The New York Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1873, Page 3

, THE REGATTA A Brilliant Rowing Carnival on Saratoga Lake. —— SCENES ALONG THE WATER. The Single Scull Championship Car- ried Of by Courtney. THE ENGLISH STROKE VICTORIOUS The Pair-Oared Race Won by the To- ronto Argonauts. Saratoaa, N, Y., Sept. 11, 1873, ‘The first day of the regatta is ended after the mest agreeable fashion; the weather has been de- lightful, although rather too much wind has been blowing. The single scull shell race was started at , three o'clock and was gallantly won by Courtney, of she Union Springs Club, in 14m. 15s, The pair- eared shell race, with its ten competitors, came next, and the victory has been adjudged to the Toronto Argonaut crew, who made the two miles in 15m, 488. THE GRAND STAND Was filled with ladies before two o'clock, and an hour was passed in gossiping and in criticising the style of rowing displayed by each of the men. Of course the ladies, as a rule, knew very little about rowing, but that fact did not prevent their con- versing freely upon the subject. The scene at the start and finish of each of the two races was animated. in the highest degree. As the boats got the signal agreat sigh of relief was heard. The men were then followed with opera glasses until they reached the mile boats; then a thousand speculations were rife as to who was the first to round. Then came the signal from the top of Snake Hil, announcing just who was leading at the turning stake. This point settied, the ‘next anxiety seemed to be whether the man then leading could hold his ground to the end, Nearer, nearer they came, it was soon to be settled for ever! Suddenly as the foreshortening grows less and less, the boats seem to sweep into the foreground, and mm an instant of time one crew has won and the other has irre- trievably lost the race. This is the scene at the grand stand on most occasions, but nowhere Is so good & view of the entire race afforded trom the stand as on Saratoga Lake. Situated as it isona asteep side-hill, every foot of the course ts readily seen with a good glass, The position is in every ‘Way superior to the Judge’s boat. It was intended that the pair-oared race should occur first, but the same ill-fortune which has fol- lowed the Toronto men from the first seemed not to have deserted them. It was found that one of their outriggers had been sprung in the journey to such an extent as to render it worse than useless. The Nassau crew was ready to start, but hearing of the misfortune of their antagonists, sent word to the committee that they would wait until a pair of new outriggers had been procured and put on. order was therefore changed. Tie single weull oarsmen were notified to be on hand for the ‘rat race, ¥ * THE ENTRIES. ‘There were ten entries, and they were arranged in the fellowing positions as drawn last even- ing:— Position. Oarsmen, Club. Weight. 1—C. E. Courtney. -Union Springs... 170 2-T. R. Keator. -Harlem . . 3-H. 8, Trua: Potomac. 4—Robert Le! tla M6 5—F. E. Yates... 6—W. H. Hugh 7—James Wilson. 8—Charles Piepenbriuk.. 9—A. A. Graves, Jr. (J; Fenton. ‘The brothers Lambe we: Face, but, on the day before leaving Toronto, both their single shells were damaged, so that they had to be left behind, The first gun was fired at three o’clock to a sec- ond. Now, there were just thirty minutes for the men to put in an appearance or forieit their en- trance fees. William Wood, the referee, and the New York newspaper correspondents stepped on board the little steamer which was to follow in the ‘wake of the boats and watch their progress. To test her speed she went down the lake about a mile and back. She was found to be exceedingly rapid, This was comfortable; for did yf not remember my experience at Spring- field? Instinctively I looked aft. There was plenty of fuel—charcoal in paper bags—seventy- five pounds of steam. Whew! I felt that I had better prospects of going abroad than in the canvas balloon, Something shakes the air like an earthquake and moves the ground. The drums of my ears calla long roll, and a roar like thunder Sweeps over the lake and down the valley. No mistake about that, It could be heard at the other end of the.lake. Itis THE SIGNAL TO GET INTO LINE as given by a twelve pound howitzer and two pounds of powder. In ten minutes they will be started, leaving the side of the judge’s boat. We steam away off to the eastern side, 80 as to be out of the way, and yet follow the oarsmen. The lake is large enough to run the Plymouth Rock along with the crews. It 18 not long to wait: yet we, with everybody on the banks, find ourselves count- ing the minutes. Tne agony is over. There comes Wilson, & man, but he doesn’t appear very confident. Is he first? hard tell; nthe western y, with his big arm and shoulde: is backing his man who js to hold her radder. with the Iron Jaw commend us urtney, Cayuga Lake. There is Keator, of the Harlem Rowing Association, close beside him. They will make a strong team. They are all coming—Ya' Leffman, Truax, Graves, Hughes, Piepenbrink an Fenton. The latter merely Puls up to his buoy to save his entrance money. He has decided not to over the course. Out come 1,000 watches, good, and indifferent. Ata moment like this a man draws a timepiece as he would a Derringer if his lite were threatened, The supreme moment is at hand, Each man hold nis breath, and the ladies shut their ¢ The signal is fired froma revo.ver Commodore Brady. Nine irs of oars grip the water. They are off. No, 10, alter @ stroke or two, turns round to watch the race. ‘Pull the ‘Uhrottie clear open,” quietly remarks Referee ‘Wood, and away we go in pursuit. THE START ‘was a very one. Wilson ag to get ofa trifle the quickest, but Keator, Courtney and Yates soon bring the bows of their boats up to his line. Poor Graves has been too sick for several weeks to do