The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-09-30
NO 9.

III the South and West except Texas,
al cents per mile each way. to this
grand reunion Of old Carolina. The
celebration will last from The 5lh Ia
the Sth Of October. with an encamp-
meni of military from North Caro-
lima. South Carolina Virginia and
Tennessee. and a sham battle undeI
the direction of Gen. Joe Johnston
An Grafton will be delivered by
Hon. Jno. W. Daniel. of Virginia.
WASHINGTON, September 2:2..--Dr
BemiS, of the national board oi
health at New Orleans. tclegraphed
the secretary of that board TODAY
that the commission recently ap-
pointed 10 investigate the character
of the disease now prevailing ON the
lower Mississippi. declares il to be-
malarial and not yellow fever. as has
been reported. The rumor was eur
rent yesterday that number OF
cases of yellow fever existed AT Key
West, Florida. The national board
of health is informed. however. by 4
dispatch received to-day. that the
disease is dangue fever. ..-s.. N
WILMINGTON, Del, September -
The twelfth annual session of the
Irish Catholic Benevolent Union OF
the United States commenced hero
this afternoon. after Il street parade
of Arch societies, in which 1900 per-
sons participated. There were pres
ent over 100 delegates from various
parts of-the country. fH.i a
PHILADELPHIA, September 22.-
An excursion party. numbering
about 225 business men. from Shen-
andoah, Virginia, and West Virgin.
ia, arrived here last night.
KEY WEST. September ~. 1.-The
American bark Carbon, from AS
pinwall. anchored off Tortigas on
the 18th inst, in distress, the captain
and two men having died at sea and
all hands being sick except the mate
The pilots put crew on board and
are now working the vessel up here
The old crew were stricken with
Chagres fever. 1890. eal ZH
TOLEDO, o., September 22.--The
twelfth reunion OF. the army of the
Cumberland commenced in this city
this morning with about 500 mem
bcrs,o of the society present tr1
LAHORE. India. September 22.-
BY land slide at Naini Tai. one oi
the bill stations Of Northwest india
the following were killed: L. Tay-
loT. assistant commissioner, of road
policer Rev. NJ. Robinson. chaplain
Major Morphy, of the 40th regiment
Mrs. Mnrphy. Mr. Morgan, road
ovcrseer: Mrs. Turnbull. Capt. Fred.
crick Goodridge: Surgeon j. b
Hannah, of the Royal engineers
Capt. Balderston, Lieut.. j. +. II. sui
livan, DR.. Hatchcll and Second-Lieu
tenant j. B. Carmichael. 80
NEW YORK, September GA spe
cial to the Herald from New Bed.
ford. Massachusetts, gives long ac.
count ofthe progress Of Franklin il
search of the party under command
of Lieut.. Fred Schwatka. of the L
5. A., who were picked up by Capt
Barker, of the bark George. Of New
Bedford. at Depot Island ON the l4tl
of August, they having returned tc
that point from their sledge journey
to King Williams Land on the 4tl
of March of the present year. The
sledge journey was the longest eveI
made through the unexplored Arctic
region both as to time and distance
The party having been absent from
their base of operations i'll the IIud-
son Bay eleven months and foul
days During that time they trav-
eled 2819 geographical or 1921
statute miles. 1t is the only sledgC
ionr,,ox- oErar ,noHn that onvnrnI NJ la
entire arctic winter, and was pro-
nounced by the EsquimauX as one OF
unusual rigor. This fact was attest
ed by the freezing of "Howe's Wei
come throughout its entire extent
from shore TO shore. The natives al
Depot Island and Wager river ex-
perienced much suffering in conse-
quence of the severity of the season
which precluded successful hunting
and several deaths occurred af both
places. The mortality was attribu-
table to the intense cold and filmine
The expedition however. successful
ly withstood the greatest amount ol
cold ever encountered BY white men
in the field. On january Sd the
thermometer sank to seYenty-ont
degrees Fahrenheit. or 103 degrees
below freezing point, and during the
entire day il did not rise above 6s
degrees. During sixteen days tho
Temperature was 100 degrees below
freezing point, and during twenty.
seven days it was below 80 degrees
All this time the party traveled-ir
fact they never halted single day
on account of the cold. During tlt
summer and fall of 1879 they made /;
complete search of King Williams
Land adjacent TO the main land, trav.
cling over fhe route pursued by tho
crews of the Erebus and Terror up
on their retreat toward Books river
and while so engaged the party
buried the bones of all those unfor.
tunates remaining above ground
and erected monuments to the mem
ory of the fallen heroes. Their re.
search established the mournfu
| fact that the records of Franklin's
expedition are lost beyond recovery
The party found many traces and
some remains Of the Franklin eXpe.
dition, among them the bones of tho
third officer of the Terror, Lieut.
John Irving, which were identified
by prize medal found ON his oper
grave. Relics of the Terror and
Erebus were brought back by tho
party. They lived for a portion OF
the time on sealskin diet. and other.
wise adapted themselves 10 the hab.
its of the natives of the country, suf.
fering many bardships, but being
uniformly well treated by the Is.
quiIhauX..
WIILMINGToN,D Delaware. sSepfem.
Der 23.--At session of the Irish
Catholics BENEVOLENT Union to-day
the proposition to drop the word
"IrisI7 was defeated, only two so
cieiies voting in its favor. An
amendment providing that the Irish
Benevolent Union and the German
Catholic Verrin Shall hold their
sessions at the saline time and place
was also defeated. A. ". Keeiy. OF
Richmond, Virginia, was elected
president.
TARRYTowN, y. T., September %
The celebration Of the capture oi
Major Andre took place here to-day.
Fully 5000 people witnessed the
parade Of the military at noon and
the unyeiling of Andres statue. and
Samuel j. Tilden was president OF
the day and made brief address,
reviewing the early military history
of the country and the circumstances
OF Andres capture This evening
public and private buildings are
illuminated, and grand display Of
fire work~is in progress .s...s.
SEw YORK, September 2s;-Ihe