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‘the three great Powers now represented at Ber- in will come to some common understanding ‘in regard to the future of the Papacy, and that «gach arrangements will be made that while ‘the Pope will retain his liberty and his spirit- ‘ual authority within certain limits, he will no onger be able to give any serious annoyance ‘to the governments of Europe. The future of ‘the Papacy is one of the nicest questions of this nineteenth century, and it remains to be seen ‘whether the Emperors .can do anything ‘towards its final and satisfactory solution. The Groat Schoeppe-Steinecke Poison ‘Trial—Its Romance and Its Moral. Marder by poison has proved to be the most ‘powerful of all modes of ‘taking off’’ in at- tracting interest to the trials resulting there- from. The insidiousness, the deliberateness, the devilish knowledge—above all, the mysteri- ousness of the crime, drape it in every garb ‘that can win the morbid to its study. How, in old times, the fear that it inspired made it a sister to witchcraft and a son of alchemy need not be narrated. Brinvilliers or Lucrezia Borgia representsit ina later'stage; romancists of the thrilling school seized upon it, and with these and the Medic it rules a realm of ghastly fiction that might easily develop an old lady's -dyspepsia into mania. In our own times it calls a new element to its aid—namely, science. The murder is the vul- gar crime, the surrounding circumstances fur- nish the romance; but science comes or is Supposed to come, and with tests and reagents brings it back to a commonplace matter of ‘books and opinions. We have had great Poison trials, and the result, in face of all the technicality employed, has been doubt to the public mind. Professors have come forward and sworn to the presence of such and such a poison in the body, and doctors have deposed to the ante-mortem symptoms as those pro- duced by the poisons named. Here was Death grasping the prisoner by the throat. Pres- ently another professor comes forward and swears that the tests applied were fallacious, nd another doctor comes to depose that the symptoms were not those produced by the poison at all. Science we believe in. It must be exact or be valueless, and hence where in- exactitude is shown Death loosens his clutch upon the throat of the prisoner. It is, then, natural that doubt should still remain in the proportion of the disproof being positive or reaching only the Scotch intermediary of “‘not proven.”” This was the lesson of the Wharton- Ketchum trial ; and Providence alone can be thanked for the train of circumstances that made Paul Schoeppe’s innocence a tangible reality. , All this shows that criminal looseness in the mode of dealing with such cases is the rule in the very first stages of the inquiry. ‘The exhumation, around which, in such cases, every legal safeguard should be placed, can be done without authority. The post-mortem and analysis can be entrusted to the first village doctor and third-rate toxicologist at hand. From these first steps all the after evils flow. Poison may in the first place be either forced Anto the body or developed by the so-called tests. The doctor half does his work; the pro- fessor does less, and yet these individuals, evolv- Ang poison from their moral self-consciousness, ‘will swear in the strongest Latin and Greek derivatives that poison was administered and found. The terribly uphill task of bringing all ‘this misstatement and dogged, egotistical ignorance back to the groundwork of unas- sailable fact has been demonstrated time and again. Its importance to society can never be lost sight of; for the prisoner at the bar represents society at the mercy of scientific quacks and ignoramuses as much as the dead ‘body represents society at the mercy of the poisoner. This is a terrible fact to look in the face. It is one of.the morals of the latest poison trial. What we:want to help set mat- ters right in such cases is a sacred govern- mental guardianship of the dead and an as- surance that nothing but positively the highest ‘known scientific skill shall be brought to bear dn pronouncing upon the presence or absence of poison in the exhumed body. From this grim view of the subject we may turn a whilo to the romantic or lay side of the late trial. It is the story of a maiden of sev- -enty summers, buxom and active she is said ‘to have been, who became enamored of a good- fooking young doctor. The snow-capped pas- ion of this susceptible old damsel took the ‘direction of marriage, and while the flame played around her ancient heart she made Paul Schoeppe sole heir to her Penn- sylvania fortune, not a very large one, and so, with Rhein wine and mineral water on the physical side and love on the psychical, matters progressed until Maria Steinecke took her death-sickness and died. Certain relatives, who, as relatives will, probably had built upon the old lady's early demise as the foundation of their for- tunes, found themselves thereby ‘left out in the cold,” with a strange young doctor about to console himself for the loss of a prospec- tive bride by appropriating the property of the deceased. Relatives under such circumstances are a sceptical brood. There must be something wrong. In olden times they would have contested the ‘will on the ground of the old maid's insanity; poison being now in vogue, they were not Jong in making up their minds that she had been foully dealt with, a conclusion they could easily reach from imagining they had een foully dealt with themselves, even sup- posing they did not resolve to commit murder in accusing an innocent man. The long his- tory of the trials tells the rest. Popular fury, medical ignorance, a prejudiced Bench, some allege, brought Paul Schoeppe to death's door, and at length the pure light of science, breaking through all the mists, shows him the way out of prison and into the fortune which ‘was bequeathed him. Leaving the relatives aside, we may return to the two central figures of the story. Their respective ages made it an unusual thing for» contract of marriage to be entered into; but such things have been, as many a voraciously expectant relative of ‘wealthy maidenhood has told ere now. Some- times it arises on the old maid’s side from positive ‘‘cussedness,"” and distinctly with a view to making the milk of human kindness turn to gall in the aforesaid relative’s breast. More often it is the whim of second girlhood, tinctured with the old philosophy of never too late. One or the other. With the young gen- tleman it is another matter. It may be a freak of affection, but it has such a golden side to it that ebard world will always bolieve it hears seas grr ps the jingle of coin in every word of endearment. ‘There are few finer in modern comedy than the scene in Macklin’s ‘Man of the impresses upon his gon the secret of ‘his suc- cess in life. When he was on the qui vive for fortune he haunted got the ballroom or the thea- tre—‘‘nae, nae; I ganged to the kirk.” There he found a lean-jawed, sighing, singing old devotee. ‘Cheek by jowl’’ he knelt with her, and psalmed and groaned and won her poor old heart. Then he adds, triumphantly, “I married her in a week, buried her im a month, touched the siller, and wi’ a full purse and a clean conscience began the world again.’’ Had it been a story of the present day in America he would have had a long story to tell about relatives, prison cells, chemical tests and a narrow escape from hanging that MacSycophant never dreamed of, It will always be called folly in @ maid of seventy entering or preparing to enter on wedded life; it will never be out of the order of things that she should die the day after or the day before the act; but with all the comicality of the event it must be looked tothat injured relatives be prevented hereafter from calling ‘suicide or apoplexy by the, to them, profitable name of murder. Practical and Theoretical Preaching Yesterday. As these beautiful Fall days shorten the month and bear us nearer toward its end our city churches begin to fill up with their accus- tomed patrons and to wear their usual appear- ance, Our sermon reports to-day speak of large congregations and-well filled churches yesterday, and in some eloquent sermons were delivered. St. Patrick’s Cathedral and St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic church and the Church of the Holy Trinity are especially no- ticed as having been crowded, or, at least, well filled with attentive and interested wor- shippers. In the Catholic churches yesterday ‘was commemorated as the natal day of the Virgin Mother of the man Christ Jesus, and as such was particularly noticed by Dr. MoGilynn, in St Stephen’s, and by Rev. Father Kearney, in the Cathedral. It was, as Dr. McGlynn declared, a startling revelation made by the angel to the Virgin ‘that the Saviour of the human race was about to take flesh; that while still remaining God’s own uncreated Word He should become the gentle Son of the Holy Virgin.” She was, therefore, blessed among women, and it is in keeping with God's own plan and in fulfilment of prophecy, the Doctor affirmed, that she should be venerated. The reverend Doctor cannot understand how those professing to be Chris- tians can so persistently refuse to honor the mother of the Saviour. And while they ‘admit that the Son of God became man and was born of a woman, they will not admit that the mother who bore Him was the Mother of God." The Doctor's own words here quoted might give a sufficient reason for this. He but recites what the Bible declares, that the. Son of God “became man,” and the ‘man’ only, not the God, was born of the Virgin. According to Dr. McGlynn the Blessed Virgin ‘‘is our best intercessor, and in her efficacy with her Son sinners find a consolation that leads to sorrow for sin and reconciliation with God.”” Father Kearney considered that Mary was the purest of God's creatures, and is entitled to respect and honor— not, indeed, in the sense in which we honor and respect the memory or the name and fame of distinguished individuals. He would honor her “in unison with the Blessed Trinity.’’ When Jesus, about to be crucified, handed over Mary to the affection and care of the be- loved disciple John, ‘He really entrusted all o- us in the same special manner to the pro- tection of Mary. She is all-powerful with Christ, now/in heaven, and there is nothing that she asks of her beloved Son but He is willing to grant.” The lesson drawn, there- fore, is that every one should pray to the Mother to intercede with her Son for His bless ings upon us. Rev. Charles B. Smyth’s recipe to make churches as successful as theatres is to adver- tise the church as thoroughly as the show and to make the services in the formor as interest- ing as theatrical performances. And having discovered this and held the secret so long in his own breast, there is no excuse for Mr. Smyth not to have the most successful church in the metropolis. If, instead of reading “Jessons to the clergy,’’ who never hear them and don’t very often see them, this reverend brother would preach salvation full and free to dying men and women, and display some of that earnestness of manner of which he makes such account in others, we have no doubt he could accomplish a great deal in a little time for himself, for humanity and for God. It is the practical part of Christianity that is want- ing in this day, and not the theoretical. The great trouble with professors of religion to-day is, that there are too many theorists and too few practical illustrations of the life and power of godliness in the soul. The Rev. H. H. Garnet, having found in the disaster to the steamship Bienville a good opportunity to eulogize the heroism of the colored race in their representatives, Amos Davis and Mr. Garrison, seamen on board, improved the occasion yesterday, and paid a tribute of respect to the memory of the former, whom he had known intimately as an humble and liberal Christian man. He was lost by the capsizing of a small boat. Mr. Talmage, having returned from his tour in Europe, saw there, as he had seen here be- fore, God in all the affairs of life, and he so presented the Almighty in that light yesterday to his Tabernacle congregation that the stock- gamblers and money-lenders among his hearers can hardly fail now to understand that “God rules the money market, and has a hook in the nose of the stock- gambler’ and there is no use in kicking against Divine allotments. What may seem accidents are not such, for there are no acci- dents in the Divine mind. The reason of God's interference with moneyed men is that they don’t know when they have enough and God does, and for their good He often takes wealth away from them and gives it to others, so that we see the affluent come to poverty and the poor rise in this world. Father McQuaid, of Jersey City, gave his people some wholesome advice yesterday on scandal-bearing. A scandslmonger is, ao- cording to this divine, a soul murderer and one who robs Christ of His elect. The lesson is too plain to need to be pointed out, that we should be very careful in all that we say about others, World,’ where Sir Pertinax MacSyoophant | Pablie Canvass of the Amemt Awarded to America at Genev~ ‘VEREGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALO. Lopon, Sept 6, 1872. ‘The Odserver wewspaper disoredits’ the’ various’ statements which tave been hitherto made’by the | Press of the amoun€ of damages awarded by: the Geneva tribunal as premature; but-says- there can be no doubt that at the final sitting,.on Saturday, the amount was practically determined, and the Observer estimates also that ttie lump sum is prob- ably about three million pounds'sterling; or fifteen ‘millions of dotlare. Geneva Rumors of the Amount of Dam- agee—Swiss Compliments, and Count Selopis on Cavour’s Memory. Geneva, Sept. 8, 1872. It 1s rumored here that the Board of Arbitration has awarded to the United States damages to the amount of £3,500,000. SWISS CITY FETR. A dinner was given to the arbitrators by the city of Geneva last night. It was a most satisfactory affair, Mr. Carteret, on the part of his fellow citizens, declared that the presence of the arbitrators was an honor to Geneva, and he hoped that all nations would follow the example of England and the United States in settling their differences through such @ peaceful appeal to reason and justice, COUNT SCLOPIS’ TRIBUTE TO CAVOUR'S MEMORY. Count Sclopis replied with words of praise for the city of Geneva. He took occasion to speak of the man who had achieved independence for Italy, Count Cavour, whose friend he was proud to have been; and added that Geneva was doubly dear to him as the birth-place of the mother of that great statesman, ENGLAND. Ministerial Banquet and a Military Review. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Sept. 8, 1872. The Right Honorable Edward Cardwell, Secretary of State for War, will entertain the foreign repre- sentatives at Aldershott, on Friday, after which they will witness the manceuvres of the troops. FRANCE, Relaxation of the Protectionist Tariff Principle— Effort to Conciliate British Senti- ment and Interests—Precau- tion for Internal Peace. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, Sept. 8, 1872. The new commercial treaty now in process of negotiation between England and France has been 80 modified as to make it much less objectionable to the English people. The French government declares that the amend- ments are not in the interests of protection, and that there will be no further changes in the French duties on raw materials. It is only proposed, in the treaty as it now stands, to establish the following compensatory duties On cotton manufactures, 2 per cent; on silk manu- factures, 23g per cent; on woollen, 234 or 3 per cent. The French are hopeful of negotiating similar treaties with other Powers. THIERS' EXECUTIVE CONSERVATISM. President Thiers has ordered that public ban- quets or popular demonstrations of any kind be prohibited on the 2ist and 22d of September. GERMANY. The Three Emperors in Rural Recreation—Gorts- chakoff and Bismarck at Work. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. BERLIN, Sept. 6, 1872, Their Majesties the Emperors of Russia, Austria and Germany drove in the Thiergarten this morn- ing, and at two o’clock this afternoon went to Potsdam. GORTSCHAKOFP AND BISMARCK. His Excellency Prince Gortschakoff had a con- ference of prolonged duration with the Prince Chancellor Bismarck yesterday. HOLLAND. Radical Anti-Royalist Banquet in the Capital. ‘TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 8, 1872. The banquet of the Internationalists here to-day passed off quietly. Mr. George, of New York, made a speech ridtcul- ing the meeting of the Emperors at Berlin. VESUVIUS. Slight Symptoms of Intramontane Disquiet. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Napes, Sept. 8, 1872, Two craters of Vesuvius are still smoking, and slight shocks are felt at the foot of the mountain. INDIAN OUTRAGES. Sat Lake Crry, Utah, Sept. 7, 1872. The Indians are still committing depredations in the southern counties. General Morrow telegraphs that the Indian troubles are virtually settled and the troops are all returning. 2 Marders by the Apaches—Licatenant Reid Killed. San FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 8, 1872, The Apaches are committing an unusual number of depredations and murders in Southern Arizona. Lieutenant Reid was murdered in Davis’ Canon, between Tucson and Camp Crittenden on the 27th of August. His companion, Corporal Black, was captured, and is supposed to have been carried off for torture. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. W. ©. Alexander, of Princeton, is at the st. James. General John G. Hazard, of Providence, is quar- tered at the Albemarle Hotel. State Senator W. T. Horrigan {s stopping at the Westminster Hotel. Judge John Howze, of Alabama, is registered at the Grand Central Hotel. General W. W. Kirkland, of Georgia, is sojourn- ing at the St. James Hotel. A. Ruxton, M. P., and W. Wickham, M P., of Lon- don, are making @ brief stay at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Captain Murray, of the steamer Adriatic, is stop- ping at the Everett House. Governor G. C. Walker, of Virginia, is among the arrivals at the St. Nicholas Hotel. Coionel S. 8. Sample, United States Army, is at the Grand Central Hotel. E. J, Forstal, of New Orleans, has arrived at the Brevoort House. Count de Monteello, Count Swieykowsk! and Baron Brin, of the French Legation, are sojourning at the Albemarle Hotel, previous to their departure for Washington. Mr. Garcia, the Argentine Minister, is a guest at the Albemarle Hotel. Captain A. Grant, of Washington, has taken quar ters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Sen eRT Sas PRPS Mere eae a a SPAIN. Preparation for a National Crusade Against the Slave System. Parliamentary Parties—Carlism in Cataloiiis. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK WERALD. Mapuip, Sept. 8, 1872. An organized system of Spanish national agita- tion against slavery will soon be inaugurated. A series of public meetings are to be held in Madrid, Seville, Barcelona and other large cities. Petitions for the abolition of slavery in the Spanish colonies will be circulated, and, as soon as the Cortes meets, will be presented to that body, in order that prompt action may be taken. PARTIES IN PARLIAMENT. The new Senate will consist of 144 ministerial and 18 opposition members. CARLISM IN TH PROVINOES. The Carlist bandits are making requisitions for food and arms on the inhabitants of Catalonia. HARMONIOUS DIPLOMACY TOWARDS AMERICA, The report that the Spanish government had re- quested the recall of the American Minister in Madrid {s formally contradicted, and in oficial circles it is known that the United States Mintster's relations with the King’s governwient are of the friendliest character, GREAT FIRE-IN MEMPHIS. A Whole Block Wtapped in Flames—Rapid Spread of the Fire—The Streets Crowded with People—The Loss. Mempuis, Tenn., Sept. 8, 1872. The most destructive fire which has occurred here in ten years broke out at half-past two o'clock this morning, at a shoemaker’s shop, 42 Second street. Owing tothe long drought and the com- bustible material of the surrounding buildings the flames spread so rapidly before the engines were fairly at work that it was thought that the great Chicago fire would be repeated, as within half an hour after the fire was discovered the entire block from Union to Monroe street was on fire, and the air was filled with sparks which set fire to numerous places, some fully ten blocks distant from the scene. When the fire reached the extensive carriage works of Bruce & Company many of the guests in the Peabody Hotel, believing that that building would follow, hastily evacuated it. The streets were crowded with people, who were rendering valuable assistance in removing goods. Day was breaking when Bruce's manufactory fell with a terrible crash, its huge wall and roof smothering the raging flames inside, soon enabling the firemen to get control; but southward the flames had spread to Brackett’ livery stable, Wallace & Gibson’s carriage works and Ferris’ livery stable, and in fact swept every- thing to Union street. Fora long time it was feared that the Opera House, with the Post Office, Court Rooms, &c., would be burned. The streets were filled with the goods and inmates of small shops on Union street, many of the inmates barely escaping with their lives, The total! loss will not fall far short of $210,000, about one-half of which is covered by insurance, nearly ail of which ts in local companies, THE HEAT YESTERDAY. Last week every one was rejoicing over what was generally considered the termination of the fiery days of Summer; it was possible to obtain sleep without having to resort to either veranda or house top, and those lucky ones who were ena- bled by fortune to seek shelter from the overpow- ering rays of the sun in watering places or on the cool heights of some mountain monarch hied home- ward. But yesterday old Sol shone out with a fervor that induced the belief that he wished to show his power had not waned. Light, gauzy dresses and trim parasols were once more called into requisition, and the venders of soda water and other cooling beverages had their time fally occupied attending upon thirsty Pleasure-seekers. In the churches the con- stant flirting of fans betokened the calidity of the atmosphere; in the parks the shadiest spots Were most frequented, and “down the bay’? and “up the river” the bows of the steamers were the places where most passengers did congregate. As will be seen by the appended table of the thermome- ter’s range, the average heat of the atmosphere yesterday was nineteen degrees higher than that of the same date last year. This tends to show that ruralizing for pleasure in 1872 need not be considered at an end already, and that the ‘‘melan- choly days” are not nearly so close at hand as many persons who profess to like bitterly cold weather, in spite of tingling fingers and blue noses, claimed them to be last week. THE THERMOMETER, The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- arison with the corresponding day of last year, a8 dicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Phar- macy, HERALD ua ey 1871. 1872, 1871, 1872. 74 3:30 P, M, Th (97 Average temperature for corre: last year... eee THE WEATHER. War DEPARTMENT. } OFFICER OF THE CHigF SIGNAL OFFICER, WasuINoTon, D. C., Sept. 9—1 A. M. Synopsis Jor the Past Twenty.four Hours. The barometer continues highest over the South Atlantic and Gulf States, where clear weather has prevailed, except Florida, whence areas of rain have been reported; clear weather has continued from Massachusetts to Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky; cloudy weather and areas of rain have prevailed from Maine Westward, over the Lower Lake regions and thence to Missouri and Nebraska, The temperature has fallen trom Vermont to North- ern Ohio and Michigan, and thence to the Upper Mississippi. Probabilities. Southerly to westerly winds for the Southern States east of the Mississippi, with clear weather, except along the Gulf coast, where northerly to easterly winds, cloudy weather and areas of rain are probable; generally clear weather during the day from Virginia to Southeastern New York, with winds gradually shifting to southerly and easterly; westerly to northerly winds and clear and clearing weather for New England; easterly to southerly ‘winds, cloudy weather and areas ofrain for the lower lake region and thence to Missouri and the Northwest. The midnight telegraphic reports from Florida Texas apd Upper Michigan to the lower Missouri Valley are still missing. ITEMS FROM CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7, 1872. A petition in favor of this city subscribing $10,000,000 to the stock of the Atlantic and Pacific Railway has received 10,000 signatures. The Panama steamer leaving here at noon to- day carried only $18,000. treasure. L. B. Drew, a native of New Hampshire and an old resident of California, died to-day from the effects of cancer, produced by a friend pinching his arm eighteen months ago. He had submitted to three amputations, without avail. KE. Sneidler, owner of aranche on the Yosemite route, was shot dead yesterday by his brother Homer, who went to Marisho and surrendered himse! 