TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM. } CiOX) ^VTnTID pTJri COXITSTTRY. ALWAYS IN ADVANCE VOLUME 11. SATURDAY MORNITfO, APRIL 21, 1877. NUMBER 9 AOBIAIi LATIIROP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, B?T* Office in rear of Masonic Nail. March 3 ly. la hereby given that in thirty days frorn date, application will be in a do to the Clerk of Court for Orangeburg County to grant a Charter to Edisto Lodere No. 83! I. O. O. F. in conforjm ty with the Act of Assembly, entitled "Ali Act to provide for granting of certain Charters" approved February 20th 1874. J. IT. Waiii/eks } Committee. F. I)eMai?s. j fehl?. lin TON'S overninent will be recognized at \JC Washingtan before long. This ?cheering news induced nie to purs ep ?0 if DENTITRY. D1J. TL F. MUCKKNFIJSS Dentist Dooms over Store of Mr. Oco. II. C'ornelson'a. t?if" Charges Reasonable. Notice of Dismissal. Notice is hereby given that I will file my final account with the Judge of IVobiite for Oraiigebiirg County, on the 80th day of April 1877 and ask for letters of Dismissal as Administratrix of the Estate of C. L. ISochettc deceased. FRANCES A. liOCIIETTE. ? Administratrix. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Cwnty of OitA'xaF.auito, In tiii: Common I'.lkas. George Boliver, as Adin'r. Cum (cute Amn.ro of Daivd F. Zcigler deceased, Emma Zeigler and others. In pursuance of an order of reference herein, made by his Honor, Jacob I'. Heed, Circuit .Judge, and dated 20,It May, I.S7<>, ii is ordered, thai the Creditors of ihe Iv tale of the late David F. Zcigler do pre-nii: mid establish their several and respective de mands before the Ucferec at Oran gebiirg, South Carolina, on or before the third day of May, 1877, or bo debarred any participation in the benefits of the decree herein. W. E: 11UTSON. Itef. March 27th 1877. mar 31 St Cjfc5 TO |SO PKR DAY AT tp Home. Samples worth $1 free. Stinson Si Co., PorHund, Mane. THE WORK OP THE STORM. B6isicitf It ivcrs?Trains Delay ed-- Plantations Overflowed. Tho Deserted Cujiitiil?A Sorinus Accident to the Wheeler House?An Unmiralled Fall of Rain and tho Consequences. C?i.?muiA, April 13?All business has been suspended here to-day in consequence of a serious rain and wind storm, which has raged without intermission and with unbroken severity since a little after midnight. The streets have been almost wholly deserted throughout the day, as it was next to impossible to traverse thorn in the face of the gale. The most serious damage yet re pented occurred to tho Wlieeler Mouse last nigh'., when a portion of tho parapet wall which rises above the roof proper, on the-onstern or rear side, fell through the roof, break ing down the plastering, furniture, vtc, in four rooms on the fourth story. They were unoccupied, hnppily, an I no one was injured. Trees and fences are down in many places, and the streets are carpeted wi h green leaves stripped from tho recently budding trees. Client diflictilty has been experien ced at the Telegraph ollice in com municating with other places as the wires and posts are down in all direc tions. Conductors and passengers on the incoming trains report all the rivers and creeks already swollen ami still rising. An immense volume of water has fallen, and that continually, for almost twenty-four hours. riie outgoing train for Charleston to-hight did not leave at the regular hour; it is still here, anil will probabl y remain for the night. A washout is reported thirty miles from Charles ton. The (ircelivillc train this evening came in only twenty minutes behind time. <\>m Mill a, S. C, April 13?Mid niglifi?The Coiigiireo is alrcad high er than at any tinu fir twelve months past, and the Cut aw ha is re ported by passengers from Charlotte to bo very much swollen. Ykmasskk, S. C., April 13.?The storm here and in this immediate neighborhood was terrific. The rain poured in torrents last night, ac companied by hail. This morning some |kmlions ol the country ans com pletely inundated. The farmers have sit (lured in consequence. The rice planters report that large portious of their coming crop have been swept away. The Savannah and Charleston Railroad is reported to bo "washed'' in .several place?, owing to which tho trains were delayed. No lives are yet reported i .st, no r arc any habitations reported demol ished. Savannah, April 13?0.45 I'. M. ?Last night and to-day the rain has been coming down, in torrents, a ml the (ruck farms in the neighborhood of this city have been seriously injur ed. Some of tho lower wharves have heen overflowed, but no serious dam age is yet reported. It is feared, however, that the slorm is coining this way and that we have not yet. seen the worst. We have. ha/I the highest lidc- lo day for many -?y>ars, and the rice plantations near tho city arc sup posed to have been materially injur ed, but no particulars have yet been received. The weather is still very boisterous. Swept liy Wind anil Waves?How ? *liorh Sharp (iulo Bnlicred (lie City by I lie Sea. The wind and rain storm which burst over this city and harbor yester day morning, while not so disastrous in its effects as the gale of Septem bor, 187-1, was, for its short duration, even more severe. The gale began at f>.35. A. M., and the wind reached its inix iinum velocity at A. M., blowing at that time ?S miles an hour,, which is 4 miles an hour greater than the velo city of the wind in the gale, of 1874, which only reached ol miles an hour. The- ruin, which had been falling heavily during the night, increased \viMi the gale, and from 1.50 P. M. on Thusdny to J) A.M. yesterday 8.23 inches of water had fallen?a greater amount tl an has been registered for t he same space of time since the signal ofliee lias been established at this port. At 7.?0 A. M. yesterday morn ing the barometer-stood at 20.