The New York Herald Newspaper, April 18, 1874, Page 3

OCEAN DISASTERS The Sinking of the “urope and Amerique. Special Herald Despatches from London. MR. BUCK’S STATEMENT Recriminations, Strite and Probahle Lawsuits. Worwegian, Italian and British Aid to the Amerique. meee gee ty THE DISASTER TO THE NEDERLAND. The Steamer’s Struggie with the Atlantic Tempest. A Steamer Founders in the South Pacific. Sees LOSS OF LIFE, PANIO AND DISASTER THE EUROPE. History of the Disaster—English Opinion ef the Conduct of the French Com- mander—A Heavy Lawsuit in Prospect. (HERALD SPECIAL CADLE FROM LONDON.) The following special despatch to the Huratp has been received from our corre- spondent in the British metropolis: — Lonpon, April 17, 1874. Your correspondent in Liverpool forwards the following special résumé of important facts concerning the loss of the steamship Europe: — INTERVIEW WITH MR. MACALLISTER. Lirverpoor, April 17, 1874. I have had an interview with Mr. Macal- lister, manager at Liverpool of the National Line Steamship Company. He expresses opinion strongly on the ingratitude of the captain of the Europe, who, he believes, was at first frightened and afterwards jealous of | the intrepid officer who endeavored to save the ship, and now prates of his wounded honor, He says the company sustains Mr. Buck’s course and that they will sue the French com- | Pany and Captain Lemarie for remuneration. - MR, BUCK’S STATEMENT. Mr. Buck states, substantially as follows, the reasons which induced the final abandon- ment of the Europe: — : “On sighting the Egypt and communicat- ing with Captain Grogan we consulted him as to the difficulties and possibitities of the caso. ‘There was every indication of the advent of a southwest gale. The water was rising in the ship and she was straining at her bulkhead from the weight of the water, which rose eighteen feet in the engine room and stoke hole. “Captain Grogan consented to tow the Europe, and it was hoped she would be | brought into port in that way, but the haw- sers broke. The barometer was falling and the Europe, on account of the weight of the | water in her, was becoming unmanageable. | With things in this position Captain Grogan signalled for all hands to come op the Egypt.” Mr. Buck goes on to say that he ‘‘obey ed this order, though reluctantly, as in the. face of it he could not personally take the responsibility of risking the lives of the | volunteer crew, with such a craft in a rising storm.” He is ‘‘sure he could have saved the Europe if she had been a properly equipped vessel; but the wretchedly inefficient. It was only after con- siderable search proper implements were | found and the deck pump was discovered | stowed away in the fore'peak. With this the ‘water was greatly reduced in tho cargo com- partment.” French pumps were PLUCK AND PRAISE. All here speak in the highest terms of the plucky conduct of Mr. Buck and the volun- teer crew. THE AMERIQUE. All the Passengers Rescued and in Safety—Norwegian, Italian and British Aid and a Quick Landing. (HERALD SPECIAL REPORT FROM LONDON.) The following special despatch to the Huratp has been received from our correspondent in the British metropolis: — Lonvon, April 17, 1874. Some interesting particulars have been learned concerning the rescued passengers who were taken from the General Transatlan- tic Company’s steamship L’Amérique, The following are the facts: The Norwegian ship Aladdin and the Ital- ian ship Elise Quirolo landed some of the passengers at Brest, The remainder are on board a British bark, whose name cannot, just now, be ascertained. ALL SAFE. The report has been confirmed that all aro eafe. Opinions as to the Cause of Her Loss=— The Ville de Paris and Lafayette to Take the Place of the Lost ships. ‘The excitement which prevailed on all sides on ‘Thursday arising from the announcement of the total loss Of the Amérique, one of the steamers be- Jonging to the French General Transatiantic line, : NEW appeared to have almost entirely subsided yester- day. This third disaster to the French com- pany, however, formed one of the prin- cipal topics of conversation among business circles, and innumerable were the theories and opinions advanced as to the causes leading to the destruction of the Amérique. Sympathy and Tegret was expressed for the succession of mis- fortunes which had overtaken tne line, especially for tnis latter one, following 80 quickly as it did upon the loss of the Europe and bat a short time since that of the Ville da Havre. There however appeared to be a prevailing idea that to the lengthening of both the Europe and the Amérique could be attributed their subsequent destruction, as it wi generally thougnt that a fracture must hav mn occa sioned at the point or points of junction between the new and the old sections, brought about, as it is tmagined, by the greater rigidity of the new sec- tion, which prevented the same play of the entire boll as in the original beiore the alteration was made. The ate severe weather encountered by ail transatlantic st igs thought must have had, causing nts where the new P severe strain these joints were subjected to in the heavy sea way. It ‘was hoped that full details of the loss of the Amérique would shortly be forwarded, in order that some definite idea and judgment might be jormed and passed upon the primary cause and sabsequent effects, so that public opinion might be satisfied and measures be taken looking towards ® prevention of similar accidents in the future. At the company’s ofices yesterday there was no Unusual bustie. or excitement, and business ap- peared to be Proceeding as though no disaster had appened, . Mackenzie, the agent of tne lin stated to the representative of the HEXALD tha’ he had received no further details from Paris re- garding the Amérique, and was therelore unable say whether the mails or the passengers’ bag- gage had been saved or not. He had, he satd, re- ceived a despatch setting forth the Jact that the directors in Paria had determined to continue the regular service as hitherto performed, and tor the prover carrying into effect of *this design Would at once put on the steamships Ville ue Paris and Lafayette to take the place of those lost. Neither of these vessels have been lengthened, The order in which the line will sail in future trom New York will be—the St. Lauyent on Saturday next, followed by the Pereire, Ville de Paris and Latayette at the