The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-16

distinguished above the hoarse roar Of the
waves and the bowling of the winds. The I'M
panetrable darkness increased the horror OF
the scene. 1t was impossible for human AID
to save. The unfortunate ship for moment
lay poised on the surface of the black waters,
taaen her lights disappeared, and the terrifying
shrieks of those unhappy beings was heard no
more. The brave men who witnessed the
catastrophe say it was the most appalling mo
ment of their lives. Not sign or vestige OF
the vessel was seen afterward. The schooner
Mayes was also in danger OF laundering N
required the constant attention and the utmost
energy of the officers and men to keep her
before the wind and to attend to navigating
her. The Equinox was commanded by Capt
Dwight Scott, Of Cleveland. There were
twenty-five persons on board, including two
passengers, a daughter and granddaughter OF
Capt Scott both of them young ladies.
Next to the loss of the propeller Equinox,
the most serions disaster caused by the recent
hurricane on Lake Michigan was the wreck of
the propeller Mendoza, off Big Point Sauble.
The nunnber of persons on board the propeller
previous to the disaster was twenty, including
officers, passengers, and crew. OF this num-
Der only seven were saved by taking to the
boats, and after remaining on the lake for
twenty-nine hours, were picked up by the
schooner Addie, off Manitowoc, and were taken
to that poet. The remaining thirteen went
down with the vessel
The South.
A dispatch from Vicksburg, Miss, dated Sep
tennber z, says "A white man named Heffer
is reported lynehed at Utica yesterday morning.
Two negroes are also reported killed at Ray
naond last night. One of the negroes who mu-
tilated the body OF Siveiy at Clinton is reported
killed. John Neal one of the whites wounded
at Clinton, is since dead. The total number OF
negroes killed in the fight at Clinton is now es-
tinaated at twenty-five. All is quiet now in the
lately disturbed districts, and the negroes are
suing for peace No further trouble is appre-
hended in any quarter. Gov. Ames has issued
proclamation calling on all armed bodies of
men, organized in defiance of law, to dispense.
The bank of T. B. Hancock & Co., at Green
vile, KY, was recently entered by burglars and
robbed of $34, 400.
Jeff Davis delivered an address before the
Agricultural Society at De Soto. Mo-, on the
9Th of September.
The officers of the secret service recently
made raid upon gang of counterfeiters at
Decatur, Ala, and captured eleven of the num-
Der. The prisoners are men of prominence in
that locality, being wealthy farmers and land
owners. The operations of the gang were ex-
tensive, for owing to their well-known tire
speciality they were not suspected OF manu-
featuring or showing the queer"
The Supreme Court of West Virginia has
decided that the act removing the capital from
Charleston to Wheeling is constitutional and
valid.
A Cincinnati dispatch says the people OF the
Southwest are not altogether satisfied with the
fast mail arrangements. They charge Post
master-General Jewell with discriminating
against their section of the country in favor OF
Chicago and the West.
A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn, says five
more counterfeiters have been arrested at Tus-
caloosa. Ala A basketful of spurious money
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