The New York Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1873, Page 5

| THE GREAT REGATTA. America’s College Musclemen on the Shallow Connecticut. Eleven “Varsities” in Aquato- rial Combat. eee DPD The Gods of Wind and Weather Propitiated. Multitudes in Holiday Attire Along the River Banks. y= Sie gl Farmers and Old-Fashioned Sports Mingle with the Blue Bloods. GORGEOUS SCENES AT THE GRAND STAND, Blue and Magenta Dangling from Youthful Crowns. THE MISSES AND MUSIC. THE FRESHMAN RACE. Yale Carries Off the Honors in 17 Minutes and 53 Seconds. THE UNIVERSITY Splendid Start and Continued Struggle of the Crews. Yale Again Victorious in 16 Min- utes and 59 Seconds. CONTEST. SPRINGFIELD, Mass., July 17, 1873. The great race is over and Yale has carried off the palm of victory, For the past two wecks the rival crews have been watched by a thousand keen eyes from the moment they first dipped an oar in the Connecticut River till the time when all the contestants were marsnalied in line preparatory to the start. Everything they have done has been noted and carefully marked down to be balanced in the scale of judgment, with a view to aiding the spectator in his iuvestments. Last night the cor- ridors of the leading hotels were packed with ex- cited students, each endeavoring to bet something on his own pet college. There was no pool- selling, and so consequently all bets had to be made privately. Springfeld was alive to-day with an excited and enthusiastic mul- titude, nearly all carrying the colors and favors of the college to which they or their relatives belong, for to-day this town has suspended business aud added its quota to the surging crowd that pa- rades the streets, Peopie are here trom New York, from Boston, from the West, from the East, and the inhabitants of the surrounding country arrive in myriads to meet them. After a short visit to tne foot race the gallant Struggle for two miles is seen, and Bowie, the Ca nadian, carries off the cup, a trophy to admire for twelve months, when he must appear again and defend it against all comers, The ball match over, there is a rush back to town, a hasty dinner, and then the roads are clogged with carriages and pedestrians, all making for the river. The little fJerryboat plies backwards and forwards with un- ceasing energy, rolling from side to side with its mass of human freight. The river now presents a lively appearance with its banks blackened by an unbroken multitude extending over three miles down the stream, The Freshman race is over and the college crews are drawn up in line await- ing the signal tor every man to bend his back to that trial of speed and endurance tor which he has s0 carejully prepared, A tre- Mendous roar, commencing av the starting point, sweeping down the river and gather- ing force from the excited multitude on the stand, announces the cemmencement of the race, and for fifteen or twenty minutes the spectators are wild with excitement, Then comes @ momentary suspense and a name is shownon the blackboard at the stand, that, picked up by the surrounding muititude, is passed aiong from mouth to mouth to the crowd at the starting point, telling the tale iaster even than the electric spark provided by the Harvard boys, As the victors step from their ‘oat they can experience the proudest moment of their lives. They are the idols of the people, the true kings of that mighty crowd; and, for the moment, the President of the United States, the poet, the orator, the general, might waik past unheeded when the stroke of the victorious crew stood anywhere near, There are people to whom it may seem strange that such adulation is given to muscle when genius and virtue so often ts passed by unheeded and unnoticed. But it is only momentary, and next day, when settled down to the daily routine Of life, the hero of the oar are lost to memory in the admiration jor the brilliant speaker or the smart and successiul merchant. There is ene great recommendation to “muscular Christianity,” it being a powerful advocate of abstinence from all kinds of excesses likely to weaken or debilitate the human frame. No glutton, no hard drinker, no man of impure iIife could live through that hard race; each victor abstinuit venere et vino sudavit et alsit, The College race is one of which every American may well be proud, as there he finds an example not only ef strength, wind, spirit and pluck indomitable, but of pure and crystal honor. Horse races have been oiten sold and the betters betrayed, but this race never, and it never will be. Here, {rom first to last, all is open, because all