The New York Herald Newspaper, August 10, 1873, Page 7

"FE DISASTROUS FIRE “Wholesale Destruction of Property in Portland, Me. “Three Females Burned to Death. INTENSE EXCITEMENT. ‘Three Valuable Steamers Reduced to Cinders. ‘Iwo Wharves, Filled with Mer- chandise, Destroyed. ‘The Harbor Brilliantly Lighted Up by the Flames. PORTLAND, Me., August 9, 1873, The commercial capital of Maine seems to be particularly uniortunate in its fire record. While Still suffering (rom the effects of the dread element ‘that swept away her richest squares in 1866, and Sympathizing with her sister city in Oregon, which was destroyed a few days ago, she has been again visited by a conflagration of the most disastrous Kind. A million dollars’ worth of property is now in washes and three liyes have been sacrificed to the ‘fury of the flames. At the lowest estimate placed by reliable judges the loss will equal, if not exceed, one million of dollars, not to speak of the loss occasioned by the disarrangement of the business of the steamship lines, of which three prominent ones are sufferers. . zoite. lmmpedinte, cause of the, Are jp a5 yot 8 mystery; but the first seen of a blaze a8 in & bale of merchandise in the storehouse of the New York Steamship Company, at tne end of Galt’s Wharf, The building was 400 feet long and 90 feet ‘wide, and was filled with articles of a most in- ‘Mammable nature. After the fire started there ‘was no possibility of controlling it. Lying at the ‘Pler was the steamer Dirigo, which had arrived from New York this morning, and was then ais- charging her cargo. In an‘ instant, apparently, after the fire was discovered, the whole freight house was in one mass of flames, and, of course, all chance of escape for the persons on board the steamship was cut off in this direction. An alarm was immediately sounded, but after the fire- “men arrived THE HEAT WAS SO INTENSE © ‘that they could not reach the burning building. In @ few moments the steamer was on fire in many Places. The lines were cast off, but the tide set hher back against the wharf again. All avenues of escape having been cut off, the persons’ on board, Some twenty men and three women, jumped into the water. Several of them were badly burned before they were rescued. The three women perished, although they were living when they were first taken from the water. It is thought ‘that they were struck by some falling timbers ‘While they were in the water. They were Mrs, Miller, stewardess, and her daughter, thirteen years old, both of New York, and a girl, nineteen years old, named Nellie McCarthy, belonging to this city, This girl had gone on board buta few ours previous, to assist the stewardess. Aman named Weeks was knocked overboard, and came near being drowned, Above the freight shed was the large grain ele- vator, belonging to the Grand Trunk Ratlway Com- pany, valued at $150,000, which is thought to be fally insured. In it was stored some twenty-five thousand dollars’ worth of grain, which is, of course, a total loss. Directly opposite the elevator, and separated from it only by @ railroad track, was a large build- Ing used as a United States bonded warehouse. This was soon ablaze, the fire running through it very rapidly. Stored in this building was a large @mount of sugar, molasses, four and otner mer- chandise, which in half an hour was totally con- sumed, A long train of loaded freight cars were stand- ‘ing on the track, between the buildings, but they ‘were drawn out, some of them being badly burned. On the wharf beyond the elevator was another Jarge building, used for storage and offices, and this was completely destroyed. Another building, filled with goods, was !n the path of the fre and ‘was soon in ashes, This included all the buildings on Galt’s wharf. On Franklin wharf were two unfinished scows, ‘which caught fire, but were finally saved. In the ock between Franklin and Galt's wharves were two new tugboats, which were with the greatest difficulty got oif into the harbor. DESTRUCTION OF THE STEAMERS MONTREAL CARLOTTA, The next wharf east of Galt’s belongs to the Portland Steam Packet Company. Lying at this wharf was the fine steamer Montreal, which came down from Boston this morning. Close beside her, and lashed to her, was the Carlotta, belonging to the Halifax line. The fatter was prepared to sail, with a full cargo, at four o’clock. The lines of these steamers were cast off, but the tide drifted them directly in the path of the flames, and in a few moments they were in a blaze. The persons on board these steamers had great difficulty in Saving their lives, and one young boy, who had a large amount of money belonging to the clerk in ‘bis possession, was actually obliged TO PAY A BOATMAN FIFTY DOLLARS to take him off one of the burning vessels. The magnificent steamer Montreal, valued at $200,000, then floated down the harbor 1n a mass of fire, presenting a splendid, although painful, sight. ‘She finally went ashore on Bang’s Island, and the Carlotta and Dirigo went aground on the other side of the breakwater, where they soon burned wo the water's edge. ‘The government steamer Blue Light, which is here with the scientific expedition, went to the sesistance of the Carlotta, but got aground close