r K.I J.N MjTT E H VOL. X. MO. 53. PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 18G9. DOUBLE SHEET THREE GENTS. FIRST EDITION NORTHERN PACIflC RAILROAD. I-atrr Advice freia the Kxplarlns; Party A Letter from the I hletf rnvlnerr. Messrs. Jay Cooke & Co., of this city, have received tho following letter from the Chief Engineer of the party engaged In exploring the route of tho Northern I'm i lie Railroad: Camp No. lit, Jocko Kivr.u. Montana, ) AugllStD. ) Messrs. Jay Cooke Co: In this region, as well a all other regions I Lave explored during the past years of my engineering life, I meet with wise people 'who can point oit "dead level" routes through the most mountainous country. They mean well, but the difllculty is, tliat not having their mluds familiarized with railroads, irradlcnts, and curvatures, they do not possess the knowledge that would enable them to Judge so as to give value to tbetr opinions, so that neurlv all they say on that subject "passes by mo as the Idle winds," etc. Tho most amusing and most candid man I have just encountered is an old staler at Fort Owen. He was relating to us his correspon dence with a prominent railroad man, and said "this railroad friend wrote to me to give hiiu in formation about gradients and curvatures. What in tho world do I know about gradients and curvatures? I know about the country and about Indians; but gradients and curvatures bo hanged; how can I tell anything about them ," Mr. Moorhcnd came in last evening in time to pive us a real feast on several dozens of the nicest kind of trout, from six to eight iuches long, and one bigftllow. - This is the first time I have put myself under a tent on this expedition; lu fact, this is only the second time that a tent has been set up. It is now raining gently. Major Owens lias a fort named after him, and ho now resides at Fort Owens. He confirms the uuivcrsul report, Which we have had everywhere along this part of the Pacific slope, of the remarkable drought and absence of rain on the west side of the Rocky Mountains. Njtwithstundiug the dryuesg 1 find that grain and vegetables thrive in this Jocko valley, even without artificial irrigation; and yet wehad no dew either last night or the night before; and much warmer nights than we had two or three hundred miles back. We are now about IJNl miles, by our trail, from Walla Walla, which place wo left on July JO. We have rested three Sundays, ho that we have travelled seventeen days, one of which, namely, the day we staved at Fend d'Orcille, should be deducted, leaving sixteen days of actual move ment, which divided into gives an average of 24 miles a day. This is very good marching with pak animals. Yesterday, when about three miles out from our camp, I was nlone on a prairie, I heard a sound which at first I thought was the noise the grasshoppers of this region make; but something caused me to turn towards it, when I saw a rattlesnake about 2.' j feet long coiled and rattling away. I had passed him, and my horse, although within less than ten feet, had paid no attention to his snakeship. I then took mv horse off about a hundred yards and left hini loose, for there was nothing to hitch him to, and returned to tho snake. 1 fired one nhot and came so near missing, that I did not bit Liin. He then begau to glide off, when I chased and jumped on him, hiuing his head with my heel according to tho scriptural injunction, after which I cut off his eight rattles and put them away as tho trophy ot tho first rattlesnake seen on our route from Walla Walla, though we have heard enough concerning them. Although it rained this morning gently for several hours, it resulted iu very little; tho smoke between us aud tho suu this afternoon Is nearly tho same as it has been all along. I needed no smoked glass yesterday to look at the eclipse. Camp No. 21, August 14, near mouth of Divide creek, at its entrance Into Wisdom ftr Rig Hole river, nn important tributary of tho Missouri river, (I A. M. Yes, I am on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains at present. We return, however, to day fifty miles or more to Deer Lodge Citv, where wo will pass to-morrow (Sunday). We were escorted yesterday up the Deer Lodge river to its source, and over the Deer Lodge pass "divide" into this valley, at tho head of one of the sources of tho Missouri river. The Deer Lodge River valley Is charming, and presents highly favorable ground for a railroad all the way to tho summit, about forty miles above Dear Lodge city, un our way, wnen about twenty miles out, we stopped and walked about half a mile over to the Deer Lodge Warm Springs, which are very remarkable the water boils up in a number of places, aud in the midst is a rocky mound, thirty feet in diameter at the top nnd one hundred and thirty feet in diameter at tho bottom, and on the top of the mound there are two springs boiling up freely about live feet apart, one at the temperature of 103 dog. and the other 122 deg., one of the largest that I tested at tho bottom was 101 deg., so hot that one could not keep their hand iu it; the strange part of the mount is, that it is all formed by the springs. The water contains the material, which, in conccntrio layers, gradually becomes rock. There is some' iron in it; the water hus a pecu liar taste, different from any I ever tasted, though not strong. The coolest spring tested by us was 98 degrees. We tried eight of them. A man named Helanger, a Frenchman, and Allen, have pre-empted tho MX) acres