The New York Herald Newspaper, July 10, 1873, Page 4

MONMOUTH Third Day of the Race Meeting at Long Braneh, PARK, The Fun, Frolic and Phantasy at the American Baden. A Trip on a Floating Palace to “Go and See, the Races.” The Cormorants of the Course—The Gin- gerbread and Glory Pedlers and the Sharpers Who Sell Soap at a Sacrifices A FINE DAY AND A DRY TRACK. FOUR CAPITAL CONTESTS. George West the Winner of the Hurdle Race; Wheatley, of the Mile-and-2-Quarter Selling Bace; Lizzie Lucas, of the Monmouth Oaks Stakes, and Mate, of the Mansion House Stakes. Few persons but those connected with the turt directly have any idea of the zest with which a , Tace meeting is attended at Long Branch, where the Monmouth Park meeting is being held at pre- sent. Now, let us go to the races and look at them as observers kindly and not as critics who use gall on the points of their pens. The first thing to obtain a knowledge of is the manner and means by which the races are reached. Three trips are made daily to Long Branch by the large steamboats Plymouth Rock and Empire State from the foot of Murray street, at @ quarter before seven, twenty tuuinutes before ten and at hall-past en o’clock of each morning. Of course none go OWN On the'first boat but those persons who are ‘ivectly interested in the horseflesh, or who are olng business as hotel or restaurant men, chat- tering darkies, white servants, the promiscuous sad noisy bootblacks and the inevitable pedlers of ewspapers and periodicals, The best boat and trip, by all means, is the Plymouth Rock, and the ¢iute to leave the foot of Murray street is twenty aninutes to ten A.M. Then is enjoyed a beautiful #ail down the bay, and any kind of refreshment, from a basket of champagne to a ham sandwich, tay be obtained on board, AT THE DOCK. It is a somewhat difficult matter to reach the foot of Murray street. A gauntlet of trucks, loaded Bnd empty; a wilderness of hack carriages hurry- Ing up and down West street, and a confused mass of people who seem to be in a dreadful baste must be avoided, and all sorts of obstacles to annoy the fair sex are here gathered together. But a Bight of the large and magniticent Plymouth Rock steamer lying alongside the pier promises a haven of rest to the wayfarer. Stepping on board, we find a long line of people who are desirous of pur- chasing tickets, which are valued at {1 75 for the round trip. The principal part of the passengers are going down solely to see the races, and return by the afternoon boat to the city. Here and there may be observed, however, a group who have a more decided and permanent interest in Long Branch. There are a large number of pretty girls, in those peculiar Summer costumes of brown linen that seem so serviceable and yet so ugly to the eye, Yhe turfmen in large numbers congregate below on the lower deck and. buy pools in a busi- nessdike and unromantic fashion from the gushing Underwood, whose Dorie brogue is only excelled by his fattery. There is a band of music on board the Plymouth Rock, and, at a given signal, the noble steamboat swings out into the river, heading downward jor the bay. HO FOR THE HIGHLANDS! Now the engines are working with a will, and the sun being igh in the heavens and the breezes of the July morning blowing freshly on our faces 4s the bandsmen begin to play a waltz, the strains of which pierce the ears of the sentries who are doing their silent beat beneath the soapy-looking stone walls of Fort Columbus: The day is beauti- ful, the water smooth as glass and the spirits of every one on board are at the highest, Staten {sland looks like a big raised meat pie on the bosom of the waves, and Bedloe’s Island looks grim and threatening to the right. Down at the Narrows, and out into blue water now, and the Yand hills of Coney Island rise up, sparsely ‘tufted with sickly, overheated grass, and fead ahead lies the West Bank, the Romer Shoals and the Southwest Spit, famous in yachtIig history; all are passed one by one. Now the brightness of fhe day fades away, and the sun leaves the Bay and hides its fery head. A full-sajJ byeeze spriugs up and two clouds mass themselves ominously as for a rainstorm. Now ‘We are touching the Sandy Hook pier, and that ‘Lerrible, long and dreary stretch of sandy hillocks and brush and scrub, flanked by the ocean on one side and the various shallow inland lagoons NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY; JULY 10, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. ; B*ier once phrased tt in allusion to an entirely different circumstance. The othet noticeable mat- ter is the presence of an overgrown person on the tailboard of an express with bis legs astride of a large and @ wn lade in his hand. He deciaims loudly and earnestly of the beauties and virtues of his ice cold iemonade, and, further, to create an excitement he has created acioud of perspiration on his featurca in order that passen- gers may not forget that it isa hot day, and hence his lemonade may find purchasers. It is said this man every day of the races, just before the New York train arrives, takes care to run around the course once and gct up a profuse perspiration and a very fiery face as @ contrast to his fce cold lemonade. Then there are sandwiches for sale, and Jersey cookies, adamantine as the heart of @ ticket-seller at the Grand Central depot, and hard-boiled but not very youthful eggs that might be safely used in artiliery practice at Fort Richmond. And, last but not least, there ig the ginuerbread, 0, days of my boyhoed! can 1 ever forget thy lusciour and crusty gingerbread? You can get a hunk of gingerbread at this Fe the y that will remain with you until the close o base ball season for five cemis. The Jerse, mind does not ag@ix a her price than five cents for a sandwich, but the wise man will go farther at the risk of faring worse with the alter- native of burying his grief in sticky clam chowder at twenty-five cents a basin, It looks like gruel, and is of the consistency of the average fhe! arabic. You have your choice, Scylla or arybdis, clam chowder or pickled pigs’ feet. And such pigs! at thirty cents a piece, “I likes sassidges ven [knows the voman as makes them, and ven I am sure they ts not cats’ meat,’ said Saniivel Weller once. THE GRAND STAND. The Grand Stand looks like a bouquet to-day. The sun is so cheerful, the day so bright and the ‘iris SO pretty that a man feels as if he were at the erick races or on the Curragh of Kildare, at wiuch places it is believed that the: are lashings of fun and