The New York Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1874, Page 3

‘JUNE REGATTAS. Yachting Prospects for the Month of June. The Annual Regattas of the New York, Brook lyn and Atlantic Yaeht Clubs, A Steam Yacht Race and the Corinthian Cup To. Be Sailed at Newport. THE MADELELNE’S MATCHES Although the yachting season proper is under- stood to commence on May1 and continue until November 1, the Jestivities very rarely begin be- fore the first or second weck in June, and even then there is often considerable hurrying in order to get boats ready for the June regatta. Yachts- | men, asa rule, are rather tardy in getting tho Doats in commission, and thus oiten lose nearly @ month of the pleasantest season of the year. At present there are certainly mot more than one-half of the yachts belonging to the Jarge clubs in cruising condition, and the pleasant days that have been enjoyed during the past week have consequently been lost to a great many. The members of the Atlantic Yacht Club did well, taking an opening cruise, as it inangurated their season about ten days earlier than usual. THE PROSPECTS of the yachting season of 1874 appear to be very goca, notwithstanding the~croaking of some few grumbiers who persist in maintaining that yachting is going toa very hot place, ana is not | what it used to be. There is a probability this year of more private matches than usual, as some | very sweeping challenges have already been 4ssued, and there are rumors of more coming. First and foremost there ts the challenge of Com- modore Jacob Voorhis, Jr., of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, who thinks, like a good many other yachts- men, thgt he owns the fastest schooner yacht afloat. Commodore Jake, however, is one of those yachtsmen who is willing to back his opinton, and has therejore signified his willingness to sail any schooner yacht aftoat, not barring the Sappho, | Dauntless, Columbia, Palmer, Phantom, or any other yacht. The owner of the Madeleine proposes | to sail the best of three matches, twenty miles to ‘windward and return, for a $500 cup or a dinner for 100 guests. The rebuilt Tidal Wave has been | the first to pick up the gauntlet, and ex- Commodore William has arranged to sail | his brother, Commodore Jake, twenty miles to windward and return on Friday, June 12, the day alter the annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club. When that match is decided, or per- haps before, the Madeleine will probably be chal- Jenged by the Columbia, as Mr. Lester Wallack’s only opjections to racing have been waived by Commodore Voorhbis. It appears.that Mr, Wallack very naturally objects to the discomfort caused in clearing out @ yacht for a race, and it is only natural, when | owning such a perfectly-kept boat as the Columbia, that a person would not like to go to the trouble of taking up the cabin flooring to stow away chains, anchors, &., and raise a kind of general “muss” cn board that it would take weeks to put im order again. Commodore Voorhis hearing of this, immediately said that he periectly agreed ‘With Mr. Wallack and would preter salling against | the Columbia in regular cruising trim, with boats on davits and anchors and guns on deck. With such unanimity of ideas there can be no doubt but that the yachting public will be gratified with the view of a race between these two remarkably fast yaclts. The Madeleine, how- ever, has ner hands iull this season, as it 1s re- ported that Mr. Wtiliam Osgood Is so satisfied with the way that the Phantom has been going this | season that ne is also unxtous to measure speed ‘With the champion of the Brooklyn Yacht Club, There is considerable rivalry tis year between the small schooner yachts, and of such a nature that several matches will probably be made. The little schooner Clio haa been sailing very well, and her owners fancy her considerably, and even go go larasto think they can get away with the re- mowned Magic, the winner of the America Cup regatta, The schooner yacht Eva will arrive shortly in these waters from her home on the Delaware, and then the Clio can have ali | the racing she wants, as General Grubb, tie owner oi the former, is tolerably well satisfied thai, notwithstanding the ocean race of last Octo- ber, the Eva can beat the Cito. The Vision has just been put in order for the Beason, andis awaiting a Challenge, She stands in possession o1 the whip and is looking for some- bouy to take itaway. Great reports o1 the Gracie are whispered around and rumor has named her for the first contestant for the champion honors. Later in the season two others will probably ap- ie that have been staped by Mr. Kirby for Messrs, forris and Edgar. August at Newport will, in all probability, be livelier than it bas been for some years past, as there will be a good many cups to sail for. The event of the month will be the race for the Corinthian Cup, which 1s given under the auspices of the Seawannaka Yacht Club. For that race all the yachts wili be sailed and manned by members of the ciub iey represent. A number of yachts have already signified their inten- tion to compete. The Seawanhaka Yacht Club Will be represenied by the Idler, the New York Yacht Club by the Palmer, Magic, Phantom, Gypsie and Eva. The Brooklyn Yacut Club by the Made- leine and Comet, anu the Atlautic Yacht Club by the Peerless and Tritou. The Boston clubs will also be represented. it 18 understood that there will be a steam yacht race at Newport, to be sailed sometime in August. The Ocean Unallenge Cup irom Brenton’s Reef to Sandy Hook and return wul also be sailed for about the same ume. THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB have decided to hold their annual regatta on Thursday, June 16. Tne Regatta Committee, Messrs. William Krebs, Edward E. Chase and iiliam B. Bend, have issued the following pro- gramme: ” PRIZES : There will be four prizes of the value of $250 cach, as follows :—One for first class schooners, those measuring 7,000 cubic feet and over. Une for second elass schoon- ers, (hose measuring less than 7,000 cubic feet. One for first class sloops, those measuring 2,00 cubic feet and ‘over. One for second class sloops, those measuring less ‘than 2,000 cubic treet. The above prizes will be sailed tor according to the rules of the club, but without allowance of tune, and the prize tor each class will be awarded to the vessel of such ciass which makes the race in the shortest time. ‘On the same day will be offered to be competed for by the schooners uf the ciub, without classification, THK BENNETT CHALLENGE CUP for schooners, recently surrendered to the club by the ‘owner ot the yacht Madgie. This prize will be sailed for according to the sailing regulations of the ctub (with allowance of time), the wiuner to hold the same for tuirty days after the race, without liability to challenge 5 afier which date it is to be heid subject to challenge in accordance with the deed of gitt. THE ENTRIES for either or both of the above races must be made in writing, addressed to the secretary of the club, and will be received ai the Club