The New York Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1873, Page 5

ie i Bassian Report of the Consequences of the Capture’of Khiva. His Highness the Khan Surrenders in the Impe- rialist Camp—Restored to the Throne as . 4 @ Boyal Vassal—Slavery Abolished— *\ ‘Ten Thousand Persians Liberated. “Teveemam- TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, Sr. PBreRsBURG, July 13, 1873, Despatches from Khiva give the following ac- «count of events subsequent $0 the capture of the selty — ‘The Khan voluntarily entered the Russian camp sand gave in his submission, formally declaring -himself a vassal of Russia. General Kauffmann then restored him to the ‘throne and appointed a council of administgation to assist him in the government during the occu- pation of the Khanate by the Russtan forces. SLAVERY ABOLISHED, The Khan, in token of gratitude, issned on the Path of June a decree forever abolishing slavery ‘within his dominions, TEN THOUSAND PERSIANS LIBERATED, Gemeral Kauffmann has sent despatches «to Weheran notifying the Persian government to make preparations for the reception of 10,000 natives of Persia, released from slavery by the Khan’s decree. What Russia Has Gained. ‘The Invalide Russe has already pubiished in St. Petersburg a highly interesting account of Khiva, ita physical features and inhabitants, treating the territory, in other words, as an sppanage of the Russian Empire, as follows :— POPULATION, Passing over to the inhabitants of the Khanate of are three great divisions noticeable, Usbeks, and Persians, The Usbeks (or Turk Tar- tare) hat conquered Central Asia in historical are the tribe in Kiva a3 well a8 in and Khokand. Their number in the col oat jon of the Khanate ts esti- Bt 100,000, living mostly in the south- erm and central districts, As a rule, agriculture to trade, are ride in iorming the principal con- ivese forces. ‘The jiks, intel- the superiors of the Usbeks, aré a race of origin, and as far as we know the of Central Asia. Subjugated by the 500 years » they at present enjoy a teler- able equality of ts, and, besides agriculture, commerce with no small degree of success. ir astute and versatile genius has procured them very profitable and important posts in the ministration, giving them a political influence ater than that of the Usbeks. They likewise ber abont one hundred thousan or go. Persians, who are either slaves or freedmen, Pned let of slaves or freedmen, are sup- ‘be 40,000 strong, and form the most indus- portion of the population. Of the nomads in the immediate neighborhood of the sedentary tribes we find the Karakalpaks (black hate) in the delta of the Amou Darga, and Bilao on the right bank of the river, between Kipt- hak and Gurien, numbering about 10,000 kibitkas (tents), or 45,000 souls. They live by agriculture, ‘taxes to the Khan and supply soldiers war, but are governed by their own ders. A favorite pursuit of theirs is fish- ig, for which purpose they make themselves of home-grown wood. These boats can from three hundred to two thoasana pound: and there are atleast one bundred an of them between kungrad and Lake Aral. Karakalpaks are a thrifty race, but submissive Bnd not at ail warlike. ‘the Khirgese occupy the ‘western banks of the river, and are also to be met with in thedelta. As cattle breeders, they wan- der from the Amou Darga to Dauka Ra, Yani Su, other localities where grass is to be found. their ex or seven thousand kibitkas there live about thirty-five thousand people. The Turcoman nian oe roam about in the western and southern der districts, but are also to be met with some portions of the interior. Probably are nO more than 15,000 of them. Being war- ee, may be regarded as the natural reserve of the government troops, though in the event of a tepulse they are pretty sure to turn robbers, and do their friends more harm than their enemies. In Bddition to these there are a few Arabs ané Jews, Bad @ nomad tribe of Afghan extraction called the famohads, living in extreme poverty near Kui ish, Margit and Kiptchak. Drawing the total we have about 240,000 for the sedentary ulation, and hardly more than 100,000 nomads, in all about 840,000, ‘TOWNS. Asin all Central Asia, the villages and towns mostly consist of mud huts, disposed in irrequla®, dirty and dusty streets. Nearly all towns and vil- are surrounded by walls in ruins, in and out- le of which there are gardens and fields. Khive, the principal town, lies on two water belonging to the network of the Palban Ata and is protected by a clay wall, about five a in circumference and ten feet high. ‘ithin this wall there is another sbout two or three miles in circumference and twenty-two feet nigh, the founda tions and lower portions of which are twenty-eight feet thick. This interior wall protects the palaces of the Khan, the houses of the most important dignitaries and some ecclesiastical schools (Med- ease), of which there are no less than twenty-two in the place. The better to deiend the inner town, ‘whioh serves as a citadel, twenty guns are placed on the wall. The whole town has 20,000 innabitants, eee ecwenen mosques and 300 snops; the space mn the inner and the outer wail being toa ers extent planted with gardens, among them Summer residence of the Khan. aoe ei on the Taldik branch of the Amon, is surrounded by a wall and moat, part of the wall Deing protected by water. The houses arein ruins, the seven thousand or eignt thousand inhabitants of the piace living in tents. In this town the are in the habit of exchanging their cat- tle for agricultural products. There is no artillery Khodsheill, fifty miles southeast of eae on the canal Suvali, has rather poor fortifications, in- tended to protect the place trom Turcoman raids. ‘There is a garrison of thirty men and about eight thousand thabitants, which number probably in- Cludes those in the immediate environs. Konya pegs on the Khan Canal, near to the ola bec the Amon, was formerly a lai but was ubandoned in consequence of the alti of Turcomane and Calmuks. At present fit is inhabited by only a few people, but is remark- able for the rebellions Khirgese from the Orenburg nes eS settled In the neighborhood. fs a diminutive fortress on the Amou. Ac- cording ‘o the latest intelligence it is armed with three gana of small caubre. forty miles northwest of Khiva, Is en- cou # Wall 28 feet nigh and 21 feet wide at its base. re are few ple in the town, but environs are dense! peopled. 