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may be purely an affair of men, not measures, and need not foreshadow any change in political prospects. ‘MR, SMITH'S OFINION AT LENGTH. Bays a special despatch from Constantinople to the Pali Mall Gazette :— “The cause of Midbat Pacha’s fall dates some time back. The imperious character of Midbat Pacha clashed with the firmness of the Sultan, whose liberal Views went far ahead of midbat’s. The constitution disappointed the Sultan by the multiplicity of its re Serves and qualifications, and many warm discussions Occurred between ihe sovereign andthe Minister. The Sultan desired to introduce largely aforeign element into Turkish administration, and especially to employ Epg- Usbmen in leading positions in all departments His Majesty expressed this desire to Midbat Pacha very Strongly on several occasioné, and last week sternly Feprimanded bim for not having acted upon 1, Midbat Pacha replied curtly, and wrote subsequently to the Spltan tm undeferential terms On Friday last the Sultan sent for Midhat Pacha, but the summons wae not obeyed. Saturday Midhat Pacha remained nome on a pies of indisposi- ton. On Sundays third summons was disobeyed, bus Midbat Pacha attended a Ministerial council in She afternoon. Meanwhile the police discovered se- Cret correspondence which showed that Midhat Pacne was plotting for the overthrow of the Sultan and his Own nomination as Dictator. On Monday a peremp- tory summons brought Midhat Pacha to the palace ‘Guspecting nothing. On entering he was arrested and Dis letters Istd betore him. There was no gainsaying the evidence against him, and he asked for mercy. 4 council of Ministers was called and Midhat Pacha was Offered the choice of leaving the country or being ar- raigned before a tribunal om a charge of high treason. He elected to leave the country, and was asked it he would go to Greece, He-replied that he did mot like the Greeks, and asked to go to Brindisi, but complained that he had no ready Money. Twenty-five hundred dollars was given him end he embarked at noon for Brindisi on board the tmpertal yacht Izzedin, The letters found disclosed that 3,000 Ulemas were to have gone on Monday night to the palace to demand the abdication of the Sultan. ‘The fall of Midbat Pacha will check no reforms. the Sultan being determined to carry out the constitution 1D its fullest spirit,” DIRECTIONS YOR THE NEW GRAND VIZIER, The Porte, in notifying its representatives abroad of ‘the Minteterial changes, adds:—“The Sultan urgently Tecommends the Grand Vizier to speedily and com- Pletely develop all the princtples established by the constitution and to carry ont all laws and administra- tive mstitutions applicable to the provinces.” : 4 YaGoR THEORY. The Daily News has the following original and Startling information from Constantinople, which deals in a new manner with the deposed Grand Vizier:—‘‘Midbat Pacha has long been opposing tho Spltan, who desired to yield and make concessions to the Conference. His removal is in every way desira- ble. Edhem Pacha’s appointment will be conducive to conciliation.”” The foregoing is wholly at variance ‘with all previous accounts of Edhem Pacha’s opinions and conduct. ; ‘TBE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN BaxK, .. New evidences of German interference in the Aus- tro-Hungartan Bank question are seen th morn- ing. This simplo quarrel as to whether there shall or shall not be a government bank in Pesth «may eventually assume proportions sul- ficiently great to decide the course of Austria in tne Eastern dilemma The Standard’s despatch from Vi- enna announces that the Hungarian Ministers have tendered their resignations because of failure to effect an agreement with Austria on the bank question. It is doubtful whether the Emperor has accepted their resignations, THE FRENCH SILK TRADE. In the French Chamber of Deputies at Versailles yesterday M. Ordinaire (radical repablican), member for Lyons, questioned tho government as to what Meps it intended to take to alleviate the distress tmong the workmen.of Lyons. M. Ordinaire stated shat 60,000 operatives were thrown out of empioyment ip consequence ot low wages and the dearness of raw silk, which had risen eighty per cent tn price, M. Simon, the President of the Council, replied that the government would do everything in its power to assist the local authorities, It appears from an article in the Economiste Francais thay two-thirds of the silk work- ers are unemployed, and manufacturers declare that work cadmot be resumed, until the price of raw silk {alls fifteen per cont. The Prefect of the Rhone has fevoted $53,000 from theleca! funda to the roliel of tbe sufferers, The Kconomiste Francais adds that it is Delieved by many that tho business of Lyons will not soon recover, and that the demand for silk fabrics is declining betore that for woollens, COTTONING TO AMERICA. At the anoual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday the president stated that the exports of Man- chester goods to the United States, which formerly aflorded an excellent market, were now nil, and that there is considerable trade in Manchester in cotton fabrics manulactured in Lowoll, Providence and other sities. SPIRITUALISTS ABROAD, ‘The Court of Exchequer has affirmed the decision of the Huddersfield magistrates convicting Dr. Monck, the Spiritualist medium, under the Vagrant act and bentencing him to three months’ imprisonment, SMALLPOX IN LONDON, The ravages of the smallpox are There were 103 deaths from the dis week, being tne largest number during the present epidemic except in the tirst week of January, FAIR WEATHER, ‘The weather yesterday was fair, OUR IMPERIAL VISITORS. TRE RUSSIAN PRINCES 4ND ICE YACHTING, Portsmoutn, Va., Feb. 6, 1877, The Grand Duke Alexis and bis party of friends are to visit. Poughkeepsie on or about the 14th inst., and will be while there the guests of Mr. John A. Roosevelt, His object 1s to personally inspect ice yachting on the Hudson in all of its bearings, and with a view of intro- ducing patterns of American ice yachts upon Russian