The New York Herald Newspaper, August 1, 1869, Page 3

ST. PIERRE. | cena ne The Ocean Station of the New Trans- atlantic Cable. WHERE IT 1S ANQ WHAT IT IS. enn VThe French Colony in North America. St. Pierre, the island in the sea wpon which one end of the French cable rests, has come into com- mon knowledge very lately. Sixteen days ago a lady went to the Post Office in this metropolis of the ‘Western World to post a letter for that island, and ‘was mformed by the accomplished attendant that ‘there was no such place, 80 far as the Post Office kpew, and the accomplished attendant refused to take the letter, as any attempt to send it to a place ‘that cid not exist in the Post Office geography would ‘ve but wasteful and ridiculons excess. Since the very Post Office did not know of the existence, much jess of the whereabouts of the place that has been suddenly drought to light in the laying of the new cable, the public is to be excused for a eimilar Igno- rance, One might suppose that even the French them- selves did not know the whereabouts of St, Pierre, for they clags tt with the West Indies. It is, however, ™m quite another direction, It lies im the Atlantic, within sight of the southern shore of Newfoundland and 180 miles east of the coast of Nova Scotia. It 1s a foothold for the French who engage 1 the codfish- ery. When Orpheus set out to find Miss Eurydice he had no assistance from “‘Appleton’s Railroad Guide,” and one who goes to discover St. Pierre has quite as litte. He must only take a compass and a corkscrew and go ahead, accepting for tumself the Girections the poet lays down for the planet:— © Move eastward, happy earth, and leave: Yon orange sunset waning slow ; From {riuges o€ the faded eve, O buppy planet, eastward go. Sd doing ne will get to St, Pierre in che Culness of ume. IN NOVA SCOTIA. Steaming over from Portland toward that country 4m which the national nose is blue and the skies are anade of pewter, one is 80 disgusted with the foggy sea that even Halifax seems @ pleasant place. But the impression does not last, and the traveller leaves ‘Me city with more joy even than he had on entering, and with the thought that when the old proverb made the lowest classification of Hell, full and Halifax, it put Halifax last, because it is the most dificult to get to, and, perhaps, the least agreeable when you are there. Unaccountably strange is the inteliectual isolation that sucha place can make for itself ai a distance of only three days from New York city. Ihad carried money in the convenient form of gold certificates, and, wanting coin, applied for it at the Union Bank. But the Union Bank of Halifax decided, upon deliberate reflection, that it could not take these notes without the “endorsement of a responsible party in town.” It wanted a Nova Scotia fshdeater to come upon if the United States should slip away. But there is some activity there. An Engiish soldier in a Scotch uniform paces briskly and forever toand fro before a public edifice, and fifty Micmac Iudians sit in the market place and make baskets ail day. At Halifax one comes upon specie, finds out whither much of the American silver has gone and loses his respect for the “ample proposition” of specie payment, in observing how wretchedly poor a people may be with stiver and gola in use by com- Parison With their wealthy neighbors, wno have only paper. IN CAPE BRETON, From Halifax, with a litue rau and a great deal of “mail,” one is joited through Nova Scowa. The so-cailed mail coach 1s mostly an Open Wagon, with- out springs, without even @ rail to lean against; and in this vehicle, over roads indescribably stuay and rough, ohe must endure weary days and sleep- less nights. The better part of the ride isin Cape Breton, because the country 1s more picturesque, the people more intelligent, and becanse, giao, that part 4s nearest the end. AMONG THE GAELS. The mail in Cape Breton carried six persons and two barrels of four. One of the persons was a pas- eenger, one was the driver and the others were me Griver’s friends, taken up just out of aight of the Starting place for a lift, All spoke Guclic except the assenger and the flour barrels. The one fare, in fact, appeared to be paid rather as # penaity for ignorance of that language than for any other reason, Gaclic ts the language of the people in Ggpe Breton, They speak English, of course, but tt if an embar- Tassment—the medium of communication with strangers only; and when they fall to the warmth and spirit of conversation among themselves they take to Gaelic as ducklings to the water. The names caught as they address one another have an entirely Scottish character. There was Angus McDonald and Murdoch McDougal, and McBanes, Frazera and Grants without number, Riding at wien ly among She hile half hidden with mist, surrounded by Mc- Donalds, McDor aud the rest, and hearing only this Gaelic speech, one mi fatriy rub his. eyes to wonder whether, after all, he has not slept and waked-in the Highlands of Seotiand. In the course of the morning a great sensation oc- curred on the route. Another traveller got m and a free Gael, of course, had to get out. Tuis traveller was an Irishman, from Salem, Mass. He had for- merly lived in Cape Breton, and was an acquaint- ance of all these men, especiaily of the drivers, but he did not know Gaelic and did not ride free. He had gone to “the States’? some years before to betier his fortunes and had done it. He was a shoemaker, had worked at his’trade forfour yeara in Salem, saving his earnings with the thrift that Cape Breton lute might breed, and with that small capital had Into the noble trade of a retail rumdeater. He ad succeeded in that too, and now he visited the scenes of his earlier life in the character of the man who goes where he can best enjoy bis success, He wore a tall white hat vbat in itself suggesjed the possession of untold dignity and wealth, and he as- sumed toward lis former associates a demeanor and a style of speech in keeping with his nat, Every Gael who heard him secretly made op iis mind to go to Salem and open a shop for the sale of rum ag soon as he could get the money. Pat's praises of the United States as the true land of promise fellon no unwilling ears; for, while all Nova Scotia, though it leans this way, leans in some doubt, Cape Breton would come over to-morrow by the nearly unanisnous vote of its people. ‘Thus the re pata | Irishman was appreciated as a realization o ‘The young man’s vision and the old man’s dream. The ride in the ‘mail’ ends av Sydney at two A. M, on the third aay. itis @ mira of discomfort, ‘Two successive nights on tie road a& wagon that affords no opportunity for sleep, in_ which one can only sit bolt upright, are a ‘suflicieat trial oi the backbone of humanity, There 1s another way to go, in which the traveller muy tke a steamboat if he has the fortune io hit tie day when the sieam- boat lew HE JUMPING-OFP PLACE & ATED 4 Sydney 1s the very spot that has been long inde- Anitely designates the jumping-off plac it is the extreme eastern junit of cis-atjantic land soutn of the St. Lawrence. Going from Sydney to St Pierre one must take to tie sea aud cross about 130 miles of the Atlantic. Here also a ste runs at wut, Jt is an oda tact Velier al\ways arrives three days alter the boat la gone. “ORR THE GLAD W ATRRS OF 1 found an a THE DARK BLURB SRA. . Lain of the schooner Euza, who couse ‘y ue over for an induce. ment in siver. There was Many a tub of butter in the noid, and on deck there were just forty-lour of us, There Was Mosey first and there were bis six ASKOC Mosey Was a very handsome young steer, Who Was going Over Lo French St. Peter's to be turned mto sirioins. 