GIBSON PEACOCK. Editor.
VOLUME XXIII.—NO. 90.
Tlie- Cuban Revolu-
tion.
RECENT REPORTS FROM THE
ISLAND.
DISCHARGE OF THE FILIHUSTERS AT
FORT LAFAYETTE.
RUMOKKD SUCCESS OFTI-IE
PATRIOTS.
Wawiisgiox, July" 23.-7-A(lviccs received in
this city from tlie leaders bf the Cuban' army I
to the 15th, state that on the 13th and 14th the 1
troops of General Quesada, stationed between'j
Puerto Principe and Nuevitas, were attacked"
by General Letona, and in both instances were ;
repulsed,on the first day with aloss of 00 killed i
and wounded,and on the second with over 100. i
The Cubans retaintlieir position of siege before j
Puerto Principe. Thetroops under Gen. Figu- !
ero, qf Gen. Jordan’s command, occupying a i
- positjon some 40 miles from St. Jago do Cuba, j
were attacked on the 12tli by a Spanish force
of over 1,200, and said to be commanded by i
Gen. Valmaseda in person- After three I
hours’ lighting the Spaniards were compelled !
to give up the attack. The next day, haring
been re-enforced, the Spanish General re
newed the attack with great vigor. Three
assaults were made on the Cuban posi
tion, and in each tlie Spaniards were
repulsed. In the last attack their loss was
bo great that they were compelled to precip
itately retreat. Gen. Jordan participated in
tlie second day’s tight. The loss of the Cubans
is set down at 62 killed and wounded. Among
the killed were two officers. The Spanish loss
is reported to have been over 300. They made
good their retreat to St. Jago. The Cubans
are in good spirits, and affected but little by
tlie cholera and vomito, so prevalent among
tlie Spanish troops.
A Conspiracy-—The Capture of Holqnln.
Havana, July IT..—A gTcat conspiracy has
been discovered on the part of the Spaniards,
•wliieli has for its object the refusal to obey the
authorities sent out from Spain. The idea is
to strike for the interests of Isabel 11. The
chiefs in tlie movement are said to be Valma
• seda, Gutierrez de la Vega, some of the vete
ran officers, and the greater part of the chiefs
of the Volunteers.
It is said that Holquin has certainly fallen
into the hands of General Jordan, and that
Manuel Suarez,who went out with the former,
lias been named Governor of the town. The
report circulates that ITielio, with 4,000 men
taken from the Nuevitas and Puerto Principe
It ail road line, is expecting an attack from
Guesadn, and that in a few days we may hear
of a big tight. Figueredo has 6,000 men’ near
Cuba, all in fine order, and well equipped.
They are ready for any Spanish column that
< mav come along. In JBaracoa a movement
had been made, at the latest advices, hv 130
, patriots. They liave taken possession of Las
. Cucliillas, winch is an inaccessible point, and
there they will be able to defy the Spaniards
for a long" time. .
More Atrocities.
Slanzanii.la, June 29.—Atrocities of an
alarming character are being constantly com
. niitted here, and no one’s life Is safe. Don
' Felipe Canga Argtielles, a captain in the Span
ish armv, and belonging to the political school
of Narvaez and Gonzalez Bravo, lately in
quired of a foreigner here if, under the actual
circumstances, it would not be well .to send
■ over to Spain and have sent out a few dozen
bloodhounds, with which the unfortunate
- Crooles ebuld be the better tracked through
> the swamps and morasses. Don Manuel La
v Itosa, an officer in the Cuban army, for
- many reasons was induced to demand the am
cownJtcd, to thatend,Don Luis Itovira, chief
of the detachment stationed at Beeana, and
asked him if he thought he (La Itosa) would
M run anv risk in going to see Ainpudia. “None
—• at all r I assure you?’ wi»s- the reply.-Itovira
:■ gave his word of honor to La itosa that he
T should be protected, and himself accompanied
- thc Cutan officer to thecamp of Ampudia.
v No sooner had tlie two arrived than Col. Am
i pudia handed over La Itosa to his execu
f tioner, Rios, who,without ceremony or pro
i text of any kind, slew the contidnig soldier
. with his own hand.
J Discharge of the Fort Lafayette Prl
- ■ - soners.
[ From the Now York Times of to*day.]
One hundred and twenty-three of the fili
busters, who belonged to Colonel Ryan’s com
j mand and were captured on Gardiner’s Island
, by Marshal Barlow, were brought by that
'. gentleman to. Fort Lafayette on Saturday night
bust, where they have been held ever since.
Yesterday District Attorney Pierrepoiit,
.. haring received instructions from the
» Secretary of State, with whom lie had along
v interview on Thursday, went down to Fort
.■ Lafayette in the revenue steamer Uno, Uapt.
- Pierson. He was accompanied by Coinmis
i sioners Shields amlAA’liite. On arriving at its
destination, the Uno signalled the fort, and
V- told the officer of the day, Major Maynadiere,
\ of her hnsincss. After considerable delay a
Boat was despatched to her,and Mr.Plorrepont,
- with his attaches, were transported to the fort.
