The New York Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1872, Page 6

SARATOGA. —_—_-——_ RACES AND RAIN. Something About Society and the Springs. THREE RACES RUN, é Belo Wins the First, Katy Pease the Sey/ nd and Hubbard the Third, { ’ Sanaroca, August 22, 1872. ‘Thie morning opened bright and beas iful, with B mottied sky, & bright sun‘and a sligtit Vreeze just ‘bending the tree tops and kissing ‘the grass and mowers. Every ome scemed supeflesively happy, as though ke would break forth in song a3 biras sung yesterday morning. ‘This is a wicked ‘world, but to some it scems ‘a “happy, beauutul They are favorites of fettune who come there, nearly all. The sick and poor have their ‘wpectal plaees, the hotels are dtstin- guished by their patrons as much as ‘by prices. Perhaps {t would be well ‘$e say something of this just here, and to tell ‘you @ew life goes on at the different hostelriesof a fashionable watering place. Would you know ‘momething of the comedy of life as it is played at Saratoga? Not a divine comedy in any sense, but father an intensely human comedy—a mixture ef melodrama, with sheds from the opera and a ‘tinge of farce—even a fragment of tragedy now ‘and then behind the scenes, as when ta.a Ohrist- mas pantomime there is sometimes a consumptive Dallet girl or a clown with the heart disease dying 4n the wings. If you-would know something of all this ome with me and we will study the many-changing ‘scenes, We will as unobtrusively as possible @raw our chairs together in a retired corner of the grand drawing room of Congress Hali—the “‘fanes ‘of fashion”—and ‘silently ‘take notes.” See the ‘*housand persons gathered in little groups or sit- ting tte-0-téte in this grand salon! How richly gome are dreased and how prettily amd plainly the Sollets of others are arranged! How many of them are famous for the struggles of their lives—for their Raeroism or their virtues? How many for a success that was devoid of both these and of ALL OTHER NOBLE QUALITIES ? SGne might answer both these questions in a breath— fhe old and the young. As for what is understood By “shoddy,” this is not its home. There is not a patent pill man nor a Tammany ring-master in all this company, though there are plenty of these people elsewhere at the Springs, Yonder sits Com- modore Vanderbilt and farlly. The old man’s clear eomplexion and carefully brushed snow-white hair ‘and side whiskers, with his really noble bearing, mark him as the king of our comedy, as he is the king of the railway system, His pretty wife is elegantly but plainly dressed, and looks the sweet, young matron she undoubtedly is, though she call herself ‘old’? Mrs, Vanderbilt. Sweeping Gown the salon comes Mrs. Cutting, the belie of the season, dressed in a robe of white moire, Rooped with Honiton, caught with pear) clusters ‘and worn en trail, She is the queen of the comedy, benind her at a little distance follows a train of - youthful swains in full dress, Giacouria, De Rivas pnd Morales, while tripping over to meet the belle }s pretty, sweet Miss Cornish, the PRINCESS OF TIE PLAY, ttended by another beauty, Miss Fowler. Then, §n two little knots are George Opdyke, Edward Min- im, . F. Livermore, Robert Schell, Cambridge \vingston, Homer Morgan, General Van Vliet ands. B. Cox, the member ofCongress. They are discussing e Vexed political question of the time—Mr. Gree- Jere financiering capabilities—and they humor- ily box the monetary compass with quotations from the great Chappaquan Philosopher. | This isa ball night at the Congress Hall. Every pvening brings a hop, but only once a week is the Breat sete of fashion attended by all foreigners and motables gathered at the Springs. eich the bridge, uniting the grand ball room to immense quadrangular hotel proper, with its Shousand guests, sweeps a seemingly endless pro- jceesion as richly dressed as the knights and ladies ofold. Passing under the many-colored lamps and between the rows of elaborate Chinese lanterns: throng the celebrities and beauties of the fashion- able world, and from the open doorway beyond vomes the rich swell of voluptuous music, falling ip notes Of liquid silver on the car, THE SVYRINGS not famous surround this hotel inactrcle. At t left wing is the famous Congress Spring, in the year is the Hamilton, and tothe right the now most popular spring—and deservedly so if strength and Ppalatableness be any virtue—the Hathorn. No goubt the contiguity of this hotel to the springs first ‘made it the abode of the high toned of the aristo- Cratic people who always dwell there during the Beason, and it has provably required all the skill of the proprietors to preserve the exclusive tone to the place that hedges it as dignity doth a king. ( THE INDIAN BEAUTY. , Only a stone's throw from Congress Hall, back on ®@ knoll covered with a growth of forest trees, stands the Indian encampment, now the scene of daily pilgrimages, In one of the “mean ‘and miserable huts” there dwells an Indian girl— it least her ancestors un the father’s or mother’s ide were Oneidas, or more probably Mohawks— amed in the Seneca tongue “Onata,” mean- “The Leaf.” She is really very pretty, nd many of the young gentiemen who dance fier her on the belles at the hotels con- 43 f ider her the most beautiful being in the world. is quite aware that she has turned the li ofbalf the men nere this season and is quite ent with that littic feminine triumph. She it have received @ score of offers of to Peg oruene enough some of them to catch most | any beauty, but looks at the swains with a laugh- ing merry light in her eyes, as biack as sloe’s, and gays innocently that she “is quite happy and pre- fers to livo with her tribe.” A curious designation his last for a band of half breeds and half sun- purned white men living in dilapidated sheds, ANOTUER ABODE OF FASHION $s the Grand Union, lately thronged by people who wished to extend their symipat es to Judge Bar- ward, astonished as most of them were by the re- sult of the recent trial. Here, also, one mects a score of dignitaries, including Sherif Brennan, Fernando Wood, Senator O'Brien, Chief of Police Dampbell, of Brooklyn, Captain Walsh of he Metropolitan Police, and man: others. ra. A, T. Stewart ig also at the Grand nion, a8 are Mr. William Trumbull and Mr. Pettit, of New York. me. ofthe owners of the popular orses entered in the races of this meeting also are Brests ofthis hotel. The Southern people gene- Tally are at the Clarendon, where, among others, ‘the family of Mr. Louis Hargous, the well-known Mexican