The New York Herald Newspaper, July 27, 1873, Page 3

THE VIENNA EXHIBITION Visit to the Estates of Prince ‘Schwarzenberg. An Austrian Nobleman and His - Thousands of Acres. Farming, Farm-Life and Social Conditions in Bohemia. THE CHATEAU’ AT WITTINGAU. The Prince and His Guests Wander Over Hill and Valley. Statistics ot the Schwar- zenberg Estates. FISHERMEN FOR FIVE CENTURIES. The Abbey of the Fifteenth Century the Beer House of the Nineteenth. The Dinner in the Monks’ Refectory, ‘ ‘VIENNA, July 9, 1873, Those who study this Vienna Exhibition’ will Note in the rear of the first Austrian court a large pavilion covered with glass. , This 18 the pavilion of Prince John Adolphus Schwarzenberg, one of the great nobles of this Empire, and famed for his devotion to agriculture. As you enter the pavilion you see a hunting trophy, ingeniously arranged with grasses and rocks and moss, a deer in fall Might, rabbits and bares, foxes pursuing poultry und an ugly wildcatin the background clinging to bending branch. On another side isa trophy of grain and useful fabries; all manner of seeds, breads, hops, corn, cheese, wools, On another mde is an ingenious trophy of fruits and vegeta- bles; a toothsome, winning picture, with gil kinds of Austrian growths, from the ved apple, ruddy with last year’s sunshine, to the fresh young cherry, with its newly torn stem, and the sensible, unobtrusive cabbage, dis- @ained by the poets and artists, but wet with the morning dew. There are various woods, masses of Boal and slag, representatives of all that the Aus- trian soil will grow or the Austrian'earth will sur- Fender to the miner's wrenching hand. You will learn also that the owner of this pa- vilion, @ memorable trophy of the world’s exhi- bition, is one of the great landed proprietors of Austria, and may be said to stand at the head of Its agricultural interests. Of his lands and tene- ments we shall speak again, but, as our duty is al- Together with him in this day’s correspondence, fet us tell you who he is and what function he fills 4n this Austrian world. THE HOUSE OF SCHWARZENBERG, ' Hisname is John Adolphus Joseph Augustus Frederick Charles, Prince and Lord of Schwarzen- jberg. He ly Prince and Landgrave of Kleggau, as ‘well as Count of Soulz and Duke of Krumau. He is @ chamberlain to the Emperor, and intimate coun- lor. His brother is the famous Cardinal Schwar- genberg, of whom people talk as coming Pope. His “gon 1s a captain of Austrian cavalry. The fawtty ts old, renowned, rich, famons for its doings in war, in diplomacy, in religion, and now in agriculture. "M1 quite comprehend its history it began in Fran- conia in 1406, the founder receiving honors in 1420 ‘as lord of “Schwarzenberg in Franconia.” In 1429 the Emperor Sigismund made the lord a count of the Empire, and gave him a voice $m the councils of the Franconian earls. For ‘nearly five centuries honors have flowed upon the house. One member was exalted by the great Maximilian; another was a general under Charles V., While a third, called Adolphas, fought the Turks in 1600 with so much valor that Rudolph Il. made him a count. This Adolphus Seemed to catch the ascending crest of honor’s flooding tides, for his won, or it may have been grandson, was made Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Grand Palatine. Title after title came along (a list of ‘which I. should despair of submitting to any easy- tempered printers), lordly domains accrued to the Bouse in twenty different places, among others the domain of Neuwaldeck, which the students of Frederick the Great's lite will remember. Then came ®@ Charles Philip—famed as Field Marshal, who “warred upon Napoleon in the gigantic campaign of 1814—the uncle of our host, and who, because of his valor and having exhausted the fountain of honor, was permitted to quarter with his arms those of Austria, Hapsburg and Lorraine. Since the Field Marshal died the family has followed agricultural pursuits, and I find that among the honors resting upon the Prince, our host, is that ofthe Presidency of the Agricultural Society of Bohemia. THE SCHWARZENBERG ESTATES. As to the estates of this Prince I am almost afraid to speak, lest it may appear to be exaggeration. He has casties and lands in Bavaria, himself in fome way a Bavarian lord. In Styria, in Upper and Lower Austria, in Hungary and in Bohemia his possessions may be found—farms, lands, breweries, forests, fron mines, iron found- Ties, bakeries, flour mulls, brandy distilleries, forges, fisheries—on his lands alone, dependent in some measure upon him, a population of over two hundred and fifty thousand souls. In a rough cal- culation I should say these estates are seventy or eighty miles in extent, and may be divided into a Dundred separate farms. A PARMING PRINCE, Prince John Adolphus has been famous for his fQgricultural tastes, The sword of bis fathers has been beaten into a ploughshare. He has won many gold and silver medals from former Ex- hibitions for excellerce in agriculture, and you may see them as trophies on the walls of his an- cestral castie. He of course aspires for a medal ,ffom this Exhibition, and so, entering one of his states for competition, yesterday was fixed for the ‘Wisit of the jury. The estate of Wittingan is about four hours’ distance from Vienna into Bohemia by Tailway, and invitations were given to the jury, the members of the scientific and artisan commis- Bions and some of the representative journals, A ‘special train was provided, the hour of leaving being six in the morning. The jury on farms, which had Jurisdiction over the excursion, concluded to give a ‘whole day to the inquiry so as to compare this farm ‘with those they had seen and the others that were also entered and which they expected to see. THE JOURNEY INTO BOHEMIA. ‘The day was as fairas bride or major general commanding could. have wished, and as we trun- died along at five in the morning to the Kaiser Francis Joseph station the clear, warm encour- aging morning air quickly allayed any resent- ments that bed-loving people could feel on the subject of early msing. Our company was gathered from all lands—ali lands, in an exact Bense, as