When they landed they were received by
•• Gen. Vogdes.who introduced the District-At
tornowo 11. 11. Harrison, the commander of
,i the Cuban liberators. Mr. Pierrepont pro
.' needed to inspect them. They were formed
! into three companies. Some of them hare
looted, others contless and shirtless, literally in
-. rags. Yet they were fine-looking, soldier-like
men, despite tne disadvantages of their sur
.! -roundings. When General Vogdes called
.to attention, Mr. Pierrepont, standing in
< froiit of the battalion, addressed it thus:
“Men, you have been arrested charged with
widating the law of the United States, in pre
. paring to join an . expedition against the
" Government of Spain; with whom we are at
peace. A .statute . passed; in-1818 makes it a
- crime, punishable by fine and imprisonment,
! 4o engage in any expedition against a Govem
. ; ment with which we are at peace. You have
been arrested because information and affida
vits have been filed stating that you
, were ; engaged in ■ such , an expedition
against, the Spanish Government;" Some of
you may perhaps bo/ignorant of-the violation
of the law you have committed. And I learn
from the" officer;. who commands you or in
whom you seem to trust, that Cuban expedi
tions are given up and that slichis the order
of the Junta. . Under these circumstances,and
~ - that-none of-you- may Unjiwtlwsuffor,,by._.tliG..
authority vested in me by the President of the
i United States, I have determined, to, Release
- -lyou allupongiving your parole of honor - and
.signing an agreement thatyou will not in the
within the United States, engage iq,
■" any violation of its laws.” i
When tills address had been delivered, |
, Commissioner Shields read the list of the 123 j
■ prisoners ■ whoso ..names.-.wore., published .
yesterday morning. And . as each was called i
■up he signed his name to the bond.’ The list ,
comprised 120 names, the same elegant though i
vague appellations published; in yestorday j
morning’s Times. Many of - them failed to re- :
cognize these names'when pronounced by:
'Commissioner Shields. Indeed, bne man ex- ’
claimed, on being told that his name
IRwl In (Jr D p itht o U3rrl I ptiir
was Rothschild, -in great trejiida
tion and hurry, “Is it? O! I forgot.”
This clearly proves that all were so much
ashamed of their connection with the whole
matter, that they preferred to give fictitious
names, to avoid being identified'with the
movement hereafter. One hundred and twenty
signed this bond, and three men—Thomas
O’Neil, Jas. C. Burns and Albert O. Erwin—re
fused to do so, and therefore were" looked up
in private cells. Their refusal must; un
doubtedly have been caused by a fear of vio
lating their oaths as Fenian brethren,
At the close of these proceedings the prison
ers went to dinner, after which Captain Har
rison read the following farewell, which dis
banded the filibusters, and contained the
Junta’s intentions with regard to future expe
ditions : •
“Headqvabters First N. Y. 0. A.L., July
23, 1869.— ,Soldiers: We have called’ you to
gether for the last time. Spanish gold, Ameri
can duplicity, tyranny and treason in our
midst have proved too much for us. The great
Republic, forgctling the traditions of the past,
has prostituted herself to the infamous task of
strangling a struggling sister, and she to
whom tlie world looked as its beacon fight to
freedom, is striving to continue the .trade in
flesh and to perpetuate oppression and
human slavery. The standard wliich
we had hoped to have borne in triumph over
the hills of Cuba • must be furled, and our
swords returned unstained to their sheatlis un
til other hands are.ready to draw them. There
is no alternative, and we must part. Acting
under the orders of our superiors it becomes
our sad duty to disband you, and to declare
that the First New' York Cavalry of the Army
of Liberators ceases to exist. We thank you
for your orderly and soldierly conduct in all
the trials through which you have passed,
and we shall ever remember the
brave men whom we have commanded,
and the hours of pleasure and of mis
fortune which we have spent with them,
our only regret being that we could not lead
them into battle for liberty. Return'to your
homes and remain law-abiding citizens. The
cause will not fail with us. It must succeed,
and we may yet meet under the blood-red flag
that bears the star of Cuba You have done
what you could. Tlie responsibility of failure
does not lie with you. With our best wishes
for your l’ntnre, we bid you farewell”
This was the final address of H. IJ. Harrison,
the Captain commanding the prisoners. He
is well beloved by many of them. A Virginian
himself, be lias thirty-nine men of his native
State and county with him, allof whom served
in the Confederate army, during the late war.
Mr. Pierrepoiut- haringassnred the liberated
liberators that lie would send tlie Uno hack
for them, returned in her to the city. At, 6
o’clock she reached the fort again, and re
ceived on hoard the prisoners, 113 in all, five
having enlisted in tlie regiment stationed at
tlie fort during her absence. When, on board
they presented a singular group, tattered and
torn, and bearing unmistakable marks of tlie
hardships of campaigning under difficulties.
Nevertheless they were joyous, and with hearty
cheers hid adieu to their former guardiaus-i
-tlie military. On the trip to New York,
filled with the nleasant sensations of liberty,
their voices burst forth simultaneously
in singing tlie old song “Home again.” At
length they reached their Eldorado, New
York, and, landing at tlie Barge Office Dock,
proceeded to the Castle Garden, where Capt.
Harrison, who had gone to see the Junta early
in the afternoon to obtain money to provide
for his men, had appointed to meettliem. He
told them that his mission had been unsuccess
ful, inasmuch as he had obtained from Senor
Mora only money sufficient to give each man
a slight supper.' He told them that they, might
sleiep on the grass in the garden, where he had
no doubt they might remain unmolested by
the police. To-day be will have an interview
with Gen. Alfaro, when he hopes to obtain
money enough to meet their present wants. ,
. They spoke highly of the kind and gentle
manly treatment they received at the hands of
Lieutenant Driscoll and Major Maynadiere,
who both behaved to them, as far as lay in
their power, in a manly and soldier-like man
ner.