whiskey galore. Here are three young girls dressed to kill, their long, slender hands en- cased in the whitest of white kid gloves, and a young dandy in white attendant upon their every whim. Every detall of thelr costume betokens Wealth, refinement, a city education and a villa at Long Branch. Their jaughing is silvery, their faces are without a freckle and their parasols are of the very newest style. They are exnilarated over the walk of the jockey who just passes, who ambles over the award, his attenuated legs gath- ered in an elliptical Jorm, a8 18 the wont of a sailor on the stage of the Bowery ‘Theatre. The crowd aroun and checkered board of the Paris Mutual pools is not so noisy as that crowd which splutters and gathers around Dr. Underwood's pagoda, The learned Doctor bows and bends over and in and out like a Chinese mandarin in a tea store. There are a large number of country carryalis and fashionable city turnouts drawn up, with the shafts directed toward the track, which is in excelient order. And now, while the tinkling sound of the saddling bell is heard from the judges’ little pavilion, we will take a walk into the centre field, whicn is girt with a belt of a tence, and let us Witness how a man may part with his dollare and thereby gain experience at a reasonable price. A large crowd has gathered around a young gentle- Man who stands on a bleck and is holding forth to the assemblage on the virtues of his incandescent soap. He hoids six or eight small red boxes in his hands, and he has a terrible amount of brass in his face, This is a part of his speech :— “Come up now and look at this incandescent soap. It’s enly fifty cents a box, and there are two, five and ten-dollar bills in the bexes, scat- tered profusely. Let there be no chin musicin this land of progress, free schools and purity, but walk up to the captain's office and settle. Breathes tiere a man with soul so dead, or a spirit 60 craven that he would allow a grease stain to remain on his trowserloons, when he can get six boxes of this beautiful soap fer $3? No, you vet! Let us gather around the throne and buy some more soad, Sold again and got the money !’’ At this stage of the proceedings an individual who has invested $3 in the incandescent soap, with a firm belief that he will find Treasury notes lying around louse in the boxes, and, having re- tired to a corner of the fleld to examine his riches, discovers that the supposed Treasury notes are nothing but soiled and ragged revenue stamps taken [rom the bottoms of lager kegs, giving vent to his injured feelings in a howl of ey m™ Chinee” who a frantic dive for the “Heathen had layed 80 many bililards with him, But he was wary. Falling back a little be selected an opening in the crowd, and Goubling his body and stooping his head until it assumed the appearance of a battering ram, he made a wild dash at the incandescent soap man, and striking him amidships, doubled him up into @ sinall parcel, and the soapy young man awoke to find his bexes snd himself spilled all over the field in horrid confusion, He of the soap boxes made but ove brie! remark, and that was— i “My heavens! what ungent'emanly conduct! And {n public, tool” THE RACING. The day was ail that could be desired by the en- thusiastic lover of horse racing—the track was in excellent condition andethe atmosphere was ren- dered exhilarating by a delightful southern breeze, There were iour events on the card, the first being @ hurdle race of two miles, the second a selling Tace, with all the usual allowances, and then the Monmouth Oaks Stakes—the ladies’ race, jor three- year-old fillles—and then the Mansion House Stake, @ dash of two miles and a half, for four-year-old colts and fillies, i The hurdle race had but two starters, Mr. Dona- bue’s George West and Mr. Lawrence’s Shylock. This was a simple race, George West winning it easily. The second event was a selling race, for which there were five entries. John Chamberlin had in it his chestnut colt Wheatley, by War Dance, dam sister to Prior; Mr. M. H. Sanford’s bay horse Binga- man, by Asteroid, dam Bay Leaf; John Cotfee’s brown coit B. F. Carver, by Lightning, dam La Victime; R. W. Walden’s bay colt Utica, by lLexing- ton, dam Kitty Clark, and J. W. Hunt Reynolds’ chestnat filly Buchu, by Planet, dam Lavender. The race was won handsomely by Wheatley, Binga- man and he ruling in the pools about evenly. ‘rhe thirdrace—the Monmouth Oaks Stakes—had nine starters out of the thirty-seven nominations, Saille Watson—Mr. Cottrell’s entry—was a great favorite, selling at even money over the fleld; but she was badiy beaten by Tom Doswell’s gray filly, Lucy Lucas, and upset one of the largest combina- tens wick has been made lor recent years by tue “talent” of the turl The last race Was the Mansion House Stakes, a dash oi two miles anda half, It had tweive en- and the beauteous Shrewsbury River on tries, but only two eame to the post. ‘These were the other side, becomes apparent to the | Mr, M. H. Sanford’s brown colt Mate, by Austra- eye. Four or five cars witn chairs are | lian, dam Mattie Gross, aud D. McDaniel & Co.'s in waiting for the excursionists. Tne Highlands of Navesink loom up on the right, their summits crowned by villas and smal! white houses nestung in ascant green foliage. Tearing along, a view is now and then permitted of the fishermen vortn of Seabright and other small settlements, which are the consequence of the growth of Long Branch, like the barnacles that may be foun® clinging to the bottom of an old packet ship. The lower strip of Sandy Hook has a beautiful sea front, and there is @ railroad way station to which the name of Monmouth Branch has been given. The growth of this tract has been wonderful during the past two years. Villa after villa, every one different in | construction and handsomely built, can be seen for miles long before we get to the station of Long | Branch. Hundreds of thousands of doilars have | been made by the holders of miserable sandy lands through the successful efforts of speculators to build up a series of watering place suburbs in the vieinity of Long Branch. Fabulous prices have been received by the old residents for plots gi sand shrub that could not have been bestowed ada gift seven years ago on the most wretched squatter. AT THE KACE COUKSE, There is a dismal squeul from the laboring loco- motive and we are at Long Branch. It looks like 8 Southern town on a gaia day, the /ayades of the houses are do white, the sun is s0 hot and red, and the sky above all 1s so blue