The New York Herald Newspaper, April 5, 1873, Page 3

= es | ee DEATH'S VICTIMS, Captain Williams’ Statement to a Herald Correspondent. MISCALCULATIONS. Coal Enougb,. ‘it Not-for: Those: Three _ Days of Heavy” Weather.” DECEIVED AS TO DISTANCE AND POSITION. “Solély on Account of the North- erly-Set'Current,” hadowes on ee aires if <7 SEAMANSHIP EXPLAINED. Leads fact Lines Ready, but None'Were Used: The'Dominion Government to Bury the Dead. The Question in. the Provincial Par- liament. of Nova Scotia. CHRISTIANITY VERSUS GREED. Noble Conduct of a Saldon Passenger. Searching For, Identifying and Guard- ing the Drowned. Victims. Important Statement From Williams. Haxrrax, April 4, 1873, As usual after the first fever of excitement occasioned by gréht calamities or events that appeal to popular sympathy has. subsided, Halifax is to-day wrapped in gloom. Specu- lation as to the cause of the disaster, the exact number of the drowned and a thousand other minor points have been superseded by a feeling of general sadness, and the sentiment of the public is almost entirely in behalf of the friends of the dead ‘passengers, ‘To some few men, however, there is nothing that ‘can occur to disturb their business calculations unless it directly touches their pockets; no | calamity induces words of sympathy or re- gard unless it affects immediate relation- ships. To such the misfortunes of their fellow men come as items of. good fortune. Halifax has some of these sordid characters among her population. To these the sun rises and sets; the days, months and years roll on; the noise and tumult of business continues from year’s end to year’s end—all for them. Ifa city is burned, or a thousand persons swallowed by an earthquake, are these reasons why they should not turn an honest penny on the same account? If a shipload of passen- gers find a watery grave almost within sight of their dwellings and offices, is that a reason why they should behold the spectre of death on the rocks and hear ought but pleasant tousic in the ceaseless roar of the wild waves? Why should they not seck to purchase from the ghouls, who infest our harbors, jewelry end raiment torn from the bodies of the dead, of cargo stolen from the wreck? Yes, scores now await a harvest from the plunderers and euffians who will return from Prospect. Let me now turn to other matter of importance. INTERVIEW WITH CAPTAIN WILLIAMS, Captain Williams returned from the wreck of the ill-fated Atlantic this morning in a steam tug, andas the all-important question of the miscalculations that led to the terrible holocaust had not been satisfactonly cleared up, I thought I could do no better than obtain @ more explicit account from his own lips than bas been previously published. Accordingly I sought an interview with the Captain, which I give about as it transpired. Rerorrer—Captain Williams, how do you find yourself after your terrible experience? Captain Wuuusms—Improving, bodily; though my limbs are still very stiff and pain- ful, but in mind stunned—the whole disaster seems like a dreadfull nightmare. Rerorrma—You spent last night at Marrs Island, with the bodics and looking after the wreck, Captain Wu.r1aMms— Most of the night, and enti] 1 bad persomally examined and identi- Ged all that lay upon the hillsides, and, God knows, would willingly have exchanged places with them could the lost have stood where I aid. Ruerortren— Were figured ? Captain Wriatams—Many were, though sbout forty presented the appearance of quict aleep, expecially so in the cases of the little children. WERE THE BODIES MUTILATED ? Rurorrxn— Was there any truth in regard to the mutilation of the bodies ? Captain Wnuums—None whatever. I specially examined the fingers, to dis- prove, if necessary, such engational re- Captain the bodies much dis- porte, I believe that many of the bodies were sifted by otberp then thee from Prompect NEW YORK, HURALD, SATURDAY,, APRIL 6, 1973—TRIPLE SHEET. Point before brought ashore, but there was no mutation. you were being so much out of your position? x Captain Wiruams—Solely on_account of the current; ,Jémnst haya, been: @ smprtherly eet, ag well as westerly» I-aHowed what, in greece tothe eastward, . position on Moxidey noon? © on - . THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS, Captain Wiiams—Yoe, quile;, both baro- taken by different instruments, and, observers, I made ite rule that al) the ofleecrs should- 5 ee RES i participate in the navigation of the position of the ship and the devistian of the Gh ‘courbes steered. when, according’ to all’\your réckonings, you should still have been a safe distance from it ? 