The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1872, Page 8

s 7 Opening of the Fashionable Camp Meet- _ | ings at Jersey and Long Island. DCEAN GROVE AND SEA CLIFF GROVE. Re Degencracy of the Religious Spirit and the Activity of Land Speculation. i; CAMP AUCTIONS AND NOT CAMP MEETINGS, A Gmoll Attendance and but Little Godly Fervor and Religious Zeal. %okn Chamberlain a Subject for the Prayers __ NSW YORK: HERALD, THURSDAY, The Preatdent of the association Opens’ tne Meeting at half-paat seven by giving out U-~ hymn, all who dwell beneath the sky ia t the Creator's praise arise, and then In a brief but vigorous an“, earnest prayer invoked the Divine blessing upoP. the camp mee' if gna upon all who might attend it, at all times an all places, Mr. Rtokes then briefty’explained what the pres- ent camp meeting, whlen is the third held at Ocean Grove, was going % be like. Services had been held on the grovnd every evening for several weeks, he sald, tat now the senson had come when they were abop‘ to go into the battle, and when it ‘was time for ‘hem to buckle on their armor. This eamp meetiog was one of exceptional importance. any peeple still re; ed such work as merely an experiment, and it was to be hoped that. this gathering would show fruits worthy of the efforts that were made, Not only were there souls to be saved, but those already egved should be sanctified and built up, 80 that the original purpose of the association—‘‘holiness to the Lord’’—might be achieved. To secure these things work and prayer were needed, and he hoped that they would all work and pray with all their heart and soul and strength. He closed by announc- ing the programme of services, which is certainly longenough, At the camp ground there will be public services at ten A. M., half-past two P, M. and seven P. M., and at what is called the Tabernacle ‘Tent, a small covered pavilion nearby, and at Dr, Ward's tent there will be additional services at yarious héurs from five in the. mo tll might, No bathi will be allowed henceforth until the close of the camp meeting, next Friday week, be- of the Congregation, OCEAN GROVE CAMP MEETING, OcHAN Grove, N. J., August 21, 1872, @oean Grove is another of those curious Summer gettiements which have sprung up during the past Yew years in the neighborhood of our great cities ‘amder the auspices of the National Camp Meeting jAssociation, and which have for their object the gmingling of pleasure and plety, of recreation and fedemption, According to the wicked and the un- @haritable it has already proved a very satisfactory and profitable pecuniary operation for its founders; ‘but then, of course, the unsanctifled many always ‘sooff and sneer at the prosperity of the family of "sracl, What, after all, could be more natural “wan ita success if its affairs have been managed th anything like a just regard for those princl- pies of business wisdom which enjoy the respect of «aint and sinner alike? The Ohurch, in modern zea, has always numbered among its supporters many of the moneyed leaders of society, and with 4% little aid from these golden pillars of the taber- ‘uaele it was found easy to float the project into @moothly running order, A tract of land very favorably altuated for the site of a Summer ‘Watering place, only six miles from Long Branch, and with an admirable beach, was @elected and purchased, and then tne Legislature @f the State ot New Jersey was persuaded without @iMoulty to grant a charter containing tlie amplest ra to the irreproachably pious gentlemen who @mnounced themselves as the trustees of this pro- (Powed colony of Zion. The charter obtained, tho ‘work went briskly forward, The ground was accu- Yately surveyed and mapped off into lots, and the Petnctpal avenues and streets were cleared and famed and constructed, with more or less regard #0 permanence. Ther‘a big camp meeting was an- mounced, and the disposal of the lots began, Tho grand idea underlying th scheme was one that ®ommanded the respect of every loyal member of he household of faith. This was nothing less than eo relapse, with certain necessary modifications, Into the simple and delightful tyranny of the patri- ‘@rohal system of government, and thus secure an exemption from the temptations of the wicked. fhe new town, so it was solemnly promised, was to be inhabited by the devout and the regenerate lone; and though, as Christ pointed out, the good God makes His sun to shine and His rain to fall tm the righteops and the unrighteous alike, yet it was deliberately proclaimed as a wise and humane policy by these modern believers in the Gospel that ‘the unsanctjfied should not be permitted to reside pide by side with the sanctified, but that they gould be shut out from the constant contempla- on of the shining lights of Israel uniess they chose ‘to relinguish certain privileges which democratic ations teach us are right, and abandon cer- carnal pleasures which, until the present gen- pration, were looked upon by no one, in the Church ter out of it, ag vicious, True, the wicked were to Be invited and entreated to come in and attend @e services in the Jocal churches, and if they would only consent to “get religion” and gerade themselves as ‘fruits of the camp qmecting” much, indeed, would be made $f them, and they would bo received by the breth- fen, and by the sisters too, with open arms, But ais, after all, is very much like the permission nted 40 thé servants of an aristocratic family to erge from the kitchen for afew minutes each ning and evening and in the intervals of famil, votion And luxuriate in the splendors of thi parior—which is not a Prager ae basis of ad- i state itizen, indeed, with an unwashed feared rr et" ls manhood 80 as to fall adécept hospitality on terms omnili- . It was practically said him, “You are 9 7, and you might corrap! and contaminate movae, and so we can't Nave you to stop with ; but if you will promise seers yourself you comé jn now and then to see how we are, if you try to be like us we don’t mind making one of ourselves.” To even the worst of men ‘@ speech as that is not a sugar-coated pill. low look at what has been done under the sani fon of the State of New Jersey, which is supposed, 8 member of the Federal Union, to have a sincere for the maintenance of free institutions, In prder to enable the founders of the new town to 7 out the scheme of a pure and unadulterated janity of pious people, and pious people alone, ir ol er has granted absolute and intermin- er to @ handful of men within the limits of if [the tomer Bf the colony, To still further confirm their power, Phey will nof sella single lot, but lease out their fround on the old feudal system of tenure for a at sears. No resident upon this sacred soil is id to have any voice whatever in the man- ment of the atid in which he has been lish enough to acquire 4 domicile. He is warned, fs true, when he goes there, that regulations of the infant town are strict, and t he won’t be allowed tochange or modify them. o whiskey, and not even a glass of lager, is allowed 9 be imported within its precincts, and in seasons camp meeting no one must prolong a visit out- ide the gates after half-past ten o'clock, under in of being