The New York Herald Newspaper, June 28, 1870, Page 5

TURKEY. THE GREAT FIRE IN CONSTANTINOPLE Herald Special Repert of the Conflagra- tion—The Eosses of Life and Pro- perty—The Sultan at the Post of Danger—City and Suburban Scenes, Bythe European mall at this port yesterday we Dave the following special from Constantinople in thrilling detail of the late fre calamity in the Turkish capital, the origin, spread and fatal regults of the conflagration, Fire! Fire!” CONSTANTINOPLE, June 8, 1870, ‘The 5th of June will long be a memorable day in the minds of the present and coming generation of the inhabitants of Pera, that part of this capital oc: cupled by the foreign legations, the greater part of the foreign population and a vast number of native Christians, About noon a wooden house, situated n the highest part of the city, called the Taxsim, caught fire, and, freshened by a violent north wind, itspread with fearful rapidity over an extent almost incredible; from the Taxsim to what is called the Petit Champs des Morts, along the main street to some distance between the Galata Saray College, consuming allof the fine houses of the place, of stone a8 well as wood. Some 10,000 houses have been burned, and 1t is supposed about 1,000 persons, men, women and children, The Joss 1s estimated to be some $25,000,000. All of the finest cafés, the opera and shops, with all of their contents. It burned from noon of the 5th to the following morning, impetuously, and, per- haps, at no other time has there been so terrible a catastrophe occurred here or in any other capital of Europe. Frequent as fires are in this place, no one remembers any ane which consumed so many fine houses, such valuable effects, and cost so many lives, The dead are still being taken out of the ashes, some from wells, cisterns and cellars, into which they proposed to escape from the raging element of fire. Some have been found in wells still alive. Few. were found still living in the open ground. Smothered by the heat and smoke, hundreds fell ex- hausted in the streets, and were covered upin the falling cinders and burning fragments. In one place twenty-two females were found dead im acellar. Mothers were found surrounded by their children, thesmailest in their arms, all dead, Many lost their lives in fruitless attempts to save the lives or property of their friends, Many Turkish gentlemen came over from Stam- dou! to aid their Christian friends and convey their families to thelr own houses. All of the Sultan’s Ministers hastened to the scene and did much to save lives, but with small sucgess in saving houses and property, The Grand Vizier and the Ministers of Police and War were particularly conspicuous in the very midst of the flames, and before nightfall the Sultan also came from the side of the Taxsim, and did much to encourage the firemen in their vain efforts to avert the flames with sums of money and words of prom- ise and encouragement. His clothes having taken fire, his suite finally prevailed upon him to retire. Early the next morning his Majesty again returned, and, it 1s sald, was deeply affected at the Oreadful calamity which had befallen his subjects. He had already thoughtfully ordered some five hun- dred tents to be brought 10 the square of the Tax- sim and the adjacent Armenian and Greek cemete- vies, and carts were everywhere seen conveying food to the houseless and utterly destitute poor. SAD SCENES. Such a heartrending scene of desolation cannot be imagined; it mast be seen. Mothers, fathers and friends walking among the ashes in search of chil- dren, brothers and sisters! Here some twenty dead bodies lay together, almost burned intoa dark mass of charred matter; there @ number of others, scarcely burned at all, “sleeping the sleep which knows no Waking.” Some were but little changed, though Swollen, white many others could scarcely be recog- nized as having ever been living men and women. Several, many even, small children, had been lost in the crowd and rush and abandoned to their sad fate. Many must even have been trodden to death under the feet-of those who madly rushed along the fiery streets in search of life and fresh air. hat the end of this glebe must be by fire can be un- agined from the awful scenes of burning Pera. FANNING THE FLAMES. The wind was so violent that the flames spread everywhere at once; the people no longer knew where to fy; all around them nothing appeared but certain death m its most frightful form, and it ts only surprising that so few became its victims, The British Embassy, surrounded by flames, took fire in the afternoon, and is now only @ mass of charred ruins. Its archives and some of the silver were found. ‘The American Consulate was burned, but some of its archives have been saved. The American Minister apd the Secretary's honses were saved, the quarter in which they are situated, called Aga Jiamissi, not having takeu fire at ali, ine wind blowing the flames to another direction. AID. An Armenian gentleman named Andrios Effendi paid the firemen $1,200 to save his house, and thus 180 saved all the rest of Pera. It is at the corner of Galata Saray and the street calied Yani Charchee. Some $8,000 have been already collected for the suf- ferers, and ¢lothing and coverings for beds are being distributed everywhere. re Pe mie of the Sultan's barracks has been given up to the suffviers, > The Freemasons have organized a committee of succor for those who are in want of food and other positive necessarios and calied upon their brethren in Europe and America for contributions of any amount through Messrs. Baring Brothers & Co., of London, who will forward them to the District Grand Master, Brother John P. Brown, Secretary of the American Legation, If ever humanity had calis upon mankind it is here at the present moment. Besides the tents given by the Suitan there is no other covering from the sun, and all business 18 hashed throughout the entire city. Thousands of the Mussulman population of Stamboul are seen Ler perp, the suffering Christians, distributin; smail sums of money, food and covering. Indeed, they show how much al} religious sentiment disap- pears in the presence of so much poignant grief aud misery. The weather is warm, and even hot, and water is wanted among the tents, where, on boards and even the bare ground, lie thousands of femaies, who but a day ortwo ago reclined on the most com: fortable of beds and sofar. A long time must pass before these can be provided for throughout the oter parts or the capital. A A population of at least 50,000 persons are house. jess, English Account of the Conflngration—Petro= Jeum in Liquid Flame and Explosion. The Liverpool Post of the 16th of June, to hand yesterday by the City of Paris, speaking of the great fire, its origin and progress, says:—‘In addition to the particulars of this terrible disaster communi- cated by telegraph, we are enabled, by the kindness of a Liverpool merchant, to add the following de- tails from @ special supplement of a Constaniinople Papen Ee os The easter originated in the quarter of Valias- chesmé, below the