The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-09-16
WHOLE NO. l4OS


The FREsHLT AND Loss " LIFE AT THE
Mobile papers are filed with
the particulars ofthe late freshet there. In
some Of the streets Of Mobile, the water was
ten and twelve feet deep. The steamboat
Belle Gates was sunk, and the Swan and
Ambassador arried, by the flood, into the
woods. aud broken to pieces. Several
large vessels, after the water receded, were
LEFT high and dry in the streets. The mer-
chants lost, in merchandise alone, about
sl0O.Oup. One woman and child were
drowned. AllAlong the coast, the damage
was terrible. f .....
A family ol six persons we're drowned at
PascegJnla. Five smacks, with their crews,
were lost between Dog River and Dauphin
Island, during the gale. The number of
lives lostwiih themis supposed to be from
fifteen 20 twenty.
Al Choctaw Point Lighthouse sad result
uf the storm occurred. The tenement which
was occupied by the keeper, Mrs. Philibert
being undermined by the food, gave way,
and Mrs. Philibert, her son-ia-law, William
f.. COlgin and his wife, with their two child
TtUy hnU oscar GuilIDeTt, WcI6 IOTCeO 10
seek shelter as best they could. They at
tempted to save themselves by a rude raft;
but Nrs. Philibert and her two grand-child-
ren, after being driven about by the wind
and the water, were washed from their tral
bark and drowned Nr. CclgiD, with his
wife, was rescued. Mr.. Philibert and
negro are missing. Both doubtless were
drowned.
The houses on the island and elsewhere
opposite the city were chiefly destroyed
One house was carried mp the river, but
fgrtunately the steamer Heroine fell in with
it and rescued the inmates, five in number,
one mother with an infant nearly dead, af-
ter an exposure Of twenty hours, without
GJOd Or shelter. --+
A@ietter from Gwinnett county, Ga, says
all the miilsin that county have either been
washed away or damaged, and adds:
Corn and Wheat have gone up since the
lreshet, corn from 40 to 75 80 cents per
bushel; wheat from GO 10 to 81. | have
, no doubt If it had not been for this freshet,
plenty Of corn could have been bought
here next tall for 30 cents per bushel, but
now..it is quite likely corD will be as high
next winter as il was last.
A Slex IL PESSsYLvAEiA WORTH Re-
coRBIxG.-A meeting oi Democrats, who
! have never voted Wing ticket, but who
now 60 for SCuTT and GRAHAM, was heldin
| fIcllam township, York Co., on Saturday,
/ the 2lst nit. One hundred and twenty Dem
ocrats were present, who raised pole Orer
one Hundred feet high, TO which was attached
! a flag, on which is inscribed in large letters
ySarrr ~ A A n
STITUTION." 10
The whole affair was conducted exclusive
ly by the Democrats. Not Wing was al
lowed 10 participate in it, although a num-
Der were present to witness the perform.
/ ance. "N
we understand that the Democrats as.
sembled, had most pleasant and enthusias'
tic time Of it.. All seemed to enjoy them
selves, and boasted that there were plenty
more of their old political associates thai
would go for Scott and Graham with as muct
zeal as, themselves.
Here 10 II sign worth recording-and wortl
/ the attention of politicians in other States
York county is one of the Strongholds of Lo
cofocoism, aud il her honest voters follow
? the exHmpe of these Democrats of Hellan
township, the majority it will give for tn
2 old Hero, who has served his country so vel
r and who deserves so justly the gratitude q
/, his .countrymen, is not easily calculated
: We believe this to be no isolated sign OF tn
q tiGes-but the indication of the popula
: feeling in favor OF Scott, that, when tol
through the ballot boxes will not only as
If touud our opponents, but astonish the mos
: sanguine friends OF Scott thcmselves.-Hd
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