The New York Herald Newspaper, July 20, 1874, Page 3

THE IRISH RIFLEMEN, | Special Visit to the Members of the Rifle Association in Dublin. HOW THE TEAM IS MADE UP. What They Say of the Match to Come Off in America. DuBLIN, Jnly 8, 1874. ‘Yesterday I called at the office of the Irisn Rifle Association for the purpose of seeing Major Arthur Blennerhassett Leech, and learning from him the latest particulars and movements regard- 4g the great rifle match which is to take place in | September next at Creedmoor, between the Irish | team and the rifemen of America. I was not for- tanate enough to meet Major Leech, who is at present in London; but the Honorary Secretary, My. Henry H. Foster, received me in the kindest and most polite manner. BE STATED ‘that all the arrangements for the match, on the part f the Irish team, had been nearly completed; that 81X Out O! the eight gentlemen named in the team | were certain to go to America to compete for the prizes; that the greateat interest was manifested in the forthcoming contest among the patrons of rife shooting in Ireland and England; and | that the team were doing the best they could to uphold the reputation they | had already achieved as expert and | clever marksmen, Your correspondent ventured | vo suggest that if the irish riflemen were anxious, a8 undoubtedly they are, that victory should perch upon their banners they must practise closely and continuously, as they will have to contend with | some of the keenest shots in America, where rifle shooting is not confined to a few gentiemen whose | fortune and leisure give them a chance of indulg- ing ip this manly sport—a sport that fits men to be the defenders and guardians of their country’s honor and independence in time of danger. Mr. Foster admitted this to be the fact, and sald tat the Irish team were doing their best; that ‘they wonld leave nothing undone on their part to win the honor of a victory in the United States, | and that ifthey did not gain the laurels they would most willingly place them on the brows of those ‘Who best deserved them. WHO THEY ARE. Your countrymen wili tind in Mr. Foster, who goes out with the team, @ pleasant and agreeable gentieman, He is thoroughly posted in the affai rs of the Irish Rife Association, and if any one in the United States wants information of a special char- acter regarding the forthcoming match a line ad- Greased to Mr, Foster will at once secure tt. Mr. Foster has travelled extensively in America, and speaks in the highest terms of the country. Your eorrespondent took the liberty of assuring him that he would meet with a warm, hearty and en- thumiastic reception from the American people, and especially irom those who interest themselves im the promotion of manly and moral sports. Mr. Foster replied that he was aware of this; that the Americans knew how to be kind and generous to those who had won respect and esteem and | honors in theirown land, and that they had be- come famous for their hospitality and friendship to intelligent and well-conducted foreigners. Our conversation then turned upon the proba- ‘Dility of establishing VOLUNTEER RIFLE ASSOCIATIONS ‘im Ireland after,the manner in which they had | been established in England. | Mr. Foster's opinion seemed to be that the Irish people, ae a body, did not care for the formation of volunteer companies. To this your correspondent replied that ifthere ‘was any lack of disposition on the part of the Irish © Jorm volunteer companies the reason might be found in the stringent and severe laws which the British Parjiament has enacted against the carry- Ang of arms in Ireland, u Upon thus last mentioned point Mr. Foster mace might involve political discussion and the Irish Rifle Association, of which he is a memver, does ‘aot discuss political questions. But it may be well to mform readers in America that the great body of the Irish people are debarred from the use of arms—that they cannot have # gud or a sword without the license of a magis- trate; that if a person applying for sucu license be “guspected,”’ or is supposed not to be “‘traly loyal’: and devoted to the powers that be, he has not the remotest chance of enjoying the right of carrying ‘Weupons or of having them in his house for the protection of his person and property, and that if @person is found carrying a gun, sword or pistol | in a “proclaimed” district—that 1s, in a district | where the Lord Lieutenant chooses to say there is an unusual amount of agitation or violence—otten | eoncocted by the police under nis control, 80 that they may keep their hands in practice and their | salaries running on—he is liable to be immediately apprehended and put in jail for s long term ofim- prisonment. To Americans, fond of liberty and inde- pendence, fond of the use of arms, which in the days f the Revolation gave them a free government, these statements may seem strange and almost imeredible; but they are nevertheless true, and if | the American riflemen should be veaten by the Irish team at Creedmoor let them remember that they have been beaten by men belonging to a country where the use of arms 1s strictly prohib- ited by the law, and where, in fact, tne privilege of carrying them may be said to be almost exclu- | sively confined to persons identified with the upper classes of society, The late Lord Palmerston ‘was fond of sneering at the Irish. On one occa- sion, in the House of Commons, when he was asked if he woald consent to the formation of volunteer rife companies in Ireland, he replied in the most emphatic manner that he would not. ‘Why will you not consent ?”’ asked his interrogator. ‘‘Be- cause,’ replied his Lordship, ‘4 the Irish had arms in their hands they would turn them against one another.” This is always the excuse made by Eng- Mish statesmen for disarming the Irish. But it is @mere pretence. Lord Palmerston well knew, and Mr, Gladstone and Mr. Disraeli now know, ‘that the great majority of the Irish, if they were armed, would think, not of fighting with each otber, but against tne English. IRELAND'S DUTY. Of course, I am far from recommending the Irish to make any insane attempt at revolution in the present condition of their country. If they made any such attempt it would be sure to be attended with utter aud ruinous failure. They can only watch and wait for the turn of events in Europe, which, at any moment of general convulsion, may | give them complete independence. But the fact | that England deprives tiem of arms 1s proof to every impartial mind that English power and au- thority to-day in Ireland are not founded upon the affection and love of the Irish, but upon the force with which Great Britain holds the island, This is the undoubted truth, and it will dono harm to let the American people and the peoples of ail other civilized countries know it, The gentlemen composing the Irish Rifle Association are aware that this is no exaggerated statement; out itis no part of their programme to have anything to | | ent nas already adverted, | the selection of an American team for the coming . Bo remark, probably because a consideration of it janes ene Sa Say ema maccen ds sk waas | 0 with this question as members of the body to which they belong. seal INTENDING VISITORS. In the course of further conversation with Mr. Foster he mentioned the names of several mem- bers of the Council of the Irish Rifle Association who intend to accompany the team to America and be present at the shooting match, Among | these are the Right Hon. Maurice Brooks, M. P., Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin, and the Lady Mayoress; Viscount Massareene and Ferrard and Lady Massareene, Major arthur B. Leech, John Lloyd, Fsq, D. L.; Mr. Alderman Manning, Mr. John Rigby, M. A., Mr. Joshua K. Millner, Mr, Edmond Johnson, Mr. J. J, Bagnell, Sir dames Mackey, Mr. W. Waterhouse, and probably Lord Cloncurry. It is aiso said tnat Mr. J. J. Kelly, an estated gentleman in Limerick, and lately a candidate for the Parha- maniors representation of that county, will | also accompany the team. All those above Bamed are highly respectable and personally much respected. The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Mr. Brooks, is a wealtby merchant, He 1s good look- ing, of medium height, wearing glasses and a full brown beard. Lord Massareene resides at An- trim Castle, about twenty miles from Belfast. The Jamily name of Lord Massareene is Foster—Skef- fington Foster, He 1s a descendant of Jonn Foster, the last Speaker of the Irish Paritament, who elo- quently and earnestly opposed the Act of Union, in 1801, which incorporated the Legislature of Ireland with that of England. lbelieve the mace of the Irish Parliament, which often decorated the table of the House of Commons when Grattan electrified tae members by his oratory, is now preserved as & valuable relic in Antrim Uastie, MR. RIGBY, another member of the Council, belongs to a fam- iy famous tor years in Ireland as manufacturers of rifles, pistols and shotguns of exquisite work- ,anship and finish. The Irish team will vse Rig- by’s rifles in the shooting match at Creedmoor. MsJOR ARTHUR BLENNERHASSETT LEECH, who is well known in connection with rifle shoot- ing in Ireland and England, ts a gentleman of for- { tune, to whose efforts is due much of the succegs | which has hitherto attended the Irish Rifle Asso- ciation. It is not yet certain whether Lord Cloncurry will accompany the team to America, He may possibly do so, and if be do his going will com- plete the representation of the nobility op this ; occasion as fatrly as could be expected ander the circumstances, while the other gentlemen make up a@ list showing that the gentry o! Ireland, as well ag the nobility, are not unconcerned at the result of what I may term a great international match. It would, indeed, be international if Ire- land were able to send representative men on equal terms irom all classes of her people, and not | from a select ‘ew, as is really the case, owing to the condition of aifairs to which your correspond- USEFUL HINTS, ‘Thus the friends and patrons of rife shooting in America will see that those members o1 the Irish | Rifle Association who intend to be present at the shooting match at Creedmoor are of no common class. The Irish team will have a good opportunity of judging how far skill, energy, enterprise and genius are regarded and rewarded in a country living under a republican form of government; and if they judge justly, as undoubtedly they will, i they must come to the conclasion that it does not require & man to have a title to make him a | gentieman—and that to belong to a jong line of ancestors, dating trom the days of the Pluntage- nets or the Tudors, is not a necessary condition to | produce the best, most skiliul and most enlight- | ened citizens. To whatever side the laurels may be awarded the contest will assuredly do good, It will make men of two countries lying lar apart | know each other better; and it may be the means | of attracting towards Ireland more of the thought | and consideration of Americans than they have at any previous period ever evinced in regard to the extraordinary and peculiar condition of tnat country. CBREEDMOOR, The Amateur Rifle Club’s Second Pre- paratory Match—The sSeventy-ninth Regiment Rifle Club’s First Competi- tion for the Bruce Medal. The Amateur Rifle Club’s second competition for international match took place at Creedmoor on Saturday. So also did the first contest by the Seventy-ninth Regiment Rifle Club for the Bruce | medal. The members of the Amateur Rifle Club shot at three distances—s00, 900 and 1,000 yards. They fired fifteen sho:s at each of the first named | ranges, and twenty at the last mentioned, thus making a total o1 fifty cartridges burned per man. It will be conceded that this is @ most trying | ordeal for a man to go through in a day, when it is | remembered that exceedingly heavy charges of | powder, ranging trom 50 to 105 grains, are used in order to make the rifle carry weil up to the target | at these extreme distances, The Seventy-ninth | Regiment Rifle Club shot seven rounds each man | at 200 and a like number at 500 yards. The Bruce | medal, for which the crack saots of the gallant Seventy-binth contended yesterday, is a ver handsome gold and enamelled Maltese cross, with | clasp, bearing the thistle of Scotland, and in tue | centre the monogram of the regiment, and, sur- | rounding it, the Scottish national motto. The | this Medal three times will be entitled to keep it as his | ngennet property. The weather was exceedingly favorable to good | shooting. The day was clear and vot oppressively hot. A gentle southern breeze atole at intervals | up the range, but its influence was not felt in any | way to mar the sport. THE JERSEY CHURCH SCANDAL. Retirement of the Accused Pastor from the Pulpit and His Explanation—He is Again Arrested. A very slim congregation attended the Prospect avenue Presbyterian church, on Jersey Uity Heights, yesterday morning. But there were a great many persons attracted by curiosity, who occupied the pews. The services were opened by the Rev. John 8. Glendenny, who offered a fervent prayer, in which the following passages occurred :— “after the troubles and torments of this life are | ended ‘there remaineth a rest for the people of | God.’ We pray Thee, in order to the success and influence of tne Church, that heaven’s richest bleasings may descend on him who is called to pre- side over this churcn. In all his works be Thou with him as Thine own indorsement of his accep- tance in Thy service. Give Bim strength and | courage and soul to carry on Thy glorious work.” The pastor then madé the following announce: | ment:—*‘According to an arrangement made shree | weeks ago my Vacation of seven weeks begins to-morrow You are ali aware that @ charge against my character awaits | judicial investigation. Meanwhile, I content my- self with af@irming my innocence, and asking the church to unite with me in ‘resting in the Lord and waiting patiently for Him.’ The Rev. mr. Moore will now occupy the pulpit, and the Rev. Dr, Wi ins, of the city of New York, will occupy it for the greater part of my vacation.” - The . Mr. Moore then preached a sermon from the text, “For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.” The sermon bad no reference what- ever to the diMiculties in which the pastor is in- volved. The law has not yee relaxed its hold on the accused shepherd of the fold. He was first arrested at the instance of the overseer of the poor, who demanded that bonds be given for the be feds of an loa] Eimate child, that would otherwise be a burden on the city. On Saturday the shepherd of the flock was again arrested on the charge of seduction, and he was arrested a thii time and compelled to give bonds before Judge Bedle in the sum of 4,000 in a suit for breach of promise of marriage. tks ere lays damages at $10,000, ‘The exam{nation on the first charge will take place next Thursday, before Justice Aldridge. The only answer the accused pastor makes to the charge against him is that “there's nothing Ip it.” He denies that he has attempted to malign the Rus lady’s character, but in his defence he saya ie will produce evidence that will redeem him in public estimation. OOGGIA'S COMET, What the European Astronomers Say of the Stranger. {From the London Telegraph, July 6.] ‘The little stranger, which was discovered within the limits of the solar system by M. Coggia, of Marseilles, on the 17th of April, is rapidly becom- ing an object of interest. Its nucleus was then a star of the ninth magnitude; it has now advanced to the filth, and will, on the 15th of July, have at- tained to the third. With regard to brightness, the progress is still more marked. Tne luminosity 1s at present forty time: great, and in the middle | of Juiy, when at its best, it will be 150 times aa great as when the comet was first observ at the present time the distance trom the sun ts about 70,000,000 miles. Its position is in the north, a itttle to the east of Charles’ Wain, where it may be seen on any clear night, after about ten or eleven o'clock. Father Secchi, of the Papal Ob- servatory, has examined the comet spectroscopi- cally, and found evidences of carbon and carbonic oxide. A French astronomer has been specuiat- ing On the possibiiity of its poisoning our atmos- phere if its tail of carbonic oxide should chance to come too near to us; but all fear oi that contin- pac Ba is Femoved With regard to the come! which Will never appreach vel ir the earth. Since Dr. Tyndall's celebrated exper: ments seven years ago the theory of tne matter of comets has undergone great change, ‘The Profes- sor showed experimentally how a few ounces of the iodide of amyl, converted into vapor, would be quite enough to iurnish & cloud—a comet being nothing more than a chemical cloud—of the mag- nitude and splendor o1 Donati's comet of 1858, Sir John Herschel has similarly estimated that the weight of a great comet would jie between a few lew pounds. | played alternately British and American national | will be 200 feet high, a conspicuous object along | departure from us in the morning. | posed when he goes to Washington that he will. | | will be the Fifth Maryland regiment, “boys in THE LINCOLN TOWER. The Memorial Stone of the Monu- ment Laid in England. _ Honor to the Memory of the Emancipationist Chief. Lonpon, July 10, 1874, The memorial stone of the Lincoln Tower was | laid on the afternoon of Thursday, July % Tne day was beautifully warm and bright, and the site of the tower, as well as the surrounding neighbor- hood, were largely decorated with fags aud bunt- ‘ing. m WHO WERE THERE, Among the company present were His Excellency ‘General Schenck and Mr. B. Moran, Secretary of the United States Legation; Rev. Newman Hall, LL.B.; Rev. G. M. Murphy. pastor of the Working- men’s chapel in Lambeth; Cyrus W. Field, Rev. M. D, Conway, Rev. J. McClure Williams, Mr, G. B, Lincoln (Brooklyn), Mr. T. W. Pussell (Hartford), Mr. J. Clark (Christian World), Mr. James Grant (formerly editor of the Morning Advertiser, now editor of the Christian Standard), Mr. Andrew Dunn (candidate for Southwark, one of the aivi- sions of London, at the last election), Mr. Cor- nelics Ruck, Mr. Howells (principal contributor to the building fund), Mr, J, W, Nunn, Vice Consul General; Dr. f. 1. Yayee, the American explorer, and many other American tourists and a large concourse of English ladies and gentlemen. THE CEREMONIAL, During the earlier part of the afternoon a band airs, At four o’clock the ceremony of laying the Joundation stone commenced, The Rev. Newman Hall, LL.B., opened the pro- ceedings by making an explanatory statement, in order that all present might fully understand the bistory and design of the Lincoln Tower. THE TOWER AND SPIRE the Thames Embankment from Westminster and from the whole of South London. It is based on a very solid foundation, and, being built with strong walls and of an enduring material, may stand un- impaired for centuries, an ornament to London and a visible symbol of international good- will and freedom. The American nation- al emblems, the Stars and Stripes, will be wrought in the stone, The British lion and tho American eagle will together ornament