| Show TEXAS washington sept 4 1857 the texan papers abound with statements 0 of f indian outrages the indians appeared in the vicinity of san antonio and captain whit ing of the second cavalry who went in in pur suit recaptured all the horses and mules taken from froni the san diego mail train captain popes party had arrived at fort clarke all well the indians were very troublesome along the route but were defeated in two engagements near I 1 fort ort lancaster when a sergeant of the ath infantry was killed the tild indians were mounted and armed with sharpes and colts rifles A thousand head of cattle had died of starvation on the island of galve galveston ston I 1 I 1 IF from rom te the chicago press august 25 TERRIFIC HURRICANE IN WISCONSIN yesterday morning the press contained a telegraphic despatch informing orning our readers of a ter rifle I 1 hurricane that had passed over a portion I 1 of wisconsin on friday bight night last the milwaukee papers pe rs of yesterday contain further particulars of it v I 1 i THE STORM AT WOODLAND at woodland on the la crosse railroad the station 1 hou house se wai was wag blown down cah cai cars biown blown from til the track and others set in motion the the stat station iori mastery master mr fox while endeavoring to stop oile one train of freight cars set ili in motion by the wind was run ran over and killed at the tima the building was is blown down domn there wele were were some ten P persons r bols bois within seven of whom were mar or less in injured jared and two or three our so severely that fears are entertained they will opt recover A store near the depot was blown d and a man severely injured 4 the telegraph office was in the ile lie freight depot which was all blown down leaving nothing but tile the platform tile the instruments were taken off severed from the wires and carried a distance of forty feet the operator whose name our informant did not know was severely injured A Frenchman was taken up by tile the whirlwind and carried a distance of one hundred feet and on only y saved from destruction by being cast against the stump of a tree when the tile eating house was taken up three women were inside washing dishes the house bouse was lifted over oven their headband head heads sand and stran strange Lre to sav say they were not injured in the least the postoffice post office was in the south side de of the depot and the following morning betteis and papers were found a distance of tw two miles off tile the tavern was nearly demolished etwas it was a large sized building and when the wind struck the U upper 11 r story was taken off and the brick of the alli chimneys eys ays came tumbling down it was vas in this building that most of the injured ones received their wounds woodland is laid level with the tha dust aust the only thin thing stab standing stabbing ding being the hie railroad water tank and arid one log hut but AT COLUMBUS at columbus on the watertown road the hurricane was scarcely less fearful everything was waa prostrated one man was waa killed killer r a mr oark dark his bis house being demolished cover over ovet his head fearful that a more than ordinary storm was coming he sent his family into the cellar and while attempting to secure the boora doors and windows the storm struck and in an instant the house fell lupori upon ihl them bifi T mr lir clark was killed almost instantly an and eit tit his his wife was injured eo so severely that no ho entertained of 0 her recovery several others in the town were more or lebs lees injured LATER the milwaukee american says gays items of destruction still reach us as we go to press Agent A gentleman leman lewan from hrom saukville inthia state informs us no that in that vicinity the whirlwind was no less destructive than at woodland houses were blown down and trees uprooted r for or miles iid and miles the whirlwind made its wake laying everything before it we are fearful fui that the damage to uhe southern portion of wisconsin nain is of great amount fields of corn corr and stacks of wheat were torn up and nd scattered severa several persons were slightly injured but none severely that our informant heard of I 1 AT pont washington froal from a gentlemen who arrived in thib thia city this morning from port washington we learn that at that place a large jarge number of houses were unroofed id buildings 11 a blown down and treba torn up no lives however were ware lost logt CAMELS washington sep 4 an interesting report which I 1 send stand by hoail has ims been received by the war department from kir lir meale beale superintendent of the waon wagon road expedition tion from fort defiance the camel camei experiment is pronounced successful these animals carried 6 seven even hundred pounds burthen principally provender for mules rd and were much less jaded than the mule mules they eat at but little except bush bushi es preferring them to