The New York Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1877, Page 5

WASHINGTON. The Chairman of the Republican Na- tional Committee as a Witness. RETICENCE OF A CABINET OFFICER The Benefits and Disadvantages of A a Dual Character. The Plan of the Joint Committee on the Electoral Vote. OPPOSITION DEVELOPING ITSELF. i, Another Story of Terror and Intimidation from South Carolina. FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Wasuixctoy, Jan. 14, 1877, SECRETARY CHANDLER'S UECENT RETICENCE— INCONVENIENCES OF A DUAL CHARACTER— ANXINTY TO ASCERTAIN WHERE THE CAB- MANAGER ENDS. The Committee on the Powers, Duties and Privileges of the Honse have undertaken to ask Sccretary Chandler some questions about his management | of the republican canvass before and alter the election, as Chairman of the National Committee, tnd the inconvenience of making a Cab- Inct officer manager of a party canvass begins now to be seen, The committee, which sat in Becrot on Saturday, is said to have information that Mr. Chandler, in his capacity of Chairman of the Re- publican Committee, promised Governor Stearns, of Florida, soldiers and money to carry the State tor Governor Hayes, On asking Mr. Chandler about such despatches hoe fell back upon himself as a Cuabi- net officer, and refused to answer on the plea that to roply would be to expose State | * secrets, and he asked a delay until ne could consult counsel and the remainder of the Cabinet. Of course his request was at once granted. Mr, Chandlor says to-night that he has sent no telegram nor written any communication which he is not perfectly willing the committee shall have and know allabout. He adds that he bas no objection to their being placed \n possession of everything. His friends con- tend that he will be justified in his refusal to answer the question put to him, it involved his confidential relations with the President, Tho other side noturally reply that | they would like to ascertain precisely where Mr Chandler ceased to be Chairman of the Republican Committee and became a Cabinot officer. The case reminds many persons here of the similar manage- ment in Louisiana, where Mr. Packard combined, during two or threo eloctions, the two functions o; United States Marshal and Chairman of the Re- publican Committee and, a8 was proven by the House Committee in 1875, used his power og “marshal to order federal troops to make urrests of democrats under blank warrants in such connties as be wanted, chairman of the republican comuitice, to carry for his party. The democrats often remarked that it would be a convenience for them if they, too, could have a United States marshal and federal troops. The republicans are irritable over the examination of Mr. Ohandler and threaten to haul up in their turn the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, who, as he was not a Cabine, officer nor even a United States marshal, would hat mo official privileges, and it is to be hoped would speak out like a men, The committeo are said to be in no « hurry with Mr. Chandler, as there are witnesses on the way from Florida to testify about telograms to «Qndfrom Governor Stearns, What their testimony will show cannot of course bo accurately knowo until they arrive. Some friends of Mr. Chandler say that he should either have refused to answer any questions as ao Cabinet officer or that, having answered some, he should have replied unhesitatingly to all that were asked. This would certainly simplify matters a y®oa deal, and it is hoped here that ho will make up his mind to speak out and that the committee will hero. after sit with open doors, Recalcitrant witnesses are at a discount here this winter. Evory- body wants to know about everything and in the Senate Committee on the Oregon business Senator Kernan has shown a good and popular exam- ple by warning all hesitating witnesses that they must speak out and tell all they know, as this is not a mat ter about which he moans to protectthem, If either party has done wrong he wants it to appear, Secretary Chandler is usually so free spoken a man that ho will doubtless, before the matter is closed, sub- mit bimseif toa more thorough examination; but ho probably regrets that he became, while a Cabinet of. cer, chairman of the Republican Committee, Ifhe does not, a considerable part of the republican party aces on various accounts, THE ELECTORAL VOTZ—THE SUPPOSED PLAN OF THY JOINT COMMITTEE LIKELY TO MEET WITH OPPOSITION—VIEWS OF THE MODER- ATES AND THE EXTREMISTS. ‘The supposed plans of the joint committee on the electoral vote have been the subject of a good deal of discussion bere to-day, and it is very evident that, if tho committee agree on the project which is commonly ascribed to it and the main features of which wero sent you yesterday, it will mest with a wrong democratic opposition in the House and perhaps even in the Senate. The repubiicans aro generally more reticent, but some of those known extreme mon are not atall pleased with it, Tne inod. erate and conservative mon on both sides are disposed fouccept it asa fair basis of scttioment, but are in- clined to wait until they shall have before them au: thentic details of the supposed plan before expressing | definite opinions. It may be said, howover, that thero | {s a strong and increasing disposition hore among con- sorvative men of both partios to unite without unnec- Desary delay upon any pina which shall be thown to be constitutional and to promise a | fair and honest settlement. The joint committee’s pian will, therefore, have favorable consideration from a Droponderant number of both parties in both houses, | Bnd if it is meritorious, will probably be adopted, hough not without debate and vigorous opposition from men who are bent upon carrying their own plans and prefer to bring on a deadlock rather than submit to a compromiso, however fair, There are still a fow republicans who Insist that the Vice President must count the vote; thatthe houses are only witnesses, | and that Governor Hayes must be counted in st all bagards, The number of these persons 1s de- creasing, but they will do their utmost to defeat any measure the committes may propose, Un the other side there are democrats ready to maintain that the House of Ropresoutatives has inalienabie rights; that Bo vote can be counted without its consent, and that they would rather have a new election than give up a jot of their pretensions, Those p 0s alxo are not Numerous, but they, too, will oppose the joint com- mittee’s plan, whatever that may be, and aiready some of them assert that the republicans have outwitted the democrats once more. It is velioved that the cor mittee may report by Tuesday or Wednesday, and, thercupon, a season of stormy debate may be expected, —— FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Wasiixatos, Jan, 14, 187%. THE SENATE SOUTH CAROLINA INVESTIGATING COMMITTER-—-ANOTHER REPORT “WIDE- BPREAD TERRORISM AND INTIMIDATION” TO COME—-WHO JUDGE MACKEY VOTED FOR AND ‘WHY HE Dip 80. Senators Angus Cameron and Christiancy, of the epecial committee sent io investigate the election ja South Carolina on beball of Ure Senate, returned tum morning, Tho third and democratic member of the committee, Senator Merrimon, remained at Kaleigh. or INET OFFICER BHGINS AND THE POLITICAL j because | Senator Camoron says that the committee regort NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1877 |: EARS Sem Naa inet AM) NRE EE will not be reaay tora week or two, It will show, among other things, the already admitted fact that the Hayes electors were choson im Soutn Carolina, not- withstanding the widespread terrorism used against the colored voters, In two precincts In Barnwell county the republican vote wae diminished {rom 1,000 to 1,200 by the mounted rifle clubs, who surrounded the polls and Iiterally preventoa any approach to the boxes by the blacks. In Robbins precinct, of this county, the election nad proceeded quietly until ten o'clock, and some 600 republican votes had beon polled, when a volley of bullets was fired through the builaing. The election managers ran away and the mob broke up the boxes. The managers opened the poll aguin half a mile distant, and received about 1,300 republican votes by nightfall, but as tho democratic imspector was not present the State Board threw out the whole proeinct. Had they given this precmet tothe republicans there would have been no need to reject tho Edgefield and Laurens distriets and Senator Cam- eron thinks public sentiment woutd have sustained the State canvassers had they not been so scrupulous, The committee also investigated the Hamburg and Ellenton riots, aud will report that they were investi- gated as part of a preconcerted pian for the intimida- tion of the colored voters. Senator Cameron when asked why on the face of the returns Chamberlain was wofeated and Hayes’ electors elected, answered that, while ‘the committee bad not been instructed to investigate tho State election, he could say that this result was due to the personal appeals of Hampton to the colored people, who, being many of them possessed of property, belicved his Promises of retrenchment and lower taxes and voted for him. ‘The best part, however, of the work of the commit- tee remains to bo told. Among the witnesses sum- moned before it was Judge Muckey, the officious com- missioner from General Hampton to Governor Hayes, who, us a professed republican, had stumped the State for Hayes and Hampton, When the question was put to him for whom bad he voted he was con- Strained by nis oath to tell the truth and acknowledged that he had voted for Tilden. This admission brought a smile to the faces of all the committee, the more so ue the confused and embarrassed witness went on to aay: “Let mo explain, Mr. Senator,’’ addressing the chairman, ‘You see, there wore three democrats here with whom 1 agreed that they should vote for Hayes if Hayes was not responsible forthe sending of the troops to South Carolina, avd that I should voto for Tiklen if he was so respousibie. ” “and how did you find out?” Cameron. “Why, I wrote to him,” said the witness, “And what was his response?” “He never answered my letter.” THE MASSACHUSETTS SENATORSHIP—MR, BOUT- WELL'S RETENTION IN THE SENATE DESIRED AS AN AUTHORITY ON FINANCE. A great deal of anxiety is folt here among republican Senators to know whether Secretary Boutwell will be yenominated, His friends are sanguine, and he is said to believe that he will be ro-eleeted. The coalition of the forces marshalled by General Butler will, it is thought, be effective in secur- ing this ond, Besides, it is felt that, if the democrats see there isa likel:hood of tho success of Judge Hoar, they will act In such a way as to insure the re-election of Senator Boutwell, A compromise candidate is believed to