Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-09-27

them up anI throw item with vioIrncc down
| upun tie wharvCs. Al O'Clock, not a
person vas 10 be seen in Wa;er-strcct, ami
10 get under he lee Ola house was only to
have the looi lumbIIng down on him ; all
the Steam boats and snrlI Gratis by this
| tim" were in zen th ousand pieces the wood.
c,i buildings on the wh.N es wert also fiort.
| ing with the other wrecks.
TnC gale continued until - o'clock at
uight, when the wind shifted 10 the nor.h-
west. and tits morning we are again bles-
sed with II clear sky.
Notwithstanding all the exposures, We
have heard Of no deaths as yet-hair-
breadth ,scapcs. bruised limbs. &c. &c.
bat nothing Of a serious nature.
We ere just informed that over len bar.
rcls of fish have been picked up in Water.
street since yesterday morning dayc i.
TALLAHASSEE, SEPT: 9.-Thc late
storm at S. Marks is without its parrell
in he history Of lhe place. The gale com
mcnced a sunrise on the morning Of the
Bis. from the north east, accompanied with
rain, and continued to increase during the
day. At noon he town was inundated,
and the waters confined rising until eight
O'Clock at night, when they stood at the
depth OF seven feet over .he town, and fiom
three TO tonr feet deep in the warehouses,
which were expected, from ;hc violence Of
the wind and waves, 10 be swept from their
foundations. Several houses were washed
down and torn to pieces. Boats were
upset IN attempting to pass from one house
o auo her, and the surrounding country
presented the appearance Of the open sen.
The citizens mostly n'd TO the fort for safe.
~. A boat containing five negroes. be.
longing 10 VIM. e. Campbell, in a'temp,.
ing to reach the fort, was driven out to sea
and swampcd, ard all on board perished.
Mr.. e.. and family, who were in another
boa', narrowly escaped by grasping the tops
Of some trees IN their course and holding on
until the waters aba;cd. AS night closed
in. tbs waters still continued rising, and the
spectacle nov presented was appalling.
Tho swcIls, lashcd by the fury of The wind.
were rolling and dashing over the coun'ry
rs in the main ocean, every one expecting
20 see lis dwelling hurled from its founda.
lions, and buried in tie geaSral wreck.
The rain STILL fell in torrents, and the dark
ness rendered the danger still more fearful
At s o'clock, P. NJ, the wind came round
to The norL, and increased in violence. and
tho waters commenced falling. and the next
morning had retire. to their usual level.
Only one wharf al St. Marks was stand.
ing. The schooner Washington lies in the
marsh, some hundred yards from the river.
Vast quantities ofgroceres, provision, &C.,
belonging to the government ard private
individuals, are destroyed, and the loss can.
lot be less than thirty thousand dollars.
AT The Light House, The waters rose eight
feet higher than has cyel before beenknown
sweeping away every house except the
brick dwelling Of the keeper. Three ne.
groes belonging to RI. J. Hackey Esq, of
this place. were swept off in one of the bull.
Iings, and drowned. The inhabitants, with
their families, compelled to lake refuge in
boats, were driven off, with the exception
Of the one which contained Mr.. Robinson
and lamI} Y, who lascned his boat to the
tops Of some high bushes, and with great
oare and constant bailing, succeeded in
keeping i: above water during the night.
The boat Containing the family ofMr. Ken.
ncdy was next morning found TO be three
miles from the water, III the pine woods on
Il Shcl Pom; Were they had secured them
selves. Mr.. A. Fisher s. Crosby, and an
Italian named Nicelas, pushed off in boat
from the light house to save three lads who
were drifting out TO sea on the roof of their
dwelling, which had been dashed to pieces
by the winds and waves. They succeeded
in saving the lads, but could not return, and
were carried BY the TEMPEST for four hours,
expecting every moment to be enguted.
A little after dark, they, caught the tops Of
some shrubs. and made the boat fast in sev
en- feet water, and next morning were
aground several hundred yards from the
sea.-Thc loss sustained at the light house
cannot be less than five thousand dollars.
Mr.. c.. Nelson Mr.. Salce, Francois Dre.
reux and Il lad named Johnson, ali from
tbs place, on fishing excursion at Shell
Point, with three persons from Gadsden
country, whose names we have not learned,
when tnc waters rose round them, attemp-
led 20 escape in their boats, which was
swamprd after gong Il short distance, IN
sight Of negro, who had not been able TO
reach them before they put of. and who
saved himself, by Climbing lree. Mr.
Roam, ard Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor, from
Magnolia, who were encamped at Sprasuc,ss $ s
Poin!, were also drowned making IN ali
cg teen known TO have pershcd. A s'oop
of about .rn tons has been found bottom