The New York Herald Newspaper, April 22, 1874, Page 6

6 “ROYALTY IN. AFRICA, Coronation of the Successor of | King Eyo Honesty VI. KING HENSHAW TOM FOSTER. | Queen Vietcria and King Archibong fl. Con- gratulate Him. | (TEA, TOM-TOMS, BRANDY, SODA WATER, ‘The Liverpool Post publishes the following inter- esting communication from a correspondent in ‘West Afvica:— | OLD EYO HONESTY’S SUCCESSOR, | Since the death, some years ago, o! King Eyo | Honesty Vi., of Creek Town, Old Calabar, the chiefs | and freemen of the country have been anxiously _ deliberating a8 to who should be elected as his suc- | cessor; and at a pulaver held on the 28th of Janu- ary last they unanimously decided to elect Chief Henshaw Tom Foster, grendson of “Old King Eyo,” and cousin to the last King, Henshaw Tom Foster became a convert to Chris- tianity about fifteen years ayo, and has only one ‘wife, who has also been brought up by the United Presbyterian missionaries at Creek Town. The misston people have great hopes of him, and think | ‘at tg a beginning of better thmgs im Old Calabar, | ‘The resolution arrived at on the 28th January | “was deferred on account of the death of the late | Consul Livingston until her Britannic Majesty's | ‘Consul, George Hartley, Esq., could be present. | Consul Hartley arrived in Old Calabar on Saturday, | 2ist February, by the Royal mail steamer Bonny, | and it was arranged that the coronation should take place on Weanesday, 25th February. THE DAY OF CEREMONIAL. On Wednesday the Consul, accompanied vy the Members of the Court of Equity, comprising nearly | all the European traders on the river, several — members of the mission at Duke Town, &c., leit | the ships at about eleven A. M., and about noon arrived at Creek Town. On arrival there they | were very kindly received, and an agreeable hour ‘Was spent at che mission house in conversation ‘with the ladies and gentlemen who labor in the mission field at Creek Town. The scene at Creek | Town was very lively, all the principal men’s houses being gaily decorated with flags and ban- ners of every imaginable description and color. Crowds of almost naked natives paraded the town, beating tom-toms, ringing bells, firing guns, shouting and bawling as only an African | can when be is enjoying @ holiday. Swarms of naked urchins of both sexes injested the beach, rushing in apd out of the water, stouting and | yelling and making all sorts of grotesque gri- | Maces on the arrival of any boat contaiming “white man,’ | IN THE CHURCH. | At about one o’ciock the church bells rang out, | vhis being the signai agreed upon to let the Europeans know that all was ready, and all walked down to the Mission church, where it was arranged the coronation should take place. The Consul was accompanied by the Rev, Messrs. An- derson, Edgerly and Campbell; Mrs. Edgerly, Mrs. ‘ampbell, Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Sutherland, Masses Paterson and Edgerly, Dr. Howetson, Captain Waiker, Mr. Strawbridge, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Martin, Mr, | White, Mr. Grant, Mr. Brown, Mr. Joins, Mr. Pond, | Captain Hamilton and Mr. Henderson, of the | steamer Bonny, &c. | The scene inside the church was very amusing, | The Europeans occupied seats on one side the | reading desk, the opposite side being occupied by | representatives trom Cobham Town, Henshaw | Town, Old Town, &c,, and some members os the | Creek Town mission church, among whom was | Ukapaibo, the recently and first ordained native mussionary in Old Calabar. Tie front seats, or those facing the desk, were occupied by the chiels and head men of Creek Town, and they certainly | looked very picturesque with their gaudy loin | ciotus of richly embroidered damask and velvet in every conceivable color. Next came the | free females or family of the Eyo's, among whom were the family of the King elect; his motaer, clad in cotton singlet and small loin cloth, looking demurely ridiculous On ali pertaiming to the ceremony. Accompanying | » her were three daughters, sisters to the King, | retty fair specimens of African beauty, similarly ut rather more clothed. Next to them were the adberents, candidates, &c., connected with tne | mission, and last “the public," ai least those who | Were favored or permitted to be present. During the assembling of the audience the nolses at times Was deafening. Joyand happiuess were depicted | on every countenance, and the laughing and guttural sounds heard all over the structure | showed the fun was enjoyed immensely. Some- | thing like order was obtained, and the Queen elect was ushered in and conducted to a seat on the European side, among the European ladies, | THE MONARCH ELECT WAITING FOR THE CROWN. | The King, who was present during the whole time the foregoing was taking place, clad in frock coat, white vest, trousers and boots, then took his seat in an armchair immediacely opposite the desk, over the back of which Was spreaa what had once'been a dressing gown, made of green damask embroidered with Japanese work, and lined with red flannel, but what was afterwards to be used as the royal robe of siate. Beiore him, on a table, were the Crown and sceptre—the lormer manu- | Jactured oF unsel and gold, jined with scarlet .vel- vet and ermine, and surrounded by a ball and St, George’s cross of solid gold; the sceptre was con- structed of brass, burnished with gold. THE SOURCE OF LEGITIMATE POWER. i The proceedings commenced with the lending chief waiking up to the desk, on wWhicii lay several documents, and, selecting one, read, first In Efic and then in English, the requisition to Henshaw | ‘Tom Foster, Esq., to become King of Creek Town | and its dependencies, signed by ail themselves and ail their families. Then followed | another chief, who read Foster's acceptance, and ‘Who Was in turn succeeded by another belonging | to the deceased King’s family, who read the joi- lowing document, which was signed by his Ma)- esty publicly m presenc? of all assembled :— 1, Henshaw Tom Foster. Chief of Creek Town, Old Cal- abar, hereby accept ihe position of King of Creek Town aad ite dependencies, on the basis of the agreement en- tered into between the chiets of said town and myselr, dated January 28, 1874. Signed on this 25th day of Febru: ary, bv, EYO HONESTY VIL. king of Creek Town. UNCTION OF THE CHURCH. The Rev. Mr. Edgerly, the senior mssionary of Creek Town, then came Whether it was the unanimous wisi of the gcntie- men of Oreek Town that Henshaw Tom ter should be king, aud, being apswered in the afMfr- mative, then asked the King if he would rule the people in accordance with the Word of God, and he replied, “Yes.” The reverend gentlemen then engaged in prayer in Efic and English, after which the chieis requested the Consul to place the crown nead. The Consul, taking the sald :—“I have much pleasure, as the representative of Her Britannic Majesty on this occasion, in acceding to the request of the chiefs and neadmen of Creek Town that I should Place this crown upon your head, which