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The New York herald., 1876-07-23
The Moha wk Inque est.

The inquest resulting from the Mohawk
disaster only adds to the terrible pathos of
story without parallel in the history of ship
wreck. At every step of the investigation
the heartrending details show some new fea-
ture and much Of the testimony is epigram-
matte in its revelations of the disaster.
Still neither the investigation nor the YER
dict can prove satisfactory to the public or
to those most deeply interested in the re-
suits. All that was shown were divided
opinions and the necessity for further inves-
tigation, while the only effect of the verdict
can be to prevent the whole truth from
being told. There is strong feeling that
the yacht might have been saved after the
squall struck, and many who are strongest
in this opinion are ready to admit that the
Captains explanation of the cause of the ac-
cident is frank and manly. "The whole
secret of the disaster hinges upon one little
thing" he said, and this "little thing was
'that the squall struck her when she was
not under way" Unquestionably this is
the whole case; but Captain Rowland's cul-
pability is not to be measured by this sim
pie fact standing by ITSELF and other ques-
tions remain 10 be decided before he
can be pronounced free from blame. The
want of preparation for the squall was
grievous error, the Coroners jury to the con-
trary notwithstanding; but the Captain, if
his own testimony is to be believed, was act
ing under the orders of the owner of
the yacht, and neither of them be-
lieved that there was any danger beyond
spanking breeze, to catch which the anchor
was being raised and the sails had been set.
At first blush it would seem that the culpa-
bility for the accident and its cause were
identical-that everything was owing to the
fact that the sails we're set with the anchor
down. A closer scrutiny will show, however,
that the completeness of the disaster was
due to something apart from its cause.-the
fearful want of discipline among the crew.
Neither the printed accounts of the disaster
nor the testimony elected at the inquest
show what the crew were doing while the
vessel was careening and the Captain giving
his orders and crying for help. Rowland
says his orders were disobeyed, and
We are almost compelled to believe
him in view of the abject terror and coward
ice of the crew. The seamen, with n single
exception, appear to have rushed from the
vessel like rats deserting sinking ship, and
with such want of discipline and base fear
among the crew there is little wonder that
the yacht and her owner, his wife and his
guests, were left to their fate
In view of these facts we cannot accept
the Captains acquittal by the jury as in any
way creditablc to him, while we would be
equally careful not to deduce his culpability
from the cause of the disaster--culpable as
that cause was in itself-until We have all
the facts in relation to the condition of the
crew and know Just how far Captain Row
The New York herald., 1876-07-23
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Fordians are eating native figs
Colonel Forncy is at Martha's Vineyard
Sir Charles Dixie will not come to America
Robert Buchanan. the English poet Is thirty Eve.
number Of big San Francisco spectators arc about
to fail
Rugby School is provided with plenty of swims
ming baths.
If the weather warriors are correct look out foi
Rain-in- the face
boot and shoe exhibition will soon bo opened al
Berne Switzerland.
full suits oil white.
Fred Douglass, while at Newport, was the guest oi
Mr. George T. Downing
Cornish pilchards now preserved in OIL and they
are equal TO French sardineS
Seven thousand four hundred English soldiers in In.
dia refuse to drink spirits or malt liquor.
Not single German vessel trades to India, but the
German commerce with China Is very large.
You can walk around sebastopol with difficulty be
cause of the holes lett by the cannon shot
Colonel Bob Ingerso, who made the famous speech
In the Cincinnati Convention, is in Washington
Eighty tons of fresh meat IRON New York arc nov
sold in the West End markets. London, every week
The English shooting season promises well, the
having been neglected by sportsmen last year
Rochester Democrat:-"Nonc Of are SAFE VIZ
Gently died OF sunstrokc."
Sporting rents in sbootings, deer forests and nsh
ngs, In the counties OF Inverness and Ross Scotland
annually fetch $500 900.
Second Lieutenant Grant, recently promoted bv ha
father and the United States Senate, nigh, win his
maiden blue ribbon aloLg the Big Horn.
gentleman from California is now in Chicago ma
gotiang for the purchase OF sized canal schoone,
to take acargo OF black walnut lumber from Chicago u
San Francisco, via the ST Lawrence and Cane Horn
The report that Judge Daily was lying dangerousl,
sick at his country residence Sag Harbor L. l.. ia
fortunately, unfounied A, ten O'Clock last picbt h.
was perfectly well and enjoying tho delicious a,mo
sphere IN front OF his house
metropolitan nousekccpcr advertised reccntiv 6cs
n wet nurse. young Irish gIr offered herself
How old arc you, Bridget ~ said the dame ..six
teen, please maam." "fiavo you ever had a baby Y'
mo, maam, but am very fond Of them s.rhcn I
am afraid Bridget yor will do for inc: II is a VIC,
nurse want" "oh, p,Ase, ma'xm, know III do,
L m very aisy TO teach
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

The CApsIzrNo oP THE MOHAWK has re-
called similar disasters to shipping in New
York Bay. One case which is almost an
exact parallel is that of the revenue cutter
Taney, which was overturned by a sudden
sauall between Governors Island and Staten
island on the afternoon of August
B. 1852. As in the case of the
Mohawk the wind bolt struck the top
mast and she careened. Five lives were
also lost on the Taney. We copy elsewhere
the story of the sad event from the files of
the HERALD. Another case, but not so strik-
ingly similar to the Mohawk disaster was
the knocking over of the hot air steamer
Ericsson, in the North River, during ter
rife storm of thunder, rain and wind on the
afternoon of tho 9th April, 1854 She had
lust returned from trial trip which was
pronounced satisfactory, but since the dis
aster little has been heard of hot air as q
marine motive power. There were no lives
~ IN The latter cssa
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

SOME PERSON UNKNOWN TO THE JURY shot
a man dead on the Fourth of July, and the
announcement of that fact, with the simple
qualification by the Coroner, seems to satisfy
that official that his duty is fully discharged
The law clothes coroners with almost abso-
lutte power in the matter of investigating the
causes of violent death. 1t certainly does
not speak well for the efficiency of the Coro-
ner and his assistant when q case of homicide
can be disposed of in few sentences, of
which the first few words above form the sum
and substance
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

Two ELECTIONS de Tejada and
Boisrond Canal have been elected Presi-
dents of Mexico and Hayti respectively. The
former has, doubtless, been aided in his
canvass by the rebellion at present on its
last legs; tho latter had to knock his
predecessor on the head before he could get
u Presidential vacancy. Lerdo is not sure
that the Mexican Congress will confirm the
vote which prolongs the power he gained by
the death of Juarez, and General Canal s
position may be chronically regarded as
mighty onsartain."
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

The Late A. #. stcwart's Ninspeople.
We print on another page an indignant let
ter written on the assumption that we had
called some of Mr.. Stewards pretended rela-
tives impostors. We have no recollection of
applying that term in such q manner that
any real kinsman or kinswoman of Mr.
Stewart could take offence; but we may
perhaps, have employed strong language in
connection with the attempts to set aside
Mr. Stewards will. If the great merchant
had died intestate it would have been
proper enough for all his near and all his
distant blood relations to have asserted their
kinship and put in their claims to his prop
erty. But against valid will all such
claims are worthless and ridiculous. Every
man has an unquestionable right to dispose
of his property by will as he pleases, and Mr..
Stewart very naturally and properly devised
the bulk of his to his childless wife. If she
had borne him sons and daughters, and
they had been neglected in the will,
there might have been reasonable pre-
sumption that the will did not express his
real intentions. But no such presumption
can arise in the case of distant cousins. It
is not necessary to dispute the relationship
of these people in order to explode their
pretensions. The fact that Mr.. Stewart
during his life kept himself entirely aloof
from them proves that he had no such
special regard for them as would make his
omission to recognize them in his will
strange. The most they can say is that they
would have a claim to share of his prop
erty in the absence of will; but against a
will their claims are preposterous, unless
they can prove that Mr.. Stewart was of un-
sound mind when he made the will. His
neglect of distant cousins whom he never
recognized during his life is quite consist
ent with the full possession of his faculties.
He never gave them the slightest reason to
expect that he would bequeath them dollar
of his property, and their parade of kinship
against valid will is simply absurd.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

Right to harass the government. has
naturally led to strong language on
the part of the republican journals
Hard words, however, will break
no bones, and although it must be
CALLING to tolerate a party whose votes are
cast without principle and for the most un-
patriotic of purposes, the republicans must
bottle up their righteous anger and wait till
they can extirpate Bonapartism at the polls.
A few years moro of the moderate Republic
will thin their ranks in the French Parlia-
ment wonderfully.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

A Suggestion to the Cambridge Crew.
The committee who will meet the newly
arrived Cambridge First Trinity Four
rectly to Philadelphia, where the races in
which they propose rowing do not come off
until about the last week in August, to go at
once to Saratoga and row in the Open ANA
teur Fours there on Wednesday, August 8.
In President Closes letter of the 25th ult.
he states that the principal race in which his
crew hope to row here is the intercollegiate
one of Philadelphia. But, unfortunately,
this years intercollegiate race was rowed
last Wednesday on Saratoga lake,
the plan of the Centennial Com
mittee to have it at Philadel-
phia not succeeding, so that our
English guests are in a way to be seriously
disappointed. An intercollegiate race is, to
be sure, still advertised to take place at
Philadelphia among the Centennial races,
but only two colleges, Yale and Columbia,
are at present talked of as likely to send
crews, and there is little chance at best of its
being such race as Cambridge had con-
templated. Now it would be great rudeness
on the part of our students 10 let this or any
college crew come three thousand miles to
row them and not give them a race. By
making one purposely for the second week in
August on Saratoga Lake, and Yale and Cor
nell, Harvard and Columbia all taking part,
this could be accomplished, and Yale and
Columbia would thus have a chance to beat
Cornell and make very interesting struggle.
If this plan is rejected all these college
crews could enter the race for international
amateur fours in August, and SO the famous
Atalantas and Argonautas, Beaverwycks and
Neptunes, of the East and the Duquesnes,
Wahwahsums (the new crew that recently
beat the latter), and perhaps the Bufaloes of
the West, would all have a chance to measure
blades with the foreign foe, and this on q
track long enough to test endurance instead
of merely speed. A most potent reason why
the Cambridge men should go to Saratoga is
that they have just come to
climate hotter than their own. in
year when it is far hotter than
usual, too, and if they go directly to Philadel-
phia they will find an especially hot city,
while Saratoga, far to the north, is the very
place by going to which troops of our best
people seek to avoid even New York heat.
Let Saratoga also later that same week offer
purse for international professional fours,
and have the st. John, Halifax, Pittsburg,
Boston and Biglin teams in, and they will
have such week of racing as this country
never saw, while all the crews can go from
there to Philadelphia with a most valuable
bit of experience of each others quality and
yet have ample time to learn the short
Schuylkill track and be in the heat as little
as possible. We respectfully urge the at
tention of both the Cambridge men and the
com m ittee IN these suCpestiOns
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

INcREpIBLB BLuNDERrNG. explosion
of tho boilers of the English man-of-war
Thunderer appears to have been caused by
. piece of negligence which throws the
stupidity of the orders that resulted
In the sinking of the Vanguard and
the carelessness that almost sent the
Iron Duke to the bottom completely
in the shade Having wedged down
all the valves of the boilers to test them by
hydraulic pressure the engineers few days
afterward began to get up steam without re-
moving the wedges. As there was no escape
for the vapor except through the sides of
The boiler it went that way when the proper
pressure had been reached. The English
re ominously unlucky with their new iron
navy.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

The SHOOTING AT WIMBLEDON yesterday
rifemen. The Scotch team did better than
the Englishmen at the long ranges, their
average being S02S per cent. The Austria
lians were considerably behind the centre
average
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

The PRosPEcr PARK LAKE YACHT RACES
were unusually interesting yesterday, as
fne breeze brought out all the sailing quail
ties of the miniature craft. The yachts of
two clubs took part in the regatta and much
emulation was therefore aroused among the
youthful owners. This really delightful
sport for boys has merits which need no
words to make apparent.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

The New FLOATING BATHS recently ordered
to be erected by the city of New York under
an act of the Legislature are not yet ready,
although a considerable time has elapsed
since the contract was awarded 1t would
seem as if the poor cannot enjoy the use of
these necessary buildings until next sum-
mer. by which time our officials and con-
Tractors will conclude to do something about
the matter.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

WE VIEW WITH ALARM AND DIsGUsT q
probable revival of the Beecher controversy
in all it's revolving forms. While we recog-
nize the right Of all to seek redress in the
courts for real or even imaginary grievances
we still regret that there is no secret tribu-
nal where the very dirty linen of modern
society can be washed out of the sight Of all
who admire the good and pure.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

The WEATHER AND THE WASHINGTON EcoNo-
MIsTs have well nigh worn out our humber
Post Office officials--the first by a reduction
of fvital forces and the second by reduction
of pay to the starvation standard. On the
principle that too far east is west our
democratic friends may pass from the virtue
of economy to the vice of stupid niggard-
illness in dealing with the public service.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

Ring, and the utility of which makes us for
give many Of their sins. We should tunnel
the Hudson so that the great trunk lines
from the West and South could terminate on
the island, and not in New Jersey. Then We
should have perfect system of drainage.
Our sanitary arrangements are crime. Our
streets, in nine cases out Of ten, are a
nuisance. We should have more parks and
those we have should be made attractive
summer resorts. Beyond spot here and
there like Madison square, Union square and
one side of the Battery, New York in all
respects falls below the true standard of
metropolitan excellence.
Let us, however, take heart from the ex-
ample of Paris and see if we cannot revive
and rebuild the metropolis. Comptroller
Green has a fine chance to lead in this work.
The people respect him as an honest, bold
man who has erred on the side of thrift.
Now let him take the lead in the regenera-
ton of the metropolis. If Mr.. Green will
only agree to take up this work he can have
fifty or o hundred millions if he wishes.
The people demand a new policy and they
will have it, if new men are necessary to
carry it out.
There never was time when really great
man could do more good than now. New
York wants government that will benefit
the rich and the poor. She wants the bless
ings and advantages of civilization. She
feels that she has been ruined by the small,
narrow, thieving rulers who have preyed
upon her substance. She sees the thief dy
nasty under Tweed give place to the imbecile
dynasty under Wickham-and all the time
matters grow worse and worse. If Mr.. Green
had the genius to build up rs well as the
genius to tear down; if he could see the future
of New York as clearly as he sees the past !;
if he were as far-seeing and bold as he has
shown himself to be brave and honest, then
we might see better days. The hour has
come; we need the man. New York must
enter upon new career, for we have had
enough of crime and folly. Where is the
man who can lead us?
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

The SERvIAN WAR has not taken a new
aspect, the defeats on the northeast and
southwest now reported being merely q con.
tinuation of the disasters that have over
taken the Slavonic arms from the start.
Roumania is said to be growing restive but
the war party will have little to give them
courage if, as is highly probable, the Turks
continue to strike the Servians so sorely.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

WALL STREET YESTERDAYS Stocks were
dull, irregular and closed weak Gold de-
clined from III rs to Ill 3-4. Money on
call was supplied at 1-2 and per cent.
The bank statement shows n further gain in
the reserve Government and railway bonds
were firm.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

NOTICE TO COUNTRY NEwsDEAIERs. - For
prompt and regular delicery Of the HERALD Jy
fast mail trains orders must be sent direct to
his office. Postage free.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

From our reports this morning Me probabilities
are Ma. the aceat.er to-day ,oiH be cooler and
generally clear.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

During the summer months the Herald 'oH
be sent to subscribers in the country at the rate Of
ttcenty:tics cents per aceeh, free Of postage
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

The DEFEAT OF THE UNIVERSITY BILL by
the Senate, owing to the Bonapartists, like
true friends of confusion. siding with the
The New York herald., 1876-07-23
TRIPLE e S IL + E Il.

NEW YORK, SUNDAY. JULY 80. 1876.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

WALJACK'S THEATRE.
TIE MIGHTY DOLLAR. at 8 T. NJ.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE.
PIQUE, at q p. NJ.
The New York herald., 1876-07-23

BOWERY THEATRE.
HUSH ABY BABY at T.. NJ
The New York herald., 1876-07-23
ADJUSTMENTS TOMORROW.

TONY PASTORS THEATRE.
VARIETY At
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-10-11
ssy Green az Wise.

Real EStata-Ag gents and Actioneersl
VALUABLE REAL ESTA! IL IN allen.
' ANDRIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA, FOR
Sale
Under authority Of the decree of the Circuit
Court Of 4 loxandria county, Va, in The suit of
Roach: executors Gg .!a:t Koach's devisees,
passed 1t the hiay term, 1915, the undersigned,
rs commissioner, will otter on SE.IU Il "a I ,
October 18th, 1876, At II IN, By public auction,
Onlcss taken W. At prlvn.c sale, p.ioc 10 the !st
# October neAt) the following described prop
eTty:
Of james o.ch, dec.a:er, on tbs south side Of
he Arlington turnpike, and on the css: side OF
the oil r"ad and the Alexandria and George
town road, containing. FIFTY ACkES. On 81
this trsct are The LARGE BRICK MANSION Es
HOUSE AMI STA BLt.S. with other cut buiid-
ings-thc whole making one Of the most dcs!r"
able residences il the county.
,. \ triangular PIECE OF GROUND to the
west Of The agove, situated between the old 70 d
and the A!cxandra and Georgetown road, con
tanning FO UHTEEN ACRES, three roods and
len poles
3. a TRACT OF LAND in said county, on
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dria TO Georgetown, about eQu!-distant from
Washin gtor, hiexandrs and Gcorget pwn con
talniGg :bou. 81 q, 0 =. snd II p This place
mill or ;. factory, ard the land is of fair quality.
Sac 10 take place on the east front Of the
Postotfice building Alexandria, Va.
Iern.s Twenty per cent OF the purchase
money cash the residue IN three equal in<ta!
men's st si2 lwel%e snd eighteen months. re-
srcci!ve!y, with interest, to be secured by bonds
Il tao purchaser, with g roG personal security
;iIa 70 be retained until fu!: payment Of the
purchase mon Y, and the land to be resod at
IurcnAser's risk on defaui. in meeting bonds at
maturity. .F4kGUSON BEACH,
sep l3-"ots Commissioner.
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AUCTION SALES.

GALE OF VERY DESIRABLE PROPER
y TY-Pursusnt to the decree of the Circuit
Court of Fairfax county, pronounced at June
term, 1874 in the suit of Charles }. Brewer and
others, the undersigned commissioners named
in said decree will, on MON DA I. the 2lst day
of August 1876 that being Court daT, at noon
of that day. before the door Of the Court House
of said county. sell to the highest bidder, By
public auction that valu bile property Cd which
John w. Pierpoint at resent resides, formerly
the residence of the late William Brewer MS
tract contains ON E II IN RED AND Sixty
ACRES, is improved by y comfortable s:aEas
FRAME DWELLING, with the usual ZEE,
out buildings, is well watered and tinlbercd, IN
good state Of cultivation, COED rult and lies on
the Middle Pike neur Gibson's woods, and ad-
Joins ASH Grove"
Terms OF Sale: Enough cssh in hand to pay
the expenses of sale and the sum OF sos4 %. Win
interest thereon from the 18th day Of April,
1870 till day of ssle and tho residue IN three
cqua sTnual payments, to Dear interest rom
til. day Of saic 80 BE- secured By he notes OF Id
purchaser, with gor,i personal security, snd re-
tention of title until tho last payment is Inado
Convey ancing IT the expense OF the pulctAsef'
THOMAS Il LOVE, Co1nmlSIione''
THOMAS MOORE. ! Of nnle
Fairfax county. jy l7-wAW
aas- The above sale is postponei unit A,'N
DAY, the 18TH day OF September next. lou!
day. 1t the same plsce and hour nu Is ~ !
re- The above Sc is postponed untli NJ"
D.. ), the l6th ,lsv of OcloDcr next, Court day
at The same hour s"d place. ,r
THOM is MOORE,
sen l9-w:d Comm'rs o. Sa;h.
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