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THE ONEIDA CALAMITY.
British 'Version of the Proceedings In the
COOrt of Inquiry.
Summary of the Evidence-Snimenlion of
Captain Eyre After Incidents.
[Fronk the Japan Hald, Feb.ll
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On the 27th of January ra a Naval Court of
Inquiry, composed of H. M.Consul for Yoko
hama, two o ffi cers of H. M.S. Ocean, and two
merchant captains, was held to inquire into
the circumstances °fettle collision, the United
States Minister taking part in the proceed
ings as representative counsel of American
interests. The evidence given by Captain
Eyre, the pilot, the other officers and pas
sengers of the Bombay, showed that,
seeing the Oneida's lights aead, they
obeyed the international "ru l e of the
road," by porting their helm so as to give her
a wide berth, but that the Oneida, in place of
doing this, also reversed the rule of the road,
and putting her helm hard a'etarboard, stood
right across the Bombay's bows, under full sail
and steam. Seeing that a collision was ren
dered inevitable by this, the Captain of the
Bembay stopped his engines and starboarded
his helm ; and thus, in some degree, averted
the full force of the shock, striking the
Oneida's quaxter at an acute angle with his
starboard bow, inetead of runnig stem on
at a right angle. The shock was not great,
but like a graze, and did not cause those
on deck to stagger. The vessels almost in
stantaneously separated, the Oneida dropping
astern. As she did so, a hail was heard from
answered,but beard no more. The chief
officer then reported the. Bombay to have
eight feet of water In the bold, See that the
Captain became apprehensive for the safety
of the mails and passengers, and consulted the
pilot as to whether the ship could be beaohed.
The pilot replied that she could if neces
sar, but that it would be best _ to pua}~n~o T
. ritigabli .-- The engines were
kept stopped for about five minutes, more,
vi bile the pilot and captain watched the di
rection toward which the Oneida had headed
when she shot past them, to see if signals of
distress were made. Neither they nor others
on board saw or heard any, and the captain
being assured that the other ship if necessary
could be backed on Saratoga spit, close by,
where she could not sink, and furthermore
bound by the directors' orders "to stop for
nothing. except to save life," headed
for Yokohama, and found while
coming up that the cut-water and figure
head were gone, a boom and part of a sail lay
upon the bows, and that apiece of spar twelve
or fourteen inches in diameter had pierced the
iron plating and stem of his" vessel at the
water-line and broken short offi All on board
seem to have seen alight on board the Oneida ;
but, except the carpenter and gunner, (who
did not report what they saw), none knew
that it was a break in the Oneida, though the
two men referred to appear to have noticed a
hole smashed in, some six feet. square, and to
have seen through it a table and some persons
on board. ,
On the other band, the evidence given by
the survivors of the Oneida, while completely
exculpating the English Captain from the
blame of the collkion,awakened deep regret
for Mr. Yates, United States Nary, master of
the deck of the Oneida at the time, who stated
that be persistently istarboarded by order of
the Navigating Lieutenant Mr. Muldaur, and
if again placed in similar circumstances would
again starboard when a steamer was Been
approaching straight ahead. His account of
the motions of the Bombay tallied with that
given by her officers, and he stated that she
turned the Oneida's tarboard mizzen rigging
at an angle of about forty-twee degrees, cutting
off the whole of the stern quarter diagonally,
carrying away the poop, the spanker I
boom and gaff, wheel, and starboard binnacle,
besides smashing the gig. The officers who
were below at dinner, rushed up, and one, Mr.
Stewart; jumping on an arm-chest, cried
" Steamer, ahoy! 'You've cut us down; re
main by us." They heard no answering •
hail
from the Bombay from which they were
rapidly dropping out of sight, being going
down with wind and tide, and an sail set. Mr.
Yates ordered sail to be shortened, bat after
ward sail was set again, with the idea of run
ning the ship ashore. The primers, rockets
and blue-lights, made fast to a beam under the
poop, had been carried away, and more
primers had to be got from below, after
which a thirty-two pound gun was fired three
times.