9 ‘WHY HB STRUCK THE LAND, ; Gnptain Wrtitiwes—T have alzendy, stated to or. two, or, three_préceding days T had foand the ship, by obssivations, to have been ‘act?’ to the southward and eastward of her position.: “By reckoning Iwas not as- toniched at this southeasterly “set,” knowing the heavy northerly and westerly gales that hed prevailed’ in ‘the ‘Atlantic ‘during’ the Winter; in fact, when making the northern passage ‘homeward’ bound I dédided to near the Virgin Rocks more than Cape Race. THE CAPTAIN IN THE CHART ROOM. -Ruponran—-Were you.on deck when the ship struck ? Captain Wit1kms—No; I was in the chart room, which is on the saloon deck; and less than thirty feet frum! thé bridge, | When the wheel-honse windows were open I could hear anything that went on on deck. ‘Reronten—Had you the leads and lines ‘pre- piited ? Captain Writtame—Yes, both deep eea and hand, conled' on ‘the bridge deck, the leads being’ armed) and patents attached; both anchors were also'in the bows, °’ NO LEADS URED—WHY ?! Rurorren—Did you use those leads? ep ee et - Rerorter—Is'it not customary todo so in approaching the land? Coptain Wiuz1ams—Yes, when approaching @ low, eandy shore, or in making the land in hazy weather; but tho night being clear, though overcast, and knowing that Sambro Island light should be seen from fitteen to twenty-one miles, I did not think it necessary. MR. METCALF’S SEAMANSHIP. Reporren—Mr. Metcalf wag the officer of the deck at the time ; did you consider him a faithful and competent officer ? Captain Wx11ams—Undoubtedly, or I should never have left him, but should have remained on the bridge with him. During the conversation the Captain curiously handled a little pistol belonging to your correspondent. I could but think when he was toying with it that I was glad the cartridge was absent, Such are Captain Williams’ responses to direct questions. He may have been crimi- nally negligent, but‘he seems to, have been a man inthe supreme moment. Through the Henaxp the world can read and judge, DEALING WITH THE DEAD. Hatipax, April 4, 1871. When Captain Williams returned from the scene of the calamity, this morning, he brought on the steamer the dead bodies of J. H. Price and Henry 8. Hewitt, of New York; Albert J. Sumner, of San Francisco; Mr. and Miss Merritt, of New York; and Second Officer Metcalf. One hundred and sixty-four bodies now He upon the beach at Marrs Island, They are now much swellen, bruised and discolored, The body which was supposed to be that of Mrs. Fisher seems to be that ofa steerage passenger who strikingly resembled her, but the hands were coarse and large amd evidently those of a hard- working woman, SAD SCENES, Very sad were many of the scenes, Most of the women and children looked ruddy. and placid in the face as though they had been awakened to die without being conscious of the cause of their death. The eyes of most of them were open and no diMicuity would be experienced in recognizing some of them. A stranger could at a glance tell the nationality ot the dead he gazed on. In one case a woman was seen lying en the seaweed-cov- ered rock, with her face upturned to the blue sky and grasping in a mother’s death grasp a chubpy- faced infant, whose lips were still fastened to the feuntain whence ke had been drawing his supply of nourishment. Some sudden wave had probably awept the two into eternity while the mother, care- ful for her child, was in the act of quieting the infant. TWENTY-TWO MORE BODIES RECOVERED. The weather has beéi Yough to-day dnd not Much exertion has been made to recever bodies, Those saved were being placed ia rude coffins, Teady tobe buried, At six o’clock this evening twenty-two more bodies had been recovered, one of them evidently a lady of the saloen, from the ornaments upon her hands. She was found three miles at sea, When the Captain left the ship there were but fifteen passengers remaining in the rig- ging. THR CREW DENY THE ROBBERIES ALLEGED, The crew mdignantly deny the steries in regard to pillaging the dead bodies, and say if anything of that kind occurred it must have been by some Liverpoo! stowaways, of whom there were no less than fiiteen, and seven of them saved themselves. It must be admitted that most of the pillaging thus far has been frem the dead bodies, , THE VICTIMS TO BE BURIRD BY THE GOVERNMENT. In the House of Assembly this afternoon Mr. Bianehard moved that the Clerk of Works be sent to the scene of the wreck Of the Atlaatic to make arrangements for baving ali the bodies of the vic- tims of the disaster brought to town, and w piece of gronnd be eelected to bury all those not otherwise Gisvosed of; @ suitable mMOopyMeDt alvo to be erected, The Provincial Secretary stated that the Clerk would be sent down to attend to the matter. ‘Those who know state that something of this kind is almost absolutely necessary, as.there is no suitable pice, obec in the vicinit ales Sida wasiveia wreck took place. A meeting of y was held this aiternoon, when a communication was handed in from the Provincial-government, asking the co- scan eect lars bodies that ‘were trom the wreck ‘brought to"the clty‘emd buried. in the cemeteries here. The request was immMciately complied with. ‘The Mayor end. the Cemetery Paemustennsi a vernment im the rnoon, ‘conference with the Ca Y and decided to seiid’'a telegram to the’ Déminion government Baking’ for a spotito be sét spart on ‘Lawior’s Island for the burial of the dead, | THE BURIAL OF THE’ DEAD.” Proceedings in the Nova Scotia House of. Assembly. HALIFAX, April 4, 1873; In