The New York Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1876, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUE “FALL FASHIONS. —————_-——__ What Will Be Worn by the air Sex Immediately. <5 EES FAVORITE COLORS. THE Cardinal Red and Hunter’s Green in the Ascendant. HATS AND BONNETS. All feminine Now York has by this time retarned om seaside and spa, and ts making up tor the from shopping by plunging into that delightful excite- Ment with renewed vigor and zest, From conversa- Wions heard over the counters one may well believe that the days of forced economy aro past, and bus- bands and papas are on their feet again. “Iam going to have a handsome silk and a sealskin coat this win- ter,” says Mrs. De Vere Jones to the smiling clerk; “for my husband’s business has improved so much in the past few weeks that he says he can well afford to indulge me.” “Don’t show me any more cheap goods,” Says Miss De La Rose, with u toss of her head. ‘Papa Bays we need not economize any longer.” And so It goes. The ladies scem perfectly delighted to havo a free foot again, and the pleasure ts shared by tho shopkeepers The fall lookout {8 more encourag- ing than it bas been tn years, and the im- portation of high “priced goods is enormous. Sull there are those with whom economy 1s yet a house- hold word, and the demand for popular goods, those, | Varying in prico from twenty cents to $1 a yard, is very great, In every well regulated storo there are two elasses of goods—the fine imported and the Amori- can imitations. If the mistress appears in a $2.0 yard camel’s hair the maid will follow suit in a thirty cents & yard Imitation, and be just as happy. THE OFExING DAYS aroupon us, and besides the Centennial visitors the milliners and dressmakers from Penn Yan and Parsipany are among us eager to see the latest styles in bonnets And dresses and carry them home to admiring patrons, James McCreery & Co.'s formal fall opening began on Monday, exhibiting the latest Parisian novelties, as well 4s a large line of goods of home manufacture. SILKS, Notwithstanding the strike among the silk worms there has been no advance in the price of silks with this house, The reasom of this is that they placed their orders abroad before the advance. The McCreery family black silk, known as the Casumere Sublime de Novi, still maintains ite high standard. It 18 claimed for this sik that it ts durable, does not catch the dust, do not wear ehiny or greasy, docs not cut, and maintains its lusire to the last, Besides this thero are tho celo- brated brands of Bonnet, Tapissier, Guinet, Ponson, Bellon and Poncet, varying in price from $1 50 to $8 a yard, They also import asilk trom filty to fifty-four Inches wide for circulars, It only requires two lengths of this for the widest mantle. Brocaded silks, which are always handsome, are found in various and elab- orate designs, and vary in price from $1 75 to $4 50 Tho matelesse and damassé are to bo had ime prices, Woe are informed by this house that they are eutting more silks over $2 yard than Ahey did last year. Colored silks, which are alwa, popular for receptions and driving, vary in price from $1 25 to $6 as yard, and comprise over 220 shades and blending, so that the most fastidious cannot fail to be suited. The fashionable colors are cardinal, of course, and hunter's, or rifle, green, The honor of the intro- duction of this latter color 1s due to the enterprise of McCreory & Co,, who saw that whilo cardinal would Decomo the rage, there were a great many persons who, while they wished to be fashionable, would not wear so pronounced a color, Hunter's green is very dark and exceedingly stylhsh, For evening wear, balls, parti &e., the lighter shades of silks will be worn, such as palo blue, pink, ivory and light shades for blending. Satin will be very much worn this year, and varies in price from $1 75 to $6 per yard. There is: nothing that lights up more beautifatly than satin, and it de- forves to be popular for ball dresses. Brides still hang n to satin, and this year they will find a new tint, a light cream, imported for their especial benefit, For ball dresses brocaded overskirts will be worn with plain underskirts brocaded in colors and white, cost lng from $2 to $5 a yard. For opera cloaks and wraps there fsa beautiful matelesse, Something new and quaint isthe all-silk chintz damasaé, which ischango- abdio ta shade and exceedingly rich. It costs $4 a yard, Gros grain silks are to be had for $1 74 to $9 a yard. AMERICAN SILKS, The Cheeney Brothers’ American silks, for which MoCreery & Co, are the sole New York agents, con- Unue to hold their owa im the face of foreign rivais, The blacks range in price from $1 50 to $3; in colors, while there is every variety in shade there is but the one price, $1 75 per yard. The popularity of American silks has indaced McCreery & Co, to manutacture a brand which they call Our Own Make and sell in black n $1 25 to $3 per yard, and in colors from $1 25 to The trade in American silks1s constantly increas- nd notwithstanding the tact that the price of the raw wiaterial bas risen trem $7 to $ d at twenty-five, cents less Fancy fall colors if stripes and checks range In to $1 25 a yard, LETS. year or ¢ irom sixty-five cen ¥ Velvets for skirts vary in prices and run from $4 up- ward, ‘Trimming velvets, in various colors, from $2 to $6 and $8. Cloaking veivets, in all widthr, of the cel- ebrated Gutnet, Ponson and Jurié mak from $2 to per yard, there being uo advanee on the prices of last year, Brocaded velvets come 1n all Prices trom $6 50 to $9. Siciliesne, in stripes, $4 50, Plushes. are sold m the same department, at $1 608 ard, These are used principally for children’s sacques. ue newest thing in this line is the Sicilienne, with plush stripe, twenty-four inches wide and 1n all eolors, $5 a yard. sold at MOURNING GOODS, The mourning goods look gloomily down upon from rows of well filled ghelves. “heavy al- fiction” department is an exte assortment of such icading fabrics as Henrietta cloth, bombazin imperial serge, Cashmere, mobair, drap d’éte, crepe cloths and barathea in prices ranging from’ sixty- five cents to $225 a yard. Henrietta cloths with silk warp are from $1 37% to $2 75 per yard, and with cotton warp from forty-five tents to $1. Camel's bair, fancy and plain, light and heavy, from $1 to $7 60a yard. ‘Tho lattor is soventy- Iwo inches wide. ney matelesse from sixty-five tents to $3ayard. Diagonals and serges, forty-clght Inches wide, from $1 25 to ¢: re Jatin faced matelesse ayard, Courtauld’s F: famous for trimming to $10 per yard, ‘ope! and veils, and are sold at $1 25 DRESS GoODs, In dress goods we find the silk and wool damassé, ‘with palin leaf patiern, forty-eight inches wide, tor $3 to $5 a yard, comprising all the new shades. ‘Basket cloths are still popular, and are sold at priees rang- ing from $2 to $3, Plain camel's pair iv all grades And shades, from $1 50 to $3 a yard, Camel's hair, Wuitable ior dolmans, in assorted colors, from $2 to $4 ‘yard. Panama cloths, in variegated ‘stripes, ean be Mid at from $1 50 to Cashmeros are always lasmienabie. This year the hunter's green is the f vorite; then