To-morrow morning, at 9 o’clock, Captain
Harrison has appointed to meet liis' company
in the Castle Garden, when-lie-will communi
cate to them tlie result- of-his mission to tlie
Junta.
The Deluge In Texas.
A letter from La Grange, Texas, to the New
Orleans llulktin says:
Tlie Colorado commenced-to rise about a
week ago. Yesterday morning a rise of seven
feet during the nigllt Was reported. Hundreds
of people assembled to waten the rise. It con
tinued to rise at about two feet an hour. About
two o’clock I‘. 3l.it rose one foot in twenty
one minutes. Asthetownisa good half-mile
from the hank of the river, but. little fears were
entertained. At three o’clock the river had
covered the flat between the town and its
banks, and commenced running in the first
street. The water mark of 1852 was at the
upper side of tills street. As the public square
is about ten feet higher than this street, still it
was not thought that tlie water would go over
it. Tlie Colorado, like a giant, came steadilv
on. Houses aud fences were seen going by. A
report came that a negro at. one of the planta
tions had been drowned. It seems that lie hail
reached dryland and had gone back after a
puppv, and in trying to save the dog was
drowned. At six o’clock the water broke into
the public square. Then wc sent you the des
patch.
AVe went to supper, and the boarding house
was on the third street. AVe tvent down over
dry land. By this time the water commenced
to .spread rapidly, and fill the lower places.
While at supper the water broke into the
yard. After eating, and starting back to the
square we found the water over our boots.
The merchants had carried their goods to the
second stories, and families in the lower edge
of town had commenced moving to the outer
edge. At -a little after seven consternation
prevailed in La Grange. Tlie water had run
over the square and was covering the streets
beyond. AVagons carrying women and chil
dren were hurrying through the streets. A
little after nine we left the telegraph office
and loaded the stage in the water. In ofir drive
out we passed through water over three feet
deep. On reaching the hills we camped. At
this time the bills .presented a picturesque
sight—hundreds being camped on them. The
Colorado was still advancing. Some who re
mained. thinking it would - certainly subside,
were willing to leave. At eleven it was swim
ming water on the square. 3lenon horseback
were going in and bringing people out. Thev
had to swim for it. A report started that AVil
liams’B family had remained in the Fred. Tate
house, and the water was nearly np to the
second, story.- Tliere were several ladies in
this house. In the excitement the skiff had
beenlostsight-of.—AViththecurrentthatwas
then running through town, it was. useless for
a swimmer to go to their assistance.
The water is from five to eight feet deep,
overihe sonare and business portion of the
town, a rapid current' going through the
streets 1 and flvor still rising Slowly. Allhouses
below the Fred Tato bouso are swept
away. The houses of two streets on
tho west side of the town are swept
away, : Thei loss t 6 Lagrange -will reach
near four hundred thousand specie dollars.
Yesterday wo placed the estimate at $2,090,000,
lost in'the Colorado Valley.. That is too low,
for it will be remembered that the rich cotton,
lands s of Travis. Bastrop, Fayette, Colorado,
AVharton and Matagorda counties have been
swept as by a' besom of destruction. Tho
crops, the finest ever seen, are gone. Fences
are near Matagorda, and iffmany plaoes not a
vestige of plantations is seen. The old Colo
rado w forty-five feet above ordinary water
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1869.
mark. The telegraph wires between here and
Austin are twenty feet, underwater. The
backwater in some of tlie creoks here has;
hacked twenty miles. People are yet dreading;
the rise from the Red Fork; To those whqt;
live on this river it means further destruction;';
for with the corresponding rise in it'
the river will go ten feet higher. Old.
Texans -will understand, when we add
that the ■ river' is now from “post dale
to post oak.” It is ten feet higher than the
famous rise bf 1852, and old Texans will
understand, when it is added, that it is
four feet higher than the great rise of 1832.
The water must be in the lower streets.of
Austin. Rumor has it that a large portion of
the town of Bastrop is destroyed. As Bastrop,
is generally lower than Lagrange we fear it
may he, correct. People have hurried away id
this place, leaving furniture and goods, and
such must be the case in other places.
Three millions of dollars in specie will he a
light estimate of the loss in this valley. YOU
can calculate by reiterating, the loss of threes
fourths of tlie farming interests in this valley,
adding nearly a million of town property, for
Columbus is lower than this place. It is to he
hoped that the rain has not extended to the
Red Fork. >
EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.
FRANCE.
Message of the Enijperor to tlie Legislative
In the sitting of the Legislative Body, on
July 12, 31. I!ouher, Minister of State, read
the following message from the Emperor: ,
By the declaration of the 28th ult., I an
nounced that I should .submit at the ordinary
session of the Chamber the resolutions and
) plans which seemed most fitting to realize the
wishes of the country. However,as the Legis
lative Body appears desirous to learn immedi
ately what reforms have been decided upon, I
think it right to anticipate its wishes. It is my
film' intention to give to the powers of the
Legislative Body that extension which is com
patible with the cardinal bases of the Consti
tution. I now lay before you, by this message,
the decisions which have been taken at the
Council. Tlie Senate will be convoked as
soon as possible to examine tlie following
questions, viz.:
1. The powers to be accorded to the Legis
lative Body, including the right of laying
down the regulations relating to its proceed
ings 'and the right of electing its bureaux.
2. The simplification of the mode of present
ing and considering amendments.
3. To make it obligatory upon the Govern
ment to submit to the Legislative Body all
modifications of the tariffs in international
treaties.
