The New York Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1857, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 1654. = von YORK: SUNDAY ~~ APPALLING COLLISION, A Propeller sunk in Sixteen Fathoms Water. Fifteen Persons, Men, Women apd Children, Drowned. BOAT AND VALUABLE C4RGO TOTALLY LOST. CORRECT LIST OF LOST AND SAVED. mo Statements of Both Captains and Officers, Crew and Passengers cf the Sunken Vessel. Affecting Scenes and Incidente—Meeting of the Passengers, DEATH OF AN INVALID PROM EXCITEMENT, ao &o., &, Fue cities of New York and Brooklyn were yesterday ‘Rrown into a -tue of geal exschement by the apnouncement ‘that a most divastrous apd destracttve collision had taken pre, bata few boure befhre, om Irng Wland Sound, Between the Fall River steamboat Metrop»lis, Capt Brown, tod tho Now London and Norsich propelter J. @, Harrie, Opt. Leopard Smith, re-oiting in the immedia'e sinkiog of the provefler m sixteen fathoms water, carrying down web ber Gf-een human beings. The fects tn connection wit tbis shocking catartrc pre are these: — Tae J. W. Barris, one of tne line of New London and New wieb propellers, weft her pter at No. 12 Vorth river about 5 o'elck Friday afternoon, on ber regular wootly trip for B above samed vieces, very beavily laden with ao as ported cargo of merehendtee, consisting of groceries, pro- vetene, dry goods, about thirty tons of pig iron, cotton in wales, Dar trom, &3., &c., valued in all at abeut $50,000, m4 onns'gned to varivun parties threughout the New ag sad Stes. In addition to ths cargo she had on board ‘prenty seven persons, 0 med a followin PsaBNORRS. ~ My. 4b smith, wife and daughter, of 181 Concord eo Gerson, of 87 Catherine street, New York. John Ayres, of 66 Bamrmo-nd street, New York deen P Donn, of Arock! no of New York. rh el Seemann. Noe York, Sho Smita, of New Luadoa. Sst ya F wife and chiléd—pames and residence enkpown, onew. Leonard Smith, of New a Ss Fey Ha fend ages ‘London, Ob K A Warn. second epgiacer, Bepben Preatice, Wiltam Graver, Jorcy Flarnigan, i ‘The prreegers with one av two exo-ptions, were bound m virite to their triends im New Loadna, and were ao (g@miwfances of Captain Bmith Everything passed off as Paeesanity and agreeably as the excemstve boat of the evesing, which was a mow delightful cze otherwise, would allow, untii about ten minutes to 2 0’ oom daturdey morn'ng, by whicn time the propetler bad got some sixty- ve miles from tae city up the Sound, and about miiway ‘deowonn Falklasd Lland and Ne» Haven. In tho middie @f the Sound the lighis of a steambous wore suddenly die soveres coming from an opposite direction and bearing @wer ly down upon her. The course of the vessel war mmapeainely chapged po as to stear clear of her, but w no porpee an th: pilot of ton steambemt, mistehing the pro pelle: ive wthoop or sailing veerel, in comsequeace of her bewieg Ler forward sal up a: the time, - iso change his wWree 10 that voth vere ls bows pointed the same way, & + Ciagonally acrom tbe chennel, so that the yropeller was beading ox half porth, and the steamor west cai wath. The engines of the propeller wore imaeiiatuly meevad and reverse? but 10 no purpese, as in less than prc mupa ae ato bis «a dons spe was struck by tbe qwtwaer of the svamer jcst forward of the pilo Bese on ber mtarcoerd cide, cutting & bole wrong ber sides so thst ane filed and sank tw from fowteon wo sixicen fathoms weter in less han r manntes the rafter, carrying down with ber tho ca- em go and sixtera persons, most f metal) of whom @ re u bed et ihe time of the occurrence f& e.camer iwmeciaicly reverse 1 ber engines, loverod bor Draw, aid reoceeded by meaas of rvpes and the boat % vecuriag cleven ous of the twenty-seven who were known 1 bo op board at ioe time ‘The Mewopolis is a no* boas, aad has bees on the route Dat. doat to or oe years, Bho ioft Pall Rivor F iday @ening about 7 o'clock, with betwoea tro and hoe andred parsenge:s, mort of whom bad arrived at ia River cm the rasiern traine ot that hour for New Y rk,ant peecee ted on her joorney w this city without anything ao mun) occurring up wt 6 time of the onilision, 4 whicn Derr mor: of her paarengerr wore im hod asicep. ‘The s.nexed graphic arcounte of the colliaice, which 2 reporters havo coilco'’ed from (he pessengors, cre~ and ecbers cn Dowd ef tho bovis at the time of we our. roe will serve to comyey &@ Corres: iden of the appalling One ETATEMENT OF CAPTAD! LEONARD SMITH. "he provelier J. N Barrie, Commanded by myself, tet her pier as N) 12 Norh river, about five o'clock on Prvtay eterno n, with @ very heavy. assorted cargo, con smeung pine ja ly of groceries, pro akne and dry good, eth adont thirty one of pig rom, and » quantity of chan ‘eed bar iron cn board, and in all valued at betwooo ‘Pu, COC ane $60,000, not one cent of which was insured The om go was o ned pripcipa’ly sy New London mer ats, ebile s portiun of it was somsigned to varivar partie: thio ghunt ‘he New Cngland tates. (n addition wm De cago, bdere Wee jourtesn passougers on capmlp EY putt ca a Hf 32 i i i Fi 28 #35 i i S58 zrgit i t i Thar a tnsorens ba Insured agetnet Gre ocly, and Bre inan to ber owners +0 far ee marine lesurance i4 © worved The Mevep lk 6 rene a jut frward of the bore ane probed) Cut as oom, rr punk = bint-o sinotwafe eard ‘ehade op the ime and by d been stopped rome time whee the co! Ss vbek pees Lave . ceding t ray at present