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(\ Py, \ \ TS Prana in te other DOXeS. 14 was found necessary to coliect the plants before they reacbed complete _—— p ma’ arity, aod it waa therefore considered that (he experiment was somewhat unsatisfactory ou account of the possibi| of the plant taking ap | arsenic during the period of ripening. The plants | thus coliectet were, however, caretully washed, Professor MeMurtrie on the Use of | to remove any of the arsenical compounds which might be mechanically attached and care ully Poisons by Farmers. tested for arsenic, We failed m every case to | detect the slightest trace, When the planta were | token up it was found that the tap roots were en- | tirely des royed, and that suMicieat small fbrous latera! roots had been throwa out to forma thickly matied mass. Toe end of the tap root, or what rematued of it, was covered witha yhick, flesiy | knob, not very large, but apparently an cxiension of the park of the root, EXPERIMENTS WITH PARIS GREZN, About the same time we sprinkled Parla green upon some plants of ‘cow pea’? (a Southern lera- minous plant), whieo were at the me growing in the department grounds, Tbe first application How Much Paris Green May be Used | was too heavy ant the plants were entirciy | killed. A second app ication was made and tois Without Injury | time the leaves and terminal buds were killed, | but In @ short time lateral buds made their ap- pearance, leaves developed and the plants con- tinued to grow very toritily. The srost threat- Timely Warnings and Sue-| evea te destructom of the plants, and these resti “ | were aixo collected previous to matasity, Tie Raahons | poisonous compouad, althoagh thoroughly washes luto the ground by subsequent rains, did not seeia to have affected the plant in its growth, and care- fui examination of the plints the ves failed to Teveal the siightes’ trace of arsent Tateresting Experiments with Cereals Com- monly Used as Food. THE POTATO BEETLE. | WASHINGTON, June | To ra Eptror oF TUE LifiaLD | Toe constant increase of Insects noxious or in- | NEW YORK HERALD, | upon vegetation, yet they are practically without eflect until the quantity preseot reaches: For Ports greeu about 900 pounds per acre. For arsenite of potassa about 400 pounds per acre. For arsentate of potassa about 150 pounds per acre. The fears of many of our agriculturists need, therefore, be vo longer entertained; yet, though they will suitor uo tajury from poisoning py arsenic in chemical combination with vegetable products, great care should ve exercised tn the matter of removing any particles aaherlug me- chagieally to them, We must also oder the warning, which cannot be too frequently repeated, that every one using such compounds should be particulariy carefal about storing them, since nearly all the accidents that nave occurred from p»soning by Paris green and other things of like character have resulted from carelessness in this particular, A more complete deceription of my experiments, with ilustrauons, will be published in the coming “Monthly Report of Department of Agriculture.” Very respectiuliy, WILLIAM McMURTRIE, HAYDEN SURVEY. THE STILL ON THE CONFINES OF CIVILIZATION—THE MEDICINAL SPRINGS OF MANITOU—ASCENT oF PIKW'S PRAK—A VISIT TO THE GARDEN OF THE GODS. Canyon Crvy, June 12, 1875. One morning previous to arriving at Colorado | Springs we arose at five o'clock and found the wind blowing a hurricane, We were encamped on the divide between Cherry Creek and Piom Creek, at an elevation of some 7,500 feet, and as we sat down to breakfast each man was obliged Jartons to vegetation nnd the methods employed From the experiments described we woald infer in practical azriculcure and horticulture for their | tAt arsenic 1s not taken up dy plants, aad Chat | Gestruction have elicited considerabie aiscassion | afenical compounds, wien present im the soll, | througnout the cous try, ana though it will not be | © xert an tujurions infaence apon vegrtation Ia possible within tue present limit to discuss all the , Order to thoroognly.al'ow snopportanny | methods employed, yet it is possible thatafew | r the P Oat ere SON Sante Ohne CRE Sees + points concerning the use of arsenical compounds tity that muy exist In the soll without having & for this purpose may not be devotd of interest ro | BUTaMy arious induen 1 ims ituted the fol- | those concerned im the removal of these pests, | leW is eXve | whicn have been 80 troublesome in some sections A NUMBER OF OOMMON FLOWER POTS | daring the past few years, In the use of greea (what ure called seven-inch pots) of the same size | (a mixcure ol arse nda te of copper), one selected and nearly flied wita a measured tity of gol. Wirh the soil of each pot was intermixed @ given quantity of Parts Toe first pot of the series containea 109 milligrammes of the poison, the second 200, the third 300, The quantity in each pot reapectiveiy was thas greater by 100 miiligrammes than that | in the pot immediately preceding it. When the quantity reached oue gramme the inerease was more rapid and the succeeding }ots contained re- spectively two, three, four and five grammes of the poisonous compound. When the series was complete, peas which had deen so selected as to secure those Of as nearly as possible the same size and appearance were planted in each of the pots. Tuls experiment proved unsatisfactory on account | of the ‘act thar on one mizit that portion of the greenhouse in which the pots were placed beeume too cold and some of the seeds falied to germinate. alkalies, be absorbed and assimilated ta the They were not disturbed, however, further than to | economy of plant growth? remove them to 4 warmer portion of the green- Secma—If thas avsordbed and assimilated, can house and another series of pots were prepared in sufficient quantity be taken up to become iu- a manner eimilarto that already descrined. jarious to the bea ta of consumers? this time it Was cunsidered of some vaine to de- Third—if not absorbed by the plant, ean its termine the infuence of arsenite of potassa and presence in the sollexertan injurious influence | arseulate of potussaim the same way, and two | upon the plant itself ? | other series of pots, containing these two com- Fourti—if such an infinence be exerted, what pounds respectively, were prepared and placed quantity may exist Im the soil beiore any injury | alongside the cthers. The growth of the plants takes place? | In these series was very satisiactory, though not | In the study of these questions we find the