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LiVINGSTONE. @ationa} Anxiety Relative to the Non-Arrival of His Remains. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 14, 1874, Much anxiety is manifested over the non-arrival ®t Southampton of the steamship Malwa, with Dr. Bivingstone’s boay on board. She was fully due yesterday morning. Scotland to Honor His Memory. Lonpon, April 15—5 A. M. It ts proposed to erect a statue of Dr. Livingstone 40 Edinburgh. ENGLAND. Another Pledge for the Permanency of Royalty— Weather Report. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, April 14, 1874. The Duchess of Teck was delivered of a son to- ay. The mother and child are doing well. WEATHER REPORT. The weather throughout England to-day is fair. « A Serious Strike Terminated, Lonvon, April 15—5 A. M, ‘The strike in the cotton mills of Bolton has ter- @nated, the operatives naving agreed to go to ‘work on the old terms, FRANCE, ® Charge of Suicide by a Deceased Statesman. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, April 14, 1874, It ig asserted that M. Beul¢, whose death was ecently announced, committed suicide, SPAIN, A Veteran Admiral in Council with the Min- istry. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. MapRID, April 14, 1874, Admiral Topete, who went to Santander to (direct the operations of the navy at the same ‘time that Marshal Serrano went north to assume ‘command of the army, returned to this city yes- | erday and hada conierence with the members of ‘he Cabinet in the eventing. He will return north to-morrow. GERMANY. i] The Army Bill Compromise Passed—Von Moltke’s | Opinion of the National Danger. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, April 14, 1874. ‘The Reichstag, by a majority of 78, nas voted in favor of the compromise amendments to the Army | bul, ‘In the course of the debate General Von Moltke | int said, “In consequence of the shouts of ‘revenge’ it was necessary to keep the hand on the sword— disarmament would mean war.” AUSTRIA. The United States Minister To Visit His Ameri- can Home. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. VIENNA, April 14, 1874, Hon, Jobn Jay, the American Minister, and his | Son-in-law, General Schwetnitz, the German Am- | Dassador, will leave here on the 20th inst. for the | Wnited States. OCEAN TELEGHAPHY. Phe Atlantic Oable of 1866 Kroken—Cause and | Location of the Accident—Communica- tion Not Materially Interrupted. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. f Lonpow, April 14, 1874, During a terrific hurricane yesterday off the Southwest coast of Ireland the 1866 Atlantic cable eased working. The fault is not yet precisely | localized, but is reported to be about twenty-five miles from Valencia and, consequently, in shallow ‘water. COMMUNICATION MAINTAINED. As there are still two cables in good working order messages will not be delayed to any appre- Clable extent. The land lines between Valencia and London were interrupted yesterday for a short ¢ime in consequence of a severe CUBA. —-~ Volaunte:rs on Parade Review—Financial Con- sideration. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Havana, April 14, 1874, A review of all the volunteer corps in and around Havana was held on Sunday last by Captain Gen- eral Concha. aris, Filteen thousand men were unaer | FINANCE. A meeting to consider the financial sitnation has been held at the Captain General's palace, WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, April 15—1 A. M, Probabilities, For New England, fresh and brisk winds, veer- . {mg to westerly, generally clondy weather and light sain in the morning, followed by clearing qeather during the afternoon and evening, FoR THE MIDDLE STATES, SOUTHERLY TO WESTERLY WINDS AND PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER, WITH Pos- GIBLY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN PORTION. For the South Atlantic and Gulf States, east of the Mississippi, southwest to southeast winds and partly cloudy weather, with probably rain. For the Northwest and upper lake region, north to west winds, falling temperature and clear or | partly cloudy weather, which conditions will ex- tend over the lower lake region, the lower Ohio Valley and Missouri. ° The Lower Ohio and the Mississippi River from Cairo down, will continue rising. The Weather in This City Yestorday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in Comparison with the corresponding day of last Year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, HERALD be 18" 73, 1873, 1874. 3A. M.. 40 34 8:30 P.M .5l OF - 3985 44 45 56 12h. M erature yesterday. Average temperature for corresp last year.. LYNOHING A OHINAMAN, @ Celestial Summarily Dealt With by Mormons—Utah Justice in a Hurry. Corinne, Utah, April 14, 1874. The Chinaman arrested on Monday, the 6th inst., ‘upon suspicion of having been implicated in the murder of Bernstein, which occurred on the 5th ‘tubt., Was yesterday proved peyond all doubt to have committed the deed, unaiied and alone, At 4wo o'clock this afternoon, while the officers were endeavoring to take the prisoner to Brigham City for safe keeping, the citizens, en masse, took nim | well sustained without any ep j ity, | say, quite | Paris, | out RA hein s A |; Would enter AMUSEMENTS. “Monsieur Alphonse” at the Fifth Avenue '. ‘Theatre. Daly’s theatre was last night crowded with rep- resentatives of the intellectual life of this metrop- olis gathered to witness the production of the latest creation of Dumas’ brain. The play of “Mon- sienr Aiphoase” has already attracted so much attention and discussion abroad that the interest felt in its production was naturally intense. A | favorite in Paris and an outcast in London, tne | theatre-going -public were anxious to see and judge for themselves what manner of production was this mow famous pluy. It may be as well to at once state that the “Mon- sieur Alphonse’ of the Fifth Avenue is not exactly the same play that has won the hearts ofthe Gymnase audience in Paris, and merited the censure and condemnation of the sleepy Lord Chamberlain, who watches over the theatrical morals 01 her British Majegty’s Engiish subjects. ‘“‘Alphonse’’ belongs to the same cate- gory of plays as Gilbert’s “Charity.” 