Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 23, Number 39, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 April 1874 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1874.

TUESDAY, APRIL 21. Kiel, concerning w bom there is such be wildering excitement in tho Dominion Par liament, tu tbe president of the provisional government of tbe insurgents at tbe time of tbe Red river rebellion. In 1870 the 1 rencb Insurrection against tbe Dewly formed Do minion government. Thomas Scott, the leader of the loyalists, was tk en prisoner and pot to death, and it is with his murder tht Tenuis Kiel stands charged. In tbe face of the indictment lor murder he was elected to the Don inion parliament and a few weeks ago he had the hardihood to enter Ottawa and affix his name secretly to the roll of the house of commons; but he has been very -scarce since that peculiar performance. Ills friends claim that his case comes under the act of amnesty. John Bruce, who was pro visional president of the rebels before Kiel tells a horrible tale of the butchery of Scott. The affair was managed in such a bungling manner that Scott was nailed in his coffin while yet alive, and it was not until six hours after the shooting that he finally expired. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm After four months of more or less intelli gible discussion, the currency question has reached the final stage of its probation. The Senate bill was adopted yesterday by the Il juie and goes to the president for the Us: formality before becoming a law. The bill, as passed, has been debated step by Btep and its friends and enemies know Its provisions quite thoroughly. The actual increase of the currency will not be so great as the figures seem to imply. By fixing the limit at 4iX), 00,000, Congress simply legalizes the isäue of the 144,000,000 reserve, which Bout well anl Richardson put out during the T2 cam paign and the panic Whatever ultimate ef fect expansion may have, the question is now virtually decided, .and business men should set themselves to work to carry on their affairs in anticipation of a future tendency toward resumption. The friends of inflation have been promising a return ot prosperity so soon as pending legislation was decided, and now we shall all expect to resume the pros perous times that preceded tbe September panic. ' A mending of ministerial ways, has been engaging the attention of the Brooklyn folks pretty extensively of late, and the last unfortnnate has fared considerably worse than Mr. Beecher. It seems thai tbe report got abroad that Brother K end rick occasionally not only looked upon the wine when it was red. but tripped the light-fantastic toe as an occasional diversion, in a species of dancing which is described as being"round." lie was cited to appear before the local sanhedrim of the Methodist Episcopal church and answer to these grave charges. The testimony seems to have been conflicting, but a certain good brother and sister testified in such a pointed manner concerning his conduct that the jury gave a verdict which asserted divers unpleasant statements. Among them, he was declared guilty of going to public balls "when he felt like it," indulging in amusements inconsistent with the practices of a christian lile, and lastly and most atrocious, that be was guilty of unchristian behavior toward certain females on the Cth of March. lie is therefore cut loose from his ecclesiastical moorings, and sent to meet the cold reception of an ungrateful world. That unhappy Erie road! It seems destined to suffer always the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. No sooner has one evil been pushed from its path than the spectre of another is invented to haunt its directors. The late auditor and not altogether a trustworthy person, it is said writes a statement in the New- York press, declaring that there is a large deficiency in the earnings of the road, as compared -with the expenses, for the year ending Jane, 1873; that in August the books were "doctored" so as to show that a dividend had been made, and- one was accordingly declared. This deceit was carried through the whole year, and was also maintained by the statements made in London by Mr. Watson. Dunau confesses to hta participation in this rascality, and undoubtedly has- given this evidence hoping to obtain mercy wheu the crisis comes. But another side yet remains to be heard, and it would be unfair to give a judgment on this testimony until the defendants have taken the stand. fhere is nothing positively alarming in this announcement since its counterpart, in connection with this road, is as old, almost, as the history of the road itself. But it is given as only another evidence of the leniency and tenderness with which the guilt of railroad mouopoly is handled, and as an added example of tbe almost continuous corruption and fraud which seem inevitably to attach themselves to corporations, yielding such immense annual profits. , Already the effects of the new railroad laws in Illinois are being made known. Tbe railroad commissioners of that state have lately assessed a tariff which they announce to be a just and fair ore for the transportation of freight over the different state roads. Disregarding the crudity of the tariff and the assertion that It Is much more discriminating against shippers than the present one the Chicago fc Alton Railroad company are about to enter their protest on the ground that tho present imposed tariff will not allow this road to pay its running expenses. In preparing for this argument the company will present all the facta, showing the cost of the road and its running expenses, and for this pur pose an examination will be made Into every department. Already the general freight agent has a force of eighteen men preparing the facts and statistics in his department. The chief engineer, the general passenger agent, the superintendent of machinery, and other officers of the road, are Also preparing statements Ja their several

