Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-08-23

afucic WHICH VIC tahc iioiii tIc he'N""'S
County Republican Of Friday las,,exhiblts
some of The distress oceasioncd by The dis.
asrrous food OF Saturday week. There
are many others in alike situation, and
their calls for relief. should como home 10
the hearts Of the wealthy among our ciIi-
zcns, aud be answered literally. What is
to be done. should be done quickly, frr
present aid will he more valued than aid
extended a week or TWO hcncc.-U. S.
Garrite.
Much distress prevail in our country, by
reason Of the food, aud we call the atten-
ton Of philantIiropic and charitable per-
Sons TO these cases. that some assistance
may be rendered Ia those who are left en-
lirely destitute. The families at "Aven-
dale Factory" Mr.. James Riddles, on
Crum Creek, have suffered most severely
from the disastrous freshel Of Saturday
night. or The eighteen families residing
near the lower mill al Aveudale, every
one of them were driven from their houses;
the water in many Of them being several
feet deep on the sccoud story, and carry
Ing with it The doors and windows, and
making complete breach through them.
Their clothing, furniture. provislons.evcry
thing they possessed in The world has bccn
destroyed. Six other families have been
Obliged to abandon their houses. they be-
ing so injured that they arc untenanlablc.
Many alllicrins scenes Of distress we learn
nre witnessed in that neighborhoOd. On
Sunday morning, about five o'clock. after
the waters had subsidized, an industrious
man named Quisly, and his life with
nine children, were seem coming up the
hill near the factory each OF the parents
had child ia their arms, rolled up in a
piece of cloth, (beinS naked as they had
taken them from their beds.) The whole
family were without shoes or any cover
ing for their hcnds-lhcy have lost every
thing save their lives and while the dis
,ressel fnthcr related the tale of their sai-
fering during that dreadful night, the tear
| of sorrow ran down his suuken cheeks.
Another. widow uamed Lynch, with
family Of six small children. lost every
thing in her house, aud is now completely
destitute. These cases of distress. and
many moro like uulo them.in our country,
call for the cxcrtions Of the good and the
charitable IN their hehalf, that relief may
be afforded hem without delay.
A,rfM Murder!-We are informed by a
correspondent, tha, most d-biooded
and revolving murder was committed near
Young's Store, Laurcns District. s. c.,
on the 24th uit. upon The wife Of Mr.. Har-
mon Garrett, highly respectable family
residing in that neighborhood, by negro
man and woman. II appeared from evil
dence given al the trial Of the negroes, ,thal
soon after The family had eaten dinner, ,and
q part of them left the house, tho negro
returned as he said 10 the other boys, to
get rope, and was seen to enter the door
when rumbing noise was heard, but he
soon cams on, and joined the other hands
The negro women was left in the house,
In shot time, some small children dis.
covered their mistress living in the fire,
aud gave the alarm. The woman ran
inlo The house aud took her mistress out,
but she was dead. Her face. breast, and
one arm were badly burned. Suspicion
soon fixed upon the negro woman as The
murdered, when she was arrested, Tried.
and condemned 10 be executed on tho 10th
instant. After she was committed to Jail.
she confessed her guilt aud said thar she
and the negro man took hold CT their mis-
trcss, put rope round her neck, and the
man c.loked her until she fell upon the
floor, when he pressed his knees upon her
breast until she was dead. The woman
threw The body in tho fire, TO induce the
belief that she had fallen into il. aud by
tha, means came 10 her death. The ucgro
man then underwent an impartial trial,
aud was condemned TO be hung on The
same day as the woman, near the place
where the murder was perpctratcd.
Ii is stated that Mrs. Garrett was ahou.
80 years Of age, kind aud aficciionn;e
wife, mother and mistress, who has left a
large circle Of relatives end acquaiDIanccs
10 mourn her awful aud uuliDeiy fatc.-
Greenriiie MoGniaincer.
Bloody A0ray in Kentucky.-The
Madisou'ur learns by private letters. that
n most bloody deed has been perpciratcd
in Care, Davis District. Ky. The ac.
count states that "ihe friends of Mr.
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