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4 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET THE MODOC REDS. First Peace Parley Through Uncle Sam’s Commissioners. Matilda’s “Graphic Account of Her Lava Beds Mission No. 1. THE PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN REPLY. Want No More Blood—Like Big Talk—Clothes Worn Out. Meacham's Star Chamber In Officially Reported. ition MISSION NO. 2. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Whittle on a General Visit to the Camp. HERALD HEADQUARTERS, FATRCHILD’s RANCH, February 22, 1873. The weather has moderated slightly during the past few days, and a warm sun has cleared the low lands of their white and feecy covering, sub- Stituting the most unremantic slush. The Peace Commission are busy in the discharge of their du- ties and hold mysterious talks together, which re- sult'in-more werk for the clerk, Captain Oliver E. Applegate, who left his reservation at Yianax in order to devote his services to the cause of peace. The settlers in this neighborhood have not much confidence in the Peace Commission, and openly assert that the Indians will not talk with either Meacham or Applegate, as both those men have broken faith with them before. In justice to Meacham, however, I believe he states that he 1s not responsible for their being starved on the reservation, as, though he was Superintendent of Indian Alfairs, the agent on the reservation was Captain Knapp and he had charge of them. THE MESSAGE FROM THE GREAT PAPA, Some time was lost here arranging to send in a messenger, but at last a Klamath squaw, Matilda, the wife of Bob Whittle, and the Modoc squaw Artena were sent off last Thursday morning with the following message :— That the President of the United States, Gen- eral Grant, had heard about the war and was very ord his children were fighting. He looked upon all the people, of every color, as his children, and he did not want them to spill each other’s blood, He thought this might have been a misunderstand- ing between the whites and the Indians, and he wanted tosee about it. ‘That he was trying to have a new kind of law made that would do away with war, and that’s why he said “stop until we talk awhile.” Then he sent a man, A. B. Meacham, all the way from Washington, and Snother man, Samuel Case, that was a friend to Indians and acquainted with their character, to haveatalk. They must not mistake the reason why he “done” it, and think that he was weak or @ coward, or think that he was_ whipped, because he was not. The soldiers were beyond the Indians’ power in number; if he had to fight and had not | enough here he could send enough; he never failed to win in war; thathe would rather settle it without blood. STARTING OF THE SQUAWS EXTRAORDINARY. Matilda was instructed to deliver the above mes- sage and to talk with the Indians, ascertain their feelings and see if they were willing to have a talk. They both started about eleven o'clock, Artena in her war paint, with a white handkerchief tied round her head, and Matilda in a neat-fitting red dress, with a white cloth tied round her chest. Matilda was evidently a little nervous as to the result of her mission, as she was afraid she would find the Indians rather wild, and, although she is related to some of them, her brother was fighting against them im the last battle. She, however, was gifted with the indomitable Indian pinck, and started off to make good her promise, but first leit all her jewels and trinkets with her husband, in case she sould not come out again. As soon as these emissaries of peace had fairly started, the ravens around the camp-fire began to croak as tothe danger they would encounter, and spun yarns about the visit of One-eyed Dixie—how they licked her when she went in, although she was closely related to many ofthe leading bucks and sister of the charming | Mrs. Shack Nasty Jim. COMPANY AND QUARTERS AND FOOD AT RANCH FAIRCHILD, This ranch {s now filled with attachés of the In- dian Department, as we have Captain Free, one of the contractors supplying the Yianax Agency; Captain Oliver E. Applegate, Indian Agent and Commissary at Yianax; Captain Ivan Applegate, late Interpreter and Messenger; Mr. Samuel Case, Peace Commissioner and Indian Agent at Alsea Reservation; Mr. A. B. Meacham, Peace Commis- sioner and ex-Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Oregon, and some others. Mr. Jesse Applegate, the other Peace Commissioner, is also here, and General Canby and Aide-de-Camp Captain Ander- 60 have their quarters in the same building. The rest of our party consists of a newspaper cor- respondent, settlers and the vaqueros attached to and General Canby to an outlying hut, where the Session was to take place. As I was rather auxious to hear the squaws tell their story in their own language I asked Mr, Meacham for permission to be present. He said he had no objection and would ask his colleagues. Mr. Meacham finally returned and Said his colleagues objected. I then asked Mr. Jesse Applegate, who said he did not mind, but Mr. Meacham onjected. Mr. Case said bluntly and honestly he objected, but finally agreed to admit me if Mr. Meacham did not object. As all three by this time had deojded not to admit me they finally concluded to throw the onus of the refusal on Gen- eral Canby, and having extracted a mild negative to my request from that gentleman, I was politely informed that the interview wouid be strictly pri- vate. A STAR CHAMBER REPORT, The Star Chamber was thereupon convened, and the grand inquisitor, Mr. A. B. Meacham, put the squaws through @ most interesting ‘course of sprouts.” After about two hours’ talk the session was closed, and they all came up to the ranch. Jar. Meacham then came forward and said that the Peace Commissioners were willing to give the press the following information :— CAPTAIN JACK’S TALE, The Klamath squaw Matilda made the follow- ing statement to them:—When she arrived in the camp. the Moaocs received her kindly, Said they were glad she had come, Were tired of wait- ing. Out of clothes, out of provisions, They wanted no more war, and were ready to wash their hands ofblood. Captain Jack, John Schonchin, brother of the old chief, and another oid buck were the only speakers. Captain Jack commenced by com- plaining that the Indians were pitched into when asleep. They did not intend to trouble citizens. Wanted to fight soldiers. Citizens should not have troubled them. They went to the rocks for safety, and soldiers came and hunted them as if they