The New York Herald Newspaper, July 30, 1873, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. BREEZES FROM THE SEA ‘Long Branch as a Polit- ical Resort. The Hotels and the Visitors, Past and Present. The Palmy Days of Tammany on the Jersey Coast. vce REPUBLICANISM = BY THE Mysterious Conduct of Cesar’s Courtiers. SEASHORE, The Ex-Consul General Plumb, of Mexiean Celeb- rity, at the Cottage by the Sea. The Progress of the United States and Mexican Pacific Railroad. THE TROUBLES OF CUBA. LONG BRANCH, July 29, 1873, Ever since the palmy days of the Tammany Ring, Long Branch has been famous as the resort of pol- iticlans, Indeed, before the reign of the Tweeds and Garveys the cool sea breezes and the invigora- ting surf were found to be admirably adapted to winning political confidence and concocting politt- cal schemes; and many years ago, when principles and integrity held some control over party organi- zations—when the old Albany Regency flourished, and the names of Silas Wright. and Marey were familiar sounds to New York democracy—the leaders were accustomed to meet their friends from other States at the Branch, then a quiet, unpretending little settlement, and to lay out theirs plans for a campaign within the soothing sound of the ocean’s voice. But these were private, | unpretentious gatherings, und did ~ not | attract attention outside the circles im- mediately interested in them. © It was not | until big diamond shirt studs and brooches, flat noses, cropped heads, black mustaches and over- dressed graduates irom the washtub and the cook- ing range burst forth in all their magnificence upon an astonished world that the political character of Long Branch became a matter of Motoriety, OLD TIMES ALONG THE BEACH, Every New Yorker who has been in the habit of visiting Long Branch remembers the people who ‘used to figure here prominently in those days. The Mansion House was then the lavoriie headquarters of the politicians, and the Tammany magnates used to draw about them at that house all their satellites and associates. ‘There offices were partitioned, nominations and combina- tions agreed upon and plans of campaigns lala out. There the Tammany managers could | be seen laying their heads togetner; there the | wire-workers of both parties would meet and con- ‘coct schemes for cheating the people; and there, Qo doubt, the ingenious methods of public robbery which rendered the old ring so infamous were de- vised, Governors and mayors, judges and sheriffs, Congressmen and Assemblymen, police justices and coroners, were all created at Long Branch, and in some instances, at least, small thanks are due to the wild waves if their voices had any influ. ence over the selections made by the distributors of patronage. In those days the Mansion, Metro- politan, United States, Clarendon and Congress Gail were the leading hotels. The Metropoiitan was a favorite resort for quiet families, and it still keeps up this special characteristic. The Mansion was, as I have said, par excellence the Tammany hotel, Politicians of the democratic stripe remem- ber well the quarters of John Clancy and his frienas in the building over the billiard room, apart irom the hotel, and bear in mind the time when the best rooms in the hotels were monopo- lized by the Tammany leaders and held in reserve for their special friends, The Clarendon was then largely patronized by Hebrews, who were among the earliest to appreciate the advantages of Long Branch. Congress Hall was a small and very com- fortable botel, built by Stokes, previously one of the proprietors of the Clarendon. Howland’s, now pne of the finest and most select of tne hotels giong the blufl, was then only a small, unpreven- tious boarding house, irequented, as at present, mainly by Philadelphians, In time, the Clarendon Wus extendea so as to swallow up Congress Hall, which stood between it and the Mansion House, and upon the same site now stands the spacious Ucean Hotel: NEW TIMES AND NEW MEN AT THE BRANCH, The growto of Long Branch within the last ten years has been beyond the expectations of the Most sanguine of its friends, Commencing at the east end of the ridge, nearest to Atlanticville, which wilt soon be only an extension of the Branch, the new East End Hotel has been built out of the old Arlington, and, with the additions now tn process of construction, will be a spacious and commodious house next season, At present it is a little too far from the centre of attraction, al- +though the beach is excellent all along, and hence it is used this season mainiy as an “excur- sion house, where large parties are accommo- dated for the day or for a longer time, The crowds that are occasionally brought down by the Plymouth Rock tind good quarters and gooa bavuing at the East Lnu. the Metropolitan holds its own, both in size and in reputation, although trifing aduitions have been made to it from time tu ume. Phe vcean covers now a whole aquare and accommmodaics a large number of uests, While its lawusure tue fi ton the Branch. | fhe Siansion Mouse is the saime as formerly in size, und has been overshadowed by the larger debt, with =the exception or the = ungaint; oe buildings and the departmental fossils; Dut ere 18 LOW an aristocratic reserve about politi- clans and placemen which was mot observable in the days of Tweedism. The nt smokes and thinks and gays very littie, rsons afflicted with Cysarphobia deciare that pe Rae and plots others believe that’he simply énjoys a welcome re- laxation trom the cares and annoyances s of his Washington liie, His enemies charge that he an imperial ruler; ‘his friends say that his silence } results from a disinclination to be bothered about Politics, patronage and other offensive matters during the brie! time allowed him to enjoy & pri- vate residence as a private citizen in the Of his ‘amily and friends, But this peculiarity of the President influences the bearing of a number ‘ol hangers-on of the administration and would-be Mark Antonies. The members of the Cabinet, with probably one or two exceptions, are approachable and communicative enough, and so are the present immediate advisers of the Presi- dent; but the small fry, the ward politicians and inierfor office-holders—who are eager to impress you with a sense of their intimate relations with General Grant—mume up their faces in the mantie o.myste y, draw their hats over their brows and affect to carry abbut with them the burden o/ some Weighty secret, These important individuals flock to tue Branch apparently with no other object than to hany lor awitle about the centre of power, as the moth flutters round and round the fames ot the lamp, and then fly away, somewhat singed in pocket by the charges of the Long Branca — landlords. Politicians of a different stamp are also plentiful at the West End. The Southern carpet-bazgers, wno are auxous that tue