The New York Herald Newspaper, September 14, 1872, Page 5

(NEW YORK |‘HERALD, SATURDAY; ~SEPTEMBER: 14, 1872:~TRIPLE; SHERT. LIVINGSTONE. The German Scientists and the Herald Expedition. AN ITALIAN OPINION OF STANLEY'S WORK Recognition by the Russian Press of Dr. Livingstone’s Discoveries. ee ESL Sa ‘The following in regard to the HERAUD Living- stone Search Expediuon will give some idea of the attention which the work of the HEksJ.o explorer haa attracted throughout Europe, GERMANY. German Scientists and the Herald Liv- imgstone Search Expedition—Forty-fifth Congress of German Naturalists and Physicians—A Vote of Thanks to the Proprietors of the New York Herald for Promoting the Cause of Science. BERLIN, August 20, 1872, ‘This is the usual season for scientific congresses 1m Germany, and as this city might well be styled the Athens of the realm it is often selected as the rendezvous of scientists for such purposes. But recently favored with the Congress of German phi- lologists, we have just welcomed the above- mamed body of savans, numbering not, as erroneously stated in our telegram, 1,100, but upwards of seventecn hundred. With a com- mendabie spirit of liberality foreign guests ‘were extended the privilege of taking part in the Proceedings; hence the United States, England, Italy and other countries were represented. ‘The first Congress of these naturalists and physicians met here fifty years ago, September 19, 1822, and the laws and bylaws framed by it at that time, and still im effect, are a paragon of brevity and good sense. Every author on natural sciences and the medical art is entitled tomembership. This, however, does not include the inaugural essays required of gradu- ates on taking their degrees, ‘The Congress” mects annually at a town or city chosen by the previous meeting, when the President and Secre- tary of the succeeding session—who must be resi- dents of the locality selected—are also appointed, Owing to wars and epidemics five sessions Dave been omitted; hence the reason that this Is the forty-filth instead of the fiftieth Congress, The moderate expenses of these meetings are defrayed by charging a fee of admission. The Con- gress furnishes no diplomas, owns no funds nor scientific collections, and its only property consists of its archives, Its bylaws provide that no reso- tation respecting scientific theses shall be voted upon. This provision is of no mean importance, sit avoids endiess aquabbles and the disunion which would be certain to follow if the labors of ‘these savans on thus meeting were not restricted Hd FRIENDLY DISCUSSION and the recording of all improvements in scientific @dvancement. This forming the principal work of these Congresses, which embrace the entire range of the natural sciences, it is assigned to twenty- one different sections—viz., physics, chemistry and pharmacy, astronomy and mathematics, miner- alogy, geology and paleontology, zoology nd comparative anatomy, botany and its physiology, anatomical physiology, materia medica, surgery, ophthalmology, gynacology and obstetrics, psychiatry, sanitary and medical reform, infantine diseases, army medical treatment, natural peda- @ogics, agricultural chemistry, pathological anata ‘omy, meteorology, geography and hydrography. THE GENERAL MEETINGS are devoted to the lectures of prominent lights and ‘the transaction of the current business. Leipsic, with its spacious University and colleges grouped ground the same, is especially adapted to the ac- commodation of a couple of thousand scientists, who, as before stated, deliberate in sections, and its beautiful new theatre, the property of the city, affords the auditorinm requisite for the general meetings. For the present ses- sion funds were voted by the city for the entertainment of members and their Jadies, who, in the course of eight fare. were twice feasted and concerted, once favored with an extra theatrical performance and finally treated to a railway ex- cursion to the romantic town of Grimma, en- sBconsed in the picturesque hills that line the green banks of the swift Mulde, a tributary of the Elbe. The inhabitants of this town greeted their guests with evident delight, having decked their streets an hone with fi and greéns, dancing, sporting inging in the open air, and listening to @peeches, among which was a particularly happy one from Dr, E. H. M. Sell, of New York, and illu- ‘mination in the evening constituted the programme of reception, which, among that good-natured Teutonic element, was managed without the pres- ence of a single policeman. The fine co}lections of the University, the public Museum, painting galler- fes, libraries and other places of interest were thrown open to the members of the Congress; also, Jor their express benefit, an EXHIBITION OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS of the most novel patterns, physical and chemical aratuses, botanical and mineralogical col! and a large number of objects intended for Anstruction purposes in high institutions of Jearn REPORTS OP THE PROCEEDINGS fn the several sections are not yet in print; they, andoubtedly, will be of the highest interest to pro- feasional men. As it was impracticable to assist at more than one or two sections, your correspondent entered his name in that of geography, alongside with the names of the renowned Australian ex- wer, Professor Neumayer; the African traveller, hifs, and the yaliant member of the North Pole ex- tition, Dr. Boergen, whose head and neck still Gear the marks of a fearful struggle with ice bears, Discussions in this section related to the Aus- tralian colonies, to the winds and currents in the Antarctic, to tue sources of the Nile, the Livingstone discoveries, the South Sea and New Cale lonia, the glaciers and their action on hills and seers, &e., &c. A somewhat character- {atic feature of German savans (who, after all, may not, in this respect, differ from their brethren in other countries), is a certain jealousy of each otuer, an inclination to dispute, doubt and undervalue the efforts and merits of colleagues. This inclination somewhat manifested itself in the geographical sec- tion, when, in the course of the order of the day, came the discusclon of THE LIVINGSTONE-STANLEY REPORTS, ‘which, though with some degree of reserve, were styled by more than one speaker as ‘‘confused and incorrect,” we heard remarks like the following :— “Livin; ne might have done without enlargin; upon the fine forms of the Manyema women, an told us more about Lake har omayrre dd or “Stanley once made a mess of his Abyssinian description, and did no better with his African travels,” &c. ‘This, however, was only an evidence of what we said above—a hankering to find fault and detract, but not so deep rooted as not to be overcome by Plausible arguments. Then, with the assistance of Dr. Loewenberg, the ere