much, and now looks as if he were not fit to be & boat, but his rowing is not bad. Truax, too, doing work on the eastern shore, although Courtney and Keator are leading him badly. Hughes, Pie- penbrink and Leffeman are together. ‘‘rhere will mot be a soul,” remarks the referee, and his pre- diction verifies itself. Courtney puts more Strength on his oars. He does not Increase his Stroke, but soon takes a lead of three lengths. This he resolutely kept by good work. Keator, as everybody expects, soon takes second position. Wilson is not rowing as he doeson the Hudson. Truax is dtsappointit all his friends. is doing excellent work; so is Piepenbrink. Courtney stretches himself again. We all know that he is not going to la. Crease his stroke. He has told us that he is opposed to it. He is ahead in this instance and would not do so under any consideration. He ts pa Pt } Jet his boat cleaves the water with wonderful rapidity, He gains at every stroke, and tm the second hair miic he leads the fleld by 100 He selects his own buoy, turns it with re- markable quickness and is on his’ way back 35 sec- onda before Keator reaches the stake. Then they ‘all follow in a rush. I can’t take their names down as fast as they come up. Yates and Wilson have, however, secured a good third and fourth, but He is just ssing the | halt mh le is just passing the last half mile. The r: ce ended, Lg Keator Struggles. cra ntly fora better secon Courtney runs a fhe too much toward the shore. He sees his taistake, ae! out a hundred feet further into the lake, then urns for the home line, and crosses in fine Style; time 14:15—remarkably good for an amateur. The other eight oarsmen have now strung out into Une. Keator comes in second, in 14:66; Yates third, Wm 14:58; Wilson fourth, tn 15:01; Pieperbrink fifth, Hoghes sixth, Truax seventh, Letiman eighth and Graves last. Graves showed pluck in going over the course. Courtney has shore, The best man in America might pass unno- Siced, The iadies crowd forward to see the victor, Who wears his laurels so modestly. He is the lion of the hour. ‘That's just the way it was with me,” says & man on the pler, Who Was never ina sheliboat, ‘when I rowed at” ——. I failed to hear the remainder, THE PAIR OARBD SHRLL RACB. ‘The two crews contesting for the prizes offered Janded on the 'OMAO ANO NASSAU bs CREWS in these races represented the Nassau and the Ar- gonaut clubs of New York and Toronto, The course, asin both races of to-day, was one mile and re- turn, The prizes are, probably, the handsowest pe. ever offered, being two massive ailver goblets. ‘he names and weights of the men were given in my letter yesterday. The Argonaut crew, tie brothers Lambe, arrived late last night, but ap- peared fresh and confident. There is no waste of time after the first race. ‘The men had scarcely got out of thelr boats before the cannon announced that in thirty minutes the patr-oared race is to start. ‘The intergal is passed on shore by many expianations on the part o! the friends of the defeated oarsmen regarding the causes of the latter’s want of success, The sceond gun is fired. The Nassau men mT out from the ridge, and the Argonauts from the Saratoga boat house. Johnson does not appear to be up to his usual confidence. We all know tnat he is not afraid, but he does look just @ trife gnxious as he gripes the oars and sits waiting the signal. The Lambe brothers do not belie their name, for they seem as quict and mild as their (riends conld wish. They are large and strong, and although they are strangers, there is a sort of Kindly sympathy inspired in the breast of everyone for good British beef and bottom. Brown looks just as cool as when he gave the word which started the great six-oared race at Spring- field. Commodore Brady gives the cautionary signal. The pistol starts them. “Do your best, Olie,”’ is all we bave time to. ear, oars take the water and, awakened from lethargy to life, the two boats make ONE TERRIBLE PLUNGE FORWARD. Johnston and Brown start at 42, the brothers Lambe at 43, The Canadians splash the water badly. Is it poor rowing or is it the sudden grt which their oars take in the water? One momen suffices to show their stroke is of the very strictest English pattern. They give their oars a long, easy che back, and then throw their entire weight on them, Theoars domake the water a little ragged, but they are giving more speed than the Nassau men are developing. For the first quarter ofa mile the two crews ure abeam. Johnston’s stroke for beauty of execution is incomparably better than that of his antagonist, but, although not so grace- fal, Lambe’s 1s more effective. Toronto 8 to leave New York. Brown, from his position in the bow, is rendered the stronger of the two men in the Nassau’s boat. He either pulls or steers too far over to the eastward, water -Johneton ran up his stroke to forty-four per minute; but Lambe retained the lead by drop- ping to forty. Johnston was evidently rowing Tather weak, THE TIME MADR. The Toronto men approaeh the turning stake. The last quarter is finished by them at thirty-six to Nassau’s thirty-eignt per minute. The Lambe crew rounded finely, leading ten lengths or twenty- three seconds of time. Toronto's time jor the first mile was 7:10, Nassau’s 7:33, The latter made a very awkward turn, and lost h valuable time. Before the Nassans were on their way home the Argonauts were 100 yards on their way to the judges’ bost. It was now only a ques. tion of something giving away on tne forward boat. There was not a living chance left for the New Yorkers. Brown ran his boat across the lake toward the western side, and both John- gon and he began to do good work to save all the time they could. At this point in the race the number of seconds they would be behind was the only question of interest to their friends. The New Yorkers all felt sorry, but our men were badly beaten. The Fo gg were past the judges’ boat lite before five o'clock, the winner b; thir tio seconds, The Nassaus came in han ponies , and apparently just as fresh as at starting. ‘The official time is—Argonaut crew, 16m. 436.; Nas- sau crew, 16m. 15s. THE VICTORY OF THR TORONTO MEN was fairly and honorably earned, and they well deserve the elegant cups which they have won. On the water @ common fellow- ship, inspired by a love for the sport. makes countrymen Of us all, 50 [rolled home in a carriage. A New Yorker who had been too much interested up to this moment to take note of time, casually remarked:—“Why, it’s only alittle after five o'clock; I wonder when these races would have been ever, had they been held at Springfield?” The first day’s work has been an unqualified success, It has well paid us all for waiting to see the regatta. The old broxer, of whom I spoke yes- terday, told me to-night that he was well satisfied and very proud of the New York boys. The ladi 8 are all satisfied with waiting, and expressed their contentment in the cheerlest laughter as they dashed home irom the lake, .cosily nestled ona narrow buggy scat with the same young men to whom sey whisper 80 many soft nothings on the veranda, ‘There are evidently two methods of conducting the management of a regatta. One is the proper method, and results in @ thoroughly contented feeling among all spectators and participants; the Other is the wrong method, and shows its effects in a series of delays and blunders from beginning toend. A thorough understanding of the pro; arrangements to be made and the selection of the might men to execute the plans of the committce PPE ore e sa, and give a cease "'s work has been. A MEBTING of the officers of the Ratatoga Rowing Association and the earsmen who are to contest was heid at the lake last evening, and, alter the ‘Of good order and courtesy which was there manifested, I Teaftirm all that I have said the si of the amateur oarsmen. I am certain that the morals of the tenderest college freshman would not suffer contamination among such rowing men as are now here. The amateur element is tn eve! respect as good and no better than that whic! takes part in the college regatta. HOW THIS REGATTA WAS MANAGED, To show the get in which was evinced by the management I give below the additional rules adopted by the Regatta Committee, and which I may say were carried out to the letter:— One halt hour before each race a gun will be fired to- getready. Twenty minutes atter firing the first gun the second gun will be fired to draw into line. Ten minutes afterwards the signal to start will be given. This rule will be closely adhered to, as no delays will be allowed or encouraged. Each boat will have its own separate ee Cs turn any other stake thaa its own, ril. ‘Ait boats must turn from port to starboard. Any competivor adjudged of having wilfully committed a foul, or conducting bimnself during the races in aw un- gentlemanly manner, shall Pee caboose in the regat 18 association. Thing stake, ut dees oat hereatter be excluded from ‘iven under the auspices ot 3 A. WAYLASD KINBAL! BeNsantn r, BRADY,” MENRY LESLIB, |. B. FINLAY, W. A. COSTAR, Regatta Committee, The Races on Friday. SARATOGA, Sept. 11, 1878, The drawing on last night was completed for all the crews. The DOUBLE SCULL SHELL RACE will have three entries, and the following are the positions and names of the oarsmen, it being re- membered that No. 1 begins at the western bank :— The men who are to row in THE JUNIOR SCULL RACB have secured the following positions :— Cm. Grand Haven. 7—Robert Letiman,.. THE FOUR-OARED CREWS, ‘The following is a list of THE FOUR-OARED CREWS, together with their positions and weights:— ie we en (D. Brown, stroke 1—Cincinnati....... J, W. Kirk, 3 at: Keylish, 2. K. B. . ‘alars & Uo, Colors. Pay old Fad, ator sonabty F. Brannon, stroke. ood: 8, Mood 2—Dugnesne. G, sehart, 2 J. Straub; bow “136 jBoat of red cedar, built in Pittsburg. Goidrs, blue shirts. fC, Eldred, stroke 155 |. Phillips, 3... S—Argonauta..........4 Stephenson, . Edward Smith, bo Boat of red cedar, by George Roir, shirts and red BaBBEerehele A-Beaverwyek -.-....4f) hori bes James Wilson, bor i“ Paper boat, built by Waters, Colots, white and blue caps. i ett siroke. i Medvurry, SBanetone: a. J. Reid, 2... 440 J.N. Ramsdell, bow 165 Paper boat, by Waters Colers white handkercliters and bare backs. , D. Caughlin, 6—Potomac............- a ' Mebiair, 2 H. 8. Truax, bow, i Bost of red cedar, built by H. 8. Larkins, of George- THE COURSE for the first two races will be one mile and return. The four-oared shell race will be over a three mile course—one and one-half mile and return. Should the weather be pleasant to-morrow this will be one oi the best aqautic displays seen for years. PUBLIC ENTE? TAINMENTS, The New Lyceum Theatre—The Opening Last Night. The lessee of the new Lyceum Theatre did not last evening belie the promises he had so often made. “Notre Dame” was presented with much of that breadth, point and delicacy which the pup- lic was given a right to expect, and when the final curtain fell it was generally acknowledged that one of the most perfectly artistic representations enjoyed in New York for many a month had been given. “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” may almost be said to be the work of Victor Hugo's youth, since he was only about thirty when it was published, Powerful as itis, itis purblind produotion com- pared with the full-orbed genius of his latest ro- mances. Yet tt isa work which a melodramatic Playwright could scarcely fail to handle effec. tively. It is full of the morbid chiaro-oscuro of passions at once more and less than human, Ii is a picture not of actual life, but of unhealthy and, for the most part, lurid idealizations. {¢ 18° pro- fusely storm-tinted, as though lost in the shadow projected by