The New York Herald Newspaper, September 4, 1876, Page 6

THE IRISH TEAM. Their Arrival cn the City of Berlin Yesterday. - HISTORY OF THEIR VOYAGE. Interesting Details of the Joumey from Dublin to New York. PERSONNEL OF THE TEAM. The Irish rifle teain arrived yesterday upon the In- | man steamer City of Berlin. Captain Kennedy, Their coming had been anticipated on Saturday, and the Americans were waiting Lo rec But the vos- Bel war delayed by Lend winds, which beset her curing almost the entire voyage. She was spoken off the Hook at seven o'clock yesterday morning and reached her dock, pier 45, at a little before eleven, The visi tors were welcomed at the wharf by Colonel ©. B. Mite chell, president of the Amateur Rifle Club; Mr, Scher- merhorf, secretary of the National Rifle Association, and a number of others, Carriages were in readiness to convey the party on the way to Garden City, where they will stay during the Creedmoor contests, The team party is composed of Major A. B, Leech, captain; Lieutepant G. Fenton, adjutant; Mr, Edmond Johnson, honorary secretary; Mr. R. &. Greenhilt, Mr. Henry Dyas, Mr. W. G. D. Got, Mr. Joshua K, Mil- ner, Mr, Jatnes G. Pollock, Mr. Alexander Ward, Mr. W. Russell Joynt, Mr. W. I , Mr. Henry Thynne, Mrs. Goft, Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Greenhill and Mrs, Thyone accompany their husbands, and Mr. W. Bradly, solicitor, Dablin; Mr. H. Evans, London, and Mr. Fred Gallaher, special correspondent of the Fr Journal, Dublin, are also with the marksmen. ‘Appended are the letters of two correspondents; ono written from Dublin previous to the departure of the team, and the other giving an account of the outward passage, PREPARING TO DEPART FOR AMBRICA, Dentix, August 22, 1874, The members of the Irish Centennial team are busy making preparations tor the voyage on which they fart next Friday, per City of Berlin, from Queens- town. Since I wrote to you a fortnight two. changes have been made—first, Mr. Cooper has de- clared that he cannot arrango to go to America (vou will remember I mentioned him ag more than doubt- ful); second, Lieutenant Ward takes his place. Mr. Ward is an officer in the Chester Volunteer Corps, He is also manager of acoal mine, and his employers were most unwilling to dispense with his services. But Ma- jor Leech honestly deserves the credit of persuading Mr. Frank Crossley, the chairman of the mining com- y, 0 allow him to go. Mr. Ward shot well at Wi low, atm the other members of the team have great re- Lance on him, The eight who will actually form the firing party will Not be selected until alter practice at Creedmoor, As you are already aware, Major Leech acts as cap- tain, Lieutenant Fenton as adjutant and Mr. EB. Jobn- gon as honorary seer tary. The Lord Mayor some other gentlemen of iniluepce will “see them of” upon their leaving Duplin on Friday morning Yesterday a meeting of the team w fowe final arrangements, A most c read from Major I Shaler, hoping the team would during the intery: practice accept the hospitable attentions of the American riflemen, The Irish rifle. men felt deeply the kindness of the lotter and its hi pitable spirit; but they also felt that it was a para- mount duty to devote all their attention to preparation for the contest, They are going to America to honor vhe centennial of American independence. They will do this iu the most befitting mauner by acquitting themselves of their task #s riflemen to the best of their ve them, eman’s held for making rteous letter was en ability, Major Leoch was requested to write to General Shaler ws Fense, Upto: they have not all shot together since they sere at Wicklow. Some of them havo been practising twice a week at Dollymount, Last Saturday Johnson, Milner, Pollock, Greewhill and Dyas were there. The average points, all round, with ten shots at each of the three distances, was 132, or 88 percent, Not bad, and regarded by them as a pledge 91 better things when they get to America, Mir. J. K. Milver is taking out three Irish red setter fogs, which he purposes exhibiting at the Philadelphia fog show. THE DEPARTURE AND VOYAGE AC 3 Nine o'clock on Friday morning, the 26th of August, was the time, and Kingsbridge terminus, Dublin, the iene of the departure for New York of the Irish rifle jeam, From seven o'clock ail was bustle and coniu- vion, and the vast platform of the railway depot was tbronged with team men, their baggage and their many friends who had come to wish the voyagers “God speed." Besides a large circle of private frien is, Ihere were some distinguisued ritlemen on band} and the Right How. the Lord Mayor, who was present in state, paid the markswen ful compliment by being in sttendance Asthe final check of the tickets was made the Lord Mayor stepped tory coverea head addressed Mor Leech panions in the following language:— MAJOR LEECH AND GENTLEMEN oF THe Dus Reve total number of rei about being aud bis com. Team—It has afforded consid: We pleasure this morning to come liere in order to Wish you, one and ali, a iareweil, @ pleasant time and a safe return, (Cheers) You are going to the far of West im order to jom i t f 1 with your brethren in arms and | am sure that in comm ort you will, all of you, .o your best. (Cheers) To you, Major Leve iy Old and Valued (riend, was entirely due the pleasant julerchauges tha » already taken tue riflemen of America and (hove of Ireland, and | can assure you sincerely (hat it affords mean especial Pleasure to see you tor the second tinie in the proud position of capiain Of SO gallant a band. (Cheers. undersiand that the treasured trophy you ero he Atlanue to gain takes the form of a Danner, and L trust, at no distuut date, to be evabied to welcome you home with Wis great prize waving above your heads {Cheers.) I again’ wish you a picus Aud speedy retura, (Renewed cheering.) Major Leech, in re Stic place between a grace. | rd and with uns | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1876—WITH SUPPLEMENT. evening, which was one of the pleasantest the marks- nen bad. After dinner on Saturday—twe last day on board—Major Leech asked the company to fill their asses in order to do honor to the excellent master, aplain Kennedy, and the other oilicers of the stip, vpose umiability and courtesy had made the voyage so gz ecab He 4 caarged by the members of bis em to retarn them, oue aud all, their best thanks for ention and consideration they experienced dur- their pleasant voyage. The captain's bealth was rank in all the bovors, and the gentiewan returned ere thanks, The same day the City of Berlin was warded by a pilot, and ere loug the lookout’s shout of Land abesd” told the team party that their journey was near its close, THE PERSONNEL OF THK THAM, jor Arthur Bleonerhassett Leech again lls the post of captain, The Major is the oldest long range rite shut in ireli nd it Was entirely through bis exer tious that th@Mrst international match took place. He now seldom handles a piece, though be intends pulling sowe triggers at Creedmoor. Mujor Leech is philan: in the estab- hmeat of training ships ior the waits and strays of nd, irrespective of religion or politics. Lieutenant George Fenton 1s an oilicer jesty’s Seventy champion rifle shot of Ireland, a position which be ained this summer at Wicklow, where he beat Mr. soy by 17 points, making 569 out of a possible 6: has won a large mber of prizes, both at the 10g8 Of Ube Irish Rule Association and at Wimble- turopic, and 18 anxiously engaged at hom in Her where this year for the second time he carricd off »' Dudley Cup. He has fired twice in the Irish bt, and “last meetiug headed the jist, In a mateh between the army and volunteers he wok first piace once, and the third upon another occasion, He shoots » the {ace downward position, R. S. Greenhill is extensively engaged in the leather trade, and is one of the oldest rile shots in Ireland. He 1s 4 good all-round tnan, and as a coach his services: are invaluable, He