The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-10-06
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The TERRIBLE GALE ON THE COAST OF TExAs-Our New
Orleans papers contain full accounts Of the late awful gale
on the of Texas, which il will be seen,
panied by deporabe loss of life and property. We have
already furnished readers with brief under
the Geographic head and in addition we CLEAN from the
newspapers from that quarter the following;
The coast of Texas visited by most disastrous
gale commencing Sunday the 18TH and lasting until
Thursday night, the 2lst ut
In the Lavaca and Matagorda bays there much su
ferng and loss.
At ndianola the schooners Atlas and Fanny Mott were
both driven through the wharves and subsequently
the beach, where they lie The Mott will be total
loss; the Atlas probably will be gotten off Sloop Louisa
with freight from the Charles Morgan also total
wreck and cargo partly saved the beach few build
ings taken off the blocks but materially dam
aged.
Saluria and Deckros Point did not escape but were
even greater sufferers than the bay above them Many
houses in both places entirely washed away some I'M
rooted and others taken off the blocks there not being
single house that escaped serious damage and quite
Der being RACED to the ground.
The wharf Zone OF the finest structures of the kind
in the State owned by Judge Howes, totally demo
ished not post remains to show where it stood except
a few standing near the shore
Declros wharf and warehouse entirely gone not Il
yestige Of them is to be
The schooners Aida and s. Beden which had arrived
Sunday from Mobile and lying at anchor oppo-
site Deckros dragged into the reef capszed aud
totally lost, with both entire crews.
The United States schooner Fairy belonging to the light
house department, beached and is total oss-crew
saved. The sch0o2er Emma DeltusSey owned Pensa-
COLA is supposed to have dred to sea- and, she
good vessel strong hopes entertained for her safety
The gale visited Matagorda with almost unpara-
eled fury destroying nearly all the buildings in the place
those of Col. Williams Mrs. Sartwel, and two
small ones being all that escaped prosaon unroofng
The stocks OF goods of the merchants have been mostly
ruined. Four lives lost in the townMrs. Dufey Mr.
Merriman and negro woman and child.
The steamboat Kate Ward entirely wrecked the
town. Capt Ward his brother and nine of the perish
ing. But three only escaped by cnging to of the
wheels and were taken off ont the odd
Schooner Tom Paine, Captain Il. lIulsemann, owned in
iatagorda totally lost with the captain and crew.
Crops of cane and cotton blown down and nearly
ruined in fact it is said not bale Of cotton is left in the
county.
Quite number of small craft reported lost with all
Trespaacous and the houses the peninsula opposite
all swept away, except Col Lewiss and two Others
Several lives reported to have been lost among whom
two children of Captain John Hugely, old and
much-eseemed planter who were killed by the house be-
ing blown down upon them
An eyewitness to the devastation of Matagorda says
that he could have conceived of such sight he
witnessed between and o'clock on Monday morning
houses crashing and breaking up their materials flying
through the air women and children screaming
ming whittier they knew not seeking protection and when
found only to be driven forth again after short lapse Of
time to find one, and in many instances in nearly
denuded state.
TUE FEVER EPIDEMC.-We are in receipt of the
Augusta Georgia. Constitutonast of October B. 1t is
still issued he sheet account of the panic From
this number extract the following remarks of the ed
itor
1t will be by the report of board Of health that
but three deaths by yellow fever have occurred in the city
within The past fortyeght hours these three deaths
CURED on Sunday Up to o'clock yesterday there
no death by this disease
I'VE hope our absent citizens will not take this as an in
dex for their safety return to the city before frost Al
though there were deaths yesterday learn there
number of cases but far observation
and inquiries have extended the occurring
Of milder type and yield readily early medical
treatment
Upon the subject of complaints made regard to de-
tenton Of mails at Augusta the Charleston Mercury of
the I'd says:
"The screw which is loose is the Augusta post office
where it is known the force has been crippled by the
fever panic that its duties have been almost suspended
With the exception OF New Orleans papers, we have
ceved western mail for nearly fortnight The great
importance Of the New Orleans mail to leading CONNER
cia cities has doubtless induced the postmaster of Augusta
devote what force he bad to the forwarding of that mail
to the points where il was of the most value And we take
occasion to say that while we have felt much Others
the inconvenience OF the arrangement in the mails
quit the Augusta Office Of all blame We believe that they
have done all that they could and the Of the failure
is only proof of the extremity of confusion and suffering
under which that city has been pressed down.
The editor Of the Consiutionast copies the above and
remarks
The Mercury is correct in its surmises Our postmaster
has done all t could do in the discharge of the du
ties of his office Augusta is a heavy distributing office,
Mr. Smythe how ever, has now the office we'll manned His
present force is composed of beginners and weeks
necessarily eapse before they become familiar with
the routine of the office We only say TO distant
subscribers that far postmaster and his deputy
they have manfuy stood TO their pusts-they
have done all that could do under like circumstances
and that is all that could be expected Of them.
We have not ourselves received New Orleans paper
since the yellow fever broke out in this city,
The Savannah Republican speaking of the fever in that
city, says;
It will be seen by the health report published to-day
that there is a decided improvement in condition.
There is ground for hope that will soon be able to
nounce still rapid decline in the number of deaths
among u.s. The number Of cases has also diminished
There no nterments in the Cathedral Cemetery
yesterdaythe first day in the last nine months that such
has been the case.
We learn that the lufrmary, recently established
the patients Of whom there some 10 30 doing
well and that the attentions Of the physicians aud nurses
are most assiduous and praseworthy
We again caution ahsentees keep away, and not
to think of returning TO their homes until heavy frost
VIII render their advent AS il is now, yhe want of
subjects is all that keeps the peslence from swelling our
bs OF mortality The fever, though still epidemic is not
of as malignant type heretofore
The first heavy frost here last year on the 26th DC