The ship was ungovernable,the wheel being
carried away. Ten or twelve minutes after
the collision the Navigating Lieutenant re
ported the ship to be sinking, but the Captain
would give no orders to take to the boats.
The water gradually rose • the doctor, boat
swain and fifteen others got' into a boat on the
port quarter and lowered it; then, fancying
they saw a junk near them, pulled toward it
for aid, but, finding themselves deceived, put
back, to look in vain for the'ship or survivors,
and afterward rowed to shore. As the ship
sank, the first cutter that was on board in a
entitle floated, and in her Mr. Yates and three
others were saved.
The President announced the following de
cision:
We find from the evidence before us that on
a dark but starlight night, the 24th January
last, the steamship Bombay, through no fault
of her commander, Mr. Eyre, came into colli
sion with the United States corvette Oneida
in the close vicinity of Saratoga spit, situated
some ten miles from Yokohama;
That the effect of the collision on the Dom
bar was comparatively slight;
that guns were fired from the Oneida as
signals of distress from ten to fifteen minutes
after the collision took place;
That the reports of these guns were not
heard, nor the flashes seen on board the Bom
bay;
'That after the collision the fact of the Bom
bay having been hailed from the Oneida was
reported to Mr. Eyre;
'That Mr. Eyre only knew that some of the
upper works of the Oneida 'had been carried
away, and was unaware of the amount of in
jury sustained by her;
'I hat the Bombay was a mail-steamer, carry
ing passengers and cargo, and was built In
compartments, only one of which was re
ported to him as making water fast;
That the whole extent of the injury sus
tained by the Bombay was not ascertained till
the day following the collision; _
That immediately after the collision it was
not considered to be serious, for, had it been
so, it is natural to suppose that the knowledge
of thk pilot would have been availed of and
the Bombay run on to the Saratoga Spit That, in our opinion, no danger to theßom
bay, her passengers, or cargo,w as apprehended
by Mr. Eyre;
That from the questions he asked the pilot
he evidently thought that the Oneida might
possibly have sustained serious in Jury ;
That he waited at the most five minutes
after the collision to see if signals of distress
wore made from the Oneida;
That after his ship again proceeded be gave
no orders that a lookout should be kept in the
direction of the Oneida;
That had he or any one else been keeping a
proper lookout, the flashes of the Oneida's
guns must have been seen, though their re
ports might not have been heard.
Under all these circumstances it beComes
onr duty to pronounce • whether, in our
opinion, Mr. Eyre was justified in proceeding
on his voyage without waiting to ascertain
whether the Oneida was in need of assist
atteee.
We recognize the fact that he was placed iu
PHILADELPHIA, M
a position of great difficulty and doubt, and in
circumstances under which be was called
upon to decide promptly ; but we regret to
}lave to it as our tht he acted
hastily and record
ill-advisedly,op ininion
that, a instead of
wafting and endeavoring to render assistance
to the Oneida, he, without having reason to
be.liere that his own vessel was in a perilous
condition, proceeded on his voyage.
This conduct constitutes, in our opinion, a
breach of theltlkl section of the 63d chapter of
the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act
of 1882, and we therefore feel called upon to
suspend M r. Eyre's certificate for six calendar
months from this date.
Kanagawa, 12th February, 1870.
' Piano. LOWDZU, H. 13. M.'s Consul,
of the Court.
Annrurt. Trsituttn,_ PCom. Hresident. M. S. Ocean.
DAVID .11100 HE, Stat[COM. H. M.S. Ocean.
JOHN GILFILLAN, Master S. S. Sultan.
Wm. CHAPMAN, Master of Rocklitte.
Mr. Barnard then rose, and, addressing the
Court, said : I have a duty to perform under
these circumstances, which I will do very
shortly, having somewhat anticipated that .1
should be called on in the in Wrests of my client,
Captain Eyre, to respectfully appeal against
your judgment to the Board of Trade.
