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gigi adi ‘bout fhe progress of the row in Belfast we care nothing, and our only rejoicing at its cessation would be in the fact that every blood- thirsty bigot, of whatever creed, had taken his quietus along with it, and the hellish spirit which animated him found no place in the breasts of those it left behind. Weather Wisdom for Farmers. A short time ago the Hzraxp called atten- tion to the value of our national meteorological reports in their adaptedness to the wants of agriculture. The phenomenal and peculiar seasons and weather which have prevailed dur- ing the past year over both hemispheres have made the study of the atmosphere an impera- tive need of the farmer. Our Washington correspondent informed us a few days ago of the steps now being taken by the Chief Signal Officer to make his reports and probabilities particularly serviceable for the rural districts, as they ao heretofore been for the maritime interests. Difficult as the study of the weather may at first sight appear, our experience shows that with an extensive and prompt telegraphic system the daily deductions and predictions are singularly practicable and intelligible. What may be incomprehensible when seen in part is often perfectly clear when surveyed in its entirety; and the admirable charts now made in England by Mr. Scott, in France by Leverrier, and in this country by General Myer, reveal with almost photographic accuracy the various agpects and fluctuations simultaneously occurring over immense areas of the aerial ocean. Besides the former instrumental obser- vations which have been heretofore the basis of the signal reports at Washington itis now stated that a new system has been superadded by the careful observation of the clouds, and by util- izing these floating monitors of the high atmos- phere as so many natural storm signals, which register the great movements of the air even more infallibly than the barometer. The in- vestigation of the multiform cloud phenomena ‘thas interested many of the first scientific minds of the world, and the very recent researches and beautiful photographic charts of Elijah Walton furnish the intelligent inquirer with an invaluable interpretation of these seemingly fanciful but significant symbols of the weather. ‘The calculation of rain is found to depend ‘very much on the observation of the well known cirrus, especially when followed by the beautiful and columnar forma- tion of the cumulus, which is proven to be the visible indication of an invisible ascending current, which is the nucleus of the thunder storm and Summer shower. Just at this time, after a spell of intense heat, we are beginning to feel the breaking up of the sun’s power and to experience in the northern sections of the country the advantage of proximity to British America and its cool currents of semi-polar air. A few weeks, perhaps ten days hence, we shall have escaped ‘the burden and heat’’ of the season. By careful attention to the weather reports, both on the northern frontiers and on the ‘Southern and Gulf coasts, the farmers may greatly improve their advantages and the bet- ter secure their crops, while the mariner may elude the tempests which may now be hourly looked for on the tropical coasts of the coun- try and on the stormy lakes. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Congressman William Williams, of buffalo, is at ‘the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Ex-Governor J. Gregory Smith, of Vermont, is registered at the Brevoort House, Sefior Borges, the Brazilian Minister, is at the Clarendon Hotel. United States Senator M. W. Ransom, of North -Carolina, yesterday arrived at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Lieutenant Commander J. D. Graham. of the United States Navy, is sojourning at the Astor House. , Ex-Congressman Thomas H. Canfield, of Vermont, ‘is staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The Countess De Dion yesterday came on from Newport to the Clarendon Hotel. John W. Garritt, of Baltimore, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, is at the Brevoort House. General J. F. Hartranft, the republican nominee ‘for Governor of Pennsylvania, yesterday arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The Baron and Baroness de Bussierre, of Paris, who arrived on the steamer Baltic on Saturday, left the Everett House yesterday and went to Ophir Farm, in Westchester county, the residence of Colo- nel Ben. Holliday. The Baroness is a daughter of Colonel Holliday. The Countess de Pourtales, who ‘was some time ago in this country with her hus- ‘band, is also a daughter of the ex-proprietor of the overland stage route. General Gustavus W. Smith, formerly the Street Commissioner of this city, is registered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel as from Frankfort, Ky. Mr. George Peabody Wetmore, of this city, yes- terday came on from Newport. He is at the Ciar- endon Hotel, arranging for his departure for Eu- rope to-morrow. MISS LIVINGSTONE’S LETTER OF THANKS TO MR. STANLEY. lenient The following note from Dr. Livingstone’s daugh- ter to Mr. Stanley is published to indicate that the Doctor's invaluable diary is finally safe in the hands to which it was his desire to consign it:— KELLY Wemyss Bay, by GREENOCK, ‘ August 6, 1872, Dear Sir—I write to say that I received last Sat- urday my father’s letters and the diary which were entrusted to you by him. I wish also to express to you my heartfelt grati-. tude for going in search of my father and aiding him so nobly and bringing the long-looked-for Ict- fers safely. Believe me yours truly, AGNES LIVINGSTONE, Henry M. Stanuey, Esq. THE WEATHER. War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasuineton, D. C., August 20—1 A. M. Synopsis Jor the Past Twenty-four