The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1871, Page 8

8 a JAPA NEW YORK HERALD. TUESDAY. AUGUST 22 1871.— THE STARBUCK EXPLOSION. mess In ruNNINg sald vessel while tn an unfit con- dition, and atso Inspector Matthews for granting & certificate asengineer to said Charies B. Mills. Waile waiting for tne verdict it was BPon apparently good authority that the widow of de- ceased had signed off all claims for damages against The Fearful and Fatal Typhoon Tnquest as to the Death of George ‘whe owners sn the DO: sum of $50, at Hiogo and Osaca. Many Lives Lost and One Bark and | Charge by Coroner Dempsey—Verdict of Man. Four Steamers Totally Destroyed. Japan Friendly to Eoropeans—A Dif—- culty with Russia—Prince Satsuma Raising a Cavalry Force, YORONAMA, July 21, 1871, TRRRIBLE TYPHOON, On the bth of July a very heavy typhoon visited ‘the coast of Japan, aud several of the seaports suf- fered wore or less severely. The port of Hiogo was ‘we worst sufferer. The storm commenced about ‘midnight of the 4th, gradually increasing until it culminated in a perfect typhoon about eleven P. M. ol the next night. At the sume time the seatrose to a ‘wemendons height, and eventually became so pols. ‘terous and ligh as to assame the appearance of a ‘Maal wave. The sea washed away the stone sea ‘Wallin front of the Foreign Concession, fooding the same for three streets back of the bund to the @epth of about four cet and doing considerable | Mamage to the foreign residences and storehouses. Below the Concession, where sili the great dulk of busmess is carried on, especially the Total business, the damage was still greater, Ths port of Hiogo 1s not protected by a sea wall, and the fea, PAVING hothing to oppese its progress with terrible fury up the sandy beach, Inundating ‘the houses and creating terrible destruction among: ali kinds of property. Severai houses were totally @emrored, some of the inmates bare y escaping ‘with (heir ives by making for the hi Some had ‘fo swim or wade hefore reaching @ piace of Kafety. THE SHIPPING in the harbor suffered feartuily. native boats were suk or destroy hundred Japanese lost their lives. Pride of the VI wh mes sank right at her anchorage, earryipg along with her to a watery grave the cap- | British bark tain, first i second Officers, the ste ‘a and several her crew (Chinamen). our aleamers belonging to Twombiey, of the firm of Fogg & Co. Shanghae (China and Japan trading company), were totally destroyed. ‘nese steamers phed berween Hiogo and Osaca, and the loss to the Owner of these alone cannot be less (lan $100,000, ‘The only hves lost among the foreiguers are those shat went down wiih the Pride of the Thames. ‘the Uoial joss fo the settlement, native and foreign, will foot up to over baif a million of dollars. Several ether vessels very narrowly escaped being wrecked, All the Joss sustained will fall upon the owners of Property, with the exception of the Pride of the Thames, which joss will wave to be sustained by the abderwriters, To show Me force of the water, AN IRON SAFE, Welghing over five tons, sianding in front of a store about ove hundred yards from the water, was cai- Tied over a distance of ten yards. The natives say that Unus is the severest storm ‘Uaat bas ever visiied the port. Osaca also suffered considerably. A great many junks were lost, Mhrongh which over a hundred persons lost their lhves, Several houses were blown down in the na- Ave portion of the city, pnt the loss to the foreten fettiers was very inconsiderable, Captain Hubbard, of the #teamship Augusta, states that the barometer ‘comrnenced to lower at twelve o'clock noon of the 6th Iost., when It stood at 20.51. At midnight it was down to 25.40, reaching the lowest point at hall one A. M. of the 6th, when If indicated 28. ‘Unde thine the wind began iv abate, the sea 19 Sub- Bide, and at six A. M. of thal day everyihing was calm and quiet, the piled up wrecks on the beach alone testifying io the terrible storm of the previous aig. A NATIONAL EXBIBITION ax been held this month at Yedo. ‘The various ar- facies. Jor exposition were brought by exnibitors Trom those parts of the country where they were @Manviaciured to Yedo, and placed in smal! houses Provided forthe purpose. Both foreign and natave Products and manufactures were exhibited, putoniy B few foreigners contributed. The princapal articles on exhibition were specinens of diferent kinas of ‘woods, seeds and piants, stuffed birds and Japanese paintings on paper and silk. The whole thing was under the control of the government, and, consider- Ang that ihis was the first atcempt of the kind ever made in this Country, it Was a very tolerable adair, The government is thinking of getting up a grand International exposition to ve hela at Yedo, to which ali foreign nations Will be invited to contribute, CHINA AND JAPAN. J iniormed you in & previous letter that the Japa- Gese government about a year ago lad entered into dex otiations with the government of China for the UFPOxe OL Make a Lreaty between the two Powers. It Was agreed upon then that a vear irom the ume of the first opening of negotiations Jaan snouid send a commission to Clima with full powers to amake such treaty. Mr. De Long, the American Min- ister, uxed his intuence to get tle Japanese govern. qment te postpone action ou the matter tor some ume, daving in view the rather antagonisiic aitiinae of China wwaras foreign uations and the attempt of Americn to open the Corea. His arguments seemed lor a time to have their effect, and @ sort of hal! promise made that the appoint- ment of the comunission would be aeferred. But it appears that ine Japs have again recon- fidered their position and found it incumbent Gpon them to send the commission according to the Teement made lust year. Accordingiy, Owadjima, Uhief Minister of Finance, has been appointed Ambassador to the Conrt of Pekin, with powers to make @ treaty of amity ana commerce; but he has been instrucied—at icast so the Japanese offi- tials KaY—not to insert any clause In such treaty by which Japan conid, by aby constraction put upon i, become identified with the hostile, isolating and ex- Clusive policy of China, but io confine himself to Making sncha treaty as all the Western Powers bave with China—namely, for reciprocal commercial privueges alone. Whether this is true or not 1 fot say, thongh it ts the firm conviction of the American Minister that the Japanese lave no sym. pathy whatever with the Clinese in their opposition to foreiguers. GREEDY RUSSIA. Another mission has just been sent to St. Peters- burg. ition, certainly belongs to Japan; bat Russia has id Claim to it for severai years back, but about three years ago consented to the Jom! occupation of 1t by Javan aud Russia, the latver wamiaimtag that bs that Concession she endered no part of lier ¢ the proprietorship of the island. The reason Russia id not at that ume refuse to allow pan anytning like a sembiance of a cau to the island of | Sagbalien was that the former had desigus upon tne isiand of Yesso uiso, and was anxiously watching the civii war then going on in Japan, and when opportunity offered” snatch at Yesso with Saghalen. but, unfortunately for the of plans Russia, the war Was carried to Yesso, and the suc- arty prevented at that time | | eral to wh ces# of Ihe governmen: the appropriation of that island. Russia officially notived al! Whom it may concern thority