The President—There's no appeal to the
Beard of Trade.
Mr. Barnard then respectfully submitted
that, his Honor had misinterpreted the mean
ing of the act, and that there had been no le-
Sal deity shown by which it appeared incum
bent upon Captain Eyre to turn round and
chase the other vessel, and that the court was
not called upon to give an opinion upon moral
obligation.
The President—Let me tell you at once, Mr.
Barnard, we don't ask for anybody's opinion,
but we are accountalee to the Board of Trade
—and the Board of Trade only—for the deci
sion which has been given. It is perfectly un
necessary foryou to argue any more.
The Court then rose.
The Feereeel or Captain TYlMama.
[From the Japan Gazette, Feb. 7.]
- ovrer Lu nes yet
been found out of 'all the officers a nd and crew
who perished in te Oneida, wee brought to
the harbor and t aken on board the U. S.
steamer Idaho. It was that of Captain E. P.
Williams. It was denuded of clothes, with
the strange exception of the shirt collar,which
bore his initials. It was recovered well out of
the channel. many miles below the wreak.
The probability is that with the strong cur
rent seaward, and the prevailing direction of
the wind during the last few days, most of
the bodies will be taken out to sea, and few if
any recovered,.
The same paper, of the Bth, gives the follow
in account et the funeral of Capt. Williams :
The funeral of Commander E. P. Williams,
United States Navy, deceased, late of the
United States steamship Oneida, took place
this afternoon. At 2.30 P. M. the boats from
the United States steamship Idaho left the
vessel, and at 3 P. M. arrived at the French
Hatoba,where the Ameriean,French,Prussian,
and English Ministers, with the English Admi
ral and Commandant, the naval and military
officers of various nationalities, the Consular
staff, and a large concourse of civilians awaited
it. A firing party of Marine Artillery and
the band were in attendance from H. M. S.
Ocean; and a large number of sailors fromail
the men- of bad also been landed. The
band of H. M.'s First Battalion, Tenth
Regiment, were also present. To Messrs
Wilkie & Laufenberg had been confided the
undertaking duties. The direction of the pro
cession was intrusted to Lieutenant-Cotn
wander Lyon, United States Navy. The pro
cession was formed thus:
A firing party of United States Marines.
Band of H. M. S. Ocean.
A. firing party H. B.M. Marine Artillery from
S: Ocean .
The band of IL M. Ist Battalion, 10th Reg%
The corpse on a hearse, with. eight naval and
tary as pall-bearerii.
H. E. the mili Honorable officers
C. E. DeLong, United
States Minister, and Lieutenant-Com
mander Mullen, U. S. N., as
chief mourners.
American, British, Russian, and French Be.a
men, with their officers.
Officers of the navy and army of various
,nationalities.
The English, French and Prussian Ministers.
The Japanese Governor and Vice-Governer of
Yokohama.
The Consular stafE
Civilians.
The precession moved to the solemn strains
of the 'Dead March "in "Saul," played by
the Ocean's band, to the English Church,
where the service was commenced by the Rev.
Chaplain of H. M. S. Ocean, the Rev. M. B
Bailey, H. M. Consular Chaplain, reading the
lesson. After the service in the church was
concluded, the procession again formed and
marched to the grave, in the new portion of
the cemetery, the bands playing the "Dead
March " alternately. The services at the grave
were jointly conducted by the same two gen
tlemen,in a most impressive manner; and the
volleys having been tired,and the whole being
over, Mr. De Long turned to the assemblage
and said, in a clear voice, but with some emo
tion :
Gentlemen: In the name of the United States
Government, the army and navy of the
United States, the relatives of the deceased,
and in my own, I beg to thank you rutsit dearly
and most kindly for your Courtesy on this sad
occasion.
The funeral of the carpenter of the Oneida,
whose body was found on the 10th, took plaoo
on Friday afternoon.