gnass grass mr B conceives it easier to manage a train of twenty camels than one of five mules their temper tractability capacity for bearing burtrens bur and goir gogag without water while they live on food upon which other animals would starve render them velu valuable able abie for transportation on the prairies every unshod animal reached el paso lame but ont the tha camels not oue one 9 of which ey even eyen eran en exhibited ted fatig fatigue ve n COLORADO I 1 IV ASHINGTON sep 3 the following persons have received appoint ment men tsin qin the scientific party attached to thew thed the expedition tion under the command of lieutenant lyes ives ly for the exploration of th the colorado nyer daj 8 newberry X of ohio physician and geologist H B malhausen Mol hausen of prussia prusia pru sla sia naturalist F W esi Esl offstein of the district of columbia ar artist t and I 1 topographer paul H taylor of rich richmond mond mono an andi d charles booker of hampton va assistant surveyors f THE ATLANTIC C ABLE CABLE ac I 1 aug 31 1837 1857 the T 11 e following f 0 11 6 wang interesting despatch from capt hudson odthe of the steam frigate niagara has been received by the navy department departie lit tit UNITED STATES frigate NIAGARA PLYMOUTH Tu england aug 14 1857 sir sin I 1 have tile the honor bonor as well as the mortification to report the anival arrival of the niagara at IN his s port after having run out three hundred andthil ty four miles of the telegraphic cable so boirie p portion r of it in a depth of over two thousand and fifty fathoms or more than two and a quarter miles when it was broken by too much pressure pies sure on the brake attached to the machinery for paying it out I 1 have every reason to believe fi aiom om what we have thus far experienced that under ordinary circumstances of wea weather ther and in machinery adapted to the purpose for such as we ve b have ve on board regul requires ra altering and improving the cable may ba be lad iad din in safety on the track marken marked out over the atlantic ocean at the time the cabic babl parted august 11 am the ship was going knots and aud had bad been rp running at the ot from three to four knots 11 A the night with some motion from a moderate ll 11 head d sea and aud taj companas Comp anys chief engineer and men attending their thein brakes to lessen the expenditure of cable until ahey finally carried it away which made all adi hands ds 0 of f us through tile the day like a household family chic which h had lost their dearest friend for officer cerp cero and meil mell men had bad become d deeply e fp ly interested in the success success cathe c the enterprise ter prise mr field leit left the tile ship soon after the accident occurred arill in H B D M steam brig cyclops for tor corva vagara lentia bay ireland requesting that the nia nio niagara susquehanna aud and agamemnon Agi memnon should proceed to this place certain experiments with tile the wire and n in deep water the leopard proceeded at once to Spi thead ad whether the company intend to supply addi 1 fiul cable and iry try it again this satin season or r defer it until next season iara farn I 1 am as yet unadvised if the latter the wire will have to betaken betoken be taken out of the ship and re tarred to save it from iram the e effects of rust 1 I presume a few days will solve their heir present difficulties asto as to further action and ft if the effort is not to be renewed at this late season of the he year I 1 shall require further instructions to govern my future proceedings with this ship chipi your obedient servant WM WAI L HUDSON captain iio lio hon 11 1 L touchy secretary of tile the navy capt hudson also sends letters from mr sir brie brit Bright engineer of the directors speaking 11 9 ill in tha highest terms of capt hudson and anil all on board and concludes by bv saying 11 1 feel it my du duty dufy ty before leaving the niagara to tate state that I 1 do not consider cons ider lder the ir of the cabio cable to be in the least de deree degree decree ree reo atta attached died to any one connected with ilie the ship on tha iha contrary I 1 must take this opportunity of expressing on the part of the company the great obligation we are under to the officers ewers ezers and yourself and I 1 will esteem heern it a favor if you will thank them on my behalf for the never failing apal and attention which have so universally been displayed u our cause causa I 1 fth there are aro dro were buyers kuyers in Loa Lon donon lonon the 21 girt stull rtula uit of ok the 1000 shares of the atlantic ailanti telegraph company at discount discount it a appears epars that the company a are re no now w consi considering ering whether they shall renew the attempt ili in october which is often a quiet mon man manth month tivon on the atlantic or wait till next july and meanwhile accept one of the two off ers which wirich are