you will find whenever you come to this eaty of tne World’s Exhibition—French, Italians, Germans; Spaniards, assiduous at cigarettes; Mus- suimans from Turkey and Egypt, with their quaint fed, tasselled fez; almond-eyed, silent, curious wépresentatives from the far East, who write strange characters in large nate books andshowed surprise at nothing; a selection of American mem- bers of the Commission, and ever-present members ‘of the press, who come to do the work as cheerfully as though it were a barbecue or an execution, A half dozen of our party were ladies, At the hour named we swept out of the station, for we had to run a hundred miles up into Bohemia and return again the same day, Ont into the ne1us—very green and heavy with the un- harvest; past @ famous old monastery; its wines, : we beautiful blue Damabe that never was More beautiful—biue with its cool running tints and shadows ; still on, into newer fields and forests ‘| hazel hens, 1,812 partridges, 414 ‘Wild ducks, 186 | infinite pleasure of those who hear and the merri- gray ducks, 18 wood snipes, besides 3 fish otters, 1 badger, 5 foxes, 17 marders, 49 weasels, 8 eagles, upon us | 55 herons, 38 hawks, 48 vultures and nearly four rushed away | thousand of other classes. THR GENERAL ASPECT OP THE FARM. I do not kndWw that anything can be added to these figures that will make the resuits of the jour- of noble, stately trees; through villages who gave | ney more clear to you. The farming was on a large us @ wondering look as we flaghed before them into | scale, but not as finished or as scientific as much Bohemia, with its rotting, waving plains, bordered by high, shining hills that were far away, but seemed near in this rarefied Zummer air. Bohemia “dences of honest tcti, flelds heavy with grain, har- vests that agemed to laugh in anticipating welcome of ‘the husbandman, villages and homes exemplifying an industrious civili- zation. After four hours’. journey we found @ resting place, where breakfast was wailt- ing—a good enbstantial breakfast, without vanity and no teasing dishes—wholesome bread and meat, honest beer and wine. Here we remained an hour. Them, returning to our car- riages, ina few minutes longer we reached the station where our hosts were waiting. THE) YBINCR AND B18 GUESTS. Evidently our fame.had gone before, for all the village was in parade, mainly women, in the grace- ful peasant costumes, and big-eyed children of all ages. There, too, standing on the station, was His Highness the Prince Schwarzenberg—his children and grandchildren and retainers around nim—a fine old Austrian gentleman, waiting to receive Big guests in the homes of bis. ancestors, His ees was.in rather shabby garb— not @ nursery-book prince in any sense— with a soft, crushed white felt hat, a high tock, spotted with blue—a loose, gray raiment— and kid gloves. But for the gloves, which we may always assume are evidence of rank, we should disdaia him altogether as a.Prince and see no ro- Mance in his bearing. He bears his seventy-four years well—has radiant, blue eyes, that defy time’s effacing fogers—a winter green, frosty lace, ahow- ing pure, sparkling blood, Age has had ita way, however, as it will on soventy-four years, and we nove that His Highni eavily upon his cane, and hia head suddenly bénds over his breast, and he looks at you with upturned glances, as you see in the portraits of the old age of Wellington. At his side is the hereditary Prince and heir—a hearty, lusty youth, overflowing with life and ac- tivity in hia early manhood—say forty, in riding ‘garb, with a whip «in his hand, and loudly giving orders to a cluster of postilions, in blue uniform, who stand waiting. Madame, the heredi- tary Princess, his wife, is the centre of a group of - ‘1ads and lassies, who are said to be the grandchil- dren of His Highness, and if becoming looks ana gracefulness were before a jury to-day would secure the highest prizes, Vehicles of every form and quality, to the number of fifty, stand banked on the road, and attending persons, marked with blue and white rosettes, gently distribute us. Then the young Prince mounts, and with his retinue rides ahead, scampering over the fields; the bugle calls, and away we go. At first we unfold ourselves from the mass of carriages and push our way to the highway and ride slowly between groups of villagers as though we were going to a funeral. Then in time we have the. clear, open way, and we drive at high speed as though going to a race. THE SOHWARZENBERG BSTATE. A better idea of the vast extent of the Schwarzenberg estate cannot be imparted, per- haps, than by giving some facts gathered during the day’s excursion. The area of the estate is Dearly seventy-five thousand acres; one-half of which is devoted to forest culture, 20,000 acres to agriculture and 14,000 to fisheries, &c. Altogether there are 582 bulldings, of which there are twenty- three breweries, four sugar refineries, one oll man- ufactory, one steam sawmill, one steam bakery, four water mills, twenty-three board sawmills, forty-six brick and lime,kilns, three furnaces, four forges, one Besgemet fuxgace, and a host of tarms, cottages for laborers, fishermen, foresters and so on. Besides these there mber of humanitarian Tnstitations spread estate. An Asylum for the Aged and Infirm, with accommodations for twenty persons, ten ten and ten women ; a hospital. with fourteen beds, in which 107 persons received treatment last year; a girls’ school, under the su- perintendence of nine Sisters of Mercy, where some three hundred children annually receive in- struction. All of these are supported by the prince- ly house from its revenues. There are in all some eighteen schools on the estate, supported by the respective communities, while the girls’ school is a favorite institution of the family. HOW THE ESTATE IS MANAGED. The various offices connected with the castle and estate are extensive enough for a Thurigian prin- cipality. There is, for stance, the Bureau of the Domains, with its ministry for home and foreign affairs; the Rent Bureau, to which is also attached the ministry of ecclesiastical and commercial affairs; the Fishery Bureau, with