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New-York tribune., 1874-05-20
BOSTON MERCHANTS ALARMED.

PROPOSED WITHDRAWAL OF THE CUNARD STEAM.
SHIP LINE FROM BosTON-A SENSATION CAUSED
BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
BOsTON May ia sensation was caused on
State and Commercalss this morning by the announce
ment that the Cunard Steamship Company, having run
its steamers from this port at loss for several months
past had clegraphed its agent here, MI James Aexan-
der that the direct would not run after June 2 aud
that after that date this would be only pore
NJ call The rates Of freight from the Wess
have been adverse to the development OF
pos,on,s export trade, and Boston merchants have
dverted their business to NewYork to such an exteno
that the Company had to accept rates OF freighu
which would not pay them The difficulty could be met.
ace0poine 70 S AhsSv rod Beyond this no reduction
could be hoped for In reply 10 ths 1t Is said mat tho
West and that the real difficulty IN the inability OF
Boston cope with New York ia the control OF largo
Mr. Alexander at once communicated the action or
hs principals TO the Board OF Trade and to the man
aIy to reduce rates. that Boston should be placed
a par with New-York. They met Nc. Alexander aud
the Committee OF the Board OF Trade at the CONNER
clal Exchange to-day and after thorough discussion.
adjourned to meet tomorrow, when Presdent Chapin
The real difficulty however. said to be that nearly
all the grain that Is shipped from here Is sent from
distance upon through ols VI ladng, or Is sent neo
gned to parties for shipment upon freight engage
previously made. so that the ownerp oi .ns sn
property remains Unchanged whereas the gram ~ .
to NewYork from the West for sle. and Is bousn' sn"
shipped by the merchants. o,,o, n,.ca.
The owners OF the grain In Chicago ana o.nar
send IL to NewYork, drawing at sight np9" , % ra ia =,
there TO whom 1t is consigned oa nnon orders or
the shippers, who send II abroad. either uioS i
their account. Thus large quahatha tha 80, ~ ,Ss
other produce are daily arriving anu uo ake.s Va .o
steam and sail lines can make ~ any ue
for immediate delivery the Tor Sraia Cotton and pro-
Visions have to be made three weeks IN advance Of ths
arrival of ,he steamer The local trade, WINE rapoy
VI 'n nc, he relied upon to furnish the requi-
my The exports from Boston to this date wera
slac72oio a falling Oh oil almost siV'Voo from 'ne s~@
| period last year
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A THRONG OF sIGHT-sEERs.

THOUSANDS OF CURIOUS VISITORS AT THE SCENE OF
TIE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. PLEAsURE-sEEK-
ING AND RELIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AGAINST
THIEVES.
NORTHAMPTON, May 19.-Althongh three days
have passed since through the criminal carelessnesS
of the constructors of Williamsburg reservoir four
Of the fairest villages of Hampshire County
were laid waste and over $50 lives were sacri-
feed in o single hour of disaster, the
scene Of the great catastrophe possesses
a fascination which attracts hundreds and
thousands of visitors, not only from the surround
ing country, but from nearly every weil-known
town and city in New-England. Many OF those who
thronged the valley of death to-day, as on Sunday
and Monday, came to proffer sympathy to the DO
reaved not only in words, but in work. But Ii IS
too apparent that thoughtless thousands come only
to satisfy morbid curiosity, and their presence
serves only to embarass the movements OF those
who are drawn hther by better motives.
The twelve miles of road from the broken dam to
Northampton were lined from morn until night with
pedestrians and heavily-laden vehicles, while not
less than fifty carloads of people, judging by the
number and average length of the trains came by
rail to swell the crowd. Except in the immediate
presence of the dead majority of the sight-seers
abandoned themselves most discreditably to plea
sure-seeking and relichunting, and in all of the
most exposed places, only the disturbed face of
nature and the wreck of ruined homes and factories
reminded one of the sorrowfu scenes of three days
ago.
Ncw-York and Boston have poured forth many Ill
looking fellows from their worst precincts, and
suspicious characters to be seen on every hand,
but it is gratifying to know that these ghouls have
had but small reward for their trip and its discom-
forts. The prompt appearance of detachments
of tho Cd Massachusetts, Volunteer Militia and OF the
State police have preserved the wreck from wreck
ers and no instances of outrage serious robbery
are reported. Five hundred dollars was found on
one of the dead bodies discovered to-day, and VIII
DC kept for the heirs of the deceased.
New-York tribune., 1874-05-20
TROUBLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

iTTrMpTfp ARREST or COZ. MOSES FOR LARCENY
HE FIRST REFUSES TO SUBMIT, But flNALLi
GIVES BAII-THE MILITIA CALLED OCT.
COLUMBIA, May 19.-The Sheriff OF Orange
burg County undertook arrest Gov Moses this morn
ing at his private residence The Governor deened 10
accept the service Of the writ He called upon btis
Gen. Nash, commander OF the National doaru Vaii eo
ored, 20 furnish him military protection Soon three
comnauies were ordered under arms, and were us
tributed between the Executive office and the Gov
ernors residence Large crowds gathered In the sees
and around the guarded points.
This afternoon, the advice of counsel ne con
cluded to submit to the law. aud gave ball lie ou no
surrender 70 the Orangeburg sheriff but TO Mr. Cole
man the Coroner OF this county. The troops were u
missed The streets are filled with the military, ana
husiuess ia paray Zed.
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tween the amount of salary fixed by law for such
clerks and what he thought they ought to have out
of the extra fund. Next year we may expect the
Secretary of the Interior to ask for the creation OF
Chiefs Of Division of Pensions, Patents, Indian
Affairs &c. through whom he may communicate
with the Commissioners having charge of these
matters.
The House also undertook to make the Congress
sonal Printer an officer of the United States instead
of officer of the Senate. AT present this official
holds his place during the pleasure of the Senate
No matter how efficient skillful he may be, II
some influential Republican Senator wants his place
for friend or favorite, he only has to log roll
little with his fellow Senator's get majority of the
Republican caucus to nominate in secret some
other man. and out he goes. The House thought
that the Public Printer ought to be officer of the
Government nominated by the President and con-
irmed by the Senate. This would give the House
the same control over this officer that it now has
over other executive officers but the Senate is con-
tented with the present arrangement and voted to
leave the Public Printer as he is now an officer OF
the Senate.
The last reform on which the Senate put its foot
contained in the third section of the BILL which
forbade officers of the Government to convert to
their own private use the property of the United
States, the service labor of any person whose
service or labor is paid for by the United States.
This sectlon as is well known, was aimed at prac-
tices that have become public scandals in every
department of the Government. Not only the mem
bers of the Cabinet but the heads of bureaus chief
clerks, and others, keep horses and carriages
at the Government expense which are Oh
tener used for their own private convenience
and pleasure than in the public service
These equipages are cared for and driven by
messengers on the pay-ros of the Departments
The laudaulet scandal has not yet been forgotten
and an investigation Of almost every other depart
ment would show that the Attorney-General was
only doing what many other Government officers
were also guilty of. The House undertook to insti-
tute q reform in this matter, but Frelng-
huysen first moved to except from this
prohibition Commissioner Watts of the Agricultural
Department who not only drives his family about
in Government carriage, but lives in the Agrlcul-
tura Department Building and has his coal and gas
paid for by the United States. This gave
rise to very spicy debate the admins
tration of the Agricultural Department, which
everybody who is acquainted with it knows to
be i'll the main very inefficient, and ended with
defeat of Frelnghuysens amendment by a vote of
"a to D. AfterwaTd, without division, the Senate,
on motion of Sargent, struck out that part of the
section that aimed directly at the use of Govern
ment property for private purposes and thus put its
stamp of approval on the practices that have been
so severely condemned by the people.
New-York tribune., 1874-05-20
THE RUINED DAM.

A CAREFUL INSPECTION OF THE WoRK-THE DAM
UNDERMINED AT ITS BASE BIZ A sPEING--cARE-
LEssNEss AND CUPIDIrY OF The OWNERS AND
CONTRACTORS.
NORTHAMPTON, Nav 19.-To-day drove slowly
along from the break in the dam to the meadows,
miles below, where the water lost its terrible force
and deposited nearly 100 of its human victims. But
first, made careful inspection OF tho remalus OF
the treacherous dam, which gave vent to the
food and of the now drained reservoir IN
which the water had suffered itself to be
confined for nine years l say suffered itsef
for it is apparent to any observer that such dam
was barrier presenting no adequate resistance 10
slcb body of water as covered the lli acres OF
Williamsburg reservoir. The only wonder Is that
the inhabitants of Mill River Valley dweit so long III
safety beneath the shadow OF such danger was
informed that the contract required the build
ING of q stone wall, to rise from o width OF
eight feet on a solid foundation at the bottom to
to feet nj the top This wall TO be laid IN the
best known cement aud it was to be enveloped on
either side by mass of earth sloping to the water
edoe M an angle Of 30 degrees, and below the water
at an angle of 45 degrees. 1t is doubtful whether
these conditions were sufficient to insure the re-
straint of the water; but whether they were or not
il does not appear that they were complied with
Instead of beng eight feet thick at the base. the
stone wall proves to be less than six feet
across as ascertained by actual measurement, and
lust where the break occurred could ind no evi'
dence of the stone wall having stood on hard-pan
and the dam keeper said very positively that at that
no,nt il did not 1t is almost incredible that the
wall should have been built for single inch upon
ANYTHING but a rocky bed but such appears to have
| been the case.
| The theory Of the dam-keeper, based upon the ab
seuce of this solid foundation is that the dam wal
undermined at its base by spring to which rubble
stone and sandy soil presented little resistance
There is also reason to believe that the cement wa
not of rst-rate quality, and it is quite plain t.
any observer that the builders of the dam tried t,
| make up for, or hide its general weak
ness. by covering 1t with dirt, chiefly
taken from the sides and bed Of the reservoir
About one-sixth of the upper part of the dam anC
two-thirds or more Of the foundation remain and
should be subjected to thorough examination by
| fifth PAGE,
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channel in some places 100 yards from its former
| bed II seems impossible that nature should ever
in these places wear its old and familiar face to the
surviving residents; but they have gone to work
with stont hearts and willing hands and hope to
succeed in winning the favor of Providence even TO
the accomplishment ofitheir end.
After passing Leeds, in coming from Williamsburg
to Northampton to-day, we came suddenly upon a
distressing scene. wagon, in charge of a select
man and his band of workers. contained the body OF
man just found and about to be taken to the Town
Hall to await identification. woman, whose
brother missing, saw the vehicle slowly climb
ing the hill and, apparently moved by some sudden
and uncomfortable impulse, rushed toward it and
asked to be shown the body. The selectman COM
Piled with her request, and it was at once appa-
rent that the woman's fears were realized
She recognized in the mutilated body, despite the
SCARED face, the remains of her brother. Andrew
Fennessy. Her EXPLANATIONS Of sorrow were agonH-
ing and it was only with great difficulty that she
was induced to leave the spot and allow the body to
be taken to the temporary morgue. few minutes
later we met four men bearing rude litter, upon
which were the mangled remains of young girl
whose age could not have been more than 16 The
clothing was torn from the mud-covered body, the
limbs were bruised and the zee could only be rec
ognized by those who knew it best
Going in the direction whence came the bearers of
the bodies. we soon found tho once beautiful
meadows between Leeds and Florence, where most
of the dead have been found. To lind these mangled
remains has been no easy task. 1t has demanded
the hard labor Of several hundred volunteers fol
two days. and the work Of these kind-hearted men
is not yet done. Many acres were covered with the
great mass of debris from the villages in which the
flood did its worst. Here were the remains of the
dwelling g-houses. factories and workshops which
had 80 completely disappeared from the
sites of Williamsburg, Skinnersyille. Hayden
vile, and Leeds, together with household
furniture, factory fixtures trees torn up
by their roots and a thousand other articles the
whole cemented together by the sediment of the
swollen stream These ruins not only covered acres
but were many feet in DEPTH and every piece was
to be removed before all the bodies could be found
The objects of the search were found in many dis
tressing and almost inconceivable situations, al
ways bruised often mangled, aud sometimes swo-
len to unnatural size, and decomposed beyond
recognition. Eighteen moro of such bodies were
found to-day and still the work goes on, with vast
piles of debris yet to be lifted and sifted with
view to restoring the dead to the bereaved Incl
dentally, articles of value are sometimes found in
the debris. They are carefully preserved to wait
Identification.
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FOREIGN NOTES .

Mr. Henry Brnsley Sheridan, Liberal, has
heen returned 10 the British House Of Commons from
Dudley.
A telegram from st. John, n. b., says that
the Anchor line steamer Trojan is generally given
up Yesterday being her forteth day from London and
no tidings from her OF any kind having been received
The mill operatives of ST. John, N. b., have
given notice they have abandoned the eighth section
OF their constitution which required members not to
associatoD This Will have the efect OF settling all
troubles.
II is the Count de Montebello, not the Duke
de Montmorency who has sent challenge to Prince
Metternich The OF the challenge the refusal ot
Princess Meterirh to return salutation OF Count do
Montebello at BALL Prince Metternichs seconds res
fused TO allow the duel To proceed
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PRICE FOUR CENTS.
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE CRISIS In FRANCE.


CONTINUED EFFORTS OF NJ DE- GoULARD TO FORM
MINIsTRY-A MINISTRY DEFENDING ON TIIE
MINORITY IN THE ASSEMBLY LIKELY TO Bn
ORGANIZED.
PARIS. Tuesday, MAY TO- 1874
NJ de Goulard has not given up hope of forming
Ministry. He is continuing his negotiations to-day.
During the day President MacMahon gave audiences
to NJ. de Goulard. NJ. Buffet and the Duke Decazes.
The Moderate Right objects to an impersonal Sep
tennat, because it would be equivalent to the rec
ognition of the Republic.
The Extreme Right is determined to oppose Gou-
lard or any other chief Of the Ministry whose plat
form embraces the adoption of the Constitutional
bills. Goulard, finding support in the Left
Center or Right, is therefore compelled 10 rely
mainly upon the minority in the Assembly. 1t 10
expected that the Ministry win be organized to-
night, with Goulard, Decazes, Magne, and Bodet at
the head of the principal Departments.
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THE CENTEYNIAL COMMISSION.

PHILADELPHIA, May 19.-The Executive
Committee OF the United States Centennial Com
mission held o meeting to-day In the rooms OF the Com
mission Mr.. Daniel J. Morren presided aud the follow
ing Inc ombers OF the Committee we're present:
Alfred Go.boru Ohio walter w Wood Of yHTinis Jane
R.re Of MARYLAND John O. Of Jersey AeiadsT
oleler Virgins William HsBU Parsons Of TeIss Ls-'
Walter Smith Of Georgia a..
report ~ Committee which viii be presented 10 the
CyWWl.sIya tgsn.gIsW'
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TIE CAR IN ENGLAND.

REVIEW OF 1900 TROOPS WITNESSED AT ALDER
sHorr-A BALL TO TAKE PLACE AT BUCkINGBA1
PALACE.
LONDON Tuesday. May 10. 1874
The Car reviewed 14,000 troops at Alder.
shott to-day crowds gathered in he streets
of this city TO him pass on his way to the review
He will return this afternoon. state ball lin his honor
Is TO take place at Buckingham Palace tonight.
LONDON. Wednesday. May 90 1874
The Car will visit woolwch to-day, and inspect tho
Government docks and works.
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

WAsHNGToS, Tuesday, May 49, 1874
The adjournment resolution Of the Senate will un-
doubtedly be concurred In tomorrow by the House III
there had been time 1t would have been acted on To-Day
The House Committee Naval Affairs to-cay agreed
TO report the bill Of giving the widow OF capt
Hall OF the Polars pension OF $50 per month ana ne
amnnnt of her husbands unpaid salary up to the time
that the Of the Polaris were discharged, amount
ing 10 about g.
TFor Reouar Report Con1rdi Prooe,dn9s zee Second rage
New-York tribune., 1874-05-20
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.

PHILADELPHIA, May 19.-The ninetieth an
anal Convention Of the Protestant Episcopal Church OK
the Diocese OF Pennsylvania met this evening" Bshop
stevens presiding Elgty one clergymen aud ln lay
Jennties were present After devotional exercises CON-
mittees were appointed 10 nominate standing commit
tees and delegates to the Generai SVhNehuou WHICH
meets IN New-York In october.
New-York tribune., 1874-05-20

SAN Francisco, May 1S.-Additional informa-
regard to the loss Of the steamship Manchu whe
bound from Nagasah for Shanghai, shows that on tho
10th Of March, day after she sunk the Japanese hsh
ing boat her coal bunkers gave way and her engine.
rooms were flooded stopping the engines and on tho
18th the vessel had become waterlogged. Mr. Crocker
and Mr. Jones succeeded In entering small boat bne
afterward eaped and we're drowned leaving
only five survivors of the fifty persons on tho Mancba
New-York tribune., 1874-05-20
THE CARLIST WAR.

AN ATTACK ON THE REPUBLICANS BEFORE BILBAO
REPEIIED.
LONDON, Tusday, ,'May TO- 1874
The Carlists last week attacked some in
treuching parties beyond Bilbao, but riven of with
the OF prisoners Sixty Republicans were killed
and wounded The Carliss expecting the arrival OF
q cargo Of guns purchased in England.
New-York tribune., 1874-05-20
SCENES IN THE TRACK OF THE FLOOD.

THE PRESENT APPEARANCE OF THE DEVASTATED
DIsTRICT-GREAT DIFFICULTY EXPERIENCED IN
RECOVERING DEAD OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IN
CIDENTs
NORTHAMPTON May l9.-From the reservoir 70
williamsburg a distance of nearly three miles, the
track of the flood is marked only by plies OF driit-
wood high up on the hillsdes, and by the WIDE area
Of sand on either side Of the little stream which has
taken the place of the torrent. Yet, In reaching
williamsburg the water swept away the iarin-
house of Livingston s. Bartlett, and destroyed
the lives of his wife and stepdaughter.
But in the village the great work OF devastation
began shall not repeat the oft and we-told story
Of it's progress. II is not easy to believe that busy
factories. handsome cottages green lawns, and
GRADED streets, stood a few days ago where now
there is no sign Of domestic Ife aud no vestee OF
vegetation, simply the well-worn and rocky bed of
a mountain torrent.
Tie food plowed Its track through the falrest
portion of the valley and land bare acres OF rocks,
whose existence not even suspected by the
thrifty villagers who, the same spots, have TILED
their little gardens or loltered beneath the shade OF
great trees in grass-covercd door-yards The coun-
try road once the pride of the town officers IL now
sought III VAN, and the hitie nyer has ne"
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FIRE IN A SUBURB OF CONSTANTINE oPLE

CONsTANfINOFLE, Iuesday, My IV I5IF.
A fire last night at Galata, large suburb
Of this city, destroyed about 100 houses occupied mostly
by poor Jews.
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EXILED POLES ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME.
LONDON, Tuesday, May 10, 1874.
Count Schouvaloff, Chief of the Russian linz
peral Police, to-day gave assurances that all eX'ied
Poles with the exception OF two three known assaA-
SINS may return TO their native countryl
New-York tribune., 1874-05-20
THE CONNECTICUT sENAToRsHIP.

New HAVEN, May ia vote Tor Uhiteo
Senator WAS taken the Senate and House OF
preenta,ives to day. In the Senate result was as
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lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE IRIBUYE.l.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-The Senate, in amending
the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropria-
ton bill which was passed to-day, upset some of
the most important reforms Incorporated in
the bill by the House. Ono of these amend
ments continues an almost useless body of
ten officers in the Treasury Department not known
before the present Administration, and denominated
chiefs of divisions. Under the old system. when
communication was received by the Secretary of
the Treasury which related to the business of any
of the bureaus of the Department, a clerk after
making record Of it. sent it to the proper bureau
Now all such letters go TO the chief
Of some division, who, beside record
ing il. writes letter TO the proper
Commissioner nclosiDg the communication TO be
transmitted. If the communication contains a
draft check or other valuable paper, the chief OF
division makes a record OF that also. The House
thought that this red tape was altogether too ex-
pensiye, and made no provision for chiefs OF
divisions in future, but provided for five
special clerks at an annual salary OF S2,5DO
each. The Senate Appropriation Committee
restored the provision for eight heads of divisions,
aud Senator Boutwell, had the number increased to-
day to ten at a salary of S300O year each. Ihis Is
the Inst time that this Office has been recognized by
Sohgfess, either In appropriation bill or other
Wise IL has heretofore been the custom to
"no provision for given number oil
sefhs OF each class, and then add about
s%''W TO be distributed by the Secretary
among clerks in bis Office. Under these circum-
stances, Boutwell, made chiefs of division of certain
''uIsh ssss s!s.Ls aud LDsGs ~ t4s di.sgense w
New-York tribune., 1874-05-20
TIRE LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL

REFoRMs ATTEMPTED BY The HOUSE DEFEATED By
TIE sENATE-CHIEFs OF DNIsIoN-THE USE OF
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY FOR PRIVATE PUR-
POSES
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WASHINGTON.
THE MOIETY SYSTEM.

TIIE MOIEI NINI I@NH'
PASSAGE or MR.. RoBERTSs BILL BY TIE i'o''' W
REPRESENTATIVES, TRIUMPH OF THE MEX
A1GyMFNT OF CUsToM-HoUsE OFF,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-04-22
What ZuCchCus Did.

A story is told of n certain news
paper proprietor who relieved his dis.
honesty by a specie Of humor.
Tho "Ccnt Of a large manufacture.
ing house went TO him to protest
against frequent assaults in tho cdi,
tor;al columns.
"Nhat the devil is the matter p,
asked the after. cali you say is an
internal lie. But then wo iecl that
sc ca"t afford to havo this thing 70
on. What shall we do to stop it 70
The proprietor appeared abstract-
cd for few moments, and then re-
marked : H was thinking about u
character in the Bible. Let nc see |!
His name was--was Hacchcua. What
did he do Oh, yes he climbed a
tree to see The Lord ard ho didn't
sec him other. y hat did no do then
Do you rcmcmbcr, Mr.. Agent what
he did then p
ale came down, I suppose" !
"Ah, ycs.-thank you that's it |!
lie camo down, sensible fellow ho
cimc down."
The parable was Gttio Th
agent Initiated the example OF Zacch-
Gus aod the journalistic batteries
were instantaneous y spiked.