The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-15
The Gale su Char1eston.
[Pron the Charleston STANDARD, sept. III


The gale which we reported last saturday mor,trg TO
have been blowing With great violence during tts pre-
Saturday, when the wind fortunately changes from
the eouthesst to the south and thence TO the so.th
west In the course OF the afternoon All night c'pious
showers Of rain fell AID per Getty drenchsd hs streets
Yes erday h. sesiEer vas hot and sultry aud far
the streets confsrned, the water disap-
pesred ami left them looking clean and wboesoms;
ia-ge number OF the cellars full also near
lynn the Low lots the EDGES Of the city, unless
the lsttsr by some soted ly aimed before
the putrid tasy may lead serious coz
sequences So much for the d,toriness Of Council in
not having the iots properly hiled up.
Thousands OF people yesterday vist the Battery for
the purpose of gazing upon the inns Of what ouly
lew Gays ago ths pride and Of the Cit. The
Battery seven IN copdi;icn, II possible than
reported IL Saturday larger portion ~ the massive
mason work 10 demoii-hed-the rlirgs the waAs the
trees, Sc are literally dcstroyedin short. toe scene
presents complete picture of a wreck. The bathing
house topplng over and will probably have to be
On sr6ing through tie city onr reporters discovered
that many more buildings bad eioer wholly par
usiiy oD;oo'td thea IVES NJ first antisipstyd Amoog
those unrooied was Vie Ut stores Esst Bay,
occupied by he-sss. cohsn x Coau, Prnse Chafee,
= Amand q Crrft. so' Johnston, Crews iS-a"py
We understand that portion OF rne ierre and varied
stock Of the latter gentlemen seriously darnsgd
Toe store of ys.sr+ Haasin Pullman %, Meeting
street wss unrso'ed.
portion Of the tin the roof Of the I..-kst house
vss carried on.
lhe Tn ne ,ocf of Trinity c-ureb Eassl street,
Part OF tre plank rcad Vt tire foot of Ru.lege, Cal
houn tttost washed way.
1t IL not worth while au1s to the danes io,e to
wirdove, tgps s'ses tiiss- nc further resak
toa the gale las afforded sors sufficient To- keep all
painters, azitrs rioters, &c, busy for a noah.
Among the ibcic pts ~ The storn. uiay mention
thst very large alligator o,eovsrrd pronsn.d-g
Queen street, between k,1g ard Meet ny Saturday
morDicg. How ne got there. without berg pr-ysusly
disce,e'o nobody stopped 10 inquire he dssfxtch
90 Us soon as possible.
THE wHA<vEs-rgs SHIPPING. ETC.
We hase collected the following aoiti Information
respecting he amaze to tpe aharves AMI shppags-
IT Potter's wharf, ls,e smiths the brig Benicl atoye
her bul~alks ana WIS badly chafci Her rig. log |
also b.dl, damaged Tue schooner Little sandy was
likewise BADLY cnaied IL the locality and 1rf
Itself sustained considerable injury
Paton's, Benefits, Palmetto and Marsh's wharvss es.
caped serous damage
Uni y wharf, which was Undergoing repairs. had q I
large portion Of the pier taken 10 low nrs
si-n 1T this docs, her keel being periecly hung on n
porti Of the wharf wsiie her bow rested the dry
dock wharf, ,hus completely hoosiug up the satrance
10 either wharf Size eventually taken oil at Upion
wharf.
The h.k speedwel also AZ III, Union wharf was s,ae-
WHIST chAi.d on the larboard quarter by the bark |
aquatic.
The North Try nock wharf sustained little injury bat
the Sonth wheIf belonging - the sano company. was
greatly damaged and eil Tequi sxteosive repairs.
lie NO whartes At the rev Custom House formerly
Fu2t,moI'f,) which have neea recently Thoroughly !
nteeo ard repaired wit bstnoo he severity Of the stcrm
nobly did also the two Central snd Accounted s,inn
injury
Browns north wharf greatly injured but the
south wharf ascaoed with but triinx damage.
several Of the Atlantic wla-ves much pi1rea,
hut are informed that their erpsing proprietor
VII oon place then, IN tinn 70 resume business
Tie schooner Isabella, having board VERY valuable
CARGO If segars sna Mills mud machine, sunk e. tho
vhfryes
goycc's ard Adgers wharves sligotlv icjurai
Vandefbortt wharf, though considerably broken, VIII
ne placed in cJuDe' orGer,
Psrt of the pier head carried away at North-Cor,
merSa' wharf, ano boh sharves were otnoe Use
1he southern wha-ves are greatly injured and il wilt
REQ irr tbs expenditure OF large sum Of money to
again llsce them 10 order 49,
10 .tAda and Nel a
hundred tares Of rice were damaged at iEa latter
pisce. ,
6smnx this and The &. andrews side OF tbs river
Some afts Of luub-r which were moored in the neigh
! toth, cd, we're scattered IN al elections
| The Wilmington ooat wharf is complete wreck AMI
The plant road Heading T. the bay ia totally
shoorers blown il . the marsh from this "aarf
aud benefits mus, psither Of them however sustain
the h nc Of The wharf attached TO Fast Point Mil.
