The New York Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1871, Page 3

THE TERNATIONAL REGATTA | The Aquatic Carnival | Scene of the Great at Saratoga. Splendid Victory for the Ward Brothers. They Are Champions of the World. THE POUR MILES MADE IN 24:40. EDS ae | The Wards First, Tyne Crew See- | ond and Biglins and Taylor Crews Make.a Dead Heat. BADLER WINS THE SCULL RACE. Saratoga Tituminated in Honor of America’s Victory. BARATOGA, Sept, 11, 1871, For days one subject alone nag swayed and triumphed over the men, women and children, resi- @ents and sojdurners of tis watering place. What all ABSORBING THEME IS OARS~ ‘oars of all shapes und fashions, of every shade and color—spuce oars, ash oars, pine and elm, oak and hemlock oars, without and with buttons, spoons and Mat biadts; six foot and twelve foot oars; oars broken and oars whole; and Heaven only knows What other kinds of oars, that I am unable to enu- merate without interviewing some old Battery Doatman, like Jim Lee, of the First ward. This Morning the hotels swarmed with boatmen, profes- sional and amateur, from all parts of the Jand, and they mingied freely with the aris- tocratic visitor of the Springs who looked aghast at the swarm o7 betting men, boatbullders, entnustas- Uc and flashily dressed crowds, Bootblacks, white and biack, forgot the mineral water and taikea oar and shell as they brushed and polished your under- standings, Young maidens and old ladies wore on the streets ribbon in their hair and tied to parasol banale THE COLORS OF FAVORITE CRRWS, thus testifying their love and admiration for the pallers. Peaceful, lazy golng, sturdy farmers forgot Uheir crops and dreamed of what they had never ween, boats and oars. Gourmands and drinkers Washed down fearful dishes of hash with whiskey and water called for the nonce ‘International punch,” and many a réstatirant served’ up poor soup with spruce spoons, Everything but the boat race was forgotten, and many house- holds partook of a breakfast and postponed dinner to be on hand in plenty of time at the scene of the Struggles, the all-pervading frenzy of oar and boat ‘thus breaking up the routine#f housenolds. Any- body who eve: knew anything about boating coula ‘be treated every minute and convert a barroom into a lunatio asylum. Everybody knows the residents of Saratoga love THE ALMIGHTY DOLLARS, and just for once they took advantage of the rush and exceeded themscives in the matter of out- ragcous and exorbitant charges. A bugay to the Lake brought almost a fortune, and as for a team ‘and carriage, you paid as much as the whole estab- Mshment was worth for the privilege of using It an our or two, SARATOGA LAKE. Three miles and a half from the village ts Sara- toga Lake, where the greatest four-oared and Bculling races of the world was to-day decided, Of Its beauty tongue cannot tell nor pen depict, It is feven miles long aud in the widest part two anda balf miles. To this gorgeous spot came vehicles and foot passengers of every grade. The country Bround about had sent many representatives, male and female, and the hotels were vacated, none but whe Office boys and waiters being leit behind to do ‘them honor. AT THE LAKE. When the bluff overlooking the lake was reached you could see hundreds on every hand. The day was as bright as ever man enjoyed and the sky elear an beautiful. Not a cloud big as a hand Grifted along under the blue vault above. It gave impulse and cheer to the anticipated sport. Not a ‘thread rippled the water, and thousands of spectators Jay‘in suspense for the space of miles around, eager yet patient, but without any of the binster and bra- ‘vado of a heterogeneous crowd. To the right of the starting potnt, ander a bluff yet green as an emerald, stood out in eld relief the grand stand, at was a goodly sight to look upon, with facesof beauty and gentility. Here was all the elegance of Saratoga and the grace of the surround- {ng country enthroned in its magnificence and ‘womanly grandeur. There were fair faces of every type and cheeks sparkling with mingled snowy and roseate hues, woman lovely as a dream carry- ing the Qush of health in thelr faces. To the left of ‘the stand and NEAR MOON'S HOTEL from amid a forest of green foliage, at least six or seven hundred vehicles of every description, but mostly carriages, were spread out, and their occupants distributed about on blufs and points of vantage, Fronting the lake anotner grand crowd watched and walted for the great event, while pediers of every character, withered, tawny old pieces, endeavored to sell drinks of a stimu- Jating nature at rates of usury: Stretched away on the eastward side were the bridge and Jake road, and upon these glared in inany buttonholes and from many dresses the colors of the contending crews, Away on the surface of the lake Snake Hill loomed up in clear outline, and on the water were saliboats, skits, working boats, single sculls, dingies and fat- bottomed craft going hither and thither with ex- cursion parties. Amid all this grandeur of beauty 4n nature and humanity the oar was talked of with terribie energy. IN READINESS, Old Josh Ward and his brothers—with Elis atthe bow, Gil at No. 3, Hank stroke, and Josh at No, 2—puiled their shell, the Dick Kisdon, at tweuty-five minutes past ten o'clock, under tne grand stand, aud were cheered imimensely as the first crew out. They ran the boat up a little cove, and, dofing their biue faunels, stood out in the Justre of the red and white of their colors, Then followed the Taylor-Winship men, aud, pulling about @moment, rowed beyond the starting point and siripped to the buff, in readiness for the great Straggle. Now there came a lui) tn the bavbling of half of the immense crowd, and the faint mor- murs of & thousand votces died away over the jake in a whisper which struck the shore about Cedar Blum and shivered the follage of the elms and maples like a suaden gust of wind. ‘There were two or three minutes of quiet, bucit was @ long while to many an American heart, and a hun. ered girls blusned to the temple. The red anid waite, blue aud pink of the modiste's art. waved softly in the perceptible breeze commg down the take, Hush! what is that? and @ report of a small gua on board the judges’ steain ht 1s bear a While the smoko outs upwards in spiral wre: auotwer shootis heard, aud the narrow, long, cig: shaped * QUEEN VICTORIA ‘of the Tyne crew varta owt to the starting point, Hied with the four powerfuliy-built men who whea abey left Kngland were expected to return cham guons of the worid, They are naked to the buff, 4nd look wonderful athietes. ‘Then came auother short wait, and from the opposite shore (he America ines near the sending-away line, 1 know these re we Biguos, for there 18 @ thundering shout be! ae aS ont on fy atl the foliage in Ry y toh, Barney |” “Coulter D7 “Good enough!’ 