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‘ » St. Johns. Wremendous Excitement of the Population. The Esqaiman Children Carried Through . the Streets by Leading Merchants. MYSTERY OF CAPTAIN HALL’S DEATH. ee . Statements of Heron and Myers. Nayal Experts and Navigators on the Polaris Expedition. ‘The Story of the Rescued Fro- nounced Absurd. Drift of Public Comment and Opinion. Sr. Jonns, N. F., May 12, 1873. The Tigress, with the residue of the Polaris’ -erew, arrived to-day. They look remarkably well, considering their recent fearful suffer- ings. Hans Christian’s face is much black- ened from frost bite. The party when first separated from the Polaris were hopeful of reaching Greenland shore, and never abandoned this idea till they |, sighted Cape Walsingham. selves on the west side they turned their ideas Finding them- towards Labrador shore as the only hope of | final escape. MYSTERY OF CAPTAIN HALL’S DEATH. The steward, John Heron, says that Cap- tain Hall, on his return from the sledge expe- dition, seemed to be immediately affected by | the heat of the cabin. Heron made him a cup of coffee, part only of which he drank. He complained at once, took to his bed, and died in two or three days after. The char- acter of his illness is extremely uncertain from the description given. Dr. Bessel had an observatory in Winter _quarters. The party on the ice must have been seen by the ship’s party for hours after their separation. EXCITEMENT IN ST. JOHNS. Tyson and Myers refused to come ashore here until night, being almost desti- Mate of clothing. The scene on the land- : ing of the survivors, in the afternoon, ‘wag one of frantic excitement. The Esqui- mau children were carried through the streets by some of the leading merchants, and created a great sensation. A subscription was taken up on board, as soon as the anchor dropped, for the Esquimau children. The lat- ter are especially thriving. Crowds assembled on the wharves, equal in number, to those who witnessed the departure of the Polaris from the States. The squaw wept at mention of Hall's name. They are all well provided for. Itis too late and there is too much excitement now to get many particulars. it is said, Another Account of the Arrival at St. Johns. Sr. Jomns, N, F., May 12, 1873. Intense excitement prevails here owing to the landing of the Tyson party this afternoon. Tyson and Meyers remained on board until they were supplied with clothing by the American Consul. Al look well and are in, good health and spirits. Captain Hall died fifteen ays after returning frem the first expedition. He ‘was paralyzed three days before his death, and gradually sank, dying at twenty-five minutes past three A. M. Meyers says he never gave up hope of being rescued, but never wants to get into so tight @ corner again. The party never could have reached here but for the Esquimaux. MEYERS’ STATEMENT. Mr. Meyers makes the following statement :— Captain Hall returned from a sledge expedition on October 24, and was taken ill on the same night. The next morning he found the left side of his body paralyzed. He remained in that condition for three ays, when he got better. In a few days he relapsed ‘and bevame delirious, and so continued until the Morning of November 8, when he died. When the party separated from the ship it was quite dark, and the darkness continued for over two months, with but a couple of hours light daily. We managed well so long as we had a snow- house to shelter us; but we had to take to the oat and get on another tce field, which was too ‘mall for a house, and we were only kept warm by swallowing seal fat and blood, and burning fat in pans, the last of which also served as a signal Hight at night. We have suffered most since 1st April. On the night of the 22d April the sea Washed over the ice with great force. The women and children were under the boat, while the men were outside trying to keep the boat from veing washed away. Some of the men were washed Off several times. After being rescued their feet end hands swelled, and sickness set in, but they | recovered, and are now almost entirely weil. WHE FACTS ALREADY PUBLISHED IN THE HERALD. Tyson says that his statement, sent to the New York HERALD last Friday, contained the facts. He can give nothing more but bis notes of the adven- ture since leaving the Polaris, and which he will Mot publish now. He thinks that the party with the Polaris may get home even, should the Vessel be destroyed. Atl on board the Polaris were well. The statements published some months since respecting relics of the Franklin Expedition __beingsent home are untrue. There has been no means of communicating since the return of the Congress, in 1871. Bringing Home the Survivors. WASHINGTON, May 12, 1873. ‘The Secretary of the Navy has telegraphed to the ‘United states Consul at St, JONAS tO te Department as to the best means the survivors of the Polaris to this city, If no other conveyance ‘is presented, the government will de:patcn @ steamer to Bay Roberts for that pur- pose, pre are Relief for the Family of Captain Hall. Cincinnati, May 22, 1873. A movement to raise money for the family of Ciptain Hall has been commenced here, with | Miles Greenwood as treasurer of the fund, OPINIONS ON THE EXPEDITION. pon stts by Heraid Reporters—Sharp mander—A Vessel, Unfitted for the Work of Arctic Exploration. ‘The disastrous end of the Arctic expedition which | sailed trom this port under command c! Captain Hall on the evening of June 29, 1871, and the mar- vellous statements of Captain Tyson, one of the survivors, have excited deep and absorbing interest among scientists, seafaring men and the general public, Everything bearing in the slightest de- gree on the subject 1s sought after with astonish- ing interest, and the narratives of the men who 80 providentiaily escaped from the inhospitable and cheerless region of the much sought-alter North Pole appear so truly remarkable that not a few | sceptics have been awakened to utterance | and gravely shake their