The New York Herald Newspaper, August 19, 1866, Page 2

2 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. Sarvrpay, August 18—6 P.M, ther less than the usual average of b bncodses se = both at the Stock Exchange and usiness doing to-day, at the offices of the dealers in government apd other youritios. This is due ig part to the bigher prices de. manded by the holders of stocks, whose anticipations teom for the present to be in favor of a further consider. able advance, At tho early session of the open board Jho only feature of special interest was the activity in Brio and Reading, which advanced respectively 3¢ and 1 percent. For Marietta and Cincinnati there was also considerable inquiry at 4234 for the firet preferred and at 21s for the second preferred, At the regular board most descriptions of government bonds recovered from The ten-forties, how- over, were léss animated than the six per cents. Soven- thirties were quiet at 1065 for the first series, which are convertible into gold-bearing bonds. The second and third series, which are not at present convertible, ruled about 34 percent lower. State stocks were less active than usual, tho principal business being in Tennessee new sixes at 685; and in North Carolina new bonds at 64. Railroad bonds are quiet but firm. Northwestern sink- ing fund were done at 9734, and Milwaukee and St. Paul at 81, Among the general public there is much leas dis- position than formorly prevailed to buy this class of securities, as other more inviting and lucrative invest- ments are offering in government bonds and in numerous sound dividend paying railroad shares, Bank stocks were dull but firm, Among the miscellaneous shares Boston Water Power attracted the obief Interest, and advanced to 33, against 2934 on Thursday. The transactions in railroad shares were limited, Erie and Reading *howing the most animation. The entire aggregate of the rales did not reach 7,000 shares, and there was very little change in prices until after the ad- journment of the board, when a sudden demand sprung up for Erie, which rose one per cent, the rest of the mar- ket closing with more firmness. At the one o’clock open board Erie rose to 7134; New York Contral was selling at 104%, Reading at 115%, Toledo at 116, Rock Istand at 106%, and Reading at 11534. There was considerable inquiry for the last named stock, with very little offering. There was no second session of either of the boards, as is usnal on Saturda¥s, but in the street and in the lower hall of the Stock Exchange there ‘was more activity during the afternoon than in the early part of the day, Erie sold up to 725; and Reading to 1168, and s general tendency to advance was developed. Jhe closing quotations at five o'clock were as follows:— )ixes of 1881, coupons, 1114 a 111%; coupon five-twen- Jos of 1862, 11034; do. of 1864, 1083¢; ten-forties, 102 Y24Z; Angust seven-thirties, 106% a 106%; New York Jentral, 1045;; Erie, 721¢; Reading, 116%; Michigan Jouthern, 8534; Pittsburg, 86% ; Fort Wayne, 105; Ohio And Miseissipp!, 2934. The firmness of government securities was to some 6x- Vent due to the news by the cable of the monetary im- provement in England which had followed the reduction of the rate on the 16th instant from ten to eight per cent, consols havine advanced in consequence on the 17th to 38, while flve-twonties remained firm at 6814; Erie at 4214, The subjoined table showa how these quotations com- pare with those of previous dates:— Aug. 9. Aug. 18. Aug. 17. 43% + 42h ae 3 15 (ex d) 763 (ox d)75 (ex d) Gold has been depressed to-day, and has sold as low a8 14544, after opoming at 151. The pacific nature of the European news is among the causes assigned for the fall. ‘The transactions have been light and the lending rate has been lower. The following are the quotations :— ‘The exports of specie are small, amounting to $66,280, of which the New York takes $46,800, and the Etna $10,480. The total for the week is only $117,990. This export movement compares as follows with that of the preceding weeks:— Week: ending. Amovnt. ‘The range of the quotations for gold during the week {a shown in the subjoined table:— Monday tr 14956 Tuesday. 160 140% Wodoecesda} 4 156! Thureday 5256 161 rb"4 160% 148 Foreign exchange ts nominally quoted as follows, there being very few transactions:— Bankers’ bills, 60 days. «TOTS » 107: Bankers’ bilis 3 days. 108 0 108! Commercial bitts. 108 9 108%, . 35. 0 Bf. 2730, “BE Bbo. 0 GF 185¢0. ‘The exports of petroleum from this country to Europe are rapidiy increasing. The following statement shows the comparative exports to foreign countries in 1866 and 1866 up to the 3d instant :— 1868, 1866, : Galina. From New’ York. 16,088,288 From Philatolphia. 1,621,717 12,013,214 From Baltimore. 348,025 1,182,643 From Boston... + 463}453 800,997 TOtML. ce eeceecceeeeeeeee-%)116,002 90,184,142 Tt will be seen that in 1866 the exports wore nearly four times as large as during the preceding year. ‘The total imports at New York for the week compare an follows:— Week ending July 27. ry 8. Avg. 10. Ang. 11. Dry goods. . $2,869,310 $2,738,780 $2,267,108 $3,667,157 Gou. mdse. . 2,950,077 2,424,784 2,201,031 8,480,415 Total. .... $8,620,287 $5,108,514 $4,668,180 $1,947,672 The New York imperts of dry goods compare as fol lows: “Fr the werk. 1804, 1868, 1806, Entored at the port.. $1,533,626 $2,855,755 $3,867,157 Turown on market.. "709.844 2,861,623 8,173,803 ran. 1, Entored at the port. . $56,958,193 $87, 835,602 $£6,576,600 Thrown on market.. 