The New York Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1877, Page 8

wv NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1877.--TRIPLE SHEET. FAST MAILS Hearty Welcome to the Postal Com- mission at Charlotte. POLITIOS FIRST. Postmaster General Key Tells Why He Went Into the Cabinet CONGRESSMAN HUBBARD’S ADDRESS. 26, 1877. GUaarorte, N.C, Ma) Phe Postal Commission consisting of the Hous, Gard- | ner @ Hubbard, Chairman, of Bustou, Mass. ; D. M. Fox, of Philadelphia, Pa.: George W. Bussett, of New York; Theodore N, Vail, General Superintendent of Rouve Mail Service, and J, W. Marshal, Superintendent of Ma Serview, of Washington; L. M. Teneld, Superin- leaden’ of Sousbers Mail Service, of Atlanta, Ga, aud @ W. Dease, Secretary, avcompanied by Postmaster Key, arrived here by spectal train ot @ quarter past woven inst evening. They wore met by the Chamber of ‘merce av sbe depos in carriages and escorted to the Sentral Hotel, The commission is making a Southern lour to investigate the necessity of and the tacihties for the establishment of a fast mail line between Now York aud New Orleans, and stop at all places of conse. quence in tuevr route to obtain the views of their in- habitants as to the improvements they desire in the wansportation of naila, At half-past eight o’clock tho commission escorted vy ‘a committee from the Chatn- ber of Coramerce, proceeded to the Opera House wo address a muss meeting of the citizens collected to hear r hondrable visitors, and express their desires as to bnprovements 1h mail transportation, Colonel Joun- son, Mayor, welcomed the commission in bebaltf of the cus Of Charlotte in she tollowing , ADDRESS OF WELCOME, Frunxps aNp FeuLow Crtizexs—It is my pleas. i to announce to you this evening that ral distinguisuea gentiemen are with us, They 1 official business connected with tue ce OF our Country—a mater of great ju- Toe mai has become the great modiem of thought of our social and commerciu lle, Through i aii (be great interests of tle country, ber agriculture, her mechanical and as well as her commerce, are ull tbe business, $0 it ts in the social ord, streams ve and affection ever flow through r aud giadden lile, trom the lowest cottage to u iil mansion, Through 1 distant steangers ure tuade (rieads aud Deignbors, and families and reia- ions cam bold duily gonverse though separaicd by sot miles. Hence tho postal was wisely cetub- ) ONT COUSLILALION 4s One Of the nest Important here we postal lorest to you socially and Gnanciaily. wnis ut the federai governmeut [t is, e, Wit giuat satistaction that the cili- of =~ Charlowe «Rave learned = thatthe maser General, with other able aud ei eine atlemen in this department, bas % to consult with personally with a vi This is aa honor if materia! interest, any uepatimen? of the federal government, chief und oue which We bighly appreciate, Lt gives ” guar antee tat ibe Presiweot and bis Ministers of State realize the fact thas republican goveraments are es ned (or the goed of the governed and uot tor the e as ia monarchies, The preseuce t naster General and bis able commission is a fructifed iustration of this priuciple of demucratic government, abd augars wuspioiousiy tor the tuture yur country. Hence the citizens of vice to seo Glm and hts asseciat a pleased to dove ‘a conference as to ssebod of of common counir 3 of Charlotte is is my age on of che Post Office Departinent, é you te our ctty and tc axtend to you such «s our limited notice of your arrival and wul permit, [again bid you thrice wel- Charlotte and the bospitalities of a usdle and 8 people, ‘The next :uing in order was the SPEECH 9F MON. 6. G MOMEAND, COUNTRYMEN AND Crtiggyi8 OF Crar- year ago (he committees v. Congress were to reduce the expenses of (he ‘iferent at sovernment. The proposition nuitures of ‘the Pos: Ufice Department betw ne und two millions of dullurs, g to ihe uncertainty ot what the result of ction would be it was coup! the ot the appointment of a commission to vx alibe wto ibe compensation which should be paid tor od FrRuLow Lorre—On tequiring départm the the transportation of the mails, ana report ru regulations for the goverument of the servies to gress. montis ‘ihe commission bas been engaged tor sine ast io /he discharge of t ifferent sections of idence relating to the cust by railroads and the deve ne service, The commission bas Come to i routes of travel st to the West and irom the North to the South, and that mails pon those routes should be carried with the bighest Tate of gpeed and with the greatest eftinency atiainable, with due regard to the perform. unco of ‘side service Gpob main lines, For {his purpose they have travelled over one of the routes from New York to New Orleaug and are wow enguged ing the route by the way of Danville and the line. They believe that it Is poxsibie tor the railroads iu their present conditien to accelerate the uisgion of the muiis between New York and New 30 that they could be delivered at New Orleans hui-past seven in the morving instead at st eleven as at present, thus saving a business day for the New Orleans mails, don the return be delivered in New York at seven o'clock Im the morning instead of teu, thus saving a sinterest on all remyttanees to New York, The 3 of all Lines with one excepuon on the cows Now York to New Orleaus have agreed te Mt speed, and the commission are Mr. Barvour ava Mr, Fink of the to Bristol have both agreed to make a . correspond to the ene proposed, This ce will nos be sensibly benetited by the quick- 4 of (he mais to New Orleans, bat they will derive | benelit with the people of New Orleabs and every town South, by the Wme gained im che arrival of the New York. oleari uses of New York cily close at ton ry bauk remittance received after that oes Dot go to the eredit of the remutting bank he folowing day, thus losing a duy’s interest every rewnittauce from this place to New York and ig BUL iL 1s not sy much with relerence Lo tion of mails by rauiroags that we desire to (entioa af the extension of Ube ‘star? ser= sti—thas ig, (he transmission of the 8 vy uli other means than railroads aud steambouts, Jo the mal) service im ail other parts of the coantry a extending within the last fliteon or sixteen it lithe ierease hus been nade mu (he number 8 at the South, and the commussiva be- ume has wow arrived when a daiinite b ed for the extension of tis sys- mit Luanis Lh esras7t2eex%e xood could ve accomplished, and that though increase Uke service by New York, by the gener ulus Chat it would give (© buginess of uli Kinds, to tee habits ana thoughts of the people them- selves, It would On more than defray the What this by the community, rante!. Vhey jucreased expense. co tission are entirely :yno- thereiore, desire that this meeting do @ the necessary in- 83100 Whal are your ex, Butit wilt pot be suffelent tor be instructed; it wil! not be enough mmission aod the department to work band oF mplishment of this vbject, It ts that the members vf Vongress S and desires of their constitu- be realy to take wold Of whe Work in Ww see tbat your les and che proper wopted, and sary appropriation ave the assurance is trow the tbat the Js, therefore, more thoroughly sur wan's thao any other man could be, and (hat he will render bis best exertions to curry into et- ect aay jadicious plan that may be preposed, ADDRESS BY POVTMASTER GRNBRAL KEY, ‘The Postmaster General wad introduced ana was re. edly applauded. He spoke as tollows FRieNDs—The