I now do, and hope that the friendly ieellng between your country and Great Britain, which has existed so | dong, may Ye still further cemented by your acces- Sion to the kingship, and I wish you Jong ie and happiness aud a very successful reign.” CHEERY BUT BILIOUS. The Europeans then gave three cheers, ag hearsy as bad livers and African debility would permit, | which were taken up by the natives inside the building and echoed by those outaide, and a salute | was fired from several cannons placed in the vicinity of the river. FALACE FETES—TEA, BRANDY AND TOM TOM—WHITE | MAN ARISTOCRACY. | After those present had congratulated His Majesty, the King, chiefs and headmen,-accom- panied by the deputies irom the other Calabar towns and ail the Europeans, adjourned the palace, 4 new, substantial wooden building, simi- Jar in all respects to the houses in which the Angio- Airicans reside. It is constructed on piliara, &landing about eight feet trom the ground, and in ‘This place under the house three tables were placed alongside each other, with covers laid for up- ‘wards of eighty. The table on the right was devoted to the accom- ‘Modation of the white peopie. It Was presided over by the King, supported right and jeft by the Consul and the Queen; the Rev. Mr. Anderson, the senior missionary of Old Calabar, taking the’ bot- tom seat. * The other tables were used for the accommoda- tion of the native chiefs and headmen, each being presided over by one of the high dignitaries of the country. The repast, which was purely native, consisted of black aos @ud 100-100, palm oil, chop, ldia kong-| Waabia, konkas, jams, &c., all being com} ded of goats, jowls, monkey, va- rious descriptions of herbs, peppers, paim oil, &c., carried in cal from the portion of the build: ing devoted to the women, who periorm ail cook. ing, on the heads of female slaves, and placed upon the tables male slaves, who acted the art of waiters. mh table would have avout Prenty to twenty-five hundred we:ght of “chop,” the native idea of dospitality being quantity more than quailty. x “TO THE KING AND QUEEN. Alter grace by the Kev, Mr. Anderson, the guests, both native and European, did ample justice to ‘the viands, which were accompanied by an un- limited supply of mimbo or paim wine, and the @ame gentieman paving returned thanks, the Von- wul proposed the “Health ot the King and Queen,” Whien was drunk in mimbo, with great enthusi- asm; cheers veing given accompanied by any Amount Of native yelling, which was gracelully ac- Kaowiedged Sy His Majesty, PIPES, TOBACCO, BRANDY AND TRA. the chiefs ior | The comvany then adjourned tu whe upetairs | trade, which will be a great advantage to | and hope the new arrangements will prove to the | Supreme Lodge | assets rtments of the palace, where pipes were pile and “braody and sodas” drunk by the Bu- Topeans 80 as to dispel the ill effects of the mimbo, A native procession was then iormed, beaded by the King and train bearers, and followed by all the ebieis, Who paraded the villrge, beating tom-toma, &c., aud accompanied by the Evo bell, for some hours, during which time the Europeans were enjoying @ capital tea, kindly provided by the Jadiés connected with the mission; after which they took their departure from Creek Town, COMMERCIAL AND KOYAL CONGRATULATIONS, On the following days (inursday and Friday) meetings of the catefs and traders—European and native—were heid on board the bulk William Prowse, the Consui being present as also King Eyo Honesty Vil. of Creek Towo—King Archipong iL of Duke Town being represented by depaty— waen the various trading treaties were revised and several concessions Made by the natives, par- ticularly their agreeing to open the palm kernel the European traders, When the business of the meeting was over | Captain Walker rose and satd:—“1 rise to propose | a vote of thanks before we conclude this meeting to our most worthy Consul for tne very courteous and afable manner in which he has conducted the proceedings of both to-day and the previous days, | bevefit of all parties cencerned. [still hope that tue outstanding question (No, 25 article) will be aticably settled ob his next vistt here. (Cheers,) From the very Kind and patient manner in which our worthy Consul has Moved among us during his | short visit I am sure it will give us all great | pleasure to hear of his prosperity, success and | good health.” (Applause,) ‘This was seconded by Mr. C. J. Strawbridge, and, alter cheers being giveu repeatedly for the Vonsul, the meeting separated. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Meeting of the Supreme Lodge of World Knights—Upwards of 2,000 in Council— Report of the Supreme Chancellor—A Bad Financial Showing. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 21, 1874. The Sapreme Lodge of World Knights ot Pythias commenced its session at this city to-day. Up- | Wards of 4,000 knights are in attendance, embrac- | ing delegates from New York, Chicago, Boston, | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Poiladelphia, Mount Holly, —_————. LOUISIANA JOCKEY CLUB. Statement of One of the Salvage Officers | Fifth Day of the Spring Racing Meet- Captain Lemarte’s Story Denied. Dr. ©. J. Macguire, formerly Assistant Surgeon of the steamship Greece, and who formed one of the salvage crew piaced on board the Europe, belong- ing to the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, ‘yesterday made the jollowing statement in aadi- tion to the tacts already published, In the first place, said Dr, Macgaire, I wish Most emphatically to deny the truth of any such conversation having occurred between myself and Captain Lemarie, as is reported in his state- ment—viz., that any stipulation was made with him to the effect that he should be aliowed to re- turn on board his ship if he would but go on voard the Greece ana make some agreement with Cap- tain Thomas, Lam the person he speaks of as ac- companying Mr, Hubbard, the secona ontcer of the Greece, and wearing the ribbon of the Legion of Honor, Captain Lemarie never intimated any de- sire or Wish whatever to be allowed to return to his ship at the time we were alongside the Europe, and atthe period referred to. In confirmation of which I may stite that when I asked him the ques- tion, “What is the cause of the leak?" he replied, “I believe the ship has broken ber back,” and said “that during the storm of the 27th of February he beheved she had been greatly injured and had not recovered from its effects, He had, he said, no confidence in her since that time, or even since she had been lengthened. not think the ship could be kept afleat during the night. Captain Lemarie was asked by me just previous to his leaving for the Europe if he or any of his oficers had any personal effects they wished to take with them, and were told 4 they had any to put them in the boats. The reply received to this was, “No, As the passengers have none of their effects with them we Will go without ours.” This, I consider, was a clear indication that there was no intention on the part of either Captain Lemarie or the N. J.; Jersey City, Connellsville, Baltimore, St. Louis, Cumberland, Elizabeth and various other | cities of the country. Baltimore sends the strong- | est delegation, which is headed by a regimental | band of the Maryland Fifth, The hotels are filled | to overflowing with visitors and members of the order. Tue Lodge convened this morning at ten o'clock, delegates being conveyed thither accompanied by | bands of music. Alter an address of welcome the several reception representatives vacated the hall and the Supreme Lodge went into executive session, The following distinguished gentiemen were present:—Samue! Reed, of Mount Holly, N. J., 5. | V. P.; H. OC. Berry, of Chicago, 5. P.; 5. 