in ¥s dome, hanging ‘over @ deliciously rarefied atmosphere, They flut- ter from tower and window, and a bevy of girls and children gather to see who shall descend Jrom the incoming train. After a few moments’ delay the excursion train pushes on in the direc- tion of the race track, which is reached in fifteen minutes. We have passed little shallows and creeks and fields of waving grain and corn, and patches of cabbage and onions and potatoes, all cultivated by the thrifty Jerseymen who have found such sremmunerative market for their prod- ‘uce since Long Branch has gotten its Aladdin- like growth, And occasionally we see @ stray cow grinding her nose in the brittle sand and faint grass. Out of the car window we can see the Monmouth Park race course, shaped like the girdie of Venus, the centre field deepening in green color, and the American colors flying from the pole on the roof of the grand stand. GINGERBREAD AND GLORY. ) As the train stops at the outer entrance of the Park two or three things are chiefly noticeable. One is the sudden appearance o! the New Yerk detec- ‘tives, who are watebing for thieves who mar Come bay coit Boss Tweed, by Asteroid, dam Alabama, Mate was @ great javorite, selling for about 6 tol im the pool. He won in a canter. ‘The lollowing are the details of the racing as it urred :— ii: The First Race. HURDLE Race for all ages, welter weights; eight hurdles; purse $500; $400 to the first, $75 to the secorid and $25 to the third horse; two miles. Jo. vonahue’s ch, g. George West, by Asteroid dam Kate Hayes, 4 years old, 145 Ibs. (Gait Lawrence’s b. ¢. Shylock, by Lexing- jam Edith, 4 years old, 148 lbs. (Midgeley) 2 hime, 3:59 THE BETTING. George Wes $50 «60 50115 200 200 Shylock . 20 2 22 518185 THE RACE. The start was very even, but George West soon went to the front and led one length over the first hurdle, Shylock lost ground after his jump, but made it up bere reaching the second hurdle at the quarter. West was the first over by a length and be kept ahead and took the hurdles in Lot pote yie all tue Way to the end. Shylock was n ten lengths, He does not jump rightly tobe a successiul hurdler, He dwells too long alter he lands, aud besides, he showed @ great want ot the staying qualities requisite for @ race horse. His | owner should part with him, as oats and hay are | selling now at exorbitant rates. ‘The Second Race. SELLING Race for all ages; purse $400; the win- her to be sold for $1,000; If entered to be sold lor $760, allowed O1bs. ; for $500, 101bs., and any surplus Over stated selling price to go to the second horse, One and a quarter miles J. F. Chambertin’s ch, ¢. Wheatiey, by War Dance, dam Sister to Prior, 4 years old, $600, 98 Ibs. (iughes) . oa 1 | M. H, Santord’s b. dam Bay Leaf, 5 ye mer). 2 John Cot 3 R. W. Wa . Co , «ton, dam Kitty Clark, 3 years old, $1,000, 90 lbs, (Pontin) J. W. Hunt Reynolds’ ch. f. Buchu, by Planet, dam Lavender, 3 years old, $75, 82 Ibs, Time, 2:15. THE BETTING. Utica.......... $50 200 330 800 250-225 Bingama' 50 200-20 45015100 BO «6245-855 :1,100 300260 100 200 350, 400 130 105, 5 25 50 100 40 wo THE RAC Bingaman was away first, Utica second, Wheat- ley third, Buchu and Carver being side by side. As they came up the homestretch and passea under the string, Carver and Wheatley were bead and head, two lengths in advance of Bingaman, the latter being a length or so ahead of Buchu, Utica bringing up the rear. Carver led the way around the upper turn, Buchu sticking ciosely to him fi, ighgthe behind. As the horses passed the half: few Ir e e mile ‘pale, Oarve! Jeading half 6 length. Bina, Gown {10% the city to “ply their vocation,’ as Ben Fras peier than Gucety nah gen ett ae a doubt- ulation to Wheatle See a aed a eee ea ee, who iad ‘the Detter Sf Buona, by tour Leng a Time of the mile and a quarter, ‘ath, te The Third Race. MonMours Oaxs STAKES, value $1,| added to & sweepstakes of $50 each, play or sae Hr foals of 1870; the second to receive and the third horse $100 out of the stakes, One and a half miles, T. W. of Ul 339 f, LizzyLucas, by Australian, dam Kagipas (Barbee)..... 1 Octet tanks olga, land) 2 W.M. Conner’s b. f, Sunr! Ultima (Ross) 3 W. Costrill’s b. dam Mi 4 5 6 ton, dam Dolly Carter (Roe). 7 A. Belmont's b. f. Medora, by Camilla (Evang) 8 A. Belmoat's ch. Bernice (Palm 9 Cottrill... $1,000 Connor,.:” 210 00 200-200), © Walden... 180 170 130 105| 2 Belmont. 315 160 195 136 f & 200 200 Field...... 75 110 rh} 65) * THE RA Sallie Watson was first ay, Sunrise second, Electra third, Lizzy Lucas fourth, Tabitha fifth, Medora sixth, Minnie W. seventh,’ Alice Mitchell eighth, Cora Linn ainth, the latter acting badly, and not seeming inclined to run. The fillies passed round the lower turn in the order given above, and so entered the homestretch. A good rattling run up the stretch placed ailie Watson under the string half @ length in front of Minnie W., who was half @ teogth ahead of Sunrise, “Tabitha fourth, Alice’ Mitchell fifth, Electra sixth, Medora seventh, Lizzy Lucas eighth and Cora Linn ninth, ‘The latter’ started last and kept her place to the finish, After leaving the stand for the mile run home, Sallie Watson, Sunrise and Minnie W. seemed to the lookers on a8 the .eading fillies in the race, and opinions were expressed and wagers laid the one against the other tor winner of the race. When the three above named passed the half-mile pole they were parallel, Lizzy Lucas two lengths behind, ‘abitha iifth, Electra sixth, Medora seventh, Alice Mitchell eighth and Cora Linn ninth, Running around the lower turn Minnie W. showed her face in front, and she led her young sisters into the homestretch. When these leading fillies had settled themselves jor a fine run home, and their jockeys were satistied that there was none behind them in the race that equid possibly approach them, to their great astonishment a eneral upturning of equine wonders occurred. izzy Lucas came up the homestretch as if flying from a turnado, followed closely hy Alice Mitchell, with Sunrise at their heels, and as the fillies passed under the wire the favorite was discovered to be fourth instead of first, Lizzy Lucas winning the race by iour lengths, Alice Mitchell second, half a length in front of Sunrise, the latter being three- Grantee of alength in advance of Sallie Watson. innie W. was filth, Tabitha sixth, Cora Linn seventh, Medora eighth, Electra ninth. The winner astonished everybody by the way she ended ‘the race and upset all the calculations of the best im- formed, | The time of the race was 2:45—not fast, but (air time for fillies carrying 110 Ibs, The Fourth Race, MANSION HOUSE STAKES, Value $1,000, added to a sweepstakes ol $50 each, play or pay, for four-year old colts and fillies, the foals of 1869; the secona horse to receive $200 and the third $100 out of the Stakes; two miles and a, half. M. H. Sanford’s b. c. Mate, by Australian, dam Mattie Gross (Palmer)............6. «+ see D. McDaniel & Co,’s b. c. Boss Tweed, by Asterola, dam Alabama (Roe).. evn Time, 4:37%. THE BETTING, Mate....... $700 750° 805 805805 Boss Tweed. 