Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-06-26
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man, who was driving, escaped. The horse
was drowned, and the wagon and animal floa-
ted Off both were found yesterday about two
miles below. Tho bodies of the drowned
have not been recovered. a man named Far
randls Jones was drowned in Jones' Falls
mt Woodbury. factory. lie was engaged in
catching drift wood and attempted to grasp
q log, when hoforcc of the current drew him
out of sight almost in an instant. Some thir-
ty or forty persons were in the vicinity, but
they were powerlcSs to aid him lie leaves
been found. :,
INcIpENTs.--While the rain was falling
and tho crossings inpassable, there was con-
SIDERABLE competition among ownors of yehi-
cles Tor the custom of those who wished to
cross to Baltimore street bridge; omnibuses.
carts and drays were brought into reuuisition,
and the prices ranged from three to six cents.
The destruction of rats on the line
OF the falls was very great, and it is said that
some thousands porished in the element
One was seen to get ON n piece of wood for
safety, and go down the falls, but it was lost
in the maelstrom.
University of Maryland, West Lombard
street. was thrown down. The water rushed
into the Mechanical Bakery, on Howard
street, and put out the engine fires. About
2O0 loaves were destroyed
lntront of the Maryland Institute, after the
storm ccased man amused largo crowd
by swimming about; another did the same
thing on Holiday street Both had tasted of
the tte Uic. =
The wind blew down the large show case
IN IN front OF the daguerrean gallery of B. f.
Hawks, Baltimore street, number of valua-
BILE pictures were destroyed, the loss being
about $l00. A millinery show case adioin
ing was also thrown down and several yalue-
hle bonncts were entirely ruined.
Ihe shoals and shores of the spring gar
dens, were lined with lumber, fencing. bar
rels and every variety of drift wood, large
quantitiea (Which were gathered by parties
yesterday and hauled away. A number of
drowned hogs and sheep werc also lying and
tioating about in different localities
a brick house on Charles street, near Ea-
ger, IN course of erection for Geo. II. Dodre.
Esq. was partially blown down. The struc-
tnre was one of a block of elegant dwellings.
The basement of Washington Hall, corner
OF Baltimore street and the bridge occupied
as laundry, was flooded to considerable
extent. Nevertheless, the washerwomen
stood to their work, in the waters about two
feet deep.
CINcINNATL Friday, June 11.-Therc
have been heavy roins within the last
eighteen hours, though tlie etrensth Of tiao
storm has now abated. The thermometer
has fallen twenty degrees since yesterday.
The Ohio is rising at the rate of two inches
per hour, and all its tributaries are rising
rapidly There are now thirty-eieht, feet
of water in the channel here, and great
food is probable. The track of the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad has been. washed
away six miles westof Cincinnati, and 9th.
er roads are injured more or less, but tile
particulars are not known Its feared
that the crops are injured seriously partic-
ularly chat of Wheat
CINCINNATI, June II The rain con-
tinued all last night, and to-day the wealth
or is cloudy, with light showers. The riv-
er has risen seven feet since last night, and
is still rising The damage to the railways
70 I; not eosipos, and can be repaired in two
days.
New York, June l+.--A groat storm Of
rain commenced here between three and four
O'Clock, on Friday afternoon, and poured
with little cessation till clcyen O'clock ON
Saturday evening, more than thirty hours of
steady, soaking rain. We think SO much
rain has not fallen within so short a time
since the great flood of April 80, 1854 The
city was better cleaned than it has been by
the street inspector for months, while the
country in this vicinity is secured, drcnched,
saturated. Mnch damage has been done by
the washing of planted fields on slopinS
ground, lcaehing out of tho richest inices Of
the soil, beating down grass. pclting the
young leaves from trees, &c. We trust little
orno damage has been sustained by the em-
i6ryo fruit, but 1T is not often that such 6 de-
lugci is encountered at this season,
BosToN, June l2;-Tle French packet
from ST Pierre to Sydney, reports heavy
gale previous 70 the lst inst. on the banks of
attended with immense loss
of life and property to the French fishermen.
Besides the loss and damage Of vessels, it
IS said that no less than thrco hGndred men
persisted during the storm. Orders had been
sent to Halifax for three thousand fathoms of
chain cable.
GOLD DIscoyERY. * Our former predic-
tons arc being verified. "a quartz, or ac-
cording to the gold diggers' phrase, pocket
mine, has recently been opened by NIossrs
Findley, Nix & Co, on Lot 1913, 18th
District 1st Section, that exceeds any thing
of thelSind since thedays Of theintrusion.
We visited the mine several times and wore
an eye witness to some Of the panliing, which
was no less pleasing than astonishing from
fiye to 30 dwts. Of the shining metal at each
successive panfulof the slate and Traced
quartz was the result. We have not.been
out TO the mine for several days, hut learn
thatit is notso good as 1T FIRST b1tprospects
still fattcring We learn that the vein
has been prosccutcd to the depth Of, 40 or
so fcet. This asliscoyorv bos lsad :, ,Sy5,n,l 81.