1t deals with the same question but irom a r’arisian standpoint. ‘The French original is not content to show the | injustice done by society to women who have sinned but goes the length of defending the sin it- self, This objectionable feature of the play has been wisely eliminated in the adaptation ana the story is presented in a garb suited to the more sensitive morality of the American pubic, The plot is simple enough, A woman has been betrayed into an illegal miar- Tiage, and 1s deserted and left with her child to- struggie in want by the man who had cheated and betrayed her, At a trying moment a generous man, ignorant of her history, offers his hand and name to the deceived woman, and, be by misery, she accepts the offer in order that she may the better be able to care for her child. So far as the heroine is concerned, the only moral stain on her character is due to this concealment of her history from the man who trusts in her honor and raises | her from poverty to weaith and position; but the harsh rule of society visits tne crime of the deceiver on the victim, and while ‘Mon. sleur Alphonse,” who ‘ought to be in State Prison, 18 received and petted by immaculate society, and his little indiscretions rather smiled | upon, the tnnocent victim of nis villany is branded with dishonor. Such are the laws of society, upon which “Alphonse” is a milder satire than “Char- ity,” but conveying the same lesson. It does nos possess the strong, masterly characterizations of Gilbert’s piay, but, en revanche, it is @ marvel of dramatic unity. The interest of the story is made to centre ina child, Adrienne, the fruit of the fictitious marriage, and the action passes in a drawing room on the afternoon of one day. The dialogue tor the most part is brilliant, but in the first and last acts would be improved by a little pruning. The real dramatic interest o1 the play culminates tn the second act, when Captain Montaghn learns his wife’s history, and with a novleness and generosity seldom met with in real lijé, pardons the deception that has been eee on bim, and takes his wife and ber child o his heart. The third act is devoted to disposing ot the characters and visiting poetic justice on the head of Monsieur Alphonse, but as that geutieman feels convinced society | will not condemo him much, ‘he _ac- | cepts his punisnment rather philosophically. | As it is impossible to sustain the interest in this act, it would be well to sacrifice some unnecessary dialogue, so as to reach the conclusion as rapidl} as possible. The emotional interest in the piece is | peal to melodrama, | and people who do not delight in murder can watch the development of feelings that are felt in common by the majority of humanity, “Alphonse” remains strictly within the pomegy line, and never appeals to the tragic muse to help the in- terest of the plot, This unity of construction imparts to the play the .#pecial charm which belongs to truly artistic work. I[t is to be regretted that writers of abil- like Dumas, will not steer clear of such a delicate subject as the illicit reiatons of the sexes; but, somehow, this oft-told story seems to possess for the human mind @ unever-lailing ‘terest. ——,'Tis true, ’tis pity; And pity ’tis, 'tis true. “Alphonse,” though not a very strong comedy, is full ol Gramatic incident and color. It ,affords ample opportunity for the display of nistrionic talent, and curiously enough supplies Mr. Daly's company with roles not differing essentially in their relations to those they filled in “Charity.’” Charles lisher plays Captam Montagin, the good, enerous, noble-hearted husband; George Giarke lonsieur Alphonse, the polished scoundrel who causes all the trouble, Miss Ada Dyas,’ the innocent victim of man’s treachery, Miss Davenport is supplied with a character part which , will allow her to show her versatile talent and wear expensive dresses, a combination, we should | leasing to the lady anu not unwelcome to the public. She hag not so much scope as in Ruth Tredgett, but her presentation of the vulgar parvenue who possesses a very good heart but very bad manners 1s a strong aud effective piece of acting. James Lewis, too, has a rdle which represents “the minion of the private inquir: Office,’ but is not so strongly drawn, nor does it offer this excellent artist the same scope for the | exhibition of his power. Frank Hardenberg’s Remy, an old salt, is one of the best pieces of act- ing we bave ever seen, in its thorough natural- id absence of exaggeration, where | temptation to cross the strict art is very great. The event of the evening, however, was the appearance of Bijou Heron as Adrienne, the cluld of misfortune. Exception might be taken to the words and senti- ments put into her mouth by the author as un- suited to the intelligence of a child of ten years of | age, but we suppose that precocity must be ' allowed to little stage ladies, So far | as the child herself is concerned we can only speak in the highest praise. Her intelli- | gent delivery and dramatic action were quite be- yond her years, and in some of the passages with | iss Dyas the child held her own so well that it would have been difficult to have awarded | the palm of excellence. There is in the young lad promise of a brill- fant future which needs only careful culti- | vation and opportunity to bring forth a new Camille. Mrs. G. H. Gilbert and Miss Varian, as Manou and Bonette, her daughter, did not have much to do; buat they did that little satisfactorily. | There is only one set used in the whole play, and nothing has been spared to make it as rich and elegant as could be desired. ‘There | was no scene shifting and no hitch anywhere to remind us that it was a first performance, During the night the public gave frequent and, for this | house, unusually warm marks of approval, Bijou | Heron receiving the honor