the Provincial House of Assembly this afternoon Hon, Daniel McDonald, Commissioner of Mines and Works, said that an application bad been made to the government for assistance to bury the bodies that had been recovered from the wreck of the Atlantiq, and that the: Chief Clerk of the Board of Wotka would be sent to the scene of the disaster | Wits sudicient number of assistants to the work,” ’ NED Re PODIR Ge (0 WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL DO, Hon. W. B. Vail, Provincial Secretary, made a further statement tothe effect that Mr, Morrow had called upon the government t0 say that, although 180 coffins had been sent down yesterday and @ number of carpenters'to furnish others ifre- quired, he had just received information that it Was impossible to get men there to bury,the dead, and that the bodies were atill lying on the shore. Mr. Merrow had stated further that, sithongh the company were disposed to pay any .reagonable amount, they had been at large expense already, and that it was desired that the government bheuld make an appropriation for this purpose. Mr. Reid, the Clerk of the Board of Works, had been sent up to gonfer with Mr. Morrow in regard to the matter. E , Nouns FROM THB OPPOSITION LEADER, Mr, Blanchard, leader of the opposition, sald he. was afraid, what. he had heard, that the work of burying’ the @ead could hardly bé accomplished at the scene of the wreek. .He understood from Dr. Hannan that in the neighberhood ef Prospect there was merely a thin soll covering the rocks, and that it was im- possible to find @ suitable place fer the interment of 80 many people. He thought that the bodies should be brought to Halifax, amd hoped the time would come when there would be a monument in our cemetery to preserve te future generations the memory of this sad event and to mark the last rest- ing place of these unfortunate people, . REMOVE THR BODIRS. Hon. Mr. Vaii said he had made some ingniry from Mr. Sumichrast, who had visited the scene of the disaster, and had learned from that gentleman that a large trench had been prepared ata short istance irom the spot where the bodies were lying. Ithad occurred to him that 1¢ would be bétter to remove them by steamer to some place where it would be more convenient to have them buried, and the honorable Commissioner of mincs would probably see Mr. Reid and arrange about the matter. Mr. Ryerson said he had met with a gentleman who bad come from the scene of the wreck and had learned from him that it would be more con- Venient and less expensive to bring the bodies to Halifax than to bury them where they were. There was only @smail cemetery at Prospect, and it did not afford room to bury all the ‘bodies that had been recovered. PLAOB TH | HALIFAX CEMETERY. Mr. Blaachard sat thareWaa alarge space in the Halifax cemetery that had been appropriated for purposes of this kind, fore that the bodies should be brought to the city, and he had no doubt that the steamer Lady Head could easily be obtained tor the service; they could then be respectably interred in the cemetery and eventually, either at public or at private expense, @ suitable monument could be erected which would be creditable to the city ard gratifying t the friends of those who had perished in this disaster. Hon. Commissioner of Mines said he was informed that graves had been dug already, and that a num- ber of bodies had been buried, REMARKS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. Hon. H. W. Smith, Attorney General, said that it was certain that very few ef the bodies of females had yet come ashore. It was thought thas the poor women had been kept below the deck and their bodies weuld net be recovered until the divers were able to explore the cabin. It woald be More satistactory that the bodies of the dead should be buried where some suitable monument could be erected to point out their resting place to the relatives and friends who might hereafter visit the city. NONE BURIED YET. Mr. Pineo said he had spoken to Mr. Brady, the third oMcer, within the last hour and he had understood that no bodies had been interred yet and that to-morrow had been appointed fer the burial. Mar. Blanchard said that the celebrated diver, Mr. Sheridan, had gone down yesterday and had not been able to do anything owing to the rough- neag of the weather, but he was quite certain that he would be able to recover the bodies of the wo- men and children this morning. PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. ‘The City Council of Halifax having met received @ message from the government asking permission to bury the dead in the public cemetery, if that course should be determined on. The Council, aftér brief discussion, unanimously voted to grant permission. The latest from Prospect to-night is that 200 bodies have been recovered, and some sent several miles away to Terrence Bay for burial. MR, MARCWALD’S DESPATCH. PT ET ES Efforts of Hamanity by a Brave Saloon Passcnger. To THE Eprror oF THE DERALD: Hauirax, April 4, 1873, We have brought from the wreck this morning the following bodies:—Jobn