Named Entity Results, William Gilmore Simms

Wm. Gilmore Simms. --The Charleston Courier, alluding to the recent calamity which befell the distinguished Southern author, Wm. Gilmore Simms, says: He has, indeed, been sorely tried, most sadly beset by family afflictions and pecuniary lots . He has buried nine of fourteen children, one or more of them recently; within the past two years he lost his dwelling-house in this city, by fire, and was entirely uninsured; and now a fire of unknown origin has consumed his noble and hospitaWm. Gilmore Simms, says: He has, indeed, been sorely tried, most sadly beset by family afflictions and pecuniary lots . He has buried nine of fourteen children, one or more of them recently; within the past two years he lost his dwelling-house in this city, by fire, and was entirely uninsured; and now a fire of unknown origin has consumed his noble and hospitable homestead, with many valuables, and he is rendered homeless and houseless.--This happened, too, while he was benevolently sheltering two families besides his own. He was insured in the Fireman's Insurance Company; and he will scarcely receive the full amount of his policy, in consequence of the heavy losses of that company by the late disastrous conflagration; but we have reason to believe that he will realize more than he and his neighbor friends anticipate. In addition to his other