kept out until the morning. Boating nd even bathing are rigidly prohibited on the bbath day. It has been proposed, so it is sald, to cree the abolition of tobacco smoking, aud per- pa the edict may further when all the lots | Mn disposed of, and the absolute power of e,trustees is not tempered with an inducement things for the present mildly endurable. now aman finds himself hampered at every With all sorts of blue law regulations, and in future the tendency will probably be towards a er tightening of this medimval legislation. Bo far, however, the scheme has been very suc- , aud it must be confessed that the people ig At the grove do not themselves as yet com- in of the institutions under which they live. But cannot hefp thinking about what will be the @tate of opinion among them in the course of her quarter ofa century. Suppose a man ac- res a lot there now, while he is a good Methodist Presbyterian and a rigid temperance man, and the course of a few years, after he has become roughly accustomed to the place and has grown regard it as a permanent Summer bome, he #8 his opinions and comes to think that ch @ is not Ly ee damnation, and that he: be reached by other doors than that of th Momination which he leaves. ge property over the police and He will then hy | ell his veeted interests, probably at a Brent nacre, sce, and depart, for the authorities will not al- | him to bring in a caso of Heidsick or and will certainly put a veto upon any proposition to erect a church of any other than wh® are, in their eyes, the sole orthodox gectas and, bearing in mind the constant changes of opin: jon With a people so thoughtful as ourselves, tt ig — certain that there Will be, in the future of iN Grove, many such cases, Involving great lah and injustice to individuale, may beraid that every man who Grove wives pecuniary bonds that remain Obureh bargain. Indeed, tt es to Ocean he will forever scopalian, and a total abstaimer into the greatteature of the year at Ocean Grove 1s Forward itsennaal camp meeting, which ts looked rd to, ih this little earthly Jerusalem, with Profoundes\emotions of pleasure and delight. One for the Iresent year was inau, ted last t, and, unformnatciy, under by no means ver on ‘auspices,ag the’ attendance, in spite o! J of the preachers, was limited to ao four hundred, There is no tabernacle con- Fe ab yet, like that at Sea Cit, though there be soon, and #0 the meeting was held in the nRairin the midst of a grove of young forest |. The reats were of the rudest possible charac- and here and there sharp apiinters would re- je 4n incautious worshipper that he was not is + HB Net-cushtonea pew, re salvation is preached for a dollar or two, Was nearing the Gospel from gratuitons ee ete hs, however, rather a handsome covered platform for the clergy, and gas lamps— gas Jam) re sprinkled about the auditorium, Make loom decidedly bright and cheerful, Was largely—perbaps about png Methodist, or a Presbyterian or a Low | tween the hours of ten and twelve and two and ur, After a hymn Dr. WALLIS was then'introduced, and made an address, which, though somewhat doubt- ful and querulous in tone, abounded in passages of vigorous rhetoric, He said he had looked forward to the sgecenng Pee of this Tassie with arent anxicty, as he felt that, as his brother had said, it was ono of exceptional importance, and that it formed a crisis in the history of the association, Coming from Philadeiphia, he had counted on the seats close by him members of no less than five other denominations, all drawn to Ocean Grove to see for themselves what the camp meeting move ment anonnied CY Angie heetirens sand: alt remember that, greatly as needed, failure was possible. He had himself prayed God to bless this meeting while trembling with fears for its success, and he had no doubt that similar prayers had been made for many weeks previously by others, What was most needed was the preservation of Christian liberty in the meetings, 80 that the members of other de- ominations might see and understand that while fh sarap meeting they were not Methodists nor Presbyterians, but Oh ae above all. ‘The President of the meeting at the close of Dr. Wallis’ speech, which made a curiously unpleasant impression Spon the congregation and made them a as though there was something very dreadful roing to happen before the tad meeting ended, fastened to the front and sms ined that he never stopped to think whether a Christian was an Epis- Copalian or a Presbyterian or a Baptist; he always took him by the hand and called him brother. And he wanted his brother who had last spoken to re- member that if there were members of other de- nominations present that was no cause for alarm or despondency. They had come to help the mecting, not to hinder it. Another hymn was then sung, and Brother In- skip made a powerful address, which stirred the meeting very strongly and roused the old fame that has made so many grounds famous. Hitherto the proceedings had been dull and tame, with just suspicion of latent discontent somewhere, but every one soon settled down, under the influence of this new vein of oratory, into serious, earnest wor- ship. “Hallelujah,” “Biess the Lord,” and “Glory,’’ mingled with groans and soba from penitent back- sliders, and though the excitement at no time reached a height such as veteran observers of camp meetings have witnessed, yet it was, froma camp-meeting point of view, decidedly satisfactory and full of promis ofa rich harvest of souls before the end of the present gathering. There followed some dozen or £0 of “testimontes”” from various members of the congregation, but none of them were very interesting or remarkable. ‘The only two worth special notice were those of a couple of ministers’ sons, whose fathers had died happy deaths during the past year. But even these are scarcely worth transferring into type. The meeting adjourned early, and the camp ground by ten o'clock was quiet as the grave. You wiil easily see from the foregoing that the prospects of the present meeting are by no means 80 good as they might be, and that the tone pervad- ing it ls as yet somewhat despondent. But it is much too early to tell definitely what itis going to amount to, The attendance is almost certajn to become more numerous towards the end of tho week, and a full house of course always adds to the magnetio fervor and interest of auch a gathering. Then, as soon as it is known that things are lively over at the Grove, a are influx of visitors may be counted upon from the Branch, and a few may, per- haps, be brought to a sense of their depravity and wickedness, and carry their sins and their diamond breast pins up to the anxious seat. John Chamber- lain, for example, would be an admirable subject for the prayers of the Clap sibs dar and as he fs the one object at the Branch that they have all heard of, while but few of them have expended the dollars necessary to interview him, they would be delighted to have a look at aus frame, standing boldly forth from the ranks of the sin- Usetli pl like “Saul from among the children of rae! SEA CLIFF GROVE CAMP MEETING. Sea CiirF Grove, L. I., August 21, 1872. The second camp meeting of the year was inangu- rated