the author’s then unhealthy mind. It brims with grotesque contrasts and picturesque antitheses, intermingled with a little trash anda good deal of archwology. There ts Claude Frallo, the archdeacon, whose portrait in the early part of the novel is not unprepossessing, and who might be described as one of those people who would be very pious were it not for their religion. He is one of those few individuals who never grow old— because they are born so, and the reader is- quite unprepared for the demon he sub- sequently develops into. ‘There is the character of Esmeraiaa, as veautitul as a clear conscience and ag rare, who throws sunlight upon the hideous agedies around her, until her own young life is quenched, There is Grerigoire, the picture of a inedieval poet, when verse melted into vagrancy and the principal moralites of the minstrel where those he wrote, not acted. There is Jehan, the boy student, for whom existence should have been as harmonious as a hendecasyllable and as smooth as a rhyme in the metre of Catullus, There is Gudule, whose fate flashes with the blackness of terrible nightmare through the light and shadow of the romance. And, finally, there 1s Quasimodo, in whom the perfection o1 the grotesque and the per- fection of the horrible meet in chemical afinity, and of whom it may be said, as Coleridge said of painting, that he ts “something between a thought and a thing,” since he resembles nothing human, and yet is raised by heart and intellect to the plane of mortal flesh and biood. From these half dozen figures the bloody episodes of the book are made to radiate; and in incident and character together, shrouded in the gloom of Notre Dame, and envi- roned with an atmosphere that trembled with the music of her gtant bells, the playwright found ma- terial which he must be poor indeed did he not put to picturesque use. ut let us draw a little nearer to the play and the acting. And in doing soit must be conceded that Mr, Halliday has done as much as could rea- be expected of him. Picturesqueness has evidently been his central idea. He has written with the stage manager in his eye and so compiled the scenes as to give that worthy and the stage carpenter every opportunity for producing @ series of ettect tures. Chief among these are to be men public gardens in Paris, and the Cour des Miracles, in the first ri har bags of Notre in the secon act; and the cathedna cloisters - and Paris by to the third and last act, These scenes were furnished in equal proportions b; Calyo}and Ménard Lewis, and in some Tespects will sustain comparison with the best scenes yet produced at any theatre in this city. But there is an exception to be made and disparagement of the tMird scene of the second act, m Lewis, representing the church of Notre Dame. It was a mistake, and @ very great one, to attempt to eet the whole of Notre Dame and to leave nothing to the tmagination. It is hardly necessary to say that the,dimensions of that subilme struct- ure are too vast to be more thaa indicated in so limited a space. The true artist would have hinted at them and not failed in the vain endeavor to express them in full, or to place the body of the structure before the observer. Mr. King, to whom was confided the part of Quasimodo, was received with a great deal of warmth, and soon made good his claims to being considered @ very respectable actor. He ts not exactly a dramatic io, and may not expect to tive the oak oi passion, tnough he may possibly uproot saplin; Neither is his Quasimodo ie Quasimodo of the book, and pos- sibly we are not sufficiently grateful to him for not making the hunchback as physically repulsive as a less intelligent actor would probably have done. The moles, the humps and the various dideous distortions which Victor Hugo ascribes to the unfortunate being. were con- siderably toned down by Mr. Ld and if the contrast between Esmeralda and the hunchback was, thereby softened, it was at least easier to give one’s sympathies. Mr. King will not take Tank here as a great actor, but he will be respected as an intelligent and earnest one. tt would have been asking too much of Mr. Mansell to demand that he should give us so perfect a setting, and also present as witha genius in every member of the cast. Miss Jeffreys Lewis is a tty and slender brun- ette, asing several physical qualifications for the part of Esmeralda. It requires but little stretch of imagination to attribute to her the Andalusian foot, upon which the novelist dwelis, while Eame- ralda is executing her Provencal saraband, Miss Lewis evinces cool intelligence and correct train- ing rather than @ flow of natural emotion. She captivates more by her personal appearance than by her acting or her voice. Her greatest charm is this Be panic in physique wo the demands of the role, reading the dance to the mingied music of the balatoes, the tambourines, the goats’ horns and Gothic rebecs, she was the picturesque embodiment, so far as physique and motion were concerned, of a delicate and poetic ideal. ‘The remainder of the cast was very respectabie, but not great. A heavier representation of Gudule is desirable, since the meeting between mother and daughter ought to be made one of the princi- pal points of the piece. Mr. Wheatleigh gave a very dignified and stately representation of the arch nm, whose exterior of ice concealed a heart fired with intense and worldly passion. Mr. Sol Smith gave rather too much of a low comedy touch to the part of Gringoire the poet. The balle presented delightful anomaly of a score of Young women, most of whom are extremely good looking. In summing Ug the piece it may sairly be said that the one great charm ts precisely that which the lessee aimed to ive—a series of brillant and sometimes sen- ous pictures, refined by all the arte which an 1d taste couid devise. There was that gen- mee. accent now and then