position | occupy |s Len months ago to the best of i canvassing im Vennvasee, arging the election of Samuel J, Lilden to the Presiaency of the United States, anu how | Und myself, to my own surprise, ang rand member Bat, as pro oCrut SLLl!, t myselt 1 ther: e anomalous in a political pont of vie When the propo was made 10 we—when L Was fequested to buco: wember of dir. Hayes? Cabinet, My imenuation wa decliue tt, and i have no doubt a great ti uth thoaghs i Would do so. wever, brovgit me toa ve J tought woes the Prosic exienued nie hand bo the peopie of bone i+ Was wy duty f receive thi of the South tbe the suf a mist youl, aud as won 1 throughout ihe whole country, I wecepied ev of she President of the swith the simple intention of a the South Wf { could to regain ground that they have lost during the last fe The President required vo pledge or promise of wei the pow ton im tbe Cadi went into bis Cabinet without any inatructions aL independ ny Member Of It, aud was received into bis unetls, and would have been in wis neu to-day had I been i Washington city, This a most extraordinary confidence on the partot the Administration and oné whiew L sever will betray. Thie position js of course embarrassing; yet it iB toy duly to asset in supporting and butiding up the ad- minietration fT cam rather than seek to destroy it. As the President says 1) "se it that there is no ay ence wue\ler a man js & republicau or s dewor react upon the revenues ui the Post | Yelem Should be—what jacuities are needed | equaiuted | I bave wo | = Serves his party beat who serves his country it,” This is not my trip, The Postal Commission bas ¥ made ove trip, The chairman, who has just ‘essed you, asked meto accompany them. He told that he Gud discovered that the mail service in the Southern Staves was very defective and stood iv great need of improvement. | was glad to accept bis invita tion to come and see these things for myself and the people of the South, and become satisfied of the wants in this braneb of the pubite service. The gentienan who preceded me thinks this has been due greatly to the fauit of the North, I think 1t is not altogether so, and yeti do not blame the South, Defeated as we were in the late contest, the South felt some modesty in inaking demands on the general government, Alier ‘a lapse of Wwelve years it becomes Our duty to build ap our Waste pluces and make our Gelde blossom as the vod itis the duty of the peopie of the South, a& ors uf this great Cron, to demand of the govern: Leir suare of the Denefits of the government These Yankees are a wonderiu! people. One of thi gentlemen bus told you how they get appropriatio: trom the government, how they bave gune Into the Northwest aud establisued these post routes, how they inake the stage striver a postmaster at one point and the bostler at another, Every route they so procure leads to an appropriation of money, Each extension of service on these routes inures to the benefit of the peo- ple upon them. We cannot bave the periect service of ihe North and Northwest, because comm: patron- ives \beir routes, and they have smoother and better roads, They can afford to make better time Our lines, like the balance of the Southern world, are bav- ingahardtime, [h ig the South needs is what is called the ‘star serv route, extending not by railroads und steamboats, but from’ cross roud to cross road wo the peuple of the country. The law de- clares railroads and wavigable sireams to be post routes; but this ‘slow service,’? These horse routes tha: lotersect our country are estabiished by of Congress, and {t 18 for the people of this mmunity to teli the commission what | routes you want established, It is your | duty, im other words, to do this The commission will then lay the matter before Congress, and then It is the work of your Congressmen to get appropri- ation granted. Don’t give them any rest until they get the bill through. That ts whatthey are there for, | fo carry out \he desires of their constituents, Tne commission will recommend that you get your right ful share, 20 more and noless, But] find, my trienda, and must beg pardon, that 1 am usurping the time of the commission, I thank you, my friends, for your attention, The Hon, D, M, Fox next delivered a short address, mostly humorous in character, tn the course of which he said:—**You have all heard of that flower that sheds its fragrance on the desert air; 1% doesn’t grow in New England’? This brought down the house, ANOTHER RECKPTION, The meeting then adjourned to the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce to partake of something both refreshing and stimulating. Mr. R, ¥. McAden, Presi. dent of the First National Bank, icomed the Com™ mission to the entertainment spread tor their retresn- ment, Said he:— it is my pleasant duty im bebalt of the Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte to welcome you to our city; in bebalt of the people of North Carolina to weicome you to our State; in behalf of the people of the South io welcome you to our section. Coming, as you do, as tbe representatives of the government of the United States, a part of which government we proudly claim to be, you come to open direct and speedy commuui- cation between the diflerent sections of the Unio thereby uniting og in the strong bonds of commerci: abd national interests. 1 grees you with more than wonted cordiality. Then, umid the popping of champagne corks and the ciipking of glasses, speeches were made by demo- crats and repnbizcans, of the moet harmonious aouture possible, men who, during the late campaign, passed each other with scowls, now clinked glasses and drank to each others’ healtaos, NEW YORK ATHLETIO CLUB, EIGHTH ANNUAL SPRING GAMES—KEEN COMPE- ‘TITIONS IN PRESENCE OF FIPTEEN HUNDRED PEOPLE, The spring games of the New York Athletic Club took place yesterday at their grounds at Mott Haven, Fully 1,500 persons were present, one-third of whom were ladies, who greatly enjoyed the various compe- titions, AS usual with the meetings of this club, the arrangements were admirable, and sirict punctuality being observed a lengthy progremme was satistactorily gone through with in three hours and forty minutes hero were fifteen events set down, all having a creditable number of entries, Some of the performances, the one mile and the half mile rups, particularly, wero tho gamest struggles ever seen, the winner of the latter, Edward Merritt, cutting down the record to an amaz- ingly low igure. Appended are the results, THE SPORTS. One Hundred Yards Run—First Heal—F. C. Sapo tus, New York, 1; H. Lauterbach, New York, George H. Parker N.Y.A.C, 3; i, Sidenbach, New York, 4; Theodore Donaldson, New York, 5.’ Won easy by Saportus, two feet separating second and wird. ‘Time 11 seconds, Second Heat—R. 1, La Montagno, N.Y.a.C., 1; Wiliam B. Curus, N.Y.A.C., 2; H. E. Buermeyer, N.Y.A.C., 3 La Montagne bad the best of the start, fud he stuck to bis work so magnificently that he fin- ished six feet the best of Curtis, who was as far in ad- vance oj Buermeyer. Time, 10% seconds. Final Heat.—K. L. La Montagne, 1; F, ©, Saportas, 2; Willam B, Curtis, 3; H. Lautervach, 4. La Mon- lugne started ikea pistol ball, and, keeping up the pace, wou cleverly by seven feet, Saportas three feet in front of third, with jourth beaten off, ‘Time, 101-5 | seconds, | One Run.—0, Vought, Y.A.C., 1; W. J. Duffy, ©, 2;G. i Seabury, U.AlC., Boston, 3; Wil 1 ken, New Brighton, 8. 