118 Associates were on the same errand, ‘There were thirty sheep led by a ram with- out horns, Whove education had been neglected with Tegard to the sea, and Whose want of familiarity With it led him to an unusial fonduess for human companionship. This accounted for his being wl Ways beiween tie captain's legs, Tuere was one ‘OaI—AN ANTBAl WoHErMily accommodated bY Ia. ure. One of ber horns had turned a corner in early fife, and come to sich 4 direction that tts further progress must have been at the expense of her riga eye, and here i bud beew broken of it some fortunate encounter, The oiler horn was 4s atraight as a bayonet, and of avout the game length, and with Gus borg, by varying the po- aition of her head, she could serateh any given point on her back WILL most accurate aim, She was Au astonishing animal for the calm tndifference with Which she did this sprightly feat. Then there was @ doy Wiich went to sleep When the anchor came up wid awakened just ia time lo swim ashore, Lastly, tuere were Jim, the captain; Joe, the mute; John, the hands, and Rul, the coo ‘rere was the paesen who, bemg ae aic\, was hardly d¢ to count. He burted himself in @ bille of hay meant for Mosey’s dinner (but Mosey didavt muck want i); Le stut out the daylight witi his Wavelier’s Dlankews and tried to forget that be had @ temporary “home on the roiling deep.” But bia ato th was to be decetved by no such dodges. Cato VE one of the three regrats of his life was that ne had one & journey by sea that he might have made by land. What solid wisdom the Romans tad | HARBOR, There is @ dead white wiiderness of fog tn front that cuts tie perspective down to fifteen feet, but from beyon\ We can hear an occasional bell, tine baying of ma Vy dogs, and now and warning gun Hired in the fog, kw successively cone up out of tu an togevier, And esentiy thor sts O03 eo! ¢ Ft siallope la a maze of akin by; t mers are at wid stds i if ‘ i i i H : ee i ‘Vey are more mtent on shovel 1s never 80 full as 1 hghtens iabor. Now cree] come houses bil) together, and St. Pierre, St, Pierre is properly named. It stone, bare, sterile, with forbidding and utterly hospitable when seen; but mostiy unseen in Ww 148 mantie of fog it lies ke a huge voulder Meraed below. It has not even that magnificent boldness and picturesque effect that crag and the vocanic mit and rupture of stone gives to many &D island in the sea. ‘That sort ot island seems to stand up eloguent with its deflance of the elements. St. vierre, though there ig enough high land on it, seenis LO Crouch, ‘he streets of the town slepe up from the water’s edge to a tolerably steep declivity of the mountain side. They cross at right angies with the reguiarity of Philadelphia, and except for that one fact are completely French in style and tone—picturesque, quaint, lively, filthy, and, after a day or two, mo- notonous, Looking up or down one of these queer alleys one finds bimeeif reminded of streets in the older part of Montreal or Quebec, and cannot but fancy that very much what Quebec was in the days of Montcalm St. Pierre is now. Here 13 # convent; there ig the Governor's house; there again the hos- pital; near it the church, and uo limit can be fixed to houses of entertainment. ‘There 1s the Café Brar- rita, the Café Joinville, the Café Granvilials, and 80 on, Every house has its sign, Houses that are not calés are shops where there 1s a bewildering assort- ment of ervckery and refreshinent, Here @ wan can drink more kinds of liquid from more Kinds of cups than at apy other place in the known world. Outside the town at either extremity are perched on the rocks long wooden sheds, devoted to the “salaison’’—salting the fish that is made here—and doting the rocks everywhere is seen stacked up tne harvest of the country. Viewing these stacks trom no great distance one might readily suppose this harvest was hay or grain; but it is ali fish. ‘Tne split ish laid out flat are put with their tails to- gether, 80 that the outer circumference forms a circle more or jess reguiar, and the structure, 80 begun is carried up three or four feet high; and che fish, in- deed, 18 treated exactiy a3 the [armers treat their hay, When the sun shines it is spread out on the stones to dry, butal the weather is such as to threaten rain, then it i8 hastily gathered up imto the Sitte mounds or stacks and closely covered ani wrapped with canvas or ober weather-proo! material. St. Pierre has no public hbrary, no bookselier’s shop, no place of rational amusement, Do places ol public resort but the so-called cafes. randy is very cheap ana tolerably good. Considering this arid land and horrible climate it is somewhat a matter of surprise thas ot all parts of France the part best represented here should be the south. eople from Bayonne ontnumber alt otners. Faces are less Frencn than Spanisn. Biazing biack eyes, crisp, thick jetty hair and olive skins are the rule among the litte girls im the cafés, and when the peopie, in speaking, desire relief from the formality of French and the awkwardness of English they take refuge tn Basque. Basque is spoken here as commonly as Gaelic in pe Breton. ‘asumbling down from the mountatn behind the town comes a little stream that in its journey among the rocks forms many « picturesque pool, and hither the women of the village resort to wast their clathes. Each one carries a sort of tub that is used, however, guite otherwise than tubs in other countries, Laun- dresses generally put the clothes tu the tub, but in St. Pierre the women get in the tub and the clothes are outside. The tuo ts put down in the edge of the po and the woman gets inside to keep dry, as she jeans over and bathes the garments in the clear water. Her washboard is @ sort of flat cudgel, with which she pounds the clothes against any convenient stone, and then as each piece is rinsed it is spread out on the e@rass near by to bleach. Babies and dogs play meanwhile among the rocks, and altogether the scene 18 not without a certain charm of the quaint and fanciful, ONK OF THR INSTITUTIONS. The advertising medium of the piace isa town crier, Who beats a drum with a stately sense of 1s importance. This functionary tramps from street to street, stops atevery corner, beaw dram and thus, having attracted attention, reads bis ad- vertisement. This ig # martial and effective mode of calling attention to the cheapness of cheese and the plentifulness of shingles. As happens with other advertising media this worthy 1s also the gene- ral alarmist tor times of public peril, He tramps the street at the dead of night, beating an awakening ratile tat Gabriel himseif may get a hint from, and you tirust your head of the window to find that some one's Louse ts on fire. CABLE PREPARATIONS, To this place the Great Eastern was to come. There was no fury of excitement to see her. In taihing about her and ber expedition so many En lish words had to be used for want of French equiv- aients that she Was Bot @ popular theme. In view, however, Of tha characteristic enthasiasm of Frenca- = sg a 5, meu for all Fremeh i+ was a little strange to note the apathy with Whieh they rd of the “Cable Frangaige.” Others were present, however, taking greater interest in the event. At about the same time the Great Eastern went to Brest with the cable two separate forces left Enx- land for St. Pierre to facilitate the great labor by making ready the shore end st this side the sea. ‘One was a force of men charged especially with the construction, the other @ force of operators. Among these gentiemen was set up the cable es- tablishment on the island, whica consists of two houses, one “in town’ and one on the weatern shore at l’Anse St. Pierre (St. Peter's cove). The louse