be possible, but there is so much desire to have Senator Boutwell contiaued in the Senate as an authority on the finances that every exertion will be used to aid bim. PREPARATIONS FOR MR. ORTON’S, INCARCERA- TION. Asa contemplated result of the appearance of Mr, Orton, President of thy Western Union Telegraph Company, atthe bar of tho House to-morrow, it is und jood that Sergeant-at-Arms Thompsen has, under instructions to-day, been preparing aceom modations for his incarceration, which Is looked upon as already assured owing to bis determination not to furnish the telograms culled for by the House, On the other hand jt is rumored that he will furnish 4 of telegrams very damaging to the democrats. His health is eaid to be bad and his friends bave great apprehensions of the resalts of the excitement and possible imprisonment he may undergo. MEETING OF THE SUPERVISING INSPECTORS OF STEAMBOATS. The Supervising Inspectors of Steamboats are arriv. ing bere from the varions districts of the Union and will hold thoir first meeting on Wodnesday next. Tho proceedings will open with a report from the Com- mittee on Safety Valve Tests, It was appointed a yi ago last winter anda great many tables have been worked by it The report will contain the tables, The Board had six common valves constructed and experimented upon with bost results, and it hag been demonstrated that the common sgafoty valve, in use before any patents were introduced, is the best known, A motion will bo made to have the report printed for cieculation in boiler and machine shops throughout the country. Geaeral J, A. Dumont, Supervising Inspector General of Steamboats, has made an inspection at New York, Boston, Albany and Philadeiphia, and finds evorything, he says, seemingly satistactory, A great improvement has taken place in the last two years, From his observation thus far he docs not think that there 1s anything to be done inet to enforce existing regulations. The Steamboat bill, which has oxercised Congress for the last three or four years, will not be ronowed at thin session, ifat all again. The report of the super vising inspectors will go to the Seerctary of tho Treas- ury this week, GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, * Wasuinarow, Jan. 14, 1877, FAST TRAINS AND THE FRANKING PRIVILEGE— DEADLOCK BETWEEN TH SENATE AND HOUSE. The disagreement betwoen the Senate ana House of Representatives upon the bill to establish post routes nvolves the question of fast service for various sec- tions of the couotry, and also the restoration of tho frank!ng privilege. As the bill passed the House at asked Senator the last session it merely provided for the establish. | ment of post routes throughout the country; when it came to the Senate amendments wero atiachod to it non-concurring in certain roates named in the House Dill and establishing others in place thercot, Senate then, after a lengthy discussion, by a vote of thirty-one yeas to th'rteen nays, adopted amendments. appropriating $150,000 to restore fast mail trains over the Now York Central and Hudson River and over other roads where they had previously ran, and to re- store the franking privilege. As amended the bill passed the Senate on the Ith day of August last aod was sent to tho House of Repre- sentatives, But the amendincnts wero not considered by that body until this session, when the House Com- | mitice on Post Oftices and Post Roxds reported in favor of non-concurring in the Senate umendments restor- ing the fast majl trains and the franking privilege on tho ground that they wero matters of gen- ornt legislation and should not be attached to a Post Office Route bill, The Hone agreed to the reports of its committee, The bill having been ret©rned to the Senate was considered by the committee of that body on Post Offices and Lost Roads, and in accordance with the report of the com. Inittee, the Senuto insisted upgyn its amendments and asked a conference with the House of Representatives, Vhe conferees on the part of the Senate aro Messrs, Hemlin, Paddock and Moxey. Thoso on the part of the House have not yet Leen appoinior TELEGRAMS FYROM COXNTROLIANG POLITICIANS TO THY, DISPUTED STATES AND TO OREGON DURING THE CANVASS—COPIES IN THE HANDS OF THR COMMITTEES. Recent developments seem to confirm the reports previlent at the Capitol that both democrats and republicans have eopies of telegrams gent South and to Oregon by controlling politicians pending the canvass of the votes of the disputed States, ‘These copies were obtained from sources otber than the regular channels, but exactly in what manner is lets to con. Jjecture, Although they cannot be ned as evidence, not bemg authenticated, they afford the basis of inter. rogation by investigating committees and have been the means of obtaining information trom witnesses who havo knowledge of their contents. BISHOP W War’ UTiNGHAM, Bawrimons, Jan. 14, 1877. Tho physictons attending Bishop Whittingham re- port Lis condition somewhat improved to-night, Tho | | sng. | Diggest ron on the benk 18 expecte ®RAND DUKE ALEXIS. HIS HIGHNESS’ BIRTHDAY PASSES WITHOUT SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION—-A GRAND BALL IN HIS HONOR PROJECTED. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE BERALD.] Norvoux, Va., Jan. 14, 1877. ‘The twenty-seventh birthday of the Grand Duke Alexis occurred to-day, but thero was no special de- monstrations on board the Russian flagship Svetland, which His Highness commands, In the afternoon Alexis and the Grand Duke Constantine and suits came ashore privately and took an airing through the city in close carriages, A BALL IN CONTEM?LATION. ‘The naval ‘ofcers of the station and the fleet in Opera House :n honor of the distinguished foreigners. LOUISIANA. THE PACKARD GOVERNMENT GOING TO PIECES— TEN ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE 0 GO OVER TO THE DEMOCRATS—THE CON- GRESSIONAL COMMITTEE, [B¥ TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] New Orteays, Jan. 14, 1877, ‘This has been avery quiet day, disturbed only by rumors of a threatened attack upon ihe Court House building, the garrison of which was roinf@rced to- REPUBLICAN DRFFCTION, night. Pinchback’s dcfection 13 having 118 influence. ret more members ot tbe House are reported as coming over to the democrats to-morrow, which will give them ® quorum of Returning Board members in both branchet DEPRESSION IN THE STATE MOUSK Groat depression prevails at the State House in face of this prospect, which is deepened by the ramored willingness of Dubuclet, the State Treasurer, to ac. knowledge the Nicholis governmont, Negotiations with this view have certainly been under way for two days past, and his submiesion ts highly probable, Wells, Anderson and General Hurlbut left for Wash- ington to-night, THR CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTER expects to finish its investigation by Tuesday next, und will leave at once for Washivgton, TRANSFER OF MILITARY STORES, Two barks were towed up to faton for the purpose of shipping the 1,800 tons of military stores recently ordered away trom this department, GOVERNOR KBLLOGG'S DENIAL, New Onueans, Jan. 14, 1877, Governor Kellogg denies positively the assertion of Pinchback that he had used money to secure his elec- tion as United States Senator. THE RLECTARAL QUESTION. Representative Kenucdy, who yesterday left tne re- publican Legislature and joined the democratic Logis- jature, will tomorrow introduce a resolution in the latter body to the effect that the question as to the electoral vote of Louisiana 18 now with Congress, and that there is no purpose or intention of that Legisia- ture tointerfere with it, It 1s said there will be no Se a to the resolution, ‘THE SEXATORIAL QUESTION, oe are rife to-night in reference to the Sena- torial elections 1n the two I. tures to-morrow, it being intimated that cach body hi its choico ina caucus, but nothing positive is known in reference to it, NO CAUSE FOR FEDERAL INTERFERENCE AS EET. Wasmixetox, Jan. 14, 1877. It Is officially ascertained to-night that the govern. ment has received nothing to-day from New Oricans, The despatches of the past two days have contained nothing that was regardod important. There is no disposition on the part of the government to send additional troops South, as the administration isn Remtneanive of serious trouble in New Orleans or cls where, PROMINENT POLITICIANS GOING TO NEW OR- LEANS, Enaina, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1877, Ex-Mayor John Arnot and General Francis G, Hall, prominen: gentlemen and politicians of this part of the State, left hero this evening for Orleans, Tho object of their inissiou has rot been publicly an- nounced, THE TENNESSEE SENATORSHIP. SENATOR KUY WITBDRAWS FROM THE CONTEST. Nasuvie.e, Tenn., Jan. 14, 1877. Senator Key will withdraw from the Senatorial con- tost to-morrow, He dues so because the contest has become a mere stragglo for office, In justice to bimselt nd his public character, as well as to the public iter- ests, he cannot engage in a scramble tor u position so exalted as thut of Senator of the United states, THE NEWPORT ARSON CASE, BROWN BOUND OVER TO APPEAR AT TAE MARCH TERM. [BY TELEORAPH 10 THE HERALD.) Newrort, R. I, Jan. 14, 1877, This morning Charles S. Brown was taken to Middles town by the Sheriff and a policeman, where a warrant was served upon him upon the charge of arson, Waiv- ing an examivation he was bound ovor to appear at the Supreme Court in March, and was committed to | the County Sabin | in this s city. NAVY “YARD SHOPS CLOSED. [Bx TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD, ] Nonvowx, Va., Jan. 14, 1877, Thirteen shops in the Navy Yard were closed last night and several hundred workmen discharged, the appropriations having vecome exhausted, Only a few workinen remain in the yards and docks, who are en- | gaged in taking care o1 the public baritings FISHKILL'S DEFAULTING CASHIER. TRE DEFICIENCIES SALD TO BE INCREASING— MISAPPLICATION OF TRUSE FUNDS—RUTI- CENCE OF THE OFFICERS OF THE BA RUN ON THE FISHKILL SAVINGS INSTITUTE, Povaarxersts, Jan, 14, 1877, All of the affairs of tho National Bank of Fishkill are still indgnbt, except in the fact that the deticiencies will probably be heavier than wus first reported. ‘There was a statement made on Friday or Saturday last that the misappropriated bonds were those of tho savings bank which docs business in the same build. ‘This was ail wrong, and has worked an injury to that bank which i very annoying. So far av can be ascertained ail of the bonds taken to New York and hypothecated by Cashier Bartow were the property of individuals who placed thew in the National Bank of Fisnkil for safe keeping, of, in otwer works, “i trast” ‘This list alone foots up $21,200, and now tosses are | turning up almost every hour. Ibis stated that the ex. pert who is bandling tue books had thus far uncarthe a deficiency of $140,000, Should tits prove trae tt impression 18 the bank wil! have to wind up fairs, It is reported that Cashier Bartow, and the bank through him, has lost heavily inthe Mutchess Ore Company, Leonard Horton, of that compan when spoken to about the matter, desired to have ii understood that Was hot the case, bot he did not deny that the bank hud experienced some losses by tie company. The bank officers maintain silence and insist that thoy can say nothing until the examination of accounts is finished. THE LAST A LONG ONE. It was stated that Cashier Bartow had furnished list of the bonds bypothecated by him in New Yor! together with tho atnount of euch and name of owner. An attempt was made to secure the list for the presr, but the offlcers refused 10 extodit it, saying, however, that such a list bad been handed them by Mr. Bartow, and significantly added “118 long one.” That was all that could be ascertained about tue matter, Acting Cashier Rapieje stated on Saturday that seme ss the men who had made the heaviest appeared nt the bank and promin everything gc The names of winneld. | t ‘possio ‘on tho vouks will finish to-morrow or next day, he started ne thought wood take bru tnree day: but he has wready gone over that time, Inthe ab: gence of positive intermation there is « feeling in bank- ing cirelos in Poughkeepsie that the ofliscrs of the bank Will be compelled to put up the shutters. ‘THK RAVINGS INSTITUTE, As tothe Fishkill Savings Institate, it is believed it is affected by the National Bunk’s troubles, but not reriously, However, there was a run comin nid itis Understood that the bank $500. AML the morning urls and Juvoring people the freasnrer, omos B He paid sterday, but the fariners, mech: besieged the tank, Dearin, was kept busy paying ont deporrs. and ont $12,000 on. Frisay, and nore the President Jeti town on Saturday to obtain tauds to meet it, abd will po doubt succeed, There are over 160 depositors who reaide in Cold Spring, and they will undoubtedly ail appear at the bank on Mon- day, The Treasurer says thoy will mect every dem: 3 ne, have to pay over mortgnzes hetd by Ube bank, corte they will pull through all right, Leading a * bank will tide over, and the cismiased cashier of the National Bank is anxiogs to have tho people woderstaud that ia no way have the tunds of the Suvings Insutute becn tampered with or immupproprinted. Kouge to-day | determined upan | to-morrow, and | (THR FEARFUL ICR GORGE Movement of the Ice in the Mononga- hela and Ohio Rivers. IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. Loaded Coal Barges Torn from Their Moorings and Sunk, STEAMBOATS BROKEN TO PIECES. | A Mother and Four Children Carried Off on a Flatboat. LIMITED LOSS OF LIFE. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE BERALD.1 Pirrsuura, Pa, Jan, 14, 1877, The freshet here to-duy im the Monongubela River has been terribly destructive, aud the coal men to- night collectively figure up their lorses aillions ot dollars, Never betore has the peacetul Monongahela Valiey, from whose hillsides the West and South draw their chief supply of fucl, witnessed such scenes of | ADXiety and activity or been the theatre of such whole. | sale destruction of valuable property as to-day, MOVEMENT OF TIIR 108, Athalf-past six this morning the vanguard of the ice gorge arrived here, booming, crushing and carry- ing everything before it, and embrucing in Its cold, un- relenting grasp the huge barges loaded with coal, por. | uibns of steamboats, broken tinbers, beams, planks, | | &c ‘Ihe whistles of steamboats at the landing | shricked as though in an agony of fear, and the banks | were lined with excited river men, hurrying hither | and thither in endeavors to save thei property trom | the irresistivie monster, Whole fleets of the coal- | lagen barges, each valued nt many thousand dollars: | would come hurtling down stream, strike a pier of the suspension bridge, waver a moment as if in mortal agony, then fall into sragments and sink into the white | covered river like corpses Into a grave. NUMBEN OF CRAPTS LOST, | ‘There is no telling at this moment the number of | barges lost, but it will run into the hundreds. & months tust elapse heforo thoy ure roplaced. Lying | in the Monongahela, from its mouth to fact | were no less than seventy steamboats und towboats, with on aggfegate value of probably upward of.) $1,000,000. Beside these there were probabiy 750 | On these crafts was ladened about 15,000,000 worth anywhere from five to eight cents a bushel in the barge. | THR FIRST VICTIMS, | ‘Tho firet stenmboats to tail victims to the ico were | the Brownsville packets Bennett and Chieftain, Tho | destruction of these large steamers was complete, the | | cabins being carried off and the bulls cut down by | the jce until they were utterly useless, In ad- | dition to these steamers uo less than seven | valuable boats, used for towing coal, wero sunk; while many of the large, fine coal pockets at the wharf were stove In wnd are in im- | minent dungor of sinking. The number of coal barges | and bouts that came down can only be conjectured, but | the best estimate places (thé number as at least 400, | About one-third of these bouts were ladened with coal, | THE MBAVIEST LOSKKs, | Among the heaviest losers are W. I. Brown & Co., Captain Joreph Walton, O'Neill & Co., Messrs, Woods, | | J. D, Rusher & Co., Messrs. Fawcett, J. W. Clark & | Co, and J. B. Sneathen & Co, The firm of Clark & Co, lost twenty-two barges, Below the dam, just above | the now bridge, was Sneathen & Co,’s fleet, and all | were drifted off. O’Ne!tl & Co., ir 18 said, bad $100,000 worth of property altogether on tho river, and oue of the firm romarked to-night that he would not give $10,000 for the lot, MORK DESTRUCTION, From dam No. 1 up to the headwaters navigation valuable coal upples and ico breakors wero carried off | like so many straws in a whirlwind, ‘These in them. selves constitute a great Ices, inasmuch as they must be | | replaced Lefore mining can be resumed. Montha of active labor will be required to put the coal interest of | tho river in shape, ond in the meantime there must | ensue a scarcity of coal in the West and South, Faw. | cett & Co., heavy coal shippers, have lost nineteen | | louded boats, seven londed barges, tive fuel Loats and | thirty empty coal boats, The 1088 of tite is small, | though many had exceedingly narrow escapes, A two | story framo house, trom which tho tumates had ose caped, struck a pier of the bridge and waa shattered to pieces. ESTIMATED LOSS, © Prominent coal slippers estimate tho damage dono to their interest by the ireshet of last night and to-day ‘at over $1,500, 000. DAMAGE TO RIVER AND COAL MEN ALONG THE | OHIO~-STEAMERS AND BARGES SUNK—A FAM- | ILY CARRIED OF¥—CURIOUS EXPERIENCES OF | THE STEAMER CALUMET, | | {Bx TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) | Cixctsxatt, Jan, 14, 1877, The damage done to the river and coal men at this Foint by the break up of the ice in the Ohio was greater to-day than on any previous occasion, and is estimated, mm round numbers, at $500,000, Reports are that ten or twelve lives were lost by men who were trying to save property; but this is provably an exuggeration, | | tance, BTRAMERS CRUSHED, ‘The steamer Alex. Kendall, in the Evansville trade, | was struck by fee while lying at the wharf bout foot of | Vine street, and crusted and sank with her entire , cargo. valued at $30,000. | aomi and Mocking Bird, two small propellers, used as harbor bouts, Were vlgo caught in the ice and | crushed to pieces, the loss on each being about $2,000. | DESTRUCTION OF COAL BAKE ‘The greatest damage, however, was done to coal | OF these craft fully seventy-five, ali ot them | filled with cout, were curried away; many being | crushed before they left their moorings, whie others | were carried betore the ico dowa the current of the | | stream. Some 200 empty barges, which had been | fdetened up at various points along the landing, were nleo carried away, and probably Jess than all of them will ever be recove A vAMI ,At an early hour in had been tied up at Kagleston avenue, und on which a | family of seven was living, wus caught by a feld of ico and carried of into the current, The father of tho | family, whose natne is Culbert, caaght ono of the chil | dren in his arms and jumped on the ice wnd final , | | revehed shore, but the mother and four children, un- | able to escape, remained on the boat, They were barges. y CARRIRD OFY, | again seen five miles below the city, their boat still be unharmed, but all attempts to rescue them wery fruit. less, THE HTRAMER CALUMET, | Among tha vessels which were sunk yesterday was | the steamer Calumet, loaded with a full cargo for New Orleans, She bad sunk in twelve feet of water, but as the river roso to-day a fleld of ice come along and took her up, turned her prow down stream, and with | ber bull submerged—though halt ber cavin, ner for. | ward deck und pilot house were oat of water—she | storted down stream, Sho passed safely under} the suspension bridge and through the eban. | nel spon of the New Southern Railroad bridge, ond coptinned on her course way beiow the city, When she reached Deli, eix miles below, a couple of fool. hardy fellows crawled over the ico to her deck, where | they tolled ber bell, and, strange to say, succeeded in getting to shore alive. | THE LOSES thus far to river men and coal men doing business here wil! bo something over $1,000,000, and to-night they feel that the danger has by no means pased, | pied a MOVEMENT OF ICH IN THE ONTO AND KANAWHA RIVERS--EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO SHIPPING, Ciscrxsatt, Jan, 14, 1877. i The movement of (ho ice in the Uhio River bas be- | trote the morning a flatboat whien | ot come almost general from Pittsburg to Cairo, pack heavy losses, chiefly upon owners of coal boats and barges. A despatch from North Bend, twelve miles below here, reports over two hundred coal barges prssin, ero in the ice to-day, At Mingo, Ville, Sen barges were swept away to-day, wi Parkersburg, WREAK UP IN THR KANAWHA. The ice in the Kanawha River broke up yesterday, carrying away a woariboat and several barges. At Blennerbassett’s Island tue towboat N. J, Bigley and eight barges an were carried off by the ice, Eight barges, suppoxed to be trom the Kentucky | River, passed Madison this afternoon, At Jeflersonville the river rose five feet in two hours, and the ice swept down at the rate of ten miles. an honr, tearing away @ large quantity of valuable timber from the shipyards, sinking several barges loaded w th coal and demolishing « portion of the ferryboat, RAILROAD TRAVEL IMPEDED. EFFORTS OF THE COMPANY TO TEMOVE THE | OBSTLUCTIONS—-MATTERS RAPIDLY IMPROV- Ina, [BY TELEGRAPH Tu THF HERALD. ] ALBANY, Jun. 14, 1877. An unprecedented state of affairs, owing to the tremendous snow storms of the past two weeks, exis all along the railroads west of here 4s far a8 Buttalo. Between that point and this there are $,000 loaded freight cars suew bound, waiting to get to Lide water, It all these were coupled together on one track they would extend over a length of forty-four miles, TRAINS OUT OF TIME, Ever since tho 1st of January trains bound Kast have been running out of time, in some instances a8 many as twelve and twenty hours, ‘The company +e here yesterday the great Harlem Ratiroad snow plough, drawn by threw engines, and ordered another plough to start at the same Cita from Syracuse, A passenger train with seven cars followed iv the wake ot t plouxb, but its progress was slow, the op tug greater thun tour ities an hour, AN IMMENSITY Forty miles wbove side of the track us hi ‘The train that left hore ” Baitalo and rd inady not ithor y ree o'elock r, with a number of wis Canght and bela last near jock PM. ol yesterday. Mer LSupermendent of the Hudson ad one of the im peren Roches! nih ed dy railroad men in the couctry, resuived upon euploy ing | TEN THOUSAND M to shovel the snow into the river ore wherever practicabe; and, bad this t tie intention was lirst conceived, the s¢ of things that wow provills might tiv A, when Hhitien aba Vast quontity along the line of the All the trans from Ne tor th ‘est since Pa die M. Frida in getting as fur as 8 bucit required inmense ‘The second Atlantic Express, due at midnight Friday, arrived bere last evening. AX IMPROVED Co: The condition to-uizht 12 suimew tigt improved. track irom here to New York os ire 11 tong and trains go through on time, while agus und the trains tollowmg have made the 1 eat ot Buflulo easily passable ut the present writt No further fall of snow 1s reported, tuvuy 1s happeo within the next tort curred twat week things wail be wor THE POUR TRA 1 oul vinphish he dis. coal bouts and barges, of an average value of $600 | of the Central in place of being a convenionce nro a | | positive impediment to the working af the trains in auch woather, a8 they allow uo room tor switching ireight to make Way lor paxseoger tra of the Central road are very reticent about the siate of the tracks and Mle that overvibiag 1s lovely, but overy riving here from the West has his story Moe coldy delay aud privatioa to teil, neversheles: THE Wic KED INDIANS. SHARP ENCOUNTER “kTWEEN AN ESCORT oF CAVALRY AND A ROVING BAND. Cneyenne, Wy. T., Jan, 14, 1877. The continuod interruption in telographie communi. cation between Forts Laramie und Fetterman induced an escort of the Sixth cavalry, commanaed by Serzeant Bessy, In returning trom Hot Cr the country and come in on th ‘etterman line, INDIANS RNCOUNTRIEKD, Last night, on the Eik i: three men, made a reconnoissance, and about met # party of fitteen Indians, Jn the fight which on- sued Beswey and one of bis companions named Tag- | girt were slightly wounded, aud the other, named Foalberall, was badly hurt; they also vost three hurses killed, when the Indians wore forced to retire. A cx pany ot covalry lett Fort: Lurmie to-day to endeavor to intercept the [ndians, FATAL now Re CAMP, SERIOUS FIGHT BETWEEN TEAMSATERS, Cnvvexnn, Wy. T., Jan 14, 1877, In a row between a number of soldiers and teams sters, at Sidney, Neb., last night, Private James Keith, of Company ©, Filth cavalry, was shot and instantly killed, After the shooting of Keith about twenty soldiers procured arms from the barracks and went SOLDIFKS | to the front of the place where Kein was kiilea and fired several volleys through the windows and doors ot the buiding Fortunately no one was injured, The firing was stopped by the arrival of the patrol, The boty ot K manding officer at 8 THE POWDER RIVER "EXPEDITION, juey barracks, AURIVAL OF GENERAL ChOOK AT FoRT FrrrEne | MAN. bs Wasningtos, Jan. 14, 1877, A letter dated Fort Laramie, January 1, says Generay Crook returned to Fort Fetterman December 29, and his command the following day, The Powder River expedition has been abandoned at tna ume because since General MeKenzio’s tight with White Antelope the hostites have become xo thoroughly alert ax to inake a further winter campaign a aicerly impracticable THAT TRO NS ACCIDE} DETAILS OF THR COLLISION BETWEEN CELE- BRATED HOADSTKRS AT POUGHKEEPSIE BOTH HORSES KILLED. Povcuweexrsix, Jan, 14, 1877, ‘The brief statement sent by telegraph on Saturday does not half tell of the terrible aceideut that hap. pened to two trotting horses on South avenue yester- day atternoon, It wai accident that has no paraliel as to horrible resuits, During the entire sleining this winter South avenue, trom the Soldiers’ foaniain to a | point a mile beyond, ban boen the accepted trotting ground of the city, and every fing afternvon hundreds Of people would assembin there to Witness the trials of speed, Joo Perit, orrific seh, horses ’ The weil known speeders >itn Vondietta, Alida and the numero siock of the city weift Th +0 Was somety on were nt red yest apes trom ¢ accident that of for weeks, AILS OP THE ACCIDENT. ‘The d was nearly ‘Bs were tog ther bh Hoth sides of t watehing the sport, Wir they come" was heard, and, looking ap the avenue Taine eae horse Silas Rech, drnve nyt ast tretier, driven by 1 ory werehant of tis ety, r y opposite the bite Jud Hother trowter corm vis’ place they tet his owner. A TERRIVIC COLLASION between iteould p imminent . and see turned the! rror, ‘The ‘ome toget was horse quick highining the end of the Uni | Hotdridge’s sleigh entered the breast of air, Phelps! | joree to the depth of ten inebes, and the poor animal tied Without a groan, for it haa pierced bis heart, At the same time the end af the til on Mr, Puelps! s! notrated che flank and Ureast of Mr, Holdr: horse, aod that animal died in two minutes, by ine foreo of the collision Mr. Holdridge was knocked out of hie sleigh on tis horse, Mr. Moldridge's atimal was valued at $1, and Mr, horse, known as the That ended trotting jor the day on that at the season, TROTTING IN CAL 1FOR NIA, Naw Fraxetseo, Jan, 14, 1877, Park, Sax FRraxcisco, SaTurpay, Bay Distrier Jan. 13, 1677. —Matoh $5,000 a side; milo henty, bert | three in five, to wagons, SU MOFARY, Karas, sam Vardy, RAIN San Franeraco, Jan. 14, 187) Rain has beon reported within the last twenty- four | | hours im the southern counties us far north os Low | Angeles and San Louis Obispo, There are wdications of rain here, the steamer M. 8, Thavhuuser | irom | + show | Fitting. | tat tather ; do >| fant . The vilcers | k to strike across | idnielt | i th was taken in charge by the com. | forty or fifty | jdong at a ratting gait and driven by Charles helps, INCENDIARIES SENTENCED. METHOD OF PERFOLMING THEIR WORK 48 DETAILED BY ONE OF THE PARTIES, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. Harriencna, Pa, Jan. 14, 187% The incendiaries who have been epgagod in a syste. matic destruction of buildings by fire im Carlile, umberland county. have been sentenced to the Pont- miiary, John De Haff, a printer, who was the | principal, wis sentenced to ten years’ jmp: fooment. CONYESSION OF ONE OF THR YARTIES. ‘The conviction resulted from the confession of one of the parties, who detailed tio inannerin which the | fires were originated. The mateh was applied to a fase attachcd toa bali of egttan, saturated with explosive Materia', and the inceudiarics watched the progress of the fires from a vate distaai It is believed that some of the incendiaries werd ecneerned im the piot to blow up a house im Carliste about a year ago, when two attempts wore made, une of whieh resulted in mach damage and came near killing one ofsthe cecapants. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Wan Devantwent, Ovrice oy THy Cum SiGNat Ovrionm, Wasnisaron, Jan, 15—1 A. Me Indications, During Monday, in the South Atlantic States, falling barometer alter a tomporary rise along the coast, mta- Honary oF rising temperature, increaring custerly to southerly winds, threatening and ramy weather, In the Gall States, tallng barometer, incrensing Sontheast to southwest wi warmer, threatening apd rainy weather, possibly snceceded in the south+ | wost by rising barometer and winds shifting to colder northerly, In Tennessee and the Onio Valley, falling barometer, to southerly winds, warmer, ramy and | storiny weather, probably succesded by rising bas rometer and winds shifting to colder northerly, Iu the Upper Missistippi and S.ower Missouri val. | loys, rapidly rising barometer, brisk and occasionally \ | high northerly winds, gradually diminishing tn force; | calder, stormy weather, and snow, suceeded by clear- | ing weatner, In the apper lake region, falling, followed by rising | Davometer, easterly winds, bucking to colder northerly, cloudy and stormy weather, with anow, Tn the lower tal region and Middle States, falling rometer, increasing easterly to southerly winds, cloudiness, fing temperature aud rain turning inte | snow in the northern portions. New Engl rising followed by falling bas cr, winds shitting to easterly or rantherly, low 4 \ | encceoded by slowly rising temperature und inereasing cloudiness followed by Know. The rivers in Western Pennsylvania will probably mporarily and the Ohio and Cumberiand con- | tinue to rise, Cautionary signals are ordered for Milwaukee aud | Grand Hay THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. : ‘thefollowing record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, 10 come | parison with the corrosmmnding date at last year. as el by the thermometer at Hudnut’s phi 1D Banding 1s BALM. j Avarsxe teraperatura y y | Avernyo temperature lor 1 yer. | antentay rresponds ARRIVALS, date last HOTEL Attorney Gene anes 3. Fairchild is atthe Bucks Ingham Hotel; Albert Keep, Prosident of the Chicazo and Northwestern Railway Company, and Menry C. | Potter, General Manager of the Flint and Pero Ma | quetie Laliway, aro at the Windsor Hotel;, General | Witiam B. nklin, of Hartiord, is at the Hotel | Brunswick; ex-Mayor Charles A, Otis, of Cleveland, in | atthe St. Nicho'as Hotet; General Daniel Vickers, of | New Jersoy, nN. Konschakewetseb, of the | Russian army, Hofman House. | LIFE vw Yous, ASSURANCE SOCIRCY, NO son te i | ore | thi | mule Life bn gh examination at its » patiey made by well known citize «the result ot crduiea ta Gow “policy hulders of the y ote Sr ener eine ot heeaticsts wuiew wad ib desirable an ond. remsin, very respecttully, GEORGE D. MORGAN, ‘Awaiting your responne. w yours. ULDING, HENRY A. HURLHUT, i MAN HI, JAMES LOW te VARKER HAND .D ORGAN, BENS, BL XM E Wii. t Wi Rtan moan sy ew York, Saw, 12, 1877, t contained in your GN. BLISS, GRO. T, ADED. 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