The New York Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1875, Page 5

DELANO ARRATGNED, Ex-Commissioner Welsh Charges Him with Having Knowledge of Indian Frauds, BRINGING DISGRACE UPON THE NATION, A Sarcastic Chippewa on the Worshippers of Greenbacks. Of tho three Ietters—sevore and stinging to the offi- einls of the Indian Bureau and the Department of tho Interior, because of their plain and simple recital of damning facts—which Mr. William Welsh has written to Professor 0. C, Marsh, the one which is printed below is the severest. In this letter Mr. Welsh devotes his attention to Secretary Delano almost exclusively. Cer- tainly no official of the United States government has ‘ever been assailed so powerfully, and at the same timo with s0 little rancor, as the Secretary of the Interior is In the following words :— ‘The subject indicated for this, my third letter to yon, is “Secretary Delano’s knowledgo of frands in the In- dian service.” This can be fully proved by public doeu- ments and by numerous credible witnesses. A few of the incidents that occurred under my own observation Will, I think, satisfy every unprejudiced man not only that Secretary Delano bas full knowledge of frauds in the Indian service, but that he is culpable or criminal for suffering such frauds to continue and for negiectins toprseonile the defrauders, He cannot extenuate his guilt by stating that others before him pursued a like course, as President Grant distinetly announced that ® new departure in Indian affairs would be the very basis of his administration. All the committees that conferred with the President on this subject received a pledge that trust funds held by the government a appropriations by Congress for the nation’s helpless wards should be just as sacred as if held by indi- viduals in trust for orphan children. From the printed Speeches made by the Hon. Columbus Delano, dnring his political campaign, it is shown that he distinetly understood that pledge, and on President Grant's de- termination to carry it out he based his strongest and most successful appeal for the President's re-election. But for the desire to do my share in redeeming that pledge, and thus to aid in rolling off the national dis- Brace that resis upon every citizen of this republic, L tould not haye been induced to make these disclosures, Lhe removal from office of the Hon. Columbus Del- ino and his equally guilty associates will afford tittle gelief, unless the principle just referred to is affirmed by the press and by the people as well as by the gov- ernment, and fully carried out by his successor in’ the Department of the Interior, People of all nationalities have been cordially invited to visit this country next by -, and one of the primary objects is to show what has n wrought by our Republic, Many distinguished Toreigners will beyond doubt accept the invitation, and 4t should be borne in mind that the relations of the Jennial Celebration with the government are not through the State Depart the Interior. Imagine intelligent delegates from Japan, China and other so-called heathen nations ascertaining ‘that in one important point THE MORALITY OF THIS REPUBLIC is far below that of a despotic heathen government. Burely the faces of honest citizens will be averted if the EE ont state of things continues, and these foreigners rn that funds held in trust by the government for tho original inhabitants, its now defenceless wards, are plundered with the connivance of government of cers, and that neither the officers nor the plunderers aro ever punished therefor. Am I extravagant in the belief shat unfaithfulness by a national trustee is infinitely ore criminal than like conduct by an individual trustee decanse it brings disgrace upon every citizen as well as apon the government? On the 7th day of December, 1870, about a month after the Hon, Columbus Delano entered upon the office pf Secretary of the Interior, I made a written report to nim of a visit to certain Indian reservations on the Mis- souri, under the care of a missionary organization that {then represented. A copy of that report is on file in jhe Interior Department, and it can be seen on page 3 rapped of Representatives’ report, No , Forty-tirst ngress, third session. Tho frands distinctly revealed im that report were investigated by a committee of the House of Representatives, and wero fully proved, as ran be seen in the Congressional report just referrod to, They were perpetrated by J. W. Bosler and certain colleagues, among whom, it appeared from evidence evens De Witt Clinton Wheeler, of Buckley, elling & Co., of New York, was the leading spirit The estimate then made of profits by J. W. Bosler and bis associates was $501,069, comprising beef, $296,603; four, salt, &c., under contract of July, $56,622, and 33,650 for that of August, with $114,104 profit on eight up the Missouri, &c, With the help of Vincent Collyer, one of the Board of Indian Commissioners, I had copied from the books and vouchers in the Second Auditor's office and in the Indian Office evidences of these frauds, to prevent the destri*@ion of convicting testimony, and we then conferred freely with Secre- tary Delano, The details can be seen in a pamphlet then published by me, entitled “SUMMING UP_OF EVIDENCE before a committee of the House of Representatives,” This pamphlet, as well as the detailed report of the committee, was furnished to the Hon. Columbus De- lano. By reference to my pampblet, pages and 58, it will be seen that I procured Mr. Delano’s signature to a certified copy of the contract made with J. W. Bosler by General Parker, the then Commissioner of Indian Affairs, privately ‘and without competition, there fore illegally and_ tainted with a suspicion of frand, In this contract J. W. Bosler agreed to deliver beet, “American cattle,” at six anda half cents per pound oss, whereas he was allowed to deliver what, in con- radistinction to American cattle, 18 termed Texas cat- te, then worth three and a quarter cents per pound ross, This fact was brought to the notice of Secretary iano, Mr. Bosler’s estimate of the value of Texas cattle is shown by the following occurrence:—On the 27th day of August, 1870, an advertisement was in- serted asking bids bofore September 12. On that morn- ing a telegram was received from J. W. Bosler and J. A. Morrow reducing their bid for beef from $3 90 per 100 pounds to $3 88 and their bid for bacon one-fourth of acent a pound, thus releasing their sureties for the higher bid. This bid had no legal value, because unac- companied by sureties, Still the contract was awarded to J. W. Bosler and J. A. Morrow, who had bought off the only bidder below them, and ‘this was allowed by the Indian Office instead of low bidder to fulfil, his contract. gives Borler’s status in the Indian Department, and his esti- mate of the vane of beef of a higher grade than that he was then delivering under the other contract, and with more stringent conditions, because he was com- pelled to keep the cattle at his own expense and risk, and deliver them as needed; whereas the cattle deliv: ered under the private and fraudulent contract were to be received at once by the agents and herded at the risk and expense of the Indians, Mr. Delano had thor- ugh knowledge of this fraud and of others by the same man in the weight of cattle, as certified to by an Indian agent, yet he did not demand the dismissal of General Parker, and the defrauder was not handed over to the Department of Justice; no claim was made upon him for this money s0 fraudulently obtained, and he was 3 NOT RVEN DRIVEN FROM THE