The brig Coral lying at Wspaoo Mile, stove her bull
works lost her j, ooeo a,d was badly chafed ,
tie brig Zenobil also lying At Wappoo NILS, loaded
with lumber and resds was driven ashore and
viii probably have 10 discharge part Of her cargo before
The ferry steamers Nnssasoit and Coffee, AS stated
SATURDAY ssncr On the western side 81 the 'shey
among he seaweed Al she'll which abound 10 hat
locslity, sud viii probably h,se 10 DO dug out II is
proper TO state thu, the Msssss,it lost her ruider on
Foay, abreast Of Castle Pins, u-y and was managed ON
leI w J up he Ashley i've b. 4ee ~ ale Wheels
Tbs capacity the lisnthp or Rst,lesnake Sh,a
oay and de out the gale ia safety of the mosl
sx oseo positions in tie barber she was held BY
anchor weighing three Thousand pounos
Me- oRT OF THE STEAMSHIP soUrHERNER-BuoYs
GONE, Er'.
The stcsmsbip sou,hefrer, rhich arrived from New
| YORK yesterday morning, reports haviug expsrieaesi
f, rad weather from the lay of a'iing Sh. however,
cane through IN safety. Her pilot Informs tnat all
buoy ship Bar have besn carried away, az that
il j. .lso lisely Of tn, buoys marking tho
0, ,er channels have with sinar tate =. l. hoped
that tha proper officers that these buoys are re-
placed pos ibie
In the bury incident TO he PREPARATION OF our report
for Saturday morning we compo q Captain Payne,
u the steantug Aid for bis noble eli rfs to reach sun
vans Island, but neglected. to remark that the ofcsrs
who voluntarily vantu.ed out WITH him on the
hszart liswtse deserving o. all praise
In This econ W, i'd aiso name Mr. FAY or .ngi-
II the steamship NASHVILLE who volunteered his
services and was Of materia, aid.
Nc wo2,d also remark, that Capt s. ?. MFarlan, OF
the brig ro atra is EMIT Ell TO great praise Tor nus ex
etiops in connection witt DR. Farrey In saving the life
Of the Captain Of the brig Eureka, who wa yag SICK
ano helpless board, while the vessel hing about
the Battery. Too much prsise canaot be bestowed m
the humane conduct OF these g.utlcmen, particularly
when /, is taken into cou era ton that the Eureka
beatrg and dashng a. rae thu, threatened her de-
every an e.sa for so@e one to
volunteer with him, and preceding towards the
vessel rben he met Mr. ianaiIy and they roth jumped
on ard and uaniuly wofsea together lncinents Use
these try the me tic Of nsn and show ~hat She are ~
hesrt
THE STORM on sULLvAS's ISLAND.
IT, Dcs OF y ose naviog fIierds uliivans island
greatly relieved satarisy afternoon ny the 70
turn Of he steiner nbbu which bad been despatensd
durif he rnisg vita the oyiIl announce mt htt
not life known to have been lost by the gale, al
though the island had been ccnpstey submerged ani
ree numbers Of houses had either heea washed % pe;es
materially damaged sloss of Le families rssi,ng on
The southeast portion OF the island sought refuge in Fort
houlrie, where every effort made 20 accom- no late
and render them comfortable. AT the island uGte IN
, conpiuenting Cl wincor the CO Dmandant, Captain
Seymour the quarJernss.r, Lieut. Slocum Nnd The OH.
and throughout Tor iurni hing qusrter' pro
Visions &c We sppsnis report oil meeting he'd on
saiIrGay evening, wb-h bsspesks the zen timents OF
tie Lard anna
Point House entirely gone, i aisp tbs ferry boat
wEarf The captain of the dgedge boat AID two ner
whose reporter ~ns unable to ascertain
nd hoy from the the Point House ~ IL Nsa
being c,ried away Let take general survey Of the
lind, beg Dnipg with
THE FRONT DrACH.