Taxim, where, about two P. M., @ fire broke out in a small wooden house. A strong northeast wind was blowing at the time, and fannea by ut the flames spread in a few minutes io the ad- joining houses, engulfing the whole and rolling on i the line of the wind like a torrent of liquid fire. In }ittle more time than we take to tell it the entire quarter down into the valley was ablaze, scores of houses being fired at once by the dense showers of sparks and burn- ing t ents of wood, cotton and everything else the wind could scatter far and wide. To this latter cause has been owing the rapidity and ultimate ex- tent of the calamity, Atan early hour some dozen of the squirts—miscalied fre engines—used by the Tolumbajees, bad collected at various points in the line and round the fringe of the fire, but they were, Of course, useless. Even where water was obtaina- ble their feeble jets were everywhere powerless to check the tide of flame, and merely suiliced in a few instances, where several of them were concen- pe on one stone house, to save it from total des- truction. id About five o'clock the wind slightly shifted to the eastward, and it soon became evident that the south side of the main street of Pera must share the ruin which: was fast being consummated on the north. ‘Thongh moat of the houses were of sione, and were jaterally protected by iron doors and window-shut- ters, the clouds of live embers speedily ignited their roofs, and from about a couple of hundred yards be- Jow the Taxim the street on both sides was soon a double wall of fire. About tive P. M. the clouds of Diazing fragments froin Kaiown {i Kalouk @nd the houses in Ruc Hawal-la Usd In such masses on the rvo! of the Bi ii Embassy as to melt the lead sheeung, aud, penetrat: through this to the wood work, ended by firiug the 1: raliaiong the north. ernisee, The roof ut jonzth took fire, and hair an hour later the whole upp: r part of the bosiding was eblaze. Thirty minutes ister the enure pile Wasa prey to the Maines t nde OF Salvation, Late in the afiernocn a sixeug party oi sailors and marines from her Majesty’ had ‘been summoned up, wid, Budor ship Antecope NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. : Lieutenant Lascelles, did all that waa then possible With the means at thelr disposal—first to master (he flames, and, f in to rescue the valuable contents of the . rapidly, however, did fire sureaa over the house and down from foo opt the archives ts the chancslinry aad ene gover ¢ archives in the c! lory an - ment plate could be saved, yrow attics to cellars rT ‘thi books, ores of art an ‘eguiection of Oriental 5 Works of art ands vans le Manuscripts (belonging to Mr. Hughes, now absent eeaaeg) all fi ‘The last-named gen' tached to the establishment, but when drawn out of their long undisturbed shelter it was that the hose nozzles were 4 , and, bh there was water in abundance, little or no use could there- fore be made of either engine, Shortly after seven o’cidck Elliot, accom} nied by her daughter and the en servants of the establishment, shelter on board the Antelope, whit ere followed about an hour later by ite mebenetnn . Barron, and the other secre- Saries. ‘The offices, however, escaped unscathed, and even the clock over thé way, though bilstered by the nay of the houses burned in Sank sever. stopped, while we write—proof enough -that heat there- abouts was bein overwhelming. ‘The fine cy- er trees in the rden and ts interna) solidity of construct the safest Dae in Constantinople, has suffered a8 much as if it bad possessed none of these ele Ments of protection. At an early hour of the evening the Grand Vizier, the Ministers of War and Police and several other high functionaries had hasteued to the scene of the disaster, but it was soon apparent that nothing could be done to arrest its progress. Indeed, once the fire had made good its ground, the combined fire brigades of Landon and Paris would have been pow- erless to check ft. Its extent and tremendous vol- ume simply defy description, and would equally have defied every human effort to limit its ravages Serer by the wholesale demolition of everything in course, What added greatly to the force and rapid spread of the calamity was the large stock of petroleum in the shops of the numerous daedis, As these in turn caught fre the liquid Names carried irresistible de- struction to the joining houses, and in many instances, it 1s said, the exploston of the square Un cases in which the ofl is stored Killed or mortally burned several persons on the spot. Of the scene presented last evening by the Petit and Grand Ohamps, and, in fact, by all the open spaces round the laubourg, it would be difficult to convey an idea. Wherever room could be found for a family to squat, there little burned out groups had congregated with such articles of bedding and furni- ture as they had been able to save from the james; many of fe however, were without even a mat- tress, and the aspect of tue whole was pitlable be- yond description. To-day a tew tents have been pitched, and the government, as usual, 1s generously supplying bread to the most destitute. The namber of dead is spoken of this morning as from 600 to 600, and that of the houses destroyed as being little, if at all, under 8,000. Up to yesterday afternoon eighty-four bodies bad been buried in the Greek cemetery at the Taxim alone, and throughout the day the municipality carts were busily empioyed tn conveying thelr ghastly loads to the Pancaldi and other burying grounds, Though the majority of these had been burned to death, many were untouched by the fire, having evidently been suffocated or crushed to death in lower rooms. ‘THE SULTAN. Early im the evening the Sultan rode up from Dol- ma-bakiché, but on reaching the Taxim his Majesty found the way already barred by the flames, and Was therefore forced to return. With a thoughtful- ness which does him honor the Sultan has ordered . the Medjidieh (Belle Vue) Barracks to be vacated by the troops and thrown open to the unsheitered vic- ‘tims Of the calamity, who are also receiving abund- ant rations of bread and rice at his Majesty’s private expense, Orders bave at the same time been given to the Imaums of the Mussulmau quarters to relax the rule which practically forbids Cnristians renting houses tn those manalés. A large amount of house accommodation will thus at once become available, and at rates of rent much below that which is usually paid in the exclusive Christian quarters. Loss of Life by the Fire. {From the Cork Herald, June 17.) The late disastrous fire in Constantinople, besides the destruction of £5,000,000 worth of property, has resuited in the loss of over 2,000 lives, The bodies ef 1,000 persons had been recovered up to the sth inst, . The staff of the English journal published in Con- stantinopie, the Levant Herald, including the editor, the compositors and the clerks, were burned out, and barely escaped with their lives, ° jalan aide TERRIBLE CASUALTY IN DUBUQUE. Four Young Men Blown Up by Gunpowder— One of Them Killed—The Others Danger- ously, Injured. {From