Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-06-16

Attorney General from Mississippi is here.
The Eighth Regiment Of Cavalry for the
past four years on duty in New Mexico
were ordered to relieve the Ninth Regi-
ment in Texas, and the latter are ordered
to New Mexico
Perrepont has gone to New York and
will be absent one week.
. IL is reported that the London syndicate
will meet early next month TO make anoth-
er call GU the Treasury Department for an
additional number of the new United States
bonds. The money market being favor
able to such investments.
The Treasury Department is confident
that the proofs already obtained are suffi
cient to convict all the crooked whisky dis
tillers. The action of the Government Of
fcers in'rusted with the prosecution Of the
allegee offenders is entirely satisfactory to
the Department. Indictments have already
been found against some of the distillers ia
the Wes'. Whose trials will necessarily be
declined by the adjournment Of courts, but
in the meantime the Government will fully
prepare itself to make the prosecutions eff
fertivr.
BALTIMORE, June l4.-The Fifth
Maryland n. g. left here this morning for
Boston to attend the Bunker Hill Ceutpn e.
NAL.
OMAHA, June IA dispatch from Fort
Russell, Wyoming, says one of the four
hundred tons Of hay piles was discovered
to be on fire early this morning. While the
command was at that fire the commissary
store house was also discovered burning
but the latter was extinguishcd with but
slight damage. The hay will prove a total
loss. One of the cavalry stables was also
burned.
LOUISVILLE, June 14.-Dr. Louis P
Rogers i dead
FOREIGN.
PANAMA, June 4.-The royal mai
steamship Balisec, which arrived Mt As.
pinwall to-day from Ssrinilla brings tht
following particulars published in an extrs
of the Darrauquilla Shipping List o.
May och of a terrible earthquake in The
Andes " The steamer Isabel, which ar
rived yesterday from the interior neareC
our city with her flag at half mast, indica'
ting that she was the bearer of unwelcomt
news. And while there were various con
lectures as to its import, none had for
moment pictured the colossal magnitude o
the awful calamity which had taken place
| The information which has reached us OF
| the subject is contained in letter dated il
Salasar, sex en- leagues from Cucutta, tn
| 10Th of the present month, from which W
extract and translate the following:
Z" At lilo A. NJ, of yesterday, the 18th
a severe earthquake visited this city au'
region. In this city large part of tn
church fell and several houses were de
stroyed, and some of the citizens killed
The city OF Cucutta is entirely destroyed
only few families being saved.
The Sotica Alsmana German Dru
Store was set on fire by H ball of fir
which was thrown out OF a volcano, whic
is constantly belching out lava This vol
cano has opened itself ia front of Santiago
on a ridge called " Elatto Deba Girrohea
San Coyitana was destroyed. Santiago i
n larger part. In Gramalote there wa
great destruction. Arcoleda, Cucutilla an
San Cristobal are nearly destroyed, princi
pally the four last. The population of thes
towns is estimated by persons well AZ
quainted in that region more or less as fol
lows
San Cayetona, four thousand Santiag,
two thousand Gramalote, three thousand
Arcoleda, five thousand Cucutilla, fly
thousand San Cristobal, sixteen thousan,
The section of country above referred I
embraces the regions around about wheI
Columbia and Venezuela join the Columbia
portion, em bracing the State of Santande
1t is in some respects the most productiy
part of this republic, and the coffee of th
section is famous all the world over.
One of the destroyed cities, San Jose
Cucutta, the city of the most Importance
any in that section. was situated on ii
boundary line of the Republic; latitude,
30/ north, longitude. 72o 10/ west, and WI
founded in the year 1884 by Juan De Mar
ten. 1t was a port of entry, if an milan
town can be called a port, and here wa
the established custom house. The popl
lstion of the city at the time of the disa
ter is estimated at Is, 600 1t had lare
commercial business, and was the great d.
pot for coffee cocoa, for shipment eithC
through the Venezuelan ports or dow
the Msgdalena TO this city
The shock was felt sharply in Basota an
adjoining sections. A gentleman who wa
at the time in Facatabiva says that Il
movement lasted for three-quarters of n mil
ute. The above particulars are all that "
have been able to obtain from this mail.
ST. JoHN's, n. f., June l4-The sealin
steamer Commodore has also gone in scare
of the missing Vicksburg boats. The Sun
vivors of the Eicksburg disaster wi
reached here on Saturday were brought
by the American schooner Durham The
report that six boats were lowered from Il
Vicksburg ana two of them capsizC
alongside, one capsized two hours afte
leaving the vessel and one, their own, w
picked up. One of the two boats una
counted for was, no doubt, that containr
five men who arrived at New York. II
Captain ann officers are said to have b
hsved well, but the seaman acted badl
The Captain and women went nown wi
the ycssal.
QUEENSTOWN, June l4.-The steam
City of Chester, from New York, with Il
American Rifle Team on board arriv,
here to-day at noon.
PERSONAL
Mr.. George William Curtis is nom