Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-06-07
Destructive Fire a, TaLtahns,,e.

We copy from the Georgian Of Tuesday
| ihe following reformation Of the caiamiiy )
with which the citizens of Tallahassee
have bccn vfsi,cd:
"a gentleman who arrived q, the Pu.
laski House .hy the Macon stage yester-
day. states that disastrous FIRE consumed
nearly all The city. Of Tallahassce. Il
broke out on the afternoon OF the 25th
inst. and, notwithstanding Tie united ex-
criions Of tho Inhabitants, TWO hundred
and 6hy houses, including The principal
public buildings, printing Offices, s,ures,
wa.ciauses. merchandize, &c., were de-
siroyed.--No'hiug now remains but few
dwellings in the suburbs Of the city. The
people are much distressed. and wc hope
their humane fellow. citizens will speedily
contribute to their relief.
! In addition To the aboye, we are in.
;leb,ed to George Schlcy. Esq, Posi- Mas
ter. for the following letter, which con-
firms lhi. melancholy intelligence:
Posr OFFICE TaLLauAssEE, Flap
Friday Evening. May 25. 1913.
STA conlagration commenced in
this place at about four o'clock this morn
ing, and Ct this present wiring 70 o'clock)
the creator part OF ,heIowp is in ruins.
Every business house in the place has
been destroyed, and wi,h them The post
office. ! succeeded 10 saving the contents
Of the Office but everything is ID such a
slaie Of confusion, that il is impossible 10
assort The mail thar should leave Oh 10.
morrow morning. The FIRE is now appa.
renfsy subdued, or rather has exhausted
itself, by the destruction of everything il
could reach, aud no danger Of i:s spread.
ing further is apprehcnded. Ii suitable
accommodations can bc Obtained, mail
will be despatched on Sunday morning.
Your obi scrvt.
WILEY NASH, p. NJ.
The Savannah Republican of the same
date contained these ad'liIinnaI particulars.
I'VE have been favored by Wn. Dag
sett, Esq, who arrived 10 town last eve.
ming from Tallahassee, with some further
particulars which wc annex. The 6re
was FIRST discovered in the back buildings
Of the WashinsiouHaIl, which was burnt
This building was situated near the capi.
tnl. and the fire extended on both aides oe
Main street, to the Court House. Every
store in the city was destroyed. or the
three printing Offices ons was ssved-thal
Of the Star, the Sentinel and the Fioridian
Offices, we:e burned.
II, is supposed tia, there were a, least
two hundred and fify buildings with mos,
Of their contents destroyed. I, was i'm.
possible 10 save macy Of the goods 10 the
stores, the fire made such rapid progress.
aud those that were saved were mostly 10
damaged state. Several buildings were
blown up, aud two or three uegroes lost
their lives.
"The loss is estimated al $500, 900.
There had heen no rain Cor six weeks, in
consequence Of which The buildings had
become 50 dry that they burn, like tindcr."
The Hail SLora III So. John's and 81.
Stephen's.-The desiruc,iyeness of this
calamilous visitation, il will be secu by the
suhjnined letter. was even greater shan at
FIST reported-it has swept with blasting
fury over the entire region from the Eutaw
Syringe 10 Pinevi!ie. embracing many Of
the finest and most productive, long staple
cotton plantations in the Stare-ihe desc
laiion caunot have ranged over less than
1000 acres OF cotton alone. besides the
damages 10 crops Of other descriptions.
Locn DHU, May 81.
| avail myself of an opportunity 10 write
you agnin few hasiy lines rouchiQs the
late hail storm. II IS toe finishing stroke
of destruction TO the long cotton of mos, OF
Upper ST. lohu's aud ST. Stephens, Con-
siderine the area il has ,raversed, and the
injury il has committed, it is perhaps un-
paFaileled, either within my recollection
or by any thing have ever heard OF 10 The
ua.ure Of a hsil storm. My letters TO you
OF ;ae subject. wii.. st~o you but . faint
idea OF its desola'ing violence. tWe have
heard with certainty Of its ravages from
tho Eutaw Springs TO Piueville--how
much farther We do DOT know. Il write
with regrer Of The destruction Of fully one
half o. the crop at Mount Pleasant, aud
Of nearly one ,hird of my own-with the
residue of both c-7ps severely injured,
Moss Pond min VI ed and Wilioa also.
Our corn Is all whipped into shreds and
| fear great deal of the cotton will never
recover. My own will plant in corn
aud amtrying TO get cotton seed TO re.
plant Nount Pleasant. Springfield, Pond
Bluff. Walnu, Grove, The Rocks. Loeb
Dhu. Mount Pleasant, Fouutnin Hcnd,
Cherry. Grove, Bluefield, Mexico. Bluford,
Tower Hill and Johns Run, all more or
less cut up; aud carts and wagons are
constantly on the go to gel cotton seed
aud to render the calamity still more com.
ple,e. there is scarcely any seedto be had.
| shall 40; Stop short Of Orahscburgh, un.
less ! can succeed in getting II nearer, the
Noun, Pleasaut.-Chdrlsston Courier.
Pigeons!-A gentleman from Rerricn
informs us that about three miles and
half from ihs, village, the pigeons have
taken poHscssion Of the woods, ahout five