as bre Kh baneued Me bigot +a Drighs and marlignt ore: een, avd Downer he «ater nor Weather were righ Tho « & ad teleree wer, al lo toe cadin aleep at tho te Thore of the ore that were in «che oe of coing # af the verse] went down go ‘ne san mtruck we Yad BO eh aDoe t get Intotne oxty or t make any attemptt res ve the perroon who 1 bave bat three of my iitle cuiliere, for me 0 carry home to tacit er sho ts in New Loncon. I bave already sont s ard of the fart to ber. Al tia moment an olt grey beadot gentleman came In'o Vn nen of the Metropos, where Oap'atn Ynith At stable macing thir statoment to several ‘al: ing up to the captain, reac ed out bis ara-yed b: that of Captaio Smith, who * you do, Mr jovdont’ at the seme time fave from ihat of Mr, Gordon (tne mame of ths ‘ich began to trickle 5 £ 3% vp re ing man who exclaiming, “ Ob, my God, do you © It porsic'e?”’ sank down into a post aod wopt like achild for versal minutes, during #hich time thero wat not ® dry e7e In the ealoow. That meeting, and tho snd intelli eee ae ce we words was mot imp onsive . Cantain Benith seemed to feel hie position mort tell me fo, eenly, fe promis og obiidren of } aged reepeotively nine, seven and ve, be bad at woop, been “comvelied the Stree, children or trend Sa alent ‘mont Intimate arsocta on pur Cuma faving been alforaed of endeavoring to extent to thems some moments afterward he could vot rise from bi+ grat nad weld away from the 0 which be bad a foe weree wore eisa Mr. Garcon, 10 relation to the rao affair, who then retired from toe cavin, weeomg moe Diwrly, Oayt. dmith then retarned to sbich the reporters were rliting, and addreestpg tiem wa-—“Sd6 was @ Bost besuuful girl only 18 yearn o only tot imk her father broughs ber down to my as last oventsg and gave her into my charge, b> take to ‘bdr 1b New Toudon- but now rhe nas gone with tm) chi dren I aope to a hetier workd ” Mire Gordon ia the daughtér of Goorge Gordon, Raq, cleric, at 18 Water sireet Capt Smith was evicently laboring uvder great mevta) excite meLt Guripg the recital of the anove narrative, par- teolariy +@ during the lauer portion of it. STATBURNT OF CAPT. BROWN, OF FEB WETBOPOLIA. ‘apt Wm. B, Lewis, the tiret pilotof the Metrovolis, wea cp dity at the time of the collision He bas been on. «ne line ever nine it vas establianed, end there is pot a more reliable pilot op the Sound, He feels an bad about ‘bo acelaent ar Capt. Smith does, and wienes, for the pro ent, to a-ol0 maki ¢ formal stae ment of the ovourrence himsef Bahar, however, related tho whole affair to me and ! will relate 't 10 you word for word as be gave 't10 me:—We let Fait River about seven o'clock ou Fri day ever tog, for New York, with some two or three hun dred parrenge@r. Aboct five minutes before two o’sbok Ssturday morning, between Falkland ismed tad Now Baven, the piles saw @ vessel about » point and a half op the starboard bow, which be sepposed to @ @ schooner; she showed @ very little ight aft, but mo bead light whatever; sho was steading east half southeast, spd wo were goirg wost half south. When s'eame's meet bead to bead the rule infor boto ‘@ put tbeir t.obws to por: ant pass to the rigbt, bat «ailing veesels we must give their course. So suppoing this to be ® schooner en & fres wint, our pilot kept offto the om the sowh sido; but she, ® steamer, and tying to pars she continuing on ber regular @uree, |; a8 « matter of fact brought us into a colhsion. The bel! of the Metropolis was rung to the but ip about a minute we struck bet@coo bad g toute! my berth and gut to the window when struck The foremast of tre prop-Her went oa oar board bow. and ber waipmast on our ste: > Aa -e ~ i vara rate 28, “ ES : i propoiler. ‘witb a iigb+ baze on the water ; but if « ‘igbta en ‘he propeller, we contd eastly bave seen ‘bind oor epp ses were reversed at we time mow, but am no positive as to that The ool! shake our boat much, apd porsars shopirg aft is & nee: yet dee ett} 338 HATE Tre the oak stem of scraiched, Dot we ma) have # go vn the ways for repaire wh. p 1! Js convenient for us to 00 RO, because the damage orva', steamer to the cutea er extends under waicr Immediawy sfiwr adou: cettn ¢ the boas over, but we bad a litle dicney Dat which hnrg ready om our qu rier tm the water to ab ut two minctes, and two others in Gve minutes more ‘The crew of the steamer thre # ropes to the propelier, an’ hey Could iuthatway; spd the passer core throw over life preservers sud whatever else they could bane ‘hat would foat We bave ten bots on beard cf the steamer all tid = We could bear mon crying and ety: pling in ihe eater the moment the collision tok » 800, abd we Dauled three mon ip over the ‘own; ove saved bimeelf sy climoir¢ up the whoel, and Capt Suith a 10 the bracer if the wheel The p opeller imme- davels PuBK ia about fourter n or rixtenn fathoms of waver. Aller the cubieion we bept the stes mer leytog still till afer Seg be, wil osha Rete oat Ot th tans Lean for ae, ton 1 1 which th+y © ptrbouted and forced Banas me prevent for the noble conduct evinced 0g (bis & yiDg ocomsion. STATRMBNT OF WILLIAM’ GRAVES. tbe colleion, and Bad gone forward, where I laid down on the frrecastie deck, \n the gib sheets, and was asleep at the time I beard the crash. When I beard it, I fires thought sbout going to the wheels of the steamer and cling'ng ‘ast, but tmmediately I thought if I done so I pbeulo get hurt I