were cayotes. Did not want to live like that; wanted the blockade raised. Thoy were tired of seeing women come to them; women did not understand; often lied; he was a chief still; Squire Steele had made him a chief; he did not want to talk to little Ty-es, or people who had been inthe fight; wanted to see them come in there; they would not be hurt, {am ready to talk, and I want to talk to these men that come from a long way oi, SCHONCHIN SPITTING FIRE AT BEN WRIGHT. John Schonchin, the brother of the old chief Schon- chin, and one of the sufviving Modocs that took part in the war of 1852, then spoke and said:—He Was very tired waiting for some one to come and talk, because he could not go out and talk. He re- membered the Ben Wright treachery. These boys (pointing to the other Indians) have ail grown up since then, He wanted to wash everybody's hands of blood—all the past buried. He was the oldest there, would control the boys and bring peace. He was glad men had come to talk to him from a long way off. The Ty-es and those who had fought with them could not talk with them, Wanted to see Mr. Case because he had come from a distance ;;wanted to see Mr. Meacham because he had -come from a distance. A man of his name, or like it, had talked to him before and made nis heart strong. Since then very much blood shed, and he did not want any more. He had given up all his country, but a very little place at Lost River. Soldiers pitched into him there, Always tried to be friendly with citizens, Boys got wild when soldiers pitched in; could not control boys then, but could now. Hus heart had been wild; gettimg better now; thought the wild got out of boys the same way. He liked the talk sent by the woman from the President. “All the people were his children; he did not want them to fight.” He felt like being a.peacemaker among his own children; breaking the trouble as he would break a string in the middle. When troubles came among his people he tried to separate them and prevent blood. He had A RED SKIN, BUT A WHITE HEART. His heart was wild while fighting, but good news sent out wild spirit. He was ready to see and talk at any time; did not want any more women; they did not understand things well. When next mes- senger came they would arrange to meet the men jrom afar off, where there were grass and water. They were to come and not be afraid. I can con- trol my people, but I am afraid you aannot control your people. My men will do what they agree; we are afraid your people will not, I aim not afraid myself, and these men need not be afraid; they will not be hurt, nobody will kill them, Went on the reservation promised place by Link River Jack; no let stop there only little while; Captain Knapp move me to Williamson River, and then again between the Klamaths; had to live on mud (meaning roots, &c.); could not see happy home and rest, and came away. Did not want any time lost about council; clethes worn out, sent men and women to our caches for roots on Lost River; got scared and turned back. Send this woman Matilda back with the next messenger, and they will all come out of roots and talk, We | ke ail the words that have been sent to us; they did not send very Inany—we have replied all we want to send; wien send more talk we send more ahack. TELL THE WHITE MEN NOT TO BE AFRAID. The other old Modoc that talked did not say much, but the drift of his observations was in favor of peace, but he was afraid of treachery like Ben Wright’s, All the Modocs were very attentive to the speakers, and grunted their approval at the words that had been sentto them, There were no | dissenting voices to the speeches, and the Indians seemed all to be in accord, except a little jealousy recognized as Chiet. The squaw Matilda was of the opinion he had lost his influence, and that John the ranch. Accommodations are rather limited, as about fourteen occupy the floor of one room, | iifteen feet square; seven sleep in an adjoining | apartment, 9x15, and General Canby and staff have an adjoining shed about eight fect square. We | have two meals per diem, one at elght A.M. and the other at four P.M. These meais are decidedly simple in their nature, and are served with a fair allowance of dirt, The sugar bowl is an article of antediiluvian ex tion, coated with a brown crust of dirt, wrich has accumulated by its con- stant service during the past few years without* being introduced to water. Although the pro- | prietor of this ranch, Captain Fairchild—a very | good fellow, by the w: is the happy pos- sessor of over three thousand head of cattle, the lacteal produce of the bovine race has never been used in the ranch, and even the butter that | graces the hospitable board is brought all the way from Yreka. The staple article of food at both meals is beef, fried in grease in the morning and boiled in fatin the afternoon. Flour made up in the style of hot biscuits is also used at-each meal, as vegetables have not yec made their appearance here. The Muid tn use is called coffee, and has a | brown appearance resembling a liquid we have | seen before bearing the same name; but perhaps, | on the whole, & man might make a campaign | under worse auspices. j THE PETTICOATED EMISSARIES RETURN. On Friday 1 rode with Captain Anderson to Van | Bremer’s camp and stopped there ail night. It ts | very neatly laid out, at the foot of Van Bremer's hil, which gverlooks the lava beds. The little Shelter tents are all laid out in streets, and every- thing around the camp is kept clean and orderly. Colonei Miller, of the Fourth artillery, is in com- mand. He arrived about a week ago and relieved } | | Schonchin was the acknowledged leader by the majority of the bucks. She did not think that the jealousy would result in a conflict, as Schonchin had a large majority on his side. She has the ut- Taost confidence in their pretensions for peace. The ludians sent no propositions. THE YOUNG MEN WOULD HAVE BLOOD. Taiterwards learnt from Mr. Whittle, who had a talk with his wife, that Captain Jack appeared more anxious to talk with Elijah Steele or Judge Roseborough, and that he also spoke very bitterly | about being attacked by the soldiers in the dark. He also said the citizens on the other side of the river fired the first shot, and killed a squaw and two papooses, which so maddened the young men that five of them started on the raid and killed the white men, but spared the women, He also complained about the broken treaty, and how they were frezen out and starved on the reservation. The other squaw, Artena, also