The New York Herald Newspaper, November 27, 1872, Page 9

“PERILS GF THE SEA ae ee Rescued from the Rigging in Mid-Ocean. sels Arrival of Nineteen Shipwrecked Sailors ia the Steamer Baltic. nd tae RENDERING SUCCOR IN A GALE. Heroic Contuct of the Second and Third Officers aud Men of that Ship. Ere HONOAS ANU REWARDS FOR BRAVERY. —————EEEe Story of the Wreck and Rescue. Yesterday morning at an early hour the steamship “Paltlo, from Liver, ool, belonging to the White Star Jine, announced her arrival off Sandy Hook by throwing up sixuuls. The glad news was kaown in the city two minutes later, for the noble crait had een expected since Sunday night. The Egypt, which left Eng!aud several hours later than the Baltic, had already arrived at her dock some twenty-four hours previously. Sandy Hook was passed ina drifting suow storm, driven on the wings of & cutting northeast breeze, and at nine o'clock the anchor was let 1all in the Quarantine grounds of Staten Island, while the steam whistle calling Yor the visit of the Healtn OMicer echoed and re- echoed through the Staten Island hills, Soon alter the Health OMcer was scen putting out from the Quarantine wha:t and five minutes later was on board, and, after examining all the passengers, allowed the vessel to proceed up to the harbor. On her arrival in the Hudson, having anchored in mid-stream, @ HERALD reporter, by the aid of a rope, clambered on board and made for the cabin -of the first officer, the Captain having gone ashore, That official was jound perusing some memoranda hy the aid of a candle, ‘The following conversation then took place :— ( Rerorrer—I hear, Mr. Brown, you have hada terribly rough passage. Frrst Orricer—Yes, that is so; but we have had @ pleasant incident on the roud. We have saved tue lives of nineteen sailors, whom we found on a waterlogged ship, clinging to the rigging. REPoRTER—WiIl you give me permission to make ome extracts irom your log? First Orricer—Certainly. Although I am as tired out as a man can be, I will willingly do nythirng I can to oblige the HeRaLp. Well, to begin. THE 10a. We left Ljverpool on the 14th of November and Queenstown on the 15th, light winds reigning on both days. November 18.—Heavy gales and terrific squalls; wind from W. N. W.; barometer 28.40, November 19.—Violent gale and terrible squalls; heavy head sea, whicn carried away our two star- Doard lifeboats and rendered another one useless. November 20.—Gale moderating; glass still Jow, 28.70. At noon the wind was at northwest, Sighted aship flying signals of distress, bore down on her, sent away two lifeboats, commanded by Second Officer Bence and Third Officer Williams, manned by volunteer crews, The ship proved to be the Assyrian, of Newcastle, England, and tne whole crew were saved from the rigging by our Jifeboats in three trips—namely, master and eigh- teen seamen. She was timber-laden and bound from Quebec to Plymouth. November 21.—Weather moderate. at night. accuse 22,.—Heavy, confused sea; barometer rising. November 23,—Gloomy weather, with squalls. Noveniber 24.—Fresh breeze; sea very confused; wind chopping and changing from W. 8. W. v0 N, W. in the twenty-four hours, November 25.—At 230 miles from Sandy Hook took pilot aboard. At nine o’clock yesterday morning the vessel reached quarantine. In bidding good-day to Mr. Brown, he sald, “1 Never saw a ship behave more nobly than ours has done.” Strong gale THE CAPTAIN OF TILE ASSYRIAN, . Subsequently Captain Theodore Blanch, of the Assyrian, was found on deck, and he gave the fol- dowing account ot his deliverance from the jaws of Meath :— I left Quebec on the 6th of November, with 1,900 balks of timber, on board the Assyrian, of which Iam master, bound for Plymouth, England. ‘the vessel is owned by W. Harrison, of Newcastle, and is of 1,357 tons Custom House measurement. On the 17th, when in about forty-eight degrees north latitude, a gale broke on us at six o’clock P. M., which lasted till ten P, M, At midnight the crosgjack yards gave way. At one A. M. on the eel | day the wind veered to southwest, and lasted till three A. M,, blowing a frightful hurricane, carrying away cathead, stanchions, bow timber Planking. THE CARPENTER WASHED OVERBOARD. At half-past one o’clock on the 18th ship was ruck ae wave which washed the carpenter, ed F, Anderson, overboard, and he disap- peared, Atthe same time W, White, the second omcer, also went overboard; but I managed to save his life by throwing him a rope, The same day our three boats were washed overboard and the cabins were filled with water and the vessel became waterlogged, forcing us all to get up into the rigging. We took with us water and biscuits AND THOUGHT WE WERE LOST MEN} for the ship was waterlogged and unmanageable. The cold was terrible and a heavy snow storm pre- vailed most of the time and 1 was afraid the men would all be frostbitten, On Wednesday, by the mercy of God, the Baltic sighted us and saw our ‘signals of distress, and sent out lifeboats, at great peril, and took us alloff. One lifeboat made two rips and the other one. ‘here were nineteen of us in all saved, the only man lost being the carpenter, who is married and & native of Newcastle. We are all highly grateful to the Baltic and her noble officers, -morrow I | shall goto the British Consulate and record my | protes' ON BOARD THE BALTIC. It was alittle over an hour after sighting the ship before the steamer was abreast, and then the ‘listressed vessel was seen to be no leas than a wreck, rapidly going to pieces, but still carrying her crew in the rigging. The sea was running very high at the time and the wind still blowing a gale ; but volunteers were calied for, and two boats being immediately made ready and commanded by the second and third officers were sent to the scene of the disaster. It was certainly a bright omen that as soon as the first boat touched the waves a brilliant bow spanned the heavens, which could not but cheer the hearts of both the sinking and the rescuing, as it did also the hearts of the pas- eengers. The crews pulled bravely to the wreck and rescued, though not without much diMculty, nineteen men who had for two days been clinging to the rigging. The first boat was prevented from RETURNING TO THE WRECK by reason of an injury to her rudder; but the sec- ond boat, commanded by Officer Williams, was compelled to make a return trip before all the crew could be rescued; and when volunteers were demanded for this second perilous undertaking, and the sailors hesitated to come forward, two of the stewards and one of those who had already gone on the first boat nobly came forward anid