150 200 200225 = 200 THR RACK, Out of twelve entries for this stake only two came to the post. These were M. H. Sanford’s bay colt Mate and Colonel McDaniel’s bay colt Boss Tweed. Mate trailed Tweed for two miles and a quarter, then passed him and won as he liked. ‘The third day of the meeting ended with general satisiaction, LONG BRANOH RACES TO-DAY, The Events and Starters—Pool Sclling Last Evening. ‘This is the fourth day of the first Summer racing meeting at Monmouth Park, and the three events onthe programme are of such importance* that an immense concourse of spectators must visit the Branch to note the result of the contests. First on the card is the July stakes, for two-year- olds, dash of three quarters of a mule; value $500, added to a sweepstakes of $50 each, play or pay, the winner of the Hopeful stakes to carry 5 Ibs, extra; the seeond to receive $100 and the third horse $50 out of the stakes. For this there will come to the post out of twenty-five engagements youngsters from the annexed stables:—D. J. Crouse’s George Ayres’, F. Morris’, H. P. McGrath’s, Pierre Loril- jard’s, Jonn F. Chamberlin’s, John’ Coffee's, A. B. lewis & Co’s. and August Belmont’s, Second on the list is the grand sweepstakes for all ages, heats of four miles; value $3,000, added to a sweepstakes of $150 each, play or pay; the second to recelve $500 and the third horse $250 out of the stakes. This important con- test will bring before the starter the following recognized racers:—D. McDaniel & Co.'s chestnut coit Hubbard, four years old, by Planet, dam Minnie Mansfield; H. Sanford’s bay horse Preakness, six years old, by Lexington, dam Bay _ Leaf; Joun FF. Chamberiin’s bay colt True Blue, four years old, by Lexington, dam Balloon, and Rice and McCor- mick’s bay filly Bessie Lee, tour years old, by Hunter’s Lexington, dam by Chorister, ‘The wind-up of the day’s sport will be for a purse of $400, for beaten horses, all ages; dash of one and a half miles; those beaten once allowed Ibs; twice, 10 lbs; three times, 14 ibs. 50 to the first, $100 to the second and $50 to the third horse. ‘The starters in this will be Minnie W., 82 Ibs. ; Ad Brook, 85 lbs.; Nevada, 100 1bs., and Coffee's Lightning colt, 85 Ibs, Pools were sold on the above races last night at the rooms of Mr. Chamberlin, No. 1,146 Broadway, and the figures herewith annexed will show how bs) entries ‘are regarded by the betting frater- nity:— JULY STAKES, Morris’ entry......--.- 42 2 50 Belmont's entry 40 «198? McGrath's entry 12 6 18 Chamberlain's entry Cotfee’s entry. 10] 3 Crouse’s entry, BS 86 ib 32 Ayres’ entry bla Lewis’ entry.... 6 BEATS OF POUR MILES. ‘True Blue. "$20 40-8080 Preakness... 23 «83. Hubbard..... 2 32 18 2 50 40 Valley Brook.. Coffee’s Ligntning colt, ‘The means of reachiny ample character. The Narragansett Steamship Company despatches from the toot of Murray street, pier No. 28, North River, three boats this morning, the first leaving at 6:45, the second at a 9:40 and the third at'10:30, all of which connect @t Sandy Look with ears direct for the course. The same faciities ior returning have been arranged, and the crowds can reach the city, 11 it is 80 de- sired, long beiore dark. Long Branch Pool Sales. LONG BRANCH, Jaly 9, 1873. The sale of pools in the billiard hall of the West End Hotel this evening was exciting, and large poois were sold for to-morrow’s races. The follow- ing are the averages :— ~ FIRST RACE—JULY STAKES. $ Belmont’s stable. 700 Morris’ stable 500 Loriilard’s stable... 225 Crouse’s sta 165 Chamberlin’s stable 100 Ayer’s stable, McGrath's stable, oe, Coffee's stable, Lewis & Co,’s stable, SECOND RACE—GRAND SWEEPSTAKES. No pools will be sold for this race until to-mor- row at the Park. THIRD RACE—PURSK $400, For beaten horses, all ages; one and a half miles $030 Nevada..... ee y 650 | Minnie Ward. ° 400 275 Coffee's colt, Lightning 95 100 Valley Brook... 8 85 | [tis not known what horses will start in the sec- ond race, Big bets are made on McDamel’s stable against Chamberlin’s, and great excitement pre- vails in regard to this race. AN EXOUBSIONIS! KILLED, Between eignt and nine o'clock last night, as the Emerald Association were returning from a river excursion to Greenpoint, in steamer and barges, fatal accident to one person and severe accidents to two others occurred at the landing place foot of Noble street. On nearing the shore the tender of one of the barges. was thrown over the dock and fell on the head of James McLaughlin, breaking bis neck and killing him in- stantly. Two other persons were se eres jured, but their names wore not ascertained. 4 lin was @ married man, thirty-six years of and Teaided in Union viace, Greenpoiat WATERING PLACE NOTES. Genera! Grant proposes to entertain the members of his at Long: rpanee its days. All new visitors to port should not fail to visit the old stone mill, Its history is buried in the past, and no record will ever show when or by whom it was built. It is regarded as a great curiosity. «The hotels at Saratoga fatied to catch Jeff Davis. He has gone back to Memphis without even paying a vimt to Coney Island, ‘Phe camp meeting proper at Round Lake, which has become so popular as a Summer regort, opened on Tuesday. The services consist of love feasts, prayer meetings, chtidren’s meetings, sermons and exhortations, Among the Adirondacks the princtpal dishes at dinner are deer meat, dried and roasted; bear steaks, woodchuck stew and speckled trout. There are two steamers for the accommodation of visitors running on Otsego Lake, New York. Three hundred tents are to be constsucted at Round Lake, Rensselaer county, N. Y., tor the ac- commodation of visitors. All the principal hotels at Saratoga Springs have orchestras. General Grant will not attend the Long Branch races this year. The State Commissioners report the first part of the Adirondack Park will contain 835,000 acres, leaving 895,000 acres to be added to it as occasion may require, When this grand park is completed