comes navy blue aud seal brown. There are 100 different si in cashmere and the prices vary from seventy-five cents to $1 50a yard; the ter Is forty-eight inches w All-wool brocat tome in seventeen different shades, and prices that trom sixty. cents to $1. Diagonals, Knickerboc trs, cheviot suitings, camel's bair cloths, serges, em- Press and mobairs are still in demand and saunes a Aguin represented, There 1s no difference in the prices mince iast season. Fur cloth, a new goods, looktng like corduroy apd made of silk aud camel's hair, is very Stylish for travelling and costs from $1 to $1 60.8 yard. There is an ivereased demand for piuids this year and the designs aro more pronounced than heretofore, The beautiful Scotch plaids that once were the rage are tgain on the countersat prices rangiog from fifty tents to $2 im double widsbs, A new thing in cashmere 1 all check, 1p all colors and black, sold at $1 60ayard. It is very neat. Cheap dress ouds tro shown in ail styles and colors, There is the diag- ge for twenty-five cents a yard and the impe- © at the same price, A very good camel's hair fe oflored tor thirty cents a yard, and an imperiect serge tor thirty-five and forty cents; plaids, in mixed goods, at twenty-five and forty cents the yard; a hew goods, called centennial siripe and French bal- morai skirtings, for thirty-seven and a balf cents. By this it will be seen that one need not have a fortune to keep up 4 certain styie, and !f choap goods have not the quality of t xpensive they make up with quite as much sty INDIA SHAWLS, Thero is no indication of hard times in the India The ¢ in great demand this sea- . 000, while the open centres can be bought for trom $25 to $260. There is a nice India stripe wrap for carriage wear, and a new India wrap, called the Delhi, which tan exsily be converted into an operacioak. They pome in all colors and cost $10, Good, comfortable bhawis, tor travelling, cost from $2 to $15. HATS AND BUNNETS. Every thing fs feathers in the way of trimm'ng for nd hats this season. McCreery & Co, have hibition hats from the celebrated French houses of Viros, Valerie Graux, Perrier hora, Leonide Lo- chevalier, Hagater and Paturai, but those of their own make compare most favorably with those from the Paris shops. Of their owen, which by the way are designed by a French woinan who gives them the most Frenchy air in the world, we fina the Rosmore, made of dark seal brown velvet, puffed crown, feather trimming, steel buckle, light and dark brown velvet towers, finished with chenilic cord around the edge aud long ribbon streame: jn the . Face trimming arollot velvet, Face trimmings will be worn very low this season and bonnets will not be worn so far back on the head. Whenever tho millipers get up bat or a bonnet which they think particularly elegant and lylike in appearance they christen i t Kellogg. The Kellogg this _yoar is a “love of @ bonnet.” It is made of plum colored felt,-~with a cream colored feuther trimming around the crown and handsome creatn tips over the crown. It bas {ull loops of plum colored rib- bon fastened with a steel buckie; long ends of ribbon hang down the back, and it is faced with a shirring of plum colored silk, The shape is quito odd. Tho Polo isa very nobby round crowned hat, trimmed with bands of peacock’s feathers around the crown, which is covered with peacock’s feathers. Long satin ends hang down the back, Satin, by the way, ts a favori trimming. The Aimée is # pearl gray felt, wh Due silk jacing and bows of capuchin (the latest for cardinal) colored ribbon ; loops of the blue and tea rose buds ornament the front, Folds of peafl gray silk run around the crown, which is not very bigh. Thi handsome tips fall gracefully over the crown, fas with a stec! buckle apd silk loops, making a very strik- ing hat. The Countess ‘s intended for evening wear and is of white felt, with heavy cord of white silk around the rim; folds of white tulle, with Spanish lace edging; white feather tip held with buckie of feathers; strings of white tulle with Spanish lace edging to fasten tn front, The Marie Gordon is as stylish and pretty as the lady after whom itis named. ‘118 made of biack velvot, turned down on the tace and finished with heavy cord of black satin. The crown 1s made of impium leathora Long streamers of capucien and creaw colored ribbon are brought around the neck and fastened in front. The Creedmoor is a nobby hat of cream white felt, Anished with heavy cord of white satin, turned up on one side and down on the other, and 1s ornamented with large loops of capucien satin ribbon on the side, It 18 trimmed around the crown with wide white gros grain ribbon and cream feather trimming. Two handsome white tips mect over the crown. Of tmported bonnets the Timbale will bo among tho most worn. ‘Tho crown is bigh and pointed, the sides compressed and the front flaring. The one we saw was of brown velvet, with four beavy cords of eheuilie capucien color around the crown, Ups with capucien ends, und a handsome brown wing on the back, The frout was trimmed with a twist of satin ribs bon, and tearose buds and leaves, A novel feature of this bonnet is its long ribbon strings, which aro worn tied in front, The Mignon {s o pretty import bonnet of plain colored velvet, finished with heavy chin- chilla cord. Heavy foldsand loops of pium-colored silk fastened with feather buckle. Two plum-colorod feathers tall over the pointed croWn. A twist of cream- colored velvet ornaments the tront, while long plum- colored ribbon ends flow from the back. Bonnets and bats will share the honors this season. They are both unusvaily stylish and cost from $10 to $50 cach. wosiERy, From the head to the heels, In cotton hose solid stripes, with or without clocking, are the ble styles for general wear. With’ slippers more elaborate patterns are woro, Some bave colored insteps and embroidered fnishings. ‘The cardina! red 18 in great domand in stockings. A novelty is a ribbed stocking with stripes terminating in a point above the instep. The latest combination in colors is turquois blue ankle, with salmon stripes and seal brown tops. Silk stockings are always popu- lar among those who can allurd them. MeCreery & Co. make silk stockings to order, to match suite, for $6.a pair, They make @ spocialty of theatrical work. Children’s stockings may be found here in great varity, and three-quarter stockings in all colors. The odtery that was once raised against colored stockings has all died out, as the trouble lay im the dye. At first poordyestuils wero used to fill the demand, but now they are dyed in the yarn, and nover run, Stockings range in price from fifty cents upward. Good, handsome stockings cost about $1 25 a pair, LACES. New point applique, duchess and Valenciennes al the favorites in laces. Guipure, Spanish and thread aro the most popular for scarfs. A cardinal eolored Jaco scarf has mado its appearance. The trade in real laces {s larger than usual. Flouncings are sold by the yard at priees ranging from $10 to $100, Lace parazol covers, bows and barbs are popular. A novelty {s the Glen Orion cape, with poffings of new shade of cardinal crepe duchien and