The New York Herald Newspaper, November 1, 1875, Page 8

THE TURKISH DIFFICULTY, From Ragusa to Trebigne Through the Insurgent Lines, MARKS OF STUBBORN FIGHTING, d Dwellings and Unburned Corpses—A Seene of Desolation, Bu UNSURGENT TENAC Y OF PURPOS. Raavsa, Oct. 2, 1875. Hearing that the road to Trebigne had been for several days im the hands of the insurgents and that the Turks ‘were rapidly nearing starvation point, not being able to get their convoys of flour through from the Dalmatian ‘frontier, I determined to find out the truth, and in com- any with three other persons whose curiosity was equally strong, we departed for the besieged town. "Here in Raguéa the untortunate correspondent is the ‘prey of hundreds of contlicting rumors, none of which ‘are absolutely correct and ail of the most alarming mature, It is not uncommon to hear halfa dozen re- Ports of battles ina day when no engagement what- ‘ever has taken place. Each consul is besieged by a crowd eager for news, and each gives a version colored by his personal prejudices or in the interest of his gov. ernment, Inconsequence of this we paid but little attention to the numerous announcements that the ‘Trebigne road was unsafe; that if we did not fall into ‘the bands of the insurgents, who would slay us, we should encounter marauders who would insist upon relieving us of our purses and then cutting of our heads, or that we should be received with yells ‘and probably with stones by the population of Tre- Digne. We jumped into a stout carriage, which is re. nowned in Ragusa as the only one capable of enduring ‘the wear and tear of the horrible Turkish roa We passed out Of the ancient fortress town at a ral ‘to chmb the mountains into the v: surrounded valleys beyond. Once well out of Ragusa and en route fur above the Jovely panorama of the blue Adriatic, whose waves on ‘one side kiss the horizon and on the other come fawn- §ng and leaping about the iglands near the shore and the picturesque walls of the fortress, we seemed to be Jeaving the world of civilization and going rapidly toward some unkuown jumping-off place which bad Not yet been extracted from chaos. The road ig good and Protected from the precipices, along whose imminent verge it runs, by Ligh walla. Above, on the Jand side, rise peaks so bald, so mighty, so filled with crannies ‘and fissures, that a few men posted at some of the Angles could block the way for a column of many bat- talions. Sometimes our little carriage seemed like an stom in the immensity as it crawled down into the recesses of some awful gorge, or came slowly around the base of some rocky spur shot oat from the main range as if bidding defiance to thesea, All along the road we met the fugitives, clad im Meir coarse parti-colored garments, the men driving flocks of kids and goats and the women bravely ‘trudging forward with children in their arms and cling ing to their skirts, At last we came to a point whence ewe could look down into the beautiful valley of Breno, m wide expanse of land gently sloping along ledges be- ‘tween mountains and fronting on the sea. The vale -of Breno is by no means luxuriantiy fertile, but after ‘we bad been gazing for a time on the Titanic rocks, | Majesty’s | ‘which rise up everywhere, His Catholic gigantic Dalmatian sentinels, we found even Breno, ‘with its vineyards among the bowlders and its little -villages perched on rock shelves, a siniling landscape, A PARTY OF PILGRIMS. Turning around toward the end of the valley and st!!! sat a dizzy height above it, we suddenly came on a pro. cession of peasants making a pilgrimage in long and solemn procession, from a little church by the wayside to some cross among the crags. The men in their gaudy jackets, baggy breeches and with their girdies ‘filled with knives and pistols, looked curt ously at us as we paused to let the pions party pass; the women bent their eyes demurely to the ground and moved their lips in prayer, ua they wound up the steep ascent to the left of our route, While the echoes of the litue church bell were still resounding in our ears we percerved high above us, ona little hill reached by a tortuous path directly above the main road, the little fortress of Czarina. The Tarks | ‘were curiously peering down at us, doubtless somewhat | Startled by the apparition of a carriage after the rond had remained untravelled for along time, The senti- nels, in their long gray cloaks, stared with undisguised hostility as we wound up toa point where we could ob- ferve them. So did the clean and yellow Turk #bom we encountered as we came to the little blockhouse at the | frontier, the blockhouse where Austrians and Turks Doth maintain forces, We found only two Turks there, neither of them demanded passports, and we might have passed (reely in had we been the archest conspira- tors who ever dreamed of crumbling the Ottoman throne. were strongly advised by the German guards to go no further than Driena, the fortress of Which I have mentioned ina previous letter, because ©f the presence Reconorn Hackett says:—"EVEN IP DISPOSED TO THROW OPKN THK ROOKS AND RECORDS OF THe Covet TO 4 POLITICIAN I COVLD NOT DO IT, HECADSE sux Dervry C) K 18 NOT APPOINTED HY THE JUDGES OF ‘tux COURT OF GENERAL Skssions’ of the insurgenta But we preferred to see for ov 8, and an to lim the laborions as ts which form the rance to this curious and romantic of Herzegovina The road, which ix fr mud, winds away @round the side of a succession of ruzged peaks differ ing only in height fr b the steep route we which had bee for an instant when we heard n those below. Scrambling up ittle attention to the cautions paid us below, now and then pausing voices Ww yond, not kn fny who our neighbors might But we arrived at Driena without adventure, ond then were joined by three peasants from « village ley of Breno. They represented themeelves roua of going to Trebigne, but were fearful that th by the insurgents unless they were » of our carriage wheels, Not liking to Juctantly accepted their somewhat lubjous « and, descending the bill from Drivna, we point beyond which there were no Turkish We did not even see a figure on the mount nor inthe huge and desolate plain which stretch Qway at the foot of a precipice, along whose neighvor Ang crags we crawled. Our friends from Breno wi be stopped nity we re ompany, atposts, 2 very communicat) end informed us that not a Turk had suown his Bead between Tremgne and Driena for many days, The proof of that, gaia one of the is a dead = body) «which «owe = ahail find lying by the roudside some distango further