The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1854-09-12


destroyed for the present season The Battes
ry,itself has been greatly damaged. the wood
work being washed away, and the tagging mr.
dermined on the Eastern front, while aic consii
derable portion Of the concrete and stone 70.
cling on the Southern front has been destroy
ed All the wharyes, on, bot tiiriyers, have been
more or less injured, their bulkhesds being
damaged, and plauking sripped upby the yie.
lence Of the waves; while bales Of cotton, FIRE,
wood, lumber, aud sedge frem the marshes,
were carried by the food, 10 many cases, near.
ly to East Bay street. The Mount Pleasant
Ferry House. was nearly. destroyed, and the
boat. building shop of Mr.. Burk removed from
f its foundations. In many cases, the water
flowed into the cellars and easements ofstores,
damaging goods and fixtures to a considerable
extent. In this, way. upwards of fourteen han-
sdred sacks of.salt were. destroyed ina-store on
Browns wharf. 49, sss :.,;;,; fs@.;4.sa:.i
:. Considerable injury has also resulted to, ma
ny buildings in the city, by stripping them of
their roofs, and in some places the thorough
fares were dangerous from the continual falling
of states AID tiles. AIarge portion Of the tin
roof of the Charleston Hotel was ripped off,
and considerable damage done the beautis
full Chrystal Palace in the centre of The estab.
lisment. A similar mishap befel the tin roof
Of the large store of MessIs Townsend, Crane
& Co, which was rolled up and blown into
Meeting Street. The heavy rains must neces:
sarily occasion considerable damage to these
establishments in their exposed condition a.
frame building in King street above John, be-
L. tboa &c
down. 49,. 80 vi; g. =. ~ - 3Is2
The damage:to the shipping has been cons
siderable, though not so great as was for a
time anticipated. At Union wharf the barks
st. Lawrence and Aquatic tore up the wharf
posts to which their lines were attached The
former was promptly secured without injury,
but the latter was much ehafed against the
wharf. Both the floating docks escaped with.;
out injury. At Central wharf the schr. Lucy
Whetham, of Wilmington. parted her bow
fasts, and fell over on the schr. J. N. Muir,
both vessels receiving some injury. AT Attain
tic wharyes, Mr.. james }Chapman's esehr. lisa.
bella, Captain Gage, capsized and sunk about
10 o'clock last evening. She was last from
Havana, and had fifteen or twenty, thousand
Segars on board. The steamer Dekalb. had
the roofof her cabin blown off and other slight
injuries. The Dredgeboat belonging to the
wharyes was sunk. At Vanderhorsfs Wharf,
the ship Lydia parted her fasts, and drfted
against Adger's Sonth Wharf, but was; again
secured without material damage. Iheschson-
ers Parker, and Charleston, both from Georges
town, with shingles, were sunk, the former at
Commercial Wharves, and the latter at the
foot of Market Street. The brig Eureka, which
was lying at Southern Wharf, parted her fasts,
and drifted against the stone-work Of East Bay
Battery, at which point the crew Jeff her, she
being in dangerous position, and unmanageaE
BILE. After striking heavily along the entire,
East front of. the Battery, she passed into ASH
ley. River, and having considerably damaged
the Bathing House, she fell over on her side
and drifted across, the River and sunk. Several,
coasting Schooners and small vessels were.
driven ashore on the Laurens Street Flat, but
received nc, serious injury. The Spanish bark
Tacio, bark Tonquin, brig George L. Abbott.
and steamer Carolina. rode ontithe, storm at
anchor off the Battery in safety. = u :ss
:, At Castle ePinckney the sentinePs house, and
the bridge attached to it,: were. carried away
and driited up to the dock atthe footof Queen
street. !, -, ,i..:. 4ss.s:s;gs's ssS< %
Much anxiety has been, and continues to: be
felt as to the condition Of things. on; Sullyan;s
Island. The violence of the storm 5precluded
any communication BY, the ferry boats, and
the, thickness Of the atmosphere obstructed the
view by telesc ope from the Exchange About,
two o'clock yesterday afternoons Captain Paine,
of the steam tug hid in view of the solicitude.
Of many who had friends on the Island. gotup
steam. and with.a picked crew anda number.
of passengers, gaIlantly breasted the tamultuef
ons waves Uponneafing the Island, however,
the gale was so violent and the seq SO heavy',4
that it was found impossible to, eommpgicate
with it.; The did, therefore, put abont, and.
made a comfortable harbor in Ashley. river.
Several others Of our city steamers made safe
anchorage in the Ashley. 80. "; ~
That portion of the Northeastern, Railroad
in process of csnstrnctionsin the marsh,in the
neighborhood of Payne's Farm suffered con-
siderable damage. heloss will fall on. the
contractor, Mr. Hunter. y.
From the violence 'nnd long eontinuaneeso
the storm, immense damage must necessarily
have been inflicted on the Rice and Cotton,
crops, both in this and the adjacent States, It
being the season when OF all others they were
most susceptible to injury from suess g cause,
NEW YonK, September 4 1854 The Evening
Post Of this CITY, says that Alvarez Is fitting out the
steamer BENZ Franklin at New York To- act against
Santa Anna. She has ten ponndefs board
the ammunition necessary for naval Sengag eInent
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