OFFICE, but, on the contrary, has been the fayored contractor from that day to this,’ Imagine the president of one of our banks or trust companies finding, just as he entered upon his duty, that his first payménts were fraudulent, and not making any reclamation or availing himself of the help of the law to enforce a repayment. Would not his private estate and his securities be liable for such neglect? And would any board of directors brave mblic opinion so far as to keep such a man in office? you will remember the extract made in my last letter from the report of Commissioners Kemble and Alvord of ds at the Spotted Tail and Red Cloud reserva- This has been confirmed by a letter received by few days since from Captain Alvord. The Board of Indian Commissioners and its officers in vain tried to Induce Secretary Delano to check these frauds, an’ know how ilercely he then turned upon you when you did that for which he ought to have been very gratotul. The frauds in freight by McCann were fully k Beerctary Delano, and | informed him of contracts for machinery given by Indian Commi: Smith tw Mr. Jobn L, Delano, his son, These contracts were siven privately, without notice to the Board of Indian mmissioners, and therefore illegally and tainted with frand. This machinery was of course made in Ohio, and instead of being sent direct to Sioux City it went up to Minnesota and then down ogain to the Missouri River. surprised when Tannounced them to him; but when the fact was proven he did not dismiss his son from the office of Secretary, neither did he dismiss the Rev, from the office of Commissioner of Indian | Heman made contracts toa large extent with A. H. Wilder, of Min with. out competition, without advertising and without notice to the Board of Indian Commissioners, therefore vio- Jating three of the laws of the United States, This was brought to the knowledge of Secretary Delano without decreasing his interest. in Indian Commissioner Smith | or in A. H. Wilder. I will now refer to one of these yery contracts, in whieh authority was given to Mr. Wilder to purchase cattle without any limit as to price, A blank voucher was given to the agent of A. TL v and filled np in the Indian Office by consent of Indian | Commissioner Smith, without notice to the Board of | Indian Commissioners, Their examining officer, per- ceiving the difference in the writing between the certiti- eate and the price, sent it to mg for examination. Hav. | ing knowledge of its character, I returned it, with the | following letter, which, it subsequently appeared, was | sent by Mr. Stuart to ‘Secretary Delano as a confirma jection of the vouche airman Executive Committee — | vined the vouchers th ’ at to the Departn Tt appears that Ayent birkett was in to sig er without filling np the prices, lenving that to the person with whom the ian Affairs had privately bur: gained to far in supplies, The prices were filed np by A. H. Wilder and by him pre- sented for mt, Agent Birks v wd by Agent Birkott ‘The agent does 1 ros . rom frauds that so long have been connected with it, Lonts, truly, WILLIAM WELSH. Mr. Delano, instead of prosecuting A. H. Willer, gave my lotter to him. and Mr. Wilder based # suit on it Of course the father seemed very much | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 2%, 1875.~-TRIPLE SHEET, inst me for libel, estimating his @amages at $100,000, e writ was served upon me in April, 1874, when I had been xd to Washington for that purpose, although avowedly to testify before a committee of Con- gress, Tho letter is true in course the suit has not been bre IF MR, WILDER HAD ONLY Phe and he could have been put on the witness stand, there would have been revelations of such @ render these letters unnecessary, Bh given by venders of goods, allowing the fill up the price at his own discretion, were in Minne- Fota, until very lately 1 that when Bishop eh ns be hurried back her filled up. — The per intimated, that he was the first purehas who had made that objection, The frands above re- ferred to are but specinens of a number for which ample testimony can be produced, and as Tmay have occasion in my next letter to refer to frauds in sales of pine timber, &e., L will give but one more specimen, and that of avery différent character, A bill bad passed the House of Representatives, after along debate, au- thorizing the appointment of ‘six Indian inspectors, to Department, 1 was to which it was referred in ke a favorable report. The Teason assigned was the belief that unsuitable appoint- ments would be made, Having been asked by the off- cers of the Interior Department to use my influence, I Waited on Bresident Grant, and he was pleased to give mo a distinet pledge that no man should be appointed an Indian inspector under that bill, even if suggested by himself, unless the Board of Indian “Com- missioners certified that they deemed him # Suitable man, The President further authorized mo to say that when any inspector lost the con- fidence of the Board of Indian Commissioners he should be immediately removed from office, Mr. Do- Jano coneurring with apparent cordiality in this pledge, the Senate committee removed its objections and the Dill became a law, The Board of Inc Com- missioners had a meeting and agreed with Secretary Delano upon the names of certain persons who would probably be suitable, but as no appointment could be months, say June 30, when the law take effect, 1 was thought best to delay final action until near that time, Secretary Delano made the nominations without conference with the Board of 1 dian Commissioners, and in direct violation of the pledge given by the President and by himself, Some of the appointees were those that had received favorable con- sideration, but others were appointed who would have nk vouchers, urchaser to ra been rejected utterly by the Board of Indian Commissioners. One of the latter was sent to examine the reservation at which — Indian Commissioner Smith had been agent. From the report of that inspector, on file in the office, it will be foand that he did not make any investigation, and this T also knew from persons living on the reserva- tion. Mr, Smith’s successor as Indian agent followed in his footsteps, but, as is alleged by persons on that reservation, he lacked the adroitness necessary to cover his tracks, ’ Bishop Whipple was appealed to by the In- dians to check that agent's frauds, and he compelled him to disgorge a large snm of money. One of the Chippewa chiets at a public conneil used this biting sar- casm in addressing — You are a minister and evidently an ardent worshi ation has. taught us that the only god Think of an Indian having Occasion to speech to the representative of the United States gov. ernmont, yet I fear in my next letter 1 will be compelled to show that the fault is not wholly nor even mainly ith the agent. Yours, very respectfully, bemrptb ace ney Wry FE TLLIAM. WELSH. Pumapecrns, August 21, 1875. LONG BRANCH. NEW ARRIVALS AT LONG BRANCH—A FINANCIAL ADVISER FOR THE PRESIDENT—THE MOVE- MENTS OF THE IMPERIAL FAMILY—A PRO- POSED DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT. Lona Bravon, August 22, 1875, ‘There is at present every indication that the season at Long Branch will extend over until early October, and that September will seo moro visitors here than were to be found in July. . People are beginning to ap- preciate the fact that Long Branch is more enjoyable in the latter part of the summer than in the early monthe, The sands are no longer scorching and the water is warmer by comparison with tho cooler air when the extreme heat