has shot on two or three oveasions in the Irish eight, avd last year fired the shot which won the prize for Ireland, back position, kdmond Jobnson is no stranger to the Creedmoor es, Where, it will be remembered, he fired in the international contest. Athome he ls largely eu- gaged in the jewelry business, Ile bas for many years been arideman, and has taken a tong list of prizes | odered at the Itish meetings. He has Irequently fired ut time and a saie | My Lorp Mayon wn to return you our most | Biacere thanks for the very great compliment yoa have d us jn coming here at this early bour of the mora- y Wit Us “God BPE Your Lordship not only Fepresenis the feeling he citizeus of Dublin, but y large extent of the country gener Boing Out as representacives of ile country— selected irom 4 bund Of Irish rileten not numbe much over twenty— ud Whose ircedom aud inde >a penveace We all so tmueh Louor. (Cheers) Wheth we win of returh defeated We are ceriain to bring ba with us treasured recollections of the Kinuness and | hospitality which we are sure to meet in the lar of West, (Cheers) We go to America not as strang- ers, but ratuer to pay a friendly visit to our brotbr Deyoud the A (Cheers) In going torward this particular period Ireland will be paying what La sure Will Le considered a graceiul compliment to the freat uation Wo this Ywar rejoices on the occasion of the hundredth ceiebracion of her independence, Cheers.) 1 again thavk yoo most heartily, My Lord ayor, Jor your presence this mornr renewed theers.) ‘Tue train drew out of the terminus amid the hearty cheers « mbled company. There was no fea of tot stimthe run down to Quecustown except that at several o, the stations along the route large crows assembled and cheered Us as we passed by. Lhe Inman te Jost wo n steaming neross Co! wutiul harbor, and by balf past tour o'clock we /ound ourseives on board the City of Berl the largess of (we lamen leet of eceau s a 67 first evening at sea was one of the most ‘i duriby the Voyage, a was 50 much contusion on wii sides, liowever, ¢ supper time, matt some hat mended, aud members of the | en in the Eleho Shield mateh, ages to make respectable scores. upon bis back, ury Dyas ts the juvenile marksman of the party, ed man’s estute, He 1s the son of William H. Dy ., 0! Meath county, and is study- ing for the medical profession, For a beginner he has achieved some very good scores, He fires in the back nd almost invariably man: Mr, Jobuson shoots vosition. W. G. D. Goff is an extensive brewer in Waterford, and bas earned for himself the title of the “Watertord Crack.” He 18 & marksman of more than average merit and fired in the Irish eight this year, He snoow in the back position. Joshua K. Milner will be remembered as having fred in both the previous international matches. He 1s a son one of the best s\\-roand shots in the party. He has done yeoman’s service for the “Ould Country” at Wimbledon, and has taken the chief prt including the Abercorn Cup, at the meetings of the Irish Associ- ation. He once achieved the feat of scoring nine con- uve buli’s eyes at 1,000 yards. He shoots on his rio himselt, Pollock isa son of Mr. J. James G, Pollock, of the long established firm of Ferrier Dubbo. Mr. Poliock is one of the oldest riflemen in Ireland and is considered a tirst class shot. ‘This y however, he has done very little, as, for som’ months in the spring be was so indispo-ed as to be compelied to rest n tie country. He has won a large number of tho prizes offered in Ireland and isa very popular man in shooung circles. He shoots in the forward position, Alexander Ward is by proiession a civil and mining | engineer, and occupies this latter position iu the Aston | He ranks as one ot | Hail Colliery, at Chester, England, the crack riflemen aot only of Ireland, but of Europe, and bis achievements during the past few ye the bigbest order, He twice won the blue r the small bore—the Wimbiedon Cup—and he also ear- ried off the Cambridge Cup with a capital score. He shoots in the forward position, and it has been said of him that when he puils the trigger his rifle ts as steady as Gibraltar’s Rock itself. W. Russell Joynt 1s the youngest rifleman in Ireland excepting Henry Dyas. He 18 but twenty-one years of age, His father is Mr William Lane Joyut, the Iriso ‘Treasury Solicitor, gentleman, and was once Lord Mayor of Dublin, “Mr. Joynt 18 a law student, and will shortiy be called to the Irish Bar. He has not been quite two years a “Knight of the Trigger;” but at Wimbledon bis score was above many others made by older riflemen, He shoots m toe back position. William Rigby 1s acousin, and not, as is generally believed, a brother of John Rigby, who fired in the first internatlonal match ai* Creed He isthe junior portner of the well known firm of Rigby & Co., the gun- makers, aud is ong of the most bril shots in Ire- land. with a grand score prizes offered tor tremely siow, caretul shoots in the back J d, He 18 an ex. marksman, and mpetition in ir ‘and experien 10. Henry Thynue holds the position of Sub-Inspector on | He | the Royal Irish Coustabulary (provineral poise). F all-round shot, but the onerous nature of bis allows him very litthe ume for practice. He ts in the back position. Major Leech, in a conv: porter yesterday, sa! more to do honor to Am don’t expect to Win a great victory, best to add tu the hilarity of the occasion, ation with a HERALD re- Yhe Irish team came hero erica than anything eise, We tut shall do our RIFLE NOTES. Acouple of errors have occurred in printing reports of practice made at Creedmoor by the Scottish riflemen, One was due to the fact that whoever added up the total of Dr. Mitchell's 900 yards score on last Friday afternoon credited him with but 55 ponts instead of 65, making thus a difference of ten points against the team in the aggregate. The best Scoitish eight made on thas day an aggregate of 1,511 pointa, only one less than the Aus- tralian eight, On Saturday the Scotchmen aggregated & total of 1,448 points, and the Australians 1,420, leaving the Scottish team twenty-three points ahead of the Australians. Hence it is premature to predict from the results of practice the probabilities for or against our visitors from the land of Burns, As the time for the great match approaches consid. erable anxiety is felt as to the accommodations that can be afforded to so many riflemen firing at the samo time, At present the Creedmoor targets are altogether too near each other; and, in addition to the constant | risk which marksmen run of shooting at the wrong mark, (here must ve great discomfort telt from over- crowding around the liring points. Another inconven- will be found in the congregation of a large con- » of spectators in a comparatively smali space in rear of the ams, ‘The firing points should cover a jar Wider front than at present Thy following named associations have applied to the Board of Directors of the National Rile Association for tents in which to establish their headquarters dur- jing the approaching full meeting at Creedmoor: —Ja- maica Rod and Kifle Assocrat ackson Kitle Cluo, Michigan; Leather Stocking Ritle Club, Goshen, N. Y.; Yonkers ‘Rifle Asseciavion; Middietown (Conu.) Rule Association, and the Saratoga Rifle Clu, To-day the joint committee of the National Rifle As- sociation and the Amateur Rite Cind will issue their tickets of admission to the banquet which will be given to the visiting rifle teams, AS it 8 seught to make the aftair a very sleet one, the committee have fixed the price of tickets at $ Never at any of the guns rage former period did the battle flercer than now, The trial of skill. in the forthcoming international mateh will be between Earopean made muzzie-load- ing guns, in the hands, principally, of European ritie- meu, and breech-loading arms manufactured by Ameri- can mechanics and wielded oy American marksmen. Thus far the American breech-loader and metallic car- in the hands of