evl- | by any means similar in all cases. Beyond cer- dence bearing upon tt and depending upon the tain limits the plants were affected im proportion | resulta of the experiments o! previous tovesti- | to she increased quantity of poison im the pots. gators decidedly conflicting. Mulder states Thus, in case of Paris green, no decided action (Chemistry of Animal and Vegetabie Physiol- | seemed to take place until tae amount present ozy,” English translation, 1549, p, 620) that was 500 mililigramm and in the other pots of | plants may be polsoned by many principles which | this series the piauts became smaller according are poisonous to the anima: organism, but holds | to the increased quantity of tie poison in tye that they do not artack what is called the vital | pots. In these three series I employed six- principle, but affect only the organic principles, | inch pots, and the quantity of soll ineach was 91.6 nging the conditions under wnicn they exist, | cubic incues. The seeds germinated and grew | thus preventing tree transmission of liquids from | until the quantity of the arsenical compound the roots, and in support of this idea cites the | present amounted to two grains in this quantity coagulation of the albumen of the plant by me- | of soll, when the seeds decared in the ground. talc oxides such a8 those of lead, copper, &c. | With the arsenite and arseniate of potassa the He does not, Dowever, state what may be the in- | effect was very similar. Tae tofluence cf these fluence of the oxides Ol urseaic, Whose action upon | compounds seems, however, to be more active, aibumen is neutral, and tu case of arsenite the effect is quite marked ACCORDING TO MARCET when tle soi! contained 390 miliigrammes, (“Lindley’s Theory and Practice of Horticultare,'* The arseniate seems, however, to affect the plant | London: 1855, p. 8), ‘* Whes plants are exposed to | When present in very smell quantity, as was shown the action of such poisons as destroy animal life, | by comparison with a plant grown to a pt con- they will not only perism under the infuence, but | taining perfectly normal sot', wien, by the way, ta @ manuer apalogous to what occurs among | Was & standard of comparison for the otner series of the compounds most extensively em many sad accidents wave occurred whic proved fatal to human auc animal life, av these facia arose the question of the possibility of the absorption and = assiwilation of arsenic by plants und through such a medium its communication to the animul system. From the fact of the very extensive use of the arsenical compounds arose the question of the possibility ofthe accumulation of sufiicient arsenic in the soll to become, alter a series of applications ex- tending through a namber of years, deleterious or injurious to subsequent crops. During the past year I, there/ore, imstituted ao investization with 4 View to the SOLUTION OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. First—Can arsenic, when applied to tue soll to combination with tue metallic oxides or the animals.” “If apimais,” he says, ‘be dosed wita | also. Por practical parposos, however, the effect | arsenic or corrosive sublimate they perisa by in- beg so sligntmeed not be taken into account fammation or corrosion;*plents die in a similar until the quantity producing it amoants to 200 or Cateulating upon this basis we fina that the limir of the quantity of Paris green that may exist in the soil without injury to vegetation is about 145.6 grains per cube foot, Which is equivalent to about 996 pounds per acre, caicalating for a depth of one foot. In the same Way we find that the limit for arsenite of potassa 14 about 500 pounds per acre, and thougs the effect of arseniate of potaisa may be coticed when only a small quantity is present ia tee soll, | am, never- theless, of the op t ths compound may be applied at the rate of 15010 200 pounds per acre way, no art sufficing for thetr re sults of tae inve: ations of Pr: BE. W. Davy (PRL Mag., vol. Xviil, p. 108) lead to a diferent conclusion, Being aware of the tact that nearly a/lof tae sulphuric acid employed in Dubiin in tae manufacture of superphosphates was made (rom pyrites, whica aimost invariably contained ar- seule, he considered it of some importance to Getermine whether the arsenic which thus p {nto the superphospaates, and must, therefore, be commanicated to the soi! in the most favorabie condition for assimilation by plauts, could eater overy.”* The re- | 200 milligrammes. into the vegetable organiem. As a preliminary | witvout any great injury to crops. For practical experiment, ne tells us ne Watered peas, which had purposes, however, it will never be jound peces- been transplasted imto @ pot containing rick gar- | sary to apply #0 large an amount. dea soil, with a conceatrate utous solution of TUE LT8 HAVE BEEN CONPIRMED | to grasp bis tin plate in one bard to prevail upon itto remain at the table, and with the ovher be ready to rescue any stray cultnary article as it arose in the air, Tuisywas, in reality, eating a meal under great dimcultés. The ordeal of bresk- fasting being passed through safely, however, gave piace to oue of stili greater dimculty, To pack in such a wind was a!most an impoasipility. AS We took our tents dowa the wind caught up every louse object which was expused to its mercy, and huts, towels, papers and blaokets danced across the country indiscriminately. To saddle the mules it required two meu—one to hod the bianket walle the other adjusted the saddle, Our route lay to the south, across the platean, and, getting an unusually early start, we travelled steadily until late in the aiternoon, Three miles an hour is the average rate of a loaded mule train and twenty miles ® day 4 fair average distance, but, everyihing being favorable, we accomplished @ journey of twenty-seven miles, making our camp in the vicinity ofasawmul. Meeting a man who iived in the neighborhood we asked him the distance to this mil, ana were iniermed that tt was just two miles, After travelling on for pearly au hour we stopped at @ log hut which we | passed, and, inquiring of a woman the distance, | were informed it was just four miles. This tntel- ligenee was traly disheartening, for we were all | weary and huvgry, and the sun beat down and was reflected up from the hot sand until we could scarcely see to guide our animals. Four miles, however, was not far, aud we beguiled the time by picturing to our bungry | stomacuis the savory viands which would soon be steaming on our supper table, and as we rede