4. The Voting of the Budget by chapter, in.
order to render tlie.control of tlie Legislative
Body morg complete.
5. 'The suppression of the incompatibility,
hitherto existing between tlie position of De
puty and the assumption of certain public
functions, particularly those of Ministers.
0. The extension of the right of interpella
tion. The Government will also deliberate
. upon questions relating to the position of the
.Senate and the more efficient “ solidarity”
whieh will be established between the
Chamber and the Government, the facility of
/xc-relsiug simultaneously the functions of
Minister and Deputy, the presence of all thfe
Ministers in the Chambers, the iliseussion of
affairs oi Stare in the Council, the establish
ment of areal understanding with the majority
elected by the country, anibthe creation of all
those, guarantees which we seek, in our
common solicitude. I have already shown
several times how much I am disposed tokre
linquish in thepublic interest certain of in jr
Srerogatives. The modifications wliich I haVe
ecided to propose constitute the natural dei
velopment of those which have successively
been made in the institutions of the Empire.
They must, at the sometime, leave intact the
prerogatives wliich the people have most ex
plicitly confided to me, and which are the es
sential condition of power, and of the preser
vation of order and society.
The message was favorably received, and M.
Ilouher concluded the reading of it amid cries
f of “Longlive. the. Emperor!” M.M.Martel,
liournat, Dolfus. Beauchamp, Tenne and
Peyresse, all members of the majority’; were
elected Secretaries of the Chamber by a large
preponderance ot votes. The Public mentions
a rumor that all the Ministers intend to pro
ceed this evening to St. Cloud to place their
resignations in the liands of the Emperor.
Seenes nt a Itecent t)liperi:»l- Decep
tion—Nnpoleou’s Views Expressed in
“ Gossip. ' ~ ~
\ [From the Figaro.] .. / i
\ TheXEmperor conversed priuqipally-with
M, IluilV't, who was present withlf'ujoftt two
thirds oivtlie Left Centre; the rest, With M.
Emile Ollivier at their head, having abstained.
His Majesty is reported to have said to the
honorable Deputy: “Well! and So you desire
to force me?” Thereupon the conversation
commenced, interrupted occasionally by the
observations of some Deputies, who, as
sembling by’ degrees, formed a cir
cle round the interlocutors. “Does
not Ministerial responsibility exist in
fact,” said the Emperor, “since the Chamber
can manifest, by an act of its will, that it has
no confidence in such or such a minister ? In
wliich case would not that functionary resign
or be dismissed? lam reproached with what
is called personal government, which accusa
tion means that I am blamed for acting with
out. consulting the Chamber and the country.
The war in Mexico is mentioned as an ex
ample. I persist in saying that a great idea
was involved in that expedition, which had
only one fault—failure. Did not the Gov
ernments of, England and Spain, which
are constitutional countries, enter, like
mine, upon the affiiir -without con
sulting tiny one ? Moreover, the Legislative
body might have stopped it by refusing the
supplies.’’- At another moment His Majesty
used the following language: “A wish exists
to recommence the fable of the old lion : first
of all his claws were cut; then his teeth were
drawn; and finally he had nothing left but his
mane, which was insufficient for liis defence.”
The Emperor several times intimated that he
was decided to advance in accord with the
Chamber and the country, that he would not
have a shock at any price; but in his view
everything could be managed. without
introducing the principle ot Ministerial
responsibility into the Constitution. A
Deputy, perhaps 31. Buffet, ex,
pressed the opinion that, unhappily,
the Chamber appeared to he specially deter
mined on that point. “Not the majority,”
quickly retorted 31. Acliillo Jubinal, who was
present at this point of the interview. As
some one asked the Emperor how ho inter
preted the results of the elections in May and ;
June, he replied; without hesitation: “They
-haveprovedthata ehoice-must-bomado-bo
tween the Empire and revolution, because
they have demonstrated that between these
two systems noplace exists, for anything or
'any person,?..; His.Sljuesty’s last.characteristip_
phrase was as follows - : “Tsball give satisfaction
to the aspirations of the present Liberals; hut
I shall remain within the limits of. the Consti
tution."
—After prolonged and careful consideration
of the question whether .' Yale -College .should
leave its old site to gain a more spacious one
in some other part of New Haven, inostof the
Faculty of the academical department agree
in thinking, first, that the proposed change in
location, if there were no financial difficulties
in the way, would, on the whole, be; advan
tageous to the College; but second, that
financial difficulties are so great and for
midable as to make the undertaking all but
hopeless.
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
; Duxnniv, 3lass., Friday, July 23—The
; French Cable fleet bas fully accomplished its
mission. Unexpectedly it whs announced off
Highland Light, Boston, at two o'clock this
morning, and many came to Duxbury to wit
ness the landing. ‘ The citizens of this place
descried the fleet by three o’clock this morn
ing. The shore end was spliced to tlie deep
sea cable at about sunrise, and the fleet, con
sisting, of the Cliiltem and Scanderea, came
steadily and rapidly to Duxbury. From 12 tee
1 o’clock the people poured in rapidly to- the
i’beach at this place, which is two miles
in an air-line from Duxbury, hut six
miles by the highway. There were from SOO'
to 1,000 waiting and watching the approach of
the fleet.. The Scanderea. having finished her
work, was a mile in advance, and anchored
first, at 1.45, about half a mile from the shore.
The Chiltern, which had been paying out the
shore-end; was soon up and anchored- at 2
o’clock. A perfect swarm of small vessels
hovered around the fleet, and when- it an
chored a largo number of citizens boarded tlie .
