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Show GENERAL, The Bnrulng of tlie "MLitaoiii-l." Key West, Fla.. 31. The following particulars t-f tho burning of the "Mif-souri" "Mif-souri" have been obtained from Suro-wors, Suro-wors, who arrived here. V hen the boat which was saved left the burning Ehip, one boat was seen keel upward with two men on it. The rescued boat lay for two hours by a swamped boni containing nine menjincluding the engineers, engi-neers, hremen and ship's barber. A bucket was given thorn to hail with, they having Iwo, As thero were no seamen sea-men in tho swamped boat, they wore unable to properly manago it, and in this condition they were lelL ll is nui likely any of thers wero saved. .No Fails had been seen for Iwo days previous to tho breaking out of the fire. After iho rescued left the ".Missouri," they saw the pas-ongers and crew who remained, on board, crowded on the after part of the vessel. It ia said the fire was first discovered on the floor of the locker in tho pantry. The alarm was given whili the passengers were at breakfast, and within two minutes several seve-ral voices screamed "fire" from the stoke hole. All then was confusion. Within twenty minutes three boats were launched. In the rescued boat, wilh the oxception of a few pieces of sugar cane, thore was neither food nor water, only two small oars and a large one, no sai s nor anything to make thorn of; and it was from 9 o'clock a-m, of the 22nd, until 2 o'clock a.m. of the 23nd beforo HssUtance was obtained. At that time tho schooner "Spy" was sighted, and the rescued party pulled vigorously to her. Tho "Spy" too tnem to Hope-town, Hope-town, on Blbow Key, wherethoy arrived about 7 p.m. on tho '2-id. On the 24 ih a chooner was sent towards the burn-l..R burn-l..R oMF, Hu ulimui auU mil Ulrecllons whereto find hor, and wilh isti actions to look for tho chip's boat, and skirt the coast. The schooner returned about midnight of the 2-lih, and reported having hav-ing seen nothing of the boats or passengers. pas-sengers. The sea was thon breaking heavily ob the reefs- The party led Hopetown on the 2&lh and arrived at Nassau on the 23th. It is said that the donkey pumps of the steamer wore never started, one of the passengers asserting that he had hold of the hose some Lime and that no water wns forced through it on the flames. Tho two deck pumps wore worked a few minutes only. Within fifteen minutes after tho alarm was given, the twelve survivors were in the boat, and the flumes were coming from the stoke hole in a volume. The ship's course was never altered, consequently the flames wore carried athwart the ship, burning ujj one life-boat on the lee side and making it too hot to get the others i tf. Only threo boats' wore launched, two of which wore swamped. Sevan women and soven children were aboard but none got into the boats. Tho engines wero stopped, butiheaails wore spread and a speed of four knots an hour was maintained. When last seen, captain Greene was working with purser Hempstead and some of the crew, trying to got oil' the lee boat, surrounded by smoLe and flame. .Eleven of the survivors survi-vors say that the boat was never launched, but the twclflb, captain Cul-mur, Cul-mur, eays it was launched and full of people, but was immediately swamped. Key West, 31. The only eXpenae incurred in-curred in thia port by the ni lie Knglish steamer "Anna," belonging to tho Atlantic At-lantic mail steamship company, which brought Lhe survivors ol tho ill-falod "Missouri" from Nassau, was forced upon her by the U. ti. customs otticor, who even chargod hor tonnage dues for twelve mon hs in advance. .Everyone else wilh whom Vbe "Anna" had business busi-ness worked ylliingly and gratuitously. John A. CVrUtvold Dead. Troy, N. T-, 81. lion. John A. Gris-wold Gris-wold died this morning at half-past eight. The Hone Dlea,s. Philadelphia, 8f. Blx hundred cafes of horse disease are in this city, and 160 in Camden. Boston, 31. Deaths of horses from the prevailing epidemic are increasing, and now average twenty-live to thirty daily. There ire few new case. Troy, 2f. Y., 81. Two hundred and twenty horses of the Troy and Lansing-burg Lansing-burg railroad are sick, and the cars are hauled oi Washington Advice. Washington, 31. The President has appointed Benj, Thomas, of Indiana, Indian agent for Kew Mexico. Washington, 31. There is no official concealment of the fact that four or five millions of the reservo of forty-four millions issue, which the treasury department de-partment consider is left lo the discretion discre-tion of the secretary, was mado use of ! when the assistant treasurer in New 1 York was instructed to buy bonds and I sell gold, apart from the usual monthly I programme. This was on tho "th of October, since which time no further amount of the reserve has been used.nor is there the Least probability that il will soon again be drawn upon. Kew Tork Intlllf ence. Kew York, 31. The ;ury in the case of chief of police Mc illiams, of Jersey Jer-sey City, to-day, failed to agree and were discharged. Judge Barrett, to-day, overruled the motion or demurrer made belore him a few davs ago, to dismiss the civil suit of the board of supervisors against Connolly, Con-nolly, Tweed and i'ieidt. In the McCuna wili case, to-day, Surrogate Sur-rogate Hutchmes decided that Hark McCunn and iibetn McMaan were the naif brother and half sister of the late Judge MuCunn, and therefore they and their desceodacts have (landing in court to oottt the wiii. There is a general improvement among the sick horses to-day, but bu?i-ne bu?i-ne and travel are still serious iy interrupted. inter-rupted. A hundred deaths irorn the maiady here and in Brooklyn to-day. The HH Trial. New York, 31. At the conclusion of Tremain's argument in the Hall ca'e, to-day, judge Brady charged the jurv, beginning with the remark that thuiigh ins proceedings was against a pcr?jn holding it h;h position, it ib'-u.d be disposed precisely a anv otner cae. according to law and evidence. 'Ine judge then inslrustd them that if. from the evidence, they are not (ali-ed there was no credit, the case fans on the charcre of neglect; at,d if they were san.ed there was no audit, then tue evidence must shw that tee neg'ect was intentional, ss intention forms an taeiiUai ejuent ia iho c&ifr Ga the second charge of wilfully abusing or . corruptly peri"ormir.g the duties of his oe, t"he court intruded that two things must be established, guilty know-leiice know-leiice and certifying with such know- le-ire. and that this also was a question of fact to be determined by the jury. , The court also instructed that they ' were bound to start with the ' presumption that he acted justly until the cont-ary is proved: and cau-, cau-, tior.sd thejury tat the weight of evidence evi-dence ol men. like Gar vey ihu.d be carefully coniidered, and to bear in j mind that the defendant was liable ociy I for his own bad deeds, not those of j others: and that he was entitled to the beneiit of any reasonable doubt; but guilt may be established by circuns-incei circuns-incei as well a; by direct evidence. If the jurv believe the accused knew the claims to "be false, and certined them, they mut convict him. On the second i charge, the court said, approach the j cociideralions of these questions fear-lesly; fear-lesly; if you believe the accused guiily, I say so; if not, acquit him. , The jury retired at o:40 p.m., and an unusually stormy session was held until . S, when they adjourned for lunch. Judjte Brady came in at 0; JO and aa-j nounced that, the jury not having agreed, the court stood adjourned until 11 o'clock to-morrow. Miscellaneous. ilontpelier. Yt., 31? The legislature ; has elected Geo. Nichols, secretary of State; "W. G. Perrin, auditor; and M. , B. Bailey, railroad commissioner. Atchison. 31. The telegraph U completed com-pleted lo Lincoln, Nebraska. |