The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-03-28

sTHs. STORM. NJ. C. Butler gives
| . graphic account of the scenes in bier
riweather Township. Among minor de-
tails he tells us that masses of clothing
were picked up in his lowlands, blown
across the river from the Georgia side;
and not only; clothing, papers, light
debris, &c., but also large mattress,
and heavy, handsome panelled door,
be speaks of the ruin ut Mr.. John
Briggs as most complete, and very me-
lAncholy; as also Mt Mr.. Jas. Callaham's,
Mr.. Joe Thurmond's, MI Sum. Gard
ner's and DR.. Hugh Shaw's The de-
vastation Mt Mrs. Sophia Tillman's, on
the old Augusta road, is represented to
us rs being really awful That old land
mark, "the Old Wells" suffered beyond
almost every other point. SIr. George
w. Turner had the roof blown off his
house, while his out-houscs, fences,
forage, supplies, cattle were completely
destroyed. Mrs. Ann Gray, widow of
the late G. NJ. Grny, who lives in the
same section, lost everything she owned
| house and all. The Miles Mill neigh
| borhood was also laid waste The whole
| face of the country for twenty or thirty
miles on either side of the narrow track
| OF this tornado is literally strewn with
strange 'boughs, bits, fragments and
ruins-odds and ends of broken furni-
ture, articles of clothing, ph,nks and
shingles, letters and papers from sixty
miles away, books, ink-stands, blocks of
ribbon, &c. The only lives actually lost
in our County, 30 far as we have been
able to learn, were those of two negroes
ut Mr.. John Briggs. Several individuals,
| however, are seriously wounded
| A correspondent Mt Timmonsville, S.
g., writing under date of 23d inst, gives
the following details: The cloud camo
out Of the West and swept down. about 4
o'clock, into what WAS just previously u
clear sky. 1t had gray, smoky appear
ance, with every now and then vivid
flash of lightning rndiating from the CEN
tire to the horizon. The cloud rolled
along near the surface of the earth, with
furious wind rushing from under it,
very much rs the water would rush ont
stone into pool. Before drop of rain
fell. pieces of ice, varying in size from
lady's thi1nble to coffee cup, came
down, not very thickly, but with fear
full force. They fell from such n height
that they rebounded to distance of from
Six to ten feet from the ground, and many
OF the inrger oues were crushed into mi
mature fragments, reminding one of
snow-bnlls thrown against a fence. The
damage in the Timmonsville section con-
sisted mostly of in general overthrow
of fences and small houses, with no one
injured. and the breaking of window
glasses by the hail. The dwelling-house
OF Mr.. James D. Sansbury, near Tim
monsville, was blown over, and all of his
out-houses were carried away. Mr.. Sans
bury was himself caught under the
house, and but for the protection of a
large bench which fell over him, he would
have been crushed to death, As it was,
he was injured severely. Mr. w. =.
Garter, near Cartersville, lost every out
building on his place, and the ch;mneys
OF the dwelling-house were blown down
A narrow escape was made by Mrs. Red
dick. The roof of her house was first
blown away, leaving her standing on the
floor, which was almost immediately
afterwards swept from under her feet,
precipitating her into the cellar beneath.
The Barnwell Sentinel says:
A most violent and terrific storm of
wind, rain, hail, thunder and lightning
passed over Barnwell, on Saturday even
ing last. 1t exceeded in violence any,
thing witnessed in this latitude for
twenty years. The trees, fences, &c,
were torn to atoms, and the Methodist
Church of the colored people, completed
but IL few months ago, was levelled to the
ground-a perfect wreck. The damage
done around plantations, cannot be re-
paired In months, and in some parts of
the County numbers Of buildings were
completely demolished. At AIr. WIN.
Woodward's plantation on the Runs,
every building on tho place, except his
residence, was blown down, and we learn
that two negroes were killed In Georgia
the storm was moro severe. Thomson
and Cnmak were almost totally de-
stroyed, md n number of persons were
killed, rs will be seen from telegrnms
elsewhere published, md we fear the
half has not yet been told.
New EHA.-In old times, II. the COM
mencement of every season. it was the
tashion to take strong cnthartic as q
safeguard against change of tempera-
ture. 1t was worse than scnseless
practice. The people of our day under
stand the matter better. Instead of de.
plotting the system, they reinforce it.
In the method they adopt, they exhibit Il
wise determination. Instead Of resortina