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THE PITTSBURGH WEEKLY GAZETTE: SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1873. played for tbe guidance of mariners have individual peculiarities, no two totaonal document. We very earnestly bop that care win be taken to make the new Constitution so acceptable that the STATE 1TE1IS. MBS. BaRXACLK.

aired one hnndnd veara. AN OCEAN HORROR WEEKLY GAZETTE OVFICE: GAZETTE BtlUIHG, Cams crxth Arenoe and Boithfidd Stmt, and provision made for Orphans' Ceurt Judges exercising the same powers and jurisdiction. Two of these Judges as to be elected in Allegheny county. The Judiciary article embodies important modifications of the piesent system, and will certainly afford the one hundred and three lawyers in the Convention texts for spsech- it was important that the gross and shame-leas election fraud in some of the precincts of Luzerne county should be emphatically rebuked, and the cause of justice and honest elections would have been better served had it been done more promptly. As it is, the decision of the B3-se loses much of its significance and influence by tbe delay in ousting tbe fraudulently returned members.

Luzerne ssea. wa resnalnsd, and those whs walked la-land, takea oa board the steamers Delta and Lad Bead, the former having about three hundred and thirty on board and the latter seventy-seven, a walonlBtloe waa now Blade bv Captain Williams, showing that th loss of ale, though Immense, was not so large as had been le ported. Tha Atlantic had oa board thirty tares casta passengers, eight hundred steerage passengers, and crew, offiosrs included, ol forty three men total alne hundred and seventy-six souls, leaving the Dumber lost five hundred and lortv-aix. i I muu liiit M. r.

mmmrn. I mwiw, nunv, tDB, HIS iiitnt Tnpntlan. oricii. rfoi Of mn.n. sarwy City aawt Alto.

srBcay tswaszw. i sawn nsen sown land until he up. 1 thea relieved th man at th wheal, as lit A'irarv thai, ss si 1:30 o'eloek th second officer told th Cap- tain, who Bras reposing In the chart i aettlag thick. The Bosoad su ta etuurt room. The man oa the ktok-oat calked out "loo ahead," they were among tee, sad shortly alter the ship struck it, tae Urn was nj o'clock.

I put the helm hard to starboard sod revet sed the engines at full steed satsra. I left the wheel house aad want to the alter wheel house, sad got sxes out sad distributed them lor th patpose ol cutting awav the gear about th boats. A Ultl boy and his mother, named Muoney. both steerage passengers, with her brother, Alfred Moneev, au from -fYrn were lost. So called to me aner ah came eat of th after steerage, and said to are: '-ktobert.

where are you?" I said "I am here." fuss aid "save me." I took the ssjthsr and child on tb saloon deck aad tout bar to stay tbera until I con id get the boats clear to pot bet sad tb hoy lata. Ths snip swrswsuy oaten over sna they boss oss in rail sad a over board aad sank to ris I think thev have some friends or rrlarltms at Youkera, Westchester, New York, ss I reostved aa address to the above effect, Wllnam rurdy, the tsViartermaster, was th first who slTrmatad to swim ashore, but when going he said: '-Good bye, Thomas; will you eoase with bsbt" I twpued I wanted to save to boy and his mother, thea I saw that the boy aad mother were swep. away I swam to shore, aad when I faede on ths rock passenger sailed out. "save me," which I dxB. traversed from rock to rock, failing sosssstlBBBB from exhsastkm.

with this maa wits ass, aatB I found the signal port, a place which fialisimsa hav look out and Mgaaoz fissls I then called out 1st help. Two old mea aad a boy same te our litintlns and I went to a bouse with them aad procured Use aad thea retraced my slaps to tb beach. bbi i saw a tot of passsngrr and the i upon uus rocs, ppeasmsa, the (juartBi swam towards me with a Ho roes, and I hove my Use htm and palled him ashor. soon as I had done Is ths Itn which he had from tbe rock, and ssade fast tha end ot my line to it, so aa ta make it-mrooger. As soon at I got tbe Une mad fas I toss those on the rock to eoase oa shore one by ease, -as I would save them.

Tbe first man saved la this way I do not know, hut th second was Mr. Brady, usiwr. savea ia taat manner about seventy. In bobs Instants, a -th iioe waasome dlstanee over bead, aad the persons too exhausted, I had to reach dowa and pun them up. home I had so go Into the watsr (ahieh wss out of my depth) tar, with Una around my waist, la these oases tha two old mea would drag ate aad tbe assa I resetted ashor.

I remained there from lowr o'clock tut alne, when I fell dowa through exhaustion. Ooe of the Rtewsrds and soroebodylelse raileved me and I was carried to a bouse, where 1 waa hlnrfi TrrrnTririrt Milflissal strength, I was eooveyed ia a boat to the mala land, and went to Mr. Ryan's, the magistrate, where I was kindly treated and attended to, a I had the cramp. Tbe chief steward aad another man, who threw his arms around the steward's neck when coming ashore on tbe rope. were drowsed at my feet.

The reason I eould -not render assistance la this case ws that the two old mea went away with a man 1 had res-coed, ss they feared he would perish. Ttssre-fore there was ao one present to haul me ashore if I had Jumped off the rocks after them. Incidents of the Disaster. Some of tbe loetdeauof thedlsAster by the survivors are aarrowtn: At on i during the weary watch before dawn, the fore boom broke loose Irom Its fastening, and swinging around, instantly crashed to death about two hundred persons gathered oa the -house or deck- Several passengers are reported drowned by life boats, which, not being properly anna god. overturned and dm ned th fortnnales before assistance eould he rendered.

io woo aad life buoys and endeavored reach the rock bv meana nf Um from the vessel, not having them nronerlv a. Justed, but on the loser part of their bodies, were Boating with their hesJs down, and la this way many were drowned before reaching tbe rock- Ooe young man with no clothing save a shirt and vest and two life buoys fastened wuj, veapeu into tee water aaa attempted to reach the rock. The passe tigers wbo give this statement say they endeavored to dissuade htm from the attempt, but he persisted, and when finally they were rescued and landed oa shore th body of the young man was th first they saa, and tbe Ufa buoys were still on the body. 1 Among tbe passengers waa a natlva nf ta. i old country, who bad been la the United stales for some time, and lately returned to England to bring his wife and family of five children lo his home in tbe new world.

Father, rubor and child reo all perished. several ot sue fntsseogers landed from the earner Delta veaterdav were mis! it nr. hi. bruised about the body and lower limbs. One man bad both legs broken; others were so sore being knocked against the rocks that they seareely Able to stand.

Three or foor ha to be sent to the hospital last algct. The survivors say it aas a fearful sight to wit-seas the rnsuner in which many of the unfortua-ate persons met death. Unable to reach the deck Iu consequence of the Jam fa the gangway, several rushed through tbe port hole only ts he dashed lo death against ths aides ol the ship. A rsoy's icxperlcrsee. Th only youth saved from th wrack- tbe following statement My name Is Joha Hta-kry, about twelve years ol age.

I got oa board the Atlantic at Liverpool with my raotasr, fathar and young brother. All belonged to AJsMea. shire. He was asleen in his berth- whew a great noise awakened him. Although he did aot hear say voice, there seemed to os a great rasa, and tumbled out ol bed aad Into th crowd.

The greater portion posse him, hot be saw six mea crowding tat a top berth In the npper steerage, and he followed them. One ot the men broke through a wladow and get out, and the boy did the tame, sue kind hearted Individual pushing aim through before he had made the egress himself, rue outside, he held oa by ropes natil himself aad nis cswBpstaioa veer rwseued by the Rfe heat, What became of bis parents and brother he eat aot know, sut certain the bn. The family were ea their wav to Kew Yoga, at ths lovitatioa of two married daughters, whs aad settled there. A Hard Crew. Tae erew was ooe of th ssnlea gathered la any vesseL They were rdeasd ap about the Liverpool wharves and dock, and It was with the greatest difficulty they were kept under control during the voyage.

The store-keeper states that one ol them made sa at- BBmpt to snatch his watch and ehaia oo alght, but was foiled. Oa another ossuha the storm of the zsth of Marsh, he states that some of the erew sttempted to break fatoths spirit room, aad It wss for a time feared tbrae woo id have to be used to prevent them. visas ooam came irom her to receive the ssrnvora th Bailors repeatedly pushed the pa. Bearers aside or knocked them down sad lumped into the hoais themselves. suxrtrsastr Raylattee's nutcase at.

tswarteraraster Charles Raylaace sass: About o'clock I hove th loc and time was going at the rate of twelve knots ar hoar. I weat Into the aft wheel hoaas sad waa looking through oo ol the windows, whea I fancied I saw breakers oa tb starboard side. I the ran tossard to the look-out man oa the bridge, and I asked him If he did not think there were breakers os the starboard side. He reported to the second officer, who lestgrsnhed the engine room to reverse the sngloes st full speed astern. We both thea Jumped off the bridge together ea to the deck.