heads and express | doubt of the correctness of the stories } teld, With a view of ascertaining the views of some of those who have preceded Captain Hall, } and of getting their opinions, a HERALD representa- tive yesterday encountered Captain 8, J. McCor- expedition of exploration in 1861, equipped and sent out at the imstance of and by various scientific societies of the United States. street, and at once accorded the desired interview, Captain McCormick opened the conversation himself by saying that he was not a little as- tonished to td reported in the HERALD of Sunday jast, in an interview with Dr. Bayes, a statement that purported to have emanated from that gentle- man to the effect that it was probable that Captain Hall had been murdered by his crew. | RevorreR—But what, Captain, 18 your estimate | of Captain Hall as an arctic explorer? , Captain McCormick—With regard to Captain | Hat, | must say that Ido not think he was a com- petent man to conduct such an expedition as | the one sent out. The many years’ experience that, | Ihave had in seamanship and navigation impels me to say that the qualities of an active and ener- | getic mind, quick perception and strong deter- | Mination, must be pessessed in an eminent degree by an yone assigned to the command of an expedi- tion to explore the Arctic regions. Hall was NEITHER A NAVIGATOR NOR AN ASTRONOMER, neither was he a seaman, His whole dependence Was necessarily upon the menunderhim. Such men, being far more able than their commander, would not have that implicit reliance on him that would be necessary, and consequently would not obey his orders with the alacrity and promptness that would be desirable. In fact, they would re- ceive no dictation from such a man. ReEPORTER—What do you think of the ship—the Polaris, Captain ? Captain McCormicK—I visited and inspected the Polaris prior to her departure—that is, two days before she set sail, and was very kindly conducted over the vessel by Captain Buddington. In in- specting her, knowing as much as I did-of the Arctic regions, Lexpressed my disapprobation to Captain Buddington. She was a craft that I would not have sailed in for any inducements that could be offered. { said at the time that Idid not be- Heve the ship would ever be brought back, In the first place her perpendicular fore foot, wnat they call tne stem post, was defective, and again, I ob- jected to her on accouns of her wa!l-sidedness, that would take the nip of the ice at the water line and would force her under instead of forcing her up. The ship selected should have been round instead of fiat bottomed, so that when she caught the ice she would have been “upon the top of ft. That ts alt Important in surveys. THE POLARIS UNFIT FOR THE NORTH POLE. REPORTER—SO that, in your judgment, the Polaris was utterly unfit for the purpose she wag used for? Captain McCormick—Decidedly, sir. REPORTER—What do you think of the statement of Captain Tyson ¥ Captain McCormickK—In regard to Captain Ty- son’s ae ine of leaving the ship, I cannot un- derstand for a moment why they should have abandoned her. From the latitude and longitude he gives they must have been from six to eight miles from Northumberland or Hakluyte Island, in the vicinity of which there are at least half a dozen harbors. I cannot comprehend, either, how under sail to the northwest, particular! had the wind from the northwest and his drift to the southwest, This is something that Arctic navi- gators cannot understand. If they saw a steamer, the steamer must have decidedly seen them in dis- tress. He also says that after travelling all night, on the ensuing morning he found the boat they | had abandoned near the tce floc. Tyson says that they attained the latitude of 82 degrees 16 minutes. This I do not believe, There must have been some MISTAKE IN THE OBSERVATIONS taken, for from the observations that I have had in Conada Channel, the most northern channel that has ever been reached, it is my firm belief that the narrowest part is closed irem year to year, trom the discharge of the © far from those observations. Both Morton, Hayes and myseli, from the nortucrnmost point ‘on the south coast of Canada Channel, found the land trending to the east, and that was in latitude one degree to the south of where Tyson claims they navigated to the northwest point. If such a point had been gained by Captain Hall he must hi been within the Arctic circle or Open Polar St and such being the case I am at a loss to cenceive why he should have returned to the south, instead of pushing his vessel into the Open Polar Sea, and, boats with which to secure nis return, the statement ? Captain McCormick—My firm belief is that Cap- tain Hall never attamed the northern latitud ee says he did, The barriey of ice discharging rom THE HUMBOLDT GLACIER BLOCKS THE WAY from Cape Hoiberton upward. That being the nar- rowest part of the strait, is, In my opinion, con- stantiy blocked up with these icebergs. It may possibly be, with extreme tides, that a passage, to the Polar Sea. in 1560, trom Littleton Island a passage was found leading as far as the ey reach, forming a@ mere canal. Into this tempted to enter, but it was closed upon us, nip- plug tie vessel and throwing her up out of water many feet, We then retreated tr to the Ktah Bay, distant about tw miles, and there sought winter quarters, the season being so far advanced and we having had so wach conten- tion with the ice. We Wintered in Port Faulk, in latitude 79 degrees, 17 minutes and 41 seconds, RevorTER—Do you think, Captain, Hall reached as far as this? Captain McCormickK—No, sir; | don't think he did, They claim, though, that they penetrated about twelve miles farther north. RePoRTER—Captain, What have you got to say with regard to THE OPEN POLAR SEAY Captain McCormickK—With regard to the Open Polar Sea I have this to say; I lave already traced the Gulf Stream to Archangel Bay, in the White Sea. At the North Gate, which is at a point of Greenland, the Gulf Stveam splits. One part re- Soives itself