The New York Herald Newspaper, December 4, 1873, Page 7

“tute can be found. The Aldermen shoald also direct their attention to the basements that are left without proper railings, and to the unguarded condition of the openings on the Fourth avenue railroad track. These dangers to foot passengers should be removed before the list of sufferers by accident is increased. Political Pecksniffs and the Back-Pay a Larceny. A sort of rivalry manifested itself among certain of the republican members at the opening of Congress on Monday. for the honor of being the Zirst to introduce bills for | the repeal of the law of last session, giving increased salaries to Senators, Representatives and other national officials. Senator Conk- ding carried off the palm with his little bill “in relation to certain moneys appropriated to members of Congress,” but he was followed ‘wo closely by others as to make it evident that the anxiety of our Washington legislators to ‘wash out their past record was equal to the greediness with which they openly supported, or the suavity with which they slily aided, the ‘‘back-pay” larceny only a few months ago. This sudden conversion is certainly gratifying, if we are to regard it as an indica- ‘tion that our Senators and Congressmen who have heretofore been unpleasantly mixed map with lobby schemes, who have been mere men of putty in the nimble fingers of national banks, railroad corpora- ae grant speculators and their lobhy ‘agent and whose reputation has been motoriously tainted and suspiciously flavored ‘by the offensive odor of Crédit Mobilicrism, thad become convinced of the error of their sways and had resolved on amendment for the future. But, unhappily, the suspicion will force itself on the public mind that the virtue mow manifested by such recent sinners is only }the result of the popular condemnation of aheir meanness and dishonor, and that if the ‘voice of the country had not made itself sig- ‘nificantly audible in denunciation of the back ‘salary law, we should have heard no word in ‘favor of its repeal from any of these high- toned politicians, This suspicion is natural enough when we remember that the influence of Senator Conkling alone would have sufficed to defeat the contemptible measure last session, and that the efforts of those who mow affect to be horrified at the iniquity were, ronly a few months ago, either openly or covertly directed to its consummation. * Tho truth is that this pretended anxiety for ropeal is only an “artful dodge” of the politi- ,cal Pecksniffs, and the public may as well un- derstand the fact at once, so that the farce may fbe speedily brought to a close. The people have not asked for the repeal of the increased walary bill They are not so mean as to be- ygrudge those who serve them in a public ca- ity a fair and even a liberal recompense for itheir services. The increased salary of the \President is little enough. The law fixing the \mew compensation will never be repealed. “What the people do condemn is the mean act | yet Congressmen in voting themselves large amounts of back pay for services that had al- sready been gladly performed for a stipulated Tecompense, and this petty larceny act can mover be recalled. Members have received the money and spent it, and no power can make thom restore it, The bills introduced for such “a purpose are bald frauds, designed for politi- ‘eal effect, and only serve to render more offen- sive the previous action of those who intro- duce them. The members who, like the dem- ocratic candidate for Speaker, button up their pockets, laugh at the popular indignation and boldly declare their intention to keep their back pay, are far less contemptible than those who did not discover their desire to cover it into the Treasury until the popular voice was heard, or those who, now that opppsition is useleas, turn round and oppose the measures they failed to oppose last session. { Tae Unszaworray Mannatran.—We have recently alluded to the dangerous and vanseaworthy character of our monitors, While the echoes from our words of warning have scarcely been heard over the Union we receive the particulars of the disaster which befell the Manhattan, one of the most power, ful of this class of vessels. That she did not go down on the 26th inst. with all hands on board is due to the superhuman efforts of her officers and crew. She took in seas about the base of her turret; the plate seams opened, the rivets loosened, and everybody below decks was saturated with water. The pumps were inefficient, the men were washed away from the wheel and the vessel was placed in such a dire extremity that the life rafts were cleared away and lite preservers given out to the crew. It was not hasty repairing alone which brought about these results; the evil lies in bad construction, old age and false ideas of naval architecture. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, Judge R. D. Rice, of Maine, is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Edgar T, Welles, of Hartford, is registered at the Hofman House, Young Walwogth is said to ve very low with chronic pleurisy. Ex-Senator Nye winters in Santa Barbara and summers some’rs else. Ex-Governor J. Gregory Smith, of Vermont, has arrived at the Windsor Hotel. Ex-Governor T. F, Randolph, of New Jersey, has apartments at the New York Hotel. Commander Babcock, United States quartered at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Ex-United States Senator Lewis T. Wigfall has become a member of the Baltimore Bar, ©. Carlton Cofin, of the Boston Journal, is among ‘the recent arrivals at the Windsor Hotel. Assemblyman Smith M, Weed, of Plattsburg, N. Y., i8 aghin at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Ex-Congressman Augustus Brandegee, of Con- necticut, is staying at the Windsor Hotel. Mr. and Mrs, Sidney Webster will spend the win- ter in Washington with Mrs. Secretary Fish. General Fry, United States Army, is on a visit to his father, General Jacob Fry, at Jerseyville, Ill. Senator John P. Stockton, of New Jersey, arrived at the Astor House yesterday from Washington. President Chamberlain, of Bowdoin College, has resigned, Cause—Troubles about the military aril Director Frederick Billings, of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, has arrived at the Bre- ‘voort House. It is reported in New Orleans that the notorious Judge Durell is about to resign, and that William R, Walker ts to take his place. A brother of Father Hyacinthe’s wife ts giving amateur readings out West, A thirty-first cousin of Dollinger is next in order. The President’s brother is going into the zine business, ‘The President himself may not object to acinque term tn the Presidential business, Yeh Shootung, Tang Chau and Chan Laisun, of the Chinese Educational Commission, who have heen on a visit to Washington, returned to the Sturtevant House vosterday. Navy, is NEW YUKK HERALD, THURSDAY, THE SO0L00 ARCHIPELAGO. German Naval Preparation for a Demonstration Against Spanish Power—The Recent Mara- + _.. time Seisures Of the Philippines. TELCO TO THE NEW 5AC HERALD. BERLIN, Deo. 3, 1873, The controversy between the German and Span- im governments regarding the German vessels seized by Spanish war vessels in the waters off the Philippine Islands, continues to increase in the se- Honwcces of tts aspect. ‘The German M1gme Kronprina and the corvette Augusta have been ordered "to D¢ prepared for ac- tive service at a moment's notice. {The naval demonstration which Germany 18 pre- Paring to make against the Spaniards in the Soo- loo Archipelago has been provoked by the commus- sion of a very high handed and summary action on the part of a Spanish naval officer againt Prussian merchant trading vessels off the Philippines. We reported, fust lately; the fact of the seizure of the German trading vessels Maria Louisa and Gazelle by a Spanish man-of-war off Sooloo, The vessels were brought to Manila. The crew of the Gazelle were liberated. The Captain and supercargo of the Marta Loulsa managed to escape, and the Span- iards declared that they would be treated as spies if caught outside the respective consulates. The supercargo claimed the protection of the British Consul, and the Oaptain that of Germany, He stated that the vessels were 16 miles off Sooloo when captured, and that, according to law, the blockade extended only nine miles; and, further, that the Spanish authorities bad not declared any blockade.—ED. HBRALD.) ROME AND GERMANY. The Archbishop of Posen Defines His Clerical Allegiance. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Bruin, Dec, 3, 1873. Archbishop Ledochowski replies to the demand of the German government for his resignation, re- fusing to comply, declaring that he is responsible only to the Pope. SPAIN. Royal Dons Retiring to Winter Quarters, TELEGRAM TO THE NCW YORK HERALD. BAYONNR, Deo. 3, 1873, Don Carlos has taken up his winter quarters at Durango, a town in the Province of Biscay, 13 miles southeast of Bilbao, ’ years there. His brother, Don Alfonso, has gone to Paris, FRANCE. Important Changes in Chief Foreign Missions, TELEGRAMS TO THE HEW YORK HERALD, Pars, Dec. 3, 1873. It is announced this morning that the Duke de Rochefoucauld 1s to be appointed to the French mission at London, and that the Marquis de Noail- les, now Minister at Washington, is to be trans- ferred to Rome, Naval Concern with Respect to Collisions at Sea. VERSAILLES, Dec. 3, 1873, Admiral Jaures has proposed to the Assémoly the establishment of an international tribunal for the purpose of investigating collisions between vessels on the high seas. THE POPE. —_—+ His Holiness Ayain Indisposed in Health. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Rome, Dec, 3, 1873, The Pope is again indisposed, ENGLAND. Discount on Change and at the Bank—Move- ment of Bullion. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YOBK HERALD. Lonpon, Dec. 8, 1873. The rate of discount in the open market for three months’ bills is 4% per cent, or 1g per cent below he Bank of Engiand rate, BULLION MOVING TO THR BANK, The amount of bullion gone into the Bank of England on balance to-day ta £63,000. EXPLOSION, Two Men Killed by a Boiler Exploston, Sr. Louis, Dec. 3, 187: By the collapse of a fue tn the boiler of the An- chor Mills, corner of Twenty-third street and Franklin avenue, between eleven and twelve o'clock last night, Henry Peppersauce and a man named Johnson were killed, THE ILLINOIS RAILWAY SUIT. Curcado, Dec. 3, 1873, Judge Treat, of the United States District Court at Springfield, to-day recailed his order of tnjunc- tion, issued several days ago, restraining the Re- ceiver whe by Judge esha of the State Circuit Court at Bloomington, from taking posses- sion