Thea he gave orders lo call all hands oa deck- I thaw want forward and ou rated ths Oxsxtetmasters' room opea with my loot, and all of Unas, three ia Bumber. get out Uuvssgh ths panel of- the door. Thea I and -ooe of them weet alt aast got out the rockets aad fired about eight, whea th rocket box rolled sway from as. The Captain gave orders te get the boats clear sad save tae psjaengsrs I snd the csptsla west to So. boat, and were getUngltelsar, whea ha asked me If lb pings were ta her.

I told him tbay were wot. As the paaragrs were saddled together la tb bottom of Lbs boat, crying, I eeakt not get the plugs ta. The Captala thea ravssed the order srouDd tor every ooe to look altar rbiwBBtves. wltt ta Captala and a psmsngir, get lot the main rigging stopped tbera. Th ship had previously keeled over, sa I hswrd th Captala ask If any Quartermasters ware ta the riggtog.

I answered 'Yes, her mesa." I thea weat ap aloft by the mala top mast rigging, a th Captain gave aw orders to nnreov thasigual balliard to haav ashora. Whea got ap aloft the mala top saU brace was carried away, and I had to eome dowa agala. At that time the lines were Ashore and I saelated the Captala tn getting to the forward ngglsg. Tb Captala aad I sut the fore brace aad nasinl It te Mr. Brown, tbe fourth offioer, who seat tt oe and passed tt sabers by one of their Hoe.

By this time the passengers were going ashore by the ropes, sod the Captain gave orders for th passengers to Jump and do th best they sow Id for themselves. Thea 1 heard tuartcraxaBtr Taomas stag oat, -vstay where vow are. a Boat at coming to your assistance. Therefore orders were gives lor tbe fMAvsensjsrs and erew te stay where they were. Whea the host did eoase the sea was running so high that th boat swJd aot render as aay assistance.

ths Captala. -therefore, told the passengers to get seaor fey the uns, which they did. Darlag this time two largo boats were being launched. wUeh went to the rock and were taking the iwsBengeis off the rock to the txiaad. TBs Captala, sems-v thta told the boats' crews thsi those in ba figging were 1b the most Imminent danger, Btcrs sa than those oa the reeks, aad to eoase aad take them off first, as he was afraid tn ship wosud break sp, and offered them SoOS-sor asms boat lead they would rescue The boats thea the ship aad twos tbe passengers from th rigging.

First sa of the sailors carried me, as I oosud aot walk, lo one ol th hOBSaa. where I was treated welt scanty tt tha sXsaader. Th loeallty one that a mariner would be disposed give a aid berth aaamtbxa. th shore being svsreeaatoa ef large beds ot Voe with dangerous shoals runnlns ewaeT 4U t1 Is wtthiZ Mmsrsbi- Island-, large and small, all him rock, with scarcely a sign ol vegetation orWI loc aaythiag te grow oa. Yet frowlnV dangerous ss the place was, there waa nWrL.

arjtnd beauty to the bocvTm SrSs angry wave wv-r. beattag against the rocks aad eevriopim, tsTT-Tf alBBsst soolinuairy la clouds of ustenlaVsw' VI mg iBuarte-a ajaaauvd-aT rsuADXLrajA, April a ma. supnewed t. ene, ia muiderrr of Goodrich, Vas sr. description give.

It supposed lVus ooVSer tlm muT bas darlag his stay bees engaged ta Illegitimate tale at watches. HeaLJ, uxutergo ta rones 3 not STSW rssasrer. from tb AS banks located near each other, being alike. Hence it was not a mistake growing out of misapprehension as to the easel's non. tion or A peed, but an actual mistaking of one ugni ior another it did sot at all re- I rmble.

This at present, seems to us an i unpardonable blunder. Captain William I ainrm wai ne purposed, in an hour, to change tbe vessel's course, showing that he had apprehensions of danger; the ques tion comes up, why should tbe vessel have been driven forward at full speed, within tbe limits of known danger. Tbe Nova Sootian coast is peculiarly dangerous to vessels, reefs and shoals projecting far out to sea, yet all these the Atlantic was driven at full speed to her destruction. But the worst aspect of this disaster re mains. It is now quite certainly ascertained that the Atlantic was not properly supplied with coal for her passage, owing prooaoiy to its nigh price at Liverpool.

She was not nnusually long on the passage. Deing out a uttle over nine days out. and yet she was short of coal. It cannot be pleaded that this waa not anticipated, as she clearly ought to have had enough on board for a passage of from fifteen to twenty days. Tbe Captain ought to have known just how much be had before starting and probably did.

From the large number of steerage passengers on board, tbe suspicion is entertained that a portion of (pace designed for coal was actually fitted up for the accommodation of passengers. Whether these surmises are correct or not, it is certain that tfaare was not enough oosl on board for the passage, and this was known to tbe officers before starting. The reason for the short supply ia, of course, the high price at Liverpool. Thus, a culpable economy on the part of tbe company is chargeable with the destruction of nearly six hundred human beings. Tbe official investigation which has been ordered will develop, we hope, all tbe facts which may bear upon this disaster.

But it is evident that the most stringent legislation is needed, in this country and England, for tbe protection of the lire of per sons who go as passengers on board of vessels. A member of tbe English Parliament recently developed evidence showing that ship owners and packet companies very frequently display an utter disregard for human life, in their intense greed for money. There should be the most stringent legislation against this. In addition, however, to laws, there should be Government agent to see that the laws are enforced. For example, before a steamship or other vessel carrying passengers, ia permitted to proceed to sea, she should be inspected by a Government officer, in order that her fitness for the passage might be ascertained.

Had the Atlantic been inspected, she would not hsve been permitted, by an honest officer, to go to sea with but ten or eleven days' supply of coal on board, and this alone would have saved tbe disaster at with fifteen days' supply of coal in her lockers she would have proceeded direct to New York. We hope this warning will be something more than a nine days' wonder. It ought to lead to stringent legislation of the right sort. Tax agent of the White Star Company telegiapha from Liverpool that the Atlantic had a full supply of coal on board, and ought to have been able to make Xew York, unless the consumption was largely in excess of the average. We elsewhere criticise this feature of Captain Williams' report, and are glad that there may be some explanation, serving to relieve the officers from culpability.

Still, we hope a thorough investigation will be made, as if the Company is careful and liberal, it interests, as well ss those of tbe public, require that the exact truth shall be known. Such a terrible affair should be thoroughly inquired into, that precautions may betaken against a recurrence. THE jrOICIAK 1 H.lli-KOlim. TAXATION AMD BE EM E. The Constitutional Convention has adjourned until the 15th of April, in order to afford ita memhora an opportunity nf attending to home concerns that generally accumulate with aU business and professional men about the first of April.

Since the 7th of January, wben the Convention reassembled in Philadelphia, tbe delegates bare been remarkably industrious in attending to their duties. There hare been no adjournment save from Saturday to Monday during the three months' session an instance of industry by a deliberative body without many parallels. The delegates have certainly earned a breathing spell. On Thursday last, important reports were submitted to the Convention by the Committees on Declaration of Rights, oo Legislature, on the Judiciary, on Railroads and Canals, and on Revenue and Taxation, embodying amendments proposed to the present Constitution under these several classifications. These reports very neatly complete tbe committee work of the Convention, and win enable the delegates on reassembling to resume their labors with the dsylight of a completed task In the perspective.

On Saturday morning we gave in full tbe Declaration of Rights, reported by lb. MacConnen, of Pittsburgh, and we print elsewhere this morning full and careful abstracts of the articles reported on Judiciary, Railroads, and Taxation, the three most important subjects the Convention haa to meet, new that tbe article on Legislation has passed through Committee of tbe Whole. But few changes were made in the Bill of Rights. The preamble was amended by the insertion of tbe words in italics, recognizing the sovereignty of a Supreme Being, and reads as follows "We, the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, recoffnitinff (A $oMreigntg of God, and humbly invoking his euidVifKS in our future desfiny, ordain and establish this Constitution for its government." The only changes made besides this, are adding to the section "That election shall be free and equal," tbe provision, "And no power, civil or military, shall at any time interfere with the free exorcise of the right of suffrage;" also a provision that no law making irrevocable any grant of special privileges or immunities shalMie pasted, and that no law shall limit the amount of damages recoverable In any suit, and that where an injury, nanand by negligence or misconduct, result in death, tbe action shall survive. A minority report from the committee recommends that the right of trial by Jury may be waived, and that in civil casus three-fourths may, under certain limitations, render a verdict, in cases of libel it is also recommended by tbe minority that the truth of a publication may be made a sufficient defense.