ly points of vivid brightness and beauty, which we all desire but seldom enjoy. There was no unique and exceptionaily painful acting, but all the acting was given that was necessary to fair interpreta- tion, and nothing but the incongruity which we have noticed with respect to the church of Notre Dame marred the general symetry. DAY. Yesterday’s HERALD mentioned the arrival at this port of Signor Salvini, the distinguished Italian tragedian. Tho great actor was accom- panied by forty other performers, They did not etfect @ landing until eight o’clock yesterday morning, the Europe, tn which they came, having been somewhat deiayed, Signor Salvini is staying | at the Union Square Hotel, but spent a great por- tion of yesterday at Steinway Hall, engaged with Mr. Maurice Grau in inspecting and completing the arrangements Cement to his début on the 16th. A briet visit was paid by him to the Academy of Music, where he 1s to appear, the only criticism upon which made by Signor Saiviai was that. if anything, it was too &mall. We only hope it will be too small for his audiences. In @ conversation which was enjoyed with Signor Salvini that gentie- man contrasted his present voyage across the Atlantic, lasting about ten days, with his forty days’ passage to Brazil, in 1871, in a steamer crowded with eight hundred passengers, He was struck with the brilliant and beautilul appearance presented by the Bay of New York in| contrast with the bieak coast of France between Havre and Brest. He conversed freely with respect to his interpretations of various Shakespearian roles, and from what was said it was not difficult to imagine that his concep- tion of Othcilo is strikingly original. He remarked that many distinguished Americans in Europe had urged him to visit this country, assuring him that aforetgn language would not hinder our people from rating him at his proper worth. Signor Salvini is over the middle height, and his Presence is handsome and imposing. His com- pee is slightly brun, bis featares are reguiar, eyes are of alight brown, very pleasing and full of fire. His appearance is not ‘unyouthiul and his age is forty. His manners are those of a quiet and polished gentleman, and correspond to the eminent position which bis professional and per- sonal worth has enabied him to acquirc and retain, wae eee Club tenders him @ reception to- a THE CROTON BUG CONTROVERSY. 2 oe Freeze Them Out. To THE EpiTor or THE HERALD:— In Canada the people troubled by the Croton bug do not extinguish the fires ; the roaches congregate around the warm stoves in cold weather and ail the windows are left open. The inmates of the house adjourn for the nignt to a neighbor's house, and in the morping the dead insects can be shovelled or swept out in taousands, the fires having gone out. PRL A Humorous Jerseyman Suggests a Remedy. HACKENSACK, N. J., Sept. 9, 1873. To THE EDITOR oF THE HERA Observing your remarks upon that beautiful bird, the Croton bug, I give suffering humanity my experience. We had millions of them, from the | size of a pin’s head to the full-blown female with | her Saratoga trunk attached behind her. Tried everything that was suggested, but to no purpose, They only perched themselves upon the top of everything, laughing and picking their teeth in our Very faces, Christmas Day was at hand, and wife and I concluded to visit some friends in New York. So we fixed things in and about the premises, locked up the house and departed. During our absence, which lasted three days, the weather was very cold, and upon our return we found the water back of the range burst and every ove of our beautifnt pets stone-dead. From that day we | have never seen one, and devour our hash without | fear and trembling. Truly yours, JERSEY BLUE. In Defence of Borax. New YORK, Sept. 11, 1873. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Notwithstanding your assertion that powdered borax is ineffectual to exterminate that pest of humanity, the Croton bug, permit me to assure you that if a sumMicient quantity is used—say half a pound to @ pound--the surbases and sink well sprinkled, aad a corden of it drawn around the | edges ef the ghelves im the closets, they will disappear as if by magic. know of ‘two houses. that have thus.been rid of them, | and am ready to depose thereto upon oath. The only inconvenience attending the exodus of the vermin was @ slight disturbance to the inmates in the abdominal region consequent upon the suaden withdrawal of this ene-roach-ing element which had entered s0 largely into their daily consump- tion of food, The deragement, however, was only temporary. “A Little More Paris Green.” To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— A bitter experience with the vermin was brought very vividly to mind while reading an excellent ar- ticle in your valuable paper on the subject. The Croton water has brought these bugs more or tess into every house and only by persevering, everlast- ing vigilance can they be kept in enduring abey- ance. Going into a new house, living there fitteen years, Inever saw one beyond the kitchen and never over two or three at a time there, but to at- tain this required daily care. Taking a house in Thirty-third street, built not over two years at the time, and called one of the vest houses in the city, Ifound it completely overrun from the billiard room, at the top of the house, to the wine closet, in the cellar. I tried everything advertised or heard of, but only made an impression. All these jowders, &C., We see about act only alcoholic, hey soon recover, uniess scalded and put in the cesapool ; but finally we scalded them and took up the dustpan full again and again, for, to make the matter worse, the house was entirely finished in black walnut and every littie crevice, knothole or corner was filled with these bugs of various sizes, After this scalding was most thoroughly done [ secured some Paris green paste, which, with the point of old steel pens, we put into every little crevice they could get to. This they ate, it bein, compounded with a sweet and a phosforescent smell that entices them, They eat and die very quickly a(ter, and with it we reduced the Croton bug to the tew which we had to bear with there; but in ordi- nary cases Paris green paste will exterminate them entirely. By the use of it we have not any in a flat, occupied nearly two years. CROTON BUG. Anguish in Maryland. PRINCESS ANNE, Somerset county, Sept. 10, 1873. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In your issue of the 7th inst., which I read last night, you have an article, semi-playful and semi- earnest, om tne ‘“Uroton bug.”’ The description is so like that ofa bug which has recently made its appearance in our house that I am constrained to think it the same, and send you some specimens that you may be aided in the inquiry, if it be | chargeable to the Croton water. Wo thought the aa brought to a8 froma ship plying between ‘imington, N. C., and Baltimore, which was full of them, and where they were designated “ship cockroaches,” and were prized as exterminators of bed bat The euciosed is certainly the same insect which infested that ship, Res] ine A. SYMIN' THE OHOLERA IN TENNESSEE, KNOXvILLR, Sept 11, 1873, | The cholera has entirely disappeared and busi- | nese is looking up again, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. THE SARATOGA LAKE COURSE. POINT BREEZE PARK. Third and Last Day of the Fall Trotting Meeting. Immense Attendance and Capi- tal Sport. Star the Winner of the Unfinished 2:33 Race, Orown Prince the 2:24 Contest and Goldsmith Maid the “Pree-for-All” Purse. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11, 1873, To-day closed the Fall Meeting at Point Breeze Park, and never since the trotting ground has had @ history was the alternoon so delightful and the crowd so large. About the judges’ stand were grouped hundreds of carriages and the hotel pavilion was crammed to suffocation, The track was in excellent order and the horses in fine con- dition. THE 2:33 RACE. The sport commenced with the undnished 2:33 race, postponed from the evening belore, It will be remembered that at that time J. K. Levitt’s sorrel gelding Star and John Lovett’s bay gelding George Maller had each two heats, The interest evoked in speculating upon the probable winner was very great.. Star won the fifth heat and race, Lady Emma taking second money and Stewart Maloney the third prize. SUMMARY. E PARK, PIUILADELPMIA, Pa, Sept. 10 and 11, 1873.—-Pursé for $4,000, for horses that never beat 2:33; mile heats, best tnree in five, in harness; $1,100 to the first, $600 to the second and $300 to the third horse, . K. Levite’s 8. g. Star.. ‘eeks’ b, Lady Eima . M. Goodin’s b. g. Stewart Maloney John Lovett's b. g. Geo, Miller. . W. R. Loomis! b, ¢. Bay Henry. J. H. Phillips’ b. g. Mystic. J. McKee’s &, m. Kittie D, J. Dougrey, Jr.'s gr. g. Ben Smith, Mike Koden’s b, gy. Penobscot.. Mike Roden’s s. g. General Tweed . M, Mead’s ch. m. Nellie... . W. Blair's b. m, Ida... P. Manee’s Db. g. Sir Knight, POINT BR&EZ! moemeHone my 2 = First heat . Second heat. Third heat. Fourth heat. Filth heat... . 88 + 86g ‘TUE 2:24 CONTEST. ‘The first race on the regular programme was a purse of $3,000, for horses that never trotted bet- | ter than 2:24, mile heats, best three in five, in har- nees; $1,700 to the first, $900 to the second and $400 to the third horse, Entered for this race were Willlam B. Smith’s black stallion Thomas Jefferson, dr., George N. Ferguson’s gray gelding Crown Vrince, Mike Roden’s bay gelding Castle hath J. J. Bowen's gray gelding Ben Flagler and W. R. Loomis’ brown gel: ing Chicago, After three ex- citing heats Crown Prince proved the winner, ‘Thomas Jefferson, Jr., taking second money and Ben Flagler the third premium, SUMMARY. PoInT BRERZE PARK, PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Sept. 1, 1873—THiRp AND Last Day of THE FALL TRoT- TING MEETING.—Purse of $3,000, for horses that never beat 2:24, mile heats, best three tn five, in harness; $1,700 to the first, $900 to the second and $400 to the third horse. George N, Ferguson's gr. f Crown Prince. 1 1 1 we B, Smith's bik. 8. Thomas Jefferson, oe rr Comers 2 . J. Bowen's gr. g. Ben Flagler, 253 W. R, Looinis’ br. g. Chicago 445 Mike Roden’s b. a. Caste Boy, 534 Dan Mace’s bik, m. Blauche. Peter Manee’s b, m. Mary A. Wuitney ‘TIME. quarter, 85% First heat. Second heat. 863g ‘Third heat. KE FOR ALL’ PURSE. Winding up the meetng was the free-for-all purse of $4,000, mie heats, best three in five, in harness; $2,200 to the tirst, $1,200 to the second and $600 to the third horse. Entered for this was Budd Doble’s bay mare Goldsmith Maid, Ben Mace’s bay gelding Sensation, J. J. Bowen's black gelding Camors and A, Goldsmith’s black geidiug Gloster, First Heat.-The horses were off at the fifth scoring, Sensation first, Camors second, Goldsmith Maid third and Gloster fourth, The Maid aiter a break reached the quarter pole in 34% seconds, about @ length in advance of Camors, seeond, Sensation third and Gloster fourti. At the half mile pole, in 4g, the Little Maid nad opened the gap Vv much, being fully three lengths ahead, and Gloster, who was viciously pushing Camors, | at length passed him at the three-quarter pole and left Sensation also hehind, dashing on nobly alter the Maid. As Gloster crept up the Maid pushed onward with a briliant spirt and crossed the score five lengths ahead of him, Sensation being third and Catmors fourth. ‘Time, 2:22, Second Heat,—Gloster had a great advantage in the send-off and held it well down the stretch, when Camors lapped and passed him, when the Maid went up and passed them both. The Muid reached the quarter pole in 35% sec. onds, Cumors second, Gloster third and Sensa- tion fourth, Here the Maid left them all six lengths behind, and the struggle down the back- stretch was between Camors and Gloster. Camors passed the hatt-mile pole in ad- vance, but fell back to his position ol thirdin line at the three-quarter poie, The Maid meanwhile had reached the hatf-mntle away im advance in 1:12, and thus the horses dashed on towards home, Gloster broke badly and Sensation, creeping 7 from fourth piace, passed over the score but three lengtlis behind. The Maid won the heat in 2:254%. Gloster was third and Camors fourth. Gloster’s driver claimed the crowd had caused his horse to break onthe stretch, but the result was In nowise altered. Third Heat.