The New York Herald Newspaper, November 9, 1872, Page 3

Arrival of the Morro Castle Yester- day with the Survivors of the ~ Lest Ship’s Crew. | What Ceused the Fire and Who is to Blame. fore the United States Consul. | Heartrending Scenes and Tales of Horror. ‘The Morro Castle, one of the steamers of the Atlantic Math Steamship Company, arrived at this port yesterday, bringing five of the survivors of the crew of the Missouri, the steamship of the same | line wi ‘was burned at sea on the 22d ult. Quite a large gathering of men and women and children, im great part relatives of the seamen employed on 4 the Morro, Castle and of the ill-starred Missouri, | had assembled on the wharf long’ before of them were attired in) deep. mourning. }| the crowd of anxious ones on the pier was at once | made for sbe gang plank as scon.as it had touched the wharf*The Custom’ OMcers and the » however, had @ rope across the ting'anybody from reach: ing the vessel'nntll they had examined the meagre baggage of the passengers. This duty of the government oMicials accomplished’ to their own satisfaction, the friends’ of the saflors of the Mis- souri were allowed on board. It fell.to: the lot of ‘Purser Albert to:oficially announce to the majority the sad tidings that, save five, not one of the crew jhad been saved.,.Ag there wore no friends of the jmissing passengers among the crowd he iwas spared) the’ painful task of anhounic- ing to them! how, out of the whole num- ber that had ealled from New York, : but reven had escaped to tell the tale of the lawful disaster ‘by which eighty-seven human eings had,miserably perished. Among’ thoee jwhom the kind-hearted Albert had to meet was -he aunt of ttle Eady Clark, the newsboy. He d gone on the last voyage of the Missouri as a yubstitute for Tomihy O'Brien, the regular néW, boy, and went‘down with the other unfortunates bf the crew. The poor women could not be'con- oled, ande¢ried piteously as she listened to the Parser’s words of sympathy, which fell evidently pon cars that, 0% Among the visitors was in elderly. woman,» in deep mourning, amed Mrs, erie imid, ‘Hesitating voice, hhoking with, emotion, she asked Mr. Albert lave you any news about him?” “About whom, Madam?” replied Mr. Albert in a indly tong, | ‘ “My darling boy,” she asked, “has he been faved??? ‘The Purser mi no reply, but. shook his head idly, and. the, ereayed mother turned away bbing, bitterlysexclaiming, “On, God! my poor joy gone! gopé!'gone!”” ON, BOARD. THE MORRO CASTLE. t While the'anxious friends ‘of the’ Missouri’s crew ‘ , Brae? in eliciting all the Information hey could conderning the loss of the vessel, the BRALD reporter went into the “orice” of the vos. 1, where he met the following survivors of the ill- ted Missouri: Richard Murphy, assistant pantryman, New prk. Patrick McGovern, purser’s assistant, New Yore. johe, seaman, 200 Madison street, New i, Seaman, Newark, N. J. Louis Bohme, seaman, k, N. J. e following are the nerratives of the men, who eak, one and all, in the highest terms of Captain een and the rest of tne officers of. the ill-fatea ssourl :— STATEMENT OF SAMUEL CONE, SEAMAN. was at the wheel up to eight o'clock on the Srning of the disaster. We were then steering a athwest ‘course, and bad been for some hours eviously. A half hurricane from the northeast id been blowing for some. Hime, and the After waa can make ont about twenty-five miles rtheast of Elbow Key light. Suddenly an alarm fire was given, and about two minutes after- rds it was reported that it was extinguished, ) @ few seconds later on a cry was again raised st the fire was gaining. I heard the first and ond officers ordering THE PUMPS TO BE RIGGED, hen went to the second officer and got hose on donkey Pump, and when that was done I went nelp to get the hose on the maindeck pump, but ig oO e fire an dd by® to assist. Soon fire , ie donkey pump was now use- oye starboard hand pump, and it was soon SHIP was was dri tl Look it for his own ven to 160K ou’ The flames had by this time cov- | a) ng ion, board side of the vessel, and it was ton that side. T noticed was that the Captain ‘ed the first officer to try and get out the boats. ordered. the engineer to oP the engine, ch order was promptly obeyed. Meanwhile ‘ybody that was able (and not too be gore a@ hand im getting out the boats, and passen- B and crew worked together Jike Peepers . In cot with a dozen af others I heiped lannch the life boat which we had taken on ‘d half am hour before starting, and which be- 4 formerly to the Morro Castic. We launched rer the | ter, and first, with painter at- was locse when Starboard after boat, to have been seen h~* SOs 22 Lh as dan Can- Z - vacy were, I decline to whol think they were. At this time THE SRA WAS RUNNING VERY HIGH, I had done my duty towards the ship I into the sea. and sw: to. the fel taken a 0 Tout not have accepted the money, was mny leat chiance of life. Meanwhile the boats, @xeept one which was water-logged, riited RWay, and the ship wae of by a jeman named Captain James mer, of ju, We had only three oars, and one of them used for steerirys. Tt was impossible us to help those in the waterlogged with nine people in it, a8 it was fall of water. ‘an up to it and gave them one of our two ets to bail her out with. . They succeeded io this, and, as far as we know, they had as ‘a chance to be sayed as ourselves. is pos- that they were picked up by some vessel on ourse. All het crew Were engineers and sea- When we saw that we could give no assist- we pusiied for land, Before we left them we them that they must all get out of the exce one