Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-08-28
J. WHITE, Secretary

Great FIRE at Macon. andlI.oss Of life.
We regret 10 learn through Messrs. M.
Ball s. CO... that a very serious fire look
place AT Macon on Monday night. 1t
commenced about one O'Clock ina Cum
smiths shop. Weregretto learn that Mr..
Wiingham, assistant Editor of the Mncon
Telegraph, was killed by: the falling Of
house. The following is statement of
the property destroyed, as far as ascer-.
lained before the cars left Tuesday morn
ing. 80. Ii. 80
Bar-room, fronting Shotwell's Druggist
Luddiugton & ThomPson's Proyisior
store. -; s>'-,s : = : /;
Macon Democra, Office, and ... =.
OcmuIgee Bank, -
Geo. Roberlsou'sL Lottery Office.
Damour's Provision Store, 81; {
Mrs. Damour's Millinery store, ::
Bishop & Parsons Tin-w storey siC'
Kennedy's Provision store,
Cooper's Boarding house, - - :
Fitch's Clothing store,
Levy & Loab's, do.
Thos. Woods Furniture ware house.
BY the utmost perseverance Of .ihe citi-s
zens, The buildings occupied by E. H.
Weed, w. b. Johnston & Co., and Chas.
Campbell g. Co. were saved, bu, they
were considerable sufferers by damage on.
their goods. 2
Damonr, Bishop g. Parsons no insu-
rance.
Darien Bank owned by w. B. Johnson
w. B.. Johnson g. Co. insured $4,000. 4:
!. E.;B. Weed, Johnston &. Co. and Camp
bell Il Go. fully insured. d.-Sau. Rep. s'a
Further Particulars of the Fire al Ma
con.-From private letter received in
Town last evening, we learn hat the loss,
including the stores and contents. will
amount 10 about S25,000to S30,009.-.
Messrs. Bishop & Parsons. and j.. H. Da-
mour, are The largestsufTerers. Neither,of
them had any insurance.
q The FIRE lasted aboutthree hours, and at
one time there was little hope of saving
The brick stores Of Weed, w. b. Johnston
81 CO.. and G.. c. Campbell g. Co. fss s..
.'Mr. Willfhghatn was killed by the fall
ing fihe front end Of The building owned
and occupied by Bishop & Parsons. So
sSduaanab Republican: y -.
An. election for Clerk, Sheriff. and Or.
binary, for Pickens District. wssf held on
Monday last. Wei have not seen the Off
cial returns, bul weare informed that lRm.
L. Keith, Esq, has been reelected Clerk
over Gen FIN Garvin, and Pleasant AL
exauder, has been chosen Sheriff over
VIM. Hunter. VIM. D. Steele. is said to
be elected Ordinary, for which Office there
were several competitors. Iu each ease.
the majority is small. probably under one
hundred. The aggregate vote is the lar
gest ever given in the DisGiet.@the excite
men, among ,he personal friends Of the
candidates having run high. PoGties:dia
not enter ino the canvass, the prominent
candidates being all, we believe; DEMO-
Gratis Pendktoa Messenger. i'. s..r... ~. +.
The Wsatten during. ,he,pas. week Or
ten days. has been opPressively bot, dry;
and sultry--the Thermometer ranging
lrurn 80 10 go. degrees, in the middle Of
nearly every day. The waller courses are
unusually low, and many wells and
springs in the upper country have enlirely
failed. Ia facty we have had the lungest,
most dry, and hottest Summer ezperien-
ced in.iwenty- years. Since the 6rst OF
FebruarysIasta there haainot been suff.
cieu, frost in this region to ininre ycgera-'
tion,and notrain enoughto thoroughly wet
the ground. Sill, crops Of all kind bid
fair 10 yield more abpndantly than usual:
Greenvile Mquatqiaeer,