is fair and glorious as the kindred daylight it courts, A TRIRUTE OF RESPRCT. One of the pleasantest little incidents of the week fas the presentation by the Cornell University crew ofa handsome solid silver ice pitcher to Mrs. Coulter, the wile of their trainer. Her interest in the success of those whom she styles ‘her boys” is charming to witness. She has watched them from the day on which Mr, Coulter took charge of them ‘Up on the banks of Cayuga Lake up to the present ‘with almost a mother’s care. She was very hope- fal of their success until the misfortune of drawing the worst position overtook the crew. Coulter ‘was very proud of the condition of his crew, but ‘was not hopeful of victory under such great disad- vantages, The City in the Morning. Springficld was awake early. Her large foreign population did not need to be told of the import- ant events,of the day to insure a prompt attend- ance at the breakfast table. Ever; place open to lodgers had been filied with students and boating men, The hotels secured the co-operation of sey- eral large boarding house keepers, and thus pro- vided sleeping accommodations for about six hun- dred persons who arrived last evening. All seem to regard their lot as exceedingly fortunate if they get acot ina hall ora “shakedown” on the floor of any of the hotels, Many amusing incidents Dave occurred at the hotgla all sadicnung the | NEW YORK HERAL D, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1873.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. THE SPRINGFIELD REGATTA COURSE. Map of the River, the Roads Leading to the Grand Stands and Positions of the Boats, ALINIGL ® NVAZ183M S a] HLS HA I LONGMEADOW STATION _ ,, sete tN dg Na Nig MEAD OW confusion which prevails here at present, Six and | eight occupants are assigned to every room, and this act last night gave rise to at least one un- Pleasunt diiemma, A well known New Yorker was 8o fortunate, or untortunate, as to obtain a share of a bed in @ room in which five others were already quartered. The closeness of the room sug- gested the leaving open of the door, The New Yorker is @ suund sleeper and it required a severe shake by a policeman to awaken him this morning. It required large powers of persuasion to convince the gentieman that he was under arrest for rob- bery. After hearing all the facts the citizen of Manhattan was compelled to realize the fact that one inmate of the room who slept near the door had lost his gold watcn and diamond pin | during the night, Every man in the room had accordingly been placed under arrest. A strauger in a strange land, the geutleman quietly rang for the waiter and sent a note toa friend, who secured his release. The joke has got out, however, and is well relished, LOCAL JEALOUSY, The newspapers of Springfield are greatly ex- ercised at the efforts made by the metropolitan press to have the course changed to Saratoga Lake. They assert with a coolness which is beauti- ful to behold that all the New York correspondents have been fixed by John Morrissey to advocate the new course. The low condition of the Connecticut and the many disadvantsges under which the scene of the struggle 18 reached speak volumes to every boating man in condemnation of what is now known as the Springfield Course. All those not blinded by sell-interest can see in this shallow and narrow stream numberless reasons why eleven six-oared crews should never be started in the same race on this course again. The Rush to the River. The running race was scarcely conciuded before the great crowd seemed to disintegrate and to show indications of a r.verward tendency. ‘ihe Jess excited portion of the multitude returnea quietly to their hotels and enjoyed their dinners. Anxiety and unrest rendered the appetites of many inadequate to the task of relishing the last meal which was to occur before the hearing of their final doom, Members of several colleges ,to each 0; whom defeat seemed impossibie, chatted merrily upon the coming con- test of the aiternoon, asif it were chila’s play in- stead of a struggie of muscle and endurance be- tween sixty-six men. Those who had previously been over the course, or along the river road, took their departure as early in the afternoon as they could secure conveyance to the various points along the bank at which each had resoived to view the race THE CHIEF POINTS OF INTEREST seemed to be the start and the finish. From twelve o'clock to three the vast throng of moving humanity took its course towards the scene of the contest. Old men, with blue umbrellas and camp stools; young ladies, with their