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FRANCE. M. Goulard Still Employed at Cabinet Making. ae STRANGE PARTY COMPLICATIONS Pants, May 19, 1874. M. Goulard has not given up hope of forming @ Ministry. He is continuing negotiations to-day. During the day President MacManon gave su- ‘Giences to M. de Goulard, M. Buffet and the Duke Decazes, PARTY COMPLICATIONS—STRIFE IN THE BALANCE OF POWER. The Moderate Right object to an impersonal septennate, because it would be equivalent to the recognition of the Repubhic, The extreme Right are determined to oppose M. Goulard, or any other chief of the Ministry whose platform embraces the adoption of the constitutional bills, M. Goulard, finding no sure support in the Left Centre or Right, is, therefore, compelled to rely mainly upon the minority in the Assembly. MATERIAL FOR A MINISTRY. It is expected that the Ministry will be com- pleted to-night, witn MM. Goulard, Decazes, Magne and Bodet at the head of the principal depart- ‘ments. RUSSIA AND ENGLAND. ‘Czar Alexander in the Camp and the Ballroom. Lonpon, May 19, 1876. Tho Czar of Russia went to Aldershot this ‘morning. The usual crowds gathered in tne streets to see His Majesty pass. The Emperor reviewed 14,000 British troops at Aldershot camp, and will return to London in the evening. STATE BALL AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE. A state ball in honor of the Russlan monarch ts to take place at Buckingham Palace to-night. The Royal Visit to Woolwich. Lonpon, May 20, 1874, The Emperor Alexander will visit Woolwich to- Gay and inspect the government docks and ‘works, SPAIN. Sharp Fighting Near Bilbao—Royalist Lookout for English Guns, LonpDon, May, 19, 1874. The Carflsts; last week attacked some intrench- ing parties beyond Bilbao, but were driven of ‘with the loss of thirty prisoners. Sixty republicans were killed and wounded, The Varlists are expecting the arrival of a cargo Of guns purchased in England. ENGLAND. “ Lonpon, May 20, 1874. Mr. Henry Brinsley Sheridan, liberal, has been Teturned to.the Housg of Commons irom Dudley. + WEATHER’ REPORT. The weather throughout England to-day 4s fair. POLAND AND RUSSIA, Impefiai Amnesty to Politioal Exiles. = Lonpon, May 19, 1874, Count Sthouvaloff, Chief of the Russian Imperial Secret Police, to-day gave assurance that all exiled Polés, with the exception of two or three known assasdins, may return to their native country. TRE FRANCO-AUSTRIAN DUELLISTS. A Lady the Cause of t.¢ Challenge, Paris, May: 19, 1874. It 18 the Count de Montebello, not the Duke ae Montmorency, who‘has sent 4 challenge to Prince Metternich. ‘The cause of the challenge is the re- fusal of the Princess Metternich to return a tation at a ball of Count de Montebello, THE PRINCE'S SECONDS PREVENT, DANGER. Prince Metternich’s seconds refuse to allow the duel with the Count de Montebello to take place, TURKEY. Heavy Losses by Fire—Israclite Sufferers at the Capital, 4 CONSTANTINOPLE, May 19, 1874. 4 fire last night in Galata, a iarge suburb of this city, destroyed about 100 houses, occupied mostly: by poor Jews. F MISS GRANT'S APPRO NG MARRIAGE, we , WASHINGTON, May 19, 1874, The workmen to-day, commenced the decoration of the East Room of the Executive Mansion, in which is to take placeon Thursday morning the marriage of Miss Grant-to Mr. Sartoris. Three hundred javitations have been issued, the larger number to persons outaide of Washington;. but it is thought that not moérethan half that number Will be presenton the occasion. The object on the part of the'Presi#ent’s family seems to have been 1o render the wedding as private ag possible, care- fully avoiding everything that would give to it an oficial character, THE GUESTS, The only foreign representatives present will be Sir Edward Thornton, together with Lady Thorn- ton, they being of the same nationality as Mr, Sartoria. “ The guests, will include, the more. intimate friends of the President’s family, euoh as the justices of the Supreme Court, members of the ‘abinet, Speaker Bhine. Senators Conkliug, Free lnghaysen-and A.-G. Thurman; General Sir 5 Admiral Porter, George W. Cnlids, A. J. Drexel, Adolph E. Borie, together with tne ladies of their respective households, apd others of various cities, THE BRIDE'S PRESENTS. | On the inorning’ of the mending the gates of the Executivd Mansion will be closed to all except the invited guests, During to-day & large number of sy lendid an juanie presents to the bride wera tboetved. vir peiactpally from Philadelphia, A few of them ere irom New York. A Party of Distinguished Guests from Boston. “ Boston, Mass., May 19, 1874. A small party, including Vice President Wilson, Hon. ©. A, Phelps and daughter und a few others, left for Washington this evening to attend the wedding at the Exeoutive Mansioe on Thursday. FAILURE OF A BANK, Rocursrer, N. 'Y., May 19, 1874. The Farmers and Mechanica’ Bank of this city, of which Hon, Thomas Raines’ is manager, closed its doors: this morning, The fatiure of a new ary goods4iouse 4 few 's-since is supposed to a4 the immediate cause of the faiure of the bank, BASS BALL barge any mst Baltimore. BAttimons, May 19, 1974, In the third champ:onship- game between the Boston end Baltimore cinbs pisyed here to-day the fo was Victorious in a well agoine, she sore stAnUILE 8 to 2 peianlans NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 2), 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. MEXICO. Railway Concessions Annulled—Treaty Making with Ttaly—Nationalist Rejoicing—A Padre in Prison—Industry Encouraged Crry or Mexico, via Havana, May 10, ia74, The concession granted to the Mexican Company for the construction of the international and inter. Oceanic railroads bas been annulled, TREATY RATIFICATION, The extradition treaty between Mexico and Italy has been ratified. 4 GREAT DAY POR THE DEMOCRACY. The anniversary of the victory of May 5, 1862, over the French army, was celebrated witn enthu- stasm in the capital and throughout the country. A OLERGYMAN CONSIGNED TO PRISON. Savala, a priest of Morelia, has been condemned to one year's imprisonment for violation of tue reform laws. SPANISH SMUGGLERS, ‘The customs authorities at Progreso have seized the Spanish steamer Lola, from Havana, for smng- gling. The greater portion of her cargo had Qiready been surreptitiously landed and carted away, The remainder was found on board under the coal, and, with the steamer, has been vonfia- cated INDUSTRY ENCOURAGED, The sum of $70,000 has been voted by Congress to provide for the proper representation of Mexico @t the Centennial Exhibition tn Philadelphia, POSTAL REFORM, A bill for the rednction of rates of postage and for the general improvement of the postal service has been introduced in Congresa, COTTON CROP LOST. (MILL RIVER CALAMITY. The cotton crop of Justepec has been destroyed | by a hail storm. AMUSEMENTS. Fifth Avenue Theatre. Last night & dramatization of “Oliver Twist,’ Dickens’ romantic story of London life, was pro- duced at thia house, which differs tn many impor- tant particulars from the dramas founded on the story with which the public are already familar. The situations of the present work ‘follow more closely the plot of the novel, but there fs not much Playwright skill shown in the way in which they are woven together. Indeed, the dif- ferent acts sre so alightly connected that there can scarcely be said to be auy dramatic sequence. As the play opens the tn- terest centres on tne fortunes of Oliver Twist, but by the end of the third act he has been | ay eliminated and the interest pivots on Nancy Sykes, and passes, by right of succession, to Fagin, the last scene being apparently tackea on to give Mr. Fisher an opportunity of displaying his dramatic talents in @ somewhat new direction, The new dramatization bas little to recommend tt save the strong incidents that are taken wholesale from Dickens, and even these have not always been wisely used— as, for instance, the court scene, which 1s uot equal to that jn the older dramatizations. The comic element has been largely tniused im the first acts, but as the play progresses the melodramatic. incidents monopolize the scene. But though the construction Of the: play is decidedly loose and Jaulty, the nature of the incidents that are succes- sively presented have a strong and even absorbing interest. Attention 1s compellea by the pictures o! life which she author drew; but they certainly are not very pleasing, and vhere 18 An absence of any legitimate plot to justily the adapter in dragging the audience in spirit throug scenes of horror, The new play, though a dis- Jointed production, has the strong, dramatic points of the story to Jali back on, and these, with the aid of an admirable mise en scene and the support of a remarkavly strong cast, are sufficient to secure for it considera. ble popularity. The ancy Sykes of Miss Fanny Davenport surpasses in dramatic value her impersonation of the tramp Tredgett, whica proved ths lady to possess @ dramatic talent with witch she had not been credited beiore. Last Might she added another to her list of triumplis, throwing a fervor and electric force into her im- Persouation of Nancy Sykes that won her the un- usual honor of & taird recall in the scene where she deiends Oliver Twist from the brutal violence of Fagin. Mr. Lewis James, also, ag Bill Sykes, made an unequivocal success in the melo- dramatic une. ‘The Dodger of Mr. Lewis and the Fagin of Mr. Fisher were both careful and arustic performances. In the final scene Mr. Fisher gave a powertul picture of the fear and remorse oj the condemned criminal. In- deed, the play 18 absolutely studded with gems of acting, such as are rarely met with in any drama, and each of these would deserve lengthened no- lice if time would permit it. It 1s om this quality that the succcss of the new adaptation must reat, rather than on any skill suown in its construction, A Notable Performance. This evening, at Steinway Hall, Mrs. Sarah F, Ames and Grace Greenwood will give an entertain- ment in costume, consisting of readings in charac- ter with stage effects. These ladies are already widely known, Mrs. Ames asan artist ana Grace Greenwood as one of the most gifted and charmin; of our lady writers. Thousands who have rea Grace Greenwood's writings, and have felt their lives strengthened by the purity and nobleness of her teachings, will rejoice at this opportunity of aeeing her ina performance which was recerved rece unusual approbation when given in Washing. on. Musical and Dramatic Notes. McOullough appears to-night at Booth’s, in “Damon and Pythias.”” Mile. Torriani, one of the late prime donne of the Strakosch Italian Opera Company, leit yester- Gay by the steamship Herder for Europe. The New York public will have a last opportunity to hear the phenomenal singer Ilma.di Murska to- day at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. She sings the second act of “Dinorah’’ on the occasion of Mr. Morrtssey’s benefit, which takes place this after- noon. “Monsieur Alphonse,” “My Uncle's Will,” and iima di Murska forma most remarkable at- traction, and as Mr. Morrissey is deservedly popn- Jat we expect that the Fifth Avenue will be crowded. WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WasnINGTON, D. C., May 20—1 A. M. Probabilities. FOR THE EASTERN PORTION OF NEW ENGLAND AND THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES GENERALLY CLEAR WEATHER AND SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PREVAIL DURING THE DAY, WITH STATIONARY AND RISING TEMPERATURE AND FALLING BAROMETER, For the South Atlantic and the Guif States, gen- erally clear weather, southeast to southwest winds, stationary or rising temperature and fall- ing barometer. For the lower takes, Northern New York and Western Pennsylvania, light rain, southerly to variable winds, stationary temperature and fall- ing followed by rising barometer. For the upper lake region and the Northwest, clear or tiearing weather, northwest winds, sta- tionary to falling temperature and rising barom- eter. The lower Mississippl, the lower Ohio and lower Missouri rivers will fall slowly during Wednesday, The Weather in This City Yesterday. ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in. comparison with the corresponding day of laat ear, 8 Indicated by tN Aaa peeboat at Hudnut’s 1873, 1874. 8:80 Py Mo... 16 nm harmacy, HERALD Buil ellis a7 Sane NAVAL INTELLIGE 20. Movements of Vessels—Details of Officers. WASHINGTON, May 19, 1874, Naval advices report that the Richmond sailed from San Francisco May 18 for Panama, touching At points along the coast, She is to be the flagship of the South Pacific station. The Saranac at Panama ts to await the arrival of Rear admiral Alma from Callao, who is to proceed to San Fran- cisco to take command ot the North Pacific station. The Gettysburg will leave Washington to-day to be docked. ORDERS. Passed Assistant Surgeon A. M. Moore ts ordered to the Naval Hospital at New York. Paymaster 8, T. Browne is ordered to the Nayal Academy. Gun- ner George L. Albro is ordered to the Ticonderoga. Lieutenant John T, Sullivan is detached trom auty and ordered to the Roanoke. aurv Passed Aasistant ‘Sargeon James M. Flunt is detached irom the Swatara and ordered home. Assistant surrey Ly M. Gains ts de- tached from the Naval Hospital at New York and ordered ome. “the Con ued Efforts to Recover thé Missing Dead. Humiteds of Volunteers Digging in the Bed or.the Stream. FUNERALS AT HAYDENVILLS Sad and Solemn Scenes—Whole Fami- lies Interred Together. CONTRIBUTIONS FLOWING IN Prompt Response of the Coantry to the Call for Aid. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., May 19, 1874. The mournful scenes consequent upen the Mill River calamity continue to multiply with teariul frequency. Everywhere up and down the valley, from Williamsburg to Northampton, there are the same sad spectacles of death and desolation, of grief and misery, of suffering and anguish, The | melancholy solemnity seems to become in- vensified rather than apated with the lapse of time, and it will be many weeks, and perhaps months, before the community is restored to anything like a peaceful resignation to the terrible catastrophe which has visited them, The weather to-day has been auspicious and favorable for the great work of reconstruction im the vale of death, and from the earliest hours of daylight the fortunate survivors of the food have been engaged in the various duties of the hour. Every effort that fa put forth ts attended with a seemingly more intense sadness than the same was twenty-four hours before, when a most unnatural strength was given alike to mind and body by the terrible excitement attending the vial- tation. VISITORS VIEWING THE SCENE. At no time has there been a larger influx of visit- ors from the eurrodnding country than to-day. The trains from all directions have come in heiv- ily laden, and, in addition to the regular trains, it has been found necessary to run specials in order to amply accommodate the vast multitudes, The great work of the hour, of course, is the recovery of the bodies of the unfortunate victims, The Manner of securing them has already been de- scribed in the HERALD, but the obstacics in,the Way of getting’ those still missing are very great on account of the mammoth sand banks which have been formed on the acres of territory covered by the flood and the great masses of heavy débris, which are formed at almost every rod along the. course of the torrent. THE SEARCH FOR THE BODIES, Farmers, mechanics and artisans have been here to-day im largé nninbers from the surrounding country volunteering aid, and in most cases com- ing armed ana prepared to dig and tear apart the wreck, The current ofthe stream is not strong, and, by digging new channels, the water, in many places, hag been turned astde, ao that men can work with oxen and horses in clearing the great snarls of trees and brush, clothing, timber, &c. The result of the day’ ef- forts 1s that some fifteen or sixteen more bodies have been found and taken to the morgues at Wil. Mamsburg. Young Atkinson found the body of nis favher and removed it himself to the house of re- ception in the village. The body of Mrs, Spencer Bartlett was found on the meadows in Florence, | and others were picked up in the immediate neighborhood, THE DEAD RECOVERED YESTERDAY, The total number carried up the bank and to the morgue in Warner’s carpenter shop during the day was fifteen, and includes the following :— Patrick Brennan, Kate, daughter of James Charles Patrick, Fennessey, Mary Patrick, Sarah O’Shaunessey, Grace Cogan, Ellen ¥. Fennessey, Lotte Fitzgerald, Napoleon Bussonette, LIST OF THE MISSING NOW. This leaves the list of missing, as nearly as can be ascertained, as followa:— FROM WILLIAMSBURG, R, J, Lacour. One chila of Mrs, Patrick Scully. One child of Alexander Robe: One child of James Burke. Frederick Bird. Mrs. W, D. Adams and her son Willie. Mrs. Eliza Downing’s daughter. Mrs, Frank Murray. Mr. and Mrs, Frank Train. George Ashley, Mrs, Alexander Roberts. PROM SKINNBRVILLE, Mrs. Jerome Hiliman. FROM HAYDENSVILLE. Mr. Hogan and one cnild, Edward Moakler. Mrs. Mosher and her son's wife. Three children of Mrs, John Wilson, Two children of Mra, Posset, Mrs. Antoine Brosier. Mrs. Messie and two children. intant child of Mrs, Napoleon Busonette. Stephen Reilly’s daughter. FROM LEEDS, Charles ana Mary Patrick. Two children of John Ciancy. Mrs, Jumes Fenneasey and two children, Alexander Long, Arthur sharp. Three childrea of Edward Hannon. Mrs. Jane Cogan, A child of James Fennessey. In addition to the list of those who are certainly known to be lost there is good reason to believe that some strangers, and perhaps a considerabie Dumber, were engulfed in the delage, and their remains not found yet, and it is by no means cer- tain that the list of missing from the different villages is complete, for there a ways more or Jess mill operatives, recent arrivals, with fow or no acquaintances, and it is believed that the bodies of some such will be found in the débris in the covered meadows of Florence, as the search for bodies is now the moaz ‘pressing nevessity for san. itary, as well as other reasons. CONTINUING THE SEARCH APTER DARK. Most of the volunteers came with implements for that kind of work, and fresh forces will swarm in the valley on the morrow. Many who have ‘worked all day are still laboring this evening with id of lanterns. As before intimated, there are very many persons of whom there Is no clew, 80 there will be, at the present rate of aiscovery, no discharge for the committee who have been for five days.and nights tenderly caring for the re- mains as they have been brought in, and as fast as the remains can be prepared they are given to the relatives and friends and interment immedi- ately follows FUNERAL SERVICES AT HAYDENSVILLE. To-day at Haydensville funeral services were held over the remains of Mrs. Derby Kingsley and two children, Mrs. Jacob Hull, John L. Kaplinder and Mrs. John Wilson. In every case save one there were merely brief and touching ceremonies at the grave. Rev. J. P, Kimbatl, the Congregational pastor, Was assisted in his sad duties by Rev. Dr. Seaford, of Deerfield, and Rev. J, Whane, of Whateley. The remains of the two Miller children , Were taken to Holyoke for burial. The funeral of Dr, E, M, Johnson and family, of Williamsburg—nis family including his mother, wife and three chilaren—was held et Feeding Hills | thisafternoon. The remains of the mother, who waa a sister of Dr. Bell, of Feeding Hilla, had not been found until Dr. Bell himself visited the scene Monday afternoon, when he recognized her Femains tatd out for inspection. The family of Dr. Johnson was one of several entirely wiped out by the deluge, and on the site of his house in Wil- Mauaburg there ia nothing remaining to show that @ building stood there, The funerals of three of the Fennessey family was held at Leeds this afternoon, THR ANGEL CHARITY, ‘The generous kindness of the sympathizing com- manity distant from the disaster ia beginning to be felt, abd the contributions are most umely and needed. The arrangements for affording relief’! have also been completed and rendered effective | and systematic. The village hall o! Haydensville, where the Rev. J. P. Kimball has charge, has been selected for the headquarters, Most of the money contributions are smal? outside of Boston and New York. The latter city has thus tar} reported $4,750, and Boston has com- menced with $3,000; Worcester reports $1,900; the balance of the Chicago reliet fund, Springfield, $1,600; Hartford, $150; New Haven, $1,000; North Adams, $236. Otner places have requested a statement of the needs of the people to be pre- sented to relief meetings, There is a proposition to appropriate the surplus of $14,000 remaining from the income of the Smith charity fund of Northampton, which amounts to over $1,000,000 and is left for the benefit of widows and orphans and cases of particular distréss. In cases of ab- so.cit® necessity more may be appropriated on account w" the fana and drawn the present year. | Such 's disposi.” it is said, would be entirely consonant with thé 8s of the aonor, and would meet with nodissenfing y21e. The actual wants could hardly be better expréise. than by suying that the Leeds loca! committee beld a Mees: | ing to-day to periect arrangements for a coutinu- ous work of relief. They ascertained that 216 persons at Leeds were destitute—some of them in heed of help for & short time anu others wno would need aid for a longer period, and toa con- | siderable amount. The number of families is thirty-six, &nd there are eight widows. ‘The mili- tary and State police have been withdrawn. NEITHER THIEVES NOR ROWDIES PRESENT. The fearful apprehensions in some quarters that roughs and thieves were to invade the desolatea district have and will not be realized, A few harmless relic hunters appropriated a few brass ornaments which were scattered around the old site of the Haydensville brass works, and instantly. there Was @ neediess alarm and an unportation of a company of soldiers and twenty or thirty police officers from Springfleid and | Boston. The only real trouble that has occurred Was occasioned by some of the military themselves, Last night atew of the members of the Springfield Peavody Guard, veing denied with the rest an exit from their | armory, some of them appropriated a | ladder and got out upon the roof of the building and found their way from there to tie roof of Fitch’s Hotel. Thereupon some of the boarders became alarmed, apprehending a grand | onslaught by burglars, and aroused the hote) peo- ple, who summoned tn hot haste the whole | force of local police, The iatter soon founa out the true state ofthe case, and, entering tne ar- mory, demanded that ladder. The roof walkers had been called in, and Captain Gray gave every assurance that there would be no further cause for complaint, The police were at first disposed to chaw up the “soger boys’ if they couldn’t have that | ladder. After a lively war of words the police retired in good order and the ladder remained. No blood was spilt and all was quiet on Main street for the remainder of the night, and this | morning the gay warriors were sent back to their homes and the peaceful pursuits of civil life. THE PROSPECT OF REBUILDING. Although in some localities the industrial in- | terest will be revived it is scarcely possible that | the present generation will live to see the. valley in its former thrift and industry. Propositions | were made this alternoon by New York capitalists which may resuit in the rebuilding of Leeds, which Was famous for buttons and paper. The b ass works of Hayden & Gere will be speedily rebuilt on the old site in Haydensville. Williamsburg | bas enough left for a nucleus, and is | lkely to revive in the course of time. On the other | hand, Mr. Skinner's mill, of which there is not left i one stone upon another, will not be rebuilt by him, | This enterprising manufacturer will probably re- | enter business somewhere, however. Mr. Lyman, | of A, A. Low & Co., ts one of his backers, and he | has other substantial iriends; but the next Skin- nerville will not be located, probably, upon 4 mili site, YOUNG DUNNING'S ESCAPE, The marvellous escape of young Dunning at Leeds has already been alluded to, but bis story is 80 interesting that it is worth giving In detail. | When the alarm was given he was at his work in the spool room of the Nonotuck silk works, and, | rushing out of the mill, his first thought, of course, was for his family. He found that his father, wife | and three children had all left the house. He shouted to them to run for their lives, at the same | time pointing to them what direction to take, His | wife and children obeyed nim and were saved; | Dut Nis !ather, an old man of seventy-eight, think. | ing that something might be got out of the house | before the Nood reachea 1t, went back. In dashed | his son after him, begging him to leave the doomed building. While raising one of the win- dows the floor gave way beneath their feet and bis father disappeared trom his sight. | The young man had just time to clamber out of the window, and as the house tipped over crawled up | its side to the roo! just as the builaing broke up, leaving him but@ fragment to cling to for his life, and on he went sailing down that awful flood in fall sight of wife and children, who, as they looked on in terror and agony, expected momentarily to | see him sink beneath tte surging mass. Ina tew seconds nis frail rait was crushed like an egg: | shel), but bis presence of mind never deserted } him. He jumped for another, and when that was | gone for yet another. He was hastening down with the current at terrific specd, aud, intent on the fearml task he nad in band, never once thought of the | dams towards which he was hastening. The frst | one is reached in the awful crash and jam. He is | hurled seemingly twenty feet in the atr to come down and be submerged for the first time far be- neath the waves. As he came to the surface again and clasped another piece oi ariftwood he realized with an Intensity unimaginable by those whose lives have never been imperilied that another and higher dam was but a short distance below, and that he had absolutely no hope for life uniess he | escaped irom the food before that point was reached, but fortunately the swollen mass of water and débris at that moment surged toward the shore, and seizing an opportunity, which seemed to be providentially presented, he clamber- ed across some broken roofs, which served him a: bridge and with a leap again had a foothold on the earth. The teelings of @ man who, like him, had scarcely @ hope of life, on finding himself escaped from the jaws of death cannot be depicted, Only & cool and intrepid man could have passed through that experience, and possibly Mr. Dunning could not but for his experiences before as a raits- man in Canadian waters, He had been swept half a@mile down the river and was utterly exhausted by the intense strain on mind and body, nerve and muscle, yet ashe lay on the bank for a moment to get vis breath he could now suppress a smile at the appearance of a man who escapea from the flood near'the same place by seizing hold of the limbs of @ large tree on the bank. Fieshy though he was, this man went up that tree like a squirrel, and did not stop till he was at least thirty feet above the water. Mr. Dunning describes, og the most, appalling incident of the memorable ride, the heartrending | screams and groans of women and chijaren in houses that were swept down with him and seemed to be beneath him. He says they will ring tn his cars till the latest day of his life, ‘THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTER ON THE Sror, The committee of the Massachusetts Legislature appointed to survey and report upon the desola- tion of Mili River Valley arrived in Northampton early this morning. Senator Edson, of Hampshire county, chairman, nine Senators aud Representa- tves, @ dozen legislators and sergeants-at-arms constituted the party. They took carriages at once and started on their mission. The valley near Florence was. the first point of interest visited. They saw a valley famed tor its fertility hidden ander two feet of sand, as unproductive as the sea shore, the iron bridges that crossed the river every half mile torn away and the meadows dotved with men probing into the sand | and drift piles for missing bodies. The com- mittee halted at Warner's carpenter shop, the Morgue, in which forty bodies have been deposited, and saw tho swollen corpses of one woman and two infants which the sanded fats had yielded an hour before, They walked along the river bank to Leeda, white the carriages took a shorter road to weet them nearer Mardengville, Ther reacued | where he hu thé river edge juss Asa party of men were carrying our THE CORPSE OF A CHILD. Mr. Harmon was with the legislative party. He uncovered the face of the corpse and recognized it as the missing one of his own family. His wife and four children perished in the flood; the Others had been recovered. Such an episode did much to predispose the committee to realize the pitifal condition of the wrecked valiey. The heaps of houses and fragments of houses at Hay- dengville, aud the wreck of Hayden, Gere & Co.'s brass mills, the most extensive ip Western Mass- achusetts, deepened the impression. The com- mittee was met there by the Selectmen of WilMamsburg town, They visit Congre- gational ee where the rated. sBe bodies of Nettie Roberts and two unrecognized infants were lying. Joel Hayden told the committee that ie his father, Governor Hayden, lived in constant dread of the bursting of the flimsy reservoir dam, He used all bis influence with the reservoir com- mittee to have it strengthened, but without avail. Falling im that, he drilled his emplovés into con- Stant preparation tor such @ catastrophe, Every | Person in the shops was instructed to take to the | mus When they heard the cry, “The reservoir{" | Wher {be _ Tr came the watchword was re- peated thfough e¥ery -room of the factory, and only one man wag Wo late to get to a place of safety. PLANNING REVENGE, The indignation of the foreign born sufferers at O. G. Speliman’s alleged detention of Cheney, the gatekeeper, came near resulting in actual | violence yesterday. Late last evening an Irish- man residing in Williamsburg informed Speil- man that the Irish and Canadians down the river had conspired to retaliate by destroying his property and lynching him, About thirty men, homeless and penniless through some one’s cupid- ity or carelessness, spent most of the day in plan- ning their revenge, They were to meet in the wooded hills around Williamsburg and chere descend upon Speliman’s house, which stands in the heart of the village, before the Quthorities could’ interfere. His house was to be rifled and buried, ana he nimself hanged to the most convenient tree. He is a sel(-reliant man, bus the story came go straight that he could neither doudt its truth nor hope to de- feat the conspiracy unaided. The Selectmen of the village, whom he informed of the plot, | thougnt the local constabulary of a dozen men wus inadequate, and a messenger was sent to Northampton for aid. Meanwhile Spellman re- | moved his wife and daughter to the houses of neighbors, and he, with a half dozen potice, armed with shotguns and revolvers, picketed the house, THE OUTRAGE PREVENTED, About nine o’clock in the evening gangs of two and three Irishmen began -to collect in the | Village, coming in by ‘the varions roads, They Kept aloof from the villagers and held no con- verse with any one not of their party. They sent scoats towards Spellman’s house and would undoubtedly have made an attack, notwithstand- ing the guard, had tt not been for the timely | arrival o1 Captain Prouty and a detachment of the Second regiment, State military. They were sent irom Northampton in response ‘to the demand of the Williamsburg Selectmen, and ar- rived none too soon to avert the threatened | oa Seeing themselves outnumbered and not armed, the would-be rioters dispersed and took the road down the valley. The dread of a re- bewal of the attempt has not subsided yet, not- withstanding the presence of the military. The foreigners employed in tne mills along the valley are strong enough in numbers to effect their pur- posse they have leisure enough to cast about for revenge. When the water was seen coming seven persons, employed in H. T. James’ woollen mill, in Williams- burg, climbed an apple tree for safety. The tree was carried away and every one of the seven were drowned. Mr. James, who has suffered several times irom fire and flood. had @ presentiment | of toe calamity and said before leaving home that he expected to hear of some fearful disaster. It came, in act, juss seven hours belore he was to sail. Rev. John Gleason, of Willtamsburg, arrived this morning on his return from Albany, N. Y., been to convey the members of Con- ductor Chandler’s family. dr. Gleason’s residence 18 tull of the needy, who are tenderly cared for by his wife. Mouse, food, clothing ani all things are all in common, and any means sent there will be | devoted to the reliet of the sufferers, He has had not only the unusuaily sad and onerous duties which fall upon a fithiul pastor | m such an hour, but almost constant communication with distant bereaved friends, He has also been Qiligent in searching tor the dead and assisting cases oi necessity. These duties have left him tittle time for sleep and rest. | Nearly by of the dead were from his congrera- tion, and the asterisk of death marks the names of fourteen members of his church. THE CAUSE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DISASTER. ‘There is much keen feeling, violently expressed, concerning the cause and res onsibility of this terrible disaster, and all opinions agree that there criminal carelessness somewhere. The Coroner’s investigation will proceed slowly, and the verdict of the fury will not rendered until after the fullest pos- sible investigation, Among the practical and scientific opinions auvanced is one of Mr. E. C. Davis, of the town, & vhorough engineer and a man familiar with the building of the dam. He Says that he knows from personal observation that the stone work was only six feet thick at the base and two feet at the top. This slender rellance was on each side by sandy earth, the embankment being nine- teen feet thick on either side at the top; but the | grand mistake was this—in filing in the dirt it Was not properly puddied, dirt being dumped promiscuously and occasional pails of water thrown upon it. When the reservoir was filled it completed the puddling on the water side, but the outside bank was always loose and gravelly. The gradual settling of the dirt on the outside of this Wall caused a crack between the stonework and the dirt. The immense outward pressure from the water stored there loosened the wall, and eventu- ally started it at the base. Uf course, as soon as the water had the base the calamity Mr. Davis’ experfence with works of this kind and the fact that he bas olten visited tms reser- voir in company with the late Governor Hayden is | and had shared the latter’s apprehension as to its weakness, give his opinion more than usual weight. So it was not only a feeble wall but aiso @ sham construction that was the cause of Satur- day's appalling disaster. AID FOR THE SUFFERERS. New York, May 19, 1874. To THe EpiToR OF THE HERALD:— We acknowledge the receipt of additional amounts in aid of sufferers by the Massachusetts flood :— Amount previously re- Christy, Shepherd & jorted in mornin Garrett - oO iH Kk F3 25 25 25 Ww 100 2 0 a] ALS, B David Valentine 2 80 W. & J, 100 Halsted, Haines &Co.. 100 Pastor, Henry & John Paret... 50 & Co. Mills @ Gibb... a) Hardt & Go. Carhart, Whitford & Forstm: CO. + ry & P wo Eveniny ” Kuh, Kupfer 0 | LEO ie BS 10 | wi ros. 10 E. 25 3a | 10 | 800, 0 spau ‘50 ww ©, Tuts & Co 50 Lindgens. 0 Whitman 4 Phoii 60 Chase, Stewart & Go... 10 | Haglo & Stieglitz........ 50 Cash. wy Hasolharst & Bro ‘otal .. Ald from Connecticut. New Haven, May 19, 1974, In the Legislature this morning a resolution was passed under a suspension of the rules appropriat- ing for the aid of the sufferers by the late catas~ trophe at Williamsburg, Mass., the Ane of ae te Treasury, the same to be expende: Megat ne Dapereiston of Governor Ingersoll if re- quired, Acommittee was also appointed to ascer- tain what legislation is necessary for the betier protection of lives hazarded by poorly constructed reservoirs. Lewis bas returned from the scene of TS Oe ene Ee has called @ meeting of citizens (or to-morrow night to take farther meas- ures for the relief of the sufferers. The cashiers of all the city banks hav: en appointed nts for the receipt of subscriptions. Governor Ingeraoll has appointed mittee to @t once to the rained district on behalf -of the State and to draw trom the appropriation made in the Legislature. Relief Asked from the Massachusetts Leg- islature. Boston, May 19, 1874, In the Massachusetts House of Representatives yesterday the following petition was presented oy Mr. Billings, of Hatfield :— To rhe Hoxonasue tax Senate ann House or Rnrus- SHNTATIVES OF THR COMMONWEALTH OF MaSSacuUSBTTS, IN General Coust Assumaury :— 1 gcpasion for au appeal to the Logistature for asd andf Your petitioners therefore pray th reliof inthe ‘premiucs at fycsyie such, Meamres stances of the case may suggest, Teer etMAFY iro The petition is signed by the Selectmen of Ni ampton and Williamsburg and eighty-six cue @ Speaker appointed as the commirtee on the the Bouse, asked for by the Petition, ig8, of Hatfield; Blunt, of Haverhill? Wilson, of Boston; Bosworth, of Taunton; Ronin’ son, of Chicopee; Howes, of Reading; j Speucer, and Jenkina, of Abington, "@* 4°0es. of Ai CONTRIBUTIONS IN SPRINGFIELD, 8 soon as the calamity was announced im Bpringeld Mayor Stebbins offered the assistance of the police jorce to aid in preserving order or doing any work which might be An informal meeting was which nine promiuen' & committee to receiv found necessary. jel tn the City Hall, Ae nilemen were appointed es SOCIAL SCIENCE. The general meeting of the American Sociat Sclencd asggciation was opened last evening at Association Salt There was very slim atiepds ance, Mr. George W. Cuttlé, me President, pré- sided, He opened the proceedings fn 8 Héat uct!¢ address. He said that his duty was a pleasant an very simple one and also very brief. It was simply to welcome those present cordially to the meeting, and, as it were, say a grace over the feast that wag Prepared for them, and he hoped that they, 18 theirturn, as they sat, as it were, at the table, might say they were very willing to be presentj yet he supposed tney would like to know what sa- Ciai science meant. He said he would be glad if he could give an answer in a word or @ phrase; but it would be impossible for him to. aa- Sert that the relations of soctal phenomena, modt- fled by the human mind and calculations, could be Teduced to the limits Of au exact science. And yet, as Herbert Spencer had sald, so far as this re- lated to the subject of investigation and interpre- tution based on the generalization following inves- tigation, socjal science was @ positive science. Mr. Curtis then spoke of the alms of Herbert Spencer, and remarked that while nia were abstract views, the aims of the association were practical, It waa the object of the association to regard the studies and researches of social science students and Scholars as but single raya that were Co be bro! to a focus by It, for the better tluminstion of the Public opinion of this country, and so tor the glory of the world and mankind. This being the object of the association, it was plain that the advance from barbarism to. civilization, was the result of @ development of what might be Called social science. He then mentioned the civil service ree lorm as one of the results of soctal actence, and said that in the political corruption of cur time, every citizen was bound to seek to apply the best rem edy, and there was none better than the destruce tion of the machinery by which this corruption was kept in lite. This was the work of social scionce. Mr, Uurtis closed by paying & glowing eulogy to the character of the late Professor Agas- siz, who was once President of the association. The Rev. Dr. Woolsey read a paper on “The Capture of Private Property at Sea,” and Professor Bradiord read one on ‘Financial Administration.* There will be a session of the association to-day at two o'clock, and another at haif-past seven, Piling on the Agony—To Let Cold Ac- cumulate on cold till the lungs are congested, when oS haps one dose of HALE’3 HONLY OF HORBHOUND AND TAR would break up the cold entirely. PIKE’s TOOTHACHE YROPS cure in one minute, A.—Gentiemen's Hata. ESPENSCHEID Introduces this day the fashion for the season at 118 Nas pau street, ber ‘Aun and Beekman streets. A Specific for Rheumatism, Gout, New Igia, Scrofula, &c., reliable family medic! TNS TpS PIPE BALSAM. with iis 0000 cures, Sold bP Gruggists, $1; A. B, $1 2. "245 Grand street. Atkinson’s White Rose, 55c. per Bottle. CAMPHOR, 35c, per pound. WILLIAM M. GILES & CO., Chemists, 451’ sixth avenue. A Lost Art of the Cresars Restored. ANGELL's HOT AIR ROMAN BATHS. $1 Lexington av- nd invigorate before breaksast—Rel Sur cues tn ata See ae seats ee ana vita tore seein Ladies, day and evening ; gentlemen, every day and all night, Seperate ect inet ee teh A.—For a Superb Dress or Business Hat go to ESPENSCHEID, manufacturer, 118 Nassau street, A.—The Best fibre vee aoe the Fi 1 no hote! bills to pa: 1e ‘APO! MARBLE BATUD, 25 Bast Fourth street. Open daily. A Specific for Rheumatism, Gout, Scrof- fula, Neuralgia, &c., is HYATI"S LIFE BALSAM. A Regular inn tetacyen ta 8) ialty—40 years; Dr. FITLER’S RHEUMATIC REMEDY, sworn ta cure or no charge: advice gratis, 13 Bona street. A.—Hernia.—{fgnorant Persons Only Use the wretched metal spring and fingerpad trusses, The comfortable ELASTIO TRUSS, 633 Broadway, tf Never displaced; bolds rupture night and day til socom permanently cured. A.—Burke’s Summer Styles Gentlemen‘s — HATS ready. 214 Broadway, Park Bank build- ra Batchelor’s Hair Dye is Splendid. Never tails. Established 37 years. Sold and proper? applic BATCHBLOR'S: Whi Factory, 6 Bond at, ‘4 ¥ Cristadoro’s Hair Dye Does Its Work gickly, harmlessly, splendid!y, imparting most natural ude, aud most ly appl Sold everywhere, Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, Music Boxes, Fans and Opera, Glasses repaired by first class work- men, Gt0. U, ALLEN, 1,190 Broadway, near Twenty- ninth street, unuer Sturtevant House. Dys en Cured by Dr. Sharp's Dys- PErSL ILL, without restriction in diet, romans end or change of habits; medicine not active and relief im- mediate and permanent. Retail-SHEDDEN & CO., Broadway, corver Thirty-tourth street, CHAS. N, CRIT- TENTION, Wholesale Agent, No. 7 :ixth avenue. TO aR tate ota Strong, pce ae tonere SHOE yuths. OH for boys and Youl'ts, 289 and.2il Fourth avenue, Liver and Blood Diseases. By M. Dz iy R V, PIERCE, ». A healthy liver secretes each day about two and pounds ot ‘bile, which contains a great amount of material taken from the blood. en torpid or congested it Lag eliminate thi of noxious substance. whic! Cy the blood and. be conveyed to every part of the What must be the potsom stem. ii As re- ceiving and retaining each day two and a balf pounds of condition of the blood when olson? Nature tries to work of this poison through btner channels and organs—the kidne’ i 4&c., bnt these organs become overtaxed in performing ‘this labor im addition to their natural functions and can- Rot long withstand the pressure, Out become various iseased. ‘The brain, which is the great electrical centre of all vitality, is unduly stimulated by the unkealthy blood which passes to itfrom the heart and it fails to pertora its office healthfaily, e the sonit which are dullness, hea keep the mindon any subject. impairment of memory, dizzy, sleepy oF nervous ling: Foamy, forebodings, and irritability of temper, @ blood itself being eased, as it forms the sweat upon the surtace of the skin, itis so irritating and poisonous that it produces discolored brown spots, pimples, blotches, and other eruptions, sores, boils, carbuncles and scrofulous tu- mors. The stomach, bowels and other orcans cannot escape becoming affected, sooner or later, aN we have 3 as the “result, ‘costivencas, piles, dropsy, | dyspepsia, dinrehmes. Otter symptoms are common, a4, biter oF | taste in mouth, inter: je Is | cough, unsteady appetite, choking’ sensation in throat, oating of stomach, pain’ in sides or back, coldness of extremitles, &c., & | the above symptons are likely to be present in | atone time; the liver Demng, the great 305 ne Of 1811 organ | Riousekeeper ot aur health” at ‘and. the foul’ core about shoulders of cs only a few of uptions, Which yender in the blood ‘and rot out, Mineo the machinery of life, are gradual pelt from the system ; tor this purpose my GUL “¥DIL SAL DISCOVERY, with very smalt doses daily of iny PLEASANT PURGATIVE PELLETS, are pre-eminently the articles needed; they cure every kind of hamor the worst Scrotula to the common Pimple. Bi Or Bruption Re t eating Ulcers kindly heal un mighty curative influence; virulent blood durk in the system are by them robbed of ti totem, verrors, and by their persevering and somewhat protracted a: the most tainted systems may be completely renova and built up anew anne Glands, Tumor: ings dwindle away and disappear under Ol these groat solvents. «“Metrapole 6." =Im porters and sole agents, ris Champa; EI URY & 17 Barclay strect ana 22 Park pl Sackett’s Magic Coloris for Changing the hair to a natural brown or black. Sold everywhere, Depot 122 Liberty street. The “Beebe Range.” Prices reduced—$60 for the largest family size; put ap des ira received by m JANES & KIRTLAND. Now & 10 and 1 Kendo street. To Retain Sound, White Teeth Thron; ‘iy (omg THURSTON'S IVORY PEARL TOOTH Where Did You Get That MINER & CO., 623 Broadway, opposite 0. NEW PUBLICATIONS, T)EArNESS, RINGING IN (THE | RARS—WUAP . ithe let on thie subject, by A. fitatnean. M. D,, ee Hy a) physic! in he Sm edical “College, Mailed tor 1c. Address 28 ntieth street, iCOTT’S MAG, NOW RE, THE NEW EYE A trom Faris to Marty by Wi SR RS mG ia iit Valier, Hustrated.—T0 A. WILD. PLOWEE HY “George SO Me OORLISED. LET: L TAYLOR COLERIDOE, B HER & DESLUSR ‘Be i B; ga! rt sont By William &, Gritts.—BO UNG! B Anoil Proko} itd. —SOCTAL BibA, Chaps. Mangia. cone aps. 12 al MONTHLY GOSsIP—I ‘pee “Worth: the |W. Ra a. Letter trom Rome— LiTewaTUn @ Hat? of T. ‘versity Ena i N) ‘NR. Y,, RONAN re itizeng of Northampton Maq’—The Parente of Charice Dickens. namsburg. no others, especialy represen OF THE DAY, Eggleston's Circuit Rider widespread devastation along Mil River, 1 ‘or sale by all periodical a OF Witiameburg, Hay densville, Flore! TERMS. Yearly suvscription, $6. Single number, 980. Northampton, conseq! et upon breaking aw Liberal clubbing rates. Speck en number, with pre the great tltamad| fav. muiuip List, mailed 00 | ‘Of We, only appal private disasier a: in, but the great J.B LIPPINCOTTa eee destruction of highways, bridges and other public _prop- Tis and T17 Market street, Puiladetoy} Ory, make (t iy the Of the undersigned, apt 4 tod hapa sicooy New oct