The New York Herald Newspaper, April 9, 1874, Page 7

THE STEAMSHIP EUROPE. WHY THE VESSEL WAS ABANDONED. ‘The Original Cause of Accident Not Yet Stated. ALL HANDS SAFE. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 8, 1874. No further information in relation to the sinking ‘Of the steamship Europe has yet been received, except that the necessity for abandoning the ves- gel waa caused by the choking of her leading pumps. The origin of the accident to the Europe is not yet known here. ALL WELL, No lives were lost. ‘The Insurance on the Vessel. Lonpon, March 8, 1874, ‘The French steamship Europe, which sunk in mid-ocean, was insured for $600,000 in London and Paris companies, THE PLACE OF LEAKAGE. ‘The salvage crew of the National Line steamer tate that the leak which caused the loss of the Veasel was in the engine room, WAITING FOR THE RESCUED. No Sorrowing Throng of Bereaved Friends at the Steamship Offices—What the French Company Think of the Europe and Her Officers—Was the Weak- ened by Lengthening? The loss of the steamship Europe, belonging to the French Transatlantic line, formed the princi- Pal topic of conversation yesterday throughout ‘the city, and oft repeated were the expressions of gratification that no sacrifice of life had to be re- Corded arising from this latest disaster in mid- Ocean. On inquiry at the office of tne company, late in the afternoon, Mr. Mackenzie, the agent of the line, stated that he had received but one de- Spatch trom the headquarters in Parts. This de- spatch was extremely brief. It merely confirmed the cable telegram published yesterday, stated that the cause of the disaster was unknown and concluded by ssking Mr. Mackenzie to forward fall details by ths wire as soon as particulars could be obtained © the arrival of the Greece here with the passengers and crew rescued from the ill-fated vessel. From the despatch it appears that the ‘bureaa in Paris had first been informed of the mis- fortune by a telegram sent there by Mr. Mackenzie after he had been informed of the loss of the Eu- Tope by the HERALD representative. NO BORROWING THRONG OF MOURNERS, The offices of the line presented yesterday a Marked difference in appearance from what was noticed the day following the announcement of the loss of the Ville du Havre, Then the relatives and friends of those known to have been on board Docked to the offices in hundreds, eagerly seeking for alistof the saved, Yesterday, however, all ‘Was quiet and no anxions friends of the rescued people presented themselves, having been set at rest in théir minds by the notice Published in the HgRALD to the effect that all on board had been saved and safely transferred to the Greece, of the National line. This loss of one of the finest steamers run- between this country and France will not, it 1s thought, materially affect the standing of the ‘French company in the minds of the public, although the prestige hitherto enjoyed by the.r line for speed, saiety and juxurious accommoda- ne has received undoubtedly somewhat o1 a od this second disater, in so jar as it touches Upon the second named requisite of ocean travel, “gatety.”” It must certainly have been, under the circumstances, particularly gratifying to the Officiais on this side to tind that yesterday, not- withstanding tbe ill news so widely circulated, some persons applied at the offices for passage to Kurope in one or other of the steamers sailing ext month, 4 BOLD, BUT UNWISE RISK, In referring to the fact of the first officer of the Greece having remained on the Europe, with a crew of twenty men, for two days, in the hope of navigating the ship back to port, alter she had been abandoned by captain Lemarie, Mr, Mackenzie stated that of course, for the present, an! opinion formed upon the subject must entirely a matter of the Merest conjecture. He was, however, of the opin- ion, trom the knowledge of the character of Le- Marte, who was in command of the Kurope, that he would not have deserted his ship had there been even the slightest possibility etiam 8 of saving her. ‘He ts,” said Mr. Mackenzie, “a first class seaman and navigator, and has always been considered, on all sides, one of the most careiul and trustworthy commanders in the fleet.’ He thought Captain Lemarie had touud the im; ibility of keeping the ship afoat; and, that bemg the case, he hi acted with great judgment and with praiseworthy decision in transierring the hundreds of valuable human lives intrasted to bis care to the Greece, not knowing when he might be fortunate enough to fall in with such anotuer opportanity. “It ap- are,’ said Mr. Mackenzie, ‘that the views taken y the Captain of the Kurope as to her condition roved to have been correct; for, after striving to ep her afloat for two days, the salvage crew, under the first officer of the Greece, and who, doubtless, worked as only salvage crews will ‘work, with the prospect 01 @ large reward in case of success, with no fear of penalty or loss on account of iallure, were in turn also compelled to abandon the steamship Egypt close at hand, [ look upon the attempt of this young officer and hig assistants as . FOOLEARDY AND DANORROTA., he What right nad he to su; @ be couid carry the ship home, when her Cap: i with bis greater ex- perience, found himself forced to abandon her. It ‘was an unnecessary and uncalled ior risking of lite, for what would have become of them had they Dot fallen in with the ? The Europe had at the time eighteen feet of water in her hold, and would, doubtless, have foundered very shortly, when the chances were these venturesome men must have gove down with her to a watery grave." AS eleven o'clock inst hight & visit was paid eleven o'clock las a vi pai to Mr. Mackenzie at his residence in Forty- eighth street. He stated:—‘i have received no further despatches trom Paris. The officers and