merchant, ts stopping. The Grand Cen- ee fa nee fillea as far as finished, e unfinishe art presents a drear, and solitary aspect. YP 4 READY FOR THE RACES, Every hotel in town furnished its quota for the ‘sraces, There were the fashionable people | from Congress Hall, all the politicians from the Grand Union and the staid people from the Claren- @on, Early carriages were filled by District Attor- ney Garvim, Sheriff Brennan, Captain Walsh and ther later ones by O'Lricn, Shields and a crowd of their friends. Then came pouring out the people | Trom the other hotels, and Commouore Vanderbilt's as usual, led the way. Lake, ng red wagon, with @ leather top, came into ‘and “Goodie Smith,” Smith's carryall, | with a umbrella, carrying his card, flied b to Gil up the rear with the usual swarm of con- ‘veyances, Old men and matrons, young men and maidens, led the race, and the sideWalks were alive ‘with the throng of pedestrians, AT THE ENTRANCE, where a line of police was drawn up, conspicnous from the red bands on their 8, there was bustle and confusion on every han Private carriages passed through with ie Cement and hacks, exhibiting in their lamps the Ilcense demanded for admission to the grounds were unchallengea. The carryalls and stages, with the farm wagons, had to stop outside and let their promiscuous load pass through by the gate to the footpath for pedestrians. THE TRACK was found smooth and muddy from the rain, and #t was not till a few minutes before twelve, when the bugle was sounded, that the harrows made eir first round. Only one-third of dhe track was Baty harrowed ‘in its entire length, though about one-haif its width was turned up in front of the Judges’ and Grand Stands, of course, on the inner side. Groups were gathered here and there along the course, and soon the horses were seen to leave the stables at the rear of the field and gallop around to the i of starting, which by that time was well lied by @ promiscuous crowd of jockeys, etavie boys, owners and betting men. SOMETHING OF HISTORY. Previous to 1864 the running track at Paterson, N. J., Wasthe only one in the North. The course referred to was opened in 1862 and closed in 1863. Jn 1864 @ track was formed st Saratoga, and an g@ssociation organized, with Mr. W. KR. Travers ae President, One hyndsed aud four ages of aud NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1872—WITH SUPPLEMENT, were. The land is ‘per acre, and is Wheatley Hunter end ‘the assistance ef John ecutive Contmittee. WEIGHING THB JOCKEYS. Under the jadgées* the Alittle colored feRow frotn Le: who is over we! standin, . bridle and ‘Baus and ‘sweateloth this hands; he throws down one and ‘then another down %o his weight. At last Jimmie Roe, ' gettin yeste! "g raées and of Katy ‘Posse to-day, calts‘out ‘Pull shirt and your horae’s sweatcloth; that'll pull ~ down!” And so it docs, Out from uader the jerkin ‘of silk comes the shirt of cotton ‘and the rider ‘weighs ninety- tarce, THE GRAND STAND #3 not so well filled‘as yesterday,'ner is the attend- ance so fashionable a one. ere are, however, ‘dowagers with locks and widows in weeds, im black and many them are the yet appeared, ha Varden, swells have with jon; but peaple from the country Places and make snerry in thelr absence With uncouth jokes and pertinent aa well as imper- ‘tinent remarks, The display of beauty is not less than on any preeeding and the enjoyment, judging from the demonstrations, 1s certainly much greater, cy 5 GOING TO GRASS. One mects many familiar faces, There is Gar- fleld, for instance, who has a little history interest- ing to young men of the day of a certain class:— Abraham Garfield was a partner of William M. Tweed, Jr., in the Metropolitan Hotel under the | firm monogram of “G, & T.”’ ““T.’’ was by terms of his contract to pay “G." $5 per day for an unlimited riod. ee wishing “G.” to “git’—to use @ Western phrase—offered him me to take is repulsive semicircle from the firm monogram, but “dG.” couldn't gee it; hence renewed offers til the undesirable {initial disappearetl for the sum of $20,000, Abraham is now ‘‘sport- ing on the green” in a nice gray suit, and re- celves, it 1s said, $5,000 per annum as steward }-of the Grand Union besides, THE NEW YORK DI The “Lady of the | ETECTIVES. have had a season of recreation in ‘one sense, though not in another, They have made no arrests, though they have ‘been ‘unusually busy in working ee sorts of cases, ex- cept that atthe Honorable John’s, “Billy the Kidd,"” who attempted to murder his wife in a tenement house in New York only ten days ago, was rusticat- ing here when “gallant Phil” arrived. There were other notorious characters here, such as “Billy Butte,” “Billy Tracey’? and ‘Jimmy Johnson,” but their peculiar style of beauty was so well known to the Central office people from the portraits of the worthies who adorn the ‘Rogues’ Gallery” that they found this usually health-giving resort the most infectious in the world. There are others on the turf worth speaking of; but the trumpet sounds and the horses are at the scratch. Yet while the bugle is sounding | shall again have to draw the attention of the reader, as yes- terday, to the rain, soon to descend upon us, Ris- ing with a burricane that lispeth in the air even now, it will soon scatter the leaves far and wide, while the storm willincrease each moment as with the weight of the avenging hand of Odin, and deluge all the country round. Nevertheless the horses are ready, and like the clown im the circus I cry, “This way, Master Elsie.” THE RACING. The track was very heavy to-day from the rain of last night and fast time was not anticipated The first race, however, was a good one, as Mr Withers’ Leamington filly, Elsie, ran a mile in 134634, beating Ortolan and a fleld of six others. There were three races, in two of which the favorites were beaten and the heavy betters fell heavily. McDaniel’s stable won twice during the day—a two-year-old one by Katy Pease, and two miles with Hubbard. Taken as a whole the racing was not satisfactory to the spectators, as the masses always look for fast time, and are not satisfied without they get it, no matter what obstacles stand in the way. Hubbard, the winner of the sweepstakes for three-year-olds, has been an unfortunate horse for his owners, having won but one race, and that was a three-quarter-mile dash, when two years old, which was the July Stakes at Monmouth Park, beating three others. He is a fine formed coit, fifteen hands three inches high, with two white feet and a