of a recall, which was | well merited, “‘Alphonse” will run till the end of | the season. The afterpiece—‘My Uncle's Will’— has been withdrawn for a few days, but will be put | on again next week. Colosseum. The Easter programme at the Colosseum is very attractive aud includes a new lecture by Professor | Tobin, introducing among other novelties the op- | tical illusion of “La Téte Décapitée,” which has excited wonder and admiration in London‘and Lubin’s Marionnettes will delight the juve- niles at each performance, and special matinées are announced jor Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- day at ten A. M. Musical and Theatrical Notes. The vartety combination known as the Parisian | Folly will pass trom.the Lyceum and take refuge in the arms ‘of Jarrett & Palmer, The Lyceum will | remuin closed for a short time. | Last evening Miss Agatha Munter gave a grand complimentary concert at Association Hall, under the auspices of the parishioners of St. Stephen's church. A large and fashionable audience was in attendance, and the musical abilities of Miss Munter gave evidence of careful study and her efforts a promise of future success, THE MASSACHUSSETTS SENATORSHIP, Six Ballots in the Legislature, but No Choice—Charles Francis Adams Re- garded as the Compromise Candidate. Boston, April 14, 1874. The Senatorial contest, which has now been pro- longed in the Legislature for nearly a month, be- gins to flag. To-day, for the first time since the struggle commenced, there has been manifested a disposition to bring matters toa focus, Instead of having,a single vote and then adjourning until the next day, half a dozen votes were had, making twenty-eight in all since the be- Ganing, of the campaign. No choice was | nad, however, but it was developed that matters | are (ending towards a weakness in some of the columns which have heretofore presented a solid | and seemingly invulnerable front. It was given | that the members of the convention into the voting to-day with a deter- mination to either elect @ candidate or ‘smash vnings generally in certain quarters,” A “GENTLEMAN” ASSASSIN, Lovisvinir, Ky., April 14, 1874, | About eleven o'clock this morning W. R, Abbott, 4 prominent lawyer of this city, and John R. Green, amember of the firm of Gorton, Galt & Co., law- yers, met near the entrance of the Court House, when some words passed between them, and the “die” was given. Abbott then struck Green with a cane, when the latter drew a pistol and fired three times, the. shots taking effect in Abbott's right side, in the centre of the breast and through the shoulder, ‘There are conflicting statements in Telation to who struck the first blow. Green was arrested, and is in jail, Abbott is now lying in a east Oo! BL ge: dreauamocke ne tpou, tae i very critical condition, The unfortunate affair has created @ profound sensation, as both parties arg widely BO a ad koaneoted, | | mificent craft. | piace, mal | the ship. | Manded to be allowed to go on board L’EVROPE, Charges and Counter-Charges of the French and English Officers. LEMARIE’S GENERAL DENIAL. The Vindication of the Sale vage Crew. “To the Victors Belong the Spoils.” The case of the Greece and her rescue of the Europe still preserves a spice of novelty, mainly attributable, not so much to the saving of 400 lives by the English vessel, glorious as the action was, as to the peculiar cofitroversy which has arisen in connection with the subject between the captains and officers of both ships, Below will be found the rather meagre result of a visit to the French Con- sul, that gentleman evidently being under the im- Pression that the least said about the action of his countrymen the better. Some further statements of officers on board the Greece are given, the most important of which is that of the chief engineer, who says that by a very simple operation the French might have saved their mag- The statement of Mr. Hubbard, first officer; who says that whether Captain Le- marie was pushed back or not in an attempt to get to his vessel is of no importance, as the Europe was, in every sense of the word, an abandoned vessel, and the legal seizure of whoever went aboard of her. These various statements will keep alive the interest in what is at least a very extraordinary case throughout, CAPTAIN LEMARIE EXPLAINS. ie A representative of the Henan yesterday after- Noon called at the offices of the General Transat. lantic Company tor the purpose of obtaining Cap- tain Lemarie’s opinion and views with regard to the statement of Captain Thomas, of the steam- ship Greece, as published in yesterday’s HERALD, Captain Lemarie at the time had just returned from the French Constl’s office, where he had been to file his formal protest, as given EXCLUSIVELY IN THE HERALD yesterday, and as he had fortunately transacted all his formal business with Mr. Mackenzie, the agent of the line, was at liberty to answer any ques- tions that might be put to him or give apy in- formation necaed. After some desultory conversation upon general topics the subject turned upon the various reports appearing in the different newspapers in regard to the loss of the Europe and the conductcf the officers of both that vessel and those belonging to the Greece at the time when the latter ship lay to alongside the former and the transfer of the pas- sengers was made. Captain Lemarie, in referring to the statement made by Captain Thomas, declared it to be en- tirely WITHOUT FOUNDATION and utterly devoid of truth, “You will see,” said Captain Lemarie, “that Captain Thomas say: og told him my ship was unable to proceed any fur- ther when he ranged alongside of us, that she Would sink inside of twenty-four hours, and that I asked him to take all our people from the Europe. This he statesto be ali that passed be- tween us, In answer to this, I have only to say that the first person I saw belonging to the Greece Was the first officer, with another gentleman, Wearing the ribbon of the Legion of Honor and Speaking French, They came alongside my ship | and gaid to me, ‘WHAT IS THE MATTER? Texplained that the ship was making & great deal of water, and I thought it would be more prudent for me to save my passengers by trapsierring them. to the Greece. They said, ‘if that is the the case you had better make haste and get all your passengers reaay to be transferred.’ I replied that they were all ready dnd had been so for over an hour, and could get away at once, We were even then putting the passengers into OUR OWN BOATS in order to transport them to the Greece. We had allour boats, eight in number, alongside the ship, and were filling them as fast a8 possible with the | Women and children. After I had got all the pas- sengers transierred in our boats, and witn the aid of tne English boats which came to our assistance, I went down in the engine room to see how mat- ters stood there, I found the water increasing, and that it was then about three inches above the six and ahaif or seyen feet in the re room. The men had been working since morning up to their waists in water. I was of the opinion that we were in great danger. Mr. Buck and his companion, who had been laying alongside all this time, came on board and looked ail around All the people had been sent on board the Greece except FOUR OFFICERS AND MYSELF. Buck said, ‘Come on board the Greece and have | am understanding with Captain Thomas.” This | was ees dae to me by Buck’s companion although f perfectly understood him. 1 said, “I am willing to go aboard the Greece if it is well understood that I can return here.’”’ He replied, “Yes; certainly.” Upon this assurance, I, with my four officers, entered their boat and was rowed to the Greece. My boat was also alongside with the mails in her, Both boats put off together and reached the Greece about the same time, As soon asl reached her deck I went on the bridge where Captain Thomas was at the time. I said to him, “I thank you for your assistance. I come here on the assuragce of your officer that I shall be reconducted on ard my own ship to-morrow morning.” He replied— “ves! YES! YES! that is all right. After that we will see what can be done.” 1 then held some conversation with | Captain Thomas, and after a little while we agreed to send a boat, with Mr. Buck, his companion, my own chief oMicer and the chief engineer of the Greece, to the Europe to inspect and ascertain the condition of the ship, Captain Lemarie then went onto describe their return and the report they made, which has already been published. Cap- tain ‘Thomas, said Captain Lemarie, told me I must wait aboard the Greece until daylight as it was too rough to send off a boat that night, besides, too dangerous, I stayed on the bridge all night, although it was bitterly cold and heavy hail falling, I had no overcoat, but I did not like to leave the bridge, as I preterred to watch my ship. At daylight Mr. Douglas, the engineer, and Mr. Buck went on board the Greece, and on their return they went on the bridge and held a conversation with Gap- tain Thomas without saying a word to me. I heard, however, the engineer tell Captaln Thomas there was eight feet o1 water in the hold. When Qaptain Thomas says Mr. Buck told him he couid navigate the ship into port it was without my con- sent, as I was not consulted on the matter. I de- my ship. Captatn Thomas said to me, “It is no longer your affair; my officer will take charge of your ship and wiil take her back vo England.’ Mr, Buck turned round and said:. “YRS, TO LIVERPOOL !?? During this time the men they had previously ob- tained as volunteers were preparing to get away, and a few minutes afterwards the two boats were lowered on the port side. I asked Captain Thomas, who was on the bridge, if | might go in one of them, He turned away and did not reply, I dis- Unctly reiterate my previous statement, that I then tried to get into the first boat, but Mr. Buck pushed me on one side and said, ‘You go in another boat." 1 tried then to get into the second boat, but the crew served me in the same way. They left the ship and embarked on the Europe. When I saw these boats going away I LOST ALL HOPE ‘ and did not see tne use of speaking any more to Captain Thomas. I, however, protested against such an outrage. Captain Thomas took no notice of me. he says I made no attempt to get into the boats, he tells an untruth as I can show by @ number of my officers and crew and several pas- sengers, Laiso distinctly aver thata number of my men did work on the Greece, otherwise she could never have been navigated, as can readily be seen when it is remembered that twenty-five ot her comple- ment went on board the Europe. 1 know beyond | & doubt that she was not in a condition to be key it afloat for many hours after Ileft her, notwith- standing Captain Thomas’ statement to the con- trary. Subsequent events proved the correctness, of my judgment. ‘The tower fires in the boiler were out and the water was gaining on Us so rapidiy that the other must very soon after have faced ‘fe »| same. There was water in all the compartments, seven in all. The reason the sounding rod did not show it when tried on the torewara and after: com- partments was on account of the wells, being choked with coal. I should never have Ment my ship had it not been for the assurance givon me by Mr. Buck. Ey tet Proportion of the byggage and valuables on board the Hurope migh*, have been saved had Captain Thomas desired, brat it appears to me his idea from the beginning was to get us all off the ship ana then noid fast to every thing for the aaivage. Lam of ORMOn Fae la now Koue.