into the White Sea, the other bas never yet been traced, but goes to the north via Spitz- bergen, one oi the most northern points of the earth and anisiand. There it forms what we call the Open Polar Sea, and discharges Itself through | Canada and Smith’s channels as an under current. a we have foung by a duference of temperature c) DER CURRENTS The surface current SURFACE AND U1 of from five to ten degre south. These currents would nave no effect on any expedition, however. The temperature that I was | tn was sixt: Polar Sea the temperature seldom ts below zero. RePowreR—How in respect to Tyson and the sur- vivors travelling so many miles on an ice f whatdo you think of that, Captain? } , Captain McCormiok—I think it is sitaply ridicn- | lous, It could never have been done. It would have broken up long before, It is possible, but not probable, that sach travelling might have been done on au iceberg, but then it takes them five years to | reach the banks of Newfoundland. The fitst year they don’t leave Batu Bay or Smith's Strait, or wherever they are discharged, and it takes irom | three to four years for them to rnake the journey | after that. To sum sir, I must say that Iconsider | portions of the statements of Captain Tyson highly colored and improbable, ¥ BELIEF IN THE SAPETY OF THE MISSING. EPORTER—Do you think there is a probability of Captain Buddington ever returning? Captain MCCORMICK] do, Lam-Sirm in-my-con- viction that Captain Buddingten will safely return with those who remained with him, and the friends | of the parties need be Under no apprehension or fears for their safety. There are plenty of harbors in Hakluyte and along the coast to Cape York, into any of which they can enter and be afforded safe sugltoy, i think Cantain Bugdinetor of the Polaris and Her Com- | { mick, who, with Dr. Isaac Hayes, commanded an | ‘The Captain was in | his office at the corner of Park.row and Beekman | Captain Tyson says that on the morning ‘aiter | abandoning the foe in his boat he saw asteamer, | as he | Humboidt glacier; con- | sequently I do not think they could have got , if necessary, abandoning her, a8 he had plenty of | REPORTER—Then you do not credit that part of | particularly with @ northern wind, may be opened | the opening | | Setting to the north and the under current to the | degrees below zero, while at the Open | nm Wi take Ads. of these, arbors and remain until after etre ere Felapeed ints silence aid the " Experts Expressing Their Views on the Expedition of Captain Hall. ‘“ The HERALD reporter subsequently conversed yesterday with several experts who were promi- nently connected with the outtitting of the expedi- tion, They requested thas their names be not pub- lished, but the information they gave was of im- portance. The interview with the first of these gentiemen will be iound particularly interesting, | and 1s as follows :— REPORTER—What was the principal cause of the failure of the expedition ? Exrert—I think there was dissension among the crew and the oMicers, I think it very strange that they should have discharged such large quantities of provisions on the ice. l reason that there was some trouble between Captain Tyson and Captain Buddington; and there can’t be two bosses on board aship. My idea is that they were trying to stop a leak and lighten the vessel, but you would think thatafter having stopped the leak THE NATURAL PLACE OF SAFETY | for ali of them woutd have been on board the ship, ReErorTER—Do you think they were driven from the ship? Exrert—No; they could not have taken such | quantities of provisions with them if they had been driven from the ship. You must remember that they had provisions enough to last them 197 days, besides what was lost on the ice and what was le{t when they were rescued, and also that they had clothing and ammunition; that was shown by the killing of seals and bears. [ think that the party who deserted the Polaris must have thought her still not reliable to live in, owing to some defects in the huil; and, although the leak might have been stopped, they might have thought that they had better trust themselves to the ice than to the ship, which might leak again. Idon’t think the | separation was preceded by any fighting, I think | it was probably a voluntary and amicable arrange- | nent, | RerorTeR —Was Captain Hall careful in providing | Nimseif with all that was necessary before he started? CAPTAIN HALL’S OUTFIT. ExPeRT—No, I can’t say that he was. As regards arms and ammunition, for instance, he had for- gotten all about them till some of the officers at the -| Brooklyn Navy Yard asked him whether he had not | better take some along to kill bears and seals with. | When they were finally brought he was a.ready steaming up the East River, and the Navy Yard | tug had to chase him up to deliver them, That was certainly a piece of great carelessness on his part, Reronrer—Was the ship fitted for the service? Expert—I don’t think the ship was as good for the service as she ought to have becn. 1 think she ought to have been 2 solid frame, corkea, then sealed inside and planked out, and then she ought to have had iron round her sides. She ought to have hada very flat floor, so that she would not have keeled over 80 much when on the ice. There were several excellent suggestions which Captain Hall disregarded. One o1 them was very important, It was suggested to him to take along small torpedoes and use them froma pole to break up the ice at the head of the vessel; he could nave accomplished that by GETTING THE TORPEDOES UNDER THE ICE and then discharging them. ReEPORTER—Was Captain Hall a man who would be abie to maintain good discipline ? Expert—Well, { don’t know about that. When they were fitting out the vessel there seemed to be no executive head, If you would go to see Captain Hall about a matter he would refer you to Captain Buddington, and he would refer you to somebody else, Who would most probably reier you back to Captain Hall. That was the way they did business epee Hall was overrun with visi- tors all the time. You would have laughed to see all the people who came to see him avout this or that. One wanted him to introduce a new system of religion among the Esquimaux; the other wanted him to bring back some real snow, &c. I have to laugh when I think of it. Another Legh rg who has occupied a high ee in the naval service, when calied upon tor is opinion, said :— “I thought it very singular to send the ship UNDER COMMAND OF A LANDSMAN like Captain Mall. He was no seaman, and no landsman could have maintained man-of-war dis- cipline on board a merchant vessel. The general opinion is that the vessel ought to save been ae 1d under command of a sailor. It is true Captain Buddington was there, but he did not act as captain, but as first officer. From what I learned he was originally a blacksmith, then changed his profession several times, and finaily became a journalist, when he studied this ques- tion. He made two passages in whalers to become Tamiliar with the routine of ships, That was all he knew of seataring. As regards the ship, I think she was very well prepared to resist the climate of the Arctic regions. She was well decked over so that the crew heed not have been exposed to the atmosphere, und her appearance above water was that a strong vessel. She | also had a very fine crew—they were a splendid !ot | of men. ANOTHER CRITIC. Mr. Rardin, the foreman of the Constructors’ De- partment of Une Navy Yard, said he had always thought that Captain Hall was aman who could not maintain good discipline, because he treated | his men so badly. He had even heard that Captain | Hall nad shot one ot his men in a former passage. Chief Justice Daly and the Polaris Action To Be Taken by the Geographi- cal Society—The Proper Route to the Pole—The Geographical Features of the Expedction. @ special meeting to consider the fate of the | to New York. The survivors will be treated with ali the honors due to the fortitude which they ex- hibited during their extraordinary voyage on the | ice flee, Chief Justice Daly, President of the Geographical Society, informed a HkRALD repre- | Sentative last evening tbat he considered that | Captain Hall was hardly a competent person to lead an enterprise of the character of an Arctic expedition, Judge Daly Captain Hail first made in New York. It was on tle occcasion of the Kane memorial, before the Geographical Society, when Hail, an enthusiastic aud blunt man, approached Judge Daty, self-introduced, saying :—"1 | want to go and fiud the bones of Sir John Frank- lin.” He asked to be permitted to expiain bis his app ace The American Gevgraphical Society contemplates | Polaris, after Captain Tyson s! ve returned | ysou shall have returned | tin verve, twenty-sixth distr remembers well when | | | views to the Society, and in exceedingiy homely | Mr. Grinnell’s attention was attra Hall, and, as he had patronized th tion, he Advised Captain Hall to proc to Frobisher’s Sound, which was the first voyage of the deceased explorer. Judge Daly is of the opinion that a great geographical triumph has |. gained in the fact that the Polaris was able | address he gave what crude ideas he had formed. | to drep anchor in latitude #2 16 North, al- most abreast of Union Point, where | Dr. | Hayes planted the and = Stripes in | a latitude never before hed by a huinan being. Itis now only one month sim Dr. Hayes, from | the platform of Association Hail, sai “And hope that Captain Hall has taken that fag and tas floated it on the axis of tie earth.” lieves that the only route of practical explo | is the one favored by Captain Hail. The Pr | of the Geographical Society has gr much eiul study and tue toliowing impor extract from his annual address is confirmed by | Statement of Captain Tyson |, The untavorab | to tion dent nt miner for explora- ese several exp nature of the pre edingly cold, and thy aac Winter, gives rise sak Tussnissuk, iat, rf rd were well. ‘The nt gu vesse] had been tested and touud favorable; tis, complement “ol. sixiy, Benim dogs liad been obtained, and Mans Uhrisuan, wel) know! dog driver, with bh expedition, He met ai Hollenst returning from the Swedish him with maps, copies of ints log, « Tearnestly urged Captain Ha the attempt h tempt to reach the Pole, and he concluded his decision until he" should reach — the tic. It appears trom the communications recoiyed that Baron Von Otten advised Dim to go by snuth’'s Sound, and when last heard from tie had conclided t so, and on the 2th of August, S71, with a full ro: thirty-eight persons, he sailed in hus little vessel f Sinith’s Sound. The advi f ated last April before the Royal veogri ty of London by Captain Sherard Osborn, rounds that the nearest approach to't | Been made in that direction, that it was at Jess risk than any et | ties than the otlier ro | and this distinguishec ei | explorer thor was supported in these views occasion by | the eminent Arctic Adiniral Back and Sir Leopold Admiral Back said that he approved of ever Captain Osborn had uttered; thatthe Arctte Cot had seriously considered the question, and had come to 1 CON reeset att theres the greatest probability of success was by Smith's Sound, of as he ex- ressed it, the route taken by the 4 nt American Dr, ane ; and Sir Leopold McClintock said that he believed that that route afforded the best chance of reachiny North Pole, and also the safest retreat In the event of a reverse. It is the route which our own eminent explorer, Dr. Ht hi istently ad ted fe is alm tie pie rovonumendd sowaggs ihe sloie of Ibe YBAt Judge Daly be- | the subject he | 4 | street, was burned to-night bya fire which origi- | vi on th condition of Arciy Poscareh. “He will prepare a “paper ior the. special meeting, Suggestions tor Government Inquiry Touching the Death of Captain Hall and the Failure of the Arctic Expedi- tion. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD ‘There are some discrepancies as to dates in the Consul’s despaten pubtished to-dey. Captain Hall igstated to have died on the sth of Octoner, 1871. The Polaris left Winter quarters August 12, 1872, and on the 15th was on her beam ends and com- menced drifting south to 77 35, when preparations were made to abandon her. When was the expedition over Kane’s open sea made? This and other very important discrep- ancies and inconsistencies can only be cleared up by the return of the Polaris. She seems, by Tyson’s report, to have steamed away, and was last seen at anchor in a good har- bor, sails furled and fires out, and we fee) she is yet safe and will come out in August. Being in the track of sealers, they can, even if the Polaris is dis- abled, readily reach St. Johns; but it would seem incumbent upon our government to send a vessel to Disco as early as practicable to assist them if it is required, ‘Tyson’s proposition, that he left the Polaris leaky and unseaworthy, and then complaining that she steamed away, leaving them to their fate, sounds inconsistent. That he should have with him all the guides, ali the boats, and many Ger- mans of the crew, is singular. That his party sub- sisted and remained in suen good health during six months of the arctic night; that an infant, only four months old at the time of going upon the ice, passed through such exposure, through such meager subsistence for the mother, seems singular. Karly at the commencement of the cruise there was trouble, disputes and insub- ordination on board to such an extent that Captam Davenport advised, as the easiest and proper method to settle them, to give the offenders a dance at the yardarm, or quietly send them Lome in | irons by the Congress. May we not suppose this trouble broke out | afresh, increased, and upon Captain Hali’s death | its extent overcame the commanding authority? | Are we quietly to accept the statements that have been given us by this return pare? It appears as if the whole matter would be bettered by some offictal inquiry, as some very unpleasant opinions are expressed in your paper of to-day. Can you not give us some light upon these points and advise government action towards investiga- tion and relief? ©. A. M, New YorK, May 11, 1873, WASHINGTON. ec ae WASHINGTON, May 12, 1873. The Postmaster General to-day received a tele- gram from Special Agent Tyner, who was sent to Springfield, Mass., to superintend the shipment of the postal cards, stating that the first lot of 5,000,000 had to-day been put aboard a Postal car, and would leave to-night for Washington, arriving there not later than Wednesday @orning. Should no accktent pre- vent, on that day the Post Office Department will begin to fill requisitions in the order and propor- | tion received. New York gets the first million, Philadelphia the second, while Boston, St. Louis, and Cincinnati will receive 500,000 each, Chicago and Washington 200,000 each, The remainder will be divided among smailer cities. It ig xpected that after this order is filled the contractors will be able to furnish at least one million a day. James Lyon, of Richmond, to be -Ap- pointed Minister to Russia. | James Lyon, of Kichmond, who was a prominent opponent of the Greeley movement in Virginia, it is understood will be appoiated Minister to Russia, in place of Orr, deceased, The President has de- termined to give this mission to some prominent Southern man, and Virginia has not yet been hon- ored with any nomination of importance, while North Carolina has a Solicitor General and Third Auditor, South Carolina (the home of Orr) an As- sistant Secretary of the Treasury, Georgia had an Attorney General and Alabama has the Sixth Auditorship. The mission to icussia, it is thought, will therefore be tendered to Mr. Lyon. Additional Deputy Collectors York. Secretary of the Treasury Richardson Is making | arrangements for stationing several deputy col- lectors of the Customs in different parts of the city of New York to administer to importers the oaths | required upon invoices, in order to save them the trouble of going to the Custom House for that sole purpose, where they are subjected to much incon- venience, delay and waste of time. it is believed this change will prove of the greatest advantage and convenience to the merchants, and it wiil be | carried into effect as soon as the localities in the vicinity of importing houses at which to station | the deputies can be determined upon and suitable accommodations be found, Internal Revenue Collectors Appointed. The following appointments of Internal Revenue collectors were decided upon to-day:—Wiiliam B. ; Filiott, for the First district of Pennsyivania; | Joun A, Henry, Tenth district, New York; Benja- New York; John B. Hooker, Nineteenth district, N York; Eugene W. Ferris, First district, South Corolina, In the Fifth Indiana district the present collector, Wil- lam Grose, is to be retained. . A OHURCH BURNED. The Beautifal Edifice, Church of the Ascension, Baltimore, Destroyed by Fire. for New BALTIMORE, May 12, 1873. Ascevsion (Protestant iscopal) church, Rev. 4. E. Cathell, rector, one of the finest edifices in this city, corner of Lafayette avenue and Oregon ated at about half-past eight o'clock from the gas gts in the roof. There was no one in the butid- ipg at the time, and before the flames could be sub d they eft nething standing but the marble of the church. ‘The less is $50,000, on which there isan insurance ef $30,000 in Baitimere com- panies. The magnificent furniture of the interior was entirely destroyed, only four years. LEXINGTON RACES. Opening Day of the Spring Mecting of | the Kentucky Associatio LEXINGTON, Ma. 1873, | The Spring meeting of the Kentucky Association | opened to-day with a large attendance, fine weather | and the track in good order, but not fast trotting, In the first race, the McGrath Produce Stakes for | three-year-olas, mile heats, $50 each, y or play, $250 added by A. P. McGrath, there were five horses started, viz.i—MeGrath’s Tabitha Bears, Fanny 6. | Clark and Grinstead’s Waverley, buford's Zadoc and Viley’s Victorine. j SUMMARY: Clark & Grinstead, br, ¢. W: Buford’s Zadoc. McGrath, Tabitha Beard, Fanny 8 Viley, Vietorine ‘Time, 1:46—1 40 61 | Zadoc ran of h his rider ata false start and | could not be bronght up til he had finished his second mile: he was again brought out for a start ran of a second time and ranamile. Victo- rrider before the tirs, quarter was shed in the last heat, and was cousequently anced. | he second race, the Phoenix Hotel Stakes thre r-olds, one and one-quarter niiles dash, $50 each, play or pay, $250 added, with the follow- ing starters, and cathe home in th2 order na jcGrath's Artist, Keene’s Disney, Wither’s Stan- ford. Time, 2:124. THE DELAWARE YACHT CLUB REGATTA, PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 12, 187: The regatta of the Deiaware River Yacht-Club will take place next Monday, the course extending | from Shackamaxon street wharf to the Block House and return, The signal will be given at ten o'clock. Forty-three yaclits thus far lave veen registered and more are expect A MURDER TRIAL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. CoiumBia, May 12, 1875. ‘The case of Tupper, charged with the murder of | Caldwell, which terminated on Thursday night last | ween - citement. A motion has been made for 4 new trial, and the argument will be heard on Saturday, when it is expected the defence will strive to show that undue influence has been resorted to by prom- ie politicians gpd oficeholders to secure com- victiou. The church has been built | is, dis, ddis. 4 | Governor signed the | ney, the Clerk of the Board of Aldermen, appeared Cooper to lay the resolution to go into an election upon | immediately after Messrs. Policy of “Maxterly Inactivity.” They Say the Mayor Does Not Treat Them with Proper Respect—Refusal To Act on the Names Submitted—The Combination Against the Mayor Revived—The Mayor Will Publish the List in a Day cr Iwo. ‘The interest felt in regard to the Mayor’s appoint- ment of officials under the new charter was re- doubled yesterday by the action of the Board of Aldermen in retusing to take up the consideration of the nominations already before them, An im- mense crowd of politicians and office-seekers had assembled in the curridors and vestibule of the City Hall, and it was generally anticipated that the Mayor would send in more nominations and that there would be more confirmations announced in quick order, That was the general sentiment of the crowd, When, however, the Board assembled and no further nominations were submitted and they adjourned after displaying considerable dudgeon with the Executive, there was a sensa- tion, Four or five of the Aldermen openly ex- pressed their views to the effect that the Mayor did not properly respect the dignity of the Board, and that he was treating them as though WHEY WERE SCHOOLBOYS, They were unanimous in the opinion that they should have the nominations sent in in a lump and not in this piecemeal fashion, one Board at a time, ‘The Aldermen say further that the Mayor has just as much of a “ring” about him in the per- sons of his “advisers” as any officer ever had, and they object very strenuously to Oliver Charlick and some others being in the Mayor’s confidence, to their exclusion; and so they adopted the policy of “masterly inactivity” until Monday next, when the Mayor's twenty days in which to make the nominations wil have expired, and they will, per- force, have the entire list in their hands, WHAT THE MAYOR THINKS. Late in the afternoon a HERALD reporter called on the Mayor and found him seated with half a dozen gentlemen in his private oMfce. The Mayor is always giad to see people who don’t want office. “Now, sir” said the Mayor, “what shall I do for you?” “I don’t care about being a police commissioner, Mr. Mayor, but Ihave called to learn your views in reference to the Aldermanic action to-day.” The Mayor smiled. He never does all the talking like some men do who are interviewed, and simply asked, “Weil, what have they done? I heard that they had adjourned until Monday next.” And then he smiled again, “But they adjourned, as you perhaps know, with- out taking action upon your nominations.” “Well, [don’t see that I can make them act upon them till they are ready,’’ said the Mayor, still laughing. “A feature of the proceedings was that on the motion to take your nominations from the table THE VOTE AGAINST IT was 8 to6, That was the number stated to have been in the combination a week ago,” continued the reporter, the eee? shrugged his shoulders and said, “Weil, ares it’s all right. But what do they want’? Itis my place to nominate and theirs to confirm or reject.” “They seem to think, Mr. Mayor, that you are Not treating them ngnt. “So far as the opinions of the Aldermen are con- cerned they have given them officially to-day; for on the motion to take the nominations already in from the table several of them spoke against it, and said they did not consider your action fair or courteous to the Board.” “Did they?’ said the Mayor. “Who were they who spoke avainst it?” “mr. Van Schaick spoke against it, and 1 believe Mr. Cooper also, as well as one or two others, Have yeu heard the names of the eight who voted against action to-day?” “No, Oh, [have nothing to do with that,” re- plied the Mayor, “They have a right to shape their own action.” “But if they continue in their course and decline to contirm, and the thing reaches A ‘DEADLOCK,’ what is to become of the new city government that has been anticipated with so much interest? I suppose {1 no nominations are confirmed the pres- ent members of the Board will hold over,” inter- polated the reporter. “There 18 no occasion for a ‘deadiock,’ for there is plenty of time between now and Monday—a week is a good while (laughing), and we don’t know what may happen by that time,” continued the Mayor, ‘1 want to have the new government setin motion, and if the Aldermen can’t agree upon my nominations | shall try to keep on send- ing them im names unti they do feel that the city 18 safe.”? “And of course the old incumbents will hold their positions until thelr successors are ap- dd 9”? nti “Well, Lam not sure about that. I suppose so, But,” and here the Mayor assumed an expression of gravity, “there is a Week left yet to actin, and THE WAY MATTERS STAND is this:—The people of New York are on constitu- ents, and Llike to know what their opinions are. Now it is quite possible that | may send in my nominations between new und Monday”—— ‘The reporter was about to say, “But, Mr. Mayor, the Board does not meet again until Monday.’ But the Mayor cut off the reporter’s idea by con- tinuing:—‘It 1s quite likely that I shall submit my nominations before the week is out by having them published. Ihave thought about it and I guess L shall do it. Then, aiter the people have seen them and made up their minds about it, Ishall send them in to the Aldermen at their meeting on Mon- day next, Iam pretty certain 1 SHALL SEND THEM TO THE PAPERS in a couple of days or so. {ow will that be ?"" As the Mayor said this he looked up and laughed heartily. “That will be a sharp counter stroke,” replied the reporter, “and you will have the advantage or having a little public opinion as well as a good deal of Aldermanic opinion avont them. Perhaps the pubile would like to be consulted in that way just as well as the Aldermen.’ “Exactly, exactly,” replied the Mayor. “We shall have all the opinions then, and if we don’t get good men it will be somebody's fault.” This closed the conversation, and the reporter retired, leaving the Mayor enjoying a good quiet chuckle. The Assistant Aldermen—The Annexa- tion of Westchester=The Alleged Pere mit Frauds and Forgeries. ‘ A session of the Board of Assistant Aldermen was held yesterday, when a resolution was offered by | Mr. Haley to appoint @ committee of three from each branch of the Common Council to investigate the alleged frauds in the matter of forging the names of Aldermen and Assistant Aldermen to ap- plications for permits for signs, &c., Was unani- mously adopted. The resolution of the Board of Aldermen approving of the bill to annex certain towns in Westchester county to New York, and asking the Governor to sign it, was referred to the Committee on Law. Messrs, Haley, Coddington and Simonson were appointed as the committee to investigate the permit frauds, The Supervisors—Eicction of the New Clerk=The Permanent Organization Not Yet Completed. The Supervisors met yesterday at half-past three o’clock—this being the first meeting since the charter. General Pink- with his clerks, and relieved those of Clerk Young, andcalled the’ roll, when all were found present except Mr. Koch, On motion of Mr, Kehr, Mr. Ottendorfer was appointed Lemporary c! in, andl Messrs. Lysart and Kehr were appointed to-conduct Mr. Otten- A protest from Major J. B. ‘S, “ugatust his removal was read, and era Pinkney Was elected in his: place; the ouly ative vote being that of Mr. Flanagan, When a motion was made that the Board go into the election of a permanent President, Mr. Vance was nominated by Mr. Morris, and Mr. by Mr. Flanagan, Mr. Kelir moved was adopted and the Boarq Tharsday, at half-past three, Billings, Morris 4nd M’Cafferty nad been appointed a committee to Tevise the rules. VIOAR GENERAL QUINN. the ‘table, whicl adjourned until Correction of Inaccuracies in the Ke« port of His Inaugural Se?mon a: Sets Himself Righ: Sr. Patrick's CATHEDRAL, May 12, 1873. To THe Uprror OF THE HERALD Str—The report which 18 ptbished in your paper this morning giving what l vas supposed to have suid yesterday at St. Matick’s Cathedral is so totaily incorrect that LAM gonstratned to cali on you ° for this public deniai Of ifs trath in every word Ht vinced that the Teporter who furnished the matier was not at all presen, Ifthe 2 claim the right LAID AT REST, The Nominations—The Aldermen Adopt the} Poneral of the Chief Justice at the Capital. An Impressive Assemblage in the Senate. Bench, Bar, Pulpit and Peo- ple Represented. THE STREETS CROWDED WITH SPECTATORS, Final Interment of the Remains To-Day in Oakhill Cemetery. WASHINGTON, D, C., May 12, 1873. Preparations for the funeral of the late Chief Jus- tice Chase were completed this morning. The Senate chamber was hung in black, the doorways and gallery in the rear of the Vice President’s chair being heavily draped, as were also the entrances to the chamber. The galleries were densely filled at an early hour with spectators, and hundreds of persons were unable to obtain entrance, THE FLOOR OF THE SENATE was exclusively reserved for specifically named officers and persons, who entered from time to time and took the seats assigned to them. Among these were full representations of the foreign lega- tions, including the Ministers from England, France, Spain, Russia, Brazil, Turkey, Austria and Peru, and the acting Chargé «’Atfaires.of Japan, | together with their respective secretaries and at- tachés, all of them in plain dress. The MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PRESENT were Senators Cameron, Sargent, Kelley, and Mor- rill, of Vermont; Casserly, Cragin, Conkling, and Representatives Pot' Randall, Holman, Garfield, and Hon, Charles O'Neil and Judge McCalmont. of Pennsylvania. DISTINGUSHED PERSONS PRESENT. Hon. Reverdy Johnson was conspicuous in the | assemblage, being one of the oldest and most in~ | timate friends of the deceased. Seats were also 0c- cupied by the officers of the respective houses, the Judges of the United States Court of Claims and of the ‘Territorial Courts, and the officers of the De- partment of Justice; alarge representation of the clergy of the district; the Assistant Secretaries of State, the Treasury and the Mterlor; the Assistant Attorneys General and the Assistant Postmasters General; the heads of the bureaus im the several departments of the government; off- cers of the Army and Navy; the Council and House of Delegates of the Territorial Legislature; the civil officers of the Territorial government and invited friends, among whom were R, C, Parsons and General Barry. ‘ At noon the Rev, Dr, Titfany entered at