star, and, although the race was slow, he ran on tne heavy, as if he could have done much better had he been called on, The starters in the first race were D. Buckley's chestnut mare Echo, by Australian, dam Kate Hays, 5 years old, 98 Ibs. ; D. McDaniel & Co.'s bay filly Eastern Star, by Cape Flyaway, dam Star of India, 4 years old, 08 Ibs.; D. McDaniel & Co.'s bay filly, CE Julius, dam 24 Arlington, 3 years old, 83 lba.; T. B. & W. R. Davis’ chestnut filly Jenny Pease, by Australian, dam by Knight of st. George, 3 years old, 83 lbs.; James Thomp- son’s brown mare Lobelia, by Bonnie Scot- land, dam Capitola, aged, 102 Ib3; Carrol & Coar’s brown horse Ortolan, by Doneraile, dam Canary Bird, 6 years old, 115 lbs.; James McCor- mack’s bay horse King Henry, by Lexington, dam ae 6 years old, 100 Ibs.; D. D. Withers’ bay filly Elsie, by Leamington, dam Babta, 4 years old, 98 Ibs,, and F, M. Hall's bay colt John Merryman, by Eugene, dam La Rose, 4 years ola, 100 lbs. Ortolan was the first choice in the poola, Eastern Star being the second in favor, Ortolan got away with the Jead, but was beaten by Elsie half a length at the finish in most capital style. Echo was third, The time of the race was remarkably good, considering the heavy condition of the track—1:4634. The second race had four “‘arters. These were Isaac W. Pennock’s chestnut filly by Jack Malone, dam Vesper Light, with 88 lbs. up; D. MeDantel & Co.'s chestnut filly Katy Pease, by Planet, dam Min- nie Mansfield, 90 Ibs.; Glenn & Co.'s chestnut colt Merodoc, by Australian, dam Cortina’s dam, 93 Iba., and R. W. Walden’s chestnut filly Minnie W., by Planet, dam Edina, 89 lbs, Katy Pease became & great favorite just before the start, Merodoc being second choice, The race was very close for three-quarters of a mile, but after that Katy Pease came away and won easily. This is a very pretty little filly, just about fifteen hands high, but is very compactly bullt and has a great turn of speed. She ranin the Kentucky stakes on the first day of this pain but did not get a place, the track on that occasion being much worse than it was to-day; but she had a different class of horses to contend against and had seven pounds off, which | gave her the victory to-day. The third race, a sweepstakes for three-year-olds, which closed originally with twenty-five nomina- tions, had five starters. These were Hunter & Travers’ bay colt (imported) Buckden, by Lord Citfden, dam Consequence, 110 Ibs.; D. McDaniel & Co.'s chestnut colt Hubbard, by Planet, dam Minnie Mansfield, 110 Ibs.; A.C, Franklin's bay colt Gor- litza, by Lexington, dam Scottische, 110 Ibs., and A. C, Franklin’s bay filly Nevada, by xington, dam Lightsome, by Glencoe, 112 Ibs. London’ was the first choice in the ools, Franklin's entries the second choice, until the judges decided that London could not start without putting up 120 pounds, the penalty for winuing over $2,000. This Captain Moore refused to do, at the time saying that 115 pounds was all the horse was compelled to carry. All the pools then were declared of, and betting was done on the others, Franklin entries being great favorites, Buckden being second chotce, Hubbard third. The latter won the race easily, Buckden second, Nevada third, The following are the details of the running :— The First Race. Frere Hanpicap—Purse $500, for all ages; one mile; conditions same as on third day, D. D, Withers’ b. m. Elsie, by Leamington, dam Babta, 4 years old, 98 Ibs, (Holloway) .......... 1 Carroll & Coar’s br. bh. Ortolan, by Doneraile. dam Canary Bird, 5 years old, 115 Ibs. (Emile).. 2 D. Buckley’s eh. m. Echo, by Australian, dam 8, 5 years Old, 98 Ibs, (F. Gray)...... 8 » ¢ John Merryman, by Rugene, dam La Rose, 4 years old, 101 lbs.(A. Jackson). 4 | James Thompson's br. m. Lobelia, by Bonnie Scotland, dam Capitola, aged, 102 Ibs. (Gillen)... 5 James McCormack’s b. g. King Henry, by Lexing- ton, dam Tok: old, 100 lbs, (W. Lak land) * ous 6 | TB. & W.'R. Davis’ ch. ft Jer | Australian, dam by Knight of St. George, Years old, 83 lbs, (A. Lakeland) 7 | D. McDaniel & Co.'s b. m. Easter | Flyaway, dam Star of Indi Time, 1:464 THE BETTIN 600 «200 of 600 120 220 80 100 210 55 1% «63080045 Merryman, 100 4 8 310 45 Echo...... 60 70) 80100155 5 The Fieid..... 33 55 oh 62 105 Dy THE RACE, Ortolan was the first away, Jennie Patterson | second, Elsie third, Echo fourth, Jolin Merryman | fifth, re Baca sixth, Eastern Star seventh, Lo- belia eighth. ley ran around the turn in this way, and passed the quarter poie without material change. When they reached the half-mile ye Ortolan was a jength and a half in front, fisie second, Echo third, Jennie Patterson fourth, Fastern Star fifth, King Henry sixth, John Merry: man seventh and Lobeila eighth. As they ran around the lower turn Elsie closed on Ortolan was lapped on bim at the three-quarter pole, F three — len behind, the others in a ¢ ter, changing places rapidly. The race, how. | ever, was reduced to @ match between Elsie | and Urtolan, when Fay entered the homestretch, | and they had one of the most interesting struggles | posstine to conceive until they under he string, Elsie winning by half a len; Echo six Jengths behind, The time of the mile 134645, most capital tune op such a track, Joba Merry- man, was fourth, Lobelia fifth, King Henry aixth, James Patterson seventh and Eastern sear eighth, Second Race. PURSE fer two-year olds, one mile; condi- yous seme sh rerio Handicap :— 1 McDaniel & Co.'s ch. f. Katy ro by Planet, dam Minne Mansfield, 90 Ibs. (5! IB) sev seeee Glenn & Oo.'s ch. c. Merodac, by Aus , dam RW. wace ch. f by Planet, dam taper Light, 88 Ibs, sa ‘esper vy * Pime, 13504. TUS BETTING, -$530 $00 226-195 = 235 Minnie W. +» 260 190 215 285 200 Sister to Nellie R.. 1390 55 100 2170 150 THE RACE, Merodac was frat away, Minnie W. second, Katy Pease third, Pennock’s filly fourth, These ran around the turn in thie way, about one length ap When they came to ¢he pole Mero- dac was leading & length, Minnie W. second, one jay, we fromt of Ki who was four lengths in it of Penn filly. Gobi down the backstretch opto y Mme Ww. Katy Pease were head and head, three lengths in front of the filly, The; the half-mile pole tn this way, and ren the lower turn without changing posi- tions, Approaching the three-quarter pole, Katy Pease began to show in front, Merodac second, Min- nie W. third. As they swung into the homestretch Pease was two lengths im front, Mero- dac swerved away off to the right, and Katy Pease had ‘nothing to do but win aiterwards. She came home easily In hand, two ten, iu advance of Merodac, who was four lengths ead of Minnie W,, the latter being ten lengths ja froptof Pen- mock’s filly. Time of the mile, 1:503¢. The Third Race. SWEEPSTAKES FOR THREE-YEAR OLDS; $100 en- france, half forfeit, with $700 added. Winners of $1,500 5i/}bs, extra, Of $2,000 7 Ibs., Of over $2,000 10 Abs. extra. Two miles, D. McDaniel & Co.'s ch, c. Hubbard, by Planet, ft. by’ Jnck Maione, dam (A. Lakeland e own 610 280 dam Minnie Mansfield, 110 Ibs, (Roe).......... 