5. Davis, of | mie Hampshire, S. V. C.; W. Long, ot Saginaw, W. B. Kennedy, burg, 5. L. | Captain Lemarie, was called, when it was discovered that all the States in the Union were represented, save Ala- | baa, Cailfornia and Souch Carolina. The report of the Supreme Chancellor, consist- ing of a pamphiet of sixty-one closely printed pages, was read. Lhe report stated that many of the a ges and tribulatious of the year were due to ; he DEPALCATION OF CLARENCE M. BURTON, the Supreme Scribe, whose peremptory resigna- Uon was accepted in June last. Alter geting matters straightened out it appeared that the owed $9,344, witn reliable amountip to $1,837, leaving a deficit of $8,006, which amount was met by loan on bonds of the Order, The fluancial difficulties were thus gov rid of, and the Grand Lodge question was decided by the Grand Chancellor to be deierred to the action of the session now in tms city. The re- port reiers to the changes in the German ritual, aiso the mtual in the Spanish language, made necessary by the organization of a number of lodges of Scandinavians. The Grand Lodge Nevada was instituted under an order issued on the 3ist day of Marca last, making thirty-three grand lodges and jurisdictions ou the roll, ‘the,Chaneellor summarizes his conciusion irom the past after the toliowing fashion :— First, this body is too large; second, it meets too often; third, your expenses are beyond your revenues; fourth, the sources of revenue are rap- idly failing, with a more than commensurate in- | crease of expenditures. Ine report closes with | | words of encouragement and hope that the acts Of this session may be pregnant oO! good. The election of officers takes place on Thursday. A grand parade will take place to-morrow. THE NEWARK RING IN COURT. | Important Decision In the Broadwell | Case—The Motion to Quash Denied— Trying to Push Through the Other Oficials on Technical Quibbles. | The April term of the Essex County Court opened atthe Court House in Newark yesterday’ There | | were present a large crowd of citizens, including Many local notabilities and almost the entire batch oi city oMcials, the interest being occasioned | by the fact that at this term the trials will come on of tnose officials indicted by the two last grand juries. Indeed, the cases came up yester- day and occupied nearly the entire day. The Grand Jury being sworn in, Judge Depue ad- dressed the members. He had no formal charge | to make, but counselled them to pay strict atten- | tion to their solemn oath, preserve the strict- | est secrecy and fuily, fairly and impar- tially investigate all matters which might come before them. The ist of grand jurors is as follows:—Andrew A. Smalley (fore- man), Morgan T. Baxter, Alexanaer Turnbull, Ed- ward Schickhaus, Charlies Marsh, Francis Goeken, Angustus F. Spaeth, Bernard J. Ford, James T. Van Ness, Philip Zusi, James N. Daily, John Lewis, Joon Cunningham, Edward Dunn, Newark; David Dodd, Orange; Anthony Francisco, Beileville; | Hiram Cook, Caldwel!; James M. Holmes, Mont- | clair; Wililam A, Ludlow, Clinton; Josepn F. | Sanxay, Bloomficld; Austin M. Knight, East | Orange; Henry &. Duncan, Franklin; William N. Williams, West Orange. JUDICIALLY SQUASHING BROADWELL’S MOTION TO Quass. The Grand Jury disposed of, Judge Depue de- livered his decision on a motion made and argued by the deianiter Broadwell’s counsel to quash the indictments against him. Tne argument oi coun- se} Was that the indictment charged Broadwell with non-leasance In not paying over to the Comp- r the city funds. Tne organic law, it was provided taat the moneys should be paid to the City Treasurer, and hence the indictment charged Broadwell with an offence he could not Nave committed. Jt was also argued that the | parties named in the indictments to whom he neglected to pay the moneys are named by their official and no’ individual names. The Judge de- livered a long decision, the pith of which ts that, as some counts in the mdictments were certainly sound and others not certainly unsound, and as the practice of the New Jersey courts in such cases. had been to retain such indictments for a traverse trial, the motion to quash was denied. Prosecutor Abeel then stated that the witnesses in the cases of the State vs. Alderman Stainsby, | Commissioner Joe Young and Contractor O'Con- } nor, “gentieman Tom,’ as he is called, would not be wanted until to-day. Then began. a long argu- ment between counsel for the Stave and the ac- cused officials and coutractors on ANOTHER MOTION TO QUASI | she indictments against them. These indictments are against Stainsby, Young and ex-street vom- missioner Rogers, Street Commissioner Sullivan, Contractors Michael and Bernard Shandley and Tom O’Connor and several street inspectors, Stains- by and Young are charged with having wiltully, knowingly and corruptly used the kuowledge obtained by them io their official capacity to defraud and cheat the pablic in order to enrich themselves. ‘The others, and Stainsby aiso, are charged with conspiracy wo defraud the people in the Springfiela avenue pave- ment job, After able argumenis pro and con by counsellors Parker and Guid for the accused, and Attorney-General Gilchrist and Prosecutor Abeel for the State, the Court took the papers and re- served decision on the matter to quasi. The gen- eral impression among those who heard the Jus decision in the Broadwell case was that the matter in the other cases would likewise be de- hicd and the trials ordered on. | MOVEMENT OF OBUSADERS. | Advance of the Women on the Capital of Pennsylvania—The Opponents of Local | Option in Danger. | PirrsevRG, Pa., April 21, 1374. | There was considerable of a sensation at the | Union depot this evening, owing to the congrega- tiun ola large namber of crusaders, who left on the fifty minutes past seven o'clock train for Har- risburg. Their errand thitner, as stated by Peace Commissioner Felix R. Brunot—who, by the way, 18 an out-and-out cold water apostles to make & personal appeal to members of the Legislature for | the prevention of @ repeal or the Local Option law. The delegation consisted of about fifty ladies, many of them wives of prominent mmisters and | merchants, They are prepared to bring great in- | fluence to bear on members @f the Pennsylvania | Legisiavure, Who are striving with tooth and nail to relieve various districts o1 @ law that prevents the sale of liquors. The women, one and ali, had | to pay their fares to and from the Capitol, as the | | Pennsylvania Ratlroad refused to enjertain. their | | application for tee transportation, \ | his ofticers, } time. | Hegatp and oiticers to ever return to the Europe. Mr. Buck, who had charge of one of the Greece’s boats, and in which Captain Lemarie was taken off, ordered us to embark iu our boat and the remainder in his, leaving only himself and Captain Lemarie on board, when he himseli embarked, followed by ‘This was done asa matter of courtesy and etiquette, so that the Captain might be the last to leave his ship. This I take to be auother clear proof that there was no iten- tion on the part of Captain Lemarte to return, He made no reference whatever to a transfer of passengers’ luggage being made, and [ deny | that Lever made any allusion to returning in the morning to take of any fresh meat, although 1 asked him if he bad any on board, Captain Lema. vie said there was plenty, but he was so confused that we could not find out from him where it was. We did not attempt to take any provisions with us on account of it being so very rough and it was | Just coming on dark, Mr. Buck, too, who was at ts time on board the Europe, ordered us away, saying, “We have plenty of salt meat on the Greece; we are provisioned for thirty days.” WHAT TOOK PLACR ON THE BRIDGE. As soof 4s we arrived on board the Greece I was calied up to the bridge by Captain Thomas, who asked ine what amount of Water there was in the hold. J saidio reply, “I hat! heard seven feet.” Captain Lemarie, who had just come aboard, then came on the bridge and was introduced to Captain ‘Thomas, and said there was ten feet of water in his ship, and be believed that she could not remain afloat tarough the nignt, He made no reierence whatever to returning to his ship next moruing; but, on the contrary, repeatediy reasserted his opinion that she was “oroken across, and could not float.” the following conversation was had between himself and Captain Thomas:—‘‘As soon as I He further sata he did + Captain Lemarie states that | reached her deck I went on the bridge where | Captain Toomas was at the time. I said to lim, ‘L thank you for your assistance. Icome here on the assurance of your officer that I shail be rec on- ducted on board my own ship to-morrow morn- ing.’ He replied, ‘Yes, yes, yes; that is all rignt. ‘Alter that we will see what can be done.’ Tis 1 distinctly deny, for L was at the side of Captain Thomas the whole of the time, and all that passed Was as I have previvusly stated.” DEPARTURE OF THE SALVAGE OREW. I did not see Captain Lemarie make any attempt to get into the boats contaming the salvage crew, | briar is the promising four-year-old filly purchased bat saw him standing some distance off talking with | me oi whom I spoke to. Dr. Guil- lemard, a8 I was about leaving, s;ecially recom- mended me to take his cabin, which I should, he said, find very comfortabie. I also spoke to sev- eral of the oMcers, but none oi them said a word to me about their captain having been prevented from entering either of tne boats. Several of the passengers, among whom were MM, J, G. Heckswner, L. Phenix and . Kahn, also spoke to me and gave me their cards, asking me to look after tucir baggage and forward it to the addresses they gave me if we should reach port. was being lowered from the davits at this time, and IT had to make a jump for it. Lemarie had made any attempt such as he de- Scribes Ido not think I could have failed to see it, THE FATAL DELAY, I feel convinced that, had we gone on board the Europe at the time she was abandoned by Captain | Lemarte, when there was five pouads of steam in the boilers, we suould aave nad her in port at this The delay of a whole night, during which the fires were extinguished, was Jatal. The dis- couraging reports made by Captain Lemarie as to the condition of his sinp bada great emeot with Captain Thomas, and undoubted:y prevented our being sent on board the night previous, THE EURUPE’S BOATS. 3 One other point I wish to reier to, and that is the statement that has been made setting fortn that the boats beionging to the Greece were not abandoned and let driit by their crews when they boarded the Greece. In this regard | emphatically assert that they were let go adrut by them, for on our second return trip irom the Europe we met two or tliree of the Lurope’s boats floating away, and | made the remark, “What a pity to see such boats lost! Their crew? hall, a8 soon as they got alongside the Greece, scrambied up the sides and left the boats to take care of themselves. NO COLLISION WITH THE EGYPT, “T feel bound,” said Dr. MacGuire, in concluding “he boat in which I was to go | If Captain | his remarks, “to say that no coil sion occurred be. | tween the Europe and the kgypt, as is reported; in fact, the twe vesseis were never so near as to make such a thing a@ possivility. At tbe tame the Egypt took us in tow there was eighieen feet of water in the engine roum, seven feet in the forward compartments and three feet in the alter compartments. Ajiter the hawsers parted by which the Egypt was towing us we ielt there was no hope for the Europe was beginning to settle very fast by the head, and the last we saw of her was ner burying her nose in the sea and seemingly unable to rise. 1 have not the slightest doubt but that she must | have gone down, bow first, shortly alter we leit er. Dr. McGuire, as already published, was assistant | surgeon on the Greece, and has now come out. by | the Spain in order to estabiish hinmsel! in practice in this city. He may, thereiore, be considered as au impartial witnes-. Captain Thom: Vindication—Proceed- ings Against Captain Lemarle, of the Europe, for Libel—A Warrant of Ar- rest Granted—The Grounds of the Suit. Yesterday Judge Donohue, in the Supreme Court, granted a warrant of arrest against Captain Lema- rie, late of the steamship Europe, of the Transat- lantique line, for libel against Captain Thomas, of the steamship Greece, of the National Steamship Company. The action against Captain Lemarie is based upon. an ailegea libel which was published in a lever over the signature of Captain Lemane in the the French paper, the Courrier Unis, on Tuesday, April 1 of arrest was granted on facts that Captain Lemarie des The the Etats warrant alleged had embodied in. this letter several allegations | against Captain Thomas, which are stated tobe Untrue and conceived in malice; that Captain Thomas did not. a8 alleged, make any promise to Captain Lemarie, that he should be allowed to re- turn to his ship; that Captain Lemarie did not ask to be allowed to return, as alleged; that Captain Lemarie did not attempt to return to his vessel the next day, and that, therefore, no impediment could have been put in his way: and that wherein Captain Lemarte stated that Captain Tuomas was Wanting in lis duty to his