Fulton. Dakim, Bodine and such wave proved too much for European mechanical ingenuity and the old siow system of loading from the mozale. A dreech-loader has, at least, one very great advantage—it aflords a certainty that the marksman always suooting under the same conditions, YACHTING NOTE. annual regatta of the Queens County eon Wedhesday, ting is assured, ostly, and the race The fourth Yacht Clab is announced 10 take p’ the 20th inst., and a fine dis y of The prizes will be handsome and will be open to all boats in the State, The club, beside a unique solid silver goblet, will present several mouey | prizes, anu the ladies of Queens county a beautiful silk | will be sailed under the lost the | to indieate with p ecuracy the whereabo their traps and Fleeping apartments, The shooting men Were Aijotted the vow deckbouse, which on or- dinary uccasions is the City of Berlin's bospttal Tue slip Was Very auch crowses and it was found neces- fary 10 have two seis 0! & shree meals per | aiem. kiasts were s eight and uine o'clock, lunebeon at midday, at two and five o'clock, ten at eight o”¢ supper at ten. The tune spent upon the water desert passed pleasantly enougu, though for some days she Westuer was so bad as tv couswersbly mar the many amusements which were started during the Voyage to kill time. The team men and party amused themselves in the aay tine principally at sbutile beard, quons, “motte” end ovine with ® Pope's ar rile, wuile in the evening dg, reading, drauglits, bw nmon ad chess occu pied (heir attention, A “tug of war’! was db! considerable fun, and Messrs, Dyas and Ward per- formed yeomen’s service for (ue irish epd of the rope. concert On Friday evenivg jast there was a gram piven m (he salvon in aid oi the fonds of the | Sutiors’ Orplians’ Home, Tbe aflair prove tnd brought in £12 lor the fatheriess aad motherless. prodacive | Mayor Leech pressed, aod made a capial chairman, | lu bie introauctory remarks be made « Git in the rect Watton of Dean Swit ingious charity sermon The Dean was once calied on to preach in iublin in aid ofan Orpban Home. He took for his tex: the words, “He wie givesn to ihe poor lendeth vo the Lord,’ and simply asked his congregation, if they (ikon the secat- ity, to put down the dust. ‘Dr. McLaughtiu ana Dr. Musum added considerably to the cajoyment of the aunty boat. The race, whieh ub’s rales, will be overa Lidtle Neck Bay, to aud ub around © Messrs. pennant tothe leading ¢ se from the club house, 18 Sieppiug Stones buoy; and cou t Senus John A. er Duoy, aman, nd home via pmnitte Fichtner, Lous W. Watts, George B. Labatut, orge W. Qoarterman, John Straiton and Jobn il. iphip. The judges, Messts, John H. Roberts, William n and Lou's Pelis. No? BASE BALL The last portion assigned, originally, to be played in the Bust of the League series of games will be eom- menced to-morrow. Thoy will last two weeks, The clubs will then go West, ina body, aud play the last and concluding games in that section between the East- ern and Western clubs. Afterward the Eastern clubs will return home and play among themselves a low games, which will make the entire complement, de- cule Where the championship pennant is to go an close the work for the Centonnial yea To-morrow and Wednesday the St, Louis and Muta. als play at Brooklyn, Athletics aud Chicagos at Phil deiphia, Bostons and Cincimnatis at Boston and Harte fords and Lovisvilles at Hartford, On Friday, Sth, and Saturday, 9th, ihe Chicagos and Mutuals Brooklyn, Hart(ords and Cincivaatis at Hartic tons and Louisvities at Boston and St. Louis aod Aut jeves at Uhiladeiphia. On Tuesday, 12th, and Wedues- day, 13h, the Chveagos and Hartiords play at Ha Athletics and Cineinuatis at Puiladeipiia, Bostons an St Loma at Boston and Lowevilie and Mutuals at Brooklyn, Ou Friday, 15th, and Saturday, loch, the Bostous and Chicagos play at Boston, Athiecs and Louisvilles at Phil Brooklyn and St, Lours and Hartiords at Hartiord. To-day the Lodisvilles and Briageports play at Bridgeport and the Chicagos and St Louis play an exhivition game at Rochestor. The Alaskas will play the Now York nine to-day at the Couteunial Grouad, Jersey City. seventh regiment, and is now the | Mr. Greenhill shoots in the | he eminent wool broker of Dublin and 1s | tis year he won the Abercorn Cup at Wicklow | apd bas taken a great many of the | noe to City Island | Ipbia, Mutuals and Cincinnati« at | THE INTERNATIONAL REGATTA. THE PROFESSIONAL OARSMEN AT PRACTICE ON THY SCHUYLKILL—HIGGINS THE FAVORITE AT THE SCULLS—MORRIS, OF PITTSBURG, LIKELY | | TO PUSH HIM IN TO-DAY'S RACING. PurLavEeLrua, Sept, 2, 1876. Many men are already bere watching the practice ot the professioua! oarsmen, whose races commence Mon- day, when the first trial heats both of the single scull aud four-oared races are to be rowed. The rowers now here include the best professionals of both continents, am ong them Higg)ns, the first eculler in England, aman 5 feet 8 inches, weighing close to 160 pounds, trained; of uncommonty deep and full chest, built almost as stoutly as Hamill; the remainder of bis crew, Thomas, Spencer and Green, not large but very tough, | handy looking men; the Ward brothers—Joshua, Charles, Gilbert and E!lis—all in capital order; the old Paris crew of St Joan, New Branswick—namoly, Fulton, stroke, Hutton, Ross and Price; the New Hall- | tax flshermay crew, the crew Jobn Biglin was stroke of, Morris, Fauikner, Regan, and a long string of well- known scullers Most of them keep their boats in tho | commodious shed built purposely for their accommoda- tion among the Schuyikill boathouses, while a tew row from the boathouses themselves, Tho first crew out this afternoon was THR PARIS FOUR. Fulton, six feet one inch, looks larger and heavier than when, five years ago, his crew proved so fast; Hut- ton’s face 1s very thin and has a feverish look, though it was always peculiar im this respect, and Ross end | Price seem unusually hearty and well. Instead of their old forty-three or forty-four strokes, clipped at both THE CENTENNIAL SHOW. Advice To Those Who Can Stay But a Week. WHAT 10 SRE AND HOW 10 SEE IT. Puicapepnia, Sept. 2, 1876, If there remains yet, anywhero, any American citi- zen, of either sex, who 1s doubting whether it 1s worth while to go to the Centennial Exhibition, jet him or her forthwith give up all doubt and go. It is avery great, a very charming, a very novel and delightful success; an endless magazine of wonders, well ar- ranged, sufiiciently well labelled, aud placed in what seems to me one of the most delightful pleasure grounds in the world—certainly, taking it all together, the pleasantest on this continent, bo ¥0T HURRY. So much has been made by numerous letter writers of the Jmmense mass and variety of wonders gathered together io the Main Building and all the other buiid- iags that the grounds im which these numerous edifices stand are overlooked; and tho American citizen, a3 usual taking bis pleasure a little anxiously, and, above all, in a great hurry, seems to miss one of the essential uses of the whole great show, a8 well as many of its pleagantest features, Me crams himself and his wife and children with the wonders of art apd nature, ends, they were this afternoon only making thirty- | seven, Fulton’s arms doing too much ot the work and his body scarcely swinging at all, while the other three swung better and throw their weight on hard. | Their oars got hold tolerably well together, and 1t 18 | possible that they can get far greater speed on than | they sbowed this afternoon, But they say they havo | not during the past two or three years done anything hike the amount of fishiog and the attendant hard row. ing which they formerly did, some of them now hav- | ing positions on land which do not call for much en- | durance or power, ir old friend Sherif! Harding, | who is pretty likely to be found with them woen an | important expedition is on foot, is here looking after | their interests, while Fearon sees that they are well | boated. ‘The river has most of the day been too rough | to much shell rowing without getting wet, and the Thames four was almost the only one out this | morning. < THE THAMES !ROPESSIONAL FOUR. As already said, they are not, like most of their riv large men, but small and compact rather, their bow being suid to weigh only 133 pounds, They row more cleanly toan aay otber oarsmen here, but lack the ction of the English amateurs of last wee! They do not reach out tar enough, and hence lose the very best of the stroke, getting bold mstead bot mach forward of their outriggers. Nor is there the hich feather or the great care to catch the beginning shown | by Cambridge, but they s@em rather to have aimed to opy London's siyle, and succeed fairly, While, as ludividuuls, they are at the top of professional rowing | abroad, they Lave not scen avery great amount of | Work together as a crew, though their looks would Lardly suggest it Thirty-nine @ minute was what they were making this morning, aud within one of what they will pull in the race, and at that number they got over the rough water last and well. In this respect their boats help them better than ours, for a prominent Eugish oar here says that our paper boats, with their sterns several inches out ot water, if rowed at Henly on a windy day, would be blown around so much that they could not get over the course, It will be well for our boat builders to make a note of this, | THE HALIFAX FISHERMAN FOUR, This crew looks large and well off for power, and as they took a spin up stream this afterroon they kept rowing thirty-nine long well defined strokes, with a | Nery strong grip on the beginning. The Nova Scotia Centennial Commissioner, Mr, Charles J. McDonald, and their medical adviser, Dr. Woodill, spoke in fia tering terms of the way in which they have done the work of preparation, and they certainly have the look | ofavery thoroughgoing jot. They are also weil off 1m the mitter of a boat, baving a new one built xprossiy for this eccusion by Jewett, of Newcastle, England, and they row already as if accustomed to her. ‘They have been “drawn ip the same trial heat with their peighbors from St. John, and i the latter liad not won the toss for station would be likely to beat thet, But if ihe western station was worth a hun- Gred feet to any boat this week it will be worth two | hundred now, because, while al the races so lar have | been simply over a mile and a half straightaway down | the streat, all the professional fours are to start from the grand stand, row up stream and then return. = This will euhance the inierest greatly, as it enables the spectators to see all the more exciting portions of the racing. If Halilax can get of sharply enough at the | start to cross ber rival’s bow and take ber water, then | She caa keep itailthe way; but that is an unlikely if. | In any case, however, she looks Gt to make a very bot | | race for any crew. THE NEW YORK FOUR. Notwithstanding their loss of their stroke oar at the eloveath hour and their having to call Mr, Mahoney, | of the Faulkner-Regan crew, on trom Boston, Mr, Max- | well ts found to work well at stroke, while, with Plas. | ted bow, Flannery 2anud Mahoney 3, they managed, { at 4g stroke, Smooubly and aasbingly pulled, to get | up the river pretty fast this evening. Maxwell, though | not showing the jump in bis work which Jon Biglin | did, pulls it very cleanly through and bas plainly been | | well coached wWhie bis great power makes it look as if | | he, with Flanpery, a formidable man, at 2, would make | tho stroke side too strong for the bow. On a curving | stream this going one way may do much good or it may do much harm, Columbia yesterday, for | | tusianee, apparently owing to ‘Boyd's © ‘being out of — condition, kept pushing ” Cambridge over to the east, though Captain Goodwin says tbat his rudder gear got out of repair early in the race, and that with the strong wind made the trouble, — But it New York sivers well she might win the first beat were it not for one fact. Not only are the Thames men drawn. against them, but they have even the toss, and go the iwside station. This, with such old, well seasoned hauds, is likely, barring fouls and accidents, to do the business, aud throw the New Yorkers out on the first heat. | PLACING FOR MONDAY'S RACK { In the following table, <howing tue results of the ! | | | drawing Jor Leais and positious in Monday's races, it will be seen that in the tirst heat tor singie seus, Coul- ter, of Pittsburg, has Hanion, of Toronto, inside of him, and Thomas, the Thames man, ouside. ' The English | Green gets the centre in tho second race, and Ellis | Ward the inside on the third, with Spencer, of the | Thames four, in the centre; Higgins, the best man in | England, the centre in the next heat, and Piaisted, of New York, the centre in the fifth and last, The draw- ing resulted thus:— MONDAY APTRRNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1876. Four Oans, Finst TKiat Hxar, —Inside, the Thames Watermen; No. 2, tho New York Crew. | Four Oars, Sxconp Tria, Heat.—Inside, the Paris Crew, of St. Johus, N. B.; No. 2, the Halifax Fisher- | man Crew, Sincuw Sevrt Race, First Tria, Heat.—Inside, Hanlon, of Toronto, C. W.; No. 2, Coulter, of Pitts: | burg, Pa. 0. 3, Thomas, of the Thames Crew Sgconp TriaL Heat,—Inside, H. Smith; No. 2, Green, | of the ihames Crew; No. 3, Bi of Canada, Ten :RiAL Heat, —Ins! tie Ward, of Cornwall, N.Y. 2, Spencer, of the Thames Crew; No. 8, Fy | Bell, of New York. | Foortu Triat Hxat.—Inside, Luther, of Pittsbarg, | us, of the Thames Crew; No. 3, E. | Morris, of Pittsburg, Pa. Fivrn Trial Heat —Inside, Warren Smith; No. 2, Piaisted, ot the New York Crew; No. 3, —. Th 8 promises a very briliant bill for Monday after- nooo—the fourth heat of singles especialiy being hkely to prove very exciting, a8 the best man of England meets probably our best sculler, which of course wiil dispose of one of them at once. The London rowing four, save Captain Guiston, bave ieft here jor Niagara, rather a lumpy bit of water lor sheil rowing when the wind biows. ‘Captain Gulstou will remain throughout | the professional races {Le foreign amateur oarsmen here were handsomely féted last evening by the Bach- | elors’ Barge Club, of Uliis city. | i il A NL ED W YORK SOLDIERS’ HOME. The movement started at the last annual convention of the Grand Army ol the Republic at Albany in Janu- ary last has so lar proceeded very satisiactorily, Beecher iecture in May last netted $14,000. The Board | of Trustees have secured a Jocation in Bath, Steuben } county, N. Y.—a farm of acres—and $6,000 from tue town as a free gli, The corner stone of the pro- | posed building wili be Jaid dufing We present fall, The HMoaNt in Hund ts avout $50,000. The Board of Tras: | tees want $100,000 during the present year. The board ts incorporated under the Jaws of ihe e of New York, and the geatiemen composing it are working very hard aud gravuitously cause. jor this most worthy CHbAP TRAVEL, To-morrow the steamer Plymouth Rock will make an excursion to Newburg, on the Hedson, and on Thursday, will go to New Haven, aud the charge for This is, probebly, the lowest rate for su that has yet” been charged, aud is calculated to mect with a grand popu | lar response, For the New Haven trip itas at the rate of less oan ball a cent a mile, ROBBERY WITH DEADLY VIOLENCE. On Saturday night as Patrick Hayae was on his way through Hudson street going tome ho was assaulted by | two young thieves, who attempted to rob him. Hayde | resisted his assailants as best he could, when one of | them named Joun Moore drew a clasp knife and siabbed him in the bead, inflicting a dangerous weand. | The raffian theo fled, but ap alarm being ed dre | the atiention of Officer Giibride lo the jugiive Who wi ronaing dowa Hudson strees Alter a lively chase he | succeeded in arresting him. The knife above alluded | to was found In Lis