on. They seemed to fear lest the insurgents might either prews then rvice or might dewaud their gar- tents, and whenever there was a rustle among the Scruboaka along the way the Woked as if they were about to run for life. OY THE ROAD TO TREMIONE, As we lost sightof Dsieua the journey beoxme ox citing, and the solema, caim and savage grandeur whieh feigned aroand were oppressive, We knew very well that 400 insurgents were posted along the route; but We also knew that word bad been sent them trom the eommittee at Raguea thal we were to attempt th passage, and we did not fear that they would do us any bodily harm. Still, when there wasa coraer of the road which looked anusually craggy and s, we anconsciously lowered our voices and moderated our gestures, We also anticipated the possibility of com ing suddenly upon a fight, as the Turks at Driena bad uid that the Geuveral at Trebigne intended to send a tonvoy to get provisions from the frontier, and it wae morally certain that the insurgents would attack \1. Verbaps two, or at most thr miles from Oriewa, we came to a point where there were tracks of blood slong the road, marks < peasants juroped and uspi p of some one of the combate of which wo might not | even have heard. Here, too, were burned cartridges and ‘\ profusion of old waddings; here were camp tires and shelters built of dead boughs. At a short distance from the road there wae a high rock, crowned with a kind of ‘airn, such as the Arctic explorers are wont to build in bigh latitudes, As we came fully in view of this cairn a {ace appeared at one side of it for an instant and then Was withdrawn with miraculous quickness. Two of us FO a AO Aol Akh 48. NEW YUKK HEKALD, MONDAY, NUVEMBER 1, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. ing and above all to make no gestures which might be misunderstood we could not refrain from erying out, “There's one of them!’ The driver instinctively balted on hearing our cry and looked around with con- siderable agitation displayed upon his brown features. But no one appeared, the rock remained mute, no musket barrel appeared at the aperture, no figures came out mysteriously from the thickets, Still we saw signe that people had been on the road but afew moments before, A fresh train of footsteps was visible im the soft earth of a little ditch, There were traces of a fire which had not long been extinct. The peasants seemed to = march __fairly on tiptoe, so filled were they with fore. boding. We felt certain that we were observed, and noticed that the driver from time to time halted as if expecting some one ata given point to appear and in- quir@ Who we were. But we went on undisturbed. TRACKS OF CONPLICT. At last we came to the dead Turk, who was lying on his face in a ditch, stripped with the exception of his shir. He was in nowise mutilated; bis brown face, although he had lain in his last sleep five days, was stily distinguishable, We hastened by the horrible spectacle and came on to more level ground to find on every side evidences of a stout combat. The ground was covered with little blackened patches, which showed where the camp fires had been, and the blood stains were more numerous than at the point near Driena, Just before passing the point where lay the dead Turk we inquired of our peasant companions if they had ever seen the insurgents. They answered that they bad; they were often on Austrian territory—as indeed we knew to be the truth—and they were very nume- rous in all the country roundabout. When asked how many they numbered they answered vaguely and looked at us curiously, as much us to indicate that they considered our demands suspicious, Although they were afraid to meet the insurgents they were evi dently very strongly in sympathy with them. About half an hour before reaching the first Turkish outpost we came into a desolate plain, covered with low thickets, somewhat resembling the growth of chapparal on the plains of the Southwest. Behind us | rose gigantic mountains, which cast long shadows over | the valley. There was not a house nor a human being | to be seen. The insurgents had their guards carefully bestowed among the rocks, according to our peasant friends, and had a Turk attempted to ride across the plain he would probably have been seen by the next | party of European travellers lying in the ditch, pos- | sibly minus his head and certainiy stripped of all his | garments. = Finally we came to the Turkish outposts agai We simply found Wo or three fellows, armed to the teeth, | skulking by the wayside, They made no pretence of | discipline, and allowed us to pass without even saying, “Good morning.” A mighty range of barren moun- tains, with mist wreaths hovering around their lofty tops, now caine into view. These were the mountains at the back of the pretty plain in which Trebigne | stands, As we approached the River Trebinitza, which | flows through the plain to find an outlet by some sub- terranean cavern, we found several hundred Turks, busily engaged in cutting wood and loading it upon donkeys, and the sturdy little Turkish horses, that work with more energy and will than doea any other Living thing in Turkey, An officer, with a few men around him, was posted in a little fort, built on a high rock, and scanned the coun- try curiously with his field glass. There was need of | vigilance, because the insurgents sometimes swoop | down and with their knives kill the meu leading the | beasts of burden; then, mounting the latter, manage | to get out of range before the slow Turkish guard can say “Alla L? Shortly after passing the outposts we came to a burued village and to traces of severe fighting The road was so bad that we were compelled to walk around through the fields and clamber over the ruins of stone cottages. We descended into the channel of a dried up | river and crossed near the piers of a never-to-be-com | pleted bridge, which is only one of many monuments | of Turkish misrule and laxity in the Herzegovina. On | the main route we met many Christians, nearly all of | | them in rags, all stupid, servile and evidently over- | whelmed with astonishment at seeing Europeans, The | men had long hair, crowned by the red cap so umiver- | | sally worn in Turkey; their garments were of the | coarsest description and their weapous were simple. I | | did not see halfa dozen who possessed firearms, but | | all had knives, The children, both Turkish and | | Christian, engaged in driving kids afeid. shouted | | derisively at us, and the lean shepherd dogs, to whom | | @ earriage’s arrival isa never to be