Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-11-10

required give immediate notice Of any urreu, case. Of
distress within their limits, that tho Govenmsnt might
promptly shord relief Individual instances OF courageous
oenesoence promulgated in tho paper. and We hardly
need say that the ladies' OF the city wero The % 10 cheer
'ne despairns and minister tc.he wounded Various m-
gauon OF existing rcRalaous in the city were made prompt
by Gen. oDonns. aud the energies of all directed TO
the speediest reparation Of the evils suffered
The authorities OF the Island, in order to facilitate the
replacing OF the smaller class Of vesses ensape In The
eoastng snd fruit trade which lost or disabled In the
hurricane, have far suspended the exi.tns ordinance,
s 70 allow tho owners OF such vessels buy foreign
10 supply the places OF those lost-he owners being
only required to prove the former existence of tho
lost or disabled, and the fact of in the late hurr-
cane.
We find several anecdotes related showing .e,, nj ,l
enuy in re,cuins crews OF vessels The crew Of the
american ship Rapid were thus saved BY the boat. Of tho
room tor such particulars to-day. -
Inc editors give great thanks that the sugar cane
though very much injured.
The accounts from Matsnzss give general de.c,iot,
OF inc destruction sustained there. All the vessels in port
suffered severely and there long list Of injuries TO the
houses OF the town. The newspapers able to is,ue
only shP a. tho printers unable to leave their f.m
lies IN the general distres The American bark Ranger
from Portland, the bark Nchol Brown last from H.vsn,
and the schooner Gen. Warren, from Philadelphia wer,
stranded and in n bad state. The briRs Neptune ana
North Bend, Of Frankfort Porto Rico. Of Boston, Merin
last from Havana, and Old Colony from Portland and
Nassau, were all aground The injury done TO co.s,ing
vessels was yet extensive. The country about pre
SCENTS sad aspect. The suffered as severely az in
1884, and the Plantations destroyed.
Guines suffered TO extent Several publie
oudngs were destroyed, many private houses. and
those LETT standing had ther roofs blown off, Consdera
BILE loss OF e occurred this town. The same gan
eral account will apply to the villages Of Santa Maria del
Rosario, San Antonio Santiago. At Msrel besides the
houses blown down, six schoones lost the wharyes
and another in the bay only of the crew Of the latter
being saved.
Official from Csrdenas represent that in Gu..i
mas Lagunilas and Cimsrrones the panan trees were
Frustrated, but the would be lost only kent
back NTH or sixth OF the coffee crop would be lost
while the less injured The whole DEPART
men that be the Of the territorial division had
suffered little Not personal accident had occurred.
The editors Of the Diario de 70 Marine have adyiccs
from Cuba 10 the 18th, from Puerto Principe to the l4h
from Trinidad to the l5th from Spiri,us to the 10th
and from Cicnfuegos TO tho l7th Of October From all
these points the accounts in regard the gale highly
satisfactory The injury done by the hurricane said TO
be comparatively Insignificant some points nothing is
said OF the gale At Sssua Ia Grande the gale scarcely
felt.
But We do not propose to follow the Havana papers into
uihe OF their details. We could readily f several mum.
sers OF cur paper with them We have written enough TO
give general idea Of the ravaGes OF the gale Besides
the Havana papers have given comprehensive pic
nre OF their losses, but inhnity Of particulars The
other news from the island OF little moment and may be
speedily disposed of.