Valtnciennes lace, The Almée col- larotte is somothing new and pretty. COSTUMES. James McCroery & Co.’s costumes are remarkably ant this year, and will doubtless find pur- among the elegant ladics we saw yesterday ks and satins and asking count- less questions of the courteous employés. While wo were looking on a magnificent cvening dress was brought down from the workroom and lifted into the showcase, It is made of pale biuo silk, evening shade, skirt of box plaiticg, dverskirt reversod bulf way, with puffs and careless folds in back, full apron ‘front draped and ornamented with fringo’ and Valenciennes lace and carelonaly strewn flowers, corsngo waist, plaited scart around corsage. Corsage finished with lace and tlowera Lady Washington sleeves, neck Pompadoer, trimmed with lacoin fold, To make the wondrous dress it took but thirty-three yards of silk. Price, $500, Another beautiful dress is of tawn-colored silk, trimmed with bands of maroon velvet, underskirt trimmed with tlounce of the fawn silk, with pleating of th and velvet, shell trimming of tho silk and vi ron tront, pleated, and trimmed with two shades of featbers to maten silk.’ Finished in front with loops { velvet and silk, with fringe to match corsage waist with wide velvet let in tho back, finished with cord and chenille triage. Original design. Price, $300. A very elegant dress for ovening wear was made of cream and cardinal silk, with polonaise, and trimmed with cardinal aad cream fringe. A beautitul bonnet was with this dress. Very stylish and lady like. Price, $200, An exquisite carriage or reception suit of blac with silk sleeves. A silk bat to match goes uit, the price of which ty $165, A beautiful suit of hunter’s green silk, trimmed with side pleat- ings, overskirs. made on the skirt, pleated high on one side and low on the ot! Price Besides these were all black silks of stylish make. In stuf goods the most remarkable drcas was composed of damassée, ‘the overskirtand underskirt in one. A very odd and distingué dress this for $125. Misses? suits of all de- signs aro hero found; ono a navy blue silk, with polo- naise, skirt trimmed with guthered flounces; sido- pleated, scalloped tlounces, med, with cardinal basque waist. ‘Price, $48 This for a miss of fourteen. For achild of two years there is @ beautiful suit of navy blue, with fancy woollen goods in all the colors of the trom the neck dow of same material that heart could wish, ana heard of some mysterious bridal outfits in course of completion. cLoAKs, ‘The favorite style in cloaks is very long; some al- most touch the bottom of the dress. For winter wear the Olga, designed by Emile Pingar, is the mest sty- lish and comiortable thing we saw. It is made of sott beaver clotb, very long, and triunmed around the col- lar, cufls ana pockets with black martin fur. The front is slashed across with braid of mammoth width and studded with enormous buttons. Price, $65. A very elegant cloak of k Sicillienne and black vel- vet, ornam menterie and buttons, man- cl reaches almost to the tect and is of Iingar desigo. F 275. Circulars are going to be very much worn e, his season, in light and dark cloths, costing from $50 to $75. James McCreery & Co. will continue their opening tor several days, Wo had almost foreotien to mention a cloak for evening wear seen at this house of brocade in Paisley pattern, trimmed with feathers, fringe and lace. Price, $100, MISCELLANKOUS, James MeCreery & Uo. are the sole Ni for the famous Widow Jouvin kid glove, colors this season are navy blue, 1k blue, brown, green and gray, for street wear, with the usual delicate tints for evening. In colors they run from one to tweive but- tons, ip black from one to four. Ladies’ gloves are plain on the back. A new petticoat is the French quilted in cardinal, blue and other colors, costing from $5 to $9. A new style of Cardigan jacket that fits tightly to the figure will be appreciated by the ladies. Embroideries are much sought after, particularly close about the same, though tyle, not made up, with a orked onthe edge. They are very nobby and cost ghee i CoRars and culls tipped with cardinal f soll ry nice silk handkerchiefs tor Afty cents and very nice linen ones with colored borders tor twenty-five. They aleo have anew line of house furnishing goods, such as table linen, towels, piano covers and wine cloths. Blankets aro not torgottea, and tho celebraied Caliornia blankets tempt the thrifty housewife, Gentiemen’s fashions in collars show but little change, There are some new namés—the Polo, Pat- rick Henry, Goeral Warren and Henry Clay, and in cuffs the George Washington and the Wimbledon—ail reversible. The tink culls are still u most elegai The new scarfs are the Beavorwyck, the Hurstmon- ceaux, Abbottsford and Pelham. figured satin, Camel’s hair dre Jound to make acceptable Christm: Presents, and cost from $12 to $25. Gontlemen’s walking gloves are Stitched im colors on the back as herevotore. A. T. STRWART & CO, This firm has fine assortment of dress goods in all the fashionable shades and patterns, too numerous to mention. They have recently received atine importation of hosiery of the most tempting patterns and colors, They Xecllent stocking, in solid colors, for ninety cents and a8 bigh as $50! Some © most beautifully e in flowers of the brightest colors, and a calculated to make the legs of the wearers look as though their owner bad been running through tho greenhouse, Others, ‘a, are of solemn black, with tbread lace on the instep, "There is more cardinal red hanging up around Stewart's than any other store m NewYork. What with the counters and the custom rampave, A new style of cardinal searf, that wiil bo very much worn, cosis $6. A great maby cheap and good articles can be picked up at Stewart's, and those A. T. have no regular opening, but receive who want to pay big prices can easily do so. Ste & Co. ¥ fatin, with embossed velvet overskirt trimmed with fringe of feathers ani cardinal, biack The underskirt had a eivet tlounce of box pleating, faved with cardi eck open, With reveres of carainal. Price, $400, Another «of a Diack Velvet underskirt trimmed with ruffles and puffing, uvender damassée pbionatse trimmed with fringe and velvet; veivet sleevos and sash. $235, Another, u Nile green silk trimmed with Velvot, box pleatings and puffings on ov ekirt, sath of veivet, with cord and tassel; throe-qu: ter sleeves, Resntiful fae eeonny rs RACING IN KENTUCKY. Fourth Day of the Fall Meeting of the Louisville Jockey Club, Phylis, Largenteen, Whisper and Belle of the Meade the Winners. Loviavinim, Sept, 25, 1876. ‘The weather was charming to-day, the attendance large and tho track in excellent condition There were four races on the card—the first a dash of a mile and an eighth, the second mile heats, the third a dash of a mile and a quarter and the fourth a dash of a mile—all of which came off in a satisfactory manne TUR FIRST RACE was the Gentleman’s Cup, value $250; a handicap for members of this or any other club to ride; the distance a mile and an eighth, There were four starters for this event, comprising J. A. Grinstead’s bay tilly Phylis, by Phaeton, dam Lass of Sidney, ridden