The New York Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1872, Page 6

LOST GUATEMALA A. 'Perrible Story of the Sea and and. Big 3 SIXTEEN LIVES LOST. ae a Cast on the Meaican Coast, Among Leper Indians. om The Saved Suffering from Hun- ger and Thirst. CAPTURING AN INDIAN CHIEF. eer PS eee 4m Official Investigation Held at Salina Craz— ‘Who Is to Blame for the Disaster Engines and Boilers Go Through the Steamer’s Bottom—Rotten Boats Freighted with Noble Passengers—The Heroism of an American Lady. On the morning of the 13th of October last the Pacific Mail steamer Guatemala, bound from San Benito to Tonala, was wrecked on Tonala Bar. There were fifty-three persons—passengers and crew—on board. Of these fifteen of the crew, in- cluding the chief oMcer and chief engineer and one passenger—sixteen in all—were lost, the boat containing them never having been seen after Jeaving the wreck. The steamer Henry Chauncey, belonging to the same company, arrived at this port late Friday Dight last, bringing as passenger Captain A, T, Ponglas, commanding officer of the Jost Guate- Mala, His story of the causes which led to the terrible disaster are narrated herewith, as well as the oMeciai investigation demanded by him and held at Salina Cruz, the port of entry of Tehuan- sepec. ‘There is much in the testimony of the several persons examined that is worthy of earnest porusal. Theve isa general inclination to charge the disasier upon one George Foster, the thira mate, but lis testimony upon the all-important point should be entitled to consideration, Natur- a@ity he differs from his brother oficials, One of {he passengers, an intimate iriend of the captain, M would seem, makes a serious charge against the €quipment of the ship in the matter of the boats, @s he testifies they were all in bad condition, and ip some cases “the wood was completely rotten,” Many acts of heroism were performed while leaving ‘the ship, but none more noticeable than that of Mis, Lewis, an American lady, living In Nicaragua, who, -with ber undergarments, prevented a rotten boat from sinking and drowning all the pas- #engers, When the saved reached the inhospitable shore, most drowned, and bruised, hungry and thirsty, @new and unexpected enemy conironted them, Leper indians inhabited the place and refused @vy assistance to the almost dead that the sea had not swatiowed in its relentless fury. Now the eaptain, who had shown on the wreck great courage, again displayed his ability to meet an emergency, and, leading on trusty men, captured the chief of these savages and threatened him with death if bis demands were not complied with, ‘The threat was too much for the Indian and Sssisiance was obtained which eventually resulted in succor and aid. The following are the interest- Ing statements :— CAPTAIN DOUGLAS’ STATEMENT. 1 left Panama ip the Guatemala, 1,040 tons, car- Tying the mails to Acapulco, via Central American and Mexican ports, Nothing unusual occurred on the voyage up to Sau Benito, which place we left on the 12th of October, at hall-past one o'clock P, M., bound for Tonala, Steered northwest by west, engine making thirty-eight revolutions, the speed being a fittie short of six knots per hour. On the Zeth, about a quarter past two o'clock, we were abreast of Sooconoosco Mountains, and shortly after Ubree o'clock the second ofticer reported the steamer at least twelve miles from Jand. At four o'clock A. M. the third officer was given ates of the deck, wend he was instructed to report if the vessel made ‘the low land, and, in case of seeing the breakers, to haul the ship off the shore at once and send the quartermaster on the lookout to call me. Ata quarter past four o'clock I went aft, and five minutes later the third officer walked up very coolly and stated he had seen low land abeam to star board, I ordered him to Keep the ship northwest by west half west, being at that time on the quar- ter deck ani not seeing any low land. I then went into my room to take tea. At ten minutes past five o'clock the third officer came to my room, walking as usual, and quictly informed me that the | hip was SURROUNDED BY BREAKERS, Jimmediately ran forward, and before reaching the pilot house saw the breakers close aboard ahead and seme distance off on the starboard beam, isang out to R. Wilson, who was at the wheei, to port bis helm hard a-starboard, and on enterlig The pilot house I saw the ship was inside the frst outede line of breakers on Tonala Bar. 1 rang the engine bell and stopped the ship, and looking at’ the compass lonnd the ship heading porthwest by north half west. I then jound she had been stecred wrong and contrary to my orders, and ran to the engine room door and told the engineers to back the ship | as quick as possible; but there being only eleve! pounds of steam on at that time it was found im possible to do so. In a few minutes aiter a heavy nea came down, carrying the ship’s stern in shore anil bringing her on the bottom with terrible force, and she then listed heavily to port side, bursting'thie steampipes from ‘the boilers and filling the decks with steam. Seeing no hope of getting the ship off 1 ordered the engines to be stopped and the bilge injections to be opened, that the ship might fl higher up on the bar, thinking the chance of saving the lives of the passengers and crew would be Much less if the ship should forge into the shallow water, where it was breaking continually, The third sea liited her very high, and she came down | with such immense force that her ENGINES AND BOILERS WENT THROUGH HER BOTTOM. She was not ran upon a rock, but on a hard sand- bank, Great confusion took place at the forward boat on the starboard side. I gave orders to the men to clear away the port boat and sig and at the me time sent men to look for provisions, The passengers had rushed to the deck in their night clothes. 1 got the port quarter boat lowered and placed five men and the steward in charge, and irs. Lewis, the only 1ady passenger, was sent off with them. The boat was pulled clear of the breakers and then waited for further orders. The ehief omficer, aiong with the second and third officers, were lowered in the two forward beats, | with four seamen in each. The purser t charge ‘of the gig. At this time I found that neither water nor provisions could be procured, the pipes of the water tanks being all broken and the storeroom a complete wreck, the deck being forced up and the beams broken. The chief oMcer and Mr. Baxter, a See at the risk of their lives succeeded in ane & ee meral ee irom the harricane . With great danger the passengers im the Other boats were transferred, to the Tfteboat, as the sea was rolling mountains high. At six o'clock all the passengers and crew were safely in the and the ship rapidly going to pieces. 