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New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
STRANDED NEAR KITTY HAWK.

INVOLVEMENT OF THE DIsASTEE-24S PERSONS
on BOARD, so OF WHOM REACH THE SHORE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-The Signal Service OBJ
server at Kitty Hawk, " c., reported to the Cmei
Signal Officer at $50 p. m this evening, as follows
The steamship Metropolis stranded ON Curiituck
Roach three miles north of tho Currituck Lighthouse
rdis total loss There 2iS passengers on board
~ whom fifty swan ashore. No assistance from Life
Saving Station
The Chief Signal Officer has ordered one of the
onerators at Kitty Hawk Station to go at once on
horseback TO the scene of the wreck, open tele-
cranb station there. and forward all information as
raridly as it can be obtained. The wreck lies about
tw.pty miles north of Kitty Hawk Station. The
Metropolis left Philadelphia on the 29th inst. for
Brazil.
The messenger who brought the news of the
wreck of the Metropolis to the operator at Kitty
Hawk did not visit the wreck, but, as far as can be
ascertaned at present it appears that there are per-
sons still on board the steamer.
Full particulars will be obtained as soon as the
operaor reaches the scene of the wreck, whittier he
started at 7p.m He should reach there by mid
night
The Secretary of the Navy has directed Admiral
Trenchard in command at Norfolk, to send a steam
launch through the Albermarle and Chesapeake
Canal 10 the scene of the wreck.
The Signal Service sergeant at Norfolk reports
that the steamer Croatian and the constructing
steamer Rescue have started for the wreck.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01

uniform duty established. Among tho reasons as
signed for this request are the following:
Irs.-Nonc of this class Of goods arc manufac-
tured in the United States. except few OF the coar-
est fabr s. and none can be produced here because
while we do produce the raw material, there is not
sufficient moisture in the climate of the United
States to make the growth and treatment OF the
material practicable.
Secondly-Large quantities Of these goods are cut
up and manufactured into shirts and other articles
which are exported. If the duty should be reduced
this manufacture and export would be greatly in
creased and the United States, in the opinion OF
the petitioners, would be able to supply the Cana
dian and other markets.
Thirdlg--They ask for a reduction Of the duties
because they were accidentally increased per cent
in the revision of the statutes. Previous 10 the
adoption of the Revised Statutes the rates OF duty
were 80 and 35 cents var. Congress did not IN
tend to change the rates of duty by the codication
of the laws. but actually did in this case. lhe pet-
tioners think therefore that the laws ought at easG
to be restored to what it was before the late rey"
sion.
This petition was referred to the Committee oil
Ways and Means.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
PROTECTING THE FRONTIER.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WAsuINGToS, Thursday, Jan 81 1873.
The Naval Committee tie DAY before yesterday voted to
make an adverse report the Mckay ana secor claims
fnr extra conversation for the building Oi iron cadS.
Colonel Robert e. ngcrsOl appeared before the commit
tee today and by dint OF eoquence persuaded its MEM
e.s reopen these and allow INN 10 make an ar
lgImeut IN their favor.
Ex-senator Simon Cameron arrived in Washington to-
day and spent several hours visiting lis friends on both
nj0rs of Senate ana House Of Representatives.
The turn OF the Massachusetts delegation has come.
Gentleman OF that state was indOrsed by the entire
Congressional delegation for Consulate In addition
lie had strong personal letter from Governor Rice 10 the
rrsidruf Amer TINS gentle, had been the hooks
Tor abolt five wrcks Mr.. PcXOttO OF California, was Sc
ecrd The gentleman who failed WAS also warmly sup
ported by other prominent members OF Congress VINO
gave their personal attention 10 the case.
Daniel McKeoycr, a prominent New-Iork merchant
has applied to be heard by the Ways ani Means Com
itt,e ~ opposition to the proposed increase Of duty on
p heaviest styi,- ~ Italian cloths and dress goods 20
II pcr pound and proposes 10 show that this increase Of
30 Der cent will rl.u that trade.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
SCENES BEFORE SAILING.
soRROwFUL PARTINGS BETWEEN PASSENGERS AND
RELATIVES LAST MONDAY-2l5 PASSENGERS On
BoARD-THE VESSELS CARGO.