House, corner of Twenty-seventh street and Madison avenue, until Tuesday morning, 9th of June, at eleven o'clock, when they must be closed in comptiance with the rules of the club. Attention is called to the changes recently made in the satling regu- lations in reterence to boats; also to the number of men tobe carried by second class sloops on regattas, and to ‘the regulation requiring a deposit ot $25 to be made by ae of each yacht before entering her tora re- SAILING DIRECTIONS. All yachts will cari ak. The start will their private signals at the main e from an anchorage as follow: 0 flagboats will be stationed off Staten Island, ee ‘anderbilt landing , about one mile trom the and competing yachts will anchor on the morning of the race as TDUOWS Jeschoouers, fitty yards apart, on a a du t from the most northerly flagboat; rt, on a line drawn duc west from te in line each vacht may select its Main- In taking position own in the order of its arrival at the anchorage sails, toresails and gatf-topsails may be set before start- Unless otherwise ordered by the Regatta Committee. ‘achts will be started at eleven o'clock, and the s, which will be given trom the Judge's steamer lain Fletcher) wilisbe as follows:—For a prepa ato! Cl aal one gun, and the Yacht Club flag on th ateainer will be lowered, and ten minutes luter pre- ‘Goliewen oh trae Signals will be repeated, Tay ‘be. Prelghed or siipped, 7 its Will start, Anchors @ course Will be trom the startin, as above, t and around a stakeboat at buoy 8: point pouiert spit Beeping jton the port hand in’ turning; thence to and around the Sandy Hook Lightship, keeping it ¢ the starboard hand tn poutine, and return over the saine course, Keeping the southwest Spit buoy on the starboard hand. Yachts must keep to the eastward of the buoys 9.11 and 13, on the west hank, going and re. md on arrival home, will pass between the Judge's steamer and x stakebout to be anchored in, the Narrows, 100 yards distant trom the middle angle of Fort Tompkins, Staten Island, where the race will end, The steamboat William Cook, furnished tor the exclu: ve use of members of the cinb and their ave the Erie Kailway pler. foot ot Twenty-third street, regatta, ' yachts during the past few years, and the namver | by our steam yachtsmen at their own expense. | Tos is an incidentar benefit that snould commend | desirabie to impose upon contestants are those ' each boiler. | only give illusory and transient results, tending to | could no doubt point out other and proper condi- | and blank certificates of entr, resolution’ of the club, wines will be at the expense of those ordering them. The regatta will probably bring out the following yachts:— Columbia... ‘Tidal Wav Palmer, Phantom. This. .Mr. W. T, Garner. iM. RB. Ditlon. a :Henry Vail. With such @ fleet as the above the New York Yacht Ciub will have about as handsome a regatta as as been witnessed for several years. ‘The club steamer, carrying the members of the club and their guests, will accompany the yachts around the course, and a steamer will also be furnished for the use of the judges and members o! the press. ‘A STEAM YACHT RACE, The great interest that has been taken tn steam of vessels of that class that now belong to the New Yor« Yacht Ciub, have suggested tne propriety of offering prizes for a contest between these yachts, and, in pursuance of the feeling of the members of the club, the Joliowing resolution Was passed at the last meeting of the club:— ved, That a comimittee of three be appointed by hair to consider and report at the next meeting ot the club the propriety of offering a prize for steam yachts, to be zwarded at Newport during the cruise or otherwise, a5 may be determined, upon the basis of relative speed and general excellence. A committee was then appoluted by the Chair, | consisting of Messrs. Krebs, Centre and Steers. There is no doubt that some encouragement should be given to those gentlemen who, year alter year, have spent large sums in experimenting on mau of considerable experience in such matters recently expressed his opinion in the following words :—“Without any outside help or encourage- ment our steam yachtsmen have already accom- plished a good deal -towards producing vessels. that combine fairly the desiderata of speed, econ- omy in coal consumption (Which means avility to make long cruises), sea worthiness, beauty and good accommodation for the yachtsman himself. Of course, there is still great room for improve- ment. Ido not think the great yachting ciub of the country ought longer to entirely ignore this branch of sport, @ branch already very popular in Engiand and one sure to attract more attention in this country, Ju@icious fostering on the part of the New York Yacht Club will soon bring out specimens that will reflect honor upon the club, Besides, experiments tending to the improve- models and improvements in machinery. 4 gentle- | ¥ | | ment of steam navigation generally, in the | near future of which the United States | is so vitally interested, will be made this branch of the sport to the club. Prizes might be offered for speed competition—say a prize lor ‘achts of 50 to 100 feet length on deck and another lor vessels of 100 io 150 ieet deck, over a given course in all weataers, The only restrictions it is necessary to secure periect safety and healthy progress; in other words, restrictions as to steam pressure and kind of fuel, as 1 will explain. The, United States imspection law requires that every steam yacht shall be examined by the United States Board of Steamboat Inspectors, who survey and carefully teat the strength of the boiler, and then certily in writing What steam pressure may be safely curried on ‘0 awarding prizes due proof should be exacted that steam has at no time been carried 10 excess of the pressure allowed by the inspec- tor’s certificate, any excess to work a forfeiture of all claims, A member of the club other than the owner could atcompany each contestant to verify this, or a carefully tested sell-registeriug steam gauge, sucd as is now used in steamships, would also show this satisfactorily. ‘the only other restriction advisable at present is that no other fuel but coal should be burned during the race, to prevent recourse to such dangerous fuels as rosin, petroleum, fat, &c., or even pine wood, as tnere are fuels that would be dangerous and injure healthy progress, Time and experience tions; but 1 think a fair, saie aud interesting race could be made under the eight restrictions I have above indicated.” The commitiee will report at the next meeting of the club, THE BROOKLYN YACUT CLUB is first in the field this year, with the programme of its seventeenth annual regatta, which will be satled on ae June 16, over the usual course, ‘Yoe Brooklyn Ciub has gated consideravie strength since last season and musters a very jarge fleet tn point of numbers, though not near equalling that of the New York Yacht Club in pomt of tonnage. The schooner yachts will have @ | more interesting race this year, as Commodore Jacob Voornis, Jr., has decided not to sail the Schooner Madeleiie in