The New York Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1876, Page 3

THE MONAIWK TRAGEDY Success of the Wrecking Company in Raising the Yacht. DISCOVERY OF MR. THORNE'S BODY. Condition and Appearance of the Cabin. The Funeral Services Over Miss Ade!e Hunter's Remains. THE CABIN BOY’S FUNERAL. Coroner’s Inquest Over the Fifth Victim’s Remains. for the Obsequies of and Mrs. Garner. Preparations Mr. PULPIT LESSONS ON THE DISASTER The last body of those who went down to their death ip the cabin of the yacht Mohawk was recovered yester- tay, Tho yacht herself was righted, pumped out and | wowed to the Coast Wrecking Company’s dock, near | the club house at Siapleton, where sue now lies, the nere Wreck in appearance of what she was a few days \go. The body recovered yesterday was that of Mr. Frost Thorne, the brother of Mrs Garner, which is to ye buried at Greenwood with the remains of Mr. and Mrs. Garner this afternoon, ‘The sorrow that overspread the island from the time the full horror of the catastrophe was made known was augmented in the presence of tho ill- Starred vessel that bore down to their doom her devoted owner and his young wife. Crowds of people gathered at the dock to get a look at the Mohawk, and no one who came viewed her with- out evincing deep regret for the sudden and terribie fateof the public spirited and openhanded owner. | Astheday advanced many more of tne people on Staten Island had draped their houses than on the previous days, The ferry boats running to the North shore were also decked in sombre hues; flags were at half-mast everywhere, and no topic but) the all-absorbing one of Commodore Garner’: loss was heard on every gide, An atmosphero of silent gloom rested on the place. During tho greater part of the day the Garner mansion was deserted by ali save a few irtonds of the deceased. Most of those who otherwise would have attended to attest their sorrow had gone to the juneral of Miss Adele Hunter in New York. In the afternoon Peter Sullivan, the juckless little cabin boy, was buried from St. Peter’s Roman Catholic | church at New Brighton, and later on an inquest was beld on the recoverea remains of Mr. Frost Thorne, | To-day the last sad rites are to be periormed over those who still remain unioterred, THE WORK OF RAISING THE YACHT. All the efforts made on Saturday to float the yacht proved unavailing, avd Captain Anning Smith, who bad been placed in charge, with the advice of Captain Morrict, of the Coast Wrecking Company, decided to make a determined cffort during the night to raise the vessel, All the arrangements were completed early Saturday afternoon to begin work on the wreck at high Mde, At six o'clock in tne evening, the yacht lay with ber stern from twelve to fourteen feet under water, aud her bowsprit out of water, but her forward deck | covered. The flood tide was very strong across her bow. At baif-past six, the Coast Wrecking Company’s steamer Lackawanna was placed about 200 fect east of the yacht; the D. R. Martin was placed alongside of the Lackawanna, to bold the steamers’ boats until such time us the “hawsers could be made fast, The steamer Castleton was placed on the port side of the Martin, the Pomona alongside of the latter, aod two hawsers were run out from the yacht to the Martin. Auother bawser was carried to the Castleton and two to the Pomoua. This occupied some time, The tugs William Fleteber and Jobn Birkbeck wero then ordered into position at the head of the Martin and hawsers were run out to the steamers (which were lashed together) from the tugs for the purpose of holding the steamers in position. The steamers were piaced with their bows to the tide. Fully an hour was consumed iu the arranging of these preliminaries, Meanwaile the intelligence that an effort would be made to raise the vessel and recover | the voay of Mr, Frost fhorne had spread all over the | north side of the island, and by dark the water in the immediate vicinity of the wreck was dotica by yachts and boats, the occupants of which had put off to Wwituess the raising. Darkness at last enveloped the wilers at the wreck, but the work went on.without interruption. Captains Smith and Merritt were very active, consulting now and anon giving orders to the commanders of the various vessels en- | gaged in the wor The waves of the Kill von Kull AL this time were as quiet as a child at sleep, and | @othing but the ‘“‘wasb’’ from the paddie wheels of the steamers and the screws of the tug Interrupted their tranquility. The lights of the vessels, clustered tu- gether with‘n a small radius, were seen from either shore, und to the practiced cyes of tne seamen plainly told (nat at jast a devermined eflurt was about being | made. When ail had been made ready, the lines connecting | the Lackawanna with the steamers were cut loose and the latter were allowed to stay until they got square | with the wreck, with all the hawsers taut, Che clear word of command to go forward then rang out, and all | the vessels simuitancously moved forward in obedience | to it, For a moment the hawsers quivercd as Shey tightened under the great strain. This was about nine o’ciock P.M. Gradually tbe jawsers became taut, and about five minutes ifter the lines had been made fustthe yacht began tp move jorward. The beach here gradually shoaled up so Constable's Poini, on the Jersey shore, and the yacht was drawn up about 200 yards, when it was found that her stern and bow were both out of water, and that the only water on her aecks Was abut six igches on ber upper starboard side, This work acco plished, the steamers drow off and permitted the Coust Wrecking Company’s steamer Lackawanua to compicte ‘he work. While the other steamers and tugs, with their fires up, lay atougside to render any assistance in | ease of emergency, the Lackawanna, at ton minutes after one A. M., applied ner suction pump, and by four A. M. the water was so low that one oi the vilicers was enavied to explore the saloon in which Mr. Garner, his wife, aud Miss Hunter were drqwned. He discovered, proiruding from a pile of chairs, solas and other furniture, a humaa hand. A coasuliation was at nce bad, and, as it was believed that the remains of | Mr. Frost Thorne (brother of Mrs. Garner) were be- Reath the déoria, the steam Jaunch in-charge of Boat- Swain Feit was despaichea for Coroner Dempsey. While the lauach was making this voyage the pumps were kept at work, and at hait-past four o'clock y berday morning, the vessel was ree of wator, with the exception of a small quantity beneath the floor of the main saloon, 7 MR. THORNE'’S BODY FOUND. Coroner Dempsey was put on board the wreck by the Steam launch about four o'clock AM. Captain Smith and Mr. Pendieion, who (as Mr. Garne agent), has been forced to assume the general direction of the af- _ twins of the galiant yachtswman, Colonel Jobn Schuyler Crosby, Mr. (thomas and other |ijelong iriends of the late Vice Commodore, entered the saloon, guided by Captain Merritt, of the Coast Wrecking Company, od a seaman, and felt their way in silence over the débris on the starboard sido by the wine jocker, forward of the main saloon. With uncov- tred Lead tho heroic Crosby followed by the guide aud other