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10 ASHANTEE. The Battles Before ihe Capture of Coomassie. —— ae Victoria Thanks King Koffee’s| ,, Conquerors. TELEGRAM TO THE KEW YORK WEALD. ~Goxpox, March 48, 1874, The Queen has publicly expressed her highest admiration and warmest thanks for the gallantry displayed by tue British troops in the recent en- gagements with the Ashantees, ae General Wolseley’s Report of the Battle of Amoaful—Treachery of King Koffec— A Bloody Vengeance. ‘The European journals of the 7th of March pub- hsb details of the latest field operations con- ducted by the British army against the Ashantecs, wader date of reports written at Cape Coast Castle on the 7th of February. THE BATTLE OF AMOAFUL. A writer says:—We have had areal Sght, and the Ashaptees tought splendidly, as our return of Killed and wounded will show; and as theirs would show if they kept such recorus. The King bad Previously agreed to our terns, and, i fact, BO S@gbting was expected; but ail the time old Koffee ‘Was collecting his army and making his arrange- ments. I won’t say we were surprised, but we ‘were certainly taken in, and our intelligence de- Partment hoodwinked. I came down here directiy ‘after the affair at Amoasui, and up to this we bave | mo news from the front. The missionaries even @eclared there would be no resistance. The King gota biack trader, @ prisoner at Coo- Massie, to write aletier to sir Garpet about the terms of peace, and this darky Tred the Gep- eral to some chapter and vei tne Second Corinthians, and that was the first notifcation ne got that the Ashantees yet had am army, Tne commander of that army iormed bis men up in the shape of @ bread arrow, with gvod roads to retreat en, which, happily, he bad to do, The Forty-second ‘Wags on the main road, and so got on quicker than whe troops on its nanks, who had to make their way through the bush, and so came in Jor the shottest part of the work and suffered accordingly. 1t.i8 wonderiui how fellows keep up. considering | the work they have todo. [uo sometimes pity | ‘the doctors and control officers. When everybody | elge’s work is done, and rest can be taken, the | medicos and commissaries keep hard at it. | ‘Yhe latter have been miserably low in numbers, | and have lost three by death and tweive invalided; | among the latter, three well Known in Dubhn— { Nugent, Baker and Macdonald, besides Captain Healy, Assistant Controller. General Wolseley’s Despatch. ‘The following despatch has been received at the ‘Colonial Office in London @R GARNET WOLSELEY TO THE EARL OF KIMBERLEY, HEADQUARTERS, CAMP AGIMAMA, Feb. 2, 1874. ‘My Lorp—Your Lordship is aware that on the 23d wit, 1 received from the King oi Ashantee a letter eouched in terms of unconditional surrender. ‘The King had, with great art aad care, succeeded im «impressing §=upon the white prisoners, whom he at the same time restored to | Mberty, a condition of his entire imapility to fight and his entire determination not to do so. H would trouble your lordship unnecessarily il I detailed all the minute circumstances which were contrived for the deception of these gentiemen. [| ‘Was resolved not under any circumstance to con- eede time, which might be required :or hostile prep- aration against us, until | had substantial guar- Frid of the fidelity o1 the King in his professions, t taking into consideration the restoration of the white prisoners and the evidence supplied by them, I made up my mind that while it | ‘Was absolutely necessary not in any way | to place myself in the King’s power, shonid not be justified in pressing him too | closely, or in assuming an intention of treachery | op his part. 1 tee), thereiore, that this news was of so much importaace that your lordsnip would Wish to receive it by the most rapid means pos- ‘ble, and, as you are aware, arranged with Com- modore Hewitt for the despatcn of the steamer Matin, in order to communicate this intelligence. At the same time, as it nappened that a jew aays were required jor the accumulation of stores, I ‘was abie without risking any delay to the general ‘ogress of operations to make an effort to con- | ciliate the King by promising to move slowly dur- that tame. must irankly confess, my Jord, that in so far as Jailowed myself for an instant to suppose that an Ashantee monarch’s most solemn promises had ‘Bhe smallest valne I was hopelessly in error. I have good reason to congratuiate mysel! that I did not allow my military movements to be affected by abytuing of the kind. Tue whole negotiation was one treacherous plot on the part of the King, in- tende to give him time to collect bis army and to Jure us to the destruction which he still firmiy be- heved that he was able to inflict upon us. He had | mgentonsly contimued to dismiss the captives be- Sore the army had tuirly arrived at its destination, and he hoped to convince me by the distinct evi- | dence Wich they were to supply that no military | force whatever lay between me and Coomassie; | hy while he was assuring the captives that even | ai 1 entered Coomassie and stood in the market place be would not resist me, he was preparing a Place jor his army, irom waoich, when the time came, he hoped to surprise me on the march. For this purpose he was gathering his army from all | upon @ position of considerable mill strength, at Amoaful, a village some | eighteen miles trom Coomassie. Fortunately a Intelligence Department, aided by the formation obtained by Mr. Dawson's boy, tur- ished me With information as to the gathering ot | the army. Soon it took place. I tnereiore, as stated in mydetter accompanying the despatches ft the 26th ull., Moved to attack Amoaful, and after a most severe contest, during which the re- sistance of the Ashantecs, thanks largely to the Mapenetrabje character 0! the bush, was of a kind altogether