student acquaintances, and the country folks, irom near and far, were to be seen hobbling and hurrying in the direction of the river bank. The New Haven Railroad Company ran an extra train to the scene of the struggle at half-past one, and this brought fully one thousand additional spectators. There was an almost universal enthu- siasm everywhere manifested. A rain came on about one o'clock, but while it drenched many val- tant college men to the skin it did not in the siighest degree dampen their ardor for the great aquatic contest. The alternoon was to them fraught with so much that was to have an influ. ence upon the rest of their lives that a wetting ‘was not of the slightest importance. They wa:ed the creeks along the banks, climbed the muddy hills, and everybody displayed the most generous sympathy with the men who were to do service in their college’s name. The Grand Stand. The rain set in at about two P. M., and, though it rather dampened the ardor of the ladies, the lincs of carriages crossing the long bridge and patiently awaiting their turns at the ferry showed that they were not afraid of the elements when the “Varsity race’) was in the question. The drive round the bridge was rather tedious, but an occasional spurt with an old Connecticut iarmer, who cleared the road before us, rather livened up the trip, and we finally came to the river just below the two-mile flag. I anchored my wagon and started on foot along the shore for the grand stand, passing underneath the high banks, now crowded with little family parties camped in picnic fashion. The little telegraph stations at the half-mile flags at- tracted considerable attention, and an eager crowd stood gaping around awaiting the news of the start. The operaror and assistant sported Har- vard colors, and appeared proud of the enterprise of their coilege in starting the line. Further on as I came up to the stand the crowd thickened and the banks were black with an excited multitude, Every now and then some keen-sighted individual would shout, “They’re off!” and then everybody would get up and stretch forth his head, look and sit down again, satisfied that the smart young man had made @ mistake, THR STAND WAS CROWDED before three o’clock, nd, although there was a fair sprinkling of the fair sex, the youthfal collegian predominated, Harvard having the largest repre- sentation; and as some of their hata were dressed in about a yard and @ half of Magenta ribbon, that color rather put the others in the shade. The Yale boys also mustered tn force, decked and adorned with blue, which aiso appeared to be a favorite color with the fair sex. THE MAIN OFFICE OF THE TELEGRAPH company occupied @ prominent position in the shade of a tree about forty feet from the ground and connected with the stand by a couple of planks. Two young gentlemen were in charge ot the office, and they were not molested during the day, asthe most daring reporter present did not like to walk the plank. During the wait for the Freshman race the band located on the north end of the stand played @ series of favorite selections, much to the internal delectation of a youthful miss, covered with Magenta favors, who remarked that “music wi Sweet.” An antiquated looking tub with a funnel in the centre, known by the inhabitants of Springfield as the steamer Mayflower, was anchored in shore under the bank and | had ail the fan to tuemse | drowned the taint efforts of any other stragglers to boats, the owners of which derive a thriving trade ferrying passengers across the river. THE RAST RANK OF THR RIVER for about two miles was covered with people, and @ small stand opposite the three-mile fag literally trembied with the crowd quartered on its benches. The spectators were very patient awaiting the ar- rival of the boats, and finally virtue was rewarded, as shortly alter tive o'clock, the telegraph announc- ed that the Fresiman crews haa started. ‘This set everybody in good humor, and hundreds of glasses were levelled in the direction of the start, It ap- peared, however, to be “looking through 4 giass darkly,” as ina couple of minutes the glass pro- prietors had told what they saw, and it was soon circulated throughout the stand that each of the three boats was ahead, The telegraph again came to the rescue, informing the assembled muititude that Yale was leading at the mile Mag, All the blues then looked lappy and shouted their battle cry, completely subduing the “Rah-Rah’ men, who were evidently too disconsolate to sing, Presently the crews came in sight, and Yale appeared to have the race al! her own way, as