American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-08-28
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.

New ORLEANS, August 22.-The rioters who
destroyed the Office of the Spanish paper, La
Pdtrid, hold possession Of the principal streets
of the city, and are destroying all Spanish pro-
perty they can find. The Spanish Consul has
been burnt in effigy. The authorities are doing
nothing
August 23.-Letters have been received in
this city from Captain Kerr, Major Stanford
and others, who were recently shot at Havana,
written just previous to their execution, in
which they all blame Lopez for abandoning Col
Crittenden's Company, of whose capture and
subsequent sad end you have already been fully
advised
NORFOLK, August 26.-Com. Parker, comman-
der in chief of the Home squadron, yesterday re-
ceived dispatches from Washington to proceed
without delay to the coast Of Cuba and the United
States steam frigate Saranac, Capt. Pendegrast,
with Com. p. on board, accordingly sailed at
ten o'clock to-day for Havana. Orders were
received here yesterday from Washington to
despatch the United States soop-of-war Ply
mouth to the same destination, but unfortun-
ately that vessel had been at sea some hours,
(bound to the East Indies, before the order for
sending her to Havana was received The
United States frigate Columbia, now in ordinary
at the Gosport Navy Yard, is to be fitted for
sea with all possible despatch.
The severe gale of yesterday, it is inferred,
has caused much distress to vessels on the coast.
The schooner Mary, arrived to-day from New
York, reports having come out of Sandy Hook,
on Sunday, in company with one hundred ves-
sels She encountered very heavy gale yes
terday off Chingoteague, and saw large schooner
from Jersey City, with loss of foretopmast and
jibboom
The schooner S. f. Parker, from this port,
bound to Cherrystone, to load for New York,
was capsized on Friday afternoon, off Back
river, in a sudden squall, and has not yet been
got up The schooner Zion, Hunter, from this
port for Philadelphia, put back with the loss Of
deck-load and jib.
The schooner Arabela, from Bath, with an
assorted cargo for Jamaica, was run into last
evening, by the revenue cutter Campbell, off
Sewels Point, and lost her bowsprit, main
boom, &c. She will have to discharge cargo
| to repair
! Arrived schooner Francis Baker, New York,
with loss Of both jibs; schooner Kedron, from
Fredericksburg to Boston steamer Freeman,
from Alexandria to New York, and schooner
Hamilton, from Georgetown to New York.
MAssrILoN, Ohio, August ga fire broke
out to-day in the rear of Ransol street, which
rapidly spread to the surrounding buildings,
until the whole square on the north side of
Lane street, between Erie and Mills streets, was
| consumed, with the exception of one
The loss is estimated at 800, 900, which is
mostly covered by assurances in the Hartford
| Protection Company, City Insurance Company
of Cincinnati, Cleveland Mutual Company OF
Buffalo, Stark County Mutual Company, and
Portage Mutual Company. The fire was the
work Of an incendiary.
ST. LOUIS, August 27.-The mail from hide
pendence is in with dates to the 23d of August
The Santa Fe mail was in, and four of the
Boundary Commissioners, Sanford, Ornuston
Dunn, and Stewart came as passengers The
rainy season had set in in New Mexico, and the
roads we're very bad to Moro. Col Summers
had reached Santa Fe and commenced making
many changes. He broke up the interior pos
and removed the headquarters to Moro. Post
were established at Rio, ST. Juan and Valorede
and those at Caboletta, Albuquerque, Don Anna
Socorra, and Los Begos were broken up. Th
troops at the aforementioned place had beer
sent to Moro. Business prospects were dull
Weightman had been elected delegate to Con
gress Col. Summers was getting up an eI
petition TO Naveggo, Ta1