more serious than | couid have beiievea possible, I] drove them irom ail tueir positions, and inflicted on them a complete deleat witu very | Berious loss. i ‘The King’s plan, however, must have been long | and most carefuliy prepared, lor at the same time | that the opposition to our advance became pro- | nounced a persistent series of guerilla attacks was | directed upon a very considerabie portion of our ime of communtcation. This is still continued, | though the strength of our posts and the arrange- | ments whict! have been able to make ior the | generai security of our ime have so reduced the effect as to render this merely inconvenient. On | ‘the Ist I directed a force under orders oj Sir Archi- | Waid Allison to attack and destroy Bagua, a town | of considerabie size, a mile to the west of Amoaiul. This was indispensable to the security of our ad- | Vance, as we find that unless we either noid on or destroy @ village Which We have once attacked tne Ashantees believe that we have been unabdie to hold it, and return to vureaten our movements. The complete success Of this operation enabied me to-day to Jollow With ail my available force in rear of the retreating army. A slight and very timid | resistat has been ‘opposed to the advancing | troops. The enemy, though at some points in con- widerable numbers, has everywhere fled be1ore us. Jto-morrow again advance, and unless resist ace is more considerable than any present ind: cations lead me to expect I tully hope velore might | wil to enter Coomas G. J. WOLSELEY, r Géueral and Administrator, Gold Coast. au ie. Desperate Valor of tne Warrior Natives. A correspondent writes from the feld:—The | Ashantees iought ke demons. They were present | im enormous numbers, pouring on our gallant troops by thousands, yelling and screaming | Dideously. Altpough our tiring told on them ammensely they bad to be driven from | point to point, and when pushed out of the successive Villages revurned to tne attack. In the thickest parts of tue nrusn they | climbed the trees in order to fire w upon our troops. The order oi a wariul wag as follows. The attack was made in the form of a square, through the middie of which ian the main road, and the line extended about v0 yards on cither ade. The Forty-secona regiment, | preceded by Lord Gifford and his scouts, jormed the tront line, with two o/ Rait’s gunsin the centre, 4Gorsdon’s Houssas in a dense corner of jungie. 1t | Teally seemed as if nothing but the fauure of their amimuuition would drive them out, Now at one point, now at avother, along the hill eres: they | Poured down crushing volleys. Life they counted | at bo price U only a whire man could be killed. | dt Was the same desperate obstinacy We had seen at Avrakrampa. Tey ciimbed trees to fire with ecpually more deadly eWect, but the mass just lay down and shot ti! stor themselves or short of ammuni- tov. Sir Archinaid Alison, brigadier ol the white Woops, declares he never cume under @ fercer tire @ Jadia or whe Crimea, A FRESHET, The Alabama kiver Overflows Its Banks, MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 18, 1874. The rain in Middle Alanama has ceased, The | Alabama River is very high, and over its | Oauks im Many places, and al| the creeks and | “reame are greatiy swollen. Trave, ¢ Ftopped by reason of wastes in the rajiroad track and damage to some of the oridges. No trains Went out to-day on the rowd WO Atiunta, wes part of the track is under water, aNd the trains to Bue faula Wii) Hot run for a day or two. Pie ener too early to injare the NaBters, a very iV 3 the crop bus been plated. aid | Dr. Livingstone 1s dead, | Leech Lake re | struction of | Louis He: | clothing ) Mobile ig | DAVE reached there that the notorious Younger | brothers, who are supposed to have been engaged in the ago, were attacked yesterday at Monagan Springs, oue of sue Younger brotnere aud two were killed, AMERICAN BONDS IN EUROPE. Opinion of Louisiana Legislative Finance. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 18, 1874, A meeting of the Louisiana bondholders was eld to-day, and resolutions adopted denouncing the Funding bill of the late session of the Legisla- vure as arbitrary, unjnst and injudicious, and cal culated to shake conddence in aii American securi- ues. Toe meeting resolved to take measures to resist the carrying into effect of the bill. The Cabinet Still Endorsed at the Polls. TELEGRAM 10 THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, March 18, 1874. Mr. Richard Assheton Crosa, Secretary of State for the Home Department, has been re-elected to | Parliament without opposition, Re-elected to the House of Commons. ° LONDON, March 19—5:30 A. M. Sir Lopes Massey Lopes has been re-elected to Parliament from South Devonshire. THE ENGLISH BOAT RACE. | The Oxford University Crew Arrived at Putney. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 18, 1874. ‘The Oxford boat crew, which isto contest the race on tae Thames, on the 28th inst, with the | Cambridge crew, arrived at Putney to-day. TICHBORNE. After Troubles from the Convic.ion of the Orton Claimant. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonvon, March 19—2:30 A. M. A committee has been appointed to investigate the charges preferred against Dr. Kenealy, coun- sel for tne Tichborne claimant, Mr. Whaliey, M. | P., demands that a similar committee be appointed to investigate charges against Mr. Hawkins, Q C., Prosecuting attorney. LIVINGSTONE. The Death of the Explorer Reasserted After Investigation. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, March 19—5:30 A. M. Mr. H. M. Stanley writes to tne Daily News that, alter careful investigation, he 18 convinced that FRANCE. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. VERSAILLES, March 18, 1874. After a long debate in the Assembly to-duy a resolution offered by the Left, censuring the govern- ment for its action in reference to the nomination of the mayors o/ cities, was defeated by a majority of 62, SPAIN. TELEGRAM T@ THE NEW YORK HERALD. BAYONNE, March 18, 1874, The Carlist forces under General Seballs en- tered Olot without opposition. THE si0UX INDIANS. All Quiet at the Spotted Tail and Ked Cload Agenctes. Omana, Neb., March 18, 1874, A despatch from Fort Laramie says Major Baker, with six companies of cavalry, arrived yesterday | afternoon and also over 100 wagons. General | Smith returned from Spotted Tail Agency to Red Cloud Agency last Tuursday. Spotted Tail was quite friendly. Four companies of infantry | and one of cavalry are stationed at Spotted Tail Agency, and the same number at Red Cloud Agency. Colonel Forsyth returned here yesterday. The Indian Commissioners left on Friday morning last with an escort. There is dil- ficulty in keeping the cavalry at the agencies, on account of there bemg no grazing, which ts the reason the six Sele were sent back, There is no trouble with the Indians at the agencies, but Sew being there. The ice is moving out of the river at Nebraska | City, and is very rotten here and wiil soon move. Bishop Whipple Letting in Light on the Government Treatment of the Reds at Leech Lake. CHicaco, Ti., March 18, 1874. A despatoh received to-day from Genera! Terry's headquarters says no trouble is anticipated trom the Indians at Leech Lake, This corrects previous | reports sent to Washington, it is now known, by persons interested 1m creating disturbances with the Indtans, Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, 1s out in a letter | in behall of the Chippewa Indians, In which ne takes the ground that the State has no interest in their lands. He protests against the sale of te | pine timber, shows how the Indiaus have been | wronged by the State, and says tuat in a lew years they Will have no means of support. In the letter he Says that he has been requested by the tary of the Interior to investigate the affairs o ervation, and he thinks the sale 0 Umber was wrong. A HURRICANE IN ILLINOIS. Catro, March 18, 1874, A terrific hurricane, accompanied by thunder, lightning and rain, passed over this city at toree | o’clock tis morning, causing considerable de- property. The centre of the storm | seems to have passed south of Cairo, as the wires Work as usual north, and no damages are reported from that direction, Barclay Brotuers’ drug store, vers restaurant and John Antrim’s ajoming each other on the levee, had the roo! the stores carried away. Antrim had some goods damaged by the rain, but mosi of them were taken out in ume to be saved. The roof of Leo Kleb ery and residence, ob Sixth stre t 1 Was biown of, and the Jamily had a narrow escape | from tnyury by falling timbers, The residence of W. B. Gilbert, on Washington avenue, lost part of | the roof. A small shanty occupied by negroes was | blown into a deep pond near Fifteenth street, the mmates rescued with boats, Se smal} bouses are reported to have been demolisiied in the upper part of the city. No loss of lie is re- ported, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, WASHINGTON, March 18, 1874. Passed Assistant Paymaster A. J. Greeley has been ordered tothe Wachusett. Passed Assistant Paymaster John F, Tarbell has been ordered to we torpedo station, Assistant Surgeon James W. Buell has been detached from the Wyoming and or- dered to the Wachusett, Assistant Surgeon Wii- Ham 8. Dixon has been detached trom the Wa- | chusel nd ordered to return home. Passed As- sistant Paymaster George W. Read, irom the torpedo station at Newport, and adered to settle accounts. The Shawmut at Norfolk. FORTRESS MONROR, Va., Mareh 18, 1872, ' The United States steamer Shawmut, irom Key West, passed up for Norfolk at one o'clock this afternoon, ROBBERS AT BAY. | | A Desperate Fight Reported Between Thieves and Detectives. St. Lovis, March 18, 1874, A special despatch from Sedalia says reports owa Raliroad train robbery some months | ec. | . Uiair county, in this State, by @ party of de ves, and a desperate conflict eusued, ip which devectives | BRAZIL. The War Feeling Toning Down—Argentine Action Towards Chili. TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lispon, March 18, 1874. The mail steamer from Rio Janeiro has arrived, with dates to the 23d of February. The probable accession of General Mitre to the Presidency of the Argentine Republic has de- creased the fears of a war between that country and Brazil. It is thought that a rapture between the Argen- tine Republic and Chilt is imminent, AMUSEMENTS. Italian Opera—“Il Trovatore.” Verdi’s well worn work can scarcely be spoken of in this city as represented with such a magnifi- cent cast as that furnished by Mr. Strakosch. Last night Mme. Christine Nilsson was the Leouora, and all the beautiful and dramatic numbers that fall to the representative of this rdle received am- pie justice at her hands, We have already spoken abundantly about the performance of opera by the strakosch company, and tere ig htte to add 10 our previous remarks, The Leonora of Mme. Nilsson is agrand, emotional representation, 1uli of startling effects, and yet | Homogeneous in its exact adherence to the exi- gencies of the rol, From the opening aria, “Pacea la notte,” to the last expiring breath of the martyr o! love, when the life o: tue unhappy Leonora goes out, as a tribate of affection towards her chivairic lover, tae Impersonation of Niisson was full of poetic beauty and lyric splen- dor, The Manrico of Campanini was charac- terized by &@ wealth of vocal energy, tem- pered by true art, and in the trumpet: like outburst of lyric passion, “Di quella pira, he was recalled several times. Miss Cary has made a special study of the very difficult role of Azucena, and she «cted and sung it last night 48 only coud be expected of a thorough artist. Puente was an admirable Count Di Luna, ar gave entire satisiacuon, Where Verdi is in que: tion his javorite pupil, Signor Muzio, the best chef @orchestre what the Academy oi Music has er seen, 18 sure to put iorward his best exertions. ‘Yhis was palpable last night, for chorus and orchestra were Dee ling “La Traviata” will be given on Friday evening.’’ German Opera—Lucca. Mr. Rullman seems to have made a grand suc- cess in his engagement for German opera of “Die Kleine Pauline.” Every night he has succeeded in bringing to the Stadt Theatre an overwhelming audience, Last night was no exception to the rule. The house was crowded as be(ore, although the opera was by no means thy teresting. It would be extremely difficult jor even the average Shakespearian scholar to recognize one of the most delicious comedics of the bard of Avon m the disguise which Mr. Nicolai bas thrown around it. The German libretto has about as much to do with the original as the Ham- let of M. Ambroise Thomas with Mr. Booth’s rep- resentation, Yet the geniug oO} an artist hke Mme. Lucca bas such a mugnetic effect, even tn comedy, that one, lisieuing to her wouder(ul impersonation oi Mrs, F cannot help making liberal excuses for the mutila- ons Of the orginal comedy. The wealth of vocal talent possessed by tnis lady and her naive, coque tish style ofacting make her impersonation of Mrs. Ford periectiy charming. The other roles were represented by Mme. Lichtmay, Mile. Heiss, and Messrs, Pflueger, Herrmanuns, Lehmann, Weinlica and Miller. Mine Lucca will sing the réle of Cheru- bino in “The Marriage of Figaro” at the Stadt Theatre, on Friday evening. Steinway Hall—Miss Isabelia Brush's Concert. This accomplished American artist, who has en- joyed an enviable roputation in Italy, and who has, since her return to her native land, been the recipient of flattering honors wherever ste has appeared in concert, gave @ farewell musi- cal entertainment at Steinway Hall last cvening. She sang a portion of the first grand aria of Fivira in “Ernani,” “Ernani involami,” although it was ra ther inartistic to miss the cabaletta. She also sang With Maurel a beautiful duet and two arias, which were received with deserved ap- plause. Miss Brush is the fortunate pos- sessor Of an excellent soprano voice, which, with the requisite experience and cultivation, cannot fail to be a stellar attraction in tne American lyric world. She was ably assisted by Miss Lina Luck- hardt and Messrs. Wieniawski, Maurel, Mills, Mil- Jara, Colly and Rembilinski, Miss Brush leaves for Europe on Saturday next. ° Musical and Dramatic Notes. “The Rrvals” will be withdrawn from Wallack’s after Saturday night. “The Geneva Cross” is the attraction at the Alvany Opera Honse. It has met with much favor. W. H. Pope will give a dramatic recitation of Byron’s “Manired” at Steinway Hall, on Monday, April 6. “The Merchant’s Steed of Syracuse” is gallop- ing away atthe Chestnut Street Theatre, Phila- deiphia. “ime” isthe title of a new drama, by J.C. | Stewart, produced at the American Theatre, Phila deiphia. 2 ‘Theodore Thomas’ grand symphony rehearsal takes place at Steinway Hail this afternoon at hali-past two o'clock. There will be a grand matinée performance at the Bowery this aiternoon jor the benefit of the poor of the Tenth ward. “Love's Sacrifice” will be performed this even- ing at Torn Hall, by the Burton Dramatic Assocta- tion, for the benefit of Professor Wittenberg, who claims to be the oidest living amateur. The “Colleen Bawn” seems as great @ favorite with the public as ever. Time does not aim the Colleen’s charms, and old admirers are as enthusiastic as when Dion first introduced her to the public, Mr, Fred Lyster, agent for the Italian Opera, Melbourne, Australia, has made arrangements for the production in that city of Mr. George Bristow's grand opera, “On Sonno di Venti Anni,”” performed in New Yorkin Engiisn under the title of “Rip Van Winkle.” * ‘The Mi-Careme meeting of the Jerome Hopkins | this | Del | | | | terrible throes Orpheon Choral Society, Free Training Schools for | Singers, took piace on Tuesday evening, 17th inst., at St. Ann’s Episcopal church. The antiphonal effects between the boy choirs and the adult choirs of female voices were very fine. Owing to the growing popularity of “Charity,” it will not be withdrawn, as was intended, in Eas- ter week. The real beanty of the play 1s only be- ginning to be perceived by the public, and full houses testify to a growing popularity, Mona, Alphonse’s introduction is postponed for some ume. A grand afternoon and evening performance will be given at the Harlem Music Hal! this evening, under the auspices of the Odd Fellows, The pro- ceeds wil! go to the poor of Harlem and Yorkville. Artists from ail the principal theatres will attend | by the kind permission of the managers, This dramatic entertainment will be the most impor- tant ever given In Harlem. The grand Wallack and Daly combination charity performance takes place at hall-past one to-day, at the Academy of Music. Sheriaan’s famous comedy, “The School for Scandal," will be Every part willbe entr Miss Madeline Henriques returns America. known artist. | to the stage for the occasion. A’ NOTE OF APOLOGY FROM PROFESSOR PROCTOR, PriLa 1A, March 17, 1974. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— 1 should be greatiy obliged to you if you would permit me to convey, through your columns, my apologies to many kind correspondents whom Tam utterly unable to answer directly. When I mention that between January 8 and | April 7 I nave given, or shail have given, seventy- three lectures, and thet most of the time! have been zigzagging over your enormous country, vis- iting the West, recurning to New York and again tavelling West to visit $ cago, Columbus, Indianapolis, Detrott, &c., it will be understood that correspondence has all the tme been getting into arrears, Un- fortunately, 1 shall have no leisure time after my last lecture, to be piven on April 7, since I have to sail on April 8 to be in time to meet an engage | ment to lecture in London on “Science in Amer- joa.”” Thope, by the way, to exprese then, more plainly than 1 can with propriety in America, my sense of the position this nation ts taking 4m science matters. Yours, respectfully, RICHARD A, PROCTOR. WASHINGTON. WaAsuINGTON, March 18, 1874, Senatorial Shrinking from Further Speeches on Finance—Reluctance to Brave Casting of the Die—A Petty Farce of Mutual Admiration. In the Senate, if anything were needed to con- firm the views given heretofore in these despatches as to the manner tn which the finance question has of late been handled, it occurred to-day when Gen eral Logan urged that 1t be disposed of, and that some conclusion be determined upon at once look- ing to thatend, Thecurrent ran its cireuit among the gentlemen who have been prominent in the agitation of the prolific question, until Senator Hamiin said that the length to which the question had been carried was almost criminal, and @ Sena- tor near by added in an undertone, “to an extent that was cruel.” Language will not describe the odium into which the discussion of this question has fallen, but every one turns aside irom it im despair, if not in disgust, From the interlocutory debate 0! to-day it will be seen that a devout and earnest wish prevails to close the discussion, and from the fact that Senators and mem- bers receive hundreds of communications daily it is plainly indicated that the country is surieited with this prolixity of debate on the finances. If there 1s any respect for the people in the Senate it may now at last be predicted that this annoying storm of contused financial rhetoric igatanend, The cailing up of the Army Appro- priation bill to-day looked like another device to stay positive action; but, afier a icw seints, it re- tired from observation, until Senator Davis, of West Virginia, tola his story on the finances trom written pages of foolscap. He was against in- crease of circulation, elaborating this idea in his maiden speech, The Senate had enough of tnance for the time, and passed hurriedly back to | the discussion of the Army Appropriation bill, as reported by Senator West, from the Committee of | Appropriations, The Senate soon alterward ad- journed, Empty Seats and Nothing Done in the | House of Representatives=fhe Trans- portation Debate. An array of empty seats presented the appear- | ance of an almost deserted house to-day in the i House of Representatives, in the absence of almost | all the members, Not more than sixty members | were present at any one time, while Messrs. Wil- lard, of Michigan, ana Woodworth, of Oho, were | giving proof of the faith that is in them by making excellent speeches in favor of cheap trausporta- tion. A very large number of the members gave evidence in another way of their honest convic- | ions by going off on a little frolic to Chester, Pa., to witness the launen of the new Pacific mail steamship City of Peking, which took place to-day. It was a matter of general remark that the 100k about the halls of Congtess was very much like | that of a holiday, Itseems that an approximate | experiment is being made to test the saymg of Senators in the carly part of the season that the country got along better during the adjournment term than when Congress was in session, and i members now appear to think that it is more ad- Vantageous to the public good that they should be of occasionally on a holiday, rather than keep down to their regular work. THE NEW NATURAL WONDER. The Volcanic Eruptions Confirmed by the North Carolina Papers. | ‘The Charlotte and Asheville papers give letters from persons residing In the neighborhood of Bald Mountain that contirm the telegraphic accounts, The Raleigh News says:— A ‘rhe peopte of that section are becoming much alarmed about a rumbling noise that hus been | heard daily ior some two months, proceeding trom this mountain, houses being jarred lor miles in | every direction. The Asheviile Axposiior publishes | jetters from reliable parties in tne vicinity of the | disturbed mountain, who all give the same re- port in suostance, and the inhabitants of the section are preparing to leave trom tear, We met @ couple of days since the editor of the £xpositor, and he assures us, upon the streneth of the assertion of genviemen Irom the vicinity of the disturbance, Whose word he could not question, that no doubt existed of the fact that the mountain was in irom some cause, the rumb- ing noise and the attendant quaking of the earth being anything but pleasant, wnile there are positive indications that tue mountain 1s on fire. The recent snow as meited as rapidly as they fell upon the mountain, Would 1t not be well for some scientist to look into this mat correspondent, writing {rem there, says, pie are golng to leave if 17 is not stopped.” The Location of the Mountain. The following description of the location of the Mountain in question 1s taken from the Chariotte | Observer of Saturday :— ‘The exact locality 18 not stated, though it lies in the wild, mountamous region where McDowell, uncoubde and Henderson counties come together, in the neighborhood of Chimney Rock, and aimosi on a direct line between Kutherfordton and Asne- | ville, and about equidistant irom either piace. | There are Many bald mountains in Western North Carolina, but the Bald Mountain which is trignt- ening some of our bold mountaineers witu its deep, irightiu) growlings rears 1t8 ragged front along the southern border of McDowell county, aud where McDowell, Henderson, Buncombe and Rutheriord come together. ‘The Charlotte Observer of the 15th nas further | confirmatory details :— This terrible subterranean tnunder has been | heard distinctly at Marion and Old Fort, a distance ofeighteen or twenty miles, Consternation pre- vatis among tue inhabitants of the section of the country lying around Baid Mountain. The editor 18 imiormed by “a reliable gentleman just irom the front’ that “an old piockade whiskey distiier, WhO had been making whiskey in contempt of revenue oflicers for five or six years, heard tue mumbiing | of the Mountain, and, Supposing Ue day of judg- ment had come, came out of his ‘hole’ and woau- doued his distilery and calicd in hs neighbors to pray jorhim, For the Jast several days a grand | prayer meeting and revival has been going on in | the neighbornood of Bald Mountain. These whiskey sinners believe that the day oJ jnagment is close ay nand, and are praying fervently.” | WHO I8 TO BLAME? Another Eighth Ward Malepractice | CusemA Young Girl the Victim. \ About two weeks ago a young girl, named Maria | Feiton, whose parents reside at No. 6 Jane street, left her home saying she was going to visit some | Iriends in Jersey. She was absent some time longer than expected, and her people, receiving no com- | munication from her, became anxious. A few days | given with such @ cast as has never been seen in | Louis, Cincinnati, Chi- | | of co i | spell of idieness is exvected t@ be short ago, however, her father received a message stat- ing that his daughter was lying dangerousiy ili at the Grove Hotel, No. 178 Bleecker street. He went there, and jound her in @ dying condition. Dr. Kent, attached to the hotel, was called in and pre- scribed for her; nia, noticing that her condition did not iapro' summoned Dr, Clark, of No. 148 Houston st . Noiwithstanding the efforts of both physictans Miss Felton died at five o'clock yesterday im great agony. Coroner Woitwan was noufed to hold an inquest. It is un- derstood that the young girl died trom the effects of an attempt at aovortion, supposed by one Dr, Van Ranseil, of No, 214 West Eighteenth street. Miss Felton made @ sort of conlession to her father and . Clark and Kent that such was the case, There was also gathered trom the girl's story tat sie had been intimate jor a long time witha young man named William H. Paynton, who resided av No, 426 Hudson street. All the facts in Wiis strange case will be fully brought out to day at tue Coroners inquest. TRON WORKS CLOSED, Operations Suspended at the Cambria Iron Works, Pittsburg. Pirrssuro, Pa, March 18, 1874 The Cambria tron mills at Johnstown, Pa., have | suspended operations entirely, and the workmen | in each department of that extensive concern | have been retired. The cause assigned tor the suspension is in the coal miners thieatening to } participate ina strike. For some weeks past they have been holding meetings and effecting better organization, with the view of striking at no distant day, ‘hey complained of the low rate of Wages paid them ay the present time, and their commiitees have had frequent interviews wit the mnetayer oO: the Works ia regard to ab incres peLsation for the miners, heir complaints were patiently jistened to, and they Were given @0 assurance that, with @ brighter GutOOK for [he iron business, wages Would be increased in pro- portion, ‘This was not satisfactory to the miucrs, and, as they still contemplated a general siike the Managers of the works resolved to anticipure them and shut down on their operations, ny Say they Have been running just to afora the men employment and with no profit to ther selves, Thowsanis of mes are now idle, buy ihe NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. think now, | A Memorial Celebration in Savannah. | this city to-day. | his early education at Marseilles, and completed it | for jorty-nve years has be filled the post, beloved | here the | Valuable, @ grand THE LATE CHARLES SUMNER. The New York Legislature Commenting the Works and Death of the Dead Statesman. ALBANY, March 18, 1874, In the New York State Senate last evening Mr. Jacobs, from the committee appointed to draft a Tesolution expressive of the sense of the Senate on the death of Charles Sumner, reported a set of resolutions, prefacing them as fotlows:— MR. PRESIDENT AND SENATORS— Among the man Wondrous changes wrought by the touch of deat! None is more marvellous than that, in the hearts of the living hardly less than in the heart of the de- parted, the passions which divide men, the mists 01 prejudice’ which darken their judzient of each other, vanish in the presence of death. A truer because & more charitable judgmert takes the Place of iv/elong misconception and hostility, and the moral here stands revealed to the common eye only when a man's struggics and toils have ceased fore cally 18 this true of the men who fill a pace in the public eye, aad o r. Espe large 8 who fallin the midst of their strength while actu- ally engaged in the struggles of the hour, Stand- ing here, by the trestly opened grave of Charles Sumner, |, though one of his political wdversaries, desire briefy to bear my testimony to the gran- deur of bis character, It 1s a most significant fact that the first thought of all men when the news 01 his sudden departure flashed through the lund Was of the ‘moral qualities of the deceased. Great he was in natural girts of the mind, great in the assiduous culture of these gists aud fore- most among the scholars and orators of his ave. But it is not of these things we We jee} that we have known men who might challenge comparison with hin in these respects; but an the consecration of Ins powers to a great cause he has been, throash his ; whole lile, peerless: among our statesinen, The leading traits of the man, as wey now stand re- vealed to all, are, first, the periect and unsullied purity of Is private character; second, his ab- sobute