regattas, reserving her speed for the pene eeees who desires to test it iu & private match. Ther-oiicers of the Brooklyn Yacht Club for 1874 are— Commodore—Jacob Voorhis, Jr. Vice Commodore—john S. Dickerson. Rear Commodore—Robert Dillon. President—P, W. Ostrander, Secretary—William T. Lee. Treasurer—Chauncey M. Felt. Assistant Secretary—George G. Dunning. Measurer—Joun M, Sawyer. Fleet Surgeon—Samuel Hall, M. D, Judge Advocate—Hon. Jonn Oakey. The regatta will be sailed under the directions of the Jollowing committee :—H. Baragwanath, John A, Braman, Ernst Wendt, M. T. Davidson and Samuet Hall, M. D., and they have issued the fol- lowing PROGRAMME. The club, as usual, invites a free entry of all yachts belonging to any duty organized yacht club in the United Staves; and to all such yachts that may enter the club offers for competition the following prizes, on time allow- ance :— First—A class for all schooner yachts. Second—A class for all sloop yachts 45 feet long and over on water hne. Third—A class for all sloop yachts under 45 feet long on water line. Fourth—A class for all yachts (open boats) 25 feet and over on water line. : Prizes. First—The Flag Officer's prize to be awarded to the = yeent so ot each class belonging to the Brooklys acht Club. ‘Second—The clud prize to be awarded to the first yacht in of each claas on time allowance. Third—the Union prize (open to all sacnis belonging to any organized yacht club) to be awarded to the seco yacht in of cach Class on time allowance. It is understood that the yachts of the Brooklyn Yacht Club have the privilege of contesting for the above Prizes, in addition to the regular prizes ot the Club, for which’ they alone can compete. in addition to the above the regular prizes of the clab will be as follows;— ‘Two prizes for each class of yachts—one to be sailed for on time. aliowance and one ‘(the fiag officer's prize) 9, be awarded to the first yacht in, regardless of time allowance. Yacht owners are requested to send in their entrie: soon as possible, so as to enabie a correct classifica au be procured on ap- plication to the Secretary, William T. Lee, No. U4 Wall street, course. The course for schooners and first class sloops to be from anchorage to stakeboat at Southwest Spit, passing it from westward to southward, thence to lightship, rounding it trom the northward to eastward, and return, to home stakeboat, which wiil be off Bi idge di For second class sloops, froin anchor: at Southwest Spit, passing it from the westward to south- ward, thence around stakeboat at outer bar buoy in Gedney's Channel, rounding same from southward to eastward, thence to home stakeboat, For third class sloops (open boats), from anchorage to stakeboat at Southwest Spit, rounding same from west- ward to southward, thence to home stakeboat. ‘The winning yacht.in each class must make the race within cight hours to be entitled to a prize. All yachts to pass outside of Fort fayette and to east. ward of West Bank buoys, Nos. 11, 18 aud 15, and, on re- turning, to westward of Ditmb Beacon. an ae. on returning, to pass to eastward of home stakeboat. Ail yachts may carry any fore and aft sails, and all head sails to be set on stays, except open boats. ‘bach yacht must carry the signal of the club to which e may belong at the peak of mainsail, and also have the numbers placed upon the centre of mainsail on each side, which may he obtained of the meagurer, J. M. Saw- yer, 114 Wall street. The allowance of time for schooners and first class sloops will be based ‘Spon the length and breadth otf yacht on water line. e allowance of time for second and third class sioops (open boats) will be based upon length only. One-half of overhang included in measare- 1 ment. ‘Cabin yachts to carry one man toeach five feet of ner length on deck. PosiTION. Schooners to anchor in line abreast of each other, 200 feet aperh off Bay Ridge, New York Bay, east to west, 1s dow! Sioops, first claas, in line, 500 yards to the northward of the schooners, in like order. Sloeps, second attics yurdsto the northward of the in like order. Girst class pop , Sloops, thi 600 yards to the northward of the class sloops, in like order. All yachts to be anchored in line before ten A. M. on the day of the rexatta. ‘Ail yachts to weigh anchor. ct TART, First Gun—To prepare to start. Bepond Gun—For schooners and first class sloops to st ‘hird Gun—For second class sloops to start. Fourth Gun—For third ciass sloops (open boats) to start. Gun to be fired from the ju steamer, Seth Low. LATIONS, ad ballast during a SAILING REGU Any cabin yacht shifting any de: regatta or race of the club shail forieit al? claim to a ize. o Nothing but the hand lead and tine may be used in sounding. A yacht touching any boat, buoy or flag, used to mark out the course, shall forfeit ali ciaim to the prize, except ‘as specified below. Anchoring will be allowed during a race, but no means allowed to propel a yacht except sails, ‘A competent person shall be plaved py the Regatta Committee on board of the home stakeboat, to make ob- servations; and in the event of any information being required, he may be cxammed by the judges for that LUT pose, Purp e violation of these regulations shall be reported to the Judges Immediately aiter the regatta, and, if re- quired by the judges, reduced to writing. "the Judges, {fin their discretion the charges shali not be frivolous, shall appoint an early day for hearing upon such hearing, may éxamine such wit- nesses as shail be produced betore them, | Only one per- son from each yacht afiected by the decision shall appear | wardmost cannot tac “fizzled out. The chief apostle of the crusade, Wal- before them. orth River, on the morning ot the re 2 Seer hosk sreclealy, callie as pier et toreas in o'cioek, and at Quarantine landing, Staten Island: at It-past ten o'clock, to receive me and will stop ma th atta, to land , MD RERGE wil Be atled'S Seals ty No yacht may be sailed in any Feraete, or race except A meinver of the club shall be on s Yachts on the port tack must invariably give way to those on the starboard tack; and in all cases where @ doubt of the possibility of the yacnt on the tac! weathering the one on the starboard tack shall exist, the yacht on the port tack shull git If the other yacht keep her course and rum into her, the owner of ‘the yacht on the iy tack shall be compelled to pay all daniages, and, if in @ regatta or race, forieit all claim to prize. Any yacht bearing away or alter’ her course to leeward and thereby compelling another yacht to bear away avoid collision, shall forieit all claim to Prize, except when two yachts are approaching a winward shore, buoy or stake boat together, with a tree wi ty lose each other that the’ weathermost cai of the Jeewardmost, and b; be in aanger of running ashore or touching said buoy or stake boat; such leewardmost yacht, on being requestea to bear away, is immediately to comply aud will forfeit all claim to the prize by not ‘The weathermost yacle must, however. in this case bear away at the same ine as the one she halls, if she do so Withont coming in contact. When two yachts by the wind are approaching shore, & buoy or stakeboat her, and so close that the lee- clear of the windwardmost, and by standing o riher would be in danger of running ashore or touching said buoy or stake boat, such ermost yacht, on bemg requested to put about, ts imme- diateiy to comply, and will torteit a m tothe prize by not sodoing. The leewardmost yacht must, in this case, however, tack at the same moment as the one she hails, if she ein do so without coming in contact. When rounding a mark, boat or bi he yacht nearer thereto shail be considered the beaimost boat; and should any other yacht that is in the regatta or’ race | compei a yacht nearer any mark, boat or buoy, to touch the said niark, boat Buoy, the yacht so compelling her shall rorfeit al! claim to thé prize, and her owner shall Day for all damage that may oceur thereby. ‘The So compelled to touch a mark, boat or buoy shall not sufler any penalty theretor. Yachts going tree must invariably give way to those acht | | | | by the wind on either tack. | During a regatta or race under the auspices of the club, all yachts not entered must invariably give Way Le those sailing in such regatta or race, without re; to | the previous rules. Disobedience of’ this rule may be | prosecuted under article eleven, section five of constitu. | tion. Ail violations of these rules shall be reported to the club and may bo punished by the club In its discretion. THE ATLANTIO YACHT CLUB take the lead this season, as they have decided to | hoid their annual regatta on Wednesday, June 10, | There will be three classes—schooners, first and | second class sioops. The programme giving all the regulations, course, &c., has not yet appeared, The following yachts will probably sail in the race :— Schooners, »W. L. >wan, -W. H. Langley. Sheppard Homans Peer! Tidal Wave. ‘Triton... A. Cumming. B, Livingston. vid Crocker. Dixie The Atlantic Yacht Club makes time allowance dependent on the meaa between the length over all and on the water line. THE SMALL CLUBS appear to be rather quiet this season and will be rather late with their regattas. The Bayonne Yacht Ciub has joined with the Oceanic Yaclit Club, and they appear this season as the Union Yacht Club of New Jersey, The Columbia Yacht Club and the Jersey City Yacht Club are both flourish- | ing and will hid thetr regattas iate in the present month. Frank Bates opens the season on June 4 with a regatta for open boats, to be sailed from off the Short Branch House, Gowanus Bay. The Manhattan and Harlem Yacht Clubs are also mak- ing lively efforts to carry through a saccessiul season. Yachting Note. Yacht Cornelia, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. J. H. Vondy, from Newport, passed Whitestone yesterday afternoon, for New York. NEW YORK CITY. William McQuade, Vice President of the Eighteenth Assembly District Republican Associa- tion, a Custom House attaché, diea yesterday. Mayor Havemeyer received donations for the Louisiana sufferers yesterday from W. Cullen Bryant & Co., $200; W. H. Aspinwall, $100; G. G. W., $5; A Louisiana Resident, $10. The Caledonian Club met last night at their rooms, No. 118 Sullivan street, and, among other business, perfected arrangements for their seven- teenth annual picnic, which will be held on the 10th inst, at Dudley’s Grove. At a meeting of the Board or Health, held yester- day aiternoon, the following reports were re- ceived :—From Dr. Janes, on the use of life-saving apparatus at the several ferry slips and piers, and roe Dr. Day, on the weekly work of the sanitary ureaw. For some days past the laborers attending the plasterers and bricklayers have been looking for an advance of wages from $2 60 to $2 75 and from $2 26 to $2 50 aday, and as nearly ail of them Nave now received the advance asked for no in- terruption of building enterprise is expected, On Monday evening James H. Hood, a lad ten years of age, while at play on & raft foot of Chris- topher street, North River, fell overboard and was drowned. Yesterday morning the body was re- covered and taken to the residence of the parents, No. 101 Charles street, where Coroner Woltman held an inquest, For several days past Robert R, Hancock, a | tailor, who lived at No. 104 East Broadway, had been drinking to excess, and on Monday night, while in a deranged state of mind, he cut his throat with a razor and died soon after of hemor- rhage. Coroner Woltman will hold an inquest. Hancock was forty-three years of age and @ native o1 this country. BROOKLYN. The body of a woman, very much decomposed and in a nude state, was discovered last evening wedged between timbers beneath the dock at the foot of Montague street. The body has been 1n | the water so long that recognition appears im- possible, Charles Peters, fifty years, who says he ts a ped- Jer and lives in Pine street, New York, was caught | secreted in the residence of Mrs. Emma N. Brad- shaw, No. 1,849 Dean street, at an carly hour yes- terday morning. He was committed to await ex- amination on a charge of burglary. John Carmody, who was arrested some time ago | on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Panormo, was rearrested yesterday charged with Tepeating at tne election held November, 1872. He resistea the officer on his way to the Third Precinct station house, and recetved a severe clubbing, which had the effect of enforcing docility. The Reformed Episcopal Church, of Brooklyn, was organized June 1, according to statute, under the name and style of the Reformed Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, with Rev. W. H. Reid | as rector and the LOPE A obits as vestry: men:—Stewart L. Woodiord, Herbert B, Turner, dames L. Morgan, John Edwards, Stevens and Charles W. Swan. Thomas H. The Board of Education met last night and hada long discussion over the report of Superintendent Fields in regard to the evils arising from the cus- tom of mixing the sexes in the public schools. Mr. Fields yas permitted to submit a modified report, in which it was stated that this mixing of the classes was not grossly immoral, but simply dan- erous, The report was opposed by Me: we, Juyler, Libbie, Sprague and others, it was finally adopted, and the practice of mixing the classes wul hereatter be discontinued, NEW JERSEY. The motion to quash the indictments against Klenen, the defaulting Hoboken cashier, has been denied, The trial is set down Jor to-day, John Shannon, a contractor, of Jersey City, has been indicted for mansiaughter, because he left in an unprotected condition the Ravine road, into which Charles Skroun walked at night and was killed. The temperance crusade in Hudson county has ter Woods, was expeiled irom one of the Cepiral Railroad cars yesterday, at the request of tne pas’ ae ‘ead for persisting in annoying them on the subject The case of Joseph Atkinson against the State, in error, will be called up to-day. This 1s the cele- brated Newark libel case, in which Mr. Atkinson was convicted of libel although the indictment was not signed by the foreman of the Grand Jury. tone DoW is Whether such an indictment is valid. Mayor Traphagen, of Jersey City, has check- mated the extravagance of the Pouce Commis- sioners by reiusing to sign the resolution to pay one Lathrop the sum of $4,163 for services as veterinary surgeon. Hie first reason 1s that La- throp 1s no surgeon, and his second that one veteri- nary surgeon 18 suficient jor the police and fire departments. In the Supreme Court of New Jersey, at Tren- ton, yesterday, arguments were heard on motions to quash indictments for conspiracy and misde- meanor against Joseph C. Young and William NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET. THE NAVAL ACADEMY. All Hands Ready to Splice the Main Brace. CLOSE OF BOOK LEARNING. ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 20, 1874. Nothing in the way of weather could be more | charming than this delighful day vouchsafed by propitious fates for the graduating exercises. Wit fleecy clouds the sky is blanched, And o'er the bay. Slowly, in all his splendors dight, ‘The great sun rises to behola the sight. The Academy, one of the prettiest of all spots, certainly never looked Jovelier than it did this morning, and the visitors who thronged its shady walks, as well as the graduates who have known it as their home ‘or ‘our long years, will carry away with them in their remembrance of this day @ picture of quiet beauty not soon to be effaced. ‘The first thing in order on the programme of graduating exercises was the official reception of the Secretary of the Navy, who had come on trom Washington to present the diplomas. For this purpose the battalion cadets was paraded at ball-past nine o’clock, a... all the officers, in full uniform, assembled at the Superintendent's house. Here they were presented to the Secretary, who then proceeded to the parade ground and re- viewed the cadets, while the howitzer battery thundered out its Cabinet oMicers’ salute of fifteen guns. This was followed, at a quarter past ten, by an address in the chapel by the Rev. J. L. G. McKown, of the Board of Visitors, ‘his finishea, the spec- tators repaired to the parade ground, where & handsome pavilion, gaily decorated with flags, had been erected for the convenience of the Board of Visitors and the friends of the graduates, and comiortable seats under the trees provided for the | less distinguished guests, And now the strains of martial music are heard, and the head of the col- umn of cadets is seen approaching. The drum Major, who leads the van, 1s one of the institutions of the academy. Aman of gigantic stature, his red plume is not an inch less than seven feet from the ground, and he carries himself with the air of one who appreciates fully his importance as the cynosure of alleyes, His uniiorm is gorgeous be- yond description, and what with his tmportant air and the magnificence of his dress, he is frequently taken by rural visitors for the Admiral himself. On one occasion, it is said, the quiet looking man who COMMANDED THE MONITOR, ‘WAS not @ little amused while watching a parade to hear some one in a group tn tront of him say, as the band came in sight, ‘Ah, here comes the Admiral!’ whereupon all the rest gazed speech- less at their supposed hero, and took in his mag- nificent proportions with undisguised admiration. But while I have been dilating upon the Drum Major, the column has come on the line and dress parade ig in progress, The appearance of the cadets, in their white pants and caps and blue jackets, is very fine, and their steadiness remark- able. They execute the manual wonder‘ully well, the silent drill, especially, being periect. The only thing which they lack ts that indescribable mihtary air which can only be attained by a thorough ‘setting up,” which the cadets here do not receive. I do not make this remark in the way of fault finding, for it must be remembered that the business of this academy is to turn out sailors, not soldiers, and there is to me some- thing very charming in the {ree and easy air of the midshipmen. They look manly and inde- pendent, and something better than mere ma- chines, But, revenons & nos moutons. The dress parece proceeds regularly until the order, ‘Parade dismissed!” when all the members of the auating classes step to the frontand ground heir side arms, which are at once assumed by the second Class men, detailed to take their places as cadet ofticers, They then form in line and march up to within a few paces of the pavilion and salute. The Honorable Secretary of the Navy (as our naval iriends delight to call him—or the rotuna Robeson, as the less respectial newspaper corre- spondent might put it) now steps to the front and of Midshipmen, there can be no doubt that the 1 stitution will, under hig direction, continue iv march of improvement till it stands unrivaled. RECEPTION ON THE UNIT: STATES STEAMER SWATARA. The officers of the United States steamer, Swa- tara, Commander Ralph Chandler, gave a reception and hop on board the vessel yesterday afternoon, Prior to her departure south with the scientific corps who have been engaged to make observa- tions on the transit of Venus, The Swatara has been fitting out for some time past at the Navy Yard, and the arrangements for her mission hav- ing been almost completed the officers determin ed | to entertain their friends. The invitations in- cluded ail the prominent oMictala of the Yard as well a8 many distinguished civilians, With char- acteristic taste and ejegance the ship was adorned with bunting and otherwise suitably decorated, aud altogether her appearance both inside and outside was trim and festive. The arrangements ; On the quarter deck and elsewhere were every- thing that could be wished, and siowed that the efforts of the officers to render the event | | worthy of the ship and the occasion | | had not been made in vain. Shortly aiter two o’clock the band played some inspiriting strains, and before long the company—a brilliant and dis- Unguished one—commencea to promenade, and subsequently to enjoy the terpsichorean exercises which the iascinating music suggested. The offi- | cers were, of course, unremitting tn their atten- | tong, and the affair was altogether a gratifying | Success, The Swatara will probably sat! on Satur- | day next, the United States steamer Gettysburg | having already conveyed from Washington and transterrea to her all the instruments and appli- ances for the expedition. The seientifle party are ordered to be on board the Swatara to-day. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Movements of the Alaska in the Mediter- ranean. The folldwing special despatch is received by cabie from London, Lonpon, June 2, 1874, The United States steamship Alaska sailed from Corunna June 1 for Lisbon. Nava! Orders. WASHINGTON, June 2, 1874 Naval Constructor Thomas E. Webb is detached from the Portsmouth Navy Yard and ordered to special duty as @ member of a court of inquiry. Naval Constructor Theodore D. Wilson is detached trom the Washtpgton Navy Yard aud ordered to the Portsmouth Navy Yard. VENUS IN BUSINESS. Early Departure of the Astronomers. WASHINGTON, June 2, 1874, The spacious grounds of the United States Naval Observatory have been cleared of the small observatories containing the equatorial and transit instruments and the photographic appa- ratus described in the HERALD of the 11th ult. to be used in watching Venus as she crosses the sun’s disc December 8, The buildings and the instru- ments on which such beautiful sun pictures have been taken daily for some time past are to be shipped immediately by the Gettysburg, Com- mander McRitchie, for the Brooklyn Navy Yard, to be transierred there to the Swatara. ‘The personnel of the Southern part of th e expe- arriving in lew Yorx. They are to be conveyed to the uthern stations. The personnel for THE THREE NORTHERN STATIONS are not under the necessity of leaving the Unitea States immediately, as they have but to proceed via San Francisco to China, Japan and Siberia, The Lackawanna, second rate, Is expected to be at Nagasaki by the middle of August to convey these Northern parties to their separate posts. As the whole organization is now completed for THE BIGHT STATIONS, we give below an accurate list. for the use of triends of the expedition and iriends of the trave ellers, ‘The following is a iat of the stations and parties of the Untted States expedition jor observation of the transit of Venus, December 8, 1874:— VLADIVosTOCK, Russia.—Chief Astronomer, Pro- fessor 8, Hall, United States Navy; Assistant, O. 8B. Wheeler; Chief Photographer, D, R. Clark; As- slatents, J, 8 Tappan, G. J. Rockwell and RM. Howart Town, Van Drgwan’s LAND.—Chief As- tronomer, Projessor W. Harkness, United States Enh L. Waido; Chiet Photographer, W. J. Moran; stants, W. H. Churchill and W. B. Devereaux, KERGUELEN ISLAND—Chief Astronomer, mander Ryan, United States Navy; Lieutenant Commander ©. J. Wain, United states Navy; Chief Photographer, D. R. Holmes; Assist- ants, G. W. Dryer and J. Stanley. NEW ZEALAND.—Chief Astronomer, Professor Peters, of Hamilton College; Assistant, Lieuten- Com- dition to baskets on tae Swatara are already Assistant, | addresses the graduates in a speech, replete, no doubt, with wisdom and good advice, but inaudible to all except those in nis immediate vicinity. He ant E. W. Bass, United States Army; Chie! Photo- | grapher, C. L. Philippi; Assistants, Pa . Russell, E. erson and L. H, Ayre. then presents the diplomas. The a commands, “Graduates, about face! for those we leave behind us,” and the cheers are given with a wil Then a voice calls out, “Three cheers for the graduates!” They ring out heartily, and the graduates break ranks, happy and exultant, to receive the warm congratulations of their friends. But they cannot realize that they have graduated as long as they wear the cadets’ uniform, so they seize the first opportunity to get to their quarters. And now behold a metamor- phosis! lever did grub burst from his chrysalis to emerge a brilliant butterfy with a greater ap- preciation ot freedom, than does the graduate shuitie off his cadet’s uniform and dou his long- tailed coat and shoulder knots, It is a supreme moment, than which he will never know a happier. After this comes THE BUSTLE OF LEAVING, for all get their detachments from the Academy with their diplomas, and are free to leave as soon as they wish. So, having alred their new unitorms long enough to convince themselve that they have really graduated, ana to excite the envy and ad- miration of all the junior classmen, they are doffed for “cits.” Then great loads of trunks go out on the express wagons; there is 4 final hand shaking ae Las and they are off, and the academic year 8 closet The cadets who remain have a few days’ relaxa- tion from studies and discipline. Early next week the greater part of the third class will go on leave for the summer, and the others will embark on the Constellation for the annual practice cruise. In order that my readers may understand how well the cadets must appreciate these few days of relaxation, let me give them an idea of the daily routine when the Academy is in regular working order, At six A.M., reveille; at a quarter to seven, breakiast; at eight, call to morning stucies and recitations, which continue till a quarter to one; at one, dinner; at two, afternoon studies and recitations till four; at ten minutes past four, drill, lasting an hour or an hour and a half; at sunset, dress parade, followed by supper; at eight, evening studies, lasting till hali-past nine; at ten, “Taps,” when all must bein bed. On Saturdays they have @ half holiday, and on Sundays have no studies nominally, but afternoon and evening “meditation,” when they are required to keep their rooms as during study hours on other days. Following is a list of the graduates arranged in order of genera! merit, in which order they go upon the Navy iter—the cadet midshipmen as mid- shipmen, and the cadet engineers as third assist- antengineers, The graduating class of midship- men, a8 will be seen, numbers but twenty-five. Wien it is reflected that this class originally num- bered more than 100 it will be seen that some effort is required to graduate from this institution, and that its officers are determined to take only the cream {rom the material at hand :— CADET MIDSHIPMEN. No. Name. *i—George H, Peters, Pennsylvant secrecy, A, Fiske, Onio.. Date of Audmission, ept. June Sept. 21, 1870 7—Lucien Flynne, Texas. 8—Haunlton Hutchins, Nev §-York Noell, Fenneyivani 1870 W—John F. Parker, Ohio. 29) 1870 11—M. G. Reynolds, Missouri. 1. : 12—John Bolwell, at large... 13—W. EK. Whitfield, Arkansas 17—W. Aiderdice, Virgini 18—George £. Hutter, Vi 19—W. H. Nostrand, B. 0. Scott, Alabama...... an Arms, Michigan. 2—F, J. Mulligan,’ Tennessee 33—C. W. Haskell, tow: U—E, L. Reynolds, New 2—John Farnsworth, ilinois, CADET ENGINBERS, *1,—Asa Mattice, New York. +2. —George B, Rai New York. ton, N —F. J. Hoffman, Maryland. A. B.C, Ohio, tora Vise Pern k SIonn'R, Edwards, Pendeytvante, }. H. Warren, ssachi ). Aibert B. Wiliets, Pennsylvania, 10,—stacy Potts, Pennayivani IN A SOCIAL POINT OF VIEW it has not been as gay here this spriag as it las usually been. ‘The ball generally tendered to the graduates by the second class was not given, on account, I believe, of some misunderstanding be- tween the cadet midshipmen and cadet engineers. A grand ball was tendered by the oMicers and cadets to Admiral Worden, as he retires {rom the Superintendency this year, but it was declined for private reasons; 80 ¢ ea datenee have been impromptu hops and promenade concerts. These, however, have been well attenaed and very enjoy- Admiral Worden will take with him when ne leaves the good wishes of all who have been con- nected with the academy during his administva- ton, The academy, under nim, has made great strides toward its present high position, aud he can wall afford to look back upon his tour of duty here With satisiaction. Heis to be succeeded by s8sgSS332 z #333 Stainaby, of the city of Newark, and which were found at the last January Term by the Grand Jury of Bssex county. G. N, Abeel appeared for tho State and Courtlandt Parker tor the defendants. Commodore C. R. P, Rodgers, now Chief of Bureau of Yards and Docks, bad, one of the most accom. plished oficers in the service. A man of cuiture and polish, and one who nas had much experience with ihe academy in formes days as Commandant jutant then e cheers 3 ee PEKING,—Chief Astronomer, Professor Watson, of Michigan University; Assistant, Proiegsor Oy A. Young, of Dartmout Bae Le eae ; Assistants, Dr. KE. Wasson and B. J. jonr’ Crozet ISLAND.