The New York Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1873, Page 4

“ . 4 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. ¥nter the Duke of Cambridge, in general omcer’s uniform, BURLY, BALD AND BLAND, AND LOOKING VERY LIKE , gIS FATHER, ‘as I recollect him when a boy. More cheers, more national anthem; enter members of the Shah's suite, my old friends of the Lively, with rather more gold and diamonds than they had about them ‘fat sea, else looking much the same. The genial Duke of Cambridge must show his British delight ‘at seeing the Persians by shaking hands with them. ‘White he is engaged 1n this act there 1s another burst of national anthem, and Prince Arthur arrives in Bifie brigade uniform, and takes up the nand-shak- ing, in which he is speedily joined by the Duke of Teck, who, with his comely, cheery-looking wife, our own Princess Mary, is the next arrival. There fs somewhat of @ hitch in the proceedings just now and murmurs of impatience are again breaking fortn, when an extra hearty burst of cheers proclaim the advent of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince is im general's uniform, with the green riband of the Thistle across him, The Princess, with much the same coifure as she wore on the previous night, is in green silk, with, over her shoulders, an opera cloak of cleth of gold, sprinkled with jewels, which had been presented to her by the Shah, and looks lovely. So evidently thinks the Shah, who, ar- riving immediately after, ranges alongside the Princess, and continues with her in earnest con- versation, The Prince of Wales shakes hands with Mr. Gye and presents him to a tall, heavily- Duilt, high-shouldered, semi-bald gentleman, in scarlet uniform, with silver epaulets. This ts the Czarowitch, and close behind bim is the Princess Dagmar, with whom Prince Arthur enters into ani- mated conversation, Now is the time for THR TEN SHILLING TICKED HOLDERS to enjey their money’s worth. A procession is formed, led by the Shah and the Princess of Wales, the Prince of Wales and the Princess Dagmar, Prince Arthur and the Duchess of Teck, and the others foliowing, which proceeds straight down the centre of the hall and so into the body of the house to the state box prepared for ita reception. ‘We who have the entrée to the stage make the best of our way thither, but so great is the crowd that ‘When we arrive there the national anthem is haif over. Nevertheless, ‘THE SIGHT 18 MAGNIFICENT. The State box has been taken right out to the centre of the house, and in it is seated the whole party of royal notabilities, with the Shahin the centre. Every seat, nook and corner are occupied; every eye is turned towards the Oriental, who takes the stares with perfect serenity, and calmly continues his conversation with the Princess. Let me take my partin the chorus which is now swell- ing, “May she defend our laws.” When was the last time that I was on 4 public stage ‘with a huge audience infront of me? Was it not ‘the Steinway Hall, or in the pleasant regions of Muskegan or Kalamazoo? “And ever give us cause.” Iam afraid Twain, who ts standing next me, does not appreciate the exuberance of our Joyalty ; there is a twist in his mustache and an ob- stinate upstanding of his hair, which induces me to think he wonid like to sing, with heart and ‘voice, “God Save the Queen! A tinkle, tinkle, ‘the prompter’s bell rings and down comes the cur- sain. Our evening with royalty is ended. EDMUND YATES, The Naval Inspection—Hotel Accommoda. tions—Story ofa Hooster—On Board the “Glatton”—“Splicing the Mainbrace”— The Salutes—The Review. Porrsmoutn, June 2, 1873, Phe Shab is having a real good time in this coun- try}. It is the will of Fate that our joys shall be, as @ rule, transitory, and yet few of us shall know complete *liss here below, ‘The circles of our felicities,” sa,2 quaint oid Sir Thomas Browne, “make but short arches,’ To some is given the full span, the immense ellipse which bridges the ‘whole of life witn fortune, and Nassr-ed-Doon (or ‘whatever his respected name may be, for we spell it in Mity diferent ways) seems to have gotten hold oftne proper man for his engineer, It is more than one person's work to go through with him snd chronicle ail bis pleasure doings, and, as I have ‘warned you in previous letters, it ts scarcely possible to reckon on his fulfilling his engagements, pithough I am bound to say thas in this respect, at feast, he has behaved himself far better in England than in the other European countries which he has visited. On Sunday, however, he returned “to his old lunes” again, [t had been arranged that he should go up the river; at Teddington the State barge had been prepared, and the banks of the Thames from thence to Kew were lined with ex- pectant spectators. It happened, however, that I had been advised of [His Majesty's intention to change his mind. In the forenoon I was walk- fng down Portland place, when I saw three carriages filled with Orientals, proceeding towards Regent’s Park. One oj these carriages stopped, and from it I received, to my astonishment, an un- mistakable hail. On approaching I discovered its occupant to be a Persian gentieman, in green and Diack and gold, not unlike a dragon fly, one of the Shah’s suite with whom I had crossed from Ostend, and to whom, as he spoke tolerable French, and a few words of English, I had been able to be of some service as interpreter. He recognized me at once, said a few civil words and proposed that I should get into the carriage and accompany bim TO “SEE FIRRCB BRASTS,"” ‘which he explained was bis errand. Now, nature and a career in journalism have combined to make me @ Modest man, and as the carriages attracted an enormous amount of attention from passers-by, A demurred for an instant, then, in the interests of ‘the HERALD, stepped in and seated myself by my Eastern friend. 