New Orleans Republican., 1871-10-07
TEXAS.

| A Quiet EIectt0n-DtepatcA from JeMert
son-Marion County Republtcan-Hemi.
eide at Groesbeek-vislent stern ii
Csalvesten-Railread Track Washed
steamer Thirteeath Era Wrecked
Stern 1t Indianola eevere-Crocketl
Destroyed by Fire-Defeat Of Clark
Claimed.
| ton passed of quietly here. Total vote of
Marion county, 1858; white and col0red vote
about equal. Bryant, Republican, has prob.
ably carried this county by seventy-fve or
one hundred majority.
No news from the interior of the district.
GALVESTON, October 6.-The election
| throughout the State, as far as heard from,
has passed off quietly, except at Groesbeek.
where five negro State police murdered D.
| The negroes have been arrested and are
| now in the custody Of the civil authorities.
| Special dispatches from many counties to
| the Galveston Ners indicate large Dem
| ocratic majorities, insuring the defeat of
General Clarke in this district. The vote
pOlled here is small, but the Democrats
have about 1000 majority.
commencing on the evening of the second.
The whole bay front of the city was sub
merged for several hours by tide water as
far back as Church street. The damage to
property in the city is small, considering
the violence Of the storm. Some three
miles of the Galveston, Houston and Hen
derson railroad, between the city and the
bay bridge, is badly washed and will re-
der.
The steamer Thirteenth Era, which was
anchored in the bay, is q total wreck. Her
passengers and crew were all saved after
clinging to the wreck all night, except one
cOlOred man. who tried to escape from the
wreck. The bodies of two other colored
men have been picked up in the bay.
The steamboat BeardstOwn is partially
wrecked, being badly hogged and her
smokestacks blown away.
The schooner Sarah Call, of Pensacola,
and many smaller crafts, were blown
ashore. The shipping in the roads appears
to be all safe. The gas works in the city
were badly damaged, and telegraph lines
Frustrated.
At Indianola the storm was very severe
The town was flooded by tide water deeper
than known for twenty-five years past.
The town of Crockett, Texas, was de-
stroyed by fire on the first instant. The
whole OF the business part Of the town, in
cludlng the hotel, was burned, except the
dry goods house Of L. E. Downs LOSS
not stated; insurance $4,000.
writ of injunction has been issued re-
straining the authorities Of the city of Gal
weston from issuing bonds to carry out the
subsidy almost unanimously voted to the
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio
railroad.
GALVESTON, October 6.-The following ia
special to the Ne,cs: Fort Bend county
gives Clark (Republican) about 1900 ma
jority. There were 1918 negro votes polled.
BRENNAN, October 6.-The total vote of
Washington county is: white 2457, colored
249l.
Huntsville. Walker county, official: Gid
dings (Democrat) ll20; Clark (Republican)
84S: Stevenson Republican, J8.
WEATHERFORD, Texas October 6.-Re-
ports Of an Indian raid in Parker county
have been received. The Indians came
within two miles Of Weatherford, captured |
q child, and killed or captured number of |
horses. A small party Of citizens pursued
them, but we're too weak to make an
attack.