on which the mound stands. They have put up a rauche and a small bath house, but no one lives there yet. At some future day this may become a valuable possession when tho railroad shall be running through this part of the world. The approach to tho Deer Lodge Pass of tho Rocky Mountains, ou both sides, is by a very goutlo grade, far more smooth and valley-hke than any mountain divide 1 have ever seen. In fact, to me It has proved ouo of the most wonderful objects that I have ever encountered in my long engineering experience No ono unacquainted with the fact could by possibility Imagine that he was crossing a mountaiu of any kld, much less the gret back bone of tho Ame rican continent. Tho' approach is by gentle Blopes, which are treeless and carpeted with tho finest bunch-grass to the very summit. It is so flat that it is rather difficult to determine by the eye where precisely it is. Hut tho most re markable fact connected with this divldo Is tint the miners have cut a diteli across the summit 1 w hich convevs the water of Divide creek lroin its course on tho eastern slpe ot tho mountain over to the western slope, wbcrathey use It Iu their mining operations for gold woshing. Tho ditch at tho deepest place on the crest of the summit (where without this water level guide it would bo hard to find It) is 18 feet, cut through clay. No rock is found in tho excavation, nor is the smallest rock or boulder iouud for about two miles either way. I stood astride of the water, passing from tho eastern over to the western side ot the Hocky Mountains, diverted from its natural outlet, tho Gull of Mexico, to How into the North Pacific Ocean. Warm Spring creek, is half mile a from the mound and spriugs, on our return from Wisdom, River valley, where wo camped last night. Our camp was on tho Divldo Rack, about a mile from Wisdom river. I walked to the river and took notes of it. It Is a very picturesque valley. It was 350 feet wide when 1 saw It, and it is called its very lowest Btage, notwithstanding U has now one-third as much water flowing as in the Ohio at low water, It seems wondertul to me to find such a large Htream within tea miles of the summit of tho Rocky Mountains. You would have looked In vain for anything like a mountain on either side, the approach is so gentle, "with grass all the way, and not a rock In view. It is a really extra ordinary yoss even for merely a rolling coun try, but w hen we recollect that it overcomes tho great mountain range of a continent, it is mar vellous. It Is easier far than two, If not three, of the local divides on tho Pittsburg and Stcu benvllle Railroad. All the way from Deer Lodge City thcro is a fertile, wide, grass-covered, gently-rising valley, affording wonderful facili ties for tho cheap construction of a first-class railroad for forty miles, and down Divide creek ten miles to Wisdom (or Big Hole) river, just the same. The road to tho summit on cither side is as perfect as the gravel-drive in Central Park, composed of fine gravel, so com pact nnd hard that it never cuts iuto ruts, never Is muddy, needs no repairs, and is, in fact, just as nature made it, with the exception that the grass Is worn off, and it has bceu used ten years. I nm sure it will be difficult, if not impossible, to convey to tho mind of any one In the Fast who has not seen the Rocky Mountains a correct Idea of the true character of the country. On cither side of this pass, about two miles from where crossed, the mountains rise up, and back of them tome high peaks, snow-covered, ap pear. Owing, however, to the all-pervading smoke, wo could only see tho nearer mountains dis tinctly, w 1th a dim outline of those further off, etc. To-day, on our return, we examined the "Ditch" more carefully. The water Is taken out of Divide creek, which flows into Wisdom river, and the summit is cut to the depth of 13 feet in the deepest part through easy clay. The who o length of the cut on the imme diate (liride is only about one-third of a mile; although the ditch is afterwards carried around on the sido of hills for ten or twelve miles among the gold diggings on the west side of tho Rocky Mountains. I call this "high larceny" stealing water from the Atlantic to pour it into the Pacific. We boiled some of the water it boiled at 201210 deg.; at our camp, nine miles below the Divide creek, it boiled at 202 deg. tull. Wrc judge, therefore, that the fall in the nine miles is not much, if anv. over 3!"0 feet. We have traveled about 2(H) miles in the list four davs, and have seen about 150 miles of one of the routes of the Northern Pacific Railroad under verv favorable circumstances. Respectfully. W. Mii.nok Robkkts. COLORADO. Whm the Powell Kxplorinv lvxpcdillon lint llbi'ir vcrcd. The ISt. Louis iH-macrut publishes the con clusion of Jack Summer's narrative of the Powell expedition in Colorado. The character of the country and the animals are described tlins: "As an agricultural valley It does not amount to much, as It is too dry on the uplands, and there are but few meadows on the river bottom, and they as a general rule are small from fifty to two hundred acres in extent. The only ex ception that I know of is ono opposite our pre sent camp, lying between (ireen and Whito rivers. It Is about two thousand five hundred acres In sl.e, and overflows, though very seldom. At present it is clothed with a thick growth of grass, w aist high. On the uplands there is the common bunch grass of tho West short but very rich. No part of tho