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FATHER MELROY.

FUNERAL RITES OF THE AGED PRIEST AND
Observation-Disclosures EULouY ON THE
picEAsED-A TRIBUTE WITHOUT REGARD
40 CREED OR CLASS.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE HERALD
FREDERICK, Md, Sept lG 1871
At an early hour yesterday morning tho remains Of
the Rev. Father McEiroy tho oldest Jesuit priest IN
the world. who died In this city Tuesday last, were
taken to ST. Johns Church and thero per rnttod c
IN state until eleven O'Clock, when the fanorai took
place.
SERVICES
The sacred cdncc ciaboralcy draped, ana masses
wero continually read FROM lvo 10 half past eight
O'Clock a. NJ, when the chanting OF tho Offices OF tho
dead was commenced The "Benedictus" was sung by u
splendid chorus OF scmnarians from tho noviiiatc
and a solemn dirgc performed upon tho organ by DR.
Diclman, OF N ount st. Mary's College
kuLoGY
At tho conclusion OF the last mass, which colo
braod by Father Brady the Provincial General OF the
Order, Father Maguirc delivered brilliant cuosy on
the deceased stating that his fame was cocxtcnsivo
with the world, Tor he WAS vol known not only III
America but also throughout the countries OF the Old
World.
During the services many hundreds OF people, en-
brac ng all and classes OF society, paid
a last tribute of respect tho dead whose many
tues had so endcared hcn throughout his long
pastorato In this CITY, largo number OF prominent
priests from various sections was IN attendance
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THE SITTING BULL COMMISSION.


ON THE WAY TO THE LAIR or THE SIOUX
IIoN-THE PARTY AND IT'S MovExENTs-
PLAN OF PROCEEDINGS ADOPTED.
IpY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALp.l
CHEYENNE, Wy. T., Sept Is, 1877.
The Sitting Bull Commission and party passed
through hore ut Ave Y. NJ. on their way West. The
commission consists OF General A. II. Terry, com
manding Department OF Dakota, and General A G.
Lawrence, Of Rhode Island. Colonel II. G. Corbin
Secretary to tho commission, and Jay Stone
slenographor. Colonel 4. W. Smith accompanies
General Tory aid, and orderly and a go
with General Lawrence, who lost IN tho
assault on Fort Fisher.
TIM ROUTE.
The entire party, with gh, baggage, well armed and
prov ldcd from head foot with furs for
with tho November cold above tho Canadian border,
will reach Ogden, Utah, tomorrow evening and Will
probably tako the Northern Utah train for Franklin,
distance OF eighty miles, tomorrow night and thence
proceed on tho following day by special coach over
the Montana stage line for Helena ride OF 425 miles
They expect 10 reach Helena tho 23d and Fort
Shaw, eighty mos further, about the 25tb: thence
the party will take horses and proceed with cavalry
Fort Benton and from there to tho Canadian
line, arriving there II no misfortune prevents, early
IN October. Tho Canadian fort. ''Walsh,' which is
2I3 miles north OF Fort shaw may be reached
October D and ~, but this Is not certain.
PLAN OF OPERATIONS
At Fort Walsh Sitting Bull will have been invited by
the Canadian government TO como aud confer Win
the United States Commission. IL Is questionable
whether he Will accept the invitation ip which case
tho commission Will seek him In whatever camp or
fasness he has chosen and telling how many days
wocKs may be consumed in the hunt and tho con-
ference Tho entire route above Helena los through
country OF hostile Indians. Tho scenery in parts
Is extremely wild and grand Tho party anticipate an
adventurous and romantic trip but are not conf
dent OF making satisfactory arrangements with Sitting
Bull; but, whether he consents to return or not the
United States government will have performed It's duty
the Dominion by using strenuous and only prac;i-
cable endcavor
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.

General Peter " Hagncr, United States Army; Rev.
DR.. Thomas H. skinner, OF Cincinnati, and Harvey g.
Eastman, of Poughkeepsc, arc at the Fifth Avenue
Ex Congressman John Lynch, OF Maine, is ut tho
Windsor. James a. Dumont, supervising Inspector
General Of Steamboats, Is at tho Hoffman. Professor
Edward II. Griffin, of Williams College,; Captain
Hamilton Perry, of tho steamship Adriatic, and
Captain Henry Tibbts, Of tho steamship City Of
Chester ut the Everett Rev. Dr. James Eells, oi
San Francisco, is At the Westminster. Lieutenant
Aaron Ward, United States Navy, is ut the Bruins
wick
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THE CANAL BOAT MYSTERY.

SUPPOSED MURDER ON THE RIDEAU-srArE-
MESr or DEcKHANp REGARDING ThE
woMAN's FALL -cAnELEssNEss
ov CAPTAIN AND CREW.
lnx TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.l
ALBANY, N. Y. Sept H. 1871
The mystsry Of the supposed murder on tho canal
boat Rdeau soems to bo pretty thoroughly solved by
the statement mado last night to Detective Dwyer,
by Chief OF Police Maoy, OF this city, %
investigate tho matter. upon the ARRIVAL Of the Rdesa
here with her tow
STATEMENT OF DEcknANp
Tho tow was about getting under way when be
reached here. but he enabled 10 very thos-
ough search, which resulted Gnding o deck.
hand named Purdham. who made . statement
substantially follows:-He was engaged In hitch.
ing tho boats together the night OF Thursday and
observed tho woman referred TO- sho went down tho
cabin Of the boat aud Immediately angry voices wero
heard. Finally he distinguished her voice saying:-
81 dont want no moro OF IT, - and she then emerged
nom the cabin His Inference was that they had bcon
giving her whiskey. She passed py him and seemed
10 be either Intoxicated Or crazy She very neatly
dressod, wearing among other ornaments chain and
pendant from her neck aud she stopped front
OF hn and Offering tho 10 his lips said, kiss
that cross and ll pray Tor you She thon walked to
the edge OF tho boat. which tho stern OF tho
tow. and disappeared overheard
SUICIDE
Whether she throw herself overheard or foil he can
not positively state He Immediately made an outcry
and tried to attract tho attention Of tho engineer OF tho
tugooat which was pulling thc tow. But II was to
tar away, thoro bong about fifteen boats IN the tow.
The crew came up however IRON the cabin OF tho
Kideau, aud in reply 10 his earncst demands for
small boat to help her the captain OF the boat said:
'God damn her. let her drown
No effort was made aitcr that 70 rcscuc her. As the
tide was gong she must have passed under several
boats OF tho tow aud could have survived In tho
absence OF any authority from Now York. ohor OF the
Coroncrs or Chioi Of Police. and, indeed Of any ntor
nation except what your correspondent and tho news-
papers gave him. Chei Naoy could not undertake 10
dctain the the boat. but he is confident that
tho identity OF tho body found at pier 10 with that OF
the woman who disappeared from tho Ridcau u ostab-
lishcd.
MALOY.
HIS theory considering the TACT that she had tow
Ing bill OF the Rideau the bosom OF hor dross, Is
that sho tho vito mistress OF tho captain, had
boon sent ashore TO get tho towing bill, aud had be-
como somewhat intox xcated during her trip and had
hai quarrel the cabin. He thinks that publica-
ton OF these acts tho authorities may telegraph
thority for arrcstng the
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entire crow of the Lady Alice, were swept
over the furious falls of Mbelo, whence only
by a miracle they escaped.
sTANLEY's LATEST MOVEMENTS.
The explorer wrtes:-I make the expe-
dition from Bona by steamer to Calinda,
and proceed thence to st. Paul de Loanda
Mr.. Price, of the firm of IIatton & Cookson,
of Liverpool, takes my letter to you, via An
COLA. HENRY NJ. STANLEY"
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Complete Success Of the Trans
continental Exploration.
THE LUALABA Is THE CONGO.
Death of Francis Pocock and the
Faithful Kalulu.
A GREAT WORK COMPLETED.
[DY CABLE TO THE HERALD. I

LONDON, Sept. II, 1877.
After nearly twelve months of anxious
luspense, during which the gravest fears
we're entertained for the safety of the gall
ant African explorer, the welcome news
has at length come that Henry NJ. Stanley.
he special commissioner of the New YORK
HERALD and the London Daily Telegraph has
urived on the west coast of Africa after q
errible journey across the continent along
he line of the Lualaba otherwise the Congo
dyer.
ON THE ATLANTIC COAST.
Stanley's despatch is dated from Emboma,
Congo River, west coast of Africa, August
10, and informs us that he arrived ut that
,oint on August from Zanzibar with only
Us souls the entire party in On awful con-
lition after their long and terrible journey
through the heart Of the African continent.
WESTWARD, Ho!
After completing the exploration of Lake
ranganyika and settling definitely by actual
mrvey the question of the outflow of the
AXE by what was believed to be the River
Lakuga, but which he has proved to be only
creek draining into the lake, except when
Ihe waters of the great inland sea attain ON
Extraordinary level, Stanley and his fol-
lowers pushed across the country to Nyan-
ywe, on the Lualaba. This was the most
northerly roint reached by Cameron when
Ae attempted to solve the mystery of the
Congo and its identity with the main drain
.ge line of the Lualaba basin.
WESTWARD FROM NYANGwE.
Stanley left Nyangwe on the 18th of No.
rember, 1876, and travelled overland
Ihrough Urogga, with his party. The
TASK of penetrating the unexplored
wilds that stretched before him to
the westward was calculated to impress
him with n sense of danger that nothing but
ihe stern call of duty and the promptings
Of ambitious resolution could overcome.
He was about to plunge into a region where
be would be as completely cut off from hope
Of succor if fortune did not favor him in his
Journey as if he was wandering Oh the sur
lace OF another planet.
IMpENETBABLE FORESTS.
After On arduous march of many days
through country filled with difficulties,
and being compelled to transport on the
shoulders of his men every pound of pro-
visions and other stores noce>N.ry for the
transcontinontal journey, and besides car
rying in similar manner the sections Of
the Lady Alice exploring boat and the arms
md ammunition of his party, Stanley
found himself brought to stand by i'm
mense tracts of dense forests, through which
all attempts at progress were futile.
CROSSING THE LuALADA.
Finding that no could not advance along
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SARATOGA.

THE UNITED STATES HOTEL TO REMAIN OPEN
UNTIL OCTOBER.
INK TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
SARATOGA SrRisGs, Sept IL, 1877.
Tho statement rnado IN your correspondents letter
from this place, under date Of tho 1sth, that the
United States Hotel will close tomorrow, was made
under a misapprchcnson OF the acts The prophet
stto that ihcy have this morning $40 guests and an
pouncc their intention OF kecpng open until the lst OF
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FATAL STABBING AFFRAY.
[nY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ]

INK TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALp.1
ERIE, Pa, Sept TO- 1877.
John OBrien ard Frank Mclean, two sailors from
the propeller J. Fay, came ashore last night, got
drunk and quarrelcd Whiic walking along n dark
street Mclean suddenly stopped drew ms knifc and
savagcly stabbed OIIrtcD three tour times IN tho
back. infcting fatal injuries. O'Brcn is s, alive,
but iailing last. Mclean was arrastsd
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SUICIDE IN JAIL.
SAD END OF PROLONGED INTEMPEnANcE.
[pY TELEGRAPH TO THE uERAID.1