man, who should bale out. ‘e did not leave the neighborhood p vessel till a quarter past eleven, when the jer Was ablaze to. the By. oy . seed FE pd en on the steamer fy ‘women oF children were saved. janded a¢ Guanaco Key at mx o'clock i the usted, and throwing we slept till Gaytignt. We edition t ex, and at 230 Betover, we dis- A FIELD OF SUGAR CANE, we ate some Of them and rested for an hour. in along the beach, find sbetk, much jaipued from the time I had i into ground caused me to in, shortly afterwards we came ‘huts, where we thought we should beings but we found them de- here no or water, While here About noon the steamship arrived, and a rusb by * ahe'| yet to eee reer ‘On 80 Soopers ai r, porter, two re and vi wont "co"'a boat bottom nore; but the Our efforts wa vised give we trees and in the morning across the island cowardy i mga plantations pears we got gome sugai 9 a then isuncheg the ‘the boat and at about half-past two P. M. we the schooner Spy, of tain Rinseelle pulled out Tntothe i. Qulmer put a Shirt on a stick and attracted the attention of those treated. ua-very. well, abd we reached we Elbow Key. ‘The authorities gave os clothes, as we were almost naked. STATEMENT OF WILLIAM JONES; SRAMAN, pide 2) eg tl a point about Cg eg mallen east of & sm: of the Bahama grou} ‘On odteber tan, ‘at twenty minutes LER A ra wea im the foreyara aheetings, Te je fore} aL ERR mie given, All the once ou dose eae the order to attach the hose tothe pump: the Sams’ ussleeg, gud wethad to rey Algue, Upon the atarboat hand" een 3 when ie Tire broke out’ the! passengers ‘were all ‘at break- but . at. the, .alarm all- came the officers — ae passengers seemed cool na coliectéd. Aw tar as I could see, the ee ars time, owas’ out through the rating 0! ie. engine roou, flowing from the caatward and 4 bigh sea was on, When the 'fire. broke out the wind swept it across to the port side, andina few minutes all that of the vessel. near amidi was aflame. 1 cow only see ‘three boats launched, One was stave: anda few minutes after our boat had got off ail it I saw three men clinging te one, while other, with nine men in db was filled ry t were known to. seen ‘were in my boat. festayed of ahd of afound the steamer for two hours, The. sea) waa: ranuing 60 ee hat our only gale was at the lee of the vessel, and the smoke Genee that we were Rapble to see what was going‘on on doard. James W. Culmer, & peanenaer and a resident of the neighboring islands, ook charge of the boat, a8 fer as one could be seen to have ch: 5 and five of the crew werein her. After @oii im our power to, succor, those in the aig uth e ‘we atood west, and In seven hours ed tl 6 Great Guano Key. ., We'saw the smoke: bi ng sulp ‘as late as half-past two PoM. ‘There were y-seven. passengers and fifty-seven sailors and\erew aboard the vessel. Two schooners were, sit out from Great, TurtleKey to cruise in relief of the wrecked, bat they returned in twelve hours without effecting HE BERO OF THE DISASTER. The following 18 the narrative of Captain J. W. Ouhner, of Nassau, throtigh whose instrumentality the twelve survivors were ates — They Atlantic Mail steamship Missouri, Green commanding, sailed “from: New York on’ Friday morning, 18th ult. From the commencement of the voyage the machinery. making very slow time; ‘21st, w! a north junti ‘the: 2ist, it blew Tneaday, the MEG ie TM ond in 26. 68,, longitude’ 76 on the alarm of fire was ven, when the: passengers, who were at brenk- and the crew all to the maim deck, A Rcene of great disorder ES confusion ensued, and no attempt was made ‘to’ the’progress of the flames, which. advanced rapidly. boats were lowered, but ow: fg to the hasty and careless manner in which It was done they swamped alongside, one of them turning bottom ie The boat we were in was the one not ed with water. Aiter we had cleared the ship ‘We saw one boat with two men on her bottom, And another filled with water, with nine men in her. We tried to reach the boat with the two Men, but failed. Came up with the other with nine men.and gave them a bucket to bail with. We saw another boat some distance off with about fifteen persons in her, but she was also filled with water. Aiter leying around for nearly two hours the boat ‘was given in charge to me, when I steered for Abaco. In five hours’ time we saw'land, and in two hours more succeeded im landing) on Great Guano Cay. We hauled the boat up on the beach and stayed there during that night. On the morning of the 28d we endeavored to reach rie Town, and at two P.M, we were picked up by the schooner Spy, bound for that port. On my arrival at Hope Town I despatohed vessels in search of the missing boats, but they returned without finding any of them. .I am airaida that there is but little possibility of any others of the passengers. bein, saved, This is but a brief account of the sad loss 0. the Missouri, but the few facts 1 have mentioned may be relled on as cotrect, STATEMENT OF MR. W. F. TUNNELL, OF NASSAU, The Atlantic Mail Steamship Company’s steamer Missouri, advertised to sail New York on the afternoon of the 17th ult., did not leave the wharf until eight A.M. on the morning of the 16th, in con- es leona fnew felting being required around her botlers, We steamed slowly ont of the harbor, and nothing of note transpired curing the voyage until on Tuesday morning, the 22d, while at breakfast, an alarm of fire was given. I fmmediately saw the chief steward, M take a bucket of water and run toward the engine room, and, on return- ing, he remarke “(a 18 NOTHING BUT A ROX OF MATCTIES, ll out;” but while he was uttering