1., 0; Richard Morgan, ‘ew York, 0; W. H. Robertson, Brooklyn, N. ¥., 0. ought suowed the way at a raving pace, followed by Dully and Seabury, but soon the latter went to ond 1 and gradually moving up got witain two feet of tue leader aud there remained until the straight was reached on the last lap. flerg he made a tremendous e‘fort and was at Vought’s shoulder for an instant, but the Youkers’ lad still bad’ a litle speed lett, and gamely using all of it breasted the tape only six inches in front of Duffy, Thero was three feet betiveen second and third, the others not finishing. Time, 4m, 46s. ‘ Four Huntred and Forty Yards Run,—Edward Merritt, N.Y.A.C.,1; E. C, LaMontagne, N.Y.A.C.. 2; ». P, Avres, Y.Ly 8; 8. Salmon, N.Y.A.C,, 0; Henry Keeler, H.A.C., 0, Merritt beld his men sale ali the way, and won cleverly by eight feet—same distance between second and third. Time, 5: n Mile Walk.—T. H, Armstrong, Wiiliain Van Riper, New York, 3; C. 0 Shaw, ile sg seconds, HAG, 1; 2; Francis Buckley, 0; E. Schlichting, J. Mou, A Hels 0; Jobi , MC, 0; FL Lenardson, New York, 0; James D, Freeman, New York, 0; Willtam Merritt, New York, 0. Alter one mile had’ been done it was evident that the steady swing of Armstrong would do the trick, and he fiu- ished nis task the winner, A race occurred between Van Riper and Freeman for second piace, which the former won. Freeman was disqualified on the iast lap, B vkley taking third pr Armstrong's time, 1h. n, 408; Van Riper, Lh, 3m. 4ds.; Buckley, 1h. 5m. haw, 1p. 9m, 10s, ; Geermg, Th. 9in, 408, unning High Jump. —H, Baw 5 1. Sin; @. Bucrmeyer, N. YeA.C., 36 (t.; | , 34 1 6 in.; C. W. Horton, AL, 80 tt Tin. 5 Putting t Jobn Me BL it. 14 1n.; George D. Parmly, P. James G, Lathrop, U. A. 30 ft. 3 io. Running Broad Jump.—Witham T, Livingston, HLA.C,, 17 ft. 9 ; James G Lathrop, U.A.C., 17 p ole 8 ft. 6 in, William Frazier, Y. 7 th hrowing the 761 6 in, m.; Joun MeM 934 im; William &, Curtis, 24 im; James | G Lathrop, U.A + One Mie Walk C. ilolske, HAC, 1; BC. KR. H, Sayre, New k, 3; Koester, H.A.C. A.C. 4; F. Reeves, New York, A.C., 6, Jobn E. Forbes, vow York, 0; W. E. . Cohen, New York, as he’ pleased in 7m. 13%; Koester’s Sayre, 7m. 284, Hobke n im. 27 | | Hundred and Twenty Yards Run—First | 2 Saportas, New York, 1; KL, | N.Y.A.C George Ui’ Parker, | , 3 La Montague made a game effort, but veut him out by six inches; two feet dividing nd third, ‘Tine, 25 second: | Meat. ©, La Montague, N.Y.AC., 0; 4 | O'Brien, ¥. 6. unly two competitors in’ thts and both Huai, they jogged seconds, 1. La Montagne, 1; F, 1,3; B.C, La Montupne, 4, ad’amid great excitement, by two feet; double that dis time, 24 9d seconds, I. La Mo nce between Ficken, 2) Ovcar by wi Frazier, Vein, 4 A ieket winning by a four Time, 19 HAC, 20 Yards —H. Edwards Hi, ©. Beach, 1,0, Y. - Lars ling with F i boiween second aud Ubird, Wall,—E. Gy shaw, Y.A C Mile sh Hoiske, 1; Hoiske bad frightened He wou ia 24m. 104gs.—Soaw's time, 26m, | the tug of war from am improvised team created merriment v muck re wore jour ob @ side aud that ard Merritt, N.Y.A.C., 1 Columbia College, '2; We J. mond cut ont the work And showed the Half the distance had been covered, erritt moved ap and wrested the post of houot Columbia lady but the latter came {a J when the straight was entered for the run | sit looked ag Hf the two were locked Logether, A terrible eenaued, and forty yards trom tome they were pot a soot. apart, but Merritt stuck to uis an task magnificently Both men tan them: ATHLETIC witimately won by three leet es out, Time, 2mm. 2 4. PARK. AT WEST SIDE A large assembinge at West Side Park yesterday wit, nessed the inaugural meeting of the Urion Rowing and Athletic Association, The actendance comprised a number of ladies. When the sport was at its height it was tnerred by a heavy fall of rain, which covered , | the track with three inches of mud, SU the young ; | HgRratp and World composing rooms. A cracker all | ide athletes did not falter, but when the shower had somewhat abated they addressed themselves to the work befere them without any o' spirit or vigor, obi event of the day was the three-mile alk, which was attended with great excitement, and was won by Charies Connor, of the Scottish American Athletic Club, against ive competitors. J, H. Van Loan, of the Orion Rowing and Athletic Association, came in sec- ond, being beaten by 260 yards; J. V. Woolcott third aud'G. J. Law fourth, G. D. Puilips having given up the struggle, The time of the winner was 26m. 25348. | The 100 yards dash, trial! heats, was won by H. B. Wilson, of the Scottish Americam Athietic Club of New York. In the one mile walk another member of the Scottish clu, T, A. McEwen, carried off the prizo, makig the time in tm. i8sgs, Still an- Other young Scotchman, odearing the historic name of Jobn Knox, won the prize on tho | runuing bigh jump, The half mile run was | won by Frederick £. Hough, of the Hudsou Boat Club, of Jersey City, in 2m. 83s. The quarter mile run trial hea was won by J, H. Ferguson, of the Yonkers Athietic Club. There were aiso trial heats of 120 yards dash im a burdle r & running broad jump and @ ove mile run; but before these ovents | came offa iarge number of the spectators left the grounds, owing to the shower, which thoy feared might be renewed, Altogether the amusements af- forded great satisiaction, YACHTNG. ATLANTIC YACHT CLUB COURBE—~A PLEASANT DAY'S SAILING. Among the many recreations of yesterday none was more enjoyable or more enjoyed than the cruise of the Auantic Yacht Club. It is the peculiar custom of the boat owners of that club to invite all their less tortu- nate fellow membors to a little cruise apon Decoration Day every year. The beautiful weather of yesteraay tempted nearly ail who were thus invited to accept, und as a consequence about one hundred and filty guest among whom were a number ot — tadier wore assembled im the club bouse at Gowanus Bay before ten o'clock in tno morning, The officers were on hand to care for all, and in @ short time the visitors were taken off im small boats aad distributed upon the various yachts which iay a hundred yards trom shore, with their pennants flying and their white sails flapping in the wind, From a point off the club bouse the course to be sailed was down to ana around buoy No, 84g, at the Southwest Spit, and thence to Gravesend Bay. Twenty minutes before eleven o’clock the first gun was fired from the Triton, flagship of Commodore Thayer, and ten miputes later the signal to slurt was given, and the craft got under way, The tide was at the last of the ebb and the wind was blowing trom the southwest, id it was so light that the three schooners—Triton, | cuts and drives eliciting great applause, His record ai Meta and Peerless—could scarcely get under way. Belore the last signal was given the sioops Lizzie L. and Mab had started and so they toox the lead, fol- lowed by the sloops Orion, Sadie, Genia, Nimbus, Kaiser Wilhelm, Dolphin, Hope and Myra Takiug advantage of the slight breeze, however, cat boats of the club which participated—Lout: Wind, Lapwing, Nomad and Barbara Freitchie— sLot out into the channel! and soon led all the heavier cratt, Although there was no prize to be gained aud no time allowance was made every yachtsman did his best to bring nis boat in first, and the result was a spirited contest, in which much good sailing was shown. Ip order to catch the tide the entire feot worked in short .tacks along the shore, The Orion steadily