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oi the storm was tremendous: nothing cou | resist it. Fruit and other trees, in the yards and under shelter of the houses, were twisted, torn out of the ground, and carried away. Assistance could no where be ren- dered, as its greatest violence was during the night, accompanied by heavy gusts of rain, which inundated our streets and ad- joining plains. It was one of the mos. dismal scenes imaginable. The picture of distress which presented itself on the morn- Ing of the 18th inst, was appalling indeed. The river rose to fearful height, and worse consequences were anticipated, when for tunatey, the wind soon abated, and we were spared further anxiety. Only four lives were lost; and, comparatively speaking, but few goods were damaged; and we are hap py 10 state 10 you, that our warehouses es- capped without suffering in the least, nor any of the large quantity of goods stored in them.

 More dreaeful, however, was the destruc- tion of both lives and property both in the brazos de Santiago and in the Boca del Rio. In the former the sea rose six feet, and all the houses in the place, except onlg one, which 1t left in tottering condition, were either literally blown to pieces, or re- moved to great distance from their origin al location; the barracks customhouse stores among the rest. The schooner Apispa was driven distance from the Bay, and is now high and dry near the Sand-hills. The Sophia, after losing her masts, was driven ashore, and IS now high and dry on the site where formerly stood the custom house stores. Near to her Is the schooner Oceana. Cargoes of both vessels will be saved, although that of the Oceana, mostly insured in Hamburg, viii probably be dam- aged' The vessel will we are afraid never be got off again. Numbers of lives were lost; and the remainder of the population took refuge on the sand hills, btrying them- selves in the sand. Many lost their lives in endeavoring to reach them; and every soul would have perished if the storm had lasted two hours longer. In the Boca del Rio, the schooner Spatious was driven to sea without person on board the captain and crew swan ashore. The Tellfare, of New York, was driven on shore, but will be got off again. The Matamoros and Henry escaped without any serious injury. Many lives were also lost here, houses blown away, &c., &c. Nearly all the boats of the pilots, &c., were driven to sea or lost. At Bocachita and the Bunta, four men were drowned, and the large ferry boat swept away SC that VIC arc row without any means of getting goods to town from below: but arrangements are making to re- store every thing as soon as practicable. There remains no house standing either in the Bunita or the Bocachica.

 The damage thus caused is immense and many months will elapse before every thing will be restored 10 its former state. Still, the loss might have beeu much greater; and utter destruction would have followed the inundation of the Rio Grandei which al one time seemed to be certain. The loss of foreign property is, comparatively speak ing, inconsiderable.