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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
TIE DIOcEsAN CONVENTION.

OPENING RELIGIOUS SERVICES Ar 81. PAULs
cnArHl-,PPoINrMENr or CoaiNlT- ELS.
The 92d Annual Convention OF the Protestant
F. opal Church 81 the Diocese Of %ev-icr was opcned
nj 10 A. M Yesterday. ia ST. Pauis Chapel IN V;,iic'st
The morning was devoted 10 tine opening religious
services TIE clersymcn taking part in these were
B hon Potter the Rev Arthur BROOK Of ;ho Church OF
The .ncaugton the Rev. Dr. Eaton OF ST. Clements, the
Rev Dr. Os.0od, tho Ry. Dr. i. J.. Wilson ~ Cclmont,
tie i,.v Dr. s H. Synnott ~ Pourhkcepse, the Rev. Dg
Dix of Trin Parish, tie Rev. Dr Draper, ami the Rev
Dr. weston. Tic sermon Wa delivered By the Rev. De-
J. H. r, lance OF st. iIarl's Church. from e trXf from
Acts H. II: Tie Lord added to the Church daily such
a. should he saved"
The Convention rca-sclnbcd at $50 p. m, and
called to order by Bishop Potter Among those present
was Lord Houghton OF England. The roll ri delegates
was called and 50 parishes were found to be rcp.e-
rcn,ed after which the Bishop formally opened the Con-
tary the Rev. Dr. tiE'rbroat Treasurer. Edward +.
10 Lrnccy; Assistant seer ;tay ti!o Rev Df Eaton
Standing Committees for Tie encniis year we're ai-
pain I'd rs follows:
ton fsh. Aired H. Beach, D. d. ani tho ion Jon
p.ocesqn Flad-Tl.e Rev j. X. Gaeher the Thomas
Galhuet D. D. flancis fot, Char's Face a the Treas
w 4lta'1rep3 F1.F s. winston and Roeor Ludlow.
GefL Iastot. Fax ~ &c ~ - y IAN, ,;
canbridse sing s R = sD29n tho nov Horny
Poster D. u The ~. Z. Wyatt D. D., the Hon uniiton
Tae a. the Incorporation and Admission of
Churches reported adversely % the application OF
the Holy Trinity society vi Highlands. y. y. owiug TO
deiect in the application Tie Secretary having no fur
tier bushes, % lay before tho Coayention, Il was al
ogrned until ~ a. ~. today When i Il eNy"ctrI, the
bishops address sill be delivered. bish0p Potter saye
tlc clergy aGd DELEGATES Il reception llat evening
Alter Tie Convention was adjourned the ANIMAL meet
in ri the CORPORATION for the Relief ~ widows au Ch-
dTon II Clcrymen Of the Protestant Ep!-copa Church
was held in tie sunday noel room OF Pads chapel.
The following officers elected for the ensuing year:
Wee President, the Rev. IGl Brown, ID. D.; secretary
the Rev. Jc.sc 4. spencer, II. ~ Treasurer, T. VI Ear
son. Standing CJinEiittce-C III. Ogden. Edward b. De
ianccy Prof Henry DTi-ier the i.eY. Dr. Ga!ahde and
the Rev Or. Spencer Tie statement O tnc Treasurer
was admitted. showing balance in Inc treasury NJ SD
i o. Tnc total asacls Of the Society l06,i3l CO.
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waa originally break through the ar;nca io'eo hV""
M To protect the plantations from Overflow , ,r..
The grant from the Government to tari rhis ,slS
the leepeniug OF tho channel between io Sohh sS "I
the Gulf OF Mexoo. The c0srg of these cr'ss ,h ~
he thin.s Internationally restore the oilSnu uriv .