these words I hei distant cries of “Fire! fire!” which seemed to come from the engine room, Then fol- lowed a perfect stampede to gain. the deck, so as to ascertain the ‘origin of the fire and to devise some means to extinguish it; Dut all huma sitorts seemed of no avail, and in a few minutes thé flames were bursting gut of several places on the hurricane deck. lers were given to stop the en- ‘ines, and efforts made to lower the boats. The fret boat lowered was the after boat on the weather or port side, and before it reached the water there were nine men in her—principaily fire- men—who said the boat belonged to them, ALL HOPE SEEMED THEN TO FAIL, 80 far as my safety was spose i and uaning aft I found a boat that had just ‘been launches from the hurricane deck, filled with peopie, and at the same instaut heard the order given to cut away the painter. I lost no time in cutting a piece of rope-about ten to filteen feet long, and, makin; itfast to the rail, lowered myself to the end, awaiting an ppporeanty, to let go, but finding my position critical, occasioned by the heavy rolling of heship, > . : Rep rED, Into THE baa, and hough this moment the painter of the bo ad been cut she shot ahead of me, but by swimming about twenty-live yards I gained her, and by the assistance of one of the passengers was niled in the boat. Our first thoughts then were 0 rescue some of our fellow creatures from a wa- tery grave, and seeing A BOAT TWO MEN ON ABR KEEL we endeavored. reach her, but, after @ finll of two hours, found it impossible, owing to the strong gale end heavy sea then prévailing. I aid, how- ever, succeed in throwing @ bucket to the boat that contained the firemen, and told them to aT and As-we were all arently Galm I pro- tain to the boat, and Culmer, whom I knew to be an experienced mariner, J would here re- mark that too much p1 cannot be bestowed on our gallant bg aes Culmer, who in the hour of peril, through great self-possession and cours age, guided out boat through the surf to the shore; and we all, under Providence, owe our de- liverance from a fearful death to him, ‘WE EFFECTED A LANDING ABOUT DARE, cold, wet, hungry end thirsty, and remained on the beach until daylight Wednesday morning, when we launched our boat and endeavored.to find a settlement, and as nothing better could be found in the shape of @ breakfast than raw crabs, some of us captured a few of them and made a scanty meal. About two P. M. we were picked up by the schooner Spy and taken to Great Harbor, Abaco, where we remained until Friday night, an arrived at Nassau in the same on Monday morning three o'clock, I have no hope whatever of the safety of the rest of the passengers and crew, who evidently perished fm the fames or found a watery grave, STATEMENT OF LOUIS BOHME. Louis Bohme; » On latitude and + pantry locker. One of the men in the steward's department was taking some metallic plate baskets from the locker when he let the lid fall suddenly and sung out “Fire! I went to the locker and saw flames. A wet carpet was on the deck and I threw it in the locker upon the fire, I also seized o fire bucket full of water and threw it upon the subdue Ope flames: captain the pus to work. A heavy gale was, 'e y to the ‘Made it too we star Beane fe cor enous rp aries THE ADDITIONAL DETAILS, Among those on board, whoge Mamies have not published, were Mrs, J. Hepburn, a daugh- Stevensen, at Beaman, dO» with oe any Englan an nol Bt eens on ollat Ya has Penta, MANE oni | SHE SAVED. ‘ ‘The following is @ correct list of, those who were saved from the Missouri :— , ter of was yeaterday in New st Ny Te. ‘arrived yesterday in New Louis Pekin. chief pantryman, arrived ter. bas trate wurphy, nesokas arrived tg 1m New York: Li Sc cilad trick McGowen, waiter, arrived yesterday in Now York, THB OFFICERS AND FABGUNGERS OF, THE, LOT ‘The following are the names of the late officers and passengers of the vessel:— f OFFICERS. Captain, M, R. Green; first mate, John Brown; second mate, Thomas Farrell; onginger, — Hyslop; purser, —— empatged. GERS, ‘Thackeray, Anthony Hopson, To Havana—George Gerjrade. st and children, Augustus Mansilas ete Colonel ‘albert Ss. tty Krastus Siegars, Enrique Yunco, Henry Francis Fox, A. E. Outer- ‘bridge, Jane Allen and infant, Ernest Schone, Miguel Garcia. "To Nassau—Victor Zelinki, Miss Malcom, Mrs. Hepburn’and infant, L. F. Cleveland, J. W. Culmer, rand Tinnelle, THE OFFICIAL INQUIRY. Steamboat Inspector Captain Lord, at 23 Pine street, stated yesterday afternoon that the oficial investigation into the loss of the Missouri will probably be commenced about next Thursday, ‘Messts. Brainerd, of Albany, ana Matthews, of this City, haying been specially detailed to attend to this matter. THE PASSENGGNERS’ SWORN STATEMENTS. The following affidavits of three passengers of the Missouri were taken by the United States Vice Consul atHavanai— ‘ AFFIDAVIT OF MR. GEORGE THACKERAY. CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, HAVANA, Noy. 1, 1872. On this ist day of November, before me, the un- Gersigned) United States Vice Consul General at javana mally Smcafed Mr. George who under oath declared a3 follows:—1 pr on the steamer Missouri, Greene, master, mt York, bound to Havana via Nassau, on the 18th day of October Ist (Friday). On Tuesday morning, the 22d, at about a quarter of nine, he the, passengers wore aitting down to breakfast, * | THE ALARM OF FIRE ‘was given, which came fret from the pantry room, and created: some excitement, but which was almost immediately quelled by the assurance that it was nothing, Almost immediately afterwards some one’ shouted at the top of his v. ‘which seemed to come irom below, “Fire!” Within two minutes the fames broke out through the gratings over the fire room. All rushed out of the cabin on deck and commenced to endeavor to LOWER THE BOATS and find life-preservers. Quite agale was blow- ing at the time and a heavy sea runuing. ich ‘caused the vessel to lurch erat, to #tar- board. The engines were stopped directly after the fire broke out, and the flames beat directly on one of the boats so fiercely «s-to compel those en- deavoring to jower it toleave it. Two boats weve successively launched and afterwards suaraped. One of them’ had about, as well as I could judge, nine persons; and from our boat ‘we threw them a bucket to, belp them in bailing out. I afterwards saw a third boat, keel upward, with two men sitting on the bottom. During this time myself and a nuniber of others were engaged in releasing one of the boats and poe aft, and succeeded in launching it safely over the stern of HE BURNING SHIP. The boat contained three oars, two buckets and ® compass. Twelve persons, including sels, succeeded in getting in her. in the vicmity of the vessel for nearly two hours. The sea was s0 rough and the wind so Strong as to prevent us from managing our boat. ‘We saw persons floating around us, some dozen or twenty, with life-preservers, but we were unable to lend them a helping hand on account of the heavy sea running at the time. We also endeav- ored to pull to the two sitting on the keel of the other boat, but the sea was too strong. At about eleven o’ctock we headed our boat in THE DIRECTION OF THE LAND, which we reached about dark, or say 6iX 0’clock in the evening. This was Great Yguana Key. Here we ed the night, and the next day we discov- ere coves sugar cane ficids and severa! nouses, but saw no living persons. We made a breakfast off the sugar cane, and left this key about eight o'clock, pulling around it until we DISCOVERED A SAIL AT BEA, for wnich we made, and by hoisting a coat on an oar attracted her attention and were picked up and carried into Nassau by the schooner 8 y of Nassau. GEORGE THACKERAY. Sworn to and subscribed before me—HEnRY CO. HALL, Vice Consul General. AFFIDAVIT OF MR. ENRIQUE YUNCO. CONSULATE GENERAL OF THR UNITED STA’ i 4 HAVANA, NOv. 1, 1872. On this Ist day ot Nove: fore me, the un- mber, before Gersigned, United States Vice Consul General at Ha- vana, personally appeared Mr. Enrique Yunco, and declared as follows :— I sailed as passenger from New York to Havana in the steamer Missourt, via Nassau, on the 18th ult, Un the 22a, Tuosday morning, at about nine o’clocl mie I was on the upper deck, | heard ee of “The ship js on tire!” which seemed to ¢@ from persons alo on the upper deck at the time. Ilooked toward the smokestack and reeived the flames breaking through the ven- jlators and gratings. I ran. towards the ma) 4 deck to ascertain the extent of the fire, but could: Dot pass on account of the Names rushing through the engine room doors. I then ran again to the ppper jeck and Bar ered the rigging near one of ie boats had caught fre aiso, I then ran to m@ room to secure a __iife- PONETY et, Lat net to bed upper deck to — in anching a boat, Jsaw two boats launched, ong or ha Aibed, Sucainthg Wine persous, the firemen, engincer and Larber of the steamer. ‘ihe other boat keeled bottom upwards, anal saw two men sitting on the keel. In the meantime we cut the rail on the upper deck, and suc- ceeded launching & boat, which we pulled = fr its = place on the main ugck, abait the smokestack and launched over the stern. As soon as the boat was launched | three men, a seaman dnd two legroes, one of them belonging ‘to Nassau, and the other a barber, ey- g for Mr, ‘Cleveland's new hotel aR Pd Jumped into the boat and nced to bail her out, Others, including myself, SLIPZRD DOWN THE ROPE And fell nto Wit Water and were dragged into the boat, until some twelve persons finally succeeded in getting in. With thig number the boat was as fall as it could carry, and a seaman sang out, “Out the painter,” and passed a knile forward to one of the passengers in the forward part of the boat, and thereupon cut the painter. At the time there were several persons hi ing ou to the rope. Mr. Outerbridge lrappening to be close to the boat, the painter was cut above his hands, which saved his life,.as he was one of those taken into the boat, Others who were hanging on to the Tope FELL INTO THE WATER. numbers of persons floating in the water, but on account of the fierce sea we were unable to give them any aasist- ance. We were, however, enabled to toss a bucket to the een boat with two sons, but were unable to near the boat with the two oma sitting on the keel on account of the ng wind We remained in the vicinity of the burn! ship about two hours, and then sailed in the direction of land, On account of the high wind, the sudden- ness of the alarm and the rapidity of the flames NO ORDERS SKEMED TO BE GIVEN, or, it given, were undistinguisable. I did see a number of men working to sower the boats, and 1 have no doubt but that the captain and officers did poi oid power during the short time allowed em SAVE THE Snir and the lives of the passengers, but were unable to on account of the extreme rapidity of the flames and the helpless condition of the ateamer, the en- 8 stopped, the high sea running and the wind lowing. ‘e reached Great Ygu: Key at about We saw Fush and | succees painter and being taken into contained twelve person: contin a. the which tke a blowing and to manage the boat, Ne to render any assistance toa num- wo saw FLOATING WITH , We 6 eat utter! ber ott ery ex: je men in aramied it to ‘head her the sea and it of her In order to bail her ont, but 4 ee tly heedieas, We then, jer our fi HEADED FOR SHORE, and at abont seven o’ciock landed Guat @t ite northern extremity. Here we night, and the next morning pulled Key until we saw & fail for which we made, and were picked up by the schooner Spy, which took us to the Elbow Key lghthor where we remained three di ‘The morning our arrival at this place we induced a schooner to go in search of the missing boats. They returned after being away the entire , and reported that they had discovered nothing. THE ATLANTIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. It may be said, in conclusion, that the ofticers of the company treated the members of the preas rather cavailerly when. questioned for information 98 to the aiiidavits made by the passengers. Mr. Inman, the treasurer or secretary, was particular! incensed at the way the press had ‘abused! the officers of the ship, One of the underlings of the company, a mere clerk, put in his appearance after the st hip had arrived at the wharf and acted as though he had the power to make mince- meat of every Foot fessaindae relative of the lost ones who dared to question him or anybody else on the ship concerning the fate of those who were no more. The brave oMicers of the lost steamer undoubtedly did their best to save the ship, but that fact certainly does not jnstify the agents of the company in acting as though nobody outside the company hada right to know What had become of the passengers and if every means tor safety had been supplied the vessel béfore phe left this port. SHOCKING SUICIDE. at Great Poison, Agonizing Pain, Matrimonial Mystery off. six or Seven o'clock that night, where we pt, and the next day we pulled round the key till we discovered @ schooner, which picked us up and carried us to Elbow Key and thence to Nassau. ENRIQUE YUNCO. Sworn to and subscribed before HENRY C. HULL, United States Vice Consul General, AFPIDAVIE OF MR. 0 UTERBRIDGE. A. E. Oui made the solowing sworn and Death—Sulphuric Acid Dissolves tho Newly-Tied Nuptial Knot—Anathema of the Suicide by the Girl Who Had Given Him Her Heart. PwrsBuRG, Nov. 7, 1872. Barney Hargrave, a sober, industrious young fellow of about twenty-five years of age, committed suicide this afternoon by swallowing a large quan- tity of sulphuric acid. The deceased was married buta few days ago to a young, comely girl, who Nas not yet reached her majority, and the couple had about completed their arrangements to enter upon the practical sea of life by going to house- keeping. ‘ TNE YOUNG BRIDE had hardly an opportunity toappearin her nuptial robes ere she iscalled upon to follow in weeds of mourning a husband of four days to the tomb, YOUNG HARGRAVB waa employed in the picture frame manu‘acturing establishment of W. W. Barker, on bilth avenue, and was ever. considered by his employer one of the most reliabie and clever young men in the house. This morning begvas at work as usual and appeared cheerful, as was his wont. Shortly before eleven o'clock, the proprietor desiring to speak to him, sounded the pipe that conneets the store room with the manufactory. No reply came, and an errand boy was despatched to learn the cause. Hargrave was found lying on the floor, suffering THE GREATEST AGONY. He was asked what ailed him, when he pointed to an empty bottle of sulphuric acid, and feebly re- plied that was the cause Ol it. The acid is used ina diluted form for cleaning glass, and the suicide had taken upwards of two ounccs of the pure drug. Medical men were instantly summoned,.but the patient refused, under any circumstances, to al- low a stomach pump to be used or would he con- sent to swallow any of the antidote the physicians endeavored to administer. He was removed to the private sleeping apartment in an adjoinin, building, where his young wife, his mother aud sister soon gathered, and at his bedside presented @ most distressing and SORKOWFUL SCENE. They could only contemplate his terrible physical suffering, powerless to do anything for his reitel, while their mental agony was too great and over- powering to find expression in tears or sobs, It was almost as paintul to contemplate the silent mute grief of the bride as to witness the suffering of the bridegroom, ‘THE MAN LINGERED until about eight o'clock, when he died, The facts developed at the Coroner's INQUEST read like a romance, but they are obtained from such sources as place them reilably beyond ques- tion. It appears Hargrave had been for a long time eee a with a respectable young lady, a resident of the First ward, and they were at one time engaged to be married, About a — ago, for some reasons now known only to the youl Jady and her mother, the engagement was broken While he was keeping company with her who ‘80 recently became his wile, he was frequently in the receipt of notes from the . GIRL WHOM HE HAD DISAPPOINTED or who le: Mpriress Le Mig Cor of thee yotes be did not reveal, except sQ aa to connde i} tk who son ti confidence that thé tenoy oi them was invoking curses upon his head, The day previous to his wedding he received a note from this girl, the contents of which were similar to others; but in it the writer demanded a meeting, which he refused to grant, He told his expectant bride of this letter, and, speaking generally of i contents, treated it as a matter of no moment, and laughipgiy brew the epistie in the fire, After his marriage the discarded girl continued her corre- spondence, and this morning Hargrave reccived a fresh note, which, upon hentia and perusing, made him pale and nervous. He went up stairs and penned the following note, which was found on the floor after his removal and death :— PENNED IN THE AGONIES OF DEATH, Axnim—I can't help ity 1am mad. 0 God, forgive me, for Ican't live to be pointed at. Sho has cursed me, and it strikes me to the heart. 0, my head swims! This note evidently was intended for HIS WIFE, whose name is as addressed. He refers to the girl wh had cursed him, meaning the party to whom he ha been engaged previous to his marriage with the girl he left a widow, ‘There Is so! thing DEEP _AND DAMNABLY DARE in the matter, It seems almost impossible that young Hargrave could Mave contemplated tak!n, his lile before this morning. He made his arrangé- ments for housekeeping with the air of a contented, happy man and husband mang hae” ag gare and anticlpated no sorrow in thé fatif%, and in A fid- ment he commits an act which takes his life and leaves others years of griet and misery. Just pre- vious to his last breath Father Grace, of the Catho- lic Church, asked him before his wife if she (his wife) had anything to do with his death, when he replied “No;” that he loved her dearly, and re- gretied death only for her sake. ~~ OBITUARY, Luigi Amat. His Eminence Luigi Amat, Cardinal and Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Church, died im the city of Nice during ti evening of Thursday, the 7th instant, after having endured patiently for months past the prostration and pains incident to age and physical infirmity. Luigi Amat was born in the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, on the 2ist of June, in the year 1796 He had, consequently, passea the seventy-sixth year of his age. He entered the Church at an early moment of his life, and was soon distinguished for his zeal and piety. Since the 16th of March, 1852, he has been consecrated , oren' Vice Chancellor of the Church and priest of the Ba- silica of St. Mary the Great. He was nominated Cardinal on the 19th of May, 1857, and his name rt 01 Ste erveaen ae es Tee vi Holiness Pope Pius the Ninth, WASHINGTON. The Diplomatic Corps Congratulate the President:.on His Re-Election. ANOTHER JOKE ON SECRETARY FISH. Has the Electoral College Yet Given a Full Vote? The Minimum. Cost to Support the Army Twenty Millions. A COLORED SOLICITOR GENERAL. Andrew J.. Curtin’s: Successor as Wasningrow, Nov. 8, 1872. The Diplomatic Corps at ithe White House Congratulating the President. The diplomatic corps is 1m profound grief to- night. At the suggestion of Secretary Fish they called ina body, and as a body, at the Executive Mansion to-day to congratulate General Grant upon his re-election to the Presidency. They were Teceived in the Blue Room by the President and Mra. Grant, Miss Nellie Grant, and members of the Cabinet and the ladies of their households as fol- lows :—Secretary of State and Mra, Fish, the Attor- ney General and Mrs, Williams, Mrs, Dr. Sharp, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Treasury and Assistant Secretary, Cowell, of the Interior De- partment. Of the Diplomatic Corps, sir Edward ‘Thornton, the British Minister, and lady; Blacque Bey, the Turkish Minister, and lady; Sefior Borges, the Brazilian Minister, and lady; Kura Von Schlo- zer, the German Minister; Colonel Freyre, the Peru- vian Minister; Count Corti, the Italian Minister; M, De Bellonet, Chargé dAffaires: of France, the Minister from that country being’ absent from the city;''M. Delfesse, the Belgian Minister; Admiral Polo, the Spanish Minister; Mr. Stenersen, the Swedish Minister; Sefior Garcia, Minister from the Argentine Republic; Mr., Mori, the, Japanese Minister, and a number cof attachés of the various Legations, They each congratu- lated the President, » After a pleasant visit they discovered that--not only was their action without the sanction of precedent, but was premature, General Grant not having been re- elected in fact, and the question of his re-election or rejection resting with the College of Electors chosen last Tuesday, with the plain constitutional right to exercise their own judgment inthe matter Of selecting the successor to the present President. ‘The senior diplomats were much annoyed at the absurd position in which they were placed by the jocniarity of Mr. Fish, but the young attachés treat the matter lightly and hold the Secretary of State responsiole for obvious, disrespect to Ameri- Can constitutional government, It is known that séveral, if ‘not all, the foreign Ministers will write to their.respective govern- ments accounts of thelr, congratulatory visit to President Grant to-day, not forgetting to mention the orderly manner in which. the Presidential elec- tion Was conducted, The Solicitor. Generalship—A Colored Successox to Bristow. © It is understood that the President wil) appoint John M. Langston, colored, Solicitor Gencral, vice Genera! Bristow, resigned. Andrew J. Curtin’s Successor to St, Pee tersburg. » John A. Bingham, of Ohio, who failed to get the republican nomination in: the Sixteenth Ohio dis trict, is gazetted for the appointment. of Minister to St. Petersburg. Noah Davis’ Proposed Successor. The vacancy occasioned by the election of Noab Davis, United States District Attorney for the Southern district of New York, to the position of Judge of the Supreme Court of that State, will be filled, it isgaid, by the appointment of Colonel Bliss, who is urged by Murphy and other friends of the President, Gencral Meade’s Reported Successor. It is rumored in army circles that Brigadier Gen- eral 0. O. Howard will be promoted to the grade of major general, vice Meade, deceased, and will be retired immediately, with the full grade of major general, on acedunt of long and faithful service and wounds. received there- in. The retirement of General Howard will still leave @ vacancy in the — list of major generals, which, as said yesterday, will probably be filled by the promotion of General ‘Terry or General Canby, and thus reduce the num- ber of brigadier generals to six, Though there is no direct Official authority for this statement, it never- theless finds credence in well informed army circles, and is very generally thought to be fuily correct. Cabinet Meeting. The Cabinet meeting to-day was attended by all the members excepting Secretaries Belknap and Delano. The Interior Department was represented by General Cowen, The President Receiving Political News. The President received to-day a very large number of telegrams from ali parte of the country, giving assurances of heavy republican majorities, and containing the congratulations of the senders. A telegram from Colonel John 8, Mosby, dated Warrenton, Va., to-day, says:— “Virginia has gone for the Grant ticket,” Hubbell and the British Claims Commis- sion. ‘The case of William W. Hubbell ys. Great Britain, before the American and British Claims Commis- sion, has been disallowed. The claimant set up a supposed implied contract on the part of the Quéen’s governnient to compensate him as the al- leged inventor of certain improvementsin firearms averred to have been used in Her Majesty's service. The Danville-Piedmont Railrond. A committee of parties interested in the Rich- mond, Danville and Piedmont Railroad waited on Seoretary Boutwell this morning in relation to the claims of the government op said road as having been the property of the Confederate States. The committee claimed that the Confederate government owed them over $2,000,000. The Secretary has granted them until the 4st of January next in which to file their proois, and in the meantime has ordered @ stay of pro- edings until that time, Improvements Yui the Naval Service. ‘The annual report of Mr. J. W. King, Engineer- in-Chiet of the Navy, has been submitted to the Secretary. It embraces several subjects of im- portance to the navy and to marine en- gineering. First, the economy and results obtained from compound engines, as re- cevtly appiled to ocean steamers at home and in European waters; also statement of the plans of machinery designed for vessels to be built. Second, the results of trials of various kinds of screw propellers on vessels of our own and other nations, with the reasons of failures. Third, the subject of the internal corrosion of boilers in ocean steamers asing distilled instead of sea water is discussed, with statement | of the experience in Our own and the British navy. Fourth, the kind and extent of thé engineering works in the havy yards compared with those in foreign dockyards, Commenté are niade and im- provements and expansion are recommended. The Arrest of Deserting Soldiers. Legislative protection is néeded for civilians, ‘who, without it, are subject to vexatious suite for arresting deserters from the army under the stand- ing order of a reward for such service. The Secre- tary advises Congress to fix & limit to the time ‘Within which claime for army supplies, impressed or farntshed, m Maryland, Kentucky and “other Joyal Border States, cam be presented, the wan{ of such lmitation being @ constent en ment to the fabrication of claims, supported fictitious testimony that the government cann well rebut through lapse of time and disappear< ance of officers named as concerned in the seigure, ‘The Roll of Honor. The War Department has just issued the twenty, seventh volume of the “Roll of Honor,” the record! of 11,487 graves of deceased Union soldiers interred! in national cemeteries at Beaufort, 8. C., Natches! ana Vicksburg, Miss., additional to-volume 24, Pittsburg Lending, Tenn., additional to volume 20,' The Burial Place of General Scott's Soldiers. The Quartermaster General proposes, with sanction of Congress, to add the cemetery in which General Scott's soldiers, died in and about the city of Mexico, are buried, & list of national cemeteries, and keep it in order, and in charge ofa competent superintende! hereafter. The cemetery ts just outside the cit walls of the Mexican capital. The West Point Academy Band. The Superintendent of the Military Academy rev commends an increase in the strength and pay the West Point ‘Band, the only authorized\band the army, and continually subjected to observation) of visiting by foreign officers and civilians, Hd| also favors a revision of the cadet regulations, which are found to be defective and injurious in; many practical. points, War Department Expenses=The Support of the Army. The War Department expenses for the support of the army are decreasing at the rate of about halt} million yearly. They stand now at $30,000,000 year, but were double that for two or three yea) after the volunteer establishment was ‘comple: disbanded and the army on a peace footing, an are expected to go down year by year, through th settlement of the 'y between the grea oceans ag the railroMis multiply and pb; the pacification of the —Indians, till th budget reaches about twenty millions, whic! is the lowest estimate of the yearly cost for the ture under the most favorable conditions Th Secretary of War favors liberal appropriations { the gradual accumulation of breech-loaders till t! full war supply for the whole country is in th arsenals or in the hands of the