Crew of the Europe will probably number 150 to the passengers, including first, second @nd steerage, about 240, This is the first occas sion on which the Europe brought out stecrage pessongers. ‘The line is now going targely into whe ‘ansporting of emigrants. The crew of the Eu- rope will back in the St. Laurent, due here A son of Captain Wharton, former commander of the American steamship Franklin, 1s oné of the Europe’s passengers. lf the Greece has many cabin pasrstigers those rescued from the Europe will perhaps have to be lodged in the steerage. The Greece is a most comiortable vessel to be on, and all will be well taken care of, I feel positive. Ican form no idea how long the Greece ‘was delayed in taking off the passengers. ‘the vessels may have been lashed together or a short or long distance apart when the transfer of pas- sengers and provisions took place. ‘The time oc- may have been four or twenty hours. Itis all mere surmise. ‘THE EUROPE NOT WEAKENED. . Isee by one of the evening papers that an attack fs made upon. the solidity of the moe) 200, struction ing that she was ‘ x Why,” sald Mr. Mackenzie, with empoasis, “half of the steamers of the National and Inman lines are lengthened; the Greece herselt is lengthened. [ hear that the City of Paris nas been lengthened twice. I maintain that the Europe was Dot weak- @ned by the operation. She had good breadth of ‘and was not one of the objectionable long and narrow craft which have become so unpopular of late. The loss of this magnificent vessel will not interfere in the slightest with our running weekly steamers between New York and Europe. At the National Line Ofc: ‘The oMices of the National Line were visited yesterday by a number of the friends of the rescued passengers of the French steamer Europe, in order to ascertain the time of the probable arrival of the Greece, as well as to obtain passes to go on board a8 soon as she reaches this port. Mr. Hurst, the agent in this city. stated in answer to several in- quiries addressed to him by the HRRALD represent- ative t he thought the Greece would, arrive to-day. had veen expected in on Tuesday fates Rea ees nek vee NS ed. d of the Europe beyond what he road in the RR tition haters ‘ith Sa” SEAM. sie rr, rat of. cer of the Greece, and induced tim to iry aud save D: he Euro) Be, a8 a bright t ope, He, asa bright and intelligent you! officer, ting ae port, oii Swed. very fact of the t her was vroof Dositive that notni F could be dous NeW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1874.“TRIPLE SHEE. to save her, for the captain of that veasel would, he. felt sure, have done his utmost to take her into port, the inducement in way of salvage being ex- tremely Thomas, of the Greece, large. Captain would, he knew, every attention in his power pr Ck at rescu mi for to-day of at the outside On Friday, “So you have come to ask mé about the toss of the Europe, have you?” was the answer made to & Higraxp reporter by the Presiden t of a large insur- ance company in this city terday. ‘Before give you apy data on the subject,’ continued the President, ‘let me tell you that it 1s ‘a privilegec communicatien,’ for I don’t want to have any coffee and pistols affair with any steamship owner on this subject. “Well, to commence. This idea of lengthening vessels is of modern growth. Directly that | read in the HERALD this morning that the Europe had been abandoned, with eighteen feet of water in her, I said her lengthening is responsible for this. When vessels are lengthened they don’t give them a8 good a shift of butta as they ought to have. In short, the two parts joined, both fore and aft, are always weak. You may patch up a vessel, but you cannot give ber her 0: 1 stability if you cobble her in this fashion. Iam strongly opposed to lengthening either wooden or iron vessels— notably the latter. Cutting vessels in two is bound to develop weak spots, for the joining is very often imperfectly done. CASES IN POINT. “A few years back Mr. John Foglish, the well ore fe Age gern Crean pcas, one two, oe e purpose o er, 8 wooden propel- ler which used to run oO Norwich. The altera- tion took place, but when she was launched she sprung so much that he had to haul heron the ve pase and strengthen her before she was at loat “Take the case of Marray & Oo.’s Fertis'steamor, the Louisa Moore, in the year 1863, of 387 tons bur- den. They lengthened her thirty feet, and she soon afterwards became Fr Measra, Murray, t rid of her by selling her to Measra. San » Torres & Co, “1 it mention other cases ad infinitum, but it is unecessary. You can glean by what I have said what the jority of inéurance men think of lengthened vessel As the REBORN: waa leaving the ofice the Prest- dent said, after referring to bi! an “The Euro} was built in Glasgow in 1864, and was @ side- ptember was lengthened at Glesgo' She has four decks now. She had new boilers and engines, by Mandalay, Son & Ftelds, of London, put in in 1872. Her old tonn: Was 3,443; it was changed when she was length- ened to 6,833 tons.” FRANCE AND GERMANY. Austrian Policy During the Franco-Prussian War—A Stray Leaf from Secret History— The Russian Bear and the Eagle. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD PARIS, April 8, 1874. Le Temps to-day publishes the full text of a despatch from the Austrian Premier, Von Beust, to Prince Metternich, Austrian Minister at Paris, dated July, 1870, saying :—‘We consider the cause of France as our own, but the alliance of Russia and Prussia prevents the armed intervention of Austria.” Von Beust advises Prince Metternich to suggest that the good will of Italy may be obtained and the Mediation of that government in the settlement of the Franco-Prussian difficulty secured if France will permit the occupation of Rome by the Italians, DISRAELI. The British Premier Still to Wear the Weeds. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LONDON, April 8, 1874, This morning’s Post denies the report that Mr. Disraeli is to marry the Dowager Countess of Chesterfield. LIVINGSTONE. A Funeral in Westminster Abbey—The State to Bear the Cost. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 8, 1874, The British government will defray the expenses of Dr. Livingstone’s tuneral, which is to take place in Westminster Abbey. IRELAND. Anglo-Russian Royalty to Smile on the Green Isle. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonvon, April 8, 1674. The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will soon Pay a visit to Ireland. BELGIUM. A Troublesome Visitor Expected from Spain. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Feb. 8, 1874. The Curé of Santa Cruz will take up his residence in Belgium for the present. INDIA. Famine, Disease and Death—Relief Against the Dread Vis:tation. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 9, 1874. A special despatch to the Times from Calcutta reports that 600 natives have died from disease and starvation in Hatcoul. The mortality from the famine is sensibly abated by the relies measures of the government. MEXICO. Public Schools Extending. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Havana, April 8, 1874. Additional advices from Mexico report that the cause of popular education was progressing throughout the country. THE BEATING OF MARTYN BLANK. His Statement—Two Men Arrested. On Tuesday night Coroner Woltman, at St. Luke's Hospital, took the ante-mortem statoment of Mar- tyn Blank, keeper of @ dance house at 86 James street, who was terribly beaten on the 29th ult, Blank stated that he entered the public house No. 83 Bowery witn a friend and had several drinks, also treating all who were then in the place. Be- cause he refused to continue to treat the “mokes”’ Blank said an assault was made upon him, and several persons continued to beat and kick him about the head till he was insensible. Blank was then placed in bed and kept under medical treat- ment for several days, but, remaming in & state unconsciousness, ‘interested par: ties removed him to the hospital. The statement of Blank implicated William Whitehead and William Jooker, bartenders, in being concerned in assault- ing him, and on the Coroner's warrant Captain Ward, of the Tenth precinct, arrested tne accused ersons and detained ti in the station house. ‘nivehead and Jooke: ge that Blank came to No. 88 Bot with @ band of music, and, being drank, get into @ aiMcuity with some of ‘the in- mates, but deny the kicking and beating. The prisonera were required to give bail in each to await the result of Blank’s imjaries, 88 also were Denow McDermott and Uliam Siguel, Blank alleges that while being besten, Or atter- wards, he was robbed of $ ithe don’t know who took the money. Blank does not think he is going to die. PROBABLE MURDER, Michael Cavanagh, twenty-five years of age, of No. 631 West Forty-third street, was stabbed in the abdomen last night by John Geary, of No. 538 Tenth avenue, during an altercation, and probably fatatly ‘ounded. Geary was arrested b; 4 neil, ‘of the Feenucen precinct tad domed ae ta the station house. The wounded man was sent to Bellevue Hoanital. Fist. The Sovereignty of the Islands Formally Ten- | come. dered to Great Britain. K TELEGRAM TO THE WEW YORK HERALD. Lonpow, April 8, 1874. The sovereignty of thof@Piji Islands has been formally tendered to @feat Britain. SEEICH OF THE FUIS. Former Attempts to Secure Them to Great Britain—American Influence in | 0B SNOW IN THE LarTER. the South Pacific a Bugbear. The matter which now seems likely to be settled py the acquirement by Great Britain of sovereignty over the Fiji Islands has been for many years one of intense interest for British subjects. This interest ‘was not always shared by the British government, as it several times let slip opportunities to possess itself of the islands. The idea began in the avari- cioug desire of individual Britons to destroy the influence of American settlers, But this small purpose was overcome quickly as the islands became populated by Europeans, by whom their immense wealth was developed. The patriotic Australians could not bear tne thought that was continually pressing upon them that the United States might procure dominion over the islands, and so they joined with the Brit- {ah settlers to work for their annexation to the Colonies of the British Empire, They worked fora number of years without encouragement from the home government. Their success will point an unconquerable persistence as may be judged from the following sketch of the HISTORY OF THE FIJI ISLANDS, These are probably the richest of the islands of Polynesia. They are covered with dense vegeta- tion, and fruits of various kinds abound. Their Sot} and climate are fitted for almost apy fruit or Vegetable, and the upgrowth of these aiter plant- ing is wondertully rapid. The Fijis consist of 154 islands, varying from the rocky islet to the immense island of Viti Liva, whose area ls about 4,000 square miles, about the same as that of Jamaica, They lie in the South Pacific Ocean, between latitude 16 deg. 30 min. and 19 deg. 30 min. south, and longi- tude 177 deg. east and 178 deg. west. North- ern Austraita is directly west of them, but Sydney, with which they most readily communicate, 18 the southwest and about five days’ sail distant. ‘The islands were originally discovered by Tasman im the year 1613. News of them and of the lero- cious character of their natives was received from time to ume, but they remained in effect unknown Places until 1840. In that year Commodore Wilkes, of our navy, while on his celebrated expedition, Stopped to survey the isiands as well as to chas- tise the natives for murdering and eating the shipwrecked men cast upon their