The New York Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1873, Page 5

_ cuused SEDITION IN SPAIN. The Carlist Capture of a Spanish Fleet of Frigates. ‘Spasmodic Sentiments of the Span- iards in New York. ‘POZAS, ‘THE PIRATE. The Commanders of the Iron-Clads Zara- goza and Arapiles Interviewed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. “The Government at Madrid Suits Them Well.” “Siempre Heroica Ciudad Zaragoza.” General Quesada on the Bank of Havana—A Talk with Spanish Merchants and Brokers—De- sertions from Spanish Men-of-War— The Feeling in the City. The news which came by cable yesterday to tee Heratp irom Europe, in which it was stated that a rebellion against the republican government of Madrid had broken out at Carta- gena, a naval port, dockyard and arsenal on the Mediterranean, created the greatest astonishment mong our fellow citizens of Spanish and Cuban birth, The wildest rumors were spread rapidly, ‘and hypotheses of the most absurd nature were current while the excitement was at its height. It Was first rumored that the Spanish Bank of Havana had failed, and on Wail atreet during the afternoon it was stated ‘that the republican Cabinet had taken flight from Madrid. Then came another equally wild rumor, that a revolt would take place on the Spanish iron- clad fmgates Arapiles and Zaragoza, which are mow undergoing repairs in the Navy Yard at Brook- lyn. It wes stated that the ofiicers and crews were very much excited by the news of the seizure of the fleet in the port of Cartagena, and that the Blightest spark would kindle a fire that would re- sult in the surrender of these two frigates to the agents of Don Carlos, who are said to be active in New York as they have been for some time past in London, Paris and Madrid. AMONG THE “OLD CASTILIANS’” Wt was hard to believe that a nation having a population 22,000,000, and with the glerious historic past of Spain, could be brought to such a strait as that which the surmises of the quidnuncs would lead one to believe had be‘allen a people formerly ‘one of the most poweriul in the world. To determine the facts in the case a reporter of the HERALD paid a visit to the Navy Yard yester- day, for the purpose of having a talk with officers Of the Spanish tron-ciads. The barge and Commo- dere’s scow, in which passengers are ferried to ‘nd fro by means of a crank across a creek im the Navy Yard, was called into re- quisition, and the reporter, with the assistance and through the information given him by a sergeant of United States marines, gradually made his way in the direction of the Cob Dock, alongside of which the iron-clad frigate Arapiles was lying. On the dock a huge square canvas tent had been erected, and under its am- Ple folds about a couple of score of Spanish sailors ‘were employed, sheltered, as they were, from the rays of the sun, in beating tne rust from half an g@cre of cable chains belonging to the Arapiles frigate. These dark-skinned descendants ot the sea heroes who at one time made the name of Spaina terror to Europe, were all barefooted, and were ‘working away in a happy manner under the super- intendence of a Spanish quartermaster. This off- cial touched his cap and pointed to the gangway which depended irom the side of the huge iron-sheathed hulk of the Arapiles. Her top- masts have been taken Off and the “‘clinkity-clink” of hammers from the workinen made a terrible din, Ascending the gangway, the reporter was confronted by a handsome and courteous officer, who, on being informed that the reporter was de- sirous of speaking with Zl Comandante, at once led the way over the smooth, clean deck, which ‘Wes swarming with hardy-looking seamen, all of ‘whom looked alike, having bushy black eyebrows, @ark hair and swarthy faces, “SAN JAGO AND CLOSE SPAIN.” Aft and just below the quarter deck, a bronzed, brave-looking officer stepped forth trom a smali eabin, well furnished with charts and nautical in- struments. He was of mediam height and looked ike a man who had seen much service under the Cross, Crown and Lion of Castile. This was the Comandante, Don Simon de Manzanos, the second oMcer of the Arapiles whoge rank corresponds to that of a first licutenant in the United States Navy, Salutations were cxchanged, and then the re- porter, who was asked to sit down in the cabin, said :— “Commandante, I have called on you to get some definite jn‘ormation in regard to the seizure by the Communists of the tron-ciad feet in the harbor of Cartagena, in Spain? “I have read only the despatches in the HERALD of this morning,” answered Don Simon, politely, and speaking in the English tongue with a broken ‘accent. Praha 248 A we ei further from Spain by mati 1 Impossible to give any de- tailed oF correct information vi the matter.” “THAT REGEL COLONEL.” “Who is this officer Kosas who led the insurgents at perig na and what are his antecedents, Don Bimon? Is he an officer of the Spanish navy, and Mf 80, what is his rank?” “1 never heard that he was an officer of the Spanish navy," replied Don Simon, with a stately bow. ‘His name is not Kosas. It is Pozas, as | ~believe he is the same oficer, who on tie Lith of October, 1878, when Lon Luis Zorrilla was at the head of the Ministry, rose as chief of an emeute at the Arsenal of Ferrol, in Gallicia, to the cry of “viva la kepublica.” He was associated witn Montijo and they seized the arsenal, with 1,500 men, the revolt was suppressed by the Captain General 01 Gallicia. Ido not believe that vozas 1s a Communists—on the contrary, he is, I under- stand, an old adherent of the Cariists and was at one time a colonel in the army of Spain,’ but, I be- ye does not at present hold any commission in ai “To what class do .the vessels seized belong in the Spanish navy?” “Three of the vessels reported as having been taken are of the first class, and are not surpassed by any war vessels alloat,”” answered Don Simon, rw “These three,” he added, “are the Victo- iron-clad ram, first class; the Numancia, oi the e class, and the Jeutan, fron-clad ram, first class, of 1,000 horse er. The Alumanza is an old wooden frigate ; the Ferroiana is a wooden sailing frigate of thirty-two guns; the Fernando el Cato- ico is @ paddle wheel steamer of 600 horse power, and the Blasco de Garay is a wooden paddle wheel Beamer Of 350 horse power.” “What government do you acknowledge and what oMcers of the Spanish squadron in American ‘waters, Don Simon; i Don Simon answered slowly and hatically, “We know no factions, We recoguize tne flag of Tse, i ‘om th in existence now at Maarid. prea te n bae§ have mo sympathy with Carlists or Com “I know nothing about those matters. If the Bpanish fleet were aliin the Antilles there would Rot be any trouble, and trouble has arisen at Car- tagena because bad men have been allowed to Beata into the vessels. As for the government of v in you must understand that, as an omicer, I fe noth! to say. It would be contrary to disciplin a8 lar as my own private opinion {believe that in a government or cabinet it 18, Fot'tne most brilliant d rl soennete or most learne who are m teaches that in nation. ful rulers have gen- n men who who talk "apt brilliantly and e ave talked but little, and to failin govet tempt to that the ing & people. ts may have a but the officers seamen of the Bpeaian Navy arosruc when oft nSone, and I be- ve they will remain faithto’ to the Spanish ang above all things, lam projgundiy grateful for NEW YORK HERAL your visit to the “Ars- deeply regret geile a has ere seizure of the navy at na,’ suid what t of 8) do Don asked the rel al a ata | Vatenci: arceiona and other prov- lediterranean and the Atlan. The Araplles ig of the second class of frigates an’ seventeen guns, eight in each bat- tery and one on main deck. There are two 300- pond guus and tour’ 156-pound guns, with ten pound guos. The large guns are Armstrong ape and the 68 pounders are own “Rivera,” made from the model of Gpneral Rivera, a brigadier o1 artillery m the Spanish army. At this juncture Don Simon made a rough plan of the port and basin of Carta,eni, showing how the Castello de los Gateros commanded the basin in which the vessels-ol-war were lying which were captured by }ozas, There are twenty-five feet of water in the basin, and it was quite easy ior Pozas to command the vessels from his own slip by means of the guns of the forts. Cartagena is the largest dockyard and arsenal in Spain, and 100 years ago it had @ population of 75,000, which has since ue- creased to less tian thirty thousand souls. The town owes its importance to the efforts of Philip IL, to make it a eeverpert DOARD OF thm cARAGozA. After leaving the Arapiles the reporter next paid a visit to the £ Zaragoza, which is soon to be piaced for repuirs on the dry dock. From the stern oi this fine vessel depenaed the memor- able motto which recalls the defence 0! Saragossa by General Palafox and a fighting virgin against the French— as the cones rene: SIEMPRE HEROICA CIUDAD ZARAGOZA. AE ILOEEE NOEL EEN OES. Below this motto were the Cross and Crown of Castite and @ gilt wooden lion rampant. The Cap- tuin of this vessel is Don Firmin de Cantero, and the Comandante is Don Jacobo Alleman, both of whom are natives of the province of Andalusia, The Zaragoza was constructed as an iron-clad at Cartagena and has 400 men and twenty-eiglit guns, rifed bore, of Spanish make, known as the Barrios, 68-pounders, Captain de Cautero was absent from his vessel at Sharon Springs, but the Comandanie, Don Juabo Alieman, ‘assured the reporter that there was no disaffection on board of either the Za or the Arapiles. He said men and officers were loyal to the Sher flag and were under the orders of Kear Admiral Rigadu, who is now at Havana in command of the squadron of the Antilies fleet. Commandant Alleman stated emphatically that they had no “sympathies” whatever with any fac- tion, and stated in addition that there had been but very few desertions, and those were not from Ppohtical reasons, AMONG SPANISH MERCHANTS. Areporter of the HERALD in pursuit of senti- ment regarding the coup détat of the Spanish rebels at Cartagena also calied to nee ‘THE SPANISM CONSUL, but that oficial and ms secretary were both ab- sent Irom their offices, In the office of Mr. J. A. Pesant, at 42 Broadway, a few doors distant, how- ever, he iound two or three all busily arth B00 a erge on thi engaged in goctal conv e very subject which engrossed the attention of the reporver. Mr. De Martin, a gentleman thoroughly acquainted with Spanish anes! who at one time was private secretury Queen Christine, and another gentleman, an ez-Capitaine de Naivo, who had served in the Spanish navy all his lite, ex- pressed themselves wil sag te ive their views on the subject pending. The praia, having refresned his memory by reading the HERALD telegram on the subject, suid that ne could not see just how TILE SHIPS WERE TO BE WORKED. “It seems the crew have driven away captains and oflicers, and 1 do not see how they will man- age lor powder, shot, provisions and munitions, unless, indeed, they have an understanding witn other Communists in London, Paris and other cities. It will surely be littie satisfaction to them te bombard the seaport towns, for that would not much advance their cauve against the Republic, ana their friends live mostly in the crowded cities. “As regards THE DECLARATION OF PIRACY, Captain?” “chat is ridiculous. I cannot approve of that. It is the first time, 1 believe, iu history that a nation decl:red its own navy pirates. I suppose the gov- ernment considered that the vessels were in the hands merely of revolting crews. But certainly there must be great demoraiization among the men, and beiore long the possession of these im- mense iron-clads will be only an embariassment to the Communists,” “What effect, Captain, is the seizure of these vessels likely to have on THE OTHER PARTIES IN SPAIN 1” “Well, it is hard to say; we are so distant from Spain, and have so few of the Spanish papers, having to depend almost entirely on the tele- graphic despatches, which are liable, perhaps, to errors, aud certainly are very concise. But as as I can judge this will greatly increase the hopes of the Carlists. It may make the war appear so nearly hopeless tor the government and may render the prosecution of the war 80 flerce and savage that other nations may be driven to interfere, and in the interests of Peace acknowledge the clafins of Don Carlos.” “48 iny one else backing this manceuvre?’’ Here Mr. De Martin replied :— “You may ieel quite sure that AMADEUS, OR SOME OTHER CLAIMANT, is behind it ail. They may not appear on the sur- Jace :or some time, but their influence is doubticss at work.” “Whicn side is likely to have the best chance as @ separate organization against the government?’ THe CarTaIn—“ihe Cariists, I think, ouvnumber the Commuuists by tar. They are the peasantry, the tillers of the tand, and are a hardier body than the others, The Communists are simply the scum of the city, who do not know what they want, and understand Communista to mean simply no more rich people.” “What effect will the affair have on THE PROSPECTS OF CUBA? Mr. De Marrin—?olitically, it wili have very litt! The morai influence may amount to some- thing; but matters could hardly be worse there than they are now. But, financially, it may prove disastrous. Money is worch very little there now, and with this news 1¢ inay become as cheap as it was Souti in the Contederate times—a bushel of it for a quarter. ‘THE CHIEF OF THE CUBANS. The reporter next cailed upon GRNERAL QUESADA, who represents the Cuban interests, and found him at his residence, 14 West Seventeenth street, in the company 0! his secretary and two fiiends, ‘Yhe General announced it as his opmion, that the Cubans cared nothing for the form of government in Spain, bee determmed on separation trom that country, and whether the Spanish Republic was a conservative or radical Republic, they wou.d never again subinit to its authority, “But,” said he, “the aflair complicates matters in Spain and so far is ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE CUBANS, If we can now secure any very telling advantage on the seacoast we will be relieved of the iear of Spanish fron-clads, and certainly the money of Spain will be so greatiy depreciated by the occur- rence that they must soon lack all the sinews of | war. THE SPANISH BANK in Havana, according to its own statement in a recent Piario, possesses & capital of something over $8,000,000, and has liabilities Noating about to tne amount 01 $86,000,000." “There are two SPANISH VESSELS IN THIS PORT?” “Yes, and the crews are demoralized; 80 much 80 thut jorty desertions took place last week. If they satl out of this port they are just as iikely as not to revolt, as their brethren have done in Spain.” The reporter next paid his respects to Mr. Mar- tinez, a Spanish broker in Wall street, who was found comiortably reposing in the presence of two friends under the hands of a Spanish barber. He ‘was delighted to give his opinion on the subject. pane gag rege said he, oe at any rate republicans. ‘they may war against the repubii- cans at Madrid, but they P DO NOT FAVOR A MONARCHY, It shows how deeply rooted the repuvlican senti- ment is, There may be different kinds of sentiment avout it, but it all tends to real republicanism not- withstanding.” Jarlism as strong as this Communism? The Cailists represent only the peasantry of the Northern provinces, a mere Rendint of rude, untaught soidiery. Communism inciudes, douvt- Tess the hard-fisted workingmen of the Southern cities, “Will not this movement HELP THE CARLISTS?"" “Not at all. It may impede tor atime the gov- ernment’s movement against them, but it is in its vital elements more opposed to Carlism than to the government,”’ “How wil it affect the insurrection in Cuba?” aan will encourage them, no doubt, but that is al With these succinct and well considered views of a jew of the representative men of Spanish and Cuban sympathies the HERALD reporter was con- tent and withdrew. ARTESIAN WELLS IN LHE NEW POST OFFICE, An experiment has just been successfully tried in the new Post Office which promises to do away with the use of Croton water and consequent taxes in that building. Mr. M. V, Forman, under instructions from Superintendent Hulburt, has succeeded in boring In the basement of the build- ing an Artesian well, which produces seventy-five gallons of water per minute of a temperature of fifty-six degrees. The well is worked by a Seneca Falla’ pump. At @ distance of some sixty feet from the present well Mr. Forman had bored another, but the latter was abandoned and the ex- periment tried with greater advantage in the one now in use. It is intended to bure a namber of these wells the sub-basement and to use the Water obtained for the purposes of the structure while in of completion, and it ia expected that by the atd of steam in work! the wells, the Post Office, when completed and in working order, shall be fully supped with water, phe, seving a handsome sum yearly for water rent. ie Super- infendent this wee id a@ bill to the Croton Water yelp ei) if $ 800 for water used on the building fom April, ® Jay, 1873, THE. UNIVERSITY REGATTA, —\_-__ Letter from Mr. Blaikie on the Merits of the Crews and the Springfield Course. What One of the Harvard Crew Has to Say— Letter from a Cornell Man—He Claims Fourth Place. To THE EpiToR OF THE HERALD:— Waiting nearly a whole week after the great race is over, two or three men, apparently of Yale, are “aiter me’’ (as my friends say) in your issue of this morning relative to the disputed question of which crew outrowed the others last Thursday afternoon, As they used to come by the half dozen one should not turn from two or three, My statements in the Heap of last Saturday I See yet no reason to change materially. As Isaw beforeband that no steam launch on that river was equal to keeping beside the crews in the race, I detailed one man to look after the first half mile, another the last, and with the steamer took the middie two miles. I hence had to rely on others for the order of the coming im. My assistant at the lower end said that Har- rd seemed to come down well ahead of everys- thing, spurting magnificently, and so crossed the Une at right angles with the course, but that Yale ‘was first over the actual finish line. On our way back from the race the Aggies came rowing up and assureq” us that Harvard had won. We then steamed out to the Harvard quarters, and any doubt seemed dispelled, for there were the fags, Arriving at the hotel the city seemed divided, and there was little ring or unanimity in the cheering. But in the talk I always remarked one thing. They who had viewed the race from the western bank about invariably thought Yale had won, while they trom the eastern were as confident ’twas Harvard, re- minding one of the iablea gold and silver shield. And it scemed to me, too, that this doubt, so preva- lent, more than any lack of liquor, accounted for the unusual quiet, Weill, I hunted right anda leit for Mr. Babcock, to learn his decision, but, not finding him, returned to my room and commenced writing. Soon Messrs. Dana and Loring came in, and between us achallenge to Yale quickly ap- proached completion. Then, as I wrote you, Mr. Dana, on reflection, decided to let his feelings go and say nothing at all—a greater victory for them than being first on the water, as 1 think, However, his statement was that Harvard led Yale by several , lengths near the ciose, and that the latter, by crossing the weil known diagonal line where it was nearer the start canght away the prize. Entirely calm and collected as he was I still thought him an interested witness, and should have allowed for that; but then Mr. Babcock called, and I found that his state- ments not only substantially corroborated Mr. Dana’s, but that he had assented to handing Har- vard the flags, and had, moreover, coupled with that assent his hearty congratulations. This surely seemed enough, and I wrote as I did, asking him also to forward his views to the HERALD. The ex- tract now given irom them speaks no uncertain sound, for he says:—‘Had the line been lo- cated at right angles with the course of the boats, the result of the race would have been entirely different, and the race decided on the merits of the crews instead of chance in the po- sition of crossing a line no two points of which were equi-distant irom the start.’ You wiil re- member that in your paper of the 14th inst. I took exception to the Springfield course. Let me now | add that I do not believe it 1s possible ior two crews, let alone five times as many, ti cach can | choose its water, to row a fair three-mile race on phat course or any curving course. Suppose Cor- nell had started from her position by A, close under the eastern bank, and rowed on the shortest Ine she couid to the western end of the line at the finish, It it was but turee miles trom where she started to the eastern end of the line at the finish, or from A to D, then to the western end, or ©, it 1s manifestly less, Yet I Jearned of no rule preventing ‘her srom doing D. THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. mistake No. 1, as can be seen by drawing a curve only @ ilttle exaggerated irom the true course. ) 8 , A’ B’ parailel to As. It is pr that B B? js snorter than A A’. duck heap But the second mistake will be shown by a letter from the paglaper Who surveyed the course, Mr, William B. Harris. He went down Saturday morn: ing and tound the flag on the west shore moved up stream 169 feet, thus increasing the angle and making the diagonai line more absurd. AB, line drawn by engineer parallel to starting line, AC, the line by which the race was decided. AD, the line as ought to have been, or else one parallel to it, as from € to E. Perhaps 1t would be best to wait for word from the engineer certifying this, although Igot it di- rectly from Mr. Burgwyn, who drove him down Saturday morning and measured the distance with him. Regretting that any such doubtful termination betel so good a race, and trusting that next year will find all the competitors of this, with others be- sides them, on waters abundantly broad, deep and roomy, on @ course exactly straight, I yours. faithfully, W'LLIA IKIE, JULY 22, 1873, 161 Broadway, New York. Why Cornell's Crew Did No Better and How They Did Much Better Than They Were Given Credit For—Rowing Over Sandbars in the Snaillow Con- necticut Creekh—The Bow Oarsman Speaks. To Tae EpiTor oF THE HERALD:— I have in my possession a letter from the bow oar of the Cornell crew—Ruf. Anderson— which contains a clear exhibit of the particulars concerning that crew at the Springfeld regatta. I give yon some extracts :— “In answer I think Ican show you that Cornell did not so bad asa grest many think. Inreference to being ninth in the race I can’t imagine how any one could assume the face to write such a malicious falsehood, but I suppose it was started by some ot those Eastern reporters, who were opposed to us from the beginning to the end of our stay at Spring- field. There 1s not the least doubt but that we came in fourth. We finished by the west shore, and all the judges and spectutors on that side say that we came in fourth, A gentleman who was on the judges’ boat said we came in fourth, and the Wesleyan crew say we came in fourtn; Amberst claimed to have come in fourth, but the evi- dence we iad placed us ahead of them. Since they have found that the judges know nothing about the position oi the crews at the finish Amherst claiins second, but we have just as much right, if not more, to claim secon! a3 Amherat.’? “One reason, perhaps, why some thought we Were 80 far vehind was because on account of the diagonal line at the finish we kept far to the west- ern shore and were across the line long beiore a muubes saw us ab ail.” “Tne general press despatch placed us behind Dartmouth, Bowdoin, Columbia and some others, Wuich 1 Kuow was faise. We had not gone a quar- ter of a inile on the start beore we took Ko-vdoin’s water with a cle.r lead, and I know she did not gain ov us before we crossed the ae. Dartmouth Was lar to the rear of us, and they said themselves tiac the Columbla crew came in ahead of them, ahd the Columbia bow oar told me that we came in ahead of them. The following was our greatest | dificuity:—You probably know that we were very Un.ortunate in arawing a position, having drawh eleveuta, or the one by the east snore. After we had drawn that position the press said we might ag well be counted out of the race, and indeed our oniy hope was im the iouling of the other ciews this. Will any gentleman oi Springfield or cls Where say just what would have for her? Why, to have kept as close to the castern bank ali the way as she had started! But nothing bound her to do so, nor Harvard nor Yale. So the latter, starting at the third station Irom the west bank, steered a good course down midstream, and cro about as far off the west bank as slic had started, ing sroin a point out forty-four icet cast of Yale, Was soon iar enough abead and west to be directly in front o1 her, and then, instead of keeping in midstream, worked over to the castward and went | down along the east bank hundreds of feet west Yaie, thus, as the diagram will show, rowing a no- ticeably longer distance. But as the two had started so near together, and | one had at one time drawn actualiy in tront of the | other, it would seem as il, fone had in the last been three miles | d the line at the finisa | thus doing about three miles; but Harvard, start- | | had the blest positions. Our crew made a magnificent start, and led everything for the | first nali mile, when we struck shallow water, which sade our boat drag very heavily. The shal- | low water lusted for nearly the whole of the second | mile, and, while we were tugging over the bar, Yale, Harvard aud Wesleyan hud weep wate strong current, which gave them an immense ad- | Vantage over us.” “Coulter, who is bard to please in suen matters, was periectly satisfied. wita the crew, and said tuere was not a professional crew in this country stances,” , Mr. Editor, is a review of the part which the Corneli crew took in the great race—the duftl culties which it met and overcame. Now, kno: ing the inevitable resuits oi sucu a contest, Is cerely hope that tue expectations of the many iriends of Cornell will, by this communication, have heen reaiized, taking in view tne difficulties which were entailed upon the crew by their untor- tunate choice of position. BEBS. NEW York, July 23, 1873. N&MESIS M’ZULLEN, Loopholes=They Did Not Keep a Cent, but Bought an Election with the Bribe Moncy=Preparing to Weather the quarter of a mile succeeded in getting two or three lengths further down stream than the other, that | Was the faster crew, whatever drawing of hues | diagonally might nave cut her off irom the prize. | In other words, haa Harvard rowed at exactly the pace she dia row, but, instead of veering ow by the | east vank, neld her course parallel with Yale's, | | Would she have crossed the actual line of finish | first? From the vest light I have yet | found I should think she would have done ‘so, Moreover, as I tried to make clear throagh- | out my letter in Saturday's HERALD, | Harvara, profiting by an enemy's lesson, voth on the Thames and last year ou the Conuecticut, took | her steady thirty-eight strokes a minute through- | out tue first two miles and a hali, and rowing all the time, and within hersel!, would not be tempted from thence, while On the last hali mile sie re- peated spurt after spurt, as Dana had promised | me he would, Now Yale had spurted at ditferent times eariter in the race, and, if experience goes | for anything, these spurts do not leave as imuch in @man for the last halt mile as if he had onntted them. Hence there would to & rowing man seem nothing strange in Harvard’s, on that half mile, drawing noticeably away from Yale, though, as tiey leit me three-quarters of a mile up, Harvard then led py but a few tet. But it was Harvard’s own Jault in not knowing the course and in not steering better! I never said otherwise, Lut laia the faut at her door in your paper of the 9th inst., about as tully as any one has, it is claimed that she made staying in the current, but in an earlier letter 1 wrote you how feeble an affair that current was woen suimitted to tae vest of actual experiment. But now let me add an extract irom a letter ol one of the Harvard crew to me, irom Wi.ch you will see that they did not blunder quite so bundly as we thought, Writ- ing under date of yesterday, he says:— “4 wish to give you a few facts which show that the ignorance ol the finishing ine was not entirely our fault. At the Kegatta Committee meeting in the spring of this year we leit word with the Springueld Cominittee to have the course staked out and marked with flags, not only at the end and peginning, but at every hall mile, go as te help us in timing ourselves and in finding the distance we rowed should we not go over the whole course, and that the flags should be out before we arrived there. That was promised us, When we arrived we were told tuat there were no flags at the finish, bat the Union reporter said the finish was 200 | vaids below a certain sieamboat’s moorings. We rowed down the course Monday—having ar- rived Saturday afternoon. Alter — going about as far as we were directed we coasted along the eastern shore, and found a small stake boat, six inches high, thac looked like a surveyor’s mark, That, we supposed, | was the finish. We then twice sent word to the special committee to have. the flags at the finish bent down, We rowed over the course every day that week, except Thursday, when it was too windy and rough to go down stream. After we rowed over the course on Friday we saw @ small boat, with three persons init, on the last bank, and we watched them getting out and placing the flag 02 the east bank. We saw them ¢ross the river and recognized the members of the special | committee, and asked tuem {i they Were not going to to put the flag ou the western shore, for we said that we needed both flags to get an exact time. We then started to row home, and when far up the course we remarked that they had not yet put up the west fag and were wandering around as if un- certain where it belonged. On Saturday aitersoon there was but the one » We again sent word to have the other set up, not supposing there was going to be a diagonal line, but merely wishing to get our time more ex- ac Mobaay, Tuesday and Wednesday our crew were tired and a little unwell, and evidently needed lighter work, so we did not again go over the course, The special committee @ecided have the fin- Sehing line paralle) vo the starting which was Storm. MONTREAL, July 22, 1873. The past few hours have produced no change | in the position of scandalous affairs. Sir ‘rancis Hincks and Attorney General Ouimet have each taken exception to some o: Mr. George Washington mcMulien’s unWholesome assertions, but the de- niais do not alter public opinion upon the broad, well-defined jact that Allan obtained his Pacific charter irom the government in consideration of ail enormous sum of money, Jor portions of which | The leading ministeria! | receipts were passed. orgaus acknowledge the genuineness of the documentary eViuence against Macdonaid and © couipany, and the latest form of apology is that the bribe moneys did not go into the pockeis of the receivers, but were liberally sup- Plied to sustain the government candidates in the then pending elections. Instead of appreciating | the meritorious character of this method of dis. bursing ill-gotten gains the simple minded public seem disposed to regard this admission as an ag- Tavation Of the original offence. What became of cMullen’s Money alter Sir Hugh checked it out to Sirs George &. Cartier, John A, Macdonaia, Francis Hincks, Gideon Ouimetand L, Langevin constitutes a Wholly separate and distinct charge against the domimant party, and will naturaily secure atte) tion at the proper time. But it will be very duticult to determine how much of the bribe-money was handed over to the treasurer of the election corruption und and how much stuck to the fingers of those who demanded aud hanuled it. Sir George Cartiey Paine dead, the government have undertaken to skulk behind his