beside her, and it was feared she would aiso be ae- stroyed, The dense volumes of smoke which ascended from the burning mass enveloped the harbor as ‘with @ pall, and hung over the adjoining istands, fhe flames from Galt’s wharf now LRAPED ACROSS THE DOCK, ond the immense freight sheds of tho Port- land Steam Packet Company were soon on fire. . ABnYMATADE teas Were A! Work hastily hauling AND rom ‘thd telgit, dha the ttmost excitement pro- vailed. The wind was blowing @ strong breeze, and it was feared thatthe Grand Trunk freight and Passenger depots would ve destroyed. The build- ings on this wharf covered every portion of it, some of them being three stories high. They were owned by the Grand Trunk Company and were valued at $10,000. The flames made quick work of them, There were 1,000 cords of wood and 1,000 tons of coal in these sheds. On the other side of the wharf wag a large freight shed belonging to the Halifa®line, Stored with valuable freight, including 100 hogs- heads of sugar, 500 barrels of dour, a large quan- tty of preserved salmon, barrels of mackerel, &c. Not more than fifty barrels of flour were saved, THE FIRE HERE SPENT ITS FORCE, the very wide-dock between this pier and the Great Eastern wharves preventing its further pro- gress. By the most strenuous exertions of the fire- men the Grand Trunk sheds were saved. Fifty cars were loaded with freight and moved out of the depot, At six o’clock the fire was subdued, except amid the coal and timbers of the wharves. ‘Three “unfortunate women have lost their lives in this disaster, and a score of men have received severe injuries, The wharves will have to be wholly rebuilt. This Will of course greatly disarrange the business of the steamship companies, although they will use every exertion to get into working order again. The following is the insurance on the steamers and freight, as nearly as can be ascertained to- night:— INSURANCE ON STEAMER MONTREAL. Insurance Company of North America... Phenix, of Hartiord.... Continental, of New York Imperial, of London. Springfield........ INSURANCE ON STEAMER DIRIGO. Home, New York... tna, Hartiord.... North America, Philadelphia. Manhattan, New York...... Bangor, of Bangor, Maine ferhat $5,000 6,000 5,000 American, New York. 5,000 Exchange, New York......... + 6,000 Continental, New York. + 6,000 Springfleld............ 6,000 Commercial Union, London. Tradesmens’, New York Total... THE CARLOTTA’S INSURANCE. North British.. Fireman’s Fund Springfield. London... On the freight in the sheds of the New York Company there were the following insurances:— Franklin, Philadelphia. oo $5,000 2,500 2.500 2,500 North America. North British. Manoufacturers’, Boston.. TOLL .....sseceseseeecseeevsescscoens The freight on the Portland Steam Packets’ wharf was insured to the following amounts :— Royal, Liverpool.... Commercial Union, Total.... The grain in lows :— Girard, Philadelphia Total...... tenes eeceree The coal on the wharf was insured for $5,000 in the Imperial Company, and Alvin Neal’s rigging loft was insured for $1,000 in the Providence, of Washington. During the fire a yacht going down the harbor capsized and the occupants were saved with diffi- culty. Telegrams were sent to Saco and Bidde- ford for assistance, but the order was afterwards countermanded. Large crowds of the poorer classes are searching the ruins to-night, picking up small quantities of flour and sugar which escaped both fire and water. The Coroner is holding an inquest on the bodies of two of the women to-night. The remains of the third has not yet been re- covered. ondon.... the elevator was insured as fol- UNAVAILING BRAVERY. Mr. Salmon, clerk of the Carlotta, made desperate efforts to save the steamer, but they proved of no avail. Assisted by the first and second engineers and two of the minor employées, he clung to the ship, while all the others scampered away. Mr. Sal- mon received some severe burns, but his injuries are not serious, The HERALD reporter visited the wrecks of the burning steamers at a late hour, but, little was left of them. The bodies of the victims presented a piteous sight, being swollen and dis- figured, although not much injured by fire. Itis generally believed that the steamer Mon- treal would have been saved but for the gross in- efficiency of those on board. She swung clear of the wharfand the dames, and the wind was off shore, bat no sail was set, and the tide drifted her against the Carlotta. No blame is attached to the Steamboat Company, s0 far as [can learn, though the opinion is freely expressed that there was a lack of assistance at the first alarm, and that con- siderable cowardice was exhibited when the real danger came. DESCRIPTION OF THE STREAMERS, The following is a description of the burned steamers :— The Dirigo belonged to the Maine Steamship line and was commanded by Captain Johnson, an ex- pertenced navigator. She was 184 feet long, 31 feet breadth of beam and 13 feet depth of hold; was of 941 tons burden and built of wood. She was constructed at Portland, Me., tn 1865, for ©. W. Bailey. She had inverted propeller engines, with 60 inch diameter of cylinder and 60 inch stroke of piston, The Dirigo had two decks, was ef clipper model, rigged as a topsail schooner and equipped for Sound trafic. She had two water-tight bulk- heads and ranked Al. Valued at $45,000, The Montreal, Captain Donovan, was a side- wheel wooden steamer, built for the Boston and Portland Steam Packet Company in this city in 1867, and yas of 975 tons burden. She ranked at last inspection Aly. Her engines were vertical acting; diameter of cylinder fifty-two inches; stroke of piston, eleven feet. She was schooner rigged and had water wheel guard fore and aft. She was coppered in 1865, Value estimated at $40,000, The Carlotta was a small vessel plying between Portland and Halifax. She was old and not con- sidered of much value in comparison with the other two steamers, MONTENEGRO. Report of the Attempt at Regicide Contradicted. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, TRIESTE, August 9, 1873. ‘The statement that an attempt was made yester- day to assassinate the Hospodar of Montenegro is contradicted, “4 WITCHES’ SABBATH.” Virtuous Vineland Invaded by the Spiritualists. Victoria Woodhull on the MARRIAGE TO BE ABOLISHED, Laura Cuppy Smith Proclaims Her as the “Redeemer, and Virtue and Re- spectability as the Two Thieves on theCross.” INDIGNATION OF THE VINELANDERS VINELAND, Cumberland county, N. J} August 9, 1873, In this thriving and industrious but out-of-the- Way town of 10,000 inhabitants, ninety-seven miles from New York and thirty-four miles sonth of the peaceful eity of Philadelphia, the Spiritualists of the State of New Jersey have been hoiding. @ mad revel for two days under the pretence of a “State Convention of Spiritualism,” as they have denominated a gathering of about three hundred long-haired men and short-haired women, who. have assembled to hold a kind of “Witches’ Sabbath” in Vineland. The people of Vineland held, on the 8th of August—which is the Vinelanders’ Fourth of July—the twelfth anni- versary of the founding of their town. On that day twelve years Charles K. Landis dug a hole for the first stake of the township, and since that day the prosperity of the town has been most Marvellous in its nature. The decent people of Vineland, wishing to cclebrate this important day, had a grand demonstration, and some five thousand persons were present in the public park, where ap- propriate addresses were made by C. K, Landis, Congressman Hazelton, P, E. Beaman and others. There was a plentiful display of fireworks, and in all this festivity there was not an intoxicated person op the grounds or in the town. The Spirit- ualists hearing thatsuch an anniversary was to be held seized the occasion to hold their annual demonstration. The Long Branch boat, Jesse Hoyt, on Thursday morning brought down to Sandy Mook apout two hundred of these people, who made connection for Vineland.by the Southern New Jersey RaiJroad, which place was reached at four o’clock on the same aiternoon, after a journey of six hours and a half from the foot of Murray street. They were the queerest lot of people I ever saw in my life. Yet I recognized all the types of monomanta that [ have observed for the past eight years asa journalist among those Spiritualist and women’s rights advocates in all their conventions and assemblages from Boston to St. Louis. A lady with short hair and a face like a nutmeg grater stepped up to me on the forward deck of the boat and said:— “S-L-r, what in the name of G-ee-ho-vah do you think of our mov-e-ment ?” “I think, madame,” said I, “that it passes the founding of a joke.” “A joke! a joke, sir!” said she, with a horrible twist of her mouth. ‘Have you no soul see-em-pathee? have you no inner consciousness? Does not the divine basis of your grovelling nature soar to a higher and more sidereal sphere—to a loftier existence? Will you not gather at the river with us and join the heavenly band, where all shall be joy and bliss and @ serenity of unfleshly exuberance?” “No, ma’am,’’ I said, “I haven’t got the time.” ‘Think of being shut up with these people ona narrow boat for an nour and a@ half—two hundred of them! Another lady, with short hair and dressed ina man’s Sandusky linen duster anda man’s yellow linen pants and a man’s tie, struck me on the arm with her fan, the only article of woman’s apparel about her, and said to me in a whisper :— “Brother, do you not think that we shall soon arrive at a state of per-fection? Is not this day a glorious har-binger of our future s-t-a-te?” Iwas compelled to answer that [ did not know and that I did not care a cent if it was so. When the Spiritualists got to Vineland they held an informal meeting, and the discourses that were delivered bordered on sheer madness, There were some men of twenty-five or thirty years of age who were married “spiritually” to women of forty and fifty,and their behavior was simply and ac- tually incomprehensible. The most brilliant woman among them, after Woodhull, who was attired in black, looking pale ana with her usual Alpine hat, was: Mrs. Laura Cuppy Smith A Vinelander, named Dr. Coonley, a little, crazy old man, acted chairman, and ad- as dressed his audience as “Brother” and “Sister” in a sing-song tone. There were not many notabili- ties present; but the most prominent at the meet- eld, first at Merchants’ Hall and afterwards at Plum Ha! |, Were Mrs. Julia