The New York Herald Newspaper, September 8, 1851, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD. |™ 4AMES GURDON BENNET®, PROPRIETOR AND eDITUR VICE N. W. COKNEK OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS. OMUSEMENTS 1HIS EVENING, AASTLE GARDEN.—Onraans Bewerie. | winew or rue OADW. Ti Broad ie Awnasaa. oon tubi vis Fata Monerte torus Bas Pot: (RIO'S GARDEN, Srondway—La Fere Caamrerax aLtan Baiganne—Ki-e a. | bare swreet—Mipas—Por- | LiGODDY. TRE Bowery—Farat Paxpicrion— he ws OLyxm, ham Poon Pu ATION, KE Charan rereas—Anorrep CHILD | “Girea Binatens: Nawsaor oF New YOR, pnquewan’ LYCEUM, Broadway —M xe ov He- wa ~~ Cee Bui 4xp Baormma Jona- | vuay. qauionyrs wineruai, Mechanics’ Helh<7a Broadway | stay. MINSTRSLS, Follows Musioal Hall, Ne: 464 smattapeireiorias Minernaia: AMERICAN MUBEUM—Amverwe Punzvamanoms A7- camwoow amp BvExine tan PeRPORMANCEA, Sew York, Monday, September 8, 1851. DOUBLE SHEET. Highly Important from Washington—New Phase of the Caban Invasion. By a deepateh which we received from Washing- son last evening, aud which we publish in another column, it will be seen that a very important ques tion is likely to grow out of the late invasion of Cuba by Lopez and his companions, and that tho President and the Cabinet are now doliberating spon it. It is said that Lopez was decoyei into landing at Bahia Honda. by three Spanish officers, end that the Captain General was the anthor of the stratagem. If this is 50, a baser or more despi- table piece of villany could not be imagized. It | ted that it was rumored, some time will be reco! sinco, that Lopez depended oa receiving the support of scme of the Spanish officers, and that be had re ceivcd letters from them, stating that they were ready te join the invading for:es immediately on r arrival. | We trust the eyverpment at Washington will ute a rigid and thorough investigation into | thie matter, and tbat they will not coage their exer- gions to aecertain the truth, and tho whole trath, | eoncerping it, until they are satisfied one way or the other. If our zens were decoycd in this | manner, ond then sucrificed, to-rible vengeance wily We sbail with great he be demanded by be American peop await fur-her intelligence on thi solicitude. | Whe Politicians tm Motton—fhe Two State Couvenitons The two great political parties into which the seople of this State sro divided, are in a stare of | great commotion aud agitation, in consequence of toe appre of the time appointed for the holding | of their respective couventions for the nomiaatioa of candidates to be supported at ths election ia | November next. The Sth and the lth of the pre | fent month ere the dys on which these conven- | | to Miranda’s enterprise. | patriotic society was formed in Bogota, Expedition of Lopez, Compared with these of Miranda and Mina. ‘The disastrous termiaation of the expedition of General Lopez presents no new feature in the his- tory of the Spanizh colonies in America, to those who are familiar with the subject. The perfidy, insineerity, and cowardice of the inhabitants of Spanish America have been repeatedly exemplified in their conduct towards those brave and generous spirits, who, though born in other climes, were willing to 6ght in the cause of liberty, wherever her standard may have been raised, and wherever their assistance in the cause has been required. The | expedition of Lopez and his unfortunate com- panions, we have no doubt, will take its place in history, whatever may have been the notions of the actors or the non-combatant instigators, asone of tbe most gallant and remarkable military attempts on record. Whether the particulars of this inter- prise, in all its details, will be fully known, is doubtful, from the death of most of the actors, and the misrepresentations of their enemies—but, if all the fucts could be known, we eno doubt would present an array of most extraordinary feats of bravery, under the most adverse clreumstances, euch as, seldom, if ever, has beom witnessed. This expedition cf Lopez forcibly reminds us of two similar unfortunate attempts, made during the present century, by citizens of the United States, under the guidance of Spanish American Generals, to liberate the people of the colonies of Spain, in Awerica, from the yoke of the m>ther country. We allude to the expeditions of Miranda and Mina —the former against Venezuela; the latter against Mexico. These attempts were both premature; but the people of those and other Spanish colonies, now independent repablics by their subsequent strug- giles, showed that, uvlike the Cubans, they were not only worthy, but able, to achieve their iadepea- dence of old Spain. Hence their final success, without the’aid of invaders from other countries. A short sketch of the expeditions of Miranda and Mina may prove interesting. even to revive the re- collection of the circumstances in the minis of those of our readers who may be fumiliar with this portion of Spanish American history. The affair of Miranda took place in 1806, during | the administration of Mr. Jefferson, who, although compelled to enforce the neatral laws of the United States, was believed not to have been unfriendly Don Francisco Miranda was a native of Caraceas, Venezuela, where he was born about the year 1750 He was ofa family of distmetion, his grandfather having been gover- nor of the province. la consequence of his early conception of the project, and his subsequent exor- tions. he is considered as the founder of the inde- pendence of Spanish America. Projecis of indy- pendence bad, however, been entertained in Veay wele and New Granada, witboat concer, as early as 174 in the latter, and 1797 in the former country. In the latter year a conspiracy for in dependence, headed by Don Manacl Gaal, was detected and crushed in Venezucla. Ia 1794, 4 New Granada, headed by Narino, Zea, and others, who afterwards beeame distinguished in the revo- jution im that country da, at the age of twenty, travelled on ough various parts of the continent of America. He atterwards became a colonel in the Spanish arwy. In 