H, Price, New York; Albert Sumner, New York; H. G. Hewitt, New York; Mr. Merritt, New York; Mrs, Merritt, New York; Albert Sumner, San I’'rancisco; Miss Merritt, New York; Second Oficor Metcalf, We now have them in wooden boxés, and by the afternoon they Will be transferred to metallic coffins and be for- warded to their friends as Girected. As soon as the divers can go to work we trust to rescue the balance of the bodies of cabin passengers. The bodies of steerage passengers and crew have been cared for and will have a burial, Iregret that every momect of time is so much occupied that I cannot give you in detail teleg from friends which I received tis morning. They will receive proper attention. ‘The body of Mrs. C. M. Fisher hae not been re covered, Say to relatives and friends that Captain J. A. Williams and myself will Jeave no stone untorned to recover the following bodies aud eee that they are properly cared for:— Mr. C. M. Fieher and wife, Vermont, Mr, W. J. Sheat, wile, son and danghter, Ne- vada, Henry L. Wellington, Poston, Mise Sorymeser, New York, Mr. Kroger, New York, Miss Brodie, Chicago. Mr. J. Brindley, Bngiand, Mrs. Davidson and daughter, Eog!:pe. Searched the different isiat ane the wreek jJast night, and the ix bodies 1 reported this morn- Ing were all we pessibly could find. We'have stewards and men at the wreck who fn identify bodies as they are washed agnore ond save then. If it were poasible I would give you details, but every moment of my time hae been given to re- covering and caring for the bodies. ‘The bodies we brought from the wreck this morn- ing are’ now being put into metailic coffins, and await the arrival of relatives to take charge’ of them, I would be happy to render any asaistance He thought it better there- - ‘ams | | Shipmiasters declare that the man on the loak-out Tcan; but the Tcrave for now is a good sleep ‘of about ten ni 1 am thankful my health is spared to render what assistance I can, We leave again—Captain Williams and myself— to-morrow—and will bring up what bodies been recovered, FREEMAN D, MARCWA! ponnrsny ty) THE NEWS IN THE. CITY. Interest’ in’ the Details “of. the Wreek, Yet. Unabated. ‘The Gad!‘eenés at the Company's Ooo ThE Disaster Stil the Talk-of the Town—The De-' aire ofthe Public to Censure Some One—A Partial Freight. Manifest—Missing Emigrante—News from Mr. 8crym- wer—An' “Affecting’ Letter! It: would almest seem that no additional details ofthe:-dreadfal steamship disaster upon the Nova Scotia coast: could: further: intensify the monrnful throb Of) the great heart of humanity. \ The enure civittzed world sits 888 glogmay, sorrowful, anxious ‘audienoe; which, although thére a¥8 no clauioringa '| for new hérrdrly” fefuises’ tobe’ satistied with the slightest ghavement of the true facts, Mere impai? ens, /pertidips; than, reasonable, those who during the past twe days ave becdme familiar with ago- nizing anxtety or hopetess ‘remorse scarce care to héar ‘any Words of sympathy.” ‘Thetr own BOrroWs | Bu are too great to permit of 'a Careful scrutiny as to’ who is'to biame. “Public oplition Is a severe though righteous judge, and’ under the ool, sober conclu- sions of the people the gufit or innocence of the offers Of the ‘ill-fated Atiantic will be tially set- ted: 'Te-day the multitude ‘or friends, who hope against hope, who mourn tne dead, or wlio doubt the werds of encouragement which the telegraph brings, mutely utter volumes’ agatnét inemiciency and ‘insubordination among the officers ani crews of our gréat transatlantic steamships. ‘The city of ‘New York hes ‘not ‘only lost: several respected citizens, but'as thé steamer was bound to’this port'more tan ab ordinary interest in the terrible disaster has been Jelt among our citizens. For three days it has been almost THE SOLE THEME OF CONVERSATION among all classes of people. Merchants, bankers and shipmasters have conversed with equal in- terest about the 108s of the Atlantic, and in turn have recited it to others in all its ghastly horrors, should have been able to hear tie surf in time to have reversed the enyines and sayed the vessel. They are unanimous in the opinion that the Cap- tain had miscalculated his salling distance, as well | a8 that his oMicers had mistaken the lights, but they ‘are of one mind regarding the absence of acute eats on deck during that fatal watch. The night was clear, the wind was not blowing unusu- ally strong, there were probably twenty-five men on deck; yet the noble vessel was driven, with all the power of her engives, upon a rocky headland, against which the breakers dashed with the fu strength of the ocean behind: them. ‘to men who follow tue sea the absence of menon deck’ who were schovled to the sound of breakers is unac- countable. Men who have never been furtner to sea than ‘Quarantine’ are Joud in advancing their theori¢s and iu charging mismanagement upon the officers of the vessel and parsimony upon the:com- pany. ‘With each day that passes the thinking portion of the community becomes more convinced that eu expianetion which Wii satusfy them 1s be- coming net to impossivie, AT THE WHITE STAR OFFICE, ‘The scene at the office of tue company on yeater- day wag very much similar to that of the day pre- vious. . From the hour of opening until that of clos- ing the same faces were to be seen around the bulletins and at the office connters. Men and women who have been periaical visitors atthe desk of the passeuger agent again made tueir usual number of calls and received the same kind, though uncomforting, answers. Many, new visitors were seen yesterday, who appreached the crowd sur rounding the bulletin boards with anxiety written on every feature, and took their first look at the list Of Dames, much as they would have dope had it been their own death warrant, Others, more timid, hung around in the viciaity for some ume before they essayed to try the dreadful ordeal, Bashfal girls and serving maids waited with tear- tul eyes until there should be @ lull in the crowd, during which they might have one moment to satisly their anxtety regarding the fate of coming | mrs, brothers, lovers or friends. The officers of the company did all that lay in theif power, by kind- ness and attention, to lighten, if possivie, the already harassed hearts; but words were power- less tO comfort those who bewailed the loss of parents, wives, husbands or chil dren, Late in the afternoon two ladies one quite young, called at the office to ascertain whether the body of Joseph Moore, reported@rowned on the Atlantic, had been recovered. The rumor went through the crowd in an instant that the young woman was the betrothed wife @f the unfortunate man; the hur- ried talking ceased on all sides, and hard-handed laborers stood mute before this affecting example of @ sorrow which is indescribable, ‘here were many anxious visitors at the ofice yesterday, but few scenes which touched the heart as did the one above described, The company kept their office open until nearly ten o'clock, in order that they migut receive any late news, but very little came, The following despatch was received:— HALIFAX, N. S., April 4 1873, Mr. T. HYDE Sparks, Agent White Star Line ;— Captain Williams returned from Prospect this morning. Pesition of the wreck unchanged; too rough for divers to work, One hundred and slxty-. four bedics recevered. Captain Williams brought to Halifax the bodies of ali saloon passengers re- covered—mainely, Mr. and Miss Merritt, J. H. Price, Hewett, Sumner and second officer. The govern- ment mtends holding an oificial waive 8. CUNARD & CO, The agents do not fear but they can retain the entire confidence of the public, and it would seem that they speak from a certainty, for of 1,350 saloon passengers booked between April 19 and July 12 hot one has as yet expressed @ desire to withdraw. Both Mr, Sparks and Mr. Gartner talk with frank- hess about the disaster and declare that their first uty 13 to look after the comforts ef those whe are ued and to satisfy, as far as in their power, the anxious inquiries of friends, They express the opinion that the survivors bound te this city will arrive On Sunday morning. The steamsiup City of Montreal brought @ part of THK FREIGHT MANIFESTS of the Atlantic. <A portion of the goods for which no bills of lading had been broagtt for signature wis puton board at the hour of sailing, The goods were accepted as ircight, but as the officers of the Veese) were unacquainted with the names of the consignces the bills of lading were detained and Sorwarded by mail on the Inman sieamer. ‘The following 18 @ list ef such goods aud the persons to whom they Were consigned :— EB di —10 cases mervhanuise. Kichard ©. Gurnéy—6 cases private effects. qrorge Stoker & Co,—2 cases merchandise, benjatoin Rionda & Co—10 cases fan Benjam’n Shumwell & sons, of Philade)phia—1 casi Castings, Alfred Fieid & Co,—04 packages hardware, Henry Moore—i3 e Nicol, Davidson & R. L. Crawiord—1 case hardware. He W. Meyer-—6 casks nitrate leau, Duden, Freres & Uo,—3 cases merchanoime, Piumumer, Michel & Uo.—15 cases straw goods, t James Farmijow— 125 packages earthenware, 1d } Dag Oatmed!, % Cases Isin- yoods, sreator pertion of the cargo of the Atlantic sted OF general assorted anise, The officers believe thatas the has not broken up yet much of the cargo will be saved ji @ damaged condition. There was flarge quantity of tin, stee! and iron on board, however, and sliould the vesse! break to pieces the only articles Baved Will be the jight goods that may float ashore. AN ADDITIONAL LIS? OP THE STRERAGE PARSENGERE. The proprietors of the larger Swiss and Ne wegen ecinigrant boarding houses in the lower part of the city have received by the steamer ec the pames of the folowing persone who vulled On the Atlantic, It is customary tor the agents of these boarding houses in all perm wo jorward by the noxt steamer a list of all persons who fave already started for America, whom names of Swiss and sailed irom Liverpool following list contains the ta who on the Atlantic rf jw itzer! . land. ‘Leveler, Sw ma Vevelen Switecland. Loveler, Sw nd ler} Switzerland, veler, Switerant an Re Wiese, Daniel, . w! al ell children ........ + whe! ‘a Z A tel was, ea. ia. by Superintendent Casse ry. Bae es in quiring for one Jacob; Who ia known to have sailed Irom Liverpool.on-the Atlantic. fi eters A News from Mr. Serymser=The Family ot Mr. John Price Stricken ‘with Gricf= An Affecting Letter from the Brother of Mrs. Fisher—News of te Dead. Mr. Scrymser received a message yesterday from his son, who arrived‘at Halifax yesterday morning, Saying that he was about to start for the scene of the wreck and that ‘he would bring back with him the body of Miss Merritt, whose remains had been washed up on the rocks _near/Mars Rovk.) He said he hoped also’ to: be:able to find the bodies of Mr. Merritt; his wife and-her sister, Miss. Sorymser. if so he will immediately come on to New York with them. » ‘The family of thé ‘Scrymsers. are broken down with grief, aud are in deep'mourning. THE DEATH OF MR, PRICE, ‘The Prices are algo afilictedin'a ‘terrible man- ner, Mr. John Price, the lawyer, who was lost, has, living in Mount Vernon, Westchester county, a mother of eighty-eight and a sister, The latter on hearing the news of her brothgr’s death was taken with a sudden attack of disease of the heart, From this she has net recovered. and it ts possible the attack may prove fatal, The peor old mother has. been completely atunned by the news of the catas- trophe, and the effect upon her has been 80 great that it also seems probable that her feeble health will give way under the biow which Providence has brought upom her in he? old ‘age, This death’ has completely disorganized the family, and fn an in- direct way tne lo0s3.of the, Atlantic may be respon- sible for two more deaths. Two other New York families are in mourning— the wife and ohildren of Mr. Hewitt and that of the young Mr. Kruger, the broker. MB, 4. JUGLA. Mr. Trouttet the mamager of the house of D. Jugia, in Broadway, received auother despatch from Adolpa Jugla yesterday. It saya:—‘'l shall remain here some days longer. Write to Paris to reassure my father, I have no injuries except a severe one to the right arm, which is bruisea, Shall leave here Monday.” AN AFFECTING LETTER, Mr. Trouttet yesterday received a letter ad- dressed vo Mr. Jugla, who was saved from the wreck. It came from William 6. W. Ripley, of Rut- land, Vt., and runs thas:— RUTLAND, Vt., April 8, 1873, A. JuGLa, New York: Having seen your name among the saved of the cabin passengers from the wreck of the Atlantic, I write to ask you to give me, if possivie, some inior- mation concerning the last hours of my dear sister, = eee Fisher, uud her husband, who are among ie 1oBt. In our terrible sorrow any ulars of their last few days, aud especially the last few hours of their lives, how and in what manner they met their death; whether in their stateroom or on deck; whether together or separately, and at what hour—any informatiom you can give us on these points will be must grate! received. Mr, Fisher was @ large, fine-looking man, with clear, blue eyes, brown hair and long brows beard, which he were full He was a lawyer aud had reaided in London for some years. Mrs, Fisher was abeve the medium height of women, with blue eyes and light bair and complexion. I thus describe them, that you may be able to remember some- thing of them, although not perhaps personally acquainted with them. 1 write letters of this tenor to every cabin pas- senger reported sav who can teil us of our dear ones, Please write me what you know of them. Very respectially, WM. 8. W. RIPLEY. ‘The telegraphic advices to the HeraLp give the intelligence that the body of Mrs. fisher has been found, ané@ that Mr. Marcwald, of New York, has taken charge of the remains, New Jersey’s Lous by the Atlantic. It was ascertainéd yesterday that little John Hanley, twelve years of age, whose own story of his rescue from the wreck of the ill-fated Atlantic was printed in the HERALD yesterday, was a rela- tive of Patrick Hanley, of Newark. He, with nis parents and a younger brother, was coming to make his home in that city, He will probably do 80, but a8 @ poor orphan, and not with ‘ither father or mother or brother. All three perished, as before reported. One of the saddest bereuve- ments by the awful calamity is that of Mr. William Clarke, an elaatly highly respectable shoemaker, doing business at 11 ver ErFeot Newark. Some three months ago his wile, mi gaint er hus- band’s will—for he had a dread he would never set eyes on her alive again visited Ireland for the purpose of recovering @ small legacy that had been jeft her by friends, On March 19, sne wrote from Liverpoo! announcing that she would sal! the next day in the Atlantic, accompanied ae sister, Who is @ resident of Albany. The letter contained a draft fer money. The old man and the members of his were overjoyed at the news, It reached them on Tuesday night. On Wednesday morning, however, their joy was transformed te the deepest sorrow. The HERALD came, treighted With its columns of thrilling narrative and lists of lost and saved. Mr. Clarke and his sons have gone on to Halifax, in hopes that they will at least see the lifeless