national administration should assume a Louisiana dictatorship vver the whole South, are constantly arriving and departing, it is contidently asserted without much consolation from the President, The aspirants for ofice in the future, embryo -governors, ministers and consuls, flock to tue Branch in order to aid their chapces My a display of votion to Grant, The Cabinee inisters ure bere constantly, and receive their datly budgets as they would at Washington. ‘The Secretary p! War arrived last week, and was met at the station by special messenzer irom the Presi- dent with miormation that necessitated the imme- diate return ot his assistant, who accompanied him to Wasmington. General Babcock is a bird of pas- save between Long Branch and the na- uuonal capital all the = time, So, as will be seen, the whole machinery of government is conducted nere on the Jersey coast just as well, if ata little greater expense, a8 it wouid be wrans- acted in the White House. There are persons who have biamed General Grant because he does not broil himsell to death at Washington all the Sum- mer months, but people of sense approve tie choice of residence made by their Chier Magistrate, and are not foolish enough or mean enough to ob- ject to hisseeking health, comfort and enjoyment On this delughtfui coast. I must not omit to men- tion among the politicians who frequent Long Branch those important individuals who have val- uable suggestions to offer to the adminisiration, generally irom patriotic motives alone. General Grant and all the members of his Cabinet are ‘constantly made the re- cipients of these favors. When Secretary Richardson was here last week he opened in my presence @ package of letters torwarded trom the Treasury Department. One o! the communica- tous was from a person who begged to submit to the Secretary of the Treasury an effective and un- failing plan ior the speedy payment of the national the immediate resumption oi specie _pay- ments and the abolition oj all taxation. “These gratifying communications | receive every day,’’ said Mr Richardson, and it is likely that the patri- otic correspondents are astonished that their plans are not immediately adopted by the government. VISIT OF CONSUL GENERAL PLUMB TO THE PRESI- DENT. Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting ex-Con- sul General Piumb, who has recently arrived from Vera Cruz via Cuba, and who visrted Long Branch jor the purpose of paying his respects to President Grant and of ineeting his old friend, General Bab- Mr. Plumb has been quite successiul in his efforts to promete the success of the proposed in- ternational line oi railroad tothe Pacific, uniting with the Texas road and touching the Pacific coast at San Blas, Manzanille or some Other point, The Proepece, of @ speedy commercial union of the Jnited States and Mexico by means of a railroad which must prove one of the most important and valuable on the American Continent is now cer- tain, provided that peace, so beneficial to both countries, shall be preserved, Any treuble leading to hostilities with our neighbor would be doubly deplorable at this time, because the inter- communication, too long postponed, is now in a fair way of being secured. The railroad, to the success of which Mr, Plumb has devoted and is still devoting so much energy and perseverance, will open to us the: products of the tropics by rapid land communication, end will reach a country in which the finest coftee in the world can be grown, THE CONDITION OF CUBA. This is the more important in consequence of the unsettled condition and uncertain future of Cuba. Mr. Plumb finds affairs on the islandin a most unfortunate state. Gold is at a premium of filty per cent, and there isa great distrust of the currency. The (angerous position of the home government renders all property insecure. The Repubiie, it eventually established securely, must already assumes the dignity and exclusiveness of 4 society | CAPE MAY. A @lance at the Busy Bathers F in the Surf. ‘A Critical Question—Stocking versus Skirt. A WIFE SUSPECTED. The Great and Mighty Millionnaires of Penu- sylvania and Maryland. | Mopkins, Garrett, Knight, Scott, | Thompson. MUSINGS ON MONEY-MAXING | 2%, Care May, July 27, 1873, This is, for popular purposes, one of the fi watering places in America. , It has a sate be: the best salt air, and the thermometer stands from | ten to twelve degrees below Philadelphia in mid- summer, and ten to twelve degrees higher in win- ter. There are now 8,000 visitors here, and the hotel capacity is inadequate. Last night (Satur | day) the town was full of people, willing to lodge in bath houses, on hotel floors and tounges and in | servants’ quarters. The markets here are not ex- celled in the world, but the spot has not yet come fully into the notice of the metropolitan ani West ern public. In my judgment it will ve the great cosiropolttan watering place of the country in three years; for now the Pennsylvania Rajjroad runs its palace cars through to Cape May from Jersey City in five hours. We get the HERALD before noon, CAPE MAY. Here are 300 cottages, averaging $5,000 apiece, The digerent hotel properties amount to $2,500,000, The Stockton Hotel cost $650,000, and is rauioad property, The popular hotel, in private hands, is | Congress Hall, which has cost $450,000, was bonded | for $250,000 at the time of its grand extension, in 1869, aud has paid off nearly the whole o/ this sum from earnings. For four years it has cleared $60,000 per annum. The regular Winter popula- | tion here is 2,500. New York people who see the | Place invariably ltke it and return, New York | needs it, and will ultimately possess it. Asa water- ing place it is a8 old as Saratoga. The appearance of the ladies in the bath is changed trom jormer years, We see this season more stocking and less skirt. A fine figure of a woman is yonder bru- nette. She wears blue worsted barred st and is fond of floating on the top of the water. stockings attract more attention than the face, and so the young woman does her features great injustice, Yonder 1s another portly female, up towards the thirties, with a limb wnich might well take the name of a celebrated lighthouse at the tip of the Isle of Man, otherwise the Call of Man. She does not look well, nevertheless, for when women take bold attire they lose proportion and allurement. The wink of ashoe under a skirt is | thrice as attractive compared to a brawny, undis- | ings he made to the 3 | father’s debts, guised and san-defying limb. THE WRONG ENVELOPE. Aman was standing at a hotel office at the Cape the other day, laughing and happy, with his child by his side and another at the door, waiting to be taken out in his carriage. The mail had just come in, and the clerks were distributing letters to the guests as they assorted them, This man’s supply of letters was very great. He was quite the envy of people who received no letters at all, He-broke the seal of this and that, and said:—“Now, I will do what I seldom have done. Here is a letter from abolish slavery. If the Republic should fall revo- lution will persevere until human servitude bas bten swept away. The insurrection disturbs all values and all reijations in Iie. The only certainty appears to be that the hold of Spain upou her colony 18 necessarily growing weaker and weaker, and, peas nothing can long avert a separation. These are: the observations of Mr. Plumb, aud he sees in the unhappy political condition of the island new inducements to perse- vere in his efforts to secure to the United States the great advantage of railroad communication With tropical Mexico by a longitudinal line to the fc. THE MONMOUTH PARK RACES. The great success which has attended the races at Monmouth Park this season has induced an effort on the part of the West End Jockey Club to get up @ “gentlemen’s race” next month. Mr, Charles P, Crosby, who 1s the President of the Club, is energetically pushing the project and there is no doubt of its success, WATERING PLACE NOTES, Rev. Dr. Sidney A. Corey regularly attends the races with Commodere Vanderbilt at Saratoga. Philadelphia trains to Saratoga don’t pay. Better luck expected next year. Mary Wadsworth, a Troy lady, soon to be mar- ried, will sing to-night at the charity concert at the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga. The President to-morrow will receive all persons presented at General Sharpe’s, Kingston. Sacred concerts were given at Congress Hall and the Stockton, Cape May, sunday night. Governor Hartranft reviewed the Fifth Mary- land on Saturday, and in the evening attended the hop at the Stockton, Cape May. Great prepurationsjior tableaux at Cape May, Au- gust 2. “Sea cider” is anew Cape May tipple, invented for the palates o/ the male seasiders. Beer shouid be cheap at Saratoga, where hops are so numerous. Mrs. Governor Curtin, Mrs. Judge Ingraham and Mrs. Judge Garvin are among the patrons of the | concert to be given to-night in aid of the Home of the Good Shepherd, Saratoga, Augustine Daly and Jonn C. Duff are at Congress Hail, Saratoga. houses, The United states nus been extended. The Howland House hus groWa sto one of the handsomest hotels m the place, and is a model of | neathess, coseyness and propriety, It kas an air of | “brotherly love” about il wuich be ks 1ts par | ticular character, and its iON Is a8 food as any | along the hue of the bluil. iwuch’s restaurant, | once a very modest but select establishment, ts | now a fine house, on the buropean pian, and afiords good dinners to many of the cottages and to humerous day visitors to the Branch. When the Stetson House first made its appears ance atthe extreme southern end of the ridge road it Was regarded as an out-ol-Lae-way place, and did not prove jenumerative, 1 beheve, to its original proprietors. bButthe rapid settlement of that portion of Ocean aveuue running south from the Stetson House, and especially tue transfer of | the execulive branch of the United States govern- ment from Washington to summer quarters at the famous cottage by the sea, drew Visitors down to the lower end of the ridge and proved the salvation ofthe West Bnd hotel, as the Stetson House ts | now called. It was a shrewd movement o1 the e@peculators who originally bought up the land along the southern pait of cei avenue to locate the Presidential reside at that end of the town; for whether the pretty cot with its spacious stables, be destined to eventually grow into an imperial }, oF to dwindle down into the simpie private | residence of a retired gentleman of comiortable means, it has at ail events served its purpuse in enhancing the value of ail the adjacent property, and of working @ revolution.in the centre of attrac- tion at the Brancti, The feature of the Ocean House 1s ite spacious lawns. The feature of the West End Hotel is tts spacious halls and corridors. The in- door promenade is preferred by the ladies, since it is available in all weathers, and at night, when costumes and trains can be shown off to tne best advan . AS the lofty halls and broad passage ‘ways “ot fhe West End are handsomely carpeted and kept in admirable order, no we phe ce for 4 tification of this innocent fem: nity cor Ei'devised.- In this respect, at least, the West End Hotel has @ decided advantage over its Long Branch rivals, and this, probabiy, accounts for the fact that there is mere evening dressing at the ‘West End than at any other house along the shore. LONG BRANCH POLITICIANS OF THE NEW SCHOOL. If there has been @ decided change in the hotels of the Branch during the past three or four years, racter and aj ce . Very few of the familiar faces are to be seen; there | ea Cs snort hair, 1e8s Sy heey| ese of daazling shirt studs ant ri barroom Convivisiity, less a prod! )iberality. res feng tod has taken the place of democracy, and the politicians now seen on the beach are of Mrs, al Banks and daughter are at the Grand Hotel, Saratoga. Captain George Silva, of the Spanish Navy, likes Saratoga water better than the briny sea. He is at the Grand Hotel. . General C. K. Graham, of New York, is at Con- gress Hall, Saratoga. Mayor Havemeyer and family were domiciled at Congress Hall, Saratoga, on Sunday. ‘Total glasses of water taken in three hours out of one spring at Saratoga, 10,851. The shoddy Saratoga temiuinity have taken to gold and stiver trimmings for their dresses, gold cord and gilt buckles and helmet hats. No wonder some of them remind one of Colonel Spencer's Uhlans, or @ baby brigadier on his first dress pa- Trade, A viver was killed in President Grant's drive on Sunday. There are eighteen hotels at Narragansett Pier and 2,000 guests. Colonel Charles Delavan, a New York broker, and descendant of General Delavan, of Revolution- ary fame, drives @ four-in-hand team out at Long Branch that leaves the President's far in the shade. He is the sensation. The season at the Heath House, Schooley’s Moun- tain, N. J., 18 passing very gayly. They have im, provised @ pretty stage in the parlor, with side scenes, foolights, drop curtain, &c., where they have amatcur theatrical performances, concerts and dramatic readings. The bill for next Saturday evening, for example, includes “The Serious Fam- ily,” by @ company of amateur performers. During the day there are horse races by fast trotters be- longing to the guests, foot races by single gentie- men, and tub races across @ small lake by the wait- ers—the latter affording the most amusement. Hon. R. B. Roosevelt and family were recently guests at the Heath House. Among permanent Summer boarders there are Hon. J. W. Ballantine, Mayor of Morristown; Morris Phillips, of the Home Journa, and family; “Barry Gray,” and the family of Mark M. Pomeroy—the celebrated “Brick.” Hon, William R. Roberts is rusticating at Haw- ‘the type peculiar to the former organization. They here in force, for since the establishment Of t mer headquartera of the adi tration ng ‘a has been a@ virtual Granalcr this = lac thorn Oottage, Long Island, one of the loveliest places on the Sound, which he has lately purchased, and where he intends retiring from political life at ‘the close of hia present term in Congress. my wife’schum and confidential friend. I'll peep into their secrets.” “Don’t, Blivens!” said a friend, “Oh, she opens my mail at every opportunity. It ‘ll be a joke.” He opened the letter, and in a minute turned ghastly white. He staggered to a seat and read a little more and then to the barroom and swallowed some brandy. “Sick man!” said somebody. What was within? The disclosure that an intrigue had long been going on under his roof tree, in the city of nis childfen, and carried on, at that, with the connivance of the false guest and confl- dante, herself admitted therein to be the leman of some one unknown. All this burst upon the man in profound quiet, out of periect peace, when he was proud and fond and wedded to the sweetheart of his youth, “Bliv’s hurt!’ said bystanders. ‘The next moment we heard a loud report. Pix tols? No! Only champagne. Then, in due time, a drunken man was carried to bed to contend with a staggered and remorseful woman, who called her soul to testify that she had never been worse than imprudent. But what could she prove? Could she prove, out of that o’er fond memory, the hateful suspicion—the brooding wretchedness—the awful doubt? Down, straight to perdition, hand in hand, go a drunkard and a coquette, and poverty throws wide the gate tor them to batten on its barren moor, Next toa viclous man with diseased pro- pensities there is nothing which can make life 80 durably unendurable as a married coquette, playing with men whose resoarces, power ‘and baseness she cannot conceive of. Behind are the firelight and the family treasures—the years of trust and duty which the better angel has added to the credit side of human kind: out there ts the street; and, like a chain-gang condemned to tread it, manacled together, a pair of paupers and their posterity go down the dreary vista, poor, broken, unloving snd unloved, QUAKERS AT THE HOTEL OFFICE. Let us look for a moment at a group in the great office of Congress Hall, Nearly every man in it 18 of Quaker stock. There is John Hopkins, of straight Quaker parentage, descended from those Hop- ses of South Kiver to whom George Fox paid frequent visits. eis richer than the lords pro- prietors of Maryland, richer than Jerome Bona- parte who married his townswoman, and the richest native of the Chesapeake county. Twenty millions is his pile; for now, with so much lever- age, he can turn a new million quicker than he could turn a dollar in old days when he came to Baltimore a grocer, and steadily increased his im- ortations of coffee until half the Southwest may fave been said to drink from his cup. The little grain of coffee, which is among the smallest of seeds, has become a great tree and the birds of the air alight in the branches thereof. Constant, judi- cious, profitable money lending was the use Mr. Hopkins put his earnings to. After he had become @ banker and very rich, John W. Gar- rett, whose son stands there by Hopkins’ side. Still hale, red-faced, gallant, of long limb and fibre, and over six feet high, this man of seventy-eight, who has arranged his wordly affairs by gifts o1 five millions in amount to Baltimore city, seems destined yet to be with us many years. ‘All great men in the Middle States are of Quaker extraction,” Said a philosopher; “trace up the line and you'll find broad-brim at the other end.” SAMUEL L. HARLAN, Beside Hopkins is another man, very notable, when we eonsider the relative opportunities of his town and state, Samuel L. Harlan, of Wilmington, Delaware, as pioneer iron snip builder. Two quiet Quaker mechanics were Harlan and Hollingsworth, who met in Philadelphia, intermarried and made a partnership on the Christiana side, gi' that little river such importance in the course 0! ears that Pacific Mail steamships are launched on ite tiny flood. Quaker-looking, miid, uni ive, Harlan exemplifies the virtues of method, Irugak ity and simplicity combined with enterprise. JOHN HULME. There, in'the group, is John Hulme, a stancher, heavier, more aggressive man, and also very rich. He has a national reputation as the mendactous and non-concurring stockholder in the Pennsyl- vania railr was 4 Philadelphian, who removed to Loiisville and made » fortune there in the digging of a canaf and in other ways. Bol incisive and irrepressible, he attacked the policy of ‘Thompson and Scott, while adirector in their road, for support a8 @ parasite institution, the White Star fast freight line, which had been fostered by the officers until It has got to be, perhaps, tne largest stockholder in the company. Harlan and Hulme are both millionnaires, So is Wil- liam F, Potts, iron merchant, beside them, who has the Quaker in the Stock and has three millions of accumulations, YOUNG GARRETT, in this group, is the son of a railroad president worth twelve millions. Overworked, overfed, pet- haps sedentary and of an apoplectic temperament, John W. Garrett has gone to Europe in uit of rest and the wealth of all weaiths, health. He is the president of a trunk railroad which divides with the New York Central the fullest confidence of business eritics, and which exercises an impor- tant use in k down through freights m2 \New York to toe West, It igo wuular tion which we are about to witness—the cautious, canny orthodox Garrett linking arms with Jay Gould and the New Jersey Southern; it 13 Antonio and Shylock in anxiety and proves ihe erieoton, Thomal seat ™ Sat ED: fe his old not at Congress Hal stamping ground, this denon, Eaving followed Mr. Garces 0 Busove artiy for relaxation and in the Mmain'to negotiate the bonds of the Texas Pacific Katiroad, But Mr. Thompson, Scott’s senior, is ex- pected smog us—that wonder of aplomb and de- portment, who led only that happy foreth | of a white necktie fo make him at-onve bishop and enginecr, priest and king. “Do you know Scott?” says Mr. Cuyler to a) harmless bystander, (Mr. Cuyler is the id master in chancery of the Pennsylvania road, and whether in the constitutional convention or on the sidewalk counsels and argues in its bebalf.) “0 you should kuow Scott!” says Mr. Cuyler. “He 1s brilliant as @ meteor and simple asa child. His mind is expansive as the so!ar araier and his modesty exceeding even that. His head is full of loily aad large ideas, You shouid know Scott!” WHAT MANNER O¥ MAN IS THOMPSON ? “Tell me,” said 1 to one who kuows him well, “what manner of man is Tuompsoa!” “#e is &@ good engineer,” said the person in- quired of, “with large and