The New York Herald Newspaper, August 13, 1874, Page 5

An Upper Ten Exodus After Race Week. Americans in London and English Visitors for America—Theatrical Events, LONDON, July 31, 1874, With Goodwood week commences the exodus of the upper ten, You may now walk through Gros- wenor square without finding a house the shutters of which are not closed, and the entire aspect de- notes that it has been vacated, Goopwoop HOUSE, 4m the Park, surrounding which tne races are run, i# the seat of the Duke of Richmond, situate in Sussex, a few miles from Chichester. Tne house itself as a mansion 1s nothing remarkable, but it contains some good pictures, This year the Duke, owing to the death of his mother, has been unable, according to his usual custom, to entertain a large party during the race week, and has consequently lent his house to the Prince and Princess of Wales, who have the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the Crown Prince of Prussia, Lord Hartington, the Marchioness of Aylesbury, Lady Westmoreland and others for their guests, The racecourse on the Cup day, should the weather be fine, as was the vase yesterday, 1s one of the prettiest sights in the world, THE CUP DAY ‘Was this year exceptionally picasant, the hot, bril- Mant sunshine was tempered by a cool wind from the neighboring sea and downs, and the bank un- der the beech trees and the noble lawn itself, re- ireshed by the shower of the preceding day, were in their prime of verdure. The Prince ana Princess of Wales were present, accompanied by the Crown Prince of Prussia, who had come over from the Isle of Wight in the morning, the Crown Princess remaining at Ventnor. ‘The Princess of Wales Wore a pink silk gown covered with black lace and lack bugles and a black and pink bonnet, There ‘were some wonderiul dresses on the course, some of which may be described for the benefit of your lady readers. Bugles, jet and white, were unl- | vereai, and many of the best dressed women wore brocaded silks and satins, Among the costumes ‘Was one skirt, tunic and sleeve of bright maroon, sleeveless jacket of darker maroon; another French gray silk, with claret velvet sleeveless Jucket; another pale salmon color, trimmed with white lacs; combinations of light biue, of pale primrose and dark brown, of bright and dark mauve, of amber silk and striped white gauze. In nearly all cases the jackets were sleeveless, and the head coverings were cavalier hats hned with silk and much turued up on one side, THE RACE for the cup was sufficiently exctting. All the public money was on Kaiser, who led throughout, but got pamped out toward the last, when the running ‘Was taken up by Doncaster, @ good horse, but a Craven hearted brute, who was absolutely made to ‘win through the clever riding of his jockey. To- morrow the royalties, the fasnionables, the turfites and all the rest of them will cross over to the Isle of Wight, where next week will be spent in tae festivities attendant upon the Cowes regatta. THE AMERICAN POSTMASTER GENERAL, Governor Jewell, on his way from St Peters- Durg to take up his new appointment at Washing- ton, is now at the Alexandra Hotei, Hyde Park. his short stay the Goveruor is assiduously endeavoring to acquire all information necessary for bis new position, He has been several times to the Genera! Post Office in St, Martin’s le Grand, has had long interviews with the author- ities and has witnessed the manner in which the Jetters are received, sorted and disposed of. He is algo taking pains to acquaint bimself with the his- tory 01 the transler of the telegraphs from private enterprise to the State, while tne manner in which telegraphic business is now carried on and the sree improvements and extensions which have Ken place since the machinery came under gov- ernment control have been thoroughly explatned tobim. Mr. Scudamore 1s, uniortunaiely, absent, but Governor Jewell has received great attention from Mr. Bains, the second in command. The Gov- ernor sails by the Parthia on the 8th of August for New York, VISITORS TO THE UNITED STATES, Mr. Hepworth Dixon, the author, already per- sonally known to American citizens, is about to pay you another visit. Mr. Dixon goes out in the Jail with the intention of lecturing in the principal cities in the States, of revisiting his old friend Brigham Young at Utah and of pushing his way into California. Mrs. Ross Church, the novelist, who is one of the daughters of Captain Marryatt, | also intends to try her success as @ reader with | the audiences of American lyceums, but not until the autumn of 1875. Mrs. Ross Church will come Out under the auspices of the astute Mr. Howard Paal. * AMERICANS IX LONDON, mr. Jones, proprietor of the New York 7mes, on Dis way to the German baths; Colonel Forney, of the Philadelphia Press, and the Chevauer Wikof are among the recent arrivals here. THEATRIOALS, Mr. Boucicauls slipped away to America at twenty-iour bours’ notice—the result of a cable message—calling him to superintend the produc- tion of his new play at Booth’s. He 1s expected to return here during the first week in Septem- ber. Notwithstanding the blazing heat, the Princess’ ‘Theatre reopens to-murrow night for a short spell, with Mr, Besjamin Webster in the drama of “Janet Pride.” On the same night Mr, Backstone takes his ben- eft at the Haymarket, when Will be produced Robert Buchanan's new play, “A Madcap Prince,’ and My, Sims Reeves will sing two son By the ‘way, 1 understand that Mr. Reeves is about to re- ture from the musical prolesston, ‘The Lyceum company are at the Standard, play- ing “Charies the First,” with great success, Mr. Henderson has secured the Charing Cross Theatre, which wili be opened shortly by Miss Lydia Thompson and a comedy troupe, with whom Mr. Lionel Brough will be associated. Promenade concerts are about to be given at | Covent Garden, with M, Hervé, the composer of “Ohilperic,” as conductor. The sum collected by Pil subscription for ‘Mrs. Shirley Brooks was £1,100, without Including £160, the proceeds of an amateur theatrical per- formance. | The Prince of Wales’ and the Olympic theatres Close next week. PARIS GOSSIP. City Fashionables Driven Away by Hot Westh- er—An Ex-Queen of Spain on Her Death Bed—Matrimonial Fun at Jules Favre’s Expense. Paris, July 30, 1874, ‘There ts little gossip to send from this capital, for all that really constitutes Parisian life is away from Paris “aux eauz’ at the seaside, or hiding trom the heat at Fontainbiean—all save those who are condemned to listen to the clamor for dissolu tion in the galleries at Versailles. PREPARING FOR THE ALTAR, Two marriages have given people something to talk about, Oount Tanneguy Duchatel, son of a former Mipister of the Interior under the reign of Louts Philippe, and one of our youngest Deputies, has married Mile. Marte, daughter of Count Ber- Nard d'Harcourt. He has £200,000 a year, and one Gay will nave £800,000. His sister ia the Duchess de ja Tremoilie. Mile. Harcourt’s cousin was at the same time married to the Count de Langsdor®, an Officer on Marshal MacMahon’s staff, SPANISH ROYALTY. ‘The ex-Queen of Spain leaves Paris on Saturday, accompanied by the Comtesse de Girgenti, Prince Alphonso, the three little Infantes, the Duc dela Conquista and the Duc de Sesto, ‘The other Queen of Spain, MARIE VICTOIRE, Duchesse d’Aosta, is dying at Turin; her physi- Clans deciare sue cannot live through the summer. Her disease is an afection of the chest, contracted, it 18 supposed, at the time of her enforced fight from Madrid, wheh the gallant Spaniards com- peiled her to make the journey to Lisbon (thirty hours in the depth of winter) on the thirteenth day alter the birth of her third ontid, TUNING JULES FAVRE, An immense deal of'fan is being made over the approaching marriage of Jules Favre, who is sixty- five years of age, with a young Alsatian governess of Versallles. There is @ talk of giving the ex- Minister @ “‘charivari”? on the day of Dis mar- Tiage, MOURNING AT A PLACE OF JOY. News from Baden Baden complains bitterly of the dyjness and desolation in which that once gay town is plunged. Many Villas in the neighborhood ‘were at the time of prosperity bought by Russians who are now only anxious to got rid of their bar- ane. Wiesbaden 1s said to be a litue more ively. FASHIONS CENTRE. ‘The most fashionable resort with ug this year ig NEW YURK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, IST4.—TRIPLE SHEET, ip a Week's time. fall of bourgeois and Vichy “Of @iplomatists; Biarritz is crammed and Not @ bed is to be had. THE THRATRES, Although it is the dead season in the theatrical world, the Francais is about, on Tuesday next, to reproduce Voltaire’s Play of “Zutre,” which bas hot been represented ior eighteen years. Thi art of Zaire will be played by Mile. Sara Bern- ardt, and a great success is anticipated, aa this lady, who belongs to the same family as Rachel, is thoroughly artistic im her tastes as well a8 highly intelligent. ‘The “Grandes Demoiselies” has been reproduced at the Gymnase, but without proving attractive. The only success among our amusements now is the performance of skaters on wheels at the Cirque a’ Eté. EX-MINISTER BANCROFT. His Return, Home After Seven Years’ Absence at the Court of Berlin—A Few ‘Words on Live Topics. Yesterday evening, at five o'clock, news was flashed up the Bay that vhe Cunard steamer Scotia, bringing home to onr shores our veteran Minister to the Court of Berlin, Mr. Bancroft—who is now in his sevepty-jourth year—had passed Sandy Hook, As soon as the steamer in question came to an anchor off Quarantine, where she was boarded by Health Omcer Vanderpoel, a HERALD reporter clambered up the vessel’s side in quest of Mr. Bancroft. After walking on the upper deck for a few moments the old diplomat and historian was found pacing to. and fro and apparently enjoy- Ing the glorious view of land and water before him, The reporter introauced himself and stated that ne wanted to ask him & very few ques- tions about different matters. To this point blank request Mr. Bancroit said, “that he would willingly give the reporter any information that he was able.” Ashe walked the deck, bearaed like the Pard, erect asa drill sergeant. wearing a large German cap, with bulbous top and overhanging peak, and durk clothes of military cut, the Minister looked every inch an old soldier, and showed in his bear- ing the military aspect 80 much in vogue in the land of Kaiser Wilhelm. After he had given some orders to mis German valet the following conver- sation took place :— REPORTER—A good’ many years have elapsed, Mr, Bancroit, since you looked upon the Bay here. Mr, BaNncrorr—l can’t tell you what pleasure it | gives me to get home to see it once more. I have een away how seven years and two months, REPORTER—I suppose you look forward to @ pe- riod of rustication and repose? Mr. BANCROFT—I shall always try and keep my- self employed. In this world there are the workers and the non-workers. 1can honestly say that I belong to the former claas. I propose living | te halen pia during the winter and at Newport summer. BErorTgR—Has not the wrapercr of Germany pre- sented you with @ picture of himself ?. ‘Mr. KANCROFT—Yes, a life sized one, andI hope to have it here within alew weeks. It is not yet Teady. REPORTER—The newspapers are asserting here | that Germany is about picking 4 quarrel with France, on the subject of Spain, and that Germany is trying to get a foothold in che West Indies, What is your opinion, may I ask ? rT. BANCROFT—Well, simply this, that the Ger- Man government does not entertain any such | ideas, and has no tdea of provoking a quarrel with France, or obtaining territory in the West Indies, | ‘That is as explicitly #8 I can answer you, is it not? Believe me, Germany has no aggressive views. By this time the Heights of Brooklyn were dis- tinctly visible, and an idea occurred to the re- porter that he wouldask him in as delicate & way ‘as possible what he thought of the Beecher scan- dal, and so inqoired what was said of it in Berlin. To this Mr. Bancrott replied, “To be frank with you from all J have read and heard up to the ret moment I know of nothing to make me elieve that Mr. Beecher is guilty.” In the course £t Cap arpa Mr. Bancrolt, speaking impress- | ive! gald:— ? “TELL THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD, for me, that he is gaining great praise in Germany | for the Livingstone discovery, and the general | wish of all tainking people is that the present HERALD enterprise now on foot may be success. | ful in discovering the source of the Nile. ‘This Matter ts a subject of great interest in Berl at | the present moment.”’ Mr. Bancroit Davis, the successor of Mr. Ban- | croft, will reach Berlin ina jew days, having ieit New York several days ago, BARON LEDERER. Presentation of his Letter of Recall to | the President by the Austro-Hungarian Minister. Baron Charles de Lederer, the Austro-Hungarian Minister, who sailed for Europe on Tuesday, pre- sented his letter of recall to the President at Long Branch on last Saturday, on which occasion he | made the following remarks :— MR. PRESIDENF—I have the honor to present to | ‘ou my letter of recall and to express my tuank/ul feelings for the kinduesa wivh which Your Excel- lency has honored me, and waoich has been shown | me by your government during the ft Bix | ears that 1 have been accredited thereto. "am happy to have this occasion to state the periectly amicable relations which have constantly existed during my residence here between Austria, Hungary and tue United States and to express the firm conviction that they will ever continue to exist. 