country that we have seen can be irrigated, except the river bottoms, as tho uplands are rolling nnd cut up by ditches iu almost every direction. But for a stock country it would be hard to excel, as almost all kinds would do well on the bunuh grass throughout the entire ye.ir. There Is plcuty of lumber for building purposes and fuel, vnd enough farming land to produce all that a largo settlement would require for home consumption. But there is one thing iu tho way. According to the treaty of lutisj be tween (iovcrnor Hunt, of Colorado, and the I' to Indians, most, if not the whole, of this valley belongs to tho reservation, selected by the In dians themselves. Whether they will be per mitted to keep it or not remains to be seen. Most likely they will, as ono band of them have a permanently" settled thing of it, and have a winter agency twenty-five miles from this poiut on I inta river. What the coun try is below I know not. As far ns tho eye can reach there is a rolling pralrlo with a dark line through it that marks t'.te course of the (ireeu river. It is reasonable to suppose it to be the same character of country as that wo have passed through lu our last two days' travel. So far we have accomplished what we set out for. We were told by the frontiersmen while at (ireen river that we could not get to the month of White river. One man that filled the im portant ofliee of policeman in Pietmout had the assurance to tell mo that no boat could get as far down as Brown's Hole. Wo expect to re main here for a week to meet Colonel Mead, aud send off some specimens and all tho notes and inaps, to make sure of that much. "Total distauce run, 850 mill's; estimated dis tance to junction of (Jreeu aud Urand rivers, ;l KJ miles by river. LIST OF ANIMALS LIVING IN THE I'OLVntV TIlKOfon WHICH WK 1IAVK I'AS.-.f;i. "(Jrizalv bear, clnamon bear, black bear, elk mule deer, mountain sheep or xlghorn, prong horned antelope, grey wolf, pralrlo wolf, cougar, red fox, marten, mink, lynx, wild cat, prairie dog, beaver, otter, muskrat, badger, ground hog. mountain rat, grey prairie squirrel, lariro striped ground squirrel, small do. do., small shrews and mice. list or iiiuiiH sens os the wav. "Wild geese, ducks of nhrost every kind, loon, stork, bltleru, cormorant, rails, woodcock, snipes of many kinds, curlew, osprey, pelican, sand hill crane, bald cade, golden eagle, colored raven, common crow, Clark's crow, sage grouse, black grouse, short tailed grouse, magpie, lung crested jay, Canada Jay, light blue jay, red shattcd clicker, small blackbirds, red-winged starling, Southern mucking birds, robin, brown thrush, rross-beuk wren, sparrows, sparrow hawk, shar-slilnncd hawk, mouse hawk, pigunn hawk, mourning dove, meadow lark, wood peckers of all kinds and buzzards. "I write this ut the request of Professor Powell, lie urginir mo from the beginning t do so, w hile I, know ing there wero many able pens iu the party, as peroi-tcutly declined, 'till I could no longer do so with any show of rtiisoj. I have writfeu this with many misgivings, being more used to the rifle, lariat, and trap, thau to tho pcu. Receiving no hints from anv one, I have been compelled to write as I could. Were 1 to study grammar a little, and sacrifice truth to flights of fancy, I might make a more into resting report, but I shall let it stand as it is. If it meets the approval of the public, well and good; it it d'es not, 1 w ill leave the report ot ti e rest of tho trip to other and abler bauds, aud return to my riflo aud trap. "Jack Si'mnku, Frio Trapper." Canadian HUariuiMtn. A party of young men left Webster, Monroe county, in this State, on Monday, Aug. on a fishing and hunting excursion among the Thou sand Islands. On Tuesday tho party encamped on the open shore, twenty miles below Oswego, cooking their supper as best they could. On the evening of Iho next day they got on board tho tug Simou Davis, aud started for Kingston. Here tho captain of the tug, Mr. Davis, reported to the Custom House officer the arrival of his own tug and tho Kobert McFarland, tho small sloop which tho adventurers had left Webster In. Captalu McFarland, of tho sloop, reported to tho Custom llouso officer that his vessel was a Canadian vessel, but manned by an American crew; and because ot this fact the very officious officer of tho port deemed it his duty to sel.o the sloop. At the time of tho seizure three of the Webster's crew wero in possession of the boat, and were detained four hours. Tho rest of the party escaped tho vigilance of the Cana dian officials, and went to the Thousand Islands. Hochetler Eprts. SECOND EDITION LATEST BTT TELBORArn. u. Ci5sv1 "Oii-mx tor. Conflagration at Cape IVIay. The United States and Atlantic Hotels, the American Row, and Several Cottages and Stores De stroyed Narow Escape of the Largest Hotels. GENERAL NEWS. Panic on the Paris Bourse Feari for the Life of Napoleon The Great International Boat Race The Banquet Last Evening No Executions on the Sa bine as Reported. Etc, i:tc, inc., Etc., i:tc FROM CAPE MA Y. The Scnuon WlndH T.Tp with a ISrnud Conlln Krntfon Ueturoclian ot the United MuUch, Atlantic, nnd American Hotels, and a Num ber of Htorcs nnd Cortniu-n. Special Vepatch to The Keening Telegraph, Cape Island, N.J., Aug. Ill Never since the destruction, over ten years ago, in mid-winter of the old Mount Vernon Hotel, has Cape May been thrown into such a literal and figurative ferment as to-day. For years past there has been a great deal of talk among