the mai door, reciting THE FUNERAL SERVICES commencing “I am the resurrection and the life,” and accompanied by the pallbearers— Admiral Goldsborough, Judge Schley of Md, General McDowell, Dr. Peter Parker, Governor Cooke, Whitelaw Reid, Hon. Montgomery Blair, W. W. Corcoran, W. D, Gallagher, Hon. A. F. Perry. Chief Justice Casey, THE CASKET, covered with flowers, was next brought into the chamber by the colored servants of the Supreme Court and placed upon the catafaique in the area fronting the Secretary’s desk, which was strewR with floral wreaths, crosses, anchors, &., the large cross from New York being placed. on the Vice President's desk. THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET. Next entered President Grant, Secretaries Fish, Richardson, Robeson, Delano, Attorney General Williams and Postmaster General Creswell, accom- panied by the ladies of their respective households and the immediate relatives of the deceased, followed by the colored servants, male and female, ail in deep mourning. The minister concluded his reading by the time the assembly was seated. Rev. Mr. Cleaveland read a passage from the Scriptures, when Rey. B. Peyton Browp delivered a prayer. THE FUNERAL DISCOURSE. Rev. Dr. Tittuny delivered the discourse, in which he said a prince and great man had fallen which had brought those present and the whole country to a common sorrow. After the war was over, although the constitution was strained, in consequence of the pertl of the nation’s life, he afterward sat in and passed judg- ment on some of his own oliicial ucts. As Secre- tary of the Treasury, dispensing thousands of mil- ions ot doliars, no one ever accused him of wreng, and he went out of that office a poorer man than he was when he assumed its duties, After the death of Taney it was but just and proper that the late Chief Justice should be his successor. The minister then read an EXTRACT FROM A LETTER written by Mr. Chase on the subject of the Presidene cy, in which he said he did not desire the Presidency or & nomination; nor did he know, with his views and convictions, whether he was a suitable candi- date; and yet, the minister remarked, an impres- sion prevailed that Mr. Chase was a disappointed politician, It was undeniable that no man saw in his ac indications of querulousness and_bit- terness, but their opposite. He was kind to all, @ pure patriot, an upright on, and a Christian gentieman. It woul found that his blameless private life was rendered more conspicuous by his eminent oficial position. No acts of his life need concealment. His character Was without a blemish. Scandalous attacks have been made on public men, and, per- haps, many of them were innocent, but none have “attempted to tarnish the mirror of THE REPUTATION OF THE DECEASED, and his name gees down to posterity without re- proach. Courteous in bearing, he superadded @ Christian consecration; he was great among men, but asa child before his Fatner in Heaven, Lim- © the martyr President, was followed by Stanton, the iron Secretary of War, and Seward, the polished Secretary of State, followed net lon; ago, and now another leaves us, his death hastene by luis arduous labors as Secretary of tue Treasury, Remembering his life and his sudden decease, may we not say “My Father, the chariots of Issel | and the horsemen thereof,” and devoutly pray that | his fallen mantle may rest on one chosen of Gody ‘The minister then concluded with a 4 er, when it Was announced that she further services would be periormed at the cemetery. PROCESSION TO OAKHILL CEMETEny, Under the direction of the Marshal the proces sion Was reformed and moved to Oakiiil Cemetery, where the remains will be tempoyurily interred. There were about eighty carriage? in the proces- | sion, mostly private, the t and Caninet and foreign Ministers occupying their own. Thou- sands of persons were on the as spectators. ‘The day was clear. There @ tolling of belis preceding and afte: services. IN THE CHAPEL OF THE CEMETERY Kev. B. Peyton Brown began the services by reads ing from the burial Srvice of the office, com- menciug, “Man, that if born of woman, hath but a short time to live and i# full of misery.’ The ministers presegt repeated in unison, “I heard a votce from heave} saying unto me write, from henceforth blessey are the dead who die in the Lord; even 80 sgith the Spirtt, for they rest from their labors.”” Rev, B. Peyfon Brown then read from the col- lect, beginning, “O merciful God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the resurrection and the life.” The ministers repeated in unison the Lord’s Prayer, after which Rey. Dr. Tiffany pro- | rs | the benediction, which concluded the ser- vices. AFTER THE LAST SAD RITES in the chapel the casket was lowered in to one of the | teporary vaults beneath the floor, where it will Temain tiil to-morrow. It will then be taken out, and, having in the meantime been enclosed in the ; Case, will be interred in the lot of Governor Cook, in the new part of the cemetery. The burial will be strictly private, in accordance with the request of the family, only the immediate family being present. THE BAR OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS held a meeting to-day, Chief Justice Drake in the chair, and passed resolutions of respect to the late Chief Justice. Action of the St. Louis Bar. Sr. Lovts, Mo., May 12, 1873. The Bench and Bar of this city held a meeting to-day and adopted resolutions of respect to the memory of Chief Justice Chase. Tributes of the Bar of Hartford. Harrrorp, Conn., May 12, 1873, In the United States District Court, held by adjournment in New Haven to-day, the death of win, Esq., acting District Attorney, who spoke to enter the sancttary it is inet too much to expect some degree of ‘and accuracy on the part of ita tatives, ¥. your obedient ‘Mx OULN. briefly in eulogy of the de \. Judge ‘Nathaiiel Shipman also, in a few remarks, aid an appropriate tribute to Mr, Chase, and the Sourt was adiourned out of respect to hig memorys REE He 4 '