The New York Herald Newspaper, April 20, 1874, Page 7

MME AMBRIQUE SAVGD) [Ea x0 sora anmzca The Great Castaway Towed Into Plymouth Harbor. STORY OF THE SALVORS. | She Is in Good Condition, Hull and Cargo. Captain Rousseau’s Reasons for Abandonment. Prymovrs, April 19, 1874. The derelict French steamship Amérique ‘was towed into this harbor yesterday by the | steamers Spray, from Newport for Gibraltar, and F. T. Barry, from Panama. BEPORT OF THE CAPTAIN OF THE SPiAY. The Captain of the Spray reports that he “encountered the Amérique on the 15th inst., in latitude 47 deg. 40 min, drifting in the ‘trough of the sea. On being boarded she was | found to be abandoned, with six or eight feet | sof water in her engine room, stokehole and | ‘bunkers. ‘The other compartments of the | eteamer were dry. Her spars and steering | @ear were intact. «The Spray immediately took her in tow, and “was afterwards assisted by the steamer I, T. CONDITION OF THE VESSEL ON The pumps on the Amérique were set at | ‘work, and when she arrived in Plymouth Har- fhor yesterday the water in the engine compart- anent had gained only two feet. The pumping 4 still going on. The ship's chronometers and the baggage | HER ARRIVAL, ett by her passengers have been saved, and | it is expected that a large portion, if not all her cargo, will also be preserved. Captain Rousseau’s Report of the Dixas- ter—Council Previous to the Abandon. ment. Lonpon, April 19, 1874. Captain Rousseau, of the Amérique, in his official report of the disaster, states that the steamer sprung aleak in the gale on the 13th. | Despite all cfforts the water continued to gain and extinguished the furnace fires one after the other. SINKING AND ABANDONED. The next day, when the danger of sinking ‘became evident, a consultation of officers was held, and it was decided to abandon the ship | gmmedintely. ‘The Amerique Free of Water—A Shifting Cargo Righted. Puymovurs, April 20—5 A. M. The French steamer Amérique is now free | of water. When she was first boarded dy the Spray her cargo had shifted and she | eareened badly, but she was afterwards righted. sSNGLAND. Dead Miners Consigned to the Grave. Lonpon, Ap@l 19, 1874. The miners killed by the explosion at Dunkin- field were buried to-day. ‘tended by 10,000 persons. SPAIN. The funeral was at- | General Saballs’ Escape from His Guards. BAYONNE, April 19, 1874, The Carlist General Sabills and all his staff “were recently captured by the republican troops mear Vich, but Sabualis, with some of his oficers, subsequently escaped and crossed the /rontier into France. THF ARMY OF THE NORTH REINFORCED, The army in the North has been heavily rein- | forced. It now numbers 40,000 men and has 70 pieces of artillery. GERMANY. | Condemuation of Another Catholic Bishop. BERLIN, April 19, 1874, A German tribunal at Savern has condemned in contumaciamm and imposed a heavy fine on the Bishop of Naucy jor his charge to the clergy issued ast Suly. SWITZERLAND. The Repu¢lican Constitution To Be Revised. BERNE, April 19, 1874, Partial returns indicate that -the pilcbiscite | ‘taken on the revision of the tederal constitution | hhas resulted in a majority of over 100,000 votes in favor of revision. SOUTH AMERICA. Republican Governmental Rupture—The Bishop of Pernambuco Still in Prison. Lisson, April 19, 1874, ‘The mail steamer from Rio Janeiro has arrived ‘With the following intelligence :— A rupture had occurred between the Argentine | Republic and the government of Montevideo be- cause President Sarmiento had arbitrarily closed the River Uruguay against vessels from Oriental Ports. It was noped, however, that a settlement ‘Of the dimcuity would be effected. THE YRELATE OF PERNAMBUCO STILL IN PRISON. ~ The sentence of the Biahop of Pernambuco had ‘een commuted to simple imprisonment, The re- port which was current in Paris recently that the Hishop tad yeen pardoned is nov confirmed, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ‘The Pensacola Ordered to San Francisco. Lima, Peru, March 27, 1874. ‘The United States steamer Omaba, Commander Mayo, arrived in Callao on the 25th Inst., bearing orders for the Pensacola, Admiral Almy's flagship, to speedily i’pait to Sam Francisco, A transfer of captains wilt ve ade, itis said, Captain Hughes pag he P agen y 3 rd assuming the command All well on Woard of both veasels, a a) a Arrival of the Wyoming at Washington— N sane Seamen Aboard. WASHINGTON, April 19, 1874. ‘The United States steamer Wyoming arrived here on Friday night from Key West and was towed to the Navy Yard this morning, She will got of commission this week and undergo ex- naive repairs belore again ordered to service. She brougnt from the fleet nine insane men, Who | ‘Wil be seul (o the government asylum. \ | the age of eighty-five years. | tents, arrested him. The Nicaragua Sarvey Commissioners at Panama for Washington—Colombian Troops Driven Back by Indians—Peace and Constitutionalism—Guano Dis- coveries—Diplomatie Didiculti: PANAMA, April 8, 1874. The United Ststes Commissioners having finished their inspection of the Nicaragua route (or a ship canal arrived in this port on the 4th inst., and on the 6th took passage on board of the United States steamship Saranac for Darien, Mr. Maximillan Sonnenstern, the Civil Engineer of the Nicaraguan gov- ernment, accompanies the Commissioners, and will finally proceed with them to Washington as special agent from his government. PRESIDENTIAL INSTALLATION, ‘The new President of Colombia, Sefior Santiago | Peres, has taken his seat and it is reported that his Ministry is constituted as follows:—Dr. Aquiles Parra, Secretary of Finance; Dr. Pabto Arose- mena, of the Interior and Foreign Relations; Mr. Mignel Camacho Roedan, of the Treasury and National Credit, and Sehor Venanico Ruedo, of | Boyaca, Secretary of War, INDIANS ON THE WARPATH, The government