, 1870-10-27

pcct ssa1ies OF life SOLD IN Tue cits, so that the
greedy and uncompaesionnte cannpt take nd
vantage OF tho situation aud speculate upon
the needs Of the poor; and he has ordered all
! those men able 10 do 90 to At once rebuild
Their des.1o!ed housts, and repair The dam-
sges caused by the storm, which viii stve &C
curatlon TO many wo1kmeD, tho city to set the
example to all. and employ many men upon
the repair OF tho public buildings. parks,
equAree. and roads. These measures aro
crt eitshle, and timely. too. Poverty and mig
org in thtit full uakeanets necessarily Ixi.t in
the city after its disasters to l great extent,
aud only prompt snd judicious deeds can ro-
duce their operations ~ ordinary dimensions.
In the Buy Of MAtHnzas heavy damage also
resnhed from The Storm. There were IN port
On the 7th, six American vessels, and Of these
the brig &. ". Baxter. Of Now York. and
schooner Edwin, Of bridgeport, were forced
aehoEe on dangerous ground md abandoned,
George S. Hunt. Of Portland; the brig Mary
f. Chase, OF Philadelphia, and schooner Traub
Palmer, ot lsatn. we1e disnantled aud other
wise injured, and will have to be condemned
ard told for what they will bring. Tie brig
Lii e1ty vas the only American <esssl that
III lsort Zone Of them Her Hritannic Majesty'a
guuboat " MyIm,3on), The brir >, T. Nichols was
totally lest, and the bark Evening st the briggs
Fair Lima and MAnluH. and schooner Helena
wc1edismasscA. OF the Spanish vereelsin port,
schooner HaE lost, two eloops, and dozen
launches n ere sunk and brig and scloouar
tiltmasted. In all these diea.tcrs and rnis-
hars Of the port and bay, ouly dve lives were
Loaf nll from Spsnsh vessels. 49,.
CardtDx1 il next to Natanzas in its losses
snd ditArferB from the storm. Several houses
werc brought to the ground. many more weEe
unroofe1 or otherwise injured: the trees
oresywhe1e were uptooted aud blown down,
and the fiue wha1ves and warehouses;, the
rride OF the city and fountains Of wealth, we're
extensively dhnlpgel Tie large and coutiy
warehouses Of 1'ens 4 Nedina, OF = Il. Fer
usndex, Of Soler Co., and Of CanterA, are
ties OF sugar and .noiaases stored in them
almost total leases, while some ton
nf the other fns warehouses are par
tally IN ruins. Several liyes were Lost III the
city from the storm, nua in the hay eleven.
or thirteen vcesel. in port four were lost the
Spanish bark n: E. Captain and five sailors
dlowned). the Spanish schooner 1sosita and
leria; two were ltached. bat will Ia gotten
OF aafelv-tha German baIk CardenaA and
Eritisb bark Speedway. and tlrcc wrre dit
uantled. Tie American brig E. F. Duubaf
and American schooner ]. c. Libby wcIe 10
Fortunate a. to =cnme aut min tiured. Tho
Wind hnn an Opposite cfTecL upols the w2tera
nf the bay from wAa, it had ut MAianzae, for,
instead OF driving them upon tho city, It
czueed them to Fecctle to tuch an extent that
one 1f the vessels nearest to shore was left
for several hours without any water afouud
her, and literally Oh dry land Thi~ WAS for
FELm Gulnes, Nueya Psz, Corral Nnovo,
tsuirs, Alacsanrs, Madrusa, Dc3ncal, Bsmba,
l}ofoudtcn, CuIczas, aud two dozen or more
smaller towns aud villages. I have unvaryiug
reports OF houses blown down or Auro0fe6,
and trees all gone Ii NJ ava Taz llG houses,
flk+ -A.f
changed In few hourr to heaps Of ruins in
Madtuga, 100: iu Guiue-, Is (church tower
also do~n); in M4cs4nea. III: il 1,ejncal. 10 !,
aud 70 on each place having suffered mDre OF
iets. The loss of sivo~ il thcss Villages,
l'rovidcntially. WAS small, considering the e1-
tent Of the material dsmagea experienced. and
Kill lot exceed twelve Ea.r-ons all told.
The storm was felt but slightly east OF
Sierra Morena, aud not at all east OF
Sarua- In Colon the injuries done were few
aud insignificant, and the u.me may b.
said for Villa Clara, CianfusEos, Rnd tho ISL
and Of Pines. Westxatd, no harm was done
fow h.ies boyonl Havana, tho Vuelta Abaio
mot being embraced IN tie storms travels.
The Districts Of Statanxas, C1rdenas, Jar,ieea,
Guines, GuAnap2coa, Sauta Maria, lsej1cal,
Santiago de Las Vegas. aud Colon (two-tbirls)
arc the ones to which the etorm seems TO have
confined ito deyaetatiohs.
Full reports snow that hundreds Of sugar
down Or cilnneys gone-anl estate. plenta-
ton, and farm residences, ontluil 11sEs. and
negro quarters have Jared much worse, beng
of weaker construction. In Guiuea (town)
alone over 1000 persons h1re sought tempo
rarI shelter, having for awhile aban-
ptrsious of the district The extensive re-
pain bow neccssita.et on tho e-tases, plauia-
tiona, md farms come at a most nufavorable
moment, slucc tie time for commencing cAne-
grinding il .near at ha,ld, Tho planters, haw-
ever, viii get find creator drawback In thei1
immeEse losses Of llorecs, mules. cattle, llogs,
ETC., Tor the brute creation suffered mnch on
| the estates, plantations, and farms. as well Al
| in Matanzas. The southeastern portion Of tho
District Of Colon and the famous Cienaga dc
ZaI.a.a wetc inundated by tie torrentiai rzin.
and ovc1tlowing streams, aud over II, 900 head
generally rrostrated, and i'm final yield prob.
abiy- thereby reduced one-t1,ird, or more,
which menus from 310.0O0 to 400, ,00d
boxes of sugar less in the coming
crop. In the Dlattiets OF Guinea, Bejucaf,
and Santiago do las Vegas a good deal Of ricc
I itg that tho storm has about destroyed their
! rice crop for this year- Another sensible,
though not heavy, loss IL tho general destruc-
ton Of the banana field. The lnsger banana,
OF r'antain, Which IL cultivated the mozt,
serving Largo proportion OF the population
I ~ - EupG+liAL0 4Vt A1E&A. A IaIfalG 4EllGI,
just shown me, Announces that the Canas
estate on llon Juan rocy has lost its mill. and
that tic SeI,crs magnificent botanic garden,
the finest of the i.land, no longer exists,
The mill and all buildings of the syn usustin
do Sallada1cs estate h.vu also di-apreated.
10 tuua up the l.sses OF tue island from The
storm, I Hlhdly n1ott calcn'niiou by promi'
uent Hasana citizen. whom I deem well
posted, fixing item pecuul4rly at over So,
t0', 900. Immediate and remote.
But all il not as get told. There arc moro
m1tltimn disasteEa to be reported. Ga the
Florida Reefs there are fully dozen verse1
ashore, some ol which cannot 10 gotten III
and will prove total luee.s- AmonE these M
fortunate onca is inc!nfcd the Htitielt ste eame,
SaTphire, OF the Southern Steamship Linc
running bctwtcn Liverpool and New Os3n1t 9
ria Havana. The vessel had S1.n.Ck wor,l
uf suEar:cane machinery for The rlantcrs O
the ir'and on boarl, must Of which cannot bt
saved. The PASSENGERS Of the steamer Al
rcached shole alive and uni injured, and
J number Uf them arc at tho rrcscu
~r,,inE in Ibis city. In :he 1stitud
ol Santiago conipaEioa sio1m Of the on,
felt htre cn tho Sth at 3 r. N. forced Ii
French steamer l>aticn On TO a reef, betwctl
l'un.a Mslana and lne1to Escondido, wrecI
ing licE totally Tho rasscngers were safel
iantea on the matt shore at s a. m., and pal
Of the cargo has eipce been saved, Gut AZ N
tile steamer rho will likely tust ont, III ju:
intima.cd, a to'al lo.s.. She belonged 10 th
wcta-knowu - CculpaEnie GenerAle Ifans-At
lantique; :" was OF iron, and Of 800 tons; VI
!. .uilt to luu between Havana aud New o.
leans. hut. months ago, Was taken OF til.
route and placed upon anothcr routc OF III
"comraEnio-" When lost she WAS On her vi
!. fronSt. Thomas to Jamaica. ria Cane IIayti an
Santiago. On tho 11tb, the French ba.
: rotosi brought hero the Csmain al
crew Of The English tatk Investigator, total
: lost, with her cargo OF mahogatr, ou Aren.
Hey, wf,ifc on her way from Campoche to Fl
: mouth. On the 1Gtl, the steamer Mo,
t Castle. from New iuEk. tisee days oyer,iu
s''issa: and reported l,ssing PASSED. tl,roue
: # Abaeo island; and the English br5s L,i
= A1onck, from New York which came in fc
| hours after the Moro Castle, reports hayir
tccn in tile FANS storm, aud that tho next j,
9 she caulc. Wheu OF Naraujo Key, across Il
l English schooner Four Sistcss, OF St. john
! y B.; loaded with lumber and complete
abandotct:. Net having scamcn to spar
the Captain Of the Lsay Nonek ":
. Four Sisters. and 30 isft her where
found her. The coasting steamers Almc.
J, dsres aud Wills Clara, about wloso safe,
: there we're many approximations when Ia
I wrote. arc now known to be all right. IT
+ Alsaendazcs found shelter from tho storm
< the lI11bor pl CAr.lena* ,sllila the Wills Cl61
+ was run aground of Nacha key. but has Eiut
. cen gotten OF uninjured.
ii For nav4ua have nothing TO report, as |
j. the storm, additional 10 what was reported
0 my lsss two letters- The s:csmer Nilsson
e al enable to leave for New York on Mouda
i because the storm had not then ruff lent
: .hatess. On Tuesday she vcutured out Ut ii
} hwy. hut. finding tho sch yet vers rough, sot
+ returned: md did not effect hee final depaz
I nre until Wcdues lay morning. Tue 1ne
/ chants and citizens Of the city hsve mo
G rze1itat.y forgotten their email n,ish.ps trs
+ the storm, in the face Of tho grea. aaisfo
i sanez OF Mstanzss city and District 4,
l. other districts, a::d ate literally subscribing
/ TIE general relief fund. Over S.iU, 600 ha:
!. 10 far bten Obtained. $4,000 Of which Ii
/ s'ccn sent to the Eeedr Of Matanz.s, and Il
g snu', and boat>load Of provisions and clio,