THE HAICRIAGE SERVICE.
A Woman on the Episcopal Ceremony.
The Revolution, Susan B. Anthony's- paper,
is severe upon tbe Episcopal marriage service,
but then it must be remembered that the
writer of the following never "had a chance to
experience, personally, the excellence of the
ceremony. The Revolution says :
"We were never more struck with its
odious and ludicrous features than on once
seeing a tall, - queenly-looking woman, magni
ficently arrayed, married by one of the tiniest
priests that ever donned surplice or gown—
given away by the smallest guardian that ever
watched a woman's fortunes, to the feeblest,
bluest-looking little groom that ever placed
wedding-ring on bridal linger. Seeing those
Lilliputs round her, we thought, when the
little priest said, 'Who gives this woman to
this man?' that she would take the responsi
bility and say, do; but no, there she stood,
calm, cool, like an automaton, as if it were no
affair of hers, while the little guardian, placing
her hand in that of the little groom, said,
do' Thus was this stately woman bandied
about, by three pnny men, all of Whom she
might have gathered up in her arms and borne
off to their respective places of abode."
FACTS ANA" FAIVC/E8
—A physician eiamining a student as to his
progress, asked him, " Should a man fall into
a well forty feet deep, and strike his head
against one of the tools with which he had
been digging, what would he your course if
called in as a surgeon ?" The student replied,
" I should advise them to let the man lie and
fill up the Well."
—The Montreal Witness says that it doubts if
in the best days of Pitt, Pox. Burke and Sheri
dan,there was anything much superior la the
British .Pgllament to the recent debate at
Ottawa on Customs union with the United
States.
—The Chicago courts refuse to recognize a
decree of divorce granted by a• Rabbi to Due
of his lioCk. Hew absurd to squabble about
such trifles, especially where the courts them
selves show so touch sin agog.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
N DAY MARS 28 18701
FIFTH EDITION
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Navy Department Appropriations
The San Domingo Treaty
Opposition to the Annexation Scheme
The Navy Department Appropriation
[lipids) Despatch to the Phila. Xrenlng Bulletin.]
WASHINGTON, March 28.—At a meeting of
the House Appropriation Committee, this
morning, Commodore Sands and Captain
Ammen made arguments against cutting down
appropriations for the Navy Department to as
large an extent as contemplated by the bill
reported to the House. Both of these gentle..
men argued that the Ordnance Bureau and
the Bureau of Docks and Yards would require
a larger appropriation than embraced in the
bill now before the Rouse. The Com
mittee talked matters over after the
gentlemen had been heard. and
a feeling was in favor of not increasing the'
amount of the apmpriation.
position on the part of several members of
the Committee to refuse to vote for the ap
propriation for several existing Navy Yards,
believing that several yards could be advan
tageously abolished. It has been proposed in
the Committee that the 'appropriation be re
fused for all but four yards, one on the Pacific
coast and three on the Atlantic, thus com
pelling the Department to close four or live
of the-present yards.
Man Domingo -Speeeh of Senator Schurz.
Senator Schurz spoke in the Senate most ali t
the afternoon against the St. Domingo treaty,
making a strong and able philosophical argu
ment, and was followed by Senator Carpen
ter, who advocated the treaty. The leading
New England Republican Senators say that if
President Grant or his friends in the Senate
attempt to annex St. Domingo by a joint reso
lution or bill, in the same manner that Texas
' was annexed, it will undoubtedly lead to a
rupture in the Republican party, and cause a
division in the ranks not easily healed.
Representative Butter's investigation
The case of bribery by a correspondent of
the New York Herald has not yet been reached
by General Butler's inveatigating committee,
though the witnesses have been summoned, as
stated in a previous despa:ch, and their testi
mony will be vivid ve. It is proper to say that
the person Implicated is not the chief corres
pondent of the Herald here, but is one Joseph
Macfarland, one of his subordinates.