2 Hunter & Traver’s imp. b. ©. Mgr by_ Lora Cliiden, dam Consequence, 110 Ibs. ( ehaamns) 2 A. C, Franklin's b. f. Nevada, by Lexington, dam Lightsome, Pe rare . 8 . C, Franklin’s b. ¢. Gorlitza, by Lexington, dam Scottische, 110 lbs. (W. Lakeland)....sceceeene & Time, 3:63, THE BETTING, $600 = G00 1,500 700 650 320-350 675 = 825 285 1€0 205 410-855 330 THE RACE. Gorlitza peenee off with the lead, Hubbard sec- ond, Buekden third, Nevada fourth, Aw Gorlitza ran around the upper turn he led six lengths, Hubbard second, four !engths ahead of Nevada, who was twenty meee in front of Buckden, the latter bav- ing pulled up to make a trailing race of it. At the quarter pole Gorlitza was still six Jengths ahead of Hubbard, who was four lengths in front of Nevada, whose saddle had gone up on her withers, and the jockey was on her neck, Buckden was still twenty lengths behind. Go- ing down the backstretch Gorlitza led, but Hubbard moved up closely to him, Nevada third; but Buck- den never made the slightest effort to close on the others, and was 100 yards behind when they passed the half-mile pole. ‘Going around the lower turn Gorlitza, Hubbard and Nevada ran nose and tail. Coming up the homestretch Hubbard closed on Gorlitza, and as he passed under the wire at the end of the firsts mile his head was ail of him that front of Hubbard, Nevada three lengths behind, but one hundred yards in front of Buckden. Hubbard went to the front on the upper turn, and Gorlitza gave up his place to Nevada for her to make the running; and then Buckden commenced to run when he reached the { was in quarter pole. The latter shut ht the day- light very graduully, and when he reached the lower turn he looked as if he would overtake the others, he having passed Gor- litza on the way there. As the horses en- tered the homestretch Hubbard led two lengths, Nevada second, two lengths ahead of Buck- den, The latter, however, had by this time thrown away all his speed, and as Nevada was beaten ail that Hubbard had to do was to gallop home and win the stake, which amounted to $2,050. He won by ten lengths, Buckden second, a neck in front of Nevada, Gorlitza being over one hundred yards behind. The Races at Saratoga To-Day. SaRaTOGA, August 22, 1872. The second Summer race meeting will close London, who sold for $100, Herna $27, Ninni $37, John Merryman $16, and Piedmont, who fetched $36, The second race will be a four mile dash between Harry Bassett and Cadence. Twelve hundred dollars to one hundred was wagered on Bassett winning. The third race, a dash of amile and three-quar- ters, will have four starters, These are London, with cighty-three pounds UP, who sold for $100; Tubman, carrying 101 pounds, and sold for $130} Arizona, ninety-elght pounds, $70, and King Henry, with ninety-four pounds up, $20. The fourth race will be a sweepstakes, which has five entries. These are Blind Tom and Tammany, who sold for $65; Vesuvius, who fetched $50; Sor- rel Dan, $16; and Blackbird, who brought $34, THE JEDDO VISITORS, Yesterday morning Mayor Hall paid his respects to the Mayor of Jeddo, Japan, and hissuite, who are guests at the St. Nicholas Hotel. As the visitors desired to look into the system of municipal gov- ernment Mr. Hall placed one of his aids, Mr. Gold- ing, at their service, They will devote two days to an examination of the workings of the various Somers before taking their departure from the city. BOARD OP AUDIT, At a meeting of the Board of Audit yesterday the following claims were allowed:--The treasurer of the State Lunatic Asylum, $409 15; J. Morgan Hall, three months’ salary as clerk in Mayor's office, $624 99;a number of minor claims for work done and repairs, footing up $9,997 26; M. McGrath, re- pairs, $490; Stephen Angell, services as examiner, $395. The following newspaper claims were al- lowed :— Evening Telegram. New Vork Detnoc Courrier des Etats New York Atlas. A number of claims of other journals were disal- $13,847 80 Unis.. lowed, and, on reconsideration, iaid over by request ev the claimants, who wished to offer further evi- lence, Counsel for some forty deputy sheriffs serving in the Court of Oyer and ferminer urged the allow- ance of their claims for salary in 1871, He pre- sented an opinion of the Corporation Counsel as to the claim of Thomas Smith, which was selected as a test case. Notwithstanding the counsel ex- pressed his belief that the claim was a proper one, and as it had been audited by the Hoard. of Su visors it should be patd, on motion of Comimis- sioner Van Nort to allow it, Messrs, Green and Olmstead voted no, The Board adjourned until a week (rom next Friday. COMMISSIONERS OF DOCKS, The Commissioners of Docks met yesterday, Thomas R. Agnew, the President, in the chair, Commissioner Hunt, from the Executive Com- mittee, reported in favor of allowing the erection of aplier at the foot of 114th street, East River. The report was adopted. Commissioner Woop, from the Anditing Com- mittee, reported the total receipts to July 31, $399,428 57, nnd the disbursements to the same date, $66,136 12, leaving a balance in favor of the ae ee 313,293 45. The report was adopted. fter the reading of communications of minor importance the Board adjourned, DELINQUENT CONTRACTORS. As provided by law in such cases, Commissioner | Van Nort, of the Department of Public Works, has notified several contractors that their workis being unnecessarily delayed; that they are wilfully vio- lating their contracts in not completing the work within the specified time, and that, if not com- pleted on the 3ist inst., they are notified and re- | quired to discontinue ali work under thelr con- tracts, which will then be completed by the Department of Public Works at the expense of the delinquent contractors or their sureties, The following are the names of the contractors and sureties so notified, and the work upon which they are engaged :— Regulating, grading, &c., Ninety-third street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues, Michacl Gavin, contractor; James Everard