40,275,345 42,451,014 81,024, 548 The Philadelphia Board of Trade memorialized Con- gress in May last in favor of free trade in money, any- thing contrary to which ts entirely behind the progres. sive epirit of the age; for, while usry laws inflict @espotic and arbitrary rates upon a People, and therefore Bncroach upon the liberty and right of jadgment of in- dividuals, they tnflict direct injustice by rendering void all contracts made {a ignorance or defiance of them. The memorial in question asks that while the States reapect. ively may fx theirown rate of interest as at present, private and express agreements shal! not be held invalid in consequence of their nonconformity with the Gtate regulations regarding usury, except tn the case of pawn- brokers, Thiv strikes us as being fair to all parties, and it ls to be hoped that before long Congress will have the 00d sense and the justice to pase such « law as that kod for im the memorial, the text of which is as fol- lows: — To rae Hoxonasta te Seats avo Hoven or Reren- SenTatives ov Tus Usirep States or Axnnica ix Con- reas AsarwnLen:— LT = the Paseddtobie bye of Trade res- ly representa, in view of progress of leg- Efsticn, Abroad, and of opinion at home, founded on the experience of the most commercial nations of Europe, it 19 desirable that al! legat restrictions upon the com: Morce in money, and upon rates of interest for its use, should be abolished. Teport of @ special committeo pA Executive Counct! of this Board te herewith ree- on money,” dated May, 1818, with the sppended; and also & report committee of the House of Lords, appointed (in session of 1841) ‘to inquire into the t of the alterations made in the laws regulating the interest on money,” with the teetimor pended ; and also copies of three rerpectively 17th July, 1887, eed, ta abesgation acts of “Partin 20th July, 1889, and 10th August, 1 their usury laws. Your memorialists ia ahr eects Se ae . SS Invested é pan | ; nee of such Toca ete eae omhall rate, and State police legislation governing pawabrokers sanctioned and confirm The line of railroads from Louisville to Memphis was opened for passengers and freight, without change of cara, for the first time on the 13th inst, and is made up as follows:—The Louisville and Nashville road, from Louisville to the Bowling Green; Memphis branch of the Louisville and Nashville road, from Bowling Green to State line; Memphis, Clarksville and Louisville road, from State line to Paris, Tenn.; and the Memphis and” Ohio road, from Paris to Memphis, The Bank of England return for the week ending Au- gubt 1, is as follows, compared with the statement of tho previous week :— July 25, August %. Government deposits, £2,517,449 —-£3.189,580 Other deposits... 18,546,760 17,738,851 Government 9,828,123 10,128,123 Other securitie: 26,742,316 , 587, Rest........ 142, 8,771,012 Notes unemployed 2,650,035 —_ 2.412,300 Notes in cirenlatio. 25,263, 25,519,950 Specto and bullion, 18,793,340 The Bank of France return forthe week ending Au gust 2 shows the following results ag compared with tho previous account :—Increase—Cash, seventeen and one- third millions; notes, fifteen millions, Decrease—Com- mercial bills, fourteen millions; advances, one and one- fifth millions; current accounts, five and three-fifths millions, Treasury balance uuchanged. ‘The Bank of Prussia has reduced its rate of discount from six to five per cent, and the Bank of Belgium has reduced its rate of discount and interest by ono per cent. ‘The following were the nearest rates for money on the Continent at latest advices: — Bank rate Moshe! +B 3% 1 7 0 4 6 6 5 % 6. * 9 6 5 Madrid, 9 10 The following were the quotations for bullion, ac- cording to the British standard, per ounce, tn London on August 4:— ry Foreign gold, in bars. . Foreign silver, in bars. Gold coin, Portugal pieces Gold coin, American eagles... Gold coin, doublons, Patriot Gold coin, doubloons, Spanish. Gold coin, Napoleons...... Gold coin, ten guilder pieces. Silver coln, Mexican dollars. Silver coin, Amer'can dollars, Silver con, Spanish pillar dol American securities were quoted as follows in London at the close of business on August 4:— cococscscece cath pepeyererer omar eSSaRS3e3" o United States 5.20's, 1882, 6 per cont. Asia 69 Virginia 5's. 9 a 51 0., BB... a 46 Atlantic & Great. Westerm, N. mortgage, 1880, 7 per cent. a 68 Do., do., 24 mortgage, a 70 Do. Ponnsylvania, 1st mort., 1877. a 72 Do. do., 2d mort., 1882.....06....00-+. 68 -& 68 Do., consolidated mort. bonds, 1800..... 42 a 44 Erlo sharos $100 (all paid), 8 per cent..... 414% a 41% Do., convertible bonds, 6 per cent - 8 a 72 Tiinois Central 6 per cent, 1875. a 8&3 Po., 7 per cont, 1875.... a 73 Do. '$100 shares (ail paid), 10 per ct. a 4% Mariotta & Cincinnati RR, bonds, 7 poi a 70 New York Central, $100 shares...... a 65 Panama Railroad,'24 mort., 1872, 7 pe a 108 Pennsylvania RR. bonds, 2d mort., 6 per a 82 Do, ehares. a 36 Philade)phia & Erie, o The Boston bank statemont woeks Is ‘as under, All comparisons are again valucless, one bank failing to make a return for the wock ending Avgust 13:— Aug. 8. Anguil 13. $06,672,749 $96,771,749 seeee 318,779 x Lenal tender noton, 22,432\317 21,101,481 Peete om (ai 24,116,705 M104 t0T ion (National)... ¥ Circulation (State)........ 