said that Captain Jack would not make peace unless he was given a portion of | land on Lost River. ARRANGING FOR A MEETING. The result of this first mission to Captain Jack formed the subject of discussion last evening, and ull the settlers appeared surprised at finding the Indians so anxious for peace, There were many opinions as to what terms the Indians wanted, but the majority were impressed with the belief that nothing excepta general amnesty would effect peace. This merning Bob Whittle and quaw Matilda started oif te meet the Modocs and ar- range for a meeting with the Commissioners. This meeting will probably take place next Tuesday somewhere between Van Bremer’s and the lava beds, wn Bob Whittle and His Squaw Retarn= Major Throckmortom, who was in command at that , Bob Renders an Aceount of His Meeting time. J returned passed @ rather on dismal Friday morning, and afternoon awaiting the return of the two squaws, Matilda and = Artena. As the afternoon passed away and anxious gazers discerned no sign of ap- with the Modoe Reds=Peacefal Pr tensions—Indian Dave Introduced to the Commissioners, FAtRCHILD's RANcu, Feb. 23, 1873, Yesterday Captain 0. Applegate and Captain Proaching horsewomen on the distant knoll over which the trail mounted and fell, the ravens began | to croak again with redoubled energy and uttered fearful propleices as to their fate. Shortly after five P. M. a solitary horsewoman was seen riding over the crest of the hill, followed immediately afterwards by another, and the quick eye of a) looker-on discerned the expected messengers, | Free left for Yianax reservation in order to attend to the delivery of some supplies to their Indians, Lalake, @ Klamath chief, John Parker, Klamath | Indian, and Modoc Sally, arrived from the reserva- | tion per order of the Peace Commissioners, They Will be used in the negotiations with Captain Jack's Indians, as Modoc Sally speaks tolerably HOW THE COMMISSIONERS ACTED, Uncie Jesse Applegate walked down to the cor- ner of the fence to meet them, and, for fear that unhallowed ears shouid first receive the message from the famous Captain Jack, ordered the squaws to ride straight to the ranch and speak to no one before they saw the Peace Commissioners. After they had partaken of one of the standard ranch | meals they wore escorted by the Commissioners | good English, At oleven o'clock P, M. Bob Whittle and his squaw (Matilda) returned from Captain Jack’s camp, bringing with them a Modoc named Dave, who had been it by Captain Jack to hear what the Commis- ners had to say. Bob Whittle says that the In- | ens appear willing to talk and that he thinks Captain jack is still in power, They asked him how many cit 18 had been whipped in the fight, mean- ing Low many Were killed, Whittle told them, and } These men were coming to do that. | on the part of Captain Jack lest he should not be | then asked how many Indians had been whipped. Captain Jack said none, He thought white man no try to kill Indian; lay on back and fire in air, Whit- tle said he counted between forty-two and forty- three bucks present at the talk, which will verify their statement, as that is about the number the settlers thought were in the fight. A telegraphic despatch was received yesterday frem Secretary Delano stating that Judge Rose- borough, of Yreka, had been appointed on the Com- mission, There are fears, however, entertained here that, as the Judge is now on Circuit, he will be unable to come. His presence would certainly be of material benefit, as the Indians have confidence in kim and would believe any promise he made. At present there 1s no man on the Commission in whom they have confidence. BOB WHITTLE’S REPORT, The Peace Commission met tis morning and heard Whittle’s report. The squaws Matilda and Artena and the Modoc Indian Dave were present. Mr. Whittie stated that when, he got within a mile and a half he saw some mounted Indians ridfmg along the crest ofa hull. I then saw about twenty Indians on foot, who stopped when 100 yards distant, I got off my horse, and Long Jim and Steamboat Frank came up and I shook hands with them, They then laid down their guns, and the rest of the Indians on foot thea came up and I shook hands with them, Captain Jack then rodo up with his party, dismounted and shook hands, They all sat down, Captain Jack in the centre, John Schonchin on the left and the Curly-Headed Doctor onthe right. Itold them what Mr. Meacham had said about his trying to get them that land on Lost River, and also that he wag away when they were put on the reservation, and was not respon- sible tor their treatment when there. CAPTAIN JACK REMEMBERED his meeting with Jesse Applegate and Judge Rose- borough and their talk about the Lost River land. I then told them about the other Commissioners, and they sald they vere glad they had come, as they wanted to talk. They said they were willing to meet on the Platte, about twenty-one miles dis- tant from Van Bremer’s, and have a talk on Tues- day at noon, They would all come, as they all wanted to hear what the Commissioners had to say. They wanted to talk to their friends, Fairchild, Steele or Roseborough; did not know these Com- missioners, whether their hearts were good. Wanted especially to see Fuirchiid, DAVE GETS A VIEW OF THE COMMISSION, The squaw Matilda then pointed out to the In- dian Dave who the Commissioners were, and he went back to-day, bearing the instructions that Fairchild, Whittle and the two squaws would come to see them to-morrow and have a talk and make arrangements for the grand meeting. AFRAID OF THE PRESS, Mr. Meacham and the Commissioners appear to be throwing every obstruction in the way of a pub- lic investigation of this matter, and ordered Whit- tle and Fairchild on no account to allow any re- porters to go with them. ‘This is not the first at- tempt that has been made to prevent the press from obtaining direct formation, as we were ex- cluded from the examination of the squaw Matilda after her return from the first visit to the lava beds. YACHTING NOTES. Tne Atlantic Yacht Club wit! hold its annual elec- tion for officers on Monday evening next. Rooms of the organization, Court street, corner of Jora- lemon, Brooklyn, ‘the Brooklyn Yacht Club will have some seventy or seventy-five vessels in its fleet the coming sea- son, Their annual regatta, always a great event in the aquatic world, will surpass all previous re- unions of like character, and the summer cruise will be a very important and agreeable affair. The oMicers hope