departments, going to show the relative profits in each of these branches of the railroad business, and these statements when completed, will show what would be received if the company should do business on tbe rates prescribed by the commissioners. The full presentation and arguments will undoubtedly be tbe most exhaustive statement yet made of the cost and management of conducting a long railroad line and will give authority, whatever may be the decision, to all succeeding legislation on this unsettled and important subject, and will thus decide the constitutionality of the laws already passed. The first case will be ttied at Springfield, before the Circuit Court, and will then probably fight its way up to the Supreme Court for a final adjudication. This trial will attract much attention from all parties who are at all interested in the transportation question, and this will include the great majority of people of tbe country. ' The Union is at some pains to explain in an article reproduced elsewhere.to an inquiring correspondent, its reasons for advocating the independent convention which meets here on the tenth of June. The Union alludes to the movement as one of farmers only. This is an error. The farmers simply take the lead, hoping that all others who leel the need of reform will fall into line and help the work forward. It is a people's movemeat in tbe largest sense and the workingmeivhavejust as much right to shape the results as tbe farmers. By their action in the matter, the farmers simply Indicated that they were ready to take up the battle for reform, and trusting in their fellow workers they issued an invitation to take counsel together. The 10th of June convention can do much, even il it does not fulfill the largest expectations of its friends. It can so resolve tbat tbe partisan bodies following it will not dare put forth poor men or

doubtful resolutions. In that convention there are to be men of all classes not farmers alone, but every man who holds political reform a necessity. The very fact that only the extreme partisan DSDers oppose the movement, is the .... strongest attestation of its necessity The success of a popular movement of this character would result in financial collapse to newspapers founded by party patronage, and maintained by political pillage and direct robbery from state and county treas uries. In all the discussien aroused by the publication of tho farmers' call, it will be noted that only tbe extreme party papers have striven to break the lorce of the movement not because it is not a good thing and a wholesome vent for political foulnesa.but because, the regular party channels were not selected for its outgrowth. So far there has been no argument made upon the merits of the movement itself. Day after day the shal low parroting of "bogus" is echoed and reechoed from the organs of the parties but never a word as to the ultimate aim of tbe movement. Suppose the calls were bogu?, though how anything can be bogus which makes no claim that can be refuted is not plain, what has that to do with the final purpose of the revolt? It is settled be yond any sort ol question that a great meeting will come to pass in this city on the tenth of June. No one pretends to predict what the meeting will do. The farmers in discussing the matter were not settled on the details. They coincided ouly in the opinion that a meeting for tho comparison of views and the definition of a few political principles would be a chart for the future. Evidences are pouring in Irom all quarters that the idea is impressing every one with favor, and that the June meeting will be as big in numbers as it may be beneficent in work. It is good and wholesome for thoughtful, earnest men to meet together en masse from time to time. The cut and dried political conventions do not partake of this character. They are generally filled to a great extent by the nominees of packed primaries office seekers and political seek ers, in the interests of ring "pals," and as oblivious of a duty to the state at large as the birds of the air or the beasts of the field. The convention will do this much good at least, it will stir up a freash race of men and give a pureer tone to public discus sion by getting the thinking actual laboring masses together in the interests of what ever is pure and of good repute in public af fairs. If nothing further is achieved It will be a beneficent result, and no good man can with consistency discourage it. Speaking of life insurance, the New York Bulletin makes some statements which are of nterest to a pretty large class. The two es sential points which lie at the foundation of all the calculations are the average duration of life and the rate of interest on the capital. As to the former, the estimates are made on

healthy and sound constitutions ; and to determine these conditions, several questions are propounded to the candidate to be answered by Mm in addition to the medical examination of a professional expert. Sometimes the applicant answers falsely to some ot the queries, In which case, if the fact be proven, he invalidates the contract. But it appears that the greatest peril to the companies and all members of mutual concerns does not lie In fraudulent representations, but in facts that are, at least, partially admitted by the applicants in their answers. On an investigation by the Bulletin one hundred applications were examined as to this question: "Do you use intoxicating liquors?'!' Only one in ten answered squarely in the negative. The other nine say "moderately" or "occasionally." Not any one admits that he is a habitual or excessive tippler. By the side of this fact stands another one of significance. On examination of the record of deaths and losses paid by this company, the startling fact is disclosed that six-tenths of. all the deaths were .cither directly from the effects of rum, or hastened by the same cause, and further, -' that more than half of the contested cases involving litigation are those which are complicated with intemperance. To this it my be added, as. a well knowa act, that a majority of