gave op the idea, and thought } would take 10 @ mast of the Her, Dat at that moumeat I saw eid moots falling ben jamped overboard and swarn to the stern of the Metrop: tia, on the port ride, when somo ope from her decks torr w overhoard @ swab, which caught hoki of, ama wae tt us bauled on board aad saved. STATAMANT OF K. 1. WARD, I was second engineer of the propeller, and at the ime sbe rtruck I was on duty, ia tbe engine room, in charge of the engines, Mr. Thompson, the first engincer, having \eft the room s fow muutes before, and left me in chavgo. I bed stopped the starboard engine and was on the point of stopping the larboard engine when Mr, Thompson re- Vorped to the engine r om; he had not been absent over Gfteen or twenty minutes at the timo; after both engines were stepped we board @ crab,1 stood by the loavor rendy to beck the engine if needed. At that timo [ did not kp w wbether a boat had rum into us, or whether we had rap sebore, or what bed caured the crash The Orst enginerr stord clore by me at tho time of the crash, aod the force of im back against tho bead very Of the neck at the time of the collision. T was bally bruleed about the head body, by Coming in contact with floating rubbish. STATEMENT OF A PAS#RNGER BY THB STEAMER GOV RBNOR. Twat ® passenger by the steamer Governor, from Provilence to New York, leaving Providence at 5 o'clock P.M, Friday, At 436 Saturday morning I wasawakoned by the stopping of the stevmer. 1 went teumed ately on deck to ascertain the caose, when I saw we were lying near a lerce steamer, whieh proved to be the Metropolls, Her engine wae also stopped. There were floating about te what wore evidently materisio of some wreck which had disappeared under the water—pillows and bedding, boats’ cars, lumber, and broken or the vemsel On the Metropol the oMicere snd pamengers were run! al tas i veatly ex’ , and on ernor inquired pial a, the Metrovolie, what had bappened. Captain Brown 'informod us tat ‘aboot 4,o’olook om Galurday mornivg, while opposite Now Raven, the Metropolis had run down «@ propell.r, stnmin- her tmmediately, and thas some twenty persons han bw drewned, among whi m w: re five Indy passengers Saven Persons only bad been raved; h Bed bie boat imne olstely lowered sway, and evory exertion haa ban inaie to rerone the crew ard pa-reng-rs. Thoy wero ati'! reoreh pg atcut im th- peigbberbood of the diseter. and ameng the thoatirg materials of the wreck, to dis. cover, if posible, any other persone who migh’ be sii ative Thepropelier was ascertatoed ta ho the J. 4. Harrie, Osptam Amith, ravplsg heween New York nt New Lonion The night was verfoctl, clear, te mooe sbining brightly, apd there was ho haze or fog to in'o-rn te obrervation. The proveller wan bourd to Now Londen, and the Vetropolie to New York: they mot off New Haven, apd from some (at preeen' unexpla'ne*) oxure cams inv cottision, the Metropoli« #trikipg ber bo on, ant pa stag completely over the propeller f ro aud alt The pawencerr were, of coure all asieep nelow, and were inetently ° aoe the concusioa or drowned witteot & yaw! boat of the Metropolis +as owed y, and the reven pereour (all that survived) moked up. i did ot learn the names of thoee saved, nor the Bumber of passengers thera were on board. INCIDENTS, BIO. Among the pessengers on board ihe Metropolie at the ttme of the disaster wae Wr. George Tappan, a merohan of New Bedford, of conaiderahle weakh. He had fer some time-rast Been mubject to ity, and war, at the tim- of this occurrence, on hie way south, with his @ife, for hie health. During the itenso excitement on board of the boas he be ame #0 nervously atfected thas he fell backward tn an apoplectic ft, and expired almost instantly, He was about 45 years of age. Dr LL. who wae om bard, was ca} ed on im: medical eid, but all to no pose. t) exemive the man. and find Ing that he wap dead give a certificate to that effect, whiob be did as follows — Sreawen M1) Sad i Lowa Iycanp Sounn, Ang, 15 1887. ‘This ie to. thas Georze Tarpon, of New dedfonl, Mass., ropolis on the lbh of Angust, 1837. Disease, apoplexy / J. W. MOWBRAY, M.D, of Inlip, L. 1. ‘The body wae kept on board of the steamer daring the day (yerterday), and placed in a handsome ovilin, whinh ‘was enclosed ip a pine box, end in thin manner taken beck to New Bedford by the same boat last evening by bis fe. Immediately after the collision a woman was seen strog ging ip the water, supportirg hor infant chil j@ bor arme. A rope was throwp to her, whi b fell within her reach, and which ehe might havo reined and saved he-relf by re Wnpquishing ber bold upp her child She looked up, sae the rope, saw oe who would — givep almost their own upon Ife tosave hors, then pressed ber child to ber breast and sank forever. * from Mr. A. W. Smith, on Friday morning, am starting is wife eight dellare’ in moro. ear lng New York, ar he did so. “There take that and keep it; and if I bave my porketa picked or am robhed, we hall pot ho left onn- niless and witboat money to belp ourselves back with ’! At the time of the collision he was in bed on one side of the cabin wih bis papia and shirt on, while bis eife apd daugbier lay on the f gener aide of ‘the rame cabin. As soon as be heard eraab, be jamoe4 ont of bis ber'h ard rushed for the cabin door ‘o see the cause found a map on the ladder jus: ahead Wr, Ay ree), whem be doosted npand then up him Beotng the verse) in a rinking condition, he atiemot ed ‘to return to the cabin to reecue bie wife and daughter, but before be could descent to the cabin tbe vesee! war uncer weter, and he wae warhed off H- was rescued bys boat with notbiog but his pevte, ebirt end boots up. When hd at his place of business, 66 Chatham stress New York, yesterday morning, he pre sented 8 very sivgclar plight. He stil bes fovr or five childres living, the eltest of whem. a pir}. is 19 years old. Mr. Pith, with Captain Leopard Bath, meceeded to New London yesterday af terneon, via the New Haven Ralirc ad. Captain Rivith bas beee particcle-ty unfortanate. The teat, er was onmnman’ ol about two years since, bis Jonathan. who was then early 70 vears age, While procesding to Now London she Slewtsh ter, aoa wan ‘got off only Captain Prth 20 over sorked bizay I! op the was 00 troubled with anxiety that he fol! sick or two af-erwards, by whet was terisa to be cholera. ‘deem lest, with the mages cr all bat one man, wife and child, who, Cept. Smith says, were on board, but whose names he could not cal! to mind. He thiaks, however, that they belonged in New York :— 1—Jane L. Sate, wile ot A. W. Smith, Frq., of 181 Concora street, Breokly n. 2—Garriet mith, aged 11, daughter of Mr. a, Ww. Sm! bh. 3 —Mien Gordon, 18 years of age, American, etocte denghter of Mr. George Gorden, No. 7 Catharine strcet, ow Yor = 4—John Smith, 9 years of age, American, son of Capt, Leopard 8mi"b, of New London. 6 —Eliza Smith, 7 years of age, American, daughter of do. 6-—Mary Smith, 5 years of age, do. do. 7, 8 and 9 —A gentiomw, wife ad obild, unkrown. 16.—Svephen Prentice, mute of the propeller, American, leaves ® wife and one son in Now London. 11.—George APen, 16 yours of age, American, deck hand, New L ndon, 128 —Daole! Daley, 30 yours of age, Irish, deck hand, a —- MCE ———, 23 yours of age, Irish, deck hand, jow London. 14 —Ann Willits, cook, Irieh, New York. 1b.—Mary Withers, chan bermeid, beh, Now York, LIS? OF TBR BAVED, 1.—Captain Leonard Stalth, 45 years of age, Anmorican, New London. t 2.—Gvorge M. Thor pron, 1st Exgineer, American, New London, 3.—K. HB. Ward, 9d Eo, do, —Joba P. Dunn, passer ver. do, 10. —James Ayers, pamonger, 74 vears \' age, residing at No, 66 Hammond street, taken from tho water .2 & great ly exbausted cond ition -1L—Wm. Graves, dcek band, American, New Loudon. 12 —Jerry Flenpigan, deck hand, Irist, Now London. MERTING OP PASAEYORES OF THE METROPOLIS. Aftor the frst alarm of the acek eut bad somewhat wud eided om board the steamer, the rbock of course having awakened all the sleepers and brought every one on deck a meeting was extemporised, and @ committee appointed to colloct funds to retove, in some measure, the most pressing wants of the evfferers who wore saved from tho See eae oe OO cee Oo PEED were then om Pee eee ie eee JK. rock 484 on at 0768 proceeded to the daties im. p phy tl Ae 7 TS pom of four bun (red and oigbty Gye dollars—a very bendeome sum to be realized from whe persons on board Whe Tart. VASHION COURS, 1. T Nicnota® Ax” CRARLEOTON.—=A great four mile race ie contemplated to take place in September, on the Fashion courte, between Nicholas 1 and Charleston, The race # also free to any other horses who choore to partict pate. Nicbolas and Obs ton are now regarded as the champions of the American turf, and the approsching meeting is looked epon ae another contest between the North and South—the North being reprosented by Nicho- Jas and the South by Charleston, Nioholas, a.though ones defeated by Charleston, retrieved and much enhanced bis feputation by bis eplendk victory over the famous 8a: Washington at the last meeting on the Fasbion courte, Charleston, it Will bo remembered, was in the great four mile race last epring, in which Soe Warhingtoo wns de clared victor afer running foar heats, This rade tod se terribly o@ the nage opcaced ia it that Fawnkford mibee neptiy died, Sue Washington was much aihetod, an’! parjosion wae cowble to apprar on the four mile day ov the Fachion course, Should the anticipased mooting be twecd Charleston and Nicho'aa take plas as contempl ited the public may prepare to see one of tho most br ilien racet corer ran lo this Country—one that will sow surpass the famous Yoodwood effort, whick. b wae ron in very little quickertine than it trotted in by « first clam Black Bashaw boree, Key ai bis bovie, MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1857. “THE YACHT FLEEF. THB RACE AT NOW BEDFORD. Om Roarp Vacut Biisx, Unoa Yay, New Bapvurn, Ovrex Hardon Avg 14, 1907. } As there te no better way pernave of scaring the regatta of tocay inthe minds of your readers thea by = succes slop of pep and ink sketches, we wil begin wich GETTING UNDES WAY FOR THS stauriNG POINT. A cence of bustie and busy coifurion, noata oome ant 60, bringing off pilote, extra men, Ko. The weathor look» dwk end threat ping; a beavy aquall and the driving rain look badly for the third clase yachts, whose owners look Dive as the beavens they soan so carnestly; but, lo, a chavge, the derk clouds beve parsed awa: tho breos grows rtoady, bat the rain etl] falls; tho anchors come to the bors, the white winge aro spread tothe breeze, and ope by ove the Geetiake up their line of march for the starting point, where they aro to anchor ia line according to clase, preparatory to tho final start. Io ‘be meantime cach yacht te as critic ily dine seed as a lady's dresa by her fair compacions of the ballroom We fancy o00 too slightly dulesied; another {se too deep, and yet soother sceme iadtfroatly bundled but the evemt- wit} prove, for as yot the fortunes of the day ave still ‘ of the unknown,” and who shal! prognestioate, even with the aid of @ spiritual communication to assist bim. We have just reverned from the deck; the yacht in which ‘we ficat is now at anchor with some bal’a dozsa io a nim ier Condition peer ue; others a-e contng tn. Tae weather ig +bat seamen oall ‘‘dirty.”? A large India ship within a wile of us—tho Wonscon—is decked qith flags ‘rom top 0 toe ip boner of the regatta. The flag stai! ashore, and fo- that matter the ver; clotees lines, to boot, being similarly doco ated. So moch for therateide, Within a bafdosen of anzious voices are discussing our chances, while the pilot drink» “luek to the Blank” in a gtass'of “cold withouy” at my elbow, And mow we wi! stey our pen for the incidents of Tae sTaRt. Past Ten O'Clock —fhe shore is lined with car- riages, from the light-bouse to tno towor Tho steamer ie coming Ont; co fiag boat, pulling fr im ya x to yacht, © mmupoming the orders of ihe Oummedore the start, # <b bard. In the meanwhile the wind bas in creased smarily, and the ri-log nem keops time t+ is abril! Pipt g, having healed, as our pilot says, fuily four pint” He paid the sveamer was © miog but ve mut Confess bat we bever saw such a crow! :{ people as she corcs—sheis brerall biack whh the Bumen crowd I) her wake fellows a litle tug, ‘owing the hull of « vessel, covered by ap asniog, and crowded with sight senrs, Who bot a Yanken would over ha 6 conceived the idea of towing & #c?.ooner’s bell out to rea, covered with a cargo 0° vassengers? Wo baveoureai'lig directions. Mr | @ aswell, the mesurer ofthe yacht clad, bes jast S»en ® opgside anc banded ua 8 pritied pa er w Dich c mtains the raihpg dire ctiore, as fing. * You start atthe seoone gun b wil) he fired ten winntes af cr the first,” Herr foulow eittpg directions which is ali Fi doo to us, bat may he tutel'igible to your vautical ree ters. [0 the meana bile the wind increatls, apd ro a6 reducing our canvass as | write by reeOng our maim ail, which bas alresty ben “ovo by several of our competitors. The barometer, too, ey ‘the and Sea Drift are afoul of cach other. The Of tbe second class tbe Una apd Rowena claim to bave @boonoctve:| the order, and as we have siready \atimaie |, enter protests against their brethren of the econd class 1b copre qn pce. wer ovivenuy & mistake somowhore but authorities say that the Una and Rowe. are not io Demo in the premics, 48 for the Radeon, eho was doire nobly, beng weil ap with tho loade:r of the eld, when a oynfoundodly heavy sea, into which she ju ke a Newport belle into a roller, and an exire pull of wind to beip ft, tore away her jib, ead loft the poor Kebeoos, en far aa winning the rano wee copeorned quite hors du comba; whereupon the wveoc flee the before saw wind for ine harbor Hut ’ 19 00 had maxim, and all oariion Debaved beautifully’ up t the time 48 sennnd protes'od ogaper by Rowena ana Une, out we bave jut near i mated that If it cao be so arranged that a wid be pobbebed, cr otber sa tefactory evidrmws .ivea by we Yacht Cin ¢xoperating these vorrele frou. auy ‘ealt ip ow reping tho race, the protess will D.Don in Of Wo third clean, the Rickmond camo in a 5 O1 58, thos winning the first third oases the Bone at regeua Derg he J Captains 4 iD ronsion as we vrite, on hosrd ibe modern, &» onnrider the propristy of scosps ing ao inv! AOD 10 Pali ® race in New ort Bardo , ty ac coroe: oF with an Invi: from his hoor the Mayor o Art ancient and bowrrabie town ‘This invitation could Bot be accepted, aa it woult ow Mot # hh the arrangements ot some of the o ners of yeobia. The rquedr p wil asordigly part company to morro, to pursue thetr sepaate waye—some ging wo Rostoo. The Wanderer, web levo, being eraie to go tw chet direc jom, * hile others @ill seet Bi oe lala 4 om Ont ing CXCUr: 1088, OF tvaeh at porte on the Suand as they werd their way back again to ine groat metopulis, Wut epovgh of Ibe regan PS = We de learnod that It baa boos de erminod ewe (neound Class) aro deridet not the race, as thoy dosisted by order Compilation of the timo, given Lo an onira of tho New Gedfora Standard, just | su. d:— Wo give below the time when each yacht rounded the diferent stab boats, ead of their ar ival at tho bome ste ‘lop, The judges did not time to 00 6 the par-age of ail the yacbts sround the and sonond staxe bose =A bine k ie left Opporite the mame of thore boats of which the timo pe rd The "aa jog tables give the time of fang coe By Ree each clase, and of io FineT CLASS STARTED AT 11a., J0m,, 5a, Time. Tachis, Tens. Stoke Boals, M1. M.S. nn 6 Sobr. Haze, Grinnell .,.,,, 87 2 2 0 4 0 88 Piret, 4 Seur, Byivie, Mebbing,...,106,...4 sand, 2 29 0 Urnied,’ 4 wo 8 ¢ 2 44 0 Schr, Juliet, Palmer, ,..555 96... 2 37 0 “ “60 Pohr. Restioss, Thatoner,. 4 of pi 46 First, new Schr, Favorita, Kingtiand,,135,,..{ seoond, - third, 6 0% First, = Sel, Widgeon, Bagar, . goood, oy ela scat (au, 6 1 BTED 0’ PROORD ir lla., 27m. Yachts, Tons Slike Bais, H M. 8. Lina % | 2 Sloop M apie, Thomas,,.., 10.... 4 ~#0" Tord,’ 4 18 03 ¥irst, 12 32 00 Sloop Madgie, Loper,.,.,. 89... { evond, 2 19 44 rae,’ 4 19 00 Sloop Send, Th c") =. br no MAB. sees nee oon 4 Tad,’ 4 62 0 Bloop Petre}, Coltins 70: deem ba Petre seveeee Wrens bad : Tord,’ 4 69 10 teat, - Sebr. America, Kingsland... 70... +cond _ = . a 5 OF 63 Pret, — Schr. Sea Drift, Holbrook. 64.... | secos, - Card,’ 8 06 26 Firat, 7 Schr. Volante, Hammond,. 54.,..~ «cond, = roird,’ 6 21 00 Sobr. Oriental, Bell an. tee ee ir. se eeeeee A nal 5 35 30 a 1a 46 90 sestnnes ine Bob 2 ‘THIRD OLA£S STABTED af Na., 25u., 30a. s i 42 99 90 Sleep Richmond, Mallory. 27... og tier ; % a SchY. Boniia, Brown....... 38,...4 Second; — — {gee 6m , wo... {2th 2 43 : ‘i be iS & 31 03 ‘The Faze took the first prize in the firssclues. She di pot come in uptil 42 seconde after the sylvi+, but was en Hitleo to an allowacce of 4 minutes, 28 seconde, on 80 ‘ount of diterence in area of canvass, asd won by 3 miputes, 46 reo nds. Thefactual time of the Byivic was 5 hours, 1 mipite, 11 seconde ; of the Gaze, § bours, 1 minute and 63 econas. second prize in the frst class was won by the Jot ‘The cifferesoo of area of canvas« aor to -naik Wades no time over the Sylvie, of 16 os, and rhe orme in J4 minutes, 9 seconds after the alive 18 actual ime of the Juliet was 5 hours, 15 minu'es, 20 reconer. Ip the second class the Minnie teok the fist m iso, coming 1D 51 seorpde abead of the Madgie. Wer allow ance Geer ibe Macgie for differerce in canvas wan 1 minute, 89 seconds, thue beating the Wadgie 2 mina'es, 34 prmeger oa Her actual ime was 4 hours, 61 minutes, 3 sem nde. .- The second prize ip the seowd class was won by the Mad. gie, whieb came in 57 seconas afier tae Minnie, Her time was 4 hours, 52 seconde. ‘Tho first ize Ip the third class war won b” the Rich mend, which came in in 5 bourse, $6 minates 28 seconds {be second prize in the ¢ ‘iru class was won oy the Bonita, Hor time war 6 bovrs, t miaute, 65 seconds he Mystery, 47 * Wa M. Vicker, carried awey her main rigging be ore reaching the fivst fag ona’, stationed et Wepecket Isiana, and was obliged to return ty tbe starting point. Ths prizes will be awarded an above by the Commit tee, provided no protests are reosived up to 10 o’cloca to ony. Firemen’s Fight Last Night. Nartan street, in front of the Hes..p vilice, wae the scene of @ serious rint last night. .idout7 o’clook in the evening there was a (ire in the Seventh district, jaa sau sireet, below Fulton Several engines wore immed: ately on the spt. Engine Company Ne 6 stopped at the corner of Fulton apd Nasesu s.reets, and just at thie jugo- ture Epg'ne Uompany No. 41 came dowa Nassau. Between there two companies an old feud exists. Last winter they came in coilision tp the Bowery, when a serious fight on- sued, 0 desperate was the spirit 0° hostliiy existing betweon them that the Nemmissioners of the Fire Depart- ment ordered them to he disbanded; but Harry Howard remonstrated, urying Wat they were the ‘‘‘lower of ihe de- partmnent,” und could not well be disnessed with; so they accordingly wereretained. Cast evening, whoa No. 4l aw their ancions enemy ate bak, they took advantage of the occasion to Commence a Sight, aad endeavored to drive tbely epgtve against that of the other. They would bave accomplished this, only that one of their men fell, aud i> id ny bim compelled to guide Weir mouiog arige. But iol object wan 90 apparent ‘shat & Ggdt immediately eneved. Moth parties drew ap in Ines, facing each other, and tho ia he wrenobes, and every availabi stones, were toon in requisitiun minates the u ves Of the engiacs, weapon, tontad:' For about twenty Conuo: dealt some aeavy all round, bat be was e000 beat en back to the sdewaik, shere we crowd sheltered bim frem the -engearce of the firemen. Io tae +) op gle one fremen am ead wy the mont one of. At thin jopetwe the yorlee arrived on the groan |, polio wan + Cotng tbe ydsi:100 of Lais umfo-tunsie men, rounded to the reecue, aad struck the by ute who wan en- eavoring to maim bim wite his The poor wretch (bus released sprang away, bia ‘ace covored th bieod, ¢ bis nose apparen:l« balf eoverot Anether posse of fqbting manfally jae ting tho dis Taragh Fula sucet apd No 41 0 proceed op Nevaa street, to preveit a farther soliton. While tre tight lasted t wae 8 Ccrperste end bloaty ove, and Bat pot the poli warrived #0 pros ptly we would protaoly Bave bad to record a more ‘ata) termiration The Chief Engivecr and Asistante sere op the gro'nd, and exerted Wemaclyes to quell ihe diaturdanoc. Hints, &c , from dents, DAD BBADS ON RAILWAYS. “A Conductor” replies w Mr. Charies Moran's opinion “that tbo employ és of a railway should no: be allowed to ride frco!"—Grnt, that they are not, as that gentleman con tenda, sudiotently paid ; acd, secondly, that permission to ose the seats which are vacant come the company nothing. ‘The dead bead aystem, he sdmite, is Nadie to abase, bat be canpet see tho logic of allowing the Legislatares of chroe Sates and the corporaie sathoritice of four clues to free, #hilet the poor emplo, os of the Hines are to be mado to pay. He recommends the Eric Company not & som- epee another war with the people in their service, if they @oulttonly ca.cuwte the cost of the MoCaliam strike, they ‘oled soe that it was their best policy 1 conciliaste their canploy on. DETECTIVE POLICE AGENCY, Mr. R. W. Bow) er, formerly to the police foros, sends aa the circular of s detective police agency, which be has Just eetadtisbed a: No 119 White street A similar sgency bas been in operation in Paria for the last twenty years, a) 0 baa eect. the restoration of a large amoums of swien proyerty. We ao not think, however, tbat Mr Bowyor’s pier of ap sanual pubscriptin ioe one Mont persons wll Object to poy ing ap apo ai tax for what they cover receive at, dened from fairer one pas 5 & for on piving information t) the office au! Cover the expeure of the privied autor served op pawn. Prokes acd Ver wuneration of the gency. - telver cap hear somopy tn the «Mciency if the ayaiem, having recovered +rucies throwgh ite aid whic we be Uevea to bave bern hopelessly HAND TREATMENT OF OUR SOLDIERS, © imitete—wishes to be informed why the troops oa Governor's Irland fare little better, if a | worse, than on toe fromuers? He rays that at thie depot their fall rations ate not appropriated w thelr legitimate destination They 4 6 Ofarged 10 government but the private so aler dose m por tps, ible which the waters may To make the matter @orse the Out the chr ness of hie rations The gover: ment ryes in arrears wich m for o@ months of May and June ming — If those ratemenss are cor (0! 9 Oar miltory euthorides inatitnved imto thom: ant, if the fault lee bo we air —roe pay oo tot beime ar yet reot they are ‘dh rqoy thou be a eotabiiehes, those with sorely poniebed, Dr, Roberts avd the Canningnam Family, 10 448 BDITOR OF THE MRHALD New fork, Avgust 16, 1767, T bed intended to say nothing io answor jo all tro art cles publisbed ip regard to myrofacd the Ounaligham affair, But am tho lant article, in which Tam said to have expressed my invention of taking care of the chilfren, te gob ing some believors, and | annoyed by inquiries of what | invena to do with hem, form you of t,and any bing you it wowld meet my approbstion. I cretion. 1 woold mate that I have beloved Mire. Oan innocent of all the Cuarges brovgat agaiagt her w 31 of angus; and, vader that ootof, | sympa thize deeply for ber and her family, which I believet to be hororsble and manly, and if I érrea | am consoled by woowiog it was on the side of hamanky, bit be bat st of bis woman not ase any barsb \erme, whe may deserve ly, diagos ing to huroasity ; and be! she been 34 of August, fer this one act should Tor can assure youl never seid | should take care of them, for L never intended to = From the i of August I comider I was abrolved frei all f- eiing of k ndness, frossly dooelved by her. | thought best to define my po- sition to articles might parport: be wble W discriminate, Yours, 4c, WW. B. ROBERTS PRICE TWO City Intentigence, Tar Row m Tam Navioxs, Gaapex —The proprietors apd employ “eof the Gern an lecoro er garden, Ne $4 Sow- ery, Bade thelr appearence at the Kwex Market Police Court yeaterday morning to answer a charge of amaait and battery ) reforred against them by three of our city councilmen on the evening previous, They remained is atiendsnce for pew ly an hour, hut the compiainar. ascot toapp ar, and Justice Brompan dismitsed toe ome. it the row was a véry sor! ins One and presents some 2 features, which throws a world of got upes ibe habte and amuromente of a por.ion # the members xf our city gove pment It appears the threo coaavilmen en ered the “National Garten”? about cighi o’cluce a the seemed to bave enur-ly wo much Hquor abosrl slrescy. After satisfyirg their thires tney next procerded to the shooing gallery for a lite sreoice with the popguo aco arrows. Che ip cha ze of the gallery entes thet bers the pariv became and nally dameged some of the sar- ot; whereupon be putided ibe pro- voege charac’erized tuacry fordibls but ineiogsa — fay whereapon they v0 oreated jen HH bethget vountiimen ie Doure, thevgh not withoat aificuty uring & Fou teenth ward po lremsn imerfored in rebaif of Counct! arp, and was expelied ehh ikem The now vent City Fat ers proveeded 1othe Fourteenth ward Te be une, and Induced ‘he officer jo command torend a of polce to the gardom to arrest the propriewr and the attacbéa of ihe eabiiehm nt. Tne polioemen were ac- core ’p. ly marched arovnd to the garden, headet by tha Con ‘imap, who eptered the emaviishment acd armeted wesera Petors & Wunschel, the proprietors, an! eohen Larch Jobp C, Gendar, Chas. Graf’ ad Chas Veomen, potioemen, moroover, turned mt every one ori peoxe, and clteed the doors. The prisoners were looked celle of the station Bouse One of the Ovanil in w Know Nothing, afdresseo the mob thered to witness the row, aod severely rated the Germen: for hat they had dose Justice Breunab wa- putified of the cccurreuce, aad prooneded to the tation houre where he ypesed coart, and onthe cane bolpg prem med to bim discharged tbe p | onere op thelr own recognivances, with instraxions to eppesr oc = leew prt morning. Th and Noth ‘ouneiiman rhonghi seeding wan an hows = but she ‘Jestioe Feplied wat he thous tt weal?bes preven ouese to beep the partios in the oel's all thas ot Digh' when they were clea: ly the par len aggrieved. {be failure of she Gnu: cilmea to appear yesterday morn. ‘ng before We megistrate telis itsown story Justice 4 epran was of opinion teat the foray of the p toe on ihe Nati nal Ga den was entirely unwarrartable, and ie att) but bie to their being eo green im their bu-iness Tue WkeTueR— Mone Scy Srnomes — There was @ senai- ble (we mean no pus) d munition of the beat yes'er an compared witb Friday at noon. The moratyg warted 92 degrees, but during the afternoon « p'tasant breeze spropgup, and i grow cooler as :/is da: orogressed, were a hor of cases of coup de soliel reported at the Coroner's «filce dwing the day. Oo Fr day evening an opkoown men wes found im the Ai th pyenne, in 8 inaepsible consitio, baving been pros- trated by the excemive heat He was taken to @ station bovre er join'pe, and there died. Avother uLkno+n man was taken {nto the Fourth ore. cinet tation beuse om Friday evening, speechiess, aad was conveyed to the hospital, where ft ts prebable be will die A men vamed Francis Knight wae svn strock in Broome Mreot, yesterdey morviog. He was t-ken tothe bse of Hose Company No 19, where he reco-ere4 bimseif aufil- ciently to go heme Laborers and men beviag out wor work to do suffered seve ely durtog the inst two days. Tre Commmerae on Amre sx Sc1avamof ibe Board of Councilmen met Wednesday aferncom and decided te re- Port in favor of giving Professor Bull $600, as compense- Won for his services in furpishing correct time to the oly ince iast Jaruary. Upon the question of givieg him a permancnt,ralary the committees are undcciaed = In view of ihe new telegraphic clocks, the om loymeniof a clook- maber, ata stated salary to take charge of the public clocks, and the factthat Mr Nebinson hes charge of the telegraphic communication, the committee propose to seo whether the entire charge of the city time caarot be to spe man lorwad of dividing It among several ata ifs wets & Cost The committees decided to report in favor of ‘lating $136 for of three fags for the Giy /) and repa‘ing old 0008, and of approoria’ $500 for the purchage of Elliot’s portrat of Wayor Wi The eubjest of an observatery om the » @e ore. septation of banpers to the Fire Departmentand the Vete- rans of 18)2 are befure the cummitwe, and w wid have re- Colved more atiention bad the petitions appeasod in time, Morteuty AxonG 11 Tam.—Tho sovero sold of last winter seems 0 have had @ most injurious efiect open some of the best Bnoen and most brentifa of our city bade trees. it is estimated that one-ibird to ope bail of paper mulverries bare deen rendered sapkes, aod @ walk through Tomp- kins square, Waabipgtop Parado Ground and the Batery will ‘row apyupe that all trees of ibis variety have boen more or ieee jpjared. The cataipas also have bec Onmeged by the same cause, nor have be wiaa- tbus tov, been syared by the frost. pe FF also aufered severoly. These trees are a/! natives of hot bear our ool! season vory inter will be E & 2 ‘S = 5 s § a g000, opel Mmrny of ibem might heve beon preserved. " net do much barm in a country place, but la iow York, whero shades 80 scarce, it ia a serious 4 Naw asp Usarcn Ixvmrnon.—Captain Cavandy, of the mteamsb!p Washingion, exhibited as the Werohant’s Ex- change Wednesday, an ingenious nautical instrument for tak g observations at sea when the horizon is obscured perpendicular metalic tabe is supported by w one Dpiversal binge, so as to oep it in a vertical wih to the Through vend} leUtode .nd lopgiteds of @siJp whem the quadrant capses be .sed for that purpose. Fes w Arrosssy eraser —Shorily before 1 o'clock on fire was diseo-ered in the cabinet guiabed by Je , momber dan age to stock of bulldirg Mr. Ehrich was mot insured. ‘The slart of Gre for the Fh die-riot, poster ay morving about 9 o’ck ck, wae caused by i § Sroray Jewmay.—Ie another column wil! bo foand advertisement offering a reward of $200 for the rotarn the gold and silver watches and jewelry, stolen from the store of Mr. Adams, in Alexandria, Va, in Jone last, The fer io made oe Oar, “ chante’ Hotel. Ths porsersors Pequeny reosive larger remuneration by =e s pind nag owner or owners than by disposing el 5 Otp Hays Rerngtare —The portrait of Jacob Bays, the old ws on exeewion, aad was phy las for $250, amd by him aa 8 gift bo the oyy. Rascee ra Drowswc — Yesterday morning, wae bathing io the Noth river, alongside the Gonting bathe, be suddenly got into deep water and sunk. Be a ne apeg tA & Sanaa, mune Semen Osta, whe ‘Aavistance, 1m mediately 00 veded in geting bold of inc boy, and brosgus him woshore, where in & short time be recovered and was able to waik home Great praise is due to Collins for his prompt exer- tions tp saving the boy from s watery grave. New Yous flovrrrat —The following is the weekly report of the above institution to Augnst 14, 1857 — Remaining oa Avgost 17, 264; admitiod to Avrust 14, 64; nares cored oF relieved ied, ©; remaining at date, 987; males, 222; fema'er Klehard St, John, of New York, in « Virginia Jall, TO THE EDITOR OF THR MERALD. ‘Thore was committed to the jail of this county * fow Gaye since (ag & lunatic) « man who calls himsolf Richard St, John, and from tho best information I can gather frona him he must have come from the city of New York, or thereabouts, fis hight ls about 6 fect 10 or 12 ‘aches, bas a fair complexion, ® foil head of auburn hair, which curls nata ally, thin red whitkare, and haze! oyee, and ie very respectfu! in his conversation and manners, He is aleo quite an pin Lyd aod Tebou'd think he had reop, with the request that you a *poblab the eam the Hanaco, by whieh meane [ think it te provable Die friends may lear a bis whereab vate, eqnest, (gave him pen ink and paper, for him to is grandfather, and i enclose bis letter to you, ich you will be enabled to jadge of his Krowiog tbat the FRc hae an yw oition fasion, 1 be pe you will publ ah the facta, aw I out anything ely trem him. WM, ROWEL Youerows, Va, July 3), 1867, F