1733 he visited the United Siutes, and afterwards travelled on fhot throagh England, Franee, Italy, acd Spain, heartily de- testing the latter country en at that time he ventured to speak ot the emanoipation of Lis owa country, to the British Primes Minister, Pitt, ard to the Empress Catharine the Szcal, of Russia, who treated him with great regard, especially the Empress, who invited him to eater foot t sions will be held, and the place The hig convention will be composed of free soilera and silver grays, abolitionists and Union men Scott men, Webster men, Clay mea, Fillmore men. Seward men, office holders, aud those who want to | bold «fives forming a wotley assemblage, as varied | guecaked and speckled as was Jacob's flock of old. | {he Scott men will do their utmost to use and de- | serve the «thers, and will be wiling to agree to | any platform for that purpose. They will yield up everything, for the good of the party and the coun- | try, but power wad office. The result will, probably, be the nomivation of General Seoxt for the Presi- | devey. All the other promisent candidates will be sold, for their triends and advocates do not possess | half the intrigue or manegewent that seward | Weed & Co., do. | The democratic eonvention will likewise be a | motly avsembiage. It will be composed of barn- burners and old bunkers, Cass men, Buchanan men, and Dovglass mev, Dickinson men aud Hoas- tonmen. An effort will no doubt be made torecon- | tile existing difficulties «ad divisions, and make the democracy again s united par-y. An expression of | preferenee for a candidate fur the Presidency will also be given, and, if report is tac, William L. Marcy will receive this honor In ali probability, the barn- burners will wirely give up ail nog essentials, and guite with the hunkers, for the purpose of enabling thew to retain theu position ip the dewocratioranks. | and with it, @ chance for a sh of the plunder, i case of victory. In both conventions there will be the usual amount of wire pulling, intrigue and | ion practiced, ard fur the sake of harmony and conciliation, fe doubt, Cuss end Dickiason. and Douglass and Busbanao, aud Houston, op shevone side, and all but Seutt on the other, will be thrown overbuurd, or quietly laid on the shelf, as aurourketable | If the barvburner: ed of their folly, and should dete. mine cume again part | parce! of the grea: democratic party, va ua Broads, and Os a Latene! platform, the dem will go inte convention unier ma bh more favorabl auspices than If the barabarners should cass to the winds the counsels of the Van he whigs Burens and others, who, for their own private pur puree, and to promote thei own private acd personal eves, threw » fire-brand into tae dewooratic party— f they rencunee their errors, receive forgiveness of their pumerous political sing ani mistake: i cratic party will present a very formidabie runt at the November election. la such care, hey will receive the votes of many Union rs, who heave Lecome disgusted with the ‘yranny and dutation of the csbal of demagogues at Aibs py, who, like Van B have used them as instru Berts to re power The party thay again united, wo wever, to have « chance of success, ale kept ab | and compre ‘Toey musteudorse Yhe comp mite mes ocluding the Fagitive Slave law, otherwiee the Prive s will be upoo hem, avd they will be routed, borse, foo, and dyegoons. They must take the ground that the cou promive measures were @ fluwi settlement of gitation of the qucrtion of slavery, and nom hensive plationt of pri aver, wto her service; but the high expectations of the French revolution, being far more congenial to his own feelings, drew Miranda from Petersburg to Paris, in 1790 He was warmly welcomed there by Petion, to whom be was recommended by English whig leaders; and was appointed Major General in the service of the French republic. Bus nafor- vunately, Miranda did not answer the expectations of bis French friends; and a efeat of the army | under Dumourier was attributed by that General to bave been caused by the conduct of Miranda who, however, triumphantly refuted the charge. Being condemned by the French Directory, Mi randa escaped to England. Hereturned to France im 1503, whence he was banivhed a second time, by Bonaparte. Finally, be devoted himself exclu tively to the cause of the independence of his native country, which he had hoped in vain to have wcheved through the assistance of France. In London, he was cootinually encouraged by the Erglich ministry, who saw that the liberation of South America must accrue to British co ree, and who were prevented from fitting out an expe dition to Venezuela only by the necessity of con- forming themselves to the policy of European powers opposed to France The temporary oveu- pation of Buenos Ayres and Montevideo by tae English, in 1:04, showed the good will of Great | Britein to the cause of South American inde- endence. : Miranda being at length weary of disappoint. ments in Evgland, came to the United States in 1:06, and failing to secure the co operation of our sovernment in his enterprize, although we were not then on the best terms with Spaiv, he undertook to (tout a small expedition, with merely private re. cources. He procured @ ship, called the Leander, to ke manned ond fitted out at New York, and to proceeo to St Lomingo, the ship having on board aunber of volunteers, oficered by Miranda. At S:. Domingo, Miran da expeeted to be joined by the sbip Lwperor, with other men; but, after the sail- ing of (he Leander. the government of the United Staves, which bad thus far winked at the expedition, ordered the prosecution of two of the friends of Mi- randa, The President (Jefferson) also issued a pro- clawetion agemet hostile attempts upon the Spanich demimons. The accused parties were amequitted, but their protecution pre vented the detachment aboat to be embarked prise. Miranda was, therefore, compelled to proceed with the Leander, and two schooners which be bad chaitered at Domwgo. There whoon crs were captued by Spanish eruisors, (guirda costes) The consequence