in town is a chateau, an establishment of more architectural pretension than any other edifice here, and all future visitors will undoubedly take it for the Governor's residence, It is christened Solomon's Temple. Here ali the members will reside, and the rooms are already fitting with furniture from Boston. Here aiso will be the instruments and the generai operating establish nent, ‘The house at l’Anse St. Pierre is called the Cable House. [tis ata very wild apot, on the northwest coast, looking towards the island of Miquelon. Here the lughest jand on the isiand slopes suddenly down to the sea, the slope covered thickly with the matted, inextricable, sparse vegetation vouchsated by the niggardiy soil, At the base of the rocks the sea breaks with terrible fury; but one jutting cape of the bare stone reaches out for 200 or 300 yards across the course in which the breakers drive up, and tnis keeps tue space behind in comparative quiet. At ttus point, in the more quiet water, the cable goes down to the sea. On the land immediately above this little cove atands the cable house, # small, substantial strac- ture, built of the stone abounding at the piace, and tnished within so as to afford comfortable accommo- dation in wie severe weather to the person who watches the cable, or to electricians or otters that may ve calied thither by any mishap. From this cable house a trench is cut across the mountains to Solomon's Temple in town, and in this trench is to be laid the wire connecting the cable with the instru- ments there. This wire is not less than three miles long. ‘The laying down of the shore end here was begun on the 4th of July. This will answer all the better for an omen, because it was quite uncon- sclously done. No patriotic fancy Indaced the choive ot that day above any other, for directors and iabor- ers were all Englisimen, and Englishmen who take pains not to be suspected of the weakness of a com- pliment lest it should compromise their dignity. Of the shore end proper, acabie weighing twenty tons to the mile, there ts but five miles, But beyona this there is twenty-Dy¢ miles # whap iy called an intermediate cable—smatle? than the shore end, heavier than the oc line, All this thirty miles was latd by the ste: rt William Cory and buoyed at tt 5 net end to await the arrival of the Great ern. This part of the work was completed ‘yy the loth, and then ali was i readiness should the Great Bastern arrive to take up the shore end buoy aud complete the labor by merely splicing the two cables. To facilitate this completion the Cory and the Guinare laid to out at sea, near to the buoy, await- ing the Great Eastern, who thus would only have to find these steamers and not me buoy, a precaution eminently necessary In a sea constantly more or jess blinded With fog. ARKIVAL OF THE STEAMER. On Tnesday, July 15, itv apnonnced from the signa station on the island whut the Great Wastern was in sight, agd there was a general muster of dsumg boats’ and schooners for @ trip of twenty miles out to see ler. Viewed from the deck of a lithe schooner there at sea the great ship was, in- deed, a splendid sight; and one could but philoso- phize a littie on the way that time at last makes all things even, in seeing how the ship that at one mo- mext seemed a magnificent fatiure was at last on the sea and fit for service Only in the age when the world hart some labor to be done that she alone of all ships could perfectly do. On the day of her ar- rival the Great Eastern, after several hours’ waiting, eur and buoyed her cable, not being anie to make bid leg at that time, a8 the other end was then lost, a etes poor aistony. might have been pleasant enough readis those Who take interest in those Great entorprists in which gctence has tratued the forces of nature to duly labor, vo have given here some more particular account of the voyage of the Great Eastern than has been made public. But this cannot be given here, and perhaps will never ve given anywhere, owing to the tmpeuetrable etuptdity of the man: agement, which, though engaged In an enterprise tat above all other titings tllustrates the great result of the diffusion of knowledge, yet seems to deem tt necessary to observe the secrecy of the In- quisition, and to fancy that ite pitiful dignity would be compromised by gratifying that natural and laudabie curiosity which the world feels to know even the most minute circumstance in the history of so noble 4 labor. pa IN BSLasiUn “9 Dioncre. veral reporters from tl ndon press driven from the Great Eastern before she left Europe, and on this side evident care was taken that none should even get on board her. Sir James Anderson, the director general of the expedition, declared that he had not power to give any person permission vo board the Great Eastern—a statement that indicates the circumiocution oifice style, tn which neariy everything at St. Pierre was done, He referred a personal application made to himself on this audject to Sir Samuel Gooch, the representative of the own. ers of the Great Kastern, Who did not see how the reporter could get ashore again if he went on board, and who made such statements as discouraged the attempt, since the reporter was bound to assume that statements from sech au anthorty must be trne, though they proved io be Magrantiy false AN mtercourse with the gevtlemen was distinguished on one side by an evident apprehension that there would be some lows of or see the exhibitton of any undue civility to a “Db! newspaper man.’? Perhaps there i# a kind of dignity that ite bal- ance easily and it must not be forgotten that many gentiemen, distinguished in the management of this lina recentiy had conferred upon them the men’s Af it forgets @ casual courtesy here ana there. THE PARK YESTERDAY. The Park yesterday conclusively showed ita use- fulness asa recreation ground for pleasure-seeking and overworked metropolitans, Noon was not too early, nor was sunset too late, to witness the moticy crowds of visitors that arrived from all quarters to explore the spactoug grounds, wander among the luxuriant foliage, ana lie down upon the velvet green. All channels leading to the Park began to teem with life early in the afternoon, and the Fifty- ninth street and Yorkville entrances were passed by thousands of pedestrians before two o'clock. Of all the numerous gates, s0-called, to the Park, the Eighth avenue entrance, styled the ‘Merchants’ Gate,” has the most inviting landscape, the most picturesque surroundings, and the most unique ar- rangement of natural beauties, These facts seem to be appreciated by the trong, for this gate, @8 much, at least, as any other, is chosen by visitors. Going down the tortuous and well beaten path of asphalt, here branching off into snug litle arbors, and there dissolving, as it were, into a beau- tfully festooned bower, where the ample branches of towering trees make @ tunnel for the cooling breezes that come laden with moisture from the Lake or Reservoir hard by, one can see on either hand lovers who have just begun the afternoon with a few preliminary interchanges from the lips, and evidently, from the gallant’s arm, the maiden is waist-ing away. Under the arches, that are made 80 as to reflect sound and produce a mulumde of contradictory echoes, young ladies find another de- hghtfnl spot to try their soft speeciies. If not, the high benches which the Commissioners have placed there reveal to thelr male admirers a well-turned ankle or pedal development, and often the latter, To liuger here would be to lose something better, so moving on, with tne sign post for # com- pass, the ball ground is made. Just at the entrance from the side path, leading from the main walk, proceeding