1 will not tell you his name, which might be imprudent—and besides I don’t know it, which 1s, perhaps, a better reason—but he @ppears to be some high stunctionary, and on this as the previous occasion of my mecting bim was travelling in company with an enormous gold vessel, in shape and design like @ coffee pot, It was filicd with water, which, he ex- plained to me, it was his duty to pour over the hands of the Shah after His Majesty, who recog- ‘nizes the truth o/ the oid adage that “dagers were made before jorks,” has been ieeding hisnself with glutinous meats. To “see ferce beasts’ meant, of course, a visit to the Zoological Gar- dens, and my iriend iniormed me the Shah was coming there later on, and urged ‘the policy of my remaining with the suite. Thia, however, I could not do. My bed was engaged at Portsmouth that night, asl had to be up betimes the next moruing to join the ship, for which I had gn order from the Admiralty; so I bid my friend farewell at the Zoological Garden gate, and leit him to see the “fierce beasts” by himself. The evening train by which we proceeded to Portsmouth was a very long and a very slow one, but the tedium of the journey was beguiled by ‘various anecdotes relating to the Shah, which ‘were told by my companions in the smoking car- riage, some of whom were members of the diplo- matic and oMcial worm, evidentiy well up in the | yumors and can-can of society. You recollect the Btory of the midshipinan who, being called upon to report on the manners and fome people whom he had visited, remarked that aa for manners they had none, and their customs ‘were beastly.” To judge from my travelling com- panions’ talk the habits of the Persian nation are something like those of the midshipman’s friends. Btrange stories were told of ' RUINED CARPETS, DEVILED CURTAINS, Bnd an accumulation of Mth and horror of every Gesoription in the rooms occupied by the Easterns Bt Berlin, while it was confidently stated that the oldness shown by the German Emperor to his Oriental guest, which permitted the Shah to pass his last few days alone, and actually to leave Berlin without the presence of any of the Imperial family, arose from the fact that at a dinner at Char- Jottenberg the Shan, disapproving of something he was eating, actually spat out the contents of fis mouth upon the skirts of his Imperial hostess. Not a pretty trick, and perhaps not @ very pretty story; however, Iam only an “abstract ohronicle”’ of the times, and of such kind are the enecdows frith which our socicty is at present rife. THE GEORGE HorEL Portsmouth, though not so renowned ag the Posts or “Blue Postesses, where tnidship- e take their tea and toastesses,” has been im lortalized, by Marryat, and, with the new defunct tain, has been the headquarters of naval men customs of | ! on leave for many along year. All the naval men | @re on duty now, however, and the George is flied with visitors irom London, pretty women, retired admirais and post captains who have | come up to look at the “tin kettle” feet which has superseded the “wooden walla” of | their day and those ubiguitous creatures, the rep- | resentatives of the press, Filled, however, it is from attic to basemens, Sofas are luxuries; the coffee room, after the reireshment takers have gone to roost, is to be converted into a vast bivouac, On the billiard table will be found the portly forms of an Alderman of London, the repre- sentative of the Hampshire hog, and @ lieutenant of marines, too late to join his ship; while athin man has been seen trying the possibility of accommodating his weight and breadth on the mantel shelf, I had taken the precaution of telegraphing fora bed two days beforehand, and, being comiortably housed, could afford to pity the despair of the homeless ones who were still arriv- ing inshoals. Among them was an extraordinary number of foreigners, notably of Span- jards, who, unable to comprehend a word of English, gave themselves up to howling and lamentations, and woe when the state of the case was explained to them by friendly inter;reters, What eventually became of them it is impossible tosay, The rumbling of their cabs through the otherwise deserted streets was still going on at midnight, and formed an uneasy lullaby to those already between the sheets, Why at the early hour of fve A.M. amIre- minded of Thomas Carlyle, the seer of Chelsea, and of that bardy old Norseman, in connection with poultry? Ihad given orders to be called at seven, but two hours before that time I was roused trom slumber by the continuous barking—I can call it nothing elso—of an accursed Cochin China rooster and the screams of the members of his harem, And then [ recol- lee? that the great biographer of Teufelsdrockh haa to suffer a similar infliction, and appealed to his next door neighbor, by whom the fowls were kept, “I don’t see you have much to complain of, Mr. Carlyle,” said the woman; “he only crows three or four times in the night.” “My God, woman!” cried the Philosopher, “think what I suffer WAITING FOR HIM JO CROW!"? There was no need of much waiting, for my friend he blew his “shrill clarion” regularly every three minutes, and in the interval his female kind shrieked his praises, so that I was glad to turn out and get the best apology for a bath and make my way down stairs. Business in the coffee room was already in full blast, Where the Spaniards had been during the night it was impossible to say, but there they were to the fore, and, though mate, had by the aid of pantomimio gestures obtained for themselves an excellent breakfast, No doubt, even at this carly hour, that Portsmouth was en fete. Bands of music, military and German civilian, were playing in the streets, the church | to the Glatton, The father, weather-stained and labor-livea, but hard an‘ strong and active still, the boy, with his face tanned and nis hair blanched by the sun, the mighty muscles in his back and upper arm starting Jorth at every stroxe ofthe oar, a young Autinous somewhat roughly modelied. The morning was lovely with bright sunshine and light pleasant air and the scene splendid. THE VICTORY, As we shoved off from the slippery steps of the Sally Port we caught on our right a glimpse of three old vessels, long since laid up in ordinary, ud now only just towed out of harbor to be pointed out as memorials of a bye-gune age. A queer looking craft enough, that old three-decker, with ber black avd white lines and her high poop, mastiess, abandoned and forlorn; and yet one might safely say that the finest iron-clad of present er future generations will never be so dear to the hearts of Englishmen as she is. For sixty-eight years ago she bore the pennant of perhaps the greatest admiral that the werld ever saw, a little white haired man witha patch over one eye and an empty coat sleeve, Horatio, commonly called Lerd Nelson, who, from