the authorities and hotel proprietors about providing means for prevent ing the recurrence of auother such disaster, or of checking its progress in case it should befall the rickety town. The manner ,in which the closely huddled shanties which comprise tho bulk of '"the City of the Sea" have heretofore escaped the ravages of the flames falls little short of mar velous. They are all built of wood, and as the season lasts but two months at the outside, they are put together with the prime object of secur ing as largo a financial return ns possible while the opportunity lasts. Tho cottages which have been built during late years, and two or three of the larger and newer hotels arc built in a very substantial manner, but they are, nevertheless. entirely constructed of wood, and In constant peril from carelessness nnd malice. From the middle of .Inly to the middle of August, wheu the season is usually at its height, every nook and corner of the long rows of shambles, as well as every square foot of the more substantial structures, are made available for stowing away sweltering humanity, tho largest proportion of the sojourners being people bent upon plea sure as a matter of business, and therefore but little inclined to take eveu the ordinary pre cautions against fire. The season which is now about an end has witnessed, perhaps, the greatest cramming process that has yet been ac complished, and the grand rush has again passed without the occurrence of a disaster which would have the effect of inciting those who are heavily interested in property here to take the precau tions against its destruction which common prudence would seem to dictate. To-day, however, has witnessed a calamity such as any one who is thoroughly familiar with tho town has had good cause to anticipate for years. At three o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the store occupied by P. Boyton, tho swimming and diving export, as a so-called Japanese curiosity shop. All sorts of inflamma ble contrivances were packed into these narrow quarters, and wheu the lire was once fairly kiu dled its communication to the entire build ing was a contingency scarcely possible of aversion. The curiosity shop was on tho first floor of the building formerly known and used as the American Hotel, but which has uot been devoted to hotel purposes for several years past, the entire first story being divided into stores aud oflices, and the upper floors to lodglug and other domestic purposes by private families. The building was situated on Washlugt m street, at the corner of Ocean. The entire Amerlcau row was of course soon enveloped in the flames, and tho property immediately adjacent shared its fate, tho Post Ofliee and City Surveyor's ofllce being among the establishments which w ere destroyed. Tho United States Hotel came next in the order of prey, and simultaneously with it, tho flames attacked Ferris' Cottage, Huffuall's new drug storo, the new Atlautic Hotel, and all the buildings lu the vicinity on both sides of De catur street, including liarrett's Bowling Saloon and Met 'aim's Hotel, as well as all the build ings on the north side of Jackson street, down to the ocean. Wheu tho coufla gration was at its height, the Columbia and Centre Houses and Congress Hall were in great daugcr, more especially the first named, which is very close to the United States Hotel. Kvery body worked with a will to confine the fire within the narrowest limits, put ting the meagre appliances at hand to tho best possible lire, and the conflagration was finally gotten under such control as practically to insure the t-afety of the three largo establish ments named. The principal building ilcstroycd was tho United States Hotel, of which Mr. Aaron Miller is the landlord. It ranked as tho fourth hotel on the Island in the way of patronage, having accommodated about 2'M0 different guests during tho past season. Thero was an Insurance of :'..V(XK) ou tlio building, nnd of $12,000 on tho furniture, but It is Impossible to tell ut this writing what proportion of tho loss sustained w ill Ijo covered by these amounts. The new Atlantic Hotel, at the head of which some member of tho McMukin family has been for so many years, ranked next ufter the United States, its patronago during the past summer having approximated two thousand guests. Huff nal's drug store and the adjoining store were new structures, and perhaps the most attractive and substantial on the island devoted to business purposes, having lccn erected last winter at an expense of about 10,000. FROM EUROPE. Penle en the Pnrl Bourse Alarming Reports Nrgnrriln Nnpeleon'e Health Kagente to llnnlrn Heme. Hn the A tujlo-A meriean Cable. Paris, Aug. 31 Tho city was full of rumors yesterday regarding the condition of tho health J of the Kmpcror Napnlcon, and a perfect panic prevails on tho Bourso In consequence of the statements which are made on the subject by different parties and Individuals while these rumors, which are merely the work of stock jobbers, arc being clrcnlated. There is no doubt that tho state of the health of the Emperor is really such as to create anxiety on the part of the public. Ho suffers from disease of the bladder. The different poli tical parties, in and out of the Legislature, arc busily engnged iu speculating as to tho issue of this physical affection. The Imperial family is also alarmed. It is said that the Empress Eugenie will hnstcn back from Corsica immediately, In consequence of tho receipt of