The New York Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1873, Page 9

NEW YORK HERALD,” WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9,” 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEKIT. SPAIN. — ‘The Carlists Reinforced with Artillery—The Cam- paign in Navarrdesumed—Report of Army Desertions to the Bourbonists— An Italian Volunteer’ for the Cause of the Republic, TTELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MapRrD, April 8, 1873" : ‘The Carlists have recetved batteries of artillery* and resumed active operations in Navarre. They destroyed with gunpowder an arch of the railway ‘ridge at Puebla, interrupting communication be- “ween Miranda and Vittoria. ARMS PURCHASES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. ‘The Gazette contains a decree authorizing the “Minister of War to purchase 50,000 rifles abroad, 4N IWALIAN VOLUNTEER FOR THE GOVERNMENT CAUSE, It is reported from Bayonne that Menotti Gari- ‘baldi has arrived at Barcelona and offered the re- i ublicans his services against the Carlists. Wrench Report of Wesertions from the Spanish Army. Bayonne, April 8, 1873 ‘Ten .officers and sixty privates belenging to a “Spantsh hussar regiment, General Pavia’s com- «mand, have gone over to the Carlists. Several ar- illery officers have also left their regiments and goined the Carlists. - ENGLAND. “The Prince of Wales in a New phere of Com- mand—Cotton Market Holidays— Mr. Spurgeon’s Lectures. TTELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Loypon, April 8, 1873, ‘His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was to- ‘fay installed Grand Commander of the Order 0 Kaights Templars. EASTER HOLIDAYS. Friday, Saturday and Monday next will be ob- served as holidays in the cotton market at Liver- ‘pool. AMERICAN SPECULATION FOR LECTURE PROFITS. Rev. Charles H, Spurgeon has been offered “$50,000 to deliver fifty lectures in the UnitedStates. FRANCE. eee An Exciting Election Contest Close at Hand— Municipal Resignation at Lyons. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, April 8, 1873. ‘An viection will soon be held in Paris to fll a ‘vacantseat in the Assembly. The candidates are Remusat, a supporter of President Thiers, and Barodet, an extreme radical. The contest attracts general attention, and the journals are full of it. ‘MUNICIPAL RESIGNATION AT A MANUFACTURING CENTRE. A despatch from Lyons states that the mem- ders ‘of the Municipal Council and of the Counctl General of the Department, protesting against the law recently adopted by the National Assembly ‘abolishing the Central Municipa‘ity, have resigned. THE VIENNA EXHIBITION. aa eee Directory Arrangement of the Plan of the Indus- trial Show—The International Repre- sentation—American Progress, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 8, 1873. The exhibitors at Vienna will be divided into «roups, accordirg to the character of their con- tributions, Each group will have a president and two vice presidents. Mr. Sanborn advises Minister Jay that the presidencies of the groups of educa- tion and of the trade and commerce of the world, and vice presidencies of the groups of civil en- gineering and public works, and architecture and farm houses have been assigned to the United ‘States. In the department of art a fine display is pro- mised. England sends paintings val ed in the ag- zregate at two millions; France will contribute 300 paintings and Italy 300 statues. AMERICAN EFFORTS AND PRESENT RESULTS. The carpenters are at work on the American building. Many buildings devoted to other nation- alities are already completed. Elaborate show cases have arrived from all parts of Europe. In this respect the Americans also fall behind the others, RUSSIA. Suicide by a Political Convict in Preference to Siberia. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. St. PETERSBURG, April 8, 1873, Mitachajeff, the political conspirator and mur- ederer, who was condemned to twenty years’ exile ‘withbard labor, shot himself on the way to Siberia. WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, April 9—1 A. M. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours. ‘The area of lowest barometer tit was Thursday afternoon in Arkansas ia now apparently central in Illinois; northeasterly winds, with cloudy weather and rain, are prevailing in South- ern Wisconsin and over the Jower lakes; partly cloudy or threatening weather in New England; southwesterly winds, with clear weather, continue on the South Atlantic coast, and have been generally reported irom the Eastern Gulf States; northerly winds, with snow, have prevailed over Missouri, and are now reported from Iowa and Minnesota. Nortnwesterly winds and partly cloudy and clearing weather prevail in the southwest. Probadtlities, ‘The lowest barometer will prevail on Wednesday over the Lower Lakes, extending northward into Uanada; for the Northwest and the Missouri Val- ‘ey continued northerly windsand cloudy weather; (or the Southwest cold nortawesterly winds, partly cleudy and clearing weather: for the Eastern Guif and South Atlantic States southwesterly winds, partly cloudy and clear weather: for the Middle Atlantic coast easterly winds veering to southerly, with rising barometer and partly sloudy and clear weather; for New York and New England, lignt easterly winds and partly cloudy weather; for the lower lakes, easterly winds, clouds and rain; for Lake Michigan, variable, risk winds, followed by westerly winds and, pos- aibly, snow. Cautionary signals continue at Mil- waukee, Chicago, Grand Haven, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Buifalo, Rochester, Oswego, and are ordered for Duluth. The Weather in This City Yesterday. ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, HERALD Building :— 1872, 1873. 1872. 1873. +++ 60 59 40 43° 3PM . 42 4 6P.M AS % OP. 58 wo wP, Average temperature yesterday. Average tem last year, A MEXIOAN DESPERADO KILLED, SAN FRANCINCO, Cal, April 8, 1873, On Monday several oMcers trom Los Angelos ‘went in pursuit of the Mexican desperade, Migue Bal, They found him concealed in thi and, refusing to surrender, the ‘officer aved apon him, pelirereraed aes re. bight shots were red, ing kiligd and the o - Baa’ Mcers escaping un- IMPRISONED Interest Excited by the Arrest of Jas, J. O'Kelly at Manzanillo. CUBAN MEETING AT KEY WEST Report that the Spanish Minister Has Remon- Vihejas, F. Arteaga, Vicent¢ Mestri and many other highly-respected names, RESOLUTIONS CONCERNING J MES O'KELLY. At an informal meeting of severu't of the princt- pal men of rhe association yesterday the following preamble and resolutions were adopred, and it Was also resolved that a letter should be a:ldressed to President Grant, calling for his interferexce in the matter of Mr. O’Kelly’s capture :— The following are the resolutions in question :— Whereas Tidings have been received in this city thet Mr. James J. O'Kelly, the Commissioner of the New York Heratp in Cuba Libre, has been put in rison in the city of Manzanillo by the Spanish au- horities, and whereasif the United States zovern- ment do not take energetic action in his case his life will probably be sacrificed, ‘Whereas the Spanish authorities are wable to find any legal accusation against Mr, O'Keliv— his only fault in their eyes is that of being a newa- strated with the Captain General. President Cespedes on 0’Kelly’s First Arrest. THE SPANIARDS CONFINED TO THE TOWNS Los Amigos de Cuba Address the Presi- dent of the United States. PRESS OPINION ON THE OUTRAGE. The Arrest a Blunder, Which, if Carried to Murder, Will Produce War. Key West, April 8, 1873, A mass meeting of the Cuban emigrants who compose the Cuban colony here, all refugees in the fullest sense of that word, was held at the San Carlos Theatre last evening to express their senti- ments respecting the arrest of O'Kelly. The meet- ing wasa large one, over seven hundred being present, which filled the building, many late comers being excluded for watt of room. Doctor José E. Ramos was appointed chairman of the meeting and Juan M. Heyes secretary, Dr. Ramos, on calling the meeting to order, ex- plained that it had been summoned specially be- cause of the information that he had recived from your correspondent that O’Kelly had been arrested at Manzanillo. The aanouncement was received with THE MOST ANGRY MANIFESTATIONS, and loud cries of indignation attested the feeling of the assembly. After some discussion, in which the excited feelings of the Cubans found vent in varied expressions, the following RESOLUTIONS WERE ADOPTED :— Be it resolved that the Cuban colony in Key West dare the Spanish government to accomplish its haughty threats to shoot Mr. O’Kelly, and we, the Cubans of this place, pledge our sacred honor solemnly to march in advance ef a column of the American army and institute a terrible war upon the Spaniards, promising not to lay down our arms until we tear from Morro Castle the standard of Castile and hoist in ifs place the glorious banner of the Lone Star, and to this we bind ourselves un- der all circumstances, Resoived that the Cuban retugees in Key West strongly sympathize with and appreciate the pur- pose ef the NEw YoRK HERALD—namely, the ad- advancement of civilization and progressive prin- ciples—and that we are ready to lend our aid to the editor, and all our co-operation, moral and material, in his reclamation of Mr. O'Kelly, im- prisoned now by cowardly, treacherous and blood- thirsty Spaniards; and that we protest against the | brutal and at this time miquitous conduct of the Spanish government in their attempts to inter- rupt the candid communication of truth to the | world respecting the Cuban question, alter four years and a half of awful war, in which the Span- jards have committed such atrocities as reproach all existing civilization, and are a-shame upon mankind. Resolved, That copies of these resolutions be sent to the editor of the New York HERALD and to | the editor of the El Republicana for publication. The Spanish Minister and Mr. O'Kelly, It was reported yesterday among Spanish com- mercial circles in this city that a private telegram had been received here from Washington stating | that the Spanish Minister, Admiral Polo de Bar- | nabé, had telegraphed to the Captain General re- questing that Mr. O'Kelly should not be executed, and that he wrote full particulars by mail. The report is little better than a rumor, but it is given for what itis worth. Manzanillo, where Mr. James J. O'Kelly, the HERALD’s Commissioner to Cuba Libre, is now in prison, was fully described in last Sunday’s HERALD nan article describit& that city’s brief capture by the Cuban patriots. The following reminiscences of what happened at that place in 1869, when