at this beautiful spot on Tuesday. A HERALD Teporter, who had attended a good many places in his life, but who has been brought up in sucha state of barbarism that he has never been to one of these gatherings of tho terrestrial saints, was de- puted tobe present at the opening ceremonies on Long Island's sea girt shore. At nine o'clock in the mornfhg some hundreds of people were waiting at Peck slip to catch the early boat for the happy camping ground, but owing to some irregularity in the hour of sailing the steamer ‘was more than three hours late. While waiting on the pier they presented a curious and interesting “spectacle, having peculiarly sanctified and religious look, very different from the crowds that usually surround the pier at Peck slip. There might be seen old women, gray-haired and tottering— “mothers in Israel’ and grandmothers in New York—in eager anticipation of the one delight of their failing years—the yearly visit to the taber- nacles of the blessed. Grave looking old men, sombre young men and sedate maidens, with here and there a sprightly girl, her wavy figure clad in Dolly Varden, made up the moticy but highly re- spectable gathering. The long and weary wait for the boat was borne with Christian patience, and at twelve o'clock the Arrowsmith, with her precious cargo on board, sped swiftly up the river, the majority of those on board looking and striving to realize the line— The world forgetting, by the worid forgot. After a pleasant sail of two hours Sea Cliff Grove hove in sight, a thickly wooded promontory, with a United States flag fying from its highest peak. The situation of the grove is extremely beautiful, and the location is admirably adapted to the pious purposes to which it is put, Facing the Sound it has a mile of river front with a delightful strand; behind it ts the pretty village of Glen Cove, which on either side bays put in, which are thickly studded with bathing boxes. From the heigitts & view of the Sound, crowned with the white sails of innumerable craft, can be obtained for miles either way, and on the opposite shore a charming spectacle is presented of waving forest trees, mounts and mossy dales, The extent of the ground owned by the Sea Clift Grove Association is 241 acres, which has cost, with the improvements that have been made upon it, something like two hundred and ten thousand dol- lars, This is the first year it has been used religious purpose, and the design of the proj: is to make it the most attractive Summer retreat in the vicinity of the city, A tabernacle has already been erected, surmounted with a handsome dome, capable of seating 6,000 ersons; two com- modious dining rooms, in which excel- lent food is served at reasonable rates | two Jodging houses, @ preachers’ house and a number of cottages. An old women's house is | in process of erection, designed to accommodate | fifty persons during the Summer months, the ex- ese of which has been 60 far borne by a single ndividual, Mr. Richardson, A hotel is to be erected on the south side; fronting the river, and Wili be ready for occupancy next year, Numerous other improvements are contemplated, and, as the institution is at present more than sol-supporting, pane no doubt put they will be successfully com- This is the second meeting of the year that has been held here, the last one in July having been very numerously attended, The number of people on the grounds at the present time ia very small, and they are coming in very slowly. The services are under the direction of Dr. Merwin, the presid- ing elder of the district, and are numerous enough for the most hungry and thirsty soul, The opening proper did not ocetir until seven o'clock in the evening, at which time about two hundred persons were thinly scattered through the huge tabernacle, Whether owing to the small audience or the heat of the night, the opening was entirely lacking in enthusiasm, the hymns were badly sung, the prayers lacked vim and the ad- dresses were spiritiess. Tho service was com- menced by the singing of the hymn, Oh, for a thousand tongues to sin, My great Redeemer's praise, ® which, after one or two false starts, was finally got upon the right key, and had it not been for an old Jady who persisted in singing @ high treble, though her presence was unintentially grave, the music ‘Was tolerably good, At@ camp meet @ great Agal depends upon tho Gret prayer, amd here op unfortunate selection was made, the clergyman who * scarcely ping frome pe rely co! way hy e' it some tite oases te oF the meeting would prove & failure, 809 gentleman started to his feet and, without announcement, pitched his volce in ite highest key, singing, Come, Hi Spirit, vely dove, With all ening powe Ki fh ailuantce a love = in these cold hearts of ours, ther Re; @ venerable old clergyman, with a wealth of white hair streaming down his, back, now knelt and offered up a fervent prayer which had its desired effect, judging from the bab dued groans, audible emotYon and loud amens which greeted it, Anothey impromptu sung at the conclusion of the prayer, which Dr. Merwin delivered an address the necessity of salvation, concludin with @ hope that the seasion whic was being opened would be the most useful meet- ing of the kind ever held on Long Island—a senti- Ment which was endorsed by loud and prolonged mens, A few more short addresses were made, other hymns were sung, and the audience did not disperse until the sound of the bell warned all to retire to rest. By the dim light of the line chandeliers on! an imperfect view of the godly could be obtaine: but -the impression of thé reporter was that the prettiest girls in the city do not go to camp Meeting, and that quite a number of ugly ones do, Now and then a gracefal and airy creature would flit in and demurely take a seat, but these wore Uke vig yf visits, few and far between, the majori- of women presenting that strong-minded and short-haired appearance which is so suggestive of a woman's rights meeting. The men were much of the same type, honest and sturdy looking. Seem- ingly fashionable Methodfsts stay away from these herings, for none were visible at Sea Oliff Grove, fey doubtless preireaee fascinations of Long Branch and Saratoga. to the more homely asgocia- tions of the band of pilgrims on Lon; nd. In the congregation will be found the old man, who has not been absent from “camp meetin’ for ni forty years;”’ the middle-aged man who means rivet tho old man, and the young man just startii out in the race, The ministers are all experience in the work, having been at it for years, many hay- ing grown gray tn the service: ‘he service over, every one retired to bed, and by eleven o'clock there was complete silence in tho little encampment. ‘The beds provided are clean and comfortabie, and in addition there is an entire absence of those pests of city life and curses of humauity—bugs and fleas. Were it not fora stinging rebuke occasionally received from a mos- quito, or the consciousness at Intervals that there is a cockroach slowly making its way up your back, one would be supremely happy; but these little drawbacks seem as reminders that in the smooth- est places of varth there can be found rough and