The New York Herald Newspaper, September 16, 1873, Page 9

SPAIN. Denial of a Reported Carlist Vic- tory—Secessionists and Bourbonists Said to Have Been Slanghtered—Insur- rectionist Plan for an Alli- ance with the Carlists, TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MADRID, Sept. 15/4873. * Private despatches received in this city |deny ‘the truth of the report, given currency by‘ || Carl- iste, that the republican troops in the nort, / knder General Santapaco Loma, have met wittrv.severe defeat by the insurrectionists. On the contrary, they state that the engagement resulted in a yictory for the government forces, ‘the Carlisis being defeated with great slaughter. The number of insurrectionists engaged in the Dattle was 14,000, while that of the republicans was only 10,000. i! BADICAL INSURRECTIONISTS SREKING ALLIANCE WITH THE ROYALISTS, The leaders of the Cartagena insurrection are endeavoring to secure the co-operation of the Carlists in their efforts to raise the siege of the city. They have made propositions to the Carlists to attack the republicans in the rear while the be- sleged make a sortie. It ts not known how the Carlists have received these overtures; but the exposure or tts des- porate resort has deprived the insurgents of all public sympathy. GENEKAL-IN-CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL ARMIES. General Moriones has been appointed Generalis- almo of the armies of Spain. An Insular Popu!ntion Agitated. Manrip, Sept. 15, 1873, Intelligence has been received here that disturb- @aces have occurred on the island of Majorea. ENGLAND. Justification of Prison Officials and American Citizens—Fatal Accident—Bullion to the Bank. TELEGRAM 10 THE KEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, Sept. 14, 1873, The Court of Aldermen, aiter a thorough in- ‘vestigation, have come to tlie conclusion that the charges of bribery against, the warders of New- gate, in connection with the plot for the escape of the Bank of England forgers, are unfounded. The Americans who were arrested for attempt to bribe have been discharged from custody and the warders restored to their duties. FATAL, ACCIDENT. The walls of a building in the town of Stone- house, Devonshire, which had been recently ‘burned, fell this morning, killing eight persons and injuring several others. BULLION TO THE BANK, The amount of bullion gone into the Bank of Eng- Jana to-day 15 £85,000, PERSIA. A Chief Minister Under a Sudden Change of Circumstances, TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, TEHERAN, Sept. 15, 1873. By order of the Shah the Grand Vizier who ac- companied His Majesty on his recent visit to Europe has been sent to prison. BRITAIN AND BRAZIL. English Emigrants Returned from South Amer- ica and Their Report. TELEERAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. © LONDON, Sept. 15, 1873, Anumber of emigrants who left England for Brazil have returned, bringing doleful accounts of their treatment in the latter country. They declare that they have experienced great bardships ever since their departure from their homes, and thatthe promises made to them by ‘the agents of the Brazilian government in this country were flagrantly broken. NEW ZEALAND. Fire in Auckland and Very Heavy Losses. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK FERALD. Lonpon, Sept. 15, 1873, Despatches from Australia report a great fre in Auckland, New Zealand, Fifty-eight buildings were destroyed, and the total loss is estimated at $240,000, YACHTING ACCIDENT, The Toronto Yacht Sphynx Upset and Three Men Drowned. St. CaTHARINES, Canada, Sept. 15, 1873. The yacht Sphynx, with a man named Ward, of Toronto, clinging to her keel, was picked up to- day by the schooner Mary Battle and bronght to Port Dalhousie. Ward reports the loss of three men, named Davidson, Morgan and Graves, ali be- longing to Toronto. The yacht capsized in the gale of Friday last. , THE KU KLUX IN KENTUCKY. Not as Black as They Are Painted—Re- port of a Citizen of Cincinnati—Martial Law Deprecated. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1873. A prominent citizen of Cincinnati, who had been spending several days in the Ku Kiux region of Kentucky, returned to the city last evening. He reports the country quiet and the people ready to talk freely about their troubles. They claim that the accounts of affairs given recently in letters in the Louisville Courier-Journal are much exag- rated and that the troubles will be stopped due course of law. One prominent lawyer stated that he has no doubt there was a ja organization of Ku Klux, but that many of them were respectable citizens who had mo sympathy with marauders, and that within ten days full disclosures would be made of the secrets of the order, and that those who have repented of their connection with it would assist in sup- essing it. he idea of martial law is not rel- hed by any one. A well known lawyer of Owen county asserted that there was no established order, and that the offenders were merely common thieves aud murderers, ‘the Owen county authorities say that the murder of the Regro Whitestone is the only one which has taken place in their county. Two of those charged with this murder were acquitted at the preiiminary examination, and three others escaped from jail a week ago; but they alterwards gave themselves up to the authorities, declaring they could prove an alibi, Their examination is set down for to-mor- row and it is thought they will be bound over, Owen county people assert that all concerned in this outrage are ex-members of the federal army. THE BUFFALO BALLOON. Burvrao, N. Y., Sept, 15, 1873, It is feared the storm to-night will prevent the balloon ascension to-morrow. THE BLACKS AND THE BEDS. Colored Citizens of the Indian Territory Moving for a Government of Their Own. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 15, 1873. Advices from the Indian Territory say the ne- gtoes there, numbering 15,000, formerly the slaves of Indians, are moving to secure a territorial or- area for their own protection, and will soon old @ convention in the Choctaw Nation to con- sider the subject. THE MAINE ELECTION, AUGUSTA, Sept. 15, 1973," Returns from 466 towns, received at the Kenne- Dec Journal office, foot up as follows:—Dingley, 45,134; Titcomp, 2,619; Williams, 1,913—total, 70,666; Dingley’s majority, 10,602. The ‘few small towns and tations yet to be heard trom will Dot mate! sults, At the meeting of the Commissioners of Chari- ties yesterday Patrick Gleaty was appointed Keeper of the Penitentiary on Blackwell’s Island, in place af James Malloy. declined, - YORK peta deg UN inl til) YACHTING. The Autumn Regatta of the New York Yacht Club and the Ocean Kaces its Auspices—The Conditions and Pri: of the Aquatic Events Set Down for Oc- tobet 2 ‘The autumn regatta of tho New York Yacht Club and the ocean races under its auspices are awaited with pleasure, and promise to create a great amount of interest, not only because of the excite- ment likely % be attached to them, but because of the confidence which many owners place in their gallant craft, The first named of these aquatic events will be satled on Thursday, October 2, over the usual regulation course, aubject to the time allowances and under the sailing regulations of the club, The prizes to be sailed for are two cups, presented by Commodore Bennett— one for schoon- ers and one for sloops, each of the value of $500, The Regatta Committee, comprising Mesers. Fletcher Westray, William Krebs, Edward E. Chase aud Charles A. Minton, have issued the oficial wotice calling attention to the regatta and inviting entries, which will be received by the Secretary of the Club, at his office, No, 26 Broad street, until Tuesday morning, September 10, at ten o'clock precisely, Lo this contest no entrance money Will be required, All yachts must carry their private Signais at the main peak, The start will be a fy- ing one, and the time of each yacht will be taken as she crosses 4 line between astakeboat, which will be anchored in the Narrows, near Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, aud the judges’ steamer. The signals for starting will be given from the judges’ boat, as follows:—For a preparatory signal, one gun and lowering the | yacht club flag on the steamboat, and ten minutes jater, for the start, one gun, and the flag will again be lowered. No yacht’s time will be taken later than fifteen minutes alter the second gun, unicss in- structions to the contrary are given by the judges on the morning of the regatta, The expiration of the time will be marked by a third gun and lower. ing of flag. If practicable, a ghort blast of the steam whistle of the judges’ boat will be given when the time of eact yacht is taken as she crosses the line in starting and returning. ‘The course will be from the starting point, as above, to and around a stakeboat, at buoy 8s, on the South west Spit, keeping 1t on the port hand in turning, thence to and around the Sandy Hook Ligutstip, keeping it on the starboard han? in rounding, and return over the same course, keep- ing the south west Spit buoy on the starboard hand, Yachts must keep to the eastward of buoys Nos, 9, 11 ana 18 on the West Bank, going and returniug, and will pass between the judges’ boat and the stakeboat on arriving home. THE OCEAN RAOES. The “putside’ or ocean contests under thé direction of the New York Yacht Club will be sailed one week after the autumn regatta, Thurs- day, October 9, and there is but little doubt these Will be the events of the year and of a character to be remembered by all the participants. The races will embrace, first, a cup of the value of $1,000, presented by Commodore Bennett, to be sailed for by’ schooner yachts belonging to any organized yacht club, from an anchorage off Owl's Head, New York Harbor, to and around the Lightship on Five Fathom, oif Cape May, N.J., and return to Sandy Hook apie bap Second, three purses of the value of $1,000, $200 and $250, respectively, also presented by the Com- modore, to be sailed for over the same course upon the same day, and open to the following classes of vessels, hailing from any port in the United States:— First—Pilot boats. Second—W orking schooners of not less than 25 nor over 300 tons, old measurement. Third—Schooner smacks, In this race the first vessel arriving at the win- ning post will take the purse of $1,000, the first vessel arriving of each of the other two classes to take spurte of $250, no class,. however, to win more than one prize. These races will be sailed in accordance with the sailing regulations of the New York Yacht Club, which limit the amount of can- vas to be carried to the following :-—Mainsail, fore: sail, forestaysat!, jib, flying jib, jib topsail, fore and main gaff topsail and main topmast staysail. The Regatta Committee, comprising the same gentlemen as given above, will issue specific instructions as to the course to be sailed and the rules goverping the race, copies of which will be furnished upon application to the Secretary, Mr. Charles A. Minton, at lis office, on and after the 25th inst. All entries must be made before twelve o’ciock M., October 7, to the secretary, to whom inguiries relative to the race should be addressed. ‘hese events, occurring in the season of the year when fresh breezes are wont to