The New York Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1871, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1871—TRIPLE Siiger. PE LOSS OP TOE SNOINAW, ] Becta tartans nanennnenne er. At one time the erier was given to clear away dhs Wolstod ou the starbokrd side of the quarter: THE MIDWAY ISLAND EXPEDITION, ait order having been countermanded the launch remained with her stern lowered some six we nn feet and all the gripes cut. In @ short time she was carried away, davits audall, Gangs went to work av once 1a Het Oieed pee . PROVISIONS OUT OF THR FORK AND MAIN HOLD, Not @ great deal was obtained from the fore hold, as the forward yt of the vessel was not oh the Tork tH WH i after part, and the hold. was full WAtéh, ‘this was betore daylight, When broke an Island appeared, jess than a mile om thi by th cea Reason of the Visit of the Saginaw to Geran Island. Tho Wreck and the Party on init, ihe Saginaw haa ga inearea =) » d Opie, Shore. found ju the pore nivoe Vee bok crow, nee 8 soon AS IL Was dre got out and ght the boat taken over the reef to the lagoon, with little or no damage. The ship was ay ae to break up somewhere Lear the engine, as the forward portion of her had already mucli ir heel than the alter, and the deck waa toa édnsideranle extent broken op ‘The water Was nearly up co the hatchés. Lines 9 bg Wah ey i CS y we provisions: Sapna [From the Pacific Commercial Advertiser, of Hono- orelock the ‘ship ne boats. rAbeAE semen. a Stam lulu, Jan, 28.) Was orlaens oe out Arey aie heel Pate le rer Was Bu at the mast broke short o: @ dec! Toth northwest of the Hawatian Islands, for® | Wit,“ mmply cutting the sntvude, om tho sas distance of over a thousand miles, stretches a suc- | cide, the mast falling go as to make a gangway to the cession of coral recfs and shoals, with here ‘and | reel, saa eo remained ones the io i on bre! fe there a sandy islet, thrown up by the winds and / UP In a shoyt time the forward part Tig ss 4 ‘waves, aud mostly bare of vegetation. These islets ear ane una tage orrie Te @re termed “atolls” by geographers, a word taken | mast et ang ver’ enon SRS ry of the hi lost Al from the Maldive language, and signifying a coral | semblance to what it ha ae heey sere. @ good portion of the provisions were In the alter island consisting of a strip or ring of coral holds Tad could be got ‘ with comparativo ease. reef surrounding a central lagoon, Professor | The day was spent in saving and conveying to tho Their Life on the Coral Reef and Their Rescue. " va island what provisions, sails, toola, &¢.. could be got Dana, who accompanied Wilkes’ exploring | gt. ihut few petioles of slothing were saved, and mitt expedition around the world during the | great diMculty, To add to the disagreeable charac- aeareeey tae entmert | ROYALTY IN ROME. Avi’ tog itt nish ape a his work, Due with a heart. looking A ward, he felt eure that what hesaw was | The Arrival of Prince Humbert and nn, How They Were Welcomed by the Populace. Cheers for the Royal Pair and Kisses for the Baby. THE SAPPHO'S PRIZAS. “we wenn nmnneing, fT . Description of the Cup Won by the Yacht |A SECOND RISING OF THE TIBER, Sappko in Englaud and Now on Exitbition pant anahtasuaats at Tiffany’s, Ebony and Ailver, chased and frosted and en- graved, mermatds and dolphins and nymphs and graces and fluted shells—this is the Sappho’s cup. Standing before tt you see more than all this and hear other sounds’ than the rustle of rich garments and the Jom : noo Shay, in ipenapete frie f Curious Instance of Opposition to the Now nificent establishment, where it 19 on exhibition, b Looking at the dolphins aua Neptune’s trident, you Order of Things—An Amorican Lady goon an imaginary yacht race of your own, and Cries ‘Viva Pio Nono!? Broadway and TiMany’s fade away to give place to the salt and foam and dash of the sea, The gallant HOW the steaniér took them ail on board the next day, how they bade farewell to the barren spot Sis ee a a i tho generous atipplléa pene 108 Umelh ae circumstances have been mentioned before in these © ti Et Vie the history of the attempt to make & ny , Arid a coaling station at Midway Island. The result been the loss of four lives and a tine ver. sel-of-war, the sinking of $59,000 and months Vig hardship and privation—and nothing accompilshed, Apprehonsions of Great Damage to the Bternal City. Princess Marguerite. 1 a years 1883-1842, published @ book of somo 159 pages ou “Coral Reefs and Islands,” in which he demon- strates very clearly that these reefs owe their origin to the mysterious operations of the zoophytes or polyps, which be describes as “an animal of the ra- diate type, having 1a general a cylindrical body, at ‘one extremity of which there 18 @ mouth, sure rounded by one or more series of arms or tentacles, Jt has no special ergans of sense, and 1s capable of multiplying by buds and artificial sections, as weil as ova, These animals form coral by the secretion of calcareous matter.” dis theory ig that tho goophytes build their structures on the summits of submerged mountains, which have sunk beneath the level of the ocean in bygone ages. These coral islands abound in this ocean, and rising but a few feet above the surface, surrounded by strong but uncertain currents, ‘Uhey are peculiarly dangerous to navigators, parti- cularly at mght. it was upon one of these tslands, known as Ocean Island, situated in Jatitude 23 23 north and longi. tade 178 50 west, that the Untied States steamer Saginaw went ashore en the morning of the son of October iast, while on her way to San Francisco from Midway (formerly Brooke’s) Island. Three of hor crew remainea, hay- ing ail fortunately reached the shore in safety, unul the 3d of the present month, when they were res- cued from them half-starved and perilous situation by the timely arrival of the steamer Kilauea, which bad been promptly despatched to thelr aid by the Hawaiian governnient on the receipt of the news of the disaster at Honolulu. in the Hawatian Spectator for July, 1838, we find | the iollowing account of Ocean Island and the wreck of the Gledstanes, as furnished by the master: ~ The island, in tatitude 28 23 north, and longitude 178 30 west, whieh I auppous tobe Uccan Island, 18 about three mifiea in circumference. It {s composed of broken coral and shelis, and ia covered near the siore with low buahes, In Tue season it abounds with sea birds, and at times there is a siderable number of hair seals, ‘There is always an | abundance of fish and ina great variety. The highest part ‘of the island ts not more than tea feet above the level of the | sea. ‘The only tresh water is what dratas through the sand the heavy rains, From the specimens of uead sue nt tie beach there appear to bea great variety shells, The Svecta‘or sa: | ledstancs was wrecked on the 9h of July, 1887, abont | . Only one man was lost; he jumped overboard, | iain Brown remained on the island | ot December, waen himseif, with his chiec nd eight ceamen, sailed for the Sandwich Islands in a schooner tuey had, with great toil and perseverance and skill, con- | airiicted from fragments of the wreck. The other oicera | and men, who remained several months longer, and endured | grest sulterings were subsequently brought off by a vesaal | legpatched for tat purpose by her Britannic Majesty's Consul | at these islands, | We propose giving here a concise history of the il-starved