shores. ‘hile at Malolo two of his oMcers were mur- dered, and the cannibals defied him when he demanded the rendition of the murderers. He took a speedy vengeance, and one that makes him remembered even now as the dreadful Turan; Leva. His action brought the natives to sue for peace, which he gave, telling them that they would be even more severely dealt with if the: broke the main stipulation tor the truce, whic! Was that they should reirain from the succulent dalava or “long pig” if they could not pro- cure the tempting jood without resorting for it to the bodies of unfortunate sailors. He assured them that an American war ship would call at the island at the end ol every sg years to inquire into their conauct. During thé iour years foliow- ing Commodore Wilkes’ departure the natives were iriendly toward whites, and quite a number of Europeans immigrated to the island. When that period was over and no American man-of- ot war had arrived to Keep them in awe the long- ing for foreign “iong pig’ again overcame the na- tives. Outrages upon the settlers were begun, and the islands would have been rid of all white people but that English and French war vessels occasionally stopped and rebuked the islanders. They learned, however, to discern that Americans, ot whom there were a number among the settlers, were not protected by the naval forces of their country; and the Americans asserted that the Eng- lisn Methodist missionaries, who had become traders also, incited special outrages upon them with the hope of driving them irom their Places. At all events, it 18 certain that Ameri- cans were specially outraged, and that when, in 1855, the United States ship Vandalia reached the Fijis with the purpose of re- senting the atrocines the English missionaries went to Captain Boutwell to condone them. Bout- well, however, inflicted such a punishment as bad never been visited upon the cannibals. He did not Merely barn their coast towns, but went inland with his avengement. Thakombau, who assumed to be King of the jis, finally coniessed all his crimes and begged life irom Captain Boutwell. The results o1 this chastisement were a treaty Whose conditions Thakombau never aisregarded, and the ultimate adoption of Christianity vy that chief. Thakombau was the strongest chief of the isiands, end bis claim to be Kiug of the Fins, though st that time contested, was afterwards allowed, His power had its source in a lorce of civilization, and was an inheritance from his grandiatuer, who was be ge the chief of the small island of Mbau. the early part of the century an Ameri- can brig was wrecked at Mbau, and only one of its crew escaped immediate death and subsequent sub- Jection to deglutition tor many years. He had saved irom the wreck several maskets and a quantity of gunpowder, and, thus made gar Sek he allied him- self to the chiet of the island, The name of this fel- low was Jack Savage. With his muskets pein for his ally the largest dominicn in the islands. He was finally killed in battle, while raiding on one of the distant islands, and his body was eaten by his enemies, The power he had gained jor his ally descended through Tanoa, a wonderlully lustful fellow aiter ‘long pig.” Thakombau, whose name signified “Disturber of Mbau,” succeeded to Tanoa’s authority while the latter was yet alive. The desire to secure the Fiji Islands ior Great Britain was first expressed in the attempt of the Methodist missionaries to drive the Americans from the islands, and ina more overt attempt in June, 1850. Then the missionaries were foiled by George Tubon, chief of the Island of Tonga. Although they had impressed him with the power of Great Britain by taking him to Sydney he posi- tively refused to cede his possession, They then turned their arts upon King Thakombau. and when the British war vessel Herald arrived at the jis they sent Captain Denbam word that the King wished to cede the islands to Her Majesty. Captain Denham interrogated the King through an interpreter, whose questions to Tha- kombau were obscure, and who gave answers agreeable to the naval officer, who wished to pro- cure the session o! the islands. One of several Catho- lic priests that were present as witnesses noticed the deceptions, and got leave to speak to Thakom: bau, He asked him clearly if he wanted to cede h kingdom, and was told that British protection was all that_was asked. Captain Denham abruptly broke off negotiations, and they were not renewed until 1850, when the ernest chiefs and landholders of the Viti lands proposed to cede them to Great Britain, They ur the convenience of the islands fora station for the mail steamers running be- tween Panama and Sydney, and also the availabil- ity of the soil for the cultivation of cotton. A Colonel Smythe was sent out to examine the islands and to report “whether or not they ought to be added to the numerous colonial possessions of Great Britain from the same motives ot ordinary expediency us direct the general national policy.’