that they will take up Long Island Sound one of the biggest fleets of fine pleasure craft ever seen in its many hospitable ports, The yacht building in Brooklyn for Dr, Vondy, of Jersey City, is to be named the Cornelia. Ste is of superb model, 50 feet on the keel, 65 teet on deck, 17 feet beam and 6 feet depth of hold. The Jornelia will be added to the fleet of the New York Club and fitted in superb style. Thesloop Gracte has been sold, but will remain in the New York Yacht Club. General Tom Thumb has purchased the sloop ‘acht Maggie B., lately owned by Mr. Bishop, of ridgeport. The General has joined the Brooklyn Club, and has signified his intengions of “making a Summer o1 it.” The General is having the Maggte B. thoroughly overhauled and fitted in the most pleasing manner. Mr. H, L. Beach, of Hartford, is having the sloe, Selina lengthened sixteen feet amidships, an changed to @ schooner. The Selina has always borne an excellent reputation for speed and com- fort. Ex-Commodore Haight’s new sloop (B.Y.C.) will be named the Genia. . Mr. Jonn H. Diamond, the enthusiastic yachts- man, has built another new sloop and named her the Nimble, She is now beer titted up under the personal supervision of her owner. It will take a crack vessel to beat her. ‘The name of the Union Yacht Club of South | Brooklyn has been changed to that of the Long | Island Yacht Club. Mr. McGiehan, of Pamrapo, N. J., is building a sloop yacht for parties in Detroit, Mich, She will be sixty feet long and have an overhanging stern. The builder will have her ready to test her sailing qualities in all the early regattas in this vicinity. Mr, Herreschoif is building a schooner seventy feet in length for Mr. Peabody Russell, who intends to take her to Europe so soon as completed. Her model is well spoken of by competent judges, The schooner Rambler, W. li. Thomas, N.Y.Y.C., will have important changes made in her rig the coming season. Mr. Charles A, Cheever has purchased the sloop Marquita, and will add her tothe Brooklyn Yacht Club fleet. Vice Commodore J. Rogers Maxwell, Atlantic Yacht Club, will make extensive alterations in the rig of the schooner Peeriess tne coming season, | which, it is surmised, will add greatly to her speed. The Williamsburg Yacht Club, at a recent meet- ing, elected the followmg officers for the ensuin Jommodore, W. H. Baxter; Vice Commo- Mielke ; surer, James Con- year: dore, James Clifford; Secretary, Charles E. Treasurer, Charles Lohman; M way; Regatta Commitice, Mess: Hooper, Sherwood and Kowden tee, Messrs, Rexter, Bowden ) annual regatta will be heflin June, A new club house will be built for this vigorous yachting organ- ization, and their financial condition is very flat- tering. Messrs. Smith and Martin are having a sloop yacht constructe: which they anticipate | will be very fast. Several other new boats will be addea to the club the coming season, and the many | Members are leeling greatly p! din view of its = s 3 & | prosperity. Mide Ese. 7 MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, M. Hervé’s new three-act onera, “La Veuve de Malabar,’’ will be produced at the Variétés, in Paris, after the run of M. Oftenbach’s “Bracon- Mrs. Charles Selby, the widow of the comedian, died in London on the sth ult. at the age of seventy-seven, She was herself an actress of old reputation, M. Gemmy Brandus, the chief of the publishing firm of Brandus & Co., of Paris, died a few days ago, at the age of fifty. The Brandus Brothers were Meyerhbeer’s publishers and his personal friends, The theatre of the Porte St. Martin, which was burned down under the Commune, is nearly re- built. Owing to the success of “Marion De Lomne," Victor Hugo has become very popular in Paris, and it is the purpose to open the new house with “Le Roi s’Amuse,” his principal drama, whioh failed on the first night, thirty years ago, and was pro- hibited on the second by M. d’Argout, one of Louis Phi Ppe’a far tt Cs Si a “noble peer,’ who joat money in the repr sentations of Boucicault's “Bail and Bijou” at fovent Garden, ts Nattered in a wonderful way by the London Standard, We are assured the concep- | tons of the dramatist and actor “would have re" mained the airy and invisible tenants of his teem- ing brain but for the ardent and generous con- fidence and unmeasured support ot a coadjutor who, | following the example of other patrons of drama and music in the Ifke social situation, have, with due respect to themselves and their rank, remained behind the veil which in almost ail, and especiaily theatrical enterprises, conceals the true spring | from which flows the sinews of war.” THE TEN DOLLAR DIVORUE OASE. NEWARK, March 7, 1873. To THR Epitor or THE HERALp:— In your to-day's issue, under the heading of “A Ten Dollar Divorce,” you allude toa note froma Justice Geissele, “per H.”’. I hereby inform you that I never sent nor wrote that note, neither ever Spoke to the parties; in fact that ‘all the papers ailuded to Mr. Hauser made at his private resi- dence, in South Orange avenue, and that I had neither directly nor indirectly anything whatever to do with the aflair, Kespectiuily, CHARLES F, GEISSELE, THE HOUTVET. HORROR Details of the Butchery on Smutty Nose Island. Wagner Recognized by One ' of His Victims. THE AXE’S BLOODY WORK. Annethe and Karen Crissenson Hacked to Death, «- Infuriated Fishermen Prevented from Lynching the Assassin by United States Marines, STORY OF MRS. HOUTVET. Hiding Behind the Rocks All Night in the Frost. PortsMouTH, N.-H., March 7, 1873. The terrible double tragedy upon Smutty Nose Island the might before last, and the prompt apprehension of the fiendish murderer are still Subjects of excited comment. The particulars of the horrible affair as they have been de- veloped to-day show that the only motive for this slaughter of innocent women was to gain posses- sion of a paltry few hundred dollars which the un- fortunate victims were supposed to possess, The occupants of the only house upon Smutty Nose Island were ‘three men and three women, the former being absent from home a large portion of the time engaged in troli fishing. Their names are John and Mathew Houtvet (not Huntress, as stated in the HEraLp’s despatches last night), both brothers, and Ivan Crissenson and wife, Miss An- nethe and Miss Karen Crissenson. The women were leit alone Wednesday night, while the men were in Portsmouth baiting their trolls for the morrow’s fishing. ‘THE ASSASSIN’S MIDNIGHT MOVEMENTS. Louis Wagner, the murderer, was in the em- ploy of Houtvet, and during