alone is to be respected in Saghalie: the mission Lo Si. Petersburg. Saghalien whe Japa- hese will never gel back. Of that tuere can be lite doubt. The only thing she can do is to induce Rus- iw to promise not io grab for any more little isiands iw er neighborhood —especially Yesso; for itis not @t ail oul of the question Uiat the present intention of Kussia is to absorb that island if she can. The island of Saghalion is valuavle on account of its coal tields and fsueries, and to Russia particularly Ab WAIL Be Us # DAVAL rendezvous. APANESE CAVALRY. The sapanese government, or, at te Sateuma, nas iately woke up to the necessity of ad ing # cavalry Wing to their army; quently they are enlisting men and buying up herses for tis pur- pose, However good eavairy soldiers tie meu may dairn oul, the Japanese liorse, or rather pony—for 1t és a very small animal—is very ii adapted for seh Purposes. Lesides their diminutive size Wey are 1 id and have very strong inclinations to hick a boli, and by no means possess that strength and power of endurance necessary for a trooper but, as they have decided upoo baving cv course they must put up with the be can cet. GOOD FOR PACIFIC MAIL. ‘The steamship Alaska is Lo leave here on the loth prox. as a sort of experinen it there will be saificient jaducements to make the trips of the ine ® horse: Iny, of K ihey seme-monthiy, All the freight room of the Alaska ds wiready engaged, and | tink tal within three amonths from date the steamers of tue Pacific Mail | Company will run every two weeks between San Peaiivisco and Yokohama, subsidy increased or nol. FASTEST TRIP FROM AMERICA. Among ‘ue suipping arrivals tis month is the bark Mariano, ! Boston. This vessel W ig!- nally as! and was one of the pinety-day gun- | boats, At ihe cose of the war government sold her, Ber engines were taken out and she waa made @ Failing vessel. Shen Boston here tn 14 days e the voyage froim judg one day"s stop+ age ut Avjier. This is the fastest wip from the Avantic coast of America to Japan ever made by & BawINy versel, She Was loaded with jee, Ku Kivx Mainr.—In Newberg, Me. « few nigbté since, # party of young wen in disguise went @ the house of one Leonard Jackson and tuok him into cuswouy and warehed him to the graveyard where they Commpelied hi ) kneel on the grave « A young weman revenily buried there ane ask givenrss, ytnen Wea) bin severely an ward threw fim a nd, al nd wome ee slopes vpou Kir auighbors Hepa! Wad COUN ene rushed | About 1x hundred | ana over four | past At | buck Bros. of ‘Troy, N. i | feet long by five feet in diameter, of fron of good quailty and thickness, originally varying from fall quarter to three-quarters of an inch. Is supplied Phe island of Saghauen, from its geographical | ium to | woy | t, Prince | Williams. laughter in the Third Degree Against the Engineer and United States In- spector Stratton—Warrants Ir- sued for Their Arrest. About #Ix o'clock last evening, at New Brighton, Coroner Dempsey and his jury procecdea with the ‘Inquest in reference to the death of George Willfams on board of the steamtug G. H. Starbuck, which blew up near New Brighton, 5. last Saturday, the 19th inst, After some delay consequent upon the non-attendance of jurors the inquest was re sumed. Judge Vermllyea assisted the Coroner, Dr. Theodore Walker was the first witness called, and sai Had seen the body of deceased and ex- amined it; when I came on board found the body in the fireroom, dead; death was evidently caused by inhalation of steam and burning; cuticle on greater part of the body entirely removed, lips and tongue swollen, white and burned; death most have ensued in @ short time after recetving the injuries; noticed some portion leading to } boilers blown off, evidently allowing the steam to escape and reach the manin front. [Here witness showed on a diagram of the botler and furnaces which was exhibited wo the jury the portion to which he referred.) Charles H. Mills, the engineer, was next sworn and examined. He testified as follows:—Was en- gineer of the G. H. Starbuck: was there in that capacity three years: was engineer on Kelle of Mo- hawk: flreman for five years on Starbuck; nine months on South ferry and nine months on Mohawk; did examine boiler when she was inspected 8th of June last; found boller tight | then and with no leak; it was nine years old; I Went Inside and tried braces with hammer and ehisel; had patches put on within last three years; | Laonotknow how many; good many inside; had wree or four before 1 wok charge; had about ten or eleven since I took | charge; in June last bad about tweive | patches; since then had three; I examined it since the explosion; two stay-bolts giving out caused the | explosion; no patches where it gave out; weakness | In the tron cause of acewent in the back leg: had sixty-two pounds of steam on when she exploded; allowed vo carry siXty-flve;—botler_ will | last eleven or twelve years by — proper usage; ynusk = patch = a8 hs Weara out in some places; used fresh water; was standing on the deck, alongside of the engime room, when the accident tok place: conid not get ip, the steam was too dense; called to a deck hand to shut it off; | he was on one side of the boat, I on the other; | was fireman first; did pass examination before Mr. Matthews: inspectors examined the boiler with high: | Pressure pump; blowed my steam off, put out my fires and they put the hose on, filled it up; had NINKTY-FIVE POUNDS PRESSURE; they told me I saw nine pounds pressure to alxty- five pounds of steam; bofler was examined after water Was ont; went inside; tried it with hammer; Mr. Stratton went inside; only weakness jin fron in back leg caused explosion, as far a8 I know; it was from filteen to twenty minutes after the explosion before 1 went to engine room; 'hen saw fireman on the floor; lever had been turned before I got there. To a Juror—I have a third class certificate. Re-direct—-Eyery time we blow off 1 examine the bolle: ; blow off every three weeks; two weeks ago ‘amined it; found it sound, as I al- ‘saw only A CRACK OVER THB CYLINDER; | faw no blisters; iron varied in thickness from one-fourth to one-sixteenth of an inch; about one-fourth of an inch ail over I think a good botier ought to be; Trtill ran it at one-stxteenth of au inch, though I think it should have been one- fourth of an imch; I would run a boiler one-thirty- second of an iuch with pressure of ast two pounds. Had a soft patch pot on in front; had @ patch burned away daring Jaet two weeks: do not know I! any portion was one-sixty-fourth of an inch; it was about one-eigath | Of an ineb where it broke; I think it safe vo run it at that thickness; can make steam im one hour and @ ha'f with cold water; with a hammer it would take one-hal! y.to break a boiler leas than one- | eignth of an inch thick; Mttie rast inside, about } as thick ax @ sheet of paper; @ patch was | put over another, near where the explosion took Place; there was a locked safety valve on boiler; safety valve (not locked) was three inches: do not know what the inspectors calied it; am not aston- ished it did not blow up long ago (pions and gauge 8); plans show appearance of boiler | alwi far as T Know. 2 conclusion Of witness’ exatumation Judge ea read the report of R. K. McMurra: expert, who was one of those calied m the es the Wesifieid. He 1s the chief inspector of the Hart- ford Steam Boiler Inspection apa Insurance