Litchfield enquirer., 1831-09-15

ed, as we'll as the standing corn and canes tn he held, have been sO.cOmpletesy destroyed IS scarcely to leave a vOstlge behind, and to add to the heart rending picture, at this mo- ment many Of the estates are without single article of food of any kind. No force of lan- guage can indeed convey an idea of the hor-. TOT and distress every where observable throughout the Island, and whichever the way the eye is turned the head grows dim and the heart becomes faint at the saddening and sOrrOwful picture. Many of the Opulent and respectable families,ya we'll as those of the middling and poorer. by this melancholy catastrophe, have thus been driven out. des- titute of a cOvpring-many who the day be- fore were surrounded by their families and comforts, have nnt where to lay their heads.
 up to tbis 0nent; the number of killed has not been asS he'd. nor all the unfortu- nate creature have been inhumed in the fallen dwelling taken from beneath them.- The intervalOf time between Thursday and the present, has been employed by the liv- ing in burying the dead. The bodies have been borne through the streets to their silent and narrow homes in cOfins, trees and what ever else could be obtained for them.'' Disastrous Freshets at the South-S. Car olina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, have suffered severely from Freshets, which appear to have reached their height about the mid- de of last month. The following particulars are collected from Southern papers :- Iu Mobile.-A violent storm, says Mobile
 paper, of the 17th ult., set in last evening
 from the southeast. The winds were very
 heavy during the night, and this morning at
 6 o'clock, the water of the Bay was on a lev- | el with most ofthe wharves. Commerce-sf. 1 from Bauney's new building north, and from Conti-street south, is now under water, as is 1 LII, AL ~~H Nntn S~
 every appearance of the continuance of the
 storm, and should the water rise much high
 CT, great damage must inevitably ensue. In AugwstG, and Hamburg, s. C.-ThC Au-
 gusta Chronicle of August 27th, says :-The
 late rains have swelled the Savannah River to
 an extreme height-the wharyes and l0fty platforms are completely overlowed-and at
 2 o'clock last evening it had in some pNees,
 nearly reached the upper part of Broad-stress.
 Hamburg, opposite to this city. is completely surrounded with water. The bridge stands
 the rapid current very well,. The rise of the
 water by the town guage at the bridge, is Sl
 1-2 feet above low water mark.
 Another account written the next day, says |-between and 4 o'clock this morning, the . river commenced falling, although slowly the cellars and stores on the wharf are all isl- } ed with water. Hamburg is completely sur rounded with water, and they are compelled to move their goods from store to store. It , has rained here constantly and severely for the ] last month. It is now ascertained that the entire crops of the Beach Island planters ara, lost. It is presumed that the injury to Beach B Island, cannot be less than $2O,OOO. In Camden, S. C.-The Camden bridge was carried away, and the Cheraw paper says the low grounds on each side Of the riv--
 CT, exhibited one sheet of water. The banks . of the river for fifty miles were broken, and the adjacent grounds inundated. i Storm ot Ne.o- Orleans.-,The New Orleans , Courier 0f August f7, says :-"A storm of wind and rain, of Cnexampled violence com menced yesterday morning and has contin,,.d without much abatement, up to the presenf moment. The Custom House has been par- t'alIy unrooied. and various damages has been sustained by buildings in this city, Scarcely single vessel in port has escaped serious damage. and they have nearly alk
 been drIfted ashore. Then follows tong list , of the vessels wrecked and damaged. Tho
 loss of property is simmense. The damage to
 tne pIrogues alone. is computed at S2O, ,OOO.- . It has been ascertained that several lives were lost and fears were entertained for others whose fate had not been ascertaioed. In th.
 country crops of cane and corn were entirely
 prostrated. fences blown down and negro hufs age."
 1he Blind Restoed.-We learn from inc
 Conrant, that Mr.Hezekiah P. Clark, a na
 i've or Wethersfeld. but for several years
 past a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, while em-
 pi"yed as seaman on Lake Erie, about thir
 teen years ago. took violent cold which
 brought on an inflammation in one of his eyes.
 which finally produced loss of sight. About
 hve years since, the other eye became affect
 ed' and in short time he was almost totally
 blind and disqualified for business. After ! consulting some distinguished physicians. sub-'
 m'tting to an operation, and following their
 prescriptions for long time without any per-
 manent benefit, he placed himself. a few
 months since, under the care of Dr. Kissam of
 this city. The course of treatment pursued
 soon afforded relief to the eye last affected,
 and m connection with an operation perform
 ed on the other eye, was successful in com
 Pietely restoring his sight, so that he is now able to read coarse print, to labor on farm, and transactthe ordinary business of life.--
 Ills eyes appear to be perfectly free from dis. ease. The professional services of Dr. kIssAM were generously rendered without reward. and the restored patient expresses the warmest gratitude for the kindness and skIll which have rendered him a happy mau- This case Unsuccessful treatment wiil scarcely detract from the deserved reputation of Dr~