by T. W. Todd; A. Keene Richards’ chestnut colt Redding, by Harry of the West, dam by Jo Stoner, ridden by J. Trigg Mos: Withers & Co.'s bay filly Effie Moore, by Lee Paul, dam by Sovereign, riaden by Clif Kennedy, and W. B. Scully’s brown gelding Noll, by Asteroid, dam by ridden by John Speek. The horses had a capital start, Noll leading, aud he kept in front to the last turn, where he wass passed by Phylis and Redding. Phyhs then came away and won by two lengths, Kedding second, three lengths in front of Effie Moore, Nol! fourth, ‘Time, 2:01. Phylis had the callin the betting before the start, Redding second choice, THR SECOND RACE was the Louisville Motel Stakes, for throe-year-olds that had not won prior to August 1, 1876; mile he: entrance $25, play or pay; the Louisville Hotel to add $4v0, of which $100 was to go to the second horse. Closed with iourteen nominations, five of which came tothe post, These were A, Keone Richards’ chestnut filly Largenteen, by War Dance, dam by Revel; Me- Intyre & Nichols’ bay filly Tilly Brent, by Phacton, dam Nettie Viley; J. E. Crowell, Jr.’s, bay colt Henry Owens, by Gilroy, dam Estelle; F. B, Harper’s black filly Lizzie Stone, by Enquirer, dam Ninette, and G. W. Stewart’s chestnut filly Tocalco, by Glen Athol, dam by Glencoe, Largenteen was the favorite, selling for $190, the field bringing $125, First Heat.—Tillio Brent jumped away with the lead, Tecaleo second, Largenteen third, Lizzie Stono fourth, Henry Owens fifth. The horses ran in this order to the quarter pole, when Lizzie Stone ran into third place, and, on tho lower turn, took second place, Tillie Brent won the heat by a length, Lizzie Stone second, Largenteen third, Heury Owens fourth, Tecalco a bad fifth. Time, 1:44, Second Heat.—Two to one on Tillie Brent. Tecalco jumped off with the lead, but was soon passed by Largenteen, who was nevor headed, and won by five longths, Henry Owens second, Tillie Brent third, Lizzie Stone fourth, Tecaico distanced, Time, 1:46. Third Heat,—Four to one on Largenteon, who went away with the lead, was nover headed, and won easily by two longths, ‘Time, 1:46 1 was a selling raco for , One mile and a quarter, for a purse of $350, horses to be sold for $1,000 to carry full weights; $750 allowed flve pounds; $300 ten pounds; $800 fourteon pounds; » the winner to be sold ter she race and the surplus given the ciub for an tra race, ‘There werotvur entries for this event, ali of which came to the post, These were Williams & Owing’s bay horse per, by Planet, dam Mattie Gross, 6 years old; D. J, Crouse’s bay colt Serge, by Revolver, dam Siren, 3 years old; J. McMahon's chest- nut gelding Kilbourne, by’ Ringmaster, dam Ontario, 6 years old; G. Gadwallader’s chestnut filly Pienty, by Planet, dam Magnetta, 3 years old. The horses had an excellent start, with plenty in the lead, Kilbourne second, Whisper third, Serge tourth, When tho horses reached the judges’ stand they were head avd head. On the upper turn Plenty and Kilbourne were side and side, tn which way they ran down tho backstretch to the lower turn, when Whisper went to the fron foliowed by Serge, and these two had a ry exciting struggle to tho end, which terminated in a dead heat vetween them. Kil- Dourne was a length behind the leaders, third, Plenty fourth, Time, 2:11. Whisper and Serge ran the dead heatoif. Whisper was the favorite at 100 to 50. Serge Jumped away with the lead, which he held by a length ‘tthe stand. Then Whisper took sides witn Serge on the turn und they ran head and head to the ball-mile pole, when Whisper gave Serge the go by, and, cuming away, won the race by three lengths, Time, 2:1334. THE FOURTH RACK was the Sanford Stakes jor two-year-olds, colts and atrance $25, play or pay 00 to the second horse, 5 Closed with ‘nineteen nominations, nine of which came to the post. These were Dixon & Whnmer’s bay filly Belle of the Meade, by Bonnio Scotiand, dam Woodbine; D. Swi us colt Badpn Baden, by Austrahan, a Crouse’s bay ‘filly, by Revolver, nee; 8. Butord’s bay colt ‘McWhirter, by Enquirer, dam ‘On- tario; P, Bennett's chestnut filly Glentina, by Glenolg, dam Catina; J. Henry Miller & Co.'s gray colt by Phea- ton, dam Ella Jackson ; L, B. fteld’s bay colt Headlight, by ‘Bayonet, dain Olivia; George Gill’s brown colt Allan Pinkerton, by ‘Glem Athol, dam Susan Overton, and J. W. Guest's bay filly Madgo Duke, ‘bv Bayoaet, dam Tick Bello of tho Meade bad the call in the Gle - tina second choice, McWhirter third, Baden Bad fourth in favor, Crouse’s filly took the lead; but be- fore reaching the quarter pole Belle of the Moade haa taken Ler place, and was never afterwards headod. Sho won casily by three lengths, Baden Baden second, beating Crouse’s filly a head, MoWhirter fourth. Glen- tina filth, Miller’s colt sixth, Headlight eeventh, Allan Pinkerton eighth, Madge Duke ninth, Time, 1:44. ‘Tho following are the SUMMARIES. , Lovisvinue, Sxer. 25—Fivtt Day.—Gentleman’s Cup, value $250; @ handicap for members of this or any’ other club to ride; a dash of one milo and an ighth. Starters. J. A. Grinstond’s b. f. Phyllis, by Pheaton, dam Lass of Sidney, 4 years ol T. W. Todd) 1 A. Keene Kichard’s ev. c. Re: y Harry of the West, dam by Jo Ston (J. 1 Withers & Co,’s b. f. Effle Moore. by Lee Paul, by Sovereign, 4 years old. “(Clif Kenuedy) 3 W. B. Scally’s br. g. Noll, by Asteroid, aam by Aus- tralian, 6 years old.... ++-(John Speek) 4 Time, 2:01. Same Day—Secoxp Rack,—The Louisville Hotel Stakes, for three-year-olds that have not won prior to ‘August 1, 1876; mile heats; entrance $25, play or pay; the Louisville Hotel to add $400, of which $100 to sec- ond horse, Closed with fourteen nominations, Starters, ‘A. Keene Richards’ ch. £ Largenteen, by War ‘Dance, dam by Revel... 3 Mclutyre & Nichols’ b. f lie Brent, by imp, Phaeton, dam Netti Viley..... edhe 2 J. E. Crowell, Jr.'s b. c, Henry Owens, by Gil- roy, dam Esteli sbentease savant eed sses OMS: F. B) Harper’s bik. f. Lizzie Stone, by En- quiter, dam Ninctte, by Albion............. 2 4n0 G. W. Stowart’s ch. f Tegalco, by Gien Athol, dam by Glencoe. dia John Rodegass’ b. f. by imp. Hurrah, dam by Revolvet Time, 1: x : . Same Day—Tureo Rack.—Selling race for all ages; one mile and a quarter; for a purse of $350. Horses to be sold for $1,000 to carry full weights, $750 allowed five pounds, $500 ten pounds, $300 fourteen pouuds. The winner to be sold after the race and the surplus to be given the club for ap ext Starters. ‘Willams & Owens’ b, h. Whisper, by Planet, dam Mattic Gross, 6 years old. . se eesees eens D. J. Crouse’s b, ¢. Serge, by Revolver, dam Siren, 3 years old... AR epreceeandedenisatan cases J. MeMahon’s ch. g. Kilbourne, by Ringmaster, dain Ontario, 5 years old. 4 het orc "ech. f Pi .4 ford Stake for two-year-olde, colts and fillies. A dash of one mile; entrance $25, play or pay, with $500 added, of which $100 to the second. Closed with nineteon nominations, Dixon & Wimmer’s b. f Bello of the Meade, by Bonnie Scotland, dam Woodbine..... wees 1 D, Swigert’s ch. @ Baden Baden, by Australian, dam Lavender.,.... seees 2 D, J. Crouse’s b. f., by Revolver, dam Nuisance.... 