The New York Herald Newspaper, August 16, 1875, Page 5

BY MOUNTAIN AND WAVE. The White Mountain Attractions Outside of Mr, Beecher, BUCK BOARD EXPERIENCES. ++ The Quakers at the Seaside---Atlantic City Etchings. THE, SEASON AT NEWPORT. Society Notes from Rhode Istand’s Charming Villa City. YO} THE WHI’ MOUNTAINS. Twix Moonrain Hovss, Carnout, N. H., August 12, 1875, Away from the fatigues and business vexations of the rowded cities, rambling among these hills, are about 6,000 ploasure sevkers. A glance at the different hotel cogisters shows that the fame of the mountains as a sammer resort is rapidly increasing, for, with the ex- ception of a few remote Pacific States, all the sover- eignties are represented. North, South and West come to this corner of the Union to see and enjoy the beau- ties of the Eastern Alp land. The case with which the placo is reached and the facilities for seeing all its prominent features without the fatigues common to mountain travel have made the White Mountains much more popular than they would be with nothing but nata- ral attractions to recommend them. Than the White Mountains there is not, perhaps, In all tho States a more central point, or more properly a point which has direct communication with as many tmportant centres, From New York it can be reached by several routes— some long, some short, some fust, some slow. The quickest and shortest route is through New England, per the New Haven Railroad, via the Connecticut River road, connecting with the Passumpsic and Vermont Central routos, BY FAR THE MOST SATISFACTORY VIEW ‘on all the mountains is to be had from the top of Mount Willard. Of course, it is not to be compared with tho awful magnificence of tho prospect from Mount Wash- ington, but still in its way it is more satisfactory. Mount ‘Washington seems to be the flirting ground of Jupiter Plavius, for here he weeps and smiles and frowns a thousand times a day. The cloud clears and a pano- rama, sublipo in its extent and beauty, breaks on tho vision. You rush to tho hotel to get your glass, and when you return a gray fog fs all that is to bo seen, Then the fluctua- tions of temperature on the top of Mount Washington are very violent, often marking a difference of thirty a es in as many minntes. The view from Mount Willard was talked of so much at the hotel by incoming travellers that I determined to and contemplate it. To this end I took the “buck ‘d’? on the recom- mendation of Mr. Beecher, who, a day or two previous, told me my mountain experience would not be full un: jess I had a jaunt on one of the machines, As its name conveys no idea to you of its purpose I might explain that a “buck board” is a sort of vehicle peculiar to this wection of the country. Its chief recommendations aro-first, that it makes you feel sore and rheumatic; second, that you can get more mad on your clothes while riding on it than you could in any other way, if an exception be made in favor of rolling in a mud middie, Its third and last’ recommendation is found in the pleasant mervous excitement it occasious, by threatening, in ominous creaks, to split in two and deposit you in the road. One’s expericnce while on a “buck-board” is very much like what one might expect sitting on the cross-bar clapper of an immense telegraphic machine The continual bobbing up and down of the board makes conversation an impossibility, and should one attempt to say anything he finds his sentences fragmented into dots and dashes, like telegraphic language. The con- struction of the “buck-board” is very simple, It con- sists of a nine-foot pine board, with extremities, resting om and attached to axle-treea, Ip the middle of the board, just midway between the wheels, tho seat is fas- tened, and ifthe board be flexible you can get seasick, and if it is stiff you can get blisters and sore joints. ‘As I sturted to eay, I left the Twin Mountain on one of theso machines, and'rode as far as the Crawford House, where the genial Merrall provided me with the means of ing to the top of Mount Willard. The road from tho Crawford House up to the mountain summit is rough and wild, winding its way through a noble old forest of ine and birch. The branches of the trees meet over- Bena and the road is dark and cool, Suddenly the pant ing horses quicken their paco, for a strip of compara- tively smooth ground has been reached, and in a mo- ment they emerge from tho forest and as the stec! shoes clatter on the bold summit rock the Notch in all its pict Deauty is revealed to the eye. Here and there os of the winding creek are caught, as the open foliage lets through the golden sunlight A moving something is seen for a momentand then lost to sight again. ‘Tho glass brings ft nearer, and we discover lady and gentleman saddlo ‘cantering along the road which follows the course of the creek. Away at the end of the Notch a little white speck is noticed, and through the glass the outlines of a house can be dis- cerned. Inquiry of the nut-brown guide is made; he | declares it to be the Willey House, and seating himself | on the ledge rock overhanging the yawning Noteh, be | proceeds to tell the story of the Willey House, As it is €g true as it is interesting, { will repeat it THE STORY OF THE WILLEY HOUSE. In 1820 a Mr. Hill built a house on the site of the pres- ent Willey House and lived in Jt for four years, At the | time it was the only human habitation “between Rose- | brook and the old Crawford House, a distance of about | forty miles. In 1824 Hill ieft the house, and the next | year Mr, Willey, bis wife ahd tive children moved in, | and tho winter was possed in comparative | comfort. During the wintcr @ slight Jand-slide occurred, and Mr, Willey, anticipating another, | built a ‘sort of barricade a short distance from | the honse, so that in ihe event of anotuer slide he would have arefMge. His precaution proved to be his do for im August, 1826, himself and all his family were Killed wluie trying to reach the refuge. On the night of August 26, 1820, «storin, such us was never delore known, raged in the Noich.’ The rain poured down in torrents, tho wind blew a hurricane and the flashing lightning lighted up the dreary darkn illeys, unable to sleep, and fearful house Would be swept were cor ground floor, when they must have bee crashing of loosened rocks rolling down the mountain side, Knowing tho stray rocks were the forerunners of a slide, the frightened family started for the barricade, hut before they reached it they were overtaken and buried under tons of earth and ri Strange to say, the house was not injured in tue slightest, as the slide ‘was divided into two by au immense rock which stood Debind it. When the guide had finished this story he directed my attention to a small while spot to th of the house, where it is supposed the bodies the unfortunate family are buried. Tho spet ia gandy, and since the melancholy catastrophe no vegetation of awy kind bas grown upon it, while the track aud other deposit of the slide is Lid iu green, Just as the guide was directing my attention to the loft, whero Mount Webster towers up to the sky, I no- ticed a solitary lady o forest, She dismounted and walked aehort way down the left slope of the summit, where she began to pick something from the ground. On closer observation I noticed she was making a bouquet of small blue flowers, the like of which I had not noticed any piace else on the mountains. Later, in conversation with the lady, L Jearned that THE FLOWERS WERE MARERELLS, and, Mouns Willard excepted, they aro to be found onl: on the Alps. Tho sun was now setting and the Kotch was gradually bocoming gray and iudistincy Leat I should jose the sight, the guide burried me off to the loft of the summit to see the Flume and the Silver Caseado. In the magnificent distance these two celebrated water- falls looked like silver threads streaking the brawny side of Mowat Webster. A twilight stillness had settled on mature, and rush and roar of the distant waterfalls stole throagh the distance ina soft murmu unset lighicd up the higher peaks around, and the billing breath of night beyau tu blow. When we reached the summit ayain, where our horses wero tied, it was almost dark, aad we started on the journey bome, Bo- fore the base was reached the new moon was bright, and throngh the chinks in the follago it throw its silver bars ath wart the road. When | arrived at the Crawford House the first man I amet was Colonel Charies Spencer, who was displaying to the admiring gaze of the guests a handsome mess of trout, which be had taken out of a bog hole in tho Notch. Aithough the Colonel don’t generally fish jn bog 1.0108, it is Only just to the bog hole aud the Colonel state where the fish were taken. In a previous letter stated that the Colonel had the best fishing record, gi ‘at the time such was the case, but since last advices ill Beecher has won the palm, AxONG at the Crawford are ‘MB GUESTS H. Macy, wife and daughters, of New York city; Charh an, and wife; diss Hall, daughter of Hon. A. 0, Hall, of New York; the Misses Barron; John McKesson, of Now York; W. H. Barron, George W. Webdber, of Now York, and Thomas T. Eckert, President of tho Atlantic and Pacific Tele: ee Company. It ig w notable fact, spoken of by ‘ald eo hove! keepers in the mountains, that very few New Yorkers are travelling thie year. Another cause of complaint is the scarcity of young men, The hotels are fall Chat oe but hay bave companions to wally with, errall is thinking of offering voung men 7 & week and board free to cuine to tee hotel, just to with the girls. He had betier not do it, for, in the event of so tempting an olfer being made, all the pro- sent Dartmouth siadents who are acting as waitera in the botels would learn to dance, and that, indeed, would be terribie unless they could learn to do it beter than bbey have learned waiting upon table, e CLASSICAL WAITKRA, 1s might bo well just in this connegtion t9 say pong horseback emerge frum the | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. thing about the waiters one meets with at these moun- otels, Nearly all the men are students of Dart- mouth Coliege, and the women teach school during the winter, The men are the most horrible nuisances con- ceivable, Asa German gentleman sitting opposite me at dinner yesterday remarked, “They may know all about Greek roots, astronomy and philosophy, but they don’t know how to bring a man a plate of soup,” They are slow, and when oy do bring you something to eat, nine times out of ten it’s not what you asked for, On the other hand, the women, as a general thing, ure ex- cellent waiters, quick and correct, NEWPORT, Nawrort, RK. L, August 11, 1875. ‘The season at this fashionable summer retreat is now at its height, and from now until its close there will be ‘one constant round of social entertainments, In years past August has always been considered the principal month of the season; but in view of the fact that the majority of the visitors occupy cottages they remain bere until the middle or last of October in their own, sclect circles, und have all the enjoyments af private re- ceptions, notwithstanding the closing of hotels or the departure of transient guests. The cottagers are remain- ing here later every year, and this is wise. The houses they own or occupy are fitted up in as elegant style as are their city homes, and they are permitted to enjoy the autumnal splendor of Newport—really the most delightful part of the year—when the follics of social dis- Sipation are not in order. Much has been said and written in relation to rents charged for “Newport cottages.” They range all the way from $800 to $6,000 per season, the latter figure, however, seldom being reached. It is understood that the villa of Mrs, Paran Stevens, of New York, rents for $6,000, and to parties not acquainted with the “cot tages” this will sound large, The villa in question is one of the finest and best furnished houses in the place, and when the cost of the estate ts taken into considera- tion it will not appear that any more than a fair sum bas been charged for it The grounds are extensive and are kept in order by Mra Stevens? .gardener, which of itself would be aconeiderable ftem for the lessee to pay. Tho majority of frat class houses rent this season from $2,000 to $8,500, James Coates, of Pawtucket, pays the latter named price for the Maitland place, on the harbor. In years past $6,000 has been paid for the same, bat this sum will never be received from it again. The house is old-fashioned and will not compare with thoso which have been built dur- ing the pest few years. ‘The fact is, inferior places have been rented too high, whieb in a great measure has prevented interest money from being realized from others, It must be taken tuto consideration that all the houses are farnished, and many of them in a man- ner which might become @ prince. Unfurnished houses will not rent. The jute Paran Stevens built a very fine house on Borkeloy avenue just before his death, with the intention of leasing it unfurnished, and to this day it has remained tenantless, and will be likely to for years to come, People are not willing to farnish a rented villa here, or at any other watering place where fashion reigns. Many unpleasant remarks are mado in re- lation to the zealoasness of the real estate agents who have the renting of houses, and for which they receive five per cent, They are determined to earn a living, and one of their number—there are but four—has grown rich, and he is estimated to be worth $2,000,000 or more, Of courso, he has not made this sum from the single item of rentals, but he» has, however, from busi- hess transactions with and for tuo suminer population of the place, One of these men has wonderful influence among the visitors, and, with a disinterestedness which at first is considered scarcely according to the custom of humanity in these days, notifies them before their ar- rival that he wilkhave the groceries and other articles necessary to commence housekeeping with at the,house and provide thom henceforward with their grocery- man, butcher, iceman, &c, For this forethought he recolves five per cent of the sums paid them by the cottagers at the close of tho season. The business men are always glad to have this man smile upon them and gladly pay him his prica This fact, coupled with the bribing of servanta, alluded to ina previous otter, is the reason why living Is considered so high at this place, GENERAL GRANT’S VISIT, And after all we aro not to have a visit from the President. In anticipation of having a live President at the clab house everybody was at his wit’s end to know what to do to make this visit worthy of note, and show to his Long Branch friends that Newport, with all her other good qualities, could entertain him in a man- ner befitting his station. He will visit Bristol during the month and be the guest of Senator Burnside, of Rhode Island. Should this be so it will be considered an insult by his many friends who are spending the geason here to pass New- ort by and a on to BristoL A special meeting of the Rown Gouncll ‘haa been held to take action upon his visit to that town. Several of the prominent citizens wero present, including General Burnside, who notified them that he bad received a letter from Secretary Bris- tow, who will have charge of the party, that they would arrive in Bristol on Tuesday, August 17. It was unanimously agreed that His’ Excellency should be ing a rousing reception and one which would convince im that pe were in favor of a third term. He will probably bold a levée at the magnificent residence of his host, and the townspeople will have an oj portunity to shake hands with him and thus be ablo to tell their children’s children the wonderful fact. Schuyler Colfax, ex-Vica President, is here, but does not receive much attention, He and his wife have rooms near Broadway, in the northern part of the city, and where there are no summer villas. He 1s very fon of Newport, and is here for needed rest, and does not care to make his stay in town known beyond a small circle of intimate frienda - ‘THE YACHT PLEFT, Nowport is never so happy as when the Now York or Brooklyn yacht clubs are ai anchor in her magnificent harbor, gnd their arrival is always looked forward to with feelings of peculiar delight, ‘The summer people, too, are happy, as many of their friends are apt to bo on bourd, and, in fact, Ubere is universal joy, and the only regret is that they do not romain longer. On Sat- urday, as your readers were promptly iniorined by the Herato’s yachting reporter, the New ‘ork Club dropped anchor in ' this harbor and remained until the following Monday, when they went to New Bedford. Tt was a matter of considerable con- gratulation among the citizens that both the Brooklyn and New York Yacht clubs tired their customary sa- lutes, ag it was feared tbat, as was the caso last season, this pleasing pastime would be omitted on account of an alleged illness of w lady, the daughter of a retired citizen. The comtnunity for the past two months have been hates agitated in relation to the matter and have denounced in tumistakable terms the imposition practised upon them. They state that their business would have suffered had the yachtsmen been made to be- lieve that it was the “wish of the community” that they would not fire upon entering or leaving this port. No man, they allege, With any regard for the weifare of his | wwu would, ask such am unreasonable favor to be | Shermen’s wha granted, especially when it is to be taken into considera. éion that the futher of the girl is worth a handsome sum, so much so that ho retired from business a few ago. The day he retired from business he paid ewport artillery company to go to the head of f and fire # ringing salute in honor of the auspicious occasion. ‘This will sound very queer to the readers of the Heratn; but, nevertheles and it is only In keeping with’ his eccentri that neither the yacbis nor Fort Adams be allowed to fire. AMUSEMENTS, Entertainments are scarce just now. The semi- weekly concerts at Fort Adams are weil attended by the visitors, and this afternoon we counted upward of 150 elegant carriages in the immediate vicinity of the old fort. The music is furnished by General H. J. Hunt, the commandant, who allows the Fitth artillery band stationed there to thus give these concerts for the benefit of the community. They are, however, principally attended by the cottagers, who, at the closo of the season are sure to remember Professor Wiegand and his musicians in ® pecuniary manner, A visit to Fort Adaias upon these occasions will long be remem- dered, for, in addition to the magnificent prospect of the bay and surrounding country which can there be geen, you will have the opportunity to gaze upon many of the milliounsires of the land and their costly equi- pages. You will there see some of Newport's hand- some women holding the reins behind a pair of blooded horsea, with the ease and grace of a trained coachman, and yeu also will see there the men and women of cul- ture wio make Newport their summer Rome, and who comprise the town and country club. Rowing and sailing amuse many, and every pleasant day the harbor is completely dotted with their boats, The moro ven turesome go outside as far as Beaver Tuil and up the Narragansett Bay as far as Gould Island, which 3 owned and occupied by Mr. Shepard Homans, treasurer of the New York Yacht Club, aud the owner of tho | sloop yacht Genia Fishing parties are not forgotten, This is @ Juxury indulged in by hundreds, both old and young, and is constantly The goidea hues | growing in popularity, Croquet continues to have ita votaries, and young ladies and gentlemen find rare pleasure in thié popular source of amusement, All the co sare favored with ample grounds, not only for croquet, but for other amusements, Chivulrio has been introduced, aud some very expensive sets may begscen set out in all their beauty upon the lawns of the villa owners, This new game is @ novelty, but we doubt if it will ever attain the popularity which croquet has at this place, The hops at the Ocean House on Saturday evenings are another of the pleasing entertainments of the week, and are attended by the cot by the guests from the other hatin, “and, | private boarding houses, wnd by the wel meaning residents of ti) Manor born, Tho latter class, however, presume too touch upon the cour- tesy of the Uhh Adal of the house, and to the evident disgust of their more aristocratic frien They occupy every available seat, and, when the music commences, waltz to their heart’s content, and for which pleasure no revenue is derived. This is working an injury to the house, for the guests and the cottagers, for whom the hop is given, are dissatisfied with the promiscuous mingling of this class, No one knows this better than Messrs, Bates, and they aro now trying to think of some plan uh remedy the evil in such @ way as will not oflund anybody. PERSONAL MATTRRS. The great event of the week has been the shooting match of the Narragansett Gun Club, and the match on Monday next for $2,500 a side, between John G, Hoek- sher, of New York, and Mr, Grunde, of Philadel; hia, will doubtless bring together large number of fashiou- able ladies and gentlemen, Ira Paine ia in town, preparing Mr. Heckscher for the match, Professor A. Garnier, the billiardist, who has been in town for some time, has excited a good deal of curiosity at the club house and also at the summer residence of Ville Travers, the banker and turfman, of New ‘ork. is occupied and also owned by Rear Admiral A. L. Case, U. 8 N, andT learn that he intends to reside here per: manently, Rear Admiral Werden, U, 8. N., and wife exes, Mra, her with the and her few days azo, aro bert, enjoying the salt br General Halléck is at the Ocean House, tog wife of David Dudley Field. Lotta, the actre mother, are also rusticating at the game hotel. ATLANTIC CITY. Attantic Ciry, N. J., August 11, 1875. To every one who has ever dwelt beside the sea comes at times, by whatever fair inland scenes sur- rounded, a homesick longing for the mighty waves, the emerald, foam-capped breakers, the thunderous music. So it came to me, to carry me for a brief visit to this haunt of former days fron the delectable mountains under whose shadow I had taken up my summer abode, If one has but a day for the sojourn does one not come back the better satisfied to take up the life of yesterday and go on with it to-morrow trom having had the de- sire of one’s heart in the golden to-day f ° Atlantic City has the Philadelphian character as thor- oughly impressed upon it as has Newport that of New York or Swampscott the Bostonian sign and seal. Meeting here almost every one you have ever known in the Quaker City, and seeing the thronged condition of every hotel and cottage, you begin to think that Phila delphia must be a deserted city, and (hat its inhabi- tants have transferred themselves en masse to their fae vorite seaside resort. It is at less than two hours’ dis- tance from the city, and business men can flit down to their families after bankmg hours are over, spending the farewell moments of the “ull-golden” afternoon and along, delightful evening by the sca,» By ten in the morning they are back in the city, at office or counting room, invigorated by the salt breezes, and, it may be, by an inspiriting wrestle with the waves just as the level sunrise flashed across them, THE MOTELS AND COTTAGES are almost numberless, stretching from the railroad, where it comes down Atlantic avenue, almost to the beach, up and down the right-angled streets for tho entire two miles from the lighthouse to the Sea View House, This house marks the southern Jimits of the summer city and is the point to which the daily excur- sion trainsare run, the house havjag been built with special purpose to meet the wants cf the excursionists, ‘These great excursion trains are one of tho especial featnres of this watering place, From early in June to the end of September, Sundays excepted, there is no morning on which, going down soon after nine o'clock to the Sea View House, you will not witness the arrival of from t ity to thirty ca crowded with people who can give but that single holiday to the delights of the sea Inrain or sunshine they come, for every day of the season is engaged long in’ advance, and there is no opportunity for trausferring a projected excursion to some other date. There are always some of them who pour into the great dancing hall to find their pleasure there, but you soon find the greater number in the surf or wandering up and down the beach, rejoicing in the breath of the salt breezes, and watching with fascinated eyés the mighty waves, line upon line, lilting them- selves into a solid emerald wall to break in foam. Later in the day you come upon groups of them, gathered with Junch baskets under some rustic arbor or in the shelter of the stunted pines, At five o'clock in the afternoon all are hurrying back to their train, and, watching the beavy steps and tired faces, one hopes they will carry away enough of joy for memory to linger over to repay them for the weariness of thg day’s Journey. THE FRIENDS. Another thing peculiar to Atlantic City is the large number of houses kept by “Friends,” and intended for the accommodation of meinbers of that quict fraternity; but year by year they are sought out more and more by families desirous of escapiug the bustle of life in the great hotels, and tho sound of dancing music floating up te their rooms in the still hours when they want to slecp. So the number of these ‘Friends’ houses” in- creases with every summer, and rooms to be secured in them must be sought for long in advance, Especially is this the case with the Chalfonte, the largest of them, which has laid its own private railway to the bath houses from the hotel, and keeps its little car running between them all day. There are two other such rail- ways in the place, one from the United States, the other from the Chester County House. Since the hotels were built the shore has bcen so greatly changed by the action of the sea that these railways bave become a necessity for invalids and elderly people, Just above the ordinary high water mark is laid a raised, firmly built board walk, extending along the beach for the entire two miles that front the town, ‘This is tho favorite promenade, and near sunset, es- pecially, it is gay with bright faces and varied costumes crowded in close succession, The hotels and cottages are all full, and there cannot be less than 10,000 people in the summer city, The great hotels, the te States, the Surf and Congress Hall, as usual, vie with each other in the amusements offered to their guests, but this season, at least, the last named carries off the lition to the attractions offered by the proprietors it h are generously adding to the pleasuro of their fellow sojourners by the sea by their exquisite music, espe- cially their Sunday evening “SERVIC or sonG,”? ‘These are under the direction of Mrs. Professor Everest, of Philadelphia, whose lovely soprano yoice—it is now an “open secrét”—will soon be heard in our concert rooms, to the delight of music lovers. She has the in- valuable assistance of Miss homberg, “the belle of Philadelphia,” as she is often called, regnant in right of her birth, her beanty and accomplishments, and of Mr. Cauflmah, a baritoue singer with a voice of exquisite timbre, and they are most adiirably aided and sustained by the band. DRIVING grows in favor here, the broad, gravelled avenues and ten mile stretch of beach offering such inducements to it, And notaday goes by without having numerous arties made up, for sailing, for ishing, or for “crab- ing’ up the inlet, There is certainly fur less of dress and display and less interest taken in the “hops” at the great hotels than at any other watering place im Amer- ica, In this, as in other matters, Atlantic City keeps up ity peculiarly Philadelphia character. On Sundays ou find the churches full, The Methodists, the Catho- ics, the Episcopalians, the Friends, the Presbyterians have each erected large and commodious places of wo Ship, in all of which there are regular services throu ‘out the season, The Children’s Hospital, admirably situated, yery near the beach, is the pet charity of the place, a woll it may be, for the good it is dog to the poor little children 6 there from poverty-stricken city homes, There is talk of enlarging it, and it grows 80 greatly in public favor that there will probably be no difliculiy in raising the funds needed for increasing its } capacities for saving life and restoring health to the sullering little ones. There is another Atlantic city where those who dwell here all the year round have their abiding places, It lies back from the railroad, away from the beach, sheltered by the pines, and there are hundreds of sum* mer visitors here who never even suspect its existence, Just what life may be there in the winter it is not easy to imagine—comiortable after a dormouse sort of fashion, probably. But in summer! even the lovely ferns we gathered near arustic school house, shut in by | the woods, were not compensation sutticient to atone for the hosts of hungry mosquitoes who chanted to us and dined off of us. We “stayed not on the order of our going” but fled before them, going buck to tho | beach where we would love to linger—but farewells must be said, however reluctantly, Only, for one, I hope the apocalyptic dreamer was mistaken in his imagery when he said, ‘“Zhere shall be no more sew” over in the beyond! WATERING PLACE NOTES. At the Prospect House, Martha’s Vineyard, are a distinguished party from Buiffulo, consisting of District Attorney J. M. Welch, Assistant District Attorney C. W. Goodyear, E, D. Berry, city editor of the Morning Express, and S. B, Rogors and wife, of South Sudbury. Miss Zaidee Jones, a well known Washington vocalist, is spending a short season in Saratoga, Mr. and Mra. James W. Beckman and family represent the old Knickerbocker stock at the States, Saratoga, Mr. and Mrs, H, B, Hinkle and Miss ’'S. Hinkle, of Louisville, are sojourning at Congress Hall, Saratoga. Sofior Don Juan Ponce de Leon and fumily, distin- guished and wealthy Cubans, occupy a suit at tho States, Saratoga, ‘Newport has got n fashionable wedding on the tapis, the parties, being Miss Wetinore and Licutenant Mason United States Navy. The bride elect has just entered society, and ig a remarkably beautiful and accomplished young lady. Lieutenant Mason is a relative of Seoretary obeson, and one of those very prepossessing sailors 60 captivating among the ladies, " There will be four brides- maids and four groomsmen, the latter naval officers. Lieutenant Mason will secure a six months’ leave of ab- sence in order to take a trip to Europe with his bride. Miss Wetmore is a mece of Judge Orr, of South Carolina, J. G, McCullough, of New Orleans, is at the United States, Saratoga. ‘Among late arrivals at the Ocean House, Newport, aro J. R, Osgood and G. H. Chickering, of Boston; ex-Licu- tonant Governor Trask, of Springfield; Lotta, the actress, and her mother; Mrs. General Halleck, from West Point; James Milllkon, Western Union Telograph direc- tor; Rustein Effendi,’ of the Turkish Legation, and others, Mra. David Dudley Ficld arrives next week, John Lee Carroll, democratic nominee for Governor of Maryland, is stopping with his father-in-law, Royal Pheips, of Now York; F. Prentiss, ©. Potter, Jr., and wife, F. Lawrence, Mrs, Crabtree and daughter, Ashworth Crabireo, B. F, Romdell, H. Palmer and wife, W. Shillito and ‘wife, Charles Suydonn, L. D. Vati Shaick, James @. Jenkins, Edward Yard, E, 8. Ferry and wife, E. Harvey and wife, B. @, Clarke and, family, | Mrs. | D./ Rumplo, EB. | Gold, H. A. Dike and lige 4 S. Heyman and family; also Mrs. General Hallock, Miss B. Hamilton, Wes! Point; E. Clark, wife and two children, Mr. Chadwick, Washington, D.’C.; C. M. Titus and wife, Miss Nettie Stebbins, Ithncas J. H. Bailey, 0. W. Curtis and wife, Brooklyn; EB, Trask, Mrs. H, W, Chapin, C. Van Horn | and wifo, A. W. Lindoln, N. A. Winans and wife, L. H. Mayatt and wife, Springfield, Mass.; Mrs, S Millard, James Ladd and’ wife, Miss ‘Cora Ladd, Master Ladd, Buffalo; 8. 8. Campbell, Richmond. Colia Thaxter, on the Isles of Shoals, has a kindred spirit in Mrs. General Kearney, who spent tho whole of last winter in her cottage on the beach at Cape May, She declares that the climate: is equal to the south of France, but then the beach is the most desolate on the Atlantic herds tye old haunt of wreckers, and known by the srRrepe name of Poverty Beach, Ira iné, the champion pigeon shooter, is daily Ex-Vice President Colfax will spend a few days at Mae United ane Alert, Coy 6 Uni tates or mmander W. T, | pampeo, is ob tewnds : and Admiral Rogers, who came on board the Alert a |, s alittle circle of talented guests who | ITALIAN INDUSTRIES. A Visit to the Glaes Blowers of Murano. ART WORK IN CRYSTAL. How the Venetian Maestri Perform Their Exquisite Task. Silkkworms and Silk—This Year’s Cocoon Crop. Vester, July 22, 1875. Besides the varied amusements and brilliant festivals that Venice offers to her guests; besides her palaces and picture galleries, her cathedrals and churches, she can furnish days of interest and instruction for those who take greater pleasure in modern industrial progress than in the monuments of Old World glory. Such a day we have just spent, partly at the mosaic establishment in Campo St, Vio, on the Grand Canal, partly in the heated atmosphere of the glass furnaces at Murano, THB “ART Qy GLASS,” Fifteen years since, and the ‘art of glass, for which Venico was once unrivalled, was almost lost, partly owing to the indifference of her children to all that savored of exertion or of trouble, partly to the promi- nence given by Austria to the productions of her Bohemian manufactories. To republican Venice this art was dear as the apple of her eyo, as is proved by the Mariegola dei phioleri de Muran, “Statutes of tho Glass Blowers,” still preserved in the Carrer Museum, 'The first decree bears the dato of 1180, the last that of the Italian government of 1806, when tho corpo- rations of arts and trades wero suppressed. It is pro- sumed that the art was brought to Venice by its original founders, who, fleeing from the invasions of Goths and Huns, carried in their mind’s eye and at tho tips of their fingers the art which the Romans learned from the Phoenicians, and in which they grow wiser than their teachers were—the glass factories of Rome far sur- ‘passing even those of Syria and Egypt. From tho time when glass blowing became such an important part of Venetian industry as to merit a special code of laws it was divided into four departments:—First, blown glass; second, panes and mirrors; third, beads; fourth, enamels, THE CORPORATION was governed by a commission of nine—five chosen by the proprietors of the factories, four by the head work- men or maestri. The working year consisted of forty- four weeks; during the remaining eight tho furnaces were extinguished andthe workmen took a holiday. From the first a society of mutual aid existed for tho aged and infirm, every master manufacturer subscribing a certain sum; every maestro the pay of two days’ work; also the former paid a crown and the latter one day’s work for tho maintenanco of schools. No ap- prentice could become master until he had executed any ask set him by the commission, from a drinking cup to a threo barrelled organ, and when tho masters becamo too numerous an order was Issued that no more should, receive the laureate No apprentice was admitted unless ho was the son of a manufacturer or master, Venice conceded to the Muranese privileges never granted to her own immediate citizens, Muranese citizens were admitted to the first offices of the Republic; they might carry two daggers in the sume sheath; they were allowed to hunt rats (these two privileges seem to have been highly esteemed); no police officer, neither the bargello now the sbirri, nor even the Missier Grande, could land at Murano; but if any Muranese committed a crime or misdemeanor the local magistrates imprisoned and then sent him to tho supreme tribunals, The Muranese poeta was always the first on Ascension Day to guide the Bucentorio of the Doge to wed the bride of the Adriatic. They coined their own money, gold and silver pieces, called oselle; and finally, any daughter of a glass manufacturer or maestro might wed with the purest blue blood of the proudest Venetian house. Naturally there were many aspirants for Muraneso citizenship, and to prevent abuses the Libro d’Oro was instituted, and in this “Book of Gold,” in MDCV., “all the families and citi- zens of the magnificent community of Murano” aro inserted—210 in all—and at the fall of the Republic but cighty-seven survived. If the privileges were great, the punishments equalled them; tho penalty of death was incurred by any who taught the art of glass to a foreigner—i. ¢, © one who was not a subject of the Serenissma, THE INCEPTION OP THE WORK. The first notice of the glass art we find in an old docn- ment of 1090, which notes that Doge Vitale Falier pos- sessed a Petrus Fabianus phiolariius. In 1279 boccie pesi e misure—i. ¢., drinking vessels, weights and meas- ‘ures—were mado of glass, In 1445 such was the perfec- tion attained, such was the perfection with which every known gem was imitated, that the Senate issued ade eree menacing the forgers with a fine of 1,000 ducats and imprisonment in the pozzi for two years, The lens of Galiloo’s telescopes were manufactured at Murano; so were the beads and mirrors with which Columbus lured the savages of the New World, Enamels for mosaics wero made in Murano from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century; and despite all this, to such a stago of decay was the art of glass brought in this century that Gregory XVI, a Venetian, thought fit to send as a present to his birthplace Roman mosaics for the reparation of St Mark's, Not only had the “art of glass blowing,” &c., tion of the material was almost altogether lost. Tho merit of is due to Lorenzo Radi, of Murano; the restoration of the art of glass to more than its primitive glory to Dottore little shop at the corner of St. Mark’s square or the grand establishment*on the Campo St. Vio, you como uses and of decoration to which glass is made subser- vient. Mirrors set in frames of sea foam, candelabras ence dells in spring, large plates, on which the battle of lapanto or other episodes of Venetian history are ewers of girasole, “flaine” lamps for potroleum, desse: services entire of reticele to say nothing of gems of would fon for real. But one’s delight in the “ac- complished fact” is nothing in comparison to that of A MOLTEN MASS OF GLASS is taken from the furnace to the last, where the chalice oven, For this you must secure a card from one of the heads of the establishment, and when your gondola has have taken a glance at the old cemetery of St. Michele and at the new monumental cemetery now building, air,” and at the ships that seem “sailing on you come at once to whoso atmosphere is. smoke-bedimmed’ as that of Lon- don, and, entering the water street, you direct your porchvvay of Istrean stone you enter the Sabiati Glass orks and are welcomed by Grandfather Saguso, who inseribed in the Book of Gold, whose sons and grandsons are maestri and Lang iy in the works, There aro now ig months in the year. Arouhd the mouths of these two maestri, Saguso and Berovieri, are stationed, each with a for all tools,’ Each has his a@sistant, who never rises to the grade of maestro, The apprentices, who are sons of solute silence reigns. Ifone of the heads of the estab- lishment accompanies you he will ascertain what is the glass, The assistant brings a stone from the interior of the furnace, from which the master takes up at the end u anvil, pe the rod again info the surface, blows through his rod and produces a hollow ball. This he opens with furnace, The stem is to be an intricate affuir—perhay with initials, reticulated glass for the body, ruby for the furnace. Another portion of molten glass forms the foot, the shears opening the hollow as for the bowl, only THE RYE OF THR MASTER has directed the assistant, No word is spoken, and the resents the ‘metal’? too hot or too cold the colors will unequal, and if he do not proffer his rod at the ‘0 it up spoils the effectiof the whole, Bowl, stem and foot complete, the delicate task of joining ensues ; the piece being of an equal degree of heat. In five minutes tho glass is completed and put into the annealing oven, adjust any portion of the work that may incline to right or left, And thu one after another, without any model the tutored hand, and you will have an entire service of glasses or bowls or by not varying a hair's breadth believe that they have not been cast in moulds, The process is the same for all the objects wrought, but tho Take, for instance, THR PAMOUS CANDELABRA become almost extinct, but the secret of the composi- THE REDISCOVERY OF THE MATERIAL Antonio Salviati, of Verona. Whether you enter the away astounded at the variety of forms and colors, of hung with garlands of every flower that carpets the Flor- miniatured as on ivory ; opal vases, filagree chalices, every hue and color, which, if seen in a jeweller's shop, watching the process from the first stage, when or ewer, the vase or lamp, is put into the annealing cleared the last bridge to the north of Venice, and you wondered at the island villages that seem Be cage in ¢ land,” THE ISLAND OP MURANO, gondolier to set you down on the quay, and under a low is probably tending his bit of garden, whose name is two furnaces kept he oH and day throughout ten sort of anvil, a hollow rod, a ‘pair of shears anda die these two maesfri, are at work at tho other mouths, Ab- simplest order on the’ day’s list Say that it is a wine of his rod the precise quantity required, rolls 4t on his i bis be ege ee the bowl is produced and returns to the head, and you have a serpent coiled and sent back wo tho levelling it perfectly, All this tit assiswnt has hi merit in the performance, for if he ses distance the half second required for the master to pioces are joined with a drop of glass, the drop and each where the master, straightened, stands rod in hand to save that borne in mind, the accurate eye commands one from the other, so that it is next to impossible to strength required for certain’ works is extraordinary, now hung in tug Kingy wining royas nto Quiinak 1 is six metres twenty centimetres in height; four metres ten centimetres in diameter at the lowest order of can- of which there are 320 in all. The decorations of leaves and flowers in garlands and festoons, the transparent globes and crystal links, are exquisite for color and lightness; but what struck us most ts the fact that the central pyramid which sustains the whole had to be held and sustained at arm’s length at the end of the master’s rod, at the mouth of the furnace, heated to white heat, and thrust in and withdrawn from that fur- nace perhaps a hundred times; for every leaf turned, every die impressed, entails @ fresh fusion. One sec- ond’s delay, oue false twirl, one quiver of that brawny arm, and the mighty fabric ‘was @ failure and had to be recommenced. WHEN THEY PAIL, Of course, many failures do occur; if they aro very flagrant the glass 1s stnashed and-fased for future use To slight, say a hair's breadth crooked, or if there be a defect in'the juncture or # fault in the'color, the pieces are sent to the establishment and put in the hospital, No article with the slightest defect s ever sold as perfect, A DAY'S WORK. The workmen toil ten hours a day at the furnace mouth—vight hours for their masters, two for them- selves, The head man receives twenty-four francs per day, the second eighteen francs, the apprentices and assistants’ wages varying from two to twelve, And all these men and lads Salviate has educated during the last fifteen years, with a patience and a pas- sion that has known no limits, been baffled by no diti- culty, been vanquished by no defeat. ‘The light, the color, seems to exist in tho atmosphere—the art is in- nate or hereditary in the descendants of the old glass blowers of Murano TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD, And these delicate fabrics, that a breath will break, travel to every portion of the earth, ewathed in the alga of the lagunes and packed in boxes made to size, aud the breakages scarcely amount to one per cent. HOLIDAYS, Once a year the furnaces are extinguished, and the mou are sent to France, England and Vienna to see the expositions and art treasures of each country. Any model that strikes their fancy they reproduce froin memory on their return, and, of course, any model in drawing or any object that you set before them they copy unhositatingly and withouta flaw, They lead the most peaceful and frugal lives imaginable; never drink wine, though the waterof Murano is detestable; have their schools, their mutual aid societies, and live together without bickering or jealousies, without envy or any other ambition save to oxcel in thotr art, Daring tho two hours of recreation, which they may employ in study or in working overtime, which is paid separately, if one of the men produces a new idea all cluster round, suggest and criticise, ASPIRING APPRENTICES, Tho maestri take the utmost pains with their appren- tices, Often the fathers exchange their sons, thinking the lads obey another better. There is ane, too, who commenced at twelve to work, and now, at th® age of six- teen, strength of arm excepted, he 1s the equal of any of the masters, and it is touching to seo his own father, Saguso No. 2 act a3 assistant to the lad, mntly obeying his every look and watching intently for every sign Truly SALVIATR deserves woll of his countrymen, and thts “art of glass blowing” 1s but a portion ‘of his weil done work. — Re- turning from Murano to the establishment in Campo St. Vio, we have yet to visit the manufactory of enamel mo- saic, which is without a rival in the world. THE SILKEWORMS. Rome, Juty 29, 187% The silkworm rearing for 1875 ts ended; hopes and fears are over; every bachicudere, from the wealthy Lombard proprietors who set thousands of ounces of eggs to hatch, down to the village doctor, the schook mistress, the Washerwoman who has pawned her ear rings to pdrchase mulberry leaves and half an ounce of seed, knows the yield per pound, the quality of the cocoons and their price per kilogramma None but those who have spent a silkworm season In silk producing countries can form an idea of the excite. ment that pervades these districts from the day when the first mulberry leaf buds till the market closes, and the gold and silver treasures are carried off to be put into the farnace and their intrinsic value proved. Playing on ’Chango, unlimited loo, watching for tho drawing of lottery tickets can alone give you a faint notion of the prevailing eagerness and attention, due in part to the capricious nature of the little creatures themselves, to the innumerable ills to which their flesh is heir, to the extraordinary fluctuations in prices and, above all, to the fact that with many of the rearers it is their sole chance throughout the year for carning a little actual money. THB RUMORS OF DISEASE—A DEPRESSING KPTECT ON TES NATIONAL IXDUSTEY. Provious to the silk worm disease Ttaly produced raw | silk for 250,000,000 of francs, The diseaso suddenty re- duced that sum to zero. Now, by dint of capital and perseverance, of study and experiment, of treaty co- operation between the government and agricultural- ists, between proprictora and peasants, great progress hag been made, Neither the causes of nor the remedy for the disease can be said to be discovered, but by the use of microscopes and of chemical substances the disease can at once be detected in the egg and the cost and disappointment of rearing saved. Even by the open air system of bring- ing