possession, open and wet wih blood. Moore was yesterday taken bdetore Jastice Kasmito at the Tombs Police Goart and held to await | roally very little ple | leisure. The | stored under glass; but ho and big tamily seem to get jure outof the Exhibition. It is tine for somebody to protest against this misuse of an opportunity which is not likely to recur on our conti- nent for some years; and here is such a protest. Properly regurded, a visit to this great Centennial Exhibition should be a great and, as fur as possible, an unailoyed plcasuro—a period, not of haste, but of nd in order to make it so my advice to any one who has yet to go is to carefully put all ideas of getting instruction, of deliberately and consciously | aequiring knowledge, out of his mind before be enters the gates. There are hundreds or rather thousands of men, each of whom ought thoroughly to study some part of the Exhibition, as a specialty, to instruct him- self in his own business or calling; but these special students do not need urging—they have come and are coming, and to them the Exhibition is a very precious opportunity to compare their work with other men’s work, or their skill with that of men beyond the seas who are their rivals in the world’s markets, ‘To these students of the hibition I have not a word to say; they need no advice. But when I | see, about five o'clock in the afternoon, wandering out of the main gate some thousands of American men and women, all with a wearled look, 9 lagging walk, a wish toget home and lie down to rest, and yet all with a self-satisfied smirk, as who should say, ‘Bobold us! We have increased our knowledge all day; we bave pot idled our time away ; we have hastened from one col- Jection to another and have seen all that human en- durance will allow men and womento seoin one day’—when I see this great tired crowd I long for a voice like Mr, Daboil’s steam fog horn up near “the Government Build- ing, so that I might bellow out “Ob, you poor, deluded, misguided and suffering fellow citizens! Why do you make a toil of a pleasure? Why do you run all day long up and down the great aisle of the Main Building vainly imagining that you are getting wiser when you might be spending part of a delightful day in tke grounds with pretty music and bright flowers and leisure, and a good dinner eaten in the open air and notin a cellar or a cupboard, as you havo been ac- customed to dine! Ob, you ignorant and abused fel- low citizens! ‘fhe Exbibition you came to see is not all inside of those great glass houses, but mainly outside of them, im the pleasure — grounds— the music, the seats ia sbady ravines, the rides in the threo foot gauge cars, the leisurely dinner on the balcony at the American res- taurant, or on the roof at ihe Vienna, or out under a tent wt Lauber’s. That useful information you neea you will inevitably suck im by the way; indeed, you cannot help it.’? Probably tbe greatest crowd at the Exhibition will be during September and Octuber, A great number of pene have put off goimg until now when it Is getting ot, wlule Provi ence, Which is always kind to the yenturesome, sent a number of cool days in August to those who did not delay, To those who are now going, il they have leisure andfmoans to stay a month, or even two weeks, I have nothing to say. Let them skip this Jetter and turn to Mr, Tilden’s last fiasco, But to the wreat number of people in moderite circumstances, with scarce leisure and few dolixrs, who come for three days or a week, | bers address a few words of advice, which, itthey Will take it, will make them happier, 1 am sure, WHAT TO OMIT, First—Make up your mind that there 1s a great deal in the Exhibition that you canuot see in a week, and thut there is a very great deal in it that you do not need or want to see, ‘ihe mass of what 1s contained in these Dig glass houses is of interest mainly to specialists; to them it is o! surpassing interest and importance; to you, the mnere average person, with a week ot leisure, itis of no value Whatever. Skip it boldly. For in- stance, you will find little to see in the building de- voted to leather, A walk throggh it of haif au hour is enough for you, Mr. Jackson S Schuitz provably Ubinks it the best part of the show; but you need not think so, The immense and important show of Ameri- oun and Bogiish and German cloths aud otuer manu. jactures fou do not care avout. Skip that, Your wite will rather sce Starr & Marcus’ collection of diamonds nd cameos than hail the other contents of the onderiul Main Building, and a journey by elevator to the roof will be of greater in- terest and value to you ana the children than two days in the tiresome pictere gallery, which con- Jans the most amazing boliecuon of bad pictures ever made since men began to daub with ol on cauva Thereiore begin with adetermiflation to skip all tha’ does not at once actract you. That is the tundamental principle for you in seeimg the Exhibition. Second—Buy at once ali the catalogues and look them over. You will see where and what to skip. Mark down in each the lew oWecis which you are curious to see. They are not many to the mere un- professional visitor. For mstance, ia the art cata- logue you will find a few famous pic tures, as, several of Washington, and perhaps two dozen oihers. These mark, and, if you can easily find them, look atthem. The rest are of no use and bo real interest to you. You will be disappointed even in some of those You have marked, The Turner, tor instance, is a mere daub; but there are some Boughtons; there is a Frith. which is famous; there are two dozen pictures, goodand bad, which you will really want to see. An hour, or two hours at most, is enough for this whole coliection of art. Lhose who spend days in it waste their ime. Again, in Machinery Hail, there isa very great deal which you can safely skip. Some tow things, easily tound, you peed to see; but two or three hours are enough tor the whoie of this building. The time you save here you can weil use in Agricattural Hall, which contains ‘more objects of tn- terest to an inielligent but unprotessional visitor than ail the other houses except the Main Butiding. ADVICE TO MODERATE MEN. Third—Let us now begin at the beginning, for this is intenced to be your moderate man’s guide to the Exhibivon, Try by ail means to lodec near the grounds. tis a gr dvantage. 1 you can walk in live wianies to the gates you will gain at least one day in six over those who necd an hour o go and revurn. If you can Sud anywhere—as you easily can—lodgin.s and breakfast within walking distance, pay a little good deal moro | suould say, rother than go vr away. I say lodging and breakiast. You should theu enter the gates at nine, dine on the grounds at three at your leisure, taking at least an hour and a baif for your dinner, and two meals should be enough tor you.” You can dine nowhere better and nowhere so vieasantly as within the grounds, and if You set half-past (wo or three as your dinner hour you Wil, avoid the crowds and get ready and compe- tent service, ‘Try all the great restaurants in turn. You will probably like the American the best and the Trois Freres the least, I found there a person dining in lis shirt siceves, which 1s bot a pleas- aut dinner sight for ladies; and the charge mm the bill for “service” was extortionate, while the cooking was not a vit better than at Lauber’s or the American, On your Urst day march from the gate directly to the circular railroad, pay lve cents, take youreseat and ride around the grounds, You witt see ali the build- ings on your voyage and get an idea of the “lay of the ground."’ The end of your five-cent journey on the first narrow gauge railroad you probably ever saw will set you down near the picture gallery, aad you may just as well proceed at once to undergo the uri ony of seeing the art cotlection. Make up your mind solemnly that what you cannot see in two hours shull remain unseen by your eyes. It is Worth no more to you, if you are to romain bul & | week. And N. B. Whenever, in the course of the day, you are tired, do not sit down’ on the first bench, but xetintoacar and ride avout You will rest better, and you will be seemg a more lovely bit of country all the ime. Fourth—Aliow at least balf a day to the “Government Butlding.’’ It contains a great mass of material which you ought to see, and which will interest and instruct you. Professor — Baird collection of models of the food fishes of this country; the great and curious collection of instruments ior catching fish; the army uniforms trom early day; the ordnance, the Host Oillce exbibit, tacludng a m ebine for folding envelopes; the Indian exbibiuion, the Coast Survey, (hese and many more, suown by our own governutnent, will interest and instruct you be- } yond most things on the grounds, |” ihe Agriculiural Mailding deserves some hours, Look especiaily at the neat nese part. There is nothing more complete im the whole kxbibition th this; and even our own Sinithsonian Institavion may jearh something from the Japanese about the best way to show the grain, vark, jeaves and flowers of uselul | the resalt of his victim's injurtog Hayde is in the 1 Chambers Street Hospital, . trees. ludeed, one gots a bigher notion of Japanese intelligence, skill and ervilization from — thy ow here than we generally bave, They ore . very plainly a civilized people, and it is their modesty slone which makes them adopt our high silk hats and pay Americans to teach them how to do things they perhajs bad better leave undone, The Agricultural Building contains samples of the natural products of many nations and climates. You will judge jor your- seli what interests you most; but this show and that of the States of Kansas and Cojorado, which you must not miss, are, Next to the Main Buildin,, the most in- teresting and valuable to the casual observer, whom I am advising, Horticultural Hall you may leave unseen. Jt is simply @ vast unfurnished greenhouse; it is the one tuilure on the grounds, There 18 alittle Japdnese bazaar, where you may spend more or less money aud buy more or less prewy things with it, a8 your taste and purse may combine. But tbe real curiosity there is the building 1igelf, 1013 4 litle gem of architecture and carpentry. You may study it careiully in ali its details tor ap nouror two; and when you are done you will wish that our own carpenters had only halt a3 much taste and skill as bave been put inte this exquisite little house, which, piea-e to observe, bas nota nail init Then do not forget look at the odd littie garden, which bas some curio) ties of its own—as a cedur tree sixty years old growin; in a flowerpot; a lotus growing in a fuany little tank of its own, and several gardening devicea, which will in- terest you if you are fond of flowers, Over against this Japanese buliding is another pretty bit of architecture—the Swedish schoolnouse. Even the interior, wiih its many devices for teaching the young idea how to shoot, will interest and ipsiruct an American, though as to school interiors we are as far abead of the world ag we are Lehind these Swedes in school buildings, CHEAP TRAVELS. You will return olien to the Main Building. Its contents are more varied and inextiaustibly interest- ing. You wander im @ perpetual maze ol wonders. Nowhere in the world can you travei so iar fer huli a dollar, From the diamonds and feather towers of Brazii you slide over to the nutwegs and quiuine of the Dutch Kast indies; from Morocco and Tunis it 18 but a step to Japan; yo bave hardly leit China belore # Buenos Ayrian vaquero invites you to the remarkable aud curious show of bis country, The kukui or cavdie nuts of the Sandwich isiands are sill in your mivd as you drop into the Mexican quarter and see the vast rude desk of silver and the tive but coid marbles which shine like jewels, The little Orange Free State shows you ostriches and diamonds; Australia silk wool and a@ pillar ot yold; Queensiand, Tagwania, the Cape of Good Hope, the Seycbelle Islands, Egypt, Spain and South America—sou may see the essentials of each and ail ina day or two and at snuset be aiarther traveled man than Marco Polo, Ana ind Gol will stop to think—as | advise you to do— you will wonder at the marvellous store of undevel- oped weaith in the world; and even more at the great figure wich the English-speaking race plays on our planet just now, when aumost two-thirds of the vaiua- bles here collected are sent by men who read their Bible in the same language with ourselves. You must give a morning hour or two to a round of the houses erected by a number of the States for the welcome of their cilizens. Eavh differs trom the other in some characteristic way, even as she peopic of the Bates differ, And there are Turkish aud Tunisian and Moroccan aud otner bazaars where you may examine’ aud buy the special products of these countries in the way of trinkets and ornaments, and you will always return, again and again, to the Main Building, and each time tind something new, and have not only the pleasure of seeing, but the added charm of discovery. 11 you have but a week, or even less, to stay you eed “not strive to see more, or more systematically “than this; and you will be toolish 1i you do. For it is not what your eye hurriedly tukes in, but what your mind grasps and appreciates, that will reaily reinain with you as an enjoyment, And amid ail your sight- seeing do not, I pray you, negect to notice the finest and most impressive sight of all. The best part of the great show is the people wuom you see there. These great, quiet, intelligent, orderly, thoroughly . respect- abe crowds of your fellow cifizens whom you meet on the narrow gauge curs and waiking ubout the grounds, and wondering a8 they wander through the various buildings and eating in the restaurants, and—too few of them—lounging about among tne flowers and wmasic, these make up io athoughtlul observer the most im- pressive and on the whole the most satisinctory sight in the Exhivition, They too are our native products; Jouk into tueir Jaces and see bow littie coarseness, how much intelligence and virtue and sturdy sense of duly are written there. Please to notice how pretty these young American giris are; bow many thousands of them you may see in your week’s slay, aud scarcciy a homely face or awkward tigure among them, See how freely they Wander avout; how charmingly they make themselves at home in the halls where they sit to rest and lunch. Notice how orderly are ali these crowds. |, General Hawley told me the other day that not a single case Oo! disorder or drunxenness has beeu reported by the police. Think how, irom all the enus of the Con- tient, we Americans have been gathered here to look each other in the face; nearly 4,000 have registered themselves irom Wisconsin alone, as 1 write, and at all the houses owt by States the registers show thou- sands of names of their people. The great American people are by long odds the finest and most satisfuctory part of this Centennial show. I you study their faces and tbeir conduct you wil go home believing that the country is sale for another century. Fina if you can apy way compel yourself to it, take it easy, Do not be in a hurry; think of your | three days or week as a pleasure tour, and not as a time in which to tire and flurry yourself, Spend at levst halt ofevery day out of doors; eat a good and very leisurely dinner, choosing ior i the pivasantest seat on an open balcony or roof that you can find; take your indoor sights by bits, not too Jong at a time, and so you will come with fresh zest. and intelligebt appreciation toeach. Study the buiidings as well as their contents. Remember that the middie aisie of tne Main Bailding 18 brouder than apy street in the world and that each of the side aisies 18 broader than any street in Wash- ington. Notice how insigniticant a part the police play in these great crowds, and be proud of "your feliow «iti- zeps when. you learn that amid all the crush and crowding there is no compinint of stealing. In these desultory ways you may in a week or even in three or four days get a better idea of the wonders here than maby & man gets by the most tedious and systematic effort to burry through them all, And do not be discouraged, even if you can get but a singie day here. One day is better than none, and no one will regret coming if but fora single day. Indeed, merely \o wander about the pretty and well kept grounds, without entering any of the buildings, is a pleasure which no oue can get elsewhere on this continert; jor the variety of the builuings, the numerous objects shown outside of them, the crowds oi people, the ilow- ers, grass and music ure all sources of enjoyment sul- ficient to repuy one for a long journey. EXHIBITION NOTES. / Purapenruta, Sept. 3, 1876. The number of cash admissions to the Centennial Exhibition yesterday was 58,378. Among the Visitorg to the Exhibition was ex-Secrotary Brisvow and family. The formal opening of the international live stock display will take place to-morrow morning at hail-past ten o'clock, A parade of all the horses in the yards will take place atiour o’clock P.M. The parade will be repeaied. A band of music will be in attenuance. The judges of the stock exhibition will assemble at the grounds in the morning, to receive their instruc- tions trom the Bureau of Awards, and will begin their labors Jn Tuesday morning at nine o’clpck. ‘A concer: was given in the main busiding yesterday by the Schomacker Piano Company, of this city, which was participated in by Mlle. Caterina Lami, of the It 1. jan opera; Mr. George A. Comly, basso; Mr. Northcott, cornet soloist, and A. F, Glose, pianist. “Washington Territory—Its Growin and Resources” was the subject of an address by Hon. Ellweod Evans in the Pacific Coast Centennial Hall on Saturday aiier- noon, HEALTH AT THE CENTENNIAL To tax Epitor oy tar Hxxatp:— I do not wish to become an alarmist, but have you unsalubrious; that a great many people apparently healthy when leaving bome have revurned from the Exhibition sufferers from diarthcea, trom malarial and typho-malarial diseasi Bat whgther you have or ot Doticed 1, the fact nevertheless is a very lamepta- bie one, Of course it 18 to the interest of the managers to keep the tacts quict, and therelore we dg not ob- serve any allusion thereto in letters from correspond- eutg, and it 18 only for the purpose of piacing visitors on their guard that we address you. The canses, in All probability, may be found in the eagerness with which visitors rush around from place to place in their excitement and desire to see as much as possible in the shortest tim: be enormous prices charged at the restaurants for asmail amount of food, which every sone is not able to pay if they were so inclined, They think they will, rather than do se, go bungry and leave early. But after a vit away they go, losing sight of their hunger and of the fact that they are becoming more and more exhausted, and that their systems are becoming prepared jor the reception of avery dangerous porson—vainely, the malaria which constantly arisea, more particularly at night, from groomd which has lately beon disturbed, as is the case with nearly the whoie suriace of the Centennial ground, Add to this the bad water of Philadelphia. The water is not only bad per se, but there 1s always more or jes® danger to those not babituated to its use, There 1s always danger in a change of water, as everybody knows, and there is greater danger when takeu ina system already ex- hausted by over exertion and poisoned by maiaria. so here we bave three principal causes ot the sick- ness Which every physician wiil tell you he is con- stantly meeting with among returned Philadelphia ex- cursionists:—First, exhaustion of the system from exertion and want of proper nourishment; second, the deadly malaria arising trom the newly disturbed earth ‘a and around the Exbibition grounds and their defect- ive drainage; third, the water drunk by those badly prepared aud not habitaated to its use. What are the consequences? The aifections most frequentiy met with among returned excursionists are diarrica, mala- ria, typho-mailaria, typhoid and typhus fev The viarrhwa is of an exhaustive character, persist ent in its nature, and not to be conquered as long as the patient remains anywhere near tho cause, The first step in the treatment should be a return home, which many do, mach to their own chagrin and the disturbance of their plans for a week's delight. The malarial disease assumes a typhoid type and attacks those who are uniortunately compelled to remain much Upon tue grounds. The typhoid fever is but the result ol an exhausted system, How remedy the trouble? Of course, when once attacked, the sutierer should consnlt his physician without delay, Bat prevention is better than cure. First, then, take things moderately, You gain nothing ° not noticed Jately that the Centennial grounds are very | by rushing about; you lose not only your strength bf you pass by and ‘cursorily examice many beautil things 1p this truly beautiful exhibition. Do not, then try to do too much in one day. Secoud, always take a kood lunch with you, for you get very hungry about twelve o'clock, ‘The noonday whistle grates tearfully on anempty stomach; besides you require more t you think as a luueb. You are more weary and hungry than you have any ida ol, and if you go without eating you Will surely sufler from a nervous headache aud be ina very exhausted condition when you arrive at your lodgings. In the third piace do not go too early or como away too late. Let the sun havea fair chance at the dew, and get off the ground bevore the evening damnpness ap- pears. The grass and soi! should ve dry, Fourth, do not remain ou or bear the grounds over night. ter go down twice, for the reason that the whole sur- rounding territory, as well as the grounds themse: Vea, have been disturbed within the year and newly built upon, Before the Centennial buildings were erected there were very (ew buildings i that vicinity, There were none of ihe nan y hovels which are now stauding closy to the entrance of the grounds, It was an 10u8 error ta their proprietors to have erected them su near the grounds; but there they are, and the grounds around are fall of malaria, Besides, the grounds are not weil drained. Fifth, be careful not to drink more water than is possible. Better hi it boiled, then cooled, or, beter still, drink iced tea, oF Simply cold tea A tile brandy or Hourvon will do you no harm; 1m fact, it ah thing while you are at the Centennial. Anything but the raw water is bet- ter than it, I have often thought whether {t would not te a good idoa for some enterprising individual to take water from Various sectious of the country and place it on sale, so that every visitor can, as nearly 4s possible, be supplicd with his own bome water. For instance. let some New Yorker take & supply of Croton, &c. There is one thing moro which I might venture to speak of, and that 18 as to the manner of dressing. Wear your oid clothes or clothes which fit leonale ‘and easily upou the person. I have seen ladies wearily dragging a heavy silk skirt atterthem, They look paie, sick, weary abd have the appearance of one desiring to drop down in the nearest seat and stay there. Now, indies, very few notice your dress, besides you are # stranger to all and they ate Strangers to you. You should, therefore, look out for No, 1, consult your own feelings ana save the bottom of your skirts, ‘for it needs but one day to destroy the hahdsomest dress ever made. I will venture to assert that every dress which comes out of the grounds after awhole honest day’s wear will need repairs. There- jore save your dresses and make yoursel! comfortable, bias same advice will, ina general way, apply to gen- tlemen, Now once more, Mr. Editor, my object is not to in- jure the Exhibition or to keep auy ono away. It is simply to caution visitors to be careiul. There is no dager provided proper precautions aro observed. It is a beautiful exhibition and should be seen by all; but it whl be a sad and dear pleasure if purchased at the ox- pense of health, M. D, THE GREAT BLAST. INTERVIRW WITH GENERAL NEWTON ON THE HELL GATE EXPLOSION. A Heratp reporter called on General Newton at the Army Building, corner ot Houston and Green streets, to ascertain from bim any particulars he might have to furnish the public regarding the coming explosion at Hell Gate. ‘The General was found in his office busily engaged in opening and torwarding letters, At first the General seemed disinclined to give avy information, but as the conversation progressed he gradually got interested in the subject in hand and the interview continued as follows :;— e “Some anxiety is felt, General, by tho residents of Astoria and Yorkville regarding the result of the coming exposion upon the edifices in the immediate neighbor- hood of the blast, anal have sought you with a view of ascertaining if any cause for anxiety exists,” said the reporter. Gencral Newton smiled, and with that air of confl- dence born of exact science, he sald:—“Thore ts not the slightest cause for alarm. 1do not apprehend the slightest danger even to the houses in the immediate vicinity of the discharge. Tho old sheds and out houses at present standing near the orifico of tho shaft may be blown down, but even that 1 do not expect, The residents of Yorkville are, in my estimation, wast. ing mentai energy in feeling duxious about the results of the explosion, They are quite safe trom any evil effects and will probably feel the shock but sligntly. I would advise those living on the Long Island shore te coine out of their houses when the blast is discharged, for the reason that the vibration may shake down few ceilings, Mark me, these ceilings will. have to be predisposed to fall down; otherwise the Ddlast’. will not affect them in the least Ceilingt” are, as you know, rather insecure things, and no man can vouch for the stability of his ceiling, no matter bow new itis. Sometimes the moving of a bed over- head will precipitate the whitewashed waste down upon the unhappy folk beneath, causing sore heads and often marring beauty. For these reasons | would’ advise all to leave their houses when she blast is to be fired. We will give those in the immediate neighbor- hood notice as to the hour and minute when the ex- plosion will occur.” : ‘How does it happen‘that there is no danger with such a large quantity of nitro-glycerine as you intend to explode, when, ifreport speaks tru:y, one-twentieth part of that amount has often wrought fatal havec?’’ “It iseasy of explanation, With one-twenticth ot the amount of the explosive we intend to use im thie blast I could, if l wished, make twenty times tho noise expected from the coming bia#t. Tue explosives used in the destruction of Haliewt’s Reet are tor pure poses of use, not lor pyrotechnic display Howe’ to explain why the elfect of tue explosiun of this amount of nitfo-glycerine will pot be as palpable as many think it must be of necessity, let me state a few Jacts in connection with the work The explosive ma- terial, in the tirst place, has been distribated in parcels of about ten pounds each, so arranged as to effectuail: do the work assigned them. While itis true that these different parceis will, to all practical intents and purposes, be exploded simultaneously, their force will not be combined, Ine com- bination of the force produced by the explosion of tae amount of nitro-glycerine to be set off at Hell Gate would be sufficient for aimostany work; bat the combination is wanting, and consequently the violent result iooked for {rom some quartcra will be bad.” Each parcel is 80 be 8o placed that it shall have to exhaust ail its force todo the work assigned it, and thus ac joss of power is to be suffered. It is dl the explosion were to take place on the surface, : the explosion would actually take place in tne air; th power is submerged, The shaft and the wi excave lion isto be filled with water before the blagt take: piace, so thatall chance of atmospheric disturbaue: ‘will be done away with. Perhaps there may ve ber or there aweak spot in the sheilof ad the charge near this spot may break turough, The only efecs of this will be a Waterspout.”” ¥ Wis tbe slipping mear by be aflected by the explo sion? “Well, those boats which are within half a mile o: Haillett’s Point wiil feel u slight thud on the bottom, but nothing serious, The sensation will be ratha picasaut. 1 bave experenced 14 several times while oF the scows of this department.” “The department has already exploded a juant- ity “ bitro-glycerine, has it pot, without a acci- dene?’ “Yes, I believe that since we began to rid the river and harbor of obstructious we have used between 70, 00¢ and 90,000 pounds of nitro-giycerine, This has been discharged, sometimes in parcels as ‘as 106 pounds, and I am of the opinion that the ex. plosiou will vot have any more outward effect thas some of those we have already made, When a can o glycerine is put into the rock the boat moves off per. haps 150 yards, and the charge is fired.” “General, opinions have been expressed to the effect that tho exbuust from the immense amount of nitro-glycefine you are going to use will vibrate the atmosphere for miles. Is there any truth in the as sertion f”? Tho gas generated by the ex. “None whatever. plesion of this nitro-glycerine will, when it comes te the suriace, bave lost ali its volatile properties. Labor i jal to heat, and as the labor required from the glycerine deposited in the rock will ve exactly, or hearly exactly, what is needed, no power will be lost, aud, consequently, no heat will be lost, With the ex- plosion the heat geperated will be immediately com. Municated to tho rocks aud the water, Uonsequently, When the exhaust arrives at the sugtace it will haye Jost all iis volatio properties and flabby and inert, The atmosphere will readily absord and destroy this dead gas, and 1 doubt if the most delicate nose in the neighbornood will be very much shocked, You see the glycerine is bere damped, or, in other words, confined, and, as only the exact amount necessary 18 used, there Caunot be any waste of heat in the air equal to the lavor, When small amounts of Ditro-glycerine have been used here in the city to blow down dangerous walls a bad effect has been noticeable in the atinosphere, This was because the charge wi not damped and properly adjusied to the work to be | performed," re there any other palpable effects of the explo- sion which occur to your mind now!” was the report. “Fhe General though he General thought for a moment, and, referring to the shuyect of hea ed that the comthonsenene ot heat, tn the manner just spoken of, would cauee an evaporation of water, and a fog woult ve consequent, It would extend along the river for some distance, per- haps, and last, may be, an hour or more, ‘he réporter inquired how near the scone of the ex- ploston the gentlemen having charge of the galvania arrangements for exploding the mine would stand, and was intormed that though the exact spot had not yet been located, it would be within 200 yards, General Newton could not give the exact number ot pounds of nitro-glycerine that are to be exploded, to approximate it, anne enc RR CRUSHED TO DEATH. : While a party of laborers were engaged on Satarday afternoon in tearing down the old buildings of the Daylight 01) Works, to make room for the erection of the proposed new depot of the combined Long Island railroads at Long Island City, one of the walls sude denly tell, burying in the ruins Patrick Murphy, of West Flushing. When exiricated he was found to be dead, baving been crushed into an almost uprecogniz- ablo mass. Coroner Davren hold an inquest yesterday; Verdict in accordance with te facts, { ¢