of the Gilman, Clinton and Springfleld Rail- road in the interest of the stockholders, as against the directors. Judge Treat decides that his Court has no jurisdiction in the premises, THE UNION PACIFIO RAILROAD, Election of a Trustee, vico Oakes Ames Deceased. An election to fill a vacancy created by the death of Oakes Ames in the trusteeship under the first mortgage indenture of the road of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, was held yesterday afternoon, at the office of Morton, Bliss & Co., room 35 Drexel Building, corner of Wall and Broad streets, At the close of the poll Oliver Ames, of North Easton, brother of the deceased, was declared elected by a majority of 36 votes. Inquiry at the oflce of Mor- ton, Bliss & Co. 1a! to elicit any further informa- tion in regard to the election. THE TEXAS ELECTIONS, GALVESTON, Dec, 3, 1973. Ten cities and stations, including Austin, Galves- ton, Houston, Jefferson and Indianola, give a net democratic majority of 2,000, The election was quiet. A STATUE OF ROGER WILLIAMS. Provipenck, R. I., Dec. 3, 1873. The city government of Providence has com- pleted a contract with Franklin Simmons, of Rome, Italy, to make @ bronze statue of Roger Williams, SHORT-HORN pitt OONVEN. TION. CINCINNATI, Dec, 3, 1873, ‘The International Convention of Short-Horn Cattle Breeders met bere to-day. One hundred delegates were present, The reports of the officers were read, Hon. Charlies T. Ackland, of England, who was present, Was made an uonorary member. A paper was read by Dr. Sprague, of lowa, entitled “short-Horas; Formation, Contour and Quality.” A lively discussion followed. ‘The Convention will adjourn to-morrow. A REVOLTING CRIME, Troy, Dec. 3, 1873, Ann Shay, a respectable woman, employed in Ball’s paper mill at North Hoosick, Rensselaer county, was robbed, outraged and murdered on Monday night near the Vermont State line. Charles Green, @ disreputable fellow, has been arrested on suspicion. He admits that he assaulted the Woman, but denies committing the rovbery and murder. The people of North Hoosick are ea incensed againat him, and be has been Urought to this city to insure Uis salety, THE VE DU HAVRE, a Melancholy Facts Collected at the Latest Moment. The Hammond and Marcon- not Families. Pilot Commissioner Blunt on the Disaster. WHERE IS THE LOCH EARN? On inquiry at the oMces of the General Transat- lantic Company, at No. 58 Broadway, yesterday, it was ascertained that no further information in ad- dition to the particulars already published in the HgRatp had been obtained by the company’s agent regarding the disaster to the ill-fated Ville du Havre. The hoad offices in Paris are quite reticent, and until a full investigation is had by the French government itis more than probable that very little will be known of the exact cause of the loss of the vessel. Marine officers speak very highly of Captain Surmont's character and quali- fications as a steamship commander, and a general disposition is manifested to await full and precise detatls of the accident before judg- ment is given in the premises. People still con- cinue to call at the company’s office in search of information regarding friends and relatives who _Were known to have taken passage on the unfor- tunate vessel, but it was found impossible to give them any assurances of their friends safety as yet. The names of the crew have pot been telegraphed through the cable to New York, and will not, as they are all natives of France and have their families in that country. The family of Thomas Hammond, of Crown Point, N. ¥., which consisted of tive persons and who are supposed to have perished together, was well known in the northern part of the State. Mr. Ham- mond engaged passage for his family by letter dated September 19, He was a brother of John Hammond, who ts president of the Crown Point Iron Company, The Marconnet family of four persons, who were published as unknown, are said to have been resi- dents of Texas, to which place they bad emigrated about 20 years ago, and it is belleved that they had become quite wealthy and were about to return to fair France to spend their remaining While waiting in this city for passage it is understood that they boarded at Mr. Tamier’s, No, 168 Christopher street. Of the entire family, one person, Mr, F, Marconnet, who is supposed to to bo its head, is reported saved, AN UNFOUNDED REPORT has arisen that “Mrs.” Breeden, wife of B, F. Breeden, who was lost, had also perished. There 18 no such person as Mrs, Breeden. Mr. Breeden’s wile is dead, and Miss Breeden, his daughter, who accompanied him on the voyage, was fortunately saved, Miss Breeden has anvther sister alive, who is the wife of the Rev. Mr. Howes, son of Mr. Howes, of Howes & Macy, the well known banking firm. Young Mr. Howes is said to be rector of Christ church (Kpiscopal), Hoboken, Owing to the difficulty in obtaining absolute and definite intor- mation regarding this terrible disaster, it was erroneously stated in yesterday’s HERALD that Mr, Andrew b, McCreery, wo is a brother of Mr. James McCreery, the wealthy merchant of this city, had been employed asa waiter in the Lick House at San Francisco and that he was by birth a Scotch- man. Mr. McCreery was never at any time a waiter tn the Lick House, or any other house, and is by birch an Irishman. Mr. Louis Squadrilli, jeweller, of