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A STRANGE STORY.
Two IMatehed Womfo Claiming to Be
Ulan and Wife.
INFATUATION OF A BKAUTIFUL GIRL.
Series of Misfortunes With a
Semi-Tragic End.
aldui villi. Way no county, Pa.,)
' 7, 1877. f
April
For several year* a couple have lived as man and
trifle. In tbe woods near tins place, under tbo uaine of
kllr. ana Mrs. Joseph Israel Lobdoll. .Strange as It may
seem, tbey are bolh women, the one claiming now to
be a bnsbaud having been married and Is tbo mother
?f a child, now grown to woniuubood. The "wife" is
an educated womun, who still, at times, exhibits traces
of a culturo that is strangely antagonistic to ibe
pariah life she has led lor years. Tbe story of this
'?lingular pair, told without the slightest embellishment
ol fancy, is one whoso extrourdlnury detail has no
parallel In this country, and Is uu apt illustration of
the laying that "Truth is stranger than Action."
HISTORY or THK "IIDM!AND. "
About lorty years ago a man named l.obdcll settled
vrlth his wile in the lumber regious of the Delaware
Valley, then much of it u great wilderness. Soon af
terward a child was born to them, and, being a girl,
tbey numed it I.ucy Ann. Tins child grew up amid
tbe rough luAueucos of tbe lumber campe and became
Vised to all the ways of tho luinberinou. She learned
to chop logs, shoot and Ash, and oiteutimes shared tho
privations of the camp with tho tneo. She became
such an expert with tho riAe that none of tbo woods
men were hor match. She hunted alone in the
forest, somotlines being absent two or three
daye at a time, killing deer and other game.
When she was eighteen years old she was marriod to a
man named Heury Slater, a raitsnun who had come
Into her neighborhood Irom somewhere up the river.
Bho bore him a child a year alterwurd, but he was a
worthless fellow, und not long after tho birth ot bis
Child Slater doacrtcd both It and its young mother,
leaving them in destitute circumstauces. Mrs. .-later
was obliged to go with her child to her parents' home.
The old folks wore poor, ana soon begun to complain ol
the increased burden that was placed upon them. As
loon as Lucy had recovered her usuul health, which
.bad bocn cofeobled by tho birth ol the child, she made
aip her mind to relieve hor parents ot her support.
Bho discarded tho upparel of her sex, end donning
men's clothing, took her gun and disappeared. She
Was not seen or heard ol for a year, wnen she appoared
again at ber native settlement She was bronzed by
exposure, and all trace of femininity was gone. She
left sotno money with bcr lather and went away again.
For seven years suo roamed tbe mountains of Dela
ware, Sullivan and Ulster in New Vork Stato, and
Pike, Wavno and Monroe in this Statu. She lived In
cabins which she built at different points and appeared
only at tbo settlements to dispose of Bklus or game or
obtain ammunition and supplies.
KPKRIKKCKS UV A Ht'NTKESS.
In a book entitled "Tho Life und Adventures of
Lucy Ann Lobdoll, the Feinalo Hunter of Long Eddy,"
written by herself alier relinquishing hor wild life,
many thrilling Incidents ure related that occurred In
her experience In tho woods. Among tbeso are the
details of a band-to-hand contest with a panther,
which attacked hor alter she had wounded it, near
Mougaup Pond, lu Sullivan county. She killed the
fentmal, hut received such injuries tliut sho was un
able to get away Irom hor cabin, which chanced to be
.near, for several days. One time she shot a huge
"black bear after a long and fatiguing tramp. The boar
railed on Its haunches and started for her with dis
tended Jaws. Feeling that she was too much worn with
ber tramp to brave tbe fury of the bear at closo
quarters, she ran to a small tree near by, intending to
"Climb beyond reach of tfce wounded animal. She
Clasped her arms about the tree and tainted away.
When she recovered consciousness she was still clasp
ing tbe tree. Kecalling the circumstances that pre
ceded her running for tho tree she looked about her.
About ten feet nway the boar luy stretched on tho
ground dead. Her hall hud entered its vitals and done
Us work beloro the animal reached her One winter
the snow was so deep in tho woods that she was unable
to leuvo her cabin mi the northern part ol Sullivan
countyi any distaiicn front December to March, living
on game that she had fortunately hung up.
The hook recording these incidents is a literary curi
osity and Is very rare, only a lew copies being extant.
The events In the life of the writer that occurred after
ft wua written, however, are still more strango.
Alter living in the wilderness lor seven years Mrs.
Sluter. broken in mind and hour, returned to hor old
borne and resumed iouiale apparel. Her child had been
placed lu tne Poorhousu at Delhi, Delaware county.
When Lucy was married sho was considered the band
?otnesl woman in the region. The llle aba subse
quently led destroyed her beauty, leaviug only traces
ot what she hint been. For some tune alter returning
home she wandered about the valley, und at last, scml
(nsaneand loeble in body, sho was placed In the Poor
house, wbero her child had preceded her. Shortly
after Mrs. Slater took up tier noouu In the Delhi
County Hnuee, a prominent fsrmer of Damascus town
*hip, Wayne county, Pa., being In Delhi, saw Mary,
tho daughter of the lemulo humor, then a promising
child, eight years old, and took her home with him to
live tu his family. The singular events that belell her
In rnbsequeut vcars will be related in their place in
tbla sketch. Her mother remained hi the Poorhouse.
NTOKr OK THK WlKB,
In tbo summer of 1 st;s there alight* d from a railway
train on tbo Krie Railway, at l.onlvnle, Delaware
county, N. Y., an attractive look in it woman, about
twaoty yearn of age. Sho was well dressed and lady
like, bnt bad been compelled to lenvo tbo train as she
had no money to pay hor fare further. She said that
her name was Mario Louise Wilson, the daughter of
rospectablo people In Massachusetts by the nsme of
l'erry. Against tier parents' will sbo had eloped wltb
a young man named James Wilson a lew months be
fore and married him. They hud lieen living lu Jersey
City, wtienco he bad rau away with the daughter of
(their landlady, whose name was llnll. W'nsoii bad
beuu in the employ of the Erie Railway Company,
and tho deserted wire thought that sbo tnigbi
learn something or tho whereabouts of the
guilty pair by trnvelling ovdr the road,
jlcr money gave out and sbo could go no furthor. The
unlorlunaiu woman was given shelter, but, tailing siclc
with lever, was removed to tho I'oorbouse at Delhi.
Mho in time recovered her health and became ac
quainted with l-ticy Ann Slater. Between tlieac two
unfortunates a strange nfl'ection sprung up, and the
younger of the two. reslored to health, wub beauty,
education nod a good home to return to if she chose,
relused to leave I ho almshouse, hut hecamo the con
alaut companion of her laded, deranged and uncouth
sister In misfortune. In the spring of 1S69 both Mrs.
,-Wilson and Mrs. Slater were lound missing Irom the
Foorhouse, and nothing wus seen or heard of litem lor
^rcara.
THIS STKANOK PAIR.
In the fall of lHiiu there appeared In tho village of
Canadensis, Monroe county, I'u.. it tall, gaunt, ragged
-man, and a woman dressed in mean garments. I he
wan wore no hat to cover his mass of malted hair.
Ho carried on hia shoulder a long-barrelled mm. The
woman's clothing was dirty, and turn bv brush nnd
brier. My u rope the man led u half-grown hoar cub.
Their appearance created u great sensation tu the
village. They announced themselvos us the Rev.
Joseph Israel Lohdcll and wile. Tbcy were preaching,
they tend, tho goH)>el of a new dispensa
tion. The man delivered meaningless and bias
tpbomous harangues, until ihn strange pair were
driven from the place. For two years, how.
ever, tbcy roamed about, tho neighborhood, living
lu caves and hunters' catena in the winter, until they
ware at lust complained ol as a nuisance, and were ar
rested and lodged In jail in StlWddsbnrg. While Incar
cerated tnere the discovery was msdo that Joaenh
Israel Lohdcll was a woman, and who and what tho
singular pair were was ascertained about tho same
time. PVtormaaier Holer, ol Monroe county, accord
ingly returned them to the poor authorities ol Itels
wure county. N. Y., and they again took up their
quarters in tbo county house at Delhi.
A Cl'KIOUS KPISODK.
Meantime Lucy Ann rtlaier'a daughter Mary, who
had been adopted by ilia rich Damascus farmer, Hanlel
Vortnam, grew to ho a young wnmau ol considerable
beauty and intelligence und naturally intruded tne at
tention of the young men ol the neighborhood. One
ol these, a young lurincr named Kent, desired to marry
the girl, hut his numu was none ol the best in the com
munity and hia ntteiitions wore relused by Mary >bo
promised lo he ilio wile of another young man living
pear, and Kent resolved on u mod diamine,>1 revenge.
Catling to bis aid a number ol dcs|>eruto characters he
abducted the girl oned irk stormy night in August, lSil,
drugged her und throw per Into tliajfelawure River,
nt Cocbecton, two miles irom her adopted father's
borne. 1'rovidentiully. ilia whs washed upon an Island
not Inr Irom where sho Was thrown into tlio stream,
Mho recovered consciousness there, and was taken olf
by a man named Farr, who lived on the opposite side
ol the river. She w is not known lu Parr's family, and
the experiences of the night having left hor half crazed
hlie was unable to give tnem any account of how
abe came upon tho island. She Icll Parr's and
for three buys wandered about in tho woods,
? Wbea sbo was ? lound, nearly dead Irom
ifcueger and exposure, by purtirs who were searching
lor her She wna months recovering Iroin tjie otlects
of the outrage thut had been committed upon tier.