coffin, and, by denying ali compheity with his mies, althouga he was their most active colleague at the time, endeavor to turn the current o; indiynetion from themselves to his memory, They would have it understood that Cartier's compact with Alian— which has been published—was without their knowledge, forgetting that beiore the bargain with Str Hugh Was finally consummated by handing him his charter McMullen brought the knowledge of the Cartier arrangement to the Premier aimseli, and also exhibited the general assortment of tramp carcs that he held, and whicn he has now began to play so enectively. From the still veflant tone of the Torento Leader, among themselves. Yale, Uarvard aud Amherst | ing $100, Carroll & Coar’s Ortolan $400 and Lit- ned a | that could have done better under the circum- | 7 The Canadian Munistry Looking for | the only horn of any importance through which tire | Ministry continue to blow, it is supposed tiat the promised inquiry Is to be indefinitely postponed. ibis given out that there will be no reassembling of Parliament on the 13th of August, the date tu which adjournment was ordered, 11 which event ere be no Convening of the Legisiature until lay, 1974. Ij such really be the programme the politics of Canada would soon possess an interest lor the rest ol the world such as they never had be(ore. sir John A. Macdonald, in company with the Hon. J.J. C, Abbott, Of St. Anne's, went to Quebec on Saturday to receive the Duke of Manchester and his son, Lord Mandeville, who were passengers by the Prassian. But the vessel was late in coming up to her dock, and as it was stormy the Minister and the member retired to their hotei for the nigiit. When the distinguished guests disem- barked it was amid a pouring rain, apd at so sleepy an hour that no caboy could be procured. ‘The circumstance of their dainp and ditticuit entry into Quebec Was regarded as most iortunate by the attendant representative of the Canadian press, who concindes that “though the waik may have been tiresome, it afforded them an opportunity of looking at the exterior of the Parilament build- ings, the Post Office and the fountain in the centre of the Piace d’Armes,”’ on their perpendicular way upto the St. Louis Hotel, where the Keception mmittce were comfortably oblivious alike of ex- nected quests and of the perils of politics. CATSKILL DRIVING PARK. oo ee A Fine Day and Good Trotting—Lin- wood Vi ins the Special Premium. The second day of the Catskill Driving Park, ir matter of numbers and character of sport, was su- perior to the inanguration ceremonies. The grand stand was filled with ladies, whose toilets were Magnificent and whose faces were indicative’ of good humor, At an early hour the special premium of $5 for the three minute purse was continued. Vulcan won the fifth heat and Linwood the sixth. It was this heat that gave the latter the race. Harry Hamilton felt irom the first assured he would be the victor, The following is a complete SUMMARY, CATSKILL Park, CaTsxiLL, N, Y., July 22 and 23, '1873.—Special premium of $6 for horses that never beat 3 minutes; mile heats, best three in five, in Rarneaa $260 to first, $150 to second and $100 to hird. Harry Hamilton’s b. g. Limwood.. 2 1 2 1 M. A. Chambers’ b, m. Molsey. 1212 George Honer’s bik, g. Vuican.... 5 4 3 3 L. Sutton’s ch, m, Lucy Perry.. 3 3 4 6 J..N, Chandler's br. m, Ledger Girl 4 5 5 4 vIME. Quarter, Half, 40 1:18 41 ‘1:2 + 4036 11 40 1:20 #0 1:19 40 1:19 2:38 The next race was a $1,000 purse, for horses that never beat 2:42; $500 to first, $250 to second, $150 to third and $100 to the fourth horse, Seven eats were trotted without a result, their being charges ol fraud made, and in the seventh heat at this time darkness was falling on the mountains. Corner Boy won the first heat, Zephyr the second, Pel- hain the third and fourth, Corner Foy the fitth, Prince the sixth and the seventh, but declared no heat, amid much confusion, Third on the list was the purse of $2,000, for horses that never trotted better than 2:27; $1,000 to the first, $500 to second, $300 to third and $200 to fourth, ‘Gloster won the first money, Joe Brown Second, Ed White third and Grace Bertram fourth, SaME DaY—Purse $2,000, for horses that never beat 2:27; mile heats, best three in five, in har- ness; $1,000 to first, $500 to second, $300 to third and $200 to fourth, Alden Goldsmith's b.g, Gloster.... 11 David Jenkins’ gr. 8. Joe Brow! a3 J. H. Phillips’ b, g. 32 L, 8S. Doty’s gr. 55 Fred Haight a4 First heat. Second heat Third heat. bit) 1:13 THE SARATOGA RACES. Excitement in the Poot Rooms—Good Ranning Expected. SaRaTo@a, July 23, 1873, There is considerable excitement here to- night over the races which are to begin to-morrow, the prospects being that the sport will be very fine and all three of the races very exciting. Some, however, regret that the management has not seen fit to postpone the Travers Stakes until Saturday, considering that Tom Bowling only arrived here this A.M. McGrath, although he has not said so, would no doubt like to have a little more time. He offers to-day to enter ‘rom Bowling in a new three-year-old sweepstake, any distance, the entrance to be any amount that the Association may see fit to give as added mongy. | That is, if they will give $1,000, then the entrance to be "$1,000 eacn, the whole to be play or pay, and the entries to closs before the start for the Travers to-morrow, ‘the race would be a very popular one, and, 1! fixed for the end of the second meeung, would no doubt, attract much attention, At tne pool room to-night there was a very lurge attendance and considerable money was bet on the several races, ‘The first is the ravers‘ a dash of «a mile and three quarters #50 entranvte, with $1,000 added, the probable starters being Gicnn’s chestnut colt Merodac, | Belmout’s chestnut colt Count b’Orsay, Bowie's vay | colt Catesby, MeDaniel’s chestnut colt Spring- bok, MeGrath’s bay colt. ‘1om Bowling, Littel’s chestnut colt Fellowcraft, Rice McUormick’s chestnut colt John MeCorinick, | Grindstead’s bay colt Waveriy, Loriiard’s chesuut coit Free Lancs and Cameton’s chestnut colt, by Leamington, out of Rebecca. In the first pool sold Count D’Orsay bronght 513; Tom Lowllag, $1303 Springbok, $125; Waverly, $50; John Mevor. $60; Merodar $40; Free Lance, $20; Felioweraft, $10, and Caweron's colt, 310. Alter which Syringbok brought §s00; fom Bowling, $28: ‘ount D’..rsay, £250; Waverly, $105: Meru- dac, $8), and tie otiers in the fleld sold tor $55. cond race is a sweepstake jor all ages, &@ mile and a quarter, for whicn MeDaniel will start Harry Bassett and Joe Daniels, they selling in first pooi lor $600, Hunter & Travers’ Strachino pring- teil’s Wizard $400, ‘The third race ts the Flash Stakes, a dash of half | amile, ior two-year colts, the probab.c starters | being Belmont’s imported colt King Amadeus, | Crouse’s bay colt Culpepper, Hunter & ‘Travcrs) | | bay dilly Vesta, Mo y tilly Regardiess, poua- | hue’s chestyut colt Dublin, Litteli’s bay colt | Reiorm, McDanicl’s brown filly eroid out of Canary Bird and Bowie's bay colt Keene Richards, In the first poo! Geimoat sold tor > Crouse for $125, liuater & ‘travers for $1 Mcvaniel for ¢ Littell for $65, Morris tor $60, Donahue ior $60 and Bowie for $: The weather ts very hot and dry, and the t 1s in the best of order, 80 (hat good time, no doubt, will ) be made, BUFFALS DRIVING PARK. pits SoM -Aidncsti Programme of the Eighth Annual Mecting. In less than a fortnight the Buffalo trotting races will begin, and the indications are that the meet- ing Will be the most brilliant in the history of the | Buffalo Driving Park. Important additions and | improvements have been made, and Harvey Dodworth’s splendid band, from New York, 1s | engaged, ‘Che sollowing is the programme of the | races FIRST DAY—TURSDAY, AUGUST 5, No. 1—Punse $4,0!.—ior horses that_have never trote ted better than 2:34; $2.00 to. first, $1,000 to second, $600 | | to third and $4. to Lou No, 2 URse ted beter than to third and $1,0. For horses that have never trot- i) to first, $2.00 to second, $1,500 rth. | DNESDAY, AUGUST 6. | r tour year-olds and under; (0 second and $10) to third. | ‘ 2440) —Kor horses that have never trot- | ted better than 2:21; $10,000 to first, $5,04 to second, | | | $3,000 to third and $2,)0: to fourth. No. 5—Punsx $2,000. —For horses that have never trotted than 2:49; $1,100 to drst, $50) w econd, $2 to | TMIRD DAY—THURSDAY, AUGUST 7. No, 6—Punse $10,000.—r or horses taut have never trotted | 2 $5,000 (0 first, $2,500 to second, $1,0.0 to | better th fhird, $1.00 to tourch. No. 7—Porse $10,00.—For horses that have never trotted hetter than’'z 3); $5,000 to tirst, $2,500 to second, $1,50u to third, $1,u00 to fourth. FOURTH DAY—FRIDAY, No, 8—Porsx $1,500.—For five-year-olds and under; $900 to first, $450 to nd, $150 to third, avaust 8. No. S-PeRse $7,900 ree to all; $4,000 to first, $2,000 to second, $1,500 to third. No. 10—'uns! For horses that have never $4, trowel better than + $2,000 to first, $1,000 to second, $600 .o third, $40 to fourth. The magnificent total of the above purses is $70,000-—much more than was ever offered at any | other trotting meeting in the world. The entries close on July 20, at the Tifft House, Buitalo, and the same date has been fixed sor c'osing the entries at Cleveland, Utica and Spring- eld. MONMOUTH PARK RACES IN AUGUST, eb chs eee The direcvors of the Monmouth Park Association met yesterday at Long Branch, and decided that another race meeting shall be held in August, the races to take place on the 21st, 23d and 25th of next | month, All the horses that were at the last meet- ing will be there, their owners having about that time no engagements elsewhere. PROBABLE HOMICIDE, *On Tuesday afternoon last Lawrence Valter, a German farmer, residing near Valley Stream, town of Hempstead, lost @ cow from his pasture lot, and while searching for her im the woods near his residence met two of his neighbors, Jonn and Ferdinand Pethi, with whom he had previousiy had some difficuity, Valter asked them what tucy had done with bis cow, when, a8 it is alleged, one of the Peihis — struck him over the head with @ club, knoeking him down, after which jumped upon him’ and beat and kicked him until he was insensibie, | leaving him lying by the roadside, where he was | ound shortly aiter by some of the members of bis family. Dr, Oharies Schmidt was callie t tend to the injured man’s wounds, and ing him as comfortanle as possible, maica and made complaint beiore Justice Syediker agaiost the Pelvis, giving the Justice a ceiPincate as to Valter’s injurtes and that his recovery was doubtful, A warrant Was at once issued for their arrest, and they are now in custody. KILLED BY A FIRE TRUCK. Coroner Keenan yesterday afternoon held an inquest at nis office, 40 East Houston street, in the case of Mary Brady, late of 60 Greenwich street, who, on Saturday afternoon last, was killed in Broadway, near Cortlandt street, by being run over by truck No. 10 of the New York Fire Department, There was an alarm Of fire in Pine street, and witle the truck was running to it deceased persisted in crossing Broadway against the remonstrance of a police oMcer and also a fireman, and was killed in j consequence of her rasiness, The jury rendered & vardict of accidental death, l | the courage 8 CESARISM IN AMERICA Continned Expressions of Popular: Sentiment Throngh the Public Press. A Prediction That in Less Than Four Yeard General Grant Will *‘Walk to the Seaffold or Mount a Throne.” (From the Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser (dem.), July 17.) ‘The fourth of the series of the striking articles off the New York Heravp, in whieh the trne isaue in- volved in the next so-called Presidential election is declared tu be whether the peopie o1 the United. States shall hereafter live under a republican or imperial form of government, appears this morn- ing on the first page of the Advertiser, Certainly the facts’ of the case have been cloquently and truthiully presented throughout, No doubt the re-election of General Grant—or his proclaimed re- election—will be, in effect, a proclamation of # consummated revolution, After it the Re public would continue to exist as a nom ints umbra and a mere sham and sicken- img lie; but all the real power of impe~ rial administration—nay, more, of) aknost Asiatic despotisim—would be concentrated in the hands of the fortunate soldier and American Em- peror at Washington. The HERALD states this in the strongest and aptest language. It is truth * * * These are the solemn declarations of the first newspaper in the United States, addressed to the people of this country and the whole world. In this anomaious state of our affairs—under these terrible, horrible, infamous, utterly degrading con- ditions, if there be no remedy in the hands of the people, and if the people deciine to apply the, remedy promptly and efficiently, what does the HERALD propose ? Insignificant conclusion of the mighty theme! It proposes that the whole mat- ter shall be practically leit to Generai Grant himseli! No opposition must be made to bim! He is voluntarily to retire and refuse to be @ candidate for a third term when ‘is party+the predominant party—is striving to force renewed power upon him! He is to let Cuba glone as a part of the present Spanish Republic. 