regular intervals of a fortnight as heretofore until the 1st of June next, when a weekly service is to be Inaugurated. CAPTAIN LEMARIE’S RETURN HOME FOR TRIAL. Captain Lemarie, Second Captain Marchand and Dr. Guillemard, of the Europe, leave New York to-day by the German steamship Rhein, whichs also takes out the French mail. Captain Lemarie takes out with him a number of aftidavits, sworn to by the other officers of the Europe as ‘well as by several of the passengers, which will be sub- mitted to the Board of Directors in Paris, in con- firmation of his action and the position he bas assumed towards the captain and officers of the Greece in asserting that he was by them pre- vented trom returning on board his ship, ‘The rest of the officers and crew of the Europe will remain in New York until the departure of the St. Laurent, by which ship they will all return to Havre. THE STEAMER NEDERLAND. Fruitless Attempts to Float Her Om Brigantine Shoals—A Lifeboat Driven Back During Yesterday’s Storm— Throwing Cargo Overboard—Fears of Her Going to Pieces, ATLANTIC Crry, N, J., April 17, 1874. An awful night closes upon a terribly stormy day. Last evening a dreary storm set in, accom- panied by terrific winds, which rolled up seeth- ing breakers that dashed on the shore like peals ofthunder, Atan early hour this morning your correspondent, accompanied by Captain Townsend, | chief officer of the Coast Wrecking Company, and parties interested in the Red Star line, put out in a lifeboat manned by tourteen oarsmen, with the view at all hazards of reaching the wreck. The sea was rolling frightfully at the time. The craft was tossed hither and thither like a feather, and plunged and rolied and pitched in the break- ers like a simple toy, and seemed to ship seas every moment. After three hours of this terrible struggle against wind and tide the safety of the little craft became critical, the tempest increased in its strength and the rain came down in torrents. THE LIFEBOAT DRIVEN BACK. The sea underneath a leaden sky was dashedjana beaten into foam; great masses of water reared up in front of us, the craft became utterly un- manageabie, and the Captain commanded that the boat should return, For three long and weary hours, despite the wind #nd rain and the great” | wilderness of waters that threw ulott ite epray and foam in our faces, did the men at the oars strnggie with “might and main;” but the effort was in vain and our progress amounted to nothing. The wreck was still three miles away, and to reach it in our boat was impossible. The Captain would not allow the craft to proceed, but ordered its head to be turned at once toward Atlantic Beach, The agents of the lipe and the managers of the wrecking company became nervous, the storm gained strength with each hour, the wind roared as a hurricane and the boat was likely to be cap- sized. Much alfiiculty was experienced in turning about, but, when once aroand, strange to say, the trip, which had consumed three tedious hours, was retraced in just fifteen minutes. It is now late at night; the storm is still at its height, and the sea dogs here assert that it was one of the most severe that any corresponding season of past years has known, ‘he large companies of wreckers ex- pected home at eventide have not returned, nor can they reach shore until the wind abates. Every lighter which yesterday rendered such great assistance to the helpless Nederland failed in the attempt to reach the stranded ship to-day; not one lighter has sailed over the intervening waters, and the position of the shipis critical. Indeed, last night one or two men of the wrecking com- pany came ashore, and they tell the following story :— STATEMENT OF CAPTAIN JAMES. Captain James, chief ofMicer of the Nederland and a Frenchman, says that he mistook the Absecum light for that of Cape Henlopen, and supposed that the flash of Little Egg Harbor was the flast beacon of Cape May. Hence, he suddenly became stranded upon Brigantine Shoals, and lost at once his rud- der. He ran aground at eight o’clock on the even- ing of Wednesday. He fignalled all night long, sending up rockets and burning olue lights, but his signals were unanswered from the shore. Yesterday morning, at about six o'clock, the large ship, was seen and assistance at once set out for her. She was found lying upon the shoals, with her head standing east-southeast. When aid reached her from Atlantic City the crew ofthe Nederland, consisting of eighty-five men, were hastily and indiscriminately throwing over- board her cargo. Hence the despatch in the HERALD Of to-day, which the agents of the com- pany this morning ofMicially denied, turns out to be strictly true. They threw everboard immense quantities of bariey, 13,200 pounds of pig iron, sev- eral tons of lead and seversl thousand pounds of miscellaneous merchandi. The draught of the Nederland 18 twenty-one feet astern and nineteen feet forward, while the water in which she is now lying is only twelve feet deep at ordi- nary high tide. Hence she was driven ashore by @ terrific sea, and every inch of her is now aground, and, in this frightful hight, at the mercy of the tempest, FRUITLESS ATTEMPTS TO|FLOAT HER, . The wrecking schooner John Curtin made fast at once tothe Nederland with tyo 16-inch hawsers, using for purchase to draw the vessel for- ward two anchors, each weighing 4,500 pounds, Lighteré or sma@l.craft in the meantime had arrived, ard, in order to render tie vessel a8 buoyant at possible, much of her valuable cargo was transfered to them. The wrecking steamer Chamberiaih then came up, f@nd soon alter another one.of simiar type, named Jessie Erving, of the Coast Wrecking Com- pany, which also put out hawsers and tried to drag the vessel off. Quite unexpectedly, how: ever, aheavy sea struck her and carried her 300 feet farther up on the shoals. Late tast night the tug Reltef arrived from New York, having divers, hawsers and wrecking apparatus of all kinds on board. A little steamer from Philadelphia turned off from her regular course and made fast a hawser to the Nederland, but it was instantly snapped in twain, and no effort made to unite it, ‘This steamer was supposed to be the Rattlesnake, A TERRHIC PASEAGE. Captain James says that nis trip has been the | | | of the same Ime. roughest he has ever Known, and during the entire Voyage he has experienced severe head winds and fron seas. This afternoon, by the aid