? He reported against annexation and against the clamors of the Australians who were frightened at the American phantom that they could see ready to grasp the Fijis in its giant hand. »This rebuilt did not dishearten the advocates o! annexation to the British Empire. They ed until 1869, ana then, when their numbers had increased through = immigration to the islands, they met in the principal town of Levuka and de- cided toonce more memorialize the British gov- ernment. That memorial has waited for its re- sult until now. It was discussed oiten in both tne British and Australian Parliaments, and the latter ly urgéd that the rights petitioned for by ian settlers shouid be granted. Io the interval between 1859 and 1869 the Fijis came nigh being made American territory. King Thakom a who was yet the sovereign, owed our vernment $45,000, an indemnity for outrages lone by his subjects on American citizens, and when the latest moment of grace that Secretary Seward would allow him had come he could not pay. Mr. speedy way of clearing the debt was indicated, ne would seize the three most productive and valu- abl nds. The threat was fearful, not sione ombau but also to Britain's lovers in both Ful and Australia. Thakombau’s Premier, an Englishman named Hare, had sent to Mr. Seward @ pitiful appeal for rey, When he was ap- proached by some Australian capitalists with the project of Radel @ Fijian, banking and trading company, which should pay the debt to the United States, if certain pr iM for trade were Fs toit. The idea was eagerly taken; the inited government was informed of the project, aud as it did not want the Fijian territory, tt allowed time for the com- Pom ge be instituted, and in October, 1868, was paid the fi stalment of the $45,000. When King Thakombau died (about 1871) the present monarch, uu, was elected by the chiefs. His reign has heen made turbulent by the ed ned ted of the settlers to him. They com- plained that the taxes were oppressive and that Cacapau’s government was unabie to atford them protection t the ‘“mountain- inland natives, who have eers,” or not yet been subdued, and atill retain & taste for the succulent “long pig.” All this turbulence, and these complaints inst Cacabau and his Ministers have been in continua- tion of the petition to the British government. Without them Fiji would have been forgotten on all sides except in Australia! If Great Britain will now accept the Isiands much contusion exist- tag in the South Paciic Will be alilaved, Toe Fujgn Seward | had threatened that uniess some certain and | settlers wili become satisfied and quiet. The Alwerican phantom will no longer torture the minds of Australians, and even Caca- bau wili feel giaddened to be relieved of such turbulent subjects as the white settlers had be. WEATHER REPORT. —-—__— War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHigF SIGNAL OFFICER, WaAsHINGtOoN, D. O., April 9—1 A. M. Probabilities, For New England cloudy weather, with rain, snow and egst to north winds, will prevall, FoR Tae Mipp.e Stites AND LOWBR LAKE RE- GION, INCREASING EAST TO NORTH WINDS, WITH CLEARING AND RAINY WEATHER IN THE FORMER, BUT PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER WITH LIGHT RAINS For the South Atlantic States, increasing south to east winds, cloudy and rainy weather. For the Gulf States, winds shifting to west and north, with falling temperature and clear and clearing weather. For Tennessee and the Onto Valiey, generally cloudy weather, winds shifting to north and porth- west, and rain, For the upper lake region, Iowa and Missouri, clear or partly cloudy weather, with winds grad- ually shifting to east and south. ‘The Cumberland and upper Ohio rivers will rise. Cautionary signals continue at New Orieans, Mobile, Jacksonville, Savanuab and Ubarieston. The Weather in This City Yesterday. The following record will show te changes in | the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in | comparison with the corresponding of last | year, a8 indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut's | pl 1, HeRALD Building:— \ 1873, 1874, 1873, 1874. | 43 43 63 / “ 41 45 45 44 62 al | 50 51 12 P, 39 Average temperature yesterday. 4405 Average temperature for corre: | WORKINGMEN'S (?) MEETING. A Battle of Demagogues—Demilt Hall Last Night in the Hands of the Oppos- ing Green and Van Nort Factions, A meeting of workingmen was held last night in Demilt Hall. It had been called by a committee, of | which P. E, Dunn was chairman, Upon the assembling of the meeting Mr. Dunn read a set of resolutions to the effect that every- body and everything is under the corrupting influ- ence of lobby legislation in Albany and elsewhere; that both political parties are fearful frauds upon an honest, patriotic people, and that nothing but the expulsion from office of Andrew H. | Green and the permanency at his post of George M. Van Nort could save the country from utter ruin or preserve the national life with any degree | of security. A man in the crowd called Smith wanted to speak to these trenchant resolutions, put the Chairman would not hear of it, and roundly de- | nounced Smith as an unworthy tool and instrument, who came there with Green’s gold in his pocket to break up the meeting. The Chairman and Smith | indulged in a round of expressive compliments, and there was danger of a general row when a mad on the platform interiered, and tried to show that Smith ought to be allowed to have his say. This man, known as Muthall, finally usurped the | prerogatives of chairman, ousted Dunn from the presidency of his own meeting and ignored him | altogether. In the meantime the original resolutions, which had been brought there cut and dried, were dis- approved In the most deter pach way, being | completely buried in the débris of Dunu’s ruin, and new matter came betore the meeting. When Mulhall assumed the chair he treated the audience to a remarkable forensic effort. He, too, denounced botn showed how well the country might be tuled, ithe workingmen only knew their own strength and | 4. would elect honest men (such, tor example, as the speaker) to office; then might the millennium be expected. It was asserted that Mulhall had been Inspector of Lamps under Tweed. Of course, Mul- | hall was nobody's man but his own, and was there- fore opposed to both Green and Van Nort, and every one else, indeed. | It was now proposed that the platform of the Workingmen’s Union be adopted. Hereupon motions, amendments and substitutes were fired | at the Chairman from the wings and body of the | meeting, So that a scene of indescribable contusion , and uproar iollowed. The ousted Dunn made a | last but unsuccesstul effort to regain the chair. | This caused a lively skirmish, which came near | being a battle between the defeated Dunn and @ man named Young. Finally it was reed to suffer Dunh to remain in his own meeting, and the house adopted the platform of the workingmen, as _ read by the new Chairman. The meeting afterwards | resolved to found a Sixteenth ward industrial as- | sociation, and Mulhall had the satisiaction of re- ceiving the nomination and putting the motion for his own election as its President. A string of officers was chosen in quite an off-handed manner, | which showed the vast amount of business that the meeting could transact when once it warmed to the work, Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Cashman and other arators ad- dressed their feliow citizens, iauding everything that ay for the people, denouncing the wily Wass Of politicians and showing how they them- selves would not accept a iat office if it were offered to them. TEMPERANCE IN PHILADELPHIA, | One Thousand Five Hundred and Forty- Six Drunkards Sign the Pledge—Sev- | enty-One Saloon Keepers Give Up the | Business. PHILADELPHIA, April 8, 1874, The temperance crusade, which during the past few weeks has been attended with but very few | developments, experienced last night a revival, and arrangements were made this morning for in- | Adams. augurating aD aggressive movement more exten- | Saniora sive than any here instituted hitherto. There were held last night and this morning very large | meetings, at which Mr. Lewis and others were | prominent, and the following programme decided | upon :— It was decided to work upon an entirely differ- | ent basis irom that made in the West. | The work already effected was reported as fol- lows:—Fifteen hundred and forty-six drunkards have signed the pledge and ninety saloons have | closed to the accents of prayer. Seventy-one pro- prietors have signed an agreement to forsake the liquor trade in future, and eighty-three bar- tenders have promis3d never to sell intoxicating oisons again. ‘Twenty-two members of churches have agreed to rent no more huuses in which rum can be soid. Five meett have been held daily oo the past six weeks ln different parta of the city. iter these statistics had been read before the meeting this morning an enthusiastic temperance song was sang, and it was agreed that committees of two and three should visit the saloons, not in a way calculated to draw crowds, put that they snould interview the proprietors in secret, and in this way quietly influence them to resign their ruining Occupation. An immense number of Women agreed to act in this capacity, and started on their mission immediately, with the view of re- porting to-morrow. PROHIBITION IN MASSACHUSETTS, Two Hundred and Sixty-one Clergymen Protest Against the Repeal of the Law Against the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors. Bostox, April 8, 1874, ‘The seventy-fifth annual session of the New Eng- land Conference of the Methodist Epiacopal Church began to-day at Trinity church, in the Bunker Hill district. The Conference will continue in session until Tuesday of next week. Bishop Janes.pre- sides. Soon after organizing the Conierence adopted the following resolutions :— Resolved, That we. the ministers of the New England Conference of the Methodist #piscopal Church, within the bounds of Massachusetts, in annual conierence as- sembled, numbering 261 members, having pastoral charge of 206 churches, embracing more than 23,000 | members, do solemnly, ior ourselves and for our rates eople, the ‘repeal or mutilation of the Prov: inst the Soe ed w to sustain in any’ in intoxicating drinks. Resolved, That the apove resolution be sent to the Pres- {dent of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of the Massachusetts Legisiatare, with the request that it be read to their respective bodies. NAVAL IN (BLLIGBNOE, Ordered Changes, WASHINGTON, April 8, 1874, Commander Austin Pendergrast {s ordered to command the receiving ship Potomac, Chief £n- gineer Thomas J. Jones is ordered to the Swatara. Rear Admiral Thornton A, Jenkins, hav: re- ported his return from the command of the Astatic squadron, has been placed on waitt orders, Lieutenant Commander B. H. McCalla has been detached from the Wachusett and placed on sick leave. Notice ts given by the Light House Board that on and after Monday, June 1, 1874, a permanent light will be exhibited irom the tower erected on Spectacie Reef, Lake Huron, Michigan, and the temporary light now exhibited will be discon- tava. ny | Which was caused in the changes among the Banks | | part of members and Senators, | cess for Mfteen minutes was declared carried. | its height the leaders of the Hoar and Dawes republicans and \democrats, | ow | mings from Dawes to Devens, Winslow from Hoar | | ford, Stickne: | vote for their candidate recorded, and, as they JUGGLERY BY BALLOT. “The Wonderfel Senatorial Performance Going On at Beacon Hill—Four Ballots im One Day, with Amazing Varisiions— The Result After Tem Days’ Practice. ? Boston, April 8, 1874. To-day has been one of @ pegular siege and Pitched battle in the Senatorial Convention at the State House; in fact, 1t has been the firat day since the election of a successor to the late Senator Samner has been before the Legislature that members have gone earnestly to work with tne intention of voting a decisive ballot, and the result was four ballots—and no choice. The ripple upon the waters | and Adams men yesterday had the effect to bring | out a full house of outsiders, lobbyists and politi- | cal wirepullers, as well as a full attendance on the THE FOURTEENTH BALLOT. ‘The Convention met for the fourteenth time, and the fourteenth Joint ballot was as follows :— Whole number of votes. Necessary to a choice Daw Whittier. Phillips. . Bigelow.... An analysis of this ballot proved that one Dawes man broke to Bigelow, one Hoar man to Sanford, The irrepressible Salmon, who yesterday voted tor | Ben Butler, returned to the democratic fold, vot- ing for Curtis, The absentees were three Dawes, three Hoar and one Cortis man. Upon the announcement of the vote and the notable changes, which were apparent to all, a re- In this interval of fifteen minutes a most lively scene | of counting noses and bringing the douvttul ones to the front was noticeable among the members. FIFTEENTH BALLOT. Everybody was on the tiptoe of anxiety to wit- ness the expected collapse in the next—the ft | teenth—joint ballot, which was soon begun, and which, alter roll call, stood as follow: Whole number of votes Necessary to a choice Henewass awes. o1 Hoar. 65 Curtis. 