Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 17, 1873, Page 2

2 —_— e “ TIIE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THIURSDAY, JULY 17, 1873. THE COLLEGIATE . REGATTA. Eleven Colleges semded. Bepre- A Sketch of the Different : Crews. - Other Races, Amateur and Professional. The Course--What is a * Shell” 2== How the Boats Are Started. Training of _the Oarsmen---Tho Champion-Flags, From Our Own Correanondent. SrrINGFIELD, Mass,, July 14, 1873, Springfield Is alrondy astir, and it ia apparont, svon to tho stranger, that somothing unusual is proparing. Knots of prim-looking youths, whom [ tako for college-boys, aro stauding upon overy cornor, and I moot thom upon ovory stroot, cach ono showing bis own colors, 8o I know at n glauco whonco ho came. The Indics, teo, m:o visibly rsponeive In tholrsympnthios ; and thoir bonnots, and sneques, and numorous ribbon- attachmonts of which the womon are so fond, aro mado to testify thoeir allegiance to somo par- ticular college. Tho hotels smoll of turpontine, and overy door- post warns tho guosts to **look out for paint,” Bwonty portora are lngging beds in all directions through tho alloy-ways. Whero 'thoy are going to, or whero they came from, I did not stop to inquire; but he is indoed & lucky man who gots one of them to rest upon two days trom now. Becuring & livery, your correspondont, TOUND TO VISIT THE CREWS, ” rivos ncross a rickety old woodon bridge which spans the Comnocticut a half-n-mile bolow the srogsing of tho Boston & Albany Railroad, and witsolf about a quarter-of-s-mile in length. Moat of tho crows aro stopping in Agawam, a ilo bolow tho city, and on the opposite sido of sho river. Wodrivealongnduaty and narrow road, #hich I mistrust is frequented but little, oxcept in regattn-timo. Upon theleft hand is the river, skirted with aldors and willows, which pross anrd wpon its brink, and some of whose oranches, lopping over, bathe themselves in tho sver, as it flowa along at a sluggish pace during its presont low ebh, At intervals, tho river ans o far oncroached upon the bank during the troshets that tho troes bavo no longor any foot- mg, and it is lero that we got an extonded view of tho river, na the crows, in their hours of practice, ply to and fro, while the pigmy steam- boats end other small crafé keop at a safo dis- wanes, watching tho movemonts of tho crows, and speculating upon their chauces in tho raco. Upon the right band is the typical Now England farm-houso,—small, but nent and tasty,—and impressing one at onco with the idea of in- Austry and cconomy. It s horo the crows find THEIR TEMPORARY HOMES, Thoy lounge about the door-yard or river-banl while not at work, watching thoir host as ho gathers his balf-crop of hay,—for the drought bng long sinco takon tho rost,—or tends hin Lall-acro patehof far-famed Conneoticut soed-lonf tobneeo, whick grows in this immediato vieinity, and tho leaves of which are now about as larga a3 & man's bands. Elegant tnrn-outs, with their precious londs of handsome Indies, drive by at dusk, enger to got & glimpsoe of tho stalwart onramon 18 they come iu from their evening- pull. College-chums flock about the quarters of their respectivo crows, and hang closo to their Licols whorever thoy go, as though each oars- man was an orgau-grinder, and, likoe childron, they wero soon expecting him to play. The tomporary boat-house stands. near by, upon the rivor-bauk, and from its top proudly floata tho collogo-colors. Roporters without numbor crowd about tho various quarters; but the mon do not look with great favor upon this claes of peoplo, conscious that they nro but traveling mirrors by which their eutire porsonal is to bo reflected to tho reading-public, and not always in 80 favorablo o light aa they might wish. . TIE GRTAT RACE of the woek is for the champion University flngs for tho yenr 1872, and for which cloven crews will contond. I cannot do bottor than consider them in alpha- betical order ; and firat, thon, is THE ANIERST COLLEOE CREW. This was the winning crow Inst yosr, in the {fustest timo over mado ; but, unfortunately, only two of the old crow are present thia yoar, and thoy are not tho best. Thoy stop, as last year, with Mr. Bumnor Clark, about midway of the courso; and so faithfully do thoy watch the movementa of the othor crews as they go past that they are able to judge accurntely who the strong crows are, and who are most likely to win, pravided no accident bofalls them, Thoy haven way of remarking upon certain crows-as thoy go past: *Yon, they row very prottily, keep good time, and all that; but they don't mako the boat g0 through tho wator,” which is the main thing after all. This crew have worked moro or lows in tho - gymnasinm for a year post, are very temperate in all their hnabits of eating and drinking, and are noted for their enduranco. IL J. Booth, of Gran- villo, 0., who pulls No. 4 in this boat, pulled 1,100 atrokes and ran 5 milew in tho gymunsium Inst winter. Mis training woight is 165 pounda, and ho pulls a etrong oar. Tho best individual man on tho river ia found in this boat, It julT. T. Wnrd, of Northampton, Mass, Ile steuds § feot 10 inches in heiglt, and his training-woight in tho samo a8 that of Booth, It is a curionity to see thoman stripped for tho hoat. The mus- clorollsup in a prodigious way upon his back, arms, and broast. £ rominds you of a piotura of the old Grocian atblates. Mr, Ward iwin tho habit of exercising with a 100-pound dumb-Loll, &nd bo holds it out at arm's end with as much enso 08 Lho ordinary, gymnast would a 25-pound- er, Tie crow row vory uicoly together, have a common-sense way of dioting aud exorcising, carrying nothing to the extromo, and, aftor seniie ning sll thoe erew very carefully, thoy eny the only ono thoy fear i the Amlerst Agricul- tural, familinrly termed tho “Aggies.” 'T'ho Amhorsts aro ‘espocially strong in their bow oar, Mr. Brower, who held that position in tho winuing crow last year. 'I'lioy mnake no protonse st any famous or original style of stroke, but, while thoy aroat it, will lot right into itand Told out to the Inst. ~This crow comes from Ame Lerst Colloge, which, Lwo yenrs ago, colobratod its fiftioth anunivorsary, ‘About half of the papers, however, confound it with the Aggics, who como from the Agricultural Collego, in the famo town, founded by tho Stato about fivo yomn ago, Lot us not mako this mistuko, THE AGOIER surprisod everyhodyin beating Harvard and win- ning tho flags ot Ingleside two yoars ago, Aud Jast yenr thoy camo in third. 'This crew clnimg to have the hast strolo-onr on the river, whicl is not far from tho truth. Iids Mr. I. 0. Eldved, 8 Capo-Cod fisherman, who graduates at tho Ag- ricultural Colloge this yonr, and, it ia uudorstood, willjoin tho Argonnit Club, of Borgon Point, N. J., 08 a profesnional ouarsman, Ilo rower! with that club Iast yenr when they boat tho Noptunea, Ho is an enpeclal favorite with Josh Whard, who saysthiat six such mon wonld heat th warld, Ho atandu 6 foot 734 inchos tall, weighs 150 pounds, and is ns hrown and tough us an In- dian, This erow aro all used to hard work, have groat endurance, and ** thoy mako their boat go through tho wator,” Their atyle of rowing is not quile 80 gonteol as uomo of” the othor crows, but &olr timo is hard to bent, Tho Amblors Collega crow aro tralned by Lllis Ward ; thelr averago woight s 150 pounds, ago about 23, and colors purple and white. , I'ho Aggios ara tralned by the far-famed Josh Ward ; their average welght s 163, ago a tritlo ovor 41, colors waroon nud whito, ' THE BOWDOIN OREW camoin only two or throo days ago, and are looked 1tpon a4 one of tho four sirongost crows on the rRor. ‘Thoy lod last year for usarly half the course, and camo In fourth, with a slck man in tho boat, ‘khey bave uo yoak mon this your, {80 moto ovonly matelod In aizo and, consldering thnt they aro nonrly nll old mon, ad did so nlcoly Inst yonr,thoy hive many frlonds: haro MT They stop noar the uppor ond of tho ocourao,at tho landing of tho Agnwam Forry. Their old-.trainor—Lrico, of tho 8t. John crow—ia- with thom this yonr, who givos thom plenty