—Gloster passed the score with every advantave, Sensation being second, the Maid third and Camors fourth. At the quarter pole, passed in 36 seconds, the Maid easily led them all, Sensation still second, whiie Camors had passed Gloster, leaving nim last in line. Gloster here showed re- markable piuek, passing Camors easily and crowded Sensation very hard, so that when the Maid reached the half mile 1:12, Gloster was second only half a length behind, Camors being third and Sensation last, From the halfto the three-quarter poie Sen- sation gave Camors a desperate figut, passed him and struck out for Gloster, who was now fully three lengths behind the Maid. The struggle here ‘was a beautiful one, and all the horses were work- ing remarkably well. With a defiant shake of the head the Maid darted wildly forward, passed under the wire five lengths in advance, and won the heat and race in 2:24, Gloster being second, Sensation third and Camors fourth. SUMMARY. Same DAy.—Purse of $4,000, free for all; mile heats, best three in five, in harness; $2,200 to the first, $1,200 to the second and $600 to the third horse. Budd Doble’s b. m. Goldsmith Matd ldsmith’s 3 Mace’s b. J. J. Bowen’s bik. g. Jonn Lovett’s b. m. Gazelle 0. A. Hickok’s b. in. Lucy Dan Mace’s ch. g. Judge I TIME. in First heat Second hi Third heat. TROTTING AT WHITE PLAINS. Six Thousand Persons Present—Great Satistaction of the Crowd—Jupiter the Winner of the Colt Prize=Tne Team Race Postponed After Five Heats and the 2:50 Contest After Three Heats. The Soctety of Agriculture and Horticulture of Westchester County, now holding @ very sucessful annual meeting at their grounds in White Plains, set apart in the official programme three days to be devoted in part to trials of speed, Yesterday was the first of these, and the events on the card were three. ‘The attend. ance was of the grandest character, fully 6,000 persons being present, two-thirds of whom were ladies, dressed in the most becoming and elegant styles. The stands and balcony of tho principal building in which industrial products are exhibited were crowded, and in the fleld were fully 1,000 carriages, the occupanta of which were delighted beyond expression at the lovely and enchanting panorama. The track was in ex- cellent condition, and during the entire afternoon the judges worked zealously for the good of all, THE TEAM Rack. First on the list was a team race. purse ot $: mile heats, best three in five, to wagon. Entered for this were Zida Carpenter's bay gelding Captain Boyd and black mare Black Bess; Ut jort’s chestnut mare Isabella and bay gelding Brown Prince, and “Doc” Cook's brown team Listener and Adenis, In the pools the latter were the favor- ites, and Mr, William Johnson, of New York, nad considerable to do to accommodate his eS Five heats were trotted without a result, the race then being postponed until to-di As it stands, Cantain Boyd eid pate has two heats and Listener 3 and mate the same. Isabella and mate won th@ second heat, but were withdrawn, SUMMARY. Soctery OF AGRICULTURE AND Horticuurure, Wairs PLains, Westchester county, N. Y., Sept. ‘1, 1873.—Parse of $200, for teams; mile netay best three in five, to wagon ; $100 to the first, to the second and $35 to the third team. Judgeb~ ‘ada Carpenter) sae fecapan Loyd ida Carpenter's . Cap’ and Dir m. Black Jon see eee: -121223 “Doc.” Cook's br. g. Listener and br. » AAONIB. ... 000. eee eee eee. 3231 Otis Bort's ch, m, Isabella and br. g. BYOWD PTiDCE. ss. 0seee0e 13 ar v First heat... abst Second heat. 22 Tuird heat. 4g 247 Fourth heat... » 4 122136 249 Filth heat... + 42 1:24 2A TH COLT PURSE. Second on the list was a purse of $100 for three. year-olds, mile and repeat, in harness. ‘This brought to the score but two of the three entries, these ing Otis Bort’s black gelding Prime Minister and W. H. Fish, Jr.'s, bay geiding Jupiter. The latter won the purse in two heats, SUMMARY, Samy Day—Purse ot $100, for three-year-olds, mile heats, best three in five, in harness—$50 to i Sad $80 to the second and $20 to the third W. H. Fish, Jr. Otis Bort’s D. Budd's br. m. First heat. Second neat. Third on the programme was a purse of $500, for horses that never beat 2:50, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, $300 to the frst, $100 to the sec ond and $50 to the third horse, The whole number Ol entries. ten, responded to the cali of the judges, and this field, with the colored caps of the driver: cooked much enthusiasm among the spectators, an really, with the surroundings of nature and art, the picture was pretty in the extreme. The tirat heat was won by Lookout, the second and third by Break-o’-Day, when darkness came on, and it waa ostponed until this afternoon, The following, 80 lar as progressed, ls a SUMMARY, SaME Day—Purse of $500, for horses that never beat 2:50, intie heats, best three in five, in harness; $300 to the first, $160 to the second and $50 to the third horse, M. R. Bellenger’s ch. g. Break 0’ Day. George Moore's b. g Lookout. Otis Bort’s ch, m. Isabella. John Vincent’s w. g. Shiloh. Dante! Delay’s br. m. Lady Wood. Ben. Wilson's br. m. Carrie. Owner's b, g. Charley M.. W. W. Olcott's 8. g. Rea Bird, T. B. Dean’s