soRROwFUL PARrINGs BETWEEN PASSENGERS AND
RELATIVES LAST MONDAY-2l5 PASSENGERS On
BoARD-THE VESSELS CARGO.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 31.-The steamship
Metropolis, Captain Ankers. the second YES. q
DISPATCHED from Philadelphia with material for
the Madeira and MamOre Railway, in Brazil
The vessel cleared last Monday, and sailed
on Tuesday with 215 passengers. 500 tons OF rails and
machinery and 200 tons OF stores all IN the charge OF
Mr. Paul j. White, late chief eng Of the Lchgh Nay
igation Company, and Mr. James L. Moore, also an en-
gnecr Of reputation and experience. The pass myers
were principally laborers and foremen engaged
10 work on the railroad. Mr. Thomas COlnss
wife and little boy were also on board.
On Monday the long wharf of the Reading
railroad at Wilow-st., at which the steamer
was anchored. was flied with n large number
OF people-men. women and children-who had
gathered there 10 give a long and sad good-by
10 the husbands fathers brothers ana friends who were
about 20 bury themselves they then thought for at
least eighteen months III the forests or the Upper ANA
Tue scenes such the quays OF Queenstown
and Londonderry witnessed half a century ago, when
the sons OF the Green Isle bade tender and fearful fare
wells 20 ther friends and relatives they embarked for
America
Tae incidents as the passengers embarked were fre
9Senty exceedingly pathetic. one nneoohng WSnan na
iaTeves finally elung 10 her husband win such ln-
tense sorrow that the latter was eompeSld ld 10 re-
ms heart a fine manly boy-a hotheriess Doy-oi
seven years, and begged, with tears In his eyes:
,"r permission to take llin along hGu Won pS W
The boy.p replied Mr.. Collps Then can't 20; wont
60" said the iaher The little fellow knew OF the stern
want that driving his father away TO asthhs .a
man weed up him he said, In spite OF the sorrow
o. the parting Pop CO. and III stay with Uncle jim
Le take care of me, aud the father now by Tar the
weaker OF the two, sailed away.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01

AN APPROPRIATION BILL REfDKifD lir nONNE
NEW AND OBJECTIONABLE LEGISLATION PRO-
POSED.
lBY TELEGRAPH 10 THE TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, Jan 31.-The House has at LAST be-
gun work on the regular appropriation bills with
the prospect as Mr. Charles Foster, n member of the
committee says, of not completing them until
August. The entire day spent in general de
bate on the Military Academy BIZ, and before the
adjournment the Committee on Appropriations must
have discOvered-what every one who watched the
debate with any care became convinced Of
that the peculiar provisions which they
had embodied IN the second and third
section of the bill will certainly be rejected by the
House. Both of these sections propose new leglSla-
tiOn of character that never ought to be engrafted
on appropriation bills, and over which the Commit
tee on Appropriations really has no jurisdiction
Tie second section provides that no civilian shall
be appointed to second-lieutenantcy in the
Army until there are sufficient assignments for all
the young men who are annually graduated
from West Point. Ii has often been said
that the United States Army is the most arstocratic
in the world thatpromotons from the ranks are less
frequent than in any European army, and that the
whole spirit and all the traditions Of the United
States Amy are opposed to giving the common sol
dier any encouragement by way of promo ION
beyond the rank OF subaltern. Under existing law
the President may under certain circumstances, mp
point secOnd-cutenants from civil life or from the
rank and file Of the Army: but if the second section
OF the Military Academy Bill as reported from the
Appropriations Committee. should be adopted, this
right even would be taken away.
The object of the third section is 10 reduce the
number of cadets at West Point. II provides that
whenever the name of a cadet Is dropped from the
rolls of the Military Academy. except on account OF
death or physical disability 10 other appointment
shall be made for the district which he represented
until the end of the term for which he was appoint
cd II is estimated that about 80 per cent of the
Young men who enter the Military Academy at West
Point fail 90 graduate for other reasons than death
or physical disability and the elect OF thls
section should IL become a law. would, Therefore, be
70 reduce u number of cadets IN that proportion.
The discussion to-day showed the Republicans 10 be
almost unanimously opposed 10 this provision, and
il was also resisted by members OF the Military Com
mittcc and other leading Democrats, promineht
among whom was Mr. ClaIkson n. Potter. OF New
York The Committee on Appropriations has already
been defeated d"rng the present Congress IN It's at
TEMPT TO reduce the Army below the standard OF
- 900 men, and il will certainly be beaten III its
present attempt 10 amend the law relating To ap-
pointpcnts III the Army, and tn the MihtaryAcademy.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
WRECK OF THE METROPOLIS.
NEARLY TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST.