it will probably be the greatest Summer resort in the world, , Chelsea beach is to Boston what Coney Island is to the metropolis. It is probably the best and most popularly known of all the Summer resorts for transient visitors in the vicinity of the Hub. This is the Nellie Grant bathing suit which has become so fashionable at all the seaside Summer resorts:—A Garibaldi waist, with sallor collar; a short skirt, attached to the waist by a belt and trousers; hempen shoes and a chip hat tied down with a brqad band of ribbon, Ash gray, bound with scarlet, and blue with white are the favorite combinations. BOLIVIA DECLARES FOR FREE OUBA. Instructions Sent to Washington on the Subject—The Views of the President of Bolivia. With but few exceptions the South American re- publics have all declared themselves in favor of Cuban autonomy. A few days back the HERALD published the official report of Costa Rica on the subject, in which said Republic offered its friendly services to bring about a termination by diplomatic means of the inhuman butchery now taking place on Cuban soil, The last champion to enter the lists is tne government of Bolivia, through its President, Adolfo Ballivan, In his recent address to Congress, while speaking on the Cuban ques- php the President made the following declara- ions :— THR CUBAN STRUGGLE FROM A BOLIVIAN POINT OF VIEW. “I think it fitting at this moment to acknowledge the receipt ofa commuyg¢ation from Mr, Kamon Cespedes, diplomatic rent of the Republic of Cuba tn foreign countries, requesting the interven- tion of this country im the struggle now progress- ing in Cuba between the natives of that country and the Spaniards, In accordance with the re- quest contained in said letter, I have to say that the Consul General of Bolivia at Washington has ‘been instructed to give his moral support to any measure tending to bring about the manumission of the slaves in Cuba, and particularly of those whieh belonged to Cuban patriots and have been confiscated by the pants authorities; also to see it it be not possible that the war should be carried on in a more humane manner. And, in conclusion, the Consul General is instructed to offer to co- operate with the various South Amefican repub- lics friendly to Cuba, through their representatives at Washington, or with the government of the United States, in any scheme that may be devised ofticially for terminating the fearful contest now raging on Cuban soil.’’ ATTACK ON A OOLORED PROCESSION IN BALTIMORE, BALTEMORE, Md,, July 9, 1873. Last evening while an excursion party of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal church, consisting of several hundred men, women and children, were returning from a country picnic through East Baltimore in a procession, headed by a band of music, a party of white boys threw stones at the colored children. This onset calminated in a fight, and much disorder at the corner ot Bank and Exeter streets, both white and colored persons engaging in the mélée. A number of stones were thrown by each side, and itis reported that sev- eral shots were fired. Three or four colored persons were badly cutand bruised by stones, but no fatal result ensued. disturbance was crmrth pede by the appedrance of the police, who arrested several parties, Mar- of Police is investigating the matter this morning. . DEFRAUDING THE POST OFFICE. CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 9, 1873. John W. Gregg, alias Jonn W. Young, made an attempt yesterday to obtain money from the Post Office here upon a counterfeit order purporting to be from Oshkosh, Wis. He has been operating through the West for some weeks, but has thus far escaped arrest. Gregg was recently employed in the money order department of the Chicago Post OfMice, Alter leaving that employment he hired a printer in Ihicago to set uw a form and strike off a quantity of order and ad- vice blanks for Oshkosh, Wis. With these counter- feits he tried several post offices in Indiana and Illinois, but as far as heard from wa; successiul only at Indianapolis, Ind, The difference between the counterfeit and genuine blanks is a typograph- ical error in the “advice,” the word “remitter’’ being spelled with three t’s. Aiter he nrcepnied his order the detectives were placed on his track, but have not yet succeeded in arresting him. A OONSCIENTIOUS COLLECTOR “CORNERED.” A Young Man Collects Money for His Employer and Appropriates It to Him- self. Yesterday afternoon Detective Tieman arrested @ young man named Henry Hatner on a complaint lodged against him by Mr. Van Buskirk, his em- ployer. It appears that Hamer, who is a young man about twenty-one years of age, was employed by Mr. Van Buskirk to collect bills for him. For some _ time Rea Mr. Van Bus- kirk has been noticing little irregularities in the accounts of hainer, but having great conti- dence inthe young man, he made no very scruti- nizing Inquiry. O1 late, however, the abuse be- came so flagrant that Mr. Van Buskirk asked Haf- ner why he did not keep more regular accounts. Hafner said his accounts were all right, and, to all appearances, his hg er Was satisfied. far from it, thoug! le went to Police Headquar- ters, and Detective Tieman was detalied to wate the young collector's movements, and yesterday he succeeded in capturing him. Mr. Van Buskirk es- timates that he has lost between three nundred and tour hundred dollars by the peculations of his trusted clerk. aoe was locked up in Police Headquarters all night. “FIRE IN PATERSON. A fire broke out about nine o’clock yesterday morning in the bobbin factory of Messrs, Atkinson & Co., located in River strect, Paterson. The flames were extinguished witn a loss of about two thonsand dollars to the building and stock. Fully insured. FIRE IN WESTOHESTER COUNTY. Shortly after one o’clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the stables of Eoling Bros., brewers, at Morrisania, Westchester county, which defied the efforts of the Fire Department, totally destroying the building, together with a quantity of hay and stored therein, The loss is estimated at 12,000, on which there 18 a partial insurance, A two story frame Monat 4 adjoining the stables, and owned by a ir. Coles, caught fire and was also consumed. 