Dumos, Mr. Hicks, of New York; Mrs. Stear! in a white bedquilt— a visionary female; J. Howard Hamilton, a mad poet; S. V. Fowler, of Brooklyn; Dr. Treat, of Vineland, and a few others. The great gun, however, was Victoria Woodhull, who made the most outrageous address ever yet delivered by her, which I give with the coarseness eliminated care- fally. ne ball was crammed by old and young women, who applauded warmly al she sald. The address is as follows. NOW PROPLE ARE SCARED BY RELIGION, Ifa stranger visits the farming districts of the New England States in the month of June he will observe in many newly-planted corn flelds the most hideous looking objects, fashioned after the human form. They occupy the prominent positions about the fleld, as it standiug sentry over the young corn. And to they are: buta view from the highway only may not show of what these im- Drovised sentinels are composed, other than that the: wear the external garb of @ dilapidated in- dividual who, y, to ni nds the this for that which said to make some feel rich and others to forget that they are poor. If, however, the boy with the inevitable “little brown jug” happens to come along at this juncture, from him it may be learned that the senti- are men of straw merely, stationed there as a warn- to the crows froin yonder wood. against venturing ‘othe fleld to pull up the newly-planted corn, the routs from which are beginning to make the flelds look Green. But now observe upon what the efficiency ot hese men of straw depends. There they stand motion- less, with not so much as the power to raise a hand for harm or good ; but the crows,having just sense enough to see in them the resemblance to their great enemy—man— carefully avoid coming within their dom: thus through ignorance 1s the young corn saved. A STRAW WELL AND A STRAW DEVIL. But scarecrows are found in other than corn fields, and for other purposes than to save young corn. They are found in the religious field. Those who have eoui- 0 here. !n order to save their reim, hold up a hell fire and the Old Nick himself as scarecrows, to prevent the ignorant and the foolish from invading their pos- sessions, or rather from exploring beyond them. Since all people, however, are not crow people, they do ot always succeed. Some have been bold enough to move right onward, and not only seize hold of the straw hell and straw ‘devil, bi inevitable straw also, and hort them al the" astonished world. Some cry out ‘Sacrilege !" while others quietly ‘remark, “Well, it was only a blind after all. Strange that wo could have been fooled 80 long by these fellows who ape Popish power.” In the field of politics there are the same class who invent scarecrows with which to fool the people—their seris— one of the moat terrible of which. at the present, is that of a woman voting, and the idea of justice for industry. God These are, indeed, terrific sights, enough to blanch the face of such ag all their lives have lived under the rod ot male domination and the money god, and the beliet that man is the natural lord of creation altogether, evel ad when sensible woman knows she belies herself by this since she also should know that she y absolute monarch over man, able to compel him upon his knees to supplicate tor instead of presum ing to grant tavor. Oh, woman! hast thou not yet learned thy subtle yet potent power, that thou doth still grovel in mean servility, at the feet of thy sert, if thow wouldst have him so! This naturally introduces the social feild, whose scarecrows it is our special province at this time to consider. I know them all to be “men of er eait inel the ase patf, the slightest breath ruth will topple over and expose to the world, if it will but look on them as they fall, i bs “WHAT [8 FREEDOM!" Individnal sovereignty means freedom for the indi. vidual; then, if there is any meaning in the logic of events for the last hundred years, freedom for the indi- vidual, socially, is an inherent right, of which neither he nor she can be' deprived righttully, by any power what- ever, whether it He of Church or State, oF Mf hoth oun. bined. Nobody will doubt this, but many will now ask, pts is ee a re K..! lo juite meet wi eas ft rO- pisos an respectability they will reject i as eresy, the right of sovereignty to the contrary notwith- standing Freedom, in general terms, means simply this :—That each and every individual bas the right th his or her own proper person to make such use of any or all his or her powers and capacities as he or she may elect Anything less than this is not “freedom—it ia re- jon, and restriction exercised by any person or fi- grogate Of persons over another person is despotism, but the rule of social order must be either freedom or despot- ism—it cannot be a mixture of both definition given todo. it “RVERY MARRIED COUPLE TO SEPARATE.” The very safeguards that you have thrown around the family to make it pure aid holy have made instead a community of little hot hells, in which the two. princi: ais torment each other wntil one ar the other gives up he Contest, and by which the seeds of devilism are sown in common ruin before | unfortunately for them- in alt the children who to virtue see And society result. 1 and morality have made alm. ee and ‘every “husband a sesnet’ Si. 4 Is ther both, against their bey “nel be fontinually 0 ffom bad to worse. Cor. Mul oon ve together, Woul 4 tions, iis is "the. tiost’ monstrous Aaa REOrY It is absurd enough; but as a practice il ts revorting infernalism. Even thecongiton ‘Of premitunes, on whlch there is so much pretended commiseration, is to be ferred tothis! They have the right to refuso whem thy choose; but the poor wife is denied this. She must sd mit or take a thrashing, pertaps! Why, sir, your sate- guards are the allies ‘oF hell, ‘and are’ responsible for misery, more sickness and more crime than other ‘cases combined; and humanity as a PS.A8 yet UNCOnsciously, ertes to its God for Be amsured this ery ‘will be heard and answored, | For the sako of consistency, sir, you would jo weil to take in your family scarecrow: fetore you and your like become utterly obnoxious, “But,” says the objector, “‘suppose ‘I do,” what will become of the Shor eh te ty eed Acta A rey of the world, not knowing w! are thelr fathers even—a terrible dilemma, surely DO YOU KNOW YOUR OWN FATHER This is scarecrow No.4 Wouldn't know their fathers! Anh! that would be bad; a fearful of things, wouldn't itt Sow, do you mean 43 an objection ? ‘ou wish it to be understood that you are in earnest? ou mast be attempting to play a joke upon somebody! Why, sit, there isn't a “person inythe world who knews absolutely who lis father is! There may be many who perhaps think they know ; but thought hasdecelved many ‘a one in other things, and’ undoubtedly has in this one i IL. Itis not safe only to think in a matter where "it is assumed that positive certainty is necessary. may certain knowledge there are some persons who thin! they know their fathers, who are wonderful fanlt in Indeed is marriage # sa! ‘din gome ways that ye wot not ot: bat they are al right, ‘ou know,” —that is, so long as they are not found cut, ut in the highest respect to the order of things, what dces itmattor whether the cild, or any one, knows Who is its father ?. Answer this, with reason, who can? Is he or is society any better for this Knowledge ? Are they because of it? Is it not that th tions of real valuo, jen and women 1e both to children and society are, overlook thé lance given such as this~such as areaf no value whatever to anybody, except of harm? The great error of civilization ‘is in ‘this question of children, and the simple yet sublime doctrines of the Nazarene can never be inaugurated in the world until it is corrected, Why do you not, in place of asking what will become of the children, ask what is becoming of them now? Go the Arty thousand houseless, halt starved, wholly un 4 taught’ children of New York city, who’ live from the swill barrels of the rich’ Christians, what is becoming of them, and they wil! tell you they don’t know. But it wili be plain to be seen that they are going to the bad, surely, 1’ cannot understand how tt is that the critics of social freedom should b terribly concerned about the children who are tobe, when they have no concern whatever for those who are. Solicitude for children, when thore are 5,000,00 of people in the United States, one-eighth of the total population, over ten years of age, whocan neither read nor write! W by. itis Guint absurd! There ig no such thing. This [felended solicltate ‘ts, something pumped wp, tn the Imaginations of these idealists as a scarecrow to pre- vent inguirer after freedom trom finding the direct road. CHILDREN DYING BY THOUSANDS. What will become of the children? Again, what does become of them! One-half of all children ‘cut off by death hefore the age of five years—a commentary on the reteaded anxiety for children that seems more like & jorrible tragedy. Think of it mothers! fathers! reform- ers! One-half of all children dying betore they be 80 a reach five years of age—victims, of our present social system, of the prevailing ignorance of the sience of ‘sexuality and the needs ot — the ‘oung and of the theory of parental ownership! he world cannot afford to suffer this terrible loss. When @ ship founders at sea, with the loss of a few hundred lives, the whole country {s aroused over the horror; but it sloeps quietly over the fact that double that number of children—babes, almost—fall victims to the fell destroyers, ignorance and superstition false social cusioms. Iniancy and childhood should he the healthiest period of life, but it is ten times more fatal than any other that can be selected with which to institute a comparison. There is but one verdict that can be rendered over these untimely deaths, and this isi died at the age of from three days to iour years, of ma- ternal ignorance; or, to put it more plainly, murdered by the ignorance of mothers. This is strikingly apparent when it is remembered that as soon as this period is passed and children begin to take care of themselves somewhat the death rate decreas alinost immediately. Think of this again, ye mothers, before you shall utterly condemn a system tliat will save all these precious buds of promise to you and to the world. “as BAS LE MARI!” But those who would save this institution by force, having attempted to defend it, and thereby having in: Vited us to the contest, we must not hesitate to drag from their hiding places the terrific skeletons that marriage has left in almost every household; and it must be ex. pected that it will be done mercilessly. This infamous system that murders one-half the children in babyhood and three-fourths of the mothers, and robs almost all the rest of all happiness in this life, shall not, if it can be helped, be tolerated any longer. I have declared relent. less warfare against it, and by the help of heaven, it shall be waged until the last vestize of this remnantof sav- gery shall be wiped from the otherwise {alr tace of pres ent civilization. Mrs, Woodhull related a scandalous story at this point ofa clergyman who had killed bis wife, and the wore was warmly applauded by the gard Spiritualists present. oodhull concluded wit the following peroration :— THR CHRISTIAN RELIGION BLASPHEMED. This poor woman was a Christian and believed her only way to escape hell was to obey old Paal's injunc- tion. Tsay, damn such Christianity as that: and | know itis damned and doomed to be sunk into the lowest pit of hell, from whence it shall never again be resurreote to torture the life out of foollsh Christian women. Mark me well, for I mean what I say and say what mean :—In a perfected sexuality shall continuous Ife be found. A stream never dries up. so long as the spring from whence it flows sends forth its crystal waters. So also shall life not come to an end when its springs shall not cease to send forth the vitalized watersot life, that children may drink and tive. And behold! the ised of all human things, that which has been held too obscene to be talked about except in the dark, will become the salva. tion of the world from’ sin a consequent death. Tho stoue that the builders rejected shall become the head of the corner. Then shall the resurrec- fon come also, Then shall they who have in ages past m™m earth's otherwise wea cast off their coils be able to come again and resume them will, and clothe themselves with flesh; and thus, . shall @ spirituatized humanity be able at will to throw off and take on its material clothing. and the be once more and forever united. Such to two worlds ers and sisters, is the sublime mission of s to be ontwrought through the sexual emancipi woman and her return to self-ownership and to individa- alized existence. And may Heayen’s cholcest blessings CHOLERA IN EUROPE. The Austrian Capital Pronounced Free fro the’ Visitation. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. VIENNA, August 9, 1873. The cholera has entirély disappeared from this city, The Feench Cepital Withieut.a Caso of \ thy Complaint. Panis, August 9, 1873. An inquiry Dy goverymont oMcers' proves that no case of cholera has ocvarred in Parisythis year. fatale OCEAN TELEGRAPHY. The Atlantic Cable of 1865; TELEERAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALSZ i Lonpon, August 9, 1873. ¥ % The rumor {s current tn London to-night that thet steamship Great Bastern has succeeded im recover- ing the Atlantic cable of 1365, TRAGEDY IN POUGHKEEPSIE. A Man and His Wife Found Dead in Poughkeepsic—A Wife Murder and Suicide. - POUGHKEEPSIE, August 9, 1873. There is much excitement here over a terrible tragedy which occurred at No. 469 Main street. The building was owned by John Wenz, a dealer in old junk, and was occupied by Wenz and his wife Johanna, Eli Boyce and wife and Michael McGaffen and wife. The latter rented part of the house for @ lager beer saloon. About three o'clock this after- hoon word was sent to Police Headquarters that a fight had occurred tn the building and two persons had been shot. Offlcers were immediately sent to the spot, and when they arrived a TERRIBLE SCENE met their view. They entered the building through the rear basement and passed through to the cellar in front, A dim, sickly light shone through the narrow window, falling upon two dead bodies on the hard ground floor. One was that of John Wenz and the other that of his wife. The latter laid on the right as the officers entered, and about two feet from the dead husband. Between the two bodies lay a Sharpe's four-barrelled revolver, with the stain of recent firing upon it. Mrs, Wenz was shot through the neck, the carotid artery being severed, and John Wenz was shot through the mouth upward, A pool of blood surrounded the each body. In the back basement, close to the partition which divides it from the cellar, was a table, on which was a scanty array of dishes, pieces of bread and one or two cups and saucers. Under this table, close to the edge, the floor, was besmeared with blood, as though some one had been shot at that point. THE THEORY 13 that John Wenz shot his wife there and she rau in to the cellar and fell, seeing which he deliberately placed the muzzle of his pistol in hisown mouth and pulled the trigger, falling close to her. As quickly as possible the police notifed Coroner Wilson Hicks, and that official respending promptly, the bodies were then removed to the yard and laid upon a _ stretcher side by side. Wenz had nothing on but his pants and shirt, and Mrs. Wenz was attired in ordinary housework costume. Both bodies were carefully covered with a sheet. By this time there was AN IMMENSE RUSIT from all parts of the city to the scene. Men and boys, and even ladies, clambered about the adja- cent fences to get as good a view as possibl a the police had a hard time to keep them back. Wenz and his wife being Germans that portion of our community thronged the place and discussed the horrible affair in all its bearings. Many of them blamed the husband and many blamed the wile. There were conflicting statements relative to the immediate cause of the tragedy, and it was a hard Matter to ascertain the truth till I was ushered into-the presence of Eli Boyce and wite. This couple reside lu the third story of the house where the tragedy occurred. MRS. BOYCE’S STATEMENT is as follows :— We live in the third story of Mr. Wenz’s house. He came into his room up stairs and flung himselt down on the lounge, Soon after his wife entered the room and they had a spat about money. A lady called to see Mrs. Wenz just then, and they ceased quarrelling, and she told thie lady to comme upstairs and she did. We were all in the room together. The lady visitor sat at one window and I sat at the other. Aiuneral was about passing, make it come quickly! The Convention ts still in session, and some great fun may be expected before it closes. Nine-tenths of the inhabitants of the pretty thriving towu are disgusted with the whole band of spiritualists, SPAIN. a Carlist Army Muster and Movements in the Field—Citizen Demonstration Against the Red Flag of Radicalism—Republi- canist Reaction in Salamanca. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BARCELONA, August 9, 1873. A force of Carlists, numbering 4,000 men, is marching on the town of Berga, fifty-one miles northwest of this city. French Bulletin of Bourbonist Battal- ions. Bayonne, August 9, 1873, The Carlists are concentrating before Burgos, capital of the Spanish province of that name, pre- paratory to making an attack upon the city, Citizens of the Capital Demonstrate Against Communism. MapRID, August 9, 1873, Yesterday, while the intransigentes of Madrid were attempting to organize demonstration in ‘opposition to the Carlists, they were attacked by a body oF citizens, who dispersed the assemblage, destroyed the red fags ana beat the bearers of the objectionable colors. SALAMANCA PREPARING FOR REPUBLICAN SUBMIS- SION. It is announced that an arrangement for the restoration of the national authority in Salamanca has been concluded between the deputation from that city and the government, but the conditions have not yet been made public. FRANCE. sinvinnetnianes The Presidency of the Council of State—Agri- cultural Report. TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Parts, August 9, 1873, It is rumored that M. Dufaure is to be appointed President of the Council of State. HARVEST REPORT AND THE SUPPLY OF BREADSTUFFS. ‘The reports of the harvest in france show that the yield generally is only middling both as re- gards quality and quantity. In the South the quality of Wheat 18 good, but the crop Is scarce, and prices have advanced. The millers are now using foreign wheat. They expect soon to experi- ence difficulty in running their mills, in con- sequence of the low condition of the streams, caused by the continued drought. ENGLAND. | American Scientists Returning from the East. TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Liverroon, August 9, 1873. The American Oriental Topographical Corps hes arrived in Liverpool, en route for New York. THE VIENNA EXHIBITION. The King of Bavaria to Visit the Industrial Palace. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. jUNICH, August 9, 1873. King Ludwig will visit the Vienna Exposition incognito next week, When Mrs, Weng told the lady to sit, still and look out of the window, and she did. Mrs, Wenz then got up and went to her husband's pockets, He resisted, but she was the strongest. He broke away from her, and, going to the closet, got a pistol out, and, pointing it af her, sald “Don’t come any nigher.” Just then my nusband entered the room and f told him to go back. ‘(Here Mrs. Boyce was shown the revolver found near he bodies and at once identifed it as the one she saw in Wenz’s hands.) Both Mr. and Mra. Wenz were very mad and very much ex- cited. While he was pointing the pistol at her she took @ three quart pail filled with water and flung the contents in her husband's face. At this junctare the lady visitor started to leave the room, and she also urged me to go to my room; but Isat still, and the lady visitor went out and Mra, Wenz followed her down stairs and I then went to my room. Some time a(ter little Philip Wenz burst into my room and cried out, “Ob, Mrs. Boyce, father and mother are both dead!" T heard 'no pistol re: port whatever. 1! 1 I know about the affair. Mrs. Kelly, who was in the house at the time of the occurrence, was sitting in a little shoe shop in front of the building at about half-past two o'clock P.M. She says that at that time she heard Wenz and wife in the basement quarrellingin German, She doesn’t remember hearing any pistol shots, but heard a singular noise, as if proceeding froma foundry near by. She told Mr. McUaffen, and he went down into the basement and saw the husband lying on the floor, but did notsee Mrs. Wenz’s boay. THE CHILD'S STORY. Philip Wenz ts ten years of age anda bright lit- tle fellow. He ia the son of the dead couple. He told his pitiful story amid sobs and tears. He said :- Twas home at dinner at twelve o'clock with mother; father was then up stairs, in the front room on the third floor; she didn't seem to be very angry; she wasn’t mad at all; she said father had comé home so drunk he could hardly stand up. This morning my father was in a house in Bridge street, and they wanted to get him out. After I got my dinner I went up to the base ball ground, and came home again shortly before three o'clock, when F. MeGatfen told me to go down stairs and see what my father fad mother were doing. I went into the rear base- ment, but did not see them: I then went in the front cellar and saw my mother lying on her stomach : I called to her, but she made no answer; I then tried to list her she up, but couldn't. I didn’t then see any blood, nor had I yet seen my father, for it was so kinder dark-like; when | it © got I coud see a 4 to saw blood, and then alongside of mother, and then T MeGatfen, A revolver laid between father and mot with the handle towards mother. My father might have thrown it there. The revoiver belonged to father. I saw it about two days ago up siairs, in a drawer. 1 saw iton Monday last. My mother has ‘been wanting father to go to New Jersey with me. I have heard her say she wouldn't have bim in the house. I have got three brothers and three sisters. My youngest sister is eleven ‘cars of age. Lam ten and the youngest of the family, ‘ather and inother own this property. Father clatmed it bocauge he said mothor always took money out of his pocket when he was kinder tight. My brother Louis and sister Mary live in New Jersey, and my other brothers and sisters, except one, live here. During the giving of his statement the poor little fellow was greatly excited. When I reached the scene I jound him leaning against the fence near the rear basement, crying as though his little heart would break. All sound — Be oe ere jostling strangers, eager to get a vie > {tote aight below. 1 took him by the hand kindly and led him into Mr. McGaffen’s room, and that Va lieg | at once took charge of him and cared for him. It is said that the couple were married about three years ago in New Jersey, and that four of the children were by Mrs. Wenz’s former husband. Wenz 18 represented as having been a ag in- temperate man. His friends say that Mrs. Wenz abused nim terribly; that oftentimes she has punished him, being much the stronger. It is a fact that some time ago Mrs, Wenz was partially insane, and attempted suicide, when she was sent to an Insane Asylum, remaining there, however, but a short time, wnen she came back cured. All concede that they trequently had bitter quarrels and strifes, which led to this fatal resuit. Late this afternoon Coroner Hicks succeeded in empanelling a jury, When the remains were offl- cially viewed, after which they were passed to the care of the undertaker and placed in ice, the friends of the couple taking charge of them. The inquest was then adjourned till Monday morning for the taking of evidence. When Coroner Hicks examined the clothing on the bodies he found $14 46 on Mrs, Wenz and $55 20 ou Mr. Wenz. Not anote explaining the tragedy was found. There is no doubt whatever but that when Mrs. Wenz leit the room up stairs with her lady visitor she bade the latter good-day and went into the rear basement, where the dinner table was standing. There she must have sat down. when Wenz came upon her suddenly and another quarrel ensued, during which he sbot her. Staggering and bleeding she reached the front cetlar and fell. Wenz, who was intoxicated, fol- lowed closely after, anv, seeing that he had killed her, and stung with remorse, put the muzzie of the pistol tn his mouth and blew his brains out. While the undertaker was caring for the bodies Lizzie, the youngest daughter of the dead people, aged eleven years, reached the 7 when her anguish was terrible to behold, and the stoutest hearts sickened. Her cries and shrieks could be heard a long distance, and it was a long While be- fore abe could be quieted. yaar and Johanna Wenz were aged about mity 7 ‘ee a WEATHER RE}‘ORT. War Dgrartn €NT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SiGNaL YFFicen, WASHINGTON,.D. C., August 10, 1873—1 A. M. Probabilities. ‘ From fowa to Michigan, and thence to tie lower Ohio Valley, warmer, cloudy weather, local .storma and southeasterly winds. For the lower .'akes, and thence to West Virginia, northeasterly to southeasterly winds, cooler and generally c.\car weather, For the GulfamdSouth Atlantic Stat rising temperature, southeasterly winds, clou.'y Weather and local storms \For the Middle At- lantic States and New England, slightly higher Pressure and lower temperature, with generally |, clear weather and light variable*winds, The Weather in This City*Yesterday.- The following record will show ‘the changes In ;| the temperature for the past twency-sour hours im comparison with the corresponding. way of last pad as indicated by the thermometeryat Hudnut'a a N72, 1873. M bart 00 harmacy, HERALD Building: — 2. 18" perature yesterday stverage temperature for corresp rast year. 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