Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-09-07

UartiCulsFS OF the OestruCioh Oil Jun
ysn'.. Island, Edisto Island. sc torwhich
We are indebted 10 this mornlng's' C1u.
rier.' 1t will be recolIected that those
place. had not been heard from, when
we went TO press "n Saturday:
On S4tHuan's Island,
All the houses in the vicinity OF the
Cove have been demolished; and there
can have been but very small part, IT
any Of the island, which has not been
covered with water. 1t was infinitely
Distressing to hear the shrleks OF the
sufferers, whose houses had oecn swept
away, and VINO were struggling for lie
with the winds and waves driving them,
they knew no whittier. The extreme
darkness of the night rendered 1t almost
impossible TO aFord any assistance to
the unhappy sufferers from those who
were so fortunate as 10 be comparative
" secure. And the storm progressed
with such rapidity, that many who were
ON their way to seek refuge in Fort
Moultrie, were compelled to desist, and
were almost sacrificed in the attempt -
There were however number Of ladies'
who gained the Fo't. The tide was 3 &
a half feet high in the officers quarters,
and about tour feet on the parade. ln
the morning the island exhibited most
melancholy picture, fragments Of hous-
es. furniture, boats, sc. were thrown
pron1iscuously ever IT, and the bodies OF
persons, 4 Of whom were females, lay
among the ruins; an awful remembran-
Ger TO the survivors of the horrors they
had escaped The persons ascerla!ned
to be drowned, as far as we Can learn,
are a Mrs. Griffith, d m IS Owens, Miss
Maria Moore, white man unknown, 2
negro men, one negro girl, and one ne.
gro child. The body of white man,
wno h.d apparently Seen drowned tort
night, was also thrown upon the beach
Several persons are missing end doubt
less were carried away into the ocean,
as many houses were, without leayiog d
single yestige. 1t is supposed az a:any
as S have persisted All the live stock
on the Island persisted
From the Magazine.
A gentleman who came down from
the magazine last evening, Informs, that
the water was three or four inches deep
on the floor of the new building, s, that
a considerable quantity Of powder, most.
ly belonging to the state, Is damaged -
TIE large live-oak tree, III front OF cap
tain Gruber's house, which had stood
the severest Gales unmoved, Is leveiled
with the ground Ali the adjoining lands
were oyerf1owed, and presented The APP
pearaQce of an open sea. A trunk OF
clothes. and two whole and six halt bar
rels Of -four. branded Taylor, with seve.
raj bags of oats, marked Can'y, have
been picked up rear the magazlne-they
are supposed to be part OF the cargo OF
q canal boat, which was expected down
from Camden, and there is great reason
10 fear that she has upset III Cooper ri.
yer, and that all Oh board have perish
ed.
TIE Northern Mail due on Saturday
morning did not arrive until 9 o'clock
N the evening-it was brought irons
cotton's on horseback, the road being
10 much obstruc,ed by trees as to render
/ impossible for carriage to pass. The
stage from this for the north, which
started on Friday noon, was left On the
.oad between Hibben's ferry and Cot
on's, the horses taken out, and the s,ail
aiken on to Cotlon's upon one of them
the driver and horses escaping with
,ut injury, although the trees were con-
;tanrly falling arornd them in every di-
,ec,ion. Lieut.. Sewer, of the marine
:orps, left Cotton's where he had stop
ped during the gale) on horseback, at
o'clock on Saturday af ernoon-he ib-
iorms US, that great damage has been
sustained in that Deigbborhood, & that
rom appearances, it must have been e
,ussiy as severe there as ii was here.
The Southern Mail, which was due
IN Saturday at noon, arrived here at half
,ast 9 O'Clock YESTERDAY morning.
lieut. Cook Of the army, who came IL
he stage from Savannah, until il arrived |