1 found it impracticable to laud eastward of Tonsls bar, as the surf wes running very hig! |d we went west- ward, with the intention of reaching Salina Cruz. We had no provisions, and many of us had no cioth- ing, with tue BXORPTION OF OUR NIGBT-CLOTHES, pri ioe andinge greal Many valuables, was the si The chief officer wae piaced in charge of the port forward boat, containing in all fourteen persons; the purser in charge of the with seven persons; the second officer in charge the jifeboat, with thirteen persons, and the third oMcer in charge of the siarboafd forward boat, witheight men, and I retained the oat, with eleven in all, The chief engineer at this time was in the second mate's Loat, he and Vicente Echeginsen, a passenger, changing at the same time into the boat of the chief efficer. Instructions were given the ofcers in charge of the boats to ke inshore and together, ana not to Jand elled to do 80, We were at this time Ia but the suri being so rough st was dabgerons to attempt to land. About mine bours alter jeaving the ship the purser janded, and all in the boat were nearly drowned in the at- I went in-shore: but seeing two men etretehed on Me Fence concluded they had been drowned and did not tand, but kept to the west- 1, and the boats Were all in sight at sundown. On the idth, at six A, M., a strong northweat gale blew and We found it necessary to land, as it was im; ible to keep within sight of it ‘any longer and remain at ses. At nine A. M. we landed; but in the effort we were ail thrown into ret got to shore safely. On the morning of the 16th ttle Or NO iood could be had, and the nati: who were Leper Indians, became inimical and refused to give us their wagon horses or wagons to take us to San Francisco del Mar, it being the wearest town, Whatever food was obtained was got through exorbitant privey being pula, and nec crn more rapidly and to prevent her going | rt quarter | 5 ‘That afternoon and night tue wind blew | the water, | there being, no money the men and m: weit set ont for the chie! of the settlement and | captured him, placing him on a horse and present- ing ¥ A DACGER-ENIFE AT KIS BREAST, and, threatening him death, made. him come to terms, We ® celled in obtaining wagons and oxen, ami made for the viiage of San Franciseo’ del The and myself | vot horses aud went iin search of | other boats, and we foun: 0 passeugers—Sedor — Padilla and’ his replay had wie ashore ip the second mate's boat, and in‘ormica "8 that the whole party had landed. “We kept the Taam,’ “ME until San Francisco del Mar wee eschsu, i “ leaving instructions for the treatment’ of ate | missing boat with the sixteen mom ets Of Be Somer S ao wet - igaee "A, NM reuuvs ue town, the survivors lett at_oye A, for Bocca Barra, where fhey were eit Rested: | On the 20th the third officer and his crew 0% Ashore, after suifertng terribly trom hungef and thirst The steamer Salvyader, having seen the wreck of the Guatemala off Tonala, called at Salina Craz seeking for information in regard to the people of the lost ship, and hearing of the arrival of some Of the survivors in Tehuantepec the captain romney to call on his way down and take themon oard, On the 10th she arrived and took the survivors away, bringing them to Panama. We pagsed, a8 before stated, Sooconoosa Mountains at fiteen minutes past two o'clock, These moun- tains being twenty-eight miles from Tonala bur, and the ship going short six knots I had no reason to ane that lwas within less than ten miles of Tonala bar at the time the ship struck, Had the course given, northwest by west half west, been steered from fifteen minutes past four A. M, it would have been one for the ship to have struck where she did. After the helm was put to starboard and the ship stopped 1 found that the compass showed the ship’s head northwest by north balf north. Up to leaving Salina Cruz noth- ing had.been heard. of the chief officer's boat, all the parties sent in search of them having returned without tidings concerning them. I have no doubt they were on the 14th ‘of October in a strong nerthwest gale blowing at that time. THE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION. Upon his arrival at Tehuantepec Captain Douglas addressed the captain of the port at Salina Cruz, the port of entry, fora full und fair investi- gation regarding the loss df his vessel, The com- mnunication is as follows :— CAPTAIN DOUGLAS’ LETTER. Tacuvanrursc, Oct. 18, 1872, ‘To tHe Capram or rae Pont oF Sauina Cho: in order that a full and fair investigatto i ce eaner, Biiatemala, Ihave to ‘request ‘that the passengers’ aud crew saved from the wreck, which occurred on the 13th of October, on the Tonala bar, may be examined under oath, and that a copy ofthe said proceedings may be pre- ved for account of whom it may concern, - sini A. T, DOUGLAS, Captain. PROCERDING WITH THE INVESTIGATION, Upon the receipt of the above jetter the Captain of the Port at once went to wo~k to accede to Cap- tain Douglas’ request, and issued his official permis- sion for the hold ng of the investigation and pro- viding for the services of an interpreter, his done, he, together with Captain Douglas and all in- terested, appeared before the preps: autaority ior such an Investigation, as will be apparent by following affidavit :— Appeared before me, the 224 day of October, 1872, the take the following afMidavits with reterence to the loss of the steamer Guatemala, owned in North America. In witness whereto { have set my hand and se: JUAN B. PEREZ. The investigation was then proceeded with, the testimony being taken in Spanish, from whica language all that follows bas been translated. TESTIMONY OF JOHN RANDALL, SECOND OFFICER. Tam an Englishman, and forty years of age; the Gua- temala was lost on October 13 at 4 quarter-pust five in the morning, on Tonala Reef; at four o'clock. that morn- mg J went off duty and gave instructions as to the nor! cust course to be steered by the third oMeer, which had been the course between three and four o'clock; I par- | ticularly requested of him thathe should pay great at. tention as to the sighting of land, and that he should tell the captain what was transpiring at hall-past four; meanwhile, the captain had gone to take his tea, havin, been on deck for many hours previously ; when I retired the wind was northeast; after having “turned in” but a mhort time I was awoke by a, terrific shock, and imunediately ran on deck to see what was the matter, and Teaching there I heard the voice of the first officer, who was in conversation with the captain, and I saw them enter the pilot-house and examine the course, Which I subsequently asccriained was northeast by north; the captain then shouted out to the engineer to PUt on all steam; the captain then inquired of the third officer why he had not informed him that there were breakers ahead, which that officer admitted he had seen for fully half dn hour; the same question was put to the man at wheel, who also had seen them, but the latter » reporte he had ecerved uo orders to change the course; foan. after this the captain went below and saw that the ahi inevitably be lost, and was perenne Teaking badly; he then ga fers that the bouts should be got out; believe that Ifghe third oficer liad held the vessel two points more to the cast she would not have struck; the ondact of the captain since the departure of the vessel ‘om Panama, during the shipwreck and subsequently, merits, in my opinion, the highest possible admiration, and to him, under God, we owe our hives, and I may here ention that he was the last person to'leave the ship, which'was ina ‘sinking condition, the smokestacks hav- ing fallen and tne cabins being