The New York Herald Newspaper, July 10, 1872, Page 5

TENEMENT HOUSES, Contimation of the Herald’s Inspection Into the Dens of Filth. HINTS FOR THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES. ‘The Plagne Spots of the City and the Dangers the People Aro Exposed To, DONOVAN’S”) LANE. Reeking Filth and Wretchedness Ruining Human Life. THE ABODE OF THE GHASTLY Down Among the Chinese Opium Smokers and in the Underground Haunts of the Hunted. The investigations into the condition of the tene- ment houses in the city that were commenced on Monday by the Assistant Health Inspectors and the HERALD reporters were continued yesterday, when the following houses, among & number of others, were visited :— No, 16 Cherry street. It is a good sample of Mat class of dwellings in the lower portion of the city into which the poor are huddled. There are two houses, one front and one rear, on the ground originally intended for one dwelling and a@ yard, and two more unwholesome or dangerous barracks could with diMiculty be found in the city. The rooms are crowded almost to suffocation every might with the poorest classes of people in the ‘ward, and how they find air enough to breathe is ne of the mysteries of the locality. Many of the families who rent apartments take in lodgers, who pay from one to five cents for accom- mModation, and they lle on the floors or on benches, boxes, or in any corner that may be left uninhab. ited. The late arrivals into these two dens have great difficulty in finding a passage into the inte- tors of the buildings, as the hallways and corri- dors are covered with people lying on the floors, | In reoms Nos. 5 and 8 in the front house, the plaster has fallen from the walls. The landings and floors near these rooms are worn into holes and are extremely dangerous, ‘The banisters are insecure, and have frequently been the cause of accidents to children and old peo- ple who trusted to them for assistance in going up or down the rickety stairs. The cellars in both houses are filthy toa degree, and the stench from the accumulated rubbish, dirt sweepings, ashes and garbage heaped up in them per- wades the entire structure. The open spaces at the side and rear of the rear house are filled with piles of filth from the adjoining houses, particularly from 360 Pearl street; and the atmosphere of the district is poisoned on every side by ROTTING REFUSE flung out of the houses by the inhabitants. Num- bers of steps have fallen away from the stairs of ‘the rear house, the plaster has dropped from the walls, anda general decay secms to have set in ‘upon the place. ‘The premises on the south side of West Thirty- Binth street, known as 43 Abattoir place, are occu- pled by three families, two of whom take in Jodgers, The house is a Gilspiueied Wodddi: etre ture, built upon the. bulkhead line of the river verge at the foot of the street and close to a dock. A more unhealthy situation, or one more dangerous to life, could scarcely be discovered on the line of the water. There is a constant flood of fou) humidity into the building that is most sick- ming initseffect. The water that flows toand about | the house contains the sewer refuse of the Pipe that empty themselves into the river at that point, besides masses of other decomposing and dele- terious matter acne, into the river in the neigh- borhood. This filth is principally offal thrown out from the slanghter-houses close — by, and in warm weather the stench from this refuse is unbearable before it is oarried away by the tide. Indeed the river at this lace Is scarcely ever free from some dangerous Ith, and only a few minutes’ exposure to the heat of the sun is necessary to create a miasma that Geals out death to human life most rapidly. The wurface and bed of the river are always dirty, and when the water is low the people of the district suffer intensely from the foul vapors that encircle them. In addition to these outside causes the house itself provides m: fruitful sources of disease. It ts badly construct ‘and fast oie | into decay. The a le Living in it are far from clean. What honse dirt is not directly tossed into the water is left upon the landings or fm the rooms until the stench from it becomes 2 that they are at last compelled to fling it into the river. This lace has been Remeen tty reported to the authorities, from time to time efforts have been made by a fie Board of Health to inaugurate a different state of things for the benefit of the people; but by some means or other the old nastiness has been allowed to return and the poor people at last have begun to qespair of being ever able to see any- thing different to the universal dirt they are at present groaning under. The great bans ape § ppears to be with the slaughter houses, and, although the most rigid inspections are being constantly made by the Health Inspectors, these places continue i TO VOMIT FORTH THEIR FILTH, to the danger of the lives of hundreds of people. In all probability the interiors of the slaughter houses are in an snparenty good condition when they are visited by the Heaith Inspectors, but it is the effect of these places upon thie neighborhood that should be more particularly looked after. Apart from this, however, and the surroundings of the @istvict the house in question is not suitable for human habitation, and it is to be hoped the Board of Health will order its permanent vacation at the mext rely! Another pesthouse, in thorough Becping with he one in Abattoir place, is the house No. Ninth avenue. Though as danger to life and health, the objections this one are not of the same general eharacter as in the others. Being in a better locality and removed from the water, the destruc- tive elements the people complain of here are not fa the former house; but the stench emitted from the closet, which seems to hang upon everything in the building, is terrible to support. The house is a double tenement, with cellars, and every hole and corner in the place fe literally teeming with human life. The cellars aré crammed with filth of the most ofen- sive description, that has been lying rotting in them for months. The hallways, staircases and Jandings are ina similar condition, and there can be very little doubt that the rooms of the people are no better kept. The water pipes are out of repair, the whole place 18 in need of cleaning and recon- struction, No. 625 Third avenue is one of the very few reaily objectionable houses in that district. ree families perished in the place, and it is in just as bad a condition as any of the notorious uses down town. The ccllar is heaped up with the very worst description of house filth, and the opie in the building, instead of making any fort. to decrease the nuisance, continue to add to the abomination. The rear area is Partially covered with a flooring of boards, in which numerous holes have been eaten by the wet and rottenness of the place. The waste pipe empties itself into a wooden trough which has no cover, and the sides of which are so