news of such im port from home, and that the idea of her trip to the East will be abandoned. Frlnec Napoleon Bonaparte intends, it Is said, to make a democratic speech in the Senate some day during the next ensuing week, but his friends are opposed to its delivery just now. They allege that if the present empire should fall ills pretended democracy will not save his position iu the eyes of the French people. The Empress condemns his conduct towards such a path and issue as being both unwise and ungrateful. The Inlernnttonnl Itnre The "London Times" on the CoiilvMt--The Scene and the NtriiKKle on ICilliorlul Point ol Yiew-FI-u-k and fcn riv ot the Ilnrvardn. By the Franco-American Cable. London, Aug. 30. Tho London Times of j-es-terday priuted the following leader on the late international boat race: The gentle and Joyous struggle of Oxford ami liar vard ou the Tannics water on the Kith of August, 1S6'J, will long he rcmemoereu on both sides of tliu Atlantic, and the story of the day will Ue one of the tlrst things which tne youngster still at school whose name has been only just put down for tho next vacancy at tho Oxford house of his father or his tutor will appropriate to hlmseir. It will be a radiation of the university; another page In that book of many stories In which oxford appears as the tiower of the nation, aud tho nation lias tliu stock healing that consummate (lower. Nor will Harvard have less reason to commemorate the gal lantry of her sous, harvard too is nn epitome of na tional history. The English traveller must be strangely compounded, especially It lie acknow ledges any obligation to a university lu his own hind, w ho is uot interested in this Cambridge of the New World. It Is nearly two hundred and fifty years since the settlers m New Kngland founded the university on the banks of Charles river lu grateful Imitation of that other on the banks of the Cam, where their spiritual leaders received their early training. It is two hundred tnd thirty years since the pious Har vard, himself an old Cambridge man, gave it the endowment which has Immortalized hU name. Ever Bince Harvard has been the alma mater of New England ; its brick pile of living rooms, Its substan tial granite library, It old halls, uilurneJ with the portraits of successive Presidents and other distinguished members, Its chapel oppressive with severe divinity, all encompassed about with um brageous elnm aud spreading limes, are veritable refreshments to the European visitor, for they speak of a past wedded to the present in a eon an y where all else seems to have been newly created by the men of to-day. They exercise, too, a cor responding influence over New Englando s them selves. Harvard has educated Koston, Just us Bos ton has educated the I luted states. Tho best culture of the nation Is there. Nor was It other thau a natural Impulse of the training of this school that it should challenge nur own Oxford to an issue, which, though of merely physical training, had the crowning merit of admitting au exact comparison between the competitors. The Harvard men are of the best families of Massachusetts, although one of them nominally halls from the iSandtvicli Islands. Jt Is understood that this is duo to an accidental migra tion of his father but three or four years slnco, and, like his comrades, his birth, his education, aud his descent connect hiin with Plymouth Kock. Our men appeared in the ordinary Jerseys, with short sleeves reaching about a third of tho way from the shoulder to the elbow, and wore the straw hats familiar to us all. The Harvard men had white scarfs around their foreheads, wll h no covering for the crown of their heads, and their Jerseys were cut away above the shoulder so as to allow tho freest action of their arms. After a little delay a start is made, the Harvard crew have Jumped away and are putting forth wonders of power. The superficial view is entirely in their favor. The Americans in the two steamer's are wildly excited and give a peculiar cheer, ah 1 an : ah! The Oxford boat looks torpid by comparison, but it compels admiration by tho perfect evenness of its stroke, the Iron and steel like aud the almost, superhuman regularity of its movement. The energy of the Harvard meu was magnificent, but thero was a sort ol flutter even at tho outset. Nevertheless they got ahead and they were doing tivo or six strokes more to the minute when they cleared their antagonists. If what is were a sure presage of what will be, their victory was certain, but time was the essence of the struggle. Take a young fellow of twenty-five, such as many of us have known and may know, his pulse knows no change, his thews are as of brass, he looks out upon the wortd wlti eyes that have no shadows, he might live to be a hun dred, but it is a million to one that he does not. Time will beat him. It was so with Harvard at the moment of their greatest hopes. The experts shook their heads. It was still 10 to 1. Not a third of tho course had been rowed when Oxford h .'gim to over haul their antagonists, and going under Hnmmer smith bridge tho Oxford bow was in a line with llur vord No. 3. The Harvard btroko oar evidently knew as well as everybody else the conditions of the game, aud seeing that everything depended upon keeping his crew in their position of advantage ho made a des perate spurt, but the effort, though gallantly seconded, made the essential unsteadiness of his crew only more apparent. Ouch more, however, 'Ahiahl ah!" burst lroiu