-10, and kept falling throughout the day until at 1.30 1'. iW. it registered 29;29. Owing to tlie fact that the. wires were blowu down the signal ofliocr was cut oil' from much information regarding the origin of the gale, but from such facts as ho cnuld gather lie was of the opinion that the storm centre was formed in the vicinity of New Orleans, and from that point moved eastward, striking Charleston about half-past ?5 A. M. yesterday. at the 11 att e It y. About 7 o'clock, while the storm was raging violently and still increas ing, the bridge connecting the White Point Pathiiighoiisc with the Battery was carried away, not a trace of it being left save the arch which span lied the entrance from the Baticry side and ti few of the palmetto sup ports. Communication was thus com pletely cut off with Mr. McMannion and family, wdio were occupying the building at that time. The waves were running mountain high, and al ready the outermost division of the Buthinghousc, which is built in two parts, rocked to and fro like a drunk en ma.li, had the angry waters rushed thri ugh the space between it and the Battery wall with the velocity of a mill race. At half-past 7 A. M. the situation of the family in the Bath iughnu.se became so perilous that pri vate Breman, who was on duty at the Bntlery, reported at the Stationhouso that, unless immediate aid was offdr 1 ed, the family would be assuredly lost. Upon this information, Lieut. Fordluim at once organized a squad of policemen, who, after supplying themselves with ropes, ?fco., piocccdod to tin; Buttery post-haste. Upon reaching die scene Lieut. Pnrdhani found that be could do nothing. The waves were dashing triumphantly over the |;ardeii, and the walks were over a foot deep in water. Every moment added to the danger of the unfortunate family, and the rain came down in such blinding sheets that the harbor wore all the appear ance of a seething snow field. Finding that nothing could bo effected with out immediate und concerted action, Lieut. Ford bam led his force to the South Battery, where they procured a staunch fishing canoe, belonging to a colored man named .Simmons, and conveyed it to the point on the south ivalk, immediately opposite the Hath ingTou.-c, vvheic, with considerable difficulty, it was launched. Mr. Harry Hansen, the sailor who acted so nobly in the gale of 8171, and by whose daring exertions too saaie family were at that time rescued, was again mi hand, and, with Simmons and Whaley, two colored fishermen, manned (he boat and piloted her safe ly to the llathiiighnu.se door. Mrs. McManiiou and her two children were brought to land in safety, and the boat then returned and brought Mr. Me Mnnmou across. The family had hardly been placed under the.care of a hospitable family near by when a t large portion o: the outer building tell with a trash and floated oil" like some phantom ship in the blinding storm By 10 o'clock the tide had fallen sj much that there was no longer any danger of the complete demolition of the Batliingliousc, and a couple of policemen were left to pre vent stealing. The. only loss sustain cd by Mr. McMannion was a quantity of wood, which was washed overboard from the rear of the hotrse. Lieut Ford ha in, Mr. Hansen, Whaley and Simmons, together with Deputy Sheriff Burke and the whole squad of police, are deserving of the highest commendation for their prompt and gallant action. Tim M?iji/ruiii monument. Considerable apprehension was ex 1 pressed for the safety of the Moullrie Monument recently placed on the Bat Uery, but the figure stood firm und im movable, with baud proudly upraised to the gale as one "born to rule the worm." 1 THE ISA ST SKA WALb, which was so badly,demolished in the gale of 1874, was Unhurt by tho waves, which at one timo during the morning dashed thirty or forty feet over it into the garden, tlie interior of which was completely submerged. The rcsi donees along East Battery were con siderubly injured by tho loss of slates from their roofs, and the beating of llio ra n trough the windows into tho nppurt incuts. Tho water along the shell drive was over a foot deep, and I extended up Atlantic a id Water streets, half way to Meeting street. The crown to the arch of one of the centre drains near Atlantic street was brok en in by the force of tho water, and if the ' break had not been immediately attended to llio winde drain would have been materially injured. MM KIl?t'SE BT UK