decayed as to allow the dirty water to escape and soak into the soil around the trough. This basin is open about eight feet, and then passes beneath the surface, connecting With the sewer. ‘There are no traps throughout the length of the pipe that carries the water from the basin into the sewer, and ft has been frequently shown by Dr. Morris that pipes not properly secured with traps conveyed the sewer es into the houses and were the causes of the death of hundreds of peopie every year all over the : ‘The trap is simply a joint ti ite ipe constructed to prevent the return of injurfous safter the water has passed through. They old agsmall portion of the water, just enough to make the stoppage perfect, and where they are neglected in the waste pipe THE MOST DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES follow. Many physicians no not really understand the nature of levers that are caught by poor peo- pie from these sewer gases, and it is only recently, Bince the HeKatp has given Dr. Morris’ experience to the Cot ey that medical men have begun to look after these most malignant diseases, The stench coming up out of a sewer through which is passing the liquid filth of a thickly popu- dated district 8 a thing more pleasant to imagine Avan experience; but it is much more easy to pic- ture to the mind the effect of these eMuvia upon children, considering, too, that the escape of these sewer gase# is constantly going on night and day, and it is not to be wondered at that Aboneagea of neovie are carried of by them, the same piercingly penetrating nature as those | WHEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1872._TRIPLE SHEET. ‘The yard ot this house is neither paved hor prop- er! ; heaps of rehise fh Vere plied up ftin tions, “Water runs from & leaky, hy- it and butt situated in the re: “tows benea ite ertidon fence apd collects we n in 1 beneath the of an outl aulaing used ag a hen house in the southeast corner of ae. it of the house Be. ‘a its a been 6) ed, the people house say, for a period of two years. to 884 East Forty-sevent! ters found a house with & most 1 condl- thy, almost black with slime, was inclined to drop in several unhealthy moisture, ‘The closet vault of 810 East Twenty-fourth street ig @ nuisance to the entire neighborhood, and is complained of by almost every one living in the district, The pipes are Hopped, and the conse- quence is an accumulation o1 MOST DISGUSTING FILTH, The cellar of the house is in a similar condition, and the floors of the landings and stairways are thick with the dirt of months. Five families are packed into den, and how they exist in it really an ¢j When the reporter made his appearance within the doors of the place multitude of half-clad children rushed into the hallway and looked at him Amazement, as if igs Bake seg at his 188, White, sickly little t) they looked ; pe not to be wondered at, judging from the state of things to be met with at alm every step in New York, that many of the r wretches brought up in these tenement dens should consider peaone palaces compared with the holes in which heir first years are a it the criminal classes should be 1 and dangerous in the cit; where the houses of the poor are so wretched, not astonishing, for the very nature of these dens ig to hunt the youth who live in them into the streets from their earliest years. Ifthe children are not vicious themselves, habits and tricks are soon icked up that E igrryg ed lead to the prigen. ‘ne house No. it Twenty-sixth street, in which six families live, is worse than be rt That hae been yet described, ‘The cellars are h I up with dirt, ashes, line € os ea v4 degcrintion, e thé falls an se sl are 4 condition, id thé place st ther wants the cor- ‘ecting hand ot he Board of Health. Coming directly down town again the seporter found @ house at 21144 Division street in which six famiites resided. y of these people keep Yodgers, and it is estimated by the police that 250 persons have frequently slept under this roof, The nt —_cellar is full ofthe usual house filth, Reeking garbage may be found at every footstep, and the slop sinks throug pons the house are frightfully defective, Here is another place in which sewer pipe gases have a most fertile fleld for their stenches. DONOVAN’S LANE. Donovan's lane is in the very heart of the great city. Within @ stone’s throw are costly ware- houses, and buildings, public and private, of an im- sing architecture. Its immediate surround- gs are dilapidated tenement _ house: flanking narrow atreets reeking wit filth and but half paved. The lower stories of these are inhabited by dealers in old clothes and green grocers. Occasionally a base- ment has ceased to a boarding place or a junk shop, and is occupied by a shoemaker, or some other tradesman or manufacturer in a petty way, who has slipped from the crest of life's wave ans has been carried, struggling, downwards by the under-tow. Many thousand people pass almost under the eaves of the building overhanging Donovan’s lane daily, and yet few of them probably have ever heard of the name. Hundreds of the most miser- able of New York's poor glide by one or the other of its openings in the shadows of nightfall, and rea- lize not that in the depths of their misfortune they have yet failed to touch the lowest level possible. Who of those who ride daily to and fro in the Third avenue cars ever heard of Donovan's lane ? Still these cars pass within two hundred feet of the spot. Leaving the marble Palace of Justice in City Hall Park at noon yesterday, a HERALD reporter, ac- companied by Francls Caddell, a well-known olticer of the Sixth precinct, plunged into the miserable urlieus of the Five Points, and the two threaded he intricacies of Baxter street, chatting, as they went, of its fearful fame in days gone by. Italians and Chinese, with a mixture of Irish, seemed to be in the majority among THE DENIZGNS OF THE PLACE. Bleared and bloated women, clothed in rags; beggars and bummers and the wretchedly poor of both sexes and all 8, jogged against them as they passed. Little children, barely beyond baby- hood, played in the gutters, Sac A with filth, and tumbled about under foot. Faces loathsome from disease and vice ered up into the sunlight from noisome underground kennels, Skeleton horses, blind and spavined, tottered by, drawil dliapidated wagons loaded with half-decayed frul < and out from poem. re scemed laden Jane in the form ofa cross, and is narrow way between the ‘Terrain con- tinues with tortuous bending till it opens out on Pearl strect in the rear. buildings which fringe it are wretched tenements, dingy in color and filthy in keeping. They have the appearance of Italian houses, upon which 1B CURSE OF ETERNAL UNCLEANLINESS Upon the roofs and over the alley were clothes newly washed, Turning to the left round an angie of the lane formed by a agape I tenement more dirty and discolored than the others an overpowering stench suddenly grew up which caused an instanta- neous retreat. After some hesitation an ad- vance was made, and the cause of the stench dis- covered in a pile of filth and garbage, which was being industriously stirred and very slowly removed by a short and gosslpy Hibernian—a man whom nature had evidently forgotten to give any organs of smell, but had bountifully endowed with the gift of gab. He desisted from his occupation of disturbing the fects ees mass, and ogling the officer said, ‘“Misther Frank, why dye yes not sind @ carparation keart to be afther takin’ this stuf away? Hiven save us,” he added, turning over the mass,energetically, 11'S A FAREFUL STINK it makes, Gad, it’s a shame, it is. Phy the devil don’t they sind the carparation keart ?’ This last coaxingly. Turning away from the disgusting spectacle the officer pointed to a great heap of offal and horse manure lying further down the alley, and sweiter- ing under the flerce rays of the sun. The air for many yards around it was filled with midges, anda pestilential vapor arose from the surface end curied about m deadly wreaths. The odor coming from it to the windows of the tenements was, for any lesect of time, unbearable to nostrils not accustomed to it. The officer next led the wa: to the first basement door of the darkest build- ing. Entering, a scene of the most indescribable wretchedness was presented, The nelsome cellar contained six squalid beings, five of whom presented in their bleared faces the unmistakable marks of a debauch, The sixth was @ short, stout, freckled-faced and comparatively cleanly Irish woman, the mistress of the place. Peering into a dark room at the right, provided with no oppaing to make ventilation pos- sible, a man of abou$ thirty-five aoe of age, but looking at tne first glance to be fifty, was seen bent over upon A BOILED AND TATTERED BED, and a woman was lying upon the floor, with a look of miserable resignation upon her face ani in her eyes. Ina room to the left a woman, clad only in a@ chemise and brown skirt, sat upon the bed, with head bent down to disguise her fea- tures, once, doubtless, comely, at thirty, exhibiting a Jong and ill-spent den the next was entered, pe by seven persons equally wretched, filty and de- bauched. There were rear bedrooms similar to those in the first cellar visited, in each of which men and women, companions in wretchedness and, perhaps, in guilt, were huddled together, As li the first also there was ud means of venti- lation save such as the low, narrow front windows and open doorways — afforded. The third cellar contained three persons sleeping off the effects of drunkenness, One, a woman, lay distended upon a wooden settle, her face care- lessly covered ~ an apron thrown over it. ‘The oficer turned down a corner of the apron and took a look at her face. She laughed low, and he asked her when she arrived in this country. ‘To-day, she an- swered, The mistress of the cellar spoke up, “Mr. Frank,” said she, “she has come alf the way here to see you—she’s so fond of you,” and the woman laughed at her wit, The emigrant had arrived bike J the day from the Workhouse on Blackwell's isiand. In every ove of these rooms a silence prevailed that was almost awiul in its dearth of hope, and fulness of misery prevailed. They rent for $6 to $7 per month, Leaving these cellars and approaching those of a building opposite scores of faces were seen looking out upon the alley with a peculiar stolid air, in which there was no feeling even of curiosity. THE CHINESE QUARTER. The cellars at the end of the cul de sac were oc- cupled oy Chinamen, most them stewards upon vessels lying In the harbor. Their cellars were neater than any of the others, and were furnished with benches covered with mat- ting. Upon each bench was placed a lighted lamp ina glass case, with pices of curious Celes- tial workmanship for smoking opium. In a rear a damp and e lane TH has fallen. suspended din, recent room, dark and without any loophole for the escape | or access of air, a shrivelled Chinaman lay curled up onamat, He was getting into an opium sleep. Listiessly he filled the orifice of his pipe with constant supplies of the drug, heating each atom in the flame of the a and inhaling its fumes through the long reed. le lay upon his side and used both hands in the operation, his fn- gers, like claws but wonderfully nimble, constantly heating and artistically applying the opium. From this cellar a visit was paid once more to the frightful atmosphere of the open court, laden with disease and death, A middle-aged Jew was busy directing the removal of the filth a few yards further down the lane, and he stopped the oMicers to complain of his being compelled to | eign this moe The officers replied to his complaints with severity, rebuking him for his Want of humanity and the avarice which led him to endanger the lives of his miserable tenants the refusal to remove the seed of death from their doors. This Jew Abraius ows all the build- ings in Donovan's ang FLEETWOOD PARK. Ten Thousand Persons Witness the Grand Trotting Contest. AMERICAN GIRLS GREAT TRIUMPH. She Beats Coldsmith Maid, Lucy and Henry. Her Time the Fastest Ever Made at Fleetwood Park. 2:21---2:19 1-2---2:24. Very early yesterday morning clouds overspread the sky and everything indicated rain, but later the sun shone brightly, and the thousands that had made up their minds to attend the great trot at Fleetwood Park were filled with joy. None of the betting fraternity had even the shadow of a doubt that Goldsmith Maid would win, and that Lucy, her twin aister in the matter of racmg, would be Aécond, giving but ilttie Consideration to American Girl and Henry. So well thought of was the Maid that she was ignored in the pools, and Lucy for second place went up a good deal higher than the thermometer. A few old turfmen, however, re- Jnembered what the Girl had accomplished, and in their way sailed about the stables and hotels up town, quietly taking the odds, By ten o'clock the crowd began to leave the city and make their way to Westchester county. Fifth avenue, as well as streets of less preten- sion, were wide awake, and private stables alike to public places of this kind were full of business, Ordinary-looking vehicles, with richly tinted equipages, were driven to #hd through Cen- tral Park, where, in the shadow of its luxuriant foliage, the inmates became good-humored, and laughed in anticipation of the great day's sport. ‘The drive was an intensely animated spectacle. The few disjomted sentences heard above the clat- ter of wheels were about the race. ‘The Maid will take them into camp again; but who'll be second?” was on many tongues, The first of this grand cavalcade reached Fleet- wood shortly after high noon, and the choicest places in stalls and stables were obtained for tired horses, while the beauty they had safely brought to the track found comfortable positions on the Club House balcony and on the Grand Stand. From this time on, until long after the horses had been called, the stream of carriages continned, until their num- ber