Com- OF pany. The report is ag follows:— Avever 20, 1871, Dt. FE. MARTINDALE, Coroner, Riebiaoné County, New yore Dear. S1k—In compliance wit your orders I bave thi day mace acomplete and thorough inspection of boiler on board the stearmtug G. H. Starbuck, now ly New Brighton, and would resnectfnliy | rey die con dition wx follows:—The tug Starbuck the kind used for towing purposes in harbor of New York and adjacent bays and waters. Ia supplied return tubular pattern ("Resti with one common lever safety valve, three inches in diatacter ; | three gauge cocas and one las Tf proper feed and blow arrangements, Shell of boiler over furnace bas a crack about seven to eight inches long, with a heavy Diister on same asbee the nek bad at ie time been soft patched; i wow and haa been for nome time burned away along with the fastenings which kept it in place. The water legs and sides of the furnace, ‘long with those in the back copnection or tne a! the back of the bring leg, are completely corroded and eaten THE WESTFIELD EXPLOSION. Iuquest Over the Brooklyn Victims. ‘The Inquest over the Brooklyn victims of the West- ele disaster Was resumed yesterday, before Coroner Whitehill and jury, at the Brooklyn Morgue, in Wil- loughby street. A large number of persons were present to listen to the evidence, EVIDENCE OF CAPTAIN JAMES BRAISTRD, Captain James Braisted testified that he was the superintendent of the Staten Island terry, and last fall had reported the necessity of anew water bot- tom for the use of the Weatfleld; when repairs were necessary the engineers reported to him, and he cansed the work to be done: he aleo appointed the engineers, and gave Robinson the position he occu- pied on the Westtield; Robinson was examined be- fore the United Siates Inspectors as to nis capa- bility as an engineer; the certificate ou the West- field allowed them to carry twenty-five pounds of steain, Dut one morning he saw the steam as high as twenty-seven pounds on one of the boats; never saw It on Robinson’s boat; he cautioned the engt- neer not to carry so much steam again; always found Robinson perfectly sober; Mr. Vanderoiit knew Rob- Inson’s qualifications as an engineer; Robinson has superintended repairs of boilers, and I consider he Was competent to discharge his duty; the boiler of the Westfleld was about nine years old; the money received from passengers for that trip was mixed with that received during the eariter portion of the day, s0 that there was no means Of ascertaining the exact nuinber of passengers on board when the ex- plosion took place; never had occaston to repri- mand Robinson; have never discharged an engineer for incompetency or intemperance; I relied as much on Robinson as I would on a practical and an ecu- cated engineer; have formed no opinion aa to the cause of the explosion; have seen the boiler; have not had an opportunity to investigate as to the cause of the accident. EVIDENCE OF THE FIREMAN. Robert Crosson, being sworn, testified—I live at wrantine, Staten Island; was fireman on the estfield at the time of the explosion; went on aut, abont a quarter to twelve o’clook that day; Patricl Finnegan was the other fireman who went on duty with me; my partner tried the water when we went on board; he reported four full cocks of water; we started from Staten island aboui hali-past twelve o'clock; don’t Know the amount of steam we had on; 1 tried the water at New York jost before entering the sup: found steam and water In the fourth cock; on entering the sip the engineer rang to uncover the fires; Finnegan and 1 did so; have heard the en- gineers 2ay that tne Westfield was allowed to carry only twenty-five pounds of steam; cannot say whether wore than this amonnt has ever been carried on board; don’t revoliect ever having seen the steam exceed twenty-five pounds at any ume some years ago heard Kebmgon say that she carried Uurty-five pounds when in good order; this was previous to my being empioyed as fireman by the company; aiter Ce en the fires, cleaned around and then stood on the grating of the fire- room door; went tv the side cabin to get a drink of water; returned to the fire room; have no know- ledge of the amount of steam on that time, or at any time in the siip: saw nothing unnsual in the fire room when I went im; opened the fire room doors, fearing there might be too much steam on; at time had plenty of ci op, but well covered i the damper was open; about a minute and a half after the aoors were opened the goverument vaive commenced to blow; | was standing by the foot of the ladder leading down to the fire room when I heard a noise on the starboard side, as of the head of a boat being blown off; first heard a nolsehke steam and water escaping, as from a crack; saw the steam was gel Ung rather thick; proceeded towards the fire-escape ladder, and when about ten feet from the boiler something struck me: the steum scalded the side of my face; went up the ladder and met the engincer at the trapdoor; when I got to the deck everything Was in ruims, and people were jumping overboard from all sides; never saw Robinson uader the in- fluence of liquor; sometimes saw him take a glass of beer; On the 3uth of uy. the engineer, Finne- gan nor I bad anything intoxicating to drink that I kvuow of; it was a general thing to leave Vanderbilt landing with four cocks of water, ana to stop feeding at Quarantine; it is not neces- Kary to put on extra steam on Sundays; don’t remem- ber hearing Ropmson say that the ateam gauge was two pounds out of the way. Robert E, Brown, being sworn, testified—l am a Practical engineer in the employ of the Staten island Ferry Company; on the morning of the 30th of July ran the Westfield trom seven till twelve o’clock; Robinson relieved me; at that time there were about seventeen pounds of steam on; have never, that I remember, exceeded twenty-five pounds allowed by the government Inspector; did not at any time on the Sunday m question have more than twenty-five pounds on; had no ovcasion to complain of the condition of the Westfield dur- ing the past year; have never been inside of the boner of ihe Westfield: {think tbat a thorough é amination of vollers should be made every six months for public safety; with the doors of the furnaces closed the safety valve used on the West~ field would not be snflicient to carry away the sur- plas steam; never knew that T was allowed to ex- -five pounds of steam by the govern- meut Inspector: my insiructions are uot to go be- yond what amount; the safety vaive has Diown off ac iwenty-five pounds of steam; have noticed the boat ing taken offan even keel by the weight of the passengers on one side; this would drive the water from the pipes and muggt result. in.an explosion; | have never asked Capa Bratsied jor a syphon | gauge, because had I done so he would have replied ‘Tne boat runs good enough.” Charles West Was next examined, and the inqnest Was then adjourned until ten o'clock to-day. NEW YORK CITY. The tolowing record will snow the changeain the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated py the thermometer at Hudaut’s Phar- macy, HERALD Building, corner of Ann street;— 1870. 1871. 1870, 1871, +% 8 3P.M. 82 84 72 72 6PM oy &2 7 RO 9 P. MM. 3 80 79 8 I2P.M. oe TT ISN Average temperature yesterday. + W938 ‘Average temperature’ for corresponding date Jast year... pep y away, leaving ibe average thickness below up to six inches above the grates tobe | about “the eight or an inen, ‘and fh many. places will not exceed 14th of an inch, #0 thin were the xheets on the furnace that in Reve ee while Rounding with a hammer the sheets opene in one place my latnmer, | with one blow, went completely through, the beck connec: tion, or fue back rosion to the de; ‘The majority of ‘and ups the bridge, fs coated with rust and cor- st oue-qoarter of an inch. purely in at i tobes are ether plugged up | back end or ferruled to prevent leakage, and Lp tube ends are corroded anc eaten away of tubular 1 of voller are in | those on front bad Jeg, ae shown tin ek | | over holes where stays bad started leaks on (heir ends; al frop bad corroded away « wees whi to pate rome pl er pateh ‘These are what 4 known at or tem ones, and | are made by using red le o ron and boiting to defective pa stem, ‘¢ brought in contact with direct ty | very defective, Ali the stays, with the exception of home | marked “A” and “B,” have patebes on, “A” and "8," | therefore, were the only two sound ones left 40 support the immense train on that part of the boiler, simouating abeat five thousand pounds. ‘There are rev. | other stays in this part, but an those | hi 1 refer were the ones through centre of leg. and on the main part of the support was dependant, they t bave been replaced as soon as they had given out. by | | they new one instead of patching over and Jetting them go in | | their deieetive state. | "The ‘steam gange is of the ordinary type of “elock-fuced | | eaves,” and proved on test by ine to be ten pounds heavy, | or. in other words, it inuieate uinds more pressure han wat being carried on bover. The point at whieh | 1 tound the safety valve loaced cosare of fifty-eight po: em was slightly co} "i ineate of the Inspector of Steam Bo'lers for 2B. Piatt Stratton, weut to me in data. [tnd by hat the bydrostatic pressure to teu on June 6 last was ninety » Working preseure allowed working The vay | wehien the boiler w: eight pounds, and t wae sinty-tive f the rafety valve was set at Reventy-t is per & inch. The salety valve be Your “dnen” area,” in by | caleuation 7 Inches mrea, was no | T, as wtated by thin cer: | tifleate, For reference as to plan of boiler end itn patched and weakened condition you are referred to | the acoompanving sketches; and J find from these | facts and viher conditions, ax embodied the pre. vious tof thi report, sufictent cause for the occurrence e disaster at’ the pressure which the bojier in | Maually carcied. Tam not the least surprised wt the oiler | giving out, und ‘the only thing which does astonish me in why # beid © out so long. Piense find herewith two pieces of water-leg iron taken from furnace, | whieh will ore clear y the worn-out state ot furnace. Very respectialiy submitted, K. K. MOMURRAY Chet Inspector H. 8. B. Inep. and Ine. Co. Captain Roden, of the tng, was next called and | examined. d—I was present at the inspec- so Were Jolin H, Mills, the owner, the en- boy au the deck hand; took about one iree-Guarters of an hour to make the in- am not sure, but think the engineer went Jow at the time, and aleo the Inspector; do not know if he went in the boiler. The Coroner charged the jury as follows:—The tesitmony goes to slow that the tag Starbuck, ply- Port Jonson and New Brighton, nb the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, ex- plod The evidence of the engineer shows Im to have been negligent. The boiler was defective; tne deck hand shut off the steam. The report of the expert sows that the botler was rote ten. After further reviewing Ube testimony the case was given to the jury About half-past nine o'clock P, M. the jury brought in the following | ton, | gece halt | spection | | jug betweer | betw venpior:— We find that George Williams was scalued to death | steamship Pereire, on Sunday evening fell while in- Music at Tompkins sauare to-day, if tne weather be favorable, from hall-past five to half-past seven ry M. Mrs. S. Hayes, mother o1 James F. Hayes, mai | ger of the Olympic Theatre, died at Roxbury, Mass., | at haif-past nine o'clock yesterday Morning. An ola man, sixtyfone years of age, named George | Michels, who lives at 1,715 Third avenue, while dis: charging a pistol in the neighborhood of bis dwel- | lug, was seriously injured by the rebounding of the | weapon, which struck bim in the face. About lalf-past two o’clock yesterday morning | William Lewis, a colored man, forty years of age, while at work on pler 26 North River, fell overboard | aud Was drowned. Officer Beech, of the Third pre- | ueceeded ih recovering the body, which was | | ently sevt to the Morgue, sul Aman named Chartier, thirty years of age, and born in France, employed as waiter on board the toxicated into the water from the Spring street pier aad Was drowned. ‘The remains were subsequently | recovered by the ship's crew and sent to the Morgue. The body of an unknown man, forty years of age, | five feet eight incnes in height, with Hight complex. | jon and light hair, was yesterday found floating in the dock at plier 20 North River. Deceased was | dressed m black cloth coat, dark pants and vest, brown socks and low shoes. The features were very mueh disfigured, and the body seemed to have been a long time in the water. Coroner Schirmer yesterday hela an ingnest on | the body of Charles Armstrong, of 649 West Thir- tue! street, laborer, forty-four years of age, who | died in Bellevoe Hospital on Saturday. Deceased, | in toraing the handie of a derrick in Thirty-tourth street, near Eleventh avenue, loosened bis grasp too soon, and, being struck on'the head by the dersick | handle, received a fracture of the skull whieh caused | death. THE OLD “RED SHIRTS." Grand Day With the Firemen in Treni Yesterday was the grand parade of nearly the | Whole of the Fire Department in Trenton. ‘The | Harmony Company received the Washington Com- pany, of Elizabeth, as guests, ana the Eagle Fire | Company, of Trenton, received the Northern Liberty Hose Company, of Philadelphia. In the morning | the Washington Company, of Elizabeth, was intro- | duced vo Major Briest ia front of City Hail, who extended the welcome of the city. In the afternoon the grand parade took piace, which was composed as Jollows:— Marshal, Platoon of s’olice, Ruhiman’s Bana, Har- mony Company, Manahan Hand, New York; Wash- | ington Compaby, Elizabeth; Martial Band, Union | | | Company, Trenwon Hose Company, Marual Band, America Hose Company, Bordentown Band, Hagle Fire Company, Orient Coruet Band, Northern Lib- erty Hose Company, of Philadelphia; Frankfort Cor- | by the bursting Of the boller of the steamtug H. G. | Starbuek, on the ifth of Augast, 1871. | We find United States Insieetor Bf Stratton and the engineer, Charles fH. Mi! lly of | manelaughter in the turd der id cer gure Ue owners OF bie Bald sleagn og yy varelens net Baud, Delaware Fire Company, The proces was talf @ mile in length and the route five Tale& Last evening the re ton bai, Ha y 10 Wastiugion, of ilgabet Wok Diane yp Was iow ied | ph | to twelve inches of débris; the body of the c! TRIPLE SHEET, THE JERSEY CITY CAT. Conclusion of the Inquest—The Mystery Still Unravelled—Strange Revelations—About Durancey—MecGhee’s Father Ad- heres to the Murder Theory. ‘The Coroner's inquest on the bodies of the unfor- tunate victims of the recent explosion in Jersey City was resumed yesterday morning. The most Intense interest was manifested by the audience, Every statement of the witnesses was listened to with bated breath, and yet the listeners were no ‘wiser at the close of the proceedings as to the cause Of the explosion than they were four days ago. ‘The first witness placed on the stand was Jamcs Burns, who stated:—I live at No, 9 State street, New York; was employed as porter by Durancey & McGhee; went into their employ since May last; had no regular hours; was there on Sunday morning until eleven o'clock; saw both Durancey and McGhee; saw Durancey that day about three times; saw him about half-past six o'clock m the evening behind the bar; he said I bad lost the key of the stable; I gave the key to Tommy, his son, in the morning; saw Mc- Ghee also; he said nothing to me, except asked how the horse was getting along; did not see the partners conversing together; I tooka sleep be- tween one and two o'clock, then went to the stablo, and about four o’clock returned to the store; went down into the cellar, but did nothing there; there Was a gas meter in the cellar on the right of the en- trance towards Montgomery street. It was about a foot and a half in width and a@ footin height; it was square; the gas was burning fn the afternoon; Lturned the gas off between four and five o'clock; amelied no gas, but when I opened in the morning Ismetled foul air; I placed three barrels in the cellar on the 9th inst; they were brought by Jobn McGhee; they were blue barrels, and smelled like oil; Mr. McGhee said nothing about them; about three weeks before put @ barrel of brandy into the celiar. the three barrels were like kerosene oll barrels; have handled kerosene oti be- fore; bat could not tell deciaedly if the smell was that of kerosene; was not in the cellar on Sunday only at the time stated; when f went out of the cellar and went again to the stable and afterwards went back, locked the cellar and went straight home; I then noticed no smell; there was a stair to the cellar from the rear of the fruit store; I arrived home about half-past six o'clock; Ileft at the saloon Durancey, McGhee and Mulligan, the bartender; did not hear a word pass between them; first heard abont the fire at half-past seven o’clock tn the morning, Was told by a little boy in the street; don’t know who he was; } went to see Mrs. Durancey and T sata the fire was an awful job and she said noth. ing; we had no farther conversation about the fire; I then went to the stable; had no conversation with any one about the fire; it was my business to pump liquors froma the barrels; never had any conversa- tion with either Durancey or McGhee about the con- tents of the three barrels; there were no coverings on the bungs; worked in handling kerosene for two years at South Amboy: was well acquainted with the smel! of kerosene, but could not tell that kero- sene was in these barrels; saw Mulligan after the fire, but had no talk about the fire; talked to him while he was locked up im the station house, but said nothing about the fire; met him to-day, but said nothing about the fire; nobody was to see me esterday; I have no family; I took a walk around Uastie Garden, and that part of the town; met a man named McGuire, but said nothing about being sub- peenaed; saw Mrs, Durancey nearly every day since the fire: nothing was said about the fire; little Jobnny has never asked me about his father; when Ileft the saloon on Sunday night I went directly home and went to bed; did not return that night; awoke im the morning about half-past six o'clock; bad on then the same clothes I have on now; McGhee was inthe habit of bringing goods to the store: I saw him going to New York with the wagon the day he brought the three barrels; never heard Durancey and McGhee quarrel, Mr. Summers testified—Lives at No. 176 South street; 1 am a refiner of petroleum oil at the corner of Prospect and Soutn Eighth streets; have been in the business twelve years; have seen tne barrels taken irom the ruins; they have the appearance of kerosene oil barrels, but the smell 1s very inaistinct— almost too sweet for kerosene; kerosene 18 not ex- e before reaching a temperature of 110 Fahren- it would not explode in a barrel if the bung be tight In and the barrel full, but only half full of a baser material, so the air could reach it, there would be danger of explosion, but not without a spark; explosion of kerosene will create a flame; the smoke is black, according to the heaviness of the oul; the amoxe arising from napntha would be lighter; the concussion from an explosion of a barrel of kerosene ol would not be much; have known a barrel of oil to burn up and not explode; there was no benzine In the barrels taken from the ruins, Mr. Winfield here put a question as to the explo- sive power of gas arising [rom Kerosene or other ex- plosive liquid if scattered over the floor. Coroner Wandle at once interposed and directed the witness not to answer the question. The investigation was instivuted not for the benefit of the insurance com- panies couverned, but jor the purpose of eliciting facts as to the cause of death of certain persons. Any question which does not atm at the tatter ob- ject Was madmussible, The investigation would be sumiciently protracted without the introduction of issues m which the State 1s not concerned, Mr. G. Va. Edge was then placed on the stand, and he testified as foliows:—I reside in Montgomery street, near Van Vorst square, and am Supertuten- dent of the Jersey City and Hoboken Gas Works; gas Is not explosive unless from otner causes; it wold require 60 feet of gas to fill a room the size of the saloon and would take twenty-one hours for this quantity to escape from one burner; fame would immediately fullow an explosion caused by gas: should think the force of ine explosion would be about the same all sides; 1 did not hear the explosion at the saloon; was familiar with the building; Ican form no opinion as to the cause of the explosion, or as to its character or what could have caused so instantaneous 4 fire; the force of the explosion of gas rests altogether upon the pro- portions of gas and au as mixed (ogether; consider- ing the rickety character of the building do not think sufficient gas escaping from one burner tn the cellar could fill the store sufficiently to expiode, but would be sufficient to suffocate persons m the upper part of the buliding. Smith Mead sworn—Am a mason and builder: on Monday morning furnished men to dig ont the bo- dies of men im the cellar; found two bodies in the | west end of the cellar on Tuesday; they were close logether; bad removed a great quantiy of debris. probably fifty loads, before the bodies were discov- ; ered: the store oor and the second floor lay on them; I smelied oii around the preiises, and on the water in the cellar 1 saw some o1 floating; I could not say What description of oil it was; on Tuesday we came to the gas meter in the cellar; it was de- tached from the feed pipe and the gas was escaping. Mr. Townsend swol 1 knew Durancey and Me Ghee, the first for three years ana the latter eight; had & conversation with Mr. McGhee on Sunday evening, between seven and eight o'clock; he was sitting outside the door; he said they were going to widen Montgomery street and they would make weil out of it by gétting so much for thei pla Junmy, the porter, then came along, and was gomg in, When McGhee asked him where fie was going; he said he was going down to the cellar to put out the gas; McGhee told him not to mind tre gas, he would see to it; a short time alter I was in the saloon again, when Mulligan, the bartenaer, pulled down the shades on Montgomery strect; [ said to lim Mr. Me- Ghee is sitting out there, he will not like it; he re- plied that Mr. McGhee toid him to do so; my brotner- in-law sata he smelled kerosene oll; my father said was (rom the rool, Which Lad recently been tarred ; I was in the saloon quite often; the fatuer of MeGnee said to me that Mulligan was the only living witness, and | told him of ibe conversation I had with his | son. Henry &. Farrier, Chief Engineer of the Fire De- partment, testifiea that he arrived at the fire before any apparatus; members of No. i track fonnd body while the fire was raging, and at about four o'clock anotner was found; the same morning | ed & gang Of MeN At work, and also engaved another gang, under Smith Mead; did not near the firstexplosion, but heard the second; cannot tell the location of-the three barrels; there Was from six Hd was found vetween the first 'and second foors, wien had fallen into the cellar; there was no floor be- neath the bodies of Durancey and MeGuee. W. F. MeGhee sworn—! am the father of John H. McGhee; | never purchased any ot, wines in the name of Durancey or Mc bought anything for them; | was not bh ayine ume of the fire; 1 was at Willsboro Pails; | wentined the body of my son by the pants, the shape of nis body, Which was peculiar, and a@ truss watch he wore: knew something about the business rela- tions of the firm; they could not agree: one reason of contention was the keeping of the store open on Sunday; Jolin wanted the store closed on the sab- and Durancey would not agree to it; they doing well and paying off their debts; J have heard Durancey quarrel with Jobo, and I was afraid of Durar T jast saw my son three weeks ago; the cellar was flied with a large quantity of ale and liqnors, some of them of very igh price; I know nothing about the fire; there was some talk of Durancey buying McGhee out; Durancey would not set oul, but said he Woukt raise the money and buy ont my son; Durancey bad made some threats m iny presence, which alarmed me in regard to the salety of my son, and L urged him to get of out the concern at once; If he could pot sell out, to place his inter- est in hands of his creditors; he put $4,000 in the concern; [ heard Durancey propose to my son to Jeave a place at Bayonne, and uben burn it oat and get the insurance; | told him not to talk In that inanner to my son, Wheu he said id not do for @ person to be too damned honest, and ever afier that he treate’ me differently to what he did before; Du- rancey once toid him that if he or any other damned Mcah yssed lis path he'd take his Hfe, and that Af Jobn did not dy ax he wanted bim to dy he would take his life as qnick ag he would take a chew of” 0; my son picked up @leteer In the store which had been dropped by Durancey, and read It; it referred to his Kil the mute of @ vessel; John asked him if that was his letver; he sald it was and asked my son if ne had read it; he told him he when he toid John he shipped on board a vessel ant on the passage fot into @ quarrel with the mate and ktlied him with a belaying pin; be satd he killed the son of ab—-n, but did not mean to; he was then secreiea on board the vesse) by one of the oMcers and never was artested; I told John he Would kili bim some time and advised him to get clear of him; John was engaged to be married to a Powe lady in Hoboken whois vow lying very sick. witness then gave a stajement of the agreement Of partnership between Dumucey and Methee, and also related the partieulam of the fire which oc- curred at the store of his sn at Whitehall, the fre having ori@nated in an adjoming building, He uced MeGhee to pre.ext of arrang- ing matters for him (Durantey), to buy him out, and then mardered mim; my son was in Hoboken that afternoon at half-past two )'clock; he usually spent Sundays in Hoboken. Some Oi the jurors here ta1imated a desire to have Mulbgan, the bartender, again placed on the stand. when he was calied up ‘he tesuified:—Tnere was no Kerosene used in the store; 1 believe there Wasa lamp; there was a candie wed sometimes; | heard about the letter which MeGhee opened, but do not Temember the contents; the diMculties between the pernece Was caused by McGhee leasing a siore to 1s father for $100 less than was decided upon; Du Tancey nad a claim against the government for the eelzure Oo! a distillery of hi heard the evidence of Townsend in regard to the window khades; McGhee had pulled the shades down before 1 went to sit. by the window, and pulied the shade up when he rape bed on the window from the outside, and told me to ull it down; I took my orders trom both ooorale but was most familiar with McGhee; he was oppose: to keeping open on Sunday, and was seidom there on that day. Coroner Wandle then stated that in deferen the wishes of the jury he would etate that he found the bodies of Durancey and McGhee; they were lying close to each otlier, among several barrels, about four feet from the cellar door, aud It was bu opinion that they haa fallen through from the first floor, as they were lying on débris. ‘This would seem to confirm the statement of one witness, that at leat ono of the men was inthe store and not im the cellar when tne explosion oc- curred, There are many who incline to the opinion that both men were in the store. ‘The case was then given to the jury, who delibe- rated for nearly an hour aod then brought in the following VERDICT: The jury find--first, that the death of Thomas Du- rancy, John H. McGee, Jane Smith, Emeline Vree- land and John Perrine was caused by a fire in tbe building on the southeast corner of Montgomery and Washington streets, on the morning of the 14th inst, and that the suid fire origimatea by the explosion of some kind of gas accumulated by accident or design by some person or persons to the sald Jury unknown; and the jury further find that great praise is due to Coroner Wanule for the untiring efforts on his part to give light to the community on this anfortenate calamity, and they recommended to the Fire De- partment of the city that hereafter when any fire takes place, attended by loss of life, they instruct their Marshal to make immediate search of the place for the remains of any person said to be miss- from said premises, | MORE CHINESR ERUBLEY, Wreck of an American 8! ship Off Breaker Point. The Celestial Wreckers Away the Crew, Statement of the Captain of Vessel. Wreck of a Britich Ship—Terrible Mutiny Board a North German Bark—Exe- cution of a Murderer. SHANGHAR, July 12, 1871. ‘The American steamship Mars, bound from Hon; Kong to Amoy, was wrecked on the 16th ult, o Breaker Poin. Sne lefr Hong Kong at five A, of the léth, and got on the rocks at tnree A.M. th | nextday, Chinese fishing boats came out in gree numbers trom the shore (about three miles distant! apd in them, the Chinese passengers—about 200 1) number—were landed ‘The Chinese then drov | the Kuropeans out of thre ship, which wa rapidly being broken up by the sea, The shy struck amidships on the rocks, and =f ten minutes afterwards her engine room was full 0 water. Sne roiled a great deal on the rocks and ti two hours broke tn two amidships, The weathe) was very thick, blowing heavily, with a high se: running. As the Chinese would noé allow the crev to land they put to sea tn the ship's boats, one o which swamped alongside and drowned five Chines sailors, In one of the other boats was the captain in another the chief mate, in a third the chief, thirc and fourth engineers and purser and in the fourst the second mate and second engineer, All the boat except the last started for Swatow; the fourth put into Hong Kong, where it arrived safely, but the they put into a way port, Cupehi, where they procured a junk, which brough' themto Hong Kong. The following is the state | ment of the Captain of tne May "] 987,000 in . | with heavy rain squalls and cloudy, until seven P, M. the sam day, when Chelang Point bore norih-northwem distant abou miles, After this, the Weather geuiy nit and sea rupning to of eaat, unt weather clearing between times of ‘heavy ‘saw’ Cupeht Point bearing abeam, or north-norti- st, about Sve miles, ship heading @ast-northeast by com- pana, whitch gave eust'by north, one and one hulf north, wig Course, on whieh conrse the ship continued, making elghe miles per hour, with saroe weather, until avout half-past two" A.M., when land was seen on the port bow. Put helm ta port ‘and almost immediately after (the ship then heading east-southeast) struck heavily and apparently ran her bows ona reef of rocks, Stopped the engines, when the sea im- | mediately began breaking over the ship, and in but a few minutes the engine room was full of water and abip settling’ down aft. gan lowering the boats in charge of the different iropean officers, when the Chinese portion of the crew and, some of the passengers made « rush for two of the siarboard boats, bejng the weather ones, id stove them in lowert by which means five of the Chinese crew were drowned. 1 other tonr boats being sately lowered were filied with the crew and passengers, at which time (about five A. M.), it be: ing dayiight, hundreds of fishing boats came from’ the sb taking off tne remaining passengers and many of those from the overloaded ab{p's boats. At the same time the people from | the fishing boats, hundreds in number, were plu everything about the ship of passengers’ luggage, crew's effects, Ac. Finding all the passengers provided for in the fishing boata, ‘ mustered the crew together with several passengers in tho, ship's boat, with a few firearms, and bore up to reacl, ‘watow, but sea making 80 heavily was oblized to run bey fore the wind to westward along the coast to reach this po: Your boats continyed in company unt!l four B, M. the day, when we loat aight of the second officer's boat, at whicl time, the weather getting worse, we landeu at Oupebi, Seni one of the Chinese crew on shore at a fort on entrance of t bay, who, upon communicating with the authorities, we obd talued all the assistance and protection in their power. ‘Afver remaining two davs hoping to intercept some foreiget vessel, the Chinese authorities gave us @ guide and i Zeross the country about eightten miles diaances where & | Port, furnishing om | hired a tabing junk to bring ua to this * After two daya we reached Lyeemoon, met the =e Any This verdict shows that the mystery Is still on- ravelled, and the public are left to maduige in the hundred and one theories that are afloat im regard to a Catastrophe which has agitated the peopie dur- ing the past week, notin Jersey City alone, bub throughout the entire State. THE COMING OF ALEXIS, Minister Cataecazy’s Facts Regarding the Pro- posed Visit of the Russian Prince. HE IS TO ARRIVE EARLY IN OCTOBER, His Tour to Extend All Over the Country. Long BRANCH, August 18, 1871. Mr. Catacazy, the Russian Minister, has been at the West End since yesterday. He called upon the President to-day and was driving away just as] ar- rived. I sent my card to him this afternoon, but he Was not in his room and the hall boy presented it to him on the piazza, after 1 had despaired of seeing him atall. The result was that Mr. Catacazy called upon me in my room, where I was in my shirt sleeves indicting a letter, and submitted himself to the trying ordeal of a “newspaper” interview. “Ah, Bir,” said he, jovially, “I will gladly give you ail the information I can; but, mark you, I will be very strict. You cannot “pump’? me. lcordially greeted him, offered him a seat and proceeded to business, He is Mr. Catacazy—not the Count. Early in the interview hie set me right on this matter, “J am plain Mister,” said he; ‘yet every one says Count, Why it 1s £0 I cannot say. One would think every foreigner in posttion is a Count. It is mot so; lam plain Mister.” Weill, this Mr. Catacazy 1s a gray whiskered and gray haired gentleman of probably fifty, heavy set and rather low of stature. His face is square set and firm, bis eyes are large and fine, About the 18th inst. I heard a scuffle on deck early in the i his manner is at once brusque and pleasant. me a ee ning, and went to the poop amidship to see. The = ‘own provisions from the local markets. sanboat Tienpo, Captain De Longueville, going in search o air missing boeie. "When getine on eee Tenpo we | were ail treated with the utmost kindness and hospitality. | Arrived here at ten A, M. | T attribute the loss of the Mars to the strong indraught current arqund Breaker fort and nto Namoa Bay, by the fearful typhoon blowing af the time to sont ‘the ship's position, own by the of vessel to the coast and since arrived at this port disabled. ; A court of inquiry, heid at the United States Cond | sulate at Hong Kong. has resulted im the compiew exoneration of tne Capiain for the accident. The British ship Mirage, on her voyage fronw Bangkok to Hong Kong, was wreeked on Hailmg, Island (West coast) on the I8thof June. The captan and crew found their way on board of a Cainesd ushing junk, Which took them to Macao, whence they Were brought to Hong Kong. The Mirage had A general cargo, said to be valued at $30,000. ne crew of the Nortn German bark Nounao, con~ sisting of Malays, Chinamen and Japanese, round’ from Tien-tsin Keelung, matinied on the 18th of June, burned the ship, murdered the mate and ‘attempted’ to do the same to the captain, The attenipt op tha paplain’s Ife did nor succeed; for It seems that witty the help of some of his men he was enabled to re« tain to a certain extent the command of nis vessel. On hisarrival in Shanghae Captain Haggermade tha: following statemen' CORRESPONDENT-—I passed you as you were | (Malay boatswain) told me there was @ jank abead. coming ont of the President's, Count. stooped down to jook from undernt t was struck on the bead with an fron Catacazy—Yes, and 1 .must congratnlate your | to ward off the blow fw back. {turned round t peopie upon so Intelligent and able u siatesman for that be had litted bis band “3 their President, Ithink President Grant is a won- | off, and had one of my the leit hand derfal man. CORKESPONDENT—He ts undoubtedly, In regard neirly severed. 1 then jumped to the quarter decks the Malays siriking at me all the time In tho face, to the coming of the Prince Alexis, M. Catacazy—do you know wnen he will be here? breast, arms and bande. | was without weapon. I wa again stabbed, also, by a party from behind. I turned an CaTacazyY—Yes; he will arrive about the sth or 10th of October—not sooner. to bandage omy wounds. As I was busy witht that, all” at once the “cabin filled with — smok was then told that three York. CORRFSPONDENT=Well, t4 it not rather a siow not know all, Adimiral Possuet will command the fleet. Among the Prince’s attendants are Count Francisco, and as far south as New Orieans, He will remain several months, Knocked down the one behind me with my fist, As #00n as did so T ran forthe eabin for protection and arms, and the CORRESPONDENT—When does he sail ? CaTacazy—He will leave St. Petersburg about four | which “drove us. out. We started on” deck an: went forward to see where the smoke came from and saws voyage to be nearly a month on the way? CaTacazy—Anh, he comes in @ sailing vessel, and Chowvarom, Captain Olsutiiet, Colonel Veselagua, and others whom | do not know. CORRESPONDENT—W hat sort of young. gentleman is the Princ the foresail, when tryin; in the, ‘and Raw ded that corpse of the cbi y men had jumped overbear: rried on to the quarter deck. nT waw some sail taxen in and the remaining were pouring water Into the cabin, men to make course for the Saddles, The ship was getting very bot by t % came intoa thick fog, and according to my reckor ought to be somewhere near the Saddies. We ran th xo close that we could hear the breakers and then ‘The deck Waa so very hot that we could not stand it any longer, aud go got out the boats. I was put into the boat in a fainting state, and do not recollect having left the vessel. I recovered a liitie in a short time and saw my ship ina blaze fore and aft, so we. steere picked up by the steamer Kiangs man that | knocked down followed to the cabin door. J to him that if he came into the cabin 1 would aboot him. J bi then about alxteen wouads over my body, which bied ver; much. J feit very faint, and the cook and boy assisted met days from now. 4 : me tip through the hatches. I orde CORRESPONDENT—Does he propore 10 visit any | the hatches to be secured and also the cabin door to smotl European points of interest on the way? » The cook and another did thi Li main hatch | slipped on Catacazy—Oh, 10; he will sail directly for New there 18 a fleet of several ships, you must know, CORRES PON DENT—Ah, What accounts for it, Who accompanies him ? Catacazy—Weil, several; quite a full sutte. Tdo CORRES PONDENT—Will_ the Pri tended tour of the United States” CaTacazy— Yes: he will go all over it, He will visit every point of interest from New York to San ve make an CX- | ceeins that the ringleaders are three Malays and @ Chinaman, Who ran away [rom the ship at Tien-tsin, but were caugnt and reshipped, The execution of William Williams, for the wil- fut imrder of Thomas Mitchinson on the 24th of May, took place, an account of which was sent fo the HERALD last month. Punctually at six rey ” - o'clock A. M. of the 4th instant the prisoner was sain ‘Mint: An, pect NN at ht in lke him, | conducted from his celi 1o the scaffold, accompanied. and the Minister beamed all over. A fine, hand- | yy a priest of the Roman Catholte faith and the offi- some young feliow, in the flush of health and youth, and— CORRESPONDENT —Jolly 7 Catacazy—Well, not to gay jolly; ‘he ts genial but dignified. He never forgets his nk OF his posi- on; but, J teil you, he enjoys limseil. It wil be seen from the Minister's choice of ad- Jectives that he spoke very correct English. There Was the slightest possible accent m bis tone, smuck- ing rather of German than of French. I resumed the conversation by saying that we wonid try to make it pleasant for the Prince during his stay. “And you will succeed, I know,” said he, Esrospent—What do you tink of the ru- aliiance, M, Catacazy, between Russia and nee? The Minister threw up his hands in disgust “tell you it Is ail humbugs. Are we fools in our polities® Have we ever been so” My dear sir, these cable telegrams [rom Europe are all humbugs. here the report came that the address of lical delegation wag to be received by Gort- chakon How foolish! Here it is dened to-day. All humbags, sir; all humbugs!"’ With that Mr. Catacazy withdrew, inpressing it upon ine that I must not put words into his mouth cials whose duty it was to be present. Having ascended he turngd and addressed a few words to those arouud, he then uttered aloud @ brief prayer and submitted himseif to the executioner’s hands. ‘The rope and cap having been adjusted, the execu+ toner lett the platform, drew the bolt and tn an instant, with sear struggle, all was over. A Jormal inquest was afterwards held on the body and death found to have been caused by hanging, In pursuance of seniene “WARROW ESCAPE. Attempt to Cross the Sound tn» Small Bont. A few days since Mr. Lewis W. Beebe, of Ortent, atiempted to cross the Sound jn a small sailboat, accompanied by his wife. The party were bound tor Saybrook, at the mouth of the Connechient River, the home of Mra, Beebe, A&® the distance is only fifteen miles, and at the time of starting the wind was inoderate, no danger was anticipated. Av the boat neared the Connecticut shore the wind in- creased until, when within two miles of terra rima, we blew almost a gale, upsetting the boat. By great effort Mr, Beeve managed to ‘unsnip that he did not use, 1 h . hethe bout. Mis wile also he got “All [say i$ this,” said he, as T bowed him | We mast and rig : | out the door. 1 tee to congratulate your people | 10, but coud get notning vo ball La #0 be swam upon jiaving so Wise and intelligent a states. | DY the sidv of the boat until rescued by parties from the Connecticut shore. During the trying ordeat Mrs. Beebe behaved in tne most heroic manner, alding her husband in his exertions, although she could not swim, and she had to maintain ber hoid aut to Keep from sinking. When pi man as General Grant for your President; and then, with another mutnal bow, Minister Cata- of «his broad back upon ‘me and trudged arpeted haliway to the bill clerk's desk, where he took the next train for ab rath ed tp Ren yore ay nh eatoult so urgentiy persie | both were nearly exhuusted, and would probably in his statement about President Grant 1s to me an have held out bat « short time Jonger, enigma. [did not touch upon the sunject of bis : * merererrer ere rumored recall, because ii i8 ® delicate matter, OUT TO PIECES, which | thougit it best to leave to him to introduce = if he wished. Ji is stated, however, upon undenta- on Monday morning, at the junction of the ble wuthority, that ne bas asked fo ty ah Dutchess and Columbia and Hudson River Katlroads at Denuing?s Point, opposiie Newburg, a brakeman, named Augustus Pi was rin over by a freight train and horribly mutilated, death ensuing within twenty minutes after the accident. Both legs were cut of at the thighs, and one of the feet was found PREE SPEECH IN OGDENSBURG. OGDENS BURG, N. ¥., Angus IsTt ‘The force of special policemen, numbering np- wards of one hundred, were dismissed this merning: al some distance from the body on the truck, the and the city is again quiet, The Baron de Camin body. having poet et Sio0g, under the i 4 wheels for about one huwgred yards. Por Issued card this morning stating that as the right | WONT for anole one | Damgred yare Lipo Of free speech bad been vindicated and the Cily W4S | Were also found scattered along the track. The ¢ Incurring heavy expense in protecting It, he should | unfortunae mau had atiempted to jump on the not address an audience here again, he Catholic | caboose, and, missing lis jeotwold, fell under the clergymen at service yesteraay weyerely denoune moving train, tle was unmarried, — twenty-one « Gil Fgtous proceedings years of age and a sesident of Matteawan