The New York Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1873, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. dfashionable life of former years, when the gtables were an attraction for the rich usaians and English and the beautiful and grace- ttul French ladies, and when each day had its ad- renturous history and its charming pastimes, ese discontented minds now curse the German trariiamentand cry out against the law which it Mas passed sdolishing throughout the German pire all public gaming and the rooms for oulette and trente et quarante tables. “The gentlemen in Parliament always spout about iberty,"’ said a peevish guest in Ems to me yester- ay; “and yet they seem to delight in putting people under restrictions, and do not even give ‘them the freedom to amuse or ruin themselves at ‘the gaming table as they may think fit. Itis said that the German natien is now in the prime of life, and yet they wisi to give it a guardian and to TMeddle in the people’s individual will. Was the abolition of the gaming tables conducive to the happiness of the people? No one is any the hap- pier for it, He who wishes to play and who cannot do so publicly any more will go to the secret gaming tables, which are infinitely more @angorous, as they are under no control whatever. ‘Thus nobody is any the happier for the closing of ‘the tables, while a great many are rendered un- happy by it. WHAT WAS DONB FORMERLY, What crowus of interesting strangers, of high porn gontiemen of ali countries, who spent thelr pola Geely; and of fascinating ladies who received At in full consciousness of their wondrous beauty! ‘How slow, monotonous and tiresome would the ays pass by now if the Emperor had not saved us all! He ts the cynosure of ali eyes and everything ‘turns around his person. He 1s the sun who gives brilliancy, light and warmth, and whom everyone Fegards.”” EMPEROR WITLIAM THE LIFE OF THE PLACE, And he is right, the good and discontented citl- gen; Emperor William is really the life-giving sun dn Ems. On the morning’s promenade every one (sks, Has the Emperor arrived already? And then every one makes towards the colonnades to pee him, and is happy when successful in so doing. But how simply, like a common mortal, and with- put any pretensions. the Emperor moves about! ery often ne passes quite unexpectedly through jhe crowds, without his suite or companion, quite Blone, and nods quietly and secretly to his acquaint nees, for he never lorgets any one ii once he has jpoken to him, but is very satisfied if he is not Ppaluted and not taken any notice of. COUNT LEANDORF’S DUTIES. Ordinarily, however, he 18 accompanied by Col- nel Count Lehkndorf, bis alde-de-camp, for he pre- Fors chatting with him, who is his favorite. And Who one deserves more to be the Emperor's favorite. He understands better than any one else how to Amuse the Emperor; he recounts to him the little pn dits of the aay; but he also takes pleasure in piving his Imperial master the opportunity to do wood and be benevolent, and he ts pleased and de- Yighted when, through his intercession, he can ‘afford unhappy betngs help and assistance. Count Lehndorf is not only a charming gentleman, but also @ good man, who is always ready to please every one, and to use his infuence in every just cause. The Fmperor thinks more Lelndorf’s recomssendation than Of that of any other gentleman's of his suite, and he ts always pleased to hear that Lehndorf is uni- versally popular, and he is even proud of his hand- bome, knightly aide-de-camp. ot THE CROWN PRINCE IN EGYPT. When iu 1369 the Crown Prince went to Egypt to be present at the opening of the Suez Canal, his Im- Perial father gave Lim his own aide-de-camp, Count Lehndorf, as companion. Before their departure the Emperor nominated the Crown Prince com- mander, with the rank ef gencral of the culrassier regiment Queen Elizabeth—the white uniform, the Golden iclmet and the glittering breastplate of which suited the tall form of the Crown Prince admirably well; and at the same time His Majesty promoted Count Lehndorf trom the tank of @& major to that of colonel, in order that the golden fringe on the epauleties should not be wanting on his handsome uniform. The tall and well shaped figures of beth sur- passed ail the others in height, and they were, un- Goubtediy, the most magnificent representatives of knightly manhood which Germany sent to those geremonics in Egypt. EVEN THE EMPRESS EUGENIE was quite carried away by tne Mane appearance of fhe Crown Prince of Prussia. But not only the ladies who were present at the splendid /2tes given by the Khedive were charmed by the tall and = proud Prussian cavaliers, but wherever they went on their tour the People were rejoiced and recetved them with en- thusiastic acclamationsand demonstrations, Once, when en route to visit the Prince of Lebanon, they \came to a village through whose little strect they had to pasa, Their arrival had been announced, ‘and all tie male invabitants of the village, arrayed An their best clothes or otherwise, had advanced to meet the Crown Prince and his companion, who ‘Were both mounted on dromedaries, and now pre- Ceded them through the village street, dancing, jumping and singing. The women stood on the tops of the houses, and had removed their white veils in order to be able to regara closer the Sultans of the country of the Franks, and suddenly they burst out in joyful cheers, ana from woof to roof they cried, ‘Force Khetiv!’’ The great- est homage was shown the occidental knights by the women, which greatest homage consisted in continually pouring rosewater over them. It was as ifit rained perfume. “And,” says the Crown Prince, in the diary kept while on his journey, “when we had leit the viliage we were wet through.” CROWN PRINCE FREDERICK'S EASTERN STORIES, * Tregret greatly not to be able to give you exact and copious extracts from these diaries, but duty and discretion forbid it, as they are not destined for publicity, and he had only about flity coptes lithographed, which he presented to his rela- tive friends and admirers. These diaries contain so much that is interesting, spirited and to the point, that it is really to be de- Plorea that their contents cannot be divulged. When | went to Egypt, a year later, I found the European ladies, as well as the ladies of the harem, ‘the wives of the Khedive, and his beautiful, fair- haired daughter, who 1s now married to the weak, Dail idiotic Toussaum Pacha, still full of admiration Pf the beauty of the German Crown Prince and his Companion, and just as enchanted seem all the Fellahs and Bedouin. Whon they are asked ‘whether they have seen the Germau Crown Prince @n* the German Count they reply, enthuslasticaily, “Force Khetic." for thease wore ean mean “atrong and beautiful,” are with the Egyptians cx- pressive of the very highest admiration. THE IMPERIAL ADJUTANT GENERAL SUB ROSA. Well, if the German ladies donot do homage to Count Lenndorf with rosewater they do it in a more genial manner, with roses, I remember that last Winter, while driving with the Emperor, the latter said to Count Lehndorf that he wished to drive to the picture gallery. Count Lehndorf looking somewhat concerned on hearing this, the Emperor remarked his embar- Fassment and asked him whether he was other- wise engaged. Lehudor! confessed at length that under the supposition that he could that morning dispose of his time, he tad made an appointment for an hour with his agent on important business, “Keep your appointment and do your business,” sald the Emperor, “and when you have dnished come to the picture gallery to meet me.” An hour had hardly elapsed when the Adjutant General appeared before the Emperor in the gal- lery, looking very happy and contented, This the Emperor remarked, as well as the fragrant rose- bud which Lendorf, on his return, wore in his buttonhole, The Emperor smiled and pointed to the rosebud of hia handsome Adjutant General, who looked down embarragsed; and, shaking his finger, the Emperor remarked, “The man with whom you have transacted business just now sud rosa must be peculiarly practical,”” HOW TUE EMPEROR TREATS HIS FAVORITE. Count Lehndorf was, until within the Inst few years, in somewhat straitened circumstances. He does not come {rom a rich family and is too much of a nobleman to bother himself much with economy and calculation. He likes to spend money grandly and strew it out by the hand{ul, and there are only too many who like to pick it up, bat never to return it. As soon as the Emperor heard of this difficulty of his Adjutant General he releasod him from it ina truly imperial manner, quite in contrast to his habitual economy, which is a hereditary virtue mm tne House of Hohenzollern, and which the present Crown Prince possesses in even @ higher degree than the Emperor. FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND THALERS EASILY MADE. In this case the Emperor totally ciscarded this tendency to economy which manifests itself some- times in his presents. He gave his Adjutant Gen- eral the first cheice of buying a piece of land—the Emperor’s private property. Count Lehndorf bought it for 100,000 thalers and the very next day resold it for 500,000 thalers, after reserving for himself a lot whereon to erect a splendid palace. THE COUNT WANTS A WIFE. Not long ago the Count said to me:— “When my house is finished I have only one more wish”? “What wish!” I demanded. “The wish for a son and heir.” “Ah! but for that,” I replied, “it is necessary that you should marry first, Count; and, allow me to ask, why do you not do so?” “You are right; why do I not do so?” he retorted emilingly. “I ask myself this very question often enough; but I am im the opposite position to those who do not marry for want of ladies’ acquaintance. I have an affluence of that and do not know how to choose.” LOUISE MUHLBACH, EMPEROR WILLIAM'S MOVEMENTS. Louise Muhlbach’s Third Letter from Ems—Imperial Visits and Gossip—The Russian and German Kaisers. Ems, July 27, 1873. An event, a tremendous event! The Empress came over from Coblentgz yesterday on a visit to her imperial husband, in consequence of which Their Majesties gave a dinner party, to which in- vitations were received by the Greek Ambassador in Vienna, Prince Ypsilanti, who had come from Wiesbaden to pay his respects to the Emperor, and also the Turkish Ambassador at Berlin, Aristaachs Pacha, Was it on account of the presence of tnese Oriental gentlemen, and did the ever-attentive Emperor take the passion of the inhabitants of Eastern countries for the ‘weed that gives thought and banishes care’ into consideration, or did he wish to demonstrate that etiquette was excluded from his company at Ems? A ROYAL SMOKE. For whatever reason it may have been the event consisted in the fact that after dinner cigars were handed around and that it was permitted to ac- cept of and smoke these cigars there and then. Oh! King James of England, what wouldst thou have satd if thou hadat entered the Imperial dining room, filled with tiny clouds of blue smoke, yester- day, and hadst seen how in the presence of the father-in-law of one of the illustrious daughters of thy race smoking was permitted the guests? But the courtiers were very pleased therewith, and he Emperor enjoyed their agreeable surprise. THE EMPEROR'S HAPPY MOMENTS, The Emperor is always in good spirits here, and he temporary exasperation which hindered him aud his Chancellor from accepting the Emperor Francis Joseph’s invitation to visit the Vienna Exhibition has entirely disappeared. The Emperor is enjoying the very best of health, and the baths and waters of Emsare doing him a greatdeal of good, He daily takes iong walks and drives, dressed comfortably in plain clothes, and, besides this, works with never-tiring energy and industry, the same asin Borlin. The Emperor can say of himself inthe well known words from the Bible:— If iife is precious, it is full of trouble and work, for verily the Emperor's life is full of trouble and work. He never rests and never stops; he is always “the soldier ready for service” and the “dutiful State official,” as Frederick the Great playfully called himself. Every hour has its particular occupation and its own work, The Em. Deror does not like to infringe on this rule, and hardly ever allowa amusements and pleasure to encroach upon the time set apart for work, while very often the time for work greatly diminishes his leisure hours. But of this I will write more fully at some future timo, as I have determined to describe Babelsberg to you, when I will have occasion to give you more details of the Emperor's private life, which, how- ever, ig just as strictly regulated here ag at other times. Only at very rare intervals the Emperor allows himself, while here, more rest than usual, after walking or driving, and this only at the instance of nis physician, Dr. Bauer, for his favorite motto now, as before, is “Jmmer stramm,” as if one were in the traces and kept them “always taut,’ and which phrase he severely re- peats to himself when inclined to more repose than he thinks rigut. A DAY AT JUGENHEIM. The day before yesterday wad one of those days of somewhat prolonged rélaxation, as the Emperor went to Jugenhotm, the Summer sojourn Qi the imperial family of Russia and where the bride- groom of the Russian Emperor's daughter, His Royal Highness, the Duke of Edinburgh ts also stay- ing at present. THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND HIB FIANOBE. The poor young Grand Duchess who, as ia well known, only a short time ago declared to her Mother while weeping that ske would rather die than renounce the man she loves, has had to sub- mit to live and wed another; and in a similar way the young Duke of Edinburgh, who formerly asserted that he would ever remain @ bachelor, had to give up his determination to remain single. Well, perhaps love has worked a miracle here, and we might use Julius Cxsar's words, “He came, saw and conquered."’ ‘The Emperor's purpose in going to Jugenheim was to tender his congratulations, The joyous family gathering celebrated the auspicious event in rural quietness and entirely without ceremony. AFFECTION OF THE TWO KAISERS, It is well known that the Emperor Alexander loves his uncle William as he would his father, and Shat he possesses the utmost veneration and re- spect for him, When the Emperor Alexander was here the two imperial personages wero every Morning seen walking togetheron the promenade, Spparently engaged in most confidential conversa- tion, and unceremoniously arm-in-arm and in plain clothes, and very often the Emperor Wililam accompanied his nephew Alexander to his real- dence in the Hotel zu den vier Thurmen. THE ROYAL APARTMENTS AT BMS. Iam at present occupying the same ‘apartments that the Empéror had when here, and which, when his wife visited him, he transferred to her on account of the beautitul view, while he contented himself with humble quarters. These three rooms, which now form my abode, have for long years and wore inthe time ot the Empress Alexandra among those reserved for the imperial family. This year they were renovated and newly furnished for the Emperor, and the head waiter, when offering them to me on my arrival, told me with great pride that after the Emperor’s departure hundreds of strangers had come to visit the Emperor’s rooms and admire their furniture. I, also, was astonished at their appearance, but lor quite another reason—I was strprised at thoir simplicity. These rooms are not, tm sny way, different from those of the other guests, and aro not half so elegant as the first floor of a first class Berlin hotel, mot to speak of the hotels of the great Italian cities or the Grand Hotel in Paris; and yet they were furnished specially for an Emperor, for the ruler of the greatest Empire in the world. EMPEROR ALBXANDER'S WRITING TABLE. Tuse a writing table just now which served the Empress Alexandra, and which was only allowed to remain here because the Emperor likes to re- tain and cherish all mementoes of his late tllus- trious mother. It is a neat but quite ordinary lady’s writing table, of