a minister of naval affairs and an asssistant whose jurisdic- tion extends over the turf beds; a Forest Bureau, with a master of the woods, and adjuncts of the sawmills and foresters; a General Bureau, with a minister whose duty it is to look after the grain stock, like Joseph of old in Egypt, as well as over the potteries and the limekilns; an Engineer’s Bureau andan Architect’s Bureau; a Brewery Bureau, with @ minister, a secretary and two burly brewers; a Steam Mill Bureau, a Bureau of Accounts and a Bureau of Archives. The Prince possesses the patron’s right over fourteen parisbes to appoint priests in sixtecn churches and two chapels. The right is nevertheless a very costly one, since the estate has to provide several thousand florins yearly towards their support. FARMING STATISTICS IN BOREMIA. A rapid glance at the estate undet the immediate control of the Prince may give some idea of the magnitude of his possessions; The Wittengan Fishery Bureau superintends no less than fifteen thousand acres of fakes and ponds, producing annually 3,500 hundred weight of carp, 200 hun- dred weight of pike and schill, or 224 tons of the nobler sorts of fish; @ quantity, however, which does not supply the demand for Vienna, A quarter of this produce is sent to Hamburg. THE MODRL FARM, The Wittingan farm estate is one of the best in Austria. It embraces all branches of agriculture— cattle breeding, sheep breeding, &c. The Prince farms eleven places, five of which belong to the Wittingan, three to the Lomnitz and three to the Hammer sections, containing 6,000 acres of culti- vatable ground, divided as follows:—Grain, 60.3; meadow, 38.3; pasturage, 8.4; nurseries, af; hop gardens 0.4; orchard, 0.1. Un the 1st of May last the number of. animals on, the immediate farms ‘was 1,000 cattle, 3,271 sheep, 16 horses, 11 foals, be- sides 17 spans of horses used for home purposes. On the eleven farms are employed eleven superin- tendents, ten chief threshers, nine fodder masters, two guardians of the meadows, in all thirty-two persons, and a host of laborers, men and women. ‘The wages of labor average from one to two dollars @ week in our American money. FOREST CULTURE, Forest culture is the most interesting industry connected With the estate, and has at Withingan @ very interesting history. The first mention of measures being taken to protect the forests occur in the seventeenth century. Now the culture of trees has developed toa system as accurate and regular as the growth of cereals, The entire forest area is divided into six classes, according to the age of the trees—from 1 to 20, from 21 to 40, from 41 to 60, from 61 to 80, from 81 to 100 and above 100—120 being about the extent of age per- mitted to the monarchs of the wood, Wandering through the estate one comes upon the immense areas, first of felled trees, then of sproutlings,* then of youths, then of matured and finally of aged trees, with towering trunks and spreading foliage, and of which the German poet sings :— Mutgebaut so hoch de ltobeat “Who, beautiful tree, has built thee up so high?’ GAME. Speaking of the forest, the game therein pre- served and shot, as the case may be, should not be omitted. In the year 1871 9,016 head of game were shot, of which 4,843 belonged to what is designated that we had seen in Germany, England and France. Many tracts were lying waste, and there were flelds of grain which did not seem to do their best. were some splendid cattle—a Bohemian breed, large-lined and in good condition. But the accom- modations were not of the best, the roof being low and the drainage imperfect, The cattle might cer- ’ tainly have had more comfort, more air and room. The buildings were very old, the projecting, conical roof going back, perhaps, to the seven- teenth century; and as they were built to last I presume the Prince does not care to disturb them. But no science has grown more in its requirements than agriculture, and it seems as impossible to attain the best results in farming, without keeping pace with 1ts science, a8 it would be to obtain the best results in any other calling. After leaving the Berghof farmhouse we visited three others, looking also at some meadow land which had been reclaimed.’ One experiment in ditching attracted your correspondent’sattention a8 a genuine effort to put a fine sweeping meadow under tribute to the plough. But this was excep- tional. The vast estate had many advantages of soil and water. We only noticed one tract that was sandy and poor in soil, and there a not very attractive flock of sheep were feeding, under the control of a dog, who showed more inteligence and honest appreciation of his worth than many of our prominent citizens who are mentioned in connection with the Presi- dency. We spent some time in examining an ex- periment in peat fires and turf-digging, but it added nothing to the general knowledge of our company on the subject. THE FEUDAL SYSTEM. While we saw vastness and energy in the estates, thrift and an ordinary comfort among the people— po Haran tks oye foula fange-tae tase daltaiy seemed to exist with the farming of Prince Schuargenberg that used to be seen in our Southern States under the old plantation system, You saw a great domain and many of the attractive, poetic features of the feudal system, but nothing more, The peo- ple did not make as comfortable an appearance as the same number of villages would have made in the United States. Two or three beggars came out of the woods when the Prince and his retinue haa passea to mock with their entreaties his High- ness’ splendor and hospitality. We visited the large bakery. The bread was fine and cheap. We visited the vast henery, and were told it produced 60,000 hectolitres annually. We can testily that the beer was as delicate as wine and in color like a pale golden sherry, creamy and smooth and cheery to the taste. But we did not see anywhere on the estates the activity and growth, the outcoming of mental life and energy, which would have marked the possessors and workers of these thousands of acres had the land been under the ownership of one thousand rather than one pro- prietor, under the American rather than the