—Chief Astronomer, Captain Ray- mond, United States Engineers; Assistant, Lieu- tenant 8, E. Tillman, United States Army; Chief Photographer, W. K. Pywell; Assistants, J. G. Campbell and A. Foster. NaGasaki.—Chief Astronomer, Professor David- son, United States Coast Survey; Assistant, 0. H, Jiltman, United States Coast Survey. CHaTHAM IsLanp.—Chiet Astronomer, E. Smith, United States Coast Survey; Assistant, A. Scott. United States Coast Survey; Chief Photo- qeepber, L, Seebann; Assistants, 0. Buchler and THE MISSISSIPPI OVERFLOW. PORE EN Sas Ae Report of the Boston Commission on the Condition of the Sufferers—The Greatest Calamity of the Current Century—Ne- cessity for Immediate Aid—The Best Means of Conciliating the South. Boston, Mass., June 2, 1874. Mr, Henry G. Crowell, who visited New Orleans as a commissioner for the purpose of ascertaining what uso was being made of the fund contributed by the citizens of Boston, and what turther assist- ance, if any, was required to alleviate the neces- sities of the sufferers, made a report to-day to the Alter describing in terms of high method by which relief is distributed saysi— raise the . Crowell THE RXTENT OF THE INUNDATION. “The calamity, in extent and ruinous conse- uences, is one of the greatest that have occurred from fire, storm or flood on this Continent during the current century. To see for myseli the na- ture of the great inundation I went to Brashear, three miles through an unbroken flood varying in depth from three to six feet, which pours irom the distant crevasses on the Mississippi and de- | vastates an immense region. 1 also went up the Mississippi about 200 miles to Port Hudson, 10 order to witness the passage of the vast volume of water rushing througn the several cravasses, varying in width from 600 to 1,600 feet, and in a depth from 7 to 12 feet, roaring ' like cataract, having swept away every obsta- cle in its course until it spread itself like @ vast fan over the neighboring country. T submit with this yore several maps and letters received hy tne relief. committee trom vartous sec- wens of the inundation and giving some particulars as | | THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE. | To enter into details would extend tiiis report to | agreat length. It 1s surficient for me to say that | what [saw gave me a realizing sense of the mag- of the reasons why the suffering, destitution and danger caused by it must continue for a long time. It is estimated by those who are familiar with previous floods in that Stute that from four to six weeks must elapse be- fore the water will subside sufMictently from the larg.r portion of the overflowed district to enable days must expire before they can raise produce enough to sustain life. I have noticed since my return from New Orleans that Mayor Wiltz has again appealed to several cittes and towns in the North for further ald. Unless this is afforded there must of necesstty be a terrible amount of suffer. ing, if not starvation. I regret that the people of the more wealthy and prosperous cities and towns, churches and assoctations of the North have not a better knowledge of the impoverished condition of that portion of the South and THE GREAT DANGER AND SUPFERING of that afficted people, for! am confident If they did they would at once send to them abundant aid, Aside from the great reliet which the large donation made by the citizens of Boston has given the sufferers, their prompt action has, in my opinion, done more to conciliate the people of the South than any other thing which bas occurred since the war. The praises of our citizens are upon every lip, not only in New Orleans, but in tue various cittes and towns at which I stopped on my way out and on my return.” THE NEW ORLEANS LEVEE BONDS, They Are Declared Valid Obligations of the State. New ORLEANS, June 2, 1874, The Supreme Court have decided the Levee bonds issued under act No, 82, of 1870, to be val ‘obligations Of the State. These bonds bad been enjolned and in consequence of that injunction, the Stern Brothers, of London, and other large foreign bondhoiders had commenced suits against the state Funding Board. MU tuese suits should be discontinued the Funding Board wili commence funding in July, paying the imterest on ail the bonds to January 1, an ponds to Jaly L. v1, the interest on the new College; Chief Photographer, || Mayor and citizens, at a meeting in the City Hall. | eighty miles west of New Orleans, the last twenty- | tions of the overflowed country, showing the ex- | nitude and destructiveness of the great food, and | 8 * POINT. — ® Examination of ( Class. Cum West Po nt uer Resort— A Gloomy Outlook for the Graduates. West Point, June 2, 1874, Had it not been for the presence here to-day of some filty young gentlemen in uniform, with Shoulder straps that showed them to be colonels, captains and lieutenants, and the oldest of them could not have boasted of more than fifteen years» existence, there would have been a very dull open- ing, indeed, to the examination period. It is true that there were a few visitors at the hotel, and that the attractions afforded the rural minds by & grand review before a body of distinguished gen- tlemen selected by the President and the Presi, dent of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, every one of whom, without an exception, has an “honorable” or a “gen- eral” or a “reverend” as a prefix to his name, were sufficient to make @& great many turnouts of various shapes and styles from across the river put in an appeare ance in the afternoon; but the young- sters from the private military school, with the army grades marked 1n newest of gilt embroidery on theif shoulders, formed the t bulk of the spectators, The fact is that nowgirs things are not done at West Point as they used to be, and that the crowds that used to swarm here in the days of auld lang syne are conspicuous only by their wbsence—a result certainly of something other than West Point’s want of ATTRACTIVENESS AS A MILITARY POST, There are those who will persist in the belief that the total absence of the old Southern element which, in the days of Hardee and Beauregard, made the Point one of their choicest rendezvous during the summer, has had everything to do with the changed condition of affuirs (80 far as | can be judged from the falling off of visitors is concerned) by the public of late years in West Point affairs. Others, again, insist that the pres- ence of the colored element in the corps of cadets nas driven away irom {t the love and afection of | the hundreds of the haué ton who considered @ summer season passed without a lew weeks’ stay at the Point as @ season not well spent. Bethe cause what it may, it is pretty certain that West. Pont, as