rked ahead of all com. petitors and at twe! o’clock passed through the Narrows, leading the fleet by a considerable distance, ‘Through @ misunderstanding she turned buoy No, 10 insted of buoy No. 834, which lies about a mile anda half further to the goutheast, aud which was turned by all the others. The Orion passed buoy No. 10 at 1h, 60m, the Genta at 2b., the Kizule L, at 2b. 6m., the Nimbus and Meta at, 2h. 7m., the ‘Triton at 2b. Lim., the Peer t m, the Hope at 2h. 18m, Anchoring off Coney Island Point the contesy wats bont their energies upon the cabin tables which groaned beneath the materials of a bountitul dinner. At twenty-one minutes alter ‘our o’clock the Commodore gave the eignal to start and the boats got under way iu good shape, and with a good breeze from the soath- west ploughed back to the club house, which was reached at aix o’ciock,the Triton betng the first to anchor, Notan incident of a disagreeable nature oc- curred to mar the day’s pleasure, and even the thun- derstorm which was encountered on the homestretch at five o’clock had ceased when the guests disem- barked, REGATTA OF THE IDLEWILD OLUB, OF JA- MAICA—THE SLOOP IDLUEWILD THE WINNER. Tho Idlewild Club,.of Jamaica, L. I, held their an- nual regatta yesterday afternoon in Jamaica Bay, There was a large attendance of spectators, and the re- gatta proved quite a success. The course was from an imaginary line through Hell Gate to Broad Channel, thence round takoboat at the junction of Hassock Creek, thence to a stakeboat in Narrow Bay, thence to takeboat opposite Hell Gate, thence to and around stakeboat off the Seaside House and back to starting point. The following yachts were entered in the gatta:—Idlewild, Uuknown, No Name, Agnes, Ade. laide, Sea Gull and Gracie. The first prize, a silver sulver and pitcher, was won by Mr. George H. Creed’s yocht Idlewild, and the second prize, a silver cup, was won by Mr. Theodore Rogers’ yacht Agnes. The wia nor’s time was 2h, 2m, 438, Ex-Assembiyman Oakley officiated as judge. YACHTING NOTES, Yacht Niantic, B.Y.C., Mr, Richard H. Huntley, from Greenport, L. I., passed the Harato telegraph station at Whitestone, L. 1, yesterday forenoon, en route to New York, The schooner yacht Sea Witch, Vice Commodore Stott, ofthe Brooklyn Yacht Club, arrived at Newport, R. L., on Tuesday, trom Cattyhunk, and next day pro- ceeded to Providence with ber guests, and to-day she goes to the westward. RUTHERFURD PARK REGATTA. A DAY'S ROWING ON THE PASSAIC RIVER, An amateur regatta was hold yesterday afternoon on the Passaic River, below the Erie Railway bridge, and some half a dozen races were contested, The regatta having been well advertised attracted a large crowd of spectators from New York and the surrounding coun- try, although the very shallow water of the river and ite tortuous course are evidently not adapted tor aquatic sports, A Newark tugboat was chartered for the use of the Regatta Committee, but it proved com- paratively uselegs as it was stuck in the mud half the time, Mr. Leander Waterbary officiated as referee aud Mr. W. H, West started the contestants, The programme opened with the first beat of the wuiF-ourod gigs, which proved # walk over for ihe auntless Crew, as the Pussaics did not start, and tue Mystics were putin the second heat in order to gi the Tritons arace, In the second heat the Mystics beat the Tritons very easily, The raco for pair oar shells then came on apd tne Nautilus and Columbia clubs wore represented, Tbe Nautilus boys won ver: easily, notwithetanding their wild steoring, which made a aiflerence of at least ten seconds to them, Mr. F, A. Levien and H. W. Walsh, the Nautilus crew, are very promising oarsmen and their style was much admired, Thig race was rowed straightaway instead of with d turn, The course was supposed to be a mile and a haif for all races, but gentlemen who knew it suid that it was barely a'mile and a quarter, 80, conse- quently, the tine is not wortn a record. The first heat of the single sculls was won by Mr. S. 8. Atterbury, of the Passaics, and, as the second heat resulted in a foul, both the contestants, Messrs. Henderson, of the Excelsior, and Fortmeyer, of the Passaic, were or- dered to row ip the final beat, je third beat was won easily by Rathbone, of the Athietics, and Adains, of the Mystic, secured the fourth, Just then a heavy thunder shower set in and delayed the races an hoor, driving a heavy trade tothe barroom of the boarding house near the stand. After the rain the pair oar gigs cam on and was ewstly won by the Mystics, The our on sbells were then called and Columbia and the Tritons each Wong heat The #x oar gigs was won by the Dauntless, and then Rathbone of the Athietics won the final beat im the single sculls, The last event was the final heat of the four oar shells, which was carried off by Columbia, After the rain the mosquitoes were very lively, and rather worried the patrons of the wheel of fortune, sweat, lottery, monte ana other gambling games that were tn full blast on tho grounds. The races were finished shortly betore seven, and thea the spectators returned to tho city. BOAT RACE ON THE HARLEM. ‘There was racing on the Harlem River yesterday a ternoon by the Nonpareil Rowing Ciub. Its members are, with few exceptions, printers, mainly from the A steamboat— the Tiger Lily—was in waiting near the boat houses at Harlem to convey visitors to the scene of the race. About three bundred invited guests were present, and were handsomely “refreshed” by their friends of the club before the race began. The weathor was fine for the greater part of the time, aud many rowbouts and shells were out om the river, It waa the original design to held A number of informal races, | ipeluding single senil, four-oared and pait-oare: but owing tea delay in’ the arrival of some who were participate and the severe sun shower which came Up Just at the wrong moment the plan was so far mod- | {ied as to adioit of only one race—that of the tour- | oared shells, Two Crews took part, one, comprising | Messrs. Couch, Kent, Kelis, Armstrong aud Munroe, | Pulling the Noupareil sheli, and the other, consistin | of Messrs, Moby, Johnson, Sbackleton, O'Sullivan an | Gaver, pulling the Agate, "A start was made at4h. 39m. from dlorrig’ dock, w little | the High Bridge, and the more than @ mile above boats reached the stake boat a couple of huudred yards above the High Bridge 45, the mile rae having been won by the Nov- the Agate coming in several | lengths vebind, Noither crew appeared to exert itself | to Wie full extent, and the winning boat haa the ud- | vantage of greater hghtness, The race wae tinished | & beavy fall ot vain, and the other races were duciared off, Shortly afterward it cleared up finely, aud the | club and its inends spent somo time in’ gratifying | appotive and avsuaging thirst, In August the regular | annual races of the aunparell Rowing Club will be beld, and tt i# provable that at that time some credit- able work will be done. YALE AND HARVARD. jad r per boat to be used in the race weighs 480 pounds, or ‘course this was a misprint The correct weigut is 240 pounds, SERS a ake t CRICKET. THE ST. GEORGES DEFEAT THE MERION CLUB, OF PHILADELPHIA—OPENING OF THE NEW STATEN ISLAND GROUND. A large number of persons assembled on the St. Georges Cricket Grounds, at Hoboken, yesterday, to witness the game between that club and the Merion Club, of Philadelphia, The St. Georges first bandied the willow, Giles and Moore taking tbe first positions. Two wickets had fallen for 10 rung only, when Soutter took the bat and made 10 runa Whetham followed witn 20, Richardson’s play was very fine, some fine of 22 was the highest made. Moeran played steadily for 12 runs, Tho total score was 113, The Philadelphians commenced with Builey and Huston atthe vat, They made @ great effort, but the accurate bowling of Messrs. Soutter and Giles was too much, and U ickets teli in rapid succeasion, Hunt, Ashbridge and Anderson showed somo very fue play, dul, notwithstanding their gallant defence, they were retired tor 62 runs. Alter dinner the St. Georges commenced their sec- r ond inning, but mt thunderstorm suddeniy burst over the valle; pping (ne game, The follow- tng 13 the scor ST. GEORGES, First Inning. Second Inning. G, Giles, c, Strand, b. Bailey...... « 14 @ Huston, db Batley... 