Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-08-12
DAH1E DEMOCRAT.
Col lision between the
hteaMo1D PoWabiAo and
Meteor.
LOSS OF LIFE.
No Things Of the Atlantic Gable.
THE PHENIX BANK DEFALCATiON.
MORE DEVELOPMENTS
The Tennessee Election.

DETgoIr, Aug. II.
4 collision bet wen the p,wabac aifl Nv
teor occurred at halfpast O'Clock Nednc>
day evening, six nllles from shore. In
p,uapiac yeas struck or her port bow JUS
AFT the pilot house, and sunk ~ tire. or ipu
minutes. The Wats Were running al iui
speed. and eifnek with such terrible lpfte ~
10 crush IN the entire bow OF the fcHaIj1ic
\, the Time ef The accident II WIS scare J.
dark and the boats saw each utiirr SIX mile
apaIi; when apI rracfing they exchange,
signals. and Tho +, aAblac bone Oh " pass
bat the Meteor. for soine Unexplained rcas
on. steamed in the same direction ana struck
he Pew tbac. and "a number were XII Ca ~
the crashing nnlhtrS- \ lew lts-ch1efs
Jumped OF board Tie Meteor before The
peWaniac SINK Boat, Immediately DHcf'
ed IRON the Meteor picked up those who
wee not carried down with the wreck, =
There weIc trum IS u zU peisengers on
board the pcwabiac, of which - passengers
and e OF the crew were saved. The loss oi
lie oannot bc correctly .seertained yet, but
u,A i. near 100 Tie Meteor remained
near the scenes of the disaster till morning
IN hope of picking up any persons that
might still be floating OF pieces OF the wreck,
but none were found.
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SURVIVORS were tiaul.lrod 10 her from the
Meteor and brough, to this city.
The Meteor was but slightly injured, and
continued her trip tn AXE Superior
ST. IotIs, August IL
The Demoefafa Lawrence. Kansas, special
says Major Hayes chief clerk bdian III
fairs IN that city, received orhle cy'Hdtf
orders against sending delegation 10 Fort
smith. 60 miles below Fort Gibson. The
Grand Indian Council will be held at Fort
smith instead If Fort Gibson.
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CAKo, AUGUST T.
Eighteen hundred bales OF cotton arrived
at AFRO Yesterday.
The army wofn is threatening the entire
destruction Of Tho cotton crop At Wharton
Texas. one field OF ten hundred acres was
DESTROYED in one night.
Receipts ol cotton Tor The week ending
Aug > H., i6J bales Stock On hand 66654
The steamer STAR with 309 bales OF
cotton. was burned on Red Bayou. tribut
airy ot Red River, two weeks since.
The schooner Excelsior, from New Or
leans, for MaiamoIas, was lost on Bra1os
Bar. Total less Crew saved.
New lonK, Angus, II
The d,ialtation charged against Henry b.
jenkins, paying teller oi the Pho uiX Bank,
amounts. according Ia the aiiidavit,of the
ta~nci, Mr.. i'alhel, Ia ..-1u,ooo Instead oi
$1,000 a stated yesterday.
NoEln SYDNEY. e.. b, August IL.
The steamer vnclh Clara tlariii,i, has ar
rived, having lett Port aa Basque last even
ing. No uaing had Reached that point o
ilc Great Eastern, up to that time. Engi
nccr Everett whose experience IN laying til,
first Atlantic Cable, entities his opinion t
great r,sicc. ht lltst, tie having 81 The Sc
und cable Is now Il failure Mr. Maciiv, tn,
Geographic superintendent at Cape Race .
stili hop, lul
The expedition o, the Clara C'aritta Is
iailnrc The armor in the st Lawrence ca
I'LL, being entirely destroyed in many places
HEARTS CONTENT, :, dney. -Any. i.
The British gr'i'l"it SphynA, arrived her,
to-uay, sunday. at , p. NJ, under canvass
having been short of coal since Fridt}
night The SPHINX was ieii behind hy ID,
treat Eastern and 'hr eunloa' Terrible, on
thursday evening July 18th durnea strong
AcstcriS breeze anA head sce, not beng allit
~ keep NJ with the uthcis. sine. tiia Time
.lithNu-h she stcend the proper cOurse. tin
>lllyuN has seen nothing OF the Great East
ern OF The Terrible.
She reports the weather fa.oral'lc for lay
Ing The cable WHEN she parted At 613p. IN 81
the 9Th illt., at which lime they were IN hi
lu'.c D. -; longitude 2o:1 Capt ilanillol
oi the SpIynX, say he cannot see how Ia
could INV passed le fee, without se,in.
,hom. I he weather here has been all Tia
could he desired. but il ha, been thick to iu'
staNaid