The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-23


census retaras the remarkable lsct that ~
coIored people, who III IS4O numbered ed1
twentieth part Of the population Of this effy,
now constitute bat one-thity-sixth psrk VI
ask. therefore, how u can be explained, TIT 20
large prepondersnce Of the colored population
IL confined TO the southern portion of the State.
that so very few are to be found in the rich
counties OF the Reserve, where so much devo-
ton is daily mouthed 10 the welfare Of hat ~
pie!
The colored people will toll you rich ert
They understand the philosophy of tRe thing
infinitely. They will tell you that thsv c,s,.t
live among the Aboltionists, --unless. like ths
cameion, they live on nir,--for they would
starve out before any aid would be- afforded
them, beyond a newspaper address on their
wrongs and AN encouragement TO run away. II
! they are slaves
One would naturally suppose, from the
amount Of noisy capital invested in the cause
that, GiDDINes was surrounded by whole nv
Rad Of colored people, all Of whom would bow
before him admiringly at every riaiDg and st.
ting sun, ~ their great deverer from the PREM
dices Of caste and the ignominy Of sev1tuds!
WE'LL there are just forty negroes in the whole
circumference Of his great county-just one
negro to each sspen hundred and eighteen wAiss
while we in Hamilton county have one to every
forty fur whites and even little Gallin, up the
river, has one to every thirteen whites, which Il
still worse And Geauga il worse than Ill -
Geauga, the home Of that devoted coioreA man
patriot, Mr. ex-Goyernor FoRD, who has around
him just 1885 white people, and just seven
negroes.
TERRIBLE HURRIcAAE.-On Tuesday Inst
we were , used from our slun,bess by the roar
ing Of . deluge OF rain which descended upon
! our Town The water came down BY buckets
enough, properly distributed TO make the ,,re-
sent crop. The wind here was light, but i IA
evident that the main body Of the cloud passod
to the Northward Of US, and in some parts Of
our county were visited with hurricanes, which
bring to mind the celebrated storm in Mar.h.
1888. The violence of the storm seemA 10 have
been expended upon narrow strips, varying from
one to eight hundred Yards In pushing owe, !
part OF the plantation Of Col Jno Long, IL level
led every thing in its course; fortunately no
houses were injured. Over the plantation Of 6.
q. Hines, esq, it swept with resistless furv.-
Trees OF all sizes were uprooted; fences carried
entirely away--sOme- parts Of which will never
De found-fodder stacks swept off and some az
1t carried for miles, and even large pine lops
which had lain until they were half buried in The
earth, were raised f on, their beds and removed
The plantation of Mrs. Haines, widow Of Tia
late Nathan Haines, near the Ogeechee river
suffered severely. On it every negro house
was unroofed, poultry, dogs, &C., were carried
on and have not since been seen.--Providensia
y no lives We're lost 80 far as we have learned.
although many hairbredth escapes nights Be e.
lated. One young man, finding the house in
which he was, going to pieces, sprung from it
and was whirled by the wind some distance into
peach tree; to this he chung for a moment
when it was blown up; loosing his hold Of this,
ne was swept on into another to which he hung
until the storm passed It is impossible to es-
Innate the damage sustained by those who have
suffered most, but it is very heavy Sanders.
p1le Georgi1n, 15M inst. Ila