The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-08
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\ dispatch frora New Orleans says a pri-
vate Telegram from Brownsville reports that
Gen. Christie has the ability and intention
TO protect American citizens. The military
forces at Brownsvi lie have received orders
TO cr"ss and support Gen Christie in pre-
serving peace IN case such a measure be-
GENES necessrry. s@FEzE ss - -
NEW YORK July S.-Edward Corners,
one witness for Loader in the conspiracy
trial. aud who was arrested ON q charge OF
hi%amy. was brought up IN day on hdbeds
cVrPuS. whvn his bail was fixed At $4,000,
winch the prisoner Is underwriting to mud,
MN DIRK, July 3.-The Cougar will
case, so long pending before Surrogate, was
decided 10y rejection of the will, on the
ground of the testatrix's unsound mind
when she executed the testament. She
wllled most of her property TO religious or
CARNATIONS, including a quarter of million
to Foreign Missions
New YORK, July 3.-The Marine Bank
recently lost mail bag containing $34, 900
worth OF drafts. The missing maIl con-
tanned remittance from several Eastern
cities and Baltimore.
NEW YORK, July ). -Lateradvices from
different places in Columbia more than con-
firm the horrors by the earthquake. A let
ter from Solaza, May 20, says Cucuta is
pltiful sight. Everything is in ruins. Not
house remains standing. Thieves and
robbers from the surrounding country have
swept down on the Inflated city and hardly
single safe has been saved from the Gus
tom House. Four hundred mules were
killed in the streets, and as there is no one
to remove them the stencil is becoming
frightful The villages of San Crisbastol,
Farinas, Guasimo, Captacho, San Juan,
DeWena, Rosario and San Cayetano are
completely destroyed. The storehouse at
Puerto de los Caches was sacked and
burned by the bandits. A letter from
Ocana, May So says ten thousand people
were killed at Cucuta in addition to other
thousands who were seriously wounded and
bruised. Death and desolation reigned every
where. Great numbers of hdcienCaS have
been destroyed. and hundreds of houses in
the country have been Overthrown, leaving
the people homeless and consigned to pow
erty. Many of the trees were torn up from
the roots, and small hills were opened like
melon. The cause of the great catastrol
phe is of course 1Inknown, and the precise
place of its first manifestation. Some sup
pose that the volcano of Sobotera, which
was in action in. 1S4S, is again breaking
has appeared in the hills of Giracha. A
"a, SAYS ''In Piederensta the town hall is
destroyed, and in Pamelona the cathedral
is in ruins" A telegram from Hon. A.
Gle PARA to President Perez, dated Buca-
ramanza, May "a, says:
1.-THE earthquakes continue. Last n. ght
the cathedral in 'Pamelona fell. There is
great alarm and devastation throughout the
valley of Cucuta." ~ ..-
A dispatch to President Perez, from Chin
chacota, May "A ,7-says Interpretation of
San Jose, Rosario and San Cayetana have
disappeared. The rest of the department
is in ruins. There are more than 1000
victims.
A dispatch from Soeorro, dated May "a,
says the situation is assuming a grave
aspect, and sickness and starvation in
Pamelona are increasing.
A telegram from Chiquenquira, of May
%, says the shocks are beng repeated, 1.-TWO
last night and one to-day. There is great
alarm among the people. Appeals for help
were being circulated through all the cities
of Colombia, and the most liberal responses
were being made.
New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, June 30.-On the report
of the board of health, u proclamation for
eighteen days quarantine was this day
made by Governor Kellogg against the port
of Key West. .-..,. ,,..,.,-.,-.,.,r-,....''..z
NEW ORLEANS, July 1.-The report of
the committee on information and statistics
of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange has
the following IN regard to the cotton pros
poets in Texas: We ha re received one
hundred and twenty replies from sixty-nlne
counties embracing the period betweenthe
fifteenth Of May and the twentieth of
HIn all,
was said to have been favorable. No
addition to the acreage in cotton
since the fifteenth of May, some little re-
planting, where seed failed to come up,
stands very generally represented as good,
and in the coast range of counties the plant
is reported to be forming and blooming
well. A large ma ority of our reports
agree in the statement that the season is
from one to three weeks later than last year,
and the stand is generally small, but is clear
of grass and weeds, and is in good condi-
ton, comparing favorably with the same
tine last year. Rains are needed in many
parts of the State, and in several counties
serious complaint is made of damage by
the cotton louise. The caterpillar is reported
in three counties, but so far has done no
material damage.
Miscellaneous.
OTTUMwA, Iowa, June 3O.-The deputy
marshal was shot and killed by one Smith,
boy While oncthe way from the Jail
to court the people hung Smith to a1amp
post. ..-
RICHMOND, Va, June 30.ACol Thos. II.
Dewitt, for many years secretary of the
Board of Public Works of Virginia, and
chief clerk in the Second Auditors Office,
suicided early this morning in the parlor of
his house, by placing the muzzle of rife
in his mouth and firing it, blowing his
brains out. Deceased was about sixty
years old, and much esteemed in this COM
munity He was native of New York
State, and long a prominent Mason and
Knight Templar. Cause: general depres-
sion. 'F - ,i;,ng p 78s
DETROIT. July. IA collision Of the
passenger trains occurred here. The engi-
neers and fremen saved their lives by
jumping. No first class passengers were
hurt Fifteen immigrants were seriously
wounded. - :. @&o1.'t <s;T.{l Il
KEY WEST, July 1. = There were two
death here yesterday FROM yellow fever. =
[Signed J.. HARRIS, Signal Officer.
ST.. LOUIS, July 1.-The Times has been
purchased by Col. John T. Crist, of indie
pendenoe, for $133, 500. ~ ais
DAN rRANClSCO, July wv Ill. lEWlu Was
nominated Governor on the fifth ballot.
NORFOLK, July 1.-The steamship SEMI
mole, Capt. Matthews commanding, of tie
Boston and Savannah Steamship Line,
which was disabled, off the Battery, was
lowed in this afternoon. Capt. Matthews
reports that he fell in with the steamer
Vera Cruz, from Havana for New York, on
Sunday morning at l O'Clock, twenty miles
northeast of Cape Hatteras, and found her
machinery disabled, but she needed DO as
sistance. The passengers blythe Seminole
were forwarded TO Boston last night by the
steamer William Lawrenee-
NEwBURG, Ny, July 1.-The Nine
tenth Regiment at this city this afternoon
here in honor of the victory of the Ameri-
can rifemen yesterday. Capt. Coleman,
one of the staff officers of this regiment,
aud Col Bodine, formerly lived here