Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-07

midnight a hre truke out among tho steanars "a
ne shari, totally DESTROYING the iolio~iug sifh
Nate Robinson, MAJOR Andersen aud Altoona.
also, seriously damag ng the Immense New ,hg-
cans wharf boat, which nav vet DC DESTROYED.
ns Die Al this hour 90 sscertsinthc loss,
snhh vii he heaty. The tire y still raging.
but y not likely 10 extend h,voud the fos-s
nthilohea AhoN e. a. Othcr threatened hOafs have
been removed Nv taCS.
ftElHkR particulars.
NiNCiNNAfi, %, March s.-Thc disastrous
IRE among the steamers al the wharf m this
gu, Isst hight, originated ait the ST CNar,cs.
but how u - not shown. The captain an : me
Others jumped oN - board aud swa am ash,r,, n
Is feared that sOue failed 90 escape. Tn. Ire
sLfsaa nl and Gown thc stream rsTiliy. The
champion va loading ter Red river. AMI haI
nearly n tull cargo aboard. The katc Robinson
v a. loading Tor Tie Tennessee river. The NJ.
ANDERSON wa SidC-wheel packet. and the -
tharies a side wheel Piitsburg packet. Tie
Afgosy had tvs hundred barrels ct VII XIV "a,
board tor New orleans The boat Wa nor i,.-
surtd; The hull OF the Belle Vernon. rc,eu'.N
sunk by Ice, Wa al~o burned The los on tl,.
boats and Cargocs Niu reach fuIlv go a.,
Twenty-Five bales and number Of crate ,,t.
Vnecnswsre on the icvee were ais, harmed.
Fifteen Inches ef SNOW Avs, Do.u
HAIIFAN, March The storm continued
throughout lat might. and the snow j. uftcrn
over with ice.
The Prince Edwards Island le..,'a.ure Va.
20 meet ON the 9TH instant. but Telegraph com
nun, mun'oSuon : interrupted aud there i nO nev
At 81. Johns, y. H.. the thermometer ipE
Gates four degrees below zero. All railro
uains are delayed "a consequence OF the def
OF the snow.
MORTALITY ANoNg ISFANrs WITH A.
WITHOUT MoTHkBs.-br. T.. Harris. Of fI..
New ork board 81 health. Who has csatr.hr
some important knowledge on the subject OF o..
rHhhc health ID large communities. nov
nishcs some facts IN regard 20 the history o.
foundlings and 81 phans IN hospitals The ,,r-..
usSt bet1ecn the results OF treating childl.f,
with and without their mothers l. almost star
ing IN Us evidence Of tie absolute necessity %
a mothers care. Dr. Harris shows thar
IN the almshouSe infant hospital on Rar-
dalls Island The mortality In the taundIir.
.lass oil infants wa - in Too OF the whole num-
Der received Ia one year, while the rate of mo-
tally OF children recsivcd with th,Ir ,natb....
admitted, Was only ~ in l00, The fact A. Id.
dlsrutable that motherless fOundlingS die a.
the rate OF from IS 10 ~ in every 100 AZ
less wet-nursed during the inst wear of lif,.
And, further. the fact II clearly shown, IN a..
experience OF the infant hospital, that even fr..
,pcon-led infants, cared for by their mpth-f..
nave lar better chances OF life than tho-,, ia
nom the hands Of strangers. The rate of n r--
tallty IN the toundings and orphans when AZ re
cially Dourishes has proved 90 be &c or W az 'T.
when fed aTiliicially by their mothers on,N .r
10 IN 100 This result j. worthy of all atfeuf ..
as associated with moral and economical cont.-
TONS never 20 he overlooked. Infants abandoned
A.
Harmed out, die az the rate Of6s to ~ IN every
100 Y the first year OF life in American citi,s
and this Is far better than j. shown az the Mon
ueal Founding House, which has buried % OF
every 100 received in -iN years.
Easy DIVORCE FOR wrvFS.-AbiU has ',,r,,
introduced in the New York Legislature allowing
as a cause for limited divorce 4" such conaa..t on
The part OF the husband towards the wife a.
shall, without just cause, deprive her OF the
society OF her relatives or friends OF of attend
Ia 40 -
render her life unhappy or uncomfortable -
p" Relatives" IL comprehensive word, applyiuc
not merely to mothers in-law, aud il Woald seem
mat husband has only, under this bill, 20 shut
out his wife's second cousin. who nav want -
make boarding house of his residence
there IL cause ioI divorce. The want OF a ear
rage, or a box at the opera or A set of diamonds
or furs, might. in the absence OF more serious
grounds of discomfort, cause a decidedly IN
comfortable" sensation with some wives aud
lacked by lew tears and an able LAWYER SUN
GENTLY answer a. plea for divorce.
VALUE OF THE SIGNAL SERvICE--Tbe G'ou-
cesier Adrert'seT says Not long since on A
perfectly calm day, with a clear sky al,ot,f
htty vessels were seen lying Al anchor In one OF
our harbors. on account OF a coming storm prs-
dicted 10y the weather bureau. How many yeS
were saved by this single prediction IL L. i'm
possible TO say, but one such occurrence alone
d sufficient TO Justify all the expense the ,.o,--
eminent has occurred i'm establishing aud n ain
tanning the service. It has been clearly shown
that II we had had cable communication " m
ne Island OF ~: Thomas, and a signal sta'Ion
there, we should have known OF the cyclones
recent visit To the Florida coast three DAYS ia
advance OF its coming, and most CT the vessels
which encountered II would have taken refuge
IN time IN some harbor. The service a. IN :
already organized H. of iucal eulaLlc ADVANTAGE
to farmers and sesfarers.'
OF CoURsE.-The New Orleans T',,ss rriut.
long interview with Governor warmoih m
which, after stating that he had nO intention 81
maaiHg friends with President Grant the G,y-
Ia flaa
81 the Cincinnati convention III General cram
y renominated al Philadelphia. lam unauali-
nc neIiy and determinedly opposed 20 General
Grants reelection President OF the Tnita.t
states WaTmOth farther said -. In under.
any CIRCUMSTANCES I consent to become A can
didste for reelection, IL would only be a. A r.
former, on the reform platform"
PAYNE FOR THEIR FUS-Four mep-uamod
Jones, WEIGH, GilkesOn, and Shaunon-Neil-
known citizens OF Crab Orchard SPRING. Ken
lucky, year ago took out a negro. names Tbos.
Scott, on suspicion Of having burned building
AZ the springs, and hanged him two OF three
times TO make him confess. Scott denied the
charge, and after being released sued in the
United States court for damages and YESTERDAY
the jury awarded him one thousand dollars
against the first three defendants. and SEN
hundred against shannon.
Boss BISMARCK AFRAID or THE CATBarr,,
CLERGY The upper house of the Prgs>i.u
diet has under consideration the school iuSirur-
ton bill During the debate, Prince Bismarck
tAHIcsccu NE lSAI OF uislOyal influences hg tile
Catholic clergy, and insisted on the iutroduc-
ton of clause providing for the introduction
OF the German language into the Polish schools.
lie assured the conservatives that the govern
ment did not intend to break with their partN,
but IL would not submit to pressure.
MURDER IN NIRsTNIA.-On the 18th nit Am
old man named +. =. WauldTidge resid.ns a
few miles from Bufords, on the Virginia and
Tennessee railroad, was beaten 20 death while
returning TO his home with $50 in his pnsS..-
sion. When his body was discovered the pockets
OF he trowsers were cut out and the mpnt ?
gone. The Instrument of the murderer a dog
wood bludgeOn, was found near the body. TIE
coroners jury found that the dec was commit
ted by George and Virgil ST. Clair. nepheNs Of
The murdered man, VINO were arrested.
THK IMPENDING CONFLICT IN FRAgsE-A
cable telegram from Paris says: Another MAJ
isteTial crisis IL expected. IL is evident that A
conflict between the assembly and government
If at hand" In the assembly YESTERDAY the re
port OF the committee confirming the election
OF Rouher from Corsica was agreed TO- The de-
bate was then continued on the bill imposing
penalties for connection with the international
society, and Louis Blanc declared that the pa--
sage of such a measure would throw France
back three centuries.
HE PRINCE OF SCHwARzBU &c RrD H.
srADT, one OF the petty soyereigns of crurral
germany, IL just now the laughing-stOck al
EuTODean H.