form of their lost loved one, THE SURVIVORS EXPECTED IN BOSTON. cinsinsliilankditle Boston, April 4, 1873, The emigrants saved from the wreck ef the steamer Atiantic are expected to arrive here on the Pulianep train, from Portiand, at six o’clock to-morrow morning. The agents of the White Star line in this city have engaged Faneuli Weil for . the reception of the unfortunates, and preparations are being made to provide for their wants upon their arrival. They will remain in Boston al! day, and Saturday even- ing proceed to New Yerk ny the Old Colony road and steamer Newport from Fall River, THE GOVERNMENT INVESTIGA- TION. ——— Hawiax, April 4, 1873. A commissipn has been appointed by the Do- Minion government to investigate inte the cause of the lous, The gentlemen composing the cem- mission are Captain Scott, R.N,; Captain George toms, This board will have full power to send for witnesses and hear evidence ander oath, The whole matter will then pe referred te the Board of ‘Trade, London, England. The DOCTOR CALLS Hw “MURDER.” they Lave picdged for the hatels ig New York, The hoping to tind some one | McKensic, Agent for the Dartmouth Steamboat | Company, and K.M, McDonald, Collector of Cus | ‘The doctor of the ship remains at Prospect two | sick to be removed. He is deeply affected, and, when speaking of the disaster, calls it murder, This i9-hara jage, but he conld not chara ot erize it as anything else. THE SHIP NOT BROKEN UP, The ship still holds together with the exception of about one hundred feet forward. ‘ It is expected that between two and three hun. dred bodies will be found below decks, as a large Dumber of perished there, r ‘The bodies are n¢arly all partially disrobed, just as they leaped fiom their berths, j Very: little cargo pase yet washed ashore, | A. CANADIAN GRABBER. Amid all this hortor the: Fidiculous comes to the Surface. The following despatch) has just beén re- ceived by Captain Williams :— ‘This ts the Rp k atiringiinct us Sab Let me hear from you. SE aaIe of Gatongen goods. Of the bodies recovered 135 steerage, five saloon and sixteen of the ship's fut sae, F The Roman Catholic clergy, ever faithful, are Upon the island identifying the sons and daughtera bess Mother Church by the’ainulets'about mneir’ oF A gang of men went down tothe wreck ef the Atlandc in@ tug this afternoon to assiat the: Hsh- | ermen in their labor of recovering bodies, The cst Mr. Aucient and several Roman Catholic Priests, and Messrs, _Ryan-and-Longard, resident | magistrates, arc looking after the personal effects | and valiabied found on the bodies. : | FHE STATE CAPITAL. j Charter | Prospect#iA Very Muddied’ State of Affairs—Tne Beach Pneumatic ‘Bore ‘Escapes a Veto Madden to the Htéieuc—Donohwe’s Gas’ Bill ‘and the’ Pass the Assembly.” rt) rod AUBAWY, April 619%. ! ‘The Custom House party are in despair about‘the! charter to-day, and all sorts of rumors are afloet-ag: ‘to what'the grand dcpouement will be, "The “hitens in the Senate 1s by no means a formidebie one, and! everybody concedes that it may be got over by a! little timely concesston ali round, One :of tenes concessions is said to be R vot THE) RETENTION. OF GREEN A8 COMPTROLLER:) ©) On the other hand it is given out that rather than: retain him in the bill the Custom House people wilt! drop all the other heads of é¢epartments and have! Do one retained at all. Besidés all this, the repub-* | loans of the lower house are: beginning’ to grumble: about the changes the Senate has already madein the bil.) They claim: that it. has been so altered Uhat vhey cannot accept it without stultifying themeelves. Nearly every man of them pub bimselt on record by ® spcech in favor of giving the p- Pointing power to the Board, of Aldermen when, the bill, was passed, down stairs, and they are» naturally somewhat troubled about the fix the Senate has put them in. It ia quite possible that when the bilhcomes down the. powers behind the leaders, who hail from New. York, will be able to smooth over-everything, but if they do they will | have a bard road to,travel, t ‘THB, CONFERENCE COMMITTEB, ifthe bil igxeserred to one in cage of serious dis.’ agreement between the two houses, may be ever better able» to make “everything lovely ;? but there. are: many ifs even as to the lower House granting & committee in certain contingencies. ‘Things, indeed, have come to such a pass now that there are many of the republicans who believe that, there willibe no-charter at all. But can the major- ity, afford to go home without having passed a charter, even though to pass, one they might be compelled to abandon ali their partisan plans and) prospects? That is the rub just now, CATCHING UP. The business in the Senate to-day was mainly deo ‘oved to catching up the arrears into which it has vi fallen. Guring the charter controversy. Reports, intreduction of bills and third readings were re- sortea-to with a zest similar to that with which” the Benators engaged in the spicy parts of they charter debate. A lai namber of bills were passed, only a few of which, however, are of in- terest to New York city. ». 