No. 9 Maiden lane, was reported to be lather of a young lad who called at the office of the company to inquire aiter his father. Mr. Squadrilli, who has perished on the Ville du Havre, had no son, and the boy mentioned was engaged in his employ to run on errands, AMONG THOSE KEPORTED LOST is Mrs, Henry stuokley, wile of Mr. Henry Stuckley, of the Tehuantepec Railroad Company, Whose oftice 18 at No, 29 Broadway. Mrs. Stuckley was en route to visit her children in Kurope, aud there are no tidings of her since the first news came, in which she was named among the lost. The passenger registered as Henry Vallat is unknown, excepting that it is believed by Mr, Join Fulton, tue pas- Senger agent of the ae ae that he and Sebastien Mosca, of Rochester, N. ¥., occupied the same stateroom on board of the steamer. Miss Marie Boru, reported as iost, is believed to have been a French servant of Mr. E. Wetmore, of No, 135 Filth avenue, in this city. She was returning, like many others of the passengers, it is believed, to re- main in the land of her birth, A white-haired lady of refined appearance and bearing traces of deep emotion on her {ea- tures called yesterday at the office to make inquiries about @ lie. Eugenie Casilis, @ oa French lady of 17 years o1 age, who was nown to have been too late to take her passage regularly aud got on board of the ship just belore sauing. She 18 reported among the lost. This young lady was placed in the same room (Nos. 81 to 86) with Miss Annie Noland, who had the appear- ance of ahigher servant. This young lady, ae all young ladies who are without male protectors on this line, was specially placed in charge of trust- worthy people on board. Mr. H. G. Spafford, of Chicago, whose wife has been saved and whose family have been lost, arriyed in this city and lett to join his wife yesterday by the Cunard steamer Abyssinia. A. C. L. Portman, an unknown gentie- man, engaged passage and 1s lost. Among the names wihicu appeared in tie alphabetical lst of sketches in yesterday morning's edition of the HERALD were Mrs. C. A. Platt, Mr. Hamilton Mur- ray and Miss Murray. These persons were re- ported a3 unknown, no residence having been given, We are glad to be apie to give some infor- mation avout them, as Mrs. Maria Buckley is re- ported in our special cabie despatches to have wi nessed the disappearance of all three named, to- gether with Judge Peckham and his wile—Mrs, Buckiey alone escaping to teli the tale of ter- ror. Mr. Jonathan sturges, a well known citizen of this city, residing at 36 No. Kast Thirty-sixth street, has received a despatch trom J. S. Morgan & Co., of London, as foilows:— Mrs, Buckley states that she was standing on deck, with Mr. snilton Murray, his sister, Mrs, 0. A. Platt, Judge a '#. Peckhain, when the ship went down. All per- fectly resigned. None of them saved. Mr. Hamilton Murray and Miss Martha Murray ‘Were respectively the son and daughter of the late Hamilton Murray, of Oswego, N. Y., and nephew and niece to Mr. Jonathan Sturges, the well known retired merchant of this city. In company with Mrs. Platt they had taken pass: on the Ville du Havre with the intention of passing the winter oa the Continent. Just before embarking Mr. E. Sturges, with E. Arnold & Co., of 125 Front street, bought the tickets and secured rooms for Mr: Platt and Miss Hamilton at the oMce of the com- pany. In addition to these details is the following despatch, received last evening at this ofice irom Mr. George H. Stuart, @ prominent and esteemed citizen of Philadelphia, who knew the Murray ramily well:— SAD D) RUCTION OF A FAMILY, Puitapeuvusa, Dec. 3, 1373. To Tae Epiror or tHe Herat :— ‘n reading the sad column of passengers lost on the Vitle du Havre, L observed ater Mr. Murray’s name “No information; nd r ” Hamilton Murray and Miss Murray, Wo are among tne losi, were children of the late Hamilvon Murray, a distinguished citizen of your State, residing at Oswego, Mrs. Murray was # charming lady, ‘and her younzest daughter died recently in Uswego, and ‘her eldest son Hamilton and her daughter Martha, borne down with griet and in search ot heaith, were on their way to spend their winter in burope, Mr, Murra was a graduate at Princeton in June, 1872, and, with his sister, Was greatly beloved by a wi cle ‘of triends turoughout the country. Their brother Charles, now a Student st Princeton. {s the only surviving, member of What was once # large and ha| mily. ie i) PPOMURGE M, STUART, THE CHIEF PILOT COMMISSIONER ON THE WRECK. Mr. George W. Blunt, the Chief of the Pilot Com- missioners, stated to a reporter yesterday that he considered tuat the great loss of lile on the wreck- ing of the Ville du Havre was maiuly due to the in- adequateness and inaufticiency of the life-preserv- ing apparatuswith which the steamer was provided. In Mr. Blunt's opinion no ocean steamer Was prop- erly supplied in this respect. A life rait ought to be ol ed upon deck ready for any emergency, One of these rafts would sustain nearly 100 persons tor many hours, and he considered that had the Ville du Havre been furnished with one of them many of those unfortunates who found a watery grave would now be alive and well, Mr, Blunt expressed himself unwilling to hazard an opinion as to tne absolute cause Of the collision, but derided the assertion that the Loch Earn was sighted 17 min- utes prior