bik. g. Iona.... Isaac Woodruf's b, m. Little Fraud Tu Creer ee First heat... 41 Second neat. 4046 : Third heat. 40 1: WASHINGTON. Ai nimi ts WASHINGTON, Sept, 11, 1878+ The Geneva Award Bond. The Bond for $15,500,000, the amount of the Geneva award, is held by the Secretary of State ig that department, and is not placed for safe keep+ ing in the Treasury, as many suppose. The bond is made payable to the order of the Secretary of State, and, of course, none else could procure any money on it. So far as the danger of it being stolen is concerned the officials have no fear, ag it would be of no use to the thief. This bond is fox the largest amount of money ever issued by any government in a single transaction, Photographs of the bond and a certificate of deposit were completed at the Treasury Department tox day and copies sent to the President and each member of the Cabinet, It may he stated, as @ part of the history of the payment of the Geneva award, that, on the completion of the business om Tuesday, Sir Edward Thornton promptly informed his government by telegraph of the fact. Mexican Depredations on the Rio Grande—Annexation of Northern Mex- ico, Colonel Robb, one of the ex-Commissioners ta inquire mto the depredations committed on the persons and property of American citizens on the Rio Grande border, has recently received nume- rous letters stating that such acts are continually occurring, and that since the Commission left that section last spring large droves ef cattie have been driven to the Mexican side from ranches between Brownsville and Brazos de Santiago and be- tween Brownsville and Rio Grande city. These thieving operations were committed in daylight, and in several instances exulting gestares were made by the Mexicans, who had escaped with their booty, to the United States cavalry, who had pursued them, but halted on the American side of the river. In addition to cattle stealing, Murders have been committed not far irom Forts Clark and Poncho, within twenty-five or thirty miles from the Rio Grande. It will be recollected the Commissioners reported an actual loss of about filteen million dollars by such incur- sions. The amount has been considerably in-+ creased since the term of the Commission expired, There ts no doubt the attention of Congress will again be called to this subject by the President, with aview to the protection of the citizens of the United States on the border, The demand on Mexico to put anend to the marauding expeditions having been unsuccessful, gentlemen of nigh position say they sce no remedy for the evil except in the ac- quisition of a portion of Northern Mexico com- manding both sides of the river, and that such ace quisition is not improvable, considering that Mexico will be unable to pay the aggregate dam- ages which Texans bave sustained by the ineff- ciency of Mexico'to restrain its citizens from their wrong doing. The Yellow Fever at Shreveport, La. The United States Marsbal at Shreveport, La, telegrapis to Attorney General Wiliams that the local authorities on the Texas Pacific Railway have stopped the c: by force on account of the preva, lence of fever at Shreveport, and asking that the general government interfere to compel the run- ning of trains. THE ODD FELLOWS. The Annual Report of the Grand Sire Lost in Transmission. BaLTimorr, Md., Sept. 11, 1873. The annual report of the Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge 1. 0. 0. F., which should be submitted to that body at its annual communication in this city on Monday next, has been lost or miscarried on the 23d of July last. C. A. Logan, the present Grand Sire of the Order, and United States Minister to Chile, handed his report to the agent of the National Pacifie Steamship Company in the city ot Valparaiso, to be forwarded to Panama by the steamer which sailed on that da and delivered to an agent of Wells, Fargo & Co, express company at Panama, to be forwarded by him to James S. Ridgety, Grand Corresponding and Recording Secretary of the Order in this‘city. Pri vate letters by the same steamer from Valparaiso and other documents addressed to Mr. Ridgely, some coming through the mail and others throug the State Department at Washington, have reached him, but the report of the Grand Sire ts missing, and the agents of Wells, go & Co. at New York can give no information in regard to the document. Secretary Ra i requests that, ifit has been handed to private parties or accidentally fallen into other hands, it will be forwarded to him imme- diately in this city. FIRE AT MARBLEHEAD. Tne Loss $20,000 to $25,000—A Serious Disaster Averted. MARBLEHEAD, Masé., Sept. 11, 1873. A fire broke out this morning in F. P. Paine’# stable, which was destroyed, together with six valuable horses. The flames extended to the barm and dwelling house of Samuel Homan, to the Mana- taug House, kept by John Marr, and the National Grand Bank, all of w ere destroyed. At one time it seemed that a ‘ge portion of Washingtom street would be involved in the cot ation, and the storekeepers and families on that street hastily Temoved, and but for the timely arrival of the Salem firemen Marblehead would have suffered serious disaster. The loss falls about ea, ao the persons burned out, with the exception of Mr. no is not insured. The total loss ts from $0,000 10" $25,000, It is believed that the fire was Incendiary. THE CALIFORNIA OUTLAWS, SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11, 1873, ‘The officers in pursuit of the Vasquez gang of murderers overhauled them at Rock Canyon, in San Bernardino county, and @ skirmish ensued, No one was wounded; but Sherif? Adams kept the und. Vasquez and his party fled, leavin, trenty-one snarses and a part of their booty ox tained in the robbery at Hollister’s, Vasquez is ushing thro jexico, One o! captured, h the mountains towards Sonora, the gang, named Adon Leiva. wag: