Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-10-06
PACIFIC COAST.
Charges Against Minister
Seward.
A Mail Steamship Steams in
on Fire.
ACTION OF THE WATER COM
MISSION.
Billy Carr Indicted, by Gosh !"
Billy Carr Indicted, by Gosh =

SAN FRANCISCO. October 5.
The Chronicle publishes a statement
Of JDo. G.. Myers, suspended Consul
General to China, relative to the sus-
pension by Minister seward. which he
claims was prompted by improper mo-
tives, and that Stewards hostility was
due to the fact that NJ yers had opposed
him in corrupt and improper transac-
tons; that Seward was interested in
building roads and rail ways in the vi
cinity of Shanghai, induced his official
influence to force these enterprises
upon the Chinese people in c%ontraven-
ton of the principles of international
law and treaty obligations; that Seward
leased consulate buildings and rented
them to the United States at a profit of
S40O per month; that u of the United
States MarshalS, John Phoenix, had
been serving five years under a tenn
porary appointment, at All annual sal
airy of 81 900, while the fees of the office
had been appropriated by Seward, and
Bradford. Vice Consul at Shanghai;
and the same course had been pursued
with the predecessors of Phoenix, and
that the records had been mutilated to
cover up these illegal practices. These
and other transactions were discovered
Nv eiio hIltt MS ORRbNtlifFlls
which occasioned Stewards hostility.
The statement was prepared, by aid of
counsel, while Myers was recently in
this city, and. with accom- panying doc
uments, will be presented to the Senate
Committee OH Foreign Affairs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. B..
About 10 O'Clock this morning
the city was startled by a re
port that the Pacific Mail steamship
Constitution, from Victoria and Puget
Sound, was on fire off the Heads.
Tugs we're at once dispatched to her
assistance, and about An hour later
she made her appearance coming up
the channel. Many who had heard
the news locked to Telegraph Hill
and other favorable points to watch
her coming. Five tugs surrounded
her. urging her onward with the
greatest possible speed, while the en-
gines of the teamer were also work.
ing to the full power Of her forward
boilers, the after set being evidently
inactive and the fire appearing to bs in
their immediate vicinity. Huge vol
umes of smoke poured from the deck
Just abaft the paddle boxes, and from
every port forward and ait
the smoke was also curling.
The passengers were mostly grouped
on the forward deck, but no confu
sion was visible and everything
seemed to be carried on in an orderly
manner. Arriving off North Point,
the course Of the ship changed, and
instead of standing off toward Goat
Island and making a wide circuit out
side OF the ships anchored in the
stream, her head was swung sharply
around and she passed rapidly along
the city front until she reached the vi
cinily Of the Mail Dock. Her passen-
gers were landed, and the ship was
then grounded on the mud flats near
hy. 1t has been ascertained that the
firs was discovered about II O'Clock
last night In the GOAL bunkers. Beyond
that, little has yet been lean ned The
officers Of the company intimate that
the damage IL not great. and the fire
has been extiDguished; but from the
haste made in Bleaching the ship and
the smoke h a enveloped her, il seems
probable that the damage must be con-
siderable. The Constitution had on
board 30 passengers, some $4,000 in
treasure and a general cargo. This
was her first trip on the Victoria route,
previous to which she had been laid
up for some time.
The steamer Constitution was towed
to Mission flats, scuttled and sunk to
her guards. During the afternoon a
number of tugs and hre engines were
pouring streams into her, and she is
now full Of water to within two or
three feet OF her main deck. The
nre was extInguished about 5 o'clock
r. NJ. The damage has not yet been
ascertalned, but it is believed to have
been confined mostly TO the cargo.
The ship was about so miles from port
when the fire was discovered. The