the angles of the tower which will be turned to use by several class rooms. The tower {tself will bear the honored name of Lincoln, under whose auspices emanci- pation was effected, and wio fell a martyr to the cause of freedom, The tower will be completely unsectarian and Catholic. All parties and sects had contributed to it. Several other speeches breathing philanthropy and good will to men were delivered, prayer was | offered up and the proceedings were brought toa close ina manner worthy of the object of the assemblage. ‘LONG BRANCH. The President’s Movements—The Schoon- er Off and Gone—The Delaware Yacht Club—The Coming Fifth Maryland Regiment—The Great Sensation—The Hotels Filling—The “Rush” Setting in. LONG BRANCH, July 19, 1874. The President and Mrs. Grant are back again at | their “cottage by the sea,” and Long Branch again rejoices in the smiles of the government. As ex-President Johnson styles nim, “the little man who rales the destinies of this great nation’’ came down from the North yesterday afternoon, and “all is well” with us; but how long willit last? Perhaps for twoor three days, and peraq- | venture only till Monday. Cabinet matters, in- cluding the Russian mission, call the President to | Washington, and he may, therejore, take anew As the season, however, is op when the malaria from the neigh- boring flats of the Potomac carries the seeds of ague and fever into the White House, and as General Grant, on returning to Long Branch, says that be ieels like a boy out of school, it is not sup- remain there longer than a day; but where then? Hia cottage here is lonely compared witb ite cheerfulness of last summer, for the Bent girl | who was the lite and pres of “the Branch” is over the sca, and the belles of Ocean avenue may gee her no more—never more, The President looks well, though considerably tanned. But these pearl colored stovepipe sum- mer hats make a sunburned face look browner than tt reaily is. One of those mobby, hich crowned dark colored straws would sutt General Grant’s complexion much better than a light colored hat. And it is a duty which we in oficial Itte owe to our fellow citizens to look as well as we can, though we are apt to neglect it. The large, three-masted schooner Allie Beck- more, which, since Sunday morning last, has been ying, hard and fast ‘on the beach at Long ranch,” opposite Iauch’s Hotel, was hauled off this morning, and the schooner and the faithful tug which has been holding fast to her for a week have both disappeared. It is lucky for tne Cap- | tain that for a week the winds and the waves Were in his favor. The Delaware Yacht Ulub, from Philadelphia, arrived here this morning and the boys lost no time in a trial of the surf, which 1s very poor and muddy to-day, under a strong souiherly wind. ‘The great sensation at “the Brancu” this week ray,” attended by the splendid Marine Band of ‘ashington, forty-five pieces. It comes by order of the President, through the Secretary of the Navy. ‘the regiment here will have its headquarters at the Ocean Hotel, and, during Its stay, the Marine Band will ve @ grand promenade concert at the Ocean jotel, which will be attended by the President, the Secretary of the Navy, and, tt is expected, by Secretary Fish, Gevornor Dix and other distin- guished ofticiais. The Marine Band, under its ac- complished leader, Schneider, has become, by universai consent, the crack brass band of the United States. lt was 80 admitted by all who at- tended the President's receptions last winter. Its uniform ts a scarlet coat and blue pantaloons, The hotels are all filling, the Saratoga regatta being over. The West End was running over last night, the great Ocean Hotel is nearly full, and all the landlords say ‘the season” is late; but it is going to be much better than it was last year, for ‘the rush has set in. SEASIDE AND COUNTRY. General Grant enjoyed the regatta. Commodore Hall is at the Clarendon, Saratoga. A‘ Saratoga Columbia was the gem of the lake. Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Lorillard will be at Newport until September. General J. C. Breckenridge has been recuperat- ing at Long Branch. Colonel Thomas A. Scott, Pennsyivania’s railway king, 1s at the Stockton House, Cape May. Miss Emma Celia Terry, the vocalist, will, in August, be the guest of Mrs. Judge Beach, at Gien Cove, Mr. and Mra, Potter Palmer, of Chicago, are ‘mong the arrivals at the White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Francklyn, of No, 10 East Thirty-ffth street, are at Long Branch, but leave for Newport in August. It has been maliciously charged that the White | Mountain stage driver, who last year killed bis Passengers, was an emussary of @ travellers’ in- surance company. “Ob, so gently o’er me creeping!’ is the exclama- tion of the guests at one of the Long Branch hotels, where the greater part of the night is spent in | deadly contests with agile insects, Mr. and Mrs. George 8. Appleton and family, ot No. 17 East Thirty-second street, and Mr. and Mrs. A. A, Low and family, of No. 3 Pierrepont place, Brooklyn, are at Cozzens’ Hotel, West Point. ‘The friends of William Kearney, of this city, are Anxious to give him the honor of occupying the old room of Boss Tweed at the Greenwich Club House (now Morton Mouse). He took possession several weeks ago, ‘The proprietors of the Thousands Isiands House, Alexandria Bay, have started a paper. Among the recent New Yorkers arrived there were H, R. Clark ana family, Marsha!l 0. Roberts, Moses Tay- lor, Samuel Sloan and James K. Ford. Of Delaware Water Gap a correspondent writes :— “The hotels are anything but full. There is music and dancing and boating and driving; but, for all that, match-making mammas, with knowing girls to marry off, think that it is dull gia's comet will De Rearest the earth on July enough to make any well-aware daughter gape at the Delaware Water Gap.” NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1874.