C'biltern, all of whom were hospitably enter
tained. During the next twohours preparations
were made to land the shore end. The cable
was pulled out by band and coiled on a barge, /
wliich was pulled ashore bv the sailors in 1
another boat. Tlie end was Landed at 5 o’clock
amid the booming of artillery on the vessels,
and the cheers ol the multitude on the shore.
The people caught hold of the cable andlielped
pull it up to the cable bouse, where it was
spliced to the land cable, jvliich Is to run in a
trench to Duxbury. About 6 o’clock all the
arrangements were successfully carried out,and
the best of feeling prevailed. The land line is
incomplete,but it is expected to be in working
order by Tuesday. The .cable is in perfect
working order, and messages have been sent
and received up to 5 o'clock this evening.
THE YALE AND HARVARD REGATTA.
Woucesteh, July 23.— The day was fine,and
everything at Lake Quinsigamond bad been
prepared lor a trial of skill. The first race
started at 3.15, and resulted as follows: The
F-.F, Curran first, in 23m. 505.; Water Witch
second, in 28m. 155.; Excelsior distanced. The
second race started at 3.53, the Harvard crew
taking water first, and gaining an advantage
of half a length at the beginning. This
tliey bad increased to a length before
reaching tlie stake boat, which they turned
first, and came in lO lengtbs ahead in 19m. 305.;
to Yale’s 19m. 58s. Tins result created im
mense enthusiasm among the friends of
Harvard, who took all the odds on the Uni
versity race, although the betting ranged three
to two in favor of Yale. The third race was
called at 4.35, and a good start was ett'ected.
The boats came in in the following order: The
Salisbury first’, in 19m. 305.; Union second, in
firm. 50s.'; Quinsigamoiid third, in 20m. 435.;
Bay State fourth, in 21m. 255.; Ida Lewis fifth,
in 21m. 555.
The crew of the winning boat was tlie same
that was distanced in the first race, and they
are accused of having thrown away their
chance in that race, in order to get bets on
this. They would have counted without their
host, however, had notthe Union crew caught
a crab shortly after the start, thereby causing
her to lose ground, and preventing her from
•coming in first, as she would undoubtedly
havedone otherwise. The winning crew .wliieli
was composed of Irishmen; Were Heizeil by
their friends and carried off on their shoul
ders, amid the most intense excitement.
The University race was called at 5.33, the
enthusiasm being worked up to the highest
pitch among the eight thousand persons
present, who betted with perfect recklessness
on the probabilities of the result. The Yale
crew put in an appearance first, wearing
white shirts and blue handkerchiefs, and tliey
were greeted with an outburst of enthusiastic
cheering. Five minutes later the Harvard
boys darted into position. They were stripped
naked to the waist, and had Magenta hand
kerchiefs bound around their heads. Their
skin was of a dark brown color, to represent
sunburn, but it had evidently been colored ar
tiiicially.r
Their appearance was the signal of even a
more frantic tribute of cheers than that of
their predecessors. _Both crews are composed
of a fine muscular set of men. The aggregate
weight of the Yale crew was 966 pounds, and
of Harvard. £Ol jiounds, as follows: Yale—R.
Terry (how), class of ’7O, 155 lbs.; E. D. Cooti
lev.tyi, 155-lbs.;-W-.-H. Lee, ’7O, lGilbs.pD. M.„
Bone, ’7O, 160 lbs.; 3V. A. Copp, ’09,164 lbs.; G,
3V. Drew (stroke), ’7O, 108 lbs. Harvard—N.
G. lleed, class of’7o, 133 lbs.; G. T. Jones, '7l,
-155 lbs,; G. Willis, ’7O, 152 lbs.; G. 8. Fay, Jr.,.
Law School, 155 lbs.; T. Parsons, ’70,153 lbs.,
F. O. Lyman, ’71,153 lbs. Harvard won the
toss of jiositiou, and took the inside.
Botli crews laid to, ready for the signal, but
Harvard got the stroke first, and shot half a.
leugtli ahead. In the first quarter of a mile
sbe gained an additional length, pulling five
strokes to Yale’s four. At the turn both boats
looked to be nearly even, and both presented
their broadsides at the same moment in 8 min.
43 sec. Harvard having the inside, however,
rounded first,andstarted home fully two lengths
ahead. Both crews now Jaid down.to their work
with a vim and did their level best, amid tlie
most frantic cxcitemfcii't, cheers now .or Har
vard, now for Yale, rending.the air alternately
without intermission. On the home stretch it
was difficult for the spectators to determine
wliieli had the advantage, and even bets were
eagerly offered anil taken by tlie friends of
both colleges. Harvard, however, passed the
regatta point six lengths ahead, ill 18 minutes
2 seconds. The Yale crew tlieu slackened their
gait, and abandoned tlie contest, coming in 8
seconds behind, beating the champion time of
1808, tlie quickest time on record.
In 1808 the Harvard crew won. in 17 min.
481 secs., which was beaten by tlie "Ward bro
thers two days afterward, in 17 thin. 405 secs.,
over the same course.
Tlie Harvard hoys are intensely jubilant
over the result, not having anticipated a vic
tory- They carry all the stakes at heavy odds,
and are spending money to-night like lords.
A’ale is crestfallen, but seeks encouragement
in tlie fact that they made better time than has
ever been made by a Yale crew before, and
were only beaten by the loser in Harvard’s
race with the AVards last year, when Harvard
scored 17m. 535.