death losses paid which are chargeabl e to liquor, the companies do not Btop to contest. If this estimate or statement be tru e, and if the investigation present a fair example of the whole business, it is an affair of vast moment to all policy holders i "4 mutual companies. In justicei to some oi fthe best companies, it Bhould be said that it is not likely auch a showing could be made of tbeir busi

ness. There is another aspect of the case of still greater importance. Admitting that too much leniency is allowed in accepting these moderate drinkers, as they style themselves, it yet remains that the insured portion of society is the soundest, taken as a class. If six-tenths of these die, directly or prematurely, from tbe fatal cause, 'what would be the Bhowing if all the deaths were investigated promiscuously? And what an enormous restriction of human life is wronghi. by the common enemy, whisky? Even Canada is beginning to ask for a rest from the fatiguing lormulas of royalty. Just aa the fluttering hearts of the home government let out the purposing of the coming of Arthur, to viceroWhe dominion, tbe sturdy Canadians are showing the colors of repub licanism and speaking out for freedom. The course of events for a year or two have not been altogether pleasing to the Canadian people; whether justly or not they charge it to the home government and just as that government is contemplating a closer union between the two countries. The first "onpleasantness" arose irom a resolution passed by the Dominion parliament last May, directing the then governor-general to veto certain bills passed by the New Brunswick legislature in relation to education The MacDonald government referred the matter to the home government, and GladStone replied that this was a matter in which the governor-general must act on his own discretion, and in which he must not accept the advice of any responsible ministers of the Dominion. The MacDonald program is now superseded by the opposition, and the interesting question comes up as to how far Great Britian can go, in regulating the local affairs of tbe Dominion, and whether if tho governor-general amends one law he may not others. In endeavoring to find a satisfactery answer to these questions the people seem to be nearly in tbe position of the colonists when they were lorced to make a declaration of independence Besides the dissensions between the French Canadians and the Orangemen In regard to Kiel, there is a chance that .Lord DulTerin, the present governor general, may be succeeded by the Duke of Edinburg. The Toronto Globe, in commenting on this last probabilityt says tbat it sees difficulties of such magnitude in the way that it regrets it has to place "the attractive notion of being governed for four years by a royal Duke among tbe category of impracticable things." All those expressions and act got0 6how how strongly the local or national spirit has been recently developed in the Dominion, while the success of the United States on the free and indifferent basis as self-government must be to tbe thinkers ot Canada a convincing proof that the highest developments of both countries is identical with liberty. Attentive readers of the Sentinel who have followed tbe discussion of the recent out break at Asbury will hardly need the re-assurance that the whole trouble has arisen from the turbulence of the boys. These per tinacious lads can not be brought to see that the faculty bad no alternative, after their scandalous conduct in the matter of the mock schemes, than peremptory dismissal. Had they trifled with the matter they might have subjected themselves to the censure of the people of the state who look to Anbury for sound and conservative training. The expelled students have very properly indi cated how keenly they feel the punishment, though so far, there has been little evidence of penitence for their crime. The story so far as the students can tell it-rhas been told in the Sentinel's columns and a word only In reference to the college itself may reassure its friends. Notwithstanding tbe recent disturbances, the term has opened prosperously. Three hundred and twentyone students have already matriculated fcr the present session and are in actual attendance. This is a larger number than at the corresponding session of any previous year. The aggregate enrollment for the year is 455. Twenty-four members of the senior class have ' matriculated and are in regular attendance at recitations. Perhaps a dozen students are hanging back and have not enrolled. There has been no disorder, no violence ot any sort about the colleges. Five of the six dismissed seniors are still in town; the remaining one has gone home. A good many of the students disagree with the faculty about the manner of the recent discipline; the citizens for the most part stand firmly by the authorities of the university. It is fairly to be presumed that the faculty of the college understand themselves in the matter of this discipline; and it is not likely that wrathful newspaper correspondence or fretful outbreakings of sedition are going to alter or disturb the course of justice. When It comes to a struggle between gas and facts, it is not likely that gas will go for much. Of all the varieties of phiogisticated matter college wind is rather the lightest. Let the friends of Asbury possesss their souls in patience; there has been no serious cause of alarm, and there is none now.