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. SUNDAY ENJOYMENT. ‘The delightful weather yesterday sfforded an excellent opportunity for the people who love to “celebrate” the Sabbath day by going on excur- sions to enjoy their favorite pastime, and it was taken advantage of to an almost unlimited extent: for the boats that went to the classic regions of Coney Isiand, the aristocratic Rockaway, to lag- eriferous Fort Lee, Pleasant Valley and Shady Side and to the Fishing Banks, were crowded to over- flowing. Indeed, many who were anxious to leave the city for the day and enjoy themselves quietly at Coney Island, ana who were not as spry a9 others, were unable to leave on account of the crush aboard the boats, But, after all, the Central Park was the objective point where the majority of the .men, women and children who are employed from early morn tiliaewy eve during week days lied themselves bright aud early in the morning, A great many familles of this class apparently went to the Park determined to make a day of it, for patresiamilias in their Sun- day best and mammas and the children ditto were met with here, there and everywhere, wherever there was @ shady nook and a bench to sit op, with their baskets, containing the wherewithal to make a rg cold dinner and supper. The boats on the lakes, too, and the Park carriages, in which the htule ones 80 delight to ride about, were well patronized: and, as for the milk dairy, it was 80 thronged all day long with youngsters, and chil- dren of a larger growth ior that matter, that it 18 quite possible, had @ stranger to the ways and means afforded by the Park rulers to make every- body feel happy, dropped into the little house, he would have come to the conclusion that he had iyien upon a repranis established nursery, And what a delightiul time the little ones uad of it; What with the journeys taken In the goat car- riages up and down the Mall by the merest toadlers who had to be propped up by their nurses as they walked by the tiny vehicles, the ice cream that seemed to be so plentiful for everybody, and the rolling upon the grass that was, fearful to re- late, actually permitted by some of the good hearted policemen who do not think itacrime equal to murder for a four-year-old to lie on his back on the lawn and kick up his heels through downright delight! ‘he Gay was evidently hugely enjoyed by everybody, big and little, in the Park and elsewhere wherein there was @ tree that afforded shelter from the sun’s rays and the breeze had jull sway. A GREAT SUNDAY GATHERING. Yesterday was celebrated gloriously at Jones’ Wood in the formal opening of the Colosseum there. All day long crowds of people (principally Germans) filiec the Second and Third avenue cars en route for the grounds, and by four o’clock In the afternoon it was estimated that at least 6,000 peo- ple were within the enclosure. The Colosseum is an experiment bere (aithough the building is of a type common enough in Europe), and is intended to be used for balls, festivals and celebrations, 1 bounds the biock between Sixty-elghth and Sixty-niuth streets und the East Side Boule- vard and East River. The style of architec. ture is Swiss. The boulevard entrance 18 the most imposing—two large towers and two small ones rising irom the angles and ventre of that sagade. The Whole structure encloses a hol- low square, which is ornamented with trees and grass plats. ‘he galleries are arranged witn seats, and the grand pavilion (overlooking the river and the sombre structures on Blackwell’s Island) encioses a fine danci nall, refreshment rooms, &c. Altogether itis a light and pleasing summer Kérsal!, and our German lellow citizens and their families seemed to appreciate the Gnd inaugural festival to the fullest extent. ‘The programme of the proprietors announced, morning and afternoon, ‘monster coficert,’” with 100 = musicians = sand aingers, the grand orchestra to be under the direction of Herr Carl Bergmann, and the Ninth Regiment band, under the leadership of D. L, Downing. This programme was carried out to the enjoyment of the visitors, pon entering the building the scene was of tne liveliest description; trom all the towers and from every angle of the rools floated flags of every nation—German and English, French and Trish, Italian and Roman, Greek and Turkish— their brilliant colors blending with fine effect un- der the cloudless blue of the summer heavens. In the centre of the square a large platform was erected for the musicians, and over this a ten like cover of striped canvas. The sides of this platiorm were draped with scarlet and blue hang- ings and trimmed witn a fringe of gold. Along the galleries vars were placed, from which were dispensed the beverages desired by thirsty customers—it 1s but justice to say that lager was most in demand—and aiong the walis hung pla- cards such as “Haupquatter des Social Mdnner- chor,” “Haupquatier der Harmonie,” &. A curious sign in the pavillion, however, suggested a@ possible visitation of low company. It ran thus:—*Gentlemen (¥) are requested not to sit on the tables, By request of the committee and pro- prietor. In the centre of the dancing floor another mu- sicians’ platiorm was placed, which was draped |witn purple velvet, and this, together with the north aud south galleries festooned with maroon velvet hangings and the streamers and flags and Chinese lanterns depending from tne ceilings and ornamenting the pillars, completed a tout ensemble at once harmontous and festive. Beiore ten o'clock A. A.. the hour advertised for the opening of the grand musical festival, the im- Mense space around the gayly decked music stand Was literally crowded, and wheo the popular con- Guctor of the celebrated Ninth Regiment Band, Colonel D. L. Downing, appeared amid the brilliaut uniforms of nis band, he received a flattering wel- come. The forenoon programme was wellselecied, and proved a trying test 01 the qualities of the band, which they stood unfitnchingly—Flitow’s melodious overture to “Allessandro Stradella,” a sparkling Strauss waltz, “Vienna Biood,’’ the immortal quar- tet in “Rigoletto,” the solemn chant of the pil- grime in “fanuhaeuser,” @ bouquet of rare melodic flowers from the of @oeuvre of French operas, “La Juive,” and a potpourri of national dances. But the afternoon programme was ot unusual attractiveness even in acity like ours, where music ig so often heard in its brightest and grandest jorm. It is worth giving in its entirety, premising that the executants consisted of the ninth Regi- ment Band, under Downing, and an orchestra | under Bergmann’s direction, with @ chorus of 300 singers selected irom several German societies :— (INSTRUMENTAL,) RT 1, ‘Triumph March. ow! Overture ‘Tapnhacuser” Beremann’s Orchesira, Grand selection ot Operatic Melodies Ninth Regiwent Band. Finale to “Macbeth”. see Bergm n PART II. (VOCAL A Coronation march, **Proph -Meyerbeer Double Orchestra. O Tals and Osiris, “Manic Flute”. sissereseeMonart Bergmann's Orefestra and Chorus, Schlacht Hymne, “Kien” «Wagner »Meyerbeer ), Double Urche: Packeltanz No. 4......... Double Orehestr: hor PART U1. (INSTRUMENTAL) Overture ““Semiramide” os Downing’s Ninth Regiment Band. Finale to first act “Lohengrin” March “Huldig ae an’s O1 ‘a “Bul jung”’.. Bergman's Orchestra. Musical Panorama, a Tonr through Kurove..... Downing’s Ninth Regiment Band. ‘The second part of this programme was the most interesting on account of the umion of all the musical elements, It was a happy thought to give the “Torchlight Dance” with such complete effect. ‘This is the work written by Meyerbeer on the oc- casion of the marriage of the Crown Prince of Prasaia to the Princess Royal of England. It was given with remarkable power and effect, the voices and instruments vying with each other tO make the periormance a suc- cess, Althougi such a combination, 4 la Bqngerterty cannot be admired in a musical and hetical point of view, still, the crowds as- sembled were delighted, and evidences of careiul rehearsals were perceptible, From pagina! to end the festival was very enjoyable, and Mr. Schui- theiss, the manager, and . §, Morriasey, his represeutayve, deserve @ word of praise for the success WD! Gttended the opening of the Jones Wood Colosseum, RAID ON A CONCERT SALOON, On Saturday last James McGay, resiaing at 179 Bowery, applied to Judge Bixby for » warrant against the proprietor of tne Olympic Garden, a concert saloon in the basement of 177 Bowery. He stated that the saloon was open all night, the in- mates and visitors indulging in singing, dancing and quarrelling at all hours. Officer Marcus Hor- belt, of the Court squad, was detailed for tne par- | pose of serving it, and ou Saturday night ar- rested all engaged im the place. The pris- oners gave their names as Canfield J, Barlow, Richard Shane, Charles dopkins, Dolly Marbie, Lottie Perley, Belle Conklin, Florence Conklin ‘Tile Wiliams, Addie Williams, Lena Russell and Annie Murray. They were aii locked up for the night, and arraigned at Essex Market Vourt yes- teraay morning. Barlow, who is the proprietor’s brother, and the girls were fined $10 each. Richard Shane and Charles Hopkins, barkeepers, were sent tothe House of Detention, as wituesses the proprietor when found. Charles Johnson, a visitor, Was discharged. As many complaints have been made against this “establishment, Judye Bixby as determined todo his utmest to break it up and abate the nuisance, SHOOKINGLY SUDDEN DEATH. Quite a sensation was occasioned in Newark yesterday im consequence of the very sudden death of Mr. J. H. G. Hawes, better known os “Shakespeare” Hawes, because of his oxtraordi- nary love for the works of the Bard of Avon and remarkale knowledge of the text. He had just finished @ hearty dinner at nis residence on Broad street, and seemed as welt as ever fe Was, When suddenly he fell back and expired. He was about tort years, of age and leaves a widow, bat no children. love of Shakespeare took bim twice to England. He was the leading plumber of New- ork, aud Was Well known and mach liked, jaipst | LITERATURE. The Russian Campaign Against Khiva. Mr. J, A, MacGahan’s book of travel and adven- ture in Central Asia is an extremely interesting volume, It is replete with the experiences of stranger travellmg many miles on a strange mis- sion, and the narrative ts as bright and fresh as if no part of the story had ever been told before, Mr, Macgahan was the HERALD correspondent who jomed General Kaufmann while the Russian forces were marching upon Khiva. It was his first ex- pectation to overtake Kaufmann’s column at Kazala or Fort No, lon the ancient Yaxartes. In order to do this a preliminary journey of 2,000 miles from St. Petersburg had to be accomplished under very great difficulties. Upon his arrival Mr. MacGaban found that the Russians were already far on their march, and fhe commandant of the fort wou}d not consent to his following, on the score of the ex- treme danger of the journey. ‘Thig necessitated his going to Fort Perovsky, where he obtained his outfit and began his search after General Kauf- mann. The search occupied many days. Night after night he was entertained in the kibitkas or tents belonging to the auls or wandering villages of tne nomadic Kirghiz. These simple people, who have travelled the same journeys on the same days of the year for gener?tions, received him with uniform courtesy and kindness, and listened to the stories of Ak-Mamatofy, his servant, with a wonder never before felt im the desert, Even HERALD correspondents are scarce in Centra, Asia, and it is no wonder the nomads of the East were surprised at a mission they could but dimly comprehend. journey occupies about one-third of the volume, the country traversed being the great desert of Kyzil-Kum, from tne Syr to the Oxus, Four days brought the adventurous journalist to Irkibai, where the Russians had improvised a fortress. ‘Two day# more brought him to the mountains of Bukan-Tau. Alter seventeen days! journey through the desert he rode into the camp and fortress of Khala-Ata, This he at iirst supposed was Kau!- mann’s encampment; but, in answer to his first question, he ascertained that the army had marched five days before. And here a severe de- tention occurred, Colonel Weimarn, the com- mandant—described by vhe Russian officers as canaile @ Allenand—absolutely refusing to allow nim to go forward. In the end he escaped, however, and, after still further painful journeyings, reached the Oxus in safety, but found only the dead ashes of the camp; and then going forward again his thirty days’ chase ended in finding the army. Kaufmann had no hesitation in allowing him to accompany the army, and in the remaining parts of his book Mr. MacGahan describes the march on Khiva and the capture of the city, and gives an account of the war with the Turcomans which followed. We needa not pursue the narrative farther, as the whole story was long ago related in the HERALD; bat tne book itself is none the less interesting or valuable on that ac- count, Mr. MacGahan was the only correspondent with the Russian army in Central Asia. That he isa true knight of the press nts thirty days’ wander- ings in the desert of Kyztl-Kum are a sufictent proof. Few men would have bad the courage to undertake such a journey, Fewer still would have shown suficient persistence to carry it out. The Kbirgiz, he was told, were marauders and mur- derera. Even if he escaped them the Turcomans would have to be encountered before he could overtake the Russians, The desert besides offered obstacles that were next to insurmountable. Bat he braved every danger and steadily pushed bis way toward the Oxus, sleeping im the auls of the natives at night and sometimes on the sands of the desert. At times he suffered from hunger and thirst, while it was well nign impossible for his horses to struggle through the sands of the desert. His servants were disobedient and treacherous, and Ak-Mamatoff especially endeavored to thwart Dim all the way from the Syr; and, worst of all, he had at no time any certain information in regard to the Russians, so that his doubts added mucn to the sufferings of his journey. His greatest fear was that Khiva would be taken before he could reach the Russians, and this troubled him as it couid only trouble the sou) of a journalist. But be me? hospitality everywhere, principally because he was an American. His book throughout is a par- rative of what he saw and heard and telt. There is no attempt to be learned or profound, but, what is more admirable than the guesswork of most Eastern travellers, his facts are the results of experience and observation, his style is pic- turesque, and his descriptions are trutuful and lifelike. on Central Asta, because no trained journalist was ever there before; and while it ts not a pretentious book it is an exceedingly good one. Every chapter 1g a8 crisp and fresh as @ loafof new made bread. And besides its descriptions of the strange life of an almost unknown people it has a historical value. For all English speaking countries itis tne authority upon the Russian campaign in the East, and the fall of Khiva, and, indeed, in Russia also, where it has been translated and is much appreciated. It 1s the key to the designs of the Czar in that dis- tant land and to the probable consequences of Rassian rule in Central Asia. The Eastern ques- tion has shifted its ground and whoever would an intelligent opinion. And the reader will rise from the perusal of the volume thankiul for the entertainment it afforded and ready to say with General Kaufmann, that the author is a molo- dyets—a brave fellow. The London Academy thus MacGahan’s book:— “Long, perhaps, before the Russian oficial Tecord of the military operations is made public the book before us will have been read in the Russian language in all the capitals of the empire. ‘The feat performed by our author was nnigue of its kind, ‘The great dexterity which he played throughout may be read on! lines, out a more genial spirit and happy frame of mind never pervaded an account of travel. Tne work is clever, well written apd full of quaint humor; but we have, paren said enough to awaken @ curiosity which will be fully gratined when the book is read. wortbily meet the demand for information on the subject it treats of, Mr. MacGahan has earned a mark of the Emperor’s appreciation of his indomi- table energy and bravery. CAMPAIGNING ON THE OXUS AND THR FALL OF Kiva. By J. A. MucQahan. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. GENERAL Di CESNOLA 18 writing an account of the discovertes made by himself and otners at Cyprus during the last three years, with a view to elucidating the ancient history of that island. PrRoressoR J. E. CARNES Will contribute to the Fortnightly Review an article on Mr. Froude’s “English in Ireland." Mr. J, A. Froups 1s going on a tour of inspec- tion of all the British colonies, to oceupy a year or two, beginning with the Cape and ending with Canada, He will make @ book on colonia! govern- ment which will be well worth reading. DR. RickaRD ConGRevE is the leader of what is called Positivism in Englana. He is pastor of the representatives of the Religion of Humanity, who worship at the Positivist School in London, about which a witty Oxford professor said, after a Sua- sons and no God.” Mr. DIsRaBLi dispenses literary penstons with better discrimination than some of his predeces- sors. The latest are £40 per annum to Miss Jews- bury; £50 to Mr. % H. Horne, author of “Orion,” | and £100 to Miss Eliza Meteyard, the industrious ' and worthy writer upon inventions. THAT V&TERAN BOOKMARER, C, Edwards Lester, has a volume in press on “The Republics of All the Ages.” COLONEL T. W, Hicarxson will write a “Young Folks’ History of the United States,” which Lee & Shepard, of Boston, will print. THE NEW LONDON MaGazine, Mayfair, bas ap- peared. The paper and print are detestable, The contributors are amateurs, and the articles would disgrace a penny journal, A CaprraL Book has appeared in London enti. tled “The English Circumnavigators; the Most Remarkabie Voyages Arouna the World by Eng- jusb Sailors,” ‘The narrative of this part of Mr. MacGahan’s | No such book was ever before written | understand the future complications of European | politics as regards Asiatic interests must go to Mr. | MacGahan’s book as the first step toward forming | Speaks of Mr. } between his modest | It 18 @ book which will | day morning Visit, that he found init “three per- | 38 THE ORISIS IN FRANCE, et a Sie Coalition Against the Cabinet. Party The Legitimists Struggling Against De- spair and the Republic. MacMahon the Administrator ot a Firm Government. The Assembly Likely To Be Dissolved. Panis, July 8, 1874 The suspension of the Union and M. de Fourtou’s energetic declarations in the Assembly at Ver- sailles make it clear that Marshal MacManon now intends to begin ruling according to his own lights, or, in other words, to im- augurate the Marshalate. M. de Fou'tou has in fact distinctly stated that he Will puto down manifestoes from Chiselhurst as weil as irom Frohsdorf, while the measures re- peatedly taken against the extreme radicals plainjy demonstrate that no party will be allowed openly to lift its voice against the existing govern- ment. M. Lucien Brua’s interpellation will be dis- cussed to-day at Versailles, 1t 1s believed that the legitimists of the old royalist party in France are about to fight their last hopeless battle. When it is lost—as lost it will be—the legttimist party will probably break up; and the few ‘true whites’? who stand last to their colors will settle into ® venerable state of superannuation, like Druids or fossils. It 18 possible, however, and in- deed highly probable that, by