The New York Herald Newspaper, May 13, 1872, Page 3

\ DA. LIVINGSTONE AND THE HERALD The Hemld Spreading Gospel Truth in the Depths of the African Continent. David Mitchell, of the Presbyterian Church, - “dw the Pulpit—He Credits the Herald with ‘Yes Missionary Efforts and Rebukes the Religions Pres. Tikes Jewel ino heap. of dirt ts the, little brick edifice at the lower end of Greene strect, near Canal, known us'the Irish Presbyterian church. ‘This is one of the oldest congregations in this city, having been founded as far beck 491815. The con- Bregation have worshipped in an humble edifice in Orange street, and at that time, the boundary of the city was at Canal street. It was afterwards moved to'its present site, and the old building was torn down to make wey for the present neat brick build- ing, which isinow chiefly attended by natives of the northern: part of Ireland and communicants vet), the Presbyterian. Church. The church being. ‘80 low down town is frequented wery much by strangers stopping at hotels -fm the vicinity. This little church has had for its paatora Rev. Dr. Blatchford, Rev. Dr. McCarthy, Rev. Mr. Anderson, Rev. Mr. Carpenter and its present pastor, a talented young gentleman anda greduate of Glasgow, named the Rev. David Mitchell, who has for four years. been the pastor of the church. In this church the old North of Ircland families well’ known in New York, such is the Steeles, Dixons, Aikens, Colberts and Mitchells,have worshipped, but most of these families have passed away Orhave moved uptown too far to allow them to attend 'this modest little place. Yesterday the church wag well filled to hear the Sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Mitchell on the “Search for Dr. Livingstone and Foreign Missions,” ‘The littie reading desk at which Mr. Mitchell took higstand to preach his sermon looks like a refriger- ater embellished by Moorish art. ‘The reverend gentleman took his text from Psalms il. 1-12, a8 follows :— Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing? ‘The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel:together against ‘the Lord, and eS geo "asunder, and cast away their cords from us, &c. ‘Mf. Mitchell said that the whole civilized world was watching with anxiety for the latest news from: the great traveller, Dr. Livingstone, who had dared to penetrate the darkest recesses of Africa in order taat civilization might be benefited and that therich fruits of any discovery he might make in that barbarous land might redound to the benefit of mankind. All traces of this distinguished man had:been lost for many months. He had risked life, health and home when ‘he left tho last mark of ,civilization behind him, and the curtain fell as he” disappeared in those mystic and dim recesses. He had taught as tlis eminent Man the virtues of self-sacrifice and deniad, of joy leaped through Christendom when the came from the correspondent of the New ORK who chas been so earnest in his search after he an uld he triumph all nations would rejoice, A SAT eR ne' at traveller, that “Livingstone ‘was found.” _ something that must fill our minds with awe and fear to think of this man, with hiss. weonvictions and belief—one of the gre explorers—buried in the depths of it mysterious continent, where Christianity had! a8 yet been able to pierce with its bright - the its of heathen and barbarous ignor- ance; to suffer hunger, cold, thirst and priva- poe “and to risk even martyrdon to gleam knowledge for the future generations of man- i Ba) tone had been sent as a ata wy of £300 year, which was by London Mi: lety. ‘We. erefore, r mission with pro found admira' and ri te 1 cannice, Rane ‘the course of e of the rel us weekly ‘who have endeavored to re; the “,a8 Bp. attempt to create losing, in e a , Often is thia old man to lose himself for. the purpose of being F 7 asked one paper. Such a question is un- and uncharitable. It must be for the benefit of ‘land Christian truth that Dr. Livingstone— man that he is—should succeed in his en- for will he not open an undiscovered land all men of Christian faith should work. OS ed Uae hire nd Rie be proud of the great enterprise of the ‘ ol eo ge of journal, the ‘Naw Yosx Heustn, which an cost hid sent an expe- the heroic old man. By t of. energy the journal at last found the ag tony all due credit and honor 'be paid to its efforts in the cause of the Gos- pel, for it was certain that the finding of Dr. Living- ry the African ae tothe at. stone would be the means of spre: the seeds of the 1 in this Jand of darkness and heathenism. The nd gentieman then concluded in an elo- quent exhortation to his hearers to encourage mia- sionary efforts as @ corollary to the enterprise of e midsionar; “From Greenlands fey Wountainn" afier which the benediction was delivered the congrega' dispersed. THE SEARCH FOR DR. LIVINGSTONE. FO Stn LATE a [From the Lehighton (Pa.) News, May 11.) Iteeems that the search expedition organized by the New Yore Heratp to find Dr. Livingstone, the famous African traveller, has been successful. The expedition went out about a year ago, and Mr. Bennett has just heard from his correspondent. The mews is to the effect that Dr. Livingstone is alive and well, but it does not say when he will arrive from the interior of Ethiopia. The H#Rap has en- gaged in many enterprises, but this last eclipses all thatit hasever done. It has accomplished what nations like England failed to do. The fact that James Gordon Bennett organized the expedition and paid its expenses out of his own pocket should be widely published, for itis an honor to his @agacity and liberality. The HeRatp is a great paper, and its owner and proprietor is a great man. {From the Stenbenville (Ohio) Herald, May 9.) ASalem (Mdas.) paper, referring to the cost of the HERALD expedition in search of Dr. Living. stone, says that one Salem house in the Zanzibar trade has paid drafts to Stanley’s order to the amount of $7,000, and that was probably for a small Traction of his expenses, We are not sure but the discOvery of the North Pole, the complete explora- tion of Central Africa and the general opening of the unknown regions of the earth is to depend in future on newspaper enterprise. {From the Cocyman’s (N. Y.) Gazette, May 11.) The two most important questions that have Dothered the brains of the geographers and philan- thropists of the New as well as the Old World ‘were: Where are Sir John Franklin and Dr. Living- stone? Hoth of these problems have been solved by American. enterprise. Dr. Kane, the indefati- gable navigator, 16 a result of his Arctic expedition, ‘wettied the fate of the former, while the solution of ‘the problem of the whereabouts of the great African traveller, Dr. Livingstone, ts much more satisfac- torily answered through the wonderful enterprise of ‘the proprietor of the New York HERALD. This bril- lant achievement is only in keeping with the well- known characteristic of the plucklest editor and ‘and the most successful journal in this country or Europe. And yet there are writers mean spirited ‘enough toendeavor to detract from the deserved credit due Mr. Bennett for what he has done in send- Ang out an expedition in search of a great traveller ‘who had not been heard from in six or eight yeara, nd whose fate interested to a high degree both Sontinents. All honor then, we say, to Mr. Bennett and the enterprise of the Naw Yorg Heratp. pr antl Frm the Woonsocket (R. 1.) tate Register, May 10.) Some fifteen months ago the tor of thi N WW York HERALD fitted out b syinansttiad = ge, Vee. for Dr. Livingstone, the Gistingnished ex- plo: W sm Africa, who seems to have been lost tn the great Wilderness surrounding Lake Tanganyika. Dr. Liy Westone left Engiand in 1866, going via Bom- bay to L Wt Africa. Letters were received from him Aap to 1869, sthe last having been written at Ujijl; but after that p riod all trace of the great traveller was Jost; and alt, Wugh England sont gn expedition to find him, it’s resulted in a complete fatl- | mre, In 197) 1 New Yore Heraup, with ; NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, ‘MAY 13, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. wonderful iberality for ® newspaper ¢s- tablishment, fitted out an expedition to find the great Engtish explerer. It was commanded by a Mr. Stanley, making ite headquarters at Zan zibar, on the east coast of Africa. Last week news came, via Bembay and London, that the American expedition had been successful, and that Dr. Liv- ingetone had reached Zanzibar, alive and well. We have long been familiar with the enterprise and pluck of the New YorE HERALD, but this discovery of the great African traveller places the proprietor of that sournal among the benefactors of geographi- cai selence; a8 the real explorer of a mysterious and partially unknown continent; as the discoverer of Dr. Livingstone, and the successful rival of Great Britain in searching for her lost traveller around the head waters of the Nile. [From the Montgomery (Ala,) State Journal, May 7.) There is very little doubt. that Dr. David Living- stone, the famous African explorer, is still living. He left England in 1865 for a thorough exploration of the country over which he had already travelled more than any other man. At different times re- Ports of his death came from Africa, and one of: them was so full in ite details that it was accepted as trae. But subsequently such accounts were re- ceived as to encourage the hope that he was still alive. ¥ , In 1871 the New Yorx HERALD organized an expe- dition, at a heavy expense, to go in search of the great explorer. This surpassed anything, in the Way of a newspaper enterprise ever known imthe world before. The HERALD now renee es . patch from Bombay, in India, announeing .¢hai n Stanley, the head of the HeRaLD expedition, has been heard from, and that Stanley is actually with Livingstone at Zanzibar, on the castern coast of Africa. {From the American Messenger—organ of the American Tract Society—for June.) ~ Just as we are going to press the gratifying news is Mashed from Bombay that the distinguished mis- slonary explorer, Dr. Livingstone, has been found. For over six years this adventurous and intrepid traveller has been lost to the sight of the civilized world, The news of his death has frequently been announced, but as often discredited by those most fanilliar With the habits and character of the natives who brought the unwelcome report, But while the civilized world has been deeply interested in the fate of this remarkable man, who, more than any other, has revealed the mysteries that enveloped the interior of Africa, it was reseryed for private enterprise and munif- cence to do what would have reflected honor on the British government or some of its scientific bodies to have undertaken. Finding thatno public corporation was inclined to search for the long-lost wanderer, the proprietor of the NEw York HERALD, at his own expense, sent an expedition to search forhim. This expedition, placed under the charge of Mr. Stanley, one of its correspondents who was familiar with African travel, has, after a year’s seareh, been successful in bringing back safe and in health the veteran missionary, whose return will be hailed with joy by multitudes who feared that his life had been forfeited to his adventurous zeal. The enterprise and liberality that could search out and bring back this noble Christian mis- sionary and explorer from the depths of an unex- plored continent are deserving the unqualified commendation of all .who admire generous and heroic conduct, (From the Cincinnati Commercial, May 6.) « The expedition sent out by the New YORK HERALD in search of Livingstone has been treated as a myth, and the wits of the press have had their amusement in paragraphs descriptive of the death of thé HeRawp’s African correspondent in a back office of the HERALD building and his interment in Greenwood Cemetery. But such an expedition, for all that, was sent out, with Mr, Stanley, of the HERALD, in command. And now comes intelligence from Zanzibar that the great traveller was safe with Mr. Stanley in January last, at Ujiji, the place from which he last wrote in 1867, It would appear, there- fore, that the rumor that he was detained as a prisoner, or, at least, was not able to further prose- cute his journey was true. Of course, if Stanley has succeeded in reaching him, it will not be long before we shail have intelligence of his arrival on the coast and return to England. It will add ond more to the signal exploits of the enterprising newspaper press of this country. {From the Buffalo Express, May 7.) About @ year ago. the editor and proprietor of the New York HeRsLp conceived the idea of fitting out an expedition to penetrate the interior of Africa in. search of the missing man. One of its foreign correspondents, who had travelled exten- sively in that country, was selected for the pur- pose, and, with an ample outfit of attendants and supplies, furnished at great cost by the private means of Mr. Bennett, he set out from Zanzibar on Ns uncertain mission. One or two encourag- ing reports have hitherto been received from this correspondent, and now intel- igence is reported ‘from Bombay which signals the entire success of the expedition, Itis announced in London that @ vessel hag arrived at Bombay from Zanzibar with a report that the HERALD’s correspondent had met with Dr. Livings- tone and that both were safe. If this news is confirmed it will prove glad tidings to the civilized world, which will offer its congratu- lations not only to the great explorer for his con- tributions to science and valuable discoveries, but to the foresight and generosity of an American journalist for his self-sacrificing efforts to dispei the doubts that hung over the fate of the African traveiler. THE HERALD’S LIVINGSTONE EXPEDITION. Ie the Earth a Province !—Exceptions Taken by a Collegian. To THE Epiror or THE HERALD: The credit is solely due to the New York HPRALD, which, by this grand achievement, has added the last crowning proof of its pre-eminence as a cos- mopolitan journal with the whole earth for a pro- vince.—Titusville Herald, In union with nearly all my schoolmates I have anxiously followed in spirit the daring enterprise of the HERALD correspondent in his guccessful st- tempt to reseue Dr. Livingatoné, the great African explorer. The aécounts published day after day in your columns of his trials, his indomitable en- durance and his final success have proved to us a far more powerful stimulant to the useful study of geogiaphy than the dry lectures of our crabbed, though learned, professor. We have all been de- lighted at thé high and ‘Weil-merited enco- miums which the press throughout the en- tire country has lavished on the Heraxp for its grand conception of encircling the whole globe with an unbroken line of fearless correspondents, whose zeal and intelligence, by the aid of the tele- graph. in many instances outstrip time itself in ithfally transmitting every notable event that may occur from the centre to the circumference of this nether world, But while we th heer fal - tribute our mite of praise to the HeraLp for glorious achievement we protest against the authority of the Titusville editor to make “the whole earth a Bogyiace? for the sphere of your unparalleled activity. A province only a part of an empire or Kingdom, significant part of the whole earth. To make @ part equal to tne whole, as the Titusville paper seems to do, would not be much more ridiculous and absurd than an effort to re- strain the HERALD’s eagle flight in the sphere of Journalism within the narrow gace. of a petty “province.” But, perhaps, after ll, the Titusville lapsus penna, The ¢ aivor aia f not ereaae even a may have been but a part the New universe, He mal m4 taken @ prophetic look the bs concert pes and behe! newly invented aerial chariot, accom} ubiquitous HRRALDIAN, Winging her victerieng fight to the mountain top of allvery Luna, and, after the indefatigable reporter interviewed her Old Man, nying off to dine with Zeus and his cabinet, win ing up the day by a brilliant levee at the intriguing court of grim old Saturn. When such a desirable event takes place he m: well the lite: rest assured that the HeRatp will kee icv athens e ics and the lent rants delectable regions. The Oddities of the we in the Moon,” his physiognomy, his tastes and dress will then be made as familiar to us as lat the erime-stamped brows of the “Sw: is” amid the trackless morasses of dusk; imbertoa. If ie be the bea} iy ue oa ee re hum- y ize for our 8' ures on welbintended fared ut if he has failed to tak nsive view of the Lena Journalistic re, then, in the name of all in the name of the Hon, Charles P. Daly and the Geo- gre phical Soctety of the State of New York, we will all o, Out with our latest preath that the “whole earthy’ 1s not, by a long shot, a “provinos. and but a very in- | WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, May 12, 1872. Consular Jurisdiction—Proclamation by the President. Wassineroy, D. C., May 12, 1872, The following proclamation was issued yes- terday>— a BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:— Whereas, pursuant to the first section of the act of Congress, approved June 11, 1864, entitled “An act to provide for the execution of treaties between the United States and fore! nations respect consular jurisdiction over the crews of vessels of such foreign nations waters and rare ries act shall take effect as to ips and asels Of aD: with the ‘Uulte States the President of the Unit shall have been similar pro- "intous have been made for the execution of such treaty by the other contract! and shall haves issued his proclamation to take elfee declar- ing that act to be in force ag to such nat and such proclamation made, and a Lotginn answer having been received that similar provi- stons are in force in the united kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, now, therefore, be it known that ye sident of the United States oi America, do pescbr pecans. the same accord! ls Done at the BES Washington this cleventh of , in year of our Lord one thousan eight hundred and batiey go and of the In- ~ ndence of the United States of America -eixth. U, 8. GRANT. the ident. Fie, Secretary of State, ‘Strong Chances for Dawes’ Tariff Bill. ‘The action of the House yesterday regarding the pending tariff measures plainly indicates that Mr. Dawes is master of the situation. The several votes sustaining him by a two-thirds majority show that he has power enough to carry his bill through that body. It is similar to the one carried through the Senate by Senator Sherman, and it is, therefore, quite probable that after all the foss and feathers over this vexations subject, and notwithstanding repeated failures to reach concordant action be- tween the two houses, a tariff bill of some kind will be passed at thia session. The combinations of the pig iron with the tobacco, coal and other special in- terests have been utterly destroyed, leaving Mr. Dawes in a position which will enable him to man- age the House in such a way as to get a conserva- tive conference committee, through the agency of which & compromise will be effected on the conflict- ing points between his and Senator Sherman’s bill, at least such are the generally expressed opinions to-night. The Kansas Senatorship—An Inquiry on the Spot. * The resolution of. the Committee, on Privileges and Elections, reported by Senator Morfon yester- day, giving them the power to go to Kansas to take testimony duriug the recess, was ‘necessary from the fact that the committee has taken no evidence whatever up to this time regarding the charges against Senators Caldwell and Pomeroy. The com- Mittee has received oficial copies of the testimony taken by the Kansas Legislature on the subject, and proposes now to enjoy a summer trip West and attend to business at the same time. It is a mis- take to denounce the trip as a piece of extravagant Junketing, for the reason that the travelling ex- Penses of the committee will be less than the mileage of witnesses to and from Washington. Military for Utah—The Mountain Meadow Massacre, The Secretary of War has recommended an appro- Priation of $120,000 for the erection of a five com- pany military post near Beaver City, Southern Utah, 200 miles from Salt Lake City. Witnesses who were present at the Mountain Meadow massacre, in which over one hundred and twenty innocent men, women, and. children: were slaugh- tered in the most barbarous manner, feel that their lives would be rendered insecure should they testify to the facts; but they say that whenever the govern- ment of the United States will guarantee them pro- tection they will freely testify to all the facts, Asso- ciate Justice Hawley says that he is fully satisfied, from his experience in that district for the last three years as the judicial officer of the Court, that their feeling of insecurity is well founded, and that it will require a military force established in that istrict, say at the city of Beaver, of at laast five companies, to render the protection needed effec- tive. This recommendation is endorsed by Governor Wood and General ord. 2 The Washington Monament. ‘The House Committee on the District of Columbia approve the bill appropriating $200,000 for the com- pletion of the Washington Monument. The sum of $230,000 has already been expended upon the work, and $822,000 will be needed to complete the shaft, while the cost of the whole work, including the shaft and “pantheon,” or base, is estimated to be $1,122,000. The committee unanimously approve the plan of this monument and of the work that has been alteady done, and bear cheerful testimony to the energy, integrity, economy and patriotic love which animated and governed the transactions of “the Washington National Monument Society,” and especially commend the design of building the mon- ument by the voluntary contributions of the'people of the United States. Collector Casey Guillotined—A Scapegoat for Louisiana’s Troubles, The Congressional Committee recently appointed to investigate affairs at New Orleans have just handed their printed report to the President, and he has had an opportunity for the first time of examin, ing tt critically. In consequence of this examina- tion he has requested the resignations of Mr. Casey, Collector of Customs at New Orleans, and his deputy, Mr. Herwig. There isnothing in this reporit to show that these gentlemen were not honest and efficient in the discharge of thetr duties as Custom House officers, but owing to the character of cer- tain portions of the testimony it was thought that a change in these officers might promote the gencral interest of the service. Uncle Sam’s Lucky Servants. The recent decision of the United States Supreme Court giving twenty per cent additional compensa- tion to certain employés of the government affects at least eighteen hundred cases on the docket of the Court of Claims, Memorials to the Mixed Commission. The memorials presented to the United States | and Biltish Mixed Commission sugt previous to its adjournment from last month until September will | not be printed for some weeks. The time allowcd | for taking testimony commences with the day the | printed copies of the memorials reach the office of the Commission, without regard to the time of fling them. The Conference on the Cotton Claims Amendment. The Committee of Conference on the disagreeing amendments to the Deficiency bill had a two hours’ session yesterday, when the Senators agreed to abandon th ¢ amendment of Mr. Morrill, of Ver- mont, but th House members determined to stand by the substitute of the House, The committee meet to-morrow with a view to reconcile their dif- ferences, The effect of the Morrill aifiéndment is to lock In the Treasury the amounts. for which judg- ments have been entered in the courts under the Stipreme Court decision, and the effect | of the substitute from the House will | be to pay these Judgments and to require the | Secretary of the/Treasury to adjudicate tho claims for cotton seized after June 25,-1865. Should the two houses fail to arrive ‘at an agreement on the subject the decision of the Supreme Court fixes the status of the claimants as to cotton seized prior to June 25, 1865, All other cases stand as before. The fund to pay these claims is in the Treasury, held in trust for the claimants. It amounts to nearly $25,000,000, of which $10,000,000 is barred by statate of limitation. A number of prominent attorneys | are here actively working for their clients. Fort Washington Barracks on Fire. The steamer Keyport, which arrived here this evening, reports that while passing Fort Washing- ton, twelve miles from this city, the barracks were on fire, and men with water were endeavoring to | Prevent the extension of the flames to the fort. Between twelve M. and one P, M., yesterday, Martha Murtha, aged two years and three months, daughter of Patrick, residing at 688 Bergen street, Brooklyn, was run over and instantly killed, neck ing broken beneath the cif 18 of oar Ro. Bergen street, near Vanderbii enue, Pat- rick Denvor, the driver of the car, was arrested and locked up in the Flatbush avenue station house on fharee Of reekless driving, The Corpner was noti- FATAL OAR AOOIDENT. | that, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN BOAT RACE. The Atalantas Meet a Hearty English Welcome to the Shores of England—A Contrast Between the Way that Oxford Treated Harvard and How the London Rowing Club Re- ceived the Alalantas—Particulars Regarding the Two Crews. Lonpow, April 29, 1872. It seems doubtful whether the four-oared race between the Atalanta and the London clubs, which ja fixed for the 10th of June, will excite quite as much interest on this side of the water as was evinced in the memorable contest between the Oxford and Harvard Universities. This much, how- ever, is certain:—The preliminaries of the present match have been better arranged than were those of Harvard. When, in February last, a telegram was received by the London Rowing Club contain- ing a challenge from the Atalanta, in New York, there was but little time spent in deliberation be- fore the cartel was taken up and the match made, The members of the London are not such sticklers as the Oxford men were about the credentials of those against whom they are to row, and. it must also be admitted that in another respect their conduct con- trasts favorably with that of the University set. Given a respectable rowing club in New York, con- sisting of mercantile or professional men, who wished to meet a London club of corresponding calibre in a friendly way, and there was nothing more to be done but to conclude the bargain. Nor is it likely that anything will occur to disturb the friendly feeling which was established on the arrival ofthe Americans at Liverpool on Wednesday last. The Inman Company’s steamer City of Montreal arrived off the Mersey on the evening of that day, and was met by a tender, having on board Mr. F. 8, Gulston, Vaptain of the London Rowing Club; Mr. Herbert’ H, Playford, one of its leading mem bers, and Mr, Weston, besides several represen- tatives of Liverpool rowing clubs. The five gentle- men of the Atalanta Club—namely, Dr. Russell Withers, Theodore Van Raden, Leander Waterbury, Edward Smith and Alexander Handy—were re- ceived by those just named and conducted to the ‘Washington Hotel, where they passed the night. On the. Thursday morning the London and New York men came on from Liverpool to Putney. The London and Western Railway Company very kindly gave the use of a saloon carriage for the journey of the party and put on a truck for the conveyance of their boats. These were a four-oared outrigger for practicing in and a single scull boat, in which it is said Mr. Smith is likely to try his at the Henley regatta, They all came on by the express as far as Crane Junction, where the saloon and truck were detached from the express and put getting to Putney via Willesden and Kensington. Hitherto the party had not attracted much notice since leaving Liverpool, but now, on stopping at stations on the way up to town, their arrival seemed anextent' which might have been objected to by over sensitive people. The Atalanta four, who by this time were found by their friends of London to be really friendly, genial fellows, bore all this with equanimity, though wish- ing heartily that all this fuss was over and they themselves settled down in quiet training quartets. At Kensington, where the Northwestern branch terminates a Southwestern engine, in charge of a Superintendent, was attached, and wit! is the party were brought on specially to Putney, PUTNEY is a suburban village of considerable extent, about six miles from London by the Southwestern Rail- way, With the exception of one main street of small shops, @ few small by streets and several taverns, the place consists of the houses of “city men,” who seek the retirement of. these sales and neechy. accessible suburbs after the business of the day is over, All the resent fame of the village is due to its being the eadquarters of metropolitan boat racing, whether by amateurs or watermen. History is silent, or nearly 80, a8 ny more ancient fame, but there Still stands in the high strect an Elizabethan man- sion, with the. int gables of the Tudor style, which is calle peas fome time resided, b2t Putne: to boat racing. Every year tho Oxfora fm oie match brin, to this part of the there is some greater or smaller event to draw a few hundreds of people to the banks. Now it is the fled day ,of one the many clubs that have thet? habitat about here; now it a race’ between crews of the rival river steamboat companies; now @ race by crews consisting of the compositors of the London dally Dewees. Two new scullers will, on another day, try their fortunes against each other: North London will row West London; there will be a Thames regatta, or there will be pending, as there is just now matches between the Tyne and the Thames and between Manchester and London, None of these ever drew like the Oxford and Har- vard. Never was there a bigger crowd than on that occasion. “And still,” as Toole, the come- dian’s, popular phrase goes jnst now, “it was not altogether heppy.” The Oxford men were distant and haughty, he Harvards reserved and silent. bags that when the Harvard students came to itney there was nol to receive them and that three days elapsed before any representa- tive of Oxford favored them with a call. People felt that this was wrong, and London seems to have determined that no such slurs should defuce the present match, HOW THE ATALANTAS WERE WELCOMED, Accordingly they resolved to make a bit of an event of the arrival of the Atalanta party. The pretty little roadside station at Putney, with its green-swarded Ly gd looking very fresh in spring verduve was made quite gay with the buntlig that the London Club sent down to be hung Twenty or thirty of London men themselves, their flannel boating back and white stripe, attended on the platform to receive their friends, the opponents. As many of the public, and capeciasly ladies, as could conveni- ently remain on the platform remained, and there were besides representatives of the press and extra contributors to the London daily and sporting jour- nals, The special train ran up at five o'clock on Thursday evening. There was one member of the Atalanta who was staying in London and was there to meet his co-club men, Introductions were made and congratulations exchanged, and in a few moments the American party were freely frater- nizing with the London men. They were taken to Mr. Marshai’s Fox and Hounds Hotel, one of the best in town, and close to the railway station, where the Oxford crew have stayed for tW6 yours past. Helf an hour iater they walked down the town, accompanied by Mr. Wéston, to the London Boat ‘House, Which is on the river's bank, about five minutes’ walk from Marshall's, Here another reception awaited them. Carronades were fired and the men of London raised hearty cheers, which were again and again repeated in the English “hip- hip hurrah” fashion, right ont, with just one American “ragh” to wind up with. The Atalanta crew rejoined with @ “hip-hip hurrah,” and were then conducted up stairs into the clnb room and ear elena hens the demure custom of us islanders—in beakers of champagne. A couplé of Leth vs eights went out on the ‘Thames soon AGE, vis lig the antes fol Pea crack crews a8 compared w! which are fashionable on the ites ican waters, eg onvexprnllig Yel boat next day the Atalantas n alt nex mn ota he § Leer had suffered a little out on the Thames until to-morrow On Saturda; sports at Richmond, now to stay in priya and have taker a pi jesgings instead of the hotel, vate house at Hammersmith, a mile further up the stream. weeks haye still to elapse before the race comes off this must be regarded as a wise move. They have had excellent Modation at Mr. Marshall’ where, I napereea tas iettene may be sent and cari left; but the very fact of thelr being there h rendered them too easily accessible to too many friends, &nd to what.an extent this over pressure may be carried be estimated from the fact that on the morning of the Oxford aud Cambridge boat race policemen are stationed at the landings of the crews’ rooms im the hotels to keep back the crowds of cager acquaintances, OPTNIONS REGARDING THE CREW. Just a word before leaving the Atalantas as to the impression created by them here. Before their arrival a preindice was formed against them, from the fact that their highest weight was ten stone ten pounds, their lowest under ten atone. These were thought to be too light to come against men who scale from eleven to twelve stone. How far their appearance {n the boat may go to remove this im- pression it is impbdssible to say jast now; but if you will allow me to state an individual opinion it is if their rowing equals the promise of their a pea ‘ance, the small weight may be as much heir favor as against them. They look fresh and vigorous, and very likely to make full use of all their weight, whereas it is still doubt- fal whether very mach heavier meh pull so much more in pro fon tothe extra poundage. The Atalantas expect another boat from New York in the course of @ fortnight. Pysortaniey will be afforded them of trying English bulit boats to en- able them to take their choice for the actual race, From this time they will We to make themselves acqualuted with the tide. eddies and rnrrents over fortune against the best English amateur scallers on an ordinary train for the greater convenience of to have been expected, and they were Honized to mux floc, and where, as tradi- 8, fh romyellian general of that jhe ous tn Fy gel lode Cam- housands of Londonefs ucwD ‘hames, Every week in summé? from the unusually Horny pas }, aud would re- juire a day or two to put into racing trim | gain, They resolved, therefore, not to put Y) they went to see some athletic | They have determined | village on the north side of the river and about a | Considering that six | “tn | costumes and straw hats with | some pulling in the to-them comparatively unaccustomed style of a boat Rei goed dm — tote Theard sald that the Americans only in pull t over the course four times in all, content themselves on other occasions shorter spins. Having been accustomed to mile courses doubt is entertained as to their to stay four miles and a quarter. On this nt it ise! to say that in nine cases out of tell over a four-mile course here the boat that leads at the end of three miles wins the race. THE LONDON ROWING CLUB consists now of 400 members, as against 100 of Atalanta. Mr. James Layton, an elderly gentle- man, once known to fame as an oarsman, is Presi- dent; Mr. F. 8, Guiston ts Captain. Mr. Playford, Mr. Brickwood, Sir Awbrey Paul, Mr. Long and Mr, Stout are among the Most noted of past and present boating men. Their club house (on the south bank of the Thames) at Putney is an unpretentious affair, consisting of the sheds for their boats on the ground floor and a single lal room, ante room and dining rooms overhead. The great majority of members are city men, engaged during the day in mercantile pursuits. A few, and among them Mr. Guiston, are university men, but I am not aware that any have figu ‘in a London boat at a race who ever did duty with the university eights in their Thames match. There isa rumor abroad, owever, that Mr. John B, Close, one of the very toard in this year's Cambridge eight, will be asked to make one against the four Americans, i hat br from a oe of the London ie cp ~ © other day. ould any such intention be carried out it will be hardly Moar hanveR FF Mr. Close can scarcely be regarded as a member of the London in the sense that would be intended by the challengers, tend to but will with three- ability THE LONDON CREW. The more likely names to constitute the four are F. 8. Gulston, A. De Laude Long, G. Ryan and C. W. Stout, with Mr. Rowth as reserve. ‘Their weights Just now are acont—Gulston, 11 stone 10 Ibs. ; Long, 12 stone 5 1bs.; Ryan, 11 ‘stone 6 Ibs.; Stout, 12 stone, 6lbs, Both Long and Stout are away at- tending to their business in the country, and it is Bg doubtful in regard to them, and to others who, in their absence, might be selected, whether they can give apumure urgent concerns for the sake of ing into training for a month for a race of honor, involving, as it possibly may, a return match. Mr. Guiston is one of the most popular men in the club, An easy going style, nial manner and thorot ly unpretentious bear! ng towards even the most Sor lor member of his club or crew, render him one of the best liked of captains, He looks about Shirts years of age, is just over the medium height and of proportionate physique. He is of dark complexion, has black har and whiskers, and carries his head a little forward, Mr. Guiston at- tends, it is said, to business in the city, and if he attends to it as well as to the duties of his captain. ship on the Thames, it must be a most ungrateful business if it does not thrive. As an oarsman the captain has been chiefly remarkable for his suc- cessful exploits in pairs, fours and eights. With these Guiston has always done his share of work at the best amateur regattas, He is as well known at Henley with his club boat against Etonians, Oxonians, Cantabs or Kingston men as he is at Putney. But one cannot say of Mr. Guiston that, to take him all in all, he is more than a good average amateur boating man, and it is quite on the cards that with his many engagements and his perpetuel life on the river he may have become rather stale. An unprejudiced man, judging from appearance merely, would be likely to back one of eth American four against him, Mr. Ryan is shorter and stouter, also dark in hair, whiskers and com- pPlexion, about the same age as Guiston, and has made his mark both as a sculler and at the oar. Long is a tall, thin man, apparently a trifie older than the captain, He held the cham- pion amateur sculls. until last year, when he was defeated by Mr. Fawens, from the Tyne, a stviplin of great promi Stout is a man of a differen type. He wen his hair cropped quite short, goes quite close. shaven, and, being of rather full habit, has the appearance of a sturdy, not to say burly, man of about cight-and- twenty, Stout 18 a most formidable oarsman and has won no end of trophies, Of Rowth I know little. Close, if they have hii, will be an immense acquisi- tion. Though he shoved hard at Cambridge and wore spectacios on the boat, he and his brother were two of the best men of the elght Cantabs who conquered Oxford this year, Excuse “the pale cast of thought” and “the mid- night oil;” but these are the expressions that, With a fair complexion, moderate size, sharpish features and a puir of spectacles, give you an idea of Mr. Close. ‘These, or such as these, will form the crew of the London against the Atalantas. Bet- ting people will lay two to one on the London now. That they will offer the same odds on the day of the race will depend far more upon the amount of Money that may be in the market on the ‘other ide than upon anything like the chances of two to one between the itive and relative chances of the two crews, The ion have ordered a boat from Clasper, of Ox- ford, and another from Jewitt, of Dunston-on-Tyne. One’ would like to see the Atalantas row in an American boat; but it would be a pity to give the other side a chance on that account, and r for one, having known Clasper and his father for m years, have very great faith in anything which this noted builder turns out. In another letter I hope to be able to send you more definite intelligence as to the prospects ‘of the two crews, ~—_ NELLY GRANT IN LONDON. ——_>—_— The Qucem Accords Her a Frank Enge Msh Weleome—Graciously Received reryw! re. = by Lonpon, April 29, 1872. Miss Nelly Grant during her short stay in London was the recipient of around of distinguished and brilliant hospitalities, She was received in private audience by the Queen on Thursday, April 25. Or- dinarily of the twofold quality of British royalty the less amiable side is most regarded from the re- publican point of view. We see the Queen rather, as the head of the nobility than’ as the hea@ of the nation, and we regard royalty as only the topmost point of the enormous apparatus of ex- clusiveness and proscription, without reference te its position in the prosy practical affairs of State: where internationai relations and the requirements of courtesy towards the heads of other govern” ments sometimes demand that queens should be no better than other human creatures, who, but for the accident of office, are only plain women. Doubt- less this habit of thought and this way of looking at queens has already given rise to plenty of clamon over MISS GRANT'S REORPTION BY HER MAJESTY; but it ought to be remembered that the country did not altogether go to ruin when long ago the child of another President—a certain Prince John— danced at a court ball with this same Victoria. Miss Grant dined at Lord Granville’s on Wednesday, and with the Lord Chancellor on Saturday, and at- tended several receptions and evenin; les. She was everywhere received with marked atten- tion and admiration. HOW CONSULS GENERAL ENTERTAIN, An extremely pleasant entertainment given inf her honor was a garden party at the residence of Consul General Badeau, Little Boston House, Brent- ford. This quaint and cosey corner of suburbart London, once the domicile of John Quincy Adams,} has a marvellous lawn in front of the drawing room. windows, and wonderful old trees all about would be sylvan dignitaries anywhere, and! are quite fit to figure in the same circles. with Keats’ “green-robed senators of mighty, woods.” Chatting under these trees and crowding, the lawn with color and life and a very picturesque! and unusual splendor were bevies of fine women, in! all the gay variety of morning toilets, with literary, social and polftical celebrities innumerable of the! less Knight gender; and the cynosure of all eyes was the little republican princess, dressed in dell- cate white bonnet, her little fair, face receiving the salutations, homages and compll- ments of all comers with that perfect ease and undoubting self-possession that nature vouchsafes to sweet seventeen only in America. Is was evident that the Princess enjoyed it, and’ asthe General had taken care to provide a side-, room full of comfort for those who are pot alto- gether satisfied with good company, every one was happy. - FRENCH HONORS. We hear from Paris that great preparations are on foot to give a ball in honor of Miss Grant at the Grand Hotel, NEW YORK CITY. ink and a daint; lighted up with a quiet smile, Aman named Carroll, over severty years of age, who lived alone at 301 Monroe street, was yester-' day morning found dead in bed. Mr. Carroll not appearing as ustial in tiie morning a family in the house became suspicious, and, breaking tn the door of his room, which was locked irom the inside, found him as stated. Coroner Herrman was notl- fled. Coroner Herrman was yesterday notified to noia’ an inquest at the Morgue on the body of an un- known man, about thirty-five years of age, which was found floating in the water near the foot of Rivington street. Deceased was five feet seven inehes in height, with dark hatr and light mus- tache, He wore dark clothes aud blue checked shirt, The body was sent up for identification, Floyd Franklin, a colored man, residing at No. 7 Mott street, was arrested by Officer O'Brien, of the Eighth precinct, on Saturday night, upon complaint of William Rogers, of 634 Broome street, who charges that the prisoner broke into his store on Friday night and stole a clock and several articles of clothing. The prisoner was arraigned before Justice Cox, et Jeiferson Market, yesterday morn- ing and remanded to the station house until this morning. ‘The remains of an unknown man, about forty-five years of age, five feet seven inches in height, with dark hatr and full whiskers, were found floating in the dock at pler No. 2, North River. The body, which had been a long time in the water, was dressed in dark coat, vest and pants, black necktle and gaiters. In his pockets were found a prescription, signed “Humphreys,” and a pawn ticket. Coroner Herrman was notilied, THE END OF AN UNHAPPY MARBIAGE. AQUATIC NOTES. The boat house of the Argonauta Rowing Asgo-., ciation of Bergen Point, as cnlarged, is 65 feet deep and 45 feet wide, giving ample room for the storage of the club boats, which embrace two six-oared shells, one four-oared shell, one eight-oared gun- wale barge, one six-orred gig, three double scul! shells and seventeen members’ single-scull shells, The officers of the association are :—President, A. R. Warner; First Vice President, R. Lee Anderton; Second Vice President, Charles W. Fuller; Secre- tary, Benjamin Stephenson; Treasurer, W. F. Hob- ble; Captain, Edward P. White; Board of Trustees, Solon Humphreys, A. R. Warner, H. T. Malcomson, E. ©. Bramhall, E. W. Humphreys, R. L. Anderton and Samuel T, Brown, The Farragut crew have begun their active train- ing, and will continue to train until the middle of June, on the Harlem River. The racing crew for the present year are:—Michael Wilson, stroke; Henry Ives, No. 2; Charles Wolf, No. 3; William F. Goodhill, bow; Florance Lince, coxswain. The Passaic Club, of Newark, are in possession of their new house, which, although not yet finished, is far enough advanced to convince the observer that convenience and comfort will form no sinall art of the neat and attractive structure. The jower portion of the house is well stocked with boats of all kinds, The oMcers of the club for the ear are:—President, George W. Hubbell; Vice resident, Charles Roberts; Secretary and Trea- surer, William T, Gardner; pe lar C. H. Roberts. ‘The Crescent Club, of the Schuylkill Navy, at a recent meeting decided toenter the four-oar shell, four-oar gig, six-onr gunwale barge and double seull shell races of the Schuylkill Navy Regatta. ‘The crew for the four-oar boats will be selected from among the following gentlemen :—W. C, Rebp, I, L. Witmer, W. C. Brown, T. B, Harper, S. A, Weigh, H. P. Darlington and’ W. 8. Haines. | ‘The double shell will be pulled by W. A. and C. E. Steel, and the crew for the gunwale barge will be selected and announced before the 15th o6 May, the time of closing entries. dinvisles, daterian ie: the. The pidap cont mplate entering for the barge rah in ti regatta va the ‘schnylkit Navy. A new club has been organized recently, to be known as the Mystic Boat Club, They occupy a house on the Parsaic River. There is a probability of Ellis Ward and Frank tee tiet | together in a working boat race, the only question at all conficting with the satisfactory termination of the preliminaries being the place to row, but that, no doubt, will be satisfactorily ar- ranged, Frank Bell is a fine hi a about Ellis’ age, nearly six feet tall, weighing ordinarily about 170 pounds. He rowed in @ regatta on the Harlem River two years af, against Ellis Ward and John Biglin and several others, which was won by Ward, He has repeatedly expressed the desire to meet Ellis again, and, in the event of a match being consutumated now, a well contested cvent may be expected. the Potomac Roat Club, of Washington, D. C., held a meeting on the Ist inst., when @ proposition to (yrhi a district navy was considered, and the von- chision reached was that it would be ilexpedient at the present time to do go. ‘The chaile of the Annapolig Q: b (corp, on of the naval class of 1878) was fiot décepted, for the reason that the Annapolis boys refuse to row a return race on the Potoraac. e committee to which was referred ths invitation of the Schuylkill navy to participate in the national regatta at Philadelphia, between the 6th and 15th of June, reported adversely to its ac- ce} bare and the report of the committee was adopted. The Live Oak Rowing Club, of gd N. Y., late! elected the following oMcers for 1872:—Presiden: James Oarroll; Secretary, Samuel Carroll; Trea- surer, Herbert Willis; Captain, Michael Hazel. The Black Rock and Pratt clabs were organized at that place this spring, and the Hingston Brothers are aboat forming a club, The Q. Q. Q. Assoctation, a Buffalo (N. Y.) boating organization, is officered as follows:—President, Hamilton Colt; Vice President, Robert Palen; Sec- retary and Treasurer, William T. Parsons; Captain, Harry Walbridge. They have ordered a new four- oared shell from Charley Elliott. A referee and final stakeholder, Ne to both rties, for the match between bid and Billy Scharff, has been secured, in the . loMiger, of the Quhker Ofty, to whoni Philip J. He the articles of agreement and the stakes have heen transmitted, The earnestness with which the princt- pals are Duckling to the work of preparation evinces that their whole souls are in the match, and that whoever wins will be fully entitled, barring acci- peak bn iy Sra honors attac! to victory in honest col J. Of the coming Brown-Fulton scull race, the Hall- fax Chronicle of the 7th inst. says:—Mr. Pryor, chairman of the Boat Race Committee, will proceed to Digby ina day or two to mect a representative of Fuiton and arrange some matters be pag the coming race. Brown willaccompany him to make himself acquainted with the course, but it is not that he shall go into training there. The The Woman who Married tht Whole Family—The Last Husband Insane. On Monday last James T. Smith, 2 young man, ‘was arrested and held to bail upon complaint of his divorced wife, Eliza Smith, neé Brownell, propri- etress of a “female boarding house’ at the corner of Greene and Fourth streets, charged with assaulting her, At the examination held before Justice Cox, at Jefferson Market, it trans- pired that tis woman had been married to nearly. every male member of the Smith family. On Wednesday morning young Smith, goaded with madness and filled with bad whiskey, entcred the woern's honse hee ap her in bly the facts of which have already appear © HERALD, ’ Since young Sunithis heat he fas been confined in the Fifteenth precinct station hause waiting the woman's convalescence. During his confinement he brooded over his troubles to such an extent that he lost his reason, and is at present insane, Dr. Nealls, physician of the City Prison, on Saturday examined young Smith, aud issued the following: certificate :— Set gy Orrice or Ciry Prisow, Harts or Justice, Nuw Yous May ih, Ire im Hon, Jonx Cox:— Déak Sin—At the request of Colonel Spencer I have this ) Sinith, a prisoner in the Fifteeenth pi tat nH house, charged with having shot his wife, think that he is developing delirium tremens. ave also secon the Woman Who Was shot, and think that her condition is not dangerous. Your obedient servant, WILLIAM 1. NEALIB, Smith was taken before Justice Cox, at Jetferson Market, und talked ina wild and incoherent man- ner, imagining ad been sentenced to State Prison for twenty years, and similar surmises, Smith was locked up to await the result of iujuries inflected on the woman. DELEGATES TO THE REPUBLIOAN SsTATB CONVENTION, Port JERVIS, N. J., May 12, 1872, The delegates chosen at Middleton yesterday to the Repnblican State Convention for the Second (Orange) district are W. H. Houston, T, Marvin, H, B. Young and ©, J. Everitt. THE WEW YORK MOUNTAIN FIRES, Povoukerrsiv, N. Y., May 12, 1872, Reports from Chicester, Ulster county, say that the mountain Ores there are three miles in length, and that birds and game are fleeing before-the flames. The sight at night is represented as being grand beyond description. On Friday, all di the Smoke was eo dense the sun was obacured, ana the united efforts of 150 men alone saved the vill: of Chi ir. ‘The atmosphere was go hot that at times the; to throw themselves face downward to —e uifocation. The greatest.anxicty is felt for ARRIVAL OP THE NEW YORK SCHOOLSHIP The schoolship Mercury, Captain Giraud, of this city, arrived here yesterday, having been absent ona cruise of instraction for nearly five months. . She left this port Dévember 16, 1871, and has visited the following places:—Canary Islands, Rio Janiero, Ba- Barbados and St. ‘Thomas. All on ‘board are and have been during the entire time in good health. Below is a list of her oMcers :— Pierre Girand, captain; F. OT ge , first Heuten- ant and executive omcet: Samuel Gordon, second lieutenant; William Pratt, third ttentenant ; George A. 4Vilcox, surgeon; John D. Whitney, instructor ; George G. Stoughton, assistant instructor. DESPERATE ENOOURTER WITH HIGHWAY. Atan early hour yesterday morning, as Mr. George W. Jones, of Waverley place, waa passing through Washington square, he was approached by a ruf- fianly-looking person, who inquired the time of night. As Mr. Jones pulled his watch from his pocket the unknown. made a grab for it, but was unsuceessful, a8 Mr. Jones dealt him @ powerful blow tn the face, which near felled him to the walk. camplimese but, Joues drawing Ma revolver, the y ones draw! p titel, took to ne heels and ran towards Fourth street, pursui Jones, who, fired two shots at hime ‘he thief peared down Thompson street, and made his Cay ae there were no police in the vicinity to arrest SMALLPOX IN PHILADELPHIA. PaLaDELpata, May 12, 1872. There were fifty deaths from smallpox for tha ro) Boat patie at Green int, N. Y., for Brown, arcived here veuterday ip the Carloita’ i week—an increase of fifteen over Jaat wank.