The New York Herald Newspaper, September 8, 1868, Page 4

4 eee YACHTING. ——~ The Anglo-American Interna- tional Contest. Race Round the Isle of Wight and Defeat of the Sappho. By the steamship City of London, at this port, we have the following complete special report from otr correspondent at Cowes of tho tnternational yacht race and the defeat of the Sappho in England, with the English versions of the contest and victory. The International Yacht Race=Muster Off Cowes=Seenes on Shore and Aflont—The Start, Sailing, Accidents, Time and Result. Cowss, Isle of Wight, August 25, 1863, ‘The great international yacht race between the American schooner Sappho and the four British clippers Cambria, Aline, Oimara and Condor took place to-day in accordance with Captain Baldwin's challenge, but in consequence of a series of most unto’ mishaps Which befell the American ‘vessel, culminating im the loss of her jibboom off Ventoor, the match was to a great extent of its interest, and the so far certainly as the Sappho was concerned, afforded no adequate criterion of the sailing capa- ‘The Sappho's chapter of nced as far back as Saturday last, nm lying quietly at her moorings, near en's Buoy, off Cowes Castle, A heavy gale i several of the yachts in compelled to shift their berths in ce of the wind, While execut- | Sir P. Shelley's schooner En- nfortunately ran foul of the Sappho's sta 1 bow, causing her to drag her anchor and driving her his manwuvre neen’s Buoy, from which all board were unabie to extri- 3. At first apprehensions 9 Sappho had recelved er ling, and Captain | r to be taken into dock ta t be inspected and thor- | nit was found thatshe erigl damage from the collision; 0 ible, on account of the formation to get her on a gridiron, the task of 1 iavolved the removal of all the iron rt bow, occupied a longer time than 0 1, and late on Monday evening it e very cu able whether the operation ibe completed by the hour appointed for the 3 nees it was thought that Captain Baldwin 1 have been quite justided in demanding a postp ent of the match; but as the Cambria, with whom he was partictlarly anxious to measure the Sappho, had to léave Cowes during the week he determined to adhere, so far as was practicable, to the letter of big challenge, and by oi hard work all night all was made snug and ape, and shortly after sunrise the Sappho left the dock and took up hey berth in line with her four ou British competitors, ‘The yachts were moored under the direction of the sulling committee of the Royal Yacht Squadron off the Castle, the stations counting from the island shore. Owners, R. Sutton pt. Ewing » Tennant -Oimara.. 3 4 ‘Cambri .Mr, J. Ashbury 5.. Sappho...Schooner.. 300...C. & R, Poiilon ‘The following was the scale of time allowance:— at S. Sappho allows Oimara 0 0 Sappho allows Con 9 12 Sappho allows Alin 9 12 Sappho allows Camb 1 65 Oimara eliows Sappho. 0 0 Oin 1 allows Conor. 6 16 Olmara allows Aline 6 16 Olmara allows Cambria 8 60 The wind was light from N. W., but the look of the sky to windward gave promise of fresh breezes. ‘Tide, last half hour of the ebb. By provious arrangement the starting hour had been altered from nine A. M. to ten A. M., andas the appointed time drew near the whole roadstead was alive with craft of every size and rig, heavily Treighted wiih passengers, all eager to see how the eiraager would acquit herself in her trial, while far away to the eastward a large fleet of ya could be discovered evidently bent on accompanying the matek and wisely takiag the precaution w get a vod start, in addition to his own crew, which consisted only of seven mnen before the mast, Captain Baldwin had engaged a dozen hands from Cowes to assist in working the Sappho, aud had also been so fortunate as to secure the services of Penny, the well known Southampton pilot, whose Knowledge of these waters js unequalled by any man living, with the excep- tion, perlaps, o 1 Nicholls,” of the Alarm. On board the Sappho, osts of Captain Baldwin, were Colonel Any TARS, of the Coldstream Guards; Captain Legard, Ro N., the Chairman of the Royal Yacht Squadron Sailing Comuittee; Co.oaei Verochoyles, owner of the Leda, schoone Mr. Grunell, Mr. Jones, owner of the Miranda » W. Poillon, of New ; Mr. Harilug, the f mericea Coned jar Ageut at | Cowes; Ralsey, the well known Cowes builder, and one or two members of the London press. fe starting gun was fired punctually at teu ck, avd ail the competitors were Med smart in under Canvas, the Sappho, notwithstanding bored under the disadvantage of a “‘com- crew, who were unaccustomed to work to- slag the first to cant to starboard under justi, jib beaded fore and main-iopaails, ying ib. ‘he Oimara set a square headed | the Condor a jib headed, and the Cambria and | headed topsails at the main and square { the fore. Immediately sie was fairly under way the Sappho “Winged” her foresall, aud ie olor two echoones*, shorly afterwards followed suit. Off Old Castie P oint the Sappho attempted to | tforetopaa4y, put the yard unfortunately got | With Lu, poom and Snapped short om At s¢ ol VLe race the Aline Was standing ciose he land, with the Condor on her port quar- “appho being abreast of Lhe two, but consid- over towards the main land aud little distance a@bead of the Cambria 4, Who occupied the ltermediate posl- 0 now sent up a working foretopsail Veatl, but the wind was very light and | Variable, coming Ju fitful puffs, and noue of the cou pevitors seemed to be making much headway. En- tering Ryde roads the Condor reached the Ailne and Jed the w but off the Quarantine ground Mr, Sutton's seh again resuined ler former po- | 0 geitit gether, fore aiid n fib and NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. ‘The wind new came very “ the. Oim: reachil rapidly w took fourth “piace off Suan four the sy nine. ‘ThE ia ~~ Chine. rd vt t and kept break them ote Ay fort tive. aniputes past Lwelve te e made a board to eowratt ‘and the Cambria dor Oimara foliowed 81 om Ventnor, tifty-fve minutes past tweimn me Sappho caught a nice breeze and wea peso leaders fast, the weather belug extremely curious, no two of the competitors having, to all appearance, the same wind and tide, At oneo’clock the Cambria acked and stood iu for shore right across tue Sappho’s bows. About a minute later the Sappho ana Oimara also went about, the Aline and Condor Still holding on the o] ite tack rightin thestrength of the tide, At een minutes past ong was standing close under Ventnor, aud just as she was in the act of golng about, an ominous crash was heard forward and her enormous jibboom came u) » with a convulsive jerk and suapped “like a carrot’ about a foot froni the cap, carrying with it jibtop- sail and jib in one chaotic mass over the starboard bow. This crowning catastrophe in the Sappho's long chapter of accidents, of course, put her hope- lessly hors de combat, as not only was upwards ofa quarter of an hour lost tn sechong the momen anes under the bow, but the schooner, thus deprived of her head sails, was placed at a ruinous disadvan- tage, a8 compared with the others, in the heat to windward for St. Catharines. The miship was the more unfortunate as at the moment it occurred the Sappho was doing beautifully and holding her owo wat with the English clippers, and Captain Baldwin, who was deeply sympathized with by all on board in his misfortune, seemed confident that she would make up her lost ground as soon as she got into the “bubble” southwest of the lighthouse, The accident itself was most remarkable, as at the time the wind was extremely light and the schooner Was put about as tenderly ag a baby. The Engilsh yachtmen on b ard, ag a matter of course, laid the Whole biame of the contretemps On “that cursed fying jib;” but Captain Baldwin and Mr. 0. Bunker, the Sappho’s experienced sailing master, were 0 opinion that the jibboom must have been ‘sprung’? by the collision With the Enchantress on Saturday aud the injury to the spar overlooked in the hurried examination which took place while the schooner was in dock, Under these trying circumstances, however, the Only alternative was to makea long board out seaward in the last hope of the wind eouthering, of which there was every syinptom at the time, so a3 to enable the Sappho to fetch St. Catherines without the necessity of making short acks under the shore, in which the Sappho in her adition could have had no chance against ponents. This was accordingly decided on and tae schooner’s head laid southwest. Tn the mean- tune the two cutters had gradually crept away from the Aline and Cambria and at two o'clock held a jong lead, all four making a succession of short tacks under the shore for St. Ogtherines. ote tes Ai thirty-elght minutes past two the Sappo went about nearly live miles due south of the LUghthouse and looked up Well for the Needles, the Omara and Condor being at this point half way across Fresi water bay, hali down from the Sappho’s deck and a long way ahead of the schooners, who were working up for the Needies some distance to leeward of the leaders, At 8:27 the Sappho was abreast of +) Catherines about three and a half miles astern of the Cambri and at 8:50 she went about on the port tack, the win having now freshened into a fine, slashing breeze and the sea getting up, At 4:10 the sa tacked and shaped her course straight for the Needles, baying reached considerably bs as the two English schoon- ers ip the last board, he Oimare and Uondor were now sighted, both standing on the port tack, appa- rently close together, so as to fetch the Needles, the Aliné and Cambria still holdjng on the opposite tack some littie distance astern an Sonsigeranly nearer the leaders than they were off Freahwater. a Al Con: The Needies were weathered in the following order and Lunes. 8 a Afier rounding the Needles the Sappho shifted her working topsatl and set a jibheader, aud ow Yar- mouth sent up her middle staysatl, but by this time the leaders were almost out of sight, and at sunset the wind, which had been very paltry from the Needles, died away to nothing. e other yachts, on the contrary, brought with them & fair leading wind up the west changel, and off Yarmouth tue two schooners in turn ran the cutter the Cambria taking the lead of the whole flest neat Lepe. » From this ge there was no further change in the position of the competitura, the race belug cun- ciuded as under:— ag aM S&. Cambria. 6 17% 50 Condor. Aline.. 6 19 65 Sappho. Olmara., 6 23 10 The Cambria was consequently declared the win- ner, irrespective of the time allowance of two min- tutes thirty-six seconds she was entitled to receive from the Aline for difference of tonnage. Captain Baldwin, as inight be expected, was Chg dissatis- fied with the result of the race, which he attributed solely to the loss of the Sappho’s jibboom off Ventner, and immediately on coming ashore telegraphed to his owners, Messrs. ©. & R. Poillon, of New York, for instructions respecting a return match round the Eddystone Lighthouse, a course that would doubt- less display the Sappho’s sailing capabilities to far greater advantage than the circuit of the island. Up to the time of the departure of the mail no definite arrangements have been arrived at in the matter; bat tt may be mentioned that the owners of the Aline, Oimara and Condor, on learning of Captain Baldwin's desire for a fresh trial, at once expressed their willingness to accommodate him on iis own terms, provided Messrs. Poilion were disposed to make the mate, — EXQUSH ACCOUTTS, The Interoatiqual Race Round the Isle of Wight. [From the London ated Angust 23.) Tho groat international yacht race, looked forward to with so mach anxiety, has come to a disappoint- ing termination. Our yachting correspondent tele- graphs that the yachts, the Sepp (American), Aline, Cambria, Oimara and Condor (English), started from Cowes with a smart breeze, but that the Sappho carried away her jibboom off Ventnor, aust iad no chance from the beginning, For 8 long time the Aline led, but she was over- hauled by the Olmara, who was first round the Needles. While eh up the Solent, however, the Cambria shot ahead aud came in first, the American schooner being miles astern of the last boat. ‘The following time was takea:— Cawbria—6h. lim, 608, Allne—6h. 19in. 658, Oimara—6h, 23m. 10a, Condor—éi, 2410. 308, (Cowes (August 23—evcning) correspondence of Lon- don Times, The Cambria won the race without recetving her time allowance—all four of the English yachts arriv- ing at the Anish of the race close ether, with the American schoonor miles astern of them, Starting before the wind for the east end of the island from Cowes ia the bag bod ran the English yachts hard at one time, but on lufing to the wind round Bembridge Ledge she feil to leeward of all the o:hers and was completely outpaced by them. Soon after carryt ee} her martingale and jibboom she did still Worse, and all hor chances of success in the race were goue. ‘The four English yachts beat up to windward from Bemlridge to the Needles over a iee tide in close Sotapany ender a freshening breeze and after weath- ering the Needles ran ‘up for Cowes Roads, where they finished ba 4 ray pore ge #.tlou, wud the Cambria and Oumara gradually came pria. imara. = Ce terms Pah be Sappho, the ee oiing ep ‘ H ie Stease FH Flightly astern of the feet as they breasted the plei My cortes} ri tie positions of the competitors Delage at this kage | (Cowes (August 26) Mere pondence of Liverpool a5 lollows:—Aline first, Condor second, Cambria tiuird, Otmara fourth, Sappho ftth., Of Ryde the Sappho gybed and stood for the Noleman fort, but from her extreme outevle postion sho ac aroely ‘at any of the wind, while the others nearer in ury. ‘The grand challenge yacut race round the Iste of Wight by the American clipper yacht Sappho and the English yaonts Condor, Uimara, Aline and Cam- ere runving into a nice breeze, * Between Ryde and the Noleman the Sappho was | accompanied by a beautiful tue steam launch be- jouging to Mr. t, @ member of the Weil known Anglo-American banking firm tn Paris, who hoisted the Stars and Stripes in honor of the occasion, \ At 11:05 the Aline rounded the Noman, followed by the Condor, Cainviia, Oimara and Sappno in the order | bamed, Mr tton’s schooner leading the Sappho by upwards of @ quarter of a mile. Kooning for Brem- | bridge buoy the wind freshened in a nice topsail | breeze, aud the Sappho speedily began to show what she could do, walking past the big Oi: to wind. | Ward ia gallant style of the Lode, and reaching fast | Upon the leaders, This state of things apparentiy | id not suit the Scoteh cutter, and she took in ber bailoon topsail aud get a smaller; but she seemingly gained nothing uy the change, as the Bappho ou- Unued to leave her hand over hand, At 11:25 the Aline went about, but the others held on their course, the Condor, Cambria and Sappho being now all Logether in a ciuster. The wind here fresheved considera! ng tree from nortiwest, and every- | ‘thing teemed to promise well for the Sappho, who was | going splendidiy; b this critical moment she