The New York Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1873, Page 5

HOC ACE! Words of Warning for the Cen- tennial Commissioners. America by Promptness Should Set the World an Example. NOTHING DONE YET. ‘The Competing Architects for the Final Plans Not Selected. Shall We Follow the Examples of England, France and Austria? LOOKING EASTWARD. How the Wealth of Oriental Nations Can Be Directed to the States. Probable Effect of the Great Show on Our Commerce. PHILADELPHIA, Aucust 5, 1873. It ts ridiculous to hear the people complain of the degenerate tendencies of the public press, because ‘the public press is in every respect precisely what the people make it; and if the American Centennial Exhibitron should in the least degree prove a fall- ure it would be equally ridiculous to throw the blame upon the Commissiondrs. They are simply the representatives of the public, and it will be girectly in accordance with public acciamation that they shall act. It shall not be the special act of Congress regarding this Exposition, nor the care. ful and elaborate proclamation of the President that shall render it really national, for its nation- ality wil consist in the extent to which each State takes the matter to heart. It will be the en- thusiasm shown by every city and hamlet of the Btate that shall prescribe to the State Com- missioner the particular manner in which he shall conduct himself, If the State is inditer- ent its Commissioner will be inditferent also; but af the State appreciates the momentous issues hanging over this grand event—if its cities, towns ‘and villages penctrate to the spirit of this stupen- @ous scheme and detect beneath its superficial glory the means of internal development and * more complete financial aggrandizement—the Com- missioner must catch the glow of popular enthu- siasmi until his brain and heart are centred in its oltimate success, COMMISSIONERS, AWAKE! ‘The Commissioners of the Centennial Exhibition must be aroused, They are wasting time. The de- cisions which ought to be rendered to-day are in- excusably deferred until to-morrow. The commit- tee upon architecture, who should have held their wession weeks ago, do not meet until this article shall reach their eyes, and the decision which should liave been already rendered will not be an- Rmounced for days yet tocome., The fact wat every international exhibition ever held upon the tace of the earth has been behindhand and never ready at the opening day does not urge their actions in the least. The fact that our products upon the Grst day of the Paris Exhibition were stored in freight trains miles: away from the building, and that they were far nearer Havre than they were to Paris, they do not seem to comprehend, nor do they appear to consider for a moment the sad re- Bults already returned from Vienua, What shall urge the Commissioners to a complcte and perfect fulfitment of their duty? Shall it be the natural emotious of their own hearts? Shall jt be the immense quarto reports of other exhibitions? Shall it be stirring editoriais im‘our leading journals, or the earnest correspond- ence of the few enthusiastic gentlemen who first proposed this thing? Nay, none of these, nor all of them comoimed, will be sufficient to Brouge that passionate determination in every Commissioner's heart whicn will cause all of them to act together in brotherly and sympathetic har- mony, and which is the only agency that can bring pur Centennial to a grand and glorious culmina- tion. It must be the peopie. It must be popular ppinion, and this opinion must shape itself in the form 0! a popular decree. LOOK AT NEW HAMPSHIRE ! This very day she sends an official document, Stating that she has this matter very deeply at heart, and that her Legislature and her people, one ‘and all, shall leave no means untried, no stone un- turned, to do their share in rendering this event one which shali redound to the eternal giory of a Union im which she is a star. Look at Pennsylvania! Already three millions of her dollars have been changed tor stock,and daily hundreds more are flow- ing into the Centennial Board of Finance, while some of the most distant Terrritories, localitics 80 Tes mote that they are not even thought of in the heartiness with which they enter into this scheme and the liberal.ty shown in their purchase of the shares, put many of our older States to shame, I Tegret to say that many of our distant WS dy of in relation to the originai States which formé our Union, stand in precisely the same post- tion as a little child who rightly chides his father aod perl points out to him his path to right and duty. Is there any reason at all why any State of our Union should not follow ethe coutse pursued by noble New retook Sending Hea assurance to the Centenn| ae and ‘the example of Pennsylvania al ‘tHe Territories in their generous . purchase o! the stock? ‘here is none. ert single urna: of the American. press should deem it @ special mission to ‘announce ait that has already been done in the Centennial board, an should carefully chronicie .all that may be done to encourage tms Board in each of their respective localities in future. There must be no delay—America must set the world an ex- ample, and at the opening day 0} this Exbibition no goods must be unpacked, no products must re- main in freight trains upon our railways, but every single thing must be caretully catalogued and oc- cupy precisely the same position and exactly tue same conspicuity as it shall until the Exhibition finds its close. is has never been done in the ‘world’s entire ‘history. All international exhi- bitions, while in a measure a success Oo; triumphs, have been, at the same time, a succession of disap- pomtments. P UPON THE OPENING DAY of each some particular nationality has felt itself chagrined at ap gig and inadequate representa- tion, repeat it, tis must not be so with ours. There can be no excuse if such is the case. Our people must not suffer an issue so humiliating as this, With the ample time before us any such Tesult must stand jorever as a national disgrace gpd shame, Our Commissioners must be aroused They are excellent men who compose our Execu- tive Board, but they must not consider this event so far remote as they do. Their delay in deciding upon a plan ‘for a build. it awakens @ fear in the hearts of the American people that they will also delay in regard to other things. What shall be done in re- Bpect to che Eastern nations—China, Japan, Persia end all the islands of the Pacific? Why is not an able commissioner already there negotiating with Orientai Powers for their hearty co-operation and wupport’? Wry is not some shrewd and honest tg | even now in their Courts, where, in their Dative dialect, he can set forth the practical bene- fits which will result to them from their official compliance with his requests, and thus turn a stream of commerce to‘vur shores which now has tendency to float elsewnere? San Francisco 18 nearer them than any city of France, jand or Germany, and why, therefore, nas pur Executive Committee not already sent an nt among the t-les of the Pacific to kindle their enthusiasm, increase our commerce, extend our International reiations and expand our national ‘sreasury’ Speaking of the Eastern nations, | can- not refrain irom producing 4 few tacts of | which the people are generally ignorant, because the suc- cess attendant upon the American people in their efforts to ° EXTEND COMMERCE INTO EASTERN ASIA and the Pacific renders it necessary to bring into Bocas bie certain points which have not yet en touched upon, Among the isiands of the In- dian Archipelago the government o1 Holland is. of coarse dommant, but the most casual observer cannot Jat! te notice that the Dutch have done but very littic to raise those islands up; yet, with the exception of a tew localities wnich belong to Eng- jand, Hoiland has control of ali which have, thus Jar, been approached by aBy European govern- NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 187%—TRIPLE SHEET. ment; all 4he others are under a partially civil- ized Tule. Seing that ti is true, all must admit that the onty authority which directly has tne power, and yi pot it is to open up these regions to the United States, is the American Centennial Commission, and that the means by which the Board can Sxeonie: thet glorious mission are those afforded by sending gut a special agent to prepare the way and gather together the various productions for the Exuubition of 176. Of course this agent must have autnority from Wash- ington, which, in case of emergency, would render him able to enter into negotiations with Duten and Spanish Powers for the acquirement of liberties in regard to American merchants. The policy pur- sued by Holiand has been conspicuously prohibi- tive; hut the moment was never more Javorable to secure concessions from the Dutch Republic than now. Indeed, a3 the matter stands at pres- ent, if we examine the situation of Holland scrutinizingly, we stall tind that Dutch trade is very much manacied, and that had Engiand not en- tered into a special treaty with Holland ip 1871, the only means \we have at this moment to “affect our aims, which are, of course, alone though England, would be entirely cut off ‘The Exhibition of 1876 affords an occasion for the extension of American commerce such as has never occurred beiore, and such as will, in all hu- man probability, never occur again; for if we leave this vast fleld alone some other nation will step in and win those laurels which are truly and properly our own, and which reaily can be secured to us at an expense of less than ten thousand dollars, ‘The money expended by our special agent in visiting these realms could not possibly exceed this sum, while the commerce flowing 1n by means of his earnest efforts irom the hast wouid pay every cent of the debt which we now owe to the West. The centennial commissiorers have, therefore, an Opportunity of presenting to the entire world such A DISPLAY OF ORIENTAL WEALTH as has never before been attained or even at- tempted; but the ageut to whom this mission is entrusted must by all means be vested with proper authority, or else his work must neces- sarily be incomplete. He would not only be re- quired to bring the most periect evidences of the resvurces for American commerce which le dor- mant in the East, but would algo be placed in a position where he must clear away all impedi- ments now existing to that commerce. ‘The Executive Board of Commission meets to- day. We would urge upon them the absolute and imwmediave necessity of acting with the utmost speed, as well as With proportionate caution, Why not decide upon the ten best architectural plans at once’ What is the use of delaying ior days yet to come a conclusion which should have been arrived at months ago’ Why not appoint at once an ageat Jor Kustern lands, who shouid have aiready been gradually fulfiling his commission by sending m his montnly reports’ When such an admirable opportumvy exists for the de- velopment of naval and commercial tone and independence, why neglect it? When we have in our hands the means of increasing Our national resources and Weuith, Why pass those means by with indifference and regard? Why not place an active commercial population upon our Western seaboard, since such a step would open tor us the distant West and create a new outlet lor the con- sumption of our Eastern manutactures, I leave the mxXecutive Committee trom the different States, now in session, to answer all these questions, | There is but one course jor them to pursue, and that 18 the appointment or an agent at once and the immediate aecision upon the ew best pians for the building. THE NATIONAL GROWTH AND PROGRESS which will result from fus exhibition cannot be at ali overrated, When we cull to mind the fact that an American manwacturing firm now exhibit- ing Its productions at Vienna, in a single day re- ceived Orders Lor $800,000 Worth oO! machines, we can readily see how fabulous ip number these orders would be when American industry shows that glory at home which of course it cangot hope to portray abroad, The London exposition in Hyue Park made the McCormick reaper, Chickering’s pianos, and Goodyear’s rubber goods celebrated jrom one end of the globe to the other and hundreds of thousands of dollars have airead, flowed to America, and still tow, from the devel- opments of this Exhibition alone, Let every Amer- ican manu.acturer send im waves to the Cenien- niai, and the result o! afew months? labor wiil en- rich him and his family ior many generations yet to be. Of course some restrictions must be placed upon our agricultural and manuiacturing interests, or else these separate productions would crow a building of any size irom one end to the other, ‘to iliustrate this, I will simply state that a single piano manulacturer in the United States has already applied for space suilicient to, accommodate twenty large pignofortes. Of course tais amount of rvom can- not be granted to any single masoufacturer; for, il it were, every sewing machine company would send different grades of their machiues, which would occupy space to the exclusion of almost everything else. All such contingencies must be previded for, and this provision cannot be better described than by reproducing the PLAN PREPARED FOR THE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. it 1s designed, in the trst place, that just one year vefore the opening Ol the Centennial the districts, townships or parishes of each par- ticular county shali contend together in respect to agricultural productions at the annual c ty fairs, In these contests various men will secure prizes for the production of diferent things, such | a8 rye, corn, wheat, meons, potatoes and ail otner vegetables, Then, it 18 proposed that those who secure prizes in the various counties shall contend against each other in the annual fair 01 the State, and finaly, the successiul competitors at the State fairs must vie with cach other for @ final prize in tne grand Hxhivition of the whole country, as well as With similar