compreheusive ideas and a superior intuitive knowledge o/ the useiul- hess and capacity of those he employs, Cool, firm, imperious. brooking no opposition, he re- mais the head o' the road in lact as well as in name, while upoa his will Mr. Scott plays with uttable and deferential persistence, always carry- ing the potnt, and Scott, as you may know, never quarreis with anybody, The next man of this squad whom I may refer to is a cottager. Hall Stanton—who is a native of toe sequestered peninsula of Maryland, the east- shore, but has developed in merchandise and irs with as much vigor as many oi bis Northern- n heighbors. Chairinan of the Com nittee of the @ Constitutional Convention, of large woalth, acquired while still young and boyish, and handsome and good to leok upon, he would have been Mayor of Philadelphia had jt not flied the doininant ring with apprehensions to see a gentle- a bor | man in the office, and they counted him out in Convention. A KNIGHT. Still ancther man in tue litile group at the hotel attracts attention by tue soit aud benignant bear- | ing of his black eyes, Whici show all the better Tor the setting of a healthy giay beard around tis jaws. Edward C, Knight is of tie oidest Quaker stock in the Jerseys, his great-great-grandiather, Giles Knight, having come over with William Penn, and his great-miandiather was the protégé of Titian Leeds, @ noted almanac maker in the Colo- nies, Mr. Knight is known to the laud as the in- ventor of the seeping car aud as th: President of the Amevican Steainship Company of Philadephia, which is due to his constant and determined sur- veiliance, He is among the richest men in the Middle states, and began life a poor orphan boy, moving over from Jersey to Philudelphia and en- gaging in the grocery trade with his mother. With #& Quaker’s filial devotion he appiied the first earn- ttlement of his deceased Out of taat ttle shop has grown refineries, which are the great- mills in the worid, having used up gsheads, or one-tenth of the have been, on viest and most the southwi ck oper: Iphia, and yet ve retained his affiliation with the friends’ mecting and to have reiused, although a director im the Pennsylvania ‘company, to have anything todo with fast freight ines, land | pauies or any devices to gil few benefit "the many in the railroad. also a large real estate in Philadelphia and of i nd notable in banks and naviga- tion ever since he began to trade to St. Domingo in 1836, Vhus the American flag is again returned to the Atlantic as it has keptits place on the Pacifle Ocean, and Mr. Knight, well named, bas mainly put it | there. Mr. Knight invented his sleeping car in | 1869, prior to which time nothing of the kind ex- isted but Woodrut’s compartment car, and Myer’s patent, Dr, H. B. Myer was the father of General Myer, Chief Signal Otiicer of the army, better known as “Old Probabilities.” Mr. Knight’s patent in- cluded the folding of the berth and bedding in the roof of the car. This patent, combined with others, made the Central Transportation Company. which preceded Pullman's company above seven years. NEW ROCHELLE. The Hotels and Visitors—Fresh Air and “Airs”—Sporting Matters—The Yacht Race on Friday Next—A Spirited Contest Ex- peoted--Interesting Facts as to the Country Residences of Nev Bochelle—A New Roman Catholic Church. ‘The village of New Rochelle and its (mediate surroundings can scarcely be exceiled for exquisite scenery and general beauty as a rural retreat. Originally settled by French residents, consider- able taste and finish is exhibited in the arrange- ment and decoration of the various residences, New Rochelle is situated about twenty miles from New York, on the line of the New York and New Haven Ratiroad. It takes exactly three-quarters of an hour to reach it from the Forty-second street depot. Many who do business in this city live there the year round, and it is becoming more and more popular as a Summer resort and watering place. The waters of Long Island Sound send their health-invigorating breezes over the romantic country, while on the borders are built some of the finest residences of which this Continent can boast, This season the attendance of visitors at New Rochelle has been far more numerous than of any previous Summer. ‘The various hotels are crowded. The Neptune House, the largest and best situated of the hotels, is now full. The Neptune has a com- manding view o1 the Sound, built on an eminence and but a few yards from the water. It isa large and commodious edifice, and exceedingly well conducted by the proprietors, Messrs. J. C. Kelley & Sons. The air of this vicinity is decidedly in- vigorating, and boating, bathing and fishing quite convenient, While talking of air, and having ob- served much ofthe quality of this article at differ- ent hotels, it strikes me as something incompre- hensivie how people who come to. the country for enjoyment can addict themselves to what is com- monly calied “airs.” They seem—morning, noon and night—to float in that ridiculous and laughable atmosphere. Ofcourse the well bred gentleman and lady are free from this ludicrous appendage. It is certainly a study to watch the gyrations of this extraordinary freak of nature denominated an “ airish man or woman, The poor creatures ima- gine that they are the favored cynosure of all eyes, while on the.contrary they are the laughing stock Of all right-thinking and sensible persons, People whose antecedents are somewhat doubtful and whose pockets have been suddenly and sometimes mysterious!v enlarged are the most likely to devel- Op into these creatures who flourish at most water- ig places, and are better known as the votaries 01 fashion and so-called ‘style. ’? Thank heaven we are, generally speaking, free from this pest at the Neptune House, but occasionally even here speci- mens will crop out, Sporting matters at New Rochelle are lookin up this season. We have a yacht clab composed ot some of the wealthiest and most respectable of our citizens. Mr. Thomas, the architect, is Commo- dore of the Club, By the way, this gentleman has one of the handsomest and most romantically sit- uated places in the vicinity. It is an island in the Sound, fronting the Neptune House, on which is built a magnificent residence. Mr. Thomas is rep- resented a8 a prince of hospitality and frequently oe elegant entertainments to his iriends. On these Occasions the iwland is brilliantly lighted up with varied-colored lanterns, flreworks are sent off, the place presenting the appearance of an en- chanted locality in fairy land. A Pent race is to come off on Friday next, in which considerable interest is felt, as both boats and their owners are widely known. The contest will take place between.the Maud, owned by Mr. Ed- Morris, and the Brooklyn, owned by Capt. Smith, fre course is ten miles to windward and ack, and will be sailed {rom opposite the Neptune House, the boats starting about ten o’clock on Friday evening. The stakes are $600 a side. Real estate in this vicinity is fast increasing in value. The naturai beauties of the place, added to probabilities of a speedy erection of a means of rapid transit, adds materially to this upward ten- dency. If New Rochelle could be reached in one hour from the City Hall in two years we would have a city in place of a village, Magnificent coun- try residences enhance the beauties of the scene nae the borders of the Sound in this neighbor- . Among the most prominent and extensive are those of the Morris and Iselin families, situated at Davenport’s Neck, @ large strip of land jutting out into the Sound. At this point the variety and richness of the scenery can scarce! be surpassed. Hill and dale stand out in classic relief inst the expansive waters of Long d Sound, which roll majes' cally alt ett in thesunshine. Everything that cultivated taste can accomplish has been done to make these resi noes cegens 8) ecrmens jatial country retreats. ie Mor! mi Spresents that old-and distinguished line which made the name famous in our Revolutionary his- tory. Mr. Isciin is @ millionnaire who has amassed immenge wealth by his own indomitable energy and brain. He isa banker and speculator and one of the directors of the Erie Railway. ‘Anew Roman Catholic church is about being built in the village of New Rochelle, the foundation stone having been laid some six weeks since. The Catholics ate increasing rapidly here, and although they have a Pek ittle country church situated in the road between the Neptune House and the village, yet they are anxious to have a more imposing religious edifice in ® more central location. A ladies’ tair will 0) about the 1st of September, the proceeds of which will be devoted towards the erection of this church. Rev. Thomas McLoughlin is the Catholic pastor of New Rochelle and Mamaroneck. q VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Gathering of the Republican Clans at Lynph- burg To-Day—The Nominations Proposed and Expected for Governor and Other State Offices—The Conservatives Baising Again the Danger- ous Issne of White Versus Black, RicuMonp, July 27, 1873. Within the past few weeks I have been over this entire State, from the Tennessee line in the west to the seaboard in the cast, and from the Potomac to the North Carolina border, and, having con- versed with all Classes of the people, am now able to give an opinion as to the result of the approach- ing Conventions, so far as the nominations are concerned. The Republican Convention will be heid at Lynchburg on the 30th inst., the Conserva- tive Convention at this city on the 6th of August next. About the nominations to be made by the former there never has been’ much doubt, and since the Mosby-Wise-Lyons fiasco fell so still-born there is now almost none, at least for the head of the ticket. All indications point to the nomina- tion on the first ballot, by as much as a three- fourths vote, of Colonel Robert W. Hughes, of Abingdon, FOR THE PLACE OF GOVERNOR. The movements against him, in and outside of his own party, have been confined to a iew factious individuals here and there in the State; but the voters have all and always looked to him as their leader in the canvass. The opposition to Hughes, whose only aim appears to be his deieat, without regard to the interests of the party, have centred upon Major Edward McMahon, a seli-made Lrish- man of wealth, said to be a distant relative of Mar- shal McMahon, President of the French Republic, and a resident of Staunton, inthis State. McMahon is a republican of liberal conservative tendencies, who would be very acceptable to the whites in the event of his election, just as acceptable as Hughes; butI have it from his own lips that he will not allow his name to be used in opposition to Hughes, and not atallif it does not become a necessity to preserve the harmony of the purty. With this as- nce, the nominution of Hughes becomes a cer- ainty. There is almost as little doubt that Mr, Lunsford L. Lewis, of Culpepper county, will be nominated as the republican candidate for ATTORNEY GENERAL of the State. The question, Who will be named for Lieutenant Governor? cannot now be so readily answered, Mr. C P, Ramsdell, a member of the last Legislature, a Northern man of character and talent, settled in Surry county, is spoken of very strongly, and has the support of Congressman James H. Piatt. The names of Dr. Jonathan B, Stovall, of Haliiax county, a former State Treas- urer; K. A. Claybrook, of Westmoreland, and Major Richard H, Carter, of Fauquier, all estima- ble politicians of the old stock, are also mentioned in this connection, Probably a stronger man with his own party than any of those mentioned is Mr. James H. Clements, of ”ortsmouth, who has a large acquaintance and influence with the republican voters and will have in the Convention. It ts hard to say who will be nominated for this, the secoad place on the ticket, but the contest will be a friendly ene, determined by tae simple process of bailoting. Looking over the conservative field, however, there is less to Warrant any certainty of conviction as to the nominees on the 6th of August. Notwithstanding the many names which have been brought forward on that side for tne nomination of Governor, THE CONTEST lies really between Colonel Kobert E. Withers, of Lynchburg, and General James L. Kemper, of Madi- son county, There 18 very brisk firing going on all along the lines between the supporters of these two competitors in the county meetings which are now being held to appoint delegates to the State Convention. Both gentlemen were Con- federate soldiers, with perhaps as good fiel records as any other two men in the South, so tha on this score “honors are easy,” Withers has the advantage of political claims on the party, wuich Kemper has not, having twice been nominated for Governor, and having nearly been eiector tor the State at large on the Greeley ticket. So far the odds seem to be decidedly in lavor of Fem per, but it is coniidently believed by the iriends of Withers that in the meetings yet to be held this vantage ground will be changed and he wil be the gubernatorial nominee. The result will matnly’ depend upon what rule . of nomination the Convention will adopt. It a majority vote be allowed to determine tue nomina- tion then Kemper or Withers wul, one or the otner, get it on the first ballot. If, however, a two-thirds vote be required, the probability is that neicher of them will be nominated, and R. M. T. Hunter, of Essex, comes up as the next favorite; but it is im- possible to say who Will be the choice of the Con- vention—pernaps some man Whose name has not yet been mentioned. THE RAILROAD KINGS seem to be taking a hand in this preliminary State contest, General Mahone and the Whig are moving heaven and earth for Kemper, and Tom Scott's friends and the Enquirer are moving earth and heaven for Withers. Undoubtedly there will be a very lively time on the 6th of August here over this same nomination. The candidates for the conser- vative nomination for Attorney General and Lieu- tenant Governor are so numerous Uhat a prediction of the result would be beyond all possibility. The contest in the State will be active and the result close. No previous election will atford any criterion ot the voting in this, The consefvatives have, very foolishly, | think, opened the campaign on the negro question, taking extreme grounds and en- deavoring to force a fight between whites and blacks, purely on the grourd, of race aud color, ‘This leads them into a violent course of argument which is not in unison with the prevailing senti- ment of the country, which is in 1avor ol political toleration and harmony, The latent feeling of the people in favor of being in accord with the na- tional government, and in favor of sectional peace and good feeling, Is now very strong in Virginia, and I think will make many more republican voters than there ever were before in the State. Old party lines will not be so strictly preserved in this contest, many oi the people having cut loose from party trammels, and who will vote wild of their former political discipline. Each party is contident of carrying the State—the conservatives, because they did it in 1869; the republicans, because they did # in 1872. I will not attempt to predict the result, but as matters look now, and with Hughes to head the republican ticket, the conser- vatives will have to “stir their stumps” to hold the reins of government in the State. THE REAL ISSUE IN THE CAMPAIGN is the fignt for the honors and emoluments of the State oillces and patronage. The minor issues will be defined by both parties in their conventions, ‘The republicans will insist on the same old plank, ol the civil and political equality of the negroes as announced by the leaders and apostles of the race ; their undisputed right (which they do not gener- ally exercise here) to sit on all juries for the trial of criminals and civil cases in which either race is concerned; the abolition of the whipping-post, a relic of barbarism yet maintained in Virginia and extensively brougiit into requisition by the present State judiciary, altaough contrary to the letter and spirit of the constitution, aud other minor matters of party expediency. Both parties are agreed as to all questions of the internal-improvement policy of the State, both being in favor of the building of the James River and Kanawha Canal by the na- tional government, and the general sentiment being in javor of a free system of ra:lroads, though to the latter there is a fostered opposition by cer- tain monopolists. ‘The campaign will be hot and Sectaeaty interesting. As Virginia goes so goes the uth. While I believe, as it has been represented to me, that there are agreat many good and true Vir- ginians who will be induced to support a respect- able republican ticket—such a one as the party seems determined to nominate—yet I do not think that such recalcitrant democrats as Wise, Mosby, Lynes, the Eariys, Ewell and a large number of others that I could mention, will vote tor that ticket. Probably tuis class won’t vote at all, but if they do they can be better counted upon for the conservative than the republican ticket. Nearly the same state of affairs exists in thé republican ranks among the factionists opposed to the nomi- nation of Hughes. If they do not succeed in de- feating his nomination they will endeavor to have & negro placed on the ticket with @ view to defeat his election; but this latter ruse will signally fail. The republicans of respectability will go in such force to Lynchburg, and they are so unanimous in their determination to carry the State, that the factionists and traitors of the party will be routed “horse, foot and dragoons.” ARBIVALS AT LYNCHBURG.: nisi The City Crowded with Republ egates—McMahon and Hug Seeking the Gubernatorial Nomina- tion. Lynonsuna, Va., July 29, 1873. ‘This city is crowded to-night with delegates of both races to the Republican Nominating Con- vention to be held here to-morrow. So far the chances seem, as they have aiways been, in favor of Colonel It. W. Hughes, of Abingdon, for the Gover- norship. While it must be admitted that his opponent, Major Edward McMahon, of Staunton, haa developed an immense strength within the past two weeks, the fiends of Hughes claim that he is the administration candidate, and this seems warranted by the fact that all the Joderal oMice-hoidera present are unanimous in Dis support, OM the other hana thi of McMahon claim that they are im she most perfect accord with the administration, that McMahon {s @ strong admirer of Gen eral Grant, both politically ana otherwise, and that Congressmen J, Ambler Smith and J. B. Sener, who are here in the interest of Mc; are both warmly attach t. How. Fever At fi ast fe trick" on this groond. Oongressman James H. Platt, former Secretary of the National Republican pte bend Committee, 1s also here in support of Hughes, Leaving out national politics, a8 | nave atated in anotaer letter, there are other influences at Much more poweriul. It is boldly asserted that McMahon, who is the wealthiest of the recent con- tractors on the Chesapeake and 0 Rail. road, is the candidate that corpora- tion, and it has been cs: announced that General Wickham, the Vice President of the company, would himself move McMahon's nom- ination, ‘Then, it i a8 forcibly urged that Hughes is bucked by General William Ma- houe, President of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, though Hughes denies this, and states he is rather opposed to Mahone’s railroad policy. Be this as 1t may, Sena- tor Lewis, Who it was thought would take an active part in the Convention, 18 not preseat. The latest news | can get Co-nignt indicates a stormy Vonvea- tion, with strong probabilities of a bolt or a break up by the McMahon minority faction, DIEXFUOL PARK. First Day of the Jaly Meeting—Trotting in a Severe Thunder Storm—The Thrie- Minute and 2:29 Purses Commenced, but Neither Decided—interesting Con. tests. Fi Notwithstanding the heavy thunder storm that passed over Long Island, extending to Brooklyn and New York, yesterday aiternoon, there was @ grand attendance at Deerfoot Park at the hour named to commence the sport on the card for the first day of the July trotting meeting. The Club House balcony was crowded with 1adies, and all the sheus that abound around the course were filled with carriages of every description, the owners of which were noticed to be veterans of the turf. A band of music lent an additional interest to the surroundings, and had it aot been for the rain the inauguration ceremonies of the