6 J. ® Moore, bridge, b. Ba o J, Hyde-Clark, ton, b. Morr: J. Kearney, c. WBBUAD essccasisse J.T. Soutter, b, Bailey. J. B. Whetham, st, Asb- bridge, b. Batley... W. Richardson, Baileys... E. Westfeldt, c. and b. Hunt. J. M, Marsh, ¢. b. Bailey..... Bes E. H. Moeran, not out. J. B. Sleigh, & Bailey, Haines, 2 a 10 20 vw BOL OU. ee seererereee 1B MOL OUL...0 0. seeeseeee 1T b, Hunt, sreeee 2 Byes, 1; wides 7 Ppa 2 TOtl.....eerevessecedI8 Total ie Runs ‘Scored’ at the Fall of Bach’ Wicket. Innings, 1st. 2d, 3d, Ath, Sth, Gth, Th 8th, 9th. 100, First.... 8 10 22 22 41° 59° 19 96 98 112112 MERION. First Inning. F. L, Bailey, b. Giles. 8 A. Huston, b, Gile: oy G, Ashbridge, c. and b. Soutte: oe W, Hunt, Jr, b, Ricbardson.... wee 16 C. E. Haines, c and b, Kearney,, - 6 W. H. Haines, b, Kearney, oe | H, G, Brown, run out. 8 J. W. Anderson, b, S ll C, Morris, Jr., b, Marsh, » 8 M, Bailey, not out... - oO W, Stroud, b. Marsh, 1 Byes 2; leg byes 4, 6 TOtAl 0.2. sseeeererreseetenssesee oe 62 Runs Scored ut the Fall of Each Wicket Innings. Ast, 2d, Sd, 4th. th, Bth, Teh, 8th, th. LOLA, +3 10 lu 26 40 40 45 61 59 62—62 Umpires—Messrs. ‘Smith and Braithwaite, On Thursday next the St. Georges will play tho Germantown Club, and on the following Thuraday the Young America Club, both of Philadelphia, MATCH AT BTATEN ISLAND, Tho new cricket ground at Staten Island was in- augurated yesterday by @ match hetween the first eleven and a next twenty-two, The twenty-two mado 38 rung in twenty-one wickets and gained 9 leg byes, making @ total of 47. Of this number Outerbridge contributed 15 runs The oleven made 69 runs in eight wickets and added 15 byes, making @ total of 74 Donald scored 18 of this number. ‘the in pre- vented the second inning trom being played. | deciaration:-—Amount of rent, at the yearly veluc of | MANHATTAN V8. PATERSON, A game between these two cluvs was played at the grounds of the latter club yesterday, "Aner a very close and interesting game the Manbattans won by S rane and 2 wickets, LEE’S PATRIMONY. HE SON OF THE CONFEDERATE CHIEFTAIN TRYING TO RECOVER ARLINGTON. WASHINGTON, May 29, 1877. Sixteen years ago Robert E. Lee resigned his com- mission in the United States army and left his mag- nificont home at Arlington to take command ofthe armies of the Confederacy. He never returned to the beautiful mansion on the Potomac. Shortly after his Geparture the estate was covered with the white tents of the soldiers of the North, and hundreds of the gigantic oaks and maples that beautified the grounds were cut down to make room for batteries and tortiti- cations to defend the Capitol The war nad scarcely begun when Edwin M. Stanton, with a spirit which by some has been termed malignant and vindicative to a degree, without a parallel only in the Cromwellian or Elizabethan periods of English bistory, or In the plundering era of the first French revolution, deter- mined that a Lee should never again be the proprietor ofthe old estate, He resolved that the home of the military leader of the rebellion should tell forever tho story of his treason; that the broad acres of Arling- ton, $0 inseparably associated with the name of Wash- ington and his descendants, should receive a newer and fresher consecration as the last resting place of those who fell on the battle-fela fighting against the disloyalty of Arlington’s master, 4 UIT TO OUST THE GOVERNMENT. ‘The conversion of the property, or a large portion of It, to the purposes of a national cemetery was entirely Stanton’s idea, He argued that if the doad of the North were buried there the pubiic sentiment of the North would forever keep their rest unbroken and that no one of the Leo name would ever care to become poasersed of tho property which held so many anpleas- ant reminders of the cause in which they staked and lost so mach, But Mr. Stanton wasinistaken. Nearly seventeen years have passed away, Stanton and Lee are dead and suit is now pending In one of the Vir- ginia courts for the recovery of the estate. It is brought by George Washington Custis Lee tor tho pur- pose of ejecting the government and will betried at the present term of the court in Alexandria zounty, Virginia The notice was served about a month ago upon Lientenaut R, P, Strong commanding Fort Whipple, Frederick Kauffman, Saperintendent of the National Cemetery, and 162 colored porsons who are living on the estate. ‘THR COMPLALST, It reads as toliow: State of Virginia, Alexandria county, te wit—In the Circuit Court of suid county G. W. ©. Lee, plaintiff, complains of Frederick Kaufman, R. P. Stroug (here follow the names of 162 colored persons residing on the estate), defondants, tor tals :— For, that, therefore, to wit, on the Sth day of January, 1875, tbe satd plaintif was possessed of a certain tract of land in the county of Alexandria and State of Virgi- nia, called Arlington, and bounded and described as follows, Vix. —Boginning at 4 maple standing on the west side of a smull branch, and near where it rune tte the Potomac River, at or near where the original corner red oak stood, the beginning of a tract of land gtantwoc Robert Howsen tor six thousand acres, by patent dated the Jist vf October, 1669; thence down the meanders of the Potomac River, including an inlet of nine acres covered with water, and six acres in Gravel creek, to 4 inaple staading over a large spring issuing out of @ high bank or bil, corner of the division be- tween Gerard Alexander and the heirs of Philip Alexan der; thence with the line of division betwoen par- ties south 27 deg. 46 min, west 445 poles to a corner where the sald division line intersects the west live of sai Howsen’s patent; thence northwardly with the west line of sald Howsen's patent to a point where the same tx broken in upon by the south line of Chapman’ luterference, and /ouowing the outlines of said i ference eaetwardiy und northwaruly to the poi where the sanie meet the west line of eaid patent, an thence northwardly with suid west line of said patent to a pile of stones, aud severul saplings, blazed, in the said lino on the south site of w stony bill; thence north ¥4 deg.,30 min, east 348 poles to the puint of beginning, containing eleven bundred acres of land, more or leas, being the same property Whicu formerly belonged to Geurge Washingtou Parke Custis, de- ceased, which said premises the plaintiff claims to tocg And the plaintiff being 80 possessed therool, U defendants, alterward, to wit, on the 6th day of Jan- uary, 1875, entered into the said premises aud ejected the said platntil therefrom 4 onlaw- fully withhold from the plaintil the posses sion thercot to the damage of the piainuft | $00,000, And the said plaintiff farther avers that beretojore, to wit—on the loth day of January, 1875, he, the sald piaintitf, was possessed of A certain other tact of laud called and Knows by the name of “Artingtoa,” situate in the county of Alexandma and Siate oF Virginia, containing eleven hundred acres, more or less, bownded on the east vy the Potomac River, on the south by the jands of Horace 5, Jotn: ton, J. R. Jonnston, G, Henry and W. Porkin west by the lands of Lot W. Crocker, William Elliott, Jobn Causing, Septimus Brown, B. W, Hanver, Feadall Alvxander and HH, F. Vinson, and on the north by the lands of GB. Birch and H. 5, McComb, said tract, culled Arlington, emg formerly the property of George Washington Purko Custis, deceased, and of which be died geized, which said premises the sald plaintiff ciaime in tee. Aud the said plaintiff being so possessed thereo!, the suid defendants atierward, to Wit—on the 6th day of January, 1875, evtered into the said promises and vjected the #aid plainuff therefrom, and unlawfaily withhold from (the said plaintiff tho possession thereot, to the damage of the plainufl of 1, 000. et? the said plaintiff farther complains of tht td defendante—For thet, whoreas the sald plainiiff, on the 6th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1 was poesessed of u certain tract of land situated in the county of Alexandria, i the Stute of Virginia, to wit-— by the Potomac River; south by the lands of James Koaca, J. R. Jonnston and G, Henry; west by the Jands of Willtam Eilott, Colutibus Alexander and Jobu ‘Tucker; containing eleven hundred acres, be the suine more or less, which said premises the said piaintitl Claims in fee, Aud he, the said plaintiff, being so possessed thereo!, the said defendants, afterward, to wit, on the cb day of Junaary, 1874, entered into the said prem and ejected toe said plaintiff! therefrom, and Nnjustly withhold trom the said plaintiff the pus- session thereof, io the damage of the said platuutl of $50,000, and therciore he prings bis suit. WILLLAM J, ROBERTSON, FRANCIS L. SMITH. NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS. To Freoerick Kaurman, RP. STRONG, et al. :— Please to take notice that on the UrsvMonday of May, 1877, that bemg the rst day of the May rules, 1577, of said court, J shal! die in ine clerk's ollice of the Cir- | cuit Court of Alexacaria county, Va., 4 declaration in | ejectment, of which the foregoing 18 tae G. W. ©. LEE, by WILLIAM J, ROBERTSON, FRANCIS L, SMITH, DAMAGES AND RENT. Statement of nesne profits filed with the foregoing }r. G } His Attorneys, $10,000, trom the 6th day of January, 1875, until ver- dict, which the suid plaintf! means to demand for the use of the land 1p the deglaration mentioned, Stare: t of damages which the plaintiff means to demand jor injuries done to the property !u the fore- going declaration mentioned:—For destruction and ‘waate of the buildings aud other property, $50,000, HISTORY OF ARLINGTON, General George Washington by his will bequeathed Arlington to George Washington Parke Custis and his hoirs torever, Custis was tne adopted son of General Washington He died in 1855, and by bis will left the property to bis daughter and only child, Mary Ran- dolph Lee, who became the wife of Robert £. Lee, sad, In addition, the use and benefit of the Arlington House and estate, containing apout eleven bundred acres; bis horses and carriages, furoiture, pictures aad plate, curing the term of ber nataral life. Aiter her death he provided that all the property should go to her eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, and to his heirs forever, He further enjoined that the said elaest grandson should take his narae and arma, = Mrs. Lee, his daughter, wus to be allowed the privilege of dividing hor father’s plate amuug her other children; bat Custis directed that the Mount Vernon plate and every article he possessed which formerly belouged to General Wasnington and all tha: came from Mount Veruon sbonid go to George Washington Custis Leo and descend from him entire to his latest posterity, In hin will be also directed the emancipation ofall bis vee wt the end of five years from hia death, which took place ‘a October, 1867. When Robert i. Lee joined the South he touk these slaves with him, but, at the time specified, he maoumitied every one of them amd gent them boyond the Confederate lines North, Shortly before her death Mre. Lee and her son endeavored to make compromise with the govern- ment and offered to surrender her title and that of jeer heirs for thesum of $300,000. Her petition gave rise to an angry debate in the Senate, in which the old bitterness of the rebellion was revived. The republi- can leaders turned the whole matter to excellent party account and, of course, nothing was dono, THH LAW OF THR OAs She died in 1873, aud her son, Who brings the pres- ent sult of ojectment, again offered to compromise, He presented a memorial to Congress, which sets forth the principal law points in the case, After presenting scopy of the will of Parke Custis the petition sets forth, ‘Upon the constructiou of the said wil your petitioner 1s advised that be took an estate in remainder after tho life estate of his mother. Whether 11 waa technically a vested er a contingent Femainder upon tho true construction of the will may be a question of douvt If the remainder be contin- gent your potitioner had no estate tu the property until the death of the life tenant, If It was a vested remainder he had no estate in possesmon until that event.” The memoria! then states how the United States obtained possession of the property. In Sep- tember, 1963, three tux commisstoners for the ineur- rectionary district of Virginia fixed the sum of $92 07 as the amount of tax due and payable to the United States upon the Arlington estate, which was valued on the land books of Virginia for the yoar 1800 at $34,100, For tho son-payment of the tax the estate became for- feited to the United States, and the commissioners ud- vertised it for sale, The gale took piace on the 11th of January, 1864, when, no person bidding an amount equal to the taxes then accrued, and the estate having been selected ander the direction of the government and in pursuance of President. Lincoln’s. proclamation of January 5, 1864, tor government use, for war, mili tary, charitable and educational purposes, the commis- sioners bid it in for the sum of $26,800, ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PRNSKNT POSSRSSION, ‘The petitioner noxt recites (wud this will undoabt- edly be the line of argument of the plaintiff for the recovery) that he is advised that all the objections which an original owner can arge against the title of any purchaser ata tax sale apply with increased force against the title of the United States as « purchaser made under its own authority aud by its own commissioners, Tho Laws of August 6, 1861, and June.7, 1862, are referred tu, and it ts urged that neither can affect the question. The assessment was made against the property of a married woman, and the reasons on which the justification of the law of 1862 is based (the reiation of the Svate of Virginia to the general government) cannot, it is held, apply toalaw for the collection of taxes, The petitioner maintains tnat If the sale was notin every respect constitutionally and legally made he has been deprived of his property without due process of law, which isa violation of the constitution, 4 STRONG VIRW. Another aspect of the case is givon as follows:. “The land was assessed, taxed and sold as the prop- erty of the life tenaut, Your petitioner’s title in re- mainder was pot noticed. The aule could by the terms of the Jaw only be prevented vy the owner’s paying the tax, The tax gale certificate recites the property as owned by Mary A. R. Leo. If your petitioner's title tn remaiuder was contingent It was no estate ip jand and he was in o@ sense an owner. It it was |, ikwas au estate net in poxsession, but in ex- pectancy, the lund was taxed as that of tho life tenant. If offered for sale he was pot an owner, therefore, within the meaning of the law, he could not tender the tax. His right not being taxed, conid not be lorfeited for its non-payment. The sule could only pasa, ut the utmost, the wile of the life tenant, and not the remainer. The title passed by the suic has expired, ané your petitioger’s remainder now vests m possession, as in title, This view is the more | patent uy ao assessment was over made against your petitio 0 tax was Imposed on or demanded ot him, 0 property or estate of his was ever adver- tised for sale or gold to the government.” ‘The case naturally attracts a good deal of attention here and its issue is watched with vonsidorabie inter- est, Very litue doudt is antertained that it wil! be de- cided In Mr. Leo's (avor, especially as « large number of suits for the recovery of property purchased ai the sales in the same acctiva have beea decided tn favor of the claimants. THB ARLINGTON OF TO-DAY. Tho Arlington estate to-day ts much more beautifnd than it was whev in the possession of the Loe family. A lurge amount af money as been expended on ti by the government and numerous drives and carriage ways have been cut threugh the grounds, ‘ne view of | Washington, with the Cupito) and its many other in- Verenting points. from the portico of the mansion is superb, The Potomac, skirted om one side by the city and the Maryland hills and ob the other by tne Vir- ginia shore, widens into what seems ao unrullled luke, at the furthest end of which nestles the old time city of Alexandria, The 200 acres surrounding the mansion | apart ror burial purposes ana enclosed by w sione wall jamber of interments in i | nis plucky wife, accompanied him. “CAPTAIN CRAPO’S EMBARKATION, DESCRIPTION OF THE SMALLEST CRAPT EVER STARTED ON THE TRANSATLANTIC TRIP. Naw Bxpvorp, blass,, May 29, 1377. Captain Thomas Crapo, of this port, is now on hia way to Europe, he paving sailed yesterday in his boat, the smallest which has ever attempted to cross the Atlantic on such a foolhardy expedition, Mrs. Crapo, A large crowd whart to see the pair start on perilous journey, and the ai was reug with cheers ag the tiny craft glided out of the harbor. lt was a sight seldom acen in this section of the country, and old tars jooked on with amazement at the determination of Captain Crapo ta attempt such a hugardous undertaking. The previouw day religious services were held near the boat, a» tended by a large number of the friends of Mr, an¢ Mrs, Crapo. Fervent prayers wore offered that He who holds the winds in the bollow of bie hands would guide the boat that Captain Crapo and his wife would be permitted to return to their family in safety, ‘THR TINY CRAFT. ‘The diinensions of the boat as furnished by the Custom House offictals is as follows:—Length on deck, 19.53 feet; over ail, 20 feet; breadth, 6.4; breadth over ribe bons, 64 feet; greatest depth, 3.16 fect; average depth within the length of the keel, 2.6 f greatest inside breadth, 6 feet; tonnage admeaeurement, 1.62, butthe old goverment measurement would make ber tonnage nearly three tons. Her two sharp ends, how- . having a keel only 13 feet long, with a sheer of 17 inches, reduces her cubical capacity, 8 official pas persin the usual form could not be furnished to her tho Collector of the Port gave Captain Crapa an informal document certifying to ber dimonsions, her “crew,” &c. The boat’s foremast 1s 18 feet above the deck and mainmast 17 tect Tho only sails bent were two “leg-of-mutton sails,” baving no gaffa, but narrowing toa point at the top. When hoisted the foresai) measures 16 feet and the mainsail 13 feet, while at the foot they measure9 feet. Captain Crosa were at the their long and | has provided Limsolf with extra eails to be used in case of emergency, and he hag also a squaresail and staysail which he proposes to bring into use when the wind is light. He also carries charta, compass and a quadrant, and he will koep bis longitude by dead reckoning, verifying it by speaking auy vesdels he meets, THE PROPOSED COURSE, Ho proposes to ako the route used by ocean steam- ears, tuking a direct course from Chatham Light until clear of Newfoundland and then hauling northerly tor jativude 45 deg., and longitude 80 dey., from which poiot he will make a course ae direct wind aod woather will permit for the chops of the English Chun- nel and expects to be reported at Faimourb in about forty days. Thence he proposes to proceed to Londva, and before the end of the season to Havro, DIFFICULTIRG, Mariners generally give the opinion that the boat is an able one and will in all probablity make the voyago in satety, but they state that her owner must show good seamanship and be ever on the alert for the nue merous changes of wind and weather whicb he will en. counter. One of the drawbar and which is a serioug one, is that there is no means of lighting the cabin from without excopt through the hatchways, and con- sequently there are no moans of ventilation save by the hatches, there being no windows. The intrepid captain, however is of the opinion that in very rough weather the after part of the fore butch can be raised a little while the boat is laid to, with her head kept to the wind by adrag, and that ‘he can sit in tue batch. way aft and steer bis craft, ‘The boat draws thirteen inches of waver, and the sea break over her, there being no bulwarks tw re. tain i, tt will ean off'as quickly as it came. Capta! Crapo will bave a@canvas boot to tasten around bia body when weceasary, Alter taking leave of the nu- merous cra(ts which accompanied the boat out of the harbor, Mrs. Crapo, who ts the mate and crew as well, donned @ masculine suit in place of the usual female altire, the former being better adapied to her work, If any change ot builast {3 foaud necessary Captain Crapo will call at Wood’s Hole or at Vineyard Haven or Chatham, At first 150 gallons of water was thought sufllcient batiast, but after the boat was launched I was deemea advisable by Captain Crapo ana other nautical men to substitute 500 pounds of Iron in place of one of the water kegs. The boat is painted white, with green bottom. It was intended to have had @ trial trip, the principal object of which being to prop. erly adjust the ballast, but Captain Crapo found it im- possible to do so, PRAYERS POR SAPETY. No little apprehension 1s felt {or the safety of the boat, notwithstanding the contidence ex din her captain, and her arrival in Burope will be awaited with almost painiul interest, not only by bis numerous friends in this city, bat by many who have heard of his rasuness in otber parts of the country. The members of the various churches bere will make the matter the subject of special prayer, and che ‘crew’ can (eel that their safety is iavoked by all the good men and women of this seaport, That those