The New York Herald Newspaper, August 4, 1869, Page 3

Seizure of Thirty Spanish ‘unboats. by the United States Government. Rigid Enforcement. of Inter- national Law, Bomor thet Belligerent Rights Will be Ovanted te the Cubans. The Tammany Sachems Flanked by the Administration, Great excitement was created throughont the city Yesterday When rumor with its hundred tongues an- Bounced the fact. that General and United States pu gnc tam len ee hee upon the nume> rons feet of Spanish gunboats at present 1n progress in this city, and ieee im Se arent SAT a to an expedition from this port to help the tors of the Queen of the <Antilics in forta to secure liberty and self-govern- ment, From this very sequins web haTeteney of action on ihe fartof the United. states official pay be deduoed this conalderation in their favor, tan OF While his acts may be unpopular and irritating to the public mind, he 1s, after all, but oneying the behests of a’ superior authority, and ‘that he should not be held accountable for or indeed jed, as istoo often the case with the orders, whatever they may be, unless in the discharge thereof and with the iulfiment of his duty be tran. scende his authority or acts ina specially offensive or over-Officious thanner. This is at all times provo- cative of the worst feelings between those clothed ‘wito authority and the people, as is seen in the fre- quent Conflicts between the myrmicons of Super- intendent Kennedy and our citizens, But Marshal Barlow must be acquitted of any charge that on the late “war upon thé Cuban Junta” he acted gu- perciliously, offensively or over-oMctously. The Marshal is rather a gentle and mild offjcer by nature, and were he to reverse his sympathies as an Ameri- can citizen and as one who had himself served ip the tented fleld, would naturally -have toned down the official ire and ardor for distinction and caused _ im to have dealt mildly with the gallant fellows, ‘Who, taking their hives in their hands, went forth toa etrange land to aid the cause of legitimate revolution. But 4 new and more favorable opportunity nas been happily offered the Marshal and bis deputies to ex- Bibit the esprit de corps of their profession and call- ing. A fresh scent has awakened all the keenness ‘of the chase within tyem, and now instead of run- ning after Cuban expeditionaries they sare, hunting Gown and running to earth, with all the eagerness 1 sleuth hounds, the powerful toes of those very Cuban liberators. The Marshal has now directed ‘tne enginery of the law against the Spanish gov- ernment itself, and storming with just indignation and official zeal he has as completely and eficiently scattered, captured ond demolished this second Spanish Armada as the storm of the elements scat- tered and overthrew the Armada of Phillip II. FLEET OF SPANISH GUNBOATS. It has been long known to the government at ‘Washington that the Spanisn authorities were hav- ‘Ing built here, and intended to ft out and equip on their compiétion with all the necessary materiel and enginery of war, a feet of gunboats, ‘The object of this great naval preparation, however it might have been really known and understood by the authorities, was winked at or quietly shelved out of sight. The unequal struggle between the’ Mberators and their oppressors was stul waging, but ‘still inclining in favor of the oppressors, and in g@ucn cases made and provided there js little sympa- thy and less mercy for the oppressed. And so the work of building the great fleet was permitted, fod Spanish gold, promptly and lavishly expended, was urging on the zeal of the obailders, ard everything bade fair for the Successful taunching and departure of the fect. No leas than thirty of these powerful gun- ‘poate—powerful considering the weakoese and un- preparedness of those against whom they were des- tinea to act—were rapidly progressing towaras com- pletion. But the flat of the government at last went forth, and the hopes founded by the Spanish govern- qment and their paid officials here upon the speedy termination of the work and the appli- ‘cation of the vessels to the contemplated swervice were by that flat at once overthrown. It was never sought to be concealed that these -gunboata were intended to operate in the subdjuga- tion of the government of Peru to the imperious demands of Spain with regard to the Chincha islands, and which Peru in resisting, a coupie years ago, had two of her seaport cities subjected to bombardment by the Spanish fleet. It was with feelings of shame and indiguation that the people saw the ‘govern- ment tacitly permitting the preparation of these vessels of war, Intended to be used by stronger Power against a weaker and against -@ government and a people with whom this peopie and government were on terms of international comity and good will. The rigid enforcement of the neutrality laws on behalf of this same Spain against her straggling coloniste of Cuba, panting after that independence ana right of self-government which the Spaniards themseives had but so recently wrested from a tyrannical and bated government, drew the attention of the people to the supine- ness of the government in the matter of the Spanish gunboats. The Cuban Junta time and again called the attention of the authorities at Washington to the unjustness and inconsistency of these acts in the cases referred to. These appeals ‘Were made in vain for a long time, till some changes on the political chessboard opened the eyes of the government to the necessity of a change of tactics, , and then came, as the first move in a new direction, the order for the seizure of the gunboais. THE SEIZURE, ‘The order for the seizure was jointly received by Veited States District) Attorney Pierrepont and ‘ Onited States Marsha) Barlow a few days ago, and though the whereabouts of the vessels were at the Ume perfectly well known to these oMcers some Aittle time was needed to Jay ther piane for the most perfect and eMcient tuifitment of these ardera in the premises, Yesterday morning every- thing was working well. General Bariow and a joree Of deputies proceeded to the pier foot.of Thir- enth street, and (here, stretching some distance u; the river, along the adjacent wharves, they found fifteen gunboats. Eight of these boats had their bovers in, and were having their machinery rapidly gempleted and fitted in under the personal auperin- ‘tendence and business promptitude of Mr.