Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-10-22

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New YoRk, Oct. IA Times WASH
inston special says it is announced that,
Secretary Cox has rendered his resignation,
and the President has accepted the same.
OF this there is no doubt. The acceptance
is to take effect when the annual report of
the Interior Department is finished which
will be in the course of thirty days. No
name is yet indicated rs his successor.
His reasons for Withdrawing arc under
stood to be entirely personal. The rcla.
tions between the President aud Secretary
Cox have been Of the most agreeable char.
actcr.
A Herald correspondent tclegrarhs that
Secretary Cox has resi- .ncd, and is to 10
succeeded by Commissioner Dclano, and
that General Alderman will resign on nc-
count of his health, and Senator Williams,
of Oregon. succeeds him.
Fear Of yellow fever are now entirely
abatng. Three new eases have appeared
at Governors Island, bu, none discovered
in the city.
SAN DIEGo, Oct. 1.-THE Panama
steamer Colmolo landed FOG United States
troops at this place to day, Lieut.. J. Law
son commanding,
by the Coioyo'7o VIC get the following
particulars of the loss of tie Continental .
On the night of the 9th, the steamer Con.
sfitnf'oR signalcd and notified us Of the
loss Of the Continental and the passengers
off st. Lucas Cape, on the 10Th, and com.
mcnccd taxing the wrecked passengers, 80
all told, on tUard the steamer Colorado.
All were in a very destitute condition,
none of the passengers or crew having
saved anything but what was on their per-
sons. The Continental left Mazatlan on
her return trip to San Francisco on the I'd.
On the same night, while crossing tho
Gulf of California, she encountered So
we're gale. For some time it blew a per-
feet hurricane, the wind coming irom
every quarter of the compass. The ship
labored heavily in the heavy chopping
seas, several leaks were sprung aud for q
time the steam pumps kept the leakage
under, but the coal boxes parted, letting
the coal loose, which, getting into the
pumps, efcctually closed them The pas
sengcrs and crew commenced bailing, and
throwing the cargo Of salt, which was in
bulk, and hides, etc, into the sea. They
worked necessarily for twelve hours, but
were unable to keep the water from rising
in the hold. Until the fires we're extin-
guished strong hopes were entertained Of
saving the vessel. The scene now was
said to have been one of the widest ex-
element. Some of the passengers threw
their gold into the ocean aud in despair
cried to Heaven for aid. Very few ladies
were among the passengers, and life pre-.
servers were used, on which they jumped
into the small boats. Orders were given
to take to the boats during the night Of
the 18th, and remained in close proximity
to the steamer until ga. NJ. Of the 30th,
when they left her to her fate. 1t is sup.
posed she went down on the night Of tho
30th, as on the morning of October LIST no
signs of the vessel were disccrnible. Don
Rubion, of Maza.lan, and his daughter,
were among the passengers. His daugh.
ter was safely put in one Of the boats,
which separated her from her father, who
she besecched to join her; but he persist
emily refused to leave the ship, and those
on board appeared to have clung to the
ship with mad desperation, amounting to
frenzy. The stcwardcss was among those
who remained on the ship. An American
lady, with two children, could not be in.
duced TO join the boats. A Mexican boy
took the two children and jumped over
board aud reached the boats with both his
charges safe. No provisions were put in
the boats One sardinc each, and little