'ance, amidst all the calamities of the time, that ott thiat side of the river also, the goodtiess of Providence was mianifestedl in the complete preservatiotn of the people front death-not a single individnal was drowned. The Aiiguista side of the river is swe pt clear of all i's wharves, only fragments of cite or twio of them remiaining. The wreck of bitt two piers of the tipper bridge are yet standing. The whole face of the cont has beeni tiurn tip-bridges and fences all swept awvay-crops antI gardens destroyed-and great numbers of cattle aind hogs drowned. We shalligive hereafter, as soon as they can be ascertainted. the particular detailsof cotton lost, &c., &,c., and must nowv conclude this niotic-. with thte followving rough estimate of some of the intdividuial los.ses, hastily made out amidst the coutlosion whlich now prevails, and the hustle and hurry of the nierchaunts aiid others, in getg their things righted. Even in this, wve have most probably underrated in many instances, and a great many names do not ag pear;t all errors and omissions; however, wdl be corrected herenmfter. Sibley & Crnapon, from 3 to $5,000. G. Parrot, $3,000, besides goods on consign. ment for merchants in Teirnessee and clse where, worth probably $10,000. A. B. Church, $2,500; Edward Adams. $3,000. Mitchell & Ransom, $4,000. D. D. Plunkett, $500. Kernaghan & Wray, $15.000. T. Kernaghan, $5.(100 Huling & Garnany, $3,000. T. H. Howard,$1,500. Aalerson & Young. tk6,000. J. W. Stokes. $6 000. Jeffers & Bouiware, $10,000. H. R. Cook, $',000. T. A. Cobb, $400. 1. T. Heard & Co. 10,000. John Oliver, $6,000. C. Churchill, 5,000. Wm. Darrow, 1.500. J. Hubbard,7.000. Maher & Rooney. 18,000. C. Sansinon, 2,000. H-W. Sullivan,(6,000. B. Mims. 1,000. J. H. Maxwell, 3,000. M. R. Smith, 600. Horace Darrow, 001. S. D. Clarke & Co., 1,500. C, L. Britton, 500. P. B. Cook, 300. Rail Road Company.8.000. The total less in Haamburg will aamount to at least halfa million of dollars. From the Augusta Sentind, of Maiy-30. GREAT FRESUI-T. On Wednesday night, when our first notice of the Freshet was penned, -oar city was in tIe most painfuistate of excitement. Already lend a considerable portion of the city been inunda. ted, and the river continned to rise at a l'earfui rate. To attenipt any description of a calail ty so aw fully sublime, would be worse than vaim;itregnired to be seen, to comprehend its vast destructive capacity. About 12 o'clock. Wednesday night. the city was comipletely.-ub merged, and the river continuing to rise. The scene was a painful one; many families were still in their honses, entirely surrounded by a current to them impassable without aid, and the water making rapid inroads upon them. From this fearfid and alarming tsituation. they were relieved by boats and horsemen, nt14t how ever. in sotne instances, until they ,yere stand ing, to their necks in water. lei ihis work of nolk, generous philanthropy. many of our cin zens were engaged all night; and in many in stances it was perilons, as the streets in maity places would swim the tallest horses. Whena the day dawned, our city appeared as if stand in'! in the midst (ifa vast sea of water, which ex tended as far as the eye could teach from the highest eminence. Beoats etipable of carryin: forty b-es of cot ton were floating throngh every stre. t in th city with the greatest ense, and our beautiful Broad street was from two to ten feet deep, and in some places rinuiig vith the rapidity of a nountain torrent. anod con:inned throngh the day yesteziday. This morning the water i tie river has fallen so as not to flood the city, ex cept in one or two plices which are yet strong and deep currents. And the withdmawal of the water front the other portions of the city, makes bare our streets, once beantiful aid level. which presents a scene to the eye which to Intignage. c.n describe. Thoee only %who are acluainte-d with the character ofour soil can leave any conceptinon of the damage done tohe streets, which in many plaees tire washed 10 or 15 feet deep. rhe destriction of pro'perty. both public and private has been imnmense-the tln per bridge has been entirely carried away, and about three or fonr hundred feet of the lower otie. Our citizeiis watched throughout the da;y on Wednesday, with almost painfti aixiety the lower bridre, iand the air was rent with shoaws as they maw it withstand shock after shock, iomm iountains of raftsi mill and gin houses. bridges. dwellings and everychass oftree 'roi the small sappling to the sturdy oak of the for est which had been washe-d up, and was bocne away by the resistless orce of the torrent, full fledged with the henntillil foliage. Bit duiring Wednesday night the bridge gave