expedition, which has resuited go disas- | trousiy In the loss of four valuable lives and the squandering of a large amount of money. This ac- | couut ls maluly Compiled from journals kept on the | islands, A HARBOR AT MIDWAY ISLAND. } Through the misrepresentatious of interested par- | ties, backed by tie recommendations of a naval | oiicer who was either incompetent to judge | or who was influenced by unworthy feelings of j prejadice and spite against tue government and { people of these islands, the North Pacilic Mail | Steamship Company was led to believe that, by | we expenditure of @ reasonable sum, a food harbor | could be’ made at Midway Island, @ barren sand | bank, enclosed in a@ coral reef, situated in north , latitude 26 degrees 13 minutes and west longitude | 177 degrees 23 minutes, distant from Honolulu about | 1,100 mlies, and lorty-eiglit iniles from Ocean Island, | ‘This was to be the coaling station for the compauy’s | steamers on their voyages between San Francisco | and China, AS & commencement, Congress ap- | propriated $60,000 for the work of biasti a | sup chaunel through the reef. The Saginaw | was detailed for the service, and on the 22d of February, 1570, leit San Fiancisco for Midway | isiand via Honolulu, having on board a party of ex- | perienced divers, and all the necessary machinery, | apparatus and stores fer carrying on the work of blasting and excavating the proposed channel, She arrived av the island Merch 24, and alter puttiog up | the necessary buildings the business of biasting tue | var Was commenced, and the first trial was con- | sidered satisfactory, fifty pounds of pewder having | been used in two charges, each dislodging about five | tons of rock. This was to be hoisted into a scow and then dumped on the reef on either side ef the pre sed cut. The channel was to be over 600 lect | jength, with a general average widih of 200 feet and a depth of twenty-four feet. On the 14th of May the Saginaw sailed for Hono- | lulu, and up to the. date ot her loss—October 29— | had made four trips to and froin the istand. On her | Jast return from Hovolulu Captain Sicard brought | orders to the working party to discontinue opera- | Uons, a8 the appropriation ($50,000) hed been ex- | i hausied. After toiling laboriousiy and constantly, whenever the weather and health of the men per- mitted, under water aud in boats and scows, tor six mouths, using large quantities of powder ana | tuse, they had excavated a channel near the centre | of the cut about fifteen feet wide and 450 feet in | Jength, and the $60,000 was expended und the Work brought to a stop. At this rate the work Will coss, when compieted, at least the sum of $1,000,00, Itis very much to be doubted whether the United States government will consent to the | throwing away of any more mouey in the useless | attempt to make an available harbor at Midway, | alter ine experience of the past year. If Congress | 1s again prevailed upon to ald the insane projectey | appropriating more junds 1t will certainly require a | vast deal of lobbying and corruption. ] The prevailing winds at Midway during the sum- mer months were the northeast trades, so-called, | varying from east by north to east southeast. In the failand winter the wind was mostly from the north, ‘with occasional strong gales from the west. When the westerly gales biew the mouth of the lagoon, being, asin ail coral islands, on that side, tne sea broke heavily all over the lagoon, and no work could be done, On one occasion the workmen were returning to the island from the entrance of the channel when onecf these gales came on, “‘and,’’ sald our informant, “it was a mighty big conam- drum at one time whether she would ever reach the shore.” During the month of April the thermometer Tanged from_ 68 at sunset to 66 At noon and 80 at sundown, Twenty-eight days in July, marked 70, 94 and s1, morning, noon and night, ana ior ewenty- two days in October, 73, 84 and 73, UNLUCRY FRIDAY, Having taken on board the working party and tueir materiais on Friday (traditionally unlucky fer | eailors), the Saginaw lett Midway Leland for Sau Francisco. It was determined, however, to visit Oc.an Island, abont forty-eight miles to the west, where it was possible that some vessel migut have been wrecked. lt was upon this island that the British ship Gledstanes was wrecked in 1837 wna the American ship Parker in September, 1842. The crew of the latter stip were taken from the island im May, 1843, But the Saginaw on her humane mis- sion became herself a wreck. The wind was fair and the engines were running mor and it was expected that bid would be near the island about four o'clock in the morning. At half-past two tho engines were stopped entirely, At nail-past turee the man on the loukont reported that he saw SOMETHING AHEAD WHICH He THOUGHT TO Bz | BREAKERS, ‘The order was given immediately to back the en- gines, which was done, and continued for about ten minutes, when the wheels refused to movo, the uifl- culty being evidently that some of the steam con: nections were broken. During this time the topsails | were still set, and could not be got in before she airuck. When the breakers were reported and the engines backed the meu were sent aloit to (url tho topsails; but they were not got In soon enough to prevent their giving the ship more headway tuan the engiues, with the steam they had, could counter- act. ‘here were sixteen pounds of steam when the engines were first backed, and the fires were banked, Steam was used dowa to seven pounds; but in tho acoutime the fires were opened, and at the time the ‘Vessel became finally fast on the rocks the steam was Tising. ‘The tepsaiis were all the sail she was car- rylug at the time of striking, the foretopsail being only clewed up. Shortly after striking forward tho ship swung round broadside on, and huge breakers Were pounding at her bow and starboard side, As te engine ceased working sne struck under the fire room, raiding the fire room plates and the star- board boiler. THB WATER CAME IN IN TORRENTS, and ina jew imoments was upto the grate bara, Every wave that eeusk the ship threatened to brea! her to pleces, ‘The gmoke stack went over the side, ond the ebip graduahy careened over to port, toe | elapse before they were felieved, | frightening the game aw: ter of the situation, many of the men became utterly UNABLE TO WORK ON ACOOUNT OF DRINK, In clearing out the hold they discovered the wine lockers 1n the ward room, and had heiped them- selves, and, although there was nothing 10 it stronger than ale aud claret, on men who are de- barred from all liquors, and Who were fasting, the eifect was soon apparent, At five o’clock P. M. word was passed to abaniion the ship. All hands accordingly went on shore. ‘The damaged provisions were spread out on ernie and such sails as couid be got at. Much of the bread had been placed 1 bags, and the wash of the sea rushing througn tre holes in the ship’s sides had reduced it to @ mere pulp, such as te be abso- lutely uncatable, except to people in danger of starvation. ‘The bread in boxes fared better, since it was kept in shape, and was not so thoroug! saturated. Much of the beef and pork was broken out of the barrels, and everything was adriit, On getting to the shore, tired, wet and hungty, after twenty-four hours of fasting and iourteen of severe labor, no one felt any ambition to provide