the boat was certainly flve or six lengths ahead of Amherst, Harvard brought up the rear and made an attempt to close the gap about half a mile, but the boys proved rather light tor their work. Yale crossed the line about ten lengths ahead of Amherst, the latter leading Harvard by about five or six lengtns. THE YALE PARTY were now wild with excitement, and the youthful miss in Magenta required more music to cheer her drooping spirits. As the college crews could not start before the return of the Amherst Freshmen, the college crew requiring their boat to pull in, there was a delay 0. nearly an hour before the tele- graph announced the start, There was then two or three minutes of awiul suspense, during which period of time the Magenta and blue individuals were intensely excited, At last magenta got their turn, as the telegraph announced Harvard leading at the bali mile, and the “Kah, rah, ral’? com- pletely upset the Yale youths, many of them leav- ing the stand in disgust. Presently the telegraph again announced Marvard leading and Yale sec- ond. This revived the blue party, and they yelled irantically, but their tongues were hardly equal to the DEAFENIN' The represen SHOUTS OF THE HARVARD BoYs, tves of th two colleges now 8, as they completely make themselves heard. On ca me the boats nearer and nearer, and at last the brown backs of the | isible to the naked eye, puil- | Harvard boys were ing along the eastern shore, and with a clear lead of ail the others, The Wesieyan and Yale boats were pretiy well in the centre of the stream, pull- ing along bow and bow, until within about three hundred yards of some, when Cook cajled upon nis crew, and they fairly litted the boat out of the water, pulling about forty-two tothe minute and shooting ahead of the We ans. The Yale boys along the shore were perfectly frantic and rushed along in the direction of the judges’ stand, yelling with the excitement, and when the judges Nnaliy gave out the order of ar- rival to be Yale, Wesleyan and Harvard there was a tremendous rush of the blue ribbons to the stand, where they gave magenta fits and forced the latter to retire, sufering severely irom an aflection of the throat. Yale, however, was again astounded by another attack of the “RAH-RAT-RAT? party, and presently it was announced that the judges on the press boat had given the champion flag to the Harvard crew, a rumor which ocular demonstration proved true, as the boat presentiy Started down the river, carrying the banner of victory. Everybody then started for home, and the stands and river were soon deserted. The drive was enlivened by the sing- ing of the Harvard and Yale boys, who were both confident that their crews had won. It was nearly nine P. M. before they were put out | of their misery by the referee, Mr, Babcock, who | informed the public at large that the judges on the press boat had no right to give away the flag tothe Harvard crew, as the judges on the shore had placed the crews in the following order:—Yale, Wesleyan and Harvard. Now Yale stock wi again, and they made it lively for the Harva during the rest oi the evening, The Freshman Races. ‘The river was in the very best possible condition, alight wind was biowing but it came trom the northeast, and: being down stream did not make even a ripple in the water. The sky was overcast and an occasional sprinkling of rain fell trom the clouds. Hour by hour, min- ute by minute the crowd along the banks of the Connecticut became more dense, until the whole line of the course was one swaying throng of humanity. The time wore slowly away, and tne afternoen was fast waning before the Amherst freshmen, in their purple turbans, went down from their quarters and stepped into their boat. There were many iriends of the Amberst fresh- men in Springfeld, and the race proved that this six was the only formidable antagonist which Yale bad. The Yale boys, dis- tnguishable by their blue handkerchiefs, were the next to take up position. Like the Yale Univer- sity crew, no one seemed to know where the men came {from or what they would doin the race, It was withoul any display whatever that the blue- turboned Yaleusians pulled down stream to the middie stakeboat. The Harvard crew, in Naming Magenta followed in @ very few minutes, and for nearly two minutes all three crews lay quietly on their oars. The speech of the starter was brieny made and the preparatory signal was awaited. THE START OF THE FRESHMEN. “are you ready?’ called Frank G. Brown, of the Nassau Club, New York, the starter, in a clear voice, which was heard at the hali-mile station be- low. A moment of breathiess silence, and, as the flag fell, the word was given, Time, 4h, 13m. 30s. The three crews took the watér mucT alike and got of in remarkably good speed. A short struggle between Harvard and Yale resuited in the latter shaking her rival and sexuring first position. There was a momentary effort on the part of Amherst te close of Harvard, buat this proved a failure at the time, and the struggle was only postponed until further down the surrounded by @ number of amall.| river, Ye led Barvagd by @ ful, engi pt Q ° e ¢ = 2 3 the first quarter mile and Amberst, who np tll | that ume made thirty-cight strokes to the minute | had been quietly working along in the dead water | om the West bank now began to pull out cross ing the wake of Yale and waking for the eastern position, YALE RESOLUTELY KEPT ON her course, with Amherst off to the eastward and about two lengths in the rear. The effect of poor judgment or poor steering on the part of Harvard Sent her away acrossin the wake of Yale toward the western bank, The river makes quite a curve here to the eastward, and the Harvards were taking the long bend of the stream instead of run- ning across the eddies and dead water on the east- ern side. The end of the first mile found Harvard pulling fully torty strokes to the minute to Yale's thirty-eight, yet the latter crow was evidently leaving the magenta behind. AMHERST AND YALE F TING FOR THK HONORS, The Amherst boys, under about thirry-eght strokes, hung well to the port quarter of the Yale Men, and it began to appear that the struggle during the entire three miles was to be between the blue and the purple. The relative positions of the three crews did not chaage until its end. Harvard discovering her mistake, after a few Moments took the eastward route, and while She lost ground with e mile, kept up a good, regular stroke. The Yale six were equal to the best efforts of al! their antagonists, and resolutely kept directly in front of Amherst after the first two miles, The Amherst boys, compelled to puit through the wake of the Yale, did not make time equal to that in the beginning of the contest. They worked just as faithully, but their boat seemed fo have lost much of its life. ‘The Harvard crew was at this time fully eight lengths in the rear, and it was evident that the wontd make at least one final effort to show up near the front, although it was not possible now for them to win. Young Hodge's voice ran out in the atr, and HARVARD KAN UP HER STROKE TO 42 in less time than it takes to write it. covered more than two lengths, and the boys in purple saw that they were in danger of losing second place, and Johnston, the stroke, called to bis men and Arche tallied 42 during the next minute. This she maintained to the line, Yale, seeing all the fleld behind her, did not exert herselfin the finish, The stroke, ranging between 38 aud 49, was maintained with a beauty and regn- larity which would have pleased Jimmy Hamill, | their trainer, if he cond have seen the finish. The Amherst crews st0wed much good beef, and the stroke of Johnson was regarded as | quite promising for the future, Yale's time was 17m. and defeating Amberst by nine lengths, and Marvard by fifteen lengtns. ‘The in- terval between the arrival of Yale and the crossing | of Amberst was 414s, ‘The ery of “Yale.” All here have heard it very much during the past two days, | filing the noisy atmosphere as the hurricane out. . | does the tempest, and the second victory for the old university on Long Island Sound was the | Word be‘ore the night eetin. Yale taught the row- ing men of America another and severe lesson, and | completed her galaxy of honor, The two defeated | crews bore their fate manful'y, and pulled slowly |.back to their boathouses up the stream. The vic- | tors were the petted of all and the favorites alike with fair women and enthusiastic college men, | After many cordial greetings the Yale boys came | back home, The University Contest. The start in the University race was made at about six o'clock. It was a hotly contested affair, and it at first appeared that Harvard had woh, and by mistake the colors were adjudged to her. The error soon became evident, however, and Yale was finally pronounced the winner. TIME. Min. Sen. |: Lilacecsetserse Bowdoin............ 18 07% Wesleyan, Massachusetts Ag- Harvard, rieultural, oe Con Trinit William. Mass., July 17, 1873. The morning of this lony-to-be-remembered day broke calmly and peacetully, as I had occasion to know; for, recailing how often the whoie matter of the more important statistics of the various crews are incorrect, so that one can get nothing really definite as to the items which he most wishes to know, and being convinced that the table of the crews as relied on apparently by the public contained many errors, I obtained a pair of Fairbank’s scales, and, loading @ light wagon with them, made over the long wooden bridge so familiar to all who know Springtielc, and drove rapidly away out to the further edge of the broad interval on the other bank, over the Agawam Bridge, down the Hartford road, and then by @ cross cut made the river bank. The long, weil turned oars iylug on the porch of a house at my leit suggested that rowers were noi far off, and here lay Williams. Knowing too well how easy it is to waken on the NIGHT BEFORE A BOAT RACE, perhaps one’s first, I went quietly by and saw no one astir among the Bowdoins. Then turning southerly, close along the river bank, I found that even wary Josh Ward was not yet out before the Aggies’ door, though it was well on to half-past five—ior that drive irom Springfleld is n0 matter of @ hundred yards, I can assure you. Columbia, too, Was sleeping, and so was Dartmouth, though wide-awake John Biglin was out to tell me so. and promised to have his men ready when 1 came back up the road. Then on past Amherst, also still asleep, and away down until I pulled up at the door yard of the farthest house, where Connecticut’s sons from Trinity and Middletown were quartered. They soon came out and the trusty scales started promptly to their morning’s work. And it was nothing but one steady expres- sion of astonishment from the first man who sprang into the wagon and mounted them until the last. Always lighter than they thought, they were at times so markedly so as to send a quick shadow across the face keenly suggestive of disappoint ment, one crew only, the Bowdoin, being unmis- takably glad when they found the facts, Just think of the Agricultural men, for instance, supposing \ What at 16, the averame ag apmoUnced ALOUS Uudlr | Versally by the press, they were going to show up quite respectably heavy, and suddenly finding that taey could weigh down but 147. I will only now imention the crews in the order of their average weights, for L succeeded tn obtaining ALL THE FIGURES \ wished, save those of the Cornell and Yale, the cormer being off at the river and the latter so far away that my time would not admit of going up there. Here are average weights oi nine crews:— : Ponsa, Columbia Wesleyans, Vax amhe: Bowdotns 152k Narvard... 19 6 Wil Dartmouth. 1s Agricultay ‘otal average about. M9 Our young New Yorkers are the lightest of the party and the youngest too, and iew would have supposed that Amherst ‘would come next in weight, yet being tie oldest, Again, one inan’s weight often changes the average of his six. With Sumpson even with his men, for instance, the “Aggies” would scale tut 145%; pounds, while Devens, Harvard's bow, keeps Harvard from just about reaching Dartmouth’s 158 If Yale's and Cornell's figures are corre quoted both would come between Bowdoin Harvard; but as the published lists have generally made the men some five or more pounds too heavy, Bowdoin probably outweighs them. All along it ‘has looked as though we were going to have at least some figures more like those of OXFORD OR CAMBRIDGE, and asif American student avoirdupois, as com- | pared with that of the past, was looking up de- cidediy, But the Oxiord men who met Harvard, | for example, averaged 170%, as given by Bells Live, | taken as they are, IL think, usually taken, as these were above, on the morning oi tue race, while the | average of the crews of that university for the nine years (1861-1869 fi usive), in which she uninter- ruptedly defeated Cambridge, is recorded as 164 | 2-3 pounds to Cambridge's 163. but here the aver- | age of ail these nine to-day 1s not quite 149. So we are still a long way behind our stouter-waisted cousins, thouwh trom the sports of to- there is | ‘They had re- strong ground to hope that we are working in the Fhe direction, witu much encouragement for the uture. In giving you now some of the resnits of my morning ride Ihave at any rate iound the convic- tion which I have first mentioned sustained; for, from careful examination of the lists of tne regatta extra of the New York paper before mentioned alone, Ihave found over eighty errors, and have still left considerable ground to go over, ‘Ihe es 1 now send you I put down as I weighed , cach giving me from his own lips all those which tue scales themselves omitted, MEMOKANDA, Ishould add that I learned that two or three