of linrd work, thoigh he fs enroful not to ovordo it, and his men aro In They _than aro many again 22 ; woight, oxcallont condition, of tho erows.” Thoir avor 160 at thoir Inst wolghing. Thoy havo thoir shnre of onduranco, aud thoy pull n sirong ntroko, though not s long s thoso crawn who uno the sliditiguont, whiclt fnovation thelr trainer, Prico, looks upon with dirfavoy, THE COLUMNIA CREW s tratnod by Hank Ward, brolicr of Elils and Josh, spokou of nhovo; and Hank oxpresaea consfdorablo confidonco i hin bogw. Columbin has fow backers as yot, sinco it ia'tho firat timo thoy havo appeared in o rogatta, and nobod: knowa what thoy can do, _Columbin Colloga, il will bo romombared, i sitinted in Now - York Ciby, and tho crow are city boyn. Personnlly considored, thoy aro rrepanncnulng in_appoear- anca, but lack tho tough; lardy robusiness which chnrnotorizn tho Inat-montioned crovi, Thoy pull with considorabla vim, keop, good time, and aro in good spirits. Yot, aftor all, no oue ia willing to “ntake his roatarcas upon thoin blood,"” although the ropuintion of Hank inuurcs them & good stand smong honting mon. A local ‘Immr 8poko of thom s “ emphatically & Now ork Gity crow,” uinco avery membor of it is n notivo of that cily. Thoy are well Lnilt, solld, aud rolinblo follows, and, if X wore to sclect wix of tho best crows on the river, Columbin would bo ono of-thom, and thoy may prove thomeolves oven bottor than that in the raco. Thoir strong man is R, G, Cornoll. o in the son of n lnwyer, g full 6 foot tnll, weighn 165 pounds, and is spolkon of ns ono of tho finest mon on tho river in point of plysical dovelopmont. Thoy And tho Harvards aro tho two youngest crows on tho river, avoraging 20 yoars, with an avorngo weight of 150 pounds. ~ Thoy rro distinguished at a dis- tance as bearing tho bluo and whilo, Noxt on the list comes THE CORNELL OREW, They fiud accommodntiona on tho enst side of tho rivor, and near by tho Harvards, Their bont- Liouso stands about o milo and n Lalf below Bpringficld Contre, and vory near tho starting- flag. Corvell Universily i8 n novel ono. I would found s univorsity,” says the founder, whoso namoe it Loars, * whero any porson can study anything.” The other erows are madoe up from tho acadomical dopartments, that is, from studonts following, or pursuing rathor, the old- timo collogo curriculum of Latin and Grook, with scienco aud mathematics modoratoly intor- sporsed. But Cornell ia difforont, sud, of the soven men on tho crow,—thnt includes n pubsti- tuto,—not ono is a college-boy in tho old-time sonse of that term, Theycomo from tho do- partmonts of aclenca and mechanics, and not ono of them from the ecadomical dopartmont, 1'lioy are n good crew, howeyer., Harry Coulter is tho trainer, and, liko all tho trainors prosont, has won groat distinction at tho oar. Ane othor novel fonturo in thia crow is, that Mra, Coulter is ‘L““"" with hor husband, the trainer, and, whilo Lo directa their offorta ont-of-doors, ehe supplios their wants indoors. They bhire n house, buy their provisions, and Mrs. Coultor proparos thom sccording to the beat rules for sporting-men, Coultor io moro liboral in hisdiet and oxoreiso than are many of the trainors, and an_allovanco of vegotablos and fruit is' not objoctionable to him, while coffeo and ton in modorato quantitios aro rogularly furnished, Thia crow woro among the fivst to arrive, and wero at that timo univorsal favorites; but at presont they do not stand first, thouiflx thoy do not stand far from it. Thoy pull well togethor, mako good timo a8 far as can bo judged, and, sinco thoy are one of tho oldest erews hero, thoro ig no doubt thoy will hold out wall in the raco. Thoir strong man is F, I’ Forriss, ITe Jacks but hglf-au-iuch of atanding 6 feet in his stocking, woighs in poor flosh 105 pounds, is squaro-whouldored, and is spoken of ‘ns baving o model physiquo, though your roporter has not secon_ him stripped. Tho Cornolls, as Ihavo said, arc among the old- est mon hero, which speaks well for their en- durance, averaging ovor 23. Thoir aversge woight is 165, and their colors are cornelia and whito, With on oxcaption, tho Cornoll crow ara natives of New York Stato. Wo come now to the lnrgost collogo-crow thnt over showaed itself on thia river,—tho * Ginnts,” a4 the follows call thom, and they hail from DARTMOUTI, The first man on the crow is H. AL Paul, of Ded- ham, Mnss. Ilo is a momber of tho class of '78, 22 yoara old, waighs 178 pounds, and mensures G foot 2 inches in hoight, No. 2 is A. R, Archibald, olass of '74, 24 yoara old, 166 pounds, 6 foot 2 inchos in_hoight, and comes from away down oast, in Nova Hcolia, No. 8 {spulled by C. O. Gatos, of Bomorvillo, Conn., Who belongs to the class of "74, is 20 yents old, woighs 178 pounds, and moasures 0 feot 214 inches in height | No. 4 isn untivo of Derry, N. H., E. J. Underhill. Ho is n '"13 mnan, stands 6 foot 11 inchoa, weighs 163, being remurkably poor at that, and is 28 yenrs old. Tho fifth man is Mark Ward, 169 pounds, 26 years old, nearly 6 foet tall, o membor of tho class of '74, and native of Wost- minster, V. Tho lightost man in the crow would bo n hieavy man in any othor crow. It is tho bow-oar, Mr, Albort Enton, from Grinnoll, TIn. Ho woighs 168 pounds, is 23 yonrs old, and o '74 man, fit will bo soon that the averugo woight is nearly 10 pounda heavier than the noxt heaviest, boing 166 poundg. Thay average, too, over 6 foot Lall, not quite 23 years, and aro woll desorving tho nemo of * Giants" which their cowmpotitors have given them. You would not bo afraid to bot a’om‘ duents on thoir heads, whon you aro told that, in nddition to their gmnl natural prowess, tho wily John Diglin in thoir trainer, But thoy bave not thus far mnde & favornblo impression, Thoy fro considorad smong the poorost crows now; but it shonld be remembered that Diglin's crew last onr—tho Amherst University—iware univorsally imkml down npon a8 just no crow at all; but when the raco camo, thay proved to bo (ho bost crow that six colleges could furnish. So Biglin mny havo n way of giving his giants a bad ropn- tation now, with tho idon of buying them choap in tho pools. What's tho matter of thom is thig, as gonornl rumor hath it: Yhey are awk- ward in the bont, and clumey at tho onr, They e got powor onough to row around tho bost crows, but they don't uee it to good advantngo. But this is not the worst of it; they have been ovor-trainod, and half of thom are half-sick. Biglin puts thom through foarfully. Thoy aro not in vory good apirits ; nobody foars thom ; and, unloks thoy recuporato fastor than there i muck hopo for thom, thay must bo in vory poor condition for tho race noxt Thursday.” Tho Willinma orow last year werc very similar to theo Dartmounth Lhis yesr, both in iheir individual make-up and their wppearanco in the bLoat; but the Willinms wore noxt to the last in that raco, searcoly benting Yalo, which was noxt tohealing nothing, e averago ago of tho Darlmouthy is a Lrifl acd, weight 166 pounds, and thoir loen than & colors grovii, Wo nexl come to TUE TATVARDS, They stop on the cast side of the r zods below tho Agaviam forry-landing, Tiouso, hommad in with Lreod, uotic anpuot, and Famod au Lhio pl Vara brothors stayed whilo preparing for thoir raco with tht Bt. John crew, six yoars ngo. ‘I'ho nyvards hud thicir quartors hora lngt year, and, while otlier placos might be more conducive to bard work, as o quiot, kentimontal _rotront, nono are more inviting thau this ono, Youean tell n Ilarverd man wherovor you sco him. 1ie looks as though ho had the *true blue blood » in hi veius, a8 ho claims to hava. Heis quict, detor- miued, unobtrusive. His countonnnce expressos hiis thoughts. 1o in dotorminad to win, and yot & shadow of doubt vests about the oxprossion of that ronolve. Ilo ansociates but vory little with the other eollogos, but is lionorable and frank in all bis doalings, sud is not looking fov any unfnir ar doubtful advantago. Ho ovndes your quos- tions with o quiet, unoffending dignity which forbids you to progs tho matter, and dosires nothing so much as to ba lot alono. Tho pros- tigo of victory, which had for so long overhung Tturvard, was sorionsly brokon inuponby tho Ag- iow at hglosido two Jonn ago ; aud sbio failed to rognin her laurols fast yoar, But, whilo Iar- vard has twico failed of doing tho bost, she al- waya daos wall, and Iior stoelc necord; iy standy high, Quiotly thoy launch thoir frail bont, and ulotly push Oft from the float ; then speod away down tho stronm, with an onsy, graceful move- mont whiell is not oqualed by any. Lvery ono admiren thom' who soes thom, and nono have more friends outside of Lheir own callogo than thoy, They aro ona of the threo honviokt orows, averaging "158, aud are, with Columbin, the youngent erow, averaging 20 yoora, Al of tho crow huve rowed in ruces hofore, though only two have rowed In & rogular rogatta. Thoy om- ploy no professionnl truiner, and thoir colors are magoutna. A Avway down Lhe river, aud near the ond of the couree, wo tind TUE TRINITY, It would require an interposition of Divine Prov- Idonco to givo them the victory, [ would plt thom ageiust tho leld for tha tail ond of tho race, though somo judges n_n{ that Williams and Yulo wilt utrugaglu hnrd with Trinily for that distinetion, Think of putling o man G foot 2 inchos tall into tho samo boat wilh one that was only 6 foot b inchos, and a 105-poundor in one ond to balance a 130-pounder in tho othior. You would naturally oxpect to see ono of theso littlo sholls standing upon end. But it s not an impou- ‘albfllty, for such fy tho actual arvangomont that littlo Wrinity ek ontored tnto, Twonty-and-a-halt i their averago ngo; tholr woight inl poundlight- er. thinn hny nlfiar, bolng 148 pounds, John Blew, of Now York, {n their trainer, and thoy do battlo for tho greon and white. S TIE WESLEYANA, - from Miadlotown, Conn., wiop With tho Trinitys, low down on the grownds. Their make-up in ronoral apponranco fs vory respectablo, execn g thoir dross. 'I'helr pants come about f- way from thoir kneon to their ancles, and con- Apicnous ronty in their shirts show their browned bncka within, “Thoy look liko sixrags walldug about.” Bu Weslayan - Colleo i not to bo laughcd nt. They A ono bontman remarked will bo remembored ns tho oncs_that won {ha Frosluman fings luet yonr, benting Ynlo and two or threo othar University timos. Two of that CTaW aro raprosented this yoar, and thoy will not Lo’ ‘found smong tho Inggards “on tho dny of tho race. Thoy ore #o far down tho courao that loun i known of thoir apeed than of somo of the othor erows, Thoir woight s 149 pounds, 22 is their ngo, Fred Sinzor thoir trainor,—tho same s Inot year,—ond thoy flont the Invonder, ; THE WILLIANE . bavo convenlont quartors, nhout a balf-n-mile from tho river. Thoy nro a hony, Rinewy, stron, crow, with n decided” advantage in tho maltor o ago, belug tho oldont of ll, veraying Gvor 23 yonrs ; thelr avorngo wolght is 153 pounds, and thore lo no suporilitons flosh on thom. Four ont of nix aro members of lust yenr's crow, which Jost the ruco, as thay claim, in consoquotica of & brokon aar, John Guenstor, class '74, 22 yoars old, weighing 164 pounds, is tho iroko-onr angt_ieainor of tho crew. 1o waa horn in Prus- sin, but eamo to this country whon 2 years old, and claims Lo ho a native of Seranton, Pa. Thoy aro a littlo clumsy, and need romo careful conchin, and of 'oxcollont lnbity, and, think they will {ake tho rnco, thoy will not Pro'bnl!ly Do the Inst crow i, Liko tho Dartmonths, they havo power enough in their bont, but they dow't nsa it to good nd- vantago. Their colors ave the royal purple. Lnst of ail comen ) vALE, and, in all probability, they will bo near the Inst. of the ruco also, Tl Yaloy, indeod, do not ox- pect to win, aud fow porsons are inclined to doubt thoir Judgmont. A great donl of nows- prpor talk Jina beon oxpondod_In thin vicinity upon the proront Yale crow. Aost folks cannot understand how it is that Yale, with hor 600 or more ncadomical students, with monoy and rowing facilities which fow of the colloges can equal, and, above all, that which is most valua- bie, oxperionce, doos’ 5o miserably in tho races from yoar to yonr. 'Thay protond to have taken & now dopartiro this season, through tho offorts of thoir stroke-onr, ‘Mr, R.J. Cook, of Cooks- villo, Pa. Ho has visited England, claims to hnve acquired the true xford stroko, and ' proposes to fi‘ivn ug an exhibi- tion of it noxt Thursdny. Ho wns n member of Jast year's crow, in common with two otliers of his mon. They avorago botween 22 and 23 vears of ngo, and 163 pounds in woight. “What aro the Ynlos going to do?" saya your correspondont to o Harvard man. “Well, I don't think they will do_suything. Tho fact ia, wo have lost ‘all confidence in thom.” Yalo is not popular ammong tho other colloges, Bhe seems to bave an ides that no collogo but Har~ vardis fit to contend with bor, whorens, Inst ax, thoro was no colloge' ““so menn ns to do or rovoronce.” * Lastof nll cama Yalo, also,” in both Freshmen and University rncos, a yoar ago; and the poor boys went homo wishing thoy hind novor beon born.” Cook is their only trainor. Ho s bointorous beyond comparison, and can bo hoard half-way across tho rivor as ho shonts and orders his men in tho bont. 'T'he sombre shades of classic Ynle aro oorly ropresented by thoir bonting-man. Thoir qunrters are m Wost Springfield, a mile above tho starting-flag of Inst yoar, nnd _handsomo bluo (Yalo's color) flag floats nbove thelr bont-honso, which_wns pregonted to thom by tho ladies of Weat Springtiold, i This onds the Universities. Thero are also TUNEE FRESHMAN CREWS, and, singularly enough, they nro all first-claes erows in avory particnlar, They roprosent Am- Derst, Harvard, and Ynle; and it is énid that he Froshman crow of Yalois better than their Uni- vorsity. Their averago weights aro 149 for tho Anthorsts, 147 for tho Hurverds, and 148 for ihio Yalos, Thoro is very little choico in tho crows, according to presont appoarance. Tho Amhorats have the advantago in point of age, averaging abont 2214 yemrs, wiulo the Harvards como noxt at a trifle ovor 19, and tho Yalos youngest of all ot a trifio ovor 18, The Amborsts train under Ellis Ward, Tho Yalos omi)lay the jovirl, good- natured, corpulent Englishunn, James 1nmill. He distinguishod himaolf as being tho first man who ovar defeated Josh Ward, fie hins rowed over twenty-fiva matchies, and for » whilo Lold tho champion onr of Amorics, hml going abrond, he wus cnsily whipped on tho Thames, Ho weighs nboul 200 now, and looks ns though ko wonld sink a boat 1if ho should got into it. ‘Lhe Froshmon will row on Thuraday afternoon, immodintoly boforo (ho Univorsitios; and, if thio crews ave as nearly matched in endurance as hoy aro in all apparent_qualitios, tho raco will bo vory elosoly contestod. A BINOLE-SGULL RACE Las been arranged for, but it was announced so Iato that fow of the collgos will bo reprosontod. T'he present favorito iu this is Mr. E. Al Bwift, class of '73, of Yalo, and a native of Now York City, Dr. Bwift is o rather slender, pleasant- looking man, and is_in good: condition for tho raco. ile weighs 188 pounds just at prosent, measuren 5 feet 10 inches in hoight, and is 21 yours old. Ho it trainad by O. W. Dolo, Jr., who gives him considerable varioty in dief, and iy cavelul not to overtrain him. He takes consid- orablo walking exerciso, snd rows over the corso twice a day. Thero are few to ontor this race, and Bwift is rogarded ns the winner. 1If the raco is arranged &0 as not to. interforo with the University, Mr. 0. 8. Datton, No, 3 in the Cornoll crow, will onago it in which caso Mr. Bwift's chance will be very porceptibly diminished. Mr. Dutton is ono of the strongost oars in Cornall, »'78 man, Commodors of their navy, 26 years old, 1 inclt tallor than Mr. Swift, and weighs 170 pounds, Mr. Forriss’ namo, of Cornell, hos also beon montioned ; but, at tho present writing, nothing is sure. L1.;)nly onemore race remainy to bo spoken of. n whilo fow THE PROFESSIONAT, RACE botwoon Ellin Ward und Johu Biglin, invelving n wagor aud the championship. Diglin gavo Ward an casy defeat on the Hudson, at Nyack, last Boptembor ; nud, being the biggor, “strongor man, ho is tho favorite now, But, while tha ‘Ward men are willing to tnke odds, ho has & gond many backers, [Tho telograph 'yostorday au- nounced that Ward hnd boon dofeated, iaving beon disnbled by vertigo aftor having acconis plished two wiles of tho five.