vessel and his position those statements are grossly and maliciously false, | The water, as has already been stated, covers the | Park, while Brown sojourned at Bayside, L. L, in ing—B. F. Carver, Edwin Adams and Silent Friend the Winners. New ORLEANS, April 21,4874, This was the fifth day of the Louisiana Jockey Club races. The track was heavy, the attendance fair and the weather cloudy. ONE MILE AND A QUARTER. ‘The first race was & free handicap, one mile and a quarter, for a club purse of $500, of which the first horse was to receive $400 and the second $100. There were five contestants—Mr. Coffee’s brown colt B, F. Carver, G. B. Morris’ chestnut mare Nellie R., Wm, Cottrili’s bay filly Sally Watson, A. B, Lewis & Co.’s brown horse Ortolan and A, Bonnabel’s bay colt Hunkidorl. Carver won the race in style, letting in the knowing brigade for large amounts. Time, 2:18'4. In the pools Sallie Watson was first Caoice, selling for $135, Ortolan $100, Carver $65, Nellie R. $25 and Hunkidori $5, ONE MILE AND A HALF. The second race was a dash of one mile and a half, for all ages, for a purse of $500; first horse $400 and the second $100. Four contestants re- sponded to the bell, these being G, B, Morris’ bay gelding Edwin Adams, Fred. Lloya’s bay gelding Captain Hutchinson, Joun H. Stone’s chestnut filly Meta H, and A. B. Lewis & Co.’s bay mare Bessie Lee. Edwin Adams proved the victor by six lengths. Time, 2:51%. The pvols soid Meta H. $250, Eawin Adams $80, Bessie Lee $38 and Oap- tain Hutchinson $26. TWO MILE HRATS. The day’s sport closed with @ race of two-mile heats, for all ages, jor a purse of $800, first horse $650 and the second horse $150. William Cottrill’s chestnut horse Silent Friend and A. B. Lewis & Co.'s brown colt Chief Engineer, came to the post. Silent Friend distanced his antagonist in the first heat. Time, 4:06}. The winner was the tavorite ten to one. SUMMARY. New ORLRANS, La., APRIL 21, 1874.—Firta Day OF THE SPRING MEETING OF THE LOUISIANA JOCKEY CLuB.—First Rack.—Free handicap, oug mile and & quarter; Club purse, $500, of which $400 to the first and $100 to the second. John Coffee's br. ¢. B, F, Carver, 4 years old, by Lightning, dam L’Victime........-.-+-seeeese08 1 G. B. Morris’ ch, m, Nellie R. aged, by Ligntning, dam Nora Creina.. + 2 William Cottrill’s b. f, Sallie Watson, 4 years old, by Daniel Boone, dam Maggie G............... 3 A. B, Lewis & Co,’s br. h. Ortolan, aged, by D. Doneraile, dam Canary BirdM,...............5. 4 A. Bonnabel’s b, g. Hunkidori, 4 years old, by Tipperary. dam Greek Slave... eee B Time, . Same Day—SeEconp KacE.—Club purse of $500, dash of one mile and a half, for allages; first horse, $400; second horse, $100. G. B. Morris’ b. g. Edwin Adams, 4 years old, by Planet, dam Zephyr.....-+» seseceseccesee 1 Fred Lioyd’s b, g. Captain Hutchinson, 5 years old, by Voucher, dam Zero... ce deesae Jolin H. Storie’s ch. ft, Meta HL, 4 years old, vy Harry of the West, dam Louisiana B........... 3 A. B. Lewis & Co.'s b. m, Bessie Lee, 5 years old, by Hunter's Lexington, dam by Oliver.... 4 Time, 2:51. Same Day—Tuirp Kace.—Clud purse of $800, | two mile heats, for all ages; $650 to the first and | $150 to tne second horse. Willtam Jennings’ ch. b. Siient Friend, 5 years old, by Australian, dam by Lexington. . B. Lewis & Co,’s br. c. Caief Engineer, old, by Rivoh, dam Victotre. Time, 4:06 34, HORSE NOTES, ——_—+ [From the San Francisco Call, April 14.] The contract for grading the new race track and fair grounds has been signed and everything he- tokens its completion by the 1st of July. One nun- dred men will commence work to-day, and in a few days more another hundred will be put at work with horses and carts. Cy White, who has had much experience in building race tracks, will superintend matters, Tne plans for the various | butidings, including a fine club house, hotel, grand | stands, &c., are being prepared by Bugley & son, and the tmprovements will all be first class every respect. it ts reported that George Jacobs, of Grass Valley, will go East next month, to be gone two or three | months, and wilt be accompanied by A. Lewis, his trainer and driver. ‘They will probably take along | the pacing horse Defiance, and the trotters May Howard, Sweetbriar, and perhaps Jerome. Sweet- by Mr. Lewis for $5,000 a short time since, (From the Nashville Banner, April 19.] The almost unprecedented floods hereabouts have played liavoc with the Nashville race course. | entire track to the depth of five or six feet, ban- ishing for the time horses, trainers and jockeys to other localities. Some have gone out to the lair | grounds, some have gone to Memphis to partici- pate im the races there and others have gone home. Franklin’s stavle has gone back to Gallatin. The question now is whether, after the water re- cedes, the track can be got im readiness for the spring races, which, according to the programme already arranged, should commence two weeks , froin next Tuesday. When the water does disap- | pear it will leave a legacy of guilies and small Tavines on the course, which will be the main trouble to be tided over in the way of getting things Into shape. It ts thoughtin some quarters | that the track cannot be got in proper condition in time. Mr. George Darden, however, assures us that the games will commence at the destenated time. as a large force—200 men if necessary—will be put to work gn the track as soon as ‘he situa- tion will at all permit. Probably in three days from now, with no more rain, the water will entirely gone, giving uearly two weeks for over- hauling and repairing. CHAMPIONSHIP WALKING MATCH. Ten Miles for $1,000—Edward Mullen, of Boston, vs. William Brown, of New York—A Fine Exhibition but an Un- satisfactory Result. The ten mile walking match between Edward Mullen, of Boston, and William Brown, of New | York, tor $1,000 and the championship of the | United States, came off yesterday alternoon at Deerfoot Park, near Brooklyn, L. 1. Although the termination of the affair was most unsatisfactory, owing to the principals being interfered with on the last 100 yards of the trial, the exhibition was the finest ever witnessed in this country, and there cannot be any denial of the assertion that both the men are entitied to be termed first class pedestrians. This matcn for several weeks has excited agreat deal of attention and caused much speculation, which took the shape of betting. Both men have many friends, and as one and another asserted opinions of their respective qualities for en- durance and pluck, discussions became heated, which led to the inevitable result, an invitation to “pat your money up,’’ and thus many thousands of dollars were pending on the result. The 7th of this month was originally decided upon for the trial, but on that day the track was very muddy, which led Mullen’s backers to decline to let him walk, though they gave the Brown party $40 for expenses, as an inducement to postpone it until esterday, which was accepted. At that time ullen put himself under the care of John Haydock, the 100 mile walker, and remained at Deerfoot charge 01 his brother, Tomas Brown, of Providence. Six hundred persons, representing all classes, gathered at the appointed place early in the after- noon, but it was alter four o’ciock beiore a referee | could be agreed upon, James Glass at last being | named as this important official, Brown was first upon the track, but Mulien followed soon alter, ‘with the judges—Edward Maliaban for Muilen and Tony Miller tor Brown—a policeman and the | referee seated tn & barouche to accompany the walkers. ‘he word was given at 4h. dim. Both men seemed the pink of physical perfection, and | both finally demonstrated that they were all they looked. Brown is 24 years of age, 5 leet 1134 inches in height and weighed in nts walking clothes 148 pounds. Mullen has just attained his majority, and thus, of course, is three years the junior of his antagonist. He is 5 feet 83g inches in | height and his weight yesterday morning in | his stocking feet was 140 pounds, The latter was dressed in white merino shirt, drawers of the same coior and material, blue silk tranks and scariet and blue stockings. He wore @ cap during the en- tire contest. Brown's waiking clothes were a | white merino shirt and drawers, trunks of the, | same color and material as Mullen’s, white stock- | ings, and was bareneaded, | Amid many shouts and a great amount of push- | ing and crowding the men got away at the hour The proceedings taken against Captain Lemarie | aoove mentioned. It was an easy step at first, but are of both a criminal and civil nature, aad have been granted by Judge Donohue in consequence of [sail made belore Captain Thomas and nis officers le(t this port. New York last Saturday in the steamship Rhein, of the North German Lioyds, bat the warrant 0: arrest, though nseiess at present, wiil pe executed ainst him in case of his return to this port. Wa ts stated at the National Company's office that the object of the [ved is to fully vindicate the character of Captain Thomas against the foul charges which have been made against him. A pubilo retraction of these assaults is considered necessary and will be demanded in case of the French tain’s return here at any future day, a8 the charges made against Captain Thomas are ol a grave nature, and are enough in themselves to in- | volve him in serious complications, Proceedin; it is said, have also been taken against Mr. Ecorge G. Mackenzie, one of the sons of the agent of the French line for libels published aceiost Captain Toomas, Captain Lemarie also left | belore the quarter-pole was reached Mulien went to the front, and, at tne end of the first mile, which he made in 7m. 498., was five seconds ahead. The betting, which had been $100 to $40 before the word was given, now Aas sumed even figures, Easy and gracefully Mullen maintained the post of honor at the second mile in 6m, 428.—three seconds better than ms op- | ponent. At the end of the third mile the story | ‘was the 8ame—two seconds better—but at the fin- | ish of the three and a haif miles they crossea tne | score on even terms. The fourth, fifth, sixth and | seventh miles Mullen Jed Brown in his peculiar, confidant manner, a3 now and then turning half around he would smile in the face of his tormid- le companion. Mullen by this time had demou- _ trated that his lungs were of the bellows char acter and would not fail him, aod that his legs were sound, “if his legs bold out Mullen will win!’ shouted a gentieman who ig a jndge, and re! 80 It looked. On the eighth mile each did his le’ | lution voted on the 4th of April at Hamburg by an | | text haa been transmitted to him :— vel Lest, aud prevtier | starts up with re NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2%, 1874—QUADRUPLE Shuai Sri, tate, sean aee round the half-mile track, and at the of tne led him one second, fun and ‘became of the most intense char- ‘ung along in his selisame con- bis antagonist until the last le, pe of a mile, when the latter made an extraor- canon of ane led Mullen. Tnis savanced ge ree as maintaine rown until within 100 Jame’ on the score, when Mullen came 41 iz along, and every second n chances of ultimate success, when, be said to the disgrace of the parties concerned, there Were a rush’and a crush on the track in (ront of the walkers, which in the twinkling of an oye resulted in Brown being knocked down and Mullen pushed violently against the fence. Mullen re- Covered himself the quickest and passed the score two yards ahead of his opponent. There was much excitement because of this rufflunly work, and lor & Moment serious trouble was apprehended, but the police preseus restrained any very wicked demonstrations, The referee left the track at once, and within half an hour decided that the match was “a draw.’ Had no dirty business char- acterized the contest 1t could have appropiately been termed “the grandest pedestrian effort ever witnessed 1n this country.” “The topowing isa SUMMARY, DEERFOOT PARK, NEAR BROOKLYN, L. L, April 21, 1874.—Walking match of ten miles, ior $1,000 and the championship of America, Edward Mullen, of Boston..... Wilham Brown, of New York. TIME, aM First mite. Second mil H 2 H 4 Third mile. 8 34 8 36 Fourvh mil 8 42 8 43 Fifth mile. 8 OL 8 53 Sixth mite. 8 47 8 48 Seventh mii ® 00 9 0o2 8 42 8 45 8 43 8 44 5 8 40 _ ‘Total Tia 308, Releree—James Giass, of Brooklyn. Judge for Mullen—Edward Mallahan, of New York, Judge for Brown—Tony Miller, of Bayside, L. I, AMATEUR PRIZE FIGHTER, A Connecticut Lawyer Changes His Profession—The Bar For the Ring. NorwWa x, Conn., April 21, 1874, ‘The pugilistic “set-to’ between Mr. A. Brush, of Noroton, a lawyer, practising in Norwalk, and William Mott, a poultry dealer of Darien, which came off privately in the latter place early last week, 18 attracting public attention and calling forth denunciatory comments from the local press. The legal fraternity feel outraged that one of their number should engage in a “mill” of this kind, and action by the Fairtieid county bar, looking to the Pprrardieing So the impromptu.shoulder hitter, will probably be soon taken. out and that they will be brought belore the Grand Jary vo answer at Bridgeport tuis week. NEW YORK CITY. Charles Howard Smith, aged six years,’of No. 32 Greenwich street, died yesterday morning from burns received through playing with matcues, Coroner Crocker yesterday held an inquest in the case of Benry Meyers, who fell, afew days back, and broke his leg. Verdict, accidental death, sees Joseph Snyder, John Hessler, John Ripley and W. HL. Baker were arrested yesterday on a bench warrant by detective Riley. They are charged | with assault and battery. For the week ending the 18th inst. there were 685 deaths in the city, against 583 for the preceding week, The death rate tor the last two weeks was equal to 29.15 per 1,000 annually. Mary Hughes was run over in Henry street last evening and her shoulder broken by @ wagon driven by John Meyers, of No, 212 East Twenty-first street, Who Was arrested. she was sent to Belle- vue Hospital. One hundred and thirty-two bags of mail matter | were received yesterday atthe Post OMice from New Zealand and Australia via San Francisco, and forwarded by Postmaster Jones to Eu:ope per | steamer idaho, Peter Sewell, six years of age, of No. 343 West Eighteenth street, was run over and seriously in- | jured in Twentieth street, near Eighth avenue, by | | ahearse driven by Frederick A. Torry, of Fitty- first street and fignth avenue. Tne latter was arrested by the police. The following is a comparative statement of cases of contagious diseases reported at the Bureau Jor it the two wecks ending April 18, 1874: Coretiran Week | Ty- | Ty. \Scar-| spinal. |Meas-| Diph- | ending |phus. |phvid. | slot. |Meningitis.) tes. \thertw. | Apri! ol ol "99 1] a8] 44 8 ‘Abritis) oO) 3} (ee) a The Republican Central Committee met last | evening at Republican Hall, President Hugh | Gardner presided, The reports of the special | committee on the new primary elections held tn | the Sixth and Fifteenth Assembly districts were | Tread and approved. ‘The resignation of Cnarles A, | Fiammer, a member of the Seventeenth district, and the election of Karl Dann to fill the vacancy, was announced. The Chairman also announced | that a communication had been received “im- porous the moral orthodoxy” of the flve mem- ers from the Second Assembly district, (Laugh- Rele:rea to tue Executive Committee. The committee to receive, subscriptions and call upon the Mayor to-morrow to induce the city to take some action in behall of the Louisiana suffer- ers, are Solomon Sterne, of New Orleans; John McCauley, of No, 22 Wiliam street; Thomas D, Cottman, No, 254 broadway; Alexander G. Black, No. 126 Pearl street; Wiliam P, Campbell, No. $7 Pearl street; 8, Covas, No. 53 Beaver street; H. J, Falion, No, 95 Pearl street; John Fox. No. 25 Wil- | liam street; J. T. Hanemann, No. 52 Exchange iace; Charles Hyliested, No. 7 South William | street; H, W. Farley, No, 132 Peari street; Addison | Cammack, Filth Avenue Hotel. BROOKLYN. ter.) The receipts of tne City Treasurer last week amounted to $95,456 42, The total amount remain- ing in the treasury 18 $2,926,378, During the past week there were 56 cases of scarlatina, 5 smallpox, 26 diphtheria and 4 of ty- phoid tever reported to the Board of Heaitn, One bundred and seven thousand three hundred | and sixty-five persons visited Prospect Park last week, according to the report of the Park police. John Sauer, a workman, twenty-four years of age, emploved in the coal yard No. 88 Congress | street, died suddeniy at that place yesterday. The Coroner was notilled, The Finance Committee of the Board of Super- visors met yesterday and discussed the bills of the Coroners, which they desire to reduce. No defi- nite result was reached by the committec. The annual reception and donation visit of the | Society for the Aid of Friendless Women and Chii- aren opened at No. 20 Concord street yesterday, | Visits and donations will aiso be received to-day and this evening. An explanation has been catled for in the matter of distributing the receipts of the charity matinée recently given at the Academy of Music tor the | benefit of the poor. The receipts amounted to | about $4,000, and the money was paid to Mr. W. H. ‘Taylor and F. A. Brady, M. D, BISMARCK TO THE HAMBURGERS, Prince Bismarck has replied as follows to a reso- assembly of electors held there, and of which the | 1 thank very sincerely the persons who were present at the meeting in the Exchange Hall for | the confidence shown towards the government of | the Empire on the motion carried, and { also thank you for communicating 1t tome. The conviction expressed in the great commercial city oi Ger- many by influential persons, and according vo | which the army should, a8 an organized member of the nation, be constituted in a durable manner, 80 as to protect pacific labor from all violent in- | terruption, Will find an echo tn the country, and 1s one of the must precious guarantees for an accord between the cofederated governments and the German Parliament, A COMPLIMENT TO GENERAL BUILER. [From the Sun of yesterday.) Here, as heretofore, with this wonderful man, 60 irrepressible in energy and inexhaustible in re- source, We may be at lault in our jadgment. +7 | would appear, looked at casually, that he, like Pitt i aiter Austerlitz, might roll up the map of Massa- chusetts, “it need not be opened again (or twenty years.” Yet such is his marveli recusative power, that when in @ gas, of failing breath, he perated vicality. Reports are current | that warrants for the arrest of the contestants are | ; stated. | this afternoon, , Jormed. SHOCKING SUICIDE IN BOSTON: A New York Broker Kills Himselt at the Parker House. * Business Failure the Cause’ of the Rash Act. Boston, Mass,, April 21, 1874 This forenoon the Parker House was the ecene ot great excitement, the guests and boarders being horrified and excited to an alarming degree, when itbecame known that one of the most shocking cases of self-destruction which it is possible to con- ceive of, had occurred in the hotel, Early in the forenoon one of the cbamber girls, in passing along the corridor upon the second floor, heard astrange sound proceeding from room 46, the door of which was locked, which resembled that of a man breath- ing hard, as though he was choking or laboring in his sleep, The girl stopped to listen to the doleful sounds, and at first thought the man was possibly inroxicated, but, upon listening again, she per- ceived a gurgling noise which, 48 she said to the Hena.p reporter, made her think of blood running Jrom # wound, and terribly frightened Ler. She at once communicated her fears to a gentleman who occupied room 49, opposite No. 46, and he called @ porter, who commenced to rap leudly upon the door, but without response, A stepiadder was at once procured, and, climbing up, he peered through the brass grating over the door. The sight which met his view was most sickening. In the fnrther corner of the small room, near the window, crouched * down upon the floor, partly sitting, partly lying, was the body of a man COMPLETELY SOAKED IN BLOOD. The head was thrown back, disclosing a yawning and horrible chasm between the chin and breast, from which the last drops of the poor man’s lite blood were oozing. The bed was disarranged, as theugh some one had just arisen (rom it. The pillows were piled one upon the other, and they were covered with blood. Near the bed there was a razor half open, evidentiy the weapon with ence the deed was committed. The discoverers oft MOST SHOCKING SUICIDE at once made the matter known to the proprietors of the Parker House, and word was also sent to the Second police station, from whence two otficers hurried to the spot and broke open the doors, The head of the unfortunate man was found to be nearly severed from the body, the vertebra being all that heid the two parts together, ‘CAUSE OF THE SUICIDE. The victim was a man thirty-two years of age, named Julius P, Mason, who formerly belonged to this city, but who for about ten yeats past-has been in business in New York. Last Saturday he came to this city and registered at the Parker House. He was a half brother of Mr. Mortimer B. Mason, who is in the broker- age business at No. 17 State street. His near relatives reside at Andover, Mass., where he was born and brought up. His business enterprises in New York have resulted rather an- successlully, and this produced a despondency on his mmd which tp romely led to the commission of the terrible deed which ended his lie. In the room Where he was found was a sealed note ad- dressed to his hal!-brother, the contents of which gave the reason jor the seil-destruction, a3 just There were also found in the room a pack- age of letters and a lady’, NOVO Oy me c= 2 ~.. HOW tit® Deed Wad AccOMPLISHED. ‘ Masoil was last seen ave about hall-past eight o’clock this morning. He had arisen irom bed, pat on his pants and coat and descended to the arroom, Alter remaining below a few moments he reascended to his room, locked the doer aud evidently prepared for the deed at once, The blood upon the pillows and the position in which the body was found near the mirror demonstrate that he made two eff.rts before succeeding in hig dreadiul design, and that alter intlicting a wound upon his throat while lu bed he arose, and, walk- ing across the room, repeated it near where he fell, Judging from the story of the chambermaid, she Must have appeared at the door very soon aiter the deed was consummated, which could not have been far irom nine o’clock or a quarter past Coroner Foye arrived upon the spot as soon as possible after the news had been conveyed to him. The body was delivered to an under- taker, by whom it will be prepared ior burial, and wil then be turned over to the relutives. Among the LETTERS FOUND IN THE ROOM were one or two addressed to “Lottie,” who ts supposed to be the origina: of the picture which wus found, That ‘Lottie’ was a jormer sweet- heart of the deceased is apparent trom the fol- lowing extract irom one of the letters:— O Lottie! speak I must, You know your lightest wishes tome are sacred, but ‘iime’s matchless flugers have passed and lett thelr imprint in eizht long years. Have 1 or have I not been patient? 1 know full well my pride kept ine from you when rortune favored me so liber- aily, apd many tunes, then, have [been upon the point, Lottie, ot lying at your feet, what was crueliy denied me years ago. Almost chilled (o despair, restless, wear; vad at heart, 2 plunged into business. months I made $23,0U), bad furnished rooma in ‘Tremont’ street, and horses, & Pavilion, on . iL was happy even then. J’ knew tull well that I wanted society, for without the ladies we wouid be strange boors. I [could have torgotten your coldness I sLouid have gone into leglamate business in the place of siock. Bos- ton palied upon wy appetite and I went to New York, Where reverses met me, but never was Iso bad as Mrs. Grundy painted me, proving the heartiessness of those who “lawn only to trown.”” The community are greatly agitated over this deliberate suicide, and it has been the means of exaggerated rumors that a murder had been com- mutteu in the most prominent hotel of the city. MYSTERIOUS DEATH. A Mulatto Girl Found Dead in a Dirty Hovel in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, April 21, 1874, A very mysterious case, and one attended by no small degree of horror, came to light in this city the principal circumstances of which up to this hour are involved in perplexity and doubt, The report was rendered to a district station house in one of the jower wards that there was a dead body in a room of the house located at 6.9 Middle alley, and an officer was detailed to make @ thorough investigation. Sabsequently the Deputy Coroner visited the premises, and from one of the gentlemen who accompanied him I learn the following story :— Middle alley is inhabited in the main by negroes. No. 609 19 a desolate looking house and a perfect rookery. Before entering the room we sought to ascertain @ few particulars, but the parties living below remuined entirely reticent. We ascended the stairs until we had reached the second story, when we entered one of the back rooms, A sight of horror met our eyes, Furniture was over- turned, chairs had been broken, the beaclothes were upon the floor and everything in the room was lying about in the wildest coniusion, The stench which pervaded the apartment was per- fectiy disgusting. Upon the floor, crouched in am unnatural atuitude and dressed “in tattered night garments the outline of a young mulatto ‘irl was seen, with her head resting heavily upom her knees. Her hair was matted and tangled with tue filth in which she had died, Beside her was a shattered lamp, and a tattered dress, with scanty underciotiing, Imy near by. There are none of us wha Yeap to judge how she died. The sight wa$ one at Which the most indifferout would have been appalled, and one the frightlulness of which none but @ visitor can comprenend. The giri was young, of slight Ogure and delicately No one understands by what means she sustained the painiul injuries which caused her death. All we could ascertain there was that she Was dead and that sie nad died in poverty and filth, ‘There ia @ sequel being developed, however, which is likely to bring to hght many of those ctr- cumstances of which We are at present ignorant. We leurn that the girl had been married, nad sep- grated irom her husband, and that last nighta negro was seen to enter her room. ‘This negro has escuped, but the officers are now upon his track and will use every means to effect his arrest, It 18 this megro alone who can ive the stacement which will explain all. Fite partios living below say that there ‘was considerable confusion above, accompanied by no littie noise, but beyond this they pretended utter ignorance. The Coroner's a a et Dr, Shapleigh, has made @ partial examination, but nothing satisfactory will be made known antil to- morrow morning atthe Morgue. The girl appara to have died from greas internal injuries and from natural weakness, which Was greatly aggravated by the conauct of the man. ‘he severity of the struggle is evinced in the confused condition of | the room. The name of the girl is Adeline Gross, but the name of the man is unknown. SINKING OF A RIVER STBAMER, EVANSVILLE, Ind,, April 21, 1874, The steamer Camella was perforatea by a float ing log, which caught between her and the bank. at Raleigh at six o’clock last night. The steamer immediately went to pieces and sunk in forty feet of water. The boat and cargo are a total loss. No lives were lost. The oficers and crew arr: here by the Ked*Cloud and entered a protest, and proceeded to Louisville by the Arlington, The cargo Was valued at $60,000, and is insured in Oin- cinnati and Louisville, The boat was ownea by Bes ant Leo Crane and William Varbie, and was valued at $30,0.0, She was not insured. om cers and crew lost most of their effects,