1am equally happy to con- gratulate wyself upon the confidence bestowed upon me by Your Excellency in choosing me as umpire of tne American-Spanish Commission and to have had the occasion tv contribute in that capacity for the realization of the great principle of international arpitration, which has been prac- tically inaugurated by Your Excellency in the mm- terest of peace. ‘the President replied as follows:— Baron—The letter of recail which you place in my hands announces the termination o1 @ mission which has been highly creditabie on your part and very acceptable to tue government of the United States. Your long residence in tnis country has secured to you in au eminent degree toe respect and esteem of our people, and the prudence of your | official action bas been manifested in the constant and successiul effort to maintain ana to strengthen the friendly relations which exist between our | two governments. In taking leave I desire to ex- | press my prraoral regard, and also my sense of the valuabie services which you have rendered in the capacity of umpire In the settlement uf claims before the American and Spanish Mixed Commis- sion, in Which capacity, serving with the consent of your Sovereign, you devoted much patient labor and exhibited learning and impartianty. You carry with you, Bar my best wishes for your sale return to your home, and that heaith and happiness may avtend you through life, COMPLIMENT TO POSTMASTER JAMES, A pleasing episode occurred yesterday noon at the New York Post Office in the shape of a pre- sentation to Postmaster James of an elaborate frame containing the likenesses of himself ana his immediate staff of supermtendents, presented to him by the latter gentiemen. While the Post- master was out of his office to lanen the picture was hung up on the wall above his seat, directly faciag the door, so that whoever enters cannot fail to obtain a full view of the group. The frame is manufactured out of a solid piece of walnut, elaborately carved, polished and inlaid with gold. Its shape is oval, boraered on the edge with heavy festoons of grape leaves and gilded grapes. The ‘lovers’ knot” holds the garland on the top and bottom. In the centre of the group is @ capital likeness of Postmaster James, Immediately over him is that of Mr, Harry on, the Assistant Postmaster. On the that is ex-Senator John J. Foote, Auditor; on the leit Mr. Harvey Major, Cashier. Then iu succession, on either side of the cen- trai figure, follow the likenesses of Messrs. Anthony Yeoman, General superintendent; James Gayler, General Superintendent of City Delivery; Wiillam Plimley, Superintendent Money Order De- artment; Kdward De Forrest, Superintendent egistry Department; Levi Blakesley, Superin- tendent Box Department; George F. Hopper, Superintendent Fore Department; Dwight Lawrence, Night 81 intendent in charge; R. 0. Jackson, Deputy Superintendent Railway Mail Service, and on the bottom of the fram underneath Mr. James, the two veterans, Messrs, John 4. Hallett, Superintendent o: the Searchers Department, and Charies Forrester, sr., Superintendent of the Roueeiey Department. The Postmaster was comple! ly taken by surprise, and on beholding tne eiegan' resent lacked words to express bis astonishment. Phe quiet and graceful manner of bestowing the game added value to the gilt. The civil service rules did not prevent the picture ‘irom being hang up in the office, as to all “intents and purposes’ tne donors are upknown, TRIED 30 STAB HIS 808, Charles Hooper, of Eagle street, is troubled with atather who drinks to excess, and, notwttnstand- ing the fact that ins #on supports and clothes him, is often abusive and disorderly at home, Yester- day morning the old man, whose name is Augus- EB. Pea: right of THE FLOATING HOSPITAL. One Thousand Babies and Mothers Afloat—Two Hundred Caees of Cholera Infantum—Sights and Scenes on Board the Barge Harvest Home Yesterday. Over seven hundred sick children, with three hundred of their mothers as nurses, were 0B Doard the foating hospital of St. John’s Guild yes- terday. Such a ecene as they presented has never before, perhaps, been witnessed in any city of the world, Cbildren just beginning to droop under the shadow of death’s wings were tnere, and those already chilled by the nand that is opening for them the gra Little ones that bad, only & few months or weeks betore, been iull of the prattle, the innocent joy and glee of oniid- hood, but must soon enter “that ‘empty, Weary house where no life is, nor beauty Of swift eyes, nor sounds of lips or feet.” How their mothers gathered them to their bosoms and kissed their pallia Ups and searched with eager loeks their languid eyes, A world of sorrow, of hope and of despair was there in the narrow com- pass of the barge. Ranged on each side of the vessel, from one end to the other and in double Tows down the centre, were pisin pine benches, @nd these were crowSed thick with the mothers and their httle ones, Three bandred iniante in arms were thus ranged in (our rows, and m front, lying upon hastily arranged pallets formed of sbawis and blankets and overskirts, lay other little sufferers, Some, not so ill as the majority, Moved about the deck. Four hundred of them were between the ages of two and eight years, ana fifty of these were able to run about, to play and dance at will. These were an object of won- derful interest to the little creatures who could only follow them with their eyes, TWO HUNDRED CASES OF CHOLERA INFANTUM Were on board. The good effects of the day’s gail upon these can hardly be exaggerated, These babes came on board iretful, with red and swollen eyes and pallid faces, and at first they wore an ap- pearance of stupid indifference to everything about them. The tresh air revived them, the novel scenes interested them, and they grew quiet and curious. Filled with all the strange sounds and sights, tired of the moving ships and the glancing waters, they fell asleep. For a while then they enjoyed utter immunity irom the doctor's atten- tions, and awoke revived and wonderfully changed. The old listless look, ‘the hitherto fre- quent twinges of pain, were gone, and a new light brightened their eyes ana stole over their faces, In the other and many types of disease the change produced was hardly less remarkable. The apathy of the sufferers disappeared, new vitality seemed to enter their irames with every respiration, and | the hile that had seemed receding from them came back with a strong, sweeping tide. THE OURIOSITIES OF DISEASE were represented, One little girl was always no- ticeable, moving with eccentric motion in a group | of chiidren. She had a pale, sympathetic tace, | perpetually clouded with pain, and her strange | Motions attracted the attention of the other chil- | dren, who looked on with wonder, and of muny | or the mothers, who regarded her with a supersti- tious awe. She had the St. Vitus dance. ‘Two twin girls, of six years, had their legs encased in stee! bars and bands, riveted, and having swivels St the joints, so that they could walk about. They remained