was legion. By steamboat from Fulton Market slip and from Peck slip hundreds also journeyed to the course. The delicious breeze on the river was sought after by men and women alike, and the boats from these pi¢rs at noon and long after were laden with turfmen and their companions. On the upper decks, forward and aft, men prominent in every circle of business in the metropolis calmly discussed the merits of the four fast animals. In the saloons aft ladies volubly compared notes upon the same subject, while now and then their gentlemen friends would drop in and advise them not to be so enthusiastic “about the Mald and about the Girl.” Coaches with four horses took many from the Mor- risania dock, while others rode to Melrose in the dusty cars. Then again the Harlem trains from the Grand Central depot were crowded with eager hundreds, and by two o'clock the exoursionists swayed in a @énse crowd about the entrance in the rear. The rush for tickets was terrific, and the hoarse yells of the men that wanted topass the gate first were earsplitting. Stand began to assume the appearance of a bou- quet an hour before the trot. It overNowed, in reality. The fleld was black with carriages, and around the sheds on the first turn there was an ocean of humanity. All this time the poolsellers were busy—Tom Johnson on the stand and big Bill, his brother, on the track. Nota bid could be had for Goldsmith Maid; “she would win certain; and so the thousands were staked on Lucy, the Girl and pretty Henry. They were very quiet workers all around, however. me believed that American Girl was a good animal, and would worry her oppo- nents before the end of the contest; but in all their philosophy they did not dream of her being able to ‘win the title of Queen of the Turf. So they sneaked around and accepted her for second place. At one time Mr. Lovell, her owner, walked through the crowd, and he, too, must have had hia faith shaken in the Girl's ‘abilities, as he at times ventured on Henry. A prominent poort who keeps a hotel on the road was for the Girl through and through. He walked on the stand, and over to the Club House, pointing his finger at different men, saying, “pm offering forty to sixty that American Girl takes second place,” and he was snapped up as often as his mouth could utter the words. Ten and twenty dollar grecnbacks were as thick as the leaves on the giant oaks cresting Morris Hill. There were tens of thousands of dollars allover the track, All this time the crowd was augmenting. The few clouds in the sky had drifted beyond the eyes of the turf-loving peop!e, The track was being smoothed to the level of a counting room floor by an immen; harrow. Van Cott, the Superintendent, and the Dater brothers were more than busy. A buzz and hum from the standand the lawn broke upon the ear like the rumbling of distant waves against a rocky coast. Not alone was every seat filled on the stand and at the Club House, but on the bluff beneath and on the tops of barns and sheds were myriads. Men, women and children came Di that track like an army of locusts, and peaceful Morrisiana seemed to look down, In its garb of white, upon the vast army with awe. At last the bell rang, and before the spectators could express thelr gratification at the sound, American Girl, enveloped in a sheet, walked, as if half asleep, up to the sheds on the right to be harnessed. She was recognized | by many; but out of that vast multitude there was but one faint cheer—that from the lungs of an in- tense admirer—and more than one friend of that pe looked upon him in disgust that he should let everybody know that he was a fool. Then Lucy aprenene) and as she trotted around the course to the left ‘many eyes followed her to note how she moved. Soon Henry came in sight, and then Goldsmith Maid, and the great mass of hu- manity was all eagerness and curiosity to see the re that had made the best record on the trot- ing turf, a here she is! that’s her!’ was heard on every side. The movements of all the horses were closely watched. The hour was big with the event. bell agai rang and they clustered the right of the stand and a mighty throng thersd about them. All seemed ip fine condition. The owners of the several horses were there, and ihe eat at the Girl Lae) and earnestly, and only said a single word to Benny Mace, her driver, when he went for the work. The scene all over the course was picturesque. Elegantly dressed ladies chatted with their com- anions, and eager-eyed men fringed the stand and iui, %In the trees over beyond the qugrier ole gnd under them 0. je aft ~ there vere scores of hat and yothg men. The bell clanged | for 1 last ‘time. Van Cott he distance stand with the red walk ed down to ie before the Judges cried “Go!” flag. Jt was some t | ‘The speed of American girl evoked thundering ap- lause. Rign encomiums, and when they entered the home- stretch and it was apparent that speedy Lucy and the invincible Maid would be beaten a mighty shout arose that could have been heard to the Har- lem River, “The big mare wins it.’’ “They have got Goldsmith Maid at last.” “She's dead licked,” and a hundred like expressions were uttered as the Girl landed winner of the heat. The thousands were now beyond control, and as Lovell, her owner, ran down the track at a livelier | his wont he received hearty cheers, hen sober | reflection came to the veterans they argued that | the Maid had purposely dropped the heat to give i a chance for second money, and then they went to the pool box in double columns, where the Maid was now being sold against the fleld at long odds. They would not believe that she could be beaten, ‘Just a little by-play,’’ said they. All this time the crowd grew denser and denser. ‘There was no end to the carriages, A glance from the fleld to the sea of upturned faces above was a sight seldom witnessed on the trotting track. It was grand in the extreme, and to be long re- membered. Not an inch of standing or ei room was visible. On the grass and in. the dir those that could not get on the stand had taken up their positions, and the balcony at the Club House was packed #0 closely with ladies they could not move. Again the bell sounded, and again the horses appeared, When they got away the excitement doubled in intensity; aud when it was seen that i ee ‘The Ciub House was early filled, and the Grand | bat’ iin something like a death-like stillness | seemed to hang over the babbling assemblage. | At every point her rapid work received | ‘ait than is | American Girl would come home winner, and this unexpected event really happened, one grand, unl- ergal shout went up from a thousand throats. Pall could mardiy contain eens and the eae wan’ carry ofr the track ‘on thelr shoulders. One over fovea individual on the blu, with bat in hand, erled out, “Three cheers for American Girl!” and they were ge with @ mighty will by all around him. rdly had the echoes died away when others cane the spas of the occasion, and cheer after cheer rattled along the blu and