Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-01-25
fs correspondence ofs,he Montgomery Mail;
~ "A 2Fgptricnue at Auburn, Ala.

the tternoOu, sabou tssunSet,t DARK and eX.5
tsusiye- cloud &lay in the west. The red
fightnings played across its bosom, followed
by deep and Loud laundering. IS the night /
came on. the cloud seemed to groaslarger aud I
darker, accompaned by 3 strong and steady
wind still, there was nothing in its appear
ance which had not been often witnessed ke-
fore. Hut about half after eight o'clock, the
wind increased in violence, roaring louder
and londer when suddenly. there was heard |
a.noise in the midst:of the wind resembling !
ttiat nade-by . long train Of cars sRecping
by undera tremendous head of steam. I le
impression upon thcs minds of many 5wssr
that thc traiu had come into town, and some
thought thar it had run off the. track. But
this car Ike noise was soon husEed ,y7and lt
became apparent to allthat ahurricane had
swe5tst tsthroughour midst.
Twas struck with the resemblance to- the
noise alluded to, yet kne@ what 1t was. L
stood.witAia nearly two shundred yards of its
pa. h aud realized its c0mpacthess and force
It seems almost to possess soidity and to rub
against the earth. There was luminous
appearance attending it. a very intelligent
gentleman in-coaEeetioa Eita others who saw
lin its approach, cay that thcy obseryed
together. there; was something so unusual
and terrific about it.thats I remarked to one
stan.ins near, that @,nischief IS done, and
YOU will hear from that, hurricane" Soon
Sereral bells commenced ringing, aud the.
,ale.mas, .tpll.s Iimmediately went in that
direction. ard vi; messed more ,thau h yeiiii-
catiolfsof my fears
ssYae. stseets, where it passed, were blocked
up with tho wrecks OF houses. The scene
wasTfrig htful beyona description. Men, NO.
men and children. Suddenly rendered house
less; iett. "a aFfens ding and flying tinlbers,
rriisI 4datkncsss and rain. The iightniag's
:ugry flash ;.fesealed to the eye a coGplcter
and wider ruiz tlian the Imagination had
conceived. Ones sym3athics were taxed al
most beyond endurance to see tender women
antl dchildren standing wet, shiye.'pg and
bleeding amid the utter waste, witlont shell
ter ar c!ething, savo what was on them.
Through the storm ard darkness ] wa-dercd
bT torch light, with Others. from heap Of
t,esolation to another, until lle:!r midnight,
when returned home.
Next meruing Ltooka thorough survey Of
the hurricanes path, and found that the light
of day but n,asni fed It's horrors. Itentcred
AUBURN from awesterly direction, along the
T1skesee road nile beyond tosn il
1SaifoId splantatien eye!lng ev-
eryhouse, sweeping away Ecncesto the ground,
and wounding, tits feared mortally, three
negroes On the edge of town 1t unroofed
the new and Handsome residence of Capt.
Sills; blew away eut-houses, his elegant cac-
riage, and fifty or sixty cotton bales, ma
king tie Surrounding ;recs lock IS il covered
with Snow.
In thc5town proper, islail waste succos
sively he residences OF ,S.rs. Williams (wi oN)
Mai. B.rnett. Nj Gray son, posimas 'er, Mrs.
Edwari4, Mrs. B. T. johnson and Edward
Mahone, hsSit:es the Battisi Church, Se7cral
WORKSHOPS aai en- immense amount of plank.
feneijg.
S56ae of these dwellings have been left
with nstA;pg but their floors, ard lots with
outa h9ase :sta.,airg upon ,t.lciu. 1t is saia
a nesro child was blown the distance Of four
or i've miles. Out OF perhaps over sixty
persons whose homes were destroyed, some
i've were instantly killed. Two CT three Of
these were children. Among them wes, how
ever, The pious .andbeloved Lieut.. Barnett,
son of Maj. Barnett. lie vas one of the
mos. patriotic aud guilcless OF men. He
was at the siege of Yicksburg aud has faced
the enemy on many bloody fields. lie wos at
home in consequence of woand received
before Atlanta, when the hurricane took bim
to heaven, for verify believe that Elijah
de, ,ot gS directer there in his Chariot OF
FIRE, than did that nobc soldier. lie leaves
p Young widow and children. Tho family
Of Mai. Barnett suffered very seriously By
the falling ii,nbers Many Of them are vary
badly wounded. It is difficult to guare tbe
emount of dama&e donein the loss Ci homes.
With all that hoHie embraces, inclu.iing as il
does, bedding, and furrituror Of al kinds,
provisions. and "a thousand urmentionabl.
comforts.
The hurricane seems to have struck the N.
tS1T. s. Railroad below Coles Station; anu
with some deYiStor,to Lave kept the road
onto LaGrange, Ca, a. which place and at
Opelika, it is said to have. been more Or less
destructive.
lis singular confinement to the railroad
seems to indicate its electrical character
Some speak OF the sulphur smell the atmos-
phcre possessed Immediately afteritg passage. |
I hayc failed. TO describe the wonderfully sub.
lime and awful phenomenon, which hes lef.
waste ard want. i!s path but if it shall,
elicit generous. and benevolent aid in behalf |
of those when it has made needy and poor,
theuI shall have conferred q favor bothupon
the giyer and receiver.
BURNED TO DEArM-Fri.lay evening about
FIVE o'clock, ast the negro boy Sam, employed
in tfSe store OF &c. NSm Ketchanf,TNo 26l