Free Trade. - •
"Sunset" Cox followed Mr. A-per in the
House in favor of free trade.
The CubanNentrality Bill.
The House agreed to General Bank's re
quest to have the Neutrality bill made a
special order for consideration,and designated
the sixth of April as the day.
[By the American Press Association.)
The Tariff BM.
Watimxtrroze, March 28.—The Committee
of Ways and Means have agreed to recom
mend that the tariff bill shall go into effect
from and after the first of October.
The New York and Roston Poet-Office
investigation.
The House Post-Office Committee had a
session to-day, and examined more witnesses
relative to the New York and Boston Poste
Offices. They have opened the entire investi
gation anew, in order to admit the evidence,
about Mr. Mullett's administration of affairs
in the office of supervising architect.
United States Rends.
A resolution has been offered in the House
levying a tax of ten per cent. on the interest
on United States bonds, and was rejected by a
large majority.
A Resolution to Annex San Domingo.
A joint resolution for the annexation of San
Domingo will be introduced in both Rouses
at an early day if the Senate rejects the pre
sent treaty.
Report from the President.
The President, this morning, sent to the
Senate a report from the Secretary of the
Navy in reply to the House resolution of the
15th ultimo, showing that the total cost of the
sea-going monitors of the United States Navy
was $14,189,097 34. Total cost of river and
harbor monitors, $8,870,113 43. Cost of light
draft menitors, $11,630,699 53. Cost of river
iron -clads, $686,153 81. Grand total, $35,371,-
064 11. Four of the monitors are in commis
sion. Thirty-nine are in good condition. Four
are on the stocks, two require repairs, and one
is incomplete.
Serious Result of an Altercation.
Two cabinet-makers, named Wagner and
Rosenberg, employed in the United States
Capital repair shop, had an altercation this
afternoon, when Rosenberg struck Wagner
on the temple with a nail hammer, fracturing
his skull badly and probably fatally.
The Suffrage Amendment.
It is reported in reliable quarters that the
President will peremptorily refuse to issue a
proclamation announcing the ratification of
the Fifteenth Amendment until Teazle and'
Georgia are admitted.
FROM NEW YORK.
The Democracy.
Now Ypns , March 28.—1 t is reported that
the breach between the Tweed and Young
Democracy has been bridged over, and the
meeting to-night is to he harmonious. Mr
Tweed is to be chosen leader.
Whisky Italia.
new YORK, !larch 28.—Another whisky
raid was made in the Fifth" 'Ward, Brooklyn,
this morning.. isimilio n. o f mar i ass , was,
called one,: and great eicitement prevailed,
One POice ogNer,lya# severely injured.
Murderer Arrested and IdeuMded.
William p#, .Atkinson (colored), who. rim
tiered Mr. Tihnan"in Fhilidelphia, was ar
rested here yesterday, and identified by a
colored girl who witnessed the atlair.
4:30 01C/look.
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM WASHINGTON.
[by the American Preen Association.)
IVE W JERSEY.
, Church Boor Blown O ff.
Jansity CITY, March 28.—The roof of the
Dutch Ileformed Church here was blown off
yesterday.
Chore!' Demo'lshod.
litiveox CITY, March 28.—The New Pres
byterian Church was blown down yesterday
and toVilly demolished.
The Methodist Conference.
NuwAna, March 28. —The Methodist Con
ference adjourns tomorrow.
[By the American Press Association.]
Financial and Commercial.
LONDON, March
account, 28, A. M. Consols for
money, 931; for 93f t Five•twenties,
of 1862, ; old ltitiss, till; 18678 891; Tett
forties, 864. Erie Railway 21; Cen
tral, 116. Cotton quiet. Estimated sales,,lo,-
000 bales. Middling Uplands, 11a111.
(By the American Prase association.l
tOItTY•FjB9p ()ONG ILIZEIN.
Second Session.
flovsz--f Continued froth the Fourth Edition.)