here has just been informed that the State troops sent up the Bayano River to punish the Indians und open up the Cancho forests have been driven back with loss of killed and wounded. The Indians attacked the expedi- tion three Limes, and would listen to no overtures for peace, Central America. The States of Central America continue in pewce. General Barrios, President of Guatemala, 18 actively engaged in making personal visits throughout the country in order wo judge of the rejorms that may be necessary. In Honduras & constitutional President is tn the course of being ter Ex-President Arius and bis Minister are stil Kept prisones in Gunayagua. ‘The seat of government in Nicaragua was to be removed from Managua to Leon on the 26un ult. Hon, E. Corbett, ter Britannic Majesty's resident Min! rim Oentral America, had leit for England, leaving Mr, Henry Scholiield as Chargé d’Aifaires. ‘The news from Peru is to the 27th ult, All doubts about the new discovery of guano had been set at rest. The commiss.on of engineers sent to state the truth about tae new deposits say there are at least 8,000,000 tons of guano as good as that of the Chinchas or the Ma- cabi Isiands, This wonderiu! weaitn lies to the north of the River Loa, which divides Peru from Bolivia, Tue officers of Her Britaunic Majesty's ship Fetrel, who examined the matter for them- | selves, confirm the view taken by the Peruvian Commission, Chili, The fact that the Argentine Republic had re- voked the exequatur of the Chillan Consul at Mendoza was considered by the press of Chili as | having beeu done in a very uniriendiy way. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Sir Lambton Loraine has gone to Washington, Commander E. P, Luli, United States Navy, is at the Windsor Hotel. Anna Dickinson’s physician oas ordered her abroad in search of health. Judge Thomas J. Judge is urged for Judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama, tn Jamestown, Va., they have a minister with the suggestive name of Hugaot. It 18 rumored that Senator Schurz intends to move from St. Louis to this city, Udderzook, the Pennsylvania murderer, sanguine of securing a new trial. Captain Thomas H. Handbury, of West Point, has quarters at the Windsor Hotel. feels Paymaster H. T. Skelding, United States Navy, | 4s quartered at the Hoffman House, The New Orleans Times advises one of their Uni - ted States Senators to “Go, West!’ Mr. Jex Blake is the new head master of the celebrated Rugby School of England, Mr. Rumrili 1s an Ohio editor, and, strange to Say, the crusaders have not yet attacked him, KR. B, Angus, Manager of the Bank of Montreal, is temporarily residing at the Windsor Hotel, Henry Ward Beecher has promised to attend the Press Convention, at Sirm.ngham, Ala, on the 19th of May. Apartments in Windsor Palace are being entirely refurnished tor the use of the Czar during his visit next month. Sir Antonio Brady, of London, who arrived here in the steamsiip China yesterday, i at the Metro. politau Hotel. The Pope's physician, Dr. Viale, lately died, at The Pontiff ts said to feel his loss very acutely. A Colquitt (Ga.) minister having become a father . the thirty-second time, a local paper suggests that the boy be named “Call Quitt.”” NEW YORK CITY. Yesterday morning a Mr. May, who had been accidentally injured some days ago, died in the Park Hospital, Coroner Kicknotf wil hold an im- quest. Ue: Secretary Richardson has ordered the saleof the revenue steamer McCulloch, with her equip- ments, to take place on Tuesday, April 26, at the | government wharf, Staten Island. Tne vessel was buiit in Baltimore in 1886, 1s 600 tons burden, with ee of 179 leet and breadth of beam 28 feet 6 inches. Coroner Eickhoif was yesterday called to the Tombs to hold an inquest on the body of John Morrison, thirty-three years of age, who died there early in the morning. He wascommitted on Saturday by Justice Sherwood on a charge of in- sanity, Mr. Morrison is said to have lived in Eighteenta street. The Samana Bay Company having tailed to pay the interest on its mortgage to Paul N. Spofford, Gardiner S. Spofford, and Clinton Hunter, the above mortgages, by virtue of the power of sale vested in thei, will sell the steamship Tybee, together with the engines, machinery and other necessaries be!onging to ner, at auction, on Mon- day, April 27, to satisfy tne indebtedness, The Commissioner of Public Works contemplates @ reduction of the force employed in laying Croton Pipes in various parts of the city, as he intends to concentrate the energies of the department and use the inexpended balance of the fund for laying Croton mains in the completion of the four foot main now being jaid on the west side. with a view to Turtner increasing the water supply in the lower part of the city, and in the completion of the twenty-inch main from the high service reservoir | at High Bridge to Yorkville and Murray Hill, to deliver Croton water in these districts at a higher elevation, About 800 men will be discharged. James Mullins was arrested yesterday by Detect- ive Henderson, of the Fifteenth precinct police, and lockea up at the station house, charged with stealing a quantity of cigars from the premises of W. H. Lohmyer, of No. 217 Sixth street. Tne officer noticed the man carrying a bag on his shoulders through Bleecker street at three o'clock in the morning, and, not being satisfied with his expla- nation of how he came into possession of the con- from the station house by Sergeant Murray, in- quiring of all the other precincts whether any house had been robbed of cigars. The answer was returned, “From vhe Seventeenth,’ and the rob- bery was discovered. . BBAL ESTATE, The past week has been one of extreme dul- ness in real estate. In fact nothing is doing, owing to the uncertainty growing out of the Mnancial situation and the possibilities of Con+ gressional legislation, Rents reflect this condition of things, and engagements are mostly made on conference between the cerns landlord and tenant, and largely for this year only, the expecta- tion being that next year, with revival of business there will be @ better opportunity for higher rents. The season is airendy 80 far ad. vanced that but little can be expected this year of city property, the usual period of suburvan sales being close at hand. One thing is certain, how: ever, and assuring to holders of New York realty, that, if able to hold on to their property, they are in sooner or later Of a full return for their in- ACTUAL OREMATION, PHILADELPHIA, April 19, 1874, A Sunfay paper to-day contains a long account ofa cremation case to this city. A physician, whose son died on Tuesday, erected a furnace in the cellar of pis uquse and reduced the body to exhes, A general alarm was sent out | ANARCHY IN ARKANSAS, | | The Excitement at Little Rock Unabated. pe Oe CAPTURE OF THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE, | Baxter’s Lines Broken by the Government Troops. REINFORCEMENTS. REPEATED The President Appealed To by i the Deposed Governor. i LittL& Rock, Ark., April 19, 1874, | The telegraph ofMice was opened to the public at ten o’clock this morning by United States troops, | under the command of Colonel Rose, relieving | Governor Baxter's men. It was at the time in the | possession of seventeen guards, Colonel Rose | marched up with three soldiers. The officer in | charge rejused to surrender, but Colonel Rose } threatened to fire upon them, and his resolution thereupon changed. He surrendered uncondi- tionally to the reguiars, About thirty of Uncle Sam's boys are now there, with arms stacked, BOTH SIDES REINFORCED, Both sides in the civil contest are receiving re- ; Intorcements dauy and hourly, and many of Gov- | ernor Baxter’s adherents say, wiidly, that when | they have a torce strong enough and are in readi- | ness the force of the United States will not deter | them from attacking the opposing party. Tne streets are (uli of people watching the movements | Of the three iorces. Men are working steadily at | the State House perfecting the arrangements for | detence, | BAXTER APPEALS TO THE PRESIDENT. | Colonel Rose siauoned a company of troops at | the Ashiey House, where the telegraph ofiice is located, and has iterlered with Governor Bax: | ter's military operations to such an extent that he | can make no forward movement on the State House, in consideration of this tact Governor | Baxter sent the following despatch vo the Prest- dent:— LivTLeE Rock, Ark., April 19, 1874. | To THE PRESIDENT OF THE UD STATES: Ajiew days since, in.the absence o1 my counsel and at a time whoily unexpected, the Circuit Judge of tis county, @ court of interior jurisdic: ; tiou, rendered judgment in ftavorot Mr, Brooks against me for the office of Governor of tiis State, and without notice to me or my counsel I was at once torcibly put out of | my ollice, anu that without any pretence | of a writ being served on me. All that was done was aiter the Supreme Cuurt of this State had twice decided that no court tn the State Lad juris- diction of the Case at all, aud te Legisiature alone | had jurisdiction, At once, on bemg ejected trom | | | oftice, took steps to restore mysell, to get possession o: oilice, and to carry on | the government. ‘Ihe people are coming | |; to my wid and are ready to restore me at once. In making Uns organization Iam ob- structed by the interierence of Umted States | troops in displacing my guards irom the tele- | graph office, aud now it 1s apprehended that there willbe iurther interlerence. Such imterierence breaks me down, and prevents any eflort on ! my part to restore tne state goverament | ) aod to protect the people im their | rights. I bez of you to modify any | order to the extent of such interference, aud leave | | me iree tu act in this way to restore law and my }{ | piace a§ the legitunate Governor of the State. | | Such interference doez not leave me any chance to | assert my claim to the office of Governor. In the Inierest of peace and oi those people who are flocking here to my support by tlundreds, I beg of you to remove the United States troops back to the Arsenal and permit me to restore a | legitim.ite government by my own Jorces, which 1 | will do promptly if the United States will not in- teriere. | ‘Vhere is an armed insurrection against the legal State government here, and I cal! upoa you to ald | ! in suppressing it; butt you wili uot. then leave me iree to act and order the United States troops, without an hour's delay, to tueir Own ground, anu keep them out oj my way. 1 bave been thwarted | and delayed tius lung, and, im tact, ejected from | Iny oftice, because of the act uhat L had heretolore H disbanded tue militia of the State, Imake this earnest demand to repress insurrec- | of the road, UMicer Ely and several ph tion and prevent domestic vivience under my | scuse of duty to the Coustitution and laws of the | | United States, as well as ine State of Arkansas, | | and I rely confidently, #s 1 have ull tue tame, upon the assurance contained in your leuter of Septem- ber 15, 1873, to prevent tne overthrow of my oificial | | authority by illegal and disorderiy proceedings. |. An immediate answer is requested, otuerwise bloodshed may be tne result, ELISHA BAXTER, Governor of the State of Arkansas, THE BAXTER TROOPS KAGER FOR BATTLE. The Governor's forces increased several hundred auring the day. The streets have been all day full of armed men, Mr. Brooks has withdrawn all his | sentinels to @ point inside his barricade at the | | State House. The troops of Governor Baxter were | very eager to attack the place, and were only pre: vented from doing so by the presence of United States troops. The regular troops having been withdrawn to | the telegraph ofMfce, Baxter again picketed the streets with his own mea. General Brooker, of the Brooks militia, Was made prisoner tnis alternoon, , but was released, being a United States oMcial. MOVEMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT FORCES, At seven o’clock this evening a fall company of | regulars marched down Marshall street, and, | forming, stretched across it, half way between both headquarters, The other company was still | | at the telegraph office. Ifan attack is made at all | it will be made to-night. Governor Baxter, at | seven o'clock, finished a speech to his men and the | band played several stirring and warlike airs. | The Ordor of the President for the Safety of Government Telegraphic Messages— Record of the Court that Ousted Baxter. WasuINGTON, April 19, 1874. The Hon, William J. Hynes, Representative at Large from the State of Arkansas, has received by telegraph from the Clerk ot the Court the fol- | lowing copy of the record of the proceedings in the case of Brooks vs, Baxter:— | RECORD OF THE COURT. | In the Pulaski Ciroutt Court, State of Arkansas, | County af Puiaski—Be it remembered that a stated term of the Pulaski Circuit Court, begun and heid attne Court House in the city of Little Rock, county seat of said county, on the iourth Monday | after the second Monday in January, 1874, it being | Monday, the ninth day of Feoruary, 1874, and the time prescribed by law tor holding said Court, Hon- orable John Whytock, Judge oi said Court, a and presiding, among Otuers were the following | Procecdings, to wit: | Wednesday, April 15, 1874. The Court met pur- | snant to adjournment, Hon. John Whytock present | and presiding. Josepit Brooks, plaintim; Elisha Baxter, defendant. ‘ne demurrer flied by the de- fendant to the complaint o1 piaintuf having here- | tolore been submitted to the Court and taken |.under advisement, and the Court being suMcientiy advised of the law arising thereon, overruies the said demurrer, and tne said desendant jailing to answer, and there being no answer to | said complaint, the same is taken for coulessed, | 16 ts, theretore, ordered and adjudged that said delendant, Elisha Baxter, be ousted trom the omice | of Governor of the State of Arkansas, mentioned in the complaint in this action, and it is jurther adjaaged that Joseph Brooks, named iu the complaint and plaintul in the action, be, aud he 18 hereby declared to pe entitled to said oftice of Governor of Arkansas, and all books, papers and Other appurtenances thereto velonging, by virine of the election, in said complaint mentioned, It is also further ordered and adjudged that said plainti’ recover of said defendant the sum of $2,218, with interest thereon at the rate of six per | Cent per annum irom this date until paid, aiso his | costs in this benalf expended, for which he may have execution. JOHN WHYLOOK, Circuit Judge. State of Arkansas, County of Pulaski:—I, W. PF. Blackwood, Clerk of Circuit Court of said county. ao hereby certily that the above and foregoing isa true and correct copy and transcript o1 the | judgment rendered in said Court in tne cause therein mentioned, as the same appears of record in my office on civil record B, No. 2, page 797. Witness my hand and seal of said Court this sth day of April, 1874, W. F, BLACKWOOD, Clerk, THR PRESIDENT’S ORDER. The President at a late hour on Saturday night telegraphed the following :— EXKCUTIVE MANSION, Wasninaron, April 18, 1874, Copies Rose, Commanding United States troops, ittle Rock, ATK. :— Thave a despatch from the acting President of the Western Union Telegraph Company saying that Baxter’s officers now inspect all messages at from the United States officials or otherwise. U1 der these circumstances it will be seen (hat this company 16 unable at present to muimtam the sanctily Of telegraphic correspondence. the government takes state Ofaffuirs existing in Arkansas at tis tine, you will see that offict.il despatches of the goyyrn- ment, whether from the muttary or civil depart- Ments, are transmiticd without molestation by either of the coniestants for the gubernatorial chair, Report to the Secretary 01 War the situa- ton of affairs, U.S. GRANT, News at St. Louis From the Scene of Distarbance—The Colored People for Brooks—The Contestants Compared. Sr. Louis, April 19, 1874. Aspecial despatch from Baring Cross, Ark., to the Democrat says:— Recruits have been arriving at Little Rock to- day ip considerable numbers, mostly reinforcing Baxter. A geutieman named H. K. White, of Pine Bluff, telegraphed on Thursday that he would raise 1,000 men to ~ reinstate him, if necessary. His offer waa ac- cepted, and he was ordered to raise and bring ali tie men he could. He arrived this morning With 129 colored men, headed by a brass band. But on learning the state of uifairs the men declared that they tad been deceived, and refused allegiance to Baxter, and demanded to be released and permitted to fiuht tor the cause for which they had enlisted, Their arms were taken from them, and they are held as prisoners under guard. Colonel Henderson, of Salina county, who likewise responded to the appeal of Baxter with several recruits, returned home this evening disgusted with Baxter's leaders and policy.”” The despatch further says that Baxter is not a man of nerve, judgment, decision or experience. The Bourbon democracy councils are apparent in every move, while ne is distracted by di- vided interests, and the withdrawal of his formes conservative and republican friends. Brooks, on the other hand, is a man of tron nerve and fearless in the position im which the Court has placed him, He 1s fully prepared tor any emergency, the State House being jammed full of armed men who have rushed to his support, He says he is equal to any emergency, even to putting down and utterly routing the armed rebellion to the authority of the State, But, im obedience to instructions from the United States lated to result in riot and bloodshed or to bring about 4 collision between the State and federal forces, and is waiting developments. He coufi- dently relies on the people for a verdict in favor of law and justice. TERRIFIC HORSE CAR CRASH. A Broken Breke, Down Grade and a Car Somersct—A Dozen Persons See viously injured, but Nobody Killed. Great excitement prevailed in Newark last even- ing in consequence of a terrific horse smash which took place about six o’clock, on the South Orange Avenue line, near Bruce street, and whic! it was reported, had resulted in tne killing of hair a dozen persons and the serious injuring of more than as many more, The facts, as pbtained soon after from eye-witnesses and otheys by the HERALD serious as rumor made them, and are fol- lows:—Car No. 4, having about thirty persons on board, fully hall of whom were females, had reached the Fairmount avenue junction when the bell was pulled to stop. The driver, John Polk, at once ap- plied the brake--there was but one, the car being & two-horse-one-driver-and-no-conductor arrange- ment. The cham broke, and away dashed the car down the pretty steep grade, increasing in its velocity as it advanced. neur by the veuicle suddenly spun round and executed a half somerset, turning with bottom upece and wheellug, whirling in the air. Tne effect AMONG THE PASSENGERS May be much more easily imagined than described. Marvellous to relate, no one was killed nor even fatally injured, though a tull dozen were pretty se- Tiousiy hurt, and nove escaved without some m- Jar; The car was compietely wrecked. Several yp ns were dragged vut trom the débris and sup- posed to be dead. Fortunately they proved to ve Inore frigutened than hurt. An immense crowd of persons rapidly coliected, several thousand being present at one time, all eager to know how many were killed, &c., and the wildest exciten prevailed foratime. Mr. James P. Boylan, ana Ss were prowptly on the spot, and had the seriously injured cared for, their wounds dressed and themselves removed in carriages to tneir homes. A passenger told the H that for @ few minites after the 4 alraid to open his eyes, as he did not know whether he was dead or alive, in heaven or the other place, The screains of the women Were teartul. A little baby Was shot out ofa window on the pavement. It was picked up unhurt and crowing. A Mr Samuel Hauser, a Mrs. Strauss and Mr. John Cui ran were the three persons most seriously in- jured, THE LIST OF INJURED is as follows:—Join Curran, No. 372 Plane street, frightiolly bruised, cut and distigured about the face and head; Mrs. Louls Strauss, Boston street, dreadiully cut over jorehead and bruised badly about the body; Mrs. Hauser, badly cut in 1ace end hands and supposed to be injured internaily; Mrs, Schluss, No. 158 Wiliam sireet, very badly cat and bruised face, hands and body; Mr. and Mrs, Aus- un Koy, of Seventh avenue, piiniul scalp and flesh wounds; J, H. Peale, kdward Landell, Join and Jacob Weiss. all cut and bruised. some of the iemaies, it is feared, may be much more seriously burt than was last nigit apparent. The excitement over their injuiles may become aggra- vated, ‘those competent to say declare that the driver acted nobly. Finding that he could do nothing on the car, he jumped off, and, as reported, tried his best to stop the car or throw it off the track, by placing stones under the wheels, but without effect. The horses were saved. Dr, Someree, an eye-witness, considers it a miracle that many persons were not crushed to death in- stantiy. He was paralyzed with iear himself tor a few moments, awe-struck at the sight. DEATH OF A BROOKLYN HERMT. a OFS Sad Close of a Secluded Life—The Body Eaten by Rats. For the past fifteen years there has lived ina little shanty at No. 229 Graham street, near De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn, a remarkable old man, about seventy years of age. He was known, from his retired manner, as “The Hermit,” for he dwelt alone, and rarely had any visitors in his hovel. He would, however, converse with persons whd came to his door, and those who were able to engage him in conversation were not long in discovering that he was an inteiligent man. This very eccentric old man, who gave his name as David Easton, was highly eaucated, and, notwithstanding his years, had a remarkably sharp intellect, His manners were refined, and he devoted a good portion of his time to reading the productions of the best au- thors, His littie hovel was not more than eight by ten feet, and this, it is said, was put up by two or three pclicemen about Afteen years ago. These officers were not the only per- sous Who formed an attacament for him, lor some of the members of St. Mary’s Episcopal church, of which the Kev. Mr. Toompson Is pastor, became interested in him, and contributed towards his Support. It was always thought somewhat strange that he never could be iniuced to say any- thing of his tormer life and consequently nothing ‘Was known of lim previous to his appearance on Graham street. On Friday and Saturday there was no smoke seen curling irom the chimney of his Itt- tle domicile, and some of those who occupied neiguboring shanties began to wonder what had became of the old mon, It was thought first that he was absent from home, and some were uncharitable enough to intimate that he had gone on a liittie spree and was locked sup. The old map, however, was an advocate of the temperance cause and was hever known to indulge in intoxicating drinks, His non-appearance yesterday caused some | quiries, and It Was suggested by some who knew him that his shanty be broken open to see whether he was dead or alive. Finally Ofiicer Lennon’ was called, and he broke open the window and crawled in, On opening the door from the inside the body of Kaston was discovered on ius little mat- tress of straw in the corner, but it presented & rather startling sight. It looked as if the rats had been feeding of bis hands, face and legs for the past two or three days. One side of is face was almost gnawed of, while the flesh on his hands had been eaten to the bones. Had the body lam much longer it would probably presented a sight stmilar to that of Jacob Knoop, the German liquor deaier, who died alone in his house in Souta Brooklyn, and whose body was devoured by his dog, which had been locked In with him, ‘ Mrs. Gouldey, one of the members of St. Mary's, When iniormed of tne death of Baston last even+ ing, went to ois cabin and wept. She had tre- quently conversed with him upon religious mat ters, and had become much interested tn him, She had for @ long time contributed towards his support. While the soup house was open at the Fourth precinct, Captain Craft says he would occa- sionally come there with a little pail and get some soup aud bread, The members oi St. Mary's have Little Rock before transmission, and will alow no messenger to pasa out with any Lmesaage tor he Brooka party, whetugr m arrangements to give this singular man a decent burial, and his body was removed to an pndertaker’s last pizny, Oe a eee ee _ NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET While | ho part in the unhappy | authorities, he reirained iromany movement calcu- | reporter, happily prove matters to be not nearly so | Striking the switch off | PROM OCEAN 10 OCEAN Progress of the Interoceanic Canal Commissioners. Trip Up the San Juan River—Across Lake Nicaragua to the Pacific. ene tne Proposed Plans to Overesme the Barrier to the Intercceanic Nighway. ae Across the Rapids—Interesting Experi- ences—-Merits of the Rival Routes To Be Determined. ON BOARD THE U. 5S. SIWAMEK SARANAC, PANAMA, April 4, 1874. | surveyed by Commander E. P. Lull, has been con pleted. The civil and military engineers selected for that purpose arrived here this evening from | San Juan del Surio the coasting steamer Ancon | and joined the Saranac, to proceed to Chiri-Cairt | Bay and determ ne the relative jeatures of the line for an tnteroceanic canal by way of the Napipi and Atrato rivers. The final settlement of the aues- | Hon is awaited with great interest, not only by the | | inhabitants of Nicaragua and the Colombian gov- | ernment, but by the residents on the isthmus of | Pauama, who still entertain sanguine hopes that the time is mot far distant whea their route—that is, ou the line adjacent to the railway track— willbe conceded to be the most feasible. | The experts in this eXamipation, Lowever, coufine | their labora to the Nicaragua and Atrato routes, | and at the proper time will pronounce their judg- } Ment on the more favorable features which each | | presents. The trip up the San Juan, tt may be | mentioned, was extremely interesting, and well plained the merits of the Nicaragua route, at Greytown the Commissioners made a thorough | examination of the DIFFICULIIES PRESENTED BY THE BAR, which of late has tucreased in its dimensions, proposed to divert the course of the San Juan, which has carried ail the accumuiations to tie harbor, anc, after dredging the bar, to build a | brpakwater which will resist the influences of the seu. | dent of that river, forty miles being an iniand cut, | the water supply, of course, coming from the lake. | The proposed improvements are feasible, | yond question, though the expense attending them will be necessarily targe. Had the government of Nicaragua been alive to the interesu and comme’ cial progress of the country this stumbling block | might long since have been removed at one-tiurd | the cost whieh auy improvement will now require. | But there isevery reason to believe that if the | | proposed plan were properly carried out the ob- structions could no longer exist. The engineering ; diliculties are simply resoived to the question of | cost. Ihave already detailed the progress of the | party up the San Juan as far as Trinidad, at the mouth of the serapequi River. f ADVANCE AND WORK. On Monday, March 16, Commander Luli and j party arrived at the Machuca Rapids m the little | steamer known as the Pit-pan, in which all hands | “slung” in hammocks and ald a considerable | amount of hard work in the way of roughing it, though, so far, good health and spirits had marked the progress of the trip. The Maciuca Rapids form a_ low, tortuous channel und it is proposed to dam it—a feasible project and | one not requiring much engineering skill, The Pit- pan, conveying the engineers, was carefully hauled over these rapids, but the experiment nearly cost their craft capsized during the attempt to aul the Pit-pan over. of days gone by. , high and dry, doubtless & monument of reckless. | mess and haste. | Over these rapids pointed out the locations of the several proposed dams, by which the apparent ob- structions were to be overcome. An interesting | feature of the trip was the stay at Cas- | tello, where stands the old fort built over | 200 years ago, and during tie siege of | which the’ naval aero Nelson subsequently distinguished himself, The little straggling vil- lage possesses all the characteristics of a Central American settlement. The mhabitants welcomed the party with genuine hospitality, and altogether | the stay at Castello was pleasant and profitable. | Nor was the halt at | FORT SAN CARLOS | less enjoyable. Everywhere the members of the expedition were warmly received, and the pros- pect of having the proposed canal across seemed to afford infinite satisfaction to all. On the evening | of the 21st of March the party left San Carlos to cross the lake in the littie steamer gencrously | placed at their disposition. And now the MAGNIFICENT BODY OF WATER, which is presumed to be the great feature of the canal wor eon to the best advantage. The lake is over 100 miles in length by nearly forty miles wide, and forms the great reservoir of Central America, The steamers anchored in the vicinity of the picturesque Ometepe, a remarkable cone, nearly & mile in height and about seven | Miles from the shore at Virgin Bay. where the party landed on the following morning, As a landmark, seen from the Pacific, the Ometepe is assuredly unsurpassed, Commander Lull and | party on landing were courteously received by tha | authorities. Mules and wagons were promptly | Dlaced at their disposal, and THE SCIENTIFIC CAVALCADE | proceeded to Rivas, the capital of the govern. ment, where & warm welcome awaited them. Don Jos¢ Chamorro, the Prefect, was unsparing in his attentions, and altogether the authorities leit nothing to be desired. On the morning of the 224 of March the party rode to the mouth of the Rio | del Medio and examined the line between tt | and Rivas. While at the latter place | numerous citizens called on the members of the | expedition and tendered their respects, all ex- | pressing the hope that the proposed interoceanic | canal would one day cross Nicaragua. On the | following afternoon the mules were again mounted, and the party proceeded to examine the line be- tween Rivas and the harbor of Brito, that portion | that contains all the deep cutting that 1s to be made on the Pacific side. It may be as welt to | mention that at the present time there is really no | harbor at Brito, but it 1s proposed to build one by and by. The right bank of the river ends in a high, rocky promontory, and it {s proposed to convert | the angle thus formed into a harbor. A great | feature claimed for Brito is that for ten months in the year the trade winds blow off | shore. At present, however, @ swell is notice- | abie from the Pacific, forming a little surf, | which at first looks objectionabie. At all | events, the diMiculties which exist are by no | means so great aa might be supposed to present themselves from the statements which have al- | ready been made in relerence to this proposed | harbor, After A THOROUGH INSPECTION | of this part of the canal route the members of the | expedition returned to Rivas and examined the line formerly surveyed by Colonel Childs, known as the Las Lajas line. They subsequently left for San Juan del Sar, where they embarked on the Ancon, a8 already mentioned, arriving here this evening. It would perhaps be out of place at this stage to give publicity to the opinions ex- pressed by the experts in regard to the merits of the Nicaragua route. They have yet to inspect the Atrato route, and it will then per- haps be in order to set forth the views of the gen- uemen entrusted with the delicate and important \ask of determining once, and tor aii time, the relative merits of the two great ocean highways which have so long engaged the attention of the | setentific world, | PERSONAL PREPARATION. ( Commander selfriage, whg arrived here 4 ow The inspection of the Nicarayua Canai route, as * repaid the efforts of Commander Lull, who ex- | When | It is | The canal will, therejore, be totally indepen- | be- | the lives of the two boatmen who went ahead, as Just above the rapids is the little Island of Oro which has formed around the wreck | | of a steamer belonging to the old Transit Company The rusty old boiler stands up | 7 | dafs since, has joined the Saranac, and a company | Ween the engineers and your correspondent will leave on Monday evening for Chiri-Chirt Bay. Lieutenant J.T. Sullivan, who asasted in surveys | ing the Atrato route, has already gone to thas | locailty to make the requisite arrangements fer the conveyance of the party in canoes. | Commander Luli returns vo tue United Stases. PICKING POOKETS IN A CHUROH George Gibson, alias Kelly, and Walter Carter were arrested jast evening by Captain Byrnes, of the Fifteenth precinct police, and Detective Hen. | derson, ‘he prisoners are charged witb picking pockets in the Church of the Strangers during the evening service. Miss Sadie Harvey, of No, 64 Charles streei, noticed Gibson pushing close te her in the pew during the service, and told one of the ushers she was airaid he bad picked ner ‘pocket, The usher went to the station ; house and taformed Captain Byrnes the ‘chieves were im the building, and he | sent Detective Henderson to look into t he matter. | Givson was just leaving as the ollicer got there, and Was at oace arrested. Captain Byrnes jol- lowed tie detecuve to the caurch, and found Carter couceaied behind one of the aoora, As the Captain discovered him lie was in the aet of re- moving the conteuts ol tae purse be bad stolen from Miss Harvey. Notu men were conveyed to tae station mouse und iocked up. Tuey will be ar- Taijoed at Jefferson Market Volice Court this morn. ing. Miss hmuneline Bryden, 0: No. 29 second ac called at the station house after the arrests been made, and informed the police she had caught Gibsou’s hand in ber pocket, and saw both mem muke several attempts bo rob other people um the church, Oscar Riker, of No. 49 second streets Waiter P, Couway, v1 No. 37 Pine street, also tol the officers they nad seen the men trying vo steal. The names of all these persons were taken, amd | they will be produced at the trial a8 Wilucssea aguinst the alleged thieves. | | Whe Centennial ‘To the People of the State ot New York :— |. Tis rignt Lat the people of the United States should | know that the day and year wiuch closes the cencury of | Mmnerican LudApcadence—Juty 4, 1876—will be coumem- Orated with ceremonies expreislve of the gra iiude and | prite 1, ce with the act } of Con . which created the Board of | Fimauee, the tollowing report ts made over the signature | of the resent or the Board :— The orginal law of Congress, enacted March 3, 1871, | ¢ celebration of the Uentennial of Ameri y an uuiternational exmibition of the ces of this amd. under the auspices of the government of ied Staten, ud the act ot lune 1, 1572, fixed the capital to complete this great yeu at $10,00),000, Which was by the Commissioners apporuoned among the several states and Territories on the basis of population, ‘Of this stim the Siste oF Peunayivanta alone, aidea by a subscription of $109,004 from the state of New Jersey, | has raised inthe orm of subscriptions to the stock and by appropriduons trom is Legislature and the Couneus | of Philadelphia, about $4 000,00, or nearly one-hall the | Amount necessary to insure success. This provision having been made, di is ior suitable buildings were (, and ovher preliminary and incidental ar- ts have so far advagced as co justity an im. of construction. ed to the Congress of ‘on the basis of these subscriptions, preparauions, to maintain the spirit dvove referred to, and the evere- te Lepartinent with toreiya Powers nts of the Nethertands, fel- | P the | ot spondenc | has induc Kiam, Switz ) Germany, Sweden, Liberia, Kqua- | dor, the argeutive’ Contederation, Chill, Mexico, Liayts j und tue Sandwich Islands to express their intention to | parc and they have every reason to believe that j Uhis ap: to Congress Will be generously responded to. Subscripuons to the stock have also been made by in- dividuals in the Sues and ‘Territories of Missouri, “Mi- | Nebraska, Montana, indiana, Nevada, Oregon, | Cuitiorma, Louisiana, riorida, Maryland, Ohyo, Wiscom- | sin, Michixan, New Jersey, Delaware, Rhode Arkiusas, Alal » New York, Inia, Lowa AILSA. uct, in brief, is the condition of the organizasion for the international commemoration for the close of the ot American independe y of Pil was sel ac whic te the jected asthe most fitting birth of American In- he rei — im Philadelphia the Magna Charta of human e immortal Declaration, was uttered: the the convention sat remained sub- * baitainy vere on that historic day, and sauuially 2. Ural phia is th st central and accessible to the whole country; i e Republic's celebration of its birthday | at ihe very puacce of its birth. x ‘The Finiuse Board earnestly urge their fellow coum. trymen to keep in 1 the great tact that the event te be commeniogated is the grandest and most momentous in commemoration 18 to take the form ihe stupendous progress made by | in the first: hundred years of thelr in- dep everything relanng to the natural re- | sources of Ue country ana their development, and, espe. Cuuly, its prosress in those industries, arts aud mstivu- abs tly I the points of revolutionary Interest Philadel mo ist Ame 1 hich benetit mankind ve the objects which must enter into that esiubiuou, how. vast the puildings ana the space re- quired to present them with tuli eflect, are sugxestions that need only to be twentioned to bring nome to every American the colossal magnitude of the undertaking... | “Consider tor A mouient the industries, products and ha to an adequal Vices HeNessitr ‘ess oF YOU sential to | fail fo perceive thar your State‘alone Will require, an area in the exhibit i bulidings and grounds equal tw thar occupied at Vienna by Engiand or France. rar true of not less than ten of the older States. ‘The omer | twenty-seven states and ten territories will each of them require space in proportion. ‘That the stock of the Centennial Board of Fi might be within the reach of every citizen, the Consresa | of fhe United states tixed every share at $10, which will Commander Luil while passing be represented by a handsonie steel engraved certifi- cate, executed by the Treasur gov. i cromeny and Atdngly designe mm comanasner atic sae event. The Board in soiteiting subscriptions | reel assured that there is a patriotic desire to fender the: exhibition worthy of the occasion. Notice 1s hereby given that checks and drafts can be | addyessed to the Fimancial ireasurer, Frederick Viale; | No. Ot Wulnut street, Philadeiphia. fo any number, shares at $10 each, and certificates of stock be The International Exhibition will on the 1%h_ partment or the romptly’ returned Commence on the 19th of April, 1876, and close of Uctober, 1876. a ‘The undersigned, President of the Board of Finance, | speaking tor his colleagues, and, he believes, for the | Sreat body of the American people, doos not doubt the answer of that people to his earnest appeal. | not unmindiul of the patriotic interest in the centennial | of theig own independence, nor of the high duty of hon | oring it ax it deserves. elphia, scene of the immortal Declaration, not only in the old hall where it was written, and whence | it) was proclaimed, but in the extensive park where the exhibition is to be held, sacred as the resort. | of Washington and the | revo.utiouary worthies, hag iven many times her share to the memorials It is uot ' noy nal jer celebration; it is the nation’s. History denguated that e:ty as the spot where the national sen: ment be hisioricaliy exbressed. Every other city: | ana State iz inspired by the same sentiment Every | man and woman, North and South, is stirred by we same iinpuise. .\il the peoples of the earth are earnest spectators and students of our proarenss ‘The work, therefore, is a® once national ana international. It reaches ‘every class and every ‘inierest. It ‘will be the most reinarkable comparison and interchange of ideas and inventions, of art xpd science, of the products: of the earth, the brain and the bands, the most friendly | and complete intercourse between the races ot all coum | tries, in modern civilization. It is impossible to believe | that'any portion of the American people will hesitate to | unite in what is a sacred memory and a sacred obliga- tion. JOHN WELSH, President of the Centennial Board of Finanos. 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