18 cause-of the quarrel is unknown. The canal connecting the Tualatin and William. bea Oregon, will be completed in twenty jay’ L088 BY FIBE. Bosrox, Mass., Sept. 8, 1872, The burning of Spinney & Co.'s rabber works in Chelsea yesterday afternoon involves a loss of be- ‘The prope: sre Se Sad aod on YACHTING. THE MAINE ELECTION. a nen Regatta of the Brooklyn Yacht |.A Republican Majority of 15,000 Club. Expected. aE Little Wind and Tide Unfavorable—The Cup Pre- | The Probable Vote of the Cities and Districts sented by the Citizens of Huntington—The Course—The Yachts Entered—The Meteor the First Boat—The Schooner Prize to the Alice—Festivities and Departure of the Fest. On YAOHT MADELEINE, New Haven, Sept. 8, 1872. It {8 setdom one has to record a more enjoyable cruise thas that experienced by the members of the Brooklyn Yacht Olub since their departure from Glen Cove on Friday morning. The clambake given by the citizens of Huntington was a success in every sense of the word, and the yacht owners returned the compliment in the after- noon by recetving their hosts on board their yachts and showtng them every courtesy in their power, In the evening there was a meeting on board the flagship, which was attended by ail the captains of the feet. A resolution was passed basing the time allowance between the sloops upon length only, and fixing the rate at one minute to the foot for the first class sloops, and three-quarters of @ minute in the second class. It was also de- cided that the Madeleine should allow five minutes to each of the other schooners, THE PROGRAMME was then arranged as ‘ollows:—To sall the regatta for the cups presented by the citizens of Hunting- ton at seventeen minutes past nine o'clock on Sat- day morning; at seventeen minutes past one to visit Mr. Jenkins Van Schaick and tnduige in a clam- bake; at three P. M. to start for New Haven, where they proposed passing Sunday, and at daybreak on Monday to leave for Branford, Conn., where they are to have @ regatta and clambake. Om Friday evening the yacht owners received a number of guests on board, and there was a brilliant dis- Play of freworks. A large party were present on board the Madeleine, and were much indebted to the obliging courtesy of a quartet party—the guests. of Mr. Rufus Hatch, of the Magic, who favored them with some very delightful vocal music. during the evening. When the sun arose yesterday morning over the historical forests. on Lloyd's Neck and lt up the calm waters of Huntington Bay with its gracious light. There did not appear much prospect of racing. As it was necessary, however, to return from the regatta be- fore 1 A, M. in order to accept of the hospitalities of Mr. Van Shaick, an early start was advisable, and the Regatta Committee, comprising Messrs. W. Pegg, 8. H. Kidd and G, M. Sawyer, were soon busy Taking the preliminary arrangements, THE START was-to'be a flying one over a course from a line be- tween’Mr. Sandford's yacht Eddy, and the light- house, round the spar buoy off Eaton’s Rock; from thence around the Mary W. Lioyd’s Neck and. re- turn, making in-.all @ distance of about fiftcen statute miles, After waiting a short time in the hope of getting a breeze, the preparatory gun waa fired and the yachts got ready to cross the line. The following yachts were en- tered in the regatta:—Schooners Madcleine, Com- modore Jacob Voorhis, allowance nothing; Magic, Mr. Rufus Hatch, allowance five minutes, no sec- onds; Alice, Mr. W. B. Nichols, five minutes, no seconds; Fleur de Lis, Mr. J. J. Dickerson, five miny utes, no seconds, First class sloops Meta, Mr. G. A. Beling, allowance sixty-five minutes, no seconds; Kate, Mr. R. ar fifty minutes, ten seconds; Un- dine, Fowler and Brashers, fifty-one minutes, nine seconds; T. B. Asten, Olympic Club, forty-eight minutes, one second; Addie, W. Langley, fifty-three minutes, two seconds. Second class sloo Sophia, Chauncey Fell, by ooh four minutes, ive seconds; Nettie B, A. 0, Bush, thirty-three minutes, five seconds. The tide was running ebb, and there was a light air from the southsouthwest. The smart little sloop z “ Asten, belonging to the Olympic Club, of lslip, .) Was THE FIRST TO CROSS THE LINE, and, with her jib rigged out to port and her boom a-starboard, she slipped along through tne smooth water at a lively gait. The Undine came next, with a big topsail aloft, har tig the Kate, who had a working topsail set. ie litte Sophia was fourth, nearly on a line with the Alice, led the Meta by a few seconds; the schooners Magic, Madeleine and Fleur de Lis then followed in the order named, and Mr. Bush’s sloop Nettie B., with a large party of ladies on board, brought up the rear. It is certainly strange bow little wind there has been this season on the occasion of regattas, and it would appear as {f all probabilities were in favor of DRIFTING RATHER THAN SAILING. The Asten answered the expectation of her owners by steadily keeping her lead, but was hunted up pretty closely by the Sophia, which slipped by the Undine in handsome style and took second place. Half way between the spar buoy off Eaton Neck aud the start the fleet were nearly all becalmed, but presentiy a grateful puff came up and helped the deleine to pass the Magic and follow after the Alice. The alr was so light, however, that the yachts had some dificulty in rounding the buoy off Eaton's Neck, as the tide was running strong to the westward and pods § them right down on the buoy. The Asten turne first, followed by the Sophia, Undine, Meta, Kate and Alice, in the order named, The Madeleine came next, leading the Magic, which was about half a mile uhead of the Fleur de Lis. On the stretch to the ~_ of Lioyd’s Neck the fleet were close hauled; but after they had gone about half way the wind hauled round to the northwest, and after Jibing their booms they started sheet. THE ‘iTTLE SOPHIA did some good work on this stretch, and after pass- ing to windward of the Asten turned the buoy oi Lioyd’s Neck first boat. The Meta came next, but was bothered a little fag round the stakeboat. The Kate id not go round, being strictly a stiff breeze boat, she had no show and started for home. The Madeleine turned ahead of the Magic and while the breeze lasted was close up on the Alice. Off the point, at the entrance to the harbor, the last half of the flect were pecalmed while the others inside the bay had @ rattling breeze. THR METOR WAS THE FIRST BOAT to arrive, followed by the Sophia and Undine tn the order named. The Asten came next, leading the Alice by about half an hour. The Madeleine fol- lowed shortly afterwards, some distance ahead of the Magic and Fleur de Lis. The race cannot be set down as any test of speed, as there was no steady breeze during the morning. The following is the official time of the yachts :— SCHOONERS, Corrected, 5 Arrteal. Time. s. i. M. 8. i. M. 8. 6 14 6 855 4% 202 © 4 06 OS 1 61 53 653 8 30 SL 22 WwW 4B 39 3 SLOOPS. 0 100 9 38 a 15 12 57 10 2 53 50 0 1 18 10 Not taken, 9 5) 12 St 85 8 Ob AS « 9 4 SECOND CLASS SLOOPS. see 9 49°00 12 56: 87 . 9 & OO 203 066 40 OF schooner prize was awarded to the Alice, and ndine and Sophia won the prizes in their re- pective classes. On the conclusion of the race the fleet let go their anchors beneath the shade of the wooded blu on which Mr. Van Schaick’s resi- dence is located. All hands then went on shore and had a really good time. The} clam bake ‘Was a success, and some syne bushels of the bi- valves were disposed of. Mr. Van Schalek and his charming wife were indefatigable in their atten- tions to the comforts of their guests. Alter satis- tying the wants of the Inner man SPEECHIFYING came in order, and Commodore Voorhis, Colonel John Vakey, President Ostrander, Captains Nichols and Asten, and Fleet Surgeon Hall made some ap- propriate remarks, thanking Mr. Van Schaick for the warm welcome he had given them to Hunting- ton. One of the committee of the citizens of Hunt- [ba then announced the decision of the i 0: Sophia... Nellie B.. qT ges, and shortiy afterwards the members the club. fell into line, and under the command of a distinguished military officer and led by a band of music, marched down to the beach and took to their boats, after giving three cheers anda tiger for their host and hostess. Shortly af- terwards the starting gun was fired, and, topping their booms, THE PLEST SET SAIL for New Haven. There was a light breeze from the south-southwest, which fins brought them across the Sound. ‘hey anehored in Morris Cove, in straggling order. The Asten let go her anchor at eleven P. M., and was followed shortly afterwards by the uying Cloud, Sophia, Alive, Undine, Madeleine, Mary, Kate, Nettie Magic and Fleur de Lis, The schooner yacht Eddie, Captain Sanford, arrived this morning a!sout noon. The sloop yacht Meta left the fleet yosater- cia and returned to New York. The Undine left this morning for Bridgeport, Conn. The B arrived this morning and joined the fleet. e of the yachts came wp to New Haven this forenoon, and the guesta went, on shore and took @ drive around New Haven. 6 fleet leave at/six to-mor- pling ig agen pS a © ani pr rive at Newport Towers The Gain Necessary to Make « Democratic Viotory—Voters Marshalled to the Polls— The Gubernatorial Vote of 1868, PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 6, 1872, Further conversation with parties who have rea- Gezvoused at Portland to-day, after concluding & stumping tour through the diferent sections of the State, readily confirms the opinions: im my despatch Oflastevening. It is generally conceded by the democrats that the republican majority will equal 10,000 votes, and the more discerning: among the Opponents claim at the most 15,000. Im the First Congressional district Burleigh, repubiican, wilt have from 800 to 1,200 majority over Clifford, the re~ publican majority iu 1870 being 19,291. Im the See. ond district Frye will beat Garcelon by 5,000 major- ity, the majority in 1870 being 4,328. In the Third district Speaker Biaine will hold bis majority of 8,236 and perhaps increased it to 3,500. In the Fourth. district Hersey will poll # good 5,000 majority, ff not more, the republican majerity in 1870 having deem 4,964, and in the Fifth district Hale will be elected by a majority of about 500 votes, This district wit bo THE ONLY REPUBLICAN LOSS in the Congreastonat vote, for there was a majority” there of 2,686 in 1870, These statemontsamay be relied upom as expressing the opinions of tne best- posted men of both sides. They may be mistaken, however. One of them told me to-day that politica were mixed more badly this year than ever be- fore in the State, and dt was barely possible that there may be enougtr liberal republl- cans among the doubtful men to ensure election of several new members to the State Legisiature. He has made a mathematical statement of what is necessary to be done to ensure @ democratic vic- tory. A gain of tenand’a half votes'im each of the 463 towns and ten citles'in'the State will prodace such a result, he says; but He hasn’t the slightest idea that any such gain can be made, Among the cities, Bangor, Porttand, Bath and Lewiston are looked upon as sure'to poll a’'republican majority. Rockland is conceded to be democratic, and Calais, Augusta, Belfast, Saco and Bidieford are reckoned as doubtful. THE LIBERALS ARE NOWHERE. Every endeavor is being made to polt the fa strength of the State vete. The eastern-bound trains on Saturday night brought large‘numbers of voters, whose expenses to and from their homes were paid by the committces of the respective political organizations with which they act. A comparison of the vote of to-morrow should be made with the gubernatorial vote of September, 1968, preceding the last Presidential election. Then, as now, local issues’ were subordinated’ to the - national interests, and’it is obvious that occasions are similar in their nature. Premising that Gen- eral Chamberlain was the republican candidate for Governor, and that the democratic candidate’ was Eben F. Piltsbury, I send the appended’ atate- Ment, compiled from oficial sources, and’whick may be relied upon as correct :— THE GUBERNATORIAL VOTE OF 1868. Counties. Chamberlain, ? Androscoggin. 4, Aroostook. Cumberlan Franklin Hancock Kenneoec.. Total number of votes. Chamberlain's majorit, THE VERMONT ELECTION. Republican. Majority, 25,618. BURLINGTON, Vt., Sept. 8, 1672: Semi-oMotal returns from all but four small towns give Converse, 42,222 votes, and Gardner 16,604; Converse’s majority, 25,618. The remaining. towns ve, in 1870, n Tepablioan majority. The Sena is unanimously republican; House: of Representatives stands as follows :—Republii 206; Cee 21, In 1870 the democrat: two senators.and 29.representatives. UTAH. and the Saxt Lake Crry, Sept: 7,.1672. The Salt Lake Journal reports the discovery that the entire soil of Farm Valley, near this-city, ts auriferous-and produces an average of $20 per ton. Wilson, the man who killed Rosewell Tibbets, of this city, a few days ago, has been discharged by the examining magistrate, on the ground that the deed. was committed in self-defence. The following leading citizens have been ap- jointed delegates to the Pittsburg Soldiers’ and, jailors’ Convention :—George R. Maxwell, Colonel; W. M. Johns, Captain T. H. Bates, E. A. Seabriske and Major A. K. Smith. NAVAL INTELLIGENOE. News from the United States Squadron tm. Asia. The HgRALD special correspondent im Mioga,, Japan, writing on the 1st of August, sapplies the following naval report:—The flagship Colorado ts, expected to stay here some two weeks.longer. She will then go to Nagasaki and thence to Chefoo, where the Alaska is awaiting her arrival. Thes Monocacy is still here, the Ashuelot at Yokohama, the Palos and Saco at Shanghae, undergoing re- irs. The health of officers and crew thronghout they fleet is good, but more especially in the Japanese part of the station. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS ITEMS. Isaac Brown, @ leading merchant of Providence, die@/ yesterday. The house of the Rev. E. Douglass, of Woonsocket, R. T.,. FBS burned. together’ with the cuntents, last evenings Loss about $14,000; insurance $9,000. J Moore, during a difficulty with James bet in Philadelphig, was stabbed on Saturday night, He i wot recover. Both men were intoxicated. This afternoon, John V. 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