of the sun has ‘abated, and the bright nights of September stow the ocean in its most beautiful aspect. The arrivals lust week have filled up the principal hotels, and this week will be a busy one in the way of amusements, Thero is the first regatta of the Long Branch Rowing Association’ for to-morrow (Monday), and the races at Monmouth Park on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, Bijou Heron is to give an entertainment on Wednesday, so the week will be pretty well filled up. PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE WEST END, Tho West End Hotel has at present a number of dis- tinguished visitors—Smith Ely, Jr., Congressman elect from New York; Governor Warmoth, of Louisiana; Brother-in-law Casey, from the same State; Bishop Doane, General Green, United States Army; Admiral Rowan, United States Navy; James Kidd, of Albany, and Tom Ochiltree, of Texas, being among the arrivals of last week. Quite a number of families have signified their intention to remain until the close of the season, and the hope is expressed that the proprietors of the West End will keep open the hotel until October. It is customary to close it about the middle of September, AN IMPORTANT VISITOR. The Baron Gedalia, of Copenhagen, is here with a proposition that will excite a commotion in financial circles, “provided, always,” as the lawyers say, that it amounts to more than similar projects generally do, It is nothing loss than a plan for the immediate resump- tion of specie payments by the simple process of putting greenbacks up to par with gold, The Baron keeps his secret well as to the means by which his great object is to be accomplished, but docs not hesitate to declare that the practicability and efficiency of the scheme will be admitted by all competent financiers as soon as it is announced, He has had one interview with President Grant, but Hist Excellency, although an excellent list- ener, is slow to pronounce an opinion, hence the Co- penhagen necromancer obtained" nothing — but a quiet suggestion that the Secretary of the Treasury was the best person to consult upon the subject. Whether the Baron designs to inform us how we can immediately pay off all our national in- debtedness as well ag get rid of our government and na- tional bank rag money is at_ present a secret, but, no doubt, the public will be informed of all particulars of the great scheme before waking up and finding their pockets filled with gold coin instead of greenbacks. The proposition of Baron Gedalia is not a novel one, as His Excellency and His Excellency’s secretaries know to their cost. ‘The correspondence of the Executive and ‘Treasury departments is materially increased in bulk, if not in interest, by plans for immediate resumption and the mstantancous wiping out of the national debt. Ong olunteer Anancial saviors areas numerous as the Ne- braska grasshe rs and almost as troublesome, The diflentties to be encountered by the Baron are, first, the bad odor that attaches to these propositions in the Troasury Department, and next, the —embar- rassment which bis scheme, if an effective one, would throw in the way ‘of onr approaching Presidential campaign, What would become of tho financial issue upon which His Excellency expects to be elected for his third term if intlation and repudia- tion were no longer “rocks ahead’ in the cotirse of the ic ship? The Baron istoo soon with his pro- 1 to blow these rocks out o! t. He must wait, al banks and their enormous profits have been made available in another Presidential fight, THE IMPERIAL PAMILY, The exeentive mansion the summer capital is at resent quite crowded with members of the imperial Prince Frederick and his wife are there, as Nellie and her husband, and the family cirele will not be broken until next Saturday, when the Princess resigns the gayeties of the impers court and sails for her Snglish country t pected that His Exceilen wife a and older Grants will go to Nev purpose of “seeing Nellie home.” ‘A PROSECTE, ‘The guests at the West End and some of the cottages contemplate getting up an amateur concert and dramatic readings betore the close of the seas nt readings or re da desire ) ‘anch visitors. who sent to enjoy that entertamment th repeated. The suggestion to make the a a more imposing one by the introduction of music and singing meets with favor. Indeed, many go so far as to hope that some of the eminent dramatic. artists, who make their summer homes at Long Branch; may be in- 4 to aid in increasing the attraction of the enter- tainment by taking part in it, Ithas been hinted that Mrs. Hoeyemight con: read; that the charming » Mitehell might ot to making her appear: might do their part t of the season, all snch affairs at the West End would insure a. brilliant success for the proposed entertainment shonld it be car- ried out. The proceers might well bo applied to the children’s free excursion fuud in New York. WATERING PLACE NOTES, Among the latest arriva Dodge, of New York; A. B. Brandreth, of New Y Baltimore; J. . Maré H, Fiteb, of Ds Niles, of Connecti Dr. ork; er and tamily, of ck, of Cincinnati; Colouel W. V. Maitland, of Philadelphia; H. WH. Baxter, of , the prima donna; Grannis, of New Yor orge BE Prescott and 1 New York; Captain 'B, Stephens, al artile of the British Army; Samnel Bowles, of the ‘pringticut Repubiican; UG. W. Torrey, ‘of Bos: ton; Pf Bichborn, Naval Constructor, the Boston Navy Yare BM. Y be f and farnily, of New York; F. Bagley of Michigan; | Davenport, United st Navy; Ji S. Smart, ox-Congressroan from tre Washiligton and Troy districts} «, General Superintendent ot the Now York m River F John € the man G, Spaniding, Hroad; A. HT, Bean, of Howell, United x Portsmouth United recently Liewtenant 1 ates Navy} Mra, F. W. Tobey, wife of State Senator Tobey, of the | x Essex district in this Stato, | ship of the world, CAPTAIN BOGARDUS. Pigeon Shooting for the Champion- ship of the World. DEFSAT OF RIMELL. Lonnow, August 7, 1875. Captain Bogardus might well be compared to the ancient Roman hero who came, saw and conquered. The Captain has been away from here somewhere about three months; and, during the whole of that time, al- though he bas shot in a very large number of pigeon shooting matches, ho has never yet been beaten at what in racing parlance is called “even weights."’ There is no doubt that the English have found him ‘‘a Tartar.” He has licked their best pigeon shots all round; and now, at the eleventh hour of his trip, he has wrested from them the much coveted honor of the champion- It has been said that an Englishman never knows when he is beaten; but there are excep- tions to that, In pigeon shooting circles here I havo heard the best wing shots remark that “wo have nothing to approach the American’’—a comment which is fully borne out in tho result of the Captain’s Kuro- pean tour, WE NAVE NOTHING TO BEAT CAPTAIN ROGARDUS in this country. Thero can be no doubt about it, Since the month of May last the Captain has been in England, open to shoot with all comers on fair terms, As I have before explained, very few have taken advantage of the general challenge. Men who have hitherto ruled the pigeon-shooting roost, as it were, and who were consid- ered'almost irreproacbable as wing shots, havo been content to shoot In sweepstakes with tho American with handicap allowances, but until the other day there was not one to be fonnd in the whole catalogue of good shooters who had the boldness to challenge him on equal terms. We have already seen how Bogardus dealt with Shaw, the champion whom the Manchester pigeon shooters set up