Tbe change in ths Judiciary article are mainly the enlargement of the Supreme Court tonine judges, the erection of Circuit Courts of appellate and origiaal jurisdiction, tbe consolidation of the District and Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia and Allegheny counties, and tbe change from an elective to an appointive system in the selection of judges of the Supreme Court; the judges to hold office twenty-one years, and two-thirds of the Senste to be necessary for their confirmation, after appointment by the Governor. The Circuit Court is to be an intermediate tribunal between tbe Common Pleas aud Supreme Courts, and is intended as a measure of relief snd to promote the despatch of business. The Circuit Court will consist of eight judges elected over tbe State at huge, will be presided over by a Supreme Judge, and exercise their appellate jurisdictions within six circuits. Appeals from this Court to the" Supreme Court wiU lie in cases involving between 500 and and also in all case below $-00 in amount, in which the opinion of the Circuit Court ha not been unanimous or when any one of the Judges before whom the case was beard will oertify that there Is a question which ought to be submitted to the consideration of the Ss-preme Court. Where, in oases betow tbe Judges are unanimous or refuse so to certify, tbe opinion is to be oonclu-sive.

Tbe Regiiter' Court if abolished, died in Cambria county last week. Gbo. L.Mabm haa been annointed to the principalship of the 'West Chester State Normal School, made vacant by the resignation of Dr. Chandler. Thb flood in tbe Susnnehanna haa brought thousands of ducks to tbe islands in the vicinity of tlarrisbursr.

but owinir to the high winds which prevailed at Itbe time boating was impossible, and aportaaien did not meet with much success. I Oh tbe 24th ult. the house of Charles Sheller, of Donegal township. Washinirton county, was burned, with all its contents. Mr.

a. waa at a neighbor bouse wben one of tbe children ran to alarm him, buz before be got borne all was beyond bopet Thb Coroner jury intheSnvder murder case, after an hour's deliberation, on Wednesday, rendered a verdict that Monroe Snyder come to his death by the effusion of blood upon the brain, caused by injuries received at the hand of some person or persons unknown. I Thx body of the man found dead on the Pennsylvania Railroad, below Lea man Place, on Saturday mernine. hasl been identified aa Josisb M. Bidd, Louitville, he was traveling from that city, in company with his mother, to pay a visit to urn swsr xivw a or.

I WaSHisoToa cocstt ha eight oobvicts in th Allegheny penitentiary three; white male (Elmer Powelson, Win. Forrester, and James K. Hutton four colored males (Benjamin McClelland, John Fullnm. Jer ry Knight, and "Sut" Butler), and one colored female (Emily Thb Monongahela Republican says Bits. Louis Buttermore, of Mt.

Pleasant, gave birth to child soma six days ago, which is living yet, and seems healthy, which weighed when two days old, but twelve ounces. Its head to about as! large as a double yolk hen' egg, and the baby is correspondingly wee. Pbxxstlvaxu may well be called the iron Stats, as it product in pig 'iron. bloom, forged snd rolled iron, together with iron bolts, nuts, washers, rivets, nails, spikes, pipe and castings is set down at the sum of in addition to which, machinery and boilers to tbe value of are manufactured, besides nearly 17,000,0011 worth of steel. On Saturday morning, March 15th, the dwelling of Valentine Sargent, in West Bethlehem township, Washington county, was entirely destroyed by tire, together with tbe coo tents, the only articles saved being a sewing machine and bedstead.

Tbe flames had obtained such headway before discovery that the inmate barely escaped with their lives. It is supposed the conflagration originated from the grate. Tbe loss is estimated at between $2,500 ana oa which there is no insurance. Thb Greensburg Herald say The remains of an unknown man were discover ed in the Conemaugh river, near Blairs- vuie intersection, on babbath but, by a little girt Tbe remains were those of a well developed man, smooth face and very dark hair. He had on a light pair of pants, while shirt, black undercoat and black overcoat.

The clothes were very much torn, and the body waa covered with bruises. The back part of the head was caved in, it is supposed from contact with the rocks and tee. It is supposed that the body had been in the water a considerable length of time. Nothing was found upon the body which would lead to identification. The deceased was supposed to be about 40 to 45 years of age.

The remains were found on the Indiana side of the river, and were decently buried. Two Tocso irr of Susquehanna Depot, Wayn county, named respectively Frank Brue and Michael Drooney, had an altercation on Saturday last, which resulted fatally to Drooney. The circumstances of the case are these: Both have been trying to keep the company of a young lady of the place. Drooney got the better of Brue, and while the former was walking out with his lady lore on Sunday night. Brae used insulting language to bis nvaL Tuesday afternoon Drooney met Brue and bad some words with htm.

As be left Brue caught up a bottle that was filled with oxalic acid, aud started after Drooney. Just aa he got to him, Drooney partially turned round, and as he turned Brae struck him with tbe bottle on the left temple and across the left cheek, cutting a deep gash in his face and smashing ia his forehead. The acid ran into the wound, as tbe bottle was broken into a thousand pieces. Be was taken home and died of his injuries shortly after. Brue left town, but it ia reported that he bas since been captured.

OHIO ITEXS. Tab Lutheran church at Alliance was dedicated iaat week. Col. C. A.

Shkf ard died at Pomeroy on tbe 26th. He served in the 17sd Ohio Regiment. Dr. Jacob Eirbt, a much respected citizen ef BiUsboro, aged 74 years, died on Wednesday. O.tx Livingstone it creating an excitement in Wayne county preaching against secret societies.

Ohio stands next to Xew York, among the States, as an exhibitor in tha coming Vienna Exposition. Frederick Dew it, for over fifty years a resident of Kent, Portage county, died recently at tbe age of seveuty-five. Otkb 9,000 letters are sent from Ashtabula post office, each week. A lady is the post mistress. She is a soldier's widow.

J. R. Beers, a Columbus citizen, has been put in jail, in Paris, France, for assaulting an officer of the French army in a political squabble. Thb Republicans of Lawrenoe county, Ohio, are talking of General William H. Enochs, of I ronton, as the next Republican nominee for Attorney General.

Williak D. Wilsob, probably tbe most extensive cattle grazer and largest land owner iu Ohio, dud of erysipelas, at his home in Madison county, Wednesday, BBOWSSTILLB. All foal's Day Death That Church UaesUen kecsl Option, ate, Ac Oornepowtenem of CAe Mtttburth Gazstte. BaowxtTTLLS, April 1879. HOTiB nav.

All ths sraya, carts, wszons. Ac. were busllv eogared to-day siding la the usual "fliulof" usumssi aeeaasarlly take plaea upon All Feel's Day." Mrs Bar, wife at Hssry Bar. died Holiday evestag. Mr.

Bar has ess very uator-tunate slnoe be cams to Brownsville, whfrb was shout a year sines. He has lost two of Malam-llj by dsala. local omon Yesterday was a rand day forsaloua keepers vumw nan uuu navl- cated Um streets seemed to be ander tb 1m. Drrsstoe that Us pavement was trying to strike bus to tbe face. As It was the last drank, we nave so wora ct reproof.

Batter (Ml tui We gather tkss aolesot this oil district from us auasi returns to in twmaa't Journal. flSHM A well was struck oa Saturday but ou the ratios fans, haft a mus southwest of Falrvlew, wale started up St about zoo barrels. Tbe tares, together wttk the well, ts owned by slo- 11 1 1, HukU A well was struck on the Psul Troutmsn fans, soma allies sootkwsst of Kalrvtew, oo Saturday ot last week, which Is represented aa oat of tbe largest la tb eaur distrust. It ssld, os first ooouneaelnf to flow, a 2au barrel tank was fll.J greater view Atwrirt a B. burst last Tuesday nlxtil lotus, tbe otl ruo dims In EM naw flsb a.

Tfce Tabor McKarUod well ttlll yield S00 barrel daily. It Wm ehaoj-rtj hand, twice ibis wTMawk- Phi I It net .) ---t wugn it irom raDor ft Merarttud. and thmt id tt to two gentlemeD from Virginia ffn Sia aaa TS Old Well Si VllHln mn Msvreis par Th Clesisilaswr well. Jaw sbnve the old eMUBue. I yield loo barrels.

It Is supposed to have tapped tae old well, as It decreased Im. BledtalAlv. Ths mw i. un viuiuiiv ilmnM v- swuMosvaoiy, out are still pay. a walls.

Tbe Weather. Th As AUftors of IA MluAsmrS ouis la our March tadiaatlos am stslsrf naesuriDBOl. beln so lit. Tbe Bweth has proven one at the moat variable. wiHoy ua starry, witn a lew sort spring days, enooeedod by sudden violent storms, of any Dre-seedlus sumus tutut sasreo ssui, tweaty-tsw cloudy and variable days: aloe at rain, all tbernKunoaiovir, high wlods.

prevalent west an ith.Mi.. in.inn i I ssvfts OBOW, pvorars ot 'be river, IK Il records out of jus; is wind was aontn- Wssl An iuui I. sTOasw Daroroeier, suxlBjnai laersiweter oa tb 1Mb, avlalareai oa lbs s. Mo. lTaa itth Marea tethe set of April, II aseomwt as la Marea, solot to a very etoray, high windy, ralov aroote, Vlih a lew Instbsrs i osys, WUB way tfrlt d-T a prelude to a rain t-umaj and variable days, twenty-aee: rale.

un; snow or snow sod rals. "a isr, everrtkleg Is tn good 5" ft'leullursl sssso. snd good 7ijr-l. Tb gsuBtlstlerua Is tae frost, tbllawlng loo rata stnraw. aad aa evTlr? bTbn" by dry July or AvorosL i Frmsisus, April i7j.

people will vote for, rather than against its adoption. Thb Couactient election win be beld next Thursday, April 7th, and aa the State riy evenly balanced, tb result win 'anticipated with intent by the poli- ars. the eunnmi haa not been an artiva one, and a fall vote ia not expected. or bOTBioc the candidate are Henry P. Mama, Kepttbbcan, and Chariea R.

Inger-aoU, Democrat. Four xueiubeia of Con. are to be chosen, the foor member the last House, from Connecticut being eandidatee for reelectiom KIlora and Starkweather. Betmblicana, and Barnom, Democrat. Ex-Goremor Fngiiih ia the Democratic candidate against xvenoew.

A canzm. tabu gives the following result of the oeenpetioas of Graduates of Harvard, Yale, Wealeyan and Dartmoath Colleges. Of 62 Hsrwrd Graduate, 970 Wealeyan. Tale, and 1,254 Dartmouth, making a total of 4,213, about 26 per cent, were ilaJ 2 per cent. marywra, 13 per cent, physkians, 33 per cent.

iiuUi actors, the reinainder being engaged in Joarealism, commerce, manufacture, etc, 5j) per cent, of the Wesleyan alumni were clergymen, percent, Harvard wen lawyers, of the Tale men, 344 percent, were lawyers, and 83 per cent, were clergymen. Thb constituenW of General Garfield, in Trumbull county. Ohio, held a meeting, last week, at which resolutions were adopted calling on Garfield to resign his seat in Congress, because of haying voted for the salary increase. Be replied, explaining mat ne so voted, bensnae having the appropriation biB in charge, and the salary smendment haying been tacked on, he was compelled to vote for it, or go sgainst bis bill, senator Morrill, of Maine, itssti- nec himself by a similar lesson. As thai wiE, no doubt, be tbe popular reply of Con gressmen, when questioned on this subject.

we win take occasion to say that the reason slleged is as great a swindle aa the salary job. So one knows better than they that at could base been kept off from the ap propriation bill had they so desired. Tex bul for the reorganization of the '-ats Treasury in accordance with the Cen- stitutaoual amendment adopted last fall. has been reported on favorably by the Sen ate Judiciary Committee, haa passed that body, and we presume win pass tha Hons daring the coming week. Tbe bill was framed by Senator White, of Indiana.

It provides for the election of Stat Treasurer next October to hold office for two years, and be ineligible to re election until the expiration of tha term following that to which be may elected at that or any subsequent time. This is in accordance with tbe provision adopted by the Constitutional Convention in regard to this office. The bill also fixes the bonds of the Treasurer at five minion of dollars, with not less than five cure ties, I name the first Monday of March as the commencement of the term of office. At present the State Treasurer' term commences in May. Tbe rmilnt State Treasurer, by tbe pending bill, is continued in ofiks) until March, 1874.

Srw Jebskt seems disposed to try a novel system of criminal reform. A bill is pending before the Legislature of that State providing for the appointment of an agent at a salary of 31,000, with power to expend $2,000 per year in tbe work of pro curing employment for such of the discharged eonvicta ae may have, during tbe period of imprisonment, shown a disposition to reform and lead useful live. It would be difficult to conceive of a more humane system of treatment, nor one that seems better calculated to exercise a bene- ncial influence upon tbe criminal rimes Hundreds of young men and women, we have no doubt, may be found every year who would be willing to give practical evi dence of repentance for tbe remainder of their lives lor having once yielded to temp tation, if they could only succeed in get ting honest people to trust then. It is to be hoped that the Xew Jersey Legislature will promptly agree to tbe amendment referred to, and that we shall soon hear a favorable report from the agent appointed under it. Thx hew Mint and Coinage act went into operation Tuesday, April 1st.

This act establishes the Mint of tbe United States as a Bureau of tbe Treasury De partment, having all mints for coinage and all assay offices -under its control. The chief officer of the Bureau is styled tbe Director of the Mint," and holds his office for five years, unless sooner removed by the President for reasons which most be communicated to the Senate. The chief officers of tha several mints and assay office are hereafter to be called "Superin tendents, and in addition to their former duties are to act aa "treasurers' of tbe respective establishment. There is no change in the gold coinage, but in the silver coinage a trade dollar," for commercial purpose, slightly above tbe Spanish dollar in value, ia to be struck. Tbe two cent piece is no longer to be coined, and the ''minor coins" are to be restricted to one, three and five cent piece.

AH the engraving of dies far coins for all the mints ia to be executed at tbe Philadelphia Mint, and all the etanage of an tbe mint ia to be tested there. Dr. Henry R. Linderman, formerly Director of the Philadelphia Mint, has been appointed chief officer, by the President. Thb developments at the Fremont trial in Paris, as reported by the French press, look very badly for the credit of tbe General.

It ia well, while admitting this, to bear in mind, that trials in French Courts sre very unlike these in this country, sod that some sllowance must be made for the freedom with which tbe iinessi are al lowed to testify. Tbe facts are about aa stated in these columns severs! weeks since, no new evidence being developed during tap triaL A singular feature of the trial was tbe evidence of M. LissignoL He, snd all tbe others of the accused who were present, desired to throw the entire respon-sibility upon Fremont, and they claimed that they also had been deceived by him. But M. Lisaignol went further still, and blamed the whole American people for tbe fraud that had been practiced upon the French.

In on place be aay "I have since ascertained that there ia not the least species of morality in America." He blamed the common cus tom, which he held could not be understood in France, of railroads mortgag ing what they did not primus, but what they promised to purchase. He claimed that tbe case must be adjudged according to American customs, and unfortunate ly," he added, "I must confess it now, Americans ia general must be extremely distrusted, even members of Congress and the most eminent men of the country. We commend the closing remark of the French witness to such of the members of Congress as took part in the salary grab. Considered, however, ae evidence in court of law, we would say that M. Lis- singnol remarks were rather general.

Jo wonder Fremont was sentenced to five years imprisonment ea tntumacion. AfTKB a prolonged investigation, need lessly so to our mind, the four House committees drswn to try the four contested seat from Luzerne county, have reported in favor of the right of tbe contestants. Under this decision four Democratic representative will be ousted and four Bepub-linaris admitted to take part in legislation during the last week or ten days of the session. Th State, however, wffl enjoy the luxury of paying both contestant and sitting Bsembsrs their fuU salary and al-towasawa, and the railroad companies will be taxed for free passes for both parties. The addition of four Republicans to tbe voting strength of the part) in the House was not seeded for any political ends, but The Steamship Atlantic Goes Down with One Thousand Persons on Board.

OVER 500 S0GLS FHD A WATERY SEAVI. STATEMENTS BY THE OFFICERS AND A PASSENGER. Terrible Tale Snffering. Full Particulars of the Accident to the Atlantic. Hautax, n.

S-, April 1 The Whlta Star steamer Atlantic, CspL wtlUatss, from liver, pool lor Mew York, while eomln( Into nuS port for coal, struck on Meagher's Sock, near Prospect, twenty-two miles west of Halifax, and became a total wreck. Of about one thousand souls on board upwards of seven hundred were drowned. Toe third officer, Brady, arrived In this etty this evening, lis says tb Atlantic loft Liver pool oo the 20th of March, with upwards of nine hundred steerage paasenssrsaiid arty cabin passengers. The steamer experienced boister ous westhar during the passage, but au west well until noon on MoDday. Us 31st ot March.

when the supply of eoal hreamo nearly eihsust- oo. aoo uaptain aeternuoea topatnilo naltfaz. The captain sod third offleer were on deck until midntgbL The posltloe waa teen Indeed to nambro light, bearing N. N. W.

thlrty-nln miles. Tbe captain then went Into his chart room, leaving orders to be called if there was any ehsnge In tbe vessels posutoa. Brady went to bed the same time as tbe captain Tbe next thing that he remembers Is that was throws outot bis bunk, and be felt the ship strike several times. He then rushed oa deck and found the Captain and ameers there, and the oecs ion ot passengers. He got an axe and commenced to clear away boat.

Tbe fspiais and other officers were busy doing th same ihlug. boat eut and put two worses la u. A Bumber of men attempted to get isto It, snd about a dozea succeeded. Just at that moment tbe steamer fell over on her beam ends and sank. Only one Lost sad bee got oat.

soa tnat was earned down or tbe steamer. and all la It were losL Brady scrambled Into the mlzzea rigging, which was above water, and seeing that he could do nothing tnere, ae wen went lorwsra ana unwove the halliards, brtog assisted by tuartemiaster's speakmas sod uweo. Brady the took the halliards and all three swam to a roe, and thea a Use was hauled ashore and a on ruber of paseebgers landed by 1L A Bumber had got on the rock, but ss the tide was rising, their position was no better than oo the vesseL Just then fishermen oa shore came out le boats and rescued those CD the rock aad a large Bumber from the tigging. Brady remained at the scene until aeon today, shea all who were alive oa board bad been taken from the wreck except the chief offleer, Mr. Frith, who was tn the rigging, shouting for help.

Brady says he tried to get the crew to go Co the rescue of Frtlh, but tbe sea was so heavy that nobodv would volunteer. Altogether shout two hundred and fifty person were saved. Including Captain Williams, also the fourth ofScer, Mr. Brown, tbe doctor and several of the engineers and sailors. Not a single woman or eblld was saved.

Most of them, as sen as hundreds of men. were drowned io their berths. The steamer struck about two o'clock this morning. Tbe weather at tb Urns was dark, but aoc thick, and he sea rough, steamers are going dowo to-olght to render what assistance they can. All I he people saved bom the wreck, with the exorpttoD of Brady, are still St Prospect, where the fishermen sre giving them all the atteatloe they possibly eaa.

SitAte stent by a ateerafe Passe ng-sr. Haus-ax. N. 8., April X. A steerage pas senger makes the following statement: I tamed Into my berth about sieve o'eloek oa Monday alght.

Tbe night was dark, bat starlight snd tbe waatber Una. I knew the ship wss going Into Halifax for ooal. Tb last I remembered was that two Delia, one o'clock, struck. I thea went to sleep, and woke np wltk a shock, and remarked to my male, -There goes the anchor." nought, ot course, we were sale la Halifax harbor, hut ss sooa as she made the second pfungo, said "Good God, she's ashore. With that we got up and dressed.

Tb eompsntoa way was thronged with lower steerage passea-aers. Seeing that tbe ae was oommenelog to break over tb ship and th lower down companion wsy, I got ss many aa possible to take to their busks sod bold oe by the Iron stanchions. There we re mained until after day-light. The ship sad fallen over sod ths steerage was full of water, one side oalv belne opt of It Our only chance of escape was the ports. A lumber ot men, probably twenty, got out through the port to th side of the vesseL 1 remsineo sat 11 an wao were alive were out.

There were a great manv drowned In their bubks. snd others were drowned while trying to retch tbe ports. I got out through a nort and held last to the aid of the ship lor shoot suurs, sou tneo went to snore by lit line. Wben I left the ship there were stlU great many la the rigging. Captain tviuiamv Htateaaeat.

The following the sa plain's statesaeot: We salted Irom Liverpool oa March 2. During the erst part of the passage we had favorable weather and easterly winds. Oa tb lata, 15th and 36th we experienced heavy soofhwest and west erly galea, which brought tbe ship down to oa Buoaiea ana eigmeen miles a dav. Oa the Slat of March tbe engineer's repoit shewed but snout ooe nnnoreo and twenty seven too of eoal on board. We were thea 460 miles ea-t of Sandy Hook, with the wind southwest sad high westerly swell and falling barometer, the ship steaming only eight knots per hour.

I considered the risk toe great to push on, as we might had ourselves, tn the event of a gale, shot out from aav supply and so decided to beat up for 'Ualstax. At 1 r. si. on the llt Ssmbro 1 stand was distant one hundred miles, the ship's speed varying from eight to twelve knots per hour, the wind south, with rain, sbleh veered to westward m. with clear weather.

At midnight I judged the ship have made one hundred sad twenty-two miles, which would place her on sight mile south of ham bra, and I then left the deck and weut Into the chart room, leaving orders shout th look out and to let me know If they saw aaythlng, and call me at a. Intending iu aesu to soutawara and await daylight. My first Intimation ot th catastrophe was the striking of th ship on Mart's Island, and remaining there last. Tbe sea Immediately swept away all the port boats. The ofseers went to tneir stations and commenced clearing away the weather boats Koekeu were Brad by tbe second offleer.

Before the boats could ue oiearea, only tea miautes Bavin elans. the sblp keeled heavily to port, rendering the starboard beats useless. Seeing that ao belb Hnll h. in ooats, i got tae passea- gers Into the tigging and outside rails, andee- mM wa to go forward, where tbe ship was tb highest and less exooaed to ths w.t-r The third officer, Mr. Brady, and Quarutrssasrers Owens and Speakmaa.

by this time having es. CTHanuinauini wna use out line rock. snoot forty yatds distant, by means of line got foor other lines to the rock, along which about two hundred people passed. Between the rock and shore was a passage one hundred yards wioe. rope was Bueeessinilv passed across means aonm onv got husd, though many were drowned In the altemnt- At Sam.

tbe first boat appeared from the tslsnd, hut she was too small to be ot say ss- owss. i nruugn we exenioos Of air. Brad. the third officer, the Islanders were aroused. i.m wnv ousts earns to our assistance.

By tbelr efforts all isms on the side ot the ship and oa the rock were tsuoro id saiety ana eared lor by a poor ashar-auui. named Clancy, and Ms daughter. uunug the day survivors le tb number of four hundred and iseitvsins were rrt to vartoas houses scattered about, the resident magistrate, Edmund Kyea, readcting valuable Tbe chief officer having got np la th mirxea 'gglog. the sea cut bis retreat. Bo stood us "i aours oy wosxaa wbo bad been placed in rigging.

The sea was too high to at- r. At sr. m. a clergyman. Rev.

Mr. Ancient, succeeded la getting him no snd getting him off. Many of the passengers, saloon sad rise rage. ie in tbe tigging from km. Among the purser Ol toe snip.

Before the boats went out I placed two ladles In th llfs-boat, but finding tbe boat useless, carried them to the mala riggtog. where 1 left Umm wa aft to encourage others So go forward th. snip, si in is juncture the boll. exploded and ths boat mm to leeward, tbe ship at Ibis time bete aa bar beam ends. Finding myself iiseleas tfcevsTl went to take the ladles forward, but found them gone, nor did I see thru after wards, stanv rssengers tt this time couldajot he stlmahued to any effort to save tseanetvea.

hot ts. t. rigging and died Irom fright and avposur. I remained oo the side encouraging, helping aad directing until about fifteen finding that my hands and legs were besoming Baeleas, I left the ship, two other boats being close to her, and embarked Uvs a teaching the shore I drsnstrtw Brad- ta third oSJoer, off to Halifax, across the eouatry Uf elegrsph the as ws of the disaster sad to obtsls asslsunas. Mr.

Morrow, ths Canard one ageat, rwaptly responded, sod sent two efesmers with Provisions to lax. Where they will be ears for aad forward. lo hew York at th im ol the firs, snd fourth oSSwus. th. third mZ and lour mea being left at the auaod to cars for oeaa ssi Bey some ashore.

I rear I'slcalsUnsr tbe Sumner Last- By twelve o'clock all those who had isarhsd shore safely were, excepting aa oflleer aad that will exhaust tbe subjects and very likely the patience of tbe people. The article on Railroads will be accepted as thorough and radical in ths checks it proposes on the growing power of corporate monopolies. We recognize in its provisions the hand of one of our Allegheny county delegates (Mr. Thomas Howard), who has given the subject much consideration and haa spent a great deal of time in gathering important details bearing on it. In the first place it requires from tbe Legislature a general railroad law, by which any corporation or individual have the right to construct a railroad between any two points in th State; the consolidation, lease or purchase of competing and parallel lines is prohibited no railroad can be leased for a longer period than twenty-five years unless with the consent of a majority of two-thirds of the stock, ratified by act of th Legislature the business of mining and manufacturing is prohibited to common carriers, and they are debarred from acquiring or holding hind except to such an extent as may be neces sary for their own business.

Discri tion in freights or transportation charges against the people of this State is prohibited, and uniform rates for carrying freights snd passengers sre required. AU railroads and canals are declared public highways; officers of such prohibited from engaging in tbe business of transporting or forwarding freight on the lines thereof, and in fact the creation of "fast freight" or "transportation oompanies," made impossible- Combinations between railroad and ooal companies for an Increase of trans portation rates for the prices of mined or manufactured products are prohibited, un der penalty of a forfeiture of their char ters. A method of increasing capital stock is prescribed tn connection with a retroactive obtuse declaring void all existing laws authorizing an increase of stock or bonds. In addition there are other restrictions. Tbe report seems to be fully up to the demands of the people, and we look for the most earnest and excited debates on it that wiU mark the Convention re ports.

The article on Taxation, Revenue and Finance is also of great importance. All taxes must be uniform and levied and collected by general laws; exemptions are prohibited; no city shall become indebted (in cluding present indebtedness; to a greater amount than six per cent, on its taxable property counties two per school districts two, and townships one per cent. the sinking fund of the State ia made inviolate for tbe extinguishment of the State debt until it is reduced below five miUions of dollars. Tht montyt of tAs JStaU akaU bt kept at inttrntfor tht benefit of the Stats, and quarterly statements are required of where such moneys sre deposited, loaned and on what security. This put an end to private speculation with th "unexpended balance." When the Convention reassembles it will hsve plenty of work ready cut for its hands, in these reports, tbe main features of which we have here adverted to.

They embody questions of lasting importance to' tbe people, and we look fur radical differences of opinion snd earnest discussion on them. They bring up with great clearness and force questions of practical reform. We have no doubt on which aide the people are ranged, and feel a great deal of confidence tbe Convention, in its action, will embody their wishes in the new Constitu tion. 1K BAKTLE KHEHE'H M1S8IOS. A few days since, a brief telegram from London announced tbe failure of the attempt on tbe part of Sir Bartle Frere, to persuade the Sultan of Zanzibar to break up the African slave trade.

Tbe movement was inspired by tbe English Government, and was partially the result of the reprsMsttatioa of Dr. Livingstone, that little or nothing could be done toward the civilisation of the people of Africa, so long as the slave trad was per mitted. Persuasion was resorted to, be cause the English Government bad entered into a treaty with the Sultan of Zanzibar, under which he was permitted to keep up the slave trade along tbe coast of bis dominions. Be was not per mitted to import or export slaves, but this, and all other provisions of th treaty, are evaded by tbe advantages afforded by tbe position of the Zanzibar sea coast, and its neighboring islands. Situated off tbe ooaat of Africa, six degrees below the equator, the island of Zanzibar forms, with Pemba snd other islands, the outworks of tbe Sultan's possessions oa tbe main land.

so that cargoes of slave leaving the port of Kilwa, though intended for exporta tion, are assumed to be shipped to other parts of bis dominions. There haa been an annual export of twenty thousand slave from Kilwa alone; and aa not mors than four thousand are needed yearly for Zanzibar, some sixteen thousand are exported abroad. Tbe manner in which slaves are obtained from Africa is exceedingly waste ful of life, the trade of Zanzibar representing a loss of one hundred thousand lives a year. The Arabs are the worst of ths slave- trading class, aud it was hoped that some impression might be made on the mind of the Sultan by showing him that he lost more by their lswless proceedings than he gained by the trade itself. Under an arrangement, forced on the Sultan severs years since, be pays his brother, who holds sway in Arabia, forty thousand dollars an nually, as a sort of balancing of income.

England proposed to assume this sum, if tbe Sultan would abrogate the slave trade, and Sir Uartle Frere hopes of success da' pended very largely oo this proposition. But the whole population of Zanzibar is in-tercsted in the traffic, which contribute very largely to tlieir business pros peri rv. More than this, the Sultan declares himself innocent of aU complicity in the trade, a pretense, doubtless, but one of the plausi ble ways of refusing to surrender the olause in the treaty forbidding tbe traffic. It is impossible to say, at this time, how far Eoglaud may feel bound by tbe treaty entered into with the wily Sultan, bat the probabilities are that the claims of human ity, and th demands of other Christian powers, will lead to a positive demand that not a foot-hold shall be afforded for the traffic anywhere. There is ample evidence now, that there are portion of Africa which might be readily civilized and Christianized, if the slave trade were broken up.

Many of the tribes are peaceable and quiet, and some of them have developed a decided aptitude for the arts of civilization. But tbe slave traders invade their towns, and murder and pillage follow, the result being tLat large portions of the country have been utterly depopulated. Tbe impression of seven, year ago, that Africa is populated solely by wild and warlike tribes, whose delight is war, and whese ooudition ia actually ameliorated by slavery, only partially true. Tbe tendency of many of tbe most prosperous tribes, if let alone is to peace; and the Zanzihir slave trade anything but a civilizing institution. We regret the failure of Frere's mission, but hope that all reserve will now be thrown aside, and tore be used, rather than moral suasion.

It i time tbe Sultan of Zanzibar and tbe cowardly Arabs should alike be compelled to know that the civilization of the world ia utterly opposed to slave trading ia any form or anywhere. A bill before tbe Ohio Legislature fixing tae salaries of Ha member at 800 for esvh regular session, (700 for each adfurned session, fs a day for each called session, f3 for each 35 mils of travel, and providing fur a deduction, of $5 for each day's sbsense. The but provision i evidently very much needed, for absenteeism haa been so prevalent during the present session that a qaoruxs has been rather of a novelty. county has been a not -bed of election im moralities for a good many years, ana it ia to be honed tbe majority parry in mat county will accept the result of this inves tigation as a warning in the future. People are not apt to spend money freely in corrupting elections, and running their pnooua carcasses under the shadow of tbe State's prison, unices they expect to real ize something.

If they loss the offices they commit crime to obtain, the tempta tion wTU be withdrawn, and we may have a tort of enforced honesty in tbe afflicted portion of the State where the ballot ia a mere plaything for the worst class of desperadoes. And this principle we would not have confined to Democratic Luzerne by any means. referred at some length, a few days since, to the results, so far as then known, to the effort of an agent of th Interna tional Peace Association, to secure the cooperation of the various European Gov ernments in a movement looking to a Court of Arbitration for the settlement of inter national differences. This gentleman is now on bis wsy home, bis but visit being paid to Mr. Gladstone, from whom he re ceived very courteous assurances of sym pathy and aid.

Tbe various European Governments, snd noted persons not im mediately connected with any Government, yet influential withal, have entered very fully into the enterprise, and the Peace Congress, which will meet in Xew York in October next, promisee to be a Largely attended and influential body. It will aim to arrange, upon the basis of princi ples adopted for the Geneva arbitration. an ungpici umentil board, to whom shall be submitted all questions of difference between nations, tbe decisions of this board to be accepted by the part ies at ae. The subject ia in a better shape at present than ever before. The International Peace Association been in existence for several years, and when organized was laughed at aa a chimerical institution, too visionary and theoretical to be practically recognized.

But tbe Washing ton Treaty, with it resulting Geneva Ar bitration, has shown the practicability of the enterprise, and, a a result, tbe nations are disposed to adopt it. Other influences impel them to the same course. War has become distasteful to tbe mines, everywhere. These have learned that it only brings hardship and misery to them, while peace ia a source of prosperity and comfort. The German Emperor is reported to hare wept when he realized that he must enter upon the French campaign, and sine the war has been over, despite the large money indemnities received from France, misery and poverty hare come to the German people.

Thus a great variety of circumstance operate in favor of peace. While absolute peace will not, in all cases, be preserved, we fully believe that in many, and perhaps a majority, of instances, war will be averted by a plan similar to that proposed by the Peace Association. THE LATEST HOsBOR. It difficult to imagine a greater horror than that which occurred to the White Star steamer "Atlantic," near lyiifar, oo Tuesday but. In one brief moment, seven hundred human beings were hurried into eternity, and a noble vessel lost.

Tbe White Star is one of tbe most popular lines, and its steamers have become famous for speed and oomfort- Hitherto, no dis asters have marred the even tenor -of its success, and it bid fair to become the most popular line of steamers on the ocean. The effect of the recent catastrophe will naturally be to mar this rising popularity, and prevent timid persona from trusties themselves to the perils of the sea. nile it is true that the "Atlantic" disaster should not reflect unfavorably, either on tbe company to whom ah belonged, or the re maining vessels of tbe fleet, yet there is an element of superstition in human nature that prompts abandonment of a line of travel that may be visited by accidents, involving loss of life. There are instances in which steamship lino have been en tirely broken up by a few misfortunes of tbe kind, involving but little loss of property really, but which served to undermine popular confidence in the safety of their hips. The Pacific Mail Company ia in a struggling condition at this time, partially for this reason.

The White Star is a new hoe, and its vessels sre among the stauncb- est and best that sail from Xew York. Tbe fact of one disaster ia no evidence that tbe line is not generally worthy of confidence, although it ia a terrible affair. It is difficult to suggest a remedy for disasters of this kind, nnleas it be in so arranging lights along that particular coast ae to utterly preclude tbe possibility of mistaking the position of a vessel. We have not enough information as to what transpired between midnight, when the captain' watch ended, and two o'clock, when the vessel struck, to enable us to form an opinion a to the exact cause of the accident. At the time when the captain's watch ended, tbe "Atlantic" was judged to be about thirty -nine mile from Sambro-light.

If this estimate was correct, there was no reason why two hours sfterward, tbe vessel should be run on Meagher' rock, twenty-two mike west of Halifax. Either tbe first estimate, was erroneous, or tbe officers who relieved the captain's watch were not sufficiently careful in navigating their vessel. But without the facts, it ia impossible to accurately estimate the cause of the accident. The terrible nature of the calamity, and the fearful loss of life involved, will ren der this one of the historical disasteas of ocean traffic It ia fearful to contemplate tbe idea of seven hundred human beings suddenly plunged from calm slumber into the throes of death. Most of these represented the laboring class were emigrant who had left their native land with buoyant hopes of brighter days ia this country.

A stormy and perilous voyage was nearly ended, and bad it been day-light they would have been in full sight of land where tbe vessel struck, and they were hurried into eternity. Friend and relative at home who waited for word of their safe arrival, in order to follow in their footsteps, wiU be overwhelmed wben tbe terrible intelligence reaches them of tbe disas ter. In a hundred ways, such occurrences carry misfortune with them. We hope arrangement wHl be promptly made for a rigid investigation of the causes of this disaster, in order that precau tion may be taken against any recurrence of misfortune of this kind in the future. Captain Williams ia a reputable officer of long experience, and cannot think that he ia chargeable with carelessness.

But it is very difficult to tee why a vessel. In full sight of a light, should hsve been run on the rocks. Even admitting that there was a miscalculation aa to the distance, it hard to imagine why, on a dark and stormy night, and with fall knowledge that tbe ship was skirting a dangerous coast, un usual precaution should not have been taken to guard against accident. Yet it looks now aa though the vessel was driven at a full speed to the very jaws of death. LATER.

Fuller revelations of the causes and ex tent of tbe disaster to tbe Whit Star steamer Atlantic relieve some phase of the horror and develop other phases more darkly. About five hundred and fifty deatha are now reported as tbe actual number. This is some relief aa compared with the first report, but is still terrible enough to command universal sorrow. The direct cause of the accident was the mistaking the Prospect for the Ssmbro light, which. without further explanation, seems like a piece of downright stupidity.

It Is well known that the various lights dis Tbis may not be precisely oorrect, hut ts nearly sw. Tbe Wreck. The wreck resumed la the list posllloa as before reported, the sow and asasta only above water sad the sea breaking so rough that Boats eon Id sot approach with saiety. She was breaking In some places, snd a lew Daekassss as washed oat sad drifted to sea, but the bulk of to cargo appeared to Do undisturbed. A AAdy Pteaea te DestB.

Only ooe buy pssaseger attempted to herself. She was frozen to death la the rigging ii TsBber en Bosrd Some of tbe pimsugsi i arrived la this etty to-day, aad give barrowtsgdtalHcUM calamity. The Atlantis bad S0 steerage passsasyns sad SOla the saloon. There had be two births during ths voyage. The crew numbered 14, aad 14 stew-aways were discovered.

The Chler Ofllcera tat asset. J. W. rtrta, chief osficer ol the Atlantic, made a srstsmeat la substance as follows: My walea ended at It o'eloek on Monday night. The sseond and fourth ofDcert took chart, sad I west to my berth.

I sms ssoa aroused by the shock of th vessel striking. Tbe second officer csssa dowa to my room and ssld th ship was ashore, snd he was afratd she wss go. IputsmatewarUetss ef eiotain got an aa and went oa deck to clear the boats. The ship had careened over before I reached tbe deck. I cleared twe starboard boatA Just then a heavy sea swept tbe boats away.

I was holding fast te the mlzzea mast rigging and now eiimbed higher lor saiety. Tb night was so dark and tbe spray flew so thickly that we eouM sot see well what waa going on around us. 1 saw men oa tbe rocks, but did not knew how they get there. All wbo were alive 0 board were la tb rigging. When daylight came I counted thirty-two persona la the mirxea mast rigging with me.

Including one woanao- Who these saw that there were ttnes between the ship aad vdwiw ssaxiy ot toem BHemptea to go lorwsrd to tse rises, sna in as doing were washed over board snd drowned. Many reached the shore by the aid of lines, sad the fishermen's boats rescue many mors. At last alj had either bee washed off or rescued sxeept myself, the woman and a hoy. The sea had become as rough that hosts could not venture Bear us. Booa the boy was washed off.

but he awsa gallantly and reached one ef the boats la safety. I got anna sold ot the wassaa aad secured her In the rig-giag. I could see the peoole oa shore and la boats, and eotud bait them, bet they were usable to help us. At two o'clock la the afternoon, after we bad heea In the rlggtag ten hoars, Bev. Mr.

Ancient, a Church ol England essrgyaiaa, whose noble conduct I never can forget while I live, got a crew ot four am ts row him sut te tbe wreck. He get late the main rigging and procured a Use, thea advanced as far as a could towards me, and thea threw tt to me. caught It and made it fast around my body and thea Jumped clear. A sea swept me off ths wreck, but Mr. Ancient held fast to the Use, pulled me back and get me safely ww sue oust, was toen soexnaustea and Be-B am bed that I was hardly able to do aavtainr for myself, and but tor the clergyman's aaUaat vwduwss most save PBsiSses BOOB.

The woman, after bearing up with remsrks- hst strength ander her great trials, had died twe aours before Mr. Ancient arrived. Her half node Body was sun fast la the rigging, her eyes protruding, her mouth foaming, a terribly swsHH.iv spevxacie, reaaerea more znastlvov con trast with aumerous Jewels which sparkled oa ex nanus, we aaa te leave her body there, aad It Is probably there yet. ins scene as the wreck was aa awful ooe. leh as I had sever before witnessed, and bona sever to witness again.

Comparatively lew bod let drifted ashore. Most of thnm with sue articles as earn out of the ship while I was oa nr. wow carrmu to ss. The Survivors at Halifax. Halttax, April 1 The steamer Delte arriv ed this afternoon with the survivors from tbe wreck, and arrangements are mad ta haws toava wen esrea lor.

oh reports tnat the At- lan lie hat not broken bp. sod tbe cargo, which ts large sad valuable, not therefore adrift, with th exception ml that oa deck, which wss very attm. tseveral vessels with diving apparatus had arrived at the wreck and fmrnmnnpnrt oner. atloBjs for the removal ot the dead bodlss and the cargo. The sea was sun rough, but wind had gone down, so that Ihev eould ts.

proach ths locality without danger. Tbe Oarlotta'B passengers, who ent an nan yesterday moralng, say that the alght waa very dark, rainy sad windy, snd that they were very anxious, she saw nothing of the Atlantic. Th disaster wss so soon over that huadrads aotua snow nothing of the danger of three hand red women and efatutren. A majority were wa. ww si mi ti.

BUMX ariXIlns- namm the reesei oa immense waves, were ear tied seaward and seea ao more. Tb bodies recovered wiu oe mirrtea si rTospeet village. saw IMIta'a PaaBtsurere. Halo-ax, April I Ths Delia's fmsasegers landed at the Canard wharf Isle this afternoos. They were mostly men, from twsaty te tweaty- sv years of sge.

suay ware la a pttlahla con ditio, without shoes feet swetlea anal a clothes tors and drenched, some with bits of carpet matting and blankets around tbera, and all rrettea ana stes irom exposure. Oa reaching the locality tt wss found that a eoas-derabn camber more than at Bret named had hi picked up aad saved, among whom were some old sad feebl pervma, who died, alter befog It It soderstood the Government will com. mence as lovv41gatloa at one. The PBSssnaon were take eats, eg Cuaard agent, on their arrival here this after-aooa. About esse haadred aad fifty of them iu vj mm wsamer 1-nase lo rTsTtlSAd te-Btor-row night.

If titers a room for them. About ooe hundred bed Las hsve bees recover ed st rrospeet. The agents here have ordered one hundred oofflos to be sent sows at snsn LATEST. Keacaisug the rvtvora. Kaw Yoaut, April Harrowing datalki of ts awrui seen attending Uts loss of the steamship Atlantic eontlan to be received.

Ail th womea wr asleep st ths time the ship struck. sad were drowsed la their berths, the hesvyssss wsne BuiiaiBuy poorsct over tha vassal i filled her preventing iheta from reaching the deck. Sosss vrosssa who showed rassarkahia praasBesef salad snd appraclaUoa of ths awful situation, only reached th sleek ta washed into the ss aad drowned. Trm unmss. Inn lag th szampw of tae sailors sad stronger male passehgera, took to the rigging and was lashed there keep her from being swept away, and mis sw i posiitoo.

aooa after Bvaa oa the shore wrote sw a black hoard -Cheer up, boats are earning te your assist- sis, sow to aaneunnssisnt was spoaded by hesrtv shears frees hip. After kail aa hour of awral saspcose, men were ssea oa th Island earning a boat over the rocks, sad boob tt was taonebed aad too est tars boat loads from the outlying rosk. While rescuing thews bmb Captain Wlutams aad the paaaangers called loudly to the erew ot th boat te swme lo tae ship snd take them off first, as they were la th most Imminent dAager, the Captain saying. I win give five hundred pounds far every beat load rescued." Tbe boat afterwards asada for ta vwssel and took off tww coed assay of those bxsi to therigglsg. Ts third ssOear, Brady, was sad risd from the vassal by BtBsseK, organtasd the -lrt i.rn rssseng-m BaasMted la Mew Term.