forgotten event, barked tumultiously. The children were clad in a single garment, not ualike a meal sack in general ap- | pearance. Around the waist they wore a broad girdle, NATIVE WOMEN. ‘The women were nearly ali conspicuously ugly of type. The married women, with their long white veils | streaming down their backs from their red capa, with | | their uagraceful robes and clumsy leggings, looked | | Very much like a collection of average North American | | Indian squaws. They all speak in loud voices, fairly | | erying out the simplest question. The Sclavic tongue, | | which, when spoken gently and gracefully, !s so charm- | | ing, did not gain when it came from their lps. From | » we could get no information, When | Mosloms they shook their heade | gloomily and scorn! They did not know of any | fighting; did not even appear interested in the insur | rection. Tbe children ran after the carriage, tuinbling and frolicking by tt ide; but the women were | timid, and if they happened to be sitting by the road, twirling their d reposing after carrying their heavy and stood, with | these pe asked if they we wa tails or they burdens, rose their beads humbly bowed, until we had passed. | As for the Tarkisn women, who looked | like great, animated blue sucka, they turned | their backs scorufully upon us, if they were old { and ugly, but if young they peeped from ander their veile and managed to show their features before we passed. There were many of these woinen on the road. as we approached the walls of Trebigne, They were doubtless taking their morning walk. Bach one was attended by a maid servant. All the women wore the tume of voluminous trousers and the d jacket, over which was thrown this cloak aronnit thi pletely covered th age cloak. When the: 18 and kept their fect was drew > com udicrous in the extri When a p ri dar showed her face one think of hing but Recorper Hacketr says:— “WHATEVER MAY HAVE SEEN THE POLITICAL SINS OF PORMER LEabeYS iN TawMaNy Hatt, Tey nave NEVER [SCKHASED THEM BY EVEN SUGGRSTIVRLY INTER FRRING WITH THE INDEPENDENCE OF THR COURT IN wince I gave THR HONOR To BK «4 JUDGH’a newly. arr! icken peeping out of its shell. TRENIGNE. There nh the outskirts of Tre and houses low; im- nee, in which the im tely against any be- sieging force noartillery, There are ying viler ang ortable than any in Ireland— cabins in which the miserable Herzegovinian Christian families live with like them. nneys an no dividing mark, even between the reating places of tt cattle aud goats stone mansions, with dows attached to th Turkish women pace all everything around them. pfith in some quarters | of the suburbs is furlescri The houses of eva the wealthy agas are devoid of comfort, and in the | whole of Trebigne and its suburban district it would ba impossible to find a building which makes a single pre tension to elegance, ALL SAINTS’ # nothing attractiv There bigne ouses hi mense syn habitants are built for hold towers, ald out ind #and y mud 2 only one room, b nd the children, There long galleries with |i " galleries in which the miserable lay, hating themeclves and le, To-day is All Sainta’ Day, a festival of obligation in the Roman Catholic Church, The day one of great devotion. gommemorating, as it does, the whole array of saints and martyrs of the Church. Alter whe vesper ceiebration the altar is clothed in mourning and prayers are begun for the souls of we faithful departed. These prayers are continued ou Turaday, prayer for the souls of the departed BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, tii] in purgatory. The scrimonioua and exciting debate on the reten- | tion of the Bible in the public sebools, at Union Hill, | N. J., was resumed in the Board of Education on Friday | | Wiehe A batch of petitions was presented, asking that | the Bible be excluded from t whools, Mr. Bond. | | man appeared on behalf of tha Jewa, and | said ft was am outrage on the rights | of — conscien« of his people, whose rights Were ag sacrod ag those of other men. He was loudly applauded, Judge Wiggins spoke in opposition to the | resolution of Mr. Fritz A Moyer, dispensing. with, the Bible in the schools, The resolution was the aubject of | a long debate, and was finally adopted, with the amend Ment that the ten commandments only be read Mr, All Soals’ Day, which ts atime of special | THE YACHTING SEASON A Sketch of the Regattas and Matches Sailed During the Season of 1875. THE WINMNG YACHTS AND THEIR VICTORIES. ae rt The Schooner Comet and Sloop Vision the Winners of Most Races, od A BRILLIANT YACHTING SEASON. The yachting season of 1875 was brought to a conclu- sion last week, after a very successful series of regattas and matches, and the ocean racers, with a few excep- tions, have gone to their winter quarters, to remain in achrysalitic condition unti the spring of 1876 shall bring them forth in gala trim, ready to contest in the matches that are to memoriahze the Centennial anni- versary. The weather during the past season has been favorable, and some brilliant races have been sailed, though some fow races will be remembered as uninter- esting, owing to the calms that prevailed, The New York Yacht Club has, as usual, taken the lead in the aquatic festivities of the year, and the regattas, matches and annual cruise sailed under its auspices were remarkably successful, a tri- umph mainly owing to the sportsmanlike spirit exhibited by the officers and some of tho members of the club. From the commencement of the season until its close everybody appeared to work to- gether in perfect harmony, and by-lending all the ag sistance in their power succeeded in securing a brill- jant success wherewith to crown thetr labors. Shortly after the annual meeting of the New York Yacht Club, When Commodore Kingsland, Vice Commodore Garner aod Rear Commodore Kane were elected to serve dur. ing the ensuing year, a letter was received trom Mr. Loubat, the owner of the Enchantress, now in Euro- pean waters, offering a thousand dollar cup to be sailed for over the Cape May course on the second Thursday in October, 1876. The offer was gratefully accepted— Recorder Hackett says: ‘Whatever may have been the political sins of the former leaders in Tammany Hall, they have never increased them by even sugges- tively interfering with the independence of the Court in which I have the honor to be a Judge."’ and then Vice Commodore Garner came forward and built the handsome club house at Stapleton, S 1, which he leased to the New York Yacht Club @t a nominal rent, There have been four regattas this year sailed under the auspices of the New York Yacht Club, three at Newport and one over the regular course for prizes givén by Com- modore Kingsland, Vice Commodore Garner, Rear Commodore Kane and a member of the club. With such public spirited gentlemen to back it the New York Club must always take the lead in yachting matters, The season concluded with anumber of matches that served to kindle a sportsmanlike spirit that should never die out among yachtsmen, For this brilliant finish to a successful season the New York Yacht Club has to thank Vice Commodore Garner and Mr. Rufus Hatch. To the latter gentleman much credit is due, especially when taking into consideration the liberal spirit he has displayed in conceding every advantage that has been taken by his antagonists. The result of such action bas been to encourage the sailing of matches for honor and do away with any sharp practice on such occasions, The Seawanbaka Yacht Club+ae been brought prominently before the public this season, and four regattas have been gailed under its auspices, This club has the eredit of introducing Corinthian yachting into American waters, ao experiment that has done much to increase their popularity. Corinthian | yachting has much to recommend it to public favor, but its main strength lies in the additional interest it gives members not owning yachts, as they are thus afforded the pleasure and exercise derived asa member of the | crew, an amusement hitherto only enjoyed by the intimate friends of a yacht owner. A handsome cup was offered by Captain Centre to be sailed for, under the aus- pices of the Seawanbaka Yacht Club, by sloops, over the Cape May course in the month of October. It is to be regretted that our yacht navy does not contain a nam- ber of sea going sloups capable of competing for such a prize, as from want of entries the cup still remains in the hands of its liberal donor. The Brooklyn and | Aulantic Yacht clubs have both held their annual re. gattas and cruises during the season and achieved a fair amount of success, and the members of the former club have received an addition to their comforts in the | ehape of anew summer club house near Gravesend, Long Island. THE YACHTING SRASON of 1875 was opened on the Slst of May by the Atlantic Yacht Club in a cruise down the bay, when the yacht owners placed their boats at the disposal of the club and took the members for a sail. The first regatta was the Corinthian race for sloops, sailed on June 14, over the | New York Yacht Club course, under the auspices of the Seawanbaka Yacht Club, when the Addie Voorbis beat the Vision, with two minutes to spare. The annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club | was sailed over the reghlar course on June 16, and ree | sulted in a victory for the schooners Palmer and Comet and the sloops Vision and Madcap, in their respective The schooner Wanderer also won the prize for keel schooners and the Lurline the inangural race for steam y beating the Ideal and Lookou. The Brooklyn Yacht Club held their annual regatta on Sat classes. nchta, WINNING YacuTs~ Looking over the above list it will be seen the schooner yacht Comet heads the list, with five vie tories, after which comes the Madeleine, which was successful on three occasions, Tho sehoonurs Reso. HE ROSENEATH BAZAAR, The bazaar for the sale of valoable articies which was held during tho Inst week, at the residence of Mra, Francia Macdonald, on Townsend avenue, Clifton, 8. 1, is to be continued on Monday, Tuceday and Wednesday of this week, The bronzes, pajutings, ’ | ria ce Seedy iat urday, June 19, and was, as usual, fayored with a good breeze, The successful yachts were the Madeleine and Comet in the schooners, Undine and Whitewing in the first class sloops, Schemer and Maggie B. in the second class sloops and W. TsLee and Victoria in the third class sloops. The Atlantic Yacht Club followed with their regatta on June 22, when the Triton won the schooner and the Undine the sloop prize. ‘The later also carried off the “Livingstone Memorial Prize” for the first sloop, without time allowance, On the lst of Jwy the steam yachts Ideal and Lookout steamed a race round Long Island for a $1,000 cup, and the former proved successful, making the course, a distance of 222 naatical miles in 18h, 22m. 45s. The Seawanbaka Yacht Club Sailod their annual regatta from off their club house at Oyster Bay, L. L, on Monday, July 5, and the prizes were awarded to the schooner Idler, frst class sloop Vision, second class sloop Chrystine, first class open doat Fei Seen and second class open boat Mary Emma ‘The Cape May regatta for the prizes given by the resi- dents of that watering place was sailed on Monday, July 13, and the Madeleine won the schooner prize after a close contest with the new schooner yacht Mo- hawk and several others, The Vindex carried off the honors from the sloops, Two match races were sailed from off the Isle of Shoals on July 31 and August 2, between the schooner yachts America and Resolute, and were both won by the famous old yacht of Queen’s Cup celebrity. The cruises of the New York, Brooke lyn and Atlantic yacht clubs were sailed during the months of July and August, and a series of contests were held between the different yachts racing im cruising trim from port to port On the return of the New York Yacht Club from New Bedford the annual Newport regattas com- menced and formed a brilliant conclusion to a euccess- ful cruise. On the 13th of August the fleot contested for the prizes offered by Commodore Kingsland, aud a brilliant race ensued over the Block Island course, The prizes were won by the schooner Clio and the sloop Windward. On the 16th of August a regatta was sailed over the same course for four prizes given by Vice Commodore Garner, and after an exciting race the win- ning yachts proved to be the first class schoner Ram- bler, second class schooner Restless, first class sloop Vision and second class sloop Genia, The Newport re- gattas concluded with a race over the triangular course trom Brenton’s Reef to Block Island buoy, thence to Sew and Pigs and return, The schooner prize was won by the Mohawk, scoring her maiden victory, and the Vision carried off the sloop cup to swell the list of her victories, A scratch race for some prizes offered by the residents of Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vioeyard, was sailed on August 19, when the schooner sloop prizes were won respectively by the Alice and Comet, The yachts returned shortly afterward to New York waters and a magnificent race was sailed