‘Delama- 7%, tbe. Orst builder of the Kricaaon monitors. he jwork, for the purpose of despatch, and which we specially note for the newefit of the government, was divided among several Shops, The manufacture of the boilers of’, shese cveraels was contracted out by Mr. Delamater toa fitm in Newark; $0 that the completion of the boats ei oing on simultaneously tn their various paris in different places at one and the same time. Ifynay here remarked that no expense was spared vir ‘the part of the Spanish government for the epeediesy Xtoition of thelr intentions and desires with regard 20 thease smal but most perfect avd formidabie ‘Mesecis-of-war. ‘The .best efforts and most urgent Wapeals of the Peravian Minister were of course Mot wanting in representations to the gov- -epament as to the actual object and pro- determination of the ish governmént Wish regard to the special services to whico these vemela Were to be put. Bus for some considerabie ume, £6 before remarked, the authorities at Waeh- ing’ deat to all remonskcances, iin gette denly and all at once the order came to this ~ Rapad days slace for Bat | besides tne ca of. these re een emote of iH celal : i i yeas crestfalien and cast down re are jubilantand elated. ‘the flimsy rT) these captured vessels were dv the suppressionef revolution in ever-faithful having been seen ¢hrougn by the Zovernment racter iicy of the United States vin- ven fresh hope not only to TO BE GRANTED TO a je hi et y ee ‘nt the ere alg eapleadch, enebatayenieht hope to Cuba, Erg nent officials are of Ga IAPWS EW ahh fants. But notwitiesding the aecrecy that in the acts of a government, the throes of ing Ate prevent mgmene wth ‘fegand fo 08 policy Rv Me earn these Spanish vessels is but a prelude to the grand that will accord bell aihalls mith fe Aor ce Neves: in his own Wat . man’s orders to “little Joe" by keeping ‘‘moving,” no matter how long it may take him to fight it out on that line, Be this ag it may, thé bolief that this is the coming policy of the government has gone gyrogd, pha Ijke the rays of the sun lighting Op a wihify landscape, {t has diffused fresh hope, confidence and energy, not only i! Md eee ice oice who enjoy Uberty here, Amoi ie re Vv’ secur the sams teslings 1 fief i anth It were not only a delicate but.a most shrewd piece of politt- cal strategy on the part of the President for his own he u e Gee ’g honor, and in behalf of the party rent rights to Uuba. it sure, and when he works he follows out Into power, to maintain intact the it pl of Internationa law ag between the governments of Spain dnd Pert, and to recog- ize the claims, after thelr long .and indomitable struggle, of the Cubans to belligerent rights, In doing this he would take the wind out of the Tam- many sails so Saondngy thrown to the breeze the other night in favor of the righ of Americay citi- zens all over the world, and other claims of all struggling nationalities upon American sympathy and American support. The Cuban Officers in Canada. United States Marshal Barlow has received a joint letter from Colonels Ryan and Currier, dated irom Niagara Falls, where the coloneis are now sojourn- ing on the Canada side, asking the Marshal's per- miseion to return to New York city on their gtvit their parole to appear for examination or trial an to hereafter refrain trom committing further viola- tions of the neutrality laws. Thoy say that they bave beeen} rivate business mutters that require thelr immed! attention in this city, and that no harm can come from granting their request, as no More Cuban expeditions are fitting out or are likely to be fitted out in the city of New York tor the present, Some days since Marshal Bariow listened toa similar application made to him personally by Colo- nel Bocare on behalf of Colonei Ryan. Marsha! Barlow says that the requests of the colo- Dels cannot be complied with, as neither of them is on the footing of the men just liberated from Fort Lafayette, none of whom had. so far as known, for- feited bonds to moe for examination or trial, or to refratn from violating the neutrality laws; where- as both Colonels Ryan and Currier had given, for- felted and violated bonds for these purposes. THE VICE*ROYALTY OF EGYPT. the Order of The Imperial Firman on Succession. WasuinoTon, D. C. August 2, 1869, As considerable interest has been excited by the movements of the Kedive of Egypt recently, below will be found a translation of the Srman, by virtue of which he exefcises vice regal powers:— Having considered the demand you have submit- ted to me, in which you inform me that a modifica- tion of the order of succession established by the firman, addressed to your ancestor Mehemet Ali Pacha, dated on the 2d of the month of Rebiul Akhir, 1267, Coase 4 upon him the government, @ ttre Whérédité, of the province of Kgypt and the transmission of the gnccesston from father to gon in @ direct line by primogeniture, would be favoribie to the good administration of Egypt and the develop. ment of the well being of tbe inhabitants of that province. Appreciating in all their extent the efforts you have made towards this end since your nommatton to the government general of Ecypt, which Is one of the most important provinces of my empire, a8.well as the fidelity and devotion of which you have never ceased to give me proofs, and wishing opon my part to give you a striking testimony of the good will and entire confidence I accord to you, I have decided that henceforth the government of Cgypt and the annexed territories and dependencies stiuil be trans- mitted to your eldest son, and in the same manuer to the eldest son of his successors, If the Governor General leaves no male heir the succession will fall to his eldest brother, and in de- fault of brothers te the eldest son of the eldest brother, This shall be hereafter the law of succes- sion in Egypt. Moreover, the condition contained in the forego- ing firman are and remain always in force as hereto- fore; each one of the conditions will be constantly observed, and the maintenance of the privileges which flow from these conditions will depend upon the integral observance of each one of the obligations ‘which they impose The pledges more recently accorded by my imperial government genetal of Egypt to maintain 30,000 effective troops, to create a difference between the moneys coined in Egyptin my imperial name and the other moneys of my em- pire; to confer the civil grades of my government, ‘as high as the rank of santé (second rank of the first Class), are equally confirmed. The Jaw which interdicts the succession of the Male descendants of the daughters of the governors Will be maintained in future as in the past. The tribute of 80,000 bourses paid by Egypt into the Im- periai Treasury is increased to 150,000 bourses, com- Mencing March, 1866, My imperial Trade being Issued to put into execution the preceding condi- tions, the present firman, bearing my ‘Taperiai al neh, has been transmitted to you