The New York Herald Newspaper, November 6, 1874, Page 5

‘}TON BNIM AND BISMARCK. The Chancellor’s Case Against the Ex-Minister Weakening. ——-- COLLECTING EVIDENCE IN PARIS, | die Has the Man of Iron Made a Fatal ag | well as False Step? GERMANY AND RUSSIA. The Prussian Crown C Against the Ex-Minister Becoming Very Weak— & Mission to Paris to Collect Testi- mony=—The Enterprise of the Public Press a Cause of Disquiet in Berlin— Seizure of Private Documents, BERLIN, Oct, 22, 1874, The charges concocted against Count Von Ar- nim by the Prussian Foreign Ofice having hith- erto broken dowa on private examination, an at- tempt is being made, in the usual offcial manner, to manufacture new oves, With this righteous end | 10 view, an M. Pescatori has been sent to collect ev- idence against the Count in Paris. His object is not only to examine witnesses, who will nel- ther be put upon oath nor cross-exam- ined by the defence, but M. Pescatoil has also another aim in prospect, He 1s especially enjomed to ascertain in what manner the “Pro Memoria,” pubiished by the Vienna Presse, found its way into the columns of that journal. In the papers belonging to Count Von Arnim which have been seized up to the present time no proof has been found that the Count was in correspondence with the Vienna Presse, but 1t is hoped that if M. Pescatori sets about interrogating the members of the German Embassy at Paris he may be ablo to discover some one of them who was in the | confidence of Von Arnim, and who may be willing | either to betray him or bear false witness against | hin, WILL THEY BE HONEST? Upon the other hard Count Von Arnim’s friends and every one who likes to see fair play, even in a | government prosecution, trust that none of the attachés or secretaries of the German Embassy will be found willing to denounce their former chief, even should they be able to help in his ruin, The Prossian law, moreover, does not require a Witness to give evidence on any other subjects than those which actually refer to the charges under trial It is obvious that a serious case may be fabricated against any public ser- vant whom a government wishes to prosecute af occult proceedings of the sort now being taken against Count Arnim receive the sanction of pub- lic opinion, and, theretore, a clear protest should be entered against them. Double dealing and chicanery can never be necessary for the ends of justice, and if the allegations against the Count @re really insuMcient to convict bim—as it seems they are—he should be acquitted. There can be no lair reason for keeping him in solitary confine- ment at alonatic asylum while the Prussian Foreign Office i» endeavoring, by roundabout means, to ascertain whether he has at any period of his career done anything which can be made a ground of accusation against him or whether he nas not. OFFICIAL PERSONS everywhere, of late years, when they become an- gry with an old colleague have almost invariably adopted unjustifiable modes of action; and it is high time that the general good sense of the public in all countries should put a check upon them. A public servant should not be practically declared 4p Outlaw because he is or has been a public ser- Vant, and he has auite as good @ right Lo the pro- tection of the law as other people. To collect evidence against a man in order to found a charge against him, and to shut him up in jail meanwnuile, when there 1s no charge against him which wil held water, is & most heartiess and cruel absurd. ity. It 18, moreover, £0 silly a trick that one can ry believe that Prince Bismarck nas a hand in THE COUNTS RELATIVES INDIGNANT. The Governor of Alsace-Lorraine, Count Aroim- Proytzenburg, has tendered his resignation, LOOKING FOR THE PAPERS. The police have seized Count Harry Von Arnim’s letter book, containing copies of bis correspond- ence with Count Guido of Heackel von Donners- marck, late Civil Governor of Alsace-Lorraine. Some papers belonging to Count Harry Von Arnim are alleged to have been seizedin Polana. lam authorized to deny that any papers belonging to Count Arnim have been sent to Poland. LOOK OUT FOR MANUFACTURED MATTER, Dr. Lang, & person of dubious character, the alleged author 01 “Tue Revolution From Above,’’ 4s said to have offered some diplomatic documents for sale to @ puoltsner in Vienna. 1 am authorized to state that Count Arnim has no knowledge what- ever of Dr. Lang, and that none of the Count's Papers are or ever have been in Dr. Lang’s pos- seseion. Has the German Prince Chancellor Made a Fatal as Well as False Public Step? New York, Nov. 4, 1874, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— The excitement which the arbitrary arrest of Count Arnim has caused in ail circles of German society shows no aymptoms of abatement, not- withstanding that he bas been reieased on bail. It appears every day more certain that the Ger- Men government or, to speak more exactly, the Prince Chancellor has committed an error which threatens to assume very serious dimensions by the highbanded manner in which be has chosen to treat a statesman of such unblemished reputa- tion and personal popularity, That Prince Bis- Marck 1s himself conscious of the consequences which may ensue irom the false step he has made may be gathered irom the tone adopted by the oficial press, which at first ignored the whole Matter a8 much as possible, but now leaves no stone unturned to tarnish the private character nd political judgment of the Count; vutas yet they have only succeeded in increasing the sym- pathy generally feit for the man they asperse, whose calm and dignified demeanor acquires fresh lustre from the petty malice and ill devised calumnies ofhis persecutors, It 1s very hard to arrive at any definite knowledge of the details of the case, as those papers which dare to differ in any degree from the views entertained by the government are obliged to observe such extreme caution to avoid failing into some one of the many snares laid by Prassian bureaucracy for the entangie- ment of unwary editors that their columns do not tend to throw much light upon go intricate an in- trigue, while those journals which derive their in- | spirations from sources friendly to the Pauce Chancellor confine themselves chiefly to laying marked stress upon the fact, now proclaimed to be official, that tho Emperor was, irom the very first, aware of all the steps which his Prime Minister contemplated taking against the Ex- Ambassador to Paris, If we summarize as briefy as possible the princi- pal points dwelt upon by both sides in this macn vexed controversy, we discover that as late as May, 1872, the relations between Prince Bismarck and the Count were of more than ordinarily friendly and intimate character. The Count had then just returned irom his mission to Rome, of which he had acquitted himself so much to the Chancellor's satisfaction that the latter offered him the post o! adlatus or coadjutor to himself as | Minister of Foreign Alfairs, and this plan was only | abandoned because the Vount’s presence in Paris | ‘was deemed at that time to be indispensable, 1t | may be as well to mention here, as conficting | statements have been frequently puolished, that | Count von Arnim was in compiete accord with Prince Kismarck as to the policy to be pursued to- ward the Holy See, and is said to have instigated | the nomination of Prince Hohenithe as Am- bassador to the Vatican, an appointments well calculated to provoke, as it did by the rejusal of His Holiness to receive the Prince, @ breach of diplomatic relations between the Court of Berlin and the See of St. Peter, No | sooner had the Count returned to Paris than for some reason, which can as yet only be hypotheti- cally arrived at, a coolness arose between him and the Chancellor, which rapidly assamed such serious dimensions that in September of the very game year the Count, altuough serwusly imdis- osed, ielt the imperative necessity of making tie juroey to Kerlin in order, by @ personal inter. ‘view With Prince Bismarck, to attempt to eatab- lish @ more satisfactory state of relations. Hig reception was anything but encouraging; for two or three days he Was denied access to the greag ‘Man on various trivial pretexte, and finally Was Informea that His Highness the Chancellor had quitted Berlin for his country seat of Varzin, without so much as deigning to notice hie request for an audience by a note of regret or apology. Such conduct would have been inexcusable, inso- jent and unwarranted toward a simple Consul or attaché to a legation, but Was unheard of toward @ Jjunectionary of Von Arnim’s public and private rank. The Count returned to his post, naturally deeply incensed against his furmer ally and, it appears, mare vent to his tudignation in a Series of private letters addressed to the Emperor Personally, in which he expressed his sentiments With regard to the icy pursued by Prince fis. Marck toward the French nation with more zeal than prudence, ‘The Spener’sche Zeitung, & newspaper which al- Ways stadiously avoids giving offence to the powers that be, expresses itself concerning this correspondence of the Count to the eifect that | he was constantly harping, in bota his public and private despatches, upon the dangers which must accrue to the German Empire trom the establish. ment in France of a republic upon a solid an permanent foundatio! nd that he especialty re- garded the Presidency of M. Thiers as a standin, menace to the peace of Europe. He foun a@ further confirmation of tnese timorous forebodings in the downtall of the throne of King Amadeus and the subsequent establishment of a republic in Spain. The paper goes on to ridicule these apprehensions, which, it declares, were not in apy way participated in by the Prince Chancellor, ‘whose policy, it states, was seri- ously trammelled by the ill-advised proceed- ings of the Count. It refures the idea of any possible danger to Germany srising from any Popular form of government in France or Spain, maintaining that the experiences gone through by those two nations have contributed powertull: to foster the monarchical spirit already predomi- | nant among the Prussian people and to dispel any Visionary dreams which might have existed in the brains of some Utopian politicians as to the feasibility of a democratic revolution in that State, Reprobating the hostility shown by von Arpim toward President Thiers personally, It continues thus:—This anxlety about the growing power of ‘Thiers 1s really comical. How quickly !t was con- tradicted by his tall, We take Thiers to be prompt payer and a wary, experienced old politt- clan, WbO 18 too shrewd to make any such stupid mistake a8 & War would be. What can we Ger- mans possibly find fault with him tor? But Arnim says Ihiers is @ republican! Well, then, would to God that all republicans were of the same sort as ‘Thiers, His republic 18 surely more honest ana more conservative than Don Carlos’ monarchy.” Such a discrepancy between the views of the Prussian Ambassador at Paris and those of tne Foreiga Office at Berlin could not long exist with- cut seriously hampering the progress of the work of that department, and Prince Bismarck, who is naturally of a hasty 4nd imperious disposition, ad- dressed to the Count several despatches whose stern and peremptory tone was neither intended nor calculated to smooth away whatever soreness might exist tn the latter’s mind. Still, even at this time, it was thought that a personal interview | mignt have brought tuese two eminent men to- gether, and a proposition was made the Count by certain influential parties at Berlin to exchange his Embassy at Paris for that at Constantinople, a move which would have facilitated @ recon- Ciliation by eliminating the primary cause of dis- pute. The Count ely paroed to this arrange- ment, being heartily sick of the whole matter, and so colifident was he that the offer was made in good faith that he actually gave orders for the sale of the (urniture Oo! his residence in Paris, He himself went to Berlin on @ short leave of absence to try and expedite matters, and during his stay there a favorite daughter died, an event which caused him the profoundest grief and withdrew bim for a brief time from all participation in public affairs, Aiter he had partially recovered from the afiction caused by fue unexpected shock to his parental affections he réturnea to Paris without having made any further arrange- ments for his exchange, and on arriving at this | port he found letters irom Bismarck, dated suring | the period of his deep domestic sorrow an couched in harsher and more insulting language than any of those which had preceded them, ‘This unexpected affront opened his eyes. He saw that his political ruin waa cetermined on and that the offer of the mission to Constantinople was but a lure to blind him as to the real designa of his ungcropulous adversary. Knowing with whom he haa to deal, he adopted such measures as were in his power to deiend bimsell, and one of the most obvious of these waa to secare such doc- | uments ag had been addressed to him in private by the Chancellor, and which according to uni- versal diplomatic custom he kept separate trom the regular archives of the mission, He has strenuously denied that he ever nad any intention of pabiishing these documents, which he declares he only reserved for the private eye of his sovereign, before whom he was of course anxious to clear himself. The newspapers hostile to the Count admit his right of appeal to the Emperor against the Chancellor, but say that it would have been etiquette for him to have first resigned his post, to which argument it may be pertinently replied that to have done go would have been equivalent toa tacit acknowledgment of guilt on bis part; and even his enemies have not been able to prove auything worse against him than, at the worst, anerror of judgment; ior it 19 hot only no {ault, bus a positive duty on the part of an envoy, to call the attention of his gov- ernment to any particular in which he may find his instructions defective, and to make such sug- gestions as he may deem expedient, with a view to the guidance of his superiors, although, of course, he is bound to obey whatever orders he may receive, whether he deems them right or wrong. The best proof that the Prince Chancellor is himeetf fully aware that he has assumed a posi- tion from which it is equally difficult tor him to advance with safety or to retreat with honor may be fouud im the excuses made ior him in the National Zeitung, @ paper which has steadily sup- Ported his policy, Alter stating that the health of Prince Bismarck had suffered much in conse- quence of the superhuman exertions he had made for the wvenefit of his country in 1866 and 1872, and that his nerves were unstrong to such an extent that it became the aramount duty of every patriot to take this fact nto consideration, and to save him as much as possible irom every undue excitement, the paper goes on to say that as far as the Prorat of the proceedings he has taken against Count Arnim is concerned tbe decision of the law courts is imma terial, Even if the tribunals should upon techni- cal grounds admit that the missing despatches were the private property of the Count and did nov belong to the archives of the Foreign Office, bow, it asks, could the business of the State be carried on if it had no other means of protecting itself against similar indiscretions, It cites the bad effect of the pamphlet of General La Marmora upon the friendly relations between Germany and ltaly, and concludes by saying that “if the judges at Berlin are unable or unwilling Yo periorm their duty aud to enforce the cause of discipline the measures of the Chancellor would still be perfectly correct when he determined to enforce discipline at all hazards.”? When a paper of acknowledged ability and in- tegrity descends to such subtlety of reasoning It 1s evident that the cause which it advocates must be extremely weak, and there are not wanting those who descry in the dilemma into which his Own impetuosity and haughtiness have thrust bin, the tarning point in the hitherto successiul career of one of the most brilliant statesmen of modern times, who will thus fail, as sO many fa- vorites of joriune have tallen, @ victim on the altar of his own success. Bismarck’s Opinion of Prince Gortscha- koff—The Question of the Baltic Prov- inces, [From the London Crusader (English Catholic or- gau), Oct. 24.) Like all men acting on an immense scale, Bis- Marck has been obliged to take others into his confidence, and Count Arnim seems to have re- ceived his general confession on European mat- ters, and especially his opinions regarding Russia and her Chancellor-Prince Uortschakom, and his | Intentions as to future annexations in the Baltic Provinces. These are among the missing docu- ments, and copies are said to have been tranamit- ted some weeks back to Russta, and to have caused, if not a rupture, at least a coolness, which, in the case of two such States, neither incitned to couciliate and resolved to dispute ihe supremacy of Europe, and the North espectally, is a symptom | no State can view without anxiety. It is very diMcuit to see how, in case of such a war, even Bugland could preserve her neutrality. France. unless hampered by intestine divisions, would naturally seize the opportunity of regaining her l.st provinces; and Denmark, Scandinavia, Bel- gium and Holland could scarcely avoid joining the coalition against Prnssia, whose tsolation, when- ore a European complication occurs, will be com- plete. THE GEBMAN BUDGET FOR WAR, [From the Edinburgh Scotsman, Oct. 24.) The estimates of the War Department of Ger- | many for 1875 have been submitted to tte Federal | Council, and, notwithstanding the repeated asser- tions of the official papers that there was to be no important increase, it turns out that the estimates are higher by nearly twenty per cent than they were for the current year, The estimate for 1874 Was 269,000,000 marks ($67,250,000). That for 1875 18 820,000,000 marks ($80,000,000), It is but cold comfort for the German taxpayers to iearo that of the additional sum $700,000 18 extraordinary ex. penaitare, and will nut be an annual item of the Military budget. What guarantee is there—in- deed, What iikelihood ts there—that extraordinary expenditures will not be found equally necessary in luture years ? SUICIDE BY SHOOTING. Yesterday morning, about ten o’clock, Joseph Straut, a German, fifty-two years of age, who lived 1n the rear of the premises No. 132) Riving- ton street, shot himself in the left breast with a pistol, death resulting soon afterwards. Coroner Eickhofl was notified to hold an inquest. De, ceased, who had been a butcher, lived quite alone- and subject to distressing attacks of asthma, Quite recently he was heard to say that if he haa another similar attack he could not live through it. Just previous to suooting himself deceased remarked to @ friend ip the house that in two mainu! he would be dead, and in a lew moments alterward, the report of a@ pistol belng heard, he Was found dead in his room, | + " DEERFOOT PARK. Second Day of the Third Fall Trotting Meeting—The Postponed 3:20 and 2:35 Races Won by Lady Collyer and Prince—The 245 and 2:33 Contests Commenced but Not Finished. The third tail trotting meeting dt Deerfoot Park progresses very satisiactorily. First on the card yesterday were the unfinished 3:20 and 2:35 races, the horses in the latter bemg called at one o'clock. Prince, who had two heats and a dead beat to ms credit, continued the favorite four to one over the feild. Matt Tanner won the jourtn heat, but the friends of Prince still clung to him with com- Mendable perseverance. Then Tanner and Pol- lock made @ dead heat; but the sixth was Won by Tanner, who then became the favorite four to one over all the rest, The race now stood each two heats for Tanner and Prince, with also one dead heat each to their credit with Pollock, and there was mucn interest in the result, Prince Went away with the lead, and was never headea in the seventh heat, winning the race in style. Matt Tanner took second money and Pollock third premium. Lady Collyer, who had two heats to her credit at the time of postponement on Tuesday, was the | favorite yesterday morning three to one over the fleld, She won the ith heat and race, T. E. Gor- don taking second money and Judge Bedle third premium, First of the regular programme was a purse of $200 for 2:45 horses, with eight entries, of which five started, these being the gray gelding Willie, brown gelding Jonnny, Doxey, Logan and Handy Andy. The pools before the start averaged— Willie $20, field $15. Logan won the first heat, Willie the second, Logan the third and Willie the fourth, when, darkness coming on, the race was postponed until Ley at one o'clock. Next ip order was the purse o1 $300, for horses that never beat 2:33, in which the gray gelding Maurice Daly, brown mare Lady Annie, and pay mare Lady Sears came for the word, Lady annie was made the favorite, $25 to $17 over the field, thodgh tor what reason it is dificult to surmise, Lady Annie was given the first heat, and Lady Sears, being allowed to withdraw because of lame- ness, the contest practically became a match. Daly secured the second and third heats, when the race was laid Over until to-day. SUMMARY. DEERFOOT PARK, NEAR BROOKLYN, L. 1, No- VEMBER 4 AND 5, 1874—FIRST AND SECOND Days oF Tug THIRD FALL TROTTING MEETING.—Purse of $200, for horses that never beat 3:20; miie beats, best three in five, in narness; $110 to the first, $60 to the second and $30 to the third horse. Jndges— Sim. Sammis, Willlam Brooks, John Mead and William McMahon. NoTE—Four heats trotted on the 4th, STARTERS. John Murphy’s r. m. Lady Collyer....1 5 211 A. Bourrett’s r. g. T. E. Gordon. 2 Bcd 0:4 Thomas Lee’s b. g. Judge Bed! 43133 E. H. Heard’s b. g. Pat Malony. 34444 L, E. Sifxin’s br. g. Johnny... 6 2 dis. H. W. Howe’s gr. g. Henry Miller.... 7 6 dis, 4. Wilson’s br. m. Maud... 5 ats. J. Carroli’s br. m. Little Nell. dis, D. B. Got’s br. m. Addie Goff........, dis. TIME, Quarter, Hay. Mile, First heat. + 8936 ‘1:183¢ 2:37 | Second hea’ 41 1:20 2u Third heat.. 4036 1:20 2:40 Fourth heat. a 1:22 2342 Fifth heat.. +. 40 219% 2:30.45 SAME Day.—Purse of $300, for horses that never beat 2:35, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, $150 to the first, $100 to the Second and $50 to the third horse. Judges—sim. Samumis, Willtam | rages, John Mead, William McMahon and B, Van ryek. Nore.—Three heats trotted on the 4th, STARTERS, H. W. Howe's b. g. Prince....... ’s b. g. Matt. Tanner. -O1 John Murphy -32 . H. Heard’s gr. g. Pollock.......... 03 ‘W. 8. Thom’s br. g. Paul, O'Niel, Jr... 5 5 G, F. Harris’ b. m. Linnie Case 744 S. Coon’s br, m. Mollie Barker, 6a) TIME, Quarter. First heat., 88h Second heat. 3936 Third heat. 404% Fourth hea 38936 Fith heat. 39 Sixth heat. 40 Seveth heat +. 40 DEERFOOT PARK, NEAR BROOKLYN, L, I., NOVEM- BER 5, 1874—SECOND DaY OF THE THIRD FALL TROT- TING MEBTING.—Purse of $200, for horses that never beat 2:45; inile heats, best three in five, in harness; $110 to the first, $60 to the second and $80 to the third horse. Judges—J. J. Feiter, G. F. Gildersieeve and John Dadiey, z STARTERS, P. W. Floming’s g. g. Willie. ........606 Willtam 4, MacRoberts’ ch. g. Logan. William S. ‘homs’ b. g. Handy Anay, E, H. Jones’ s. g. Doxey..... L, E. Sifkin's br. g. Johnny. TIME. Quarter, comme wocomnn omestomt 2 3 Favre B 2/ First heat.. Second heat. Third heat, Fourth heat. see eee Same Day.—Purse of 43 1:23 $300, for horses that never deat 2 33; mile heats, best three in five, in har. ness; $150 to the first, $100 to the second aud $50 to the third horse. STARTERS. Maurice Daly Wm. 8, Thom’s yas 211 G, Walker's br. m. Lady Annie 122 Jobn Murphy’s b, m. Lady Sears. 8dr. TIME. Quarter, First hea 40 2: Second heat 42 ‘Third heat.. 40 1:20 213044 : eral and 2:33 races postponed until 0-day, TROTTING AT WHITE PLAIKS, N. Y. There was a fair attendance at White Plains yes- terday to witness the unfinished 2:30 race begun on Wednesday and the 2:32 race fixed for yester- day. The contestants for the “thirty” race were Feek’s Bonner, with two heats, Chambers’ Molsey and Bradbury's Berkshire Boy, each with one. ‘They also had a dead heat between them. For the ‘thirty-two’ race the entries were Ben Mace’s brown gelding H. D. Walton, A. J. Feek’s bay geld- ing G. F. Smith, M. H. Whipple’s bay mare Lady White and J. B. Gillitt’s grey gelding Messenger Boy, of which only Lady White and G. F. Smith started. The Unfinished 2-30 Race. Sixth Heat.—With Bonner selling at the oads of 10 to 4 over the fleld, the trio were sent with Mo!. sey leading so far that at tne turn she was able to take the pole, Berkshire Boy breaking as they went into the backstretch, Molsey leading two lengths at the quarterin 36 seconds, when she broke badly, the others closing up on her, so that the three went round the turn together, when, breaking badly again, Molsey went back thira, Bonner taking the lead, which he held bya length to the half in 1:19; but, breaking almost directly under the wire, Berksmire Boy took the lead, which he kept, winning the heat by two lengths in 2:3544, Bonner six in iront of Molsey, who wasa trifle lame, she having hit herseif badly, Seventh Heat.—Notwithstanding Bonner’s indif- ferent exhibition in the previous heat, he had the callin the pools at about 10 to 4, After some scor- ing the word was given to an indifferent start, Molsey being on @ run, while one of the judges tapped the bell, Bonner at once took the lead, which he kept, going to the quarter in 38 seconds, and tothe half, where he led two lengths, in 1:15, Berkshire Boy, breaking badiy on the turn, thereby lost several lengths, Bonner, keeping well on, won the heat easily by two lengtus, in 2:31%, Berkshire Boy second, eight lengths in front of Molsey. The eral Med after some delay decided that, ag the word had been given by error of one of the Juages, it should be called “no heat.’’ kighth Heat,—No vewing. Berkshire Boy got the best of the start; but, breaking in the turn, was passed by Bonner and Molsey, the former leading two lengths at the quarter In 38 seconds, the same distance at the half in 1:16, and winning the heat and race by the same tn 2:52, Molsey sec- ond, three lengths in front of Berkshire Boy. He, having won two heats got second money, the mare getting th ird money. THE TWO THIRTY-TWO RACE. First Heat.—With Lady White on the inside, tne pair were sent away on even terms, there being no betting on the! The Lady took the lead tn the turn, Smith br ie. badly in the back- stretch, 80 that the mare led two lengths at the quarter in 89 seconds. After Smith settled he io again broke in the turn, but again he went jor the mare, and, gettg on even terms with her at the three-quarter pole, they went round the turn like a team. Entering the stretch Smith again oroke, Lady White keep- won the teat easy by two ba rd in 2: ma Heat,—Otfers to back Lady W! Smith found no takers. They got away on even terms for the second heat, Lody White going to the front; she leading a length at the quarter, in 89 seconds; three lengths at the hail, in 1:19; the same distance separating them at the three- juarters, poe up the stretch Smith sees uP 3 q considerable of Pe bat not comin, enough Lady White retained the jead, win the pea alf @ length, in 2:87%, Third Heat.—The heat was a repetition of the | Previous two, Lady White, taking the lead at the 3g | Second, Cheston third, Philadelphia NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. kept going to the uarter in 38 sec- | fifth Ray sixth, At the pole | onds, to the half in 1:16 ‘and’ winning the heat | Musie led a oath, Bella second, ines fengens | | and race in 2:374. GF. Smith getting second | in front of Kelly, the latter two ths money. SUMMARY. WuITe PLaINs, WestcHksrer County, N. Y., WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, Nov, 4 and 5,—Purse $500, ior horses that had never beaten 2:30; mile heats, three in five, in harness 250 to the first, $160 Wo the second and $100 to the third, A. 3. Feek’s ch. g. Bonner........233112 01 £, K. Bradbury’s br. g. Berkshire Be -801331%03 +20323803 First heat.. Second heat. Seventh heat Eighth heat... 38 ‘Declared no heat by the Judge 1:6 8. SAME Day.—PvuRSE, $500, for horses that had ; mile heats, three in five, in first, $100 to the second and never beaten 3 harness; $250 to the $100 to the third, M. H. Whipple's A. T, Feek’s b. B. Mace'’s br. g. H. J. B. Gilhtt's gr. g. Messenger Boy. TIM, First heat. TROTTING AT PHILADELPHIA, Second Day of the Fall Meeting at Point Breeze Park—I'wo Very Interesting Trotting Races—Bella the Winner of the 2:24 Purse—The 2:38 Purse Unfin- ished. : The attendance at Point Breeze Park yesterday afternoon was very large, tne weather being de- lightful, and @ ride to the races was indulged in by thousands, The track was quite heavy, and con- sequently slow, ON account of its sendy nature, which greatly impeded the horses in the races, Two trots were on the card, the first being be- tween horses that had never trotted better than 2:38, and the second was for horses that nad never beaten 2:24, There were fourteen entries for the first and six for the second ra‘e. Twelve came to the post for the first trot and ali in the second. The first contest was not finished when darkness set in, and it had to be postponed until this afternoon at one o'clock, The second trot ‘was won by Mr. Simmons’ bay mare Beila, after a very exciting struggle with Music. The following are the details of the sport as far as it pro- gressed:— The First Trot, POINT BREEZE PARK, PHILADELPHIA, Noy, 5.— SECOND Day OF THE FAL MExETING.—Purse $1,000, for horses that have never beaten 2:38; $600 to the first, $250 to the second, $150 to the third and $100 to the fourth horse; mile heats, best three in five, in harness, STARTERS. K Y. Ross’ g. g. Gray Chiet, J.K. . Strand’s b. m. Katy S. Mortimer’s b. m. De Rosa. J. k. P. Parry’s b. g. Philadelphia Boy R. Dempster’s ie Simon. Dan Mace’s b, m. Maude. W. L. Simmons’ b. g. Chesto: F, J. Nodine’s b, m. Voluntecr Maid... §. B, J. Larzelere’s 8, m. Fanny Gilbert. B, Crogson’s w. g. Barney Crosson . W. H. Doble’s b. m. Minerva, T. Newmon’s b, m. Sally B J. McHugh’s bik. m, Maggie M. T. R, Kiine’ss. g. Honest Mac ,. TIME, First heat... Second heat Third heat, Fourth heat, THE TROT, First Heat,—Gray Chiet was the favorite, Katy 8, second, the fleld selling for as much as the favorite. Fanny Gilbert had the best of the send-off, Phila- delphia Boy second, Cheston third, Mauae fourth, Katy S fifth, Gray Chief stxtb, the others ina bunch. At the quarter pole, which was passed in 87 seconds, Philadelphia Boy showed tue way, Fanny Glibert second, Barney Crosson third, Maude fourth, Katy § fiith, Gray Chief sixth, Cheston seventh, the ‘others spread out behind, Philadelphia Boy kept the lead down the backstretch and was first at the hali-mile ole in 1:16, Fanny Gilbert secona, Katy 8. third, aude fourth, Gray Chief filth, Barney Crosson. sixtb, Cheston seventh, Minerva eighth, De Rosa ninth. Gray Chief then trotted to the front and led half a length at the three-quarter pole, Phila- aelphia Boy second. A very fine struggle up the homestretch terminated in Gray Chief winning the heat by half a length, Philadelphia Boy sec- ond, Katy 8. third, Maude fourth, Fanny Gilbert fifth, Cheston sixth, Barney Crosson seventh, Minerva eighth, Volunteer Maid ninth, Simon ene, De Rosa eleventh, Sally 8 twelitn. Time, 132386 Second Heat.—Gray Chief was the favorite over the field. Cheston was in front at the start, Barney Crosson second, Fanny Gilbert third, Gray Chief tourth, the others straggling on a length or two apart. Simon went to the front on the turn and iedatength at the quarter pole in 39 seconds, Cheston second, Fanny Gilbert third, Barney Crosson fourth, Katy 8. filth, Volunteer Maid sixth, Mauae seventh, the others pretty weil spread out and not in the race at all. At the half mile pole Simon still showed the way in 1:17, Katy S. second, Maude third, Cheston fourth, Volunteer Maid flith, Philadelphia Boy sixth, the others still following on several lengths apart. Katy s. went to the iront at the three-quarter pole, and coming on steadily won the heat by a bey ha Simon joy fourth Mande fiftn, Fanny Gilbert sixth, Volunteer Maid seventh, Minerva eighth, Gray Chier ninth, ve Rosa tenth, Barney Crosson eleventh, Sally B, dis- tanced, Time 2:34, Third Heat.—Gray Chief still the favorite, Fanny Gtibert Was away with the jeaa, Philadeiphia Boy second, Katy S. third, Maude fourth, Simon filth, Volunteer Maid sixth, De Rosa seventh, the others | ina group. Philadeiphia Boy went to the irout on | the turn and led alength to the quarter pole in 37% seconds, Katy 8. second, Simon third, Cheston fourth, De Rosa fifth, the oth At the half mile pole, passed tn 1:17%4, Philadelphia Boy still led, Katy S, second, Simon third, Cheston fourth, De Rosa filth, At the thre Katy 8. led a neck, Philadelphia Boy second, Simon third, De Rosa fourth, The latter then came Sony rapidly and at the distance stand was a length in front, with which advanti ihe led over the score @ winner of the heat. Time, 2:35, Fourth Heat.—Roden was placed bebind Gr: Chief, in place of the man who had handled bim, as it was evident toall that he was being pulled. De Rosa led, Cheston second, Katy 8, third, Maude Jourth, Gray Cntet fifth. At the quarter-pole Phila- deiphia Boy was first in 40 seconds, Cheston sec- one Fanny Gilbert third, Katy S. fourth, Maude fifth, Gray Chiei sixth, Volunteer Maid seventh, Simon eighth, Minerva ninth, De Rosa tenth, Barney Crosson eleventh, Maude went to the front at the hall-mile pole to 1:19, Philadelpma Boy second, Gray Chief third, Fanny Gilbert fourth, the others trailing. Gray Chief broke up, but, recovering quickly, he passed the others and led at the three-quarter pole, Philadelphia Boy second, Maude third, Katy S, fourth, Voluoteer Maid filth. Gray Chief then came away and won the heat by three lengths in 2:363¢, Maude second, Philadelphia Boy third, Volunteer Maid fourth, Simon fifth, Katy 8. sixth, De Rosa seventh, Cheston eignth, Fanny Gilbert ninth, Minerva tenth, Bar- ney Crosson eleventh, ‘he race Was then postponed until this after- neon at one o'clock, The Second Trot, Same Day.—Purse of $1,500, for horses that have never beaten 2:24; $750 to the first, $400 to the second, $250 to the third and $100 to the fourtn horse; mile heats, best three in-five, in harness, STARTERS, W. L. Simmons’ b. m. Bella... 1211 W. C. Trimble’s ch. m. Music, 122 L, J. Martin’s b. g. Mystic... 336 W. BE. Week's b. g. Frank Wood. 445 | W. Lovell’s b. g. Barney Keily.... 5 5 6 J. 0, Eckerson’s 664 b. g. EVerett Ray. TIME. Raln First heat.. Second heat. . ‘Third beat Fourth heal alt THE TROT. First Heat—Bella sold tor $75, Music $61, Everett Ray $45, the fleld $30. Bella had the best of the | send-off, Music second, Barney Kelly third Everett Ray fourth, Mystic fifth, Frank Wood sixth. At the quarter pole, which was passed in 36 seconds, Bella led a length anda hall, Music second, Mystic third, Barney Kelly jourth, Frank Wood filtn, Everett Ray sixth, the three last- named haying broken up on the turn and were far behind. Goimg to the half-mile poie Belia and Masic both broke up, the former tnree times, and Mastic led four lengtus to the nalf-mile pole in 1:11. She maintained the lead into the homestretch and up to the distance stand, when Bella showed in front and won the heat by a neck, Music two lengths in front of Mystic, Barney Kelly jourth, Bverest Hay fiith, Frank Wood sixth, Time of the heat, 2: * Second Heat.—Mystic was first away, Bolla sec- ond, Masic third, Barney Kelly fourtn, Kverett Ray filth, Frank Wood sixth. At the quarter poie Bella led one length, Mystic second, Barney Keil: third, Everett Ray fourth, Music fifth, Fran Wood sixth. Time 363, seconds, Bella was still & Jength in front at the half-mile pole in 1:13, Mystic coud, Music third, Frank Wood fourth, Everett Ray fith, Barney Kelly sixth, Going around the lower turn Music worked up to the second place, and Belia ied her a length and a half at the threes quarter pole. Music squared ay after getting into the homestretch, and a most exciting contest ensued besween the two mares to the stand, Music winning the heat by a head. Bella was three engins in front of Mystic, who was a lengtnt Us rank Wood, Barney Kelly flith, Everett Time, 2:26. ird Heat.—Music the lead, Bella secona, Mystic third, Frank Wood iourth, Barney Key ers well spread out. | uarter pole | ok Woon, Everett Ray filth, Mystic sixth. Time, 36seconds. Going to the haltnite | Pole Muaic broke up and Belia led jour lengths to | (he half mile pole in 1:15, Bverets Ray third, Bar- | ney Keliy fourth, Frank Wood fifth, Mystic mxth. | ‘Music ciosed on Bella and was at her shoulders at | the three-quarter pole, Music then swang Into the stretch on even terms with Bella, but they both broke up. Bella recovering first, won the heat vy six lengths, Barney Keliy second, | Everett Ray third, Frank Wood fourth, Mysuc Hith, Music sixth. Time of the heat, 2:27. Fourth Heat.—Beila was away first, Barney Kelly second, Everett Ray third, Music fourth, | Frank Wood fifth, Mystic sixth, At the quarter | pole Bella ied five lengths in 37}4 seconda, Music | second, Everett Ray third, Barney Kelly fourth, | Mystic flith, Frank Wood sixth, At the half-mile pole, which was passed in 1:14, Bella still showed the way bv four lengths, Music second, Everett Ray third, Barney Kelly Jourth, Mystic flith, Frank Wood sixth. Muste shut Gp a good deal of the | daylight on the lower turn, and was only two lengths penind at the three-quarter pole. she closed on Bella gradually up the homestretch, but, when she got on even terms with her, Music broke up and Bella won the heat and race by two lengths in 2:28. Music won second money, Mystic the third premium, Frank Wood the fourth. TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD PARK. FLEBTWOOD PARK, Nov. 5, 1874.—Sweepstakes $150, for road horses, mile beats, three in five, in harness ; owners to drive. P. Datey’s ch. m. Lady Daile; A, Jones! gr. g. Ned... W. Lynch’s b. g. Jam J. W. Young's bik. m, Rebecca. J, Murphy's b, g. Franey Owner's @ g. Monarch. ar. e, 3:10—3. in five, in harness, Owner's 8. g, Monarch, 2111 Robert Laird’s ch, m, L 1222 John Torney’s b. dr, John Mullane’: ar, ‘W. Morris’ b. g. Bay Dan. + dr. Time, 3:14—3 SAME Day,—Sweepstakes §: in five, in harness. J. King’s bik, m. Betsey Kin, pi eS J. Murphy’s s, g. Sorrel Jake: 222 A. Strauss’ 8, g. T. J. Stevens ar. P, Darkin’s 8, g. Prince + dr ‘ime, 2:4 A PEDESTRIAN FEAT. eh Protessor John R. Judd to Walk 500 Miles in Six Days and a Raif— Probability of Success=-What Judd Has Done. Mr. John R, Judd, the well known professor of athletic training, proposes at no distant time to try the feat whicn Weston 80 oiten fatled in—namely, that of walking 500 miles in six days and a half, Proiessor Judd, unger the name of John Davidson, has already accomplished several wondertul feats | of the kind, and he believes himself fully compe- | tent to accomplish this, He has, for instance, | proven his endurance by walking 105 hours, or four | days, four nights and nine hours, resting only | twenty-eight minutes in every twenty-four hours; { that is to say, in the whole time about two hours, This 1s probably the most remarkable exhibition of Mere endurance that has ever been made. On | Several occasions he has walked 100 hours, with | only a cessation of thirty-eight minutes in every twenty-four hours, and he jor thirty minutes in every twelve hours carried an anvil weighing 115 pounds on his shoulders, As far as distance is concerned, he has made 100 miles tn 19n, 47m. 32s., walkiog time, aud in dving this he carried the anvil once every twelve hourg for a distance of | half a mile, whicb he made in six minutes, These facts demonstrate that Judd may possibly succeed m accomplishing the /eat in whicb Weston and so many others fatled. A HERALD reporter called on the celebrated | trainer yesterday, Judd is @ small man, rather | stout in build, with muscies powerfully developed | and & somewhat prepossessing countenance, | Merely looking at bim,.bowever, one would not | guess at the strength which lies within. Juud said be did intend to try the ov0-mile walk, “But,” he sald, “I mean to change the conditions to some extent. Thus I shall not attempt to do | it in six days, but in six days and a half, as I | think this would be about the limit of human endurance. Weston always bega. walking at | twelve o'clock on Sunday, midnight. [ always held this to be an unwise thing, ior it has the effect at the very commencement of a trial, | mainly one of endurance, of upsettiag tie habits | and thereby partially incapacitating the man at | work. Ishali therefore begin at six o’ciock on |, Monday morning, my usual time for getttog up, farting tresh and rested, Ihave reason to that Weston adopted the pian of setting | thus believe ous at midnight to give himself a | good start, People would generally leave the place from two unwl six in the morning, and Weston always managed to make some twenty to twenty-five mules during that time. It looked suspicious, because he never succeeded in doing it at any other time when people were present; and, besides, | knew that | Weston by nis mere bulid would never succeed. There was nothing in him, I have had a great deal of experience with physical powers, and I ever 8aW & Man of his build who amounted to anything as a walker, Why should he succeed when such men as Mountjoy and others, stout and strong, of immense power and endurance, have so | often failed, People don’t realize what’ it 1s to walk 500 miles in six days, It 18 more than three miles and @ half for every bour in the six days. This is terrible wear on & man. For thus reason I bave given myself tweive hours more, ‘his will be more than three miles for every hour: of the six days and a half. To add somewhat to the interest ot affair] intend to carry an anvil, weighing over obe hundred pounds, on my shoulder, com- mening, say on the Thursday, fora quarter of a mile, 4nd continue up to the Sunday. [1 then I am still walking 1 shall carry it on that day halfa mile, and finish the week at six o’clock on Sunday evening.” “Where Soren intend todo tt “At the Rink, on Third avenue, It is, amer all, the best place that could be selected. i shall be- gin on the first or second Monday in December, and keep walking during the entire week. think the people would feel a revival of interest in the matter ior one who would seriously try to | do it. I am confident I shoula succeed. I understand that Weston never trained for his ‘alk. Now @ thing of this kind requires the most persistent and industrious training. I shall begin vy walking ten or filteen miles a day and increase gradually to fifty, then diminsn | again and take a thorough rest for the turee or | four days before the wi T shall not fatigue my. self by any extra or sensational spurts, but shall endeavor to keep simply to the fuil time allowed Ine, and deviate as little as possible from natural my By this plan 1 am satisfied | can succeed in the feat. There 1s no doubt that Professor Judd will make go earnest and honest effort to accomplish what he gets out for, and several gentlemen have prom- ised him purses should he succeed. Kelug probauly the best Walker im the world and the most ardent devotee of system in its practice, his trial of eu. durance Wil) be watched with tne greatest inte: est, as being a genuine test of what a perfect man, physically, can do. OCEANIO YAOHT OLUB PRIZES. Meeting of the Jolly Yachtsmen—The Winning Yachts and Their Com- manders. ‘The Oceanic Yacht Club, of Jersey City, Commo- dore C. F, Taylor, held a meeting at their club house, foot of Van Vorst street, last might, for the pur- pose of presenting prizes to the winning yachts of last spring’s races. The prizes Were presented by Mr. John Fackiner, who also acted as president of the meeting; secretary, Mr. Benjamin Byron. The following were the yachts nonored on the occasion and the prizes awarded them:—Yacht Brooklyn, James Smith captain, ® magnificent opera glass; yacht Emily P., Commander J, Sweeny, ® gold badge, Nandsomely and prop- erly imscribed; both of these yachts belong to the Long Island Yacht Club, Yacht Cuarles F, Taylor, Captain —-, & handsome goid badge, Oceanic Yacht Cluo; yacht Tough, Captain Ben. Carr, a fine opera giass, Columbia Yacht Cluy, The comfortable club house was pret- tily decorated, and the attendance large, many members irom other clubs having mo in by the hospitadle Oceanic ‘acht Aiter the meeting had been called to order and some routine business gone through with, the object of the meeting was au- nounced by the President and the prizes distribu- ted, Speeches were made on the occasion by Commodore 0. F. Taylor, of the Oceanic Yacht Club, and several members of the visiting clubs, The occasion was & most joyous one and the best ol fellowship prevailed, the succeasfal competitors for the last spring races belng loudly cheered and complimented for their good seamanship. Alter the presentation was over the company sat down to an excellent cold collation, which, however, was garnished by the addition of a real old- fashioned Jersey clam chowder. Aiter the repast several sea songs were given by the songsters of the club, and the meeting adjourned. THE OHESS TOURNAMENT. The handicap chess tournament, open to all comers, and the first which has been held in this oity since the one of 1869, 18 attracting considerable attention among New York chess players, The tournament is being held at the Café International, and at ita conclusion five prizes will be distributed. Before this happens upwards of five hundred games will have been played and about jour weeks more will have elapsed, The most notable feature yesterday was | the defeat of Mr. Delmar, in two games, by M. Aloeront, a French army officer. Below ate given the scores, &c. There are tinier Tetrion for the tournament, but is is probable that not all will lay. The first class players are Messrs. palmar, bar. nett and Mason; second ciass, Messrs. Dull, Barnes, Perrin. McCutcheon, B. Lisner and Albe- Toni; third class, Messrs. Sanger, J. Lisner, Frankel, W. Townsend, Schultz, Goldman, Stan- berry, beck, Findlay, Murray, O'Neill, Pryor; fourth class, Messrs. Garraban, No: ‘erguson, Koon, Elwell, Mathesins, Limbeck and’ Whitaker} firth class, Messrs, Spear, Townsend and Edwards. The foregoing thirty-iour players have been handicapped by Mr.G. H. Mackenzie, the cham- Dion chess player of the United States, and the tournament is governed by the laws laid down in Stainton’s chess praxis. The following is the | Methoc adopted by Mr. Mackenzie in the handle Capping of the players :— he players in the first class will give to the Second class the odds of the drawn game; to the third class, the odds of pawn and two moves; to the fourth class, the odds of the knight, and to the flith class the odds of the rook, The players {n the second class will give pawn and move to the third class, pawn and two moves to the fourth class, and knight to the filth class. The players in the third class will give pawn and move to the fourth clase, and pawn and two moves to the flit, ciasa. The players in the fourth class will give peso oe meaee to the flith class, Yhe following are the best scor hour ines mighti~ scores up to a late Mason, first class Deimar, first class. Barrett, first class. Perrin, second class Dill, second class. McCutcheon, second class, Alberont , Games Won, Games a Lost, aunewan THE NATIONAL GAME, Closing Contest Between the Yale Nines for the Championship—’75 vs. ’77. New Haven, Conn., Noy. 5, 1874. The base ball contest at Hamilton Park yester- day proved to be a Mt termination to a series of games, the like of which have never been played here, The question as to which class shall possess the champion flag is at last decided, The Seniors have won it, and that, too, in the last game which, a8 a class, they will ever play. Appended is the score :— INNINGS, let, 2d. Sd. Mtn, Sth, 6 Th. Bh, Ih. 0 2 0 0 80 Lb QO Oms 0 b 0 2 0 OF Rava eariied—75, 4; 177, First base on errors—75, 4; " 77, 4. Balls cailed—On Avery, '75, 8; Knight, '77, 10. Bases on balls—'75, 1. Umpire—W, H, Richards, '75, Seorer—W. 8. Kenny CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Report on the Death of John Austin Stevens, the Oldest Member — Remi« niscences of the Early Dafs of the Bar. ‘The Chamber of Commerce held a regular meet. ing yesterday aiternoon at thelr rooms, Wiliam and Pine streets, Wiluam FE, Dodge presiding. The following named were elected memoers 0} the Chamber:—William E. Booraem, George N. Curtis, Jeremiah Curtis, George F, Gantz, Joseph Goldmark, Adolph Hallgarten, Darwin R. James, William F. Kidder, George A. Merwin, Charles F. Sanborn, Frederick A. Schroeder, Woodrui Sut. ton, Freaerick D. Tappen, George Thomas, William i. Wiley. The Executive Committee reported the names of William E. Dodge, James 8. I. Strananan, Sim | eon B. Chittenden and George Opdyke as thdse po og to be delegates to the National Board of Trade. Mr. Opdyke, chairman of the committee having charge of the report on the death of the late John austin Stevens, the oldest member of the Cham- ber, presented the report, which was lengthy. Alter speaking of the family history of the ae- ceased, and of his connection with the Bank of Commerce, the report continued as tollows:— When the Southern rebellion suddenly burst upon u! the President of the United States promptly issued mi® proclamation asking for 74WW volunteers, In that mo- Ment of alarm and indecision this Chamber, true to ita atriotic record, called a special meeting to pledge its best efforts to sustain the government. At that meeting Mr. Stevens was, as usual, at his post of duty, and t ap active and earnest patt in the proceedins and patriotic tone of which aided greatly in and consolidating the loyalty once seen that the war must entail prodigtot money, of which this city must furnish a large share, 2 The secretary of the Treasury promptly made bis appeai for financial aid ty the banks ol this and neighboring cities. The position of the Bank of Commerce of this city, as the largest, the strongest 1 credit and most cou- siderable in action of all our banking institutions, ren- dered it necessary that its managers should take a lead- ing part in deciding what response should made to the application of the government. Accordingly Mr. Stevens, its President, — wag made chairmau ‘ot the committee of the banks ot New York, Boston and Philadelphia, which assem- died here in August, 1801, to consider abd act upon the application of the government for a loan of $50,v00,000, ‘ortunatély tor our country and tts financial strength, Mr. Stevens proved to be the right man in the right Place at that critical moment, “Hi wisdoin and patriotism were equal to the oc He strongly advocated the taking ot the loan, as quent loans ofequal amount In’ this he was strongly sustained by all the leading bank, fncinding 11s cashier, M. by his associates in the committe say that this prompt, bold and sag: banks, In which Mr.’Stevens was admitted 10 be the teading spirit, was & master stroke of financial policy ‘which preserved the credit of the government and aided eutly In preserving the Union. In all relations of ive GirStavens manifested the best type of true manhoud. and he possessed the best of all giits—religious falta and practice. A copy of the report was ordered to be sent to the family of deceased, The following resolutions, offered by Mr. Schwal, wore adopted:— Resolved, That the Chamber of Commeree have heard avith sincere sorrow of the death of Mr. Leopold Bier- wirth, an eyent by which they have lost one of their oldest and most active members, whose memory will be gear to all who have had the pleasure of knowing hii during his long and honorable career as a merchant of this city, asa man of the purest character, of the most elevated’ oses, of @ penetrating and enlightened ice and of untiring devotion to the interests of his el ow men. Resolved, That the recoras of this Chamber bear abundant testimony to his lively interest in allgood ‘Works prosecuted by this body, and that his reporw on questions submitted to him, such as on the exemption of private property trom capture at sea, on matters of emigration and kindred subjects, will orever teatity to the Valuable services he has rendered to his fellow cit- ns. Kesolved, That the warmest sympathies of the Cham- ber ae hereby tenaered to his tamily in their bereavee m ent, ved, That these resolutions be entered on the records of the Chamber and pucilsheds and that am ene grossed copy, duly authenticaved, be transmitted to the family of thé deceased. On motion of Mr. Ambrose Snow a resolution was referred to the Harbor Committee asking the Light. house Department to cause the buoys of the harbor to be retained in their present position during the coming winter. It was resolved, on motion of Mr. Snow, that a committee of three be appointed to aetermine upon the best method of preventing encroach- ments in the harbor. On motion of Mr. Hantey & committee of five wag appointed to represent the Chamber at the N: tional Cheap ‘Transporvation Association, which meets at Richmond in December. A resolution was also adopted inviting Mr. Bonamy Price, of Oxford, to deliver a more ex- tended address on the subject of ‘Finance’? than was delivered by him before the Chamber on a recent occasion, The Chamber then adjourned. RECEPTION ON BOARD THE VERMONT. d atriotic action rectors of that ty ir. V A most enjoyable reception was givcn yestere day afternoon on board the United States receiv- ing sbip Vermont, at the Navy Yard, by Captain Low and the officers attached to the vessel. It was the first of a series of similar entertainments announced for every Thursday during the present month, and was in every respect a splendid in- augural this season of the delightful reunions for which the gallant old ship has long since become famous. Beyond question receptions on board men-of-war possess attractions which not even the most brillianty illuminated ballroom can lay claim to. Thelr associations and surround- ings are always apt to lend additional charms to all terpsichorean amusements, and there ig #0 much for the curious to see and learn on board, to aay nothing of the gallantry and kindness 60 characteristic of naval officers, that they at once please and captivate taose who may chance to attend them. The Ver. mont, an old line-of-battle ship, has especially been the centre of attraction for years past, and in fashionable circles approaching receptions ten- dered by the officers of the Vessel have been Awaited With the moat pleasurable anticipations, bo ge ee weather favored the event yesterday, gnd shortly after two o'clock the guests coi menced to arrive in goodly numbe! As us the vessel Was appropriately decorated with buant- ing, the spacious quarterdeck peng: tastelully ar- ranged for dancing. Altogether the ship looked the very pink of neatness and order, and elicited we heartiest encomiums (rom those who appre- clated the value of those important cle ments on board ® man-ol-war, ‘ne visitora were received by Captain Low, Lieuten- ant Commander Wyse, the Bxeoutlve mice Lieutenant Henry J. Bish: commanding th marine guard, and other officers, and conducted through the various departments of the vessel. As might be ex the attendance was very fashionable, when the reception was at its height the scene was both animated and pic- undode to grauty thet® diseinguisked ues r dista ed guests, au the three hours devoted to the reunion sped quickly on the wings Ol pleasare, Throughout the aiternoon the ship’s band performed some inter- lec rried on with esting so \d dancing was much spirit until five o’ciock, when the affair wag brought to a successful close. It was noticeavie that the men on board, numbering over two hundred, looked in fine trim, especially those attached ta the marine corps, their commanding oficer havini made exceilent arr emen's for ther comlor id entertainment. ne second reception of the the names of the piayers and their classes ‘tha series will take place on Tuursday Dext,