met | with her second mishap, carrying away her bobstay | ft ack rope) of QGuiner cli, ‘dhe Aline was now jcadt he whole feet and behaving beautifully, with the Cambria and Condor ort distance astern, but close together, the cutter to windward and about two cables! lengths ahead of the Sappho, who was holdii her wind splendidly and doing extremely ‘well with the two cutters, albeit by this time the huge Oimara had crept up dangerously close upon her weather quarter. The last named, however, off Cuiner cliff carried away her topsail gat, and the wreck falling to leeward she was in diMcuities for weveral minutes, but nevertheless continued to keep | ol pretty good terms with the leaders. ‘the wisi, which had hitherto come fn fitful puts from the cliff, now steadied and veered vut a point further westward, and tie achts bowled —alon; in splendid — styie trough Sandown Bay, the Aline reaching beaut- fuily and doing her best vo shake of the dangerous Cambria, who had weathered the Condor off St. Helens, Of Colnes ip Banyo. took in her jib top- pall and middie 8: fl and the Cambria her fore fopsall, by way of making all snug for the reach rougn the . At non the pimare had repaired damages and set working topsatl—the leaders bemg at this tine abreast of Shania, where tae Condor passed tie Ca Bud, Gpisiug out ly Windward, took Becoud ace. { ‘ | ts @ room where a brTa, has resulted fn favor of the latter vessel. The os ene Hioade ot ten A. M. to-day, roceeding eastwal ere Was @ pti northwes! reeze blow wt tho ar, A oe iey verse tide. ‘Tue Aline led off ii meiy, the Cambria follow. ing closely, the Sappho (American schooner) and Condor lagging. The Cambria soon overhauled the Aline. On making the Needles they had a fine leading wind up the west nei, and, after a splendid and exciting race between the four English achts, (the American being some milea behind, hey arrived off the club ‘house evoutng in the following order;— aM. tM, a Cambria (schooner), 6 17 Condor (outter|.... 6 26 Aline (schooner)... 6 1@ Sappho (schooner), 7 66 Olmara (cutter).... 6 20 At the close ihe Cambria and the Aline came in almoet abreas) of each other, the Cambria leading by two minutes, Tue others were almost out of the Sappho bringing up tue rear, having broken ber jib- boom besides other damage, ‘The result was hailed with loud cheerlag by the Muliitudes gathered at Cowes, REMARKABLE CAYS IN Connrcricut.—A, remark- Able cave las recently been discovered on the farm of Frederick Miles, Salisbury, Tho entrance consists of @ narrow winding passage about three feet wid two feet high and fliteen feet in length, descendi Jnoto & chamber fifteen feet high, hung with beauti Btalactites. Passing through this chamber there is @ Wido but low apartinent avout twenty feet in length, terminating in a large room where large stalagm| Warn one to tread carefully, while above the stalac- titos sparkle and reflect the light — from the candies, Passing {rough another gallery ja stalactite reaches from the roof to the floor ait forms one vast pil- | lar, resembling a sheet of water frozen. About four | feet from the floor this plilar spreads out in all direo- | tions like an Inverted tunnel ora cone, and as one continues looking at {t, : Appears to be flowing like | weter, Passing along ‘through a number of galleries | and large rooms too many and va.ted to particular: | Ize, the visiior comes to @ room which bates de scription. The roof o1 this room is shaped like a dome, but in the centre of the dome a iarge circular opentiy extends to @ room above, while the sides of tits open 4 ore literally covered wiih stalactites which de several feet below the aperture and assume an variety of shapoa—some tapering to @ poly ¢ jeicles, While olwers are Biaped like loaves and otuers are carved ia tae most exquisite Manner pussidie. t INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL FORREST. Who Are the Trae Representatives of the Sonthern People t—Radical Misrcpresenta- tlonsBrownlow’s Militia—The People of ‘Tennesseo Desire PeaceWho Are the Ku Klux ?=The Yoliticai Status ef the Negro Tue Rebel War Debt—Tho Presidential , | Mempnis, Tenn., Sept 2, 1868, There is no one man 1n all Tennessee at the present time who exerts a wider influence over bis fellow citizens than N, B, Forrest. He is 1ooked up to by every ex-Confederate soldier as their leader and the faithful expounder of their views in all public mat- terain which they are, directly or indirectly, con- cerned, ‘he disfranchised class of clviliangs who, along with the ex-soldiers, form an overwhelming majority of the people of the State, also recognize in him their chief representative and mouth- Piece. This influence Forrest could never have obtained on the mere strength of his abilities as a politician, for he possesses but few of those attributes by the ald of whicn poll- ticlans drag themselves first into notice, then into power; but he owes it simply to the fact that he was during the war @ prominent general in the Confede- rate army, for, as is now the case in all the Southern States, the old political hacks are being pushed aside a8 political guides to give place to the men who led in the battlefield, When, therefore, General Forrest delivers @ political speech he states what he knows tobe the sentiments of his equally voteless fellow citizens, or at least he speaks with the knowledge that what he says will be heartily endorsed by them. A week or two ago he spoke at Brownsville, when he touched upon certain important questions that are now troubiing the “situation,” but the speech was 50 mangled and distorted by several Northern papers that the misrepresentations thas made have been the subject of mutch complaint In Tennessee. Desirous of learning what was said at Brownsville, and feeling that an interview with the Gene- ral would bo productive of more truthful in- formation in regard to the condition of affairs and the sentiments of the people than a speech trimmed to suit their views by several partisan papers which published it, your correspondent called upon him yesterday and was very cordially received, The conversation held during tho interview 1s correctly given below, aa it was in its present shape submit- ted to the General after it was written out and re- ecived his endorsement, It will be scen that from the outset Forrest wants to have it understood that in addressing the people ho does not do 89 ag a poll- ticilan having his owa ends to serve, and that he complains very justiy of the misrepresentations of Southern men’s speeches by the radical press. In relation tothe position of the ex-Confederate gene- rais who are entering the fleld of politics he sald:— “fam no politician, neither have I the slightest ambition to become one. It has happened since the close of the war, and particulariy since the New York Convention put the democratic candidate in the field, that I have at various times given my views on the situation in speeches and to newspaper corre- spondents who have called upon me for that purpose. ‘The speeches I have made were delivered from a sense of duty I owed to those men who had followed me in the battiefield and who fase to know how their former leaders stood on political qiestiohs of the day. I havé never yet made a speech about the state of the country merely for the sake of making a speech, because speech making 1s not my strong point, but whenever I have addressed the Southern people it was always at the earnest solicitation of Men wholad fought in the warand who belleve that the Sonarsis