understood to hive have been made for the purchase of the cable with wath a view to its being applied to a communication with india A rial trial of speed was also made on their returning i p g to england between tile tite lle ile lie agamemnon and t lie the united states frigates niagara nigara and hanna the niagara with a I 1 ease case passed the agamemnon showing that her speed was superior which was exceedingly gratifying n to our people ve we have been permitted to see gee an extract ex tact of a letter received at the navy department dated august 13 from which it appears that on returning to england a trial of speed took place between II 11 R E M ship the agamemnon and the united states steam frigates niagara and susquehanna the N niagara laera soon e evinced vinced her superior epee speed d thi this s circumstance is ver very y gratifying as the agamemnon is said to he be the crack carac 10 vessel of the english navy easily making 11 or oi 12 knots per hour the circumstances attending th the e race are ae ar follows described in the letter above mentioned we had something of a race today to day and a good deal of excitement for awhile the agamemnon and niagara have each large fenders fenders or yards over their propel propellers lors lorg the former has a load of about 1500 tone tons and we now about 1150 both load and guard not much of an assistance in a race and beddies besides I 1 was little afraid of the agamemnon as every one declares der dee in england that bhe ehe can steam eleven and twenty knots easy and I 1 thought certainly the susquehanna would lead us bodis in this trim we are so lowith with all ail these rez sons bons I 1 managed to keep a little back than otherwise this ilia morning at nine the susquehanna was about two miles ahead and we were just abeam ab eam of the agamemnon captain sands signalized signalizes 11 1 I am going to plymouth 5 as much a to ray say ba y I 1 cant 0 mb uch alov pw apache che ehe 1 I asked captain hudson to let iet letus us S try and go to 21 plymouth mouth also each ships kepi hes pes pes told the story of hard bard firing at once the sea was smooth and the wind light after us smoke just up and down when at full speed at 5 p in the relative positions were nearly as follows the agamemnon was more than thin hull down astern we could just see her smoke and the susquehanna hanna was seven or eight miles astern ag As captain hudson wanted to keep company company with th the agamemnon we stopped and w waited for her the Nia garas garab agals speed was twelve knot knots sin in the contest PRUSSIA 1 A berlin despatch states that great anxiety was felt at the he continuous gires fires that were taking place dlce throughout prussia believed to be the there an incendiary spirit although it was thought jhb aught Z they might I 1 b have ave been caused by the heat of ti the suns rays ili lil inthe tile town of Boja in in the province of posen out of houses were burnt down dowil rendering 2000 0 persons entire entirely lv houseless A RUSSIA AND tile the netis PItis russians were stated to have been defeated on fhe ibe banks of the kuban they lost guus buos and 64 pack horses it is said that cilam y 1 with I 1 had also defeated the russian army which attempted to dislodge 11 him from the banks of a river commanding T some passes after a battle which lasted ten hours the russians were driven across the tile river river several fortified places built by tile the russians at great cost for the maintenance of their ihor communications fell inta hands bands INDIA 1 1 r the ad advices advises ices from india received receive d by the vanderbilt Vanderbil fc on wednesday are fifteen days later than our previous advices advises ad vices but are ve very ry meagre Z in their details delhi still uin din possession of the rebels and the mutinies reported by the last mail are general havelock had beaten the insurgents thrice in tho the field beaw between an k All ail ahaVa d an and Cawn pore j andaas and was following them in their retreat the most important point in the despatch dep 1 atch ag as it has reached us is that general bernard tho dom com commander man der in chief who had sucie bucie succeeded eded edea general anson had als algo 0 died of dysentery before delhi deihl and sir henry lawrence had died of his lucknow it is rf pleasing eleasin fact that no disturbance disturbances s have occurred lae aae ineather of the other two dennies den cies and that the mutiny in bengal is not ebl eil a as assuming duming any more effective or gabia lon ion the reinforcements will soon bogin tb reach calcutta and if no reverse of moment occurs for a few weeks to the endlish troops now holding the rebels incheck the thi tide tlde of affairs will take a turn sir colin polin campbell however horev will ivill not arrive a moment too soon to revive the dipping drooping spirits of the english lish in india een N Y herald sep 5 |
