The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-22


wounded. Near Thompson, about forty
miles from Augusta, a large amount of
property was destroyed and several per-
sons killed. At Appling, Columbia
county, the destruction to prop
erty is reported TO be great, and many
have been killed and several wounded.
At Aiken, South Carolina. the Catholic
Church was completely demolished. Ar
the telegraph lines but one north are
down. Reports from the country are
confused and unsatisfactory, bnt there Is
no doubt but that the storm was teartul!y
destructive, surprising in extent and
viol nee anything of the kind in this Sec
tion for years.
Fearful Destruction OfProperty and
Life.
AUGUSTA, March 2l.-The tornado
caused a fearful destruction along It's
track, laying waste houses, trees
and fences, and killing persons and
stock. The Baptists were holding meet
ing at Elan Church, near Camock, when
the storm demolished it, killing three
and wounding twenty-five persons. The
residences and houses were demolished
on many plantations in Warren, Me-
Dutfand Columbia counties, Georgia. The
destruction extended to Edglcld. Aiker,
and Barnwell counties in South Carolina.
In some places persons were blown Il DIS
tance of sixty yards. Every house on
Mrs. P +. Walton's plantation, including
fine residence, was destroyed. In
NJ,
killed and twenty live persons wounded.
Ten houses on DR.. Hamilton splaCc were
DESTROYED. 1t is impossible to give Il cor
rect idea of the amount OF property lost,
but several hundred thousand dollars
will moi cover it. Fearful suffering is re-
ported in the devasted territory. This
was the scvcrcst storm ever known IN this
section.
Rumored Addition of Mexican Ter
ritory TO tho United States.
New YORK, March 2l.-Thc Nercu'y
has Washington dispatch alleging that
the excursion of Senator Cameron and
others to Mexico, has for its object the
annexation, by purchase, to the United
States. of the northern States Of that re-
public. The Mexican authorities are
understood to have already acquicsccd to
the transfer, the terms Of which are yet
to be settled. The territory proposed to
be annexed is all that part of Mexico
living north OF the Rio Rapides and the
Rio Grande De Santiago, and comprises
the States of Sonora, chihuahua, Cohuala,
Nueva, Leon Cinol"a, Durango and
Zacatecas, one-half of TamaulipaS, one
third of Jalisco, small portion of
San Luis Potosi and the territory of Low
er California, altogether about $4,000
square miles of territory and over Il mil
lion and half of population, of wnom
less than half million are whites and
the rest Indians and mixed. The bOun-
dary line will commence at the mouth of
the Rapides following that river TO It's
source towards the town of PcraS, in latl-
tude - degrees, So minutes and iongi-
tude l01 degrees. 70 minutes, thence to
the source of the river Santiago and
along that stream to its mouth. The
movement is understood to have Original
ted with the Mexican authorities who de-
sire to see this sparsely settled country
under "A power possessing means of en-
forcing order among its population and
of inviting emigration thlther.
TaImage is Busy.
New YORK, March 2l.-The follow
ing is transmitted by cable to-day in re-
ply to dispatch inviting Rev. MIR. Tai
mage to visit England:
Rcr d. l.. Monty, London:
Cannot come. A great awakening in
my church. No time for Evangelical
Ministers to leave America.
T. DEWITT TALMAGE.
Last Of the Express Robbers Captur-
ed.
MEMPHIS, March PA dispatch from
Sherman, Texas, last night, says that de-
tective Pat Connell, had arrived there
with Mat Morris, the last of the gang
concerned in the robbery OF messenger
Brady, of the Southern Express Com
panv, on Madison street in this city, on
the first of February. ConnelI states
that he found Morris in the mountains ut
the head of Red river, about hundred
miles west of Sherman, in company with
woman and two roughs, and that
he was only enabled to bring
Morris of by putting pistol to his head
and threatening to kill him If any resist
ance was offered the woman had about
one thousand dollars of stolen money,
but refused to give it up. 1t is notable
fact that in all the robbericS committed
on this company in every instance the
robbers have been captured. Morris will
be brought here to stand trial with hl'
three accompliCes now in jail.
The Louisiana Arbitration.
New ORLEANS, March 2l.-Thc
Wheeler award has been received by
Governor Kellogg, but has not been off
cially published. 1t is understood, how
ever that the committee have decided
that about eleven Conservative members
not returned elected by the Returning
Board, are entitled to seats, and about
six Conservatives, whose election was
claimed by the Committee, are not
entitled to seals. The arbitrators decide
that Elan, claiming to have been elected
to the Senate on the Conservative ticket
from the District which includes the
town Of Coushatta, is not entitled to Il
seat, and that in Grant parish there was
no election for member OF the House.
But one Conservative contestant l.
awarded seat in the Senate. Inc
award, it is understood, leaves the
House Democratic, and the Senate
Republican, with II small Re
publican majority on lolnt
ballo. All seven of the arbtrators signed
the awards. Mr.. Wheeler is expected to
arrive in New Orleans to and in carrying
out the adjustment 1t is intimated on
good authority that the Governor VIII
call an extra session of the Legislature, I"
meet about the 18th or 18th OF Aprii.
The friends OF adjustment claim there
will be no difficulty n.csrryins t.int" e'-
feet, public sentiment being now strong,
~ in favor ola settlement OF the political
difficulties.
A Shooting Case.
ST. LOUIS, March 2l.-A LeaNcn-
worth, Kansas, Friday night, Captain +
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