oi- Jered their services. REWARDING HEROISM. On the evening of the same dinner, the Hon. Charles Sumner called the attention of the passengers to the occur- rence of the morning, and stated, in a touch- ing iar that it had been proposed to receive contributions from them in acknowledgment of the services of the volunteers and for tie benetit of the shipwrecked crew. Mr, Sumner, as Chairman, then put the question, and it was unanimously voted that a committee be appointed to receive contributions and to distrib- ute the money among the volunteer saiiors who had gone to the sinking ship and to THR SHIPWRECKED CREW. The committee was thereupon named, consisting ofthe Chairman, together with ex-Senator Gwin, of California; Captain Watmough, U. S. N.; Mr, Ed- Ward Shaw, of Liverpool, and the Rey. R. N, Thomas, of Philadeiphia, as Secretary. On motion of Senator Gwin it was Voted that the passengers express their gratitude to the captain | of the Baltic and his officers for the ability and skill with which they had conducted the steamer on the night of the stu: and in the rescue of the shipwrecked crew. Contributions were quickly handed in to the amount of £85 10s. od., and the committee met accordingly to consider their disposition, It was their desire that the distribution should be made with liberality and with justice, and therefore the enews was careful to examine the officers as to the BEWAVIOR OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CREWS in the hour of trial, and Captain Blanch as to the condition of those under his care. From this evi- dence it appeared that while the men in the first, and third boats aid all that could be expected of day, . after the wreck and by their action so thwarted the endeavors of their ofieer to do his uty that he was compelled to returi to the steamer with seven men he bad taken oN the wreck jor another crew. The oficer especially commended, however, the conduct of the two stewards and the sailor James Sweeney, who had volunteered a second time, and all sorming a part of his new crew. From the captain of the wrecked vessel they learned that his men had acted as true men ipevery respect but were bow utterly destitute having secured nothing whatever from the sinking ship, The committee also learned that the cap- tain’s losses, as weil as the demands now made upon hum, were the greatest of all, and that while he woutd be expected to look after the interests of hig men he would bave absolutely nothing to work with to this end, The commit! thereiore agreed to recommend that the sum of £2 should be ven to each one of the crews of the first and third Boats, and, as a mark of especial commendation for the conduct of the stewards who so nobly stood in the breach and of the sailor Sweeney who volun- teered a second time in the emergency, that their amounts should be doubled. It was also decided that while the crew of the second boat deserved every commendation of the passengers for volun- teering in so hazardous an enterprise, yet, inas- much as they FAILED IN THE MOMENT OF TRIAL, and by such failure endangered the lives of their brethren and threatened the discipline of the ship, the committee did not feel justified in offering them Soy pecans reward for their services, Also that as the CONDUCT OF THE OFFICERS, Messrs, Bruce and Williazna, who commanded the bouts, called forth the utmost admiration and gratitude of the passengers, they determined to piace the sum of £10 in the hands of Captain Ken- nedy, with the request that he would obtain some little mementos of the occasion and present them to the officers as a slight token of the high appre- ciation of their noble services by the passeng Ts; and that of the rest of the money collected £31 be distributed among the oficers and crew of the wrecked ship and the balance given to the cap- tain. On account of the roughness of the weather Senator Sumner was unable to present the repert of the committee until Friday, whea he stated to the passengers the conclusions reached and the reasons for the committee arriving at such con- lusions, and the report was unanimously accepted, 1088 OF A BRITISH STEAMER. The Caroline, of Queenstown, in a Hurricane— Her Fires Extinguished—Heroulean Efforts of Her Crew—They sre Rescued from Death by a Foreign Bark —The Steamer Sinks to an Ocean Grave, The Norwegian bark Magnus Lagaboter, Captain Bergh, from Gloucester, bound to New York, on the 14th inst,, when in latitude 44 north, longitude 53 20 west, fell in with the Brjtish steamer Caroline, from Baltimore, bound to Queenstown, in a sinking condition. The Magnus Lagaboter rescued Captain McGearr, his wife and twenty-five of the crew of-th ill-fated steamer and brought them safely into this port yesterday. The following is an account of the loss of the vessel : The steamship Caroline (British), Captain Mc- Garr, sailed from Baltimore for Queenstown on October 26, On November 4 she encountered a terrific westerly gale and @ very heavy sea run- ning, ship scudding before it under all steam. At eight A. M. the gale increased, the vessel shipping heavy seas, which broke the engincer’s and mate’s house up, washing out all the contents, staving in the front of the galley, washing all the berths down on the starboard side of the bridge and filling the stokehole, Captain and all hands employed securing the stokehole and other places the best way they could with boards and canvas. At noon the wind veered sud- denly to the northward, blowing a hurricane with a tremendous sea running, the ship coming to against her port helm, filling the fore deck with water, which ran down upon the boilers. At two P.M. the chief engineer reported to the captain that the starboard fires had been put out and the vessel could only steam with one boiler, At three P. M. found the water gaining in the stoke-hole. It extinguished the port fires and “STOPPED TUE ENGINES, Got all hands with buckets to work bailing out the engine room; then got the donkey fre lighted with great difficulty, the place being constantly full of water. At cight P. M. obtained steam on the don- key boiler; tried to start the pump, but it was so immersed in water that it would not work, the steam condensing with the cold water, all hands bailing with buckets and the water gaining. Ati P. M. began to throw cargo overboard, this being the last means of keeping the ship. afloat. At midnight 10 feet of water in the engine room, = * iovember 5.—All hands employed throwing cargo overboard, the weather moderating and the water not gaining. At6 P.M. began bailing out. the stoke-hole and working the hand pumps, half of og crew being below in watches during the night. jovember 6,—Fine moderate weather; all hands pumping and bailing, witi bucke: out of the stoke-hole. Lifted valves in fore and after holds; gained on the water in the engine room 2 feet, half of the crew (Attala and bailing all night. Two or three of the crew got the boats ready in case we should have to leave the ship. November 7.—Fime moderate weather; gained on the water six feet during the day; got the don- key fire on and set the pump to work, all hands still pumping and bailing; reduced the water to three feet in the stoke-hole by midnight, the ship having a strong list to starboard; depth of water, two feet in after hold, two and a half feet in fore hold and three feet in engine room. November 8.—Fresh southerly winds, with threat- ening Weather. Gut the port fires lighted to try to get Up steam; at 6 A.M. succeeded; at 7:30 A. M. gt the ne ta to start, with the ship heading . N. E. for St. Johns, N. F. Noon, strong falce, vessel shipping heavy seas; Keeping all ands bailing ani pumping latter part stron; eats and strong sea; all hands pumpi and bail- ing; Water not showing in the stoke-hole, all en- gine pumps choked with coals and ashes, November 9.—Strong southwest sales, with a heavy sea; all hands employed as before; engines still going with one boiler, the firemen being WAIST-DEEP IN WATER; coal and ashes still choking all the pumps and mal ing them useless. Noon, more moderate, with a fatl- ing sea; got one of the bilge pumps to work; hands ailing and pumping. Midnight, lowered the water so as to allow of two of the starboard fires being Orie November 10.—Moderate gale, with a strong sea running; all hands bailing and pumping. AtS A. Mc got steam in the starboard boiler, and then di- vided the crew into three watches, two hours be- low and four on deck; ship steaming with both boilers this day, during the lore of. which the weather moderated; three feet of water in the engine room. iovember 11.—Moderate weather, with strong sea; ship started to make water, in two hours making wh ste inches’ slacking out ail fires and stopping the engines, All hands commenced bail- ing out the stokehole and engine room, Noon— Gained on the water, At 2 P. M. got the port fires lighted again. At 4 P. M. started the engines, whic! caused the ship to make more water. At 7 P. slacked out the fires again; all hands pumping and bail- ing; the donkey pump would not work. At eight P. M. tried to uncouple the shaft from the engine in order to make the ship steer, but failed to suc- ceed, as, not having sufiicient tools, could not get into the tunnel to uncouple it aft on account of it being full o: foul air. November 12.—Strong winds and sea; all hands pumping and bailing. The water had gained three leet in the engine room, three feet in the fore and three feet in the after hold. At daylight all hands commenced to throw cargo overboard to lighten the ship; got two beef barrels slung and began bailing with them, heaving them up by steam, but even With that method could only keep the water at the same depth, November 13.—Strong southerly winds and sea. At daylight found the water had gained eighteen inches in the engine room during the night, there being five feet oi water in ner. All hands bailing with casks and throwing cargo overboard. At two P. M, all hands came aft and wanted to know what the captain was going to do, as they were fairly worn out and could not work any longer, having been ten days at hard word. They wanted to know if the captain would not let them e to the boats. He told them that a half-sunken ship was better than an open boat TO FACE DEATH IN, as by alittle exertion the ship could be kept from sinking. They said they would commence work again on condition that the skipper would let them leave by the first ship that came in sight that would take them on. southerly winds and sea, November 14,—Stron, with rainy weather; half of the hands discharging cargo and bailing during the night. At daylight found the ship had gained eighteen inches more water during the night; depth of water in engine room, nine feet; after hoid, five fect; fore hold, four and a@ half feet. At daylight all hands com- menced to throw cargo overboard, and though bailing With casks, found we could only just keep the ship from sinking. At two P. M, a ship hove in sight, the crew KNOCKED OFF WORK and wanted to leave the ship. Hoisting signals of distress, the ship bore down to us and proved to be the Norwegian bark Magnus Lagabeter, Captain Bergh, trom Gloucester tor New York. He kindl: consented to receive the unfortunates on board, asking them to bring some provisions along with them, Having launched the quarter and lifeboats, sent all the crew and provisions on board. Before he left the “ship himself he looked down the engine room and found the water had risen eightech inches, tuat the stern post had started 1 of water was coming in there, thom, yet those in the second boat unfortunately became panic-strick¢n upon their arrival at rr says, “I can only say for the NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, leave when there w: chance, as it was nncertain whether the vessel would. last from one day to the other, The water rolling about in the bunker- hold was starting her sides out, and causing her to make more water, The depth of the water in the engine room when I left was nine feet, after hold five feet, fore hold four and a half feet, and in the cress bunker hold it wae wp to the beams.” THE COUNTY CANVASS. Deciaration of the Official Vote of ¢! County. The Board of County Canvassers met in the Sapervisors’ room last evening at five o’clock and officially declared the vote of the county, The fol- lowing is the full vote, with the exception of the vote for Presidential electors, which was declared on Saturday :— FOR GOVERNOR, 71,915 56,290 wal ‘78,824 486 Biank and scattering. OANAL COMMISSIONER, 5—Roberts. + 20,281 Stewart, + 6,356 6—HKrooks, + 16,645 Dunn... » 4, T—Crea 10, Bavis, Leonard... Anderson. AMENDMENT RELATIVE TO COURT OF APPEALS, Against...... Havemeyer. Lawrence O'Brien. . DISTRICT ATTORNEY, Phelps... . Sutherland Bedford... CORONER. Kesaler.... Woltman Van Vorst Spenc Hand 52,551 Germann. 61,781 Koeiler.. 61,346 Burghard 49,819 Coman. +. 49,112 Fitzgerald . 49,038 Culki in Falconer, McCafferty. Flanagan .... 4 47,304 Gausmann. 47,178 Johnes.. $146:791 Clausen, Jr. 46,308 Olney... ASSISTANT ALDERMEN, : he + 2,067 12—Keenan, 1,799 Navert.. 