NEARLY TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST.
THE STEAMER ASHORE TWENTY MILES NORTH OF
KITTY HAWK 90 OUT OF 24S PASSENGERS
REACH THE sHoRE-AssIsTANCE FROM NOR
FOLK.
The steamer Metropolis, which left Phlla-
depha last Tuesday for Para, Brazil, with
200 tons of material for the Madeira
and Mamore Railroad, went ashore late
Yesterday afternoon, during a violent north
cast gale. on Currituck Beach, North
Carolina, about twenty miles north OF Kitty
Hawk. She carried 249 passengers (mostly
laborers for the new railway, fifty OF whom
reached the shore. 1t is believed that the other
Messengers are lost Admiral Trcnchard has
been ordered to send aid from Norfolk,
from whence two steamers have already
ctortpl.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

JACKSONVILLE Fla, JAM 31.-The Standing Com
mttee the Diocese OF Floda to the cOnsccIon
o Dr. Ecceson, refuses consent 90 that OF Dr. seymour
BOsTON, Jan. 3l.-The will of the late Benz AMIN
T. devses family and relations syiuuyo, anu
s2OO0OJ charitable rs his executors may ue
teImine upon. -
BATH. Me- Jan. 31.-Launched to-day by William
Rogers 534 tons. named Antonio sea owned Dy
NewYork parties ana Captain b. T. luce OF StOek,oh Me-,
who her She intended for the Cuba business
MIppLErowY. NY Jan. 3l.-Orange County per
cent bonds the amount of s3ooOo running y .niee
eg years 10 replace cents due were sold to-day Al
M nemum Of ise. per cent Offers were made for
neatly G2OO,UUQ
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
WRECKED IN A VIOLENT GALE.

TWFNTY-FOUR HOURS IN A SOUTHEAST GALE-NEAR-
IY TWO HUNDRED LIVES SUPPOSED TO BE LOST
GREAT CONFUSION on BOARD THE STEAMER.
NORFOLK, Va, Jan! 3l.-At 6:3O o'clock this even
ing the steamship Metropolis, from Philadelphia for
Para, Brazil, went ashore on Currituck Beach, three
miles south of the lighthouse, during the prevalence
Of a violent southeast gale.
Great confusion prevailed on board Owing to
the fury of the gale and the roaring of the SURF the
orders Of the officers could not be heard About
fifty of the passengers and were washed
ashore: about 200 a1e believed to be lost From
The statements of some of the sailors who arrived
at one of the signal stations it appears that the
vessel had encountered heavy gales from the sonth
east for the last twenty-four hours, and when she
struck she was heading about south-southeast. The
vessel swung brOadside to the surf, which made
clean breach over her and washed many Of the peO-
pic overheard into the sea-
The Signal Office in Washington has ordered
an operator to the scene of the wreck,
and as soon teegraphc connection
is made full particulars viii be sent by the
agent of the Associated Press, who has gone to the
scene. on the tug Croatan, by way of the Abemarle
and Chesapeake Canal.
The report that no assistance had been sent
to the steamer from the life saving sta
tions in the vicinity, is another evi-
dencc of the necessity Of having practical and ef-
fcient men for such dangerous service.
The Secretary of the Navy has ordered assistance
to be sent from the Navy Yard to the scene but this
is simpractcable as there is no Government vessel
available here capable of doing the service. The
Teyenye cutter Cofax. Captain Irish, is here, and
no doubt will sail in the morning, if the gale VIII
permit for the scene of the disaster.
Currituck Beach, on the northeastern coast OF
North Carolina, lies the eastern side of Curri-
tuck Sound, which joins Albemarle Sound just
above the Kitty Hawk Signal Station. The
Curritucb Light House is about twenty
four miles north of Kitty Hawk, eight
miles below which the United States
steamer Huron and nearly 100 lives were
lost last November. The coast from Cape
Henry to Cape Hatteras is dangerous
one. In 1866 alone there were two vessels
wrecked between Kitty Hawk Station and
Currituck Light House. On March l of that
wear the Nuova Ottawa, an Italian bark,
bound from Italy to Baltimore went
ashore twenty miles above Kitty Hawk
and about four miles below tho Cuuituck
Light Nine of the thirteen members of her crew were
lost and all the members Of Life-Saving Station No
were lost while attempting to board the wreck
A month later the schooner Henry G. Fay. from
Jamaica for New York, ran ashore midway be-
tween Kitty Hawk and the other wreck. The crew
was saved but the vessel was an utter loss.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
A WILD WINTER STORM.
, WIND AND DRIFTING SNOW.

FIERCE WIND AND DRIFTING SNOW.
TRAVEL IMpEDED on ALL THE STREET CAR LINES
sTOIGd-DOUND STEAMERS LYING Al THEIR DOCKS
ACCIDENTS IN THE CITY,
violent snow storm began at dawn yesterday,
and after midnight snow was still falling, and the
wind was blowing furiously. Travel was delayed
on the street cars and nearly all the steamers that
were expected to sail yesterday had to remain at
their docks The rivers were very high, and
some damage was done along the docks. Two
schooners went ashore on City Island, and bark
was stranded at Ocean Grove, " j. The storA is of
wide extent, and railroad and telegraphic communi-
cation is impedcd.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
DEMOCRATIC ECONOMY.
INJCRloUs rFFXCrs or INsUTFIcTENr APPRoPEr-
ArIoNs FOR IHE SURGEON. GENERALS OFFICE
INQUIRY DEMANDED.
my rrLrGnArm 10 ruE rRrBu,rl


INQUIRY DEMANDED.
lBY TELEGRATH THE TRIBt ~.
WAsHINGroS, Jan. 3I.-COngress is likely TO have
no rest until it makes provision for an adequate
clerical force in the Office of the SurGconicneral.
IN keep up with the current work referred TO il by
the Pension Olicc. Abous year ago the business
Of this Office was six months behind; that is the
number Of cases referred 10 it had accumulated so
that new cases sent there could not be reached and
octcd upon for about six months. Now the
Office is sixteen months III arrears. In other words,
the force Of this office much reduced
by tlc Democrats Of the XLlVth Congress that 1t
has not only been impossible TO catch up but the
work has been going further and further behind
hand every month"; and will continue 10 do so until
the policy of the Democrats is changed Applicants
for pensions now have 10 wait eighteen or twenty
months before their cases passed upon. In
wear from now they will have to wait two years
twoand half years. H. 1915 the clerical force of the
Surgeon Generals Office consisted OF one chef clerk
q clerks OF class four clerks OF class three clerks
of class two. and > clerks of class one, making IN
all l3i clerks. This force Was found lusulhcielt,
and while the Committee on Appropriations at the
next session generally reduced expenditures, try
gave TO the Surgcon-Gencral 10 additional clerks,
making his force III. Thus the matter stood when
the XLlNth Congress as-cmllcd Then the clerical
force in the office was NJ once re-
duced from II 10 - and there 1t has been ever
since Thus reduction al p per ccut-inade against
the protest OF the SurgcOntcueIal ana oI every one
Interested in the prompt adjudication Of pension
ca-csis the aud the sole cause OF The delays
now complained ol.
Mr. Wait Of Connecticut, introduced resolution
in the House directing tie Committee on Pensions
to inuurc ard report what additional clerical force
is needed in oricr that applications for pensions may
be more eXpCdltlOusy attended 70.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
AIDING AMERICAN COMMERCE.