members of the party, entered the cebin. Woiling hands Were at once employed in removing the suubisu that covered the Unfortunate gentioman, His was (ound on the starboard side, forward in the aain satvoo covered by a heavy sola, chairs and other | ae .suee buat (be lorce of the water bad driven uy and \ | cabin. Pen cannot describe the | The sailors moved | out through the skylight to tier companions over him, and which prevented the aiver Carle from discovering it, Gently and silently the crew removed this débris, asd Mr Thorne’s body was wrapped in blankets and tenderly carried out to the deck, From there it was transferred to tbe steam laanuch, encofined atthe dock at New Brighton, and thence removed to the Garner mansion. COLONEL CROSBY'S THEORY OF MR. THORNE’ DEATH. Jn conversation with a Hxratp reporter as tu the manper iu which Mr. Thorne met his death Colonel Crosby expressed the belief that his remains dritted to the puint where they were fuund after death, He last aw him standing on the side of the companionway leading trom the cockpit to the main saloon. Then Mr. Thi rne asked where Mrs, Garner was, and, being informed that she was in the cabin, Colonel Crosby believes he endeavored to descend the companionway to rescue his sister when he fell and, striking against something, became stunned and unable to regain ms fJooting in the rushing water that poured down tho companionway. This theory of Colonel Crosby is sustained by the tact that on the right side of Mr. Thorne’s neck a long gash was ‘ound that could scarcely have been inflicted by the upholstered furniture under which bis remains were found buriet, elt 1s not unlikely that in attempt- to descend the companionway he fell headlong against the sharp edge of the door, received the cut on his neck and, falling under the water, was unable to rise, while Messrs. Crosby, Montant, Garner aud How- nd were heroically engaged in vain efforts to release j the ladies from their perilous position, THE YACHT TOWED To STAPLETON. At seven A.-M. the Lackawanna, with a line made fast to the Mohawk, got under steam ond towed the vessel to the duck of the Coast Wrecking Company, at Stapicton, She arrived at the latter place about halt past seven o'clock. The news of her raising and the recovery of the boly ot Mr, Thorne had spread over | the upper end of the island, and when she ‘was made fast to the slip about two hundred persons lined the dock and were only prevented from boarding her en | masse by the firmness of the crew, THE STORY OF A RING In the Huratp of the 2lst, descriptive of the scenes | in the cabin, it was erroneously stated that while Com- modore Garner was endeavoring to rescue bis wife sne pulled a ring from his tinger. It was from Colonel Crosby’s finger that the ring was drawn while tbat gen- tleman was aiding Mr. plished wile from th had by the heeling of ut When the remains of Mrs. Garver by the diver (Mr Carle) they held down by the — ballast and furniture and the ballast thav vessel surrounded her. were found were = still furniture, and he was compeiled to cut the dress away to release | the corpse. Yesterday morning while Colonel Crosby, Mr. Pendletou and other friends of the deceased lady were exploring the cabin with the writer, the dress of Mrs, Garner was found, and in its folds was the ring of | Colonel Crosby. It is a pecntiar ring, made of the finest gold in the shape of a coiled serpent, and as the | Colonel placed iton his finger in the presence of the writer, atear started unbidden and he hurried away, not even waiting to wash the mud that had collected about it from the ring and the finger upon which it found its usual resting piace. THE GALLANT SEAMAN,, As there xecms to be some inistake as to the identity of the seaman who, iu his graphic description of the scenes between decks, Colonel Crosby reports made | such heroic efforts to assist bitn in saving Ife, a Hai reporter at the wreck yesterday endeavored to find him. He was so modest that he kept out of the way, ‘and was only seen once. Learning that the writer was searchiug for him he euddenly disappeared and could not be subsequently found, It was ascertained trom Boatswain Feit that his name ts Carl Forsbery or Foresby. * THR SILENT WITNESS. Tne old saying that “murder will out’ was well illustrated yesterday when the wrecked yacht was drawn to the surface. It will be remembered that Sailing Master Rowland swore before the Coroner's inquest that ho let the main sheet goand it ran out about two thirds, and when croas-examined by Quarter- master Fergessen he reiterated it most positively: Unfortunately tor the veracity of Mr. Rowland there was a witness to contradict him that even the Coroner of the county of Kichmond, under the statutes, had not the power to compel to testify. ‘This was the main sheet itself, When tho wrecking vessels drew the Mohawk out of the water the belm was hard up and the main sheet was found mace fast. This silent witness shows that Captain Rowland either forgot what had transpired in the exciting scenes attendant upon the sinking of tho vessel, or that before the Coroner be deiiberately stated what was un- true. Captain Smith, on discovering this new witness to the sailing master’s incompetency, attached seizings to the main sheet and a bracket to the helm to prevent juterterenco therewith. A charitable con’ struction to put upon the sailing master’s testimony is ti at he was so excited at the time of the catastrophe that he had before the Coroner no clear recollection of what reaily did occur. STILL ANOTHER WITNESS, The witnesses who testified before the Coroner were unable accurately to fix the time when the accident oc- curred, Tue sea soived this question, too. When the vessel was raised the clock over the companionway, Jeading from the cockpit to the saloon marked the hour, ‘4:24."" ‘This shows that it was at that hour on the afternvon of the 20th that the vessel went over, and the waters rushing in stopped the clock and marked the hour when the souls of the occupants o¢ the saloon passed away into eterhity. CHAOS IN THE CARIN. A few minutes after the Mohawk bad been made fast in the slip of the Coast Wrecking Company the writer, with permission of Captain Anning Smith, in charge, jumped imto tho cockpit and looked down the com, panionway, A few menmbers of the crew were engaged in ngbting the furniture and clearing the cabin. Mud covered every part of it Foltowing the example of the crew, the reporter for the nonce became an ox- plorer in mud, The ssloon at.this time was in the same condition that it was when the iriends of Mr. Thorne, silently and with uncovered hearts, removed his body from this watery prison house, Chaos reigned in the ne. Mud to the leit, mud to the mgut, mud above, mud pelow, mud every. where! The deck was as slippery as a polished mirror, about quictly and steadily, care- lully removing the débris piece by piece, and passing it A cur. sory survey of the cabin told the story of the disaster, ‘There on the port ¥ de, that had been hurriedly sub- merged when the secoud squull struck ber, was the | leaden ballast thrown over under tho sbifting deck of the stateroom. There were found the portions of Mra Garner's dress cut away by the diver iu his effort to re- cover the remains, Piled up against the costly mir- rors and paimtingson the port side were ottomans, sylas, chairs, silverware, articles of virtu, broken stateroom doors, every article of value and luxury that can be found in | the parlors of the retined and wealthy. Yet mud was king! Every article was covered with it Noteven the costly paintings had escaped. Here inthe saloon was a painting of the Girst oceau race between the Hen rietta, Vesta and Fleetwing, by De Haas, covered with the dark mud peculiar to the Kill von Kull, Near it and covered by the same dark mud, that told a tale of tragedy and terror, was a spirited painting of the Dauntiess, Magic and Wanderer, leading the fleet into the harbor ef Newport, It, too, was uninjured. Other valuable paintings by our best artists stlil re- | mained intact, but covered with mud. The costly mirrors suilered but iittie damage, only three of thei having beem broken, notwithstanding that tables, chairs, lounges, broken doors, dressing cases and splin- ters from the floor of the cabin, bars 0; leaden ballast and other articles bad been thrown promiscuously about, Turning away for a moment trom the scene of desolation the writer stooped down aod examined some of the literary works that lay scattered about the floor and upoo the shelves and sofas They were stil drip- ping with water; yet their presence there told too plainly that the gallant fellow who went down in that squall and bis wile were patrons of the best foreign and American authors An examination of the open books was burriedly made. An elegantly bound vol- ume of Wadsworth’s poems was found open at page 208, A glance at the top of the page showed the poem entitled “The Churchyard Among the Mountains,” the couplet commencing :— Who'e'r may sink, oF riso—to sink ai As ovorelless proscription ebbs and tl Next was founda bound volume of Hood's Magazine, with the pages open at the title “Our Family—A Do, inestic Novel,”’ the "IMary of Samuel Popys, F, A. S$,” a beantiiuliy Miustrated copy of Sip Walter Scot Poetical Works, and Tom Hood's Works, The latter was critically examined after (he mud was washed of. jarner to exircate Lis aecom- | pillows, mattreeses—indeed, almost | W YORK, HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 74 1876. | On one side of the furtive Jaives that had parted from | the volume, was Hood's pon entitied “The Broken Dish; on the other “A itew Lives on Completing Forty-seven,” the second verse of which could be plainly read as follows:— Our lives are built xo frall and poor, On sant and noi on reeks, ith's door— We're hourly standing at Here lay an open novel, well wern by the water or little pleture wet the fingering of fair bands, the and spoiled by the briny water, On the starboard side was u black chip lady’s hat, trimmed vith dark feathers; bevide it w aval cap, both besmearey with mud. A little further was the dressing case of Mr. Garner, with razors, combs, brushes, knives aud me brushes, just ay be bad left them at his last toilet qm the famous Mohawk. Pressed through a mirror, on the lefé of the entrance dividing Mr, Garner’s stateroom from the main saloon, was a heavy silver toilet « 6e, in which Mr, Pendleton found some private letters, which he carefully preserved for the surviving reiativw. In the statervom of Mr. Garner tho (urnttare, bedding and uphoistery were huddled together in one \wngainly, dripping mass. Rich curtatns, mattresses of rare de- sign und pattern, chairs and toilet tables of elegant construction, were lying torn and broken, with odd pieces of wpparel ana stray ends of closet door, and woodwork wrenched from their places peeping out from among them. In one corner was the berth of the late Commodore, emptied of bedding, and with she tasteful curtains which screened it hanging limp avd mud-stained trom their broken fastenings. Close to it a wardrobe door bad been part now lay upon the floor wedged between a couple of heavy pieces of furniture, exposing within the clothe: racks and shelves, Iu these still hung a white yacht- | ng uniform with blue embroidery, and a heap of other | apparel which the water had converted into a Shapeless | mass, was lying close by. In this apartment, to which the light gained udimittance only through a dim and | grimy skylight, the scene of ruin seemed more appall- | ing than elsewhere, Tho magnificent conveniences of | hfe spread about and piled almost to the ceiling, the | open wardrobe with its contents, tho olegant up- | holstery and the gilt and fretted tracery on the walls, all se *med so suggestive of the activity and enjoyment | of the busy world that the sad realities which | the fouiness of the water and the confusion | of the wreck called to mind scemed more awful, ) On one side a hole was broken into this stateroom from the deck ebove, no doubt to facthtate search for the | bodies, and underneath ita number of light, elegantly | gilt and damask covered chairs were gathered, all | wrenched and in fragments. Against the side of this | apartment, which bad come underneath when the ves- | sel careened, a great heap of bedding and an accumula. tion of débris were piled, and tn the sglemn stillness of the place the monotonous and ceasoless dripping of | the water from this saturated mass seomed inexpres- | sibly mournfal and painfully suzgestive of the dreadful scene which bere had been enacted, Above the light stole in through a section of sail | which was thrown over the hole where the skylight had been, This, it will be remembered, had been shattered by Mr. Crosby in making bis escape, and the force of the water rushing in when the vessel went | down had turther enlarged the opening he made. ‘Through this a bell-rope was hanging, and andorneath it a sort of brazen lampholder, fitting in a cross beam, and which had been wrenched and distorted, was hanging loose, Above an ornamental mantelpiece is a mirror which was covered with cracks caused apparently by the strain amiisbips, rather than by being struck by some | floating article of furniture. Resting almost upright | upon this mantel was a picture which had been | wrenchod from its fastenings, It represented a lady holding to her bosom a white dove and in the darkness and desolation which appeared on every side, this beau- tifut design, embiematic of peace, brought out into Prommence as it was by the light streaming from above, seemed invested with a strange signif- cance. In examining the dgbris scattered upon the floor ater on the reporter came upon a com- anion piece to this picture. In this a female figure similar to that in the other design appeared. A couple |, of birds are perched upon herarm and feeding from her hand, while round her head a flock of tiny winged creatures are flying. This picture was blotched like everything else around, with patches of mud, so as not to be readily distingu'shable, By a curious-coinci- dence the light yachting cap of the Commodore had been floated into a corner and lay right beside his wife's hat, held fast there by the picture frame. Leaving the saloon the reporter went forward, glano- ing as he did so at the row of staterooms which line the passage, and finding in all of them only a réproduc- tion of tho scene outside. In the forecastle and in the cook’s quarters not so much damage was done, The cans and cooking utensiis were in many cases just as they had becn left, and the water tanks and other ap- paratus were uninjured. In the forecastle the bedding from the bertns and the garments of the crew were wet and mud-coated, but no other damage was appa- rent SCENES ON TARE DOCK. All through the afternoon crowds of sight-seers lined the wrecker’s dock off Clifton engaged in scrutinizing the vessel in which so much interest has been concen- trated during the last week, Alongside the dock the Mobawk was moored, her lorg masts rising high up in the air and the rigging banging down- ward loose and tangled, On her deck was collected some of the furniture which had tered masses of tackle yacht equipments. The crew wero sitting forward drying the clothes they had recovered from the vessel and chatting with friends and visitors on the dock, close by. All along, till even- ing, a train of people came and went, and even when night came on stray groups were stili visiting the place. i INQUEST OX MR THORNE’S BODY. Coroner Dempsey had a jury summoned in the after- noon, and about five o’clock proceeded to vhe Garner mansion to hold an inquest on the body of Mr. Frost Thorne. The jurors were Captain Thomas Melvillo, foreman; M. K. Duer, J.C. Bailey, W. K. Soutter, I. Hart, J. K. Martin, H. B. Delageld, G. Heincken, George 0. Holyoke and Robert B. Minturn, When the had been sworn they protecded to | the tool-house, in which the body of Mr. | ‘Thorne bad lain since m8 recovery from | wreck, After viewing it the jury called but one | witness, Mr. Charles Monroe, of No, 24 East Twenty- | Grst street. Witness said he was present in the Mo- | hawk when Mr. Thorne’s body was recovered. The | body lay on the floor, face upward, in the forward pars | of the cabin, near Commodore Garner's stateroom door. It was partially covered with furniture, ‘which was also | piled mm front of ft, Witness said he was on the yacht | from the time her deck appeared above the water until the body of Mr. Thorne wastaken out. He went into | the cabin with Mr. Crosby, Mr. Pendieton, Mr. Thomp. | son and Captain Smith. “What do you think was the cause of Mr. Thorne’s death ?” a juror asked. “Lthink he died from drowning,” replied the wit- ness; “his body was recovered about halt-past four o'clock this morning. ”? “What was the condition of the yacht’s canvas,” asked Mr. Hart, one of tne jurors, ‘when she was righted ? “The main sheet was hauled fast aft, two turns above | the bit apa one below, the witness repled | “and Peterson, one of the crew who was on board at the time the body was (ound, recognized the turns as hav ing been made by him by direction of the captain.” | ‘This question and the answer, while admitted by | some of the other jurors to be contradictory of the | captam’s statements and in itself substantial evidenc | of the condition of afairs at the time the yacht upset, was considered immaterial and Mr. Hart was asked to withdraw 1, He did so, after some little hesitation, and both question and answer were excluded. This closed the evidence and the jury returned the follow. Ing verdict:— “Phat the said Frost Thorne came to his death by drowning on the yacht Mobuwk, which capsized on the 20th imst."* Rumors were current on Staten Island yesterday afternoon of the intention of Furgussen to procure, if possible, the re-arrest of Captain Rowland on the proof farnished by the yacht itself and his own recollection of the orders given immediately before tho yacht upset. | jurors | THK FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS. The funeral of Mr. Garner and bis wife will take place this alternoon at one o'clock, from their late residence | at New Brighton, Tho remains of Sr. Frost Thorne | will also be buried at the same hour, The foliowing | named geatiomon have been selected to act as pail Dearers, but the list may Bot be entirely accurate, as some of the members who aro out of town have not yet signified (heir ability to be present ;— Mr, Fraukiiu Osgood, Colonel Schuyler Crosby been brought from below, and all around were scat- the | | Forsbery and assisted | ag the coffin was borne up toward the altar. Gardner G. Howland, Mr. Arthur Thompson, Mr. Bev- erly Robinson, Mr. Jule Burgiere, Mr, David Johnston, Mr, Yates Womple, Mr. Wiliam H. Pendleton, Mr. Jobn Lawrence, Mr, Charles Banks, Mr. Horace Waido and Mr. R. Suydam Grant, The funeral services will be conducted at the house of the deceased by the Rev. Mr. Johnson, of Carist church, * Eptseopalian, situated on Franklin avenue, where Mr, and Mrs, Garner attended. The reverend gentleman did not preach yesterday morning, owing to recent prostration and griet at the loss of deceased, He rested in order to be able to attend the funerai to-day. The Rev. Mr. Davenport, who took his piace in the church, asked, during prayer, that the blessing of God might comfort all those who were in affliction over the sad disaster. A special steamer will await, at the foot of Whitehall street, the arrival of friends who attend the funeral, She will leave at twelve o'clock for New Brighton, where carriages will be in attendance to convey her | The memberé Passengers to the family mansion, ot the New York Yacht Club and of the Neptune Rowing Association will attend ina body, Delegations from the humerous associations, in all of which he was £0 much esteemed, will also be present. At the con- clusion of the burial service the budies will be taken on board the steamer, accompanied by the mourners, and conveyed directly by water to Greenwood. There the remains will be laid in their last sad resting place in tne family vault, STATEMENT OF BOATSWAIN FELT. Areporter of the Heratp last evening called upon Karl Felt, tho boatswain of tho Mohawk, at his resi, dence in this city, and questioned him as to the part the crew took in the rescue of the inmates of the cabin, Ho 6 tthe time [came to the skylight Quartermaster Feryesson was there endeavoring to wpen i, He was breaking off the reiting, and had beoken a window when I wisdow, aw bim enter through the Ho came up again and I sent down Charles Smith, Charles Forsbery, Charlie Maxwell and Jack Hanlon, All these men I saw go down through | the alter skylight. I then picked up an tron ayning stanchion and commenced breaking the skylights 80 as to make a larger hole by knockiag two skylgbie into one, Masweil came up first and said, « m) some canvas.’ I passed the canvas down to him, arhich he placed im position to prevent the water rushing into the cabin. At this juncture Jack Hanlon caine up, followed by Torgessen (sometimes called Fergsssen), Charlie Smith and Maxwell, The Jatter, in tao meantime, bad remained in the si ight. Afier Smith game up Ross followed, and behind him came Colonel Grosby, and sull later Charlie Forsbery. As they camp out l clasped the hands of Ross and them out. When Torgessen came ont he toh me that Mrs, Garner was jammed at her feet; that he had attempted to assist Mr, Garner to get her clear. Now,’ said the boutswain, with some feeling, “it is due that credit should be \ given where belongs When Ress caine onthe ginted to me that he pulled a glove off of Mrs, Garner’s band and threw it to Charlie Fors- bery. When the veswel was raised to-day and we had commenced taking the furniture out of the cabin Roxs suid to me that he was goiug below to find the glove. | He went below and soon after returned and gave the glove to Mr, Pendicton.”? Here the reporter ventared to say to the boatswain, “Mr, Felt, there is an gafortunaic dispute between the crew on the one side imd Colonel Crosby and his friends on the other. You \make statements directly at variance with Colonel Crosby. flow can you ac- count for this?’? The boufswain, who was in the midst of bis family, answered wildly :—“Colonel Crosby is simply mistaken. confusion that existed, the members of the crow that went below to the rescue; but they certainly were there, and this fact can be estublished by many wit- FUNERAL OF MISS ADELE HUNTER. Yestorday afternoon, at haif-payt five o clock, the funeral services of Miss Adele Huyter, one of the vic- tims of the Mohawk disaster, took place at the Church of the Transfiguration, in East Twanty-ninth street, ‘The church—which of late years has \been known as the ‘Little Church Around the Corner’’—was crowded to excess, principally by ladies, and \his occurred dur- | ing the regular afternoon service. ‘The Rev. Dr. George H. Houghton, rector of the church, and the Rev. Mr. C, G. Houghton, his nephew, oNiciated. There were many strangers in the congregation during the regular afternoon eervice, and these wauld not leave when the service was ended, bat remained to witness her funeral ceremonials, In the grounds aurroundiog the church there were a large number ot friends of the Hunter family waiting to obtin seats or even an entrance to tho sacred eilifce, but the crowd prevented this and many of them had to stand up during the services, yantot the family performed the duty of at ushar in the church, and whenever she saw a friend of her late mis- u the faithful girl procured him or herageat. A full double quartet in the choir sang chants for thavlegd. Tho surroundings were tinpressive, At balf-paat five o’ciock a number of carriages, with friends of the de- ceased lady, arrived at the church, and afew minutes al- ter the sorrowtul procession entered the church, the Rev. Dr. Houghton aud the Rev. C. G. Houghton praced- ing the procession, followed by Mr. Joon Hunter, brother of the deceased, and Mr. Richard Hunter, | deceased, and some of the family, being the in- Mrs. De Lancey, wl, was unable nephew of the mediate friends of sister of the deceased, to attend the luneral. ‘bearers, eight in number, were W. RB. G. Howland, Schuyler Crosby, Louis B, Montaat, Beverley Robt sou, Juan Lowry, George C, Johnson and Roland Re mond beaati ul and simple burial ritual of tho scopal Church was read, ‘The carket, a handsome rosewood one with stiver handles, was placed to the chancel aud had on it a silverplate with the words :— QPCCOOL OL LE OOTTEEIEIELELELDIETELDLEDIEOLETELONE TEED | ADELE Bora Jul, Died Jal; HUNTER. Qececens ¢ floral trivutes to tho deceased wero very a priate and of simple design, consisting of cro: crowus, wreaths and anchors. There wes a small bed ol flowers, with the single word “Adele’ worked in | violets. Among those who sent floral tributes to the deceased Were H. J, Nicholas, Mrs. J. B. Prince, Byam Kerby Stevens, Miss Norrie, Oliver B. King, Miss Louise Warren, Miss Amy Townshend, Mr. J. i. Bra- geire, Mr. Roland Redmond, Mrs. George €. Jobn- son, Miss Whitney and Louis B. Montant At the conclusion of the services the remains of the ¢ wore taken m charge by the undertaker, who will to ward tneni this moruing, at nine o'clock, to Rye, West- cliester county, where ‘they will be deposited in the family vault. Atthe epuclusion of the services in the Chureh of the Transfiguration many ladies seemed possessed by a desire to take away floral souvenirs of the deceased Jady, aod anamber of them plucked bads and blossoms from the tributes resting on the ked by the ree ‘The nfin. ‘Thrice these r, who stood on the steps of the alta nngregation slowly dispersed, the church was closed, leaving her friends alone with the remains of their loved roiative ladies were ely THE CABIN BOY'S FUNERAL. About a quarter after three o’clock in the afternoon the remains of Peter Sullivan, the little cabin boy, ons cused in a neat coffin, on which rested a simple floral cross, Were borne up the long line of steps leading to St. Peter's Roman Catholic church at New Brighton, After the coflin were the boy's parents, and a long train of villagers foliowed, completely filling the litle chureb, Tho Ijtile organ peated forth its solemn notes There it was received by the pastor, the Rey. Father Coneron. The services wore brief, simple | their impressivenoss, As the services began the rain | commenced to pour in torrents, and a squall described | a master so deserving of his devotio to be similar to that which overturned the yacht passed over the Kills while the coffin was inthe church, Bes jore the service Father Coneron delivered a short ad. dress. “In the midst ot life,’ hes “we are in death." Never were words more truly applied than in thei application to him who was lying in the cofli for the disaster which brought him to his death was a ead and sudden one, The a exient by which he lost his lie was an uolortunate one ior Staten Island, for it also deprived iLof a man Of great wealth and rare enterprise. Mon of wealth do not always make their fortune a benctt fo the commanity in which they reside, There have been other men of wealth tn our midst who have passed away to be forgoiten, bat the memory of Mr. Garner will long be remembered by us all, His name shall live among us for many years. | There were others, the preacher said, who had dred that would not soon be forgotten, Que was the Kev. Father Murphy, a former paster of St. Peter's ebureb, who tn bis thirtieth year was stricken down in the discharge of fis priestiy uties, His congregation would not soon forget him, hen there was the Westileid disaster, whore victims woutd ba, remembered by generations yet unborn. But no less should the loss of Mr. and Mrs, Garner and tt boy passed into the good graces of Mr. Garner through the intervention of a geutleman who bad become aware of the youth's good qunlitier, He was toriunate in his employer, to whom i bad given grent man to use it for :he benefit of others, In some re- soeets none had a better epportunity of knowing bia than bis servanes, they always spoxe well of bim, No wonder that they were devoted to one whom they liked so well No wonder this boy died at his duty for » He was a good boy and has left behind bin a good example to the poy and girls of tna parish. We invite you, said Father Conoron, to txtend your sympathy hw siticken parent, ‘Phey who cared to “0 He may not have seen, in the | A colored fenyale ser- | POL LE PELL ELIE REET DEIEDETEDELELEDEDE DEOL EL EE EDLEEE®) | ‘eused | and tonching in | palth, and woo was a | kindly for bim must now part with him ‘orever. fut they have the consolation of kaowing that be aad not forgotten the religion which they nad taken pains to wal into bis young mind Wien bis remains wero | found the seapular which he had worn im life was 6till | about his neck. | By the conclusion of the aged pustor’s address tho | Majority of the eungregation seemed to be in Lears and all who wore present were deeply moved, Father Coneron then reeited the Lord's Prayer, the congregation responding; thea readiug im Latin the | prayers tor the dead, he concluded the seryiwes. The | body was removed to the hearse, to be conveyed to | Factoryville tor interment, Avout fifty carriages 10\- | lowed in the tunera! train to the burial ground, | TRIBUTE TO MR. RNER. i In view of the untimely and melarcholy fate of our | esteemed citizen, the late William T. Garner, so sud- | denly removed from our sphere of usefulness to his age and the community in which he moved, a meeting ot | the patrons of the Line was called on bourd the steam- Y, to express their senti- The meoting was called to | boat D. R. Martin, on Satur | ments in regard thereto, if order by Mr, Charles O’Conor, who was elected Chair- | man, and Mr, W. H. Oramstmith, Secretary. | The object of the meeting was stated by the Chair- | | | | | | | | man, seconded by remarks from Hon, N. J. Wyeth. The following resolutions were offered and adopted, with the amendment that an engrossed copy be pre- sented to the nearest of Kin to the decensed, and that copies be furvished to ghe New York Heeatp and the Staten Island Gazette and Leader for publication :— Resolved, That in the death of Willaw 1. Garner we | foel that a calamity almost irreparable bas betallen | Staten “Istand, not’ more trom what he hus already done than trom what nis position, energy and will ‘ave promise for the future, That we recognized in him a leading member, inval- | uable to the community tor his vigor im enterprise, | combined with bis gemal disposition and unswerving | | desire to turp the large opportunities at bis disposal to | the public good, and we beiieve that we shall hopeless ly look for one With the cuaracter, Will and means that | be represented to dil the void occasioned by his sudden | taking off. | Resolved, That for this disaster, enhanced tn its terror by including the estimable partner of this valu- uble life, uo measured terms of regret are adequate, | and we but share aa undivided sorrow and a common sympathy for the poor bereaved family that pervades every class to whom the name of Garner was us a hou d word, Resolved, .hat asa token of our appreciation of the | personal qualities aud enterprise for the public weal of our late trend, and in wifectiouate rememorauce of the | estimable lady so intimatery associated with him in | fife and death, we unite im presenting a floral trieute to te their graves, fully persmaded that a fond m expressed by these simpte flowers, will linger | in many sad hearts, oatliving, perhaps, the monu- | mentai marbie that art or opuleace could furnish, WILLIAM T. GARNER’s EMPLOYES. | The Samuei W. Jobn-on Steam Fire Engine Com- | pany of Garnerviile met on Saturday and passed reso- | lutions expressive of their sorrow at the death of their | late employer, William 1 rner, the funeral to-day and wear the badge of mourning for (tirey days, hey will attond | | ACTION OF THE BROOKLYN YACHT CLUB. | Grenypoint, L. 1, July 23, 187% Ata meeting of the yacht captains of the Brooklyn | Yacht Club, held last evening on board the fliyship Madeleine, action was taken with reference to the | death of Commodore William T. Garner. Commodore Dickerson, Mr. R, H, Huntley and Dr, Samael Hall were appointed a committee, who reported the tollow- ing resolutions, which were unanimously adopted :— We have to express onr profound sorrow and griefat the aeath of our late braver member and comrade, William '?, Garner. Lis zeul as a yachtsman, his bearing as a gentleman, and nis friendly and genial nature en- deared him to ail, while his liberality and his k.vdness, his open and irank disposition, and wis endeavor to promote the highest interest of yachtemen render bi | loss peculiarly pamtut to us. “Peace to his ashes, We cin oniy exclaim, ‘Hai, brother and farewell!’? | Mis ‘ragic death is only relieved by the fact that true to his generous nature he sacriticed bis lite in the en- deavor to reacao those whom his hospitality had for the time placed under his care; therefore Resoived, That by the death of Wiliam T. Garner wo have sufleted a loss which can find no adequate ex. pression in words; our hearts can only be the wit. nesses of our gricl. Resolved, That as Monday, July 24, is tho day ap- pointed for the funeral of our late friend we will sus- | pend our cruise for that day and remain at anchor as a mark of respect and esteem tor the virtues of our dead brother, PULPIT REFERENCES, SERMONS ON HE DISASTER—THE LESSONS | DRAWN ‘THEREFROM—TRIBUTES TO THE HEROISM DISPLAYED. ‘There were three notable references made yesterday by ministers to the Mohawk disaster, and the occasion was improved to point the lessons taught by it, REY. MR. HEPWORTH, at the Church of the Disciples, yesterday morning, in his sermon said, in alluding to the Mohawk disaster, we have had a potent illustration of | the uncertainty of life during the past week, A marvellous episode, which will not eusily be forgotten, has occurred. A man of wealth, a man of cuiture and position, a man in the bright mia- day of his maturity suadenly, a8 though he had been the merest nothing, has been swept into eternity, What a picture tt is! An hour ago and the water was moothas glass on its surface, and the sun was shining down on the hillside asdon the ocean, An hour ago and these pretty boats were lying at anchor, How much. pleasure they represented! And one, the rgest of them all, with her white spread of canvas— | you can almost hear the creaking of the windlass as the anchor is being weighed. If you come down into | | the cabin you will see that everything betokens happi- | ness there are merry sougs and josts, and every. | thing that represents human enjoyment—but all ut ooce and without any warning that whie topsoil be- gins to xwell, All thogo that see it notice the danger, but they expect reliof. But instead of that another | pail comes, and all atonce, likea flash of lightning, | t+ sul bears the vessel down to oe Wa ter’s edge and nchors itsell there, and the water tears into — the cabin a __resistiess flood, In an instant it is walet — deep; | im unother instant tis over their heads and they losk Seo that brave mau strugglo io save his wile, | Teay one of the bravest acts of chivairy and heroism we have in our history. He could have saved himscif, | bat bis wite he could not leave—he would vot leave | and, clasping her hands with a courage that we cannot | but auinire, be dies by her side. Together in jife, they were notdivided in death. Novhing ean be more | plain than that the time of that gentleman and Indy | had come. The clock in heaven had strack the bour, | What Goil means by it is known to Himself and by Himseut alone, What tle means by taking our loved ones away is kKnowa only to Him, and nothing re- | mains tor those who are left but to say the Lord's No human agency was eble to save that poor | an, Her husband in hs chivalry, m his strength and nobleness, dying by her side when the open com panionway was within lis reach, when society beck- oned him’ ou, When the world and its pleasures lay within bis grasp. Ah! there was some hing in that picture of heroism that all can look upon and admire, But death is a leveller of wealth and distinction. The | owner of the yacht and the poor cabin boy went down together inthe cold waters, and slept together, to wake, let as trast, ina better, boiier land, that knows | not sorrow or death, AT THe AMERICAN PREE crreniecrt, The Rev, Charles P. MeCarthy preached a sermon yesterday morning in the American Free church, lo- ed in the University building, Washington square, | The discourse was entitled, “The Dangers of the Deep, | With Reflections on the Mohawk Disaster.” Mr, MeCartby chose for his text the latter part of tho thir- | eth verse of tho 107th psalin—“So he bringeth | them unto their desired haven.” In alluding to the Mohawk disaster (he preacher Said that the text had many points for illustration, one of which un. | doubtedly pointed to the chosen people of vid who bad been brought from captivity into the land of promise, ‘They were brought on to the desired haven, and we know | of those who depart (rom home and kindred and whoare | left desolate and to mourn, Where the storm is and where the billows roll there goes forth a cry for help, ‘The text was particularly directed to the suifering and | distressed mariner who $s overtaken by storm and shows of how little avail is any human contest against the divive will in time of peri, Had the psalm been written in Greek or had it been tho production of | such powerful baman intellects as Virgil, Sophocles, | Thuciaides or Homer, it would have becn iagued for its | promise and beauty, but {tis only to be found in the it spired Kook of Books. What is the desired haven t | We all Wisi to reach? When everyibing is smooch and gentle, and noteven a ripple in the tide, we are aptto be | careless and lorget God, and we do Hot take in a ret | im me, perhaps Then we are suddenty wore up by | the Lightemg bolt when troable strikes some friend | near and dear tous. In the ead case of tue Mohawk the lesson is a di affecting one ai | Woen Noab was tu the ark aud that awkward and uo. auageable Vessel Was tossed ou the waters Noah’ | heart was troubled, and he sent forth the peucetol m | renger with Lhe olive branch, | of as 4 token of love and promive, Tho terrible scene in the the devk of yarnt Mohawk has been tn the hearts aud thoughts of every one of our people | for days pas. The reverend gettieman had read | nearly everyting that had been written m regard to | talfiiied | the disaster, Aud for more than one reason it bad | | been of interest (0 hit, #8 be bad followed he sea ta bis boyhood, He bad a good reason for Kuowing some- ting of vessels, having been an oificer In the Boglish | bavy and alterward acaplain of @ merebant vessel, | It fad wlso been @ privilege with tim to sail bis own yacbt, As a religious man, be was not nt ali | | straight laced, and ne honored the prole ssion of a yachtsman, Every couutey with a seaboard | and harbors like the country bad a right to breed und nourish sailors, We rometimes value tives when dr ! stroyed by (he number that are bost, and other dimes | Do | master would hay | clearea up and made fast. | captain im | Hos was a truly generous nature. | its hoid snd was clear, 1f not, why were the | at anchor with saits all: se! by the quaity of the lives that are lost io ua By the will of God lives are olten taken away in mercy to | those who are deprived of lite, How beautifully the 3 psalm tells us Goa watenes and directs the storm! The lesson taught by tne Mohawk disaster is one of obe dience to law and eoforcement of discipline, A good, dew! of condemuation has been poured on the head o+ the captain of the Mohawk without proper cause or uns derstanding of the reason of the disaster, and J thin S the biame should not be 1 aptain Rowlaad, 1t is the American system of yaehting which 15 Jin fault and not poor spain Rowland: It is the hurry and determination to put uP sail and burry away with the rapidity of a bird that causes such a dis: There are not proper maritime Jaws in lorce, and, consequently, there is a Mohawk disaster, ‘This case is peculiar. Half a dozen of both wexes, of the very pick of bt sage ov this yacht Motawk ou an err bity pleasure aud amusement, The ladies and uticnen on board are dressed in the beight of fasbion and this yacbt Mo- hawk i Supposed, by all WhO IDterest themselves im yachting, to be ono of the finest and costiest boats in I think (hat she was the Worst managed was built, this Mo: for beauty, fof rapid: these wators, yacht that Lever heard ol. hawk, for woat! Why, tor sho ity of motion and tor racing, but, as we ail kno she Was not buiit for safety, she hud when capsized’ vas enough up for a ship, aud every bit of tb sheeted home. Everything taut on di and the anchor Was aot loose, The very ballast of pig lead as so loose in the vessel that it tumbles out all around and drowns the passengers in the cabin. Why, a com- mon coilier Would have tad ber ballust all safe and tasty and ber captain would louk to it Chat it was kept fast, No one was to blame. The captain of that yacht was not tv blame, There was pleuty of help in sight— sloops, schooners, tugs and rowboats. It was the system that capsized the Mohawk, the American sys. of yachting, There was & erew op board » in tue Old Country would be called a whi | crew of land-lubvers, a parcel of craven cowards that would have been whipped by the iush in any vessel that be (she speaker) had ever sailed or fought iu. Aiwr such behavior as the sailors of the Mohawk sho’ in leaving the women lo drown, there would, to use a nautical expression, “have been the devil to pay end no pitch hot.’’ Suca conduct would not have been permitted on an American trading styp. The people im the cabin of course knew nothing about yachting, and there must have been an awiul struggle in that-culin, seen only by God. Tt was a poble act of devotion on the part of William 1, nd in dying with the woman he loved he show that be preierred to do that to living aud enjoy in; his princely fortune without her, Look the picture of that mighty hero, Schuyler Crosby, reiusing to leavo the surging waters of the cubin until he saw Miss May in salety, Five years ago | Teame to tis country, and ope of the fret things noticed by me was the dainty American women, with their short dresses and long tras, skipping in and outand over the wet spols in the street, and with vedal dexterity, using ther long skirts a8 besoms where the ground was dry. [ was astounded at the wonderful accumulation of silks and muslins that sur- rounded their bodes. Where would 1 be if L Were surreunded by = such —_ bewilderin, masses of finery. No doubt tho tli-fated ladies in the cabin of the Mohawk bad loug trails to their uresses, and when the pig lead roiled out on them it nailed the unfortunate ladies fast. Twa sirong neg nobly struggled vo eave them, but it Was 0! bo avail, Seconds were precious, and the ladies were nailed in their cofins by the dictates of fashion, fancy tbat in England any yacht owner or all his furniture loose in tis cabin trolling avout imside the planking? Not On the contrary everything would be The American peuple are in They are given to rapidity in business, in pleasure, and even in eating— oniy achieving dyspepsia thereby. No man in England will leave bis dinner before finishing it im @ natural = manner, No knghen yacht conld be found with a lovof loose dunnage aboard ot her, and she im commission, nor woullt an arucie of furniture be left free, What could you expect trom the command with such a luoverly crew? In my opinion, the yerdict was right and bonest iu acquitting bim, The system of getting underway with canvas full isan American system, and ts not know: cl-ewhere, The canvas was hoisied under the eyes and in sight of the Commodore, who was drowned, ho who so nobly lost his life in trying to save his wife's. The speaker then went on to denounce the system, and suid that inspectors should be appointed ta look into the detecis that were already known in the yachting nde. All men and women mast feel ad longing sympathy tor that poor mother who died iu the csbin, leaving behind her three orphans to grow up without # mother’s care or love. Seme people would ask if those who died in that cavin Were repentant, con- verted, or fit to meetChrist? To those who ask the question I would say, tuat had Mr. Garner been the vilest, as he was one of the most generous and vobie pt mankind, that one act of devotion and sell-sacritice in the cabin of the Mohawk, in preferring death with the woman be loved to Ife without her, would have washed away the vilest crime known to human nature. That sacrifice ennobled even death itself, That thing which is*most thrilling and grand in the sacrifice on Calvary— the greatest tragedy known to all history—is its self sacriice—Jesus dying to save others, It is the sum- mit of all love and perfection. AT THE PLEET STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH last evening Rev. Dr, Stecle preached upon the “3o- hewk Disaster and its Lessons’ before a large au- dience. The text was from Mark xiit., 35, 36" Watch ye, therefore: for ye know not wher tho master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock crowing, or in the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.” The reverend gentieman prefaced his discourse by briefly and graphically sketching the details of tho foundering of the yacht Mobawk, and he took occasion to discard the idea that the loss was chargeable to the neglect or the ineficiency of any in+ divi ual until such time as a full investigation had bees made. It would be unjust at this time to accuse any- body of being the cause of the accident. From @ spiritual standpoint the terrible and sudden loss of life told us of the necessity of being ever on the watco for the coming of the Son of Man. ‘It taught us to guard against the dangerous habit of spiritual slumbering, Among the lessons of this sad event we should recoz nize the nobility of soul and the self-sacrifice of thi! generous, wholo-souled, successtul merchant who. whe the extreme moment arrived, gave up bis lie in the grand ellortto rescue trom death his devoted wite, But this beautitul and crowning event of the man’s ex. istence was only in keeping with his whole history. His palatial home more rooms in 1t for fricnds than 1 bad tor him: He was never known to have refused an appeal He wasa light jonor or bis bal by any means, two much of a hurry. had self. for aid from tho unfortunate and the needy. man who loved the poor and delighted in makin, the burden of his Jess favored fellow beings. All to the true man! Another lesson taught us by this disaster is that of sympathy, genuine and pure, for the surviving friends and relatives of those Who went down on the Mobawk. Woe extend our heartfelt sympathies to the venerable mother of Mrs. Garner, and also to those three litle children whose sudden and irretrievable loss make: such a demand upon the Christian heart tor love an condolence. May God sustainthem in the hour of their great trial, and may He who has bereft them in His mercy watch over and goard them forever amid the storms and Lempests of life, that in the end they may all be reunited in the haven of eternal happiness im the kingdom of God! PERTINENT QUFRIES, New York, July 23, 1876, To tux Enton ov tae Herarn;— Thave read with deep interest the various accounts of the Mohawk disaster published in your paper, and in this morning's tssue I was sarprised at the verdict rendered by the jury, exoncrating her sailing master, Rowland, Mach credit is due Mr, Schayler Crosby and the noble sailor who assisted him in his endeavors te save Mryand Mrse Garner and Miss Hunter, and haé the same feeling prevailed with the captain and crew 1 is not unreasonable to suppose that some, if nos all, the valuable lives might hove been ed. There seems te have been gross negligence, if not cowardice, and want of discipline displayed In this respect. If Mr. Crosby and the sailor endeavored to render such valuabie as- sistance how much could this have beea mui plied by the co-operation of others! There may be more truth in the statement made doy tho quartermaster Furgessen than Mr. Crosvy gives him credit for, and I trast the jury gave this doe con sideration, and that Mr. Pendleton bas noi been prem: ature in reinstating Captam Rowland, but has weighed the circumstances and evidence carefully I think if would be well to know positively whether the anchor was still fast tothe bottom when the order was gives by the eaptaia to “draw away jib,” or if it had broker bs up ang the anchor fast? 1 ask this as | saw the Mohawh about a fortnight ago endeavoring to get under way with jibs up snd anchor down and fast. Churles Felt, boatawain, in bis statement thinks it dangerous to lay and no doubt would wany hers, especially with a heavy squall near at hand. he Wrecking Company can give ail information as to how they found the ancaor, and it out bow many fathoms. How could it be expected to let the Mobawk up or luff ner and not have steerage way oo, aud how could she get any way on if her anchor was fast and close hauled? An old New York pilot remarked had he been in charge of the Mohawk he would bave tad his sails on deck with a run, and not everything set and trimmed flat. Many of it Teaders tke a deep interest in this sad affair, ond trust that other yacnis: | men will inke this as a warning. Yours, respectiully, G55. HENRY WA»D BEECHER. |THE PLYMOUTH PASTOR AT THE THOUSAND ISLANDS THE USUAL ChOWDS IN ATTEND* ANCE ON HIS DISCOURSES, Aursxanpaia ay, N. Y., duly 23, 1876, Henry Ward Beecher preached at the Thousand Island House to-day. The largo dining pall and par lors were packed with people, and many were unable to hear the discourse, Anextra train was run trom Watertown to accommodate those wishing to attend, Steamboats loaded with people arrived trom ORdens- burg, Clayton and Capo Vinceat, and from Kingston, | Gauanoqde and Brockville 1m Canada, Swenty senaece 10 loaded With passengers have arrived at the day. "ite Beecher proached at the Thousand Island Parke on Friday, He ws expected to remain here for several days. YACHTING NOTE, Yacht Agnes, A. vc, Veo Commedine Fish, from Now York, pasted Whitestone, Long Island, yesterday, | em route to Giew Cove,