380,980 202,734 WEW YORK STOCK EXCHANSE. Saturpay, August 18, 1066. First ae A. M. 1 120 aha West U Tele. 100 do. 4 3 a ] “— Sseseees: i 290 Erie RR 200 Reading 200 do. 20 do. 400 do... 400 Mich 80 300 Ill Central 200 Chi & N W 700 do... 30 Chi & NW . OF 200 do...20 call 67 58 (lov Col Cin RE 311 100 300 100 dos... 103% 100 24 call 1047 do. 100 Alt & T Hau RR. 8635 200 Chic & Alion RR 113% 20 Chi & Alton lid do....24 call. 600 Cumb Goal prof.. PALADELPMA sin Blve. oft! ee. the New York Citizend Be merciful to the Sout Not with the empty word in your mouth, But merciful your actions tell— To tbe men who were beaten, but fought so well; Be merciful to the South! Teo genoroun to the South— Gentle in deed and in word of month; For no craven brand on the forehead shines Of the men who met us in volleying | nes, And fought for the flag of the south. Re tender and just to the South, For fami ind slaughter, and hunger and drouth, They have suffored, who mado such a gallant ay For \: cause that was wrong—but they thought was right— Re Just to the beaten South! Be just and be leery | more, Now that the hot days of battle are o'er; For brothers we were in the glorious past, Anil brothers again wo must be at last— Ro merciful to the South | ‘We aro all here once more, The terrible days of our conflict o'er; ‘And agal the Old Flag floats elate O'er the capital dome of each sister State In the East, North, West and South! Tet us Join hands once more, Renewing the vows that our fathers swore; Forgetting all strife, eave tho lessons it taught, And meeting as reconciled brothers ought— A reconciled North and South. Errors on both sides wore, But for these—they are past, and we have no care; Let a sponge glide over the hideous years Of terror and bloodshed, havoc and tears, Dividing the North and South, One destiny holds us yet, ‘We have common bh and a common debt; aes fr <2 both alike, 1d strike nt against hor powor, strong arma, ehould strike The reconciled North and South. Oh! ‘tis a glorions hour ‘That joins us again in imperial rt And long o'er the land of the and brave “y. the Pine and Palmetto united wave— it omViema of North and South! Again, like two friends, ‘With our quarrel fought out, the hatred ends; And none more b Than the Boys in Blue and the Who fought for the North and South, . MILES O'REILLY, his » mark, Late Private Forty seventh New York Volapteer Infa SURROGATE'S OFFICE. Letiors of administration were granted by Surrogate Tucker to the following tiamed persons on the following* estates for et hot a Wie y 53 100 Tol, Wab &WRR 41% 47% «100 McGregor W RR. 26 Cauldwell, Samuel B. Good, John Williams, , Lawrence Keily, ‘Walsh, ari hacen egy, 2mm Tick ogee ra : eee trenite Pa pire NEW YURK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 1886, THE YACHT SQUADRON. Anpual Cruise of the New York Yacht Club, The Squadron at New London and Newport. Exciting Race Between the Vesta and Widgeon. THE WIDGEON THE WINNER. &, &o. &o. GUA YACHT SQUADRON CORRESPONDENCE, Prquot Hovss, New Lonpon, Conn, August 16, 1866, ‘Now Yorkers have great reason to be thankful for the great number of very pleasant, cool and beautiful sum- mer resorts which nature and art have placed within easy distance around their city at almost every point, During the hot weather of July and Angust what would or what could the giddy and fashionable upper-ten do without them. To stay in the city and make daily trips to Coney Island or some retreat in Jersey would be inex- pensive, unfashionable and insufferable, Papa would never be awakened to the reality that he possessed a fagbionable wife and fashionable daughters, He would never be roduced to tho vulgar necessity of calculating how many dollars it would take fora quiet two weeks with his family at Saratoga’or Newport, Watering places are among the requirements of the age as well as water- falla, Not to go to some watering place during the sum- mer would, to say tho least of it, be uncivilized and barbarous. Every one has not a country cousin or a rural aunt with whom he or she may rusticate for a few weeks. Besides, if one bad, it would not be exactly tho thing after all, ‘Ibo rurem” now-a-days means that [ will go to some place two or three hundred miles from Now York, spend as much money as I possibly can in a given timo, and return to the city satiated, disgusted and disappointed. That {s not the definition that all put upon this expression, however. There are some who know how to ruralizo sensibly and with advantage. They give tho extreme watering places the cold shouldor, except that it may bo for a day or two during the height of the season, They do not visit the country for pleasnre and dissipation ; thelr motto is pleasure and recreation. If one wehes to find this Iatter olass of people, and n questionably thoy are the (lite and cream of our Amel can society, one must go to well known but onpreten- tious retreats, like the Pequot House, at NEW LONDON, This honso is situated at tho junction of Fisher's Island and Long Island Sound, and at the mouth of the river ‘Thamos, From the balconies and windows a fine view in every direction is obtainable, The harbor {s one of the finest in the world, having great depth of water and being freo from toe at all seasons of the year. New Lon- don entered into competition with League Island asa naval depot for iran-clads, The Pequot Houso is about three mites from the city, with which it is kept in constant communication by moans of a line of atages, New London contains about