The result takes everybody by surprise, but
it is universally conceded to have been a per
fectly fair race.. The lake was as smooth as a
mirror, and ’everything was favorable. No
questions are raised on the decision of the
T?ie course rowed was from the judge’s boat
off Regatta Foint, duo north, up tlie Jake one
and a half miles to and around the stake-boat,
and back to tlie place of starting.
—An English editor cites as a particularly
fine specimen of American nowspajier art the
following from a AVestorn paper:
“ Eobert Dexter—(Kirig of tlie New" York
Ledger and editor of the turf. He has a circu
lation of 2J5, and can trot his mile insido _of
half a million subscribers 6n a ten cylinder
track. All the distinguished writers in tho
country trot for his paper. Ho learned the art
of printing' when ho was a eolt, and by dint ot
persoverauco linked with ,n natiyo business
tact, and a thorough knowledge of the'
'value . of advertising, under' the sad
dle and to harness, he has in . his
maturity become a millionaire. Ho is_ a
perfect gentleman, 175 hands high, of a noli
glossy color and faultless symmetry. He may
he seeu almost any day if the weather is fine,
trotting around tlie Ledger office,or writing hia
editorialsiu the Central Park.”
THE FRENCH CABLE.
Tlie Landing at Dnxbnry, Mnss.
Victory of ttac Harvard Boys.
fFor tlio Pbilu. KvonlttP Bulletin.]
lutemiierancc a l>jtaea»e*
Under the above heading you published, in
your issue of the 20tli, a notice of a paper read
by I)r. Joseph Parrish before the Medical So
ciety of Pennsylvania, at the meeting in June
but, in which you say intoxication from alco'
hoi is treated as a disease, and not a rice; that
it is common all over the world, and that na
ture basin every country furnished some pro
duct by which intoxication may he produced,
and that, therefore, “it is impossible to eradi
cate so evident a natural sense of want as the
use of some intoxicant” Further, that the
committee, in view of these facts, were in
duced to urge on the profession to encourage
the moderate use of stimulants. Nor did the
committee stop here. They cited Dr.. Anstie
as authority for tho declaration that alcohol is
good; that “some old soldier lived twenty
years on a bottle of gin and a small crust of
bread daily,and that the cocoa-chewers of Peru
can sustain ahard amount of labor for a long
period without food, if they can be allowed
their accustomed quantity of cocoa.” The talk
about alcohol being food is not' heard now for
the first time, hut is now so utterly disproved
by science that we hope to hear no more of it.
Of drunkenness being a disease and not a Vice,
we may be allowed .to say that for more than
forty years we bare been accustomed to hear
people excuse men for getting drunk daily by
saying! it is a disease with them; so that idea
is not original with Dr. Parrish and liis com
mittee, nor any more true because they refer
to it. AVe do not believe that their depraved
appetite for stimulants Is anymore a disease
tbaniis their depraved disposition to swear
and steal a disease. The Society gave no sanc
tion to that opinion, nor to tue idea that
alcohol is food. At the same time that Dx„
Parrish and’ his committee were appointed,
another committee, of wliieli Dr. Hiram
Corson was chairman, was also appointed
to report on a resolution “in re
lation to the terrible practice of
of stimulation so common with the medical
profession.” In this report the highest medi
cal authorities of this and foreign countries
are adduced to show that it is the most fearful
producer of disease in every country—that it
is never necessary as a remedy, and is value
less as a preventive of disease. The opinion
of Anstie anil others, that it is necessary food,
is completely disproved by the authority of
some of our most celebrated physicians and
physiologists. But the intimation in your
paper that tho Society endorsed, the views of
Doctor Parrisli Is what I wish to correct. Tlie
.Society, by accepting a report, does not en
dorse it. In the iorejiart of every volume of its
“Transactions,” you will find a resolution de
claring that “the Society does not endorse or
sanction by its authority the facts or opinions
contained in any address or report made to it,
or which is directed to he inserted in its pub
lished transactions.” So tlie reports of those
committees will go into the Transactions side
by side, and we would gladly call attention to
them both, believing that those who may read
them cannot fail to see how fearful is the
penalty for indulgence in intoxicating drinks.
A Delegate to the 3lbdical Society
AT ITS LATE MEETING AT EltlE.
AMUSEMENTS.
The AValnut Stheet Theatre.— During
the brief interval which the AValnut Street
Theatre has been closed, workmen have been
engaged in giving the establishment a com
plete renovation, and when the next season
opens, the theatre will present an entire nevy
appearance. Carpenters, painters, upholsters
and paper-hangers are now all working ener
getically. The whole interior of the audito
rium and the lobbies are being newly papered
and painted, and furnished with new matting
and carpets, and the gilding is being renewed.
The improvements in the house will add
much to its attractiveness.
The new season will commence on Saturday
evening, August 14th, wlieri the great London
drama, in four acts, entitled JJuty, will be
presented. This play is by the author of The
Orange Girl, Henry Leslie, Esq., from whom
the sole right of its production has been pur
chased— -
The company at the AValnut during the_
coining season will comprise \Vm. A. Cfiap
maH, Stage 3lanagerj Charles AValcot, Lead
ing aiid J uvenile Business; Lewis Morrison,
Heavy Business; AVilliam H. Bailey, First
Old Man; Owen Fawcett, First Comedian;
James Taylor, AValkiug Gentlemaiv and
„ResponsibleJßusiness;AVillis_H.Eage,AValking„
Gent and Respectable Business; Frank Stull,
'Prompter; General Business—Messrs. AV-.L.-
Street, AV. H. Jones, C. H. Bradshaw, \\ r m.