| Game alone, Aealum a French oMcen buy Ret] confusia i, eer te aa g ete eee ee to the bottom, for, at the rate the water was pour- { knowing him as the captain, he ing im at the time the salvage crew left her she could float but a few hours longer. It seems to me that all the oMtcers of the Greece have com- bined to sustain each otner. I do not think the Burope was weakened by bemg lengthened. CAPTAIN THOMAS’ STATEMENT. In answer to questions put to Captain Thomas by & HERALD reporter he said:— “When Captain Lemarie came on board he came leaking badly, and that he could not keep her from sinking. He thought she was broken in the coula do. I told him I would send my chief engineer and chief officer, while one of his oMcers } the extent of the damage; but none of his officers seemed inclined to go and one of my own went seven feet of water in the stokehole and that the furnaces had not been drowned out. They soundings. I then decided to remain by the ship till daylight, and sent my chief engineer and officer or engineer from the Europe accompanied them or made any effort to go on board, On the of water in the stokehole and an absence of water in apy other part of the vessel—a ‘act which they thought the ‘ship might possibly be saved. Captain Lemarie did not Pcousult with me goon board again. Mr. Buck then volunteered, and said he would try and risk it and take charge He sala “Yes.” Irequested him, then, to muster the ship’s crew and cali for volunteers, During the crew of the Europe to return to their own vessel. Mr. Buck then went off with two of the ing been deserted and turned adriit by the French crews. After seeing them aboard, and the boats they were satistied to proceed, I turned my ship's head and proceeded westward. , i senger on the Europe, came on board the Greece Imet him on the quarter deck, and asked him she was leaking badly; that they had only a half hour’s notice to quit, and expected to go down and he requested me to try and put a crew on board the ship, ana endeavor to save hier if possi- and cargo were worth an attempt to bring her to some port. With regard to his statement of hav- gengway by the officers of the Greece and prevented ‘om going to the boat, it cannot possibly be true, asieep. ‘the chief engineer of the Europe has also le & Statement that he was prevented Which is quite incorrect, tor he, immediately, on coming on board, repaired to his stateroom and was near Sandy Hook, He said he was saffering from rheumatism, : i! on the bridge to me and said that his ship was middie, and asked me what I thought I ; might accompany them and ascertain what was instead. My chief engineer and officers reported found no water in any other part of the ship by chief officer on board for further examination. No return of the boat they reported about eight feet tained by sounding—and said toat the D then, nor did he manifest any desire to other? I asked if he thought he could get a crew. this time no manifestation was made by ship's boats to the Europe, the French boats hav- secured and sail made on the Europe, ana seeing “When Mr. George G. Mackenzie, who was a pas- what was the matier with the Kurope. He said soon; the officers seemed to have lost courage, ble. He said 1 would be a good thing, as the ship ing seen Captain Lemarie pushed back from the as he was, at the time the boat Jett, in his room jrom going in the boat to the ship—a statement Was never again seen on the ship’s deck till she “dt Captain Lemarie had said to me that he him every tacility to have done so; but he mani- fested no desire to do so. He made no arrange- ment With me to go back to the Kurope at day- break, as he has stated; nor did he at any time make any protest to me or accuse me of bad faith. I was on deck all night, see Oaptain Lemarie after twelve o’clock. There were ho symptoms of @ mutiny on the part ot the crew ofthe Europe; indeed they seemed to bo quite satisfied to stay away from their own vessel.” THE CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE EUROPE, Mr. Mouchand, the chief officer of the Europe, emphatically confirms the statements of Captain Lemarie in every particular, especially as to the fact of his endeavoring to enter the boats putting off irom the Greece with the salvage crew under Mr. Buck. He states that both Mr. Lefranc, the third officer, and himself, were standing close to Captain Lemarie at the time. They saw Mr. Buck Et in the boat, He was of opinion that the cap- in of the Greece was somewhat confused, and hardly knew what he was about. He liquor. He thought Captain Lemaire did ail he possibly could to save his ship, and that subse- quent events proved he not oniy acted with judg- ment, but most wisely in getting ali hands off the sinkug ship when the opportunity was at hand, Captain Lemarie, however, would not have left his ship if he had not been assnred by Mr. Buck that be would be returned to her in the morning. THE FIRST OFFICER OF THE GREECE. A HERALD reporter yesterday saw Mr. R. R. Hubbard, formerly second officer of the Greece, but at present the first officer. His statement is important tn view of the reports which are afloat, REPORTER—The morning afier the transferral of ‘passengers, etc., were you on deck when Officer Buck went on board the Europe with his salvage crew? * Mr. HUBBARD—I was ordered by Captain Thomas to have the boats manned and take charge of them while Officer Buck was getting ready. He had begged the Captain to tw the vessel into har- bor, but he had refused, saying that he was too far from shore to go back. Oficer Buck then begged the Captain to let him take the vessel into port, ‘as he said he believed he could do it, and the Captain finally consented to let him do so. REPORTER—You were then in ciose proximity to the boats when they were lowered ? Mr. HuBBARD—Ot course I had to be and sup>rin- | tended the lowering of both the boats. Alter the | volunteer crew (they were all volunteers; we | had not the right, in such a heavy sea, to order any | one to g0,) had got in Officer Buck came up and | waited his chance to jump in. While domyg so a number of the passengers and officers crowded | around him, shaking him by the hand and saying | “Goodby, Buck.” Seeing his chance he jumped | 1m and pushed off, | REPORTER—Did any of the Frenchmen offer to go in either of the boats? Mr. HUBBARD—Not one of them asked togo. I certainly know, for everbody knew that I was the officer in command ef the boats. Pe oe ah Was Captain Lemarie at this me Mr. HupBparp—He was eae | on the after deck, surrounded by his officers. Neither