1: 18 to estab lish @ protectorate over Mexico, and again—Great God, spare us!—to reconstruct the South; and he is to pay off the national debt alter the manipa- lators shall have fixed it on a gold basis, principal and interest, in iurope; when the idiotic people cannot escape its payment, and when there will be no longer the least necessity of enucting the Miserable sham of pretending either to pay or ta be able to pay it, and thns banking og the inexhaustible folly of the most casil; duped aud conceited people that ever ex. isted In all history. Finally, our Tanbark Cesar is to designate some radical—some Crédit Kobilicr or salary grab or other “Christian states« man” of his part;—as lis successor, ana all good citizens are to support him! We have had the im- pression that radical masses North have been in @ lunatical state for twelve years past. These sug- gestions of the New York HERALD Dow satisiye« of the correctness of our impressions. The peop @ are supposed by the HERALD to be helpless in preventing the destruction of their freedom, and Grant can be tyrant and king if soit may please him! The only remedy and the only hope of pre- serving the Republic isin Grant’s patrioticaly refusing the crown he has only to raise his nand ta put on ms head! What a noble compliment to and sense of the demoralized and radicalized masses of the nation! What @ revenge for the conquered South “treated worse than the Proconsols of koma treated the outlying provinces of the Empire,” if the South only desired the deepest and cruelest revenge! No, We accept the HERALD facts af coming from an impartial source in the matter of the statements made, but do not admit that our situation is 80 disastrous that the country’s hberty depends on the whims of Grant or his resolutiong in the premises, be they patriotic or unpatriotic. We all now see the real issue distinctly confessed, Let Grant and ali to-be American emperors or kinga beware of the voices and arms of three milliond and a half of democrats and conservatives, whose Jathers were freemen of a grand Kepubhe and wha intend to be freemen themselves in life or death, Our reme.ty is uot with Grant, but the people. But we take occasion 10 repeat here what we ave be- fore written, Iu less than four years the proba bilities are that Ulysses S. Grant will wak to the scaffold or mount a throne! (From the Germantown (i’a,) Chronicle (republi- can), July 17.] * * © Personally, we do not believe that be (Grant) ever sought the Presidency at all, He ac- cepted the firs’ nomination “to save tie party; for the same reason he consented to become a can+ didate a second time; in this he was doing no mora than other men had done before him. But when It comes to a third term, the whole aspect of the case is changed. The ‘unwritten constitution o1 precedent,” which is stronger than written jaw, stands ciearly in the way. To become a candidate would be not only to challenge a conviction planted deep in the public mind by none jess than Washington himsel!, but to prociaim at once hid personal ambivion. it would be no longer the party) it would be simply Grant. The whole world would perceive this, aud General Grant himself wouid certainly perceive it; and, perceiving it, we can not doubt what lis course will be. We do not be lieve he will be a candidate in 1876. Besides this, it is not provable that the political situation wiil ba the same three years hence as at present. A party cannot remain very long without opposition, and the mere fact that there is now no organized oppo | sition whatever to the administration is sufficient | ground for expecting @ new departure of some kind before very jong. Three years is abundant time for things to become very much mixed, and what with the granges in Tiitnots, and Blaine in Maine, and Butler in Massachusetts, and Wise and Mosby in Virginia, and new “movements” of varioud kinds everywhere, there is no telling what may happen before the centennial. [From the Plattsburg (N. Y.) Republican (demo cratic), July 19, 1873.) There is no longer any doubt about the deter. mination of the wirepullers of the republican party to nominate and, if possible, elect Grant to a third term of the Presidency, and there are strong reasons for supposing that Grant ts mach in the same condition that Barkis was—“williu.” This ia What might be expected, being, in fact, but the legitimate fruit of the whole policy of the party in power, which may be summed up in the two words— perpetuation and centralization, A, centralization which shall place the control of State affairs, even vo the exclusion and blotting ous of State rights, under the national government, and then anien trenching and strengthening by fair means or foul which shall secure a perpetuation of this tremen- dous power in the hands of the present managera of the republican party. And what means could be devised the more eectually to carry out sucha scheme as this than creating the office of Prest- dent or Dictator and placing mm that office a man who, either tirough pliability or ambition—it mat ters little which—is willing to be made @ tool of, to assist m the overthrow of the Republic. A third term means simply Cesarism or perpetual Presi+ dent, for the same reasons can be urged jor 4 fourth, flith and sixth term as fora third. Whether the people will jie quietly and permit themselves to be bound hand and foot time alone will show. (From the Chester (Pa.) Pilot (neatral), July 22) We know uot if this programme isin accordance with the views of our Chief Magistrate, whe, to da him justice, it may be said has made no outward _ manifestation of his desire to continue his lease of © power beyond his present term, ‘But there are ‘ those who, under lim, are perhaps reasonably anxious to still hold places that afford them fu compensation, and, If the projected scheme is con- mmmated, to them is the credivand honot due of having dri/ted into acourse of proceedings en: tirely at variance with the tenor of our govern: mental theories, though not, we are sorry to say, in violation of capstitutional cnactments