A portion of the passeagar saved sre expected la this etty oa Saturday by a itr from Hauls, snd srrsngemontt are being made obtata subscriptions lor their relief. The steer. sg passengers are la very destitute eooltln. Freeman D- Maokwau, a cabin passeefwr of the Atlantic, relegrapws from fialtfax that will rem sis at tb wreck atil tb bodies of the lost esMa passeagers are recovered: that the bodies of Mrs rtsher aad Miss Merrlu have Been n-rra, fd 'o" sre asses ot recovering tkoi Anio. ii i27 rymser a L'laaslficatl the rasaeitrsrs.

The steamship Atlantic was Insured by Loudon companies lor She had 7(0 steerage saassuaad aa follows at lloyJ.i t-uL. "fit sn, 74 women, II mats and 11 female ehlldrea. Shot, Bseaandtwosnea; Irish, 41 mea, is wo- se ana a eniiorea; ether satlouslttles, lie adstt stale, ti woaaea. is male and is ftmila eUMrea. A serge aamber emigrants ess-barked at QuesasstowB, making th total asuaber Ja the at earner wben she sailed from that port The Atlantic's Castrae Iacomprsbevsslblc jvamroou Apru a The agent of th White ow sao torn morula tt t.i.s u- ekstrks, the Raw Tfork agent, aa follows- Atlantic's deviation to Halifax hi Itiecprehea-slble, as the quantity of eoal on hoard was M7 toss against aa averaaw co ZZSZL eiahteeu vavssm 1 sussuj Without sa explicit slatemesu ef the sngis-eere, the supposition Is that the vessel, la eostas-aueses of the head winds sad rough weather, was obliged to burn largely excess ol the seal aassuat of esai, aeaee the rut to Halifax for a trash supply.

Wrecking; the Vessel. KSW TCSuX. AxMil Ta nndsswiueis mt New York have dispatched th wrecker. Wm. vs.

memo, vrtia eivBrs aad rau mail annuls! Halifax, to take chargs ef the wrecked steamer Auaatie, aad save the vessel sad sssrgo sad sash all poaubss pswvtslee tor savlsg and pre-asrrtnc lb bodies of tb lost. Ta Osaat Wrecking Company dispatched a afaamer to-day with a lull wreoaios company so carry eat this object, ssremsiaff p. A distaste trees HaMfas states thai Uss At- subOs ts broke at th tecs mast Haufax. M. April 1 Aliwssivaj There Is Bothieg ef twpoitinc from the wrack to-day.

Bohert Thsass. th Oasriersssatar, says At 1 e'eloBk I wt spaa ta bridge with lb sec-sad osSesv, MstswJf, and loM him sot So stand husd so, as th ship had to rua aosa is to mats Bsmare tight from my trass. He tsht sat I was swtiher the eaptala mat. ths sees te lb tBtuih oftVaer. Btwwa.

and asked him 1 tlni fo os th mala vsres, aa a vesrud TERMS FOIt Iters. OA1I.Y CAXETTB. ATtTstDAT. arll S. M13.

Aaotrr- forty member of Courree are ifiHtitoBrepndiatedtbeaalarygTab. gold hwne iaaoontobe by the Gorerament, for the eonven- of the bnainea public Tu Atlantic disaster rereala the fact that lent winter the Ottawa Parliament nmde an appropriation to build a light boo at Prapecc Point, but the work waa Sao 19o6 about one hundred 1 banks ban failed and closed up. The aaeomntof circnlatioa of such banks that has oosme beck into the Treasury is only a little ewer t.000.000. Tbb IstrW Spanish reports indicate that the town of Berga has been taken and destroyed by the insurgents. Great excite-sssnt prevails in Baraelosza, with the probability of aa urnaing of the people it) faror ef the Csrlists.

frwygsit. IXtsot, in Fracoa, is authority for tbe statement that the Republic ia a failure, and that a Monarchy or Empire aaasc take its place. Be-else xmsgii that St will require, bobs fighting yet to pertantry eool French brood. Zlltbozb has a Farmers' Convention, but whether designed to promote the dif-sobbboa of Agrienlrnral intelligence, political reform, or to combat the railroads, is not so apparent- So far, it looks sexy like mixture of all these purpose. Tn great tornado, that pissed over the of Canton, Mississippi, proves to have worse than at first reported.

Dwellings were lifted from their fonnda-tions and uuetly wrecked, and a huge asnount of property entirely destroyed. The loss will prove to be very heavy. It astonishing how easy an uncontrollable excitement can be oonununieated to a crowd- The cracking of a kneeling board, in a Catholic church at Trenton, Sew Jersey, during the progress of a inneral service, created a panic, and a wild rush, resulting in the serious injury of several persons. Fbob what we glean from our Southern exchanges, we are ted to believe that the crops in that section of the country this year will be both good and plentiful- More attention than usual has been paid this year to getting ready for a crop. The planters have gone to work in earnest, and agricul tural matters look promising.

Tax Civil Service Reform ia declared to be given np by Mr. Curtis, who has for warded hi resignation to the President. It is quie certain the President does not think with Mr. Curtis, but believes that a departure from the Civil Service rules, oc casionally, is allowable. The Civil Service Board, we judge, desired to absolutely control appointment, rather too much fee general aoceptance.

Thb Senate is dispose to put the brakes on against the Bouse, in the matter of sal aries. Senator Graham yesterday reported that the Committee of Conference had not agreed relative to the increase of salary. and asked further mat ruction. The Senate instructed against allowing the increase. We judge from this that no increase will he.had as the House Committee will act wisely to accept the views of the Senators.

Tare Bureau of Education haa received a report of the progress of education in the State of Oregan from Mr. Elliot Super intendent of odoeation in Multmonah county of that State. Tbe city of Portland ia in ail lime of another localities in the State. Tbe eoenty report shows that 8,500 children were registered aa being of school age. 1,00 were paid to teachers, and S2.6UG spent is eohooi contingencies.

The last Leg islators for tbe first time appointed a State Sbjocu it prove true, that tbe Taut of Secretary Belknap to that port'oa of the COBB try bordering oa Mexico ha it origin hi a design to promote tha annexation of live of the Mexican States to tbJa country, it win be a very important aflair. The oonditina of chronic warfare kept up along tbe border is the reason given for this ssoie. The Mexican "merit is enable car disinclined to preserve the peace hence tbe I'm pose of our government to take mitr into its own hands. HrsstsncK still continue bis war aesinst the Catholic Chorch within the limits of Germany. Hi latest move is to abolish the fifteenth and eighteenth article of tbe Pm avian Confutation of 1848, thus placing the entire snrissimii il system of Prussia under the control of a Minister of State.

That more will tend to embitter hi quar rel with the Catholic authorities, but he aamoonees his purpose to press energetic ally forward, bu every influence opposed to tbe Stats, shall be made subordinat or bo dcotiojed. Pbofxssob Aeaasiz has been tendered, by Mr. Anderson, of New York, an island. ear New Bedford, Massachnssrtts, and $50,000 in asooByv-roT tbe establishment of a Icnool in Natural History. The island has buildings upon it, which may be im snediately availed of for the purposes of the school.

Coder the direction of ProC wgassir this school will speedily assuni national importance, and achieve, without doubt, a world-wide reputation. The thought of founding such aa institution dingly bsppy one. Tars idea of Governor Hendricks, to build ap a new leraocratic party, out of liberal- Democratic element, doe not seem to find a great deal of faror among the suiterriried. They are of the opinion, evi-dstatfy, that It it the destiny of the Democracy to swallow and digest so much of tbe Liberal element as may not escape to the Bayublirin party, but are not willing to submit to any reconstruction on their own scocunt. AS of which, we are inclined to think.

wise enough, aa the time fur re- has not come yet. Tn prohibitory liquor clause that was Mora tbe Constitutional Convention was dtfin'r1. and, a we think, vary wisely. We doubt the propriety of seeking to iu-USIIisst rrT-4-' is wsiisi diinisaent esrr-porting to be the fundamental law of a State. Ciicumstanca may change tbe wiews of the people, and what would bo well enough as a statutory enactment, would be entirely out of place in a coosti- dooOm: gc mitrM Jc N.

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