1,000, ro other houses in the immediate vicinity of the firé were also considerably damaged. While rescuin; the horses from the burning structure Jacob Hofl- man and Charles Walpole were severely burned, the latter having been taken to the hospital ina critical condition. The erigin of the fire is not known, FIRE AND LO88 OF LIFE. Hagrtrorp, Conn., Juty 9, 1873. The house of Thomas Adams, of Wethersfeld ‘was burned early this morning. One child was burned to death, and two others were so injured from suffocation that it is feared they canuot live, ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY AN OLD WOMAN, An old lady, seventy-three years of age, named Bridwe, attempted to poison herself yesterday af ternoon by taking Paris green. She was taken from her reside: 34 West Seventeenth street, and brought to Bellevue where she was Hospital, inded by Dr. West. she, is very infirm it is Sitinueel wheter she’ will recover OF Hob ° The” CLIFF CAMP MEETING. Foe nh ay Excursionists’ Experience in Glen Cove— Left Behind by the Steamboat—New Ministers and New Ideas Wanted on the Camp Ground—Entertainment at the Hotel. * . Sua Oxirr, L. L, July 7, 1873. ‘The frst of 8 series of camp meetings to be held during the Summer at Sea Clif Grove, near Glen Cove, L. 1, was commenced on Sat- urday. The meetings are under the super- vision of Presiding Elder Merwin, of New York East Conference, assisted by Dr. and Mrs. Palmer, also of New York city. ‘The meetings, ac- cording to the programme, are to begin at six o’clock in the merning, with prayer and experi- ence, in a tent opposite the tabernacle. This until half-past eight A. M., when Dr. and Mrs. Palmer will take charge in the tabernacle, and urge upon the congregations the clatms of ‘‘the higher life.” At eleven o’olock precisely service begins in the taber- nacle, continuing until noon, A recess is then had for dinner, and at half-past two P. M. a children’s meeting is held in the tabernacle; at‘three P. M. business men’s meeting in a tent; at four P. M. & mothers’ meeting comes off in the cottage of Mr. 8. A. Battershall; at balf-past four’ P, M. a young people's prayer meeting [s held in the tabernacic, and‘at a quarter to eight P. M. preaching again. This order of exercises was varied on Sunday, however, by preaching at a quarter to eleven A. M. and three to half-past seven P. M. THE RULES OF THE ASSOCIATION prohibiting recreation on the grounds during the Sabbath are very strict and proper. Bathers are also prohibited from going ‘into the water naked on any day in the week except before six A. M. and after eight P.M, Dogs are not allowed to run at large on the grounds and carriages must not stand near the tabernacle during service hours, Punctuality has not been observed in any of the meetings since the opening of the encampment, bat better things are promised in the tuture. In- deed, Sea Cliff is altogether a place of magnificent promises and great expectations. Every season adds something permanent to its beauty and at- tractiveness as a Summer resort, but it gives one an‘impreasion still that ages, and perhaps genera- tions, will be required to bring it to tat condition of ‘perfection which its founders anticipate for it, About ‘ TWENTY-TWO COTTAGES HAVE BEEN ERECTED since last Summer, most of which, with those then built, are now occupied. A dozen of them are scattered about the campus, where several hundred iniant shade trees have been planted out; but they cannot Rosaibly furnish shade for any ractical purpose for five or more years to come, ‘The tents number about fifty. They are not scat- tered to the four winds, as they were last year, but @re concentrated mat in the grove between Prospect avenue and the , Where the occupants can snifr. THB DELIGHTFUL SBA BREEZES and enjoy a beautiful prospect every moment. A tew new roads that were surveyed jast year have been opened and the old roads appear in much better condition than they were a year ago. ‘The dock has been arched over a gonsiderable distance since last year, thereby giving Reon from the elements to passengers and freight. ‘bhe large diniag hall at the north end of the campus is closed this year and the lodging house which stood near the preachers’ lodge has been taken duwn and 1ts materials combined with others to constitute the hotel, which has been built to front ‘on the Bay View end of dining hall No. 1, which is now the hotel dining room and the only eating place on the ground, This hotel beter & very incomplete condition, but it has allthe promise and pretension of a first class seaside house, ex- cept, perhaps, in its cuisine, in which it is sadly deficient, Messrs. T. J. Rice and William Wheeler are the respected proprietors of this house, but are evidently only FIGURE HBADS ON THE BILL OF FARE, since the secretary of the association and clerk of the treasury, Alderman Falconer, attends to the renting of rooms in the hotel. ‘The following scale of prices of rooms will show that they are up to the mark. In the new building, that the front of the hotel overlooking the Bay and Sound, double beds let for $150 to $2 per day. In the wings, or the old lodging houses, per- manent guests can get double beds for $1a day, transient boarders 31 25; singte beds seventy-five cents per day. The single rooms are eight py five and a half feet, and contain @ washstand, pitcher and basin, a smalijooking glass, one or two straw mattresses, so full at the stem and stern and so holiow in miiships that there ia scarcely a doubt, should a person occupy one of them fora mont that he would come out completely doubled up. heard several persons along the corridor in which my room 14 loca complain of the beds, and a neighbor of mine spent considerable time on Saturday night shak- ing and fixing ois bed to make it reasonably smooth and straight to he on. I heard others com- plain also that they had neither towels nor soap in their rooms. The rooms are void of carpets or equipments save those named and a chair to sit on, and the partitions are simply either boards or laths, covered by sheets nailed up. A portion of the new building is plastered and carpeted. There is a large and handsome parior and reading room on the first floor. This is the ACCOMMODATION POR SINGLE PERSONS, and nearly twice as much o1 the same is allowed to doubles, I heard a great deal of complaint made this morning at the dining room attendance. Guests had to wait long before their orders for breakfast were taken, and then another while ere they were served. It 18 promised to ut the regulations of last year touching board and lodgings ito force to-day. But the same promise was made on Saturday for Sunday. There was no sign of it this morning nor yesterday, I find the people rather iastidious in regard to board, and [ doubt if the hotel will have many rmanent teed