The New York Herald Newspaper, July 12, 1875, Page 3

THE DOLLYMOENT VICTORY. Characteristic Scenes During the Bull’s- Eye Battle on the North Bull. DUBLIN’S OUTPOURING. The Way Our Riflemen Achieved Their Great Triumph. OPENING THE BALL. The Murmurs, Humors and Sympathies of the Crowd. THE FUN OF THE MATCH The Law and the Ladies—Six Police- men to Three Viragoes. EXCITEMENT AT THE LAST RANGE The Herald Mystery—“ Arm- strong Nearly Dead.” CHEERS FOR VICTORIOUS AMERICA. How Our Team Bore Its Blushing Honors. DUBLIN, June 30, 1875. At six-o’clock on the morning of the day conse- prated to the great international rifle match the view from Raymount Castle, opposite the long stretch of marshy down, between the seaand a strait, which has become famous as “Dollymount,’’ was lovely and inspiring, From the charming terrace upon which the MERALD tent was erected, and where stood @ formidable battery of tele- scopes, ready to note signals made on the bulle- tin, thousands of yards away, one could see the long and narrow bridge which crosses the tidal strait from Dollymount street, and affords a passage on to the low sea-girdled ground where the rifle ranges are located. Below the bridge, on the placid waters of the bay, @ few small ves- sels were moving lazily to mooring, for the tide ‘Was going out; one or two little steamers puffed ana wheezed along the coast, keeping well in the shadow of the bold and roman- tic headlands, Far awny to the right the dark masses of homely bulldings, their ‘ungraceful outlines here and there reileved by the symmetry of a churcn spire, ceuld oe seep at Sandymount, and farther beyond, still, Dublin loomed through the mists which the slender breeze and the generous warmth of a sun strug- giing to do justice to the occasion were gradually @ispersing. At the right of the long bridge the little white painted coast guard station, with its frame covered with many and gayly colored sig- nal flags, was surrounded by a crowd of inquisi- tive men and boys, whv had determined to take time by the jorelock and get on to the ground be- jore there was any crush to prevent them. Along the sides of the strait brawny and bare-legged Bshermen, clad in garments patched to more than rainbow color, were seated beside their boats half drowsing, or were wandering from one small public-house to another, taking in terrtflc quanti- ties of ale, beer and whiskey in honor of tne day. Northward, beyond the rifle ranges and the poiot where the sandy soil seems to melt into the sea, Lambay and ‘‘Ireland’s Eye” sbewed their out- lines dimly, and the Hill of Howth stood out in bold reilef against the grays of the exy. Still, \ooking beyond the ranges, and sweeping the horizon from left to right, one’s gaze was at- tracted tothe wide semicircular sweep of coast ground the bay, irom where Kingstown was faintly discernible through the glass to Dublin proper. By the ald of the telescope one could see dozens of pretty villas, nestlingin the midst of luxuriant foliage, on terraces, and at the sides of hills little villages and towns, with broad country Toads, between flowery hedges, eXtending far away from them into the country, and pleasant mansions, with high outlooks over the tem- pes‘uons northern chanel. WITHIN THE ENCLOSURE erected by the Irish Rifle Team Association on the “North Ball,” and intended to protect the com- peting teams from getting smothered by a too aggressive crow4, a group of sailors were hoisting the British and American flags. Tne marquees and sinali tents made a dazzling spot of white at one end ofthe shooting ground, the targets, each with a bauge number beside it, were the only things to be seen at the other end, SCENE DURING THE MORNING HOURS, There was certaimly an unusual amount of ex- titement in Dublin on Monday evening preceding the match, and It encouraged the belief that all the streets leading to Dollymount and the ranges on the North Bull would be crowded at «very early hour; but such was not the case. At eight o’clock I leit Raymount Castle, and, crossing over the tidal strait half way in @ skiff, half way on the shoulders of a stout boatman, I wanderea over amud flat where coarse grass seemed the only thing which kept the unsubdstantial ground from disappearing beneath the waters, To my surprise there were not thirty people within the whole enclosure, and even at nine there were only a few soldiers who nad been detailed as mar- kors for the teams, and a squad of fifty patrolmen lonnging along the flats from the bridge toward the scene of the encounter, Presently the bed of the strait separating the shooting ground from Dollymount street was leit nearly bare by the ebbing tide, and the people along the banks began to cross over by hundreas. Processious of people on foot and in wagons began to arrive from town and to pick their way across the strait and the mud flats, up to the very gave of the Rifle Asso- ciation’s enclosure. The enmity between the drivers of the horse cars and the “jarvies’? who conduct that extraordinary vehicle, the jaunting car, received fresh ilustration every few moments along the street leading to the bridge. The drivers of tae jaunting cars seized every opportunity to Whirl their light traps around in front of the pon- Gerous tram cars and to impede the latter inevery possible manner, doing it with a recklessness scarcely relished by the people clinging, with some show of perturbation, to the swaying and spring- ing seat ot the outside cars, venturous driver would stray into a mud hole in the bed of the tidal strait, and then he and his Passengers Were forced to submit to a whirlwind Of ridicule from the idlers on the banks, Afterten o'clock THE PEOPLE appeared to spring out of the ground, They came not by hundreds, but by thousands, The dark uniferms of the Royal irisn Constabulary were everywhere visible; but neither thy nor the regu- lar police attempted anything further than good- hamored entreaty when the crowd undertook to push in whatsoever direction it pleased. There were limndreds of small pediers ana professional beggurs avout, and among them were most curious types of that VAGABONDAGE which hag been so oiten and coarmingly described for us in the novel and the drama. A faded. laced young Woman, in an old black bonnet and a : shabby serge dress, nei up @ Wizened Infant for Consideration ofa gentleman on a jaunting Now and then an aa- | NEW {YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 1%, .1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT. ear:—"Doye moind thecbild,” she said; “woulda’s Yer Honor kindly give us @ ha’penny, Sure Yer Honor wouldn’t the ohilder ery for bread !”” Then, as the obdurate gentleman moved away, she cried out, “Lak at the likes o’ that; eure the child mistook mim for @ gintieman |” The ola women, with baskets containing antiquated ap- ples, fossil gingerbread and dyspeptic pies or “tarts,” as they call them, were thick as fies in Egypt. They were all in excellent humor, altoougn their ordinary temper, as is well known, 14 none Of the best; and they/ indulged ta long soilloqaies, recounting for their own gratif- cation their adventures in getting to the ground, or they chatted with cach otheror with the police. men. Thoir piety overdowed into the moss fer- vent prayers for the safety and perpetual health of “Yer Honor,” when he bestowed a penn; and sometimes he who purchased of one was Diessed by half @ dozensas a common benefactor. “God save Yer Hunor, and God save you, too, Mary, and send you a pretty penny and send ry one @ pretty penny, anu purtect the baskets, for there’s a power of ruMans about,’’ was the formula heard by one of the local reporters, who took {t down from @ oasket woman’s lips, and it isa fair sample, Hundreds of quaint little gos- soons, with preternatural shrewd faces, and Gressed in-hats and coats several times too large for them, surrounded apy one who wore the American. colors, and made nis life a burden until ne had bestowed abundant backsheesh upon them. THB DBLEGATIONS FROM THE COUNTRY. ‘The excursion trains from various neighboring cities had brought up great numbers of persons on the Friday previous to the match, and these excursionists began to arrive in swarms snorily after ten, There was a constant jam at the tour- niquets guarding the enclosure. Hundreds gath- ered along the fence, and many times endeavored to scale it; but were speedily rebuffed by the po- lcemen with, “Get out o’ that now!” “D'ye hear me spaking to yez?’? “Will we have to persuade yez?” and other pleasant invitations to maintain order. The tramp across the mud flats was not entirely free {rom disagreeable features, and the spectacle of an interesting family of five or six | ebildren stuck fast in the slippery ooze, with | mamma in the same condition and half inclined | to cry, while pateriamilias biustered as the crowd chatted him and his misfortunes, was ludicrous, . although it dema: a sympathy. THE PROGRESS OF THE CONTEST. ‘The teams arrived on the ground shortly after‘ teno’clock. The memorable Tuesday promised” then, as earlier in the morning, to be fair, but) there were occasional gusts from the direction of the targets, and the mists, which at one time haa seemed totaily dispelled, began to return. Shortly before the shooting began, however, the sun poured a flood ol softly tempered light upon the flower-strewn turf within the enclosure, and for an hour or two one might have fancied himself im America on @ June day, The sun seemed to cheer the crowds, for they increased momentarily. ORDER OUTSIDE THE ROPES. At 800 Yards from the targets the ropes were stretched, and a little army of police- men kept back the hundreds anxious to see THE ‘YANKEES.’ There was a kind of suppressed cheer as our band of handsome fellows, looking even better than usual in their dark blue uniforms and caps, took up their positions behind the ranges and awaited the action of their antagonists. MAJOR LEECH ‘was soon beside them, brimming over, as usual, with graceful compliment and with gemuine Irish drollery. Just behind the turf-beds, on which the riflemen usually inclined when aiming at the tar- wets, the bulletins had been erected on high frames and there cach man’s shot, exactly what it counted and its position on the target, were marked so plainly that any one in the crowd could read them. After THE “TOSS” FOR CHOICE OF POSITION nad been decided in favor of the Irish and they had chosen targets Nos. 4 and 6 on the right hand, and next the Bay, the Americans planted a little Star Spangled Banner, auly saluted by the crowd, be- tween targets Nos 2. and3, It was remarked that the Irish riflemen exhibited no colors, perhaps on account of the fact that some of them are said to be Orangemen, and had no desire togive occasion to any political gossip—perhi because they nad not thought tt necessary. THE IRISH WORE NO UNIFORMS, Wiison, Pollock, Milner and Johnsom were in orainary dress; McKenna and Hamilton wore light travelling suits, protected with buckskin against the dampness of the ground, 1:,CIPLINARY PRECAUTION OF THE AMERICANS. bs of the Americans had belore nis seat a miniature target on which, fast ashe fired, he bulletined his own shots by means of numbered pins, placed in exactly the same position as the men at the telescopes declared them to be on the large targets. The positions of the American shots were signalled to tne crowd by means of red, white and blue covered pins, whiten looked like enormous mushrooms, Fulton and otbers of the riflemen had numbered pips, so that at a glance any one bebind kim could read his fifteen shots and compare them with the score kept by other persons. A squad of markers from the Fiftieth regiment was present under command of an officer, and the New YoRK HERALD also had ITS OWN MARKERS, selectea with great care by the courteous Colonel Thompson from his non-commissioned officers in the Second Queen’s regiment, and marshalled by Sergeant Standorough. The scarlet and black of the military uniforms set uff to good advantage the somewhat soberer colors worn by our American riflemen. A trumpeter, with a red flag, was stationed midway between the four turf beds, and wnen- ever a danger flag was displayed at the targets he biew bis horn and waved his flag asa sign that shoeting must cease. When the danger fags were withdrawn he signalled again in the same fashion, and the crack of the rifles and hiss of the bullets were again heard. Captain Brace, Mr, Canfield and Mr. Ballard were all engaged in observing the shots fired by their confréres; while Mr. Bird and Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell busied themselves with the neces- sary details of preserving silence and order. Strict commands had been given that the men on either elde should not be addressed, anu rigid attention was paid to this, The crowd, during the shoot- ing at the eight and nine hundred yards ranges, was very careful to make no noise calenlated to derange the nerves of the riflemen; so it expressed its enthusiasm in hoarse whispers, which sounded like the wind sighing through one of those great corn flelds seen along the banks of Western rivers, where thous- ands of sheaves are rustling together. On the two occasions when the releret Lieutenant Colonel Mitcheil and Major Leech, and the umpire, Major Aaldine, found it necessary to stop the shooting to decide as to the location of a shot, the crowd burst out into noisy and unrestrained con- versation, and the effect was ‘almost startling after so long a silence. + THR FIRING atthe first range began at exactly twenty min- utes past eleven o’clock A. M., Surgeon Major Hamilton, of the Irish team, firing the first shot and making a centre, Alter a few preiiminary discharges of their rifles, tur the purpose of ““blow- ing of,’ ‘both teams got well at work, ana the vurf beds were from time to time hidden from the View of the spectators by thick white smoke, like that which generally overhangs a battle fleld, Colonel Gildersleeve tien came leisurely forward, and was for & moment the onserved of all observers. His handsome physique and his soldierly bearing elicited a hum of admi- ration from the people, most of whom nad, per- haps, fancted that they were to see the stage types of Yankee, lean and large boned, with slouch bat crowning large masses of unkempt hair. Colonel Wiidersleeve put his back to the earth aftera moment's keen glance at target No. 2, and in another moment the crack ana a white put announced that the battle for our side had begun, THE SHOT WAS DECLARED A CENTRE, Wilson’s keen face was next seen at the front, and he made @ bull's eye jor the Irish team. There was a suppressed cheer as the white disk came siowly up, Then Ya! shrewd and pleasant fe tures were seen. With @ business-like air the gan- maner went dewn to his post, got nimself into ‘position, resting his rifle over bis left knee and nis ‘thigh, and recorded «centre. Tnen came Polinck, on the Irish side, bugging theearth in tne friendly cheer. Coleman foilowed’with the same success, both as to bull’s eyo aud cheer, and the referees were compelied to lif; thetr hands deprecatingly and once more to beg for’silence, COLONEL. BODINE, whose fame has been very extensively Beraldea abroad, and who-seems to have been adopted as & kind of favorite by the Insn masses, was praised stepped out and reclined face downward on tne tarfbed. ‘“There’s Bodeen, the Yankee; look at the legs of him,” cried out a pedier to bis com- Panton, and the moment the name was men- tioned there was a buzz of curiosity, The veteran held his rifle for along time without taking aim, and even after he had aimed he remained motion- i asi Ping, untli peopie began to inquire ‘Why doesn’t he fire?’ Suddenly he tightened Dis grasp on the rifle, ancl at the same moment the report was heard. Ere he bad straightened Up to his full height the voice of the marker was heard announcing a bull’s eye. This, also, was ap- Plauded, but the observers soon becaine s0 ac- customed to seeing “Old Keliable’ score a bull’s eye every time that they received the result im silence. In the 900-yards range, when he made smine in succession, people crowded toward nim so in their anxiety to observe bim narrowly that the ‘Police were compelled to form a line and “per- rsuade’’ them back. M’KENNA AND MILNER “were not fortunate at the outset, and conse- quently were not well received, Poor Milner dia mot redeem the bad promise of his start at tne vother ranges, but McKenna was more fortunate, ‘McKenna’s miss was the cause of a veritable con- ssternation, but he did so well during the re- ‘mainder of the firing at 800 yards, as, indeed, aid “Muner—the latter making ten bull’s-eyes tn suc- cession—that he was forgiven. Mliner’s great heresy was the delignttol recklessness, with whieh he altogether missed the target he was firing atin the 900 yards range. Comments not at all flatter- ing tohim were passed upon his firing by the ‘lower orders” in the crowd, and some of them would have been far irom pleasant for nim to hear. Now and then some one in a hoarse whisper would say, ‘Why don’t you change your position?” but be persisted in lying on his back and putting the barrel of his rifle between his feet. Johnson certainly did wellenough with his method, and perhaps, as s0 many of the people und papers say here, the fault was in his gun. BANK AND FASHION COMING TO THE SCENE. While the shooting at 800-yards was in progress the crowd increased vastiy, and the fashionable people of Dub!in began to make their appearance, They were compelled to get down from their car- Tiages at the above mentionea narrow and dirty bridge and cross it on foot, attended and en- treated by the usual rabble of begzars, who quar- relled and swore at each otner and scrambled for the scattered pence. A donkey cart, bearing some miserable array of twopenny refreshments, bow and then obstructed the footpatn along which city officials and aristecratic ladies were crowding. Tne enclosure, planned by the Rifle Aseociation, was only called so by courtesy, as on one side there was no protection save a rope stretched from post to post, On this side was gathered before tne 900-yards scores were com- Pleted a formidable COLLECTION OF THE ROUGHER ELEMENT, and it was pretty diMcult to control, All the peo. pie comprising it seemed to be intensely jealous of the assumption of any precedence by the “swells,” and chaffed them mercilessly whenever they had an opportunity. The roof of the little “Dublin Shooting Club’? house was loaded wit striplings, who amused themselves with pound ng the fingers and Kicking the knuckles of all who endeavored to come up to them. There were several crushes in which well-dressed people were dragged in the mud and narrowly escaped being trampled to death in the méiée, Still, it could not be said that the crowd was in any sense @ disorderly one; nor could a brighter, wittier and more agreeable one have veen cullected anywhere in the three kingdoms, IRISH ENTHUSIASM COOLING OFF, There was very littie cheering when it was an- nounced that the Irish had won by one point at 800 yards. People moved slowly back to the 900 yard tarf beds, and ranged themsclives anew wita little coercion, A large number of lidies were given front seats, the best being voluntarily ac- corded to the ladies accompanying the American team and to their invited friends. Toward the lat- ter naif of the 900 yards shooting, as the specta- tors saw that the “Yankees” were rapidly leaving their contestants in the rear, the movements o¢ the Irism team were watched with a care and noted with a precision which was almost pain- ful. A buli’s eye brought out a poorly suppressed cheer; a centre & compassionate num from all parts of the{ crowd. Milner’s misses were re- ceived in silence. Each time that the unlucky young man came up smiling grimly atter his fatlure not a Sound was uttered. He might have closed his eyes and Imagined himself in utter soll- tude. THE INTERMISSION—A GENUINE “RUS! Every one koows the result at the 900-yards range, and how it was attained. But every one does not know what an extraordinary scene oc- curred when the referees and markers attempted to pusa the spectato:s back of the 1,00yards range, after the intermission of an hour or more, durigg which the contesting teams had been ami- cably lunching together. During this intermission there had been a marvelious increase in the num- bers of the crowd, and tne fleld bad changed tts aspect considerably. The fine band of the Fifttetn Tegiment was discoursing excellent music; the arrival of the Lord Mayors of London, York and Dublin had occasioned much stir and excitement, although nearly every one had seen these func- tionaries in their oficial robes, precedea by the mace and wand and sword bear- ers, and surrounded by corporation officials, in their rea farrea robes, at the Shelbourne Hotel onthe preceaing day. Hundreds of elevantiy dressed ladies and gentlemen were promenading on the ground between the 900 and 1,000 yards turf beds, and could pot be made to understand that they must retire. In vain did policemen bow, apologize, insist, toreaten and biarney; they were for @ long time totally disregarded. it was not possible to take Mr. McCarty by the ecruff of tne neck and deposit him outside the rope, whiie Lord Mulkenna and tie Hon. mr. Fitzgerald tn- sisted on promenading with their ladies in the Space allotted to the rifemen. The Aldermen and the mem»ers of the Reception Committee were earnest im their endeavors; but the louder they shouted the less the spectators listened to them, ” sider the question of postponing the match. Ma- jor Leech and Major Mitchell attempted to reason with the crowd, but were met with good natured, but none the less stubborn refusais to move, One of the policemen, in despair, after having attempted numerous times to carry out the com- mands of his superior oMcer, cried our, “GET OUT O’ THIS, ALL OF YEZ, ye’re too forward altogether,’” “Sure, thin,’ said @ voice in the crowd, “that’s more than we'll say for the teams, Bring your riflemen forward!” And this, while the crowd were standing on the turf beds intended for the use of the team at the 1,000-yards range. One huge-chested guar- dian of the peace, seeing a clergyman, clad in immaculate black, standing tn front of the ropes, endeavored to make nim retire. ‘sure, | ye’re a clargyman, can’t ye set an example in- | tirely?” be cried. “Oi, lave the clargy alone,” | Tesponded a voice, “it’s thravie enougn we've had wid ‘em already.” And thebiack-robeu rep- resentative of the Church remained inside the time as if something like a@ faction fight might occur on the sides of the range, Where the lower orders held full sway. At last, however, the police, by dint of fresh Tropes and much persuasion, induced the crowd men’s heels, when the grand @ thousand yards began, Thero was eontest at fashion practised by McKenna, Wilson and Hamil | ton. Pollock aiso made & bull's eye and gained a | and commented upon without stint when he | until, at last, the riflemen began seriousiy to con- | ropes, Where the police atiempted to use force | they were vivlently repelled, and it louked at one | to move just a fow paces back of tne rife | | American-Irish ® brilliant gathering around ths irish team as is rarely seen in Dablio, Noblemen, ia dies, oMeisis and their families crowded around the handsome young fellows who were doing bat- tle for Ireland, hoping mutely 10 encourage them; but it was of lirtie avail, Wilson and McKenna were applauded to the echo as they made the white disg show Itself time aiter time. Every few moments the police ‘rayed @ way for some new arrival comprising half a dozen fashionable ladies and gentlemen, wio were determined to be ‘in at the deatn.”” AROUND THE AMERICANS Was also grouped a very enthusiastic party, pre- vented by nothing save its nationality from break- ing ito cacers evcn time that the Old Reliable, or Fhe champion shot f America, or Gildersiceve, or Dakin made u fine shot. During a few mivates, When oull’s eyes were the rule on both the Amer ean and the Irish targets, there was a dead silence. Most people famtitar with the sport knew that the contest had been virtually decided at the 900-yards range, wud that the irish riflemen were not likely to make Up what they had there lost. But the great mass of lookers-on had an impression that the Irish could shoot better than the Amer.cans at the 1,000 yards range. ‘hey were, therefore, con- siderably surprised when some American emong the spectators announced that tho game wos up end that 16 Would be impossivie sor the Irisn to win, Fulton, Coleman and Dakin, on the Ameri- can side, had made irisses at the 1,000 yards range, end tne Irish nad based some hopes on that fact. But they were speedily undeceived. The previous faults committed by the Irish were too serious 10 bs repaired, and as the rounds of fiiteen shotseach came toward am end, it was evident that THE AMERICANS HAD W The Irish ceriainly shot splendidly at the longest Tange, Wilson scoring fifty-five out of a posible sixty, and winning ample praise from everybody, Tae thing which had surprised and even amazed every one was Colonel Bodine’s wonder{ul score at 900 yaras, in which he had made tour- teen bull’s eyes out of fifteen shota, and, therefore, when it was announced a minute or two before six o'clock that he was to fire the last shot of the match, every one gazea intently. Stepping out lightly and unconcernealy, Bodine fattened himself on the turf bed, Just as he had done at Creedmoor many montns previous, took a long and steady aim, appeared to be count- ing the flowers or tne grass stems between the end of his rifle barreland the target, then sud- denly ruse, as the white smoke curled away from his gun, and looked at the far-away target, till the white disk came into view; then he went back to his seat and began packing up his things as if nothing had happened, THE MATCH WAS OVER The Americans had beaten by thirty-eight Points, Gildersieeve and Dakin making in the three ranges higher scores than were ever before made at a match in the United Kingdom. Bodine, Gildersieeve and Dakin were like Indians in tne impasslbility of their demeanor; Fulton chatted @ moment with the crowd; Coleman and Yale seemed to take the victory as a matter of course. Major Leech, while the people were crowding around the victors (without, however, giving them any very hearty cheering), led the way to the Dublin Snooting Cind, from which the dense throng were departing, and there be made a brief speech, graceiul and chivalrous, as is his wont, after which he proposed three @teers for Colonel Gildersleeve and the American veam, Meantime the band of the Fiftyth regiment was Playing ‘Hail Columbia;” people were running wiidly hither and thither, asking each other the news, and Colonel Gildersleeve replied in the midst of the confusion, announcing that he and his men had had fair play, and felt that they nad been contending with the best riflemen in the world, He simply thanked Major Leech for his muitiform courtesy, and proposed three cheers for Leech and his men, in whien every one joined, Five minutes thereaiter there were hardly forty people within the enclosure. Everyone* was on the way home and was engaged in furtously dis- cussing the incidents whica led to the winning by the American team by @ majority of tnirty- eight points. THE RETURN HOME was the most piciuresqus and animated scene of tne whole day. It was also a continuous one— irom Dollymount bridge to Nelson’s pillar, Across the North Bullat least 39,000 persons (such, it Is estimated, was tho number present on Tuesday) Went crowding and jostling, in hot haste to gain the bridge. I'he tide was fully in, and there was no other means of gaining the opposite shore and the main roid into the city than the passage of the bridge or the crossing of the stratt in a boat. On the bridge, which is 80 narrow that only three can walk abreast, there was a dense mass of struggling men, women and children, all in mortal terror of being crushed or crowded over the railings, and nearly all excessively weary from standing all the afternoon amid excited crowds, As soon as persons succeeded in cross- ing the bridge they were co:npelied either to take their chance of walking into town or to stand waiting for hours by the roadside. There were hundreds of jaunting cars, but every one was full, and 80 were most ofthe drivers, In their somewhat recklers condition these interesting Jarvies were not disposed to listen to reason, and rattled one into town regardiess of the unpleas- ant sensition which he might experience if “spilled,” as they say here, under the wheels ofa horse car or over # stone wail into 4 tidal channel, The American team was conveyed directly across the strait in a boat, and getting away irom the neighborhood of the crowded bridge soon got into town, They had no sooner arrived at the Shelbourne and received the compliments of their friends than they were compelled to dress and make all possibie haste tor tne Lord Mayor's din- ner at the Mansion House. THE EVENING DINNER. Dublin was desertea during the entire day. The streets were gayly decorated witn English, Irish and American flags; but from eleven in the morning until seven in the evening one mignt have fancied that the inhabitants had fed before & plague or a bombardment, The real truth was that they had gone to see tne rife match, near those his- toric plains where, many centuries ago, the irish whipped the usurping Danes and broke down their power in the island. Toward nightiall the city began to assume its normal appearance; crowas collected around the modest entrance to the Mansion House to watch the entry of tne distinguished guests, The Lord Mayor of London was among the earliest to arrive, attendea by funkeys innummerabie. The Lord Mayor of Yorr, Sergeant Armstrong, Mr. Maurice Brooks, the Lora Chancellor, the Provost ot Trint'y University, the Mayors of a large number of English ana Irish cities, anda great concourse of tne resident nobility, geutry, men and women, distinguisned for worth, taient and beauty. THE LADIES present were among the most beautifol in Ireland, ohief among whom were the Lord Mayor's own lovely daughters, In the sp2ech which the worthy Lord mayor made, in proposing the health of the American team, he snowed that he apprectated te the fullest extent the value of such an international contest as that just concluded; and Colonel Gildersieeve responded happily, leaving, as he has done every- where else, the very best impression of his qual- ities as a gentleman as well a a marksman. But the social, comleal and festive aspects of the great match and its attendant ceremoniala must be made the suvject Of a succeeding letter. ‘the entertainments are still at fovd tide, and willcontinue so until the American team leaves Jor Beast and the North, since the match of yesterday all partics look forward to the coming Irish and American teams with unusual interest, The jubliation among Americans throughout Great Britain and on the Continent has been very gen- eral, and tas tnereaved im intensity every day since the close of the contest at Doilymouat. INCIDENTS OF THE MATCH—ON THR ROAD. Braga WOMAN (to American gentleman) — Will you buy a Lox oF lights, your honor, to assist the poor woman? beyora, t’d only one shillan In the world and I bet it on the Yankees to-day, GENTLEMAN—Guess you dit rights you'll have on | two in the evening, eat Wimbledon between th» English, Scotea, | BrGgan—With the diessing of the Lord, yer honor. GENTLEMAN—Why did you speculate on the Americans? Bsooan—Beciuse, yer honor, moy man was seven years among the Yankees in America, and | Mf the peelers bere—misfortane to ‘em—would | lave him keep arifie be’d shoot @ buil’s eye wid | any of them, GENTLEMAN (amustogly)—Here’s halt a crown, | go and bet it on the Yankees. Brogan WomaN—On, sainted Maria, what luck | I had to meet yer honor; thank yer honor; piaze God they'll win. POLICEMEN AND FRUIT VENDESS. When the teams le/t off snooting to take luncheon several New York gentiemen were observed con- Vulsed at an altercation between six metropolitan police constubles and three iruit women, who Managed to conceal themselves in @ mineral water van and tous gained tne emclosnre. PoLicemaN No. 8 A—fia! na! 1 have yez now; out yez goes, H Finst VinaGo—Wobat for? We paid our bob, as good and clane mony as any lady in Dublin, PoLIcEMAN—None of your slack jaw; there's the gate forenenct ye; go on, else I'll make you, quick. Now, I tell you, the quietest way is the best; push on. SEcoND VIRAGO—Wbat will we ge on fort ‘We paid our mony like dacent, honest women, and yoa’llhave to drag us out or psy us our mony back, POLICEMAN—'Tis Godding you are of me; sure you paid no mony. Come on now quietiy, before I might get my dander up and throw your strawber™ ries and red charries over the boords, First Vinago—Faix, you darn’t do tt for what the Lord Littennant is worth; I’d enther an action against you. Policeman excitediy catches First Virago by the neck, and while endeavoring io eject her was caught py the other two viragoes, and amid shrieks of “Tage his nomber, take bis number!?? the policeman was compelled to relinquish his hoid and go for a reinforcement, First Virago ex- claiming, “Bad luck to your big fat paunch, No. 3 AD This scene created great merriment among the New Yorkers, who made @ subscription for tno Virago actresses, who were Gnally put ourside the enclosure by force, a certain American Alderman remarking that one New York policeman would have a dozen women outside the gate in ess time than the six metropolitan men took to put out the three, THE NEW YORK HERALD BULLETIN. When about one-third of the shots at the 1,000 yards range had been fired the HsRaLp corre- spendents found, on calculation, that the Irisn team coula not possibly pull up the last rouna and accordingly the c ge sigoal was put upon a large sheet of parchment, ‘Armstrong nearly dead!” which report had a deep and a hidden meaning, and complecely puzzled the crowds wno swarmed around the MenaLp quarters, with their mouths open, wondering who tne Mr. Armstrong was, Several were the inquiries made by these stalworth sons of Erin who stood gaping outside the enclosure ag the signal went up— “What team does he belong to, 1 wonder?” “Was 1% the gan borst?’’ and such hike questions, and indeed somo of the aristocracy would have given a trifle to Know the meaning of the words that so perplexed the humbler classes. “BISMARCK,” But when the code word “Bismarck” went up the crowd was completely dumbfounded, and wondered what the Prusstan had todo with tne rife match, But finally, when the signal was run up from the HERALD quariersin plain printing, “America wins,’ there was a deafening roar, which lasted several minutes, and only ccased when the scores of both teams were hoisted, with the GRAND TOTAL, which was read with great surprise, Finally, waen the latter signal was taken down, there was & grand cheer ‘or the Americans from the crowd outside the enclosure, in which & cheer was interwoven for the HeraLp who, they tnought, placarded the result for their special information and how kind 1t was of the New York jeporters to do that for ‘em, “Yerra, tis long before them Engiish ieilas inside dere would tell us Who winned de match,”’ exclaimed an elderly son of the soll, dressed in knee breeches, as he whirled & blackthorn stiek, covered for about a foot from the end by hob nails, “but begaurries I’m sorry our boys were bate so much.” “Look, Jim,’ said a comrade, “I knew all along the Emerikans would gane the day; sure I heard the priest saying it. He tould the masther, and I hearkening to him, that taney were a gang of ‘shoneens.’”’ “Begor I'd get a few boys of the neighbcrs that I’m blest would give them a better heat for the money.” * CABBY’? AGALN, At this stage of the conversation a jarvey drove up and broke off the chat by saying, “What are you talking about? I’m ould Caubogzue; come out of the way orl driveover your ould carcass.” “Will you? Takeit alzy, now, my city spalpeen, or may be you’d be taken off your roost. De ye bear me, now ?’ JanveY—Go along out o’ that, you ould coantry matchmaker—’tis making your soul you ought to be; go home wid you. Go on, now, you dirty ould savage. The last word was too much for the old man. who, like Maggie, gave the jarveya “lick” of t stick with the brogue nails tn, and true to his word brought him off his roost, for he was tnen sitting on the bex of the car, “Take that, now, you internal Dlackguard of a scamp,” said the ol. man, and off he waiked with a crowd of neighvor- ing boys, who spurted him on to it by nudges, and who would have killed the anfortana‘e jarvey if requisite for the old man’s safety. The poor jarvey did not bargain jor what he gut, and was writhing in agony trom the stroke across his shins when I lett. MAJOR LEECH'’S RETIREMENT. To THE EpiTor OF THE InisH TIMES:— Str—It 1s well known among my rifie-shooting friends that after my vistt to America last year | proposed to myself to retire from a duty that | absorbed all my tine, and the labors of which I found were too much for me, The return | visit of the Americans, however, renaered my connection with the movement necessary, and, in compliment to our transatiantic iriends, 1 resolved to remain at my post. The matcn yesterday closes my rifle shooting Career, and the honor of leading my countrymen to victory is re- served for another captain, and as the match was lost, I beg to say that the honor of success could not be achieved by rivals more chivalrous than the Americans, The banquet last evening testified the general good will of the Irish peopie toward our visitors om the occasion, made re- markable by the presence of the Lord Mayors of London and York. Chiefly to the mercantile gentlemen of this city all Ireland is indebted for the grandenr, I will say, o/ the reception of our friends, and this result has been much contributed to by tha earnest co-opera- tion of our worthy Lord Mayor, whose magnificent hosoliality last evening suMciently exhibited his | desire to make the country appear to advantage. | Whether it 18 rifle shooting or any other occupa- | tion that induces the intercourse so mucn to ve | prizea, I trust the advantages offered may not be lost sig ht of in the future. ‘Trinity College wan prominent in the offer of its | welcome to our American friends, | ‘The little | have done is hardiy worthy of notice, | but T would like to mention the members of the Snooting Committee of the Irish Rifle Association | told off jor the duty of making the orrangements at the Norta Bali, expecially Barlow, Who was ably vsaisted by Mr. Bagnell, whose continuous | exertions daily for some weeks we are all grate- ful tor. ‘To the members of the Reception Committee the thanks ol tie pablic are due, and to my excel- jeut iriend, Aluerman Manning, | am especially grateiul for his ald in carrying out the programme ugreed upon. it gives me pleasure to notice the orderly man- ner in which the sightseers conducted them- selves, ‘There were many thousanas present, without one drunken man among them, or @ case thas needed porice interter- ence, the assistance of tue few poiice present | beang ony needed to explatn to the peopie where | they should stand with perfect salety to them- selves. At norific gatnering was there ever such | & crowd belwre coliected. And now J shall say , | sarewell, with hope to the vietory, which I am | | ac Ann 3 be brilliantly won by country. = *“? a oe m4 themselves, je honor to rr in. your faithful an¢ piiged. ARTHOR B. LEECB, JUNE 30, 1876. THE WIMBLEDON RIFLE MEETING. ACTIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEST IN ENGLAND—NAMES OF THE ENG- LISH EIGHT. {From tne London Globe, June 28.) The preparations for the forthcoming meeting have becn rapidly pusned forward during the past week. The Council and other tents near the clock have been erecte:l, and che Post and telegraph of fices, with the adjacent buildings, nave also beet pus up. Captain Salmon and Captain Colviile are in camp, bus Lord Wharnoitffe has not yet arrived onthe ground. The “vottage,’? however, 18 being got ready for His Lordsnip, who, tt is understood, wil: occupy tt during the meeting, The woodwork for the grand stand end the rails for the tramway Dave been got ou: ready for use, and men have al- ready begun to luy the latier, The fencing has Not yet been commencea; but tis is generally left until the Oo! her preparations are completed. CHOOSING THE ENGLISH RIGHT. The firing, with a view ‘to selecting an English eignt who shall compete with Scotch and Irisn eights at Wim»dledon for the Elcho Challenge Shield, was couciuded on Saturday eventog. ‘The ranges were 800, 900 and 1,000 yards; ff- bag =" at the first two ranges and twenty at ne third, o THE TOTAL SCORING was as followa:—Lieutenant Voionel Remington, decond London, 423; Lieutenant Colonet Fentou. Manchester, 420; Lreurenant Backhouse, Roch: Gale. 41 George Miller, Bristol, 416; Hh. 3, ‘ambridge University, 416; ixth reyiment, 415; Mr. Board, honot Meraber seventh Somerset, 414; — Lieate Corts, First sussex, Major = Sern Twenty-fith regimeut, 4135 Major cliffe, Twenty-sixth Middlesex, 412; Lieutenans Wyatt, Shropshire, 411; Captain ‘Pixley, Victorias, 406; sir Henry Halford, Leicester. 393; MR. Smirn, Victorias, 398: H. Wnirehead, Bury, 395; Captain Bumpnrey, Cambridge, 395; J. W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, 394; R, Biru, South Middie- sex, 394; FT. Pigott, 387; G, Biddulph, 385; Cape tain Jacques, 334; J. Baver, Bristol, 381; H. J. Ryde, Cambridge. 375; Captain Marison, —— hom, 363; Lieuteaant Volouel Morland, Berks; Nosworthy, Inns of Court; Major Turuer, chester; and nieutenant Purchas, Worcester, re- tired before the last range. THE ENGLISH EIGHT Will therefore comprise Lieutenant Colonel Remington, Lieutenant Colonel Fenton, Lieutenant Backnouse, Mr. G. Miller, ar. H, S, Bvans, Major bland, Mr. Board, Lieutenant Cortis. GOSSIP OF THE WATERING PLACES, A United States man-of-war, manned by Annap- olis cadets, and another United States vessel, baving on board a number of c:dets of the Kn gineer corps, will crutse oa Vineyard Sound dar- ing the season. Think of that, ye languishing and enely belles of Long Branch and elsewheie, A Saratoga correspondent says thit ldzu No Kami, a Japanese prince, will soon come into the market jor matrimonial purposes; that he pos- sesses the largest, glossiest and blackest pigtail imaginable, and that he embellishes the top of nis head with a pork pie hat. Howard James, of Albany, an old time pivot of fashi.n at Saratoga, has returned from Europe and taken up his quarters at the States. The aggregate population of Saratoga 1s 4,512— an increase of 460 since 1870, What the floating population 1s 18 not stated. There were twenty-three marriages in Saratoga last year. The number of engagements off and on 1s unknown, There were only twenty-six deaths In Saratoga last year, And the town was hbaif filied with in- valids and njpochondriacs a quarter of the time, The oldest innabitant of Saratoga is Alpert Cle- ments, who Is iu his ninety-tourtn yea: The next is supposed to be Colonel W. R. Jonnson, of Con- gress Spring, who has just presented a fine buck to she new Albany City Park, Frank Leslie is about butiding a pier on Saratoga Lake @ lanaing place for his new pleasure steame The Monells, of New York, are at the Clarendon, Saratoga, so are the Keanedys and the Pennimans, Mrs, B, Natnan and family, of New York, are at the States, Saratoga, So are Mrs, William V, Brady, widow of ex-Mayor Brady; J, Batley Myers and family, J. J. Gumbletoa and wife, B. W. Merriam and wie, E. D. Morgan, Jr., son of tne ex-Governor, and wie, and A. Cammack, E, Saulsbury ani R, 8, Saulsbury ana W, P, Sco- eld, all of Georgia, are at the States, Mrs. Willlam Wall, daughters and son, of New York, are at the Gran Union, Saratog: So are D. D. Acker and family, D, A. Baldwin, A. A. Sel- over aud & party. Ars. Dexter H, Follett, a leader of the haut ton of Boson, 18 at tue Giraud Union, surrounded by a bevy of the beauties o1 tae Hub, Mrs. Judge Streeter avd family, ot Penn: X-Speaker Galusna A. Grow, ot Texas; cr wud wife, ol New York, are at Cou Iva. hall. ine Von Stades, of New York, are cottagea for- the season ut the States. Dr, J. Marion Sims, of New York, cottages fo the season at the Grand Union. ‘Ine Cautawelis, of New York, @ battalion tm numbers, are quartered ac the States, rhe Louosberys, Of Brooklyn, and Mrs, ©, B. Wuison, of Bostun, with a large party, are located atthe clareadon, ‘4dne Huntingtons, ot Clacinnati, are cottaged for the summer at the Grand Univn, Captain Devine and whe, of Quebec; Mrs, Gar- rigues and caughter, of 'Philauelphia, ama Pro- jessor J. W, Mears, OF Hamuton College, are at Jue Graua Union, Webster Wagner, of the State Senate, is at the . Gordon aud G. V. Massey, of Delaware, are jacendon. Mrs. I, ¥. Mason, of New York, and the Faulk: ners, of Boston, are at Congress Hall, ruere were but taree arrivats from the far souty regis! aree at tue principal novem in Suratoga og tae oth. General J, MH» Wilson, of New York, and wife, are ati: International, Niagara, Geverai Wison is the oMcer who captured Jet Davis when the lee Was (rylug to escape In Chg faoled eriuoline, J. ct, Alicoison and Joon Hay, of Hdinburgh, aad Eaq@ard avd Joon Langcon, vu sueMelu, Engiand, are Visicing Niagara Falls, Mrs, M. 5. Wyone, of Virginia; D. D, Conkling, H. Atrill and J. al. Hughes, of New York; J. A. Phipps, of Virginla, ana H. B. Armstrong, of Bale more, are amuny the guests at tue Monteagie, Magura Falls. George L. R. J. Cowan, of Nashville; Georgy KE. Herricks, 0: San Francisco; the Montagues, of Camoriage, Mass, are amoung the recent arrivals at tie International, . A. Hafner, o: Paris; Miss J, Clark, of Cape May; Piolessor, ©, O. Moore and wile, of Long Island, are at the Niagura louse. A. W. Martin, of Dailas, Texas, is at the Pros pect, Niagara Fails, ° George H. Burrows, of Rochester, Supertatend- eut of ene Western division o: the New York Cen- tral Kauroad, and Daniel McCool, secoud Engi neer, are registered at tne Cataract, W. 4. Joraan, ot Raleig: O.; Miss Aldrich, of Germany, avd’tne Duvalis, of Baltimore, are’ at the Cataract. : ‘the Nortons of Kentucky, are at the Interna- tonal, so are the Lumuns, of illtnots. ‘the Lamverts, and L. H. Tuton, of Brooklyn; | the Brouners aud the Peavodys, ot New York; A. J. Giaaading, of Oakland, Cal.; Major C. W. Barker, Miss M. J. Granger, of New Yorn; FG. Buckiey 01 the United States Lake Survey, are registered at the Spencer House, Niagara Fatis, Waiter H. Dixun aod family are at the Carna- than House, Niacara, Ont, « H. and WD, Jackson, of Georgia, are at the Cate | Tact, being two out of tue emily three or tour guests irom the far South registered at the prin+ cipal hovels at Niagara Falis on toe 8th ins ib Wil be interesting to our young pleasure seekiag belles and theic mamas to kuow that ® new feature of Vinoyard lie tis year Will be tne presence of the United States frigate Constella tiow, with sixty cadets from the Naval Acadomy ols, ana the government steamer Alert with tue Cadets of the Engineer corps, Both ves sels wre assigned the Waters of Vineyara Sound jor a summer cruising ground. Vineyard Grove Martha’s Vineyaro—is new connected with the matt laod by telegraphic cable. Rev. Robert Couyer has tacen summer quartert at Riverside, Hingham, wass., where, we learn, Ne proposes to remain for several weeks with Dit Wife aud invalid boy, A SUSPICIOUS CASE. Hannah Dwyer, of No. 411 East Sevonteents street, died last Saturday morning of what the ate tending physician (Dr. Cares) suid was cholera morbus, Her son, however, reported to the police that she had died from the effects of @ kick in the abdomen, givea oy her busband on Jay 4 The ne Investigated the matter, but Were unable Wo core Voany denaite conclusion concerning the truth of the sun's statement. The on "i looked in any way suspicious was Dwyer attemptea to escape on tne oficet s. HCoroner, Kicknon has charge caae, and a post-mortem examination of ceased will ve made by Deputy Voroner Dr. Mean white both Dwyer Maran and tee son are locked wy to await tne result of fartner vestigation,