Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-07-21

missioner Of Internal Revenue. It is
not certain that he would accept the po-
sition, he having heretofore declined tie
appointment Of Treasurer in place of
New.
The Vienna journals publish statistics
showing that 1864 houses we're burned
in Phillipopolis aud Tatarbazardjik
district during the Bulgarian insurreo-
ton. OF these, 5643 belonged to Chris.
tians. Many were fred by revolutionary
emissaries to compel the people to join
the insurreetion.
A train OF three cars, with an Odd
Fellows excursion party from Newark
to Yellow Springs, Ohio, collided with a
hsnd.ear near Columbus, yesterday
morning, and ran off down a bank thirty
feet high. David Reynolds, fireman,
was killed; James Freeman, engineer,
fatally injured; J, G. Taylor, injured in
ternally; several others were bruised, not
seriously, however.
In the House yesterday the bill for the
protection of the Texas %froEtier passed,
after the rejection Of the second section,
by a vote of SO yeas to 96 nays. The
following is the text of the bill: That
for the purpose Of giving efficient pro-
lection to the country between the Rio
Grande and Nueces rivers, in the State
of Texas, from cattle thieves, robbers
and murderers from the Mexican side of
the river, the President of the United
States be and is hereby authorized and
required to station, and keep on the Rio
Grande river, from the mouth OF the
river to Fort Duncan, and above, if nee
essary, two regiments of cavalry for field
service, in addition to such infantry
force as may be necessary for garrison
duty, and to assign recruits to said regi-
ments, so as to fill each troop to the
number Of 100 privates, and they shall
be up to that strength as long as they
shall be requiredin that service.
A distressing accident happened yes.
terday at StapIeton, Staten Island, The
yacht Mohawk was struck by a squalI
aud turned bottom side up, and nearly
all on board were drowned. Among the
lost are Commodore Garner and his wife;
Miss Adele Hunter, daughter Of De-
brosses Hunter, of Hunters Point;
Frost Thorne, brother of Mrs. Garner;
two cooks and a Among the
saved are Miss Edith May, 10 West Nine
teenth street; L. B. Montant, 40 West
Twenty-seeond street; G. S. Crosby,
Riverdale, N. Y; G. G. Rowland, 1863
Fifth avenue; Sailing Master Rowlins
and the remainder of the crew. Commo-
dore Garner was the millionaire print
manufacturer, corner Of Worth and Hud-
son streets, Stspleton. The yacht has
been towed to the beach, where the
bodies of the Commodore and his wife
can be seen in the cabin, locked in each
others arms. The Times says Connie
dore Garner himself could easily have
escaped, as he was standing on deck at
the time OF the accident, but he rushed
down the hatchway to save his wife, and
was drowned with her. Mr.. L. B. Mon
tant, another of the passengers, sue
ceeded in saving Miss Edith May, a sis
ter of James G. Benefits fance, and
would have. saved Miss Hunter, but the
rush of the water tore her from his
grasp. Mr.. Garner possessed an estate
valued at from $40, OOO, 900 to $l2, 900, 900,
consisting maiRlyof manufactures in the
northern part Of the State. His yacht,
the Mohawk, was the largest Of her class
aaoat, being over 300 tons burden.