Kent waa arrested sod lodged in jail ut lloucadule,
-but. being admitted to bail, cscapod the punishment
that swatted bim. To add to the singular taiallty that
?aasHMl to attend the daughtor ol the lemalo hunter,
?the young tnao te whom she was engaged to be mar
?Tied proved to he an illegitimate sou ol Henry .-later,
iber own father, and consequently her bail brother.
>Tbd falter lelt the section on this tact
IIi'*J* K-. jw, ;szsz iu? atUi livaa with Mr. JTort
?tat fftmily, ft wortbjr and respected member of
?oeiety.
Altar ramaiBlDg in too poorbouse it Daibi (orne
moo tog, Lucy Ado Sluter and lira. Wilnou Agaii dis*
?pptiiM, unit resorted to ibair old nomadic Ilia, tba
lormer sustaining tier coaraciar ol hu.buud to her
companion, a relutioo that botlj Insist upon aa exist
idu I.ucy Ano, or "Joe." as aba la called, lias several ]
tunas been iu jail in Honcsdale lately lor vagrancy,
and her companion liovora about ilia prlsou until
bar "husband" la released. The last time "Jo.." |
WM ?'*" companion drew up a petition '
to the court, covering several pages of foolscap und
writleu witb a spilt slick with tbo juice of pokober
rtoa, praying lor "bis" reloaset The document is pre
served in the court records and is n marvel of neat
peumunsbip, choice diction and ingenious argument.
1 be woman who wrolo li, and who now lives tuo life
ol an outcast, in companionship with a crazy, flliuy
and diseased leilow beiog, Is a graduate ol the Massa
chusetts Female College. Their abode near this
place is a miserable hovel in the woods.
I-ast year both these strange creatures made
the journey to the home ol Mrs. Wll
son's parent* in Massachusetts, accomplishing
the whole distance on foot An effort was made by the
relatives ol the woman to piace her under legal re
straint. but it was unsuccessful, and the couple re
turned In tnno to their old haunts. Lucy Ann obsti
nately roluses to wear the apparel of her sex, 'I he last
time she was placed in jail tho Sheriff's wife managed
to array her in women's clothing. She subsequently
| tore the garments iu shreds, and It was necessary to
I provide her with a suit ol men's clothes to quiet hor.
The couple suffered greatly Irom tho cold tbopasi win
! ter, und would have perished but lor the aid of tho
I neighboring people.
THE HEADING HAILKOAD ENGI
NEERS.
MEMBERS or THE U KO l'HEHHOOD LEAVING
THEIR PLACES?A GENERAL STRIKE ANTICI
PATED.
PuiLADKi-rtHA, April 8,1S7T.
On .Saturday thirty-four of the 378 Brotherhood men
on tho German town and Xorritiuwn branch of the
Heading Railroad loll their pluoes, seventeen huvlug
loll prior to that time. Other men were put in
their places aud there was no detention ot trains.
Division No. 71 of tho Brotherhood met last night aud
discussed tbo situation. Other meetings wcro held to
day, and it is rumored to-uighl that there will bo a gen
eral strike on the Germuutowu and Norristowu
branches and also on the main line In a few days.
MKKTINO or KNU1.VKKKH.
The locomotive engineers hud a meeting at whtaii
360 members of the Brotherhood were prosout. Dele
gales appeared Irom over lorty divisions in other clues
and Canada, who promised support to tho engineers ot
the Heuding road iu case ol it strike, or If ihey were
dischargod lor their connection wth the Brotherhood.
Kitieeu tire men, who refused to take charge of engines,
have beea discharged.
POSITION OF THE NON-UNION MEN.
To tub Editor or tuk IIbiuld:?
Now that tho fog has lilted Irom the recent en
gineers' strike on the Boston and Maine Railroad will
you be kind enough to allow us the privilege, through
tbo Ukualp, ol rciutliig tbo caluinuies heaped upon
nou-uutou locomotive engineers by tbe Grand Chiof of
tbo Locomotive Brotherhood? There are hundreds ol
tree engineers, uud their ranks uro swelling every duy.
Tho pronounced, successful manner In which tho Bos
ton and Maine road bus boon run by uon-sucleiy en
gineers is au emphatic refutation of the slanders put
upou them. Tbo doleaicd strikers belonging to tho
Engineers' Brotherhood, who claim that their watch
words uro Truth, Sobriety and Morality, must be sadly
demoralized, judging irom tho following extract taken
fruin the Bostou IleraUi of a lute duto. D tells Its owu I
story:?
At the time of tbe outbreak of the strike on the Boston '
Iin.1 .Maine road u Urge number of engineer* uud firemen
In vurluua part* of the country who were not connected with
the Engineers' Brotherhood docked to thin citv in expecta
tion of being employed to till tbe situation* that had been
vacated. Many ol theiu were so employed, aud the next
move of the Brotherhood was to buy theiu olf. Iu many
cases they succeeded, by proml-cs ol paying theiu the same
wages the road wus paying ilieui ami guaranteeing
them pay fur a certain lime, iu inducing them to
leuvu the employment ol the road. These men cmne Irani
all parts of the country, and In many eu*.-s leit good situa
tions with the expectation of bettering themselves here.
They had uot llrmuesa enough to resist the iu.luceiuotu* of
the Brotherhood and cast ill their lot with tlieiu. What
these Inducements were may he learned Hum the Pillowing
promise, which Is In the possession of one of the men
liROTHKItUOon or LOCOMOTIVK l'lNUlXKKKS, I
Bostok Division, No. ill, ,
Boston. Mass., Feb. 14, 1877. 1
tie, the Brotherhood ol Locomotive Engineers, do hereby
agree to pay $3 fiO per day so long as ihu strike con
tinues; alter that $iiO per mouth, provided he has no other
employment. IVe will uso our Influence to secure Mm a
situation, and agree to take lilm into the Brotherhood.
J*. M. Alt'I'll U U, U. 0. E.
February IB, cash $10.
Instead of lultilling this agraemeut these men?who. it Is
?aid, number over llAJ?have been paid only Irani $lo to $gil
apiece, and suiue of them have not received uuyiliing.
'Ihey have been promised Irom day to day that they should
have their pay, but the promises have uot been kept.
The foregoing exposes tho truo inwardness of the
sltuuliou. At a public meeting m Funeuil Hull, Bos
ton, on the evetnug ol Fubruury 13, 1877, tbo Gruiid j
Cbicl of tbe Engineers' Union declared tbut tbo sole uim
ol Ins guild is to build uu a bolter clusa of'engineers,
und nut to coerce railroad companies by strikes. He
also averred that the uou-uuiou engineers employed
by the Uosioo und Miuno road were drunkards uud
thieves (so reported iu the Xkw Yoitk Hkkai.d of
February 14), aud tniimuluil that nil engineers outside
of the iiiitnucuiule Brotherhood were not much better.
Hut hero we see the direct oiler made by the Grand
Chiel, the highest authority In the Irateruity,
ot bribes to tuduco the same men whom he culled
bummers and thieves to outer tlio charmed circle ol
Ins declining bull-dozing organization. Tho public and
ruilroad managers can readily see whether the desire
Is really to create a better class of men or to buil-dozw
railroad companies by strikes. This is a pretty jncturo
to look nU On tho 13lh of February the warlike
Grand Chief publicly denouncing non uniou engineers
as drunkards and thieves, uud on the 14th of February
the lamb-like Grand Chief begging, buying
and trying io seduce tno same men into Join
ing the almost played out Brotherhood in tho
hope theroby ol beuting the Boston und
Maine Railroad. Events occurring since tho l'Jth
of Febrnary prove ihat tno institution is a vulnerable
ull'utr, and that the day lor bruwbcaling noii-Brollior
hood engineers uud bull-dozing railroad companies has
gone by. Non-union eu^'ueera never run away and
leavo their trains and passengers In swamps and oilier
places. They always luko the people through to their
destination. The Siute oi Now Jersey his made u good
law lor the protection ol men who may desire to work
in case ol a strike aud to prevent tho abandonment of
trains by engineers boloro reaching their destination.
The press would be doing the public and railroad ineii
generally good service by urging tho Legislature ol
New York to make a similar >uw.
Armu 7, 1877. NON-l'NION ENGINEERS.
THE INDIAN MUSSULMANS.
[From the Calcutta (March correspondence of the
Loudon Standard.]
If a man of littlo mirth turn.el', Sir Georgo Carnp
beU it ol ten times the cause ot much inirth in others.
Ho hus shaken with inextinguishable laughter ihe sad
exiles by the banks of the Hooghly. Cau ho really
have believed that the Moharaiuodtu memorials sent
home trom Calcutta were written by Irieuds ol the
Ministry residing within the Iiriltsli Isles? Uo was
assurod ny tboce who knew better than ho did?so he
told bis Kirckaldy constituents?that it was a familiar
hand that had traced them. 1 am sorry to pull to
pieccn .Sir George's mare's nest, but It is as well
that ho should be disubused of his notion that
he is uu iblallildc crude on all things Indian. Two
petitions were prepared in this city by two rivals lor
popularity. Moulvio Abdul Laid Knuu itahadur is tlie
police magistrate of one ol Iho suburbs ol Calcutta,
He goes iu lor "progress.'' and professes himself an
ultra libcrul, supports all schemes lor the dlllusiuu of
Western ideas among liin co-religionists. Hut ihe
old-fashioned Mohammedans distrust liihi and Ins Euro
peau associates discount lilui. Nevertheless, he lias
considerable tullucuce among a section of the Mussul
man community, lioing minded to heconio a cham
pion ol Iho POTM, Ihe Moulvio Hist up
piled to a Eurupenu magistrate, and uakod if
there would he any Impropriety in his eslah- I
lislung it lund tor the relief ol the wounded
Turks. Kciissurcd on that head ho pioduceu the '
rough dralt of u tiiomorlal to Her Ma)osly, uu J heggud i
the magistrate to mould it into lilting lor in. The re
quest was naturally declined; hill observing that one
or two paragraphs were eulogistic of the conserve! ivo
Ministry. Ins Kuropeau friend, a standi liberal, drew
Ids pen ihrough them, leaving the rest as it stood. Ho
much lor thai documeut.
KlIAU BIX I.TRTAS' MK1IOKIAL.
The tnoveiiient that cuiuilnuiud in the other me
morial hegju with Ksau Hill Curias, n well known
Arab lior.-e dealer, in the street culled Uliurrumiolluli,
the horse quarter ol Calcutta. Esau Klu Curias
euros nothing fur Western learning. He
is, therefore, uo mlmtror of llio .doulvte,
and was littlo disposed to lollow his
lead. Ho preferred to tie himself a louder, uud
lliut a second aobxcripiion list was opened, and in the
end some 20,'JOO rupees (lit! 000) were lorwardod to
Constantinople. There you have the history of ttio
grand demonstration of tellow Icollug exhibited by the
Indian Mohammedans In favor ol their Western co-iclig
lonists. At the Hume titnu tt Is qulle possible that wcro
the liritiHh govorninent to tnako com mm cause with
Kussla, mid attempt to coerce ttie Fori Lord Lett.in
would Uud the machinery ol Stale work harshly and
noisily, and unpleasantnesses ml, --n of which
the worst consequences would to u iinmediniely
apparent. A certain vindictivcnuss would smoulder
uutil a breeze came to rouse the Sleeping embers lino
I Hume, uud then there might lie a had tunc ol it lor
I uwhllo. Hut enough lias boon said to Hulisty your
readers that if any European did interfere with Sir
George Campbell's wonderlul memorial it was not a
Iriend of the present Ministry. The most comical purl
ol the business U the (right that loll upon the India
(Milne Telegrams catne out earnestly enjoining the
government to "put down" the ugitunon uud to calm
the Irenzy ot the Mussulman population. The in
tensity ol that cxcitoraeui may ho gauged by the ex
tent of tlie subscription list. At the outside ?6,000
i have been collected Iroin 4(1,000,000 ol people to mill
j gate the sufferings ol their co-religionists.
POPE PIU8 IX.
Mr. Jobn R. G. Hsssard will deliver a lecture to-mor
row evening before the members of lbs Zuvier Union
si their rooms. No. 20 West Twenty-seventh street.
l'b? subject of lbs lecture is "J'ooe Ft us IX "
MEXICO.
BITTED FEELINO TOWARD TUB VRIRD STATU
THE INADEQUATE CONSULAR SERVICE ABO
THE FAILURE TO SECURE MEXICO'S TRADE.
Matamoros, Mexico, March 27, 1S77.
Scarcely a year ago General l'orllrio Diaz, then a
refugee In the Untied States, crossed Irotn Brownsville,
Texas, whore he had been lor some time organizing a
revolutionary movement aganst the government of
l'residont Lerdo, and joined u few hundred ot bis
friends In tbe rear ol Msuitnoros. His force was com
posed chiefly of Cortina's partisans, who willingly
espoused the cause of General Diaz as a means of op.
posing and perhaps overthrowing the government ot
Lcrdo. who then held Cortina a prisoner to vbo oily of
Mexico, and tbercby securing the release of their
favorite chief.
By the treachery of the garrison of Matamoros Diaz
entered the city without resistance on the morning of
April 2, 1875. With the regular troops, not over three
hundred in number, eleven pieces of artillery and the
munitions of war which fell Into his hands and tho few
hundred followers who entered the city with him, be
began tho movement wblcn resulted in the occupation
ol the eupital of the nation In December last and bis
as-uinption of tho Presidency of tho Republic.
Wbou Diaz eutered Matamoros ho could uot count
among his followers one prominent politician or stales
man of the nation, and not u military olllcor who had
ever held u runk above that of colonel. Without
insuns, without political or even military celebrities,
and with uu lusigmllcuut army, be has won tbe dicta
torship ol tho nution in a few months, his movoment
appeared to originate Irom nothing, and, what was more
singular, to increaso in sirongih rapidly and to meet
with no effective resistance at any stags of its prog
ress. The Mexican people appeured to be ready to
ball any movement for ihe sake of a change, not that
they wcro badly governed under Lerdo, but merely
that tboy were governed at all, which Is reason enough
to join a revolution. There cau be no question that
tbe moral lutluencoof tho United dlaios has been, and Is
yet, ugaiust Diaz, which is perhaps one of the chief
sources of bis strength, and while It may be a humil
iating rctleciiou. It is nevertheless true that the United
Siaios Is looked upon with less consideration and re
spect iu Mexico than any other uation. Although tbe
contrary opinion prevails to a great extent iu the
Uliiled Estates, uud it is supposed that Mexicans are
Iriciidly to Americans, uud rogard them us haying
aided mem iu ironing the country of thp French, the
reverse is the case.
JEALOUS OV TjIK URINOUS.
Mexicans ure naturally jealous ol me United Slates
and regurd us as a nation ol Ulibustors who are anx
iously loosing lor a reusonubiu pretext to make war on
them and despoil ihc-nt ol their territory. When It Is
ruineaiuereu that all the acquisitions of nubiiublo ter
ritory inaUo by tbo United States siuco tho formation
ot tho government have been to tho southward and
Irom the Latin race (iur Alaska cannot bo regardod as
mi extension ol empire), uud mat in no instance has a
serious attempt neon made cither to guln by cou
quest or purchase utiy territory from our British
neighbors, the leurs and jealousy of the Mexican peo
ple can be easily accounted lor. Iu addition to this
the United Slates h.ivu had no settled and de
termined policy with Mexico, uud for the
numerous outrages, murders and robberies
committed upon our peoplo In Mexico in uo
instuueo has u prompt and reasonable rodrcss been
exacted, whilo violations ot treaty stipulations have
been repouted with Impunity, until tho Mexicans huvo
begun to regard us as incapable of asserting ourselves,
ittid our comiuorco has correspondingly suffered and
our people lallen into disrepute. The present course
or tbe United Siutes In regurd to Diaz Is virtually in
creasing tins leeling. Lerdo is not sustained, uud Uiuz
is uot recognized; lienco wo are regarded with equal
indiil'cronco by tho purtisuus of both. Jn a country
where everything depends upon to-dHy, and where to
morrow may see a totally dillereut statu ol aflairs, any
ucliou to be elloclivo must bo prompt. Hence, If the
United tiluies desires lliat prupouueranco ol commerce
uud political Inllueuce in Mexico which her gcugraphl
cul position woum seem to indicate she is eutiiied to
the policy must be settled, determined and decisive.
OCR consular service.
Our Minister uud tbe six consuls in tho Republic of
Mexico who receive suluries are uppureutly hero lor
the purpose ol receiving uud tiling away the protests
of their couutrymen. As lor aoyfullueuco they have
In ihis country they might as well be so many lurge
and small knots on u gnarled tree, and, while tliey uro
generally men of respectability and tally competent
to dischurge their duties to the credit ol their couutry,
their support Irom homo is equal to nothing, and con
sequently ttioir power to promote cotuuiurco and pro
tect their countrymen Is utmost valueless. When it is
known that Mexico has a population ol about
10,000,000. aud is the most important commercial
country udjoiuing the United States, and that wo huve
only six paid consuls in the whole Republic, who re
ceive Iu the aggregate less than $12,000 salary per an
num, it will he readily understood lliat Ihe expendi
ture ol this small sum in supporting consular oltlcers
whoso luncttons uro chiclly to promote und protect
commerce is the cause ol our InsigniUcuiico in tho
opinion of tlio Mexicans aud of our utter lailuro to
secure the commerce ol Mexico
Contrast with oiiikk countries.