mahogany, which ta the course of time has got consideraply darker, On the wall next the writing table stands an ottoman, with a small mahogany table and a very old-fashioned tabouret, Along the small wall, on both sides of the door, which, according to old style, is low and narrow, there are two ordinary cushioned chairs, Placed sideways in the corner there is a “whatnot,’’ with glass doors, and along the wall, opposite the ottoman, stands a sofa, with atable before it,mext to which is the door of the bedroom. On the fourth wall there is the greatest ornament of the room, ® deautifal high pier glass, with marble consoles. In the win- dow recesses are two small arm chairs, with little tables before them. The covering of the furniture ts simpler than {t would be {na second class hotel, being only woollen damask of a yellowish-green color, but there is a beautiful new Brussels carpet in the room. GOLDEN FINNY COMPANIONS. There is no other decoration, no other ornament in this, the newly furnished sitting and reception room of @ mighty potentate. There is not even & chandelier hanging from the ceiling, which is divided by heavy beams. Ah, yes, tere 8 one other ornament, the small and plain glass globe which stands on the marble stand, and in which there are two pitiable gold- fish, which, as the loquacious chambermaid in- forms me, were expressly provided for the Em- peror of Russia, But the roomis spacious and lofty, and the gray paperhangings with gold decora- tion have a very good effect. AFTER THIS COMES THE BEDROOM, also hung with nice paper and possessing a pretty carpet, but which in every other respect is fur- nished with only that degree of comfort which every other traveller expects to find in the eresent time. The bed, the resting place successively of two Empresses and one Emperor, makes me long for my own Egyptian bed, with its mosquito curtains, in my Berlin home. There are in the bedroom a whatnot, @ sofa, an easy chair, with a round table; between the windows a marble-top toilet table, and in the window recesses two small round tables and cane-seat chairs, Such is the imperial bed- room. . THE THIRD ROOM OF THE SUIT, Next to it there is another room, with only one window, in which slept the two Adjutant Generals of the Emperor, and which is now occupied by my daughter and her companion. These are the apart- ments of the Emperor, which were so much visited and admired, CHARMING MOUNTAIN VIEWS, But they possess one beauty which gives them a pecullar charm and fascination, that is, the magnif- teent view which one enjoys from their windows, and which extends from the garden that surrounds the hotel to the high and steep mountains which on all sides surround the narrow Lahn Valley. Exactly facing my windows stands a very fine old weeping birch, from whose slim and long branches are suspended long, pretty green leaves, which, with their pedicles several feet long, remind me of the wonderful fox tails to be found in the gardens of the La teran, the so-called (trent di cardinal, with the difference that the leaves of the latter are red, but, as ® Berlin slang saying ts ‘Tt 1s the same shade in green.’ Around the stem of this tree trail wild vines, Which are almost as dense a8 8 wall, and above these are the long, tender lghtgreen umbels of the “trent di cardinalt” of the weeping birch. This tree makes @ splendid and poetic impression, which gladdens the heart, however much care and sorrow may weigh It down at other times, A VISIT FROM PRINCE ORORGE, Yesterday Prince George visited me, and bis first look was directed to tho small easy chair in the window recess, when his generally clear and bright eyes took § #yd expression, “This was the favorite seat,” he said, “of my aunt, the deceased Empress Alexandra. She used to sit 1n this small easy chair and would for hours gaze at that, her favorite tree, the weeping birch. She really loved this tree, and_used to say, ‘I have much more beautiful apartments in St. Petersburg, which are magnificently furnished, but no decoration in this world can give me such & viow as this tree which the Almighty has planted out there.’ Poor Aunt Alexandra! what agonies did she sometimes suffer while sitting in this chair, regarding the tree and the neighboring moun- tains!" I pointed im reverent silence to the portrait banging above the writing table on the wall, whose only ornament it 13, to the large photographic likeness of the Empress Alexandra which the pro- prietor of the hotel nad procured out of attention tothe Emperor. 1 know the original painting from which this photographic copy was taken. It isa masterly executed water color painting, standing on the writing table of the late King Frederick Willam IV, in Sang-Souci—a beautiful and at the same time terribio picture. HISTORICAL REMINISCENCES. Who would believe that this deadly pale, corpse- like face, with the sunken cheeks and the great lustreless eyes—this head, which at the back was covered by @ close veil, resembling a shroud more than anything else—represented an Empress? Ah! but this Empresa was buta poor human being, tormented by acute sufferings, who, as it is whis- porod, Nad the game malady which, slowly brought Philip Second, King of Spain, to the grave. The proud Empress had for years the courage to con- ceal the sufferings she had to undergo and the ravages which the illness inflicted on her body, and when she at length gave it up there appeared from beneath the artificial color, the lace veil and the artificial cheeks, the face of a corpse, and the blooming, rosy and healthy-looking Empress of yesterday was to-day but a mortally sick, deadly pale, decrepit woman. MEETING THE LATE EMPRESS OF RUSSIA. Some years age I met her here in Bms, and I can never forget the terrible impression she made upon me. Here was the weeping birch, which, as look up from my writing table, is now before me. There I saw a small invalid’s carriage, whose wheels gitttered like gold, and which was covered with purple satin. The pretty little chariot looked more like the car of a Roman conqueror than the couch of a human being afflicted with a fatal disease. While I was yet standing there regarding it there appeared under the door of the hotela singular group. In the centre of it there wasa tall woman, dressed in fowing black robes, tne features emaciated, deep black marke in the hollow cheeks, the large eyes lustrelcss, and the thin, whitish lips, firmly pressed together, to repress, perhaps, a cry of agony; the hair combed back from the wrinkled forchead, envel-- oped in a large lace shawl. On either side of her was a Russian, short, squarely built figure, with @flerce, shy face. The suffering woman had anarm @round each one of these men, and thus was pushed forward, while behind her walked another Russian, with broad shoulders and powerful arms, ® very giant's form. Arrived at the chariot, they stop, and the giant steps forward to the woman, takes her in his arms as he would a child, and = iifts her into the carriage, where he arranges the cushions for her tenderly and carefully. The two other Rus- sians pushed the chariot gently forward, the giant following as body guard, and thus the singular Procession went over the yellow, crackling sand towards the Park. “Who is that? Whois this living corpse?’ I de- ™manded of my companion, who solemnly replied :—- “She is the most powerful and the weakest, the richest and the poorest woman in the world. She ig the hopelessly sick Empress of Russia!’’ The picture of his mother hangs over the Em- peror’s writing table, while the photographic like- ness of his wife hangs over the divan in his bed- room. Does it sometimes remind the handsome and majestic Emperor of Schiller’s words :— Die Trauer tst doch kein leerer Wahn, Und der Mensch soll sic ibea im Leben t A LADY LAMENTS THE GREAT RUSSIAN’S DE- PARTURE. Ihave just received a call irom ahandsome and spirited lady, who arrived at Ems some weeks be- fore me. She was delighted to find me in the apartments lately occupied by the Emperor, and as her eye fell on his portrait she smiled, and, sighing softly, she remarked :— “Ab! he was fascinating, the Emperor Alexander! And how gay and elogant life was here during his sojourn! There is not the shadow of it left as it was four weeks ago. Now Ems ts tiresome and sober, whereas then it was amusing, fascinating and attractive. A host of the most distinguished, wealthy and gay gentlemen surrounded the Em- peror; splendid ladies, glittering with diamonds and aressed in silks and velvets, belonging to the highest aristocracy, yet without prejudice and every ready for amusement and enjoyment, were to be seen, and made the promenade look enchant- ing. Joyful laughter and joking, as well as flirtation, were to be heard and seen everywhere. Every one wished to please and to make him or herself agree- able. The most beautiful and lovely women tried to obtain one glance from the Bmperor, and were yet pleased that his face ever retained tts sad and gloomy expression, and that he never regarded nor recognized even the most marked advance.” A MYSTERIOUS BEAUTIFUL FEMALE, And then she went on whispering to me of a romantic story which had its origin herein Ems tn lonely vilia in asylvan retreat, of a fatriylike figure, which had only been seen from a distance and alwaya deeply veiled, whose name even the Russian gentlemen did not know and who never appeared on the promenade, but which could be seen every afternoon in the shady arbor of the garden with a gentleman of high and imposing form, bearing a marvellous resemblance to the Em- peror Alexander, who, at that time, never ap- peared on the promenade, This gentleman was as jealous asa Turk and guarded his treasure with Argus eyes, and always went unaccompanied to the mysterious villa on the other side of the Lahn. Even when he walked with her in the garden the tall figure of the Iady was enveloped in what seemed a cloud of laces and veils, while her face ‘was shaded by a large fan, Noone could discover who this strange beauty was, and the gentleman guarded “the sweet mystery of his house,” a9 the Turk calls his beloved wife, successfully against all curious and idle looks, THE GLITTER, MYSTERY AND BEAUTY VANISH. But all this romance has now disappeared since the Emperor of Russia has left to visit the Empress at Jugenheim, All the beautifal Russian ladies ond thelr aristogratig cavaiors, following their Ozar’s example, nave aiso left, and the villa on the other side of the Lahn stands empty, and neither sweet mystery nor mirth and laughter are to found any more in the shady walks of its garaens, Poétical ideas seem to havo left Ems with the Emperor; but a very sober and uncomfortable reality the rich Russian aristocracy have left behind them. HIGH PRICES FOR PRINGE AND PEASANT. Ems ts, these Summer months, probably the most expensive place in this world. The enormous prices whioh the hotel keepers charged, seemingly in celebration of the Emperor's presence, they have also kept up persistently after his departure. Yesterday, while paying my weekly bill, I took the Uberty of expressing to my landlord my astonish- ment at the stupendons prices charged, and told him that living was considerably cheaper in Vienna, even during ana immediately after the opening of the Exposition, than it is at present in Ems. ; “I quite believe that,’’ he replied. “They can do it cheaper in Vienna, for they have strangers all the year round, whilo here in Ems weonly have a few weeks, Besides this, we have to bear the mi3- fortune of the stopping of the gaming tables. In former years our pricea were lower apd we could well afford it; for then we had no rooms, no closets free—an attic was paid for like a saloon— and we could do better. The gentlomen who came to play to pay homage to Dame Fortune paid us without remonstrating or grambling whatever we asked them, and hence we could charge the respect- able people who came here for their health less. But now only health-seeking patients come here, and at that we have sometimes even rooms empty, ‘and hence we must try to make up the damage done us by the closing of the tables.” Tho remark which an acquaintance made to me on my arrival here came to my mind. ‘He asked :— “Who is really rendered happy by the abolition of the tables?’ And I inwardly answered, ‘Certainly not the purses of the patients.’ With prosaic reflection I will close this letter, promising to speak to you next time of a royal poet who is staying here—namoely, Prince George of Prussia. LOUISE MUHLBACH, THE CRUISE OF '73, The New York Yacht Olub Squadron at New. port—The Yachtsmen at Divine fervice— Sailing Programme for Monday. Newrost, BR. L, August 17, 1873. Wo have had lovely weather to-day, commencing with a pleasant northerly breege that, dying away Bt two P. M., was succeeded by a light alr from the southward that again gradually gathered strength and settled down about southwest. Onshore the sun was rather oppressive, and the saints plodding their way to church beneath its scoréhing rays had rather a hard time, compared to that enjoyed by some sinners lying of in the cockpit of a yacht under the shade of an awning and fanned by a pleasant breeze. I do not for one instant mean to insinuate that all the yachtsmen were sinners, as shortly before eleven A, M. at least a dozen gigs went ashore, carrying those who designed attending divine service, All Sainta’ church appeared to receive the patronage of the yachtsmen; but, whether the attraction was the handsome ladies, for which the congregation is famoya, or the prospects of a ser- mon from the Bishop of Rhode Island, I am unpre- pared tosay. The church, however, was crowded with the beauty and fashion of Ne’ and, as the Bishop of Rhode Island did preach a very ex- cellent sermon, the yachtsmen had no cause to complain. In the afternoon the piazza of the Ocean House was crowded, and triend Bates wore a satisfied atr, more especially as he had the pleasure of replying to the demand for rooms, made by some of the passengers on the morning boat, “All full; not even a cot to spare.’” The “German” at Mrs, Kernochan’s last evening proved a very charming reunion, lasting from nine o'clock until twelve, and was attended by the upper ten of Newport. It would be impossible to present a more beanti- ful nautical spectacle than that presented by the New York Yacht Club squadron, lying quietly at anchor in Newport harbor. The fleet at present comprises the following yachts :— SCHOONERS, Owner, -Rear Com. Kingsland Mr. Alderidge . . Lester Wallack. Aster and Bradhurst. nought... B. Stock well. £. Burd Grabb. Josephin Madeleine . p WDO! vidently be impressed with the opinion that the members of the New York Yacht Club are very great sinners, 8 not satisfied with the presence ofa large number of the yachtsmen in church, they deputed one of their saintly fathers to make @ age around the yachts and distribite tracts, Tims person, ak:hough overflowing with religion, was not an adept in the handing of “ye Newport carboat,” and in the course of his voyage succeeded in knocking the paint off @ number of yachts, and also, by a well directed shot for the cockpit of the Alarm, upset au inkstand, staining decks, &c., and on the whole bis mission was @ failure. The fleet start to-morrow morning for Martha’s Vineyard, and in the evening the yachtsmen will go on shore and acceptthe invitation of the pro- prietor o! the Sea View House to the ball given in their honor, ACOIDENT TO THE YACHT DREADNAUGHT, PROVIDENCE, R. I, AUgUSt 17, 1873, At the Marine Ratlway, in East Providence, this afternoon, the Yacht Dreadnaught was being taken up to clear the bottom for the expected re- os when a portion of the yacht’s slender keel urned over and the yacht feél over on to the side Of the cradle, which was run back to the water, viet the vessel righted, with injury only to the e THE NEW RAILROAD TUNNEL IN JERSEY. Although Friday was fixed as the day for bjds, by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, for the property along the projected route of the new tunnel through the hillin Jersey City, very few of the property owners came to ne- otiate a sale, Many aken place, however, ofilciais say that the property owners thus far have not been Unreasonave in their demands, Many of the owners are r to dispose of their proverty Cnemn to the railway eae but they ave no disposition to seli to private speculators, who proclaim themeelves in league with the rail- road authorities, and say that no one can get & oo price for his property except he selis it hrough them. The money involved being about two millions, 1t is of importance, both to the stock- holders and Droperty owners, that 1t be expended in an open-handed manner. KIDNAPPING ITALIAN CHILDREN. The Italian Press on the Question in the United States. The following extract, showing the feeling in Italy relative to the traMe in Italian children, is yeken from the Gazzetta del Popolo (of Turin), of 4, 1873 :— ne kiforma, pabushed in Rome, has a very strong articie on The trafic im children between Southern Italy and New York, which has reached enormous proportions since the installation of Consul General De Lura, For the present we shall simpiy greet the At another time we shail discuss this ge eeem and also that of the jonsul exacts in pay bald (a Burove i ugopean mold," SUNDAY AFLOAT. The Glories of a Weekly Trip on the Water—How Metropolitans Enjoyed Themselves Yester- day—On the Ocean, the Bay and the Biver—A Big Ship Meeting a Litile Oneat Sea—Trial Trip of the Balloon Canoe. There was the usual Sabbath exodus of pleasure seckers irom the city and there was the qual variety of routes patronized, the land lines being chiefly indulged in vhrough the medium of that antiquated and slow, but very useful institution, the street car. These, of coufse, embraced trips to Manhattanville, High Bridge, Harlem and the top end of New York, as well aa the Brooklyn route to Coney Island. But the genuine pleasure was enjoyed only by those who were afloat Toe city toller the most gratifying hebdomadal reiief and exhilaration is ® trip on tne water. ‘There ig a cessation of the noise and turmoil of streeta; there 1s the reviviiying effect of the {resh unchecked breezes that sweep over tho surface of river, bay and ocean, and a soft, luxuriant ease im the movement of travel onthe water that has never yet been achieved in locomotion on the land, And, asarule, the water. excursionist has the advantage of being able to see the land, the foliage-clad hills and the habitations of men, while land excursionists are not @lways favored with waterscape to vary the monotony of the scenery. With all these attractions for the public, and with such an admirable variety and vast extent of water @ll about them, it is no wonder, then, that New Yorkers patronize pleasure afio: as they do gen- erally, and as they did yesterday. There is ne other city on the face of the. earth that at the game time possesses @ bay, two or three rivers, an ocean lake like the Sound, and last (aud of course not least), the vast ocean itselfas the fleld of aquatic pasture. And such a bay! Unsurpassed by any In the worl either for extent or scenery, and ‘equalled, prot ably, by but two, And then the glorious Hudsoi for a river—picturosque, soft and luxuriant as the Khine, and in parte ag tortuous and mountati locked as the Straits of Magellan, that lonely but magnificent channel at the other extremity of our hemisphere, which no one need care to visit after seeing,the Hudson Highlands, From eight to nine o'clock yesterday morning THE STRERSTS WERE ALIVE with men and women and families of little on equipped with bags and baskets, on their way the different piers irom whence the excursion oats were announced to start. , The Mammoth palace steamer Plymouth Rock left‘her moorings, foot of Murray street, at, past nine o'clock, for. Long Branch ‘and ocean, having on board something like fiiteen hundred persons, and steamed ont in the early sunshine with bunting streamin; Drepuorand leaving a eq of iguslo bel ig in the the air. The assemb! mags ber dy 8 y morning was propitious, and a good time was evident everywhere. On her way down past the iene islands, the Narrows and the granite attlements of the fortifications on oithel hand, the fingers of fair ladics ne ceasclessly with their lorgnettes, as they seemed to mark out fo) Memory every beauteous feature of the ever-shitting panora: of scenery that rolled before them. Staten isla loomed up green and grand in the early light, the alternately grecn and blue streaked surface the waters was rippled faintly by THE LIGHT BRERZB. There were ships coming into port under sail from the far lands of the earth, yachts and yawia with feecy-white canvas scudded up and down and across the bay, @nd steamers with prows turned to every Int of the compass lelt foaming fur- ad pera. Sem: sas the Clete the gleaming waters. Nearly on paseo re barked at Sandy Hook and took the train for Branch, and great steamer thon moved ot past Sandy Hook to the ocean. It had been ally expected that there would be avery heavy swell outside “the Hook,” asthe sequence of the storms during the it Week, but nearly all were agreeably disap} ted, There were, of course, some o! THE BRAVE SORT OF PEOPLE on board who never experience seasickness, and of course they were yery sorry the sea was 80 calm, a8 they wanted to witness the miseries of those who do not travel on ‘sca-legs,” and whose stomachs are not nickel-p! |. passing the nt the steamer stood