The New York Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1873, Page 7

” Further Particulars of the Loss of the City of Washington. — ‘The Purser’s. Account of Her Last Voyage. No Sun or Stars Seen for Eleven Days and Nights. “AN OLD-FASHIONED BAY OF FUNDY FO6, A Providential Escape from a } Holocaust. “pide of Little Gull Rock, or what is properly known { The agents of the company here, Messrs. J. and Bauirax, N, §., July 8, 1873, * Who tugboat Daisy, of Liverpool, N. S,, arrived here this morning, with Henry Main, the purser of Inman steamship City of Washington, from ‘whom the following particulars of the shipwreck ere gleaned :— “The City of Washington sailed from Liverpool on the 24th of June, and from leaving that port until ‘the vessel struck on the west side of Port Lebear, on the western coast, NEITHER SUN NOR STARS HAD BEEN SEEN, 80 that it was impossible to obtain observations “during the entire passage in order to ascertain the position of the ship. When the steamer struck, about two P. M., on Saturday, the fog was so thick ‘and so dense that no object could be seen three yards ahead. Everybody on board supposed that ‘the veasel was proceeding on her way to New York, ‘and the only intimation to the contrary was the heavy grating sound as the vessel was driven over the rough bottom of the shoals, where she now lies. ‘The steamer was going at the rate of about nine ‘knots when she struck. There was no excite- Ment on board at the time. Everybody was per- ‘Yectly calm, and Captain Phillips, the officers and crew immediately set about lowering the boats and getting the passengers on shore, of whom ‘there were 28 cabin and 481 steerage. Meantime guns were fired from the stranded ship, and in answer to them men came alongside i in @ small boat, from whom the first intimation ‘Was obtained as to the locality where the vessel Bad been driven to, Fortunately THE SRA WAS CALM, nd the distance from the main land only about a quarter of a mile. All the boats were speedily Yaunched and manned, and in three hours from the time of the disaster every living soul on board ‘was safely landed at Port Lebear, where the in- ‘habitants busied themselves in assisting to provide ‘temporary accommodations for the passengers ‘end crew. All the passengers’ luggage and effects, whip stores, &c., Were also saved and landed. “The ship is lying on an even keel as if riding at ‘anchor. There are about fifteen feet of water at ‘bigh tide on the shoal. The engine room is {ull of water, which ebbs and Sows through it, and it is supposed that a hole ‘was stove in the bottom beneath the engine room. Whe second deck is pretty clear of water, but below that the snip is full. The fog did not lift till yester- day morning, when, for the first time, it was seen that the vessel narrowly ESCAPED POTAL AND IMMEDIATE DESTRUCTION, with the probable logs of every one on board. ‘The distance between the port bows of the ship Bnd Little Gull Rock was only about two hundred yards, How she escaped in the dense fog is mar- vellous, and all on board, passengers and crew, Bre deeply thankful, In the direction the ship was steering along the dangerous western coast of this province her escape from destruction on the reeis gnd sunken rocks, so plentifully sprinkled along the coast, was simply providential. There is no theory offered to account for the ship’s deviation, though it is a fact that NO OBSERVATIONS HAD BREN TAKEN from the time of leaving Liverpool to the moment of the disaster. The place where the steamer 1s stranded 1s in- a8 Gull Rock Bar. This is distant from Lockport, the nearest port, twenty miles, and from Halifax about eighty miles, in latitude 43 39 N., longitude, 4 06 W. The cavin passengers have been comfortably ac- commodated in houses at Port Lebear, while for the steerage passengers and crew tents and awn- ings made from the ship’s sails have been erected on the shore, where they have been comiortably attended to since landing. ‘RB. Seeton, nave chartered the steamer M. A. Starr to bring the passengers and crew to Halifax. The Starr sailed for the wreck at daylight this morning, and will probably return with her living freight to-morrow afternoon. The passengers will be forwarded to their destination by the most expeditious routes possible, instructions to that effect having been sent from Mr. Inman to the gents here. It is not correctly known whether the ship will prove a total loss or not. It is thought that all the cargo will be got out, but in a damaged state. Divers and wreckers, with their gear, leave here dmmediately for the wreck. A feeling of intense reliei pervades this community that no lives have ‘been lost, and that a second Atlantic calamity has _ been averted. Additional Details of the Disaster. Hairax, N. S., July 8, 1873. Very iittle further has been received from the wreck of the City of Washington, The passengers are supplied with cooked provisions from the ship. Mt is expected that she will be got of if the ‘Weather continues favorable. There is great anxiety among the passengers for the arrival of the ‘M. A. Starr, which sailed from this port