Wililams men still feel the effects of the water; that many thonght it hard on the crews under the easterly shore to have to row as they will; that Kapallo means | to row; that Trinity and Williams each ex- pect to go with a substitute instead of the men all along expected; that Harvard had found the space assigned her between tue track of Yale and Colum. bia fo be but seventy feet wide, and that all men seemed glad that at last their day has come, WILLIAM BLACKIE, WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, July 17, 1873, The Cotton Crop in tho South, Cotton reports from Arkan: Texas and Lovt- siana up to July 11 show a decided improvement ia the condition of tne crops. Pepularity of the Postal Cards. The postal card manufacturers at Springfeld are now shipping between seven and eight bun- dred thousand postal cards daily, and will soon increase the number to 1,000,000. There is an ample supply of paper on hand to turn outa mil- lion and a quarter daily and of a better quality than previously. The laie note of the Postmaster Gen- eral was to the effect that about one hundred mil- lions of cards would be purchased this year. Up to this time, less than three months since they were issued, over filty millions have been ordered, and the probabilities are that the consumption this year will be double the estimate, Thus far none of the small towns in the country have been supplied. it being as much as the Department could do to satisfy the demand of large cities, Naval Orders. Second Assistant Engineer Charles P. Roelker has been ordered to the Shenandoah; Rear-Admi- ral James Alden has been detached from his pres- ent duty, to take effect on the 10th instant, and placed on waiting orders; Captain Andrew Bryson has been detached from the command of the Brooklyn and placed on waiting orders; Paymaster Arthur Burtis from the Brooklyn, and ordered to settle accounts. The following are also detached from the Brooklyn and placed on waiting orders :— Lieutenants Charles H. Stockton, Louis a, Kings. ley, William 1. Buck and G, V. B. Bleecker; En- signs H. T. Monahan, Charles R. Brown and New- ton E, Mason, and all other officers and non-com- missioned officers. The Rawlins Indian Massacre.. The Secretary of the Interior appointed Stephen R. Hosmer, of Zanesville, Ohio, a Commis- sioner to investigate the Incian massacre near Rawlins, Wyoming Territory, a few days ago. Mr, Hosmer is appointed in place of N, J, Turney, one of the Indian Peace Commissioness, who could not attend, The investigating committee now cone sists of Governor Campbell, of Wyoming; E. P. Goodwin, of Chicago, and 8S. R. Hosmer, of Ohio, The Navy Department Fire. The investigation is still progressing as to the cause of the Navy Department fire, but the impres- ston remains that the conflagration was caused by persons cleaning furniture throwing inflammable mong other combustible matter.. Federal Appointments, J, A. Towner, of Delaware, has been appointed Indian Agent for the Colorado River Agency in Arizona. Philip Retz, of Washington Territory; R. R. Thompson, of Oregon, and Z. B. Sturges, of the District of Columbia, have been appointed Commissioners to examine @ section of the North ern Pacific Railroad. The Postal Service on the Frontier, The Postmaster General, at the request of the military authorities, has ordered an extension of the mail service from Jacksboro, Texas, to Fort Sill, Indian Territory, and has also increased tne serviee on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Ratl- road, from Caddo to Fort Sill, to three times a week, to commence on the Ist of August. This in- crease is for the purpose of facilitating communi- cation with the military posts on that irontier, War Department Orders, The following general orders are issued from the War Department :— arin will pach! aha to be ertae en for the cost of postage al jegrams on the public ser- vice by the Pay Department. “i The Quarterinaster’s Department is authorized to bay for postage and telegrams when the ac- count i made out for the payment of the same direct to the tmaster and to the tele- Asaph compavy, The pew Qdivial stamps for 5 the use of this Department are designed only for the payment of postase upoa communica tions from tie buresus in Washington tu partied ese where, For the payment of postage upon ail other oMcial communications sent + by o'ficers of the army, “inciuding those addressed to the Executive Department and bureaus in this city, cormerly transmitted free,” (he ord.nary post age stamps will be purchased, accounted for and the ofticer reimbursed a8 he