he nor | any one of them asked to be allowed to enter the | boats or tried to. 1t is a distinct falsehood for Le- marie to say he was kept back, for he did not come within twenty yards of either of the boats, ReEPoRTRR—How do you think these reports first | got circulated ? Mr. HUBBARD—I believe that youn; kenzie, the son of the agent of the George Mac- Tench line and @ passenger on the Europe first spread them. He came on board and asked me if ] would allow him to'take Mr. Buck's room with his friend Mr. Phoenix, ag they said they were gentlemen. One day when I went into the room to wind up the chronometer, which was placed there, I found Mac- kenzie writing very busily. He had several sheets of paper betore him, and when I came tn he made @ Sudden movement to cover them over. One {ell | ou the floor and he put his foot upon it. This rather surprised me, and when the Captain several days after told me the story which was concocted about Lemarie being pushed back: trom the boats I guessed that Mackenzie had a hand tn tt. T have since found out that the writing he was so carelul to cover was an account of the voyage, which was printed by a New York paper to-da: and of course tinged by the feeling. which one | might expect from the son of the agent of the line, In it was the charge about Captain Lemarie. The strange part about it is that young Mackenzie siates he saw the action or First cer Buck, while all the time he was asleep below, and only came on deck when the boats were half way to the Europe, His statement, therefore, was an evident fabrication. RReorteR—Would you, if yon had been captain of the Greece, have dared to stop the captain from going on board his vessel ? Mr. Hussarp—Certainly I would have dared it, though I should not have done it. We had a perfect right to refuse any one a permission to go on board another ship in our boats. The Frenchmen, when they came aboard the Greece, had let all their boats drift away, so that they had nota single one at their disposition. I should not have dared to forbid any of thera going in their own boats, though they did not offer to go on any, The Europe was an al doned vessel, The French Captain did not leave a single articied oficer on board to take charge of ‘ner, So that any vessel coming along had a right to take her in tow and claim her asa prize, so that even had the Captain been pusned back, as false! stated, the action would have been perfectly legal. She was a prize for any one going on board. When he had gone aboard the Europe the day before to ask if the Greece could not have some of the Europe's provisions Captain Lemarie said I have no command over my men}; they won't stand by me, and I can’t get them to do anything. THE PURSER OF THE GREECE. The purser of the Greece, in a further interview heid yesterday with a HERALD reporter, stated that he wasin the cabin when Captain Lemarie push him violently away when he attempted to | as we kept ulongside of the Europe, andI did not | seemed to be slightiy under the influence of | i eS eee eee NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, ‘APRIL 15, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET. which he took, A conversation then resulted, the purser asked the captain how Jong bis ship would float. Leniarie answered that she could not float more than two hours longer, and that she would be at the bottom of the sea in probably jess time than that. He also says he was present when the son of the agent of w line, young George Mackenzie, came on board, and he approached to hear what was said. Mackenzie went up to the captain and said, These people Should never have left tue ship. They could have saved her if they pleased.” This he himse!! heard, @nd it was a strange reflection on what was afver- wards said, THE ENGINEER OF THE GREECE. The Engineer of the Greece, Mr. Douglas, was again seen by a HERALD reporter yesterday alter- noon, and was asked further as to how matters stood when he went on board the Europe to ex- amine her. He said: “When. with Mr. Buck, on the evening of the day when we sighted the Europe and after trans- ferring all her people to the Greece, I went oa board the French ship, we found that, with the exception of the midale compartments, all was dry in the ship. I sounded and found seven feet of water in the hold, The water just reached the floor of the fire room, and was, perhaps, about an ch or,so above it. I can say decidedly, because it did not cover my shoes. The water was fully fourteen inches away from the fires, and the French engineer must have imagined that the water had put out his fires, All the fires were | burning—some quite brightiy, and there was five junds of steam on. In filxeen minutes we could ve got up seventy pounds of steam; but, as 1 had no orders, but was simply told to examine her, 1 did not doit. I found that the Frenchman had rigged up a hand pump in the fire room, and this was all that was used to get the water out. REPORTER—Did you consider her in a proper con- dition to take into port? CuBr ENGiNggR—Why of course she was. I wish I never had a worse vessel to take charge of | than thatone. it was the easiest thing in the world te get the water out of her then. Though the pumps would not work in the fire room, the; were in good condition in the engine room, an more than poweriul enough to have emptied the ship, or at least kept the water down so that there. would have been no danger to the fires, which was the main point. Now, tuere was a buikhead between the fire and engine rooms, which pre- vented the water getting into the latter. Hada nole been knocked through this bulkhead the water would have flowed into the engine room, } and have been pumped out from there without trouble, But this seems never to have struck the Frenchmen, and they let the chance go by, which would have saved them their ship. ‘There was as mueb anranee about the whole thing as there was cowardice. 1 understood that the French first en- gineer, had been in bed since he leit Havre with Theumatism, and I do not think he.was down in his engine room during the voyage. His second did the work; but he now says he was wading lor twenty-four hours in the water, endeavuring to find where the trouble was in the bottom o1 the stip. As forthe Kurope herself she is a fine ves- sel and is floating still. I don't believe she can go. down unless she receives. a great deal more damage than she suffered irom when I saw her. The bulkhead compartments, if they last out (and the Board of ‘trade obliges them to be made to re- | Sist any pressure of water), will keep the vessel wished to return with his crew I would have given | % } : afloat for an indefinite period, and | expect to hear one day of her arriving m port. The bulkneads are & solid mass of ivon, and in a vessel like the Europe will keep her afloat tor months. REPORTER—Did you witness any trouble on board on the morning of the accident ? CHIEF ENGINEBR—i did not. 1 wenton deck to see one of my engineers off to the Europe and noticed the French officers standing in a group near the stern, None of them made any motion as if intending to go to the Europe, and Mr, Buck was 80 busy at the time that he certainly did not think of interfering with them. As for the chief engineer of the Europe he wasin bed, and remained there until we were off Fire Island. I was convinced throughout that there wasn’t a Frenchman on the Greece who bad any desire to go back to the Eu- rope. 4A PRESENTATION TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE GREECE. A magnificent chronometer watch and chain has been presented to Captain Thomas, of the Greece, by passengers of the Europe, for saving their lives. The iollowing 18 the letter which accompanied the gift:— April 2, 1874. AOROOOALIE NT DEAE DOLE RO DODEDE DEDEDE DE DONE. LIST OF THE SIGNERS, Mrs. L, W. De Horrack, of Paris. M. J. Souloumiac, Boston Lockwood, Paris. . G. KJ. Reed, New York. Lloyd Phenix, New York. J. G, Heckscher, New York. D. Burridge, Paris. John Hunnewell, Boston. W. ©, Wharton, son ot, Franklin and Fulton, N. ¥. -G. G, Mackenzie. ‘THE BRICK ROMANCE. Scene in the Court Room—Appearance of the Prisoners—How the Heroine Bore the Or- deal—The Proceedings Before Jus- tice Morgan—The Women Likely To Be Set at Liberty. The four conspirators in the brick mystery case were yesterday taken from Police Headquar- ters to the Tombs Police Court for preliminary ex- amination. At about half-past two o'clock Detec- | tives Tilly and Heideiverg escorted the prisoners into the court room, and they were at once placed at the criminals’ bar. Crowds of people had been waiting outside the building to see the chevalier and the famous heroine of the brick romance, and groups of men and women scanned the faces of the four prigoners as they passed along the streets in the vicinity of the Tombs. But the greatest object of curiosity to the sightseers was the exhumed coffin, which was driven up in front of the main en- | trance to the Tombs and allowed to remain there fora considerable time, concealed under @ rug, which the most inquisitive of the crowd occasions ally raised to get a peep at the mysterious box, IN THR COURT ROOM the scene was one of the most excitfhg that have been witnessed in that ancient hall for many years past. The relish of the proceedings was the keener as there was no dread in the minds of the spectators of any immediate harm to the prison- ers, and the case was one brimful of so much ludi- crousness that every one felt as if some new phase in the comedy might at any moment appear. Uhling and Finch were placed at the lett hand side of Justice Morgan, who Betaane and Louisa and Mme. Marie stood at the right. Counsel tor the prisoners stood immediately in front of the bench | at either side, and behind the desk every inch standing room was occupied porters and by insurance ple, who were More or less interested in the case. The seats in the body of the court room were filled to over- flowing, and _a general bustle and rush everywhere prevailed. The Court of Special Sessions having been held in the Police Court room during the fore- noon, the business of the latter Court was neces- sarily postponed until the aiternoon, and conse- quently officers with their prisoners were being hurriedly brought before the Justice to have the offences disposed of, But in ail the rush and con- fusion THE PRISONERS were the objects of all the eyes in Court. Uhling looked quite calm and self-possessed, though in the beginning he mantiested signs of eagerness; but ag the proceedings went on he grew to be more encouraged, and finally he became even leasantiy reconciled to the situation. Poor Finch “looked the. very picture of cone Pallid in countenance and with his head drooped, he seemed to be imploring for pity in his discom- fiture, and everybody responded to the appeal by making jokes at the poor undertaker’s expense. Mme. Marte, as usual, was the very personification | of venerable decline and languidity; her shrivellea cheeks and attenuated person belng in marked contrast with her large, swollen eyes, which went round the Court searchingly. She looked so weak and feeble that the sergeant of the Court, by the direction of some kind-hearted person, procured her a chair to sit on while the Judge was disposing of the ordinary Court business, THE LITTLE HEROINE OF THE MYSTERY, the famous Louisa Germs, was neatly attired in black, with a fur boa around her neck, and she aid not seem in the least perturbed. Her night in the cell at Police Headquarters, however, made her less merry than she was on Monday, and she neither laughed so much nor was.there such a roguish wandering in her eyes. While perfectiy calm she wore a resigned, melancholic expression in her face, which may or may not have been put on, It is hard to say what Louisa can or cannot ao; 80 that she may have either been groaning in Spirit at the loss of her Nberty or “laughing in her sleeve” at all the fuss and ‘nonsense they were making about what she herself considered to be of re. one of the best jokes of her life. There was so much offered him s