up worms for the solo purpose of laying eggs for the next year healthy spxwn has been produced in large quantities in Lombardy, Friuli and Breanja This is promising, but wo are still very far from the good old days when eggs set to hatch and worms well fed and bedded gave no more thought to their tenders than does a family of healthy children to the peasant mother, who, when she has well fed, clothed and cuffed them, considers she has done her duty by them and sees thein fourish and thrive accordingly. CALCINO, In these days calcino, @ sort of apoplexy, which at- tacked the healthiest worms, as teething conyulsions attack tho strongest child, was the common ailment; erassizie riccione, negrove, comparable to measles and whooping cough, would spread through a certain dis- trict, but even the eggs of the worms thus affected wero healthy in tho following year, and it was not until 1948 that it was discovered that the species had totally degen- erated, and that, unless fresh blood were introduced, the native race would soon be utterly extinct TUS IMMENSITY OF THE INDUSTRY. ‘When it is borne in mind that, besides the material re- tained for home manufacture, ay supplied the silk manufactories of Europe with’ 8,000,000 pounds of raw silk, while France, Turkey, Persia, Greece, Spain, Bou- gal ‘and China together, could furnish bat 10,000,000 pounds, it will be easily understood how anxious {tal jans are for the restoration and revival of this iiaportant branch of national industry. SEED FROM ARIA. ‘The first care was to import fresh seed from Japan, and though the Japanese keep the superior qualities for themselves and drug the foreign market with their ro- fuse, the eggs were at least healthy and the first year produced a thriving crop. Thon speculators bought up the old seeds and covered them in & wonderfully in- genious fashion with home spawn, and next year tho so-called Japanese seed took the disease and the breed- ers lost heart. Bat the frauds were discovered, and the government provided that tho Italian Consul at Japan should put his mark on the yearly ventures, and again Japanese “originals” were held in high esteem, The difficulty lies in ba beacon Whether the evil exists in the mulberry which, until quite lately, was cultivated in Italy without any care or Lote olga or whether the necessity, in certain years, of artificial heat affects the reproductive powers of the insect, the Japanese sced is not to be trusted the second yoar; for, although the eggs hatch with admirable idity and unanimity, the worms die off after their third slocp in large numbers and tho survivors spin “light soft’? Cocoons, whose tops are by no means completed with that precision which marks the work of all silkworms who possess a grain of self-respect. Consequently there is nothing for it but to purchase original cartoons from Japan; or sced raised on the cellular system by which each worm is placed ina separate cell, supplied with a mata, for eight hours only, and then only the eggs laid on the first day are used; or seed raised on the open air m—i ¢, the worm bo- ing born, reared, mated and laying its eggs on tho mul- berry tree itself. This last quality is decidedly prefera- ble, as the worm {fs already used to all the changes of temperature and atmosphere, but as comparatively few are sufficiently robust to survive the experiment the supply is very inferior to the demand dnd fetches a higher price, MULBERRY LEAVES. Once the question of the quality of the geed solved, then comes the question of leaves, Only large Neca have mulberry plantations ‘The majority of silkworm breeders have to purchaso them at Christmas time, chancing the quantity that each tree will yicld, their pickers or peelers have to be fixed, and then comes a very delicate point—when to set the eggs to hatch; for if the Mi FM false promises and the eggs are set, and cold follows on a few bright, warm days, tho vegetation of the mulberry is retarded and the new-born infunts ran the risk of dying of hunger. If, on the con- trary, they are hatched two Jato, the mulberry leaves are too forward and too bard for their tendor teeth in the first stage of their existence. Not more numerous and serious are the war councils of a great State than the hatching time councils held ia every silk district in the opening of the season. WIKRE AND HOW THRY ARE PED. These important questions decided, a locality which by natural or artificial means can bo kept at a given temperature provided, frames dry and whitewashed to prevent the chances of infoction from a last year's sick- ness set up, and human responsibility almost ceases, though human work commences in earnest, For tho first stages the worms must be fed twelve times during the day or night with fresh lesvea chopped as fine ag hairs, the utmost cleanliness maintained, tho air re newed at least twico a day, aud no odors save of fresh rose Jeaves introduced into the nursery. Woe to the worms if a heavy rain sot in, or if the peclers stuff their sacks too full so that the leaves sweat, Either they leave the unsavory meal ‘untouched or they devour It and it dis agrees with them during their ooxt sleep, and the result is that, instead of waking to. timo, - brisk and hungry, they have not the strength to “change their shirts,” as the phrase goes (i ¢, to cast their sking), consequently their meals remain untouched, and the olfactory nerves of Lhe nurses warn them that a swift burial in the neighboring dunghill of this and that farm is the only chance for suving the remainder, A severe thuaderstorw or sudden cof, implying the necessity ge fires, will carry off an entire crop, Often, without any apparent reason, the worms will wake Up Vigorogs irom tieir las} sleop, devour theur 5 ratfons (an ounce of Japanese from first to last 1,000 pounds of leaves), and then, when the basco wood or rT locality is prepared, instead of spinning their shroud and draping themselves for the living tract, they wander up and down the b spot and dis- turb their well-disposed companions, finally, burst and reduce the wood to a charnel house, REPARATION OV THR DRPRAYITY. My own experience in the depravity of silkworms has, been, throughout series of years, varied in its kind, but. uniform in its result, Ab the endof the season I have thought myself lucky in making ends meet, so this year Tsold my leaves at Christmas—400 sacks, at two and’ two and a half francs per sack —rotaining but sixty sacks for the farm peasant, who has a right, in common with his kind, to keep four ounces of eggs, or four Ji 680 cartoons, the padrone supplying seed, leaves and house- room, he the frames and labor, three-fifths of the produce reverting to the padrone, two to the peasant, With the usual luck of amateurs, I did not guess the year's chances, for the small venture succeeding it is probable that a larger one have succeeded also, THR JATANESK CARTOONS were unusnally cheap this year, 9f, each, instead of 20f. | and even 30f., as in former years. Tho four intrusted to | the peasant prodaced 90 kilograms of “royals,” which, sold at 4f, per kilogram, and 72 kilograms of doubles’? | “stains” softs, &c., which put at once into the furnace and wound off make capital sewing silk and ‘seconds.’ On the whole, my share.of the venture, expenses de- ducted, amounts to about 400f,, whereas the sale of the leaves Would have realized but’ 1200, as the trees used! by the peasant are distant from the town. But then D have been spared al) the worry and heartburning, the | having the house fuil of women to feed day and night, worms in your bath, worms in your bed and not unfree quently in your viands, And, moreover, I have had time to look about me, watch my neighbors’ proceed- ings, for in the silk worm season every one keeps open, house, and if the worms go weil are proud to show and report on them, and thus lay up a few notches and maxims for future years. A NATIONAL SUCCESS, On the whole, the silk worm campaign of 1875 ts @ successful one, though, owing to the glut of silk in the: market, the prices are low. The chief cause of the good crop Ia traced by bachicoltor’ to the evenness of temperature during the first critical stages. The cold lasted longer than usual, but when the mulberries be- gan to put forth their leaves the temperature never varied more than from 16 to 22 degrees; hence the leaves and worms throve apace; the supply of food was wholesome and abundant, and there was ao necessity” to heat the worm nurseries by artificial means, In, 1874, a year of most variable temperature, the cam- paign lasted thirty-two days; this year from twenty— four to twenty-six days only. Less ‘seed has been set however, in this than in former years, one tenth less im Lombardy, almost one-half in Polesina, ‘This ts due to TWO CAUSES. First, it was well kuown that, owing to the quantity of raw material yet unsold, the prices of cocoons would be low, and also because everywhere, and especially in Lombardy, the price of labor has risen, Hence not only the men and women hired by the day cost a third more than formerly, but the “associates” or partners are no longer satistied with two-fifths of the profit. The rise in labor is chiefly owing to the number of Italiam laborors employed on the Swiss and German railroada and in Sardinia in the mines. 1 do not know that at the present moment this reduction in quantity is a misfors tune, a8 8o much more care is taken of asmall than = large lot; and it must be remembered that the great | point in ftaly ta to redecm the race, a far more impor- tant question than the crop of the actual year, AL present there exists in Lombardy” bué half the molberry wees that existed defora the disease and of these this year one-fifth of the leaves are left unconsumed and will serve as manure for the young plantations or fodder for cattle, One hopeful Bign is that the great, golden native cocoons, of which 200 make a pound avoirdupois, instead of 500 Japanese, have dono well this year, especially in Tuscany. Later, when all the accounts from the various prov- inces have been sent to the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, we shall know the precise number of kilo grams and price, THE OROTS FOR THR YRar 1875. ‘The following are the gencral results of the silk worm crops of Italy for 187: IN PIEDMONT, Alessandria, Casale, Novara, excel« Vercolli, Torino, excellent, LOMBARDY, Brescia, excellent; Bergamo, excellent and abundanty Milano, Very abundant; Pavia, good; Voghera, ver, abundant, VENICR, Padova, abundant; Este, mixed; Trevigo, excelent; Verona, abundant; Vicenza, magnidcent; Udine, mage nificent. EMILIA. Modena, excellont; Ferrara, exceMlent; Regsio, mixed; Liguria, abundant; Toscana, magnificent, Pinerolo, good: lent; Biella, good; OMA. Roma and Velletri, very abundant; Puglia, excolenty Sicily, good. | THE WAR IN CUBA. TRE INSURGENTS FIGHTING THB SPANIAKDS ALB ALONG THB LINE—THE TOWN OF AMARELLOS CAPTURED AND BURNED—DARING ACTION Of NEGRO REBELS—THE HAVANA EXECUTIVE SADLY PUZZLED. EAvasa, Angust 10, 2 Ascries of fights took place all along the line betwean Sancti Espiritu and Villa Clara Jast week, in which the Spaniards acknowledge the captare and summary exe cution of several smal! squads of the volunteer forces placed in that section for the solo purpose of guarding the sugar estates, THE TOWN OF AMARELLOS CAPTURED AND BURNED, The rebels also captured and burned the small town of Amareilos, carrying off quite a largo amount of sup. plies of all kinds’ The Governor of Villa Clara sent out the Cuban cavalry corps hailing from Giines and Sas Antonio de los Banos. A SEVERE BATTLIL, ‘These forces overtook the rebels, and, after a fierce encounter, succeeded in routing them and capturing andl | shooting their commander, a negro colonel, who is rep~ resented as being a most desperate character, NEGRO INSURGENTS ON THE WARPATE. Asmall force of negro insurgents made @ raid Inst Saturday on Aguada de los Pasajeros, a small station om the railroad between Colon and Las Navajaa Thoy{ burned the depot and several small houses and lef with, their booty. COLON [N DANGER. ‘This was a daring feat, as it brings the advanced guard of tho rebels far in tho rear of Las Cruces, and ther movement threatens Colon, the most important inland town this side of the line of operations. SPANISH ENJOYMENTS APTER DEPRATS. The permanent residence of the Captain Gomeral a his staff im Havana, taken in conjunction with the fac that all his leading ors are also here, enlivening the’ monotonous August nights with their presence, in the, Louvre, and on the Parque de la India, goes to conf your correspondent’s previous letters in which he stat the campagu had ended on she part of the Spaniards,, and that Valmaseda had returned here confessing his aw to complete the pacification of the Cince vil THE EXECUTIVE PUZZLE Its now currently reported that Valmaseda has re= signed and that Jovellar will be sent out immediately to relieve him. Gold is again rapidly rising, the coffers are empty and a sad state of affairs generally will welcome Jovellar’s return REBEL RESOLUTION, The last thirty days’ grace given by Valmaseda to the rebels has produced no other than the anticipated re~ sult. The rebels refuse to lay down their arms anti victory shall have crowned their efforts by success, GENERAL AMPUDIA, in Puerto Principe, has attempted to vanize his de. partment bya raid on the rebels holding the country in and around Santa Crus del Sur. Tho Spanish forces found several squads of the rebels in their march, and claim success in cach encounter, killing in one of thet the ex-Secretary of War and two other prominent chiefs. They also destroyed various tanyards and gov~ ernment factories, and returned to Puerto Principe, bringing, among other trophies, six but no jacks, General Ampudia has never forgiven or forgot- ten the publication in the Heratp of his prowess im capturing one jack and three oid rusty muskets, the other part of tho CAMAGUEY DISTRICT little or nothing has been attempted. A DESPERATE PIGUT took place on the Ist inst, near Guantanamo, dothy parties claiming the victory. The losses were about equal on both sides, but the reb\is still bold their old positions in the rear of the town, A CONTRAAND CARGO, The cargo of the schooner Laura Pride was landed hero yesterday from the Spanish gunboat Churruco, From’ conversations among tho Spanish officers | am, | induced to believe that the captaim of the Laura rid intended to sell his cargo to the Spanish government it an opportunity offered, and that the arrangements to di so were Laade with the Spanish detectives in New Yor! before he sailed. Immediately upon his arrival at Port au Prince he denounced the cargo, and said he had bee: wid in New York that it was for the Haytian Minister! of War, but that he had learned since his arrival that it was intended for tho rebel steamer Octavia, The schooner Laura Pride remained at Port an Prince: bi east eee fond ‘ je embargo n taken off her and the would be allowed to proceed. sce SPOILING A FIREMAN'S COUNTE~ NANCE. - Shortly after one o'clock yesterday morning three men attempted to break open a stable door at the cors ner of Fifty-cighth street and Seventh avenue Whila@ they were thus engaged Frederick Hoffman, of No, 506 West Fifty-fourth street, surprised them, and on finda ing they ware discovered an onslaught was on Hoffman, who ran toward Broadway, closcty Jowed by the burglars, Hoffman ran tnte the quarterm of engine company No. 28 to cscape from his pursue ‘The men demanded that Hoffinan should be given up them, Michael Cochren, # fireman, who in cl ‘of the engine house at tho time, to comply wil their demand, aod was struck om the fice with & sto fractured by one of the men, His nose was striking Cochran the men fied, and have net rot been arrested, Tho injured firernau was atte by Dr. Sayler, of No. 302 West Vifty-sixth street, after whickt he was removed to the Roosevelt Hospital by Ube po!: of the Twenty-second precinct, Tho injarles receiv: | by Cochran, though severe, are ev | rows,