a summer resort, with the military ag its great attraction, is no longer the West Point it was, It has, in fact, seen its best days as @ sume mer resort. There is the same grand scenery, the same drives, the same parades and reviews and drills that fifteen years ago drew hitherward from ail parts of the country its quota of pleasure seek- ers, and yet all these do not now “draw”—in ex- pressive stage phrase. To my mind the lack of in- terest manifested in West Point and its manifold attractions of magnificent mountain and river scenery of late 1s due more to the FAMILIARITY WITH THINGS MILITARY which people got a surfeit of during the war than anything else. Of those who of old used to crowd the hotels here from June to September there were, of course, many who came to emjoy . the pure, bracing air to be found among the moun- tains that raise their lofty peaks on every side of the Point, bat nine-tenths of them came at the same time to witness the military manceuvres and en- joy military soctety. In those days he was indeed @ man of note who was a lull hedged captain in the army, and people looked up to a colone! witha jeeling Somewhat akin to that which is popularly supposed nowadays to swell the bosoms of our democratic papas and mammas when they get introduced to a prince fresh from the realms of some “effete monarchy.” But the war turned out 80 Many brigadiers and closed with everybody and everyboay’s cousin either brevetted colonel or |} Major and all that, that the shoulder straps be- came a common article of everyday contact and, therefore, no longer a dainty curiosity to be looked at only ata respectful distance. ‘It is th change of things that has, in the opimion of many, ; Made West Point, in # great part at least, to-day guch @ contrast with THE WEST POINT OF ANTE-BELLUM TIMES as asummer resort. It may be, too, that the ate tractions of other places, where, since the w: things are gayer; where people live faster and ai | louder in their manners, and where the really re- ; Spectable and the not quite so respectable and the absolutely questioable kind of people with plenty of money and little or no cul- ture to back their bank account associate to- gether, regardless of consequences 80 long as out- | Ward appearances are golden and calcuiated to de- ceive, huve had quite as much to do with the falling ; Of from the numbers of West Point resorters ag any of the other suspected causes. Say what we will, however, it is a resort that admits of no snoddy. Because of its very quietness and lack | of display meretricious snow and false glitter are things 0] short duration here always, aud a pain- | ful experience is ever in store for any shoddyite who presumes more upon his turnout and his “tigers” than upoa knowing how to use his knile and fork at table or his knowiedge of the correct rales of grammar. Still West Point to-day is ro jonger THE LOVELY, BRILLIANT, CROWD-IIAUNTED RESORT it used to be. Yet, be the causes what they may, itcan be sately said that it is, alter ali, still the great West Point ina been g gnome ol view, and probably in a military pointof view better than ever, because of the very absence of those so-called aristocrats that once ‘flourished from the South, ‘and the few Northerners who were allowed to bask im the suhshine o! their select (!) society. THE GRAND REVIEW. To-day there was an innovation in the usual | annual programme. The Board of Visitors were not called upon in the forenoon by the academic stall, although the usual salute was given. It was decided to have the review of tue cadet corps take place a little after five o'clock, and so two birds were killed with the one stone, as | it were—the reception of the Board and the escort- | ing of them to the review were made one thing. ‘The review itself was magnificent and the Board | seemed to be very pleased with the evolutions, | The unmiiitary members remained quiet and un- terrified duriug the whole manccuvring, despite | the example set for anmilitary people at reviews | by Mr. Pickwick. There was no “knockivg down | of barricades of baskets” nor “ramming down of | the contents of enormous guns with instruments like magnified mops,” but a simple, quiet parade and review, territying to no one, not even to the | ladies, of whom there were many among the spec- | tators. Doubtless the Board, in looking upon the | battalion, felt very much like the ‘Lion’ who had ' such a wonderful effect upon poor Joe when he | met him on Ms recruiting tour, that it was, after , all, not half so giorious a thing to be @ Senator or a member of the House of Representa- | tives a8 asoldier, whose memory alter death every. | body honored, revered and respected, and whose name is written down in iull length in @ book in the War Department. The review, by the way, | was made ali the more attractive, to the ladies at least, by the fact of the cadets appearing In white pants, The ladies never fail to inveigh | against the gray cloth with all sorts of saucy invectives if the Superintendent is a idttie dilatory about the white pantaloon order, and always go into ecstasies over the white when they appear on the plains. And yet men are | sometimes blamed for admiring the symmetry of a pretty foot and ankle! It has often happened that the first day of the donning of the white pants by | the cadets has been the signal for a rampus among | | the people to plant, and that trom ninety to 120 | the elements, In fuct, the day was almost certain to be a forerunner of a rain spell and ever associated with mudded boots and a certain amount of military prolanity which followed as a | Matural consequence. To-day was an exception | to the general rule, however, for the skies were cleat and the sun shone brightly ail the afternoon. The review must, then, have been for once agrati- fication to the clerk of the weather, as well as to other people with less power than he to spoil & parade or outdoor drili of any kind, A GLOOMY PROBPEOT, Judging from the fact that six sections in en- gees ing of the gradoating class were examined o-duy, the examination season wili be of very ea com nan bon — ane @ certain amount present graduating class. It may be that its members will never become officers of the army, for it is said thatthe passage by Congress of the new law reducing the army wili necessitate their going home with 00 hope of being commissioned, A ew years ago, by some hocuspocus or other, the first seventeen contemptible piece of business was traced to U desire of a certain protessor to have one of the cadets, a relation of bis, who was among the seventeen, yet not among the first five by any means, made an engineer oficer. The griev- uce of the “stars” of the Osher classes caused considerable talk hereabouts and gained for them much sympathy. But just think o tire class bere dela Fp ee a — Stud four y i the Meoort as to the effect th the class is true it will doubtless have the sympa- thies of the public gent , Jor it 18 made up of as Aine a set of y ‘men, pl and mentally, as ever graduated here, the army would cer- taimiy lose much in bot securing their services,