near one end of the bai and were ever together, holding each other by the hand. One little girlhad an outward curvature of the spine, whico gave her back the appearance of a ball, and not far away sat another, younger, whose back was bent Inward, so that a ladies muff would le in the hollow between ner shoulders and hips, DYING BY INCHRS. There were thirty-five cases of marasmus— the wasting of the flesh, Made light and thin by heavy-handed iate— and one case in which the dally progress of death was plainly visible. It was that of a boy ten years 1 age, but no larger than a child o/ three years. | This poor boy’s bones were decaying, and as they did 80 he was becoming Le terines His head was sunken deep between bis shoulders, his abdomen protruded unnaturally, bis hands and leet were small and shrunken, and his face—brim- | ful of intelligence and sadness—was wasted and livid. Sach were the scenes in every quarter of the barge, with its itving, dying freight of seven hundred babies. And yet, in the midst of all this | | be @ great success, | Bis shoulders in business, | in iront of him was struggling to reheve his mind | lshed’facts connected with the Nathan murder, enthnstastic speeches yesterday. Tne subject of | epection of the BwnaLD representative upon the | effort to say. a series of interviews with members of the learned profession of doctors of medicine was the general mokness of the children in the tenements and the possible beneft of the free excursions instituted by St. John's Gajid, the well known volunteer charity of the city. The subject was broached from am independent standpotot aad ite meri thor- oughly discussed, THE FIRST INTERVIEW was apon the steps of a brown stone house near the Filth Avenue Hotel, where the writer called upon @ very celebrated physician just in time to get @ hearty hand-shaking as he left bis residence to enter & carriage waiting at the doors. “Hello!” said the doctor. “Helio!” answered the reporter. goin’ ail of a sudden, are you?’ “Well, yes,” responded the eminent M. D. have a case of exema——” “Oh, bother exema! J want to find out all you know about the sick children, who are dying off like leaves, and about the benefits that are said to result from the floating hospital treatment of St. John’s Gatid, and all that sort of thing.” “Now my young frtend, don’t attempt to be witty about a thing you don’t understand,” said the Doctor, laying hts hand paternally upon the sboulder of the writer, “and 1 WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING. The HBRALD did & noble thing in aiding St. John’s Guild and the thousands among the poor last win- ter. Itis doing a noble thing now, and the guild you speak Ol 80 lightiy—do you know what it | ie? J have heard poor people call upon God | to bless it, and, though my practice lies mostly | among the rich, I know that prayers are | offered up nightly—euough td insure ie after | death to every one of the noble army of volun- | teers. In regard to the excursions on the floating hospital, as it has been called, they are the hap- plest tought of the Hera. or of the guild. They | bring to the sick infants the breath of pure air that is to them the breath 0: life, and they give to | the mothess the nourishment, the ease and the | Mental qaietude that is next to essential to the re- covery of the child, I regard tuem as a blessing to the entire city.” THR SECOND INTERVIRW took place at the New York Dispensary, where the assistant house physician was accosted with the Jollowing result;— “What Go you think of the floating hospital from &@ sanitary point of view, doctor?” “itis better than all tue medicine in New York, | Dr. White and others of our trustees have ex- | pee their opinion of it in higi terms as acap- | ital thing, and | certainly endorse it. Whatdo | you think, doctor?” and the old gentleman looked toward a scholarly young man with gold bowed | spectacles, ‘1 tnink,”’ said the younger doctor, | “that 1t 18 not only alle saving venture for tue children, but of great value in many ways, if one believes in being charitable to others at all. Many of my patients bave been on the excursions al- | ready made, and they have come back changed so | much for the better ye would hardly know them. | The mothers are well fed and cared tor; the little | ones feed on the fresh air, the music the | novel scenes, and all are delighted aud improved.” | THE THIRD INTERVIEW. “1 am tm favor of this thing and was from the | gtart,” said ap old physician, whom the inter. | Viewer found fishing at the docks, whitner he had been directed. ‘More than forty years ago this | thing was started upon a small scale in the city and it was a great success. it will always Why, I advocated almost precisely the same measure twenty years ago and wrote a pamphlet on the subject.” The old gentleman took oif his speetacies, wiped them | and placed them careiully in his pocket. Then he | took up his fishing tackle and wrapped it carefully tn @ large bandana handkerchief. “Now,’ said he, “I am ready.” “Ready for what?’ stammered | she reporter. “Why, toguhoms. Do you know | T’ve been thinking that I can ind a copy of that pamphlet in some of the ol boxes stowed away in the garret, and lve a ming, if you'll promise to return it right away, | Pil let you take it and print 16 all right in the HERALD.” The reporter looked at the now ex- cited old man aghast. ‘Oh,’ said he, ‘ye needn’t be a@eared; it covers the whole subject, and no- body can gainsay it. Why even a fool would know | tha’ good iresh air and nice, wholesome food was good for a sick child.”” SUPERINTENDENT WALLING INTERVIEWED, The new Superintendent of Police was buried to The Captain of the Detectives stood to the leit of him, the reporter to the right of him, and an excited, breathless man “You ain’t “y and conscience of the only remaining unpuo- By and by the cool and collected manner of the misery and sorrow, there were GLEAMS OF THE RAREST BRAUTY. A dozen children were playing there, near their little sick sisters and brothers, who for pure , beauty of face and form could not be surpassed by the children of any rank, in any capital of tne | world, One was a little blue-eyed, golden-haired | babe of two years, just able to totter about, to crow and laugh and point its dainty fingers at those who cried. Two were flaxen-halred and black-eyed; they were four years old, and twins. Near the central gangway on the upper deck a woman sat with @ babe in her arms, asleep, and one nursing at lier breast. They were also twins and exact counterparts of each other. A boy of | three years, with hair of the same color and tex- ture as the two nurstings, leaned against the mother’s knee, with his eyes fixed upon hers, A group of aged and childless women sat near the centre of the deck. One of these, eiguty-four years of age, had just lost ner husband, with ‘whom she had lived for sixty years. She came to New