regulars and milittt It 1s found in practice that ‘the laws forbidain, royalties to persons in the public emplo; whose inventions are used by the govern. ment tend to’ deprive this country of th fruits of inventive ingenuity and bestow thet upon possible future enemies, who pay liberall for such talent. The Ordnance Department embarrassed by the long pending claims fo) royalties on muzzle loaders converted into breech loaders at Springfield armory and wants authorit: to settle. ‘The metallic cartridges are found to b @ success for revolvers as well as muskets, after full trial of actual service. The Lay Torpedo. ‘ Rear Admiral Case left Washington last night fot Newport, R. L, to witness experiments with tl Lay torpedo. The New Southern Policy. ' The President, in his next Message to Congre: will review the operation and effect of the Ku Kl legislation, and ask fora repeal of such parts are notably oppressive, There seems no room doubt that a goneyous and conciliatory policy w: be pursued by the administration toward tl South during the next Presidential term, and it ig) highly probable that 4 representative of that sete tion will be placed in the new Cabinet, Movements of the President. President Grant will leave here for Philadelphii on Sunday evening to attend the funeral of the. Genera} Meade on Monday. Notice from the Lighthouse Board. The Lighthouse Board gives notice that, on an@ after the night of Friday, November 15, 1872, fixed white light will be exhibited from eaci of the two lighthouses recently erected ow Grassy Island, Green Bay, to serve as @ guide for vessels through the mew cut inta the mouth of the Fox River, A fog bell has bee established at Point Lookout Light station, Md.g “detached from the tower, which will be struck. wy machine at intervals of ten seconds during thic! and foggy weather. The Treasury Balances. The following are the Treasury balances at the close of business to-day: Ourrency.....:........ seseeccecees $9,357,688 yet Rigeoend $21,765,000 of coin certifi- an Special deposit of legal tenders for te- weer demption of certificates of deposit...... 25,000,000 The Fifth Auditor's Report. The Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, J. H. Ela, hag, made his annual report to the Secretary. He makes’ no recommendations, but reviews the work done in his office, showing that 15,406 accounts were ad justed during the year, involving $720,071,736 40. Post Office Department Appointment. Lewis Watkins, of the Contract Office, has been appolated Chief Clerk of the Post OMce Departe ment in place of Mr. Childs, deceased, WEATHER REPORT. Wak DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL Orricen, WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 9—1 A. M. Synopsis. for the Past Mwenty-four Hours. Northwesterly to southwesterly winds continue on the Lower Lakes and extend over New England! and the Middle States, with increased pressure an clearing and clear weather; in the Ohio Valley} and thence to the Gulf northerly to easterly, winds and cloudy weather with rain in the Missta-/ sippi Valley and on the Western Gulf; in the North- west southerly to easterly winds and diminishing! pressure with partly cloudy weather extending to the Western lakes; in the South Atlantic States northeasterly to southeasterly winds, cloudy weather and rain, Probadilities, The barometer will probably fall in the Northe west, with southeasterly winds and partly cloudy; weather extending to the Western lakes and Micht- gan, and to Missouri and Indiana; in the Lower Ohio Valley, and thence to the West.’ ern Gulf, northerly winds, with light rain and cloudy but clearing weather; in the Eastern, Gulf and South Atlantic States fresit northeasterly winds, threatening weather and rain; on the Lower Lakes and thence over the New, England and Middle States clear weather and eect a winds, veering to northeasterly ip the latter, with cloudy weather and rain. The Weather in This City Yesterdays The folowing record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours im, comparison with the corresponding day of last as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s jarmacy, HERALD Building:— 1871. 1872, 1871. 1872. 44 8:20 P, M.... 62 oh 43 . M 0 3 46 12 M.. (a Average temperature Average temperature for corresponding last year.. + 4098) THE NATIONAL OENTENNIAD, | 3 New York State to Raise $1,136,630 Towards the Great Celebration: ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1872, ‘The New York Board of Finance of the Centene nial International Exhibition have adopted a reso. lution that the national, State and incorporated banks in the State rr requeated to act as agents in) et and recely! subscriptions fo jourd., fhe amount to, be raised in this State Is! about $1,134,630. It was also agreed that such private banks ag the corporators of any Congrea- sional district should name be requested to act ag agents if the State Commissioner approved. The Board will meet again on the 2ist inst, , Meeting of the New Hampshire Core porators. ConooRD, Nov. 8, 1872, § The New Hampshire Corporators, under the act of Congress providing for the centennial celebra- tion Of thé athivérsary of independence, met here. to-day and appointed a committee to provide for raising subscriptions and take other preliminary steps towards New Hampshire’s participation fi the grand event, Governor Straw is Chairman o! the committee, SkRIOUs AcorDaNT.—Mr. John Savage, of Sprague Tokay ndihie calarue cen and one of baa nown), is collar’bone craci feet badly Mashed by his horse stumbling aud fall ing on him a few days since.