The New York Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1874, Page 3

THE INTERNATIONAL REGATTA, Preparations for the Great Four- ‘ Qared Shell Race. A GLANCE AT THE CREWS. The Favorites and What They Are Expected to Do. THE EVE OF THE STRUGGLE. —+ A Morning’s Trip to the Boathouses. Statistics of Men, Boats, Colors and Weights. SaRatoca, August 30, 1874, ‘The second annual international regatta, so aus- Piciously inaugurated on Lake Saratoga on Friday Jast, promises fair to conclude with ¢clat and to give satisiaction to the oarsmen and their friends, ‘who have come from far and near to take part and to witness the struggles of the athletes on the ‘Water, This is the first summer since the late war that the Southern element has shown so conspic- nously in Saratoga. It seems like a return of old times to see the faces of prominent Southern men on the piazzas and in the parlors of old Congress Hall, or in some of the other magnificent hotels which have made this little village, with its min- eral springs, what it 1s and what it looks forward o be in the tuture. The College Regatta Prought people here from the New England States to a greater extent than ever before in the history of the Springs, but at the Present time there is a greater diversity of people, Hailing from all quarters of the country, North as ‘Well as South, with a goodly representation from the far West. Ido not assert it was the Interna- tional Regatta that brougnt them here, but one thing is certain, it has kept a great many trom going away who otherwise would have packed up their trunks and departed homewards, Thus has the season been prolonged, and, I am told by many, that it has been a very successiul season, taking everything into account. Between boat Faces and horse races, base ball matches and pedestrian exhibitions, there has peen plenty of excitement. People could time their visits for Any of these amusements, and be satisfied when they came that they saw the very best the country could produce. The contestants in any of the sports, whether on the turi or on the water, were mot confined to any particular locality or section of the nation, They represented every point of the compass of our common country. In this International Regatta, for instance, which ‘will conclude to-morrow with the grand four-osred shell race the Southern as well as the Northern Btates will have their representatives, and each erew which rows will endeavor to win victory in as hardly a contested race as has ever been rowed by the amateur oarsmen of any country. Canada has her representatives here, and the crew To- ronto hassent to these waters has won golden opinions from every person who has been brought in contact with them. ‘They will do their best to carry off the prize. To accompush this they will have to work as they never worked be- fore. They will meet on the waters of Saratoga Lake to-morrow the very pest Crews that the United States can pat wm & boat. Josi Ward, the veteran oarsmen, thinks we have the pick ol the country here now, and feels proud to think that the young men of America have taken to a sport which he, asa Professional, has done so much to advance. “Let them take it judiciously,” says the old man, “and it will make your weak men strong and your strong men stronger.” THE LAST PRACTICE PULL. Yesterday all the crpws were out jor their final Practice pull before the race, and this has been a day of res: in nearly every boathouse on the shores of the lake. To-morrow will the struggle which will bring the Inter- Dationa! Regatta to a close, provided the water is smooth and the weather is fine. Tnere is every reason to believe that it will be both, Ola Probabilities has done well by the boys this time, ‘tice and also for their more serious work on the Face days so iar, Let him but secure ove day more of fair skies and smooth water, and there will be rejoicement by the rowing men now here, THE REGATTA BALL aT THE CONGRESS Jast Friday night was @ grand success, It was the last of the season, but the display of magnificent Voilets on the beautiful’ women who thronged the capacious ballroom equailed ‘any that were seen during the earlier part of the season. Professor Loomis was present in ail his glory and was as at- tentive and as solicitous for the enjoyment of his witness | He has given them fine weather for prac- | patrons asis tis custom. To be sure there were | not many carsmen that it was a regatta ball, but were plenty of their friends, and the little quiet talks about bo:ts and oarsmen which oc- curred during or between the dances indicated there, notwithstanding there | (aged inseem almost to be the entire number of how deeply many of those who were present were | Interested in the approaching contests. B quiet little wager was made on the crews about to compete. Hats and gloves and otner articies ‘Were bet on the Argonautas or the Atalantas, as the ease might be, and the Canadians bad their @spousers, who believed firmly in them and their | English stroke. The Southern crews were not Without their supporters, and the Pennsylvania men, thongh a light crew, were never in the background. Remember, it was a light crew that carried away the prize jast year. What has been done belore can be done again. THE WAY TO TUR LAKE. Getting out to the lake is not as dificult now, and the prices are not usexorbitant as they were during the College regatta. You can make the trip to the lake now for half a dollar and get back Yor the same price. This is an improvement on July, but the concourse of people is not nearly 80 great as it was then. The college boys brought B rich harvest to Saratoga, and the farmers in the vicinity, believing in tne old adage of making hay when the sun shines, went in strongly on that principle. They made their wagons do transport duty. The hack drivers, however, have run up their prices, and, with few exceptions, the hackmen in front of the hotels would sooner let their teams broil in the strects of Saratoga than “come down” one single doilar from the price they have resolved to charge. As a consequence the omnibuses are better patronized, and by he go who would preter riding in a carriage if hey could get it at anything like a reasonabie tate, A TOUR OF THE LAKE. I made a trip round the lake to-day, and had a conversation with some of the members of the crews who will row to-morrow. Nearly all of them feel conndent of being the first boat in, Ol the thirteen crews, if all of them will row, you cannot find one who doubts but that they will have a good place if their boat is not the winning boat. The Argonauts, of Toronto, are rowing tn food form, but that they will repeat Lambe’s vic- Tory of last year is extremely problematical. Lambe, who pulis stroke oar in the Canadian boat, 4s without doubt a fine oarsman and the best man in the crew, but he cainot accomplish all thatnis heart could wish for, The Atalantas never rowed better, and Doc Withers feeis very confident in the ability of his crew. ‘The Gramercies are pull- ing well, and have plenty of beef and bone Yo push their boat along. Their practice has been very quiet and secluded, and they have ‘given nothing away.” The Gramercies are located in the old quarters made famous by Columbia’s victory. It was from this point that Columbia College sent out her six good and true men last July to win the victory ot 1874 over the crews from out colleges of the. land. Few persons thought the Columbias were going to win, and it may be that on to-morrow @ crew little