100 BUSY TO BOTHER ABOUT IT. Senator Tiemann moved to take from the table resolution introdaced some days ago inquiring the eee Pps armen bs w York cit — names of their a) canines, om apo: the amount of Balary to eacl ut che mo- tion was lost by a vote of ten to twelve, members ting, on score of haste and of want of con- sideration, to its discussion just now. THE BEACH PNEUMATIC WAY, At the very hurried request of Senator Madden, Chairman of the Railroad Committee, the proceed- ings in the Committee ef the Whole on the Harbor- t were 51 in order that tho foulo' jation posed :— Resolved, That if bly Concur, a respectful to tiene o hi retire ah 1G, relating to the Beach Pucw matic Railway, “ It seems the Railway Committee had been ine fever ail. morning over @ ru) that the Governer intended to veto the great Broadway bere, and while the Senate was listening to @ rether financial speech by D. Pi Wood, and was bound up in the thi tapgied parliawentary skeins of a Committee of the Whole, the rumor came on another wave more forcible than ati ee indeed, @ certainty, Then the agit Madden urged the above resolution on the Senate, t unwinding that decorous body oe @ very teen ere hat b ita parliamentary entanglements, and cui Senator Wood's 8) most disastrously short When the resolution was agreed to, Madden him- self rted a bey down with’ it to the Assembly Chamber, and waited below until the resolution had been safely ground through there, all of which was done in eighteen minutes, Then he retarned to his seat in Senate and tried te leok bee, ned. ae legit sag pone go aucer- tained, was oppose: cause there was no sat fstuctory sum offered for the franchise of the road, while A. T. Stewart was willing to pay two milijens for it. The Railroad Committee immedi- ately went to work in both houses and corrected this little fault, and the bill thus corrected will be presented again to the Senate early next week. me complaint is made that the Governor had kept the bill in bis pocket till ition, a few hours of tue full ten days without in! oeiniag $3 gf te friends of tile bill of his intention of vetoing 1 COUNTY TAXES The bill to secure more uniformity and regularity in the payment of county taxes was discussed in Committee of the Whole nearly all morning. It proved to be a subject of much magnitude, and the rg oh at 5 ne fore as, mind 4 apeetat brace forwe caday evening, REPORT OF THE SAT SNUG HAL Governor Dix sentin the annual report of the Sailors’ Sung Harbor for the year 1872, The total receipts of the institution for the year were gees 66 and, the expenses $87,637 72, leaving on hand over $88,900, NOHUF'S GAS BILL. Donohue’s Gas bill was passed in the Assemb! to-day aftef a flerce debate, in which Dominic! Kooue, o1 Kings, fought ior the bill like a Trojan. ‘The bill has aiready been published in the HERALD. DEGREES OF MURDER. When the bill amendiug the act repealing the act dividing the crime of murder into two degrees was called in the House to-day Mr. Weed moved to re- commit this bill, Which, as he understood it, upset the decisions of the Court of Appeals on what ex- isted as murder in the first degree. As now held the Intent to murder can be formed on the instant the hand is raised to st This bill makes such an act murder in the second degree and punivha- ble by imprisonment. Mr. Mogsire also explained the hi saying he thought it should be examined to see how it would affect the pending cases, inay- much as the present statute is repealed by it, He thought it was so drawn that lt would defeat the object sought to be accomplished, It should be amended. He was in favor of some provision of that kind, but could not vote fer this bill, Mr. Op: dyke sustained the bill, ing it was intended to ect an existing evil of much importance. Mr. Beebe also sustained the bill, insist ‘that the ex- isting cases. were not ted by the bili, The motion to recommut was withdrawn, and the Will was passed by a vote of 73 to 19. THE BULIS HEAD BANK. rte mndreemepepemen, The Depositers Triamphant—The Ola Board of Direetors Resign with « Bad Grace a New Board Is Elected, Re~ taining the Honest Members—Probab‘e Important Arrests, Ata meeting of the Directors, held yesterday, at the Ashland House, corner of Twenty-fourth street and Fourth avenne, the members of the old Board resigned, successively, and the following gentic- men were unanimously elected in their places :—A. §. Cameron, President; Samuel Wilicts, B. W. Gibbs, Cornetins O-Teiny, 18008 Voorhis, Jr., W. Is Comes eam & gteat triumph for che de- positors, as Mr. Cameron en oR and ver; ular ann: en, and rely noglec iP pusiness atiice the’ UADK ¢ to attend to ita He orves the oredit of the success | attains, : which has 80 far attended the efforts made for the reorganmation apd purification of the institution. | The Grand Jury, it is asserted on authority, | have indictments nat several of the old Oficers | of the Bank, and the newly elected President inet | evehing set measures on ioot, having Fda sod secored the warrants, for thelr arrest, whidh muy already bave taken plaos,