The New York Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1871, Page 3

} | How Matters Looked There on Sunday. | THE GREWS IN TIP-TOP CONDITION. About the Betting and Its Changes. THE HOTELS CROWDED FULL. | What They Say Alout Town and Specula- tions Regarding the Result. Sr. Jonn, N. B., August 28, 1871, As the day approaches for the decision of the boat Tace between the St. John and English crews, a full account of the preliminaries of which has already been furnished to the readers of the HERALD, pubiic imterest becomes more and more wrought up to an excitable pitch, Every train from the Upper Vana- das, and every boav from the States brings renewed accessions to the miultitudiuous crowds which always lounge about St. John during the summer season, and the hotels almost invariably hang out the placard, ‘all full.” So aim. cult is it, even at this early hour, to obtain Proper accommodations, that many people seck lodging on the river steamers at the wharves and pick up their food whenever and wherever they have an opportunity, In the Victoria Hotel, from whence | send this letter, every corridor 1s lined Bud double lined with cots, and there are Instances of three, and even four, beds in rooms which were only calculated for the oceupancy of two individuals; gud the crowd has not yet come in, say the Knowing ones in these matters. Two boats which will arrive here from Boston on Tuesday are expected to bring Bt least eight hundred more souls, and the Halifax and other excursion boats will doubtless increase this number twofvld. How in the world all these people are to be taken care of 18 a problem which as yet baiies solution by the most experienced, ‘The city government has already advertised for a Ust of those people wito are willing to supply board or lodging to visitors from abroad, and every resource of the city 1s being taxed to its uttermost to supply the necessaries tor the existence of the Mynads of strangers from out-of-town. At least one half of those who are temporarily stopping here are from the United States, and the city presents in Many aspects the appearance of the commercial centres of America. Very many of the people are from the sporting classes of the community. Large numbers of New York and Boston gamblers and light-fingered men have found their way to New Brunswick, and doubtless trust toreap ® rich harvest during the coming week, Others there are, and a most respectable majority, too,"who | give evidence of belonging to the better classes of society, and who have taken 1n St. Jolin and the Doat race as likeiy to be happy episodes of summer travel, In the meanwhile, THE TWO CREWS keep steadily at work aud are neglecting no oppor- tunity for improvement. The St Jonn men have secluded themselves from the vulgar gaze. They admit no carriages within the enclosure which sur- rounds their cottage and deny themseives to all but their most intimate friends and acquaintances, Evidently they do not inteud to allow the public to see more of them than can ve helped. Oncein a while, after dusk, Fulton or Price will come butside the bars and tramp sturdily up the toad, but the time for such pedestrian exercise is always taken when it is supposed that few visitors Will be aoout, and nothiug but the briefest possible reply 18 vouchsaied to the spores of inter- rogatories which are udaressed to them, In the language of one of the crew, spoken yesterday, “there was too much talk altogether up at Lachine, and the less there is said about the matter this ume the better. We are determined to win this race if we can; for at Lachine we had no chance (o test our powers in smooth water. Il the water Is level on Wednesday —angl we won't row unless It is—the people will have a chance to sce which of the two nations can turn out the detter men, If we can win this race we will, and that talk to men who kaow a3 means business. Anyway the Engiishmen have got to row barder and a great deal quicker than they did jast year if they expect to carry off the prize.” And this statement is borne out by the opinions of those best conversant with the real state of affairs. The race will be rowed, if it ts rowed at all, tu a square and fair manner, and the winning crew will have earned its title to the championsuip of the world, The boats which are being used by the crew, two in number, are kept carefully housed in an oid barn near their cottage. Nobody is allowed adit s- sion to the boathouse, and the only opportunity riven the pnblic of judging of their merits 1s by viewing them when they sit in the water. One of them, the practise boat, 1s called the New Brans- wick and weighs 110 pounds, The other, 1n which they will row the race, is twenty pounds lighter than her companion and alittle longer. She is 42 feet 744 inches long; wid.h amidships, 17% inches ; fepth amidships, 7}, inches; depth forward, 534 inches; depth aft, 44 inches, She 1s called the St. John. Mr. Elliot, of Greenpoint, L. L, the bailder of these boats, 1s expected to arrive here on Tuesday, The iyne men preserve the even tenor of their Way at the Claremont House. Dr. Oldham states that he never saw them in better condition than now, and every day makes them more confident of victory. Percy has recovered from hia slight indis- position and looks as hale and as hearty as ever, and th@others of the crew have changed little in ap- pearance since their last. The only noti¢eabie warlation, pernaps, 18 in Kelley's demeanor, he beoming to hays béen trained gown to rather tog a Point. The time now intervening between ‘Jay and Wednesday may etlect an improvement in this particular. The men make no objections to chaytibg freely about the race and their prospects “with the visitors, who dally throng their quarters, but, as said their jolly old landiord, “all the infor- mation you get from them you can put in your eye,” Reniorth still sticks to his opinion that the race ‘will not be rowed in less time than forty minutes, and osfers freely to wager money in support thereof, while Chambers cuaits with outsiders about the rela- tiye abilities of Engitsh and American oarsmen in 4eull races. It is said, though I know not from what reason, that the indiv.dual jealousies which have along time existed between the members 97 this crew have frequentij éulininated iu psi fim. Cuities, sometimes alinust ending Ti blows, and that the presence oi mutual Iriends only has prevented such disastrous resuits, This story, it is proper to add, is not generally belleved; for the Tyne Men, whatever they may do in private, certainly present a public appearance of accord and general harmony. They continue to keep up their dally Practice on the river, assiduously trying the capa- bilities of thelr new boat and ascertaining the Method of getting the most speed from ner, This new boat, by the way—the Victoria—is somewhat * ‘ighter than the England, which has previously been crived in these columns, and exhibits many striking changes in her mode of construction, She Sits much lower down in the water, and 19 shorter and not so deep as the England by upwards of an inch and a naif, It 1s stated that she was built after a novel idea of Mr. Jewett, by which ne hopes to effect an entire Fevolution in the modern methods of boating archt- tecture. The crew are understood to be very much Pleased with their new boat, although they are erse to informing visitors of its peculiarities, and pnd beth Gan make better time in her than they ‘welt to publish Past, Just here it might be ir THE ARTICLES OF AGREEWENT between the two crews, which I believe have never ‘been brought to lgnt in any American news paper, A perusal of them will snow that smooth water is the essential requisive fur @ suc. NEW YORK HERALD. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. Os od ESRI BLO To i aa mR I eR ia IK AR Sh RE io yee ED ST. JOHN RACE. | | THE GREAT AQUATIC CONTEST. Scene of the Race to Take Place Tc-Day Between the Tyne and the St. John Crews. pS SN Sins . BOAT HOUSE, 2 am TYNE fEgaw ae = GENTLY SLOPING GROUND MOST) UNoER CULTIVATION te LONG Smee ol! an” Bukit xe and that, unless the referee ig satisfied regarding its conditions, the race will be postponed. ‘the St. John men, however, declare thelr intention to de- clae for themselves in this matter, and will allow their opponents to take away the stakes without a contest if they do not deem tt best to row. In con- sideration of the forthcoming regatta at Halifax and the necessity for an early preparation therefor, itis deemed certain that the race will take placo this week, but there are existing fears that a post- Donement may be negessary. The articles read thus:— : ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT between James Keniorth, the champion sculler of England, and three ocher English oarsmen, and Robert Fuiton and three other oarsmen, of St. John, N. 3B. for a four-oared race on the Kennebecasis River, near St. Jona, N. B., in August, 1871, itis mutually und ood and agreed between the two crews, as follows:— 1, That they shall row a four-oared race in the best boats eaeh crew can get, onthe Kenuebecasts River, over the usual regatta course, on the 23d day of August, i571. The distance to be six miles— three up river from Yorryburn Cove, ant back again—for tne sum o/ five huvdred pounds sterling aside and the championsiip. ‘The St. St. John crew to row without a Coxswali, and Kenforth's crew to have the rignt of rowing wiih or witout one, as they may se itt. 2 ‘te boats to such points, uc than thirty yards apart, and art from points, buoys or line, distances on line to be not less row a@ aistance of | three ontles up river, where there shall be two stake boars, and turn each boat, its own stakevoal, being one on 1(3 Own side Of starting—the turn to be made from left o right—and back to the line of starung, such turning stakeboats to be 100 yards dpart. 2. The race to be rowed as above stated, on the 23d day of August, 1371, between the hours of seven and ten o'clock A. M., if the water 18 perfectly smooth, 1f the water, in the opinion of the umpires, or in case of disagreement by the decision of the referee, 1s not snivoth, the referee shall be em- pow to postpone the race to the same hours on the day following, and 80 on from day to day unul We state of the water is favorable. 4. One-half of the stakes to be deposited by each Party in tue hands of the Hon. Thomas R, Jones, of St. Jobn, on tae sigaiug of these articles, and the remainiag half to be deposiied not later than the Join day of August, 1871. make such latter deposit within ten days of the specie time, to forieit the amount previousiy de- posited, 5, The crews will nominate their respective um- Pires and distance judges, two days beiore tne race, and at the same time agree upon a referee, 6. ‘The referee, when appointed, sitall be fully em- Powered to settle all and every matter of dispure Which may arise. He »'sall also act as starier. 7. The distai judges shall be stationed or or near their respective stake boats, 8. In consideration of the expense incurred by Rensorth’s crew, in consequence of the race being rowed onthe Kennebecasis Kiver, near St. John, N. B., the St. John crew hereby bind themselves to pay to Renforth’s crew, not later than the i5th day of August, i571, and after their arrival at St. Jona, N. B., the sum of 200 sterling, 9 Renforth’s crew hereby bind themselves not to row any race prior to the 23d day of August, 1871, during their absence from home, at any place in North America (St. John, N. B., excepted). The St. Joba crew hereby bind themselves to the same. In Witness whereof! the parties have hereunder aMxed their names tis 2701 day of February, 1871, ROBERT FULLON JAMES RENFORTH. THE BETTING ROUND TOWN has changed very noticeably since the date of my last letier. At that Ume the odds were getting to be much in favor of the Tyne crew; but now even bets are not very plentiful. There are many offers on the part of the Oxontans here congregated, but there are very jew takers. Old heads shake doubt- fully after viewing the situation and dislike to express an outspoken opinion. Really the advan- tages are In favor of old England, but the difference is so slight that it can scarcely be noticed, I often hear arguments that the Pars crew should win because they are on their own waters; that smooth water—their strongest point—is a necessity for the race, and that they were never in better physical conditiof to win. Others point to the superior strength of the Tyne crew and affirm oracularly that they can row ali around their oppo- nents and easily win the race, The question of time seems to excite little interest, nobody predicting very great speed, on the ground that such might prove prejudic.al to the chances ofthe w nning crew when they rowed again at Halifax. Few peo- ple are willing to wage that the race will ve made in less than forty minutes, A few hours after the publication of this letter, should the weather prove favorable, will decide the matter and establish the supremacy of one crew or the other as the champion four-oared crew of the world, = The Rival Crews at Their Practice—The Betting—A Splendid Ruce Expected. Sr Jony, N. B., August 22, 1871, ‘Things are working nicely for the race of to morrow. Yesterday morning and this morning the St John men went out in their new boat for a short row. The Tyne men were out last evening, rowing the American stroke at 39 to 42 in the minute, This morning the race course was smooth as a sheet of glass. Betting on the race was a@ lite more lively yesterday evening and to-day than it has been yet, Dut still the odds are in favor of the Euglish- men, and will likely 80 remain, although as the hour of running approaches iné friends of the St. Jolm men grow more confident. ‘The steamers and trains from all parts are carry- ing large numbers of passengers. The City of St. John lyse ePBhing brought about six hundred” from BE George and border ports, The Empress, from Annapolis, brought many Nova Scotians, including some of the Halifax people. The river boats have a great many passengers, and tho Western Exten- sion and Eastern trains are fall. wa ‘The large influx of Americahs to-night has cansed agreat change in the betting on the boat race. Whereas yesterday the odds stood at two to one on the Tyne crew, to-night the pools are sold freely at rates of $1,000 to $960, Indications point strongly towards even wagers in the morning, The weather this evening has been all that could be asked for, and it is very probable that the races will come off to-morrow. ‘The Tyne and Paris crews have finished training and are resting to-day. soth crews are in capital condition and a splendid race 18 anticipated, ‘The weather to-night 1s very fine, and the water is in a state of perfect calm, with every appearance that it will continue in that condition, If the Weavher 18 unfavorable between seven and ten o'clock A. M. to-morrow the race Will be postponed till between four and six o’clock P.M, Betting is now more lively, The backers ot the Tyne crew offer 3 to 2, but the backers of the St. Jonn crew are generally holding off for heavier odds, Tho lat- ter say that the Tyne crew, to win, must row over the course two minutes quicker than in the Lachine race. At the meeting of the crews last night the ‘Tyne crew chose William Oldham, of New Castie, England, for their umpire, and the St. John crew named James Stockhouse, of St. John, The Hon, ‘Thomas R. Jones, of St. John, 1s referee. The steam- Cesta) race, Of I fat foe any rap at all, | cre New York aud New Rrunawick arcyeg thy Either party tailing to | 1% afternoon from Portland, bringing 800 passengers. Thousands of persons arrived last evening from Nova Scotia by trains and steamers, THE GREAT FOUR-OARED RACE. Arrival of the Second English Crew and Their Boats at Halifax—Speculations as to tho Result of the Contest. HALriFrax, August 22, 1871. The second English crew for the great four-oared Tace at the aquatic carnival, viz., James Taylor, Thomas Winship, J. H. Sadler and Robert Bagnall, arrived here on Saturaay in the steamer Peruvian, from Liverpool, accompanied by Mr. John Adams, one of their backers, They brought with them three boats, all butlt by Jewett, the famous Tyne builder, one for the four-oared race and the other skiffs to be pulled by Sadler and Bagnall in the single scull race. A large crowd of people assembled at the whart to see the crew, and with those who went on board the oarsmen conversed freely. They assume that the colonial and New York crews generally will have little chance of success, and that the race may be narrowed down toa coniest between themselves and Renforth’s English crew, and, as a matter of course, have all confidence tn their own success. Their boat was only deilvered them by the builders three days before their departure, so that they have had little practice in her yet, On the passage out they were not idle, but exercised hard with dumb bells and otber applianees. Many persons who visited them wero surprised at what at first glance appeared the silght form of the four; a closer inspecuon, however, dispelled the idea of weakness, for though no one of them would be called a large man, allare firmly built, and evi- deftly unite strengin with great powers of endur- ance. The most remarkable of the four ts Bagnell, @ mere boy, twenty-two years of age, buta young giant in appearance. ‘The entries for the regatta are now complete and the list closed, They are, for the four-oared race, the Pryor, Barton and the Roche crews of Hallfax; the Renforth and Taylor crews of Kngland, tne Coulter crew of the United States and the Paris crew of St. John. There are five entries for the single scull race, namely:—Renforth, Brown, of the Prior crew; Coulter, of the American crew; Sadler, of the Taylor and Bagnell crew, and Tracy, of the Boston crew. This race excites equal atten- tion almost with the four-oared match. Brown, of the Pryor crew, has @ good reputation, and it is expected that the contest between him and Ren- forth will be very close. f The yacht club offer a number of prizes for swim- ming matches, to take place on the last day of the carnival ‘The second Tyne crew are very confident, and an- Ucipate that the only contest