4 wooden i leads over et ee ee ci ek lew Urgendah, e mi ‘0 the left of Am has a tolerably respectable wall, with some tov a It lies in the midst of gardens, and has about thousand inhabitants. Khanki, near the place where the Amou Darya 4s crossed, has about five thousand inhabitan’ and fortifications in a good state of repair. The wallon the one side is defended by the canal Kasavat, but there is no moat on the other side, Dp. Pee ee miles east of Khiva, ts considered the best fortified town next to the cate tc wall being both high and solid. State Of artull equipment unknown. About four thou- @and inhabitants. ENGLAND. Royal Russian Leave-Taking—A Princely Deputy to Norway. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Lonpon, July 13, 1873, Their Imperial Highnesses the Czarowitz and Princess Dagmar took leave of Queen Victoria yes- ‘terday and departed for Darmstadt. His Royal Hignness Prince Arthur has gone to ‘Christiania to be present at the coronation of His ‘Majesty Oscar Il. of Sweden as King of Norway. IRELAND. The Orange Angiversary a Day of Peace and ¥ Good Will. TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Dosui, July 18, 1873, Everything passed off quietly in Londonderry and Belfast yesterday. ‘There was no disturbance in this city. EARTHQUAKE. —— TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Roum, July 18, 1878. Slight shocks of earthquake were felt yesterday 4m this citz, and at Frosinone. Alatri and Pacis. —— A Leaf from the Diary or izzie L. King, alias Kate Stoddard. > Sharing Goodrich’s Fate. Singular Eceentricities and Insane Ideas of the Murderess. Her Intense Love for the Deceased—How She Felt when She Found That She Had Been Betrayed and Cast Off. Her Demeanor at the Ohapel Yesterday. “Will they bang her?t”’ “Hang her! No. I hardly think a jury could be found to hang her.” “She committed the crime, and the penalty of murder in the first degree is death.” “Yeu, that’s very true, but her case is peculiar.” “Very peculiar, 1 admit; but, nevertheless, it ‘Was murder.” “Well, the circumstances‘aurrounding the kill- ing of Goodrich and the canse leading to it make the case a remarkable one, and have the effect, of course, of exciting the sympathy of all who have apy sympathy in their nature.” “Yes, Isee the sympathy is already manifesting itself in her behalf, None of the witnesses at the inquest appeared to have any desire to say any- thing which would be lixely to injure her.” “There is another thing which will, no doubt, excite the sympathy of the jury, and that is her evident insanity.” ‘That may only be assumed for effect.”” “Oh, no; she did things aiter the murder and before sho was arrested that no sane woman would do, and all that will be brought out on the trial”? This dialogue, which was overheard by the writer, is perhaps the very best fllustration of the idea which the community have of the taking off of Goodrion and the young woman whom he betrayed and whois now confined in the Raymond Street Jail AWAITING HER TBIAL, for it occurred between two disinterested citizens. The case has {rom first to last caused the most intense excitement in the community, and the capture at last of the iong-sought-for “Kate Stod- dard” has had the effect of reviving that excite- ment to the most intense pitch. Proba- bly the principal actress in the whole affair is at the present time the most indifferent. If such is not the case then her ac- tions belie her feelings. To those who have care- fally observed her there appears to be nothing as- sumed on her part; and now that she has uobur- dened her mind she appears to be quite indiffer- ent as to her fate, Notning particular has been said to her in re- gard to her trial and the probable result, but in a egultory conversation she abruptly remarked that she was indifferent in regard to the trial in the Court; what most concerned her was “THE OTHER TRIBUNAL BEFORR GOD,” “There is,” said she, ‘that great tribunal before God, and my only hope is in God.” She is a ey sweet-spoken woman, and her eyes light up wit! eculiar brilliancy when speak:ng upon any sub- ject. She is very visionary in her ideas, and does not seem to have the power of keeping her mina down to the sober and stern realities of life. In conversation with her a@ person could not fail to discover that she was @ Woman ot remarkable in- tellect, but it would also soon become apparent tnat her mind frequently drifted from the ehannel of good, sound reasoning. she been at all like any other woman, after committing the murder, she would have taken every precaution to have hid herself from the pos- sibility of recognition. She knew there were per- sons whe knew her; that she had been scen in the company of the deceased; that she was known in a certain circle in New York; that her name and the occupation she followed were known to the lice and that they were constantly on the alert for her. Knowing all ‘oti quietly took up her residence almost in the heart of the city and with no attempt to disguise hersel. She went to and fro from Brooklyn to New York to her work, passing policemen detectives almost on every corner. She did not even take the pre- caution of cevering her face with a veil. Had she been like other women she would have put the evidences of her guilt FAR BEYOND THE REACH OF SEIZURE; but no, she clung to them apparently as sweet reminders of the past, and while pawnsheps and jewelry stores were being ransacked throughout the city by the authorities for Goodrich’s watch and other property she them locked up in her trunk. ‘hile Philadetphia, Boston, Baltimore, Washington and every other large city in the United States was being searched, this remarkable woman was walking the streets of Brooklyn, attending Beecher’s church on Sun- days, and acting in the most guiltless manner. It is impossible to tell what her feelings were all this time. The past may have been like a canker gnaw- ing at her heart, for in the 1ew months between the tragedy ~ her arrest she underwent a remarkable change. Her face grew thin and pinched, and her eyes had a vacant stare in them. She may have een graceful in her movements once, but now her gatt is rather mechanical, and she moves along like a piece of machinery. At the present time she acts as ifa load had been lifted from her mind, and it is with great didiculty that she can be restrained by her counsel from telling everybody all about herself and her betrayer. Those who have conversed with her are of the opinion that there is a blank in her mind in regard to some events of her life. Concerning tue t dy, however, she is quite clear, for Chief Campbell ad- mitted on the inquest that she had told him all the circumstances of the case. She explained how “Charley,” as she calla him, cruelly and heartlessly cast her off, and he offered her $5 and teld her to that he never wanted to lay eyes on her again. ihe loved him intensely, and she could not bear to be cast off in this unfeeling manner. HER BRAIN WASIN A WHIRL, and on her knees she begged him to recall his words, It will perhaps be remembered that Kate was under the impression for & boo 3 time that she was the legitimate wife of Goodrich. There was & ceremony performed, but he told her wor be necessary for her to keep secluded for @ time, for the knowledge of his marri: by his father and brother would probably prevent from getting some money which he expected. In ac- cordance with his wishes ahe did remain secluded, until, finally, like an orange which had been sucked, he cast her off ashe would the rind. She ‘work daily in New York, and on returning home—what she considered her home—the on! home she had, one bleak March night she foun there was no admission for her. She was told by & man who pretended to be & watchman that she could not enter the house and that her effects would be found in one of the new puuaieegs a door or two from the one she had been occupy! ie went there aud found her trunk and her downing thrown ina promiscuoas heap upon the dirty floor. There were several panes of g' out of the win- dows, and how she was to pees the night in this lace she did not know. Oharles Green, the Bogus watchman, followed her in and watched her. THE LEAF PROM HER DIARY contained the following:—“Am I dreaming? Can it be that Chariey, whom I loved so devotedly, would cast me off and turn me in the street like a pauper? Oh, heaven, can Iretain my senses! I shall go mad!” Green said in his examination before the Coro- ner’s jury that he really thought the poor woman would go mad, for she raved about the room in s terrible state. He was afraid would set fire to the place, and had he not in there he had no doubt but she would. She even seized hold of the water pines ‘and tried to tear them out, and he with difficulty restrained her. shi k & seat upon her trunk in that room, took out her that very feeling father, which she signed ‘My heart is compl - G.,” in which she ‘aly broken; to love and it to & and I cannot ithout “[ was quite eenaaree, and.I had not the slightest idea that Charley woul ever treat me in this manner. I followed the man into the house and saw all my thrown upon like some 4: fal ni , mare. what will I do? ave nO finished, unfurnished she Ta this undatsnes, uo the. boges wershaan ren, who said they nearly froze to death. mer Jourdan and the WHAT 1S THOUGHT OF THE CRIME. 77 | bis 5 | Ma RCM a hdd ears ar ts tiér inany ee Narrow Escape of a Policeman from: | NEW YORK HERAGD, MONDAY. JULY 14, isrd<WwITm Oy Me nivies, ong therefore will make no confes- MN or statement to any person. BOW SHE BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH GOODRICH. The manner in which she made the acquaintance of Goodrich was rather singular and not strict! in accordance with the rules of etiquette. Goodricl inserted a@ matrimonial advertisement in per and she saw it. Being fond of correspondin, an- swered it; twoor three letters passed between them and he appointed as a pl: of meeting the Forty- Seoona street depot, She met him, was pleased with 80 the quarrel, He visi d, she aye, asked her to become his wife, me time r he induced her to live with him in his house ~p in Degraw street. She went there; lived with him ws his wife. There was a marriage ceremony, and, to ber astonishment, she found it was a mock mar- riage, Then he had an abortion produced on her, hich mearly killed her, After -this, as above Trated, ihe exst her of, In order to consummate & marriage wi other, HER INSANITY, “> “"™~ Kate looks the plowré of iusamty, and tf shé was in an esyinnt an ovserves Would pronounce her at once, from her appearance, deranged, She has been am inmate orybe Lunatic Asylum in Boston, and her actions whi that institu:ion Were such that the physicians déemed it advisable to keep @ close watch on her, She gald that she became deranged from the effects of @ jeyer she had. Mary Handley, the female detective, who was formerly her room-mate, said that it was & disappointment in love which turned her brain. Alter the tragedy and when the excitement was* at its height she visited Degraw street and passed the house several times. NARROW FSCAPE OF AN OFFICBR. She noticed that an officer was following her and then she became rather excited. She had a pistol in her pocket, and had the officer followed her en farther she would in all probability have shot im, After Goodrich was shot she took up some of the blood and when 1¢ became dried she eat it. Sie said she loved the very ground on which he walked, and gathered up some ofthe dirt, put it in flower pots and planted seeds in them which he had given her. She still clings to the locket con- taining the blood-stained lock of hair. AT THE IN aT she watched the different witnesses with a curtous stare, clally Lucette Meyers, She looked at her as ehe would read her mind, and when Lucette testified that she had seen her and Roscoe in conversation together her cppreasion was that ofgreat surprise. “ Why,’ said she, “ that is all Greek to I never saw this man Roscoe in all my life. I never knew there was such 4 man.”’ Then Lucette continued, “f saw this pistol in Roscoe’s hands not over a week before the murder of Goodrich.’ Kate turned to her counsel and,in an undertone, told him that the testimony of this woman was entirely untrue. Her manner seemed so natural and her surprise so great at the testimony of Lucette that he could not help believing that Lucette’s story ‘was without foundation. Lucette appeared suddenly to have a great rej for the ends of justice, for wnen asked several questions she decilued to answer, on the und that her replies would defeat the ends of justice. From a prisoner or a witness she has un- doubtedly become one of the secret ageuts of the police. She was much improved in appearance, and had had the lost tooth, which was a great defect in her appearance, replaced. LYZZIR’S IDENTITY. Lizzie, or Kate, as she is usuaily called, appears to be quite friendiess. She was asked if’ she had no friends, if she did not have a father and mother. She replied that she had no friends who would be likely to trouble themselves about her, and as for her father and mother she did not know whether they were alive. she said she was born in Plymouth, Mass. and they lived there, but she had not heard from them for six years. Yesterday afternoon a gentieman called at Police Headquarters and said he was from Plymouth, Mass. He said he knew her family very well an that she was the daughter of Mr. Isaac King. Her family was highly respectable, and when she was home she was called Betsy King. Her name, he said, was Elizabeth L. King, and her mother and father were still living. HER DEMEANOR AT THE JATL. When first taken to the jail by Keeper Howard ©. Conrady she appeared quite agitated, and she dropped into a seat and remained motionless for about half an hour, gazing all the time at the Noor. Then the keeper asked her if she would not like to have something to eat or a cup of tea. She said no, but she would te greatly obliged for a@ glass of lemonade. This was furnished, and, after remaining quiet fer some time, she ‘asked for the papers. ‘The first thing she Tead was the report of the inquest. She requested the keeper to furnish her with the HERALD and some of the other morning papers Sunday morn- jog, after which she retired and slept soundly. Yesterday morning she got the Foe goo and read all which was written concerning her case, but made no comment on it. HER COMPANION, FANNY HYDE. She soon became very intimate with Mrs. Fanny Hyde, who is awaiting her second trial for the shooting of her employer, George Wataon, and yes- terday she prepared to attend the services in the chapel at the jail in her company. They occupied a seat together, listened attentively to the remarks of the Kev. Mr. Bass, the clergyman, and sung the different hymns. The Jast sung was “HOME, SWEET HOME,’? and before it was ended feed of the less hardened criminals were observed with tearfuleyes. There were no vears in Kate’s eyes. She did not appear to feel the want of @ hoine or that she had been guilty of the slightest wrong. At the close of he §=service she went pe about, acting very light-hearted. She s: to Keeper am not.” Yester ay her some pens, ink and paper, as she said she ad something to write. She partook of a good dinner, was furnished with some books by the keeper, and settled herself for a quiet evening. INTERVIEW WITH LIZZIE KING AT THE JAIL, jay she requested the keeper to At five o’clock yesterday afternoon a representa- tive of the HzraLp went down to the Raymond Street Jail for the purpose of seeing the fair pris. oner. The keeper, Colonel Conrady, was in the office with several of his deputies and received the reporter courteously. Chief of Police Campbell, whe had just held a short interview with the pris- oner, entered the office and after conversing with the keeper a few moments left. The conversation of the party present then turned upon the subject ofthe murder in general and the prisoner in par- ticular, and a reference made to the mental condi- tion of the woman elicited the statement of a little incident that had occurred in the forenoon, just alter the religious services. It seems that several of the women prisoners were greatly affected by the services and wept as they passed out into the main corridor on their return to their cells, The effect upon Lizzie King, however, appeared to be the reverse, for she tripped gayly along the corridor and, meeting the keeper, saia, “You don’t think 1 AM INSANE for acting this way, do you ?”” She was in excellent spirits, and, revwrning to the corridor where she is confined, partook of a substantial din- ner from the keeper's table. Aiter dinner she resumed the writing of her statement of her case, which she had begun in the morning, and at which she continued for several hours. ‘Then she read @ litte in the New Testament, and ag the HERALD reporter entered the corriaor she was engaged in turning over the leaves of the copy of that part of the Scriptures before her, and apparently making notes on the margin of a page here and there. The corridor ison the second story of the female prison, and from it @ full view of the jail yard can easily be had, ‘here are twelve cells on the cor- ridor, and Lizzie’s is the last one in the row. Toere are but three other women there with her—Mrs, Fanny Hyde, the alleged murderess of George W. Watson, and Mrs. 88 and Mrs. Simmons, who were convicted of aiding pris- oners to escape from the jail. These women are supposed to keep a watch over Lizzie to PREVENT HER ESTROYING HERSELF. Lizzie, however, has no intention of at- tempting anything of the kind, as she expects that truth will prevail in her case and that will be uitted by a jury when they shall nave rd her defence. She does not consort at all with the other inmates of the corridor, but remains near her own cell. she has an fs ee oy, ae er cell, and everything has in done to make her se comfortable as possible under the ctrcum- stances. When the reporter entered the corridor the other women were about taking of their sup- r from an old bench which served as a tabie. 1¢ banquet consisted of a couple of ny covered ham bones and some bread and cake, It ‘was a feast for them and they chatted merrily. At the appearance of the visitors, however, the ‘fes- tivities’ were temporarily suspended. Lizzie King, at the other end of the corridor, arose as the reporter approached and for # moment there was 4 LOOK OF RECOGNITION on her countenance; but it disappeared as she said, “Why, I thought at first that you were my counsel.” The reporter failed to detect any re- semblance. ing thereupon became very reserved and, gusing ri x3 at Tae HERALD representative re marked, “I did not expect any visitors here to-day, and am surprised that you were not announced,” The reporter intimated that he had called for the purpose of conversing with her in regard to her connection with the Goodrich tragedy, which had excited such universal attention. Mise King replied, “I do not desire to say oe thing now about my case. I preter not to mal any statement at present and do not desire to see anypedy. ‘who comes here for information.” was PERPROTLY SELY-POSSESSED and did not appear at all affected by her situation. game attire pa Ne eee on at the Ooro- as! Lan art ee atsrious locket’ (which is. one of remarkably size. fom frank aboat it.” | a Conrady, “4 melt won't think I am crazy, ior I | an tn, coral necktace. Her fair ftfsses were allowed to flow unrestrained over her shoulders, and altogether she presented about the same ap- pearance aa on Satorday. During the brief inter- view she stated that she was as com/ortable there ascould be expected, but hoped that she would be ACCORDEP 4 TRIAL the earliest day possible. As the abe ed ee side and window at the opposite wi of the building. ich the murderer Henr; ined hed 4 ‘executed last December. ‘omen were conversing at the o} site end of the corridor during the interview. ort glancing occasionally at Lizzie, Mrs. Hyde was especially merry; but neither of them spoke & word about their newly arrived companion. They do not desire to intrude themselves upon her, but they will keep a close watch on her, according to instructions, Allof the women have the freedom of the corridor and fare a great deal bet‘er than the other female prisoners, who are principally composed of bloated visaged uniortunat mitted irom the Justices’ Courts, oe ee THE GREAT REGATTA, Preparations for the Boat Race. reporter left ud stoadily out of College THE COURSE AND ITS CHARACTER. W hen:to Go and Where to Stay. THE BENNETT CHALLENGE CUP. Grand Beview of the College Crews and a Sharp Contest. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 12, 1873, ‘To get away for four or five days in this vacation time of year from the dry and dusty region of a law oMice, to witness the work of preparation for a great rowing race, especially when that work is going on in as attractive a place as is the Connecti- cut, just below this city, and to do so with the hope of adding somewhat to the definite information of the public on a subject just now prominently be- fore them, is naturally enough anything but un- pleasant to an old oar; and if in that work he finds much which he is forced to admit an im- provement on the way of doing things in his day, he should certainly not complain, There are many innovations here to-day, some of them well nigh as interesting to one entirely unacquainted with athletics as to the student who, jor days and weeks and months together, has dropped books and everything else, and thought, worked at and dreamed nothing but rowing. I took supper last evening with the Harvard crew and learned much, which I hope to lay before you, but before attempt- ing to go into details of their practice and pros- pects or those of any other of the eloven different crews it will be well to take A LOOK AT THE COURSE on which they expect to row, and see if a some- what intelligent idea cannot be had of its good and bad points. The race of next Thursday is to be rowed, not on the old track, starting directly south of the wooden bridge, just below the railroad bridge, but from a point some three miles further down, and then, not