etoiore. But under ex: Qeld, and it 1s imposmble for oMicers to stamps for this purpose, comm nding org of divisions and departinents are author zed to direct quartermasters to purciase and have on hand oruimary postage Btim,8 to place oa letters of official business en roude to bureaus of the War Department, Appointment and Regulations of Steam Vensel Inspectors. Secretary Richardson haa issued @ circular estab- lshing regul tious concerning the appoinsment and qualifications of local inspectors of steam ves- sels as jollows:— “irst—Every person designated and approved a@ # local inspector, abd when notified so to do, will as s00R as May be, exec. his official pond an (rausimit the same iorciwith to this Department, together With the oMei@! oath required vy law. Second—On the approval oc the bond, and 1 ap> pearing that the proper oath bas been takeu, ® Commission 1 Lie USUAL Lorin shall be ; Thirc—Unwil such comuIssion shall lave been duly issued to the person designated and approved as wloresuid, 1s apoointment shall not be deemed legally complete, Mor until it or oMic al nowce of ils issue siuail have been received by him saali ae be deemed oiticiaily qualified to periorm the duties 0: his ovice, Fourih—supervising Inspectors will not in any case require any person designated as aturesaid wo enter U,on thé periormance o: any oficial duiy until oficially quullded as aloresaid, ‘These regulations will take effect immediately. He has also issued # circular announcing that a new edition of the pamphiet copies of the act of Congress to provide for the better security of life on board of vessels propelled in whole or in part by steam, with an appendix contatuing the revised rules and regulations adopted under the provisions. of the act by the Board of Supervising Inspectors of steam vessels as approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, is now being supplied to local in- Spectors jor dissemination within their respective districts, In ports where there are no inspectors the Department will suppiy copies upon applica- tion, Extra copies of the table of pressures allows able on boi made since February 25, 1372, will also be supplied, with rules and explanations governing the same, Specie in Flow to the Bank. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Paris, July 17, 1873. The specie in the Bank of France bas increase® 1,000,000f. during the past week. THE LOUISVILLE FIRES. Three Great Conflagrations—Lose $200,000—List of the Insurance Ufices Concerned, Lovisvitte, Ky., July 17, 1873. Three fires night before last, occurring withi® the space of one hour, and involving @ loss of & little less than $200,000, created an intense excite ment. Fears were commouly entertained that ®& concerted attempt had been made to cause a gene- Tal conflagration, but subsequent investigation led to the beliet that all three fires were resulta of unfortunate accidents, The first fre broke out in the candy store of Conrad Cutter, and spread to two adjoining buildings, causing: a loss of $30,000; insured for $10,000 in local com- janies, Pine second fire broke out in the tobaeco manufac tory of J, Withers & who lost $80,000; insured im loca! companies for $50,000. ‘The third fire origt- mated in the millinery establishment of Mrs. Buckley, in Bamberg & Bloom's block, adjoining the Public Livrary building, and spread rapidly to the adjoming stores in the same block, rare the building. Toe losson the buliding is $40,000; in- sured for $14,000 in the Atha, of Hartford; $10,000 in the Liverpool and London, $6,000 in. the Commercial of New York, al 000 in the Amert- can Central. The losses on the stocks amount ta about twenty thousand doilars; insurance, $6,000 in the Phoenix, of Hartford, wand @ small amount ia local companies. OBITUARY. Samuel B. Cushing. Atelegram from Providence, R. L., under date of yesterday, reports:—Samuel B, Cushing, the emi- nent civil engineer, wes found dead in his bed this morning. He had been iil for several days, "Died. Carers,—On Thursday, July 17, at the St. Cloud Hotel, New York sin, LINDA DELAVAN, eldest daughter of William W. and Ella F. Capers and granddaughter of James A, Ferguson, aged 13 montis. Notice of funeral hereafter. (For Other Deaths See Third Page.) Insect Destroyer is Sold Only , e., $1 and $2. Great saving to buy the “TOM Tes! INSECT DESTROYER isnot gold by the ounce or pound. Any one pretending to sell KNOWLE? Insict DiotROYIER in bulk, by the ounce or pound, is ud, and such stores should be avolaed, “the genuine KNOWLES" INSLO? 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