productions throughout the entire world, An arrangement like this will also extend to the manuiactures, 80 that only those articles receiving diplomas at county and State fairs will be permitted to contend jor tue general Cen- tenmal bxhioition prize. Tnis plan will greatly economize space, and wil! also serve to bring be- fore the public eye only the best productions in each parucular spaere., ‘Nous it will be seen that the American Centennial Will excite unusual ac- tiv.ty and competition in the direction of our county and State iairs, and must bear the most beneficial results upon the agricuitura: and manu- Jacturing interests oO. the country at large. The end 01 this superiative display can be readily dis- cerned ata giance, ‘The best productions Of each State and Territory of the Union will be pertectly shown, along with its minerals, mines and geo- grepkhical bearings to ail others. Its inter- nal resources will be clearly indicated, and its inferiority or superiority to every sister State will be ciearly and accurately ascertained, There are many of our States so perplexed with dificulty and debt that their mineral resources avail them naught simply irom want of funds and lack Of means O1 communication with other States nearby. At the time oi the American Centennial Hxposition the capital vl every foreign Power will meet at Philade!paia with tull and periect repre- sentation. . THE MEN OF MILLIONS will have an opportanity, provided the American people exert themselves, to sce the agricuitural and mineral treasures ‘ol every State laid out clearly beiore them. ‘They will the extent of eits mines, forests and railways. They will see what ‘Will be the product of internal oe development, and, as a matter of course, will remove tueir money from home, where their investments pay | it to that them but three per cent, and transfer mee State in which their dellars will yield whem the greatest interest; so that it becomes ap absolute necessity for ail our States to their best and most perfect yard tal will certainly enrich them they do. ofS is this all. for capi- Not only capital bat labor will the jooker op. ‘The icading tradé unions, and manual socicties of the worla will send their repre- sentatives here, as they send them to other inter- Nawioual expositions, and if our display ot the pro- ducts of labor is commendable, the fegiments Of our working ‘classes will be nearly douvled, and immigration be twice as great as now. 1 consider, in tace of all these things, that 18 would pay the government to assume even four times the cost of this entire exhibition, simply for the’sake of an in- creased commerce, more substantiai international relations, and greater and more marveilous in- ternal development. CITIES OF CORK AND PLASTER OF PARIS, Before piety cannot help mentioning an ad- mirable plan Sea either in clay, cork ed all the leading cities of tne Union belore and since the Revolution, We will see Boston as she was before our independence, as she was the day aiter the fire and as she is now, In Chicag ag she was forty years ago, we shall behold a vas' rolling prairie and @ Jew scattered huts; then we shall behold her as she ap) ared the day before her awiul conflagration, and shall in the next view see her charred and ruined thor- oughiares twenty-four hours after. ‘hen again we shall see her as she has arisen trom her smoke and ashes and as she exists to-day. Thus also New York, Philadeiphia, Baltimore, Washington, St. Louis, New Orleans, in fact every leading city in the United States, about whicn clusters the slightest historical interest, we shall behold im miniature produced by the finest artists in the world, + Arrest on Suspicion. The Eleventh precinct police yesterday reported to Coroner Young that some bones and the skuil of apparently a full grown child had been found in the vault in the rear of premises 286 East Fourth street by Officer Behrens, and taken to the sta- tion house, John Ruck, owner or agent of tue house, was arrested late at ht and detained to await the result of an investigation. counsel for the accused staced in the Coroners’ Office that his client had been arrested through malice, because he re- fused to pay a laborer who had been in his employ the sum of $7, or thereabouts, claimed to be iis due for services periormed. It was the laborer who found the remains which form the basis of the complaint on which the accused was heid, Mr. Kuck does not live in the house where the re- mains were found. Later in the day Mr, Ruck, who is a wealthy and highly respectable citizen, was brought over to the Coroners’ Office by an oMcer, and there stated that George Vogel, the laborer in question, opened Saas. sewer and removi thereirom dead cats, bits of meat, brushes and possivly the re- mains of the infant, dug @ hole in the yard and buried the refuse matter, Afterwards one Bergner @ teuant of his (Ruck) caused the complaint to be entered at the station house, his arrest and incar- ceration being the consequence, « Coroner Young, on hearing @ 8! ment of the case, discharged Mr. Ruck till this morning, when the mattes will be thorougtly investigated, CUBA. HAVANA, July 31, 1873. Sefior Quijarro, a Spanish lawyer of this city, prominent in social circles, was arrested on the 27th inst. and imprisoned on a charge of very- serious and compromising documents connecting him with the Carlist insurrection having béen found in his possession, Mr. Quijarro has been for a long time the lawyer of the Transatlantic Mail Steamship line and is also the attorney for Messrs, Zulueta, Ybaiez, Herfera and other merchants, some oi the most wealthy In Havana. The particuiars or ramiilcations of the Carust plot have not been made public, but a num- ber of other persons are supposed to be implicated in the affair and have been imprisoned, Ramor has it that @ prominent Spaniard, who recently went to Spain, has power to offer twenty mullions in aid of tae Carlist movement and that immense sums have already gone on, REDRESSING CUBA'S WRONGS. —_+— The Proposed International Congress at Washington—The Argentine Republic Declares for Free Cuba, The following important document from the gov- ernment of the Argentine Republic, to that of the United States of Colombia on the subject of iter- vention on behalfof struggling Cuba, will be read with much interest at the present moment. Nearly allthe South American Republics have offered their friendly ser vices in like manner, The enthu- siasm in Peru over the Cuban question, it may be here mentionea, is intensé, and it is reported that @ loan of $20,000,000 is to be issued in that country on behalf of “Cuba Libre.” The following is the communication above alluded to:— BUENOS AYRES, July 2, 1873, To His Excellency, Sefior Don Gri. COLUNJE, Secre- tary 01 States of the United States of Colombia :— Mr. MINIsteR—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your oficial communication dated September 26, 1872, with reference to the war now existing between Cuba and Spain. Your Excellency proposes in the above mentioned document that the Hispano-American governments, in accord with that of Washington, should take united action to compel Spain to acknowledge the autonomy o: the island in question. Asa preliminary step to this regult itis proposed that the struggle now exist- ing in Cuba, shall be carried on according to the usages of modern warfare. The Argentine government heartily sympathizes with the programme iaid down by the government of Colombia, and willingly tenders its adhesion, in the belief that said International Congress, to be held at Washington, is tor tae purpose of peacetul mnediation, and that the Washington Cabinet will assume the mediatory initiative in the matter.. In the event o/ said mediation being accepted by the Spanish government, and the’ completion of @ treaty for the abandonment of the island ee the Spaniards, in consid- eration of he payment of a certain sum of money—the Argentine Republic believes that the agreement on this head should be based upon the responsibility of the tsiand, under proper guarantee jurnisaed pro rata by the mediating ‘ould state that instructions powers co ectively. tn conciusion, resentative at Washington ‘the highest consideration, Will be 5i t0 0 upon the sabje CAKLO ‘TEJEDOR, Secretary of State, Argentine Republic. iremain, with MORE REFORM WANTED. i eager The Merchants and the Bureau of Per- mits. A meeting of the merchants of the west side was "held yesterday afternoon, at Stewart’s Building, corner of Reade and Greenwich streets, to take suffer at the hands of the Bureau of Permiis, The complatut is general that unjust suits are brought against merchants for alleged violations of Corpo. ration ordinances in regardjio obstructing the side- walks during the reception and delivery of goods. While the merchants do not claim the right to in- terfere with the free passage of ordinary’ street traMe they insist that the commeree of the city must be carried on, and that they have invariably conformed to the law by taking out permits purporting to accord them the privileges in this particular necessary to the conduct of their business, In spite of this authori- tative permission, however, it is charged thata system of blackmailing, by parties connected with the city government, is enforced upon them, end that the practice has grown to be into.erabic, The mecting was called to order by Mr. George A. Merwin, who acted as chairman. Aiter briefly alluding to the object of the assembiage the chair- man called upon the gentlemen present for an ex- pression of their views, This sponded to by Mr. L. Carsdens, William Lindsay and otiers, The last-named speaker announced ties, he had investigated the whole licehse syste practised towards mercantile com, munity, and he had come to the concjusion tnat the Mayor has no right to grant any one permission to encumber tie sidewalks, which are intended solely tor the unhindered t.se of the public. ie referred to Judge Moneli’s recent decision in support of this view of the case, the Judge having heid tuat we city cannot grant permission to any one to vic a Corporation ordinance. Mr. Lindsay turti remarked that most deaiers took out a license «under the impression that it empowered them to Keeps inoderate amount of goods constantly on “the Walk before their premises, This is not the Show. He had no doubt but that thé Common Counell would listen attentively to any compiaint wi ie Merchants might make in tie matier. “speakers stated that the system of permits was ated to aiford sinecures for lazy poiiti- cians, that it costs $31,000 to collect the $4, ually derived from the sale of licenses. ‘The ‘y, Mr. Frank B. Thurber, of H. K. Thurber Co., then read the following preamble and r tions, which were unanimousiy adopted, as expressing the Views of the meeting :— RESOLUTIONS. Whereas the administration of our mumicipad laws is excecdingly irregular, arbitrary and unjusi, aud whereas he pracciee ot 1 4 suits agains! merchants tor al leged violations Fporaion ordinances has been abused until the stitution of these suits and their | setdement been mate the vehic for the gratiication of private malice and gain io such an extent that has become necessary to organize for self-protection; and whereas the permiits issued by the Mayor for the regulation of traffic on the public’ streets and sidewalks creates no legal pro.ection whatever, and the charge of ten for such permits is an unjust and iuproper tax an inconsistent with the principles of American liberty government, and is an interference with and a burden upon the commercial interests vi New York city ; there- tore, be it Resoived, That the merchants of this city unite and form an association, the object of which shail be tor their matual protection from the unjust operation of the laws abgve s-tiorth and the further purpose of procurin: alllawful and honorabt means a repeal or modificati of the obnoxious rdinances above mengioned. Resolved, That all business men in this city be invited to becom? members of this association, and that such membership shall be free to all those interested, and that no moneys Whatever be exacted for sucl membership. Resolved, That we recognize the d bility of keeping the streets ’and sidewalks tree trom obstructions, and we are willing to submit to any yeasonable law to that end; but we also recognize the tact that the commerce of the city must be carried on, and that we, are entitied to rea. sonaole jacilities for the transaction of business Resolved, That while permits or licenses may be neces- sary for the proper regulation of fruit standé, ped tlers, &c., yet we believe that business men, who pay rent and do bisiness in a regular manner, are ‘as mnch entitled to the legitimate use of the sidewalk in front of their st. res for the receipt and delivery of goods as they are entitled to the legitimate use of the sidewalk in front of their residences up town, and as justly might a permit be exacted for one as for the other, Resoived, That the police should be ‘wed with the duty of keeping the sidewalks open for pedestrians as well as the streets for vehicles. and that when a@ store keeper obstructs the mdewaik so that foot passengers cannot pass he should be arrested, the same as reiractory cartmen are When tiey obstruct ‘the street; but that the institution of suits, @ large proportion of which are never brought to trial anid another large portion at once dis- judges beiore whom they are brought, attain the object in view, besides giving rise spicions and great dissatisiaction among mer- chants, Resolved, That oar manleipal laws should be examined and revised to meet the requirements of modern business, and that a committee be appointed to cali the attention of the Mayor and Aldermen to this matter and urge such examination and revision; and, further, that it shall be the duty of the committee to wait upon the Mayor and Fequest him to use his influence to suspend the further instituting of suits and collection of moneys under these ordinances until the subject can be presented to the Board of Aldermen for their action. Mr. CarspEns offered the oad A pa bad and resolution, which was, by vote, added to the jore- going resolutions :— Whereas the first prinotple ot reform is to protest jecree that proclaims wrong » be it pro ita a SUERTE Stet eto ; the: Resolved. ‘That this meeting. most emphaticail tests against the Sure: 9 it, and would most earnestly petition the or Common Council wo aboiish the sane, The followin, aves ‘were appointed to act xt jessra, john T. Wilson, upon the resolution lenry N, Morgan, L. Oarade! William Lindsay, F. B. Tharber and deorge A. Merwin. The meeting then adjourned subject to the call of the chairman. SUICIDE BY CUTTING HIS THROAT. Coroner Young yesterday morning received in- formation that David Andrew, a man thirty-seven years of age, and born in Ireland, who cut his throat on the 30th ultimo, in his room, rear of 322 West Twenty-seventh street, while temporarily de- renged, had died from the effects of the injuries in- flicted, An inquest will be held over the remains. counsel in regard to abuses which they cl | wd y claim to | rattling course, invitation was re- | that, at the request of several aggrivecd par- | | borid, crackling fire, | keep down the rising dust. @ careful reading of their permits wiil | | like so many needles, | | says some one, and in an instant everybody is in hall. | of bat ATLANTIC CITY. Pennsylvanians Cooling by the Sad Sea Waves. Quaker City Millionnaires and Their Misses at Atlantic City. SURFING IT. Miles of Variegated Flappers in the “Briny.” . RIDING AND SAILING. + Creenhorns and Crundys at : a Discount. FISHING, A SOAPY IDIOT IN SALT WATER, Duping a Falstaffian Bather by Removing ‘His Clothes. BEES «ancl 2) s. ACCOMMODATIONS AND PRICES cece eeegieetare Culture and Economy at the Hotels. ATLANTIC Crry, August 4, 1873. _ “To the sea side direct in one hour and forty-five minutes.” We cross the river at Philadelphia in a miserable tub of a steamer; we run against a sand bar and suffer a long dey; swerve ina sort of a sround about course, and finally take our seats in the cars, The train is immense, One locomotive tries in vain todrag the cars, The driving wheels revolve like lightning, but the train itself does not move an inch. Itis divided in the middle. Away glides the first division, but ours is Jeft behind, In a few minutes, however, an engine backs down, strikes us witha bump, and then we roll slowly through Camden. By us glide spires and chimney tons, factories and car shops, until, leaving these behind, our train at last fultils its mission and be- comes a lightning express, We rush over a country slightly roliing, through fleids of corn and clover, through landscapes of orange and green. Cosey homes dot the region here and there, nestled oftentimes in groves of waving trees. On we fly until we reach Hammon- ton, where for the first and last time we pause, Here hundreds of ragamuftins throng the\cars with apples, peaches, pears, and berries; water, lem- onade, candies, ana cigars, At the shriek of the engine they disappear, andofft we fly again on our The aspect of the neighborhood at once becomes changed. There are no valleys; we see no hills, for nature on every side is dreary and flat. On we rush through tangled meadow: through squatid pines and plains of grass and fern— on, on, at a furious rate, right towards that dreary | black thing approaching us as rapidly as we are approaching it, In amoment more we are in the midst of it. It surrounds us as with a pall; it breaks over our head in alurid gleam, and our ears are deafened with a thundering crash, THE CLOUDS DIVIDE. The rain falls in torrents, windows are lowered and we swelter im the heat. The storm ig {right- iui,@nd a shadow hangs over the country almost as dark as the night, Egg Marbor village, like a spectral city, looms up before us ina vivid gleam and disappears the next moment in the inky blackness behind, until at last the storm is passed | and wiodows are raised in the sunshine. But we do not pause, On the contrary, we pass through meadows in which the dry grass and parched to- bacco leaves indicate plainly that they have es- eaped the raging storm, Sand, sand, noth- ing but sand. Melon patches look sickly | and dead, and the grim pine trees are black with smoke and flame, Suddenly we see a bright fire on our left. A spark from the engine ahead of us has kindled the grass, and the plain is a sheet of The hevaing sheets of canvas stretched over the wheels from one end of each car to the other prove entirely insufficient to It is dreadful. The | current of air created by the flying train whirls the sand against the dry leaves bordering upon the track, until it rattles among them like shot, and closes around the cars like cloafs of smothering smoke. Grains of sand strike the face and prick it They penetrate the eyes ana ears, and really find their way everywhere. The car is full, and we dare not jet down the windows, It is almost as impossibie to discern your neighbor as it is to recognize a friend in the middle of a London fog. This pro- gramme is kept up for miles, then a cool breeze unexpectedly sets in, the dust disappears and pools of brackish water are seen one after the other, a8 far as the eye can reach. We are nearing the sea; indeed, as we round a curve, we can catch a glimpse of the mural crown capping the lighthouse, and faintly see spires and distant flags. The atmosphere jis delightfui; nothing could be | more refreshing. “We are coing over the marsh,” good humor. The air is salt and cool and in- vigorating, | pe faracl AP ge ene We Ta Bret 3, hence it is U ne seldom meets upon the balconies or ‘among the ave- nues leading down to the sea di tefull attired and loud-talking women, a need voiced and paper-collared men. ‘Bizarre ladies are not suMciently numerous to form a sepafate set by themselves, and gamblers find more. gul- ible victims almost anywhere else than here. Giistening hixt fronts, lighted up with huge lanohd™ ping; ficae pith Aigly mustaches, black in the pay nM fY yed ge the roots, are not at all popular, nef -d¢ young men wear their shirts cut frightiuily lowat the neck, At Long Branch this clement ‘of society [s by all odds the most conspicuons, It is this class which keeps alive the gambling hells and pays without a murmur the most ridiculous bills, There is nota gambling house to be found here. The people who frequent this place are persons of good judgment, and would rather swelter in city homes than be to the last degree imaposed upon. Benes ; THE PRICES are precisely the same as at any city hotel. Ifyou care Lo smoke, a cigar will cost you just what yo have beer accustomed to pay for tle same b at home—notacent more. If you care wd you will find the charges at the bar to be simi! those that you have ever paid. If youcare to ride, ap elegant turnout will cost you just $2 per hour, and i! you cagage your carriage it cannot be re- cognized from a private outfit, You are not bled in the slightest. You can hive fully as well and tully as cheaply as youtan at home, so that, in reality, the only expense involved to get this delightiul | atmospbere and superb sea bathing is in the tare | which you pay to remove yourself and family hither. THE AVENUES, about this place are laid out with the same regu- larity as those of Philadelphia, while each street is fully as wide as Broadway. Atiantic avenue is the principal thoroughrare, and is realiy the vroadest street lever saw. from it, at regular distances, radiate other streets, each of which is named after some particular State of the Union. They are very numerous and almost every State, North, South, East and West, has a drive correspouding to its name, All these avenues are oval, hard and firm, and a carriage rolis over them with no mo: than overa wooden pavement, while along ae sides are grouped overseven hundred cottages a one hundred hotels and lodging houses. ‘THE COTTAGES are beautiful, all of tiem—large, commodions and home-like—not gaudy svells like those of Long Branch and Saratoga, but real, substantial and elegunt residences, about which are cosey little gardens and shrubbery, trimmed to the last state of perfection, It would be utt impossible jor one to find tn this delighttul place acottage garden betraymg the utter indifference and neglect, as many do at the Branch; and it would be fully as dim. cult to persuade any one of the patrons of this Place to rear acottage after a Newport or Saratoga model. The conseq ¢ of all this is that you do not feel as if you ‘cin a place where a iew hun- dred silly people had assembled to vie with each other in absurd extravagance for a brief Summer season, but as if you were ina city which ‘vas the constant home of hundreds of refined and cultured inhabitants, ‘Take, tor,instance, THE GRAND HOP at the United States on Saturday evening last. Nothing could have been more delightiul, There were no dress coats, 10 low-necked Gresses, no short sleeves, no bouquetts, no glares, ‘The tab.es of the dining foom had veen removed, with the exception of a line nearest the wall; a good band Jurnishea the music; men, women and children went in the dance in precisely the same dress and with exactly the samme composure that had con- stituted their individuality a few hours beiore upon the beach, Imagine such a hop at Long Brauch, Saratoga, Newport, Cape May, or at the White Sulphur Springs-—impossible, while it is the opinion of your correspondent that as many people of Wealth, refinement and education joined in the dance and looked in upon it from the | broad plank promenade running down the entire | leagth of the dining room outside, as could be col- lected together at one time at any other watering place in the untry. The hop appeared like a very impromptu affair, but its opening had been eagerly looked forward to, and its management was highly satisfactory. Between the dances the parties could walk down the beautiful promenade to the sea, where, ina tidy uttle Summer house, they could’ listen to the waves, and in the mgon- light catch a glimpse o1 digtant snowy sails, * : TABLEAUX, Or, if this is not suMicient, take the fine exhibi tion of tableaux given the same evening at the Surf House, for the benefit of lite sufcring chil- dren, for whom i commodious hospital has been | erected here, that the weak and sickly youuglings may come irom every section of our country to enjoy an atinesphere which a great many English medica! tourists have pronounced to be the finest in America. The tableaux pinselves were ad- mirable, and the pergans in the audience seemed to nave just calied m_ accidentally and not to have expected them and prepared for them during many days, Or, finally, take the promenade concert down hear the tighthouse—it- too was a grand occasion, and yet every thing moved along as ireely as though there were really no concert going on, A DRIVE TO THE BEACH, ek on Sunday morning I went to the livery stable upon Atlantic avenue, which I was in- formed was the best in the city and secured a handsome turnout, It was as neat and “shiny” as it could be, consisting of a basket phaeton, neally new, and a trim little mare, lively on foot and groomec in tae most painstaking way. I drove down to the lighthouse and there struck the beach. ‘The breakers rolling in on the sand, dampened the fetiocks 0! my litle trotter, which snifing the air with a happy whinny, few up the sand like the wind, ‘he beach was crowded. Carriages of all ds thronge: 3 sioping sides, and hundreds of jestrians were grouped in ail sorts of pictur esque attitudes upon the damp and moistened sand. Broad hats, gay parasols, modest cloaks, and ibdued trimmings Were passed at every yard, and | shouts of littie children made the place seem | e a land of beauty and enchantment. The beach itself was very firm and hard, and T am really guilty of no exapgerauon When I say that | my phaeton made scarcely any impression at ail. This beautiful drive ex Is for twelve miles, and | is just as fine in one part as in anoth Keturn- ing alter the course of two hours, Tarrived at a leading avenue just in time to see the Sunday | parade of At nine o’ck THE STATE FENCIRLES, whose white tents are pitched down at the intet. ‘This is the best trained regiment in the State, and | really compares very favorably with our own gal- jant Seventh, Their ordinary body uniform is simi- jar to that of our Old Guards, and they wear the | same high and grizzly hats. Yesterday, however, they appeared in blue coats, gayly trimmed, white | dnck breeches, and snug Panama hats, having | their side arms Only, and marching with periect | precis.on, SPLASHING IN THE SURF. This brought me up to the morning hour for bathing, and of course | bathed with the rest. ‘The United States Hotei has a little car running down to the sea s0 that its guests, if they care to, can put on their bathing suits their rooms and | ride down directly to the preakets. As soon as th first bather enters the surf a large and serviceable lifeboat, named the United States, is iaunched, and this boat is manned with a crew expert swimmers, while until the last bather departs it rides the high waves at a little distance away, so that to be drownell in front of the United States | Hotel, no matter how reckless the swimmer may be, is really almost impossible. AS far as the cye | can reach the beach is tuil, away up along the | coast tor miles and miles the gay bathing dresses | Nutter in the wind jike the trimmings of so many harleqains, Wives and husbands, sweethearts and Jovers, boys and giris and chitdrea ®O stmali that they ¢an searcely toddie, ali come at this hour for a piunge and a roll in the sea, After bathing we WENT OUT TO SAIL. WE GLIDE THROUGH ATLANTIC CrTy, right down ite main avenue, past ali its grand | hoteis and lowly cottages, but do not pause for a} moment. ‘fhe avenue 18s crowded with peopie; | the balconies are black with human forms; the | porticos are dazzlmg i their gay costumes. Every- body on the street jg and shouting, wav- ing nandkeyohtets @nd@Bidding us hearty weicome. Straight to we go, amd there we stop. Heré ® teow, t off, whem the train slowly backs down the gvenue. It