The New York Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1871, Page 9

* Ys shut of. It is the engine that feeds the boiler, out a the planks ‘eople ivi ny distance from the landings are cut of from munication with the city after six P. M., a8 nO ins are run either way after that time, ‘dn this d baggage is never checked, but 1s often left ar three or four days in the ferry house. “I ws’ are hot unusuai, and I fear, unless great im- provements are made in the arrangements of this aud more experienced hands em ah it will ot-be long before the HERALD Will obliged to phronicie another terrible disaster, replete with as papy horrors as that of the Westfeld. Why are € NO trains for the accommodation of those who ire detained in New York after six o’clock, or for those who wish to pass theevenury at a place of usement and recur home the same night? [tis e duty of every railroad company and steamboat ne to provide for the safety and conventence of its possengers, but if this is not done let measures be taken to force them to It. ASTATEN ISLANDER. STATEN ISLAND, July-31, 1871. Why the Inspectors Are Useless. 0 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Your letter in yesterday’s isso from an “En neer” Was atruck me so forolbly, as pointing in the flit divection as to the responsibility for the late Alsaster, that 1 am tempted to add my voice in sup- Dort of his views, knowing, as I do well, their entire borrectness, 1 am an engiveer of nineteen years’ ‘bxpericnce, mostly on large ocean steamships; have ison from third assistant to be a first class chief, as such haye had charge of both ocean and ver steamers, AS a consequence I may be sup- d to write knowingly. 1 have, during the past years, gone to sea in ships that had boilers in $hem to which that on the Westfleld was as superior ps coull be imagined—bollers that had fourteen fohes put on one furnace in Charleston, the whole nt of one of them so worn out and thin that a dlow with a hammer would go through. Now, $vnore was the responsibility? I stated to the own- ‘tra their condition, and was told, ‘Well, do the best ou can; be careful, and try to make her last for WO montis longer, When she will be repairede”’ ad a living to make, a family to support; plenty ould fiavé stepped in my place, To have reported her condition to the inspector ould fave Oaused my discharge and also \nave debarred me effectually from being employed peer other ling, on such fact becoming known to ihe other owne: Now, in this instance, the in- jpecturs knew the state of affairs almost as well as I id, but never came nearthe ship. I slept night and im the engine room and have several times fie into port with plugs sucking out of the boiler in all directions, driven into holes blown open ‘hile on the passage. In all my expericuce [ never iKocw an inspector examine the interior of a boiler, ind but mighty little of the exterior. At the time of jhe Ventral America disaster the ship T was on Was jondemned in the excitement of the time, because, pon boring into the Keelson, some partially rotten ‘ood was discovered. In ail other known respects jhe vessel aud machiuery, to my certain knowledge, ‘were in ,erfect order. -The company immediate! ‘put onaspare ship and the public felt safe. Ani oy this spare ship was hozged, ove of her cylinders racketi und patched, her mtermediate shaft with a jarge faw in it, which openca aud shut in asea ay, reyuiring untiring watciing, and her boiers worn out ald leaky thet & gale of wind would ave foundered us. She was all right, though, to jhe innuceut public. r Now to ny ideas on the subject of tho Westfield. bave not seen her boiler, nor do I want to, She had patch on apart of her bolicr—generally the last to ve out, Lf that patch was well put ou and covered i the enh att It Was almost as strong as before, fit was x flaw in thé inn, and the patcn did not xtend completely over, it was not. Now, if when (Shat boiler was inspected that lovall We had been Titically examined—vy sounding, as it is termed, ith @ hammer, and in other technical ways—no mperfection could possibly have escaped notice; it utterly impossible. ‘The inserence can be drain. ‘here are plenty of steamers in every Part of the niied States in worse condition than the Westfield. Why, because they are allowed to ve jo by the silence of the luspector. And why do they jot periorm their duty? Because they would not old thejr ofticé one week if they were to stop, a8 ey could do, one half of the steam marine. The ald as they ought to ve, affairs would be dufere Iwill give you one point about steam boilers, nich I regard the most dangerous. All have what called “steam drums’? yee rg Trom the 4 | f the matin shell from four to nine feet above th ler; they act as reservoirs for the steam generated the boilers. Now, through these drums, which ave @ passage Way i the contre, the flame and pass upto the smokestack which sits on top, wequently these drums are required to be braced the outside to the inuer lining, This is done yy means of bolts rauning througi and encircled yn the Inner space by a acroll O1 iron exactly fitted the cistance apart of the sheets; the bolt keéps 6. sheets from spreading apart, and the scroll or socket,’ as itis named, keops them from coming ther; in other words, renders the sheets immov- Now it 1s a chance If the condition is looked after half a dozen wmes uring the whole life of a boiler. In time they rrode, and thé dram either explodes outright or ips open, nnd these drums are, in the river steain- ra especially, right in the upper saloon, though ut few passengers know tt. A boat one year exploded hers, and scalded several. I saw em totaliy eaten through; ethers had corroded to he shape of an hour glass. The current of steam, eneraliy carrying water with it, going up this rum to the steam pipe and cugine, does this. Now, would like to hear of any inspector who over rawied into the interior of any boiler and xamiued this vital part. An “Expert? says the Westflcld’s boiler was not ‘operly stayed cr braced. No, nor are one-half the ais afloat. But w Ss she not? Because the eae ge not s gi now his cuty—his whole aty—or «id not perform 1. matier ‘of course Mr. Vanderbilt would not ave had this disaster happ.n for $10,000; it 18 zainst his interest; but if the Westiield had ran the he would have (knowing her col ) chuckled at his good luck and jo-called engineer as a reward. Icould write more than you would care to read— jou’t know that you will read even this far—but fou can depend npon it that not until there are in- jpectors who Co their work a3 they should—what- ver may be the cause of their not doing it now- OL until tien will the lives of passengers jreamers, ENG aerous Mavagemovt of Boilers—Possible Prevention of Violent Explosions. THR EviToR OF THR HERALD:— This communication upon the cause of the West- jeld explosion, and upon the means to prevent such alamities, alms to exclude all matter not based on ts, and to point tw such precautionary measares nly as are supported by known physical laws and roven by experience, | Yo present the matter clearly the following un- leniable points as to boilers must be kept in ind — 1, It is practically impossible to provide in boilers | r uneven expansion and contraction. 2. A boiler cannot be made so strong as to Yitnstana unequal expansion Without deterioration | nd its Caer way under such circuistances ts but uestion of timo. ER Red hot iron plates do not make steam faster jor as fast as plates under usual heat, because tervening steam prevents suficieut contact with he Water, as proven by experiments, ( 4, Red hot “kitchen water-backs,” sectional boll “ Be &c., forming receptacles of comparatively small xtent, will not burst by the sudden application of rater. as proven by experiments. FY 6, Red hot plates ina boiler act disastrousiy, by | Prine unequal ay and great straim, and the weakness of the part s0 heated. 6. Water contains air, which, upon ebullition, capes and leaves the water subject to “soltdify”— hat is, to acquire great adeston of its particles to ch other, in Which state it resists the formation of cam. 7. Water 0 deprived of air requires constant cir- ulation to are on its acquiring heat far beyond its reasure, which excess of heat may amount to over 00 degrees Fanrennelt, 8. When the engine is standing still, the fires are urning and no feed water 18 being ted in or circu. tion caused in some way, the water 1s in the best sible condition for storing up heat (as named in ), which, upon commotion or upon too great an ercharge of heat, will flash into steam with explo- ve fore @. The overheating of plates ts not only caused by Ww water, but it also takes place, in a less degree, @ boiler well filled when there is no circulation In the same, Necause water and steam carry heat by nvection, very little by conduction; hence without roulation they but imperfectly relieve the plates of wat. What wore the facts in the case under considera lon? Captain Vanderbilt states, “When one of our ts Starts from the dock at Staten Island the cus- ym 1s to feed from four cocks until Qua ‘antine 18 ached. There is then more than enough water in @ botler to carry her to New York, and the supply ind consequently no foeding can be done while the vt is Lying still’? \ Robert Crosson, the fireman, told Captain Vander. bilt he tried’the volier and: found ;it three cocks fall, [0 then turned to open the furnace door when he card & hissing’noise. ‘Tho boller gave way. The boiler was, therefore, without iresh supply of water (and Sir) for at least an hour, And the en- pines stood still, the fires burning with the door ut for over half an hour, or perhaps much longer. fo halfan hour, the fires burning at half the usual intensity, It would, under normal circnmstances, Piven pounaas cuble feet of ateam at twenty- e As the explosion took place before the boat arted, and the adhesion ofg the water was, thor o- i not overcome by the commotion due to the @rawing of team from the botiex, the masa of Water, ™ ad Be wom bere sen overheated to pe into steam by an addi of its capacity to hold, and by the dotion of the gatety valve. : ‘What would be fd result? The polecooonpion about 1,000 cubic feet ot a] Tho cylinder hay- a capacity of 140 cuvio the steam room is tafimated at about 700 cubic feet, the water space about 700 cubic feet, and the furnace and fue space at about 500 cubic fees, Seven hundred cubio feet, or 44,000 pounds of water, if surcharged with only an average of 50 de- grees Fahrenheit of heat beyond that due to its ressure, Will, upon losing its cohesion, flash over ne-twenticth of its bulk into steam, producing 22,000 cubic feet of steam at 27 pounds pressure, the Le space beimg only 700 cubic feet, and already led. The safety valve was blowing off violently, as ex- puisiely testified to you by H. R. Hale, who left the oat On account of the noise, to be able to speak to atriend. That valve has twenty-eight square inches area, capable of blowing off 1,120 pounds of steam ver minute, or 190 cuble feet Ler second, at twenty-seven pounds pressure (above the atmosphere), more than three times as much as the boiler ia capable of producing within that time without accumulated heat. But tis valve, or any valve, is totally inca- pabie of passing off 22,000 cnvic fect of steam, pro- duced by released accumulated heat in é moment of tume. The question ts, why does this not happen fre- quently, a8 this practice ta, unfortunately, not an exception? The answer is that if, ucder the figures above assumed, the boiler could have withscood seventy-five pounds of pressure, which consumes fifty degrees nore heat tian twenty-seven pounds, no harm would have arisen, itis, however, more than hang that even with only a few degrees of accumulated heat the sudden explosion of Water into steam, assisted by the mo- mentum of the masses suddeniy set in motion, may cause & momentary violent sirain upon the boller, Which a second after migat scarcely be perceptlbié upon the pressure gauge. The latter may evon indica‘e but imperfectly the sudden strain on ths boiler, by reason of its suddenness and the small and often tortuous communication to the gauge. AS @ remedy, circulation siiould always de pro- vided for, particularity watle the engine’1s standing stul, elther by the feed pump (ndependent pump) or otherwise. And if tne pomp is to be stopped le! 1b rather be done while the boat is under way, it circulation ia preserved the water will not acca- muiate beat, bat will evaporate as fast as it receives heat, Without circulation comparatively little steam 18 mede, and the salety valve docs not blow off until after the water 1s facially overcharged with heat— 0 late to notify the fireman to open the furnace oor. Wichout proper circulation the steam may be much notter tan the water, or the water hotter than tho steam, While tie boiler plates become unequally and unduly heated and weakened, with the fluaily fatal resuit sure to follow continaed unequal expansion, if the injury caused by it is not discovered in time. While the most carefa) boiler inspections are thus of the utmost importance and Indispensable, they do not give entire hgroy! against explosion from the cause named; and the less so the greater the mass of water in the boiler. And salety valves in such cases lose their ellicacy. How often our lives thus hang but “by a thread’ while taking passage on ow ats or in passing over sidewalks and by houses, hiding away thou- sands of boilers irom View, We toriunately do not KnOW. ‘That @ boller can be made of less cost, consuming much less tuel, far logs table to sedimentary scales and freefrom danger of such violent explosions, will hardiy be credited. Under usual circumstances the writer would fee! a diffidence thus publicly tq claim such a production. But under the memory of Sunday’s horrors the assertion is nevertheless made that such a boiler was secured several years -_ and is awaiting assistance to bring it beiore the pubuc. If, in the interest of the public, such men as Dr. Vander Weyde, Joseph Belknap and others known and trusted by the public wouid investigate the subject sufficient interest might be elicited to forward the project, if PEpored, und thus to give greater safety to human life and limb, WILLIAMSBURG, N. ¥. ROBERT CREUZBAUR. Politics and a Bursted Boiler. To THE EpiroR of THE HERALD:— The appalling calamity on board of the Westfield has sent a thrill of horror through our whole com- munity, But now that the smoke has risen and the wounded have been carefully disposed of, being a practical people, we ask, ‘Who is responsible?’ Of the hundred correspondents of each of our hun- dred newspapers each lays down 4 different theory. We may investigate the matter and discuss it from every standpoint, but, my word for it, the verdict for the community will be, “A Mystery.” And why? Simply because a coroner or acoroner’s jury are incapable of rendertug @ true decision upon evi- dence that mechanical experts of the highest talent only can understand, And inallsuch cases most of the witnessestake a non-committal position on account of their property or their interests, or those of their friends, Z Suppose we question the capacity of the engineer ? Mr. Vanderbilt says he 1s the most reliable of all the company’s engineers, Was it the fanit of the company? UF course not, for tiey will prove mat everything that care and forethought could provide had been done to secure the safety of the Westfield. Was it the fault of tho toller? Certainly not. The boiler was tested up to forty pounds hydrostatic pressure to tue square inch, but the stupid thing, having no conildence in itself, went and explocte when exposed 10 a pressure 0! twenty-seven pounds only. Was there enough water in the boiler? Of course there was, The eugincer haa just tried it two min- utes before the expiosion (this Is always done tn sim- ilar cases) and found a full supply of water, ‘Was the bolier tooold ? Ob, no. It was cnly nine years old, and there are excarston boats tn our har- bor that go ont every day loaded down with human freight whose boilers have been over twenty years tn tise, having fifty patches for every one that was on the Westicld’s, ‘Was It the fautt of the government inspector? No, sir. He has printed instructions, and you will @.d that he carefully obeyed them—applying the pre- scribed tests and giving the proper certificate, with all iis conventional adornments. And the community wili ask yet again, what caused the disaster? and the Investigation will answer, “The case i8@ mystery.” These investiga- tions always give the same auswer. Now, I hold that In this period of scténtific prog- Tess the recurrence of these disasters and the en- shrouding of them in ignorance and stupidity is ab- solutely inexcusable, When & boller explodes we can trace it to one of two causes—there was too much steam or there was too little water. No steam boiler ever expioded from any other cause. Pending an investigation tt would be improper to express an opinion in this case as to the causes that led tothe acctient. The sufferers, however, and their friends will be consoled when they learn that the Secretary of tie Treasury has condescended to take notice of the affair and over a special tavesti- gation, by which many of them will learn for the rst time that the fidances of the couatry are ma- nipulated by the man who is charged with the re- msibility of inspecting steam boilers. itis true they may consider this rather an incongruous dis- position of responsibilities; but it cannot be ex- pecied that every person understands the science of political economy. if a banker were to start a blacksmith shop we would not expect the undertaking to be successful. Woy, then, manifest surprise when we find that the head of a flaancial system is incapable of carrying out the minutia of steam boiler inspection?’ We make the inspection of steamships a political lever, and find fault that it is not managed in a practical ‘ay. ‘The extent of our country and the number of human lives af stake waro us that this Is a most uawise disposition of aifairs, Yesterday it was “Avondale; to-day it is “Westfeld;” to-morrow it will be a broken rail. We have fines and imprisonment for petty crimes, Le ced slaughter 1s dismissed with a repri- mand, Let us learn the lesson that this accident suggests. It 18 this:—That the safety of human life in transit and in miniog operations and the economy of life 1n the prosecution of mechanical pursuits demand that we should have a “bureau of mechanics,’’ with a thoroughly practical and sctentific man placed at its head, beyond the waves of political agitation, Let the head of this bureau be held toa strict re- sponsibility for sucn accidents as this which you have portrayed in such a distressingly vivid mauner and my word for it we would have fewer of such horrors to weep over. The time of the bureau and the instruments employo! by it not necessarily occupied in this way could be directed into such channels as would most contribute towards the development of our iudustries, @ department in which we are criminally vitud to our best tnierests. Your .paper could do a great deal towards the getablishment of such a bureau, but my voice 1s leenle, T can simply ask, will we adopt @ means of this kind, so much needed, or will we relapse back into acriiinal apathy? Wondering from whence the next horror Will be reported, aud asking ourselves, will we be among the victims? Yours, A. 8. G, Bast 26p Sykger, Naw Yors, August 2, 171, Rewarding the Brave Boatmes. New YORK, August 1, 1871. To THe Eprror oF THE HEnALD:— Tenciose the small sum of $1 for the beneft of those brave “frish’? boatmen that rendered sich valuaple services on Sunday, July 30. 1 hope, Mr. Editor, that many others will follow this example. Who Doserves Honor. To THe Eprror OF THR MER \) Seeing the statement of a Newark engineer in your paper this morning in, which he saya he saved Foy’s child and another, it 1s no more than right, sir, to give credit where it is due. It was Guixi anu another boatman who picked up the two chil- dren, There was not a dead ly picked up at tis time, as they had enough to do to pick up those alive. He also states that there were heads and limbs floating nd. It wags not quite #0 bad asthat. Others stato that the wheels made half a dozen revolutions. ‘The voat di %s move at all, although five minutes wore the naif hot behind ti hy WNodprakt it murs if 10, golewes iy twenty fainuten two on the ferry house clock when the acowent Coourred, 6 ]OUN BM, SABA, 22 Stome atreeh _ LONG BRANCH RACES. Seeond Day of the August Meeting. Fine Racing and Dolightful Weather. Malita the Winner of the Thespian Stakes, | Idaho the Selling Race and Ecliptic the Mansion House Stakes, Lona BRANCH, August 2, 1871. The management of Monmouth Park is winning golden opinions from the racing community and all sorts of people besides, because of the capital ar- Tangementa everywhere noticeable for the Augast racing meeting. It may be the reason of being ina very amtabie mood, but the grounds around the track this morning never looked fresher, never quite 80 virginal in their summer beauty. The weather is perfection, not too warm for walking or riding, but suMciently so to enable the ladies to wear their prettiest and thinnest dresses. T cannot now think of a race course in the coun- try whose approach embraces such a variety of scenery. The New Yorker who dislixes to be away from his home at nights can leave the city at carly business hours, and after enjoying a sight of the ocean and witnessing several capital contests be- tween first class horses can return to his residence im the hours of early evening, The bulk of the visitors to Monmouth Park take advantage of this grand opportunity of combining a good deal of plea- sure with little business, and the steamboat that leaves foot of Murray street every morning at half- past nine o'clock 1s crowded with just this charac- ter of person. The scene on board the Jesse Hoyt this morning was worth an hour’s study, Pool selling was very brisk. Tome it was full of interest. No sooner are the lines cast off than there are many noticeable men about Yommy Johnson's, bidding loud’ and frequently for their favorites in the races of to-day. There are modest men and those that have not yet learned the reticence of manhood. Perhaps the first that strikes you is the face of one that has secn every turf event of interest in the vicinity of New York for the last fifty years. It’s a positive face, in- deed, and it would seem by the manner in which he 1s preserved that in his youth he could take hold of an ordinary sized panther and toss him on his back. Next to him, and just this instant laying his Money on the favorite in the two mile heat contest, is & man from Williamsburg, a gent of magnificent leisure and the owner of a wondrous horse laugh. Some who admire his eccentricities rather than the man himself say that he is good looking, that he is well butlt, has auburn hair, aud all that, but tome the color of the covering of that rather il-shaped head 1s a cross between a mean looking orange and a Philadelphia brick. And everybody has the honor 0/ his acquaintance, By his side 1s a professional sport and a man of muscle, six feet or more high. He has a chest like the trunk of a tree, and arms like a steampipe of an engine. Hanging between heaven and earth, this tellow could be cool as & cucumber and not show it. In bis clothes be is. very meat, but you are astonished at the rib and breadth of beam which he carries. Again, there 1s a dried-up specl- men of the old turflte near the last named. Als features are familiar to all the sports, and while he bets in small amounts it is done systematically, and he goes for bis winnings with a good deal of perti- nacity. They say this veteran is very rich, but he has been known to carry sandwiches in his hat for luncheon, Erectas an elm and lithe as an cel, with blue eyes and right soft hair, something like a Dane’s, there stands ono of the most noted pro- fessional betting. men io Gotham. Were it not for his fanoy mustache and the im- perial, you migQt cunsider him a minister whose constant duty is to “go abont doing good.” Other characters, some rough and rugged, are noted, while again there are those that look effeminate, much like spoiled beauties, min- gitng in the earnest crowds. Toe cry of Johnson, “Well, first choice, how much?” is heard above the din and confusion of everything else. The “Major’—for this I believe tobe tho auctioneer’s title, but .ow he obtained tt I am not so well ad- vised—is very earnest in his business, and some- times causes @ universal laugh by his eccentric ex- pressions, In ‘the midst of the Major's “There's $226 io that pool, how much for the next choice?” the company on the bow of the steamboat ts aug- mented by the form of President Grant, who is hieing away to his cottage again atthe Branch, He looks on the throng a moment, and I think a smile flits across his features as he contemplates this mass of humanity; but I may be mistaken. He pauses only an instant and walks quietly away, while tne auctioneer, in a bantering way, bawls out to a friend, who 1s endeavoring to out-bet auother, “We are game.” The ride from eee Hook to the track 1s not un- pleasant. Tne ocean is quiet this morning, a per- fect caim reigning over ihe great sheet of water. A ripple hardly disturbs its quie‘ude, and it has the color of the deepest indigo. There is no delay, aud the train at once whirls away through the pine forests and the fertito lands of Monmouth—the richest in agricultural wealth in the United States—and lon; before noon the track 1s reached and tne eye Is daz by the brightness of the grand staid beyond as the sun strikes turret and roof. A liitie later the specta- tors begin to gather, by ones and twos, then by the dozen and.nundreds. Still a little later and from the stables come the jockey boys in the dectled colors of their employers, and jney gather in anxious groups to ve weighed, as they all ride to-day, some the winners and otners the losers. Now the ladies’ seats are fast niliug up and the dresses and brilliant gauds of woman's frippery for a while distract the attention. A moment more the pool sellers are busy, then the bells ring the jockeys to mount, aud the sport of the second day of the August meeting has commenced. Among the notables present are prominent ladies from Pilladelphia, not seen yesterday; and there ts some of tie strong-minded clenent present, one representative of the medical fraternity velng the Most prominent. She is a stylish brunette, dressed in white, wiih black lace sack and straw hat, trimmed with biue velvet and black lace. Preity and elegant costumes dot the grand stend in profisiou. You see mach that ts exceedingly neat in white embroidered musita worn over lavender silk; hats trimmed with nowers and covered with light gauze veils, arranged scarf fashion at the back; then there are suits of imperial serge, shaded in colors and trimmed with the darker shades of veivet aud straw hats to maten; others of biack ros grain, trimmed with black crape, and many I Ehow but little about—that is, of the material; but all are elegant and made in exquisite style. ‘Tue carriages, dog carts and barouches in the floid are more humerous to-day. Jerome Park or the Ladies’ Day at the Oaks could not show more delicate beauty or more intellectual laces than these Witch look out from the stlkea linings of the various equipages. The excitement waxed warm over the Mansion House Stakes, Betting men became excited, and the pools went up to three thonsand and more dol- lars. The dark blue of Preakness’ rider first ap- pears on the track and 1 hear a faint cheer from some one of the move euthusiastic fellows on the quarter stretch. Toen comes-the blue and scarlet Of Conductor, and then the orange of Lclipuc, which again to-day has scored a maguificent victory. ‘There 1s @ short luliamong the spectators while the horses are being sent their preliminary gallops. Soon the bell strikes determinediy, and orange and blue, scarlet and green are lifted to their saddies Ail this time the betting men are depositing thou- sands inthe pool box, and as I look down upon them it would seem thai more than hall are fit sub- Jects for the lunatic asylum, The horses come up for the work, and are hailed with loud as they are summoned to commence the sirugi All the way around these two long miles tbe inter- est-never abates a single jot, and as oue horse alter another takes the lead 1 hear a brawny-shouldered, lorious-looking fellow right behind me shoul, “Oh, Ncliptic, Won't you win, Won't you win!’ He does win, and this same. bright-faced giant, with hw dreds of others, whose faces are not so bright, amon them my friend who carries sandwiches in Ins hat, jump and yell with sheer delight, The tadics catch the infection, as the orange Mies by the stand and prociatms "Oid Virgiaia’’ stock again | the victor, one or two embrace each other in the wildest frenzy, while scores Wave thoir handker- chiefs and shout with glee. it is the scene of the day, and in itself (his enthudlasm is quite Snough to repay the most indifferent, spectator present for the visit made to Monmouth, Park to-day. I heard the restof tue story tis morning about that Little bet at Saratoga between Goveruor Bowle and Mr. John Opambetlain. You will remember tho latter won $100 from the former 6n the con- straction, a this course, and tuata four mile heat race Woald be run and & $5,000 purse offered there in oy from i: ume. The Governor tolu the Slory, if to a friend in Vhis wise:— ‘Ted the HERALD ina jorning has got hold of thay little vet of mine With Ohamberlain about this ” ‘arse.’ ga at's 01 joke.” - “Voll tue Goat of Fu Joke 16,Cbapberiatn won aly | ita was the lo hundred, but my horse Lo; won the race, and I pocketed his five thousand E quit first best, and ‘there's Where the taugh comes in.’ ”? THE RAOING. Abetter track or a finer day for racing was never ‘witnessed at Monmouth Park since its gates were first opened to the public. There were three impor- tant events on the card, the first being the Thespian Stakes, between two-year-old colts and fillies, three quarters of a mile; the setond, a selling race for all ages, a mile and a naif; and the third the Mansion House Stakes, for colts and fillies four years old, two- mile heats. In the first race, which had nineteen entries, six came to the post. These were General Buford’s chestnut tlily Malita, by Marlon, dam Susan Harris; D. v. Withers’ brown filly by Eclipse, dam Heinie Farrow; D. McDaniei's chestnut colt Hubbard, by Planet, dam Minnie Mansfleld; H. P. McGrath’s bay colt Richard Roe, by Tipperary, dam Greek Slave; 0.0, & RH. Parks’ brown filly Experience Oaks, by Bonnie Scotland, dam vy hexington, and M. H. Sanford’s chestnut Olly py King Lear, dam by Scythian. Hubbard wasa great favorite pefore the start, and his backers lost heavily on him, as ne was beaten badly by Malita, the wianer of the raco, and Mr, Withers’ filly, who ran a good second, Hubbard did not get away as quickly as his owner wished; but after making up considerable of his losses after the start and getting third place before he ran @ quarter of a mile he suddenly fell tn the rear. He seemed to sulk. He ran well aftor- wards, however, but he jad lost so mach ground by his falier that he coutd not make tt up and came tn third, Malita ran a gaine race throughout, winnins lots of money for her owner and those who ha pluck enough to vack her against Hubbard. Mr. Withers’ filly ran very fast, but she was badly ridden and came in a good second, She will make @ racer with age. She is finely formed for specd. ‘The second event was @ selling race with allow- ances for low-priced horses. There were ntue entries, but at the bugie call one of the number did Not puc in an appearance. ‘Those that started were Colonel] MoDanici’s bay colt Idaho, by Kentucky, dam Variva; BG =Thomas’” bay fliy Aureola, by War Dance, dam Dixie; Jonn Boughrum’s black gelding Gerald, by Mackey Free, dam Rosette; RK. Shea's brown horse Cliax, by Balrownie, dam Jewell; ©. Dawson's bay horse Gayo, by JetY Davis, dam Ninette; W. R. Babcock’s chestnut colt Doctor, by Second Albion, dam by Omeara; Denison & Crawford's chestaut filly by Censor, dam Pasta, and Governor Bowie's chestnut colt Edwin, by Eugene, dam Cordelia Reed. {daho had the cali at the beginning of the 001 selllug, but just before the star’ Aureola soi for a higher price. Idaho, however, won a goo race and was sold afterwards for $800, a very low figure for so good and useful a race horse. Aureola Tan a capital second and Gerald a goou third. ‘Tue third race was the great event of the day, It was two-miie heats, with six capital race horses for staiters. These were Thomas Doswell’s chostnut filly Keliptic, by Eclipse, dam Nma; H. P, McGrath's bay: tilly Susan by Lexington, dam Roxana; John Coffee's chestnut colt Judge Durell, by Lexington, dam Laura; M. H, San- ford’s bay colt Preakness, Lexingvon, dam Bay Leaf, and W. R. Babcock’s bay colt Uon- ductor. The betting on this race was the most even Vhat has occurred Lor a long lume on @ race course, In one of the pools &cliptic sold for $700, Conductor for $720, Preakness for $700 and Judge Durell for $710, Susan Ann fetching $375. Eciipuc won the race ia two straight heats, Susan Annu second and Judge Dureil third. In the first heat Conductor was cut down by Ecliptic, who struck him on the of hind leg just below the hock after running a mile and a quarter, which threw his chances of winning the race entirely out, and he had to be withdrawn from the contest aiter the heat. The first heat was run very slowly, seemingly as if Susan Annand Judge Durell had jain up to let the others do the running. It this was so they played a game against them- selves, It would have been betier for both Judge Durell and Susan Ann to have forced the pace the first heat, and if there had been a soft spot in Ecliptic that would have been the way to tave found it; but to have allowed her to win in a hand gallop just put ber in running order for a better heat. Tuere is a prevailing beitef among turimen that the Eclipses are not suckers; but they should examuuo the pedigree on the dam’s side as Well ag on that of the sire before coming to that conclusion about a horse; and probably if they had yesterday, there would not have been so many strong backers of the other horsea that Ecliptic had. to run against. Judge Durell, Preakness and Susan. Ann were all sired by Lexington, blood that can be traced purely back through Boston, Timoleon and Sir Archy to Diomed, the winner of the first English Derby in 1780. Eclipsic’s dain was Nia, one of tne same blood, being sited, as Lexington was, by Bos- ton, and this staying blood, should she not inherit any good quality trom her sire, gives her endurance to last as long as the best of them. But to the details of the racing:— THE FIRST RACE. ‘THE THESPIAN STAKES; Value $500, added toa sweepstakes of $50 each, play or pay, for two-year- old colts and fillies; the second to receive $100, and the third $50 out of the stakes; three-quarters of a milo. A. Buford entered ch. f. Malita, by Marion, dam usan Harris... D._D. Withers entered br. f. Hennle Farrow... D. McDaniel entered ch. ¢, dam Minnie Mansfeld... d. P. McGrath entered b. lc! Tipperary, dam Greek slave.... eecees c.c. & R.A. Parks entered b, Experience Oaks, by Bonnie Scotland, dam by Lexington... M. H. Sanford entered ch. by Scytulan.. y Helipss, “dain ubbard, by Pianet, "Roe," by on 6 McDantel's 810 c 270 200 lle 45 86 3. Saniord’s. THE RACE. The youngsters had @ most capital start, Malita leaving, Richard Roe second, Habbard third, Mr. Withers’ lily fourth, Rxperience Oaks fftu, and Mr. Sanford’s sixth, When ‘hey reacned the hali-mile pole (the colts and flilies having been started at the guarter pole) Withers’ Milly Was leading by a neck, Ma- lita second, Experience Oaks third, Sanford's filly fourth, Kichard Roe fifth, and Hubbard sixth—the latter having sulked or something else on the way, Going around the lower turn Experience Oaks went up and took sides @ith Withers’ flily, but soon re- Mnquished the piace to Maiita, who had been ru ning Unird up to that time. Then Hubbard ran and took third place, and again the youngsters shifted places several times untli they got on the homestretch, where the race resolved itself into a straggie between Malita aud Mr. Withers’ filly. Ma- jest liver, and won the race bya short jengti, Mr, Withers’ filly secoud, Hubbard third, Richard Koe fourth, Experieace Oaks fifi, and Mr. Santord’s,illly sixth, Time, 1:1934. THE SECOND RACK. SELLING Race; purse $500, for all ages, one and a half miie; horses to be sold for $1,660 to carry full weight, $1,000 allowed 7 Ibs., $500 allowed 14 tbs. ; any surplus over the stated selling price to go to the second norse, D, McDaniel entered b. c, Idano, by Kentucky, dam Varina, 8 Years Old, 83 IDS. ...eeseeeeeseeee 1 B. G. Tuomas entered b, 1, Aureola, by War Vance, dam Drxie, 3 years old, $7 Ibs.. +e teens Jonn Boughrum cnrered bik. Gerald, by Mickey Free, dam Rosette, aged, 1011bs..... C. Dawson entered b. h. Gayo, by Jei Davis, dam Ninette, aged, 104 Ibs, sees R. Shea entered br. nh. Clu dam Jewell, aged, 111 Ibs. W. R. Babcock entered ch. £. Albion, dam by Omeara, 4 year: r Dennison & Crawford entered b, f. by Censor, dam Pasta, 8 years old, 73 lbs. Odin Bowle entered ¢! dam Cordelta Reed, 3 yea D. D. Withers entered ch. f, Miss N ‘dam Laura Farris, 3 years oid, elly, by Ecilpse, BIDS. cece seers elt Tine, 2:43. THE BETTING. Idaho. + $300 450 459-509-300 600 Climax 130 205-270 430880660 Miss Nelly 1) 75-120, 140 100200 Aureola. v0 = 185800 650 45) 9100 Edwin 80) 85130 1608510 DOCtOF..++ 0 80) Denvison & 6o| 3 Crawford $2150 200 170 175 350 Gayo........ 20| F Gerald, . 