Aus- trian system. Neither the agriculture nor the social life had reached its highest development, and while we saw the feudal system at its best, an enlightened Prince over all and an intelligent people wiliing and content, we could not resist the belief that there were better conditions in society for both Prince and people. THE HEREDITARY FISHERMAN, Returning to our narrative, or rathet the more Borurse ue part gf the jonrney, we note that ut Wittingan there are many waters, lakes and widely branching streams, and that in them fish of all choice varieties have been éncouraged to grow and multiply. There are four distinct lakes within an hour’s ride—the lakes called Opatowitzer and Sweet—a large one called Rosenberger and @ small one Known as Kaniow. It was the custom long before the Prince’s ancestry reigned here—far back in the | time of the Risenbergs, who no longer reign, sink- ing invo debt and bad repute long, long ago—to give the management of these fisheries to one family. Some six centuries have passed since this duty was devolved upon the head of the house, and his descendants still perform the function. We remember this as we are slowly driven back to Wittingan to see the chateau and the brewery and todine, let us pray, for how hungry these Bo- hemian airs have made us! We are driven slowly back, and the village scatters tokens of its lite in groups of men and women gayly dressed. We descend and’march along a shaded lane, the Prince hereditary, with bis ruddy face, leading, and in merry, shouting humor, as, indeed, he has been all the day. We turn from the'lane and down into an open common, the town at last be‘ore us, rather Ieaning over us from the hill, and all who dwell there ont to welcome us. We have as much honor in this small Bohemian way 83 any Persian Shah or Kaiser could need, and we make our progress, dusty, tired, afraid that we may have to see more Cattle, and not above anticipa- tions of the dinner. But we are greatly honored, for the old men take off their hats and the women coyly stare—especially at those of us who are Turks and believe in the Prophet—and the dogs come scampering down upon an invasion, with loudly expressed but ineffectual remonstrances. Reaching the common we note a hut, covered with fishing tuglines, and a young man in peasant dress holding @ basket of flowers. At a signal irom the Prince the peasant advances and presents each of our lady friends wit a small nosegay of lihes, tied with blue rivbons. Then we pass on and see an open tent, made of fishing nets. Before it stand, in sentinel attitude, still and silent as statues, @ dozen peasants in dark costumes, an open, flapping hat and long, leathern belts. These are the hereditary fishermen, descendants of the one who was honored with this trast in the Middle Ages; and here for generations they have lived, fish in the water and men upon the land, in due respect and friendship, each doing their respective duties, hidden in these Behemian valleys, from age to age,duly serving each other as well as this man, their Prince, who pats the sentinel fisher- men on the shoulder as they take off their hats with deep reverence and bow im allegiance to their lord, unmoved, andisturbed, uninterrupted in this calling by the tamults of the world beyond, who have reigned over them all this time, And the master of the fisheries, a tall, gray-bearded person, very tall and fine to see, stands over a half dozen deep tubs of water, and with a hand-net ladies out the living fish for our wondering eyes. A couple of nobie, shining salmon, with wide, resentful eyes, are tumbled on the grass, that we may admire them and see—they are capable of sustaining life in’ several small families for a day or two— and then turnea back into the water. Others, perch and trout, and cunning brown little fish, with yellow fins, are whipped up out of the tubs, © and thrown back by the fhaster after due compliment from us, that sinks deep into his honest fisherman's heart, and those of us who are jtirymen and re- porters for the press take out our notebooks and write hurriedly, as though six tubs filled with angry, tumbling fish were events of moment, THE PEASANT HOMERS, And we drift aiong, not a little stimulated by this incident, which is refreshing and cool after the long ride and slow progress through cow sheds and barnyards, and are attracted by a group playing musical instruments. They are peasants, and meet us here at the gates of their town with hearty, noisy, peasant welcome. He who plays the fiddle is something like Ralph Waldo Emerson in his face, and he plays with affection and earnestness, every now and then paus- ing to recite a stanza in a low chant, narrating events unknown to this writer—love or war perbaps, or pretty eyes and Spring flowers and shining stars, a true love's joy or a true love's sorrow—the same old, old story, I suppose, which speaks in music here in far Bohemian land even as in our own. He is @ person to whom liberties are useful or palatable game. Among the latter were | allowed, one would think, tor, as the young Prince 19 stags, 88 deer, 13 fawns, 114 roebucks, 36 roe, 18 | pauses to hear the strain, he introduces a verse Kids, 3.192 hares, 36 wood grouse, 4 heath cocks, 3 rallying His Highness ip a bantering way, to the ment of the Prince himse!f, who keeps his way. THE OLD TOWN. And now we pass up the slope, the villagers meeting us in denger array, across the bridge that covers the moat, under a broad, wide, arched gate- way that may have defied the Saracens, and over which is written to-day, in Bohemian phrase, @ welccming word, and we are in the old town of Wittingau. .A short; snap- ping breath of rain falls as we pass the portal; bit the heavens suddenly repent and the sun smiles again in compliment to our il- lustrious host, and we, his dusty guests, who throng these highways anxious about dinner, for the day has been long and the shadows are com- ing. All Wittingau does us honors; every window and casement burdened with curious faces—trades- men in their doorways bowing and smiling—as we loak around at the strange old town. Rosetted persons point the way, and we enter a low, nar- row door into a series of communicating rooms paved with brick and devoted to the archives of the family—twenty rooms in all—the records and deeds and bonds, blazoned decorations, manu- scripts of the Middle Ages, telling of the Schwarz- enberg glories in fading text: manuscripts of Wal- lenstein and Maria Theresa, which attract us par- ticularly as we hurry along. So we pass {nto an extensive garden with abundant flowers—the private garden of the castle—where nature | secludes herself for the comfort and peace of these noble men and women; still on into an open courtyard, which is the brewery. It is targe enough for a State’s prison or a modern New York newspaper Ollice, with towers, too, and archways and vaults. We are crowded into small rgoms aromatic with hop odors, and up stairs and down stairs to gee boys ladling the odorous mash, and then into along, arched room with tables spread, where we dine. The Prince tells us hat this brewing house was formerly an abbey, and that the room in which we sit was the monks’ refec- tory. Let us hope that the jolly monks whose souls have rested in peace these centuries past, and who would look with wondering anger at this invasion of hungry Turks and infidels, had as good beer and beef as we find before us, THE DINNER AND FAREWELL. Well, we dine in honest, hearty fashion, the dinner 3 genuine transaction, with some suspicions of French contriving in the sauces. But of this we speak not, for we would not be in any way unbe- “coming a8 the guests of this mighty Pj ee Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Before ye dinner the musicians came—the fiddling person who resembles Mr. Emerson, another who plays a horn instrament, and a younger one witn an ex- ceedingly contented face, who plays a kind of bag- pipe. Mr. Emerson is in fine singing mood, and he chants @ long legend in the local dialect, mainly about the fisheries and the ancient glories of the home of Schwarzenberg, and now and then @ sly hit at the young Prince and his father, which their Highnesses hear with smiling face, After the dinner we are summoned by the horns of the bugiemen to the carriages and hurried to the train. By this ttme the moon is coming over the hills, and shines as radiantly as she ever shone upon the Alps or the Mediterranean. And there, to see us off, are the Prince, his family and retinue. | He accepts our thanks in a friendly way and begs us to come again, which I am sure most of us would finda pleasure, As we move olf we give him cheers in voices of loud approbation; and the old Prince—his hair white with its seventy-four years—bows us farewell, with uncovered head, as we are whirled home again to Vienna. THE M’BRIDE MASSACRE, Ce Tope ean Arrest and Confession of the Murderer at at Williamsport, Pa., with Nine Thoa- sand Dollars in Gold Found on His Person. PHILADELPHIA, July 26, 1873, arrest of Nelson Wade, a brakeman on the Phijadelpbia and Erie Ratlroad, charged with the murder of Mrs. Isabella McBride, a few miles from ‘Willtimaport, Pa., on Tuesday evening last, has created as much of a sensation as the Jennerville murder. Wade is well known in this city and Cam- den, find preyious to his. arrest, charged with this crime, bore a good name among his associates, and it 1s a dificult matter to convince them even now that he committed the deed, aithough the eviaence to that end is overwhelming by his own confession. The murdered woman, together with her husband, have long resided in Linden, not a great distance from Williamsport. They were both industrious, and by hard labor for near forty years had con- trived to lay by a considerable sum of money, some estimating it at forty thousand dollars. On Tues- day last it was noised around the village ‘that old McBride was ‘crazy and was giving his money away to any person who called upon him.” Among those who heard this rumor was Wade, who visited McBride's house, and was seen to leave it late on Tuesday evening together with one or two other railroad men, The visit was supposed by the neigh- bors to have been simply for fun, but the later trip of Wade, as it now transpires, was fraught with a deed of biood that horrified the people. At the time of tye murder the ge couple were making preparations to eat their evening meal. Mrs. McBride, previous to setting down to the table, went to the cellar, on the Outside of the building, with a jar of miik, The door being closed she placed the Jar on the steps, and while endeav- oring to uniasten it she Was approacned from behind by ® man, who, without uttering a word, dealt her a terrific blow on the head with a huge club, knocking her to the ground. Iwo or three more biows irom the same instrunient and Mrs, McBride was a horribly disfigured corpse, her head having been crushed to a jeliy. Wade, for such was the murderer’s name, then py @ moment and searched the body, and found @ key to the closet in which were stored the earnings Of the old couple. With this and the same gory club in his hand he entered the tarm- house and encountered old Mr. McBride. The struggle between the two was but brie!, and one or two heavy blows on the head rendered McBride senseless, but not dead, as the fiend supposed. Wade then ransacked the house and succeeded in finding between eight and ten thousand dollars in id, with which he fled, alter having set the house on fire to destroy all traces of the horrible tragedy. On Wednesday afternoon a farmer, riding by the Mc- Bride Mansion, was startled upon hearing groans, and upon alighting and proceeding to the house found old Mr, McBride writhing in agony, but un- able to speak above a whisper, and then unintel- ligibly. pon going to the outside of the building he discovered the body of Mrs, McBride and cin- ders, where the murderer had kindled the fire, but which, fortunately for the ends of justice, did not accomplish the object for which 1t was intended, The news of the murder soon spread like wild fire, and the farmers for twenty miles round flocked to the scene of the deed, Couriers were despatched in every direc- tion, with directions to stop a certain farm laborer who had excited suspicion; but, later in the day, Wade was arrested in a house of ill fame in Wil- liamsport, with fully nine thousand dollars in gold on his person, and upon being pressed closely made a clean breast of the affair. He offered no resistance, and appeared as cool and unconcerned as though nothing had happened, Tne ue sa a is now heavily ironed and is closely guarded in the Lycoming County Jail. McBride is not expected to recover. THE EXPENSES OF THE OITY GOVERNMENT. Acaucus was held last night by the democratic members of the Board of Aldermen and Super- visors in the Common Council Uhamber, the object being to consider as to whether it would be ad- visable for them to approve of the budget which, under the pew charter, calls for an increase of the expenses for the support of the city govern- ment. Aldermen Wylie, McIntire, McGroarty, Nolan and Clancy, and Supervisors Richards and Fletcher were present, The Meyor occu- ped the chair, After the object of the meeting had been stated Alderman Clancy re- marked that he had signed the cail as a democrat, and if it could be shown that they could reduce the expenses he would heartily aid im doing so. He had no objection, however, to the items in the budget, and he thought he would approve of it. supervisor FLeTcHER fully concurred with Aider- man Clancy. Supervisor RICHARDS took an opposite view of the matter, and contended that the budget ought to be cut down at least @ quarter of a million dol- lars. ‘ ‘The meeting was then aajourned until next Fri- day night, A CABLE OELEBRATION AT HEART'S CON- TENT. Heart's Oonrent, N. F., Jply 26, 1873." ‘This evening it will be seven years since the telegraph fleet entered Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. ‘To-morrow (Sunday) will,be the seventh anniver. sary of the landing of the cable, and it will be seven rs on Monday since the line was opened for Banquet at this plave, fod” Moktas’ by vost rages: fonda; in| comprising sailing, rowing and pcullsng. THE SARATOGA RACES, Brilliant Assemblage and a Nu- merous Gathering. SUNSHINE AND STORM. A RACE IN A SHOWER. crurerorneeontpaeessieere ALL THE FAVORITES BEATEN. Sallie Watson, Harry Bassett and Duffy Beaten. A RACE TRACK LIKE A MILL-POND. Minnie W. the Winver of the Alabama Stakes ; Crockford, of the Three-Quar- ters of a Mile Dash, and Lanty "Lawler, of the Steeple-Chase. Saratoaa, July 26, 1873. “Now then, Patrick,” said a lawyer, while ex- amining an Irish witness in court, “could you tell the Court the day of the week it is?’ The ques- tion, simple as it was, seemed to puzzle Pat. He hesitated for a moment and then answered :— “No, sir.’? “Don't know the day of the week it is?” repeated his questioner, “’Pon me word I dont’t, sir; but I think it’s Sunday,” replied the witness, with a peculiar twinkling in his eyes, “Sunday,” exclaimed the lawyer in surprise; “Sunday. Well now, my good fellow,’? he con- tinued, ‘will you be so kind as to explain why you think this day is Sunday *”? Patrick hesitated @ moment and then com- menced—‘Well, Your Honor, the raison why I think this is Sunday is bekase upon lookin’ around me I see 80 many fine people, so dacintly dressed, and | not having anything to do, thought it was Sunday.” Could that same Irishman visit Saratoga at the present moment he might possibly, ifhe pursued the same line of argument, arrive at the conclusion that all the Sundays in the year were arranged so as to follow each other consecutively, for here people don’t seem to have anything to do, and they are all well, if not elegantly, dressed, and ON THE SUBJECT OF DRESSING a word or two at the present moment may not be out of place. While the most of the ladies this season dress with noticeably good taste there is avery considerable falling off in the display of Jewelry and rich toilets which distinguished other seasons; and the change is for the better. The wonder is that American ladies who annually “do” Saratoga had not inaugurated a reform in this direotion before now. ‘THE FIRST OF THE SEASON ; Last night there was a fall-dress ball at Congress Hall, which was largely attended, and everything went off very pleasantly. It was the first full-dress ball of the season at this hotel. A great many con- spicuous New Yorkers figured there, or had their names printed on the programme among the Committee of Arrangements. Commodore Vanderbilt headed the list, and ex-Mayor Op- dyke aud Recorder Hackett were but a tew re- moves from the sturdy old Commodore, still further dowm on the hist. The display of toilets ‘was very fine, and but few gentlemen in the room wore other than tne inevitable steel pen coat which fashion designates as the regulation uniform of full dress. The dancing continued until after midnight. THE MORNING OF THB SECOND DAY, This was another of these bright and beautiful mornings which gave promise of a delightiul day. As on Tharsday a good breeze was stirring. In the morning, as little groups of two or three, or for that matter in greater numbers, strolied out before breakfast to take the waters of their favorite springs, the programme of the day was usually dis- cussed, and the prospects of its enjoyment went a god way to swell the gossip of the morning stroll. 8 may well be imagined the prospective racing ‘was the principal subject to talk over. Of course every one was thankiul for the bright skies which so far were vouchsafed them, and hopes for their continuance throughout the whole season were not unirequently expressed, AMONG THE CARRIAGE DRIVERS, As the morning began to wane and noontide ap- roached the tide of vehicles began to throng roadway, in front of the hotels. Long before the hour for going had arrived the industrious drivers importuned the passers-by and movers to and fro 10 patronize them and take a seat or seats for the race course. The little breeze of the mornin; about noon began to die out, and this, too, worke: agains; tue drivers, for no person wanted to be out on the course any sooner than was necessary. If the morning had been cooler many might have ran out a little earlier, and this would have added to the number of trips each driver could have taken, but as they found the hour approach they incredsea their exertions to secure passengers. At length the time to be OFF FOR THE COURSE arrived, and, alter a few carriages set the example, the tide commenced to flow in eurnest for the track. The hotels began to empty themselves, the corridors were crowded, the stairs were crowded, the offices, vestibules and piazzas were thronged, and Broadway, for Saratogs, has @ Broadway, was literally jammed with all kinds of vehicles. The scene Was an exciting one too. “Here you are, sir!’ “Jump in, there now, lively!” ‘Room for one more! that’s it! pull the door to you!” and cries similar in importance filled the air. For an hour before noon everybody. seemed on the stin The only people who seemed provokingly cool were the cockaded gentlemen in livery rehed up on the boxes of the private equipages. Ey nm the intense heat of the day did not make 8 perspire with half the freedom that their masters did. From eleven o’clock to noon the road was crowded with carriages of all dis- tinctions moving with rapid pace towards the race course. The distance to the fleld was 80 short there were no small boys along the read, similar to those one meets going to Jerome Park, who, with sponge in hand and ucket close by, are ever ready to sponge down your animal and give it a drink for a small consideration, fi ‘T THE GATE the number of vehicles was greater than that of Thursday. Fresh accessions to the hotels helped to swell the number, Learning experience from the revious day people were more particular in buy- ing their programmes, as there were bogus ones for sale, and those who were deceived on ‘Thursday invested now in those known to be genuine. ~ THE GRAND STAND was fully occupied before noon with as gayly and fashionably dressed an assemblage as that of Thursday. Before the race started dark clouds began to gather and flashes of lightning gave the remonitory signs of a coming storm. A rejresh- foe breeze was stirring, and, notwithstanding the threatening signs of the weather, it was cheerfully weicomed. Just after the judges’ bell sounded the signal for the horses to come to the post DOWN CAME THE RAIN in large and heavy drops. This scattered the crowds on the quarter stretch and in other ‘eet of the field and a grand rush for the Grand Stand and for other piaces of shelter resulted. Bright flashed the lightning, deep rolled the thunder, and down poured the rain in torrents. For fully half an hour the rain came down heavily. A few at- tempted to brave the storm with umbrellas. but they soon found it was useless to continue the struggle. Instead of bright skies now deep black clouds overhung the whole country, and the rain, which was fast and heavily failing, was quickly ren- dering the race course more like @ mill pond than a horse track, Some among the most iacetious of tne crowd, now drawn still more closely together by the fear of a wetting, suggested that a regatta be substituted for the horse races, as the track had now all the spr earance of having sufficient water on it to run light boats. At one time it was fearea that the race would be postponed, especially on account of the steeple chase. After about twenty minutes’ duration the skies began to lighten and the clouds clear of. The rain ceased falling, but it left the track in a fearful condition. A few min- utes later the sun again came forth. The atmos- pas was now delightfully cool, and only for the eavy condition of the track the remainder of the day would have been @ most pleasant one. In the rear of the Grand Stand @ carriage was struck by lightning, but fortunately no one was injured. After a few minutes’ discussions he jud; utes sion the judges it was decided that the races should xo ou, The view from the stand at this time was superb, the trees and sward looking more beautiful than before from the rain bath tiey had received. There was @ freshness which was lacking before, and the breeze, which had died a4, on the approach of the storm, now fanned the iaces of the assembled groupe. it shortly became ‘evident that the day wi not pass away Without more rain, The Ala That’s the raison I i HALF The summons of the J for the starting was answered a few moments came down ly. Ti damper on the exertions of ti gentry, for one of the Sraternity, ing his vocation in the rear of the steeple chase, which concluded the was started, with four horses in the field. was the favorite, as he has often bean heieeae ae the lortunes of the day went against him as ¢! dist against all the other favorites of this ba Me and many a man left the race course of toga Soda with ae Senyiotion a ns fiunee can- not always be relied on, a it in horse-racing there is nothing certain. THE RACING. The track was in very bad condition from a deluging rain that fell just previous to the start, the racing having been postponed half an hour beyond the appointed time in consequence of the storm. Three races were run, the first being the Alabama stakes for three-year-old fillies, the second a dash of three quarters of a mile and the third a steeple chase, The Alabama Stakes had forty-one entries, eight of which came to the post. These were J. W. Hunt Reynolds’ chestnut filly Buchu, by Planet, dam Lavender; D. McDaniel & Co.’s chestnut filly Cora Linn, by Lexington, dam Dolly Carter, and their bay filly, by Blackbird, dam by Planet; H. P. Mc- Grath’s chestnut filly Tabitha, by Tipperary, dam The Greek Slave; R. W. Walden’s chestnut filly Minnie W., by Planet, dam Edina; Rice & McCor- mack’s bay filly Sunrise, by Planet, dam Ultima; W. Cottrilil’s bay filly Sallie Watson, by Daniel Boone, dam Maggie G., and T., W. Doswell’s gray filly Lizzy Lucas, by Austra- lian, dam Eagless, Sallis Watson was first favorite, McDaniel’s entries being the second choice in the pools, The race was won by Minnie W., who proved to be a capital racer in the mud, Sallie Watson was second, Lizzy Lucas third. The race was won in most excellens time, considering the heavy condition of the track. The second race was for a purse of $500, for all ages, a dash of three-quarters of a mile. There were nine entries for this event, comprising J. W. Weldon’s chestnut filly Quits, by Eclipse, dam Columbia, 3 years old; M. H. Sanford’s bay