abound in the Bay of New York and alopg the coast, have given rise to a great deal of interest and speculation in yachting circles and among the friends and owners of the vessels that are invited to enter for the purses named, The latter contest, first of its character im this country, should call out the speedy poe and working schooners which’ abound in not only these and adjacent waters, but in all our seaport towns, and thus test their sailing qualities in company with the crack yachts of the New York and other club fleets. In doing this mayhap they will accomplish more than winning @ purse; they may beat some more pre- tentious craft over the course, anu thus add addi- tional laurels to victory. To ald a full entry in these races it is desired that as much publicity as racticable may be given these conditions by all journals on the seaboard. ‘The more the merrier” on the 2d and 9th prox! BAYONNE YACHT CLUB. Sc ahlpainatdeeninns Seventh Annual and Sixth Union fed gatta—The Entries in the Several Classes. ‘The seventh annual and sixth union regatta of the Bayonne Yacht Club will take piace to-day from off the “I¢le Hour,” Greenville, N. J., and no doubt the aquatic reunion wili be pleasing in the ex- treme. PRIZES. The club offers for competition both union and club prizés, The union prizes are:. First—A prize for all cabin sloop yachts under 45 feet on the water line. Second—A prize for all yachts (open boats) over 24 feet and under 32 feet long, mean length. Third—A prize for ail yachts (open boats) over 17 feet long and under 24 feet loag, mean length. The club prizes are two for each class, one to be sailed for on time allowance, and one (the flag officers’ prize) to be awarded to the first yacht home, regardless of time allowance. No yacht shall win more than one club prize, and if the yacht winning the flag oficers’ prize also wins the ciub prize on time allowance the same shall be awarded to the next yacht on time allowance. ‘COURSE. The course of the several classes will be as fol- lows:— First Class.—From the anchorage off the Idle Hour to and around the monument on Romer Shoals, rounding it from westward to eastward, and return to stakeboat off the Idle Hour, passing to the eastward of West Bank buoys Nos. 11, 13, 16, and to the westward of Fort Lafayette gong ‘and returning. ‘ Class,—From the anchorage off'the Idle Hour to and around the stakeboat oif Fort Lafay- ette, rounding it from westward to eastward and return, sailing over the course twice. Third Ciass.—From the Cabs 3 off the Idle Hour toand around the Robin's ef buoy (can buoy), rounding It from westward and eastward and return, and sailing over the course three umes. All yachts to turn home stakeboat from norta- ward to westward, TIME ALLOWANCE. The time allowance will be—for the first class yachts, one and a half minutes to the foot on water line, and all open boats will sail under measure- meut of canvas allowance, one and a half secouds to the square foot of canvas. ENTRIES, The following entries ha compete for the several prizes: been made and will FIRST CLASS, ‘ach , tub, Qui Vive Bayonne Y. 0. da... B. Y. ©. yictoress. «+ Williamsburg ¥.0. Elizabeth. Stapleton Y. ©, Jeannette. Eclipse. LL¥.0,, Williamsburg Y.C. Bayonne Y.C. icky Stapleion Y.C. ‘James Sweeney. .1.1.¥.0. joseph Noble......Columbia ¥.C. — Columbia ¥.G. All yac! be anchored in line before half- past ten o’clock this morning. OFFICERS, The officers of the Bayonne Yacht Club are as follows:—Uommodore, H. B. Pearson, Vice Com- modore, William H, Langley; Rear Commodore, Charles A. Bouton; President, C. C. Hough; Secre- tary, Charles H. Woeltje; Treasurer, Charles Kk. Menseh; Measurer, John H. tisworth. The Re- gatta Committee are Messrs, George A, Beling, Charies EB. Mensch and T. D. Harrison. YACHTING NOTES, ‘ ‘Tne Dreadnaught, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Stockwell, which has been at anchor off the HE#ALD Telegraph sta_ tion, at Whitestone, for the past few weeks, got under weigh yesterday evening and proceeded to Northport, where she will go into winter quarters, The steam yacht Wave, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Harley, from New York, passed Whitestone to-day, en route far New London * TUESDAY, 8 WASHINGTON. Solemn Swearing by the Saintly Shepherd Amid His Bleat- ing Flock. — YELLOW FEVER-STRICKEN SHREVEPORT. A Cry for Help from a Hot- bed of Horrors. at SES THE HERALD AND THE POLARIS SEARCH. WASHINGTON, Sept, 15, 1673, THe Champion Swearist of the District— & The “Boys of the Row” Instructed to Rake the Gutter for the Benefit of the Arcadian Shepherd, Alexander R. Shepherd, the Goyernor of the District of Columbia, was sworn into office to-day by Judge MacArthur, of the District Supreme Court, Both before and after this solemn event there was @ multitude of swearing by the people of the District, bat nothing compared with the amount of swearing the new Governor has been piously obliged to suppress on account of his meek relations with the citizens, But when the Gover- nor swears everybody else swearingly inchned devoutly induiges in a multiplicity of words, which, properly arranged in the form of prayer, might be Tegarded by one of the orthodox school as purely evangelical. The administration of a solemn oath@by a Scotchman to an Englishman is an extraordinary event in the District of Columbia. Cursing 18 80 common here that solemn swearing has no attraction for the ordinary herd. On this occasion, however, it meant a magnificent lunch and the hospitality of ex-Governor Cvoke, Whose name has always been honored among the people of Washington and Georgetown, There was nothing wanting to make it