IDtegrity as a pubic man; turd, hs per- ject devouon to lis publie duties as he understood | them. Imdeed, 80 conspicuous were these qualt- es that it was hardly lest for the hand of death to reveal them. Suct acareer as his provoked, as tt | Was sure LO provone, tHe most intense Nosullly; but through all hs integrity has never been Assatied. At the outset of ili, With gifts of sorvune and intellect which placed within his reach the wost brilliant porsibiliues of worldiy success, he chose to consecraie himself to the catise o1 un en- slaved race. To this caase he was ever faithful, | ‘To this his hfe was devoted. He has been called | visionary and fanticas in his methods of advocat- ing this cause, But what a commentary it 1s on these criticisms! What an encouragement to those Who aim at tue loftiest practical good su poiltics, that, thougn his ile was nota long one, it was jong enougn jor him to see ail his aims accom- plished and his aspirations fulfilled! ‘The resolution read as follows :— Whereas the cvuntry has been called upot to mourn the death of one of ity leading statesmen, the Hon, Charles suuner, long « senat irom the state of Massa- chusetts: theres kesolved, Thal the people of New York join with their fellow citizens uf Massachusetts and with the mation at large in lamenting lis loss. The pure private character of the deceased staesiian and bis wuswerving lealty to principle all coumers! his lie asan example, aad reider | pis death @ nacional calamity. ‘The resolution was adopted and the Senate then | adjourned. ASSEMBLY—EVENI SION. | ‘ The Hot use reassemoled at liatl-past seven o'clock | jor the consideration of the yesolutions on the death o: Cuaries Sumner, published jast week. ate galleries Were crowded with ladies una gen- jemen. Mr. Alvord was the firat to speak. He was fol- lowed by Messrs. Bostwick, . Brewer, Line coln, Beeve, Vedaer, 0. S. spencer, Berri, Farrar, Wight, Sioan and Grima, ‘Ine resolutions were then unantroously adopted and the House adjourned, Memorial Services at Buffalo, N. ¥. BUFFALO, March, 18, 1874, The colored people of this city held meuortal services at the Vine street Metho:lixt Episcopal church this evening, in honor of the late Senator Sumner. The attendance was large. Several white ministers participated. Appropriate reso- lations were adopted. SAVANNAH, Ga., March 18, 1874. A Sumner memorial celebration was partici- pated in by @ large number o/ colored people in A number of colored religious and benevolent societies assembied ut St. Philip's | church, where addresses were delivered by sev- eral colored men. i THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATORSHIP, Boston, March 18, 1874, Tae democratic members of the Legisiature held AUSTRALASIA. Bailway Surveys—Prospect of an Extension ob San Feanctsco, March 17, 1874. By the steamer Mikado, from Sydney, N. 3 Wy February 13, the following intelligence has beep received :. IN VICTORIA the work of railroad extension was going oD, and there was every prospect of its continuance. The Commissioner of Railways was constrained to Promise a deputation which waited on him that a Survey should be made of an entirely new line througn the Upper Yarra villages, which skirt the Magnificent Alpine scenery of that district. NEW SOUTH WALES, Extensive bush fires have prevailed of late at Kyambacrek, near Tarcutta, Late rains have causea floods and great loss of property at Maitland and elsewhere in the Hunter district. The military stores in this colony now represent, it is said, over a quarter of a million sterling in money. QURENSLAND, The Ministerial elections are all complete, each member of the Cabinet having been returned with- out opposition. The holders of the various port fohos are settiing down to thelr work in earnest, NEW ZEALAND, Harvest laborers and shepherds are very scarce at Waganul. ; A meeting of the captains of vessels lying at Port Chalmers was held to express their sympathy with the captain of the wrecked ship Surat. ‘The Surat was an emigrant ship and was bound for Dunedin, No lives were lost. It was stated that the cancel- lng of the certificate was an extreme measure. A telegraphic despatch from Wellington to the New Zealand Herald says the government has withdrawn the prosecution against Hunia and the other native disturbera. CUBA, Customs Duties and Foreign Coinage Values— Rate of Exchange. TELECCAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALO, HAVANA, March 18, 1874, Captain General Jovellar has suspended teme porarily the inauguration of the law exacting one- fourth duties in gold, which was to take effect om the Ist of April. He has approved the law author. izing the circulation of foreign doubloons at $17 and American $20 pieces at $21. RATE OF BXCHANGE, Exchange continues to tend upward and cure rency depreciates steadily, Some gold has been received from the United States. Arrival of an English Ship-of-War. Havana, March 18, 1874. The English war steamer Bellerophon, Admiral Wellesley, has arrived here. WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFPICER, WaSHINGTON, March 19—1 A. M. Provadilities, The low barometer in Indiana will probably move over Lake Huron. For the Northwest, the upper lakes and the Jower Missouri Valley, rising barometer, falling temperature and cloudy weather, clearing in the forenoon. From the Ohio Valley to Southern Tennessee, southwesterly winds, falling temperature, cloudy weather and rain, clearing during the day. For the Southern States, southwesterly winds, nising barometer and partly cloudy weather. FORTHE LOWE LAKES AND THE MIDDLE STATES, @ caucus this evening to consider the Senatorship, | SOUTHEASTERLY TO SOUTH WESTERLY WINDS, FALLING There was a general interchange of sentiments | upon genera! principles, the tone of the remarks. being almost universaily in favor of straight