nopefuily forward another Coloradoan crossed our path, Yo our casual inquiry regarding our dest nation the man told us it was searcely six miles, alver which he barely escaped with bis life, Here | we were steadily approaching a designated point at the rate of turee miles an hour, and as we ad- vanced te distance increased in an arithmetical progression. But disappointments cannot con- tioue forever, and late in the afternoon weerected | our tents oy the side of the mili, We were stillin the confines of civilization, although the latter was graduaily thinaing out. In going to bed we witnessed a@ very s range phenomenon, The sides of the tent were charged with clectricity, and in accidentally striking the canvas with the keuckles @ severe sh ck Was communicated to the system, This was repeated several times, and at each repetition an electric spark and accom- | panying suap were obtained, PIKg’S PEAK. Pike's Peak rose grandly im the éistance to our right, and for turee days, a3 we approacned it, we | could distinguisa Do perceptible diminuttou in its distance from w than @ mile away. On the 10th day of June we passed through the town of Colorado Springs, and were surprised to discover that there were no springs in iis near vicinity, as its Dame bad jea us to suppor rive miles from here, however, at the foot of Pike's Peak, is situated the village of M tou, at which place numerous medicinal springs bubble up from the rocks. These contain in solu- tion soda ana tron, with smaller quantities of other minerals, and are rapidly becomtog popular and jashionabie resorts. The town of olorado Springs 1s situated on tue Denver and Grande Ratiroad, sevcnty- six miles soutn of Denver and forty-two north of Paeblo, The first stake was driven about July, 1871, on the sise of the springs, and since that time @ beautiful wnd rapidly increasing town bas sprasg Up, Whose population to-day is in we neighborhood of 3,500, Pike's Peak, one of the arsenious acid. ‘Tuis treatment was repeated by those of Professor Freytag, (“Jahebach fr | grandest mountains of the range, Is estimated at every second or third day for more than a week | Berg und Biltvenwesen,” 1573), in nis Investiga- | 14,216 leet above sea level, and on its very sum- and then ¢ mtiuued. At the end of some tions upon tre influence of the suphurous and § mitthere is a United States signal station and months, the plants having growa to full size, metallic fumes of the Freiberg metallargical | observatory, which was established In the first fowered and ir was Works upon surronnsing vegetation. Among | partof November, 1573. Here ia a stone butiaing, ot both Maren’s aad Reinsch’s other things be dete edby experiment that watch is occupied during tne whole year, being ersenic baa permeated every pai plants were killed when placed in the highest cavitation on the continent. A trait Being thus sat a that pi ¢ capable of | solutions § «© containing 1-20 per cent. of rons from the bottom to the summit of the peak, taking up a © during ther elopmen arsesiows acit, and M. FB. Heckel, (“Comptes and tourists cam make the entire ascent on made some experiments with the use of ph Rendas,” ¢ Ixxx, 1,172), states that 25 m horseback, At the foot of the peak lies pRates containing arsemc. The su acid | ligrammes of arseaious acid, or the soluble arsen- | Monument Park, which abounds in gigantic employed ia their ma ture co abo lates in 9 grammes Of Water destroy the em monuments, towers a tatue-iike formations of 28 pounds arsemic per v ad th bryo# aad prevent the germination of the seeds. white sandstone. Near this Park is the Garden employed were one ton of acit por two toms of | Professor Freytag furtuer states that arsenjous of the Gods, which abounds im immense rocks of bone. The amount of arsenic in ; acid and the oxides of zinc and lead cannot be in phate was, therefore, relatively very email. jorious to the roots of vegetation on account of In bis next experimeat he grew 2 sinall cabhage | their torming insoluble compounds with the usuai plaotin @ soll comtaiming the superphosphare in const vents of the vorl. I cannot, however, agree question, aud in three weeks he exemined so with bim in this, from the fact that in the small a quantity of the plant as 1 for first of my experiments such diMcuicly arsenic, and obteined the “most distinc: indica folucle compounds as the afseniates of trons of that sapstance.” He further examined barium, strontium and magnesium we ent Swedish turnips which had grown upon soilto ficiently active to prevent germination. Avain, Which superphosphate baa bece applied, and ob- in reports upon the composition of certain red sandstone, The so-called gateway is formed of iofty walis of this rock, through whict the road passes into the Garden. Leaving Colorado Spring, our road took us through and over the “hog-backs,” which form the foot-bills at the base of the range. The way lay through @ canyon in the red sandstone, which, on either side, assumed fantastic shapes and con- stantiy surprised us by their resembiance to ani- mate ovjecta. In gazing up the sides ofthe ra- | same steamer, as tue sigual for sturting. the Denver and Kio Grande Ratiroad, and situated on the north bank and at the mouth of the grand canyon of the Arkansas, This canyon presents #ome of the finest natural scenery in tus part of the Territory. The town ha# ® population of neurly & thousand, and contains the noted iron, suda and warm springs which by analysis nave been said to be the bestin the country. The warm Springs reach @ temperature of from 98 degrees to 102 degrees in the reservoirs, Selec'ing a pleasant spot acruss the river, the party encamped there Jor the night and in the morning received farther supplies to last as until we should arrive at one of the survey's supply camps, on the Mancos River, YACHTING. THR SECOND CAPR MAY R¥EGATTA—PROGRAMME FOR THE KagEs, ‘ Jt ls announced that the second annual regatta at Capo May will take place on Monday and Tues- day, July 12 and 13, The committee having the arrangements in charge consists of John ©, Bul- litt, General W. J. Sewell, Albert W. Markley, Ed- ward A, Warne, L, P, Asimead, Dexter 5. Stone and Geaeral EK, Burd Grabb, The Regatta Com- mittee invite entries of all yachts belonging to any organized yacht club, and to yachts that may eater the committee offer ior competition the fol- lowing prizes:— FIRST DAY. Start ten o'clock A. M., Monday, July, 12, 1875, Time allowance race. Allowance vf time jor ull ference in size of yachts will be based upon the measuremeat of mean length and the greatest breadth, Batrance free, Qae prize for each class—For schooners, a silver prize, value $1,000; lor sloops, & sliver prize, Value, $1,000. SECOND DA’ Start ten o'clock A. M., Tuesday, July 13, 1875. Sweepstakes race. 40 be sailed without time al- lowance, Entrance fee, $25, Two prizes jor each class—For jovners, a silver prize, value §: 5500 5 lor sioopa, a sliver prize, Value $500. Tae second boat iu, Of eacu Class, to take the entrance money of that class. courses, Monpay—Finst DAY—Lims ALLOWANCE.