and B, Maloney, sureties. Date of contract, May 26, 1871, Time for cornpletion, eighty days. Regulating, grading, &c., Sixty-ninth street, Robert Mears, from Boulevard to Hudson River. contractor; Dennis Mears and J, Patten, sureties, Date pf contract, Novemler 3, 1870, Time for completion, 182 days. The Department of Public Parks announce that ifthe weather is tine there will be music by the Central Park Barat Tompkins square ts even- ing, from 6 to 7 P.M. PIRE IN CANAL STREET, At balf-past eight o'clogk last night, while some member of Deldrick Mahies’s family were filing a lighted kerosene lamp, at thers residence, 103 Canal street, it exploded, setting fire to the pince, caug- ing a loss to furniture of $300, The building is owned by Mr, Fiammer, of 901 Eight.) avenye, aud {3 dagnaged in @ similar amount, 7 to-morrow with four races, thee first being @ dash of a mile and an_ eighth, for which there are five “entries, comprising | MASSACHUSETTS. On the Wing Through the Old Bay State. Progress and Prospects ; of Liberalism. ——— ——— A Heavy Gain for Greeley, but Grant to Win. f / a Interviewing Sumner and Wilson on the Fly. THE NATICK COGBLER'S PROPHECY. New England Mannfacturers Shy of Greeley. Yankec Character and Yankee Newspapers--- Where to Drum Up Political Information. SPRINGFIELD, Mags., August 17, 1872, Knowing already the feeling in the eastern part of Massachusetts, and, having accomplished a con- siderable run in the western section of the State, I fee! satisfied the process of disintegration in the ranks of the republican party has extended farther than people are VW any means aware. A Grant meeting here, a Greeley meeting there, the letter of some prominent man yielding his support to one candidate or the other, the tone even of the press of the State on this side or that are not to be relied on as true indices of the way the political leaven is working, One must go among the people themselves, meet them casually and ‘without special object catch the snatches Of political discussion that float out upon the air from places of town and village resort, the hotel, the drug store, the tavern (and there are taverns here in spite of prohibition), talk haphazard to the nearest man at your elbow on a street corner, and you will find there is a surprising inroad of liberal- isin in this banner State of radicalism, While this inroad cannot but strike the stranger in quest of political information, and while his ob- servation in regard to it may be coextensive with the State, he would be hasty in concluding that Massachusetts intends to go for Greeley. In every town, from Fall River to this place, and along to Lawrence, I have discovered Greeley republicans. Aware of THE POLITICAL FEELING in those other parts of the State I have not re- cently visited, and making as near a calculation as lean on the basis of the voting statistics of past years, granting allowance at the same time for the infuences now at work on the minds of republi- cans, I should say that the vote of Massachusetts will be 20,000 less for Grant next November than in the corresponding month of 1868, Now, the class of menI found in favor of Greeley is for the most part composed of workingmen—not necessarily laborers and mechanics, as the phrase might be thought to imply, but such as claim no cash capital to produce their regular incomes. Sauntering along Merrimack street in Lowell, where of all other places I expected Mr. Greeley would have Many prominent supporters among the manufac- | turing interests, I addressed a native of the place, who, under the shade of a big elm tree, seemed en- gaged in counting the number of bricks in the chimney of a convenient factory. AN INTERVIEW. “How many of the great guns,’ I inquired, “at this busy centre support Greeley for President?” “All! know of, stranger,” he replied, as he still kept counting the bricks, “is one—jist one—jist one. What d’ye call ’em, ex-’sistant secretary to some- thin’ down in Washington 1” “You mean Fox 1” “Jist so, Fox, That’s the only man in this town As manufacturer, you mind, that supports Greeley. All the rest, as I know, ts dead agin him, and Fox ain't the biggest gun here by a long shot. Still I suppose every little counts, and Greeley ought to be thankful even for Fox."” “So you say there is only one mannfacturer among all the throng around here that goes for Greeley ? How ao you account for it ?” “My idear of it is this, and I guess you'll find it is about the same allround. We haven’t confidence in Grecley, I'm only a working man, but my inter- ests are all right yere, and if the democrats get power through Greeley und carry out their idear, this town of Lowell will be knocked higher thana kite. Every man of any standing in the town is afraid of this, and they don't want Greeley. But you'll find Greeley men here, though not a very big shake nor worth much either.” That man was ONE OF A TYPE I met in my travels in New England, who, though a mechanic, wanted nobody to enlighten him on the merits of the Presidential question, He was “a law unto himself’ on that subject. Easy going in manner and conversation, but self-reliant and cool as acucumber, these men are interesting to meet. You don’t find them slouching around beer saloons nor getting into street brawls. They are not very warm in address, but they are civil and intelligent and strive to reach an opinion upon a subject by exercising their own reason. I found some Greeley men in Lowell. I found them discussing the PI rO- fd on under the tecting veranda of the Washington Hotel, while the rain drops glanced dowa by the soles of their boots, which projected straight over a row of chairs in front. A majority of the crowd, com- posed apparently of clerks and young men about town, were for Grant; put Greeley had some stout and sanguine champions, who were aiso republi- cans. Their arguments had nothing new or forct- ble to recommend them, yet I would say, if those young men keep up the habit of meeting in the same place every night until the 6th of November Greeley will gain some proselytes, con pages cars are excellent for giving one an ea 0! THE CURRENT OF POLITICAL DISCUSSION. Especially is the smoking car a place for the of- hand ventilation of public questions. Between Fall River and Boston our smoking car was as full as it could hold, everybody puiing contentedly away. Somebody started the inevitable Greeley and Grant bore; and, though it began at one end | of the car, it reached the otherin a twinkling. | Then it welied back and forth, and roared