New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-09-24
BY TELEG r A P H
TEXAS.
Items Of the Flood.

| NStu lduilIte living pShiurui
are supposed to have peri she'd.
| The loss IF planters is estimated at two
| thirds: picking back ward The sugar can
was leveled. The tide rose twelve - four
| teen feet 1t could be seen coming forwar,
| in plateau six let deep on land hlthert'
| untouched.
Only two or three houses are left in vi
| lssco and Quiptiro. The people savet
| nothing FIFTY persons lived iu Quin- rt
| and fifty in Velasco.
| 1t will cost 90 00Q t , float the Aus .ralia
The open cotton was all blown out, ovel
| a large area.
Relief for Searching for th'
| Missing = Recovering the Dead Tht
Mother Superior on horseback Takins
Food TO the Starving Orphnns-Th,
storm at Marcy, Lynchburg, VeiascO
Quiniiu, Christians Point and RED
Ei.i, Bar.
GALVESTON, September 23.-The citizens
here who were appointed at meeting fol
relief for Irlian1la and other towns wes'
OF us. succeeded i'll raising S3315 money
yesterday, besides large contributions OF
provisions Of all kinds and clothing. The
schooner Az Ies left for lndianola at five
O'Clock yesterday with a.num Der of citizens
and carrying SUFFICE 1t money and prov.
sions - aid th' ) people. he scho0ne.
will arrive there to-day.
At Austin, Tex, and other cities in the
interior OF the S ne, we hear CT citizens
ac.iv,l y engaged in aiding people in the
submerged districts West One of the
Morgan steamers, it is expected, vii leave
for 1udianola Friday or Saturday with ad-
dltional supplies Tor the destItur, eonrrl-
buttons from the int 1r.or will be sent here
for shipment TO them.
Parties left here yesterday in search of
Rev, DR.. Alexander and family. who were
living on an island near Lyuchb burg, and
have been missing since the storm.
The pilot boat Eclipse, which was driven
ashore at East End, is being hauled of, and
will be afoat to-day.
The body of little boy was found SIX
miles down the island and ne bodies of
two men between Shoal Point and Camp
bell bayou.
The captain of the bark Edward Nc
Dowell reports that vessel lying in nine
feet of water, and expects no difficulty in
getting attoat as soon ~ her cargo 10 light
ened. At Bolivar Point no lives were lost.
All the small boat' were driven ashore
The Orphan Asylum, six miles down the
island, suffered conslde' a ,ly. IL was washed
off il foundation and damaged III the lower
story. The outhouses were washed away
On +. day evening.
The mother superior Of the asylum. who
vas in the city, went down on horseback at
the risk OF her life, with what provisions
she could caIIy. The orphans had bC en
provisions have been sent them in abrn-
dance.
William Coffin, at Indiarola, reported
lot Is saved, though his faulty perished.
Information from Marcy, Brazos county
sevents ,nth instant, says:
The storm is raging in this section and is
still blawiDg. Lpss of life and damage not
Yet a7certained.
A npte received from Lynchburg, dated
The twenty. first, says:
1--WE are all safe, but everything is lost
Ny place is completely wrecked. / am fec a.
ing fifty persons. The tide is now very high,
ten feet over Lynchburg. am not able to
feed people at my house. have i've cows
that We are killing; am doing all l can, but
can buy nothing
Additional advices from the town of
F-lasCO state that ont OF the twenty-fou
buildings tweuty-oue were DESTROYED.
Among the saved at Nelnsco and Quinlin
are the Seyhurns. Mr. Dance and family,
Captain Bowers, Messrs. Lockehart, Hem
worth, Daniels. Gibson, Mulley, Ransou.
Hudgius, Croons, Patrick. Shattuck Cap.
tain Lyons and Herndon. Christian's Point
is entirely swept away.
The United States revenue cutter living at
Velasco was capsized and carried out to
sea, having, as suppcs ID, been abandoned
by the crew. Three s.hOoners went ashore
Colonel Cook had some provisions dis
tributed, but the citizens still need assist
ance. William Murray, captain of scow
No. at Red Fish bar, reports the dredges
were hauled out into deep water and
anchored on Tuesday. On Thursday the
towboat Coates tried TO come alongside the
scow. I'VE were in, and falling, l went
out with provisions u her, which she
carried to dredges Nos. i, G and 4. Thurs
day night the gale was SO violent asked
Mr.. Walker, who was in the Coates, TO give
me light, so as to give him signal of dis
tress If necessary. AT A. NJ, Friday the
wind was still blowing hui. cane. We
slipped an anchor and dragged alones side
OF the boarding scow. on which there
were several men. l jumped aboard
with others, William Hasket and
Tom Tobin. We paid out all the cable
We bad and remained on ttis scrow till
Saturday, without food, and pumping, to
keep from going down. Saturday morning
we were rescued by the Red Fish bar light
house keeper at the peril of his own lite
Haskell, Tobin and myself kept the era t
all rat by continued pumping, the others
being afraid. 1t was impossible for any vi :
So! to live in the sea Friday morning.
Recovery of the Body of DR.. Peete-Bos.
toms Prompt Response to the Appeal
for rAid-Contributions Coming In.
The body of DR.. George w. Peete who
was lost from the Quarantine station was
found this morning near the shore, in the
bay, four miles above the city. The funeral
This evening waa very largely att ended,
and the remains were taken charge of by
Masonic fraternity of which he had been an
active and worthy member.
The additional lists OF contributions made
to-day for Indianola will be forw arded by
steamer tomorrow:
The following telegram was received from
the city of Boston:
Boston, September -, 1875.
To Hon. John P. Davis, Acting Mayor of Galveston:
The citizens of Boston offer their heart
telt sympathy to the citizens of Galveston
and lndianOla, and towns on the coast of
Texas which have been ravaged by the re-
cent terrible storms. You are hereby
authorized 70 draw on me at sight for $4,000
for their immedia-) relief. Supplies of
clothing will be forwarded as received.
s. C. COBB, Mayor.
Contributions have been forwarded from
San Antonio, Austin and other cities in
Texas. Passengers arriving from Colum
bis and Richmond on the Harrisburg road,
say the storm has be N quite destructive
through the country. The bridge over the
Brazos river at Richmond, which was dam
aged, is being repaired, and it is expected
trains will be running over that road TO.
morrow.
From the Sabine,
SABINE Pass, La. September 20.-During
the late stotm the Gulf water completely
inundated the whole of the country with
the exception of ridge of land west of
here few miles. and IN consequence the
crops will be failure. Fences generally
are down, and the sea water is yet flowing
back in the Gulf. There were no building
de trnYad hare and