was, that although Mi randa was fawisned with some sloops and gun boate by the English Admiral in tae Wes: Indie: and effected a landing with bis small army of & burdred volunteers, at a place called Vela do Coro, op the coast of Veneruela, in Angygt. ISR: X00, foiling of any valoa>'s support from the English, be was compelled to evagaate Coro, of wnich he had tuken posecesion, and retire to the island of Trini cad, without accomplishing any of the objects of the expedition While on the Spauieh Main, Miranda issued @ proclamation to the inhabitants of Vene Late po camdidate who dees Tot look upon them in thght. If they do thir, they stand before the cople of the State, aod of th@ whole Union, ina wuch wore faverabie position thao the whigs; wine they will be despised We understand ba’ maoy of the delegates are opposed to any ex- » of opmion concerning the compromise sures, or any endorsement of them by the con- vention if this policy shoald prevail, it will be suicidal to (hem asa party. Itneed not be expect od that the whig convention will take any such ground es thir, Their p'attorm will bes wishy- wasby, milk avd weir aflrir—such aone as is con- tained in the call for the convention—strongly twinted with nigger om, ond lewky in regard to the repeal of the Fugitive Siave low We eball take care to place the doings of both these conventions before our readers, acting impar- tially towards each, and giving each the benefit of our circulation. It will be curious to note the in- tryguesand plots, and counterplots, that will be re- wor edto. When both conventions shall have ad- journed, We may dierect their platforms, and lay ‘bem open to the public, for approval or condemaa- on, as the gase may be. me twela.co'ig upon them to rally in the sause of ‘iberty; but they declined to reepond. Some of the Americate who were taken prisoners by the Spa- niards were shot. Thove who escaped with Miran da returved to the United States One of the at venturers publ ebed an account of the expedition, awork which bas now become extremely scarce; and the bietory of the en‘erprise, almost forgotten, has long since ceaseé to be an object of interest, except to a few curious enquirers Gen. Miranda afterwards took part in the rero- lution in Venezuela, before the Declaration of Inde pendence at Caraceas, in July, 1511 He had ar. rived in Venesuela from Fingland, at the close of the year 1810, contrary to the wishes of the republicin Junta of Caraceas, whose views of independence did not go so faras those of Miranda; and they believed that bis return would have an unfavorable influence on their cause. The General, differing with the leaders, established a clab, called the Pactiotic Scciety. He was afterwards interested with the command of the army, by the goveromen*, in consequence of the confidence of the poople in his Mlitery talents and pacriotiom, and regained sono bart of his loet popularity. In Jaly, i412, Miranda bn the ship Emperor, frow joming in the eater- | | —— Spanish force, but obtained favora- the conquerors; and among others, that those wished should be permitted to quit | Venezuela. the one srrecnete See bo | keep its plightedfaith on this oceasion. Miranda, | they intended to embark for Carthagena ; but the | military of La Guayra caused them to be arrested, 1g, by such base conduct, to gain favor with the conqueror. Miranda and nearly one thousand wore thrown into dungeons. Many were sent te Porto Rico, and some to Cadiz, who were condemned by the Cortez to imprisonment. Miranda was accused by Bolivar of being a traitor, and ally of the British oabinet. He was — delivered a prisoner to the Spanish General Monte- varde, who violated his agreement with Miranda, © and sent him in chains to Spain. He was lodged | in the prison of the restored Inquisition at Cadiz, _ where he remained till 1816, when death released from his sufferings this most unfortunate veteran and martyr of American freedom. | The adventures of General Mina, in Mexico, in 1816 and 1817, excited at the time the warmest sympathies of the friends of liberty and the ad- | mirers of chivalrous valor throughout America and | Europe. We have only space for a brief allusion to the principal incidents of his short but brilliant | enreer, and the result of his unfortunate invasioa of | Mexico. i Don Xavier Mina was born in Navarre, Spain, in December, 1739. He was the eldest son of @ distinguished proprietary, whose domains lay | near the town of Monreal. He was nephew of the celebrated Spanish General Espoz y | Miva, so long distinguished in the wars of | the Peninsula, and in the stiuggles for con- stitutional liberty in Spain. Brought up among | the mountains of his native province, Xavier Mina | was accustomed to wander through the rich val- leys. and to pursue the chase amids: the grandeur of | the Pyrennees. The wild aspect, the rugged rc »ne- ry of a mountainous country, and the cheerful and | buoyant feelings they excite, are well kaown to have | a powerful effect upon the formation of character. | It is there that the clements of great and noble daring are cherished; that patriotism is a feeling of spontaneous growth; and thence have sprung thoee heroic spirits whose exalted deeds have shed a | lustre on humanity. The early studies of Mina were purened at Pampeluna and at Saragossa. [a 1808, ducing the French invasion of Spain, being in his nineteenth year, he was a student at Saragossa, and felt the strong enthusiasm of the times. He | abandoned his studies, entered the army of Spain asa volunteer, and was present at several hard fovght battles. He afterwards became the ledder of an organized band of guerillas, and bis successes againet the French caused his 2ame to bo connected | with the military history of the period, for his skill and bravery. Before he was twenty-one years of age he fell a captive to the French, and was impri- sored at the castle of Vinzennes. There he re- mained till released in conse quence of the entrance of the allied armies into Paris, and the general peace which took place. On his return to Spain, Mina