destroyed. M. 8. CARBOY, FIRST ASSISTANT ENGINEER, then testified ;—T ami thirty-nine years of age and a tative of tho United States; when the collision took place the cuniain told us to appl im, to seo if we could not work ourselves off, bu ter this order had been given some of thé voller tubes broke and the steam caped; meanwhile the captain was heard on deck giving orders to get out the Loats, for the breakers were dashing over the altip; according to the orders given by the cap- fain to the frst engineer not more than thirty-eight revo. lutions per minute were made by the screw on the voy- ‘ge irom San Benito until the time we struck; I think the captain did all he could to save the ship, and I be- Heve thatif he had staid by her a few seconds longer he would have lost his life; when he le:t the masts and fun- nel were goue and the Vessel was altogether breaking up. JUAN BAULTISTA RUS, THIRD ASSISTANT ENGINEER, testified I am a native of Chile and thirty-five years old; I have but little new to add ; I was saved in the gig, under the command of the purser, and we were nine hours, more or less, getting ashore, and were without provisions or water; Letore reaching land we were upset by the powerful current which was running ; the witness then described at length the efforts made to save life and how two or three gallant men planged into the surt | and saved their more exhausted comrades trom drown- ing. WILLIAM J. WHITE, PURSER. I am a citizen of the United States and forty-four years of age; Iwas asleep in my berth when the Guatemala struck; went ondeck and found the captain coming from the engine room, where he had been telling them to put on a tull head of steam to try to pull the vessel off the reef; I then made an effort to save the money in the sate, but'the captain advised me to desist and to try and | | help save the lives of those on board; by this time the waves were breaking over the ship, and, owing to an ac- Cldent to the machinery, the steamn'was escaping? In the | smidst of all these surroundings the captain ‘quictl, giving his orders; I was saved in the gig, with the third { assistant engineer and four others; a’ strong current in from the northeast; I battled with the breakers, and | hada narrow escape with my lite; with reference to the missing boat, I believe it must have swamped. In | concluding Mr, White alleged that Captain Douglas knows tull weil ot the third mate's want of nautical | Knowledge, experience or capacity. | JOSE PADILLO VELASCO, PASSENGER, | Tama native of Spain.and a merchant. On the night of the disaster wag awake owing to feeling somewhat indisposed; heard the captain giving repeated orders, dT belleve I am justified in saying that he did not sleep at all that night, for he was constantly in-and out | of the pilot house, and at half-past five I beard him tell the third oficer to Keep as good a jookont tor land as possible; the captain then went aft to get | a cup of te English, 80 I. understood what | Captain Douglass said to the third mate; while the captain was at his tea, the third officer wax smoking his | pibe leaning against the pilot house; hearing a noise ke that produced by te breaking of waver, I asked him | What it was, but wit steps he ascended to the poop | | and there catching sight of the captain, who was taking | bis tea in company with Mr. Woolrich, told him of the breakers; instantly the captain sprang forward and made for the pilot house, where he seized the bell com- municating with the engine room and pulled ft forthe engineer to stop; at this moment the steamer struck ; Cap- | tain Douglass was on foot for day and night and appa- | rently did without 1p; during the catastrophe and | subsequently he was yet full of energy and | qi he sueceeded in saving ° sary, I suppose, to state that he was | the last to | iy THOMAS B. WOOLRICH, PASSENGER, This witness stated that he was an Englishman and | forty years of age, and had emburked at Amnapala bound for Sulina Cruz: at halt-pastfour onthe morning of the | | wreck, said he, the captain invited me to join him in drinking @ cup of tea; while with him the third officer | came and sald, “Captain, I think I see lew Jand;" the | | Captain, then told him to change the course trom horth | east to cast and then looked for the land just mentioned, | but was not able to distinguish it; we then went into thé | | captain's room for a few moments, but soon came out to | look for our tea, which a boy quickly brought us, and | | While holding it'in our hands, at a few minutes past Ave. | | We heard # slow step approaching, and soon are thi mate appeared, saying, “There ate breakers ahead with a bound’ the captain sprang for the bell in 1 pilovs Rowe to stop, the engines, and shonting the man at the wheel to alter his course to starboard; his tace, although animated, was full of wonderment at the extraordinary juct of the third officer, as the ship ‘was on the reet and the waves breaking over her, making complete wreck ; ‘were lowered and filled one in and discipline ; at one time, how. ing place but the captain what condition of the boate with was ent or al Mt a1 ‘able ¢ r papers: | Captain was the lant man to leave the ship; te bots | were ndition, and the wasin cases | omplevely roten, and had t not been for « lady, Mra 0. Lewis, an Amer ing in Nicaragua, taking | off her petticoats to stop up a big hole in one of them, her Passengers might have been drowne: conduct of the | explain was admirable, and his men all cheerfully obeyed | SANTIAGO KENNY, CHIEF WAITER. T am forty-five years old native of the Unitea | States; when the ship struck for the first time the third | mate wasin hiscabin; at the asme time heard the cap- j tain giving orders; I think the captain acted nobly. AN IMPORTANT WITNS9S—THE THIRD OFFICER'S | ' STATEMENT, orig tentimn v, of this witness is of an | character, as ha’ ® significant bearing upon the | loss of the 1 Being sworn the third Momicer testi ame is George Foster; lam twenty-one years tage aid a native ot the United States: I was incom: | | mand ot the deck when the wreck took place; I relieved the second officer at four o'clock, and he told me to keep | A Dright lookout for the land, which laid low; the course | was hortheast; at i four A. M., by order | changed tomortheast by | east in coneequence of my having reported that I | the captain's order was | the tariation in the | T went down to my cabin after this | heen done: I'went forward to the bow to observe | what I had taken for land, and which was enveloped in | | mist; soon, however, 7) makers were discovered. and | the captain rushed to elhouse to-aiter the course | and rung the engineer to mop. (pe boat; land was dis- | tnctly seen twenty minutes after [reported it; Tdid not | report my discovery of the breakers ina great hurry to | the captain, because I considered we had plenty of sea | w | Do you consider that if you had not gone to the can- | tain, but had changed the vestel'a course on your own re- | | sponsibility, you would have saved the vessel? A. Ido, { | and there was sufticient time to save the vessel from the Tee; when land was first wen it was distant soine six | miles, more or less; with régard to the captain, I have | sailed with an