the Dubuque Times, June 22, One of the most shocking accidents of the above nature that we have ever been called upon to record occurred at Tete des Morts, afew miles south of the city, last Sunday afternoon. The Catholic residents of that rani were engaged in holding a grand re- ligious festival pecuifar to that faith, the ceremonies consisting of alarge processton composed of men, women and children, who were disposed around several altars that had been constructed for the oc- Casion. As 18 the universal custom the priest ap- peared before each of these and bestowed upon them his blessing, when at the conclusion of the same and in order to heighten the effect, a cannon was fired, which was stationed on a small eminence immediately pack of the church. The firing party was composed of four Jouns, men, sons of farmers residing in hat neighborhood, but their names we were unable to obtain. Along in the afternoon they ran oui of powder, when the boys started after a fresh supply, and soon after returned with seven pounds of com- mon blasting powder, loosely wrapped in a piece of brown paper. They had got about half way up the hil, when some of the powder spilled out upon the ground. The young man instrusted with the task of carrying it was carelessly smoking a cigar, and without removing this from his mouth he stooped over and commenced lading the powder up ith is aaetoes Placing it back again in the le apere ile thus doubled over the piie of powder Re pi joking his companions about the mishap, bpt in thé act of speaking the lighted cigar dropped fom his mouth iraoty into the vile ar owder, around which at the timé, all were closely hudaled together. Quick as thought, instintancous as_an electric flash, of the party could think or dream of getting ar , & bright angry tongue of flame shot heavenward, followed by a duil mufied roar and billows of black sulphurous smoxe, producing one of the ,most terrible ex- Dlvsions and fearful sights on record. The consequences that ensued were frightful. The ill- fated smoker was blown up in the air a distance of ten or fifteen feet, and fell in a heap so scorched, blackened and disfigured that he could hardly be recognized as a human being. All of the rest of the party were shockingly injured, their skins being burned to a crisp and peeling off at the slightest touch, leaving nothing but the bare quivering test. Kvery vestige of clothing was blown from their bodies, the hair singed off and their eyesight de- stroyed. Added to the other horrors the dresses of & large number of school children, who happened to be standing near, caught fire, and many were badly burned—some s9 seriously that their lives are despaired of. Ohne of the young men died on Sunday night, and at lust accounts the others were but just altve.’ The accident, as well be imagined, causes the utmost excitement at Tete des Morts, and was the prevail- ing topic of byt oik sg ta yesterday in many places. We hope to obtain further particulars in regard to the terrible affair soon, when we shall hasten to place them before our readers. Since writing the above we learn that the names of two of the victims are Nicholas Gerein and Nicholas Tyson. Tne boy that died is the son of a widow; woman, and was her only support. before o1 A SAD CASE OF DESERTION. A Poer German Woman CrueHy A'sangoned by Her Husband. (From the St. Joseph Meee) Gr,zetre.] Late Friday right Robert N. Phil'tps discovered a ‘woman and three children sitting in the street near the old Atlantic House, apparen’.fy in very destitute circumstances. He made soraginquirtes and ascer- tained tha Bie Be Roan eae pee all the exon. >, and neither of a eaten anythin daring day. She had left Buitalo some time ago, in company With her husband, and arrived in this place with hima dayor two since. On Thursday night the busband decampea for parts unknown, taking with him $400, which she had received some time ago as bounty due @ son who wasaead. At the same time her eldest daughter also eloped, leav- ing her with the three small children and not a cent in the world, The woman 1s a German, hardly able to speak a word of English, and did not know what todo. She had wandered around the streets all day, until perfectly tired out, and then sat down where she was found, with little hope of receiving succor. Mr. Phillips at once procured something for the family to eat. and then made known the facts to some persons ted near by, who kindly gave them food and shelter during yesterday. It is to be hoped that some clew may be obtained ofthe whereabouts of the absconding husband, and that he may be compelled to refund the money he took from the woman, SHOCKING BARBARITY—A Waits Boy WHIPPED TO VEaTH BY NEGROES.—A party of some sixteen or eighteen biack fiends, residing near Portland, Dallas county, tied up a little white poy one day. last week and deliberately murdered hin by whip- ping him to deat. The boy's offence consisted in hus having tought and gotten the letter of a little black utef who had stolen something from iim. We are giad to learn that the colored peuple of Dal- las disapprove tae deed of their fellows, and that they are in favor of lynching the guiity vilans if the proof of their guiltcan be mae Lorticoming. Higiit of the murderersare tn Jud awatting tial.— wwe coumand of | Mar.oi (Ala.) Commonweail’, Juue 23. i MIDSUMMER RETREATS. Improvements im Saratoga—The Hotele—The Herees, SanavoGa SPRINGS, June 26, 1870, ‘The growth and improvement of Saratoge ts traly wonderful. The visitor of five years ago Would now acarcely recognize the place, especially in the subur- ban streets, Elegant apa substantial private rosl- ences and first clasé boarding houses in great num- bers have sprung up a8 if by magic all around the village, forming appropriate surroundings to the Magnificep? botela in central localities, The latest sensation is the completion of the new Union Hotel. It w no exaggeration to say that 1t is the most ele- gent hotel in America and probably equal to any in the world. From the kitchen to the garret it is a Perfect success, It was opened on Wednesday even- isited by ad- erie ® grand reception and was Vv: y There are many fine hotels in the village, well tronized by friends who have snlored their hospi- So numerous are they that all tastes and uraes can be suited. + e old Congress spring is charming this season, and tn adaition to the pes other excellent springs well known @ number of new ones of great value — been ecaanne. The menor year roprietor Tens whom tt takes ite Rame, is of most power- ful cathartic and 16 @ favorite resorts A taille gouth of the village another wonderful epring has recently been discovered. It 1s an artesian we! several hundred feet in depth, and from it the water spouts up to an immense heignt. Its qualities are milar to the other springs in this neighborhood, with the addition of a mrenter: Proportion of salt. The races here are to be very attractive this year. Two meetings of six days each are to be held, the first to commence on the 14th of July, and the second on the 12th of August. In addition to the large num- ber of horses recently at Jerome Park, and all to be here, there are already on the ground more than half a dozen Southern and Western stables, includ- ing ail the cracks of those sections, brought here for the purpose of meeting the victors of the opening meeting at Jerome Park. There will bea larger number of horses here than ever assembled at a race course in America, and the attractive programmes presented will insure large flelds of starters, resuit- ing In the most exciting contests. For the Travers Stakes, for three year olds, Mr. Swigert’s Kingflish- er, winner of the Belmont stakes, seems to be first favorite; but it is whispered that he ts to be captured in the Travers. Captain Moore's Foster, who ran & $500 second for the Belmont, 1s no mean rival to the ing, and is considered an improving horse; and among the twenty others now sei down as starters in the race there are some known good ones, and more than one dark one of fine racing powers. There is “danger tn the dark,” and many a fat pool may be won by small investments in this race. To give a general notice of the prominent horses to meet in the thirty-six races to be run here would oc- cupy too much space in your colums, The sports embrace steeple chases and hurdie races, in addition to flat racing in great variety, at ail distances, from half a mile to four miles, Some little sparring is going on between repre- sentatives Of opposing sections, and matches are talked of as the probable result, Extensive improvements have been made this season at the course. The large open stand west of the grand stand has been roofed and seated and will be quite attractive. The grounds of the running course have been extended so as to provide suficient room for a grand steeple case; and, to accommodate the host of horses to be present, five large new sta- bie buildings, containing fifty boxes, have just been completed. The course has had spread upon i¢ during the past wigter an additional coat of loam, and is now in the best ble condition. Indeed, everything connected with racing Indicates brilliant meetings for Saratoga this season. CHESS MATTE) A Game in Consultation. A consultation game was played recently at the Brooklyn Chess Club between Messrs, Brenzinger, Schultze and De Con, opposed to Messrs, Gilbery, Munoz and Perrin:— Scotch Gambit. Brenzinger and Allies, Gilvery and Allies, White. ‘ Black, 1—P o K 4 1—PtoK4 2—K KttoB3 2—Q Kt to BS 3—P to Q4 3—P tka P 4—BtoQB4 4—KitoK B3 5—Castles 5—BtoQB4 6—P 0 Q B3 6—P tks P 1—P toKs eke 8—P tks Kt 8—P tks 9—P tks Kt P 9—R to Kt 10—Q to K 2ch 10—B to K3 1i—KtoQ 11—Q to B3 12—Q Kt tks P 12—Q tks Kt P 13—P to K Kt3 15—K to B M—Q KttwoK4 16—K Kt wo Kt5 I BwB4 M—PtoK R4 18—P toRS i wK3 20—B tks B 2h OS ered 22—B to B6ch 23—Q tke Kt 24—K to Kt2 2—Rto K K aq 26—Bitks Q toR6ch to BS RtoK ech Rto K3ch wQBs 82—R toK 2ch 33—R to Q2 B—P toQB3 and white announced mate in nine moves (c). (a) Played without suficient reflection. 4 ) k recqver the lost piece, but get their king into a fearful scray (c) The moves of the white to effect the mate are 34: R to Rech, then F to Kt4, Rito Q Bag, &c., black having to saerl- fice pieces to prolong the game to nine moves. Judd vs. Hosmer. Mr. Hosmer, the acknowledged best chess piayer of Chicago, during a recent vist to Detroit contested three games with Mr. Max Judd, one of the leading Players of that city, 1n two of which the former was victorious. The following is one of the games:— Evans’ Gambit. ' Judd, White, Hosmer, Black. 1—PwKé 1—-PwK4 2—KttoK B3 2-KtwQB3 3—Bto QB4 2—BtoQB4 Poke 8 tks Kt P 5—Bto B4 arn 6—P to Qs 7—P tke 8—BtoQKt3 9—Q KttoR4 10-QB wo QKt2 10—Q Kt tks B N—Q to QRéch 11-—P to QBS 12—Q tks Kt 12—Kt toK 2 18—P to Q5 13—P tks P+ 14—P tks P 14—Cas' ‘sng 15—y Kt to K 4 W—P ok BS 16—K KttoK R4 16-. Bto K B4 17—Q Kr tke QP.) 9G tke KE HG Btog 3 18—Q R to QB (d) 19—Q to Q Kt3 19—K B.to Q B 4 and wins ee caeib mation“ "adictous move, although the result of a (&) Black's bes, tenty to white's previous move, Chess Notes. New York must be the coolest place in this hem1- Sphere, Wecause as soon a8 the intensely warm Weather, sets in the city is visited by many of the best ¢,ness players in the United States. Lest week Messrs. Hosmer and Bock, of Chicago, ast onished the metropolitan players here with their € xtraordinary skill in chess. Mr. Bock beat Macken- aie two games out of three. Mr. Hosmer beat seve- ral of the best New York players, among others Messrs. Perrin, Brenzinger and Turner. Captain Mackenzie, however, won several games in succes- sion irom Mr. Hosmer, thereby ee his claim to be the finest chess player in the United States except Paul Morphy. ‘The association ¢: the Down Town Chess Clup have issued _@ challenge to the Chess Club of the Nineteenth Ward Reading Association to play them a match at chess, which been accepted. Each club will be represented by three of their leading layers. A test tournament was commenced by the mem- bers of the club which meets at the Café Europa and Which numbers about fifty, on the 6th of this montn, and was closed on the 23d, as many as six hundred games having been played in eighteen days, This speaks weil for the activity and. energy of the club. 1s tourney was intended to establish the relative strength of the players. The scores of the most suc- cessful Combatants were as follows:— Won. Lost. Von Frankenberg Me Goldschmidt, 3 burg 7 Dwyer. 4 Cassierer. 13 Hubert. 8 Doyle.. 6 Randecker. 5 Gumberger ny Harvey. 410 ‘Tottler. és 10% Sanger . 18 Captain Randrup. 14g THE BRUTAL FIGHT IN BROOKLYN. BROOKLYN, June 27, 1870. To THE EDITOR OF THE Heraiy:— In your issue of to-day I notice an account of a “brutal fight between Thomas Kerrigan, Edward Ham and John Berry.” I beg to state that the afore- said disturbance unfortunately occurred almost op- posite the door of my residence. 1 was merely an ou-looker, and did not even know any one of the men i tee and took no part whatever in the fight, My name used in connection wiih the affair 18 quite @ mistake. JOHN BERRY. No, 102 Hudson avenue, EA i ee een Seer I OF SSE a SAR RE SE ee Se eee SE Te Sp OR oie SS a a a Sl ee ar al a as NEW YORK SHAKEN BY AN EARTHQUAKE, ‘What 6¢ Many Supposed an Explosion Last Saturday Evoning Turns Out an Zarthquake— All About the Bumbling Visitant—When and How It Came and the Extent and Deviation of the Oscillations— Subsequent Shock in Brooklyn. ‘The present will ve the frst intelligence to most of the people living on New York Island that on Saturday evening last we were visited by an earth- quake. It is thirty-four years since our city expe- Fienced the presence and shaking by one of these unusual and startling phenomena, but that shock ‘Was 80 extended and the osci)lation of the earth was 80 well deflned as to leave no doubt of its reality, In the latter case, however, there were wanting these distinctive features, Ite locality was Umited, being confined mainly to the eastern part of the olty, below Fourteenth street, and its duration 80 brief that thousands, though feeling the shock and hearing the report or rambling noise