—From @Slakevoat ironling the hotels, of the eastera eud of Eph Shoal, to the igntsi'p Ou Five Fathom Bank, leaving it on the port hand; thence w and around @ stakeboat, distant about toree miles bortheasi, leaving it on the port hand; thence to the home stakebvat, passing between it and tae shore. Distance, foriy miles. TUESDAY—SECOND DAY—SWEEPSTAKES.—From & Stakeoout Of Eph Suoal, to aod around a stake- boat placed to windward (or leeward), leaving 1t on port hand wud rerarn to Ome Stax evoat, puss- ing between it and the shore. Jiscance to be xed vy the Committee on the duy of tue race. DIRECTIONS. A flagboat will be anshured off the shore fron:- ing tue hotels, The yachis will wake a fring start, passing between the flagvoat and commit- ‘Lee's st aud the time of each yacht wilt be taken as she passes. ‘The signal tor preparing to Sart will ve one gun from the com- mattee’s steamer, and ten minutes after tne firsc signal a second gun will be fired from the Yachis must cros# tne line within fHiteen minutes after the second gun. A compe.ent person will be Placed by the Regatta Committee on board of each stationary vessel to make ooservations, Any v.0- lation of tne reguiations saail be reported to the judges immediately alrer the regatta, and, i re- quirea by the judge-, redaced to writing. Any uiterations made i the @irect.ous will be an- nounced on tie Morning of the regatia, A pier has been buut in front of Congress Hall by Colonel Cake, at wulch small boats from the yachts can safely and in any ordivary weatoer, mittee resorve to themselves tie right to rule out any yachts uisobcying ‘he rales lor the rega On account of the zreater convenience in me uring, allowance of tine will bo made according to the *iength and breadth system.” Ail yacuts lutending to enter for the time allowance race should be measured according to the rales gov- cerning the race beiore proceeding to Cape May, and to bring thelr certificates with them. Yacht oWvers are requested to send in their entries as erly a8 possivle to L. P. Asnmead, 1,520 Chescnut street, Patladeipnia. After July 9, any communal. cation or information desired suould be addressed to Cape May, N. J. SAILING REGULATIONS, Yechts are required to carry tueir clnd fags and Private siguals during the race. Noue but fore- wod-ait sails allowed, aod nothing bat hana-lead and lige may be used im sounding. Ail yacuts, during & regatta, to keep ther foors down and bulkheads standing, Trimming by dead Weight shall be allowed up to time of starting, bat uot Gunng the race; no ballast or water snali, however, be permitted \o be taken or discharged within twenty-four hours of the time named for the regatta, A yacht touching any boat, buoy or flag used (0 Mark Oat tie Course 8| forieit ail clu to the prize, except as specifiea below. Ancuoring Will be ailowed caring tue race. but 20 1c04ans allowed to propel @ yacot, except salis, Yachts on the port tack must invariably give Way (0 those on tue starboard tack, aud in all Cases where a dout of the possi ouity of the yacht on tne port tack weatheriNg the one on the star- | Doard tack $sail @Xist the yacht On the port tack | Snail give way. If the other yacat keep her course ithough it hever seemed more | | Is io the rr tained similar result, mioeral waters in Germany we Gad statements of ve, Which rose for huadreds of feet, one conid Mr. E. H. Ozston doubted that a satarated solu- the presence of such insoluble compounds as arse carcely realize that be was standing et tion of arsenious acid could be applied toplanis ite o f iM solution, and until weare fully ao elevation of over 6,000 feet, but without injury to them, and repeated the experi- | satisfied as to the character and powerot the rather that it was @ iow, depressed | ments of Davy, obtaining results of & totally | ostursl soirents in the sul it Will be impossible to | valley through which he was passing. As we Gifferent character from those of his predecessor. say What substances wili be without action upon penetrated farther and farther into the heart of In the deseriptioa of his experiments (Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1890, 216) he states that when the solutions of arsenious acid were eulictentis diluted to preventinjary to the plants no arsenic coud be detected in any portion above ground. Like resaits were obtained by Vaabeny (Joar. Chem. Soc. xiv, 215) by similar experi- ments tpon young bariey and turnips to waco pulutions of ar eniou aad been applied. MY OWN INVESTIGATIONS have etven results which corroborate tho | vegetation on acconns of their insolubility, A PRACTICAL REVIEW OF THE MATTER, These facts also argue against the possibility of any considerable accumulation of arsenic in the foil by successive a plications of Paris green in- the quantities usually recommenved for the de- siruction of the Colorado potato beetle. Where rotation of crops is observed, and application of the poison cannot, therefore, take piace more than once im three or four years, it is probable - that, each appileation being acted upon by the tained by Ogston and Daube My firstexperi- Datura! solvents of the soi), will be removed by ments bearing upon this sunject were nerun in drainuge before another tx ma And even August of 16T4, the maim object eing todetermine where annual spplieations are made Ao tue possitnlity of the substitution of substances much time mst elapse before the limit cond be attammed that no Injury need be feared from this cause. In order to determine whether any of the plants in the four series experimented upon bad abeorbed and assimilated any arsenic during the perioa of growth, tie piants, a(ter reaching complete maturity, were collected and carefully wasned to remove any arsenic adhering to them mechanically, and tested by careful ap- plieauon of Marsh's Lest as described by Wormicy. (“Micro-Chemistry of Poisons,’ page 278.) By this means I failed in any cass to detect arsenic in the plants. I aiso examived tn the same way po- tatoes from