thorny ways. The reporter had Just settled down into his third sleep when he was awakened by to him an unusval noise. Jumping up, he found that it was clear day- light, and that the noise was produced by tho stal- wart voice of a saint, who was leading a prayer meeting of a faithful few in the Tabernacle. How- ever attractive such service at so early an hour may be to some highly. strung minds, it certainly seems to people that it it is stretching the thing a little too far to arouse our encampments with noisy devotions at five o’clock in the morning. But there was no alterna- tive, everyone was aroused and, as it was im- possible to go to sleep again by reason of the files, they made a virtue of a necessity and got up. Breakfast was partaken of at seven, and then there was more prayer in the praying tents, which are separated short distances from each other like stations in a Catholic church. In most of the private tents the same devotions were carried on, and the strains of an organ or a melodeon, mingled with the sweet voices of the singers, could be heard issuing from them in all directions. At the close of this part of the programme a breathing time was allowed until ten o’clock, and the many saints and the fair swimmers dispersed in all directions in search of relaxation and amuse- ment, most of fhem going down to the river, access to which ts gained by a fight of steps leading down the precipice. A person standing at the bottom of the precipitous ascent would have visions of Jacob and his ladder brought to the mind's eye, would be involuntarily forced to exclaim, is a hard road to travel.” All who can get accommodated go in swimming, boxes being provided free, and the appearance of the short-haired women in the water, dressed in blue costumes, was marvellously like that ofa num- ber of Indian squaws fresh from the Plains, Men and women go in together, and itis no unusual thing to see an entire family—father and mother, acouple of pretty girls and two or three unruly ja epee bathing together. Psa e ten o’clock bell warned all that business had again commenced, and t@e show was suddenly abandoned for the tabernacle. An excellent ser- mon was preached by the Rev. Richard Wheatley, of the New York Conference, after which another abortive effort was made to get upa little more spirit and excitement; but the intense heat of the day proved too much for the faith of the clergymen, and they were forced to abandon the eae * At one o’clock a children’s meeting was held. at two there was more preaching, at four an old woman's meeting and at five a young people’s meeting. This is to be the programme for the week. e following distinguished clergymen are expected to be ipnene during the session of the camp meecting:—Bishop Harris, Dr. Stephen Tyng, Dr. einer Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown, of Liver- pant. Dr. Eddy, of Baltimore; Dr. Newman, of ib a In and many others. The afternoon boat on yesterday took down a good many people to the city, thinning the already sparse phew 9 When the crowd from the camp meeting got on board three Sisters of Charity occu- pied seats in the stern, having taken the steamer at Glen.Cove, The saints looked at the sisters with much the same feelings that Billy Crow, in “Charles O'Malley,” regarded the Catho- lic Bishops on _ the Galway coach before he was assured by Mickey that they were true-blue Orangemen, “No more nor less than the three Mr, Frenchs, of Tallybash.” The Sisters could not comprehend where the unusual number of prim-looking men and women came from until they were onlightened by a lady, and they immediately turned their backs upon the godly, remaining in that position all the way down. An Irish pacrinet came on board at Whitestone and paid thirty cents fare. Seeing such an unusual crowd he thought he had a rich harvest, and ex- erted himself to the utmost, at the same time play- ing the pipes and’ accompanying the music by ‘unting like a pig, mewing like a horse, singing like a blackbird and crowing like a cock. He col- lected twenty-five cents, and when last seen was in a terrible state of desperation, being heard to mutter ominously about Methodists in general and camp meetings in particular. The city was reached at seven o'clock, after a pleasant trip of two hours. THE BROOKLYN GRAIN SHOVELLERS? STRIKE Attack on the Non-Society Men—The Strikers Clubbed by the Police. It was supposed that the trouble among the grain shovetiers or “longshoremen had subsided, and that the men would return to, their work to-day. The majority employed by the grain elevating companies quit work on Monday because two of the soclety men were discharged, and, as alleged, they threatened to drive off all men whom the Yom- panies employed. On Tuesday the police were called upon to protect the men. The society men did not attempt to carry out their threat then, but last night they assembled in the vicinity of the Atlantic dock in considerable force. The polico were appri x of the fact and made preparations to suppress any violent demon- stration on their part. Sergeant Cornell, of the First precinct, was ordered by Inspector Folk to take @ squad of men to the International Company's elevator Manhattan. Seventy-five or eighty of the strikers made thetr appearance on the docks and made some threats, At four o'clock the Sergeant ordered the dock to be cleared of all parties except the men who were at work. The police compelled the strikers to leave, and all the entrances were closed except one, The crowd increased in the street and re- matned until six o’clock, when the men employed by the companies quit work. They repatred to the Fulton ferry under the protection of the police, and, after ok | them upon the boat, the police made a raid on the rioters, clubbing some of them severely. The club of one of the ofMcers flew out out of his hand as he was about to strike one of the rioters, and striking a cobble stone glanced up and struck a woman over the eye, inflicting a severe cut, It § said that the Woman was the wife of one of the strikers. She was taken to her home in Main street by the police. Preparations have been made by the police to suppress any trouble which may arise to-day. THE DROWNING OP PRANK A, 8TELLE OFP 8TATEN ISLAND, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— In your article of yesterday, under the heading of “A Mysterious Affair at Staten Island,’ we would like to state that we had no whiskey on our boat. The facts of the case are as follows:—Mr. Frank A. Stelle, Mr. 8. T, Nickerson and EF, Van Zandt wgnt out sailing last Sunday, and when half a mile off Staten Island Mr, Stelle, while passing from one end of the boat to the other, fell over poard, and as he could not swim went to tne bottom and was instantly drowned; and although we waited round the spot for nearly an hour he failed to rise ‘alu. AN oar was instantl thrown out by ir. Nickerson and myself, but all was unavailing. Information — was ven to the police authorities at Staten Island, rooklyn and New York, but the body has not yet een recovered, We particularly wish to state that nothing of an intoxicating nature was on the boat, and our article ig incorrect in stating that ir. Stelle