joined his uncle in espousing the cause of the (/beru/es, or constitational- ists, against absolute monarchy. He therefore ex- | perienced the displeasero of the court and the frown of King Ferdinand He was offered the com- men f the military forees in Mexico, a situation then beat to the viceroy. This ¢ffer, which was probebly made to get rid of Mina ia Spain, be de- clined, and retired to Navarre. His uncle being | deprived of bis command, the two Minas deter- | mined to raise the standard of the Cortes and the | constitution. They were unsuccessful, and Xavier Mina retired to Frence with thirty officers, his friends. He was arrested by order of the French government, and imprisoned near Bayonne, but was | soon liberated, and passed over to Lagiand. From the British government he received a liberal pen- tion During his sojourn ia England, Mina was treated with dattering attentions by the leading men, and. particulerly by a prominent nobleman, distin- | guisned fer his attachment to the cause of freedom | Py this nobleman, Mina was made acquainted with | General Scott, of the Unired States army, then on | avisit to England He was also furnished with a | ship, arms, and military stores, by some English gentlemen attached to the cause of freedom, to enable him to prosecute an enterprise he had been some time meditating against the Spanish province of Mexico, as the quarter whence the most severe blow could be struck against the tyranny of King | Ferdinand Mina, in drawing his sword in favor of the independence of Mexico, considered he was | espousing a cause consonant with those principles of liberty for which he became an exile from his native land. Power and poace might have been his, if he bad chosen to float in the eddy of court favor; but his character and principles forbade him. Defeated in his attempt to uphold the Cortes and the cause of Spanish freedom in Europe, he devoted himeelf to the cause of liberty in America. Mina bad originally intended to proceed direct | tothe Mexican coast, conceiving that the inuabi- tants geygrally would rise io hi or; but, altering | his plan, in consequence of part of his desigas ia Europe being frustrated, and somo information | that he received, he sailed from England for Chosa prake Bay, inthe month of May, 1816, accompa- nied by thirteon Spanish and Italian and two Eng: lich officers. After w passoge of forty-six days, ble the ship arrived in Hampton Roads. The General disembarked at Norfolk, whenes he provecded to Baltimore, where the ship arrived on the 3d of July. Mina here made an arrangement for a fast-sailing | brig, pierced for guns, aud purchased artillery, mili- | tary stores, clothing, &e, for his army. The ship | was purchascd for parsengere, and Mina visited Pi iladelphia and New York, where several Ameri | cans and Europeans volunteered their services, and offered to accompany him. He was not desirous of augmenting his foree, except a8 to officers being under the impression, as before remarked, that he would be joined by the natives, on landing ia Mexico He learned that the patriots in Mexico, who bad risen egainst the royal government, maio- | twined strong guerilia forces, and that a smal fortress rear Vera Cruz, was held by the patrio General, Genadalape Victoria On the 23th of August, 1516, the ship, having cleared for St. Tuomas, took on board about two | bund-ed passengers, under the dregtiva of Colonel | Count de Routh. Mina remained to go in thy | brig, which was not reaty, and the eatp was | ordered to proceed to Port a4 Prince, there to await tho arrival of the General. Tho ship ket the Capes of Virginia onthe Iv: of September, in company with ® schooner, which had been bired by Mina, bering on board a company of artillery undet Golonel Myers. The brig being ready fur tea, General Mina and his stuff embarked, and sailed from Baltimore on th of September. | During his stay in that city the simplicity and modesty of bis demeanor, the h y of his tran- | taotions, and hie youth and geutlemaaly deportme bad gained bim the esteom and sympachy of a con siderable portion of its socie y. On arriving at Port au Prince, Mina was received | with attention by Petion, then Prosdent of Hayti, who afforded him every assistance ia his power. The expedition railed from Port au Prince, and eflected a landing at Galveston, in Texas. Among the American officers under Mina were Colonels Young ond Perry, both of whom had been distinguished in the ser of the United | States. The former, we believe, was Guilford 1}. Young, formerly of Troy, in this State. Both of these officers lost their lives in Mexico, during this campaign with Mina The attention of Goneral Mina was directed to the organization of his regi ments at Galveston. Oficere were appointed to the different corps, which it wes expected would be filled up soon after the descent was mace. Commo- dore Aury, who held a commission in the servive of the Mexican patriots, as Governor of Texas, and Gecral in the army, bad a force of two hardeed | enly three hundred and eight men, General Mina | ful, although thoee invasions have been intended | for the benefit of the people themselves, suilering | anew. She has run tweaty-one mouths between this Dorado or the Ohio | graye. that were elected at the late priwary tleetious im |. Be from th PENNE SE NBT Ni ER compelled to surrender, with bis army, toa troops under him at Gelveston, for the invasion of | Further Texas, but he declined uniting with Mina. Colonel Perry, who commanded @ body of one huadred Awericans under Aury, determined to quit the ser- vice of the latter and join Mina, which he did, after ‘@ quarrel with Aury. Mina, having himself visited New Orleans on business, embaried his email force of about three hundrel men, from (Galveston, for Sota la Marina, at the mouth of the river Santander, where a larding was effvcied on the }5th April, 1817. A printing press was esta lished, and the General’. manifesto was published About two hundred natives in a few days afver- wards joined the army of Mina. Among these were two royalist