ten thousand inhabitants, They are engaged for the most part in the whale fisheries, their city ranking the fourth in the world in that enterprise. This place was rendered famous DURING THR REVOLTTION by being taken and burned by the notorious traitor Ar- nold. ft was In this no'ghbonhood that the Pequot tribe of Indians--ooncerning «hich we read so frequently in early colonial histery—lived probably for centuries, It is in remembrance of this brave peonle, scarcely one of whom romains tp tell of the departed glories of his race, that the Pequot House bas received its name. THe FI Ore. is presided over by one of the most attentive and oblic- ing landlords in the world—H. 8. Crocker. His ap assiduity in locking after tlie comfort of his guests as gained bim mach popularity, and no doubt, one of the principal reasons why nearly all his roome are en- eet some time before the season becine. The Pequot louse ts only fifteen miles from the ocean; Montauk Fey ‘The bathing facili- otel being located but a few igo @ summor rendezvous of Point can bo roen from thi rods from the beach. It the yacht fleet, which of itself ina great attraction. af TRGARDS RRALTH, this locality le universally conceded to be the first in the Union, either for preservative or restorative qualities, Sse seeieined fren tie heavy stone bys SR wings hills on Fisher, Plumb and Long stands. Baron Hum- boldt, the philosovher and travel. lor, in his oe, speaks of a belt of land lying between the Connecticut river and ipaton all tho charaoterisiics which as poagsessing go to make one of the most salubrious climates in the world, His description tallies exactly with this local'ty, Tee protection from the high winda and contiguity to the warm waters of the Gulf stream are two of reasons which the Baron adduces in support of his theory. Tho Pequot Houre, with its ten or twoive cottages aitached, is capable of accommodating about six hundred le pee influx strangers was caused by the val ‘THR YACHT VLEET, which anchored in the harbor, opposite the Pequot House. During the storm of last Su: in a's Hi oe night the flect was snugly ensconced in Toye which place they sailed on Monday morning, about eight o'clock, van, Montag, tormncon ta aternoon tho guests especial oe youn; yachting ‘and yacht: rire tbee ot Honea, jn ‘of nothing else bu men. h one had a favorl' fabulous sums were wagerod. that their favorito one woul four o'clock two guns, fired in quick sucecssion, an- nounced the arrival of one of the squadron. Hard!: had the smoke escaped from tho side of tho little cra! when the whari was crowded with the ladi itle- men from the hotel, who remained stationary til! five o'clock watching the yachts as they came in. The first vessel to arrive was the Calypso, next ea delle, A number of the yachts hove to at the year. — be a Preto the bom for the purpose of waiting for ‘ommodore, wi piven Erders to. that effbct, This, of course, ac- counts for the Iatenoss of many in reachin; at the choring grounda At five o'clock the whole firct wae safe! lying at anchor. The bands on the United schoolehip Sabino, which is sta- tioned in this harbor, and on board the Magic and Jeanette B hon lively a ‘until far into the night, and tended very much to enliven tho scone, Tucaday morning ed with rather a high wind from the north. cast, mak ft consultation on board the Commodore's yacht, t would not be advieablo to take tho Indies of the house out for a sail, ae tended, Some of the boats, how- evor—thelr skippers deeming them ortra sea boats—wil! veuture with as much fair freight as considers itvelf equal to the occasion. At noon a dinner was given in each yacht toacertain number of invited guests from the Pequot House. Newrony, R. 1, August 17, 1866. semars, Perhaps it may be interesting to the readers of the Heeavp, notwithstanding that for twenty years or more they have been accustomed to read of Newport in its columns, to be told once again that it lies in latitude 41 degrees 20 minutes north, and in Ti degrees 17 minutes cast longitude, and contains from twelve to fifteen thousand inhabitants. Newport was settled in 1639 by Mr. William Coddington and seventeen others. If Mr. William wero only aware what very little advance- ment his settiement has made in over two centuries, he certainly would not be very proud of being looked epon asthe layer of the corner stone, An old book that I camo across the other day, informed me that ‘the wors’tp of God according to the ritual of the Church of England, was established here in 1706 by the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts.’ About this time Trinity charch, which still stands, was erected. This was the only place of worship which the English respected while in possession of the place during the Rovolution. Under the organ of Trinity runs this in- scription:—“Tho gift of Lord Berkely, Lord Bishop of Cloyne.” Newport was a good city in those days, and godly ministers multiplied rapidly. ‘What a falling off is hero, my countrymon."’, The first Congregational church was erected in 1720, The Rev, Nathaniel Clapp was or- dained its first pastor. The eminent Rev. Samuel Hop- kine was for many years pastor of this church, and is buried in the ground adjacent. Newport bas always been noted for its good society, ‘The inhabitants, for about one hundred years, bave boasted that they were a more literary and better in- formed people than any of their neighbors, and they still lay claim to possessing the most cultivated and refined society in the Union, Be that as it may, undoubtedly for many years past, ante bellum particularly, this place has beon the resort during the summer months of the Degutiful, the gay and the rich. The aMuent planters of the South were the first to bring It into notice as a fashionable watering place. As the heat in their own lagd ecame uncomfortable, thoy would remove conerally ptaying st Newport, where they could enjoy the iavigorating breezes of the sea and participate in the reibarkable healthfuiness, of the climate. There are, alas, few of these Southern people to be found here now, and in their absence Newport has lost one of ite principal charma, ‘U9B Al SEWPORT. 