Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-11-10
Big Nitro -GIyceriue Scare in Gotham.

NEW \ DIRK, November J.-Odptaln
Harris, late commander of the steam
er Lillian, which had Gaicurias' ex-
pedition on board, arrived in New
York Yesterday from Nassau, where
the vessel was seized. The officers OF
the privateer Hornet were brought to
Brooklyn yesterday in charge-Of Mar
shaI F0Ote, of North Carolina, and
turned over to Marshal Dilien, who
held them in ten thousand dollars
each to answer before the United
States Circuit Court.
The following is Father Hya-
cinthe's letter to the Boston clergy
men:
81 am very sensible of the high
honor paid me in the greeting from the
clergy whom you represent. |
am touched by your expressions of
Christian sympathy and affection. /
am a Catholic, and hope to remain
one. ! have not broken with the
Church, but its abuses. | recognize
true Christians in all Protestant bodies,
for / believe that the true Church, en-
bracing all who hold Christ as their
head, is far wider than any earthly
organization. My purpose in coming
to America is to escape from excite
ment and to rest little. / shall soon
return to Europe, but hope again to
visit this country. / shall visit BOs-
ton in November, and, if possible,
should then beglad to see those whom
you represent, to explain more fully
my position. The future is dark and
uncertain, but l shall obey my con-
science to the end. Greet in my name,
with Christian salutationS, those in
whose name you greet me-"
The Times says that intelligence
was received at "a late hour last night
from reliable source of another Gu
ban expedition now in progress in
that city, Philadelphia and Balti-
more. 1t also says that one or two
fine steamers have been purchased by
parties unknown, and will at an early
date, if not stopped, attempt to pur-
sue a course similar to that marked
out for the steamer Cuba. Gen. Cal
curia, commander of the Ryan-Lillian
Cuban expedition, is expected to ar
rive here to-day, having been released
from the custody of the Nassau Brit
ish officials.
a Port yeryis special says: Gould
and Rucker are here, and are not en-
plOying any of the old brakemen.
The yards here are full of freight and
but little going out. 1t is said those
on the Delaware division are awaiting
word from the men on the eastern
division, when they will also stop
work. Everything is being conducted
quietly. The two hundred men who
arrived from Jersey City have mostly
returned, not seeming to like the state
of affairs.
A dispatch from Troy this morning
says that Gen. Wool was not quite as
comfortable last night as he had been
during the preceding forty-eight hours.
He takes scarcely any nourishment,
and is very weak.
The liOriPS special from Concord,
y. H., says: The cOnstabulary law
will be submitted to the popular vote
tomorrow. The religious element IA
vOr it; but only one newspaper in
the State favOrs it. The vote will be
light. The cities will go strong against
the law, but the country towns will
not. 1t will, nevertheless, be car
ried."
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
NEW YORK, November There is
considerable excitement in the city
over the report that nine hundred
pounds of nitro-glycerine have been
sunk upon a rock known as the Hogs
Back, at He'll Gate. The report is YER
itied at late hour. The glycerine
was sunk by Mons. Maillefert, who
has contracted TO remove the rocks
by January next. The compound is
placed in cans, each containing fifty
pounds.
The cans were carried out singly in
boats and lowered. They were con
nected with an electric battery by
means of wires and fuses. When the
first one was lowered, the wires failed
to do their work. A second can was
then sunk, in hopes that would ex-
plode, and that the concusssOn would
explode its predecessor. The fuse
taiIed to act, and the work was con-
tinued until eighteen cans, containing
nearly a half tun of nitro
glycerine were sunk.
The wQrkmen became alarmed, and
refused to attempt to raise the cans,
through fear of AN explosion. After
with engineers, Mons. Mail
lefert determined TO sink FIVE hundred
pounds gunpowder, tomorrow morn
ing, in the vicinity of the caAs, and
then explode it, hoping to create
conclusion which will explode the
cans.
The mere explosion of fifty pounds
of powder, on Friday, upset a glass of
water on a dinner table at Blackwelrs
Island. As the rocks at He'll Gate are
connected with the rocks of Central
Park, it is thought that the explosion
will shatter every window and mirror
in the city, and produce a shock like
an earthquake.
Some three thousand pounds of
nitro-glycerine are stored in a vessel
anchored a mile above Hell Gate; but
as this is on the water it is not sup
posed that the conclusion will affect
it. 1t is important to have the eX-
plOsive substance at once removed, as
vessels are frequently compelled to an
chOr on the Hogs Back, and the drop
ping of an anchor on one of the cans
would cause fearful disaster.