The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-03-08


In consequence OF the very heavy
fall ofrain, which took place ON Sat,,r.
day night and Sunday morning the 25th
and Goth ull.. there has been Il general
frc>hct all over the country, nearly, if
not quite equal to the great trcshct OF
ls4O. The Camden papers speak oft
as the greatest ever known in their
river. Here i an extract from the
JWaui:
The low lands on both sides are
entirely submerged, and as far rs We
can ascertain all the clnbankmcnts
have given way, and H. doubt, from
the suddcnncsS and rap:dity Of the
rise, immense damage will be sustain
cd by the planters in the loss of stock,
&c. We understand that on the plant
alton of Mrs. Hale, tic Ovcrsrcr's
house, with all his furniture, the smoke
house, corn housr, fodder house. AZ Il
three or four negro houses have been
SWEPT oil, and fears are entertained
that Il negro has been drowned. The
family Of the Oversecr, and all the he.
grucs had been removed, except three
or four whose houses were supposed
to be beyon,l the reach OF tho water;
but one OF these cannot be seen this
morning, and is supposed to he gonc
Measures have been taken to afford
assistance to those who remain, and in
Il few hours they will be removed to u
place of safety
The up country papers all contain ac-
counts of it and characterize it us ono
OF The largest they have ever had, and
considerable damage is said to have
resulted from it, to that part OF our
STATE. y portion Of the track on the
GrccnviIc Eairoa,l with fourteen
freight cars upon it ::ls washed away,
and portion Of the trrstIe work
on the Charlotte road has been con
,idcrabIy damaged. At the bridge in
Columbia, us we learn from the Caro-.
! in'"": the Congaree on Monday eve
ming was within two feet of The great
May ircslct of 1910, and continued
$" Oh tuesday. The cmbanEmcut and
pi!Iing below the Camden Junction on
the South Carolina Railroad has all
been washed away and the trcstlr work
in the Watcrcc swamp, for four or live
! days was under water, and all curnmu.
nication with Charleston and the Wcs-
! tern portions ofonr State entirely c,,,
oil. Up to Monday last We received
but one mail from either Charleston
or the W est. Nor has the ireshct been
confined to South Carolina. Thus
speaks one Of our exchanges of the
state Of things in Alabama and t;cor-
gia:
8 No mail was received from either
New Orleans or Montgomery ycslcr-
day, as there WAS Il heavy ircsllct in
the Alabama river, and the whole
country was, we are informed, flooded
Yesterday, and the river still rising.
The Georgia Railroad was very much
washed near Kingston, and bridge
swept away.
y bridge likewise ON The La Grange
Road suffered Il like fate.
The mail whic, lett Charleston for
Savannah on Monday went no farther
than Augusta that night, as the Wav,s
bor"' train did not leave llal city in
! consequence of the ircsllct prevailing
there. We learn, however, from pri.
vatc dispatches received in this city,
| tina, the river which had risen about
!EIry-twu feet above low water mark,
wa< falling si"wIy yesterday, AMI that
up to noon it had subsidized some two
or three feet since the prcviuns night.
\ portion OF Hamburg was sub.
merged, the water being in some stores
and houses about three feet Deep
The injury in the Wa,crrc Swamp is
being speedily adjusted. We have
been informed upon good authority
that the hanls Of the Wilmington aud
Manchester Rail Rord, were, ut a,,
early day, put TO work repairing the
damages upon the Camden Branch oi
the South Carolina Rail Road, in the
Watcrcc Swamp, and made such good
progress that OIL Monday the Mail and
Passengers were conveyed over, and
it is supposed that, rs far rs that road
is concerned, the freight ears will he
abIe to run rs usual, IN Il few days.
The damages to the South Carolina
Rail Haod i'll the Congarcc Swamp,
however, are much more serious, and
there is no telling when things will be
brought to rights there. We suppose
some means of transporting the Mail
and Passengers will, ofcoursc, be pro
vidcd, until the trcstlc and cmbank.