KT. '1 he force of the gale was seriously felt in (his locality, and the fences .surrounding the three lots next the river were, washed down and the yards were flooded with water, in some places three feet deep. The tidal j drain running the length Of the stn ot and emptying into the river, was burst from the rush of water from the side drains, the flood gates being shut and preventing an outlet. The brick work was split in twain for a distance of ten licet, and the water rushed out of the break in a roaring torrents to wards the river. This drain has not been co' crcd with earth for a long time, and needs immediate repair. The title r?se vVn?'' higli"h"nd Hooded the street linlf way up to Trudd street, and the residents were compelled to wado through t o water or get to land by mean-of boats,, which were easi'y flatted. The building On ?the west side, and at the s nth end of the street, owned by .Mr. A, J. Samson; und of which Mr. r.ben Colli n is the agent, was a I indsl washed from its foundation. The bui'ding is elevale several lVet from the ground on wooden supports) Kiwi tlie water washed with a clear swoop under it. The lady residents' became so much alarmed that they were taken ?ml iii ?liair- at (''o'clock to n neigh boring residence, and remained thc-rc until the tide went down, when they returned to their house. A While hall boat, owned by a very worthy colored man named Brower, was torn from its moorings and carried down the harbor. A wood sloop, a yawl boat and several rafts aiid flats were lorn from their morrihgs in this vi cinity, hiul were washed down into the harbor. All of the lots in (his locality were coinplefely submerged, and the lot at the Southwest corner of Tradd and Logan streets, wdnch had been partly excavated, was a perfect pond of water several feet deep. A l.OXti TMK W H A lt V KS. The wind being from the east the greatest violence of t' c gale-, was ex perienced along (he the water front oh Town Creek and Cooper Biver, and but for the limited duration of the storm the damage would have been very .serious. Some slight ev i deuces of the force of the wind might bo seen till along ICast Bay, such as broken wjiblows, fallen signs and loose ' tiles, but it was only by a tour of the wharves that a proper appro ciatioii of the magnitude of tho storm could be obtained. There was considerable injury to some* of tho piers where the high waves had washed over the wharves and ripped up the planking; in other cases more serious inroads were made, w hile s .me of the wharves received no damage of moment. There is but lit tie shipping in the harbor at present, and the force of llio galo was mainly felt by the* smaller craft, several of which were sunk or badly injured. Tho larger craft generally got through with some chafing, and the damage to them, with a lew exceptions, was light. Tho wharves on Cooper Itivor are generally in good condition, which enabled them to resist successfully the force of the sea and wind. At Town Oeek several small craft wore driven into tlic marsh, but will no doubt bo taken off without much loss. The Northeastern Railroad wharf property did not apparently sutler to any extent, ami the vessels in this vicinity were only small craft. At the Gas wharf the schooner Mary K. Smith, with coal from Phila delphia, was somewhat chafed, as was the schooner Alabama, at M alienee's wharf next below. The wharf pro perty here was apparently without injury. At Marshall's, Vcnning's and Robb's wharves the damage was con lined to that done by the portion of the waves which ripped up the plank ing, and in some instances a lew bar reis of rosin were washed oil*. Johnson's wharf at the cast end of Laurcns street had the south pier en lirely broken down, with some dam ago to the north head; The sloop Centennial was sunk at this wharf. II am tin's wharf was little damaged. Almost the whole of Rotten bo ro', from the river to within one block of East Ray, and from Calhou n street to I Laurcns street, was covered with water several feet deep, und it was necessity in passing through this dis triet to use boats, horses or vehicles. At Pregnall's wharf there was lib apparent damage. The schooner L. A. Edwards and steamer Marion lying here received no injury of inbm cut. At Hunter's wharf the sloop 1 ToUand was sunk with seven casks spirits turpentine ami forty barrels rosin. The schooner Lark was badly chafed and had several large holes knocked into her sides. A phosphate digger which was undergoing repairs here was forced up on the wharf and more 01 loss damaged. At Rein-it's wharves the tide rose on the property to a greater height than in tin* gale of 1*71, but did tiot. reach j by twelve inches the high water mark* of thestorni ol 1351. The new pier licaii i" tlii> property stood well. Mi>or.-il to it were the line ship .Martha lh.wkcr and bark .Annie. Torre}', Tin y were lying at the head of the wharf, und were quite Exposed; but, fortunately, escaped with only a chafing. '1 he large fenders keeping the M. Eowkcr from the wharf were completely broken up by the striking of the ship during th 1 gale. At Merchants' wharf there was lint little injury to the wharf, bat'the sloop Cleii; d. A. Wagoner was driven ashore. 