Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-24

cation to reduce the bail of W.J. Roe,
committed on charge OF negotiating
Oregon and California Railroad forged
bonds, was argued before Judge Dom
ahue, the prisoners. counsel arguing
that he is entirely innocent, but is not
able to give bail unless reduced from
$1,000 to $4,000. Decision reserved
caF- Sherman's Memoirs. rli1
New YORK, Sept. ,23d. "A Washing
ton special says it is understood Gen
eral Sherman will publish a new edl-
tion of his Memoirs with certain cor
rections caused by criticisms of ex-
army officers who assert thev have
not been-fairly treated. 80 -''0>-
= The Texas Fioods.
Z NEW o ORLEANS, Sept. 223d. 3fhe de-
tails of the losses by the flood in Tex
as comes in slowly. The loss of life
cannot yet be -approximated. At
Lynchburg, Aiorgan's Pointand Beri-
town, sixteen persons are known to
have perished. Houston sent $500 to
Lynchburg Thursday. East Bernard
county is under water and the cotton
is mostly destroyed. % False county
was entirely -obliterated, but no lives
We're lost. Only four houses were left
at Matagorda. In lower Brazos county
sugar houses, plantations and build
ings were destroyed. Sugar houses,
plantations andbuildings were washed
away at Indianola. The death list
will reach 100. At Salvera out of as
persons only Capt Sam Brown and
two of. his family were saved. Men
engaged robbing the dead, cutting off
fingers and ears fol jewelry were
promptly lynched. Corpus Christi is
reported safe; no lives lost and hardly
any damage done. No survivors of
Cedar Lake can be found. AT Calves
ton the cody of w. Blunt, DIR. Peets'
grandson, was found and buried also
George Lyons, Captain of the schooner
Flounder, and some Others mot
recognizable. The water was
at its height between 2 and 4 o'clock
Friday morning, the highest ever
known, being about eight feet higher
than in 1867. The storm lasted eighty
hours, the wind blowing sixty miles
an hour. The storm cut two channels
through the island, three feet deep by
5000 feet wide. At Bryan one boy
was drowned. r AT Hampstead no lives
were lost. The Washington Artillery
gave theatrical performance tonight
for the benefit of the Texas sufferers.
$4,000 was raised.
- = - = Base Ball.
CHICAGO, Sept. 23d.-The- -Philadel-
phias defeated the CHI hicagoa this af-
ternoop.- Score 5 to o., o1-1 syr715t
,a11h Importnnt Arrest. III !.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 23d.75L. Il. Stand
ley, lawyer, and c. Cohn, merchant,
were arrested in East st. Louis this
morning for passing counterfeit mon
ey. 1t is supposed that a regular orr
ganized party exists in Venice, Ill.,,
above st. Louis. The authorities are
in search of them. The lawyer is said
to be from Chicago. = Z = - = Il
Buried In n Well. .s.-
I SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept 3d.
Lester Sykes, who. was buried in a
well 81 feet deep at West Springfield
yesterday afternoon, has not yet been
1gotten out. AT last accounts the res
cuing party were within few feet Of
him. He has not spoken since 2 P. NJ.
StonewaII jackson. - -
| RICHMOND, Va.rSept. 23d.-Feley's
statue of Stonewall Jackson was to-
day turned over to the Governor The
First Virginia regiment, under COM
mand of COL Bradley johnson, and a
large number of citizens, in carriages
and on foot, escorted thestatue to the
capitol grounds. -
+ Agninst specie Paynaen Is. / z : !.
NEW YORK, Sept 2Sd.-A mass
meeting was held in Cooper Institute
tonight as a peoples demonstration
against the proposed resumption of
specie payments. The hall wasd sdensely
crowded, and in point of numbers the
meeting was a great success. The
platform was occupied by many noted
supporters of imitation.
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