crops to which heavy applications of belonging to the same chemical classification in the economy of plant growth. For this purpose 1 prepared soils with clean washed sand, containing ral te of potassa, sulphate of ammonia, gypsum 0d otber materials necessary to the support of plants, and in each of the boxes respectively phosphates and arseniates of calcium, maguesiam, barium and strontium, Peas were then sown to ach of the boxes and owed to germinate, Without discussing the possibiiities of substita- fon here, it i* suMcient to say that while tne peas im the boxes containing the phosphates germinated and grew very nicely, those in tne | the hills the way became narrower and more in- tricate. In sume places the road coursed the ary bed of a mountain torrent, and the perpendicular rocks rose scarcely eight feet apart. Strange ani- mais and new plaats (to ue) greeted as on every side, The hérned toad and prairie lizzard glided across our path. The large crimson flowers of tne globe cactns bloomed among the rocks, and a: every step unknown trees and plants came into view. [t was a wild, pleturesque country, made barren jn many piaces by the sediment and sand formed by the wearing away of the rocks, and for mules the red dost lay six tnches deep in tue trail, PRAVER CREEK. We camped on Beaver Creek, a northern tribu- tary of the Arkansas, While rambling among the rocks one of the party picked up a fragment of Indian pottery, which bore the appearance of great age. It was about tour by three inches in dimensions, made, of coarse, sandy ciay, red on the outside and burnt biack inside, ‘There 1s reason to suppose that, had we had vime to make @ more thorough search farther up among the crevices, we might have made some joteresting discoveries; but from this sinzie piece we could determine notning satisfactorily, A CHARMING SPOT FOR A TOWN. On leaving Beaver Creee out road led us due west for nearly eigntcen miles. It took boxes contaimi%s the arsenistes nearly | Paris green hed been made and obtained similar ag ail failed to germinate, and those whicn | negative resuits. With these facts before us and | through @ beantifal, level park, which extended pprung up were very weak and sickly | without considering wi may be the result ofa | for about eight miles, beimg two miles in and fatied in any case to reach complete develop- | series of experiments continued through aseries | width, and this Sirack OSs a8 being a ment. Other seeds Were sown inthe same boxes; | of yeurs, we must conclude that plants haveno charming spot for @ town, were it not but, while some of them germinated, the plants failed to op fully and remained smal! and weak during entire period of growin of tue | o power to absorb and assimilate compounds of arsenic, and (bat though the latter may, by its euce im the soll. exert am iniartous infueuce for the great scarcity of water which prevais | through this section, The end of the eighteen miles broagot us to Canyon City, the tarwsnue ot | Contre, | and run lato er the owner o: the yacht on the p Tt tack shall be compelled to pay all damages wud forieit ali claim (o tae prize. Aby yacht bearing away or uitering her course to jeeward, aud thereby compelling auother yacht to bear away to avoid Cvliision, shall torieit ail claim vO the prize, except Wuen two yachts are | approaching 4 windward shore, buoy or stakeboat together, with a@ free wind and so close to each oer that tbe weatgermost cannot bear away at Of tae lee Wardmost, an) by sianding on fur- tker would be in danger of running ashore or toucning sald buoy or stakeboat, such leeward- most yacht, on being reques'ed to bear away, is immediately to comply, and will forfeit ali claim to the prize by not so doing. The weathermoat yacht must, however, in tuis case bear away at ine same time as the one she bails, ii sue can dogo without coming tn contact. When two yachts by the wind are approaching shore, a buoy or stukeboat together, and so close that the feewardmost canvot tack Clear ol the windwardmost, and oy standing on further would be in danger of running »shore or touching said buoy or ftakeboat, suca Weathermost yacat, on bela requested to put about, is immediate:y to comply not 80 doing, The jeewardmest yacht mast in tals cage, However, tack at tae Same moment as the one she oalis, If se Cam do sO Without coming in contact. When rounding a mark, boat or bnoy the yacht nearest thereto shall be cousifered the headmost bo od should any other yacht that atta or race compel @ yacht nearer any Merk, bout or buoy to touch the said mark, boat or buoy the yacht so compelun her shall iorieit all claim to the prize, and her owner shail pay for all damage that may occur thereby. rhe yacht so cowpeded to touch @ mark, boat or buy, shail net suffer any penalty thereior. Yachts going irce must invari- ably give way to those by the wind on eitner tack. All yachts must carry at least one servic aole boat. The tabies for time allowances adopted by the comumittee for the Cape May Regatta, July 12 and 18, based apon Measuremen’ of meau length and greatest breadth of the yachts, will be printed aad distribated tae day previous to tue regatta. THE CENTRAL HUDSON YACHT CLUB REGATTA, The summer regatta of the Central Hudson Yacht Club, headquarters at New Hamburg, will take place on Thursday, July 1. Tuere have already been fourteen entries for tuis regatta, and others are expected. The Newburg Bay yachismen will hold their Summer regatta on August4, It will be open, witmout entrance fee, to all vessels not exceeding thirty-five feet in length on the wa- | ter ine. The yachts entered will be divided into two classes, the Uret class includ ve is over twenty-five feet in length, and tae emailer craf', The time allowance gr ee In lengtn. Two valnavle prizes, yet to be announced, wil be awarded to the victors in each class on the basis of time allowance, and as additional prizes, a set of colors to the first yacht in each class, ‘without respect to that allowance. No resi a8 to sulls or crew will be made. same are applicable, the reguiations of the York Yaent Clab will be toilowed tn this revat Entries must be made at the ofice of Commodore ‘Thomas P. Kamsdell, Newburg, on or before August 2. Captains of yachts entering must re- pore to the committee @t the United States Hotel, Newburg, veiore sen o'clock on the morning oi the race. YACHTING NOTES. The Cape May Regatta, on the 12th and 1sth of July, promises to be One of the most interesting aquatic events of the season. The N.Y.Y. ve accepted the invitation of the Cape May Regatta Committee, and will sali down in squadron, leav- ing the Horseshoe on the afternoon of Saturday, July 10, As there Is to be two days’ racing, with bandsome prizes for schooners and sloops, open to yach(s belonging to recognized yacht ciubs, alarge fleet will prooably compere. The N.Y.Y¥.0, will probably be represented by the schooner Alarm, Commedore Kingsland, +¥.0.; schooner Mo- hawk, Vice Commodo Garner, N.Y.Y.0.; jooner Restless, Rear Commodore Kane, N.Y, fi schooner Pal Mr. Rutherfurd Stuyve- sant, N.Y.Y.C.; scvooner Madeleine, Commodore Dickerson, B.Y.0.; schooner Triton, Commodore Thayer, A.