5 Hey, Jonang |” “an them’! While they te etl for a me i & Ward» pni! over fo the starting polut, and NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. we Me RAMGOILE HEA = EADQ72 WARD CREw READO?? BIGLIN CREW GEDAR BLUFP_HOTEL EW. CURTISS i] Yankee visages of the brothers never look better, aud there is DANGER IN THEIR EYE, At ten minutes after tua u'cicck the Poughkeepsie crew found its point uf leaving, and last on band were the McKees, of Pittsburg. While a thousana bright faces, more roay than a pink-Upped shell, are glancing with beaming cyes on the six champion crews I will give you thelr names and positions. There are six stakeboats both at the starting and turning points, numbered from eastward to west- ward, and each shell is lyiug with its stern Lack agaist its buoy. TYNE, OF ENGLAND, NO. 1. James Percy, bow; John Bright, Henry Kelly Robert Chambers, stroke, Colors, black and white. Name of boat, Queen Vote Dulit by Jewett, of erry Dimensions—Length, 40 feet 8 inches; readt! \dships, 18s inches; depth amidships, 7% Inchés; helgut’ at bow, 6 Inches; at stern, d Inches; length of cockpit, 16 feet 4 inches; weight, about 100 pounds, COULTER-BIGLIN, OF NEW YORK, NO. 2. Bernard Biglin, bow; Joseph nies Jr, Jom A. Biglin, Henry Couiter, stroke. olors, red, white and blue. Name of boat, America; built by C. B. Elliott, of’ Greenpoint, L. I. Dimensions—Length, 41 feet; breadth amidships, 18 inches; depth, 7)4 inches; weignt, 107 Ibs. TAYLOR-WINSHIP, OF ENGLAND, NO 3, James Taylor, bow; Joseph H. Sadler, Robert Bagnall, Thomas Winship, stroke. Colors, white and blue. Boat built by Jewett, of Dunstan; name, Coaly-Tyne. Dimensions—Length, 42 feet; breadth figiaenips, 18 {nehes; depth, 9 Inches; weight, 100 3. . 3 DUTCHESS, OF POUGHEERPSIE, N. ¥., NO. 4 William Stephens, how; Charles Burger, Homer Wooden, Wiliam Burger, stroke. Name of boat, Dutchess. Léngth, 46 feet; breadth, 24 inches deptn, 10 nches; welgut, 200 Ib: lors, red and white, ? WERE, OF rrrebond, NO. a Cooney Nyahardt, bow; Nicholas Deumalsh, George Verner, Witlam Scharn, stroke. Name of boat, McKee, Length, 40 eet 9 inches; breadth, 17 inches; depth, § inches; weight, 200 pounds, Colors, light blue. WARD BROTHERS, OF CORNWALL, N. Y., NO. 6. Ellis Ward, bow; Gilbert Ward, Josh Ward, and Hank Ward, stroke. Name of boat, Dick Risdon. Length, 42 feetover all; breadth, 1734 inches; depia, § inches; weight, 90 pounds. Colors, red aud white. ‘Now the starting judge, Commodore Benjamin F. Brady, and also acting as judge for the American Interests, and John Adams, for the Engtish crews’, pull cut to the starting point, and the word comes that the judges at the turning boat are in readiness, and there 1s a thunderous shout all over the lake. “Hurrah | Hurrah ?? I never saw just so much en- thusiasim as was displayed at the instant on the EVE OF DEPARTURE. “Bo still!’ “Ain't that @ preity sight??? ‘Ain't they apiendid? ‘Why, how they etrip them- scives |’ cried one beauty, and she could not nudge her companion beiore @ pistol shot reverberated about the h of the thousands and died away in the quiet precincts of the southern village at the end of the lake, It ts nineteen minates past ten o’ciock. “By crackey,”’ shouted @ white-cravated citizen, “they are off, sure as you are born.” Gone like a greyhound irom the slip or pon ofadiver, Now, men of Cornwall, pride of the Hudson, strain your sinews. Men of the Tyne and Thames, do your best, for this wil be the hardest race you ever pulled, and America Is looking at her sons. New York is counting on you, Bigiins, and thinks well of your Siroke. Yes, there is Joon Morrissey, He is referee aud Will judge you correctly, and there are ten thousands of eyes and as many beaming faces and tiny hands to give sweet acclaim to the victori- ous. Happy are the men that shal gain the prize! THE BIGLINS SLIPPED OFF WITH THE LEAD, and at Chapman’s Grove were clear of the Taflor- Winship crew one length and @ half, with Tyne ana Wards, one length apart, third and fourth, each ulling regularly and steadily—tne Tyne crew pr Pro a’ minute, Bigiins forty-tnree, ‘Taylor-Winah forty-two and the Wards forty-one. ‘The Engits! oarsmen seem ‘o have bigger bodies, and their boats lay nicely on the water, whule every one gives forth the same steady stroke. “Uh, see the Wards,” says Dick Risdon, as they pasa their old training quarters, “they are passing the Tyne crew;” aud sure euough they were, and show their skill and magnificent training by the way they pull ahead of the old Renforth men. But tui3 13 only the beginuing ot the finest race on rec- ord, At twenty-lour minutes past ten o'clock the crews are yet WELI. TOGETHER, stretched acrogs the lake, and the shouting of thou- sands 13 unheeded by them. The Taylor-Winship Jaus now put on extra steam and by sheer skill spurt by the Bigifns’ boat. The admiravie stroke is not kept up but for @ moment, and yet they are drawing away from them gradually, Now it is almost im- possible to tell which has the best of it, The shells are off Cedar Bluit Hotel, on lett and right, near Lumber Road Cove; the turning stakes are in sight. Neither cease their aysiduity, aud the Wards aro paling to the time of ee @ minute, Taylor- ioship forty-one, Biglins thirty-nine and the Poughkeepsies and — Pittsburgers thirty- seven. ‘Tom faron, of