Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1865-02-01
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Forty;eisas Hours in a tree sTop.
pnlMy phaaho6 il aboust three miles from
csnden,, oa o the Wateress Intelligence
reached me Cd Wednesday last that the
river was rapidly raising. 2 took "a batsau,
in company. with strong man servant and
pushed of 70 rescue Imy ssSdkh While en-
gsgsd ID capturing three fine hogs the head
dam On the plantation, above, broke and
let loose food that swept everything be
fore it, and spread out about twenty miles
from bank to bank: I'd nsattcmpting 70 get
ioat, ,.she bateanwas wasbsdtby the current
against q; treey. capsized and two Of the pgs
drowned. The bost was caught by the
tree in midship, and We managed to get
on the bottom whore We stood three feet ID
water Our fail anchorbegah togise way,
but there was anothef ffsreeseh fesbdistaDt
beyond OUT reach from the boat By crawl
ing as far as We could, and then placing one
end Of the boat pole 10, a fork Of the tree
and holding The other end, my companion
aiGdistress made his escape, and; ID, turn
held the pole, for.me; It?was q cotton tree, !,
seven, inches, at, the, root, and about forty
feet high. We had scarcely perched our |
selves ii. its boaghs before tie first tree and
tile sboas were swept away Here!ws we're
up gxslsnder tree, with an angry torrent
twenty -feetdeepsHssping fge feet beneath
us, aud an expanae Of the river more than
mile on on | eithet side. From Wednesday
al twelve O'clock, until Fridayat twooii.
clock we chung for life to these frail but
faithful limbs. The river reached its high.
est on. Wednesday evening at 5 o'eleck,
and its roar and width prevented our. cries
from being head until next day. All the
fist day and night, and all the!second day
and night We shoptsd for help; and dtwe,be.
gan to- give up, all hope. In my exertion
to save the boat, l had thrown off my coat,
which 'Vss We lost, and the only way we kept
ourselves from freezing TO death, was'by
violently iand oonStastly striking each other
and kicking the tree. c..r.,a. t;.s,z,e,,
:, Thursday night the boy slept soupdlys
and il was with difficulty I supported him
aand'cheered him up from giving out entire
lily. Y We tasted no foodIoriSathr, and feb
10 inelinatipulto do zos tut ], OCCASIONAL
moisteped ny lip, that I might hollow the
louder. The waves surged about us and
we were fearful the tree would be washed
of, as the:currept seemsdtebei heapedtu
in the; track in which they grew Thaugh
almost my entire stock Of mules, beef cat
tie, sheep, hogs, fodder, 60, was swept g
way; yet 50 imminent was the pefif; I scafce+
ly thought of them for moment. Every
exertion&was made;to5 rescue us-by seversi
gentlemen, bnttiths torrsutiiwaaJ too swift
and heavy fm q boat Ito live. A bateau,
with two negroes came within a hundred
yards of the tree, when it was swamped and
they barely escaped by ieliuging to another.
About two oso'Sfock Gu Friday, ;Mf. Bush,
theoyessear eaaGok Gbssnaty plantation,
With two aolored men reached the tree in I
boat He, with one. Of them, took ear pls
ces on the Tree, and We safely reached Ibs
saiiore; istif and bruised Rom the fsaffal
,expesuxS. e.Thssboasi irsturusasadd hr0ughb
the othar psstiss4; Ny. eelesad: hoy isicop6
ned, to bed, .but is doing, well; he you'd
have given cut in few hours longer no
doubt: I am sore id my limbs, and hoarse,
.butfsufsr Inne1other way, and'~itbgrati-
tude to q kind Providence for reacuiug MS
from a vatsry grave, I will eyer remember
the freshet of January II, 1865.
The plantation is badly, washed, and 10
some places heavily deposited with sand.
Every dam was carried1awsy.2 The river
rose twoor'thtee feeshigher; than any mark
Ritbip the memory Of the oldest citizens: !
would here express my thanks to, those who
50 hobly periled their lives 70 save ours, and
to Mr.! Rush. ;'3rT7 eaz.q /
:: My loss inpart, consists of'eleven1 head
Of horses and mules, twojenets, about tweu-
ty head Of cattle, seventy five head Of hogs
forty.:ive to Fifty sheep, large amount Of
fodder, peas, &C., &C., 70. .. ...
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