a portion of Wednes- day evening assisted the latter in the task of troll baiting. He disappeared, however, about eight o’clock in the evening, and it is stated that he Was seen on one of the wharves of Portsmouth, with an axe in his hand, Itis conjectured that he shortly after left for the Shoals, as one of the crew of the fishing boat Iris missed a doray from her about ten o'clock, and, ag it afterwards proved, this was the one used by the murderer in which to reach the Scene of his brutal work. On Thursday morning, about seven o'clock, Houtvet went out to the Shoals toset his grolls, and was hailed by some women from an island adjojning that on which the murder was committed. They informed him of the mur- der, although the extent of it was not imagined by hem. ANNETHE’S MUTILATED REMAINS, Houtvet, in company with two men, went to the house and found Annethe Crissenson lying dead in her night clothes, with her head badly bruised and mangled, apparently by anaxe. From appear- ances it is probable that she endeavored to escape, but was overtaken and killed outside the house and the body dragged into the kitchen. She had three wounds in the vicinity of the right ear, one under the right eye, one on the frontal bone, over the right eye; one under the left eye, one on the left ear, one on the left temple and one back of the eft.car—ail with the sharp edge of the axe. The brain could be seen through the wounds at the right ear. EAREN'S CORPSE FOUND. The men looked further and saw the bo Jy of Karen lying on the bedroom floor, in a semi-nude state, in @ pool of blood. She was clothed only witha chemise. The feet were straightened out, as if she had been in great agony. A white handkerchief was tied tightly around the neck, the knot being at the back of the head, probably to strangle her after she had hidden under the bed. Out- side was a pool of blood and marks of a struggle in the snow, and there were finger marks of blood on the doorway, She had five wounds on the back of the head, one breaking her skull, two on the left temple, two on the forehead over the right eye, one to the left of the right eye. Her tongue was pro- trading. The wounds weve not sufficient to cause death, which must have ensued from strangulation. Sickened and saint, Houtvet, with his comrades, turned trom the scepe and came into Portsmouth and told the tale of florror. No means o! snitabie conveyance being obtainable, it seemed for a time as though the imagination would of necessity serve them in place of ocular demonstration. THE CORONER AT SMUTIY NOSE ISLAND, Application was made, however, to Commodore J. ©, Howell, of the Navy Yard, who kindly gave his consent to allow the United States steamer Mayilower to take the Coroner and his jury, with several reporters, to the place in question. it was néarly nine o'clock in the evening when the party landed on Smutty Nose Island, and the sickly rays of the moon she@ a cheerless light upon the barren island, where stood the little house in which had oc- curred but a few hours before so shocking a tragedy, The Coroner entered the dwelling and stood it was too, as by the dim light of a lantern were disclosed the mutilated bouies bathed is bleed, lying upon the floor just as the murderer left them, together with the’ blood-bespattered doors and windows. The broken furniture, crockery and other things all teliimg the story of the terribie struggle for life that must have ensued ere the fiend accomplished his cruel work. of the bodics and house was about as stated above in the account given by Mr. Moatvet. Karen was twenty-live years of age and unmar- eat and Annethe, (we years her junier, was mar- Tie MRS, HOUTVET'S STORY OF THE TRAGEDY. Before the Coroner's jury Mrs, Houtvet testified that she had gone to bed on Wednesday night and her sister Annetae slept with her, While Karen slept on the lounge in the kitchen; in the night Karen cried out, “John scared me,” thinking the miun in the room was John Houtvet; [heard some one pounding her; the door of the bedroom was tas- vened by some one on the kitchen side with a stick; I shouted, the stick came out of the door and 1 opened it, reached out and got Karen by the arm, and was struck with achair; I pulled Karen into the bedroom ie Annethe ana me; told Anugthe to Jump out of he window and she djq so; teld her te run, but. she Was 30 frightene that she could omiy get to the corner of Che house; | was holding the doer of the bedreom, and the person in the kitchen was try- ing to force his way in; when he could net get in he went oat around the house, and I heard Asmethe Shout, “Louis, Louis; he went back to the door aud got the axe and came through the window; I saw him strike her three times; { could not see the face, but could see the figure of the man, and 1 knew him to be Louis Wagner. I JUMPED THROUGH THE WINDOW, taking my skirt, and ran down by the hen house; I tried to get Karen to come teo, but she said she was too tired; I ran to the dock, but could find no dory there; I then Went out on the island and hid benind the rocks; we went to, bed about ten P, M. and when J hid behind the rocks the moon was jade setting; I stayed there until alter the san rose, fearing Louis Wagner was stili on the island; I went down to the north sigs aga gy 4H my skirt as. signal for help; ame Tip Oh Point Sig shouted, and Mr. Inglebretzen heard and came Ovex irom Appledore and took me to his house, where I @rriyga cighe o'clock A. M.; we were all good friends? Waghér never made ‘an advances to me or the others that I know of; the only time I saw Wagner was when I was joo ing through the window when he struck Anncthe; I saw her lying on the pie when I jumped out of the window; when I was running away J heard Karen shouting, the voice sounding out of doors; I did not hear Wagner speak at ail. , THR OBJECT OF THE CRIME, Mr. Hontvet had $45 In @ trunk, $10 of it being ina pocketbook. The $10 was taken by Wagner, also $5 trom a pocketbook belonging to another Tan and some scrip from another, which shows that robbery was the incentive. The murderer landed beyond the house. Had he not done so Mrs. Houtvet could have got away and left him on the island, where the fishermen would have made ey mince meat of him in the morning, ie, doubtless, feared that he might lose his boat and gave up hunting for her, and lowed of without her knowing it. Coming to tlis city, he immediately disguised himself by having his whiskers shaved of, and then pro- | ceeded to Boston, Where he was arrested during the evening under