A third splendid vessel has been lost to the French steamship . fleet. The America, which ran upon a rock on the French coast, was the third of the same line wrecked within six months. The particulars are too meager to warrant criticism, but the bare outline indicates the most slovenly incapacity. . In every misfortune which has thus farbefallen the line incompetency of tbe officers -. seemed to ' have been the principal' ';' source of disaster. The abandonment of the Europe would never have been dreamt of by an American' or British seamanalthough it was an American captain, it mut be confessed, who ran the City of Washington on the Nova Scotia rocks. -For a time, probably, the prejudice of the public will make travel light on the French, line.;. , .. .Jj; , 7r

A FRIGHTFUL SCENE.

THE DISASTER OF THE EUROPE. THE HISTORY OP TBE STEAMSHIP ITS FIRST day's jours ey its sis kino condition discovered the timely arrival of the GREECE TRANSFER OF THE PASSENOERS THRILLING SCENES AND INCIDENTS. The following graphic account of tbe late ocean disaster, is given by a passenger of the fated vessel, and who arrived at New York in the Greece on the 12th inst. The narrative is taken from tbe New York Times: The French steamer Europe, of the General Transatlantic company's line, sailed from Harve on Thursday, March 26, at 4 p. sr. She arrived at Brest on Friday forenoon.and remained there until nearly 4 p. m , on Saturday, the 2Sih, when she eailed for New York. On Saturday a few additional passenge the writer among tbe number bad come by rail from Paris and joined the company on tbe vessel. The passengers then numbered 88 In first and second cabins and 183 in the third class, or steerage, making a total 221 persons. With the officers and crew, numbering 153, tbe whole num ber ol souls on board the Europe was 374 Tbe freight list amounted to 2,000 tons of French goods, including some 8,000 baskest of wine. When the tug which brought out tbe latest passengers turned away from the Europe, .nd as the latter steamed slowly through the picteresque entrance to the harbor of Brest, the new comers on board had time to discover, as the Havre passengers bad already discovered, that the steamer to all outward appearance was a paradise of ocean navigation. As one gentleman of yacthing proclivities expressed himself, "She'll fust (like a yactb, and with such a kitchen we're sure to have A splendid time going across." In truth never did a steamer offer fairer promises ot fine passage to her passengers than did the Europe. She had been favorably known for a number of years to travelers by the French line. She was originally a side-wheeler, and made her first voyage in Slay, 1S65, under command of Captain Lemaire, tne same in whose charge we left Brest. In lSb7 the writer crossed tbe ocean in the Europe, and found her an exceedingly comfortable ship, although not a fast one, as these times go. In 1872 the French company decided to have tbe Europe and other side -wheelers altered into screws, and lengthened. Increased carrying room, in creased speed, aud economy in fuel were the advantages to to gained by tho alteration. The original builders of the Europe were the Messrs. Scott, of ureenocx-on-tbe Clyde, but the re-building was done by Leslie t Co. of Newcastle-on-Tyne. The dimensions of tue EurOe after the transfer mation were aa follows: Lenurih. 410 feet breadth of beam, 44 feet: depth of hold. 57 feet; tonnage, 4,585; and her engines were of i ,m h norse power, w e left Hrest barbor with a fresh (southwest wind, and a sea sufficiently heavy to reduce the number of paseagers who partook of the first dinner almost to a maximum. During the evening and night tho wind increased and the sea rose still higher. Bv noon of Sunday we accomplished about 220 miles. This was rather slow progress, but not so bad as to give much reason for growling at the weather and then, you know, the wind might change at any moment. On Monday afternoon we past d a German steamer bound eastward. I rum Monday evening THE STORM increased steadily in violence. The wind shifted now to west, mow to northwest, and back nzain to southwest, but alwavs the gale bi came more and more furious. The Europe battled bravely along, notwithstand ing the opposing forces, and by noon on Tuesday we added 220 miles to our score. By that time the deck and smoking room had begun to asnme a somewhat livelier appearance than be:ore, and the attendance on the grand ceremonv of the day, dinner, was improving. There was a circumstauce which, without creating the least uneasiness, was repeatedly noticed as unusual; the donkey engine was in almost continuous