this morn- ing forthe wreck. The officers of the ship report ‘that no observations had been taken for cight days. ‘When the ship first struck there was only afew feet of water over the bar, the tide veing Jow, but the water came m through the hole which had been knocked in the ship’s bottom, ana there is now over ten feet of water in the hold. It will be impossible to ascertain the extent of the steamer’s injuries until her cargo has been taken out, but it is hoped that sthe hole may be plugged up and the vessel floatea vand repaired. She has s full general cargo, part et which is vory valuable. THE BAGGED ISLANDS ‘recetved their name from the rough nature of that ‘part of the coast. Several ships have been wrecked vat different times within a distance of three or four NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. Miles on etther side of where the City of Washing- ton now lies, The most notable of these were the transport Emulous, when several lives were lost; the steamer Pactolus, irom this city, bound to St. John, N. B., and the Philadelphia, ship Hezekiah Williams. There are twu light- houses on these islands, each distant about two Miles, one tothe east and the other to. the west of Labear Bar, but these are, of course, no protec- tion in the daytime or in foggy weather, and fog horns, belis or steam whisdes have not been Placed there to warn approaching vessels of their danger. In the present instance it is said that although the shore was so near that one might almost have tossed @ biscuit on it, still the fog was so dense that the land could not be seen. Captain Sheridan, submarine diver of this city, has charge of the re- covery of the goods from the ship. MEXICO. he Preparations for the General Election—Revolu tion in Yucaten—Indians on the War- path—Mackenzie’s Advance Re- garded with Indifference. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORX HERALD, Ciry or Mexico, via Havana, July 7, 1873. The elections for members o/ the Mexican Con- gress will be held on the 6th instant. The indica- tions are that a majority of the next Congress will be composed of members opposed to the adminis- tration. YUCATAN IN 4 STATE OF SIEGR. The revelution in Yucatan ie extending, and the .| country has been declared in a ite of siege. INDIANS ON THE WARPATH AND THE CASE OF THE KICKAPOOS. The Indians {n Chihuahua are on the warpath and have killed severa! citizens, No excitement was created over the raid of Colonel Mackenzie into Mexico alter the Kickapoo Indians. THE RIGHTS OF FOREIGNERS, The Mexican press urges the government to con- fer the rights of citizenship upon foreigners with- out compelling them to renounce their nationality. TELEGRAPHIC BXTENSION. The telegraph line between Minatitlan and Vera Cruz has been completed, Mr. Piamb En Route to New York. Havana, July 7, 1873," Mr. E. L. Plumb has arrived here trom Mexico, en route to New York. “WEST INDIES. ca rats The Cruise of the Challenger—Naval News—Fatal Accident—Coolie Ships Missing—Ratlways. Hatirax, N. §., July 8, 1873, The steamer Delta, from Bermuda, brings West India dates to July 1. The Britash scientific ship Challenger left Ber- Murda on the 12th of June for the Azores, and Her British Majesty's ship Minstrel sailed on the lath for a cruise, FATAL ACCIDENT. While a number of men beionging to the New York Wrecking Company were pumping out the Stranded ship Beaumaris Castle, at Bermuda, June 15, aman named Edmund kyan, in attempting to clear away a strainer of a pump that had become fouled by decomposed cargo, was suffocated by foul gas in the ship’s hold. Captain Brown and four men went to his rescue, but became ex- hausted and had to be hauled out. Ryan was dead before he couid be got out, STREET RIOTS. During the fortnigut ending May 8 the streets of Georgetown, Demerara, had been disturbed by conflicts hetween the men of the Second West In- dia regiment and the town police. THE COOLIE TRADE. Two emigrant ships trom Calcutta and one from Madras had sailed for Demerara: but the Indus, which sailed from Calcutta in January .ast, had not been heard from. LOCAL PROGRESS. The prospectus of a railway from Bridgetown to St. Andrews, Barbados, is publushed, THE STOiM KiNG, His Ravages in the West—Destraction of the Crops and Farms—Trees Up- rooted and Dwoellli Houses Demol- ished—What a G: if Wind Cost Ohio, CINCINNATI, July $, 1873. The following accounts oi damages to crops and buildings and the estimated losses by the recent rains have been received here :— In Ohio, throughout Fayette county, the oats, wheat d corn have been seriously damaged, a trees uprooted and one barn demolirned. The loss is estimated at $3,000 outside of the crops. In Troy, Miami county, the Troy W: Works lost fifteen new wagons by the being biown down. In Washington county the were consider. ably beaten down and damage An estimate of the loss cannot be made, the reports not being sul. ficiently full. In Belmont county several acres of timber were destroyed. Fora mile around Kelmont nearly ail the fences were blown down, admitting stock into | the grain fields. The wheat and cora were also | flattened