40 feet nj the head passos. but II the [
does not see NJ to close them may be many ns ,nt
by which tic navigation OF TIE largest s.i fgy
sells would DO impcded This shoanie; po fSnnyy
Is an Ircfutae proof Of the sountness o ", tboViy
upon which lie icy syfen is based Ia ne hscesS,0h
al The lefty syseIn piur to the passage OF c J'. p
by Congress Can't Eads asserted that the Behnr 'aIc
had caused shoaiing Of 81 zee, vcow me J,e
yasse In consequence Of The u ciOn ~ the fier III tn
pont and his wac denied by HIS oppcncn. on ne %
that although Che rive: vas 81 feet ": N ocw '
above the creyas-e this no proof OF ma assnI' m
asrach az s0u.lss OF ihc iref !ni De'b ,hrIe WIZ
the did not EXIT ana u WA asserted INA. W.,
reina! .iae shoans St Point was simlhy puc cIy
bar o! older fOinf!lon. Now, bOwcl 1""it uI"-ics
the proof tina. the mississippi hivcr one lic move tie
head the pa,srs IT t. 81 cont more 'Hi
cuuS before Cgbiis gap and The Jump occurseu ,nnn
il IL to-day Ti facts. tht captain declares snn le
flute forever the ry of TIE outlet system Tor me pro-
lection Of tic MISSISSIPPI lcVec5
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
CAPT. McCULLAGU'S TRIAL.
TESTIMONY OF DAVID j. TWOhET-TiE CAPTAINS
DESIRE 10 SUPPRESS GAMBLING.

TESTIMONY Oh DAVID j. rWOhEI-TiiE CAPTAINS
DESIRE 10 SUPPRESS GAMBLING.
The trial of Capt. John II. McCullagh Of the
Ge,eG;ernti Police PrccGos Ur glcct of duty and
duct unbccomng an officer while IN command OF the
~ cnt ynnih Precinct. resumed yesterday before
Police Commissioners 1atscil and Yoorhi. Henry Ja
cobs jcweCf of No. IS Johli-s,., testified that be
cheated ont Of $50 by Victor Dranssn ut cards, in Bran
son's saloon Thriy-hfst-s. daring Tie Winter OF
I.7;i; that he went 10 Capt. hctllayh, End Rramson
Offered 70 rccrn the money II no complaint made
when Capt. McCGagh found tlat witness would make
no complaint e expressed anger saying tiia ne d. sired
10 suppress ginhn,; ia his precinct, and was always
thus tiWa.:c Witness received $50 OF his money back
but di not consider that compromising felony.
David j. Tnohcy narrated interview which he said
lc had with Capt tcCuliasA Mt Police Headquarters, IN
February lsTl where IcCullagh Threatened him. called
him scDIrdicl, anG said that he would fix " hm AMI
a.nd hiia - state Prison asO the Subsequent assault
mad" upon him broadway 81 DC beloved, at tir ia
81 ,tion Capt. Me- Viagh and a." arrest OF two
6y,ctabie FOnr,h-ive ia April, 1874 All OF
Il, testimony lHI crycp before Tie Committee
CiG,c Tue Witncss could not give the names Oi any
nrr-an who had heard the threats a Police Hcniquar
tcr- athOGNi lie sd that several were present. He
offered pto,iIrr WItncssca could prove that Nc
Cuiiasl had I.sentcl the attack uncE hini and md
astef, OF II afterwerd.
Ex-Paroran Henry Z. Coy tcstih Il that he arrested
the two RI grCd 10 April 10 by size order OF
Can't. y n alg, who told hin bring In the
aHc tr man who VITA tcn. While taking Them .
tic police station the bsCte away. and on hearing
TIC statement " tLe WOMEN tie cal. -iseAIoei lleLi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
NORTHERN PACIFIC BONDHOLDERS.
THE Observation-Disclosures! OF EIW BOARD
OF nIKECTORS.