circumstances already detailed in the HERALD. WAITING TO LYNCH THR MURDERER, This morning it Was announced that he would be brought back on the noon train, and there , of course, the wildest excitement, There Seemed such @ determined purpose on tue part in the presence of the dead, and a jearful presence | The condition | of the fishermen to wrest Wagner from hands of the police om his arrival and Spply lynch law 20 him that the Mayor deemed prudent apply for aid out- lice force. Accordingly s detach- ment of marines from the navy y: were sent for, and it was in consequence of their preaence and services shat the murderer is to-night safely in jail, ‘The prisoner was brought dewn in: charge of he Cit: |. He was dressed in @ dark, parti- colored woollen shirt and plaid pantaloons. He Was destitute of vest and coat and wore a sott felt hat, which he kept drawa over a pair of small, light blue eyes, face, which was flushed 6 redness, was shorn of the heavy whis- kers he wore en the night of the double murder, and his mustache was cut quite short. His the largest ful wrists were mai 16 cuffs being too tight for him, He was remarkably reticent, and wheu not areused to respond to in- terrogatories, he leaned, with his head averted from the crowds of curious observers, against the Window of the smoking car in which he rode, When asked if he had an overcoat, he said it was taken from him by the officers who arrested him, In the course of conversation with Marshal John- sen, Wagner said, with a threatening air, “You put adog in chains and he can do nothing. May be he will get loose some time. I am it,’ he said, holding Up his manacied wrists; “but t alaw’t ag te EXCITEMENT ALONG THE ROUTE, ‘The progress of the prisoner had been heralded ‘ along the line of the road, and at Cg! station where the train stopped excited crowds filled the depots, rushed into the smoking car and clambered up to the window, eager tocatch a glimpse of the murderer. Men, women and boys passed through the car in @ continuous stream at Lynn, Salem and Newburyport, but Wagner, who had been pro- vided with an overcoat by a triend, buried his head in his nands and shunned the curious gaze of the Dublic, At Newburyport a large number of Ports- mouth fishermen joined the train, Three men Went upon the early morning train, expecting Wagner would be brought down on that. ARRIVAL AT PORTSMOUTH. Upon the arrival of the train at Greenland Mayor Marvin and Deputy sheri? Brown came on board and demanded that the prisoner should be surren- dered tmto the custedy of the latter and lodged in jail, but Marshal Johnson assured them that he could and should convey him to the station house, It was his intention to land his arate at the sta- tion, but the excited state of public teeling and the fear that Wagner would be lynched induced the Mayor to order the conductor to stop the train at Rockingham street; and in compliance with the order of Mayor Marvin the oMcers left the cars at that point with their prisoner, an extra pair of handcuffs was put on, and, with Deputy Marshal Entwistle on one side and Marshal Johnson on the other, they proceeded towards the station. AN EXCITED MOB ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE THE PRISONER. In the meantime upwards of ten thou- sand people awaited the arrival of Wagner, and, getting wind of the dodge of the oiicers to avoid the crowd, they came rush- ing dewn heed Street on foot and in pungs and sleighs. The prisoner had been conveyed over half the route, When cries were raised, ‘Kill him!’ “Bang him!’ “Take him! “Go for a rope!’ and @ rush was made by about one hundred ex- cited men. The officers drew their revolvers and warned the crowd to keep back. Intimidated by this show of weapons the multitude refrained from any further,demonstrations until just as the pris- oner reachéd the entrance to the station house, when the crowd made a simultaneous rush, and, with shouts of “Take him now!” “Kill him!” at- tempted to rescue him from the officers. an this they were unsuccessful, The detachment of marines from the Navy Yard met the crowd with fixed bayonets and pressed them back, and Wagner was safely lodged in a cell, The mob, battled of their prey, remained hanging round the station house, vowing ven- geance, but like law-abiding citizens a second Seber thought convinced them of the futility of all a to take the prisoner from the haads of e law. CONDITION OF THE SURVIVOR OF THE TRAGEDY. Mrs, Houtvet is ina worse condition, and great fears are entertained by her friends that she will not survive the terrible ordeal through which she passed, A high fever set in to-day, and her feet are in such a condition that it is probable that amputation will be necessary, in which case she cannot live, Wagner spends the night in our station house. There has been no legal examination yet. The solicitor of York county, Maine, is expected here in the morning. A crowd surrounds the police quarters continually, and many citizens have seen the prisoner. He denies the crime and says ke was drunk in this city that night and can show wheré he was except between eleven and three o'clock. lie tells an astonishingly straight story, but there can be no doubt of his guilt, ie Was seen crossing the bridge from Newcastle to this city Thursday morn- ing and is supposed to have STOLEN A BOAT in this city and left it at Newcastle, three miles below, on his return, as one missing from here was found outside Newcastle this afternoon and was returned to this city, 1t is said the murdered girls will be brought here for burial. The location of the island ts still debated whether in New Hamp- shire, and County Solicitor Frink has sent to the Secretary of State for information. Probably it will be decided to be in Maine, as the United States enrollment otticers during the war acted for the adjacent districts in Maine, and here both agree on the point. The Coroner’s jury had a session at Kittery to- day, but the result is not known. Probably Wagner will be taken to Alfred to-morrow. He has re- quested John E. Rider, of this city, to serve as his counsel, A couple of Rockport fishing schooners were anchored vory near the scene of the murder, and a man came alongside in the night and wanted to py fish. The watch think they could not have failed to hear any loud screaming. ANOTHER DOUBLE MURDER. St. Lous, Mo., March 7, 1873, A widow lady, Mrs. Nancy Lanxton, and her adopted daughter, twelve years of age, were found dead in bed at their home in Mattoon, Ilk, yester- day morning, with