fell overboard in reaching a demijohn of whiskey. Mr. Stelle, the deceased gentleman, had been Ce ed for man; years with Messrs. R. P, Buck 0., Of Soutl street, and more latterly in partnership with Mr. Micketson, Whe was er lf jn loading and dis arging w 2 bei ue i at E. VAN ZANDT, KIDNEY T. NickERSON, 32} Bouth street, AUGUST 22, 1872~T;IPLE SHERT! "THE JERSEY BIB’ gHaM, , are The Day After the “gr ening of the Indus- trial Exhibit’ (o_orhe Enginery Still in Embry*_a seventy-five Thousand Dolley ‘Jase Inside of Two Square Feet=‘snemeld and Birmingham Oat. *acne—An Art Gallery Fizzle. “ According to the statement of the ticket receivers ofthe Newark Industrial Exhibition, the HeRaLp was correct yesterday in estimating the crowd at the opening of the preceding night at about two thousand five hundred. The officers say the opening was successful in every respect far beyond their expectations, A visit to the exhibition building yesterday afternoon found oflcers and exhibitors still busy putting the placo in order, a state it will not be in for several days yet. Many manufacturers held back their goods for display until they were fully assured that “it would pay.”” Such is the enterprise of a great number of Newark’s business men. Now, since the affair gives every promise of being an as- sured success, the exhibitors are going in with a rush, and in afew days there will not be a spare inch of show space. There is one thing needed to make the show all that its sincerest friends could desire, and that is—on the part of the proper com- mittee—a beral use of printers’ ink in New York, Boston, Philadelphia and intermediate centres, so er it into the people that there is in Newark, N. J., an_ exhib! dustries, tho ou of whit not be shown in any other erican city. On this point it is claimed the committee have heretofore Manifested the reverse of liberality, It is not that newspapers like the HERALD need advertising pap to procure ‘‘a local notice,” but there are other legitimate ways of pressing the art preservative into use—such as circulars, handbills, &c. THE FINEST DISPLAYS in the exhibition so far are of jewelry, hardware, table and pocket cutlery, harness hardware and edge-tools, There was placed in position yester- day a case of splendid Jewelry at once costly and exquisite in workmanship and finish. The case in the segregate ig worth $75,000, It includes a solitaire diamond, unset, worth $15,000; $6,000 diamond ring, fn unset emeraid, worth $2,500, and a number o! rings, Worth each $1,000, The display of harness, harness hardware and horse equipments generally is the finest imaginable. Newark is famed the world over for these productions, and the showing tn the exhibition proves her right and title to the fame. The table and pocket cutlery, edge-tool and Japanned work show fully justifies Newark in her claim to be called not only the career peg? but the ShefMleld of America, ‘The English cities named could turn out nothing finer than is on exhibition in Newark, Heap Ha of travel and experience, In fact, in the matter of cutlery, Newark now sends orders to England instead oi getting them from there, John Bull will have to look to his laurels. ‘The display of edgetools is also very fine. A tasty lotof trunksand travelling bags were being placed in position yesterday. ‘The machinery de- Partment is stijin embryo, and will not be in apple- Pie order for several days to come, Besides those hamed there are numerous choice articles on dis- play of wearing appare:, male and female, and per- sonal ornaments, from a Fiskean diamond shirt stud to a brilliant bridal set or beauteous belle’s back hair, Articles of household adornment and me are also on hand, including a fine lot of patent baby jumpers, IH ART GALLERY TH is deserving of mention; but alas for Newark’s fine art notions, the mention cannot in truth be honor- able. However Newark may excel in artistic me- chanics and handicraft of ail sorts, it is clear that she has no ihe claims to be called an artistic city, at least, jndging from the display of home produc- tions in the “art Gallery” of the Rink. Moran has a splendid painting there, which looks out of place among the ambitious efforts of elegant amateurs. A number of paintings are on exhibition which are most remarkable for their elegant frames. But this part of the exhibition may yet be improved, THE REGATTA WEEK AT COWES. Scenes in the Harbor—Dirty Wceather— The Iumination of the Yachts at Night—The Royal Yacht and the Ameri- can Frigates Brilliantly Lighted. (Cowes, August 9, correspondence Daily News.) nti] noon to-day the rain poured down with- ont stopping, and it thundered heavily. After- wards the sun shone with actual flerceness, the sky over the mainland remaining, however, wild, and covered with masses of weird-looking clouds, A handful of nautical men, to whom wet weather, probably, 1s a thing which never enters into their calculation, proceeded as a matter of course to the Parade under the club house walls to see the cutter yachts start, but they seemed quite as depressed as the ruesome individuals at the windows, who found themselves high and dry weatherbound. The wind seems to have tried every point of the compass dur- ing the twelve hours. That, at least, was our experience on shore—a reservation very essen- tial to make when the wind has been 8d capricious as it has during the last two days. The avternoon was happily fine enough to make amends to some extent for the privations suffered by the forced se- clusion of the morning. Cowes mere it up 80 late last night that, perhaps, the opportunity for alittle exgra repose was grateful rather than otherwise. Aller yesterday's parcel had been despatched across the water the rain set in without premonition or apology. The sports of the town regatta were over, and the Albe: with the royal children merry as sand-boys on board, had steamed round into Osborne Bay. How many hundreds or thou- sands of people were by dusk assembled along the Parade it would be hard to on but where the; came from and what they did with themselves uit{- mately, Was and isa puzzle not to be read. The Most extensive preparations had been made for @ grand display of fireworks; but as the biggest pieces had been elaborately built up before dark and fixed ready for lighting, they simply answered the purpose of an experiment to decide how much drenching fireworks will stand before their ex- plosive properties disappear. The public, how- ever, cared not a button for an experiment of that nature; wher. had set their minds on the fireworks, and grieved pitcously that the weather had robbed them of the tit-bits of the pyrotechnic art. Still the rockets went a en! way in more senses than one; and, fortunately for everybody, the rain abated for precisely the hour required to burn all the material which tie public subscription had provided, The prettlest part of the affair was the illumination of the yachts in the roadstead. With the ordinary be urning at the mastheads, the fleet seen from the beach had all the effect of a well-lighted town which the traveller in the dark views thankfully from afar, Last night the yachts changed their character somewhat. They bombarded each other with rockets and Roman candles and exposed them- selves to the gaze of landsmen and landswomen by a copious use of colored lights. The Queen's yacht, the Victoria and Albert, was the most successful, She was lighted up with lime,light jets so as to show her entire outline and the shape of her paddie boxes was clearly defined by red lamps, The fireworks were the best also, The roadsted was @ most wonderful sight, beyond doubt. The yachts, which had been distributed over the blue Solent aed the day, had arrived at their moorings—white-winged birds roosting after @ day’s flight. As far as the eye could reach east and west the line of twinkling lanterns extended, and as the fireworks and, illu- minations burst out, now from one yacht an@mow from another, they cast a flood of light upon all their neighbors within a large area. But the Vic- toria and Albert always excelled in what she under- took. The American frigates illuminated also, The Cowes boatmen, knowing perchance that the work will be most effectually done by the casual visitors, never hunt the members of the royal family, and the Princes and Princesses in consequence walk hither and thither in the streets, making the inhabitants feel that they dwell among their own eople. This morning one of the heavy carriages om the royal coachhouses brought Prince Leopold to the plier, and the cockneys there would have been at their oid stupid tricks had not an iron gate Kept them back. The Cowes boatmen, however, know the movements of royalty as wel as, perhaps a@ trifle better, than royalty itself, A veteran quid chewer on the pler pointed out the Prince of Wales shooting across from East Cowes in his small steam launch; and he concluded a variety of information by coufidentially stating that his Royal Highness would land in half an hour and go to his tailors, And _ sure enough so it happened. The man did not give auy hint as to the sources of his information, but he could, no doubt, have supplied the lovers of smail-heer chronicles with a budget of useful and entertaining knowledge had he been se- verely cross-questioned, Tie Queen, as we sur- mised yesterday, was not on board the Alberta at the Town Regatta, She drove into West Cowes during the day, and so did the Princess of Wales, A good deal of commotion was eaused by an eccentric lady of title lnsisting upon taking hold of the Princess’ carriage and following it along Prince’s Green. A crowd quickly began to form, and the people hardly knew what to do, although they felt that it was necessary that something should be done. Her Royal Highness, however, regarded the matter in the best conceivable good hamor, and her Jadyship at length released her hold, and put an end to the scene. OBITUARY, Madame Ulrich de Melgucil. A remarkable character in French histery, but 80 old as to have almost forgotten that she ever be- longed to history, has just died near Paris, in the one hundred and second year of her age. Madame Ulrich de Beange et de Melgueil, the lady in ques- tion, was “dame Whonneur” to Marie Antoinette, At the invasion of the Tuileries, on the 10th of Au: gost, 1792, she was swept prisoner into the great communal net; but, after a brief trial, was ac- quitted, The then young “iady of honor" had the courage to joi the Queen in the Temple and ac- companied fer, renee the last ead duties, to the foot of the scaffold. Fortunate enough to escape further rat Madame de Beauge went into a retirement, whic! jastea through nearly fourscore Rt doring whicit, even to-day, the Revolution of 789 has Dot come to its termina’ A NOTABLE ARREST, —_—--——_— : A Mississippi Forger and Counterfeiter Incarcerated at Police Headquarters The State Swindled Out of Hundreds of Thousands of Dolars—A New Scheme for Counterfelters and What It Amounts To. Y ~ On Tuesday Superintendent Kelso rece{ved from Jackson, Misa.,a request by telegraph to accom- plish the arrest of James Cunningham. ‘The re- quest wasreferred to the Chief of Police, ‘and it was stated that the reasons fof the arrest would be telegraphed subsequently. With guch meagre details it was impossible to accom- Pplish mnch until & second telegram arrived stating that James Cunningham, the man mentioned in the first despatch, had committed numerous forgerfes and counterfeits of the Auditor's warrant of the State of Mississippi, ang that in this manner. large sums had been found to be astracted from the State treasury. It was stated also that, in conjunction with the man Cunningham, who was the principal in the affair, there was another who had done the en- graving of the Auditor’s warrants. This man’s name was not definitely known, though tt was said the principal matter was the arrest of Ounningham ifhe could be found, Some indications were given by which he might be traced up, and it was added that ifthe arrest could be effected to observe as much @8 possible, Superintendent Kelso put the case into the hands of Captain Irving, and it was agreed from the be- ginning to keep the matter as secret as possible, and above all keep it out of the newspapers. .. Captain Irving improved his time exceedingly well and by dint of following up the clew given him, succeeded on Tuesday night in arresting James Cunningham. The mana made no resistance and was completely astounded at his arrest. He has been locked up at Police Headquarters since tho time of his capture, but everybody in the building has been kept in complete ignorance of tho fuct. Cunning- ham’s present place of anode is the private cell where secret prisoners are generally incarcerated for the time being until their cases ave “worked up. CUNNINGHAM JIAS THUS FAR REFUSED TO DIVULGE any fact in regard to the business he is connected with, It is understood, however, that the modus operandt of his stupendous confidence game has been worked through confederates at the State capital of ssissippi and employed im the Comptroller's office. Cunningham, it is said, was formerly a clerk in that de- partment, where he became acquainted thor- oughly with the manner of doing business, and that since that time he hag attempted in several cities of the Northwest to find men to co-operate with him in the swindle. He failed, however, to mect with any success until he arrived in New York, where he eedily found the means to carry on his nefarious practices, From that henceforward the Mississippi Treasury has sufferea severely. Forged and counterfeit warrants have been constantly presented at the Treasury and paid until at length the “game’’. was discovered, and it is supposed the “pals” in Jacksen were ar- rested, is no doubt through their confession that sufficient clue was found for the arrest of Cunningham here. Last night Captain Irving started ont to effect the arrest of the engraver, whose name has not yet been divulged. Up toa late hour last night he had not met with any success, though no doubt the man will be arrested to-day. is hoped that through his testimonya clear case may be mado out against Cunningham, whose arrest, in fact, is thus far, strictly speaking, illegal. ‘his is the reason why so much secrecy has been observed re- garding the case, as it is feared that were tho whereabouts of Cunningham found out his friends