accompanying {t, did not for a moment suspect It was an earth quake, but some gunpowder or gas, or glycerine or fireworks explosion, and thus only gave transitory heed to it, It is positive now that it was a genuine earthquake, and the proofs of this startling fact are many and conclusive. In addition to the fact we have already alluded to, of thousands feeling the shock, there is nothing else to which the shock can be possibly attributed, and a growing comparison of notes by those experiencing its effects clears the subject of any shadow of doubt as to the real cause, which was nothing else than @ genuine, Simon pure, original Jacobs earthquake. Precursors there are of earthquakes, as of thunder storms, hurricanes and cyclones. ‘The precursor of this was a SUDDEN RISE OF THE THERMOMETER. At a quarter of seven o'clock P. M. on Saturday the thermometer stood at eight-nine degrees. It was hot, suffocating, the air like the hot air of @ fur- ace —nothing clectric or life-giving in it. Scarcely 4 breath stirred the air, The children in the streets panted with the heat. Women, with fans busy in motion, sat on the doorsteps and in the win- dows. Men who had returned from their day's work had just finisned their sup. ers and sat smoking ther evening pipes, Suddenly the thermometer oe an upward jump of four degrees, making the children pant more visibly, giving @ livelier motion to the fans and making more lethargic the whitts of smoke from the pipes, A moment following this upward leap of the thermometer there came A QUICK, RAPID sHOcK. It lasted a second, and was over. Like a sudden lightning fash on a dark summer's night, it quickly came; as quickly Went. Children were frightened; the women dropped their fans; the men started to their feet. “What's that ?? called out the children, “What's that # tremblingly asked the women, “What's that? anxiously echoed the men. “An explosion; it must be an eXpiosion,’’ rose from hundreds of voices, “The house shook,” said one. “1 felt the earth tremble,’ said another, Tuere was a rush to the housetops, ail WONDERING WHAT IT MEANT. What we have described was generai throughout the eastern part of the city and more particularily in the Thirteenth ward. Soie turned their eyes in the direction of the gas works, in Twenty-first street, and some toward Heli Gate, and some looked toward the iron works, along Dry Dock, thinking some of their huge steam engines might buve exploded, Some thought it mignt be one of the monster engines in the Hecker Flour Mills, and some thought the ma; azine at the Brooklyn Navy Yard mgt lave explod- ed, The shock was ascribed to « variety of causes, but in vain the myriad eyes looked tor rising clouas of smoke and leaping dames of fire and other tokens of an explosion of the gigantic character this was assumed to be, While all were wondering, and very few at the time supposing they had just undergone the novel sensation of an earthquake shock, which, with a littie more force, might have rent into countless seams the rock-ribbed granite of our island foundation, and toppled over houses and swallowed up in its huge fissures buildings and people and everything, and jeft no one to tell the tale of our city thus deeply and irrevocably enguiled into the rumbling and irate boweis of the nether earth, the thermometer went down again, falling seven degrees in a short space of time. The DIRECTION OF THE VIBRATION, according to all accounts, was from the southwest to the northeast. The wind, what little there was, remained southwest during most of the evening. The shock Was like a heavy blast under [yvot, We might fi columns of the VARIED EXPERIENCES Of those feeling the shock, but it is unnecessary to do 80, they all being nearly alike. One gentieman says that he felt the shock while standing at the side of the hall door, resiing on bis lest foot, with his shoulder against the wall. He feit the shock ali through his frame and the butiding vibrated as if about to topple over. The oscillation was distinct to allinthe house. Another gentieman was in the cellar and says he felt the shock directly under Nis feet, and the same fact is stated by another gen- tleman wo was passing at the time through a vacant lot, Persous who were lying down telt it more distinctly than those sittimg or standing. One gentieman says hefwas fairly twisted about in his chair, A good many—which Is tne strongest provuf of all of being an earthquake—felt that nausea a@iways experienced in earthquakes, the degree of the nausea depending of course on the duration and severity of the shock. But the story does not end here, About seven o'ciock ou Sunday moruing there was * A SHOCK IN BROOKLYN, which was felt by large numbers. Here, too, those resident in the vicinity of the shock supposed some terrible explosion had taken piace oi far away. ‘The fall of the old Hamiton Market, which now lies @ mass Of ruins, Was no doubt caused by the shock ‘pas AW tell just aller the supposed explosion was eard, CONFLAGRATION IN PHILADELPHIA, eerecatonrne Premature Discharge of Pyrotechnics—One Man Kiced—Several Injured. (Proza thé Phutadeiphia Age, June 27.} Asad ler occasioned by she premature dis- charge Of fireworks, occurred on Saturday morn- ing, shortly before five ovlock. J. B, Bussier & Co.'s warehouse, No. LOZ Sout Water street, was filled with pyrotechnics, tn anucipation of the demand on the coming anniversary of Independence Day. At the hour mentioned an oiticer passing the butiding Was startled by a hissing sound, foliowed by a sharp report, and concluded at once that the place was on fire. An alarm was sounded, but before the arrivat of the firemen the building was filled with smoke, and the flames bad burst through the windows, When the doors were broken open, a terrific explo- sion occurred, which blew out the sash, lifted the roof from its place, and forced the southern wall of the structure a foot ont of line. The iorce of this discharge was felt for a square around, and the glass of the buildings i the vicinity was shattered. ‘The report was distinctly heard a8 far south as Chris- tan and Second streets, and in Camden, The scene that followed the expiosion was an appalling one, Rockets flew in every drection, mimMiature bombs were discharged through the windows; thousands of flery serpents ran hissirig In all directions, while the expiosion of firecrackers, mines, Koman candles and the like made a deafening clatter and kept the look- ers-on a safe distance from the dangerous place. The conflagration proved to be the most; disastrous one of the year—not in the destruction of property, but in the joss of life and the injuries it occasioned. Messrs. Bussier & Co.’s stock Was entirely de- stroyed, and the loss occasioned thereby 1s $10,000, on which there ts an insurance of $6,000 in the American. The building, belonging to Mr. Moro Phillips, was damaged to the exient of $5,000, ‘There is an insurance on it of $3,000 in the American also. : On the south of Bussier’s store is a three story buiidigg, now occupied by Phillips & Brother, dealers in fruits. Their stock, at the time of the