over the New York Yacht Club course, on Sepeember 15, between the schooner yachts Madeleine and Mohawk. The new aspirant to public honors failed to carry off first honors, and the Madeleine scored another victory. On September 30 a regatta was sailed under the auspices of the New York Yacht Club for prizes offered by Rear Commodore Kane, and after one of the most exciting yacht races on record the prizes were awardea to the first class schooner Atalanta, second class schooner Comet and second class schooner Sadie. During the day the winds were variable, and while some yachts were becalmed others not four miles distant had their sticks blown out of them, As none of the first class sloops made the course Recorder Hackett says:—‘“If there exists an office which more than any other one should be tulerly divorced from political considerations it is that of a clerk or deputy clerk of a criminal court.” no prize was awarded on that class. On October 2 tho Brooklyn Yacht Club sailed a scratch race from olf Bay Ridge to Gravesend, the Comet, Undine, Lizzie L, and Victoria arriving first in their respective classes. On the same day the Seawanhaka Yacht Club held their tall regatta and sailed twice over ascratch course from the Narrows to the Southwest Spit and return, The winning yachts were the Idler, Addie Voorhis and Alert. A series of matches were now inaugurated through challenges issued by Vice Commodore Garner, of the Mohawk, and Mr. Rufus Hatch, of the Resolute. The ‘first was sailed between the schooner yachts Estelle aud Resolute, over the New York Yacht Club course, with time allowance, After a very close race, sailed in a stiff breeze, the Kstelle won by a couple of minutes. ‘The next match was sailed under the same regulations on October 9 between the schooners Comet and Resolute, and, as Mr, Hatch had waived the eight hour rule, the race was awarded to the Comet, which sailed over the course in 8h. 4m, 12s, The schooners Dreadnaught and Vesta had both challenged the Resolute to sail over the Cape May course, and so, by mutual agreement, all three started together on the evening of October 12, The Resolute won both matches, beating the Dreadnaught by acouple of minutes and the Vesta by the same number of hours. The latter yacht tore her foresai! badly during the race, an accident that materially affected her chances. The match race twenty miles to windward and return between the schooners Mohawk and Dauntless was sailed from off Sandy Hook Light- ship, on October 26, and after a magnificently con- tested race, the cup for which they sailed was awarded tothe Dauntless, It can hardly be called a victory of boat over boat, as if the Mohawk had sailed a straight course coming home the result might have been different ‘The season concluded with the match between the Resolute and Dauntless, over a course from off the club house at Staten Island to and around the Five Fathom Lightship at Cape May and finishing at the Sandy Hook Lightship, The yachts had a splendid breeze, varying between west and north-northwest, and the Dauntless won, with two hours to spare, making the distance—some 225 miles— in 19h. 28m. 38, The following is a tabular list of the winning yachts in the regattas and matches sailed by yachts of the New York, Seawanhaka, Brooklyn and Auantic yacht clubs;— aartas ov 1875, : =~ Time. M. lute, Paimer, Idler and Dauntless each won two races, In the sloops the Vision finished in the front on four occasions, and the Undine took first honors three times. ROBBERY IN BROOKLYN, Francis Maguire, Owen Hamivan and John Hughes, the Obarity Board employés who were charged with robbing Henry Dessler, a fanatic, while conveying the latter to the Asylum, have been’ honorably acquitted, the evidence showing there was Ho brykh Uv tbe allege HOR, a Gf HISTORIC NAVAL RELICS. REMINISCENCES OF THE DAYS OF DECATUR— THE CAPTURE AND BURNING OF THE FRIGATE PHILADELPHIA IN TRIPOLL ‘The historic flagship Hartford, which, under Captain Harmony, has just returned from a long and eventful cruise around the world, brought home number of “curios,” gathered in Japan, China, the East Indies and Africa, and among them some of exciting interest Pertaining to a vessel that hag its name permanently Tegistered in the history of the American Navy. Smal} though they be, worn and wasted by the action of the | elements, they represent aN that is known to be left of | the famous frigate Philadelphia, which, after various | eventful and unpleasant experiences, finally laid away her charred skeleton in the hostile waters of the Bay of Tripoli. A rusty looking weather-beaten knoe of this historic craft anda few corroded bolts and spikes, gathered by the Hartford’s oMfcers on their recent visit to Tripoh, and neatly boxed and directed to the Navy Department, compose all the relics of that noted ship, They bring to mind her history, which was astrangeone. The scenes in | which the old Philadelphia played an important part were those that developed the heroes of the future war with Great Britain, It was in Tripoli that the Prebles, Decaturs, Huils, Bainbridges, McDonoughs, Somers, Stewarts and other gallant officers displayed their dar- ing gallantry and ekill that gave to the American Navy a world wide reputation and established its position in the hearts of our people. It will be remembered that the Philadelphia frigate, thirty-cight guns, under the command of Captain | Bainbridge, while pursuing a large Tripolitan vessel, | Tan on a reef of rocks off Tripoli Monday, October 31, 1803, Her consort, the Enterprise, was absent on a cruise up the Mediterranean, and the Philadelphia was alone on her blockading station. The frigate, in strik- ing the rocks under a press of sail, ran well up and be- came fixed, Captain Bainbridge, his officers and crew did all in their power to extricate her from her danger- ous position, Guns, anchors, chains, and such beavy articles as could be got at, were thrown overboard, the foremast was cut away, the water butts started and the water pumped out, but all im vain, The ship was im- movable Moanwhilo a fleet of nige Tripolitan gun- boats had come out and opened fire upon the unfortunate ship, to which she had no guns that could be brought to bear to respond, as she had heeled over to port, Night was approaching, the weather was threatening, and additional gunboats were coming out to aid in a finalattack, when, upon con- sultation with his officers, the imperious duty of haul- ing down the flag was left to Captain Bainbridge. Be_ fore this was done the magazines were flooded, holes were bored in the ship’s bottom, pumps were choked and everything was done that was thought would make sure the final Joss of the vessel. At five o’clock the flag was hauled down, and soon thereafter the Corsair gun- | boats came alongside and the barbarians swarmed over | the Philadelphia’s bulwarks and through the ship, | There was no difference between officers and | men; all plundered their viclims — without the slightest mercy, Officers were stripped to the skin, in many cases, and Captain Bainbridge had © his cravat torn from his neck, besides being stripped of his epaulettes, buttons and’ money. The Americans were taken to'Tripoli that night, paraded beiore the Basbaw, and finally consigned to a building once occa- | ied by the United States Consul, where they passed a jong and unhappy captivity. Favorea by good weather and aided by a large force of gunboats and men, the Tripolitans, after a few days labor, got the frigate into deep water, repaired her, manned and mounted her guns, regained her anchors and chains and other heavy articles, and towed her into the bay, ancloring her about half a mile off the Bashaw’s castle. There she was being fitted out for a cruise, when Commodore Preble, commanding the frigate Constitution and squadron, Jearned of her loss, A Moorish ketch of about fifty tons had been captured by Lieutenant Stephen Deca- | tur, in the schooner Enterprise, and Commodore | Prebie at once determined to make use of the prize to destroy the Philadelphia Decatur asked and re- ceived command of a volunteer party, and in company with the brig Siren, Lieutenant Charles Stewart, after- wards “Old Ironsides,’? started from Syracuse, the | headquarters of the squadron, for Tripoli. On the 9th | of February they arrived off the port but were driven away by a gale and did not return until February 16, the officers aud men of the ketch, now called the In- trepid, living on an allowance of bread and water, On the evening of the 16th of February, 1804, the Intrepid sailed leisurely into the harbor of Tripoli Decatur’s lieutenants were cape aay afterward _ killed on the Chesapeake, and Bainbridge. Thomas McDonough was one of the midshipmen. Her crew consisted of a pilot and sixty-two peity officers and sea- men, and all souls numbered seventy-four, Under the bright rays of the moon, with a fair breeze and smooth soa, the Intrepid moved silently toward the Philadel- | phia, All but twelve men were hidden about the deck | out or view. When hailed from the Philadelphia te pilot responded that she wasa vessel from Morocco, disabled by the gale, without anchors, and desired to from wag wee called up yesterday at Newark for sens tence, 8 eared with an iniaut in ber arms. Judge Depew, after a short address to her, said that in consideration of her being the mother of eight children, of her having been foully abused and of a recommenda- tion to mercy, in which the jury were seieed by the widow of the man killed, the Court had determined te suspend sentence in her case. MARRIAGES AND DEATIS, MARRIED. Durvsz—Devox.—On Tuesday evening. October 12, 1875, at the residence of the bride’s patents, by thé Rev Nelson Snell, SCHUYLER DURYES, Gf Washington, D. ©, to Maccm A, eldest daughtersof D. A, Devoe, Ksq., of Fort Plain, N. ¥. Recorder Hackett says:—Whateywr may have been the political sins of former leaders, in Tammany Hall, they have never increased them, by even suggestively interfering with the indepeadence of the Court in which I have the honor to le a judge.”” ‘TewPLe—CLussmaN.—On Wednesday, October 27, 1875. at the Lafayette avenue Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, by the Rey. T, L, Cuyler, Epwaxp A. Teme Pie to Kare E., second daughter of John A, Clussman, all of Brooklyn, DIED. Bacn.—On October 31, 1875, Barnana, beloved wife of Jaques Bach, aged 42 years aud 10 months, ‘he friends Of the family, also the German Union Lodge No. 6d, F. and A. M., are respectfully invited to attend the funeral, on Wednesday, o'clock P. M., from her late residence, No. 240 East ‘Dwenty-seventh street. morning, October 28, Mrs, Janz November 3, at one Boaas. —On Thurs: Bowas, 1n the 76th year of her age, Funeral postponed from Sunday, 31st ult., to Mon- day, November 1, at half-past one P. M., on account of ‘the death of her daughter. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, No, 108 King street. boa On Saturday, October 30, Miss Mary Axx oGas. Rolatives and friends are invited to attend the fu- neral, from her late residence, No. 108 King street, on Monday, November 1, at half-past one P.M. Bowbian. At Astoria, L. L, October 80, Karr M., ‘wife of Rev. A. C. Bowdish, pastor of the Astoris * Methodist Episcopal church, aged 38 years, Funeral services in the ‘above church on Tuesday, 2d inst, at two o'clock P.M, Relatives and frends aré invited, without further notice. Boy.k.—The funeral of Epwarp Boytx, who dieé suddenly on Saturday last, will take place On Tuesday, November 2d, at two o'clock P. M. His relatives and friends are respectfully invited te attend at his late residence, No, 330 East Fifty-sixth street. Body to be interred in Calvary Cemetery, Buruek—In Brooklyn, on Saturday, October 30, Mary Kiexxax, beloved’ wife of Tobias Butler, in the 24th year of her age, The remains will be taken to St, Peter’s church, cor- ner of Hicks and Warren stroets, where a solemn mass of requiem will be offered for the repose of her soul, this day (Monday), at ten o'clock; from thence to the Cemetery of tne Holy Cross, Flatbush. Burcer.—On Saturday, October 30, Frroertok Cianu#s BURGER, son of the late Genoral Louis Burger, agod 6 years and 6 months, Relatives and friends are invited to attend the tuneral, from the residence of his mother, No. 91 Pineapple street, Brooklyn, on Tuesday, November 2 at two P.M. 2, Canamax.—At tho residence of his parents, 866 ‘Third avenue, Jony, son of John and Margaret Calaban, aged 3 years, 8 months and 20 days. ‘The friends and acquaintances are invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, November 2, at one o'clock, Coxxuxe.—In Brooklyn, on Saturday, October 30, Canna Loviss, eldest daughter of Caroline £, and Dr, J. T. Conkling, Relatives and friends of the family are invited to at- tend the funeral services, on Tuesday morning, Novem- ber 2, at eleven o'clock, at her late residence, No, 142 Remsen street, Onanx,—At Tarrytown, late James and Anna E. O; Friends are invited to attend the fanerg), this day (Monday), at half past one, at the residence oer grand- mother, and at two P. M. at Rey. E. Guilbert’s church, Coaches at depot for friends, Dauy,—On Saturday, October 30, Evorne Dany, youngest child of Patrick and Mary Daly, aged 16 months. ‘Tho {uneral will take place on Monday, November 1, at twelve o’clock M., from their residence, 800 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn. Daxt.—On Friday, October 29, Jawzs Dant, son of the late Russell Dart, aged 43 years. ‘The relatives and friends, and those of his father-in- law John D. Clute, are invited to attend the funeral, on Monday, November 1, at three P. M., at St. Bartholo- mew’s church, Madison avenue and Forty-fourth street, Special train to Woodlawn. FLANAGAN. —On Saturday, October 80, 1875, of diptho- ria, Many E., the beloved daughter of John and Mar- garet Flanagan, i the 11th year of her age. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to at- tend the tuneral, from the residence of her parents, 125 Smith street, Brooklyn, on Tuesday, November 2, 1875, at two o’ctock P, Hanrop.—At Annandale, on the Hudson, Josrrn Hannon, formerly of Portland, Me., in the lst year of his age. itis rolatives and friends, and those of his daughter, Mrs. Edwin Bartlett, are invited to attend the funeral, at the chapel of St Stephen’s College, Annanaale, Monday, November 1, at three P. skiNS,—In Brookiyn, on Sunday, Uctober 31, of consumption, STEPuKN JENKINS, in the 60th year of his Ggurm T., daughter of the e. tie lo the Philadelpbia’s chains, Uneuspicious of the craft the Musselmen sent a boat to help in towing the Intrepid to the proper point, and in a moment she was lashed fast and Decatur, Morris, Lawrence, Bainbridge id other equally gallant: =men were soon ; a over the Philadelphia’s sides on the | enemy's deck. The surprise was complete, After a | sharp encounter the spar deck was cleared | and the fighting had become severe on the gun deck. ‘The barbarians fought well, but were forced at every point, many being killed or seriously wounded, the balance taking to the water. The firing parties at once | rushed to their stations in the lower part of the ship, ‘tnd go effective were the preparations that—Recorder Hackett says:—" Possibly I may hereafter invite political animosity by this determination; yet, while privately my | sympathies are most ardent in their democratic tendencie: T should be recreant to my judicial independence sense of duty if I answered ‘otherwise than Ihave now done."—the party trom the lower hold had barely time to reach the deck before the flames burst from the ship’s ports re ‘Notice of funeral hereafter. Josns.—At Plainfield, N. J., October 28, ELeaxor, wife of Evan Jones, forinerly of Jersey City, in the 60th year of her age. Relatives and friends are invited to attend her fu- neral, from the residence of her son, on Seventh street, Plainiield, on Monday, November 1, at ten o'clock A. M., and atone o'clock P. M. from ‘the Union Baptist | Ghurch, Grove street, Jersey City. Kortaiant.—at Montclair, ber 29, Joun Francis, only Kortright. Fuueral services will be held at the residence of his sister, Mrs. Alfred F. de Luze, on Monday, November 1, Relatives and friends are invited to attend without further notice. Carriages will be in attendance to meet the 10:45 train from Christopher and Barclay streets, Laina.—On Friday, 29th October, 1875, [SABRLLA Lxsiiz, aged 10 years and 2 months, daughter of Colonel Joseph and Isabelia Leslie Laing. ‘The funeral will take place on Monday, November 1, J., on Friday, Octo- of the late Edmund Decatur and his men were not on board more than | twenty minutes, but they bad done their work im the | most dashing and successful manner, and before the | enemy had recovered from their amazement the In- | trepid was standing out of the under all sail, aided | by powerful sweeps. Although ‘the shore batteries | and the enemy’s gunboats opened a terrific fire upon | the escaping craft, no one was injured, and by the | time the Intrepid was out of the harbor and | ‘Decatur was on the Siren wo report to Stewart his | brilliant success, the old Philadelphia was a mass of | flames and her broadside guna, heated by the flames, were firing into the town. Soon thereafter the masta | fell, the magazine exploded and nothing but charred | remains were left of the trigate. Thus ended the most brilliant exploit in our naval annals. Subsequently an anchor and chain belonging to the ill-starred craft were Weis er Date Clase, H. 8. | picked up by an American man-of-war, but nothing | ddie Voorkis (Corinthian)......June 14.. -Ist, sloop... 5 08 40 | else was ever found, save fragments of ‘her timbers, | Cy) June 16. -[st, schooner . 5 21 48 | This piece that the Hartford brings home is the las® Bstassvci 3 Keel schooner.. 6 00 23 | sad relic of the historic ship, and will be carefully | x 5 27 6 | treasnred up in the Navy Department at Weshington, to 5 46 06 | recall the splendid deeds of heroism of the officers of | 5 53 18 | our navy in its young but brilliant days, | 2 62 36 Ss CTO IG ATI ERODE TEE ogimcsaced 1 ; bo o THE HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL, | Comet. E | n 5 | ew ve rs 5 3 A GIGANTIC RAILROAD ENTERPRISE—CONNECT- | Schemer ra % ING ALL THE JERSEY RAILROADS. | ae * 3 06 oo | It was stated in the Hermann two weeks ago that the | Victoria. 3 08 48 | legal questions involved in the injunction restraining | Triton... : a i the Hudson River Tunnel Company from continuing | Undine 5 02 59 | Operations on Jersey soll had been remitted by Chin. | Kaiser ¥ 4 18 41 | cellor Runyon to the Court of Errors and Appeals for | Palmer... ihe | final adjudication, Meanwhile the Tunnel Company | Phosace 3 97 52 | have beon making most active preparations for resuin- | Viton. ‘ist, sloop. 3 82 34 | ing the work. Negotiations have been in progress orl rs: Mi pe S | with Western railroad companies, from whom <a Open aah : & 12 g9 | co-operation is expected, and the result has Madelein . Ist, schooner . . 3 43 13 | been, it is stated, highly satisfactory. All the Vindex. ‘ «let, ses a ty ban as Oa . | Ms = legal decisions hitherto given in the contest between Let Se oeteea 7 ie sleep ices. ok Toland 2 6 of om | the Tannel Company and the Delaware and Lacka. Rambler v modore Garner. Aug. 16 Ist, schoon Block d.... 4 40 61 | wanna Railroad Company have been in favor of the Kestiess Vice fees arner. Aug. ie 2d, schooner. hapa feeaas ‘ rH A | former, A tpost important movement in the work is Gente: Cotimodare Garher Abe: 4a, "''5 2 30 ag | the project of the Tunnel Company to establich a depot Mohawk J. G. Bennett . Aug, 18 : 7 08 00 | and extensive workshops on the Hackensack meadow, Vision 4G. vee Ang, 18 : 7 4 - between West Side avenue and the Hackensack River, Govan Pen ‘ 2 Os gs | atract admirably suited to the purpose, A bill was, Atalanta, . Rear ( Sept. 3 6 10 51 | passed in the New Jorsey Legislature on the Ist of Comet... aur Ci Kane 6 02 50 | april, 1869, incorporating “The Hudson Counecting * Commodore Kane. .S 6 49 12! Railway Company,” and this line is intended to f 2 + 1 38 49 | connect all the railroads running through New Jersey | P 2 1 45 00 | from the Hudson to the Hackensack River and beyond. 2 1 59 65 | No fewer than fifteen lines traverse this section, and | Victoria c 2 2 26 59 | the proposed connecting lino, which will be a continua. "| Idier...... aNay SY 2 & 6 % | ton of tho Midland Railway south of the Pennsylvania Addie Voorhis 8. ¥.¢ 2 » 4 24 30 | Rasiroad vill it surikes tho Newark and New York Rail. | Alert.... BY ¢ On, 2. 2d, sloop. 8 at wD road at Grand avenue, will be 1,000 feet west of | WINNING YACHT#—MaTOnEs OW 1875, West Side avenue and 900 feet from the Hackensack | Name. Againat ‘las: H. M. 8. \ River at the nearest point. The distance from Ideal - Lookout 18 22 45 tho junction with the Pennsylvania Railroad to the | America . Resolute, 3 53 48 | intersection with the Ne and New York | America. . Resolute -lst, Schooner , — = | railroads is @ mile and three quarters. The proposed Madeleine «1st, schooner . 5 22 43 | depot, machine shops, warehouses, &c., of the Hudson Senet: Resolut et He eebooner | + G10 | cette bectar ihe Muscsomas iver "oats y eaolute ..0el Ist, 5 ry ver. Resolute -Dreadowaght Oct, 12 to 14....18t, schooner . 38 16 33 Founeyivanis Railroad at Marion the line bow creesee | Rewtate Yon Oct 12 to Ma. Be ain 5 % My every railroad, pipes the branches of the Erie and ; F¥ auntiess ohawk Qe 2 a - Ist, schooner the Delaware and Lackawanna companies. An ica | Dauntless... . Resolute. . ‘Oot, 28'to 20... 1st, schooner - [18 28 05 | tion is to be made at the next session of the. Lepisin: tuse for the passage of a bill which—Recorder Hackett 0 there exists an office which more than other one, snl be utterly. divorced from comaidera tions, it is that of a clerk or clerk of a criminal | court.” —will enable the Tunnel Com ny to override the opposition of the railroad monopeliets in the State, provided the decision of the Court of Errors be adverse to the undertaking. TEMPERING JUSTICR WITH MERCY. Rose Murray, recently convicted of manslaughter ta killing Captain Joseph Green last suramer by stabbing at two o'clock P, M., from the residence of her parents, No, 34 Clinton avenue, near Park avenue, Brooklyn, Lanugix.—On Sunday, October 31, Mary A, wife of Terence J. Larkin, aged 22 years. Funeral from her late residence, 237 West Fo: ty-sixth street, on Tuesday, November 2, at two o'clock. Loowis.—On Saturday, October 30, ADDIE Loomis, in the 26th year of her age. Relatives and friends are respectfully Invited to at tend the funeral, on Tuesday, November 2, at one P. M., from the Baptist church at Fairview, N. J. Morris.—At Fontainebleau, on the 10th ult., sud- | deniy, of erysipelas, Gerard W. Morris, son of the late Gerard W. Morris, in the 43d year of his aye. Mvreny.—On Sunday morning, October 31, Micnare Mereny, in the 64th year of his age. His friends and acquaintances, and also the friends of his brother Joseph, are respectfully sted to at- tend his funeral, from’St, Joseph’s church, on Tuesday morning, at nine o'clock, where a requiem mass will be offered. McCormick.—On Sunday morning, October 31, Jen- Nik, youngest daughter of Stephen B, and Caroline MeUormick, aged 2 years and 3 months. Funeral services will be held at the residence bf her parents, No, 247 East Thirty-first street, on Monday evening, November 1, at half-past eight o'clock. Her remains will be taken to White Plains by 10:40 train on Tuesday for interment. McCcsw.—On_ Sunday, October 81, 1875, Euuem Sreaiy, wife of Thomas McCune, in the 28th year of her ic. “eThe relatives and frionds are Invited to attend her ft neral, at her late residence, 234 West Thirty-fifth street Funeral will take place on Tuesday, at. two o'clock Will be buried in Albany. MoLwax.—In Brooklyn, on Friday, October 20, Crar- worte, wife of Samuel McLean, and daughter of the late Hon. Charies Chapman, of Hartford, Conn, The rolatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 47 Pierre- pont street, this (Monday) morning, at eleven o'clock. MoSpeooN.—On the 30th ult, Witusl A. McSPsDox, aged 40 years and § days. ‘The funeral service will be held at the residence of his mother, No. 109 East Highty.seoond street, st half- past ten A.'M., on Monday, November 1, ‘Relatives and friends aré reapectfully Invited. O'Renty,—On Sunday, October 31, Mary E., oldest daughter of James and Rose O'Reilly. ‘Tho relatives and friends of the family aro respect fully invited to attend her funeral, from the residence of her parents, 280 West Nineteenth street, on Tuesday, November 2. at half past ten A. M., to St. Francis jer’s church, West Sixteenth street; thence to Cal- ry Cemetery. nonx. —In New York, October 31, Harner Woon, of % K, Pangborn, of Jersey City, aged 4 years 5 months, Her funeral will be attended from the family resi- dence, 158 Varick street, Jersey City, on Wednesday, November 3, at two o'clock P. Secor, —On Friday, Reg toa! ne ie te in. Zen COR, in the auves and (riends are’ invited to attend the foueral, on Monday, November 1, at ten o'clock A, M.. froin his late residence, 58 East Thirty-fourth st. Sraxvorp.—October 30, y ©, Srawvorp, in tho f a ceesiasiven ane ends of the family are Invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, November 2, at eleven A.M., from bis residence, No, 220 Kast Twelfth street. Interment at the convenience of the family, Chicago papers please copy. ‘Trex Brorok.—At Houghton, Mich., October 28, 1875, ANcIs F. bi eee ae of Mrs, Helen Denison, kiyn, N.Y. ‘aged years. ot anuatt ' in Brooklyn, on Saturday, 30th inst., Vv TRR, aged 50 years. Papuneral, services at Dekalb avenue Methodist Episco- church, on Monday, November 1, at two o'clock * Fensreral.08 October 29, of pneumonia, Cuarrry Amuiia, wife of Garrit Vermilya, in the 63d year of her he funeral will take place at St, Thomas’ church, Mamaroneck, on Tuesday morning, November 2, ab ‘half-past eleven o'clock. z. Watsd.—Mancannt, the beloved wife of James Walsh, aged 27 years, ‘The relatives and friends of the family are requested to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 310 West Fortieth streat, a) balfoas} one o'clock on Momdgy, ness,