for a shelter, but SUNK TO REST IN THE SAND. During the aiternoon @ party had been tn search ot fresh water, but had found none, streams or springs Were not expected, but it was thought that by digging fresh water might be obtained, But tha dirst attempt was @ failure, As ine sun went aown on the shipwrecked company ‘on @ love barren isie,”” all ands were piped to supper. A half a cup. tull of water trom the scanty stock saved from the ship, @ half acake of hurd bread and a couple of ounces of raw pork constituted the allowance per man. ‘The ofiicers, fveen in number, fared question- ably betier, for they had asrnall leg ofmution, wich, having beep kept too tong in a warm climate, was tainied, and had an “ancient and fish-like sineil.’” Some caickens, turkeys aud sheep that were saved, were turned loose on the island, It was necessary to put all bands—ninety-tiree souls—at once on short allowance, for it was unceriain what supplies the isiund might afford, aad @ long period might Alter the frugal supper those who were fortunate enough to have suved tobaccot divided, and after a smoke, as cheer- fuily as the circumstances would allow, all settled their wearted bodies among the bushes, to slee p or to ponder over the events of the day and to specu- late on tae prospects ahead. 1? WAS, IN TRUTH, A REMARKABLE SHIPWRECK, ‘the night bad been clear starlight, with a mode- rate breeze, Ihe ship was heading direct for an island whose position and distance—and that Q short one—were known, approximately if not | Precisely, She was making not over two nd a half to three knots, yet she ran directiy, without any particular lack Ol vigilance, on a reef which was above water, and on witch the breakers were dash- jug turiousl). The preseace of @ strong current 1s the only hypothesis iu explanation. ‘the fact that the ship’s stern went up high and dry on the reef, | so that the most iinportant stores ald the boats were saved, Was also a remarkable one. And last, not least, tue recoliectlon that no lives were lost, gave occasion for thankfulness and wonder. One ian, a marxine, Who was mtoxicated, had a marrow escape. He fell, or rather walked overboar through the break where the vessel had parted. lie was picked up with diiieuity, ‘The next day was empioyed in securing whatever | Could be got froin the wreck, und D.GGING ON THE ISLAND FOR WatrR. None was found that was much diferent tn teste from the water of the ocean. One well ouly atiorded very biackisu and bitter tasting water, wich a few could drink without disagreeable eiiects, while others had to avoid it whoily or suiler, Supper con- sisted of a picce of bread and stewed turtle. So they lay down to rest again in discomiort. Some had obiatned mattresses and blankets from tie wreck, but Liey Were all wet. They bad GOT ASHORE A SMALL STATIONARY BOILER belonging the contructor’s party. This was put up on Monday, the third day aiter landing, as a dis- tiller, and to the great joy of all hands it succeeded admirably in producing fresh. water from salt. Fearful of disaster to this invatuable distilier, & Watch Was set over It, vonsisting of three of the Blip’s enginecrs aud three seamen, whe took turns in saperimtending it while in operauon. Tents were ut up for shelter and messes foriued, and the camp egan to assume as much tne appearance of com- fort as possible under the circumstances. From this time forward, until the arrival of the Kilauea, the same routine Was gone threugh with daily of work ing on the boats, with a view to visiung Midway Isiand, FISHING AND CATCHING TURTLE AND SEAUIRDS. Every Sunday morning all hands were mustered and divine service was held. On the isth of No- vember the captain’s gig, which had been raised upon deck and thoroughiy fitted for tie purpose, sailed irom the island for Henolulu for assistance with a crew of four men, under the command of the executive olticer of the ship, the lamented Lieu- tenant Talbot, In our issue of January 4, we printed in full the account of the voyage of 1,100 miles in | that small boat, which ended so disastrously to Jour out of the ive who left the island in her. After her qdeparture the work was vigorously carried on of peyton @ boat in which to visit Midway, to be forty feet long. ‘She long continuance of a diet of animal food— ali the vegeiables served out being one-half a de- cayed potato per diem for each mun—began te tell upon the beaith of the people and diarrhwa was prevalent, Medicines were scarce, but quiet and a few days’ abstinence from seal meat, turtie, &e.. served to effect a cure. On the sth of December quarter rations of beans were served out. Fresh 4ish were caught, but were far from plentiful. De- cember 23 THE BREAD RATION WAS TWO OUNCES PRR MAN; 20th, One ounce of four and one ounce of beans on alternate days, with @ smail piece of sea gull or seal twice a day, varied occa- sionally with turtle, which were beginning vw get scurce, Wich one of the spars a lookout Was set up, surmounted by a fagstat’, on which was hoisted the colors, umon down, in order to attract the atlenuon of any passing vessel. De- comer 22, 28 and 24, there was a heavy gaie from the westward, with ® high tide ana heavy surl, which damaged the boats somewhat. November 2 the captain, with two boats’ crews, was out picking up driltwood from tue wreck, when a westerly galo came on aud they were oliiged to spend the night onasund spit in a cold rain. Without a shelter, they adopted the expedient of digging lioles in the sand and burying themselves in it. ‘They got safely k to camp the next morning; in a sad plight, however, . KILLING GAME WITH SWORDS, Their axiety avout asupply of fresu water was now past, for the rainy season bad set in, and a hole Was found which aitorded a good supply of palat- able water. Life can be sustained for an indeiulte berlod on scanty supplies of the poorest Kinds of dood, but water 13 an absolute necessity. The sea birds called “goncys” by seamen were not very plenty, and the number taken was Huited to cight per di¢m. No shooting was allowed for tear of from the isiand, aud the plik was to decapitate them with swords, which Was an easy job, a3 the birds were tame. One swift cut and the goney made nosign. Eight birds, the size of a chicken when plucked, served for ninety- turee men. Occasionally an egg was found, five inches by three in size, ana these were treasured as delicacies and shared equally in the mess, each per. son getting a taste, The laying seagon had not yet commenced, November 11 there was an excitement in the camp in the evening. . ‘The carpenter, who had been strolling dioug the beach, rau in, guile eut of breath, and announced that he Nad seen the light of a vessel iu the offing. ‘The idea was @ plausible one, as the China bound steamer would be passing about that date, Butatter all hands had turned out to look at the lights, it turned out to be astar just rising and hidden now and then by the sweil of the sea. Alter the saliing of the gig on the 1sth of November, the thoughts of the extles dwelt upon the voyage of the boat, and they followed her in imagination over the waste of waters, and specu- lated upon how long it would be ‘before help would come. Counting day alter day, and say- ing each night to each other, “the gig is 80 many days out to-day,” and working silently on the boats the ime wore monotonously away. Ovcasion- fish-tive nearest approach they Rad’ e suit een ee ish—th appre: hi to cal— animal spirits would rise and” pes a SONGS AND STORY-TELLING ENLIVENED THR It ig not surprising, however, that the songs. ond stories generally ran upon the ‘subject of good eat- ing. Up to December 11 they had killed ana eaten seventy-five seais and 1,200 “goneys.? Christmas Day—Merty Chrisimas—is passed over in the day's Journal with the simple remark, “uniform ration.” January comes on and the gig has been absent over gix weeks, tear are getting despondent, giving her up for lost, while others simply complain Rati jer and work patiently on the secend cutter, which fs about finished, But work progresses. slowly, for men eaunot work very briskly on empty stomachs, UR. THE At length, on the afternoon of the 3d. of January, yachts, with their gallant crews, the strain of can- vas and the stretch of hope, the thousands who watohed both near and far—all this comes up on looking at THIS CUP WHIOH J8 NOT A CUP. “And if net, why not?” Simply because it is quite another thing, as all the inittated know. ‘The Sappho cup is an elaborate centre piece, in the form of a fountain, with an ebony base, from which rises @ silver tube containing the hydraulics for forcing up the perfumed fluid which 1t is mtended te hold, This tube is surrounded by mermaids and dolphins of frosted silver. Upon the tube rests the basin of the fountain, formed of shells in chased and polished silver. In the centre of this basin, upon silver rocks, are grouped three nympiis of oxidized silver, one nude on the others paruy draped. One is standing, and, ¥ A PATR OF VERY BEAUTIFUL ARMS, holds upon her head a sheil through which the fountain throws its jet. Upon the ebony base 1s the inscription, delicately engraved upon a silver plate:— QTE LONER LODENELELOLE DE DEE DE LE WON BY THE 3 AMERICAN SCHOONER YACRT SAPPHO, 3 WILLIAM H. DOUGLAS, DEFEATING THE ENCLIGH BOHOONER YACHT CAMBRIA 3 IN THRRE RACES IN ENGLIUH WATERS, MAY, 1870, Qrevenceaeseeeae seas sett aegt oe DOLIEL TER ODILLEEETE OP ‘The cup, which was made at the establishment of R. Hancock, London, and arrived in New York last Saturday, is very gracefully modelied, but the exe- cution is Indifferent, falling far below many beautiful specimens of sliver work by which it 1s surrounded, ‘ne shelis which form the basin of the fountain may be used as receptacies of fruit or Gowers, thus giving @ use to What i3 ordiarily purely ernamental. ‘The Sappho cup ts supported on either side by the Queen's cup and another prie cup representing a silver VENUS POISED UPON BRONZE SHELLS. the shells supported by silver aolphins resting upon ebony, a very beautiful design. Those who are interested m yachting prizes and like to look at gondolas and sea horses, and immature Neptunes and naiads, and mermaids and Venuses, and shells, with now and then an unromantic puoch bowl, all in silver and gold, exquisitely wreught ana eagraved, will find quite @ collection of this kind of silverware at Tutany’s. ' NEW YORK GITY. The following record will show tho change? In the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, aa indicated by the thermometer at Hudauv’3s Phar- macy, HERALD Building, coruer of Ann street:— 1870, 1. 1870. 1871, oi 27 45 iT 28 27 36 Average temperature yesterday. san 8 Average temperature for corresponding date last year...... The Thomas Foulke School Association will meet this evening at the astor House. The boys of St. Bernard’s Sunday schoo! gave an exhibition last evening In the basement ef the chureh (West Thirteenth street), before a large aud delighted audieuc A ladies’ fair isnow going on at St. Stephen's, East Twenty-eighth street, for the Industrial Home for Young Women, The object is most deserving, and the iatr shuuid be liberally patronized, “Rome and the Catacombs’? is the title of Dr. Adams’ lecture to be delivered to-morrow evening at Association Hail, It will be illustrated by photo- graphic views of 400 square feet, and must beat this time of great interest, The annual reunion and dinner of the New York Association of the Alumni of Dickinson College takes place at Delmonico’s, Fourteenth street, this evening, at six o'clock. The occasion will be graced by the presence of muny ladies. Rey. Dr. urbin, tie President of the association, will be present. The committee in charge of the French rellef fund announce the total amount recetved up to last evening as $72,657. In additioa to the above the committee has received 1,200 cans of preserved meats aud soup from Kemp, Day & Co., and three barrels dried green sweet corn from South Family of Shakers, Mout Levanoa, N, Y. The stockholders of the Sixth Avenue Raliroad have elected the following directors and inspectors for the current year:—Richard Mortimer, G. W. Burnham, Frederick de Peyster, Jonathan Thorne, J. K. Butler, Waldo Hutchings, William R, Stewart, Avram R. Van Nest, Edward Minturn, Robert J. Woodward, Henry Demorest, Josiah Jex and Ste- hen May. Inspectors of Election—uidward Brown, james McKenna and Dow S. Kittle. Coroner Keenan was yesterday afternoon called to hold an inquest at the corner of Canal and Orchard streets on the body of an aged man named Connolly. About a week since an awning of his house gave way and fell on Mr. Connoily, facturing one of his legs and otherwise seriously injuring him. 1: ts al- leged by the Irieuds of deceased that the awning had been made unsafe by the recent erection of a fire escape by the owner Of the premises. ‘fhe wate er Will be thorougily lavestigated, ‘The funeral of the late Postinaster Wm. B, Taylor took place yesterday morving at Dr, Hutton’s church, in Washington square, in the presence of a very large assemblage, The attachés of the general Post Oiilce and sub-s.atious were present In a large body. Postmaster P. MH. Jones, Abram . Wakeman, Win. L. Raymend, James Keliy, dr, ex-Cuancellor Ferris, Major Hopper aud many other prominent gentlemen were preseat. ‘Nhe funeral services were pertormed by Rey, br. Hutton, and the address was made by Rey. Tieodore Cuyler, of Brookiyn, ‘The remains were taken to the Marbie Cemeiery in Second street, +A convention of poultry breeders was held yester- day at.No. 27 Chatham street, to revise the scale of points of fowls, avd to correct the errors in the American scale of excellence. ford, Ct., Was chosen chairman, and A, M. Halstead, of Rye, N, Y., secretary. Mr. M. C. Welds proposed tomake the standard number of ports 100, instead of the English system of fifteen. This was discussed atagreat length. It was unanimously agreed to ignore weight in the list of points, Twisted feathers in Asiatic Cochins were decided a disquatification, It was decided that the head and com) should con- stitute two separate points. At St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church yesterday morning @ solemn requiem high mass was said for Jast Saturday, and his daughter, Mrs. departed this life in the year 1807. ‘was the celevrant, Father McUlancy deacon and & clergyman irem Morrisania subaeacon. The choir, which was conducte ay Antonio 0, Martinez, and augmented by Madame Manzoceht and or anger, Mrs, Stagg and Mrs, Joinstod, gal 0's | “Messo Fanebre.” Mrs. Manzocchi sang “Angel: Ever Bright and Fair; “Salve Regins,” compose the deceased, was sung by Madame Martinez; “Sweet Spirit, Hear My Prayer,” was sung by Mra, Kennedy. There were @ great many friends ef the. deceased present—among them a large number of prominent artists new in the city. The body of Signor gBagioli was enclosed in a black wainut casket, over Which was it @ black velvet pall, @dged with white satin, aud a cross of the samo material was embroidered the centre, These stoed in the middle aisie,"*having at head and foot lighted candelabra. Alter the service the Pal ‘oltnt, ‘was borne dewn the atsle to the hearse, the bearers being Gustavu: ht, Raphael M Becchi Di Casall, Mario Brigaidt, Sebastian! Da Cor- fla, and Signor Cason!, the sculptor. The remains ‘were mpterred at Greenwood Cemetery, 8. J. Beston, of Hart- | tie prosperity of the Roman people,” Possibly theso the repose of the souls of Antonto Bagioli, wno died | rumbrsare eeaggerated. Tae i Sickles, who | one that calls ior a speedy remedy; for it is simply Father Dunphy | preposterous that a Roms, Jan, 24, 1871, Prince Humbert and the Princess Marguerite arrived here yesterday afternoon at four o'clock, having left Florence at six in the morning by Special or royal train. They stayed to rest for a short time at Terni, and were warmly received by the population of that quiet Iittle town, where, in addition to the famous waterfall, there was an ex- tempore water fete in the shape of a tremendous shower of rain, Ratn is quite the order of the day in Rome and its environs, and no one is surprised at it Reving Londoners are inclined to observe that the royal family of Italy do not bring with tem what in England ts callod “Queen's weather.” RAINY RECEPTIONS. It rained in Rome on New Year's Eve when the King arrived, and 1t rained yesterday at four o'clock, when the Hereditary Prince and his lovely bride, with their bonny little son the Prince of Naples, drove from the railway station to the Palace of the Quirinal, But even the horrid weather did not damp the spirits of the Roman citizens, and the streets leading to the station and palace were thronged with people, all anxious and de‘ermined to receive the royal trio with befitting honor. The military and civil authorities, headed by General La Mar- mora, the Luogotenente of the Roman provinces, and Prince Doria, the representative of the Sin- daco—who does not yet exist—mustered in great force, and were backed and strengthened by the four legions of the National Guard, under the com- mand of General Tito Lopez. All the streets in the district of Monte Cavallo—the quarter of Rome in which the Quirinal stands—were flied with private carrlages—some of them open in spite of the rain— and cabs and vehicles of all kinds and colors, Everybody seemed in good humor—iirst, because everybouy had an umbrella; and secondly, because Carnival had begun. No one can or ought to be miserable in Carnival, and when the royal carriage lett the station it was greeted with the hearitest | cheers, ‘These ringing cheers became | A PERFECT HURRICANE OF APPLAUSE | as the royal pair drove up to the palace—for the little fellow who 1s to wear the crown of Italy one of these days was fast aslecp in his nurse’s arms, and | Was not seen er recognized; the cannon firing the customary salute and spreading the news of the day’s arrival to the remotest curners of the city. Here, then, is the fait accompli. The royal family of Ituly have arrived in Rome, and have taken thelr | place reyally. | KISSING THE ROYAL NO OFICIAL RE- | The Prince and Princess did not “receive’? to- y—oflicially, 1 mean—for they have numbers of private friends in Rome, ali of whom, as in duty Sccnptes a very acrange position at the it mo- ment. Ithasa Pope and no Pope, a King no King; it has a Municipality, but no Sindace; a Pre- fecture—or what does duty’ for a Profecture—but ‘+4 Prefect, ‘This state of things cannoc last, and the Sooner It 18 changed the better for the government— the hetter, too, for the dynasty. Diacontent ts apt to break out at odd moments, and the patience o1 the ANS should not be tified with, ING HOSTILITY ka THE NEW ORDER OF THINGS, Signs of hostility to the how regime are beginning to develop. Yesterday ihe Cardinal Vicay put forth @ very ominous tmvifo sacro, which 1 saw Poster Up on the columns on each side of his palacé gate, inviting the faithful to celebrate the festival of the Purtfication, anil exhorung them to turn a deat ear to the sacrilegious insinuations of janovatoes and the heretical publication now permitied to circulal in the Holy us A crowd of people were collec tof to read { i8 ddcument, and genetally approved o} fe but, although the royal party condemned it, they ‘espected rts integrity, in Accordance with the pre- posed guarantees for the perfect libe ty to be en- joyed by the ecclesiastical authorities mm Rome in publishing ail acts connected with their sacred ministry, Tho Captiaie was confiscated yesterday for an oopaaina biography of Pius IX. Other demonstrations hostile to the new ovder of things might be mentioned, such as THE DARING AP?HARANCE OF AN AMERICAN LADY asi Monday evening on the Piazza di Spagna, with ah enormous pouquet of white and yellow flowers tn her hand, which she flourished, exclaiming, ‘Viva Pio Novo!” before the National Guard, just then returuing from thelr parade on the (juirinal hill for the arrival of the Prince and Princess, The citizen soldiers were so Lull of tri-colored enthusiasin that the Papal colors rather irritated them, and the fatr bearer of them found it prudent to retire before the advancing battalions. The clerical journals are silent as yet on the subject of the Prince and Prin- cess? arrival, Prince Humbert paid a visit yesterday morning to General La Marmora and Prince Doria. It 18 not expected that his Royal Highness will venture to ask for an audience of his Holiness; but it bas been and Is still reported that THE PRINCESS WILL CERTAINLY WAIT UPON PITS IX, unless the Pont? has the cruelty to repuls® her ap- plication, ‘The mtant heir to the throne of Italy, the *rince of Naples, has been driven about in a court carriage, with ti oglish nurse, and has been affec- Uenately greeted by lis future subjects, Meeting of tho Coal Comp»nios—Largs Coal Iie terest Represont:d—Combinat'on Agai rst the Strikxore—-Tho Pro p:ctive Coal Famine, ‘The strike of all the miners and laborers of the Anthracite region has been brought home to the public by the increased prico ef coal. The repre. sentatives of the several mining companies and rail. roads in the coal trade had a secret meeting yester- yy at the office of the Delaware and Lackawanna Company, corner of Exchange place and William street, Among those present were the following:— Asa Packer, Mr. Sayre, of Leh'gh Valley Ratlroad Company; Mr. Gowen, President of Philadelphia and Reading Ratlroad Company; Messrs. Pardee, Fell, Lmdeman and Coxe, committee of coal ope- rators of Lehigh region; David Thomas, Samuel Thomas, representing Lehigh Iron Furnaces; Messra. Bushing, Eckert, Kauffmann, repre- senting Schuylkill Company Iroa Furnaces; Messrs, Borda, silegtved, Kendrick, committee of coal Operatorsin Schuylki county; Mr, Dickson, Presi- dent of Delaware and Huson Canal Company; Mr. Ewen, President of Penusyivania Coal Company; Mr, Hoyt, Treasurer of Pennsyivanta Coal Company; Mr. Clark, President of Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company; Messrs. Sloan, Brisbin and Pyne, of Dela ware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Com- pany, ‘The assemblage represented in all @& capt. tal of about $300,000,000 