officers. Colonel Perry, the A:nerican officer we have mentioned, and who was at the battle of New Orleans, became discontented with Mina’s prospects and movements, and, with fitty of bis men, left the invading army, with thy nten- tion of returning to the United States. He marched along the coast towards Matagorda, where he ex: pected to meet boate fer a convey: to the United a body of two hundred Spanish cavalry. ‘Ife Americans States. Near Matagorda, he fell combatted against this superior force, until every | map on the American side was killed except Porry. ‘The Colonel then put a pistol to his owa head, and terminated his exietence. On the 24th of May, 1817, with the small force of commenced his warch from Soto Ja Marina for the interior of the country. At this time the revolution was at the lowest ebb, and little or no resistance was openly made to the Spanish government in Mexico, except in the internal provinces. There | were, however, some guerillas in other parts that kept the field. But the spirit of independence was renewed by the invasion of the country. On the Sth of June, Mina encountered a body of the roy ists, and routed them. He continued bis march with rapidity, and fought another successful battle | with a greatly superior force, on the 15th June. Jn this action Mina proved himself to be as skilful as he was brave, and acquired the highest confi- dence of his followers. Only one hundred and seventy of Mina’s men were engaged in this action, called the battle of Peotillos, while the royalists | had no less than seventeen hundred, of whom eleven hundred were cavalry. Mina lost in k led and | wounded, fifty-six men. If Mina, afte’ this action, had had with him @ thousand, instead ofa huadred and fifty foreigners, it was believed at the time he might have marched diree! to the city of Mexico After thirty days march, during whith his army | had gone cvera distance of two hundred andtweaty leagues, Mina reached Sombrero, a fortress of the patrio's, where they wore warmly welcomed. The number of Mina’s men who reached this place was | 269, of whom 25 were wounded The pa iot force with which he formed a janction, at Sombrero, was about 300 The Viceroy of Mexico 0 thousand men to march again: part of this force advanced against the fortress of Sombrero, where the patriots remained, the later part of July. An attssk was made upoa the fort on the Sth of Augurt, bus the royalists were re- nul: cae days, during which the patrio’s performed prod gies of valor. Colonel Yoaog was killed on the iamparts, and fell while the royalists were re- | treating before his troops. He was an officer of | great bravery and skill, and highly esteemod by ized an army of five Mina A large | They, howeve:, continued the seige for | THE HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES AND ON THE QULF COAST. ‘The United States Mail Steamer Georgia, Lieut. D. D. Porter. U8. N , Commander, ercountered a revere bur- ricane, om the 16th of Augurt. in the Maraquana Passage, on her outward voyege to Jamaica and Chagres, from this pert. It is deseribed ar a terrible gale. She laid to ‘upwards of forty hours under the lee of the isiund, but water before she put into Jamaica. way to St, Thomas, met the hurricane in the Mona Pas- sage. She was knocked down upon her beam ends, ship- ped several beavy seas, carried away her wheel house, and was several bours in imminent danger of being lost. Bhe was greatly damaged. ‘The lore of vestels and lives in the West Indies, by wreeks, it is expected, is very great. Many vessels must have been lost at s¢a that will never be heard from. The burricane was felt at Jamaica, but not so severely as in other islands, s0 far as information has been re- ceived, : “4 ‘The island of Porto Rico bas suffered greatly. Most tion for ope or two years, Thourands of cattle and horses and other erimals were killed, and many persons Jost their lives, The plains were inundated, and in the vicinity cf the mounteins worked into immense gullies, by the force of the torrents. A gentleman who visited the mcuntains on Porto Kico, to view the surrounding country cf one of the most fertile regions, deseribes it as one eptize reene of destruction and desolation, by the winds ard waters, ‘The hurricane was not felt in Chagres. Jerterday, that it was believed t he gale bad not reached Key Wert and the southwestern coast of Florida, We that regicn of wrecks and losses of life. The sea on the cont of Porto Rico, and on the Gulf Coast, at 8t Marks: | Apalachicola and Cape St. Bias, by the accounts already publirbed rose several fect higher than has ever before becn known, and it must have aflected the Keys and southern coast. It eppears, also, that the steamer Union felt the gale in the Gulf Stream, on the eastern coust of Florida off Cape Carnaverel, GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY AT APALACHI- GOLA -MAKIASA AND TRISHTOWN IN RUINS=PRO- BABLE LOSS OF THE BARK VERNON Extract from letter fram @ gentleman in Apalacht- cola to w friend in this eity:— Arataciicons, August 27, 1851. Taif down to one ef the most painful tasks of my life— to depict 10 you the scene of destiucting and sui riag ovr iowr bas just been visited by. We bave jnst bad cur spnual gale, and amore terrifie and destructive burricr ne bar never been known on cur coast. On tue | pintef ihe 22d. ebeut 11 o’elock, the wind blew hard from S¥.H, and the tide rose over the wharves, and by Guy lybt was in the streets I came down town at o'clock atnight At2 ociock ia the morning the was fUill ring At daylight, although theitide was with- in two fict of the sluewals, the Wind luiled, and it was | penerslly thought that the worst of the gule wasover At surtise the wind freshened. and from tat time the tite rese With fearful repidity, The wooden sidewalk wits first urdermined and im spite Of chains and ropes, floated away. I will pot sttempr to teil you fuily of (he des rue tion I witnessed on Saturday, the 290, the gale con- tinulrg the entire day, At 6 o'chick P) M,. the wind changed from 8. E to 8 W. aud W., the tide detug at