New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-04

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CIR .spoadcnee OF the Trihu:e.
BALIIMoRE, March 3. l8i..
The brig Frances Jane arrived at this port yeser-
dsy from St, Johns, Porto Rico, and brings ac-
ecsn,s OF dresdfu destruction Of lives and pro-
per,y in the Windward Islands, sy the earthquake,
,be shock of which was felt in this city and south
cs us. oa The 9th uIt. The following letters were
received by the owners of the Frances Jane, nad
rhe intelligence contained in them is confirmed by
her ufiiceIs
est. JOHNS, P. r. Feb IA, ,Is4}.
We had severe shock Of an Earthquake
the 8th INST. ont i; not the one
last year. thous It'll Tested longer time. Ia Saint
Thomas 1t was very severe, and ls SAID to have
]asttd over tl"o minutes. All persons fed from
their houses. but most fortunately no one was hurt
and 30 material damage ,ess done here. "essel
arrived a, ST. Ihemos from Antigua rern,ts that
all the houses were thrown down in that Island. and
the windrn,lls were either down much Injured
that they cannot be worked In Nevis, also, every
Thing (excer, the Bath House) is dowu and the
steamer passing Martinique ,Gnadaloupe ard Mont
serst saw those Islands covered with tense cloud
OF dust.
No accounts have Yet been received from any
other Island. brt we fear that we shall hear Of
great destruction Of property and loss of life in
sall the Windward Islands. We cannot vouch for
:he truth Of the above but we give i, we receive
j: from creditable source in ST. Thomas.
Gr .IonHs P r., February Is, ia "a.
We Yesterday received edvices from tue Wind
wa.d The effects Of The Earthquake of the 9th
inst have been awu indeed. TIE Torn ef Point
Petre. GuaGa'cupr, rs entirely destroyed, dnd
TEH THoUsAED Parsons ARE SUPPOSED TO HAvE
BEEN KILLED. The loss Of property is immense.
AT Antigua there has also been great loss OF
property, though but few lives were destroyed.
All the MILLS and sugar works arc more or less in
iured aud the greater Part the crop will be ost.
Nevis. Mon,scra,, Barbadoes, &c, are all said to
have suffered much, but to what extent is not
known here yet
The FIRE 1N CINclHHAII.-The Western Mail
last nigh; brought papers from Cincinnati Of Mon
day last. The tota! loss is put down at about
SIS 600, which is fully covered BY insurance
Among the names of those said TO be killed, b.
the FIRST accounts, was Mr.. Collins, Roman Cath
olic priest. The papers of Monday do not con-
firm this report, nor il bis name recorded
among the wounded Other names Of the dead
are given, bat the foil owing named were wounded
more or less severely Thomas Spooner Lewis
1Visby, John NJ Vansicke. James Tryatt, Saml.
Schooley, lad John Blackmore maobinst,
Robert Rice, painter; A Trowbridge grocer;
Lewis Brit,man, German; Rohe,t Jeremiah,
slightly. Aaron NILS, Josiah Stratton.
aWromsoeyer may trust, JOHN TYLER and Daniel
Webster " III never he o the nu nber NE b.
ftii.ed ny ,hem even 4 ,hey could relieve Us, pree
tRichC!cnd " biz, endorsed by tie Baltimore Patriot
10 The above is the text for the Commercials
attack upon Congress which we noticed yesterday
The Editor assumes from our alleged silence con-
cernng it that its sentiments meet our aPrroba'
ZION. We assure the Commercial that it is quite
100 assuming. Does the Editor Of that jourusl
hold himself personally responsible for every para
sreyh in the columns of his contemporaries against
which he docs no, see f, publicly to protest Is
it TO be assumed that the daily nanity Of the
Madisosiar-from which he selected his text =
meets his appro5a,ion ,om his silence con
esrniog il This Is certainly rule OF Judge
msnt, one we never even heard fropoundea be-
ssa,imen, which the Commercial processes TO copy
from the Richmond Whis in that paper; nor do we
believe that it ever appeared in its columns--s,iil
Jess that it was endorsed by the Baltimore Patriot
in il. present terms and shape. lhe CONNER
.jnl evidently cuts il. from the Madsonan, prin,
yo which in such matters we attach the slightest
possible credit.
The Commercial says it happens to know
that the statement Of our Correspondent, that Mr.
Webster wished Congress to provide for special
Mission to England is untrue. We did not; and
therefore inserted Inc paragraph oa' CORES
pcnden,'s authority Does the Commercial never
stae m alters of fact from its correspondents unless
j, happens to knew from other sources that
they are true !
In conclusion the Commercial thinks that the
People will finally decide that Congress have.
by a want of proper selcontrol,' lost the ad.
van,ases OF The Harri ison victory. Very welt; II
shs Commercial had said ne,hing more than this,
we should have founa no iaut. Its language on
Thursday was that the majority in Congress had
refused TO adopt the Exchequer scheme, soiei5 6e'
caass 1t cas .Nr. Tyiers Proiect-because they
wou d not be relieved by him. This We knew
to he an untounded ealumny; and could not
well avoid an expression of Iegre, that "hls
journal should so wantoniy give i, utterance
course what We said Involved an utter repudiation
OF the sentiment pretended to be quoted from the
Wing. The same iasinuation of being actua,sd BY
base malsnan, motive, was raadc against the party
10 which he psotesaed TO belong, BY Mr.. WEB.