American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-10-18


and found himself in the water, and he recolle t.
hearing call for him to catch Anna Maria, ate
which he recolects nothing oil his family Aitei
being in the water long while he saw negro nea'
him he asked who he was the fellow replied,
etranper--well said he, "take hold, o- must quit
a voice behind exclaimed, "My dear father don
give up we can yet be saved" turning, he said, SIS
i YOU, my son '-"Yes. my dear father-don'l
give up, Pm yet strong, and can hold Olive may
ne ed.''-Here wave came, and part OF the
wreck of the house in it, and covered them all, which
was the last he saw of his son Mr.. Withers was
heard, and seen, and rescued by Lieutenant Levy
Of the United States Navy, who passing the
summer at Mr.. Cohen's, on Debordieu's Island
This gentleman waded up to his chin in the marsh
and creek, and was the happy instrument OF saving
Mr. Wthers and his servant Cudlo, who was the
fellow Mr.. NNthers spoke to as before mentioned.
Jack little boy was also saved, by floating up to
Mr. Cohen's on one of the steps OF the house AS
vet we have made no further successful discoye-
~ of any other part ofthe amilyI fear their fates
are but too certain. In vain should / attempt to
give full account Of this most awful and dreadful
scene-I am inadequate to the task Such a night
as Friday night, and such day as yesterday, !
never before experienced. Poor Mrs. Myers and
family, IA or ] 5 in number, are also swept away,
and nothing can he heard of them; and also poor
barber named Derosa. Mrs. Botsford and two white
children, and two negroes killed by the fall Of Mr..
Forts house. Every heart is full, and every eye is
streaming. I can no moreo'
Ertract Of letter from Long Bay, WaccamaW.
dated Sunday, 29th all.
"No doubt you must have felt in Charleston the
storm of the 9th. To describe the horrors of our
situation is utterly impossible. You cannot con-
ceive of any thing more doleful Between 10
and O'Clock, the wind became very high; We
gol up secured the doors aud windows as well as we
could but the wind increased every moment, and
We socn perceived that it was hurricane, more
violent than any that we had ever before witnessed.
Still we felt secure ; but conceive the agony, the
terror that seized US, upon hearing the tremendous
crash Of the roof falling in, and both piazzas torn
away the first impulse to run out, but where
could we run to? III water was upwards oil three
feet deem at the back piazza, and in front the waves
were breaking over the hill upon which our housr
stood We STAYED in the house until it appeared to
! he giving way when we rushed out upon the Sand
! HIS, but the wind violent that 1t was with
difficulty we could stand our ground alter while,
when the wind had abated little, we got into an
iouihonse where we remain d until morning The
tide fell about three o'clork-had il continued to
rise one hour longer the whole island must have
been swept away Mr.. Huger's establishment is so
comple,ey broken up ha' thev have been obliged
| to rem we 20 the river. Poor Mrs. Myers body,
and the bodies of sevea black children have been
| washed up on the beach"
Extract Of letter from Worth Santee, received
yesterday.
"he loss Of lives The tiver, as lar as has come
within my knowledge, is Of I'VE estate of Ford ;
Robert Higgins 70 c. Higgins &c; c. Z. Pnck-
ney4; Mrs. Iorry 46; NJ Hume %; Mr.. Henry
Dess s; Mr.. ]. Middleton 8; Mr.. Lynch Horny d,
ard 5 whites met this evening, while at South
d., n1c,h aptpn ratu rf,-
my from Murphy's Island, who told me that they
lad been dowE and buried 46 of Mrs. Horry's ne
groes."
The Winyaw Intelligencer of the I'd inst. gives
a list of 80 buildings which were either partially
damaged or totally destroyed, besides the Church
which was carried of by the water, and all immense
number OF out-buildings
The Camden Gazette of the Cd states that the
rivers and creeks were impossible. The cotton x
corn crops on the bank of the river had sustained
considerable injury. The road between that place
and Pee Dee was so INSTRUCTED by trees that the
stage could not get along.
Disasters by the GnIe, at SulLiran's Island
Col. Prioleau's kitchen, and the out houses oil
Mrs. Horny and Dr Brailsford were blown down.
Fifteen houses have been blown down ON the Is
land, and others mote or less injured
Messrs. Whilden, Galliard, Lynch, and NJ 8. Gill
diere's houses sustained various INJURIES Mr. Ro-
binson's house blown down; Col Johnsons house
blown down, and muIa,to child killed the market
building was also blown down Mr.. Lynchs shop
roof blown of Mr.. Magrath's house unrooied
Mr.. Denison's house blown down; house OF Mr.
Flemming's blown down; Mr. Tovey's injured
Mr.. Campbe's point -house unroofed; one OF Mr.
Cader's houses completely unroofed; MIR. Jack
sons hotel partly unrooIed and kitchen down; Mr..
Jones houses both seriously damaged; Mr.. Eng
lands house seriously damaged; Mr.. VIM M
Smiths house blown down; Mr.. Nightmare sta
Die blown down.
The new house Of Mr. Matthews, the cotton house
the soth range Of the Tobacco Inspection, the cot