prayers may be answered ig the fervent wish of everybody in the place, CATHOLIC NATIONAL UNION, THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE CATHOLIO YOUNG MEN'S NATIONAL UNION—TELEGRAM TO THE POPE—EVENING DEMONSTRATION IN COOPER INSTITUTE, The third annual convention ot the Catholic Young Men's National Union held its first day’s session yeaterday in the large ball of the De ta Salle Institute, Second street, near Secoad avenue. The Very Rev. Vicar General Doano, of the diocese of Newark, President of the organization, presided. The hall wag vory handsomely decorated with United States and Papal flags, Tne windows were lestooned and in the rear of the platform a large portrait of the Pope wags suspended as a centre piece, while on either side waa a portrait of Wastington and the Venerable De la Salle, Delegates were present from Harrisburg, Providence, Richmond, Albany, Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Budalo, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Nowark, Detroit, Baltimore, Chicago aud Charleston, Several clergymen who had accompanted the delegation wore presont. After Vicar General Doane had declared the conven- tion opened Rey. Father McGinley, President of the New York Young Men's Society, weicomed the delegates from other cities. While the Committee on Credentials was proparing its report an address wat delivered by Mr. Johu Mullally, who was followed by Rev. Father Downes and Rev. Father Barry. The re- port of the Committee on Credeatials announced that fitly six societies Were represeuted, three delegates aud three alternates being present from each. The tol- lowing congratulatory resolution was read and adopted and ordered to be cabled to the Vatican, at Rome: Resolved, That the Catholie Young Men's Nutional Union of the United States heurtily rejoices that the ap- roaching jab! Holiness ble: e of our Holy Father Plus 1X. fh health aud strenysh, ntaining the rh . finds Lis boldiy asserting hts of the’ Moly See; that, by from nll parts of the world ng thelr loyat devotion to our Chureh and their submii to his authority, we hope and pray that his kindly heart, weighed down with grief and perseeus tion, as it has beea, may have cause for true gladness in tng happy prospect that, spared to celebrate the fiftieth anni+ versary of his eptsecopai consecration, he may live, on to see the triumph of the Holy Charch over all its enemies and the happy end of the futite persecutions directed against the Rock of Peter. Resuived, That the reverend P int send tv our Holy " her the joytul greeting of the faithful children of our Jnion, Very Rov. Father Doane read a protest in the shape of a circular letter which was circulated by the “Soci. ety of Catnolic Interests” betore the Ltalian senate hud retused to puss the ‘Clerical Abuses bill,” and a reso~ lution was adopted congratulating the society on tne defeat of the bill, and ordering the regulution to be cabled to the oilicers of the society. AFTERNOON SESSION, The Convention adjourned at one o’clock and roas- sembled at balt-past turee, when Vicar General Doane, as president, made a brie report, boaring testimony td the progrese of the work done year by year since the union was organized, three years ago, A good deal United States soldiers (colored). .. Contrabands Contederate officers Confederate soldiers. ‘Vota. vite 3 Since then large quautity of relics bas been re- moved, so that at present the tnterments a abiy of routine business was transacted at this session, an ttem of which was the adoption of a resolution, car- | rled py the bare majority ot one, selecting Buffalo ag jace at which to Lold the next annual Convention, competing city being Richmond, The Convention ‘adjourned to meet again thie morning about nine o'clock, at the De la Sulle Institute, the members thence to proceed to the Gathedral in a’ body to attend | a high mass, which 18 to be celebrated especially 1m their bonor. MERTING AT COOPER INSTITUTE. A public meeting in furtherance of the Union waa about eleven thousand. Of this known, There te a sploudid circular tn torm, thirty toet deap wud twenty in diam. eter. It bears tue following melancholy toyed “Beneath Unis stone repose the bones of 2,111 un- known soldiers, gathered afier the war (rom the tleius of Bull Raw and tue route to the Rapoabaunock, Vheir Tewalus could vot be Wdentified, but Shei uames and deeds are recorded in the arctiives of their conniry d ita grateful sittzens honor them ag of their nebie army of martyrs. May they rest in peaca a. WD. 168,”’ SURIOUS CONGRESSIONAL ACT. | The remainder ot the property is occupied by wha 18 called the Freedmen’svidages. Avout 100 colue families reside thoro and pay rent by performing en year « cortain amount of work, ander the directir the commaudnnt of the port, Seventecn acres beou given by act of Congress to Maria C. Syphax and ber heirs forever, She waa a former slave of Parke Custis, and the story Is told that there are some stray drops of tho Curtis blood in the fanuly of the Syphaxes The Fort Whipple reservation, as \¢ is culled, Was set ¥ rt in 1372, of ve ‘nal Service corps, ho return of one of the Loe’s to Arlington would bo ® curious incident tn the history of & distinguished family as well us in the history ut ‘the country. But such an event ts scarcely probable or possibie, The object of the present suit ie undoubtedly to compel the goverment to a settiomen: of the title, wuicb, in these days of reunion aad revonciliasion, ought not to be dificui, To remove the remains of the aoad so}- Arlington, on the Georgetown rond, northwest from In the article on the Yale eight which ay Monday’s HERALD tho statement was made that tho tue Court House nine miles, and bounded as follows :— | Ou the north by the Jand ‘of William H. Ross; east diera of the war is, of course, pot to be even thought , and then, the son of Rover: &, Lee would hardly cure to live in acometery, and such # cemetery | It s8 used for the imstruction of the | heid iastevening at Couper Lustitate, at which the audienco was very wrge, nearly Milling the large hall, . Viewr General Doane again presided aud | made an address, which was well received. Brief addresses were also made by the Very Rev, Fat Preston, Richard O'Gorman and | the Rev, Father Walsh, of Alvany, all of which dwelt on the advantages of intellectual culture, the tature of the Catholic Church In this country and the work that was to be done by the societies constituting | the Catholic Union, Ln the veginaing of the Very Rev. | Father Preston's address be said he wus speciaily re- quested by His Emivence the Unrdinul te bring to the delegates His Emincuce’s excuses for tis iaability 10 | De present | NORTH CAROLINA COTTON CROP, H Norvour, Va, May 30, 1877. The Cotton Exchange committee report on the con- | dition of the cotton crop as follows:—Thirty-tour ree | plies trom twenty-four counties in North Carolina of | the average date of May 28 state that the avePage 19 | slighuy unuer last year. The weather has been de- | ciediy wnfavorabie. it was very cold and wet till the | Asth inst, since when it has beeu dry and hot, with cold nights, Stands from the trst planting were very Poor, causing replanting almost generally and making tho crop later by two or three than last your. Labor is pientiful and gheaper, Many report thay oo account d season the nevessity of ree planting late in ae a the scarcity of seed mach cotion land 1s being planted with corn, wee oma