4 “Gi your roadere know what life at Newport ie. Rising tm the morning af @ lete hour, drypsing ifor break{nat, driving and walking, preparing for dinner; then driving up and down the avenue, “to gee and be seen.” The even- ings at the hotels are, to my mind, absolutely stupid. ; At the Ocean House the music t¢ unexceptionable» the hall and drawing rooms are elegant places for promenading nd dancing, Tho company is large, well dressed and generally pursable, But the great drawback is want of s0- ciability. It is one continual endless stare, The evenings ‘aro stifand formal. A little doacien moeid 1 romedy ie evil, but nobody soems inclined to Batard i a feeble hop is attempted. it Pacwe Stry with no sortof spirit, It" might disar- range te dra ce tsooespens OS Feats Se Sent ee w just 80, ‘2 CHORT TIME ON THE HAI Gontlo reader, this i@ too I, of ce, Ocean House, It is ab-ut three bun g and eighteen wide, and ia polished almost as smoothly an giase. It ts the place where the greater part of the transient peauty ‘and fashion of Newport is to be seen of an even- ing, Suppose you take @ sont with md right hore, and for a few moments we will watch thead briltiantly costumed couples as thoy march to and fro, Here are two unocenpied chairs be id by the hang- ing pictures of the Russian count and close to the door of the handsome drawing-room. Well, firat 1 will call our attention to that tall, flne-looking gentleman dressed i the United States naval uniform, That is an officer from one of the school #hips in the harbor; there are five of them, you know, lying here at the present time: the Macedonian, Savannah, Winn-pog, y Saco, and the yacht America. They aro all at anchor in the outer harbor. That young 'ady dressed in blue ia the daughter of one of our ithiest Eastern merchants. He made the buik of his fortune out of tallow, she is ‘an heiress, but 1s not admitted into the best society here. ‘Why I know not, unless it Is that her papa made for- tune from tallow, At Row pas, you must understand, there are lines of de: rawo between classes ag broad ag any that eeparates castes in the old country. They may not be so olearly defined, but they exist nevertheless, bees this tall, elegant-looking girl with bluo eyes and frizziod hair, leaning so gracefully Upon tho arm of that fasbionable-looking beau, 's mis- trees ot a half million or more, and is courted for that probably as much as for her beauty. The young man with ber is not rich but belongs to one of the first families of New York city, and that is equal to riches at Newport. Theso two ladies moving along. together are to be seen every summor at Newport, Saratoga and Long Branch; they are maiden ladies, protty we.l up in years, but they make great efforis to balk tho marks of time. You will observe that they have failen into the old fash- fon revived of powdering the hair. Some would be so Il natured a8 to hat they do it to hide tho gray bairs, but I am inclined to think that it is merely from a coufirmed habit of following the extreme fashion, what- ever it may be, which those two ‘'forty’’ ladies hi been aceustomed to for the last quaster of a century, ‘They are rich and could have been married long ago— why they did not I cannot tell. ‘THR YACHT FLEET. Those three jolly looking follows, dressed in simple blue uniform and talking to these two sweet girls from Boston, who made auch a sensation at the hop at New London the other evening, belong to the New York Yacht sqnadron, now im the harbor, ‘The poor fellows bad rather abard time of it after they left New London. ‘That was on the morning of the 16th inst., you know. and nearly every member of the floct was protty weil used up after the ball of the previous evening, Commo- dore ‘icVickar got thom underway, however, bright and early in the morning. They were as usual accompanied by Collector Symth’s family and an invited company of ladies and gentlemen on board the revenue outter C»ya- hoga Towards evening they encountored a heavy galo from the north, and in entering this harbor Into in the evening, Iam sorry to gay, two of the yachts got agronnd, These were tho Magic (flagship) and the Calypso. In the morning they wore towed olf, without sug aining much injury, by the Revenue cutter Miami. The boat first in waa tho Eva among the sloops and tho Phanton of the schooner ricgod. They all came in straggling order, and up to the time of my writing there are One or two which have not yet made thoir appear. ‘ance, having put back to Stonington. If the fleet had not been under orders they might havo stopped at Ston- ington about five o'clock in the afternoon and ha! a good time, and thon sailed for Nowport after the storm had somewhat abated. But they were under orders which they were bound to obey. Probably if there were a proviso made at the start, that should the weather prove foul they might have the option of running into some port designated, bofore reaching their destination, it would gave a good deal of voxation and avoid unplas- ant occurrences like that of Wednesday night. Yestor- day it blew freshly all day and vory little was done aboard the yachta, ‘In the evening Mrs P. Stevens, of Boston, cave a reception at which a number of the yacht- meu were present. ON THR AVENUR, the presence of the school ships and the Yacht squadron makes things a little more lively than they have been since the opening : the season. Yoaterday pa yond u Je presented s very gay appearance, reminding ol ibly and pleasantly of Siyen times. If was amus- ing and interesting to observe the various oquipages and their occupants as they b herders Ladios as & gene- ral thing held the ribbons while lords of the croation lolled back at their case. There are the usval number of splendid turnouts, Mr. J. F. Cole drivesa four in hand, two blacks and twograys. Mr. Vyee, of the corner Broadway and Walker street, has a ss out of four Irs, OX- Park, is without doubt the best equestrienn: on the "avenue, she is to be sem every day. She is nover bya Neman. who is an tnvalid. Mra bionde, drives ithern =, kinduesses from her. The most disgusting thi 4m this way of extreme fashion (God save the mark {) that it has been my lot to record for many a day bas appeared upon the avenue in the shape of four BNAMRLLED PRMALFS. Where are these fantastic tricks before high heaven Sur & darings” to nqusene thomeeives into. cvery shape our ¢ ings” 0078 Ives in but that ofthe by villanous corsets, : ‘and const! tution, We said nothing or little about tho hideous waterfall and the barbarous rate and mice; we pomattma, false paddings, plempers aud ing, okira; oma jogs, plumpers and tii rts; rit when {t comes to this that ladies tnust venoor thom? selves, like a drawing room table, in order to ploage their am, | and command an admration, it ts time that we should spur ourselves up to the ex, of aloud and honest indi This the rage in ‘The deprive themesives of « great dea! of eajeymen jeprive themselves of a great e1 it. They cannot laugh heartily. A sweet ante 4 attempt. A, good, crack them and smash them all to bits, Then, tho con- ® quences are a long, tedious joarnoy to Paris for a second coat. They cannot take more than three varnishing: the fourth one being fatal. Our beauties, shining ‘and glistening like porcelain bowl, drive up and down the avenue every afternoon Thank goodness, the young lad'ca here do not as yet seem enamored of the custom. The enamolled fe os are evidently just now sent to Coventry. UNDER THE ROSE. Of course there isa good deal of tho ewb rosa life at fash ouable watering places that is never made public. here are bidden things—arrangoments on the sly—at port, only known to the initimed. Blacklegs of a higher order, from New York and other places, flourish hero among tho bon fon, and do a clevor stroke of busines, Not very far from the Ocean House stands « neat tit- tle cottage that yoars ago would have been called a lordly mansion ‘na city of the size of Now It is com- pletely hid from view by the thick Tolinge of the aur- rounding treea, which grow at New, ag woll known, Tost luxuriously, A neat, trim fence encircles the ground; bat wi ‘a most curious, there is no Porcoptible entrance anywhero around the enclo- peti Howe can Rmedlipes initiated or oe - 7 8 € re is vat heing fac simile of the place, without Potlceable latch or binge, it is no open sezame to those who are pot called upon to enter, Ia these sacred procinets dinne? of a much moro sumptuous character than at any of the hotels ts served every evening at five o'clock. At that hour you m ght remark the “fast ones" quietly leaving tho galleries of the hote wending their way to tho It is here and in like places that the lemen Who contracted the habit of an {ndolgence in an excitement far outstripping that of fas- cioating ety their evenings and their y, spend money. Here the ban! ih aay | 4 ik ig atiacked with virulence nightly, soMR NOTO! Of course there are always Newport during the season. are colonels, judges and distinguished politicians. General Sherman has been here, is expected again. General Grant and family bave rooms engaged at the Fillmore. crane 0h maneologph at je onasd At the Ocean House, which isa fine and exceilent- kept hotel, there are three hun: and fifty guests. Imong them are three of four from one Kuss.an prince, and an English lord. bame of the Russian prince is Nicolas Aufoussow, He is accompanied frt'h Waa ano ae see a nu uth well. Ir. K. T. Digby. They are both fro: , m London. Mr, Peabody, the Loon aie is making a short stay here, Ho the guest Mr, George Podady ‘etmore, The Yale Glee Club, who came here from Boston the other “7 in a yacht, have been giving some éxcolicnt A GRAND RACE took Fic? ta-dey 12 Che nexbet oF a which I will = oe Eras, ‘6 retet fa pore aa ys aS fork, and. the ny olongisg. io. Oagouds ot “apd ogy James to according to by the rules of annette. The hts went out in fi the faking tbe ine rp oy keeled to leeward, ox, a trne er apt, an Fact oso aboard wero juently eame Socal the the Vesta four mater, to in three won the one ere tere visemes a rviae srs of England, said wes how one vessel thet Would have an; To. morrow the Palmor and Verte THE FASHIONS. OUR PARIS SPECIAL FASHIONS CORRESPONDENCE. A Great Revolution fn the Shape of Skirts— Contrabtion, not Expansion—The Result — History About to Repeat Itself—The Cache Crinoline Bonnets — Jockey Cos- tume—Tho Transition Age in Tollette—A Key to the Fashions Terms, Panis, August 3, 1866, Tam afrald your readers will think I am taking a great Uberty with their emotions when I announce the coming fashions; but wherever a dire event is anticipated 1 havo ever thought it more satisfactory to know the worst than live in suspense, Moreover it is untvorsally true that Ml news travels fast; #0 that any woll-moant delicacy of fesling on my part would be superabundant and fastidious. Readers, I thorefore impress on you the necessity of keeping calm while you loarn that we are all before autumn to go about in skirts as narrow and tight as we Can convenlontly walk in, and that noxt winter we are to look like Meadames Récamier, Tallien, Abrantis, &o. A crowd of historical aasoolations and absurd souvenirs somewhat confuse my brain while these names drop from my pen on paper, A phantasmagoria of female figures arise in white satin skirts, cut umbrella shape (with the handle downwards), and not a fold to hide the anatomy of humanity. I fancy I see some in leg-of- mutton eleeves; others with their waists encircled by belts just under their arm-pits, and the heads of aly surmounted by turbans voluminous enough to content the elevated ideas of a Mussulman. All these ladies sidle up and down a well lit drawing room; the thin ones all angles, as if their mem- bers were hung on wires; tho fat ones intent on dofeat- ing spontaneous combustion! Thoy stand up ina circle, each led to the dance by a cavalier in yellow legging, a sky blue coat and brass buttons, with his head only just Perceptiblo under the two towering points of an incredl- ble shirt collar, Both lad’es and gentlemen bow as low as tho ‘‘conve- niances’’ and the nature of their upper clothing allow, after which preliminaries two guests advance alone and slide through a minuet, the lady courtseying a great deal ‘and performing the feat of bending her arms gracefully over her head without eplitting her gloves at the elbows. Tho gontloman, meanwhile, has to do the smiling part and a vaat amount of pantomime with a three-cornered hat; bis blue coat tails donot flap till tho end, when tho accelerated motion of tho dance domands a cortain dis- play of energy. When theso two have sufficiently edifled the byatanders, either seated or standing on a ring to ad- mire their evolutions, othera volunteer, and a gavot fol- lows, each party dancing in cad ance, “turbans and all. Bon bons then circulate, with glasses of sugar and water, and at this point, without tho help of any stronger refroshments, my delirium increases, I see Robespierre and Marat rush in, Roche and Charlotte Corday follow; all join in an anachronism which is nothing Jess than the wildest can-can, The absurdity of Robespierre’s action startles mo; I awake to reality, and discover that the future fashions have carried mo so far back that Iam forgetting the present, though I have ample matier for earnest discourse, I must make an cffort to recall my ecattero:l senses, ‘The cache-traine, or new crinoline, which I described in my last, has this week been introduced to the Parisian public by one of thoir fashion posters, This ieads me to say that the real favhions have on other occasions bosides this, been conveyed to New York, through the columns of the Himatp, before the French have known of their existence, It was so with the Neapolitan cata- lan, It‘had been worn here in high quarters and kept by millincrs in reserve for the élite of society long bo- fore any mention was made of it in the beat publications on “les mod-as.”’ This catalan bas been much improved ; it is now nothing but a square of maize colored or jet beads with a few rows of the samo under the chin and over thechignon. Strings aro discarded from all the now shapes; circular falls of blonde and lace are worn instead, . ‘The new bonnet is called ‘owl.’ Itis a verv dimin- ied &@ round of goffered an nothing accossories, Vandykes and festoons are seen on everything. NEW JERSEY INTELLIGENCE. Jersey City. afternoon sleeping in an open boat at the foot of Gouver- peur street, New York. Their subsequent movements were secretly dog, till about two o'clock Friday morn- ing. when they were overhauled at Jorgey City and their tded as who attempted to murder Havo- meyer & Elder's private watchman at the foot of South Fourth street, Williamsburg. Their names are John Ryan, alias Sheeny McLoughlin, John Brady, alias Coffey, and Patrick Walsh. The iron was identified by ia F. Judson, No. 235 South street, New York, as his Tho arrosta were made by sergeant Fitzgerald and officers Thom and Jeffrey of the New York harbor police, and accused afe pos tively known as belonging to the one ‘Mitebell, the mate of the schooner John Boynton, at Flushing bay, last December. Aftera partial examination before the Recordor their case was adjourned to Wed 1 to await the arrival of important witnesses from New York. 5 Ding axp Ajymen.—Ejjen Fallon, whosg ee antipathy against the police has been seldom gr tried bor hand yesterday afternoon on an officer, who seemed inclined to dispute her possession of the high- EM. She made a furious attack on the officer, but was jod wid bryogh to the station house, where another ed individual named Broughton appoared and charged her with assan!t! # broomstick. The Punic heroine, being obliged to capitulate, was quite a ae hoped the Recorder would show her him wit! Bergen. Scppax Drata,—John Dwyer, employed as an hostler by the Jersey City and Bergen Horse Railroad Company, while playing with one of his children Friday evening, ‘6 hia opinion that death enau it, Deceased was thirty-seven ife and two children, and was an man. Hoboken. Tar Jouwsox Democratic Civas.—Gread activity pre- vaile in the democratic camp in this quarter preparatory to the coming elections, Two Johnson clubs are in ox- istence in West Hobokon, and the members make ita ge to travel round and canvass for their Lim fl Upto he their success has been trifling, but a caucus ‘will be held on Wednesday evening to try their try strength os to consider the address of the Vhiladelphia Conven- jon, COUNT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. Before Jumiccs Kelly and Dowling. This court convened yesterday morning, and disposed of a calendar of sixty-four cases, ombracing petty larceny, Assanit and battery, &c, Ina great many cases the ac, cused pleaded fguilty, and were sentenced by the Court according to the circumstances of the case, A RNPRESENTATIVE OF THE FREEDWEN'S HURBAU IN TROUBLE, Notwithstanding the Christianizing influences which flow from the efforts of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and the when next he Coat, watch and money. Justice Dowilng ordered that the ace: be well cared for at the island for the space sed ae me of the remainder of the cases the 18} 1e To) adjourned until Tueeday, the Zist instant. PLEASURE PLACES, OUR LONG BRANCH CORRESPONDENCE, Loxa Branow, August 18, 1866, THE NATURAL ADVANTAGES OF “THE BRANCH." ‘The three young iadies who have been apparently oo- cupied in crochet work any time since the sicge of Troy, and who are called the Fates, have evidently destined te Long Branch an enduring and increasing popularity, The groat reason of this is undoubtedly ite contiguity ¢e New York, When the much quoted paderfamilias, at the instance of mamma and the girls, determines te transfer himself aud them and bis Lares and Ponates te @ watering place, his first consideration is to select some place from which he can pass to the city without much loss of time, Stocks, you see—conveniently described by Mrs. Malaprop as ‘things that go up and down in the ctity’—cannot be altogether neglected. If the White Mountainé could only be cast into the sea, and ‘fetch up” some- where near tho Battery, or Saratoga be packed off bodily, springs and all, to the eastern coast of Hobokem, al wonlg be well; but neither of these may fairly be judged as pdablo contingencies, Si le nex de Clépatre eft ott pus court, toute la face de la terre aurait changé, and #@, instead of waiting fora modern miracle, of which Mr. Spurgeon even never dreamed, most sensible folk bie them to Long Pranch. Here, if the father of a family be a stock broker, an oMccholder, a journalist, a butcher, a baker, or a candlestick maker, he may pay a daily visit to the city to see how Guatemala fives ar¢ getting on, and still bo back to a four o'clook bathe and an early dinner, Long Branch has sprung up like a mushroom; it awoke one fine morning, not very long ago, and found itself famous. And yet it bears its honors with a matter-of-course aspect, af though it had been born with a first class watering place silver spoon, marked “Stetson,” in its mouth. It ca not boast annals like those of Seon, at which the pao! D’Orsay and !’Homme Rouge have shouldered each other at the dining room door, and the Baroness Greg: swig has gotten drunk in a ladylike manner on the beach; but It is not improbable that time may remedy Uhis fashionable defect. TUE VISITORS AND THER AMUSEMENT For at Long Branch just now there is as gly a com pany as any American watoring place can boast; for the most part, families—de reste, parties of gon who are to be seen at Secaucus, Hoboken, and toga races, who get ennuye by the dally din atthe club, who go where they list, and go in gonerally time, It istrue that with an the “the good time’’ takes the ethora of what the children of are on thele Branch. Hore gallantry gaue erie, and it ts only once ina while that be whom would have taken for a beng ap ane As for the ladies, they here, and they have 80 much and ng, Reape Perfectly happy.” Mamma \y + on » plays a ishing morning tollotie, and dances in the evening with eale a who have mustaches, and weer wisps of white neckties. for the brother aforesaid, he runs about the sand in ecstacies Esme delight, not exactly “armed and as the, Girecta, with a shovel anda hoe,"’ quite competent to the erection of sand leo curiously impregnable embankments, When the bath. ing.hour arrives the beach is dotted with little aren py ap ergy ree gery mg And TRE THRES GR'AT BALA, But the great events of the season at have beon the throe balis at the myo ¢xhilg- ; « were instances treme di the lad! may ere the and of sprinkling the neck and with dust; and among the gentiemen the only outraged good taste was tbat which ry velvet shooting coat and a red i For i setiliis Mr. Charles compliment thus paid hi and elegant arrangemont* i i Hi i children. Some toddling little ereatares preter dign' and ered bale and exquisite tril and ail: the li tt i h lest 3 le burs upon the world ns adept vad the sullen of ae thet pride im th if