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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-19
CAnsv's FERRY, Eff (
August 26th, 1859.

Much doubt has heeu expressed as TO
tile light in which General Taylor would
view the recent capture of the Indians al
Fort Mellon, but take pleasure in stating
il has his unqualified sanction. He never
pu, any confidence in General Macomb's
treaty, nor look any part or lot in it. Like
the whole army i'll Florida, he knew TOO
well The treachery ofthe foe he had 10 CON
ouer. The SemnoIes have all left Fort
King, as it is said that bundle Of four
hundred and fourteen red sticks, indicating
n determination TO 20 to war on their parI,
was found between the former place and
Tampa Bay few days since. Indians
have again made their appearance in the
neishborhood of the settlements about Mica
nony, and have destroyed considerable pnr-
tions of tie crop, that was made al so
much risk on The par, Of c"r citizens. DIR.
Sloan, of the army, and another gentle
man, returning from a professional visit
from Fort Wacahota 10 NIicanopy, were
fred upon by party of bostiles, from a
dense hammock on the edge of the road:
it was raining heavily at the time, and
they luckily escaped To The garrison With
out injury. 1t is supposed lie attacking
party was one of the de'achmcnis oil Iai'
laIlassecs recently ordered by Tiger Tall
to scatter themselves in bodies Of five over
The whole country. massacre all they met
wIiusc combined strength was less than
four. On this the savage chief evlnced
great seucralship, and wise policy. What
will government do, is question asked
repeatedly. Will they give us projections
exlermina,c the enemy, or yield the coun-
try? Will the "powers that be" send a
sufficient force to drive The Toe 10 terms of
submission, or will they suffer the gallant
little hand that still remains 10 guard our
frontiers aud our posts, 10 remain supinr
and idle, unable to rcpel continued azores
sicns, or strike decisive blow? Nous Yer
ons!---Samnnaa Georgian.
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REPUBLICAN OFFICE.
Washington, n. C. Sept. 2, 1889. {


The following appalling account is by
gentleman who was on the spot, and
Witnessed the scene which he describes:
Our coast has recently been visited by
a storm, more violent perhaps than any
heretofore known. On Monday evening.
10Th ull., the roaring Of The surf gave evil
cIcncc to the pracliccd car Of approaching
danger; while a clear sky and southern
hreczcs served hut 10 lulI suspiconin in The
hearts Of rllosc who conf'leto lreacherous
omens. BY Wednesday, at moon, the
whole coast seemed to rrephle under The
oceans surge. The wind then changed
to E. N. F., gradually increasing. and by
Thursday morning it blew with rrcmen-
rlous violence. As night shut in,'he storm
increased. filling he sounds and rivers with
the water from the sea, and threatening
destruction TO c"cry obstacle that offered
to impede it progress. By midnight the
scene in Portsmouth or elsewhere was fear
ful and grand iu the extreme. The wind
having changed to n. NV. blew with un-
aha,ed fury, driving the angry waters from
The Soand completely over the Island.
with a force that dcfies description. The
rain fell in torrents; while the wind, lift
ing the waters up, swept them onward.
apparcntlv in sheets, that were snow-drifi
willie. The awful roaring ofthe elements
rcsemhlci continual peal nfdeep thun-
der, and seemed 10 ring The death knell 10
every ear There were few houses upon
the island where The rushing waters had
not now reached the 0ours, which were
rising and henving within as The fnrcing Of
toor through which death stood prrpar-
ell to enter. CONSERVATION filled every
-hreas.; and during an hour when the wa
rcrs seemed neither 10 rise nor fall, it is
li(licuItr 10 imagine the feelings 'of those
who were alive to the dangers which sur
rounded them. The storm having now
spent its fury, The waters gradually rrce-
lcd; aud the first sight of land checrc'
every heart.
As thr day broke, and the gale abatcd.
heart. .sckrning sight presented itself
among the shipping rcar the island. Yes
sells were sunk, ashore, capszpd, disInas.
rcd, with their exhausted crews clino!ng
to the wrecks, aud by signals impIoring
succour. So soon as the sea was sufficient
" calm, hoats pur of, manned by the har
dv pilots of the island, and brought Ihe
sufferers to shore. We annex a lis, of the
vessels wrecked, from which it will be seen
tha, Capt. Barlimus Williams, Of this
place, was The only person who lost his
life in The gale. How so many escaped is
surprising intleed.
Here follows list of vessels lost. ]
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tide, fell, was found without any damage
10 the building, o. goods on the shelves.-
Not even a piece ofdry goods had been
moved, or piece Of crockery broken "A
few groceries standing on the floor were
ia raged. A great many sheep and cat
lie were swep, away and drowned. Every
garden, of which there were n great num-
her, some very good, as well as every field
of corn and sweet poIators, was entirely
DESTROYED; every fig tree and plant OF
every description, as well as few multi
caulis planted on the Island as an expert
ment. which have The appearance OF be-
ing scared over with hot iron, no doubt,
proceeding from the continual gusts Of wind
accompanied with the salt aspray. The
window-s glass in the seconh story of my
house OH the side next 10 the sea. from
which course the wind blew, is completely
coated with salt. The damage TO the
shipping has been, for the small number OF
vessels in our Roads, very severe. Out
of fourteen or fifteen sail, only three es-
capped without some damage.
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NORFOLK, Sept. z