coalescing with the repablicans, who hate M, de Fourtou, the legiti- mists will succeed in bringing the present Cabinet to the ground. It is my mpression that in such a contingency the Marshal-President would come down to the House and demand @ dissolution or move for @ personal plebisckum. At all events we are entering into the final crisis. The present week will probably bring France out of the pro- visional into the definite, and that definite can have nothing in common with legitimist desires, THE COUNT DE PARIS. We may, [ think, look shortly for a manifesto from the Count of Paris, and I am informed that there is one already in print, though it has not yet been published in the newspapers. If the head of the House of Orleans does not quickly dissociate himself from the policy sketched in the Chambord manifesto the Orleanists will be involved in the complete rain which that imprudent document has entailed on the elder branch of the French Bourbons, If the Count of Parts were a clever man he would now invite his followers to support the Republic, because this course would make him and his uncles extraordinarily popular, and might bring them to the throne in time—that is to say, after MacMahon's retirement and Chambord’s death, The immediate effect of such a manifesto would be to make alt the Orleans Princes @t once possibie candidates for the repub- ican Presidency, which they are not at the present moment; it would also hit a terribly hard blow at the Bonapartists, who would not know what to do next in order to outbid the House of Orleans tn the competition for public favor. The moral of all this is that the legitimists and Bona- partists, having combined to set up MacMahon as a stopgap, now find that the serious old soldier | has taken bis part in earnest and will not be & | stopgap; therefore they are cruelly disappointed. M. ROUHER’S OPINION OF THE EMPILE. Yesterday M. Rouher told an English nobieman, well known for his imperialist sympathies, thac | the Empire would not and must not be restored by & coup @état, Consequently history is not about to repeat itself in that way at present. Moreover, Ilearnon the best authority that the Bonapartist leaders would rather wait for some | time Jonger than begin a new empire under a boy of eighteen, who is not quite so manageable ag 1 was thought he might be some months ago. M. LUCIEN BRCN’S CHALLENGE. Under these circumstances all eyes are now turned upon M. Lucien Brun and the challenge ne has thrown down to the Ministers of the Marshal- ate. This M. Brun is a lawyer of Lyons, and a brave, Quixotic person, more loyal than wise, who has for some time past directed the uncompromis- ing politics of Frotsdorf. He 1s said to be more completely trusted by, the Count de Chambord than any of his colleagues of the Extreme Right. It is, perhaps, well that he has been chosen ta lead the forlorn hope of the legitimists; for he will | do all that courage can do, and when he 1s hurled back and defeated one may indulge a belief that no sane politician will try the mad venture over again. CITIZEN ADVICR TO THE PRINCES. For the present, at least, the restless Princes, who have been disturbing the peace of France since the fall of Napoleon ILI, had much better fol- low the example of the Count de Paris, and turn their attention from politics to literatare. Inaeed, | all reasonable people in this country are so heartly | sick of political agitation that it was with @ positive sense of relief they saw the Count’s name at the head of the list of contributors to the Re- vue des Deux Mondes this month. He has written a paper entitied, “La Guerre Civile en Amérique,” and though it has not any remarkable historic value in its present state, being merely the fragment of a larger work whichis forthcoming, under the aus- pices of Michel Lévy, tt is good, solld prose, con- taining the average opinions of well informed per- | sons. The Orieans Princes have bitherto only given anonymous support to the famous French review. But they were always fond of dabbling in letters, and were never disinclined to savor- able criticism upon what they wrote, ; al through the Second Empire they were constantly attacking Napoleon III, under the name of Nero; and the Bonapartist writers called them “Les En-tous-cas,” which ts the French diminutive for umbrelias, and which impited, with the delicate irony tnenin fashion, their extreme readiness to accept the government of France up- on any conditions. They are not popular, even now that the Empire ts over; and the truth is that they have not those brilliant qualities which at- tract an impressionable and hot-beuded nation. It ig Baid that they are types of men who would make better notaries than kings; buat there is this, at least, to be urged in their favor, that they have | never done anything wrong or Violent in polltics; and the private lives of every one of them are with- outastain. If they keep their own counsel, and separate their cause from that of the Count de Chambord, it is likely enough that more than one of them may play a prominent part in the future politics of France. Meantime the best thing they can do now is to Keep quiet. HOW THB ASSEMBLY REPLIES TO THE OUTSIDERS. In the meantime the Assembly has answered in the name of the people the question raised by princes and pretenders. Before this letter goes 10 the Post we learn the result Of to-day’s debate at Versailles, which declares, with an anti-royalist majority of 290 votes, that the statu quo must be maintained. There is no'room for speculation on this result. We shail probably hear to-morrow jrom MacMahon, who, it is thought, will send a message to the legislative body, and long ere this reaches New York the cable may have an- nounced the dissolution of the National Assembly. “QORONER’S CASES, Coroner Woltman was yesterday called to the Morgue to hold an inquest on the body of Charles Dunn, @ man forty years of age, who was drowned on Thursday last by falling overboard while asleep on vt tyes ™ @ ae be noe ng: body was ie ered at six o'clock yes morning by Ofice! Gardner of the ‘Seventh preenict. id Cbaries Preterre, a Frenoh seaman, about thirty- five years of age, died in Bellevue Hospital irous the offects of injuries received early on Saturday morning by accidentally falling from a second Story window of the sailors’ boarding house, No. | 190 ‘Cherry street, to the pavements oroner Woltman was notided,