obliging an gentlemanly commander, and those saved in mapy cases owe their lives to him; he the last to desert the ship, then she was rapidly was filling. A SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION at Acapulco fA ay ao the fact that on the arrival of the crew at Salina Cruz the Consul from Aca- Pulco, Me, Suttop, umubedjately took guarge of the important | fled — thought | saw the land; { obeyed {nstancly with reference to course; I deny =. & 2 the | Captain of the Port of Salina Cruz, who requested me to | | there to prevent the Collector—if he | tural operation: crew. Mr, Prego, the United States Conen! agent in Oaxaca, having been notified of the loxs of the steamer, and having been informed of ihe financial condition Of the sutvivors, paid no attention at all (o the earnest request of the captain to advance money or any aid; and, bad it not been for the assiduity of Mr, Cremon no assixtance could have been had—who even borrowed means from the Indiany for the shipwrecked, people. Some of the American citizeus of Teiaunteper seemed to think that the United states government Was not good for the smal! amount which, for humanity sake, was heededlor the subsistence of the destitit? crew of an American stip, and had it not been for the ness of Mr. Mitchell they must have perish: we." Of clothes and the necessities of liie, ~ BRITISH WEST INDIES. <a pee Sir John Grant—Initiation of Public Works—Collegiate and Popular Edd- cation—Progress of the Negroes—Finan- cial Successes—The Customs Depart- ment—Value of Property—Public Health—Weather and Crops. Kinesron, Jamaica, Nov, 30, 1872. It 19 announced on the best authority that Sir J. P. Grant 18 to resume his place as Governor of Jamaica. It was a mistake to suppose that an In- dian Lieutenant Governorship would be regarded by Sir John as a reward for the service he has rendered in Jamaica, He filled the post of Lieutenant Governor of Bengal long before his mission to Jamaica became necessary, and what he has done here greatly outshines all that he had done previously. At his time of life however, it is certain His Bxcellency is returning here, on a salary, it is said, augmented. from £7,000 to £10,000 per annum. There is yet a twelve. month to expire on the term of his first appoint- ment; but it is reported the term has been renewed, at his own request, to enable him to complete certain improvements which he has initiated, among which are mammoth IRRIGATION WORKS, which are to absorb the water of all the rivers on the island, and conserve them in great reservoirs, for the benefit of the sugar and cotfee plantations, and A GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY, 2 which is to intersect the island, starting at Kings- ton and terminating at Montego Bay, “+ r>-»,. PYBLIG EDUCATION a Another purpose on whic the Governor ha fixed his mind is the establishment of a high schoo) or college, in the way of completing his great scheme of public education. Prior to the advent of the present government the expenditure of public money for educational purposes did not ex- ceed £3,000 per annum; nowit reaches nearly | twenty thousand pounds, The whole amount from all sources expended for general education in the past year has been estimated at a total of £36,922, It has been observed by the Inspector of Schools, says the Governor, in his report to the Colonial Secretary, “that whevever fecs are rigidly de- manded, the schools are held by the pareuts of the children in higher eBtimation than elsewhere, and this feeling is the stronger the higher the amount of fees demanded. The inspector finds that the requirement of school fees has a marked effect very beneficial to the scholars. As a general rule, in the really good schools no diMeculty is ex- perienced in collecting school fees.” This speaks Weil jor THE FUTURE OF THE NEGRO, in Jamaica, Sir Joun Grant is not a little proud of what he has done in this respect for the mass of the people. His great desire is now to do as much for the better classes who have been compelled hitherto, in order to secure a good education for their children, to incur a heavy expense in send- ing them to the United States or Europe. ‘the college to be established at Spanish Town, with a staft of bnglsh projessors, is intended to meet this end, COLONIAL TREASURY PINANCE, ” Financial ‘success’ con! 8 to be a mera feature of the administratic I have from time to time called attention to previous successes; and the period of foorilig ap; the public accounts hay- ing again come round, it is pleasant to note an- * er very large surplus om the year’s transactiong, e revenne for 1870-71 amounted to £407,271, which, after the expenditure of the year: had ;been met, left @ balance of £22,584; the revenne for 1871-72 has amounted to £449,247, which, after cur- rent liabilities are met, will leave a balance of (2,887, therefore, the last two years will give a gurplus of £05,471 to carry to previous balances. ‘According fo the notions on finance which ob- tain in Europe and the United States, large sur- pluses in the revenue over expenditure would lead to an immediate reduction of TAXATION. A very different ‘principle is obseryed by Sir John. He banks all the surpluses and continue: taxation at its normal rate. The people cry o against it;,but they are powerless to do than cry ont he does not heed them. But will he do with all the money he is accumulating? is the question asked from one to another. Noone can tell, but the idea prevailing is that he wiil lay it out on public works. CUSTOMS COLLECTION MANAGEMENT, Certain irregularities among the officers of cus toms, or rather 1 should say the principal oficers of customs, recently brouglit to light, reflect very discreditably on the government for the course ithas pursued. It appears that the Collector of Customs has been in the habit of lodging the pub- in the Colonial Bank, and aiterwards drawing a check for the amount When it accumulated, or at stated periods, in or of the public treasurer, This was an irregularity, to say the least of it, and a very dangerous irregularity too, for bag hg had a mind so to do—to draw the money out of the bank and Clear out of the country with ij for some other place between which and Grea! Britain there is no treaty of extradition? The affair was long known and much tatked over among the subordinate officers of the department, At length one of them felt it his duty to bring it to ‘he notice of the local Civil Service Guarantee As- sociation, of which all the public officers were the jarantors. For this he was reported to the jeutenaut Governor for misconduct and dismissed from the public service, Anything more unjust and tyrannical on the part of the government and unsatistactory to the public has not happened since the advent of paternal government, PUBLIC HEALTH. Smallpox still prevails in the interior of the country, and the continued warm weather—it is as warm here now asinJune and July—favors its increase. Sanitary laws are being enforced age it: the in- troduction of choléra, which 18” fed to by prevalent in certain parts of Cuba. AGRIGULTURAL PROSPECTS. The eontinued absence of rain retards agricul- id great fears are entertained for next year’s sugar crop. THE MARKETS