spoken of May show to the Iront at the proper time. A good many regard the Duquesne crew javorably. Isaw them yesterday, and there 1# no discount on their rowing. Will the Pittsburgers again carry away the cap and keep It in sale keeping in the hills of Pennsylvania until the regatta of 1875? The Ver- on crow, betier known as tha Cagnars.of Sayan. Man; y | in particular being their visit to London, when | they deemed it an easy matter to “clean aut’ the | easily recalled, and how our lads came home de- | their Ppt tes they will again meet the Argo- | about one of the men in the boat, It js claimed | luded to. Since that occasion the Atalantas have done much for tneir improvement, though Dr. Withers will always have it that “the | Diary sense. But the persistency of the organization nah, will have something to say on this score. ‘They wil! make a bard fignt to get in first and bring the trophy home with them to the sunny South. To-day their boat house was closed a3 Charley Southgate’s little steamer steamed up in front of it, There ts another crew which has made quite a stir in Western waters who are going to trouble the best of them on the jake when the time comes. This 1 «the Wah-wah-sum men. ‘They have beep rowing a very slow stroke, and their style is not tavorably commented on. Cook with his Yale boys pulled a siow stroke and held Harvard, Columbia and Wesleyan at bay up to the time the toul with the Harvard boat occurred and kuocked him out of the race. Dartmouth, with a rapid stroke, up in the jorties, made a poor showing for such un apparent expenditure of strength, So it was. The slow stroke of the Wah-wah-sums may accomplish a good deal when the trial tor suprem- acy isto be made. The Potomac crew is not by any means to be undervalued. They were out last evening, and the way they made their boat travel through the water elicited much attention. Harry Truax pulis an oar in the boat, and he nas the experience of lane Jenn to profit by. Speaking of Truax calls to mind the regattas on the Hudson River @ few years ago. Some of the men who were even then prominent as oarsmen still retain their positions in aquatic circles, and of the thirteen boats which will contend to-morrow five of them will contain men who have met belore on the waters of the hudson, Edward Smita, the famous bow oar of the Argonautas, first won his name and tame a8 an oarsman on the Hudson; William Gannon, of the Gramercys, owes allegi- ance to the Hudson and the well known old Gulick Boat Club, which, itis to be regretted, has passed out of existence; Harry Truax, of the Poto- mac, knows the Pleasant Valley course quite as well as he does the Potomac, upon which he has now taken up his residence, and Dr. Withers, of the Atalantas, achieved the reputation he possesses on the Hudson long before he went abroad to do his best for the credit of American oarsmen in English waters. That he failed was not bis fault or the tault of his crew, ‘They made the attempt, were fairly beaten, and k their defeat like men, Before the Hudson River 18 passed the Atlantics, of Hoboken, shoula not be forgotten. ‘The ol Atlantic Club has @ crew here ana will show their speed to-morrow. They are 4@ jolly set of fellows, and the bumor and sport characteristic of their boat house at Hoboken follows them to tne quiet shores of the beautiful lake. The Beaverwycks, of Albany, a8 wellasthe Mutuals, of the same city, are also making good use of their time, and al- tiough they have been here but a few days they have missed no opportunity of getting on the water to find out what they can do. The Beaver- wyck’s pair on Friday made @ good show- against such formidable competitors as Curtis and Ro | of the New York Athletic Club, and though they were beatew they can con- sole themselves with making good time, The Bul- falo crew will have an opportunity to redeem nautas, of rgen Point, who beat them on the Kills last spring, Then the Argys were rowing on their own water and had all the advantage that a thorough knowledge of the course could only give. ‘This time both crews meet on neutral water and all can fairly judge of their prowess, ‘The Palmetto crew, of Charleston, are not only in fine condition, but arc @ good crew. They are well pleased with the treatment they have received and will carry many pleasant recollections of their present visit with them back to the South. ‘The Seawanhaka_ crew, of Green Point, is the “dark crew.’? Little is known of their practice on the water, There is ‘a little unpleasantness” | that he isa professional; but the diMculty has been arranged, and all the thirteen crews entered for the regatta will come to the starting point tu- morrow, When the guu on the hills will summon them to their places. THE CREWS, The résumé of the several crews is given here- witb, and in this four-oared, mark my words, there will result one of the closest and hottest races ever rowed on American waters or any- where else :— GRAMEROY—NO. 1, Fortunate enough to draw the position of No. 1 at the starting line was the Gramercy Club, of New York, He who has not heard of this thor- ough boating association, and not been within its roomy house on the Harlem, is iar behind in aquatic matters, Made up of men who love the water and physical pastime of rowing lor the health which it imparts, they have never been behind in giving countenance to everything of an aquatic nature, until at last their best men proved ot such endurance and could send a four-oared shell “bilin’ ” along at such a rate, the other clubs cn the Harlem were atraid of them, and two or three ‘“‘small fry’? specimens went to work at the last apology tor a regatta held ou that river, and had them ruled ont. They seemed to be airaid of this muscle-knotted jour, and that was the only way in which they could get rid of them. Long since the “Grams” intended to enter for the grend prize offered by the Saratoga Rowing Asso- clation tn this contest, and the club found that the crew Were anxious to second all efforts tending to this end, as at once the lads threw aside those excesses inconsistant with the idea of attainin; a condition of physical perfection such a: 18 necessary to “it up? a shell to the time of victory mm a hotly contested struggie 01 three miles. The “Grams’? to the Springs early and secared the house occapted by the Columbias in the college race as their quarters. How they have improved the walks and puta tresh appear- ance upon all that is around the grounds I have already advised, The crew, under the direction of Captain Williamson, who will pull stroke m the race, has been in diligent training, aud if the row- ing of Howell avd Willamson in the pair-oarea | contest of yesterday is any criterion, they will be — somewhere near the iront in the momentous struggle of to-morrow. THE CREW. Inflated Upper § Position, Age. Height, Weight. Chest. Arm. 2h" “SAO 1854 Bow ‘ No.2 6.00" 155" Bory No.3 25 6.00 Male 404 roke 28 6.015 12" 4 Weight ot crew, 647 lbs, Cedar shel KE. J, Atkinson, built by James McKay, Harlem, N.Y. Length, 40 feet 6 inches; beam, 20 inches; depth, 83% inches; weight, 100 Ibs.; sliding Seats; length of sweeps, 12 feet 6 incnes} weight o! do., 21 Ibs. ‘Potal displacement, 768 lbs, Racing aress, biue and red. ATALANTA—NO. 2 ' The Atalanta Club, the pioncer organization of its character in New York, needs but littie refer- ence here, Ajl who have been identified with boating interests in that locality are acquainted with the reputation for efficiency, discipline and expertness with the oar which it has borne, Many who were members in years past, and gone to distant sectious of the country, have given row- ing in those localities an impetus it would never | have attained but tor their assistance and vco- operation, This club was chartered in May, 1848, and has since held its own, standing unharmed amid adversity, and at all times having a crew in some kind of trim that was ready todo battle for the defence of its reputation and the successful resistance of any encroachment on their domain | of victory. The contests which the club have en- prominent amateur iaces in this country. But | Jew times have they lowered their colors to an op- | ponent. In years fone by they have meusurea | sweeps with the crews of Yale and fair ’Arvard, and beaten them both on their own waters, but Jew will fail to remember other efforts of theirs, one London Rowing Club, That memorable contest is feated and demoralized need not be further al- Englishmen can’t row any better than we.’ A surprise. was in store for this club re- eently on the Harlem. They met the “Argys,’? of Bergen Point, the same four they will again meet to-morrow on the lake, and they were badly Wwhipped—used up in an aquatic as weil as a pecu- ton is such reconstruction was at once begun by changing the bow and one of the waist seats. With two of the old crew and the new men tue Ata- lantas came here and have zealously trained and practised on the lake to reduce their superfluous avoirdupois and build up the suficiency of muscle that will enable them to pull honorably through to-morrow’s grand trial, I know that the Atalan- tas Want tu win the four-oared prize, and | am well assured they wouid not again be beaten by the “Argys” fora new boathouse, If they are not successful in the contest they will have a good place at tne finish. The Atalantas’ quarters are in the Harvards’ old poathouse, on the Schuyler | property. THE OREW. Position. Age. Height, Weight: Cher. done, ‘osition. Age. , Weight. Chiat, Arn nbridee. Bow. “26° “gine "109 1 pear.....No.2 36 6.06% 1S 37 OT. Johnson. ...No.3 28 Blvig ISS 7g Russeil Withers..Stroke 35 Busig USL. Weight of crew, 606 Ibs, Shells—One of cedar, built by George Roahr, New York; length, 42 feet; beam, 17%, inches; depth, 74 Inches; weight, 95 lbs. One of pape built by Waters & Son, Troy, N. Y.; length, 41 feet; bean, 17}; inches; depth, 444 inches; weight, 107 Ds. ¢ aa of oars, 12 leet 3 inches; weight of 7 lbs, e 7 Ibs. Total displacement, 929 Ibs, or 941 Ibs. Racing dress, red tnroughout, WAII-WAH-SUM—NO, 2, This is the crack crew ofthe West. “Lightning,’ the name means, and really “lightning” ts their record, for it appears that they fave never been beaten, and that time is credited to them tor three mile races which seems reailv impossible to have been made. From Saginaw City, Mich., they Nail, and now are about to make their maiden effort in Eastern waters, This club is large and wealthy, and its members of high social position. The organization of the “Wahs’? was effected in 1868, and one year alter they commenced ulling, and since that period in Detroit. iiwaukee, Erie ahd foledo, at different times, they have walked away with everything put up In shape of prizes in sixes, tours and barge races. They came here thinking and really be- Heving that their long stroke is so telling that they will beat the field which will appear at the starting point. Nobody seems to know or can tell what toeir tremendous stroke will be, but in the opinion of few who have been able to see them in practice there isn’t skill enough in the shell to make even a respectable showing. The Wah-wah- sums are the puzzie of this regatta, and if they win the tuken of triumph set up by the association they will have become a@ perpetual surprise. Can ail the traditions which the Eastern amateur oarsmen have trusted be wrong? In size these men are fairly matched, and in weight excellent. Their aver avoraupois {8 161% Il and their broad ‘Aksais pertainiy bawe hala bow power enouzh to stick , of each, 8 lbs, out the three miles. If the Lighting four are beaten I will be enabled to put my hand op many disgusted and penniless Western men bere on Monday afternoon, But, then, the waiking is good to Saginaw City. THE CREW. Inflated Upper Position. Age. Height, Weight. Chest, Arm. iow 9 5.093% 383g 1236 “Names. James . Jerome, 143 4 158 0.2 24 6.00 ng os 2 on wy ae BS troke 2 6.08 12 Be Weight of crew, Ibs. Paper sbe!ls UH Jerome and Saginaw, built by Waters & Son, Troy, N. Y.; length, 41 leet; beam, 18 inches; depth, 8 inches; weight, 115 Ibs, ; sliding seats; length.of oars, 12 feet; weight Of do., 28 Ibs, Total displacement, 748 Ibs, Racing dress, white handkerchiefs or bare- | headed, scarlet shirts, with three white stars on breast, and scarlet trunks. DUQUESNE—NO. 4, From Allegheny City, Pa., they come, and are the same boys that won the race on Saratoga Lake last year, “Hard working, rugged, athietic oars- men, they ave just out of nail and glass factories, where they labor day by gay at hoime, and have visited the Springs for the second ume to again carry away the Saratoga challenge cup. 1 met these men at the depot upon their arrival, and Captain Straube assured me that the crew that will cluteh the laurel irom their hands mast make better time than was ever placed on the records jor such @ race. They feel that this year’s strug- gle will tell the same satisfactory story of success, For this they have worked every day for months, weather permitting, and keeping together since 1873, will go into the contest Knowing cach others peculiarities, That Captain Strautis’ men have been at some hard muscle work their well knit and showy arms and shoulders testify. All the four look strong, and, though the men will not average more than 1323, pounds, they have come swiltly and surely to the front, and perbaps no rowing men deserve it more than the Duquesnes. They wil cling to the position, lor self-reliance is their motto, Few men who have studied what has been going on hereabouts during thé last | week will piace them further down the lake than third or fourth, and many are putting them frst, as their stroke is very effective and in periect time. They get out all that is within them, do their work as if they liked it, and are in fine health, The Duquesne's chances are excellent for the Cup. THE CREW. Portion, Age. Height. Weight, Chen. dina ition, 4 it. Chest, Ari, Bow. St 5.08 g) 2 Name. Jobn Strupb, Samuel Moody. O.2 200 407: bE - Geo. Schart No.3, 22 ST}g MO 38 -| Frank Bran Stroke 19 6:08" 40 - Weight of crew, 530 530 Ibs. john C. Foster,” built by Robert Jewett, Danston-on-Tyne. Length, 41 teet 6 inches; beam, 19 inches; depth, 10 mches; weight, 112 Ibs.; ‘length of seeps, 12 feet 4 inches; weight of each 6% ibs, Total diplacement, 668 Ibs. Racing dress, blue and bareheaded. ATLANTIC—NO. 5, Though of the oldest, the Atlantic Club, of Hobo- ken, still maintains its solid reputation. Its record reaches back to the Elysian Fields and the drill grounds of the Hudson Navy tn the cove, between Castle and King Points, on the North River. From that school graduaied many gentle- men who have since labored zealously in behalf of amateur oarsmen, and to whom the present mag- nitude of the spor’ ts greatly due, at least in this part of the country. The old Atlantics were known everywhere jor their skiil and endurance at the oar, and, though in some years back her propor- tion of victories have been small, there 1s nothing new in that. It is refreshing to know that through all her dark times she never turned her back on an opponent, and it would be equally paintul to hear that she ever thought of doing 80. ‘This year they come here not certain of having the head’ of their suell tn front of all rivais at the fin- ish, but hopiag to make a good record for them- selves, and they will. 1 the crew, Captain Robert Letman 1s-the only veteran, but the other men are highly spoken 0}, and, Captain “Bob” says, ‘will ao their duty, come what may, and when the struggle 18 over no one will be enabled to put up their hands and shake them tn derision at their efforts.” If they were all as good as the Captain J would not hesitate in predicting an excellent po- ition for the Hoboken lads, They are not ashamed to work, and since launching their sheil on the lake lave practiced al! tnat is yornrse: to fit men | Jor such @ atruggle. Of good height, fair weight, excellent lungs and staying power, these Atlantic men, & few minutes after eleven o'clock to-mor- row, when they are getting well down the second mile, may let out a reef in their backs and skim lightly past some of those who ure more popular with the Wise ones and those who purport to know just how the matterstands. But there is a serious drawback to the Atlantics making a fair record, their boat being very heavy, weighing, as obtained | the figures Irom Captain "ob," 180 pounds, woich | is too much drag under them. It is the heaviest shell on the lake, ana will prove a serious draw- | J, Wil back in the terrible muscle snapping race the fours will prove to be, THE CREW. Tuflated Upper Name. _ Position. Age. Height. Weight. Chest, Arm, Robert Letman...Bow. 24 Sith 39) 12 James Reed, 29 50, 153 Bag 12 George Perry a 6 393 12 Dixon MeQui TOKE, BS 1B br Weight ol crew, 597 Ibs, Cedar shell, Andrew J. Dupignac, built by Charles 8. Elliott, Greenpoint, L. 1. Length, 42 feet; beam, 17 inches; depth, 8 inches; weight, 180 Ibs. ; lengen of sweeps, 12 feet 8 inches; weight Total'displacement, 809 Ibs. Racing dress—White shirts and pants with blue trimmings; letter A on breast 0: shirt in biue. VERNON—NO. 6. Over in the house occupied by the Williams six during the College regatta are the Vernon sour, | trom Savannah. ‘Two brothers, sons 0! Judge Schley, a nephew of that jurist and an edtor make up the number. ‘They came among us with a good boating record, and im the opinion of their iriends will astonish not a few in the race. These men were known in aquatic circles on the Schuylkill River, in 1872, as the Coupers, when they captured the offerea prize against the juaker City, Nassau, Princeton College, Galick, Neptune and Vesper crews, astonishing ail the old oarsmen that were acqnaintead with them.. ‘they are here to add another prize to their collection, and the noted crews that ure in tne field do bot scare them, Attheir head 18 a good The climate suits them. Long pnils nave not fatigued tnen They do not ex yence whe letnargy that overcomes them at this season of the year at home. They eat well and sleep the sleep of the healthy and contented. Judge Scuiey, when asked about their condition, says—*Well, sir, they are weil, and they’il pull an excellent race, in my opinion: those who beat them must possess speed, | pluck and endurance.” Kvery one of the men is Strong and rich in muscular develooment. But a } man may be very muscular and not pull a | strong oar, for his strength may be in} Inuscles which are not much used in rowing. | Here, however, the Vernons claim they are tor- tanate, They hold that the crew are built right , Jor such Work, anel unhesitatingiy say that it will be demonstrated before the race is over, While I aM not so Sanguine Of vhe kind of race which these genial sons of Georgia will pull, they may go tar up to the iront and perhaps take that Cup to their Southern home. Should they there will be plenty ; 01 work lor them m the future to Keep it, tor, mind ; you, the amateur clubs that are with us to-day are the pick of the Continent, and they are ambitious | toa map. THE CREW. Inflated Upper Name. Position. Age. Height, Weight. Chest. Arm. | Janes W, Schley. .Bow. oll jg 2 George sch No. 2. 6.09 SS B0bg Geo, G. Kimball. .No. 3. bl 10 4 8 Hal Schiey... G10 15S dg Lg Weight of crew, 594 lbs. Cedar shell Emma, tullt by Charles B. Elliott, Troy, N. Y.; length, 41 Jeet, 6 inches; beam, 19% inches; depth, 8 inches; weight, 125 ‘ibs.; length of sweeps, [2 teet 6 inches; weight o1 do., 30 lbs, Total displacement, 749 ibs. Racing dress—White shirts, light biue trim. | mings: blue knee vreeches, white and blue stock- | ings, White cap with blue bana, BUFFALO—NO. 7. At Myers’ Cedar Bluif Hotel the Buffalos are lo- cated and doing their work. It is a charming spot, full of lovely views and 80 Varfous in form, | color and outline that nature seems to have sur- passed bersell. From the bold biuits at the back of the house there are sights that make even those insensible to such beauties pause and gaze with | rapturous delight. These men mean busine. The Organization is not very old, being chart but four years ago, yet the crew huve engaged in several important contests. Their worst defeat this summer was on the Kill Von Kuli, June 26, when the Argonautas beat them handily, Since then Dorr, who sat No. 2, has been removed and Hebbard substiunted, the change being well thought of. Three book- keepers and one lawyer make up the four, and though they have been in active traming only three weeks, are in fine condition and fee! able to tug away at the sweeps tor tree miles with some effect. lhave seen them in their boat house and on the road, and though they do not look as tough and bronzed as some, they possess a great deal of snap and judgment. It ‘they were faithfully and judiciously coached for a while, I Would have some saith in them. While 1 cannot see how they can possibly win, I do not place them last. THE CREW. Inflated Upper Name. Position. Age. Height. Weight, Chest, Arm. ©. W. Buidy. ob Ww | KH. Heua 5 ity 13g J, B. Greene No. 3. 26 Iss 3914 C., Dunbar stroke. 24 6:0 lot al 15 Weight of crew, 601 Iba, * Paper boat, built by Waters & Son, Troy, N. Y.; Jength 40% feet; beam, 17'; inches; depth, 8 inches; weight, 120 lbe.; length of sweeps, 12 leet S inches; weight of each, 6 Iba, Total displacement, 745 ibs, Racing dress, white shirts and drawers; bare- headed, SEAWANHAKA—NO, 8, The Seawanhaka Club, of Greenpoint, Long Island, sent acrew to the Springs, and im the party Gnd regularly entered were’ three substi- tutes. An objection was made to Thomas Eliott Of the four intending to row—that he was not en- fitled to be called an amateur, and the Saratoga Rowing Association siited the matter. Finally, ‘Thomas was advised that he conld participate if he would make affidavit that he never built boats for pay. Thus, at the eleventh hour, the Assoc! tion, upon conference with Mr. Charles A. Girdier, President of the Seawanhaka Club, have decide A stow t that crew to row in the fouroared race, wi Robert Orr, No, 2 Jobn Ke} pier, No. 8. William ee BtroKke, Fs] | good and liberal jare. ‘Their average age is 23 years and 9 months, and their average weight 15834 pounds. ARGONAUT (TORONTO) —NO. 9% the men from Canada, whose prowess on aquatic telds of strife had preceded them. Their arrival was the beginning oj speculation, and until yes- terday their every movement was & matter of the closest scrutiny. ‘The bowling ailey ol Moon’a was set apart for their boats, and, since they launched them, they have been at earnest practice, 1t was m the mouths Of many that these men bad 80 much speed they would find it no troubie to ‘Ww: away” with the American crews, but the pi oared race of saturday, when both the Argonautas and Gramercys outrowed them, has changed this tune. They were rowed @ standstill, and alter turning the stake, threw up their sweeps in disgust and pad- died home at leisure. Yot the four may surprise somebody to-morrow, though 1 hardly think If. If @ patr-oared contest wiil pull to pieces their best men there is not much to nope for irom Grasstét and O'brien, tue latter the bow oar and the “old un” of the numver, Perhaps the delat im question may nerve them to struggle desper- ately, {or victory now will wipe out yesterday's miserable recora. ‘The crew are genticmen ana have done their work on the lake without bluster and bravado, and, win or lose, they will depart from the Springs leaving bemind them a record | full of honor. THE CREW. Inflated Upper Name. Position. Age. Height. Weight, Chest. Arm. r ~ Brien, I aaa alm at G. B. Grasse! . 2 a 5.0 Lt 40 R gion, Nos B 6.01 163 ai 13 H. Lambe . Stroke 4 6.09 155 40 13 Weight of crew, 633 Ibs. Racing shell, by Ciasper, England. Length, 42 feet; beam, 18 inches; depth, 10 inches; weight, 130 Ibs; length of sweeps, 12 feet 6 inches; weight of sweeps, 23 lbs, ‘Total displacement, 791 Ibs. Racing dress, dark and light blue, ARGONAUTA—NO. 10, From Bergen Point, N.J., they come, and are very favorably known. Since their organtzation in 1870 they have done wonders, and now to-day in this brilliant company of amateur oarsmen they are the favorites with the speculative community. Victory after victory this year has tnspired this confidence, and they are looked upon as almost invincible, Earnest laborers and earnest lovers of the physical pastime of rowing, they are just the kind of men one can trust, as in every contest in which they have participated, win or lose, they did thetr level dest to send the magenta to the front. Victorious over everything this season, they came here ten days since and went to work with a wil! to properly fit themselves for the race, which is destined to be one of the severest ever rowed. Under the careful eye of Josh Ward they have prospered, as was proven yesterday, when they won tne Interlaken prize for pair oars, From Smith, dow, down through Man and Stephenson to the solid and clear-headed El- dred, stroke, there is a crew that no cluo either in America or England need be ashamed ol, Courage and speed they have to a remarkable degree, and pluck too, so if they are defeated in the morrow’s struggle their friends will know they had better men against them, Without acctaent or jouling, it is my opinion that the “Argys” will teke home the Cup, for they suggest power, and, knowing well how to use it in w shell, itis a littie hard to believe there are many crews here that can beat them—all this if the water is smooth as tt bas been the past week. Whatever the morrow may bring forth it is safe to wager one’s existence almost that the Argonautas will pull creditable and gamely throughout the three miles. THE C We Positi A, Height. Weis Fao wind rosition. lei G . Chest, Arm, Bow. 25 629" 80" 96 ul i B wy 12g Benj. Steph 3 Be 15 18 FU, Eldred Stroke, 25 160 ag Weight of crew, 603 1ba, Cedar shell Bachellor, built by George Roahr, New York; length, 41 jeet 6 inches; beam, 17 inches; depth, 814 inches; weight, 90 lbs, Racing dress, magenta throughout, BEAVERWYCK—NO. 11, At Riley’s, on the upper end of the western shore, the Beaverwycks, Of Albany, are stopping. | Well pleased with their quarters they have been working hard since their arrival, which was rather late in the week. These four men look well, and, so far as physique ts concerned, 1 imagine haven't many weak spots about them. With no spare flesh, and scaling at sn average 164 pounds, they must be made o1 good stuff. ‘two of them are six | | feet in height, and possess massiveness of rib and | beam that will astonish the majority. If they can use all the strength that their combined fraines possess hot work is in store for somebody. tain Hills of the club does not speak very con- fidently of their chances, but then | imagine he has hopes of a good position at the finish, TRE CREW. Inflated Upper Position. Age. Height, Weight. Chest, Ari Bow 26° Grh0 Tbk” gang “TS No. 2 25 16 1 ws 3% i Weignt of crew, 656 lbs, Cedar anhell E. E, Ransom, built by Thomas Fearou, Yonkers, N. Y. Length, 41 feet; 20 inches; depth 8% incnes; weight, length of sweeps, 12 feet; weight of euch, 6 los, ‘Loval disptacement, 805 los. Racing dregs, blue and white, PALMETTO—NO, 12, These men, of Charleston, 8. C., are quartered in the same boathouse with the Atlantics, of Ho- boken, with whom there exists the pleasantest of ail possible harmouy. quite an extended reputation, and it is given out that they will make a much better race than any of the opposing fours give them credit tor. The men are of good age, look well and may possoxs endurance, but to my mind their diet has be we required when in strict training to the aemands ot “nan’s unbounded stomach.’ Be this as it 13, and whether they make a good show for the Cup or not, they fesl confident o1 beating the Vernons, | and the latter them; so on these neutral waters | there wili be @ hot race between these Southern teams. ‘Tne crew. Inflated Upper Name, Position, Age. Height. Weight. Chest, Arm, | i. 8. Bull srg AS2g MLAZ D! D, Parker. wo 13880 W. M. s. Lese! 602 1684) Lg Parko CO) a 1} Weight of crew, 579 Ibs. Cedar shell Annie Owens, built by Charles B. Elliott, Greenpoint, N.Y, Length, 41 feet 6 inches; beam, 1734 Inches; depth, 74g inches; weight, 115 lbs; length of sweeps, 12 feet; weight of each, 734 lbs. Total displacement, 724 Ibs. Racing dress, white shirts, with blue cross on breast; blue pants; white caps, with blue trim- mings. POTOMAC—NO. 13. Starting from the last or eastern buoy to-morrow will be the representatives of the Potomac Club, of Georgetown, D. C. They are oarsmen of much reputation and gentlemen of good judgment. Colonel Jones, Who will pul! No, 2 and is captain | hypothesis that animals are automatic.” of the crew, does not feel that they will accomplisn much, as they have but recently received a new Elhott, and, being very different from their old | crait, “the boys havn't yet got the nate of it: but we'll pull a fair race for @ mile or. so,” he assured me, “and won't foul anybody.” ‘Together ts Cap- | { { | ever seen in any public building, and, although | | considerably larger, is not half as convenient as beam, } ibs. ; | The crew comes here with | een of | too liberal nature, and they give way more than is | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET, ~ SOIRNTIPIC PARLIAMENT. Meeting of the British Asso- ciation at Belfast. Opening Address of Pro- fessor Tyndall. THE BELFAST STRIKE, Be.rast, August 19, 18 This evening at eight o'clock the mectings of the British Association were comnfenced in the Ulster Hall, Bedjord street. On going there about haif an hour before the time mentioned, your cor- respondent found a line of carriages drawn up in front of the building, and fashionably dressed la- Gies and gentlemen descending Irom them and hurrying intothe hall to secure their places. The interior was very, handsomely decorated with flags and bannegs of all nations. The hall, wiich is oblong, has galleries around three sides. It is ordinarily used as a concert room. At one end there is a large platform, and