remaining aiter to-day. It has had about ity. Alarge number left on the Arrowsmith this morning, some of whom will return again this evening. The guests complained greatly last evening that the ice cream was sour, and there Is an apparent lack of effort to please and satisly we boarders, either the permafent or the transient, MINISTERS ARE SCARCE on the grounds, and unless others come up this afternoon we shail be in a bad plight for new preach- ers and new ideas before the week ends. Dr. J. H. Vincent, of New York, preached the opening ser- mon on Saturday morning, setting forth the love of God as the basis of Christianity and of Christian civilization. The interview of the lawyer with the Saviour, wherein the latter was asked to name the first and great commandment of the law, was made the basis of the discourse. The aiternoon was showery and was occupied with miscellaneous services. The evening hours were spent in holiness meetings, led by Dr. and Mrs. Patmer. Sunday morning Dr. Reuben Nelson, of the Methodist Book Room, preached an admira- ble discourse on a subject which touched the deep- est ao of the hearts of most of those present, namely, “THB RECOGNITION AND REUNION OF FRIENDS IN HEAVEN.’ He showed first of all that this doctrine claims now and has claimed and obtained in ail ages an almost universal belief. . He then illustrated the necessity for it im the nature and constitution of man; met the principal objections to it and wound up with an array of Scripture proofs from the Old and New Testaments that were over- whelming. In the afternoon Rev. C. C. Keyes preached, and in the evening Rev. Dr. Tree (the annihilationist) delivered a doctrinal sermon on the person and office of the Holy Ghost, bringing into it also incidentally, though logically, some proois of the doctrine of ‘the ‘Trinity, which doc- trine, he contended, is believed by nearly the entire Christian world. The village pastor and One or two other clergymen are the only ministers left now, with the exception of two or three local preachers, aca whence draw supplies for the rest of the week. TEMPERANCE POLITICIANS. Boston, Mass., July 9, 1973. At an adjourned meeting of the State Temper- ance Alliance to-day, the Secretary read a report of the Campaign Committee, recommending that the towns and cities be canvassed to secure the names of men who will pledge themselves to take charge of a thorough temperance canvass in their respective districts; also eee eat th the a pointment of agents to take charge of the work, and employ such assistance as Ae necessary to carry out a complete state prohibitory canvass. A resolution that the execution of the liquor law by the State and city officials was Bet satisfactory to the Alliance, was adopted, There was considerable Butler and anti-Butler talk at the mecting, but all attempts to designate candidates for Governor were warded off, the de- clared object of the Alliance being the advance- ment of temperance. NOT A HOMICIDE APTER ALL, In the case of young Frederick Selby, who was accused of having killed Patrick Conroy in Newark on the Fourth of July in the course of a drunken scuffle, the Coroner's iu have relieved him of in- tentionally injuring tt e deceased, and he has been released accordingly, Before letting him go the Coroner advised him to avoid intemperance, The two men were wrestling and Conway received a fall which resulted fatally. AN UNNATURAL 808. A young man named William Akins, aged twenty- one, was yesterday committed to the Paterson Jail for committing an outrageous assault on his aged father and threatening to take his life, which he undoubtedly would have eet for the ar- rival of assistance. The father fortunately, Rot sertousiy inmred. THE SIXTEENTH STREET HOMICIDE. ————ene Conglusion of the Kxtraordinary Inquiry Into the Death of William Haberstroh—The Tronhles of the Larkin Family—Coroner " Kessler on the Warpath. ‘The adjourned inquiry retative to the death of Wiliam Xavier Haberstroh, who died from the, effect of blows recetved at the corner of Sixtcenth street and First avenue, on the evening of the 23a of June, was resumed yesterday morning, before Coroner Kessler, at 40 East Houston street. The inquest has been @ most extraordinary one, the Parties to the afray being Irish and German, and both being unwilling to give testimony. Coroner Kessler had a vast quantity of talking to do before facts could be elicited, and be stated at least & dozen times that “he would not shrink from his duty.” It seems that @ man named Larkin was implicated in the killing, and as a consequence several Larkins were arrested and committed to the House of Detention, some of them being en- tirely ignorant of the matter. The evidence will be found below. When the verdict had been found a number of men, twoof whom have families and one of whom looks a respectable man, were de- tained, in default of ball, by the Coroner to appear as witnesses, Mrs. McGuire was the firat witness examined— Live at 264 Firat avenue; saw & crowd on the corner of Sixteenth street on the evening of the 23d of June, but did not leave my room, and do not know the row was about ; had no conversation with any one about this matter; was not told by a boy named Smith that Reilly, the prisoner, had threatened to kill him if he would tell what he knew. Patrick Larkin examined—Am a reporter of fashions; kuew nothing of a row which occurred on the 234 of June; talked with some men who were confined in the Tombs; do not know anything about @ certain William Larkin; do not know of my own knowledge that he struck Haberstroh; had a conversation with some mem about this matter, but did not say that Larkin boasted that he had struck the blow; never asserted to you (addressing the Coroner) tHat Larkin was the man; the William Larkin whom I spoke of is a son of a first cousin of mine. Patrick F. Cotter, an officer of the Kighteenth precinct, examined—Was apprised by the sergeant’ that a man had been beaten on the corner of Stx- teenth street and First avenue; was told that the beating was done by a man named Larkin, a brick- layer, and I arrested him and brought him to the station house, where he was held; Andrew Diehl told me that he saw Billy Larkin strike Haber- stroh; Larkin lived in Diehl'’s house; at the same time the older of the two Walker boys told me. when I was taking him to the sta:ion house thas. when he was pat upon the witness stand he could tell who struck the fatal blow; there was another William Larkin, whose name was mentioned in connection with the