Hours, The barometer continues highest over the South Atlantic States, where partly cloudy weather and easterly to southerly winds have prevailed, with areas of light rain along the coast. It has risen over the New England and Middle States, with partly cloudy weather and areas of light rain over the former. It has fallen some- what over the Northwest, with fresh easterly to southerly winds, and an area of low barometer ta apparently advancing castward over Dakota. Clear weathor has generally continued from the interior of the Gulf States to the Lower Lakes and Southern Illinois, Probabilities, Southerly to easterly winds and partly cloudy ‘weather, prevail from North Carolina to Georgia, and from the latter to Louisiana, with probably Tain from Southern Louisiana to Flortd southerly to westerly winds and gene- rally clear weather over the New England and Middie States; falling barometer, increasing southerly to easterly winds and cloudy, and very probably areas of rain from Missouri to Lower Michi and northwestward; southerly winds from Tennessee to Ohio, with increasing cloudiness on Tnesday. The majority of the midnight tele- graphic reports have not in received. IRELAND. The Rioting in Belfast Continued, with Fatal and Alarming Consequences. Four Persons Killed—Armed Outlaws Parading the Streets—Shots Exchanged in the High- ways—The Wounded in the Hospitals— Proclamation by the Mayor—The Movement Extending to Lur- gan—Action of the Military and a Bayonet Charge. TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORX HERALD. ‘Lonpon, August 19—A. M. Telegrams which have just been received in the inetropolis from Dublin, under date of this morning, convey later items from Belfast. The rioting still goes on. - Four persons were killed in the streets this morning. ARMED TERRORISTS SEIZING THE THOROUGHFARES, RufMlans, with pistols in their hands, stalk through the town, and whole sections of it are given up to the rioters. SUNDAY NIGHT SKIRMISHING AND THE AMMUNITION. A press correspondent telegraphs from Belfast, under date of Monday morning:—“The fighting continued last night, and stones fell in the streets like hail.’ MEDICAL RESULTS OF THE PARTY MELEE. In the hospitals of Belfast there are many victims of the riots, quite a large number of whom bear sword cuts and bullet wounds. THE FIGHTING CONTINUED ON MONDAY EVENING. Despatches from Ireland, dated in Belfast at half- past three o’clock this (Monday) evening, state that shots continue to be exchanged in the streets, though it is not known that the gioters have concen- trated In large numbers at any point. THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES MOVING TO THEIR DUTY. Another despatch from Ireland reports as fol- lows :—Tnhe riots im Belfast are not yet thoroughly suppressed. The Mayor and magistrates of the city have issued @ proclamation warning the rioters to disperse, under the severest penalties for continuance of the disorders, WHERE WERE THE POLICE ? The arrests, thus far, are smallin proportion to the numbers engaged. THB AGITATION EXTENDING TO A NEIGHBORING TOWN, A telegram from Lurgan, Ulster county, on the Belfast and Ulster Railway, says that serious dis- turbances are in progress there, and that the authorities of the town have called upon the mili- tary forces to ald them in restoring order. PROPERTY AND CONSERVATISM ALARMED. The peaceably disposed citizens of the town of Belfast are greatly dissatisfied at the want of vigor displayed by the authoritics in suppressing the riots. The Radical Cure in Application Against Riot. Lonpon, August 19—5 P.M. A later telegram from Belfast says reports are current there that the town is about to be placed under martial law. The same ¢@clegram states:—‘The military are now charging the rioters in the centre of the town.” SPAIN. Uneasy Rumors of Ex-Royalist Conspira- cies Against the Crown. capepeeedgee a SS Bourbonism and the Savoyard Dynasty—Carlist Disturbances in a Provincial District. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Maprip, August 19, 1872. Reports are current that the Ministers and other high officials have received warning of a fresh out- break to be attempted shortly by the partizans of the ex-Queen Isabella, and that the occasion will be seized upon by the Carlists to renew their attacks. It 1s certain that fears of a new movement of some kind are entertained, and that active prepara- tions to meet it are in progress. RIOT IN PAMPELUNA AND ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION. A telegram from Pampeluna gives an account of @ local disturbance there on Saturday between Carlists and Liberals, during which the Mayor of the city, interfering to prevent a breach of the peace, was himself struck by one of the Carlists, who was promptly arrested. Subsequently the other Carlists engaged in the affray attempted to assassinate the Mayor. Seven shots were fired at him, but without effect. The police coming to the rescue of the Mayor cap- tured three of the would-be assassins, who are now in custody awalting an examination. THE ALABAMA CLAIMS. Session of the Geneva Arbitration Court—Tribu- nal Rule Toward the Public. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. , GENRva, August 19, 1872. The members of the Alabama Claims Arbitration Court assembled in session at noon to-day, and ad- journed at half-past four P. M. Sir Roundell Palmer was not present. The speeches of counsel have been printed, and it is expected that information of the proceedings of the Board will soon be communicated to the press. Washington Report from the Seat of Arbitration. Wasatnoron, D. C., August 19, 1872. There is information from Geneva which war- tants the assertion that since the exclusion of claims for indirect damages the business before the ‘Tiibunal of Arbitrators has been favorable to this government, and that several awards for direct damages have already been agreed upon, the indi- cation being that on the conclusion of the adjudi- cation @ gross sum will be awarded to the United States, thereby avoiding a reference of the subject to a board of commissioners. It should not be expected that particulars can now be officially given, a8 the proceedings of the tribunal are conducted in secret and as the infor- mation furnished to our government is of the same character. THE MACE O'BALDWIN FIGHT, PHILADELPHIA, August 19, 1872, It is said that a meeting of the friends of Mace and O’Baldwin was held in this city this evening to make arrangements for the fight which it is an- nounced will take place on Wednesday, O'Bald- win is in the city and Mace is expected early to- morrow morning. Sporting men are ready for the fight. John Tobin holds the stakes. FIRE IN CHRYSTIE STREET. At eleven o'clock last night a fire broke out in the rear butlding of 197 Chrystie street, owned by Reuben Mapleson, and occupied by Smith, Winson & Co. a8 a coMn manufactory, causing @ damage to stock Of $3,000. The building was damaged Both are tully insurea, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AMUSEMENTS. Booth’s Theatre—“The Bells.” The season at Booth’s was opened last evening by the production of “The Bells,” but in spite of the interest excited in the piece by its long run of two hundred nights in London, the house was a very slim one, owing probably to the excessive heat. “The Bells” has a very simple story; indeed, it can hardly be said to have any plot at all, but to be, rather, simply a singularly vivid picture of the tortures of remorse suffered by Mathias, a man of good impulses and kindly nature, who yielding to a temptation greater than he could bear, has stained his hands with blood, When the curtain rises, he has escaped detection for fifteen years, and with the money gained by his crime has thriven until he is the richest man in the village, He is also the most popular and highly respected, and has reached the = «ig- nity of burgomaster, His daughter is to be shortly married to a young Meutenant of gendarmes, and all the future 1s bright with the promise of an honored and peaceful old age. But at last the hour of retribution has come, Often, of course, in the long interval that has transpired since the deed that has blighted his whole life grim memories of his guilt have poisoned his peace; but he has hitherto succeeded in stifiing these unquiet fancies into slumber, But now he has just returned from a journey to the nearest town, and his mind has been terribly shaken by an exhibition he has. witnessed of the power of a Paris mesmerist, who has thrown mey into an involuntary sleep and forced them to tell over the story of their past life. What if he, too, shonid be compelled to pass through the same ordeal! Arrived home he takes a seat at the table with hus friends and family, and while nerving himself with wine on this the anniversary of the murder—a Christmas eve, by the way—the chimes peal out from the belfry and call upon all good men to remember the blessed Season of their Saviour's birth, But to his ears there are also other bells, shriller, louder, more jiercing—the bells of the sleigh of the poor lew whom he slew for his gold—ringing fearfully out from the depths of the dark, storm; night, and recalling hideous memories of blood, and death, and guilt. How different the burden of these two chimes! Just then a Jew traveller, dressed like his victim, enters the inn. He strug- gies to preserve his firmness, but fatis and sinks to the earth in a swoon, When he recovers he de- termines to marry his daughter at once, betore the worst befalls him. On the morrow the marriage contract is signed, and as he flings down the dowry, the chink of the gold again reminds him of those Lara sleigh bells, which at once ring again in his ears, growing ever louder, ever nearer, until, at last, he fancies that they are sounding from the midst of the glittering pieces on the table, some of which are the very coins he took from the Jew’s girdle, Again he succumbs to the terrors of his aroused imagination, but recovers, and after an evening of festivity ia honor of his daughter's coming marriage, retires to rest. His last waking thoughts revert to the mesmerist; to the bells that, unheard by others, have sounded so strangely in his ears; to the figure of the Jew traveller crossing his threshold 80 marvellously like that other visitor of fifteen years ago. He sinks into sleep, however, full of courage. But his mind is still busy with the things that have so terribly shaken it, and ina dream he sees himself arraigned before a Court, he hears the accusation against him read and then the mesmerist enters, and, casting him into a trance, forces from him a ful confession of his crime, He wakes with the sentence of death ringing in his ears, while his daughter and her lover are rapping at his door, and in the street the villagers are singing a merry marriage roundelay. But he is powerless to move, and when, alarmed, they break open the door, they find him at the point of death, He is borne, staggering, to a chair, and dies, carrving hisawful secret safely with him. Such is the story of ‘The Bells,” and there can be no question that it is one of the most intensely vivid and painful pictures of human suffering ever resented on the stage. Much has been done also 0 illustrate it by novel stage offects. Some of the scenery, however—for instance, the opening scene of the interior of the little Alsatian inn, which ts as unlike what it is supposed to represent as it could well be—is glaringly inappropriate, but the trial in the last act is rendered with admirable care and with very impressive effect. The piece, how- ever, in spite of its intrinsic excellence and of the