by my Chan- celierie. itis incumbent upon you with that loyalty and zeal which characterizes you, profiting by the Know- ledge you have acquired of the Tenulcementa of Egypt, to consecrate yourself to the good aaminis- tration of that country; to labor to assure to the People entire security and Hanguillity ; and, recog- nizing the value of the pledge I have just given you of my imperial favor, to observe with ‘agelty the conditions as established above, Done 12th day of the month of Monhasen, 1233. FIRMAN. As set forth in my bn firman relative to he- reditary succession Of tae viceroyalty of Egypt, the fundamental laws which are in force in other parts of my empire Will aiso be executed in Egypt be Ay to custom and justice, Theee fundamental laws are not other than the enera! principles of my heart, Zumayoum du Gul hane, but as the interior administration of Egypt, and consequently the ftinancia!, economical and. Other interests of the country are confided to the government of Egypt, the said government is authorias o make, under the titie of internal regulations, ali arrangements which may be deemed nheceasary for the “m3 and developement of these prraresty, and Se aamena with the foreign agents cular arran; el concernii pene te th im lng only customs, '$ regards foreigners, the treaties co! my government will be as herefore Bquauy nn eoroe vi ypt. These arrangements will have neither the character of internationuifireaties nor poilticat documents. If they are not made in conformity to the baeis indicated above and my essential right of sovereignty, they will be eonsidered null and void, Whenever the Egyptian government has.any doubt in regard tothe contormity of any of ite arrange- mente with the basis indicated above it:wili refer the subdject to my imperial government. ‘The spedial arrasgements which shall be tnter- Vennbg in Egypt relative to customs shall be sub- mitted to my Sublime Porte, and my imperial gov- ernment, in case of the conclusion of treaties of commerce with foreign Powers, wiil take the adv: of the government of Egypt, in order that the cofn- mercial intercats of be protected, Done on the dth of her, 128. ——— Waar 18 A PaizE Mise ae recently appreiemded in New ut on trial on the eh: of having in a prize ght. De tute was a] and must be construed rive means @ material L? caer rew: ‘ard, an unless 8 reward was offered the law will not con- strue it to be » prize ght. ‘On the other han State urged that the lature intended to prevent and nish crime; that the Offered 1s not essential to apnstitute this ‘a chimes that the term fight is teghnical, and mean Gontess between two persons, condyoted ina pare have between the contenants; thot. these, Ragas ie cont nts ; ‘ it some indueement¥o cause the parties to engage tn such @ contest, it is not materix! whether (ils ducement Was @ certain substantial xeward or the a an the of ie laws ess ours drew near the judge's TEN the YACHTING. Union Regatta of the Bay Yacht Club— A Fine Breeze and Splendid Display—Fash- fonable Throng at the Club House—Music and Terpsichorean Festivities. It was @ daring venture and the attempt was crowned with @ brilliant triumph, The unjén re- gatta, held under the auspices of the Bayonne Yacht Club yesterday, was truly a spleadid display—not a test of powerful schooners and far from a competi- tion of. seagoing vessels, but a resolute and exciting struggle. between a handsome feet of and charming little yachts, whose dimensions, iy limited, were, nevertheless, in complete harmony with the status and existence of the club. Bute feet much larger than its most sanguine members could have hoped to see assembied at ite annual event. The club is only in its infancy, this being ita third annual regatta. Energy and persever- ance, combined with judgment and diecrimination, have succeeded in raising the club to # standard that few institutions have attained in so brief a pe- tiod. To be sure the boats belonging to the club are small, but the. models of nearly all of them prove an unmistakable desire to further the architectard! construction of yachts 80 far as opportunities will asyet permit, The regatta last year was a much greater success than the one preceding—that held yesterday was @ great success, and one that must be remembered with pridé, even when the club wil] have become better known, more popular Gnd ready to take its stand among the first clubs of the country. Pavored by the elements in every respect, charac- terized by a harmony that was pleasant in the ex- treme and marked throughout by considerable skill in the handling of the yachts, the regatta was among the yachting events of the season worthy of record as @ great success. A more delightful morning never beamed. Perhaps a little close on land there was yet @ refreshing breoze upon the water, so much go, indeed, that yachts trying their prowess at an early hour were seen to beat for home close reefed. The symptoms were, therefore, most encouiaging, and long vefore the hour an- nounced for the competitors to start the club house and surrounding vicinity formed scenes of consider- able animatidh and enjoyment, The committee of arrangements left nothing undone to provide fora host of fashionable visitors, aad the wonted hospi- talities of the club were of course a prominent fea- ture of the day. A band of music was stationed in the vicinity and popular strajns heralded the pleag- ures of a magnificent exhibition. The piazza of the club house was crowded by a fashionable throng of ladies whose totlets were both tasteful and picturesque. An the morning yachtmen were busily engaged in making preparations for the race, which, by the way, was looked forward to with the greatest interest by the numerous throng of spectators, who were not siow to indulge largely in speculations concerning the capacities of the competitors. Seve- ralnew yachts were entered for the regatta, and their lines, as they were placed upon the ways prior to deing launched, were minutely criticised. The Bella, a splenaid looking craft, almost an exact copy of the celebrated little mattie, which rendered McGieban so famous last year, was the subject of much admiration. The Bayonne and other yachts also attracted much attention, and when the fleet got into line not a little excitement was apparent among those interested in the contest. ‘There was @ good southwest breeze at noon and the yachts were promptly got into line, the first class sloops wo the windward, the second class in. the centre and the third class over to leeward. The fol- Jowing yachts appeared at the stakeboat opposite the club house:— FIRST CLASS. Square Club, Hoboken, jersey. City. . Bayonne, THE COURSE was a beautiful one and was moat suitable for the display of the yachts, there being a splendid view of the contest from the club bouse, which, by the way, was crowded to excess. The course lay from a stakeboat off the club house afound a stakeboat om Fort Diamond, thence to a stakeboat off Oyster Island, making two turns sround each stakeboat, which were to be rounded from east to west. The prospect Was @ most pleasant and picturesque one, the surrounding scenery adding not @ little to the magnificent exhibition. THE START. a According to the arrangements of the committee the first gun was to be fired to make ready, second for the first class yachts to start, the third gun for the second class and the fourth gun for the third claas. Precisely at twenty minutes to two o'clock a gun boomed forth, and every man aboard the racers Was alive to the occasion. In five minutes after. wards the first class yachts were despatched. Never did craft display such energy. The competitors dashed forth in o moment, almost beam and the Bayonne, however, rushing to the & little brush with her com- Then followed the Muskodeea, the Nellie G., Pearsall and Onward, all of which skimmed’ the water in splendid style, the breeze be- ing just equal io the occasion. Gun number two was equally effective in sending off the second class. The Bella was almost last in on off, but, bend- tng to the wind, she was not long in advancing to the front of her competitors, all the while skim- ming towards the Narrows like a gull. She was hotly pursued by the Flyaway, Matil ind Phantom, which made very rapid progress; Eclipse, Edith &. and Apollo. The Velocipede made a splendid dash and succeeded tm getting i the foremost rank, closely followed im the wake by the Lavine, Jaue Vernon and Alida. Again the gun from the judges’ boat warned the third class boats to take the wing. They took it accordingly, Napped a little, but quickly spread out to the breeze, In fue, a bet- ter, more beautiful or more excellent start was never effected, reflecting great credit not only upon the gallant seamen on board the racera, but also ou the arrangements of the committee. The judges of the regatta were Colonel Hiram Van Buskirk, J. G. Ar- mour, of the Latourette House, an: mes Rulston; the regatta committee Cela of Captain Joseph Elisworth, Thomas Harrison, John Elisworth and John Moffat. Commodore Van Winkle, ex-Commo- dore Gunther, Mr. Harrison, Mr, Mallery and others aitended to the arrangements at the cluo house, and although evidently much interested tn the contest were not Wanting in the characteristic oourestes of the Bayonne Club. THE Raci The competitors dashed Haifa mite from tne st o abeam, or at least so mingled tha: ihelr positions were almost undiscernibie, The Bea ted ber own to- wards Fort Diamond, after rowndiag which the com- petitors kept well together, the Pearsall making good way. There waa but litte variation approaching the stakeboat off Oyster Island, the Bella and Pearsali veing among the foremost yachts, ‘Tne Bayonne, Flyaway, Nellie G., Muskodeed anda few others kept y et Returning, the yactits tacked in the di- rection o1 the New York Yacht Club House, and when making for home began to part company, Up to the presout the event had beeh most earuestly con- tested, and as the yachts appronohed the stakeboat the excitement on shore ran very high. The yachts in the rear were almost beam and beam. Indeed, throughout there was but comparatively a little dis- tance between ali the competitors. Perhaps a more beautiful sight was never witnessed tn the bay, Hot only on account of the close proximity of the yachte, but because of the excellent handitn, peared to characterize the motions 0! in splendid styre. bey were aimost a house for the first time in the tollowing order: i 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 ei bats tn dns toda do 08a age 2 28 Onward, at Alter rounding the judge’s boat, oif the club house, they bore @way for Fort Diamond before a steady, nanagging, breeze, Keeping well in line. They stood in the effing i splendid order, with frares by ret ag bs ri Tt ge the ym ng bags steady 8 ‘would mike. them The Apolio, ‘Sn af Miller, Rosa Jorsey Dutchman having fuien wee to the rear, apd thelr commanders The chanos ck. taking & Feapostauie postion re rage, with m one by one, and they returned to jr anchorage junds of the club house. This CA may ry mn judicious enough, it it certatnly did not well for their fi ck. ey kept al ity on im their course until bad rounded Fort Diamond and tacked ‘ain in thé direction of the oyster shoals below Bedive's Island, where @ staké was placed, which the, turned, Tho exeitement in the vicinity of the oiui house and te com) Was intense as they and, alter a series of mi wring which exhibited ex- moat @kliful cellent seamanship on all sides, they finally rounded it in the Son ving order;— Ht & 5 40 20 46 46 48 50 50 27 59 05 59 23 00 36 Ol 26 Ol 35 ied the fret prize for first class ion regatta to the r of the Bayonne Club. by the the rlem tively YESTIVITIRG AT THE CLUB HOUSE. - When the had been it to @ auc. Cesaful termination the numerous guests assembled at the club house, where an it string band was in attendance. There were present tne assemblage of ladies Mrs. Harris, Mrs. Dr. Fields, Miss Bostwick, Mra. Hammond, Mrs. P, McGichan, Mrs, and the Misses Van N Mra, Lockwood, Missea Gunther, Misses Weng, Mrs, Hi Mrs, Van Winkle, Mra-and Miss’ Mallory and others. Was at once commenced, the brilliant Drospects of a most enjoyable evening, and was kept ‘Up with great vigor long after the lovely moon had shed its delightful lustre upon the smooth and placid bay. The festivities were brought to a conclusion shortly before midnight, Altogether the union re- oe of the Bayonne Yacnt Club was characterized y harmony, Pleasure and success, 2 Ee AQUATICS. The Atalanta Boat Club—The Race for the Championship Yesterday Won by Dr. Withers, Yesterday afternoon the annual race for the cham- plonship of the Atalanta Boat Club took place on the course off the Elysian Fields, and proved to be a very exciting affair, Five o’clock was the hour fixed for the commencement of the race, and long before that hour an immense crowd had gathered together in the Elysian Fields to witness the contest, the major portion of whom were members of the various boat clubs of this oy and vicinity. A little afier four o'clock the steamboat Willlam Tittamer ieit the foot of Ohristopber street with a large and se- lect party of ladies and gentleman on bgard, and arrived off the starting point of the race about five o’clock, There were but three entries—Dr. R. Withers, E. Losee and William Walters. Alden 8, Swan was chosen judge for Losee, David Banks judge for Withers and Willlam H. Webster judge for Walters, George Roahr was selected as timekeeper ana 0. Dressy ag referee, After the preil minaries had been settled to the sat- Isfaction of all parties a toss up was had for choice of positions, Walters won the first choice and took the outside, Losee won the second choice and took the position next to Walters, which left With ers on the Inside, but by no means op the “inside track.’ After the three boats had got Into position the word “go”? wag given. The start was @ very fine one. At fires Losee led about half a boat length, but Walters soon overlapped him, while Withers was left fully three lengths behind before the boats had gone over a hundred feet of the course, At the quurter mile, however, Wal- ters began to lag, when Losee shot ahead of him, Withers meanume, pulling that long, splendid stroke for which he is celebrated, gradually closed on his two antagonists, and alter a little effort managed to get out of his inside track and take the outside, which he kept until the close of the contest. From the half-mile to the end the race lay exclusiveiy be- tween Losee and Withers, Walters having fallen be- hind so far that he was, to all intents and purposes, counted out of the race entirely. ‘the stake at the mile and a half. distance was rounded first by Withers, about a Jeng? ahead of Losee, who succeeded several times on the homestreich in getting bow to bow with his anta- oe but who was every time shaken oi by the r., Who, by the way, had to exert himself to his utmoas to keep his plucky opponent at a rea) fal which ap- | the contes. | tanta, | antit The yachts rounded the stakeboat off the club j distance, notwithsianding ail bis strength of mind and muscle, When within a quarter of a mile of the return stakeboat Losee began to Jose ground and Walters to gain steadily on Losee, Walters succeed- ing after a while in closing up the immense gap which had divided him up to that ime from Withers aud Logee to such an extent that when the stakeboat was but a couple of hundred yards distant he was lengths behind the second man in When within 300 yards of the stake- oat Withers put himseif together in fine style, and gradually opened the gap between him and Losee, and Oually came in the winner about five lengths ahead. The following was the time made:— Withers, 3; Losee, 24:24; Walters, 24:36, Withers during the 1a¢e pulied thirty-eight strokes to the minute and Losee forty-seven. The race was a very exciting one from beginning to end, und the strength and endurance manifested by , who ia avery slightly built map, and only weighs 104 ounds, was rather unexpected, to gay the least, je began the race on a forty-seven stroke and kept it up to the end, and certainly gave the doctor a bard pull for the champion laurels, which he has managed to retain through three successive con- fests, The boats used in the race were seventeen feet working boats. WOMAN'S SUFERAGE ASSOCIATION. The regular weekly meeting of this association took place yesterday afternoon at thelr roome in Kast Twenty-third street. The assembly numbered forty. The meeting having been duly organized, Miss Susan B, Anthony read an interesting letter from the socfety’s foreign correspondent, Miss Emily Faithial, ip London. John Stoart Mull, Charies Kingsley and Professor F. W. Newman were eulo- gized im the letter, and the writer added that such bames guaranteed success. A vote of thanks was enthusiastically transmitted to the foreign corre- apoydent, The name of Mrs. Kate N. Doggette, of Ohicago, yas added to the list of the representatives at erlin, The speech of the afternoon was made by Mrs, Norton, who first yead a letter from a Mrs. Love, which, from the cola reception it met withy was “Love's labor lost.” ‘The upshot of Mra. Love's let- ter was that she could not co-opérate with the asso- ciation so long as they made no distinction between Papists and Protestants, George Francis Train, she anid, was in the service of the Pope. Four tundrea hegroes were being educated down South for the Roman Catholic priesthood, The funds were seut from Rome and were in the bands of eighty priests What could weexpect when black women got the suftrage under such influences wut the fuldiment of the thirteenti chapter of the Apocaiypse ? A good deal of discussion ensued alter the reading of Mrs. Love's letter, but Mrs, Norton saying she had done with the sectarianeubject she was allowed to proceed. And proceed sie did in well considered and very admirable terms, a3 far as composition ts concerned. Her style throughout was ironical, and this greatly detracted from her eloquent and we doubt not truthful essay, She told @ strange story, One night she found @ Woman on & doorstep, intoxt- cated, hear her own dwelling. Seeing the marks of sorrow a8 Well as dissipation on the poor creature's face, she took her home, fed her and supported her for Uiree months, and jearoed her history, One night, weaned with twelve bours of work, the woman sat down and fell asleep at St. Jonn'a Pa a policeman arrested her for drunkenness, and In spite of ber entreaties took her to the station house. During that night she was ravighed by three police- men, her two children meanwhile watting for her coming. lutimidation from the infernal rafflians and threats of Blackwell's Isiaud made her silent vefore the judge. Henceforth she took to drink. The morai drawa by Mrs, Norton was that at every poiltce station and every prison woman shouid guard and protect woman, and, more than this, that women are the only right adjudicators upon women. In furtherance of this view the lady moved the follow- Ing rather nondescript preamble and resoiution: Whereas men naurp the right without our direct consent of | representing us in the Senate, in the jury box and at the dal H eel itan unjust distribution of privilege to be allowed only the representation of ourselves in crime, and that not from choice, b 3 Rescived, the criminal do iment for our crime an well as the compensation for our labor and the credit of our graces, The meeting was altogether a serious one, and nothing occurred to divert the acrimonious current irs, Blake, like Deborah of oid, a mother in Israel, denounced Horace Greeley. Out West, said Mrs. Biake, when a thing appeared in the paper of an obnoxious kind, people didn’t trouble to inquire who wrote it; they shot the editor, Now jast week the Zridune had yoked dastardly fan at the Woman's Suffrage Assdciatton. She would not gay, “Shoot Horace Greeley, for he was old and morally blind,” but she would move the following resolution :— a endeavor: cit ing by malicious representa- h the cause of woman rnitor to every pledge he ihe cause of human progress, Hereupon a Dr. Hoeber jumped up and defended Greeley. To his kuowledge ao Phad not writ- ten 8 word about women for three months, As for what reporters said Horace Greeley was not reapon- sible, @ vote of the imeeting Horace Greeley was allowed vo “Ite upon the tabie.” After the transaction of some ! unimportant bust. ness the meeting adjourned. SCALOED IW WOT LEAD. At & quarter Of two o'clock yesterday afiernoon Jolin} Morton, of Hudson strect, near Harrison, and Wiwiaxa Armer, of Sixth avenue, near Fiftieth street, were dadogerovsly scalded with a quantity of hot lead whi’ ronaiog 1 Jn & flywheel at Errickson’s machine shop, 196 le street. The injured men were attendat by Dr. How: and subsequently taken home. NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET. 4 Gay and Regiment—The Hespitality ef Major Ben Perley PooreA Happy Speech by General B. F. Butler. I Hine F. That old military organization—so useful in the early days of the rebellion—tne Eighth Massacbu- setts regiment has had a happy reunion here to-day on the Indian Hill farm of Major Ben Perley Poore. About a hundred of the past oficers and men of the corps were present, and with the hospitality of their Major and a general rehearsal of old war anecdotes the occasion was made @ memorable ana pleasing one. The incidents of going “through Baltimoret” and the salvation of the capital was enough to make the men proud of themseives, and when the genial hos- pitality of the clever Major Poore was added they all felt a sensation of happiness in the fact that they had been soldiers 40 the early days, or, in fact, In the firat hours of the rebellion. The military visitors assembled in the vicinity of Indian Hil) early in the morning, and having gone through @ preliminary series of welcomes of a liquid nature there followed a tour of Major Poore’s old curtosity shop, which embraces relics all the way from the club which killed Captain Cook down to the baton which Gil- more swung with such skill during the eventful days of the Peace Jubilee. After these had been in- spected and discoursed upon there was a business meeting of the association, at which the following officers were chosen:— Commander—Colonel Timothy Mi of Lynn. Vice Commanders—Colonel F, J. Coffin, of New- buryport; Colonel Andrew Elwell, of Gloucester; Captain K. V, Martin, of Marblenead; Captain G. D- Putnam, of Salem. Adjutant and Recorder—Major D, W. Low,” of Gloucester, Surgeon—Colonel B. B. Breed, of Lynn, Quartermaster—Lieutenant E. A. Ingalls, of Lynn. Paymaster—Lieutenant Colonel K. G. Usher, of bey Chaplain—Rev. John C. Kinsall, of Beverly. Not long after the business meeting there followed @ banquet, and when the appetites had been ap- peased Major Poore welcomed hia visitors in a cor- aa and humorous manner, Then there followed a few commonplace after dinner speeches, the Faget notable one being by General Butler, whd Was called upon to respond 16 the following sentiment:— The United ,States.—We weicome here to-day our first war brigadier general, who led the Eighth, in 1861, when he went forth, to ase his words, as ‘the advance guard of treedom, of constitutional lberty and of perpetuity to the Union. General Butler on rising to respond was greeted with cheering and received a most enthusiastic wel- come. The following is the principal portion of his address:— SPRECH OF GENERAL BUTLER. FRIENDS AND COMRADES—Why should 1 be called upon to speak for the Union, for the United States, to those who in the aarkest hours fought in its de- fence? Run back yee minds, my frienda, to a time only eight years since, when each man was at his plough or hia workshop, or his desk, and the call came forth, like the flery cross that was sent through the Scottish Highlands, asking all loyal and true men to rally to the safety of the clans, When the summons came to you, without a pause, without a doubt, without a fear, each and every man sprang forward to the rescue cf the capital of the country. And through the kind partiality of the Governor of the State, whose memory we all hold in such high honor, it was re’ apa duty to take command of the brigade of which you formed a part. The General then went on to sketch, in a vivid manner, the stirring events with which the great conflict began andin which the Eighth regiment took stich @ prominent part. The many tacidents of its progress from New York to the capital were brought up in freah and full detall, among the most interesting of which was the rescue of the old ship Constitution, which was in great danger of capture. Many other instances of patriotic ‘fervor and achievement were mentioned by the speaker, after which he concluded as follows:— And to you, under God, it was given to save the na- tional capital from traitors. Is there a higher, ts there anobier, isthere a braver record to any regiment on earth, regular, volunteer or militia? No. And you were only militia. I have given this portion of the campaign because in the events that followed it was swaliowed up forthe moment. I again_repeat, you opened the way to Washington; you secu An- napolis and the Chesapeake Bay io the spony, and to the Union, which required the bases e ‘rebel operations to be on the Potomac and not on the Sus- quehanna. Without you the fight had been carried On upon the Susquehanna and not upon the Potomac, Sonera would have threatened and not Washingto! was by your éfforts, throwing aside all ee} all business, all pope for the future and memory the past, in fealty to the Jaws, that Washington was saved; and I doubt not under God, the result of this war was ann for if the confederacy had once taken WasNington and been acknowledgeu i een the na- tions of Europe, as they would lave been glad to acknowled, , What would have been the result? But that Providence which rules al! things for the best ruled that you should have the epprcnlty, and it would seem that He that knows the hearts o} men knew that the Eighth regiment of Massa- chusetts, having the opportunity, were the men to improve it; and the capital was savel. Comrades, eight years have sed away. Remembering all we did in the earlier days of the war, and the his- tory of what you did afterward—of which I cannot speak, because was ied to another sphere of duty, but which has been re- counted to you by the gentleman who has ven the history of the regiment, and which jas become a portion of the history of your country— have you refiected, a8 you may well reflect, what has been the result of our labors? Have you reflected that pecause of that march, some of the incidents of which i have been detating, no slave's foot presses the soil of any portion of this country to-day? Have you reflected that hereafter here, on this Continent, exists a stronger, nobler, better, more efficient jovernment than ever yet existed on this earth ? vi le le of the consequences i tat basta "that Brea er the rigits of man on the Western Continent are to be forever respected, because they are ment Have you reflected that in the future the Western Con- Unent, under the flag of the United States, for which you fought, is to give liberty and law to the world? ‘And these are some and but a few of the results of that [aged Ont aes ee iia ene th my ai and comrades, J am as) ni States, for the Union, for that sarnltedt ich is to-day stronger, more powerful, more free than any other government upon earth—for that governmént whose foundations are laia deeper than any other; whose superstructure has been cemented by the blood of our friends and our comrades, but whose beneficent missionary, freedom-loving and freedom- carrying power shall extend not only over the bounds of this Continent but of the earth. Hark ! Hear from Spain; the struggle goes on there, What 1s tty It is the struggle between freedom and tyranny, Hark! Nearer home, in Cuba; there the struggie goes on. What is it? Thegstruggle between freedom and tyranny. Hark again, from our mother country. What ls the sound, What news do we hear from thence? It is tuat in Ireland, oppressed Ireland, the Clurch is disestablished and every man is left, as we are, free to worship God ac- cording to the Gas of his own conscience. Hark, again, from the plains of the far West, from what in years past we were taught was the great American desert, where, as you now remember, the iron horse travels his way to the Pacific, what do we hear? From there, even, we hear that China, the shut na- tion, which never received througn the long ages avy impression irom the outside nations of the earth, bas heard the sound of Ameri- can freedom and American laws and equal rights, and her children are coming to see us, And have | not said well, therefore, my friends, that the United States have become the great missionary nation of the earth? And then, fellow sotdiers, I am giad further to say that I Welcome this assocta- tion; that I welcome these memories of the pust; that | welcome these friendships which grew upon the battle fleld, and which, I trust, are to remain to us through life. Let us each year renew the old asso- ciations that came from the march and the bivouac. Let us be in the future what we were in the past— comrades—and our success in life as men will be quite eq o the success We haye bad in the field as soldiers. The address of General Butier was followed by ap- plause, and the band played ‘‘Haii to the Chef.” Other sentiments were then announced as fol- lowa:—“'The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.” Governor Claflin was absent, aad it was not re- sponded to, “The Militia of the Commonwealth,” responded to by General Sutton; “Tne Press of Essex County,” by oT is Merril, of the Lawrence American; “Phe Bighth Regiment,’ by Colonel Peach; “The Civilians of Essex County, who as- slated by hand and purse tn forwarding the first troops of the war,’ by Captain George H. Chase, of Lynn. vine proceedings were closed by a short address by Coionel Monroe, of Lynn, and the time thereafter till sunset was spent in the quieter reunions o. friends, among which such a celeoration is a delight- Tul occasion, THE LATE ROBBERY. IN PHILADELPHIA, Singular Recovery of the Money. _ {From the Philade!phia er, a 8.) Yesterday the money stolen from the United States ere stances, ranklin, frat Arsenal was found under peculiar Acting Chief of the Deteotives, Mr. ordered an examination of the water closets, and (his led to the finding of @ key which would open the safe from which the money was tak r en. however, gave no clue to the detectives, and farther nes were required to be made in the course of their investigation. Detectives Gordon, Luken and Tryon were, among other places, sent into the loft over the museum, on the arsenal ground, and after a careful search they came upon a package which contained $24,064 44, the amount missing. It was not con- tained in the official envelope of the Paymaster, but subsequently these regular covers were found in the water closet. The detectives are still engaged in the effort to discover the party concerned in the rob- 1 Dery. 3 THE LABOR MOVEMENT. Festive Reunion of the Eighth | Progress of the Tailors’ Strike—Proceedings Yesterday—The Scale of Prices Proposed. ‘The shop tailors’ strike promises to be interesting, A body of men engaged in making shop clothing for the Callfornia, Western and Southern trade, and numbering some 7,000 or 8,000, have refused to work on the miserable wages given them, and the men in the employ of the clothing manufacturers, the latter being small bosses, running from two to ten ma- chines and employing from ten to thirty men, and larger ones, having from twenty to 100 machines and employing from 100 to 400 men, are about to join them and swell the numbers of the atrikers to some 15,000 or 20,000 men, Z ‘The importance of the strike 1s evident, and its resulta may prove disastrous both to master and men. The twenty clothiers, a list of whom was published in our columns yesterday, are beginning to feel that the preasure brought to bear on them is more than they expected, and negotiations have already been opened with manufacturers in the sub- urbs and arecurrence of what took placein New York in the great strike nineteen years ago was wit- messed here last evening. Five large express Wagons, loaded with bundies of unmade clothing, were sent to Williamsburg by two firms, whose names for obvious reasons are withheld, to be made up by the men there who employ from fifty to three hundred miserable slop tailors. ‘This dodge the strikers believe eannot su tor the moment these hardworked, illpaid men at Wil- liamsburg can hope for inc: pay they are ex- pected to join their*brethren of New York, and vir- tually render the strike a success, One gras question tor tne strikers is funds—of lack of money to carry out the strike ® month or even two months they have no fear. The custom tailors, who carried their point some two months ago, will meet to-day at No. 10 Stanton street, and are expected to make @ liveral provision for the men who are out, if such aid be ne- cessary. These slop ra, however, are thrifty souls and have managed to save a few es enough they say to support their families, through times ike these, and m: express them- selves too proud to ask relief of the Central Body while a cent remains in the savings bank. ‘Che other trades’ organizations appear ready. and willing to help the slop tatlors, while the Arbeiter and Work- ingmen’s Unions are equally liberal. THR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: met at eight o’clock A. M. yesterday at No, 42 avenue A, and although no busimress of importance was transacted the organization of the shop and unions ¥ aa ei and reports from the watches re- ceived. Deviln & Co. were reported favorable to the new bill and a committee will wait on them to-day. Tnis firm has been very obstinate in the matter, and this was considered all the more ex- traordinary, as on the occasion of the strike of the custom tailors this house was the first to sign the bill of advanced prices. ‘the men in the employ of- Coleman Brothers, who have signed the bill, meet to- morrow at 509 Fultn street to receive the printed rice bill from their shop committee, The manu- facturers meet to-day at 134 Seventh street, when a general strike In sympathy with the shop tailors will be declared. ‘The Newark manufacturers met last evening at Newark, three delegates from Union. No. 10 being present and three from the Executive Com- mittee. It was rumored last evening that the houses, Hnding their actions surveyed by the shop cutters, had notified them to leave on Saturday next, but this must be taken cum grano salts, the Degpecellly being that in consequence of the strike of the shop tailors the cutters are virtually thrown out of work, and it is not improbable that they may also strike, join the insur- gents and demand better wages. AS @ proof of the nuineness of the manufacturers’ promises ten rms closed their establishments yesterday, and of the 600 existing in New York and its vicinity, at least 300 are expected to declare war to-morrow. Other meetings were held tast evening, including STEINHART & ADLER’S shop, at the corner of Eighth street and avenue A, to reconsider.the prices on the bill sent in to their employers, This firm behaved very liberally to its workmen in April last, when it raised the prices twenty per cent, and it is thought that the central body, which is composed of the delegates from the ten uniona, will endorse its action in placing the rates at the lowest level. BROKAW BROTHERS? men also held a meeting on the third floor of Ger- mania Halle, 42 avenue A, to debate on the extra- ordinary dearth of work which has followed the signing of the price bill by this firm on Sati last, and @ committee was appointed to watt on this firm to-day to ascertain its views. The following ts the price bill, which may be interesting to our Call- fornian, Western and Southern readers:— coats. Donble breasted frockeoats of ciotli, beaver, Do. Double. chinchilla or meiton... ing h e beaver, tricot, melton or heavy goods. Do. do., second quality Slogle breasted, first qual Do. do., second quality. Double breasted under sa tricots, melton or fine, heavy gooas. Do. do., second quality. Single breasted fine goods. Second quality do... EXTRAS. Lining quiltea through one imch square, coats. oy VESUS eee eeesee eens Facing all over, ten rows. over four. BSSSSSaS Sees esses 28 88 888 fi All pocket VESTS. Double-breasted fine cloth, beaver, tricot or MEILON ..+++.++ +++ Do. second quality Single breasted fine goods. Do,, second quality... BXT! Double stitched edges ... P. ‘Al . Black doeskin, beaver, tricot or meiton. Second quality, beaver, tricot or melto Fancy goods. . Lapel or velvet seams . 2 1 1 1 00 60 50 2 po 00 15 60 ul Youth’s work 50c. less, . ‘rhe central body declared the following additional firms on strike yesterday :—Perret & Co.; Dessauert, Stern, Browning & Co.; Stetheimer, and Metz & Co. rr a rae eA ODY met in extraordinat} session last evening, but nothing beyond 4 great deal of speechitying was done. The body ve es by the Ae nk ie International Labor Union an e Jor Tailors’ Society, who made éncoutaging Tadresbes. No difficulty culminating in arrest occurred durin, yesterday. Several men on watth were insulted, but no open acts of violence were reported. Deve- lin’s men met in shop committee last night, and re- solved to try their employer once nfore, and ap- inted a committee of three to wait on hiin to-day. rhe women who aeted as detectives on Monday were again on post yesterday, and duly reported progress to the Executive Committee at headquar- ters, receiving quite au ovation. Five hundved men and wonren are doing watch duty aud are being re- leved every six hours. Piano Makers’ Strike. The sounding board makers of the piauo factory of Steinway & Sons, of this city, Who are on a strike on account of a threatened reduction of their wages to the amount of ten percent, held a meeting on. Monday afternoon, when they resolved, after they had been informed that the reduction was to last only four weeks, not to resume work again until they should be restored to their former wages. The committee of the Piano Makers’ Uuion of this city have published an appeal Spatoring cle strike ana disapproving the conduct of the firm of Steinway ns. THE SARATOGA RACES. SARATOGA, August 3, 1269, Saratoga ig unusually full of visitors, all antict- pating first rate racing to-morrow. For the Travers Stakes eight horses will start, viz.:—Coiton’s bl. c. by imp. Eclipse, Belmont’s b. c. Glenelg, Cameron’s br. f. Invercauld, Reedy’s br. c, by Thunder, and dD. c. by Thunder; Belmont’s Fenian, McDaniel’s b. f. by Vakiand, and Sanford’s b. c. by Lexington, Belmont’s Fenian is the favorite agatust the field by three to one. On the sweepstakes the betting is immense, no Pools being sold for less than $1, Seven horses ‘Will start, viz.:—Hunter & Travers’ bl. f. Nemesis, having sold tonight at $560; Cottrill's eh. e. Cottriy, at $460; Denison & Crawford's br. c. Narragat at ; Sanford’s b, ti. Lancaster, at $250; 5 O'Fallon’s b.f. The Banshee, at $130; Weldon’s b. Jubal and Weldou’s ch. h. Metairie, at $100 each. nr 1s Of over $2,000 have been sold. Almost all ° e leading turf eee eae men in the United States are » betting is likely to be heavier at this meeting than at any of tho past. For the Phen Stakes, for tw year olde, hall @ mite bac i ae and there is a grand hop there to-night. The Clarendon Hotel roprietors give @ hop to-morrow night. Most of e other are pretty ful. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. General James L. Kirwan, late United States Con- sul to China, has been appointed a delegate to the Universal Medical Convention which meets at Plor- ence, Italy, on the 12th of September next. Bishop Bayley, of the Newark (N.'J.) diocese, leaves to-morow to attend the coming Koumenicai Council at Rome. He was previously presented with a hand- some monetary testimonial by the clergy of hia dio- cone. The presentation took piace at Seton Hall.