Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-12-30

AMI HIS SkEW
In the " China Mail" of the 7th September W.
have detailed accounts of the damage caused by tn,
typhoon Of the 3lst August heretofore briefly
mentioned1 which we condense into as small
space as possible:
At Hone KoSe the Chinese boats took the alarm early
and made for the sheltered creeks on the Cowoon side bu
there they suffered severely number Of them having
teen driven Shore and great part of their drowned
In the morning the Colony exhibited most melancho,
appearance In the harbor several vessels dsmaed other
shore, and the whole beach sewed with the wrecks
Chinese unks in the midst Of which dead bodies
onay floating while shore every house exposed
the storm suffered lessles torn from the roofs
walls leveed verandahs blown pieces; and wherever
garden plot formerly existed the plants and bushes ehe
broken short of or torn up by the roots
Then follows list Of thirteen foreign vessels which
either wrecked or seriously damaged.
At MACAO the damage sustained very great. In the
list Of losses in the inner harbor mentioned the names
eight foreign vessels which driven ashore wrecked
besides lightweight Chinese boats of different Species and
Vulnerable uks The loss Of lives the habor is stated
upwards Of hundred. There were destroyed twenty-five
Chinese brick houses thirty and wooden houses, and
twelve dwellings the river The gardens also suffered
greatly.
AT CuMsISoMooS the receiving shp Isabella Robertson
driven under the bows of the Eagle carrying away he
bowspr and foremost Immediately afterwards the chains
the Eagle parted and she ded through the passage
the eastward, and upon the beach, The Syph dfed
the the Eagle, and also ashore. Upor
hauling her chains found that the anchors had part
ed Both the Eagle and Syph totally dsmased, but
were got of next morning.
At daylight all that could be Of the Isabella Robertson
the top of her manmas the vessel having the
reef the entrance TO Cum-sng The gunner and
four ascars discovered cngng to the mast and
saved by the boats Of the United States ship Plymouth The
Norfolk and Sidney entirely dsmasted and the British
brig Arrow, recently arrived shore but her cargo
uninured, and her saved, for which they also
indebted to the boats Of the Plymouth. The British barqus
Emily got Shore but her cargo received little injury Eight
nine Chinese unks sunk and most of their pershe
did also that of smuggling boat consisting Of upwards
one hundred men.
As soon daylight appeared, Captain GEDSEY, of tie
Plymouth ordered his boats out render assistance and
the lives Of those who clngng to the wrecks wse
otherwise in danger of peshng The officer on deck fist
he ordered call for volunteers when hundred If
the sailors offered themselves, and manned sic boas-fou
cutters, the launch, and the gig Assistance was Offered
wherever it seemed necessary and upwards Of thirty Rpa
Chinese and foregner) saped but of the ships
the Mail states, decned the proered aid from dread Of sail
which had been deamt Of by Captain GEDSEY
who actuated by the true spirit of sailor solely DESTROYS
of aiding in distress"
The shore sewed with wrecks of Chinese boats and
unk, and many Of the houses opposite the shipping were
blown down.
AT WHAMPoa the shipping escaped, though great many
China boats destroyed and the chops suffered consider
ably.
At CANTON the storm still less violent. There was
however, on the river fearful loss Of lives and property
letter written the following morning describes the scene as
dreadful the whole river being covered with the wrecks ohe
fragile aower-boas and small craft, great numbers Of which
were dashed to pieces by the large unks which, after being
forced from their oorngs driven uouy along by the
wind and tide, destroying every thing that in their way