'I hi' steamship I? a Icon rode out the gale in safety at this point. Palmetto and Union wharves re ceived slight injuries, and the bark Harriet E. 1 Iusscy and the Spanish brig Tibitlabo lying here were not damaged. The wharf of the Mount Pleasant Eerry Company wts badly shattered, ami the entire superstructure appear ed to have been displaced and the piling twisted. The steamer St Helena, at this wharf, escaped with out damage. It is estimated that it will lake not iesi than 81,000 to repair the damages sustained by the pro petty of the Mount Piesaut Eerry Company at this wharf. There was no appearance of injury at thu wharves of the New Custom house. Central wharf piers htyd the planking lifted, while the Spanish si earner Puerto Rico and schooner Lytiiburner, lying here, were not damaged. The injury to Accommoda tion wharf was slight. Rrowu & Co.'s south wharf was apparently consider able shaken by the storm, and will require some work to place it in order. The north wharf was not injured, At Ken's wharf the injury was un important, and the German bark ilarzburg lying there rode out the storm safely. Atlantic wharves showed some evidence of damage, particularly the north pier, the bead of whicliwaa part ly carried away and the planking lifted. The superstructure was also injured at other points on these wharves. The British bark Express; which wns moored at the North At lantic wharf, forced her fasts and drifted up tho dock, causing some damage to tho pier and shed. Boycc ? Co.'s north wharf received no noticeable damage, while the south wdiarf, which wtu previously in bud order, was much wrociio I. Adder's ? wharves \v< ni through llio gale safely, as also did Vandorhorst's j and Commercial wharves. Tho vessels lying hero .showed no marks of injury. At Southern wharves Lhc effect of the gale was light, and the hark Gun. Gram, and tho steamer Dictator, which were moored there, passed through tho Idow safely. D?ring the heaviest of tho gale the . well-known yacht Flirt was sunk at Commercial wharves, her leak arising from heavy striking again it tho wharf. She had just been put in good order after u previous mishap, il'jr hull was entirely submerged. The sluoj) Exchange was forced up on the bulkhead of Bennett's w harf her bow* hanging on the wharf while her stern was in the water of the do Several holes had b:ea broir through her planking. The steamer Ivanhoc, Capt. Cr.j from Bull River, came inland Ihrn tht heaviest of the gale an 1 Ian 1 a ea less violent thaa heretofore, and a decided lessening in the volume of the last flood tide, giw good r< son to anticipate that the weat her to-day w ill clear up finally, and bo more in conformity with tho usual April season. Along our cons! iiVery fry ing time has been ex:? >riah rod by tho shipping, and numen us disaster*, it is feared, may have occurred. WEST RUN SECTION O" TJ'IK I V ?'. The storm was felt with cons dur able violence in the wosb rh sei lion of tlie city, may portions ofwdiich wereoycrfloweii, rend aiiig it difficult iu soiuo places i > walk, sind in others utterly impossible for persons to got out of their houses. All sorts 61 means of transp ?: [alion had to be im provised, spring carts and buggies being mostly i? i jm ind. The wind blew strongly from tlie cast, arid (ho tide was higher by vi ral inches than in the great gala oi 1871, and in some places, for iu ! slab c, at llio west end of Broad ; street, ihe wa Or iyhicli am-"! froth tho I flood sowers and rainfall was a foot higher than in the year above men tioned. S> eomjiloteloy overflowed ivero lots in low places fiat fowls could not leave their ro >sts; and cows in (heir house 1 were breast high iu water. The Kutlcdgc Street arid ave nue railway track was completely submerged, causing President Riggs to fear (hat no little damage ha 1 been done to the road -bed, but on cxami nation made after the. water had sub sided it was found that, everything was intact. In Went worth street anu in Kutlcdgc street in some ! ?w places the roadway and sidewalks'averdcov ered with water for considerable dis tances, and reached ahnost to liie fences. Trees wi re stripp I of their foH; go and branches in Broad, Fran '.in. Bee, Kutlcdge, Bull, Lynch tv. and Hiitledge avenue. In i street, near Queen, a largr1' uprooted ami thrown her street; another largo tree was ly torn up in Mr, F. An -ei'. i Calhoun street. Severn 1 tiv City I'ark were stripped and es torn off. Mr. A. Iliing's st ig street, and tho Academy isic were damaged by leaks, and . am ber of private resides ?cos op ig to the cast were drenched from tics to basements. A large in >!u?vn across i'r. Rose's feit ledgo avenue," and another higher up in the. same nv<- i jss Mr. Wilkin's fence, and .her was thrown across the . >.u' Christ Church. Large pi water col lected in several such lo calities that the) emptied by the drains. jots near tho ponds in Uu i.eetwero submerged, the v, the ponds nn.ting with tlm trootsr and j forming an unbj ken ...sirupassnblo J stream. .[CONOLUDJ.l ON A'DPAOE.]