The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-08-22

Klatte, in the North eastern portion of
the CITY, had some trouble in saving
pair of horses tied in his stable, where
the water had settled several feet. With
ne high tide and rain, the yards. vacant
lots and streets, on the square lying on
the Broad street prom ennde, wore 'com-
pletely submerged. and during the day
an unbroken sheet OF water lay in the
locality as far as Franklin street. Those
residents whose business called them
out Of doors had TO got ont on spring
Q .rts and on the backs OF ooiored men.
who 40 el as peripatetio ferries. That
staunch brick structure. tho Aims House,
leaked badly, and the water which beat
in over the windows and under the door
sills, rested on the lower floor, aud in
the masters Office many inches. A num-
Der of private dwellings suffered in q
like manner and were more or less da-
maged. The wind forced open the IL
braFy window 0. The Gear. 9onse, .!:e
rain poured in and ran through to the
equity room, injuring the furniture and
papers to the extent Of $500.
The STORM IN FLoRIDA. Tho jack
sonville Courier contains the following
account of the storm and its effects at
that point:
Since Tuesday, the wind has bcen
blowing from the Northeast. gradually
increasing IN strength until it arrived,
on Thursday night, to the dignity Of a
''gale of wind" Until Thursday. mon.
but little rain fell, aud since then it has
rained almost necessarily. Thursday
night was an anxious one to many. The
bowling of the wind, with the occasional
snap md crack of tree, made wild
night. Friday morning showed scene
OF more or less devastation in the city,
with rather an alarming prospect. Trees
innumerable we're prostrated during
Thursday night. The eight.incL brick
wall in front Of Cooper L. Jones paint
shop wns blown out, demolishing the
show window. Mr.. Loveridge's new
building, of the same style, in Ocean
street. also in process of erection, is
slightly damaged. The river runs over
the new aud high sidewalks just West ol
the market, and Ledwith's wharf is
afoat, the waves rolling in between
Col. Bays and the market. The water
| is still about foot below the market
floor. The North Least corner of Solara's
! fine new brick warehouse is down, and
the rest is likely to foil. The whole
river front is lined with debris. At the
foot of Market street there are about q
dozen fine row-boats stove to pieces. and
the little steamer Islander is trying t.
pound herself to fragments on the
wharf. The bath house was. Tin
roofs have suffered generally. Til.
Ocean House was stripped Of its tin
and John Clark's warehouse on the
wharf, in the rear of our office. is il
the same condition. The water is uE
to our back door, bat we don't antici
pate it will come up in the second
story. The steamers have oil loft the
wharvas except the 'Nick King
which remains at McCants' wharf Will
steam up. Business is almost entirely
suspended, and citizens are collected il
groups watching the riao of the water
N. 81. Walkers new brick warehouse
near the depot. in progress of erection
is minus the East end. The railroad
bridge over McCoy's Creek is out o
line so that tue trains cannot pass. W.
are informed that the water at Bald
win is 30 deop that the trains canno
get through on account of their tire
being put out. The mill men mus
have suffered greatly in the loss of logs
the water is reported to be Eve fec
deep in their engine rooms. The da
mage to Jacksonville will be many thou
sand dollars. The damage to chipping
must be very great.