3 A. Buford’s ch. ¢& McWhirter, by Enquirer, dam ODUTIO. .6 sees eeeeee ees sees 4 P. Bennett's ch, f. Glentina, by Glenelg, dam Cat: 4 J, Henry Miller & Co,’s gr. & by Phi é 7 8 in Overton, wee vee 8 J. W. Guest's b. £ Mad Bayonet, dam Tick oe “ we O G@. H. Rice’s b ©. Dr. Livingstone, by Longfellow, dain Ringlet..... + < guste ious - 0 Jennings & Hunt's b. a Garry Owen, by Glenelg, dam Crownlit... steeeeeeceereen O BEACON PARK RACES, Bxacox Park, Moxpay, Sept. 25—Fau. Mextixa.— The first race was for the 2:40 c'ass. Parse $600; $300 to first horse, $140 to second, $100 to third and $60 to fourth. STARTERS, @excecene Time, 2:81. The eneond sme SDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1876.--TRIPLE SHEET. postponed till to-morrow after five heats had been trotted, FLEETWOOD PARK. Notwithstanding the announcement in the Hera.p that there would be clearing weather yesterday, the management of Fleetwood Park at an early hour de- cided to postpone the trotting anpourced to come off at that place until to-morrow. Thys seemed like bad policy to many, as the Breeders’ Centonnial Trotting Meeting commences at Suffolk Park, Philadelphia, to- day, and great numbers of the admirers of trotung will go on there to see the young stallions perform. It is @ grand sight, doubtless, to witness Goldsmith Maid, Judge Fullerton and Lucille Golddust perform, but as these famous trotters have beon before the pub- lic so often, and Goldsmith Maid has shown the way past the judges’ stand so frequently that the novelty of her rapid performances are too familiar to keep people away from Philadelphia who desire to'go, It might have been better it the Free-For-All Race bad been earried over until some day next week. SPORTING EVENTS ABROAD. Benson’s chronograph gave the time of the late St. Leger race as 3m. 198. Craig Millar’s time last yoar was given as 3m. 208, and tHat of Apology tn 1874 3m, 16s., the shortest time on record at the present dis- tance, By Potrarch’s victory of the St. Leger, bis weight in the Cambridgeshire will, in accordance with the condi- tions of that race, be raised to 126 Ibs., he having been handicapped at 121 Ibs. D. Ellam, the chief lad in H. Jenning’s stables at Chantilly, died on the 11th inst, at Brac de Lacroix, St. Owen. Ellam had been upward of thirty years in the above establishment HH. Hurst has been ongaged for four years as light weight jockey in Count Lagrange’s stables, and he quitied Chantilly for Royallieu on the 12th inst. ‘After passing the winning post for the Ruifora Abbey Stakes, on the 13th inst, Lettuce, when veing pulled up, crossed her legs and fell so heavily that she broke her leg and had to be destroyed, Rossiter, Jockey, was thrown heavily. PEDESTRIANISM. P. Crossland, of Sheffield, England, ina match with G. Parry, of Manchesier, to walk for twenty-four hours, accomplished the heretofore unprecedented teat of walking 120 mites and 1,500 yards in the twenty-four nours, Parry walked 11d miles and 164 yards. Tho began walking on Monday, the 11th inst, The match was for $500 a side, 4 ! PIGEON SHOOTING. ‘The last day of the International Pigeon Shooting Meoting at Baden Baden was brought off on Monday, September 11, tho weatber being far more favorable than it had been for some time previously. Ten sportsmen competed in the tree handicap, for which a prize of 1,500 marks was presented by the International Club. ‘This was shot for in a sweepstakes of 80 marks cach at seven birds, aud Mr, Chariton Adams, who alone killed 4 260 rke of the pool Mr. ly gained the second prize (190 marks) and Count Metternich the third ef 110. Soveral other handicap sweepatal attbree and five birds were likewise decided, the principal winners being Baron C. Merck, Captain Fane, Count Bernstorif, Count Metternich, Mr. Seaton and Captain Shelley, The tull acore is annexed :— of 80 marks each, with 1,500 A Free Hanpioal marks added by the Ynternational Club, at seven birds each; ten subscribers. r. Chariton Adams, 29 yards riso.. 1 111111—7 Mr, Arundel Yoo, 2744 yarde rise. 1110111-6 111111 0-6 1111010—5 111100 —4 10110 ad 10011 —3 Herr von Scavenius, 22 O1llol -3 Count Bernstorff, 26 yards rise. 000 Herr von der Leyon, 44 yards riso.. 000 “0 Ties for the second prize, 190 marks:— Mr. Arundel Yeo...... . noes 1 Count Metternich (third prize, 110 marks)... 0 YACHTING. , BEGATTA AT GUTTEXBERG—THE CLARA 8. AND ONWARD THE WINNERS, An open boat race was saiied at Guttenberg yester- day, twelve North River cratt entering. These were:— Second class—Rosie H., H. Hold, 21 ft. 6 in. ; Clara 8., Joseph Stilger, 24 ft. 11m. ; John McGrady, George Os- born, 24 ft 4in.; Nettie G., M. Robinson, 20 1, 7 in; Irene, M. Wilson, 24 tt. 03¢ im, and Au Revoir, Mur- phy & Heap, 22{t 8 in. Third class—Onward, R. Van Tassel, 18 ft. 1 in; Nellic Shaw, 16ft. 6 in.; Little Herd, 16 ft. 4 1n.; Laurel, 16 ft, 6 in.; Mary Allen, 1c ft. 2 in, and Skipper, 16 ft, 2 in. The prizes were & silver medal for the winner of each class, and a gold medal forthe boat making the best time irre- spective of class, The course was {from the judges’ boat, W. H. Hamilton, off Guttenburg, to a mark boat off the dock at Pleasant Valley, thence to the stak dost off the Hudson River Yacht Club house, foot of Seventieth street, and back to starting point, to be gono over twice.” There was much delay in arranging preliminaries and the first bout did not cross she line until two o'clock. A tresh breeze from the northeast was bi ‘iver was a little more disturbed than some of the owners o! aller boats desired or relished. No first class boats Tesponded to the invitation. Among t large boats the Clara 5S. outfooted all her com- petitors and led the balance so much the first round her success seomed a foregone conclusion. ‘Tho wind fell light betore the second turn was reached, and it wus a difficult job for many to get over phe Anish of the race. Tne Clara 8. Was exceedingly well’handied, and, managing to save her wind more than most of her opponents, was first to arrive home, proving the winver in her ciass, She maae the race in 3b, 03m. 09%, actual time, and 3h. 02m. 46344. corrected time; beating the McGrady 27m. 94,8. Besides the class medal, tho Clara takes the gold medal for the best time made. The Onward won the medal in the her competitors se' i and Skipper did not go over the full course, Darkness prevented the timing of the majority of the boats the Jast time rouid, YACHTING NOTE, Yacht Tempest, B.Y.C., Mr. T. C. Brown, from Now York, passed Whitestone yesterday, eruising eastward. BASE BALL. ‘The game on the Union Ground yesterday between the Mutuals and Alaskas was hotly contested through- out, It required ten innings to decide the issue, To the great chagrin of the profossionals, they we obliged to succumb to the crack amateur team of this The Alaskas earned four runs to their oppo- two, The tollowing 18 the score by innings INNINGS. Clubs. Ist, 2d, Bd. 4th. Sth. Oth. Tth. BLA, th. 10th, Matual o22 00 0 2 0 0 06 Alask: 6 2 2 3 Oe 8.4. 