Boston Daily Globe (Newspaper) - August 16, 1873, Boston, Massachusetts SATURDAY AUGUST PRICE FOUR BUTLERS THE REPUBLICAN WARD HOW THE CITY FIGURE IIP 1MB AND MOVE Just at present principal topic of conversation in all circles is prospect for tho coming and the probability of General Butlers attaining the hia desire and the summit of bis ambitious In this a large share the interest m the ward caucuses to be held by the licans and the probable complexion the delegates to Xe sent thence to the Worcester On the most widely divergent opinions are Expressed by men whose chances for information and whoso capabilities are equally their own proclivities largely biasing their views in many the wish being father to the thought they ex So secretly has the campaign been managed by the Butler men tbat it is sometimes hard to get at the ground of their and in most cases only the rumors which float about and the conversation of ward politicians can be taken as the ground for To say that General Butler is weak in this would be confuted by the wellknown fact that the Butler men arc overconfident of carrying thirteen wards out of and many do not hesitate to say that the General will carry the whole In in view of the complicated state of ana the changes that have taken place amongst thoso who woro years ago anti but are now his firm est this rumor to many seems very On every hand arc found Butler politicians putting the inquiry Hows Bens stock In your ward and in nine cases out often the answer will bo All That the Butler men are shrewd caucus manipulators no one can and nothing will be left undone to carry the entire Already every thing is being put in working and the sys tem is considered so perfect and so quietly managed tbat the jobs in the several wards are being caviled out in a manner to ensure The following statements of probabilities are de rived from conversations with prominent workers of the Essex faction in tbo various wards Ward is the first claimed for tbo In this the prominent Republican leaders are avowed Butler and those in his interest claim it Word under the leadership of that able and hitherto successful Supervisor Sim is claimed last and always for Ward will probably send the same class of delegates as two years strong Butler though breeze will probably bo Ward Here there are many converts to Butler among itis are Captain Barney Samuel and Increase Slaves although there will be a strong opposi tion in the tne ward under the leader chip of these whoso interests are all with the Essex send delegates in his Ward Is strong for chair man of the Republican Ward and City reported among the while a prominent is one of the leaders of tab Butler Ward Now comes the first break in tho chain of This Is one of three doubtful in fact it would be hard to toll which way it will judging from some internal workings which are going The Generals friends seem to think it send Butler but this is hardly Ward In this ward considerable work must be as there seems to be a bitter feeling at the of the claims of the ward by the He publican Two years ago the ward sent but it is expected to reverse the order this which will be done only by having the Generals interest in hand putting forth their best The chairman of tho Ward and City Committee is here as in Ward an outspoken Butler so the Essex statesman may be said to have the party machinery in his Ward Two years a bitter contest took and Butler delegates were chosen only after a very severe The opposition is now headed by a wellknown some time endeavored to got the plumbing of the new Post for reasons that arc it fell to the lot of and the Butler men of tbo ward claim this ae one of the reasons why the General Is opposed Tho struggle in this ward will be lively and and it IB doubtful which way the wind may thoso best posted claim the ward for Ward This is tbo second break in the Butler and it is probable tbat this ward will cer tainly go against the although there are many strone men of his One would not be far out in placing the ward amongst the three Ward How the ward is going is probably one of the questions of the hour among Some say and others say against the but the result at the present a matter of Tho Butler men claim it with in view of the fact that some prominent legislators and mem tiers of fhe city as well as the strongest are reported as among the Generals Among these are named with what on will eventually be John and Councilman Andrew A hard fight will be mode by both parties to carry tho wart in the In tercet of their Ward The banner ward of the enemies of Butler beyond a go against the Essex though there are many as in other two years were bitter against the who are now classed in what might be callei a passive not wishing to show their hands either The probability is that the nomination for the coming candidate for Congressional honors Ii tlie Third District has something to do with this state of Ward This is always one of the Republican and here the friends of the re formed man Two years ago the ward went for but today matters are very Men who then fought tho aspirant ana who generally have things their own way are now out and out Butler and there seems to be no doubt but that delegates will bo In favor of There is a division in tbo and many men arc opposed to tho but it ii more than probable the ward send nil its dole gates for Among the prominent manipula tors claimed by the Essex party are tbo Robert Johnson and Andrew Dunham and Ward Like this is claimed for beyond a The Generals friends are and from reports this is con a safe Ward Two years ago this was strong the fight at that time being very Things and now the Essex statesman has many new Those who fought him two yean ago either have nothing to say or they are it Ins It is probable that the order of two years ago will bo reversed by the sending of Butlor delegates next Robert Nichols of the CUB torn House is claimed as a prominent Butler later in this Ward This Is one of the strongholds of tbo having some of the most prominent clans of the Highlands within its limits they arc ai Butler ana confident of Indeed it ie claimed that a repetition of the result of two year when Butler delegates were sent to Worcester will be the result of Uie caucus next At tha It wil bb two prominent editors o Republican papers contended for tho control o the and after a close light tho Butler and the representative of that faction wen to Worcester at the head of the This wurd be down as sure for Among Us chief supporters here are named the Werthington and Ward Two years a strong went from this ward opposed to Gongres it is are looming and UK the ward is going now seems to be in doubt Tho workings of lire wirepullers are such that ai absolutely correct opinion cannot be bu Butlers chances of success are considered at leasi even with of hie The above opinions of the Generals friends in tb various wards arc of course put forth merely as thi claims of his and the other side mny have a very different view of the A meeting of the Norfolk County Good Templars nt on discussed the Butle question pretty the matter coming up it the form of a of which were finally in and Butler were hot Uio former for partaking of dinner where wine and champagne were freely drank and the latter on account of tho South and because they thought that he would onus the prohibitory law lobe The Fourth Ward Young Mens Independent Re publican Club was organized on Thursday evening a House on Howard and will mee again on Monday night at Evans The follow ing officers were elected James Hamilton John Edward George JU Thoma Frank Frank Frank Gour Brady and John OToole Cor Pratt John This was followed by the appointment o Richard John Frauk Edward and Freder ick a to a constitution and of It U rumored that another meeting of li utter workers was held on Thursday at which report of the committee appointed to pro vide a hall tor UGC as tho of the move was and that other and frequent meetings be in the new A of the was re were presented from several of the city s well as from outlying all of which were very favorable to Butlers But are proverbially and how nuch dependence can be placed on them in tho prcs nt instance it is not safe to Tho meeting in Mechanics which General Butler was announced to has been it is to some indefinite Jhc Worcester Spy states this fact and adds as not engaged Mechanics Hall for the evening of and the Republican State Conven ion will not be held in Mechanics Hall September The reason for the Generals nonappearance week is but the reason lot occupy Mechanics Hall September 10th and why he Republican State Convention will not be held September is because the Horticultural Society will occupy the hall on those No doubt a meeting of tbe Republican State Central Committee will bo called at an early date to ratify this AN A POINTED LETTER FROM THE GEORGE We give below an abstract of a letter addressed to the editor of tho Worcester Gazette by the George in relation to the charges preferred by General in his late against sev eral prominent members of tho Republican so recently are fresh in the mind of the and will not need repetition in iis After a rather pointed introduc Hoar says On the last day but one of tho last gen tlemen who bad drawn and receipted for their pay in month by voted themselves a largo nearly as compensation for past An example was set of lavish expenditure when the burdened everywhere with heavy and municipal needed an example of re Tbe measure and the arguments oy which it was advocated made a radical change in the policy of the American people on this taking the leg out of the class of persons whoso reward is chiefly the bonor of rendering important public ser and who are to receive from tho Treasury only a frugal and honorable and transfer ring them to the class of persons who are serving for hire There are some classes of our public servants whose chief compensation for serving the republic is tho having served Our fathers in the first Con gress placed the salary of the President at a earn equal to at the pres ent They fixed own at the modest sum of per Hitherto tbo legislator baa bean classed with the tho the who expect nothing but frugal and honorable main I think if the salaries of the professors in Yale were to be fixed at a the college would have a much worse class of men in Its service than Woe to the country when places in Congress shall become objects of desire on account of the money that is earned in I do not think that u place which pays per year for six months service could properly be claimed to bo one from which poor men are A proposition to increase the salary of the Presi dent had been voted out of order by a majority of the Committee of the when moved us an amend ment to an appropriation Tho same thing and largely by tbe same votes was voted to be in order with the addition of tbo clause increasing tho salaries of members of Under these circumstances I thought I ought to refuse to derive any personal ad vantage from the retroactive provision of the There was no doubt of the entire legal and Constitu tional power of Congress to fix its own compensation apd to do it at any in the when it should reach that subject In the course of Tho con placed in Congress by tho Constitution is com plete and But the present was an exercise ofthe so so uncalled so as to constitute an abuse of the Instantly on the passage of tho I determined not to receive tho It was legally mine It was placed by law to my there to remain until I disposed of it in some way I acted at within ten minutes after my return and not then having reason to believe that a single other Representative proposed to decline this these It seemed my righ and my duty to determine what disposition shouk be made of this I thought that In justice it should be applied to the benefit of this The Worcester Institute is n school for preparing by training for the leading industries of the It is free to all of Worcester which included the whole district but live By requiring tbat so far an this money it should be free to those towns was applied as nearly as I could contrive it to tho benefit of this I accordingly wrote a letter dated March reaching home on afternoon o tbat Informing the trustees of the ol tbe determination I had in which 1 said that I did not conceive myself entitled to either or gratitude from them or any body This tbe transaction which General Butler thinks re sembles the purchase of the potters field by the chio priests with Judass thirty pieces of Like another personage much persecuted by tho clergy and the General Butler is notorious unfortunate in his allusion to I suppose General Butler to be incapable of believing or understanding that anybody can do any thing In world merely because be thinks It is right and without any selfish personal Ho charges me with a desire to buy to devote tbe money to electioneering How I could gain or ever expect to gain glory or credit by turning over this sum to one place rather than an or what electioneering end could be by adding this small Bum to tha fund of a schoo for I cannot His adeem tion of a belief that my determination where my buck pay rightly belonged in tho least con cerned or afforded any warrant for th coarse personalities of his will no more 1m pose upon Iho intelligence of the people of Massa than pretence that the case of a judg whose salary Is fixed by tbe not by him to take effect from tho beginning of the curren or tbe case of tbe armorers who were paid by act of Congress sums illegally deducted from the resembles his General Butlers real grief arises from the opposi tion he is encountering plan to get possession of the government of Massachusetts by a fraud ou tht Republican A few of whom he has succeeded In persuading they are in danger his revenge if they do no lend themselves to his n lavish expenditure of the competent private are th instrumentalities by which be to cheat the Re publican voters of Massachusetts out of the hones expression of their I think Governor Wash burn an abler and fitter rage at the the am most of the prominent men of his own party is no Itis tbe common outcry of groat tors that mankind ars in league against Polit ical newspapers do not often like to break down the reputation of men of their own It Is rare that the religious press of the country attacks honor ablo public It would be bard to name man besides General Butler so generally condemned by tbe There is no other mnn whose life i one prolonged quarrel with his associates in 1 commend to General Bailors reflections whether tho fault is not in him rather than in Tbo reason that the both religious am especially bis own the clergy the leaders of the Republican party in other States are agreed in their opinion of General Butler i because tnat opinion is General Grant him to Lowell because he was not fit to be trustee with a command in the Governor Andrew wrote of him to our Senators in 1801 I am com polled to with great reluctance and regret the course of proceeding under Butle in this Commonwealth seems to have been designer and adapted simply to afford means to persons of bai character to make money and tc encourage mcu whose had excluded them from any appointment by me to the volunteer mill to hope for such appointment ovci Massachusetts troops from other authority than tha of the executive of because Gover nor nerving tbe State with singleness am deemed the exposure needful to the publi When Butler proposed to pay off our na tional debt in irredeemable General Gran silenced him witli tbe sentence in his Let it bo understood that no repudiator of one farthing of our public debt will be trusted iu because tio knew that ho was to temp this people to from a burden by a mean nut base He has quarrelled with Grant and and Colfax and Elaine and Andrew and Sumne and the Washburns and and am because he is They have been each In hie own to chastise and pun lull him because he deserved to bo General Buller bos unless be lias imposed upon two things He guarded a New York mob in and with a army at his back he kept down a rebel city ir Massachusetts ic not likely soon to stand in need of cither of these But be never ha accomplished anything else of much importance bis point could not be carried by sheer blustering The history of all his other attempts may be com prised In three Other men have aspired before now to tho office of Governor of It is an They were content to leave their claim to be set forth by and were glad to waiv them if by so doing they could promote the harmony of the This man seeks nothing but his ovi selfish utterly regardless of tho tho wcl or the harmony of the great party to which b professes to The people of elected to ibis high office who ia particulars are not deserving of But th people respected and them because they deemed them and the persons so chosen ou to deserve the public This man if be is at IB to be chosen without tbe of the men to whom he looks for sup It would be hard to find a leading of General who will say that ho deems hi i or incapable of power to gratify both his ambition and bis revenge The men whom General Butler will beat are tbe mot whom be to support I have only stated what is known of all The people will recognize tbe fidelity of th portrait 1 have All Ite features ere discloses in the letter which Las called out WHEAT THE DO GREAT ASSEMBLY OF AT CHISEL OF THE IMPE August A Napoleonic fete was held at Seven thousand prominent French adherents of the Bonapartist family were including many noblemen formerly enjoying high distinction under tlie Napoleonic Tho Prince who was announced his acceptance of his heri tage of tho throne of and his willingness to govern for and by the His speech created great enthusiasm among bis THE MANAGER OF THE TIMES SERI Mowbray for many years manager of tho London Is very ill in little hopes of THAT PARLIAMENT WILL BE DIS SOLVED IN It is rumored that a dissolution of Parliament will take place in November CAPTURED BY THE CARLISTS AFTER A August The city of after a heavy bos been captured by tbe Tho advance of the insurgents was vigorously resisted by tho loyal but being overwhelmed by numbers there resistance was ineffectual and they were compelled to evacuate tbo Considerable damage was done in the city by tbo fire from the batteries of tho Carlists and many of the principal buildings are badly A number of houses were also destroyed by the THE FOR RESERVES AGAINST CARL The Cortes has approved the calling of reserves into active service against the in SOCIALISTS MARCHING ON Eight hundred Galician Socialists are marching on in which country they hope to find sympa witb their THE THE PROROGATION OF ING OF THE OPPOSI COMMONS LOOKED OUT OF THEIR FOR THE EX PRESSION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FEEL FROM MONTREAL August The agony Is Parliament has been prorogued and the House has been locked out of Its The feeling of Indignation here is keen and It is generally conceded that tho has committed a most unpopular has boon grossly deceived and misled by bad His Excellency has no doubt acted within his duty as a Constitutional and within his but the extreme exigency of the and in an obedience to the petitions presented M together with the advice of influential members of all might have justified a different course of Before tbe House a number of members waited on His Excellency with a which was signed even by so many Ministerial sup porters as to convince him that the Ministry did not command the confidence of a majority of tho Repre in recommending a and that such action would be looked upon as an outrage on the and calculated to sap tho loyalty of the and convince them that they possess no control over the affairs of their But all this was labor His Excellency was otherwise ad vised bow time will the House met tho leader of the made a bold effort to address but was prevented by an Announcement of a message from His which always takes precedence ot everything although ho managed to an that a signed by ninetythree mem bers a had been presented not to prorogue the The repaired to bear the Governors delivered In tho Senate hut the Opposition remained seated in their and greeted the with hisses on their The Opposition then adjourned to the Railway Committee where very angry and in speeches were delivered by the big guns of the Our morning papers are full of tbe ora tions there but I can at cull a few extracts from tho remarks of tho leading Tbe Holton said that the memorial prorogation was signed by ninetythree mem a clear majority of members who were usually in attendance in tho It was a memorial praying him to stay his hand so as tiol to prevent tho House of Commons from inquiring into the most stu political and electoral frauds which hud ever hitherto been beard Loud The practical result was that a reply hod been scorned by the representative of tho The worst possible Insult bad thus Men put upon Parliament by a acting ou the advice of men who were themselves under Im for crimes which almost amounted to The said the present was no question of The question now whether free government and free inquiry really such well know was embraced within the British He denied that the committee could not proceed with the and affirmed that neither the people nor the representatives would sub mit to being deprived of the liberties and priv belonged to them as British The Mackenzie said that no one could contemplate the recent highhanded proceeding with out feeling it to bo a gross which must not be lie was quite aware that iu times like when outrages were consummated by Government that persons sometimes expressed themselves more strongly than prudence and tho cir justified but in this case an attempt had been made to sop the very foundations of the inde of Since ho had But in Parliament be hud ever kept iu view all legislation which should have a tendency in the direction of Parliamentary independence but iu this in to screen Ministers from a charge of tho grossest of which a good facie bad been made was attempted to violate that Ho desired to say that in this which was governed by a cry would so out from end to end of tbo land against the Indignity which has been put upon and if tbe Government sought to escape from the conse quences of their they would find that their action only served to intensify the It now became tbe as rulers of tbe to do nothing but to take every to maintain their dignity at tbe same to use every legitimate and lawful means to obtain the opinion of the The who first brought up the accusation in Parliament against the said that he looked upon the not whether a contract bad been but whether this country should or should not be governed by He desired to speak with reference to the but ho did not want to go back to tbo time of when the depository of power could fiddle while the city There were times when issues were so great thai the cause of truth was far greater than any however highly he was He had told la Parliament what ho could prove of these terrible charges if be had an opportunity afforded Ho felt that be could prove these charges then without that he would not have jeopardized his lair fame by making In the another meeting of a most en character was held in the same room un der the presidency of Tho feeling manifested was of the deepest The was spoken of as having over stretched the royal Although many gentlemen who bad been previously Identified with toe not one ot them indicated their dis FROM CUE OTTAWA August I advised in my letter of yesterdays was the prorogation of the Canadian ment has taken There was the greatest ex upon the occasion nuu a scene such as IE sel dom witnessed took place on the floor of tbo Canadian House of When the usher of the Black Rod made his appearance with his three traditional knocks and tbe leader of the Opposi took tbe floor and held it to make a pretest against the and utterly refused to 8lt down or to cease speaking while the message from Hie Excellency the was The seeing that it was hopeless to attempt to induce Mackenzie to put on bis cocked hat and left the preceded by tbe Mace and and followed by tlie members ou the Ministerial those on tho Opposition tido re fusing to obey the summons of while they hooted and at those who The Speaker of the House of Commons Having ar rived ut the Senate His Lord read the speech from tbe throne ing in a clear and deliberate in the and French The reviewed the measures that bad been during the lost session of it was would be of tho greatest benefit to tho country thanked the House of Commons for the and then announced that n commission would be Issued In to investigate under tho charges that had been made in reference to ibe granting of tho Tho speech stated that a session of Parliament would be i to enable the evidence obtained ty tbe commission to before It was then announced bj tho Speaker of tho Senate that ment stood prorogued until the 22d of But it does not necessarily meet again on tho 22d of In tbe of an announce ment of this It may bo further from time to time prorogued by But the pledge is distinctly given an investigation shall Immediately be made and that Parliament shall bo called to consider the evidence as soon as it is ob I is a fair compromise and you will see that It quite accords with all tho train of argument which I had and which 1 simply based upon the wellknown of tho The commission will give us tbo evidence and it is the only way in which It can now be obtained under and then both Parliament and tbo country can decide on the NEW PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE PRESENT PILOT HOW THE PROPOSITION IS RE BY STEAMBOAT NEW August announcement from Washington it is pro posed to make pilots of steamers Government officers receives but favor from those Interested in tho pilot system in this According to this project it is argued by those in favor of It that tho refusal of a pilot to take a vessel out ol port owing to noncom with tho shall be deemed by tho owners sufficient cause for her detention until a personal inspection by tho inspector of district shall bo It Is also argued pilots being Government officers could prevent The also could collected by tho and it is asserted that they would bo sufficient for the compensation of ihe pilots Supervising Inspector of Steamboat for this says that the theory is but that he thinks tbat such a law will never bo Ho says in regard to foreign that American in should be given power to prevent them from sailing when Pilots generally consider that such a change would never have enough without having to vessels or act as Custom House By tho agents of the steamship companies the project is considered wholly agent of the says that if such an act were made to apply to ocean it would cer tainly bo resisted A pilot on his Hue was hired for pilots and would not be per mitted to do anything he attempted other work while In tbo companys he would not bo Secretary of the National and New York Board of Steam considers the plan well but thinks it could not work us it would opon a way to a great amount of by throwing nil pilots of the country into and A bo has enough to io in attending to his legiti mate i A FLUTTER AMONG TUE CUSTOM HOUSE THAT A LARGE NUMBER ARE TO HE Tho Custom House authorities still deny tho truth of Iho numerous charges of bribery boon brought against a number ot the It Is liot that there Is to bo a largo number of The District Attorney states tho charges of bribery made against Cus tom officials awr tha results of a statement made by Karl a Swede recently arrested on tho charge of smuggling lijd and upon tbo state ments Plait ana Boyd that they had paid certain officials to their that tho Secretary ol tho Treasury bud the removal of 100 of tbo clerks created no small stir among the clerks and As soon as tbo doors were thrown open in the morning the corridors were crowded with merchant Inspectors and all eager to obtain the Among the Inspectors the greatest excitement SOO of thorn en to ascertain frauds states that a good deal of dissatisfaction exists with regard to the conduct of a number of declines to say whether or not their consists of a neglect of duties or the reception of bribes by which importers are enabled to receive a largo amount of goods without payment of tho usual cus toms AN INTERESTING CRIMINAL OASIS An interesting case came up before Judge in thu Supreme Court It ap pears that John was sentenced at tho Gen eral Sessions in to eighteen months imprison ment in the He escaped in leaving months Lang after the period for ho was committed had lie was returned onn three months sentence for second sentence bus been but the warden held him as an Counsel submitted tx the court that tho warden could not hold a titan on his own allega tions that such power bo and that competent courts should decide whether the prisoner was an escaped Judge Davis said that tbo prisoner was before tbo court on a proper process and did not traverse the wardens As to ba an escaped warden bound to hold the prisoner of the term and then proceed against Him for SAVED FROM BURIED bides of a fifty fuct in at the bot tom of which Philip was caved in above yesterday Tho which Is on the premises of brew corner Of Bremen arid Forest connected with an arch nt the bot The arch survived the and bore the weight of debris and beneath this tho work man There was a tube leading from to the and by tills tbe man was sup plied with It Was ten hours before ho was dug out of bis precarious NATURE OP THE BUSINESS OF STATE SAVINGS A Washington despatch says that tho of Internal Revenue is addressing circulars to all collectors of internal directing them to re port upon the nature of tho business conducted by the State savings The commissioner is di by an act of Congress to procure this informa PARTIES IN A RECENT TRAGEDY tue gentleman who shot by Stoin is much He Is now able to sit up in It Is said that ie Improving rapidly in fact bis friends say that they would not be sur prised were he to leave tho hospital sooner than OK The Board of Police Commissioners has appointed two of its und a com to select inspectors of Tbo list nu re vised by these gentlemen will be subject to the ap proval of the ARRESTED FOR COMPLICITY IN A The Brooklyn last three wom one of is reported to be tbo wife of tho un known man murdered fn Albany a few days One of Ota it iff is connected with the DRV GOODS Imports of dry goods this estimat ed Imports of 668 less him last Amount ot dry goods ESCAPE OK A Sweeney of New arrested on a charge of escaped from tbe court room while his trial was DEATH OF AN HISTORICAL James the historical nt his home In sixty ANOTHER STORY JAY It is reported that Jay Gould has bought of FISH WORK OF THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH COMMIS THE WITH BLACK August Com missioners havo been in this city for several days post and have held several They have concluded tho purchase of tbe Donegal Springs ui a State hatching It is located In Lancaster The board bag completed tho stocking of tbe north branch of the and the with black 1000 of these belug placed in the two Another 100 have been put la the dam at In course of the next month all tbe in the State Available for the purpose will be stocked with Curing the liitt mouth 000 thud were hatched in the at The Sacramento salmon and trout which were put in ago have got along splen ft j and tue B decided to po creating the Boaru ring this four for shad but us it is purely an ex directed it lo have erected during this four quantity of them as soon as tho State batching Louse is The act IV It will bV constructed and will be located in tbe Columbia Numerous models have submitted to tbe but no definite action bus beeen taken owing to tbo Philadelphia and Reading who are of Canal In u objection to the placing of any in the THE THE BE METHOD OF CONDUCTING THE EXAMINATION OF OF THE BOAT AND August bodies have toon recovered from tho and several persons are still Sharp are made on the manner in which the investi gation Is being Nearly all tho officers of he boat were examined without developing any now acts or determining the origin of tho The ox is poorly being in charge of t seemingly preferring to allow each witness to make his statement and then dismissing him without at by a rigid to get at the It is predicted that the usual report will supple ment tho investigation Nobody to It Is bought that the law officers of the ono deputized by should bo present to examine tbo Tho examination this tho Treasury Department before Acting Superintending of Stoam William Inspector of Hulls at John Inspector Boilers at Sow The main matters of Inquiry were the equipment of tho steamer lie origin of tbo lire and the conduct of the licensed bolh prior and subsequent to lie alarm being Tho first witnesses ncn James Inspector of and William Inspector of Boilers at Balti who made the last inspection from whoso tos it appeared that the steamer was thoroughly last and everything which the law requires found there without There were three largo capable of containing from fifty to sixty persons There was an abundance of lifepreservers within easy and tho tiro ox and all tho pumps woro In good considered tbo bout A 1 In all THE CAPTAINS THE RAPIDITY WITH WHICH THE FLAMES THE CAPTAIN WAS MIS Captain Wood of the said ho a pilot was In the pilothouse at tho time of tho alarm of tiro one of the firemen gave tbo alarm tho captain called to tbo passengers to keep as bo did not see any reason for excitement ot Ho thought there would bo time to put lire but in loss time than ho could now relate tho tho flames burst out in heavy volumes Ihe captain thon knew that tho boat and bis effort was to but tills ho could not as tho engines suddenly censed Tbo plot was licensed from the United but the captain was Ho was Ignorant of law that ho was required to take a license from United States it was impossible for him to get oft tho Ire was discovered what bo did an that occasion ho would repeat under similar circumstances bo thought the tire originated In the room from what cause ho did not unless from matches or the overturning of a lamp no doubt the lire had boon burning sonie before the door was opened which gave a draft to filenames the engineer driven from the room in an instant tho mate and clerk gen have charge of tlie passengers and but at tbo time of tho lira were trying to save the put senders nobody was specially to the boats and at the time of the lire no passengers were loft one exception tho freight was general bar rel of Witness said that there Wore on board 125 not counting the Tho commissioner exhibited a copy of tbo which showed that the boat was permitted to carry only instead of tbat sho had three as Tho captain replied tbat lie 4vas under tho impression that was allowed to carry 150 passengers passengers would not pay expenses of tue steamer the captain not commander of the boat at the time sho was inspected last March said that boat was wel provided with all appliances for saving her and her only two of which woro known to have been used not a soul would have boon lost if engines suddenly THE ENGINEERS CONDITION OP THE EVI DENCE ON SIMILAR Robert the engineer oC tlie was next examined tillers were of chain and roils and a of them of rope for ten foot on each side of the wheel house he had always found the firemen attended to their business nothing whatever the matter with the boiler to cause the ire all that was possible was done to save the lives of the passengers the flames appeared so suddenly and tho was so eoon ou fire that no ono bad time to was recalled and said that he hart known four years he was strictly sober and competent and was always ut his post his character was as good as that of ativ eu on witness clerk of the testified to being on boar tho when she was burned he tried to calm fears of the but there was such a panic tbat tlie passengers were beyond control ho gave a account of his efforts to nave life until lie was away by the flames Jrom the and with difficulty reached the forward part of the toat there were 100 registered passengers on the not counting children tho boat all Ilia appliances for giving life but for the engines stopping the boat would have reached tbo shore and probably all the passengers would have boon saved every mnn connected with the boat did tho best ho under the circumstances witness did not see any of the male passengers assisting with the exception of who threw some planks over board be thought it more than probable that tho majority of the passengers were Robert mate of tho testified as to hie knowledge of the of tho boat and his efforts to suppress tho flames bo threw and overboard In to savo the lives of tho He saw the cleric trying to got the Indies forward over tbo but they were driven back by tho Everything was done that could bo dono to rove tho and Iho lives of the There no neglect on tho of any one with rack fitted out with Uro There were of Witness that ho was not the law requiring The Commission ers said ho wue mistaken a license was OTHER EVIDENCE OF AN OLD OF a pilot who hail a license as taken April as to tho circum stances of the Tho boat tho time being three quarters of a mile from tho ho suggested to tho captain to run about shore this was consented to by the but the was not owing to the stoppage of tho engine wit ness was burnt on the hand and log he hud no knowledge of how the lire originated did not see any male as sisting tlie ladles ho bad been keeping his eyes on tie bow of the and jumped from pilothouse into tlie when he begun picking up and rescued ten or twelve of them ho saw no mndo to get the metallic boat over there was not more than four and a feet of water forward when tbe boat flopped nil forward of the wheel house were saved except Miss a on board tbe gave his All he knew ot the lire was that soon after the names burst out it Mas Impossible for being to go aft he saw wuer thrown on the in part of tiller roue were accessible on both sides of tho but he did not reach for although lie could not swim bo made his escape by Jumping into tbe water ho saw one who had tho use of life thus saving and a little girl on whom he had placed everything that could bo dene by the to savo the boat and passengers was done by to far UP he saw and John a fireman of the was next ex He testified that tho fire began ou the book connecting on the room no combustibles were kept in the Tho remainder of the day spent in examining others connected with the The concluding evidence wun given by a who stated he had been engaged ou tho boat tor ten When liu heard of tlie lire ho started down the firemans but Ihe flames met him and drove him He said I then tried to at lie donkey engine but could not I do not smoke I never uuo tobacco in any way there arc no lamps in the firemans room no light at all at the gauge I did see any man except vt trie attempt to save any female pos it wan about ton minutes after tbo of tire before the boat was beached tbo oil used In tlie lamps was larJ which was alito used for lie machinery we used oil in a lamp Iu Ihu engine room that was the only lump In which coal was ou Thomas a deck gave evidence corroborative of the Captain Samuel corned I am nt the Potomac Ferry Company we ou tho a coal oi called such ua ic for and approved by the Board of Inspectors the outfit of the was In order so far us lifesaving apparatus wuu the had lucre than her full complement of en as sonic were stowed away in bur it was the place company bad tat ns tho storeroom on tho wharf was Jones testified sr was going to land a passenger when the fire alarm sounded helped to pour water on the tiller ropes remained on the beat until she ran and then lumped overboard and swam to land got ind picked up ladles saw no oil or anything on tho deck sho was beached about six minutes after Ihe alarm was given the flumes very rnj Idly I never saw a fire burn so quickly n could havo been reached y a boy five years Tho cook and steward ot tlie but testimony Is uti Tho investigation will bo continued to OUR HARBOR ARE 8ATE7ONE SPECIMEN CONSIDERED APPLIANCES FOR SULT OF AN INVESTIGATION BY A GLOBE In view of tho late panic on tho boat tbo Interest of is aroused on tho subject of harbor their merits and their and if tho angel of destruction hover over tho pleasure and public It la certainly a matter of no on tbo wharves of our city several chartered by law for excursion governed by and to Whether these regulations are sufficiently stringent Is a matter of no and In some they nro grossly violated Is a matter of Perhaps none of these steamers havo been more patronized than tho Rose which runs between tho city and and which may be taken as a representative boat of its In this connec the equipment and appli ances of this steamer become matters of public inter and tbo people who daily crowd Its decks and cabins will wish to know what they might depend upon in case of The certificate of Inspection allows for this steam er a freight of 1000 persons and In tho words of the law sho is therefore permitted to carry a exceeding that Tho local inspectors have raised tho general inspection allowance from 160 to 1000 and whether this Is a dangerous Increase or not may well bo On this boat the Uro preventive apparatus consists of two hand extin twentyfour which are provided with nearly 000 foot of Tho apparatus Includes lifeboats small forty float and nearly BOO The vital question whether appliances are sufficient and convenient in caso ot fire or On ono of tho crowded excursion trips the bout Is nut to tho full capacity allowed by It a tiro It may well bo questioned In a crowd of human avoiding a panic would bo possible By what menus Is tiro apparatus to bo brought to through a muss of and women Can ho lioso bo adjusted and placed in a position for and what can tho two in tho way of extinguishment Even a alarm might result Iu loss of for tho tendency oE Iho crowd would Is recognized by law requiring sufficient of descent from upper rush and In that case the frail railing which separates the passengers from tho sea might give way with but feeble Tho railing bends in places even from tho pressure of ono and a pushing receding from tbo place of danger would very likely boar tt from its bed In the first But should flames spread should a collision in the crowded harbor open a what is there except tho sea Ho must be a powerful deck hand who can wedge through a mass to launch tho much more to ill them with passen gers without The float settees might bo thrown out tbe desperate hands of drown ing men would roll them over and a secure grasp Even supposing tho boats and settees should do their the former would accommodate but fifteen per sons at a liberal and tho latter not over six Thus 285 may have escaped und tho remain for tho OC those there are and Instead of being scattered over the they arc concentrated at one point In tho lower It Is improbable that could bo properly ut band would caro tat their own safety by more than Even give to each of these mo preservers the power of saving Its and let each passenger have one preserver as far us they tho whole apparatus In exhausted find 1m 77B passengers nre provided With n of 1000 what Is to become of the remain ing 220 coolness and presence of of bo nil might bo rescued by a passing or the steamer might be but should a panic as is almost always case on such tha thought of tho probable consequence makes ono In this description there is of course no design to create simply u not Impossible contingency is described but forewarned is and If there bo it is best to know It and to apply tbo remedy before tho disaster The steamer mentioned has always been considered ono of the safest and best appointed In tho and is for these reasons first The equipment and appliances of other similar boats will bo described Iu future Thus no serious accident has occurred In our and it is to bo hoped a consideration of tbe chances and possibilities mid the remedying of deficiencies where any exist avert such a dire calamity in the FEENCH CLOSING DAY OF THE AH BID August delegates to tho French Convention attended high this Tho exorcises were conducted by tho Fathers and On reassembling In the society ut was admit ted to the A report of tho financial condition of twentysix societies In the union was These societies embrace a membership of 2241 and bold property valued at above The largest society Is in and has 275 The wealthiest Is the society ut and has property valued at After some the old constitution and slightly adopt The National John Benevolent and the National Political Societies united under one rind the lute of tbo organization of tho oldest society WHS adopted for the new Tbo question of mutual life insurance In the National Society has boon warm ly Tho principal points discussed uro Each to pay a small sum and his family receive at Ills death the treasurer of the society to No final decision was Every society hereafter admitted Into Die union must Irst bo The next ses sion of the National Society IB to be held in New in tho second week in A promenade to be with a Is In CRIMES AND A SCHEME NEW Auguet despatch from Mans nays Imprisoned for at tempting to outrage a little girl hired two und to blow op Barnards but betrayed tho others In tune to prevent Wednesday night was the time Dobbs and were In tho lattern possession were found powder and ANOTHER OUTRAGE IN August second outrage of this week came to On Monday nn unknown man enticed a young Gorman girl Mary aged from her home on Went und took her outside the city where ho violated her person and FESTIVITIES AT OCEAN OLD August proprie tors of the House gave another oC their sue tills which proved equally attractive to tbo preceding ones of thin Tho weather prevented many from attending from tho doubtless notwithstanding the prospect ballroom was brilliant with the toilettes of the The committee ol consisted largely of gentlemen wel known In Bostons best society and their efforts to the evening an enjoyable one to al present wens eminently The music as excellent and the fact that it was not Sat caused their efforts to be demanded even after the witching Colonel Wolcott ami tils sons are to be congratulated upon the success of their efforts to provide entertainment for host of who filled tho Ocean House this KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AT August of Knights Templar of this city received us of numbering fiftysix at 10 this to the rain tho programme for outdoor enter was changed to amusements In At 1 oclock the of both er itu and invited nearly JOO down to u to which ample WHS After tbo collation there waTan abundant flow of In for a with from thu ami At 4 oclock the wire to train and departed for homes amid reciprocated cheers ami good OF THE Austin President anil party left this city thb at accord ing u NEW ENGLAND THE MYSTIC PARK PARTICULARS OF THE EN TRIES AND PROSPECTS OF THE COMING EXHIBITION BY TUB NEW ENGLAND AGRI CULTURAL On the fourth and fifth days oE next month the New England Agricultural Society will an annual fair at Mystic This la tho tenth yearly those of preceding years been at Brattle New Man and at Lowell In nearly or quite each instance the fair lias been in connection with omc State or local while In this instance ho show will be of an entirely Independent association has for tbe present year George as President Au Frederick Stow George Amosa and as Daniel of Secretary and George dlo of There are nine trustees from each of the Now England With such a force ot workers at its and with tbo experience gleaned from tho local suggestions of nino fairs in six different the society can not fail of making an exhibit at Medford which shall be worthy to represent tho agricultural interests of tbo Eastern corner of our The placo of mooting as many already peculiarly favorable for tho and will bo so enlarged and adapted for the uses of tbo week as to afford a chance for the completest arrangement oE every branch of farming industry In ite most form Park embraces about forty acres of on which there are already 138 box stalls for trotting besides over lockup stalls and two or three largo To guard obstructing tbe view the the society uas leased some six acres of ground between the pres ent enclosure and the road to and on this the pens for and swine will be while tents for tho exhibition of agricultural and numerous other articles will also be To tho left of the entrance ot the park hree acres of land have been large will bo In which the exhibition of will form an important On tho opposite side of tho toad tbo society havo obtained control of eight acres and this ground will bo let out by tho society for tho erection of booths for To accommodate the large unm oor who will tbo two places ot egress from the park will bo ono leading on to turnpike and another bo tho main entrance to tho park on tho Winter Hill The to tho park are by tho Lowell the Medford brunch of the Boston Maine roud from the East station tho Eastern by Winter Hill A question next In Importance to the means of reaching placo Is tlie cost of so hence wo will say just hero that tho prices upon are for lifo for all members having free admission during the and fifty cents for n single with lift cents for a borso and while for seats ou the hand some rand which will comfortably date 00 0 and which is roofed an extra charge of twenty cents for each person will be following railroads have agreed to transport stock for exhibition free of expense to the or rather they will refund tho money paid for on its providing it bus not changed hands Con Worcester Vermont setts and Troy Greenfield Concord Montreal Eastern Boston Maine Clinton Fitchburg Providence Worcester Tho New York New Eng land Railroad will carry stock at half the tariff and the Boston 6i Albany Railroad will return stock which has been on exhibition without Although this is considered devoted chiefly to ex tue products ot the farm and mechanical the chief interest la almost sura to centre In the display of which Is best made the charge of careful and The pre are offered are classified us tho amounts aggregating September if for horses that have never beaten three minutes to to to Purse of for horses that liave jeper bonten to to to to ber of horses that have beaten to to to 850 of for horses thM never beaten 8170 to 675 to 8fiO to September of for hornes that have never beaten to to to Puree of driving owner to to road for tbat have never to to to Purse of 150 running mile throe in livo 8100 to to September of for horses that have never beaten to to to to Puree of for that have never beaton to to to Thero uro already more entries of cattle for the fair than there were laet year when the fair Among tbo prominent exhibitors of shorthorns will bo Window Sons of a Augustus Whitman of an other largo raiser of this admired brood of of o i Robert of Charles Par sons of Conway and several In John of East Parker of Isaac Woodbury of Salem H William Mattoon of and Harvey Dodge will show their best will be shown by Kendall of the Massachusetts Agricultural French of North and Jerseys will have the beat of herds of Elijah Reed of Marwood of and Carter Brown of East among thousand George ot of and others of tho Maim stock with Arthur dough of and the admirers of tba brood in New Hampshire will exhibit their bent Tbe Dutch and other fancy stocks are to be well Tbe following nro some of the plans Included In tho which uro well calculated to ensure the order necessary to a perfect The gates will bo open for admission each day from 8 until The Marshal and Superintend ents ot the various classes will meet at tho Presidents at 8 each to tbo dully Tho judges are not only to report the animals and articles entitled to premiums but also those next In merit in each to meet the contingencies of any objection which may arise to the and also that they may any com Any animal or article in the opinion of tho deserves a special commenda will alto be reported to the Rogard will be to purity ot as established by pod size and general characteristics of tho several breeds of animals and the judges will proper for feeding other They are expressly required not to give encouragement to overfed animals in the breed lui No person who is an exhibitor can act as a judge on the clam In which he When or ar ticles nre not deemed worthy of tne will in all cases withhold An animal or article for exhibition in class cannot compete for premium in any but animals in other classes are not prohibited from computing for bards or nor enlaced far exhibition from competing for premiums for The ribbons to denote urine cattle or will be blue for first red for white for murt give personal attention to their animals and ar mid at the close of the fair attend to their The society pays no for the trans of The premiums in all amount to In addition to the mid complete list of by tbe the Massachusetts Society for tbe Prevention of Cruelty to with a desire to promote tbe invention and use of articles designed to lessen tbe of offer the prizes mimed For the best car for the of cattle and other for ihe best harness for us a substitute for be for the best collar for 825 for tbe best for tbo best substitute for tue for the best j for tho best blanket for for tin best of borax ilte or for tho best coop for As the main purpose of this is to prevent tbe suffering of tha prizes will bo for those articles which ex hibit greatest improvement upon present methods an so comfort of the Toe now are tlint this will prove tbe most and undoubtedly tbf best which ban been this or any other society for RAVAGES OF THE CHOLERA AT August fact waa matla public ami beyond a tbat there bare deed thirty or forty fatal cases ot cholera to thra city during tbe past few govern declare that they have attended of well cholera m the southwest put of the and havo reported ai in tbo Board of Health Invariably tha term to or else no cholera en SOB appeared in rtie Iho not us yet and limited to an METHODISM IN TBE K August which UM been oiw was and that nearly 2000 persons had been moot ot whom wul to Uw Epis copal