straight out to sea, go as o “round” the lghtship, and gave the floating iron Pharos and her solitary lttie crew a gun and some “music by band,” asthe programmes say. These ligh' men seem to look with considerable interest for tbe coming of the ‘‘Rock” every Sunday, as they then see more ladies and hear more music than they do all the rest of the week, Of course they respond to the salute by a good, hearty ringing of their fogbell, and everybody is happy. Leaving the lightship, the big steamer heads “In egain weave the ina’ and in the course or an hour reaches Long Branch, y pet aghag Congl artillery salu e displ an a ing of the band all the way down the beach, denizens of the great bathing resort swarm on the bluff along Ocean avenue and seem to feel a sort of acquaintanceship with the passing steamer, on wilen, probably, nine out of ten there have bee: passengers one day or another. 1s saluted at southeasterly end of the Brant and at first everybody anes nae is that gua for?” Some one says, “Grant’s cottage,” and for his politeness in answering he is next aske “Which one is it?” He ig told it is “the one with the cupola,” and that is the unkindeat re- py @ man could make, forright there are some four or five cottages, all having cupolas. Not wish- ing to be considered a fool, the questioner usu- ally says, in @ dubious way, “Oh, t-b-a-t-'s it, is it?” and while he is looking at all five to see which is the one the kindly in‘ormant moves away to promenade the saloon, and tne cottage and the other ones are passed. The steamer runs down ta deal and the same jour. scenes are’enacted on her return, and when she reaches Sandy Hook the ex- cursionists have an hour doring which they cau scamper along shore and hunt for shells, while the boat awaits the Long Branch train. On her return yesterday, when just gtr of Sea- bright, or between Lon, Branch and the former lace, the steamer suddenly came upon a little oat, With sails set, anda crew of one man, that was Leak ga the tiniest crait that ever floated om the ocean. It looked like A WHITE BUTIRRFLY CAST ADRIFT at sea, and passed quite close to the steamer, at- tracting intense attention. This little vessel is the Donaldson, one of the lifeboats to be carried on the contemplated transatlantic balloon excursion, and her single navigator was W. H. Donaldson, the young aeronaut who is to accompany Professor Wise. The boat is made of paper, “stayed” with wood and is fourteen ieet in length, Mr. Donald- son started irom New York on ee on this trial trip and proceeded Lo Staten Island, Yesterday morning he left Quarantine Landing and mad@ Coney Island, where he remained until about noon, He then set satl jor Sandy Hook, but somehow missed his direction, most likely on account of the extreme lowness of his littie ship im the water, as he states that he was unable to seo “shore” any where when a mile or two out from the island. He conid only see Neversink Highlands. He sailed on, however, um til he ‘fetched up” close to the Ciapd, I Hook Lightship, six miles from the nearest Here, lmeftaning nis bearing, he struck a bee line for Long Branch and effected a landing directly opposite the Ucean Hotel, his boat being upset in the heavy surf, but not in any way in jared. As the Plymouth Rock passed him he was ‘using his paddle ba eke gen and Keating, the Joliy bandmaster on board, who sees the point of a musival Bon-mot, at once called on his orchestra for ‘Paddle Your Own Cailoe.” Of course they did, and so did Donaldson. Tr Seni Tal etna esterday were all c patronized, espe- diay tone hose route lay up the Hudson and on ni The Jesse Hoyt and Thomas Collyer each carried crowded human ireights of pleasure seekers up the river to Newburg, the trip embracing the most at- tractive portion of the river. Landings were made at Yonkers, 307.7 Neen Jona Island and iF points on the way. othe Steamers Twilight and Charles Chamberlain carried out hosts of men, armed ‘with bob, ling and sinker,” to the Fishing Banks, but it was not the greatest day ever seen ior ‘bites.’ The Seawanhaka went up the Sound, mak landings at College Point, Great Neck, City [sian Sand’s Point and Glenwood, and the Ameiicus too’ down some heavy cargoes of ciam eaters and bathers to Rockaw PROSPHOT PARK YESTERDAY, ‘The fine weather of yesterday had the effect os attracting an immense crowd to the Park. Itia estimated that the number of visitors exceeded forty thousand. They sauntered along the walks, trudged up Cottage Hill, visited the Dairy or lounged beneath the shade trees lining the various drives, watching the riders passing through to the Coney Isiand road. Others proceeded on a more pretentious scale and rede about ,the Park in those unwieldy looking but decidedly comiortabie vent. cles known a8 the Park which s of the members of the “Sparrow Police” (as the Park officers are facetiously termed) relaxed as they strutted about, much to the merriment of the crowds of small boys, making an immense display of their authority by ordering people off the borders of the walks and endeavoring to tntimi- date horsemen, who would hardly hesitate to drive over them if they fadied to get outof the big 7 rk never looked more beautiiul than it did yew rday. Few such fine days remain this season when the beauties of this Ft breathing place of Brooklyn can be so enjoyed aa they wore vesterday by the multitudes of peopig.