and an annual pro- duction of 15,000,000 tons of coal Tho meeting was avowedly held for the purpose of ANARCHY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Brutal Murders, Robberies and Incendiariem— ‘The Blacks Charged with the Crimes, PNOREP PLANTATION, 8, ©., Feb. 10, 1871. The condition of affairs here, governmentally and im almost every way, 1s as bad as it well can be. Scarcely a week passes but you hear of @ brutal murder and the burning of the buildings of the Tost respeetable citizens. While in Columbia, the Capital of the State, week before last, I was informed “thas It was unsafe to go in or outof the city alone; that the people went in and out by two or more, Only @ few weeks before I was there Mr. Dubard, @ citizen full of years and respectablilty, while | returning to his bome in his buggy, was brutally murdered and robbed apon the higiway, about five miles from the city, About a week after that Mr, Batley, another citizen of Richland, was shot down and robbed in the road, within a mile of the city— all by day. Last week Rey. Mr. Harrison, of Hage- field, wes shot and fustantly killed white In the act of retiring to bed. A few nights ago Mr. Maybin, whose plantation is just across the river from me, had his corn fodder, horses and mules all destroyed by the torch of the incendiary, These are only a few of the many cases that e occurred, and which are perpetraced almost entirely by the black Youcan form no idea of our condition, Intelli- gence, patrivtism and virtue have no voice in the government, Pauperisin alone ts represented, and ignorance, vice and corraption are rampant. Ima- giue your great State and city, with their teeming and magnificent resources, immense weaith, intelli. gence, patriotism and virtue, crushed and held down’ by @ stronger power ‘at the point of the bayonet, and their goverameut given over to the denizens of Five Points, and they hounded on by the scum of the Old- World, and you will have only @ fatne idea of our condition; for Lf is Worse than even that would be, because.we have been put under the goverument of an inferior race, All the ages tat have preceded Us give Lo parallel where a people have been hunted down and persecuted as we have been, The clock | of time has been rolled back and @ stain put upon ow Christian civilization, All this has been brought about by & power external to ourselves, In 1568 und 1869 L travelled over the North ana couversed ireciy with geutlomen of every shade of political Opiiion, by Whom L was Kindly received, and I am sauistied if our real condition was Known they Would not tolerate it for @ moment. We Waub nothing but what 18 right and just. Ail We ask is that Un | bound, called to pay their respects and kiss the | royal baby, But to oficial and oficious characters Congress such a government as they would willingly | they were “not at nome.” They wanted a holiday, | aud they have had thelr wish; for tue day turned | out beautiful, and the sun, which 1s—aud has been for two months—so rare a sight that people raise | their nats to it when they see It, shoue out with its | traditional splendor, and dried up the streeis in | tune for THB ROYAL PROMENADE. | The Prince and Vrincess drove out in separate | Carrmpes, and Visked the Coiosseuin, tie Capitol, | the Foro Romano, and the site of the excavations | waich are uow taking place In Rome, as weil as the principal streets, und the gardens of the Monte j Pincio, But, though they crossed the Ponte Sauv? | Angelo, they did not visit the Vatican or St. Peter's | chureh, and only atew parts of the Trastevere, or | trauspontine side of the ‘iiber—vartly out of respect | Jor the Pope, and portly, no doubs, out of respect for ; themselves; fora sligit from the Papal autiorities ; Would have been pain(ul and out oi place. I have | Said that the Prince and Princess drove out—or I | should say were driven out—iu separate carriages, | ‘the equipage of the Princess, witch ied the way, proceeded at a walking pace along tiie Corso and } through the Piazza dei Popvuio, up tue Pincian Hu | aud that of the Prince, wich brougut up the rear, was preceded by # long line of private cairiages and crowds 01 ioot passengers, 80 that two demonstra | tous were made instead of one. | 248 PRETTY YACK AND PLEASING MANNER OF THR PRINCES MARGUERITE elicited much appiause botu trom high and low. Already, at an early hour, the city was hung with banners, und the streews had pot on holiday, attire, As night set in mcst of the windows of the Corso and the adjacent thoroughfares were iliuminated, and merry crowds of inen and college youths, ac- companied by bands of street Arabs, marched up and down the different streets with lorches and ban- ners flying, singing the national hymn aua shouting “govival’ to the abseut King aud “Long hve the Prince and Princess |? but not a word of disrespect or lnsuit was aimed at the Pope. At eight o’ciock there was a torchiight demonstration in the Piazza } det Quirnale, the Prince and Princess making their “ppeurance at the balcony amid shouts of “Long live the soldier Prince !’ and ‘Long live Marguerite, tue angel of Italy!” ‘To-morrow ulght there will be a gala performance at tile Teatro Apolly, tie grund opera house of Rome, which will be vriluanily lighted up, and on the following day the Princess wili hold a levee. Preparations are being made tor ASTATE BALL, which 1s to take place M afew days, and a special | yéte are on the tapis for Sunday next; so tiat, what With masking and foxhunting, picnics and yetes ; Champ2ecres in the Campagna and elsewhere, and jancy Lairs and otuer gayelies in the city, it is hoped that a britliant season 13 in store for Rome, and tuat the Roman carnival will make amends for the floods of Christmas week, and perbaps induce the Kg to come here on Fat Tuesday—tlovedi Grazzo— | and remain till Shreve Tuesday. SRCOND RISING OF THE TIBER. But a terrible piece of news has just been pub- lished—news which may spvil the {un and reduce Rowe, if ihe, worst come to tue worst, to the brink | | of misery. ‘This mtelligence is nothing more or less than the announcement of a second rising of the Tiper, The municipality have ths evening issued = fresh = =manifestoey, posted up in prominent characters on all the walis, warning the people against the coun, trouble—telliug them that the Tiver is again overfowing its banks, and tuat part of the country eastward and noriheast- ward of Rome 1s, or will shortly be, under water, ‘lhey are advised to take precautions and prepare for the worst; and the inhabitants of the Ghetto, the Trastevere, and the districts lying along the course of the Via di Kipetta, are especially alluded to; for with them it is a question of house and | home—life, and the wherewithal to live—and to tradesmen, hotel keepers and others the flood means bankruptcy. This is heavy news; and | the ugly whispers of the quidnuncs, who assert that Padre Zecent, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Rome, has “prophesied”? that there | will be two more inundations this year—one in the | spring and one at the beginulng of noxt winrer—cao | not improve matters. If the Tiver rises again, and | repeats the damage done a month ago, | FAREWELL THE ¥RTES OF ROME, | farewell the carnival—farewell fora time, st least, ‘This 13 a crying evil, and y like Rome, 8o rich in works of art and relics of the past, should lie at the mercy fr @ torrent like the Tiber, and be dependent for its rosperity—nay, for its very existenve as @ habile ble town—on the melting of snow a hundred miles away, or a sudden change of wind from east to west, live under themselves, Js it magnaniuity to the | Seuth, or yet justice to the Norti, to depress ail chances Of recuperation? Let tutelilgence, patriot- isin and virtue be brought to tbe sunace, and let us have fair representation, I see that Congress has appointed a committee to Investigate the condition of atairs to this State and i grayed and in safety othe he parks ‘spect mee TORPAG MORMIS. BE report back. I trust they will make @ thorough in- vestigation, and in doing s0 will not couflne them- selves to high ovictais, but will send out into the rural districis and invite gentiemen to certify, that the malady may be probed to its profoundest aeptus aud be healed. BOARD OF BALTH. Laterestiug Report in Reference to Conta. gious Disonses. The Board met at ove o'clock yesterday afternoon, Presideat Bosworth in the chair, The attorney for the Board was directed to commence sults against twelve persons for refusing to comply with the Tenement House act, twenty-one for non-compliance with orders from the Board and one for violations of the Sanitary code. Dr. Morris, City Sanitary Inspector, submitted the following interesting re- port of contagious diseases for the two weeks end- ing on the 11th instant:— Week ending February 4—Typhus tever, 1; typhold fever, 11; smallpox, 21; acariet fever, 89; mensies, 119; diphtheria, } reiapsing fever, 1. Week ‘ending, February t-Typhol 5; smalipox, 25; Searlet fever, 87; measles, 91; dip theria, 13; relapsing fever, ‘The ditainution of forty-six in the nurober of cases reported during the latter in comparisoa with the former week shows a rapid decrease in sinaupox. This has unquestionably been roduced by the promptness and despatch in the removal to ospital of Centres of contagion. As every caso, mild or severe, presents a 6 of Infection, the prompt removal or secure isouatlon of sich case at once arrests its Means of spreading. So subtle ts this iufection by other means than the person sick we cannot hope to eradicate the poison entirely from the city within a few days ly any known means, but there every reason to hope, so far ws the inspection may be con- trolled by sanitary precautions, the Board's eflorts, aro now wit easily effected tue danger wiil continue ‘proportionately. In no Other city or town are necessary precautions en- forced so eliectively and promptly as fn this. Among the first cases occurring eariy in December, when this disease be ung more than usual proportions were two, directly traced to stgamer which arrived at Loston from Liverpool, having smaiipox on board, without undergoing any quarantine or sanitary precantions, The Passengers were allowed to land and proceed at once to their Ulimate destination, Within two weeks after thelr arrival at Bosion they wero found in this city, Bick with this disease, and, su.sequently three other cases were discovered, whose only exposure was while on voard of the same ship.’ Brooklyn and Wiillamsburg, for several been promfnent as our chiet sources of hi aL ove time active measures were en- i of smallpox casea ty hospital, with a! All auch) sanitary precautions, 1 am ioned.” p§ We are peculiarly exposed from the fact tuat lure nuoibers of thelr reatdents daily visit this city, many of them being employed in various 1adustries herein, bringing not only thelr own ons, but also Sand | other ari (wi may posstoly ted) for the esa manufactures of this with suburban cities and towns now itoring f:om this disease, we bave also daily intercommu- nication. These facts are mentioned with a view of im: pressing upon the public geuerally of this city, as weil us of surrounding cities and towag, the necessity of protectin: thes every sanitary precaution that science aivords, (rom the contagion of smalipox, Among the chief and most rellable of these Is thorough aud e:ficleut vaccina- tion. During the present eptdemic and that of last year a large p ron of vaccinated persons were found again suscep- Uble to ite influence, nd many anifered trom varloluid Whooe arms bore the marks of vaccination performed in in- fancy, which had either been tnsudiciently done or had lost {ts protective value, ‘This :act aiforus a warning to those who shave not been re- vaccinated within a few year, of their possible danger from infeotion at the present time. Vaccination to be of any value shonld be thoroughly performed. ‘This eperation, geuerally considered trining 10 ita nature, fs really one of the utmost import: snot vo obtain that immunity from smallpox which it certainiy will affurd ic it t4 thoroughly done according to the trae Jennerian rule. Sts whoie progress 8! 19 care fuily ‘watched, and if in any of fts stages tte truo characterises are. not operation should be repeated until the system no longer shows susceptiniilty to ita iniluence. ‘The solection of vacet tion yirus is also another tmportant element in its suc. ‘hia should be care(ully selected from such children only a8 present indubuable evidences of constitutional arity, or irom caretuily selected animal virus. ‘this Ban Only be done successfully and ‘sately by an exe er, $9 many untoward conditions present themselves ring the dierent stayes of ths vaccine vesicic, which in careful and experienced hands would ve condemned. | The orpinon practice of {naxperienced persons performi jelicate operadon, wiiiont the requisite knowledge either o| its proper § or of the ellects that may be produced, erdicted, both for the present yr ite, uitlnate protective value aubmiti +» City Sanitary Inspecton perfectly deveioped, the GUARANTEES FOR POPE. soa news, with the exception ot She law anit projects of lawg for rantecs, Ineagre this week; but bar Rivas thaikslig @ good deal of atiention, and the discussion thereon are endiess, I will not enter on this jueation now. It is stated that no Prefect or Sub- relect of Rome will be nominated so long A potition was received from the proprictors of dumping grounds in East Fifty-seventh sirect ask- ing to be relieved from the order of the Board com- iliug them te move. their grounds outside the city mits, The petition: was accempanted by another as Signor Gadda occupies his present post; for from the proprietors of several livery stables in the Signor Borroni, the gentieman now acting in that capacity, isa simple delegate of the Prefecture, ‘with very limited pewel Signor Gadda will as- sume the eatire control of the Civil Dep: artment, | of a newspaper city asking that the parties be not interfered with. Some people have an idea that the editorial rooms intended for general uso as a Prince Humbert that ef the army of occupation; for | reading room, and consequence walk in unin- contin 1g Re ©: a tnces- a Toonuanensh 8 vateee on tings wien doee nes a state ol give great satisfaction to the liberal party, Roaie vited, glance over ay nd talk tantly Boat nothing, much to annoyance of the preventing theee periodical strikes and to oppose the combination of the miners and laborers who suspend work at the instance of their secret couneil, In discussing the subject the representatives of the above mentioned companies maintained that it is in the interest of the producers and transporters to have a uniform rate of prices for coal as nearly as