, 1875-10-02
THE DROWNING OF THE REV. OR. poRrEo
Nr.1 York I1tfd1}

Ill hands lost except tho Mate.
S>o York utral1.
dIEI Cow, l.. l., Sept. 29.-On Tnesaay
evening, about O'clock tho Ilov DR.. po,.eous,
tho noted English divine who haa for ao1ne tsmn
resided at Sea Clifr. was out sailing with party
consisting Of Air. Bonia1nin, n wol1-Anown G!on
Coro plumber; atr. Hoop. and throo chill
dron Of the latter. When about mid
way between the Sea Gig aud Glen
Covo landings tho boat hT aomo means
into tho water Mr Hoop. who Was fortunately
q good swimmer, succeeded In rcnching bis
children and placing tlom upon tho hoat's bot
tom hn an found 3 10 fasS eses
drowpod. Their bodies were eoon after recov-
ered. and tho Coronez'a Jury found that tho
drowning waa accidental. pr. Portoous preach
Cd in Bonton on Sunday last, and 1t Ia under
nghin next Sunday.
At the inquest, befnro Mi. Samuel Froet.
Justice Of the Ieaeo At QIen Cote, L: l., held ut
the house Of Iatnes Sheridan. John Koop said:
l:etween and 8 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon,
Mr. Den}amin and myself thought wo would 70
Gahing; lle invited Lin wife aud Dt. rotteous
| to 20 With M; atrs. porteous, her lady com
| panion mil cniluron won't with us wo
stayed until nearly p. m, when wo returned
| and Left tho ladies' nshora and took ln MY
Two boys; NO then went out. fishing eRatn for
about ten miiutes, but tho tah DID not b.te fEce
| ". and NO gsro up tho rport we then rowed to
Glen Cove lsultnS aud MI went OF Rhore we
| had drlak There; we rot III tho boat agntn ind
pushed OF 1t mas then quito dark; about 80
| feet from tho alloso. wien Mr.. Iseni niausin md
the Doctor were aitting ta the tteru OF the boat,
one Of them got mp aud Stated t. walk toward
tho bow; before he got there tho boat
capslzed, and I ras nn,ier it; swan ont mud
got my two boys and put them on tho bottom Of
tlle boat then some ono. caunot tel! whether
| Dr.. Porteous or Str. Ben jamin. got hold of the
boat and 1t turned over again I caught nv
| TWO boys Reain and put them into the boat I
lsloed TO Mr. benjamin. but ho did not ansver :;
Ao waa swimming toward the Long Island short, ];
le WAS near this shoro when last aaw him !;
! aome one then came 10 our aaslstance and took
! the boyB ashore, and soou aftor aolne ono o!Ba
| ca1ns and took mo and tho body OF Dr.. PostoouR
| ashore.
ATowN DESTROYED BY a wAJER.sPouT.
| Los Cruces Is. ~ Borde7er. Sept. H.
| Yesterday (Friday) evcning wntsr-spoul
broke upon ths plain a. tho foot Gf tho Oregon
Mountains. cast Of tho town. Tho notas OF tho
rushing water sounded Ike tho roar OF q moun-
tain storm, and reached us long before tho seet.-
ing waves appeared iu sight. When 1t reached
tho town oycry street was tlllod with such r1,ah
OF waters that it sas impossible TO cro8s, arnn
with horse: Families In the most exposed
portion fucbcd for safety to utles plnces. In
an honr houses and coEraIs began to tun.
bic, and 1t eeomed for como tine that mol
louse would bs lett standing. Darkness CANT
on with heary rain, and the progress Of dorns
tatlou could he ma rked In tho vivid flashes ol
lightning, and tho sound Of falling buildings
1t was midnight before the food ahated, and thit
morning onr tow1l, which was yesterday ono o1
tho moet flour!shuE Ia tho Southwest, stands u
| maes Of ruins, Hkd to contemplate
portion OF tue CourDpt and Academy OF Wis.
itation IL down. and tho furniture IN being rc-
moved from tho other portion. The tlno res.
dauces Of Charles LeainBky md s. II. ABhet-
felter arc totally destroyed with large amount
| of the furniture. Tho tEo.story reHi.fanco OF
Juan n. uchoa fell With crash, barelv giv'nt
h1r. Uchoa aud wife timo to escape. The h1a
sonto full la still standing, but the stock o
hardware from the wareroou uf LoainHky l. ca
below has been removed nntl tho wlole build
ing II expected 10 fall.
II ia impossible to givo an estimate Of tht
value nf tho property DESTROYED, hut II is ehough
10 reach as high 81 *75,000 Tlero are abou
| fifty buildings down, but many OF them Of no
, much value got the p,or poople living in then
hare lost their oil. Nc hear OF no liyea lost, TO-
which all Are thankful. Yet tho most contempti
blo passions OF mankind aro allowed to ind ven
in time lAo this, By the expression that 1t IL
/ | punishment npou the people tor giving Domo
, | cratic majority. II is pitt2ble ndcod when me,
. | claiming intelligence and tho common Instinct
| Of hunanitY cannot loss sight OF party batrn
i in view Of common suffering and common misfoE
| tunI.