way. The destruction of private property is also great. many wood biildings have been entirely swept away, and severnl brick buildings have been utndermined. nad some have already fallen. bni we cannot now ive partienlars. The wharves are still covered, and the damage done to themc is not known bit is no doubt very great. as lnrge portions ofthem were seen fl'tng o. The collars wvere all with very few exceptions. filled with wa'er, atnd a largenamount of mier chiandise is destreyed in them, as they filled so rapidlyv in some in4?tance< as to afford the oceci ptants no time to clear them. I' a source of gratitcude to the Scipremte Rct Ier of evencts. that amid all this destruction of property. there has tnt been. that we as yet hear any loss of hntnan life. We shall, in a day or two, collect all thi- particulars and give whatev er is of cnoment to onr reniders. Fromi our neiahborinig town of Hamburg we have had no comnien umi since Wednesday evening, and we fear that their sitncation has been w'orse than ocurs, as the locartioa of the town is rather lower. A fler the foregoing wvas penined in the morning for our Weekly paper. we took a ride through a portion of thecity, to ascer tain more defintitely, time extent of th en Iamity wrhichb has befallen out city, and the prohable extent of lose, as well as to furnuish particular, to ocir readers at a diei tnneet but we returnedl convinced that anty effort at desreripiionc entu not possibly con vey any adequate iea of the etate of the city. It will require danys to a'ssertain any just idean of the extent of the loss which 'he city' ande indlividutals have snstained. Never have we seen, sneh a state of thing. Our streets, once the most beauntifnul andi level. are rendered. in manty places im passable even to horsemetn, anti we believe there is not a street icn the city, throngh which a carriage can pass from one end to te other. Many dwelling. have been swept en tirelv away. attd a ent macny mtore have beeni rende'red entirely uanfit for cise, and mtnar lhe repnired. and in some instances nimuost entirely rebuilt before they can be fir fornuee. Sev"ernl brick builings. sorte of them very hanidso edifices have beetn much injucred, anti oihers must he taken dowtn. Match cotton: has flonted nt frm the ware houses and wvas carriedl off,~ acid hiundreds of hales are no tlouht forever lost bothb in this city andi H amburg. the precise quantity we know inothitt suppose that at least one ihoansand have been lost itt the two places. and there are many who think our estimate ntot eniough. The loss to the city' andl individual, is varionelv estirmated at from $.50 1,000 to one million dollars, andi our opinion is that the smatllest amotunt wvill more than coy. r the entire loss, tho~ugh there are those who think difierenttly. We are wrell satisfied that aity estimate at this itme, however, is entitled to bitt little credit, bccautse it is noth ing but conjecture. Macny persons narrow ly escaped dlrowning, and some wrere well nigh drownied inllroadSreem, but one of the most thrilling incidents which ocencred, is that of a little girl about eleven years of age, whowvas takenutp in the middle of. the river abiout twentty-five miles above he city, by Capt. Joseph Staunton, of a Peters.urg best, The strye of tihe advear,. ture of this little girl, we 'have 0ibiwn'rell from herself, Site is the daughter Efi-ta, of a poor widow lady, Mrs. Sarah Slone, who lived o the river, near Firguson's ferry, on the S. Carolina side. :Sh'e saysM the first intimation they had of their dan ger, they were surrounded by the river, when her nother, a daughter, older than herself, nl a faitliful dog, fed to the tup of their little cottage, soon after which the hou-ee was taken offhy the etrrenit, One after ant her, they -met a watery grave. Eliza.and the dog only linging to the wrgek, when she-ceame in sight if the hout of Capt. S, who had -lashed his Iom to -a tree, and succeeded in making lter tries heard. Capt. S., inenieharety roused his hands who were all asleep and give chase, and after pursuitig heralmut three meiles, overtook and rescued heranl the dna, from their perilous situation. Captain S. says she nas oil a few shingles, which we're supported by-a feather bed, eing'ill that was left ef.the house on which she stattierd, on which frail bark she had desrended tl:e river twelve miles when sie was picked up. We also learn that Coptain S. will de part to day atid tike this onuly surviver of an utnfortunate little famcily back to ihn neighborhoodl of her irth.' We are nt are of tile deep di.rres-S which presets itself and r ie4 aloud for chairry in every seetion of our fated city, but we-do thid1k this is an instance which has high enins tion the benevolence of our comngeeaiiv and we hope fhat sose arfour charital'el La dies who are ever ready to aid the ditres sed, will consent to take her and rear her in such manner as nill render her anl or Dament to her sex. We mi-iht say much more, but a word is sufliciet. The dattage done to the Georgia Rail Road near the cty. will froo a timce I.re vent the cars coming to the devpt. %% e are however much gatified to eartn frots Mr. Peters, the agent, that tie- dlatmage canl soon he repaired it a cost not exrced iug twelve or fifteen hundred-dolldrs. To the Editors ofthe Charleston Courier. COeLtImaUS , laey 2A, 1840. Gentlmen.