to the rear of this is a splendid organ, The buliding ts lighted by eight windows at either side, and at night by | gas jets placed in the ceiling, About 2,500 persons were in attendance, all apparently of the highest | respectability, and many of them in {ull evening costume, THE NEW PRESIDENT. This year the British Association meets under | the presidency of Professor John Tyndail, F. R. S., the celebrated natural philosopher, who in ability | is said to be equal to Professor Huxley. Professor Tyndall, though descended irom an English family, 18 an Irishman. He was born at Leighiin Bridge, in the county of Carlow, in the year 1820, In 1839 he was employed on the Oranance Survey at Leighlin Bridge, Aiter that be did some engi- neering on railways. { 1847 he was a teacher for about a year at Queenswood College, in Hamp™ shire, and there became acquainted with £a- ward Frankland, the philosopher, who was associated with Tyndall at the Royal Institution Tyndall, in the course of his studies, iormed last- ing friendships with German professors and sci- entists. He became the friend of Faraday. On his way to the meeting of the British Association at Ipswich he first met Huxley, and the two have ever since regarded each other as brothers. In 1853 the Royal Institution raised Tyndall to the chair of physics, The year preceding he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. His works on philosophicai subjects are numerous, He tas dis- covered cotton wool as a means of preventing infection, and firemen, when they are engaged in the perilous duty of entering aud trying to save burning houses, must feel grateful to him for hay- ing invented the smoke respirator. PROMINENT PERSONS PRESENT. Among the other learned men who are to take part in the meetings are Professor Huxley, Sir John Lubbock, M. P., Dr. Alexander W. Williamson, of University College, London; Dr. W. D. Carpenter (who delivered the opening address of the Associ- ation at Brighton), Sir Bartle Frere, Lord O'Hagan, ex-Lord Chancellor of Ireland; Professor Jellett, Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin; Professor Edward Hull, Professor George Gabriel Stokes, Dr. Joseph Dalton Hooker, Dr. Crum Brown, Protessor Archi- | bald Geikie, Mr. William Donnelly, Sir Wiiliam Wilde, Professor Purser, of Queen's College, Bei- fast; Dr. Henry, President, and Dr. Andrews, Vice President, of Queen’s College, Belfast; Professors Fuller, Hodges and Dr. Redfern, ‘The platform 1s higher from the floor than I have the platform of the Cooper Institute, ia New York. The arrangements for the press were of the most imperfect and indifferent character, Many re- porters had to stand for aconsiderabie time before chairs were supplied to them. OPENING OF THE SESSION. ‘The platform was crowded with the friends of the ; association. Professor ‘Tyndall, the principal speaker of the evening, on making his appearance | was loudly applauded. James Alexander Hender- son, Mayor of Belfast, wearing his ciain of office, on coming into the meeting received a round of cheers, Professor Williamson, without being mtroduced and amta a deep silence, came forward and, in a brief address, resigned his office of Prestdent of the association. He rather humorously observed ‘that his oficial head, as such President, was now cat off, but that this head would be replaced on | the shoulders of Professor Tyndall, whom he in- | troduced as President of the British Association for the year 1874, SPEECH BY PROFESSOR TYNDALL. Professor Tyndai) was greeted with cheers. He 18 a small-sized, slender man, with @ very intel- | Jectual jace. He occupied about two hours in te reading of his address, which enunciated some startling principles of philosophy. His man- ber is quick and nervous. During tae reading of a paper he was a few times interrupted by cheers, Dr. Tyndall thanked the association jor the | honor they had conferred upon him, and the audience for their cordial reception o: him, and remarked that his first bent in the direction of scientific study was received irom Mr, James ‘Thomson, of the Beliast Academical Institution. The speaker passed to a consideration of ae ie | sketched out the rise and progress of exact scien- 3 toatscnss it, There must be no more check put upon scientific investigation. In our day wide generalizations have been reached. The “origin of Species” is only one of them. There was that other doctrine of the “conservation of enerzy,” of wider grasp and more radiant significance, constancy and indestructiolity of matter had long been affirmed, and later experience justified the affirmation. Later researches extended the at- tribute of indestructibility to force. This idea has gradually been extended from tnorgantc to organic fe—irom the vegetable to the auimai world, But there was also the psychical life asking for a solution. “How are the different grades and orders of mind to be accounted ior? What is the principle of growth of that mysteri- ous power which on our planet culminates in Teason?” To the solution of thts problem Mr. Herbert Spencer had devoted himself; and Pro- fessor Tyndall gave & most interesting outiime of the coaciusions at which Mr, Spencer had arrived. In this also there were development and modifica- tion’ of faculties going on. The “adjustments be- tween the organism and the environment” had an influence on our constitution and formation which reacted far back and could not yet properly be | estimated, i, then, Was the ultimate origin? | Mr. Darwin eeested what he calls one | “primordial iorm;” “but now came this form there? “Abandoning all disguise,” said Pro- fessor Tyndall, “the coufession that I feel bound to make before you is that I prolong the vision backward across the boundary of the expert- mental evidence, and discern in that matter | which we in our ignorance, and notwithstanding our professed reverence for its Creator, have hitherto covered with opprobrium, the promise and potency of energy, form and equality of life.” The human understanding itself is a resuit of the play between organism and environment through cosmic ranges of time, But there are things and influences woven into the texture of man, such as | the feeling of awe, reverence. wonder ana that deep-set feeling which had incorporated tteelf in the religions of the world. ‘To yteid this senti- ment, reasonable satisiaction is the problem of problems at the present hour.’’ Professor Tyndall concluded in the . following manner :— The impregnable position of science may be de- scribed in a few words, All religious theories, schemes and systems, which embrace notions of cosmogony, or which otherwise reach Into its do- main, must, in so far as they do this, submit to the control of science, and relinguish all thought of controlling it. Acting otherwise | proved disastrous in the past, and it is simply fatuous to-day. Every system which would escape the fate of an organism too rigid to oajust itself to its environinen’ must be plastic to the extent that the growth of knowledge demands, When this truth has been thoroughly ‘aken in, rigidity will be relaxed. exclusiveness diminisned, things Dow deemed essential wilt be dropped, and elements now rejected will be assimilated. The | Ifting of the itfe is the essential poim; and as long a8 dogmatism. fanaticism and intolerance are kept out, various modes of leverage may be employed to raise life to a higher level. Science itselr not unirequentiy derives: motive ower irom = an___suitra-scientific source. hewell speaks of enthusiasm of temper a8 a hindrance to science; but ne means the enthusiasm of weak heads. There ts a strong and resolute enthusiasm in which science finds an ally; and it is to the lowering of this tire, rather than to a diminution of intellectual insight, that the lessening producttveness of men of science in their mature years is to be ascribed. Mr. Buckle sought to detach intellectual: achievement from | moral force. He gravely erred; tor without moral Jorce to whip it tnto action the achievements of the intellect would be poor indeed. | “It has been said that science divorces itself from | literature: the statement, like so many others, | arises from lack of knowledge. less technical writings of its leaders—of its Heim- hoitz, its Huxley and tts Du Bois-Reymond—would show what breadth of literary culture they com- mand. Where among modern writers can you find their superiors in clearness and vigor of literary style? Science desires not isolation, but freely combines with every effort towards the bettering of man’s estate, Single-handed and | Supported not vy outward sympathy, but by in- ward force, it has built at least one great wing of the many-mansioned home which man in his totality demauds, And i rough walis and protra- ging rafter ends indicate that on one side the | edifice is still Incomplete, tt is only by wise comhi- | Dation of the parts required with those already | irrevocably built that we can hope for complete- | ness, ‘There is nO necessary incongruity between iw has been accomplisned and what remains to | be done, The moral giow of Socrates, wnich we all feel by ignition, has ip it nothing incompatible | With the paysics of Anaxagoras which he {so much scorned, but which he would hardly | scorn to-day. And here | am reminded of one among us, hoary, but still strong, whose prophet | voice some thirty years ago, lar more than apy other of his age, uvlocked whatever ot life and nobleness lay latent in its most giited minds—one | 1it to stand beside Socrates or the Maccabean HKleazar, and to dare and suffer all tnat they suf- | fered and dared—tit, as he once said of Fichte, “to. | have been the teacher of the Stoa, and to ve | discoursed of beauty and virtue in the groves of Academe.” With a capacity to gras | physi principles which his frien Goethe did not possess, and wfich even total lack | ol exercise Las not been able to reduce to atrophy, | ibis the world’s joss that he, in the vigor of bis years, did not open his mind and sympathies to gcience und make its conclusions a portion of his message to mankind. Marvellousiy endowed as he was—equally equipped on the side of the heart and of the understanding—nhe might have done | much toward teaching us howto reconcile the | claims of both and to enable them in coming : lames to dweii togetner in unity o! spirit and in | the bond or peace. | And now the end is come, With more time, or | greater strength and knowledge, what has been | here said might have been better said, while worthy matters iere omitted might bave received fit expression, But there would have been no material deviation trom the views set iorth, AS regards Myseli, they are not the growth of a day; and us regaras you, | thought you ought to know the environment which, witn or without your consent, is rapidly surrounding you, | and in relation to which some adjustment on your part may be necessary, A hint of ; Hamlet’s, however, teaches us ali how the troubles of common life may be ended; and it | 48 periectly posstbic for you and me to purchase intellectual peace at the price of intellectual death, The worid ts not without refuges of this description, nor is it wanting in persons who seek , their shelter and try to persuade others to do the } same. I would exnort you to refuse such shelter | and to scorn such base repose, !o0 accept, if the | choice be torced upon you, commotion beiore 81 | pation, the jeap of the torrent before the stillness of the swamp. In the one there is at all events. lite, and therefore hope; in the other none. | I have touched on debatable questions and ; led you over dangerous. ground, and this partly with the view of telling you, and through | you the world, that as regards these questions science Claims unrestricted rights of search. It 1s not to the point to say that the views of Lucre- | tius and Bruno, of Darwin and Spencer, may be tific nguiry and method, The impuise to quire ; wrong. I concede tue possibility, deeming it in- aud investigate is inherent in man. early period of our history these crude belieis in | “ly P 7 | wrong, we claim freedom to aiscuss them. The the power of “supersensual beings,"’ which were but the embodiment and enlarge H conceptions of | Even at an | deed certain that these views will undergo moditi- cation. But the point ts, that, whether right or ground Which they cover 1s scientific ground, ana jour commend themselves ior possessing a look of | the impertections of a very imperfect type of the | the right ciatimed is one made good througa the strength and endurance. They are brown and | huiman race, laiied to satisfy many men who, sep- | Widulation and anguish, inflicted and endured in Matter of diet, and there is always on their table THE CREW. Inflated Upper Name, Position, age. Height, Weight. Chest, Ati. H, 8. Truax. 7 50 iw rank Jones. ri 7 10 38 =| A. J. MeBlai oll 10 a b. Coughlin 0 6:8 1 Weight of crew, 610 Ibs. Cedar shell Potomac, built by Charles B, Elliott, Greenpoint, L. 1; length, 41 feet; beam, 181% inches; depth, 1334 imches; weight, 116 1b: i of oars, 12 feet 6 inches; weight of each, 3g Ibs. Total disptacement, 755 lbs. Racing dress, red shirts, with white star on breast; blue knee breeches and bareheaded, Rules for To-Mor1ow’'s Races. ' The following brief rules were posted in all the bout houses, and are for the guidance of the con- testants: ‘The first race will be started at eleven A. M. ‘Thirty minutes beiore each race a gun will be fired to prepare, ‘Twenty minutes later a second gun will be fired to draw into line, ean minutes later the signal to start will be ven, There will be one half hour’s intermission between each race, No delays will be encouraged or allowed, and the crews tn line Will be positively started at the time bamed, ‘The signal to start will be given py the firing of a | pigpol; Wibod any previous Word ol caution, kach crew or contestant most designate and provide a suitable person to hoid the stern oi their boat at the start, and have nim in position imme: quately after tne first gun is fred. Each boat must turn its own stake, turning port to starboard; but a boat may turn any other stake, or starboard to port, doing so at its own eri. Ail claims of foul or violation of the rules must Lak = to the rejeree before a claimant leaves Ail other rules of this regatta shall be those lald down in Engichardt’s “American Rowing Almanac” governing American regattas. Particular attention 1s called to the following rule, article 5, of the laws of boat racing :—‘Each boat shall keep its own water throughout the race, and any voat departing Irom its own water ‘will GO So at its peril.” The Saratoga Kowing Association desite their regattas to be au annual gathering of gentlemen amateur rowers, Where the cultivation of a more thorough acquaintance, sociability and iriendly rivalry may be promotea among them, and the privilege Will be reserved up to the moment of each race to exclude any contestant whose con- duct may at any time be adjudged detrimental to the preservation of good order or to the annoy- ance and discomfture of other participants, YAOHTING NOTES, The following passed Whitestone yesterday :— Yacht Comet, N.Y.¥.0., Mr, Langley, from Bos- ton for New York. i vif Yacnt Triton, AY.C,, Mr. Thayer, from Gien ova tor New York. | | hearty, and noticeably free irom the lean and | urating themseives from the crowd, | hungry appearance once commou among racing | | crews, for the Potomacs use their reason in the sought to arrive at some definite foundations of! knowledge, They became wears of the eccentricities oi the presumed rulers of the world. They sought a sate and firm footing, freea and reli®ved irom the caprice of such supersepsual beings, and sought | to place absolute reliance upon law in nature. ‘fo | this ig to be referred the origin ol scientitic invesit- | gation. It was the first break from the vaguely | supernatural to a reliance on the fucts of nature. Professor Tyndall briefly explained the theory of Democritus, glanced at the notion of “love and hate | | introduced among the atoms" by Empedocies; | sive, traced the influence of Epicurus, the next domi | nant figure in the history of atomic philosophy; | and dwelt on the work of the poet Lucretius in | developing the Epicurean philosophy. The meptal | activity an‘ learning of Greece are then noted; but | thereatter Came a period of prolonged stagnation. | What stopped the hitherto “victorious advance ? | “Wh the scientific intellect compelled, tike an exhausted soil, to lic fallow for nearly two millenviums before it could regather the elements | necessary to its fertility and strength? Many | causes have been suggested; but, practically, Dr. Tyndall atiributes the check to the passionate in- terest Which came to be feit in purely spiritual longings. Christianity appeared, offering the Gos- | pel to the poor and practically protesting “against | he profiigacy of the age.’’ They “scorned the | earth,” and “the Scriptures which ministered to their spiritual wants were also the measure of their science.” ‘The rein was thus put: upon science, and it was not likely to Make much prog- Tess in the circhmstances, Later on the strife between the Church and civil government must have done much to stifle inves- tgation. The influence of Aristotle in the Middle Ages is then discussed; an Ua els} comparison is made between him and Goethe, and the activity of the Arabian intellect while tne intellect of Christendom was almost dormant is dwelt upon. But @ pertod of “word weariness” was at hand,’ Christendom grew sick of the ‘school philosophy and its verbal wastes,” and gradually scientific investigation revived. Copernicus, followed by Giordano Bruno, was in the field of astronomy, but the doctrine of atoms had slumbered during the Middie Ages; it slept until its revival in the seventeentn century by Pere Gassandi, who, “without incurring the censure of the Church or the world,” contrived to outstrip Mr. Darwin. Thus we are led on until we come to the labors of Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes and others, until tne chemical law of multiple Proportions enabled Daiton to confer upon the atomic doctrine an_ entirely new significance, and in our own day the theory stands firm. The President dwelt at some lengta on Bishop Butler and his “theory of bodily instru- ments, as it may be calied,” contrasting bis con- ciusions with those of Lucretius, and making the one reply to the other. Next we come to the question of the origination of life and to an ample outline of Mr. Darwin’s theory of the “origin of species,” and of the inquiries whicn led up to it. In this part of the President’s address he simply endeavored to represent philosophically the nature of the theory and the grounds for upholding it. The fact of the modification of species is, he thinks, undoubted, The evidence tn support of 1¢ collected by Mr. Darwin is overwhelming. The theory may not be perfect. He does not believe 4 darker times than ours, but resulting In the mmor~ tal victories which science has won for the hu- man race. { would set forth equaliy the inexora- bie advance of man’s understanding in the path of knowledge, and tne unquenchable claims of his emotional nature which the understanding can never satisfy. ‘The world embraces not only a New- ton, but @ Sbakspeare—not only a Boyle, but a Rapvael—not only @ Kant, but a Beethoven—not only @ Darwin, bat a Carlyle. Not in each of these, but in ail, is human nature whole. They are not opposed, but supplementary—not mutually exclu- but reconcilable. Aud, if still unusatisied, the human mind, with the yearning of a pil- grim to his distant home, will turn to the mys- tery from whicn it has emerged, seeking 80 vo fashion it as. to give unity to thougpt and Jaith, so long as this is done, not ouly with. out imtolerance or bigotry of avy kind, but with the enlightened recognition that ultimate Hxity of conception is here unattainable, and that ch succeeding age must be held free to fashion the mystery in accordance with his own needs— then, in opposition to all the restrictions of materialism, ] would affirm this to be a ficid for the noblest exercise of what, In contrast with the knowing faculties, may be called the creative faculties of man. Here, however, I must quit a theme too great jor me to handle, but which will be handled by the loftiest minds ages alter you and I, uke streaks of morning cloud, shail have melted into the infinite azure of the past. THE STRIKES IN BELFAST. Section F of the British Association on Econ- omy, Science and Statistics assembled to-day in ine Methodist College at eleven o’ciock. Lord O'Hagan, ex-Chancellor of Ireland, presided and delivered the opening address. ivierring to the strike, Lord O'Hagan said :— There is at present @ sad encounter Of classes in this great town which has paraiyzed its most im- portant industry. As to the origin of the dispute or the conficting views of the parties to it, |do not presume to offer an opinion, But 1 may say for myself, and, I am sure, for those whose pleasant meeting here has been clouded by that great cal- amity, that we Jament its occurrence, and trust it will find @ speedy ending, lor the avoidance not merely of privation on the one side and embarrass- ment on the other, but of evil consequences which may bring permanent mischief to every order of the community and damage vitally the great com- mercial position of Beliast. I reier to the sad gud. ect only to indicate how important it mignt bave een if the educational e: of whict | have already spoken had so far advanced, as to spread abroad a knowledge of the issue of like encounters, in other places and at other times, and other teach- ing to be derived in this, as in most things else, jtom that old experience, which Doth attain To somothing of prophetic strain! AOOIDENTAL SHOOTING. PorPIVILLE, Pa., August 30, 1874 James Hess, formerly sergeant in the Ninety- sixth regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, went gunning this morning, near Port Carbon, with a but that there may be modifications necessary in it. Mr. Darwin’ himself ts aware of a weakness; indeed, he has been always careful to insist upon it, But this ts matter ior investigation, and Pro- feasor Tyndall asserts the right ta inveatiaate and companion. They separated, and in a short while the companion OF Hens heard the report of @ gua, Gud, proceeding in the direction from which the sound came, fonna Hess dead. He had been acc dentally abot with he own gon. A glance at tne.