may be able to procure A HABRAS CORPUS wherewith to efect his release. In the absence of any legal excuse for his detention this would De an easy matter. Itis certain, however, that Cun- ningham is the right.man, and his arrest is fectly justified by the facts. Itis onl: noped he may be held until a demand for his extraditien arrives from the Governor of Mississippi. in an interview yesterday betweenaCaptain Irving and the HERALD reporter, he refused to give any information Fopsrainig the case as yet, stating that he did not think {t sufficiently mature for pub- lication, though by this morning he hoped to have all the threads of the case in his hands. He is not aware himself how much thé forgeries committed by Cunningham amount to. It is understood they reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. THE HERALD IN PHILADELPHIA {From the Philadelphia Evening Star, August 19.) It 1s not yet too late to pay our brief tribute to the marvellous “stretch of enterprise whereby the New Yor« HERALD has revealed to an aston- ished world ‘the wonders of & continent hitherto unknown, and won for itself the right to be re- garded as the pioneer journal of civilization. Com- pared with the HeRap’s splendid and audacious triumph all previous achievements in the fleld of journalism are dwarfed into insignificance. No crease of circulation, however vast, and no meas. ure of applause from the journals and dignitaries of of Europe can sufficiently discharge the obligation under which the “great daily”’—for there is now but one great daily in New York—has placed the entire scientific world. It only remains now for the HERALD to send a scouting party to the Pole to- bring home Sir John Franklin or his body. After that it must sit down and-weep for other worlds to conquer, [From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, August 19.) Mr. Stanley, the HERALD correspondent, accom- plished a great feat in discovering Dr. Livingstone, and his success, when an expensive expedition sent out by the British government failed, was a signal triumph not only of personal pluck, but of genuine American enterprise. It is to be regretted that Mr. Stanley should, after such a splendid achievement, have been forced to endure the inso- lence of envious and ill-mannered Englishmen, who Pee not to believe his story, and who did not esitate to een call him a lier until he was compelled to produce a complete and em- ree endorsement from Earl Granville and yr. Livingstone’s son, to whom he brought important private and official advices from the explorer, Notwithstanding this, however, at a banquet given at Brighton on Friday Mr. Stanley was insulted while responding toa toast by ex- pressions of incredulity on the part of some of the uests, who evidently did not know how to betave ‘hemselves like gentlemen, and he was obliged to retort and to withdraw from the table for fear of further insult. The best thing that Stanley can do is toshake the dust of England off his feet and come to America, when his own countrymen will aN him such a ag ashe merits, and allow im all the credit he deserves for his splendid achievement. That he deserves some testimonial at the hands of the Fg de of the United States no one can deny; for his performance, which is making the British geographers and explorers gnash their teeth with rage and envy until they have forgot- ten what politeness means, was a peculiarly Amer- ican affair in its conception and execution, and as such every American citizen has an interest in it. SECRECY IN THE MATTER - ¢ (From the Philadelphia Ledger, August 19.) The New York Heratp of Saturday published eleven columns of despatches from Dr. David Liv- ingstone, the African explorer, to Lord Stanley and Earls Clarendon and Granville, representing at different times the British Foreign Office. These despatches wore conveyed to England by Mr, H. M, Stanley, the Nkw YORK HERALD correspondent and discoverer of Livingstone, and were delivered by him to Earl Granville, who, in a formal letter, testified to the genuineness of the documents. These letters, also published by the British Foreign om ‘0 written in the same free and easy style as that use’! by Dr. Livingstone tn his previous com- munications to the New York HERALD, THE HERALD IN OALIFORNIA. (Vroia the Alta Calliornia, August 8.) Some newspapers have been endeavoring to create the lopression that the “Livingstone Let- tera” recently published were not writen by Liv- Ingstone, but by Stanley. We think they bear internal cyidence of having been writ- ten by the sturdy old explorer himself. The New York HERALD has ever prided itself upon the accuracy as well as the priority of its news. In this respect it won and holds the first place in public estimation, In fitting out an expe- dition to searcn for Doctor Livingstone 1t took posi. tion as the first newspaper in the world for grand humanitarian feeling, as well as enlightened views and ambition, It is simply jealously now that secks to deprive it of its well-earned laurels. THE ENTERPRISE OF THE NEW YORK HERALD, {From the Newburg (N. Y.) Telegraph, August 20.] The New York HERaxp of to-day exhibits its un- equalled enterprise and ability in the matter of ob. taining news by announcing the arrivalin port of the Duke of Saxe, AS was the case at the time of the arrival of the Grand Duke Alexis, the HeraLp is the first paper to inform its readets of the fact, At® meeting of the Park Commissioners held yesterday the second annual report of the depart- ment, as presented bv the President, was ordered to be printed, and Instructions were given to the architect to prepare the ground and lay the founda- tion of the proposed building intended for the museum of natural le of New York for weeks to rd to be thoroughly ‘714 of the Polow fever 1s with which she is now inipregnated, Health omeay ‘Vanderpoel has satisfled himself that veenil id what is known {n thé t fession.asan ‘infected’ ‘and ingly decided that she bee remain woke are beyond all reasonable probability of tacked by the plague at sea after. se} lag her homeward voyage. The Numancia About eight years old, and has passed about five years her existence in commission in tropical seas, ing chiefly among the Greater Antilles and an tropic latitudes on the west coast of South America; China and India, She has been previously: affected with yellow fever on two occas sions, and hag never had since then any: extended cruise in cold latitudes, An “infeetea’™ vessel in the medical acceptance of the term is one- that has become impregnated, as it were, with the: germs of the fever, and such @ vessel is Mable at anyt time in low latitudes, or tm fact in any latitude where yellow fever ever asserts itself, to develop these germs into an actual out. break ef tho discase itself, even though no member of the ship's company haw contracted the’ disease by contact with personm affected. In brief, an infected vessel will hatch the; disease if she happens to be in a e1 and genase. yvorable tem aig lt agation. is, in Dr. Vanderpoei’s ‘opinlol is the condition of the jumancia, and! within the past few days she has de- veloped several new cases of yellow fever om board, the cases cropping up