general merit of the mounting, would have been — utterly unsuccessful last night were it not that fortunately the last act is played by Mr. James Wallack without the aid of the rest of the company. Mr. Wallack throughout was, of course, more than equal to his part, and his conceptioh of it cannot be praised too highly. He does not make himself a melodramatic villain, but is what Messrs. Erckman-Chatrian intended Mathias to be—a good man, with a tender and affectionate disposition and a keen sense of right and justice, but with the awful gloom of one terrible crime darkening his whole life, And in the dream scene Mr. Wallack rose to a height of tragic intensity that held the audience spellbound and that was deservediy very joudly applauded. But take Mr, Wallack away, and the remainder of the company are beneath con- tempt. The first two acts are, indeed, utterly spoiled by the shameful inadequacy and careless- ness and stupidity of the support they attempt to give him. All the effect of the numberless delicate touches of finished art that are to be found in the piece as it came from the hands of its authors are worse than lost; they are hopelessly marred. Indeed, a man would have a very much better idea of the merit of the piece if he were to read the first two acts at home, and saw only the third one at the theatre. It weuld be hard to say which of the two is the worse, Mr. Percy as Fritz Ber- fnard or Miss Pateman as Margaret. They do not even dress their parts intelligently, and their acting is absolutely innocent of the faintest resemblance to nature or even the con- ventional nature of the footiights, Mr. Sol Smith and Mr. Glenn make fair old men, though Mr. Glenn has, it must be confessed, a very singular idea of seniie laughter, Mr. R. Pateman seems to have modelled his Solomon to a considerable extent upon Greppo in the “Black Crook,” and Miss Sack- ett, thongh she certainly does much better than most of her companions, ought to abandon further attempt at singing. But itis impossible to spoil tne piece so long as the chief part is sustained by 80 finished and sympathetic an actor as Mr. Wallack. The Bowery Theatre—“The Polish Jew.” Last night the latest London sensation, “The Polish Jew, or The Bells,” was produced at the Bowery Theatre. The piece has been some time in preparation, and as it belongs to a class of plays which attracts large audiences no pains was spared to give “The Bells” with due effect, The heat of the weather did not prevent a large house. Studley, an old Bowery favorite at ef 3 (Lactor, was cast for the part of Mathias, the leadi e in the drama. In fact the play, which in many re- spects ts strong and vivid, depends solely on the acting of the Mathias for its success, This good and all the rest works calmly, smoothly and effect- ively. Mr, Stndley’s acting of Mathias will rank with the best of his characters, and, judging trom the audience of last night, the piece 1s likely to be- come a favorite one at the Bowery Theatre. Theatre Comique. This favorite house of variety ahd comedy was opened last night for the Fall season, after having been closed for several weeks, during which time it has been repainted, refrescoed and gene- rally renovated. Despite the heat of the night, the house was well filled to greet the old favorites and the new faces, If length and variety constitute a good programme, the audience had no reason to complain last evening, the bill of en- tertainment comprising an abundance of negro minstrelsy, Krai comic singing. and a new local play by John T. Poole “City Life; or, Ins and Outs of New York,’ which treats of the eight-hour system, the troubles of newly arrived hau ede among the negroes and the discovery of Livingstone by Stanley. Stanley's name was received with rapturous ab. lause, Which was again and again renewed, and came uproarious when Livingstone was’ dis- covered in the interior of Africa (South Fifth ave- nue) and brought face to face with his deliverer. The play was well received, and will prob- ably draw good hours during the week. The prin- cipal parts were sustained by W. H. Whalley, Josh Hart, Miss Nellie Sandford and Miss Ada Wray. The singing was eens My Sydney Franks, Miss te Huy ny eventag “by Daylight, Gastigne and Mooniieny evenin, 'y Day! » Gas! and Moonlight’ wit be prodaced with fi . John Wd and Mr. Larry Tooley. pean bn THE NEW YORK HERALD IN IOWA, (From the Ottumwa Democrat, August 15.) The greatness of newspapers has never been more fully displayed than in the New York Her- ALD’s search for Livingstone, Here was a scien- tifle traveller, sent out under the auspices of one of the most august societies in England or Europe, who had been lost to the world for months, and his own government had given him up as lost be- yond recall or redemption. It was leit to the enterprise of @ newspaper, and an American newspaper at that, to organize a small army and start an expedition to solve the problem. The Henatp was fortunate in securing a clear- headed, brave and active newspaper man and edi- tor, In the person of Henry Stanley. The energy, bravery and skill with which he conducted the ex- pedition were equal to the qualities demanded of a General in conducting a diticult cam. piign. The Hera.p has demonstrated that the newspaper ts not only @ mental power, but if necessary can make itself felt in other fields. It is not only possible, but altogether probable, that either oneé of the tiree great newspapers of New York—the HERALD, 7'ribune or World—could organ- ize and equip an army sufficient for the subjection of any of the smaller powers of Africa, Asia or South America, and without outside interference rule them as conquered provinces of the pen, the press und steam engine. AUGUST 20, 1872—TRIPLE SHEET. YACHTING AT NEWPORT. Race of the New York Yacht Club for a Subscription Cup. RULES OF THE RACE AND ENTRIES. ot The Course from the Dumplings to Northeast of Rock Island, SQUALLY WEATHER OUTSIDE. The Magic Crosses the Home Line in 7h. 41m.