Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-03-06

-phe silent Gears: and quiVering lips Ot tiell-
brave and honest comrades, who tried in
win 10 subdue or TO conceal their feel;
inps! Whatswords eau adequately depict.
"a scene like this? So. - - -
The. bodies Of The killed remained on
board The ship last night. They will De
brought 10 lhe city this morning:-int.
Theonly circumstance calculated 10 re; !.
I.lievethe all.pervading distress is, that of
tbe multitude of ladies .who. were on board
the. ship, otone was injured. The happy
l.exemption Of such multitude of the ten-
der sex,.who Witnessed the havoc madeln
the midst of them Of the most distinguished.
and beloved Of their counlryrnen, while 1t
brings some solace TO the circle of their I'M
mediate friends, cannot but deepen the
svmnathies which they, and the whole
community, feel for the bereayed famiiles
Of those who have fallen. MIR. Upsf1ur
and Mr.. Gilmer were idols in the happy
llfamily by which each was surrounded
The elder children Of Mr. Gilmer; are just
grown; the younger still in The nurses arms
Commodore Kenuon, Mr.. Maxcy, and
MIR. Gardner are all torn from family en-
dearments-from wives and children.
We understand that Mrs. Gilmer was
upon The deck when her husband fell. 1t
was the third discharge of The gun tand
fired at the request Of MIR. Gilmer) that
burst it. The daughter of Mr.. .Upshur,
several ofthe family of Com. Kennon, aud
The daughters of Mr.. Gardner, were on
hoard the steamer, but none of them, ex-
cept Mrs. Gilner, were apprized of the
death of those most dear TO them, until
after their return 10 the city. Almost all
the ladies were below. al dinner, when the
catastrophe occurred. Mrs. Gilmer was
brought to the city almosti in state Of dis
traction.
There were two hundred ladies on board
and during The two discharges of the gun,
were Oh deck and many Of them APP
preached very near to observe the course
oflhe ball after il struck the water. Presi-
dent Tyler was there also; but had at
tended the ladies to dinner before the third
dischargs.--Washington Globe.
The Nantucket Inquirer furnishes the
following particulars of the late heart-rend-
ing occurrence iu Nantucket--ihe destruc-
lion by FIRE OF the Asylum for the poor in
that town:
1t is our painf1Ldu.y 10 record one of.
the most distressing occurrences that ever
took place upon the Island of Nantucket;
and we sincerely pray that We may never:
be called upon again to note ore attended
with like consequences.
About Two O'Clock this morning fire
broke ont in the Asylum for the Poor,
!some three miles from town, and in the
tcoure ottuo hours the building was burned
to the ground. So rapidly did the fire
spread, that :hose in the house were una
BILE TO save any Of their effects-and awful
TO relate ten of the inmates were burned to
death. One ofthose burnt, Lydia Bowen,
had carried her child to place Of safety,
and returned to try to save something, but
did not herself again escape the deyouring
flames. There were SO persons in the
house, besides the family Of Captain Tim
olhy Bunker, tho Keeper, Captain B.
lost all his effects and $40'in money
There were l3 oftbo paupers bed-ridden
-one of them, we are told, had notwalked
for about 20 years.
The names Of those burned, are Paul
Jenkins, aged IS; Thomas Hull, 81; Jona-
Than Catchcarl, 79; William Holmes, 81;
! William Hutchins; Sophia Beebs, aged
81; Phebe Jones, 30; Abigail Davis, 81;
lydia Bowen, 33; Wealthy Davis, So
| FIVE men and five women.
This forenoon we visited the scene Of
destruction, and il was scone that would
have moved heart Of stone. There was
heap of ruins to mark the spot where
the late spacious house stood, and every
thing denoted ruin and destruction. Many
oil the paupers were making the best Of
their way to Tie house formerly used as an
Asylum, which served as shelter for
many of. them. Some of them looked be-
widerod, as though they could scarcely
realize their narrow escape. Old and in
firm as many of them were. it seems a
miracle that so many escaped with their
Hives. One lad jumped from the third
story window, and escaped without injury.
A mother jumped from the second story
window, also without being injured. One
man lowered himself TO the ground by
means of sheet, which he tore in strips
and tied together.
Great numbers Of our citizens instantly
repaired 10 the scene of action, 10 render
such assistance as was possible. Good SER
vice was rendered by those living on The
adjacent farms; Mr.. Charles5A. Burgess,
in particular, we heard named as having
been the means Of saving their lives. One
OF the pauper inmates-a woman-also
4 personally rescued two or three persons. .at
the imminent risk of her own life. Mr..
Burgess, by means Of a. ladder, stove in a
window Of The Sd story, and here found an
old man and bis wife in bed. Heinformed
them of their danger and the man got oul ;
but the woman refused to move. Mr.. b.
took her out of bed, got her on the ladder,
and conveyed her in safety to the ground,
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