2,10 13—Wade. Roblason Dist. 977 bserved in the canvass that Blessing wins as Assemblyman in the Seventeenth district by only one vote, and that McCafferty runs ahead of the Tammany ticket for Alderman, The official ‘canvass having been read and adopted, the HERALD, Sun, News, Times and Staats. Zeitung ‘were named as the papers wherein it should/be inserted, and the Board adjourned. under my Charge it was best \o AQUATIC. , Pe th Re The Nassau Boat Club—Its Property in Boat nd Houses—Election of Officers for the Ensuing Year. The annual meeting of this well-known and vig- orous aquatic organization was held afew even- ings since, when the following gentlemen were elected as officers for the ensuing year :— President—General Charles Roome, Vice Prestdent—Jason H. Miller. Treasurer—Charles Myers, Secretary—J. D. Freeboin, Captain—Vrank G. Brown, Corswain—H. B. Stokes. Board of Trustees—John C. Babcock, W, A. Mont- gomery, Grinnell Willis, Heury Almy, The club property of the Nassaus consists of the large and fine house foot of Thirty-fourth street, North River,’ now occupied and leased to George Roar. and the two handsome floating structures on the Harlem River, between the Third and Fourth avenues, the headquarters of the club, and their racing course. Tie several houses contain the following boats, which, it is unnecessary to add, have been built in the nost complete and thorough manner, characteristic of the members, for “what- ever they do they do with @ will and well:"— One four-oared shell, built by Jewett, England, One four-oared racing gig, by Fearon. One six-oared shell, by Fearon, One six-oared gig, by Roahr. Two pair-oared shelis, by Blakely & Elliott. One pair-oared gig, by Roahr. One single scull shell, by Roahr. Twenty-three private single scull shells. In uddition to the above four single scull shells are now being built for members, and one six- oared barge has been ordered to be completed by the early Spring. So rapidly has the club in- creased since its organization in November, 1867, that it now ranks one of the first in the country and entitled to all the consideration and praise for the position it assumes in the aquatic world, The increasing demand for room to stow their boats make tt necessary for the club to have erected still another house on the Harlem, and already the word has passed that work on this structure shall be commenced early in the Spring and be com- pleted by the Ist of May. In the boating season of 1873 the Nassaus will do their share to make it more lively and interesting than ever before in this vicinity. Already match races have been mapped out with sister clubs on the Harlem, and they propose scratch races of different kinds, one mile each, every Saturday afternoon during the season, among their own members, “(HE NINETEENTH STREET GANG." Michael Mahachy, member of a “fantastical” or- ganization calling itself the “Red Rangers,” but known to the police as the Nineteenth street gang, one with other members of the company, en- ered car No, 74 of the Eighth avenue line on their way to their annual target excursion at Lion Park. All bebaved outragecousiy. Mahachy sat down ina lady's lap, and when remonstrated with by the conductor, James L. Tecter, struck him on the head with a heavy club, Mahachy was arrested and taken be’ore Justice McQuade at the Harlem pa and committed lor trial iu default of 00 Dally NOVEMBER 27, 1872—TRIPLE SHKK A DEMORALIZED POLICE. my Comptroller Green and Captain Mills, of the Central Park Police, at Loggerlieads. ot “THE INNOCENT CAUSE OF THE WAR.” peianieaeseitiamentrescie Colonel Stebbins Reviews the Sitnation—The Park Police Comp!otely Demoralized— Reorganization Noodod. Afrightful battle has been raging in New York. The great powers who have been engaged in this conflict were Captain Mills, of the Park police, and Comptroller Green, The following report embraces both sides of the story :— CAPTAIN MILLS’ SIDE OF THE STORY. “Tl give it all to you, all of it,’ Captain Mills Said yesterday afternoon to a HERALD reporter. “I'll tell you the whole origin of the affair, wand why Mr, Green wants to dismiss me from the iorce, You know that [have been on the Broadway squad, in the Second precinct, and in the Kighti precinct, where I fought all the gin miil politicians, thieves and pimps, until I went back to the Broad- way squad. Mr. Sweeny and Judge Milton, who were then on the Park Commission, sent for me, and wanted me to take this position and reorgan- ize this force, I refused to accept it tor three months, until I met Commissioner Manicire on Broaiway one day, He told me that Judge Hilton and Mr, Sweeny wanted to see me, They again offered me the position of Captain of the Park po- lice, at the salary I was then getting—$2,000. I told them, ‘No, gentlemen; after ten years’ service a captain can be retired at $600 to $1,000 ayear, and I could be retired to-day at $1,000 a year.’ STORY OF THE CAUTAIN'S WOES. Judge Hilton thereupon offered me $2,500. I advised with the Police Commissioners and they all advised me not to go. After six days the Judge wrote me another note, offering me $3,000. I went back to advise with the Commissioners and Super- intendent Kelso, and they told me that was more than lever could expect to get on the reguiar police, They all advised me to take the position— ail except Bosworth, who refused to take my resig- nation. Well, you know, everything that Mr. Sweeny and Judge Hilton did was objectionable to Comptrolier Green, and when he came back upon the Park Commission he was mad that I should have taken the place of Captain Koster, who was a particular friend of his. THE CAPTAIN IS ASKED TO RESIGN. Well, Green had no hand in my appointment, and when his man Koster was removed I incurred his righteous indignation, Since Mr. Green has come back to the Park Commission he has taken occasion to insult me grossly several times, ‘Are you the new captain ’ he asked me gruilly when he first saw me. ‘Lam the new captain,’ I said, ‘Why was the other captain removed’ he asked, in his glum manner, ‘I don’t know,’ I satd, and that is the way in which he has repeatedly spoken to me, ‘You had no business to take the po- sition,’ he told me on another occasion. ‘But, Mr. ‘een,’ I said, ‘I did not seek it.’ ‘Well,’ he said, ‘it does not make any difference; ou had no business to take the position, They have been wanting me to resign for several months, but (the Captain spoke with much emphasis) I told them would not resign; that I had come here with an honorable record, and that I would leave with an honorable record,” “Has Mr. Green no other ob,ection to you except that you are the successor of Captain Koster ¢” the HERALD reporter asked. THE CAPTAIN'S SALARY, “He can have no other objection to me," Captain Mills suid. “They wanted me to retire when Col- onel Stebbins went to Europe, and trumped up a charge of intoxication against me. I dared them to try me on it, and they never did; no, sir, they never did, Then they have reduced my salary $1,000, although the oid Board had passed a spe- cial resolution giving me $3,000, Mr, Green wanted me only to have $2,000. I wouldn't have said any- thing about it, but at tue same time at which they reduced my salary $1,000 they raised the salaries of a dozen clerks hero froin $600 to $800; they raised the salary of the EL clerk from $3,000 to $8,500, and gave Mr. Vaux $25,000 for a resent, And tiat is Mr, Green’s economy, ‘he pay of the poor, miserable women who take care of the ladies’ cottaze in the Park has been reduced from $2 a day to $1 50 aday. Some of them are widows and have large families to sup- ort, and tie husband of one was on the Park po- flee and Killed right in this Park. Then they want to ee ‘the force still more—I think twenty per cen’ a when a FIGURE aap ssi MR. Guam, en Colonel Stebbing told ne abo P Powe equetion he said to me, bs ‘ou as ee: Only tie figure head here for Mr. Green; you know Mr. Green is the man.” I repited, “Yes, I know it, andeverybody else knows it, Mr. Stebbins,” Last Sunday he came up with Mr. Green and he called me ouf, “Captain,” he said, “ihave come up to you to tell you that you ought to be superseded, and that the force must be reorganized. He said the force must be reduced, in conformity with the suggestions of Mr. Olmsted. I asked Mr. Stebbins why I should not be able to command this Ieduced force. He said he did not know, tt’ was done by the action of the Board, and he dia not know of the action until he suw itin print. 1 toid him that I would not resign, and asked him when this change was to take effect. He would give me no definite answer, but said, “Within twenty days.”’ MR, GREEN NOT AN HONEST MAN. Last Fall when Mr. Green came back Mr. Van Nort told me:—‘Well, now they'll go for your scalp. Green is very bitter against you because you took Koster’s place. Can you get Acton or Schultz to endorse you?” “I can get them both,” Igaid; and Mr. Acton went witn me to Mr. Green, who insulted me right before him, Green never set footin this place. I asked him one day when he was up here to step im and look at our quarters. He says, grufiy:—“I have been in your quarters long before you were here.” I don’t think Mr. Mr. Green is as honest a man as he puts up. I know a clerk told me that he put down a big amount for “professional expenses,’’ while he in reality spent the money last Winter in Albany fighting Mr. Van Nort. Why, he looks upon every man who comes before him asa thief anda villain, who wants to steal his pocketbook, A man may be @ gentleman without being so haughty. Such a@ frigid man—the very sight of him freezes one. Captain Mills concluded as follows:—“What I have told you I can make good, and there are those in New York who can vouch for me—men who are worth millions. Lassure you I could tell you thin; about the management of this park which would astonish the readers ofthe HERALD, There is many a rotten cae. in the State of Denmark. I suppose this what I am telling you will be the means of my immediate removal, but I don’t care a fig!” MR. GREEN'S SIDE OF THE STORY. The reporter bade the Captain goodby and sought Comptioller Green, whom he found ‘at his handsome residence, No, 1 Fifth avenue, The reporter requested him t ve him all the facts, Mr. Green said:—The law forbids that any captain should be base More than $2,000 @ year; that’s why we had to reduce his salary.” He disclaimed ma enmity towards Captain Mills, and said he had only the kindliest intentions towards the Captain. As for the rough language that the Captain suid he (the Comptroller) had used towards him, he did hot remember it—he did not remember the parti- cular language he used, He thought 1t was very disrespectiui on the part of Captain Mills to have called Mr, Stebbins a mere “figure-head’— and it was entirely untrue. He (Comptroller Green) never intended to freeze the Captain. “It is very likely that [ did not approve of crowding a man out who has, like Koster, served the people with fidelity. Captain Mills was trained for the Metropolitan police, and may be better fitted for that post. Well, | have weightier matters on my mind than the discharge of a policeman, and—' The Comptroller did not finish, and called Mr. Whittemore, the Sec 'y of the Board, Mr, Whittemore came out of the dining room, and was delighted to see the reporter. Mr. Whittemore said the poor women who took care of the ladies’ cottages only got ninety cents a day under the old regime, vie the Ring Board raised their pay to $2 aday. It would not be fair to pay men who were working hard outdoors, $2, and women, who were sewing in the cottages, $2, too, THE CAPTAIN'S CHARGE DENIED. Mr.’ Green added that this was not a personal juestion, but one feat the reorganization of the Park police. He could express no opinion in regard to the Captain's eMiciency, and referred the reporter to Colonel Stebbins. The reporter went to the latter's residence, on Sixteenth strect, right off Fifth avenue. Mr, Stebbins was at dinner, and the reporter waited in the parlor, which is luxuri- antly furnished, “What has given me the honor of this visit? Colonel Stebbins asked, as he came out from din- ner, Thefreporter told him. Mr. Stebins sald the Park police were so thoroughly demoralized that a re- organization had become necessary. He had gone jast Sunday to apprise the Captain of the fact, but had been surprised by the acerbity of Captain Mills’ temper, The Board had made no present to Mr. Vaux. He thought Mr. Green had had Hehe’ to do with the removal of Captain Mills, In regurd to the charge of drunkenness which was preferred against the coptai some time ago Mr. Stebbins said the Board had had ample testimony in proof of the charge, and that the Captain's non-removal was merely owing to the generosity of the Board, REORGANIZATION OF THE PARK POLICE, Mr, Olmsted has suggested the following plan of = reorganization to the Board:~ For reasons which it ishoped have thusheen sufficiently + stated, @ Fovorm of the vollcg arrangouonly gf the Cgubgal + | the Lilinois River; and Crarence King, geologist, in Rack is advised, of which the following would be leading FP reduction in numbers of th y through the enforce for ard of resent recular higher stand § and the dismissal of ted Of offen ind: afitiess oc constitution an is 10F the we the dismayed of atl mon vidence of special fitness servi for poiler duty body in a Larger org Seoud—The onzaut stontiy through the da: Aud houses throu id systematic This toform the only coms!ant fore a body of men to work con- in taking care of walka, scaty hout the Park, who slall be uniformed an iy instructed te wuide, inform and cau tion, Visitors, as occasion offers, incidentally to thelr work. ‘this ment would be ed on police ser- vice only in tair weather, expenditure ior that purpoee, fo. far a it Was concerned, Cousin With stoetig, and r %; elative fh amount a B the number of visitors. paradise ieauiabes Third—Tho organization of a larger bod, lected from the gardeners and laborers of their traning tn the same duties, so that when the Park ts.no o than Usually throued, allorany desirable part of them can be quickly drawn’ from work, uniformed by & light overall suit aud distributed as circusustauces iney require, of mou se and * PROPOSED RESOLUTION, Resolved, That such a reduction fy made in the present police torce of the shall, betore January, 187%, reduce thy the torce at least twenty por cent, and. tlon ix hereby directed of un duxhiary Workinen of the Park, to be park force to be so managed that the toi month necessary to be paid for police duties in th tral Vark shall dot execed the average of the last twelve montis, rected to he OUR HARBOR DEFENCES. ESA able Report of the Chief Engineer of the Army—Waysand Means of Resistance to Hostile Pleets=Solution of the Torpedo and Obstruction Problem—A Satisfac- tory and Assuring Report, Wastinarc Nov, 26, 1872, hief Eagincer has submitted his report to ry of War, The namber of officers ssions in the Corps of Engineers of Jnited states Army at the end of the fiscal year was one hundred and three on the active, and seven on the retired list, the latter, however, un- der the law of January 21, 1870, not being available for duty, In the performance of the duties of the corps the employment of a umber of scientific and civil as- sistants has been necessary. The report mentions the employment of General J. H. Wilson, a mein- The ber of the Board of Engineers, upon the Improvement of the Des Moines Rapids and Rock Isimnd Rapids and the improvement ot charge of the Logical bed pecans of the for- fieth paralieL Upon application, under the provis- fons oi the act of June 16, 1872, a transfer to the Corps of Evgineers was made of all the graduates ol the Military Academy since March, 1860, that hadheen recommended by the President of the Academic Buard for promotion in the Corps of Engineers, On the subject Ol the sea-coast and ‘rontier defences the Cluet of Engineers says the leading object ot tis departinent in its operations upon the works of deience has been to push for- Ward as speedily as possible the modification of the old eartien barbette batteries, and the construction of new and improved batter- jes, more in accordance with the system of sea-coast defence adopted since the recent war. The principles of tiese have been stated in the reports for twoor three years past. They have met with the approvai of the General of the Army and the Executive, and the report states they need only to be completed to give our har- bors protection against even the most recently constructed and powerful iron-clad vessels of the maritime Powers, Among the appliances for this defence, it will be remempered, are channel ob- structions and a system of torpeioes; but these are accessories, and must themselves be covered by the fire of guns in a position that commands the channel, It becomes, then, of primary importance that the guns should be so mounted as to be as se- cure as it is practicable to make them trom de- struction by the enemy’s fire, delivered from iron- clad vessels of great strength and resistance. The most complete protection would inevitably be gained by piacing the guns in a casemate in which security is furnished from projectiles coming from the front, the flanks and overhead; but as yet, witiin the limits of reasonable cost, we have not devised a structure of this character. By the use, however, of high sand parapets, behind which the gun when fired will descend, and by covering guns on eituer side with high traverses, @ combination is obtained which is at once secure from direct and slightly curved fire, whether from the front or flank, and substitutes sand as a cheap material for the costly iron shields and turrets, it 1s absolutely essential, however, that a car- riage that shall lower the gun below the pa et be provided to secure these benefits, and accord. ingly the use of such a carriage was approved among the rules to govern the coustruction of our works of defence, Kiforts to secure such @ Car- riage have therefore been continued. The progress upon the defences of our harbors during the pust year has been in every respect satisfac- tory. Trials with torpedoes at the school at Wil- lett's Point have progressed with a very marked success. ‘The investigations have gone so far as to enable the department to pronounce upon the Bpecial system which it will adopt, and arrange the etalls of the parts a8 well a8 the mothoda 47 handing Ana operating the torpedoes. ‘The total cost of the application of this powerful auxiliary fe the defence of our coast will be about two imii- fond, An éstiniafe Is submitted of $600,000 tor the terpedo defence of some of the most important harbors, The report is very voluminous, and sets forth in detail the progress made and anticipated upon the several works along the coast. Great attention is also given to improvements in river and harbor for- tidcations and inland defences, &c. THE NITRO-GLYCERINE ACCIDEXT. pikes SEA ee Further Particulars of the Explosion—A Victim’s Version of the Catastrophe— Gros Carelessness Somewhere—Coro- ner’s Inquest and a Verdict of Censure. The nitro-glycerine explosion at Yonkers, on Monday afternoon, and its terrible consequences, formed the cluef topic of conversation throughout Westchester county yesterday. Many denounced the carelessness of the railroad con- tractor or his subordinates for leav- ing the explosive compound wholly ex- posed to tie meddling curiosity or any loiterer who might choose to experiment on it, as, despite contrary reports, it now appears that destructive commodity was not guarded or fenced in at all, It seems that the three large cana of nitro-gly- cerine were placed under @ rude covering of EEE 9 the hands of the treaanrer of the society. Tho appear to be on the rolla of the schools 9,517 achol- ars, and the av rage attendance is set down at 2,884 im the aggregate. The society has dis pensed witu the colored schoo! in Spriugstreet and established a German school in Water street and avenue C, at which the average attendance is reckoned at twenty-nine children, The State al- lowance for each pupil in the aggregate more tham counterbaiances the total expenses when summed up With the contributions, Children are admitted to these schools for grqparaiery education oniy, and are sent from thence to the public sem The socicty appeals to the public for heip to build a lodging house, for these poor children and others who congregate around the Grand Central Depot. ‘The appeal will, no doubt, be attended to, + MARRIAGES AND DEATHS. Married. CoaTrs—Lawso: On Tuesday, November 19, at the Church of t Strangers, by the Rev. Dr, Deoms, ChanLes A, Coarrs, of Alvany, to ANN M, LAWSON, of this city, No cards. Nowburg aad Oneonta papers picase copy. Die PAKMAN.—On Sunday, November 2, Greregps vs, daughter of Abraham and Catharine B. Beekman, The relatives and friends of the family are respet- fully invited to attend the funeral services, at the residence of her parents, 13 Gallatin place, Brook- lyn, on Wednesday, November 27, at two o'clock. BLain.—In thia city, on Monday, 25th inst, BM- BURY COOKMAN, son’ of Susan and William Blair, aged 10 months and 21 days, ‘oda Of the family are re- The relatives and frie Spectiully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence otf his parents, 147 West Houston street, corner of Macdougal, this (Wednesday) morning, at hall-past ten o'clock. BUCKLAND.—Ou Tucsday, November 26, CHARLES BUCKLAND, aged 57 years, 8 months and Li days, The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, from hia late residence, 454 West Seventeenth street, om ‘Thursday, at one o'clock. CLARKE.—In Brook! N, Y., on Monday, Novem- ‘ber 25, ANNIE J. CLARKE, daughter of the late Ed- wurds Clarke, of Windham, Conn., aged 25 years. Funeral services on Wednesday, 27th inst., at Windham, Conn. CLEAR.—On Monday, November 25, at her resi- dence, 182 Third street, Williamsburg, Brivare Hacketr CLEAR, wife of Edward Clear, aged 68 ‘ears, ‘The remains will be taken to the Church of Saints Peter and Paul on Thursday, November 28, at tew A. M,, Where a solemn requiem mass will be cele- brated, Funeral from theace to Calvary Oeme- tery immediately after the services, The friends and relatives of the family, alsoof her brother Dariel and nephew James Rush, are respectfully invited to attend, " November 26, Ropert LLON, in the 63d year of his age. The relatives and friends are Be eared invited to attend the funeral, at St, Patrick's Cathedr: Mott street, on Friday, November 29, at hal(-past ten o'clock A. M., without further notice. FARRELL.—At 200 Seventh avenue, on Tuesday morning, November 26, CATHERINE, daughter of the late Peter and Margaret Farrell, native of Mary- land, aged 35 years, Relatives and friends are requested to attend the funeral, from 290 Seventh avenue, on Thursday, November 28, at one o'clock P. M, HRATHER.—On Tuesday morning, November 26, after a lingering illness, Apny ANN, Wife of Richard Heather, widow of William H. Sweet. Relatives and friends of the family are respect- fully invited to attend the fyneral, from her late residence, No. 130 West Th¥ty-secoud street, om Toursday, November 28, at eleven o'clock, —At Austin, Texas, on Sunday, October , formerly 0} y York. ‘LeY.—At Astoria, L. 1, on Tnesday, Nover- ber 26, JOHN FINLEY, native of Forlar, aad ti the 68th year of his age. Paterson (N. J.) papers please covy. HyLanp.—On Tuesday, November 26, Mra. BripGEt HYLAND, @ native of county Cavan, lre- lund, aged 63 years, May her soul rest in peace, Her friends and relatives are respectfully invite® to attend her funeral, from her late residence, 200 West Thirteenth streét, on Friday, November 20, at halt-past nfne o'clock. Tier remains will be takem to St. Francis Xavier’s church, West Sixteenth street, Where a solemn high mass of requiem will be offered for the repose of her soul, and thence te Culvary Cemetery for interment. JONES.—At the residence of her danghter, Mra, Fliza Davies, 123d street, near Eighth avenue, om Tuesday, November 26, of pneumonia, Mary, relict of John Jones, late of Glamorganshire, Wales, Notice of funeral hereafter, LAWRENCE.—On Sunday evening, November WILLIAM S, LAWRENCE, aged 24 years 2 months 28 days. A Retatives and friends of the family; also meme bers of John D. Willard Lodge, F. and A. M., are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Wed- nesday, November 27, at_two o'clock P, M., at the residence of his father, 94 Madison street, Brooklyn, Joun D. WitLarp Lopar, 250, F. axp A, M.— Brethren—You are hereby summoned to attend » special meeting, at the lodge room, No. 8 Union square, on Wednesday, November 27, at half-past eleven o'clock A, M. sharp, to attend the funeral of babies pa yet Regia Brethrea of sister lodges are iny order, pai dnd wil SIMEON WARD, M, Wromas J. Drew, Secretary. be Lawron.—On Monday Orn November * MARIA RACHEL GuioN, Wife of William Lawton, New Rochelle, in the 80th year of her age. The relatives and iriends of the family are ro- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, at Trinity Sharan) New Rochelle, on Wednesday, 27th inst,, a& one o'clock P. M., without further notice. New Haven cars leave Grand Central Depot, Forty-sec- ond street, New York, at 11:38 A, M. a Lovert.—In Brooklyn, on Saturday, Novembet 23, 1872, Captain Ouney Lovert, in the 73d year of bis age. ‘The relatives and frfends of the family, also the members of the New York Marine society are re- Spectiuily invited to attend the funeral, from St. Paul's church, corner of Clinton and Carroll streets, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, the 27th inst., at two o'clock P. Lynxés.—On Monday, November 25, DANTE LyYNks, Of the parish of Rattoo, county kerry, Ire- land, aged 63 yerrs. The relatives and friends of the family, also thoae of his son-in-law, Martin Brosnan, and of his bro- ther, Thomas Lynes, are ectfully invited to at- tend the funeral, from his late rosidence, No. 78 Washington street, on Wednesday afternoon, No- vember 27, at one o'clock. The remains will be in- terred in the Cemetery of the Holy Cross, Flatbush, Macuirg.—The friends and relatives, siso the reverend eres, of this diocese, are respectfully in- vited to attend the month’s mind of the late Rev. Huon Maguire, St. John’s church, Twenty-first street and Fifth avenue, South Brooklyn, on Thura- day, November 28, at half-past nine o’clock A. M. McCartHy.