the Vesper Club of Yonkers, is pulling in his scull near the Wards, and I hear him shouting “All pes ian you are doing grandly. You're ahead. ‘There is not much spurting with them, but they uo their work as steadily as tne piston rod of an engine. That gio- rious old fellow, Hank Ward, is dvuiug wonders to-day, and, see, Josi:'s Yankee’ face 1s, ing all over, aud his merry brother Ellis’ body is working well in unison with the pendulum-like frames of the others. I believe that crew could row as they aro doing now all day, and the wear and teur be nothing. “Go iti” “Bully!” “Splendid? shouts dem Mace, who stands below me, ‘See Taylor, will you; they are doing well;” and they are, while ‘Tyne and the Bigiins are close together. ONE HUNDRED YARDS AWAY ARB THE STAKRBOATS, aud they haven’t been gone more than eleven min- utes, “Josh! Josh! oh, this is the biggest thing ever Known!” shouts another citizen as the Wards turn No, 6 and get away home first of all the con- testants, and When on the shore they are certain that the red and white of Cornwall isin advance J see a nundred hats in the air and hear wild shouts of glee. The Taylor-Winship were second uround, the ‘Tyne and Biglins well together, M{ty yards clear away. ‘There ts Lo doubt us to WHO 13 FIRST, Itis the Wards—four clear boat lengths; the Tay!or- Winship ts secoud, Biglins third and A'yne fourth. Tuere are now only fuur boats ia the race—Pougi- keepsio and McKee are @ quarter of a tuiie astern, and done fur, “Say, Barney Bigita, why the devil don't you hit her up? Mit her up!’ cries some one at Caldwell’s Point to the bow of the America. mind,” says & keeu-faced fellow, “Josh War Ing all the hitting up to-day.” enty-five minutes to eleven o'clock and ng @ quicker stroke, and I count HOSE MAGNIFICENT FELLOWS forty-two to the minute, They are five lengths ahead and their stroke is sending them along spien- didly, Tsce taat tne Tyne men and the New York boys are now close together and that the Taylor jads are pulling vindictively. Itts uo use tor you, Bayoell aud Sadler, to throw out those massive arms of yours, like limbs of au enraged tiger; and, Kelly, your whole soul turown on the Queen Vio. toria can't save you, On | 100K at Liss ae He looks like as if he had Jost his last trieod; and Chambers works as if nis life depended oa ts Strength.” The batile is almost LOST AND WON, Now the friends of the Wards are uproartous and shout und offer two to- one, four to one, on the: while the ladies cry with glee and wave their handkerchte(s en masse, and the New York betting men carefully ut away roils of greeubacks in teir poc! ba) chagrined that they cannot hedge any more. Mony at first thelr vuttom dollar on the Englisn crows, and they are out and injured, “Ward! Ward | shouts a big Newburg fellow, “‘by my soul, you have made a Siuvactt ves, anda halian, Yel itke weg tae uo! “ el ; Sat atone ii fe que aarnoe, ut the Eng ads wi le game i few seconis more are marked onthe Maneee etc and tho contestants are within 150 yards of the a aur a eae a and a men seem io r 3 such an apr Neard betor a his mae ma vicntgyaeaie can just see Chambers, that magnificent of tue Hteuforrh crew, looking gaitiite would be other death im ueen Victoria, D aud Percy's eyes are host iP BRae DRD WITH PERSPIRATION, The Bigline and they i mt row, aud ak slack ‘ard ts still swinging @ m< with his jank Yankee body and horse. ut face, ‘Na prey. Yet stretches out jike a hawk \o pouuce on Gil 18 more than working. That thin face ts quiet, as ii cutio marble, While Ellis, like the true, young, Thuscular youth he 3s, ls pulling as if an empire was at stake, Every man in the Dick Risdon ts doing wouderlully, and their duty, Now the band strikes up “Hail Columbia,” aud its brazen strains drown everything but the ery “Ward ! Josh Ward }” of the ola boys ainong their sympathizers, AS THEY PASSED THE GRAND STAND away go the shells, with the Wards leading three lengths, and the populace sways and rages to and fro like a convulsed sea, Along they go, the four leading crews tugging and sweating fearfwly and everybody yelling, Another second or two and the Wards, with o guick, sharp spurt, ed to on the water by their stakeboat No. i and I know they have won by three lengths, There tg another rend- ing shout and the Tyne crew pass stakeboat No, 1 the second, and still apother when the Bigling and Taylor-Winship lads are paring a dead heat, third and fourth, Away off in the distance ts Pough- Keepsie fifth and McKee sixth, Everybody makes a noise, but I see THERE 18 SOMETHING WRONG. The Taylor-Winship crew are jing on thelr oars and in a moment approach tne referee's boat. They complain that the Biglins fouled them by crossing their bow and giving them their water. Now it is all uncertainty, and Mr. Morrissey wears a troubled oxpression. Soon a conference 13 had, all the testimony is taken, and within an nour, to the waiting crowd, MR, MORRISSEY DECIDES that the Wards are first, winning the $2,000; Tyne second, the $1,260, and the Taylor-Winship third or fourth, Rise heat, and that these two crews shouid roW @ sécénd time for the third money, $750. This decision 1s renderéd, and the people shout Ike demons, and with a final yell the first great interna- tional regatta of Sar oft R 5, Fag of the past, The Wards did the four fililed in 24:40,~ THE FASTEST EVER KNOWN. Subsequently a compromise is eifected, and both the Biguns and Taylor-Winship crews receive the same amount of money—a better plan than another contest, only productive of ill feeling. At the conclusion of the four-oared race many hundreds of the spectators departed to their homes toobtaina hurried dinner and return in tine for the great scull race, of the same distance as the toorning contest, while thousands rematacd In the pleasant shade along the Jake, and awatted with patience the struggle. THE MEN INTENDING TO ROW resting and preparing for the'struggle, These Joseph H. Sadler and Robert Bagneil, of the ‘ayior-Winship crew; John Bighin, of tne Coulter- Biglin crew; Ellis Ward, of the Wards, and Harry’ Kelly and James Bright, of