Lomas, R.y.T. Lanning and J. AVade. The
ladies' in the company wili consist of 3liss
Annie Graham, Leading Lady; Mrs. Cliaiies
AValcot, First . Chambermaid, Comedy and
Juvenile Business; 3lrs. AV. A. Chapman,
, First Old AVoman; Sirs. Lewis Morrison,
First AValking Lady; Sirs. J. P. BreJsford,
Second Old AVoman ; Sliss J. Barton, Second
j AValking Lady; General Business, Misses
I Mary Barr, Julia Porter, Susie Price,
Hattie Sliller, Fannie Henry and Laura Reetl.
Sir. T. J. Hemphill, the efficient and popular
! Business Slauager, of course will remain in
that position.
Arrangements have been made witbrthe fol
lowing popular “Stars” to appear during.the
season: Sirs. D. P. Bowers, Sir. and Sirs.
Henry AVatkius, Sir. Edwin Forrest, Miss
Lucille Western, Sir. Edwin Booth, Miss
Kate Bateman, Sir. John S. Clarke, Mr. and
Sirs. Barney Williams, Sir. F. S. Chaufrau
and SI r. Joseph Jefl'ersoii.
AVith the degree of liberality thus shown by
' the management, tlie'next season at tlie AVal
mit deserves to be one of great success.
Bal Slasqi'b oat 0 at Atlantic City. —Tlie sett,
son at Atlantic City is to be enlivened by a
grand carnival hud bal masque. The arrange
ments are now actively progressing. The af
fair will take place at the new Excursion House
on tlie evening of August sth. No better place
could have been selected, as the danc
ing ball is more spacious than our
Academy of Slusio, when prepared
for similar festivities. This bal masque
lias been placed in charge of gentlemen who
have had much experience in managing such
affairs in this city, and, therefore, there can
not he the least doubt that it -will be entirely
suecessful in every particular. Tho different
costumers in tlie city are already engaged in
making preparations for tho carnival. The
price of the tickets for the ball have been
fixed at S 5, whieh includes a passage from this
city to Atlantic and return. '
Alien Street The atre. — Bryant’s Slinstrel
Troupe, direct from Bryant’s Opera House,
New York, will make their appearance at this
theatre, commencing Slonday eyeniag next,
July 20th. The company is one of tliedargest
anti heßt iii the business, numbering thirty-tour
performers, and eotnprises Sueli ot'tistss asDaiv,
llryant, Davoi Reed, be
sides others that are considered stexs in min
strelsy. The leading feature of. tho Bryants
-is t.ho'capital manner in whielirthey-perform-
Imrlesque opera. The performance, on,.Mon
day will commence with the regular first-part
olio entertainment, after which will be given
the burlesque of Verdi’s charming opera of 11
Trovatore. It will bo placed upwi-the stage in an
elegant manner, with now sconery, splendid;
dresses and appointments, a, largo and wbll
trtuned orchestra and,an, effietent chows. Every
attention will bo paid to all the minor details,
and Judging from tho reputation this troupe
lias attained, in other cities, there is no donbt
"but that it will be sustained here, and tlieir
treasury receive nu abundance ot oasli.
—Young ladies who play croquet are known
as “mauU'tis all for lawn.”
F. X. FETHERSTOft Pnlilislier.
PRICE THREE CENTS
FACTS ASI) FAMI®
—Except in point of fortune, Bicker and.’
Perishing are as like as two P’s. - • >* r
—The Argentine Confederation.—TbeleaguO
of Wallstreetspeciemen. ■ •
—Song of a magistrate—Let us speak of a
man as we’ve fined him. /"
—When lovers quarrel what presents made
on either side are not returned? The kisses.
—“Let us have P’s,” said the Convention at
Harrisburg, stealing Grant’s thnnder;;and so'
they nominated Packer and'Peris king.'-
—The ‘‘conservative” rural'.fiame applied to
General Kosecrans during tlm-war was “Blue*'
bejlied butcher.” . •
—“I don’t cafe a'darn,” .said-a down ' town -
politician, “about the nigger race or the-White
race; Hm for race o’Packer.”
—Kussia teaches England a lesson in dises
tablishment by dropping its hereditary priest
hood at one sweep.
—Change for a Sovereign—The Quecnth
transferring her residence from :Bhlmofal to
Windsor.
—Our last advices inform ns that the LontE
Chamberlain lias determined to have the out
skirts of Lonilon lengthened. '
—ln the Chicago councils an ordinance i»
pending to raise a revenue from advertising,,
by offering to the highest bidder the privilege'
of placarding the backs of the city policemeni
—A letter from India, in referring to the in
tense heat there, says “life becomes a burdeui
here after the'•thermometer gets above BK
degrees.”
—lt is suggested that the disaffected .’Demo
cracy of Philadelphia, who cannot vote the-
Ahern-Stewart ticket, be called hereafter the - ,
Disinfected Democracy.
—Owing to the poisonous nature of thS cos
metics in use among our belles, courtship lias
eorrie to be like a game of billiards. In -eifheirt.
many “kisses” are fatal. .
—A man at Hurricane Heights, Ark.,-says
that all the air about the earth will shortly
blow away, and lie is busily engaged in, col
lecting all tlie empty bottles in his vieinity-nnd
sealing up the precious fluid for his personal
use when the trying time shall arrive.