party nomination for Senator. The meet- ing adjourned witout deciding upon a programme, OBITUARY. ee Rev. Dr. Antoine Verren. | The Rey. Dr. Antoine Verren, for forty-five years a wellknown French minister in this city, died | yesterday morning at his residence, in Twenty- second street, in the seventy-third year of his age. He was born in the city of Marseilles, in France, in 1801, of an old and respected family. He recelved at the Theological Coliege at Geneva. In 1825 he was ordained as a minister of the gospel in Switzerland, and shortly afterwards obtained a cure at fFerney, on the banks of Geneva, and ceienrated througnout the world as | A having been the residence of Voltaire. In the year 1829 he received an invitation to become pastor of the French Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Esprit, in New York, and promptiy accepted tt, and making a | BAROMETER, CLOUDY WEATHER AND OCCASIONAL RAIN, CLEARING IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE LATTER SECTION IN THE AFTERNOON. For New England, southerly winds, falling ba- rometer and increasing cloudiness, followed by rain. ‘The Ohio River will probably rise from Loutsville to Cairo. The display of cautionary signals will be resamed at the lake stations on April 1. | Whe Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperatvre lor the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated oy the thermometer at Hudnuat’s HERALD Building: | Pharmacy, 1 1874. 1873. 1874. A 45 (8t perature yesterda: +: Average temperature for corresponding date last year... . 3a THE TEN HOUR SYSTEM. Boston, March 18, 1874. and respected by all who Knew him, During this long pastorate he has paid but two snort visits to his native land, hen he first arrived street, near where the Sub-Treasury at present stands. Subsequently a handsome edifice was bunt in Franklin street in 1835, but which, after being twice burned, was sold, and with the monoy received the present church in Twenty-second street, near Filth avenue, was erected in the year | 1857, When he took possession and inaugurated his ew churcn he delivered a historical sermon on the history of the French Protestant churches in this country, and that of his own in particular, He was considered a man of considerabie jJearning and research, aud adeep Latin and Greek scholar. For tweive years he tilled the post of ‘Professor of French Literature at Columbia College. The tuner- | al ia announce take place on Friday morning Jrom his eh which adjoins his dwelimg, in ‘Swenty-second street, and when bis old iriend of thirty-five years’ standing, Dr. Jonu Granger, will | be one of the pallbearers, M. Macdier, the German Astronomer, Johann Heinrich Maedler, the German astron- omer, whose death is announced from Bertin, was born in the German capital on the 29th of May, | He | 1794. He was, thereiore, in his eightietn year. pursued his studies in Berlin, and when he had finished his course was appointed to @ place in the Normai Sciiool there. He held this post until 1520, meantime associating himself in astronomical ob- servations with M. Beer, the eldest brother of Meyerbeer, the composer. The published r of these series of observations were extr p of the Moon” which they s+ sued being the best work of its kina extant tor many years. Tiat work procured for M. Maedler a place in the Observatory of Berlin, which le re- tained from 1836 tinti! 1840, He was tn the lavter year appointed director of the Observatory of Lo wm Russia. There he apphed himselt’ partioul to the determination of the displacement of fixe stars, a grand problem of modern astronomy. His observations led iim to a hypothesis of tie con- stitution of the universe very starting to his con- tergporaries, mnceived that there exists a graud celestial body, wich he called the Central Sun, about whicn the tixed stars and taeir plane- tary sysvems revolve, just as the plan turn around our sun. He asserted that O be the centre o; the universe anyoehey: the place of sojourn o1 the Div: selng. ler annually published the resuits 0: ihe uons at Dorpat, and bas thus given greg fellow students of the universe. Al! his were seconded by the Russian gov t, whieh ed his insti at Dorpat with the most ! instruments jor his observations and ex- periments. M. Maed. ss devotee of astronumical ors ave been heipful towards its uiliate p on. | oO. B. Mart. ' Von. 0. £B. Hart, Governor of Florida, died at his residence in Jacksonville at seven o’ciock yester- day evening. He succumbed to the effects of a lin- | gering (iiness, Governor Hart was inaugurated to: | ofmice with Lieutenant Governor Gitearns, who were Inaugurated in the Assembly Hail of the Cap- | Itui at Tallahassee, ¢ e ith of January, 1873, in | the presence o1 crowded assembiage. M. Hiart delivered a short address, in whica he re- viewed the political situation and referred slighty 10 Lis past public services, Rev. David Miltot, D.D. A telegram from Pittsburg, Pa., under date of March 18, repoits:—the Rev. Dr. David Bilior, Emeritus Pro.essor in the Presbyterian Theological | Seminargot Allegheny City, died this alternoon, in his egity-seventn year. He was the last living Mouerator of the orginal Presbyterian Geverai | Assembly before the division, French Church was situated in Pine | | SUrts, In the Senate to-day the Ten Hour bill was passed to be enacted bya vote of 19 to18, An effort will be made to-morrow to reconsider this: vote. Died. WIseRLEY.—On Wednesday, March 18, of con~ sumption, Mary, wife of George Wibcriey, in the , 46th year ol her age. | Relatives, triends and members of Empire Lodge | No. 64, I 0. of 0. F., are respectfully invited ‘vo attend the funeral, trom her late residence, No. 46 Norfolk sirect, on Friday, at two o'clock P. M. | [For other Deaths see Eighth Page.) 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