The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-02-28

ded the masses of people who were
assembled on the sidewalks to witness
the procession; and the feeling was
manifested to such an extent, that
the transit of the street cars and 9TH
cr vehicles was stayed along the.wholc
route: =
Upon tho arrival of the remains at
Algicrs, they were placed by the pail
bearers in the ladies' parlor of the
depot building of the OpclGusas Rail
road, where they were left in charge
of Lieut.. John Crowly, Eho lost ahand
at Belmont, and an arm at Shiloh,
and ,others1 who were manned while
serving under the, deceased at his,last
great battle. 1il 7i3n,.al,n .y5J.;2t
This guard ofhonor, mostly from
Mgiers, will watch them tcnderly and
well ,untiLthei hour.of their departure
for Texasyithis morning. The re-
mains willdrcach Galveston or the
25thinst. ,ralid probably arrives.at
Houston OH Sunday next. From
thence they are#tq be forwarded at
once to, Austin, ,gtlcir final resting
place. -: t,j
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GREAT STORM iN,rnE FEsF.-A
i terrible tornadoiswcpt across the belt
Of country .scventy-five miles above
Vicksburg 'on the 1stinst discourse
was southwest by nCrthcast, varying
towards west. 1t came in the form Of
watcr-spout from the west, crossing
from the Louisiana shore at the Nor
gan plantation, sweeping through
Island 81, making line through the
timber somefour hundred yards wide,
and striking with full force the resi-
dcncc of Mrs. i. II. Nelson. In mo-
mcnt every building on the plantation
was pro<tratcd, fences blown down,
and everything that offered rcsistance
~ Its nary swept away.
On the Louisiana side every plan
tation in the ncighborhool of Mill
kcn's Bend was more or less damaged.
DR.. Daney's dwelling house, steam
mill, gin house and quarters were
blown down, and the rcgro quartcrs
on the plantations in the!yicinity were
also destroyed. The new Catholic
church at Millikcn's Bend was lrvelcd
TO it's foundation. Several negroes
are reported killed Oil the Louisiana
side.
ut the very moment Mrs. Nelson's s
plantation was reached.hy the whifl-
wind, L plantation some distance off
was struck by another and. distinct
tornado, doing great damage. The
largest trees were twisted from t heir
roots, lifted into the air and carried
Ia incredible distances as if they were
cornstalks.
Mrs. Nelson has a large family of
children and grandchildren, number
ing in all eleven. When Mr.: Samuel
Nelson saw that thc.dcwliing would be
struck by the approaching tornado,
he called to all the family to leave the
house, unfortunately some of the
Younger members were in the interior
of the house, and Mrs. Nelson, ever
watchful over her helpless flock, went
in pursuit of them, and were found,
after the storm had passed off, buried
under the fallen timbcrs. witliina few
feet ofeach other. Mrs. Nelson lived
only half an hour. The two children
were found under the bricks of a fallen
chimney, and :one ofthcm seriously
injured. Every member of the family
were more or less injured.
A correspondent ofthe He'uh1says;
The rails of a fence, for cousid-
cradle distance, we're blown probably
for miles, as.they have not been found
on the plantation. A gentleman who
witnessed it's passage through Island
OF, says he distinctly saw trees that
had been :wrenchcd from their trunks,
hundreds of feet in the ,siF. Ghc re-
sidencc was apparently only touched
by the outer portion Of the column
but one row of the quarters and some
other buildings were struck with full
force, and the earth for a considerable
snacc-over two hundred feet-givcs
evidence of torrent Of water having
passed over it, removing everything
and hurling through the cir Z heavy
pair of timber wheels for the distance
of sixty yards. Bricks have been
found hundreds Of yards from t4Re e:
dwelling. A wagon, with a pair OF
mules attached, was carried in an op-
| ,o,;to 1;rodtion IN thr course of The