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ROB ROVS ON THE BORDER. ‘Mexican Patriots as Adroit Cattle Thieves. Startling Facts for the Ameri- qh ale iia ligule A Beign of Terror on the Rio Grande---Ameri- can Citizens Robbed and Outraged and the Flag Trailed in the Dust. LET US HAVE PEACE—WITH A HOOK. ‘No Standing in Mexican Courts for Americans— ‘The Reign of the Rowdy Rascals of Mata- -moroz—Good News for Merchants. BROWNSVILLE, Texas, August 3, 1872. “The American commission to inquire into the veauses and circumstances of the Mexican outrages -on Texas citizens met this morning, all the mem- ‘bers being present. There is much excitement on the Mexican side of the river, and speculation is rife as to what will be the result. Rebutting testi- mony ta cailcd for, and Matamoros papers ask all Mexicans, or of Mexican extraction, to refrain from giving information to the commissioners. In- ‘teresting testimony was taken to-day, showing that the pretended agriculturists on the border were actually assisting the cattle thieves, and that the ‘Texan owners of stolen cattle, in civil suits to re- cover, were declared to have no standing in court. CATTLE STEALING has grown to be an extensive and, of course, a lucrative business since the rebellion. The cattle ‘thieves frequently seize and detain passers-by until ‘they have swept off the herds they mark for their nid GOOD NEWS FOR MERCHANTS. Foreign merchandise in bond in this city for ‘Mexico prior to the 1st of July is allowed to go into “the interior under the old tariff rates. The Cus- “tom House will take drafts on interior cities in part payment of duties. The government seems very saccommodating and willing to please, and will ‘make concessions wherever justifiable. Government officials in Matamoros are inclincd «to make the most of their precarious position, A LATER REPORT. BROWNSVILLE, Texas, August 3, 1872. Lieutenant Burke, of the State mounted police, vand others were before the Commission to-day. He gave an appalling list of murders committed ‘by the Mexicans in Texas; army officers, soldiers and Custom Honse officers had been butchered for plunder. It was shown that Custom House officers thad been cut off by the Mexican border ruffians in the service of Juarez and their bodies horribly mangled. Men have been killed in the limits of ‘Brownsville. Customs officers have been besieged at the mouth ot the Rio Grande and murdered by ‘parties crossing in full daylight. There was NOTHING SAFE FRQM THE SPOILERS. The thieves were armed with Spencer and Win- chester rifles and were bold in their conduct, Daily droves of three or four hundred cattle were ‘driven over the river within eight or ten miles of Brownsville. The Mexicans never miss an oppor- tunity on these occasions of taunting and robbing citizens on the western bank of the river. They take as many cattle as they require. Indeed, Bagdad, a Mexican town at the mouth of tlie river, as fed with stolen American beef. The American Mag on the fort here is an object of derision, as it mcans nothing, HIDE INSPECTORS ARE BULLIED vout of Matamoros. Cortina hanged a few personal enemies who affected an interest im proprietary rights, and that policy prevails. State officials of Camargo refused the claimants their branded cattle; the cattle were then rebranded by the thieves and the hide inspectors were compelled #0 register the animals according to the fraudulent ‘brand. Cortina’s influence is to-day paramount on the ‘border with the general Mexican population, Such As the state of aifairs that A WAR OF RACES ‘4s inevitable. The Mexicans take every oppor- ‘tunity of insulting Americans and heaping disgrace wapon them. Flesh and blood cannot stand it. The general feeling among the people is that they must, 4f need, protect themselves. People out on lonely ranches are afraid to testify in any open court, Mexican robbers hold American citizens in terror. Citizens of the State Taking Matters Into Their Cwn Hands—Thirty-cight Sub- seribers Offer a Reward of Five Hune @red Dollars for the Capture of Indian Frontier Robbers and Murderers, Dead ‘or Alive. Mason Count Hovsz, Texas, July 22, 1872, ‘The following is an extract from the San Antonio ‘Expr ess: — We, the undersigned, hereby offer a reward of $500, Fold, SF, the first hostile Indian captured within the of Mason county, Texas, by any person or persons ‘any county or place, without regard to aye, sex, Be: F OF previous condition of seryitude, and dclivere load or alive at the court house ii Hason, each one of us ‘agree or cause to be Dald the amount act onpo- ite our ve es, three days after a duly empan- 8 respective eled jury of twelve disinterested Slisd. that “the hostile indian was. actually capwired tn Mason county, and by what person or persons. Or we will ay the Son wold for the frst hostile Indian pursued from Kineon county and captured, dead or alive, by citizens of ‘Mason county, in any of the counties adjoining Mason. The money {o be paid to the pervon of persons who de- Mivered the first hostile Indian, with proois as above ind!- «ated, at the Court House in Mason, Texas, provided, that said delivery and proofs be made ‘within twelve months from the 4th of July, 1872. (Here follow thirty-eight signatures, with a sub- scription opposite each.) Filed for record in my office, this {9th day of July, 1872. ‘ Wirson WBE tic ere i Co. asmnch as eminently respon: le citizens or county, without regard to personal political or religious differences, have, in good faith, made the foregoing offer of reward for acommon enemy, it !s confident that the offer will be found of sufficient general interest towecure it a conspicuous place in all tbe journals labor. ubhic good. et tully, perry eR Jaugs E, RANCK, Mason Covstr, July 18, 1872. “This may serve to show the determination of,the people on our frontier, and what they think about the “passive policy” adopted the national gov- ernment “for the protection of the frontier.” It has long since become evident that after the vages are fed, clothed and, perhaps, provided with arms, they come to Texas, plundering, ma- Tanding and murdering into our otherwise peaceful State. It ia obvious that the citizen of our frontier cannot stop lunting the Ind! to prevent the stealing of his cattle and horses, the <lesolation of ‘his home, the outrage of his wife and the murder of ™Mother and child. We hear almost daily of out- rages perpetrated. While the man is from home his house is burned, his family killed or carried into servitude; in one word, the man’s fortune is rnined ver. Or, on the other hand, the man is mur- dered, and leaves a helpless family far away from oaey ico, in utter despair as to their personal DISCOVERY OF TWO PLANETS. Dr. Peters, of the Litchfield Observatory, Makes Known the Positions and Time of the Discovery of Two New Plancts. Unica, N. Y., August 3, 1872 The Utica Morning Herald of Monday will contain the following letter from Dr. Peters, Director of the tory — i asa ERI HAMILTON Cound! } Cuinton, N. Y., August 2, 1872, janets have been discovered, both on the night of July 21. Last night their posttions and motions were duly verified. The first one, which receives the number 122 of the Asteroids, was yes- terday morning. at three o'clock, in right ascension 21h. 48m. 668., and south declination 42 min.; the second, No, 123, at about the fame hour in 2ib. 68m. 108, of right as- cension, and 10 deg. 4 min. of south declination. Both were slightly towards the south, with a de- crease of about 45 seconds per day. I estimate the magnitude of 122 at 11 deg. 8 min. ; that of 123 at 12 dog. The astrological interpretation of the plan- eta making th appearance im two same night that our esteemed President dwelt in the ing Cn ay clearly that General Grant will to serve for two terms in the Presidential chair, Yours, respectfully, 0, H, F. PETSRS, Two new THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Nothing New from the Court of Arbitration—God- liness and the Pursuit of Gain in‘ Struggle in Geneva. TELEGRAM TO THE REW YORK HERALD, Gaweva, Av~ ee There is nothing new in ret aetna Te sodlpel e are STW 4 mg Coord © arottration, aiid ii® Most Absdlte quie- tado Felgns all round the scene of ile ADgio-Auert- can negotiation, i Several of the geutiemen connected with the Tribunal have gone a short distance in the country to remain over the Sabbath. Others are busily en- gaged preparing for the work at the session of Monday. ENGLAND. Press Speculation on the American Presidential Tesnes—Holiday Suspension of Trade. ‘TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Loxpon, August 3, 1872. It ts the general opinion of the London press that the letters of Senator Sumner and Hon, N. P. Banks advocating the election of Mr. Greeley for President of the United States, together with the democratic victory in North Carolina, indicate the election of Greeley and Brown in November, HOLIDAY AT THE BANK AND IN THE MARKETS, Monday next will be observed as a holiday in this city and Liverpool, The Bank of England wil! be closed and no business will be transacted either tn the Stock or Cotton Exchange. THE UNITED STATES NAVAL FLAG. , English Municipal Compliment to Admiral Alden, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. SOUTHAMPTON, August 3, 1872. Admiral James Alden, United States Navy, com- manding the American feet now serving off the coast of Great Britain, with all his commissioned officers not engaged on duty on board, were enter- tained yesterday at a garden party given in their honor by the Mayor of Southampton, The fete took place at the ruins of Netley Abbey, about three miles from this city, and was a brilliant success. ir FRANCE. —— National Thanksgiving for the Success of the New Loan—Parliamentary Recess, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Panis, August 3, 1872, Thanksgiving services for the great success of the new Idan are to be held in all the French churches to-morrow. ” PARLIAMENTARY RECESS. M. Grevy, the President of the National Assem- bly, to-day announced a recess of that body until the 11th of November. ‘LE ROL CAROTTE” AT THE GRAND OPERA HOUSE. eee Mr. Daly will begin his first season at the Grand Opera House on Tuesday evening, August 20. The opening play, as heretofore announced, will be anew fairy opéra douffe spectacle, entitled“Le Roi Carotte” (King Carrot), produced last winter in Paris, and the joint work of Oifenvbach and Sardon, Ali the costumes and properties (nearly two thousand in number), and of very rich and unique design, have been manufactured in Paris expreesly for the Grand Opera House, and have just arrived. The scenery is painted from models and measurements fur- nished by the artists in Paris, and the music ts to be given with additions and alterations made ex- pressly for this country by Offenbach himself. In addition to this Sardou has composed a special apotheosis for the termination of the Spectacle, which will be presented for the first timeon any stage in New York at his particular request. The piece will be played in English, of course. ‘The adaptation is by Mr. Daly himself. Six of the first scenic artists of the country have been at work since April last on the tableaus— George Heister, Minard Lewis, Louts Dufiocg, L. W. Seavy, G. W. Dayton and Signor G. G. Garivaldi. The latter has composed a drapery for the proscenium which is considered the masterpiece of his whole career. The company with which Mr. Daly opens his season certainly contains many of the choice ‘art- ists of the Engtish ana American stage Itis only necessary to uame them:—Mrs. John Wood, Miss Roae Hersée, Mr. John Brougham, Mr. Robert cae (a oe comedy artist from the Philadelphia theatres) fey te Hoheoas €n old favorite; Miss Bel Golden, a beauti shee th who comes from the theatre that rave us lara Morris; Miss Annie Deland, Miss Jean Burnside, the débutante of last winter: Miss Ella Dettz, sister of the pretty Linda, of the Fifth Avenue Theatre; Miss Norwood, Miss Volmer, of the Fifth Avenue; Mrs. Jennie Yeamans and her bright little girl, lately of the clrapies Miss Helen Strange, Miss Mary Stuart (sister of Stuart Robson and an eccentric comedt- enne of great promise), Mr. J. W. Jennings, Mr. G. F. Ketchum, Mr. James G. Peakes, Mr, Martin Golden, Mr. Cline Hersée (his début in this coun- try), Mr. Ji A. Meade, Mr. Julian Cross (of the London theatres) and a dozen others. In addition to this list of dramatic and musical notables Mr. Daly has secured the dashing Majilton family and the celebrated Lauri troupe, as wellasa grand chorus of forty voices, selected from the Italian, French and English opera com- panies. It is that no less than 260 persons will be employed in the presentation of “Roi Carotte.” Forty carpenters, tron workers and other artisans have been employed since the 20th of last April in preparing for this grand spectacle, and in order to ive it every proper effect a vast number of altera- ions apd improvements have been made in the Grand Opera House, the machinery beneath the stage and above it being of most remarkable charac- ter and gigantic proportions and constructed after the most recent French and English models. By this means some very wonderful and almost instan- taneous transformations can be produced, To mark the epoch of Mr. Daly's management also the auditorium has been redecorated and al- | tered. Every lobby and passage way has been newly and expensively carpeted with royal Wilton velvet, made to order for the Grand Opera House. The boxes have been newly upholstered and car- peted, the theatre repatnted and regtided, the oid be boxes on the balcony circle lave been re- ed by 170 parlor armchairs, which form at once ‘he most luxuriant and comfortabie seat yet intro- duced into a place of public amusement. "A ladies’ toilet room has been elegantiy fitted up off the grand vestibule, anda lady’s maid will Le aiways in attendance. Finally, the magnificent lobby of this theatre has been converted into a spactous pictare and art saloon, Where the most perfect works of the best known artists of hp and American celebrity will be on constant exhibition, Already works by Bierstadt, Dubuffe, Laurent, Thompson, Biron and other e an artists have been secured, It ‘Mi. aly’s determination to render the Opera House a most unique artistic temple, roachable for elegance, novelty aud comfort, js HOW Unequalled for spacious grandeur and beauty of de The orchestra will be under the leadership of Robert Stoepel. The costumes are entirely of Parisian design and manufacture. The extensive machinery has been constructed under the superintendence of Mr. Thomas Kelly and Mr. William Smith, and the mechanical depart- Ment will be under their direction. As at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, every department of the Grand Opera House and tle performances to be given there will be under Mr. Daly's personal | supervision, and it is his determination that these theatres shall be maintained as places of amuse- ment where the most refined people may enjoy the best dramatic and operatic performances witiout any drawback whatever. ‘th conciusion Mr. Daly has a surprise in store for those who have come to look upon Sunday evening concerts as a necessary and innocent pleasure, He has secured for these entertainments Mr. Maret- zek’s Italian Opera Company, and all the artists who will give opera at the Academy of Music this fall will take part in the Sunday evening concerts At the Grand Opers House. ung) THE NATIONAL GAME, Boston, August 3, 1872, In @ game of base ball here to-day the Red Stockings defeated the Atiantics, of Brookiyn, by a score of 8 to 1. THE GERMAN WAR VESSELS AT HALIFAX Hawarax, N. B., August 3, 1872, The German corvettes Vencts and Gazelle ar- rived to-day from Fortress Manne and exchanged the customarv salutes, of | edge fringed with the flickering light. ‘THE PIONEER SEIZED. The Cuban Filibuster Attached by Order of the President. a abinn 5 CHAUREON'’S -” ee orm PROTEST. A Plucky Lieutenant Flings His Sword Over- board and Nails His Colors to the Mast, THE MARSHAL’S MANDATE. ae The Pioneer To Be Imme- diately Dismantled. Newrort, R. I., August 3, 1872, At two P. M. to-day the United States Marshal and Captain David Ritchie, of the revenue cutter Moccasin, went on board the Cuban war vessel Pioneer, and took charge of that vessel by virtue of an order of the President, for violation of the neu- trality laws, Lieutenant J. A, Chaureon, in charge of the Pioneer assuming to act under orders of the so- called Cuban republic, demanded the Marshal's authority, which was read to him by the Marshal. Lieutenant Chaureon asked Captain Ritchie if he recognized that authority, He was informed that he dia. Lieutenant Chaureon then protested, in the name of the Cuban republic, against the seizure and de- tention of the Pioneer by the President ofthe United States, informing the Marshal that he did not recognize the power of the President; fired a great gun, threw his sword overboard and nailed his colors to the mast. He then requested a boat from Captain Ritchie, of the Moccasin, and, with the crew and officers, left the Pioneer in the Moccasin’s gig. ‘The Pioneer is now in charge of the Marshal's men, the Moccasin still guarding her and waiting to put her into the deck, where she will be dis- mantled, and the Moccasin will then be relieved. A loaded shell was emptied and the charges drawn from her guns. The Cuban officers of the Pioneer called on the officers of the Moccasin to thank Captain Ritchio for the kind treatment they had received from him and his officers during their stay here, and ex- pressed themselves to the effect that the oMicers of the Moccasin were glad, as it had been a severe pull on them watching night and day, and hoped that the Moccasin may soon be dashing along the coast in search of new adventures, ‘This case will come hefore the courts on the 28th of August, to be tried at Providence. FROM AFRICA. A Livingstone Search Expedition Commander Likely to Visit New York. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, August 3, 1872. It is reported that Lieutenant Dawson, R. N. commander of the English expedition which was | sent forth some time since in the steamship Aby- “dos, in command of a party commissioned to search for Dr. Livingstone, previous to sailing from Zanzibar last May, announced his intention of visit- ing New York before returning to Great Britain. Lieutenant Dawson heard when at Zanzibar statements to the effect that theyobject of his mis- sion had been already accomplished by American enterprise, THE SPLENDOR IN THE SKY. Magnificent Display of the Aurora Borealis Last Night—The Heavens Irradiated with Volumes of Light—Is the Coming Comet Exerting Any Infiuence on the Earth *t- “Beware the 12th of August.” Last evening, at about eight o'clock, the citizens of New York were astonished by the appearance in the skies of the Northern Lights or Aurora Bore- alis, Yhese bodies have so often been witnessed before that they would not have excited any flurry by their approach so near our earthly latitudes last evening were it not for the fact that a well-known and most scientific astronomer named Plantamorer about four months since prophesicd that a comet would strike the American Continent at about eleven o'clock of the forenoon of the 12th of August, 1872. Science day by day becomes More positive and exact, and a statement like this, which two hundred years ago might have been couched in mysterious phrases and given us as an inspiration direct from heaven, is now made certain by the skill and celebrity of the scholar, who mani- fests his theory on actual study. It is possible to laugh and be incredulous, and yet incredibility may be a mistake; therefore all people in Europe and America—for it is to strike in Europe at four o'clock the same day, making the time difference— should prepare for the hour of doom. The origin of the aurora borealis is simply this, speaking sensibly :—It is caused by the retraction of the rays of the sun upon the vast flelds of ice which line and fll ae the shores of Labrador, Behring Straits and the Hudson Bay Territory. Last night the aurora shone in the northern sky simply in silvery streaks; but it not un- frequently appears in a different and far more beautiful form. Streams and flashes of ruddy light flood the heavens,and create fear in the minds of the unsophisticated, who are absent from their domi- ctles, by inducing the bellef that possibly their home- steada are wrapped in flames. In the Southern hemisphere these lights bear the name of Aurora Australis, and it 18 in southern latitudes where this phenomenon exhibits itaelf in its most sublime magnificence. To many a wayworn, weary wanderer in “the bush” it has pe a Iife-saver by guiding him on his way with 8 refulgences. One of the many wondrous mysteries of Creation, the aurora has excited much discussion and argument; the result of the latter has been that savans have decided it is the refraction of sunlight upon tce, and few men, except such vistonartes as Plantamour, } persons who believe in the millennium, will con- ute that theo that the nebnious matter, like that | It ts said which furnishes the meteoric showers, or the zodiacal light, and is known to exist in the plan- etary spaces, ia probabiy the cause of the auroral displays, Instead of northern lighta, the aurora borealia should be called Polar lights. They appear in the Northern Hemisphere at regular intervais, generally soon after sunset, and often like a twilight, continued into the night; some- times in the form a cloud, the iapper gain it 1s Itke a rainbow and often like @ fog bank. When the night advances the light becomes lighter. Pencils and streamers of light shoot hither and thither and appear in unexpected places. The whole sky is alive with an unsteady motion, or un- dalates rapidiy with @ motion like that of grass moving in the wind. The best place to see the aurora is from tle deck of a ship at sea, when the spectator is lying fat upon his back on the deck. On Lake Superior, an immense sheet of water, when these diaplaye occur, tae effect is bewtidering. One’s ideas of space, distance, progress and «direc- tion are as confused as if floating amid dense clouds in a@ balloon. The auroral lights at times assume various colors, having differept shades of green, orange, gtay, red and purple. Last evening the spurs and streams of light in the heavens to the north were of a pale white or evanescent color. A owe many people when the; hear or read about thia aurora borealis will as! each other, “ Who was this Aurora’ In answer to this the HERALD will state thet Aurora was a re- spectable Greek female, of mythological Leet ‘y and was the goddess of the morning. jesides this, she had her marriage lines to show that she was the wife of Astrmus and the mother of the winds, Aurora took to her embraces Tithonua, son of Laomedon, King of Troy, and gavo birtwin conse- quence to Memuon, ay irs in a saffron-colored Sometimes she globe with a torch in her hand, and sometimes she 1s represented a8 a nymph wearinga garland and drawn by winged horses. The display last night lasted about three hours. The Aurora at Port Jervis. Port JERVIS, Augast 3, 1872. ‘There was the most extraordinary display of aurora borealis ever witnessed in this country to- pao Vivid flashes of pale ino and rose- Games illuminated the for halt an YACHTING. Match Race Between the Mi and Good the + Breeze Sport—The Meteor Wine Race—A Slight Dispute. A Fine Day, & A match race between the two famous sloops Meteor and Bella, for $1,000, took place yesterday. The first-named yacht is 28 feet 4 inches in length and the latter 27 feet inches, The merits of the Bella have been so very much lauded by her owner as to frighten the smaller stoops of the feet out o the field; but yesterday she had to succumb toa little sea-witch that was evidently a faster sailer. The course decided to be traversed was from a stakeboat, anchored off Bay Ridge, around No. 5 buoy (which is moored of Sandy Hook point) and home. “ All aboard!” cried the captain of the Virginia Seymour, at ten o'clock, and her hawsers were cast adrift in a most incredibly short space of time. She touched again at Manhattan, however, for she was the committee boat, and some few of the members of the club had been sleepful. The weather was peculiar, dense banks of watery clouds obscuring the sun from view and the river being unrippled by even ‘THE FAINTEST WHISPER of a breez it those aboard who were sailors and who “knew the bay’ prognosticated that a breeze would spring up ere the yachts started, A good deal of time was occupied in towing the com- petitors into position, but at last THK GUN TO PREPARE boomed its hoarse tones across the Sapphire Straits, and the shrill shrieks of a frightfully dis- cordant “French” band—composed entirely of Ger- mans—utterly demoralized the twittering song- sters that fitted from branch to branch of the beauteous trees that form a background to the tawny beach of fair Bay Ridge. The Meteor and Bella are both sloop-rigged; but the latter does not carry a gafftopsail, while the former runs one up that sets like a well-planed board. The steamer J. Birkbeck, with a hetero- geneous crowd of Brooklyn persons, came upon the scene just prior to the start and rejoiced that no brass band deafened them, though they hallooed and yelled to their hearts’ content, and they must bave possessed remarkably large hearts at that. “Bang!” “She's off! Mark the time, old fellow!” yelled a betting man, as the Bella filled away on the port tack, and stood over towards the Staten Island shore. Her antagonist started one minute later, the relative time of starting standing thus :— HM Meteor. 1 10 The latter vessel caught a Naw of wind, and walked right up to the pretty little lady who was gliding most gracefully along, passing her thirteen minutes after the starting gun fired, and setting her jib topsail directly. A FINE FRESH BREEZE at this epoch swept up through the Narrows, mak- ing the littie flyers heel until their lee gunwales were frequently adip, A mistoverhung the horizon, and the wind, which was about south and west by half west, freshened until the Meteor's skipper deemed it advisable to take in the gaiftopsuil of the pretty craft he commanded, A propeller named the Duryea came up to the Committoe boat at this stage and her proprietor, the owner of the Bella, was loud-voiced about bet- ting on the boat that carried his flag. There was lenty of “chatf,” but no ill-temper displayed. When off the Club House formerly occupied by the New York Yacht Club, both yachts went in stays, and the Meteor came away skimmingly; she tacke again off Fort Lafayette at 1:51, and the Bella fol- lowed suit half a minute later. Near the arid beach that shields Klein’s Hotel, Coney Island, from the waves of the gushing sea, the Meteor @ent about at 2h. 16m. and the Bella at 2h. 17m, 30s. The wind increased to such an extent while the vessels were in the next board that the pretty little Bella dipped her nose into the gleaming surg*s that came rolling in until she seemed the picture of BEAUTY IN DISTRESS, with pearly tears streaming from her quick, bright eyes. At 3h. 26m. the Meteor put her helm down, and her antagonist followed her example one min. ute later, Both veaseis were then doing remark- ably well, pointing well up, despite the fact that a strong flood,tide was running, But every one in- terested in the race, apart from those aboard the Duryea, were suddenly taken by surprise by seeing the Bella round one of the channel buoys— a Dolly Varden thing that looked like @ floating convict, only it had not_a number—and fll away for the home stakeboat. She rounded this buoy at Sh. 52m. 30s. The Meteor still kept on her course, came up splendidly and rounded buoy No. 5, off Sandy Hook point, at 4h. 6m. P. M. Major Bush, the owner of the Meteor, immediately po ae the captain of the Seymour to steam up to No. 5 buoy, so that its number could be accu- rately ascertained. It was proved most con- clusively that the Meteor had turned the proper mark. There was very much fun and jollity on the way home. The race had been virtually decided, and all hands were happy. THE LADIES SMILED their sweetest; the Franco-Prussian musicians, who had gorged themselves with lager and pret- zels, played such excruciating tunes as to cause the sunlighted sk to shed @ few opal tears, and then outshone in splendor, to the northeastward, a rainbow that glinted upon the sails of a passing ship and tinted with prismatic hues the smiling surface of the bright blue sea. The Bella passed the gayly-decked boat that marked the fea at Sh. 17m. 30s, amid the shricks of steam whistles and the cheers of her parti- sans, The Meteor came around her at 5h. 27m, and received a similar ovation from her own party. No possible doubt can exist in the mind of any reasonable and just man who was a spectator as to the result of the race and the way in which the wager ought to be decided. Tne Meteor won, for she sailed on THE PROPER COURSE; her antagonist was clearly in the wrong. It isa pity that discussions should so frequently occur about courses in regatta and yachting matches. Aquatics have always held prestige for being hon- esti conducted, and it would be a pity if amateur nautical pursuits fell into the same disrepute that horse racing has done. ‘The day spent by al! who witnessed the race yes- ter Was generally voted a most enjoyable one. The Seymour's steward, Mr. 8. Drayton, of 603 Broadway, was Na td and obliging, and no unseemliness marred the harmony. The Meteor will most undoubtedly be adjudged conqueror, a The Atlantic Yacht Club Cruisc—Mag- nificent Fleet of Zachts at White- stone—The Sail Up to Glen Cove. . GLEN Cove, L. 1, August 3, 1872. The Atlantic Yacht Club rendezvoused this after- noon at Whitestone, by order of Commodore Peet, to participate In the annual cruise. When the steamer Seawanhaka arrived, about five P. M., the schooners Tidat Wave, Sea Witch and Bessie and the sloops Nimbus, Daphne, Alert and Annie M. were lying at anchor awaiting the arrival of their owners, The schooner Peerless and the sloop Orion arrived shortly afterwards, accompanied by Commodore Kipp, of the Harlem Yacht Club, and a | large party in the sloop Marianna and the sloops Vivid and Mary F. Campbell, both belonging to the game club. Atten minntes to six Commodore Peet fired one gun, and the fleet got under way. At first It looked ag ifthey were gomg to have a drifting race, but soon a light breeze from the southeast filled their canvas and sent them through the water at a Iively gait. The feet arrived at Glen Cove shortly after | seven P. M. The Tidat Wave, Peerless, | Orion, Daphne and Marianna were the | first to come an anchor, followed shortly afterwards by the rest of the fleet. The schooners Mystic and Triton were already anchored off Glen Cove, The hotel at Glen Cove is very full and rooms are at a premium. THE ATLANTIC YACOT CLUB 3 remain here over Sunday and start for New Haven on Monday morning. The yachts of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club will meet them on Monday morning of Oyster Bay and accompany them on the way to New Haven. The scl er Poam and several sloops will join the fleet im New Haven, and the schooner Resolute will join at New London. The following yachts are at present anchored off Glen Cove:—Atlantic Yacht Cluo—Schooners Tidal Wave, ex-Commodore W. Voorhis; Tri- Thayer; Peerless, Vice Commodore Mystic, Mr. Creamer; Sea Witch, Mr, Stott; Bessie, Mr. Vermylea; siceps Nim- bas, Commodore Peet; ney ne, Mr. Gouge; Monee! jarlem ini Commodore W. Kipp; Vivid, Mr. Clarke; Mary F. =< | Was disgraceful and intolerant. Campbell, Mr, 4 ‘The yachts of the Hartem Yacht Club return te morrow evening to their club house at Morrisania, There is every prospect of a very brilliant crutse. Notes. ‘The members of the Columbia Yacht Club, start on short cruwe om the 16th of August, at on HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 187%—TRIPLE SHEET. P.M. The sloop yachts Frolic, George E. Sherman, | Lillie; man and several others will com- prise the Commodore F. Nobies will be in command and fy his pennant on the Frolic. The hts rt eons on the 16th to Nyack and from Tronce to Haverstraw and West Point, returning about the 20th of August. ‘The yacht Calypso, A.Y.C., Mr. William Astor, left City Island yesterday for New York, ry Upening ‘the Seventh ‘Annual Yo otting Meoting— A Splendid Pacing Match for a $500 Purse Between Dan Vorhees and Harry— Vorhees Carries Off the First Stake. ‘ Burrato, N, Y., August 3, 1872, This was the opening day of the seventh annual trotting meeting of the Buffalo Park Meeting—an extra day. it had not the importance which the main days will have, as they always have had. The attraction was a programme of only one race, and it drew not more than 1,000 or 1,200 people. The day was very fine and favorable for quick time. The track has been much improved since last ye and the fences, grounds, stands and driveways bettered and added to largely. ‘THR HORSES ENTERED, The race of the day was for a purse of $500, for pacers. The entries were Dan Vorhces, Harry and Billy Boyce, These are the three most distinguished of the class in the country. Billy Boyce will be remembered as having paced a mile in 2:14 on this course in 1868, and that stands the best to this day. Vornees and Harry are new horses here, yet not unknown, All are Western ones, Boyce coming from Louisville, Ky., and the other two from Pittsburg, Pa, Boyce ts well known as a blood-ldoking medium-sized bay gelding. Harry is very much like Boyce, lighter in color, of nearly the same size, with the same kind of action. Vorhees is a large, strapping horse, a flea-bitten gray, coarse on the head, with grand, black legs, forearm, hocks and gaskins. In the bps, Vor- hees was the favorite, aa he is a known, steady nag, with a great speed. Boyce, with all his speed, is hot and wild, breaks under a pressure, and is hard to bring back to his work. THE ODDS BEFORE STARTING Were small on Vorhees; at times even betting was made, but all throngh to tne send-off Vorhees was first choice, The race was reduced to a match between Vorhees and Harry, for before the first half mile was paced Boyce, when leading, broke badly, and not getting back to his work was (lis- tanced, The following ts @ summary :— BuFFALO Pank, August 3, 1872.—Purse of $500; free to all pacer best three in five, in harness or under saddle at option ; $300 to the first, $150 to the second and $50 to the third. W. G. Luce entered g. g. ‘Dan Vorhees, in_harness.,............. oo ee soe 11 W. H. Crawford entered b. g. Harry, in harness. sees see 22 T. P. Roche entered b. g. Billy Boyce, under saddie. dis, ‘Time, (2391 K-29 291-9 337, First Heat.—Harry had the inside, Boyce next and Vorhees the lead, all on a rushing pace. A dozen rods gone over and Royce fronted, with Harry lapping him and both SSragling for the lead around the turn. Vorhees was tuken in hand and drew to the rear, leaving the others to fight for the heat. The turn was made neck and neck, Boyce just leading, and they passed the quarter in thirty- four seconds. In straight work the pace was quick- ened and for forty rodsit was quite u 2:10 gait. Tt was too hot for Boyce, and he left his feet, when away shot Harry a dozen lengths from him. Vorhees had dropped back thirty yards or more. Seeing that Boyce was out of the heat Luce brought Vorhecs up as rapidly as possible, but it was a stern chase, and with a wide gap Harry fled on, and passed the half-mile pole in 1:03. That gait was not an easy one to match, bat if Harry had foot Vorhees had ‘ame, and he was brushed every yard ome wards, Harry at the head of the turn showed that the pace told on him. Steadily Vorhees gained upon him and closed up the gap at every stride, and, entering the homestretch with not more than three lengths away from Harry, he caught up at the midstretch and a struggle began. Harry rallied and the pair lay locked all the way home, Harry winning by a head only. Boyce was dis- see and beaten a quarter of a mile. Time, Second Heat.—The odds were now two to one on Vorhees. A good level start was had, Harry lead- ing. Vorhees was pulled to a length behind and lay there around the turn. Down the vackstretch the pair were locked neck and neck to the half- mile pole, in 1:1144, and on to the far turn, where Vorhees was again pulled to the rear, where he lay to the middle of the homestretch, when he was. again sent forward, and at once fronted, and led home first ena! by @ length and a half, in ‘ Third Heat. is ten to one on Vorhee: hees was off first, and at his ease led to within a dozen yards ofhome, when Harry was spurted up, and on’a lap the pair came home together, Vorhecs first by half a length, but in hand, in 2:21. Fourth Heat.—No betting at the start; Vorhecs drew to the rear and waited on what pace Harry should make. There was no change until a dozen rods from home, when Vorhees was sent to the front, and landed easily a winuer by a length, in 2:27. Had Boyce not been distanced better time would have been made. On etal the three will again Ge and it is to be hoped that Boyce will behave himself and give the public @ good race. MOBS IN MORMONDOM. A Liberal Republican Meeting Broken Up by the Saints. The Diamond and Ruby Sensation—Reccipts of Refined Silver Bullion. SALT Lakg, Utah, August 3, 1872, A mass meeting to-night to ratify the nomination of General Maxwell, a Gentile nominee for Con- gress, was interrupted by the Mormons, urged on by the Mormon police, who hooted, howled, hung epithets, vulgar and low, and attempted in every way to break up the meeting. Their conduct The Gentiles were greatly incensed, and the feeling in general is very bitter on account of this outrage on American citizens. General Maxwell was howled down by | Brigham Young's people. Maxwell will receive asarge vote. Cannon, his opponent, is a polyga- mist. The Gentiles’ meeting was finally broken up by the Mormons’ police, who were the principal actors. It is considered the greatest outrage yet perpe- trated, and shows the Mormon animus in denying free speech, The Gentiles are ready for a fight. The diamond and ruby sensation is becoming feverish here. Arrangements are making here to- day to organize a company to send Mr. Savage for a supply of the gems. The receipts of refined silver bullion tlils week were over $300,000. id OBITUARY. Adolphe Gueroult. On the 22d ultimo died Adolphe Gueroult, the editor in cluef of the Optnion Nationale, one of the most influential liberal papers of Paris. He was | born in 1810, the son of a rich manufacturer. Alter having finished his literary studies he embraced the doctrines of St. Simon, a religious. sect which was, however, suppressed by the government. He was | subsequenuy. correspondent of the Journal des Dé- bats in Spain and Italy, and attracted a great deal of attention by his descriptive letsers. In 1842 he was appointed by Guizot Consul | at Mazatlan, ico, and sabsequentiy in the same capacity at Jagsy, in the Danubian Principall- Wor WASHINGTON. Gerrit Smith Pleading for Merey for A Incarcerated Citizens, eH pan + Se aN Es css ARMY DUDS AND ARMY Unanuce. ——— Pleasant Pap for Hungry Radicals—An Exhibit of National Finances—Treasury Regulations. WASHINGTON, August 4, 1872. ritt Smith Asks Mercy fur the So- Called Ka Klax Prisoners. A few weeks since Gerritt Smith was tmvited to visit tho Ku Klux prisoners confined at the Albany Penitentiary. He found the majority of the sixty-five poor, ignorant, delnded men, and from the evi aence furnished him he is sure the punishment in- ficted on many is wholly unwarranted by the evi- dence. So touching were the silent appeals of the old and young men that he has earnestly requested the President to pardon a young man, nineteen years old, named Hezekiah Porter, whose health ta so bad that he will die in a short time, and who, Mr. Smith is persuaded, never did anything meriting the severity of the sentence imposed. Another case ts that of S. G. Brown, of Soath Caro- lina, a man upwards of sixty years of age, who held the oMce of magistrate; never belonged to the Ku Klux order, but pleaded guilty under bad; advice, A third case ts that of David Collins, who- Mr. Smith asks pardon for, on the ground that hisy past character has been irreproachable, and that he was the victim of circumstances, These men, Gerritt Smith declares, deserve the immediate regard of the Executive, and while he knows their pardon would be attriuted to improper motives just at this time, yet he thinks it the duty of President Grant to exercise, in the name of humanity, the clemency given to him. The request of Mr, Smith is now under consideration, The Army Uniform and Army Changes. Descriptive drawings of the new army uniforms have been forwarded by the Quartermaster General to the Schuylkill clothing depot, in order that the new uniforms may be prepared for detivery with- out delay. The colored lithographs are being pre- pared in this city. Captain Louis H. Sanger, Sev- enteenth infantry, and Captain Bird L. Fletcher, on the retired list, have been dismissed the ser- vice, Food for Hungry Administration Ad- mirers. Third Auditor Rutherford, who returned from North Carolina this morning, says that the returns purporting to give conservative gains are fabrica- tions, as the oficial returns will prove. He Is con- fident that the State has gone repnbdiican, and im this opinion he is sustained by government em- ployés in that State. National Finances. The recetpts of fractional currency during the week were $534,400; shipments of currency, $470,400; shipments of notes, $563,500; bonds held by the Treasurer as security for nattonal bank cir- enlation, $382, 9%; held as security for deposits of public money: 009; ontstanding national bank circulation, 12; gold hank notes out- standing, $1,110,000; internal revenue receipts for the fiscal y to date, $16,422,728 74. Treasury Regulations. In the case of smatl boats, ranging from three to eight tons burden, cruising as pleasure boats im the waters of Lake Erie, and which are sailing without papers of any kind, the Secretary of the Treasury has decided that these vessels are not yachts in the eye of the law, as they cannot be en- rolled and licensed, nor are they entitied to the privileges of yachts, though used as vieasure boats, and the Collector has been instructed to issue to them the proper documents for vessels of their tonnage engaged in the coasting trade. In the Case of the steamboat altered into a barge and where the owners applied for papers and de- sired to change her name, the Secretary has de- cided that the vessel was entiticd to such papers as are granted to other vessels of her class and character; but Congress alone, by special legisla- tion, could authorize a change of her name. ALLEGED KU KLUX OUTRAGES. St. Louis, Mo., August 3, 1872, A letter from Ironton, Mo., received by a govern: ment officer here yesterday, states that Thomas Law- son, recently whipped and driven out of Carter coun- % by masked Ku Klux, and Colonel Wm. Lawson, the father of Thomas, and formerly a well known member of the Legisiature from Carter county, are now in Ironton, where they lave lodged informa- uon before United States Commissioner Stewart, who has issued warrants for the arrest of the per- petrators of the outrage, Several cases of a simitar character have occurred in Carter county, but the persons npon whom the outrages were committed are afraid todo anything for fear they will not be protected, A MUEDERER SENTENCED. Burra.o, N, Y., August 3, 1872, John Gaffney, found guilty of the murder of Patrick Fahey, has been sentenced to be hanged September 27. MEBRRICK CAMP GROUND. This increasingly popular and growing place has been greatly improved since last summer. All the underbrush, which so harbored mosquitoes and frightened visitors, has been cut away, and a beauti- ful lake has been formed, on which are two boats for the use of the campers. A large number of cottage owners have been out there since the beginning of the summer, and about fifty families have gone thither within the past week. A larger number of tents than usual lave been erected on the rons and the grove city presents a lively appearance this time. A large gathering is expected at the opening of the camp meeting next Tuesday. The presiding elders of the Long Island districts are oing to ‘oss the meeting. “Specniation” im lots and places is prohibited by a restriction in the charter and stitution of the association, which, allows the members and trustees not more than seven per cent per annum on their investments. The increase, if any beyond this, goes towards the support of poor churches and ministers in the dis trict. The meeting will continue ten days from Tuesday. The leading ministers of Brooklyn an@ other parts of Long Island are expected to preach there during the mecting. Died, Macvirng.—On Saturday, Angnst 3, at the rest- dence of his aunt, 58 South Washington square, Joun P, MAGUIRE. His remains will be taken on Monday to St, Francia Xavier's church, West Sixteenth street, where a soleman requiem mags will be offered at ten. o'clock for the repose of his soul, thence to Calvary. Cemetery. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend, (For Other Deaths See Ninth Pave.) Burnett's Extracts.—Beware of Sabsti-« tates. A.—Herring’s Patent CHAMPION SAFES, ‘Bl and 252 Broadway, corner of Murray street. A.—Herald Branch Office, Brooklyn, Corner ot Pulton avenue and Boorurn street. ‘Oven from 4A. M. to3 P.M. ties, He was recalled by the provisional govern. Ment, aud devoted imselt to the dissemination of | @M_rbista Swarming Time 9, democratic aud republican ideas by assuming the | Turw ‘Asal then now with, KNOWLES INSECT Dim editorship of several Uberal papers. In 1667 he Was | STROYER, or they will spread in ail directions. One editor of La Presse, which was temporarily sup- | large flask now wifi be more effective at this season than pressed by the tmperial government. He after- | ‘Wo month hence. Kept by cruggists and grocers. De- wards became editor in chief of the Opinion Na- tionale, Under the empire le was zealous sup- porter of Prince Napoleon, surnamed Pion Pion, on account of the liberal tendencies which the latter rofessed, Evar since the revolution of September he has. been & warm advocate of a moderate repub- lc under the Presidency of M. Thiers. The death | of this veteran journalist isa great loss to the French press, — Mics. Mary Chase Barney. ‘The above named lady, who died in Washington afew dayssince, was daughter of the late Judge Samuel Cmase, of Maryland, one of the signers of the Declaration of American Independence. She was tn the eighty-eighth year of her age, and widow of the son of Commodore Barney. It has been stat just recently, that Mrs, Barney and one other lady were the only surviving daughters of any of the signers of the Heciaration; but this 1s luving three di ters pot No. 7 Sixth avenne. ii A Splendid Hall to Let—Vor First Clase Balls, Parties, Weddings, Dancing Academics, &c.; fitted selitmagnidtent style, nower betowe offered to lee, situ: ated ou Broadway, gtmooy Forty second aug Forty chin frosts: Apoly to E, D. LAWRENCE, 163 Broadway, fetween Forty-second and Forty third streets. Cristadoro’s Im: ed Hair D; eT They world has nover produced ration which acts with: such efficacy, safety ane ray Nine Don't Fatl ta Procure Mrs. Winslow's dee for ah years wah vlevar-talling sateny ind wuctous Oy for D ver re satety and 4 millions of mothers for thotr children. * Patent Open Work Politic: janners, Flags and Portraits, at HOJBR & QRAUAM'S, 97 Duane, Royal Havana Lottery.—Prises Cashed, ‘Alled, inform Spann aa Bile TAYLOR & So. pt ene ie x The Russian V: ‘Maerble) Baths, 35 oarth street near Broads ys the most exten. Spuearee ey ek a ee oe