fire, was estimated at $50,000 in value, Aside from the thorough smoking it received, it was drenched, and ig of little value now. ‘The building on the norsn side of No, 107 is occupied on the first floor by W. G. Porter & Son, dealers in cheese, lard, butter, &c., a Jarge quantity being on hand. The loss is estimated at $1,000 and fully covered by iusurance. The second and third stories of this building were occupied by H, C. Kellogg & Co., wholesale grocers, To the rear of No. 107, separated by an area, is the four story bulid- ing facing on Delaware avenue, used by Messrs. Busster & Co., for the sale and storage of all kinds of canned fruits, &c, The glasses were shattered but the loss is trifling. It 1s owned by Moro Phillltps, and has an insurance upon it of $2,900 in the Ameri- can Company. A quantity of money and a pumoer of packages of got were stolen by thieves froin the above place. No, 110 Delaware avenue 1s occupied by Moro Phillips for the sale of guano and phos- phates. It was damaged by fire and water. A member of the Hope Hose, named John Rhoads, 3s twenty-five years, while standing in the door of No, 107, was struck on we forehead by a large rocket and knocked down. When removed to the Pennsyivania Hospital he was unconscious, Before he couid be taken into one cf the wards he expirea, He was unmarried, ‘The for the explosion threw a lad of twelve years, James Walton by naine, across the street, He received injuries of @ very seriousn ature about the head, and had to be removed to the hospital for treatment, John Ward, of the Hibernia Bngiue Company, was struck on the head by a flying pyro- technic, and will probably lose the sight of one eye. He received other injuries of a serious nature, Samuel Harris, a fish dealer on Spruce street wharf, was burned about the face and had an arm broken. James Butterworth, living in Water street, below Wainut street, received a number of cuts about the head and had his face blistered. Frederick J. Wade, a fireman, was knocked down and received an tn- jury to his head that may prove fatal. Michael luckley, Daniel Foley and Thomas Mcvarty, of the filvernia, were considerably injured. ‘The origi of the conflagration ts supposed to have een spontaneyus comon. . YACHTING. The Prince of Wales’ Internationa) Cup. {From the Iriah Times (Dublin), June 15.) ‘It seems very doubtful whether the yacht match for the 100 guinea cup, presented by bjs Royal Bignness the Prince of Wales to the sailing committee of the Royal Yacht Squadron, may not be indednitely post- poned. His Royal Highness will uot give the cap Unless one of the American schooner yachts takes bart in the contest for its possession. Mx, Douglas, of the Sappho, has refused to enter his yacht, All, therefore, depends upon the decision of Mr. Bennett, of the Dauntless, who 1s now on the Conti- nent, but who is expected in English waters in a few days. Should he refuse to enter, the match i# not ex- Pected to come off at present. The Non-Boat Owners of the New York Yacht Club. ‘To THs EpiToR oF THE HERALD:— ‘The meeting of constitutional grumblers and mal- Contents, that “barnacie’ adhering to the New York Yaobt Club, and retarding its onward progress, was held at Deimonico’s, and resulted in resolutions for ® general amendment of the constitution and by- laws of the ciub, and a statement of the grievances suffered by the said family of ‘‘crustacia.” It ts gratifying, however, to remark the generosity Of this “species,” trodden down by its innumerable sufferings, In still aliowing to the yacht owners the privilege of voting on questions concerning their own yachts, ‘The inquiry, however, here suggests itself, what question can possibly arise in a club whose whole and sole object is the buliding, fitting out and sailing of yachts that does not “a@etually concern yachts ?”” Under this point of view, therefore, the voting wast renrain 4s bow, solely in (he bands of yacht owners, One grievance upon wluch the above malcontents appear to lay Pre stress—viz., that the by-laws re- quire Lotice of ail meetings to be sent to all mem. bers of the club—was intended to give the non-yacht holding members the opportunity of being heard, and using their influepce, if yot their yote—a privi- lege which appears to fave béen free teat but which the yacht owners will not object to being discontinued, ‘thus saving the secretary mucu time and trouble, One might suppose from reading the elaborate pro- ceedings Of this meeting that the right of voling was some oid aud valued prerogative, of which the mac contents have been suddenly deprived. ‘They seem to forget that the mode of voting now ts tie same that has existed since the formation of the club, over twenty years, and that they have joued it with a full knowledge of the fact. Let us look for a moment at the effect of the vote concerning the regatta being thrown open to the Class of malcontents represented at (ie above meeting. What prevents them (thinking as they appear to, that the simail sum of twenty-five dotlars enilties them to receive it back manifold at the regatta) irom passing a resolution requiring every Yacht (o enter or pay uw heavy forieit, or, 1m fact, any other measure which oosts them nothing and yacnt owners everything’ This, 1t appearsto me, does “actually concern yachts,” There is one statement made as an argument for thelr bin ag to s vote in the club which 1s totally false. It ts that the non-yacht owners contripute ee annually, while the yacht owners coatribute ut $1,225, Let us look for s moment at this most remark- able statement. I thiak that even the malcontents Will admit (nat @ yacht club without yachts would hardly be worth belonging to, It 18 therefore the yacht owners who give to the club the whole of its attractions. Let us, therefore, see what the yacht owners really annually contribute to the club, ‘The yachts now belonging to the cin) amount, in round numbers, to 4,700 tons, making a first outiay of about $700,000. Annual interest on above... ++ $49,000 Yearly depreciation....... . 