motion. To the few unconcerned inquiries made as to the cause for tho donkey's constant working, the answer was made that ashes were being raised. In the twenty-four hours up to Wednesday noon we had run 216 miles four days out and only 891 miles from Brest. On Wednesday evening the gale concentrated its powers for a final aud fatal attack upon the unfortunate Europe. I will not attempt to describe the real awfulness of that night, tor I should certainly fail to convey even an approximate idea of the wrath of the ocean. Certain it is that no passenger who was on board the Europe will forget the indescribable fury of the storm on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Sleep was out ot tbe question, except ror a very, very few. Trunks and smaller articles banged about the cabin?, crockery clashed, the screw " raced," and a general pandemonium stirred up the most drowsy of us. Early on Thursday morning say 6 o'clock : I went on deck to have a look at things generally. Although still violent, wind and sea were both falling. The Euope, as far as could be judged from the deck, was staunch and true; she rose nicely over the rollers; her decks, spite of the sea, were al most free from water. The barometer maae a comparatively favorable showing. There was, In short, notning visinie to create tne faintest uneasiness in tbe most timorous mind. Alterwards the forenoon passed as forenoons usually do on shipboard. The sea iell considerably, and tbe wind, com pared with the gale of tbe nigbt before. Decame of slight vigor. But alas ! our sense of comfort and security was soon to receive a startling shock. The . reckoning at noon showed tbat during the past 24 hours we had run onlv 140 miles. We were then 1.03 miles from Brest, about latitude 4S 20' N., and longitude 30 3' W. About 10 o'clock In tbe forenoon we had sigbted a steamer westward bound. As we gradually overhauled her it was found that she was a steamer of the National Line. Between 2 and 3 o'clock the two ships were nearly abreast, and the Europe's passengers congratulated themselves that tbey were going taster tnan at least one . other ship. At a quarter to 4 our passengers were scattered around tbe vessel, killing time as tney bes.t couia. A larger number fthan usual were on deck. watchiDsr our companion to siarDoara. ine waiters in the saloons had ust begun to lay the cloths for dinner. Tbe writer tmd several others were In tbe smoking-room, making themselves comfortable on the broad lounges. Suddenly a can was neara. x.verybodv asked bis neighbor what it-meant. No one suspected the truth. Gradually It was rumored that a large amount or water en tered the steamer's .hold that tbe Europe was IN A SINKING CONDITION! The officers, when questioned, were reticent; but concealment was no longer possible nor necessary. It was a critical movement when the truth became manifest to the pas senge, if, tnrougn over estimation or tne imminence of danger, a panic and a rush for the boats had occurred, the result would have been certain destruction to many lives. But tha people in the Europe behaved well. There was no unseemlv confusion, no tear ing of hair and bewailing of fate which so often add to the disagreeableness ot . sucn moments. Very quietly the passengers went below and provided themselves with life-preservers. Then a . few minutes were spent In throwing some small articles of value or comfort into the hand bags, and before long the company was again

assembled on deck, each with his cork belt round his body, and ready to be transferred from one ship to the other as soon aa the order should be given for lowering the boats. Under the circumstances it would have been not unnatural if the women of the party had given way to the excitement of the moment, but all praise to their courage, the women preserved their self-possession in a manner beyond admiration, llere and there were heard the sobbings of a ch'ld, not understanding the peril, but scared by tbe solemnity ot the elder's faces; and emigrant mothers wept a little out of sympathy for the innocent fears of tbeir young ones. Among the ladies in the cabin not an expression of alarm was allowed to escape the lips. By the time the passengers had gathered on the deck in readiness to embark in the boats, the Europe's engines had been flopped. The national steamer approached rapidly, and as she passed by our stern we noticed that she bore the name of Greece. Her officers had evidently not made out the import of our signals, and they did not at first understand the hailing of the French officers, but the shout of an American passenger exElained the difficulty, and after passing y us the Greece came to a stop about a fifth ot a mile off our port bow. Naturally enough each moment seemed like an age to tbe passengers, and even those who had preserved the most perfect coolness were beginning to tret, when the officers succeeded in gathering their men, and tbe disembarkation was begun. Here we entered upon the real danger of the day. Up to this time there had been no pressing peril, for, as the officers informed the passengers, the ship would float for at least twenty-four hours. But the work of lowering the passengers from the Europe and raising them to the deck of the Greece threatened to be hazardous in the extreme, llappily the ocean was rather quieter than oa any previous day of the voyage. On the day before it would have been an utter impossibility to have made the transfer; no boats could have lived in that dreadful sea. As it was, we could not hope to enjoy entire freedom from disaster to life. Of course the first consideration was to get THE WOMEN AND CHILDRKN AWAY. Two officers and several sailors stood by the ladder. It was an instant's work to pass a bow-line over a woman's shoulders and

down she went until safely dropped Into the boat below. Then a child was sent away. and another, and again a woman, until the boat was full, and away she started. By this time two boats were approaching from the cugiisn snip, ana people were descending to the other boats of tbe Europe. Once the disembarkation was underway the Europe's passengers lost whatever sense of anxiety about sinking mav have troubled some of them before. With few exceptions the male passengers evinced no eagerness to sve tnemseives oerore the women and children were out of danger. Thero were several narrow escapes from being crushed between the boats and tbe steamer's side. Some of the people, particularly women and cnnaren, mansgea tnemseives awkwardly, and In conseouence everv now and thn some one was left dangling in tbe air as the waves washed the boats for a minute from the ship's side. It was an interesting stud v to note the different ' characters manifested by the various ways people had of de seending. Some put themselves into the hands ot the officers and sailors. ana were as impassive wnile being lowered as though they had been sacks of grain. mosi oi toe men ana some few women slipped down tbe ropes without being tied. Some went down cautiously, watching for the rise of tbe boat on a wave, and then swung themselves neatly into a seat. Others again let themselves go with a rush, burning their hands on the rope, and arriving with a thump in a doubled-up condition. Mothers were ' unwilling to be lowered without their children, and at the same time dreaded to let their little ones bs taken from them to be sent down first. One man left the ship before his wife. As far as the saving of worldly goods was concerned, few evinced much anxiety, notwithstanding there was much of value in the trunks. Many hoped that after tho passengers were transferred there would be a chance of getting ofTat least the lighter baggage. Some packed their jewels in satchels, or stuffed them into pockets, but no one asked to have anything of bulk carried. A number even of such few valises and bags as were put into the boats were lost on the trip, but everybody was so well pleased at being safe that the lamentations for lost property were few and far between. One French woman lost a considerable amount of stuff, but was well content in rescuing her parrot in the bosom of her dress. The work of disembarkation was. performed with great rapidity as well as carefulness. THE OFFICERS OF THE EUROPE behaved well, intelligently and coolly. Concerning the scane as the boats arrived by the side of the Greece, and as tbe passengers were being raised to the deck, I can speak for the most part only from what I have heard. Judging that the matters of greater interest were on the Europe's deck, I re mained there until near tbe end. When it came my turn to descend it happened that I struck upon one of the two English boats,, and I found a very comfortable place in her bow seat. Mr. Phenix, Doctor Burric'ge and " Jack," the last passenger lowered, were also in the boat, as well as some of the Europe's waiters and tbe two stewardesses squatted down between the seats. The sailors put strong and willing arms to the oars, and we rapidly drew near to the Greece. In two nours ana a nan irom tne time tue first gun was fired, and in not more than an hour and three-quarters from tbe time the first boat was lowered, tbe whole S72 men, women and children who had been on the Europe were safely enjoying the hospitality of the