a British subject, found in arms against Spain, was captured by the Spanish ferces and delivered to a British man-ofwar, will be read with in- terest at the present moment. The _ indi- vidual in question was an English engi- heer employed at the sugar works on one of Vice President F. W. Aguilera’s plantation. The man was taken after his capture te Manzanillo und held, with other prisoners. Mr. Ramsden, British Consul, telegraphed to Kingston, Jamaica’ requesting that a British man-of-war might in” stantly be despatched to Manzanillo, A few hours later the frigate Semiramis made its appearance Governor Ampudia, the military commander ef the town, mstantly brought the man in question down to the whart, and nothing would satisfy the commander of the British vessel but that the prisoner should be de- livered on board his vessel, which request was actually complied with. The same British Consal (Mr. Ramsden) subse- quently, during the Cuban revolution at Santiago de Cuba, protected Mr. Phillips, United States Vice Censul at Santiago de Cuba, whom the Spaniards accused of being in league with the Cuban patriots, and with much difMficuity secured his passage to Jamaica on board the French mail packet, and by so doing in all probability saved his life. bombarded, The Cubans in the City on the Herald Commissioner. The greatest sympathy exists in this city among all classes of Cubans touching the fate of Mr. James J. O'Kelly, and it is no exaggeration to say that yesterday it was the current theme of conversa- uon in Cuban circles. The majority feared the worst for “£l valiente O'Kelly,” as he is termed, basing their ideas on the proverbial treachery of the Spantard. According to some he would be poisoned, while others, maintained that he would be shot by order of the Court now trying him, or be assassinated, if not by some hired bravo, through the medium of the Volunteers. One aged Cuban remarked, “Captain General Ceballos is a Mind of Pontius Pilate, who wants to wash his hands of poor O’Kelley’s death.’ Another stated that Ce- ballos dare not let O'Kelly be sacrificed; it would prejudice him with the Madrid government, and he would be speedily removed from his present osition. Doak LOS AMIGOS DE CUBA, ‘The feeling of sadness on the subject was most The Place of Our Commissioner's Arrest. | off the port and demanded that the Englishman | should be given up within two heurs, er, ifthe re. | quest was not complied with, the town would be | paper correspondent who came to write the trath of what he saw in the Gem of the Antilles, there- fore be it Reselved, That an adgress be sent to President Grant, praying that energetic steps may be taken to save the life and liberty of Mr, James J, O'Kelly. President Cespedes and O’Kelly—Ex- tracts of a Letter from the Cuban President to His Wife in New York— The Herald Commissioner’s First Arrest—Cuban Occapation ef the Coun- try—The Spaniards Hold the Cities Only. “Mr, O’Kelly has communicated with the family of one of our officers for information to gain our lines, and I have given orders that he should be accompanied to Cambute with an escort, and from thence to Government Headquarters, and t hat th escort was to consider itself under Mr, O’Kelly’s orders, MR. O'RELLY A PRISONER. I hear now that he has been made a prisoner by the Spaniards at Palmo Soriano. We all anxiously await further praticulars, It is not possible that the Spaniards can look with pleasure upon such visits, especially at the present moment, as they have their towns without garrisons and the volun- teers are in a perfectly demoralized condition. The patriots, under these circumstances, are constantly assuming the offensive, and it is probable that all obstruction possible will be thrown in the path of Mr. O'Kelly, so that he may go back to New York without having accomplished his mission, THE SPANISH REINFORCEMENTS. Within our lines all is progressing favorably, although we appear to be very quiet, With the arms and ammunition lately received we are pre- paring for further operations. What is most pleas- ing to us is the conviction that the incessant reports of sending out more Spanish troops will find us well prepared to meet them, should they come. Their efforts would be useless, and the whole of their number would be forced to bite the dust. THE SPANIARDS RETREATING ON ALL HANDS. As you will see by the newspapers the enemy 1s retiring to the large towns more and more, and evacuating their mest advantageous positions. The so much vaunted military occupation of the country by the Spanish troops exists only on paper, and as to the “trochas’’ we simply laugh at them. SUCCESSES IN BAYAMO, In Bayamo the Spaniards have abandoned Zara, La Sal, La Punta and several otner camps, and soon they will hold none at all, as, according to trustworthy reports, the regular troops are being sent to Havana, and leaving in the camps none but volunteers. We are now only waiting for rein- forcements to continue our onward march with greater security to some other important placesy although the prostration and demoralization of the Spaniards is to-day such, that on the slightest pre~ tence they will abandon their fortified places.”j The Spaniards Dare Not Injure O’Kelly Without Consulting Captain General Ceballos, {From the Courier Des Etats Unis, April 8.] A despatch from Havana announces that Mr, James O'Kelly, Special Commissioner of the HERALD to Cuba, whose excursion into the heart of the in. surgent districts has so greatly exasperated Cap- tain General Ceballos, was arrested the monitnt he 7 returned from the insurgent ranks to the town of Manzanillo. This arrest has naturally excited the HERALD; it should not be hasty, however, and we should not be greatly surprised if it proves but a temporary chagrin, for Mr. O’Kelly becomes by these means a very interesting personage ; a personage, in fact, on whom may depend peace or war ; and who knows if from this incident there may not arise complications or solutions which without it might have been eternally deferred, There is no need of alarm on O’Kelly’s account, There is no proba- bility that the Captain General, Cebailos, will either employ rash measures with him or allow his subordinates to take matters into their own hands. According to a despatch of the 4th of March last, which created considerable ill feeling, Sefer Ceballos at first declared that if O'Kelly should return within the loyal lines and should be arrested he would have him shot; but sub- sequently, on second sober theught, he promised that he would content himself by order- Tg his expulsion from Spanish territory, which, in fact, is the best thing he could do, But it woula seem that he is not sole master, for a court of in- quiry has been jnstituted, from which it might by some be supposed that the Osha to interfere does not depend entirely on him. To him, never- theless, belongs the supreme power, as it cannot for & moment be imagined that any one would dare to take so serious a resolve as to pronounce, much less execute, a judgment against a foreigner, under such circum- stances, without having previously referred the matter to the supreme authority of the govern- ment. Up to the date of the despatch that informs us of this event the Captain General does not appear to know exactly what has been done—at least this is what he has af- firmed to the Havana correspondent of tie HERALD. There is some mention made of docn- ments relative to the insurrection, of which Mr. O'Kelly is said to have been the bearer at the time of his arrest, but it is not stated what was the na- ture of these documents. It was perfectly natural that he should have with him interesting notes, since his mission was to collect them for the use of his employers, but it would be very astonishing if they found upon him any cempromising informa- tion, or that he had done anything whatever to justify the severe measures resorted to. The HERALD attirms, and we are convinced of the truth of its assertion, that he had instruction to study, not to agitate, and at the same time to stud with @ perfect impartiality; he was there- fore to play the role of a travelling historian and not a8 a spy, the only condition that could authorize an act of severity on his account. We | are weil aware that a State at war may permit | belligerents to inspect their lines, or it may ex- clude or admit them at pleasure; but if it permits | the barriers to be drawn and only interdicts the circulation of foreigners to certain limits pe- | yond them, it does not permit to be treated as spies those who, with an object that has neither hostility nor criminality in it, have succeeded in | going beyend notwithstanding all prescriptions to the contrary. To sum up, there is no cause, in our opinion, to have any serious fears for the safety of Mr. O'Kelly: the misadventure that has taken place | was foreseen; there is nothing really alarming in it, and it will only serve, from all appearances, to make a littie commotion, to give a greater pretext for recrimination against the Spanish authorities, and to place a little aureele of martyrdom on the forehead of the brave commissioner of the HERALD. A charming fellow, by the way, is Mr. O'Kelly, young, intelligent and @ friend to arc and art connoisseurs, and who above ail ie a charming cavalier, of good humor and mien. Mr. O'Kelly will in all probability soon return to New York, and the congratulations he will receive on his arrival will consele him for the little disagreeable- ness, if disagreapleness there is, of having en- countered a semi-heroic adventure—truly heroic, the HERALD calls it. THE HERALD COMMISSIONER IN CUBA. [From the Philadelphia Age, April 8.) Mr. James J. O’Keily, special correspondent of the New York HERALD, has been arrested by the government of Cuba, Ifthe rights of an American citizen and a reporter have been violated in the case we trust that there will be prompt interven- tion in the matter by the government of the United States, HOBOKEN CHARTER ELECTION, Yesterday was the day appointed for the elec- tion of officers of Hoboken’s municipal govern- ment. Three candidates for the Mayoral. ty were in the fleld—Peter McGavish, democrat; F. Schmersahl Ferman and 8 B, Cole, republicans, Up to @ late hour the votes had not been all counted, but the chances were in favor of the democratic candidate, The consolida- tion pees was defeated by a very decisive vote, all ee Pipe of every Pg hf by Can te J it for the good of Hoboken generally and for their own deeply evidenced among the members of “The Friends of Cuba,” which association comprises among its members the most prominent Cuban patriots in this city, and among their number may be cited Miguel de Aldama, Hilario Cisneros, L. del Monta, Byamosio, Angerica, General Juan Diag de good particularly. MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN IOWA, St. Lovas, Mo., April 8, 1873. The democrats at Keokuk, lowa, elected their Mayor yestesday, te as ANOTHER CALAMITY. SPRING —, FLOODS. | ..THE mopoc a Thirty Persons Drowned , at | Creat Damage to the.Canals | Masterly Inactivity of the Peace Rochester Yesterday. in New York State. ' a\Wall Gives Way and Falls Into| THE GENESEE RIVER OVERFLOWED. the Genesee River. DREADFUL SUSPENSE. No ; Bodies Recovered and No Names To Be Had. The Orowd Watching the Rushing Waters Disregard a Timely Warning, Rocumster, N. Y., April 8, 1873. A terrible disaster occurred here this evening by’ which from twenty to thirty persons, from present appearances, have lost their lives, Last Fall the foundation walls for the new city building, on Front street, backing upon the river, were laid and were supposed to be above ordinary high-water mark. A few days since the work of laying the division walls was commenced. At noon to-day it was apparent that the water was coming through the wall next to the river, and men were stationed there this evening to watch. Timbers and joists had been laid for the lower or street floor, and there was nothing to prevent people from walking on these timbers to the rivers! edge. Betore dark there were a hundred persons on the wall, but as night came on the number thinned out to twenty-five or thirty, mostly adults. A TIMELY WARNING UNHEEDED. One of the foremen of the works about eight o’clovk observed that the waters were washing over the top of the wall, and he urged the people to leave, telling them that the wall would fall; but none seemed to leave, He rtquested the regular watchman to drive the people off, but he said that they were old enough to know what they were about, and confined himself to preventing any more boys from going to the wall. Mr. Potter, in despair, with a friend named McFarilan, turned, and had just reacued the side- walk when the wall went out, and there imme- diately arose a wail of death that startled all in the secret. The tremendous pressure from the river forced the timbers towards the street, and the rebound of the waters sent them back towards the river, carrying many a human being into the swift rolling current of the Genesee, MEN KEPT DOWN AND DROWNED BY FLOATING TIMBERS, The floating timbers prevented those who had been carried to the bottem of the basement from coming to the surface, and they were drowned, Those who were saved (only five are known to be) were rescued or got out themselves within a min- ute, and then all was still. Joseph Ringlestien, foreman of Truck Company No. 1, was on the west side of Front street, corner of Market, when the wall went out, and he rushed to the spot to save a boy, named Hysner, whom he pulled from between the timbers, The Jad’s father, Henry Hysner, who was nearer the river wall than his son, got out by his own efforts. He says that he was walking onthe joists towards the wall, and had reached within seven feet of it when a tall man prevented him from going further, While try ing to crowd by him the wall fell and the TALL MAN SHOT OUT INTO THE RIVER, while Hysner was thrown toward Front street. He was wedged in by the timbers so that he could not sink, and after a great deal of rough usage he man- aged to reach the street wall. He says that hesaw the heads of two men close by him, but he could not help them, and they drowned. As he reached the wall his little boy clasped him by the neck and cried out for joy. A carpenter, name un- known, got ont unaided, Hysner says that there were @ great many people on the wall— thirty at least. Two boys who got out say that a son of L. A. Pratt, shoe dealer, was certainly lost. The lad was aged sixteen years. Aman who was standing on the Central Rrailroad bridge says he saw a boy withone arm clasping a plank pass under the bridge, and just as he approaehed the high falls, as shough he was aware of the fearful leap he was to take, turned his face to the bridge and then dis- appeared. He only saw this one person. GREAT EXCITEMENT IN ROCHESTER. Policemen were promptly at the scene of the dis- aster, and prevented people trom rushing upon the standing walls, thus saving many lives, The Common Council was in session, and on the report reaching them an immediate adjournment was had. The excitement is intense, and every maoment some one appears to make inquiries about missing ones, Search willbe made in the morn- ing, as far as possible, for the lost. The waters are still rising in the river, Word has just been received at Police Headquars ters that ald is needed to remove the people from the houses in Exchange street, near the Erie Rail- way depot, the houses there being inundated, PALL OF A BONDED WAREHOUSE FLOOR IN KENTUOKY. LovIsviLLE, April 8, 1 The upper floor of Paterson, Biggs & Co.’s bonded warehouse, in the upper end of the city, gave way this evening beneath the weight of whiskey upon it, crushing down the second floor. It is impossi- bie to iearn to-night the amout of damage. ‘There were 5,000 barrels of whiskey in the building. THE ELECTION IN CONNECTICUT. Complete Returns from Every Town— Ingersoll (Democrat) Elected by a Ma- jority of 3,600—The Four Congress- men Re-Elected. Hartrorp, Conn., April 8, 1873. Returns from every town in the State give Haven (republiean) 39,200; Ingersoll (democrat), 44,900; Smith (temperance), 2,091. Ingersoll’s ma- jority, 3,600, In the First Congressional district General Haw- ley (republican) is re-elected by 1,332 majerity; in the Second district Kellogg (republican) is re- elected by 587 majority; in the Third district Stark- weather (republican) is re-elected by 1,521 ma- jority; in the Fourth district Barnum (democrat) 1s re-elected by 1,440 majority. The republicans have a majority of one in the State Senate and the democrats a majority of from twelve ve eighteen in the House. OHIO MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. Democrats Successful Throughout the State. CINCINNATI, April 8, 1873, All the returns of this city are new in, which are democratic. Johnston, the democratic candidate for Mayer, has 1,600 majority. Warrington, the re- publican candidate for City Solicitor, has 479 ma- jority. Campbell, tne republican candidate for Prosecuting Attorney, has 521 majority. Henry Kessler, the republican candidate for Police Com- missioner, has 418 majority. The democrats and liberals will elect the entire remainder of their ticket by from 500 to 1,200 majority. The result of the election in Columbus, Ohio, seems to be a democratic success, both on the municipal and the Constitutional Convention tickets. 7 In Mansfield the democrats were also successful in the main. In Dayton the whole democratic ticket is elected. In Chillicothe the democrats elected their Mayor. The balance of the ticket is doubtful. In Lancaster the citizens’ ticket, a8 opposed to the democratic ticket, was elected. In Cleveland the independents elected their Mayor, Otis, and the republicans elected the bal- ance of their ticket. In Crestline the democrats are victortous. In Circleville the republicans were successfal. LOOXPORT (N, Y.) MUWIOLPAL ELECTION. Locxrort, April 8, 1873. At the city election hel here to-day P. D. Wal- ter, republican, was elected Mayor. The balance of the republican city ticket, except she Tax Re- ceiver, was elected. e republicans carry three of the four wards, The Common Council for the coming year Wi stand si4 republicans and two deganeraga The Property Destroyed, Lands Sub- merged and Trains Delayed. ALBANY, N, Y., April 8, 1873, The ice barrier in the river, between: Stuyvesant and Coxsackie, continues. The following despatches were received to-day by the Auditor of the Canal Department :— HoRsEREADS, April 8, There are several breaks in the tow paths on the Chemung Canal, caused by the late rains. The heaviest is at Watkis, abeut forty rods of the tow path the docking being gone. ‘To repair it will cost three thousand doilars or over, The break on this canal will probabty cost $4,000. The flood has also damaged the Crooked Lake Canal, the cost to repair which will be about twenty-five hundred or three thousand dollars, This canal (the Crooked Lake) is ander contract, and the contractor proposes'to make the necessary repairs. BE, B. HUNTINGTON, Superintendent, -ROcnEsrer, April 8, 1873. The high water is causidg damage to the canals, There (s a heavy break at dock 99 on the Geneseo Valley Canal, besides seven smaller ones; also filty feet of outiet on the dam of the Oil Creek Reser- voir, and 400 feet of tow path on section 2 of the same canal, above the junction at Shakers, has been carried out, The water ts still rising in the Genesee River, and there is @ heavy flood in ‘Tona- wanda Creek, which may cause further damage at Tonawanda The lower dam on the work at Butfalo hag gone out. Joun D. Fay, Canal Commissioner, 1873, Flood on Chenango River.. Norwicu, N.-Y., April 8, 1873. The water on the Chenango River's very high and travel is entirely interrupted on the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad. Some portionsof the track are from three tofeur feet under water. The track is twisted out of shape by the water. Up to this time no serious damage ts done that would hinder the resumption of business when the water goes down. No trains have passed over the road to-day beuween Norwich and Binghamton, Considerable damage is reported to the track near Oxford, N. Y. About thirty rods of the em- bankment has been washed out, and the track is under water in a number of places. One train came over the road from Utica to Norwich, and an attempt been made to run the’ train back to ca, but with what success is not known. The road near Norwich is damaged to some extent, but not seriously as yet. We have just received a telegram notifying us of the breaking away of a large canal reservoir, at Eaton, New York, and that the water is all coming down to Chenango River. What effect that may have cannot yet be determined, The water is fall- ing a Jittle this afternoon, but we have not yet gat the tloed trom the reservoir. The Genesee River Overflowed. RocuEsteEr, N. Y., April 8, 1873. There isa heavy flood in the Genesee, At sevom o'clock this evening the waters were within two feet of the high-water mark of 1865—the time of the big flood, Considerable damage has been done all along the river to bridges, &c., and all the rail- fear lines in Western New York suffer considera- ply. Report from Binghamton. Brnenamron, N. Y., April 8, 1873, The Susquehanna and Chenango rivers are very high and they are still rising, Much of the lower ground is submerged and many dwellings are sur- rounded, There is a great food at Norwich and Sherburne, and all trains are stopped on the Utica, Chenango and Susqu nna Valley Railroad, The Susquehanna River Rising. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., April 8, 1873. Despatches from Wilkesbarre report that the Susquehanna River is twenty-two feet high at that place. No damage has as yet been dene. At Columbia the water is five feet high. At Port Deposit the river is high and rising. At Pittston it is within four feet as high as it was in 1865, and is still rising. No damage has as yet been reported. ‘At Williamsport (Pa.) the river is reported fall- ing. Itis now stationary here at nineteen feet. Five million feet of logs escaped trom the boom yester- day, but_are now being stopped by the beoms below. Not many will get below Northumberland, logs have stopped passing through the boom here, and no turther damage is pineal casa At Middletown the water is very high and rising too much ter safety. At Sunbury the Susquehanna rose eight inches and is still slowly rising. The track of the Danville, Hazleton and Wilkes- barre Railroad is washed away above here, and no trains have arrived this morning. Property Washed Away and Destroyed Along the Mississippi. Sr. Louis, Mo., April 8, 1873. The Mississipp! River has risen ten feet since Saturday and is still rising at the rate of three inches per hour, All the upper streams are high and rising, and destructive floods are looked for, Rain has falien all day, but to-night there is a pros- pect of a cessation and clear weather. ‘The rise in the river was so rapid last night that a large amount ef freight on the levee, including grain, flour, sugar, pork, bulk meat and miscelia- neous merchandise, was submerged; and although ‘a large force of laborers has been employed all day endeavoring to save the property much of it will be lost. ‘The accounts from the interior of this and other States say all the tributaries of the upper rivers are pouring ent great volumes of water, and a general freshet is feared. The Illinois River, par- ticularly, is expected to overfiow its banks, and the people living in the bottoms are driving their live stock to the bluffs’ and removing their portable property to places of greater security. At Hannibal, Miss., the river rose eleven feet in twelve hours, and at other points a similar rise occurred, Itis feared there will be great distruc- tion to property all along the western and northern rivers, COMMITTEE OF SEVENTY AND THE CHARTER, Every seat in the hall of the Committee of Sev- enty, witha single exception, was occupied by a member last evening, and that exception was fliled by the Assistant Secretary. Each member seemed to feel that something impor- tant was to be done, and to be worth doing well. Promptly at eight the chairman, Mr. James M. Brown, called the meeting to order, and quickly disposing of rolicall and the minutes of the previous session, called for the reports of the committees. Professor Theodore W. Dwight, chairman of the Committee on Legislation, responded, and read the following report and accompanying resolu- tions :— Since the last meeting of your body the city char- ter has made no satisfactory progress, Various schemes in regard to the appointing power have been presented, sonsidered for a time and properly abandoned. The plan now under considera- tion in the Senate—giving the general power of appointment te the Mayor, with co firmatien by the Board of Aldermen—ts coupled with an ‘indefensible qnalification, where- by certain officers are excepted from its operation, Nothing will satisfy the people whom you repre- sent, except the simple and plain proposition which you have so many times reiterate The power to appoint all officers ception, must be given to the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Board of Aidermen, This plan is sound in principle, readily comprehended by all without ex- and practicable in its operation, The scheme of retaining certain officers is logical, tounded on partisan considerations and offensive to all Cie tae men. Your committee, at this late stage of the discussion, do not propose to argue this question. They simply submit this report that an opportunity may be given to announce to the public your faithful adherence te the plan of city government which you have proposed to the com- Mittees of the Legislature, Jt is strongly to be hoped that, sheuld the charter pass the Senate in its present form, conference committees of the two houses will agree to leave the whole sabject of ‘Sp. poets ee where it properly belongs. respect- lly submit the following resolutions: ‘ Resolved, That the power of appointment to offices under the city charter should be vested in the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Board of Aldermen, To this there must be absolutely no exception, and we unqualiffedly condemn the scheme now under consid- tration in the Senate, Which excepts from the general power of appointment certain specified officers, as un- found in principle and so plainly partisan as to have roperly no place in the city’s organic, law. We reapect- iilycalt upon the members of the Senate to act ina patriotie spirit and to vest the power of appointment in ia ost siopie rorm in the Mayor and the Adermen, Re ed that the thanks of ail good citizens are em nently due'to those Senators who, rising above party considerations, have fnststed that our municipal govern- fnent should be organized opon correct principles, and Without reference to temporary party advantages. The resolutions were adopted without dissent, and the committee adjourned for the nigh TOWN ELECTION IN INDLANA. CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 8, 1873. The election in Evansville, Ind., resuited in a ropublican success, seven out of twelve Council, en being rapyhiicaps, Commission, Military Preparations Com- plete for War. Lava Bep Camp, Aprit 7, s Via YReKa, Cal, April 8, 1872. The’ Peace Commission have not as yet aceom- plished’,anything. They have had but one talk with the*leading Indians since they arrived in the leva bed’; but unreliable Indians, suck as Bogus and Boston Charley, come in every day and al- ways receive some present from Mr. Meacham. Battery K,. Fourth artillery, arrived here at noom to-day. Colomel Mason has moved his command from Sand's ranch to Hospital Rock, about two miles east of Captain.Jack, Signa: stations have been established at diferent points and work well. ‘Two or three beats have been put upon the lake, and communication is new frequent between the different camps, Dr. Lening takes charge of the medical depart~ ment at Hospital Rock. LATER DEAPATOA VIA SAN FRANCISCO. The Commissioners Agree Upon a Final’ Pow-wow with the Indians. San PrRanctsco, April 8, 1873. A Yreka despatch, dated April 8, states that Bostoa Charley visited the camp with a message from Captain Jack requesting Generals Gilem and Canby to meet hima in the lava beds for another talk, The offer was declined, together with several others pf a similar natitre, the Commis- sioners Maring treacitery, Captaim Jack was told that he must meet the Commissioners on equal terms or not talk any more, Boston Charley came again end ait that Captain Jack wogel mect with five men frou each side on the fo%owing day, The-Commissioners agreed on making one more effort for peace. They stated that their dnal proposition was that the Modoca must surrender the lava bed, ‘The Modocs are in council debating the terms, which de not vary from the first, although no par- ticular place of removal will be insisted upon. If the terms of the Commissioners are refused Gene- ral Gtilem will do his ddty and end the fierce ff it is possible to do so, INDIANS RAIDING IN NEBRASKA. OMAHA, April 8, 1873. Thieving bands of Indigns are numerous in the western portion of this State. Several raids for horses have been made within the last few days. On Saturday a party attempted to run off stock near North Platte station. ‘They were fred upon by aherder, who killed one’ [ndian and captured two pack mules. From the Indian who was killed was taken a bill that had been in possession of Hildebrand, one of the men who was found murdered on the South Fork a few days ago. TROUBLE WITH THE NEZ PERO INDIANS. San FRANctsco, April 8, 1873. A despatch from Portland, Oregon, to-night says that Joseph’s band of Nez-Perce Indians held @ council with Superintendent Odeneal. Joseph told the latter positively that he would not go to # reservation, but will remain in Walla-Walla Valley and allow no whites to settle there. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN COLORADO. DENVER, April 8, 187% General F. M. Cass, the citizens’ eandidate for Mayor, was elected by 150 majority yesterday. The republicans have most of the other general offices and eight of the twelve Aldermen, including those elected yesterday and those holding over. ARMY ORDERS, Captains William L. Foulk, of the Tenth cavalry; Willam P. Graves, of the Second artillery; John L. Viven, of the Twelfth infantry, and First Lieuten- ant Alexander D. Schenck, who were recently .pro- moted to the ranks above indicated, have been ordered to join their regiments, Major Thomas M. Anderson, of the Tenth infantry, has been ordered to relieve Major Edward T. Townsend, of the Ninth infantry, of the charge of the disbursing office at Vicksburg, Second Lieutenant Angus G. Lassin, of the Twelfth infantry, has been ordered to report to the Chief Signal Onicer for temporary duty, DP MAILS FOR EUROPE. ie The steamship Wyoming will leave this port om Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool, The mails for Yurope will close at the Post OMee at twelve o'clock M. Tne New York HrraLp—Edition for Burope— will be ready at hall-past ning o'clock in the morn- ing. Single copies, in wrappers for mailing, stx cents. Grape Shot is Not More Fatal to th solid columns of an army than KNOWLES! INSECT DE- STROYER is to roaches, b months, ants, and Plant lee. ‘The vermin are killed en masse.’ None sure vive: A.—For Superior Quality, Elegant, stylish Hats go direct to manufacturer, ESPENSCHEID, 118 Nassau street. A.—Herring’s Patent ‘CHAMPION SAFES, corner ot Murray street. A.—Herald Branch Office, Brooklyn, corner of Fulton avenue and Boerum street. pen trom 8 A. M. too ™. On Sunday from 3to9 A.=—_Who Wants a Hat? Goto Dougan, 102 Nassau, corner of Ann street. A.=—Dr. B. C. Perry, Dermatologist, 49 Road street, New York, cures Falling, Loss anc timely Gray Hair; Dandruff, Ringworm, Salt Kheum, or an disease or Complaint of the scalp. Also Unnatural Red- nexs of the Nose or Face, and Moles and Warts withoat cutting or blemishing the skin. 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