85,000 Yearly cost of keeping up. os + 240,000 Yearly dues aduutted by malcontents 1,225 TOtal.....0sessseees aseses $365,225 The great expenditure of the club is for the annual regatta, which is given solely for the gratification of the hon-yacht holding members, and would be aban- doned without much reluctance by the yacht own- ers. The club would, therevore, lose nothing finan- cially by their resignation. “COPPER PAINT FOR BARNACL! Yachting Notes, The approaching international contest is antici- pated with much interest in yachting circles, owing to the fact that the prospects for races in our own Waters, in which the Cambria wiil doubtiess take part, are exceedingly briillant. The most active preparations are being made by the owners of the fastest schooners in America, in order that the British craft may cope with them subsequent to her arrival here, The Cambria will in all probability, Join the cruise of the New York Yacht Club, and tt is to be hoped that ber best powers will be brought into requisition along the Sound. She wil! assuredly find some stiff competitors, for, perhaps, the club had never a fuer feet since its organization than at the present time, ‘The Atlantic Yacht Club will celebrate the national anniversary by @ cruise to Nyack. The entire feet will participate on the occasion, which, it is ex- pected, will be unusually interesting. The members of the club will proceed in the order of procession to the reaidence of the Commodore, Mr. William Voor- his, at Nyack, where they will be suitably enter- tained, A grand pyrotechnic exhibition from the yachts will be among the attractive features of the elebration. A very handsome fag was ptesented to the Hobo- ken Yacht Ciub a few days since by the ladies of that locality. ‘fhe affair came off at their new club house, Tottenville, S. I. Miss Marcill presented the color In a neat and appropriate address, which was re- sponded to by Mr. George Ciyrke, Ab elegant en- pie aaa was subsequently provided for the guest puke + The Colxinbia Yacht Clab will hold thetr annual ‘% on Thursday next from oif the club house out of West Filty-seventh street, North river, to and around stakeboat off Fort Lee; thence to and around @ boat anchored off the Elysian Fieids; thence to stakeboat at the club house; the course to be sailed twice over, Making the distance about twenty-five miles. Since last year several new yachts have been added to the fieci, und a very spirited contest is therefore anticipated. fhe yachts will sati in four classes and each class for & separate prize. The Commodore of the ciub 1s Mr. C. F, Tompkins, and the Regatta Committee con: of Messrs. J. A, Weaver, Robert Wilson, J. 5. Gage and James Skil- len. Should the weather prove favorable the dis- play will doubiless be very interesting. v. Franklin Osgood’s fine schooner yacht Magic is now anchored oi quarantine. Sne will be one of the competitors in the first race that the Cambria sails in American waters. ‘The Ficetwing is at New Lon- don and the Phantom is at her anchorage off Staten Island, Most of the crack yachts have been com- pletely Gtted out with new saus. EXCITING SPORT DOWN SOUTH. Spirited Wolf Hunt in MAssissippi—Ierael Putnam Number Two. [From the Meadevilie (Miss.) Journal, June 20.) A few days ago several gentlemen of this county, having had some knowledge of the ajarming num- ber of wolves in their neighborhood, prowlin, about the country and making such hideous ani mournful howls at night, disturbing the peaceful stumbers of the quict imnabitants, conaluded to go in search of the midnight disturbers of \he peace, hogs and sheep. Four of the Joneses, Mr. Poole and Mr. F. C. Huff were the gentlenen who composed the hunting party, They started near Mrs. Dixon’s, and Middleton's creek was the scene of the excite- ment that soon followed. The chuse commenced With the spqntaneous outburst of a hound’s joy, and the surrounding forest fairly resounded with the chearitig shouts of the pursuing hunters. For seVen long hours the chase continued uaabated, during which time six wolves were killed and several dogs badiy myured. But they were attll resolute, and if they did not possess the tenacity of bulldogs they mauifested a whining disposition to ‘go tor’? the woives. After approac- ing the den Mr. Huff's dogs entered tn search of more game and three dead whelps were the result. But the fight went bravely on, and it Was soon ascer- tained that the faithful dogs were having too much of a good thing in the den and the hunters readily determined to rescue them at all hazards, Mr. Hutt being the smailest man he consented to enter. So he assumed the character of Israel Putnam and en- tered the “wolf's den” to rescue his dogs, Perhaps Mr. Huff had some misgivings about this new adventure, as he requested some one to heel for him, or rather to hold him by the Reels as he descended into the hole. Well enough he took this precgutign, for the old mother wolf was in there, rey 6 Was hot aware of it until he had made his ¢htrance. Mr. Jones performed the office of heelman for Mr. Huff. So he entered. The distance being much greater than was firat supposed, some one was com. peiled to heel for Mr. Jones. The advance was made siowly aud cautiously, but wien the scene of the subterraneous combat was fully approached Mr. Hutt caught One of his dows by the leg and had his request conveyed to the rear to back out or or him out. Jones’ heelman puiled him; Jones pulled Hutt; Huff puiled the dog, and the dog pulied out a young wolf, Israel II. took the trophy of his exploit home with him, but it died in a few days from the eflecta of injuries received in the Wea Had the old mother taken @ part when the gentlemen entered the den we imi there would have been some old he Scratching on that particular occasion. However, the wolf hunt ended with good resuits, We have been informed that the wolves are killing dogs and sheep daily in that portion of the country. White the dogs were running the Wolves a dog that dia not belong tn the drive met the wolves and wis } illed, When the hanters arrived at the den they found limbs of sheep aud hogs, Which had been carned there the might before—enough to least ihe hounds after Weir chase and fig! We wish isragl Puimaw JL wucvess iy Wis uext adventure. - ene THE QUARANTINE QUESTION, ‘Meeting of the Committee-of Mer: chants Yesterday. Tendered Interposition by the United States Government—New Jersey Proposes to Re- ceive the Commerce of New York—The Merchants Believe Dr. Carnochan Hon- est andj Only Ask) Fair Treat- ment from the Commissioners. Yesterday an informal meeting of the committee of merchants was heid at the office of Royal Phelps, No, 46 Exchange place. William #. Kirkland was chosen to preside, and the object of the meeting was announced to be for the reception of sugges- Mons and for a consultation on the subject of pro- posed action tn rélation to quarantine law. Com- munications were submitted from half a dozen Ughtermen of the harbor, with proposals, accom- pauied by bonds, for the removal of cargoes from vessels detained in the lower bay under quarantine regulations. These proposals submitted rates of charges at about one-third the sum now demanded in some cases and fifty per cent leas in others. Communications were presented from prominent lawyers in Washington proposing an APPEAL TO THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT. ‘These letters set forth that the United States, and not the State governments, were entitled to jurtsdic- Uon in quarantine matters under the laws relaung to commerce, and that the question belonged by right to, aud should be settled by, Congress on ap- peal, A letter was also presented at the meeting from a prominent government official jn the city of New York, ogering to undertake the Ltuigation of the mat- ter in the courts, Mr. HoMPureys deprecated any action on the part of the merchants which should conduce to bring the United Staces government and the govern- ment of New York, or the State governments of New York and New Jersey in collision, or taduce @ con- Miet of jurisdiction of any kind. It was here remarked that every member of the