Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-09-13

.jerente ana 81. Jdg0 ne CuOd.-lhe schooner
Cicero, Watts, arrived here yesterday from Port
au Prince, wheuce she sailed on 30th August
From the report OF captain Watts, and passep.
yer in the Cicero, we learn that on the night NJ
the eth and the morning If the 18Th August.
violent hurricane passed over the town Of An,
Caves. and nearly destroyed it, leaving OnIy
eight house, standing. Tae loss Of lives was i'm.
mense, supposed to be moi les, than eight hundred
to one thousand, the bodies Jf seven hundred her
sons were found after the storm had subsidized -
The vessels in the harbour were all DESTROYED.
the 5rj. Galao, and schooner Pomona, both load
ed for Eo5',r. were wrecked. the Captain mate
ana ec,elost Of the brig saved; the entire crew
d ae schooner persisted
TIE tovn u icremie VAS almost IN ruins, on.
ly Ten or Twelve houses standing. Many live,
were iosr; G.e President narrowly escaped being
buried 'Inder the rnins of bis house, which VA,
blown down.
The town Of Jacmc. vas ncarl, destroyed, and
all the vessel. in thc harbour totally io>,
The crops Of all kinds III the vicinity Of lie
towns of Aux Caves, Jacme and Jcrcmie Were
very much injured.
A British sIoop of War arrived at Port a,
Prince, previous to the sailing Of the Cicero, The
officers OF which reported that after lie late hur
ricanc she had put into St Jago de Cuba in dis.
tress, and had found the town nearly demolished:
many lives were lost ana all the shipping in anu
near the harbour had been DESTROYED. Two Amc
rican vessels had been driven ashore bear the En-
trance Of the harbour, and it was supposed tta.
all on board had persisted, no bodies having beea
found on or near the wrecks. The coffee crop,
in tie neghbourhood Of ST. Jaso suffered severe
ly. aud much injury was reported to have lccr
done in the vicinity of the town.
No damage was done to the town Of Pct :,
Prince, though it was sand that the COTE crp
throughout the island Of St, Dominsohad sussa.
ed considerable injury.
Passengers in the Cicero. Capt Jim Fetche
of the brig Evergreen, Of Wilmington, y. {. @i
at JacmeI on the night Of the i2la August: crew
saved with the exception Of "ue man. CaEdail
Thomas S. Hayes, of schr Heary Clay, Of BAL
timore, also lost at JacmeI; crew saved with he
exception OF one seanen named George Bean, d
ST. Marys, Md. Josiah Slower, of schr. CoIum
bia, OF Portsmouth, n. II. lost at Jacmel at III:
same time. Bali. finer.
". -'rho CT, a, ,rors a
the State OF Louisiana, says the New Orleans At |
vcrtiser Of the 22d ultimo, will suffer severely |
we aretold, from Baton Rouge to Johnsons PM
tatiun below. The little farms belonging TO along
settled aud industrious class of agriculturlsrr I
Terra Aux Bruf are said to be entirely inupdi
ted The water, is receding in all the back pt
Of the City and faubourgs, and the streets DE
navisated by boats, are likely to be soon again
sited BY carts aud drays.
A letter was received by yesterdays western
mail, says the Savannah Republican, Of Sept "
from Augusta. dated Wednesday last, which an'
tons, t!ia. al estimate had been made and "
loss sustained by the Freshet, in Georgia !; COO
puted at t,oo and ahoT millions Of d'Ar'
On the 9Th July last, sanp'uons en'er''-
ment eas given at the LOr! MAYORS Maze"
house, London, to Lord John Russell !"
Lord Chancellor was present. and me h".
gave The Health of the Lord Chanee""'
when the following curious incident occurred
"Sianor Paganini had few minutes Oc"'.o
the Hall. we presume, for the purpose Of P,,-
ing his violin, and just returned "hen the afi,t,
upon the health of the Lord Chanoe'I"r "4 asa, a..
heisht-ap applause which the dlst'nsu'hsfal11"',
clan might without any nordna'e s,fr'tI "
ni,y, velooked upon as occasloaed BY NV"
appearance. He instantly assembled '''n =,
/ commenced a solo, at the very point Of fiHe Wv
the Lord Chancellor seemed to BE- JUS, ava
rise for the purpose Of refining lIanA: 10 N
drinking Of his health. Some voices .,''G
Lord Brougham-no tiddIsr.' Inc m iI1.
however. proceeded, and the noble anu '
| Lord remained silent for the whole e'e"''s
| Mr.. Rires The Boston Courier OF S'''
contains a letter from Paris, dated oIs'"'
announcing the settlement Of the iir"1' 80