ite height Ir was in Market street, ta the porches, sed the serene around was one vast sheot of water. The whole point wae a scene of confumien and distress Judge H— whese bovre is out of town. found his bouse PUrre URGed by Water und saved bimseit family by getiipg em ‘the wecoud stery window Deure Was prostrated Several other residences were bien down. oF undermined by the ves. The promensde was Overtiown, ond ix Low w perfect pood. The Presny- terien (burch wes blown de fat; the windows and ‘ofthe Epieopal Church are down Of the chia. nid fences and palings, fow are rtanding in town S warehouses aud other tenements ure bhowo down, ard others heve been moved by the floedand wind ‘Tbe beach bas receded teveral fect in some parts of the pt WD fee perfect wre’ eannet dcr be it Mina and bis cficers and mea. He had been a Licatetant Colonel iu the 20h regiment of United | States Infantry. The fort was finally taken by the Spanish troops, and of the 269 men who bad entered the fort with Mixa, 50 only escaped. Those who weie takon prisorers were shot, by order of the royalist | General. Mina, who had left the fort to endeavor to ob tain euccor and supplies, remained for several days in the neighborhood, with a small body of cavalry He proceeded to Los Remedios, a patriot fortress, in which was « body of 1,400 peasantry, besid meu ond children. It was the bead-quarters of Padre Torres, a patriot leader. Mina here took the command of @ body of nine bundred cavalry, and rallied out to barrass the royal sts. Tals furce was afterwards increased, and Mi for a long time, kept up the guerilla system of warfare, with | which he was so familiar in Spain. After a most | | dry ashore The stesmer ‘Tbe old brick agency of the Obi wrner cf Cenure y nd The PP, war Exeharge is gone; de gone ‘0 the Cope St. Bias light were lott at Deg Ieiend. A ship in th pored to be the Britten ship Five cr six lives » Gast Pass, s9- is high and wars nt Oid Mm wetees the A Bpauish beig Woman's bloff. war wasted € bay to Penbok Point ta the woods Was Wreeked ut the Haulover near Cape at. Fevipteen Lives Were leet; ‘ho rest of the er-® aro tn the city) Sbe wad loaded with firh, cofons. ke. and bound from St. Jago to Havana, Semuel Smith who wee op board the brig Saratogs, wrecked in A844 and was the orl) (ne raved. War crowned reeke of ealt.in ttere, owned by 1 entirely lost, The Jobo bryan ba tor Liverpool on beard. inrutaces «Me erpool honsws, a8 bales of guttom ted chiefly in New York. Lhe ttesmer Magnolia ts euppord to be lost The sbere ie etream with trees and defs wood, and Pitces of wrecks Advices state that the burricane extord dup the Apy ‘The plavtations on poth at Licticola river on both rides store Of the river ter thirry miles are tnid waste Meriana and in its vieiuity many houses were blo others onrovfed Gio howes and sorows p down. and feners wre destroy od to Macon, Georgia, U remsiKable series of exploits, of which we eannot give the details, Mina was surprised, while ona visit to a friead, and separated from bis troops. He was shot, on the 11th of November, 1817, by order of the Vice oygof Mexiwo. Thus perished this gallant youth, in the 25h year of bis age. His short bu: brilliant career cutitles him to a dis- tinguished place among those heroes who have died in the cause of freedom. ‘The fate of the expeditions under Miranda, Mina, ard Lopez, shows couelusively that no invasions of Spanieh colonial territoy have yet proved success uncer a despotic goverowent Tre Srramsitr Grorgia.— We learn the steamer Georgia will go into dock im mediately for repairs, and will be thoroughly refitted and coppered | port and Chagres without intevmixsion, aod during that period has made twenty-one trips The aggre- gate of the distance she has ruo is upwards of one hundred thousand miles She bas carried upwards of thirteen thousand passengers, ood brougot in several williens of gold dast ard specie, and a large amount of merchandise During this time she has lost, org the passengers and crew, ooly nine per- sons by sickness, aud no eccident cf a serivus cha racter bas occurred to the ebip or machinery, until the creountered the terrible hurr cane oo her last | voyage. We are informed that, afrer the hurricane, she made several feet of water in ber bold. and was ersbled to dissharge it, by means of her engines Without difficulty. The gallant and ab e commander of the Georgia, we learn, will continue in her after the is refitted. In the meantime he place will be | eoppled by arotber steamer—we presume the El | News rrom Evrore.—The steamship Franklin, | Captain Wotton, is due to-day, with four days’ later news from Europe. City Politics. Tue Nivte Wann —it wos a aietoke. on the port of the reporter who furnished the fafota@ stion ty (be Herali, thet Henry J. Raymond was elecies by (me Niath ward | on Friany. as the delegate to Sy noune aya nd was elected a del gate by his own frivads im the evening, but, ip the morning. at the regular election Ge tgs 5. Deane ne clecied having reeeived 295 vots. The rere gular: held # meeting in the evening, at whieh Me Kaye | Bond, it is rtated, received 49 votes Crry Detecation To THe Wrre Stare Oovterrioy — Tn addition to the names of aboliitom whigs sud “iver thir city. ar delegates to the syratuce Couven ton. and fully reported im the Herald. we give the following neaes of there elected in the second nnd third axeeminly dis triete who, it will be seen. are out and out sewer new » Aversncy Disrarcr —A coummitter of four, e Virnt Ward, and @ like comwittes from the cond Ward. tort t f on Baturiay nicht for the pere ofelecting @ delegate, and afters lemgtay con . they setcled Upon ex-Alderamo Kety. of the ‘ne their delegate, to represent this district tat ing convention. Robert 8 Uollins war rrlected ## the alternate Trrno Aneesmiy Distrret. Trt sso Siem Warn | Convention for the election of & delegate to repr the third assembly divtriet in the Whig State Convention at yracuee, on the Tih fotant wns bell ht at the City Heli, in Marciay treet the sliver grays, from the Sixci ward, ane another