colt Mate, by Australian, dam Mattie Gross, 4 years old; Isaac W. Pennock’s chestnut colt, by Planet, dam Rebecca 8. Price, 3 years old; F. A. Watson’s bay colt Valley Brook, by Jerome .Edgar, dam Minnie Mimor, 3 years old; J. A, Grinstead’s gr. ¢, Orocks. ford, by Lightning, dam Mishap, 3 years old; Carroll & Coar’s bay filly The Nurse, by Australian, dam Zone, 3 years old; D, McDaniel & Co.’s chest- nut horse Harry Bassett, by Lexington, dam Canary Bird, 5 years oid, and August Belmont’s fey. horse Gray Planet, by Planet, dam Eagless. Harry Bassett Was the favorite over the field until just previous to the start, when Crockford rapid): ran into favor. The latter ran a splendid race an won by two Jengths, Mate second, Gray Planet third. Harry Bassett was fofrth. He appears to have lost the fine form which he formerly possessed and does not seem to be the great racer he was when three and four yepra 1d, The closing race of the day was a steeple chase, with four starters, These were D. J. Bannatyne’s brown gelding Duify, by Hunter’s Lexington, dam Olio, aged, carrying 151 lbs.; J. H. Harbeck, Jr.’s brown gelding Buck, by Simon Kenton, dam Sovereign, 4 years old, 145 lba.;. Joseph Donahue’s chestnut gelding George West, by Asteroid, dam Kate Hayes, 4 years old, 145 lbs.; D. McDaniel & Co.'s gray gelding Lanty Lawler, by Mickey Free, dam by Zenith, 6 years old, 151 lbs.; Kerwin & Lioya’s ‘bay horse Viley, by Uncle Vic,’ dam Sliver Star. Dufly was the favorite over the field. hort ‘West was withdrawn, and Viley and Buck es it as well have done 80, as they both reiused the jumps, Buck getting over two and Viley overeight and then giving up the race. Duffy now was a reat favorite, selling at two to one over the field, fie was veaten a head by Lanty Lawler, after one of the most exciting struggles imaginable. Lanty was ridden in the finest manner by a colorea man, named Towson. ‘The following are the details.of the running as it progressed :— The First Race. THE ALABAMA STAKES.—A sweepstakes of $60, play or pay, $1,000 added; for fillies foaled in 1870; one mile and one-eighth. R. W. Walden’s ch. 1, Minnie W., by Planet, dam Edina (Ponton) ............ececseeessreees W. Cottrill’s b. f. Sallie Watson, by Daniel Boone, adm Maggie G. (W. Lakeland)......... T. W. Doswell’s g. 1. Lizzie Lucas, by Australian, dam Kagless (Gray) .....5..000-sceeeceeseseeese Rice & McCormack’s b, f, Sunrise, by Planet, dam Ultima (Rose).... . sees see J. W. Hunt Reynolds’ ch. f. Buchu, by Planet, by ‘Tipperary, dam Lavender (Johnson) ....... H. P. McGrath’s ch. f. Tabitha, dam Greek Slave (E. Harper)............. ° D. McDaniel’s ch. f. Cora Linn, by Lexington, dam Dolly Carter LP aeeseessecvesees D. aoe b. f. by Blackbird, dam by Planet (King) « spteswcee eos eae wo wm THE BETTING. 300 300 300 230 355 170 220 285 165 1 65 THE RACE, Lizzie Lucas was first away, Minnie W. second, Buchu third, the others close together. They ran rapidly up to the stund through the mud in such a cluster that four of them were parallel as they assed under the wire at the stand. These were juchu, the Blackbird filly, Minnie W. and Lizzie Lucas. Sally Watson was fifth, being unfortunate in tt! of; Sunrise sixth, Cora Linn seventh an: bitha eighth. Going around the upper turn Minnie W. ran to the front and showed the way to the quarter pole, Lizzie Lucas second, Sallie Watson third, Cora Linn fourth, Bucha Qith, Tabitha sixth, Sunrise seventh, the Black- bird filly eighth. Minnie W. oes the lead down the backstretch, passing the half-mile pole half a length in advance of lie Watson, the latter being two lengths in front of Lizzie Lucas, who was one length ahead of Sunrise, Cora Linn Tabitha sixth, Blackbird seventh, Buchu eighth. Sallie Watson made a desperate attack on Minnie W. on the lower turn, but could not reach her head, Minnie being a neck in front as she swung into the homestretch, Sallie Watson could not run in the wind as well as Minnie W., and the latter drew aw: gng as she ran uptbe stretch and won the race bya length, Sallic Watson two lengths ahead of Lizzie Lucas, the latter six lengths in advance of Sunrise, who was fourth, Buchu fifth, Tabitha sixth, Cora ae seventh, the Blackbira filly eighth, Time, 2201%. WINNERS OF THE ALABAMA STAKES, Year.| Winner. Sire, is72.. | Wooabin 1873..|Minnie W... The Second Race. Purse $500, for all ages; three-quarters of a mile. J. A. Grimstead’s g. c. Crockford, by Lightning, dam Mishap, three years old (McCellan) M. iH. Saniord’s b,c. Mate, by Australian, dam Mattie Gross, 4 years old (Haywuod).......... 2 A. Belmont's gr. ¢. Gray Planet, by Planet, dam — (Hannone) Sesceveceeee D. McDaniel & ch, bh. Harry Bassett, by Lexington, dam Canary Bird, 5 years old J. W. Weldon’s ch. f. Quits, by Elipse, dam Co- lumbia, 3 years old Gee thee, cs +e Carroll & Coar’s b. f, The Muse, by Australian, dam Zeno, 3 years old (Abe Robinson). eee |. P, McGrath's br. c. Artist, by Asteruid, dai yi nd a eseeee F. A. Watson’s b. c. Valley Brook, by Jerome Edgar, dam Minnie Minor, 3 years old oe gt Pa . Isaac W. Pennock’s ch. ¢. by becca T. Price, 3 years O10........6.ceeceeee THE BETTING. ina ft = uppaser or Kentucky ‘]Planet... $360 «610 410 185 2156 255 60 125 55 250 105 65 50 81 THE RACE. The horses had a capital start, vig Planet bein; the first ‘ay, Crockford second, Harry Basset! tuird, The Muse fourth, Valley Brook filth, Mate Artist seventh, Quits e#gith. The horses 'y rapidly along the iractional track, and ag sthey pi out of te shute on to the regular track at the half-mile pole Gray Planet led ‘@ length, Crockiord second, one length in front of The who had her head in front of Harry Bassett, seventh. Valley Brook eight! changes of ition took piace on the lower turn, and orses: passed the three-quarter pole, the grays, Crockford and Gray Planet, were running heal and head. Getting into the homestretcn, Crockford came away trom @ Planet, and Mate was seen coming with a rush, He ran into lace, but could not overtake Crockford, who bs] he race by two lengths, Mate six lengths ahead o! Gray Planet, the latter two lengths ahead of Harry ene CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE.