The New York Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1875, Page 6

STORM AND FLOOD. A Weird Visitation, with Sudden Dis- aster, in Switzerland. HAILSTONES LIKE BLOCKS OF ICE. Buda-Pesth Again Flooded— Alarming Consequence Devastating Floods in England---A Gale Off the Irish Coast. By the European mail of the 16th of July we havo received the following details relative to the storms and foods already reported, together with particulars of severe gales, of rains and a tremen- dous hail storm, all of a still later date. The hail storm, which has desolated a portion of the terrl- tery of Switzeriand, was almost unparalleled in violence and, probably, unequalled in the matter of the strange atmospheric phenomena which heralded its approach and the ruin which It pro- duced in the space ofa few minutes. The coast of Ireland was swept by @ gale; in England the foods bad just commenced to aamage property, far of India we have news of the prevalence oF the monsoon, of heavy raius andan overflowing river. YHE STORM AT GENEVA—A TEN MINUTES’ VISI- TATION. [Geneva (July 10) correspondence of the Lendon Standard.) Thave toought that your readers might be tnter- ested by some account of the results of the storm which burst in the night between the 7th and 8th pf this month over this city, No such storm has been known here in the memory of man, and, judging by the effects that bave been produced by about a quarter ofan hour of it, it may well be believed that the testimony of the “oldest inhabi- | sant” is in this instance trustworthy. CONDITION OP BLOW. During the whole of the alternoon of Wednesday, the 7th, the atmosphere had been unusually heavy, oppressive and hot. Persons usually but little affected by the heat confessed themselves utterly rostrated. Soon after elgnt o’ciock igoining began to play, Wholly unaccompa- pled by thunder. [t was not forked lightning, but a lampent puising play that seemed to tome from every quarter of the heavens at ‘Yhs continued, accompanied by a few ry drops of rain, with no thunder, but in graq- nally mcreasing intensity til! about midnignt. Summer storms are cowmon here, and the Gene- vots, an early race, had gone to bed, little dream- ing that these phenomena portended augnt out of the usual course of things. Nevertheless, the knowing in mountain weather-wisdom had watched the progress of the storm with some mis- giving. IT CAME FROM THE JURA and the lower valleyoi the Rhone towards the ke, and appeared, as has subsequently been verined, to spread inatan-like form as it ap- proached that wide basin. ‘Ine cloud, black Bigot, irom which the storm was visibly pr: ceeding, kad that well defined apd peculiar shape known umong mountaineers as ‘‘anvil- formed,” which 18 recognized as meanii mischief, There was also witnessed 1m remark- able perfection that phenomenon well kuown to those familiar With mountato districts, the so- | bo-say supernatural nearness of the mountains to the eye. And yet the atmosphere was not clear; on tue contrary, it was iull of mist. Yet the ghostlike forms of the mountains seemed to aa- Vacce trough the mist, ttl they appeared so near that every detail could be seen, This is a phenomeuoa ominous of evil, and rarely has it been seen iu such perfection a8 on that terrible pigbt. From hall-past ten to half-past eleven tue lightning was incessant, ‘This 1x a commonly used and abused expression; but I use it nere in {ts most accurate and simple sense. It was really without any Intermission. 1 never saw anytaing like it, anu everybody with whom | have spoken bas 4 the same thing. All this time the heavens in the direction opp site to that in Which the storm Was coming Were clear and star- dit, and it coniiuued SUFFOCATINGLY HOT. It seemed as if the atmosphere of fi with whicn the whole city was euvironed was pro- ducing the normal effect of real fire. Everything Was Visible, DOt intermittently, as 18 the case in ordinary lightning siorms, but continuously, and as by 4 permauent light. Up to avout eleven o'clock nota breata of wind bad been Jeit in the streets. Shortly alter that time all the smatl ypatters which chanced to be on the roeis of the houses were caught up and whirled about ina manver that, contrasted with the stillness in the streets, seemed weird and uncanny te a singular degree. And soon after this a noise began to heard— A STRANGE NOISE. It was not like the rolung of taunder; it was not like the moaning of the wind. No wind was feit | in the city as yet, Men woo beard it were frightened by 1t—tney could not say why—simpiy | because the sound was terrible and they had never heard the iike before. Tne bodily presence of tar thing from which that awiui voice pro- ceeded Was not long waited for, As nearly as possivie AT MIDNIGHT IT CAME. And in little more than ten minutes It had passed. those ten minutes will not ve forgottea by the imhabitanis of Geneva to the latest day of their nd from | THE ATMOSPHERE PREVIOUS TO TBE | the | the city has been by very far the least portion of the disaster. ‘The immediate environs ol the city, especially on the side of the well known suburo of Carouge, have been wreeked more compietely tuan would have been caused by the passage of @ hostile army. And the environs of Geneva are especially calcuiated to suiler aimost irretrieva- bly irom such a disaster. Pleasure gi vineyards and market gardens have been uiterly destroyed, And sad as it Is to"see the homes on which taste and money jong years of lavor Nad been bestowed all destroyed tn teu minutes, it is sadder far to reflect on the absolute rain entailed by the devastadon of the lat- ter, and on the despair of te poor cuiti- Vators, whose long and energetic tnaus- try had been invested in their gardeas and vineyar is, and constituted the whole of their resources. Geneva is a wealtay, @ turiving ana au an industrious city, aud, vo doubt, can fad the meaus of repairing its own losses, though its iinmediate avalabe ‘means have ut the present moment been lessened by the generous aid it has been extending to the sufferers irom iaundation im the Soain of France, subscription lists ior which purpose are still open in the clty—but where sre the means to be found for rescuing the Uniortunate cultivators, who lost their all from bier ruin and destitution, LEARNING THE WORST. As the detalled accounts continue to come the calamity seems to grow in magnitude, One Ol the localities that seems to have bi the most exposed to the fury ol the tempest ts the pretty slope of Pinchat, 10 the east of Carouge, on the leit bank of the Arve, Not ony are the crops there utterly destroyed, but iu many instances the tiles of the houses have been broken to irayments; aud, increaibie as it may seem, strong plank par- tutions have been plerced with holes as by vue Dall of a musket. As ior the flelds and vineyards, It | seems as li a charge of cavairy had passed over them. @ loss to Human lile, a8 1 Have suid, has been fortunately very small; but vot so to the an- imal creation. Innamerabie quantities of smalt birds nave been picked up vead, And among the various evidences of ruin brought down by the | Arve was lound the bouy of a fox, and, still more surprising, that of ab eagle—a circumstance whicn 1s credible enough, wuen it 1s told buat one haiistone has been picked up which weighed two pouuds. J aiso hear of toxcy found kuled in other | localities, ana of many dogs to whom the storm Was {aial. | “LADIERES” ON THE LAKE. Jt may be worth mentioning lor toe constdera- ion of meteorologists that the singular and un- explained phenomenon kuowa on tuv Lake of tie- neva as “ladiéres” was observed to an unusual degree during the whole of Lhe day preceding tne storm. ‘Lhe *laaitres” are currents whica arise, or begin to exist, suddenly In various directions, and Without any cause that science Das bitaerto been able to detect, but which are sufficiently strong to make their eflects very sensibly leit oy voats. Whether this phenomenon may or may ot be Supposed to have any counection with & storm of tne following night 101s for the scientific to deetae. TRE TEMPEST CIRCUMSCRIBED. Fortunately the tempest was singularly circum- | scribed in its spbere of acuon. Up to witiin about way between pet and Geneva—less thaa flve minutes by from the » that i | Say—no edects of the storm are visivie. | Were violent but comparatively siigat and harm- s less storms of thunder and lightning in various parts of Swirzeriand @uring the day that pre- ceded the Geneva catastropae, : IN THE CANTON ARGAU to the north tne storin occurred in the alternoon. | On tae rignt the people ascenuing vy the railway | Were caugnt in @ Violent Latistorm aoous seven In the evening. Inere the hail aesceuded quite per- | pendiculariy, and 1t Was lortanate jor tue travel- | by the Mountain raliway that it did so, Tne ssvut roofs ui the cars protecteu them; whereas, if the tempest nad come asitcame ut Geneva, the opeu sides o1 the cars would bave given em | no protection, to say uotming of tue imminent danger of belug blown of tne line. Jt seems re- mmarkabie taat, While the storm came upon Ge- neva irom the southwest, those stor Visited otaer localities to the northeast, have preceded by some hours the tempest at e- neva. THE LOSSES. The President of the Municipal Council, who bad had two jarms of his owa completely aevasiated, Told me that it was Impossivie as yet to estimate With any exactness ine amount of the miscolet done, but that it would assured\y reach several muiiOns Of jrancs. Should any appeai ve maue In England for assistance under tuis calamly Eng- | lisnmen, the universal assisters of all great mis- jortunes, May be reminded that the sufferers in this case are especiaily wortny of their considera- tion, Ihis 18 & community which Mas not tae smallest idea of caliing on the British or any otner s1ercules without putiing its own shoulder to the waeel, They are doing so nobly. Batin truth, what with their cnarity to other sufferers, they are just at present a little overweigated, wad a littie help would assuredly ve well bestowed. THE DESTRUCTION AT LISIEUX, FRANCE. The Montteur du Calvados o1 July 9 gives the fol- + lowing details of the food at Lisieux : Au unvrecedented storm broke over the town of Lisieux and its suourbs yesterday, For six houis the Tain cawe down in cataracts, and the rivers. especiaily | the Orbiquet, soon vecume roaring torrents. In the low lying parts of the town the water rose from one to ‘three metres, and the ground floors of the houses were Inuudaved. The material Gamage and joss of human jile are considerabie, Xwelve bodies were fouud in the | waters this morning, and itis feavea many more will ve | discovered, At Gios a family of tive versons was buried | unger the ruins of one of the houses that tell. All the | bridges over the river. except the stone one, have been sWeptaway. Severai houses are totiering, and troops are stauuned to Mt. | swek of merchandise damaged or destroyed. THE DISASTER IN NORMANDY. To THE EDITOR OF THE LONDON STANDARD:— Sin—I am certain that I bave no nced to call | the attention of your numerous readers, and I may say the people of the United Kingdom, to the frightful inundations in the Soutn of France, but, unfortunately, the terrible storm that passed over Normandy the night of tue 7t2 inst. has not occu- plea tue Wold 4s 16 Would hav luckily, been tne only Irial that France has nad vw suser ibis year, Calvados las sudered especially. here, aitaouga free irom fear of the Seiue, tue harvest 18 nearly certain to be lost. 1 hope thas walle jreely giving (ws 1 am sure ibe Englisa will) to tne suflérers of toc South of France, they will not forget the cradie Of their first famiies— Normaauy. 1 remain, sir, your obedient servant, LSMPSILK RICHARD ELLLIOL, Rous, July 12, 1875. MME. MACMAHON’S EXERTIONS IN THE RELIEF COM- MITTKE—A DifALL OF THE LOSSES, lives. A furious raging rush of roaring wind and with it such @ Canmonade of hall asi! the heavens | bad Opeued ail their Leries at Once and c.nce; trated them on the devoted city. Tnose who wit- nessed the firet shock of the storm against the walls Which were opposed to it, Jor it passed over the jace of the earth aimost horizontally, descrive the impact as more like that of a compact body than Of mere balistones. 1t was as THE DISCHARGE OF BLOCKS OF ICE, which froze togetner as soou as they touched each other. Some of the matistones were as small a8 zel nuts, some larger than any hep's egg, and size O1 tue generality about that o: walouts. One pecutiarity of (us extraordinary storm was the extreme readiness with which tne hahstones became irozen together Into solid masses. Peo- le were awakened by the smashing in of their bearoom windows, and in Jess than five minuies had Iwasses Ol 1ce On thelr Window sills or foors re heavier than they could lit. OF DESOLATION AFTER FIFTEEN MINUTES. | it was all over, as J have said, in less than a quarter of an hour. But what a quarter of an hour that waa, it may be afirmed with the most periect truth that no operations of a beleaguering wrigy ever Wrought s@ much destruction in we Bane almouut of time, Tne city seemed wrecked, Hardiy a gas jamp escaped. Ali, or very nearly ail, Were smasned and extinguished in an instant. Aud strangely weird aud wanatural iv tue dar! hes* Was the ight thrown upon the masses of 1 on the pavements Of tue city vy the lightning and reflected from the thousands 01 facets of tne trag- ments of which the mass was formed. Geneva Is a city which displays an nousual quantity of gias its industry 18 ome which requires abundance hight; aud scores of large ranges of worksaops present superficies of glass winaow almost coex- tensive with tuerr frontage. All these were smashed ant. Geneva 1s also a city in which pho- rs abound. the establishments of this were utterly wrecked. more than ‘vagal degree a city of skylights. Ail such contrivances Were of course swept away. The pWiss always siow themselves acmirabiy active and quick In repairing the Injuries caused hy the lury Of the elements to wmcu their country 18 80 speciaily exposed, And in this case they have done an immense deal in a wonderfully short time toward restoring their city to its usual appear- gnce. But on the Saturday tne str in many parts of the city Were suil strewn with fragments of glass, the smallness of which indicated tne force o: the blow woich had shatrered them. Tue degree of tne force with wiica the masses of frozen water Were driven on by the tempest was gre: taan could be believed, were it not for some singuiarly convincing proots of it which re- main, and, aias! will conuoue to remain to testify to it. THE WINDOWS OF THE “MUSEE RATH” were utterly smasved, and two vaiuabie pictures— tae “Triumph of David," by Dominichino, and the “Handeck,’’ a chef d’ceuvrr of Caiame, huve holes in them, as if made by rifle shots. Imagine the force necessary for a bh e NTS passed through & giass pani d then have made a nole ia the stout canvas Ou Which a large picture is Many otwer pictures nave been more or damaged. Oue small picture by De ia holes ia it, besides a dozen of ws, which have destroyed the suriace where hey struck Without piercing the canvas. | hear pr only one case of loss ot life, the facts concern- which appear to ve trustworthy. At the littie hamiet 0! Sésanowe, hallway be- tween Bernex and Soral, in the immediate neigh- borhood o; Geneva, the force o1 the tempest threw flown an old farmuouse, BURYING UNDER THE RUINS is wie and CF pa man, their ere quite dead when tueir bovies a labor, eXtracted irum the ruins, ts underwent petliée en sursaut as tl were not among the \nat memorable Dis! SEVERE DAMAG) LJ With all this, Rowey ISTRICTS, THE RURAL I. within ir, the damage done moral effects of sacn @ re- | least of the phenomena of | 6. ® On July 15, tue Jollowing letter was received at the Munsivn House in Londo; frum Mme. sa*) Maréchaie de MacManon by to€ Secretary ol the | Fuad for tue Relief of tne Distress caused by the | dnundations in the Soutu of France: Versaittes, July 14, 1875. La Marechale de M on presents ler compliments to M. J, Vine, and bestens to send hiut all the suorma- tion that sie is capable ot giving at the present moment. ‘The committee tuac 18 under her direction has nawed four departmental comimittees—one at roulouse (Vi- | comtesse de Feneon, rresigente), one at Mouauban | | Gime. Vespres, Presidente), one at Agen (ame. de | Jnainpagnac, Presidene , and one at Fox (Mine. Sau Fresivente). inese four departments are those Giscribute tood 4 ward tu qive thei caitie nose userul articles of | labor an. housenold furniture. At the present moinent wooden barracks .ve been constructed by the military to sheller a great many of the sufferers, but as soon possipie aid according to our means, we intend to uel them to rebaild their houses. La Marcchale regrets | that the information she seas is not as complete as sne would have wished, buton account oi the diticulties of the roads and the «reat extent ot the disaster it has been impossibie (o have them ipore tu ly, In short, there are about 6.0 Victims and 6,900 houses destroyed, and a total juss of nearly 40U,00),091. lor the departments named here and the districts that surround them. As svon as other inturmation arrives it will be forwarded. Inclosed in the Jewer was a long statement | giving DETAILS OF THE DISASTERS AND LOSSES. The losses in the department vi the Haute G Tonne Were estimated at 29,000,000f.; Lot et Ga- jonne, 24,300,000f.; Tarn et Garonne, 1. 5 Lariége, 30, 408) L’Aude, 9,319,909) La Gi- roude, 3,000,0001, s Landes, 2,900,000f; Le | Gers, 2,100,00L; and Les Hautes Pyrénées, 1,000, 0001, THE FLOODS IN GREAT BRITAIN. [From the Pall Mall Gazette, July 15.) Incessan‘ rain bas fallen in London since yester- \ | day morning, the wind being east by southeast, | and the barometer very low, A telegram from Piymouth last nignt stated that rain nad fallen without intermission for | they were unavie to pass into the south part of | Sulphur boasts of as large and wealthy, if nov ag twenty hours, accompanied for a great part of the time by heavy squalls and wind, The same state of weather has prevailea unteer camp on Maker Heights nas had to be broken up and the men sent back to their homes, as many tents were biown down snd all drilis were impossible. IN GLOUCESTERSIIRE. A telegram from Biakeney, Gioueestershire, re- | ceived this morning, says:—‘‘A night of great ex- cltement nas been experienced througnout the district ofthe Forest of Dean. Blakeney, on the Severn, which is @ forest village, is inundated, The danger, however, has passed, the water ts abating and the rain bas fwd gf ceased. No jatal results have yet beeu heard of, At Lydney, four miles irom here, tac floods have been equally destructive, but It 1 impossible at preseat to esti- | Mate what damage has been done.’ Aiater despatcn says:—“A new cause of alarm respect 10 the Forest of Dean floods has just n | in | arisen. An immense dam of water has burs | the Cinderford Vaiey, Business is entirely # Mended taroughout the district.”’ THe REPORT FROM BRISTOL, / [From the Bristol Yost, July 15.) | Yesterday was one of the most remarkable days | that has occurred in tue middie of Jusy for many years past. ine rain fell in @ perfectiy oeluging torrent far twenty-two hours, without the slignt- est mtermission, and at the time of our going to press was still cending., At intervals there were violent gusts of wind. We learn from our sclentific correspondent, Mr, Denning, that the rdens and | done had it, | throughout Devon and Cornwall. The county vol- | amount of rainfall at Ashley-down was 1.509 1nches, or more than 1 inches. The report irom the Meteorological Ofice says that a [ail of more than two inches bas occurred at several stations. A DOWNPOUR OF RAIN IN LONDON. [From the Lopdon Glove. July Heavy rain has fa and over & great part of the cvuntry since yes- terday, St. Swithin’s Day has brought a down- pour sach.as is seldom Witnessed tn July, DAMAGES IN SCOTLAND, Accounts continue to be received of damage to crops In Scotiand by a st Mi | day, the Deveron, Spey, Don and Dee were heav- ily Mooded, and Ben Macdnut and other moun- talons were coatea with new snow hails way down | their sides, IN SHBTLAND. ‘The gale has been severely felt In Shetland. SUDDEN DISASTERS AND FATAL CONSEQUENCES. (From the Cork Herald, July 16.) The effects of the bad weather of the puat week to snow tb ives in Emgiand. ni ja jan For ood . ing thi Two villages are under the is entirely suspended. The ri yesterday. In the West of England the rains have been productive of more disastrous consequences. of the foods caused o large dam a! thshire, to burst, and the waters swept ‘av a lactery with thirteen per- sons, all of whom were drowned, STORM OFF THE IBISH COAST. (From the Cork Herald, July 16,} A fearful storm has been raging off the Wexford coast since Wednesday morning. On Wednesday | might 1t blew @ hurricane irom the southeast, | causing censiderable damage to the pping in | Wexford Harbor. The chief casualties reported | are the driving ashore of the schooners Chariie, | New Zealand, coal ladea, and the German orig | Theodore, timber laden, all bound to Wexiord. The crews were suved, but tne schooner Charlie is in danger of becoming a total wreck. BUDA-PESTA SWEPT BY STORM A SECOND TIME—THE TRACK ALMOST CLEAR—TRACK FOR THE SURGING FLOOD—A THEATRE AND 4 CONJUROR SWEPT AWAY. {Buda-Pesth (July 13) correspondence of London Times.) Another fearful storm swept over Buda-Pesth the day before yesterday. Almost ail the tempo- Tary works which bad been made to repair the damage done to the roads and bridges by the storm of the 26th ult. were again destroyed, The floods rasbed down again with violence, filling the cellars of the houses jast pumped out, Fortun- ately this occurred during the day. The houses which were still exposed to danger had been evacuated after the last storm, and the approaches to Lhem Were guarded by the military, 80 no loss of life occurred. Besides, the foods iast month had already done their work, and cieared away whatever could obstruct their way, This time, however, it 1s not only Buda, but Pesth likewise which feit tne effects of the storm, SEVERAL HOUSES WERE UNROOFED and the wooden tueatre of a conjuror was demol- isned, Both in the town parts and in the island of Margaretaen a number ot large towers were blown down, and poth piaces look a picture of desolatton. ; MEASURES FOR SAFETY IN TRE FUTURE. Great as the misery caused and the damage done by these two storms 1s, they have had one udvantage—namely, that of arousing the people and authorities ol ¢ pital irom the sense of security in which they had indniged and iuducing them to take effectual measures against the recur- rence of such disasters. How jar the sense of security went may be gatherea from the circum. Stance that some of the nouses demolished were actu: bulit over the Devil’s Diich, which provides tne drainage of the val- ley _benind _ Buda, They were oid houses, aud must have stood there for many years. Dood on record on the 15th of Augnst, 1837, which caused even greater loss of life, for is caught holyday makers at the joot of the mountains and carried them away, but the houses, aitaough io- jured, were not destroyed, see that there must be not only thorough drain- age of the valley, but that somethiog must be likewise done to prevent a too rapid flow of the waters from the mountains by making reservoirs in different places, which, besides lessening tne danger, would likewise go far to remedy the want of springs, Irom which tuese higher parts suffer in ordinary \mes. HEAVY BAINS IN INDIA. [From the Bombay Gazette, Jane 18.] The monsoon has burst throughout the western coass of India and heavy rain has fallen. In Bengal and Madras rain has also fallen, and agricuitural prospects are generally satisfactory. The Attock River has been bdiockaded up by a | huge stone has-allen from the mountains, ana which may cause @ serious overflow of ine banks of that river. i H BIVER FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA. [From the Sydney Herald, June 1.) The latest advices from the scene of she river floods report that the Connors River had risen to an immense height, and the surrounding country | has been fearfully Mooded since the last day of Apri. Forty bullock teams are reported as being sub- merged, and there has been an immense loss of Stock Of all kinds, ‘Yhe Dawson River has fallen four feet. ‘rhe Fitzroy remains stationary, at an immense height over its ordinary level. A RECENT DISCOVERY AT POMPEIL The Puncolo of Naples reports an interesting carefully arranged in an ivery box. The backsof the tabiets are.smooth and unwritten upon, and their faces, upon which the writing is found, are surrounded with a sind of frame or border. They are either separate or tiea together, beok shape, With twine in bundles of three and four, On the tablets thus bound together the writing 1s almost alwaysinink; butthe characters on the single ones, which been covered with wax, were en- ari d, and are still legivie though tae wax has disappeared, as the sharp point of the style had cut inte the wood beneath. Ihe separate tablets contain receipts for paymeats of mouey, and bear the consular date, With the name of the day and the month and the amount pai mn the outside edge of tae centre tablet of taose bound up in boo form is written au index of the names con- tained in the volame. Itis entitled perscriptio, and 1s followed with @name inthe genitive or dative. The tablets are evideutiy accounts, and | from the way in which they are kept tnere can be ne doubt tnut the spot where they were found Was the site of aKoman banker’s house. They were discovered in excellent condition, though the damp to wnich Mag Goad been exposed bi rendered them very ile, Tho: und t gether are in the best state of preservation. Signor Fioreitt has give: account of the dis- covery to the Archwologic: and it is expected that it will throw much light upon the conduct of business transactions under tue Smpire. THE HUDSON RIVER BRIGANDS. DETAILS OF A BOLD BURGLARY AT HASTINGS— SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS OF THE THIEVES. HASTINGS, July 24, 1875, Between the hours of one and three o'clock this morning the residence of Dr. FE. P. Huylar, of this Place, was entered by burglars and property to the amount of about $500 stolen therefrom. Tne systematic manner in which the thieves went to work told the ‘oft repeated tale” that they were proiessionais. Ti norta side of the house first, through a window invo the aining room, where they proved that they” were adepts in testing silver by the quantity they | broke up, at the same time relieving the arduous- ness of their occupation by drinking champagne, | Owing to the door oi this room being fastened | the mansion; | vhe tume So leaving it, they at to front of the house and spent a short | in tne Doctor's library, but, probably finding the piace uncongeniat ‘to their taste, they lett without disturving anything, although irom behind a clock in an adjoming parior @ buncn of keys was taken jor future use. | To gain an entrance into the upper part of tne house a ladder was brought from some distance | | and placed against the veranda, from the roof of wien they gained access through a window to | the main hall, at one end of which stood a ward- | Tobe whica vontained a quantity of very valuapie | Gresses, &c. ‘Inis they made for, but were unable to open it, Irom the fact that none of the keys irom the bunch they had brought trom the parlor Would Ot the lock, and an occupied bedroom, with the door partiality open on the chain, being clu: by, they did not dare use force for jear of awaken: ing the sleepers, However, from another ward- robe a number of sk dresses and otuer articles were taken. The floors of the various rooms wey entered were strewea with matches and the gas in the upper hall turned on fall piaze, That THESE MIDNIGHT MARAUDERS | are a part of the band of Hudson River brigands lg Notimprobable, and thatthey are in collusion | With tramps. or go round themselves in the day- | time in the disgtise of tramps, 13 the general sup- | position; for tramps are tobe seen lying by the roadside at ali hours, aud, owing to the supine | ness of the autnorities, come ang go unqgues: one, Consiaerng the recent boid robberies In this Vielnity, 1b 18 about time this lethargy was thrown of and the tramps “kept tramping on.’ Signals have been beard from the shore to boats In the river at night, and as tne property stulen on this occasion was buiky tt is not unreasouabie to 8 Lika that @ system oi brigandage has been or- ganize ves carry of their at “silent bignway,” dies | | still iulung ‘Tae | There was, indeed, another great | Every one begins to | discovery at Pompeli, consisting of a number of | wooden tablets with writings. They were found | Acaaemy of Naples, | entrance was effected on the | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT, Glare of alabaster inmps and enlivened by the music of sweet lutes and the murmurs of low Jonotains, presents no speciai attractions in the Way of beauties,” as was ifs wont in SUMMER RESORTS. @ are not wanting youthful and expressive laces, whose own- ui to be on exmbition, and, as is usual at MMer resorts, decorated like show bee! at dventof the new aio wr otton ew generation of cottot g*, with their queens and princesses, at this has served, pernaps, to lend a livelier inter- est to the Scene and fresco the walls wich rarer renee prettier pictures and newer colors, But even this is not the ancient rvgime, The air of sulidity and the aristocratic favor that were wont to give su iragrant a bouquet to society at the White Sulphur in the purer, more simpie and vir- tuous days of the puolic—that better and grander epcen in our social nistory—are wholly Wanting; Jor DOW, instead of sous and daughters of Virginia’s pens. nobility, South ‘olina’s boasted chivalry and Kentucky’s vaunted biue blood—representatives of which are as rare us the Visits of celestial sengers—we have to put opwite @ very meagre but excellent compound of NEW REGIME, the moneyooracy of tue East, the porkocracy of the West and the general ringocracy of the en- tire country, which has sprang up so suddenly upon the rotten rulps the effete and wornout imscitutions of our past. These, be tt said ty their credit, mix well apd do honor to a very brief training, and prove to your currespondent’s en- Ure satisiaction the converse of that mooted polnt In social ethics, that it is an Impossible un- dertaking (0 wauulacture a@ good quality of sik | The Season in Rhode Island's Lovely Villa City. kin; u THE WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS Notes for the Pious from the Thousand Islands. NEWPORT. Provipencg, KR. I, July 24, 1875. Probably no State possesses more attractive summer resorts than “Littie Rhody,” and each season witnesses the arrival of thousands of vis- | ltors, who domictie themselves for the summer to | soiff the breezes of Old Ocean and bathe in its magnificent surf; or to witness the beauties of Narragansett Bay and mingle in the various pleasures of seaside life. Newport, of course, comes in for tho largest share of visitors, from its excellent location snd beautiful | purses out of the ears of a very common breed of eurroundings. The season now may be lapel Ketel fal certainly ES oe | ime proves it, proviaed only yuu have one, | sald to be tairly opened, and the “oitie | ty nite said Dureee after tee are made, by the sea’ is in all her glory of fashion, THE SOUTHDOWNS, The scarcity of young men of means at the Springs 1s one of tue saddest, as it 1s one of the truest, indices of the present condition of the country, and especialiy ol the Southern portion of it. It shows trat with them at least money 13 searce. and “things are very nurrow at nome.” The iegitimate effects of the War are seen In this more clearly than through any other glass, be it ever so telescoping. Old men are plenwfal, but thelr dancing days are over, or they make such ridiculous rheumatic figures on the floor that lew are bold enough to undertake the ordeal even through the quietest cotilion, preferring +o smoke their fHavanas on the piazza and oiscuss The questions of the day. But thougn society here may Dave Many drawbacks, yet itis most pieseees and exceedingly enjoyavle. ‘There is but | gayety and sport. Many familiar faces are again seen, while there 18 also a goodly number of new- comers, and on every fide are witnessed sthe pieasures of the season—the magnificent turn- outs, from the tandem and phaeton to the coach- and-four; the fashionable personages who resort to the promenade; the scenes at the surf, with the hundreds of bathers; the yachting and boating on the beautiful waters of the bay, and the arrtval and departure of steam and tn the evening the beauty and brilliance of tne ballroom, in- spired by the music of orchestras secured with commendable enterprise by the hotels for the season. With all these attractions and the nat- ural beauties of the place there can certainly be nothing but unbounded delight and genuine comfort. FOOD FOR GOSSIP bere yet, and very little of anything from which to cull ingredients of romance. Interest seems to Gnd its centre in one fair flower of uncertain age and stately grace, who threads the leagtuened corridors or walks the beautilul lawn like a queen of sume enchanted isle, accompanied py & yuuth-. dw prioce, ner only son and heir to ail her fabulous wealth. This matron, like the Roman Corneiia of old, ifsne held no otver possession mignt point THE COTTAGERS are numerous and the hotels are generally well fillea, The visitors include many distinguishea persons from various parts of the country. Among the cottagers are T, A. Havemeyer, ete eowins Peanisits af onan pos tae : % . ad 1 and ex- Ausirian Consul; ex-Governor E. D. Morgan, | claim, ‘Tnis is my fewel.’” This lady's one of ; Gideon Welles, ex-Secretary of the Navy; | our mysteries, and mysteries, you know, are the very life of summer resorts, possessor of untold wealth, and rumor has It that in her own land she is noble by right of birth, ‘yhe youth by her side, with the noble Roman countensuce, but unmistakable accent peculiar to | London, is said to be heir to all her broad acres and glittering miijions. ‘als alone, leaving his personal attractions entirely out of the questton, | Mas served to make him the observed of every jnabaging Mamma and expectant daughter in the August Belmont and family, Royal Phelps, Pro- fessor Eustis, ot Cambriage; kK. D. Hubbard, of Hartford; Mrs. Potter, wile of the late Bishop Potter, of Pennsylvania; W. D. F. Manice, of New York; Dr. Grosvenor, Marshall Wooas, Jacob Dunnell and Professor Gammell, of Providence, the latter married to the only daughter of the late Roberts H. Ives, who inherits the | throng which gathers round bunseli and queealy vast estate leit by deccased, Among | mother whezever they move. They are not omy | the guests at the Ocean House are quite | te observed Of all observers, but he is the rose 1m expectancy of every marriugeavie fair dame at the Springs. “The motner 1s certainly a very com- manding sod beautiuul woman, with most uttrac- tive ald Winnigy manners aad interesting con- versational powers, aud it 1s considered tne very | thing here by @ certain class of the Visitors to be one of her set, to follow in her train, bang around her skiris and bask in the sunshine oO; ner peren- nial sues. ‘The oid bachelors gather around ber and sigh, like young lovers caught in the toile of the earitest passion, jor one look of love from those bright eyes, one approving smile from those TBEy Le, whose juture pussesaor “may be happy ye | anumber of New York people; also several from | Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Boston. | ON THE WATER | all is life and activity, the numerous yachts and | sailing vessels scndding gracefully before the | wind, while rowing is an agreeable exercise | which many indulge in, The New York Yacht | Cub has eniivencd Newport waters for some few | Weeks nasi, and the yachts have attracted consid- | erable attention. They comprise the Alice, Rest- | Jess, Rambier, Tarotinta, Wanderer and Genia, and’ some very pretty yachting sports will be in: | duiged in before the season ends. NARRAGANSRTT PIER | {8 a very pleasant resort, and of late seasons has Ind fair to rival Newport. It increases in favor | each season, as the additional number of visitors show. ‘The hotels are numerous and well kept, and visitors come {rem ali parts. It has a grana beacn, and bathing Is # sport enjoyed by hundreds of people daily. ‘2wo places tamous for excursions and resorted to by people from all paris of New England are Rocky Point anu Oakland Beaoh on the shores of the Narragansett, the former twelve and the .at- ler some fifteen miles irom Providence. Favored by nature and beautifiea by art, Rocky Point | stands conspicuous for its unsurpassed attrac- | Hons, its imposing tower, irom which can be seen Providence and other places at a groat | distance; objects by land and sea; tts large and elegant hotel, the mammoth dining hall, where clam dinners are served twice a day, and which is capable of accommodating 1,500 persens at a | ime; the camera obscura; the inclined railway; the splendid beach and the elegant boathouse; the menagerie, dance hall and delightiui prome- nade groundas—all these combine in making Rocky Polut 80 charming and popula: OAKLAND BRACII. A great rival to Rocky Point the past few years hos been Oakland Beach, a popular resort a lew | Miles below the Point. !n addition to Rocky Point and Oakland Beach we pave Block Island, or the “*Sea-girt Isie,’? as it 18 called trom its iocation | in “Old Ocean.” ‘It 18 about one hour's sail from Newport or three hours from Providence, and ex- cursions are made tri-weekly to 1t%!rom tuis city. About the only tning the island 18 noted {01 apart from its summer attractio: Un- Ul within @ Couple of years passengers, in order to reach the island, were oblige: d all boats from the steamer, anu frequentiy the water Was So rough that it was ound unsate to attempt a landing. But now all tals trouble is gone. Tne government at Washington a lew years ago made An appropriation O41 $60,000 ior the establishment of a breakwater at the isiand, and iast year it was compieted. It consists of a ledge of rocks ex- | tending over a hundred leet into the water, and atthe shore end a wharf has been erected, which admits of boats making @ sale and direct landing. Block Island, as wiil be seen, 1s apart from tne rest of Rhode Island, and its importance can be realized from the tact that the elections are not completed until ‘Block Isiand has been heard fom.” | WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, ? GREENBRIER COUNTY, W. Va, July ‘21, 1875, "’§ Nearly twelve months.ago a Henaup represen- tative visited these springs, and in a letter to that journal eriticisea very severely the condition of the buiidings, the attendance and the manage- | ment, but not, at the same time, 10 the least dis- paraging the great matural beauty and the | widespread popularity «f this famous resort. That communication was read by the en- tire fashionabie community of the country, and was received by both the property owners and the lessees here asa well deserved rebuke, To-day the effect of the HEKALp letter is observa- bie on all sides. All the buildings, from the mon- ster hotel inthe centre to the most diminutive cottage on the outskirus of the grounds, have have decreased corresponaingly. TEitts ek priablelowalbered ii vtech Ad ‘The soliowing are among the recent arrivals at iA a | Niagara Falls:—G. W. Morgan, England; Uap- rickety aud rotten articles of heretofore. and all | | jones, of th s ; the improvements, consistent with the most | tal@ Jones ie Brrtie®: Legesony: Thomas THOUSAND ISLANDS PARK. PREPARATIONS FOR THE CAMP MEETING—THE OPENING SERVICES. ‘THOUSAND ISLANDS PARK, RIVER St. LAWRENCE, July 25, 1875. We were truly surprised upon our arrival here at tne beauty and elegance of this park and Its surroundings. Tne park is situated on the head | of Wells Island, four and one-half mues from Ciayton, seven and one-half from Alexandria Bay and twenty and one-half from Cape Vincent—ali | popuiar summer resorts for sportsmen and pieas- | ure parties, This wonderfal park is under the | Management of the “Lnousand Islands Camp | Meeting Association,” formed for the purpose of promoting the cause of Christianity and awakening an interest in international work between this country and our “Provincial” neighbor, Canada, I+ contains 975 acres of land, with fine privileges for docking steamers and boats of all descriptions, The association have already expended about $30,009 ana are still im- proving the grounds. ‘They have already erected a dining hall, 40 by 100 feet, complete in all its parts. There are also on the grounds a meat mnarket, a confectionery and ice cream store, a general grocery, provision and notion store, and a book, stationery and fancy goods store, They are also to be blessed with a post office and nexs cottages under process oi erection. 1s allowed to be constructed except good, jubstan- sibs as to decoration, design, &c, THE SECOND SERVICE was heid to-day, Sunday, in the Tabernacle, y Chancelior Haven, of the Syracuse University, waisted by Rev. Messra, Curtis, of Syracuse, Cheesman, of Clayton, and other noted clergy. About two hundred persons were preseas. The camp meeting began Wednesaay, July 21, and Will coutinue untii August 4, when there are | expected many thousand people, THE GROUNDS have been for the last week swarming with tents, and many arriving each day. The Tab- ernacie, before mentioned, is the largest of the tents, and will seat three thousand people. Boats are running four times a day between Clayton and Cape Vincent, Gananoque, Alexandria Bay, Kings- ton and Fisher's Landing, and daily between Ni- 8, Charlotte, Rochester, Uswego, Brock: id Black River, and Rome, Watertown and | Omdensourg ratiroads will be sold at half tare to | and from the geounds during the meetings, THE OFFICERS | are Chancellor E. 0. Haven, President. Hon, Will | ives, Vice Presitent, J. F. Moffett, Treasurer, and J. F. Dayan, Secretary. The dining hall is pre- | time held the same vosition at Round Lake. many | prominent ministers are expected auriog the | Meeting. WATERING PLACE NOTES. Mrs. George Francis Train’s villa at Newport, which has formerly rented for $4,590, rents this season for $1,500, and rents throughout the city G. Low, of New Zenland; Heary Ungriet, a. have been made that were | A, Roe and family and Alexander M, ae “s | Ross, New York; William M. Lovering, Aneffect of the heavy and unceasing rains of the past three weeks has been to produce until within the last few days a marked falling off ot visitors at this period compared, with previous | England; J. A. Stone, Baltimore; N. F, Westwood, London; W. Chandler anu wife, Washington; J. H. | Morgan, Cincinnati; J. G. Shipman and wife, New Jersey; R. C. Bibb and and tne Misses Bibb, seasons. Up to the 13th or 4th of | Baltimore; William A.* Wells, Englaua; Robert | the month the prospects for a prosper- Adams, and A. MckKerrell. Mobile; B. M. Make- ous season looked exceedingly bad, when | peace, Maryland; George Gills ana wite, England; suddenly an influx of arrivals began to pour in | Charles ”, Bacon, that was cheering to the hitherto despondent hearts of the managers. ‘Irain alter train irom | the East aud the West came laden with rich ireignts of jashionable bumauity, immense Sara- | togas and innumerable small baggage. Day after | Gay these arrivais increased, until now the White | Harttord, Conn.; Francis Ker- | nan, Je, son of Uniteu States Senator Kerpan; Mrs. J. Clark, Miss k, Miss Mole, Miss S.C, | Henckoerg, Miss L. A. Clark, Miss H, Gexmore and | Miss L. ©, Clayton, Philadeipuia, iorm @ pleasant | party at the Cataract. | Among the recent New York arrivals at Sara- | toga are A. Berghaus, Harry Babcock, F, Mar- | quand, B.S. Jafray, H. Maiilara and Mrs. J | yown in any of its most prosperous | Mallard, Francis S. Smith and Pierre Lortiiard. | THE GREAT CHARS px-Convressman A. H. Rice, of Boston; ex-Goy- | of the place, besides its beauty and the grandeur | ernor Curtin, of Pennayivania; Mr. and Mra. Lit- of its inagnificent mountain scenery, lies in its tell, of Kentucky, ana J. Laird, of New Jersey, | deligotiuily cool armosphere. Alew daysago,when aie at the Grand Union, H, Fritsen, Austrian | the thermometer ranged from 98 to 100 in the Consul; O, W. Babcock of Kansas, and Smith M. shade in Richmond, it never went higher here | Weed, of Plattsburg. are at the States, than 86 Fatirenbeit, the hottest time of tne day. Saratoga belle says she bas a now dress for | Then consider the luxury of such a change | every grand bull, for she needs a special train to | Irom the scorening heat and dust of acity to the | carry the males. deliciously cool air of 2,000 feet above tne level of the sea; the beautiful foliage of the forest trees, | the fragrance of new mown hay on the lawns, the baimy breezes, the cool nights, the sound sieep | under 4 pair o( Dlankets and the refreshed, exu- | berant feeling following In the morning. Al! this | minglea together iwakes the one word ‘enjoy- | aristocratic, @ company as at any responding easons, @ general thing, can be roid irom wives, and yet he has Known many 4a giri to be taken jor a wife, It is stated that neither tne landlords nor the hackmen drive the biuff game at Vak Bluits, Martha’s Vineyard. Recent New York arrivals at the Ocean House, + Ment’ in its fullest sen: We have no Vapitoi, no | Newport:—\W. H. Carr and wile, J. J. Ly- kings, no princes here; but we have a pleuty of ony, F, Eggers, E. 8. Nada}, Henry Branch PRESIDENTIAL WARWICKS, and George Ham end; Miss KE. D. Farish, | There are politicians from every section, some of | Miss Mollie Bale ; D. Winstow, — Vire them ‘new issue,” many of them of the oid da; gima; E. A. Brinkerhof and wiie, Englewood, gone by, and tney all canvass the political siti N. J; Benjamin V, Mars and son, Piiladeipnia; tion, bat | nave as yet been unable to obtain a | W. N. Stevenson and wite, F. P. Bellamy and Seti suit ol the sentiment, A third term is not even | Low, brooklyn; J. L. Deppen, Jr, and wife, Louls- hinted at, That is regarded on all sides as killed, | ville; W. F. Boyle, G. P Viant, L. P. Plant, St | Thurman seems to be tne choice of the democrats, | Louis. ‘ | wuile Bristow looms up as the republican favorite, | Among the distinguished Southerners present are General Robert loomba, of Georgia; General | dosepa E. Johnston, Generat McOuusiand, ana | Jame ns, of Virginia. Among the distia- | eaisned Visitors expec 19 Do leas & personage , aud among tne greatest o1 the gw tations of tae propristor here ts resident Grant himself, wno has promised to pay the Springs a visit li he can spare the tine, SOCIETY, | While tho baliroom each night, lit up by the commander A, P, Uooke and Lieutenant WW. Maynard, United States Navy, are in Newport. Mrs. Jacob Litthe and Mra, Jackson, of New York, are at the Weaver Votiage, Newport. Major 7, J. Emerson and iamiiy are at the Aquid- | Neck, Newport. The Major has been ordered to Fort Adams. Among the recent New York arrivals at the Ocean, Newport, are George B. Hedges ana wile, J. G, Fuller, F. N, Wilson and wile, W. Oliver Stone and James A. Wnitney. Baron Weitmann and John $, Langworthy, Dep- wy Comptroller of the Currency, Washington. esident Wi reat expece She 1s said to he the | | year with @ telegraph omMce. There are several | No butiding | tial frame buildings with considerable preten- | cott and Ogdensburg, Tickets over the | sided over by Mr. McPherson. Who bas for quite a | A Saratova philosopher says single women, as | are at the Ocean, Newport. So are H. B. Hew: lect, of Sun Francisco; Orson Adams, Maryland) D. Chandler and wife and H. Westermann an wife, Delaware; J. CU, Bacon, Onicago. Overworked croquet lawns are baying & chance to recover their verdure, while the billiard tables atthe resorts are Coase in duty just at this ressat.—Boston ner! , Rev. Dr, 8. 1, Prime, of New York, t# relaxing at The Quaker Springs propert; at Schuylerville, near Saratoga, 1s being reno’ Among the late New Yor arrivals at Si are:—L,. Von Hoffman, 3. B. Rogers and wif Woowey and wile, W. Suydam and_ wife, 5. L. Barlow, at the States; Dr. RB. 5S, Newton, at tae Continental. Ingersoll, of Gonnecticut, wife an@ colin M. RURAL RAMBLINGS. WHERE THE PLEASURE SEEKING DEMOOBACE SPENT THE SABBATH. It must not be supposed that the fashionadles at Saratoga, Newport, Long Branch ana other 60+ called ‘watering places,” are the only ones who fly irom the heat and dust ofthe city during the hot summer months. There is another class, not by any means the ‘lower class,” which, when oppor. tnnity offers, seeks for rest and pleasure. They are the tollers, upon whom the duties and cares of life rest heavily; the mass of the people who, after a week of perhaps ill-requited labor, thank God for the Sabath, which is to them @ grate- Jul respite from the busy work of life These people, whose means will only admit of moderate outlay, who cannot afford to waste either time or mony, have an innate love of nature. The sunshine is as bright, the sky ag bine and the landscape as fair to them as to the favored pets of fortune. It 18 due to this fact that the excursions by land and water which every Sunday leave the metropolis have, during the past Jew years, become sv popular, They give ta the mechanic or clerk an opportunity to leave behing him, for a time at least, the workshop ana counting house, and, in the purer air of the sub urban localities, gather strength for the labor duties of the morrow, Yesterday was just such @ day as would be eagerly wished for by the excur- sionists, Scarcely a cloud obscured the sun, and although the thermometer during she afternoon ranged among the nineties, the pleasant breeze Which prevaied ail day fanned away excessive heatand made the excursions thoroughly enjoy. able. UP THE HUDSON, Among the most promineut pieasure trips made esterday was that o! tue splendid steamer Dean Richmond, of the People’s line, This floating palace left her moorings at pier 41 North River ten A. M., and the foot of ‘twenty-fourth street, North River, fifteen minutes later. wae crowded Irom stem to stern with pleasure seeke ers, an exceilent band having been provided for the occasion, Salling by the giand old Patisades, alancing was made at Yonkers, wnere addition to the number of excursionists was taken on board. Up through the Higtlands and pa beautiful scenery, & short stay was made at ona Island, after whle ‘as paid to his- toric Newburg—“the city ona hill” ‘The retarn Was as deligotful as the upward trip, and at an eurly hour in the evening the pee landed, with- out a thing having occurred to mar, tne day’s ; Pieasure. The favorite steamer Long Branch made a trip very much the same gs (oat of the Dean Richmond and was well patronized, Fors Lee, Snadyside and Pieasant Valiey boi were crowded during the several trips mad during the day. THE SALT SEA AIR. ‘The deep sea fishermen who Will, on the slight est provocation, cast the lead and line, and whe are hever disheartened even by what is known ag ‘*fisherman’s luck,’? were out in inil feather on board the Seth Low yesterday. {be flening banks Were reached about noon, and the haul of sand porgies was even larger tnan usual, Ife Ameri- cus aud Neversiok made their usual schedule time to Rockaway Beaco, the beach ali day being thronged with batbers in thetr nondescript gar- ments, The Pope Catlin also took a rad 0 party to the new pleasure grounds calied Bath Park, L. I, On the west side 0; the bay excursions were ex- ceedingly numerous. The Sea Bird carried a full complement of passengers to Red Baok and the Higulands, Tae Olyphant ran to Keyport, whe a rest ot four hours was allowed; the Thomas P, Way and sylvdn Glen went to Newark, stoppiog a Bergen Poiut each way, and a propeller left ever: hour irom the Battery for Governor's Isian where there was music by the Marine Band in t afternoon. On the East Kiver the rival lines ol steamboats running to Morrisania and High Bridge were crowded ali day. ‘The natural attrac- tions of the vicinity of High Bridge are sufficient on any Pleasant Sunday to attract a crowd. It had been advertised that yesterday there would be a contest between Professor Fredrickson, the water walker, and J, W. Obershister, the cham- pion swimmer, the one to waik, the other to swin, The “champion swimmer” did not, hows ever, put m ad appearance. The Professor started about half-past jour to walk across the Harlem and back, #o as not to disappoint the assembled throng of spectators, His leet we: encased tn ungainly rupber tanks, infla! air, about eignt feet long and six inche starved irom @ point about 200 leet above ti bridge and “worked,” not walked, his way across diagonally to the opposite shore aud back. ‘There was not a single graceful leature about the per- formance. ‘Toward evening the various excur- sion boats returned, and, #0 far as it was possible to learn, the day passed of in @ thoroughly en- jJoyable manner. AT CONEY ISLAND. There were lively times at this festive spot yes | terdav—lively times for the young and old, lively times for fladiers, blind or bunking, lively tu for the thiesty, for the weak and lor the strong; a good wash forthe million, ana clams tor all wi could afford to buy them. However great the avtractions tor the inasses might have been else- Wwhere—however Cueeriug the prospects of a t} to the innumerable haunts of pleasure witnin g radius of twenty miles of the city, Coney isiand blazed forth with Its accustomed giory yesterday alternoon, and drew to 1ts beach its bath houses and its potels, as merry, as large and us orderly an assemblage as ever thronged @ popular resort om vheday of rest. What with increased iacilities of communication, increased uccommedations im many respects aloag the shore, up which tne sea now and thenfroils with a thunderous noise; what with this imfiaite number of innocent pastimes, to be enjoyed at every twenty yards, to say noth. ing of the ume-honored associations of the place, Coney Isiand had no reason to complain of wi of patronage. The steamboats plying betwi there and New York, aaa tae cars and steam ones at that, were crammed the livelong day with pleasure seekers, while carriages of every | description literally darkeued the roads leadin: to this favorite Sunday retreat, Both men an women tumoied about in tne surf trom noon till dusk; children romped — aion the beach; aspiring smatears formed rival rile teams at two cents @ shot; lager beer flowed freely, put none was wasted, Not the least eniivening feature 0! the scene was the | rollicking jig which succeeded Miss Budget’s ao- Iutions tn the sea. ‘ihere was music on every | hand, operatic selections being nanasomely con- tributed by Signor Urganini, Who Was expressly engaged for the merry-go-round. Io the more aristocratic parts of the island the harmonious Hutterigs of Miss Lushington ascended from the keyboard o1 the public plano and, mingling wito the savory odor of roast clams and boiled beef, added mucn to the gevlai influences of the place, ‘rhe Weather was glorious, the fua superb and, ia @ word, Coney Island sustained its reputation. AT CEDAR GROVE, STATBN ISLAND. Among the enjoyable events of the day was the excursion of the West Siae Club of New York to Cedar Grove, Staten Island. Lhe party, which comprised maby prominent citizens of the Eigh' ward, left oy the steamer Ackerman nu o'clock in the morning from the pler at tne foot ot Canal streer. The party called at the fompxing- Ville janding, Staten Island, and at Dix f Mathews, Addresses were made by ex-Alderman erald, Captain Williams and other waich the day was spent in such exercises as | Instrumental music, recitation: | Promptu Speeches, gymodastics and matches im outdoor sports, The party returned to tne city at eight o'clock, JUAN N. CORTINA, EXPLANATION OF HIS ARREST BY THE GOVERM- MENT ORGAN IN THE CITY OF MEXICO— LERDO'S DIPLOMACY DISTRUSTED BY THE WILY BANDIT. MExIco, July 10, 1875, The Diarto Oficial, tne organ of the federal government in tnis city under date of July 1, fare nishes the following explanation of the arrest of Cortina :— On the Ist of May last the President ordered Generai Jaan N. Cortina to come to this capital Jor the purpose of giving some iniormation relative to the northern frontier. This order was commu nicaied to nim by telegraph and he repited ask- ing for some time in which to present himself, which Was conceded to him, ‘tne time having eiapsed, pis bo) eal ad with the or- der of May 1 was insisted upon, and he then replied by referring to bis resiguation as an oficer in the federal army, In consequence thereof a paper at Matamoros satd tuat the gow ernment would have fo do the sawe as it dia with Vicente Riva Paiacio (accept the resignation). * * * General cortina was informed that he must obey the order, and that aiter that what ever migat be adjudged to be rignt in reward his soucitation Would be determined upon. Corton hot having obeyed, arrangements for his arrest were made on the 18t# of June, and the order for 018 apprehension was complied with yes terday (July 1) morning, at Union Ranch, oue leagay from Matamoros, at nine o'clock. In com | Sequence thereof General Cortina will be com | dueted on ooard the sailing vessel Juarez, which Jet Vera Cruz yesterday tor Matamoros, in com. | pllance with orders which have been communt- cated, He will soon be lu this capital, where he Will be suomitted to the appropriate tribunal for aiobedionce of the orders of the chic of (ue nation,