to the collision, The weather was reported to have been clear and the stars were shining. Under such circumstances the fault must bave been the steamer’s, tor by the rale of the road, generally acknowledged’ by all civilized maritime nations, she ought to have got out of the way of the satling vessel, According to this law & steamer meeting & sailing shi as to give way, and is liable for any error in judgment made y ah attempt to cross the bows oi the craft under canvas only. Commissioner Blunt had heard Cap- tain Surmont give evidence in a collision case some tume ago, and he was much impressed by that commander’s seamanlike jadg- ment and paipabie exverience, He did not thin under the circumstances at present apparent, that Captain Sarmont could de blamed. THE FAULT, If any, lay with the oMicer whom he left in chargo of the deck. The skipper of the Loch Harn bears a ver: od reputation among the ptlots of this port, an + Blunt denounced iv wuueasured wrms DECEMBER 4, 1873.—IRIPLE SHEET. the remark reported to have emanated from one of the harbor-musvers, bat be Was DOL tO be believed under oat, ot a THE COMPANY'S LOSS. Tne i085 of the Ville du Havre is all the more se- rious to the Transatlantic Company at this time, as they had pas completed arrangements to send & steamer irom this port every week, The Ameri- qu new steamer about the same size a3 the Ku- rope and @ little smaller than the Ville du Havre, be ready tor sea early next year, and another steamer of equal dimensions ia now in course of construction. The Lafayette, which was burned at Havre some time ago, bas been reconstructed and is now running between Brest and Aspinqail. The Ville du Havre was tnsured for about two- thirds her value in a variety of companies, chiefly Parisian ones, the remaining risk being taken by the company which owas her. This system of partial insurance is much in vogue with corpora- tions owning & large number of vessels, as by taking @ portion of the tisk they save premiums sufficient in a few voy: tenable them to sus- tain the destruction of at least one vessel per @OQuin, Without absolute pecuniary loss to them- selves. ‘The accident to the Ville du Havre will not interfere with the continuance of the regular fortaightiy trips of the vessels belonging to the ‘Transatiantique Company's line, WHERE 13 THR LOCH BARN ? I @ conversation with Mr. Henderscn, the agent of the ship Loch Karn, a HewALD reporter learned that gentieman’s optnion of the ship and the damage she had probably sustained, His opinion was, of course, based on the information he received through the papers. He said thavfrom wha? he knew of the construction and strength of the ship, it appeared to him impossible that she could have gone down or have been in any way matertally damaged, “if the collision,” he said, “happened as reported, all the advantages, if there be any such in a collision, were on the side of the saller, a8 her bows are said to have hit tne ue du Havre amidships,” Mr. Henderson further sald :— “The Loch Earn must have sustained some damuge, but, as 1 have already stated, | do not con- sider it of such a nature as to place ‘her in great danger. The despatch you show me I have seen and read; but I do not think the statement con- tuned in it that the Loch Karn has put avout for Queenstown is at all true, and | have as much reason and foundation for what I say as those who sent the despatch. It is only @ conjecture, for no one knows what has been done with the vessel, a3 she has not been spoken since the accident occurred. She may on account of the occurrence be alittle longer in making the passage than she might otherwise have been; for witha damaged bow aie will be unable to sail before the wind.’ Further than that which is above stated Mr, Henderson could say nothing regarding the ship, he having received no inteiligence of her. PATERSON’S SHARE IN THE VILLE DU “Ss; HAVRE HORROR, Among the pasddligers lost on the ill-fated steamer Ville du Havre were Mrs, Eliza Ferdinand and her son Victor, a bay about six years of age. Mrs. Ferdinand was the wile of a Paterson black- smith, in Grand street, and the sister of Joseph E. ‘Tynan, & well-known Paterson real estate agent. rs. Ferdinand was bora in France, but left there at an early age. She was well educated and accompiished, being lormerly a teacher in Pater- Son, ald being on her way to accept an engage- ment as tutor in Paris when she met her untimely end. She leaves a large number of acquaintances and friends in Paterson, who are shocked and grieved at ler untimely tate, THE HUNTER PAMILY LOST IN THE VILLE DU HAVRE. [From the New Bedford Herald, Dee. 2.} Captain Charles Hunter, his wife and one daugh- ter, Caroline, lostin the Ville du Havre calamity, were prominent residents of Newport. Captain Hunter during the war of the rebellion, while in command of a man-of-war, cuased and captured the blockade runner Isabella, This act was offen- sive to Spain, and she demanded his dismissal, as the capture was made in Spanish waters. Our goveruinent reluctantly complied with the aemand, and he remained out of service until the close of the rebeliion, wuen, by & unanimous vote of Con- ress, he was reinstated, and his commission lated back to the date of his dismissal, He was & son of the Hon. William Hunter, eminent as an in- ternational lawyer, and at one time Minister to Brazil. General Van Zandt, of Newport, has in nis possession a letter trom Admiral Farragut, speak- ing of Captain Hunter in the highest terms, and closing with the remark that, if he were to select feet, he knew of no man he would rather have to command it than Captain Hunter, Mrs, Hunter Was the only daughter of the lave William R. Rotca, of this city. Among the lost in the steamer Ville du Havre was Miss Lizzie W. Putnam, of New York, who had attained much excellence as an oil painter, and Was going abroad to periect herself in her chosen art. She was a near relative of Mrs. Alonzo H. Quint, and known to many people in this city, TRANSATLANTIC SHIPWRECKS. The Atlantic steamship companies have, during the current year, been more pressed by business than during any previous period. The Vienna Ex- hibition was alone an enticement to many Ameri- cans to visit Europe; aud the numbers of the patrons of the steamships were increased greatly by the Enropeans who came to view our country. Considering this fact, and that which is declared by the subjoined record, it must be allowed that ocean travel is becoming more dangerous as it becomes more familiar. What are the causes of this strunge and unpleasant phase of ocean adlfairs it is hard to determine, With the circumstances of the losses of the steamships Atlantic and City of Washington fresh before them, some people will readily make up their minds as to those causes in @ Way adverse to the steamship companies. They will say that prosperity has made not oaly the managers of the steamship lines, but also their em- ployés, careless of the safety of passengers, and they will apply this result of their reasoning to the present case 01 the Ville du Havre. Leaving ail speciai cases of steamship disaster aside, it is truly remarkable that during the year 1873 alone about one-third as many lives have been destroyed vy accidents to transatiantic steamers as were anni- hilated in the same manner in the thirty-one years irom 1841 to 1873. LIST OF SHIPWRECKS. PRESIDBNT—Leit New Yerk on March 11, 1841, and was never heard from afterward. Among her passengers were Tyrone Power, the comedian, and ason of the Duke of Richmond. COLUMBIA—Wrecked in a log on the coast of Nova Scotia, on July 1, 1843. Great BRevAIN—Lost in a storm on the coast of Treland, He September 22, 1848, A SLOMAN—Foundered in mid ocean, in November, 1850; nine lives lost. St. Grokos—Destroyed by fre at sea, December 24. 51 lives lost. HuMsoLDI—Wrecked near Halifax, December 5, 1863; no lives lost. Ciry OF GLascow—Never heard of after leaving Glasgow tn spring of 1854; 480 lives lost. FRANKLIN—Wrecked at Moricues, L. 1, Juiy 11, 1854; no lives lost. AxcTic—Run down by French steamer Vesta, off Newiloundland, September 27, 1854; 300 lives lost. Orty OF CHILADEL?HIA—Wrecked in 1854, Paciric—Never heard from aiter January 23, 1856, wien she lett Liverpool; 200 lives lost. Le LYONNAIS—Collided with ship Adriatic, off Nantucket, November 2, 1856; 120 lives lost, TEMPEST—Loat, with all on board; never heard from aiter she left New York on February 26, 1857. New YoRK—Lost at sea, in June, 1558. AvsTRiA—burned in mid-ocean, September 13, 1853; 470 lives lost, Argo—Wrecked ina fog on coast of Newfound- land, June 28, 1859; all hanas saved. INDL Wrecked on coast of Nova Scotia, No- vember 959; 27 lives lost. HUNGARIAN—Wrecked oif Nova Scotia, February 20, 1860; 205 lives lost. ConNaccHt—Burned off the coast of Massachu- setts, October 7, 1860, CANADIAN— Wrecked by sunken {ce in the Straits of Beile isle, June 4, 1861; 35 lives lost. NortH Briron—Wrecked during a storm on Paraquet Island, November 5, 1361. ne ee on St, Paul's Island, June ANGLO-SAXON—Wrecked off Cape Race, April 27, 1863; 237 lives lost. Fr Light on Sable Island in a fog, August BouEMIAN—Wrecked off Cape Elizabeth, Febru- ary 22, 1864; 20 lives lost, Crry OF NEw YoRkK—Wrecked on Daunt’s Rock, Queenstown, Ireland, March 29, 1864. P Speer eee off Liverpool harbor, November lowa—Wrecked of Cherbourg, December 10, 1864. GLasGow—Burned of Nantucket, July 31, 1865, ScoTLaNp—Collided with the ship Kate, byer off Fire Island, December 1, 1866; 13 of tne Kate Dyer’s crew lost. HiseRNtA—Foundered off the Irish coast, Novem- ber 29, 1868; 60 lives lost. ae 1869; UniveD KiN@pom—Leit New York April never afterwards heard from; 80 lives lost. GERMANIA—Lost on the Newfoundland coast, ina fog, August 7, 1809, JLEOPATRA—Lost on the Newfoundland coastina fog, AUgUSE 8, 1869, Crrx ov Bostox—Leit New York January 25, 1870, called at Halifax, and was never afterwards heard from; about 160 lives lost. CaMBRIA—Wrecked on Irish coast, October 19, 1870; 190 hves lost. DactaN—Wrecked near Halifax, April 9, 1372. TrivoLi—Wrecked on coast of Ireland, May 17, 872. wii in Frith of Clyde, January ArLaxtic—Wrecked on Marr's Rock, N. S., April 1, 1873; 562 lives lost. Crry OF WasHtNeToN—Wrecked on coast of Nova Scotia, July 7, 1873, IsMAILIA—Left New York September 20, 1873; yet unheard from. Missount—Wrecked on the Bahamas, October 1, 1873 ; no lives lost, VILLE DU HavRe—Collided with British ship Loch Karn, in latitude 47 deg, north, longitude 385 dee, Wests 226 lives lok THE SETTLEMENT QUESTION. A More Peaceful Tone Among the Havanese. THE CASINO STILL URGENT. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. HAVANA, Dec. 3, 1873. The excitement among the citizens is disappear- ing and tranquility ts returning. A PRACR MANIFRSTO. The National Integrity Clab, composed of a num- ber of the principal members of the volunteer force has issued & manifesto advising obedience to the authorities and expressing confidence in the acts of Captain General Jovellar. A DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE CAPTAIN GENERAL ABANDONED, All the journals announce that the contemplated attempt at a demonstration against “a certain personage” will not occur, not being likely to be productive of any good resulta. THE ASINO BTILL ACTIVE. Sefior Zulueta has telegraphed to the Spanish casinos in the interior that recent events have obliged all good Spaniards to renew their oaths to preserve the honor of Spain in the Island of Cuba. The answers are in the usual patriotic style. The Cardenas Casino calls the demands of the ameri- can government opprobrious, and says that every Spaniard hearing them calmly degrades bimself, THE PRE3S TONK MOKK MODERATB. The newspaper discussion of the situation 1s More moderate and reasonable in tone, The peo- ple are advised to await events calmly. The crisis is generaily considered to be past. zi Press Opinion—The Repubitcan Party Strong in Cuba—tmpioy ment for Idie Army Officers Saggested. Havana, Deo, 3, 1873, The Gorro Frigio declares that the republican party in Cuba is strong and united as ever, and denies there is any truth in the report of dissen- sions among its leaders. It complains that too many army officers are tiving idly in Havana and advises that employment be given them, The Spanish Minister and the Secretary of State in Accord Still—The Port for the Virginias’ Surrender Not Yet De- termined On. Wasninoton, Dec. 3, 1873. Admiral Polo and Secretary Fish have, since they signed the protocol on Saturday, been in per- fect accord concerning the arrangements for the restoration of the Virginius and the survivors, The port to which the Virginius shall be brought may depend upon her sea-going condition. The oficial information does not excite apprehension that this part of the protocol wilt de seriously, if at all, em- barrassed. Everything thus far has been done with calmness on the part of the representatives of the two governments. 8T. DOMINGO. The Provisional Government as Consti- tuted by General Luperon. The latest advices by mail from St. Domingo re- port that General Luperon was waited upon by a deputation of seven generals, who requested him to take the command of the revolution. A provisional government has beem formed as follows:— Luperon, Preaifent. Alvarez, Minister 01 Foreign Affairs. Pimentel, Minister oi War. Jimenez, Minister of Finance. Polanco, Minister of Justice. Great preparations are being made for a march on Santiago. BRITISH WESI INDIES. Pablic Opinion of the Virginius Cap- ture News. Sr. THOMAS, Nov. 17, 1873. Some little excitement has been caused by the news of the capture ofthe Virginius, The American and French consuls have received messages requesting men-of-war to be sent to San- tia go, Dut there are no men-ol-war here. WEATHER REPORT. WAR DEPARTMENT, | Orricg or THE OHIEP SIGNAL OFPICER, WasHINGTON, Dec. 4—1 A, M. Probabilities, For New England brisk aad occasionally high southeasterly to southwesterly winds will prevail, with partly cloudy weather and areas of rain. FoR TH MIDDLE STATES, FRESH AND BRISK SOUTHERLY WINDS, WITH PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER AND AREAS OF RAIN IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE LAKE REGION; BRISK AND HIGH SOUTHERLY TO WESTERLY WINDS, LOWER TEMPERATURE AND CONTINUED RAIN OR SNOW, THR WINDS SHIFTING TO NORTHWESTERLY IN THE UPPER LAKE REGION, WITH COLD AND PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. Prom the South Atlantic and Eastern Gulf States partly cloudy weather, the temperature falling to the Lower Mississippi Valley. For the Northwest cold and cloudy weather, with snow, followed by clearing weather on Thursday afternoon. Cautionary signals are ordered for Oswego, Buf falo, Erie, Toledo, Alpena, Grand Haven aad Chi- cago. Reports are missing from the Ohio Valley, Ten- nessee, the Lower Miasissippi Valley, the South- west, the Missouri Valley and the extreme North- west. After the 10th inst. the display of cautionary signals will be suspended at the lake ports for the winter. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The tollowing record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnat’s Pharmacy, HeRatp Butiding:— 1872. 1873. 1872, 1873. 3 A.M.. 3887330 P.M... 4349 6AM . 3T 7 6 P.M... ee. 39 eB . 41 . » 48 12M... . 43 47 12 P. M.. oT 7 Average temperature yesterday... 