¥.C.; Schooner Idler, Mr. 8. J. Colgate, N,Y.¥.0.; sehooner Ariel, Commodore swan, 8.Y.0 Schooner Comet, Mr. W. H. Lang- ley, N.Y. and B.Y.G.; senooner Peerless, ex-Commodore Maxwell, A.Y.0.; schooner Eva, Genera E. Bard Grabb, N.Y.Y.C. Mr. Alexandre, N.Y.¥.C; sloop Addie Voorhis, Mr. U, Roosevelt, 5.¥.0.; sloop Vindex, Mr. Rovert N.Y.Y.C.: gloao Activa, pir, ud Wil lorieit all calm to the prize by | NONDAY, JUNE 21, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. N.Y.Y.C., and many others, The presence of sucn @ feet of fast yachts will afford the resid: Cape May and the visitors from Philadeiphia & view of one of the dnest regattas ever salied tn these waters, ‘The encerprise exhibited by the members of the Seawanhaka Yacht Club calls for the most liberal Support {rom yucht owners. On Thursday next prizes are offered by the Commodore and Vica Commodore of the club for an ocean schooner race to be sailed over a course twenty miles to windward and return, starting trom buoy 5 of Sandy Hook, The scoooners wiilve divided into two classes, those measuring more than ninety feet over alt and those measuring ninety feet aud under, There wil be " prize im e@acn Class. Tae ra is open schooners belonging to the New York, Kast ern, Brooklyn, Boston, Avlantic and Seawanbaka Yacht Ciuos, aud wil be sailed under tne super- Vision of the following Kegatta Committoe:— Frederic G, Foster, M. velt Schuyler, Will- tam Krebs, James’ H. Millott and L. De Forest Woodrutl, The judges’ steamer will leave tho Barge ofice at seven o/clock on Thursday morn- rT "h Must have been encouraging to gentlemen osing to vulld new yachts to tind the Madcap Active placed first ana second in the second slovp race ol the New York Yacut Club Re- gatia. It proves the fact that yacnt builders have Hol yet arrived at tie geme ol periect.on, and that tuere 1s still room for improvement in yacnt modeis. Tue tenth annual regatta of the Atlantic Yacht Club Wil be 5ailed on fuesday, June 22, over tueir reguiar course. Tis eveoe Wili Oring out quite a nice feet 1 schooners and sioops, all pretty closely matched, Among tue starfecs wih proba- bly be the Tricon, Peerless, 3, Vision, idier aid Ariel, The steamer Mageuta was been char- tereu by the club for vie ase of the members and their guests, and the steamer Willam Fietcner Wil carry tae judges and members Of tue press. The tast sailhns recently exhioited by Mr. Lanz- ley’s schoouer yaeat Comet bas revived the courage Of ber Bf. oklyn admirers, und imnumera- bie oers are veing mude to back her agamst the Magic. Vice Commodore Garner's a'teation Ls at present mululy devotel to his new schooner Mohawk, but should any body desire to make & maten twenty mues to windWard aod return, sturtiag trom Sandy Hook Lightsuip, tuey would provavly be accommoaated for anv amount up io ot that they might coose to name. Tne omer sailed magnificently on sacurday la nd beatiug home trem the Lightship gained over ive minutes on the Madeleine, ‘ he eighth annua! regutta of tue Columbia Yacnt Cluy Wil be satled on Wednesday, June 23. Quite alarge feet of sluop yacuts are euroiled in the Neet o1 tois clud, and their regattas are generally very sucoessful. Tne steamer Matamora has been churtered by the club for the day and will Accompany the yacuts over the course. ‘The breuk down of Mr, Loriliara’s steam yacht Lookout auring last Wednesday's race was quite unortunate; a8 her owner anticipated 4 different result Mr. Uavemoyer’s steam yacut Ideal and the Lockout are matched to steam a race round Long Island on July 4, and the race wiil be Watched very closely by ail interested or ex- periecting in like vessels. Aregatta ona very large scale will be held of the Isie of Suoalg on July 23, and as it is open to yachts of ail yacatciabs quite a large atreudance is anticipated. Prizes are olfered ior schoouers and slvops of all ciaases. ‘Yhe Seawanhaka Yacht Club hold their annual regatta on July 4 irom od their clap Rouse at Oyster Bay, Long Island. {his club is vow the thira largest in tuese waters aud have a magnifi- cent fleet of schooners and sioops enrolled on Vweir books. ‘Tue annual regatta of the New Jersey Yacht Claud wili ve sailed on Tuesday, June 22, ‘rhe course will be from @ Stakeboat anchured off the cluo house, foot of Fourta street, Hoooken, to and around tae slakevoat anchored off Spuyten Duy- Vii, turning the same from east to west and thence home. Some seventeen sloop yacuts are entered to compete jor the diferent prizes. Tne Regatta Committee are Me-si3, Joseph Nobles, Jumes Belland B. N, Crane. The steamer Fort Lee will accompany tae yacats over the course. Mr. Suliman, tne owner of the schooner yacht Wanderer, although the winner of tue Subdscrip- tion Cup for keal schooners at the New York Yacht Club Regatta, last Wedoesday, is not quite ‘isded with bis O0at @na iutends giving oer avout a fvot more keel, Yacht Scud (no club), Mr. Lindsley, from New York, bound eastward on @ craise, WAS at aucnor yesterday o@ the HERALD telegraph stalivun at W uites tone, A MEDICAL PHENOMENON. pi an cli > A CASE UNPARALLELED WITRIN sURGICAL ENOWLEDGE—A MAN LIVES HAVING A LUP- TURED CARDIAC ARTERY. Acase of aneurism of the arch of the aorta, which is creating @ great deal of interest amorg the medical proession, is now belag treated at tue Rooseveit Hospital, in East Fifty-ninth street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, Itis claimed by prominent physici: in this city that this case bas no paraliel in medical history. The usual re- suit of bursting of an artery of the heart ts almost instantaneous death, Abvut @ Month ago a case occurred in Bellevue Hospital, and the patient lived twelve hours afterward. This was cousid- ered extraordinary; but the case, of which a brief statement, copied from the nospital’s minutes, ts ven below, 18, a8 stated before, without prece- dent William Bega, aged forty years, a native of Germany, married, and by occupation a stevedore, | Was admitted to the hospital August 6, 1874 Seven months before his admission ne fell through & ship’s hatcuway, a distance of about twelve feet, on ols back, and received internal injuries. He complained of severe pains in the chest, but there Was DO symptom Of Injuries to the spine. At the end of four days he returned to work again and continued at his occupation about two months, suffering occasionally in the meantime; but to Feoruary he was compelled to stop work. From Fepruary uotil the time of his admission to the hospital he was incapacitated for continuous labor, but worked occasionally @ day or two, ail of the time complaining of severe pains in the chest and between the shoulder blades, On the 7th of August he was examined for by tue visiting ph, f, and & tuuor in the aoper part of nis chest. | of treatment adopted Was the administration of morphine, trst internatly,then hy perdermicaliy, to releve the ent of pain, One of the pecuiiar Jeavures of tae case Was the request of the patient | to discontinue the use of the arog, as he was sloop Vision, | Hurst | here, and tee sucessful results afraid that the hab.t would become fixed apon him. On the ist of October ne was examined again by the visiting physician and tee tumor was found to pave increased g eatiy in size and to oe located to the right of the steraum. For abous four weeks Begue Wus abie tu be about his ward io the hospital aud to do ordinary hosp:tal service, but on Novemver 4 he Was agat taken to his be On November 7 he appeared tobe much beter aod was on to be up again. Oo tue Mth of that t the hospital uncured, at bis own re- quest. was absent irom ihe hospital for about three months, Whea he desired to be and was re- waary 13, 1875. During bis ospital he suiered from VERE SHOOTING PAINS the sternum and a dull, burning pain in the +P al columo. He Was avie to be out of his ved, Of and on, up to the 25th of May, when @ tumor became visible at the Junction of nis first rib and tue Xiphoid cartilage. It was small, the tissues covering it periectiy coloriess, and the pain produced by it similar to tuat caused by an ordinary bowl, From tae Ist of Jane the tumor Increased in size and gave distinct signa of pulsa- tion, Soon after the tumor became red and shining, and it continued to increase in size until Jane 13, when a rupture vccurred and a aischarge of biack blovd and pus was noticed, A second rupture occurred on June 14, with the same fea- tures. On Saturday last the house puysician was called by one of the nurses, Who toid him that the discharge Of pus Was excessive. The physician went ia and found the pus flowing in immense volume, and, after doing wis could to reguiate or resirain it, he reiurned room. About twenty mioutes lat 10 W~ r, he beard us in foand that ¢) biood was flowin) was at into ¢ 1088, once appiled, but as it did not check the hemorrhage the visiting surgeon, who Was in the house, was sent Jor and applied a compress of oakum soaked with per suipnate of tren, which in fiiteen minutes checked the hemorrhage. The pi t Was in an exiremely jeveri-n condition, hi being 1 The wallis Of the abscess were with blood and a distinct diffase puisa- tion Was felt throughout it, At midnight tac pal- satton had subsided and the pati His palse this time was 100, full and strong. has been aa oozing of serum, but as Begge is anadie (0 take any nourishment but little hopes are entertaiued for his recovery. He has recained bis senses periec d yesterday morning requested his Wile co come and see Bim at five }. Mm. if be was alive. EMIGRATION STATISTICS. In the course of his address, on the occasion of the annual visit of inspection by tne Irish Em grant Soctety of the depariments at Waru’s Island, on Saturday, Commlesioner James Lynco, its presi- dent, gave some interesting statistics, He said that since the estaviisihment of the commission by the Legisiature, in 1347, nearly 5,500,000 of alien emigrants have entered the port of New Yor! Of Money brougnt by them was e $08 per head. and the capital value of each person to the nation was set down by statis- t t $1,125; 80 that the ewigrants who had a rived here bad contribuied to the wealth of the country, in actau!l money, $574,000,000, and in money yas, the enormous sum Of $6,561,500,000. He also pointed ont the great bencfita wien the society had conterred upon emigrants arriving Since teen The general course | is OveratiCas, | Bence Me ABOUT KUITKT hk Femre GOSSIP OF TUR TRIAL Speculations About Verdict. the TALK OF DISAGREEMENT. The Brooklyn Supvort of Beecher. . cepeenmaatal ZEAL OF THE WOMEN. To-day will make the one hundred and ninth day of the trial and the eigbth of the summing up om the part of Mr. Beach. The plaiutiff’s eloquent ad- vocate is not likely to finish before to-morrow at adjournment, and his closing remarks may lead to a reopening Of the entire case. Li there 1s tobe no new evidence introduced Mr, Beach will be aps to imitate the example of Mr. Evaris and prolong the sitting of the court until six o’c.ock to-morrow afternoon, The Judge will hardly occupy more than turee hoursin bis ciarge to the jury, which is eaid to be about four full columns in length, A hundred copies of it will te printed befor» delivery and distributed to tae representatives of the press, whose couvenience Judge Neilson has inva- riably studiea, Different opinions prevail as to the time the jury wilt occupy in aelip- erating over the verdict, It is thought by some they will take several days to reach a conclusion, Others hold that every man ot th twelve has made up his mind already about she case and + a few hours will suffice for delivera- tion, Animpression 18 very prevalent that the result will be a disagreement. It is alleged that two or three of the jurymen are pronounced for Beecher through thick and thin, The strange re- marks made vy Beach tn commenting on a part of Mr. Evarts’ speecn, in which he spoke as if in pos- Session of occult information as to the purpose of the jury, gave rise to very general taik in the press and outside of it. A common remark is heard that the Plymouth brethren would willingly spend half a million to secure Mr. Beecner’s ac quittai. itis obvious enough what is meant by such an expenditure, The action of the brooklym Board of Supervisors in re‘usiug to increase THE JURYMEN’S P&ES 1s another matter that still furnishes food for criticism, It is not supposed the jurymen are likely to have their consciences tafiuenced by this action of the Supervisors, It would only be a matier of a few hundred dollars at best, and it ts fair to assume each Juryman hoids bis oath higher than any consideration of such smali pecuniary lumits. Should the jury remain out any time Judge Nett- son, while waiting for their verdict, wiil proceed to dispose of such business as may be in arrears on the calendar of his court. Mr. Evarts declared a (ew days ago that if a verdict of guilty be brought in against his client they will appeal the case the very next day; 80 that we are not to hear tue ead of the scandal with tue end of tae trial. THE PARTISAN SPIRIT. Perhaps the most remarkavie featare of this cause is the partisanship that nas been developed during its progress. This, of course, ls confined ina ro Measure to Brooklyn. Away from the City of Churcues people iook at the whole matter with impartial eyes, and have no bitter prejusices one Way or the other; Dit ia Brovkiya the & ivo~ cates of the defendant’ tolerate no suggestion of his guilt and exercise ® despotism of opinion that nowh else prevalis, This is not conflnea to the members of Plymouth church, Quite a large number of pew le outside that ark of holiness and saly, ‘lon hold that Beccuer must be championed at all hazards, whetaer be ve gaiily or not. This curious feeling springs trom an odd idea of local ride. Beecher 1: much the attraction of ouklyp to stran; as Greenwood Cemetery or Prospect Pi latter costs somethiug to kK, di keep in repa r, but Becher costs nothing, wile he brings a princely income to tis courch. He ts more to Brookiyn than President Grant is to Long Branch, and if he were to ‘step down and out” to-morrow, Brooklyn would feel as if one of the chief lights of her existence was extin- uisned. It is this sentiment which draws ‘orto that sympathy ior Beecner which ts 1ntol- erant of all accusation against him and is determined to uphoia bim, come what may. ‘The conscioasness of this fuctis what gives Mr, Beecher the confloent bearing and the cheerful disposition he extubits. Tae main strengtn ol the Piymouto preacner’s support unquestionably lies with THE WOMEN of his congregation. Tuey have made h's cause their own aua have been tempted into rather ex. travagant displays o! zeal and devotion on his be- hall. They remind one of the Soutneru women, Woo carried their attachment to tne cause o: tue South and slavery so far @s to ostracize all Noreh- ern te who went among them after the war. The Brooklyn jadies are inspired with @ similar intatuation regaraing Mr. Beecher, ana witharaw eir patronage and society irom tuose who duaut tue innocence of their idol, MORBID CURIOSITY. How anybody with any business to do elsewhere Beecher trial and sit four mosphere of the court room upon is something Wonderfal to the ordinary mind. Yet there are over sixty or ty persons who have from the very begining, who have connection Whatever with the case, and whose only motive is a morbid cu) losity. The createst tenvance, in point of numbers, tas been since cl began speaking. For the next few days tt is Safe to expect a still greater cruso in the cours room, if that be possibie. And it may aléo be an- tier a that woen Beach finishes his abie and Protracted effort such @ burst of applause will break jorth as never shook a court house before. THE BEECHER PEOPLE Still insist that the toxens of approbation thas greet the plaintia’s counsel are prearranged, aud one brooklyn paper bas accused Mr. Mailicou, the G.erk of the Court, with inciting @ round of ap- | plause which Beach received one day as he was This 18 erroneous, however, ag ot people from waom the plaudits emanate, ‘The habituds ot the Court room have made ap their minds that uniess the new evidence be im- troduced that this will be the last wees of the trial, carrying % up to nearis #1X montis’ con tinuauce. ‘ne lawyers will all be on hund this week. Mr. Beecher, who has bo particular reiish for Beacn’s strong invective, may avoid hearing the wind-up of the learned advocate’s address, a4 shinee no doubt bristle with stinging points of rhetoric. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. Doring the past week the agents of Mr. Berzu’s wociety ha been Kept unusually busy. John McGowan was arrested for driving a very lame horse before a Third avenue car; Bernard Putscher tor working & horse with sores under the harness before a stage; Patrick Barns arrested and » tenced for thirty days for muliciously dashing out the brains of @ cat on the sidewalk; Patrick Carroll, an employé of Dickel’s Riaing School, Was arrested for torturing and tormenting a horse witn s fractured leg, by compelling the animal to rum at @ rapid pace behind another horse, which he rode at a gallop; Carroli’s excuse Was that he had to catch a boat, Andrew Boyie was arreated jor abandoning an old horse on the street; Charlies Zigman for working @ horse with sores under the uarness; Arthur Kirk was fined $16 for @ similar offence; Joun Lawlor, $15. for working ao old borse unfit for work; W. &. Hanson aad o driver, T. Kinuey, $25 and $10 respectively, working @ horse with as re eleven inches long, under saddle; Thomas Dempsey, $10 for a similar offence; W. B. Ostrander, $25, for driving a horse with a bad quittor on the foot; Willam Kelly, alias Butt Rieily, arrested jor acg tiguting; Wil- liam Thomas, Jacob Hill, $25 eaca, for avandoung a horse With a brokenleg. At one o’ciock on sun- day moroing Su, ntoadent Hatfield and some of his officers overhauled a numver of teams on the ‘Third Avenue Railroad, The cars were crowded with drunken roughs and giris returning from the picnics, aud the poor borses were greatly over- loaded, ‘Taree teams were taken off ana sent back to the depot. One horse was in &@ terriole condition—lame, Door spit, interiering, cuts and sores and galls under tne collar, Tae trafic was blocked until after vnree o’ciock, much to the dis- gust of the passengers, who made the night hia- eous by their yells, cursing and swearing. The company Was compelied to send down otner aod powner teams before the officers raised the vivck- ale SUICIDE IN JERSEY CITY, Yesterday afternoon a man named Charies Botce, residing on Waveriey avenue, in the Green» ville district of Jersey City, coumitied suicide by cutting bis throat witha razor. During the past two weeks he exnibited unmistakable symptoms of Mental derangement, the cause of whicn his friends could nut igtnom. Captain Dickson, of ae Fourta precinct, was notines, and he proceeded to Greenville, The man was’ alive last evening, but he Was not expected irvive many hours, ue.