The New York Herald Newspaper, September 1, 1874, Page 3

ekreeaais “TNE INTERNATIONAL REGATTA, tA Splendid Day’s Sport and Fine Races. ‘THE ATALANTA’S BOAT SUNK. O’Neil’s Great Race Against Time. "The Beaverwyck Crew, of Albany, Wins the Four-Oared Race, and David Roach, of the Gramercy Club, New York, the Junior Scullere’ Race. SARATOGA, Angast 31, 1874, ‘The festival of oars is over. The second mterna- fional amateur regatta given by the Saratoga wing Association is among the things that are ‘on record, and the representative oarsmen of yAmerica know who are the champton four. The Wanner of victory floats o’er the stalwart Beaver. | “wycks, of Albany, “will be accorded them with pleasure. All the trains that centred here on Saturday and wince brought large accessions ef rowing men, ‘many of them in company with their families, so e hotels were crowded, and this morning’s sun Mad baraly ushered in the day when the farmers | hand all the counsry tolks for miies around began to | Wour into the village, for it was ramored that }the fowz-oared struggle was to be a terrible one. ‘At nine o'clock Broadway was thronged with ‘wehicles, and,.with an early breakfast, the popu- began to make their way out to the lake. In i same manner that had previously marked all ace arrangements the association had the prin. WSg carte’ at work by daybreak, and the \woad was“Jithout>dust. How the ladies thanked e officers “Or thistwork! The drive was pleasant d the neids o1@rainand-fhe deep emerald foliage Warkied with bea. It was long before \feR o'clock when “he fa e Jpeats in tne grand stan’ were ata presatum. Hse twas a dense mass of lovely ladies on hand to wit- i ere the great aquatic squteat of the season. AN }were anxious and all were Nice sa spcotlation jas tg the victors. Ten minutes before thé-yacht [Brady steamed down to the starting line the graye ‘ack of the stand contained !ully 2,000 men, wo | pen and children, and over on the other side of je lake the carriages wer? standing on the shaded ore at a rough guess to the number of a thon- | wand. All the littie boats and all the big boats, © sailboats and me agents © fopting or 4 imming Raa ihe and all me ad thelr | Shor ants, and onthe face of every individual | Pthere were expressions of satisiaction that the jday was so pleasant and the water 80 smooth. In- ' Majeed, the lake was on its good behavior, though in |the early morning the wind was somewhat tricky | fv the oarsmen on anxious seats. Butevery- | ng was propitious—good weather, good man- { jegement and good water. Now the gun on the hull bids the junior scullers re for their race, the first on the programme. | minutes later it orders the contestants Into line, and soon the lithe form of Ri » Of the | \Gramercys, is seen paddling his cigar-sh: Bo his starting'boat. Lathrop, of the Bogverwycks; It was secured honestly, and | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. MAP OF THE COURSE. Positions of the Crews at the Start---The Turning Stakes and the Finish. ghen Hardy, of Norfolk, who wag t%ird at the finish In the genior ‘race of SaturTay, ana then Acker- | foam, Of the Atalantas, Wii the entire eleven men | ef muscle Sind en*bfance ana courage were in tine, Promptty they were sentaway on their mis- mion, and 1 Yell you that never was there a grander wace ef its kind rowed in America, end the honors ofthat battle fallon the shoulders of the little sculler of the Harlem River, Davy Roach. Between the first and secona contests there elapsed tire usual time, when Jimmy O'Neil, also of the “Grams,” of New York, was bid, by the, ‘Dooming of the cannon, to get ready and then pre- | pare to start. It was the extra sculler’s race of | ‘three miles, made by the association for the oars- men of the land who were ‘on the fence;” in other words, who were not profession: but yet fooked upon byamateurs as having been 80 en- | gaged in rowing and puilding boats, or something | ‘of that kind, as to disqualify them for their company. Three contestants entered, ‘Dut O'Neil was compelled to go over the course alone, and when he left for his job muscies | ‘and man were in periect harmony, the one want- ‘tng to eclipse all previous records and the other attuned to that degree of perfectness that they ‘were ready to stand the pitiless strain. Bronzed as an Indian and cheerful as a kitten, Jimmy came to the evore, and he did his work with @ master hand, pulling that tong three miles in time that puts to biush all previous efforts, either by ama- teurs or professionals. Professor. Jim can be proud of his great work and wear his diamond medal without biushing. Jt wus the signal ior the fours to prepare. Tho big'bets with their friends and the ladies wagered, gloves and bonmets between themselves, and occa, ‘sionally husbands and lovers ventured trifles witly, their wives and sweethearts. Long before it was, ‘shought that the time haa passed the thirteen -orews were ordered into line. ‘The Palmettos came, irst, then the Beaverwycks (ob, my betting. 4riends!), then the Buffalos, and so on; blue, re ads, enta, white and all the colors that ever cover‘ “the heads and backs ot competing oarsmen, fitted by the referee’s boat and took their positions in line, the Gramercys, of New York, nearest the stand, with the Poiomacs, of Georgetown, lar away: on the other side. Such @ sight was never before geen on any water. Here were the representa~ tive champion amateur oarsmen of the United States and Canadas, and here was the result of ‘weeks and montus of work and practice. They expected a bitter struggle, and a bitter, terribie | there was over those three long miles! Ag | modore srady stood in the bow of the starter’s boat and glanced over the lake and on the shores and on the oarsmen, there was @ sight to Gelignt the heart of the lover of this grand pastime. Ten thousand aelatect teg ‘hone A Buireae bs the lookers-on. ity-two hopetul the tiny boats that’ would soon speed brag Ss water like the speed of the fishes beneath, m= modore Brady took his last glance along the. line that stretohes from shore to shore, raises his arm, when snap goes the pistol, and away like pieces of Mechanism shot cowards Snake Hill tne thirteen shells, delicate as of woven wood. or lost sight af,'as 1t was known on board the steamer that.one of the crew could not swim, Hailing Vice Commodore Southgate’s steam launch Tula, ‘she was directed to pick the men up, Which was accordiogly done. In the mean- time the contestants had got around the turning stakes, the Argonautas showing the lead home, followed closely by the Beaverwycks. The excitement on board the judges’ steamer in conse- quence of the Atalanta’s boat sinking was 80 in- tense that tne correct turning time of the other boats was lost sight of, THE CLOSING STRUGGLE. ‘The race back to the finishing line, after all the boats got fairly around, was most exciting, The Beaverwycks had qnickened thelr number of strokes, running them up to forty, and were catching up on the Argonautas. struggle with these crews was terrible. en in both noats were working with the greatest energy and the steering was as near perfection tn one boat as it was in the other, There was nothing in their way, no boats ahead of we and it was the closing struggle for victory. The Wah-wah-sums and Buffaloes, third and fourth in the (pf dor also making good time, but were dropping behind the leaders, Once or twice vefore the last mile was reached the Wah-wah-sums endeavored by spurt te catch up on tne Buffaloes, but the Bi lo boys were equal to the call made apon good, stood differently. last mile and a half than what did at the beginning of the Trace. gone by the Seawanhakas, The Vernons, Gram. were aw: chase, ous the work for them wit his work. bany boys’ old antagonists, boats in:— L Beaverwyoks, Albany N.Y... 2 argonautas, Bergen Point, N. 3% Bufaloes, Buffalo, N. Y 4 Wyatiwenecnis Peels 5. Potomaca, Washington, bc int, de SUMMARY. @ Seawanbakas, Greenpo! The Junior Single Sculls. THE RACE. ‘The thirteen boats having been all drawn into ame and the starter satisfied they were all on eqnai terms sent them off with ashot from 4 pistol. At was asplendia start, The Atalantas ap; ‘to catoh water first and get away. The Gramercy’s, to the west of them, following 60 closely that the advantage gained was ingignificant. The Wab- ‘wah-sums,@ crew from which much was Cr rigs got at their work in beautiful style and bid {air to. sustain the estimate their friends bad set upon them. The Pittsburgers, the victors of last year, ‘were making hot work for their next hand neigh- bors, the Atiantics, of Hoboken, and the Seaw: baka crew was fast cutting away from ti Canadians, even in the first 200 yards. Stretching across toward tle eastern shore the Argonautas, or Bergen Point (the favorites in the race), were making clear water between their boat and the Beaverwycks, of Albany, who were to their right. Kldred, pulling @ slashing stroke at forty to the minute, was aoing all that mortal man could do tn his Dont, ‘and his crew in the early part of the race responded nobly. It was a Killing stroke, though, Pa} notwithstanding the herculean efforts being made in the Argonauta’s boat, the Beaverwycks were hanging un so closely behind that if they pos sessed the reserved strength they ines to be keeping back when they came to bring It into place At was going to astonish people at the finish. The Palmetto and Potomac crews, at the east- erm extremity of the line, were doing well and testing each other's strength. The Poto- ous onan had the ‘ i on oe W and were working for better aision. By the tine the first, mile-was Towed (he meutas had a lead and had slackened up @ little on their work, pulling less number of strokes to the minute ‘and not pulling’ tiem 80 strongly. The Beaverwycks, close on them, were Going thirty-eight as good, honest strokes a8 8 crew ever put in. To the west of the Beaver- ‘wycks and the Argonautas the Atalanta, Wah- ‘wal-sams and Duquesnes were so closely bunched together that a ioul became evident, few sec- onds later and the Wah-wab-sums and the Ata- Jantas were seen to come together and cease row- ing for a while, but the Michiganers cut loose and started away again to pull up the time they had The A ta’s boat now seemed to como Yn contact with the Duquesnes. It was only for a Tho Atalantan., “Something the matte ae et e Bi gz the mi ‘ta boat,” sung out some latter on the Atalan' judges’ steamer, and sure en G to be under the water and was fast Ww aD} ating Two of thi Toll beat od 6 yw seconds inter the remaining tere wen Mbhe WAKGE, Thetaeg JOC a time Was, On On th ough there was, The ct ee of 1B Paper boat, built by Waters & Son, , N. Ye Length, 30 feet; eked inches ; depth, 6% inches; Weight, go Ibe; length of oars, io feet; weight of | enc! Total displacement, 155 Ibs. Racing dress, blue and white, 2—DaNFORTH B. oy Eta wage Paper boat, built by Waters & Son, Troy, N. Y. Lei 28 eet; beam, 12 inches; depin, 63¢ inch weiene! 30 ibe. tength of ‘soulls, @ toon 40 weight of each, 334 Total cee wae 182 Iba. them and answered it back with spurts equally Had the Buffalo men rowed ag hard &, Tace with the Argys, when they met on the Kilas/ last spring, the Tecord of that day might have ‘The Potomacs were making “a better showing up, now that they ES They had a-lead of several lengtus on the Paimettos and had also ercysand Atiantics were working hard, with the Georgia boys holding a slight lead. The Argonauts, of Canada, from which so much was expected, in the rear, rowing & hopeless stern hen the last mile was entered upon the Thirty minutes more and the gun again boomed. | peaverwycks had not only crept up and passed it wer b them several Thousands om the. shores ol the lake babbled | $e Argonautas Dat wore les ne “ hs and rowing within themselves, pulling and talked and guessed and specuiated. Men made! lengths ane roming wie Argonauta’s tnirty-nine and forty. Itnow appeared to be ‘all up” with the Bergen Pointers: for, althoughgEldred was cuume espo Detind wim was, Wot equil. 10 response of the men behind him was not equi As the boats neared the finish the cheers of the crowd assembled encouraged all the approaching crews to renewed efforts. The Al- friends on the grand stand gave them @ cheer and the men in the Beaverwycks boat put on a spurt and crossed the line thirteen seconds ahead of the Argonautas, who were leading their the Buffaloes, @ little over a length. the following is the order and time of the first six GRAND INTERNATIONAL REGATTA FOR FOUR-OARED Crews, Lake Sakavoga—One and a half miles and 1,—JOSEPH H. GIRVIN, BRAVERWYCK BOAT CLUB. Inflated Os san BROWN, CINCINNATI BOAT CLUB. lee, Arn. feet 10 inches; Grove . Duquesne *;7 ARQONAUT : CREW (TORONTO) D Leslie Little Lake @ Hotel Mass. Length, 90 feet; beam, 9inches; ¢ @5tn, 7 inches; wetght, 28 ee length of oars, AAvieet 6 inches; weight of oars, 6% lbs. ee dis) ecient. “Le ties acing dress, ret erchie! shir ans drawers. asia Amey Sl —ADAM HASSLACHER, SBA’ Unable to obtain particulars, ee, 9.—DE SAUSSUKE BULL, GARO" awa INDEPENDE Aqe. Height, = Weigh, I x "EB 18 nee To iramenseg rien Cedar boat. Length, $1 . fa septa fi, cRSNE, OY Aaa logs aga of ad i rohit t wit rea trimmings and" gaecnerchiet, white shirt with 10.—W. R. © funy, ‘ Unabie to obtal’ ,particuiate, ew A 1L—B. H. ROB) UNION SPRINGS BOAT CLUB. Age fig. We he. Inleted Chart, Upper, Arm. Cedar boa’, ouilt by George Roahr, New ee Length, 30,feet; heam, 10 tmehes; depth, 5 Inches; w nb, 2 € tba. length of sculls, 10 feet;' weight of i bs. THE RACE. ,. Thefstart was made promptly at the time an- /novAced, and @ more even “send off’ it would be impossible to witness. Before the boats had rowed one hundred yards Langton, of the Canadian crew, aropped out of the race. Forthe first quarter of @ mule Roacb and Hardy kept close company. Robinson, the Union Springs representative, had a slight lead of all the contestants, He did not long hoid it. Roach and Hardy were both rowing hard at about thirty-eight strokes. In the next hun- dred yards Roach got the Lathro) of Albany, unlike Girvin, who had droppe out before the half mile was reached, was fast closing upon Hardy and mi strong effort to get around the stakebo him. Ackerman, the Atisntic’s man, was also aE eres race. In just 6m. 628. from the start 1 got around, tollowed by Lathrop second, in 6m. 578., Hardy coming next, in 1m. 12s. Then came Robinson, pulling well, followed closely by Ackerman and the remainder of the competitors, The race home was weil contested. Lathrop, who had now slightly the advan’ of Hardy, was rahe thay! Harlem man, and the straggle between the two men was very spirited. At one time it seemed as if the Albany man would row down the experienced Harlemite; but the re- sult proved different, as Roach came in the win- ‘The following men came in, together lead. ner, with @ few seconds to spare. ig the order in which the with the time:— Mm 8. sees 14 UM Pil oo 46 BLK SUMMARY, Race for juntor championship; single scull shells; course, Saratoga Lake; oue mile and re- turn; water smooth; day fine; David Roach the winner. Time, 14m. %xs, August 31, The Extra Scullers’ Event. ergy Onn, Senin! red CLUB. i ce. WO ae en Ae Fa turn.—Water smooth; day fine; thirteen contest- Racing Dress—Blue handkerchief, flesh-cotored ing crews} the Beaverwycks crew of Albany the | shirt, white knee breeches and flesh-colored stock- winner. ‘Time, 18m. 948, Auguss 31, 1874. ings. The two othe! ompetitors in thi havi other competitors in the race having withdrawn, James O'Neil was ordered to row over the course on time. He was started in the regular form, and made the three miles with one turn io Zim. 19348, This, it is claimed, is the fastest three mile aingle acull race oa record, SUMMARY. Single scuil race; one and on Saratoga Lake; water pooths ae James O'Neil, Time, 21m. 19348, August ' PRIZES, TH The prizes prepared by the Saratoga Rowing Association for the winners in the regatta were reer them at the Town Hall this evening in he présence of two thousand spectators, Im addi- tion to the regalar [ong President Oonkling, ander whose management the whole affair. has passed of 80 successfully, presented to Commodore a behalf of the assoctation, a maguificent diamona ‘buf han badge, having the monograms of the association Ph Nad eh ah and the Commodore elegantly entwined in scores 3—A Buses on Lh ig BOaT eal insacote dowale a a Ca wage CMe Veo Arm | THE BROWN-MOREIS ROWING MATOE Cedar boat, built by Harry Coulter, Toron Canada. Length, 29 feet; width, 11 inches; dep 6 inches; wel nt, 90 Ibs. length of sculls, 9 1eet 10 inches; wet t Of acl ‘Total disp peat ha ~ Lt Racing dress, dark and blue, 4.—GEORGR W. a BEAVRRWYCK BOAT CLUB. ale Nd: cil Saal Paper boat Alice, built by Thomas Fe: 4 Length, 29 teet 6 inches; Bead, none tao tgs ot inches; weight Inches; dept 08; wel 36 j lengta of ‘oars, 10 Jeet; weight of oars, Tbe. ~_ Total displacement, 177 Ibs. Racing dress, blue handkercnief and white shirt. 5—P. CHRIS(IB ACKERMAN, ATLANTIO BOAT C1 dpe Heghe Inflated Chest, Upper are. Cedar boat Mattie, built by Charies B. ti Greenpoint, L. I. 80% feet; beam, 10% eth, inches; depth, 6 inches; weight, 60 Ibe. ; length oF sculls, 10 feet; weight of each, 3% iba, Total displacement, 19844 lbs, , Bacing dress, white and blue, P Lage oad bk | begs pS BOAT CLUB, Paper boat Addie 8., built by Waters & Son, Tr. XN. Peeing feet neaae: I inches; depu inches; weight, 2644 lbs.; silding seat; length ‘of sculls, 0 feet 7 inches; welght of each, 4 lbs, Total algpiacement 164 Ite, Racing dress, bine ‘and red shirt, “ee beg CHESAPRAKE BOAT CLUB. shia) ae: yates Sap: ater The Pittsburg Oarsman Tendered $500 to Row at &t. John. Hauirax, N, S., August 81, 1874. The Halifax Rowing Club hela @ meeting to. night and decided that George Brown Kocbpt the challenge of Morris, of Pittaburg, the race to come off on the Kenebekasts River, St Johin, Beptem- ber 23, St. Jonn people are willing to give Morris $600 if he rows there, as he offered to go for that sam, and the race, doubtiess, will take place. No correspondence has yet been received from Sad- ler. CRICKET. cstv Montreal Cricket Club vs. St. George Cricket Club. Acricket match was commenced yesterday, ‘at eleven o'clock A. M., at the Hoboken Grounds, be- tween the St. George Oricket Clab, of New York, Qnd an eleven from Montreal. The Canadians Went out for 60 in the first inning. They appear an easy-going, gentlemanly team, with some knowledge of orioket, but weak in bowling as weil as batting, and espectally loose in the Meld. The. ‘weakness of their opponents, so far as this portion of the match shows, gave the ordinary cricket of] Pred COURSE M% MILES & RETURN in ‘nis connectton it ‘nay be remarked that the bo wing of Mr. Jones, the careful batting of Mr. Pance and the quick, strong play of Gibbs would deserve some notice were the bowling and fielding of their oppo- nents of @ more dificuit nature. The match is to be continued to-morrow, and It ts to be hoped the representatives of the Dominion will then make a better show. The whole game was mon- strously dull. The spectators were much in ex- cess of the usual number, amounting on this oc- casion to fully 200 people. ‘The game dragged its slow length along to such appalling ennui of all present that it required the most ardent ad- miration of the manly sport and all the buildog pluck ‘of the most enduring British patriotism to statid it out. ‘Appended is the day-s score :— Eat run oa: Ravage, run out. & & Brooker, ° 4 10 big 9 ter, b. Jones... ... 5 3. M. Holmes, o. Bow- man, b. Jones...... HH M. B. Bmith, b. Sou 9 1 C) 8 a) Toth eeessee TOL. .e.evensseaeeeee 203 Messrs. Smith and Crockett acted ai umpirax THE NATIONAL GAME, A Well Played But spiritiess Game Be- tween the Mutual and Atlantic Clubs. There were not more than four hundred people on the Union Grounds yesterday afternoon to see the Mutuals play the Atlantics, The game was played with but six errors—three on either side—nevertheless but Iittie interest was felt in it as both nines played a spiritiess game. As will be seen by the score the Mutuals scored in but two innings, while the unfortunate Atlantics scored notat all, Indeed they stood no show at all, not Lope & man past first base but once, and making ut a single base hit and tnat even was questionaole. All, however, played well, ‘the score 18 aa follows :— Tale Players. RIBPOAE teary -LL#oe Booth, 2009 Chapman, r. 1800 Keasler, 24 b. 1000 18032 1210 1200 1300 0040 9700 3 Bh, Oh. om Runs earned—None. Firat base by errors of opponente—Mutual, 1; Atlantic, 1 of he fi Rs Livige od cigtow H fty-five minutes, Success of the Flyaways at the 0: Tournament. BYBAOI N.Y., August $1, 1874 At the base ball tour oat “af Oneida, ‘to-day, the Flyaways, of New York, piayed the Nassaua, of Brooklyn, for the first prize of $400, The game resulted i a victory for tho Flyaways by a'store of 12 to 8& The Fiyaways play the Ku Klux, of Oneida, and the Nasssus the Ohelse Brooklyn, to-morrow. bend reek The Chicagdé%s and Baltimores at Balti- more, BauTimors, M4., August 31, 1874, The following is the score of the Chicagoes and Baltimores :— TRING, Clube, Sd th, Bh Gt 7th. Bth, 9th. Chicagoes. - & 0 Q 0 0 0 a4 Baltimores . o 0 a0 6 ‘Base Ball Note. juraday the Chicagos play the Pht, Py ie and the Maton ls pl fords again at Hartford, TDhe First Cavalry Trying Thetr ski at the TargetThe Shootiag Only Bair. Yesterday morning the Third Vavairy, 386 strong, commanded by Colonel J. A, Budke, leit the city for Crepdmoor, Long IslaAd, The numeri- cal strength of the regiment exceeded any that has visited Creedmoor as yet, yy some mistake the cartridges ran 600 short; jumber who were entitled 10. shoot at 300 yardg/(the distances were 100 and 300 yards) failed Yo do so, The Colonel says he was told that ticzets te keep the scores on could be had on the, which, of course, was hostrne, and the re, that paper had to be used, causing 20 11 ste trouple in selecting the beat scores. Howeves, anout ‘Were ob’ But t¢ mast tained, show on! aboot be, into com thas ata ne erence secgtat and staff ts a8 :ollows:— SION. (From Don Piatt’s Washington Capital.) created equal.’ that “soft bastard Latin,” as B; would never have thought it. high prices on a suffering community. brought over the new constitation in his whicn is con’ ceptacle and keep them there. ters in this constitution we notice suggestive provisions :—“The deputies and are not to receive instructions fro! electors iter _ be! ch supposes at politicians have and in this ew is oe es can only proceed in s0co! Ww “at the Without loging bts sai: tion. Freedom of t! secured. A translation of the cathedral is struction :— From Le he 9 of the heavens wind thee a wreath, the times’ collections. of third act of the millennial drama was a sort ter thus:—“Nation’s High Tide,” or, in our pars this celebration & jon ‘was made to the Law Mount, where the was pical of what comes Pre ing means all think, and here’s where the ait ference between the two will be noticed, for Con- gress means all talk. The Law Mount is convenient @ schuetzenfest, announced by ti ular, “High Old Time.” ter hing of the Icelanders was held. the great assembly Vee the frat day of December. to @ yawning chasm down which ie tomed to throw Bad women and aan oo read bet isoradod containing the ofa very wit ‘rieu Moggestlve of @ wit: ? ‘Hall diz. rt i Mother land of skalds and heroes" is the line, The joke ts tnat we went into toward Myrtle avenue; there was no crowd or ex. taurant kept by { man named Burns, who Nedanes citement at this time; ‘the steer was on 8 walk, ani of being born in the porth of Scotland, and our friend put him intoa brown stu remarking, “Pa sup from your see whe you wees descended from one of clegt scalds.’’ Cee, com THE HERALD SARATOGA TRAIN. the H Sues a! Mr 'o1 mn | re whom was @ representative ‘of the mornin, where v' Forty-second street at ten P. M. for their comfort. That a mer: ‘ty has The papers, delivered on the car uniolded, folded, put up in various places at which they were to be left with rapidity which seemed to be canght from that the lightning train on whicn ¢! flew at six wie fo} hour ti of ena thas mine-tenths of them never shot there at The representation by companies and the field 21 | charge of Mr. Williams, of tne Union News Co1 22} pany. A number of Invitations were extended THE HERALD’S ICELAND EXCUR- Thursday’s NEw YORK HERALD bas, from the pen of Dr. Hayes, # very graphic and interesting ac- count of the Icelandic séte, where Reikiavik antici. pated Philadelphia by nine hdndred years and some months, He tells of a stormy trip trom Fa- Toe (without punning) Islands to the Icelandic capital; of the neatness and attractiveness of the Place and people; of the King’s arrival and hos- pitable welcome, incidentally referring to His Mat eaty’s sea sickness, which fact is grateful to our republican mind, as it is an argument in sup- port of our favorite maxim that “all men aro The Doctor tells us that for sweetness of tone the language rivals the Itallan, syron calls it. We And think of bis reading on deck at midnight by midiight! Kero- sene must have been at a discount there, and no monopolizing gas companies inflict bad smells and ‘trary to all precedent, as it has been the habit of Kings to put consticutions in that re- Among other mat- Fag re Tesentatives) are bound only oye their convictions, m the ly with ‘We commend this to the consideration of the Supreme Court of the District of ‘Columbia, age of sixty-five he (a judge) may a ” is apt wise ho Sees press and of religion, though the Lutheran 1s the estabiished cnarety are sung at the ven. The iollowing excerpt sounds ae if Walt Whitman had been consulted in the com (From the Eygning Mail, August 81. al head 1 aes omic 8 & We caed sgt in July to the rise of pad py lacctor igrormed cnaay ae, aon ring @ special railway Sun- om train to for the distribution bac Sal eatthere and on today. But to appre. acumen, Jon marae Feastie ‘vo tun clate thoroughly the admirable nature of the en- terprige one must have an opportunity of going | Mat Is with the train, Such an opportuntty was sfforded | gaiq yesterday—being tire last day of the season of the HERALD train—to the representatives of about twenty journals, daily and weekly, in New York, aot nen, Fergus aca of Se Boening Mati, left New York at hall-past three o'clock yesterday at halt-pas: ng) a Saratoga at four P.M. they arrived at ¥ two of the finest drawing room cars belonging to the road carried the ar , and ever, poamibis Bagi ne] was made over the road this summer we take leave to doubt. and marked for the, detectives were set at Ly Ottel Allen telezrapned p (ae bel Saratoga showed how thorough ts the apprectati of the HxRaLp enterprise, which ought to be matter o! pride and congratulation to the who! journalistic fraternity. Shooting at ES, : 300 Yards, A Fast Ride to Saratoga. a 9 {From the Commercial Advertiser, August 31.] 3 | ghe lastof the HzRatp's lighining news traing 1 | forthe season left for Saratoga yesterday mo! 1¢ | ing, from the Grand Central depot, under t! the press of this city to enjoy the ride, and abou! was at two o'clock, At fouro’clook the party on their homeward trip, reaching New York at o'clock, fully satustied with the cay’s pleasure ant a fast ride. - . GORED TO DEATH BY AN ox. - The Danger of Horned Cattle Escaping From Droves—Verdict of the Coron Jury in the Case of Young Morris. 3 An inquest was held by Coroner Jones and‘ jury yesterday touching the death of Ulysses Morris, @ boy eleven years of age, residing wit! his parents at No. 95 Skillman street, Brook: who was gored by a steer on last Wednesday, died of his injuries, Andrew Herman, the first witness called, fied that he resided at No. 203 South Ninth é and that while sitting on the steps of a livery kept by him, corner of Twelfth and North Bix! streets, on the evening of Wednesday last, he sa’ &@ young steer, surrounded by a crowd on Div! avenue, near Sixth street, and heard soms one say that the animal had knocke @ man down; subsequently saw several policem firing at the animal, but their shots only a) to tickle him; witness then procured a rifle an killed the steer at the first fire; as there was owner there he put the carcass in a wagon took it to the station house, where the told him he could have it and do what ne dike with it; the steer was taken to the slaughtet house, where tt was dressed, and a man by name of May paid him $17 02 for the an! 3 al not know who owned the steer, Coroner Jones at this juncture advised Mr. He: Man to tarn that money over to the proper ai tl orf siee as goon a8 possible, as he had no le; hi retain it, and it would not do to say ‘be was holding it in trast for the owner. Witness continued that he took possession the animal and the amt e upon authority or police, ana that he shot him to prevent him doing jurther pore the animal did not appeai mad when shot, although he did seem'to be wild this beef was put on the market for sale; th steer was from Texas, Jotm McOormick, of No. 156 Johnson avenu Grover, testified that he was employed owners of several slaughter houses in the vicini of Johnson avenue; bad been driving cattle on th day that Morris was killed, but none of the be aed did not Know who owned the steer tha: gol Ulysses Morris; it ts impossible for cattle escape from the 3! hter houses when care is taken to ke em confined; have Know! of cases where cattle have broken away wi Bolla | d through the streets, but never heard of case ere the stray auimal was not afterward rered. Mrs. Frederica Frederick, who keeps a store Skilman street and Myrtje avenue, testified shat she saw the animal coi down Skillman did not appear to be wild; the deceased, rris, went. from the sidewalk to the street, ‘ont steer thén struck deceased Knocked hig down; the steer then went on do SkUlman street; there was no crowd a ot the deceased, r that, to the best of his belief, his son was out the ;. wi from compreasion of the Drain, the result of sal large in the pubiic streets, and informed the jur, @ clear violation of law. 4 ot th ay ofthe drain, “caused injuries recer Haren Eicetea tower ts apitines’ and Wednesday, August 26, ARREST OF A-HORSE THIEF, Prompt Action of the New Haven New HAVEN, Conn., August 31, 1874, In answer to a telegram from Captain Irving, the Metropolitan police force, to Chief Alen, this city, stating that a man named Roth, a German, twenty-five years of age, Ave fee ine tn had horse fomethote it ew sary oy ant abiersy ee