their throats cut from ear to ear. A common case knife was sticking in the wound in Mrs, Lanxton’s throat, and her right hand grasp- ing its handle. ‘The bodies lay 1n a composed position, evidently having been arranged after death, and nicely cov- ered with bed-clothes. A son of Mrs, Lanxton has been arrested on suspicion of having committed the murder. THE WEST FARMS MURDER, Ennis is Found Guilty of Manslaughter and Sentenced to Fourteen Years’ Im- prisonment. The trial of James Ennis for the alleged murder of his wife was resumed in the Court of Oyer and Terminer at White Plains, Westchester county, yesterday, When the defence calied several witnesses to testify to the previous good character of the accused. The’ physicians who made a post-mortem examination of the bedy of the deceased were also placed on the stand, and gave substantially the same accounts as they testified to at the Coroner's inquest. When the case was given to the jury that body retired, and after being out an hour came into Court ask- ing specific information as to the law in relation to murder in the first and second degrees. ae been duly instructed 1n this matter by Justice Tappen, the jury again re. ured and in a short time returned with a verdict of manslaughter in the first degree. Tne prisoner, who appeared totally unconcerned, was them sen- tenced by the Court to fourteen years’ imprison- ment at hard labor in Sing Sing Prison. A WOMAN ROASTED ALIVE. Bautimorg, March 7, 1973, A frightful scene occurred about nine o'clock this | Morning at 22 North Eutaw street, caused by the | careless use of coal ei]. A colo n em- ployed at the boarding house of firs, Duvai poured coal oil in the stove to have the fire burn more briskly, and in an instant the oil can exploded. The unfortunate woman Was enveloped in flames. She rushed from the house into the street literally a pillar of fire, the flames mounting far above her head. Her screams ar for several squares. Ina short time undred persons were attracted to the spot. Several gentlemen stripped of their over- coats and threw them round her, attempting to quench the flames, which was not accomplished until every particle of clothing except a small handful about the waist had been consumed, the | entire body Legg horribly roasted, The imjuries are necessarily fat Briverrort, March 7, 1873, S, Wardwell, am old resident of Bridgeport, was killed last night at Stratford bythe express freight train on the New York and New Haven Ratlroad. Mr, Wardwell, who lived in Stratford, had just got off a train at the depot in that place, and stepped upon the track insteed of getting off on the plat- form side. The !reight express, which was passing at the time, struck the unfortunate man, throwing hima upon the track, the whole train passing over his legs, severing them above the knee. He lived but a few moments after betng taken up, Mr. Wardwell was a bookbinder, having an establish: ment in Bridgeport, in the Standard building, on Middle street. He was seventy-five years of age and was @ man universally respected. His terrible death creates @ profound sentiment ef regret throughout the community, THE FORTIETH STREET TRAGEDY. Investigation To-Day. In the case of Charles Grum, the German who | shot himself on Thursday merning, while in his | Teom at 426 West Fortieth street, a8 heretofere published in the Heranp, Coroner Keenan wiil hold an ing vest on the bedy this morning at eleven o'clock, at the West Thirty-seventh street police station. Charles Marwig, the man whose life was attempted by deceased, and who was leaving the room when shot twice in the back, if able, will be called to the stand to give under oath his version of the occurrence, The brothers of deceased are fully satisiied that he shot himaeif while bis reason Was partiaily detyroned, A colored yoman em. . BROOKS, MC. ¢. M. An Address to His Constituents in De« fence of His Wounded Honor. Poland and the Members of His Committeo Dee nounced—Brooks’ Record in the Past—He ‘Will Appeal in| Person to His Friends— The Malice of the Republicans, WASHINGTON, March 7, 1873. Hon. James Brooks has prepared the following address to his constituents :— Enemies have taken advantage of my physical Prostration from malaria, contracted in India and re inne negiected, to offer up Oakes Ames and Fayself as sacrifices to a public clamor, in which two Vice Presidents of the United States, several atyng He ol the Senate oe Bs other Lai louge Were more involved than myself. athe bacridos of @ democrat was deemed indis- able to offset if not to protect the, an@ ence early in December a committee was or- ganized seemingly on pu é to bring in my name with theirs, so as to make me responsible for 150 shares of the stock of the Crédit Mobilier, owned by C. H. Neilson. ‘The certificates of this stock Were notoriously in the full posseasion of Neilsom as ‘long ago as December 12, 1567 (see evidence, page 9), but of those certificates the com- mittee, in January, 1873, chose to make me the owner upon the pretence that he being my sou- in-law was only the apparent owner. The com- imittee was thus organized, I say, for there were put upon it such men as ‘ GENERAL BANKS, A CHEVALIER D'INDUSTRIE, for ears. living in ux en because of his known hostility to Ames, who, when added, re~ fused to subscribe, with certain rich Bostonians, to free his Waitham house from a heavy mortg: nd Merrick, of Maryland, an ex-rebét judge of this district at the opening of the civil war, whose Court Congress had to extirpate to be rid of him, and who therefore, sore ard sour now more than ever, hates the whole human race because o£ the defeat of his aspirations tore-election to Con-- gress; with Niblack, a very, very small man in the plastic fingers of such a sly, sleek and crafty chair- TED ay of Vermont, whose antecedents Os railroads at home are worse than thing allege: against the Crédit Mobilier. ssi f THIRTEEN REPUBLICANS LET OFP, This comumittee, after sitting two months and @ half, purposely neglecting the expfSitation of many rich mines of testimony, flercely feil upon me ii eleven different sittings When my physical progtra- tion was such that the newspapers dail reported me dying, and at last, after refus: ng me & hearing which I earnestly demanded, a fact which they suppressed in the first report of 523 pages, which no member of Congress could find tume to read go late in the session, whem it was made, coupled me, a democrat, with Mr. Ames, a republican, for expulsion, while they let off thirteen other