vt of Humboldt, the following motion was offered, viz. :— Resolved, That thanks are due the New York Herarn for Le | romnoted the cause of science by sending out @ expedition in search of Livingstone. ‘The resolution was unanimously approved. As for the lectures delivered at the theatre in general meeting, they, many of them, especially when the erudite gentlemen refrained from over- @osing with technicalities or from drawiling at and over manuscripts, were intensely interesting. For fustance, the lecture of Professor Preyer, of the faculty at Jena, who spoke ‘offhand on “INVESTIGATIONS OF THE MECHANISM OF LIFE.” The opinion the Professor advanced is that the Process of life is purely mechanical, and that the School holding this theory has the better chance of triumph in the now rising conflict, The only cer- tain means we have of solving any problem is the Mechanical method. Of course it cannot reveal all the mysteries of life; but this is no reason for electing. it, The reproach that this method only destroys is unjust. The discovery of great laws Of nature, as, fur instance, the law of gravitation and the continuity of force, is as grand the grandest achievement fm the realm Of art, and this last is more readil: comprehended by the people because it appeals more to feeling than to reason. After dwelling upon the internal and external conditions of life— such a8 oxygen, water, nourishment and warmth— be went on to state that four different physiciats— Leenwenhock, Spatianzani, Foutana and Cari August Sigmund Schultze—have, by experiments, Gemonstrated the possibility of restiscitation. Or: pod which, since 1823, had been deprived of all ditions of life, were resuscitated by supply in them with acrated water and warmth. The when found in im ifomg Inummies affords an example in int. But even the large animais, amphibia and es, after being frozen stone hard, may be re- @uscitated by the application ofproper means. In- whic! rec! roves Ar pitas Rite stndet eae tn e 8 er further allude the fanatical Fakirs orindla who, as carelully attested, often re- maiwed vuried in the earth for weeks, and, to all appearance dead, when dug up are subsequently resuscitated. On the strength of his numerous arguments the orator advocated a distinction be- ‘tween “lifeless but able to live,” and “lifeless and ammable to live—i.¢., dead.” ‘This and other spcak- ers imparted Gnususi mterest to the general mec AGAIN THANEED, ‘TRE HERALD it having {0 hola the fo Congress at and a presid! aoe and secretary having been elected, the chairman, Professor was handed @mo- Sone al ae State physician, Dr. Boehm and others, which read as follows:— ‘Whereas of where: of the African ‘i aicineobmetneena cards mete wsrmony with, sacographical Section’s ac: Enowicagment of ‘tho success « the American expedi- ‘Hesolved, That the Forty fifth Condreas of Naturaliste Physic Yetully acknowledge the high merits sp. hreclene srainially panmandeee ate, high meri Hon proves of much benefit to science. te he above was introduced, with happy and fat- {mous vote. remarks, by the Chair, and pass @ unan- It were useless to add that the Con- grees proves one of those manifestations of which jis realm may truly be proud. ITALY. Nee Give Credit Where Credit ts Due. [From L'Eco d’ Itattg (seml-weekly Italian journal, of New York).} Mr, Stanley, the daring and fortunate envoy to the almost inaccessible regions of Africa, is feasted in the most aristocratic circles of England, and his letters are eagerly read and reproduced in every country and in every language, including our own Italian. Some jealous and incredulous persons in the United States have attempted to throw a doubt upon the Livingstone letters, Thisis an ungrateful return for the generous enterprise of the editor and proprietor of the NEw YoRK HERALD, who, at bis own expense, fitted out an expedition, while the british government, which ought to have been the _ first to send one, refused to take any steps toward the rescue of Livingstone. Mr. Stanley suffers in his own country the sad fate, proverbially reserved for distinguished men, which proves once more the truth of the Scriptural paring that “there is no prophet in his own country.” These malicious ak og allege that Stanley never saw Livingstone, that he never penetrated into the country where he says he met the famous explorer, and lastly, that he forged all the letters and the diary sent by Livingtone to his family, imitating Livingstone’s handwriting dot by dot, letter by letter. But the incredulous cavilers have been confounded by several letters of Livingstone in possession of sundry persons, by the testimony of his family and by that of several distinguished geographers and other savans, all of whom justify Mr. Stanley and establish beyond controversy the authenticity of the Livingstone letters. RUSSIA. qs rs Tribute to the Work of Livingstone and Recognition of His Contributions to the Stock of Human Knowlcdge. The correspondent of the London Telegraph at St. Petersburg writes:—It ig pleasant to find the Russian press rendering its tribute of homage to “the inexhaustible energy and indomitable courage of the man who has immortalized his name in his attempts to widen the circle of human knowledge and to promote the suppression of the slave trade in, Africa.” It is at the same time interesting to observe the reflections to which the discoveries in Central Africa gave rise, especially in a country where the movements of the English are scruti- nized with untiring watchfulness. Speaking of the enticipations of the English press with regard to the future of Africa, the Moscow Gazette ob- serves:—‘The enterprise of the English people scarcely needs any spur, and if It should prove to their advantage to push their trade into the centre of Africa, no obstacles will daunt them. But if that region should be opened up to the commerce of the world, and its hidden treasures should excite the cupidity of the European, who knows what political consequences may not be the result ? First of ail, the Englishman will arrive on the spot, and will do his best tosecure for himself a firm footing; then, as a natural consequence the Suez Canal will become doubly iniporsant to England, as the road not only to India, but to her newly-ac- quired possession as well, and political necessity will compel her to make that route her own, How- ever isolated the position of England may appear in Europe, her policy will always ssess great weight in the European community of nations; and this influence has always up to the present time been conditional on the interests of England in India and the preservation of her supremacy in the Mediterranean, What changes the acquire- ment of new empire in Africa would effect on English potty, and what influence it would exercise on the political system of Europe— these are questions