Mr. Asper advocated a reduction of the
tariff, espedlally on iron. The agricultural in
terest is unduly taxed to protect manufactures.
It is folly to talk of making , a home market
for the farmer by protecting manufactures.
Two millions of people engaged in manufac
tures eonld not furnish much of a market' for
breadstuff's. We should legislate in the inter
est of agriculture. When the farmer is well
paid he will becOme the patron of manufac
tures.
Mr. Cox stated his Objections to the bill. He
was in favor of a tariff for revenue only. When
the tariff is imposed for the legitimate expense
of the. Government it ehodid be borne cheer
fully. When imposed to enable one class to
rob another, it was another thing.
We of New York are not alone in the ad
vocacy.of an untrammelled commercialinter
• angel. we nave wencteii Phillip, William
Lloyd Garrison and Henry Ward Beecher,
who, though lately converted, are doing good
service against this tyranny of party legisla
tion. He did not despair of efforts at ame
lioration when he remembered the struggle
over the corn laws in England. The states
men who fought that measure had a harder
task than the free traders of to-clay. The
grandiloquent gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Kelley), in bis Chinese policy reminded him
of the French economist • who shut up all the
doors and windows, and caulked every chink, ,
in order to keep out thesun. to protect candle- ,
reeking and the tallow trade.
THE GALE 11 NEW YOUR.
Frightful Destruetion. •
The herald of this morning says of the gale
yesterday. :
The North and East rivers were lashed into
seething foam, and the ferry-boats plying from
either side of the city were roughly used, and
many of them found it a matter of extreme
difficulty to make even half the usual number
of trips allotted to them. On the bay the storm
was terrible and the water °especially rough,
the wind having fall sweep over the broad ex
panse and raising a serious representation of
the fury of the open sea in a hurricane. Seve
ral vessels weretoru from their moorings and
sent adrift,and two or three collisions occurred
between such thus released, but only slight in
juries were done, and happily no Jives were
lost in this wise.
On the Sound, from all accounts, the state of
aflairs was just as had. Numerous vessels,
both light and loaded, inward bound, were at
anchor in Flushing Bay, awaiting the sub
siding of the storm. and many other vessels
sought the various ports along its shores in
dire distress. The appearance' of the waters
of this inland sea during' yesterday is said to
have been fearful, and the dangers of a trip
across them were such as to cause even old
"salts" to cling with their crafts to safe
havens, making them rather bear the Ills they
had already than to fly to others that they
knew not of.
At sea and on the coast the storm must have
raged with fearful violence. flow many tidings
of severe trials, of wrecked vessels, shattered
hulls, hairbreadth escapes from death, suffer
ings of crews and the terror of passengers,
that will Come to us as the result of this gale,
cannot now be estimated, but it is feared that
they will be many. From every point come
accounts of damage and destruction resulting
from the storm, and it may safely be presumed
that the entire losses will not be known for
weeks or months, if ever.
Up to a late hour this morning the follow
ing particulars have been received:
• In This City.
All along South and West streets the cellars
were filled with water early in the day, and
much damage done to property stored therein.
The goods on the docks along the rivers were
more or less damaged in every instance, and
many of the larger vessels suffered by chafing
against each other and against the timbers of
the piers. The water at evening, when reach
ing the highest point of the flood tide, cov
ered many of the docks, and on the East river,
at Peck slip, Catharine street and Fulton
street, it was a scene desolating in the ex
treme. The water was two and three feet deep
and great damage -was done to everything :
perishable that it came in contact with.
- 'The number of signs that were blown from
buildings down town was so great that it oc
cupied much of the time of the police officers
to carry them to their respective station
houses,
The walls of the burned buildings, the scene
of the late disastrous fire on Crosby street,
near Prince street, were blown down by the
gale, and the dibris filled the street for some
distance tq the depth of several feet, obstruct
ing the Eleecker street cars and making pe
destrianism anything but agreeable there for
many hours.
Frightful Colon:illy in Forty-Sixth street
.-..littildings Blown Down and Crushed.
One of the most serious and terrible inci
dents of the day was reported by the Twenty
second precinct police. About fifteen minutes
after two, o'clock a sudden gust of wind struck
the large' three-story building on Forty sixth
street. near Eleventh avenue, and in a mo
ment there was a tottering of the walls, a
rumbling and cracking, and an instant after
they fell heavily upon the' east side.
Ina small frame dwelling, nestling down
modestly under one of the walls of the struc
ture, dwelt Benjamin Donneby, his wife and
four children, who at the moment were
gathered about the stove enjoying the quietude
of the Sabbath. They were startled by a crash,
and then became unconscious, as one of the
walls of the unfinlithed building lad ,fallen
upon their home and cruSlied it to atoms.
An instant later the neighbors looked out
upon the storm and beheld the 'home of the
Donnellys a wreck, the house crushed to
atoms and the occupants buried in the ruins.
The street was quickly blockaded by the
residents of the neighborhood, who turned
out in full force and set to work , under
the direction of Captain Bogart and the police
of his preeinet• to. dig the family , out of the
dibris that'CoVered'thern. An hour's laborious
work, enabled, them - to reach the bodies, w h ich presented a frightful' appearance. Donnelly,'
his wife and three of the children ,were taken
out dead, their bodies hearing imprints of the
beains and rafters that perferlited the flash.
All were dead. The fourth' child, whose life was Slatted' a beam lallink across . other
lumber, wan taken 'cut ` ,alive, lout with both
legs broken.: MC - Was removed .to the resi
dencei ofit relative-Mr. Carson' Miller, of
604 Forty-third' street to which 'place the
belliett'ot the Live victims, Were conveyed by
the ' •
There they now lie, oue of the most ghastly
and appalling groups that could he looked at,
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DYER FROM ROMEIrk.
nrnival Time—Mardi Gras and a Masked,
Ball—The 11 0mo.race on the Uorae-Art •
gossip, &e.
(Correspondence of the Phflatlelphisav nano Bulletin.)
Haun t Italy, March 4,1870.—" PFo ! DecidedlY
Carnival has degenerated in the last twenty
years," said a friend on the evening of Mara t
Gras, as we stood in a balcony, looking at
the moccoletti, which amusement winds up
Carnival.. It consists in lighting vsax tapere r '
waving them about triumphantly, trying to ,
put out your neighbor's taper, and guard your
own secure from attacks on all sides.
Now, when my friend told me of the gloriere
of twenty years ago, I was thinking how
pretty and merry the Roman Carnival was; so
much prettier than that of last year. For the
first time in twelve years masks were allowed,.
and the streets in every direction looked like
a scene from Don Giovanni. In the afternoon •
of Mardi Gras I took a "flame," or "trap'";
(you can ft have both names, if yon please, of
these convenient little one-horse affairs; we
call the closed ones " cabs" in America/. I •
got into one of these, drove up and dowrothe- •
Rapettl, and all over that portion of the oily.
Parties in grotesque costumes could be seendate
every direction; the white domino, trimmed'
with different colors, predominated, and gave.
a strange, ghostly look to the streets, espe
cially with the mask which covered every. '
one's face. The whole town seetruld_ sof_ tsis.-.
-- 1 - 1 -rentsrat....l the corso was one dense maws
from the Piazza Venezia to the Piazza; del:
Popolo.
Another friend took me back in. memory;
further than twenty years, when I grew en. •
thusiastic over the jollity.
"Oh I can assure you," he said, "thisniaelc,-
ing is nothing to what it used to be a hundred
years ago. Dr. was telling me tide morn.
ing of the pranks Benedict XIV. used to play
in Carnival times before he took orders."
Then followed a delightful talk about-those
merry days of the first part of the seventeenth
century. Every century, almost, in-its•begirt- •
ning, is gay and young. I think it waerthe
historian Herren who first made me observe
that nearly allrevolgtions and public troubles
come in the last half of a century. Benedict .