republicans, who, ‘all but one, had handled Crédit Mobilier, when not a share h: even come into my hands. The House and tha country from the start sconted such an absurd re- port the moment they could get at it by retusing: to vote on expulsion at all, They did not censure Mr. Ames or myself; only condemned an act as old as 1867, in order thus to carry off, as on a light- ning rod, the electricity that nad’ been generated by, THE BATTERIES OF THE PRESS upon Congress and the country. Buteven in thia the House did me injustice, because I was not im Congress when it was alleged my interest began in the Crédit Mobilier, or if, as alleged, 1 had any in- terest, it was fully dispesed of belore | went inta the directory, Some democratic members of Con- gress assented to this injustice in the belief that they could then condemm such lead. ing republicans as Dawes Garfleld, Biug- ham, elley, Scofield and Hooper; but fa this they were justly fooled, because the great intelligence, high character and well-known ante- cedents of these men are such as_to make ridicue lous the charge that Oakes Ames had bribed thenz or that they were his dupes, as the Poland commit- tee reasons, and did not Knew what they wera about. To you, my old constituents, who hava stood by me for twenty-five years and over, both: as an old line whig and democrat, who have seem me whether as a member of the Legislature in. Maine or as your own representative in Albany, both in the Legislature and Constitutional Conven- tion, and who now see me in my eighth Congres. sional term, hitherte unspotted and unsuspected in every public station, I SHALL APPEAL IN PERSON, if the good God restores me to health aud life, as ¥ think he will, I shall demonstrate to you that neither myself nor Mr. Neilson, irom a New York city family of over @ hundred years of stainless ane tecedents, was guilty of perjury, as Poland charges, and that both of us told the truth when testifying that I had no hand in the Crédit Mobilier dividends, allotments er profits .in any form. I shall satisfy you that the James Brooks whom you adopted in 1836, and to whom the old whig and democratic parties have often given thethighest honors of the city, and whom Congress has hon- ored on its most important committees—Lands, Post Offices, Pacific Railroad, Reconstruction and more especially the Ways and Means and twelve years there, at times appropriating milliens an& millions of dollars and at otner times levying, witn others of the committee, the vast revenues of tha country—is the same James Brooks, now in hig ripening old age, that he was when you first adopted him and ever since you thus honored him. Yours truly, JAMES BROOKS. ST. PATRICK’S DAY. Meeting of the Irish Societies Last Nighta« The Line of March Altered—The Invited Guests—What the Marshals Are To Do, The Convention of Irish societies met at Hibernian Hall last night, Mr. Kerrigan in the chatr. The first business, after reading the minutes, was the admission of new societies. There were two delee gations present, each claiming to be from the St. Patrick Mutual Alliance; and the question as ta which was the parent organization gave rise toa heated debate. The‘ organization represented by Mr. Callaghan was finally declared to be the only true and original St. Patrick Alliance, and they were admitted to the Convention amid mingled cheers and hisses, The report of committees being next in orde: Mr. Casey, chairman of Committee on Line of March, read the correspondence with the Policg Commissioners. The police recommended that thi procession pass down Broadway to the west env trance of City Hali Park, countermarch in tha space in front of the Hall, and proceed again ug Broadway, but the committee make an amendment to the amendment by asking that they be permitted to go down Centre street, from Canal, to the cast entrance of the Park, and then up Broadway. Taq reason§ they do not comply with the recommenda. tion of the police autheritics are that it would be impossible to mancuvre 30,000 undisciplined men in such a small space, and that by tollowing the recommendation of the police they would occu- py Broadway twice as long as they would by fol« lowing their own line of march. The objection ta going through Chatham street and Bowery is re« moved by going down Centre street, for there ara pietee Bie 3g inning through that thoroughfaro, A motioti was made to appoint a committee to wait on the Police Commissioners and fender them am lebration on the aes n0 Decrease ey cel ae 7th inst 2 ¢ me pogo! thd coraiAT taka TH which. they kad treated Gee committee. This motion was a firebrand, and many dissenting voices were heard. A stale Wart individual made an amendment, which was that ‘‘and Senator O’Brien” be tacked to the tail of the original motion, The amendment was received with hisses aad los@ when put. <A witty Hibernian now arose and madq a motion that Stokes and George Francis Train ba invited, which was lost.: The motion to invite Father McAleer was unanimously adepted, and a committee appointed to inform him of the action of the convention. . Gilligan, the Grand Marshal for St, Patrick’ Di +e made @ short speech to the other marsh and the aids in which he stated he would hold each and every one of them to a strict account for thell actions on that day. If any of them prove delinquent a will report them to the organization from whioty ey come. At half-past ten the meeting adjourned to meet Again next Friday at the same pla<e. A PATAL FIRE IN NEVADA. Virainta Orry, March 6, 1873, Afire broke ont at four o’clock this morning during a heavy storm, which destroyed a third class hotel, lodging house and three smaller dweil- ings, the inmates escaping in their night clothes, One man whiie endeavéring to save his children ned. A boy aged fifteen yei Tamed Jages Niles, while attempting to save su) ed to be in the lodging hor Hey eMtally burne ; the lady had escaped, = pairs cena A FRIGHTFUL FALL TOLEDO, Ohio, March 7, 1873, + Two siaters, named Nicholas and Mathias Brier, while at work on roof yesterday afternoon, wera thrown to the ground, a distance of sixty feet, by the breaking of, the plank on whick they wera standing. One was instantly killed, and the othog died shortly aiterward. ANOTHER ALLEGED MAIL ROBBER. Dayton, March 7, 1873, A man named Avery was arrested here to-day by Special mail agent McDonald, charged with robbing the Post office at Candor, N. Y, He had mail-bi keys in his possession, which led to nis detectiogs ONicers Will leave with him to-day for Vangor. .