—On Monday, November 25, 1872, Le McCarTiy,, widow of James McCarthy, aged 40 years. ‘The funeral will take place on Wednesday, Novem- ber 27, from her tate residence, 462 Washingtom street, at one o’clockP, M. Relatives and friends boards about three weeks ago, but this had been since removed by the workmen, leaving them en- tirely Lip teeth and without the least warning of their dangerous contents. An inquest was held on the mutilated remains of George Hill and Michael Gallagher by Coroner Smith; but the only additional facts elicited were embraced in the evidence of William Terry, one of the youths who witnessed the accident and who is at present under treatment for his injuries at St. John’s Riverside Hospital. ‘Terry states that while he and his three coinpan'ons were on the line of the new rall- road ea found a can containing a small quantity of nitro-glycerine, which Gallagher emptied out ou the road. On proceeding a little further they discovered three cans (each marked with the figures ‘50"') boxed up and lying on the top oi the ground, Hill took the cover from oif one of the cans and borrowed Gallagher's knife, with which he took the cork out, After they hail each expressed their opinion regarding the probable nature of the compound, Hill said that “there might be gold in the can’’ and that he was going to break itopen. Suiting the action to the word he took up a stone weighing twelve or fourteen pounds, on seeing which the others ran quickly from tie spot. Hill, who was standing directly over the can, in an instant precipitated the stone, when the explosion followed with the awful results set forth in the Hematp of yest»rday. Terry having contrived to place himseli behind a large tree escaped with few injuries, The verdict, which was in accordance with the above facts, censures the contractor in charge of the work indicated “for leaving nitro-glycerine ex- posed to the travelling public.” John Donnelly, another of the party, whose injuries were at first believed to be of a fatal nature, was doing weil yesterday and Will probably recover, THE CHILDREN’S AID SOCIETY. Twenticth Annual Report—Progress and Statistics of the Organization. The society to aid the children of the poor in New | York city have issued their twentieth annual re- port, in which they have set forth in lengthy state- ments the progress and statistics, together with the diMculties of the society during the past twenty years, The present condition of the so- ciety, according to the report, forms a striking con- trast with that of its early career. During the first year of its existence it consisted of only one Indus- trial school, in Roosevelt street, occupied by a few hundred children, Now it employs seventy-two toachers and has twenty-one industrial schools and fiiteen night schools, at which upward of twenty- one thousand children, male and femaie, are daily and nightly instructed. While the outlay of the first year amounted only to $4,191, the outlays at present have risen to $159,064. It has besides five lodging houses, sheltering and in- structing 400 every mght, and in addition pro- vides with homes some 00 children, Next to utter indifference the society claims the sense of hopelessness tn regard to its eforts to be one of the greatest obstacles in jis wo The society has its agents throughout tue count who report ils progress in each disirict to the President elect, ‘The statement of receipts and payments show the total receipts since 1871 (incinding balance of pre- vious year) to be $204,459 39 kan expenditure Of $201,004 71, the balance, $9,904 63, remajuing in | are invited to attend. McLrop.—On Tuesday, November 26, Jonn Mo- LKop, in the 61st year of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- rect invited to attend the funeral, from his late reslaence, 338 West Forty-eighth street, om Wednesday, November 27. OSTRANDER.—At Saugerties, on Friday, No- Bh pe 22, the Kev. H. OSTRANDER, in the 92d year of his age. Funeral from the Reformed church of nee on Tuesday, November 26, at ten o’clock A. M. O'DONNELL.—Suddenly, on Saturday, November 23, JOHN O'DONNELL, & native of Benroe, near Killybegs, couaty Donegal, Ireland, aged 28 years. His friends and those of his aunt, Mrs. Margery McGill, are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from tie residence of his mother, 232 West Twentieth street, this day (Wednesday), at one o'clock P, M. PLY&R.—At_ his residence, Trumansburg, Tomp- kins county, N. Y., on Saturday, November 23, 1872, GEORGE GIRLING PLYER, formerly of Biggleswade, England, aged 61 years, ROWLAND.—On Tuesday, November 26, 19: a severe illness, WILLIAM ROWLAND, in the | of his age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Thurs- day, November 28, at eleven o'clock, from his late reside 145 East Ninetieth street, corner of Lex- ington avenue, Yorkville. Also the members of Silentia Lodge, No. 198, F. and A, M., are respect- fully invited to attend, SHERIDAN.—ISABELLA SHERIDAN, the only daugh- uie Sheridan, aged 1 year, 8 ter of David and month and 10 days. ‘The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, which will take place from the residence of her grandfather, W. Boyd, No. 385 First avenne, on Wednesday, November 27, 1872, at one o'clock P. M. SNYDER.—Suddenly, on Sunday, November 24, im Boston, Mass., DaviD P. SNYDER, formerly of Cas- tile, Wyoming county, . TaYLoR.—On Tuesday morning, November 26, MARY Frances, eldest daughter of Captain Eleazer C. and Mary M? Taylor, in the 12th year of her age. Reiatives and friends. are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, from the residence of her parents, Main avenue, Ps ic, N.J., on Friday, November 29, at three o'clock P. M. “Train leaves Erie Railway depot, foot of Chambers street, New York, at a quarter to two o’ciock P. M. URELL.—On Sunday, November 24, at the rest- dence of his brother, in Washington, D, C., Tuomas E. URBLL, aged 32 years, a native of Nenagh, Tip- perary, Ireiand, Funeral will take place ‘from his late residence, 642 Fourth avenue, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, November 27, at two o'clock, Warson.—At Astoria, on Monday, November 25, by accident, SAMUEL W. Watson, aged 39 years. ‘The relatives and iriends of the family, and also the members of the Filth company, Seventh regi- ment National Guards, and the veteraus of the same company, are imvited to attend the mneral, on Friday, 20th tnst., at two o'clock, Boats leava Peck Slip at one o'clock. Rhode Island papers please copy. WILLIAMS,—On Sunday Born, November 24, 1872, MARGARET, Wife of Foster B. Williams, aged T4 years, The relatives and friends, also her two ons, Horace and Alfred Theall, also her son-in-law, 5. R. Rowley, are respectiully invited to attend the ral, at one o'clock on Wednesday, November 4 i her late residenee, 150 Peg sree, Begowy uy