practicable, without the EXTRAORDINARY VARIATIONS IN THE PRICE as has hitherto been the case. Soméof these coal- . producing companies, such as the Delaware and Lackawanna ratiroads, sell their coal at auction, as they mostly rely upon the general pablic, whereas the,yDelaware and Hudson Canal and road Companys have their regular customers to whom they sell at fixed rates. ‘ 4 NOT A POUND OF COAL, say the above mentioned companies, has been pro- duced by them since tne 1st of December last, when the men suspended work. ‘The coal companies contend that they have not putup the prices of coal, but the retall dealers, who speculate upon the exhaustion of the product. The Delaware and Hudson Raliroad Company Claims that It1s losing $260,000 a month in consequence of the suspension, a8 it employed 15,000 men and boys in the coal mines, The other companies claim to lose In. proportion, the Hudson and Delaware Ratiroad Company bell tie largest producer, They aiso maintain that the wages offered the miners are larger than those of any other branch of industry in this country. representatives of the Delaware and Hudson, Dela~ ware and Lackawanna and Pennsylvania Coal com- panies asserted that even at the ume they reduced their Wages, thelr miners were being better paid than those tn either the Schuylkill or Lehigh re- gions. The secret council of thee regions however, ordered A GENERAL SUSPENSION OF WORK for the purpose of sustaining the strikers by putting up the price of coal and tuns forcing higher rates of labor, The companies say that, even atthe re- duced rate, the common laborers can ecaru irom $1 60 to $2, and the miuers from $3 to $6 per day. ‘rhe miners, through thelr organized Grand Vouneil, demand that they should pe paid all on the same basis, viz:—according tothe price of coal. Their constant alm, therefore, would be to raise tie price as high aa possible. They desire nething less than @ copartnership interest in thia product. Whenever a surplus of coal shoul bring the price below a ceria — polat they propose to suspeud work in order to drive it up aga. ‘The representatives of the coal companies, however, resolved at the conclusion of the meeting to resist each and every one of the demands of the men. They determined, without a dissenting voice, 10 DO NOTAING for the present, and in theguture to act In co-opera- tion, ‘They deny that the parties who have no other interest than their labor are entitled to a coparsner- ship with theemployers. The miners, who want to have their wages based on the price of coal, would keep up a constant turimoll and SERIOUSLY DISPUKB THE MARKET by the variations that would cnsue at diderent times in consequence of their suspension or resumption of work. Besides, they say, this Would cause ecntinual bickerings between eniployers and employes as to the price of coal. The coal preducers declare that they wish Lt to be understoed tnat they are going to “screw their courage to the sticking point,” and rather blow the furnaces out than have this state of thines exist, They intend to oppose combination to combination. The question in which the public are most inter. ested Is, how will this strike aiect the price of coalr The representative of one company stated to a HERALD reporter that there is coul enough to last for somo time for domestic purposes. Themanu- facturing interest, such as iron tuctortes or rolling mils, sonic of which have already blown out taeir lurnaces, Will be the heaviest losers, aud if work 1s not resumed within a short time all the ether furnaces tn the anthracite region will have to follow their example. Sot coal is, however, coming forth In increased quantities, which will PREVENT A COAL FAMINE, but It would be ruinous to ti rt soft coal for manufacturing purposes over stance of nearly 1,000 miles to the anthracite lon, ‘The soft coat which is arriving in vast quantities from the Cum- berland region will be found a substitute for ao- mestic use. At the same time the taking away of a reduction at the annual rate of 15,000,000 o! rom the market mut raise the price of coal if this state of things should continue for a considerable period, although at not so high @ rate as it bees erally supposed. He also sald that the bulk of the mnen are anxious to resume work, and will probably do so within thirty days. OVER 100.000 MEN ARE IDLE, at present, as the business of the transportath tron and manufacturing interests is being sto] for want of coal. He contends that the leaders keep the strike up, but that the funds of the organization will soon be exhausted. This is simply a - uestion of endurance on the part of the men and the com- panies. Up to the present time the so-called Grand Council would not permit resumption on any terms but they have now taken oi the embargo, leaving the men at liberty to go to work on the terms indi- cated by them (the Council R ‘he Miners’ Strike in Pennsylvacia—No Rie sumption’in Pott«vile, POTTSVILLE, Feb, 15, 1871. There has been no resumption to-day, The gene ral feeling prevailing among the operators is there will be no resumption at present. Much anxiety is manifested with regard to the result of the mecting of coal operators aud many prominent rallroad men held in New York to-day. Mount Carmel Collicrs Resuming Work. MOUNT CARMEL, Pa., Feb, 15, 1871. Ali the collieries here resumed work tis morng » except one, which will commenco to-morrow. Mixers pti'l Holding Gut. TAMAQUA, Pa, Feb, 15, 1871. The miuers, still adhere to the three dollar basis. Two collieries nere are preparing to resume work. The Tams SINGULAR FATALITY. Two Brothers and a Sister Die Within Three Weeks. 7 About @ month ago two brothers and one sister, named Brannon, all well advanced in years, con- stituted a family living comfortably at Cornwall, near Newburg. Three weeks since the sister nad the misfortune to fall and break a limb, One of the brothers, Gerald, was taken sick shortly after the accident, and the well brother constituted him: self both nurse and housekeeper for the family. One day tils brother rose early, started tho fire, and returned to Gerald's ‘bed, appar- ent! to Walt, as ho had deen accustomed, until the room became warm. As he continued to lie there for some thne afterwards Gerald thought his brother was oversleeping himsclf, aud attempted to awake him. ‘lo his horror he found that he was dead. Nota struggle nor a groan liad marked tle tme when the spirit took {ts Might The cause of death, unsuspected before, was disease ef the heart. A few days alter the sister died from the effects of the fall, and again sympathizing friends and neigh- bors gathered at the house to at.end taneral services. On Mouday Gerald, the Ca» brother, died of his ilness, making an entire family that has passed away wituin about three weeks. At the regular monthly meeting of tho Young Men's Democratic Club of the Sixteenth ward, beld Jast evening, at their rooms, No, 231 West Sixteenth: street, the olub organized for prcoetay 9 8 tt f the following oiticers:—! z Pe coum: Piteatnious: Vice President, Jam ¥ ridge; Recording Secretary, vuharies B. } : orresponding Secretsry, Jona Burtridegns, sree aurer, Thomas Kinahon; Financial di Stott; Serzeant-at-Arms, Patrick ed interesmig: nes rwrgius dalive ‘by, Messrs, foot eet ee ae club al it intelligent and men ta the worl, devoted to the, dissemtnatien of true demo- eratic ideas, and pI ) Well for the futare, e \