A meeting of bondholders of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company hcld yesterday III NO :"
Fthdye, 10 elect Board .: Directors under the new
powt ~ granted by the United States Crcht Cont
Josepn DlwOrh o. Conn.,, was appointed Chairman ana
d. f. Small Of York, Penn, Secretary. Tie COMMITTEE
issuing tho call purchased ior 100000, at judirla SAFE
en- Aug II. all tho property of the Northern Pacific Kali
read exccpt the patented and certified landsl, Including
ali is rights liberties, and franchises y plan adopted
by the bondhol1ers last june this Committee regGcS'od
the surrender of bonds III payment for preferred SOCK
The rcport O, tho Committee stated that tho patented
and certified lands OF the company remaining
unsoli amount TO about COO 900 acres. al in Mime
eofa and Dai,ota Their sale is postponed to such
day as the Court nay hereafter order. Bonds to the
amount OF $@9,OO0.O00 have been deposited VIVA lhe
Farmers Loan md Trust Company to carry out the plan
OF reor anzton. The powers OF attorney received ny
the Corninte tee make tpfal OF abJn f2GOOoVvo, or
more than fvesxtb5 OF the whole, and large additions
ere being made daily. In conclusion the Committee say
that a MORTGAGE OF $50 100000 his been substantially
forecoscd and Reorganization c2ted in less Than sX
monks $50 miles OF The road now IN paving opera
ton, aId the property includes a domain o! nearly
100000 acre. Of land AMI loco more for eyefy
mile road Duiit, basis Tor iutHio Ollilou
The meeting then Proceeded 10 the election Of IL
directors to ,titite the now Board Al order 40 sh0N
caL5n why stay o. procedures 1noull ~. "r .'
issued Dy Judge saipman OF the led states Chcult
on ,etition of f. Carroli iircyscr OF Philadelphia,
planning that The proceedings were MAJ AMI t"id iiner
The salng viii De had on saturday, Oc 2, II itiOfd
The opinion of large hndh ltcrs present Wa3 that tio
STAY uf rOccrdnVs Wo;d No: be grant. Il, Gs the power
under which the Committee acted, an Aas. -. was tu3
COZ GI.ncd hy tins Comt. TIE counting o votes wa hoi
cnIctcd late lat evening" hut sufficient Known q!
thr ieut 10 ind to the election OF axe following ticket
for directors: tdNin ~ Lewis Phiaicphia; J0hnst
Ifyiu,ton hcw-York; Gen. J. X Nnorhr' Pittsburgh;
John y. Hutchinson, Iaston Geo. Si"rE, B"Stod John
NJ pelnisua, Elticoir; George ". Cas- Piit>boI,u ,;
C. H. wright Phil del. ha Joscph Ii~ort, ~ .ii 81;
Il; 7 Cheney ;ostun C.arIemf-ie Tower, PuaLelpha;
FrieIick Billings. Woodstock, VT; j. fsaiey Smith
Philadelphia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
THE DISMISSAL OF CAPT. BURDEN.

Henry Burden. the captain of the Twelfth
Po'icc Precinct served With notice OF his dismissal
late on Tuesday night. lie Immediately gave up his
command to eIst. Osborn and went 20 his residence at
No $40 Fir aye. The charges upon which CAPT Burden
was dlsIns ed covered g time when he In tho
Twenty-n.nth Precinct From that command he
transferred to tho Sixteenth Precinct, and alerwar to
the Twelfth lie has been in The Twelfth Precinct only
about seven months. During that time il i, sad by per-
til precinct, ne ni..dc t io clor 20 become
Guanied with residents OF The precinct, Gnd not
generally known There. Per'Ols living in Tie nci ,b0r-
hood genCrliiy exposed SAT- action yesterday -: tho
action % thr Coui,iss oncc; TIE ey-rapri!!
putei to have been Of the vcaithiost men un no
police force, aud is sa be extensive of real
estate "a the city AMI suburbs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
MARINE DrSASTERa.

A dispatch was received from London yes
teray by Carver Barnes of No. 80 SOuth-s from the
captain OF the ship Uncle joe for which they agents.
in this city. stating that the vessel had been lost The
Uncle Joe, in command OF Capt Parklam LEFT st. Johns
August II. with load Of deal for Liverpool On
SOFT IL the slip was oye!taien by a heavy gale which
rendered her worthy, that the captain and
had to ahandon her and take to tho boats. They
rescued by British ship which took them Liverpool
where tioy arrived yesterday. Tie vessel II tons
burden, built IL 49, 1, Ht DlnariscOtta, Ne, and
was list ms !eclCd in TINS city.
The schooner. Thomas =. Cooper. which left Newport
Tuesday for !zaDe'hPOrt fora cargo Of coal, wle
UaS sing through Hell GATE Ashore GTdiion
sad immediately after filed with water and sank. Ths
Coast :cclng Company vessels at work upon the
schooner and IL Is expected 20 raise her in few Days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.

A HUSBAND SERIOUSLY INJURIES his WHY, IuN.
sELP, AND ATTEMPTS TO KILL Ills Daughter.
NJ NEwTOwN, L. Liz Is THOUGHT TO BE
TNSAEE.
For about two years Alexander Vandorbeck
has resided In GewtOwn Long Island Ho IL about 50
years Of age lie has been regarded quiet and nOs
fcnsive. short time ho visited California, and
well sasled that le sent for his wife TO Join him.
She could not then 20 she too i'll to travel, and
word TO that effect sent 10 Lin. few days ago no
returned home to await the tine when she would he able
10 accompany bin. Since his return there hid hem
nothing unusual in his looks actions until Tuesday
About p word to Judge vaDdeycer that Van
dcrbeck had Murdered his wife, Tie Justice imme-
dsely went TO the house. where he found Mrs Wander
beck lying outside tho hoaso seriously wounded about
the head and neck Vandcrbeck had hot only shot her
the bail entering her head behind the ear but had cut
her with knife. She was then in ins,Isbie
ttiOD, and hes lain in half cOmatOse condition ever
TIE Justice concluded TO obtain help 10 arrest
kaudcrOcck and went away for that purpose leaving
watch the premises. When he returned win force
81 police ne found mat VaEGerleck had cut his own
fatal lie attempted To escape arrest and was taken
into custody only after n hard struggle.
Vaud"rhcrk also attempted 20 murder married GerGh-
ter resided In the hOueG with him, and she saved
herself and her two Young children with great dihcIy
by running away. Justice Vaudcyere had consultation
with Distitct-AttOrney Downing Yesterday and by MS
advice VIII have medic ri inqson INTO TIE condition
IaldrrhccHs mind the impression being that he has
been suddenly seized with ms lllty The aate-hi1it'm
statement Of Mrs. Iaudorbcck VIII he taken
she j. able 20 make it, Fer condition. however. ~ re-
gardcl very critical. The d. gtcr VIII probably this
morning prefer charge OF assl; with intent 10 Kill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
AFFAIES IN FALL RIVER.
THE STRIKE NEAR IT'S END.
THREE HUNDRED MORE PEOPLE Go TO "ohA-
PROMINENT REFORMERs LADORiNG 70 iNDOCN
AN ABANDONMENT OF THE VACATION.

THREE HUNDRED MORE PEOPLE Go TO WORN
PROMINENT REFORMERs IADORiNG 70 INDUCE
AN ABANDONMENT OF THE VACATION.
Icy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRiBUSE.i
FALL RIVER, Mass, Sept. Z9.-The situation
here to-day remains almost tine same as yesterday mo
manufacturers, the ono nand stih cehahd co'ii'-
,uce with the articles OF agreement and the operatives
on the other declare that to sign them IS Compromising
their manhood The assertion OF inc demands OF 'c
two ,artjs remains q, trcct and positive ~ II has Deeh
since ho present troubles arose ADunt 500 persons re-
suied work ths morning in addition to those VINO wont
into the mills yesterday and Monday. But IN" eh'Te
number forms only about oncCghh OF the total NUMBER
OF operatives The city. The military are So" h"ro'
though many of them frequently allowed 10 "iiA inc
city at free viii They parade The streets several tacs
da and pass along as thoGsh il al eNeJ day &C.
cuTrence.
The lrial CT the men who were arrested Monday has
been adjourned untl Saturday. Ii is the plcI"iIhB
opinion that rothn; viii be done with them
The manufacturer say that the operatives would re-
sumo work at il not Tor TIE FEARS OF Tue oh
and tie eight or ten leaders OF the latter OF Whom
seldom do any work themselves. and arc ony playing the
1at Of the dog in the ningor. The manufacturers say
tna il the operatives DO not res'irn1 soon they WI" Close
fher mills The condition OF the trade Is no encourage
Icnt Tor them to continue running The wants Oh the
operatives tban anything else Id tDer ho''e ior
opening now. 49,,
c. Ee Iesse Jones OF Plymouth County arrived here
TODAY and it is hoped and believed by some tat ne VIII
succeed in harInonizing the existing dinereuces Last
Moudlv George L. Mcneil, ira Stewart and hiiSei-d''
very monument Labor Rciorners III the slae-lhet Ia
Boston and agreed upon the following points, mat the
vac,t;ou" is wrong; ,hat the failure to resume WORK.
when il WAS ended, was wrong; hat TIE operatives
object no. to sign tho agreement; and hat they never
under ay circumstance should throw stones Tor use
firearms Nr Jones has been in long conference od"y
with tic operatives end several leading inAac'iifeTs'
Tomorrow there will be meeting OF oIe.at'es III Tue
,a.lc park, to which Ao will submit proposition !"
reane work Tie suggestion IL TIE ifui' Of las confer
,c., toda,- ana there is reason TO believe j. viii
| caal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
SYMPATHY FOR TIE STRIKERS.
MEETING or lyoEyJNGMEN PREPARATORY TO De-
ossTEAr!oX IL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

MEETING WDi.SJNtfNEN fHtfAhAi'4'i ~ a Di'''
oHsTHAIIoS IL TOMPhiNs-sQu ARE.
wOrkinginen's meeting was held at the
Germania Assembly Rooms, at 20. @Ji iiowery, last
cvcnor To take action regard 10 proposed offer OF
srupltiy and assistance to tie Operatives on strike at
ran River. Mass John Swinton chosen Chairman
lie said me rc.tn. was held for the purpose OF arrang
inc Tor pubic demonstration, by the woihih-meh OF
ts city, OF their feelings against c cruelty and oppres
sion of tle Fail River factory owners. In that city,
600 People were strive; it the largest strike
which las ever occurred III dis country Not only men,
but helpless women and children, were taking part n H.
which was the only protest tey coud make against Inc
action Of Their oppress0Is.
Al,,rcs5c- were also made b. J. i. Wolf. Thomas H.
Mastorson, Mrs. Wharton, Theodore Banks Lcauder
Thon.on and others. Resolutions were passed cIin.
tho sylnpatalrs OF the wOrkAsIncn AZ this city 70 .he
Fan River slrscrs and Gcnouncus la demands Of the
nl-oWnes a. unjust ccnel, and inidmoIs The reSoh-
jans also expressed especial admiration ior
the trrlc-hearted and seli-sacIdfcing women vino
nave stood in the front ranks OF resistance
20 dosrol'sIn aud WHO qpaicd ROT before lle brutal
menace, Of power" Tie ordering "a thr ri1 IA 10 ta
II ger was declared L. ba disgrace - toe STATE 0i MAS
meeting was also rendered % Ohm saeY aud lnro Paris,
VINO are now On ttiai bt!nro poLEi wanna tOirt
at Cc.lacld Tor upAoiUl1g The ngats Of tie
Minors. VINO were recently wronctfd BY he fWn-
dim. cOal corpora lions. committee Of len was
ch0ss TO make preparations lur CalIu- be,i!H OF
ysOrhiusgnc hi Tom on - t's-i'A S' tiiES
next. Scycral o. thc moe v.henrt speakers were N
favor o, holding tie meeting without ASKING perinsrlo
Of the park authorities. IL ,ahi, on adf"co.rt trc
asSns o. PENN .oa. sa ing That the Ill not want 10
thrust thc.nseiSc5 gon bayOncfs or st cdNfJ nttF
aud rfa,o.hla citizens. Thy had had enoHih 90 r;1o-
bin 4 The proposition ara PEI MISSION l.ntiiy prevailed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
A BROOKLYN CLERGYMAN DROWNED.

N
ACCIDENTAL DEATH or THE REV. GEORGE b. Poh-
rEoUs NEAR GLEN COvE-TwO LIVES LOST By A
BOAT Being NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in ihH
CAREER OF MR. PORrEoUs.
The Rev. George Is. PorteOus OF Brooklyn
WIS drowned off Glen Cave, l.. L. Tuesday evening by
the upsettiny OF boat in which he and some compan
ions were rshing. Early IN The afternoon Mr. for"cs
with his wife and servant had gone out on tuo oon'
and about O'Clock Mrs. Portc0us being ured aSAeu "
be put ashore. This done and one OF the men ia
charge Of the boat took two OF his boys on DoRru e
party put out into the Sound again, wren the po"'
capsizcd by the movement OF OF the boanen named
Jen;auin Cook the father OF boys, swam to land
with his children OH his back and M PorteoHs ana Ben
jamin were drowned.
George b. Porteous was scoichinan ny p'tn. no
studied law ard medicine, but forsakns poth OF theac
professions he took up the study OF theo'oSy III NM
College London and was admitted 10 orders IN the Eng
lish Church In 1868. His frat parish was nv ce"S'
England While in charge Of this parish he was inatfieu'
and in 1873 three years after the death OF ms "e hc
married again. In England his success in attracting
large audiences MARKED but his disagf'eei's WIN
yestryrnen and pIeatcs were numerous. Consequently
his changes from parish to parish were heducA' 40
came to this country IN 1873, pnt ho' WILL
the intention Of staying here. lie received
from Bishop Potter OF Eew-iork, ana biSHoP
Littleohn OF Brooklyn, permission to preach IL
their diocescs and began his religious abors III tie Gas
son Avenue Presby terrain Church OF brooklyn. lie Dc
came well known us well by lectures as by his fcfmois'
aud lie withdrawal OF his license 10 preach Whioh Game
In the midst of his popularity, added to the attention
which be had drawn to himself lie lectured on subjects
The most diverse Poets statesmen and warriors IN ta
furnished themes for him. lie treated OF the clergy u
der title. ike this Clerical Wits and Comic Parsons
and discussed use Clarauism" with great hDer
atty OF View number OF his supporters
established tho All Souls Independent Protestant Fps
copal Church in Brooklyn, Which for time was success
full The attendance afterward gradually fell or nntii
tho Society failed 10 pay the pastor the sum agreed upon,
and he refused preach In June last ne .eloF"d
his faulty to CHI. where ne spcnt TIE oulei, oc'"
siOnai!y preaching ~ some vacant pliIl. :.
ilr iorieous had made arrangements to make ms hou
In Cambridge, Mass. when the accident 9ccaricu ,le
ended his He on SUNDAY last 10 prc.c he'd III ihe0doIc
Parers former church IN l'0son. and II - iseu the'
hc III ended to preach again ia Boston next sunday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
TIE GULF CYCLONE.
NDiANOLA.

LATEST DETAILS FROM INDlANOLA.
TWO urxnKrD AND TWENTY-FIVE PEOPLE THOUGHT
ro HAVE BEEN pROwNfD-THE WAVES WASH
AWAY sryrNTY-pIyE THOUSAND CArrLK-Pov-
ERTF OF THE SUFFERERS by TIE STORM.
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THU TEI8UNsI
GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 29.-The CORE
spondent Of THE TL8JSE has just returned from In
dana The former reports 10 the destruction al that
place are fully verified Tho twice as heavy
and destructive az at Galveston. Only II houses are
len in sound condition. Every church and every con
vent were demolished. Water was from four 10 eigh'
feet deep in ell parts of the town. Two hundred ana
twenty-five persons are supposed 10 have been lost
Bodies arc being found constantly. The wind came from
AL points Of the compass ana blew away the anenoino-
ter wiliie II Clustering So miles per hour III also DC"
away the yane OF the signal Office 4nd topped the build
ings over.
sevcniy-fve buildings swept away with ther en-
tire contents, sometimes containing "b0iS ldiiies'
Men, women aud children saved Themselves On ra1ts'
after floating sometimes half sometimes u "h0-e cay
and scan.ln% picked Up several lhtes away All
The bay pilots with their families, drowned, except
one Also the Quarantine Surgeon Fam ANA d"'"ia-
ton Only are to be seen. Men, rich prior 10 thc Storm
were pcnness ana neUly naked when supplies arrived
fr0ui GGlY cStOn.
Donations from al parts coming in RAPIDLY Fro-
visions sufficient have aTriyci, hut money Is needed 70
aid in uropuing the wrecked buildings which though
not all carried away, were much damaged Ihe 'o'i
losses VIII foot Up half million. Twelve coast iraahS
vessels were wrecked. Most Of item now lie tWo a'!
four miles inland Corpus Christi, L7yoca, Rockport'
and Mata;olca, not injured except the latter tAe
DAMAGE TO which slight Several Ives were lost on
Corey Creek, where the rich sugar plantations were
nearly ruined.
1t is said by cattle that al east 10000 mead OF
cattle were drowned between tie Cole ado AMI INoci
rivers bad stencil rises in consequence along the
chores of Mata gorda Bay A. many 200 families on
Ibis bay have lost their all Snail houses now shelter
several families TIE Of IndanOa VIII doubtless
he ilna ly deserted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
DELIBERATIONS OF THE RAPID TRANSIT COM
Ml-iONERs.

The specifications OF tie elevated roads 10
hc buil5 by tlo Gilbert aAi ori Elevated RallrOi
Companies woIe discussed By the RAPID Transit COnuis.
sioa yesterday The reports vi The engineers, NUsrs.
ehre,, and Newton were reviewed and Wi! De amended
On OF tie Commissioners said that the Board did not
fe inclined to bind TOO closely to details the capitalists
who arc 70 cOns,gc. roads They uncertain h0w
FAR law T4qiirca @G 90 20 into details ~ adopting
Plan In every step OF tneir nelDcriCBs tey have Decn
Hampotei by uncertainty -1Out the law.
Iea rin4s -ir.a 10 Ir Buchanan, VINO estimates
The total has double track read eight niles long,
wia rone--tock and other equipments complete, &C
5,3!9.3-0 20 Roy stone, VINO represents sill ge ra"
ioat, and 20 james H. SuTTel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-30
LONG JOURNEY FOR A LEGACY.

George Il. Trautnan, a young man about Il
years age, ia looking for legacy in Brooklyn lilo
tod Police Superintendent Campbell that he bad just
worked his pa sage By railroad and canal from Kansas.
His story is that his flthe-, who Killed IA the war.
was tns prospective ncr to nine city lots in the
Eighteenth ward. Before lie came iG,O possession 10
sold lis Interest 10 his sister, Mrs Ten Eyck of No 23
Dcin-st., vino received warranty deed Toe fi.Ler
dyiUg t4- on fcDt to kansas By tbs uncle.
snort tirnr Mrs Ten yrk advised 10 nave her
warranty deed ..gIed by children OF tie deceased
soldier. Inc document was sent 10 Kansas all young
rau n,al OF. red l1J 10 il. but he refused ard
TO look after the property, which Is ROW very
valuable