The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-25

barked At Liverpool ard 20 At Corunna. !
The crew numbered % men. Af
leariug Coiunns, on fhe fwFaty soiirlf
OF November, she expefienced several
days 81 terrible weather, uafil
she vas sbsnaoaed, en- the second.
about 500 miles southwest Ct Fayal.
The esptain and second officer reihair-
"a On tae sinking steamer. TINS crew
and Passengers embarked n eleven
boats. Tae nine saFviTogs have 40
hope Tor The other boats, having, be-
fore theY separated, seen one boat esp
sized, drowning all its occupants.
The survivors Of the BoTussia left
QueenstoEn for Liverpool immeaiaitlv
upon their arrival. / sppeaTs that s
psnic occurred smeng the passengers
and crew. The survivors state, says
later Queenstown dispatch. that 10 or
der TO launch the boats and prepare for
s6e abandonment OF the vessel was
given by the officers, but the crew,
without waiting for orders, lowered
the beats, About dozen passengers
got in the ten boats with part
OF the crew, aud the remainder Of the
passengers went down in the vessel
with the captain, second mate. three
engineers, eleven iremen, three btew-
ards, the carpenter and two boys. One
boat swgmped alongside the steamer,
and It's occupants, five men, were
drowned. The survivors state that At
3 o'clock on the night Of the abardon-
ment of the vessel they saw . rocket
ascend from the steamer, and soon ST
ter her masthead iehts were seen to
disappear suddenly.
PANAMA, Thirteenth District, De-
cember 23.-MatteIs in the south pre-
sent little encouragement for Peru.
According to our intelligence which We
obtained from steamer which has
lust arrived, there was an engage
ment at Tarapaca, where q CHILEAN
force of $500 men attacked the Peru
visns, under Buendia, the latter num>6
beriDg 5000 men and woa posted. II
Chilans retired after a loss of 10Cv
men killed, and the capture of seven
cannons and three mitrailleuses. The
Peruvian less wss 600 men. Montoo
has taken Prados' place as Director of
the War, and the lStter has
returned TO Lima where he has
resumed his position as president.
Foateto has in africa 10 600 men,
while the ChiIians have ia Tafpaca
something oyer 200 men. africa 10
hlockaded. IIqu;que is garisoned By
few Chilian mariners. Lima is well
defended, and both that city and CAL
Ion are guarded IN anticipation Of an
early attack by the Chilians.
LONDON, December 23.--The Yioeroy
of Iodia telegraphs to-day as follows
The dispatches of the sixteenth, seven
teenth and eighteenth instant have
just been received. The defenses OF
the ShirpHr environments heye bsen
completed. The enemy occupies the
heights over the city, but does not de-
scend into the plains, which are pa
trolled by our cavalry. Gen, Roberts
was waiting the ARRIVAL of Gen. Cough
to make an attack as he would then
be strong enough TO hold the
important positions, but he viii
attack the enemy before the aSSiYal q
Gen. Cough, if favorable oppoTTuni
ty offers. Our loss on the fourteenth
was 2s killed and 90 wounded, OF
whom s have since died. The enemy's
loss was very heavy. 0sman Khan
and other Afghan leaders were killed.
On the seventeenth inst. the enemy
appeared on Zahuag, but they were
quietly dislodged without loss on our
side. The enemy's numbers are dlmin-
ishlng.
Mahomed Jan Mordalc, the real AZ
CHAN leader, has proclaimed ex-Ameer
Yakoob Kahn's eldest son ANGER.
Ga the nineteenth instant the British
lost 10 killed and wounded, end Ma
jor Cook, who gained the Victoria cfoss
for gallant service, died Of wounds re-
ceived in previous engagement.
Pneumonia is increasing, owing to
the cold weather and exposure Of the
men. Otherwise the health OF tho
troops is good. The number of sick.
among the Europeans only amounts 10
four per cent.