continue well supplied with the principal articles of import, with the exception of flour, which is | very scarce. British Colonial Traffic in Coolics. By late files from Triniaad we are informed that, | the Colonial Legislature being in session, a State paper was laid on the table of Parliament in refer- ence to letters from Mr. Thomson Warner, emigra- by him for the establishment of an agency at Ma- dras tor procuring coolie immigrants, and &xpress- ing a hope that “he would be able to comply with the requisition for the whole number of coolies ap- plied for during the — season,” and repre- pk that much advantage would be jikely to result from complying with the ordinance fixing @ minimum rate of wages to be paid to “inden- ‘ured Immigrants.” POVERTY AND DEATE. Fearfal Fate of a Pauper Who R: im ea Cellar in Wa: Eaten by Rats. For some weeks past a man about seventy years led ington Street= of age, known only by the name of Leppel, has | eccupied @ rear basement room in the premises No, 462 Wi mM street, paying rent therefor whenever he the means o do to. Mr. Leppel was aa eccentric individual, HAD 4 FINE EDUCATION, and is said to have been ‘out the use of steam or horse power. Mr. Leppel seemed to have no friends and’ but lew ncquetut ances, wandering about much of the time ap- rently in ® bewildered state of mind, visiting large manulactories where complicated machinery was used. On Saturday evening Mr. Leppel, who had not been seen for two or tnree days, was POUND DEAD on the floor of his miserable room, he evidently having fallen vut of bed. The rats had eaten away 8 portion of his face aud gnawed considerably at his lower extremities, As no relatives or friends appeared to take charge of the remains for inter- ment they were sent to the Morgue by order of Coroner Keenan, who will hold an inquest, HOBOKEN'S RIPARIAN RIGHTS, At the last meeting of the Hoboken Common Counctl Messrs. John Lee, &, Bogert, John Logan, A, Sandford, constituting the committee appointed to confer with the Land Improvement on the battle between the city and said company, relative to their respective claims to the control of the water front, reported adversely to a compromise, It will be remembered that the company proffered to the city @ dock worth about $20,000, in case the city should relinquish her claims to extend her srreets to the water's edge. The suits of the cit) against the company therefore is to be prosecuted, and the decision of one Court being already in favor of the city, there is every prospect of a similar victory in the Supreme Court. The Council committee are considered to have given every satisfaction to the property owners ip their treat- Went Of the question, it- is most probable Sir John looks forward to | retirement and a peerage. Be that as it may,/ lc money in his own name and on his own account | tion agent at Calcutta, reporting the steps taken | inventive genius, often | | advancing the idea of propeiling street care with- | _— | HeBaLp with the following declaration of hos- | tilities:— CUBA. Havana Press Froclamation of War Against the Herald and for the Defence of Slavery. Po be Bk Pen and Ink Valor, with Poor Profit, ad ee ener oe from Vehement Protestation. ———+ My. Henderson’s Mission, Commis- sion and the Consequences. ——EEeees Shrieks by a Son of the Sacred Soil—Commercial Considerations as Cause of the Crisis—War, Even to the Knife’—The American Com- missioner’s March to the Battle Fields—Progress of the War— Bloodhound Belligerency and Coolie Complications. Havana, Dec, 3, 1872. Under the heading “Sensations” the Diario dela Marina again eccupies its columns witha lengthy article devoted to the New Yore HeraLp, Like the darts in the flanks of the baited bull, the arti- cles and opinions which the HERALD publishes from time to time in any way re‘erring to the existing Cuban insurrection or the social question—that of slavery—serve to irritate and call forth from the Diario one of its characteristic and petulant re- plies, in which, while pooh-poohing the pretension that the HERALD Is in any degree the exponent of the feelings of the government or the people of the United States upon the questions which so deeply interest Cuba, it clearly shows its apprehension that gueh may be the case and illy conceals its con- cern therefor. + WHAT THE INSULAR SCRIBE SAYS, In the article referred to the Diario declares that if it believed such to be the case it would advise bringing alfairs to a crisis and a rupture between the two countries; but as matters stand the Diario laughs and thinks It is better to be amused at the HERALD’s entertaining ideas, It also graciously admits that the HrraLp is absolute master of entertaining just such opinions asit pleases and would not even endeavor to prevent it from the idea of grasping at the moon to hang as @ Jamp in the Capitol at Washington, but aggrievedly adds that courtesy us well as prudence requires that it should not daily annoy a nation with the warning that it might lose part of its territory or with the threat that there is a lively propensity to take it by force, Such warnings the Diario thinks puerile and such threats irritate it. To show how the last exploit of the HERALD, in sending @ special commissioner to Cuba, rankles in the wounded feelings of the Diario, and citing its own words, it says:— When the Heratp sent its explorer (Mr, Henderson) to this island, or when it found out he had been sent, it de- ¢lared that it had been done with the object of aseértain- ing the actual state of the insurrection, and give to it ite actual importance by writing with full knowledge of the case, After this ass¢rtion It would seem as if the HeRaLp would wait until itsexplorer should furnish re formation to form & well-founded apiniop, meanwhile abstain from treating the Cuban question, unless to report concrete facts or publish such telegrams and correspondynce as Mr. Henderson might forward re- ferring to what he actually seen. This would have shown, at least, courtesy to the Spanish authorities, who on thelr part carried thelr politeness tothe extreme of conducting the explorer to places where he could put himself in contact with the ingurgent leaders. But no, the Heracp is altogether too aoe sna while its com- missioner is engaged in exploring, it publishes artic! harping upon the slavery question, forgetting that it has been settled (7) in the only manner possible—that 1s by gradual emancipation—vy the law of July 4, 1s70,¢ma- hating trom the Cortes, and the decree for its execution, from the Crown, of August 5, 1872, The Diario declares that the nuinber of freed slaves in the island ts nearly fitty thousand—about the seventh part of those who were ery two years ago, when the law was promulgated. The foregoing statement is given by the Diario in rather ambiguous terms, for it is generally known that the decree is a dead letter. A SECOND SPASM, AND TENDENCY TO SHRIEK, The Diario endeavors, as it says, to dispel the halucinations of wne HERALD, and works itself into afever heat, breaking out again into the eight- hundred-year war threat, It says:— We do not concede to the government nor the Congress of the United States, mor to any people, the right to meddle with our internal relations, of whatever nature they may be, no more than we desiro to mix ourselves up with theirs.’ Whoever shall attempt this with powder and steel shall be met with powder and steel, for we can- not believe that Spain wiil ever lower its rights of abso- lute sovereignty—those rights which constitute the politi- cal or international personality of a country—to the caprive of any government or the whims of auy people, and under this conviction the pretensions we consider ridiculous impress us but little, TRADE CONSIDERATIONS AMID THE TURMOIL, The commercial point of the question also receives @ paragraph, and the idea that the Unitea States can obtain what they wish from Cuba by the starvation process—that is, by imposing duties upon tobacco, sugar and syrups so high as to be equivalent to prohibition, is also combated thus :— The duties now ruling upon these articles are very heavy, and should they be increased to prohibition the United States Treasury would suffer in income ; refineries ana maxutactories, unable to obtain their necdtul sup- plies, ana the consaming public, cut off from its necessary consumption. The day that the United States fails to offer a good market Spain will send her products eixe- where, and adopt such reprisals would Kill all commerce between the Spi sions and the United States, with great injury to tffe people, Treasury fnd commerce of the lutter coun- try, Besides, the Hawatp Is taken with the annexation mania, and desires Mexico, Canada, Cuba gnd Santo De- mingo—all to form part of the Northe and then again, throuzh very fickleness, is the autonomic idea, and wishes that ja and the sp ish Antilles should be governed. by t! selves, NOt through any favor to these count but rather that the Union should be. surrounded b; DI connected States, Upon whom It could Impoge its will aa “WAR EVEN TO THE KNIFE.” \ The Diario concludes its diatribe against the We While the New Yor« Henratp frequently occupies itself with anne tonomy, und udvises the gov. ernment of the United States to intertere in the internal ailairs of our country, we cannot allow it to send im good Nanexact judgment of the state of to comsider it | anenemy who, unable to hurt us in act, hurts us thought and word. We ao not tear its enmity, but, certain intentions are of consideration according to their | source, it is well not to forget tor a moment that all the H&Ratp says crgunates trom the enemy's camp. AND STILL ANOTHER. The Bandera Espajiola of Santiago de Cuba has | an article upon Mr. Henderson, decrying the im- portance of his mission and opining that he has not fully executed it if 1t was his intention to study tne true character of the insurrection, its impor- tance, resources, organization and probabilities, and at the same time the means which Spain pos sesses to combat it. That it was the general opin- jon that the HeraLp'’s envoy would not be soim- partial as one should be charged with such a dell- cate task, founded on the evident predisposition against the Spanish cause; but as what Mr. Hender- son has stated so far is just the sameas saying nothing, such fears cannot yet be justified. The Bandera sums up his mission as followe:— LD sent out @ special. He came among us treated with the consideration we are to vetted to hg hag ed gr bad absolu' iberty to wi ragever 1, 101 nore Interest than the finmaty or jo desire this war | to continue In the truth being known, and, finaliy, heving he pod Srened. his mission and seen all there ‘was to sec, he been pleased to return to his country, PRESENT RELI! The Diario in this morning's issue notices Mr. Henderson's departure, but seems desirous of giving the impression that Mr. Hendersgn and Agramonte had had a difference of opinion, Agra- monte telling Henderson that his despatches stated only three insurgents to have been killed at the Viamones action, and, on Mr. Henderaon’s replying le he had counted forty-one, that the Spaniard must have mixed their dead with them. ‘To tiiis Mr. Henderson replied that the greater part of | the killed were negroes, and the Spanish troops had buta few negroes among them. The Diario also states that Agramonte dissuaded Henderson from seeking the President, and alleged the dim- culty of crovsing the river Cauto. After remaining three days in Agramonte’s camp and sleeping two | nights on the ground, Henderson returned to Puerto Principe and thence to Santiago de Cuba, | leaving this place for St. Thomas, unexpectedly, and giving a semi-dramatic close to his mission. ‘The foregoing information has undoubtedly been furnished by Ensign Emiliano Agticro, Mr. Hender- Bol Interpreter, who arrived here last Friday. But, in @ conversation with your correspondent, Enrign Aguero stated that Mr, Henderson informed r we have | He NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER. 9, 1872—WITH SUPPLEMENT. _ him that General Agramonte was not only willing and ready to guide him to the President, but to embark him safely for Jamaica, alter effecting this. PROGRESS OF THE LAW, An official telegram from Puerto Principe states | that the column of 200 men of the Reina regiment, | operating in pursuit of the insurgents, commanded by Agramonte, Vicente Garcia and others, had met them near the Zaramaguan River, completely “dis” persing” them with a loss of seventeen killed, ac- knowledging on their part a loss of one killed, six wounded and four contused, A “laborante” ver- sion ef this engagement com, pletely turns the tables on the Spaniards. A+ © corongo, on the 2th, the Spanish troops fought an insurgent party, killing one of them and capturing eleven horses, A de- spaten from the Central Department states that the local forces of San Geronimo had broken up a negro palenque, or settlement, killing one and taking one prisoner. From Manzanillo the death of the insur- gent leader, Benito Marrero, is reportea. BLOODHOUNDS. The Commanding General of the Santi Espiritu district had added a force of ten bloodhounds to his other troops, destined to be used in the persecu- tion of the negro insurgents in the Banoa Heights. This valuable aduition to his resources, it is stated, will materially aid in pacifying the district. COOLIES, The Board of Colonization is to publish a fort- nightly review, devoted to its peculiar interests, Numbers of Chinese coolies have been lately ar- riving. DIPLOMATIC AND NAVAL NEWS. The celebrated Mexican dramatist and titterateur, Don José F..de Cuellar, who has been jn this city the past week,induced by his Havana brethren ofthe quill to make a short break in his trip from Mexico to Washington, to which latter place he has been appointed as attaché to the Mexican Legation, was on last Sunday the recipient of a complimentary breakfast tendered him by the representatives of the press of Havana, The most cordial feeling and good humor reigned throughout. The commander of the Spanish frigate Gerona, Mendez Casariego, on the same day had combined @ surprise party of ladies and géntlemen at thé arsenal, where Brigadier Llanos and his oficers as- pisted their visitors in having @ good time, CUBAS COLONIAL CRISIS. thas ao 8 SES #£xodus of Wealthy Planters from the “Gem” to Less Brilllant Planets of the Antilles—Capital Sceking Investment im the British West Indies—The Lion and the Unicorn Pawing Pleasantly to the “Lone Star.”’ The following special despatch to the HERALD has | been received trom onr correspondent in Kingston, Jamaica:— Kingston, Dec, 1, 1872. Wealthy Cubana, who have made up their minds to make this island their future home, continue to make large investments in ‘the purchase of sugar estates and in land for the establishment of to- bacco plantations, Thave just heard of two cases in which $40,000 and $50,000 respectively have been given for prop. erties that five.or six years ago would not have brought half those amounts, Property has gone up immensely In value in this igland, a proofof the confidence now felt at home and abroad in the stability of the government, and the progressive development of the country. THE ONK THING STILL WANTING, All that is pow needed, and the need is recog- nized by the intelligent among all classes, is the infusion among us of a little American energy and enterprise. Jamaica would then become, it ia be- lieved on all sides, @ most desirable country, Condolence to the Volunteers from their Confreres in Madrid—Waifs from the Missouri Wrecke Havawa, Dec. 7, 1872. | The volunteers paraded here yesterday to re: ceive a fag which had been sent to them by the volunteers of Madrid. MOURNFUL MARINE MEMENTOES, Portions of the cargo of the steamer Missourt floated ashore on Abaco Island and were sold there. THIEVES IN THE TABERNACLE. Mysterious Disappearance of Collection | Boxes—Deacon Pearsall’s Wonderful | Discovery—The Sexton’s Son Robbing | CHINA. iebration of the-Marriage of His Imperi Majesty the Emperor, | Quiet Union of the Royalist, Unbelievers ang Polite Warning to the Christian Nationals Clean Streets and a Happy People—The Nuptial Chamber Furmiture—A Mag- nificent Cortege in Attendance on the Bride—The Rescued Coolies Returned, SHANGHAE, Oct. 26, 1872, ‘The marriage ceremony of the Emperor China took place on the 16th of October. The! was no popular excitement or demonstration suc! as would accompany the nuptials of royalty Europe, nor even a'very general interest display by the citizens of the capital in the event. Bvery: thing seemed to be formal, and, so far as the oute! barbarian or the more favored Celestial of uno! ctal position was concerned, perfectly private,“ *. PRELIMINARY PREP: A few ays before the event Chung-how and an: other high official from the Tsung-li Yamen, calle on the foreign Ministers and suggested that the, should ask their “nationale” to keep out of way. Some of the Ministers—Mr. Wade among t number, and Mr. Hart for the customs: om accordingly issued notifications requeating fo eigners to avoid showing themselves while the p cession passed along, which the foreigners con: erately did, so far as was consistent with their d¢ termination to see somewhat of it. dors from the tributary States of Corea, Amnai and Loochoo. 'The frat mentioned came, jt 1s said, expressly to do homage on the auspicious: asion. The resident foreign Ministers, who refuse tree were of course excluded from the cerem IMPERIAL PROCESSIONS. Excepting the procession from the bgt be pal ace to the Empress elect’s residence, éverythii was conducted within the sacred privacy of tl palace. The procession part is, therefore, all that can be noticed, For some weeks previgusly th road along the route to be taken by the processio! was put under penpin and carefully watered an cleaned, so that it was brought up to @ pitch o! Nuish altogether exceptional in China. The por. tion traversed is rather over a mile in length, an on the 10th inst. the processions began by th transference of - ’ THE IMPERIAL FURNITURE to the palac The first lot conbisted of the imperial beastead, of the ordinary Chinese four-posted pe in Canton blackwood, splendidly carved and with rich hang- ings. A looking glass, eight wardrobes, eigh: trunks and a few chairs, all in the same materi: aud styie, formed part of the suit; and during th next few days other articles of furniture and objects of vertu were sent into the palace, Many oO! them no doubt wedding presents. About four in the afternoon of the 16th instan the grand WEDDING PROCESSION issued from the iipperiad palace to bring the brid to her imperial lord. é A body of runners preceded it, and! at th head of the procession rode a Mongol Prince, with bis attendants. Then came itty white ponies, with, yellow housings; amd led ox | men in scarlet ‘The band, dressed in. scarlet—silent. A number of mew’ inareing iu pairs, with” banners~d sinall flags of yellow or red, having blue or ‘black dragons einblasgned. om. them, and borne ey t poles. Asearlet umbrella of State. vorglelahe mage Found: emblem Toa, Forty-¢! jarge yeNyo bisa umbrellas. J ‘Two white umbrellas, Six yellow umbrellas, Six red umbrellas. : ‘two blue umbrellas. ‘Two embroidered yellow umbrellas, About one hundred and fitty men with banne! Two men, who walked by the side of the path an aloft lamps, from which a banne. ‘These men were clothed in scarlet and had their dress varied — with yellow spots. ‘Two Princes, one @ fiie-looking man, said to Be Princ Kung, These Princes were the Masterg the Ceremonies. : The Empress’ Book aud seal, each borne ae el alr. ‘the Empress’ Chair, covered with yellow silk and gol the pole: nd D Ts, t ae ed, and carried by sixteen eunuc! bearers,’ all in scarlet and freely ttoned ; sixteen spare * Manchu Prince*“with “aumersas attendants a ¢ ince, with pumero ni nee fHeauls on horseback. ‘ 2) o About two hundred guards on foot : In enumerating the etceteras of the processio: we have here the additions—principally the bearers and the chairs with the Empress’ Book an Seal—which were made on the return, betwee! eleven and twelve P.M. The procession was no! very long, but the coup d’@il was magnificent. dresses and appeintments were rich and splendid, and everything was carried through in the quietest manner, PROVINCIAL DISTURBANCES AND A POWERFUL AGIT, TION, By the last steamer from Amoy we léati that disturbance as oosuried) at tote a as ng about thirty miles from Chang-poo-hsien, in Chang-chaw prefecture. This vitinge ts surtounde by mountains and approachable by one aes, consequently it is very ditticult ‘of access, It is th the Church—A Heavy Loss. An ingenious system of robbery, resulting in the aggregate loss of about six hundred dollars, con- gregational collections, was brought to light | yesterday at Talmage’s Tabernacle, Schermerhorn street, near Powers street, Brooklyn. Ever since | last Summer the trustees of the church have been | mystified at the disappearance of money, in sums | varying from $25 to $100, from the collection boxes, These boxes, eighteen in number, are placed in | }j receptacles, or “pigeon holes,” made for the pur- | pose, in the front of the pastor’s platform. The | “pigeon holes’ extend through the platform nearly three feet, or the length of a box and | handle. The church officers were utterly at a loss | to understand how these continued robberies were | | effected untila few Sundays ago, when Deacon Tommy Pearsall made a remarkable discovery, Deacon Pearsall was sitting in a seat in front of the platform, and could easily see the collection | receptacies, The pastor had concluded his ser- | mon and THE COLLECTION