The New York Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1873, Page 6

Map Showing the Explorations NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 11,,,1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. THE NORTH POLAR REGIONS. for an Open Polar Sea and the the Tigress Scenes of and Juniata. the North Devon ey ; a Loug. of Greenwich Search for the THE SARATOGA REGATTA. The Entries and Races of To-Day on Saratoga Lake. The Amateurs on Their Dignity—They De- clare That the Morality of College Men Must Be Put to the Test. Facts for the Consideration of College Oarsmen. PROGRAMME FOR TO-MORROW. Sanatooa, N. Y., Sept. 10, 187, As I stated yesterday, it certainly needed some- thing of this sort to bolster up the sinking season. The Rowing Association at present think that they will hold their carnival a week earlier in years to come. It will be a fatal mistake if they do, because, from present appearances, the very moment the signal gun 1s fired, announcing the victors in the four-oared race of Friday, the bubble will burst and disintegration will follow in a manner that will star- tle everybody. If it is to the interest of everybody in ‘this village of it-tasting water, trom liverymen to hotel proprietors, to clear all the transient pop- ulation out @ week earlier, they could not have struck upon @ better plan. My belief is that between now and next fall this thoroughly Mntelligent committee will change its mind. The influx of visitors to see the regatta has hardly be- ‘gun in earnest, as the nearness to Albany and New York renders it possible to delay starting ‘until to-nigat, GUARDIANS OF THEIR OWN MORALS. The crews and single scull oarsmen who are to ‘Tace to-morrow are all on the ground and are an able-bodied set of men, It is only the truth to say that in physical development the amateurs now here excel, in the greater majority of cases, the college oarsmen who were present at Springfield. Everything which has been said regarding the gen- tlemaniiness with which they deported themselves Guring their stay on the Connecticut can be uttered ‘with equal truth regarding the amateurs now pres. ent on Saratoga Lake. Their morals are to my fancy, and 1 speak as 6 college man, Just as good, their characters just as worthy of protection as any Freshman or Sophomore—especially those who have engaged in carrying off gates or in painting their master's cow. COLLEGE MEN AS GOOD, AND NO BETTER, This talk about the tender morals of futl fledged Juniors and Seniors, who have all in their time gone through a deal of skylarking, “hazing,” “rushing” and what not, is rather unnecessary and not so thankfully received by tne college men ofthe country as might be imagined. It has its rise in the same ciass of newspapers which, issued from a country city near which is a rowing course of a very inferior kind, could see no good in anybody but themselves, nor in any other course but one (uli of snags and sandbars, When, there- fore, several of as reliable correspondents as be- long to the newspaper press gave utter- ance in advance to convictions regarding the Connecticut course—which are since tne race—the sentiments of all participants or visitors—this same class Of selfish journalism assailed the New York men with insinuations and open charges Wi.ich, if true, would reduce them to the levei of Crédit Mobilier Congressmen. “SAVE US FROM OURSELVES.” Their editorial mouths were biatant for the pro- tection of the youths of our American colleges! The words of that familiar midnight howl, coexist- ent with the organization and execution of Sopho- moric depredatious— Simon, Simon: they call me simple Simon— was bey | branded on the face of every college man at Springfield. It is questionable whether it is better to be taken for an ass than for a presump- tive scoundre!, but at present there is, according to the Springfield press, no middie ground Jor the stu- dents who are to decide between the magnificent regatta course on Saratoga Lake and the shallow and narrow one on the Connecticut, As a iriend of (he crew who drew a position at Springfield, in which it Was impossible for any set of men to win, Task & careful consideration of this question at the next Convention of college oarsmen. THURSDAY'S PROGRAMME. ‘The Importaut race of to-morrow will be the pair- Oared tussio between the Johnston and Brown crews, of the Nassau Clue, New York, and the Lambe crew, of the Argonaut Club, Toronto, The Nassau men have been here since Monday, and the bo speed arrived to-day. Each of the crews are like confident and hopeiul of carrying home the silver cups of victory. Tne iollowing are the con- testants:— Club, Names, Weight, Height. § Oliver T. Johnste BAL Naseaa....