stand like grape- shot against an tron-clad turret. Here culminated the disaster to the Maid’s trlends and backers, She had injured herself in the last heat, so it was said, and tiie jatgen consented to her withdrawal. ‘There was still hope for Lucy, however; but when the Girl went in for the third head, and trotting with all her old gameness and ptuck, there was not even a peg on which the friends of the former could hang a shred of hope. Away she sailed and came home a gallant victor. Now the crowd renewed their hearty cheers and Benny Mace was fattered as few trotting drivers have ever been before. “Oh, aint I glad American Girl has won.” “Dear me, aint that splendid,” cried the ladies, but rougher expressions came from pale faced men ae an wagered their money on a sure thing, “How are you, Kalamazoo ?” “How are you, Mystic Park, and your fastest time on record }? “This will stop bo agaee eee And thus they thelr disappointment, referrin; ve vent to ‘o the scenes and furor connected with some 0} Goldsmith Maid’s performances far from home. It was a bitter pill for those who clung to the idea that she never could be beaten, the memory of which they will not easily forget. THE TROTTING. AS "The track Was in a splendid condition for the great trotting race yesterday, and 10,000 spectators were there to see Goidsmith Maid make another of the great performances which they had read of in the newspapers, such as heats in 2:16%, 2:17, and others of equally marvellous speed, New Yorkers knew that the Fleetwood Park track was a full mile, and the gentlemen selected for judges, Geo, Alley, Sheppard Knapp and Joseph Harper, were competent timers and had no su- periors for the business they had undertaken; and they felt satisfied that they could rely on the truth of the decisions of these gentlemen, and that what+ ever wonderful performance Goldsmith Maid might then and there make would go on the record with- out a quibble about this affair being a hippodrome, But oh! how those ten thousand people were dis- appointed in Goldsmith Maid and her stable com- panion, Lucy. The former was badly beaten the first and second heats by American Girl, and then withdrawn by permission of the judges, and the spectators were even more surprised at the result than the 30,000 at long Branch a week ago, when Longfellow defeated Harry Bassett, Goldsmith Maid was so great a favorite before the race that no one was willing to lay a dollar against her, and the pools were sold on the other three horses. Even after Goldsmith Maid had been beaten in the first heat, and at the request of some gentle- men friends she was sold in some pools and brought ay while all the others together only fetched $35, in scoring she showed great speed, and as she dashed up and down the stretch, preparatory to the race, she was greatly admired by the specta- tors, the majority of whom declared that they had never seen such a trotter. American Girl scored full of life and action, but she was hardly noticed, all eyes being centred on “the queen of the turf,” a8 some of the sporting papers have dubbed the Maid. When Lucy passed up and down in front of the stand such remarks as *“She’s a magnificent trot- ter, and can beat anything in the world except Goldsmith Maid! Look at her for were heard all over the stand, Henry, too, with all his beauty and splendid action, was hardly looked at by the crowd as he moved oon ot peer back and forth, They could not and would not believe that any other parses had a chance in the race with Goldsmith and mey. After the usual preliminary warming up and a number of attempts to get the horses together on even terms they were despatched on thelr journey eae fairly, Henry and American Girl leading, joldsmith Maid third, with Lucy close up. Amerl- can Girl soon went to the front, and she was never headed in the heat, Goldsmith Maid not being able to get near her at any time. Lucy, however, made a desperate effort, but American Girl won easily im 2:21, which was the fastest mile that had ever been made in a race on that . “Whe reault of this heat hada thrilling effect on the backers of American Girl, but 80 itive were many that Goldsmith Maid was not driven for fre, heat, and that it was intended to be given to Lucy to secure all the money wage in the pools against. Henry and Girt had ir American that the backere the iatver named y the second heat there was a great deal of man ceu~ vring for the best of the start, and Goldsmith Maid managed to get it by over a length; American Girl second. The Maid was soon carried to a break by American Girl, who took the lead on the turn, and she kept it until she was past the half-mile le. Going up the hill Goldsmith laid worked up to the front, but +R» could not stay there. American Girl carried her to @ break near the ree ee ole, and, then leav- ing her, came home a winner of the heat in the ex- traherdinary time on the Fleetwood track of 2:193¢. Goldsmith Maid made a suc- cession of breaks coming up the home- stretch and was much distressed at the finish, man; asserting that she had “the thumps.’? Before the horses were called for the third heat the trainer of Goldsmith Maid sent for the judges, showing them a smali quarter crack on the near hind fvot of the mare, and begg a to withdraw her from the contest. Seeing that she had no chance of winning, with the danger ofopen- ing the crack still more by straining while trotting, the judges decided that she might be withdrawn. The other horses were then started for the third heat, which was won easily by American Girl, Henry second, Such a scene of rejoicing at the victory of Ameri- can Girl has seldom been witnessed on a raco course, Some parties declared “that the wagon that carried the hippodrome had been upset,’’ while others insisted that all the stories about Goldsmith's fast timein remote places were all im- aginary; that they were the result of “short tracks | and long watches,” and many other queer things were said by parties pro and coa.; but our opinion is that the stories of time made by Goldsmith Maid are all true, but that. they were made under the most favorable circumstances—for instance, on fast tracks, with no horse to contend with her for the lead in a race, but one to trot behind her and torce her along—and not as she had to trot yesterday, with a horse to contend with her ever, step of the way for a mile. The tim made by Goldsmith Maid in all her hippodroming contests should never have been placed on the record; for the rules of trotting explicitly say that all recorded time must be made in a contest, and it is well known that there never was a contest when Lucy and Goldsmith Maid trotted alone, But enough on this subject for the present. The following are the details of the contest as it | progressed :— THE TROT. First Heat.—The horses scored half a dozen times before the word was given. When they were despatched Henry had a little the best of it, American Girl second, Goldsmith Maid third, Lucy fourth. Before they made the turn Henry and Ameri- can Girl broke up, but they recovered in time to keep in front of Goldsmith Maid and a Going | down to the quarter pole Henry broke up a) second time, and American Girl led past that point more than alength in thirty-five seconds, Henry second, Goldsmith Maid third, Lucy close up, Go- ing around the lower turn American Girl led two lengths, Henry second, one length in front f Goldemiph piaid, wha wag two length PE davane ot tte as “they “Soprachen | the half-mile pole—time, 1:08— Am an Girl led one length, Henry second, Goldsmith Maid third, halfalength in front of Lucy, who was at that ‘time trotting vory fast. Goldsmith Matd then appeared entangled, and as they ascended the hill Lucy made play for the lead, seeing that Goldsmith Maid could not take it. Going ue serpentine stretch American Girl led two lengtlrs, Lucy Second, Henry third and Goldsmith Maid fourth. They were in | this dvder as they passed the three-quarter pole. When they came into the homestretch the driver of Lucy began to apply the whip, and the mare re- sponded with all her might, but she was unsuccess- ful in reaching the head of American Giri, the latter coming home a winner of the heat by three-quarters ofalength. Goldsmith Maid e in third, several lengths behind, Heary having been pulled up a rt distance from the stand, Tune of the heat, cond Heat.—Goldsmith Maid was now sold in the pools, bringing $165 to the field $36. Goldsmith Maid had the lead, American Girl second, Lucy third, Henry fourth, As they passed around the turn Goldsmith Maid broke up, and American Girl went to the front, leading one length, Goldsmith | Maid second, three lengths in advance of Lucy, who led Henry three lengths, Ameri- can Girl led one length to the quarter ir in thirty-four seconds and a half, two vee n front of Goldsmith Maid, the others as befoi Going around the lower tarn American Girl broke | up, but she did not lose over a length by the acci- dent, and when she passed the half-mile pole time, 1:07}g—she was one length in front, Goldsmith Mald second, one length in ad- vance of Lucy, who was several lengths ahead of Henry, Coming up the backstretch Goldsmith Matd’ showed in front: for a short time, but then broke up, and at the three-quarter pole American Girl again had the lead- by a length. Goldsmith Mald seemed to be in trouble at this time and she broke up two or three times, and now Lucy made an effort to overtake American Girl = She was unsuccessful in her efforts, as American Girl came home an easy winner of the heat by three lengths, Lucy second, one length ahead of Goldsmith Mald, tho latter being half a dozen lengths in frout of Henry, Time of the heat, 2:19's, Goldsmith Maid seemed very much distressed at the finish of the heat, and many declared that she “thumped.” Third Heat.--Covismith Maid was withdrawn by bermission of the judges, said to be because ‘she had burst her hind quarter.” She was distressed ; badly at the finish of the previous heat, and would pare been beaten had her quarters not bursted. quarter crack was on ide of the near hind foot. American Girl got away first, Henry second, Lucy close up. Going ground the turn ~-4 Girl led half a length, Henry second, half a length ahead of Lucy. Henry then broke up and Lucy took second place. At the quarter pole, witich was passed in thirty-five sec- onds, American Girl led two lengths, Lucy second, one length in advance of Henry. There was no change of epace along the lower turn, but the horses drew a little closer together, As they passed the half-mile pole American Girl was leadin; one length, Lucy second, with Henry at her wheel. Time, 1:103%. Ascending the hillon the back-stretch Lucy be; to fall off, and Henry passed her before she reached the three-quarter pole, at which point American Girl, who was then in hand, was leading @ length, Henry second, four lengths in advance of Lucy. American Girl then trotted along steadily until within fifty yards of the goal, when she broke up; but she soon recovered and went in a winner by three lengths, Henry second, fa length ahead of Lucy. Time of the heat, 2:24. The following is a SUMMARY, FLERTWOOD PaRK, wy 9.—Purse $5,000, mile heats, best three in five, in harness; $2,250 to first, ad to second, $900 to third,and $500 to fourth THC, B. Mace entered b. m. American Girl. 0. A. Hickok entered b, m. Lucy J. Murphy entered b. 8. Henry... ve B, Doble entered b. m. Goldsmith Mafd.. TIME. First heat...... Second heat. Third heat, The Bayonne Yacht Club—Sixth Annual and Fifth Union Regatta. The Bayonne Yacht Club intend holding their Sixth Annual and Fifth Union Regatta on Wednes- day, July 17, This is one of the most popular clubs in New Jersey, and they own a very handsome fleet of yachts, including the new sloop yacht Meta, the pride of McGiehan. The oificers of the clab are :—Commodore, 8. A. Be- ling; Vice Commodore, H. B. Pearson; Rear Com- modore, J. W. Elsworth; Pres‘dent,©. (. Hough; Sec- retary, Charles Woeltje; Treasurer, J. Watson Fis- worth; Measurer, John H, Elsworth, and Steward, August Mosser, The Regatta Committee are Messrs, 8. A, Beling, H. B. Pearson and J, Watson Elsworth. The club, as usual, invites a free entry of all yachts belonging to any duly organized yacht club in the United States, and to all such yachts as may enter the club offers for competition the fol- lowing PRIZES. UNION PRIzES.—First, a prize for all cabin sloop yachts over 45 feet long on water line; second, a prize for all cabin sloop yachts under 45 feet long on water line; third, a prize for all yachts (open Bone over 24 feet and under 382 {eet long, mean length; fourth, a prize for all yachts (open boats) over 18 feet and under 24 feet long, mean length, CLuB PrizEs.—Two prizes for each class of yachts—one to be sailed for on time allowance and one (the Fiag Oficer’s prize) to be awarded to the first yacht home, regardless of time allowance. No yacht shall win more than one club prize; tf the yacht winning the Flag Oficer’s prize also wins the club prize on time allowance the same shall be awarded to the next yacht on time allowance, Yacht owners are reqnested to send in thelr en- tries as soon as possible, 80 a8 to enable a correct classification, and blank certificates of entry can be procured at the ofiice of the Secretary of the club, Charles Woeltje, No, 16 Exchange place, New York. Entries wiil close on Monday, July 15, at five o'clock P, M. THE COURSE For First Class—From the anchorage of Robin's Reef to and around the Lightship, rounding. it from northward to castward, ‘and return to stakeboat off the Club House, Second Class—From the anchorage off the Club House, to and around the monument on Romer Shoals, rounding it from northward to eastward, and return to stakeboat of the Club House. All yachts to pass to the eastward of West Bank buoys Nos. 11, 13, 15, and to the westward of Fort Lafayette and monument on Romer Shoal, going and returning. ‘Third class— From the anchorage off the Club House to and; around Fort Lafayette, rounding it from northward to eastward, anq return, sailing over the course twice. Fourth class—From the anchorage off the Club eae to and ar nnd. H, Robin's ef buoy, rounding it from northward to eastward, and re- turn, satling over the course three thmes All os to turn home stakeboat from northward to we ‘tre yacht, in any class, makes the race in eight hours it will be considered & Face for every class. The first and second class sloops are pi ited from shifting ballast after the start. All yachts are ited from throt prohibit wing, or taking in ballast after the start, and must bi vk the same per- sons with which they sta Bach yacht. must carry the al Of the club to which she belong at the peak of mainsail, and also to have the num- bers placed upon the centre of mainsail, on each side, which will be furnished to the yachts on the morning of the race. ‘The yachts will take up positions as follows:— Sloops, fiat Class, in line to the westward of Robin's Reef Lighthouse. The second, third and fourth class sloops. will start from an igi of the Club House. All yachts are to be in position before eleven o'clock on the morning of the revatta, ‘The starting signals will be one gun to prepare, a second gun for second, third and fourth class sioops to start, and a third gun for first class sloops to start. In the evening, according to the custom of the Club, there will be a grand ball in the hotel, given by the members. Yachting The schooner yacht Fleetwing, Commander George Osgood, of the New York Yacht Citth, leaves New London next Friday on an extended Eastern cruise. Messrs, White, Mitchell and Warner will accompany the owner on the trip. The Fleetwing will visit Newport, New Bedford, Boston, Mount Desert and Portland, and will probably be absent about three or four weeks. The sloop yacht Meta is out again, after having had her mainmast shortened a couple of feet and her rigging overhauled. The schooner yachts Alice and Fleur de Lis, of the New York Yacht Club, are at City Island, undergo- ing repairs. They will arrive shortly in these waters, The new sloop yacht Vision, Mr. Alexandre, of the New York Yacht Club, which has been the sub- ject of so much slang abuse, was out last Sunday. She had a brush with the Meta, and tn light air ap- peared to sail remarkably well. The schooner yachts Viking, Halcyon and Wan- derer aro cruising Kast, The start for the ocean race for the Challenge Cup, open to yachts of all nations, from Sandy Hook Lightship to the lightship off and return, will take place on Thursday, July 25, ie of Thursday, July 18, as previously deter: mined, The Bunker Hill Yacht Club, of Charlestown, Mass., held their annual regatta last Saturday. Si arted in the first class, the Sparkle, twenty-five feet, winning the first prize. he Unique won the first Brenton's Reet | | supposed to be implicated in the robbery, rize in the second class, beating the Bull Bow and ; lary Ella. The second regatta of the season held by the Beverly Yacht Club was sailed last Saturday. The Posy won the prize in the first class, tie Petre! in the second class and the Rose in the third is, The yacht queen Mab, Captain Briscoe, the Dorchester Yacht Club, has been disqualificd for shifting ballast in the last regatta of the club, “JOHANN STRAUSS, The Proposed Ball Will Not Take Pince= Letter from the Distinguished Aastrian Composer. To THe Epitor or THR HERALD :— Trespectfully solicit. space to correct a misstate- ment which appeared in your columns of yesterday, and elsewhere. The assertion thata ball is to be given in my honor on Friday evening, to which President Grant and other distinguished guests have been invited, is entirely groundless. The only pubite restivities which I shall participate in, while remaining in New York this week, are the two orchestral concerts which I shall conduct at the Academy of Music on Wednesday and Friday even- ings. "Ine unwarrantable use of my name for the purpose of misleading the public is for me a novel experience, but I am assured that such expedients are not uncommonly resorted to, here, by un- scrupnions speculators, in which case, I presume, the press and public will appreciate the joke, if sneh it be, more readily than IT am able to do, Regretting the necessity of offering this explanation, Tam, Sir, with respect, yours Xc,, JOHANN STRAUSS, New York, Juty 9, 1872, A PATAL EXPLOSION IN QUAKERTOWN. QUAKERTOWN, Pa., July 9, 1872. A terrific explosion took place this morning. The receiver in the engine house of the North Penn- sylvania Iron Company's furnace exploded, killing John Billy, James Stone and John Farley. The en- gincer (William Nelson) was terribly injured, and several persons were severely hurt. The explosion ‘was caused by the great quantity of gas in the re- celver taking fire. BANK CLERK ON TRIAL. Boston, Maaa,, July 9, 1872, The case of Witiam H. Wadleigh, charged with embezzling $87,000 from ths Merchants’ Bank, while discount clerg, was called up in the District LIBBY GARRABRANT. Her Sentence Commuted to Im- prisonment for Life. The Court of Pardons Refuse to Reconsidet Bumsted’s Case, The long agony endured by Libbie Garrabrant in regard to her fate 18 now over. The New Jersey Court of Pardons met in Trenton on Monday night and actually disposed of her case. The Court met again at nine o'clock yesterday morning, and closed the business of the term at ten. It was only after this adjournment that the injunction of seoresy was removed, and the announce- ment was made that Libbie’s sentence was commuted to imprisonment for life. De- spatches were at once sent to Paterson—one in particular being addressed to the Sheriff of Passaic County to inform him that he was relleved from a most painful duty. Libbie’s counsel and District Attorney John Hopper, who prosecated her, were in Trenton when the intelligence waa conveyed. Now that that the sentence has been commuted, it is proper to state that the premature report of the coumutation, which found its Way through the press to all quarters and buoyed up the unfortunate girl with hope, had much to do with the decision of the Court of Pardons. There is no reason whatever to doubt that buf for that pre- mature report Libby's chances of escaping the scaf- fold would have been very slim, It is the time- honored practice of the Court to consult the Judge and prosecutor in all cases where an appeal for clemency is made, and neither the Judge nor the prosecutor could see the force of the ap- peal for mercy in this case. The mem- bera of the Court seemed to exhibit a sense of relief when they had disposed of this very perplexing case. Among the 4,000 signatures to the petition were many very worthy citizens, whose representations In any case would be entitled to great consideration. Libbio received the intelligence with abont as little emotion as she did before. In fact, it seema to make little difference to her whether she lives or dies, and now her greatest trouble seems to consist in the fact that she has got to leave Mr. and Mi