in the middie like the ocean's angry billows. If Greeley | and Grant were banged hither aud thither in the fiesh as their names were in that smoking car their corporal entity would be nowhere, In such discus- | sions, where the rattling of the cars breaks the | continuity of argument, it is impossible to tell who | is getting the best of it. It is ener nee to watch how some staid and sapless looking fel- lows, apparently devoid ofa single throb in heart or head, get drawn into the maelstrom that boils and swirls in the gatherings of men at this political sea- son. When the flow of controversy was coming down towards my end of the car I had my eye on a man whom I put down as one that did not care a continental if Grant, Greeley, the constitution and the Union went down in a@ common grave so long as he wou the fifty cent stake he was playing for in | a game of euchre. It was a gross delusion. When the epidemic reached lim he fell a willing victim in an instant, went for his fifty cent stamp and shouted out “Greeley” as the winning trump, I omitted making an inventory of Greeley or Grant stock on board tne cars. ‘It 1 an unsafe uide. For instance, on the train that took me to joston an enthusiastic New York gentleman dis- covered that Greeley had a majority sca the wengers, forgetting in the simplicity of his heart hat there were few Massachusetts men among them. This would be an unfair criterion by which to judge the political feeling of the Bay State, Should any SEARCHER FOR THE TRUTI take the Loyd of hes eae of either Greeley or Grant on the soli of Massachusetts as to which side is likely to win I should look upon him as the victim of wilful deceit. From this standpoint and at this time it would seem to w disinterested observer that the liberal movement is decidedly incapable of overcoming the great regular republican majority, ice the Greeleyites insist on tellfng you that it will done a¥ Sure as sunrise to-morrow. On the other hand, the Grant men are just as much, if not more, provoking. Both sides are marvellous and intolerable liars. The Grantites will try to per- suade us that Afassachusetts intends giving a larger majority th ever before for thé present White House ncumben& In the mature of things pd cannot State to, “bois th nf ie than tbat ig in New York, Pennsylvania of the ‘states From’ all the people’s ane.s ceaeieea testis some little anneks tion Ronatar ies “What do you anticipate !” I ingu! “General Grant,” he answel sewill carry two-thirds, or twenty-seven States of the Union. Mark what! you may tell them so in New York, Grant will carry no less than two- thirds of the States.” This “vas said by the Senator with a sort of pro- phetic emphasis, and, indeed, it may be his solemn conviction, tne suppose he will carry our State of New “I do; and even should he fail he would still have more than enough left. opening of this cam; quite over, and a great deal of work is to be before we touch climax. When we reach that the enthusiasm for General Grant will sweep the country, The American people will soon begin to fee) that it is premature to set aside the man who saved the Union and is now engaged in consolidat- ing it. Mr. Greeley cannot ide the demo- cratic rty and he Oe into power under the skirts of his coat. | thing is too transparent. Prominent men of our own party have gone over to him; but you know the old saying, there are as good dish in the sea as ever were caught, and I should despair of my side if I didn’t believe we have as good men left as any that took leave of Us, “However, Senator, are not the issues of the war sufticiently settled? Can’t we have peace?” “Not if you bring in the democratic party under Mr. Greeley’s coattails; smuggle them in as the Greeks were into the ancient city of Troy. The party of human rights and human liberty is not about to give up its mission just yet. It has a great work still before it. The rights of la- bor have to be established and the foundations of the Republic driven down so deep that all the traitors ever banded together for the ruin of popu- Jar freedom cannot in @ thousand years reach its corner stone. But I must be going; and don’t for- et what I said—two-thirds of the States, at the lowest calculation, will vote for Grant.’’ INTERVIEW WITH CHARLES SUMNER. A few minutes after leaving Senator Wilson a friend pointed me out Senator Sumner in a close carriage, driving rapidly past in the direction of the Nahant boat. short walk brought me tn time to the boat and into the presence of its distin- uished passenger, He was seated on deck read- 1 a letter dealing with American poiltics in the columns of the London Daily Telegraph, is sur- prise was great on find himself discovered by a hewspaper co: respondent, but on reflecting that the HERALD had accomplished a far more wonderful feat in the discovery of Dr. Liv tone he saw there was no cause for wonder. “{f thought,” he re- marked, “that nobody knew I was in the city. I have come up from New York and while there I furnished one of your indefatigable reporters with all | care to say on politics. The truth is, 1am now secking rest. Iam going down to Nahant to spend some time with my old friend Mr, Longfellow. 1 need some repose and must keep aloof—must keep aloof.” ‘Ihe Senator did truly appear in need of repose, His once magnificent bass voice is changing to a@ treble, and that splen- did leonine face that once on a@ time in the full tide of his Senatorial speaking swelled to the grand Ape of a demi-god’s, is rapidly shrinking into paliid and haggard furrows, “Well, Mr, Senutor,’? I said, ‘under the circum- stances | shall merely inquire if you have any in- tention of speaking on the issues of the campaign after your return from Nahant 7” “My mind is not made up on that point. I shall Speak, but everything will depend on the condition of my health, That isa sine qua non. It my physt- cian protests I must obey, Have you been travel- ling through the country ¥” “Just a little, Senator." “What is the prospect for Mr. Greeley ? een than Lexpected, It looks rosy in New ‘ork. “I was told by a gentleman in New York that a Gasingaees journalist, who has the greatest facilities for knowiug, said that Greeley and Brown would be elected by au overwheli 1g majority. From all I can learn in other directions, and my correspondence covers a good deal of country, I am disposed to the same conclusion.” Here the boat’s whistle warned visitors ashore, and the visitors made a precipitous departure, A YANKEE TOWN AND YANKEE NEWSPAPERS. Salem is a good sample ofa Yankee town. The people will talk politics even there. Staid and passionless as they seem, they are aroused by deeds of martial glory, and the military glamour around General Grant's mame has & won- derful charm ‘or their calm, esthetic minds, Asa consequence he is the favorite in Salem, and Gree- ley’s lowly followers are mostly among, strange to Say, ‘the fighting, fierce democracie.” This ex- actly fulfils KLmersen’s doctrine of the law of com- pensation. Why is it that in a State so intelll- gent the press outside of Springfield and Boston should lag behind the requirements of the people, or ought 1 to put the reverse of the ques- tion, and ask why the people lag so far behind the press’ ‘There is the far-famed city of Lowell, with & population of 40,000, and yet its principal paper contains less original matter daily, in reading and arch than some of our Long Island papers outside 0: ‘Brooklyn. It is to ve presumed the limited size of the State and the facility of trans- mitting the Springfield and Boston papers to the remotest parts of the Commonwealth in time to meet the Vigo expectations of the un- hurried natives, tells upon any attempt of the smaller towns to establish enterprising journals. ‘The Springfield Repudlican has all the features of a metropolitan paper, and anybody looking over the political prospects of this State would do well to take it into account, because it wields @ tremen- dous influence in favor of liberalism. The paper will be nameless and the town wherein I found it, but it was a democratic organ, and among all the forlorn, God-forsaken guides of public opinion ever seen that paper contested the palm. The editor seemed to have his eyes introspectively fixed on the day of judgment, where the statute of limitations might be annulled and the fraudulent subsertoers to his paper made to fork over. He,had held on to his journalistic bark for ten long, weary years, laboring to keep alive the flame of democratic Principles; but there was that tn his far-retreating orbs that seemed to say, like Tennyson’s Oriana:— Tam aweary, weary waiting; I wish that I was dead. After such a dreary decade, with papers and ad- vertiséments alike unpaid for and no certainty of his party ever being able to repay their debt of gratitude, what wonder if he should desire to be transplanted to where profitiess presses and faith- less subscribers are unknown? The election of GRANT OR GREELEY will not depend on Massachusetts, but ifthe former Jose 20,000 votes in a State so largely and com- pee republican it will be a mighty significant fact and by no means consoling to the party now in power. PROBABLE MURDER IN THE FIRST WARD, The Superintendent of the Utica Line ot Canal Boats Fatally Stabbed. A few minutes after six o'clock last night Thomas Simmons, Superintendent of the Utica Line of Canal Boats, was probably fatally stabbed in the abdomen by Andrew Dowling, foreman of the Drv Dock laborers. It appears trom facts gleaned from the police and parties that witnessed the affray that the two men got into a dispute about some | trivia: matter and finally came to blows. Dowling, who was poring the worst of the fight, suddenly drew a large, bladed knife from his pocket and plunged it in Simmons’ abdo- men, He made a second thrust at him, but Sim- qwons, bende J up his arm to protect himeelf, re- ceiver! the biade the second time. The crowd who had bee i eg around the belligerents here interfered and prevented Dowling from doing any further violence, The wounded man, who was weak from the loss of blood, was conveyed to the Park Hospital, and attended by Dr. Hutchinson, who pronounces his injuries of @ serious nature, and 18 of the opinion they will prove fatal. Dowling was arrested by an oMcer of the New street police ieseeen and will be held to await the result of the injuries, PIOKPOOKETS ON THE OARS. To THR EDITOR OF THE HBRALD:— Last evening, about half-past ten o'clock, I got upon the rear platform of a Third avenue car at Twenty-first street, It was occupied by a gang of pickpockets, who made themselves generally offen- sive and obstructed the movements of passengers as they attempted to get off, the conductor looking on with apparent approval. Twice a rush was made, anda hand reached for my pocket. The second attempt, a very bold one, failing, I was vio- lently pushed from the car while it was in rapid motion and prostrated in the mud. The manner of the conductor and the extraordinary rapidity with which the car was driven made it evident that both conductor and driver were in league with the roaghy on board. This ia but one of many similar performances on the Third avenue cara, They should be shunned at night by every respectable person who can find other conveyanecs, Can nothing be done to make life and property secure on our city cars? B. AvGusT 20, 1872, ve on There tm oly | ene Oe ee fina 3 D EATH OF THE “RING.” How the Great Unterrified Feel Over the. * Mace-O’Baldwin Fiasco. THE TRICKS OF THE CHAMPIONS: Bitter Disappointment to the Patrons of Mace: from the City of Smoke, Pittsburg Excited and a Row Threatened. The Last of Great Boxers in the: United States. Pitrssvunc, Pa., August 22, 1872, It is now certain that Mace and O’Baldwin will: Not fight. The immense crowds that have followed: them from New York and elsewhere to the spot selected for the battle ground have expressed dis- gust and contempt for the whole affair, and are now on the verge of an outbreak that may Perhaps end disastrously. There is no doubt. that Mr. John Arey, who acted on be- half of the original stakeholders endeavored ~ to force the combatants into action, and evinced considerable shrewdness in locating the ground at Collyier’s Station, W. Va., feeling assured’ there would be no interference of the authorities in that quarter. Indeed, from the moment the Principals left Philadelphia there was a certain . sanguine feeling that the fight would take place. But few of the Gothamites or denizens of the Quaker City knew of the movement, and the greatest pre- caution had been taken to prevent the intelligence - of the intended battle reaching the Philadelphia © authorities. The police were completely thrown « off their guard by the repeated expression, both in Private and in the press, that the affair wasa. Aasco and at anend. These tactics were success- ful. But when the pugilistic champions arrived at . Pittsburg they found such a “hard”? crowd of glass» blowers and foundry laborers there—such a crowd, in fact, as only New York and Pennsylvania