from the “Merchant's Gate,” ls a pecu- liarly hewn stairway, cut from the solid rock and allowing the pedestrian to descend to the open plain below. Against the wall made in tne huge boulder a weary Teuton lay asleep; an innocent expression was on his face, a pipe was in his mouth and lager or something else had closed bis eyes in sleep. He did not seem to care for the scenes about him aud served oniy for the melancholy butt—‘‘such is life,” Reaching the ball ground, what a Babel! what a Bedlam! Here ine mouthings of 3,000 screeching urchins at school, it might be sald, studying the na- tional game, rent the air, while the atmosphere was mottled with hard balls that travelled about, utterly regardless of a man’s hat and un- conscious that there is such a _ sensation to the human kind as in, The bats were vigorously applied, and the boys, many of them expert players, did pot approach the game with kid gloves, but evidently preferred the more Busibenctike garb of flesh stockings, covered with corporation DrAnengs and the rest of the toilet to Match. Pursuing the walk along the path leadin, through the fine marble structure facing the Mall, and passing Ward’s fine bronze statue of «The In- dian funter? a view of tne crowd—which by four o’vlogk became large—was obtaimed, with some sug- gestive facts, There goes a noted minister of the gospel, driving & team that looks like 2:40, were ue to let the trotters go, which he probably wili do when he sights Harlem lane. Walking down the Deautifnl and velvety Mali—the summer drawing room of New York—is a young maiden, typical in dress and appearance of most of her sex visiting the Park on @ Saturday afternoon. She has her hair rolled up on the back of her head, and her temples are flanked by pretty flowers, while her head is covered by a becoming Leghorn hat; along “beau catcher’ “is tied around her neck; she wears a dress of spotless her only aeformity 18 a waist measuring fifteen inches; With Teet covered by the latest shoes from Paris, to be sure, she finds it somewhat dificult to walk; but they are not too large, oh no! “Shoes are never too targe for me you know.” Of course she couid not be bappy without nearing the music, so she moves on the band by steady approaches, and takes a seat Pali yr senshi esnedlene = young man goes OY; clerk to the house 0 - Uorne Ashes & Co.; his only misfortune is that he has cast joints, of at least, so it seems, with the violence he does the ground at every step; besides ‘this, he ts a nice young man, belongs tothe Young Men's Christtan Association, is a Sunday school teacher in a Methodist church, and tends bar during the races at the Fashion Conrse, leaving his busi- ness on a plea of illness. Between these two char- acters an intimacy springs up, to further observe, which the music prevents, The band began with the grand “Concert Signal” and played numerous other select, pieces, among which were “Poet and Pea- sant,” ““Semiramide,” a selection from “Orphec Aux Enfers” and “Fielding Galop.’’ About the music stand was gathered about 5,000 people, provided with comfortable seats, housed under capacious and nicely fi awnings, which the Commissioners have had the good sense to provide. Without any boisterous manifestations the throng showed its appreciation of the rustc, and was qmet throughout. ‘The young ladies fell in with the promenade along the Mall, and the excellent marches by the bana produ @ martial tread in the mixed army of males and females. Stretching away in the distance the Common, ordinarily cigsea to general but on Saturdays opened, presented an interesting view, where 80 many scenes were enacting that the eye was wearied in trying to note any one in particular. The Terrace and a view from the slope jeading from the elegant masonry under which the yisjtor goes to the Lake were no lesa interesting scenes than the thousand others, But about this point the projecting shrubs ann the wooded capes, TY the e such a marvellousiy picturesque outiine, were unusually notceable from the fresh color of the verdure and the pleasing aroma of the flowers. Ihe Arsenal was filled with visitors the entire day, and the cages about it were surrounded by gaping crowds. The red foxes had many callers, ail of whow they received with @ diplomatic leer that looked strangely like Cuba; the five American black bears failed to show any at amount of etiquette, and were constantly fighting. The golden eagies got on the wing and hovered over their broods with patriotic care, while the imperial eagle near by looked sulien and downcast. The British lion was nowhere to be seen. ‘The Park. on the whole, made @ good record yesterday. Ii those foreign critics compiaining of the shallowness and poverty of American art, would only direct their criticism at this magnificent triumph of the beautuul in the Western Worid, they would find a subject that would call for the exercise of all their analytical powers. SHOCKING DISASTER. A Pleasure Boat Capsized on the Hudsou— Four Persons Drowned—Two Infants Saved of a Whole Family of Six. On Friday evenmg, about ausk, a whole family, consisting of man, wife, two grow! daughters, ar. teen and 4ével ara respectively, and two. ip- fants just able to say “papa” and ‘mamma, # were proceeding up the Hudson from Hoboken, in a small boat, for pleasure. Wien opposite Bull's Ferry, probably in consequence of some unguarded movement of the young folks, the boat caree) to such am extent as to fill partially with wher, which undoubtedly still more frightened and excited the females, and a3 @ result the boat capsized, and all the persons in 16 ab the time were precipitated into the river. ‘Two persons observed the accident from the shore and immediately put out im & boat to the succor of the unfortunate family, but before, with thetr utmost exer. tron, they could reach the spot, father, mother and the two eldest daughters had sank, never again o rise. The boat had righted in the mean- Utne, and, strange to say, the two little babes were found in it, crying bitteriy, It 4 poasible that tt was turned by the exertions of the father and the two youngest of his children placed tn tt betore hia Strength gave way and he sank in the endeavor to save the others of his famtly. The two innocenta, thus almost miraculously saved, were brought to the shore, but were unable to give thelr names or those of their parents, It ts surmised that they resided in West Hoboken, and that tue father was a druggise dotng bustness in Brooklyn. THE NEW YORK HERALD IN TEXAS. [From the Houston (Texas) Telegraph, July 25.) ‘The New York HERALD is what It always has been, the greatest newspaper in the world. We havea half dozen consecutive issues before us now, in every one of which we find news, detailed and cir- cumstantial, from every quarter of the globe, If there is anything of interest going on anywhere in the world and we wish to learn something about it we have aa to look for tt in the New Yorn HERALD, there tt will be found, eure, It ts astonishing what enterprise that paper has. Ita correspondents and agents pervade the whole globe, gathering up and hurrying for- ward to the great headquarters every ttem of intelli- nce. Itis said that it pays out upwards of @ mil- on dollars a year for telegrams alone. [i ts a mar- vel of newspaper vigor, Un the matin point ite ‘unrivalled, and therein it has reason to claim, which it does very loudly, that itia the best paper in toe world, News, tfews, news, is the stock in trade of the newspaper. If it gives not the news it is no posh ays and down it goea, When we, the writer, were In New York the HERALD was the chier part of our breakfast, without which we would have starved, AS We sipped our coffee and ate our beefsteak we took in the whole world, Whether we digested it or not, Im there aay other institution which can fur nish such @ feast NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 1869.-TRIPLE SHEET. TUR SARATOGA RACES. A Fine Day and a Good Track. Brilliant Assemblage of Beauty and Fashion, ———~ eo TWO INTERESTING RACES RUN. DETAILS OF THE DAY’S SPORT. SaRat0ea, July 31, 1869. It isa thing to visit Saratoga just now. It is fashionat They who sojourn here toil not, nejther do they spin, but bask in torpid gorgeons- ness, The cities are close and stifling, their walls giow fiercely in the July sun, and the pavements are scorching to the weary feet; but outside are fresh- ness and fragrance and peace and a new lease of iufe. The highways to this Mecca of fashion are in glorious attire, dressed in the hues of themeadow and harvest fleids, adorned with shining streams as with ribbons, and shadowed by forests, from whose dim recesses there come coo) odors of baisam and hemlock. And there is good company on the road, All the trams conveying this way are full, and all the baggage is checked “Saratoga.” ‘The baggage-smashers at the depot are in ecstacy, and sling private property about with an abandon won- Gerful to behola, Augusius, who rises with the Jark, to black my boots, ig cynical with ungratified ambition to be @ “tsunkbuster” on the Saratoga Rail- road, and the hack drivers areas lordly as the newly appointed Postmaster at Bogg’s Crossroads. A few miserable beings are leaving, and excite feelings of the deepest commiseration, a8,with carpet bag and linen duster they straggle up to the station, Yes- terday a New Yorker sturted @ domestic earth- quake by suggesting to the wife of nis bosom that they must return to the city. Notice of suit for dt- vorce was promptly given by the injured fair one, but her heart melted when the husband packed his valise, and at the depot I heard her in her pity tenderly say, “Oh! I'm so sorry, John. You'll write me a good long letter every two or three days, and a little nice one every morning, won't you, dear"? THE HOTELS are crowded, some of them turning away guests. Governor Hoffman, Governors Bowie of Maryland, and Weiis of Virginia; Generals Avertil, Ward, An- derson, Provost; Congressmen, officers of the British Army; C. W. Wooley, of impeachment fame, Commo- dore Vanderbilt, George Opdyke, W. H. Vanderbilt, Lieutenant Commander O'Kane, United States Navy, N. Lacy, of Cincianati; the Larrabees, of Baltimore: V. d’Aligae, W. McClary, and H. R. Fontaine, of Phil- adelphia; C. A. Osborne, D. W. George, Mra. Hoyt, Miss Wheeler and Miss L. Kay, of Chicago; J. J. O’Fallon and the Days and Harrises of St. Louis; P. Moses, B. L. Wilkinson, R. V. Lamar and the Daltons of New Orleaus, and some of the first families from Boston and otner cities are among the guests. Fashionable turnouts and fast horses fill Broadway at the morning and evening driving hours; fair equestrians, some of them terribly scared, flirt their long skirts through the elm shaded avenues, and from early inorn to dewy eve @ Ubrong of blondes in white and blue; brunettes in black and scarlet with massive adornments; fading belies of Saratoga summers long gone bye; mamma- hunted Cubans with plethoric pockets and quiet eie- gance; dandies with little cigarettes and absent minded manner, who think they, too, are pomted out ag biooded Castiliians, and old Money! trom Wall street, idie away the hours on the-long cool plazzas, Since the preparation for the races commenced, those whose occupation was to dawdle about the drawing-rooms and between the piazzas and the have had a new subject with which to kill u ragging hours, and for the last tbree days the Adie strollers 1u the parks and gardens have sensibly dimtnishea in number, The dipping boys are puncturea less with parasols = and the autumn-hued spinster contents herself with three giasees at her matutinal dnnk. ‘The fawn in Con- gress Park has respite from the overwhelming caresses of tender misses, and the secluded sears by the gravelled paths are left to the cooing of sweet- hearte. That “girl of the period” has outshone her- self in canvassing the merits of the horses, and her betting book swings from her little finger with as nonchaiant @ manner asa gossamer fan. Dames who crave something to stir the blood have betting caucuses on the sly in their own apartments, and not a few lords of the household found this morning that familiar fingers had gone through their pocket- books in the silent watches of the night. THE CONGRESS HALL last night was an appropriate combination of the acenes preceding the races. ‘The new Hathorn Hall was dedicated to Terpiscaor! by one of the most brilliant of assemblages, and blazed with light, Jewels, lace and satius. Once before the 11 bad been open to the back of womau, however, bus under very different circumstances, Then the “Women’s Suffrage Convention” made the vi with Caudle eloquence, and if ‘fair women and brave men” were in the minority, the sex usually desiguated the weaker on that occasion made up in strength what it may have lacked in the more winning virtues. Every arrangement was made to render this” genuine christening of the hall the affair of the ball season. The committee of arrangements was couy of gentle. men selected from all parts of the country, who gave caretul attention to ail the preliminaries neces- sary wo a grand success, and consisted of Governor Hoffman, Albany; Commodore Vanderbilt, New jeorge Opdyke, New Yurk; Genet ww York; Colonel Auderson, Cincinnati; New York; J. Van Anden, Brooklyn; 8. lougnby, New York; Ezra White, New Yorl Wail, New York; W. A. Sackett, Sara‘ ; Colonel Provost, Washington; General Carver, San Fran. ciaco; Frank Work, New York; J. G. Mills, New York; E. F. Cutter, Boston; Bambridge S. Clark, New York; J. D. Daniels, Baltimore; C. W. Durant, J. G. Sax@ LL. D., Alodny; General Ward, New York, and Governer Wells, Virginia. Tne Commurtee of Floor Managers was composed onner, New Orleans; U. H. Moller, New A. De Lisle, Montreal; Y york; Thomas J. McCahbill, New York; A. Y. Clag- gett, New York; F. J. Stranahan, Brooklyn: J. dore Saxe, Albany; E. A. Hammond, New York, and Loring Andrews, New York. Bernstien’s orchestra was present in full force, and at fen o'clock the gay throng whirled away through the programme of the Grand Maren; Gj Lop, Saloon; Lanciers, La Perichoie; Reddwi bin gramme; Quadrille, La Belle Héiéue; Galop, Touris- ; Lanciers, Genevieve de Brabant; Deax Temps, Hike, Woman and Song. Part Second—Quadrille, Grande Duchesse; Galop, Hermit’s Bell; Lanciers, Casing: Kedowa, Ernst und Humor; Quadrille, Bal Champetre; Polka Redowa, Arm ig Arm Barbe Biewe. eS Lp - ss he costybiay were of unusual clegance. Tt would i 1p Aiole to give a full description of all the micently attired ladies present. From ten o'clock untt! the small hours of the morning the immenst Lali was densely diled with the gayest and most fashionable of saratoga; and just as the first gray light of dawn peeped over the fine crested rim of the valley the dancers said good night to dream of Strauss aud Schubert, of fra- grant odors and visiona of voluptuous beauty. Among the ladtes whose costumes were particu- larly noticeable were the following:— irs, W. Wall, of New York, rich purple silk, trimmed with uk puftings and biouae lace. Mrs, vaimer, of New York, dlack silk, with cuerry trim- mings. Miss Rotcon, of Brooklyn, low neck black silk, with lace berthe and scarf. Miss Fannte Dan- tels, of Baltimore, white silk mnderskirt and train, overskirt (r#nmed with wreaths of flowers, Miss Thornycross, of England, black illusion, with over- dress, trimmed with white and gold ornaments. Miss Millbank, of New York, rose colored silk, flounced aud en panier, with elegant sash. Miss Grier, of Philadelphia, attracted her usual farge de- of attention. She wore -a white tarletan dress with narrow flounces, panier looped with flowers; very graceful dancer. Mrs, Lng '. Cooper, a stately blonde, wore @ light green silk, Swiss needie- work overdress, looped panier atyle, rich sack with loops. Mrs. M. T. Walworth, graceful and lady- like, lavender silk, low neck, short sleeves, Swiss overdress, looped panter style. Miss Walworth wore white Swiss dress, biue satin sash, put on Masonic aizle, Mrs. J. J. O'Falion, St. Louis, elegant black auik, Mg ed it cape, satin trimmings. Miss Har- ris, St. Louis, white Swiss di with train, needle. work berthe, with rich sas! lias Fryer, of Albany, a beautiful blonde, wore # white tarietan dress, trimmed with puffings of bine and white tarietan; rich blue silk overdress forming panier, Miss Gould, Baffalo, lavender silk, white organdie overeat, dia- monds; very tasteful. Miss Drake, New York, white gik, velvet trimmings, crimson edged, cherry col- red overskirt. % 3 2133 222 S&S #555 ght est io at aE vote aA Sa he Se aS ored waist and Mise Carrie Fling, New York, lavender volored silk, white lace trim- mings. Mrs, Ward, New York, very taste- fully dressed striped silk, white and biue. Mrs. Beach, Newark, white organdie, cherry colored overskirt. Miss Hattie Leland, New York, white or- gandle, cherry colored waist and overskirt. Mrs. out! e, Sara’ opr, blue and white striped silk, elegant lace sikaw! iss Ada Webb, Brookiyn, black sik, trimmed with woite satin, fringed; very elegant. Miss Jennie Leake, Saratoga Springs, cherry colored silk» and lace overskirt. Mrs. Mol, New York, pink silk, point d'aguir, lace ounces, diamonds, Mrs, Drake, New York, green alk, port applique founces, port iace soaw!. Mise Saran sxe AlbAG), dauybter pF JonnG, Saxe elewant | 3 by she wee accompanied by tae eatnesy Zs showing the others the way. At the quarter pole + bane, nieaepie happi she led three sengths, Viley second, two lengths tulle overt iad pt Degg Ag lo ahead of General Ewell. They ran in this way Harlan, of Maine. lent her presence to the occasion. Mrs. Millbank, New York, an elegant sulk, e of thesame, Mra, H. 8. Myers, New York, e en train, lace shaw). Mrs. J. R. Putnam, a, white corded silk, en train, tollet. Mra. Day, St. Loa pink silk, a’ overakirt, el lace shaw) and diamond brooch. Miss New York, blue satin embroidered with miiver, hair studded with silver stars; elegant, Mrs. Fisher, New York, le silk, white tarietan reremist, peaat cnamen x rata Paw i jetan trimmed with white satin, . Mra. O. B. Cross, colored vata, lace overskirt, white eatin cimiainge rh ents. pearl ornament Mrs. Cooper, New York, poem embroidered lace Clark, York, lace, flounces aud shawl, ele- gant diamonds. Mre. Young, New York, white satin dreas, corn colored satin. trim diamonds, lace overskirt, point lace shawl. Miss Roosevelt, daughter of Judge eit, lilac silk, poimt lace flounces; very elegant, Miss Carrie Johnson, Saratoga Spa, white mualin skirt, green silk waist and overskirt; very neat. Mrs. UD, Bardwell, Troy, N. Y., black suk, potnt lace shawl, coral ornaments. Mrs. Coie, Boston, black silk, white point appliqué lace shawl. Mrs. Professer green silk, white lace flounces, lace shawl, pearl ornaments. Mrs. C.H Kising, Troy, N. Y., while satin. lace shawl, with point applique lace ‘overskirt, diamond ornaments. Miss Libpie Smith, Mechanicsville, cora colored silk, illusion trimmings, diamonds. Mrs. Moller, New York, white and blue ik, wine stripe; very elegant. ‘This ball, however, did not monopolize all the gayety of the evening. Ag the Union Hotel a brilliant party assembied in the splendid new ballroom, and a charming hop was given, many promenuding be- tage green silk, white point tween the two halls and participating in the dance at each place. SCENES BEFORE THE RACES. The sport of to-day called many from their beds at @ shockingly early hour for the fashionables of last and by seven o'clock Broadway was crowded with turnouts ready for the road. The pool auction of last nignt not having been very spinted it was thought that more ively bidding wonid pools at and after an early break- hotela began to stream away towards the theatre of the day's The morning was delightiul and ex- ceedingly favorable for the day’s sport. A thick haze, flecked with watery clouds,/covered the sky @d 4 cool breeze swept across irom the mountains, ‘The road to the race track had been well sprinkied, 80 that the throng of carriages rolled along without stirring @ particle of dust, and the dew, untouched by the cloud-obscured sun, kept the morning air night’s bail, take place at the morning sale of the race ground, fast the guests of te several operations. fresh and sweet weil on to noon. HE GROUND. ‘The race grounds haye been very much taproved The three-quarter track has veen newly paiited and the shade trees thay skirt the avenues increased The streets opened last year to the track have been closed up, in order to protect the young trees until tuey shall perils of transplanting, aud are covered with luxuriant sod that makes a spieuald since last year. lengthened, the buildings bave all been the have leading to m size and beauty. considerably grounds have escaped the walk for pedestrians to the races, ON THE RUAD, By ten o'clock the road was full of equipages. with @ good sprinkilug ot along the sandy street and poured into the gateway a steady tide of tashiou, and at twelve the grand stand was crowded. Among the noticeable individuals were Commodore Vanaer- bilt and lady, William Turnbull, Joseph Harker, James B. Craig, Chatles W. Wooley, President Buck- eye Clubv, Cincinnati, Olio; B. G. Bruce, Secretary Buckeye Club, and John H. Smith, Captain Bugher and John K, Whaiey, of Cincinnati; John M. Kiddel- berger, Loutaville, Ky.; Joseph McConnell, Ohio; Carriages of every style, country vehicles, rushed Colonel James Nelligan, New Orieans, La.; Colonel J. J. O'Fallon, St. Louis; Mr. Dennisson, bly, of Chicago; RK. Cotton, Nashville, ernor Bowie, Maryland; Mr. Hail, trill, Mobile; H. P. ‘Thomas Daswell, Virginia, and Sheriff O’Brien, Coroner Flynn, br. Weldon, T. enn. ; Wm. Thomas Puryear and Mr. Eckerson, of New York. THE SCENES FROM THE GRAND STAND. The sceue looking trom the grand stand was ex- ‘The grass-covered race ceedingly picturesque. grounds gleamed Jike an emeraid in a ot darker hues where the hemlock forests bordered the enclosure, and on every hand, far as the eye oper re Great felas glory the clouds and acerulean reach, were stretches oi green and gold wi haymakers and harvesters were busy. of light where the sunshine fell in foods of through the rifts among background of distant hills and mountains. A DRBAFPOINTMENT. On every hana were heard regrets at the death of jement on the tcnce Great expecta- based upon the match of et e itened Alice, to-day, after the hive daughter of Mr. Cameron, Had she lived out the programme the occasion would legree of in- nd would have undoubtedly been a brilliant to the heavy work of the coming week. As it is, however, the racing opened with promises of a splendid season, and the regrets of to-day will be soon forgotten in the canvassing of the future com- petitora. The track was in excellent condition, the appointments were ail superior, and with the im- mense attendances of notavies and fashion at the prove one of the most brillant affairs of the kind ever given in President Grant and a large oumber will arrive on Cameron’s fMily, killed by im) im her runaway op Tau! tions had been and the loss of the filly uy calculations. She,was to have been cl ay. et all whose birthday occurred yesterday. to have been marked by a much greater ai terest preiu ‘Springs the racing week wil) undoubtedly this country, Of other distinguished personages Penns and Saratoga is aglow with lively anticipa- tun. THR PROSPROT. ‘There 1s every evidence to prove that Ameri. cans are rapialy coming up to the English standard in racing matters, and that in a short lime the Derby Will have a formidavie rival in this country. Eighty- One entries have already been made for the season of 1871, and the encouragement given to this subject by or golld men indicates @ thorough reform in our circles. There was @ noticeable absence the objectionable characters who usually frequent the race course. ‘There ts uone of that ob- many of our races; but everything was decorous and tn order, and the fair occupants of the aristocratic car- rtages rolled away (rom the grounds with @ pleasing sportiny here of trusiveness of the swe!! mob so offensive sense of enjoyment undisturved by a singie objec tonable incident. THE RACES. With a delightful atmosphere, a clear sky and a Dlost capital track for fast time the summer Vis veo to-day with what was denominated tte mate! day. them, so that they would not the regular programme of the association. was not @ match day in any sense of term, however, for neither were run, voth being forfeited. ‘The first match was between Mr, Augast Belmont’s chestnut filly Finesse, by Lexington, dam Filigree, and Mesers, Travers and Hunter's chestnat filly Intrigue, both two year oi_s, the distance being ove mile. ‘The second match fell tin Mr, Cameron's filly Miss Alice. by Leamington, dam Jerusatem, who was one of the Wost likely and pro- mising two year olds in the country, There were two races that did come of, and they were very interesting, und gave general satisfaction that fashionable — assemblage nd, The first race way mule heats, for d° swWetpstakeg of $5, the horses engaged beng Bowie Aau’s bay colt Viley, by Vic, dam Silver Star; Mr. Me- Grath’s bay mare Biddy Maloue, by Star Davis, dam Otto, by Oliver, and T. G. Moore's gray colt General Ewell, by Lexington, dam Grossette, by Glencoe, The race was wou by Viley tn two straight heats in allant Ot ‘The betting on this race was heavy, iddy Malone belug bi ed strongly by Western and Southern gentiemen. General Ewell was the next i favor, but he proved rank cur in the race, as he was clearly distanced in each heat, not because he had not the speed, but because be would not keep pace with the others. Kiddy Malone did not come up to the expectations gi ler backers, as the tune mga wi slow. other race was adash of a mile and three- quarters for a purse of $600 made up by the assoct- ation after the death of Mr, Cameron’s filly and to give the patrons of the track a fair day’s sport. The horses entered for this race were Mr. Bavcock's chestnut colt Helmbold (late Dubitn), three years old; Mr. Shear’s bay torse Climax by Bairownie, dam Jewell; Mr. O’Donnell’s chestnut colt General Duke, by Lexington, dam Lilla, four years old; M, H. San- ford’s bay colt King Henry, vy Lexington, dam Tokay, three years old: Littiedeld and Turner's bay elding Mitchell, by Mickey Free, dam Sovereien, three years old, and Dr, don’s chestnut gelding Aldebaran “by Com- modore, dam Naunie Lewis, aged, The * race was won by Helubold rather cleverly. This eens colt is a tine, large, muscular animal, with a bold stride, aud he is capable of making a good race in any company, He was brought to the post in fine condition, Climax looked well, but the oid horse did not appear to advantage in th We have geen him run much faster and stay longer. General Duke was not in condition for such a race and gave out after runuing a mile. ae Henry and Mitchell were in good condition, but the company was too fast for taem. Oid Aidebaran never looked finer, but when the flag fell ne deciined the race and stood still at the post and would not budge an inch, There was not much money lost on hilm, however, as he sold very low in the pools. Podt cat beta The Racing. The following are the details of the racing :— THE MAIN RAC ‘This was a stake of $1,000 each, two mile heats, the entries being Bowie & Hall's bay colt Viley, H. P. McGrath’s brown mare Biddy Maloue, and Mr. Moore's gray horse General Fwell. Biddy Malone was the favorite at about even, against the fleid, There was a great dea! of money wagered va wie result. First Heat.-General Ewell was the first to get away, Viley second, Biddy Maione third, val going inte the upper turn Viley wont to the front: ret be fore they Were around We inrn Miady Malone wap R. Twom- Gov- Cot- McGrath, of Kentucky; G. Moore, John Coftay, Charles Kansom, John Hunter, M. H. San- ford, D. D. Withers, George Butler, Mr. Cameron, Wm. K, Travers. James Watson, Cvlonel McDaniels, ‘Two matches for large amounts Were made, to come of at Saratoga, and tills day was set apart for interfere with It the of the matches ugh, from the death of down the backstretch. When approaching the baif- mile pole, Viley and General Ewell began to close up, and as they passed the post they were nose and tail, Biddy Malone leading, Viley second, General Ewell last. On the lower turn Biddy opened the gap and had a length of daylight between herself and Viley, General Ewell two lengtns behind. They rushed up the homestretch and came past the stand two lengths apart, Biddy Malone leading, Viley second, General Ewell vringing up the rear. Going around the upper turn Viley went up to Biddy and then fel! back again, and at the qaarter pole she led two lengths, General swell dragging far be- hind, detng troudied with the sulks, as his jockey appeared to be doing all in his power to force him along, He was six lengths behind at the uarter pole, and dropped off further in going lown the backstretch. Viley made running down the stretch and at the half-mile pole was at Biddy’s shoulders. He lay there, however, but a short time, as the mare soon shook herself clear of him on the lower turn and came into the homestretcn two lengths clear. Coming up the homestretch, how: ever, the jockey of Viley gave the horse his aud coming with a rush he soon took the jead an: won the heat by two lengths in $:4244, Biddy Malone second. General Ewell just ma to save his distance. The first mle was run in 1:51 and the second mile in 1:49 54. Second Heat.—Viley was the favorite against the fleld at two to one. He got away first, General Ewell second, Biddy Malone close up. Going around the upper turn Biddy rushed to the front and led one length, General Ewell second, half a length ahead of Viley. As they passed the quarter pole Biddy led two lengths aud the others were side and side. Biddy led down the backstretch, with the others at her heels, they being side and side, She passed the half-mile pole a length ahead, the others us before. Their positions were unchanged around the lower turn, and they came on the homestretch with Biddy stil one length in tront, the others side and side, Comimg up the nowestretch General Ewell made a rush, and as he passed under the string had his head in front of biddy, Viiey one length bemiad. Going around the upper turn on the second mile General Ewell began to cut it for some cause or other, and Viiey ran up to the mare. : however, led one Jength at the quar- ter pole, Viley second, tiree lengths ahead General Ewell. Going down tie back- stretch Viley again put on steam, and wok sides with Biddy and at the half-muc pole he showed his head in frons, General Ewell being now ten lengths in tne rear. On the lower turn Biady once more got in front and she was halt a length ahead of Viley. As she came into the homestretch she looked