out to a half-way stake and return, but three miles straight away down the river, in the direction of Thompsonville. This course is mainly the same as last year’s, the start being made something over half a mile lower down, to avoid a narrow place just above, too Narrow for so many crews to start abreast. The long reach to be rowed over is not crooked enough to cause any inconvenience; but after saying this there is scarcely anything to be added especially in its favor. Iam well aware that a local paper here claims that “the course as now laid out ts without doubt the best three tiles straight-away course tn New England.” If this be true then New England is without a good, or even fair, three-mile straight-away course broad enough for eleven boats to row abreast. In the very start comes a most serious, indeed A VITAL OBJECTION. The impression has gone out and is now about universal that the river here is 1,000 feet wide— just 1,000, the way the reports read—and yet it is supposed that each crew will have a track 100 feet wide to row in. A little division would leave them nearly ten feet less. But after looking at the place quite a while, and feeling confident that it did not at least look 1,000 feet across, [rowed from shore to shore as steadily as possible and found I took just sixty strokes, the boat having no outriggers and a very long reach being out of the question. Then 1rowedan equal number straight down the river glose to the bank, noting points on shore just opposite my start and finish. I then landed, paced the distance between these points and found that I took 289 steps. This would, at three feet to the step, make but 867 fect in all, or less than eighty feet for each boat. To row eleven long six-oared shells abreast at even amoderate pace, giving each 100 feet, and keep each within its respective bounds for any distance, is no play, even for an old hand. But cut their spaces down each by twenty feet, subject the steersmen to the excitement of, in some ways, the greatest race that will have up till then ever been seen in America, and have those steersmen as (if the reports of them which have from time to time appeared are correct) are those of Cornell, Bow- doin, Columbia, Dartmouth, the Agriculturalist, Trinity, Yale and Harvard—men who never steered in one of these contests before—and it will be quickly seen whether tne danger of a foul or several of them on Thursday afcernoon is real or imaginary. Of course there may none occur, but that will hardly weaken the belief that ‘THIS COURSE IS A POOR ONE where so many are to compete. in the matter: of current, The fast time of last year was due to a strong north wind, which blew the boats down the Fiver finely and helped the current much. But yesterday, after dropping pieces of white birch at points on the starting line, 100 feet from each bank respectively, and also in the middie, I found the water on the eastern side running less than a quarter of @ mile an hour, while a southerly breeze, so mild as to make but a half inch of rip- ple on the water, kept the middie float from mak- ing scarcely any more, while it did not let the ‘western one drop over one hundred and fifty feet. Had there been @ breeze the current over the course would run about half mile an hour ap- parently-in the channel, while that near the east- ern shore would be noticeanly less and near the western scarcely anything. A SAND BAR, But, opposite Amherst’s quarters, half way down the course, there runs out a sand bara quarter of the way across the river, and fora whole third of the course. The depth on sounding proved to average but from two to four feet all over this shoal (another day’s work may make it less yet), while in one place it was, by actual measurement, but twenty inches. Now, it must be remembered that all this obstruc- tion—for any one who has ever rowed over flats know what an obstruction it will be—lies directly on the route of the three crews to whom the lot assigns positions on the east bank, and, as if this were not enough, vigorous old snags crop up along the way, well out into the river, fit subjects for the dentistry of the committee who have the course in charge. These matters are not as yet giving the crews serious concern, because they have not yet drawn their positions; but, as soon as they do, they will look them fairly in the face and will find whether Or not thisis ® good course for eleven crews to row & breast race upon, A BEITRE COURSE WANTED. Taking these things into consideration, and re- Membering the long roundabout way of getting from Springfield to the grand stand, it will be well to look about another year for a better course for the intercollegiate races. If Winnipiseogee or some other New England water cannot furnish it, a few boura! ride from Soringield—a lege diasance | tman Cornell has come—will the competing ‘ .amen up to Saratoga Lake, where a stretch over "9 wide and over twice three long, will give twenty ee if peed be, ample sea room, while the ‘d 18 too charming to need more than neighdorD®. suggested that the crews divide up peuee: ripe ~_ But it ts & pity to lose so eats, will be that of these eleven grand aspectacie a ~~ oir brawny, sun-burned long, delicate boats and Gown the men, sweeping swiftly ams} ~ cut.’ It would be to loge an *0uié Ways the very finest feature’ of the whole, oveP such as this country, and perhaps any ofA" has ‘Never Ps G known, and one which good eave 4 managenient can beyond a doubt secure, a bread? track alone Obviating the dimculty. THK BENNETT CHALLENGE OUP, \ It cannot fail to gratify the donor of thig.besu- tful and costly memento to know that, face day, a8 the notice came, and brief as bas been thy? time for preparation, not only already are Har- vard, Cornell, Amherst, Dartmouth and McGill University, of Canada, to be represented, but that even the winner 1s likely 10 make excellent time, The performance of Kenton, of Amherst, who 1s training on the traok here, 1s praised very highly, and the belief is daily strengthening that the dark horse from Canada will have to run uncommonly well if he expects to take this cap across the St. Lawrence, So good a start, and under such unfavorable cir- cumstances, has insured the future success of this project beyond a donbt, and it wou'd not be at all surprising next year if there were as many college men running a8 there will be rowing, or even more, Let them go in a pack, as do the horses at the Derby, and a more exciting scene can hardly be imagined, while, from the grand stand of any race track, every inch of the work can be readily seen. Then there will be nothing at all surprising if, against the name of next year’s winner, on that cup is inscribed better time than any of Oxford or Cambridge. WHEN TO COME UP AND WHERE TO STAY. As the foot race tw set for ten o'clock on Thars- day morning, the Brown and Harvard ball match to follow soon after, and THE ROWING RACES for the afternoon, the better way will be to avotd too early travel by coming up the evening before, and especta!ly for New Yorkers, as the early train eut of New York does not arrive till afternoon. The Massasoit House is too well known to need any description here. But, if amy one is not fond of having railroad trains rumbling and shrieking under his window at brief intervals, he would do well to try the Haynes House. The table may not prove quite so fine ({or the former is exceptionally strong in this respect) nor the house quite so bridal, but, if every one fares as well as I have done he willbe glad he went, Though not yet announced five o’clock is the probable HOUR FOR THE GREAT BACB. The grand stand 1s so far from the city, being gway down at the finish and on the further bank and the crowd promises to be so great that it is more than likely that, unless the regular half- past six train for New York is delayed or specials run, New Yorkers will have to wait till midnight to start home. So it is well enough to look into this matter of hotel accommodations a little before starting, and in this respect, too, should the races in future years be transferred to Saratoga Lake, It will be seen at once how much better the visitor as well as the rower willlike it. I hope to be able in my next to give you some idea of the rowers as wellas the prospects of the many competitors in the races now sonear. WILLIAM BLAIKIE. An Exhilarating Scene—Grand Review of the College Crews—Sharp Tussle Between the g@Dartmouth Giants and the Aggies. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 12—Evening. This afternoon and evening has been one of the loveliest here thus far this season. The atmos- phere has been as clear as crystal, with not a cloud to aim the clear blue sky above, and with just enough breeze below to make one feel comfort- able. The wish of every heart all day has been often audibly expressed, “—f we could only have such a day next Thursday then all’ would be well and the college regatta be a grand success.” ‘The scene on the river this afternoon was even more exhilarating than in the morning, tne spectacle being finer than on some of the regatta days them- selves in former years when two crews most un- evenly matched rowed over the course at Worces- ter. The breeze, what there was of it, for once came from the north instead of the soyth, and, blowing in the direction of the current, failed to create more than a gentle ripple. The beautiful state of the water, coupled, perhaps, with the de- sire on the part of the crews to finish up the week’s work as early as posible, so that the rest of the coming Sabbath might be lengthened out a trifie, led them all to appear on the river soon after four o’clock, the usual hour for practice laid down in their training régime, and for an hour and up- wards the river presented what might be termed a GRAND REVIEW OF THE COLLEGE OREWS, no less than ten of them being out on the course, spinning back and forth at the same time, Min- gled with the boats of the crews here and there all & spectators, however, by the short trial but, on the contrary, of speed, DARTMOUTH STOOK AT ONOR ROsB on the strength of the excellent speed shows while in so disabled a condition, and any number of bets were at once offered that they would come in ahead of the Aggies next Thursday. THR BOWDOINS wero the next tocome out and went skimming down the course af a1 ng gate of forty-five strokes rr, to the their , Watch- tra viel from a smali dory; but, fa splte‘of tieis 01 ine appearance and i | seemed to drag Redvily, Wheccdr as coe reauiy some prearranged plan or because unavoidable it wae impossible to tell. On their way back they Werdgovertaken and passed by THE COLUMBIA Bors, , who had °° been down the course @ half hour before. ther crew were again the subject of ery coratiain 187 Temar! drew from Hank the expresaiu,"», 9 Standing on the whart he watched them coim."@ UP against the stream :— “Now mind whas I tell yo’ they are light, and young by three years oh work a this, they are going tn to win aad W.!! Make more thar one crew wish they had never they beat them.” “The Columbias ew set of oars Monday, which wil ix inc! ca than tho present ones, and whteh » ank says” g wiltfairly “lift the boat out of the water et hod of them.’ TRE HARVARDS also came out sooit alter, Sad peedting down te the starting point, started down the course, evidently on time and ut the rate of forty-one strokes per minute, from whicil, however, es 4 speedily bored to thirty-eignt. Their dash jorm were tlie theme of admiration and commenda- tory remarks from all but “iank/’ wito could not retrain from saying, nas Tew very pretty; but, somehow, they don’t get the boat along?’ THE WILLIAMS CRBW did not appear, the hard experience of the: past two days having told so severely on the new new men, who were not iu last year’s ew, ae Gunster, the captain, deemed tt unadvisable C4 out, Tho Sunday’s rest will doubtless fix them right again, and with proper care they will com! out all right for regatta day. A BEST TO-MORROW, * Probably none o/ the crews will do any rowing’ to-morrow, except the Cornelis, Several of the trainers would work their crews in the boats if they had their say, but the sentiment of the col- legians and thelr friends is #0 strongly opposed to any such use of the day that their opinions will be overruled, and the exercise of the will be Lim- ited to ashort walk. The Corsells, who took their regular row last Sunday, will do likewise again to- morrow, and try to sustain their position with the argument that there is no more sin in ro than im walking and that they are here to win‘the’ race, &c. Among the other crews this ac- tion on their part has won for them tae sobriquet of ‘the wicked crew,” though it is to be questioned whether it attacbes to them any more than to less open sinners. For instance, the Aggies will not shock public mereuey by defen to-morrow, bat will compromise thelr personal plety by spending the day in doing a ‘‘nece: work”—namely, the putting of several coats ol varnish upon their boat and otherwise putting it in _conaition, It is rumored to-night that Commodore B: "> of Now York, is to be the referee in the Wa: Biglim race next Tuesday, Both Ward and Biglin express themselves as satisfied with his acting in city, and the matter will probably be az- to-morrow. SPAIN. that oa) rang The Republican Army Halted Before Alooy— Cabinet Resolution for Peace by Conquost— Biot and evolt—Cartagena Cap- tured by the Internationalists TELEGRAMS TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Maprip, July 13, 1873. General Velarde, with seven battalions, has am Tived before Alcoy. He was obliged to arrest thirty of his own mem for insubordination on the march. CABINET RESOLUTION FOR PRACE BY CONQUEST. The Cortes yesterday authorized energetic meas- ures for the suppression of the insurrection im Alcoy. RIOT AND ARSON. A paper manufactory at Villa-dardo has beem burned by rioters. LOYALIST APPEAL FOR AID. @Messengers from the town of Granollers dek Valles have arrived at Barcelona with pressing de- mands for reinforcements, RADICALIST UPRISING IN CARTAGENA. Yt is rumored that the Internationalists have risen in Cartagena and made themselves masters of the town, the forts, the telegraph and the rail- way. The marines romatn faithfal to the government and hold the navy yard. Peasant Recruits for the Carlist Princess Bayonns, July 13, 1873, Five thousand peasants at Alpena have joined the Carlists, driven thereto by the excesses of the republicans, PRINT OLOTH MARKET. Provipgmer, R. L, July 13, 1873. ‘The transactions in printing cloths for the past week ‘ht, and there was scarcely anything dot proba Al | ominally from @c. to oe. for best as Died. Bravn.—At Babylon, L. L., CHARLES E. BRAUN, Of ears, 7 months and 20 days. lat friends are invited to attend the funeral, from the First Baptist ehureb, Baby- lon, L. I., on Tuesday, at one o’clock P. M. [For Other Deaths See Ninth Page.) The World Does Not ba ee in * r D or cine that will cure a distressing be Ont Ta ie Cold as rapidly and certainly as ra tau AND TAR. over the river, and ever and anon getting in the way of some of them just as they had made every- thing ready for a trial start, were innumerable small city craft, such as punts, dugouts, shad- boats, skiffs and a few respectable-looking wher- ries. To add to the beauty of the scene it would seem as though all Springfield had left their shops and homes and turned out to see “them college boys row.” Teams single, double and tandem raced back and forth on the river road or stopped here and there at some open space to get a giimpse of some passing crew, while hundreds more saun- tered along the river bank or collected at the head- qnarters of the several crews, anxious to get a glimpse at or a chance word with the young ath- leves. At the lower end of the course the Wesieyan and Trinity crews appeared, but, as though to BXASPERATE THE CURIOUS CROWD of spectators, turned and went down instead of up stream, in the direction of Thompsonville, Conn, About the same time the Dartmouth giants, who had recovered somewhat from the indisposition which has kept them im for the past few days, appeared further up stream, oppo- site their quarters, with Biglin, their trainer, ac- companying them in his wherry. Arter a few pre- Hminary instractions about “taking it easy,” &c., on account of the sick men, they proceeded up stream to the starting line, and were proceeding to turn, when the quick eye of Biglin saw the Aggies just starting out from their quarters, a half mile further up. Here was a chance not to be lost, and the shrewd trainer saw it. Entirely unmindful of bis ee warning he ordered them to get ready “LET HER OUT." The giants, however, had now discovered the drift of thin, nd, not being at all desireus in their convalescen te of having a tilt with the Aggies, were inclined to wait and let their rivals pass aiong by, Not so the trainer; and again he sang out, “What the devil are you about? why don’t you let her out, Archie?’ ereupon the boys foll to work and were soon spinning down the course like a flying snot at the rate of fully forty-three strokes per minute. 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