of the future. But at the present time the historical life of nations flows on- ward with such feverish rapidity that the impos- sible of to-day becomes the accomplished fuct of to- morrow, and, consequently, while there is a mo- ment of repose, and when public attention is not engrossed jn» the disputes and contests of Old Europe, it might not be out of place for politicians to cast a thought on the future. We ourselves have seen telegraphs and railways introduced into Japan within the past three goats, and who knows, per- haps, that ten years will not elapse before we find steamers conve; ing travellers along the track marked out by Liv: aergne to Ujiji, Unyanyembe, Tanganyika, and to the other centres, the names of which are atill unknown to the civilized world.” AQUATIC. nea Ree il Neptune vs. Argonauta. The annual race between these boat clubs will take place on Monday, September 16, at four P. M., on the Kill Von Kuli, This will be an exciting four- oared shell contest, and, perhaps, one of the best of the season. The crews of both organizations have been in active training for several weeks past under the eyes of professionals, and being of the best material in each it is safe to assume that a rattling race will take place and the old rivalry for the championship of the Kills be determined. Year after year the Neptunes and Argonautas have come together, and the interest of the res}- dents of Bergen Point and = Staten Island is of that mature regarding the meeting that jadies as well as gentlemen look forward to the occasion with much anxiety. For years the Neptunes have carried off the honors; but, like gallant oarsmen, the Argonautas renew {he attack, and this season’ they are in bet- ter fix and stand a better chance of claiming the colors at the end of the race than ever before. ‘Their four embrace Mr. Edward Smith, bow, (late of the Atalantas), and Mr. Eldrid (late of the Am- herst Agricultural College crew), who will pull stroke, and two of their heat men for the ‘‘waist.”” The Neptunes have two of their last year’s crew, and “Pop” Truax to pull stroke, with Mr. T. Mc- Murray in the waist. Two or three steamboats will accompany the rowers over the course. The Argonautas boat will leave pier No, 14, North river, at two o'clock P, M., and the Josephine, foot of Whitehall strect, ‘at a quarter-past two PM. Aquatic Notes. The single scull championship of the Atlantic Club and a gig race, will be rowed off the Elysian Ficlds to-day. The Nereid Club, of Brooklyn, have received a challenge from the Columbias, of the same city, to row a double scull race, The Columbias want to measure diades with their sister organization. One of the most important races next week and of the season is the single scull contest for $1,000 between Ellis Ward and John Biglin, at Nyack, on Thursday, 19th inst. In this contest the respective admirers of the prospective competitors are again in doubt, although they back their opinions evenly. John Biglin certainly never looked or rowed bettcr in his life than at the present time, and Ellis and his | stp alg ene have been before the public so brilliantly preven that comment on hi Appear. ance and ability is superfluous, The steamer P. 0. Schultz has heen chartered to accompany tie rowers over the course. She will leave Franklin street, North River, at half-past nme A. M.; Cedar street, North River, at @ quarter-past ten A. M.; Siriscop hes street at a quarter to cleven A, M., an Thirty-fourth street, North River,-at eleven A. M., morning of the race. The Atalantas are determined to move ap to the New Settlement, on the Harlem, next season, and may put up a temporary shanty immediately to ac- commodate some of their youngsters who cannot wait that long. THE VIELE ABDUCTION, Levison Arrested im Hoboken and Brought Up for Examination. Among the prisoners brought before Recorder Bohnstedt at, Hoboken, yesterday, was R. Levison, who was charged with being implicated in- the abduction of a little daughter of General Viele from Lake Mahopac, @ few days ago, Captain Donovan, who arrested him on the Hamburg steamship, saw Mrs. Viele’s baggage on the vessel, but he could find neither the mother nor the child, From state ments made to him, however, he felt satisfied that both were on board, but were concealed by one of the stewards, The steamshi; now at sei and it is highly probabie the child is beyond the reach of the United States anthorities, When Levison was asked what he had to say in reply to the charge he answered that he would not make any statement till he would have an opportunity of consulting with a lawyer. He was therefore committed for examina- tion. Ru the afternoon the Vata manifested great uneasiness and inquired Irequently when he would be brought up again, TENEMENT HOUSE HGRRORS.| A MORMON MONSTROSITY. Raid by the Police on Miserable Structures in Elm and Oak Streets and Removal of the Inhabitants, A DESCRIPTION OF THE PREMISES. How the Poor of New York Huddle To- gether in Habitations Unfit for Human Occupancy. THE WORK OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH On Thursday Captain Yule, with a force of police, forcibly ejected the occupants of the tenement houses Nos. 42, 44 and 46 Elm street and the rear houses 22, 24 and 26 Oak street, The order for their Vacation was issued some time ago by the Sanitary Commissioner; but as it had not been complied with the interference of the police has been ren- dered necessary. The houses in Elm street were first emptied, and the scene was pitiable as the wretched inmates removed their furniture to the sidewalk, bitterly protesting against what they considered an unwarrantable piece of persecution. ‘The police performed their painfal duty with as much humanity as possible, and did all they could to alleviate the suiferings of the unfortunate beings who were so suddenly deprived of the shelter which, miserable as it was, was the only one their poverty afforded to them. When every article of furniture had been removed to the sidewalk the scene was truly heartrending and dramatic, looking like a picture of Eugene Sue's ‘Mysteries of Paris... The old women, so feeble that they were scarcely able to walk, wept bitterly, and the younger women and children, though not so demonstrative in their grief, were almost rendered desperate by the predicament tn which they were placed. Every article, even to the smallest, was carefully removed, and some old relics, which the owners had kept from happier days and which recalled tender memories, were deposited as tenderly on the pavement as if they had been heirlooms, The houses, which are unfit for beasts of the forest to huddle together in, far less human beings, were occupied by about six poor families, and are owned by Messrs. Faulkner and Johnson, 44 Walker street. The houses on Elm atreet were cleared first, and then