Greece. What risk was incurred may be judged from tbe opinion of Mr. Hubbard, second officer of the Greece, who rays he feared we would not get off with a less loss than a score ot lives. Soon after the arrival of the French officers, Capt. Thomas decided to send his first officer, Mr. Buck, and his chief engineer. Mr. Douglass, to make an inspection or tne Europe's condition and ascertain whether there was any chance whatever ot saving the vessel. The retnrn of these officers was awaited with impatient interest, for all on board the Greece, and especially the people who bad just quitted the' splendid quarters of the Europe felt a pang of regret as they looked upon the noble looking craft tossing about at the mercy of the waves and thought that she was fated at a near hour to disappear in a water crave. Upon their return Mr. Buck, and Mr. Douglass declined to give an expression of opinion, as they had been prevented by the gradually deepening darkness from making as thorough an examination as was desirable. They, however, reported between six and seven feet of water in the com Dartments including engine and fire room. In no otber compartments, they said could water be found. A second inspection, tobe made at daybreak, was decided uDon. and Mr. Buck said that if there was the faintest hone ot saving the Europe he was ready to make the attempt. tiOt It be hoped tnac ne mougni sue nau already cone. By this ti.ue the evening was wearing well away. The Europe's people had been provided with a bountirut ineaj, and hungry enough we were after the unwonted excitement and unusual fast. . It was no small task for the steward's department to provide for such an invasion ef visitors coming without warning to take "potluck," but the task was perlormed with success and cheerfulness. , ; j J'.: .,:'. . . THE NIGHT - 1 was not an especially cheerful one. The sea

was running very high, and the steamer rocked decidedly more than was conducive to slumber. Even under other circumstances, the mornful immage of the Eurepe, abandoned and forlorn, beating about aimlessly on the ocean, would have been sufilcient to enforce wakefulness upon many a mind. At last gray dawn began to appear, and the decks of the Greece were soon enlivened by numerous passengers who had passed a restless, Vuxious night, aud who welcomed thi day as about to decide the BUSOeriKfl mnramin V.a

I A4 Europe's fate. At half-past five, or thereabouts Chief Officer Buck and Chief KDgineer Douglas again boarded the Europe. Their report on returning to the Greece was hopeful. The water in the Europe's tire and engine compartments had gained two feet during the night, but the officers said the other compartments were still lree. Nevertheless, Mr. Buck felt confident that the steamer could be saved, and he volunteered to command her in an eflort to reach some port. Mr. Webber, fburth officer, and Dr. Maguire, assistant surgeon, also ciuuteered. and a crew of 22 men were selected from those who offered tc go. A soon as the little crew were on toard the Europe, they made sail, and endeavored to tum the steamer's head to tbe eastward. The ship was then lying wiih ber head about southwest, tbe wind coining from about west. They soon saw that to tZra the steamer would be a work of time. Her great length and weight and the small quantity of canvass carried made her extremely difficult to manage without steam. After an hour or two had been spent in furtiie efforts to get her head to the east, it was decided on board tbe Greece to try to tow th Europe into position. The experiment uarrowlr missed Involving J A HEART-REIfPIXQ CALAMITY. First a rocket with a small line attached was thrown over tbe Europe. The rocket ieu a uttie snort, burst on the steamer's deck, and knocked a man down, though apparently without injuring him. Tbe line was secured or. board the Europe, and the Greece began to pay out the hawser to which the small line was fastened, nnrfnir tMo operation the Greece had approached very near to the Europe, and after passing her on the port side had stopped and backed a little for tne purpose, I suppose, of getting at such distance as could be covered by the hawser. The latter, however, proved too short, and it was thrown overboard. Just then, beforo the hawser was quite clear, the Europe seemed to feel the wind more strongly than before, and came forging down with her bow pointing straight for the Greece's stc-rn. For a moment the passengers on dock stood in breathless suspense. The officers by the wheel-house shout 3d again and again lor the engines to go ahead. The engine failed to respond. A minute later tbe slurp bow of the Europe cut fair into the Greece's stern, like a knife entering a cheese, and with a shock scarcely perceptible at any distance away. Then the engines of tho Greece began to move, and in less time than it takes to tell it the two steamers were clear of each other. What was the damage to the Greece? and was there asy danger? were two questions which now seriously interested all on board, numbering about eleven hundred souls. An examination fchowed that by wonderful good fortune no alarming injuries had been sustaiueU. A bole about four feet wide and seven feet high was found in the projecting of the stern, some distance above the water line. A small room was torn open, and the gap was anything but pleasant to see. However, there was nothing to be feared, as only a following sea could do further injury, ana there would be plenty of time to patch up the reut before wind and sea could change. Meu were at once set to work to patch up tbe rent in the Greeee with boards arid (sail Thar suc ceeded so well that we suffered no more in convenience man wet noors in the after cabins and passages. fSThe untoward result of the experiment to aid tbe Europe ought to have stopped anylurther efforts in that direction. The sea was runnincr so hlch that the turn steamers could not be brought near toirotriAr without trrnnt Hair triil tho phanru rf o w - " ry " - v.iuvu VA saving even as splendid a vewel as the Europe ought not to have offset the risk or losing hundreds of lives. But the Greece mntinned tn boh arnnnd tha Ptifftna in risky proximity to that steamer. There was uii a uiau uu aecK wao uiu not ieei an uncomfortable sensation for abor.t twenty minutes or half an hour. Especially was this the case when, Inst after tbe astonishing escape described, we lay abreast; of the Furone. the two creat boats onlv a small distance apart and gradually getting nearer anu nearer vo eacu oiuer, mreaieuing tne awful disaster that must have followed if the two ships had ground together, side against side, even for a moment1 Tnere was a very plain look of re lief on all our faces when we heard to call from thh Europe that all was right, telling us to go ahead. Then the Greece's bows were pointed westward. It was about noon when we bid good by to the Europe and the bold men who had undertal'on f A Cava Hai ora& f hen ho.Hin r. about south, with all sail set on tbe foremast uu a sirouic westerly wiuu oiuwiug. id another hour or so the Eurooe's Lonir.a.stf sank below the horizon. tv THE TERRIBLE TORNADO. AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE DONE BCTLDINGS DEMOLISHED AND PEltHAPS A LOSS OF LIFE Xalhville. Tenn.. April 10. A tornado passed over and through the city, from west to east, at 12:30 this morning, doing an im monse amount of damage. It struck the city at tbe fair grounds, passing diagonally through the city and out br the university and Mt. Olivet cemetery. Its width seems to nave Deen snout a quarter oi a mne. After passing the fair ground it struck the FrnnaiMon hnilHInv anrl VfaTWAll 1 1 nnofl andseriously damaged the former. The front or the Academy oi music, j. iu Smith's grocery store, Darney's wholesale liquor establishment, and several other smaller buildings near the corner of Broad and Cherry streets were crushed. Tbe front windows of Harley Bros., and Hanson 5c rvt's fanr.ctnrv hiiiMincs. near tbe same lo stable, containing an immense quantity u feed, waeons and horses, was blown off its - r .. . - a : . f foundations and into tbe back water, drowning several horses and, it is thought, one man. Tarishe's livery stable, cn College street, in the rear of Beadle's, was seriously damaged, besides several feed stores and small negro dwellings. It passed from there crushing in the front of Andrew Charge, a colored Methodist church;, next the Medical College, taking a portion of the roof; from there to the magnificent residence of Jeff. Parrish, moving the whole root out of place. At this hour it is impossible to enumerate tbe number of buildings damaged or the loss, which will exceed flCO.OUO. Many poor colored and white r.mii.oo r.ir.ai-vl homelaisS. It is feared there has been serious damage to property and.loss oi Ufa along its track. The telegraph lines are prostrated all along itscourse from Union City to Nashville. A few years ago no wheat was imported from Oregon, but in the year ending J une.SO, i ot Vi Tnnrt.tt nf wheat and flonr from the Columbia river are stated, on good au thority, to have been yu.ww tons, i nis traae im t-arXllv n s roa ci n and the wheat hrintrq a good prices in JJverjpool as California wheat.

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