Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-08-01
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

The leaders Of the negroes at
/ Nic!;sburg now advise abstin euce
from voting.
Archbishop McCloskey and Bish-
0p Bacon sailed from New York
for Rome Saturday.
The President has issued his
proclamation raufying the extTadi-
tion treaty with Peru; also the trea-
y OF friendship, commerce and nav
iSation with the same government.
TiIton has been arrested for IL
being Beecher, and this has been
done as II Is said, TO enatle all the
facts in the ease 10 be brought out
fully.
! While Ms. Porter, Of 81. Adams,
and two children, were gathering
berries recently, one OF the chill
drcn tell into a creek. The moth
er jumped IN after the child, follow
ed by The other child, and all three
were drowned.
Additional reports from oil sec
tons OF Wisconsin relative to grass
hoppers are very discouraging.
In Dawson county there will not be
enough corn raised for seed. The
corn, bean and potato crops OF the
PawBee Indians are totally des-
troyed, and without additional aid
from the government, they cannot
bat suffer most severely.
Pittsburg and AlIeghaney City
were inundated on Sunday night.
The UuiOn depot and the tunnel of
the Pan Handle railroad, were flood
ed with water, as were the streets Of
the cities. Houses and bridges
we're washed away; and almost $50
lives were destroyed. The destruc-
ton OF property was immense, and
as yet 30 estimate of the loss can be
made.
An attempt was made THURSDAY
evening by mob of negroes a. Aus
tin, Miss, 70 lynch George x. Surith,
who tow weeks since killed a ne
gro in 4 difficulty; and but tor
prompt and decisive action Of the
sheriff. who agreed to put Smith in
jail, he would have been hung.
Since then the negroes have been
guarding the jail; and the authori-
ties, fearing that they may yet
lynch Smith, have asked for troops
to protect the Jail.
A special to The Courier-J ournal
says one stroke of lightning killed
six persons in Woodford county,
viz: Mr.. Mundy and wife, Mr.. Black
aud wife and daughter, and a col
ored man living in tho same house.
During the same storm the light |
ming struck many points in Central |
Kentucky, in one instance burning
u barn to the ground.
The special telegraphic CORES /
pondencc of the Courier-J ournal .
from Washington, Saturday night, /
says the action of the Secretary in
the opening of the bids for SI79,- /
100000 remaining of the new five
per cent. loan causes considerable 2
comment. The violation of the
rules in such cases has
brought out no little censure in the
minds of financial men. 1t is un-
derstood that SIC, 100000 were bid
firm, and the balance contingent
The fact that bids for but 100000
600 having been accepted is pro-
nounced as indicative of failure 10
place the loan. The Secretary has
been from the beginning opposed
to the system of syndicates and
bids, preferring a modification of
the law as to make the loan popular
by permitting persons to procure
bonds directly from the Treasury.
1t is stated that Attorney General
Williams will be rendered the Rus
sian Mission, and that Secretary
Briseow will be transferred to the
Attorney Generalship. 1t is be-
ieved that this is mere speculation,
though it it is not improbable that
( there were II vacancy, Secretary
Bristow would not object to the
change.
a dispatch from Eureka, Neva-
la, gives particulars OF a storm on
asst Saturday. 1t had been rain
ng from early in the morning till
noon, when the cloud burst on a
otty range of mountains to the
last. A vast volume Of water rush-
ID down the canon where the town
5 located. The eastern part of the
own was flooded in ten minutes by
fearful rush of water, Constantly {
Increasing IN violence, depth and
mpetuoslty. The peopled portion
If the place was hemmed in. Eve
y moment houses were torn from
heir foundations aud swept away
With the occupants. Ropes were
procured, a line formed, and brave
men, thus protected, dashed into !
he torrent and saved many lives !
)nly few women and children
we're lost. The body of one Mrs.
Bray was recovered. Rodger Ro- q
'enett, reporter of the Sentinel, 5
Tas among the drowned. The Sen
incl office was swept away. Bo- F
les are being brought to the ca
al-hOuse as fast as recovered
thirty houses were swept away.-
III the town is involved. Dance z
.ouses and other places of amuse- Z
nent are gone. The food lasted
My half hour. The total loss of G
fe is not yet known. 1t is be- 1
eVed If will reach % or 2O