the police proceeded to Fisher’s lane, where the rear houses of 22, 24 and 26 Oak street are situated. The news of what the police had been doing in Elm street had got wind, and when they arrived in Fisher’s lane @ large crowd was waiting to receive them in a HIGHLY BXC(TED CONDITION, No obstacle was offered to the officers, however, and they were allowed to proceed with their dis- agreeable duty. The lane is @ narrow alley, run- ning beneath an arch formed by the houses front- ing on Oak street. Wolf Silberstein, a Baxter street storekeeper, owns 24 and 26, front and rear, and Grifin & O'Neal, dirt contractors, lease the rear property from him. The houses No, 22 are owned y aMrs. Nugent, who lives in the front house, which is in @ much more cleanly condition than the house she rents out. A apse ste ‘of the above premises as ante were seen by & HERALD reporter may not be uninterest- ing, and will ka some idea to our wealthy mil- hhonnaires how their poorer “fellow citizens” live. No. 42 Elm_ street. ig an old and dilapidated brick and wooden structare, and has stood the wear and tear of numerous years. The timbers of the frame part are decayed ‘and tottering, and the staircases and floors are so thickly strewn with holes thata personruns in risk of breaking his neck at every step. The floors tremble under the slightest tread, and the doors and door frames are so rotten that they afford no protection against wind or rain. The (Habotae of the walis and ceil- ing Js almost entirely gone, exposing the lathing, and subjecting the inmates to unwholesome dranghts. The root isbroken and decayed, and admits the storm at all points. This buil ing was occupied br re. families. 44 Elm street, the ad- joining stricture, Is also A BRICK AND WOODEN STRUCTURE, and is even in worse condition than its neighbor. Looking at it from the strect, one would wonder how peg le, no matter to what degree of misery tl been reduced, would risk their lives within its walls; but poverty is a hard taskinaster, and forces the unfortunate to have recourse to straits that tne eter and wealthy never dream of. The timbers look as if they maths at any moment topple on to the sidewalk, 4nd the doors, windows and sashes have long s.:ce seen their better days. They are warped and shrunken, and the roof is only a mockery of the name. This miser- able hole was occupied by six families, comprising about forty persons. fo. 46 is a fac-simtle of the other two, ‘The floors shake in a threatening manner, the window sashes and doors have ceased to answer the purpose they were originally in- tended for, the walls and ceilings are greatly damaged and partially detached, exposing the lathing, and rendering life dangerous from draughts of impure air and falling fragments. The buildings on Oak street are equally loath- some and disgusting in their interior and exterior, and present the appearance of a conglomeration of BLACKENED BRICKS, RUINED TIMBERS, and long-gathered filth. The inhabitants were of the lowest strata in the social scale, and made the night hideous with the rows and fights they con- stantly carried on. In the same vicinity there are numerous other tenement houses which loudly call for surveillance, and the Health Commissioners are attending to them as fast as possible, During the past month a number of the tenement houses in the Fourth and Sixth wards have been Teported as unfit for habitation, but they have not as yet been vacated, 36 and 354 Baxter street is one of these. Its two lower storics have fallen so ‘far below the present grade of the street that bay cannot be occupied, and are partially filled up with the sidewalk. The timbers have given way with age, which has caused THE FLOORS TO SINK. The weatherboards are broken into fragments, and permit the entrance of wind and moisturo, The stairs are decayed and dangerous. The rear steps are like 80 many trapdoors, and the windaw frames and sashes are nearly numbered with the things of the past, The buliding 39 and 393, Baxter street is a very old and ruinous wooden structure, two storics in height. Itis occupied by two families, and the condition of the Haliding {8 such as to be dangerous to life and detrimental to health. The timbers are decayed and broken, portions of the floors having fallen down, causing the front of the building to tremble under the slightest footstep. The weather boards are also warped and broken, and offer no obstacle to the entrance of the wind and rain, The staircase and the rear steps are broken and danger- ous, The window frames are extremly frail and can- not be opened for ventilation, rendering the air in- side close and stifing, particularly in hot weather. The building has been declared unfit for habitation, and the health oficers have recommended that it be immediately vacated. ‘he owner is Peter Lynch, 41. hed street. No. 66 Mulberry street, 60 Baxter street, 91 Bayard street, 86 Park street, 29 Baxter street and 62 Baxter street, have ail been condemned, and if they are not immediately vacated steps will be taken to enforce the law, YESTERDAY'S AOCIDENTS AND ASSAULTS, Yesterday afternoon, as Jacob Honnoed, a scissor grinder, of No. 46 West Sixty-third street, was en- gaged sharpening a pair of scissors his grinding stone burst, badly lacerating his right leg. He was attended by a police surgeon in the Nineteenth precinct station house and sent home, ‘Thursday afternoon, James Lawiess, aged 48, re- siding in Seventy-seventh street, between First avenue and Avenue A, while standing on the track opposite the German Hospital, was struck by the fariem train and had his collar bone fractured, besides receiving a severe scalp wound. He was removed to the hospitaland died yesterday after- noon. The coroner has been notified, and will bold an inquest to-day. Leonard Seigier, of 186 Third street, and Jacob Solomon, of 180 Orchard street, yesterday after- noon became involved in an altercation at the cor- ner ofavenue A and Fifth street, during which Seigler struck Solomon a blow in the face with his cane, knocking his lefteye out, Solomon was at- tended by a police surgeon, after which he was sent to Bellevue Hospital. Seigler was arrested by an officer of the Seventeenth precinct and locked up, FATALLY ORUSHED BY A CAR Coroner Herrman yesterday held an inqdést tn the case of Mrs. Phoebe Doran, sixty years of age and a native f Ireland, late of 263 Delancey street, whosg (ath resulted from injuries received on the 6tD instant, by being run over, corner of Columbia and Stanton streets, by car 52 of the Avenue D line. The relatives of the deceased, be- lieving that great blame rested with the driver of the car, they secured the services of Mr. James M. Sheehan to look after their Interest. The testi- mony as to the rate of speed at which the car went at the time of the accident and the time it took the driver to stop the car after deceased fell under the horses was somewhat conflicting, but the jury, after listening patiently, came to the ‘con- clusion th: he occurrence was unavoidable, and accordingly entered a verdict of accidental | or with sald compan; Letting In Light on the Mountain Meadows Massacre. A Participant in the Slaughter Confesses. : Men and Women Were Murdered in Cold Blood---Only the Children Spared. A DEMON’S FLAG OF TRUCE. Horrible Record of Blood- thirstiness. SALT LAKB Cry, Sept 13, 1872. ‘The following is the affidavit in full by one of the least guilty among the participators in the affair, showing conclusively that the terrible Mountain Meadows massacre was the act of the Mormon au- thorities. It will be remembered that a large com- pany ofemigrants on thelr way to California are known to have been all killed, with the exception of the young children. When their massacre was dis- covered the Mormons set afloat the story that they had perished at the hands of the Indians, but from time to time circumstantial evidence has appeared indicating that they were MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD by the Mormons in revenge for previous outrages upon the latter perpetrated in Illinois and Mis- sourl, A competent witness now says under oath that the Mormon militia attacked the emigrants, and, after a fight of several days without result, sent a flag of truce offering them protection if they would lay down their arms. The terms being com- plied with, the entire party was butchered by their captors. PHILIP KLINGON SMITHS AFFIDAVIT. State of Nevada, county of Lincoln, s3.—Person- ally appeared before me, Peter B. Miller, clerk of Court of the Seventh Judicial district of the State of Nevada, Philip Klingon Smith, who being duly sworn on his oath, says:—My name is Philip Klingon Smith. Ireside in the county of Lincoln, in the State of Nevada, Iresided at Cedar City, in the county of Iron, in the Territory of Utah, from A. D. 1852 to"A. D. 1859, Iwas residing at Cedar City at the time of the massacre at Mountain Meadows, in said Territory of Utah. Thad heard that a company ofemigrants was on its way from Salt Lake City, bound for Californta, Said company arrived at Cedar City, tarried there one day, and passed on nn California, After said company had left Cedar ‘ity, THE MILITIA WAS OALLED OUT for the purpose of committing acts of hostilityagainst them. Said call wasa regular military call from the superior officers to the subordinate officers and privates of the regiment at Cedar City and vicinity composing & part of the militia of the Territory of Utah. Ido not recollect the number of the regi- ment. I was at that time the Bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at Cedar City. Isaac C. Halght was president over said Church at Cedar City and the southern settlement in said Territory, My position as bishop was sub- ordinate to that of sald president. . H. Dame was president of said Church at Parowan, in said Tron county. Said W. H. Dame was alsv colonel ofsaid regiment. Said Isaac OC. Haight was lieu- tenant-colonel of said regiment, and John D. Lee, of Harmony in said Iron county, was major of said regiment. Said regiment was duly ordered to muster, armed and equipped, as the law directs, and dada! for field operations, I had no com: mand nor office in said regiment at that time, neither did I march with said regiment on the ex- pedition which resulted in said company’s being massacred at the Mountain Meadows in sald county offron, About four days after said company of emigrants had left Cedar hott that portion of Bald regiment then mustered at Cedar City took up its line of march in pursuit of them. About two days after said company had left Cedar City, Licutenant Colonel I. C. Haight expressed in my presence a desire that said company mignt be permitted to pass on their way in peace; but alterwards he told me that he had ORDERS FROM HEADQUARTERS To KILL ALL of said company of emigrants except the little children, I do not know whether said headquarters meant the regimental headquarters at Parowan or vig peice of the Commander-in.Chief at Salt ake a When Nie said company bad got to Iron Oreek, about twenty miles from Cedar City, Captain Joel White started for the Pinto Creek settlement, through which said COMPADS, would pass, for the purpose plates 5 ‘he people to permit said com to pass on their way in peace. I asked and obtained permission of said White to go with him and aid him in his endeavors to save life. When said White and myself got about three miles from Cedar City we met Major John D. Lee, who asked us where we were going. I replied that we were going to try to prevent the killing of the emi- grants, Lee replied, “I have something to say about that.” - Lee was at that time on his way to Parowan, the headquarters of Colonel Dame. Said White and I went to Pinto Creek, remained there one night, and the next day returned to Cedar City, meeting said comp of emigrants at Iron Creek, Before reaching Cedar City we met one Ira Allen, who told us that “the decree had passed DEVOTING SAID COMPANY TO DESTRUCTION.” After the fight had been going on for three or four days a messenger from Major Lee reached Cedar Clty, who stated that the fight had not been altogether successful, upon which Lieutenant Colonel Haight ordered out a reinforcement. At this time I was ordered out by Captain John M. Higby, who ordered me to muster “armed and equipped ag the law directs.” It was a matter of life or death to me to muster or not, and I mustered with the reinforcing troops. ‘It was at this time that Lieutenant Colonel Haight said to me that it was the orders from head. quarters that ali but the little children of said company were to be killed. Said Haight had at that time just returned from headquarters at Paro- wan, where a wilitary council had been held. There had been a like council held at Parowan revious to that, at which were present Colonel ame, Lieuteuant Colonel I. C. Haightand Major John b, Lee, The result of this first council was the calling out of said regiment for the purpose already stated. The reinforcement aforesaid was marched to the Mountain Meadows, and there formed a junction with the main body. Major Lee massed all the troops at a spring and made a speech to them, saying that his orders from “‘head- quarters were to kill t é entire company except the small children.” I was not in the ranks at that time, but on one side talking to @ man named Slade, and could not have seen a paper in Major Lee's hands, THE DEVIL'S FLAG OF TRUCE, Said Lee then sent a fiag of truce into the eml- nt camp, offering said emigrants that “if they jay down their arms he would protect them.’ They accordingly laid down their arms, came out from that camp and delivered themselves up to sald Lee. The women and children were then, by the order of said Lee, separated from the men, and were marched ahead of the men. After said emi- ‘ants had marched about half a mile towards ledar City the order was given to shoot them down. At that time said Lee was at the head of the colump. I was inthe rear. I did not hear Lee give the order to fire, but heard it from the under oMicers as it was passed down the column. THE EMIGRANTS WERE THEN AND THERE SHOT DOWN, except seventeen little children, whum 1 imme- diately took into my charge. 1 do ndét lmow the total Dumber of aid company, a8 I did not stop to count the dead. limmediately put the little child- renin wi 8 bel ing to the ent and took them to Hamlin’s Ranch and trom there to Cedar City, and procured them homes among the poor: John Willis and Samuel Murdy assisted me in taking charge of said children. On the evening of the massacre, Colonel W. H. Dame and Licuten- ant-Colonel I. C. Haight came to Hamlin’s, where I had the said children, and fell into a dispute, in the course of which said toid Colonel Dame that if he was going report of the killing of emigran' “he should not have said ordered it done; 1 do not know when or where sald troops were disbanded, About two wecks after said massacre occurred said jor Lee (who was also Indian Agent) went to Salt e City, and, as I believe, reported sald fight and ite results to the commander-in-chief. 1 was not present at either of the before-mentioned councils, nor at any council connected with the aforesaid military operations, i I gas f, 19 erage, except those connected with the saving of thé childrel and those after the massacre had occurred, and said orders re a8 bishop and not ina mill- tary sense. At the time of the firing of the frat volley a I DISCHARGED MY PIECE. I did not fire afterward, though several subse- ct volleys were fired. After the first fre was delivered I at once set about saving the children, 1commeneed to gather up the children before the firing had ceased. I have made the foregoing state- ment before the above entitled Court for the reason that believe that I would be assassinated shoul! I attempt to make the same before any Court in the territory of Utah, Aiter said Lee returned from Salt Lake city, as aforesaid, said Lee told me that he had reported fully to the President (mean- ing the commander-in-chief the fight at Mountain Meadows and the killing of said emigrants. Brig- ham Young was at that time the commander-in- chief of the militia of the territory of Utah; and further deponcth saith not. PHILIP KLINGON SMITH. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 10th day ol ant 3 County Cler! A. D, 1871.—P. B, MILL if ict Court, Seventh Judi: district, Lincoln county, ea Copy of seal.) tory, county of Salt Lake:—I, 0, F. Strickland, Associate Syston of the Court 4 Utah Territory, h cony fa tee Mteral copy of said eI | such com) Dn was this 4th . Fe iva ), Jam mober, 18' oS Sait Lake county i<-| e8 MeKean, Chict Justice of the 8 Sotivot ald Territory, do certity that t have carcfully compared the above ofan amaavit with th t f, the same, sothnoe a al bartion” Jars a true ber’ spaced Bo deans ered ‘pt iv SAMES B. MCKEAN, Chief J tice, ke. STARTLING DEFALCATION. pare saine ten The Junior Partner of a Broad Street Brokerage and Banking Firm Absconds with $76,000— Supposed to Have Gone to South America. A few moments before the Stock Exchange was Closed yesterday afternoon a startling event reached the ears of the few members who had not yet gone home, This was the fact that a defalcation of nearly One hundred thousand dollars had oc- curred in the banking and brokerage house of Mr. William B, Clerke, whose office ia at 25 Broad street—a locality long familiar to men of business. TUE SENIOR PARTNER, Mr, Clerke is one of the oid avhool members of the Stock Excbange—one of the solid ana wealthy class—and representing the aristocracy of the social circles of New York. He was one of the most respected presidents of the Board and brought to it a great deal of additional dignity and honor, Several years ago he organized a stock-brokerage and banking firm under the name of Clerke & Butler. The junior partner, Mr. Richard R. Butler, had been a clerk in his employ since the year 1862, before which period he had borne a good reputation for ordinary rectitude and ability. Mr. Clerke took great interest in Mr. Butler, found him to be just fitted for the place for which he needed a reliable man, and showed his pleasure in his services by imcreasing from time to time his salary, and by showing him some personal regard, In return Mr, Butler proflered the sincerest friendship for his chief, Hewas admitted into his family circle, in- vited to his family dinners, to his church, and, in fact, from the position of a threadbare applicant for employment he had gained a large salary and very ¢asy and pleasant dutics, TUE NEW PARTNER, In 1865, for private reasons of convenience, Mr. Clerke desired to ceuple another name with his own in the business, and took Butler tnto partner- ship. He, however, had no capital invested or which he could Invest in the firm, and in the in- dentures of partnership he was given no dlscre- tionary privileges In the affairs of the house. He was to take charge of the inside routine of the office on Broad street, and to have full care of the securities and books of account, For these duties Mr. Butler was specially capable, but had, it is sald, little ability for those which would require more judgment and experience, THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF. Mr. Vlerke was in the habit of leaving the office under the control of Mr. Butler for days or weeks in the Summer months, and never had suspicions of any lack of integrity in the latter until a short time sinee. On last Monday Mr. Clerke was at Newport with his family, enjoying the last days of Summer in the charming seclusion of his fine villa. He received a telegram from a triend in New York 1 reference to some private business, and in con- sequence of the information it conveyed started immediately on his return, When he arrived here and went to his office he found to his surprise that Mr. Butler was absent. Inquiries made among the Other clerks disclosed the fact that he had been one for @ day of two; been seen efore that to buy gold coin very ey from the bullion houses on Wall street, ond had been known previously to have sold a large ainount of securities. Mr. Clerke proceeded without delay tolook into matters, He took @ casual glance at the books, where at first nothing unusual was dis- covered, He then examined the safe and made a discovery, in the inner safe had been locked all the securities held by the house. MISSING SECURITIES. From these there were missing 300 shares of New York Central stock, 509 shares of Lake Shore and sixty-six shares of Erie preferred, the ‘face value” of