NoRFoLK, Sept. z
We continue 10 record disasters by the
late gale.
Accounts from the Norh and East rep
resent the gale as having hcen very severe
there. Many vessels have been driven
ashore and several lives lost.
The French brig Adeel, from theGrand
Banks, bound to Rochelle, was spoken by
a vessel at New York iu lat. 30, long, 30.
The Capt. of which reported, that Two days
previous in sqnaI be lost bis main top
sail yard with twelve men on it, who were
drowned.
We give below IN account Of the loss
of the Packet ship Milerieevlle from New
York, bound TO Savannah, with the loss
Of several passengers and one of the crew.
SHIPwREcK AND LOSS OF LIFE.-Sev-
cral Seamen arrived here yesterday after
noun, who stated that they belonged to the
ship MilcdscvilIc. Capt. Porter, which
sailed from New York the 2Is, nit. with
a cargo of Dry Goods. &c. and several
passengers, bound to Savannah and was
totally lost on Thursday morning al 2
A. Nj. following, on Chickamacomico
about twenty miles to the Northward Of
Cape Haucras, eight passengers among
whom was female, and one of the crew
were drowned.
Captain Porter remained on The beach
10 attend to that part Of the cargo which
washed ashore.
We also learn from the crew of the ship
MiIledgevile. that number oGrat,le were
driven shore on the beach, supposed TO
he from some vessel bound 10 the West
dies.-Beacon.
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Died in the hospital.
I Very incorporate habits.
i Died out Of the city.
From Tie Chnrleston Mercury.

THE FEVER, Coon PROSPECT
There are now but few cases ofsIranSer's
fever in our ciry-and we have good rca-
s;n to assume that in The course ofa fort
night there will he none. This opinion is
founded on The fact of the prevalence a.
mong us of another less fatal epidemic
which seems to he supplan'ing The other.
1T is "A fever, vulgarly called the Broken
Bone Feuer, some what resembling the
Dangue-It lasls generally from two 10
three days-and is easily managed-rare-
ly if ever terminating fatally. We may
therefore congratulate ourselves, that be-
tween the two evils we have chance Of
the less, as it is "A principle, we learn, in
medicine, rhatn two diseases affecting
the whole S, stem eau exist in a patient in
one and The same time, nor can two cpl
denies prevail simultaneously in the same
a,mosphere-as the causes of the one ex-
pei the causes of The other.
Let this howeverhc considered merely
as a speculation. We would by no means
advise absent strangers 10 return to lhr
city until The disappearance of Strangers
Fever has been officially announced; and
residents will we trust not relax in their
prcrantion, nor delay seeking medical aid
on The earliest approach Of disease-as il
isbelrer to crEon the side of prudencc-ouI
atmosphere may take longer than we con-
lecture To he nnoculated with the new cpl
demic-and The remedies applied for Vel
low Fever will perhaps cure the Other, and
being not of very active character
could do little harm, even if administered
by mistake.
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VERMONT ELECTION.
Statesman Office.


Below arc all the returns oflhe election
held in this State yesterday recei at
This Office up tod o'clock. p. NJ. OF; this
dav.
1t will he seen that Vermont begins 10
feel The influence of the mighty movement
going on the public mind throughout the
country in favor OF an Independent
Treasury and n Democratic Adninistra-
,inn of the Government The hardy De-
mocracy of The Green MOUNTAINS have
done cloriolslv. We cannon say that we
have carried rhr Slale, nor do we feel jus.
rihcd in snyiuc al present, (hoSever The
rerripis Of further returns may prove il 10
he, that the Fed:raI;sls have retained it.
The returns of the vote for Governor in
twenty-five towns, (all we have receivcd.)
show Democratic nett gain gilmore than
eight hundred votes, while The nett gain
of Democratic members of the thuse of
Representatives in the thirty four towns
heard from. is twenty,
The Federal majority in the last House
"; about 50, and lon he opular vote for
Governor about five thousand six hundred.
TIE public may draw their own inferen C.
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Guatrmala.--We have learned, by late
arrivals from this Republic, that anarchy
and disunion thratened its political exis-
tence. A better slate oflhings, however,
is ahou, 10 succeed. On the first of June.
the constituent assembly Of the State of
Guatemala published an address to its
constituents, which is marked with palri-
orism and political wisdom. Fernando
Davila is president, and Juan jose de Ay
cinema Vice President. The provinces Of
Costa Rica and Vera Paz. which had sep.
araled themselves from the Confederation,
will. il is hoped. rejoin il, and find their
strength in uuion.-Globc.
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From the Correspondence cfhe N. YJournal Of
Commerce.
OcRAcocK, N. G.. Aug. 81,

OCRACoCK, N. y. Aug. 81 lS'}S.
have 10 inform you that we have been
visited by one of The severesl gales of wind
expcrieuced at this place for many years.
Il commenced on the evening of The 29tI
and continued until 8 O'clock the next
morning. Several of our oldest citizens
aud pilots say il is the severest storm since
1895, and lhc tide was even higher than
then. To give you some idea oflhe height
of the water above ordinary tides,-which
do not rise over 3 or 81 fee, on the Bar,
and abou,2 feet at Ocracock Island and
a, Portsmouth Island (ny residence is on
the lauer) the waller in one rnom in the
floor OF nv house, was about Is inches
deem. One of our common pilot boats
could have passed in at one door and out
at the other. In several houses it was
two and two and hall feet deep. The
whole Island was, literally speaking, over
flowed. Nothing bul one sheet of wafer
To be seen for miles round every house,
except here and there the top of Il sand hill,
or a bush or tree. Forluna'ely The wind
hackened TO about north Ia, II o'clock at
uight) the tide Iien comlncnclngeh ehb. Inc
water, elier remaining about one hour sta
tionary. commenced falling gradually, and
ul day .lsl, VIC were relieved from Il stute
of danger aud anxiety ynu eau farm but
i,lea faint Of. Had The tide commenced liuol
instead of ebh when the wind backencd,
i, would have met The waters fiom the riv-
ers and sounds, md stopping irs progress
here, il is tho opinion of The pilots masters
of vessels, and others, that moi n house
would hive been left standing, Or human
being would have been left alive. As it
was, several stores and oIher small build
lugs on the north side, aud fronting The
Island. were washed down, and the goods,
bouks, &c. Of one nearly all destroyed
One sloro wus swept from its loumInlion,
aud iloaling some distance erect, was
checked by strong fence, and when the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-19
From the Tallahassee Star, Sept. a.
INDIAN NEWS.

The army express, which arrived 10
this city Oh Monday afternoon, broug hi the
way-bill from Fort White. on which was
endorsed by Capt. Miles, the following
items of news -
On the 2;}d uiino. the Indians attacked
Fort M.Clu.e, wounded volunteer, and
killed 10 horses.
On the 9th, they attacked n party Of
volunteers, on Orange Lake: killed and
took prisoners The whole party, with the
exception of one horse-uumbcr 10: ascer-
tained--two whites killed.
On the 25th, as the steamer r. Il. Call
was proceeding down the Suwance, when
abou, FIVE miles below the 'noath of The
SantaGcc she was twice fired on by g
party Of Indans-about 2U in number.
Captain Wood and the pilot returned the
second fire, and killed Indian. Que OF
the tlccl hands of the Call was wounded.
Captain Miles adds, thai the Indians are
very thick around Fort White.
Licutenan, Wood, commanding AT Fort
Andrews. reports that II Of his men had
au engagement, few days since, with Il
party oflndians. about Az strong; in which
= of his men were killed, aud S wounded.
The Indians had apparently prepared for
The battle. Lieut.. Wood states, that his
men behaved with great GOODNESS and bra
very.
The Indians have remainedquic, for the
last three weeks, and ,as we predicted.ha
now broken out aireSh; and will, no
dout, prove very troublesome on or about
the Suwauee.
We have peruscd long letter from
Captain E. J. Wood. of the steamer r. X.
Call, now employed in government SER
vice, in which he states. that tie Indians
are ver> tnick on both sides Of the Su-
vance, and lha, he has discovered nurnrr-
OILS RATS on tho river, Indicating that they
have recently crossed in large numbers.
and travelled west. y few days since.
2OU head of cattle were captured by the ln'
dian on San Pedro.
Now is the time for action. There is
no doub, that the Indians are concentrate
in. their forces in Middle Florida, and as
they have the bol'lncss to place them
selves within reach of our ,nuskets, We
earnestly hope that the forces now in the
field. will feel new impulse, and 20 forth
resolved to conquer or TO die" We
trust the regulars will get some revenge,
for a long end larrassinG campaign, in
which there is but precious little glory TO
be gathered. Hare at 'em boys, and let
nothing but their scalpS suffice.
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From the augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, Of
the l2h instant
FEVER IN AUGUSTA.

The Board of Health have dai y pub
lishcd, for fortnight past, the whole num-
her of deaths; aud 10 prevent al possibi-
lily of cavil, these reporls have included
all those Ia large portion Of The whole) who
have slckened and died out of town, whe
thcr they were residents in The city at the
lime the disease appeared, or were sup
posed to have contracted the fever, by oc
ca,ional visits, during its prevalence. The
whole number Of deaths, from the 18th
ultlno to yesterday. al noon, inclusive,
from the epidemic. has been ninety.
We suhjoin lisl of deaths from the
commencement Of the lever -
EngMnd.-Mrs. Rutherford.
ireLund.-James Carswell, John Dc
Richard Muse,'f Mr.O'Shen, W.Abbolt.s
Germany.--John Neutier, BENZ. Bur
leigh.
France.-JosepE Rnuche.
South Caroiina.-Miss Elizabeth EIa-
milton.
Bost"n, or Ne,v York.-John Stansfeld
(printer).
Nuo York.-Nlasler Albert Banra, Mrs.
A. u. Banla.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hanback,.
Trginia.-Nlr. Green.
Kentucky DR.. Griffith.
Connecticut,-Jamcs T.Granr (painter),
Mr.. Corlcr (coppcrsmith!,St Joseph
smith Henry + Purmelce.
sidents.-Aliss isabella Ogden, Miss
Horn, Jonathan Ellis. Henry Robertson.
james Lang, james Lcverirh from Long
IsInud), Mrs. Petlis, Moses Rolf, Mrs.
Dillon, Miss Meredith, Robert Barber
Michael Wagner, Mrs. Ryan, Miss Re-
heccu Wright, Mr.. Dutlic, Amos BulIarl,t
Mis-. LAURA McLaushlin.t Mrs. Moses
RnG,t Moses Riley,t Miss Mary a..
Buulneau,+ F. B. Greiner,t Mr.. Farrart
Levin Mars (niue years old), Mrs. Talia.
fewo, w. c. Dillon,t Mrs. Snlmonds,
Mrs. Priscilla Jones,t w, p, Merrimau,t
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The Cherokees.-We are happy to learn
from the annexed letter, which we find in
The Arkansas Gazette, that the aspect of
affairs between the opposing parties OF the
Cherokees, is more pacific.
Fort GIBSON, July 81, 1889.
"There is prospect at length of set.
tIcment ofthe difficulties among lheChero-
kees. Both Councils are in session-lIlat
is, tho old emigrauts combined with the
Ridge party,) aud the new, headed by
John Ross.-Theirin intentions appear more
pacific at present, on both sides. Should
matters, however, come to the worst, |
have no doubt myself the old set would
more than maintain their ground against
the Ross party, notwithstanding the APP
paren, difference in their numerical forces.
The season heretofore has been wet
one, but highly advantageous 10 The far
mer-in all the west here, our crops of corn
are prodisious, particularly among the
Creeks where have been. But the dog
days are fairly setting in, and the lller-
momeler ranges daily at about Csc.
IlttS uCUll pVCtlS
good thus far, it may not remain so. We
had the misfortune 10 lose Lieut.. Bow
man. of the Dragons, who died on Sun
day last. He had served long time on
the southwestern frontier, ard was beloved
in the Army.
From the Little ROCK Gazette, Aug.o.
By the steamboat Cinderella, which ar
rived at this port on Friday last, we have
IiIlc news orintercs: from the frontier. No
father rupture has occurred between the RI
val factions of Ross and Ridge, and it is
hoped ,hat The "wars and rumors Of wars"
will subsidc for the present without farther
disturbance.
1t is, however, impossible to determine
with auy degree Of accuracy on The move
mcns Of men so much under the guidance
Of sudden impulse, and at the snsnc limc
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-19

From SOUTH AmERrcA.-By the arrival
of the schooner Benjamin Gather, AT New
York. fr I'm Chagres, advices are received
from Peru to the 9th Of June. and from
Panama to the l7lh OF July.
The Chilians were still at Lima, but ex-
Meeting soon TO Withdraw. The'small pox
was prevailing at Payra, from Is to 90
persons dying daily. Ii was reported that
Gamarrn, The new President of Peru, had
declared war against Bolivia.
Mr.. Swecrser, passenger on hoard the
B 6. Is The bearer OF ireniy nceocinted
between Tho governments of the Ecuador
and lhc United States of North America.--
Philadelphia Enquirer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-19

". G.. Simms.-A writer in the last
"Soulhe Literary Messenger" says -
=" hear TINT W. Gilmore Simms has in
contemplation, romantic history Of the
Marion aud Sump,er War, in South Ca
rolina-a noble idea. aud in the hands Of
q highly accomplished writer"
The Charleston Courier says" Wc
hear from another qnnrtcr, that Mr.
Simms has new novel in preparation,
with The attractive ti,le of "Thc Damsel Of
Daricn."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-19

Terrible 46liction,-Tho last Southern
Recorder suys-"We are literally orer-
run with communications. We have done
Il we could do in this b. half. Wo have
yielded our editorial space to them. al
though II, pcriml so near tho elections,
wo would rather occupy our own space,
for heller nr worse"
'Tis certainly dreadful afiliclion 10 an
editor TO he avcrrunn with communica-
lions. especially those in which no ono
takes tho least interest, but the writers.
In common, with all our brethren, wo can
svmpnhiso with Tho Recorder, We huvo
seen tho TIM in which VIC have been pes.
tered by "favors," as they arc Called
bu, not recently,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-19

Public Meeting at B0rn,ccN Court
House.-A meeting of citizens, assembled
a, Barnwell Court House, on the Cd inst,
auh was organized, by calling Mr.. H. D.
Duncan TO the Chair, and appnin,ins Mr..
J. ]. O'Bannon, Secretary. Resolutions
were passed 10 elect delegates to the
Agricultural Convention, which will as
scnble at Columbia, in November next.
Five delegates were appointed.
Major ]. G. Brown then offered n
preamble and resolutions. which were op-
passed by Nj +. La'ieue, Que of the Off
GERS of the Railroad Company. After
some discussion, 'h"> were adopted; two
votes being given in the negative. The
following arc rhr resol .fi"ns -
Therefore Resolved. That The Act of
the Legislature, permitting the South Ca
rnlina Caual aud Railroad Company 10
increase their rates, is a hardship, and
should be repealed.
Resolved, That when the charter was
granted 10 thc company, compact was
enlercd.into between The Company and
The Stale, that for certain privileges
granted by The one, the other was 10 per-
form the duties On certain specified terms.
and thai any departure from the terms Of
said compact is violation Of good faith,
and should he resisted.
Resolved, That committee Of ten
he appointed 10 repor, these proceedings to
The Legislature, and to oblain subscribers
TO petition praying o repeal of the act
conplaincd of.
4" Resolved, That our Representative,
E. BcIingcr. ir., has faithfully represented
us, in pposine the passage of ,hr act
complained of, for " hich he is entitled to
our thanks, and that he be requested TO
hr charge of this matter al the next scs-
sion ofthe Legislature.
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The whole number of deaths in Charles
ton, from the lst to the 7lh of September,
amounted to 27; of these 12 were by
yellow fever.
The Charleston Mercury, Of the 11,h
inst, says" The whole number of
deaths, from fever, during the three
months its prevalence, has scarcely ex-
:eeded The mortality Of single week at
the heigh, Of the epidemic last year."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-19

MoIile.-The journal, of the 5,h inst,
says" The malignant fever, which has
becn existing in this city, is evidently on
The spread" The number Of deaths had
increased. Out Of The reduced population
of $500, il is said. that 1900 were sick.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-19

TLLINoIs.-In The election of mcmher>
of the Legislature in this State, the DEM
ncrats have succeeded beyond their mosl
sanguine expectations. The majority at
the next session ia vnr Ofco rect rl"ci.
pies will he overwhelming. Lou srille
Public advertiser.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-19

Tho Court of Inquiry, appointed to in-
vus'isa,e The charges against Commodore
Elliott, have sen, in their report To tho
Secretary, Tho majority recommended
that he should DO tried by naval C0ur,
Mar,ial-Commodoie Stcwar, dissenting.
Charleston Mercury.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-19

Agricultural Meeting at Columbia. "A
meeting Of the citizens of Richland Dis.
trict, was held at Columbia, on the Cd in-
slant. Resolutions were passed, to ap-
poin delegates to the Agricultural Con-
vention, which will assemble at Columbia,
in November next. and to establish Dis
rict Aori ultural Society.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-19

On Monday evening last, lecture
/" On the Intellectual Character of Physi-
cal Science" was delivered before the
EdsefeId Philosophical Society, by DR..
NJ. Laborde.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-09-19

Louisville, Cincinnati, and Charleston
Railrond Company.---An ius'almcnt of
five dollars ON each share in The Company,
is called for, to be paid on or before the
2lsl day Of October next.