Goodridge, who have been so kind to her, she says. The news trom Mr, Tuttle was very welcome to the warden’s good wife, a3 may be supposed, the more so because of the anxiety to which they were put by the first erroneous report. Another desperate effort was made on behalf of Bumsted, the Jersey vity municipal conyict, but the Court refuse to recede from its determination, As was stated in the HERALD two weeks ago, the Court. at the very first meeting received a petition in his behalf, but declined to interfere in the case. Bumsted's ersonal appeal to the Court since injured his chancss very much. It waa a@ reflection on the Court and ‘y. The Court were moreover, made aware that a local Jersey City paper, drawing its life-blood from the publi¢ treasury through the Ring, las not ceased to malign the grand and og juries in connection with this case, and ascribe unworthy motives to those who promoted the ends of justice. Had Mr. Bumsted thrown himself upon the Court, and ap- pealed for mercy when found guilty, he would probably have received some consideration, His Henaa ‘on the other hand, have endeavored to re- lease him at the expense of the law, and this was a fatal course. The Jersey City Ring was well represented in Trenton yesterday, restes Cleveland, ¢x-Con- gresaman, was tle exponent of the democratic ele- ment; James Gopsill, ex-Mayor, of th pubiiAn John Anness, of the Legislative delegation that helped to pass the Buinsted charter, while the con= tractors were represented by 8. W. Titcomb. Thes with many others, laid slege tothe Court of Pa dons, but thelr importunities were unavailing. When they found that hope had fled they took their departure for the State Prison to offer consolation to Mr. Bumated, who, alter all, has sympathizers among the honest citizens of Jersey City, and might be rescued through their intercession but for his associations. Great sympathy is felt for lis wife and fainily, who are plunged into deep afliction, A VALET’S VENTURE. ——eaegpmarembaln How a Titled Lady Was Robbed of the Contents of Her “Strong Box”—The Netherlands Versus the United States Over $170,000 Stolen—Brennan’s Officers Recover Every Cent. For some time there has lived in apparently quiet retirement on the Marion Fiets, in Utrecht, N. J., Mrs. Westrenau, a lady from the Kingdom of the Netheriands, who has had in her employ as @ confidential valet Frederic Eller, & gentie- man about forty-five years age. It came to the knowledge of the valet, it is alleged, that Mrs. Weatrenan had in her ‘strong box’? bonds of various governments representing in the aggregate $170,000. This property was stolen from her custody, and she naturally conferred with the consul of her country before taking any action looking to the recovery of it. There being no extradition law between the Nether- Jands and this country, no report of the rob- bery was made at Police Headquarters. Mrs. W., however, suspected her valet, and put certain ma- chinery at work toentrap him. The result of her labors was thatacivil suit was entered against one of the suspected partics in one of the elvil courts of the city, and in due course of time the papers in the case reached the hands of Deput? Sherif Judson Jarvis. Telegraphic despatches passed between Sherif’ Brennan's office and the Consul for the Netherlands and Baron Gori Minister for Foreign Affairs for the Netherlands, These resulted in the securing of aa order of arrest by ex-Governor Solomon from Judge Smith, tn chambers, for all the parties Mr. Jarvis and his special deputies, Merars. Keyes and Carry on the arrival of the steamship City of Brooklyn on her last trip, arrested the valet Filer, Mr. Ryndbont, a safe manufacturer re- siding near the residence of the lady who had been robbed, a son of Kyndhbout, and one Van Wyngaard, on the charge of rob- bery. Jarvis and his oficers took their prisone:s to a house in Hudson street where Ryndbout had formerly resided, and succeeded in recovering all the property, including several thousand dollars’ worth of stolen diamonds, ‘The prisoners were then taken before the Consul, who received their sworn depositions, From these it appears that Euler, the valet, became aware of the depository of the lady's valuables, and formed a conspiracy with the other prisoners to rob her. Ryndbout, who is a safe maker, was called into the compact, with a view of burglarizing the Jady’s strong box; but not being an expert, he failed and the box was forced open, The entire property stolen was recovered (hroagh the instrumentality of the active Jarvis and | his aids, and tie only regret is that the absence of Court to-day, and % consent of counsel! was post- poned one week. The defendant's bail, in the meantime, is increased from $20,000 to $25,000. an extradition treaty between the United States and the Netherlands enabled the thieves to escape upon a bail bond, The Sheriffs oMicers have in this matter certainly shown that they can do a little “detective business’? without sharing with either complainant or ovenders, CARLSTADT, N, J., BURNING. A Watch Factory in Flames—Fears That the Entire Town Would Be Destroyed. Intelligence was received in the city last evening that a disastrous fire had broken out io the watel factory of Fortenbach & Co,, in Carlstadt, N. J., and that nearly one hundred hands would be thrown out of employment in the event of the fac- tory being entirely destroyed. It is said that the flames extended to other buildings, and obtained such disastrou adway that despatches were sent to Passaic for them to send over the village fire department with all baste. These despatches said that “one-third of Carlstadt was in th 1” This is hoped to be an exaggeration ini ut to the great excitement; as been very destructl but that the tir he alarm bells were sot yond question, Passaic, but it was some time before the depart- ment could be got in readiness to send over, Carlstadt is not in easy communication with New York, and the public Will look anxiously for jater intelligence. Later. PATERSON, N, J., July 9, 1872. The fire at Caristadt has been greatly exagy gerated, Only three dwellings were burned on the hill, The fire was stopped by the Passaic engine. The watch case factory was saved, notwithstand- ing there was great excitement among the families of the employés, who rushed out, in expectation of their furniture bei doomed. MIDNIGHT STABBING AFFRAY IN YORKVILLE, Henry Walsh, of Seventy-fowrth street, near ‘Third: avenue, was arraigned at the Yorkville Police Court yesterday, charged with cutting with a knife in the cheek an acquaintance named Daniel | McGrath, The latter said that he was on his way home, ting in no way disorderly and insulting no one, When Welsh stabbed. hit. Mot he wag willing to forgive him and wished to: withdraw the complaint, Alderman Plankitt told to go home, and if he were of the same mind this after- noon to come to Court and the case might be dis- posed of to his satisfaction, Welsh denied the charge aud said he was in bed at the ti