which was $86,600. The market value, however, ‘would not be over $76,000. This immense loss staggered Mr. Clerke at first and he could scarcely believe his senses, ‘The books were immediately overhauled and THE MANNER OF THE DEED ‘was found out, and checks in currency had been drawn out st the loan of the securities, and these had then been converted into gold, The gold purchased was rumored to have been of a southern foreign stamp, and last evening, on the strect, it was said, with how much authenticity is not known, that Mr. Butier had taken Itis departure on one of the South .merican steamers which sailed from this port a few days ago. This is very probable, since no extradition treaties exist be- tween the United States and the South American countries, Mr. Clerke’s house is of such Jong standing and of such fair fame that he will probably not be em- barrassed by thig misfortune, ‘The missing clerk, Mr. Richard R. Butler, 1s a young man o! about thirty-five years ot age, quite as looking and always dressed very stylishly. fe boarded at the Glenham Hotel; but it is not even whispered that he squandered money or was addicted to dissipation. In the brokers’ offices, last night, hardly any one knew of the defalcation ; and that it has not sooner reached the Paps shows how bitterly wounded is Mr. Clerke at the ingratitude of the man whom he lifted from poverty and treated as a friend. NEW YORK CITY. The Department of Public Parks announce that if the weather is fine there will be music by the Central Park Band on the Mall, atthe Centra! Park, this afternoon, commencing at half-past three o'clock. ie? ERP Coroner Keenan was yesterday notified to hold an inquest at the New York City Insane Asylum on the body of John D. Myers, aman thirty-six years of age, who died there from cerebral concussion, caused by falling out of a third story window at the asylwn. Jotun McCormick, thirty-two years of age, and born in Ireland, on Thursday evening, in a state of despondency bordering almost on despair, swal- lowed a quantity of Paris green at his residence, 16 Easex street, and was attended to by two physi- cians till yesterday afternoon when déath ensued. peeps eenan Will hold an inquest on the body At the Yorkvillo Police Court yesterday Charles Thompson, alias John Murphy, and Thomas Jones were committed for trial in default of $1,000 bail each on a charge of burglary. Officer James Quig- ley, of the Nineteenth precinct, was the principle witness against the prisoners, and swore to having caught them in the act of robbing James McNally's liquor store, on the corner of Fifty-first street aud Third avenue, at three o’clock yesterday morning. The prisoners belong to the Eighteenth ward, James Gaffney, a youth of nineteen years, was employed as deck hand on board the steamtug Ohio. On Thursday, while in the North River, off Yonkers, James was struck on the head by the crank, and injured in such a manner that death ensued in two or three hours subsequently, in this city, to which he was immediately brought. The body was taken to the Morgue and Coroner Keenan pe ified. The residence of deceased did not trans- pire. THE FAILURES IN BALTIMORE, Various Estimates ef the Liabilities— Whe Suspension Only Temporary— Opinions of the Baltimore Press. BALtiMore, Md., Sept 13, 1872, Allading to the heavy failures in this city yester- day, the Baltimore Sun, in its financial article this morning, says the whole amount involved in these suspensions, it 18 understood, will provably reach $2,000,000, Duy Wg pouses aii claim to have assets ample to discharge the Indebtedness if they are re. alized, ‘The American says the amount of jiabilities is estimated at nearly $3,000,000, but it is impossible to speak with certainty as to this or of the ultimate result of the disaster, although it is generally be- lieved that the suspension will be only temporary, - that an majorit; it not all of these houses will speedily reaume business, ‘The Gazette says:—No such disaster as the failures above noticed has befallen Baitimore for a long series of bhi and the day deserves to be ranked in the history of commercial events here with the Jamous “Black Friday” in New York. The following are the houses above alluded to, whose failures are announced :—Lozear Brothers, wholesale grocers, of Exchange place, who went to protest on Wednesday an was followed yesterday by that of the old firm of Kirkland, Chase & Co., heavy importers engaged in the West’ India and brazil trade; J. 0. Bridges & Co. and William Boyne & Co., wholesale grocers on Commerce street, and A. A. Perry & Co., wholesale jumber merchants, eee engaged manufac- turing staves and shooks for the West India trade, and teverst ‘other failures are reported to-day, whose suspension | 5 KILLING FOR SLANDER. A Man Shot Dead for Accusing a Lady of Improper Conduet. TRIAL OF THE HOMICIDE. The Circumstances of the Case as Related by Witnesses. ACQUITTAL OF THE ACCUSED. Ricnmonp, Va., Sept. 13, 1872. A most interesting and exceedingly curions murder trial has just been concluded at Gloucester county, the detaiis of which I have just received. The reputation of a leading belle of the county had been questionably vindicated by the shedding of the blood of her alleged slanderer, and the acquittal of the murderer sustains the flat of that high moral law among the chivalry when the honor of a lady is involved. George A. Tinsley was indicted on the Ist of August last for the murder of Isaac J. Duer, at Freeport, in Gloucester county, on the same day and at the same place. It appears that both parties were suitors of Miss Marie Ella Spindie, danghter of Dr. Philip spindie, who resides near Freeport. Mrs. Robin- son, sister of Dr. Spindle, testified that Captain Duer visited their residence for two months at least once a day, and was particularly attentive to Miss Spindle. On the night of the 19th of May Captain Duer passed the house, The family were sitting In the porch aud retired about ten o'clock, leaving Miss Spindle in the parior enter- taining some visitors, including Mr. Tinsley, who remained until eleven o’clock, The others having left, Duer then went into the house and peeped in the back parlor window. What he saw he related to Dr. Spindle. His statement was seriously dam- aging to the character of Miss Spindle, involving also the name of Mr. Tinsley, the report neing that he caught the lady of bis affections IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO WITH HIS RIVAT. On Sunday, July 21, Captain Duer catled to see Miss Spiudie, who was at an upstairs windew and refused to come down, The witness, Mrs, Robin- son, related a conversation to show that, while the attentions of Captain Duer were coldly received by Miss Spindie, he was warm and persistent on his art. Among other things he said:—* ‘Ella,’ you now that Liove you better than any