an occasion of merrymaking. After the crackers and cheese had been dispensed with the new Gov- ernor proposed the health of the old Governor, and, with an astrologer's eye, he implored the zeal of heaven on his behalf and commended him and all bis sins to the supreme mercy of an Almighty Being; that He would watch over hin wherever he might be and protect him from the charges of an indepen- dent press. The new Governor then repaired to the executive ofMice,a place perfectly familiar to him, and entered upon his duties, Shortly after the Board of Health fumigated the premises, and, after paying their respects, were followed by citizens of the District, principally colored. The organ of the new Governor this afternoon says:— Despatches were received last night by some of the correspondents ofindependent and democratic pay) froin their chiets, instructing them to abuse resident Grant for appointing Mr. A. R. Shepherd Governor, This serves to illustrate the manner in which the so-calied ‘independent’ papers are now ran. ‘Their correspondents are not allowed jo write facts from their own observation on the ground, but they are instructed from headquarters to ‘doctor’ their despatches and letters, and man- ufacture abuse of this and that person for political or private ends. This accounts for the shameless and blundering misrepresentations sent away from Washington in regard to District affairs by correspondents, who are supposed to be men of some character and intelligence. It is weil un- derstood that this does not apply to the HERaLv, A prominent official, who values integrity above office, said to-aay:—“I wonder there is so much astonishment at the appointment of Mr. Shepherd. The Chief Magistrate of a nation that could pardon an army paymaster out of the Albany Penitentiary for stealing nearly half amillion of dollars, and ‘welcome him back tp the city where the crime was committed, see him associated with the leading District contractors, should not be censured for appointing Alexander R. Shepherd Governor of the District.” Comments in Naval Circles on the Herald Despatches About the Scarch for the Polaris—Sergcant Meyer's Explanation, ‘The HeRa.p’s report of the cruise of the Tigress in search of the Polaris, and the important part taken by the Juniata in conjunction with the move- ments of the Tigress, has attracted more than ordinary attention among naval officers in Wash- ington. Until the season for safe cruising in the colder waters has passed, no effort will be spared by the Navy Department to ferret out the Polaris wanderers, The statement of Sergeant Frederick Meyer, of the Signal Service, who accompanied the North Pole expedition, and was one of the party rescued from the ice foe, has already been pub- lished in these despatches. As doubt has been ex- pressed concerning the accuracy of his ice floe ac- count, he says in explanation :— i “Undoubtedly it appears strange to many to find by the HeRaLp’s report that the famous disaster of the Polaris crew, on the 15th of October, 1872, did not take place at Northumberland Island, as stated in the report of the Secretary of the Navy to the President, but at Litticton Island, more than a degree further north. It finds ready explanation in the narrative of the few days preceding and fol- lowing the terribie catastrophe. On the 19th of October | took the last observation for position, not by sights of sun or the stars, but by the bearing of Capes Ingerfleld and Ingersoli, the fog being too thick for any other observations. On the 12th of October we passed Cape Alexander, ve- low Littleton Island, which forms an unmistakable landmark by its glacier discharges, and Moraine Isiand. On the 14th we sighted, through the fog, a large island, bearing southeast, and when on the 16th, after the separation, we found ourselves near an island which apparently was of large dimensions, we naturally supposed the same to be Northumber- land Island, ‘The recognition of land was entirely dependent upon my memory, inasmuch we were without chart, and as the weatner did not permit me to make any astronomical observation until the Arctic night had set in. Summing up the confusion and excitement of the disaster, the deficiency of astronomical observations before and alter separa- tion, of the want of a chart, 1 think the mistake may readily be excused.” Appeal for Hellef to the Sufferers from the Yellow Fever in Shreveport, La. Senator West, of Louisiana, who is now in Wash- ington, in order to secure the application of imme- diate relief to the sufferers from yellow fellow, has. obtained from President Orton, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, the following order ad- dressed to the superintendents of the company throughout the country :— Instruct all the managers to send free mes- sages relating to the relier of the citizens of Shreve- port, and at the request of the Governor or United States Senators of Louisiana direct contributions of money to be received and transferred by tvie- graph without charge. By this action on the part of the telegraph com- pany money can be forwarded instantly to the sul- ferers; whereas by the course of the maijs it would require some ten daysto get there, by which time the needy might be past relief. Any one teeling inclined to contribute something to the aid of the stricken community of Shreveport can send it without expense by paying itinat any Western Union Telegraph station. Contributions are already going forward irom this point, This morn- ing Senator West, in the course of a few hours col- lected $500, and sent it off by telegraph. Goveanment Experiments on Boilers. The Commission appointed by the United