meeting would have been of the most delightful character. Mr. William Johnson was in the pool stand and did a lively business. THE THREE-MINUTE PURSE, There were two events on the card, the first be- ing for horses that never beat three minutes, En- tered for this were twenty-two horses, eleven of which came for the word, these being A, T. Whit. son’s bay mare Pauline, Peter Manee’s bay mare Katarina, Ken Wilson’s black stallion Ben Morrill, Jr., Andrew H, Rogers’ chestnut horse Catskill, John Splan’s chestnut stallion Andrew, John Ward’s gray gelding Gray Hawk, Frederick Haight’s Lady Pfifer, Israel Denton’s bay mare Love, B. Breedar’s black gelding Summit, William Weeks’ bay mare Mollie Smith and Jack Phillips’ bay mare School Girl, Lady Pier was the favorite beiore the first heat, at $40 against $23 tor the ficld. In drawing for positions, Lady Pilfer won the pole. She was fortunate enough in winning tne tirst heat, and then became a still greater favorite over the feild. ‘The second heat was also scored by Ptlier, and the pool selling fora time ceased on this contest. Meanwhile the rain came down in torrents, and the 2:29 race was called. The third heat of tne three minutes was then called, and after much Scoring in the mud the word was given. Lady Piller came in first, but, because of her ran- ning, she was set back to third place. Summit was given the heat and Love the second place, The fourth heat was trotted in a seaof mud and a drenching rain, Paulie, Love and School Girl were withdrawn, Alter six scorings they got the word, the heat being wun amid much excitement by Mollie Smith, Summit sec. ond and Lady Pfiler third, Andrew was distanced. The flith heat was called with but four contestants, and by this time no one could tell what color the drivers were, so thickly coated were they with mud. The rain still con- tinued. This heat was won by Summit, Pfifer second and Mollie Smith third. The race was then postponed until to-day at two o’clock, because of darkness. As it now Stands Lady Pfifer and Summit each have two heats and Mollie Smith one heat. The following isa SUMMARY. DEERFOOT PARK, NAR BOOKLYN, L. L, July 29, 1873,—Purse $200, for horses that never beat three mioutes; mile heats, best three in five, in harness; $125 to the first, $50 to the second and Stee the third horse. Judges, Keenan, Corr and shams, Fred. Haight’s b. m. Lady Pfifer. -11332 B, Breedar’s bk. g. Summit. . 3612121 William Weeks’ b. m. Mollie Sm -2.2518 A. H. Rogers’ ch. h, Catskill, +98 644 Joln Splan’s ch, 8. Anarew. 40 4 dis. Israel Denton’s b. m. Love 5 38 2 dr Jack Phillips’ b, m. School Gir! 10 4 8 dr Peter Manee’s b. m. Katarina. 8 77 dre A. T, Whitson’s b. m. Pauline. »6 6 dr. J, Ward's gr. g. Gray Hawk... - 7 dis. Ben Wilson’s bik. 8. Ben Morrill, Jr... dis. TIME. First heat 2244 Second heat. - 6 24336 Third heat + 4 2: Fourth heat. + 44 2355: Filth heat.. 43 PE Ht With the clouds dark and heavy, emitting sharp lightning and muttering deep thunder, threate: still heavier rain, the 2:20 purse was called. Eleven entered for this, but only six came for the work, these being F, Haight’s chestnut mare Grace Ber- tram, eet Wright's sorrel Pose Constitution, John Ellis’ black mare Lady Byron, Peter Manee’s bay mare Mary A. Whitney, Jack. Phillips’ gray elding Jack Draper and J. W. Briggs’ bay mare ady Ross. Betore the tirst heat Jack Draper was the favorite over the fleld—$25 to $20. Peter Manee was fined $10 for sponging out his mare Mary A. Whitney before he should have done so. When the word was given the rain began to fall heavily. Jack Draper won the heat, and when the time had elapsed to again call these horses the race was postponed by the judges until this after- noon, after the consent of all the drivers had been obtained, SUMMARY, Same Day.—Purse $400, for horses that never beat 2:29; mile heats, best three in five, in har- ness; $260 to the first, $100 to the second and $40 to the third horse, Jack Phillips’ g. g. Jack Draper. 1 John Ellis’ bik. m. Lady Byron 2 Peter Manee’s b, m. Ma: eee 3 J. W. Briggs’ b. m. Lady secon 4 Fred. Haight’s ch. m. Grace Bertram. 5 George Wrignt’s 8. g. Constitution. 6 John Ward’s ch. m. New Berlin Girl ar. S. Hayes’ b. g. Emperor....... dar. R. Mace’s b. 8. Chief... . fe TIME, i Quarter. Hay, Mile, First heat............ 38 1:16 2:32 THE TROTTING TO-DAY. Besides the deciding heats of the above races to be decided this afternoon, there will be trotted the 2:43 and 2:33 purses. The former is for $250, and has twelve entries, and the latter, for $300, has eight entries. The Coney Island cars, via Smith Street, pass Deerfoot Park. TEE UNITED STATES MARSHAL MURDER The Case of the R m Deserter. John Pritt, the deserter from the Russian bark Willeno, was examined yesterday before Com- missioner Stilwell. Pritt, it is alleged—as has already been stated in the HERALD—was the cause of the murder of United States Marshal Stephen- son by John Mehtala, another Russian, who is now in custody in Jersey City, and will be tried next Fall for murder. Commissioner Stilwell called upon Mr. Bodiscoo, Consul General of en ction for @ muster roll of the a which Pritt had belonged ana the produ of which was necessary lor the surrender of the risoner. Mr. Yager, the Secretary of the Russian Consulate, stated that the bark Willeno had sailed on the 6th inst., and that her Captain had taken alk the ship’s papers with him, but that the Consulate had written to England, whither she w.s bound. Commissioner Stilwell decided that he coulda not hold the prisoner for such a length of time, and ordered him to be discharged. The District Attor- ney for New Jersey has, moreover, declared that Pritt was not required at the trial of Mehtala, as there was evidence enough to convict the latter. G@RAMBO'S CREDITORS, PHILADELPHIA, July 20, 1873, Yesterday afternoon the numerous creditors of Harrison Grambo and 8. P. Bancroft met at the Court of Bankruptcy; and a large number of claims were proven. It was shown that Mr. Bancroit’s assets were m rely margins and were compara- tively worthless; also t the affairs of both were interwoven that it would be impractica- ble to wind up each estate separately, <A series of resolutions were read, in which were provided for a set of trustees and a committee, both bodies to be named by the creditors from among their num- ber, to settle up affairs, A MOYAMENSING CONVIOT BECAPTURED. PHILADELPHIA, July 29, 1873, On the 9th of June Charles Barnhard alias Silas Walford, alias Memphis Johnny, escaped from Moy- amensing Prison, where he had been incarcerated for committing a burglary. ‘Fhe police of the va- Tious cities of the Union were notified of the cir- cumstance, and asa result Captain Heines, of the Central Ontice, received information from St. Louis, Mo., this morning that the prisoner had been | t that city. An officer will be sent mief A a 7 there