the Victory’s topmast fluttered jorth his memor- able signal, “England expects every man to do his duty,” and who a few hours after- wards fell shot to death on that same old Victory’s deck. In 1l'ne with her are other rolics of antiquity—the Asia and St, Vincent—wnhile fying round them, like dipping swallows, are white- winged yachts, or more stolidly going steamers and pleasure boats, whose occupants gaze with wonder on the obsolete armaments and listen witn delight to the yarns of the sailors who convoy them, Excursion steamers are here by the score, and we must do all we know in the way Of steering to get safely round them; here are passenger vessels usually plying between Southampton and the Isle oi Wight or with Havre and the Channel islands as their ordinary destina- tion, Margate and Ramsgate boats and Harwich and Antwerp packets, to say nothing of a crowd of puffing, snorting tugs, quick breath- ing steam launches and rowboats of all kinds, from the captain’s gig, with the eight oarmen in white frocks, with overlapping blue col- lar, and the warrant officer in the stern sheets, down to the little “dingey” belonging to the eighteen-ton yawl, which is going ashore to fetch.a | bottle of pickles for the day's cruise, or the plea- sure boat, with recently mopped seats, on which three privates of the Royal marines, all dipping their oars at different times, are disporting for their amusement. Oheerily! cheerlly! Away we go over the glisten- ing water, and now we arrive at THE OUTER LINE OF THE FLEET, consisting of gunboats, twenty-one in number, bells were ringing merrily, the sidewalks were crowded with people in holiday attire, and an in- cessant stream of cabs and carriages poured from the railway to the various landing stages, Once arrived at one of these latter—either the Common Hard, favorite promenade of “the lass that loves a sailor,” more especially when his pockets are lined with pay and bounty, the Sallyport and Southsea pier—the scene was busier still. One and all were surrounded oy PASSENGER STRAMERS TAKING OUT RXCURSIONISTS at so much a head, steam launches and rowboats from the various men-of-war sent to fetch visitors or awaiting the return of officers who had been on shore, My billet was on board the Glatton, a turret ship, and, with the exception of the Devastation, the strongest iron<lad in our navy, and her position was in the centre of the fleet that “lay heaving many a mile” in the third or outside line tarthest from Portsmouth, and nearest to the Isle of Wight. You have probably seen an engraving from Hook's picture called “Luff, Boy!” the fisherman father bringing up his son tothe craft by which his bread has been so hardly ugly, stubbern little brutes, painted gray for facility in escaping observation, and with such names as Bruiser, Blazer, Cracker and Scourge. Vicious, buil-headed, little craft are these, with a power of inflicting heavy damage and scarcely receiving any in return. There isnot much company on board them, as space is scant, but there are two or ware oficers in uniform, as we pass under the stern of the Bloodhound, and from the appearance of a single tankard, which is passed from hand to hand, it is probable that the nautical ceremony known as “SPLICING THE MAIN BRACE’ is being observed. Now we have reached the sec- ond line and here are the beauties of the fleet. The Agincourt, bearing the flag of Admiral Hornby, @ magnificent five-masted tronciad; the Northumberland, her sister ship; the Andacious, which formed one of the Shah’s escort from Ostend, and at the far end the Black Prince, no longer the strongest, bat still the handsomest ironclad in the ser- vice, Your readers will probably be interested in a statistical description of this great feet, con- fessedly the strongest that ever rode on British waters, 80 I annex an official list of the ships en- * The armor plating of her sides varies from tons of armor are used on her.) ? Flagship of Admiral Hornby, 1 Iron plating 8 inches, ‘Tarret 11 inches, § Plating 10 to 12 inches, i) Iron plating 6 to 9 inches. tenes 6, Also twenty-one gunboats. earned, Just auch a pair did I engage | gaged, their names, tonnage, horse power, number to take me off in their ocockle-shell | of guns and in some instances their cost:— LIST OF SHIPS. FIRST DIVISION. | Horse Ships. Tons, | Power, Guns. Prince Albert. 2,537] — -500| 4 12-ton guns, Gorgon.....+ 2107 260) 4 18-ton guns, Hecute.. 2,107 250) 4 18-ton guns. Devastati 4,407 800] 4 35-ton guns. 6 12-ton and Agincourtt.. Tron-clad....e.sessseees-] 6,621] 2,860/28 {9, 2h rene er, Northumperland Iron-clad. con} 1,350!08 {2 Tang, } | d0c,o07 Audacious, .|Iron-clad. 3,774 800/14 - Hector.. «Hron-Clad.... ss. + 4,089 800/18 a 8 40-pr. 18-ton Hercules....... aees IPOD CIA. 20... cece eeee ee 6,234 1,200/14 }2 12-ton 401,000 | 46)s-tn guns .|Iron-clad..... 719) 800|20 al Iron-clad. 4,063) 800/18 « SKCOND DIVISION. Hotspurt...... fa Turret ship. 2,e07| 600] 3. Feepoanere} £171,000 Royal Sovereign, .|Turret ship. 8,765 800] 5 12-ton guns, - Cyclops...... Turret ship. 2,107 250] 4 18-ton guns, ~ Hydra ‘Turret ship. 2,107 250) 4 18-ton guns, _ Glattons. Turret ship. 2,709} 600] 2 25-ton guns, 188,000 Sultan}. Iron-clad... 8,204] 1200/12 {8 TF Ton oan, | | 386660 Achilles.......-+ Tron-clad... 6.121) 1,250)28 lieecton” } pr Caledonii Tron-clad 4,125) 1 py — Penelope Iron-clad ne 0 a pe vi 5 ron-c! -_ babu 4.12-in. 25-ton Monarch’ Turret ship. 5,102, 1,100) 7 {eon ison 354,414 1 7-in. 6%4-ton Black Prince Jron-clad. og 109) 1,250128 64-ton guns, =_ 10 to 12 inches, of her turrets 12 to 14 inches, (2,00 Turrets 12 to 14 inches. © Iron plating 4 to 7 inches. Turrets 8 to 10 inches, THE GLATTON, on which Tembarked by the courtesy of the Ad- miraity is, as you will perceive, one of the strongest ships in the service, Indeed, so confident were the Admiralty in the security of her armor plating that | last year they lent her as @ target to test the prowess of a twenty-five ton gun, and she came almost unharmed out of the encounter, With | a low freeboard, not more than two fee! | above the water, painted is truly bideons; bat her officers are courteous al jospitadle, and she is placed in an excellent position for seeing all that occurs, In @ direct line with her is the latest development of of turret-ship building, the flat iron, as the satlors