York from near Sheiield, in England, forty years ago, and, although sue has never been out | 01 New York since her arrival, yesterday was the occasion of her second view of the Battery. She | talked about it, missed the fort which wus there when sbe landed, and gossiped of old times and places in the lower city. The day’s sail was up the Hudson and was as pleasant as could well be. As usual, two meals were furnished on board. At each the tables were | loaded down with boiled and roast meats, pou | corte. | Tice, fresh bread, milk, tea and Some idea of the hunger of the mothers and older children may be _ gained from the fact that 280 pounds of meat, 200 loaves of bread and 350 quarts of milk were consumed, together with fifty pounds o! butter, 100 pounds of sugar and large quantities of rice and other things, And yet, the total expenses of this day’s excursion Anciuding tug, barge, music and all else, were but 235, In an interview with Dr. Darkin, formerly a | surgeon and assistant surgeon general in the | regular atmy and now house physician in charge | of Demilt Dispensary, that gentleman said :—*The floating hospital of St. John’s Guild ts the grand- est institution of the he If its excursions were only at rare intervals they would be cruel. Being | daily they save numbericss lives. There can be | no question of its lie-saving qualities; it is better | than medicine, and ought to be made a perma- nent institution and @ permanent blessing. 1 sincerely hope and trust that St. John’s Guild will be able to carry out the wishes of Mr. Wiswall and baild a suitable barge before another sickly season for permanent use, Destitute Sick Children’s Excursion Fund. The following additional contributions have been received by Rev. Alvan Wiswall, Master of St. John’s Guild, and handed to Henry C, De Witt, Almoner:— Iman & Bons-$5 00 01 ‘& Debost, T, G.'& C. 8. Brow! re Mi Dreyius, Kohn & H. Norton, Charlies Beott Casi Oscar, Delisle 5 B. Collard, account of Masonic Kelief As- fociation ot Norfolk, S8esesEsEs | s For the fund on behalf of the sick children the followin} of the contributions have been sent to the care ERALD :— hs Buss vee 50 mi “An American” sends @ case of mustdrd for floating hospital; two cases of assorted fruits, soups and vegetables were also received from oe & Myers, and 1 box of raisins from Suther- an re 8. ‘The faith excursion takes place to-day and the sixth to-morrow, leaving pier 52 North River at | eight A. M.; Market atreet, East River, at nine, and Twenty-third street, East River, at’ hali-past nine. Contributions to the fund are earnestly solicited gt once, and may be sent to the HERALD office; Mayor Havemeyer, City Hali; Arnold, Constable & Ou., NO, 886 rele D. Pig Ni & Co., No. 651 Brenna August Belmont & Co,, No. 19 Nassau street; Jadge Jonn R. Brady, No, 19 West Thirty- third street; Frederick A. Conkling, President tna Fire Insurance Company, No. 172 Broadway; H, B, Olafim & 09., No, 140 Church street, or Rev. Alvah Wiswall, Master of St. John’s Guild, No, 02 Varick street. INTERVIEWING THE DOCTORS. Superintendent Walling to the Rescue ot the Babics—Opinions en the Subject of Excursions for the Sick Children, Next to a lawyer, & doctor is the dryest possible Picking in the hands of an interviewer. He is very shy about answering questions generally, and dts sects each morsel of the subject with the greatest care before giving an opinion, that, after all, may be no more valuable than the labored reasonings | and he went out. Then the trouble began. | the floating hospital. It’s a capital idea.’” | underciothi Superintendent had the effect of soothing ne i “May | interview you?” meekly questioned the reporte: ,, aud, having received permission, he began in @ distant sort of way, speaking flatteringly of the deserved high compiiment- recently paid by the | Board of Commissioners, at this point he was in- terrupted by the Superintendent who said, “In re- gard to the sick children?” “Yes,?? “Well, to morrow morningI am going to sug- | gest to every captain of precincts in which there | are poor qnarters, to have the patrolmen look out sick children in destitute famiites and repors them at the station house, whence they will be | fupplied with tickets for the free excursions on | St. John’s Guild Endorsed. That the general public feel a deep sympathy in | the work of St. John’s Guild cannot be doubted. | Its efforts in behalf of the poor and sorrowing of all creeds and colors have been the theme of every | tongue and the HERALD in its oft repeated in. dorsement of its work has only given voice to the | popular sentiment. The Hebrew and all-the sects of Christians have labored in this vineyard where the most humble and sublime virtues of humanity have found fruit, The following letters will show how deeply all the chords of sympathy are touched | by these little crying walfs, who, but for the | Guild might have perished :— | FBOM ONE WHO HAS SUFFERED, | BROOKLYN, August 5, 1874, Rey. ALVAH WISWALL:— DEAR SIR—Please find enclosed the sum of $15, | which We would like you to accept and apply to the | fund for the Floating Hospital under your direction. | Myself and wile can More than appreciate the im- | mense amount of good that may be done in this | way by you and those connected with you to the | poor little ones that are suffering throughout the | great city of New York. That terrible diseases | yearly carry off hundreds ot little ones that one | iull breath of pure sea alr might save is only too | well known, Bvery aay we read of deatns from | cholera infantum, and how fearful @ disease it is | we know, fall well, having just lost our own first | born through it, If the enclosed amount should { be the means of saving one little life to its parents our wish will be more than gratified. ‘Wishin, you God fees in your noble work, we my dear sir, truly yours, . W. B, | ase, my ite 2h. B | rs, f Please do not publish our names as donors, but attribute it to cash. UNDER THE ROD. | | | Avaust 5, 1874, Rey. ALVAH WISWALL:— Deak SIR—1 Called On Mrs. Chrisman again yes- terday. and gave her some more money and some for the children. You will confer a favor on me if yon will tell me of some other case | equally Feet A equally deserving. I would pre- | fer to help English families who are within the | ale of our Church, because J am English born and rought up in the Church; bat if there is any case | within your knowledge of real destitution I will | © to it at once, whatever the religion or national- ity of the sufferer. 1 want to go now, because | now | sm under the rod of aMiction myself, and sympathize with those who need Ri. can bet Yoars traly, M. PROM BERTIE AND SISTER FLOY." ' This note, ina neat, girlish hand, is short and sweet, It isdated August 6, and reads “for sick ables $2.7 ‘With hopes that you may make this grand suc- cess, J. U. R, encloses $5. Ww. Ww. Ww. Amember ofa well known business firm sendsa | check for $25, and adds to the announcement of the | enciosare:— ‘Absence from the city has prevented me from taining subscriptions, but I hope to be able to | @o somerning jurther in aid of the fund, Ww. RYE BRACH, From this watering place three persons send a | tiny slip of paper, pinned—they are evidently | Jadies—to an enclosure. The marks are Mrs. 0, | $5, Mins W. $5, the Misses W. $10. Please give the enclosed $1 to the or) young widow who was noticed in Monday's HERALD. A widow. FROM THEODORE. A dainty note, enclosing $2, comes in a large | square envelope, with initials E. B. B., and signed , “for the eick children from Little Theodore,” From Lennox House, Greenwicn, Conn., comes, saying :— Lobserved in the HERALD that you were making arrangements to penefit of the sick children of the poor in this op- pressive weather. J enclose $5 toward that pur- pose, Yours, respectfully, Mrs. FB FROM BABYLON. An old New Yorker, of a family honored in its history, both under Dutch and English role, sends the following to the care of Messrs, Park & Til- fora, merchants :— letter Of Jack Bunsby. Exceastve caution or excessive modesty may thus become as bad ss excessive stu- pidity. However, doctors sometimes delight and tus, laid the last fe of patience Spon the back by drawing a knife in his i hs aan 4 to kill ‘his son, Onari who is a powerful m: sily Prevented that an then gave him over to the charge of the po! in hope that incarce! will have a salutary effect upon him, Justice Elliot: gave him twenty-nine dare surprise one by &n occasions! square assertion boldly and heartity mede, and it fell to the fortane of the writer to listen to several such Seeing your names among the list where con- tributions May be sent fan the relief of the sick children in our ous SvVall myself of this oppor- table of the Guild omee, in Varick street, but the above will convey @ iair idea of their contents. THE POOR CHILDREN’S EXOURSIONS, The tickets for the ninth excursion for poor children were distributed yesterday py Mr, George F. Williams, the manager, at the Tenth Precinct Station House, in Eldridge street. At three o’clock the scene was interest- ing, the entre biock being filled with young children, the ages ranging from five to fourteen years, Under the direction of Captain Ward and his oMcers the children were assembled in line, and as they passed the station house door Mr. Willams gave each of them aticket. Over 3, tickets were distributed, and still there were hu: Greda who were without the desired ptece of paste- rd, ‘These were intormed that if they were on hand at eight o’clock to-day they would be taken Without tickets. It is expected that about 2,300 children will go on the excursion to-day. For the free excursions afforded to poor children throughout the city contributions have been sent to this office from x $15 00 30 Mr. T, Mr. THE GIRLS’ LODGING HOUSE, NO. 27 ST. MARK’S PLACE. Professional Philanthropists—A Wo- man’s Talk on the Subject. ‘to THE EpiToR OF THE HERALD :— Charity is an excellent thing, if it is, as the Scotch say, “weel guided ;” but unfortunately it is @ fact too big for much longer concealment that our profeastonal philanthropists are not the per- Bons Lo guide it well. Evidences of the most star- ting character, reluctantly aamitted, carefally in- Vestigated, fortitied with constantly repeated ex- amples, have compelled the conviction that many j Of the charities for which New York has opened gladly her heart and her purse are miserable im- positions on her generosity. I must premise, before making a distinct state- ment, that all my investigations have been per- sonally made, and that I shall speak only of what Ihave seen at various times extending over a pe- riod of from three to four years. During this time Ihave given up my life to a systematic endeavor to relieve suffering, irrespective of creed, country or age, although my favorite objects have been young girls and children, This paramount interest has led me very often to the Girls’ Lodging House, No, St. Mark’s place, the true character of which ought no longer to be concealed from the | public, It professes to accommodate fifty-three girls. I passed through the sleeping rooms a tew days ago, and I can speak with knowledge of tne provisions for their comfort. The house is a “lodging house,” but only the attics and the floor below it are used as such, Into these bot, unven- tilated rooms are crowded the beds for the fiity- three girls, The bedsteads being of iron, I have nothing to object to them, except that they need either wash- ing or painting; but the mattresses are simply dis- graceful. Long usage nas converted them into Jumps of soiled straw. I did notsee one that looked even and camfortable. THE SHEETS WERE REPULSIVELY DIRTY, the pillows ridiculous satires on the very name, the comforters most unclean-looking wraps. The very use of “‘comsorters’? in @ lodging house of | this kind is an outrage on decency; they cannot a7 | 5 ig that will “tel,” it ts se ‘ne pioture tn the berinuing i tee The man with the three lost chldres is far more likely to be @ policeman than one of Mr, Brace’a empio’ at fancy picture of “GOING WEST” I8 A SNARE. Indeed, this emig! sensational ‘acoept it. first delusion. rawon business Needs most em- Pbatic attention and inves tion. The man or the newspaper who wili do it will be a ater Philantropist than he dreams of. A little em- by) my honse teat winter bad been oss eat et es, and said he was going Again, ‘cause he wanted a H 7” But the facts bave gathered on this subject do not belong to my Present tueme. We are told in the report that Most of the children taken Weat—snd Mr. Brace Claims to have sent over 32,000—thave been found homes where they were treated a8 members of the family, ate a{ the same table, rode in the carriage with the family and attended school #8 the equals of the other children.” Thre kind of | talk might ao in a dime novel. Neither Western nor Eastern peopte hire servanta and treat them iu this manner. It ts altogether too romantlce Tne Matron speaks in what must be considered an unkind manner of the girls under her as being maloly “wild, uucontroiabie, with vagrant or Other bad habits, and all very destitute and homes Jess.”” It is certainly a very bad habit to be desti- tute and homeless, but tue poor giris cannot belp it. Yet I am positive that very recently she re- Jused admission to one poor, pretty, aimost des- bec ep had heard something cter from al is altogetner a sense of '8*Y Woman. There CARELESS WANT OF SYMP, in the Matron’s report. What Tight had she to gay of the case “Kuma D—»" “that we muss Repher’ Cy Popes “oe aepehes trom tne Girls? . here therelore help or hope tor her?’ Isit the extreme ever human salvation? 1s it the last chance of the sin- ful or miserable? .Yet this very “imma D—»” she Ctr | allows to be “young, pretty and Pleasant.” think we may all salely hope that God wili reverse Mrs. Hurley’s verdict and not give her up jor lost. It was my intention to notice pardoulaely the young men of the ‘House of tne Svangelists,”” who have been allowed to be the spiritual guides, in part, of these poor girls, but my article is already iong, and this would lead me into # subject thal needs as much ventilating as any in the city. Let me ask the patrons of this charity to trust no “reports,” but some time hence, when all fear of visite shall have passed away again, to walk down to Eighth street, to note the unhomelike, unhappy look of the house externaily, the careworn, anXx- juus faces of the gris going Out and in, and then insist on a personal iuspection of the interior. Let them place no confidence in what olticials say, Whose interest it is to speak as they are ordered. A very large amount of provisions, dry goods and material Of all Kinds reaches this tome. Would it not pay the givers to know what became of it? 1t is said, ‘Figures never lie; but there is no roe Without an exception, and the Agures of charity reports are the exception, 1 know nothing of the gentiemen who run this woucern.,1 never saw them. hey are douotiess all honorable men, all honest mea, but the rigats of the poor working Girls are stolen, A LADY VISITOR, A BRIDEGROOM CHARGED WiTH HORSE+ STEALING. ee | Sad Termination of a Honeymoon—Mar rying in Haste to Repent at Leisurc— inopportune Appearance of a Chief of PolicemAnguish of the Bride. NEWBURG, N. Y., August 12, 1874, At half-past eleven o’clock last night Fred, Shewart, hatling from no piace in particular, but last knoWD a8 a Jerseyman, was arrested in this | city on the charge of stealing a norse in Bergen county, N.J., some time in the monthof Juy Jast ana selling it at Athens, Pa, some | tame during the present month. Alter dis- | posing of the animal, as alleged, for $250, Snewart ' went to Paterson, N. J., and on Thursday evenfig Jast was Married, aiter.a short acquaintanceship, be washed and the cotton must retain the un- | t @ young Paterson lady of very respectable healthy and unclean perspiration of many a noor | 1amily, who, it seems, was entirely ignorant of his unfortunate. Euough of money has been given to gntecedenta. They went, alter the ceremony, to this institution to provide the girls clean blankets New York city, thence to tmis place, arriving here and sheets and pillows which are not amockery. on Saturday. ‘Tne Te le sper ere is | twenty-four) put up at the Udell House, remainmg Haghy 4 ieemigeted BO DEQrigion) 14m rooms.) there wnt onday, Whea they went to live at & for cleanliness; the girls must go from the attics | boarding house on the nil. On Tuesday nignt the to the basements to wash themselves, Conse- | Paterson Une! of Police, Jonn B. Rice, having re- give free excursions for the : quently they must pass through the house in a half nude state, or they must dress and then un- | dress—which very few would do—or they must ve | content to wash their hands and {aces and leave the main portions of the body uncleansed, That such miserable economy or bad management is unnecessary we have only to walk one block to assure ourselves. In the “House of the Holy Family,” on Second avenue, they have always at least four times as many women and children as the lodging house in St. Mark’s place could take, But their arrangements are 80 simple, 80 wise and so cleanly that under no circumstances are the rules of health or decency transgressed. Their dormitories run the full depth of the house, and e thoroughly ventilated. cleanp—the very atmosphere tells it. The beds look as i buman beings with souls and {feelings might sleep in them and DREAM GOOD DREAMS. Every bed is numbered and has ite private wash- ing bowl, towels, comb and brush and soap, actuated in this comparison by no religious sym- pathies—quite the cuptrary. J was born and educated a Presbyterian of the strictest sort and am to-day amember of a promiuent Protestant onurch. I have heard much against the food given to the | ris, but I have never been able, under any pre- Xt, to get Into the dining room at meal times, and 1 preier to write only of wnat I know. Such as itis they pay six cents @ day for, or else give their labor to the house. The amount o! work, of coufse, depends upon the number of inmates, which, I have excellent reasons for believing, are at no time large. They reiused absolutely during my last visit (0 say how many. 1 saw two girls in the sleeping rooms, two in the machine room and one in the sewing room. This one was eng: making an elaborate dress for the Matron, who nas beer away most of this month and will be away until September, As I was there during the dinner hour, it 18 likely 1 should have seen more girls if there had been more ia the house, With a niece, a dressmaker, @ housekeeper and a corps of servants to help her, it ta diticult for a hardwork- ing merchant who has given liberally to this charity to understand the necessity for such ex- tensive “rests.” At present the niece takes the Matron’s place, and another person is hired to take the niece’s place tn the machife room, so Vhat neither sinecure 1s worepresented. But whatever number of occupants this miser- able looking house has, they are well “overseen.” The Matron, Mrs. Hurley, occupies the first floor upstairs; the “Children’s Aid Society” give her a tunates who are compelled to accept tne charity she doles out say, is perhaps of nv consequence. Mrs. Hurley’s niece is superintendent of the machine room, when not acting for the Matron in her long vacation. The dressmaker occupies the Dext floor—one room as a sewing room, the reat as rivate rooms for herseli and jamily. Then, as [ ave said, the girls are allowed the use of the top floor and the attic. Yet the whole house is ostensibly rented tor their use and confort, As to | THE SALARIES OF THESE OFFICIALS the most strict silence is preserved—no one knows. For three years at various times and under a variety of circumstances | have asked, but never received an answer. However, a lew days ago a clerk in that department of Mr. Brace’s business located at No, 19 East Fourth street’ told me in @ hesitating manner, in answer to my direct inquiry, ‘About $00 per montn to first class officials,” which he assured me the present em- loyés were. This sum, considering that board, foaxing, washing, attendance, dressmaking and other litle emoluments are added to it, “is not that bad” as to demand any great self-denial in order to be a professiona: philantrophist. Beside these ‘very superior” upper servants they em- ploy a housekeeper, @ laundress, a cook and wait- ing maids and housemaide ad liditum. Perhaps this force 18 necessary, as they have to cook and wait on two sets of tables, one for the employés and one for the girls. Butin old Jerusalem it was notso. Jesus not ouly received the poor ana sin- fui, but ate with them; not only healed