As a contrast in the Dorutuiun ol Csuudu, with a pop
ulation ol perhups less lliuu 6,000,OUU, or scarcely oiie
hall ot that ol Mexico, there are eighteen United States
consuls, who receive over $00,000 salary per aunuti.,
und their inUuoucc Is coriespnndiiigly lull Iu com'
llierce. Wlniu Canada isu dependency ol lireul Urtluin
uud naturally receives lltu larger proportion of her
insuuiacturod supplies Irom Kuglund, with which the
L ulled States cau not so readily couipolo, yot every
eOort is made by menus ol reciprocity irouties und the
lavoruhlu commercial relations Incident thereto to se
curo Canadian commerce, uud tho more important and
lucrative trade ol Moxlco, which is a separate una in
dependent Republic, is almost entirely neglected so lar
as the elloris ol our government are couccrued, and
tlm commerce of tills country is attracted Irom its
natural channel und diverted to and supplied almost ex
clusively by Kurupo. Wilh tho apparent inauguration
ol a new policy ID tho United Siuies by the recently
installed l'roslneui, it is perhaps un opportuno time to
esiuliiish a now aud more efloctivo uud uttrucilvo
policy with Mexico. Whether ihe government ol
Diaz is recognized or not is ol hut little moment If our
people uro protected liero, so that American manufac
turers can send their wares to this market with solely
and leoi sure that their govornmeut will promptly
und clleclively luicriere to socuro them In their
rights. Tho Mcxicuu market would thou soon ulford a
prnlllabie uuilei for our commodities, and tho uillu
eiiee uiiu imporiiiuce ol our country correspondingly
increase iu a legitimate maimer, and, therefore bono
IJcially uud perinaueiuly to the advuulugo of both
countries.
DROWNED, BUT NOT ROBBED.
THE BODY OF JAMES HOWIE DISCOVERED IN
THE RIVER WITH SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS IN
UNITED STATES BONDS.
About seven o'clock yesterday morning the body ol
a man about forty-live yours of uge was found flout
ing lu the river, ul tbo loot of Gold street, Brooklyn.
Tho polico of ltie Vork street stullou house were itu
tuediately uotlQcd. Ou searching the body, which was
that ol n man uhoul Ave loci eight inches in boight, with
light red hair and sandy whiskers, $0,uuo in United
Slates bunds were fouud. There was also $44 t)2 In
money and a silver watch. From a book und letters lu
uuc ol the pockets the police learned tbal I lie deceased
was James Howie, a resident of No. 144 Mulberry
ulrcol, this city. The bouds were given into the cus
tody of Coroner Simms.
At the address indicuted it was learned tbat for tho
past fifteen years the deceased had boarded there, and
during that time ho has made several trips to Sool
land, of which c.ouutry he was u native. Ho left his
hourding house about tioou on -Saturday. He Is mid
to have boon a man of tcmporate habits, but about
lour weeks ago hu was Hist noticed to have been under
Hie tuUuoiico td liquor, In w inch coniHiion ho remained
of Into. Hy occupation ho was u smter, and during
tho quarter of a century that ho worked at Ins trade
hu saved considerable money, which hu uivosted iu
bunds. His hoarding mistress last night staled that
the only theory Ins fellow hoarders could arrive
at was that lie eiiher loll luto the rvcr or was the
victim of loul play. It was kuown that some time
ago lie hail a quarrel with another hoarder
and blows were exchanged hot ween them, and eve*
since ilie nlfray they have been mortal enemies. De
ceased wasuboul{slxty-Uiree years ol age, uyd is sulil to
have been married. Ills wile is believed to bo still
living in Scotland. Hu occupied mi ullic room, and
has lor tho greater purl ol Ins life boon very saving
anil miserly. He Is said to have a relative -lesidtng in
this city.
JUMPED INTO THE RIVER.
An unknown man was seeu yostcrday by a watchman
on hoard a schooner to walk along tho pier at the loot
ol West Thirty-fourth streov and icup irom the string
piece luto the river. The body lias not been rocoverod.
CRUSHED BY THE CARS.
llcnry McKey, agod iweniy-tlvu years, a brakeman,
residing at No. 467 West Thirty-first street, was
crushed between two freight curs yestorduy, ul tho
corner of Thirty-second atrcel and Eleventh avenue.
He was sent to Dellcvuc Hospital, where, last night,
his leg WHS amputated.
/achuriufi V. O'l, ishnr, night superintendent at tho
Hudson Kifer Itailroad. while coupling two curs on
Eleventh avenue and Tbirty-flrst street, was cuughl be
tween them and badly Injured. Ho was lu ? prccurlous
condition last night at tho liospitul.
RUNAWAY RUMPP.
It was reported In Nowark yesterday that E. J. D.
Rumpf, tho privule banker and broker who dissap
poured some woeks ago, us alleged, with a fast womai^
leaving hundreds of creditors to mourn his perfidy, had
been arrested ou Saturday in llaltitnore. Up to last
evening be had not turned up iu Newark, although a
detective had gona ua iu RaJUtuors lor bin.
A SKILFUL BUBGLABY.
THE SIXTH BATIONAL BANK BROKEN INTO BV
BUBOLAB8 TEBTKBDAT ATTEBNOOON THBKK
THOOHAND DOLLARS IN SILVER STOLEN. (
The Sixth National Bank, located At tbe Junction or
Broadway and Sixth avenue, uuder ibo armory of the
Seventy-Oral regiment, wa? broken Into yesterday after
noon by burglars, and a quantity ol silver coin stored
In one or the iron sales was carried off. It appears
that lor some months back ibo collar underneath the
bank has been unoccupied, end a sign an
nouncing it to be so has lor a long time been swinging
rroin above the doorway. Throe or lour weeks ago
two uien applied lor the place, saying that they pro
posed to use It for some business purpose. The agent,
however, did uot like their appearance and declined
enteritis into any agreement with thein. Nothing
has been heard of thein since, and the vacant
cellar ba. been rarely visited until ywiw
day afternoon, when a number ol kurglars
made an entrance Into it. One ol their number was
rjoyted outside, who strollod up and down smoking a
cigar but keeping a sharp lookout meantime, and,
hrnnIt a cracksman ol gentlemanly appearance, he
easily led the neighbors to suppose vbat bo was simply
taking an uiring. This watcblul confederate, no doubt,
kept bis colleagues inside Informed by prearranged
signals ol tbe appearance ol the policeman ou post,
j and so onabled tbem to carry on ibeir operations with
sale tv.
1 THk I'LAV OK OPKUATIOX8.
Moanttme they bud mounted ou a mass or tlmbors
and debris, and. with saws and olber Implements, bad
"t a square hole in the flooring of the bunk official.'
room d'rcctlv overhead. This they entered in course
of tune and," creeping into the bauk. they proceeded
to lorco opeu the sale lb wblcli the books "ftho
were kept and which has also beeu usod of lato to store
* wftli sectional"mui ms, wedges and othor utousils
tbui make up a burglar's oulflt they pried open the
door shattering tlio massive cast Iron hinges aud
forcing out the Inuer metal plating. The burglars
must at this moment havo discovered that they had
made uuitoa mistake, for only a number ol tuooey bags
lay beiore fhem, ol'which ft would be impossible to
currv off anv considerable number. It was a larger
sale near by" that coutained the more portable irons
ures ol about $80,000 in currency aud securities, and it
could be burst opeu ouly by considerable labor or by
tlio uso ol cunpowdor. Such expedients, however,
could uot then be resorted to, and the burglars were
constrained to utilize a couple of satchels they louud
lu the place, aud In mem bear away about half of mo
Silver left In the safe, lu all amounting to ubout gd.000.
Officer Tripp! of the Tweuty-uiuth prcc.uct, who
wus on post at the time, was me Ursi to discover the
I burglary lu passing the bank he always made it a
! K m' peer 'inside, and in doing so at Ave o clock
I yesterday alternoou, ho discovered that a U?Uo"
I yesic.u 7 a 8al0 WUB dowu. He was
joiued by Sergeant Hamiltou, ol the sumo
urecioct aud me bauk was entered and the
method of the burglars' operations discovered. The
broken sale was there. Its shattered door lying beside
U the tools used to lore. it were near by, and in the
directors'otllco was the square orillce through which
directors . . . * . .... . ?i, u>hip i ihev had
sa'entered Tud tSrough wh.ch Ibey had
made off wflb 'hoir booty. To cover their operations
t h e y p" ac od'be lore l h os at o a large screen that entirely
hid them iront tue view ol uuy person who might
chance to peer In through the window. The Impie
merits wore brougtit to iho ilalloo houut# .
The President of the bank, Mr. Fruucis Leland, who
was notlfle'l ol the burglary
slated last ulght that only some sliver currency, winch
wis iu dally demand, wus plaood lu tills sale, with Ihe
books! nad us one man could carry oil only about
BaOU In that shape, he believed the bank s
loss would amount to only $2,000 or t3,OOU. Ho sm
that at night a watchman is employed lu tho bank, hut
owing to us exposed site nouo was deemed necessary
in the dav Tbe burglary tuust navo beeu committed
between the hours cd two and live o'clock in the alter
noou us a barber's shop adjoining the bank, and where
tho noise they must have made would buvo been heard,
remained open uutil two P. M.
A LIQUOK STOKE BUBGLABY.
Burglars last night forced an entrance Into the
liquor store of James Oavauagb, at No. 422 Second
avenue, und stolo a number of cigars and some small
chaugofrom the money druwer. lho thloves left bo
Uiud them a miniature jimmy.
SHIPPING NEWS
OCEAN STEAMEUS.
PATH OF DXPABTDKR FROM NSW YORK FOB TH1 MONTHS
OF Al'KIL A.NU MAV.
Stta.iinr. ~\ Snih. | Uc?tinatton\ OQlc*.
Idaho ...7!7.....|Aprll 10 (Liverpool.. |29 Broadway
ltu..la * April 11. i Liverpool.. JHowling Ureen
1VU??1?. ? ?* , lr. .? i .. ,.,1 ,1 m r/i Ur.lKllWMV
Sclioiten..
Uellert. ... ??????
Celtic
City ol Richmond.
Caillornla..... ????
Montaoa
St Laurent
Algeria
Suevia
Stale or Indiana..
liorimiiile.
Cltv ol Brussels..
Ethiopia.
Main
Spain
WI?con|in
Vlllede i*arlfc.....
Itothuia
State ol Virginia.
Ilatnnionla.
Ely-la
Kalllc
City of llarlln....
We?er
Victoria...........
Wyoming
Ilorder
April It!.|Rotterdam.
April 12
April 14
April 14
April la
Hamburg..
Liverpool..
Liverpool..
Ulasgow.
April 14. Bremen....
April 17. Liverpool
Havre....
Liverpool..
Hamburg.
lilaigow...
Liverpool
April IS.
April IS.
April H).
April ID.
April 21
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April 31. ,'Olaagow..
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Havre..
April 24.
April 25.
April 25.
April 2d.
April 2d.
I prll 2S.
April 2H.
April 2?
April 2*.
April 2H.
Liverpool.
Ula-gow..
Hamburg..
London....
Liverpool..
Liverpool..
IIreturn....
Glasgow...
May 1.1 Liverpool..
May 3,1 Hamburg..
50 Broadway
U1 Broadway
37 Kroadway
15 Kroadway
7 Hnwllntr Ureon
2 Bowling Ureeu
211 Hroatiwuy
55 Kroadway
4 Howling Ureen
dl Urounway
72 llroattway
31 Hroailway
15 Kroadway
7 Howling Oreen
2 Howling (Jreea
till Kroadway
29 Hroadway
55 Hroadwav
4 Howling Oreen
72 Kroadway
dl Kroadway
Or
7 Howling Ureen
37 Bioadway
15 Broadway
2 Bowling Ureen
7 Howling Ureen
211 Broadway
dl Broadway
BO-NOTICE TO CAI'TAINS OF VESSELS IN THE
COASTINU AND FOftEION TRADE.-Captains or officer,
of rcsael. engaged in the coasting and foreign trade observ
ing tbe displacement or removal of sea buoy, are requested
to communicate the fact to tho Hkrald. so that It may be
brought publicly tu the attention of the proper authorities.
A letter uddroiued "To the editor of the UkkaLD. New I ork
city." giving as accurately a? P???ible the number and posi
tion ol displaced buoy, or the cause of their removal, will
suffice in all case, observed along the Atlantic and PaciHc
coasts of the American Continent. When they are ob.erved
on the coast or European countries or Id the Mediterranean
It is requested that Information be sent either by lelegrap
or letter to the London office ?r the Nkw York HkIULP. 40
Fleet atreet. London, or to the Fan. office. 01 Avenn. de
I'Opcra Paris Where the telegraph is used despatches
may b? addressed "Bennett. 46 Meet street. London." or
"Bennett. lit Avenue (Is l'Opera, Part*." Where cum of
displacement are obaerved In the waters of countries beyond
the reach of the telegraph, as In Asia or Africa, esptains
may coin iuii n lea to with us upon reaching the tint conven
ient port This Information will be cabled free ofchurge to
the 'Ikualp aud published.
flt^-NOTIOK TO CAPTAINS OK VESSELS ENTERING
THK POUT OK NEW YORK AT NIGHT.-The Maw Vunic
llaitALD has ailoptod n distinKulshlnir Coslon ulirlit signal
tor use on hoard the Herald steam yacht, showing while
burning the colors red. green, red, changing from ouo to the
other in succession, and can be seen several utiles distant
Captains of vessels, upon seeing this signal, will oblige us
by preparing any marine news they may hare lor tba Ship
News Department of the Hkiiai.d.
jtjjT'Pf rsoos desirous of communicating with vessels arriv.
lug at New York can do so by addressing to such vessels
care of IIkuai.u news yacht. Pier No 1 East Kiver. New
York. Letters received Ironi all parts of the world end
promptly delivered. Duplicu'e* are required.
ALMANAC FOR NEW YORK?THIS DAY
rcn axd noux I man watrk.
Nun rises 0 30 | Gov. Inland t'vo 5 36
Nuii seta II 33 I Sandy Hook uve 4 61
Moon rises...,morn 3 43 j ilull Gato evo 7 31
HERALD YACHT WEATHER OBSER
VATIONS.
Apiiii. 8, 1877.
Hnr
'flier,!
8t*ta of
At
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Inches.
Hog. |
Wind.1
M eatber.
Horseshoe..
Noon
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Clear
Bar
4 P.M
iiii.iii
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Clear
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H I' M
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411
8St ?
Partly cldy
Sandy IIook.... 13 I'Mi 311 ISI 4<)| Etll'srtly cldy
* Moderate, t Hrlsk.
PORT OF NEW YORK, APRIL 8, 1877.
ARRIVALS.
WH1TBSTO.VS TSI.KOKAPH I.INK.
Steamer Alps (Br), Williams. Cape llsytien March H,
Port an Prince Hlli, SavanllU 33d. Certhsgoua 31th. As
plnwsll 38tli and Navassa IHltli, with mdsn and passenger*
to Pun. KtffWeod A Co.
Steamer itapldan. Kemptnn, Savannah 3 days, with muse
and passengers to Gen Your*. April II, oil (tody Island,
spoke hark St Lawrence, from Ileinernra for Baltimore?
hed been 7 days N ?f llatteras.
Steumer Geo W Clyde. Ingram. Charleston April 6,
with mdso and oassengers to Jas W Oulniard A Co.
Steamer Wynimko, Couch, hielimond. City Point and
Norlolk. with indse and passengers to the Old Dominion
Steamship Co ?
Steamer Agnes, Hinlth, Phlladulplila, with mdso to Bo
gert A Morgan
Steamer Allontowti, Tuttle, Philadelphia, with coal to the
Reading Kit Co.
ilsra Vesta (Nor), Tliorsen, Liverpool 43 days, with salt
to G I'otilas A Co.
Bark G (I Stanford (Ital). Maresca. Naples 411 days, with
fruit to Lawrence, Giles A Co. Passed Gibraltar, .March 3.
Hark Klllopo (Ital), Dilietrl, Malaga 4U days, with fruit
to order. Passed Gibraltar Kob 311.
Brig Enrico (Ausi, frsneti. Bristol 4.*? (leys, in ballast, to
master.
Brig Confederate (of Weymuntli. NS). Grant, Hagua 13
days, with sugar to Gossler A Co; vessel to K DeWolf A
Co.
Brig Isaac Carver, Williams. Providence for Philadelphia.
Put In lor a harbor.
Hehr Carrie S Webb, Rogers, Aipiadllla. PR, 1U days, with
sugar to J D River* A Co ; vessel to Bsntley, Glldersleeve
A On.
Hclir Kate Rommel!. Adam*. Clenfuegn* 13 days, with
sugar to Ovarton A Hawkins. Had heavy NVV gaits to iiat
hornet thanea 6 days, with light win da and eaiins.
Sehr Mary Wood, Arthur, Vlrrlnla.
Pcbr Jeunle Hail, Usborne. Virginia.
Schr Xuraluii Star. Higgles, V rglnia for Nl? Ilwta
Schr J K Shaw. Oox, Baltimore.
Bark Fridllef >Nor). which woe anchored in the
lower bay, came up to the city 8th AM.
fcfHrig Robert Thorhurn (Sw), which arrived 7th lrnm
Pernambuco, report*:?Crossed tho Kquator March 4, lu loll
37 30; waa a daye N of Hatteraa with strong NK and MW
galea
tir Brig Mary Knowlton. from Mlragoane, which arrived
7th. reportsHad cuutiueoua NW galea lrnm iat US to
Cape ilatterae. thence 3 day*, with 11."tit northerly wind*.
FABSED THROUGH U?LL UATK.
BOUND SOUTH.
Steamer Glaucus. Be arse. Boston foe New Yore.
btvamer City ol hew liedlord, Fish. New Bedford far
hew York.
Steamer Thetia, Young, Providence tor New Yore.
Schr'' C Siuitb, Hathaway Tauntou for New York,
scbr Pantile Hanmer, hrooka, Conuoctieut Kiver for New
York.
Schr E H William*, Williama, Connectlcat River for New
York.
Schr Annie F Kuaaeil, MebalTey, Portland, Ct, for New
York.
Schr Sarah A Bead, Arnold, Portland. Ct, for New York,
Schr Henry Lemuel. Jarvla, New liareu lor New Vera.
Schr Sallie Burton, Hurley, Mam lorn for New York.
Schr Sterling, Hall, Bridgeport lor New York.
Schr 11 at tie tl Giles, Jonee, Orient, LI. tor New York.
BOUND EAST.
Brig W N H Clement* (Br). Lewie. New York for St John,
NB (and anchored in ilart Island Koadei.
Schr Annie I'. Sandford, Saudford, New York for Boeten.
Schr A Tyrrell. Barrett. New York for Providence.
Schr T Benedict, Arnold. New York lor Providence.
Schr Gertrude. Broekway, New York lor Bridgeport.
e. Kllintt,
Schr H K Nightingale. Kllintt, New York for Kastport,
Schr Kannle Kern. Raton, Hoboken ior Providence.
Seltr Litey. Colwell. Weehawken lor I'.nstport.
Kcltr Veranda, Pond, Weruawken for Providence.
Sclir Kmily 0 Dennlson, Allen. Weehawken fur Somerset,
Schr Evergreen, Buncu. Rvndont for Providence.
Schr Kva Diverty, Gaudy. Port Johnson I'or Pawtncket.
Schr A be I W Parker, Dean, Port Johnaon for Pall River.
Schr M A Predmore. Pitch, Am hoy for New Bedford.
Schr Zoo, Shear. Ainboy for Newport.
Sclir Mary Miller, Dayton. Philadelphia for Wareham.
Schr John K Daw. Cox, Baltimore for Bridgeport.
Schr John II Chaffee, Knell, Virginia for New Haven.
Schr Joseph Allen, Butler, Virginia for Now Haven.
OUR MARINE CORRESPONDENCE.
NkwroKT. RI, April 7. 1HT7.
The efTocte of tba icbr John Rose, of and from Philadel
phia for Pall River, which went to plecoa en Noyce' Beach,
near Watch Hill, a few weeka ago, were void In thie city
this P.M. and realised $1425. Thie did not Include her apare
nor the bull.
Steamer Achitlei, from Philadelphia for Newburyport,
with coal, which arrived here on the Nth. In tow ol etratner
Panther, having lost her rudder off Montauk Point, baa
been towea by latter ateeiuer to Kali Kiver for repairs.
Steamer Newport, of the Pall Kiver Line, which broke
bar an aft ou the tit It. lias arrived here to be repaired.
MARITIME MISCELLANY.
The purter of tho it earner Alpe, from Port an Prince, Ac,
bae our tbauk* tor favora
Scuk II K lin.KS. which had discharged at tho Long Beach
work*, went tip to Grecuport April I to haul nut on Hlihcp'a
wavs. having on the down trip with coal from iioboken.
?truck on the Spiudle Rock NW Irout the oolnt at Plum
Gut and ititiuaged her bottom (lightly. She repaired and re
turned 'Jd that to the work*, where aba loaded with phos
pbate Tor Richmond, sailing 5th.
SenK llKMnr A I'AlftL, which was dismasted and put Into
Wilmington. NO, In February laat. ha* been transformed
front a 3-maated schooner Into a full-rigged bark.
Boston, April S?There are grave auapicions that Will
lain Magnire, the ?>le survivor of the brig Koanoke. did net
tell a true story. Hla statements to Captain Ooraou, of tho
achoonar which readied him. were contradictory, and gave
riae lo the suspicion that the crew mutinied and probahly
murdered the captain and his followers and also the puaaen
i-rra. and Hint the vessel became unmanageable alter they
got possession of it. It does not aeeru consistent that Ihe
passengers would have deliberately drowned themselves
while there was the least hope of being saved. In the safe,
which was located in the captain's cabin, were $50,000 in
geld, sufficient incentive for an uprising of the crew. It is
Bitrinised that the crew drank freely of lager, and while
itruiik went below to get the contents of the safe, and had
a tight with the captain ami sailors who remained faithful.
This is based on the fact that Magulre say* that one of tho
crew, a Finn, threatened to shoot the captain, ami tho fact
th il one of the crew we* found dead, with his tipper lip cut
off. When Magulre waa taken off by Captain Corson,
Va-ulre said lu explanation ibat the Finn got a
pistol out ol a dosett that were lying about the cabin, and
that the uoad man found on tho wreck hud his lip bit off lu
a light with one of the crew on the 20th of March. Ma
gulre, when lotitid. showed little signs of exhaustion, a taut
rather strange In viewer Itia claim that many of his com
rades nail died of exposure.
[The Koanoke was liouud Irom Philadelphia to Laguayra.
as previously published. Hark Resolution. Stoddard, sailed
from New York on Thursday night laat to aearch for the
brig. |
Hvannm. Mass. April 8?An unknown bark of about 450
tons burthen Is reported ashore on SK part ol Horseshoe
Shoals. Her sails are furled and no signals are set.
Grkknpokt. LI. April 7?A Norwich (Ct) schooner (name
unknown) put into tills port March 81 to repair damage,
having In u gale ou the 30th when off Black Point bad sails
biotvu away.
WHALEMEN.
Arrived at New Bedford, April 0. bark Seine, Clay, from a
5 mouths'cruise in the Atlantic Ocean, last from Charles
ton ground, witli 205 bbls sperm oil. Ilasoit freight 20 bbla
Charleston Ground, but weather very bad ami ruggsil.
Cleared at Bostou April 7. schr Win Martin, Martin, At
lantic Ocean.
Sailed from Provlneetown. April 6, tchrs Agate, Atkins;
and Arizona, Whit*, Atlantic Ocean.
Arrived nt St Helena March 3. bark Hope On, Baker, of
NB, with 240 bbls-p and 375 do wh.
Arrived at do Feb 7, berk George A Susan, Ileyer, with
133D wit and 1200 n (and sailed 12th to cruise).
Arrived at Honolulu prior to March 30. barks Sea Braoie,
Barnes, of NB: Three Brothers. Owen, of NB; Rainbow,
Cogan. of NB, and Mount Wallaston, Barker, of NB. The
Rainbow has 470 bbl* wh oil on board.
Arrive ) nt do March 2(1. hurk Clenne. Day. of NB.
Arrived at Seychelles Feb 7, harks Linda Stewart.Wileon,
NB. Irom a cittise (and sailed 20th for do) ; 18th, Laconta,
Gilford. NB. do laud sailed March 1 fordo).
Sailed Irom Seychelles Feb i>. barks Callao, Craw, NB, to
cruise; 20th, Platina. Ilowiand, Nil. do.
Capt Owen, of hark Three Brother*, of NB, which arrived
at Honolulu Feb 20 and sailed to cruise 28tli, makes the fol
lowing report:?Sailed from Honolulu Dec 2, 1870, Tor a
?perm whale cruise to the south, among the low islands, and
arrived Jan 1. 1877. Had very unfavorable weather to look
about for them, blowing almost a gale from W to NW and
N. with much rain, more than three weeks in January, and
had considerable trouble to keep off the Islands. Touched
at the Marquesas Islands nn return passage, and the oldest
residents there etated that they had never known such un
settled weather for the past thirty year*. 1 could have
fetched tlto-e Island! easily on my passage south. Having so
much northerly winds I have not seen a flsh or spout ontll
Sunday morning, bet ween Honolulu and Molokai, saw a
school of black fish ; should have chased them bad It not been
Sunday.
A letter from Capt Bonrne, of hark Avola. of NB. report*
her nt Singapore Feb 22 with MHO bbls sp oil ell told, which
had shipped bv British hark Star of the East lor New kork,
and would continue the voyage another year.
SPOKEN.
Ship Sydney Daeres (Hr), Dawson, from Liverpool lor San
Francisco, March 1<>. Iat 41 N. Ion 16 W.
Burk Maud <Hr>. Kussell, Irom Peusncola for Newcastle,
K, March 21, let 45. Ion 38
Bark Olliide, of St John, NB, steering S, March 24, lat 00
N. Ion 8 W.
Bark "Clcdo." of Bolton. wu? teen March fl, lat 3 S, lou
32 W. steering NNW.
Brig <) Blanchsrd iBr). from Baltimore for Rio Janeiro,
March 12, lat 4 N Ion 211 W.
The Montague, from Fall River (?) for London, March 12,
lat 47 N, Ion 22 W.
A vessel showing WBYC, from Glasgow for San Francisco,
Feb 7, on the Kquator, Ion 20 W.
NOTICE TO MERCHANTS AND CAPTAINS
Merchants. shipping agents tiul shipmasters are Informed
that by telegraphing to the IIkkald London Bureau, ad
dressing "Bennett. No. 4H Float street, London," or to tbo
Pari* oilier, addressing "Rrunett. HI Avenue de I'Opera.
Paris." the arrival* at and departures Irotn European and
Eastern porti or American and all foreign vessels trading
wttb the Unltrit Statee. tbe same will be cabled to thl*
country free of charge.
Capialne arriving at and aalllnr from French and Medi
terranean porta will And the Pari* office the more economi
cal and expeditious for lolegrapliing newt.
OUR CARLE SHIPPING NEWSL
Dill.. April 7?Arrived, bark Lea (Am), Schmernlcb,
New York lor Loudon (not the Sea, a* previously tele
graphed).
Fi.oiiks, to April 8?Arrived, ?chr Dora M French. French,
Beaton.
Hamburg. April 7?Arrived, bark Clto (Nor), Kielten,
Wilmington. NO; Brodreue (No'). Kvensen, do,
Hatui:. April 8. f> PM? Sailed, steamer Villa de Parla(Fr),
I)orami. New York.
Also sailed 8th. sblp Armstrong (Br), Bryan. New Or
leans.
Livkkpool, April S?Arrlvad, bark Kapha (Nor), Targe
ant. Baltimore,
Also arrived 8th. ship New York (Br), Irwin, San Fran
cisco; haras I'uujauh iBr). Stanbury Brunswick. Oa; Con
i cordia (Nor), Johannesen. Savannah ; Mooii (Dan), Kielm.
I'ensneola; brig lllppidyta (llr), Hidlry, Kingston. Ja, via
Hnvaniiu h.
Bntled 8th. ship Elln S Thayer. Mlnott, Trilled States.
LONDON, April 8?Arrived, ship Lcthair (Br), Orchard.
New York; bark J II Bowers, Harmless, nwatuw.
( Bulled 8vh, ships Martin Luther (Nor), lirunsgaard, lion
treal; l'nderwriter(Br). Hubert son, Quebec; City of Quebec
llr). Falconer, do; bark John Bull (Hr>, Emerson, do.
LpononN, to April 8?Arrived, brig It II Steeuken (Oar)
ilHshugen. New Orleans via Cagliari.
Makskiluu, April 7?Arrived, bark Active (Nor), Olsen,
Pensitcoia.
Bailed Oth, barks Heindeer (Br). Campbell, Montreal;
Dunsluaue (Itr), Young, do.
Pi.rmiuTii. April 8?Arrived, steamer Frisla(Oer), Merer,
New York for Hamburg (and proceeded).
Qckknstiiw.v, April 8?Arrived, bark liasella(Nor), Hrun,
Baltimore
Souths MrTON, April 8-Arrived, steamer Frankfurt (Her),
Klugkist, New Orleans via Havana lor Bremen.
FtAVANOP.lt. to April 8-Arrived, brig Nordiyset (Nor),
Pallsen, Philadelphia.
Btkttin. to April 8?Arrlvod, bark Bonabend (Oar), Pust,
Wilmington, NO.
London, April 8?Bark Joale Mildred, Olnn, which sailed
from Troon April '? for Matansas. has put Into Quaanstown
leak/. ______
FOREIGN PORTS.
AxriNWii.L, March 24?Sailed, steamer Bolivar (Br),
Dolieny, Liverpool via New Orleans .
llALirAX, April 4?Cleared, selir A M Payne, Pye, Balti
more.
Arrived 7th, steamer Harmatlan (Br), Alrd, Liverpool lor
Portland.
At rived 8th, stonmers Alpha (Hr), St Thomas and Ber
muda; Cortes. Freeman, New York; Mercedita, CUadsey,
dci Polynesian (Mr), Brown, Purtlaud tor Llrarpool.
Hailed 2t>tns?brW lunar. Letgblon, Boston.
*l?^A\7Zc<%rXrTiY~s- b"rk *??????? <?*>.
B.^r?"VaprT3h3a-,n b"k *?????. Holt, for
BaVb^S^Wl^oT8*"*4- CUjr of
[Pan Stkamkk Citt or KiciimowuI
T.Arra'o ?x.i?ir?:!,sV"-n M*uu-olbion-N~
Tb'"- ?<">-. Or.cn,and
phfa"*TOL" M"rcb 29~ArrU,d- AnK?ia. Flavin, Phllodol
Hukmsji. March 27-8ailed. Slrlua. Moller. Baltimore
Husks.. March 27?Sailed, China, Jordan. North America.
Hobi.kxox, Marco 27-Sailed, Perou, Pradarlk.au I'm.
IttColA. * * ?"
CuumuMBAMD. March IB-Cleared, Hamburg. Jorirenaan
St John. 1
leal"."1""'** M?rcb 19?Arrived, Kama, A ml go, New Or
. March 29?Authored, l.abel, Flnlayson, London
for Cbarlottctown. PEL
i M*1'?'1 29?Off, Armanella, Popham, from Port
land, u, for ???.
Daii?UM' i'*rcb 28-Arrlved. Jorgan Lorentian. Laraan,
Cleared 27th. Gurlow, Beotseu. Shedlae.
Sailed 28tli. Kdiua, Dull, Shalhurne, N8
Dukdkk, March 28?Arrived, Borr.one. Scbtaftlno. Baltl.
more.
Kaluodtn, March 28-Sailed. Ponnla.Carver. Baltielslncs
reported a.bore at Lernvtg, ; Adriatic. Taylor. Londou.
rlei **' March 29? Arrived, Thlorva, Graham, Da*
Button"*' *,"rch 28?Sailed. Oliver Emery, Swartbridge,
tlMHKWocg, March 28-Sailed. Htillman B Allen, Taylor,
tlueK,,0A' *'l"cb ?Arrived, New Republle, Sugget, Mauri,
Cleared 24th 1 W Parker. Brackett. Palermo,
cia''1.TAK, March 211?Cleared, Suliote, Lawrence,Valen
wn?'Tn.,A',l.f",i "alt New York via St Miehuels,
IIkltokt, March 27-Arrived. Somen. Oleeu, New York.
Frnnclsem 2S-Arrlvod. Belglc Metcarf. San
ni,;^,,r?0L- M*re" 28?Arrived, Penwlck. Johanaen.
n?J!n?!di. A.aC" ('0oJP,r; ?"">?. Camden. Me (and waa ofl
s?!n. , ! "J?" a"v): A '?.Malateata. New Orleaua)
frolic. Hush, end Gritsiufit*. Wuderiuur Sen FritticJwo'
Bornbav: LySa' Ch.hl.aw She":
hit rue, NS; Mlatletoe. Delap, St John. NH ? Nnaut.n
Ing. Point de dalle; Petronolis, Urouitad,' Halifax ?" Avon
port. Portar. do; Caliata ilawa, Harding Quebec- Koval
fcnl: S'J0hn' NB; T"'" 1 Laurousen. New
sfefl&aiaw:" ??1
Porfl?miUMe>"" 1""1' W H MoGllvery' ,roln Liverpool for
cOfW 27th, Columbus, Blethen, from Liverpool for
M,lrcb 28-Arrlved, Auron. Coate*. Bull Rlvcrt
29th, ltlyeia (a). Ritchie, Now Vork (ana entered out to re
turn) .forest Princes., Grunt. Beaufort, SC; Halloa Snail
man. Pensacol*; Borua. Cullberg. Hull Kivor.
H??holaH. Klilaud, I'eitsucnla; Sarah M
Smith, Spraciie, Delaware (and anchored at Deal 29th)
Lkitu, March 28?Arrived. Italia, Massareua. Phlladal
pate.
Phil'ad'e'lphU M*rCh 2?~S*"ed> "forge Washington, Parodi.
PoHTLAJtu. March 2S-Put into the Road., Verona, Bart
lett. Ironi Hull for Java.
yoKKNHTOWN, March 29-8alled. Marathon, Tnruer. Hull s
Armenia, Cavnilo, 811 are. ' '
yK'GT?"i?A*. March 27-Cleared. Krailio. Schungcl. New
NO* Unns, March IS?Balled, Bertha, Hansen, Wilmington,
s'AUAltASO. Feb 8?Sailed. Alice Mulr. Acker., England.
P.I i!14'? 25?Arrived, Stowell Brown, Anderson.
i ai>t?iion de rice. ?
".???, March 27?The Shaltmar, arrived at Marseilles
from San Francisco (corn), encountered u gale 10th Inst,
whlcli occasioned .uudry damages. The captain fears dam
age to cargo.
Hojto Koift;. Feb 15?The Western Hello, Fish, which
a ??? ''eru ,T?b from Onrdllf. reports that an the Htli
and 9th Dec, In let 43 8, Ion H7 K, she experienced r heavy
N W gale, during which she lost hrst mate overboard, and
several of the crew wero disabled.
QukklUTOWX, March 2?-Tlie Trowbridge hae landed here
capiaiii, boatswain, steward and four Heatnen of the Klor
ence Oultou, which ship was from Pabelioti de Pica tguuno,
lot orders, and was nbundoned. with 15 feet watefln hold,
on l*cb 21. In !ut 22 N, Ion 40 W; crew took to the boats iu
one 111 which woro those landed here; In tlio other were'the
niuto. carpenter and eight seamen. The boats parted
company on Feb 24, and the Trowbridge foil in with tho
capfulu a boat on the night of Feb 2U, In lat 20 N, Ion 40 W
[Previously partially reported by telegraph.]
Stanlkt (FI), Feb 15?Another death lias occurred on
board the Crown Prince, and nearly tho wholo or the uew
crew brought from Montevideo huvo been attacked by III
".""S h"*" vonsequeutly been discharged, anil the
ship is detained indefinitely. The putrid meat having been
discharged, some other causa,either In the vessel Itself or In
the cargo, must he looked for to account for this calamity.
It is said that the guano has an uunsunlly bad suiell.
AMERICAN PORTS.
ALEXANDRIA, April 6?Cleared, tchr C B McShane, for
BOSTON. April H?Arrived, steamers Illyrlan (Br,.
Worthlngtnn Liverpool; J S Hopkins, llallet. Bsltimore ;
Panther Mills. Philadelphia: Harrisburg, Worth, do; bark
L. * "li'ton. Carver, Sourabava; brigs Sullivan Perry,
Clenluegos; Gipsey Queen. Morgan, Sagua: sclirs 0 A .
Coulomb. Teiiuluiore, Matanias; Edward Burton (llr).
Miller, I once. PR: I.en a Hunter. Homers, Philadelphia; J
A L Hryan, Lee, do; Mahaska, Blake. Port Jnhuron; Wil
li . . JPL-fuM?"'. Al"b,,y I Narragansett. Shaw, do.
' P,r. Arrived, steamers Lucille, Ben
uett, Wiluilii.-ton, NO- Experiment, Pierce, Newberu, NCs
Octorara, Keynolds. New York; harks F.uropa (Ger).
Klinme. Bremen: Aralcit's (Nori. Kemiers, Hamburg; Die
lleiuiHth lUer), Kratt, Liverpool; Ella Vose (Br;. Doody.
.: . ''.'.rtu Petrel (BrJ, Charles. Londonderry.
. , ^1' AJlr" JJ??'JaHod, sehr Window, Morse, Ilallowell,
to loud fur New York.
BRISTOL, April S?Arrived, sehr Jesse Murdock, Slocum,
Philadelphia *
CHARLESTON, April 5?Sailed, schrs Maggie J Law
rence, Haley, Philadelphia; J W Vauueman, Sharp, Wil
mington. Del.
?'tli?Cleared, barks Onlnare (Br,. McDonald. London;
Kong Oscar (Nor,. Rotbory, Cork. *
steamer Charleston, lor New York, has been detained by
heavy weather.
CITY POINT. April 0?Arrived, bark Traflk (Nor,. Jacob
son. Liverpuol.
Arrived at Osborne's Lending Gtb, Paul P Keller. Hen
derson, Petersburg. to load lor Wilmington. Dol.
DAKIBN, April 7?Arrived, hark "Lotrer Harvard."
Cleared?Bark Emma Paysaut (Br), Barrow; brigs Alphli
(Ger) Goraineseu, Flensburg; Frledricb (Ger,. Heggeron.
nest Hartlepool. ?
DUTCH ISLAND, April H?Sailed from the harbor, scbrs
Xartlia Sargent, CloNSou. New York for Searsport; Lucy K
Cogswell, Cheney, Newcastle. Del, for Newburyport; Anson
Providence for Portsmouth. Nil.
/J . ^ i MONROE, April 8?Arrived, harks Tellus
s- ten. Great Yarmouth, E; Progress, Gloucester;
Kallisto (Nor), Lelth, seeking.
Also arrived, snip Globe (Br), Hurrlson. Antofugasta for
orders; barks Constance (Dutch), Nanninga. Amsterdam;
ii i* J'ul"" Liverpool; Amelia, Aberdeen, seeking; Sun
light, do. do; Ruth (Nor,, Emertsen. Liverpool for Rich
tu unci.
Sailed?Barks Minerva (Nor), Foil berg; GlackauT (Ger).
Hprenger, and Rntiia (Nor,. Hansen. Richmond.
u KSTON, April 3?Cleared, sehr Washlugton, Fisch
er. Pensacols. '
Pldl'ide'lph'la RT' U' Aprl1 4_8*ll#d' ?cbr, M 0 Well,i Ca??.
OBIW Ji!*"'.' f*hr Kf,nny "snn'er, Wiggins, Philadelphia.
ORIENT. LI, April 5?Sailed, sehr ii E Giles, for Rich
III Olid. \ a.
NEW ORLEANS, April 4?Arrived, ships Adorna, Haw
kins, and Ueo Peahudy. Clark. Liverpool; Meir.se. Nail.
5tVi i i? I Ilavre; Scioto (Bri,
Mitchell, Liverpool; bark/ediro (Ital). Huaso, Bordeaux;
u. !f... "cl,r* >Hntu 0,"r'i Pietati,
Kufttan , bbeiifipr, ftolliel, I ort Autuuio ?Ju
4;luar?d?Sclir Pultun, Taylor. Paicmcoula.
H?low?.S hr? Kllea M Adnius, Adumx, Iroin Kuatan* Ex
ceUlor. Buttko. irorn Utlllm '
7th -Arrived, ateauier New Orleans, Dearborn. New York
( leared Steamer Kmlllano (Sp) Mendessue, Liverpool;
bark Hervatska lAns), Scbwarts, Antwerp.
8tn? arrive.,, steamers Oberun (Br). Liverpool; Morgan
Citv. Reed, New Yerk.
Passics, April 7?Arrived. elilpi Win Tspscott, Wyrano,
Liverpool; Caledonia. Potter. flo; Tulbot (Nor), Olson, Bel
last I; berk llmnenlco (Ital), Cnlotta, t'elermo: hrlirs
M inlaw ink n (Itui), Saraolno, Messina; Onalasku, Hart, New
fork.
Sailed?Steamer Wimbledon (Br), for Havre.
8th--Arrived. ship Sandusky. Lnwden, Amsterdam.
Hulled?Steamers City of Moxlco, iiavunu Ac: Thnlei
(Br). Liverpool; Andenn (Br), do (latter, drawing "M)i feet,
went to sea through tlie Jetties).
NoKPOLK. April B-Arrived, steamer San Jacinto (Br),
Rlcaor, New Orleans for Liverpool.
NEW MRDKOKD. April 7?Arrived, eclirs J B Clayton,
Gilford. Philadelphia; Joseph Luton. .1 r, Peterson, do; Jus
English, Burker, Port Johnson; Riehurd Law, liuwklne,
''"'NEWPORT, April fl?Arrived, telirs J A D Cranmer. Mar
tin, New York for Portsmouth. Nil; Lottie Walsh. Corn
stock, ll'ort Jolinsun for Kelt lliver; Volant, Lord.Weohawken
for Somerset: Geo Law, Jointings, Ureenport lor Provldauce
(and sailed AM 7th).
Sailed?Schr Charles C Warren, Smith. New York lor
Uoitoii.
7th, AM?Sailed, scbrs John W Ilall, Jr. (Jheen. Philadel
phia; David D Crane, Goldou. Providence lor New York;
Alice, Rogers, Providence lor V irgiulu; M L Varney, Rosa,
New York for Danversport.
NEW LONDON, April 7?Arrived, schrs Chler, Ilohoken
lor Norwich ; Marietta Hand, do.
Sailed?Schr Maria Pleniing. New York.
Nr.W IIA VKN, April 7?Arrived, schrs Rendinir Railroad
No :i5, Perth Amboy ; Kim City, Kidd, do; sloop Mary Elisa
beth, Lewis, New York.
PORT MADISON. March 81?Sailed, berk Tidal Wavo^
Reynolds, Sun Kranctsco.
PORT HLAKKlY. March 31?Arrived, bark Carolina,
Reed. seymoro, San Prauclseo.
PBNSACOLA, April 4?Arrived, ship Riverside. Wood
ward, Cherbourg: tiark Norway (Nor), Orniuiidsen, Deiu
eraru- nrlg Kndorus, Prince, Havana
Sailed?Harks Amanda (Run), Ahlnen. Queeiistown ; Kis
met (Sw), llartxell l.eltli; Pas-nrnenng (Swi. hrleksen,
(jiieenstown ; Wild Hunter. Twanihly, London; schr iudtan
ola, Bloom. Pulton (Texas).
I'll I LADKLI'll I A. April S?Arrived, stoaroer Ellla
Knlgut, New York; shin Rhine (Br), Smith. Bremen.
PORTLAND, April u -Cleared, steamer Vcnesia (Br),
McMa-ters. St Johns. NP (not us before).
Sailed -Schrs T S McLellan, Samuel r ish, Ida L Howard,
and others.
RICHMOND, April 7?Arrived, harks Norah. Hall, Bos
ton ; Jason (Nor). Olson, Antwerp; schr Horatio Nichols,
Dupity. New York, to load lor Newark.
Hailed -Hclir Horatio Nichols, New York.
SAN KRA.N't'lSCO. March 81?Cleared, shin Isle of Bute
(Br), Cavull, Portland ; bark II N Carlton, llarknasa, Ma
nila.
Sailed?Ship Duke of Athid (Br), Peebles, (Jneetistowni
barks Bohemia (Col), Olte. Guawuas; Auienlu. Malgrum.
Seattle; Oakland, Stevens. Port Madlsdii; Rainier, White,
Port Gamble; brlir Norili .star, Davis. .
April s -Arrived, ship Thos Dana, Hissoti, New Ynnc;
barks Le (Jiieriila (Br), Mays, Sunderland: I.adstock (Bri,
Graham. Ardrossan Oral mullor (Br), Oo(1''ard, Liverpool.
SAVANNAH. April 8?Arrived, summers General Barnes,
Cheeseman, New York ; Wm Keuuedv, Poster. Baltimore.
WILMINGTON. NC, April tt-Arrived, schr Ella 11
Barnes. Harrison. Wilmington. Del.
WIHt'ASSKT, April 'J -Sailed, schr BenJ Reed, Tlhbettl,
New York
\V\IU*BAM. April (I?Arrived, schrs John 11 Perry,
Woods. Philadelphia; Jos Kay, Butler, do; White, Swan,
Williams, do; It II Dean, Dealt, do.
WICK PORI), April 7?Arrived, schrs John Munlove, Cash
man, and Bertha, Conover. Perth Author.
YACHTS, STB A M BOATS, site.
'*"-lK(lN AND "WiiOIIKN STEAMSHIPS; LIGllP
i\.draught Slnamhonts (with anil without staterooms),
large Steam Yachts, Tuns, Prolaht Propeller*. Kerrybnats,
Ac., for sale by PRRDttKICK C. SCHMIDT, 1 South Wlll
lam at.
Bfou sale-a stkam launch, st psst, ikatn
1 15, or would charter with engineer. LAUNCH, box 118
Herald I'ptown idtice.
W" ANTKD-8TKAM YACTTT\ PLEAsTuRK BOAT*
woll built, lair speed, leiiKth ahmit 40 teet b/8% feet
lieam ; teudv tor line J one I. Address, lull description anj
terms, P. O. Drawer No. Hti, Curtlaud, New York.
WANTED-A LIGHT POUR-OA RE I ? CEDAR BA KG u"
with sweep. Address, giving lull deserlutle* aas
, lewest price. BOATMAN, Herald Ulten utllaa.