have nick-named the Devas- | tation, though her size = gives her @ certain comeliness which the dwarfish Glatton misses. The Glatton is, in reality, out of cominis- sion, and 18 at present manned by @ scratch crew, | hastily got together, Her commander, Captain Aynsiey, is Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness; her | chief officers, Lieutenants Jocelyn and Hodg- kinson, belong one vo another ship, the | other to the barracks of the Steam Reserve at Sheerness, but all are most courteous to their visttors, and not merely give | them all the information tuey want, but adminis- ter to their creature comforts with an hospitality which loses none of its charm because its arrange- ments are of the rough and ready, speedily impro- vised picnic order ‘There was some time to wait before there would be any chance of the appearance of the royal party, so 1t was decided that the “main brace should be spliced,” and with this view a select party of us proceeded to the wardroom. Did you ever “go below” on board aturret ship? If not, permit me to describe the operation. A hole is pointed out to you in the deck, SOMETHING LIKE A COAL-SH00T in the London pavements, through which you are Tequested to descend. On inspection you find inside a very thin and slippery iron Jadder, down which you climb, scraping of alternately all the buttons on the front of your waistcoat and ail the hair on the back of your head, Eventually you are brought up standing on an iron stage, and, by the fitful gleatms of a smoky oil lamp, find yourself surroundec by enormous steam engines, between which there is @ narrow gang- way. Far away in the dim distance a voice urges you to “come on.” You obey. At the first step your hat is crushed over your cars by the low rool, at the second your legs slide away from you on @ dail lead | | color, and without masts or salis of any kind, she | the slippery iron, and you clutch at cog-wheels, main shaits, safety valves, anything to sustain your falling frame, By the time that your hands are covered with coagulated black grease you re- quire them to wipe your face, and you thus present a parti-colored appearance when, after making @ final stumble over a high step, you plunge ead foremost into the wardroom. This is he place where the officers of Her Majesty's turret ships spend their lives when not on deck. It is very dark, the only light it has being admitted through a shaft which goes from the centre of the room to the upper deck, and the only meansof ventilation are provided by a steam engine, woich is constantly PUMPING IN FRESH ATR, to find its exit through the before-mentioned shaft. On either side are the rooms of the oficers, dark and narrow dens, by no means fitted for tne oceu- pation of gentlemen. After the splicing of the matn brace, which turned out to be a proceeding of an alcoholic nature, we returned to the upper deck, and found that a good deal had taken place in our absence. The various ships of the feet had been dressed with colors, and on board our own vessel the men had been beaten te quarters and were now ranged round the lowest deck, while the first deck was occupled by the marines. Captain Aynsiey had gone on board the Agincoart, at whose stern lay quite a flotilla of galleys, gigs and steam launches, belonging to the captains who were to be PRESENTRD BY THE ADMIRAL TO THE SHAH on his visit to the flagship. The three lines of the fleet were complete and unbroken, such stray craft as dared to intrude between them (and among the offenders ® beautifal steam launch, with » Isdy in an ¢elegant blue and white striped dress for its central object of attraction, and a hideous, snorting, excarsionist-crammed ‘ng, called the Fiery Dragon, were the most conspicuousy being hunted up by the Portsmonth Dock company’s steamer Grinder, commissioned for the day asa kind of naval constable. It was pretty nearly haif-past eleven o'clock before, by the atd of my faithful lorgnon, through which I have seen many odd things in my time, I perceived the royal yacht Victoria and Albert steaming majestically out of the harbor, and two minutes afterwards the guns of old Southsea Castie rang out with A SALUTR, which was at once followed by every ship in the fleet. Wondertul it was to see the hight, fleeocy putts of white smoke beiched forth from the gun boats, and then to notice the littie gunboat itself recoil irom the shock, a6 did the aun of Mr, Wie | Kle, calling forth the remark, “He had no idea these | small frearms Kicked so.” Wonderful it was tohear | | the deep-monthed roar with which our ponderous neignbor, the Devastation, paid homage to the Shah; more wonderful atili, to feel the tremendous shock which we on board the Glatton experienced aiter our sturdy little craft had rendered its tribute, When the saiute was over then waa the time for the Flying Dutchman to put in an ap- pearance. That weird and phantom vessel, which was never seen save shrouded with mist would have been quite at home in the thick smoke fog which prevailed. Full five minutes elapsed before tt luted and then the Victoria and Albert, having the standard of England and the Persian ensign fying, Was seen rounding the westernmost end of the line and advancing between the iron- clads and the turret ships. The Victoria and Alvert ig. splendid vessel, You know what Shakspeare says about Cleopatra’s barge— ‘The barge she sat in, like a burnish’d throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold; Purple the sails, and so perfuined that The winds were lovesick with them; the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flues kept stro! mado The water which they beat to follow fasier. Well, the royal yacht is not at all like that, but it ta very gracetul, very elegant and Iam told very comiortable. The weather was so lovely that ail the guests were on the paddle boxes and the bridge, the Shah with the Duke of Edinburgh, who represents TR NAVY IN THE ROYAL FAMILY, at his rignt hand, and the Princess of Wales, to whom be pays great atrention, near by. In their wake follow the Fairy and the Elfie, steam tenders, with a few steamers containing offietal and miscel- laneous company. The yachts make the circuit of the fleet, and on their return a barge is pushed off,.and in it the royal party visit the flag ship Agincourt, over the whole of which ironctad monster the Shah makes a tour of wonder- ing inspection. It had been Intended that the Devastation and other ships should be viewed, but His Majesty was wearied, and in the midst of another thundering salute the yacht proceeded to her moonngs and the Shah to his Juncheon with the Port Admiral, What a pity he drinks nothing than | nade! tronger than lemonade mouuND Tit ERIE IN PEACE. Some of the Most Wonderful Vot- ing on Record. Annual Election of Erie Directors—One Man Swings 400,000 Votes and Has 200,000 Left—860,000,000 in His Breeches Pocket—The Money that Erie Has Earned in Six as The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Brie Railway Company, “for the election of dt rectors and for the transaction of such other busi- ness as might come before the meeting,” was held yesterday at the ofMices of the company in the Grand Opera House. To all outside appearances there were no stockho:ders, or anybody else, in fact, present beyond the ordinary officers and attachés of the great corporation, At one of the tables in an inner apartment sat some seven or eight gentlemen busy with pens, ink and paper, and having small box of the dimensions of a cubic foot be- fore them. The box had a small sliding lid to close an aperture at the top, Among the gentlemen seated at the table were Mr. S. L. M. Barlow, A. S. Hewitt, Charles Day and a Mr. fay. Mr. Barlow seemed to be doing all the voting and the ofr gentlemen were inspectors and “tellers. Every owner of a share of stock is entitied to one vote for each share held by him. Mr. Barlow deposited votes for upwards of forty million dollars of stock and had A PALTRY TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND VOTES, representing $20,000,000 more, in his breeches pocket when he quit. The polls were open from ten o’clock A. M. to two P. M., and he couid have got through in about another hoar; but he nad re- peated as often as was necessary, and was atit as early as any of them. A ew people who owned a bagatelle of from aquarter to half a million of stock crept up modestly and dropped in their tittle tickets, and it was only at such imtervals of inter. ruption that Mr. Barlow got a chance lor rest. Talk about “straight tickets!” There was only one ticket at the Opera House yesterday, und taai was made out by Mr. Barlow (mainly), his own name was on it as one of the candidates, and he voted it once of stock and had about two hundred thousand votes left ior cmergencies, Ui that isn’t “rauning’’ a “machine” perhaps the late Boss can give a sample. Alter the election was over Mr, Barlow said he did’nt “scratch” his name once, but yoted it straight through like a man. During the day quite @ number of promtment stock hoiders, stock- brokers and RAILROAD MAGNATES DROPPED IN, tosee whether Mr. Barlow was doing the thing correctly, and went away quite satisiied that he was. President Watson and the genial and gentle- manly Homer Ramsdeil were among the number, nd expressed the opinion that Mr. Barlow was the best qualified voter they had ever seen. It is said they intend getting up & “corner” in votes by the next Presidential election, keep Bartow back for a while, and then ran him in, and take the whole contract for both candidates, They were not his own votes exactly that he was swinging 80 profusely yesterday, bat it apres that there were geutiemen in England owntng about forty million dollars’ worth of the stock and gentlemen in America owning about twenty millions’ worth, who had and still have the most implicit confidence in Mr. Barlow's integrity and staying powers, and so they delegated to him the power to vote for them on what are known as “proxy” certificates. He voted on about one hundred and fifty thousand shares tor American holders and on 250,000 fur Europeans, and then, as two o’clock came (oo soon, H& HAP TO LEAVE OFF before he had got in the otner 200,000, Just after the polis closed proxies on 4,000 shares additional arrived from England by mail. ‘There was no opposition ticket presented, so the presumption is that everybody who holds Erie stock 18 satisfied with the way in which things are bemg done. The doors were all wide open, not bolted, as in the good old days of the Erie Prince, and the affair passed off without a provest of ber 4 kind, and there was no posse of deputy sheriffs nor of “¥ommy Lyuch’s gang’ needed. ‘Tne 1ollowing 8 ‘THE TICKET RURCTED. Samuel D. Badcock, John Taylor Jonnston, George H. Brown, Henry L. Lansing, Herrman R, Baltzer, Edwin Db. Morgan, Samuel L. M. Buriow, Cortianat Parker, W. Butler Dancan, Homer Ramsdeli, Giles W, Kutchkiss, Lucius Robinson, Wiiliam 7. Hart, Fred. Schuchardt, Adrian Iselin, William W. Snippen, Peter H. Watson, Of these seven names ar and the remaln- ing ten were directors in tue v5 vard. The new members are Messrs. Brown, Huiizer, Hotch- kiss, Hart, Iselin, Parker and Robinson. The seven retiring members. whom the above gentlemen suc- ceed, are Governor Dix, John J. Cisco, J. V. L. Pruyn, Alexander S. Diven, J. T. Oliphant, Charles Day and W, «. (ravers. Mr. Day and one or two of the other gentlemen were retired at their own special request, ‘The new Board of Directors will MERT TO ORGAN'ZE by the election of a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer on Thursday psy | (to morrow) eleven o’clock. There is no doubt that Mr, Watson will be elected President, a his direction has given the most unqualified satiafac- tion. The prominent candidates for the Vice Presidency are Mr. J. H. Deveraux, who, it is said, jar represents the Bischoffheim interest; Mr. 8. , Archer, Who has long been connected with the road and was prominent in tt under the Fisk régime, Tt is saia Mr. Archer's chances are much diminished by the certainty of some one else’s success, It had been generally anticipated tnat a dividend would be declared PY, the retiring directors, but those * expected it will be disappointed for the resen' ba ‘The directory submitted yesterday the following BuPURT OF AFFAIRS of the company, as nearly accurate as at present obtaipabie, up to the period :— GENERAL OFFICE | oY THE ERTE RAILWAY COMPANY, ‘ New Yous, July 8, 1873. TO THE STOCKNOLDERS OF THR KeiB RalLway COMPANY :— The law of this State requires that a re- be annually made for the the ai pte: r 0, but the recent eee in the for the bolding, of the elections this company from Octover to Chad would seem to make it proper that @ partial report of the operations of the com- time y to this time should now be presented; but Pie report is, from necessity, far 7m complete, even for the current six months, as the returns are not yet allin for the month of May last. In he course of the next few weeks & Of Sparertons, (6100 2a July can be made, and it is intended that such a et shall then be made as will snow, with the nc. tual condition of this company’s affairs for the past six montns. ‘The earnings of this company have continued each share Jor about four hundred thousand shares | every department, and these expenses more |i ly diminished as the reforms in are developed; and wnen tue it plans for double track and narrow upon the whole here is nO reason why the cost of ting this road, in com; LJ with 1g gross earnings, should not be as low oo upon any of the OTHER GREAT TRUNK LINKS. We are rapidly increasing our facilities for busi- ness, We have put in this season, already, twenty miles of sidings, and laid ten miles of second track, and we have increased our coal, postal and other cars. We are to reduce the heaviest ay upon the line; and, when this ts done, Ken in connection with the cheapness of fuel—in respect of which the Erie Company possesses ve! decided advantages over any Of 118 rivals jor ness in this Btate—this company will be able to overcome the disadvantages under which it has —e in the past, Si pone sn ag other lines o1 ly possess: ats or greater control of focal trate. ‘These advantages, how beginning be re will increase in the future; and the day is not far distant when our proximity to and connection with the anthracite and bituminous coal oelds of Foune lvania and Ohio will iar more than counte ce ud: vant heretofere d by other lines, ye Taped opt ol tne Toad. hasbeen increased ing th dur! e yea: by the addition of ten millions of convertible pie) of which eight cations have already Leen at par, in currency. ‘Ihe re- maining two millions will propenis be placed at the same rate as soon as they be needed tor our new construction and Oo co now in fee a all these bonds to be nego- tuen ( © funded debtof the company will Ws te eeesenes sonsnesersseees + $40,080,140 The stock capital of the company is unchanged, as reported July, 1872, viz. : Common stock, Preferred stock ‘Total. The fi ing debt ba 1, 1872, Was $6,463,668 20, The present floating debt is nearly bead or equivalent to one month’s cuirent rece! te Cee Be reduction since last July of $4,750,000 an The grading for the double track ts rapidly pro- gresaing. Upwards of iorty miles will be ready for the rails in August, and during the Autumn a fur- ome baqeabeneas f° 74 ther portion of eighty miles will be completed, Peni in all 120 miles to be constructed this During the sent season we opt to chan, Fine existing gauge of the road irom At- tiea fo Painted Post, a distance of one hundred miles, and to lay a third rail from Attica to Buffalo and from Paiated Post te Waveriy, the. third rail on the latter being already nearly com- plete. This will give us a narrow gauge con- nection with adelphia and he. anthra- cite coal fields. As rapidly a6 is consistent with an economical chi o1our present motive power and roiling stock, it is proposed to narrow the gauge of the whole of the main line and branches, pons ony, ig this change demanded for the pur- REDUCING WORKING BXPENSES, but because we cannot, so long as our gauge is not in cgniormity with that of our Western, Kastern and Southern connections, secure a large amount of tratic now offered to us, if we could receive and transport it witnout breaking bulk. The motive power and rolling stock of the company isin a more efficient cundition than at any previous oneal as is shown by the increased service which it performs, But the imperative demands oi our trattic will require, by the time the narrow gauge track is extended eastward to Waverley, the imme- diate addition of 2,000 narrow-gauge cars and 100 narrow-ga\ locomotives, which we are now about to put under contr: In the month of February last, in addition to the annual dividend of seven per centum on the pre- ferred stock, @ further dividend of one and three- quarters per centum on the common stock was de- clared, and afterwards paid. The accounts, based upon which this dividend was declared, have already been published, and have, in addition, been most carefully scrutinized by @ committee of the Legisiature. At the time of making this dividend sundry important items of account had to be estimated, because oi the in- ‘completeness of the returns aud the backwardness ol bookkeeping; but in every instance, when these estimated items came to be corrected by the actual returns and the completion of the accounts, is was found ‘WE HAD UND! ‘TED THE overestimated expenses, and, thereto: upder- estimated the actual net earnings; and nothing has since occurred to show, or even to raise & doubt, that this dividend was not fully earned, or Was not properly ueclared and paid. On the con- trary, it is believed that the system then in- augurated, of carrying the cost, paid from earnings of all additions to the property and equipment of the road to capital account, taking care, in all cases, to make ample allowance jor the necessary expenditures for a full and iiveral Tepaiation of the road, its equipment and ma- chinery in every department, and of then dividing the whola of the actual net earnings of the com- pany among its stockholders for the time being, is @ policy equally honest and wise, and to tms policy of tairly dividing the actual earnings at short in- tervals, say semi-annually, among the whole body o! stockholders the present Board is fully com- mitted upon principle. As bejore stated, a tuil report of all the affairs of the company, including its earnings tor the first six months of the present calendar year, is neces- sarily deterred to about the end o1 August next. All of which is respectfully submitted. By order of the Board. PETER H. WATSON, President. NEW JERSEY CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, a Vacancies Filled by Governor Parker— Long Debates Over the Preliminaries, The New Jersey Constitutional Commission, selected for the purpose of suggesting amend- ments to the fundamental law of the State, resumed its session in the Senate Chamber, at Trenton, yesterday, after a recess of two months. The jour vacancies occasioned by tbe death of ex-Chancellor Zabriskie and the resignations of Messrs. Runyon, Beasley and Ryer- son, were filled by Governor Parker, who sent in the following names:—Second district—Philomel Dickinson, vice Beasley, a resident of Trenton and president of a banking company in that city for the past thirty years. Fourth district—Joseph Thompson, vice Ryerson. He is a wealthy farmer aod a resident o! Somerset county, where he holds the position of a Judge of the Court of Com- mon Pleas. Sixth district—George J. Ferry, vice Runyon, is a leading manufacturer and a resident ot Orange, Sussex county. Seventh district—Dud- ley 8. Gregory, vice Zabriskie, is an ex-Congress- man, and at one time a candidate for United States Senator from New Jersey. He is a resident of Jer- sey. City. ‘he present complexion of the commission pre- sents six lawyers and eight representatives from the commercial, manufacturing, agricultural and other industrial avocations of the State. Tis course pursued by the Governor will tend greatly to conciliate the people of the State for the mis- takes made by him in his first appointments, Then the convention consisted of ten lawyers and four of other valiings. Atten minutes past ten o’clock the Secretary called the meeting to order, when the jollowing entlemen answered to thelr names :—Messrs, Jutier, Gilchrist, Ten Eyck, Carter, Green, Swayz Buckley, Taylor, Bavcock, Thompson, Gregory an Ferry. Absent—Messrs. Dickinson and Gray. Mr, Gilchrist proposed Jobn C. Ten Eyck as President of the Conventon in place of AO. Zabriskie, deceased. He was unanimously elected, He said in preparing amendments to a constitution already framed, deep consideration should be given to the securing of a pure elective franchise, a@ wise and efficient administration of the laws, correction of evils in the present mode of legisia- tion. This report recommended that the work to be done be classified under the following heads: First, legisiative department, bill of rights and — righ! of sultrage; second, executive; Third, Judiciary; fourth, ‘appointing power and tenure of office ith, future gsmendments, gen- eral provisions and final revisions. It is als re- commended that five committees be appointed by the President of the Commission, to each of whom shail be referred ior consideration one of the gen- eral heads and subjects just stated. And that the committee taking aes of the first subject—viz. legislative department, bill of rights and rights of suffrage, | consist of five members, and the other committees of three members each, and that the commission shall meet at ten o'clock, in the forenoon and adjourn at three o'clock in the after- noon, while in session, uniess otherwise ordered. ‘The reading of this report gave rise to conside! able discussion‘ which usted Over two hours, dur- ing which Messrs. Gilchrist, Buckley, Taylor and Swayze took an active part. The latter gentleman spoke ainst the adoption of the report, He Wanted them to fall back on original Biss, He said the Commission did not represent the body of the people, it only represented a select few. He was in favor of _ throwi the report altogether. Mr, Gil it was in of having the subject embraced under the first head restric 80 a8 not to incinde the matters of special legisiation, This subject of special ea he said, had taken up nine- the time of the bons not and he sug- sted _ it should be considered alone and by v rere offered, en A. stitut a8 propose: sdopted:—That the work of be subdivided under the following heads:—First, bill of rights; second, rights of La third, limitation upon powers of government; fourth, general and special legislation; fiith, legislative department; sixth, executive; seventh, judiciar; when eign Is Sppointing ower and tenure of oMice; ninth, ure amendments; tenth, eral pro- vision and final revision, entlemen voted ane 1s adoption—Mesers, ter, Buckley, regory and Ten Kyck—and nine in favor of it. A protracted debate then ig Up on the question of the appointment of committees to whom these subjects should be referred. After some further debate the meeting adjournea YACHTING. The Match Race Between the Sloops Ide Hour and Lina S. The Lina S. Parts Her Throat Halyards on the First Round. THE IDLE HOUR WINS THE BACE, Yesterday afternoon @ match race was sailed from off the Short Braneh House, for $250 aside, between the jib and mainsail sloop yachts Idle Hour and Lina 8. The race was closely contested throughout, and wou.d, probably, have been won. by the Lina 8., lf her throat halyards had not parted and delayed her ten minutes, As it was the Idie Hour only won by about two and a half minutes, The Idle Hour did not get over from Jersey until three P. M., and, consequently, it was getting late before @ start was effected, The judges were Commodore Sweeney and Mr, Robert, Drake, and Mr, Peter Kergan officiated as referee. ‘The sloop yacht Captain Morse was anchored about two hundred yards to the northward of the land- ing, at the Short Branch, as stakeboat. THE COURSE was from across an imaginary line between the stakeboat and the end of the dock off the Short Branch House to and around the baoy on Oyster Island and return. Distance, six end a half miles, The course to be sailed three timesover. The wind was about southeast and the tide flood. The com- peting boats were owned and sailed as follows:— + Name, Owner, Batted By. “An: late Hour, ~TomTTaytor, J. VJ Vreeland. 4 Lina 8. Frank Bates, Joe Morris, Shortly before four o'clock the boats came out’ from the dock and the judges went aboard the stakeboat, Aftera few minutes’ delay they were started and crossed the line as follows:— H, M & aus Idle Hour......--., 53 54 45 Tana 8,-0.0... 8 Of The breeze was nearly dead aft, and they started: with their booms to starboard, The Lina 8, under the judicious handling of Joe Morris, soon closed up on the Idle Hop, and, lnsiing ap passed her to windward, and yachts rounded the buay om Oyster Islands as iollows:— Zz ‘ b& aM, & Lina 8. 4 15 4 Idle Hour..... Both yachts now trimmed down on the wind and made a stretch toward Staten Island on the port tack. The Lina S, was doing well una making land on the Idle Hour, but at 4:42 her throat halyarus rted sud her mainsail came down with @ run, joe Morris did not give up the race, but, getting to work, repaired the Gamage, and at 4:52 was’ ing ahead again after the idle Hour. ‘The yachts jurned the home stakeboat on tae first round ap follows :— AM, & Cy aM. & Idle Hour...... seee 5 00 45 Lina 8........ coer 5 OF Going free there was not much difference in the speed of the yaoits, and they flually turned the buoy on Oyster Island as follows:— C2 A HM, 8. % Idle Hour.:........5 27 26 Lina S....00000.05 8 Oh ae back on the wind, both yachts made a stretch toward Staten Island, tne idle hour mak ing @ long reach across, while Joe Morris preserred’ staying and making a board on the starboard: tack, in order to get the benefit of the tide. The yachts turned the home stakeboat on the second vurn as follows:— HM, 8. a.m. 4 Idle Hour.....-....6 13 16 LIMAB....0+0006. 6 WD I ‘The Lina 8, appeared to have gained about half @ minute on-the last return, and, with a silce of luck, there appeared to be a chance for her recov- ering the lost ground. The Ps rounded the DOOy CmRAEPEE AME OF last tarn as folk OWS -— u ) Idle Hour..... The breeze had now freshened considerably, and the Idle Hour, wen hauled on the wind, got two or three knock downs and appeared to have all she wanted. The race now became more inter«! ing, as there was @ prospect of the Lina 8S, over- hauling her competitor and winning the race, They beth lay on the port tack towards Staten Island, and finally the Idie Hour stayed and stood tothe northward. The Lina S, still stood on the port tack and tacked and headed up towards the home stakeboat. The Idle Hour shortly afterwards tacked and headed in the same direction. The Lina 5S had gained considerably on the last stretch, and it now by Unentd very doubtful which would win. The Lina 8., nowever, stood a Nttle yoo far to the southward, and the Idle honr arrived about four anda half minutes ahead. The following is the Oificial time :— it Corrected Tine. . M. 8. i. Mt. 8. HM. & Idle Hour. 73% 88 BR 8 82 4 Lina 8... 32 05 3 37 16 3 3 36 The Iile Hour tneretore won the race by 2m. 5is. Commodore Bates was not satisfied with the re- sult, as it was evident that the Lina 8S. was the smartest, and another match was made for $600, whieh will be sailed of Tom Taylor’s Idie Hour on Monday, July 14. Launch of the Cornelis. On Saturday afternoon a party of Jadies and gen- tlemen assembled at MoCarrick’s yard, Gowanus Bay, for the purpose of witnessing the launch of the schooner yacht Cordelia, owned by Dr. Vordy, of Jersey City. As the last wedge was knocked from under the keel the yacnt glided gracefully and smoothly from her ways, taking to her native ele- ment amid the cheers both of those on board and the spectators assembled on the shore. The Cor- nelia is acentreboard schooner, modelled by Robert Fi and possessing in a marked degree his idea of “overhang.” She has a very hollow floor, sharp, fine bow and deep bilge, and is confidently ex- pected, both by the modeller and builder, to be a very fast and able craft. Her dimenstons are as fol- lows :—Length over all, 67 feet ; length on water line, 66 feet 2 inches; length oi keel, 50 feet; extreme breadth of beam, 17 feet; depth of hoid, 6 icet; tonnage by New York Cinb measurement, 56 tons; draught of water, 4 feet 4 inches, Her Irame is of Connecticut oak, the tinibers bein; of the natural curve of the wood, admirably pul together. The planking is of yellew pine, one and three quarter inches thick, the wails of oak. deck is of white pine, with @ gang plank from stem to stern of the finest mahogany. Her sky- light, fore scuttle, companion way and cockpit are ali constructed of fine mahogany, The wheel is of the Perley patent, the rigging of iron wire. The bowsprit is built in with the rail carried to the ex- treme end, which gives her a very stylish appear- ance forward. Her cockpit and deck room are un- usually handsome and commodions for the size of | the vessei, evincing good judgment on art of the designer. The cabin is divided into joon of about fourteen feetin leugth, baving on each side two fine berths, with sofas in (ront, and, on the starboard side, two comfortable state rooms with double berths, water closet, &c., while on the port side are the captain’s stateroom, kitchen and pantry, with tce-closet, lockers, &c,, ail under the trunk cabin, Forward of this is the gailey, contain- ing berths and accommodations for the crew, ant in one corner a large water tank. Her ballast ts big. cast expressly for her, and Sawyer is busy with the sails, which he expects to bend on by Saturday, so that by Monday she will robably be ready lor her trial trip. Her builder, Ke rick, may well feel proud of the Cornelia, for she shows in every part of her construction the efforts which he has made ts excel any other vessel of her class as yet but in this harbor, She belongs to the New York Yacht Club, Yachting Notes, The following re Whitestone yesterday :— Yacht Alarm, N. Y. Y.C., Rear Commodore Kings- Jand, from Sag Harbor for New York. Yacht Graves, 0.Y.0., Mr. Hughes, from New York for New Haven. HEALTH OF JERSEY OITY. Cholera Morbus the Only Cause of Alarm—A Health Inspector Wanted, The people of Jersey City have not quite so much cause for alarm as some sensation-loving journals set forth, The statement that cholera has visited that city would be a serious one if it were only true. It is @ fact that Dr. King died, but nos of cholera, inasmuch as the doctors differ about the case. Dr. Hadden, an eminent physician, who first attended him, believes that death resulted from disease of the heart, King suffered for a short time with cholera morbus, occasioned by the use of indigestible food. A large number of cases of cholera morbus were discov- ered on Saturday and Sunday. In fact, no section of the city was free from it, There are even now many cases o/ cholera infantam. This, however, does not bs ag! the conduct of # man named Can- non, who acts as health inspector by the authority of the Police Commissioners. When he was satisfied of the death of Dr. King by Dr. Hasbrouck, be at the notice in his pocket, tea’ the people af the mercy of the i eat esa at tae Maen af tae equent out bealtn: Inspector, ted, ‘Duk ee Police Corn. ai all warnings. Dr. city, sontins most raluatle cow sentin s 5 m- mi the Police Board on Monday night, and ifthe s tions in regard to the healt! toe city be attended to the people will have no »