else on earth, and yet I can’t get you. Iwill never have any one else.” On the evening of August 1 Tinsle; and Duer met at or near the store of Marcnaut Co. Tinsley demanded @ retraction of what Duer had said about him. Duer refused to retract, he ailirming that his statement was true. ineey struck Duer with a whip and the parties closed, but were separated fora short time. They again came in collision, and the result was that Duer was shot and mortally wounded byhis adversary, He died on the oth of Angust. ’ The trialof Tinsley took place at Gloucester Court House. Judge Wyndham Kemp presided. At no Court for months was there so large a crowd Present as on Monday, abe came froin all di- rections and even from joining counties on horseback, in vehicles of various sorts, and many ren 680 great was the interest in the Tinsley a THE COURT ROOM WAS PACKED, ; and even the space appointed for the attorneys an® omcers of the Court was invaded by the eager and not overpolite crowd, The importance of the case is indicated by the number and ability of the counsel employed on either side, several of whom, it will seen, ate before this Court only. Jor the occasion, Counsel for the accvsed, Henry A. Wise, L. Montague, John B. Douovan and J.T. and M. B, Seawell! for the Commonwealth, Peyton N, Page, Raleigh T. Daniel and J, Boyd Healy, There was some dificuity in festing, @ jury and it was not until Tuesday morn- ing that one was obtained. In the afternoon of that day there was an crcl te scene in the court room. Mr. Daniel, counsel for the prosecution, moved to commit the prisoner to jail, the case not being a batlable one. This was strongly opposed by Messrs. Wise, Donovan and Scawell, and the Jaw was quoted in the case. At one time the crowd the court room and outside seemed to have the in ression that the prisoner would be comuitted Jan, and such express! “We'll tear the j down, brick by bric! do,” and “iil heip you,” were freely uttered. r. Tinsley was finally balled in the sum of $1,000 t pear before the Court next morning. On Wednesday the examina- tion of witnesses was continued, T. M. Dawson, brother-in-law of Duer, tes follows :—Tinsley came up in front of Duer, p ja hand, and said, “You've got to take back what you've said about me damned Yankee scoundre! remarked, You are both excited; Tinsley, ‘am not, Lam as compose eve! in my life, and am perfectly responsible for what L bay and do;” turning to Duer he coutinucd, “You have got to TARE BACK OR DIE, orl will spill every drop of blood in my bory ;? Duer replied, orge, 1am not able to fight yon, and [cannot take back the truth; 1 avi not pre- pared to dle, nor are you;” “Prepared or not,” re- sponded ‘Tinsley, | “caine here to settle this to-day and Lam determined to do it;” I then said to Tins- ley, “If you kill Duer you wili be sorry for ft, and there are other ways to settle this dimeculty ;” Tins!ey then asked me if I heard the, re- ports; on replying no he took me aside and told me that Juer had accused him publicly of crimtual fotimacy wi'h Miss Spiucle ; Tinsey thenreturned to the spot where Duer was. and Duer remarked, “Come here, George, and we can settle this trouble without any dificulty;’ they now moved off to- gether and took seats on the bench at the store. Join M. Walker testified as follows s—I came to the bench where Tinsley and Duer were sitting ; atte a dle got up and made a few steps in front of Captain Duer, and said, ‘Captain Duer, I blame you for the whole of this dimeulty; I thoght you were one of ny best friends, but you are my Worst enemy; you have tried to ruin my family forever; Mr. Tinsley said also to Captain Duer, “That is the way with all; ever since you have been here you have beea trying to injure my character, and are now trying to INJURE A RESPECTABLE YOUNG LADY}; you have got to retract, or I will put this whip on you or you have got to whip me; Duer relpled, “That 1s a mighty hard thing to db, George ;’? Duer then repeated the charge against iss Spindle. ‘ John Fahrenhal testified—I know the parties; got toFreeport ufter one difficulty had occurred; atti- tude asde scribed by other testimony; I took Tinsley aside and talked with him; also talked w.th Dr. Pres- sen; when Tinsley came back he took aseat by Duer and said to him, ‘You will have to retract what you have said;” Dr. cena also said, “You must make Duer take back what he has said; Duer then got up and Tepeated the offensive words, and ‘Tinsley struck him with the whip; Duer sewed turned back to shot, al as and Tinsle, “4 pistol heard @ I turned! around they were in the act of falling, Duer having hold of Finsley’s arm that held the pistol; ‘the: were then parted; can hardly who parted them; pistol fred once while in act of parting them, but by whom cannot say; when Tinsley got up he asked for his pistol, saying that he wouid shoot Duer again; Duer had move up towards tha house; Tinsley got the whip and started after Duer: Mr. Roane and I stopped him and carried him in the store; he was wounded in two places, on the arm and shoulder; I then went up to the house where Duer 8; returning was asked by prisoner {if Duer was shot badly 5 1 said he was; “I have only one ie to regret,” nd that is that I di The case was then given to week's examination of witnesse: ment of a powerful array of counsel on botty sides, and, after a brief abseuce, they returned a Me of “Not guilty,” and the accused was ac- quitted, S BOILER EXPLOSION, Three Persons Killed, Nine Badly Iné jared—Bodies Fearfully Mangled—Tho Roof of a Building Blown Off. CINCINNATI, Sept. 13, 1872, , Atten o’clock this morning a new boiler at thé foundry of Robert Jones, on the corner of Peart! and Ludlow streets, while being tested exploded with great force, blowing off the roof of the balla-, ing, and carrying pleces of the boller severak squares, instantly killing three persons and in- jart nine others. The killed are Robert Jones,, roprietor of the foundry; Evans H. Lioyd an: Ubershlag, employés. Ubershiag’s body waa angled the hips crushed and bowels, floyd was blown into @ stabla, in| his “body was torn leaves a wife and child. ured are Henry Young, who is badly fart from falling timber, and also has the femoral Thomas D. Davis and fearful, fea ra artery severed; he — live, Edward Roberts are siightiy hurt. Jerry Mulroy ia badly scalded, has aleg broken and ts cut in th head; he will die. Frank Barringer is injured abou! the forehead, ‘lanagan, rd seventeel years, is fatally injured. William Wimpieman_ hi an arm broken and a cut over the eye. Dan Mad den ae leg broken. David Gains was slightly ured. lece of the roof ascended in the air, down crushed tyough the brick wail boring house. A plece of the boiler foun astopping place in the second story of @ fram atructure a square distant. There were but sixt, pounds of steam on when the ¢x i ne comil a nej