XIV. was a Bolognese by birth, but was a
Roman advocate by profession, and, the gayest
and merriest of men. In those times- theists , -
dear, dreadful enfants terribles, the "people," •
had not taken full possession of the world as.
they have in these days. The Corso in Carni
val time was simply the drawing-rooms and
salons of the nobility and gentry turned into
the street. It was like a private masked-ball .
in open air. Every one you met—if you hap
pened to live in Rome in those days, and, I
am sure I did—was a cultivated person, ready
to meet a witty attack with some sort of re
pari ee. Lambertini was famous on such oc
casions. His favorite ride was that of a• quack
doctor, and it is said no, one could stand- his
sharp, keen wit. Crowds gathered around
him, followed him from one end of the Corso
to the other, and no one was spared. His shots
of wit, too, were always unexpected.
There is none of this display now to be sure.
have no doubt, however, among the common.
people who fill the streets, there are many.
vulgar Lambertinis ; but the upper ela.sses.
bold aloof, and those of ns who "are a little
above the common," as the Irish say, enj o y ,
the sport of a Roman Carnival of 1870 more as
an audience than actors.
However, we do act a little, too. The even
ing of Mardi Gran was Wound sp. with ts;
masked ball at the Apollo Theatre. There
have been numberless such entertainments
during Carnival. A charity maeked ball was.
given in the Barberini . Palace enl the night ofr ‘. •
the Vki of February. There was a committee,
of ladies appointed to see that every one .who: •
paid twenty francs a ticket was respeetable..
It was consequently genteel. A friend of mine,
who had as much charity as money, bought ft.
number of tickets and sent me two •; bat I did
not care to go. I fancied it would be just
what it turned out—not grand enough to ha
splendid, and just too grand to be merry. It
was stupid, dull to deadness; everybody was •;
afraid of everybody else, of course. Then I
was asked by some gay, jolly friends to go with
them to an Apollo ball, on the 28th, but that
seemed too frolicking. So I was likely to '
lose all the fun from not having just the •
chance that suited me. On the morning,
however, of Mardi Gras,l a party of
the soberest, elderly persons imaginable,-
echoed my wish to , see a masked ball. ' We
fortified each other, sent off for dominos and
marks, and, decided to go. Dominos and •
masks of all qualities can be hired in Rome,-
from one franc up to a hundred or fire hun
dred a suit. A domino consists of a loose -
wrapper, fastened to a yoke, buttoned up the
front, with a large, deep cape, to which is at
tached a hood. Ours were of black silk; the '
capes were trimmed with deep black lace and
ribbon quilling—one had green, the other red
ribbon, and so on ; and one of our party had
a domino a little finer than the rest; instead
of ribbon it had a gold heading to the lace.
With the dominos opine little black satin
masks, loups, as the French call them, that
covered the upper part of the face, and had a
deep fall of lace over the mouth and
We paid fifteen francs and one paid for the
use of each domino and mask—about $3 10 in.
gold. They were of good silk, cleau—indeed, ,
nearly new—and tbe masks entirely now.
Shrouded in these black wrappings, with ' •
the mask on, your nearest and dearest friend '
could hardly know you. Our tickets of en
trance were three francs each; then we had' a
bur besides, which was five francs more—not , ,
an extravagant piece of pleasure, y ou
Twenty francs, exclusike of carriage-hire,
covered the expenses ofeach One —s4 gold.
We found the Apollo pretty well filled. The
parquette and stage were floored over, and
every sort of costume could be -seen. Some .. -
dresses were extremely ; shabby; some very,
splendid, and some ludicrously grotesque. I
played audience the greater part of the even
tog. But a little incident changed my mood'
just before the ball closed, and induced me to
become also an actor. A• masked woman. '
came into our box, and was so piquanto and
charming, as to rouse our curiosity completely. '
She told me my name, gave me a bouquet and