The New York Herald Newspaper, August 3, 1875, Page 6

NEW "YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1875—WITH SUPPLEMENT, THE HERALD LIGHTNING TRAIN. @" Excrtmxa BUN TO NIUGARA FALLS—THE WAY SPACE 15 ANNIHILATED. AND COUNTRX- MEN ASTONISHED—SEVENTY MILES PER HOUR ON VANDERBILT'S PEERLESS STEEL RAILS— Jim woop aNnp oxp No, “110” stn “ENG AND QUEEN OF THE noap."" No one whose privilege it has not pver the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad in tue fast train that conveys the SUNDAY HERALD '0 anxious and feet-footed newsmen shrovgnout the State can form any adequate ifca of the exciting sensation that takes porsession of ine traveller as ne is borne along by powerful mgines at the rate of fifty or sixty miles per hour through gaping tunnels that stand im thelr track to swallow them up only to dis charge them again, as the good-natured whale aid @ certain anctent surnamed Jonab, twisted around suarp corners, over yawning chasms (bridged by man’s ingenuity) at a dound, and into and out of deep cuts in rock and soll. The last trip cf the HeRaup train, like the previous mes, Was a complete success, Between one and wo o’clock on Sunday morning a basy scene was witnessed at the Grand Central depot, in prepar- — mg for the start. ‘There were gatvered in the fepot a iarger number of passengers than asuai, and precisely at fifteen nimuates before two o’clook the surili voice of Conductor Lowery called “All aboard!’’ Tue doors were thrown open amd quickly the eaxer travellers seized their ef- fects, and, hurrying into the coaches awaiting them, soon all the seats were occupied, several ladies and calldren belnog Of the party. While all was bustle and excitement within the depot a heavy TRUCK, DRAWN BY SWEATING BAYS, rushed alongside a baggage car at the upperend ofthe depot, and instantly vurly arms and nimole legs were called into requisition to transier pon- @erous bund!es of H#kALDS, still wet from the press, to tne car. Five minutes elapsed and that Job was done; but now the brave Nat Sawyer, the fearless guide who is to pilot the travellers through dangers, appears. He mounts the steps i and ip an instant is TN THR STIRCP OF THE IRON CHARGER, sounds the command, puils tee tron rein that ts pbeyed, and away speeds the HERALD lightning | sraim that 1s matched to beat tne wiud if possible Da daring rush for the cataract of Niagara. Into she Gark tunnels under Fourth avenue “Nat! Arives engine No. 70, and as it gives it tho spur the speed is increased gradually, and bulld- ings, telegraph poles, bridges and station houses RO Staggering to wie rear like a file of @ronken mep endeavoring to keep equiiibrium. Tae train dashes around curves, thunders through excavations in the solid rock at the rate of forty miles per hour, And yet the fearless rider ‘Nat’? coaxes ‘No, 70” so greater feats of sped. Spuyten Dayvil sud- fenly takes a back seat and ravenously clutches op @ bundle of Hrratps that the train men have thrown out as a peace offering fer not halting and saying, “GOOD MORNING, SPITEFUL DBYIL!’? Nat Sawyer’s freman crowds more “black dia- | Monds” {nto the ravenous throat of “No, 70,” “Nat” lets on more steam, and the iron monster, to show i's gratitade, increases its speed until it tears away past Yonkers, Hastings, Tarrytown, Peekskill and other towns, at the rate of fity-five miles por honr, leaving the same sort of reminder behind a8 was :4rown out at Spayten Dayvil. At Poughkeepsie a ba't 1s made longer than usual, as we are aliead of time. Engine No. 75, commanded by William Casson, Is attached, The bola engineer who, from his lookout in the “cab,” follows the glare of his headlight that lilu- minates valley, river, mounts and we are agato off. Here the traveller Is reminded of Ben F. Taylor’s graphic aescription of “Doc” Simmous’ ride to death at New Ham- burg in March, 1871, when— Flankel by rugged rock and river, Death and double side by side— Band upon the mighty bridie, See the gallant horseman ride! See the ponderous crea/ure coming, pway and swing along the track, and wonder as they get nearer and nearer to that tatal spot whether theirs it willbe to spam that bridge in safety. speed of trom fifty to sixty miles per hour, and as light begins to kiss the brows o! the grand old Catskills Will Casson’s obedient servant jars and shanders, sways and trembles as it bounds THROUGH TUNNELLED AGES UF CREATION, saucily bends its sinewy attacnments around a surve on the river bank, and then, as it were, with bieap “takes” the New Hamburg bridge and ‘ands uson the other side of “the Dead Man’s River.” But the speed is increased. Will Casson bas carried us in air over ‘the motion: less water and now he sfows us t mysteries of the depths of -the earth, Like the rush of a “cambric needle througha team,” he piunges throngn the echoing tunnel, | only to emerge with his vaiuable (reignt of bu- | manity into the iight of morning, and patier and slatser his driving wheeis upon Vanderollt’s peer- less steel rails as he heads for Albany, making ever and anon @ spurt ahead at the rate of sixty | miles an hour, and very kitie jar being percepti- ble to the passengers, many of whom siumber quietly in Humpnrey’s siceper tnat brings up the | rear! Yet still the daring Will ts not satisflea, Be is disposed to dispute the right of Jim Wood and bis pet eagine “No. i10” at the otuer end of she line to tue title of “KING AND QUEEN OF THE ROAD,” snd Dow Is his last chance. He is to be relieved bt Albany, where a wi'e awalts bim with a warm dreakiast and prattling children with kisses; he kQows the track can be trusted. Every loot of snose steel! rails is as familiar to him as the dar- ling in his baby cot. H& knows oid No. 75, and polling his lever he gives ber the spur aud sheis | Stand aside, gallant Jim Wood! trempie ye | om. famous No. 110 0! the “homestreten! ls coming with his sinewed being to “ yo you one better.’ At Castieton Will Carson ee you and Bast Albany. One, two, three, tour, fi six winutes are marked by your reporter's watch ind No, 75's surill whistle sounds “breaks.” Another minute ani the engine is as still asa tombstone. He has cone it—eigut miles in seven minutes! The passenzers vole Will Carson a “prick” and ‘ the champion of the road for once, Here the train was ahead of time. Tne engines were changed, Edward Clase, with No. 089, being ihe relief. They both did Gneiy on the run to syracuse, making spurte of jour, five or six iniles as many minutes. Between Fort Plain ana St. fohnsvilie six miles were made tn less than six utes, and the train reached Syracuse tweive pinates ahead of her schedule time. At this 7” yoint nearly all the passengers got out to ex- wine ‘Jim’ Wood and the Commoqore’s crack mmgine, old No, 110. hey eyed hm and nis engine aiiant Wood oilea up, and oblivious to the fact that he and he object of curiosity. The train wemed to ve Nis engine we tept on time, anc been to travel" } two passenger | their | 2 Mansion and mountain, | Again the trim has reached a | has got) ber wind, and now comes arun of eight miles to | watenes to time cae fearless engine driver, and then it Was discovered that for tne space | or twelve milaoutes the train moved } at the rate of seventy miles per four, No, 110 stopped er strides at East Buffalo, and still retams ner title of “Queen of the Koad.” ‘The traim reached its destivation at Suspension Bridge five minates ahead of ume, and tuere the HERALDS Were transferred to the Great Western Railroad of Canada, as they had been to the Michigan Southern and Lake Shore at Bullalo, for transportation westward, Ove of the | most interesting jeatures OL the trip was che fact ail the papers imtended jor Western and Cae adiau sudseribers Were toldea and addressed tn wrappers op the train and mailed at buifaio and | Suspension Bridge, | | THE COTTON CROP. | | REPORT OF THE COMMITTER ON INFORMATION | AND STATISTICS OF THE NEW ORLEANS Cor- TON EXCHANGE ON THE COTTON CROP. | NEw ORLEANS, August 2, 1875. | The Committee on Iniormaticn and Statistics | of the New Orleaus Cotton Exchange, to whom was intrustea the duty of compiling a national | cotton crop report mad@ up from the returns of | the various exchanges appointed therefor by the | National Exchange, submit the tollowing for the month of July:— leans department, covering that of Mis- Sissippt ROL apportioned to Mempnis and Mobile, | the entire State of Louisiana and the State of | Arkansas, south of Arkaisas River, | LovistaNa.—We have received — sixty-three answers [rom thirty-one parisaes, and the aver- | age date 18 to the loth ult, The cuaracter of ibe | ner is generaily reported as favoraole, more | so than af the same period last year, thouzh our test dates bring us a complaint of drowsnt, The stands are generally good, and detter than last year. Ths plant ts biooming and bolling wel, Ine labor 18 eficient, and the present Condition of the | crops mneh better when compared with that of | | | | last soar, except in certain districts where rain | is needed, | ISSIs3i —One hundred letters have been re- | ceived irom thirty-vwo countes im thts ptate, nearly all of which are daied oa July 15, “their | | uniformity of date bemg a great improvement on | |-the past. The character of tue Weather jor the | past month has been mauly favorable, with, how. | ever, considerable exceptions. Sume letters com- | plate of too much ram, others of want of it, these | opposite reports coming oiten from the same | county, showing an unusually partial distrisunon otrain or jocal showers. P.antations not five miles apart pave had too muct rain on some and | too itile or none as alion overs. One-fourth of | whe letters state tuat the plant 1s too large and | growing too fast to fruit well, and 1s ia a Very un- | javorapie conuition to receive either a provracted drought or wet spell, A very lew complain of boll worms. No caterpillars in noticeable bute | have appeared. ‘he stands are generally nd laborers Working well. | AN: —lorty answers have been received | twenry-one counties In this state, The weather has been generaily dry—occastonal | auowers, however, Lave prevented any damage— and, on the waole, It has been more favorable than ar, and almost 48 good as could be wished, stands arereported unliormly goed and the fruitmgremarkatly well, Ine general con- cition 18, undoubtedly, the finest known for a number of years, and, excepting some apprehen- slovs of & possible drought, tne tone o1 our cor- respoudence 1s as cheeriul a3 Could be desired. | NasHVILLE =DEPaRTMENT.—Over 200 answers | report the weather generally seasonable. A tew | report heavy rains, Which wege sectional, ‘I'ne | stands are good to better, with some complaint | oftoo rapid growth, Tme laborers are working | well, ana the present cogdition compares lavora- | bly With that of last svassn. Some sections re- port the plant smail, but growing rapidiy, NORFOLK DErakrMENT.—Ihe weather 1s gener- ally hot and dry, some littie complaint ou that score coming from North Carolina, though on the | | whole toe Weatner Was more favorable than last | year, the stands comparing very favorably with | | uncse of lust year, tue plant lorming, bloomtng and polling well. ‘The sapply of labor is very Satisiactory, and the condition of tne crop very goud; bat in size ty 1s generally a little smaller | and Irom five to eight days later. CHARLESTON DEPARTMENT, SOUTH CAROLINA.— | cighty-uine repiles have been received irom twenty-nine counties. The weather bas, on the | | whole, been seausonable, and compares lavoraply | with tnat of last year. The stunds are as good if not vetter, aud the plant 13 generally reported as | forming, blooming and boiling well. Tne labor ts | efficient, aud the present condition ts at Jeast | equal to that of last year. Five answers from | four counties report injury trom hail and trom too | much weed. In ome cuunty lice are reporied, aud | rust in anether. i | THE A ‘STA DEPARTMENT, covering that por- | | | tion o! Georgia not inctuded in the Sevannah re- | port.—Ine weatoer has ocean very favoravie and | seagonabie—more So than just year. ‘The stand 13 | betrer than just year. Tne plant ts forming and | blooming Well, and. with the exception of late cotton, }s polling well, I'he general condition ot the cropis Goou—Letler than last year—and lavor | is satisfactory. | SAVANNA DEPARTMENT, covering Northern, Middie and Southwestern Georgia and the Site | of Fiorida.—The weather is geseraliy ary and | | more iavorabie than last year. The stand ts go01— better than iast seuson. bie ee is forming, | boiling ad blooming well. jor 1s unanimousiy reported ax good. the general tenor of the re- | plies indicates tue condition of the crop as very javoraole, ciean and we fruited, exceps in some | locanties MIDDLE ‘s Gred and twenty re} ure received. 1u thirt, | is reported as having been seasonabte j oo ary, aud, pompated with last year, im only | \nree—tue + Mucou and Kasseli—nas 10 | | es Irom jorty-eighs counties nine counties the weather 7 in nine been Jess favorapie; in al! oilers more Javorable. ‘Yne stands are universally reporved good, ana better than jast year. The plant is forming, | blooming and polling well. ine laborers are | | working Well, and are Very iorward in farm work, The present condition 13 00d, and the promise | better than last year, There ts nothing uniavorae bie put the aeed of raim in a few counties in sandy E 1381 —Flity-stx replies from nineteen counties report taat the weather nas been vene- raliy Seasonaole@ and universally reported more | favorabie then | ar, ibe stauds are excetient, and better than last year. ‘Tue plaut 1s Jorminy piooming and bolung weil In ail the counties € t Ltawamvie, Lowndes and Newton, — dn vhes me COMpLAINt 1s Liade OL A Weedy growth | of tue piauts, caused by too much ruin in heavy | lands. fue labor f wood a8 can be desired. all | tu Working Wel. ‘Tue present condition 1 the crop is good, abd nore promising than iast year. Favor. } able 1 ances are better, cultivation more edicient, lavor and farm work more agvanced than | lust year; the unlavorable yu oed | | { | above; Want of raia in gout sections of | sandy lana and a lew boll worms reported 1p Jas- | per county. GAL ON DEPARTMENT, and tuirty-tbree replies rece ) one countie ‘aciag the period between the 16th of Jane ana the 15tu of July. report the weather dry, fift Ty ury and hot, | forty-eight favoranie report the w T less faVoraole, while twenty-seven say . en govd stands, t year, twenty-uve not | SIX avout The same. piles Bay that the plant is Hing Weil, while twenty. | jand backward and 1ot so promisia, stime last season. Our re- es indi t jabor 1g much more efticient | wud reable than in any previous year. Sixty." tiree reply taat tue present coadition of the crop | is better than last , twenty-six report it Moc | @s good, and furt) 1 sections Of tae State the plant is much » eu irom one to turee weeks later mie time iast season. There is a gen- iofury weatier, only & iew jocail- ing been visited with No reports bave y received from tue Memphis | or Wiimmugioa department. SUFFERERS, Forty replies | tairiy #5 ZOO" uB lust year, One hundred ang Jorming, bioonmin: | seven repor | VARIOUS SOCIETIES Last —GRAND CONCERT AND TOMBOLA. Last evening « large number of delegates from the vaiious benevolent and social organizations | i tue Freach people in this city met at Weil's Hail, No. 126 Sixtn avenue, to take measures to provide for the sufferers trom the inandations in France. The societies represented and the dele- aie’ present Who spoke jor them were as lows:—M. Guiraud, of the Comité des Méridio naux; M. Sabvaton, Union Musicale Frangase; Ff. Coudert, Sovieté de Biealalsance lrangaise; M, SOME YALL “WALKL « THAT TRACK, | André, Cercle Lyriqu Leopold Levy which for niles is $ ths line of the | cieté Isracute Prange M. Wittner; wow’s Highs. ‘hey ma sapurt of 21%, mies | L'Esperance;Josepa Wingler, L’ Union Aisacicnue; b twenty-eigne another of 10 miles | Joseph Well, Bat des Gardes Laiayetie; D thirteen minute: * sbort one at a | Josepa ~ é Alsacieune-Lorraine: M, | tile per minuie, 6% miles im seven | Pilaut, Or rangais, amd #, Muusuy, L’Union Dimutes § pulung the train ia Roches. | kraterpes 3e. er abead of ime, The run ve. ween Rochester M,. Savbaton acied as Chairman and F, Mansuy wd Batavia wus not remurkavle jor very ‘ast | as Secretary, Mr. Charles Leture having seut in peed. At tue later place the writer mounted | MS resination as President of the Council 41 t he engine with Jimi Wood for the purpose of , Various Frenel societies represented tu the meet. iming him in to East Butaio, He tad a straight | ing, Mr. Jusepl Strauss was upan ete oad vefore him, ani giving No. li) atree rein | by tie Board of Delegates Preside oun wma pleuty Of coal she made some most extracr- lpary spurts, rarely “slowing up” below a nile yminate, Peopie all aiong the iine of the road vad turned out to sce JIM WOOD AND TS LYING DEVI! wo by, a8 reli a8 Fo vel Lhe heaALDS huried irom be train at every station and eagerly “gobuled ip” at ten cents per copy. Wood watcned nis Dgine and never once looked t) the rigit or left Of SpOke to those on toe “cab” with him. The Fain Was approaching Crittendeu, only twenty- he minutes from bast iadulo, ut the of bout w mile a mMinuie, or sixty tuties per nour, na yet Wil son and No, 76's tune had not een matched. Jim Wood then turnea around “WITH A MEKKY TWINKLE IN Mis BYE,” lgnalied bis Greman to give wer more fuel, pened the Vaive aud iet her yo! No, 110 seem 0 be possessed of Understanding, and, jumpin orward suddenly, nearly mounted the HERALD eporter from his feat. Then vegan & ran tuat vera bas no paraile! in vis country, The train Doved #0 last bhal passengers Whisked oul tmcir cil, to fill the place of Mr. Leturc, it was resoived thit the different presidents ol (he societies should sell tickets Jor tue grand concert place at Tammany Hail tor tue 3 by the foous iu France on ast 14 AL LMS enteriainment Suuret, the pian, Mile, Ducnois, Levy, the cornet piaver, and ovners will pervorm., Whtie the m ing Was traiping up stairs @ lomoola was heid in Weii's tail jor the benefit of the French suier- ers, aU Which mucn enthusiastic reeling was dis- played. had ve bis $ Oe Lundred chances, at one dollar each, o.d, wud the lucky Wimmer was to have ait taken, tae plocure to ve valued at M . Ve as teilers, ¥erl, a young mdy of about orew tue ballots from the glass ming jatiaue por d ne the putlot No, 33, 4 LIACK OAll among tae Whign Was represented Wile baliot¥, Was drawa by Joum Baptiste | Mounot, a baker ot Second avenue, amid | @reat clecriag [rom ali prosenw & | Chairs, tables, mats, &¢., were there. | Very adtuirable | Weil to witness the match as vo afford some recom- | tie train and eniivened the dreary time by wan- | | sorry. \ THE ELCHO SHIELD. THE GREAT VICTORY OF THE IRISH RIFLEMEN AT WIMBLEDON—DEFEAT OF THE ENGLISH AND SCOTCH MARKSMEN—A VERY CLOSE contEst—1,506, 1,503, 1,502—amenrcan SYMPATHY WITH THE VICTORS—THE LOGIC OF EVENTS. (Wimbiedon (July 22—Night) correspondence of the Duvlin Freeman.) Ireland and Irish riflemen have once more reason for proud ieellugs over the maten for the Elebo Shield to-day, in which, aiter one of the most brilliant contests Wimbledon has yet wit- nessed for this famous trophy, the meed of vic- tory was accorded, as the fair and just reward of the superior shooting skill shown, te the Irish marksmen, THE MORALE OF THE VICTORY. Purely mm a technical sense alone it was a ‘air display of shooting woility all round, though the closeness of the final scores gives to the van- quished the honor of feeling that though in actual dgures they may rank as second and third im shooting abulty, the distinction between the teams 15 imsignificant. Fifteen hundred out of the possible 1,800 team aggregate, or nearly | eighty-five per cent of perfection, is about as near as could be fairly expected of any set of eight men. ‘The match had been set down for eleven o’clock A, M., and at that time ali ihe men were at hana ready for work, This matca seemed to de a specially favored one on the list of compeuiions im being exempt irom the strics rules requiring | the non-interference of outsiders in the matches, AT THR EIGHT HUNDRED YARDS FIRING POINT, where the vattle opened, tents bad been erected, one jor each team, and otherwise care had been exercised 10 providing many ttle conveniences, ‘The long range iron targets were in use, A to H, or eizht | in all, Of these C and F were dummy, or hors de | combat, a8 not being needed, a red disc being placed over the DMi’seye ta prevent any coniu- s10n resulling to the competito:s, ‘Tis arrang ment left three groups or couples of targets, A and B forming one set, D and Fb another group, | and to the extreme rigut, Gand H, his was a} rangement, & set of two being | each team—the Scotch | placed at the disposal of | Waking the lett couple, A and 5; the irish rifemen | belug placed im the centre, while the Englisa oc- | cupied the right wing, G and H targets, FOUR MEN WERE PLACED ON EACH TARGET, or about as many 48 couid readily be accommo- dated and permit tie shooting to go oB Without undue haste or dilatoriness. STATE OF THE WEATHER. The firing opened under a wind blowing tn a fisntai! direction directly from the Tighe ha neRTIy down the range— one o'clock wind, in riflemen’s pariance,, The sun &t this stage of the day’s work Was shining ou’ bright and clear, and it was | thougat by the most sauguine that the day wasio | be a fine hot summers day, und ior a time the beams came down rather scoreningly. . Under econaitions the Elcho Shield competion of opened, THE STYLE OF SHOOTING of the several teams deserves @ word or two of notice and couiment. The Scotcnmen, in their boonets or caps, were grouped in a close buach, keeping up a semblanes oO! mutual help, in taut they gave and took hints one from the other. They were in this simply car- rying out their natural clannishness ana did not seem to go at their work with any ixea plan, The English team, on the other flank, were a set of iree and independent atoms. “Bach man jor himsell”? was the motto carried out, and avy help passed Irom one tv auother was by mere ac- | cident, and more in the way of Inendship than | wilh any preconcerted pian of (iscipline or effurt toward a Uxed end, Of the Irish team a word or two of explanation | | are necessary. ‘Tuey had made no special arrange- | ments jor the day ; but the American riflemen, as | pense to the Irisb team for tue deleat at Dolly- Mount on tne 29th ult.. bad arranged Loassist them | To the ULmost Of their power. To this end Major | Fuiton and Captain Coleman were provided with | long, powerlui telescopes, One at either end of tue | Jrish targets, Besides these two Amertesn gen- | | The weather Was so severe that it was deter- | bring him throuchont the tents that the Americans them. Selves, defeated of a saare 1n the contest, were powertully interested IN THE SUCCES OF THEIR LATE OPPONENTS. It need hardjy be pointed out that i the Irish “whipped” the Kngusa and Scotcv, tne Amert- ans might argue, not illosicaily, that they bad whipped the weippers,’”? and thereiore * whip- ped creation;” und the more one thinks over the proposition, tne more homely it becom or course, the’Americans have suid nothing, apd 16 | 18 Dot needful tuey should. The ergo of the con- test is plain. | AMERICA STANDS FIRST IN THE WORLD, | and Ireiand stands firscin Bvrope, Tat all this | Was Watched jor and hoped for and striven lor Was apparent to the poorest observer on the Leld | | to-day, | THY AMERICAN REPRESENTATION ON THE GROUNDS. | So far, no American jady had appeared on Wim- | bledon. So iar, only the most eager of the men had appeared at the firing points. So sar, tue competitions were Lanciiul, capricious aud per- functory, ‘Yo-day ail this was changed. Every lady who | came to kurope was on the ground, The gprire | American party, male and female, came doWn to this there are entered John Splan'’s gelding George 4H. Danteis, J. sy bay stallion arkis Abdallan, ar Dickerman’s spotted colt Spotted Colt, J. ©. Kekersou’s bay gelding Everett Ray, prigga and Ross’ biack mare Blanche, Wisver ark’s brown gelding Glengarry, J. A. Batchel- jor's dun geiaiug Frank J., Daniel Mace’s brown gelding Vanity Fair, James Dougrey, Jr.'s, bay gelding Joker, and Buad Doble’s bay mare Clem- Excursions will be made to Poughkeepsle every Cay of the meeting by the steamboat Daniel Drew, leaving Der No, 41 Nortn River at nhal!-past seven A, MM and numerous trains, via Hudson Kauroad, will leave the Grana Central depot, tenant Bemateare 1B ample time a oa6 en e to return to the city eac evening & an early hour, . THE NATHAN MURDER. NOTE FROM EX-JUDGE CARDOZO. NEw York, August 2, 1875. To THe EpiToR oF Tum HERALD:— For Sorrel Park's’ | camp, Toe best .utn in ihe team took thelr posi- | Hon beside tie Irishmen, aidel, assisted, sug- | | gested, encouraged, warned, restrained. Major | | Fulton aud Mr, Coleman sav readily at the glasses | | ali day Jong, and Colonel Gildersieeve and Captaio | | Bruce put down ou a miniarare digram the po- | | sitton of every shot us tt was fied, | In addition to this, General Dakin, Colonel | | Bodine and Mr. Yale were busy with suggestive | aid, and Lam persuaded the Irish eight have no | desire 10 deny the assistance they willingly re- ceived. } RECEPTION TO THE AMERICAN TEAM. | MEETING YESTERDAY OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE | oF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION AND THE AMATEUR RIFLE CLUB. | The joint committee of the National Rifle Asso- elation and the Amateur Ride Club met yesterday | | afternoon at three o’clock 1 the office of the first | named organization, No. 93 Nassau street. There | were present Gecerals Shaler, McMahon, K. Knox and Captain Casey. General Shaler was in | the chair, Having waited for halfan hour after the time set down for opening the meeting, the chairman stated that although no quorum was present, | pressing business shouid be attended to, He then brougnt before the assembly &@ communication Irom the Sixty-nminth regiment, N.G.