very much like a@ winner. A desperate struggle ensued, however, between Viley and ler up the stretch, when Viley living the longest, won by @ length in 3:43, A prettier race could not be desired, THE SECOND RACE. ‘This was a dash of a mile and three quarters tor & purse of $600, witch closed with six entries, These were the chestaut colt Helmboid, bay horse Climax, chestuut coit General Duke, bay colt King Henry, bay colt Mitchell and chestnut gelding Alde- baran, The betting was very heavy on the result, Helmboid and Climax selling for about equal, far ahead of all the others together. The last pool sold on the race was, for Helmbold $400, Cli- max $200, Aldebaran $65, General Duke §45, King Heary $30 and Mitchell ¢27. There was consider- able time put to waste by false atarts, the horses, with the exception of Helmbold, running three- quarters of @ mile before they found that the word had not been given. This was unfortunate tor those that ran, and decidedly in favor of Helinbold. Whes the word was given Climax had a lead of sev lengths, King Henry second, three lengths ahea General Duke, Helmbold fourth, Mitchell Hfth, Alde- baran being left at the post, as he was at Boston a few weeks ago. The horses ran rapidly across the field to the half-mile pole, Ciumax lead- ing eight lengths, General Duke second, King Henry third, Mitchell fourth and Heimboid tiith. Climax Was six lengths clear of General Duke at the three- uarter pole, King Henry third, Mitchel fourth aud elmbold last. Coming up the homestretch Relm- bold made sharp runuing and soon passed King Henry and Mitchell, As the horses 4 under the a Citmax was leading aboat eight lengths, Gen- eral Duke second, half a length ahead of Helmboid, King Henry tourth and Mitchell last. The two last named were now virtually out of therace. Going around the upper turn General Duke and Helmpold ran very fast and shut up the gap between them- selves and Climax v rapidly, the jatter not beng over four lengths abead. At the quarter pole General Duke and Heimbold raced down the backstretch, the later passing the Duke and taking sides witn Cu- max. At the half-mile pole General Duke had now shot his bolt and began to ae away rapidly, while Helmboid and Climax kept up the struggie from there tw the end. The old horse gave way on the lower turn, and Helmbold took the lead by & length. When they got into the homestretch Climax’ made another desperate effort lor the jead, but was unsuc- cessful, and Helmbold came in & winner by two lengths, making the distance in 3:13, THE LABOR MOVEMENT. The Tailors’ Strike. The strike of the journeymen tallors continues and the policy adopted by the journeymen has already led to blows. They placed guards or ‘‘watches” im front of the business places of those firms which re- use to accede to the new scale of prices demanded tp order to prevent persons from taking out work. In several places these sentinels have been roughly and even severely handied by the porters and other employés of the firms, and one was even arrested several times, but as often discharged. This occurred to the ‘‘watch” in front of Devin’ corner of Broadway and Grand street. At Ham- mersiaugh Brothers, at Eldrea & Levy's, James Wilde's and Meyer & Croset's the ‘ watch” was more or less violently assatied, Yesterday morning and evening the men had again large meet- ings their headquarters, No, 42 Karl’s Germania Hall, and from their proceedi it is clear that they are determined to stand by thet price list. In some cases they have succeeded, sinc number of firms have agreed to pay the advance. The Executive Committee have anvounced their readiness to procure work for most of the men now on the strike, in other houses, at the ad vanced rates. The following communication is from “A Member of the Executive Committee:"— Yo Tas Epitor OF THE HERALD;— I take the liberty to give you a short sum? of what has been done thus far. Ailuough every firm visited bas declared that the prices paid at pre- sent are not sufficient to support us, only a few firms have as yet agreed to our demand. What we ask 18 only @ small increase upon our wages, yet the majority of the employers are inhuman enongh to refuse even that little, Never since history began were men in suca pitigbie condition as we tind our- selves to-day, aud never did slaves find more inhuman masters than our employers are. We are compelled to work ‘om = tweive to sixteen hours per day for the pittance of from one dollar to $i 75. It must be plain to cvery man that this is insufficient to pay such enormous rents a8 we have to pay and live. I could mention instances where six and seven persons lave to live upon the above wages. Where tnere are large faml- les the children are compelled to work when they Ouglit to be at school, and their mothers cannot 60d the time to attend to their household duties, TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS The Massachusetts Democratic State Convention will be held in Worcester on the 24th inst. General Schotield received a complimentary din ner at Denver on Friday evening, Many prominent citizens were present, An effort ts being made to secure the removal of the capital of Mtssourt (rom Jefferaou City to St Louis. Alvin Biake, of Boston, is under arrest in Port land, Me., charged with robbing Adams Express Company of $750, He ciatins to be one of the Ocean Bank robbers, but bis story ts not believed. Joho Gannon, aged eighty years. was run overk and tatally injured by a train on the Grand. Tran Railway at Lewiston, Me., yesterday morning. He was sitting on the track and the epgineer thought he was # trackman. A resident of Baltimore was killed on Friday even ing by the admiulstrgtion of a dose of aqua ammo- ula, put up by a carel*es apothecary instead of aqua wes as ordered vy the physician's prescrip. tort. Smit bas heen commenced against the city of Albany by the owners of the property on toe piers damaged by the freshet lass winter. The aggregate of the claims amount © $137,000. Unless setied tae snit will be tried in November next, ‘The report of City Auditor Turner shows the total debt of Boston on April 81 last to be $17,304,455 40. To meet this the city had in sinking fund bonds and mortgages $6,360,080 11. Net debt, $10,434,440 69. Net mcome since April, 1868, $1,486,915 76. A soldier of the war of 1912, named Jamies Moore, died at Perry, Missouri, on the 20th of July, aged eighty-two years. Captain Moore was taken pri- soner by the British and confined Ip Fort Gibralter. He was a member of the Legisiature and State Sena- tor from Medina county, Olio. A despatch from Sioux City, [owa, says:—General Hancock and staf arrived from the Upper Missourl this morning. A pablic reception was given them vy the citizens. ‘fhe General spent the day at the residence of General Harney. He will leave w-n1gus for St. Paul, thence to the British colony, IRRAGULARITIES IN A RAODR [SAND Bana.—The- Commercial Bank tn Bristo) ts temporaniy closed. for an investigation into ite affairs, The directors finding increasing evidence that there waa a defi- ciency somewhere, pressed the cashier so earnestly for an explanation that that oMicer confessed that certain depositors had been allowed to overdraw their accounts until the amount of such overdratts had become @ considerable sum. It is understood that the alleged overdrafts are denied by the chief parties implicated, The pending examination will doubtiess reveal the facts. The cashier, wito hae heretofore sustained a very honorable position tt the community, has offered to surrender his entire property and ‘abide the result, ‘The bank ts a stare institution, with a capital of £52,000, ant Las wo sits wMaiton. Provence Journa,