72 Aaains. 19 Sanford.. ll Washburn. ri Phillips.. 1 James D. Colt. 1 Whittler..... 16h 1 In this ballot the changes were numerous. The Hoar men, who had become somewhat alarmed at the aspect of affairs, began to show a weak- ness, as Blaney, Bosworth, Rice, Savage, Smith and Spragye voted ior Sanford, Car- enter trom Dawes" Washburn, Crocker and Oarr rom Hoar to Adams and Cushing; Dwelley, Little and Wilson trom Dawes to Saniord; Giles, Fiske, Fletcher, Mayhew from Hoar to Washburn; Dweliey from Dawes to Washburn ; Gleason from Bigelow back to Dawes, Killan from Dawes to Judge Colt, Wellington trom Hoar to Colt, Montague from Dawes to Adams and Pratt trom Hoar to Dawes, ‘The vote beng announced and the battle being at C= tions Were #1 a quandary as to what would be the best course to pursue, plainly seeing, as they did, that the Hoar men were changing as well as a jew Dawes men. A motion to adjourn was voted down, several motions for recesses ranging from one to twelve hours were offered. Finally at halt-past one o’clock the Convention took a recess until haif-past two; amidst the greatest confusion the President declared the recess motion carried. Upon the reassembling of the Convention at haif- past two the crowd in the galleries and in the | alls was immense. BALLOT NUMBER SIXTEEN. A motion to take another ballot was carricd, and the sixteenth ballot resulted as follows :— Whole number of votes cast. Necessary to a choice. ers, Jr. oie oe An analysis of this vote shows a change of Cum- to Devens, Giles and Fletcher trom Washburn to | Hoar, Haskins anda Simmonds from Hoar to San- from Hoar to Washburn. At this | juncture of the proceedi dent had ordered the Clerk of the House to record the the roll havin; been called, Mr, Bacon, of Lawrence, asked for @name tobe called. President Loring declared the motion out of order, as the polls were declared closed, Senator Bacon opposed the ruling of the President, quoting authorities that no poils could be closed on a viva voce vote, until the announcement oi the vote. After brief de- bates and pointed remarks at the ruling of the President, fa which debate there seemed to be a diversity of opinion, it was finally settled by a vote ofthe House to admit the vote which Senator Bacon wished to record, which was that of a Curtis man. The democrats, under the leadership of Senator Bacon, seemed determined to have every | } 3 and aiter the Presi- | have stood it out so far, they say they intend to continue to “stick.” After the exct'ement caused by these pfoceedings had quieted down it was Moved to again ballot. It was getting late along in the afternoon, and members who generally go home on the aiternoon trains began to realize that earnest members meant business and @ motion Was made to adjourn, THE SEVENTH BALLOT. This was promptly voted down; 80 the seven- teenth ballot was ordered and resulted as follow: Whole number of votes, Necessary to @ choice. ale... . ‘This ballot completely upset the most sanguine | friends of both Dawes and Hoar, when votes were thrown to men not heretoiore mentioned in the contest, and it became apparent to the tedder that the sooner the Convention adjourned the bet- | ter; that they had gone as far as they dared to- | day. A motion was made to adjourn, and, at a quarter of five o'clock, an adjournment was se- cured, by @ small majority, until to-morrow noon. It has how become @ matter of business with members to endeavor to select a Senator; that they have been “dillydallying” for the past ten days has been the universal expression; that a Senator should be chosen is the demand of their constituents, and there now seems a possibility that @ solution of this most complicated political puzzle a8 to who shall be the man will be reached this week—posai! to-morrow, The democrats, under the marshalship of Senator Bacon, of Law- rence, Have stood witb unflinching bravery throaghogs the contest. Tat they intend to do so is their emphatic avowal. “And we have,” said Sen- | ator Bacon, to the HERALD reporter to-night, “one consolation in knowing that there is no dissatisfac- tion in our ranks. We rather like the vacancy in the Senate, irom the fact that our con: stituents cannot censure us in our course at the | Convention. We are in a minority, and hope to have Massachusetts on the roll with Connecticut and New hire before long.’