New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-27
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The United States mail steamship Mexico, zap
Lawless. from IIdianola and Galveston, the lo'h IT,
reached her wharf this morning. ne news u -A uaf
later, and principally concerns the recent furious e
in the Galveston waters, where II was murh iougg'
and more severe than in harbor, it having prevail
ed, say. The News. d" for half sn hour with terIoie
violence" IL will be noticed by those Interested ~
meteorological science that the Storm made Us al-
pearance at Galveston as early as o'clock IN the
morning some ak hours before Il did here. IhtNt@s
gives the following particulars: o.,
The carly morning was cloudy and foggy. with q
light southery wind and occasional nashes OF ~ W.
sheet Lightning. With no other warning than rud-
den gathering Of the clouds and an almost mldngN
darkness the wind yeered round 20 the west, and ID
an instant the gale struck the city and shipping ou'
end foremost and the rain fell in sheets and spiasnes
Several large vessels moored Luffkin and ST. Cyr-
wharves parted Il cir cables and hawsers in moment,
and went kIting into the bay.
The large three masted schooner Charles Keen the
bark Glenwood and +. Sherwood, the brig North
and the schooner Major Bache, were mixed up very
promiscuousy for about I'VE minutes running TO-
gether and smashing each others spars and tnDef-
without let or binderance. The log and rain were 20
dense that it was impossible for any one on the YES
ses 10 gee where they were where they were gong
The Charles Keen drifted into the west end OF me
Central Wharf which she struck with considerable
violence and then swung round and run her DOW mo
the stern Of the steamer Betty Powell, breaking d
good many timbers of the Powell, just back ot the
larboard wheehouse, carrying away three or four
state rooms the upper deck and throwing into the
water some forty fifty bales OF cotton. ne Jam
age to the Betty Powell u about s1OO, ans can ue
easily repaired.
The brig North and the schooner Major Bache were
driited alongside Of the Keen, and the former was
soon hard aground. The North had her masts, sparS
and rigging considerably damaged. The Others We
learn, sustained less injury. .
into the bay and while her captain, Glover, was en-
deavoring to bring her to anchor, spar fell ana
struck him on the head, infcting dangerous wound
The vessel finally anchored off the Central wharf
and Capt. Glover taken TO the shore In lieboat
for medical attendance.
The bark f. Sherwood parted her cables at Luffkin :
wharf ard drfted down to the Central WHAT. where
she struck the brig Rice. whose mainboom went
through the stern of the Sherwood, and large part
broke off and fell into the cabin of the latter other
than this and the loss of her yaw the WIN. Nj. Rice
was not much damaged The Sherwood was consid-
erably bruised, and also lost her jibboom.
We learn that one of the sailors the WIN. VI. Rice
had both legs broken during the gale. We did not
learn his name.
Cant. Hall of the Sherwood had his ankle spraned
SoIIe of the wharves were also damaged, but not
seriously We hear of some fences that were blown
down in different parts of the city, and some chmneyS
tuDbled upon the roofs
The squall did not last over thirty minutes, when
the wind changed to the north and the rest OF the day
was comparatively pleasant.
Tie following statement of damage done has been
kindly furnished us by Capt. HavihrS. Bark sher
wood and three-masted schooner Chas. Keen parted
from their fastenngs at Labades wharf, running foul
of the brig North and carrying her adrft, and also
the bark Genwood, all drifting down the harbor, and
bringing up at Menard's wharf, the Sherwood pass
ing to Parsons wharf, and getting foul of the brig
VIM. NJ. Rice.
The brig North had her bowsprit carried away
with her starbOard cat-hesd. She received no other
damage.
The iibboom of the bark Sherwood was carried
away with her larboard est-hesd. The SherwoOds
forward and maintOpsa also carried away. Her
stern boat smashed up and her stern windows
broken in by the mainboom of the brig VIM NJ
Rice.
knocked in above the vale, and her stern boat
smashed up.
The steamer Betty Powell had her cabin torn
away. Thirty or forty bales of cotton were thrown
from the wharf.
The brig VIM. NJ. Rice had her msnboom broken,
and her stern boat crushed to pieces.
The steamboat Island City, since arrived at Calves
ton met the gale at early hour in the morning, the
other aide of Red Fish bar. The storm is descibed
terrific. Size, however, rode out the gale with no
damage beyond the loss of Il new anchor and cable,
the latter being snapped asunder like mere thread.
As the steamship Galveston was rounding about, on
Friday evening, TO resume her trip to Powderhorn,
she was accidentally carried between the Brick Wharf
and Kuhn's Wharf, where she grounded so hard that
she was unable to get off before the tide went out.
On Saturday morning she lay in the same place, high
and dry, and it will require, says Tile Ncrs, very
high tide to lift her out of the mud
All accounts at Galveston represent the country az
quite impossible for wagons, and scarcely so for
stages and even for travellers on horseback. The
Trinity has been higher for four years The Brazos
il also very high, and planters were improving the OPP
portunity 10 get their crops TO market
The remains of the Hon. Arson Jones were buried
on Tuesday with imposing ceremonies. A beautiful
and touching eulogy delivered by the Hon. Ashbel
Smith.
resigned bis commission, and will enter upon the prsc
tice of the law.
Gov. Runnels has vetoed the bill for the relief of
the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company by
Z ha nrna ndmenf Of It's charter.