rivers, not only for amusement, but also as a possibly practical mode of conveyance for trvight and passen" gers during the long winter seasons, BUSSIAN FLEET AT SAN FRANCISCO, Sax Fraxcrsco, Feb. 6, 1877, Another Russian gunboat, the Gornostai, arrved sterday from Viadivostock, making the eighth now ere, ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THEY HERALD. j Harrrorp, Conn., Feb. 6, 1877, The failure is reported in this city to-day of M. Rk. Brazos, agent and treasurer of the Hartford and New York Towing and Froight Line Company. which runs lowboats and barges botween Perth Amboy, N. J., and Connecticut River ports, and controls ail the towboats on the river, His liabilitiesare $117,000, and itis al- leged that he is short in his accounts with the com. pany to the amount of over $20,000, for which, it 1s Said, unpaid bills are falsely entered as paid. The company is not endangered, ana will meet all of theso billa. ‘ Brazos sustained bis losses through real estae ‘ad other speculations. THE ASHTABULA INQUEST. TESTIMONY OF SUPERINTENDENT PAINE—NUM- BER ON THE TRAIN—THR SAVED AND LOST. CLRYVELAND, Obio, Feb, 6, 1877, The Leader's Ashtabula special s —Charles Paine, Genera! Superintendent of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, was sworn and testificd— Ho bi list of those supposed to have vecn on the train; some who wero at first reported as missing have been ascertained not to havo been on the train; some were simply mistaken, and some wore fraudulently so reported. T AND BAYED, the names ot seventy-two adults it children sapposed to be lost, and sixty-one Gaved; come aro marked doubtiui, Thre list ineludes the names of ail known to have been on the train, both ng: aod employés, many of whom have not ied by any articies found among the re- mains, ve no means of knowing how many were on the in except by the conductor's report. ‘He re- ts 128 adalt passengers, 6x train hands, five sicep- hi car bands, three expressinen, two bi e on one newsboy. 2 " rol tan FALAK REPORTS, cerning the rumored orders about the use of on the fire, be did pot tssue any such orders and Knows of no such orders being issued by avy officer uf Mr. Collins never expressed wuy dys safety of the briage to him, und on the to him that its only fawls, to bis opiuion, ‘was its great surplus of strength, / ‘NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. WASHINGTON. The Electoral Commission in Secret Session. NO CONCLUSION ARRIVED AT. General Impression Regarding the Decis in the Florida Case. THE MOST PLAUSIBLE THEORY GIVEN. Ebb and Flow of Feeling Among the Respective Partisans. SERIOUS LLNESS OF SECRETARY MORRILL FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. Wasatsatox, Feb, 6, 187% THR BLECTORAL COMMISSION. ‘There hae beem intense curiosity al) day about the deliberations of theKlectoral Commission. That body held two sessions, both private, the first trom tweivo to three and tne second from _ hall-past three anti) half-past seven. Bome of the members were very tired and went to bed as soon as they got home. The town was full of rumors, of course, the prevailing one being that tne commission, by & very deciaed majority, some say 12 w 3 others 9 to 6, hold that they have power to go back of the Governor’s certificate, and that whatever power the House have the commission has. This is vague and says no more than the olectoral law itself, which expressly gives to the commission all the powers of the houses. i The commission will reassemole to-morrow at ten o’clock with closed doors, and it is believed that it has been determined to come to a decision at three o'clock, in which gage the result would probably be made koownm to c@ansel of both sides to-morrow afternoon. The Jollowing is the most aushentic account of the day’s dotngs:—The commission secluded itself more successfully than bad been anticipated. Only two clerks, Mr, McKinney and another, were present with the commission behind the locked doors of the Supreme Court chamber. Guards, besides the regular and extra Capitol policemen, were on duty at the three entrances. . So particular were the instructions of the President of the commission that the Marshal of the Court locked the door leading to the chamber and bound it with cords; locked the door leading to the gallery and placed in tront of it a trustworthy Keeper, and kept two sentinels on watch at the private entrance for the Judges. It was feared, evon, that a false key might be used without these precautions at any one of the doors, “The commission at once began » discussion, which ‘was continued, with a single intermission, for seven hours, At three o’clook tbe intermission occurred for lunch, which was served im the consulta- tion’ room en the opposite side of tho corridor. Then the commission repaired to its seats ‘and continued until half-past five o'clock a courteous and kindly discussion betwoen its flanks, consisting chiefly of members and Senators. It is not exactly as- certained whether any ono of the Supreme judges par- ticipated ; but it is certain that the judges took no seri- ous or considerable part in the discussion to-da! The major part of the debate was held by the mom- bers of tho commission delegated by the two houses, and the attitude of the speakers was, notwithstanding the formal equality of the members of the commission, similar in some gogree to that of advocates toward a court, Despite the statements or rumors to the contrary, no conclusion whasever has beep reached, and no member of, the commirpon (jatete able to-night to propbery the vote to-morrow thatfany person excluded from the Scene of its deliberations, Mr.Payne will open the debate in the commission to-morrow morning, and it will probably be continued during a five hours’ session, The fight that is being waged in persistent, and to-night either side an equal chance before the judges. To-morrow will decide, It is probable thas the commission reached the con- clusion that it 1s in its power to take other evidence than that offered in the certificate of the Governor, and that the discussion to-morrow in the commission wiil relate to the question how far the examination should go beyond the certificate of the Governor, Individual arguments may be submitted in writing by the several members of the commission, and the final vote isto be taken to-morrow afternoon at three delock. The understanding 1s that tho judi- cial members of the commission will hold a separate session. They have taken no part in tho. discussion to-day and it is eaid to be their strong desire to stand togetbor upon whatever may be decided, It is said to-night by persons likely to be well in- formed that @ decision to go bebind the Governor's certificate to the returns before the Returning Board 1s pot likely to cause much delay, as the evidence iy all in and could easily be prepared for submission in the ape of an agreed case, It is certain that the commission is not inclined to tolerate any needless delay, The decision to be reached to- morrow will necessarily govern and cover the cases of the other disputed States, Though notning authentic is known of the course of discussion in the commission to-day, or of the ten- dency of opinion among the members, the democrats are encouraged to-night and the republicans more anxious than they were last evoning. Senator Mor- ton did not return to his hotel from the deliberations of the crmmission until near nine o’clock this evening. He complained of much fatigue and said that no conclusion bed been reached as yet, : AN ABSURD STORY REGARDING SENATOR CONK- LING. An absurd story has been circulated ina Dewspaper bere that Senator Conkling had said that Afr, Tilden had been elected, and ought to be and would certainly be the next Presidert, Mr. Conkling has satd nothing of the kind. _—_———_ FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, Wasnixatox, D, ©., Feb. 6, 1877, 4 THEORY REGARDING TRE ACTION oF THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION IN THE FLORIDA CASE, The most plausible theory given of the conclusion of the Electoral Commission in the Florida ease ts as follows:--it 18 known that it was agreed on Monday to sit to-day till @ vote was reached, The first question to be decided was, “Can the commission go behind the certificate of the Gov. ernor? Had this been decided tn the negative the other questions dependent on it would, of course, bot require deliberation, for a negative vote would necessarily cut them all off. Assuming then | that a vote bad been taken {% must have bren decided aifirmativoly and thereby opened the door to & variety of propositions and to a discussion almost timitiess as i how far behind they should = go. Carrying out this theory it {a inferred next that the Commission will decide to take the certified copies of all tho papers betore the Florida Returning Board now in possession of th House, and placing themselves in the position of the State Canvassers, endeavor to reach a just and legal decision. This, the democrats say, will surety elect Tilden, but the republicans rejoin that the Board of Canvas. sers were compelled, under the law of tho State, to throw out Clay county; which was irregular and unin. telligible, and that if Baker county ehould be lett in the Hayes clectors still have a small majorit CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE ON THE ILLINOIS pE- CISION, Chief Justice Waite said to-day that there was a mis- apprehension in regard to @ recent decision of the Supreme Court, so far as it applies 10 the continaanco J Of an official in office and ite bearing upon the |. that its acts are null and void, and that, thereto caso of the alleged tnoligible elector = in | Oregon. The principle reforred to in the Illinots case ‘Was that the officialn were held to the responsibilities Of the office until their successors were duly in posses- son of the office, and that mere: resignation did 008 absolve them from that responsibility. i SERIOUS ILLNESS OF SECRETARY MOBBILI-—HIS | FRIENDS FEAR THE WORST. ‘ Secretary Morrill continues dangerously 1I!, although ‘Bis physicians’ bulletin at one o’clook this morning re- ports bim ensier, if not better; acute pneumonia sapervened upon a severe derangement of omach of @ rbeumatic nature, and the pneumonia is now threatened with a typhoid complication. Mr. Morrill 4s 1n the hands of a corps of distinguished physicians, ‘one or more of whom remain at his bedsice constantly ; Dut bis friends fear the worst as the result of his ilinewa, THE PROPOSED TRANSFER OF THE SIGNAL, BU- BEAU TO THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. The House M:litary Committee to-day appointed as a sub-committee Messrs, Terry, Williams and Thorn- the feasability of transferring the Signal Bureau to the Treasury Department, ot which the Coast Survoy isa branch. It was ogreed that the bureau ought to be separated from the War Department and that the Sci- entific Corps of the Coast Survey was the proper head for this branch of the public service, THE INDIAN BUREAU—CURIOUS STYLB STATESMANSHIP, Among the important bdilla pending in the Senate, the fate of which depends upon the results of the Prestdential question, is the House bill transterring thé Indian Bureau to the War Department. The agree- ment reached {s that ff the Electoral Commission de- cides in favor of Hayes the bill is not to be taken up, and it Tilden is to be the next President the bill is to be passed, for the reason that {t will deprive the Tilden administration of an important branch of the civil service, or THE TROOPS IN WASHINGTON, Secretary Cameron says that ho intends to keep the troops in Washington as long as he is at the head of the War Department. SOUTH CAROLINA. JUDGE CARPENTER’S LAST DECISION—CHAMBER- LAIN A “‘HOLD-OVER” GOVERNOR—THE STATE TREASURER AND DEPOSITORINS RESTRAINED FROM RECEIVING OB PAYING MONEY Fok THE | STATE. (BY TELEGRAPE TO ‘THE HERALD.) ConcmBta,-Fob. 6, 1877. To-day there is still another judicial decision involv- { ing the question as to which is the valid and iegalState | government of South Carolina, This was tho case of Wilham 8, Wallace, Speaker of the democratic House of Ropresentatives, etal, vs the Carolina National Bank, other State depositories and F. L. Cardozo, claiming to be the republican State Treasurer, asking for an injunction resttaining the banks {rom paying any moneys upon checks drawo by Cardozo as Treas- urer. Judge Carpenter who, a few days ago, held that Chamberiain was legally the Governor, ‘‘holding ovor’ until bis successor was qualified, filed bis de- cision im the above case, continuing the injunction against Cardozo and the banks, POINTS OF THE DECISION. Cardozo was a candidate for Treasurer upon the Chamberlain ticket, was returned by the State Board of Canvassers as elected, had executed an official bond, and was acting or pretending to act as State Treasurer, The Court decided :— First—Tbat by law the Treasurer enters upon tho duties of bis office when the incoming Governor ts duly and legally installed, and not till then, Second—That the constitution of the State and the statutes require tho presence of both houses to open and publish the returns for Governor and for his in- stallation. Third—That the Mackey House, in which Chamber- lain was inaugurated, was illegal nnd revolutionary ; no legal publication of the revurns had been made and’ no lawful installation of Governor had taken place, THE PREVIOUS DECISION, ‘This decision is the logical sequence of and consla- tent with that filed recently ip the case of Poter Smith, &@ negroconvict pardoned by Chamberlain, but which pardon the Superintendent of the Penitentiary refused to recognize; when Judgo Carpenter told that there being no legally inaugurated Governor, Chamberlain holds over until bis successor is qualitied. A RESTRAINING ORDER. An order was accordingly issued to-day restraining the State depositories irom paying any moneys upon the checks of Cardozo and restraining that person trom drawing any checks a8 State Treasurer until a final decreo js issued, , WINDING UP CHAMBERLAIN’S ADMONISTRATION This decision complotely winds up the resources of the Chamberlain igi ng It 18 enjomed and ro- strained everywbero by the courts irom collecting taxes or paying moneys. The taxpayers, besides, Teluse to pay any money to tts officials, and notlyng remaina to support its fallen fortunes but the company of United States bao in the State ttouse. Even tho negro epecial constables aro deserting because they can get no pay, THE DISPUTED VOTE FROM OREGON. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] Cincrxxati, Ubio, Feb, 6, 1877, Dr. Watts, the Inejigible republican Presidential elector of Oregon, arrived in this city to-day from Wash- ington, and in a conversation with a friend he gave the following as the lino of argument that will be followed by the republican counsel before the Electoral Com- missioners in reference to the disputed vote in his State:— It will be claimed that the law of the Stato of Oregon proves conclusively that the Secretary of State was the proper officer to deside who were to receive the electoral certificates, and that the only duty that Govornor Grover had in the premises to do. liver the certificates to the parties thus in- dicated by the Secretary of State. In caso of any contest as to whom tho Secretary should consider elected the courts had full jurisdiction, and as they were pot appealed to Governor Grover’s action in giy- 12 sarang t Cronin was fraudulent and utterly invalid, If the action of the Circuit Court in Florida Is cited gninst this ruling 1t will be claimed that it is not final, and therefore not binding in this case. NEW JERSEY DEMOCRATS. CANVASSING FOR THE NOMINATION OF THE STATE COMPTROLLERSHIP. Trentox, Feb, 6, 1877. The democrats tried to hold a caucus to-night for the Domination of a State Comptroller and other officials, but failed, owing to the absence of a respectable quorum, ‘They decided to try again next Monday evening. The reappointment of Benjamin F. Lee to the clerk. | e#hip of the Supreme Court will probably bo made by the Governor this week. THE PENNSYLVANIA RIVERS. LATEST REPORTS OF THE CONDITION OF THE Ice, Lock Haves, Feb. 6, 1877. There has been no change tn the river since noon. HannisuerG, Fob, 6, 1877, The rivor is clear of ice at this point and is about fivo feet above low water mark. Conowpia, Feb. 6—7 P.M, The gorge at McCalls Ferry extends five miles back to Shank’s Ferry, and at this pour there are no signs ! of @ break. ‘ Kratixe, Feb. 6, 1877. The water here js still falling, and in the absence of heavy rain there is ne apprehension of danger. Lewisnuna, Feb, 6, 1877. The river has riven about vighteen inches since five | o'clock this evening, and the ice has moved slightiy, NORTHUMBERLAND, Feb. 6, 1877. The river is very high here and tull of tee, Av Dry Valiey Furnace, Jour miles aveve hero, the ice ts firta and still gorged. Bolow this point the ice moved slightly this afternoon, but ts now stationary. Putnapenvnta, Feb. 6, 1 The Delaware River uear this city 1s quite clear ot tee, The Schuylkill 18 still frozen above the city, but ho danger is apprehended. Port Drrosit, Md., Feb, 6, 1877. The Ice gorge in the Susquenannak abreast of this | town remains the same, and the great mass of ice be- tween this place and Ti de Grace 1s still uubroken. All accounts trom above are javorabie to a poncos Jul going out of tbe ice. The feurs of the people here are being dissipated ond things in the town have assumed their usual activity, North ot here there is very little ice in the river for fourteen imtles, where at Tite's Kddy there Is quite a Leavy gorge, but no damage bas been done, nett Goin CONNECTICUT RIVER PILOTAGE, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Hartrory, Feb, 6, 1877. A bill was Introduced in the Legislature to-day to compel vessels entoring or teaving the Connecticus River to pay full pilotage over Saybrook Bar to the | Dus otherwise are 10 4 destitute condition. pilot offering his services, except when tugs are taken at the pilot's request, then the vessels to pay only one-hall ptlotage. At present vess no pilowage a when in tow, and vesse! owners here sbtead to rewist the passage of the bill, THE NEWFOUNDLAND DISASTER, OBITUARY. JOHN O'MAHONY, Colonel John O'Mahony died Inst night at pine Further Details of the Loss of the | °cloct . 4seneariy hour in the afternoon bis con- Steamer George Washington. FIFTEEN BODIES RESCUED. A Scene of Horror in the Surf at French Mistaken Point. NO PORTION OF THE SHIP VISIBLE, dition became alarming, but as he seemed much better about sevgn o'clock several of bis friends went to ‘he Cooper Union to Dr. Mulcahy’s lecture, leaving bim 1p charge of Mr. B. D. Killian and Dr, Dwyer, who was his principal medical attendant during bis last ill- ness, The d:rect cause of his death was enema of the } lungs, causing suffocation, in his efforts to struggle with which be underwent terrible agony. Jobn O'Mahony was born in 1516, in the neighbor. hood of Mitehelstown, county Cork. The earlier por- tion of bis lite was spent in the same locality at Kilb- cheny, a small estate which had long been in the pos- Session of his ancestors, and where his samily—an ancient and respectable one—had resided for many generations, exercising a sort of chieftainship over the surrounding peasantry. Tois property of Kilbcheny was originally worth about £1,000 a» year, Bodies Secured by Boat Hooks by Men Lowered | 0¥ the extravagance of somo mombers of Sixty Fathoms Over the Cliff. {BY frxzcraPH TO THE HERALD.) St. JOHNS, N. P., Feb. 6, 1877, ‘The coastwise mail steamer Tiger, which arrived last night from the westward, reports that the steamstip George Washington was lost at French Mistaken Point on Saturday, January 20. The wreck wag discovered by men from Trepassey Bay. RESCUING THE BODIES On the 25th, by means of ropes, several men were lowered down a distance of sixty to seventy fathoms over the face of the cliff to the water's edge, and there found, Moating in the surf, portions of human bodies, which appeared to have been so mutilated and broken upon the rocks as to be ut- terly unrecognizanle, MARKS DISCOVERED, One body was marked “xX. J. A. 8, RK." Another, supposed to be that of the chief engineer, wore a large gold ring. ONLY A FEW ARTICLES DISCOVERED, The Collector of Customs at Trepassey reports to the Receiver General that only a few articles were Tecovered. These consist of a Iife buoy and a few pieces of bedding marked “George Washingion.” TWO MORH CORPSES, The body of a female has been found, supposed to have been the stewardess; and the body of aman, | with the figure of a lady on his right arm, holding a bunch of Gowers. On the left arm was the figure of a bird, , NO PART OF THE SHIP TO BE FOEND. No portion of the steamer was visible. There is ‘no possibility of visiting the scene of the wreck by boat, The gulch is surrounded by overhanging cliffs. Fifteen bodies have been recovered and interred. HUMAN REMAINS IN THE BOILING SURF. Aletter from Trepassey, dated February 3, says that the bodies of a man and of a woman, supposed to have been the stewardess, have been recovered, rescued since those previously reported, making a total of fifteen bodies and portions of bodies, legs and arms, picked up along the water line. All were interred. The men were lowered down over the face of the cliff and hauled in the remains with gaits. It was shocking to see the limbless bodies washed about among the rocks. ONLY TWO PASSENGERS, Messrs, Clark & Seaman, of No. 86 West street, agents of the George Washington, had late yester- day afternoon received no further particulars of the wreck. They state positively that on the ar- rival-ofggthe Washington at Halifak all of het passengers left, and that them two others were taken aboard—namely, W. Archi- bald, cabin, and James Powers, steerage. These, they assert, were the oniy oncs outside of the regular crew, who wére on the vessel during the latter part of the voyage—namely, from Hallfax to St. Jolins. They deny the truth of any telegrams stating that more than Messrs. Archibald and Pow- ers took passage from Halifax. The place where the bodies and ship's articles were found is remote from any telegraph office, and this accounts for the scarcity of definite information in regard to the last vessel. GENERAL MILES’ VICTORY. OFFICIAL DETAILS OF THE DEFEAT OF CRAZY HORSE AND HIS FLIGHT INTO THE WOLF MOUNTAINS. Cucaco, Feb. 6, 1877. A St. Paul despatch, recetved to-day officially at military noadquarters here, says:— The following has just been recoived via Boseman and Helena:— Heavquartens, Command oN THE YuLLOwsTON#, Jan, 20, 1877. I have the honor to report that this command fought bostile tribes of Cheyenne and Ogadala Sioux under Crazy Horse ju skirmishes, on the 1st, 3d and 7th of January, and in a tive hours’ engagement on the 8th ust, Their camp, consisting of some 00 iodges, ex- vended three miles along the valley of the Tonguo River, below Hanging Woman’s Creck, They were driven through the canyous of the Wolf or Pauthor Mountains in the direction of the Big Horn Mountains, TWO OR THREK TO ONK. Their Aghting strength outnambered mine by two or three toune, but by taking advantage ot the ground we had them at a disadvantage, and their loss is known to be very severe, Our loss is three killed and eight womnded, They tought entirely dismounted and charged on foot to within fifty yaras of Captain Casey's Jine, but were taken in front and flank by Captain But- ler’s and Lieutenant MeDonald’s compantos, DRFEATED IN KVERY DIRKCTION, They wero whipped at every point, and driven from the lieid and pursued as far as my limited supplies and worn-down animals would carry my command, The Indians appear to have pienty of armé and ammunition, the prisoners, now !n our hands, were captured with frozen limbs, and were living on horse meat, The weather has been very severe and the snow from one foot to three teet deep. the command is in good condi- en, NELSON A. MILES, Commanding, Genora! Terry appends a brief note to the despatch, highly commendatory of the activity and efficiency of General Miles’ campaign. MURDERS BY INDIANS IN- ARIZONA, TEN MEN KILLED IN ONE DAY--MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR SAFFORD—A CHANGE OF MILITARY METHODS DEMANDED. Sax Francisco, Feb, 6, 1 Despatches from Tucson, Arizona, state that the | Apaches are killing and plundering the settlers in Southeastern Arizona, Ton whites wero killed in the Senorita Valley Om the 4th inst, Govervor Safford has sent a message to the Legislature recounting the dep- some of | | i the family reduced it to the yearly jue of £300, hie relic of bis paternal property O'Mahony Inherited, hie elder brother, Thomas, having died early; but when he became an outlaw, to save tt from forfeiture, he was obliged to convey ts to his sister, who now holds it, The members of the O'Mahony family bad always been remarkable durtng the period of the penal laws for strenuously taking the side of the people against the Earls of Kingston, wbo were then noted for their oppressive conduct, His father and uncles were also deeply implicated in the insur- Fection of '08, and escaped excenution only by the sud- don death of thotr chief enemy, Lord Kingsborough who was moving heaven and oarth’for their destruc, tion, EARLY DAYS, John O'Mahony and his brother both received thetr Preliminary oducation at Hamlin'’s school, in Middle- ton, county Cork, and after this proceeded together to Dublin, where John attenaed lectures at Trinity Col- lege for several years, though he finally lett tt without obtaining a degree. His early manhood was spent at the place of bis nativity, where the family’s feud with the Kingstons and their hereditary champtonsbip of the peasantry seem to have early infected him with a strong tinge of national sentiment. He attended many of the great repeal meetings which O'Connell held in Cork and Tipperary, in the course of the years 1843 and 1844, and sooc became struck with a lively admiration for the Great Agitator, who also happened to be a tolerably :utimate friend of his father. But such tame measures as O'Connell advocated soon failed to sutisty the eagerness of young U'Muhony. So, in 1848, he took up some of the doctrines of the “Young Iretand’’ party and forthwith became one of the most daring and active partisans of William Smith insurrection in the counties of Tipperary and Water- ford. O'Brien's scheme ‘proved a failure, but O'Mahony was a true Corkontan and in three months atter his first defeat he was found at the head of several thou- sand men, burning police barracks. He gave much trouble to the Brivish government, having succeeded in rousing up the people of his native county by his own personal exertions. But the enterprise failed, and O'Mahony, witb a large price set on his head as a rebel, fled to France only after four months’ of hair- breadth escapes. In this attempt he kept the fleld tor over a weck, and there can be little doubt but that be possessed in it the sympathy, not of the peasantry alone, but also of many of the local gentry, © seems to have failed chiefly for want of material to officer his followers. JOUN MITCHRL AND O’MAUONY. In 1856 John Mitchel effected his ¢-cupe trom prison, in Van Dieman’s Land, and made his way to New York, O’Mabony immediately teft Paris and hastened to join him, In 1856 these two were at tho bead of a considerable body of Irish nationalists in New York, which went under the name of the Emmet Mon ment Association. This was the period of the C mean war, and these two did their best to nse the occasion tor Ireland’s benefit by inducing the Czar to send an armament to Ireland to aid the people in an ingurrectionary effort. Some hopes of success were beld out to them, but the Treaty of Paria coming in March of 1856, biastedall their chances in that direc- tion. AS A TRANSLATOR, itshould here be noticed that, in the course of the Year 1857, O'Mahony transtuted Keating's ‘History of Ireland,’ illustrating the text with copious notes and comments, in which he displayed a knowledge of the Trish lunguage and archwology 80 great as to entitle him to a place in the foremost ranks of Celtic schotar- shi During the period of the war (’Mabony sparcd some time and labor from Irish politics to bestow in the cause of the United States. When General Cor- coran began the levy of the well known Corcoran legion, in 1863, O’Mabony did his iriend ood service in obtaining recruits for him. hen tho Legion went to the tront O'Mahony accompanied it for some time, and happened to be present on the occasion when ite commusder sbot the ill-etarred Mayor Kimbail In 1864, too, O’ Mahony raised the Ninety-ninth regiment of méiya. tor New York Stato, in return for which service he was appointod to com! id it, with the rank of colonel. j¢ never was in actual tight, but did duty at the head of this regiment for several’ months, guarding prison- ers at Elmira, N. Y. Returning tothe Chicago Convention, we tind that this assembly declared the American branch of the Fenian movement an entirely distinct organization, connected only by ties of affiliation with the Irish con: spiracy, and that O'Mahony was an officer of equal rank, dignity and importance with Stephens, The Conventions of Cincinnati and Philadelphia, held re- spoctively in 1864 and 1865, each foind toe Fenians in amore flourishing condition. Tho latter of these con- ventions was especially important. At it somo dissat- isfaction was shown regarding the manner in which the organization had been managed, and a party op- pored to O'Mahony mace some atiempts against bis power, The iatter was compromised. O'Mahony ‘was continued at the head of the movement under the new title of President, and a “Senate’’ and ‘Cabinet’ composed of representatives of al! parties were appointed to advise and assist him, This Convention was held in October, and, after hings proepered so much that the Fenians came to thetr then beadqaarters in Duane street as and so the Moflat Mal No. 82 East § Feet, was bired and be 0 executive wd central office of the brotherhooa Thi house they continued to hold trom the fall of 1865 t the summer of 1866, and this interval must be coasid- ered as the balcyon period of the history of Fenianism d the only iy successful ora of O'Mahony’s ii the head of many tho ed. As their leader he was in datly receipt of Jarge sums of money, and, above all, he saw some practical work being dono, since multi: tudes of men were jearning military tactics, to be ready in case of a fight for Irelund’s freedom; large quantities of arms were being purchased for transinission to Ire- Jand, and in accordance with an agreemeut with Stephens over 150 officers, trained in Ameri battle felus, had been sent over to take commands in an Irish insurgent army. TROUNLE IN THE sociEry, But these days were sho Dissensions sprung up Jo the Fenian runks, and, Iways the case, disaster followed close on dissension. ln Decomber, 1865, Colonel Wiitiam RK. Roberts, M. J. Scanion and many other prominent members of the “brotherhood” quar- relied with O’Mabony, and, as they saw no road to rec. oneiliation, seceded from ‘his government and estab- lished that secuion known as tho “Senate party” of the Fenians, and which was later on identified with the Ridgeway and other Canadian raids. To crush the seceders and obtain due support for his own authority O'Mahony hastened to call a new Con vention, This mot at Clinton Hall, New York, during the first week of January, 1866. It entirely mdorsed O'Mahony, though it rather thought that the money of the brothertiood had been 100 Werally disbursed. [+ continued nin in ie ship, under tho revived title of “Head Cen- tra.” and pronouaced a sentence of expulsion on the would-be seceders, Tue organization underwent very litele change from this until May of the same year, when Jobn O'Mahony allowed bitmsel! to be persuaded Into compliance in the Caropo Bello tlasco, [his and the arrival of Stephens in the samo month, in New York, combined to lessen O'Mahony’s influence so far that he concluded to resign bis head centreship aad retire into private life. = a8 AX EDITOR, His resignation was accepted, aod there now loliows & period of six yours in which we only hear of bim as the editor of the /rish People and as “delivering a lece ture on the bistory of Femianism at Cooper Union, in the beginning of 1872, 4 tittle Inter in tiie your, how. ever, be was again called to the leadership of the Fe- nians by # convention held at Military Mall in this city, whieh gave him the title and authority of “Ex. ecutive 3 ary." This office was abolished in 1475 redations and murders cominitted, dweiling on the inefficient manner with which mil- ; Kary operations boing — conducted—troops | novidy siowly with heavy trams, and unable to reach their more mobile enemy, and recommends that the Legislature memorianize the Secretary of War, asking Jor Ube appointment of a body of Indian scouts to operate with the troops, or else appropriate inoney to Tatse and equip a force of whites and iriondly Indians and carry on a vigorous campaign Tho Gov. | ernor says that as military, operations have been conducted for the inst” six mouths the whole army of the United States could not subdue | the bostiles in the next twelve years, while be be. heves that a scouting party of tweniy-fve citizens and aa many Indie auxiliaries could accomplish the work in three months. He expresses the four that anver the present condition of alfairs Southeastern Arizona | Rust be abandoned hy setiiors, and that the success Of the hostiies is liable to induce an outbreak among the reservation Indians, resulting in» general war, WHITE AND BLACK. THEIN MATRIMONIAL MIXTURE LEGALIZED, (BY TEL¥ORAPH TO THE HERALD.] Newrort R. L., Feb, 6, 1877, rmit tntermarriage of whites and blacks came ep t y for consideration in the House Of Represeutat ves acd Was again passed, 87 youn; for and 2% ogaiter im i The bill to p | by a con on held at the Northern Hotel, and that of Head OWtre revived, John O'Mahony being again clected to Hit it, He has since that period contin to hold This position, buat from the date of big” first res ton in 1866 the Feman ted away, . Lor some time past, it 16 only t skeleton that has survived, In 187 called the Jrish Citizen was cstablighed a auspices of the “Brotherhood.’’ O'Mahony was jts editor, and he invested in it ad he poxsessed, a sinall legacy bequeathed to him by M. Phelan, the well known billiard table manufacturer, But under his Management the enterprise did not prvsper, and the concern was sold to pay ts debis, O'Mahony losiug bis invesiment M13 RELATIVES, le is Known of U’Mabony’s private lite, as he 8 very secretive in regard to personal mat- He Was nover married, and his nearest surviving ¢ 18 bis sister, who lives on the pr Kilbeneny, He was a man of high intetect siderable learning. Hesiies hie very high Cette knowledge he also possessed rather uncor Clamsic attainments, and was a mathematician meaw order, He was of large frame and in nis youil of great strength and endurance. He is regarded with #reat affection by the people of Ireland and especially by those of his native county, woo are fond ot teli- ing stories of his marvellous fea escapes during the period when, as a fugitive, he wan dered over bis native county for four months, Many a were in cireniation con. corning h 7 ly part of period of Fenian dow: But the poverty of his decining 8 Proved that no money was by hun diverted {ts proper chanvel to bis personal advantage, And thougb, like al) men, he_ bad considerable fuuits, O'Brien in the attempt which he made to stir up an | nd desperate | the disintereatedness with which he sacrifieed prom otcomtort and independence, as well as whole energies of bis jife, to the cat ot free- dom. has shown him to have been a pure aad minded lover of bis country. Although Colonel O'Mahony possessed Property, he had accumulated « wealth of iriends aud admirers, many otf om to bie side = durin; his Inst days, alter i extremely dangerous state of his been made publie through the medium of the LD, These dia all they could tor tbe restoration Dealth, and, faritn, for the alleviation of eS, as we dead they will take ail possible measures to bonor tis memory. , VUNRRAL PRXPARATIONS, Committecs of tue Irish societies of New York, Brooklyn ana Jersey City will meet to-day at Military Hali, No, 193 Bowery, at tour P. to consult as to the appropriate ection to be tak: reterence to the obsequies. [tis Irish nationalists that bis body be forwarded to Iretand for interment.” JAMES ALDEN, REAR ADMIRAL, U. &, ™. A despatch from San Franciseo announces the desth of Rear Admiral James Alden, of the United States Navy, at that city yesterday morning He had visited the Pactiic coast in order to escape the severity of the winter and was prostrated with brain jever. He died of congestion of the brain, after @ few days’ ill- ness, Rear Admiral James Alden, who at one time commanded the European squadron of American war vessels, Was a very distinguished officer. He prob. ably saw more hard fighting than any other native officer of bis grade, He wasa native of Maine, from which State he was appointed midshipman, April 1, 1828 During tue following three years be was at- ‘ached to the naval station at Boston, Mass, and in 1882 entered upon activ: service in tho sloop-ol- war Jogn Adams, of the Mediterranean squadron. On the Mth of June, 1834, be was promoted to passed midshipman, and a few wonths later was ordered te the Navy Yard, Boston. He was on duty on an ex- ploring expedition from 1839 to 1842, and while absent received the commission of leutenant. During the Mexican war Licutenant Alden was attached to the home squadron, and participated in the engagements at Vera Cruz, Tuspan and Tobasco, From 1548 to 1860 he was on coast survey duty, receiving on the 14th of September, 1855, his commission as commander, The opening of the rebellion against the Union touna him dy cominand of the steamer South Carolina, blockading the port of Gaiveston. On the dd of August, 1561, one of the tendersof the Suuth Carolina, while rewurning from a cruise to the southward, was fired upon from Iwo revel batteries. The tire was returned vigorously, wad the jact being communicated to the commander he took Measures to ascertain the cause of the action, No eXplanation coming trom the authorities Com. munder Aldeu prepared lis vessel for a fight, and in the aiternoon sicamed toward the butieries, The General Rusk, a large ocean steamer, which had long been preparing ior sva, undertook to escape, but Com- mander Aiden giving chav sbe Was compelled to re- treat, Shortly uiter she made a second attempt, bus this was aiso unsuccessiul. The South Carohna then | #tood direct for the batteries, and in & lew moments | Was in the miast of a beavy tire, which was main- tamed unul ber commander, fearing be was tnflictin | greater injury on the city, and perhaps on upoffenaing | citizens than on the batteries or those who sought the | collusion, withdrew bis stup. During the of | Forts Jackson and 31, Philp, April 24, 1862, Comman. steam sloop Richmond, der Alden was in charge of und hanuled bis ship with great skill at that important time, He also nade Iwo passages of the Vicksbarg | batteries, ia April, 1863, In January, 1864, he re- ceived his comuixsion as captain, The memorable gugetnent with Forts Morgan and Gaines and a num ber of revel gunboats in Mobile Bay, found Captaiu Alden in command ot request of the captains and commanding officers of tbe fleet, been dusignated vy Rear Admiral Farragut the leadin; ship of tho line. The Brooklyn was for this ady: i position, us she bad four chase guns and an ingenious arrangement tor picking up torpedoes, ¥ort Murgan opened the bail by fring on the Brooklyn, which was instantly returned, and the action immediately veeame general. Captain Alden ulso commanded the Brooklyn in the two ut- tacks ou Fort Fisher, alter which Congress voted thauks to Rear Admiral Porter, his officers and men | for their gailuut conduct on that occasiou. His com- mission of commodore was issued July 25, 1866, Juring the two tollowing years be was in command of | the steam trigate Minnesota, engaged on special ser- vice, in April, 1869, Commodore Alden was appointed cuief of the Bureau of Navigation und Detail, Navy Depurtmnent, and resigned his position on being pro- moted to the rauk of rear admiral and receiving orders to take ninand of the European squadron of the United States vesses, which he did, maintaining the benor aud reputation of the American Navy in flue style, purticuiarly in the English and Mediterranoan ports, During # long term of service Rear Admiral Aldon speut over twenty-six years at sea, evguged jor the most part on important public auiy. he Was an accomplished gentleman and w tine model of the Amers- can lighting saiior, ‘Tail, commanding 1D presence, ex- perieaced in tis protession and courteous to all, ne was well qualified to represeut our uavy in foreign waters, JOHN F. PHELPS, JR. John F, Phelps, Jr., of the frm of helps & Kimp Jand, of South Brooklyn, died at nis late residence, No, 274 Carroll street, last evening, in that city, afer daw illness of veveral weeks Deceased was- born ih Fobruary, 1845, 1m the town of Havana, Schuyler Y.; engaged in the timber business with A. in New Jersey, in 1862. In 1869 he went to where the Grm of which he was head—one of tho Jargest im the trade in the country—was estab. lished. Sin, Phelps, though but thirty-two years age, was Known throughout the country as one of & ablest merchants in the fimber trade, and bad acquired a large fortune. He took a deep concern 1n the politi- cal welfare ot his adopted city, where his carly deato will be deeply felt. The remains will be taken to bis native place for interment, JOHN #. GALLABER, John 8, Gallaher, formerly Third Auditor of the Treasury, and well known as a journalist several years ago, died in Washington Sunday night last, aged eighty-one years, “THE GARDENER'S DAUGHTER,” Trextox, Feb. 6, 1877. Tho famous Nojce-Brown transcontinental scandal promises to recoived another ventilation in the coarts, The mother of Alice Notce, ‘the gardoner’s pretty daughter,” has instituted an action against Albert D. Brown for seduction and abtuction, laying the dam- ages at $60,000, The defendant and nis mother appeared beiore Charles D, Linn, a Supreme Court Commissioner, in tuis city, to-day, and entered into Tecogoizances in the sum of $20,000 to produce the body of Albert D. Brown in case he ts condemned in the euit which will be tried in this city-moxt May. Ex. Senutor John P, Stockton and Mr. W. ¥. 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