—The Vixen Second in 7h. 39m. 36s., Racing Time. Newrorr, R. [., August 19, 1872. Early this morning the Regatta Committee issued the following order :— 4 SAILING ORDERS, New York YACHT SQUADRON, Newport, August 19, 1872, RACE FOR SUBSCRIPTION OUP. A race will take place to-day over the following course:—From an tmaginary line drawn from the Dumplings to the committee boat off Fort Adams, to a stakeboat anchored near a buoy off the north- east end of Block Island, and, leaving said stake- boat on the starboard hand, return to the starting point. The start will bea flying one. At eleven o'clock the whistle of the committee boat will give the signal to prepare, and at 11:10 to start, and at the latter the club flag will be lowered. Any yacht failing to cross tae line by 11:30 will be ruled out of the race. There will be two prizes, one for schooners and one for sloops. Inasmuch as some yachts have not been measured according to the present rules, and cannot be without being hauled out, this race will be subject to the measurements and allowances of the club in 1870, The rules relating to entries and models are sus- nded for this race, but in all other respects it will e sified in accordance with the regulations of the otab, Wit KREDDS, H Regatta Committee, The day at first did not promise much for a race, and, as the event proved, it was not much of a racing day; but at the time when the start was effected there was every prospect of a fine sailing breeze. The early morning was foggy, with a light southeasterly wind blowing, but as the sun got up the wind veered to southwest and the fog lifted, ENTRIES FOR THE RACE. The following yachts then signified their intention of contesting for the prizes of the day:— SCHOONERS, Viking, Eva, Foam, Tidal Wave, Magic, Madeleine, Madgie, Peerless, Resolute and Alice, SLOOPS. Gracie, Vision, Vixen, Vindex, Argo and Ariadne. It was evident, from the preparations being made on board the different competing yachts, that their owners meant business. Every superfluous ar- ticle in the way of spare sails or spars or awnings was senton shore, that the competing vessel should be weighted as lightly as possible. ARRANGING THE PRELIMINARIES, Mr. Charles Minton, the secretary of the club, officiated as one of the Regatta Committee, in place of Mr. Krebs, who was prevented by business from attending, and both he and his associates were kept busy all the morning attending to the necessary preliminary arrangements, despatching amarkboat to Block Island, providing a starting steamer, distributing messages, &c. By about ten o'clock the ficet began to move, and one after another they got their anchors and glided quietly out of the harbor. As the wina was light most of the yachts had their balloon topsails set, that on the Resolute being conspicuous for its enormous size. Getting outside the fleet ranged to and fro in the offing, while the last finishing touches were given to the racing prepara- tions; a sheet tightened here or a pull at the hal- yards there, and at last all were ready and omy waited for the committee boat, with the committee on board, to start them. Punctually at eleven o'clock she appeared, with Mr. Charles A. Minton and Mr. W. B. Bend on board, and took up a posi- tion under Fort Adams and abreast of the Dump- ling rocks, The wina was now a moderate work. ing breeze from southwest and the tide on the last quarter of the ebb. THE START. At 11:05 A. M. the whistle blew to foe to start; at 11:15 the starting whistle was heard, and after some little preliminary movements the boats all got over on the port tack except the Madeleine, which, in consequence of fouling the Magic, had to stand in shore toward the fort first. ‘The following is the oraer of the start :— scnoonxns. Madgie Peerless. 2 6 29 stoops. 19 5 Vinde: 7 » 33 The Resolute parted the pennant of her centre- board and could not start, and the Alice did not get across the line in time, BEATING OUT OF THE NARROWS, The start of the first five schooners being effected and so near each other, the contest for supremacy in beating out of the narrow seanstae was @ very pretty one, A tack or two made apparent that the Magic could out-sail the others, and successively she put the Tidal Wave, Eva and Foam to leeward of her and appeared to be crawling up towards the Viking, the new schooner built this year by Messrs. Poillon for Mr. Mahi Sands, and which appears to be sailing Lr pus | well for a boat on her first season. But the little Magic would not be denied, and every time the Viking crossed her bow it was at a less distance than be- fore. Ere long, however, the Madgie was observed picking her way daintily through the ficet until ‘here Was but @ short gap between her and the Eva, which was sticking to the foam like a leech. A TEST FOR TRE MAGIC. After sing Beaver Tall Lighthouse the Magic and the Tidal Wave stood off to the eastward, while the sloops and the other schooners hugged the western shore, making short tacks. The result of this Was made apparent when the Magic stood in shore again, which she did at about one P. M., and found that she could not weather the Foam at all, ana was barely able to get by the Eva. The Tidal Wave kept on her course to the eastward, and a ruinous tack she made of it, being opines finally to bear up and run for home without getting near the markboat qt all. TUE SLOOPS were doing some splendid sail about this time, and as they made their short tacks to and from they looked very pretty. The Vixen and Gracie stuck close together, and were rather better as to speed than the other sloops, The new yacht Meta, of the Bayonne Club, came out of the harbor and sailed over the course with the other sloops, but she did not appear to be doing much, and was beaten by both the Gracie and Vixen, The new sloop built this season at South Brook- lyn and named the Vision was doing very well, although not fully justifying the expectations of her builder, who thought before she was launched that she would beat everything of her class in the feet, which she certainly cannot yet do. She sailed well, however, and at this stage of the race there was really a sailing breeze and quite sufficient to display all the good qualities of the yachts. SQUALLY WEATHER. This, however, did not last long; a heavy bank of cloud had been gathering for some time in the southwest, and distant mutterings of thunder be- tokened @ squall. At about balf-past two o'clock Pp. M. the wind came out northwest, and from this time to three o’clock P. M. it was never steady for @ moment, shifting irom northwest to south-south- West—ten points in as many minutes. Tne Magic was swift to take advantage of this changing of the wind, and whenever it struck her ahead at all she was put round on | the other tack. There was a time when the Eva caught a favoring flaw and rangetl up past the Foam, and appeared to be challenging the Magic, but she could not hold her position, and soon fell astern of the Foam again. Favored by great good luck the Magic and the sloop Vixen. were able to fetch the murkboat, when almost immediately after the wind died al- most away, and the strong flood tide making to the eastward made it impossibie for the other schoon- ers to get up to the mark, TURNING THE MARKBOAT. The time of turning, so fgr as could be taken, was as follows :— ‘ 5 Name. HM. S&. | Name. HM, §. 15 00 Eva....... 406 | 15 00 Viking. 407 3 3% Foam 47 0} 7 Madgie 416 0 62 W Vecriess. 4a wo THE RUN HOME. | bgt | home there was hardly a breath of air, and the large kites that the dierent ro ehts sent up hung ily to the masts, Luckily the tide was food, or no boat could have male the race in the stipulated time of eight hours, it was, the | Magic did not have much to spare ie Eva was | steering straight for Point Judith, and the Viking | and Foum were heading a little more to the north- ward, as if expecting the wind to come from that quarter. The littie Peerless slowly gained on the fleet, and, passing through the sternmost boats, came up after the Viking, which was doing well in the ight air, The Eva kept the lead till about three miles from Brenton’s Reef lightship, when the king, which had been keeping more to the north- ward, came across and took a Slight lead. The Mad- eleine followed after the Eva, with the Peerless of her port bow. As the fleet came in past Bateman’s the Eva, which had been sailing remarkably well all day, caught a flaw and shot past the Viking; the Foam also came up, followed pretty closely by the Madeleine, Madgie and Peerless. CROSSING THE HOME LINE. They came up the harbor bow and bow, when, just before crossing the line, the Eva caught a puit which sent her across first of the secon’ batch and second boat in the fleet. The Magic and Viking | were bow and bow for third place, and the Madgie and Peerless brought up the rear. The Madeleine was alongside of the Foam. As she did not turn the stakeboat she was out of the race. The only yachts timed by the committee were the schooner Magic bea! the sloop Vixen, The following is their time of arrival:— Tine Time of Arrival. Race. Name. HT, M.S. AMS. Magic 7 03 00 741 0 Vixi 7:05 12 7 39 36 The tide turned soon after the arrival of those two yachts, and as there was hardly a breath of wind the committee decided that it was useless to remain longer on the station, and so returned to the harbor. ‘The Eva crossed the line at ten P. M., and the Foam was a few minutes behind her, THE RACK FIXED FOR TO-MORROW is the one for the Challenge Cup, between the Madgte, Commodore Loper, and the Tidal Wave, Commo- dore Voorhis; but as the owners have a meeting to-morrow morning the programme may be changed, To-nignt the Newport brass band went om in boats and serenaded the fleet, which compliment was acknowledged by some of the yachts by a dis- ee of fireworks. ( The schoolship Mercury arrived here this morn- ng. Tho ‘acht fleet in harbor has augumented by the arrival of the schooners Halcyon and Alarm, of the New York Yacht Club; the sloops Adder and Captain, of the Bayonne Yacht Club, and the sloop Coming, of the Eastern Yacht Club, WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, August 19, 1872, Awards of Contracts for Naval Supplies. Contracts for naval supplies for the present fiscal year, bids for which were opened in the Bureau of Construction and Repair of the Navy Department several weeks since, were awarded to-day as fol- lows:—Zinc, Merchant & Co., of Philadelphia; lum- ber, R. J. & W. Neily & Co., of Portsmouth, Va.; general supplies, Pillsbury, Webb & Co., of San Francisco; coal, Plaisted & McClellan, of Philadel- phia; belting and leather, Rockwell, Coye & Co., of San Francisco; lumber and timber, Wil- liam M, Shakspeare, of Dover, Del., and W. H. Sheldrake, of Farmington, Del.; lumber, Jason Springer, of San Francisco, and James A. Statts, of Portsmouth, Va.; paints and belting, James Symington, of New York; iron and charcoal, Taylor, Martin & Co., of Norfolk, Va.; lumber and timber, Frieky, Jewett & Co., of Boston; coal, Charles E. Walkerand & Co., of Portsmouth, N. H.; general supplies, William M, Walton, of New York; lumber, Watson & @ittinger, of Brooklyn; paints and oil, Whittier, Fuller & Co., San Francisco; lumber, William White, Portsmouth, Va.; white lead, Davis, Chambers & Co., Philadelphia; charcoal, John W, Hampton, Philadelphia; lumber and tim- ber M. Ammerman, Brookiyn; general supplies, D. Babcock & Co., New York ; stationery, William Bal- lantyne, Washington, D. C.; nails, E. Barston & Son, New York; semi-bituminous coal, Benrind & Brad- ley, Philadelphia; lumber, James Bigler & Co., New- burg, N. Y.; spruce, Ed. Clarke, Pittsfield, Mass, ; charcoal, W. T. Clarke, Vienna, Va.; general sup- plies, George H. Creedlow, New York; coal and wood, William Grinnell, Washington, D. C.; timber, J. W. Gaskill & Son, Philadelphia; general supplies, George P. Goff, Washington, D. C.; coal, George 8. Hoag, San Francisco; oil, Linseed O11 Manufac- turing Company of New York; lumber and coal, A. A. McCullough, Norfolk, Va.; ship chandlery, 8. 8.. Moore, Jr., Philadelphia; lumber, S, L. Mastich & Co., San Francisco; general supplies, Linforth, Kel- logg & Co., San Francisco, and Hyatt & Spencer, of New York, The Case of the Colored Cadet. General Howard having denied that he ever had @ny such conversation with the Secretary of War as that from which David Clark professed to quote his language, and asserted that he would not therefore have made so untrue a report, Mr. Clark calls up- on the Secretary to publish a letter written by him to General Howard, copies of which he was tn- formed, as he alleges, by that officer were placed in the hands of the President and the Secretary of War. Both the President and the Secre- tary of War deny that such copics were ever received by them, and assert that the idea of their having desired the dismissal of the colored cadet was presented to them for the first time in the letter from Mr. Clark, published in the Trihune of July 31, the absurdity of which they conceived to be fully demonstrated by the fact on record, that when the cadet was subsequently actually sen- tenced to be dismissed upon ample legal proof his sentence was mitigated by the substitution of an extremely light punishment. New Mail Route. The Postmaster General to-day ordered mail ser- vice on the Mississippi Valley and Eastern Railroad from Canton to Keokuk, twenty-two miles, at $1,100 per annum, from September 1. New National Bank. The Comptroller of the Currency has authorized the establishment of the First National Bank, of Clarinda, Iowa, with a capital of $50,000, and the Merchants and Planters’ Bank, of Montgomery, Ala., with a capital of $100,000, Oppressive Weather. Notwithstanding the recent rains, the weather continues oppressive, the thermometer to-day indi- cating from 98 to 96 degrees. THE OHICAGO WHEAT CORNER, CnricaGo, Il., August 19, 1872. The greatest excitement prevatied this after- noon in the wheat market, caused by an apparent or real collapse of the corner in that cereal. Wheat opened on 'Change this morning at $1 565¢ cash or seller August, but, owing to the large receipts during the past forty-eight hours, declined to $1 48 It rallied again and closed at $1 50. At the half-past three P.M. board sales were made as low as $149. The feeling of weakness was quite apparent, whieh soon amounted to almost @ panic. Amfd intense ex- citement the prices rapidly declined until $1 23 cash or seller August was touched. The decline in September options was less marked, opening ‘1 21%, and the last rates on the street were at 114. There Sipe be a difference of opinion as to whether the corner really is broken or not, some holding that the drop was made to stop the influx of wheat to the city, and that the clique will again advance the prices. Others assert that the corner is effectually broken, that the clique found it impossible to hold up against heavy re- ceipts which are beginning to pour in from every quarter, Five hundred and fifty-five cars of wheat were inspected to-day, and x bushels arrived, by water. It is claimed that the receipts have paca! increased day by day. All sorts of rumors are In circulation toetféct a sudden break in prices. Reports say that a large firm failed, but nothing {8 publicly known. To-morrow's market is looked forward to with intense excitement. UTAH AFFAIRS. SALT Lake City, August 19, 1972, Rev. Norman McLeod will lecture in the Eastern cities during the coming Winter in behalf of the anti-Mormons of Utah and in opposition to Tom Fitch, The charge against Moore, the ex-Postmaster of Ogden, of robbing the mail of $10,000, was dis- missed to-day at the preliminary examination, there being no evidence whatever. Brigham Young addressed andience of over five thousand at n yesterday. Histopics were young men and maidens, whom he urged to marry; the encouragement of the Sabbath schools, the advancement of Utah, immigration of poor, faith and prayer and tithing and offering. ‘SHOOTING A WIFE. Boston, August 19, 1872. James McElhaney was arraigned in court to-day | for shooting his wile on Saturday evening and fully committed to await the action of the Coroner's | inquest, i KILLED IN A ROW. NeW ORLEANS, La., August 19, 1572. Richard Hale, Jr., was shot and killed in @ row | with negroes at Webber's store, in Feleciana parish, on Saturday, MUSIC AT THE BATTERY. The Department of Public Parks announce that, if the weather is fine, there will be music by the Central Park Band at the Battery Park to-day from five to seven P. M. 7 iTHE BALTIMORE BANK ROBBERY. A Novel Method to Rob the Third National Bank. AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF PLUNDER. More than a Quarter of a Million in Money’ and Securities Taken, BALTIMORE, Md., August 19, 1872. On opening the Third National Bank of this city, on South street, near Second, this morning, it waa found that the vault had been entered and a large amount of money, &c., carried off. An investiga- tion disclosed a large opening, leading from an ad- joining building, occupied since June 15 by Stabler & Co., grain merchants, who rented it, pay- ing for six months in advance, from John Ss, Gittiers & Co., late bankers, The rooms of Stabler were three front ofices and two back rooms, one ot which was used as a private office. In this, BEHIND