The Van Buren press., 1872-06-25
TELEGRAPH NEWS.
Special Dispatch to the Republican.
W AsHiNGToS, June Ii.
LOGAN UNEASY IN HIS MIND.


LOGAN UNEASY IN HIS MIND.
Senator Logan is just now in very
unpleasant frame of mind. His sudden
accession to Grant has hardly even been
noticed at the White House, and the alb
rupt departure Of the president for Long
Branch, when Logan needed assistance
On some business which he now has with
the department, causes the latter to com
ment upon Grants conduct in the ssme
free manner with which he was accus-
toned to do about one year ago.
PACIFYING SUMNER.
The administration is working on Sen
ator Sumner, through several sharp col
ored politicians, to prevent him from
openly declaring in favor Of the Cincin-
natl nominees The senator said recent
" that the nominations at Philadol phia
demonstrated that the military clique at
the White House have no regard what
ever for the interests Of the Republican
party, anil that this clique was determin
ed to both rule and ruin.
THAT CIRCULAR.
The existence of the circular publish
ed in New York Friday morning with so
much parade, containing the names Of
Carl Schurz, Jacob D. Cox, William Cul
len Bryant, Oswald Ottenderter, David
4. Wells and Jacob Brinkerhoh, recon-
mcndno meeting aud conference Of
gentemea opposed to the present ad-
ministratiOn, at the Fifth Avenue hotel,
on the 29th inst, was known to many
prominent citizens here when it was first
circulated, but il was not deemed proper
to refer to it in public manner until it
should come to the eyes Of the public in
the regular channel The meeting on the
twentieth, ii it takes place, will not, it is
well known, be unfriendly to Mr., Gree
ley, Every gentleman signing that call,
with. in may be, one exception, will heart
lily supportth the Cincinnati ticket, although
they were strongly opposed to the Sc
lection OF Mr., Greeley; and the call ex-
pressly states that it is to be a conference
of gentlemen opposed to the present ad'
minstraton, Mr. Greeley was inform,
ed Of the step long ago, and well under
stood the object Of it, which was nothing
more nor less than to do what the crcu
lar says-unte all the elements Of oppO
sition for common effort.
MCGREGoR Iowa, June l5.
DISASTER on TIE UPPER MIsslssTpFI--TnE
STEAMER d, A. MCDONALD EN-
PLoDES HER BOILERS.
The raftboat ID. A. Mcdonald, under
command Of win Bigclow, passed here
about 4 o'clock P, NJ yesterday, and when
nearly opposite North MeGregor her
boilers exploded, and blew all above the
boiler deck into fragments. The hull
Immediately sunk in about 16 feet Of wa
ter The Alamaka, transfer boat between
Prairie du CHEN and McGrcgor, fortu
natcly was at the landing at North Nc
Gregor, and Immediately Y went to the as
sistance Of the sufferers and picked up
eight Of the crew five Of whom were se-
riously wounded and two Of them have
since died. 1t is not definitely known
how many were on board at the time Of
the accident, and it is impossible to as
CERTAIN ~ present, us we captain anu
owner Of the boat remained in St. Louis.
As near MS can be made out from the
stories Of those saved, there must have
been between twenty nine and thirty five
CulCAGo, Ills June L.
A special from McGrcgor, Iowa, rcla
tive to the explosion Of the steamer d.
A Mcdonald says the scene on the boat
after the explosion was terrible. The
dead and dying were strewn promiscu-
ously over the unsightly wreck Of the
ruined boat some Of the dead were
frightfully mauglcd, their clothes and
flesh having been torn to shreds by the
swift winged missiles. Many of the dead
and wounded lay under the heavy tim
bers. Their bones were broken, and
presented sight sufficiently ghastly to
appa even those who were used to such
scenes of violence and bloodshed Many
OF the wounded are SO badly mangled
that it is an impossibility for them to
survive.
SWITZERLAND,
. GENEVA, June II.