>.N.¥., Which that corps expressed a desire to participate in tbe ceremonies of the reception of the Amer- | jean team, | Captain Casey, on behall of the sub-committee on the projected procession, reported progress ana offered the foliowiug resvlution, which was ad- opted :— Resolved, That all organizations (military and civic) which desire to take part in the reception of the Amer- icun team ot riflemen, be nofitled that the Committee on | Procession will inss.. at three o'clock | | at Cais oMye of the Sauional Rille Association for th ining positions to such orgamzations in the column; ana that the principal, or counnanding olficers of such orxuntaations be requested to report to said commitice at the Line named, ‘ General McMahan, on bevalf of the Committee on Banquet, reported (hat a semi-military concert | to tne American team would be given in G more’s Garden, & portion of the proceeds to go to the iuuds that are being coliectea by the Re- cepiion Committee, Circwiars had aiso been issued, inviting aid from prominent citizens. ‘;he committee adjourned till next Monday, CREEDMOOR. Four companies frum the Eleventh, one com- pany from the Sixth, two companies trom tne Eighty-fourth and two from the Ninety-sixth regi- ment, N.G.S.N.Y., went out to Creedmoor, yester- day, jor ball practice. These troops belong to the Second brigade, First division, They got to the Creedmoor depot at a quarter aiter ten o'clock. | mined to keep the men on the cars and | return to New York by the next train, One of | Lhe non-commissioned officers, a corporal, whose | name or regiment Was uot ascertained, got on off his rifle. Steps are being taken to elore a court martial, Tne officials on the 11:18 A. M. train irom Creedmeor to Hunter's Point reiused to take the troops back here, and they nad to wall for the one o'clock P. M. train, tomy fring b | last evening by hangin, | of his residence, No, 145 Stagg street, Brooklyn, Ihave read the evidence of 8. H. Conklin be- fore the Legislative Committee, as pudlisnea in the HusaLp of Saturday. His statement of an in- terview with me isa sheer fabrication, I never had any conversation upon the subject with him anda never was in Judge McQuade’s Court in my life. Ilearned of ityan’s arrest only through the newspapers, and immediately telezraphea to Jadge McQuade from Long Branch, where I then was, for particulars, and received answer that there was no joundanon for the rumor connecting Ryan with the murder of Mr, Nathan. In the mterest of the family of Mr. Nathan, to whom my wife is related, Ihave lavored hard to discover the murderer, That Mr. Jourdan and his successor, Mr. Kelso, did the same, from iny frequent interviews with them | eno doubt. A 1amily already sufficiently stricken might, ab least, have been spared the additional woe which the scandulous aspersions which Conklin las at- tempted to cast upon Mr. Washington Nathan creates, ALBER? CARDOZO, CUSTOM HOUSE AFFAIRS. To-day the obsequies of ex-President Andrew Johnson wili be observed at the Custom House, and no pnbiic business will be transacted. | This is, of course, in obedience to the order issued by the Executive Department at Wa,iington, in which It 1s enjoined upon all the heads of depart- ments to observe the occasion of the burial of the ex-President. Another occasion of mourning among New York Custom House ofMicials is in tne deata of MR. TOBIAS V. MUMFORD, who was a transportation entry clerk of the Ware- house div'sion of the Custom House since Septem- ber 1, 1529. Mr. Mumford was seventy-nine years of age, and esteemed by hosts of Sriends as an ur- bane gentleman and a inin of sterling bonesty. A meeting wes neld yesterday 0! the Third division in the Custom House to pay due respect to bis memory. A quantity of watch machinery was seized yes- terday in Greenwich street py Revenue Officer A. L, Masurier, The supposition 18 that the coatra- bane goods were smuggled on the steamsiip ereire, THE MUTINY AT SEA. The Russian bark Robena, on which occurred the mutiny reported in the Heraup of yester- day, was towed up to the Atlantic Dock, Brook. jyn, lastevening. She was immediately boarded by United States Marshal Harlow, who arrested ‘the negro cook on the charge of assault with intent to kill. This man, it will be remembered, endeavored to incite | the crew to mutiny, and on being rémon- Strated with by the master of the vessel, Captain Jiagan, assaulted him with & hatchet, cutting him terribly 1m the neck and shoulders, The prisoner was taken belore United States Commissioner Winslow. He pleaded not gutity and was held to await the action of the Grand Jury. He claimed that he struck the Captain in self-defence and that he had been assaultea by the latuer with a club, FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. AN ERIE RAILWAY TRAIN THROWN OFF THB TRACK—A BRAKEMAN KILLED. A freight train on ine Erie Railway ran off the track near Hawthorne, N. J., avout eleven o'clock yesterday morning. The accident was caused by the breaking of a wheel. Nine cars were piled up together, and both tracks obstructed s0 that travel was delayed for several hours, The wreck was fearful, and a great space was filled up with wrecked cars, grain and coal oil, One of the brakemen, namea Charles Jackson, Who Was On Obe Of Lhe ireight cars wrecked, was buried under the aébrin and killed, it is supposed, instantly. Jt was some time before the body was recovered, It was but little mutilated, theonly visible injuries being a bruise on tre head and an abrasion of the abdomen. Deceased hnd been in the employ oi the road ten or eleven years. He leaves a wile and family at Port Jervis. It was at first reported that there were two brakemen killed, but this was subsequenily asccrtained to be untrue. SUICIDE IN BROOKLYN. Adam Jung, aged sixty-two years, a German shoemaker, committed suicide at seven #clock himself in the basement SUICIDE IN A STATION HOUSE, An unknown man-applied at the Sixth precinct Station house last Sunday night for lodging, and was accommosated. Yesterday morning tne door- man found he bad hanged himself from tne sxy- light bya stout piece of cord. Coroner Woltman chaMe of his remains and will hold an inquest in a few days. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. A man named John H. Kich, a liquor merchant, residing at No, 146 Lawrence street, Brooklyn, while in a state of intoxication attempted to com- mit suicide yesserday by jumping into the water from one of the Fulton ferry boats. He had been noticed to act rather strangely, and the deck hands rendered him prompt assistance. He was taken to the New street siatiou house and recovered his oc his cold bath haying cooled him consider- ably. FIRE IN SOUTH BROOKLYN. At an early hour yesterday morning a kerosene oil lamp exploded in tue second story of a frame | house, occupied vy Charies Walls, on Thirty-sixtn street, near Fourth avenue, Gowanus. The flames extelded with great rapidity, and the inmates were compelled to fee in their nignt clothing, The builaing was destroyed, invoiving a loss of $2,800, ‘The property Was insured in the Continental and Phenix msurance companies lor $2,700. Tne sparks from the building rai ling upon the roof of a house opposite, uwued by Edward Deluhanty, set iton fire. The flames were extinguished after a loss of about $100 bad been sustained, Insured in the Montauk Company, THE MILLER MANSLAUGHTER. Mr. R. B. s@mour, counsel for Jack Leonard, who is now In jail in Jersey Uity on the charge of manslaughter, has consented to the removal of 30. his client to Staten Isiand on Thursday, when the | inquest wilf be commenced before Coroner Tap- pan. moved when asked by the Coroner, He has suca Gross total. 800 yards 90 Yard: 1,vou yards, Gross total... . oO Majority of Ireland over Seotiand Majority of ce Lover bngiat Majority of ireland vver wnginad. THE VANQUIS have taken their deieat vduiiraoiy and torious could not have been more modest, While th» Scoteu middiemen, #0 to Speak, are sore and GREAT EXCITEMENT IN CAMP, I need haruly say that (he excitement in camp all day 4s been eager. irien, notwitnstand ing their defeat at Dolilywount, have been re- warded with jealous auxicty; aad is Was koowo | the vie- | tlemen sab othersoi the American gentiemen, out aaa of barnes, out taking the keenest note of every THE INTERSTATE MATCH. | point aflecting the scores proorcon. Colonel Gil- dersiveve and Captain Bruce flied these posiuons— ie esate tore eee sae ave eronea sate and were provided with cards, on which were in- | @ Circular to the Governors of the States ana ‘Yer- LSedtger as rape ane ee and spaces for ritories throughout the Union, inviting the at- ne record of each and every shot fired, of the Wind gauge and elevation—besides the mau at the | endanee of tne rinemen of thet secnous at | telescone—a small target, in fact, on the same participate in the great Interstate match yd Style ibang themmcrven wauomal match oy the | nas been set down as a leading teature in the pro- eee ATEBLOO ON ENGLISH SOIL. Lorain The victory is all the better ior its closeness u RACES. just as Waterloo, “first of battles, was aubious SARATOGA 0 in the eXtreme until tne eleventh hour. MrT SETS , ae ed ay 1,503, FIFTH DAY OF THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING— and the nat: EVE! Irish, Scotch and Eng! tne worst ae ouiy POOL BELIANG LAST ‘NING, 10 nae pest and the Scotch are but tm The first regular meeting of the Saratoga As- Perne following are sociation comes to anend to-day, wien there is a - THE SCORES, rest given the racing-ioving puolic until the 10th THE IRISH TEAM. inst., when the second regular meeting at this Laie 8. 8 YOUNG, Totals. famed summer resort will be inaugurated, There 80 B442545455 tid are three events on the programme to fittingly 545 t 55 H Hay te wind up the first reunion, these being as follows :— ewe | Kinsr Race.—The Saratoga Stakes, for two-vear- | 4 4 z 4 ‘ ‘4 H 5 H 5 eae oids; $100 entrance, half forieit, with $1,000 added 1555553545 5—68—199 | tue sevond horse by recelye $200 out Oi the Stakes; TOR. dash of three-quarters of a title. Of tirty-six 552555555533 2-69 nominations there Will doudtiess come to the 558555455455 5-71 front D. MeDaniel’s bay colt (vrotner to Harry 45 5452245455 465-196 | Bassetti, by Lexington, dam Cauary Bird: Doe i weil & CAMMACK’S CaestNUt Cylt Osseo, by Eclipse, {o0s¢ss4enecs | Gan uaa; Lawrenee & G/Loriiluri’s chestuut | 542554455333 Sot8—194 | Coll Sunvurss, by Plaver, dam Bettie Ward; Au- | N RIGBY. gust Beimonvs bay ily Sultana, vy Lexington, | 544550555553 362 dum Mudred, and chestnut filly Adelaide, by Ause | 535255553345 5-61 tralian, dam Doly Carter: P, Lorilara’s browa | 4455504555955 5-05-183 | gejaing Parole, by Leamington, dum Maiden, and | bh 5545444343 9400 bay geWing Shirley, by Lexington, dam Miss Car- | 535453545355 565 ter; stringed & Clay’s bay colt Biue Coat, by 4 455433 55 6—0—183 | Jack Maloue, dam by Sovereign; John M. Harney’s Tle chestnut filly Littie Belle, by Pat Maloy, dam Alta 53ES 2459 4 5 Vola. ay 4 ‘ ‘ ¢ H 5 2 5-55 i SECOND RACE.—The Sequel Stakes, for three- Sree 44-88-17 | veur-o1ds; $50 encrance, play or pay, with $700 | 4445127555 5b added, the second horse @0 Save tis stake; dash | 545545545 5-85 oi two mules. ‘this Will probably bring Lelore tue | 330354233 6—4W—169 | starter August Belmont’s bay colt Matador, by | Gtadwiteur dam imp. Nouparell; EB. A. Claoaugh’s | chestuut coit Viator, by Vauknall, dam Heataer- | 45 545555 43-67 bell; D. MeDantel’s bay colt Paul Pry. oy Laquirer, 54 45 5543-63 dain Hamourg’s dam; Joon M, Ha: ney’s chestnut | Fd 8 8 6555556 5-71-21 | colt uaenerss Harney, by Pat Mailoy, een Yellow. | F bira; A. &. Lewis & Ov.’s bay cols Vagavond, vy | 37 eo eee Vandal, dam Gem. ‘ 55 535552566121 | 1HIKD RACE.—Purse of $1,000, of which $100, | ™ with the entrance money, 2ves to the second horse. B46 5545534 464 Dash of wiree miles: There will start for wuts 435 55 5b 4 5—69 ‘Thomas Puryear & Co.’s chestnut horse Ruther- Bo 4a 59 4 5-62-19 | ora, four years, vy Australian, dam’ Acroiite; D. 55 4553-67 McDaniel & Co.’s chestnut flily Madge, lour years, 335584 5 568 by australian, dam Alabama, and Mm, A. Littells | 5445355 5-651 | bay borea iW udidie, ive years, by Australian, dam Idiewild, 5345534460 | rools were sold in the city on the first and thira 5 | He es 53-70 | of these events last evening, the betting on the | ~ 55 4-09-189 | two-year-old contest beiny of the livedest linagine | 5535545 4-68 apie Lature, tiough none of the figures were very | 555456 5 5—67 nigh, Ap average Will be lound as under:— 45455646 352-182 TH SARATOGA STARS, fs wif Lat John- —_ Mar- $ H He i { ba} Changes sows. shul’s. 5655453 4 4té—ia1 | Lorilfard’s entry. 55 50 45 60 20 20) McDaniel’s entry, 3229 «18 8 245034 3-65 | Beimont’s entry. 18 19 6 7 553544 5—6T Osseo .. ta a -- £46245 5-67-16) | Sunourst Me Blue Moo 16 15 6 5 Littie Belle Hittite DASH OF THRER MILES, 355545 s260—199 Johns — TurJ Ex» Mare change, shaill’s. | 345556 469 30 40 20 49355 45-63 22 24 lo 1 9954465 69-191 19 2 10 13 4555554 Peetogee sa SESE POOL SELLING AT SARATOGA. A wiser: SARATOGA, August 2, 1875, TisReee ‘The pool selling on to-morrow’s races 1s quite 344644 5-00-187 | brisk to-night ‘She following 1s ome on each 553566508 race: * 348355 6 d= in the Saratoga Stakes, for two-year-olds, 555555 4—61— - Loriilard’s entries sold for $700; McDaniel’s tor TEE tbe! $310; Belmont for $240; Stringtleid for $45; Oxseo 43534 6 2—-64—184 | ler $45; Lille Belie for $40 and sunburst ior $30. | In tae Sequel Stakes General Harney brought ‘ bE om] | os, Matador, $40; Paul Pry, $00; Viator, $60; Vagabond, $20. 5 6-07—183 | “Vor the tures mile rice Rutherford sold for $300; 43-66 Wiididle, $240, and Mauze, #150. 45203 | SALE OF SPRINGHOK. 4 54-183 Arnmor circniates here tat McDamiel’s Spring- | bok has been sold jor $15,000, to go to Oallfornia, om — HUDSON RIVER DRIVING PARK easteia ti | ymer TRY SUMMER 1 MKETING— ‘TROTTIN Gross total. eee 1,008 rst bf ji THE EVENTS AND ENTRIES, ped po This is set down as the opening day of the Low yard: summer trottivng meeting of the Huason River Driving Park, Poughkeepsie, Tae entries to the four days’ sport are very numerous and the purses of @ character to mako the several con- tests of & most exciting nature. Two events are on the ‘ programme for this afiernoon’s amusement, the first being a purse of $2,400 for horses that never oeat | mile heats, best tiree im five, in harness; $1,260 | to the first, $625 to the eecond, £375 to the thitd | and $260 to the jourth horse, There are twenty- | nine entries in this, of which a large feild may be | | exe d LO Guns LO Lhe Score, | ‘The second contest Is a purse of $ for horses that never beat 2:24; Bume condit.ons as | the above ; $2,000 to the first, $1,200 to the second, $500 to tue turd and $400 10 we fourtm horse, a@ dread of Jersey wthat he prefers a trial on Staten Island. A consuitation nas been | between the Distric that the drowning of Miller took place Witoin the | jurisdiction of Siaten Isiand, In vrder to nave | ail the jegal requirements complied witn, how. | ever, @ requisiion has been applied for and wilt | | be served on the Jersey authorities to-morrow, | The witnesses Who reside tu Jersey City express _ thelr willingness to testilyeat the loquest on | Staten Island, without iurtuer notification, HEAVY ROBBERIES IN JERSEY. During the absence of Mr, G. Spingler and his family from their residence, No, 66 sixth street, Hoboken, on Sunday evening, a lively young man ascended the stoop and pulled the bei, He waited there ‘or a ioW minutes and was then seen to descend to the basement door, He muss have effected an entrauce. however, for on the return of the inmates they jound the house ran- jacked, Three truoks had been broken open, drawers pulled out and a large number vt value avies sto awioug Wien Were $4il in Mouey, & |, fold Watch aud chain, sliver watch, with gold clasps, gold vracelets aud lockets aud United | Biases bonds, ihe inil value of which has not even | yet been made known, the proprietor being reluc- taut to disclose the exact extent of his loss. At ts Bald to reach $4.00, Ata late hour iast evening Jacob Beeler, @ resi- deas of Monroe street, Was arrested jor alleged participation inthe robbery of Otto Eppenhe:mer’s m house, om Keservoir avenue, near Valisade. tho prisoner's possession several of sie siolen ariices Were iound; but, as he might have pe- cgme innocently possessed of tuem, he was de- tained jor jurther examination. ‘the police are | also Of the track of reovers who broke into Alver+ anys ry store, on New York avenue, Union Hil, wostracting $40 In cash wud $50 worth of Lhe iatter is the third tue that the same goous. | store has beew “ vurgiarized’’ within @ year. Leonard expressed a willingness to be re- | t Attorney of Staten [sland aud | dustice Keese, of Jersey City, and it 1s conceded | ee NEW YORK CITY. _ ‘The Chamberlain's statement for the week ism follows:—Balance, July 24, $1,926,259 34; recelpré, $1,015,016 6 payments, $876,088 42; balance, July 81, 1875, $2,065,185 82, Thomas McNally, of No. 630 East Seventeenta street, sell from the third story window of his residence at an early hour yesterday morning and was Instantly killed, tte was intoxicated at the tine. Peter Keyser, of No, 4 avenue D, was arraigned at Essex Market Police Court yesterday, charged by William I, Gage, of No, 197 avenue D, with abe strac'tng $85 irom a trunk belonging to Mr. Gage, AS the evidence against Keyser was not very positive he was remanded til Wo-day, BROOKLYN, The Fresh Air Fund gives the second plenio te the poor children of Brooklyn to-day. Michael Murphy, of No. 191 Waiworth street, was arrested and locked up for stabbing nis wife yes. terday. The wounds are not of a@ fatal character, During the month of July there were 2,388 ar- rests in the City of Churches, This 1s an increase of several hundred as compared with the month preceding. The apartments of Charles Champion, at No. 5¢ Sands street, were visited by @ sneak thief in the absence of the occupant yesterday, and robbed of $100 worth of property. The emancipation anniversary of the colored folks, Which Was to have taken place yesterday, Was postponed until to-day in consequence of the inclewency of the weather, Daniel Coigrove, ® boarder at the Franklin House, Fulton street, near the ferry, was found dead in his bed yesterday morning. Disease of the heart is supposed to have been the cause of death. ‘ Mr. John Clements, while passiog the corner of Fulton and York streets at an early hour yester- day morning, was accosted by ‘‘ai unknown man ’—as tae police facetiously designate all un- detected crimimals—who robbed Lim of a watch and chain, Mrs. Bridget McCarthy, of No. 149 Butler street, Was struck on the head with @ brick while stand- ing on the steps of her residence. The missile wad thrown by Ann Kennedy, of Washington ‘street, near Sands, The jaticr Was arrested and held ta await the fesult of Mrs, MoCgrthy’s injuries, which are paintul, District Attorney Britton, upon consultation witn Judge Moore yesterday, entered a nolle prosequi in about 100 cases in which indictments were found during the past three years. The ab- sence of evidence upon waicu to convict the ac cuséd parties is the cause of this general clear ance ol the pigeon-holes. Smalipox is on the increase in Brooklyn. Three new fatal cases were reported yesterday. The health authorities contemplate taking Immediate action looking to a thorough system of vacciny tion in the ilected districts, and a liberal use ot disinfectants, ‘The Sixieenth ward, E. D., oflers tue majority of cases for inspectioa thus far, Sherif! Williams of Kings county yesterday re. ceived notice jrom the Secretary of State that Tuesday, November 2, would be the date for hold- | ing the next election. The officers to be elected are a.Jnstice of the Supreme Conrt in place of Jas- | tice Tappen, State Senator in the second and | Third districts, nine Assemblymen, @ Sherif, Su- pervispr at Large, two Charity Commissioners and two Justtces of Sessions, James Wynne, oi No, 713 Dean street, the plage terer who cut the throat of Patrolman Michi O'Keefe during a struggle between them, on Sun. day, was arraigned before Justice Delmar yester- day forenoon and committed jor examination, ‘Ihe injured oMicer was unabie to appear against him, ‘The police of the Tenth ant uct represent the prisoner as an idle, hard drinking man and say that be was jealous of real or imaginary at- tentions on the part ot O’Keele toward Mrs, Wynne, Tue condition of the policeman was con- sidered very precarious by the bospital surgeons yesterday. NEW JERSEY. ‘The investigation into the alleged cruelties per | petrated by Warden Post on some of the prisoners atthe Snake Hill Penitentiary will be resumed before the Special Comimittue t> day. The lighter which was sunk after the oll exple sion and fire at the foot of Morgan street, Jersey City, was raised yesterday, and as soon as she 1s | pumped out she will be inspected by the Insur- | ance men. Itis believed taat another body will be lound in the wreck. Tne example of ‘the finest police’ is affecting the police in Jersey City, Yesterday af*ernoon Officer Ferris was placed off trial betore the Police Commissioners on the charge of taking Improper liberties with a woman uamed Mrs, Howell, whom he had arrested, Severai witnesses were ex- amined, but judgment was reserved, THN JERSEY CITY EXPLOSION. INQUEST ON THE BODY OF THE UNKNOWN RIVER THIEF. * The inquest over the body of the unknown man who was burned to death on the lighter Competi- tor at the foot of Morgan street, Jersey City, om ‘Thursday morning, was commenced last evening before Coroner Lynch, James Burke, of Fifth avenue and Twenty-sev- enth street, Brooklyn, Captain of the Competitor, testitled tha: he brought yis boat from Gowanus on the afternoon o! July 23 and reached the foot of Morgan strect at five P. M.; he was unable to discharge the cargo that nignt and consulied wita the wharfiager, who advised him to jeave t cargo on board till Dex Mr, Somer, the | owner, decided that this was best; wliness locked | Up the vessei and Went home; next morning he | arrived atthe whari witle the vessel was burn jng; he fund one of the lighter’s brass locks on board a small boat lying alongside, and also an aXe; witness believed taat there had been an at tempt at robbery, and tuat the body found was what of a thiel, Who perisned in the flames. Matuew Erwin, citys wharfnger, testitied that he heard @u lara 01 Lire at len minutes psst one Ou Thursday morniig, dad be Went to the vock; he was sauistlea tue bowt bad been tired by river thieves; be had no power to order away from tne wharf a vessel Jaden with gunpowder, tar or oil; Deileved Luat there Was another body yetin the river, a3 he was convinced that neither of the lwo men Who Were seen boarding the vessel by Captain Milier escaped. Witness then repeated the siatemeut o: Mr. Miller as to waat the latter saw immediately previous to the explosion, The other witnesses to the explosion having leit with (ueir Vesseis no (urcher testimony wag taken. ihe fury readered a verdict that the man, who Was unknown to the jury, came to his deaty by being burned on board the lighter Competitor, and taut tue cause Of the explosion was unknown to the jury. BRUTAL ASS. AULT ON A LADY, Miss Eusilla Herdman, who resides at No, 6a Bank street, Newark, was the victim of anassauw on Saturday evening. At the time mentioned she Was soupfed on the bank of the Passate River, near the Paterson Railroad Bridge, in company with two young men, one of them her cousin, Junn Lynch, residing at No, 41d Broad street, and the other her tnvended husvand, when she was suddenly assaulved by jour rufMlans, Deputy Saerid Siater and Mr. M. Nathan, 0, Hadson City, were driving aloug the road in @ buggy atthe time. Hearing some mat- fled cries they proceeded tufad tue cau-e, ana found Miss Herdmian on the ground strugsituy; inthe bands of the brutes, Tue latter snowe fight, but Mr. Nathan drew mis revoiver, upon seving which they made their escape, The young lady, Who i oily sevenicen years old, was ited into the baggy anu ariver to Police Jus Uce Jiulligals resistence, a Hamuton street, RIVER THIZVES CAPIURED, A BRAVE WOMAN CONFRONTS THE ROBBERS AND PROCURES THEIR ARREST. The terrible fate of tue river thief! who was burned to acrisp by the explosion in Jersey City while plying his nefarivus business does not seem to deter others trom following his example of | thieving. Daring Sunday oignt Mr. Wiliard Cran. dall was standing on tne deck of the tug Stanley, in tne Morris Canal basi, wien he beard a noise on the canal boat John, owned by George Mosner. Tie harried over to (he boat ‘and jound Mrs. Mosher and anotaer Woman greatly excited. Mra Mosver said she fad caugat two thieves in the act of stealing in tue caoin, and bad driven them into tie Holt Of the canal bout, where they were at that moment. Crandall drew his revolver and advanced to the toid, where he Was con. | fronted by one of the thieves, Wio Was armed with a slung shot. Crandall soon reduced Mim Lo | submission and drove hm on deck, ‘the thief nad | Just. stepped into # pair of pautaloons belonging osner, and In M8 pockets Was &@ bunch of in tue parc of the nold where he took refuge was found a oundle containing wear. © Mrs, a to Mr. skeleton Keys. trinkets belonging to Mosher, Crandall made another searca found the second this An alarm was given the thieves were tuken to the first precinct stae tion. ‘they gave their names as Whim and George Arnott Yesterday morning they were taken beiore Justice Vavis, Wo cemmitied tacm: for trial, | | ing apparel and