The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-07-07

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the fiscal year, and the busy manner
in which the appointment clerk was
going about to-day and comforting
with heads of bureaus was accepted As
proof conclusive that a number of of
fetal heads are to come off tomorrow
evening or Thursday morning. The
excitement was the greatest In the in.
ternal revenue bureau.
THE DISASTER TO THE POWELL ExPE'
DTTIoN.
A special from Springfield, ILL.,,
saws that John A. Risdon, sole sur.
viver of the Powell Exploring Expe'
dition, arrived in that city this morn.
ing. and he tells the following story
of which there can be no doubt of its
truth
On the 9Th of May last, the Major
with twenty men attempted to cross
| the Colorado river in a small boat,
about twenty rods above its rapids,
and about fifty of exploring the Big
Black River which empties into the
| Colorado at that point. When about
thirty yards from the shore, gliding
along on the apparently smooth water,
the boat was seen to enter a vortex
which at once engulphed it, and not
one of the party which left the shore
a few moments before gaily cheeing,
was ever seen afterwards
Risdon who had been left at the
point of embarkation, saw the boat go
down. He had been left in charge of
the teams and baggage belonging to the
party, and was to have gone below
the rapids to meet the party in two
days. He remained some time in the
vicinity of the catastrophe, and then
went around and below the rapids with
a hope of discovering some of the
bodies, and while on the lookout he
saw floating some distance out in the
stream the Majors satchel, which con-
tanned the notes of the expedition he
swan out into the stream and recover
ed it. After remaining three days on
the lookout he started for Leroy, a
military post one hundred and seven
ty miles distant from hat point on the
Colorado, bringing with him all the
baggage, &c belonging to the party,
which was shipped by Mayor Smith,
the commandant of the post to
LaSalle, Illinois.
Mayor Smith also sent out one ex-
petition to examine into the matter
and if possible to recover some of the
bodies, which returned after afruitless
search.
The expedition was to have return
ed this fall, was composed of the fol-
lowing gentlemen +: Mayor Powell. OF
Bloomington, William and Charles
Durley, z. w. Smith, and, and An
drew Knoxen, of Hennepin, David
Sellers, Thomas Mooney, Charles Sui
livan, Frederick Buckingham, of L.
Sale, Fred. Myers, Chas. Sanburn,
VIM. Scott, VIM. Andrew, George
Thomas and William Sherman, of
Bureau Junction, Thomas Stockton,
of Norwall. Three from near Bloom
ington, two half breeds guides, and
John A. Risdon, of LaSalle, who are
now here and my informant.
CUBA.
Havana, June 80, via Key West,
July Am American engineer from
Puerto PRINCIPE, arrived here via NJ
e~vities, which place he left the oath,
and makes the following statement
of affairs III and round the former
city. He left Puerto Principe the 18th.
AT that time trivial results lad been
attained by operations in that vicinity.
The condition of troops in the garrison
was dreadful. Their numbers were
subject to constant depletion by casual
ties and disease. The hospitals were
full, with an average of ten deaths
per day. On the 18th the foraging
party left the city $50 strong but were
driven in, and forty went to hospital.
On the 18th the few patriots enter
ed the city in disguise and tried to
capture a sentinel, but were discover
ed, and retreated with a loss of two
On the 22d the patriots captured a
detachment of 105 regulars at the first
station from Principe.
A regiment of Catalan volunteers
had lost 200 from sickness.
Quesada, the commandments of
the patriots, was in the vicinity, and
had become more active and holder
III his OpcTdllOHS. 4HS OpiuIdIuo dO-
tribate the recent successes of the pa
triots to the presence of Americans
among them. They admit that 49,
600 more troops are required, and ex-
pected large r~einforcements to arrive
with Rodas.
The garrison in Principe is dis
heartened, and the Cubans are in ter
ror and feeting to the United States.
Advices from Santiago to the 23d
state that an American named Speck-
man, one of the crew of the Grape
shot, was captured Oh shore and has
been shot. He claimed he had been
deceived when he shipped and was'for-
chilly detained when landing, and sur
rendered to the troops after skirmsh-
ing. When taken to Santiago, the
Consul endeavored to save him, and
asked for a delay Of the execution to
enable him to present proofs, which
was refused. The matter has been re-
presented to our government.