of the late Confederate army are the faithful exponents of Southern pubile opinion.” “Is that your belief, General?!” “It ig may earnest belief. Talk as people may, who from tmproper motives wish to belie the South by whatever means they can, the at mass of think- ing men in the South are the ex-Confederate soldiers. During the war they were accustomed to look up to eae ae an ih Melt ne (3 believing " 1 whatever they did woul for the he all. Now, in time of poace, net je A aan in the generals as they had when wader their mill- tary control. They left the armies when thoy were disbanded, determined to do all they could to retrieve their lost fortunes by. rous!y going to work, and not sittin idly b} yalt untii somel should pass on to put bread in their mouths, They Jett their firesides to do battle for what believed to be the right, and while fighting exerted themselves to gain the victory; but when they were overcome, a3 I said before, they put their shoulder to the wheel for the common good. Each man when paroled went to his home—the farmer to his farm, the mechani¢ to his workshop, the mer- chant to his counting rooim—all determined to act as good and peaceful citizeus should act. The men, therefore, who took part in the war are the proper mento have @ say in matters which relate to the future welfare of the State. Every man of them is for peace at all hazards. No one dreams of another war, nor is there one who wouid not exert himself to his utmost to put an end to any movement that might culminate tn bloody strife.” “if such be the case, General, how is tt that many speeches of leading Southeraers, as hiated in KADICAL MISREPRESENTATIONS, certain Northern peor Would seem to indicate that the people of Tennessee are ready, even anxious, for wart’ “You do well to say ‘as printed in certain Northern journals,’ for J can assure you that there is scarcely a speech detivered by any prominent man South who happens not to favor the radical ede that is not distorted in the most disgracerul manner by men employed, South, probably for that purpose, or by persous, North, who are not willing that the people should know the true condition of things in the Soath or the real sentiments of the leadin men, witch are, as I[ have before stated, the reflex of the opinion of the people. In my own case I have been | rien by several shame- fol proofs of this system of misrepresentation, for the thing seems to have atiatned to the extent of a perfected system, On several occasions when I have addressed my fellow citizens and used the most pa- cil language, and ren the very best of advice, I have found my speeches added to and words put into my mouth that I never uttered—sentiments that I never thought of giving expression to. Jn the reporting of a speech I know full well that a word here and there may be incorrectly transcribed, but no excuse can be offered for a man who deliber- ately manufactures whole sentences which the Lr ple are induced to heed as the real utterances of this or that wan, whose opinions they are anxious to know something about, Correspondents have called upou me time and again to know my views, and although Tam well aware there are hundreds of men in ‘Ten- nessee Whose opinions as to the situation would be of more value than mine, I have always expressed myself freely to them; yet there are many who have put in print conversations between tiem and me in which | never had a part. I do not say this as a de- fence of myself, for | have never yet uttered a word ina Tecpel or to @ correspondent that any one could consider as reflecting on the good falth of the North- fon Roople, or that migit tend to exert bad influcace nal THF PROPLE ARF FOR VRACR. done all that I could, and will that TI can, to bring abont @ better state of things than now exists in the South, ‘and especially in this unfortunate State. On several occasions In this very city I have aided the civil authorities in protecting the lives of bad men whom outraged citizens were desirous of putting out of the way, and there is not a radical in the State whom i would not protect from violence if I saw him iq auger. elas rg As ee. Tite OF ANGTORR War. “7 have seen enough of war, and those who are the most boisterous how and cry out for war you will find are the very Bee Who did not participate in the last one and would not join either side in another one wore it to ot to-morrow, nor could they ratse & corporal's guard la the entire State to heip on the strife they clamor for. These men remained at home during the late conflict and made a oa of it, and are quite willing that a like of mom should be original aa quickly as bie. ‘he people of Tennessee are for peace. ne @x~ soldiers are for peace, and are anxious that peace in the fall sense of the term should again visit us.” BROWNLOW'S MILITIA KU KLUX POLIOY, UF CARRIRD OUT, WILL CAUSH WAR. “But, General, what about your Brownsville speech? One roport of it, which has been published in several Northera papers, charges you with ‘in- ching to war!” “ That speech ts one of the many Southern apee hes which the radicals nave endeavored to dist it did not ‘incite to war,’ but on the contrary ad for peace at all hazards, under all provoca inat did not go to crush a man’s honor in the dust. The report of tt Which obtained the most extensive pub- lication North did not give the speech as delivered. I addressed an aadience which was in great part composed of my old fellow soldiers and I counselled atience: but [did say, and Tsay it again, that tf ne militia were called out, and Brownlow, as he had threatened to do, should instruct them that grey ex-Vonfederate soldier was a member of the u Kinux Klan, and that every Ku Klux should be considered an outlaw and shot down whenever and wherever encountered, It was then high time for every man to arm and hold himself in readiness to defend his life as dearly as possible. Could I have advised otherwise? If that militia is ordered out to wi over this State and act out such a policy, Brewed by a law of the Legisiature which prohibits all prosecution by any person of a militiaman for acts done a8 a militia nan, what are the people to do? Must every ex-Vonfederate soidier, tuouch he be never 80 Inclined to peace, simply be+ cause he is cousidered a Ku Kiux, eit quietly by and let the first miliatiaman he mects take his lile? ‘The idea 1a simply preposterous. No sane man could and Brien ce Une his own life as worthy of an eifort preservation can for a mo- ment say that because he arms himeeif in ge.f-de- fence he is doing an outrageous act, that he is start- ing a new rebellion, And let me toll you here, sir, that if Brownlow should endeayor to enforce’ that polley will be no need of any one's advising any one else to be on his guard. Hvery man will be up and doing, and there Will be such ‘a strife as was nover seen before in this country or any other, It WHL not be @ war of ono section ot ihe country against the other, but @ war of neighbor against neighbor, aud the result every one can iovetcli, ‘The CALLING i BLOODSHED. “Do ‘think, os just described would be yy ba out of the militia 2 3 ying anything of te, kinds bub th ined tard to make it aj old and encouraged Le ae ou fom wal 2 a Sohal peewena them and the people. Far from are called out to set the part of guardians of the peace, If they are ordered to aid the civil the latter are powerless every good ci look on approvingly aud even lend a pol pink eee But where the lies is in instilling into the minds of the negroes, who will compose tie militia, what I have already mentioned, that every ex-Con- federate soldier is @ Ku Klux and that every Ku Kiux must be shot down.” WHO ARE THE KU KLUX? “Then of course you would have it understood that because a man may have been a Confederate soldier it does not necessarily follow that he is a Ku Klux?” “Certainly, sir, I would be so understood. I know something about the Ku Klux ——” [Here your corre- spondent interrupted the General and informed him that @ Western paper nad made the positive assertion that he was the leader of the Klan, The General peu and replied quickly and with decided em- hasis] PitWhoever made that assertion knew when he made it that it was false, Ido not belong tothe Ka Klux, but I repeat that I know something about the Klan, am weil satisiicd of one thing, and that {s that tt was not established to kill negroes and commit outrages on republicans, It was originated ag an offset to the oath-bound, night prowling Loyal League politically, and chieily for the protection of white women from the horrible out rages of the scum of the negro popuiation in certain counties. It Was made a vigilance committee to hunt down criminals, black and white, whom the law al- lowed to slip through its not over careful fingers. in certain paris of the State where the most fendish outrages Were committed and the perpetrators seat to the Penitentiary and pardoned out at ihe 3 tion of the radicals on the ground of ‘rebel yp: ay tion,’ what the law failed to do the Ku Klux performed. Now, @ great many outrages have been uitted by both biacks and whites im Ten- nessee, and every time a negro is the victim the blame is laid at the doors of tue Ku Klux, Yet L guarantee that the Ku Klux have never yet com- the first to aid them vo the full extent of 4 tthe autora whens niitted one of the unprovoked ont with which they are charged by the radicals, Only the other day aman named Bierticid was murdered ta Prank- dit Was sald the Ku Kiux had done the deed, vestigation proved they had nothing to do with it, i the friends outs “zell, who had been mur- t Biertleld’s lnstigation, were the real perpe- ors. Because men disguise themselves and do rtliug deeds that doesn’t make them Ku Kiuxes, Don’t consider me an apologist for everything that may be done by the Klan, but fair play is a jewel, and itis but right that the Klan should have ita due.” In answer to a question of your correspondont ag as to the present sirength of the Kian in the State the General said:— “{haveno doubt that they are fully fifty thousand strong in this State alone, and to show you tha: their organization does not necessarily imply ‘revcillon’ or resistance to lawfully constituted authority 1 un- derstand that in taking the oath prescribed by the Kian each member is sworn to ‘protect and defend the constitution of the United Statea and the laws pertaining thereto.’ Each county bas its recognized leader, and all the leaders act in concert. Thus much I know, but who the leaders are would require more ingenuity than I possess to ascertain, TUB N#GRO NOL TO BE DEVRIVED OF 13 PRESENT RIGHTS. “But this Ku Klux Klan question ts, after all, one of very small importance compared to others that muse perforce have a poweful influence on the wel- fare of the State in the future, You ask whether there Is gny disposition op the part of the people of Tennes- bee to deprive the Negro Of afiy Of th fights he no enjoys. I will tell you candidly that the ne this State, as well as in ail the other Southern States, has his fate in his own hands, There is not the slightest personal ill-feeling against him he for the whites and blacks South, havi grown up together, do not understand that pecullar distrust or dislike for one another that have often poe North. If the Negro Consults his own Interests he will side with the whites of the South, for he must live and depend upon the whites for his labor. The men who have come down here from the North are of no eart! benefit to him, and he is fast beginning to find it out, These ‘foreigners’ own no iands and have no labor to offer him, and precious little else but prom- ises, which he has jong ago learned are never ful- filled. Ihad the satisiaction the other day in this county of addressing some two hundred negroes on thelr present condition and future prospects. In argulig that we who could help them by giving them work and i ae thew wauts best were their best friends challenged any one of them who had ever got a dollar from a carpet. bagger to hold up his hand, and nota hand was raised. Yet whenT asked all who were forced to pay from time to time their by 4 cent dues for goin the league nights without their revolvers aimos' every hand was iifted, and tie same thing happened when I questioned them as to ticir weekly dues. They piainty saw that carpet-bag worship hadn't paid in their case. Tho white people of Tennessee do not wish to harm the negro iu say respect ; but if he continues to vote ali the time to keep the peo- pie. disfranchised it might happen tiat he would not fare ag weil agif he had acted with chose who are his bost friends. | Not that I think he would be tripe of his right to vote, but the good personal feeling which exisied before the war and exist, still between him and the Southern white man inight not be go strong, and the negro being de- pendent upou the white man for his bread and butter would naturally suffer. Socially, the negro and the white man never can be on the same footing, No one knows that better than the negro himself, and but for the malicious councils of bad men from the North, having their own ends to serve, he himself would never dream of such a thing, It 1s bad enough as it is, for a white man to be compelled to see bis former slave, who was always taught to look up to him as his protector and heip, walk freely to the polls and deposit his ballot, whiie he himseif is deprived of the privilege. Men born and. bred North cannot conceive Low hard this is to a Southern white man, No man North would stand It, yet it 1s a subject of wonderment when the people murmur in the South. As an illustration of ow naturally the negroes, if left to themselves, would side with theie old masters, I need only men- tion that I had a large number of slaves, who scam- red of when freed during the war. When I re- ‘ned they all came back aud wanted to be put on the» tation just as they were before; yet was todo so, All of my family servants have re- turned tome. Many of my, former piantation hands are now employed about the city in various places, and they come to see and advise With me very often. Not one of them but will vote whatever way I desire. Forty-two of my slaves went into the war with mein 1862, and with but one exception all remained with me fully to the end.” WILL SLAVERY BR RENEWED IN TIE SOUTH? Your correspondent here remarked that in travel- ung h the State he had heard the radicals dec! jaring lo the negroes that if their old masters ever got into power again slavery would be renewed. To the General replied:— “I fought for four long years, feeling from the ont- sot that the war was wi by the North aj slavery, & eeu institution of the South. I fought conscientiously, believing I was battling for the right. ‘To have gained ihe cause that we lost I would have ig freely every drop of it four years more and be will- ing to undergo every sacrifice that I would have undergone in fighting for the confederacy rather yap ey iy, Tae Gees ng pore. jority, overw, major! of the South Ps ihe aha ay ga on this veer Slavery is dead. It can never be Fesurrécted, and if it could the South would be the forale attempt to renew its life, The South fought oe ith, had as the North would have fought if the bey my by lig) ae a sd catatds 9 went against he South. orn pec gubmitted tn hi faith, f Nooked upon the war a3 @ providentt: iweiment by which the of siavery Was to be forever settied, and as ests ed to be the will of Providence that slav- ery ne Would pot raise my voice against he decree. TN REORL WAR DRT. “You say that it is also charged that the South, and Tennessee in the lead, will endeavor to have the debt incurred by the Confederates during the war i on the people as part of the national debt. “al i tl a. e meena oe are anf ety rd when @ such a ch for Tens can say she has no hea ofeach @ thing; and ni as for the other Southern States, 1 know enough of thelr sentiments to justify me tn saying the same for them.’ HOW TENNESSER WILL BH APFROTED BY THE PRESI- DENTIAL ELECTION. In answer to a question as to what effect the elec. on Tennessee tion of Seymour and Blatr would aduirs the General remarked :— “It the conservative ticket be elected there will be great hope for Tennessee. We are now ruled by eet of fanatics who are taxing us to our last cent and fattening on our very life blood. "They will not listen to reason. Arguments are lost 7 them. Every effort that the people make to induce the Legisiature to extend the franchise is either stamped as a treasonabie act or is cried down as ‘intempe- rate.’ We have petitioned, we have almost begged for release from — bond i rg these are deaf to all entreaties, @ people ha done all that they could to bring the State authorities to a sense of their duty, and they are now heartily tired of beseeching and will no more bend the knee, If Seymour should be elected, we in Tennessee hope that the voice of the American people, thus raised against the radical policy, particularly a8 carried out here, will have such a moral effect on the men who are now crush- ing us under foot that they will not dare to stand w inst the will of the nation, If the radical ticke' be triumphant, the people hore will have to take the matter in their own hands tn a peaceful way. They can only do this by calling a convention of the people to protest against the existing state of things, and tf that convention represents a majority of the whole people tt can right what ts wrong without delay. “Now, While speaking oF the elevtion, | may say Hat Ido not think #5 badiy of Geytral Grant as some men do. 1 always honor a tyrave soldier, and & brave svldler never dues an fe: that would eras viners, If a good soldier promises to do a thing he T believe that ifGrant was not surrounded by.bud ad- thing by the South, He has naturally act kin towards Ye — forse their is elected tho leaders of the re- will dee to it that he docs own more than Should he to oppose dealt with Prosiicut as a threat and a TION IN TRNNESS#R, isto take in the eccnen in which Jounson would be put before menace. ‘NO CHANCE OF A PAIR ELROTIO oe for the part ‘Tennessee rs ie democrats, 1 fear, no hi ‘success. cer.ain counties of the tate the oe are docking over to our standard, but the registers have the elections in their own and can refuse a certia- cate to any man they see tit. In Gibson, » Where a number of negroes have formed Seymour and Blair clabs, the registrars have already made their policy known by to give any negro member of the clubs & te, With such a Power wielded against any opposition that could be made against the rea ee party in the State it is very orient that a fair election in Tennessee is ut- terly impossible, Here the people are not exerting themselves co win over the negroes to the conserva- tive side with that energy which characterizes the efforts of the democrats other Southern States, and simply because they know that as soon aa a ne- Bro is suspected of being a democrat he will not be allowed to vote.” RT PILLOW. ‘FO! The General then concluded ls remarks by yery frankly aoayertng afew questions as to the capture of Fort Pillow. He denied in the most emphatic manner that he had authorized or that there was a hole of negroes when the fort was taken, “When the fort was captured,” sald he, “many of those who had been in it, but were not of the garrl- son, a3 well as many of the garrison, with their arms in their hands, rushed down toward the gunboats, the fort being open on the side of the river, They did not strike their flag nor put up a white one, nor make any show of surrender, and for that mat- ter hayen’t surrendered until this day, AS they rag down toward the boats along the bank, where they had ammunition opened to ho used against us, to or three hundred of my men who were posted under the blusts on either side the fort, see!ug them ran ning with ther arms and also firiag, aud the flag still fiyimg, were under: the impression that the fight was still going on, and poured an en- Miading fire into them. Tue fight was between Ten- nesseeans, and the daughters aud sisters of several inen of my command had been outraged by the men who had gathered in the fort to the number of 1,300, yet were not of the garrison. When I dashed into the fort a tia-clad gunboat was some her gans on Us through the opening of the fort on the river sido. A gun was wheeled about and a ball strack her and she made of, When l saw the fag fying | ordered it down, and at once the firing cease. Many of 10 men of the fort rushed down the bluit and, propelling into the river, tried to swim to the boats, ut were drawn to the bottom by the great suetion near the bluiis, man of the 40,000 men I was in- strumental in capturing during the war can say that I over maltreated a prisoner, I asked President Johnson to have me tried and a thorough investiga- tion made sbout the matter, Ben Wade's Congres- sional committee it was who got up the infamous slander about meat Fort Pillow, notwithstanding the evidence of te prisoners showed there had been no general ‘mas .’ So far trom il, as soon os Lerled, ‘Strike the colors,’ I ordered the firlng to cease, and shot one of my own men for disobeying the order. If it can be proved that 1 did as charged Ishould deserve hanging.” REFORM IN FREEMASONRY. Society of German-American Freomnasouse= Proposed Conveution—Propositions of Re= form. ‘That the Germans aré a ‘nation of thinkers" is not anew saying, and while repeating it we may refer to history in proof of its at least partial trath, There is nothfhg #0 sacred, nothing so hallowed by the regard and esteem of mankind but the critical Ger- man mind will dissect it to investigate what right it has At all to ive and exist. To this national charac- teristic of the Germang for jtudioy a9 id searching | inquiry, their love of philosophical &ystem and strong tendency to progressive reform the world is indebted for many and vast improvements which in the course of time have completely changed the moral, intellectual and physical condition of man. It 13 not necessary here to state how the philo- sophic German mind has successively advanced on the path of progressive civilization, for from the printing press and the Reformation, to go back no further, to the present day, the footprints of German innovation are met in almost every branch of mental and physical life, Noone can deny that among the German immi- grants to this country the same spirit, the same tendency has been steadily at work, and has been more than once felt in every avenue of our life— political, social, scientific, as well as industrial. They are. evidently and pre-eminently to be classed with the reformers, attacking everything they be- lieve wrong and caring not tho value of a fig for the reverence with which most people Jook upon inatitu- tions hallowed by long habit and consecrated by age. The latest move they are now making Is a pro- posed reform in Freemasonry, an attempt to mo- dernize and liberalize the institution, lopping o1f all medieval forms, and to conform its ritual and organization to the advanced ideas of the age. To efiect this purpose a circular was issued as long ago as last May, on behalf of the “Society of German American Freemasons,’ for o general con- vention of delegates from all German lodges, to meet iu this city on the 14th and 15th of this month, to take into consideration the propriety of adopting the reforms proposed. ‘The circular is signed by the “Comiitiee on Adininistration,’? composed of the following gentlemen:—Drs. J. J. Berrian, H. Lassing, Seidel de Mackiewicz, and Messrs. H. Zimmer and J. M. Borchard, ail of New York city, and Drs. B. Bar- thelmes, of Brooklyn, and G. Wieber, of Williams. burg. This document is quite pene and argumcn- tative. It deciares that originally the forms of Mi sonic workmauship corresponded to the pure, sim- ple, yet noble and high aims of the order, but that these forms were afvorwards corrupted in ,France, then still more so in the United States, until the true system of Masoury was lost in empty ceremonial, in fer up of degrees, chapters aud encampments, aving even “princes”? among its Unite les and abandoning the true brothernood of ita members (the foundation stone of the order), for more or less monarchical and even despotic forms. They declare that in Germany these have in a W te? Measure been done away with, while they are still cherished in the United States, so that Masoury in this country 1s now at ihe same polut where it Was in Germany eighty yearsago. To institute a thorouzh reforin and free the Order from all these Unmasonic encumbrances and base it upon its Ay Fon oe er ye ge of members ~ tl circu! 3 wick will be submitted a the comlng convention for debate and action:— 1, Each society, based upon the old constitutions by seven Precinasons, is a Ma- sonic No nt Of a fee is required, nora charter. ry Every man admitted to the lodgo is a Free- mason. 8 ‘There shall be formed an Independent League Ceara Bund) of Masonic Lodges tn the jnited States, « 4. Each lodge {s entitled to join the oY if tt declares adhesion to its laws and acknowl only the three St. John’s degrees ; any Lodge leave the League at any time. 5. Each lodge is sovercign in itself. 6. The League holds meetings from time to time, to which each lodge velonging to it sends delegates, At these meetings matters of interest to tue Masonic fraternity and to the League il be discussed, 7. The piace of these me shall change ; eac! st ior the next by @ majority vote the delegat fs. The number of delegates will be fixed by the League; the modo ~ Ay ir election is to be deter mined by each lodge for itself. 7 * 9. The ie hus legislative power only in ‘fag the laws passed refer to the inuer adimin! on f the League itself. It hag not to interfere with the goverament and administration of Cy local lodges. 10. On general matters relating Beasonty, th League may make ae upon which the local lodges, in the interval from ono meeting of the League to the next, shall vote and their delegates accordingly, & majority the voting ba to decide the beg ee li. At the head of the League there ahall be a com- Mitteo elected by it, to execute the resolutions of the oom pro to facilitate the intercourse between the local lodges and Detween thei and others outside of the organization, or serve without pay. 12. Bach lodge must defray the expenses of its delegate atten the League, 13, The amount Of necessary 6: for the ad- ministration of the League shall be fixed by & majority vote at each meeting of the Leagut and they shall be apportioned among the several lodges belonging to the League according to the number of metnbers in cach at tue time, pope Freemason is admitted to the sessions of tl 10. From theso fourteen principal points of the pro- te reform in Freemasonry i¢ will readily be seen ry a awa Aen ee cai are intended. Not sal Ww iscarding all higher than that of Master and condming chempeire xolusively nso f fanigation if 6ot. so far As their - corned, abolish bake lodges, their ‘tonal od whole Masonic Tachitery as hitherto Know? in the United States. This certainly looks to tho system of the old Engilsh or \ also system over local charters and, in fact, the to & bye change, if it ever should be successful a Beale, RL ST EE ‘ A QURER Fisi.—The Calais (Me.) Advertiser de- scribes a monster fish recently cance near Bastport, it ts thirty-three feet in engin and t ten feet froin the ttp of one fin to the tip of ol the back. Tif spread of the tall {8 over six About ten feet from the tail are two powerful Ing About tiree feet in length, with feet which those of an clophant and’ enable it to navigate fats and shoal waters along in qui aa IL tadaaitedly lives on marine her! three rows Of Yeoth which look like so ma4y rows we Ou ond, Tis nawe is given aa tha, ik dog na LONG BRANCH. Nee The Retara of Fine VWeather—Recertion to Governor Fenton and Mnjor General Meade—Last Grand Hop of tho Scuson at the Stetson House—The Toilets, LONG Branou, Sept. 7, 1 It is only after a storm like poe nian is ea carnival on land sud sea all Thursday, Friday and Friday night that a caim 80 beautiful and weather so glorious as that which has gladdeneg the hearts of the sojournere at Long Branch can be witnesged or fully appreciated. ‘The 'spirit of the Tempest, exhausted with e strife which its own passions had awoke, fled to his remotest ana gloom est caverns as the bright sun again asserted ite supremacy and yshered in, roseate with youth ang beauty and full of promise, anew morn. Forel of immediate separations, the regrets indulged in a8 the near prospect of departure from scenes which had become dearly familiar, and the severance from those companions and the disruption of the many ties of friendship which a seaside association begets ” and links together among the young and the cultl vated were all at once dis and thot leaving the ‘dear Branch’’ Tor atotnes wok ite Were universally voted down. Saturday mornii broke clear and beautiful, and with the ‘fest blush in the east numbers of bathers wi had been deprived so long of their favorite matutinal ablutions were in the surf doi homage to the white capped. rollers ‘th came up from their depths, tumbling one oy. another in wildest frolic to disport themselves on th pebby beach, and as if oytuity conscious that thoy would again envelop in their embrace the falr nal of the Branch, As the mornmg advanced the sev ral hotels hung out the welcome white flag, indicat ing to the eager, expectant bathers that’ the now sunlit Waves were in & mood to receive them. The sigaal was &t 0062 responded to, and soon the me: shouts along the shore proclaimed the delight of thy how, Tho bluff above was covered with Prom naders Sr raiopyt themselves and inhaling deg] draughts of the health laden breezes, and with a dee ligious Sense Of renewed life vowing to prolong theif stay #0 long as such lovely weather would las‘. THE GRAND RRORETION AND HOP AT THR STETSON 5 EBNOB FENTON AND GENERAL ME. ON THE FLOOR, big toad And on this bright Saturday morning, so auspicte ously opened, Many Were the expressions and ui ances of hope that the clerk of the weather woul be for