The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-07
Five Pilot Boats Ashore
THE PRAIRIE FIRES
Texas Eieetions-severe Storm, &C., &c.

Jefferson, Teras, October 6.-The cleo
tion here was very quiet. The vote in
Marion county was 1858; Bryan's ma
jority, 100. The white and colored vote
was about equal. There is nothing as yet
from the interior.
Cohesion, October 6.-The election
passed off quietly throughout the State as
far as heard from, except at Grosbeck,
where five negroes of the State police muir
dered an old citizen named ID. G. Apple
white. The negroes were arrested.
Nothing reliable as to the result OF the
election can be obtained tonight. The vote
polled here is small. The Democratic ma
jority is about 900.
A severe storm commenced on the eve
ming of the End. The bay in front Of the
city was submerged for several hours
as far back as Church street. The damage
was small, considering violence of the
storm. Three miles of the Galveston and
Houston Railroad, between the city and
Bay bridge was badly damaged, and it will
REQUIRE several days TO put it in repair
The steamer "Twelfth Erap ran ashore
in the bay, and is a total wreck. The pas
sengers and crew were all saved after cling
ing to the wreck all night.
From Mexico.
PRESIDENT JUAREz INsTAILED--HIs
MESSAGE CONCILIAToRY BUT FIRM.
Cay Of Merico. Oct. 2.-Juarez was IN
stalled President last night, amid great OK
element. There are no revolutionary de-
monstrations as yet.
Juarez's message was read i'll Congress
to-day. It was conciliatory but firm.
ANOTHER REVOLUTION COMMENCED.
MatamoYds, Merico, October 2.--An-
other great revolution has been inaugu-
rated in Mexico. The State of Nucya
Leon takes-the lead. The government of
Nucva Leon and all the State officers are
leagued against Juarez, and it is expected
that the movement will be seconded by the
neighboring States.
The merchants, here and on the coast,
are uneasy about coming events.
Great preparations are being made for
the defence of this CITY.
Indians Going West.
Chatanooqa. October John ID.
Lang, of the Board of Indian Commits
sioners. and Colonel Cox, of the Interior
Department, with three car loads Of Chero-
kee Indians, passed through here last night
en- route for the Indian territory. A large
number will soon follow. The party was
in charge of Col. A. A. Barnes, general
freight and ticket agent of the Memphis
and Charleston railroad, who has made a
contract with the government to transport
the remainder Of the Cherokee tribe.
Pilot Boats Driven Ashore.
Neag Orleans, October Give pilot
boats were driven ashore in Southwest
Pass, in the gale of the Sd instant, in
GLIDING the "Robert Bruce" which was
totally wrecked, and four of he crew
drowned. Pilots Frank Bailey and Charles
Cooleri chung to the wreck for thirty hours,
and were rescued.
Cattle Drovers Rampage.
Topeka, Kansas, Oct. IA party OF
Texas cattle drovers, at Aldine, spent most
of the day yesterday in forcing the business
men to treat them. A row resulted, in
attempting to quell which, the city mar
shall was wounded, and one droyer acciden-
tally killed by another.
The Prairie Fires.
Chicago, Oct. Fires in the woods and
prairie are prevailngin every direction, in
Guiding Michigan, Illinois. Wisconsin and
Iowa. A heavy rain alone can stop the
cenhagration.
The country is dry as finder.
From Utah.
THE MORMON CoNFERENCE-ANOT
ARREST.
Salt Lake City, Oct. THE semi-an-
nual mormon conference commenced its
session to-day. The language of the
''Saints" was generally quiet and mode
rate.
The editor of the Ners, one of the
Apostles" has been arrested for lewd-
ness.
Foreign ITEMS.
The progress of the cholera in Constanti-
nople has been checked, and the fears Of its
becoming an epidemic are subsiding.
The gambling houses at the German
watering places will not be closed during
the winter.
Twenty professors of the University Of
Rome refuse to take the oath Of allegiance
. to Italy.
Seven lives were lost in Yarmouth har-
Dor, England, by the sinking Of the smack
Peto.
LAST NIGHTS DISPATCHES.
From Washington.
RETURN OF THE PRESIDENT-SOUTH'
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