pauses before every hotel, whose pat atonce alight to finda negro waiting to carry ther baggage to the very door. We leave the at the United States, where @ first class Wand is diseoursing ele- gant music. Here we are at the sea side at ii The United States has no vacant room, neitier has the Mansion, nor any other hotel or cottage on the island, We spend an hour im Gnding @ place towleep, and are at last informed that the best we can do will be to take a cot in the We agree, wash our hands and face in a tin pail, Fao our linen and take a siroll through the city. Atlantic bears about the same relation to Phila- deiphia as Long Branch vears to New York. As we lave already shown they are both reached after a dusty ride of the most tedious nature and the railway communications leading to each in point management and miserabie accomimo- dation are precisely the same. Still, any one who has visited both of these resorts wil, 1 think, be ready to adinit that this city is, in every respect, superior to the Branch, while tne fact that hundreds have left Cape May since last season and reared tasty and commodious cottages here, Will, Of itself, be sufficient to show that itis increasing in popularity and extending hospitality to thousands of newcomers every year. Eighty- two new dwellings nave been constructed for the nd 7,000 Vd arrived by rail 80 that to-day the avenues are the thoroughfares alive with hand- Upon the beach lovers walk arm- crowded an some turnouts, in-arm, down upon whom the “old {oiks” smile compiacently from the baiconies, while the batuers, ROLLING AND TUMBLING IN THE SURF, fill the air with their giad and happy shouts, The beach itself is admirable—hard, firm, free from grit, and eerwet in pojnt of fact all the good qualitfes which we have failed to find in the beach of Long Branch, Those sane distinctions existing between New York and Philadelphia are seen aiso at thé Sum- mer Fesorts of each, In the Quaker City wealth is perhaps a@ little more evenly distributed; a greater number can enjoy the luxuries 0! the sea side, and all socia! distinctions are based upon family and culture, There is less gaudiness of dress here than at anyother resort [ have ever visited, and aby one Who deviates extravagantiy from gen- | us, or, rather, we went out to fish—there were four bf ‘Three, myseif among the number, rolled around in the bottom of the boat every blessed | the ea | seven-year-old, } as apple 5 portions, who is an old resident, and who cer Ey ought to have been too sharp to have such a trick played upon him. Mr. Flemming went out to bathe quite early in the morning, before any of the guests of the hotel were astir, and caretully are ranging his clothes high id dry on the sand, plunged for a happy hour in the surf, A cer- tain acquaintance of Mr. Flemmiag, knowing what he was about, engaged a close carriage, drove down to the beach, stopped directly oppo- site the place where every aie inet Of ae Fiemming’s appare' , 5 springing out, caught up the clothing and regained riage, Which at the next moment, to the onsternation of the bather, roiled off at a furious rate, leaving him entirely destitute of all garments, except his hat and boots. Now no re- spectable individual cares to be seen maveling home in the sunrise’ with nothing but hat ani boots, so that Mr. Flemming knew not what in the world todo, By and by @ lew little Fagamedine came down to the water, and instead ol Cg | him, simply pointed ttcir fingers at him grinned, saying: ° “1 golly, Jimmie, ain’t he a big ‘un, though!” and all such sickening phrases as that, At length he vatied upon one of the urchins to go up to his place and bring down his bathing clothes; but the same gentlemen that victimized him a little while before expected this, 8o that when the lad came up they sent him back with a suit calculated to ft a little Imagine the indignation of @ man undred pounds upon receiving baby as these, After the course OF sev clothing was returned, but not rs had completely exhausted his ulter weighing twa h garments such eral hours until the break strength, A LITTLE DELUGE. It rained dreadiuly hard upon Saturday night, so that broad Atlantic avenue was a vast sheet or water, and the proprietors of hetels were obliged to lay light pontoons from crossing to crossing. When the storin Was raging Wildest @ genticman entered the parior of my hotel aud said, ina bant- ering tone: * “There is nota bit of dust just now, ladies, Dil take any miss out to ride who cares ps ¥ In an instant, quick as thought, up jumped @ young lady, who said :— “Pll go, sir! In an open carriage, too.” ‘The parlor rang with laughter und applause, and the young gentleman could not conceal his aston. ishment. He tried to back down gracefully, but it was of no avail, so in a lew minutes the “buggy, with no top’? was at the door, The lady was read and the gentleman, not just the least bit disgusted, gotin, and om they drove, amid the cheers of a crowded balcony, The lady did not give tie gentlemen time even to change lus clothes. They were his best when he started, but 1 doubt whether they were his best when he came tn. saw both parties at the hop atterwatds, and both appeared to be good-natured. Supposing tue parties to have been in love—contrary, of course, to the wishes of their parents; sup; osing their ride to have been an clopement from which neither re- turned until, parental promise of “Bless you, &c.,"? Ithink a sensational writer might construct & highly romantic sto y. THERE IS A MELANCHOLY MAN TERE, as a matter of course. There 1s a melancholy man at every seaside resort. He has the usual stately figure, the same sad face and the same pleading, eloquent ey His hair is slightiy gray, it lalls upon his coat collar, and his clothes are black. Ue is always alone in the dining hall, « ays alone on the avenues, aloue on the beach, alone every- where, When you address tim he sighs, and then, smiling, asks you what you said, He is a regular nighthawker just again like every 0! Melaneholy man, and walks down by the sea at midnight under the cold, cold star 1 saw him Jast night quite late. He was seated upon the stern ol the United States Hiebuat, and was vacanuy staring out over the ocean, He had a pensive look. He resembled one who had suilered disappoint- ment, and as I beteld him L could not hel» puttiag: in his mouth the little poem of George Arnold :— T stand on the shore of a moonlit sea, Under the stars of a Summer sky, And sad are the thoughts that con As the sorrowful might wind whis ‘Tis the The san The same And the Nonght in Wa , and ne old sea whose voices call ; e old stars their twinkling e: moonlight silvers all ine old solemn thoughts arise. 1 the seene has changed for nor stars, nor moonlight fai sure the wune old tears i bear. lancholy men ig oo common. es they are tr glimpse of Atlan: nt ail its attrac. cars— While here in mn, For the same old, hopeless lov The only objection to these that they are becoming entirely find thein all over, and sometim In this letter Lhave given bw tic City and attempjed to pr tions at the same moment, WATERIN G PLACE NOTES. wate cas covill, of New Jersey, is at Cone Hon. James M. gress Hall, Saratoy Hon, Reuben E, Fenton, of Jamestown, 18 at Congress Hall, Saratoga. Gen. Nathanie! P, Banks, of Massachusetts, pre- fers Saratoga Springs to Nahant. Db. H. Gregory and family, of Jersey City, are Summerizing at Cooperstown, N, Y. William Rodurmet, editor of the Harrisburg (Pa.) Patriot, is at the Columbia Hotel, Cape Judge Hugh L. Bond, of the United States Circuit Court, is stopping at Congress Hall, Cape May, A grand fancy dress ana masquerade bali will be given at Major and’s Grand Hotel, Suratoga, on Thursday evening. Mr. Edwards Pierrepont, of this city, is on a visit to his father-in-law, Mr. 8. A. Willoughby, at Saratoga Springs. ea cider,’ which 18 better known hereabouta ck, or Jersey lightning, 13 the favorite drink at Cape May. The whole iamily of Rochesters, from Rochester, N. Y., are spending the season at the Cooper House, Cooperstown. a O. D. Munn, of the New York Scientific American, with nis faimlly, will finish the season at the Claren- don Hotel, Saratoga. Narragansett is not doing its us amount of business this st yport is gradually wiping it out as &@ wat Wash. McLean, of the Cincinnath Enquirer, and wile, of Cincinnati, have apartments at the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga Springs. Hon. Miles Beach, who was injured at the Hud son River Railroad accident on Friday last, is at the Grand Union Hotel, Saratoga. Rey. Dr. t. Cooke, of St. Bartholomew's chirch, in this city, with his wife and son, are at the Cooper House, in Cooperstown, Y. Mr. George Opdyke, of this city, does not appear in the least dbashed while sitting in his Clarence behind & span of large bays at Saratoga. Kevord K. Hackett, of this city, drives a Stylish span of crow-black hor before a Victoria, on the roads leading out of Saratoga Springs. J. 8. T. Stranaban, one of the Park Commission- ers of Brooklyn, may be seen every fine day, at Saratoga in a phacton drawn by a span of targe bay horses, c. P. Leverich, President of the Bank of New York, of this city, With a large party of trends, will nish the season at Congress Hall, Saratoga, They arrived on Saturday last. ring plac foot of the way out and in, and three sicker fisher- men never paid their dark compliments to the | wave, The other man only caught one, and his ture got the vest of him, so that he fishing down here is splendid, tor, the wreck, eight miles away irom the | you can catch fish as fast a8 you can haul ) hm. We were wrecked before ‘We arrived, Hence spesk not irom experience, but irom | seeing vailboat atier another come in from the ground referred to loaded with | curved pavks and glistening fins, The gunning, too, | is fine, We have snipe, curiew and red-breasts in abundance. bven while bam writing this morn. ing One hunting party ater another is comin down the avenue, each dressed after its own peek Har fashion. You can tell the nationality ot each group by simply looking at the dressings of thew legs:— Ietsh brogues Fot Irish rogues, uid thick soled shoes for Scotchmen; High topped boots Engin inves nd mjuaré-toed shovels for Dutchmen. BEWARE OF SOAP IN SALT WATER. Simply jor the sake Of warning visitors lest they fall victims to a joke daily and almost hourly played | here,I will reproduce an episode from the expe- rience of a friend of mine who is at this moment in @ most melancholy mood. One of the principal at- tractions of this place is its hot and cold sea water baths, whch are jocated directly opposite several of the cosiest hotels. A party whose constitution is too weak to stand the cold temperature of the breakers can here have the water at any temper- ature he pleases, even to scalding hot. None of these bathrooms contain soap, and for the simple reason that soap, when brought into contact with #e@ water, sticks to the flesh just like grease. Hence it is thatone who nas had experience will generally advise one who as had none to take soap with him, stating @ rea- son that the soap furnished by the house is sure to be very poor. My friend Sam desired to indulge in one of these baths and was, of course, cautioned to take his own soap. “Tsay,” cried he, after he had entered his bath- room and looked wround, “its a blessed good thing 1 brought my own soap, for there ain’t @ bit in the place | Presently we heard Sam plunge into his tub with a léap, and soon after we could hear him briskly rub- bing. “funder and fire, fellows!” he cried. Say; look here; there's something out of shape with this water, confound it. I’m just the same as if I had slept in @ box of candies!” 5 ‘The ultimate consequence was that Sam had to pay & negro about a doliar and a hali to bring him @ tub of fresh Water, and no doubt at this moment . | Hall, Cape May. My. Wiliam Orton, President of the Western Union Welegraph Company, having dropped tie cares of business for a short time, has taken a tem- porary avode at the Grand Union, Saratoga. Col. John W. Forney, of the Philadelphia Press, With his family, arrived on Sunday last at Congress ‘There is no truth in the rumor that G61, Forney is threatened with a pulmonary disease, “THE MISSING YACHT.” He wnt Sia How the Yachtsmen Account for the Rumor—The Accident to the Joseph on Sanday Last. ‘The yachting community has been greatly mter+ ested in @ report current tor a day or two past that an unknown yacht was sunk off Port Judith on Sunday last, The ramor Was vague enough to render any thinking person sceptical; but it was brought to this city by a gentleman in every way trustworthy, and so passed where it would never have been otherwise entertained for a moment. The name of the yacht, the identity of the steamer and the author of the story were ake matters of mystery. The rumor was, huwever, the subject of general conversation on Monday among sporting men genefaily. Yesterday, however, the report was universally discredited. Late in the afternoon @ despatch was received from Mr. Pha nix, the owner of the yacht Josephine, stating that his vessel went ashore on the rocks near Point Judith Sunday last, and after re- maining there ft almost a day assistance reached her from Newport. She was then auied of and towed into that port. The damage to the Josephine is comparatively slight, and is mostly to the veg sel's keel, No lives Were lost, nor was any one tne jured, This, it is believed, accounts for the rumor, ‘and the yactitsmen of New York are disposed to die- miss the subject. without further anxiety. It may be possible that this is not a solution of the repor' Dut it is the one at present ac ‘pted. YACHTING NOTES, The following passed Whitestone yesterday :— Yacht Sarah, H.Y.C., Mr. Livingstone, from Har. he is impressed witu the idewthat he has been egre- giously imposed upon, ANOTHER TRICK, But this trick-is not haif so bad as that played upon Mr, Sam blemmng, a genvieman of unmense Bridgeport. vem art West WihdgN.Ye¥,C., Mr. Iselin, from New Resnale Je9 Sa te rhe Lod Priel. 4 Q86pt H NT. EU, . rot the Sastward for New York!