New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-11
MISCELLANEOUS.

CaroIfna-Wrecks-AC County Treasurer
SbOrt-The Canada and United States
Boundary.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, September l0.-A
Mexican giving his name as Hisedro
Poncho. was arrested here last evening at
the instance Of Henry Allen, agent OF the
stock raisers for the murder Of Captain
Hatch. a well known stock owner, who was
killed d few days since near Corpus Christi
Poncho stated that he had just arrived from
Corpus Christi, and his description ex-
actly tallies with the one sent by telegraph
from Corpus Christi requesting that a
gharp lookout be kept for the murderer.
He las been lodged in Jail and will be
detained until the facts in the case are
more fully developed.
Work on the Rio Grande railroad ls pro
crossing rapidly, and it is expected that
this city and Point Isabel will be brought
within two hours Of each other by January.
HALIFAX, September l0.-The schooner
Emily Graham has been wrecked at Prince
Edwards island. Nine lives were lost.
QUEBEC, September I0.-The steamship
Edith Emily has gone ashore. Eight OF the
crew were drowned.
GoLDsBoRo, N c., September 10-The
CarOJi,11 Messenger of to-day has the follow
ing item From the reports we have re-
ceived from planters for several days past,
we are forced to the conclusion that the
cotton crop in this section has sustained
serious injury. In the counties of Wayne,
Daplin Johnston, Edgecome, Lenoir, Will
son, Greene, Pitt and Sampson, the drOuth
and rust have damaged the crop very much,
and the ravages Of the worms IN many
places will still further reduce the yield.
We have before us reliable estimates of
damages in various portions of the cotton
growing counties, and, as far as we are
capable of Judging toresee the prospects at
least twenty per cent worse than was
generally anticipated a month or two ago.
CHARLESTON, s. c., September l0-Ex-
Governor Perry has been nominated for
Congress bV the Democrats and C0nserva-
tives of the fourth South Carolina district,
now represented by Wallace. This is the
only congressional nomination so far made
by the Democrats.
Boston, September observation-disclosures
Liberia.
UTICA, N. Y, September 10.-The tenn
perance leaders in this State have published
a call for meeting in mass convention of
the electors who favor the promotion Of
temperance reform by political action, the
convention to assembleat Syracuse, New
York, on the twentieth of September.
CINCINNATI, September 10.-J. B. Keech,
treasurer of Wayne county, is $50, 900 short
in his accounts, and can not satisfactorily
explain the disappearance of the money.
He has turned over his property to his
bondsmeU, but it is inadequate to cover the
defalcatiOn.
TORONTO, September 1O-A large party
Of engineers have left here for Pembina,
where they expect to meet the American
party appointed to determine the forty
ninth parallel, the boundary between Can
ada and the United States from the Lake of
the Woods and the Rocky mountains 1t
is estimated that the work will occupy
three or four years.
Sr LOUIS, Septembr 10.-A freight train
and cattle train on the Missouri Pa
cifc railroad collided thirty eight miles
from here. The engines and six cattle cars
were broken up and forty cattle killed.
The cars with general merchandise were
smashed; loss $4,000. The accident. was
caused by the misleading of a time card by
the conductor of the stock train.
BALTIMORE, September l0.-0wing to I'M
favorable weather the championship game
between the Boston and Baltimore base
ball clubs was postponed until tomorrow,
but the clubs played an exhibition game,
which was called at the end OF the fifth in
nings, darkness coming on. A drilling
rain prevailed throughout the game. Bos-
ton ~, Baltimore II.
PHILADELPHIA, September 10 The
straight-Out Democrats meet at Harrisburg
on the twenty-fOurth instant. to nominate
an electoral ticket.
RICHMOND, September l0.-A special to
En6 E)tSDttbCU says bIlb sl5GiH Jug agnes 6N~
ploded her boiler this afternoon near Jor-
dams Point, five miles below City Point,
killing Captain Griffith Jones, Of the bark
Lucy, who was on board en- route for his YES
sell b. Enroughty engineer; two colored
ffremen, and the wheelman, cOlored, were
also killed. Two colored men were
wounded Captain Lawrence, who com
manded the tug, was blown some distance, |
falling in the water, and was but slightly |
injured.
The schooner Mary Morris, which was |
alongside the tug, was badly wrecked. The |
tug is complete wreck.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., September 10.-Tbe |
investigation of the loss of the Metis was
continued to-day. Captain George B. Hull, !
agent and inspector of the line, who was on
the Metis as a passenger on the night of the
accident, gave his version of the disaster
which was not different materially from the
accounts already published. He testified
that after he found the vessel was
sinking he went to the steward and told
him of the danger and instructed him to
take his men and 70 into the saloon and
put life pTeserVers ON the passengers; to be
sure and see that every passenger had
life preserver as there were plenty of them
Tor both passengers and crew. He went
lown on the saloon deck but could not get
INTO the saloon on account of the passen-
gers filling up the doors. He told them
new udG Dtlbbt SCb Oh LlG upper ubgk.
The hull of the boat soon separated from
ler upper works and drifted ashore, and
We all soon went into the breakers and
we're picked up by people on shore. |
hink il we had got in the surf and there
lad been no one to have assisted us we |
would nearly all have persisted. There
we're about fifty persons on the hurricane
eek it was not over forty minutes after
he collision, that the steamer went
avn. I think the damouR yvaa dana
t the time of the collision, and that the
teamer began taking III water then. / &C !
cunt tor the raise Of water reported by {
he engineer by the suppositiOn that the
essel got so large a body of water in the
ceight bold that the weight of it broke OFF
he bulk head. do not think there was
ny person on board who did not receive {
mely notice Of the alarm
George j. Harris, of Burlington. Iowa. a
passenger, testified that in his opinion two
God chances to save the lives Of those on Z
oard were lost before the steamer sank
rst, from the propeller that lay.bv us. and '
ocond, if those IN charge had improved the \
me and used all steam in making progress
)wards the shore instead of BLOWING off ! c
lille living still, the steamer could Rave a
cen beached. There were no guns fired f.
T rockets sent up.
George w. Howard, Of Rome, New York.
,stifed that there was no alarm given ,
ear his room Some of the passengers
Ime out Of their rooms without knowing p
lything was the matter; everybody, APP t
lrently,. had inst awoke; women and
lildren were screaming for assistance, !,
1t no one offered to help them;
Nv no person belonging to the boat
,cept % man who went through the
,at and said there was nothing e.
q matter-everything was all right He g
oke as if he was an officer. He offered | n