merely in a sporadic: way. No additional deaths are reported, nor has the contagion developed itself in its worst or most acute form. The Doctor gives it as his opinion that the epidemic has been fairly checked, but will hold the vessel until all the patients are recovered, and until a period of ten days has elapsed without any new case or 8 being developed. She will then be permitted to go to sea, j On inquiry at the office of Seflor Uriate, the’ Spanish Consul, yesterday, a HERALD reporter was informed that the Numancia will not take in her coal in the Upper Bay when about to sail for Spain, but will, perhaps, take it on board at ‘the Hook,” as it deemed afer that she should do so. She has capacity for 1,700 tons of coal on board, and at present draws thirty-one Geach) feet of water. The Spanish foot of measurement equals about ninety-one hun- dredths of the English foot, which gives the Nu- mancia @ draft of about Capea as feet two inches. Jt is not at all likely that she will take on board @ full store of coal, but even 1,000 tons would put her down so that she would draw ve nearly, if not quite, twenty-nine feet, an this would be rather heavy -to permit her crossing the bar with rect preassured beeps The vessel will certainly not come up to the cl {. for any purpose whatever, as her bottom— which is doubtless quite foul from long cruising in the West Indian seas—can be cleaned in the Lower Bay by divers, and all her supplies can be put aboard there also, Quite @ sensation was running around among shipping and seafaring men yesterday in the shape of a rumor that the Numancia had got aground on Sunday night at her present anchor- age, and had scraped the sand once or twice since at low water. The. Spanish Consul stated that he had no information of such am occurrence, and when he last had official intelligence from on board, dated on last Sunday morning, Captain Rovira Co dee him- self well pleased with his anchorage. ‘The only cir« cumstance which lends color to the report is the fact that during the present moon there has been prevalence of extreme tides, the high tides bein, very ne and tho low tides very low. It is just possible that at a very low tide the Numancia may have touched on the westerly end of the Spit. Allattempts to ascertal whetner she actually had grounded or not prove fatile, and it may be that the report was ground on mere rumor. There were no new arrivals of yellow fever vem sels yesterday, and all the patients from the mer chant vessels now in port are recovering rapidly. THE VIRGINIUS. The Blockade Runner at Puerto Cabellq Watched by, a Spanish ‘War Vessel: How Independence Day Was Celebra’ on Board—Threats of the Spaniards and Tricks of the Cruiser Captain. PUERTO CABELLO, Venezuela, July 23, 1872. I take advantage of an opportunity to send yor afew words. \There is nothing of special inte: here at present except the blockkade of the Vir-| ginius by the Spanish steamer Pizarro, if it is a blockade. The Virginius does not try to go to sea, and the Spaniards threaten to sink her if she un~ dertakes to go ont. The United States steamex Canandaigua, Captain Renshaw, came in on the 14th of this month, and went to sea the 15th, 5 There was no one to represent the American fag ‘at this port, with the exception of the Virginins, on, Independence Day, and she did it with greater éclat, She fired three salutes and was dressed very prettily with fags, and inthe evening there wae quite a brilliant party assembled on board, and the festive scene was kept =. until midnight. Her Charles deserves: commander, Mr. Smit credit for the stylo that was displayed in dressing his ship and making gues! enjoy themselves. Prominent among the guest were the President's lady and daughter and the Governor of Puerto Cabello, and time slipped away. so pleasantly that midnight came hours too soon for them. Captain Simth, assisted by his agent, Mr. Alparo, did everything in their power to sustain the reputation of the ip, And she stil is, in the Spaniards’ eye, tho fained ws 8. 5 She raises considerable excitement very er they burn shavings in her furnaces make a smoke. The Pizarro immediately steam and heaves her anch gets up short, ready for a start. If- the Spanish na’ has as much trouble with every blockade runner a8 they have with the Virginius they will not easily cover themseves with glory, The government is very quict here at present. The Secretary of War left last week for Cora. He is making an inspection tour of all fortified towna— every place in Venezuela of any note. There is pesca ae shipping in port at present, and freighta are dull, THE TEETOTAL REFORMERS, Syraccsr, N, Y., August 21, 1872, The Committees of Conference recently appointed by the various temperance organizations of the State to calla State Vonvention, to be held after tha” nominations by the political parties, met in joint session here to-day and determined ta call @ Union State Temperance Convention, to mee! this city on the 19th of September next, at two o'clock P. M., to be conrposed of two delegates appointed by the tem- Trance electors of each assembly district, wha vor fhe, ae of the temperance reform by litical action. The movement appears to be im ie interest of independent nominations, and to foreshadow a full temperance ticket for State offi- cers in the present canvass, INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS, Grand Lodge of the State of New Yorlss SECOND DAY. The R. W. Grand Lodge of the State reassemble yesterday, M. W. Grand Master Lacy in the chair, A long debate ensued on the question of admits ting non-beneficial mombers into subordinate lodges, but the proposition was lost. question of the manner of electing Grand Officers, by ehanging*the Past Grand’s vote in the District Grand Cominittee, instead of in the subors dinate lodges, as heretofore, was debated, and motion to postpone the final action indefinitely was decided adversely by 296 against 317, A PATAL CHILDREN’S QUARREL, An inquest was held yesterday, at the City Hat,, by Coroner Keenan, on the body of Catharine Gal- lagher, @ child nearly four years of age, who dled: at 42 East Twolfth strect, from the effects of inju- ries received from a blow on the head with a skirt- board, thrown down from a fire escape by Mary J. Donnelly, at the above number. There had been: some trouble between tenants In the house, and it is alleged that Catharine maliciously threw tho board down on deceased, but that was denied by the accused girl. The jury, however, found a ver- dict against Cares, and Mr. Gallagher, her father, was requirdi to give $1000 bail for the future appearance of his daughter should it be- come necessary, FATAL RAIL OAR OASUALTY, Moritz Smoelnsky, @ Polish youth, of sixteen years, died yesterday in Beilevue Hospital from the effects of injuries received a few nights ago by betng run over corner of Essex and Canal streets by a car belont tothe Canal Street and Cross Railroad Company. The left foot was crushe limb was subsequently amputated. It 1 and tue limb stated that at the time of the occurrence deceas was in the act of getting aboard the car, when slipped 4 ee gd pactenaty. lived with pare ree! Tii'hala an inunest in the case, nn