States government to inquire into the causes of steam boiler explosions, in order to determine by actual experiment the best form and construction of safety valves which shall operate automatically in relieving steam boilers from the pressure of steam, Steam or with certainty automatically prevent any in- | crease of pressure above that at whicli the vaive shall be set, invite persons claiming to have vaives of superior efficiency to submit one to the Commis- sion for examination and testing. Al! vaives pre- sented mnst have an are’ of exactly five square inches tn their discharge-openings, and the flange for attaching it to the boiler must be eight inches in diameter, flat face, without bolt holes, At the meeting of the Commission to W> tikes pla Sadat 16, 1873.4 quire mf "e causes of steam boiler explosions, held at Wam!Dston, it was resolved to issue a call upon those wr? May be conversant with facts bearing upon that s"bject to forward such infor- mation to tke Commission. The following will Probably cover most of Me opinions and theories entertained by sctontists an engineers on the subject :~-First, explosions caused by the graduul increase of steam pressure; second, those caused by low water and overheating of the plates of the boiler; third, those caused by the deposit of sedi- ment or incrustation of the inner surface exposed to the fire; fourth, those caused by the generation of explosive gases within the boiler; filth, those caused by electrical action; sixth, those caused by the percussive action of the water in case of arupture of the boiler in the steam chamber (Clark & Colporn’s theory) ; sev- enth, those caused by the water being deprived of its air; eighth, those caused by the spheroidal condition of the water; ninth, those cated by the repulsion of the water from the fire surfaces or plates. The Commission intends to experiment as to the truth or fallacy of these various theories, and to that end will give its earnest attention to any communications made to them upon the sub- ject, which should be addressed to Mr. Taylor, the Secretary of the Experimental Commission, at the Treasury Department, in Washington, Swiss Benevolent Association. The Convention of the United Swiss Benevolent Association commenced its session to-day, with Jon Hitz, Swiss Consul Genergl and Political Agent, as president. Among the decorations of the hall was a picture of Jacob Staempf, one of the arbitrators of the Alabama claims at Geneva. Thirty-five delegates were present from New York, Boston, Phijadeiphia, Seranton (Pa) and other cities, The Convention discussed the question of forming @ mutual life insurance company, and whether it shall be introduced in an obligatory manner, or whether individual members shall be at liberty to use their own option in the matter. A Complimentary Banquet to Ex-Gov. ernor Cooke. The prominent citizens of the District of Colam- bia, irrespective of politics, have tendered to ex- Governor Henry D. Cooke a complimentary ban- quet, to be given at Willard’s on Saturday evening next. General Sherman will preside, and covers will be laid for 100 guests, Merchants, judges and business men of the community unite in this testi- monial of their personal regard for one who has for many years been an honored associate. Collector Harper's Defalcation. A telegram from the special agent engaged in examining the accounts of Internal Revenue Col- ector Harper, in Illinois, states that the amount of the detaication is $106,748 19, of which $1,948 19 is a deficiency in stamps and on lists, Investigation by the Land Office. The Commissioner of the General Land Office has finished his review of the immense eolumns of testimony taken in the case of Surveyor General Hardenberg, of California, against whom various charges were preferrea and investigated. The re- port of the Comraissioner will not be made known until officially considered by the Secretary of the lnterior, to whom it will be referred in a few days. No Tax On Home Grown Wine. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has de- cided that a person who sells at the place of manu- facture wine made exclusively of grapes of his own growth is not liable tothe special tax as a Uquor dealer for such sales; but if he sells such wine away from the place of mannfacture, he 18 liable. A vintner, however, who sells wine made from grapes not exclusively of his own growth is subject to the special tax therefor, whether selling such wine at the place where itis made or clse- where. Appointments by the President. The President bas made the following appoint- ments :—John M. Wilson, of Ohio, to be Consul at Bremen; Frank 8, De Hass, of New York, to be Consui at Jerusalem; John L. Near, of Michigan, to be Consul at Windsor, Canada; James B. C. Drew, tobe United States Attorney for the Northern Dis- trict of Florida; A. A. Garguilo, to be interpreter to the American Legation at Constantinople. The commission of Dr. John B, Blake to be a mem- ber of the Board o1 Public Works of the District of Columbia, vice Shepherd appointed Governor, was this morning forwarded to Dr. Blake by the Presi- dent. The commisston of Charles O. Talbott, Postmaster at Brooklyn, N. Y., has been made out and sent to the President for his signature. AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR, —— The Great Exhibition of American In- dustry—A Bewildering Variety of Arti- cles in Use in This Country. The huge building, sandwichea between the Sec- ond and Third Avenue Railroad depots, in which tne industrial interests of the country are annu. ally placed on exhibition, is siowly filling up since the opening of the present fair. Although the doors are thrown open during the day, there is nothing worth speaking of to be seen until the gas is lighted. While the sun is above the horizon the place is as quiet as a Qaaker’s meeting, but when he goes to bed, and Keating’s men tune up their instruments over the flower stand, a heteroge- neous array of visitors may be seen and heard, Then the assembled wisdom of the Institute resolve themselves into council, and trembling exhibitors hover around the doors of the dread conclave, while the fate of threshing machines, preposterous pears, Segment screws and stove renovators hang in the balance. When the door opened for a moment, and a gray head was seen, like a fleeting vision, making for the machinery or fruit department, there was acommotion among the sell-constituted doorkeepers. Like the anxiety of writers at midnight on a daily paper, the excite- ment of the crowd was all on account of space. Mauy of the exhibitors are bebindhand, and the managers protest that they will not wait ior them any longer, ~ THE FRUIT AND FLOWER PROPLE have not yet put in an appearance, except an enterprising Nebraskian, who has a lot of his pears on a table, Looking down from the gallery of art at one end of the building, the coup d’wil is very bewildering and very picturesque, At every table rival exhib- ivors called attention to the excellence of their wares, Everything, to judge trom their assertions and announcements, was the best of the kind, EOF “The best tea kettle in the world!” “Magic wash- ing machine!’ “nverybody goes away from this table smiling, and all for twenty-five cents!” “Bi industry we thrive!’ “We challenge competition!’ were some of the remarks that reached the ears of the writer, The words 0! the old song were brought to the mind:— Will_you walk into the auctiom'for the sale has just begin, and’oid and buy, my masters all, before the lots are done. Such Wondrous curiosities were ne'er exposed to view, So 1 vray you pay attention while I read th’ inventory through iB JULIA AND HER YOUNG MAN. ‘There was a young man of dry goods prociivities that escorted the lady of his aifections (she works on @ sewing machine) around. In the machinery department tne young lady, which her name was Julia, was interested principally in the efforts of a plethoric mother, of Teutonic persuasion, who endeavored to still the wild cries of a baby, one of the Modoc pattern, who was alarmed bythe un- earthly siriek of one of the steam engines, This took away her attention from the improved hay and cotton presses, the enor- mous wheels, pulleys and shatts that beat Dexter’s time in their revolutions, the radical drills, planing saws, roll stone bands and plunge pumps. But in the next department Julia was en- tranced at the sight of corset making by machinery, @ very clever piece of work, warranted to fit. Then the pair were lost in a labyrinth of carpenters’ and printers’ implements, oil stone, CHAMPION CAN OPENERS with pretty girls in curls in attendance, of whom Julia was terribly jealous, stoves, ranges, candies that “dety all honest competition,’? agricultaral implements, piles of mammoth account books, terra cotta chimney tops, | trunks, sandwiched = between beef soup in cans and hod elevators, delf and china, current | manipulators, interrupters and non-interrupters, | electro-medical apparatuses, models of ships, ar- rays of faise teeth in line of battle, artificial limbs and taxidermists’ wares, explosive bullets and soap, American wines and fire-proof buildings, ing machines and photographs. The art depariment is still i a very dilapidated state. A few hideous oil paintings disfigure the wails in this department. Poor pianists rattle away | on the ivory dowa stairs, and crude erganists try the stops in the gallery, The management have | done all their ‘work, and are determined not to submit any longer to the cul pable negligence of exhititors. The pro- gramme of the music was. of the Thomas | order of excellence, —Hereld, Verdi, Strauss, Ros- | sink, Suppe, ZikoM tand Ziebrer furnished the rincipal works, Mr. Keating has brought his | band to a commendable state of discipline, and | their playing forms que of the most interesting (features of the fair, ADRUPLE TERRIBLE JD) The Propeller Ironsides Goes Down in a Storm on Lake Michigan. A BOAT LOAD OF PEOPLE DROWNED. eee ios List of :the Rescued and Lost—One Boat with Passengers Still Missing, GEAND HAVEN, Mich., Sept. 15, 1973, The propeller jronskies, of the Engeimann line, connectmg with the Detroit and Milwaukee Rail- way, auc one of the largest steamers on the Jakes, foundered and sunk seven wiles oi this port at noon to-day. Her signal of distress was hoisted at nine A, M., but so terrible was the sea and heavy the wind, no assistance could reach her, She labored in the trough of the sea from about half-past eight A. M. until the time she sunk, ‘The passengers and crew prepared the boats to leave her about hall-past ten o’clock, and the last boat left her at ten minutes to twelve. When the last boat had got about a quarter of @ mile {rom her she went down, There were FIVE BOATS FILLED WITH THE CREW AND PASSEN- GERS. One beat, containing five men and four women, cap- sized, and only ove man of the party reached shore, Four boats have reached shore upto this time. One boat, containing Captain Sweetman and wife and five’ passengers, has not yet been heard from. It is feared they are among the lost. Thirty-two Persons are known to have been saved and four- teen bodies have been recovered, There were forty-niae persons on, board the Iron- sids, of whom nineteen were passengers, The following is A LIST OF THR DROWNED whose nodies have been recovered and Identified :— John Driscoll, steward of the boat. John Hales, of Milwaukee, Charles Winmgll, agent of C. E. Harling & Co., New York, ; Mrs. H. A. Valentine ana child, of Milwaukee, A. 3. Doneison, of Grand Rapids, Mrs. J, B. L, Dewitt, of Milwaukee, The following is a list of the saved, as far as can be ascertained :— THE SAVED. N. E. Watkins, clerk of the boat, O. Ketzenger. Sam Wilkins. John Gee, Dan Driscoll. George C. Owan, second engineer of the boat, M. L, Chichester. i. N. Ward and Miss Ward, F.N. Rinle; James Smith. Mr. Whiting. Mike Crozen. Charles Stief. Charles Bedtord. T. L. Bedford, A. L. Pitman, Frank Conkrey. Andrew Watts. Felix Riley. William D, Went. Mr. Shulte, William Savage, Mr. Garien. Dan. Hughes. Charles Wilcox. A SAD CASH. One of the bodies recovered was that of a little boy about six years of age, probably the son of Mrs.* Valentine, of Milwaukee. He was neatly dressed, had light hair, blue eyes, and a beautiful and intelligent face,!which, except In its: paleness, looked as though he had fallen quietly asleep, OTHER DISASTERS ON THE LAKE. Two Schooners, Three Barges and Two Scows Ashore at Grand Haven. GRAND Haven, Sept. 15, 1873. A line of barges from Chicago—the tow of the propeller New Era—arrivod of this port at about half-past six A. M. The Era made the port, but the barges ©. 0. D., Golden Harvest and Apprentice Boy went on the beach just north of the North pler, The barge Allen broke loose before getting here and drilting to the northward made Montague all sai. The schooner Magnolia, of Chicago, went on the beach north of the pier at six o’clock this morning, run- ning hard on, bow first, then swinging on broadside, She is all right, but is high and dry, ‘The schooner C. 0. North also went ashore and lies in a bad shape. The scow C. C. Butts went ashore nearly the same time and is hard on the beach. The C, O, D. was towed off this evening. OBITUARY. Duke De Rianzares, A cable telegram dated at Havre, France, yester- day, 15th tnst., announces the death in that city of the Duke de Rlanzarés, husband of ex-Queen Christina of Spain. Fernando Munoz, Duke de Rianzarés, husband of Maria Christina, ex-Queen Dowager of Spain, was born of very humble parentage at Tarrancon, in the province of Cuenca, in the year 1810, and he was thusin the sixty-third year.of his age at the time of his decease. He entered the Span- ish army early in life and obtained rapid promotion, He was serving a8 a commissioned officer in the Royal Guards when, in the year 1533, Queen Christina became enamored of the y outhful soldier with whom, soon after the death of Ferdl- nand VIL, she contracted a secret marriage. This event took place on the 29th of September, in the year 1833, but the marriage was not publicly ratt- fied until October 13, in the year 1844, Though sud- denly raised to a very clevated position before the public, Sefior Munoz was never desirous of playing & prominent part in Spanish politics, His wite urged him to do so almost constantly. Daring the eriod of the expedition of General Flores to Reundor Sefor Munoz was spoken of as the future monareh o: that ancient colony of Spain. In the year 1844 he was created Duke de Kianzares and & Grandee of Spain ot the’ First Class, and Knight of the Golden Fiee < Louis Philipe bestowed upon him the Grand Croay of the Legion of Honor, with the French title of Duc de Montmorot, in the year 1847, Queen Chris- tina’s marriage with Duke de Rianzarés influenced the political and dynastic condition of Spain in a very serious manuer. It may be said that tue agitation which it produced m the Penivsula has not completely subsided even to-day, A commis- sion of the constituent Cortes had to undertake the very delicate duty of eee cate the Church records to fivd whether Queen Christina’s mar- Tiage really took place in 1838, for the simpie rea- son that, if it did, she must have received her large allowance as regent and guardian of her daughters by King Ferdinand without having any rignt to it; in other words, that she must have defrauded the Spanish treasury, a8 she could only continue in thoae functions so long as she remained unmarried. Of the fact of her relation with Fernando Munoz there was not 4 doubt; and the Commission, from a feeling of delicacy, preferred supposing that she had been married secretly & month or so ater King Perdinand’s deati rather than fixing the date in 184, They were unwilling to proclaim that Queen Christina could have torgotten her duties and her self-respect at & moment so critical 4 = for her daughter's crown while civil war was aging in the land. ‘They preferred supposing a marriage to supposing anything worse, ‘The Commission report was entitled ‘Report pte- sented to Her Majesty Queen Maria Christina de Bourbon on that of the Commussion of the Consti- tuent Cortes of 1855, charged with the Parliamen- tary Inquiry relative to her Person,” and the par- ties who drew it up were Manuel Cortina, Juan Gonzalez Acevedo and Luis Diaz Perez, advocates of the Madrid bar. With reference to the very delicate int of the Queen Christina’s marriage with M. unoz, Duke de Rianzares, the report state: The investigations made by the to discover the date of the second esty, were lon Vherefore, the Fommi-sion, in order e of Your Ma- and laborious and almost in vain. Vommission inclines to believe that it was celebrated in 1838, and that It was concealed on ac- count of the high functions Your Majesty then filled. ‘It inclines to this supposition because any other appeared to it more offensive and likely to occasion greater It is W be deplored that this ting from the noble senti- members of the Parliamentary Commission ould have led them to nt an opinion contrary to that = which, they should have formed with the only data which’ It was their duty to collect. ‘The Archbishop of Tyledo officially Informed the Commission on the 10th of July, 1890, that having received the declaration of freedom trom engage. of consent respecting the information of wit. (having dispensed with the tree canontoal he gelebrated Your Majesty's thatriage with 1 Fernando Munoz y Sanchez, Duke de Rian- 12qb of Uctotres. acgerding W the Kowmaa ritual, of which tne as well as th Orthe'chiliren, and the due deelara:ton of Your Seta ig opeetal recisters gad copeciad (hats te theteee” Vate archives of the chapel Sos Gea M. Cortina and his brother reporters conclude their part of the subject by assuring Her Majesty that “she nad abundantly comolted with the laws of God and man, without shrinking from the sacri- fice which all would not have courage enough tor make in the position Her Majesty occupied.” M. Cortina’s allusion to the impossibility of the Spa ish government or of Queen Isabedia being capablo of stating what was not true, caused some Spaniards to smile. Tae truth was, Queen Chrts- tina would have & large sum of money to refund to the Spanist Treasury if her marriage dated from 1833, und she escaped tha® alternative by a sacri- fice of, to any #ther woman, @ still more paintul acd humiliating kind, Colonel George Hy Pierce. Colonel George H, Pierce, one of the most re- Spected and popular citizeng of the old Granite State, died last Saturday Dover, at the age og fifty years. Colonel Pieree was well Shown through out all the New England States as one of these active and busy men whe are always in any cause in Which they are intereste togrity was only equalled py his ge those Who have known him efther in busid friendship will regret hie loss. During the Mo- Clelian campaign he was ewndidate ior she Lieute- Rant Governorship; he ran 1,600 ahead of hie tick good evidence of mis pt tty in his nati State. He was largely inte 1 i rial rodds, and was, perhaps, one of the larges* railroad contractors in New England, FIRES. Cottom Mill Burned at Holinesburg, Pa Loss $145,000, PHILADELPUIA, Sept 15, 1878. Jonathan Lodge's cotton and woollen mills, a¢ Holmesburg, Pa:, were burned late on Saturaay night. The loss is estimated at $125,000; insur- ance, $80,000, The insurance on Jonathan Lodge’s cotton and woollen ‘ills, destroyed by fire at Holmesburg, Pa., on Saturday nignt, was distributed, and includes the Pranukiiu, of West Virginia; Rochester, of Ro- chester, N. Y.; Merchants and Manufneturers’, of Maine; Hibernia, of Cleveland; Southside, of Pitts- burg, aud the Millville, of Millvitie, N. J. The ios# oa stock and machinery is $12),u00; on buildings, 0,009, Biro at Union Springs, N. Y.—A Charets Stables, Stores, and Houses Destroyed. AvuBuRN, WN. Y., Sept, 15, 1873, A fire at Union Springs on Saturday night las destroyed the Baptist church, the hotel stables and their contents, and several stores and residences, The loss is $15,000, partially insured. The fire i supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. A Hotel in Lexington, Ky., Burned Down, Cincmynatt, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1873. The Broadway. Hotel in Lexington, Ky., was burned last evening. The loss amounts to about $12,000 or $14,000, ‘The building was insured for 00 each in the North British, Old Dominion, Kentucky, American and Central Fire Insurance Companies, and for $3,000 in the Lancashire, of England, Large Fire in st. Louis. Sr. Lours, Sept, 15, 1872. 4 ‘The fre in Kast St, Louis early this morning consumed the fouring mill of Henry Schaffer & Bros., six tenement houses, and the stables belong- ing to the mill, The mill contained 1,200 barrels oj four and 20,000 bushels of gruin. The estimated loss 1s $60,000; insurance not ascertained, The loss on the tenement houses and other property is about $7,000. The Fire at Fairfield, Mo. Sr. Louis. Sept. 15, 1873. The following ia a list in insurance on the floure ing mill burned last night at Fairfleld:—Connecti- cut, $2,500; Armenia, of Pittsburg, $2,000; North Missouri, $2,500; German, of Freeport, IIL, $2,000; Allemania, of Cleveland, $2,000; Traders’, of Obi~ cago, $2,500; Union Mutual, of Philadelphia, $2,500 5 Black River, of New York, $2,590; Tradesmen’s, ¢ New York, $2,500; Commercial ‘Union, $2,500; Citi- zen’s, of Newark, N. J., $2,500; Westchester, of New Rochelle, $2,500, and $19,500 in St, Louis com- pantes. A Case of Arson. Boston, Mass., Sept. 15, 1873. Orlando M. Palmer is under arrest at Newton for setting fire to Bacon’s block. Palmer bad an in- surance of $2,000 in the People’s office, Worcester, while his stock of provisions, &c., amounted te $200. He confesses setting the fire, which was for- tunately discovered and extinguished with slight damage. ee Incendiary Fire in Maine. PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 15, 1873. The wooden building at Great Falls, owned by Captain Lindsay and occupied by Jeremian Parker & Son for the manufacture of clothing for Boston parties, was burned by an incendiary fire on Sun- day night. There were also destroyed $4,000 worth of clothing in process of manufacture and $600 worth of sewing machines and tools, on which there was no insurance. MAILS FOR The steamship Mauhattan will ieave this port on Wednesday for Queenstown and Liverpool. The mails for Europe will close at the Post Office at twelve o'clock M. Tue New York HERALD—Edition for Furope— will be ready at balf-past mine o'clock in the morning. Single copics, ia wrappers for mailing, six cents. EUROPE. 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