2 det The Putnams defeated the Lefferts Club yesterday at the Capitoline Ground, The wet weather had seriously affected the condition of the field, Pools of water were seattered in overy direction and the earth was quite muddy. Notwithstandiug the unfit condition of the ground the players managed to worry throughs 25; Lefferts, 7. cinnatis, at Cincinnati, and on Saturday they play the Louisvilles, at Louisville. To-day the Orai and Enterprise play at Orange; Monticello and Ariingtons, of Staten isiard, at Jersey Cry; Chelsea and Nas: it Union Ground; Green. ville’ and Irvington, at West Bergen; Our Boys and Alpba, at Capitoline Ground; Mutual and Olympic, at Paterson; Buckeye and Star, at Syracuse, and Alaska and Resolute, at Centennial Ground, Jersey City. SPARRING MATCH. On Saturday night a meeting between Patsey Shep- pard and Mike Coburn took place in the saloon of the former, in Houston street. After some discussion as to their relative merits, the men repaired to Harry Hill's and thore made an arrangement to spar for $200 a aide, at a place to be selected at a later dato, AGRICULTURAL FAIR. The annual fall fair of the Queens County Agricul- tural Society will open to-day on the society's grounds at Mineola and continue to-morrow and Thursday. The officers of the society, headed by Mr. Horatio 3, Park, President, have been unremitting in their efforts to make this fair sutcessful, and there is every promise that they have not labored in vain, as the entries are very tuil in all departments and there are several special features which can hardly fail to prove at- tractive. THE SEWARD STATUE. The statuo of William H. Seward, by Randolph Rogers, will bo presented to tho city of New York, at three o'clock, to.morrow afternoon, at Madison square, Tho following programme bas been adopted for the oc- casion of the unveiling of the statue:— 1, Muste. 2 1ho President of the Department of Publie Parks ‘will call the assembly to ord & The Hon, Hamiito! tary of State of tl United Stater, will present the statue to the eity of New York on boball of the sabseribors, 4 Mus.c. 5. Response of His Honor the Mayor, 6. Masic. 7. Address by Mr. Evarte. " Yue ‘ish, Se PISINISS. ASPECTS Great Indications of Marked Im- provement in Trade. THE HOTELS CROWDED. Proprietors Finding It_ Difficult to Accommo- date So Many Guests. VIEWS OF WHOLESALE PEOPLE. A further canvass of the city hotels yesterday by Hexavp reporters and inquiry at some of the whole- sale stores confirmed the deductions heretofore drawn respecting the present phase of business aspects and the crowded condition of the city. Business generaliy is doubtless on the mend, and the outlook for the future ry encouraging. Dull times, in the sense in which we have been accustomed to hear of them, may ‘be said to have reached their worst phase. Confidence is restored in a very large measure, and the merchants way they have folt and are continuing more and more to feel the good effects of a revivalin business activity. But this activity is not due in any considerable dogree to the influx of Centennial visitors, As nearly as can be ascertained, that bas its effect only in the hotels, boarding and lodging houses of the city, and proportionately in tho restaurants, These Contenntal visitors are, asa rule, sailing very close to the wind, They try to get the most for their money that can possibly be obtained for it, and they caretully avoid any extravagance, Most of these people en- deavor to ascertain beforchana the cost of every. thing they may require, and they pay “on the nail” for the accommodations afforded them, lest by permitting accounts to run the bill may chance to go higher than they intended it should. They also practice a beating down system hitherto unknown at our city hosteiries. Mf asked $2 for certain entertainments they seek an abatement to $1 50, while, if $1 50 be the price do- manded, they query, ‘Can't you let us havo it for $11’” and so on to the end of the chapter, They visit all the public places of note in the city and crowd the great retail establishments. But these they generally inspect out of curiosity, their addition to the regular purchasing trade being really very email. Thousands of these people helped to swell the great rush to sce the Hell Gate explosion on Sunday. They are mainly s benefit to tho great railroad companies running into New York, to the hotels when they got here, to the theatres and the horse car companies, On the whole, thoy leave a good deal of money in circula- tion after them, and in that respect area benefit, But this im not the only class of travellers tkat are now crowding the hotels and that have crowded them for the past month or more, There is in our midst another class that reflects a healthier tone in business, The purchasing merchants of the West and South are here, and thoy speak encouregingly and hopo- fully of the prospects at their homes. Texas, Missouri, Alabama, Kentucky, and indeed tho wholo Southern Btates, are well represented. It is from this section of tho country that tho chief improvement is reported, The South is recovering itself and the Southern people are taking more interest in thoir material pros- perity than they hi any time since the war ceased. The indifference and depression that followed defeat are fast disappearing, to give place toa healthier and better spirit, Evidently the people of the South are at iast aroused to the necessity for taking an active interest in their own affairs. Several of the hotels previously visited were again made the subject of inquiry yesterday by the Hxratp's representatives. Pretty much the same condition of affairs was discovered, but somo additional light was thrown on the subject under consideration, Mr. Lan- sing, of the Astor House, said :—*'The Hzracp was right im concluding that the improvement tn the retail trade is not proportioned to the crowded condition of the city. Centennial visitors sro comparatively close banded. They try to get accommodated ut the very lowest rates possible and evidently have but litte surplas cash for purchase bere." Mr. Huggins, of the Cosmopolitan Hotel, said:—‘Our house is full, aud we have more Southera mefchants thau wo have had for years, Toxas, Missouri and the Wet have sent on many buyers this fall We are busy with our guests all nour, and have cad to turo away 100 persons daily for want of root All our uests are not by aby means attracted solely by the Exmbition, though most of those we turn away are, for the latter come here late at night, when our rooms are all full, Our peopie seem to be buying largely, and from the indications here, as well as irom conversa- tions with city morchants, I should certanly say that those engayed in the dry goods and grocery trades are doing better now than they have done in ihree years. I speak of the wholesale trade,” Passing trom this hotel to the large wholesale grocery store of Messrs, H. K. Thurber & Co., in West Broad- way, near Chambers street, the writer sought to ascor- tain Mr. Thurber's viows on the business outiouk. “For some tite past,’ Mr. Thurber sald, “I have been at great pains to ascertain just how business is throughout the country. 1 bave gathered my iniorma- tion from customers and correspondents in various places, and the reports that have come in have gener- ally been very good, The credit system of the South, which was knocked to pieces in 1873, 18 beipg estab- hsbed on a solid basis again. That section of the country is growing quite prosperous, and its improvement is reflected by tno improved business in our local markets, This im- provement 1s most perceptibie in the dry goods and grocery trade. ‘lho advices from Georgia predicted some time ago a full average cotton crop—better than since the war; oats will be abundant and wheat tair. From Jackson, Miss., report says the cotton is good, though the area is less than at this time last year, and e corn Crop is not so large. Xperienced cor- Tespondent at a rough guoss estimated that the cotton crop of Alabama, Georgia, South Caroliva and Missis- sippt wouid be about 4,000,000 bales. A Michigan cor- respondent says oats thero will be light and wheat a fair crop, In Ohio the crops are said to promise quito an abundant harvest.” “1 find,” said Mr. Thurber, ‘‘that tho farmers and merchants are much better off than they bave been for some years. They are richer, strange a8 the asser- Won may seem to some persons,’ “To what do you attribute the improvement?” the writer asked. sir, bas produced this result, The cry t the people to studying suving babuis and to exercise more caution inall their dealings, and now that confidence has been restored again thero is going to be a yery decided improvement in business,’’ ‘THE HOTEL BUSINESS, Mr. Ashman, of the Siuciair House, was next inter- rogated. Speaking of hotel business he said:—‘I never saw anything lke it. We take liberties with guests now that we never should have dreamed of be- fore this rusb came, Men sleep together now who never saw each other before’ moeting at the hotel. We are Ulling the boarding houses in this neighborhood and are atill obliged to send scores ot people away.”’ “Can you form any judgment of the effect of tho presence of eo many people in this city On the retail trade?” + ‘am acquainted with a good many of the large re- tailers in the Vicinity and they all say they are doing a good business. Besides, this house is a headquart for commercial men and they say that the wholesale trade of the city 18 greatly improved. Indeed all busi- ness men speak encouragingly ot the future.” mr. Wehrle, proprietor of the Beividere House, which is mostly patronized by American citizens of foreign birth, such as Germans, italians, French, &e., suid bis house bas beon full of this class of visitors from Western and Southern States tor the past month, Mr. Dam, of the Union Square Hotel, # “The are several Texan merchants, who aro buying qui liberally, among our guests here. Other portions of the South are equally weil represented, and all seem to be buying.” Westminster Hotel the clork at the desk The house is (ull, but we are not receiving us as we did a yearago. If you ask $2 for a rooin of the people who now come they want to get one for $1 50; if you offer them one tor $1 they usk you if you have nothing lower. Betore getting any- Ving they always desire to know is price and en- deavor to obtain it at a lower figure, In the restaurant they dine in parties and divide single orders between wo Of three to lessen the expense. in fact, they prac- ‘tee economy in every way they can.’’ At the Westmoreland, where not mori Sixty guests can be accommodated, n can be taken are turned away nightly, THK HOUSES FULL. The gentleman in cuarge at the Everett said:—'‘We are preaching toa full house. Many of our guests come from the Centennial and they don’t spend money very liberally in New York, Still, 1 understand trace 4s very good and some of the wholesale merchants aro doig @ rushing business. Our visitors come trom all gio the daily average in the house being frum 160 0 Tho Continental Hotel, Broadway and Twentieth street, has veen overilowing for three weeks, The clerk said:—“‘We send guests to eight private houses in Twentieth street and to some houses in Twe! than filty or \y as many as an sala been turning poopie away since Sep- tember 1." At the Fifth Avenue, the Hotel Brunswick, the St, Ja id the Hoffman House 1 was the samo ‘We buve bovm full tor sometime Wo expect to be full, even long after the Centennial Exhibition closes,”” The eronae in the wieinte a hse Met named horas at night, to which aeighborheod Dell pore iar! Mealy” characte. MMnere aud peculiarly lively 3 tues of these. houses @ vel kind of noticeably clear ‘aod smokeless gas, the result of an Americanized French patent, owned by Mr. Stern, of tbe Municipal Gaslight Company, who bas now in co of erection a large building in Forty-fi(th street, near the Nurta River. In this bright light the bosts of strangers buzs and flit about at night in holiday costumes, after at- tending the theatres or taking ip Gar- der. The presence of the strangers adds to the gayety of the scene on Broadway, night and day, while their dollars remain in the city to swell she coffers of the hotel Keepers. AMERICAN BOOK FAIR, ANIMATING SCENES IM CLINTON HALL—PROS PECT FOR A LARGE TRADE. Agreeable to announcement the great American Book , Fair opened yesterday morning at the rooms of Messrs. George A. Leavitt & Co., Clinton Hall, and under sheir management. The disagreeable weather did not deter the many dealers who are at present sojourning im the city attending, although many more buyors will arrive this morning and during the day, The various _ lurge publication houses made ample preparations to meet the large trade expected, and thus far, it may be said, judging from the numerous callers at the build- ing merely “to take @ look around,” their antici- pations will be fully realised. The book trade, of all otbers, is the most peculiar of any in existence, As a general rule the gentlemen composing the same are men of the very best educational attainments, The very handling of books makes them conversant with their contents, fhey are the most ot men, as | woul as shrewd in driving a bargain. In the ancient days of trade sales many of them would assume a place in front of the auctioneer, and watch the sale of each individual offering, carefully marking the prices reak ized, whether purchased by them or not The same people now aticnd the annual fairs held in thw city, and pursue tbeir calling with the same assiduity and Persistence as in the days of yore, Among the strangers trom abroad registered at the office of Messrs. Leavitt & Co., are E, B, Smith & Ca, Detroit, Mich.; Wilstack, Baldwin & Co., Cincinnatty Mr. Hinkle, of Wilson, Hinkle & Co,, Cincinnati; Gerard Buckman, of Porter & Coates, Philadelphia; T.. S Clark & Co., Watertown, Wis, Martin Taylor, Buk talo; George W. McGinuess, Princeton, N. J.; Dwight apin, Oneida, N. Y.; James Bowles, ; DN. Morrison, of Clayton, Rem: Philauelphia; A. J. Holman, Philudelpb ren, Poiladelphia; 8. £. Mitchell, Pembroke, Ontario, Can, ; D. 4. Tripp, Peoria, iL ; James &. Mosely, Madi son, Wis,; M.A. ‘Buckley, Halitax, N.S; Mr. Wood- ruil, of Vicksbarg, and others, Messrs, V. Appleton & Uo. are represented at the fair by Messra. Walter S. Appleton and Daniel Pritebe ard, Among their imany publications offered to the trade are Miss Roda Broughton’s works, Bryant's po etical effusions, new and complete editions; Robert Burns’ poems, J. Fenimore Cooper’s novels, in vari- ous editions; Charics A. Dana’s “Household Book of Jameson’s works, for the holidays; Paul rs, and Dress During sh 7? Mlitary aud Religious Lite in the Mi dio Ages,” “The arta in the Middle Ages and at ti Period of the Renaissance,” “The Eighteenth Centar; &c., being books ranging in price from $12 to ln Shakespoare’s works, Messra. Appicton Co. offer a large variety of Waverley Novels, the latter ranging in price per set of twenty-five volumes, from $21 to $175. Bes! their offerings embraco a large collection of miscellane- ous, religious, boliday and schous books, Messrs. James K. Osgood & Uo,, of Boston, repre- sented by the head of the irm, Mr, Benjamin H. Tick- nor, one of the partners, and Coloue! Jona H, Ammo: contribute a splendid collection of their puolicatio: to the fair. Onelof their grout features are the “*Listh Classics"’ of Hawthorne and Xmerson’s poems, amd thé “Little Classics’? of prose from the most eminent wri. ters in prose, In sixteen volumes. For bool taking the place of the popular Crane,” thoy offer an elaborately titled the “Skeleton in Armor,” by Hem Longfellow, stanza enel of appropriate de. sign. ‘The pocin ia termed a Romance of Newport. ang ts connected with the mysterious Kound Tower at that favorite resort. Of illustrated art books this firm offer plendid coilection, done in the heliotype style, com- ting of five volumes, mainly ‘Gems of the Dresden Guliery,”” “Gems of the Gray Collection of Engrav- ings,”” “The Titian Gallery,’ “Gallery of Famous Artists”? and “Gallery of Famous Beauties." Eaou of these books are marked at $5. Tbe hbrary editions of the poets, embracing the works of Lowell, Owen Meredith, Longieliow, Tenny- son und Whitticr, may also be notes for their fino style of binding and beauty of typographic art Other pub- Ncations for which this firm is puted are also offered in largo varieties Messrs. J. B. Lippincott & Oo, cf Philadelphia, represented by Messra Craige Lippincott and Henry H. Kimball, oxbibit their tull imme of publications and im- portations Among their specialties now offered tor the first time is their cheap edition of “Chamhors’ Encyclopedia,” in ten volumes, large octavo, av $ 2 50 in cloth and $25 in library sheop. ‘‘The Prattler’”’ isa new and handsomely illustrated juvenile and attracts considerable attention, Orders tor this book have been taken by this tirm for over 12,000 copies, whien is the largest sale in the short time of its publication ver taken for a nr = work, Ti pow edition of Prescott also meeting with considerable popularity, as well as the Lytton Bull novels, A tion of Dickens, in thirty volumes (octavo), is dat popular prices. ‘Tne samples of th:s firm make a very creditable show, and embrace the works of Irving, Landor, Thackeray. Scott, and othora too numerous to menticn. “Elliott’s Debates,” which every politician is supposed to have in nis library, ta again pubhshed by Moses. J. B. Lippincott & Co., ta we volumes, 8vo., at $12 50 in cloth, and $15 in library sheep. John Wiley & Sons offer a new set of Raskin’s works, complete to the presont time, in twel Volumes, handsomely bound tn extra cloth. Also a new set of Ruskin’s popular volumes, bound ex- pressly for the fair; Prote: Wood's now work on “Analytical Mechanics,’’ founded on the calculus and expressly adapted for technical and scienuflc schools, while for tho high schools and academies they offer Professor Magnus’ work on “Elementary Mechanics,” which contains no calculus, and simply uses arithmetic and tho algebra, This has boon amended and revised by Professor Wood, and hus already been adopted by several institutions, A new book on ‘Iron Highway Bridges,” printed on tinted paper, handsomely bound and illustrated, 1s especially adapted to the unscientitio reader, tho contractor and town committees. 1t is couched in popular language, and the principles eluci- dated are solved by the lever, They b an earth- work table for use of engineers and contractors, by W. Zimmerman, of Chicago; and also w new “Cook Book,’? sold for the benefit bs Jeas of Zanesville. The w being compiled by a lady the best authority on the subject, most noblo and deserving institution. THE STEAMSHIP LIBERTY, Je sold in aid of a FOUNDEBRED ON HER WAY FROM HAVANA 70 NEW YORK—THE CREW SAVED. The Henaxp of tast Sunday contained an announces ment that tho overdue steamship Liberty, bound from Havana to this port, had possibly foundered im the re- cent gale. Yesterday afternoon the supposition was Verified, as the following despatches will show, The first is from the late commandant of the unfortunate craft to the owners :— Lxwes, Dol, Monday. Steamer Liberty foundered in hurricane of the Jith 12st Crow all safe, j Shortly after the receipt of the foregoing the follow. ing telegram was received :— Lxwrs, Del.—5 P, M. abandoned on the 1’ latitude 33 north, longitude 75 we crew were all taken off by the schooner Yellow Pine, In conversation with Mr. Ward, the owner, ho said Suggest to save the vessel before he decided to abandon he The Liberty was only partially insured. He did not know what the amount of hor cargo was, but he felt certain that the vessel had not been overloaded; in fact, he thought she was somewhatlight. He thou; lo that the ollicers and crow would arrive here The following is a list of the officers and ecrew:— John P. Sundberg, master, Brooklyn; W. M. Drum- mond, first officer, Brooklyn; Edward n (Swede) this city, married, second officer; M. McLaughlin, biel engineer, South Brooklyn, married; Jon Kerrigan, first assistant engineer, married, Brooklyn; Thom: Wail, second assistant engineer, of South ‘Brookly: married; W. MeGregor, oiler, married, Soutn Broo! lyn; Charles Smith, citer, Wext streot, New York; Henry Rogers, steward, iamsburg; Francis Cor- bett, cook; E. Griffiths, Richard Sinith, Thomas Hogan, k Fiood, Lawrence Dillon, Michael Wh: len—sa) firemen, all of New York; “4 Neill, coal passers, of this city; Waiter Peddin; ry C. L. Sundberg (son of the captain), porters, of Brook- lyn; John Norba: Ki », John ‘Pritehard, ot ind Charles 3} all of Now York, making a total of twenty-five ae? STORY OF TH VESURL. The Liberty was built in 1864 a Phiadelphia for Messrs. Hargous, of this city, who placed her im the Havana trade, The following were her principal pro- tions :—Length, 332 feet; breadth of beam, 34 teet inches, and depth of hold 25 teot; her draught was 16 feet, her burdon 1,229 tons, ana was bulit of ouk and hackmatack. Her fr: of unusual Fy org Sho was brig rigged and had a deck saivon. She had direct acting engines sixty-f forty-tour, Alter running so time. an pooped ploy of Messrs, Hargo she was purchased by tho Baltimore and Hi a Steamship Company, March of 1b December, 1874, she was remodelled. In 1875, when Captain Hudgkins commanded h timore by the agents of the Al Lioyds aud ranked Als. About ten months was purchased by Messrs. James E. Ward & ‘Wall street, to open up the trade between New Yor ‘k, ate hw ur Gaee e jugar ports on the south- eastern side of Cul @ Venture pr june- rative and she was placed in Mahon freight boat, carrying no pass she bas been mal ricaa jo, whe 10, of