New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-29
BY TELEG R A PHI
TEXAS.
Texas Towns Free from Damage


Texas Towns Free from Damage.
BRAsngAR CITY, September 2S-The
steamship Harris, from Brownsville, and
Mary, from Rockport and Corpus Christi,
arrived this evening. No damage by the
E )rm on the Rio Grande or at Rockpol
and Corpus Christi.
The Destruction of Matuaorda.
GALVESTON, September 28.-Advices from
Brazoria, dated the twenty third, confirm
the report first received from Matagorda.
The town was washed away, except only
four houses which remain standing. No
lives were lost. The people were saved by
clinging to the cedar trees in the vicinity
At the town of Columbia twenty houses
were blown down. No lives reported lost.
One man man was killed at Cheuango by a
railing tree. Many plantations have been
greatly damaged, and some literally torn
10 pieces. Sugar-houses, gin houses, fences
and every thing was pal t, y or wholly blown
down. The great losses can not be cor
rectly reported.
News from the Brazos-The Dead-Loss
of Life and Property.
The following additional particulars are
received from the mouth of Brazos river:
The number of persons known to have
lost their lives between the peninsula and
Bernard is ffty.seven. Among them are
Mrs. Sargent, old man Sargent all of For
resters family, all of Mitchells, William
McSeills wife and three children, Mrs Egg
CART and two children, seven of Stephen
Wnston's family-himself Miss Sue, Miss
Annie and Johnnie being LEI Sam Uzzle's
wife and two childrel; all of old man
Davis family, and one of the children OF
William Aust n.
Judge Cox and his family spent the night
of Thursday in the trees. Old Mrs. Dance
and one of Winsted's children we're lost,
,ry 70,
themselves. The people from the other
side of the river got on Captain Louis De-
votes boat Winnie Winsveds body was
found in Hawkins Prairie; old Mrs Dances
at Joel Bryans some OF The DAVIS family
in Gulf prairie, and the others at the mouth
of the river. pe-hait y two-tlirds of the
cattle and horses are drowned. The bridge
at Cedar Lake is gone, and fences and trees
are swept away. There ID man here who
drifted two days and nights On a log,
Later Information from Trinity River.
Three schooners are high and dry in the
fields near he fork OF ID ,ube and Whites
bayou. In the Trinity the water had swept
over the cane twelve ieet above the bank of
the river. From the mouth to Wallisville
the land is low and swampy. Tue first
house above the mouth was formerly owned
10y DR.. Pbealan, and was occupied by ne
groes The house was entirely carried away !;
not vestige OF it is 10 be seen. There
were nine negroes in the house, and eight of
the number were drowned at .er rema ming
il trees from ten TO fifteen hours. One OF
them becoming perfectly crszy from fright
tore the clothes from his mother in his et
forts to climb tree. The mother of the
family, woman some fifty or sixty Years
OF age, was rescued on Sunday by a party
passing down the river, and taken TO Wallis
vile.
AT Wallisville the following losses are
reported: Mr.. Joseph Herring ses his
dwelling, gin house and press: Mr.. Van
PRED, Ills d store, wharf, etc. and a new
stock OF groceries just received before the
storm. The postotice was in his 81 re. All
the mail mt ter on hand went with
the store. His loss is about $4,000 or $1,000.
Mr.. Wooten's dwelling. store and groceries
are a to'al loss, as also the residence of
Frank Wallis. Jacob Sherman loses his
dwelling, furniture and outhonses, but his
cotton gin was ouly slightly damaged. the
re residenre and furniture of Mr.. John White
We're badly injured and his outhouses de-
stroyed; Mrs. Warren's badly damaged
The Lafore Hotel witnstood the terrible
rush OF waters and wind, but sustained con
siderable damage; the bedding and chests
of clothing being injured by water. The
storehOuse with full stock of groceries,
was washed away. The stables aud out
houses were very much damaged. The
total loss, $1,000.
William Cooper, co.ored man, is utterly
ruined. He loses his dwelling and out
houses, aud his sloop is high and dry on the
bank Captain Orin loses everything
dwelling, etc. MIR. James Wilson's place
was slightly damaged. Every house in
town is more or less damaged. 1t will take
years to rebuild the town.
From the present feeling of the people
we don't think manyx of them will rebnIld.
Mr. Mays, who lives half mile above Wal
lsvlle. on DORIS Island, lost 1900 head of
cattle and fifty head of horses His dwell
ing was only slightly injured.
Mr.. Lawrence, who lives about two miles
above Wallisville, lost from 1000 10 1900
head of stock, among them forty horses.
His residence was very badly damaged.
The repairs on the bridge at Richmond
are completed "a nd trains over the Calves
ton, Harrisburg and San Antonio road are
now running regularly.