} Frank Browun i Boy 1 5.10 49 5.10 TUB SINGLE SCULL RACE. For the single scull race to-morrow these ten boats will start, The following is a listof the men :— Weight. Height, Pigeete eo 10 . * 10 6 Allof these men have been keeping thems¢ives = out of sight as much as possible. They are quar- tered at the Various hotels and farmhouses around the lake, THE PRIZES. The cups to be awarded at the City Hall on Friday evening to the victorious oarsmen have been fin- ished by a New York manufacturer, and are both handsome and costly. ‘The grand challenge cup for four-oared shells 1s @ supero specimen of workmanship. It is mounted upon an ebony pedestal, surrounded with six escutcheons and cost $1,000, Four. massive Foblets, to become the property of the mem- ers of the crew, accompany this prize. The Single scull chalienge cup is in the form of a large punch bowl, with aquatic emblem: beautifully Wrought in oxidized silver. A diamon badge of exquisite design accompanies this cup @ presentation pri The winners of the pair- oared race will receive as their own property two massive silver goblets of the richest pattern, and capacious as the cup from which Alexander the Great is said to have drank. For each of the victors in the double-scull race a gold medal is waiting, A diamond badge 1s also prepared for the winner of the junior single-scull race, FRIDAY'S PROGRAMME, On Friday there will be three races, One for double-scull shells, for which there are three boats entered; one for single sculls, by junior oarsmen, for which five men will row, and one for four-oared Shells, in which six crews will participate. This last will be the race which will claim the greatest share of public interest. THE COMING OF THR VISITORS. The trains to-night brougat a large number of Visitors to see the races of to-morrow ani Friday. ‘The greater portion of these came from New York and Albany, both of which cittes are well repre- sented by participants in the regatta, A meeting of the boating men and the members of the Saratoga Association was heid at the Lake last evening, and the drawing for the positions in all the races soak Diane. ‘The entire affair passed off without a word of discussion or the slightest manl- festation of discord. It was announced by the Regatta Committee that ten stake boats had been placed at the starting potut, 100 feet apart, and that number one was next to the western shore bear the grand stand, The favorite ton seemed to be ti treme eastern side of the lake, Whether It Was to get as far away trom the ladies a8 possible, or to have more room was a matter of controversy. The drawing for the single sculls resulted as given above. The positions awarded to the pair-oared crews resulted in the Nassaus! taking the eastern, and the Argonauta across the western half of the lake. For the tour-oared race the drawing resulted as follows:—First position, Cincinnati; second, Duquesne: third, Argonautas fourth, Beaverwi fith, Baliston; sixth, Poto- mac, All the men are therougniy ‘satisfied, and there is every prospect of good races on both days, TRIAL OF JERSEY CITY OFFICIALS, ‘The trial of the members of the Board of Public Works took place at the Hudson County Court House yesterday. The commissioners had been indicted for entering into a contract with Mr. Robinson without advertising for proposals, as the Jaw required, When the jury was empaneiled the Pic lags cha. The j that the defendants would be acquitted, The jury, after ten minutes’ deliberation, rendered & verdict of not guilty, ARCTIC EXPLORATION. The Ice Question—Experience of the Polarine—The Englisn Ambition to Reach the North Pole, [From the London Times, August 30.) TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES:— 1 feel obliged to Mr. Potter for having pub- lished his son’s letter, giving information relative tothe position of the ice, and trust the following remarks may add to the interest of the subject. When, in company with Mr. B. Leigh Smith, last year, I collected all the information I could relative to the position of the ice, which enabled me on my return home to foretell the warm winter that fol- lowed, I told many friends of this, and also in January foretold the bitter cold winds we were subject to in the spring. The ice last year, owing to @ succession of southerly gales in the north, accumulated there, when many small whaling vessels were taken unawares and frozenin. The effect of sudden change trom open water to a frozen sea, and vice versa, just at the time of the equinoc- tial gales, is probably the cause of their existence. The local effect of the ice on the atmosphere is very es, raising strong Winds, that tend towards the jarger blocks or fields of ice, although at the same time it is visibly blowing in a contrary direction a few miles away. The ice which Mr. Potter says, on July 4, is too much at present to enable them to get further north, is ce washed by open water on the northern side, consequent to the space left by the southern drift of the ice. The intorma- tion I gained from Norwegian dshermen wno visit these parts was that the ice dees not leave clear, en Water north of Spitzbergen before the middie of July, and even then only in an open season, although they bave opportunities to get by earlier bejore it sets down in great quantities on the coast. Mr. Smith therefore, already accom- plished great things, Should the faverable season ‘which was anticipated for Polar exploration occur, and open water be found in the far north, the same reason which led us to form an opinion last Winter causes us to eugaret that this year we shati probably have northerly winds in the latter rt of September and late equinoctial gales, bring- Ing the ice far south, whicn will necessarily be fol- lowed by early Winter with much frost. Lhope this suggestion may prove useful to some, and that those interested in Arctic explorations will be glad to hear that the Polarine, a vessel built of thin fron, incapable of standing any great pressure, has suc: cessfully stood the Arotic winter in the Spitzbergen Seas without detriment to herself, which is another proof that this route is the only safe one for north- ern exploration, especially whon compared with the disasters of the Polaris. Mr. Smith, in his Acht, 1n latitude 81 deg. 30 min., September, 1871, ad the sea open to the norti belore him, witha fair wind; the order was given to his captain to steer north. The fears of being frozen in by a Nor- wegian crew unprovided with furs for the winter overcame their courage, and when Mr. Smith came on deck again the opportn ‘yas gone—they had aitered course to the south, ie same canse will probably be the only one to mar the present attempt. Could Mr. Smitg have got up to the edge of bhe Dack this year iy mau! of May, tt wlane have been possible to have forced his way through the ice on {ts tirst breaking up, which is now press- ing down on the nortn coast ‘of Spitzbergen; but he has kept his promise to look for Protessor Nor- denskiold in the Spring. and we hope after the ice has drifted south, he may have the opportunity tn August with his English crew of accompiishing his object of visiting the Pole, which nearly every na- tion has tried in futile attempts, but which can only be done in the manner tried by Mr. Leigh Smith with benefit to science, safety to a crew, and at @ small comparative cost. ' If it falls this year, T hope it will be tried again and again, until the secrets of the North become known, without danger or hazard to the mariner. JOHN C. WELLS, R. N. Junior Army and Navy Glub, Pall-mall, Aug. THE FALL BOOK TRADE SALE. A Brilliant Opening Day—Buyers Pres. ent from Maine to California—The First Day’s Business Devoted to Apple- ton’s Publications, No class of tradesmen are as clannish about their own particular business as the booksellers of this country. They are in every sense non-intercom- Monicationists. They rank among the most re- Spectable business men, and enjoy the greatest confidence of the commercial world. Education with them isa forte, their association with belles lettres making them familiar with the outpouring of the master minds, ‘Twice a year the book trade of the country meets in this great Empire City for the purpose of pur- chasing their spring and fall stock of goods, Dealers from the remotest corner of Maine meet the merchant from Cullfornia, Everything among them is harmony and good feeling, the only rivairy existing being that of elevating the book trade throughout the country to the highest possible standard. Popular works of well-known authors command good prices, and the rates established at these trade sales are current and usually hold good during the year. THE PALL SALE OF 1873 commenced yesterday at the trade salesrooms of Messrs. George A. Leavitt & Co., Clinton Hall, and called together one of the largest peserabinaes ever known by the veteran auctioneers. le Offerings of the trade are contained in @ catalogue, embrac- ing 672 8, which it will take ten days to dis- pose of, The first day’s sale was occupied by the contribution of Messrs. D. Appleton & Co,, com- prising the standard, seientific, secular and re- igious publications for which this well-known frm is so celebrated. ‘The sale commenced with thetr new “International Scientific Series,” incluaing the works of Professors Tyndall, gover, Bain, sir John Lubbock, Herbert Spencer, &c. Several hun- dred copies of these works were disposed of, “Sweet Load! @& novel KY Rhoda tet author of “Red as sold to the number of 500. ‘rancis Wey's "i book, sold weil as ad erate peop! G ot 4 Snow,” by Wwalert Cwlen Bryant Ulpatyated apd tinted. Lhe yo last named were Rarohene freely, no doubt for” holiday purposes, Buckle’s “History of Civilization in England,” a $6 book; “History of Européam Morals, from Augus*us to Charlemagne,” price by .Popular edition of J. Fenimore Cooper's novels; sets of Charles Dickens’ popular works; 500 copies of Disraeli’s novels and tales; Appleton’s Cyclo- dia of Drawing” ($10 @ volume) ; “‘Appleton’s ictionary of Mechanics, Machines, Machine Work and Engineering (price $18); a large offering of medical books; ‘The Household Book of Poetry,’? > by Charles A. Dana; 4,000 Bibles, if- ferent editions and ‘price; 4,500 prayer books, of the standard English and Amert- can editions, formed part of the interes! invoice contributed by the Appletons to the great semi-annual trade sal Among the expensive book: by irm the “Dusseldorf Gal- lery, on’s “Work on Art,” “British School of Art,’ “Gems of European Art” and “Wilkie Gallery,” ranging at prices from $30 to $75, met with liberal patronage. At twelve o'clock noon @ recess of one hour was taken for lunch, and at six P. M, another intermission of one hour for dinner, The day’s sale concluded at eleven o’clock P. M., the eng having. been devoted to a large invoice of blank @ on Appleton & Co.'s invoice—all of their own manufacture. The busi- ness of ing 18 conducted vy Messrs. William R. Leavitt, J. K. Pratt and T. W. Warren, all weil known book auctioneers. TO-DAY'S SALE will be very interesting. Messrs. Shepard & Gilt, of Boston, a Comparatively new firm, head the cat- slogue with an invoice of “Life in Danbu; new book, of which Bailey, the ag] y," & News man,” is the author. Of this edition 1 copies are offered. Little, Brown & Co., Estes & Laurtat, of Boston; Hurd & Houghton, of thi: city Olax- ton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, of Philadelphia, and Samuel D. Burlock & Co., of the same place, add their contributions to this day's offering. Judg- ing from the eagerness of purchasers yesterday, and the buoyant spirit of the buyers, a healthy and PN and winter season may be justly antici- pate THE DUOC DE BROGLIE. New Yorks, Sept. 9, 1878, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— Having read im the New York H#RALD of the 20h August @ pretended letter from His Excellency Monsieur le Duc de Broglie, Minister of Foreigm Affairs in France, which letter was said to have been communicated to the World correspondent even before it was sent to the diplomate to whom it was addressed, and knowing the proceeding to be contrary to the u 8 of our statesmen, | have sent the paper to His Excellency and asked his in- structions concerning tf, I naye just received from the Ministére des Affaires Etrangeres a tele- gram saying :—La lettre que le World attribued eae ” dé Brogite ot apocryphe. Faites démen- oy I therefore, as soon as received, wrote to the edi- tor of the World requesting him to contradict the ing complied wi pubitcation in your paper of this my positive de- nial, Accept, dear sir, the assurance o! Gry higheas, A.L, DE LA FOREST, nO e Conus Gen¢zal of Prange, ~ et ae }