American lips, but the dreaded enemy crept on, got luwly abreast, aud forged ahead. .something has been said of a mistake on the part of the Harvard coxswain, aud hud It happened nothing could be more pardonable, seeing that, cox swains are absolute noveties in Harvard experience; but we are disposed to reject tho suggestion as un founded. Certain, at all events, it is that there wus nothing to compensate any emu-of this kind, for the little oxford coxswain was as faultless as his men. Meanwhile the Oxford boat got two, three, appa rently four lengths ahead. The Harvard crew stuck culhuit y to their work, although they weru "all abroad' as regards time, w hen au absolute novelty was seen, to the astonishment of those who were following The Harvard coxswain was seen to drop his right hand into the water and splash It Iu tho faces of his meu. 'f'hls manieuvre was re peated two or three times, and It Is not too much to say that something like a spusin of horror thrilled the breasts of tho orthodox at the sight. The predominating thought, it must be said, was not so much ustniustiu.eut at. the uoveltv as at the confession it applied that the raco was hopeless. Tho winning post was In sight, ox ford was three lengths ahead, and, "barring acci dents " nothing could save the event. A man row ing a lady in a gig di.l. Indeed, at tho last moment, i! ill across the oxford boat, and thus deprived ox ford of at least two lengths-hut the victory re miimcd unailccted In character and circumstances. The match and its Issue afford no Inapt Illustration of Die difference between tha two nations. The Vnirlisliineii were heavier and the English coxswain wis lighter than the Harvard coxswuln, but It must remttlu entirely doubtful on which sida the mere balance of strength inclined. As for gallantry, energy, and pluck, Harvard showed uu example wo may humbly hope to equal, but which wo cannot exceed.- tho victory was a victory of cduca tion, and here tho advantage was all on our side. We live, not In rowing only, a closer life. The competition is sharper; the lessons of the past are more searching and more exact. Tha mar tin of our lives Is so narrow that every possible economy of strength has been utilize,! during sue eesslve generations. Howing Is with us a science. It has been developed, bit by bit, by men who have made It their business. ttUc klww that In the contest before them the smallest wrinkle told. Thus it happened on Friday that the Oxford crew knew precisely the limits of continuous effort They kDew where to abstain as well as where to abound. The advantage is, however, perhaps not without Its drawbacks, for It may be thst nations, like men, shonl l have some reserve of natural endowment which should be, as It were, not brought Into tillage so as to bn better able to meet the days when the progress of others shall have equalized the benefit or training. Dinner ol the London Rowing Club to the Hont Clrwi ol Harvard nnd Oxford. The London Rowing Club last evening gave a grand dinner to tho Oxford and Harvard Uni versities boat crews at the Cryd'! Palace. Tho Oxford crew was represented by Willan alone, while the Hurvard crew was represented by Simmonds, Fay, Lyman, Bass, Rice, Burnham, and Black lo. Tho party, though private, nu in hered more than 100 persons, including Charles Dickens, and Thomas Hughes, ex-member of Parliament. Charles Dickens, in proposing the principal toast of tho evening, said: That rcmirkaMo volume which was published within n short tlmo of his visit to the United States contained bio graphies of ninety-five young men, well nur tured', well born, and trained In peaceful pur suits, who, when their country called them, sought distinction m tho lato war. Those great spirits displayed extraordinary aptitude, and were distinguished by their deeds aud great hero ism. Every one of them had been educated in ono school that school tho Harvard University. (.Cheers.) They fought against odds wore re markable for the invincible spirit in which they received defent. Was not the contest of last Friday nn evidence in point of the spirit such as was shown by their predecessors in tho lato war? (Cheers.) Ho then paid handsome com pliments to the Oxford crew. In referring again to the Harvard crew, Mr. Dickens said that tho manner in which they would be received an their return homo would find a ready echo lu every corner of England. Mr. Simmonds, of tho Harvard crew, briefly responding, said that ho considered that it was no disgrace to have been defeated by such a crew as Oxford pitted against them. Mr. Wlllan, of tho Oxford crew, then roso. and, replying to the compliments of Mr. Diekcus and Mr. Simmonds, apologized for the. absence of his colleagues. Ho then stated that of all the races in which ho had rowed ho had never been so hard pressed as in the race with tho Harvards. The whole entertainment wound up with a splendid display of fireworks in frout of the Crystal Palace, which was given in heuor of both crews nnd which was w itnessed by vast numbers of peoj le. The entertainment altogether was a grand success. No Ulutlny or I?xcciuionn on Board the Sabine. London, Aug. 31 Tho story of u conspiracy followed by executions on board the United States frigate Sabine at Cherbourg, telegraphed from Paris some days ago, is absolutely con tradicted. ThlN Morning' Quotations. fiy tlu; Anglo-American CaWe. London, Aug. 31 11 A. M Consols, for both money and account. V. 8. Mills, of IW2, Hf(; of 1S65, old. H3.' ; of ik7, 8s ; lr. S. io-40s, Tfx ; JJrio liailroad, 2H'4 ; Illinois Central. 94V. Livehfooi., Aug. 31-11 A. M Cotton dull; mid dling uplands, I3s d. ; middling Orleans, la'iQjUd. The ssies to-day will not exceed 4000 bales. Other nvtteleB unchanged. London, Aug. l Tallow. 4Cs. 9d. (Ji.asgow, Aug. 31. Arrived, steamer Moravian, from Oucbec. FRAKkFOKT, Aug. 81 Noon. U. S. bonds flat at Havkk. Aug. 31 Cotton closed last night quiet on FROM NE IK ENGLAND. The TiillnpooHii Party. Daatch to The Horning Trletjraph. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 31 The U. S Bteamer Tallapoosa left to-day for Portland, wHh Admiral I'orta- nnd others on board. General Sherman nnd daughter arrived at Portland lust night. He goes to Bangor to-day in tho steamer city of Richmond. Accident on nn Oil Train. Despatch to The Evening Telegraph. Boston, Aug. 31 Samuel Preston, conductor of an oil train ou tho Boston and Albany Rail road, was badly burned last evening by fallim Into an empty tank which had exploded In con sequence of tho gas generated therefrom coming in contact w ith a lantern in the hand of tho con ductor, who was standing on tho tank. A brake man named I-ockwood escaped serious injury. Preston was ecnt to the hospital, lie has a wife in V orccster. Narrow F.scnne from Dcnth. On Friday, while W. G. Blanchard, Boston Agent of the Associated Press, and Howes Norris, marine news r cpurtcr, were out fishing In n boat off Holmes' Hole, they wero run down by a Bchooner that was sailing fust under a fresh breeze. At tho moment of the collision Norris seized hold of a rope hanging from the schooner's bows, nnd was carried for over a mile, a part of the tlmo wholly submerged iu the water. He managed at last to climb a part of tho way up the vessel s side nnd make his perilous situation known. Mr. Blanchard and the boatman, who remained In thejwrocked boat, which continued to float, wero taken in tow by tho other sail boat and taken to Holmes' Hole, where they iouuu Norris, who had been landed by tho scuooiier 8 boat. FROM THE WEST. A New Itnltroud Proiert Ituse Ilnll. St. Louis, Aug. 81. A largo convention was held at Springfield, Mo., on August 2S, to con sidcr the propriety of buildlug a railroad from Kansas I ity to Memphis, Tenn. Most of tho counties along the proposed route assented, and much interest was manifested. A resolution was adopted setting fortli the importance of tho road. A temporary organization was effected, and a board of directors elected, with Colonel J. M. Richardson us secretary. Tim Forei-t City Base Ball Club, of Rock ford, 111., beat the Unions of this citv to-day. Score 41 to 11. " IIi'TIIIimIm ItdlMlmt- Vexjtatch to J7i iivniw Teturraph. Boston, Aug. 31. Conductor Preston, who fell into a burning oil vat last evening, died of his Injuries this morning. Robert Watcrston, for many years at the head of u large dry goods importing' homo, died yes terday, aged '.Hi. Another International Unrr. Our special correspondent in Yokohama, Japan, wrltlug on tho iU of July, reports tho follow ing interesting international aquatic con test: A bout raco foi .Ml a Hide was rowed in this harbor on tho 10th Inst., between tho cutters of the United States steamer Iroquois and her Britannic Majesty's frigate Oeeiu. The latter beat the former in a live mile race four minutes twenty-eight secouds. This result again gives the boast to tho Britishers iu these waters, w hich was won from them about a year ago in u con test between tho Ocean aud the Oueida. AT LAIMJE. A (Jorlllu Itanipant In Kansnw. M. 8. Tilmble writes to the St. Louis lh uo- cral from Arcadia, Crawford county, Kanas, August 1ft: " o are having a new sensation which may lead to some new disclosures in natural history, if investigated hs it should be. It is nothing less than the discovery of a wild man or gorilla. It has at different times been seen by almost every Inhabitant of tho valley, nnd It bns occasslonallv been scon in the adjoin ing1 counties In Missouri; but it seems to make its homo in this vicinity. Several times it has approached the cubins of the settlors, much to the terror of the women and children, and eepe ciallv if the men happen to be absent work ing in the Holds. Jn one instance it approaenca the houso of one of our old citizens, William Annsworthy, but was driven away with clubs by one of the men. It has so near n resemblance to the human form that tho men arc unwilling to shoot it. It is dillicult to give a description of this wild man ot animal. It has a stooping gait, very long arms, v ith immense bauds or claws; it lias a hairy face, nnd those who have been near it describe It as having a most ferocious expression of countenance; generally walks on its hind leus. but sometimes ou nil lours, lut beast Is as cowardly as It is ugly, nnd it is next thing to impossible to gel near enough to obtain a good view of It. "the settlers, not knowing what to call it, have christened it Old Micff. Slnco its appear ance our fences are often found down, allowing the utock free range in our corn-fields. I sup pose Old Shelf Is only follovi:ig his inclination, as It may be eio-lcr to nil them down than to climb over them. However, ns it Is, curses loud and deep aro heaped on its head by the settlors. Tho tetllers uic divided in opinion us to whether 11 btionus to tho human family or not. t'roba bly it w M be found to bo n gorilla or large ornng-outang that has escaped from some mena gerie in the settlements cast of here. Atone time over sixty of the citizens turned out to hunt It down, but It escaped; but, probabl v owing to the fright it received, it kept out of sight for several days; and just ns the settlers were con gratulating themselves that they were rid of an intolerable nuisance, Old Shell came back again, seemingly ns savage as ever. "Jf this meets the eye of any showman who has lost ono of his collection ol beasts, he may know where to hud it. At present it is tho ter ror of all tho women nnd children in the valley. It cannot bo caught, aud nobody is willing to shoot it." AYi:N;i:n. Frluhtful Prnth of nn Italian Jlnuillt. The Italia of Naples ghc-i an account of the death of tho brigand chief Do Martino. This man was one of the most ferocious bandits that ever Infested the Abru.zl, and was always ac companied in his inclusion by a womau eveu more inhuman than himself. For somo timo past the royal troops lia.l been following his traces, and had iU last le. irncd tha, he frequently quitted the baud to indulge lu wild orgies in a small valley coini letely locked In by mountains, on the territory of Pag'liotiu. Some days back a detachment, while searching that district, dis covered in a thicket a sort of hut made of branches. Ono of the meu approached silently ou his hands and knees, and believing ho hoard a noise iusido returned aud informed his com panions, who then surroiiurlcd the spot and called on tho persons concealed to surrender. The reply was n gun-shot, which struck a car-' bincer named Caruso lu t lie log, but tho Hash had set fire to tho dry bushes, and tho flames spread with such rapidity that it was impossible to cuter or leave tliu but. A few minutes later a woman rushed out through tho burning branches and fell almost inanimate before tlm troops, who recognized bur ns the mistress of Do Martino. yiio made signs that thcro was another person in tho flames, but the soldiers could not approach ua'.il tho tiro had burned itself out, when the charred remains of the bandit were found with tho barrel of his gun and the blade of hlspolirnard by tho side of him, the rest of those arms having been consumed. During tho conflagration repeated detonations were heard as tho cartridges of tho brigand ex ploded. Tho woman died half an hour later, and the two bodies were buried on the spot where this horrible tragedy had taken place. The wounded soldier Is iu a critical state, and little hopes are entertained of saving his life. ri:A;:i; a r i cojuimici:. Officb of thr Kvemtiw T.I.HOlAPH, Tuosilav. August 31, ISiiS. ( Currency was iu quite active demand in o ir market to-day, which is distinctly traceable' to the improved activity In tho stock market and tho dis position manifesting Itself to Invest lu local stocks. The result upon tho market Is au Increased denuad for call loans on Government securities and less pressure on the outside market. The usual bank statement is very unsatisfactory, showing a decrease of deposits to the amount of J70S.513, and in loans Of $W),974. It will be noticed that the loans are not falling off In anything like ti e same ratio as the deposits. This has been the ciee for several weeks, and is ac counted for by inci eased Indebtedness to outside banks. This week tl e increase due to banks is over half a million, which is so much additional capital at their disposal. This exhibit Is very unfavorable at this period, but there Is no remedy for it but to be guided by tho usual law of supply and demand. The rates are not chsnged, but our previous i nota tions are very firm, und, with an increased demand for stock investments, there may be a farther ad vance. Oold opened weak at 133;,, and closed at noon weak, at I38jsf. Government loans were rather more active, and prices quite strong. The tone of the Stock market wat decidedly stronger, and thero was nioro activity, lu State loans tho tirst series sold at 104. City loans were steady at 101 V for the new issues, with 07 bid for the old. Reading Railroad was in littlo demand and ad vanced, bclliug at 4."56, d. o., closing, however, at 48i( cash. I'cuustUanla Railroad was taken at 67; Lehigh Valley Itai'lruad at Miij ; and Northern Cen tral Kullroad at 4t' .. 87X was bid for Catawlssa liailroad preferred, and auu for Philadelphia and trie Railroad. Canal shares were less active hut firm. Sales of Lehigh Navigation ut 87'. 18 was offered for ISchuylkill Navigation preferred. PHILADELPHIA bTOOIt EXCHANGE SALES. 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'1(S sh Mor CI IT. ... loo sh ht Nich Co d. ltsisU Rcad...bMi. 60', 49,1a' 00 4S' do .b.Ulu.48-31 do.. 48 Hf ...800. 4SV b6.H.. 4SV .. bi0.48'.'H ..b.10. 4844 100 100 1000 100 600 ioo do. do. do. do. 100 do C.4H 1-ltt 100 do c 4H'" 600 no c. 4SU- 100 do. bSAl.43 8-l(ll 100 do..s30wn. 4SV Jit rooitB Co. emote Government secnntlA do follows : U. N. S of ltol, 13 Vk!-!. ! 6-H0s Of 1H6!, Wkshhh.1)K lUVfcN i. BkoTHKB. No. 4" H. Third Street, Philadelphia, report lue loilomn ouoUtlons: da 1864, llW(122Vi da 1866, lilSltfOUMV; do. 1866 utw, 11 V"""' 'J0, 1HiL new da 1I4IU1 ; do jsas,-121 win v; da 6s, lo-ios, listens) ; u. S. o year per cent. Cy., Ill S. ( 1 1 1 : Due Coinp. Inf. Notes, 1IU i Gold, 13UXlSlS3,( . B(Jvw. ujjao. The lakes of Maine have not been without their visitors this summer. 12S',l'.i3'. J UO., M, no., JNOV., 18t, mjK12i"4-; h-. -u'y '".HiaiMAfs da 1807, !UIJl121'4inO., ISt 8, lJIvaWOtfS 10-4IIS, 116!.( l.R? . '..rrVnc.vCB. lIlttMllltt. Go d. 1H:tV.
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