The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-29
NO 2

pStitidIS roger ulscldlIns anV II
tention TO anticipate the January 4
terest, and says he considers such
step uncalled for under the presel
satisfactory condition of finance
lie made this statement in explan,
tiUn of published rumors that h
proposed to anticipate the Januar
interest.
New YORK, December %. - Tb
following is special TO the Ne,
York Herald: paris, Dccembe
2l-Onr st. Petersburg correspond
ent telegraphed that the governor
general of eastern Siberia, who har
pens to be at present in st. Peter:
burg, having received informatio
OF the arrival of the ship-wrecke
crew Of the Jeanette, in the regio
under lis commaud, immediatel
proceeded 70 Gotschaway and saw
the emperor. lie personally or
dered that all the supplies tha
were necessary for fooA clothing
money and transportation shonio
be placed at their disposal.
LATER The Herald has tho fol
lowing from Londoni DecembeI
%, 300 a. m.-The following tele
Sram was received at the Londor
office az Two o'clock this morning
lRUTNATH, December 81, POO a
m.-Thc .Jeannette was crushed by
ice in latitude n deg, and l5 min
north longitude. The boats and
slcds made good their retreat sixty
miles northwest of the Lena river
where the boats were separated in
gale. The one in charge of the
chief engineer entered the mouth OF
the Lena river, where il was stopped
by ice in the river We found ma
tire village, and, as the river opened,
put myself in communication with
the commandant at Bologna. On
October 29th heard that the first
cutter, containing Iieatenant De-
Long, DR.. Amber and twelve 9TH
ers, had landed at the north mouth
of the Lena. The commandant at
Bologna sent Instant relief to the
boats party, who are all well. NV
boat arrived at BalOgena on the
29th Of October for the purpose of
conveying reliet to the crew Of the
first cutter, all of whom are in sad
condition. They we're in danger Of
starvation and badly frozen.
The commandant ut Bclogena
sent native scouts 10 look for them
and will urge vigorous and constant
search until they are found. The
second cutter has not yet been heard
from. Telegraph us money for in
slant use to Irktusem and Jankutsk,
district of Poplin. The names of
the survivors are as follows:
First cutter, Lieut.. Delong, DIR. AM
bier, Jerme j. Collins, VIM. Winde-
Ian, Louis Notras, Hans Erickson,
Hengy knack, Adolph Brossled,
Carl Gortz, Walter Lee, Nerls Iver-
son, Joe Boyd. Alex. A. NJ. Long.
The whale boat, Engineer Methyiell,
Lieut.. Danenhour, Jack Cole, Chas.
Raymond NewcOmb, Leach,
George Land, Henry Coin, l..
Arriquen and Long, are safe.
The cutter which is still
contained Lieutenant Co.
hipp, Captain Danbar and four
men. III. Walker, Peter johnson.
Estar Shovel and Albert johnson.
The Herald has received news Of
the safety OF Jerome j. Collins,
scientist and Herald correspondent,
who is thought 10 have been IN COM
mand of the missing second boat of
the Jeanette.
The secretary of the navy has re-
ceived from Engineer Melville, un-
der date of lrkutsk, December Dist.
4 cable message Identical with that
cabled from London last night to
the New York Nerald. TO this the
secretary Of the navy replied as fol-
lows:
To Engineer Melville, United
States Navy, Irkutsk:
SIR-Omit no effort nor spare no
expense in securing the safety of
the men in the second cutter. Let
the sick and frozen of those already
rescued have every attention and
practicable. Have them
to milder climate. The
department will supply the neces-
sary funds. HUNT, Sec'y.
LONDON, December 22.-The st.
Petersburg correspondent of the
had an interview with
General Anentchin, governor of
eastern Liberia, who expressed the
opinion that the remainder of the
crew of the steamer Jeanette have
fallen iL with the natives aud are
being Hospitality treated,
RICHMOND, December 22.-The
Legislature, in Joint session to-day,
formally announced the election Of
Riddleberger as United States Sem
ator.
The house to-day ordered the
of the third bill reliev-
ing number ofcitizens of disability,
by violation of the anti
law. A two-thirds vote of
each house is required to insure its
passage, but there is no doubt
of its obtaining more than Ihe
requisite number of votes. About
forty names are mentioned in the
bill, including the following, nearly
all of whom incurred their liabili-
ties during the late political cam
vass for state officers ii. III. Rid
newly elected United
senator ;, Hon. Geo. ID. Wise, MEM
ber of congress from this
district; George Peyton Wise,
Captain John II. Wise, l.. L.
Lewis, United States attorney; VIM.
G. Elan. editor of the Richmond
Whig, and perspective secretary of
the commonwealth; Richard +.
Beirne aud VIM. Ryan, of the edito-
rial staff of the State; Capt. Asa
Jr, state railroad commits
si0ner; Gen. VIM. III. Paulin,
Of Warrentown, Virginia, and L.
Q. Washington. a petition in the
shape ofa strong protest against the
passage of the bill, signed by many
prominent citizens, including num-
Der of the most prominent divines.
was presented, but nothing further
was done with it.
LONDON, December %. This
information was received
from Tronmio which argues well for
he success of Mr.. Leigh Smiths
The captain of Norwe-
gian whaler reports that on July
I'd he saw the Liey streaming south
llso OF having seen some vessels pre-
on July 30th, at Matlasky
strait, at the edge of the Vie.
WASHINGTON, December 23.-In
lie Guiteau trial to-day Charles II.
Reed assumed the duties of associate
counsel for the defense.
Edwards, of Brooklyn, who was q
;lerk in Shaw's Office, testified to |
,verheariDg conversation between
lis employ er and the prisoner, when |
he latter, as alleged by Shaw,
aid he would some day kin
ome big man as Booth had