ALBANY, N Y, Sept 1G, 1871
young man giving tho name of Frederick Bal.
antync, OF No ll0 Front street. New York. committed
suicide In the jail hero to-day by cutting hts throat
with q common tablo knife. Ho registered ut the
Clarendon Hotel hero three weeks ago and Is supposed
to have boon agent for Now York ten house and his
real name Frederick Boundy. lilo had been drinking
very hard his arrival hero and Tor tho past four
days had boon inmate Of tho jail, put thcrc BY
friends 10 keep him from drinking.
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good canoes for the party, Stanley concluded
that he could advance with better pros
pect of success than in any other way.
FIGHTING ON THE RIVER
Although he had q decided advantage
over the savages on the water Stanley
still found that each days advance was but
repetition Of the struggle of the day pre-
vious. 1t was desperate fighting all the
time while pushing down the river with
might and main. Fortunately it was still
the rifle against the bow, but then the bow
was covered by the dense woods and the
rifle was exposed in the open canoe.
THE CATARACTs OF THE LUALABA
In the midst Of these successive strug-
giles Stanley's journey on the river was
interrupted by series of great cataracts,
not far apart from each other and just
north and south of the equator. 10 pass
these obstacles he had to cut his way
through over thirteen miles Of dense forest
and drag his eighteen canoes and the
exploring boat Lady Alice overland.
This enormous labor entailed the most
exhausting efforts, and the men had fire.
quently to abandon the axe and drag-ropes
for their rifles to defend themselves against
the continuous assaults of the hostile
natives.
BREATHING SPELL.
After passing the cataracts Stanley and
his party had long breathing pause from
the toll of dragging their boats through the
forest. They were also comparatively se-
cure from attack and took measures to re-
cruit their exhausted strength before again
encountering the dangers of the journey
westward.
THE COURSE OF THE LUAIABA.
Although fighting his way continuously
Stanley did not neglect the objects of his
journey, and found opportunity to note all
the interesting changes and physical char
acteristics of the route. At two degrees
north latitude he found that the course of the
Great Lualaba swerved from it's almost direct
northerly direction to the northwestward,
to the westward and then to the southwest
ward, developing into broad stream, vary
ing in width from two to ten miles, and
choked with islands.
AVOIDING THE MAIN SHORES
In order to avoid tho struggles with the
tribes of desperate cannibals that inhabited
Stanloy's canoe feet, led by the Lady Alice,
padded along between the islands, taking
advantage of the cover they afforded as
protection from attack. In this way many
miles down the stream were made by the
expedition unmolested by the natives.
THREATENED STARVATION.
But this safety from attack was purchased
by much suffering. Cut off from supplies
in the middle of the great river, starvation
threatened to destroy the expedition. Tho
most extreme hunger was endured by the
party, which passed thrco entire days abso-
lntcly without any food.
DARING THE WORST.
This terrible state of things could not be
any longer endured, so Stanley resolved to
meet his fate on tho mainland rather than
by hunger on the river. He therefore
turned his course to the lett bank of the
Lualaba, and, with the singular good for
tune that has generally attended him,
reached the village of q tribe acquainted
with trade.
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the line he had first intended to follow
Stanley crossed the Lualaba and continued
his journey along the left bank Of the river,
passing through the district known as
northeast Ukusu. On this route he endeav-
ored to find an outlet westward, but the
jungle was so dense, and the tatigues of the
march so harassing that it seemed impossi-
BILE for him to succeed in passing the tre-
mendous barrier of the forest.
FIGHTING HIS WAY.
To add to the horrors of his position in
these Central African wildS Stanley found
himself opposed at every step by the hostile
cannibal natives. The savages filled the
woods and day and night poured flights of
poisoned arrows on his party, which killed
and fatally wounded many of his men.
From every tree and rock along the route
the deadly missiles winged their fatal
course, and the heavily laden bearers fell
dead under their loads in the dark forest.
Only now and then could Stanley and his
men reply to this silent fire with their rifles,
for the savages kept under the densest cover
and rarely exposed themselves.
DEADLY STRUGGLE.
Stanley's march through these cannibal
regions soon became almost hopeless. There
was no cessation to the fighting day or
night. An attempt at camping merely con-
centrated the savages and rendered their
fire more deadly. The advance was sue
cession Of charges in rude skirmishing
order by an advance guard, whose duty it
was to clear the road for the main body. A
treat, for, although advancing against one
enemy, the movement was o retreat from
another.
NO COMPROMISE.
All Stanley's efforts to appease the savages
were unavailing. They would listen to no
overtures, disregarded all signals of friend
ship and of mildness of intention and refused
to be pacifed with gifts. The patient be-
haviour OF Stanleys men they regarded as
cowardice, SO that no course remained open
to the explorer but to fight his way onward
4 1oc
To render Stanley's position still more de-
plorable his escort of 14O natives, whom he
had engaged for the service ut Nyangwe, re-
fused to proceed further on the journey and
deserted him. Thoy were SO overawed by
tho terrors of the forest and the continuous
struggle that they believed destruction was
certain to overtake the whole party, and
prudently resolved not to be destroyed
GRAND ATTACK.
Finding that his ranks were thinned by
the desertion of the Nyangwe men the hos
tile natives concentrated for grand attack
Oh Stanley. with the object of completely
crushing him. 1t became necessary, there
fore, to organize desperate resistance,
which was happily successful SO far that it
repulscd the savages for the time being and
gave the explorer chance to reconsider his
plans and make arrangements to adapt them
to his trying situation.
ONLY ONE WAY TO ESCAPE
There was only one way to escape from
the hapless position in which Stanley now
found himself, unless he accepted tho alter
native of returning to Nyangwe and aban-
doning the grand work which no had under
taken. This was to make use of canoes.
With the Lady Alice as last reliance. and
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THE COTTON CROP.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept 16. 1877
By clerical error in yesterdays cotton report Of
the Agricultural Department. tho general average waa
stated 10 be nnoty rho average OF tho figures
presented eighty six, which Is Dvo less than ast
September.
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DIED..

BuRsn.-At Stevens building, September 10, Of
chronic pneumonia STEPHEN BRusm, IN the 6lst ysai
OF his age.
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
tor Other Deaths See Niath IaJGJ
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