—In, I'nruuns.] A now featuro in the wock is A FOOT-RACE for a 500 puree, or silvar plato, given by James Gordon Bonnett, of {he New York Zferald, and open to all undergraduates. This announcomont. is only of two weol' tanding, and conscquently fow of tho colloges nro ropresonted. Foot-racing in Intgely Indulged in at Yalo, and thoy claim to have many swift of foot; but tho aunennces mont eamo o Inte that their men bad nll guno homo, nud Yalo ig left withont n roprogents ivo, According Lo rumor, a Mr, Shoham, *73, Huarvard, n distinguished athloto, will cntor, though hub littlo ean bo learned about it. Mr. I. L, Phil- lips, of Cornell, is more sure. Tle is n short, “well-built man, strong in tho loins nnd logs, and hins yun goveral matehes befora, 1leie a Lresh- man, 21 yoars old, fifect Ui¢ inchos tail, and weighs 146 poundy. Mr. O. 13, Benton, 76, Am- Torat, i working invd on tio park, and ho 1 tho only man who lins as yet put in un appearanco, Ho is 20 yearsold, b fect 7 to 8 inchos tall, and weighs 138 pounds. Ho ie usod to hatd work, having beon Captain lant year of tho Froshumn crow Trom Ambhorst, rud i8 thus far the decided favorito. 1o bolonga in Cloveland, 0. Tha dis- tanco is 2 milow, aud it in sot down for Thursday morning, July 17, tho dny of tho groat rogattn. To add wtifl Tirther to tho atiractions of Lho wook, the Bpringflelders have arranged for A BABE-DALL MATON hotwoon {ho Atllotics, of Ihiladelphis, and the Boaton nino, The Ward and Diglin race is 6 miles,—214 miles und retnin; the singlo-scull collego raco is 2 milen; and tho six-onred ‘college-racos axo 8 milow utrallit aviay. THE WAY OF STARTING THEX is to anchor n string of honts across the rivor, and, having cast lots for tho choico of position, o man will sit in ench boat, and bold tho rudder of tho boat which is o race, and, at the ward Qo, will allow it to oscepe, Thia recures o fair n start on may bo, Considerablo anxloty iu folt in rogard to fouling, and cara will bo nooded to avoid it, About 80 feot will bo allowed to oach Loat, aud each buat witl be roquired to kicop its own wator. Tho rulos of ihe Boating Associn- tion ara slringont upon this poiut, aud any boat that encrosclios upon the paih of snother will bo countod out, Tho water fa law, and in places shinllow, so thal thore is a docided advantugo to tho bont whose lot falls In thio stroam, If the weathor shonld prove unfavorablo, tho race will o doforred Lill the noxt day, in tho afternoon, A light mouth wind makes the wator so rough that the little rholls daro nol vonture out. And whot kind of o thing Is A ““BUELL "? Those not acquainted with them would be sur- prisod at tholr frailty. Thoyaro bulit of Bpanish codar, filled with gum, and it scoms as though | Jou oould utiok your fingora through them, 3 but they aro faithful, hard workers, inquisitive old Indy "did ectunlly brolla through the hottom of the Bowdolna' sholl Inst gonson j and, ag may ho imaginod, the Bow- doin boys wore wroth at that old Indy's curlosity, TImngine a hont 60 feet long, 20 inches wide, fur- nished with six iron outriggors, and what doos It woigh, think you? Tho heaviest of thom nat over 160 pounds, and the lightent not over 1201 This boat must cnrry six strong men, and nllow thom to oxhibit tholr united strongth. The Lonts aro about 10 inchos deop, and cost in tho nolghiborhood of £00, okelustva of the- onrs, which cont §60 o £76 oxtrn, . Bwift's sluglo-sonlt i1 80 feol long, and weighs only 28 pounds, with the outriggors. - TIE BILL OF FARE g of theso bonting-mon varies somowhat with the whim of their trainors, but thoy livo on solid, muscle-making food ; mutton-chops, ronst boof, and boof-ateak cookod rate, a littlo chickon, bub no pork; oggs by tho quantity, sometimes raw, and always noarly so; coarso broad of all kinds, wheaton “grits, oatmoal, and rice; a littlo ten, coffeo, milk, and slo; vegotables in small nl- lowance; no sugar, butter, or anything which toud to fatton, and Tlamill claima fattening qual- itios for wator, and accordiagly forbid his men to drink it, Bwootments and Bnutry aro forbidden all round. The quantity these men eat would nstonish most folks. ‘“Bet n pan of meat boforo thona fellows,” eatd young Bartholomew, whore tho Yalas stop, “and it doosu’t scaro them a bit."” Threo pounds of solid meat & dny is not a largo allowanco, to any nothing of tie otlior {hings which are consumed in like proportion; and they pny from €10 Lo §15 por week for board, Lheir oxorcino consiats of wriking or rmnning from 10 to 15 milos & day, and rowing nenrly as mony mora. . TIE COUnsE in probahly the hest 8-mile straight-nway conrao in Now Lnigland. It is 8o noarly straight that tho crowa enn ko poon_tho wholo distance, with tho nid of n glass, Tho banks nll along afford ox- cellont opportunition for viowing the crown s thoy pnss, and especially at tho close, whero n wide, open lot, with steep banks, gives a full view of tho wholo. A practical Yankao takea ad- vantago of hin good fortuno, and charges 25 and 50 conts for nll toams driving on it. A staging will bo erected on the Long Mendow side this yenr, and traing will stop noar by, to accommo- dato thoso who wish to seo tho raco, Thoro in no ond to tho teams on this day, everything from o junk-cart to n thousand-dollar concl, within a radivg of & milos_of Snri'ngfloll\, i prossed Into the sorvice. Lvorybody shows colora for some colloge, oxcopting an_ ocensjonal anl-lumlorm'l'mnn, who displays titem all, ns ndicating his goot? wishes for onch of tho con- testauts, TIE CIAMPION FLAGH, ‘which aro atriven for with so groat carnestness and sacrifice, and which do so much honor to the colloge whither thoy are borno in_trinmph, are valued, in & peciniary point of view, ol nabout $60. ' Thoy aro made of silk, quite olabor- ate In thoir workmanehip. One of them is the stars and stripes, whilo tho othor is the rogatta- 1lag, and boars thoe inscriptions of the different crows contending, tho timo made, nnd tho time of holding the raco.” The Association has given w0, both of which'are now found in tho town of Amborst, Mass.,—ono of thom held by the Btato inatitution, won at qulusidn by the Aggios two card nz0, and tho othor won' by Amborst Gol- oge propor. Each winning man draws o silvor cu‘) which aro now on exhibition in. Spring- field. Thoy uro roported to be worth $1,000°; but it is diflioult to soo that amount of money in them, and o cortain practical jewolor in town has nplpruhmd thom at & much less sum, A tolegraph wire bas been oxtended down tho rivor-bank, and tho position of the crows at overy half-milo will bo roported st Loadquertors, Bpringtield has novor yot seon BO MANY PEOPLE within her limits as will bo gathered this weok, and the greut result of the great regatta is await- ed with nervous pulsings by many & youth., A rogatta-ball is given aftor tho raco,—a " supposcd honor to the winning crow, but one inwhick: all ore oxpeotod to take part. THE CHICAGO TIMES AND {THE STONE-CUT- TERS’ ASSOCIATION. To the Editor of Tho Chicago Tribune: Bm: Tho Times, n paper printed in thin city, and vory much road amongst n cortain elnss of people who, unfortunatoly for tho sako of mornl- ity, infest our citios, publislied, s fow duya ago, on artticlo ‘on “The Stono-Cutters® Strike,” and, in its usual slonderous mannor, hoaped ealumny on the officors and mombora of tho Stone-Cut- tora" Bociaty ; calted them * drunken bummors and vagabonds,” and other uames which are woll known to tho vocabulary of that journal, I wrote a lottor to tho Z'imes, contradicting tho statomonts ; but, of course, it would not publish auything in contradiction of thobase slander. Tho Times,no doubt,feots annoyod because the stone- cuttors lnst fall loft off work on tho new Times offico, bacauso they could not got their wogos when duo; and now, with o Shylock feeling, the oditor secks rovonge. I incloss n eopy of the lotter sont to tho Times, and, slthough somo may think it too hasty, yot It is mild in the ox- tremo when compared with the article in tho Times of tho 11th inet. 1 hopo, sir, you will publish this and the lottor roferred to, so that the public may seo both sides of the question. I am, yours, very respectfully, JAS. GILMORE, Preefdent Btono-Cutters! Association, Cmicaao, July 16, 1873, To the. Editor of the Chicago Times : T Sm: In your lending articlo of the 11th inat,, on the ‘‘Stone-Cuttors' Blrike,” I think you commont rather harshly on tho merits of the members and oflicors of that Union. Thoy, no doubt, like all othor men, havo their faulta nnd thoir good qualitios, but, as & body, are uot to be put down ns o lob of ' irreullmnniblu vaga- bouds." You say that Inst yonr tho Stone-Cut- tors' Union fixed wages at about 20 por cent nhovo their ‘acturl vatuo, and sustained thom with o iyranny that -wos ab onco “ remodi- loss and morciless; it stoppod work on buildings, dissolved firms, inflioled heavy fines on _employers, and in many casos it caneod hoavy losses to proprietors.” The principal point in contradiction of your statoment 15, that last year wages roso to 12!g por cont above what tho Socioty demanded. 1o Ntone-Cntters’ Sociaty last yoar did not domand moro thau 26 por duy, wherens thore was searce- Iy o firm in tho elty but what paid 85.50 per day, or G0 centn por dny ovor and abovo what the So- cioty domanded. It oliht bossos—that boing tho number that oppoke tho Blone-Cutters' Bociety wl tho prosont time—sry that thoy will not com- ply with them, is that any ronson why the cighty orninety othor bosuos in thiu city will not comply I think not. 'Tho grent majority of tho bownes it this city aro in Aympathy with the Stono-Cnt- ters’ Union, and tho business mon of tho city don't caro a snnp whother the atone-cutters have fixed wagos or not,—for it Is n positive fnct that contractors aro more suro in their figuringon o job whon thera in o fixed sum to pay the ome ployes than when tha prico of Inbor will riko and full'nn does the mavket-value of finm amongut the gold-gamblors of Wall streat, New York. I'ho most peculiar fact -in, that yon should deny tho atona-ontier tho right to sell his lahor atw fixed prico, whilo yon~ yourself will not take loss than ncertain sum-for your paper, or Inbor, whatover it bo, y tha quarter or by the yenr. Last year tho stone-cutters roceived 12 per cent moro than thoy asked, or, in other words, thoy roceived &5,50 por day, and oven o high s £6.25 per day, and the Lighest wagos do- mundoed by tho Unioh was $6, and that waa nat demanded until tho 20th of June of last year, Now, T think thiro aro fow, if any, who will disputo tho fact that, it tho stono-cuttors hnd demandod 7 por day, thoy would have got it at n timo when tho ddiand excooded tho snpply, a4 was the caso lust year, Thoy did not take advantaga of tho occasion; aud ihis yenr, whou trado s mnot ko bk, they only do- mand £3.60 per’ day, aud the- Iargo majority of {ho bonses congraiulate the stone-cuttors on «their good sonse and understanding. Now, mir, whilo tho stonoe-cutters havo como down in thoir prico for tho commodity which they have to soll, you ramnain tho snme. " Your papor was tho same prico last yonr as it in this, snd yot you do ot pay 8o much to your workmon as yon did lnst yenr, Bir, you s1o now fu your declining years ; and, in the name of common wonke and ‘in the nawio of God, consa slandariug and oalumninting your follow-man, for yon shald know. by this tinmio tho evils of tho life yon have led. Yon knovw well, sir, thut, Inat fall, nceording to the atatomont of Mr. McUflvory, yout could not or would not pay McGilvery, and, theroforo, MeGil- vory could nat nay tho stono-gtors, rho Iabor wnd withdinwn from your offico, and now you aro trying to talo rovengo for nsupposed wrong ; but, #ir, wo in_thls country hava had enough o! alonderers and celumniators of the hardy nons of toil ; and, in ono word, cense, I bog of you, to slandor thoso who nre far ubove you in honesty, sobrioty, sud industry, and who nover bring down upon themselves n wall-meritad robuko, cithor in theshape of an expulsion from a church, or & cowliding froma lady. You had hottor go back to Printing-IToure Square, Lon- don, sud die with that English organ that Is now, like yoursolf, ou ity last logs ; and, in the words of Bhakapearo, ** Adloy, adlou, poor g}lmnl." Yours, oto., Qe Oujoaao, July 14, 1678, = . unch Mor um-, COLORADO. " ', The Tourist, Seassn--Tnmigration th o . Torritory---Tho OId Spanish -~ Tand-Grants. Unfounded Rumors About ‘the Canon-City. Penitentiary. Narrow-Gauge Railroad " ‘Silerra Modro Tuunnel, The Spectal Correspondence of Tha Chicago Tribune, Puenro, Ool,, June 50, 1873, v TNE TOURIBT BEABON s falrlycommenced, and, in & few weoke moro, Oolorado will bo ovorran with npociale, apocu~ Intors, ndventurors, invalids, and other malo and femalo gontry, hniling from all quarters of our glorious Union. The hLotels at Donver, and other prominent points in the Torritory, have alrendy hung out signals of distress, and tho snrplus wookers of plonsure, monnlain-nir, snd mountaln-geenery, have driftod down this way. Some moditato » roid upon the dismal old Moxican town of Santa To, while others . aro enthuniastio over the Ban Junn, silver-regions, and tho wonderful minoral dincoverios reported ‘from tho Mardscrabblo dis~ Arict ;, and, what with tho old attractions, and the now onos Apringing up 8o rapidly on ovory. hand, Colorado bids fair to bo thoroughly ro- ported and interviewod befora the senson closos. It i8 n noticonblo fact, Lowover, that & largo proportion of these visitora do not Innd‘in Colo- rado from motives of dlo plessurs or curiosity, Many of them—embracing the mont intelligent and industrious of tho univoreal Yankoo race— havo . COMNF; TO BTAY, and beer p willing hand in doveloping the ro- sonrces of this gront country, Who Immigra- ton of tho bone and ainew; of tho men who kuucklo ‘down to legitimato toil, and who aro coutent to enjoy a fortune acquired 1n tho good old way,—was nover so largo us nt tho prosont’ #onson. This is s a hopoful sign, tho practical rosults of which will be witnessed a fow years honco fn populous towns and villagos, in broad, woll-cultivated flolds, in countless hords - of slicep and cattlo, in an improved and’ loftfor tono of publio morals, and in the improvement of thoso natural advantages nnd rosources which hiave been long noglectod in this country, As a goneral rulo, theso immigrants aro well postod on QOolorado, and have already fixed upon thoir location and pursuits. Somo will engago In stock-raising, some in mgriculture, and others, of o sanguine temperament, will drift to tho mountains ; but all will, no doubt, sesimilatoand grow up with the country. The demand for tho public Innds s constantly incroasing, and the businoes of the Land-Offico nt this point for tha month nonrly closed is double that for tho cor- rosponding period of last yoar. And yot, whilo thousnnds of acres have boon goizod by men of evory nationality, thousnnds of neres capablo of boing converted Into splendid ranchos aro stitl waiting for & claimant, and can be socured at Governmont prices. The most sorious obstaclo to the spoody settlas mont of Bouthorii Colorado, tho evil offects of which havo been felt for years, is prosentod in tho cano of tho OLD SPANTST LAND-GRANT. v Regarding theso grauts, it is wuliciont for my urposo to stato that they were originally cedod by the hloxican Government to varions privato parties, in consideration of sorvices rondered; and, whon tho Territory of Now Moxico passed undor tho control of the United Statos, Uncle Snam golemuly plodged himeolf, in & momont of wenkness, to' observo and . respect tho rights of the grantees, and protect thom from tho en- cronchments of all actusl sottlors. Tho largost of theso grants, known as tho Loa’ Avimas, or 8t. Vrain grant, embraces an nros of nbout 8,000,000 ncies, and _actually covers all tho most fortilo land south of the Arkansas Rivor. No ono fools disposied to sottle on this grant and malo permanont_improvomonts, for tho gimplo reason that no valid title can be obtained; and honco mueh of tho most fortile ground is unoc- cupied. 'This is & mattor worthy tho sorious attention of Congross; for a decivion one wny or tho othor, cither confirming or rejecting tha grants, in necosenry in ordor_ to quict tho quention of titlo. The general impression down this way in that they should bo thrown opon for sottlomont, in the sano manner s other public lands : for & system which nllows one individual to posuces Limself of millions of acres of land is momo- what at varianco with our freo American iustitu- tions, and decidedly unpopular with tho averago | ‘Wostorn squattor, TIE CANON CITY PENITENTIARY For sovoral months past, rumors have beon clinsing each other, up and down the Torritory, affooting the mandgomont of the Canon-City Douitentinry, an institution in which are con- finod o fow of the Linrdest nuta to be found in this or any othor rogion. Theso rumors woero first givon publicity in the Denver Tribune, which recoived s information sccond-hand from a full-blooded nogro, who was sont up to Canon City for the mild offense of horse-stoal- ing. It was charged, in substance, that tho Warden and guards of tho prison wore addicted to ovory sipecios of eruolty ; that holpless con- viots were tiad up by tho thnmbs, bound, gagged, and ilogged, on every - imaginablo - pre- toxt; that 'tho colls wore filthy and tho food insuflicient; and that . the ofi- cers woro entiching themsolves at Governmont expensa. Col. Alleman, the United ‘Hiaten District Attorniey, brought tho mattor bo- fore the Grand Jury of the District Court, in Pueblo County, and no lesa than thirteon bills wore found in connection with tho alleged out- ragos. 'The Murshal of the Territory, M. A. Bhnffenborg, who is also Warden of tho Peniton- tiary, and, of courso, rosponsibio for its corract managomont, at once summonod =a° Bpe- cinl Commiseion to invostigato sffnirs. Tho Commission was composed of Col. Al- loman ; the Territorinl Auditor, Mr, Thompaon, ropregonting Gov. Telbart ; and I, C. Thatclier, of this plnco: - At Canon Oity the prison and grounds wora thoroughly inwpectad, and a lasge tumbor of the immntow, and ovoral of tio mont responsiblo citizons of the placo, oxamined. Lvorything was quict and in ' apple-pio order, ho “colls_wore elean; the prikonors waro cloan; the fond ' was = cloan; tho ordor and discipline woro oxcollent. Tho roport of tho Comminsionom, now pub- | likhad, fally oxoneratos the management of:the Ponitantinry, nnd puts s finel oxtinguishor upon tho absurd Timors rolated of that institution. TUL NARROW-GAUGE, : Activo operations have hoon commenend on the oxtonkion of tha narrow-gnuge railroud sonth 3 and, tha other duy, it wis the good for- tuno of your corronpondent fo go ont over-the lin of the worls, in company with Mr. Amon - Cummings, managing oditor of tho Now. York Sun, who, with hiw Indy, hns spont roveral weoks in tho Torritory. He it was-.who wrota up the uileloss Utes who captured the wnnophinticated fionznmeu at Molvin'a half-niile raco-courue noar Danvor, It in the intention of tha mansgors to extend the narrow-gaungo to the ¥an Luis Valley 85 snon a8 pobsiblo, and tho tirat division, from: hore to tho Huerfand, o distance of 40 miles, will ho roady for the ivou by tho 1ut of Beptembor noxt, Whien this fortilo valloy is once rouched, a lnrgo trado will bo secured, and & connection with tho narrow-gaugo hocones desirable, It in now rumorod on good authority that tho Kanoss DPne cifie and Atchison & Topokn toads have coneoli- datad, and will build & main lino ur tho Valloy of the Arkansas, from Fort Lyon to Puoblo, distauco of 400 miles. If this arrangomont in eavried into offact, the peopla of Southern Colo- rado will hinvo o now outlot with markots of tho Tnst, whila a largo roope of country now unoc cupied will bo nottled up rapidly, = - no of the AMANNOTH ENTEIPRISES OF THE AQE, and which bids fair to soon eclipsa tho Mount Conls tannal, {1 now projected in the northorn ]mrtlnu of tho Porritory, * aud under suocorsful hondway, Irefor totho Bierra Madroe Tuunol CGompany of Colorado, an m‘finnlznfiou which bng nlready beon noted in the columus of e Trin- uNe. Tho: tunnol will bo about 12 miles in lougth, aud ita greatent dopth will bo 6,000 foot, at Jones' Peak, Tho main object is to diacovor minos, and nfford means to work them rnswldly and choaply, whilo it mny cause, i the wintor months, nearly all the traus-continental travel to pnsg under the mountaing, - From one of the papors published in that locality, I loarn that considorablo work has already heon accomphshed, The mountain Las boon graded down for tho faco of tho tunnel § a flume 1,300 foet long Lns beeu-built ; a strong loyeo ha beon oonutruated, -| Notwithstanding which docision, the Fira to provant tho wntora of tho crook from over- flowing and ombarrassing oporations in thé tun- nol ; while n large boarding-houso and other ag- commodations for the workmen ara complotad, Col. George W. Hoaton, tho loadin, ,n{: At of this monstrous entorpr{uo, {s doscribod ss.an oreat, sparo, brond-shouldored man, of about 40 onrs of ngo, with a handsome, mnhof;nn -colorod nco, 110 s o graduato of tho English Univorsi- ty of Oxford,sponks plx lnnfungna, has spont meny yonrs in tho Wont, ia n doad pistol- shot, nnd has passod through advontnres onough to fill n volume. Ho is yory sanguino in mu]nrd to tho ultimnte auccosn of the entorpnse ; and, a8 the Company havo nrm‘»'lo enpital, the gront work will bo pushed rapidly forward to complétion. N i THE WEATOER | is intonaoly warm. For tho past week the mor- cury has ranged at 100 degreos In tho shade, and humanity.can only groan aud melt jvith the for- vout lieat. Tho crops, howaver, aro looking woll, and the cattle-denlors anticipato s prospers ous pongon, A numbor of lnré,vo droves will bo nlmudc for tho Enstorn morkots about tue 18t of ugust, i ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILWAYS. Proceedings in RBankruptcy Instix tuted. From the 5t Puul Die fah‘ July14, . Thoro waa to-day filed, in tho Cironit Gourt of the Unitod Statos for the District of Minnesota, & bill of complnint by Joln B. Kennody, Honry M. Baker, and John 8. Barnes (Jobn 8, KKonnedy & Co.), of Now York City, stcing on bobalf of themsolyes and all holders of bonds of the Tirat Division of tho 8t. Paul & Pacifle Railrond Com-~ pany and the 8t. Paul & Pacifle Railroand Com- pany, which complaint In dirccted againat tho orthern Pacifle Railroad Gompnn{' tho 8t. Panl & Pacific Rallroad Company, the T'irst Division of tho Bt. Paul & Pacific Rnilrond Company, and tho Trustees of the soveral mortgages upon tho propotty of the tio Inst-named Osampnnlen. The purposo of tho complaint is for having tho prop- erty of tho two lnst-named Companies placed in chargo of o Roceivor. The plaintiffs'- solicitors are Goorgo L. Otis, Gilillan & Willinms, and Gilmnn, Glough & Wilde, all of 8, Paul, AmonF tho allegationa and clinrgos of tho bill of complaint aro tho following : Thut tho bonded indobtedness of the Tirat Di- vision and the 8t. Paul & Pacific Companics is ns follows : ” On main iine of the First Division, On brauch ling, 8, Paulto Watab. On oxtension Lines of St, I, & P,, 6t Gloud to 8t. Vincent, n distanco of sbont 310 miles, shd Watab to Brainerd, it 60 s miles, . +»+ 10,700,000 That on or sbout April 1, 1871, the 8t. Paul Company, having no property except its fran- chise for building said extousion lines and its in- torost in tho Innds apportnining thoroto undor tho Congrossional grant, entored into & contract with tho First Division Company, wheroby tho Inttor ufimad to construct, fully complote and oquip the oxtonsion -:linos, and to take a lenso theroof for the torm of ninoty-nino yoara, To raiso tho moaus to build tho lines nnmed, The First Division Company was to and did oxccuto its bonds to the amount of 815,- 000,000, to eecure which bonds the St. Paul Com- pany was to and did mako & trust deed or mort- gnfis upon it proporty, lands to be acquired, and franchises in said oxtension lines. That tho anld ngreoment, lense, and morlgage wore all one transnction. That it was expressly agrood that all the procceds of said bonds should bo unod in the construction and oquipmont of tho oxtonsion lines—ilio socurity for tho bonds do- ouding wholly upon tho complotion of snid inos 8o na to socuro the Innds apportaining therato. That arrangements woro at that timo mndo on tho fuith of the nbovo described agreoment to nogotiato tho Londs {n Amstordsm, Holland, whoro all the otlior bonds of tho First Division COompany aud tho St. Paul Company woro and Aro now hold. That at this timo tho Northern Pacific Company owna nearly all tho stock of the First Division and the 8t, Paul Companies, sud has constituted their Bonrds of Dircctors mainly of Directors of tho Nortliern Pacific Company; and that for a long timo past, and now, tho managoment and control of tho finances, Iands, and proporty of tho two othor Companies has baon exercised by tho Northern Pacific Compauy throughita oflicors and agonte. £ Thet by criminal noglact of the officers and managors of the First Division Company, in not sonding tho proper names to Amstordam as had boon agroed, 80 o8 to put tho said bonds upon that markot in tho spring of 1871, but withhold- il tho fall of that year, an aby ing tho samo until nctunl loss ocewrrod in negotiation” of tho bonds, nnd in purchase of iron for tho oxton- mion lines, of some four millions of dollurs, That, a8 soon a8 tho bonds and other propor papora wero recoived in Amatordam, tho bonds wore put on the market and $10,700,000 of thom wore uegotiated, realizing about 98,000,000, And that the furthor sum of 000,000 in monoy wa ndvanced on s plodgo, 8a seeurity, of the ro- maining bonds which wore not nogotinted. And that all of said proceods, oxcopt 20 per cont ro- #orved to pny intorost, were turnod over to the First Division Company to bo used according to tho April agreemont in constructing tho exton- sion lines, " That anid proceeds of ' said bonds wero not ap- Flind to tho construction of the two extonsion ines, but more than half thereof was misappro- priated and used for othor purposcs. And tfint when the work on the extension lines was about Linlf completed, enid First Division Company, in tho summer of 1872, suspended work, .and haa not resumed tho samo aud does not intond to resume it. That it has not now the ability or means to go on and complete snid lines. And that uuless snid lines aro comploted by tho 8d dey of Decembor noxt, tho lands appertaining thereto will bo forfeilod by the oxpiration of tho vant on that dato, upon which oxpiration o largo portion of the lauds will fall to the North- orn Pacitic Company, And that ng. said linos now stand thoy aro but little scaurity. for tho Londs fesued thoreon, and the only chanco for the bondhiolders to mnlko themselves socuro is to uomEloto tho two lines bofore the 3d day of Do- combor next, 8o a8 to sccuro the lands. "Tho bill charges that the mansgomont of the First Diyision aud the 8t, Paul Companics have been golely in tho intorcst of the Northern Iancifie Company and ruinous to the bondholdors and the two compnunios. That the rirst Divi- sion Company, tho Bt. Paul Company, and tho Trustees named iu the mortgago, bave noglocted to tako any steps to sccuro tho lands to which said St. Paul & Pacific Com- pruy was entitled on account of a portion of ita linon being comploted, Thnt the Northorn Pacific Company applied to the Land Ofico Dopartmont for n largo portion of the samo Jands to be listed to itsolf under its own.grant, had obtained patenis for ‘somo : 29,000 acron, and was urging :ita claim for more, all without opposition ~ from. thoso whono duty it was to proteet the rights of tho 8t. Panl & Pacific Company and_tho holders of the bonds above-montioned. That when tho bondholdors hieard what was being donn they sont an agont to the United Statos. who, on bos half of the bondholdets, omployed counsel and appeared beforo thie Secrotary ef the Interior to protect tho rights of the bondholders, and upon o final hearing bofore tho Hecrotary it wns do-- cided that the 8t Paul Company was entitled to the lands for which patents lhnd beon erronc- ounly issued to the Northern: Pacifio (hmrnil)y. i vision Company, tho 8t. Paul Company, and tho Trusteos nametd in rho riortgage havo each and all noglected and rofused to take any staps or monsuron to obtain the titlo to these lauds for the mnid B, Panl & Paciflo Company... Also, that the managoment of tho First Di- vision Gompany has beon wastoful and negligont and will be ruinous to tho intorests of said Com- any and the holdors of its bonds if continued in lhu {mm\n of those now concrolling it. i That said Firet Division Company and said 8. Paul Company have dafaulted in paymont of in- torest on thoir bonds, and aro unablo to pay the #nmo ; aro hurthonod with large floating dobt ; aud all thoir proporty is° mortgaged for more thun its value. = Tho il furthor alloges that it will tnke £5,000,000) to completa snid exteunion lines from Watab'to Brainerd and from 8t, Oloud’ to Bt, Vincent, but tho boudholders, in order to pro- tect the. honds alropdy imsned undortho {ittaon million-mortgngo are willing to advance tho further Aum nocossary to complete said lines, provided the sumo can bo expended undor direotion of the Court, through aReceiver to bo appointed for that purpoue, and tho partios advancing'the money can have s first security. for their roimbursement upon the roads and property of the First Dlv{n(on Company and the 8t. Paul Company, to which proviso tho other bondholders aro agreed, Upon theso chargos and allegations tho bill thorufore asks that a Recelver bo appointed by the Court to take possession, control, and man- agomont of the lines of road and all the prop- orty of the First Divislon of tho Bt. Panl & Tacifio Company, and that tho Rocelver shall havo nuthority to ralso means and coms ploto tho oxtension linos by the lat day of Docombor noxt. The complaiut is” sustalned by afldavita of John .8, Barnes, Loon J, I Willmar, and William Crooks, ‘Tho firat rolatos to his powor of altornoy to avt for tho other bondholdors ; the socond rooites in dotnil tho trannactions upon which the bill of complaint ia basod, and tho third rolates to the traunactions of the First Divisiou Company with Do Gruft & Co,, tho cost of tho work how much han boon done on thoe oxtenslon linos, the valuo of tho lands nrportn(nlng to thoso I{nos, tho indebtednoss of “tho First Divislon Com- Rnny and ita managoment in tho intoronta of tho orthorn Paciflc Company. Col, Crooks furthor makos afdavit that Do Grafr & Co,, if givon from the 1st of Au{:unt or oarlior, will contraot to comploto the oxtonaion linos by the 1t day of e bl oF S5mplaint” also’ icludon” oo 0 of eomplnint” also includes copios of 1o agroomant of April 3, 1871, " 0Pios of Incldentally tho bill and the afdavita make sorlous ohiarges affecting Georgoe L. Beckor and illlam (. Moorhoad, a8 officers and managera of tho businossand financos of tho Firat Dj. vislon Company, Theso charges, briofly atatod, aro, that a portion of the money which shoul Liave boon usod for tho construction of tho ox- tonslon lines was mlsgs ropristed to other uson ; that bonds of the City of. 8t, Cloud, and intoreat thoroon, was wrongfully dlspofiufl of; that tho managomont has boon - neglootful, wastoful, and injurlous to tho intorcsta,_of the compnnios and bondholdors—tho wood and lume bor contracts giving exclusivo rlgmn to Hill, Griggs & Co., and trong & Co., being in- stancod, a8 nlso contracts with grain doalora _Krojudlclnl to farmers and othors nlong~tho t :;f‘, and tlieroby dameaging tho business of the Mr. Willmar'a affidavit recltes, among othor things, that 81,600,000 of tho bonds xucuend by 8 esloflu.aoo mortgago upon the main lino of tho Tirat Division, were tarnod over to B, D, Litbhe flold a8 payment of tho stock eold and transe forred by him to tho Northorn Pacifio Com) ANy, by which trauesction tho Northorn Pacific om= E‘n“’ bacame solo ownor of all the stock of the ‘irat Divislon Qompany. 