once bagel just for ones kindly enoug! disposed not to throw & damper on the preparatio! for the grand reception and hop, but that from his first smilo he would keep on smiling, the dear ol soul, for that one day, no matter how he might fe the next morning. So the prayers of the falr petle tioners were acceded to, and the preparations for the even!ng were hurried up; and then came ao ine terval, impatioatly submitted to, before the double event of the evening could come off With their usual promptitude, taste and liberality, the propri tors of the Stetson House had everything in read ness—an exellent programme laid down and adie hands to carry out preliminaries, supply details and be present to meet all emergencies under all curcuae stances as they might arise, , soe A DOUBLE RECEPTION, é In compliance with reqnests respectfully but tr- gently pressed upon his Excellency Governor Fenton and Major General Meade, who are at present stays ing at the Branch, those gentlemen consented to ré- ceive in the parlors of the Stetson House all who were disposed to do them ‘this honor. This was to be the first great feature of the evening, the on! condition required by the Governor and General: ta being that the reception should be entirely ie formal SBD wih ceremony, Nine o'clock ing fixed for the yoen a @ large number of visitor began i fore Aree other iad Beate not ot bak dressed ladies for the lon. Soon the coi ridors and passage ways were filled, aud a pressure for space began to be felt when the strains from the Stetson House band annonneed the presence of ti pentemee whose honor the assemblage had comdé ogether, ‘ihe spacioug parlors were soon filled, an according to arrangement, the music changed fro. the peer lous martial strains that announced the Chief Executive of the State of New York and the gallant and victorious soldier of the nation to 'Terpsie chorean notes that, quick as thought, separated the oung and fair from the throng and put them Aying In couples over the carpets and dispelling from the! minds all thoughts of the ‘most noble, grave and. reverend seignors”’ they had come to do reverence to, Governor Fenton and General Meade were sel- dom stationary, but moved through the tiene ee the upper end of the parlors chatting gaily with those fround them. Sometimes General C. W. Darling, of the Governor's staff, would introduce a party to Governor Fenton, while the two gallant members of General Meade’s staif would do tie honor for thelr chief, Between the dances the promenaders, as the opportunity offered itself, would pay their ry one at these times Messrs, R. Bowne and William M. Fleiss acted, as they were indeed seif-appointed to act, most courteous and attentive masters of cere- mony. Miss Meade and the two Mi-ses Fenton, for a brief time, took their stations at the Upper end of the room and participated in the reception honora, but were soon lured into the whiri of the ma: dance, which said dance, under tie title of a gran hop, being the second—most present might say the first—feature of the evening, deserves, in the words of the novelist, a chapter for lisclf. THE GRAND Hor. Notwithstanding what has been said in the opens ing part of this letter, it must be admitted that Saturday evening’s id hop was the last that is to mark the close of the “op” season at the Stetsoa House. Other grand hops ure yet to come off at the Mansion House and other hotéis, where the [Sarin the nearer the tine approaches for departure, feel the greater reluctance to tear themselves away. | Bub these are merely the different stages which brin, nearer aud more near the hour of final partings ai sad adieus, Let time pass on as rapidly as it may, however, aud bring the future with all its une certainties now, but its stern realities In duc sata the present is to be enjoyed when it affords matte; of enjoyment. This was the idea entertained on Si urday evening last by all those assembled in the Stetson House pariors. In consonance with evident, ff unbreatned, wish of ceremony—so far as the grand hop was concerned Messrs. BownG and Fieias, “On with the dance, let Joy be uncontinea,” the spirit of the dancers was given jullrein, The musicians, and their instraments ani as if conscious that with the close of the evening’ fete their task for the season would be ended, that they would be at liberty ‘‘to seek fresh elds and pastures new,” seemed to be endowed with more than usual energy and tone. Dance followed dance in quick succession, but there Was no syrup. tom of weariness op the part of the fair dancera, Joy, indeed, appeared to be unconfned—to have broken loose and to have gone beyond ail controly Little time was allowed for promeuading, and there fore very little time afforded to take a note of the Tich dresses, the elaborate toilets and thé costly ornas ments that Jashed and glittered in the guslight as the fair dancers sot to aud iro, casting fi lke hts around. {he Misses Fenton, who early jolr@| the dancers, were very clegantly and most becouingly attired, Miss Fenton wore an elegant evening figured silly with very jong train, richly embroidered; hair richly powdered—Marie Antoinette style—pearl orna ments. Miss Josephine Fenton—Very rich white eatin, fite wine joug train; hair Marie ting to periection; low neck, Antoinette; superb pearl ornaments. ry eager tasteful tollet; — white tulle, th sash; long train; no ornamen’ “ars. William B, Alién—Rich biack silk; train; peart ornaments, Mra. me Stetson—Purple striped silk; diamond ornament Mrs. G. cs Barnard—Very rich white silk; diamong ornamen Mra. Johnston, Philadelphia—Lavaderfcolored silk, very rich, truumed with biack lace; coral orna ments. Mrs. Johnson, Conn.—White tarlatan, trit with rich dark colored velvet, low neck; shawl, * Mrs, Helmbold—Ver heavy, cherry satin, low necks bosoth oF dives Gelnaed with rok pointed Jace; diamond necklace and earrin; Lon Mailer, Cont Tae ‘silk, ane plac’. ve 3 di ornain = vite. . tan—Court dress of corn ak train, white satin front, coyored all roand aR eine Alengon flounce, bord buitlon fringe, corsage and waist y ) F ipted ntoinette; diamond orn hair M isall—Corn colored moire the masters of ai ma, Pompadour long train, sash to match dress; rich lace rimming hair diamond powdered, with e oars. e V. Reid—Black and white check silk, aments, tee hw ith Toh white silk with red 3; diamond and saj ire ornaments, 4 "Wiss broxel, Philadel White satin; coral ofna ene. Miihere WAS a crowd of heantifal dressed ladicn addition to those nomed whom your correspondent’ Hrulted acquaintance with fashtonable wi place life leaves bim unable to do justice to, whenever they in meet in Fe! hop at the Branch he hopes ee in, with better powers and facilities of description at his commend, THB REYRESHMANTS provided for the company were of the most ro cherché character. Fruits and ices and coniection- ery of every description covered the tablea Bere as in the ball room,there was a most pleasing lack ail ceremony, Governor Fenton and General Meade had to help themseives as others did, the best wi they could, the very thing which pleased them THR CLOSE. sivot pectantel of the refreshments the any pheagy to the 5 By on 4 Leip eee was resur ri jor ere hours that had been so ¢hased with de chase y ermine to put an end to tl hing up to anes Pino masters 0! Bend wad | Maed and on the 18 as 3 ore lace to the ais of “Home, 6) eet. nr tt ea a resipentiat casvilg ‘on mua Lona BRANCH on sho return trip in mofhingc ot he stenm, joyt iy nvass oO! See ites hee Imajorily of Gh, ‘The vote Grau, 213;