of field glasses, the ship was seen to move, but the movement did not appear to relieve her danger. The parties who re- turned last from the scene of the disaster state that several of the crew have sustained severe 1n- juries, and that there are two lady passengers on board, whose nameg they are not able to give. NO HOPE WITHOUT FAIR WEATHER, The safety of the abip depends entirely upon the elements, The wind is roaring furiously and the storm rages now more wildly than ever. The ves- sel being aground, is rolling very hard, and, noble a8 she is, with her three decks and four water-tight compartments, with her stanch iron decks and stout proportions, must surely go to ruin before morning unless some remarkable change occurs in the weather. There is no hope of her salvation if the wind remains high. She is lying on the shoals, which run seaward for five miles and which are just four miles from this. Two hundred feet from where the Nederland is Tolling, eight years ago the Cussandus, a steamer bound from Savannah to New York, met her fate, and the steamer Santiago de Cuba was stranded here with terrible ‘loss of life, Dur- ing the last year five colliers have been dashed to pieces om these shoals, and Captain Townsend says that there have been, within the recollection of parties still living, over 200 vessels wrecked at this precise point. SIGNALS OF DISTRESS EXPECTED, A very strange scene is being at this moment enacted on shore. Numerous men of sturdy build are moving along the beach, and down where the breakers are plunging and roaring flash many gleaming lanterns, A strong lifeboat is hauled up on the sand and the crew to man it are grouped about its sides, It isa wild night, terrific with its wind and rain, and nothing but a terrible anxiety could induce these men, rough ana seafaring though they are, to stand thus on the sand and face the elements, ‘hey are waiting for a signal of distress, for they believe such must come before daylight. In case arocket issent up, though this same boat was driven back to shore this morning, it will be once more launched and every effort made to render aid, PRISONERS ON BOARD. No one has come to-day irom the ship. It was as dangerous to venture from the Nederland to the share as to go from shore to the Nederiand, Cus- tom House oiticers, who went on board yesterday, are unable to get off, and there are now about the vessel over 100 human souls. Nothing but an actual miracle, it is averred, can save the Neder- land, for the storm and wind rages so furiously, Acrew has been made up to goto the wreck in the morning to convey to her Captain Morse, Port Captain of Philadelphia; Mr. Marshall, constructing engineer of the American Steamship and Red Star lines; Captains Merritt and Young, of New York, along with Captain Townsend, chief officer of the wreckers of this coast, all of whom were forced back to-day. The utmost anxiety is manifested, and all wait impa‘iently for daylight. The New York Agents and the Neder- land. On inquiry at the office of the steamship com- pany to whom the Nederland belongs, at No. 42 Broad strect, it was found that no advices had been received, up to a late hour, by the New York agent, Mr. George W. Colton. A public despatch, dated Philadelphia, which was received yesterday afternoon, stated that the Nederland was still in the same position and was making no water. ‘The wing was then northeast and stormy, with a high seaon at the time. James A. Wright is presi- denv of this company at Philadelphia, The Neder- land has a cargo valued at about $300,000, and it is insured in London, Philadelphia and New York. The cargo consisted chiefly of window glass, spiegeleisen (a sort of raw iron found in the mines of Rhenish Prussia) and grain. There were some passengers who came by the Nederland; but owing to the steamer Kine | put out of gear, she had to stop at Liverpool ant she then transferred her passengers to the Indiana, This company has ten steam- ships, four of wiich—the Nederland, Switzerland, Vaderland and Westerland—belong to the Flemish branch of the line. There is also chartered, to fill any vacancy, the steamship Cybele. ‘To the Amert- can branch of the line, which starts from Philadel- phia, there are attached six steamships, all of which are new—the Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kenilworth, Ab- botsford, Indiana and Illinois. ‘This last vessel had aslight difficulty with a couple of canal boats com- ing out of Philadelphia, but it is believed that she was not injured at all, as she went on her way rejoicing. The stock of this company. the Red Star line, is owned in four cities, ranklug as they are named—Philadelphia, Antwerp, Pittsburg and New York. The first trip made was by the Vaderland in January, 1873, to Europe. STEAMSHIP TACNA LOST. Nineteen Persons Drowned—Panic Among the Crew—“‘Running Away” with the Boat—Details of the Disaster. Panama advices to the HERALD, under date of April 2, report the occurrence of a fatal disaster by the loss of the steamer Tacna. The detail is given as follows, Loss of the Steamer Tacna. The most important news brought by the last steamer from Valparaiso relates to the loss of one of the coasting steamers of the Panama Steam Navigation Company, called the Tacna, Captain Hyde, His vessel left Valparaiso on the 13th ult., and, ‘when out to sea, began to keel over. WORKING FOR RELIEF, An attempt was made to throw the deck load overboard; but before anything effectual could be done the steamer upset, and, filling with water, -sunk in about five minutes, at four o'clock A. M., of the 14th ult, NINETEEN LIVES LOST. Nineteen persons were lost, all of whom, it is asserted, might have been saved but for a panic which seized the crew, and two men who ran away with the boat, Press Account of the Disaster. The Valparaiso and West Coast Mail gives the following account of the disaster :— On the evening of the preceding day the Pactfic Steam Navigation Company's steamer Tacna leit this port, on her customary voyage to Pan de Azucar and intermediate ports, with a general cargo and passengers, Nothing occurred during te night to cause any appreheusion on the part of anybody on board, nor until the following morn- ing ata quarter past four o'clock, when, as the steamer was being headed to the land, she sud- denly keeled over, and in about five minutes af- terwards filled and sunk. A TERRIBLE AWAKENING. At the time of the accident all the passengers and many of the crew were asleep. The captain, however, who had been called at four o'clock, agreeably to the instructions he had given on the previous night, was on deck, and he immediately took measures to right his ship, among others that of ordering the deck load, consisting of bales of hay, to be thrown overboard. Captain Hvde was ably seconded in his efforts by the officers of the ship, but not #0 by the crew, Who appear to have been panic stricken. COWARDLY CONDUCT AND ARREST OF THE COWARDS. Finding all efforts to right the vessel were of no avail, the order was given to lower the boats. The gig, in which the lady passengers were placed, Was swamped on being lowered, in consequence of the forward tackle becoming jammed, and ail, or nearly ail on board, perished. ‘Iwo of the crew got into the port dingy, and made for the shore, despite the cries for assistance of the drowning occupants of the gig. We are happy to say the cowardly fellows are in custody, and it is to be hoped their inhuman conduct will bring down upon themh the punishment it deserves. Captaim Hyde and several of the officers remained on board until the vessel sunk from under them, when they struck out, and alter being in the water for some time, supporting themselves by clinging to pieces of wreck, the saloon deck having been blown off by an explosion, caused probably wy the water rushing down the funnel, they were finally picked up by the other boats. Alter remaining upon the scene of the disaster until all hope of re- covering any more of the unfortunate passengers and crew was lost, the boata proceeded to Los Vilos, where the authorities and inhabitants vied with each in rendering all the assistance in their power to the unfortunate sufferers, THE DEAD. ' The total number of persons who have perished by this sad occurrence is nineteen, all of whom, it is asserted, might have been saved had it not been for the panic which seized upon a portion of the crew and the refusal of the two men who got pos- session of the dingy to render any assistance to the ‘Occupants of the gig. INQUIRY AS TO CAUSE, All kinds of rumors are afoat with respect to the cwuse of the accident; but, while many of the Teasons assigned are possible, tew of them are probable. ‘The cargo, according to the testimony of the Captain and first and second officers, was properly stowed, and the quantity in the hold was amply sumcient tu counteract the effect o1 the deck load, which latter was much less than on YORK HERALD. SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET. voyages, when the quantity of care rhe hold was cobalderably ess, A Naval Court of Inquiry, presided over by Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, 1 @ d 1D Investi- gating the Cause of tne accident. Captain Hyde and several of his oMicers have been examined, but, at the request of the Court, we have consented to hold over evidence until the conclusion of the inquiry. ILL-FATED STEAMERS. ‘The following is a list of the losses of transat- lantic steamers from the year 1841 to date:— it (Br.)—Left New York March 11, 1841, and was never heard from. Among her passengers were Tyrone Power, the comedian, and @ son of ba Duke of page ° LUMBIA (Br.)—Wrecked in a fog on the coast o' Nova Scotia, July 1, 1943, og GREAT BRITAIN (Br.)—Lost in @ storm on the coast of Ireland, tember 22, 1846, HELEN SLOMAN (Kr.)—Foundered in midocean, November, 1850; 9 lives lost, Sr. GEORGE (Br.)—Destroyed by fire at sea, De- cember 24, 1852; 51 lives lost. HUMBOLDT (Ger.)—Wrecked near Halifax, Decem- ber 5, 1853, Crry OF GLascow (Br.)—Never heard of after leaving Glasgow in spring of 1854; 480 Lives lost. FRANKLIN (Am.)—Wrecked of Moriches, L. L, july 17, ARcTIC (Am.)—Run down by French steamer ya xd Newloundland, September 27, 1854; 300 ves lot Ciry O¥ PAILADELPHIA (Br.)—Wrecked in 1854. Paciric (Am.)—Never heard from aiter leaving Livery January 23, 1856; 200 lives lost. Le Lyonnais (Fr.)—Oollided with ship Adriatic, off Nautucket, November 2, 1856; 120 lives lost, ‘Tempest (Br.)—Lost with all on board; never heard from ajter she left New York, February 26, 1857. New York (Br.)—Lost at sea, June, 1858. Ausreia (Ger.)—Burned in mud-ocean, Septem- ber 13, 1858; 470 lives lost. Argo (Br.)—Wrecked in a fog on the coast of Newioundiand, June 28, 1859, InpvIAN_ (Br.)—Wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia, November 21, 1860; 27 lives lost. HUNGARIAN (Br.)—Wrecked off Nova Scotia, Feb- Tuary 20, 1860; 205 lives lost. CoNNAUGHT (Br.)—Burned off the coast of Mas- sacuusetts, October 7, 1:60, CANADIAN (Br.)—Wrecked by sunken ice in the Straits of Belleisie, June 4, 1861; 35 lives lost. NorTu BRrron (br.)—Wrecked during a storm on Paraquet Island, November 5, 1861, NORWEGIAN (Br.)—Wrecked on St. Paul’s Island, June 14, 1863. ANGLO-Saxon (Br.)—Wrecked off Cape Race, April 27, 1863; 237 lives lost. EORGIA (Br.)—Lost on Sable Island, ina fog, August 4, 1 BOHEMIAN (Br.)—Wrecked off Cape Elizabeth, February 22, 1864; 20 lives lost. Ciry OF New Yor« (Br.)—Wrecked on Daunt’s Rock, Queenstown, March 29, 1864. JuRa (Br.)—Wrecked off Liverpool, November 3, 1864, Iowa (Br.)—Wreckea off Cherbourg, December ), 18 GLascow (Br.)—Burned off Nantucket, July 31, 1865. SCOTLAND (Br.)—Collided with ship Kate Dyer, Sandy Hook, December 1, 1866; 13 of tne Kate Dyer’s crew lost. HIBERNIA (Br.)—Foundered off Irish coast, No- vember 29, 1868; 50 lives lost, Unirep Kinapou (Br.) —Left New York, April 17, 1869; never heard from; 80 lives lost. GERMANIA (Ger.)—Lost in a fog on the coast of Newfoundland, August 7, 1869, CLEOPATRA (Br.)—Lost in a fog off coast of New- foundland, August 8, 1869. Oiry oF Boston (Br.)—Leit New York, January 25, 1870: called at Halifax and was never aiter- ward heard irom; about 160 lives lost, CAMBRIA (Br.)—Wrecked on Irish coast, October 19, 1870; 190 lives lost. ACIAN (Br.)—Wrecked near Halifax, April 9, 1872, TRIPOLI (grep aro On coast of Ireland, May 17, 187: RITANNIA (Br.)—Wrecked in Frith of Clyde, January 27, 1873. ATLANTIC (Br.)—\Wrecked on Marr’s Rock, N. 8., April 1, 1873; 562 lives lost. City OF rieetnetes (Pt) 2 Weekes on coast of Nova Scotia, July 7, 1973 IsMALIA eter.) Lett New York ‘September 29, 1873; never heard from. Missovrt (Br.)—Wrecked on the Bahamas, Oc- tober 1, 1873, VILLE Du Havre (Fr.)—Foundered at sea, De- cember, 1873; collided with Britisn ship Loch Karn, latitude 47 deg. north, longitude 35 deg. west; 226 lives lost. ScaNnpDERIA (Br.)—Salled from New York, October, 1872: never heard irom. . ANNA (Nor.)—Leit New York, February, 1673; yet unheard from. Eorore (Fr. latitude 48 deg, 3 min., north, longitude 30 deg. 40 min., west. AMERIQUE (Fr.)—Foundered eighty miles from Brest, April 14, 1874; one life lost. NEDERLAND (Belg.)—Stranded on Brigantine Shoals, April 16, 1874, ‘Total, 49 Of these there were:—British, 3 French, 4; American, 3; German, 3; Norwegian, Beigian, 1. LEAK ALARMS ABOARD SHIP. To THE Eprror OF THE HERALD:— HERALD tnat the oMcers of the Europe were un- able to find out where the leak in the vessel started. Why do the ocean steamship owners not make the safety ot a voyage doubly assured? A shipowner of Havre, Fra was led, by the many accidents which were occur- ring from the entrance of water into ships’ holds not being discovered until the pumps were of no indicating at alitimes by an alarm the rise of water in the hold. ‘he principal of tae apparatus bell provided with @ rachet and detent arrange- ment and counter weight, which im thelr normal condition maintain the apparatus in equiliorium; but as soon as #& rises by the ascent of water in the hold of the vessel the equilibrium is destroyed, and the ratchet which prevented the movement of the striking apparatus being withdrawn, the alarm 1s set ip motion. The only condition aeces- sary to the Working of this indicator is the weight. which the winding up of tne weight which gives motion to the striking machinery. CHEAP TRANSIT. The Citizens’ Executive Committee of West- chester county has forwardéd a petition to the Legislature, in which is embodied the following “facts and figures.’ They are interesting as show- ing how New Jersey and Connecticut are growing to the detriment of New York :— THE L088 OF POPULATION. Our examination of the census returns shows that for fifty years prior to 186) the increase of population was almost uniform and at the rate of twenty-eight per cent, ‘Atthat date (1860) buildings had extended so tar north ward that it could no longer be continued to find te ants who could reside there and do business to adva: tage. Bit result was that the increase rapidly fell off, not- withstanding all the enticements of parks, drives and improve ments, sd that the next ten yéars the in- 8 but thirteen three-quarters per.cent, instead ‘per cent, as it should have been, Had the average gain continued since 1860, the same as before, the population should have been, in 1886. 1.042,247—Was 726,90), Actual loss........315,317 1870. 34,074—Wwas 926,341. “Actual loss. .......407, 732 We have thus sustained a loss at the prevent moment of 407,732 or nearly fifty per cent of our total number of inhabitants. ‘yhe following table shows where they have gone :— ‘ounty. r Increase, ‘Kate, New York «515,547 836, \704 80 per cent, ings 832 480,202 181410 130 per cent. 82 18M 283 74105 12714 per cent, Hudson, N. J. 2L822 128,175 115,543 47733 per cent. Should this average Increase of our population continue for the next ten yi during the previous filty, lows = gajn and Loss will be as tol- . Shdutd 1 ins. 1,808,613" 1875... 1380: 1.056, 2180,023 1, 128.975 We thus find that our present loss is nearly fifty per cent of our present populati ve years hence it will be nearly ninety, and ten years hence It will @acced 110 per cent. STARTLING FIGURES AND FACTS. The Harlem Railroad made last year $2,900,000 on a capital of $8,000, d_ made net profit of $150,000 on horse road trom the City Hall to Forty-second street, Grand Central depot. They made thirty-five per cent in the year, and their rate of charges is much higher than any other railroad running out of New York city. the New Haven Railroad reduced its fares nearly thirty per cent last year, and have taken in more for commuta- tion this year than they did last. This accounts tor the growth of the viliages along the route of the New Haven road to Bridgeport and the lack of growth of the wes along the line of the Harlem, much nearer to the City Hall. On the New a Bridgeport, twenty vears ago, had ty but 5,000 inhabita: it has now over 20,00, Stamfora and Norwalk haa but 2,040 to 800 each tow have from 600 to 10,10; Rye had ‘000 inhabitants, now It has 8,000—and looking across the | Hudson River into the State of New Jersey, we find that portion of that State lying Brunswick and the city of New York ig at our serious loss and detriment) over nearly 0) | per cent—during {he last twenty years. The ‘ing and — beautiful ty of | tlizabeth, miles from New York Git Hall, with of nearly about inhabitants, a day passing through and stoppi anual cost of transportation per passenger and occupying in time to go there trom the City Hall but iity-five minutes. Is it to be wondered at, therefore, that these places outside of our State grow and tlourish, while our owa Ddemutitul villages are languishing and decayingt ‘This commitvee ask and urge the Joint Kailroad Cem- mittee to forthwith report Senator Gross’ bill to the two houses, so that it may be considered by the legislative wisdom in Committee of the Whole; we being well satisfied that upon such consideration, ifthere be a tair and full discussion of the bill in all its parts, and no sinister or other appliances used to defeat its pass ts legislative enactment will be insured beyond pet ture. We feel the bill ts so eminently Ba and i demanded by every principle of rig! py ely We cannot doubt the vote of ever: legislator in its tavor atter ite provisions are disc and understood. The committee respectfully ask that the Harlem Rail. road Company, in its management, may be controlled the fad pntiedone and provimons now affecting the ntral an Hudson River raiiroads—as to passenger fares and freights, and the New York city le) irom the City Halt ap’ to Forty-second street—and that the Harlem Rail Company may be compeiled, by whole- some legis! oieere “} hereafter in their own benefit, improv- fiitecn fo afford the facilities and accommodations tor travel, now so benepoen| ly furnished bv the railroads of our sister Btate of New Jersey. Abandoned at sea, April 3, 1874, | Ihave noticed by the accounts published in the | apply all the modern improvements that goto | » @ few years ago, | avail, to design an apparatus for the purpose of | 1g that of a float in communication wita an alarm | Sf | God. rs ag during the last ten, instead of | Lose. TL G07 | THE STATE