committer, consisting of four abolition whige. from the same ward were each met by tie Third ward committer, herded by ex Alderaan Wood ad the oestion arese, which of the Sixth ward conmitieot bs wid be adinitted tute the Ward Cor Finally they rettied the matter, by taking tiv and Wm Le Bhardl | Owen W Brennan alternate ‘The city delegation is now comple’ if “rilver,” end the other bait 4 met at Kienaond, on Sa ing « delegate to | the Syn On motion of Pe A 8: Doane. the mee ing proceeded t ¥ntoh te } :—Whole bet of votes eat, 407 Stu's’ it Raymond Geeward) veseived Ie Danita son (ellver grey) 102; Wim Vanderbilt (0 ter) 2 oor revere in the iuter Some lives were lest by roger. tobac ter of Florida, now in this city, from bis family, on the tame subject: — Invive Acocunts from Florida. rinee the Aertruction cf property, crops, Ke . wear Te! whasses, as grater than ever knows. ‘The storw commenced about 12.4. M, August 23d. and continued until daylight the rex! merzing. The demage rustetoed by the wind he ip Telabareee. is extimated at $2000 The water at — New Port reve four feet higher than in the great storm of 43 when cid Port Leow was destroyed The eotten eT p> are raid to be cut short. et leort ome half Sereral wrens ore perrovally ixjured Gia houses, eablin, are &e el! unrceied: fevers rezed te the ground; and plantnticne present the appearanes of vew round. Leioy thick y cevered with logs of the recently fallen trees, le-yeotfully your obedient rervant, NOAM L THOMPSON, [Frem the Savannah (Ga) Republiean, Sept. 8 | in fears forthe safety of the bark gto the bie line of Ravnurah a New York for this port oo the and was spoken on the 2id ‘ere Hate Since then eon nas net been beard from though several versels have arrived at (Derierton that were the place ve vhe was last eenen the sid. ‘ihe storm of the 2ith must have injored the bark, or the would have completed her Npike MIME Coys since, the Winds havieg Doom favur- At St. Marks the water rose ten feet above high water mark No lives lot fpererr's store and house carried away, ines $3.000 Hinde’s store and house carried away. L Old St. Marks every house gone, except one in jetepet walls Part of the wells of the old fert gone, Lerly ov Fur day morning. thy etramer Spray started for the ight house snd James Istand Bh woot ae far ae the light house, but bavicg lot her smell beat. she could not lard Two © bourd say that they ve diog on t the breakwater ware dkerehies oun of the hoary som forved to return. withow® pro She started again this morning. th moved solitude her return On Bhell mage bee been done to the " We ch apxiety ty hear from the fisheriey on the cokney Mr. Youngman’s house, at old Port Leon, wa. cestrosed We + fear. bas been more seriously felt on the rdefue In the interior, so fer as we have beara from, the etops have bee Chry Intelligence Tue Presen Garvrs Laraverin.—Do-day, the Prencl pary of the militia. Les Gardes Latayerte. wil! (he pnniversary of Latwyette's biren Paey in. t nd te go te Clermont. Manhattantil ¢ and there spend the day in Jey and plersure We wad r-tond thet the ofl. C b cerscd the vf veh frigate Mageds re, wow la the barberet | New York, will be invited to aiterd festival, [6 ie fh execilert step. end bonore the patriotic comtumeuts of that eye here ed The New York Herald has re ceived sp invitation. through the kindaes of Me Lae «lire, the Captain of the Gardes, to at-end the fetiwal years pont, the terms by thore who #vail them- peives of bis ar aistance 68 @ teacher Tue © Artack py Nowntrs on THe Mowcanis Ore rrepes. 1x Garenwicn Brankt—Arotooy ny tue Power =Fince the sppearance in cur cciumes of the seo unt of the injury done by the police to Captain Zrakaseh ord another Hung erian offiocr we hove learned that one of the pelice has called on thoee gentlemen to apologiae for the injury done their persons This wpelogy is well enough in ite way, bat it is ® rather poor remedy for the injuries done. ally when \: is recollected ibat one of thoe gentiemen has been diabled by the i-jacies frem rrebing employment. eo needful to one Who hae lot Dis #li by the chances of war Brrerpe py Drowstse = On Saturday even'ng. wen Sano v o'clock. aco ored man, nauied Peter Harden, *. born in New York, committed puleide by jumping into the North river, foct of Duane street, aw drewping himself Items. en the investigation held by the Core that the deceosed, in company Qormen, went on the 1 Of Dunne street, at the time designated above, iter the deevared began to throw stones at ali etrar bin, whieh eaued every one to bare the #Ld GF foeD BF eli persone wetes othe distance of be ten Toll epeed to the cod cf the pier and pre cipitated bimecif into the river, and before any assis Vanee could be rendered he was drowned, A verdict was ' 7a OUR NDAD Rina Ie Particulars of the Flood in Florida | and the South. all her rails were blown away. and her topsail yard was _ lost. The Georgia, after the gale. made several feet of ‘The Briti-h Royal Mail Steamer Great Western, on her | of the plentations are utterly ruined beyond resuscit.. We stated, on | (ar our informant may bave been mistaken, aud that | We may receive, in afew days, distressing accounts from | Judge S—s | Six or seven tie usaad | Sadana rendered that the deceased come to bie death ie Sees eecra ne 0 2 Johnsen, 986 Green’ ter for bopesty and robriety, held an Rartroap Accipent — Coroner Geer, yerterday, the body of J. 2 "Yrelat wh came this qheneares | Basson |. Tt seems the deceased was onw of the men brougtit to the City Hospital, injured by the loce motive attched to the gravel train, run aii uu tho beg on the road # traek, iv coneequenee «f some euttle A's cc wie Hnderd hat the don death by ipjut Teeeived by being thrown from cn the Hudon River Ra uoad if MBEOwe froma cay Unaxown Man Drownen.- On Saturday afternoon, the bedy of an unknown man was dissovered floating in the Bast River, foot of Fletcher street. The L wes culled to bold an inquest, aod % verdict was found, that the deceased came to bis death by drowning, | Usnown Coronkn May Founn Diownen.