case, but I did not succeed im arresting him, Thomas F. Westerman sworn—Am sergeant of the Eighteenth precinct; was in command of the station hodse on the evening of the 23d of June, when Haberstroh was Droog ne in in custody of an officer; he was bleeding and said he had been as- saulted on the corner of Sixteenth street and First avenue by a number of men whom he did not Know; the doctor who attended him told me next day that the assault haa been committed by @ man named Larkin; have heard several officers LM Since that it was a man named William Larkin who struck the blow. Peter Thornton examined—Am a mason; com tracted for the building of the house that was burned about two weeks ago on Sixteenth street; there was a man in my employ who gave the name of William Larkin; he was werking for me about six weeks; he came for his money the same as the other men about a week after the occurrence; when he came ior his money I said to him that people were talking about him; he said he had only given Haberstroh a push; don’t know any- Cry his whereabouts now; know nothing of him having left with a son of mine. Ernest Wale sworn—Am a barber, living on East Sixteenth street; saw the man named Schmidt struck in front of the liquor store; did not seo Haberstroh struck, but saw him lying in the mud gutter; there were people standing around him. Thomas Vullilly sworn—Was in Reilly’s store when the occurrence took place; while I was drinking Haberstroh and another man came inj; they went out again; did not know anything of the row that took place outside; 1 know of a man named.William Larkin; he worked on the same building with me; he was in Reilly’s store at thb time of the occurrence; I did not see Reilly come from behind the bai Peter O'Neill syorn—lam a bricklayer by occu- pation; remember an occurrence which took place on the 23d of June; saw William Larkin come out of the store and strike either Haberstroh or Schmidt, but don't know which one it was; did not see Mr. Reilly push Haberstron out of the store; he was standing behind the bar; Mr. Haber- Stroh was alittle under the influence of liquor, and 80 was Larkin. Dr. Leo testified that he had made a post-mortem examination and death was caused by com- pression of the brain, the result of a clot of extra- vasated blood caused by violence. THE VERDICT. The jury found “that William Xavier Haberstroh came to his death py compression of the brain, the result of a blow recelved at the hands of Willia Larkin, on the 23d day o1 June, 1873, in front of Farrell Retley’s liquor store, 272 First avenue, and we exonerate Farreil Rely and Thomas Sheridan from any participation in the assault,’ After the close of the investigation in the case of Frank Haversteoh yesterday al Phat Patrick Larkin, an old gentleman living at 280 First avenue, who knew nothing whatever concerning the mat- ter, was required to give $1,500 bail. It was alleged that an informal statement made by him some days ago differed somewhat from his sworn testimony before the Coroner. Mr. Join Oates, @ householder of 340 East Sixteenth street, became bond man for Mr. Larkin, who was tharanoon liberated irom custoay. THE STENCH IN HARLER. ae Sheer aawenes How Swamp Lands Are Filled In—Ashes and Garbage as the Elements of Firm Earth—Desperation of Harlem People Over the Smells. The olfactory discomforts of Harlem still com tinue. The mountainous mass of manure on East River still rears its unseemly head to heaven and dispenses lavish odors among the neighbors, while the swamp lands at 104th street, now in process of being filled, diffuse trenchant odors of a varied bouquet among the sensitive noses of the Harlem- ites. Dumping by desperate cartmen continues at the ground between Forty-fifth and Forty- seventh streets with such contemptuous disregard of the three policemen there stationed that it has been deemed necessary to increase the force ta twenty, and the Superintendent of Police, at the request of the Board of Health, has ordered the in- crease. But even so heavy a force as twenty po- licemen cannot arrest the stench, and it conse- quently continues to prevail. The swamp lands about 104th street, Harlem, are slowly filling up under the supervision of a con- tractor, and the ashes and garbage, with which he proposes tc make firm ground, have by their foul stenches rendered the sensitive portion of the neighbors thereabout miserable. The smell with which these elements freight the air is something wonderful in its way, and the three or tour hun- dred carts that file in a continuons procession through 10th street, from the river side to the dumping ground, keep the air pretty well freighted with it continually, The outraged residents have appealed to the Board of Health for the removal of tie nuisance, but so far no effective steps have been taken, The filling in was going on as usual yesterday. The inhabitants of the neighborhood, strangely enough, are divided in thetr opinions of this nuisance. One man, who lived directly alongside the sunken lots, informed the H&RALD reporter that he did not know if there wae any stench or not. He had heard so, but could not say of his own knowledge. He was never troubled on account of it. A German woman, keeping a lager beer saloon on the next biock, was vehement in her denunciation of the stench. She said the peo- ple could not live in it, It overpowered them, and something ought to be done at once to put a stop toit. The suggestion that the contractor might be appealed tu was met with scorn, “i's no good speakingto contractors. Did you ever know con- bien do anything what the people want ’em f Anumber of other residents favored an indigna~ tion meeting snd tureatened to take summary measures. CF palit during the day gave notice that he would arrest any @! the cartmen who had no licenses and for a time frightened a number of the carts out of the line; but their places were filled soon after by others legaily authorised to do carting, and this imperiect relief was denied the Hartemites. SUPPOSED DROWNING OF A PHILADELPHIAN. On Monday morning the body of an unknown man, but whose name, from a letter found in hia possession, is supposed: to have been ‘John 8, Moore, of 104 South Fifth atreet, Philadelphia,” waa found in the ¢ of pier 30 North River, the bod: aprarenty having ‘eon in ‘the water but two on irom the Gualer oe on from Inly, and while about the dock fell overboard and was drowned, Tho body is at the be awaiting identification and reclamation by relatives, Coroner Youn has the case in charge, ¥