could ‘ Produce—that Mace and his adherents weakened. BARBARISM AND BEAUTY, The spot selected by Mr. Arey for pitching the ring is in one of the most picturesque valleys of the Old Dominion. On one side rose a range of huge - mountains, covered thickly on the delving sides with grand shrubs and oak trees, with here and there a hut almost hidden by luxuriant foliage, while on the opposite slope are to be seen culti- vated flelds and rich patches of vegetation and de- lightfully situated farmhouses, surrounded with orchard grounds and gardens producing flowers of * such variety that the atmosphere in their vicinity is laden with the rich perfume—ail tending to make , up 4 picture of rural scenery not to be excelled in this part of the country. The tread of those follow- ing the “principals” upon this lovely spot seemed almost equal to desecration, while the fact: that they wanted to witness @ cold-blooded encounter, a true relic of barbarism, made it amount to sacrilege on the sacred soil of Virginia. Whatacontrast here! Away as far as the eye could reach nature appeared in all her beauty—the beautiful irregularity of the hilltops and the gentle incline of the opposite slope, covered with rich verdure; the song of birds, the tinkling bells from yonder fola. On one small plain in the quiet valley were gathered a number of- men—members, certainly, of the human family— who were intent on violating nature; of pandering to a passion that even the brute creation, roaming in forests and jungles, would avoid; of endeavor- ing still further to efface the traces of the First Great Cause of their existence, and, in opposition to the spectacle of progress ana enlightenment around them, going back again to the dark age of barbarism. WITNESSES OF THE FIASCO, All were anxious to sec the fight; and even men not comprised within tiis select circle heard the battle cry, and many of the industrious agricultu- rists, in dilapidated stray hats, behind horses of huge proportions, made for the scene. One lady. on horseback, who had been taking a ride over the mountains, came within hearing distance of the: champions and their adherents, To say that the atfair was a failure would but meekly express’ the sentiment of the great body of the party.’ An- additional cause of annoyance was the fact tiat the’ Holds gifiilant wena had io Temaly in the open id so remain unti the morning train from Stenbenvitie. oe STILL ANXIOUS FOR THE FRAY. When we left the ground last night, notwith- standing. the apparent impossibility of agree- in pon a referee, mai belleve fight would take place this morning, ant this belief was strengthened by a ramor that the acting stakeholder had stated he would leave Steubenville by the seven o'clock train and order the men to again enter the ring. About a hundred brawny, resolute looking fellows, on the strength of this, left Steubenville at eleven P. M. arriving again on the battle und at ten minut past two this ere They were all friends of O’Baldwin, from Pittsburg. Mr. Arey did leave Steubenville at the hour named, and the hope that this jong ape match was at length to be really decide duced inore than one pay ad Merrie of the manly art to ac- pan, im. On arriving at the! Sonera. ig ir destination, ANOTHER BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT awaited them. The “Irish Giant,” with his seconds and supporters, left the ground and jumped aboard + the train, and on inquiry it was ascertained that Mace, “Dooney” Har: the Coburn “Barney? Aaron an other frends net also gone on to Pittsburg on the eleven o'clock train from Steubenville. This dashed to the ground the fond hopes of the clamorous crowd, and a “mill” which was to render Collier Station mem- orable in the annals of the prize ring was indefl- nitely postponed. The heavy-browed, horny-handed brethren of the unholy fraternity retreated from as ire Wo ea tha ce expressive of the leep disgust to which they subsequentl '- pression at the depot in a ve “CURSES LOUD AND DEEP.)? , The disappointed knights of the ring seated . themselves in the cars amid the wildest confusion. Threats and unheard-of mutterings of revenge were heard; and the parties who had been the cause of all their trouble were anathematized and denounced during the entire trip back to the City of Smoke. ‘The feeling wag perhaps move bitter against Mace than O’Baldwin, Many who had formerly been friendly towards him now turned against him, and avowed it was palpable he had been the cause of the failure, and consequent trouble, expense and disappointment. His stock among the glass blowers, iron-workers and coal- heavers of Pittsburg at present is very low, and, as these are the chief patrons and speculators, there is no “business done,” ifa Wall street term be per- mitted. At this Siiing there isa ptrong feeling— and with good reason—that O’Baldwin has shown tue test valor in this double-glossed arrange- ment, and the curses levelled at Mace b: the great unterrified are not tobe easily measured. My opinion is that neither of the champions cared about fighting: but I would give the “Irish Giant” credit for ex! ibiting the greatest amount of brava- do, iit bE net valaneounn n es It # generally conceded tha: faliure to have combat has forever ie itd KILLED THE ‘SPORT’ IN THE UNITED STATES. Who will mourn the loss of the barbarous relic? Mace left this city at ten minutes past three o'clock to-day on the daily Eastern express for New York. “Dooney” Harris, “Billy” Tracey and others of the “sports” were with them. O’Baldwin re- mains over until the night train, and during the interval much controversy existed cerning the matter of the hi of the principals. To-night there 16 nothing definite, but in my opinion they will never do battle. Each seems afraid of the other, and the im. pression among the respectable community is that neither wants to fight. Should the original holder say 80, plenty of opportuni wil offered them, EXPLOSION OF A BEER BARREL, Povankegrrsix, N. Y., August 22, 1972, While Fawin Jewell, of New Hamburg, was roil- ing a barrel of beer into his cellar to-day, the bar- rel exploded, driving a heavy splinter into Jewell’s head ind fracturing his skull, Mr. Jewell lies ina critical condition, A MUNIFICENT GIFT, Utica, N. Y., August 22, 1972, John N. Hungerford, of Corning, N. Y., has given $10,000 for the renovation and improvement of the south hall of Hamilton College, The work will be commenced immediately. Temporary quarters will be ready for new students at the opeping of the \ Fai term on September 5,