will be between them and the Renforth crew. Every precaution has been taken to prevent fouling on the day of the races by stationing boats plainly marking out the course of therace. Grand stands nave been erected capavie of accommodating several thousand people, : The following additional entries have oeen made for the single sculi race:—Thomas Hayes, of the Pryor crew, weighs 168 pounds; Charles Nickerson, extra man of the same crew, 170 pounds; Harty Kelly, of Renforth’s crew, 156 pounds; George Lovitt, of Halifax, 160 pounds, making thus far ten entries, ‘The yacht club, though showing every attention to the press, will not permit steamers to accom- pany the boats over the course, therefore there may be some difficulty in promptly reporting the four-oared race, YACHTING. ‘The New York Yacht Club Race, NeEwront, R. 1, August 22, 1871, The race for the Vice Commodore’s Cup came off to-day. Seven schooners started. Throughout the day the wind was very light. The race not having been completed within the time specified will be sailed over again, Several of the yachts did not ar- rive until after midnight, Yachting Notes. The following yachts passed Whitestone yesterday forenoon:— Yacht Kaiser ‘William First, B.Y.C., Mr. Batley, from New York for New London, Yacht Madeleine, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. Voorhees, from New York for Glen Cove. Yacht Fleur de Lis, N.Y. ¥.C., Mr. Dickerson, from New York for Glen Cove. A NEWARK MYSTERY, The Fate of Jenecke Rehen--Was Sho Mar- dered or Did She Commit Suicide? Between five and six o'clock last evening there was found floating in the Passaic River at Newark the body of @ female uf about thirty-flve years of age, which was identifled as being that of Mrs, Jeneke Rohen, late wife ot Lambertus Rohen, of No, 82 Oxford street. It was found near the Zine Works and removed to the Morgue. Subsequently Mr, Rohen, ho 13 German, called at (ng ifice of ihe county phislolah Ad stited that nis wire had Ipft Nig Noise on Saturday night about nine o'clock jor ihe purpose of doing some marketing. He was drowsy, an retired, Avout one o’clock he awoke and found his Wife still absent. He proceeded to make search for herin the yard and neighborhood, but failed to discover her whereabouts, and knew nothing of her till notified that her corpse was at the dead house. He said that latterly she had been inclined to lunacy and a looseness of moral habits, and on one occasion he came home and found her attenved by a strange youth under very pecutiar circumstances. This is hts story. Tne neighbors give @ different version, somewhat, They say that he Was extremely jealous and fil treated her shametully. An omMcial investigation will probably be made into the case, and in the meantime reliance is not to be placed on either story. LECTURE ON 8ST. COLUMBKILL, ‘The Very Rev. P, Malone, P. P. V. F., of Belmul- let, Mayo, Iretand, delivered a lecture in the Athe- nwum, Brooklyn, on Monday evening, on “St, Co lumpbkill and his Prophecies,” to a house, motwith- standing the heat, crowded in every part. The very reverend lecturer gave @ detailed statement of the life and services to the Church of St, Columbkill, and wound up by reading some of the prophecies of he Saint, which, as taey promised the freedom of Ireland in 1872, were received with the most en- thusiastic plaudits by his Celtic auditory, especially those parts witch he read in the original trish, Ex. Congressinan W. 8. Robinson, who acted as chair. mun, the @fow rewarks mtroduced Mr, O'Dono- yan Rossa and aiierwarda vr. O'Leary, who both made short addresses. Father Malone’s leeture is to be repeated lu New Yor” LOUISIANA POLITICS, The Late Convention at New Orleans—What Chief Justice Ludeliny Has to Sayy-The Sympachies of the Whites with Warmoth. Among the many Louisianians at present in the city is Chief Justice Ludeliny, of the Supreme Courc of the State, with woom a HERALD representative a day or two ago had an interview relative to political parties in that State and the recent Convention in New Orleans, As the gentleman has retired from active political life his opinion should have some Weight with the public, who desire to understand the merits and demerits of the rival factions who are keeping the State in a perpetual turmoil. RerorTeR—Judge, I have heard that it ts the intention of the Warmoth party of your State to send a@ delegation of influential citizens to visit President Grant and protest against the course pur- sued by the federal oficers in filling the Custom House with armed mca and shotied guns to prevent a free expression of opmion for or against the re- nomination of the President, Can you give me any information on the subject? Judge LupELINY—I cannot say whether such a delegation is coming, as [have been absent some days from New Orieaas; but itis probably the case, The condition of parties has assumed a very un- pleasant shape, Itisa@scramble for power on the part of disappointed men, who think they do not secure their proper share of the patronage of the Governor, Rerorten—Iis the party one of influence, Judge? Judge LupELINy—Not at all; it comprises, per- haps, about six men who use the negroes to accom- Plish, if possible, the overthrow of Warmoth. The principat leader is Duun, the colored Licutenaut Governor, backed by feueral officers. Revorrer—Well, ue is & man of consideravle abulty ¢ Judge LupELINyY—Not at He has ability for a negro, but is not whit wouid Le called au able man. He tas cotlected about him a sual pariy— principally negroes—who teel iat Lney do not se- cure enough of the Governor’s patronage, and the split has been brouyht about by ties It 4 an insignificant pai ty, and the course pursued by them was very, very liladvise.t. KEvowrex—Bul some of the negroes continue an aliegiance to Warmoth? Pinchback is one. Judge LUDELINY—O, yes; some of them remain true to vie Governor’s party. Pinchback and shrewd men like film stick to the parly tac is ikely to give them tue most favors. REvORTER—The action of the federal authorities in placing armed men and Gating guns in the Cus- tom House has caused great tudiguauion. Yo you thiuk it Wag with tie President's consent + Judge LUDELINY—it was very uniortunate, very impoiiuc on the part of the oilicials to say te least, anu itis believed that it was sancvioued by the President; Indeed the Warmotn organ declared its eullors had seen the order of General Babcock for troops to be employed. REPORTER —Wuat of the oMice holders ? dadge LUDELINY—They are men Wo have no In- terest in the State. Lowell, the Postmaster, 1s a Northera man, Who has worked Nimseli into orice aad Has no interests in common with te peo- ple. Casey, the Coilector, is a man of very ordinary ability, and would have inuuence were it not for lus relations to Ue President. * : RKerorsBR—Dvoes Warmoth retain the confidence of the republican aud democratic parties? Judge LUDELINY—Yes, O/ the repuvlicaus, and the democrats preier his rule to taal of the opposing jaction, Whose aim 1s merely to place the uegro ele- ment in power. The contest is virtually between tue whites and blac Why, sir, had the delegates been allowed peaceably to assemble witout armed intimidation Warmouth would have received the Support of more tan UwWO-tuirds of the conveation, RErORTER—And it 18 true that merchants were prevented from transacting their usual business at the Cusiom House ? Judge LuDELIN Yes, sir. iness was virtually ‘the Suspended for tu on ol ute federal autuorilles was indeed. Tue ate temptot the Duna party ww deieat tie Governor's party was very ill-advised, aad wuch hari may re- sult, although 1 18 pretty certain that tue regular Tepublican party will be sustained, ‘The above is the substance of the Chief Justice's remurks made to the reporter, probably without suspicion that they would be reproduced, The Judge, Who is @ wigh-toned, able yenUeman and a large propel in tue State, Was very decided in his uterances, ana appareutiy Keeuly feels’ the Scandal that nas resulted trom the split tu the re- puviican party, iusigniticant im pout o: numbers as tne bullers appear bo b. Letter from Collector Casey and Packard. NEW ORLEANS, August 14, 1871. To THE PuBLIC:— i The State Central Executive Committee of the republican party of Loutstaua, which was in exist ence prior to the Convention of the 9th inst., was formed in accordance with a resolution of the Re- publican Convention passed August 10, 1870, This Marshal “resolution, after prescribing the mode of formation of the committee, provided that said commitiee shall hold ofce for the term of one year, and it shail be their duty on or before the expiration of their term of service to call a State convention of the republican party for the purpose of choosing their successors, In accordance with this resolution on the 27th of June, 187), the Central Committee issued their call tor a State Convention, to be held in New Orleans on Wednesday, August 9, fixing the delegation to which each parish and ward was entitled, and pre- scribing that the credentals of deiesates must be signed by the presidents and secretaries of their respective Barish committees, aud in the blfy of New yricans by the president and secretaries of the Mother Ward Clubs, Wilch credentials weré to be forwarded 48 soon as possible to the president Of the State Central Committee, to be by nim pre: sented to the Convention, Immediately the Warmoth faction commenced using every means to ensure their success through- out the State, Bribes of money aud ofice were proffered unsparingly; all oficcholdera obnoxious vo their policy were removed; threats and entreaties ‘were alike used to effect their purpose. in the city of New Orleans organized bands of street laborers, policemen, in uniform or tn plain clothes, and thugs and criminals of the lowest standing in society were sent from ward to ward and from club room to ciub room to repress all expressidns of dissatisfac- tion with their imasier, Warmoth, and to easure the election of his candidates, Men were knocked down and brutally maitreated by these rumans for daring to express an opinion of their own, while ualiormed policemen stood by laughing and wakiug no mouon to interiere, Meanwhile the elections were steadily going against the Warmoth party. In those few parishes where his candidates were fairly elected no contest Was made, but in every case where the result of the eiection went against them the tax collectors aud other officiais appointed by tue Governor bolted, formed conventions of thetr own and in many cases, Withouteven that formalny, claimed to be reguiarly elected delegates to the Convention, Warmoti’s friends openly boasted that they would control the Conveution, no matter at what cost. United states senator J, R, West, the creature and tool of Warmoth, the only man claiming to be a re- publican who voted with the democratic Senators against the raufication of the treaty with Great Britain, proc aimed in the public streets, “We will have control of that Convention or blood.” No place of meeting having been named in the call. on the $d day of August, 1871, the State Ven- | ga Committee authorized their President, 8. B. Packard, to procure @ suitable place of meeting, Upon inquiry it was found that every public hall in the city, which by any possibility was fit for the urpose, had been engaged veforehand by the overnor, with the inteation of foretng the Conven- Hon to meet in some place where, by his’police and thugs, he could effectually control it. Unaer these circumstances the President of the Committee, 8. B. Packard, determined vo hold the Convention m the United States Court room, situated in the Custom House, but in a’ part of the building entirely distinct and isolated from ti Customs Departinent, of which room he ts custodian by virtue of his postion as United Stares Marshal. In this determination the majority of the State Com- mittee and Collector Casey, custodian of the build ing, heartily acquiesced. At the meeting of August 3, and four days before the piace of meeting was determined, the Central Committee passed a resolution declaring that tickets of admission would be issued onty to persons claim- ing seats as delegates, and that all others would be excluded from the hall, In accordance with this resolution, on the morning of the 9th instant, a Ucket of admission was furnished to every person claiming @ seat in the Convention, no matter on how frivolous or evidently fraudulent grounds such claim was based, Notwithstanding that this mode of procedure was fully advertised and universally known the War- moth party persisted in declaring that they would go into the Convention without tickets and clean out the building with the police; out, nevertheless, recognized the authority of the committee by making, application for and receiving tickets, Threats of assassination against prominent mem- bers of the opposition were freely and openly made, Fearing that @ riot would ensue within the precincts of the building Marshal Packard telegraphed on the sth inst., to General Key- holds, commanding department, for a guard of United States troops, solely for the protection of United States property. This request was grante’ and at nine A. M, of the 9th forty n tenth United States infantry, under command of Captain Smith, were marched into the butiding. Here they at once stacked arma, broke ranks and dispersed through the ouliding, nor at any time during the cay did they attempt to intertere with any person, nor was even a single sentry posted tn the building, ‘The hour axed for the assembling of the conven- tion Was twelve M, At quarter past ten A, M. Gov- ernor Warmoth and a crowd of about sixty persons entered the building, proceeded up stairs and de- Manded admission to the court room. The Deputy Marsnal in charge told him he had sirict orders to acimit no one to the room until half past eleven; bat as he, the Governor, was still suffering from lameness, he would personally take the responsibilliy of admit- ting him at once, and his friends would be allowed to enter at the proper time, The Governor at once mounted a chatr, and commenced a violent speech denanclatory of the general government, and de- claiming against the militaty aa there to prevent his entrance to the convention, He was here re- spectiully Interrupted by tue ofMcer commanaing the troops, who assured him he was not there to 1n- terfere with any one, but simply to protect public property. The Governor then proposed adjournment to turner’s Hall, and went there, tollowed by his ang, Without recetving the slightest molestation, usult or abuse from any one, At wwelve M, the Convention was called to order, Eighty-four bona sid delegates took part in the Convention, thirty-four voting with Warmoth, and several of the latter have since furnished sworn statements explaining and deplormg their aetion, It has been mpiained that persons were ex- cluded from the buliding. This is only true so far as regards roughs and rowdies, who were banging around the building for no good purpose, No busi- ness an Was interfered with or inconvenienced in the slightest degree, a3 a proof of which 1 1s omy necessary to mention that the recetpts of the day were larger than for a week previously, and for we same day luring the past two years. The propriety of the use of the court room and the employment of Untied States troops has since be atuply proven by the assertions of the chief oi of the police force, that, had not the military been present, they would nave forced an entrance into the buliding, the thugs and rowdies would have fol- lowed them, aud they would have made a general cleariug out of all inside, JAMES F, CASEY, Collector of Onstoms, SB. PACKARD, United States Marshal, District of Louisiana. ALONG THE HUDSON, Reminiscences of the New Hamburg Slaugh- tér--The River Giving Up Its Prey—Further About the Sing Sing Scamps—Desperadoes at Hackeasack. POUGHKEEPSIE, August 22, 1871. The terrible railway accident at New Hamburg was vividly brought to mind yesterday by the pop ping up of a trunk from beneath the water near the fatal drawbridge. As soon as it was discovered it was taken by Mr, Isaac Davis, who conveyed tt to his house, Upon opening it there were found @ quantity of good clotling, @ small amount of jewelry and a lady's satcnel, in which were a namber of cards bearing the name of Albert Gillet, Attached to the trank was check No. 872, This morning Coroner Andrus, upon receiving the above injorma- tion, identifled the property as belonging to ono of the victims of the disaster who restded in Buifalo. It will be forwarded to the friends of rhe deceysed immediately, In conversation this moruing with Mr. James Wheeler, of the Hudson River road, he expressed an opinion that there migut be more property held down at the scene of the disaster for the reason that he recently ascertained there 1s a set of trucks stil embedded in the mud, He sup- posed all the rubbish had been removed, The work of removing the tucks mentioned will commence to-day. Caspar C, Childs, Chief Clerk of Sing Sing Prison, passed north to-day, on his way to Albany, to get a requisition from Governor Homan, in order to trahsier Jobn Wheeler from Hackensack Jau, N. J, to Sing Sing. Mr, Ciilds e3 that he kft Hacken- sack last night, and att Wheeler: ‘pals? were in Hackensack moving i 1 and earth to get him out on a habeus corpus. A purse of $.,000 iad been made up by the tnieves of New York to etlect. his liberation. In order to bother the Operation of @ writ of habeus — corpus, Mr. Childs, before he left Hackensack, made three distinct charges against Wheeler in three dlf- Terent affidavits; viz., one for couspuring to release prisoners, another for grand larceny, and another for resisting an officer, He says if Ne 1s discharged on one count it will take So much time to go through With the iegal formalities to discharge him on tae others that Le (Clitlds) Wil be upon the spot wita his requisition belore they can get him through. Mr. Chuds says, Uiat some of the most des perate characters in New York city are now in Hackensack — watcaiug case and he fears trouvie, though he is heavily armed, and if an attempt atrescue is made he will cling to his prisoner to the last. He expects to meet Governor Randolph, of New Jersey, ou the New York shore to-night, when he returns and consummate all the necessary arrangements to bring Is man back to } York State. Mr. Cniids does not believe that Walter Wile liams, the bond robber, who is still at large, has any money, He says he cannot for the life of him see how he could Jormed Mr. Childs that I had been toid this mornmg that about ten days before the escape a stranger en- tered the ticket office of the Hudson River Gatiroad Company at Sing Sing and handed the Ucket agent, Mr. Lyons, @ large package of money, requesting that gentleman to give it to the prison guard who came after the New York papers. Mr. Chiids replied, “On! I guess | know where that report originated from. About the same time 1 wanted some vouchers Which were ap in the vil- lage and requested the man havi g them to pass them to Mr. Lyons, so the latter could send them down to the prisoa by the guard. That's undoubt edly where that report sprung from.'” prison this morning the latter said, “I nave no doubt Walter Wiliams has got money. His woman visited him a week or ten days before the fight and probably prought it wo him,’ THE BREN. FESTIVAL, The Largest Picnic Eyer Vicid ia New York— Oratopy, FireWaiks, A Barbecue, A Prome- WAde Concert and A Clam Bake. The diferent M. T. Brennan ward clubs tn this city, nambering, in all, over thirty-seven separate and distinct organizations, held a monster festival and picnic at Lion Park yesterday afternoon and evening. Grufulla’s Band of 120 pieces gave a promenade concert during the afternoon, and fur- nished the dance music until @ late hour this morn- ing. so whose present were Mr. John B, Fel- lows, the District Attorney; Jadge Shandiey, Alderman James G, Dimond, James J. Gum- bieton, Captain William L. Wile William Hi. Burns, Jacob Seebacher, ell Bryant, Dr, John T, Nagle, James Masterson, Thomas Cum- mings, John J, Moloney, Eben W, Ostendorm, Wil- liam W. Shields, Patrick Cui, Captain Gorham and others. Ap immense OX was roasted whole during the afternoon, and in the best style, and every one who chose to do so partook of the succulent beef, after Which there Was given & maminoth clambake in the Knode Island fashion. livered an oration, in which he dwelt eloqueaotiy and eulogisticaily on the career of M. T. brennan asa man Whose Character, unlike Many politicians, was without spot or stain, A dinner was served up to ail the delegates from ward organizations in the ay also, and several handsome pleces of fireworks were let off at tnvervals during the night, ~~ Colonel_—-Fellgws | aud Neil Bryant shot a match at clay pipes for $100 a side, in which, for the first tine in America, & neddie gun was used by Mr. bry nt, enabling him to carry oif the wager after a dificult contest. The Centrai Brennan Association presented a ricnly em- bossed Ca locket, with the monogram “M. T. B. A.,” and a handsome pair of agate, gold and dia- mond sleeve buttons to Wiliam H. Burns, the President of the Central Association. From twelve to fi thousand persons of both sexes, of a very respectable and orderly class, visited the grounds during the day and evening, and, altogetuer, the festival was one of the largest and must picasurable ever held ia New Vonks en of the Nine- | 3 A LIVELY SENSATION. A Big Scare on the Steamer Plymouth Rock. A Bombshell That Made a Big Noise but Did No Damage What the Officers of the Forts Have to Say About It, Danger from Heated tmaginations Worse Than Danger from Hollow Shells. The passengers who were on board the Plymouth Rock on Monday afternoon, when she made her last trip for the day from the elty to Sandy Hook, had @ Most delighiful sensation to make the voyage one worth remembering, ‘The sensation was nothing less than a bombsiell Which was sent screaming: over and in most uncomfortable proxunity to the ves sel from one of the iorts in the harbor, The boat was heading straight for the Sandy Hook landing, and was @ mile or two below the southern portion of Staten Island when THE SHELL WAS FIRED. The first intimation the passengers had of what was in store for them wasa little cloud of smoke which ail of a sudden made itself visible near a port, hole of one of the forts near Fort Richmond, In an instant afterwards the shell came screaming through the air, passing in its course over the boat, finally striking the water some fifty yards beyond the port side. According wo the statement of one of thé passengers the force ot the explosion (?) threw an immense column of water high into the alr, and the concussion wag such on board the steamer that many of the passengers got 1t into their heads that the boiler had burst. THE EXCITEMENT that ensued among the easiiy frightened folks wag very great, and fora short time a panic was im. Minent in the upper suloon, where @ large crowd of passengers had assembled to listen to the music. Captam Tilton, however, knew ex- actly what the fring meant, and kept the boat steadily om her way during the excitement. This aid much to reassure the more timid among the passengers, who would, no doubt, have jumped to the conclusion at ouce had the boat stopped that something terrivie had happened to the vessel. A PASSENGER'S STATEMENT. Awell known resident of this city, who was o® the boat at the time of the “sensation,” makes the following statement:— I was @ passenger on the Plymouth Rock Monday evening, when she left New York at half-past four o'clock. When tie shell was fired from Staten island we were @ mile or two below the souhterm point of Staten Islaud, and were making a straight line for the Sandy Hook landing. There were, I should judge, about five or six hundred passengers * on board at the time. The band was playing tn the upper cavin, where the main portion of the passen- gers were congregated. Quite a number of persons were scatiered about on the lower deck, fore and aft. Iwas atthe stern of the bout, jast aft of the ladies’ saloon, Where I had taken @ seat, 80 as to be sheltered from the wind. I happened to look up, toward Staten Island, and saw a wht! of smoke curling up from the terrace that fronts the water. in an Instant afterwards there was, AN LOSION which seemed to me to be the explosion of the boiles of the boat. At the same tme several pase sengers Who stood near where I Was, Calied my at- tention to the great column of water which wag thrown up ag li by some strong force under the ater water, ‘fhe following conversation ensued between the passenger and a@ HERALD reporter :— “Did you sce the sheil in the air after you saw the smoke at the tei ny “Nu; but I heard several of the passengers say that they heard the shell scream as it came along through the air.” “Was there much excitement on board?” “There was very great excitement, All the pas- sengers, Wien the explosion occurred, bounded to their feet, the disaster to the Westield, no doubt, Hasuing through thew minds at the tastant.’? | of the boat Waeeler's | Fer contra, m talking with a contractor at the | Colonel Fellows de- | “Did the boat conunue on her course /”” “Yes; she did not stop. L donot believe that the officers cared to FRIGHTEN THE PASSENGERS more than they really were, as, had the boat stopped, the aiarm migitt have led to bad results.?” “What did the explosion you refer to sound linet”? “Well, the ovat was shaken by the force of 16 quite sensibly. ‘The jar it caused Was as Luougd an explosion had occurred close by.’? “How did the passengers act 7” “They kept very cool indeed, ‘There was NO SCREAMING OK FAINTING by the ladies, but terror was Visibie upon everp countenance, and I doupt very much if there was & manon board who saw tie smoke and heard the explosion who did not feel terror stricken, You see the thing Was so entirely unexpected.” Had the passeagers much to suy avout the affair after tue scare Was over?” “They were very imdignant indeed and expressed their indigaauon ia Ho Measured terms.” “How near did the shell fali to the boat? ** «L should say about flity yards.” Jn which sice of the boat?’ “Tt must hid € PASSED OVER THE STERN diagonally, as it fell beyond that side of the boat farvaest from Une forts.’? “Had the officers any idea why the shell wad fired?” “] think not. It is not customary for the forts to exercise tieir guns at the very time of day when the lower bay is most thickly studded With vessels of all kinds. I have passed up and down the bay almost dally for tweniy years past, and I never heard of tie forts firiag over the water beiore, 1 think the Plymoutn Rock escaped by the merest chance. Had the sheli struck the boiler the des- truction of itfe would have ween frigntiul. There was at tne Ume the shell was tied no vessel within amileus. I undersiand that Colonel Fisk nas written to the Secretary of War about the aduir, and has suggested the propriety of FIRING LOADED SHELLS from the forts at more opportune ours than when his boats are around. The shell may have been fired just to see how hear the gunner comida come to tue boat wituout hittiug 1% Tins may have been considered @ nice joke, but the passeagers fall ta appreciate When 'y arrived at (he branch and at the other stations the escape from the shell Wad the general topic of conversation.” WHAT THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS SAY, Areporter of the Heaa.p yesterday paid a visit to the fort, and had an interview with the com manding oficer, General John M. Brannan. General Brannan admitied the fring of a shell, but ridiculed the idea of any baad il belng likely to resuit unless In the imagiuation ot EXTREMELY NERVOUS PERSONS, He said that, in the first place, every precaution is taken to warn off all passing craft; and, secondly, no one handies the guns bul experienced ganners, who know exactly wien to fire and where the pro- Jectle will fall, Agto any danger ot the sneil ex- pioding any feats on that point must be allayea by Une simple statement that Wie shelis used are hollow and DO NOT EXPLODE. Then they strike the water they either sink Immes diately or ricocuet in @ straigat line without deviation. Tne General, however, thinks there might poss. | bly have been @ slight concussion felt on board the | steamer, caused by the reverberation of the souad of the passage of the shell through the ate and tts striking the Water, ‘The charges of powder used tn tiring these shells. he said, are usualy lw poauds and over. In regara to the object of the firing the General Stated that @ mixed board, consisting of engineer, ordvance aud artillery oificers, under the presidency of General Hunt, are engaged in testing a new de- pressing gun carriage, designed to eusure the PERSONAL SAPKTY OF GUNNERS. ‘yhey have been detailed jor that purpose by the Secretary of War to experiment on this new inven- lion previous to Its introduction luto general ser- vice, Yesterday duriug morning and atternoon they were firing these hollow shells, aud wilt CONTINUE THEIR EXPERIMENTS for the rest of the week. General Brannan also re. marked that about this time last year a sun- lar excitement was created on beard the steamer Magenta, bound Tor the Highiands, on account of a solid shot turown from one of the guns in the fort and striking some four hundred yards from the aforesaid steamer, though to imexpe- rienced and Unidad persons the proximity might seem much nearer, Therefore he considers all ap- prehensions on this score UITERLY GROUNDLESS, or, as he tersely expresses it, “We know what we are about and don’t intend to hurt anyoody.”” It 18 to he hoped, therefore, that timed passen- gers who love to sail down the vay once in awhile will hereafter keep cool and enjoy their sail calmly and quietly, utterly regardiess of the scientific e: erimentings of Unele Sam's blue coats in the arbor, However, it would be well for the blue coais to have ‘ittle Legara for the safety of the lower bay travellers ail the same. Ii is all very ell to jet a timid pa-senger Know that a certain fort which he 1s obliged to pass can drop a shell or solid shot a foot or a mile (rom him at the option of an experienced gunner, yet tne Knowledge ca! but little comiort with ft. Will Genera: Brannag, Mindiul accoruingly ¢