44% Average temperature for corresponding date last year..... 59% SNOW IN CALIFORNIA. San FRANCISCO, Dec. 3, 1873, There is o light fall of snow here. Itts snowing in Stockton, Sacramento and other points in the valley district of the State, This is a very unusual occurrence. LAKE SHIPPING. PORT COLBORNE, Ont., Dec. 3, 1873, Vessels bound down will make the attempt to get through the canal to-night if the weather con- tinues open. The propeller Granite State ts in the canal, coming up. A number of loaded vessels for various ports have laid up here for the winter, LAMENTABLE SUICIDE MILWAUERE, Dec, 3, 1873, The unknown man who jumped from the bridge into the river last night, proved to be George W. Pockham, an old and esteemed, but retired lawyer of this city, and brother of Judge k. W. Peckham, of Albany, who was lost on the steamer Vile du Havre. Mr. Peckham was about 80 years of age, and it ts thought the death of his brother pro- duced temporary insanity and caused his sad death, FIRE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. TITUSVILLE, Pa., Dec. 3, 1873, A destructive fire occurred at Greece City, last Night, destroying 30 buildings, consisting of stores, dwellings, three hotels, and the Producers’ Bank, The loss 8 estimated at $90,000, and {s partially in~ sured, but the amount is anknowa, The fire origi- Baved 1a a ary woods store, 7 WHERE IS THE KANSA9? Fears for the Safety of the Vessel_No News of Her Arrival at Santiago do Cuba — List of Her Officers. Some anxtety is felt in this city for the safety of the United States war steamer Kansas, which left New York for Santiago de Cuba at eleven o'clock on the morning of November 14 No news of her arrival at the Cubaa bors has yet been received, and it is stated that she has not been heard of since her departure. The Juniata teft New York on November 19, five days after the Kansas, and arived at Santiago de Cuba on the 26th =of November. This makes the Kansas to-day 20 days out, or 13 days longer tham, the Juniata’s time. Hence it will be seen that the apprehensions felb in this city are not without warrant, DESORIPTION OF THE VESSEL. The sloop-of-war Kansas rates as a third clasa, She is @ screw steamer, and had undergone repairs just before ner departure, Sho i® 410 tons burden, has 900 cubic feet displace- ment, and cerries three guns of heavy calibre. She has been considered a very seaworthy vessel, but was out in the hard gales of the 17th and 18th of November. THE OFFICERS OF THR KANSAS. The following are the officers of the Kansas:— Commander—Allen V. Reed, commanding. Lieutenant Commander—Kdwin H. Miller, Executive Oficer—Lieutenant F. G. Hyde. Navigators—Lieutenants Frank W. Nicholls and Royal R. Ingersoll. Paymaster—G, F, Bemis. Aasistant Surgeon—S. A. Brown. Engineers—First Assistant, J, P. Kelly; Second Assistant, B. C. Gowing. Commander's Clerk—F. A. Benson. Paymaster's Clerk—J. 3. Rider. THE LOST STEAMER ATLANTIC, Sy Several Bodics Been in the Wreok by @ Diver. =~ Haurrax, N.S, Dec, 3, 1873. Another quantity Of goods has been recovered from the Atlantic wreck afd has been brought to this city, Previous to the late gale one of the divers operating on the wreck saw under the gangway tue bodies of a man (evidently an officer of the ship), 2 woman and a little girl, The diver inteaded sending them up, but when he went down the next time, after che storm, several tons of trom had fallen on the bodies, Operations on the wreck will be suspended during the winter. Alarge quantity of cargo ts still believed to be in and about the wreck, The owners of the hull are using dualin in blasting the machinery of the wreck, FERRYBOAT AQOIDENTS, The ferryboat Jay Gould ran ashore yesterday morning, on the flats near Stevens’ point, at the Elysian Fields, on the North River. She will proba~ bly be floated off at the next tide without much damage. The passengers were taken off by the tugboat Lappin. None of them were hurt, The accident Was caused by the compasses being ous of order. A collision took place yesterday between the ferryboats James Fisk, Jr., and the Morristown, 1m mid stream, Both boats were loaded down with passengers, and had it not been ior the timely ac~ tion of one of the pilots loss of life would have oo~ curred. Very little damage was done and no one was hurt, In the afternoon another collision took place be~ tween the John 8. Darcey aud a sailing vessel, which created a big scare among the passengers, but luckily all escaped uninjurea. LABGE FIRE IN HOBOKEN. About midnight of Tuesday fire broke out In Mo- Laren’s boiler and machine shop, corner of Grand and Third streets, and in a few hours the entire structure was burned to the ground. Richmond & Son lose $10,000 on the button factory therein; the Decorative Wood Pressing Company lose about. $16,000, and the proprietor of the building $50,000; partially covered by insurance. Two hundred em- ployés are thown out of work, but they will soom find employment again, a8 the factory will be speedily rebuilt. The praiseworthy exertions of the Fire Department preveuted a heavy couflagra- tion. Several neighboring houses and factoriea caught fire, but it was instantly extinguished om each occasion. a eae enn Ne Why Cough and Wheeze and Snuffl and talk as if you had a barr, in, your throat, whi HALE’S HONEY of HOREHOUND ‘and TAR will cure any cold in two days, PIKE'S TOOTHACHE DROPS cure in one minute, A.—For a Superb Dress or Business Hat go to ESPENSCHEID, Manufactur Nassau A.—Herald Branch Office, corner Fulton avenue and Boerum street. ‘Open from 5 A. M. to9 P. M. On Sunday from $ to.9 AM. Brooklyn, Ask for Goodall’s—The Finest Importet © and cheapest Domestic PLAYING CARDS. Beautiful new patterns. Sold everywhere. A.—Bright’s Dis » Gravel, Diahete: Gout and Nervous Di cured by KBARNEY* BUOHU. Take no other if you desire a speedy and per- manentcure, Depot 104 Duane street. . . A.—Buy Your Furs At Knox’s.—Ladics, remember this ia a special edict. fis stock is dashingly elegaut, and his prices reasonable. 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