CAPITAL. ALBANY, April 17, 1874. ‘The proceedings of last evening in the debate on Eastman’s Rapid Transit dill, are not encouraging to the friends of rapid transit. True, the bill went toa third reading by @ majority of one, but this was more of @ temporary concession to the force of public opinion than any genuine intention to give the people of New York @ plan of rapid tran- sit, When the bill comes up for final passage it Will have to meet the concentrated lobby influence of all the railroads of New York. If there were any sincere purpose in ¢he Assembly to give the bill even a fair hearing, no such Irivolous amendments as were offered Would have been tolerated, least of all approved. Had they meant to treat the bill honestly they would have tried to perfect it in every way. In place of this such amendments were offered as to make the act take effect in the year 1,900, and prohibiting any- body from riding iree on the road except members ot the Legislature and other similar suggestions to turn the bill into ridicule and to heip to kill it effec- tuaily. THE PLAIN ASPECT OF CORRUPTION was never more clearly seen this session than im the manner this measure was treated, Conced- ing the bill was @ bad one, that tt granted too mueh discretio! power to the five commission- ers, it was the business of these people in the Assembly todo their best to nprove and make it perfect. From the start the intention was clear to defeat the bill by any andal! means, and had it been on its final passage this would certainly have been accomplished. The Third avenue, New York and Harlem and Westchester rapid transit bills were moved to a third reading this evening, on motion of Mr. Spencer; but, on the protest of Messrs, Eastman aud Wachner, that many members of the New York delegation were absent, the motion was with- drawn, and another substituted to make all three bills a special order for next Tuesday morning, THE BEACH PNEUMATIC BORE Was latd aside owing to the absence of several New York members, EXPENSES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW YORK. In the Senate the bill to make further provisions for the payment of the expenses of the government of the city of New York was Javorably reported. ‘THR SUPPLY BILL took up the rest of the evening, bringing the work down to aimost the last fewpages. Another day Should dispose of the bill. THE GILBERT ELEVATED ROAD, Should the Eastman bill tall through on its final passage there is only one other plan of rapid transit | left worth @ single word of notice, and that is the Gilbert elevated road. When the Assembly comes to vote upon it no such excuse can be given as in the debate last night—tnat it is a vague and intangible scheme, ts route was located by aneminent commisston, including Governor Dix | &8 One Of its memoers, and the Governor does not hesitate to say tuatit is the best solution of the | bey pee of rapid transit that has yet been levied. ‘rhe bill was favorably reported to the Assembly. Coughlin’s bill for making a street cleaning bu- Teau out of the venerable Havemeyer bas at last been introduced. A rule was adopted in the Assembly this morn- ing that no speeches for the remainder of the ses- sion shall exceed five minutes. This means ‘red- hot’? business, THE GREATEST STEAL OF THE SESSION passed the Assembly to-day, called the Canal Sup- ply bill, which levies a tax on the peopie of the State of seven-eighths of a mill to raise nearly $2,000,000 for the benefit | of the Canal Commissioners and their mends. Of course the money ts supposed to go to repairs and improvements, &c.; but Alberger, the chairman of the Canal Committee, and his coadju- tor Tom Alvord, know better. One sumot money 18 appropriated to build a swings bridge over a canal whici is to be closed up soon; another is to construct @ bridge across acanal for the accommo- dation of @ race course, Seven hundred thousand dollars are to be spent pulling down the banks of the Erie Canal and putting them up again, and the whole bill is rotten with jobs. The Senate may be depended on to overhaul it. IN THE SENATE, The bill authorizing the issuing of bonds by the Industrial Exhibition Company passed the Senate. Bpecr's “travelling sidewalk” was reported favor- ably. BEECHER'S FRIDAY NIGHT TALK, | One Pecullarity in Christ’s Life—The Way to Pray. Despite the rain that fell rather freely last even- | ing, the Plymouth chureh lecture room was wel, | filled, After the customary exercises, Mr. Beecher said that “Christ was not only a Jew but a peas- | ant; he was born of parents in the low- | est walks of life and he never took any | pains to get out of that class, was pressed on him by the lures of ambition he al- most indignantly rejected 1t, and it Was tne absolute | refusal of Christ to leave the common people, that | marked the dividing line between tue extreme popularity, and the last few months of his life, when it waned, Wuen tiey Wanted to make him King he commanded his disciples to come away, and went in the simp to the | other side. It was that renunciation, that keeping himself close to the bosom of the | common people that gave the most affront and | separated him trom the Galilean peopie. There in Galilee he was not the priest, the prophet ; it was not by virtue of scribes’ authority he taught; he had something to say and he said tt, and that is ordination enough for anybody. Christ minis- tered to the rich and poor alike, and it He was cailed to feast wit! the riche man He went, so that. the people said He is @ glutton, he is a wine bibber. Not that it was so, bat it shows that he went into high places, the same as the law. personality. “I am youand ye are we’ was the essential quality of His teacuings. He might have set up in Capernaum or Jerusalem as the mighty | priest and teacher, and said, “Now all who want to come to me, come.” all the cities and towns round about and searched them out. When He went to Jerusalem the last | forty days of his lite, you observe, he was not | quartered with the high officials, He had only one public reception. He came in on one side of the aiter went out at the other to the cry of “ORUCIFY HIM!"? He lived a large lie, than we know of. Where did He go and what did | He do day after day’ Do you suppose when He | visited families that He sat upstraignt and made No. 1 believe if children bad toys in those days He mended them for them, ‘So, then, all His life has this peculiarity, that in- stead of putting Himself in power, instead of say- ing, “Iam the priest, ye are the people; instead of making the distinction between the PRIEST AND THE. PEOPLE as great as possibile he obliterated it. | | ‘Then the scene of His passionate trial, His cruci- | fixion and slumber in tne grave and His resurrec- | tion, Now why, alter His resurrection, did He not | go at once to heaven? Because it would have been likely to have seemed to the apostles, “Well, this | Man lived among us once, but He is dead now and will be our God afar of.” But, as | it were, to meet this, He walked again on | earth; He journeyed with them, and after he | went through” His masterly passion He tarried | with them to show the clinging to individuals, | and, that impression being made, He ascended to | heaven and is our God and our Saviour forever, | Now, I'want to call attention to the way you treat 1 don’t believe you have a friend on earth you would treat in the majestic way you treat | God. I know some of the old members here have | got into the familiar way, but | know whep a stra, comes in he says, “Oh- 0-0-0 | almighty, omnipresent God.” Now, who | could come to such a God? We seem to | add to those peculiarities that drive away, I had the pleasure of receiving Judge Daly at my house to-day. I opened the door, and said, ‘How do you | do, Judge. You have taken a wet day to call on | me,’ and I.seated him in my best big chair, and we had @ sociable that. Now, If I were to go into | the court how could 1 approach him so ; lamtliarly? I should say, “May it please Your | Honor,” and the moment 1 began putting | on the adjectives 1 should feel the separation. Now, We take that idea that springs from homan weakness, apply if to God and try to make Him | 80 good and so grand that we cannot approach | Him. He says the Son of man came to serve, not to be served; to minister, not to be ministered to; | He came to be the slave of love. That is the tui | interpretation; and we forget all that, and we treat God ag if He were anything else tian the DEAR, LOVING SAVIOUR, Now, you can’t pray with any sort of comfort that | Way. In the household tuere are so many little | things—the responsive glance of the eye—little things done and forgotten in a moment, things so significant in the interchange of family affection! Substitute jor that the kind of love you show to God. Suppose you should say ina family, “Come, the child should say, “Papa, does it please thee to let me wait a while?” I would break all that up, l-want the natural love and confidence and family trust that nothing can take away. We go to God, get- ting a snuftie freyuently, and begin ina ialsetto voice to pray. Do you wonder that your prayers are not answered? Do we bring the Savioar in the household? I can’t but feel that we know Christ most when we love Him most. Here Mr. Beecher gave a space for remarks, and @ brother asked if Mr. Beecher did not think that when God was leading the children of Israel in the wilderness he revealed himself tn majesty and ‘eat power. Mr. Beecher said:—“When the [srae- ites came out of Egypt they came out of a laud where bag worshipped monkeys tor gods, It was time they had an idea of soinething else. 1t was necessary to spiritualize men’s ideas and lilt men’s thoughts ont of the regular routine; it was necessary to impress them With the Jdea that He was neither crocodile nor monkey, but the Goa of the whole earth. Another satd that he believed it right to make a distinction in praying to God the | Father and the Son, Mr. Beecher said he did not think that when anyone prdyed to tne Father the Son got mad. He thought prayers were like well directed letters—no ma wi box they were put ee ail weut to the General vost OMce. H said that he had learned to |g Jesus and should always do so; and, said he, when I die, if lind itis * ain to forever. pray to Christ | am damned and when it | | 18 @ meaning in that. Notice, in all his ministerings | It was not with the sense of | But instead, He went into | | city to the cries ot “fosanna!”? and a few days | There was much more of it | | them afraid of Him? Were the children afraid? | my children, and see your venerable parent,” and | 8 | THE COUNTRY’S CREDIT. New York Anti-Inflationists Before the President. PRESENTATION OF THEIR PETITION, Reply of General Grant on the Finance Measure of Congress. The Country’s Credit—Introduction. The diplomatic courtesy with which the Presi- dent complimented the gentiemen representing the New York capitalists, who called upon him to- day to present their views asto his signing the Senate bill arranging the finances has veen tho leading subject of conversation among Senators and members of Congress. Just alter the com- mittee arrived at the White House this morning General Butler called and was receivea at once by the President, He remained with him nearly an hour, after which the President received the committee, wio had been patiently waiting, heard their speeches, and left them, finally, ina “Scotch mist.” As a matter of general in- formation to the whole country, if may here be properly stated, as regards this and other mat- ters in which the President's final decision is de- sired to be known, that one who has had the most’ intimate official and personal relations with him for twelve years past some time ago remarked, “We never know a half hour before it becomes a fact what the President is going to do. on any question.” It is asserted here to-night that the President was not especially gracious to the committee, and they went away rather an- noyed, Notwithstanding this, it is not disputed that their mission will have some effect. The committce calling upon the President were Messrs. A. A. Low, John T. Johnson, F. 8, Winston, Professor Stanton Biake, Cyrus W. Field, Dwight Townsend, 8. B. Chittenden, D, F. Hawley, John C. Green and others of New York, representing the leading bankers, capitalists and merchants, with- out regard to the political opinions of that city. There were present besides these gentle- men, as mere auditors, Senators Logan, Carpenter and Ferry, of Michigan, and Representative Pot- ter, of New York. Mr. Field, addressing the Prest- dent, said he had the honor of presenting to bint & petition, signed by over 2,500 bankers, capitalists and merchants, urging him to veto the Senate Finance bill, or any other bill that may be passed by Congress tending to inflate the national cur- rency. The President having received the petition, Mr A. A, Low addressed bim as follows :— THE PRESIDENT’S PLEDGES. Mr. PRESIDENT—The Committee, for whom I have the honor to speak, have been appointed to visit Washington for the purpose of placing in your hands a letter which has been signed by 2,500 and more ot their fellow citizens of New York, asking the interposition of your veto in order to avert what they regard as a most disastrous biow to the credit of the country. By memorial and by peti- tion, by public meetings and by.all the means in their power they have endeavored to impress upon Senators and Representatives the importance ot sacredly respecting the promises and pledges which have been given before the eyes of the whole civilized world, but ail their efforts have been in vain, and now, as a last act of duty to themselves and to those whom they represent, im the indulgence of the only hope that remains to them, they make their appeal to the President; and we are pe: mitted to say Uthat they make this appeal with the greater confidence because it has | been encouraged by the language of your | repeated Messages to Congress, and because }as they believe the solemn pledge to which | they would more ee refer was the first | act of Congress which received your signature as | President oi the United States, Your petitioners | do not appear belore you as merchants, as finan- | clers, a8 political economists, but as citizens of | the United States, asking omly that the honor of the nation, which was so nobly saved by the armies of the Union under your distinguished lead, | may not be lost cr imperiiied by unwise legisla tion, receiving the sanction of your high office. THE COUNTRY ASKS TO BE SAVED, Mr. S. B. Chittenden then addressed the Presl- | dent as follows :— ‘The people we represent are reasonably alarmed | for the Wellare aud honor of the country. ‘the merchants and bankers of New York have never been and can never be parttes to sectional issues, They realize that unless the whole conntry prosper | they cannot prosper but we must warn the | people of the West and South that unless | capital is promptly assured of a gradual recovery of the pubic credit the contraction in those sec- | ttons will be more sertous than would result from } the withdrawal of the entire le; tenaer issue. The truth js becoming plainer and plainer every day that the country ta irightfully demoralized. We need an example of firm and stern fidelity from the Executive. We want something to recall the virtues of Wash- ington apd Lincoin—something to enforce their teachings and warnings. Tne poor, more than the rich, the honest of all parties, but most | espectally the honest mass of the great re- ee party, look to you, their chief | leader, to save your country again. Thig is n | battle of blood and battalions. Your present Cg has not @ concealed weapon or device with whic to overwhelm you in case of mischance. Your | Simple words of power, honestly and frankly spoken, will rally tl people of the country, and set back the strong tide of folly and | corruption which is driving us towards the abyss of repudiation. The honest, intelligent,, | people of this country, men and women, look to | you; they appeal to you to stand unfinchingly tor the faithiul keeping of your own and the nation’s romises. No evil ruler in thia world has ever | been called to confront and beat back such a torrent of VICIOUS AND IMBECILE FINANCIAL LEGISLATION, as you are called to meet to-day. ‘The welfare of | your country depends upon the measure of your courage in this supreme exigency, | Mr. Field then presented by request a letter of | Edward S, Jadray, of New York, addressed to the | President on the financial subject. THE PRESIDENT’S RESPONSE. The President in reply said that he had watched the progress of this bill through Congress with more interest than he bad any other measure | before that body since he had been President. He | had at all times been entirely free in the exprea- | sion of his views, and was always opposed to ex- pansion without redemption, and in favor of free bahking, accompanied with sach legislation as would carry out the pledges of Congress and the | party In the direction of @ resumption of specie Payments. But he had to look at this mattera little differently from the views of this committee. | They snow very well what they want, and may | imagine, as he might were he a citizen of New | York, that the whole country want what they do. | The chairman of a similar committee from Beston | called on him yesterday. If he ever could be in | favor of inflation it would be from the effects of | such arguments as that gentleman advanced | against it. But that position was unlike the one ; of this committee irom New York. THE GENTLEMAN FROM BOSTON, in behalf of those whom he represented, started ous with @ condemnation of what he (the Prest- dent) had always believed to be right, speaking as if he were wrong. They opposed the pur- | chase of United States bonds with @ sur- plus from the United States Treasury, and if he had acted as the Boston committee wanted him to do he would have kept such surplus in the Treasury until there was not a greenback in cireu- | lation, nese bonds were purchased at bis own direction. Another argument was used in the Boston memorial that the issue of greenbacks was of doubtful legality and was to be deplored, and | had been sustained by abare majority of one in the Supreme Court as a war measure. Jn conclu- sion the President repeated that his views on the question were already known as against inflation and as opposed to breaking away from the redemp- tion of pledges. The members composing the committee were then severally introduced to the President, and without lurther proceedings the interview termi- nated, THE CABINET AND THE INFLATION BILL. ‘The Cabinet was a longer time in session to-day than it has been for several months past. All the members were present, The resident related to the Cabinet the particulars of the interview to-day between himselt and the New York commitcee, In this connection the Senate Finance bill was discussed, the President explaining his views at leugth, but what they were cannot be ascer- tained, as Cabines members declined to converse on the subject. It is the oelief generally that the President will approve the bill, although there is nothing dpanite on which to base such an opinion,