, 1875-07-08

It has An inveterate objection to bein
on the losing side.
The Chicago Times Washington co,
respondent says of the complication OF
the Mexican border that the movement
of both war and navy departments il
this matter have hitherto been manage,
I with the greatest secrecy and very fev
outside of official circles have an ide'
of the completeness Of every detail o,
the onward movement upon the Mexi
can. The demands to be made upol
the Mexican Government will be mos
imperative, and if the demands are no
conceded sterner measures will be re
sorted to. -....
NEw YoRx. July IA Halifsx dis
patch says on Monday. by the upsettini
of boat at the entrance to Rustic Bar
bo, Prince Edward Island, Ave mer
were crowned.
The yacht Octavia, which was seized
by the collector of the port here. il
being suspected that she was about te
sail with munitions Of war for the
Cubans. has been declared not British
vessel by the British Vice Consul. The
Captain Of the Octavia, at the time oi
her seizure. ran up the English flag and
claimed its protection. 1t is reported
in Spanish circles that she is now going
to fly the Honduras flag.
ST. LOUIS. July 4.-The Republicans
Kansas City special says the severest
rain for many years prevailed over the
country east of that city. It lasted As
hours and q great amount Of damage
has been done. All the railroads are
more or less injured and trains badly
delayed OF temporarily suspended.
HAVANA, July "a party Of young
men from Havana left q suburban town
for Casco Hills. but were intercepted
and a number of them were killed or
captured and the remainder dispersed.
New YORK. July A. Mail sdvices from
the State Of Columbia bring additional
accounts of the destructive earthquake
at Cuentavia. The story Of the catas~
trophs is confirmed in all its horror and
details. A private letter dated Salasar
May Gath says the number of dead
is calculated at three quarters Of the
entire population. Afew families which
were saved are now on the out skirts Of
the city or what was the city, living on
what they can procure. but they will
soon be obliged to retire as the putrifi-
cation of the dead will not allow them to
remain. 1t is heartrending ito see the
who cannot remain alive long
in their present condition. Four hum
dred mules were killed in the streets, as
there is no one to remove them the
stencil is becoming frightful. The vil-
lagos Of San Cristo5al. Parma. Guaisi-
mo. Capacho. San Antoni. Liberti. San
Juan de Urifia. kosina and San Caginta
are completely destroyed. Another let-
ter saws such was the violence of the
shock that not single house remained
standing and monuments in the ceme-
terry were thrown down and many of
them removed to q great distance from
their original place. In thirty minutes the
city of Cuents was converted into a
mountain of ruin. The horrible blow
resulted in the death Of more than 10,
900 in addition to other persons who
were seriously wounded and bruised.
A great number Of Haciendas have been
destroyed and hundreds of houses in
the country were overthrown. leaving
people houseless and consigned to pow
erty. Many trees were torn and small
hills opened like melons.
New YORK, July 2.-The Times to-
morrow publishes the following: "A
Times reporter ascertained from most
reliable authority that the next move of
Tilton will be to indict General Tracy
for perjury on the grounds that Tilton,
Moulton and Woodruff distinctly stated
to him that the charge against Beecher
was adultery. while he svore to the con-
trary, on the witness stand. It is be-
lieved proceedings will be taken without
delay.
NEW YORK, July 1.-The Evening
Post moves into its new building to-day
and signalizes the event by reducing
the price of the annual subscription to
So. and single copy to three cents.
CHICAGO, July 2.-Private advices
from the Black Hills Expedition, re-
ceived this morning. show that investi-
cations are proving the country to be
richer in gold than has been heretofore
supposed. The earth down to the bed
rock, in every direction. is Allied with
particles. and the quartz shows rich
veins. These sdvices are from respou-
sible official sources.
NEW YORK, July 2.--Gold closed al
17@l7H.
CHICAGO. July 2.-There was another
hea7y and very damaging rain in Cen
trail Illinois.
PARIS. July st is estimated thai
the destruction of property by the inun.
dations in the Southwestern part o1
France will amount to SOC. .OO0. .0O0fs.
The number of persons who perished il
estimated at 5000. President MacMa-
hon continues his tour through the in
undated district.
MADRID. July 1.-OAacial dispatcher
announce that Alfonzoist batteries have
opened . heavy cannouade against SAINT.
Barbara. Ciraquire, Manezu villa. Tier
IA Ortaza and Este1la. Eichteen Sholli