the leper, but touched him. However, I am writing facta, not homilies. In the report of the Matron ior last year she says that THR SEWING MACHINE SCHOOL turned out 933 operators, “who at once found work almost ke it has been for expert hands (not tyros) to find work during the bh | 4 own personal interest. backed by the wealth am or three weeks before I could rocure work jor even skilled hands, Will the é to the public the method by which they say thoy place 80 many hundreds in employmeat every year. ‘This lodging house projesses 10 take women of all ages, from fourteen to aes years of age—at least for one night’s lodging in extremity—but out of the numper I nave sent 1 never knew one to be received, About a month ago | found EXHAUSTED IN THE STREET 8 respectable looking woman from a neighboring city. she was destitute and friendiess, hey fi failed in the object that broaght her here. aor was sick and weary. She had filied ip saeines city pretty much jhe position Mrs. Ly ig ar) and it wae gettin; Tlosed inhospitable doors and ndvised ner to tell | her story. her face. Thad apace, to. ser jes—-came to me ‘on our church ohariti almost in ‘azeperation. They reused the matron said about her;” and she her and allow! tunity to enclose oheok for $60 for the avove Parpone, With many thanks if you will attend to Hundreds of letters have Deen placed for the in- read iP heatatiy it is Ko eve years report tin.” there is vbroughous such ab They are daintily | Jam > aged in | and good wages. "Alag ! I know how diticuit, how | Raat -year. | influence of others second to none | in this city, | have often sought diligently tor two | dren's Aid So- | y or the matron of the place in Fighth street | yesterday ne brought Dr ceived INFORMATION OF SHEWART’S WHEREABOUTS, | arrived herein company with Charies Day, the man to whom it was claimed Shewart sold the stolen horse, With Chief Forsyca, of this city they Went to the boarding house last nignt jo quest of the alleged horse thief. He was found in ved with nis bride of five days. Cmef Forsyth | knocked at their door and in a tew moments be appeared, partially dressea, He was taken to the room where Kice aud Day were, and the lutrer promptly identified him as the party of whom he (Day) bought the horse. Shewart was ‘then put under arrest, His bride was in anguish when sne fuund out what had been done. This ) was the first intimation she had bad that her hus- band was even charged with criminal practices. She went into convuisfons, and for a time serious results were feared. But by the kind attentions of the Jamily she recovered and became calmer. This morning she TOOK LEAVE OF HER HUSBAND, and the scene was a very affecting one. Her grief was most poignant and tears started to the eyes | of the beholders of the sad spectacle. ll the money she had remaining, alter paying their board | and her own fare to Paterson, was 40 ceats, and this she invested in & breaklast for her nusvana. He and the oificers took one train for the place where he had sold the horse and she took another tor Paterson. Having married in haste, her re entance at leisure cummenced very early in the joney moon. | @IVE THE PEOPLE SHADE TREES, | To THR EDITOR OF THE HenaLD:— | In your issue of the 10th inst, | find aa articie on | @ most interesting topic—viz., ‘Our Shade trees.”? | Its time that the people of this metropoils should | earnestly consider this subject of planting shade trees in front of their homes, Some inducement | might be offered to taxpayers to influence themin | this direction, and I respectiully suggest the fol- ' lowing plan and method of accomplishing it. Let @ resolution be passed by our Board of Alder- men recommending the Tax Commissioners to deguct" from the face of a taxpayer's bili the gum of $5 for every two trees planted and main- tained in front of his dwelling. Twenty and twen- ty-five leet lots might be limited to two trees and thirty feet lots to three; in the latter instance §7 | should be deducted. Let this reduction continue | for twenty years, providing of course that said | trees are properly maintained by owners, and | what a splendid shade we should have in our city, to be sure, The first year this expense or reduc- | splendid’ name—what the scores of poor unfor- | tion would probably reach $50,000. Our taxes now reach $30,000,000, and what percentage of increase would this amount be? surely it would not be felt. What is it that so delights the visitor's , eye in New Haven but the tall, graceful elms that | phade the broad avenues of that beautiful city ? ‘Apd st Saratoga, tne luxury of a stroll on Broad- | way or tue side streets is due almost entirely to the abundance of the beautiful elms and well trimmed maple trees that line these vagrant fares. This same charming feature can be had in | our city if the citizens will only decide. Kven ten years of care and cultivation of trees would make an amazing change ior the better. trust that | the HERALD Will continue to agitate this audject | til] the public shall unanimously call for an ordi- ance which shall psnefit us and those that shail ‘come alter us, Your suggestions as to the kind | of trees that shouid and suould not be planted are | excellent, BOUGHS AND LEAVES, A POLICEMAN sTABBED, At half-past three o'clock yesterday sfternoon | as Officer Es&in, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, was | ateempting to arrest John Williams, at No. 126 | West Twenty-eighth street, on a charge of disor- ' derly conduct he was stabbed in the neck by Wil- | Mams, inficting @ severe but not di rous | wound. Williams arrested and locked up im | the Thirtieth street station house, and will be ar- | raigned at the Jefferson Market Police Court tnis morning. a DRUNKEN POLIGEMEN. ‘The police trials at the Central office yesterday aiternoon developed three cases of weikdefined drankenness while on auty. OMfcer Dennis Jan- ; brin, of the ‘Thirteenth precinct, was found on Angust 3 by OMcer Scanlin 1a the Eleventh pre. cinct royally drunk. Scanlin took him to the | Thirteenth precinct station house. On the trial Emil Freund to swear that he was sick aud had to take medicine that | contained + Case to the Board, Caso referrenn, of the Thirty-third precinct, was | round ‘drank at the depot at 167 A | ghateer was procured and on this he was tenderly | Garried to the station. house, where she Captain | Gnd Sergeant pronounced it & lear case of drunk- | enness. John Kelly, of the Nineteenth precinct, drunk whi | iously ating while on Post, and Wil, probally, THE OITY TREASURY. Comptroller Green reports the following dis bursements and recetpts of the Treasary yester- fe pipe rig 5 Claims aa of warrants I Pay rol ‘umber of warrants, 24, .. TOL so seeeeserareas: RBORIPTS. 9s18,221 From arrears of taxes, asseasmenta and interest... From collections of assessments and interest. — OLB rom water rents. rom market revts. From licenses, May: