The New York Herald Newspaper, May 28, 1872, Page 4

4 NEW YORK tilRALD| BRO!) WAY AND ANY STREET. yi site aaie 4AME* GORDON PENNETT, ‘ PROPRIEZOR, a” ” ———, oe ~B.. busi or news letter“‘and telegraphic Seyaiche, most be addressod New Yore +3 or? ~ackages should be properly “yanications will not be re- te Kiyror \.’ EDITION, every Wednesday, at Six ss perc vy, S& psr annum to any part of Great Britain, or 6+ (0 any part Of the Continent, both to incinte por JOB PRE ING Of every eescription, also Stero typlug an “agraving, neatty and promptly exe vuded of the ‘west rates, aune KVL. f VIPTH AVENUE THEATEE v dt. JAM way. ITEATRE, ‘Pwenty-crghth street and tackvoy's New Hiszintcon, ODS Mi formnnces # UUM, Broadwa snuon’ and event corner 0th st.—Per- Hann. BOWERY VHEATRE, Bowory.—" Te—Cararor sia; on, Taw Tigacies Cas OLYMPIC 7 pwiie ov I BOOTS "i ay. loch LINA EDV cd ATRE, Twenty-tiird siveet, corner Sixth DEN. THEATRE, 720 Broadway.—Woon- AGH'S THEATRE, Broadway and 13th street— | eo TTe. UNION SQUARE THRATRE, Li st. ond Broadwe ava Unga svenTs—Tue Wrove MAN iN Tue Rigur Ps. PARK TH SATRE, opposite Hall, Brooklyn. — “pevina Hawn, HRS, FLL. CONWAY'S BROOKLYN TNEATRE— ro.lvay.—Sam Smanp- ZPAS 60S OPERA TOU48, No. 20 Bower ook jecritks, BurLEsou vo. Matinee at?) TRAL taanp INstRUMENTAL, Iv Yo! 13 Broadway. — New York, Tuesday, May 23, 1872. CONTEN<S OF T0-DAY's HERALD. PAGr. j—Advertivoments, Rem Advert B—Ardvert 4—Iditori is: Leading Article, “The Washington ‘Treaty’-—The Alabama Claims Question in itich Partament—Ceil rains from jind, France, Spain, and, Anatea and % Boat Explos.om iu tue Hast River— bard Washington—Amuseiment An- nents. of the Workingmen: > Meetings in Square and City tia!) Pork—Programme vation Day—Shipping Mnteligence— + Notices, the | The Washingter atwey end bedtrect Damag: Quesiion im Parilamenat. Tha British Parliament reassembled in ses- sion, after the Whitsuntide recess, yosterday evening. The questions of the Washington Treaty, the negotiations with the United States on the subject of the Alabuma clrims gene. rally, with that of indirvet damages speeifitally, engaged the attentioy uf lhe members of tho House of Commons almost im- mediately. The querics which wera put and the explanations which followed, on the part of the Ministry, bronghi out Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. Disracli and Premier Gladstone, The points of their speoches were reported to ug by cable last nighi und appear in the Henard to-day, The most imporlant portion of our despatch ig, perhaps, that in which Sir Stafford Northeote is mate to deny, positively and in apparently unequivocal terms, that the indirect damages wero to be presented. My, Disracli was oxhaustive in the matter of a continuous qnery to the ad- visers of the Crown. Reading the demand of the right honorable gentleman first, one would almost imagine that the Cabinet had no loop- hole for official escape left, bat must really come to the point and tol! the House ell it knows about the matter. This result did not ensue, however. Apart from tho allegation of Sir Stafford Northcote the Mouse did not learn much. Mr, Gladstone blanaics the Ameri- cans for a premature publi n of the Sup- plemental article, but announced that Hor Majesty's government had be oficially informed that the United States Senate had agreed to tho new article, although the business remy unfiuished, There is still, as it appears, Cabinet advisi ment, and, present rule of mini erecy to a very considerable extent. Parlia- ment will be duly informed in pr So the American people must wait for news from St. James’, as the centre of national in- terest with regard io the Alubama claims has beontransferred from Washington to London— neur to the seat of the British dliberation for perpetration of the original offeuce against us. of course, under the il, Cabinet se- Toe Pennsyivants Democratic Stary Con- VENTION meets in Reading on the 30th inst. The party has seldom had a better opportunity for carrying their gubernatoriol candida! against an opposifion majority than at this time. ‘Tho disaffection among republicins in regard to Goncral Hartrantt is so wide: spread as to warr the democrats in indul ing the hope of ess even in the face of an actual republican preponderance inst them. But success can only be ured by the adop- tion of a wise and pradent platform and the selection of a liberal and popular candidato. The democratic managers in Pennsylvania should work earnestly in this direction if they desire the pr. of a State victory in October to the nationil contest in Novembor. Last year Pennsylvanian went republican by twenty thousand mujority grogate vote of over five hua trod (housand, ‘The vote at a | Presidential election is generally a hundred 6—Advert + 7—Advert 3 b—¥inanc: | ond Commereciat: Sharp Rise in Unit in Tentou and New York othe Amended ‘Trea nits impeded ehiqu vintained Un chap na Paci 2 ; \ “Bes: “tock Bxehange. | An ace '¢nt to our press machinery last | e a& the publication of the paper “y and preventer ihe issue of more | bis sheet. We victors of the Wor’ lay Dispatch for 11 utader obligations Jy ton ted tous to overcome the ineon- ‘aused by this accid Trecessary ~epnirs?will be completed, and the paper wil: be issued to-morrow morning at the aeunl tins end with the usual amount i matter. eae The Hvabug of Ue Seerecy. The Ole World and old time idea of keeping | for q) otions and inter:tional diplomatic | intercour) secret is nei(hor Amorican nor | enited to iolern times. To } people | ignorant of proceedings whero important | national i sterests are involve on the plea of | | ption of pradence nd precedent 1 authority » mpatible on’ governme 11 Itis say t, that and nots -vants, as we have regard thom, The my sud profound | secrecy Wich the State Depiriinent and Senate | ( the propsed new article to the | istent with our | th purely despotic to people, in ‘ir masters, | 1 taught to | the affect: abo Washingt Treaty are in republican form of government. The people should b>» informed of everyt and an expression of public opinion should be invited | er thy prevented. This is « government | _the pe plo and for the people, and there | wild be o> secrots in goverumental action, | archical natious of Europe do 05 forusit is x to withhold information. Tho is more likely to err and get into scrions eu tanglementa by ey than by being frank and open, Mr. Fish aud oi Senators ” Vd seruember that they ar » servants, + the masters, of the pu hing, pol ram migration and Imm; ation, st duily the steamship. Whiciu leave our | ary with them hundrsts rope, Visit: ove NOW \ COORG 8 COMM) oy) Qo citize:s es “doing th: wotering places’ © stmmer season was but very % If Americans like to make of pleasure- Continent 1. our well-to- seesers 1) 6 vy ti » iso desire to spend it; d the b ts woech yearly eross the Atlantic and amo nt of money annually spent in whar way ce prodigious. If is not, however, a perinana:. outpouring, for our people do not go to stay, but to invigorate their bedies and to improve their minds by foreign travel. On the othe: hand, we have pouring into the couvtry « cood, healthy flow of immigration. The thou .nds of immigrants who weekly land on our sliovcs add immensely to the wealth of the repuluic, With their little cash fortunes in their } kets, and their far moro valuable labor, they are an acquisition to the country which it is impossible to accurately estimate. Jn the rich fields and growing cities of tho West there are homes for all who have the pnergy aud determination to work for them. "4g not the land for the sluggard, as some +) (amigrants who como here find out to sprow; but those who have the ability ‘termination to work we weloome to the {the Wes. : | tin assistance cor- | | To-day the | ” her right nor | thonsand heavier than at a State election, 3 LAST NIGHT, ”” which {usie by the was not as weil attended jocmana as was anticipated. professors and pupils of the vy of Music, which was given AMUSE: Marsehner's opera « last night at the Muller Opera Comy by our masic¢toy ins The concert of the American Conseryat nway Hu) fact evening, was numerously the p imme consisted of selections: Auber, Meyer be ozavt, Wallace, Vera, u, De Reriot, Liszt aud other dis: fled “Woot nt? ‘drama, ¢ w v Edwin's Theatre bist 1 Y poor end the acting not t er. “The Heathen (Linco is the attractive tite of tie latest sous: 4 the Bowery Theatre, to a Lull house, and was bi produced last s enj3 : PROSPLUS PARK FAIR GROUNDS, Should the w or be favorable to-day the gates ofthe Prospect Park Pair Ground be apencd fo the trotting !oy x community and the inaupu ab ing events ot ny meetipg be deci ted out beuntifully ck. All the pursea 3 filled exevediny ud the sums given b, Ass jon 80 © uly divided that these haa bob been a disseut) » regarding them, LONGFLLL HARRY BASSETT, CINCINNATT, May 27, 1872. Cc. W. Wooley 1s that the statement t: graphed from k to the effet that he had offered to mate Hlow against Harry Bassoit is unqualified y THD FIFTEEN’ SHOOKING AFFRAY, The Prisoner Marketa oy Yesterday m teenth precine | otticers, appeat vie » Ledwith, at the | Jefferson Market Mulice Court, haying in custody Paul Lowe un IL Thomas, Alfred P. | hivans, Willan nt B, PL | rie ht ‘ shoowing stray in Neilson piece i suearday | 1 a poured Lia | the Twe ‘ | wove implicated he | fined in Bellevue ‘top wounds, whicn \ ture. Devine prt | | charging him 1] his cu a | of ex-cov ’ mitted the § . i it In seta y Mt | Lim and his frien) Gardner withoat wry rs | thon, and f ten rob an | them he fired t ie w [in n,lrtos hi j On Gardue sis ainst Thomas, | #850 batt. Devik | tion, to appear ay a witness o | TESTIMONIAL }oR TH FAMILY OF THE LAGE MR. bOLDER, nie! IL, Belden, bet- seal workt under the name cous of expressing thelr regard his widow, will hi tecnta street, ry testimonial The friends of the lat ter known in the th | of N. B, Clarke, dr his m emOry ud sympet | to tuke the | into consider | honorably known 'n sia or histitont } blu, warm-hea t ne if is to be hoped that thos. 1 i vil iiving will, | now that, he bs gone, ts , antial apppre: wenelt of Those to % hon a he tas lett betiind, ERAL MAGADARAS. ‘This evening General MacAdaras will deliver a lecture on the Franco-ti rman was, at the Cooper Institute, and will, doubttess, have a lorge audicace, ‘The General was commandant of te Feanco-irland- aise brigade during the war, and enjoyed excep- tionally good opportunities for observing the caus: that led to the defeat and hawiliation of the French armies, Mr, Hoc: Greeley Wil act as chatrmaa, and will introduce the lecturer to tae aadience. General MacAdaras has the reputation of beng an orator, and he ‘ certainly a keen aud thoughtiut observer of men and eo His heacers tonight will, therefore, certainly by amused aud interested, and’ they will also probably hear many things about the war which are novel a4 well us instructive, for tne spl we | Clation of his wo. t he was most dea LECTURE BY Ga HAVANA MARKETS, Rxchango on the United 8 x vaayh cuersnoy, i ost id Bavegtandaed, sae ares ehooks. Don, 94 @ 1 Foals. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1872, The Question of Indirect Damages Be- fore the British Parliament. Sir Stafford Northcote’s 8tatement to tho House of Commons—What He Understood When in ‘Washington—Indirect Claims Not To Be Proseated—Disracli’s Category of Que- rics and Gladstone's Definition of the Cabinet Policy. it~. pee TELEGRAMS TO THE HEW YORK HERALD. ~ LONvoN, May 27, 1872. The Hote of Commons reassembled, after the Whitsuntiidrecess, this evening, The House of Lords will mee! on the 31st instant, Both Houses adjourned for thy holiday observance on the 14th of tho Month. On the day previous, as the HERALD was Informed by cable at tho moment, ex- planations were oifer@l, both in the Lords and Jommons, .erarding. the” g'Togress of the negotia- tions with respect to the Rreaty of Washington, The government contended that the indirect claims were not within the scope of fhe treaty, neitl within its terms, its spirit nor its intention. They had, tt was stated, made a_ certain proposal to the American Cabinet, which the President of the United States expressed his willlngaess to entertain, and which was then under consideration by the American Senate; and they had good reason to hope that a satisfactory settle- ment of the matters ia dispute would be arrived at. Tho government, however, gave an almost distinct assnrance that tue indirect claims would not be allowed to go before the arbitrators at Geneva, and Facl Russ 1 postponed his motion on the subject Ul the Loth of June, Sir StatYord Nortacote’s Statement After the Reagsomblage=What He Under- stood of Indirect Claims When in Washingion. Lonpon, May 27, 1872. In the Mouse of Commons this evening Sir Staf- ford Northvote, in reply to inquiries from the Right ion. Mr. Bouveria, sald his speech at Exeter, in which he nade wn important reference to the Treaty ofw: ‘ton, Was correctly reported in the London Journals, THe reperted what he stated in that spooch, that he understood when at Washington tie Indirect claims were not to be presented, As a member of the Joint tligh Commission he deemed it his duty to make a fair and correct statement, but he declined to enter Into details without notice. Mr. Bouverie then gave the requisite notice that n put his question, “I whetier it was true that tho American Senate hid adopted the supplemental article to the Treaty of Washington; whether that article had nin litod; what was the nature of tie mod Leution; wuether Parliament would be permitted to sauction the article; and whether the hegotiat ons would be completed in time for the representatives of { Britain to appear at the next mectag of the Board ot Arbitration at Geneva, Mr. Gladstone, on rising to reply, first expressed his regret at the premature publication of the sup- plemenial article, and intimated that the Amerl- cans were to blame in tie matter. In reply to Mr. Disraeli’s inquivies, he said Her Majesty's govern- ment had beon informed oMeially that the Senate ofthe United Stotes had agreed to the new article, The amendments made thereunto had just been r ceived and were tder the consideration of the Cabinet. The remainder of the right honorable gentionman’s que: ould not now be answered, swosundnished, It would, of auture tO announce what steps would be taken by t Britain with regard to her sh! appearance: at Geneva uit the negothations were enied, The Engl sh reply respecting the modifica- ‘tions of tha stppismental article would be de- aad no time would be lost in set- spatehed by sg the matte Morsiman repeated the question, whether nen led articls would be submitied to Parlia- ment for approval Mr. Glidstone declined to answer this question Without notice, Which was given, The Action of the Senate Reported in Lontion=First Meet of the American Vote—Un ited Siatcs Secarities Advanced ‘ChangesOpinion of the British on Brest. Lonpon, May 27, 1872. D spatches anuoun ing the passage by the United States Sentte of a resottion advising Presklent ant foneroh at an additional article to the Treaty astington for the settlemens of the indirect received here yesterday, The eect of the fryo able vote is seen in the market ior American secutities this morning, which opened firmer, with aa advance on the prices of Saturday list. The Londag journals comment at some length upon the result of the Senate's deliberations. OFINIONS OF THR BRITISH PRE: The Loniou Times, commenting on the advices from Wasith on, says.—“The action of the United St.toa Senat: is i uportant a3 justifying England in the eyes of oll th: world im the postion she has tiken with relation to th» indirect claims. Amer- of chains dispubs w ful. President Grant, in conaniting w the Senate before acting upon the proposition of Earl Granville, has greatly strength. ened his own position.” The Telegraph sayst—“America has proved that sho prefers justice to national vanity. The love of honest Coaling and mutual consideration exhibited by both Ey gland and America promises well for the future of the world,” The Loudon Stancard thinks it better “to mode- rate ils congratulations an! suspend its opinion until it Knows mo. e of what the article to be nego- Uated will commit Englend to do or pay.”* FRANCE PA 2 Se Ceneral Troechu’s Charge of Bonapartist Corrup- tion in the Army—A Capitulating General Per- | ywittod to Rotiro—Miss Nellie Gront’s Visit. i . | TELEGRAMS TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. Panis, May 27, 1872. | The Legisiative Assembly this afternoon debated j thoarmy oi gy oF P General Trochu, in a vigorous speech, charged thé | Boua: 8 with corrupting tho army, and was gre-ted with appliuse from all parts of the | Chamber, VEKMIEVED TO RETIRE FROM THE SERVICE. srl Ulich, who was s0 severely censured by the Commtssion on Capitulations in their report on tho surronder of Strasbourg, has been retired from | active service in the army. MISS NULLIE GRANT'S VISIT. Miss Nellie Grant is the guest of President and Mme. Thiers to-night. THE FRENCH TURF. Race for the National “Derby” at Longchamps, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, May 27, 1812. The French Derby at Longchamps yesterday was won by P. Aumont’s ch. ¢. Revigny, beating Littic Agucs, secoud, and Condor, third. SPAIN. Parliamentary Beassemblage and Party Recon- struction. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MapRip, May 2¥, 1872, ‘The Cortes reassembles to-morrow. ‘The republicans will join the radicals in oppost- on to the Ministry. The majority of the Chambers ave aagamod the name of Constitationaliste, 1 Ley he pier hé found that a carman named Wiliam a ee es Three Men Instantly Killed and Six Injured. THE EPSILON BURSTS HER BOILER, . , Fragments of the Wreck Strewing (he Be hends end Pps, | ‘The tugboat Epsilon, while wowing the packet ship Seminole, of the Caliiormia line of paskets, tuto ‘he stream, suddenly exploded, at the foot of pier No. 39, East Rive", from the effects, it Is sap- posed, of low water in tiie holler, runsanately she was about twenty rods irom the »p a else @ greater disaster might have pccurred. As it was, three out of tie five persone on board were drowned, six people #o severely in- | jured as to be at present lying ina critical condi- tion in the Centre Street Hospital, while several others received slight wounds, The explosion was accompanied by a report like that of a heavy can- non, aud the news flew around the city that a hor- rible aceldent had happened. 2 ‘ TUG BOAT EXPLOSION. | Topertor vieiout ih pitt at tt Muck Lak ane onal conscious, he waa si ty able to After much dimenity the reporter was enabled to glean the following RELIADLG STATEMENT ads of the sad occurrence trom him:—Shortiy boro engines to tow the Seminole out of dock the ainecr left the engine room and went on dock. When he lett the gauges showed more thai a sum: clent quantity of water In the bollor—in fect they | Were almost fiticd np, He remained outside on the eck Dr sale time, unt they had almost cleaved le returned he saw at on maa seee Was no water in the gauges. ‘The a ba UL t= Hs Ug fatd to Oar repurter that he ted to D, WhO was sta rae Den’ of tho botler, hates “MY GOD! WE ARE ATT shown ¢ Before he had tims to take a step mrt than the door of the engine room tie builge | Mp. 9! has no recollection of anything farther until hs was. Dicke ont of ine water, When he recovered ce Jousness for a short time, but bes ene sible inimediately again, angie Ve pera hile the repo.ter was listening to the y statement the regular engineer OF the ‘ts mito, a man named George Oltendvkg, Yisitad tha hownitat to inquire aiter Curve. HB nad ween sick t lust few days end had asked Currey to do duty fe huv. When Olisndyke bal left the hospital poor Currey appeayed mest auxious to impre: | 1 88 ' reporter that he was ound (4 DULY CERTIPL He caited Ns Clot, r they had been f3*n (o shreda, ind that he had bean th into the wate, {Te sata flat he nad qincera’ examination and re- jeate of competency fem Mr, #, Inspecto" of Botiers. He aiso says that 1e blame of the explosion Js to Le ativibuted INEGI if was informed that CARPLESSNESS AND DOWNRIGHT NEGLECT ofthe fireman, who was ktilod. When ihe explo- sion took place the steward, ihe deck hand and THE EXPLOSION, It appears that at avout one o’clucR xesterday af ternoon, as the toiling stevedores had rettyrned from dinner, loitering longshoremen were wistfully look- ing around for employment, and carmen smaking thelr way among the piles of boxes and bates strewed on the busy wharf, a terrific expipsion startled the crowded dock, an‘ 2 shower of wooden fragments poured down on heads unsuspestizg danger, A scene of wild confusion ensucd. Plunging horses, groaning men, and a multitude of people rushing frantically around, made a spectacle at once exciting and appalling. From every dock, pier, ship and warehouse in the vicinity a crowd came rushing to ascertain what had happened, and for a time the wiidest rumors pre- vailed. On allsides lay the exploded tragments, and it is absolutely a miracle, considering the crowded state of the neighborhood, that so few ac- cidents happened, Here were large pieces of tim- ber that crushed into the dock as they fell, and there were the more slender portions of the cabin) and upper deck work, lying in confused and shattered heaps, the splin- tering showing the violence of the shock and the sudden power that had torn them asunder, After the wondering crowd had recovered from the first sensation of astonishment, a rush was made to the end of pler No. 19, East River, just at the foot of Maiden lane, and there, In A SINKING CONDITION, was the steamtug Epsilon, and three of the five mien who constituted her crew were Ertgaling in the water. Every exertion was made to rescue them, and in a iew minutes they were brou on shore, A8 Boon as they had recovered con- sciousness from the shock, one of them stated to the HERALD representative that the Epsilon was in the act of tugging out tho San Francisco packet steamer Seminole from the pier, and just as the hawser was adjusted an the engineer about to go to his post the explosion occurred, ‘The Epsilon, together with the tugboat Andrew Fletcher, wore only abont five rods from the plier when the affair happened. The ship Ham- iiton Fish, of the Black Ball line, was lying on the other side, and a sailor on board said that just as Captain Edward Hallenbeck was in the act of pull- ing the bell in the pilot house the explosion oc- curred. He saw the pilot house, together with the captain, blown into the air a distance of twenty feet. ‘The débris few up on all sides, and hardly had the fragments settled before the Epstion sank. Several boals put off from the pier, for the purpose of picking up the bodies, but, with the exception of the three rescued men, no others were found, THE INJURED, ‘The deck of the Hamilton Fish was covered with water and littered with the falling fragments, and one piece four feet long and three inches square fell upon the forward part of the vessel. Captain Charles H. Mitcnell, a Sandy Hook pilot, sixty- three years of age, while standing in the doer of the pilot office, at the corner of Maiden lane and South street, a few rods from the head of the pier, was struck by a large piece of timber and had both legs fractured, ‘Iwo seaman, named Bernard Curry and Anderson Olut, the former of whom was in tho rigging and the latter on the deck of the Seminole, were struck by the failing timbers and severely injured, Anold man named James Par- sons, who resides at No, 22 Vanderbilt avenue, oklyn, had both legs fractured whte working on the dock. TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAT. Soon after the explosion an ambulance was sum- moned und the injured men removed to the Centre Street Hospital, Where their wounds were exain- fned and pronounced dangerous, Tie following 1s the oficial list :-— Andersen Viud, seaman on the Seminole, aged twenty seven, born in Norway; has a lacerated wound in the right arm. Jacob Bishop, seaman, aged twenty; compound fracture of the left arm. William Parsons, Seaman, aged seventy, of Brook- lyn; compound fracture of ‘the left leg. i Rernard Curry, engineer of the tugboat, aged H t! tured badly on the left knee joint; | Crosby street. pilot, aged sixty-four, widower ; of the rig! THE EPSILON. This tug was an ordinary sized boat, of about forty tons, valued ab $15,009, owned. by George S. Townsend, at pier 43 Eas , by Captain Edward Hallenbeck. ‘She bad five men on board at the time of the accident—namely, the cook, two deck hands and the captain and engineer, A watch, cap, boots and several other articles of clothing Were blown ashore at the time of the ex- plosion, At five o’clock yesterday afternoon men were gr ling in the wreek in hopes of finding bodies: ithough two came to the surface, they disappeared too quickly ta be taken out. CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION, The Epsilon, though an old boat, was thoroughly repaircd recently, but it was new wine in o'd bot- tles, and as the sound from the cxplesion was full and clear it is supposed that tue accident was caused by low water In the boiler. She now les at ata depth of about fifteen fect and will be hoisted to-day. we Statement by an Eye-Witness. Janes Barton, who was on the dock at the time of the explosion of the boiler of the Epsilon, says that as soon as he heard the sound and looked in the direction from which it came the air was filed with what seemed a mixture of dust and débris of the boat all along pler 19 to Maiden lane, and darkening the piers on either side; that two of the sailors on board the ship Seminole, who were in the rigging at the time, were injured by the splinters from ihe ex- ploded tug, and the chief mato, Mr. Eldridge, who was on deck, was sertously cut and bruised, He did not know whether any one on board the Fletcher, the tug which the Epsilon was going to assist In another man were sitting ult and were all three blown into the water, The captain was standing Torward and was lost, as Well as U Dr. Vandewater informed the tt that Currey must lose nis leg, as the moat complicated ¢ eter, THE BOILER, The boiler of the Epsilon was fi was of the most approved construction und mate. vial, It was considerered one of tie strongest high-pressure boilers ou the viver. It was lust ia. Spected by Mr. Mathews on the isth of May last, and was certliled to carry RIGUFY POUNDS OF arr, The engineer, Currey, informed the reporter that the Epsilon never carried jess than efglty pounds pressure of steam, but that she very setiom carried anything over. He added, however, thit from the construction of the valves and steam cocks it required a good eal of care to keep the water well up in the boiler, he Epsilon belonged to Mr. ‘Townshend, of Goaverneur street, ow of the dr docks, and had been many years in the river. Currey has also been a certified enuineer for many years. The doctors do not expect that he can recover, In reply to aquestion from the reporter Currey said that he had thoroughly cleaned and scraped the boiler the dav before yesterday. AT THE HOSPITAL AT MIDNIGHT. Captain Mitchell, tne Sandy Hook pilot, both of Whose legs were broken in South street, was in & very crit condition at midnight last night. The condition of William Parsons, the shipwright of Brooklyn, was also very bad, but no imminent danger is anticipated ENGLAND. Bea S AEE Beport of a Government Anmesty tothe Fenian Convicts. years old, and TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, ‘May 27, 1872. The government has determined to pardon the Fenians now remaining in prison, and they will shortly be released from custody. In the House of Commons this evening Sir George Jenkinson, Member for North Wilts, asked if it was true that the remaining Fenian prisoners had been released, as reported, Mr. Gladstone replied “No,” at which there was some laughter. > TRELAND. eats The Galway Election Petition—Judicial Pro- nouncement Against Clerical Combi- nation and Conspiracy. TELEGRAM TO THE REW YORK HERALD, Donurn, May 27, 1872. Judge Keogh has unseated Mr. Nolan, elected to Parliament from Galway, on the ground of clerical combination and conspiracy amounting to ecclesias- tical despotism. He will report tn regard to the action of the Archbishop of Tuam and the Bishops of Galway and Clonfert. AUSTRIA. aap Rain Storm and Destructive and Fatal Inunda-~ tions in Bohemia, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Praaor, May 27, 1872: Heavy and destructive rains have prevailed in this vicinity the past few days. The volume of water which fell was so great as to inundate the surrounding country. Several villages. an@ the growing crops have been swept away and a umber of lives lost, but it ia not stated exactly how many. THE EDGAR STUART. ole aot TE Escape of the Cuban-American Filibuster—dhe is Fired Into by a Spanish Gunboat. TELEGRAM T@ THE KEW YORX HERALD. HAvANA, May 27, 1872. Adespatch from Santiago de Cuba on tho 18th instant states that the steamer Edgar Stuart, the United States steamer Wyoming and the Spanish man-of-war Borgia left Kingston, Jamaica, on the 16th instant. The Edgar Stuart and Borgia soon parted company with the Wyoming, belng faster sallers. Tue Borgia then gained on the Edgar Stuart, but the latter drawing but little water, steamed in among the shoals and doubled back to- wards Kingston and disappeared, The Borgia then returned to Kingston, and afterwards sailed for | Santiago de Cuba. ‘The Edgar Stuart was seen five leagues frei Santlaga de Cuba, and fired at by the grinont Gaceta. Ta" taking out the Seminole was hurt, but he was suve th ny others had been injured. He knew the canta ve the ‘Epsilon, Charles Hallenbeck, and his two brothers—one the engineer, and tie other a fireman—had all been blown of, | The Op: tain ond engineer were both very seriously, and, he believed, futaily injured, whilo the fireman was resoved from the water almost imimediately, a4 had ng injury that he wes aware of% © wore several persons among the pumber on the pler at the thine of the explosion whd Téeceived triting in- juries f.om falling splinters, aud the othe.s, terribly frightened, rushed to the nearest cover that 9 fed them shelter, a On nearing the snore end |. Keys had been struck on tie head by a faling dices of timber, and that both bis legs and body were cut and bruised. He was tnsonaible when carried away. Crossing from the shore end of the pler to the pilot ofitce, he found that Charles Miteh- ell, a pilot, who had been standing at tie door at the time, had been struck and had both his legs mangled. The beat, he said, was known in regard to power as an 14-inch bolier tug, measuring between 30 and 40 ir. George S. Townsend. becks and the others indicated—eight tn all—he felt sure were very seriously mutilated, and some of them could not possibly recover. He had heard the boat rated well for strength, and had been m- formed by one of the men attached to the. ageney that they were sure the cause of the expivshh must have been a lack of water in tite boiler. The Engineer’s Statement. The engineer of the fil-fated Epsiton, or rather the person who was doing duty for the regular engincer of the boat, was aman named Bernare Currey, who resides at No. 117 Crosby street. When the explosion took place Currey was blown clean over the side of tho vessel into the river. He wae fortunately picked up and conveyed to the Centre Street Hospital in the ambulance, When he arrived At the hospital he was ENTIRELY UNCONACTIOUS, and so low was he that Dr. Vandewater, the House Surgeon, expressed the opinion that he could not live two hours, Restorat down his throat in vain, aud, discovered that h he wad nee the fa ie nee probably by of the débris. About ay to revive, and at midnight he had returned to Sonactousness. He. ad. aigo. recotved a horrible ES. which severed the bi id hi lower jaw was dreadfully THE CLERKS IN TiAVANA. TELEGRAM p THE NEW "i HERALD. ween. MAWANA, May 2%, 1872, A iiovement is on foot among the clerks of Havena to demand their liberty on Sundays, for the purpose of attending to religious and social dutice, The condition of the Havana clerks is very onerous. Bie THE COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY. A Manifesto Implicating Governor Hof man in the Ring Robberies ‘The Committee of Seventy hod a vory important meeting last night, at No. 52 Union square. Mr. Witiiam F. Havemeyer occupied the chair, and, after the meeting wag calcd to order, a length special ve port, prepared by a special committ composed of the chairmen of the diferent aub- sommittees of the Association, Was celivered, The o had rd er value matn feature of this reports was A series Me had heard hi alucd at $15,000; but knew att Epo e xeeptt wo of the Hate of eharges implieatt Governor Hofman in nothing of it except from hearsay. Two of the Hatien- Be ng Bgrortor Hosen to rob the city. A good deal of diaerssion took pinee on the matter of publishing the report, and 80 Many amendments were require: to be made that it was deemed advisable to carefully revise it and eliminate many intemperate and obitoxtons clauses, ‘The warrants in the Comptroiter’s Department, tt was stated, showed that more than eight hundred thousand dollars were patd out of the city treasury in 1888 for expenses attendant upon the erection of the County Court House, and that the signature of John T. Hoffinan ta borne by many of tie vouch- ers, The meeting was not Pa teutarly harmootous, anda goot many thought the whole agair was a mero poilttical ruse, and the movers more actuated by partisan than refovm principics. BROOKLYN WATER DEPARTMENT. ‘Khe Commissioners of the Department of City Works, Messrs, W. A. Fowler and Lorin Palmer, yesterday submitted an estimate, in detall, Pie red for the maintenance oO! Ueparement for ihe year ending 4 rit fale ape total amount ts 627, nat $229, "so last year, or a little moro than five ren in- crease over 1871. The chief items set forth arc J follows :—Salat! $82,798) ann engine. hous office expenses, is 4 Sisttea; ponds, gona ‘£0, tribat and ira, $40,000; goncles, $65.00 | WASHINGTON. The Friends and Foos of Grecley Counting Major i i —-—___ CR. | Ponnsylvania and the Vico | Presidenc. THE TARIFY BECORE Tz eraro, | | | | fy 27, 1972, |e Greeley and Virginia. 1@ support of ths Cinciniatt movement tu Virginia coufidently claim tuat State tor Gresley and Brown by at least 10,000 jority, and promi. nent regular republican: omineat a8 leaders of the party—adinit that such a result is quite prob ale, unboss a regalar domocratic novaination is mado at Baltimore, 11 seems, that with rave exo’). Hons, tho native fedecal offlee-hotlors in the Od Dominion are men of naturally cor athe iveil- { nations, and that, prorécted by regulations, they feel wssired of rétal g their positions in the event of Grant's 10- election, no matter whom they support | in the coming contest, Conseqnently they j feel safe in = advovating = Greeley, anid are induced to do so for bie reason tat thoi? ade | Vocacy will be a reconimendation for their vea | pointment in the event of his election, The cliqua known to have bean included in ths cormmination between Senator Lewis and Representative Por which was organized for the contro! of the lican State Convention, embraces not a few of this class, Authentic information in th: ises Wwar- rents the statenent that D, E. i aith, Reverse Assessor of the Richmond distft, has, with a nun ber of ls friends, given in a formal a¢ the Greeley ticket. 1t 1s also Iearned that 4 oun. ber of the mative republicans, who were r sible for the movement to oust Me carpet-baguers from the lute Convention and who talked a great deal ubowt standing on their native heath, are in- eluded In the threatened volt. Senator Lewis, being pledged to support the Philadelphia. nominee by the fact th commended for the nomination to be Vice President, cannot take part ta th butit is ascertained that his most thies lay in that direetion. In short a “Walker moverent’’ game is to be pi tonal politics, witha view to completing te demu- lition of the democratic organization tu im tate, and for the purpose of building up @ new party Ww opposition to the existing administration. Pennsylvanta and the Vice Presidency= Whe Democratic Opposiiion io Grec Governor Randolph, of New Jersey, Cotonel Forney, of Philadelphia, and other nent polit- teal fuglemen have been here lately for the purposs of consulting with their friends regarding tie po- litical situation. The fact that these geutionen have visited Washington for that. purpose is perhaps of little significance, but since their departuie ia dications have oropped out clearly showiug that their efforts have not been without resutt. The democratic feeling ia favor of a iar nom nee at Baltimore, which evidently weake: the publication of Mr. Greeley’s letter of ace ance, is growing in strength again, backed up is by the recent free trade revoit in New York, and the probabilitics of carrying Pennsyivauia & republicans is the subject of frequent dis Governor Randoiph’s mission was evigently for purpose of aiding Mr. Belmont and his their efforts to defeat Greeley, wiiile Votonel Vorneg is known to have busied himself with urging #he proposition to give Pennsylvania tho noisination for Vico President at tho Philadetpiia vdn- vention. At a dinner at which Colon and Judge Carter were present—the latte an earnest opponent of tho renomiustion of ler Colfax—the proposition was discussed ut and the conciusions reached have since been seminated with assiduous carnestacss., One reat ofthe determination of Pennsylvania to urge claims for Vieo Presidentis the certainty of Coif defeat. He has relied. on the suppoct of the dele. gation from that State, and without it wil) nob ceive a sufficient support to make bint & io candidate even on jhe first ballot. Pennsylvania politicians, who are aw ter disappointment and arin wt jt Greeley nomination to the adherents of McClure, now propose togive him a « tary vote, as a conciliatory step, iut enlist his support from G course this proposition is not lntend seriously, but it is expected to be vl wedge, not only to defeat sylvania the balance of po and atlow her dele jon, aa it did to decide the nomination, tat 6: ig possible to bring forward,tho name oF sylvanian who will be accept hic as ao candidate, it will be done; but the trou isto decide upon the person who requisite qualifications. It is. certvin jon in political cicles regard that State Is one of dosit, and, evs xymipa- led nee Forney Some of tae able ithe Gong our | effort will be spared vo atiract siv Philadelphia ticket from tho present dieterhod condition of the Keystone State. The Final Afonranet, ‘The passage of a resolutics Vous: to-day extending the time for ad ouyan June 3, does not settle the questicr not certain that the Benais 0 feeling of the latter body @ further extension, bul te reasons it iy desirable that Go rematn in Session after the m phia Convention. ‘This new rhs $ puts the matter In the con! rul 9 ever, ond the responsib.lit rests with that body.. Tho Senate and ‘hiv Raver The Senate made con th the Tari bili to-day, coidplet n vot important articles by agr ihieod report, The only changes v iment’ pute tlaga daty of two and aqua t mdon white and red lead ground ba cents per pound on ground ginger aad | r pound on prepared or manufac i eines changes of importance wei nato adjourned poading debate « ph re garding books and papers. BKight-Hour Ores for Coblic ¥ The Supervising Architect o! y partment to-day issned a ci tendents of work on pulyc thom that elght hours wilt be consid work on ail government bit trol of the odice of tie Super the Ist of June. Red Cloud in Council. The Stoux Indians, vow im this city, had » coun- cit with Secretary Delavo amd Corn Walker, at the Departinent of the inte loo, bob ater Speeches were made by hed Cloud and Dog. They wanted to ve i pe with the white man, to geb gins, sivmunition, horses, bridles, food and inoney, Aud fo Save thelr reservation settled. Secretary | ne veoly rocated and satd ho would attend to tie! tue reser. vation particularly, The guns cnmtion would depend on the requests of thor avent and the surrender of certain indicw murdered The Indians expressed themselves ingly pica Quick Work the Howst. The House got through considerabie busitess to day. Asubstitute for the Pension bil wie piss vd, weal whereby pensions to wounded soll: 1 sailors of $40, $30, $20 and $13 per mouth wore Hranted, according to tho disabilities of (0 claimunt, After considerable debate the [ine lad Bubs sidy amendment was finally rojeriod and referred back to tie Conicrence Committee who reported that the Senate rev evled from it, The Mint and Cotnage Revision bili was also passed. A bill reiunding duties on tea aud Goico 1a bond om 1st July next wasaiso passed. \ cor ference report on the Stipping Commissioners’ ot was also agreed to,