Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1875-03-27

cd and number OF white pe0Rlo wouaded.
At Appling Mrs Martha Darcy and Miss
Maggie Baily were killed, and several Others
seriously wounded. Every house at C0maco,
except one is destroyed. Two persons were
killed there.
AUGUSTA, Ga, March 2L-Thc tornado
caused fearful destruction along It's track,
laying waste houses, lees and fences; killing
persons and stock. The Baptists were hold.
ing meeting at Eam Church, near Camack,
when the storm demolished it, killing three
and wounding twenty Ave. Residences and
tons in Warren, McDuifie and Columbia coun.
ties. Georgia Tie destruction extended in,
to Edgofeld, Aiken and Bsrnwell counties
| South Carolina. In some places parsons
were blown distance of sixtyyar Every
house on Mrs. Waltons plantation, including
the fine residence, was destroyed, In Colum
bia county three negroes wee killed and 30
persons wounded. Ten houses on DR.. Ham
! ilton's place were destroyed. 1t is impossible
erty lost Several hundred thousand dollars
will not COVERT. Fearful suffering is already
reported in the devastated regions. .. an.
| f' An Kaitor Shot. I..
| VINELAND, N. Y, March 19.-Mr. Carruth,
] editor of the paper published here, was fatal
| ly shot this morning by Chas X. Landis,
known as the father OF Vineland The affair
arose out of an article In the paper which
Lands thought referred to him, but In which
no names were mentioned. ...'
Another Slice of Mexico to be Annexed
| The Mercury has a Washington dispatch
alleging that the excursion of Senator Cam
eron and others to Mexico is for the object
| OF annexation, by purchase, to the United
States of the Northern States Of that Repub-
lie. Mexican authorities are understood to
have already acQuiesced to the transfer the
terms of which are yet to be settled. The
territory proposed to be annexed is all that
part of Mexico lying north of Rio Rapids
and Rio Grande Santiago, and comprises the
States of Sonora, chihuahua, COahuely,
| Nueva Leon, Cinaloa, Durango and Seaca-
tras; one half of Tamsailpas, one third of
Jaisco, a small portion of San Luis Potosi
and the territory of Lower California, alto.
gether about 438, 900 square miles of territory,
and over million and half population, of
| whom less than half million are whites, the
rest Indians and mixed. The boundary line
will commence at the mouth of the Rapids,
| following that river to Its source towards the
| town Of Pinas, In latitude 90. G5, longitude
| 1O1.7 70; thence to the source of the river San:
tiago, and along that stream to its mouth.
The movement, 1t Is understood originated
with the Mexican authorities, who desire to
4 see this sparsely settled country placed under
|
order among the people, and Of inviting i'm
migration thither.
| Ramsey Set the Trap.
1t appears that ex-senator Ramsey is really
| responsible for the amendment to the postal
law, which increases the postage on newspa.
pcrs to 1 cent an ounce, he having drawn the
amendment and handed it to Hamlin with
| request for him to offer it. Hamlin did this,
it is presumed, without stopping to think
what the effect Of the resolution was.
| The Great Ice Gorge.
| Font JERvIs, March 22-An ice gorge has
| formed in the Delaware river, six miles above
| Water Gap, and extended back eighteen
miles The ice is piled ten to fifteen feet
| high all the way, and much alarm is felt
along the valley. vi 81
More Particulars of tho Tornado.
AUGUSTA, Ca, March 23-Thc path of the
recent tornado was from 900 to 600 yards
wide. 1t was cylindric in shape and rotated
with fearful velocity from north to south.
| The front cloud was black as night and half
q mile high. The rear was illuminated by q
bright light. 1t travelled nearly due east,
veering little to the north. After devastat-
ing Camack the tornado seems to have divi.
| ded, one portion going east by north and
crossing Savannah river above and below
Augusta, both proving equally destructive
in laying waste and destroying In their track.
Trees were broken like reeds and, In some
instances, carried three quarters Of a mile.
The tornado was preceded by dull, heavy
roaring, as OF heavy artillery In the distance.
II spent its greatest fury In about three
! minutes. An eyewitness says the senses
| were utterly deadeaed am appalled, There
| was crash, o roar and a miDgling of a
hundred terrific and unearthly sounds
| There is great devastated district, embrac.
Ing eight counties in Georgia and two or
| three in South Carolina. The destruction
of properly h immense and the list Of
manned and wounded appalling.
A Terrible Tornado i'm Louisiana.
NEW ORLEANS, March GA destructive
tornado visited Ouchita Valley Friday last,
between Smithland and Rays Point. Loss
OF life and property is reported to be very
great. Mrs, James Agar and child are
among the killed. Smithland was leveled
TO the ground, and at Rays Point the plan.
tation buildings, fences, mules, horses and
cattle were scattered for miles The track
| OF the tornado was three miles wide and if
teen miles long.
| - Arrived of John Nzitchsps Son. %
New YoKK, March 49, Capt. Jas. Mitchell,
son of the late John Mitchell, arrived here
last evening from Ireland. He learned of
the death of his father from the pilot who
l boarded the steamer on which he was pas.
senger. The different Irish national organi.
cations are active In preliminary preparations
for tie funeral procession Sunday.
a Question or Expatriatlon.
WASHINGTON, March 26.-It appears the
late John Mitchell, Who was elected to Par.
liamentfrom Tipperaryas subjectof Queen
i Victoria, was really citizen, Of the United
States, as shown by transcript Of records
recently made In the office of the clerk of the
for the British minister 1t says Mitchell de-
clared his intention and took out first pa
pers In the county court Of San Francisco
48th of October, 1853, and final papers
which made him a full citizen In the circuit
court Of the District of Columbia, May g.,
i ..Lo. The Great lee Gorge. -.--.
I WnKEsBARRE. March M.-No change in