The New York herald., 1875-09-23

are in need Of provisions and clothing none having
saved anything but what they
THE POPULATION.
There about 125 people at Quintana and 50 at
velasco mostly and children The saving OF
life is attributable to the untrng energy and wonderful
GOODNESS and bravery, under such circumstances Of the
following
BRAVE.
Tony Metcalf Captain Albert Bowers Adolph Er-
hardt William Hudgns, John Broughson Thomas
winsor, William seaborn and Mr. Perry These with
only a small skiT worked from Wednesday ull Friday
morning They gathered up the people and took them
10 the schooner yerbina Captain Albert Bowen, small
ten twelve ton craft, which had TO the
Judge Cook and daughter Miss Ida and others, waded
in the water up to their shoulders TO reach the schooner
which, being in still deeper water they would be
gathered into the ski and then pushed her In
this way hundred got aboard the tide all
the time rising.
Judge Cook also mentioned that the steamship Aus
tralian, after dragging anchor the shore at 81
Barnards and lies in eight feet-hcr draught being
seventeen feet It estimated that IL will cost not less
than $1oO 900 to get her or even she be saved
DAMAGE TO COTTON
The very latest express agent from LuLg reports
considerable damage to houses and plantations between
Brazos and Guadaoupe. Beyond the Colorado tho
storm lighter. All the open cotton blown Out
Freestone county losses of cotton heavy. Navarro
Limestone Falls and Brazos counties lose per cent
of the cotton.
The from Fort Bend county, east OF the Brazos
River, is that Kirkston and Varney's lakes
flowed flooding the whole bottom and greatly damaging
the plantations The cotton is all blown out A num-
Der OF houses were blown down and three negroes
killed. The plantation negroes commenced praying,
thinking Judgment had Several gin and sugar
houses down Oyster Creek. Otherwise the
losses between Houston Columbia comparatively
light
FROM THE LOWER COAST
Latcr accounts continue to come in OF destruction in
the 1t is estimated that little
cotton will be picked most OF the plantations
One fourth of bale per acre had been picked
RAILROADS RUNNING.
The Texas Central road is making regular connections
The International and Great Northern has trains
low the San Jacnto The river bridge is under water.
Tho San Antonio road expects to get a
span in the Brazos bridge at Richmond
in few days The Galveston Railroad
is badly washed between Clear Creek and Virginia
Point it reported the trains will run through
from the south side of Buffalo Bayou this week Two
hundred men working the Galveston bridge,
and it is expected it will be repaired in two weeks.
The south approaches to the bridge Buffalo Bayou
gone. but will be repaired The Columbia
road is running through. The steamer Laura of the
Morgan's ship channel fleet, is afoat.
Morgan's Point is promontory juttng out into the
fork of Galveston Bay, which up far San
Jacinto.
San Jacnto lies about three miles westsouthwest Of
Lynchburg the same fork of Galveston Bay
The position of Brazos county, with its chief town,
Brazora, and Columbia both the Brazos River
be at once seen by reference to yesterdays
HERALD map.
Lynchburg is post village, Of Harris county, Texas
on Buffalo Bayou, opposite to San Jacinto, about
eighteen miles east Of Houston.
Matagorda the capital Of Matagorda county, Texas,
stands the mouth of the Colorado River $50 miles
southeast of Austin city. Matagorda did large trade
and the depot for the produce of the Colorado val
ley, of the most fertile portions of the State. 1t
used to be much frequented in summer by residents
of the interior.