out. in Morrow county, in the vicinity of Cardington, on Tuursday and Friday, the storm levelled the fences and timber in all directions, Many valuabie orchards were ruined, ‘The loss in Franklin county is estimated at from $50,000 to $100,000, The cotton lands were covered with water, destroying the crops, Part of the canal, in the town of Winchester, is under water, compeiling some of the firms to stop business, In the southern portion of Licking county the crops of ail kinds are badly damagea, The Newark, way, and Straitsville Ratroad sutfered se- verely. TWENTY-FIVE MILES OF THE TRACK were washed out and several bridges destroyed. In Clinton county the grain in shock and that standing in the fleids were alike prosfrated, making it necessary to cut @ great part ef it by haad. In the southern yon ol Greene county the wheat crop suffered; the estimated loss is from fifteen to twenty per cent; in other portions of tne county the loss is consideravly lighter. The weather is still Showery, and unless it clears up soon the wheat crop, which is dead ripe, will be greatly injured, in Muskingum county, Zanesville, Washington, Perry, Wayne and Knox townships suffered the Most damage to growing crops; not less than $10,000, besides a heavy loss on timber. The trains on the Muskingum Valley Railroad expect to re- sume their trips to day. in the south part of Butler county the rain did damage to the crops, A iarge lot of timber was also biown down. In Ciark county the damage will not be great, except in extra work aud the inconvenience in harvesting the down grain, In Union county the wheat ba is badly damaged throughout, especially along the creeks, where whole fields were deatrored, In Pickaway county the crepa destroyed and Washed away Will approximate $100,000. To this may be added the broom corn, within three miles of Circleville, $25,000, In Athens county, at Nelsonville, the Hockin; River ove: fowed and inundated the low@" part o! the town, A large number of families were com- pelied to ieave their houses and contents and my lor life, 80 sudden and unexpected did the f come. The crops in the botvom lands are a total loss, The damage to crops is estimated at $10,000, A great number of families living along the river in the vicinity of Athens were compelied to move to higher ground. The Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad track was covered with water too deep to allow the passage of trains, Tn Fairfield county the loss of public and private is estimated at over half a million Many low farms were swept of every- thing but uildiny The Hocking Canal wil not be repaired this Summer, hav- img fifteen la feaks in it within @ distance of twenty-five miles. The Bremen Canal was six feet under water on the morning of the 4th inst, Four bridges of the Cincinnati and Mus- kingum and the Cincinnati and Hocking Valley railroads were wrecked. The Hocking Canal and Hocking River were made one stream by the nu- merous breaks. In the southeastern of Indiana severe losses are also reported. In Union ony the crops are damaged ten to fifteen per cent, In Rip- ley county the tg oie taf ‘ ta ee co Wheat will yie one-four hefty? County two-thirds of the wheat is sprouting very fact. In Dearborn county the losses of the crops will be jar up in the thousands. ‘The same report comes irom Fayette county. Corn Will yield three-fourths of a crop. THE NORTH POLE. Sad Fate of German Navigators Bound to the Arctic. BHighteen Dead Bodies Found at Spitzbergen. TCLECRAM TO THE KEW YORK HERALD. beh Lonpon, July 8, 1878, Eighteen Norwegians, belonging to the German Arctic ‘avigation Company's service, who were left on Spitzberg n, were found dead by the party which went to their relief. ENGLAND. Discount on Change and at the Bank—Bullion in Rapid Supply. TELEGRAM TO TH: NEW YORK HERALD. LoNnDoN, July 8, 1873. The rate of discount on three months! bills in the Open market is one per ceat below the Bank of England rate. The rate for money on government securities, at the Stock Exchange, tm four per cent, or two per cent below the Bank of Engtand rate, The bank of England bullion has increased £149,000 to-day on balance. SPAIN. Don Carlos Repudiates a Clerical Crusader. TELSGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BAYONNE, July 8, 1873. Don Carlos has ordered the arrest of the Curé of Santa Cruz. SWITZERLAND. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERne, July 8, 1873. ‘The Federal Assembly have elected Herr Ziegler, of Zurich, President. DESERTING FROM THE SARAGOSSA. The Crew Quickly Disappearing—A Complaint or Arbitrary Arrest and What Came of It—What Captain Can- tero Says of Deserting—His Speedy Mode of Ridding fMimseif ef Crimps— Navy Yard Tactics. The HERALD yesterday received a letter from a person signing himseif , Agostipi,” im which, after reviling the Spaniards for some time, he Bays i— So nna ir Oe my cainpanion, went on board the Surhgousa. I Was sur- Re . r visiting:the Spanish mau-of-war and wish- Ing to KO, that one of the offivers of the Daragossa stopped us, saying thai iny triend could go out, but that I could not, Afier having waited ter two hours, seated on the deck, without receiving any intermatiou trow any vi the officers who were passing beside ine, I went and asked the captain by what Fight he’ detained me, and this is his answer :—-li I you have been guilty ot getting my men yt fed O Lave you before the a Courts.” “Atter i, al, tWo o three officers pre- sented themselves and iuaisted that they had heard ime seducing aailors to desert—a statement which has not the shadow of truth in it. in, ufter Ray- ing me by one policeinen around, took me as well as iy companion belore the Captain of the Navy Yard, who, after having heard ‘all the false statements, condemned me not to return to the Yard ag Jong as the Saragossa was there. When I went on board 1 had not on! ass but ih: permission of several of the officers of the ship. I trast you will print the above. F. AGOSTINL The matter appearing sufficiently interesting to merit investigation, a HERALD reporter was de- spatched to the Navy Yard todearn the facts @: this apparently arvitrary arrest. Tne executive officer o. the Navy Yard was not to be found,and the reporter pioceeded to where the Saragossa lies, She floats at the further end of the Yard, about 200 yards from the Vermont, and in close proximity to the Arapiies, so that it is necessary to cross & punt ferry and a bridge toreacn them. Around oth these slips the crews are constantly working at painting and repairing. The Sara- gossa has taken oif much of her heavy armament, whici now lies on dry land. The scene was a very busy one, and one Lact was quite remarkable, that the men during their work were laughing and chatting in the most good-humored style. They were muiuly uireeted in mechanical movements by the boatswain’s whistle. Two steam-launches lay near the huge vsssel. * Without any difficulty the HERALD writer was introduced to the presence of Captain Fermin Can- tero, the commandant of the Saragossa, When asked as to the facts of the case, he expressed him- sell a8 being very much pleased that the HERALD was so fair as to send to get both sides o! this storyr for, as the mar whom he had come in col- lision with had written to the paper, he had no doubt that the facts had been grossly misrepre- sented. Captain Cantero then proceeded to say, im excelient English :— “For some time my officers had informed me that oy bad noticed & man loafing round the stip and that they had heard him trying to induce the sailors to run away, offering them premiums if they would desert. This annoyed me excessively, because since we have been here in the Navy Yard 1 have lost thirty-two men by desertion. They are induced away by evil disposed persens ‘and, | understand, are offered a premium of $100 to do so. They are then shipped in tae merchant vessels, which I have understood are very short of bands just at present. This thing continued, Vhougn | never saw the man spoken of. Yesterday the man who wrote the note came on beard = and was recognized oy several as one who had made tie propositions, He was asked by one of the oficers on board to await my return. I was at the Adimira:'s, and came back about fifteen minutes alter circumstances. { went up to the man aud questioned him as to the charges Er oy hum. He denied them, and [ then had four the salors brought in, wito testified before him that he bad made propositions to them to desert. till decied the charges, and I went to one of th om the dock and asked him how I cor proceed im the matter, He referred mo In short, the captati to Captain Chandler, one of the executive officers of the yard, 1 then had the man brought before ft oMcer, and stated my case. Captain Chandier said I was perfectly right in what! had dene, and offered to jock the man unt an Offesl investigation could be heid. I did pot care eo get im any ieugthy trouble ol the Kind, and told Captats Chandler that as lou, as the man Was forviddes to come near my ship should be satisfied. Le Was then fet go with a pin gy Captain Chandler's servant said he knew both men; that they lived . Yard and were reguiarly engaged of getting sailors to rt; that, im tmot, they were known 4s crimps. the officer of the Nay, overnment have Yard and the United Sta kind to af and ave extended the same courtesies that we should extend to their vessels in Spanish waters, In Cadiz and = other Spanish ports the authorities do all they can to return deserters to foreign ships, and we only ask that the same be done with us, Of course, we can hardly trace those who are gone, but we are using every means te prevent any more irom escaping. I have no doubt that some of those who are gone will come back of their own accord, not a the country and the language. We do not punis! deserters who return, As to your correspondent, he is a great ruMan, I do not doubt,” The Saragossa 1s getng into the dry dock on the 12th of July to have her bottom scraped and some other repairs made, The captain expects to have her of by the 2th, though he may not return to Havana until the period of the hurricane is over. It appears there is no dry dock in New York large —- to perfectly accommodate immense vessel SMALLPOX