-For the hb-t three davis, we have had, for niost of thi tihe, a he'y siendyv rain, atid. from aleieemances, the wiuloiwsof' Henven, inl the tioper Distrirts, cimius' have been opeette 1. Yeterda norn. ing, lthe Conanree began to ri.e. and cute cnited. througl the dlay. aweraning ab1ut. two feet ate heiir. During tire nileht. it con tinned, t an alarming extent. This irn isig, the high banks were ovetfisped.. Cotton, whic'h was st nf di high grou:1, was floating doten the.r'aal. The C(on garee, Broad and Saluda bridges yet scanur ani lopes are enteranined they nill lie saved. On the Siebida, the water is ip Its the wood work of the lridge-he Cotnga ree, a0tet I two f( ef #if thel % nod i gir. Shoidi the Brod Riter Bridge give % ayv the spletdid faberic of the Conyree mntust go likewise. Scnh a ftreirhas not he-ea it, our rivers since 19-!. The CoIanllia Cana of seven miles 'I length, is stipposed to be eirirely destroyed <othat the last of the internal it.prove muents. in construciing canal by the State, imu swept away. All hle le -plamairioet )elow us. are covered with warm, and the rops ruined. Cal. INoatn's 'arge plit atione, which is the higzhet of any on the iver. s onte sheet of water. tile diseinreticesn ntist le intmenie, # hile . Iiiff'n aiting, wo o'c'oek, P. Al., the water i6 still risin, yet sloin ly. LHalf-pm-Nt three i'elock, fthe ater i about statintiary. It is now to be itped the bridees tare safe. - Iliegaboeok Cnuiewav i. overflowed su that the stage :anntot g;this da%. The msail leaves here em horse hack, atl is obliged to gol near Platte's Springs, to avoil high water. MaIl coses at hfttur te'clcc'k. Mny 28. The River at Cliimb'n Brnidae is 4 feet igher thtan it has ever beefute bteein. Alt the Wa~re Heeutes :,ttl wvarves are oiver Ilowedl, and tmtehl Cottuon a fluen. Mlay 28. The River is ttp within ont eei eeand a half of the Brie arid coensideratble clbicn cige drter to Cotton ini the Waere-Heoses ;atd at the Canai, and a numbeler oef smallI boats lust. It is said1 by miany that ilte iiv r h as never been -knonc n so high as now. - -FG a.rvu.L.S, C. Many 29.' The Rains.-.-n- ernmncn with ecery port of the United Scates, ice leave becan isited hiv excessive raeins. This week a real North Eastee has heen bleowiang a a storm oef wined antd rain, that has taised rhe water courses higher than they have teen known itn this sectioen fur *yeiire. Deer Reetdy ricer is a Niagant in sim-ind rire, and ias beene unaruable this weka e circnmstance which very rarely oecurs. (reat injuery, if not entire:I rnin, is expert trd to he thet consequpenice ofihe ratins torthe r~rowintg crops oef wheat. whic-h hacve bteen rery promising this spering. The great rise in th~e water courses has arrested the mails.-Mountaineer. From ths Farmer's Gazeue-Ertra: Cu~e Aw, Mav' 25. Freuset.-W~e idene this -,ecrt extra. feet he benefit ofC titr Pee Dee and? Gecr:e owvn subhscribers. teo inefurm' them ot' .t rapidl rise ini the river. It rode bes neiht l. rert andl thie monrneing, lierwee five acnd a half asnd tent c'cloeck. 8 feet. Ac ilhac timte it rose only ant icch aann qtacrtee in fifccent ninincest antd ccill pronehly ntei rouitinie cc rise minch longer, wishett moure rin. Bust the apipearntce ref the r'cclud ithii ta easterly wimld seems to threawedc mr..re -ain.; The rain which'eneed she ri-c f,-i en Saturday night, aced yrstertda on nig. SAv'AN N, liny 27 Heav3Rains.-WVe lhave p oi ehhy tneer aind moire rain to lull ine ouer city, and~ set o-n, if ever. as muech 'n thte Seert terimel. 'fort we dos noet retmemer sneh coin ierdc wcavy rain) as comenetced n i tlda sight like a dhehatg. (ic It vi.g ruied a, ittle dreing the day) atul cenritinud all festerday. Our streets are faell ofC "ater, andl if ic ~ontinaues lontger n e shuell have to charter rome caneees to untrieate them. Thtee onstant rains, we fear. wrill 1.e i jt'rius ia cte crops, attd if as'hear y ini the. tpper enuies, mucst d~o immienase dameeg. "The windr yeetenelay blew fresh fromt the Noerih East. indhicatineg worse weather en the ..as:-..rgi;n,