ota, i} ma LM the Court rogM that the justicg de | 7 termined on holding the preliminary examination in this case m the Se Ba examination room at the rear of the court, and’ when this decision was annoubced there was a general rush of all those immediately concerned in the case from the court to THE EXAMINATION ROOM, The priaoners were evidently glad at this change, for they were now more COMMOPAOLY Bit. uated and no longer exposed (0 (he inquir- ing eves of the eneral lic, use especially felt the change, and’ ei a herself here until Justice Morgan's scanning the faces of those” ‘around pot mg wherever her eyes went around they were always sure in the end Co rest on the Chevalier, at whom she looked with a kind of puzzied expression, she very seldom uttered a word to Mme. Marie, and during the preliminary proceedings in the case she listened most attentively to every word uttered the counsel and the Judge. She had an idea when gthe examination was over she should be taken back to Police Headquarters; but as the prisoners were remanded only until to-morrow they were all locked up for the night in the Tombs. Louisa as she was entering the prison te looked for the first time a little startled, and hesitated in her steps as the detectives moved her along the corridor, but she soon got bravely over this, The tusurance peers seem now perfectly satisfied to allow both the women to be set at liberty, and very probably this wil! be done. It ts not unlikely that before this case is through there may be so much to be said on both sides that the romance, after all, may end in all the characters being made happy. THE ERIE RAILROAD. as The following letter was yesterday addressed t@ President Watson by Mr. 8. L, M. Barlow:— Nuw Youre, Aprit 14, 1876 Hon. Perer H. Watson, President Erie Railway :— Dean Stx—I know that you will at once take in hand the proper reply to Mr. Dunan's extraordinary suste- ment and charges made public during the past tow weeks, and that you may appreciate the mil degree of his duplicity I haud you here with a letter addressed by Hy to me in November last, ‘ ‘ou will remember that you had then been absent's number of months. Almost daily I had heard trom ene ip. the interest of & quarter and another, but alw: Stockjobbing clique, closely connected with the ejected management of Brie, rumors similar tw these, whick have at last takem’ tangible shave through Dunaa's charges. p Wearying of this, finally, about the middle of Novem- ber, and having, of course. no suspicion that Dunan was capable of any ireachery towards the road oF yourselte Trepeated to him all that I had heard, and I was informed that these department. mong per charges speciale mentioned to him were these :—That the dividend of July had been improperly declared and. paid; that the accounts were “cooked pat the earnings were falsified; that expenses were un- lerstated, and, generally, that the affairs of the com- pany were in ‘no better condition than he now falsely ‘assumes them to be. ‘To all these charges he had @ ready, and complete answor. He assured ine that all of them, by whomsoever made, were false; that they could only be intended ta injure you and to deteat your pending hegotiation, and that hé was sure they did not emanate from his office. He intimated, however, that they were probably fur- nished by some other officer of the company. His apparent frankness and positivencss ntirely satis- fled me as to the utter absurdity-and falsity ot ail the rumors tp question. But he was not content with verbal explanations. | He, doubtless, feared that he had not suiliciently.put me of! my guard, and he accordingly, of his own motion, sent me the letter which 1 now en- close. Itis hardly conceivabte that a sano person, after mak- ing such statements, verbally anu in writing, and fol- lowing them up with sworn certificates of the correct- ness ot his accounts, should undertake to prove, as Dunan now does, that he has never spoken, written oc ‘i, in connection with the duties y tr “SAMUEL L. of, BARLOW. Accountine Derartuxnt Ente Ratway Company. j Naw York, Noy. la, 187%. ¢ Mr Dear Mn. Banzow—Haye you heard’ anything further from the double set of books? My. insurance agent reported to me last evening that a tan by the name of Alden, who was at one time in the employ of the company, or of Fisk, and who now has close rela- | tions with Henry Thompson and the old party, stated that there was no doubt ot the fact that the carnings were “cooked,” and that two sets of books were kept. I argue from ibis that it will not be a dificulf matter | to ascertain the basis upon which such a rumor is floated; for, if they (the old party) do not hesitate to state the fact publicly in the street, they have cither negotlated | the purchase or are talking for speculative purposes. Im | either case, don’t you think the bladder ts in a condition to puncture ? These reports can do no goo? and are calcnlated todo t Don’t you thivk we should acta littie swory to % word of U of his office. Yours ‘us much harm. combative now and then, and not sit still, taking all the hres which is nates hosted upon us, like meek Chris- which we are not. Tam getting tired of it; and, unless you ‘‘start the ball’* soon, Will burst. There is nothing !n our books which any man may not see, except the private accounts of our patrons; and lonly keep one set of hooks. B respectfully, The Matual Life Insurance company, of EW YORK, S. WINSTON, PRESIDENT, CON- INSORLAS HAST GLASS LIVES. THE “MEM DICE STRICTL' FIRST v = SHIP OF THI D-TO ONE HUN. DRED THC A SSL . NY IS LIMITE! RSONS. ON T! DEC Bi FORCE; 1 To Carrats Cnanues Tomas :— : ‘As an expression of our grateful remembrance of | WERE S65 600 517 67 ed prompt and efficient aid rendered to usin a time of ex- | fe ROUEN Hone eS treme noed, in thanktulness tor the sincere and cordial | CoUNTRY OR UAL aD | Kindness atid sympathy shown us by all on board the | (QUNTRE Of R | steamship Gresceof the National line, we,_ the under: ShouRLY, RCONOMY. 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