HAD BEEN TAKEN UP. Deacon Pearsall reclined in the pew, and as | he listened to the srrains of the organ, skillully manipulated by Mr. Morgan, previous to the final hymn, his eyes were turned up to the ceiling, and he began in his mind to trace out the plain pattern. Then he gradually looked down, until his gaze met | the ornamental work about the top of the great organ. This he studied very carefully, and | then down, down, until he took in the pastor's ; head, which he surveyed critically. By.this time | Mr, Talmadge arose to give out the hymn. Deacon | Pearsall ceased gazing at him and turned his atten- tion to tracing out the pattern of the carpet cover- ing the platform. The next objects his eyes rested , upon were the “pigeon holes” or the collection | boxes, and at that moment he witnessed a sight | that almost straightened out his curly jocks and | took his breath away, It was no more or less thun ‘the sudden disappearance of the handle of one of | the boxes which nad protruded from the hole, i HE RUBBED HIS EYES | and riveted his on the piace. In a moment ‘another handle ppeared ; there was no mistake | about it this time. To make assurance doubly i sure he kept his eyes open, and in afew moments | a third box een Deacon Pei il_mentioned this little circum. stance to his brother irs, and they called at Police Headguarters and obtained the services of | Dei ik and Fimehout to secure the thief | The officers attended the church for ; two Log ff but failed to catch aazeeey. There | Yesterday morning, how- | re steal! detected Shotwell, aged seven. | ‘ra, @ son Of the sexton, entering the organ | back of the F gsey tes and they foliowed mim. | nt under the platfotm and remained there until after the seri when he evidently became | alarmed, for he suddenly emerged into the organ | room and was then pA He was charged | with the robbery, CONFESSED BIB GUILT, and implicated his brother ag a Tecelver of some of | the spoils. ‘The brother, Longstreet Shotwell, aged twenty-three years, was su! uentiy ar- { rested, and both were locked up in the Washington street police station. The father was overcome with grief at the di T his sone’ crime. | Longstreet admitted ¢ had received some bi id not receive the ben- money from Judson, At ons a aguare “aivey, W0e the lattercharged. Jud- , son’s mode of operation was to orawl under the latform, remove k part of the pigeon holes, raw out the box t | It is estimated he church | amounted in the agg! 3 it may | be greater; the cl officers \cannot tell. Judson’s operations showed that ‘he wanted to steal lat sums, he took | only envel containing money \for pew subscriptions, The nickels and the | be let severely alone. It rar be {i t | treasurer’s position hapek te all this was un- | pleasant one. Persons who had enclosed money in | envelopes would apply to him for receipts, but he had never received their cash, and was obliged to tellthem so. He was convinced that something was going wrong, and various speculations as the modus operandi of the fraud were induiged in, but no clew was obtained until Deacon Pearsall’ Woneerral discovery revealed the sacrilegious sys- m0. =. Reve, ss mr ove eos te mete - complaint against the prisoners, a rg DoLars Fumbles Yale 10-dax> , | an undesirable | cordin; | on the way across, home of a very powerfui clan named Hung, a whose head 18 one mong 0 said to worth over a _ wmillion taels, an connected by business with some of th largest Chinese houses im the South, Shanghi ‘Tientsin and elsewhere. This man has surrounde: himself with a number of followers and ado} children, Of the latter alone ke is sald to havi about a thousand, whom he provides with a fe mow of land and a wife each, tl lies taking his name. As may be im he ig son to interfere with. time since the Chi-hsien of Changpoo sent his poe to Too-hstin-nsiang to arrest some murderers, ording to one: account, and» {0 collect taxes ace to another. ‘The clan resisted and beheaded three of the po= licemen and their officer, a tary Mandarin — named Pab-tsung. The Chi-hsten, of cor , had t@ report the circumstance, to the Chai hau Taou~ i-and Chéntai, by whom it was referred to tha Viceroy of Foochow, who at once 9 CITES | steamer fall oh, ayoans ef, eet para: a Amoy in vindicating outraget and om the ath September this jofioer des abched a steamer and a number of war junks and troops tq the refractory village, which 18 sald te be moated, walled and fortitit ‘The most diverse rumors are in Circulation garding the expedition; that it could not get int | the village; that it had_taken unmolested posse: sion of it, the clan having dispersed to the fou winds of heaven, &c. The rumor among the bet- ter informed is, however, that as soon as the troop@ reached the village Hung-stt, to show his good will, sent them @ quantity of provisions, and veygged the diplomatic services of @ reverend gen. tleman to intercede for their withdrawal, ie atuir, and his probable dismissal is spoken of. COOLIES RETURNED FROM DISGUISED SLAVERY. The coolies from the ship Maria Luz, bound for Peru, arrived at this port per steamship New York on the 2ist Inst., im charge of Chen of the Mixed Court. ‘The coolies were tai in_ small parties, and conducted by the Chilisien’s officers to quar- ters prepared for them outside the south gate, where they will remain till the local authorities ges can find a suitable vessel to convey them back ta their mative province of Kwantang. One man died and many others look rather iil- conditioned, but this they ‘no doubt soon get over. Astrong guard of constables inded at the wharf to prevent any disorder, similar Precautions have been taken at ‘k ta which the coolies have been sent, The body of the deceased coolie was emonlmed and brought op ta Shanghae, COURT CALENDARS--THS DAY, Surreue Court—Caausxns—Held by Jadge Bar rett.—Nos, 32, 40, 62, id 76, 77, 78, 90, Mi 101, 162, 168, 104, 16, 10F, 108, 116, inty 143, Call ns a : ‘fiensan CouRT—SreciaL TERM—Held Ray Faucher—Issues ef law aud. fect.—Nos, 26, 37, Ri ro 47, 48, 40, 50, 51, 62, 5%, 64, crise roemcer tate 1 023, pi , Held by Judge Brady,—Nos, 770, 120434, 1928, 1292, 1242, 5, 608, 702, 688, 1140,, 898, udge 1an—Nos, 180) isi 1657, 1869, 490, 601, 110% 1671, 1871, 257, 1821 Part 2.—Nos, 1385, 1256, 184, 1886, 112, 1194, 1¢ 1540, 726, 1226, 1476, 1402, 876, 1482, 1486, Count oF ComMMON DaeaNon oon Tnou ti L— i 609, 1634, 1589, 1624, 1051, 74, 1385, 107: "set phat ae oe a 1618, 1034, 186 ty 15, 1542, Count OF COMMON PLEAS—Céneral: Term—Held Py one tos. 19h 2am 124, ke LAL Ak Soe Ta a Bo), 80, 0, 130, 45, 182, 10. 140, oni Ae Om FH OH Soe rie) Reta ‘a 2 $5 Held by Judge Van Break 76), 945, 2100, 1619, 1957, 2199, 2vil yi 2281, 2280, 2294, 2205, 2301, 2308, ered Tua 106s 82), 68, Held Ld Jaa 769, 777, 1109, 516, 908, 964, 950, 963, 96 + 95, 970, 971, 972, The body of the littie girl, six years of age, rur over and killed on Saturday afternoon, corner o Duane and Hudson streets, by a truck and team 0 horses, driven by George W. Armstrong, wa subsequently identified as that of Margaret Cooney who lived with her mother at No. 9 Harrison street pw ANT tea Were taken home and Coroner Keenal 101 ey and their tami« | some | ‘hsien does not come blamelessly ont of the i