The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-22

nc army Will no" act promptly IN pro-
tecting the American citizens, assisted
by such Naval appliances as ne
cessity may demand. The steamer
Plymouth, Captain Russell, has been
ordered to the mouth OF the Rio Grandc,
whence her crew will proceed in armed
launches to points where their services
will be required. The command on the
border Is instructed to report to General
Ord.
Loss Of the 1. y. Steamer Sarnnac."
SAN FEAN'ISCo, Ju"c u. The L. :.
steamer Saruuuc having on board as pas
sengers, Lieutenant Maynard and DR..
Emil Bcssils of the Smithsonian lnsti-
tute, left San Francisco June Sth. for
Silky and Bchring straits on scientific
expedition and to make collection for
the Philadelphia exposition, and took the
inside channel and called ut Nunaimo
and at S:45 4 NJ, Friday, she struck the
famous mid channel rock in Seymour
NorrOwS. This is the rock So much talked
OF, in connection with the proposed
bridge for the Canadian Overland Rail-
road. She was going ut the rate of II
knots an hour with seven knot current.
at the time of striking She hung few
moments, then swung oil, and the bow
was run into the Vancouver shore and
made fast with hawscr. In an hour
she sunk completely out of sight,
not even her mast head
being visible There was but little
OF the stores or personal effects of the Off
Ger. and crew, that were saved The ships
company camped on the beach without
shelter, and limited provisions Lieut..
Commander Saunders, the pilot and
thirteen men, made their way by foot,
and came to Victoria, arriving there last
night. The steamer Otter left this
morning for the wreck. No lives lost.
AThiefArrcStcd.
CINCINNATI, June 2l.-A special from
Fort Wayne to the Gazette says that
Horace Holcomb, with several aliases,
was arrested at Kcndalvilie Indiana,
yesterday, charged with stealing $4,000
worth of goods from Il merchant ut
Auburn, New York The officers have
been in pursuit of him for the past two
months over the Southern and Western
States. lie left for Auburn to-day in
charge of Deputy Sheriff Holden, of
Cayuga county, New York,
"Mill' in Court Between Lawyers
In the Circuit Court to-day, one of
the attorneys called another liar where.
upon the one so addressed seized the
court Bible and Knocked the other down
and proceeded to administer corpora
punishment according to the code of the
?. X. The judge called for the deputy
sheriff, but he being absent the combat
tants were finally separated by bystand-
ers and the Judge fined them $50 each
and also fined the deputy sheriff S25 for
being absent, but happening to remem-
Der he had sent that officer out just
before the mill began and his fine was re.
mitted.
CowardIy and Cold BIoOdcd Murder.
LOUISVILLE. June 2l.-The Courier-
journal has an account OF cowardly
and cold bIooded murder in Shelby county
Kentucky, last week. Henry Logan,
lcoloredj mas been prominent witness
against four young men III that county,
IN felony case, in which the accused
were held over to answer Il i reported
that threats were made against him for
the testimony. On Friday last about
sundown he was assassinated in SecuI-
ed road near Shelbyvlie. He was shot
twice several persons hearing the dis
charge Of the two guns. Logan was al
most instantly killed. The Sheriff and
Prosecuting Attorney Of the county are
working up the case vigorously,
and the correspondent says
that if the murderers are captured
the indignation is such, that they will
probably be lynched. 1t Is understood
that the Younger and james brothers,
and whose exploits at Gad's Hill, and
other points in Missouri and Kansas,
have created such sensation, are at
present in Kentucky. Anticipating an
attack, the officers Of the various banks
in the sactiOD where the desDprsdos arc