New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-09-08
The Gale in Florida.


We have seen private letter from Chat
ahooctee. Fla giving an account ofthe esofthe
storm Of Aug 22 IN that vicinity large amount Of
properiywas destroyed. including nearly the whole Of
the tobacco crop and number OF barns cotton sheds
and other buildings. The late corn crop was almos,
entirely destroyed and the cotton crop sustained es
sental damage. We find the following additional
particulars IN The Tallahassee Septnsi:
! In Tallahassee the Capitol was injured. the TN
| roofing Of the portlcOeS torn off, window blown IN
the representative hall and general misfortune among
| the glass. Bonds warehouse, lbTlckJ unrooied and
| blown down. Wilson's " Exchange building, TIN
peeled of unrooed, and tmbers Of the ro-t scattered
| IN all direction. City Hotel. piazza partly blown
| down Miller 4 Brokaws large stables. east hall
uuunned NcNulnn'S corner. occupied by Me>srs.
| Clark Bestwrlck, as stores. partially unrooted
| The tnck and slated building occupied by MeSsrS.
| kIndon half unrooied and very badly injured X
| Hayward lew store houses partly untnned tldrkS
new car.agc-ShOp, badly injured Bryan;S store,
| piazza blown down. Richardson's store untnned.
! Felksll's store untnned and Roof started Market
| house blown down.
Anderson's new BRICK dwelling house. ,unhnished)
| gable ends and chimneys downtown several Ntch-
On and other chlmncys were Frustrated, and various
other INJURIES were indicted too numerous TO men
! ton The fences were IN state OF wOful dIlapda-
ton ard the PROSTATE shade trees were almost past
counting.
We Learn from 81. Marks that the waterrose above
! all previous water-markS upon the old Fort Portions
! OF this old fortihcatIOn. which had wIthstood the
| floods of ages, were swept away, and the building
within 1t all destroyed. The Cusom-house books
| and papers are all gOne-noihlng beng icit OF the
| establishment but The iron safe.
! The frame house occupied by Nh BTchett, The de-
putty collector, on the point of junction of the n.
Marks and Wakua, was raised from Ms foundations.
| broke m the center. and was dashed 10 fragments
against the old fort. Mr. Il lost everything IN the
! share of clothing and household effects. All the
houses Al old - Marks, generally small frame houses
! OF little valued were carried away. The water Is
stated 10 have IiSen at least twelve feet above 0rd
| nary tlde-eyei
| n the Terminus the Railroad was washed UP as
far the Hotel The water was Two feet deep IN the
| warehouses; part OF the floors washed up, aud con-
tents principally baggng and salt good deal IN
ured Cotton shed floor torn up and 300 bales admit
| Wharf gone and 20 bbls RESIN with IT, Cotton press
| injured. IIolrs Hotel not much nJured-the other
| buildings gone.
| As the water rose a tram Of baggage pre-
pared and when ST Marks and the terminus were no
longer habtabe The people repaired To Inc cars on
| planks and IN boats and pushed mp INTO the mghef
| pine woods
Al Newport there appears to have been an average
| OF i've or SIX feet of water The wharyes are All
carried away, but buildings are DESTROYED SO far
| as we can learn. The goods IN slofehoAstS nave
The steamer spray drawing -four feet, took passen-
gers through the streets TO the hotel the hsl moor Oh
| which was covered foot The greatest sufferer Is
| reporied To be Mr. Ladd, IN whose siOrehouse the
| water i sand To have dashed over the counter Hls
| loss Is estimated At $4,000. McNaueht Ormond
are reported 10 have sustained damage TO the amount
An extra Of The Watplia Times estimates the los
at $1,000 which, from The reports We nave received
| We should infer was a very moderate estimate.
! We are glad 70 hear that AL are safe al the ~
| Marks lighthouse and that the house and premises
have suffered 10 material damage re oreak"@ler
Is carried away mtwO places, but the carnage Is sup
! posed not 30 exceed 81 500
| There we're besides the keepers family. some *
| or eight visitors at the light Ihey ha1' OF
! course most ANXIOUS and alarming time u. ABOUT
ten o'clock Saturday night, VIXEN the seenns oi ne
WIND utile 20 the westward permitted HE wafer -
| recede. and they returned 10 the keeperS house.
During the hight Of the ga.n and sea the l8aI,
house sbook to is lowest stCa, i'd the teasg ALL
discomfort OF the fugtyes whs t'eaiY mere 80 oy
the forcing m of the door ana the spray ddShins
I up INTO the structure
More tinber Is blown down than ever was known
10 he b,fore-as much, We are told - IN any ihfee
>iorn, Which have Visited F0nca within the Last 10
or 20year. We are told there are Tor instance, a
hundred and eighty Odd trees lying upon the Ni.cos
Sul,e road within distance short OF ten miles rom
! town.
What dauare has been done ~ the cotton crop
- ',,,sstre IN S,y ncT can L be determined, until
We Know what sort Of weather succeeds Ihe storm