the Tyne crew. The gun, at four o'clock, summoned them to the starting pein, and ten minutes thereafter they were assigned to the fol- owing positions, these having been drawn for by tarter Commodore Brady and Keferce Mr, Mor- rissey, in the presence of all the judges aud many members of tho several crews: From the eastward, Bright No.1, Sadler No. 2, sa No. 3, Bigiin No. 4, Bagnall No. 5 and ‘ard No. 6 bing same place of the brothers In the first race). Sadier, 1 think, ts well rested, so is John Biglin, while Bagnall is very hopeful in his expres- gion. ’ All these athletes are stripped to the butt but Bright, and his long arms are bare to the shoulders. Pool selling goes on under the bluff, and your speculative sports are betting thousands on the result. Sadicr, that sinewy, enduring fellow of the pyas River, 13 the favorite, while young Ellis Ward second. At twenty-five minates past four o'clock Commo- dore Brady asks if ALL ARE RBADY, and twenty-seven minutes past a pistol shot sends them away. The shouting men of the morning are hoarse and the lauies seem a lite tired, but when Sadler dips those spruce oars into the lake and lis be ae craft bounds away as if in tow of a ugboat they forget their fatigue and cry and shout and even sling their Fin ned over their heads in great enthusiasm. ‘nis long-sweeping oarsman shot ahead on the first ten strokes, Ellis Ward being second, Baguall third, Kelly fourth, Bigun fifth and Bright last. At twenty-seven minutes of five o'clook Sadler 1s fifty yards in advance, and that long, steady, sweeping stroke of hig looks as if he must bea winner. Taylor 1s bse beside me, and be says, in his queer diaicct, “They na more catch him in six mouths,” and 1 believe it. Six minutes later be ts pulling so easily that it seems play for him rather than work, UNDER 1HE CEDAR BLUFFS, with Sadler near that shore, the positions are— nall second, Kelly third, Ward fourth, Biglin ftth and Bright sixth. Sadlerts now pulling tuirty-four of his great, long strokes to the minute and Ward and Kelly are together spurting at the utmost of thetr skill. Now I hear again the crowds ou shore yelling as if besides themselves, for this ls A GREAT siguT— the ex-champton of England, who has won many well fought battles, and the youngest, tikgh or American scullers in tbls fine trial of skill, Now Kelly is pulling thirty-six strokes, whiic Ellis main- tains his position, but the question ts if his muscles can long stand it, One-half mile from the buoy Bright, last in the race, gives up in «dlagust and ulis towards Caklwell’s Point to awals the return of he contestants, Then Kills, with another effective spurt, passes og? ana takes issue with Bagnall, who 18 cheered by members of his crew with, “Well puiled, Boo; keep on Bagi? At 4h, 4im. 103, Sadier turns lis proper boat, and tbe othera after him, several yards astern, well close together but squarely away for home.’ Baguall 1s second and Ward thiru, At twelve minutes of five o'clock [ again COUNT TUE STROKES and Sadler has eased off to thirty-two, while Ward dips turty-four, Kelly thirty-six, Biglin thirty-three. Now the anxious throngs on the shore and ut Raiusdeil’s Point and at Moon's see the colors of the rowers, and the screams of a few minutes since are revived with redoubled vigor. When the smoother water naturally near the narrow portion of the lake was reached Ellis Ward was doiug wonders, but suddenly he quit, Whether the four-oared boat of the Biglins, that went over the coarse against the wishes of the re- ferce, crowded him under the Point or not 1s the reason at this aah Lcannot tell, but he did stop, and Kelly had no aliicuity in passing him, nor did John Bigiin ta s00n reaching him, One moment more and the great sculllng regatta is decided. Straight as a builet, SADLER SHOOTS TO HIS BUOY, and at 4h. 67m. 35%s., he passes it and raises that coarse and siouchy body of his to its lull height and peers towards the judges’ boat. Commodore brady, with that quict, far-seeing gaze ofihis, wants to note who ts second, There isn't mach time to consider, a8 Kelly, of the symmetrical features, rushes home second, 8iX lengths behind with Bigin third, Ward fourth, Bagnell Ofth and Brignt sixth. ‘There were ten lengths between Kelly and Bigitn. T cannot now teil you why Bagneil after turning his stakeboat fellom, but give you as a reason the ex- pression of Taylor, bow oar of the crew, “He 1s young, and too much of 1¢ has made him sick.’’ THK TIME OF SADLER, was 30m. 193¢s., and, remember, It is fourmiles, Cer- tainly he 1s the champion sculier of this century. He pulls down the $1,000 and Keiiy' $500, THR CLOSING SCENES. of the sport are the same closing scenes of lke excl tng. events, I have just met the Ward brothers on Broadway, walking qaictly along, look- ing at the tluminations tn their honor, They carry huge bouquets, given them by ladies fair as ange: and they hug them tightly as they clasped thetr oars to-day. They are happy, aud the noble tudson may be proud of the long-armed rowers. No doubt this wil bo the happlest day of their lives. The purses won by the Various oarsmen have already been pre- sented by Mr. Morrissey. Tae Saratoga Interna. tonal Regatta matter now gilding dowo the vista of time, and tts success cannot be questinned. ‘Tho English crews leave to-night for Montreal, to be ia readiness for the coming regatta there, FIRES. Burning of a Railway Station in Canada. Toronro, Sept, 11, 187, Sarnia station, on the Grand Trunk Ratlway, was burned late on Saturday night. The keeper of the refreshment rooms, with his family, escaped. Loss, Fire at Minden, La. New BANS, Sept, 11, 1871. A five at Minden last night destroyed two bioc! fo the bneiness part of town. Loss, $109, losurance, $25,000, THE SARATOGA INTERNATIONAL REGATTA. Four-Oared Contest Between the Rival Crews of England and America AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB SUBSCRIPTION ROOM, A splendid new building has just been erected on the southwest corner of Madisou avenue and Twen- ty-seventh street expressly for the accommodation of the American Jockey Club, It 1a a handsome edifice of brick and drab stone, finished in waluut Gud Is four stories high. The offices of the Jockey Club will be In the base- ment, and will, of course, be arranged and fur- nished upon the most liberal scale. The most attractive feature of the establishment, however, will be the spactous Subscription Room—destined to be tho ‘Tattersalls’? of america. The room occupies the entire frat foor of the large building, 1s’ elegantly finishea and furnished, and Is in every way admirably adapted to the pur- pose for which itis designed--the accommodation of assemblies of gentlemen interested in turf mat- tera. Pool selling, bookmaking and other modes of Investment upon turf events will, of course, be amply provided for, but it ts not intended that the room shall be devoted to these alone, A suitadle place is thus provided where gentlemen can mect to “talk horse,’ read the sporting and other papers, obtain information of sporting events, past and future, or spend their leisure hours soctally. This will Goubtless be a very popular feature of the Jockey Club. It ts understood that tne subscribers to the room will not be confined to the members of the club, but that Hheral arrangements will be made for the ac- commouation of other geatiemen who patronize the turf, or who, for other reasons, desire to avall them- selves of an elogant place of social resort. We understana that the room will be opened to subscribers on Wednesday, 13th inst. It ts pre- sumed the plan of organization, mode of acquiring mombership, &¢,, will be duly announced. In the meantime Information on the subject may be ob- tained of any member of the Hxecutive Committee of the club. ‘The second and upper floors of the building will be occupled by the New York Yacht Club and other parties. Two popular clubs will thus be brought together, doubtiess to their mutual beneft, and many happy reunions wit take place under their auspices. THE LEXINGTON RAGES. sept LEXINGTON, Ky., Bept 11, 1871. The races to-day were well attended, and the Sport excellent, The time made ts considered slow for this track, but it is accounted for by the dust, which in some places was nearly a foot deen, ‘The first race, mile heats for three-year-olds. started, with the ‘ollowlag result:— Sauce Box .... Bulord’s b, f. Ginger Richards and Kilgour’s ch. Bonute Scoiland c Little Ghi..... . o Six cae rere) Bitly Wilitamso third. Tune, ro YACHTING NoT: The following yachts passed Whitestone yester- day :— Yacht Sappho, N.Y.Y.0., Vice Commodore Douglas, from New York, put in'at Whitestone and took owner aud a party of guests on board. Will proceed eastward un @ cruise a8 soon as breeze springs up. Yacht Mystic, A.Y.0., Captain L. from Great Neck for New Nork. Yacht Dreadnaught, N.Y.Y.0., Captain Samuels, dragged her anchor, on the morning of the llth inst., during a ineavy biow from northeast, from olf the Quarantine dock, Staten Island, and fouled the brig Adolph & Laura lying off Stapleton, Staten epee outward bound, neither uessel recetving any mage. ©. Cranmer, BURNED TO DEATH. Portewtous Halluciuation of an losanc ‘Woman—She ts Belioved to Have lgnited Her Own Funeral Pyre, Ab inquest was held yesterday by Coroner Meeks, at Portchester, Westchester county, on the charred remains of a spinster named Mary Ann Slater who was burned to death during the preceding night, From the testimony elicited it seems that the ae- ceased has been slightly deranged for some years past and had frequenily expressed the Uellef that she was destined to be burned alive, While living with the family of her brother, Harvey Slater, the deceased had long occupied a room on the second story of a barn situated imme- ately in the rear of his dwelling. and into which apartment sie seldom, if ever, introduced a light. Shortly after twelve o'clock yesteraay morn- ill-fated woman raised the alarm which tnmediately awoke her brother, at once saw that the bara was wrapped in fames. ‘The Fire Department was quickly on the spot, but as the building named was being fast consumed tt required all their energies to save the dwelling, which was, however, damaged to a cousiderable extent. As the deceased was seen outside aiter she had given the alarm it is supposed that she deliberately sougit her room, thus inviting a terrible death, as her blackened and roasted trunk was sub- sequently found in the ruins directiy beneath the place where her bed had stood up stairs. Tae re- Inains preseated a shocking spectacie, the limbs being completely burned away and the trunk itself 80 horribly disfigured ag to be tocally beyond ideatt- fication, By tue aid of some hair pins found near the head the sex alone was determined, and a small piece of the dress which the unfortunate Woman wore on the previous day leftno room for doubt as to ldentity. While the verdict of the jury implied that death was accidental, there are many who believe that the premises were fired by tne deceased. ‘The loss of property 18 about two thousand five uun- dred dollars, on which there is no imsurance. De- ceased was about filly years of age. GOVERNMENT BOILER INSPECTORS. The Case of the Steamer R. E. Lee=Verdlet of the Coroner’s Jury. WILMINGTON, N. C., Sept. 11, 1871, The following 1s the verdict of the Coroner's jury in the case of tne steamer R. E. Lee, which exploded her botler near Fayetievilie August 17:— That the deceased, Alexander Jackson, William Gilmore and Samuel McKee, came to their death by the explosion of the botier of the steamer R, . Lee, ou the moruing of tho Vith of A: 1871; tbat the jury do find from the fore ce bere can be c to Caps Y Nes 10 elect on the part dence goes to prove, he same “THE LITTLE SISTERS OF TUE POOR," Dr. McGlynn wii deliver a lecture this evening in ald of “The Little Sisters of the Poor,” under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Temperance Con- vention, at Cooper Institute. The subject of the Wescet tne eters sarsieecual ss of" useass nveltectual treat of unusu: soniicance may be expected, NEW JERSEY POLITICS. The Race for vernor=The Democracy Array Thely Forees—Parker Will Not Accept=Tve Situntion in Newark. To-morrow the democracy of New Jersey will Bominate @ candidate for Governor at Trenton, The primaries were held in Hudson county yesterday. ‘The delezates elected in Jersey City are divided be- tween Leon Abvett, Judge Bedle and Joel Parker; but as the latter has written a letter declining to be a candidate ‘under any circumstances,’ be may be counted out of the race. When Parker Pledges himself in such acase the contest lies be- tween bis rivals, Haight, of Monmouth, wil) re | celve a liberal support in some of the southern counties, but his nomination is out of the question, Nehemiah Perry, of Newark, expects to carry the county of Essex and portions of the southern coun- tues, but he has not yet penetrated into Hudson, ‘The First and Fourth wards of Hoboken cast a solid vote for Abbett yesterday, while the Second and Third were unpledged. The First district of Jersey City i# divided between Parker and Abbett, the Second between Parker, Abbett and Bedle; the Third between Parker, Abbett and Bedle; the Fourth between Abbett and Parker, the Pitth between Bedle and Abbett, and the Sixth is about unanimous for Abbett. Union Hill goes for Parker and Abbett, Guttenberg and Weehawken for Ab- bett, Harrison for Abbett, and Bedle, and Kearney for Parker, Thus it will be seen that, practically, the contest lies between bedle and Aobvett, Parker velng Out or the race. Judge Bedie would carry & ority of Hudson county, but tor his connection with Randolph, and the [rish vote will never be east for Kandolph or apy of his pets. ‘That there wil be a very lively time in the Con- vention there 13 not a shagow of doubt. Walsh, the republican candidate, is working so energetically that the democracy must ‘avelul to turn out their Lest man, Walsh cannot command the German Pssex, and very few of that nationality in will suport bin A HERALD reporter had a conversation with some minent Germans yesterday on the = subj Otto —- Kohler, of Guttenberg, the Bismarck of declares that Hudson to the nomince and Abbett n He is aiso in favor of John Dwyer tor Sheri? of Hudson county. John wasa member ot the Legisiature and is now @ Justice of the Peace at Guttenberg. He isa man of the strictest lotegrity and he would never descend to intrigue for the purpose of securing the nomination, H13 name Would be a tower of strength to the party. Kobler bas great lufuence with his countrymen and be will wake himself heard in we Convention, THE SITUATION IN NEWARK, {a view of the remarkable dearth of news of a lively description which has prevailed in New Jersey for some litle time past it ts not surprising Wat {be only topic considered worth talking about 4s the Goveruorship. ‘The Democratic State Conven- on meets tn Trenton to-morrow and every politi- cal observer in the State is looking forward with bated breath in feverish anxiety to see what the convention will bring forth in the shape of an opponent to Mr. Walsh, the republican nominee. It 18 needless to say that the republicans are quite as ADX1oUs ON the Matter as the democrats, for the reason, as they admit, that it rests entirely with the Democratic Coavention who will be the next Gov- ernor, If a reully first class man be nominated to- morrow the republicans dread thelr chances in November; for there 13 no use in attempting to ais- guise the fact, Mr. Walsh 1s nothing like the man the party outside of Convenuon influences de- sired to have Dominated, ‘Iherefore the question ia believed to rest with the democrats Lhemsclves. As the situation now stunds the question of the noml- Hes to-morrow is simply, a3 he Newarkers be- eve, BETWREN PERRY AND PARKER. Jndge Bedle has a very strong constituency in Pas. galc, Morris, Bergen and {ludson counties, and will undoubtedly receive a handsome complimentary vote, but his chances ol the nomination are believed to be very slim; scarcely worth talking about, tn. deed, Nehemiah Perry ts decidedly the likeilest of the known candidates, anil snould ex-Governor Joel Parker still persist in dechuing to accept the noml- nauon Perry will assurredly carry the Convention. There are many prominent democrats who hold that a party man has no right to dechnue & hominattun tendered him by acclamation, and these still adnere to the opioton that the Convention, when it assembles, will give one grand wioup for Parker aud force the nominauion on bit. His namo ts certainiy regarded as a tower of strength to We party, and his nomina- tion, republicans admit, will dispose of Waish at once. With very few exceptions all the delegates have been chosen, and the prospect is that the Con- vention will be composed of a boly of democrats superior in ability and standing to any stintlar demo- cratic gathering In Trenton for some yea THE YOUNG DEMOCRACY AGAIN ON DEOK. Room No. 216, In the Filth Avenue Hotel, is a very unpretentious chamber, Lt is situated on the fourth floor. On the books of the hotel It is num- bered as being now occupied by Thomas A. Led- with, A little party assembled in that room last evening in secret conclave, There were some half dozen In all, Among them were Jndge Ledwith, Joseph Blomenthal, Judge William C. Barret, Ros- well D. Hatch aud John McCoole, ex-Register. ‘The roum was kept rather dimly lighted, it being de- Sired that for the present no light shontd be thrown, 8o jar as (he general public are concerned, on the object of the meeting or its proceedings, Judge Ledwith was the presiding spirit of the meeting, tie object Of which was to aguin raise the banner of the Young Democracy, reorganize the party and enter vigorously Into the combug political coutest, ‘The situation Was carefully debated. lt was resolved to send delegates to the Democratic State Conv tion and to nominate a complete ticket—State, county, Assembly and Aldermanic. The necessity late and vigorou clion Was agreed on by rhe meeting tu room No. 216 was in no sense & jai one. Judge Ledwith led the conversation. Jecling seemed to prevail that if the present tion remain true to one another victory will be the resuit, Names of a fe number of persons Were mentioned as suitable nommees tn case the Young Democracy succeed in its project of reorgan- yzauion, TRE SHANDLEY DEMONSTRATION. A Smull Ausemblage of Politiciaus at Worth Monument. Asmall crowd of well dressed gentlemen—most of whom were members of the Edward J. Shaudiey Association—assembled last evening at the Worth Monument square, near Madison Park, At halt past nine a large banner, bearing the por- trait of Judge Shandiey, was unfurled over Broadway, just above Twenty-fiitn street, while strais of patriotic music were given to the winds and the ears of the throng by the band of the Twelfth regiment, and rockets ascended waveringly toward their more steadfast rivals—the stars. The President of the Association, Mr. Ford, occupied the chair, first inwwoducing Mr. Charles W, Brooks, who delivered a lengthy speech, in whica he, of course, eulogized very highly Judgs Edward J. Shandley. He animadverted agalust what he called the present corrupt national administra- tion, saying that in an evil hour the nation had been seduced irom the party which 1¢ had before loved and deligitea to honor, He was followed by Judge ‘Thompson and Mr. Frederick W. Beever. Both of these nilemen sought to shield their party from the odium of the Tammany corrupto: if there had been crimes they should be expiated: If there had been indiscretions they should be removed, At ten o'clock the meeting Uispersed, REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE. Ata meeting of the Republican Central Commit- tee held last evening at Apollo Hall, Twenty-eizhth street and Broadway, John J. Townsend, President, in the chalr, @ call for primartes to be held In the several Assembly districts on the 18th inst, to elect deiegates and alternates to the State Con- vention to be held at Syracuse on the 27th inst, was unanimously adopted. — Fiity-six delegates im all will ve chosen. The fchatrwan announced the names of the new Execative Com- nuttee, which consists of one delegate from each Assembly district. A resolution was adopted order- ing repudlican associations in the city to hold a special meeting ou the 13(h just. to enroll new mem- bers. The committee then adjourned. FLOATING THE “CATSSON FOR THE BAS? RIVER BRIDGE, The Work Successfully Accomplished, The work of Ooating across from the Atlantic basin the caisson of the East River Bridge destined for tne New York side was successfally accom- plished yesterday afternoon, About baif-past four o'clock, all preparations having been completed, at a given signal the buge mass was taken in tow vy seven propellers, Whose united force soun drew It luto the river, In the mid channel, however, the caisson felt the effects of the tull Nuod tide, and siowly bat irresistibly began to drag the propetiers up the river. Jt was a very exciting spectacie. Fears were enter- tained lest the Qoating mass should bear down upon anit crush any of the numerous passing barges, and some of the — Wihamsborg erry = boats coming down at the time, though thei whisties gave shrill expression to the feeling of Biarm excited tn the minds of the pilots by the possibiiity Of @ colitsion. The propellers, however, Huaily, and, ny doubt, by putting on extra pressure of, steam, ‘succeeded {in recovering ground and bringing the unwieldy monster under control, and At half-past six o'clock the caisson was seourcly lata at the Anal destination, along sive pler 20, On boara the caisson were Mr. Ogiin, Mr. Kings- ley, head engineer, and Mr. Martin, assistant engin. eer, together with ay porey of Coy nbest abies gentiemen interes je project. also entrusted thelr fair ne op board the Cais gon. 4 large number 0! ertizens of New York witnessed the interesting evene CATACAZY AND FISH. CLIMAX OF THEIR QUARREL The Government I.sist Upon the Recall of the Russian Minister—Diplomatic Items—The President on a Western Tour. LONG BRANCH, Sept. 11, 1871. The queen of Americam watering places wears @ deserted look. The gay crowd of visitors seem to have vanished all at once, as if by some magic enchantment, and the season is em- phatically at an end, though many of the demzens, including such high magnates of the political world a8 Collector Murphy and others of less degree, still remain, enjoying the mach-longed for quiet and rest after the noisy, flashy birds of passage have flown, The observed of all observers—the Presi- dent—will leave to-morrow on his Western tour, dnd after he ts gone her giory may indeed be said to have departed from “the Branch,” for the presens season at least, The President has not been In good heaith the laet two or three days, He is suffering from an attack of neuralgia, but he still receives visitors with hig accustomed patience and politeness, Even those Who have seen or read about the republican simplic- iy of the President's surroundings in Washington cannot fail to be surprised at the utter absence of conventionality in his country house at Long Branch. No shoulder-straps or gold embrolidery- covered flunkles, not one—only a servant in. plain civilian’s dresa, Who announces the visitors to be called la one by one by the President himself, THE FISH-CATACAZY IMBROGLIO. Here 1s some very tmportant diplomatic néws—< the Fish-Catacazy tmbroglio, to begin with, though that is not exactly news, This quarrel will never be set at rest until it has received its final quietus by the departure of the Russian Minister. The differs efces are not purely personal as between Secretary Fish and M. Catacazy, as the world has been taught to believe; for the dlMicuity Iles between the govern- ments of the United States and Russia, The quarrel appears to have reached the last stage of bitterness, and matters have come to such @ pass that It ia the present intention of our government to insist upon the immediate recal! of M. Catacazy; otherwise the good relations between the two countries may be seriously affected. The Russian government has not thus far given au omicial intimation of refusal to the requesbaddressed by our Minister at St. Peters burg. M. Catacazy 18 making desperate efforts to keep his post until aftor the arrival of the Russian Prince, in order to give it the appearance of a victory over Secretary Fish, or, as a high personage remarked to your correspondent, “to spite Fish and make capital out of the Prince.” Strange that M. Catacazy, who has not only made himself personally obnoxious to our government, but to the whole diplomatic corps, should persist in keeping @ position which he can no longer with dignity fll, and in which, at the best, he can only maintain himself for a very short time. His position must indeed be an embarrassing one. M. Boris Danzas, the first secretary of the Legation, is included in the request for the recall of M. Catacazy, for similar reasons as his supertur. COUNT CORTE THE THIRD COMMISSIONER. Count Corti, the Italian Minister, has been elected third Commissioner, or umpire, of the commission provided by the Treaty of Washington for the British and Americau claimants outside of the Alabama claims, This commission will sit in Washington or New York. Our govorament-has been hasty about the choice of the Italian Minister, and appeurs to be aware of the fact that 1t is an unfortanate one, Count Corti ts said to ‘favor British interests and to be quite ignorant of the subject upon which he will be called upon to arbitrate, His appointment 1s, un- fortunately, Irrevocavie, uniess the Count, who has not yet accepted, should deciite. The government is, however, to be congratulated upon the selection of Mr. Caled Cushing and Mr. Meredith, an eminent member of the Philadelphia bar, a8 judiciu! counsel to the Geneva Court of Arbi- tration under the Treaty of Washington, Both gen- tlemen are eminently fitted for that task, They have, however, not yet signified their acceptance. In spite of all the cable despatches Brazil, italy apd Switzerland have not ofictally named thew re- reapectéve representations to the Geneva Commis- ston. Bat tWo commissioners have as yet been ap pointert—those of the Uulted States and Great Bri tain. Mr. Bancroft Davis, accompanied by his Secres tary, Mr. Beaman, has gone to Boston to confer with Mr. Adams prior to the departure of the latver for Geneva, THE LATEST SUICIDE. A Skilful Jeweller Shuffles Off the Coll—The Inventor of the Stem-Winding Watch at Reat. Another self-murder nas startted the usually business-disposed and quiet residents of the Seven- teenth ward. About seven o’clock yesterday morn- Ing tae chambermaid of the boarding house 236 East Tenth street, on visiting the room of a boarder named Rothfelder, discovered that he was dead, Without walting to examine the corpse the servant gave the alarm, and & mo ment later one of Captain John J. Mount’s officers entered the house and, coolly proceeding to examine the body, found that Rothfelder was dead. He was found tying upon the bed dressed in shirt and drawers, with a single-barrelled pistol, which are for salein ail the Bowery gun stores at $1 60, lying in his right hand, which rested upon his left breast, near a bullet wound that doubtless caused death. Later Captain Mount and Detective Dunlap visited the house and took possession of the trunk of deceased, who 1s & watchmaker by pro- ossion. The contents of the (run, were tarned over to Coroner Herrman, who held ap Inquest, and a verdict of suicide was rendered, ‘The cause that prompted the unfortanate man te take his life was not ascertained, but from legal documents found ia his room.and the statements of Detective Dun'ap, who carefully tnqutred tato his antecedents, it appears that Kothtelder has been in this country sume years, ten of which were spent in the employ of the celebrated jewellers, Bail & Black, where he was noted as an expert workman and & quiet gentieman, Recently he has had some connection with a fellow workman at Ball & Black's, named Alexander Newborger, who carries on the watchmaking buatness at 290 Sixth avenue, While in the employ of Ball & Black, it is ciuimed, he mvented the weli-Known stem- winding att.chment {9 Watches, aud at the time of bis death was in hitigatton with the American Watch Company for an infringement of his patent. Latterly, Detective niap learns, he has been attached to Newberger’s store, and, taking advan- tage OC his connection therewith, has received from customers & number of watches for repatrs, which he failed to report to Newberger, On Friday and Saturday he was absent from the store, and Newberger—whose customers had in the meantime called for their watches—on Saturday searched the Bowery for him. Ee foand deceased inthe Bellevue Gardens, ta the Bowery, playing cards, and upon upbratding him for nis action, Kotbfelder promised to return the watches on Sun- day morning, and Newverger leit, He was not aguin seen wive, and it is supposed that the failure of his sult against the watch com- pany, combined with Newnerger’s susoictoa that he was playing bim false, led the unfortunate man to make the rasii venture that resuited in iis sudden faking om At bia boarding house he passea as an unmarried man, but the police, on inquiring at No. 29 Delancey street, where @ year ago Rothfelder was in the habit of visiting, were assured that he has a wife living in some portion of Germany. All who were acquainted with lim gave him an excel. lent reputation as a workaan and an laventor; bus itis said his beseiuny sin Was an attachment for a frat! woman hving In Last Fifteenth street. A KENZUCKY TRAGEDY, ear Lextogton—A Brothes er Murdercd. Lexinoton, Ky., Sept. 11, 1871. A terrible murder was committed last night at the residence of Join Harper, the owner of the rave horse Longfellow, near Milway, Ky. Jake and Betsy Harper, brother and sister of John, had their Uhroats cut by some nnknown person, ag is supposed, for the purpose of robbery. Some negroes, living within a few feet of the Harper residence, pretend@a to Know nothing of the murder till this morning. Three of them have been arreste the murderers, Biood has been found on their si! and the eve dence against them 18 very stron; Horrible Butchei and Other negroes employed on the place are and it eee ed that they