—There has not been a single case of fever
and ague in the lower part of Chester since the
establishment of the Chester Chemical Works, ,
liy Mclntyre ,& Gibson. Hie gases which. ■
evolve from these works have been a 'death
blow to fever and ague. .
—“Here’s your money, hoy, and now tell me
why your rascally master wrote eighteen let
ters about that contemptible sum?” “Era
sure, sir, I can't say; but if you’ll excuse me,
sir, I sort o’reckon ’twas because seventeen- 1 ,
didn’t fetch it.” •
—The great needle manufactory of .Carl .
Schleicher in Scljonthal,' near Dpren,.ou the
Kliine, exported in the year 18(18 no less than u
1M0,000,000 of sewing needles, which were dis- •
posed of in various parts of the continent of
Europe, in Hortli and South America, and- in -
Africa. ■ ■
—A smock-frock philosopher in the rural part
of England compared wife-beating to • thresh
ing a sack of flour. “ You may knock all the
line out of it,” lie said, “ hut ’pend ’pon. it the -
coorse will stop beliind.” The more we think .
of this saying theprofounder it becomes.' .
—Prince Arthur, of England; after three •
whole days’ stiidy of artillery, fortittcationand..
engineering, has received the recommendation ,
of the British Council of Military Education
as being “well qualified for a commission in
either of the scientific corps of Her Majesty’s
army.” '
—Besides the people who eat with dhclir •
knives,Olive Logan has found at Long Branch -
“thegentlemen and ladies who continue, the
masticating process post-prandially the- whole*
length of the dining-room, and there are • the*
gentlemen—few ladies—who drink tod much.l.
champagne and walk out unsteadily with red. ;
face and bleary eyes.”
—The Hew York correspondent of. tko.Hewr .
Orleans JPicuuune writes: “I know. of. one
hank here—about the largest in the city—the
President of which has allowed his son,iwho..
has no account whatever in the bank, or is in
no way connectedxvithit, .to draw therefrom.
all the greenbacks he may see fit, for the pur
pose ot loaning them'at eiiormoWTatesofinr
tere.st. ... .
—The Norlhwestem lmfhwUm says ,of its town,
of Warsaw: “We have a youth in this place
by the name of .John 'fusing, who is in .the
one hundred and sixth year~of hiS-agert.WTe --
also have the largest number of .beautiful,
lakes, the handsomest women, two men-with
tapeworms, more representatives in the-peni--
tentiary.and are prepared to excel anybody.in.
anything thateau ho scared up.”
'—At tliel celebration of the natitumli anni
versary at Algona, lowa, on the sth instant, a.
gentleman presented Air. Ingham,,, bunker—
took from Ins wile’s arms bor babe, anil Afts..
Ingham mounted the platform ami delivered
a speech on woman’s rights to an attentive,
audience; after whicb the banker returned the
babe to his wife with apparent.satisliiction
and x>ride at her success.
—Short hair, which has been comparatively
of little value, is now. as expensive as any
other, and this has brought into market aa
article called the “Japan Switch,” reminding
one of a fly-brush, by name. Itis made. from,
the fibres of a tree, and comes in. all lengths
and all colors natural to the human-, hflir, is
soft and light, and can be braided, twisted or
dressed as a chignon in any style desired.
—Utica is atrticteii with lughway-. robbers.
One of them dragged a young- manioutoff Ilia
carriage the other night, anil , demanded Ilia
money or his life. Bur. the youngman was
plucky, and he first .thrashed the robber and
then coolly got back into his carriage ant! drove
away-ZThe highway robber who.w.oetkl sub
mit to such air outrage is a fraud whom it
wore a compliment to laugh at ■and call a vil
lain.
-A gentleman residing several miles from
—r—- has been in the habit of.sending his wait
ing-hoy with the buggy buck.bourn, with the
following message: “Tell my ivifo I’m caught
on that it—d jury again.” His with,to he sure,
little suspected that the jury was a set of boon
companions bent on “a liigfs old time” and the
determination not “to go home till morning.”;
A few. days since he sent said waiter-boy to
town after some necessary articles- ; The
hoy fell in with friends, gat elevated and top
heavy, anil pitched out of the buggy. The-,
horse and buggy arrived home-all right,out the
hoy did hot make his appearance until next,
day. With a stern, countenance our juryman,
called the boy up and demanded why he did!
not come up in the proper time. “ 'Pore Godh
rnassa, I was eotched on do d—d jury.” .
, —Tlio following anecdote is told of the Vice
roy of-Egypt’s tendency-.-to., extravagances—
When ho was in Paris, same years re
marked that the French officer who was-ap
pointed to accoiopanyhimworaapalatgt;oi a,—
new fashion. He begged the officer
the tailor wlio had made the paletofc to heu.
brought to him; ho would like 1 one of exactly
'thesame kind. Thotailoreame,-andtook tha. - -
measure of Ismail Pasha, who them said,
“Now, make.me twelve dozen patetatsof this
cut ” The tailor turned in amazement,to tha
officer and said, “His Highness does not
understand French very well; thorn must baa
mistake. Who would wish one hundred and
forty-four paletots ? ” The offices' was him
self at a loss to understand, what was
meant, and begged the Viceroy TO explain
His Highness answered coolly, “Twelve dozen
will scarcely suffice for a winter, for I cannot
put on the some paletot mote than onco.” Tha
tailor went away satisfied, engaged a number
of Parisian workmen, and ip eight days 6ept . ..
Ismail Pnsha his one hawked and fortydow ’
paletots, - r