8inco which, ho 8ay8, tho rood hias not boen kapt in repair, bub hins baot suffored to grontly deprociate in valne, Upon thia bill of cnml‘]mlnt and accompanys ing afidavits, Judgo Dillon orders that the do- fondants appoar at Chambers in Davenport, In., July 29, at 10 a. m, to show cause why & Rocolver sball not bo ‘Ap{:olntod ponding tha ¢ sult, a8 prayed in tho compl nint, to take pouncs- slon, control, and mnnuFumont of all the propere ty of the two companics (F. D. &8t. P)) and with full authority to procurcadvances ot money to comploto tho oxtension lines, Tho order rants Mr. Darnos to within tendaya of the hoar= “F to prodnce his powor of attornoy from the other bondholders, which he is advisod has boon forwardod to him from Holland, but which has not yot boon roceived. Dofendants aro to BOTVO thoir anawor on tho 24th, and all afidavits and documents to bo used on eithor side must bo ox= l"nl\"zt;a llfihhu‘?ltlll;:r lel‘ lt‘l“l’: %th, 80 that each rty will ba advised bofora ting £ Et. Paul for the heating, Ssiisg; By —_——— NEWS PARAGRAPHS. The foundation for tho Stato Capitol at Salem, Orugon, in almost comploted. » —Tho Union "Pacifla manngors have adopted lans of a £300,000, do[mfii at Omahn, and & 100,000 building for gonor officos, and hava ordn{‘ml w::rk ’Dso“ogiu. 8 . *—Four toy-balloons tied togathor were sent u in Peoria on the Fourth, bomgng tho oards of !hg X?tmg ‘men who startod thom, They landed. in ackvillo, Plat County, 100 miles away. BSo says o lottor sont from tho Postmastor of that place. —It is sald that Gov. Grover, of Orogon, is in corrospondonce with various parties in the souchenatorn part of the Btato with a view to tho discovery of "the murdorers of the Modoo Prig- overs, intending, it thoy can bo found, to take ovory possiblo ntoF to bring them to justico, —At_ Gincinnati, on tho Fourth, a Ming Low= -mon had o Inwn croquot_party, snd while the game was progressing she wont into tho housa upon ‘somo domestic duty, and soon. rushed out again upon the croquet grounds a mass of flamon. Attompts wero mado to oxtinguidh the {lames, but when they wore_out tho girl waas burned from hoad to foot, Sho fived & fow daya of intonso suffering. ~—One of tho mont beautiful spocimens of Christian stendfastness of which wo have rond for s long timo, is reported from the littlo town of Hyaunis, Mass. Thore in in that town n Univoranlist and a Daptist Church, Tho former was Iately struck by lightning, and ot on fire, and the only boll on which an alarm could bo rung was that of the Daptist sanctuary noar by, but tho sturdy old soxton of that faith rofused $o give up tho key of the church, declaring that lau l\‘u'x,u “‘not going to intorfore with the will of od. —Tho nbam-%flon of tho Maino Contral Rail- rond by the Eastorn Railway Company, from Boston to Portland and connecting with tho formorrond, is indicative of & consolidation of ol tho ronds from Now York and Halifax, N, 8. ‘I'ho noxt move will bo tho consolidation of the line botween Dangor and tho Now Brunswiok Btata ling. This will form a singlo managoment betwoon Boston and St. Johns, fi B. It is un- dorstood that the New York and Now England Road, fnrmnrlfl Boaton, Hartford & Erio, will ho mads the southern Hink of tho grand through route botweon Now York and Halifax. —It sooms that the notorious Judge Lynch of Now Orleans had fully made up his mind, before listoning to tostimony or argumont, to refuse n now trinlof tho Hawkine-Picayung libol puit. The first witnoss called, Mr. Anatolo Yorrott, was about to testify, whon n quostion was obe jected to. Lynch, twhoso mind appoared to bo Yrandering, netonishod evorybody by announcing s “TIrofuec to grant a now trinl.” ~Ho recovered himeolf and correctod his languago by saying : **1 sustnin the objection to the introduction of this tostimony.” " Lynch’s ungunrded romark was prophotio, for o now trinl was rofused. Out~ sidoof Grant's Louisiana tribunals puitors ara not often favored with such prompt decisions. —~A curlous incidont in the lifo of the late Mra, Bomorville is rolated inan English magazino. 8ho passoed her last twonty-threo yoars fn Italy. 1t was truly pathotio that sho of il peoplo in tho world should havo boon dobarred s sight of tho singuinr comot of 1843, Tho only Italian obgorvatory which afforded tho nocessary implos ments was in a Josuit ostablishmont, whero na woman was allowed to ontor ; so she was com- Fcllud % to look up at tho sky with tho mortify- Ing knowlodgo of what was to bo saon thoro but for tho impediment which_barred hew accoss to tho gront tolescopo at hand." —A cngo which is hikely to call forth all the cemotional rosources of a French jury is told as follows: “A young man, having accoptod a challenge from o notod duolist, goes home and tolls his mother all about it. The good Iady rushes off distracted to the house of tho duoliat, whom sho finds prectising with s pistol in hia gardon, and, what is worse, hitting the mark every timo. Bho implores his mercy, but is cold- ly repulsed by the warkeman, who declares his intontion to” kill her son, ~ Thoreupon, in her wrath and terror, the poor woman suntohos up & pistol and shoots tho duelist dead. Tho chances aro that sho will bo acquitted, and, indeod, it it difficult to imagino any caso which offers more, or moro gonuino, extenuation, A jury of moth. ra, at loast, would not very long daliborato upon tholr vardict,” —Ono of the constantly recurring foatures of tho litoraturs of England, as it is of the lifo of England, is shooting. Novels and nowspapers and magazines have over boon eo full of pictures and suggostions of tho moors that ontsidors bave come o considor tho use of tho gun the chiaf oc- cupation of the En%llah geuntloman. Yet one is not quits Frnpnr«d 0 havo Mr. Ruakin ay ng ho doon that ho belioyos * solomnly and withont jest the English aristoorney’s idoa of their caste is that 1ts lifo should bo, distinetively from inferior human lives, spont in shooting. Have English gontlomen, ko asks, in tho Btory of tho Halcyon, “ a5 n clnsh, any othor renl object in their wholg oxistoneo than killing birda " —Tho way of tho transgrossor is said to ba hard, but a'caso i in progress overin Warrer County, I, whoro tho transgrosseo {s apparent ly tho'parly who finds therond diflicult, A fey wooks ago o festive individunl namod Wileo eloped with the wifo of a respoctablo citize namoed Bowmnn, the twain carrying off it thom n considerablo amonnt of money aud othe Erunor! bolouging to Bowman. The injure ushand« followed tho pair, arrested Wilcox o charga of larcony and took him buok to hus stari ing point, where an oxamination resulted in th cstablishmont of tho fact that tho wifo was th guilty party, ‘and Wilcox wns dluhu‘fied, Th monoy was long ago spont, and now Wilcox he brought suit against Bowman for faléo imprisos ment, aud is likoly to rocover heavy damage Bowman saya hoe don’t mind the loss of the wit but ho {s a Jittlo sorry about tho money. ~The New York P’roduco Exnhnng‘n hag -pul lished n new sot of ruloa, among which may L found tho following : # The Exchange Roon aro designod exclusively for private tranuaction and alt lond or boisterous conversation ia pr hibited. Theo ulramn? of dough, corn, or oPh articla I striotly forbidden, and auy’ membo who ehall practico tho samo shall bo guilty misconduot. Bmoking in any of the roomis tho Exchange bofore 2 p. m. is alao probibitod —Thore is a disputo betweon two of tho pr prietora of property on tho Canadian side of N ngara Falls a8 to tho right of way under tho oli tothe eniranco undor the Horso-Shoo I'all Tho mattor has beon carried up to- the Ontar Governmont, and an order in Council has bec issuod, aud an arbitrator appointod to deoldo t1 momontous quostion as to whathor Mr, Saul Dy vis or Mr. Bydnoy Barnott shall havo the right oxaot quartors from tho visitors willing to mnal **damp, unploasant bodles " of themsolvos, —** A man in Seott Qounty, Ky, haa boen tri threo timaa for tho nnmn'mur;lur.umfintm:l ::‘w' moutonced to five yoars’ imprisow 0 two yoars, and th: third timo_ acquitted,” T ohancos ara that, it thoy hed tried him sga thoy would havo &fveu him » 8350 watoh a obiain.~Zouisvitio Courder-Journah ]