committee was a democrat, and some one volun. teered the statement that they had rather make ar- rangements with the State than with the federal authorities, Mr. KIRKLAND did nos wish to bring the griev- ances of the merchants into the lHou's mouth of poluucal circles, and tuought that the demands, be- ng reasonable, Would be acqulesed in vy the Com- uusstoners, “DR. CARNOCHAN IS AN HONORABLE MAN,"? said Mr. Phelps. He will not be bribed. We do not want him removed, He performs his duty conscien- tlously, and all that ts necessary ts that the Commis- sioners shall give him authority to arrange fair terms of compensation with us for the transfer of cargoes [rom vessels detained to the warehouses designated by consignees, In reply to this it Was stated that merchants did not want their freights sent to the Erie Basin, A large Share of the cargoes consisted of coffee from the West Indies, South America and the Spanish Main, The berry was delicate and required hand- Ung by experienced stevedores and warehouse men, What the merchants desired was that these cargoes should receive fair treatment and at reasonadie rates of charges. Coffee was not quarantineabie, but the Health uMcer and Commissioners held that the ships were. They did not wish to interfere with the health regulations of the port, They were the last who would undertake to do ao, but they nad understood that the carriage of cargoes by lighters from vessels detained in quarantine to the ware- houses in the city had been “iarmed outlet and relet. If a ring had been formed to vicumize them they were disposed to TAKE THE “STEAL” OUT OF THE RING, though they did not wish to “fight” nor to enter into any political arrangements one way or the other, ‘Their business was commerce, and they sim- ply wished to be dealt fairiy by and let alone. How- ever, if a fight was inevitable let it come, Mr. PaBLPs—Though Dr. Carmochan is sur- rounded by a circle of corrupt and shameless politi+ clans, yet he willnot give way to them,and my feeling is that, however he may err in judgment, he Is a man of principle and honor. I, for one, would rather deal with an ones and conscientious man than with the representative of a political ring with no conscience. A statement was then made that Governor Ran- dolph, of New Jersey, and the authorities at Perth Amboy had appoint board of health and full quarantine commission and had sent delegates to the merchants, including the Collector of the Port of Perth Amboy, to state that they had every facility for the landing of cargoes, with some balf dozen warehouses and Several hundred feet of water front for first class ships. EVERY INDUCEMENT HAD BEEN OFFERED by this committee to secure landimgs at Perth Am- boy, but, as in the case of imterference by the general government, no action had been taken, for the rea- sons already set forth. A statement that the Commissioners had made a fing! disposition of the question now agitated, upon the occasion of their trip to Quarantine on the An- drew Fletcher, on Friday last, and which has ob- tained considerable currency in the city, was em- phatically denied by the merchants. Alter some desultory conversation the meeting of the committee was adjourned. TROOPS ON THE PLAINS AND TROOPS GARRISON. What the Soldiers Think. Fort Monnkog, Va., June 25, 1870. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— The article on the subject of ‘Indian Troubles’ published in the HERALD of Thursday last has met with the strongest approbation of many officers stationed at this post. The question may weil be asked, “What do we want of @ garrison at Fort Hamilton, or Governor’s Island or Fortress Mon- roe?” General Hancock states, in reply to the re- quest of the Governor of Minnesota that troops might be sent to protect certain settiers in that State, that he has so small a force (only 421 men for auty) that he capnot furnish the desired protection. The garrison of this post alone comprises some 450 men, all of whom might be withdrawn, with the ex- ception of say fifty men; while of the 700 men of the artillery, infantry and engineers in New ¥ork and vicinity 600 could be spared. The number of men occupied in garrisoning the forte along the New Engiand coast is not less than 600 men; of thes could be withdrawn. Thea at Fort McHenry an the forts near Washington city some 400 more troops are stationed, whereas 100 could occupy the posts, At the Tortugas, Key West and the other posts along the Southern coast, from the Carolinas to Fiorida, are stationed about 800 more men; 400 of these could easily be withdrawn. If this were done eth than ed men , leaving gt each post now occupied a force suificient to pro- tect the public property. Scarcely @ day passes that we do not read of new outrages being committed against deienceless settlers by the savayes and of small bodies of troops: being sent out to contend against Vastly superior nuinbers of their merciless enemies, while we, of the more favore@ brawch of the service, are passing tne time in comparative idleness. Captain ARMSTRONG, Fort Monrog, June 25, 1870, To THE Epiron OF THE EeRALD:— By your paper of the 24th more Indian outrages on the frontier are reported, and General Rancock reports but 421 available men for duty. The garri- son of this post alone is 471 men, and if the five com. panies now at this post were full it would be over 500 strong. The oMicers at this post are anxious to serve their cpuatry on the frontter—anything vo show. the country their usefulness. The companies of artillery, before the late war, were many of them stationed in the Indian country, and served as both cavalry and infantry. Why can we not do so now, when there ts such 4 demand for our services ? Agitate (he subject in the columns of your journal and it may be listened to at headquarters, Corporal CAISSON, Fort Monnos, Va., June 24, 1870. To tae Eprror or THE HERALD:— Your notice tn yesterday's Hggatp of Indian out- rages and need of troops on the’ Plains, and large garrisons of troops on the seaboard where they are not needed, states the case as itis, and meets the approbation of the oficers at thig post. There is a garrison of five compantes—nearly 600 men—at this bec and why we are kept here, now that the State reconstructed, We cannotsee. We are ready and anxious to go to the Plains, where we can of some use, jease keep the matter before the public. Agitate it in every number of your paper until Con- gress shall notice it, and you Will oblige some of us who wish to serve the penne Log | ros ae boechang et tume en there is such a demand for tt ae Lieutenant PLUCK, Tux Jaren Powris Cask IN RICHMOND.—Peti- tions, satd to have nearly 1,000 signatures, were yesterday presented to the Governor for the com- Mutation of the sentence of Jeter Phillips to impria- onment for sife. I€ the petition is not granted inu- lips will, ou vriday nexs, the 1st of July, suiter the extreme penalty of the law for the crime of murder ing wis wife, Ivis reported that the prisoner enter- taing but [title hope of executive clemency, an again called in his spiritnal edvtecre | Lespatch.