SPREADING IN NEWARK Newark physicians not under the influence of the city authorities report that smallpox is on the in- crease there, and it is alleged that the health authorities strive to suppress the facts, To do the Health Board justice it has issued a strongly- worded circular urging citizens to co-operate with the officers in rooting out filth wherever it aboun It would be well for the Board to follow up its advice by making its paid deputies toe the mark and perform their gps duties, ferreting out pest places and reporting the same at once. MAILS FOR EUROPE. The steamship Idaho will leave this port on Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. ‘The mails for Kurope will close at the Post OMce at twelve o'clock M. Tar New Yort H#natp—Edition for Burope-— ‘Will be ready at half-past nine o’clock in the morn- to rty 1s rej Bingle copies, in wrappers for mailing, six cents. _ aaa Morn Roos hot fauch A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. DRAWN TO DESTRUCTION. Horrible Murder of a Wife and Snicide of An Elopement on Land and Death the Assassin Husband. What Jealousy, Inflamed by Drink, Will Effect—Affecting Statements of the Two Chiliren of the Murdered Woman, = c Boston, July 8, 1873, Donbie tragedié¥ are in Oraer now in Boston, ‘This afternoon Michael Desmond, of South Boston, Shot his wife and killed her instantly. Then he Putadullet through his own body, and the two ceased breathing at about the same moment. ‘ents 0! this kind have been regarded as a sor! of “ ‘| an epidemic, and when it is remembered how Since | have been here | many of them have occurred at stated per.ods or | intervals, they afford an opportunity for refection. The case now being recorded is one of murder and suicide, The murderer and suicide is Michact Desmond, His wife, whom he murdered, was Evsia Smith Lane Desmond, Both were in the prime and enjoyment of married tile. ‘The story is much the same as others and can be | told in 8 few words—a drunken husband, a faithful wife and two handsome children, The husband, in a paroxysm of jealousy, had a revolver and dis- charged part of the contents through the head and breast of his wile, and when he found she was dead he emptied the contents of the other cham- bers into his own body, and both were dead when the Coroner and officers arrived, ‘The rumors are to the effect that for about a month Desmond had been out of employment. He was a laborer and has, since being out of work, been drunk a good deal of the time and abusive to his family. His wife, to whom he was married three years ago, at the time she was married had two children, a boy and a girl, about ten and eleven years old. On Saturday night be tarned them from his house, No, 12 Tufts street, and they went to 118 Second street, where John Smith, a relative of the murdered wife, lived. There they remained till this morning, In the meantime Mrs, Desmond had obtained a warrant for his arrest, and this morning he was brought up before the Municipal Court, but was let off and returned home to 12 Tuits street. His wife went with him, He got into bed, put soon turned his wife and the boy Joseph out of the house, they going again to Second street. The little girl remained with him and advised him to separate from ber mother, and thus came the accustomed fighting, &c., which rendered the house very unpieasant, He said to the little girl, “Is not that a nice way, now, for her to run off and leave the house ?” Very soon he got up and left the house with the little girl, saying that he was going to see nis wife. He drank one giass of beer on the way. Ar- riving at the residence of Smith, he went up stairs with the girl to a front room, where his wite was sitting in a bay window. He said, ‘Is this where you sre?” and before she could get up or re- ply he drew a revolver, stooped down and discharged it four times at her. The little giri randown stairs at once and she and her brother called for the neighbors, On re- turning they found him lying on the floor, gasping in agony, and in a few moments he was dead. But two baligjhave been found in Mrs. Desmond’s body— one behind the left shoulder blade and ode on the cheek under the left eye. Either shot would nave caused death. The house is a dark, two story: tenement. It is situated on Second street, near acorner and in the midst of the miasma of the marshes, ts occupants, besides Mr. Smith, brother of the murdered woman, are two families, who hardly scem to realize the extent of the ca- lamity. Upstairs trom the street is a kitchen and dining room, all on the second story, and in front 1g the room in which the Le es occurred, | This is a very comfortably furnished apartment. It has @ swell front, with three windows, aud is car- peted throughout, In one corner is @ bedstead and in the other a sink, with imitation marble top. When | entered the room this evening the bodies of the murdered woman and tne suicide lay just as they fell. The woman iay with blood- stained sheets and crumpled up on the bed, with another sheet thrown carelessly over her, Evidently she was about thirty-five years old, with soit brown hair, aquiline nose and was pass- ably good looking. THE MAN LAY UPON THE FLOOR beside the lounge. He was well dressed, being attired in a biack coat and vest and gray trousers, His teeth were set firmly together, and his hands were clenched. To all ap- earances he had been a very fine lookin; fellow. He wore a full beard, with mustuches, an there were traces of biood which had trickled down his 1ace. He was @ Catholic, and his brother-in- law did not care to meddie with the re..ains. They lay there till they were claimed by a cousin of the deceased, who keeps a liquor shop on Kensselaer street. The house was guarded by policemen and full of sympathizing neighbors and curiosity junters, Making my way into the back room, I found the two children of the deceased woman and step- children of the man who is dead. THE CHILDREN’S STATEMENTS. One,@ very pretty and modest ilttie girl of twelve years, said:—‘‘My name is Sarah Jane Lane and I am tweive years old. My father was named Joseph Lane, and ne died in 1865, One day, Michael Desmond, my stepfather, who lies dead in the other room, came to re! mother, when she was @ widow and sold her a blue and white bead neck- lace. That was the way she got acquainted with on the Water. OVER THE SWIFT NIAGARA. The Full Story of the Early Comedy and Late _ Tragedy o! the Niagara's Taking Off—In the Swift Current and Under the Awiul Cataract. ~ NIAGARA Hants, July 7, 1878. _ Since the day bofore yesterday the principal sub- Ject of conversation in the country for a hundrea miles about has veen the feartul descent of the rowing party, swept over the cataract on the even- ing 01 the 4tn inst Every species of exaggerated rumor has been given wings and impromptu correspondents have hourly rushed trom the hotels to the telegraph oilice to send their little series of contradictory despatches to the papers of Toronto, Buifule and Rochester. kvery person one met on either side ofthe river, from the “oldest inhabitant” to the “latest arrival’ was the sole possessor of reilable in ormation concerning the personnel of the vic- tims and the incidents of the disaster, Yesterday I went to Chippewa, whence the un- fortunate voyagers set sail and there | learned all that may be known to-day of their sad story. THE TOWN OF CHIPPEWA, If you follow the river up from Clifton, on the Canada shore, for a distance of three miles, walk- ing sometimes ankle deep in water, sometimes leaping from hillock to hillock over a spongy morass and finally climbing up a long, curved ascent, deeply shaded, to the open, hot, dusty road across the country you will uiti- mately arrive at Chippewa, A poor struggling bamlet, consisting of a tew deserted brick butld- ings on three sides of a little open place; a fac- tory, or mill, the machinery of which stopped long ago, and which presents a broken roof and un- glazed window frames to the elements, and, per- haps, two dozen detached wooden structures of different sizes and in various stages of decay. In fact, the usual Canadian town, where the build- ings when the slow process of construction ceases begin a rapid dilapidation; where moss grows on the roof and doorstep of the house completed yes- terday; Where there is no nerve or verve in any- thing; where transplanted energy dies, and where everything sceme stillborn. “(HE ROYAL BRITISH-AMERICAN’? Hotel is one of these sad lovking structures, long and low and dirty white in color and broken down about the eaves, with a sort of apologetic angie and @ general expression of self-abasement. It was to this hotel that on the evening of Thursday last a little company came to play a merry comedy. A little alter five o’clock on that evening the land- lord, Mr, William Piummerfeit, standing in the doorway of his inn, observed a group of persons chatting gaily, approaching from the river road, They were three. The firsta young gentleman of about twenty-two years of age, beardless and with an open, boyish face, carried @ heavy valise. By his side was a very pretty young girl, of apparently eighteen, fashionably dressed aud attended by a lttie fellow of ten or &@ dozen years who brought up the rear, THE COMEDY OF LOVE, The trio drew near the door and saluted the landlord smilingly. The latter bowed politely, ana stepping back threw open the door of the littie blk parlor, on the left of the hail ag you enter, the young gentleman wanted rooms for himself, for the young lady and tne little teliow, the lady's brother, and they all wanted a nice supper. Then he asked if there was a jeweller in the place, and was directed to a little shop, near by, kept by a German. He fran over there to get his watch—an American lever in @ fine gold case—repaired, and beiore he came away, bought a set of jewelry, consisting of earrings, a, &c., for the young lady whom he had lett at the inu. The jeweller took the nuraber of the watch to be repaired and asked the Lame of his patron, The young man answered that HIS NAME WAS M'CORMICK, and afterwards in conversation stated that he had lived in Detroit. Returning to the hotel the young man soon pro- sented himself beiore the proprietor, with the girl on hisarm and the little fellow at his side, and asked for a boat as they wanted a row on the river, Mr. Plummerielt at ouce explained the danger of attempting the passage of the river, and told them finally that he would let them have a boat only on condition of a promise that they would confne themselves to the waters of THE CHIPPEWA CREEK, deep but sluggish stream, which here empties into the Niagara. They ali pronnsed readily and rowed merrily up the creek. Near the distillery— less than halt a mile above the village—they were seen “rocking” the boat alter a most reckless fashion and amid peais of laughter. A boatman near the shore saw that in their excitement they did not notice that the boat was rapidly flilmg, and that if they continued their sport it would soon nk, He rowed out to them, showed them their danger and assisted to bail out their boat. They returned to the hotel delighted, and the y ng [oar pesgere drew a large Toll of crisp new bank notes, wrapped up in a piece Ol newspaper, from the hip or “pistol” pocket of his pantaloons and handed Mr. Piummerielt an amount someth in excess of what he ow Say- him, and they were married three years ago. Last Saturday night Desmond got drunk and pitched things all around the house. He turned mother and me anu Joe, my little brother, out of doors, and we slept at a neighbor’s house. Mother’s name was Evesia Smith before she was married to any- bas and she was of Irish descent, but a Protes- tanf. Mother got out a warrant for father's serest and he was locked up, bat afterwards she secure his release. He came home to Tufts street. The next morning she went into the house andjtold Desmond that she wanted to fix up the room. He told her to take her things and leave, Then mother and I picke up our tittle things and went out. She put ali the dishes in the boiler beiore we went and made up the bed, Des- mond sat at the door. He toid Joe that he could come over to his uncie’s, in Second street, where we are now, and stay two nights. Joe went out and I followed. Joe and Desmond followed me. Desmond was not drunk, but he had been taking some beer. He refused to let mother go out of the house and locked the door against her. Finally she got out and came over here. Then he put a pistol in his coat and started after her, He has used us very badly. When he was sober he used to give his wages to mother; but when he was drunk he was a very bad man, and he was drunk very often. Last Winter he used to come home sometimes at a very late hour and turn us all outdoors in our night dresses barefooted, and we were compelled to seek refuge at a neighbor's house. Ram caused all this difi- culty.” Joseph Lan a stanch little fellow of nine, told his story in straightiorward manner, haraly seeming to realize his motherless condition, He said:—"Mother and I were tn the room tor twenty minutes before Desmond arrived. She told me that nad cleared her out, and would have killed if ithad not been for Sarah Desmond. He ed Sarah, and when she told him that he ugat net to jaw and abuse mother, he used and (hen she mond came the a who ment ‘Here you are, ste he 881 and before mother a pistolatber, Motner the room on the floor Desmond fred he turned rou: 5 knew Dee . was very jealous of her.” THR SORNR OVER THE RODIRS. The tragedy was a sad one. ht and wile, nines tee mother, both lay there dead in the small bedroom, and their two little f--- 4 ther ome fully éppreciating that tne; were running about and telling the story of the murder with all its horrible and revolting details, Outside there were hundreds of carious a on and except for the efforts of Sergeant Lucas his oMcers, the charnel house itself would have be- come ® Museum. The Coroner’s inquest will be commenced to-morrow. RAIN STORMS IN THE WEST. SPRINGFIELD, Il., Inly 8, 1873. To-day is the firat for a week or more that no rain has falien in this section of the State. Yester- day and for several days previous it rained in tor- rents in southern and Central Illinois. The coun, try 18 almpost deluged with water. Great damage has been done to wheat, oats ond hay, which in the Southern part of the State had just been harvested, while in Central Illinois ‘vesting had just begun, Gi in Southern Iitinois is re- coy sprouting, and in the Centre it is blown own, #0 that great quantities of it will be lost, as it will be impossible to harvest tt. Although the streams are much sawoilen no Gamaged by tbe rains, ing, carelessly, ‘‘We shall stay several days. When that is used up I will pay you more.” Several per- sons saw the money then in possession of this gen- tleman, and one note was noticed as of the denom- ination of $100, The entire amount has been vari- ously estimated at [rom $200 to $1,500, THE MARRIAGE LICENSE. Before retiring on Thursday night the young gentleman asked where he should Spply for a mar- Triage it ie. He was informed that he would have to g Welland, the county seat, in order to obtain one. He then made arrangements for a horse and buggy, with which to ride over on the morrow, Before noon he started, accompanied by the oung girl, whose little brother was leit behind. During the absence of the lovers tie jandiord at intervals chatted with the child. AN RLOPEMENT. “Ts that Pretty lady your sister?” asked Mr. Plummerfel “Yes, sir,” said the boy, “Where do you live when at home?” “At Toronto,”’ “And where does the young gentleman live?” “He lives in the States, sir; but he used to live in Toronto, He lived there a little while.” “And so he aud your sister are golng to be mar- ried?” “Yes, sir.’? ‘This was on Priday, the 4th of July. noon the lovers returned, thetr faces rad! “Can you give us a cold lunc! what shall I pay ise for the horse?! “fhe horse will be $3, sir,” and Mr. Piummerfels brought out @ lunch of cold meat, bread, cheese, ale and milk, The three sat down. They ate but little meat, but drank freely of the milk, and left the ale un- touched, After the tunch THEY ALL WHISPERED TOORTHRR and laughed merrily, and soon after they teft the hotel and waiked down to the creek. One of the villagers noticed, as they passed out from under the shadow o/ the inn, with its eaves, as humble as an Heep, giinting im the sunshine, @ dark cloud suddenly obscured In the after- jant. the sul and they seemed to Walk as if under a4 canopy. When they obtained a boat, howe this tune free to go where they leased and under No restricting promise to the Readiora, they turned ite prow down the stream, and the sun came out from behind the cloud and up the waters and threw a glory about the rl ih the stere Ol the boat and dased the eyes of the boy in the bow. An old geutioman who was over tnat the creek & > oe light laughte: > ig by l7 cme up the boat, and a few moments, ae man at Ma oars war eae een ieee mai aged rm ace directly tt front of him er not it te impos to say, bat the old tleman remarked t! very anskilful in management of the boat, our toaling with une current) though Uuits Impeliod with the curren’ e by the passed out into tne Niagara. Now, at this ine ed jess than three miles from the cataract, it ible to row across the river. Not only ia it , DUS, BS & Matter of constant occurrence, it is considered commeztivell, sale. But in from the American side, leaving the near the depot, it is necessary to row up the end of Grass Island, and then h~ 4 dia, up the stream and work for dear life when in the dark- looking waters pointed out from the shore ag THR CHANNEL OF THE CURRENT. On the other hand, rowing Irom the Canada wan was one of Sane io: few the tf Chippewa, and while retained its iorm, wie ~ IN THE RAPIDS. , AS oe water fence was ee and the Sted te water. Th man vanbed hon tones wou The woman looked scared, as though she be wascrazed. The child ran away ma | ~_ and CaIghs a * gitmped Of the wal rowa now 1 a at ad descent i te direction of the first line Island. Her lover iooked over his shoulder, ~ faoe. Piers wad, dou oss, none se of the ort : ‘here joub’ color in the girl’s cheek that had made her ) | admiration of the rustics in the vill she w: leaving behind only a short half hour re. lover grasped ong oi the oare with frantic Rastey and with both hands he thought to turn the n the Mtdate of that current ruuning like ® | race. He looked tnen, apparentiy, for phe oth: 0ar—dooked in the bottom of the boat and on ev side tranticatiy. He had iost the oar in the moi : Of his first appalling horror. 4 é HE MAD DROPPED ONE OAR It THE WATER, - and it was carried away in a secomd beydud sight and beyond sound, down in the depths o1 (he foam jog abyss of the .apids now yawning beneath them, The boat darted uown frst crest of rec! the stera swinging avowt; 4 Moment she was to view, and then come, sree, on, seeming point toward Cedar Then she rose on the point of @ great foam-covered rock and darted down bow foremost, as though steered by invisible hands, From the new tower the poor wretcies, who had gone s@ ily forth in the irat cecklestie!l were seen cling« ing to each other in the bottom of the boat, Them & Cloud of mist and spiay veiled the whole irom mght, and ior an instant oniy, just under she bh of the rambow over the cicft of the Horgesh Fall, ttie end of the boat protruded irom the foam and mist; auother instant, for the space of the lightning's nash, two blick fragments of the break~ ing boat were seen, and that was all. Tae waterg hid al eise, and’have continued to hide all, save @ lew {ragiments of the buat, which was ashor@ beneath the cataract. XENTUCKY LOTTERY. Drawing for the Third Gift’ Comecrt Cash Gitts=The Lucky Numbers. Lowisvi.ie, Jaly 8; 1818) Alarge audience assembied early this moraliog in the Public Library to witaess the drawing oC tie lottery in connection with the third gist The process of drawing was explained by Cotonet’ R. F. Durrett, President of the Board of Trusteess All the tickets had been sold and the drawing wae @ full scheme, distriouting half a million of dollara’ in cash gifts to the ticket holders, At the opening! of the hall at six o'clock this morning a crowd wal! already waiting at the door, which grew into @ perfect jam in the hall by nine o’c\oek. A number of lead ng citizens and éfticlais of the city were om: the stage. 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