to contend anst him, and whd, as I have previously no- ticed, was, and ts, considered to be one of the best shots in the North of England. Notwith- at Saratoga are:—Rufus | | couple | was a matter of great wonder to the spectators, and his standing the ancient gun which Shaw shot with and in spite of the unmannerly and unmanty way in which his friends behaved during the contest, it must be ad- mitted that he killed his birds in fine style; but he could not approach Captain Bogardus, It was men- tioned ma communication from Liverpool that there was some chance of the championship of the world being shot for before Captain Bogardus finally bade adion to the English shores, The idea was well carried out by those who took it up.. The man appointed to shoot against the Captain was Mr. George Rimell, of London, whose skill with the shotgun was admittedly greatly superior to any other metropolitan man. The condi- tions, as has already been explained, were 100 birds each, fifty to bo shot under English and fity under American rules, the birds to be taken from one basket. THE TROPHY 18 A HANDSOME MEDAN, which has been subscribed for among the supporters ofthe sport, and which is quite worthy of the event, This prize is of an oval shape, surmounted with a repre- sentation of the globe, on the top of which a dove on the wing appears with the wreath of victory in its beak. Immediately beneath this are the symbolical cross guns, Surrounding the centre-pieco (the inscription on which now bears the name of Captain Bogardus as the victor), flags of all nations in color ‘are engraved with exquisite taste, prominent among those banners being the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes, Tho tout ensemble of the medal is pleasing in the highest degree, and it may be said to the credit of the vanquished that Mr, Rimell is himself the designer, The idea has been catried out in the best style by Streeter, of Now Bond street. Tho value of the medal is thirty guineas. The weather to-day wis somewhat dull, the atmosphere being oppressively close, with signs of thunaer. As may be imagined, such conditions were not the most favorable for shoot- ing. The smoke hung very badly about the gun, to the great inconvenience of tho men in tho double-barrel competition at thirty yards, so that the shooting of neither Bogardus nor Rimell was extraordinarily good, ‘A large number of spectators visited the grounds to wit- ness the match and enjoy the amenities of the Welsh Harp, Hendon, There is no more pleasing hostlery in the suburbs of London than the Welsh Harp, the glassy lake, the well laid ont gardens and the mossy lawns offering a thousand and one pleasures to the holiday maker, The proceedings commenced at threo o'clock this afternoon in the midst of a heavy shower of rain, which, however, did not last long. The Englishman won tho toss, and lected to shoot first. © Twenty-five birds, with two barrels and one and a quarter ounce of shot at thirty yards rise, and five traps was the opening por- tion of the programme. —Rimell neatly grassed his first bird with the second barrel. The Captain's opening pigcon flow swiftly out of the trap, was winged with the first barrel and brought down with the second, The Eniglishman’s second was a miss to a bluerock that got well away on the wing, while Bogardus grassed his bird splendidly at the first attempt, Again the English champion failed to score, and the Captain had another creditable kill with a tailer. The fourth birds were killed by both men in good style; but while Rimell’s fifth was prettily grassed, the Captain’s ricked and got away to the left althongh badly winged. Three suc- cessive misses were now scored to Rimell, the birds being of the best kind; and the Captain made very short work of his birds, all of which he killed in grand style, The ninth and tenth rounds went to the gun, and the score stood, DOGARDUS, 9 OUT OF 10; RIMELL, 5 OUT oF 10, Odds of three to one were freely offered on Bogardus, who, as will be seen in spite of the hanging smoke, shot very well indeed in the first ton rounds. ‘The English- man killed his following 6 birds ina thoroughly sports- man-like way; but of a like number the American missed 1—a strong bluerock that evaded both barrels when wellon the wing. The seceding five rounds again proved disastrous to the Englishman, who scored only 1 kill, and that from a pigeon that hung on the witg, In his & Bogatdus missed a couple of strong birds, 1 of which was winged and fell dead out of boundary, Rimell’s twenty-tirat bird was a clinking one, which shot right ont of the trap and hardly gave the gnn a chance, The American's bird was of a like de- iption, his shot being low. .Rimell’s next 4 prgeons re all quick on the wing, but they were killed in fine style, the last one particularly being a noteworthy shot. With the exception of his twenty-lifth shot, Bogardus also killed, nOGARDUS, 19 OUT OF 25; RIMELL, 15 OUT oF 25, Already the American had left his opponent behind to the exient of 4 birds, and this advantage, by dint of steady shooting, he continagd to inerease, | It was now proposed to shoot 20 birds under American ruies—that is, 20 birds from @ spring trap at 21 yards rise, only one barrel to be fired. The rules of the’ Prairie Club’ were strictly enforced, the gun being below the elbow until the biré was on the wing, Mr. Rimell, who had never shot in this manner before, was allowed a “sighting shot.” He seemed to think that the birds could be casily grassed at what he imagined was such a simple contrivance, but bis shooting somewhat belied this idea, | “EUs not so easy as it seems,” remarked Bogardus, adding, “It takes a good shot to kill nineteen ont of twenty.” This feat the Captain acer lished in the easiest possible manner. Of | the Englishman killed 16, and the missed but 1, thes tifth, = which, awiftly toward the gun, was winged, and perched on the shed halt a dozen yards from the firing point. The birds in almost every case were good ones. | They were “young and naturally wild,’ as Hammond, who sup- plied them, said. It theretore cannot be considered an inferior performance on the part of Rimell, who was try Blo nogarpus, 38 out or 45; Riment, 31 ovT or 45, The remaining portion of the shooting under American rules was persevered with. was 16 pairs of birds, at 18 yards rise, out of spring traps (double rise}, Again ihe Englishman was strange ground, His shooting in this competition was tof the American, The double to confuse him that he ¢ In every case ho tho the last pair but one, sto acouple of very good American, on the contrary, was “at home’ erise, He gi no ‘less than eleven xl form. His recovery after the first shot al, excepting in two in: when he killed both. pig shows. Th with the douh Killing even the moat diMenlt birds ‘Aw may be readily © his rival hope- It was almost ded manner of inpany by surpri American began to le nogarbus, 6 OCT OF TH: The shooters then*reverted to the tion at five traps. there being ver: cerment that the Knglishi lost ground. Ind Rimell f misses, While Ut her singgish ones, A good strong bird, but th ‘stubborn youngster, w little signs at its he virtually over, couple birds kille maimed, just over dropped Irom sinart rocks; and im the succeeding round | Rimell scored a’ mist to a bird that dipped on the wing and was quickly oat of bounds. The aptain killed bis bird, a good one from the far trap, wcks for the distance but was neatly Six successive kills from Rituell and four kills and @ couple of misses fro: Bogardus now followed. at Ng a strange sport for the first time, The score now | This competition | oiteors | possible in having again shirked his Parliame American's, although | Both men followed up with kills | which point the match was over, the scores at the con- clusion being BOGARDUS, Tl OUT OF 83; RIMELL, ST OUT oF 83. There is little to add respecting the match, which was won in the easiest of canters by the American, Had | the Englishman been in petter form—for there is no use disguising the fact that today's shooting has been far from his best—he would have shown a stronger fight, but—and the but ever within his power to lower the colors of Bogardus. Rimell is a gentlemanly man, who shoots a ntiemaniy way, and it is only to add that his conduct has been very fair throughout | the whole arraugements. He does not at all grudge his opponent the victory. A little demonstration which | took the form of the raising of the American colors | heralded the conclusion of the h in favor of the | American, and the medal was presented to Captain Bo- gardus in snitable terms by mine genial host, Mr. War- ner, proprietor of the Welsh Harp. I understand that, in consequence of the obstacles that bave been put in his way, the Captain hax altogether refused to shoot with the “member of the Hurlingham and Gun and Polo clubs” for £200, He leaves for America on Thursday next and shoots his last match on English soil at Liver- pool, on Wednesday, with a local man, for £50 a side, The American team Will be present on this oreasion. Mr. John Fowler, the veteran pigeon shot, was referee, The following is the seore:— ROGARDUS. 25 birds, 30 yards rise, 2 barrels—t, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 4,1, 1, 0, 1, 1,1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2 Oia. Spring trap, 21 yards, 1 barrel—1, 1, 1. 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, Che YA, 1.4, 2 hy -leO Spring trap (double rise), 18 yards riso, 15 pairs of birds—IJ, 11, 10, 11, 10, liih 11,1, 0,11, 11, 1 phe : 1, 1 1—25—30, 25 birds, 40 yards rise, 2 barrels—1, 0, 0, Pa ig el rhe 1 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, Total RIMELL. 25 birds, 30 yards rise, 2 barrels—1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1,1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 11525. Spring trap, 21 yards, 1 barrel—1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1,2, 1,2, 1, 1) 1, 0. 1, 0, 0-16-20. Spring trap’ (double rise), 18 yards rise, 15 pairs of biras—10,10, 10,10, 11, 16, 10, 10,'10, 10, 14, 10,10, 11, 1 0—18—30, 5 birds, 80 yards rise, 2 barrels—, 0, 0,1,1, 1 Lt hare re Tels—0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1,1, Total. CAPTAIN BOGARDUS RETURNED. Among the passengers who arrived from Europe on the steamer City of Berlin, with the American team, was Captain Bogardus, who has so well upheld the credit of America in his contests with the best pigeon shooters of Great Britain. The gallant Captain looks the picture of robust health and expresses himself highly pleased with the result of his trip. Going over on his ow sonal responsibility and at bis personal risk, and Dg 1ctorions, he justly thinks he has some reason to be proud of his achievements, but yet carries his laurels with becoming modesty. Some of the numerous badges and other trophies which Cap- tain Bogardus brings with him as the fruits of his vie- tories, are of beautitul design and workmanship; but he regards them more as so many tributes to American skill than for any intrinsic value or beauty they possess, Captain Bogardus is stopping at the International Hotel, and will reinain a few days in the city. De THE TURF IN ENGLAND, Hic iotiads atti ail THE FRENCH HORSE—SALVATOR'S CHANCES FoR THE ST. LEGER—THE BOOKMAKERS LAYING AGAINST HIM—CLAREMONT THE FAVORITE— LORD AYLESFORD HIS OWNER—MARIE STEWART AND HER BACKERS AT BRIGHTON. Loxpox, August 10, 1875. Ever since the Grand Prix de Paris the English have been looking forward mournfully to the St. Leger, which appeared to be at the mercy of the French champion, the great Salvator, who has never known defeat, John Bull, however, now is smiling again, and at present the prospect of Yorkshire’s great race falling to a French bred horse seems very remote, though Count Lagrange may be dangerous with a colt that M. Lefevre purchased for him in England, Salvator, who is one of the grandest looking animals that ever trod the turf, is said to be coughing, but in some quarters he is believed to have been bought. For some weeks past a cliquo of book- makers at Tattersalls haye never missed an opportunity of laying against him, and shrewd jndges of the market have not hesitated to say that he was as DEAD AS A HERRING. The bookmakers have never forced the market, and they seem to have played their gamo wll. They never seemed to wish to lay, and wero deaf to all offers to ac- copt such bets as £700 to £200. At 3 to 1 thoy would do any amount of business, and when a backer held out for £1,000 to £300 he was invariably accommodated. But £1,050 to £300—oh! dear, no! Such a thing could not be thonght of. At Goodwood, however, a very flatter- ing bait was held out to them. A nobleman of great wealth offered to take £3,500 to £1,000, A thousand pounds in one stroke, and the coin as safe as though it were a BANK OF ENGLAND NOTE, conld not be resisted, People then began to ask, “Where is all the money to come from to pay if Salvator wins? The clique had fairly exposed their hands, They afterward managed to lay 4 to1 to loso about £5,000, and now the horse is friendiess at 20 to 1, with 4 to 1 offers that he does not start. His backers may be happy yet, but the case looks very black, The hopes of the French were rendered additionally forlorn at Cacn last Monday, where Perplexe defeated Ratagas and St, Cyr: The latter is a stable companion of Salvator’s and in the French Derby ran him to a neck. Perplexe, when at Ascot, was beaten very easily by the English horses. His owner is the PRUSSIAN Baron Schickler, who, however, is a naturalized French- man, After the war he was generally “cut” by the French, turned out of the jockey club and his horses on the race course were hissed by the mob. Under theso circumstances he assumed the English namo of Davis and escaped further annoyance, The favorite for the great St. Leger, at Doncaster, is Claremont, who ran second for the Derby. He is the property of Lord Aylesford, who is a bosom friend of the Prince of Wales, and Lady Aylesford is the favorite of tho Princess. Lord Aylesford is a young man of the rollicking sort, with a-great capacity for spending money. A few years ago he was morely Lord Guernsey, and his father being a stout, healthy man, in the prime of life, money lenders would not deal with him at less than forty or fifty per cent, One day he negotiated a heavy loan on these terms, and within a few hours of the completion of the business his father died and he became KARL OF AYLESFORD, with about £40,000 a year. As he could now borrow money on his own terms, the fifty fer cent he had paid less than aweek before galled him, and he sought the intervention of the Court of Chancery, This venerable institution, which only this week has becomo a thing of the past, and has been merged into the High Court of Jndicaturo, took pity on the “infant’’ and ordered all the loans to be paid off with only five per cent interest, This, the money lenders said, was very shabby. BRIGNTON RACES have been very successful. The betting was heavy, tho swells trying to get back what they had lost at Good- wood, and the betting men endeavoring to add to their gains, This time the swells beat their opponents out of the field, and once more they are MGHT-HEARTED AND JURTLANT. There was a general rush for money. |i settle the Goodwood accoun others of the money-lending they liked. Ifthe Earl of Dudiyy had visited Brighton and betted on the same scale heSdid at Goodwood he would have made the ring smart, When Maric Stuart won her race at Ascot he backed her for the bagatelle of £10,000, and he won £12,000 on her when sho. carried of The Vaks, At Brighton she won the Cup, and as sho started at 5 to 2 the ring is in all probability £10,000 or £15,000 richer for the absence of his lordship. The KARL OF DUDLEY is by no means a_yo plunger who lays ont these ng Pp ; large sums in hot blood. 8 Atal, broad-built man, standing over six feet and above the middle age. In ap- pearance he is extraordinary, and the corkscrew ring- lots he wears by nogneans add to his beauty, never at | any time great. H&, however, succeeded in captivating the beautiful QUEEM-LIKE DAUGHTER Thomas Moncrieff, As a judge of precious stones | of Sir the E nilicent pear-shaped pearls he has in his collection are enough to make a jeweller die of envy, When the Countess of Dudley wears her jewels she ‘throws every one else at the rooms, including the Princess of Wales, into the shade, ling 10 her seat in the country, where she sneak f were m her maid a casket conte chic! rom her, mai , the contents of which ne of the best pjrces in the world at is so well off for first ct it beats any other town ptels, and in this land. The aristoera Chaplin drove his four horse coach’ to the scene of ac- tion, The Marquis of Hartington looked as happy duties, and he is evidently of opinion that the rn ought to have been brought to a close long ago. There ‘asa merry twinkle in the eye of Sir John Astley, who the new steward of the Jockey Club, as he hsked if he knew what was going on inthe House Jast might. To seo the burly form of Sir John Astley, who is known as the i! wi JOULY COLONEL, it would hardly be supposed that he was the champion athlete of the allied armies betore Sebastopol. He beat a private of his own regiment and twenty others in & quarter of a mile race, knocked over a Frenchman in a hundred vards’ sim ané won a half-mile hurdla race all is exsential—I do not think it was | | was the first time that she carried the scarlet jacket of in | fair | ioe | in getting away, the latter hanging Earl of Dudley has hardly his equal, and the mag- | Only the other day as she was travel: | to meet | the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, a thief managed to | | inne won with one second on! % y for the most part sejoarned | the Bedford, from whieh every morning Colonel | in the same afternoon, The next day was Inkerman, and his life did not seem worth mueh when, with a big hole in his side, four Irishmen bore him away from TUB VAN OF BATTLE. He is a most enthusiastic lover of all field sports, and had quite made up his mind to win the Brighton Cup with Scamp, @ horse that run well at this meeting last year, y, hows was reserved for Mr. Crawford, tiful mare, the peerless Mari i the ‘wealthy Scotch commoner, For Mr. Merry she won such great races ax the Oaks, St. Leger and Queen's Vase, and about a month ago zhe was sold to her pre ent owner for £4,200, the largest price that was ever paid fora filly. She'was considered to have the best chance of everything for the Goodwood Cup, but Mr. Crawford came to an arrangement with the Marquis of Aylesbury that Marie Stuart should not oppose Aven- turiere at Goodwood provided that Aventuriere did not putin an appearance against Marie Stuart at Brighton, he result was that the stable secured large stakes on both races without needlessly sacriticing their horses, Mr. Crawford had the * NICK LITTLE BET of £2,500 to £1,000 about Marie Stuart, and as the stakes ure worth about £500 more she has already got back three-fourths of her purchase money, At Good- wood she was said to be amiss, but they could not have been correct, As on the present oceasion she carried a 10 Ibs, penalty, and as Don r, her former stable companion and opponent, has gone to the stud, she ought to make aclean sweep of all the cup races for the next year or two, as in many of them she will not have to carry any penalty whatever. Her most dan- gerons opponent at Brighton was Louise Vietoria, an own sister to George Frederick, the Derby winner, who had carried off the Brighton stakes, run over the same course on the previous day, Count Lagrange was not 80 fortunate with his famous two-year-old M. de Fligny as ho was at Goodwood, und was well beaten by Lucy Hawk, a little thought of filly, belonging to a third rate auctioneer, THE EARL OF ROSERERY was also somewhat unfortunate, as Levant, on whom ho chiefly relied, could not be prevailed on to do her best. She is believed to be the best animal in England, but un- fértunately on a race course she will not do nearly 80 weil as she does at home. Her owner is a plucky buyer of blooded stock. Not long since he gave 2,500 guineas for the second rate Folkestone, but he was fortunate enough to get all his money back the first tine of asl ing. The hazard tables, very sub rosa, carried on a roat ing business at night. Paris has been made too hot for several of the English bookmakers, two of whom, Mor- ris and Atkins, formerly kept the principal halls in London, Atkins had a table at: Bognor last week with Morris, who has lately been in low water (he was once worth £100,000) a8 croupier. The firm lost nearly £10,000. At Brighton, on the other hand, their gains were very large and much of what the swells won on the race course was lost on the board of green cloth at night. “Seven’s the main, gentleman’? had its full fling, and ‘seven’! is a very dangerous number to oppose, RACING NOTES. The extra race meeting at Monmouth Park begins to- morrow and will be continued on Thursday and Satur- day of this week. There will be four races each day, and from the number of horses that are at the park and those on their way thither from Saratoga a most excel- lent meeting may be anticipated. The steeplechasers are being prepared for the trip to Newport to join in the various steeplechases that will come off at that fashionable resort, A score or more of good horses will be there, making good fields for each race, There will be more starters in the Newport races than were ever seen before in races of that kind in any part of America, ‘The following list gives the names of the winning stables at Saratoga during tho past season, as also the amounts won by each, including the winner’s own stakes, as well as second money where the entire sum was above $1,000: Flash Stakes. Saratoga Stakes. ... Kentucky Stakes Total. P. LORILLARD. ++ $2,450 Becond money, Two- 3,500 Year-Old Stakes... 2,800 A. GRINSTRAL Travers Stakes. Alabama Stakes. ....$2,! ge In second money... 725. Selling Stakes, two- Sweepstakes, — two- year-olds....... st year-olds.......++ 2,200 Second — | money, Selling Sweepstakes, Rhadamanthus.... Caroline Total .. SANFORD. Purse. coer asia es SLL OV M, 1, Half of Saratoga 10, DOXANUR, Hurdlo races, two Second money, 1% miles .... + $1,000 miles ......ct..0. $150 Steeplechase, ....-s. 700 Total... D. MDANTE Half of Saratog@Cup $1,175 500 Second money, gell- ing race. . $182. Selling Purse Second money, 3 Second money, 25g. mile dash........ 150 Sweepstakes, ‘of Second “money, a mile... 350 Flash Stakes. .... Total...... Stable saved Sequel BARK ON sass cacaee Total...... Kenner Stakes, di- vided... JOUN O'DONNELL. in Half Kenner Stakes. $2,300 Second money Travers Stakes. Ls nae PURY Sweepstakes, 14 Second money, 2% miles.....+...0... $1,750 _ miles... $180 Purse, three miles... 900 Three. Year-Old Stks Summer Handicap (second money).. 100 Purae,...-...02++ 1,040 piace One and ahaifmiles "600 Total 5,470 THE COWES REGATTA. GOOD DAY'S SAILING OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON, The correspondent of the London Standard, writing from Cowes under dato of August 6, say: Tho sailing yesterday at this regatta was remarkably good, and the finish of the race was one of the closest and most exciting ever witnessed, the Corinne only win- ning by one second from the Egeria, ‘The weathcr con- tinued fine, with a strong breeze from east-northeast, similar to what there was on Wednesday. As a mattor of course, large crowds of spectators assembled in front of the club, and great interost was taken in the result of the match.” The wind made the race a certainty for the schooners, as it was a reach all ronnd the course, and in consequence the three first vessels in were the Olga, Corinne and Egeria, The venerable old Arrow rather surprised the admirers of the Vol-an-Vent by giving her an honest five minutes’ beating, coming in first of her rig, and over four minutes ahead ot Latona, "Tho Fione reached very fast also, beating the Flying Cloud under circumstances altogether in the latter's favor, The Cuckoo was getting some al- teration made to her gaif, and did not start; neither did the Veronica nor Corisande put in an appearance, The race was sailed in very short time, the Olga only taking four hours and thirty-six minutes to complete the course, which is about forty-two miles, No shifting of canvas was required, as it’ was a free reach all the way, The match was fot the Town Cup, value £100, open to yachts of any rig over thirty ‘ons ‘belonging toa royal yacht club; twice round the Queen's course, which is from Cowes, round the Warner Lightship, thence back round a flagboat moored to the south of the lifebuoy and back to Cowes. Entries:—Arrow, cutter, 115, T. Chamber- layne; Neptuno, cutter, 50, N. B, Stewart; Hypatia, cut- ter, 43, W. Gordon; Iona, cutter, 66, J. Ashbury; Veron- ica, cutter, 88, T. G Freke; Vol-au-Vent, cutter, 104, Colonel Markham; Cuckoo,’ cutter, 9%, H. Hall; Fione, cutter, 78, E. Boutcher; Druid, yawl, 80, B. A. Arnold; Corisande, yawl, 141, J’ Richardson; Latona, yawl, 163, A. B. Rowley; Olga schooner, 218, J. A” Hankey; geria, schooner, 155, J. Mutholland; Corinne, schooner, 162, N.’ Wood; Flying Cloud, schooner, 75, | F. Cox; Anstralia, 175, W. H. Hughes.’ The Hypati Veronica, Cuckoo, Druid, Corisande and Australia ‘tid not start. At ten A. M. the gun fired, and the yachts set canvas and started, the first away being the Neptune, ag usual very smart with her sails, Then came the Vol- | an-Vent and the Olga, the others being close to one an- other, except the Latona and the Iona, which were slow for nearly five min- utes after the others had gone. The Fione and the Nep- tune had reefed mainsails, but all the others carried fall mainsails, and all had jibheaders set except the Olga and the Flying Cloud, which sent square maintopsails aloft, In the reach to the Nab the Olga got well ahead, the Corinne and the Egerin being next, the latter about two minutes astern, The Vol-au-Vent and Arrow were very closo together, After rounding thé Lightship the latter got so well up to the other's weather. quarter that the new cutter began InMlng, but us soon as the Arrow got the chance she up with her tiller and ran through her lee in great form, leav- ing those on board the Vol-au-Vent rather astonished at hor speed, With a strong breeze, the schooners were getting what they wanted, and Were leaving the entters very fast, the Olga still leading on the way up. | When near Osborne tho Latona and Fione reached to | windward, passed the Neptune and Flying Cloud; | and the Neptune got past the latter also before getting to Cowes, Here, however, the Flying Clond got a fair wind and made A dash at the cutter's three times, only to be stopped, and so she up and run throagh her lee, During the second round the schooners increased their lead, and the Latona got ahead of the cutters, not, however,” picking the sehoon- Joming back the fona passed the Nep- int, but both gave up at Cowes, as | ound the Lepe Buoy mark, and | Cy ere, The Ole 1 of the other to allow, and the Cor- to sparo from the Egeria, ing well, got in som could not save the time she ha Tho ttning at the finish wa: wt M. 2 25 30 Latona...... Vol-an-Vent 3 30 Fione...... 6 26 Flying Cloud Arrow 2 12 ave upat Cowes on the see. ond round, The race was this one of the closest o sailed, and It was some time before it was known wh: had won, A better day for a race, or a more satisfac. tory day's sailing, has seldom been seen, and everything passod off in the ost pleasant manner. The race round the Shambles and back to-day starts at eight A. M., and the yachts are expected to arrive at Cowes this evening, Dut should the wind not continue fresh they will not be The Tona and Nep a NEW YORK BOMBARDEB, The British Man-of-War Pouring Her Broad. sides Into the City for Three Hours, THE STORY OF A HUNDRED YEARS AGO, It isa very dificult thing for the citizens of this rich, populous and powerful metropolis to realize that thera could be any possible danger of its bombardment by # hostile fleet, or that the guns of any vessel manned by enemies of the city's welfare could ever have been turned on its people, But it is a fact that one hundred years ago to-day the city of New York was bombarded by the British line-of= battle ship Asia, under command of Captain George Vanderput, and that during that combat between the Sons of Liberty and the man-of-war a number of citizens were killed, To those only who were well acquainted with the workings of the different political parties in this city and who knew what struggles there were in 1861 can there be even a faint idea of how matters stood on the 28d of Angust, 1775. Bunker Hill had been fought two months before, and the Colonies were just beginning to feel that there were men in them who were pledged to vietory or death, It is pretty certain from the reeorda that now exist that New York city was full of tories. There were secret meetings of the Sons of Liberty night after night, and measures were taken by them to pre- vent any assistance being rendered the British on tho outskirts of tho city, or through vessels of war in the river or harbor, all of which wero under the com- mand of General Gage, Thero was a» fort im the neighborhood of Bowling Green, in whieh a number of guns wero mounted, and the patriots hav- ing been convened and instructed, it was deemed by them of immediate necessity that all these guns should be seized at the first favorable opportunity, in order that the British should not carry them away, and thus practically uncover the city to their attacks, THE “COMPANY BEATS’? The city was districted and tormed into what was then called “company beats.” These companies were really volunteer organizations under the mana; ent and instructions of the famous Sons of Lib arty, and each one of them had two off- cers, who were responsible for the safety of their men, arms and equipments, These men were all tried and assured patriots, and were every one determined to stand by the issue made by the Colonies with Great Britain, An organization formed by a committee of two from each district. or “boat? was im reality the first armed body of patriots that this Manhattan Island ever had, The names of tha members of the committee and the numerically desig- nated ‘beats’ one hundred years ago, were as follows:— West ot Broadway, from the Battery to Chambera strect.—No. 1, Thomas Randall, Frederick Jay; No. 2, Nicholas Bogart, Jacob Van Voorhees; No. 3, William W. Gilbert, Robert Ray; No. 4, John White, John An- thony; No. 5, Abraham Duryee, Abraham P, Lott, East of Broadway and Chatham street, from the Bat- tery to James street.—No. 6, John Lasher, Nicholag Hoffman; No. 7, William Denning, Abraham Brineker- hoff; No. 8, William W. Ludlow, Peter Goelet; No. 9, George Janeway, Lancaster Burling; No. 10, Eleazer Miller, John Broome; No. 11, Daniel Dunscomb, Evert Bancker; No, 12, Cornolius P. Low, John Reade; No, 13, William Bedlow, Francis Bassett; No. 14, Victor Bicker, Hercules Mulligan; No, 15, John Imlay, Gerardus Duyekinek; No. 16, John Berrian, D. Beekman, Augustus Van Horne; No, 17, Joseph Totten, John B.: Moore; No. 18, Petrus Byvanck, William ¥ ; No. 19, Theoph. Anthony; James Desbrosses; . 20," Oliver ‘Templeton; Garret Keteltas; Yo. 21, riel TH. Ludlow, John Woodward; No, 22, Comfort Sands, Nicholas Roosevelt; No. 25, Richard Sharpe, Hamilton Young; No. 24, Cornelius Clopper, William Seton. Some few of these men afterward were found tobe un- true to the patriotic cause, In company “heat”? 14 was a well known and well-to-do tailor named Hereules Mullt- gan, an [rishman of considerable influence, An ancedote is told of Mr. Mulligan which is well worthy of record, showing the temper of the timesand the character of the YOUNG ALEXANDER HAMILTON, afriend of Mulligan, atterward destined to ll a large space in American ‘history. Hamilton and Mulligan were both Sons of Liberty, and the former boarded with at No, 160 Broadway. When the Asia began to pour her broadsides into the city, and amid the gen- eral terror and confusion Hamilton was engaged in assisting others to haul off one of the heavy guns from the fort, which had been captured by the Sons of Lib- erty. Hamilton left his musket in the care of Malligan, and worked like a beaver ainong the artillery pieces, As the firing increased, Mr. Mulligan became anxious at the continued absence of his young friend, fecling a natural concern for his safety, and went in search of him, leaving the musket on duty, In Pear! street he met Hamilton. ‘ Where's y musket?’’ asked the latter. “Tleft it in yonder embrasure,” said Mulligan, pointin to the fort.” Upon which, Hamilton deliberately, an in defiance of the ‘seventy-four,” walked into the fort and recovered his arms, BATTLE AND VICTORY: ‘Thore were thirty pieces of heavy cannon in the fe which was situated south of the Bowling Green and few feet west of State and somo short distance north of Pearl street, On the night of August 23, a hundred ‘ears ago, the Sons of Liberty met in what was called ihe “fields,” but which is now known as the City Hall r% and held secret’ consultation as to what measures were to be taken to comply with the wishes of Cong which earnestly desired that the patriots should not allow the cannon to be removed, as they were needed to arm some of the forts a little while previously erected on the Highlands. Lamb’s Battery, of McDougal’s regimont of the Continental Army, stooil to their guns in the dark. « of ness the to assist the patriots and to repli guns of the Asta as Soon as that vessel ered the attempted removal of the artillery. At en o'clock at night the patriots, headed by Captain. rker’s company of light infantry, of tho battalion of Colonel Lasher, silently entered ‘the battery and pro- «t to remoye the guns, This was, no doubt, a solemn moinent'to all the loyal hearts congregated on the Battery waiting anxiously to. see the result of the endeavor. Under the glimmering of the August moon the barge of the Asia was discovered, her oarsmen and a party of marines watching carefully all the moye- monts of the patriots. Young Hamilton was one of the first to seize a rope which had been attached to a can- non, At about lock the barge moved away slowly throngh the water in the direction of the dar! hull of the line-ot-battie ship. As the barge moved off a masket was fired by a marine in the stern sheets at the patriots on the Battery, and this shot was replied to irmeatiatoly by asharp fire of musketry from C tain Parker's light infantry, Very shortly after the Asia, haying secured her position, op»ned fire from Tho drums began to beat im the city, and phadarms seized them and hurried down te ne of conflict. Now the conflict became general, and the Asia went to work in earnest, firing by broad: sides from her eighteen and twenty-four pounders, New York had at that time 20,000 inhabitonts and 4,000 houses. What guns could be got into position om the patriots’ side were fired by them as rapidly as possi- ble from the Battery, Families fled from their houses in hot haste, and a number of persons were killed and wounded in the streets, The can- nonade from the Asia lasted until three o'clock in the morning of the 24th of August, buat, in spite of her furious thunder, the guns wero all safely removed from the fort, which, being do- nuded of all warlike pharaphernalia, was’ abandoned until the Asia should depart. At the time of the action the tory Governor of the province, Tryon, was on Long Island, and a party of patrol cavalry started to sew his person. He stated, however, that he knew nothing of the approach of Gage, British general, or any of his troops, from Boston, and having promised that he would take note of all damages. int the commander of the Asia, he was let go undist And thus ended the first, and, no doubt, the last bom. bardment of New York, which occurred a hundred Years ago, on the night of August 23, 1775, night THE GAGGED PRESS OF GERMANY, [Paris (Aug. 2) correspondence of the London Times, } Notwithstanding the undoubted intention of the Ger- man Reichstag that inquiries into the authorship of newspaper articles should cease upon the editors being held criminally responsible for everything they pub. lish, the proceedings against the staff of the Frankfurter Zeitung aro being prosecuted with the utmost rigor, The Appellate Court having decided that the Zeugen- | swang is still in force, three members of the staff, MM. Curti, Sewigh and Stern were arrested this morning for contempt of court in refusing to give information as te the authorship of articles forming the subject of gov. ernment prosecutions. A fourth, who is about to re- urn from an excursion, will undergo the same fate, and the imprisonment may extend over several months, The editor and proprietor, MM. Sak and Sonnemann, Iso been ordered to appear before the Court, and pect Independently of the repignance excited by attemy to extract information inquisttorially there is this striking anomaly, that a number of persons may be | Punished for an offence for which a single punishment evidently ought to suflice, The editor may be convicted and imprisoned for publishing an obnoxions article, the entire staff (and in this case even the engine stoker haa eon interrogated) may be incarcerated for refusing to reveal the author, and th ally be discovered and prosee . German papers favorable to government whieh at first maintained a rigid silence have of late advocated the abolition of the Zeugenzwang, and the question will certainly be raised in the next session of the Reichstag. In the meantime, however, the crusade against the Frankfurter Zeitung is boing pushed to the last extrem: ity, and it is not surprising to find that it has been ad back very curly, ‘The entries are good and a fino race is expected vised to transfer itself to anoighboring German State, #0 as to escape the grip of the Prussian authorities,