The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-23
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Nav NoRK, February ~, "A oorrea
pondent of the star aud Herald Of
Panama, writing January liih, says 81
the tidal wave NJ uallOla, that IN lhi
mon ing when the tide rroeded II wa
noticed that boats and roasllng orani
along The shore were loft nigh and drl
and when the wave returned llpaased
with Immense force over tho walls Of
Muella porsena, pushing ny over new
" made gronnd, toward the station NJ
the Oroga railroad Tor u distance oi
three hundred feet, carrying every
thug before II,
Launches, numerous little zane hula,
built on The Eaplapadu and many en-
olosurea around lumber yards, etc
were completely destroyed, The mas.
sive walls of Muella poraena, In front
Of the lGnglinh railway station, we're
torn away, aud IN tho atation Itself n
train Of freight Ours were wreoked,,uch
was the amount Of water entering the
station, The surf was tremendously
high, The waters on the bar oi Cal
loa during the day were ~ troubled An
~ render communication with
the vessels almost impouuible,
80 the damage done them could moi
be aaceriaiued, For forty daya pres
ylously several strong shocks NJ the
earthquake were felt nj Lima, hut no
serious damage was done, lqueque,
Callao aud Arloa experienced eeveral
earthquake shoks On the night Of Jan
uary ~, causing great excitement aud
some damage, while Payti was visited
by u heavy rain storm, n phenomenon
unprecedented there In the memory Of
man.
A correspondent writing the next
day notes tho drowning Of i've men,
two helng swept from the iron bridge
connecting the shoro with tho dooks.
Although hundreds OF persons Witness
ed the drowning, no assistance could
be given. The son was very violent,
Ia which the ships rolled feariully and
the decks of The Peruvian man.of-
war, Huascar, were repeatedly swept
by tho waves, The eight ton blocks
OF concrete, of which the coping Of the
Muele Darsena was formed were
knocked out and strewed abonL. Coal
and goods aud trucks on the railroad
tracks were scattered In different Ill
rections, aud large amount oT goods
destroyed. Several vessels broke FROM
their moorings, but were again 30
cured. Almost all the wooden
moles have been swept away. All
forts fronting on the sea suffered.
From letter from BOrcas del Lord,
the Star and Herald learns that on the
3lst of January an armed hand boarded
the American steamer Sunbeam, Cap
tain Kaln, at Port Simon, and took
forcihly possession. The captain was
on shore at the time, and the officer In
charge demonstrated and told them
the United States government would
regard their action as piracy. They
replied that they did not care what the
United States government said or did.
AT 800 II. M, February LIST, another
detachment arrived on board, and inn
medlately gave orders to proceed To
sea.
They were informed that the cap
tain was not on board. An armed
squad was sent to find him and did, he
being In the company of the United
States consul. The guard seized him
and compelled him to go ON board.
When there he was forced to get un-
der weigh on peril Of being shot. The
vessel proceeded with about forty of
these people to Boscas del Toro, from
whence leaders arrived. AT Ceyl0n,
on the way to l}oscas del Toro, the
British gnnboat Contest was spoken,
but the captain of the schooner was
forbidden to make any signs for help
ON the fear of instant death. The
authors OF these acts Of violence are
defeated revolutionists OF Greytown
and elsewhere.
Grants Defense tho simmer Charges
Mixed.
NEW York, February % "A pub
lished Interview with General Grant,
in Cairo, Egypt, reviews the contro-
versies about Sumner and Motley. The
general says of the discussion of the
question: "lf respect Ia due to the
dead, truth and justice are due to the
living, and only speak In self defense
and after many years OF silent submits
sIon to the assaults from Mr.. Summer
and his friends-only in the Interest OF
truth and justice to-Mr. Jay, as no one
knows so well as Governor Fish and
myself, makes pretext of eulogizing
the dead to attack Mr.. Fish. III any
one hated Mr.. GUNNER, it was Jay. AT
the time Of the appointment of Motley
az minister to England, Jay wanted to
20 to England and was sorely disap'
pointed that q change would not be
made in his favor, even after Motley
had been fully assured of his appoint
ment. Jay most probably forgav'
Summer hefore the senator's death, bn