—¥ ber Geer wus called to bold ae inquest om the body: | ef an upkpown colored man, who was foand dead in Vifty-recond street. near Th.rd avenue, Aniaquest will be held this forenoo Opera at Castic Garden. | There will be no opera performance to night, at Casto Garden; but to-morrow eveniag the gifted Boslo wi) have her benefit, when 4n audition to other great attrac- tions, the splendid opera cf © [Poritani”” will be repre- eroted The programme i4 one of the richest of the sen- sen, and will arrest ibe attention of the mu-ical pubiic for itv mapifold promives of entertainment Bosla, the careful and brilliant artiste, che popalar vooulist, and the meriterions and elegant lady will not fail to draw arcund her thousands ot friends oo the oecasina. Sho will sing only three times more in New Yors, at least for the present. Elegant French #ridat Cards, Envelopes, snd Weacing Boxes ~'the subscriber respsctiuily ealls the attor tien of parties requiring something tealy elog: Deautiiul styles of above articles, in the Lavoxt m> corner of Duane stroct, Braach EVEKUFLL, Bro | omice 13 Wall ere an‘ extensive assortument of Go ton) Pianos, with or + #l. Beebe, the emtnent Mr Heebe has heen eo Lome and n a hich he bar yeneere token of their esteem, in whien mua: fervir mor inl, a9 ‘them, have prepared of ployers, dealers, and furrives, soret it of the trade—! Ve p iil teke place at the Astor day even: 4 Mr, Boohe he xentleman of ths purast integ~ rity wbie the liberal encouragement whien he hae alwase | extended to ekitl and ability, he ° tal nied vorkmen in the e vntry. giving him s dst nese wi his a he now ich little of t ds, and n'B word # pox cinnatur, of Mr. oppertonity. she ro to From it the Ae ent —Fashion, Ble» —Have you $8? ifyou yan stract, anal to pee many sold at $4. Fall Pashion.—The soverctzn peo~ ple Deve seid, and cea Tat Cent | nennfcou | thenery at 1 tones. CENIN, rder lo e price to o Lares } thora and Enrlish goo ‘reas Well, Bt reasonable prices, ploaee ie en | tlemen wishtr Call. Establic hed 4 Clothing--Genthemen mode clothing, aud furmishing goods, Centtemer foseirg to make fr eentleme ) tepial ard we | prowl Shivts.—Not every one pro “Peston en's Sires nia’ ke euirus f+ AC GHKEEN'S, | Aster Monge, gryte. fit, em- mar slg re gure. toed and every gunmen’ is sent home At the appointed hour, + imporers and dealers ia Catvetings, : ty ny, Tuco Laat: e4 their ob el af the By tate arrival) ‘rom oy bev patterns | oieeeoftich Velvet whtoh eusbled to el tens 4 imap: pad which rer der their st t ¢ | nd vertwa ever offered ta New York, oferery qm Netw and ortew, Matt Rage, Tae j Sha’e 1 Progze ef every known priced large ase ritment ofered go ® mre ¢¢ ruly mozeifi reworm, eolerheum, ao air from low f_reheads or any part x nt yet Bd e and Ke : mem! FP, Waiver street, wav: Callenéar. os “onth Thied stout, Philedel ordan, 196 Wasbingten strevt: Boston,” * Mladelpbies eoee captivering; hoantil feow, are all ive bonuty ie nt te L pr Ludiow fret, m d 4? Maiden lino ond | perfomers. Pris con's per bottle, | Hyperion. ae saps et | der —Batwnhelor | Coloring for the hair. « | At all the whelecale Qovntry; aleo at the | Wall ettocs, whotonale, be Hire eum be four.d the ‘on pees @ bert . 628 Broadway.-- leek. The many im | Person interested, thet | Dr. James W. | cortnnes te devote } the bye and Kar, from * tre directions, ti | ape in moot Aaneute for this city, 4. B&D. 4ante, Cf. King, 192 and A. Seovill, 30 d the drogg'sts generally, The god reparation can read mast know, "8 Rrosdway, principal off MONEY MAKKET, | Sc xnav, September 7—$ P.M. | The news from Cube, end ef the storm at the South, fe Kkely to Pave @ con idermble «fleet upom the markets in this city That perteining to the storm will operate beneficially In rome torpeots, and adversely in ofbers, Al- teady adviees bate Leen received here, iostructing agente | te Dimit and reduee their purcbases of stocks for the fall ond winter=the cotton, pagar aud tohaces cropa having teen injured by the recent torpedo, which soome Dave reached from the Gulf even to Reantort District te tuba will be natinfae. | tery to all business men, in view of their regalar opera tiene and will permil matters to teke ® direction anaf. fected by that subject With present appearances bow. } ever, there fe much tout is favorable. bot to eave in the monry market and to rome fen ‘The Chevelane Pie money. that foreige co pitel is doing wonder: im that growing ely. On the | Leet of landed and productive security, ten per cous ie tevdily obtained. of an Butera fund, re- bg herr, informs ma that, since February last, he hae A $1f0.660 on bed wud m: rtcage at the above Pate | The funds bs ve mostly fonnd invest ment in lended im- provements bere. ce that the scourity enhances Steelf. | Thi feet Leing known, it ought to being millions o money from the Hast belonging to trast funds, and othe surpiue capital. ne ted ata much wer rate, be with no better security, Competiciom muse reduce the rate of imtereet here very chordy Nutwithacanding al! thet is reid about the law's deiny fa the evileetion of debts in Obie, creditors, asa matter of fred, get thels | py promptly. end at #p enormous bounty A tew Northern @rol growers, according Ww the Rich- mond Wi. have rettled in the range of counties imae- 'y whuer the Blue Midge, extending frum the Poto- rae to the frontir of North Gatolina, eunsisting of Fevquier Orange, Albermatle, Henry, aed Peteiek, The ‘beep are healthy, the erneres which pastaln them grow lnavilently end weollens are reatce, In some of these counties, uneleared land Is to be had for Ofty conte aty tere, The sixth annual meetlog of the stoekholders of the Verment Btate Central Raiireet took pines at North firlé on Wednesday. the vith ult, and was numerous y atiended Ex-Goy Poine presided. The report of the direc. tere was ecerpted. Jorlah Quisey, Jt, treasurer, pre~ Hebted the following rerelutions = Reecived. That the directors be authorized and re. d to issue 6 per cont bends of ints company, t) any 000, dated tne tira day of able im toree years from date, dealer anys One ng