A LARGE PICTURE or chart, an opening had been cut three feet square into the solid brick wall, as far as the iron plate of the bank vault, three-elghths of an inch thick Eighteen inches square of this was cut out, and @ hole in the bricks beyond, nine by thirteen inches, the entire thickness of the wall being thirty-nine inches, Two safes were within—a burglar proof, unhurt, containing over one hundred thousand dol- 4 lars, and another, which was opened with a jack- screw. From this was taken $35,000 In bank notes and $15,000 in government bonds. Over $100,000 of private deposits in securities, stocks, &c., was taken. A watchman was Kept constantly on duty in the bank, but he maintains he ftid not hear the slightest noise, The men left behind them a number of the most perfect tools used by burglars, the use of some of which were unknown to the detectives, The re- mains of WINE AND FOOD Bhow that they certainly did not mean to make the task an unpleasant one. The débris from the hole was carefully concealed, some ina drawer in Sta- bler's private office, and others in a vault. A quan- tity of wearing apparel was also left behind bear- ing no name that could lead to detection, A pair of pants were found, however, still damp with perspi- ration, conclusively showing they had been re- cently worn. There was no dirt on the carpet of the private oMce. It is stated the loss to the bank will not impair its credit. TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD has been offered for the detection of the robbers, but as yet noclue has been obtained of the bur- lars, Two young men came here in the month of pril, and after examining the building next to the bank rented the offices from Gittings. The officers of the bank found the door of the broken vault barred on the inside, and every means appears to have been emyloyed in order to give the robbers as much start as possible, THE LOSSES. s The officersof the bank set forth their losses by the burglars as follows :— $57,000 in greenbacks and National Bank notes, of which eight notes are of $100 each, and twenty- four of $50 each, of the Thira National Bank; and the following bonds, held as collateral securities :— Northern Central Railroad, $2,500; North Carolina State bonds, $11,500; Martetta and Cincinnatt Rail- road bonds, $1,000; United States five-twenty bonds, $1,500; also Western Maryland Raflroad bonds, $2,000. The individual losses of depositors having boxes in the vault cannot be ascertained, as many of them are out of town. ‘The total of the losses will probably amount to several hundred thousand dollars, It was swindled to the amount of $6,500 some time ago by a forged certified check. It ts under- stood to have large deposits in New York and to suffer little from this loss. $650 was paid by the robbers for six months rent. : CAPTURE OF STOLEN GOODS. The Proprietress of a Low Bagnio In~ forms the Police of an Important Rob- bery. Sunday afternoon Captain McCullough, of the £ighth precinct, received iniormation from Madame Laura, proprietress of a notorious “female” den at 133 Greene street, that some suspicious par- ties had called at her bagnio for the pur- pose of disposing of a valuable lot ot property, consisting of clocks, &c., valued at $3,000, which they would willingly sell for $400. which fact was reported to SuperirMendent Kelso yesterday afternoon, As the Madame had been closely haunted by this vigilant Captain she surmised it would be to her advantage to “give the case away” and thus endeavor to ingratiate herself into his good will. She accordingly sent to the station house and informed the Captain of the facts of the case. The latter requested her to make arrangements for the delivery of the property, and last night lay in wait opposite er bagnio for the appearance of the persons who were to come with the yaterious property. About half-past nine o'clock he was awarded by seeing a coach drive up in front of her place, on the inside of which was a trunk and a young man about nineteen years of age. He immediately crossed the street and ordered the coachman to drive to the station house, where, upon examining the trunk, it was found to contain one bronze piece with three figures, one bronzed candlestick and @ large French bronze, black marbie clook, all valued at $3,000. The driver of the coach gave his name as James Lanrence, 18 years of age. The person found inside the coach represented him- self as George Coffey, 19 years of age and stated the property had been entrusted to his custody at the New Haven depot by some unknowa person to deliver to Madame Laura. The pro- perty and supposed thieves are at the Eighth pre- cinct station house, BAD ACCIDENT AT A PIONIO. A Little Girl Killed by an Express Train. PHILADELPHIA, August 19, 1872, A sad and fatal accident occurred this evening at Tacony. The children of St. Peter's churcn, Girard avtnue, had been on a picnic there during the day, and while awaiting the return of the ex- cursion train from this city, about the railroad, near the station, the four o'clock express train from New York, thirty minutes late, came thunder- ing by, and before the children, who were on the track by hundreds, could jump on one side the engine struck a little girl named Sauer, of Ran- dolph street, aged about ten years, killing her instantly. The anguish of her parents at the aight of the body is indescribable. THE BRISTOL'S VIOTIM. ~ British Bark to Be Raised by Divers, &c. Newront, R. L, August 19, 1872. Divers will begin operations on the bark which was sunk by the Bristol to-morrow morning. Mr. Waters, who was formerly connected witn the New York Submarine Wrecking Company, is here to superintend the work of raising the bark. A OOLORED GREELEY MEETING. EVANSVILLE, Ind., August 19, 1872. 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