HARRISBURG, Penn, JAM 3l.--ln the Senatc
to-ay the following concurrent resolution, offered by
Mr. Cooper, Of Delaware County, was passed unanl-
mOGSiy:
Rc,sirrJ That Senators and Representatives, In Con
rnss b. rouescd support aud nhGcuce Ia such
measures VIII tend 20 restore American commerce ahd
cl To favor making of contracts by the Post once
uartuct Tor carryng mails In american buit vessels
al r as OF between the Cmtcd states ana
Nos. fore m nations with which il IL desirable 20 promote
uncl,al relations aud which Will cooperate with our own
Government III Tie enterprise.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
ENGLAND DELIBERATING.
RUSSIA ASsAILED IN PARLIAMENT

THE GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS AT ADRIANoPLE-AUs-
TRIA DESIRES EUROPEAN CONFERENCE.
In the debate on the supplementary credit
and vote of confidence in the British House of
Commons yesterday, speeches were made by
Mr.. Forster, Sir Wilfrid Lawson and Mr.
Bright, censuring the conduct of the Govern
ment Mr.. Cross replied for the Ministry
expressing deep distrust of Russia. An anti
Russian demonstration took place in London
yesterday. Austria is apparently on good
terms with Russia. Count Andrassy is about
to propose that European Congress shall be
summoned to consider questions of common
interest, concerning Turkey The Grand Duke
Nicholas has entered AdrianOple. His troops
continue to occupy important positions in the
surrounding districts
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01

APPLICATION TO JUSTICE BRADLEY TOK AN ORDER
OF STAY OF PROCEEDiNGS ~ TIE STATE
COrRI.

COURT,
lBY TELEGRAPH 10 TIL TRIBuNrI
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 3l.-J. H. Dcmcrest, a member
Of the Lower Rousc of the Louisiana legislature
and cashier Of the Ncw-Orleans Post Office has az
rived in Washington bringing, it is said, some I'M
pOrtant papers. One set of these papers consists oi
petition to Mr. Justice Bradley, of the United
states Supreme Court, the presiding judge OF the
circuit in which Louisiana is situated. asking Tor
writ Of prohibition, the object OF winch Is To stop
proceedings in the State Court Ill New-OrleHs
against the members of the Returning Board
until tho Circuit Court shall have had an
opportunity 10 pass on the petition OF the
defendants for transfer of their case To the tlIcut
Court of the United States. This petition Is said 10
be- based upon the laws of the state of LOUISIANA;
which requires that when proper basis is lald ana
n petition is filed in n State Court asking the traiS-
fer Of case To the United States Court II is the
duty of the Judge of the former tribunal before
proceeding further to transmit the papers 10 INC
United States Court for il TO pass upon them Inns
course was not pursued by Judge Whitaker; but
he rendered decision himself upon the motion III
behalf of the members OF the Returning Board
overriding it, and proceeded at once with the trai
All the papers in the case have been placed IN Judge
Bradley's hands, and he now has the matter under
consideration.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
THE DUTY ON LINEN.
A PETITION FOR ITS REDUCTION FROM NEW-foRK
IMPORTERS AND AND MERCHANTS.
lBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.l

WASHINGTON, Jan. 81 Mr. Chttenden and
other New-York Representatives presented to
the Housr to-day copies of a petition signed
by about sixty New-York wholesale importers,
and dealers in brown and bleached linens
and other manufactures of fax juto and hemp
They represent that the duty on these goods Is now
from 80 to 40 Der cent according to value and that
these rates are burdensome upon commerce, and i'm
nose an unnecessary tax upon the people. They
therefore ask that reduction shall be made. and
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
NEw.IERsEy srArE BoARD oE EDUCATION.

TRENTON, n. D., Jan. oI.-At the allhuai
meeting of the State Board of Education, the following
oncCf were elected:
P-,Sident-GOv ruor Mcclellan.
Vice I,residcHi-Wm. A. Whitehead.
SecretuJ-Ell' A. Apgar.
Ireeatire comm uee-Challes f. Elmer Henry G. Kel-
sew Robert f. StN'-on Wm. A. Whitehead, and John
MacLcan :. W. ,hurber appointed superintend-
eut for Morris County.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
REWARD FOR A MISSING LEGISLATOR.

HARRISBURG, Penn, Jan. 3i.-A reward OF
$500 is offered for the arrest OF o. f. Buard, member
of the State House OF Representatives, from Delaware
Comfy who had been remanded by the House 10 the
S.rgciit-atArms to be taken 10 the Delaware County
Prison for trial on charge or cmbczzhg the FUNDS oi
building association Bullard escaped from the custody
OF the Arms, and no clue can be obtained ms
10 his whereabouts.
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
HoNORs TO THE MEMORY OF VICTOR EMANUEL
NEW-ORIEANs, Jan. 31.-In accordance with

the announcement requiem mass IN commemordtion
OF the death Of King Victor Emanuel was celebrated ms
morning Al the Cathedral After the mass. the military
CORDS societies and invited guests repaired % Grcn-
waid Hal. where addresses were delivered IN nallan
English ma French by G.. ROccli, Jadge SPOfJrd aud
Dr Al red Mercicr. Resolutions were adopted eNfes-
sivc cret at The death of the King and OF regard Tor
Vtr
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
THE COMMOTIoN IN ENGLAND.
AN ANTI-RUssIaN DEMoNsTRArIoN-THE PARIIA-

ANII-kISSIAN DLNONbTKh
MENrARY CONTEST
LONDON, Thursday. Jan. 81, 1873.
1t is reported that, at Cabinet Council,
Yesterday the party OF action gained the ascendant
and that an important ministerial statement will be
made at an early stage of the pending debate which will
alter the aspect Of situation. II news, uusss
factory news touching an arstice be received Before
the DIVISION the Governments majority will probably
largely exceed 100. The signing OF armisce would
reduce the majority and increase the ygor and bitter
ness Of the Opposition attacks. There Is some talk
among the Radicals Of opposing the money vote by OBJ
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
CURRENT TOPICS AT TIE CAPITAL.
WASHINGTON, Thursday, Jan. 81, 1873.

IIIIE NUKI TlkN FAtIEIO EAIIIsU-ND'
The subcommittee of the House Committee
on Tie Pacific Railroad has agreed to report bill ex-
tendn the time for the construction Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad 1t provides that the lands granted to
the company shall remain open settlement until they
are earned by the completion OF the line, and shall be
subjected 10 taxation after they are earned as fast as
sold or contracted 10 be sold. The b! also provides
tat the main line shall b. extended 10 Seattle or Puget
S0ud ard that the branch line the Cascade Noun
taius shall also be built from that point The branch
line must be begun within SIX months OF the approval OF
the set and at least tHcDty miles OF IL must be con-
srncted during each year. The bill also requires the
branch line to be completed within fvc years. In case
the company fails TO comply with the conditions OF the
hi the lands granted TO reverfo the veInnent
The for the completion OF the main line s extended
New-York tribune., 1878-02-01
WASHINGTON.
HALT IN THE SILVER DEBATE.

ADJOURNMENT or The SENATE UNTIL MOSDAY-AN
ATTACK on THE ARMY-EcONoMY IN THE SUR
GEoN-GENERALs oFFICE-THE SOUTHERN PA
CIfIC RAILROAD.
Tho Senate, yesterday, on motion of Mr..
Bayard, postponed further consideration of the
Silver Bill until Monday next; Messrs. Nor
gan and Booth offered amendments The day
in the House was passed in debate on
the Military Academy Appropriation Bill,
two sections of which propose new
legislation that will call forth strong
opposition. James II. Storls and c. G. Hunt
ington appeared before the House Committee
on Pacific Railroads. on behalf of the South
em Pacific Correspondence between Messrs.
Chapaller and Burke still continues.