? To-night the notels ed with the ringleaders and lobbyists of all tactions. The weak ones are being interviewed and nothing will be left undone to make to-mor- row a.lively day, and, undoubtedly, with some d cisive result. Upon the whole, to-day’s proceed- ings have disclosed the weak eo and the cli- max 1s hoped to be near at hand, SHIPPING ON THE LAKES, Port Conporyg, April 8, 1874. The schooners Lamb and Richmond, with coal, for Toronto, and J.C, Trump, with wheat, tor Oswego, which wintered here, proceeded down the canal this morning. The tug Gordon*made an unsuccessful attempt to-day to rescue the schooner Ames from the ice, it is expected she will be brought to this port to-morrow, as the rain and mild weather to-day have softened the ice. Oarg VINCENT, N. Y., April 8, 1874, Six vessels left Cape Vincent for the Welland Canal to-da' 0 five more are under way. 8T, JOHN'S OHUROH, ORANGE, ¥. J. A meeting of the creditors of. St. John’s church, Orange, was held at the Bishop’a residence, in Newark, yesterday afternoon. The committee appointed at the last meeting to report upon the debt did so, The amount was the same as recorded in the HERALD last Sunday week, Mr. Spottswood, of the committee, made a proposition that the creditors take the caah already subscribed, and take further m bonds on the charch, which bonds are not to draw int and not to mature until the endowment insurance policy on Father Hickey’ life for up. remiam on the latter is by tl churc! red fair and will robably be ao- | Fine Arts at Munich in 1849. | Chevalier of the-Legion of Honor, and he was pro~ | or Nervousness: q THE NEW DOMINION. ornament Archbishop Tache, of Manitoba, Con- eludes His Defepce of Riel=The In- ted Member of Parliament Does Not Put In an Appearance—Great Excite= ment in Ottawa. Ortawa, Ont., April 8, 1874. Jo the House last nignt the Premier stated, ur andWer so a question, that the government did not intend to App.y for any amnesty for offences com- mitted in the northern territories during the insur- Tection of 1869, The Times this morning pabiishes the conclusion of Archbishop Tache’s manifeatd, n which that Prelate sums up the argument on the Riel ques- tion. The imperial authorities, he contends, are bound by the ag¢ts of thelr agent (the Governor Genera}), and the Dominion authorities, by re- Peated promises of pardon, and by receiving tla delegates after tho marder of Scott. Intense excitement prevailed in the vicinity of Parliament this afternoon in reference to the Man- itoba agitator. Tne lobbies were crowded and tho spaces surrounding the building were occupied by an immense crowd, fully 1,000 privileged parties. being unable to obtain admittance. At @ quarter past four o’clock the order of the day respecting Riel had not been reached, anda rumor was started in the densely packed galleries that the offender had surrendered to parties im Lower Canada, on which account the French mem- bers were to ask for him a month’s leave of ab- sence, Anotherromor stated that in consequence of the iilness of Attorney General Clark, of Man- itoba, the Riel matter was to be adjourned for; about twenty-four hours. This subsequentiy’ proved correct. Towards five o'clock, when it wae apparent that Riel would not put in an sppear- ance, It was stated that he intended to await the arrival of Archbishop Tache from Manitoba, by whom he would be advised as tothe course he should pursue. At half-past five, however, the House adjourned, postponing the question until to-morrow. Trouble was expected between the French Catholics and the Orangemen, wno had gathered in about equal numbers, but everything passed off peaceably. TARIFF EXCITEMENT IN NOVIA 800TIA Hawtrax, April 8, 1874. A good deal # excitement prevatis in come mercial circles here over an anticipated increase im the tariff. In expectation of an increase in duties the goods in bonded warehouses are being rapidly cleared. The sum of $10,000 was paid into the Inland Revenue Office yesterday for excise duties and as much more into the Custom House. OBITUARY. Withelm von Kaulbach. Wilhelm von Kaulbach, the distinguished Gor man painter, who was previously reported as sert- ously ill with cholera, died at Munich yesterday t= the sixty-ninth year of his age. He was born at Aroisen, in Westphalia, on the 15th of October, 1805, and pursued his studies at the Dusseldorf Gallery under Cornelious, by whose influence he ‘was called to Munich in 1825. His work at the Ba- Varian capital was the execution of six allegorical frescoes in the arcade surrounding tne royal gar- den and the picture of ‘Apollo and the Muses’? in. the Odeon. In 1829 he finished his celebrated. work: the “Madhouse,” and py the literal truth and won- derful power oi the painting he at once attained a position in the tront rank of German artista, Much of his subsequent work was in the new palace at Munich, many of the rooms of which he decorated in iresco with subjects selected irom the works of Klopstock and Goethe, He completed lis great picture, “The Battle of the Huns” in 1837. He afterward executed illu: trations of Schiller’s “Criminal irom Lost Honor’? ant o's ‘‘Fanst,” in the style ot Hogarth. His group of “Bedouins” and the “Fall of Jerusa- lem” were painted about the same time. In 1846 he published a series of designs illustrating Fox,” and he — | Goethe’s poem of ‘Reynard the also llustrated Shakespeare and the Gospels.. His ‘Jerusalem’? was perhaps Kaulbach’s greatest work. He was made correspondent of the Insti- tute in 1842, and director of the Royal Academy of Tn 1855 he was made moted to the rank of oficer in 1867. Kaulbach painted many pictures besides those already men- tioned, several of which are in this country, one being in the possession of Mr. Groesbeck, of Cin- cinnati. A large picture, “The Era of the Refor- mation,” was brought here by the owner, Mr. Durfee, of Fall River, ana exhibited at the somer- ville Gallery, 1n this city, in 1869. John Macaulay. A cable telegram from London, under date 6 A. M. to-day, 9th instant, reports as follows:—‘Joha. Macaulay, brother of the historian, 1s dead,” YAOHTING NOTE. Yacht Eddie, Commodore Hughes, 0.Y.O,, from New York, for Greenport, passed Whitestone yes- terday P. M. One of the HALK'S HONEY OF HOREHOUND AND TAR is that it relieves @ Cough quicker than any other prepartion, without nauseating the stomach. PIKE’S TOOTHACHE DRUPS cure in one minute. Great Recommendations of A.—For a Superb Dress or Business Hat go direct to the manufactarer. ESPENSCHEID, 118, Nas sau street. 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