70) THE RACE. The horses were started from the half-mile pole, and they were despatched on very even terms, the Censor filly having the best of it, As they got to the | turn idaho had taken the lead, the Censor filly second, Gayo third, the otters ail tn a cluster, With the exception of Edwin, who seemed to be wanting in specd. As they ran up the homestretch towards the stand Idano led, under a pull, with the Censor filly second, Climax third, Gayo fourtn, the others pretty well bunched. Idaho maintained the jead bal I around the upper turn, notwithstanding that Gerald made a desperate dash at him, the Censor third, Climax fourth, Gayo fifcn, Aureola sixth, Doctor seventh and kawin eignth, Gevalia pressed his suit down the back- stretch, but Could not overtake Idaho. When they reached tie lower turn Gerald gave up the contest, and Aureola now came to the Charge with a rash, and she went up gallantly and challenged idaho jor the lead. Sho fonght nim stoutiy into the home- stretch, and stuck to him #0 perseveringly that Ida- ho’s jockey had to resort to tue whup, ‘This expert- ment had its effect on Idaho, and he responded to the persuasive admonition with a wiil, dashing away gamely, and then the afuir was over. He came home & Winner, Aureola @ good seoond, Gerald third, Gayo fourth, Climax fifth, Doctor sixih, the Censor filly seventh, and Edwin cighth., Time, 2:43, Idaho Was Wen put up at auction and sold for $800, UE THIRD RAR. THE MANSION HOUSE STAKES, value $1,000, added to a sweepelakes of $59 each, play or pay, for colts and fillies four years old; the second to receive $200, and the third $100 out of the stakes; two-mile heats, Thomas Doswell entered ch. f, Beliptic, by Kectlipse, dam NIMA.... 6. cece scence eeee ee reeeee H, P, McGrath entered b, f, Susan Aun, by Lex- ington, dam Roxana, ....+....+ easeeees . Sanford ontere! b. c. Preakness, by Lex- ington, dam Bay Leaf. es cevseeseacess John Coffee entered ch. c. Judge Durell, by Lex- ington, dam Laura,y.. eee veeeees veneer W. R. Babgock entsréd b. c. Conductor, by Aus+ trallaa, dam hy Alex. Churehill. .. TURO, 3:AT TAL. jar, THE BETTING, Eoliptic......$450 325 625 580. 600 Conductor... 290 275 600 650 «600 Preakness.... 230 800 640 700 800 680 Judge Durell. 210 230 410 710 430 430 SusapAnn.., 125 160 $25 375 250 310 mee Pogo FIRST HEAT, veoress Sid 600 dudge Durell. 275 “ Nei Susan Ann. 145} Field. 170 230 45 Preakness. . 130 THE RACE. First Heat,—Preakness was oway first, Susan Ann second, Conductor third, Judge Durell fourth, Ecliptic flith. As they passed around tne upper turn Preakness continued to lead, Conductor sec+ oud, Susan Ann third, Judge Durell fourth, aud Keliptic trailingclose up, Going down the back- stretch Preakness and Conductor ran side and side, dudge Durell three lengths behind, followed by Ecliptic and Susan Ann. They ran in this way around the lower turn, but as they approached the three-quarter pole they all clustered together and | entered the stretch like a platoon of cavalry. AB they passed under the string at the end of the first mule Preakness had his head in front of Susan Ann, Couduetor and Judge Durell, who were paral lel, Ecliptic a length vemad. Going around the upper turn Susan Anu ran up and collarea polo, when Susan showed her head tn front, Preak- ness second, two lengths ahead of Judge Durell. Susan Ann keptin front, and Conductor dropped in the rear a8 if someting had happened to him, He seemed to be aurt, as he short- ened bis stride materially. Going down the backstretch Susan Ann led Preakness by a head, the latter being three lengths in front oi Judge Durell, Kciiptic fourth, two lengths Jarther off, with Conductor bringing up the rear. Susan Ann stil kept her head in front around the lower turn, an entered the homestretch haif a length in advance of Preakness. Coming up tue homestretch Eclptio made a gallant dash, passing first Judge Lureil then Preakness, and just before reaching the stan Captured Susan Anp, Winning the heat in galiant styie. Then the greatest excitement ensued, The | crowd gathered around the stand, and {t we) evi dent that something had occurred to Conductor, as he pulled up very iame. He had been hit by some horse in the raci; and it was soon ascertained that Ecliptic had cut him on the oi hind leg, aud te had to be withdrawn. ‘The rider of Eeliptic said he | could not help the accident, as when lie moved up Conductor swerved in, and the mare then struck him. The judges belleving that the tnjury done Was purely unintentional, exonerated the rder of Eohpuc and gave her the heat, Susan Ann was second, Preakness turd, Conductor fourth and | Judgo Durell fifth—his jockey pulung him up when | he found that he could not get to the front. Time of the heat, Second Hee ‘Susan Ann dashed away at the tap ofthe drum, Judge Durell second, Preakness third and Ecilptic fourth. Susan Ann opened a wide gap ou the upper turn, being four lengins ahead of Judge Duretl, the latter being four lengths ta iront of Preakness, who lay alongside of Ecliptic. As they Tan down the backstretch Susan Aun opened the gap to six lengths, Judge Durell second, two lengths in front of Keliptic and Preakness, Who were run- ning side and side, Susan Ann was evidently doing her best to win the heat, and she kept up a powerful astride, making her foilowers stir their stumps to keep within hailing distance. They, however, put on steam around the lower turn and commenced suiting up the day- ght. At the three-quarter pole Susan Ann led about two leng:hs, Judge Durell second, one length ahead of cliptic, Who was about the same distance in front of Preaknoss. Susan Ann puton an extra degree of speed up the homestretch, and passed under the string at the end of the first mile six lengths ahead of Judge Durell, who was now getting an occasional touch of the wihlp; Ecliptic ‘was close to Durell, Preakness fourth. Judge Durell made @ dash avoundthe upper turn and gained rapidly on Susan Ann, being within two lengths of her at tho quarter pole, Leltptic and Preakness closing up. Going down the backstretch Ecliptic made her run, and soon took second place, notwith- standing the effurts of the jockey of Judge Durell, who was using wiup and spur ail the way. The race Was now 1D earnest, and the horses were doing their best. Susan Ann by & fine flight of speed opened a gap of six lengths on Ecliptic, and sho looked a winner for a quarter of a mile, Judge Dureil had succumbed and the chances of Preakness were also gone. Susan Ann, however, began to shorten her stride Preakness, and they kept together to the quarter | | dente of like et THE OHIO POISONER. A Very Sealy Siory from the West. ~~ Money and Murder—Love and Lare-ny—The Gay New York Reporter and His Huz band-Killing Inamorata, (From the Colambus (Ohio) Journal, Angust 1.} On the ist day of September, 1367, Peter Buf barger, an old ani wealthy citizen of London, Ohi, | Worth $750,000, the richest man in Madison county, | dled after a lingering, languid sickness: sank inso | the grave, seemingly to bia friends and relatives, | from an unnatural disease. The mysterious char of the tliness, Which nally reauited in his death, | them to suspect that he had been foully dealt wit. | His wife, Angelina Budinharger, to whom he had ® short time previously been married, attended hing | during his sickness, Her questionable character and deceltfalness, coupled with the opinion | of every one that she evidently had mare ried him for his wealth, naturally dtreot these surpicions toward her. The facts in case, showing the atrocious character | Ann, are set forth in the following mi joints of a query, supposed to have been written b; one inumateiy acquainted with all the particul ‘Vhts query was printed in the shape of a circular shortly after the death of Mrs, Buflinbarger. Mra BuMnbarger on ond after her marriage bad been tm timate with a maa by the name of Colbura, who wag the cattie reporter of the New York Tribune. The printed query charges Colburn to have been “fancy man’ to Mrs. Builinbarger. It proceeds to say:— Colburn has suid thelf love alliance dates as fur back ae tho day of her marriage to Buinbarger, cunningly claim! that excuse ts # reasonable prelude for the exiraordin patien orbesrance, &o., 40 Kindly manifested toward this angelic vampire. Buhindaryer often anid he, for « time thought uning of Colbara’s visits, though things dtd soaly, and he had become convinced Ann was not al suspicion, but when weeks end even month1 were pe without a reasonable reason why, a room fitted up for him tn the most modern style, money bortewed frow various ones and given Colburn to spend, and # thonsand other joa noter ho began io thing there was a nlgeO® He thougut to in the wood pile” of enormous propensities, | retrench by forbidding Colburn his housa, but the old ma couldn't play the game; he had too big a hand to cont with; death was his’ portion, ‘That dectded on, but | a whort tine intervened before Putlubarger was confined te | lis room, and bis iron ¢ ynatitution became powerless, ears refised to harken to the sound of revelry by day night and his eyes claimed no hold on earth or tts surrou ings. During ‘the time thone p and that litle di wero doin old man be their work. and before ti aying £08 trate nin used to visit Ann clandestinely, at qugn abut up in bis own little room, and, petted by. the ). band that wasalowly moving the obstacie of bis hatred way v0 pit ‘Time and again Ann took Oyin, Cincinnati to meet Colburn, under pretence of going to # ma, “just down to Solon,” always bringing good words ina'and pa to her darling “incumbrance.” Oh, the loving wife! How she would have enjoyad herself {t'Mr, Budim barger could have went with her, just down to to see ma and pa. On two occasions she was = lowed to Cincinnati, and the writer of this doos that these two death-dealers roamed together as man wite. To a certain, extent this wily and deceliful adventures, ath and plunder, made the old man bellere her pimag camped for , while probal at the same time of her tell , he lay crouched, waite ing the confiet (in the room above), betwoen his inate ment of death and s poor, wretcbed old man. By slow polson he died beyond’ a doubt. Every act of aaide from ‘Buffinbarger's oww “For? said he to a sister at one moutoful of food Ann gives Vhen remonatrated with Vinita to convictions, proves it “I believe every powder is drugged an't poluone: she daro not do it, he added, with force and anger, “Ds not ao it? Ann and her clan dare do anything will get me out of the \d expressions, are but briefs Knows his expressions to Investigate, if they of being touched, and" death, “hightly Fy pointing his ghastly finger in s the authors of all his snfferin, y to carth to scorn the wife who tind #0 often drugaed him unconsciousness, and even while death fibre of life the old man possessed. ‘Tie sald revelled in incarnate adultery with this “Leeching La thario!” That Colburn was there atthe time of Builinber. before she reached the turee-quarter pole, and Ecltj tic commeuced closing. As they entered the homestretch Susan Ann ied two lengths and Eciip- tac was closing on her at every stride. A little fur- ther on Ecliptic seemed to give it up and Susan Ann again opened the aud in this way they ran doubtfully on until within one hundred yards of the goal, when Kcliptic made another dash, and Went in a winner by a@ length, Susan Ann second, six lengths ahead of Judge Durell, who was one pase tn advance of Preakuess. Time of the heat, MATOH BETWEEN LONGFELLOW AND KING. FISHER. SaxaToaa, August 2, 1871, A bet of $10,000 @ side between the owners of Longfellow and Kingtisher was made here to-day on the four-mile race which takes place at the August meeting, commencing on the 16th, Both horses are in training tere and doing well. CAMP MEETINGS. The Eighth National Camp Mecting at Ur- banna, Obio—Brother Iuskip On Hand with His Great TabernaclePreparations ior the Entertainment of Saints and ners—Chree Hiundred Tents Pitchod—Four Hucdred Ministers Expected. URBANNA, Ohio, July 31, 1871, This place is now assuming a temporary Amport- ance by reason of the peripatetic National Camp Meeting being about to sojourn for a while in the Wilderness near its suburbs. The Eighin National Camp Meeting, under the generalship of Rev. John Inskip, i3 avout to render vocal with praises a tract of forty acres oi oak woodland situate (wo aud one- naif mies from this city. THE GREAT TABERNACLE has been pitched, and 300 tents prepared for the | accommodation of both sinners and saints, We wish it to be understood that this is the tabernacle, not the small affair employed at Round Lake, but the one which was pitched this very summer under | THE VERY SHADOW OF THE TEMPLE of the polygamous saints at Great Salt Lake City, Camp meeting days had gone by, it was supposed, the necessity for sucu gatherings no longer existing, unlii the National Camp Meeiing movement gave & renewed impe.us to the subject. Many regard them | a8 w good substivute for the fashionable watertag places, Men Of moderate means so regard them, in tie future Will play an important part in the sociai world, as they did forty years ago in the re- ligious world. NATIONAL CAMP MEETINGS, so-called, have ior their object the sauctificatiion of believers, ‘Ihe ductrine of perfect hoitaess is to be pressed, Rev. Mr. suskip says they shail decline to argue the question as to Whether such holiness be Atiatuabie, tor such holiness 18 commanded in the Holy Bible. Besides, to av “outsider” It seems (hat the ‘ doctrine,” with the expianations and excep- tions with which the reverend committee accom- Puny if, 18 Mot so diiiculi to accept as at dist ap- ‘thus explained sanctification Is nothing an seeking for holiness. | ‘he comumitice have inade arrangements to secure alarge attendance at this meeting, having adver- tised Lhe affair, under pretence of *correspoudence,”” gud probably, all tuings considered, camp meetings | pal prio eliciing the fact that no arrest sach as al er's death, and remained there for several days after arial, feasting, drinking and making the death like the chime of merriment of gladdened hearts en solemn solemnities over the cold, icy rematns of ti husband, ian well eatablished fact, Why did ‘eep Colburn concealed ? The} deed was done; Buf's ‘were closed, and the victory theirs. Shai ‘That was weilten Drazeo énough singe Eve beirayed how gd tO produce one singie feeling with vagrant lusts, In concluding hi that beer article, containing only a dro from ecoan of incidents of like character perpetrated by Anm Biuf and Colburn against the lite, character and social re lations of Peter Budlabarger will induce them to do whee justice to their deceased relative demands at their hands, Wwit—Tako up his rewains, have bis stomach carefully ana lyzed and set and know for yourselves whether his of yeated expressions were true. Iam sure every act of Al Fife, siuce her marriage to Peter, spoaka In worda log darks and the statute of tie State of Ohio gives you the of inyestiyation where mystery shrouds, as in the case your friend Peter Builinbarger. ‘the matter was allowed to slumber for over three years without any decisive movement to unravel ‘the mystery, though the friends of Peter Bufinvar- er have never ceased to believe that he came ta 1a death by foul means. ‘The above quory, together with their own suspicions, causod them to watch closely the conduct of Ann, and, considerin other bearings tn the case, aud pasting u and that together, it became conclusive that he hi beon drugged, and that, too,\by her’own hand. With these convicilons and the more fully to verify thete conclusions they caused the reinains of the old mam to be distaterred, notwithstanding the endeavors of Angelina and Colburn to prevent it, The body was found to be in a good state of preservation, no doubs through the agency of tue arsenio. A chemical analysis of the stomach, which was made by eminent physicians, and finished op lass Friday ‘evening at seven o’clock, developed the fact tnat BuMinbarger bad been dru with arsenic, aud thereupon a warrant was issued for the arrest of Angelina Colburn. A despatch for her arrest was sent to New York at twenty minutes before eleven A. M. yoster- nd an answer received at a quarter past three Pp announcing that she had been arrested. Cole | burn is now engaged in the banking business om Nassau street, New York, with capital supposed w have been obtained from the Bufinburger estate. The testimony in the case is being thoroughly worked up and seems to be suflictently stron: establish the guilt of the suspected party. [i is case which will excile the interest and attract the attention of the public generally, and one which will perhaps expose the most wicked of intrigues and bring to justice the perpetratress of the moss nefarious of crimes, A HBRALD reporter yesterday endeavored to find tho parties above named as being in this city. The name of Colbura is well known among newspaper men, as he was the individual whe figured extensively in a iibel sutt instigated by Mr. A. T. Stewart some years ago, when Colburm Was acting as correspondent for some Westerm apers. Inquiries at Police Headquarters succeeded: stated had been made, aud nothing whatever was known about the case, COBURN AND CAYENNE PEPPER. A Fight in an Oyster Saloon—Blao Pointe and Six Shooters—Groat Exciiemect ai 48 Bowery. Joe Coburn, the eminent pugtiist, and George McCloud, formerly a special oficer,.in the Tenth pre cinet, now the keeper of a Bowery faro bank, mes on Tuesday evening in ® drinking saloon, near Houston street, Mr. Coburn and Mr. McCloud- 1m all the leading papers of the country. Two hotels nave been erected ou the grounds, will capacity lor “feeding two thousand persous per hour. Mr. | Watson, of the Hewrie Hou incinall, Onio, has provided for lodging 500 persons, ‘There are about ONE HUNDRED TENTS AND COTTAGES } on the grounds, erected in former years under the auspices of the Urbanna District Camp Meeting. Add to this about Lwo hundred tents (canvas) aad you | have @ statement which will give you an | idea of the capacity of tme meeting im) the entertainment ine, The grounds are well | shaded, aud supplied with waier by six good Wels and four springs. Shops, booths, groceries and soda water fountuius add Lieir contributions to | the generat entertainment The meeting proper | opens August 1 and will continue ten days, aud | probably longer if successful in the eyes of tue coms mittee, Forty acres of woodiand have been | enclosed, aithough hundreds of acres of virgin tor~ ests adjoluing the camp proper can be used lor “hitching” and other purposes. It 13 expected tat | FOUR HUNDRED MINISTERS \ Will be in attendance, ‘The meeting 1s under the 4 control of genticmen of Methodisuc prociivitics, | though by Bo means confined to persons of that note who preach lorcordinauion ana immersion doc, trine Will assist In conducting the services. The tabernacle wilt accommodate, with seats, about three thousand persons, and the ola stand of the Urbanna Camp Meeting has been ersgy ged to tue extent that SIX THOUSAND PERSONA can comfortably (provided the ser mona are notther long nor dull) hear the Gospel at ¢ nee, The preach- ing Will be conducted from ther ® two stands, and will be sufficient for all that chic to hear, doubt. less. The attractions of the gy @unds and surround- an ala ant RA al = ammense concourse of ople, dou much , go: - ing the meetings good will be done dur- THE WASHINGTON, MONUMENT MONEY. New York, July 20, 1871. To THR Eprrok OF Tae Herat: I have been reqrasted by several of my former schoolmates to fad out what was dove with me Money collecter, from the schoolboys of the various schools in this, city for a monument of Washing’ whitch was eA erected in the Central Park. Hoj ing you wULgive this space in your paper, COLLEGIAN, LACROS3E. Toronto, Ont., August 2, 1871. Twelve men of the Toronto Lacrosse Club left 3} here this morning for New York, to play against twolve of the Knickerbocker and Manhattan clubs, MF the Capltoline grougds, ou Saturday wexte sect, as it 18 expected that several geutiomen of .{ INDULGED IN SEVERAL BEVERAGES, and started outon a tour, In the course of their rambles MeCloud picked up seven or eight of his confreres, and Kept up the carouse till the early hours of the morning. About half-past two the whole party rolied into Steve Mott's oyster saloom, 211 Bowery. Coburn and McCloud staggered up tothe oyster bar, and set to work despatching Blue Points from the shell as quick as they were opened. The rest of the party sat down at one of the tables to eat. While McCloud was in the act of raising one of the BIVALVES TO AIS MOUTH one of the friends at the table, in a spirit of wantom mischiah, came stealthily belind hem aud threw & handgal of cayenne pepper on the innocent oyster. Sorae of the pepper got into McCloud’s eyes and Qlauded him for the moment. As they suddenly be~ pane very much Indamed he went behind the screen to the Ki{chen to bathe them with some milk and Yokewarm water. After being somewhat relieved he came out in front of the oyster bar and imme- dtatety accused Coburn of throwing the pepper ia hiseyes, Cobura looked at him stolidiy with A SORT OF DAUNKEN LER ' but said nothing. McCloud suddenly throwing pim- self into position dealt Cobura a severe blow on t head with his cane. In three seconds Mr. MeGiow { found himeelf laying fult jength on the door, from the eects of a blow delivered by Mr. Coburn. HE PICKED HIMSELF uP | as well as he couid and drew itis rev iver, pong it directly at Coburn. Two of his friends he | rushed tn and wre coed oe from his grasp. | $ 80 Lis antagonist Si I | ts a LmAM oF TH = peony ; | behind the counter, and, picking up @ lat | on er knife, came rashing towards him, otiendte friends then handed him back the pistol, saying a the same time, “Shoot the damned dirty loater,”* “puta holo through the son of a b—h,” Cobuty ducked, and McCloud fired. The ball passed out the saloon and entered the thigh of John Clark, who | was standing on the sidewalk, a silent spectator | of the mei¢e. Clark, | wuo Is A from baa | about nine weeks over from England, was carried away severely Injured. Oficer Long, of the ‘Tenth: precinct, arrested Coburn and McCloud, | ‘They wore brought before Judge Scott, at Essex Market, held to answer undet $1,000 bail on complame the officer. McVioud Is a tall, dark com, as man, dark eyes and long black bair, sprinkl yin a @ ray, hanging almost to his shoniders, reased With “a self-important manher. would never be taken for anytiing else bat wi he is, A BOWERY GAMBLER. It ta sata that he has been concerned in a number oF @hooting aftrays within the last three years, but was never kaown tq lit (ue pergan be ae