PEACOCK. Mfte.
OLUME XXIII.-NO. 120.
KARIVARDS.4IXFORDS
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE RACE
tTelegrhii.from Moncitie D • Conway to the N. Y. World.)
LONDON,' August27.--The international boat
race has been won by the Oxfords by a clear
three lengths. • •
The race is conceded universally to have
been perfectly, fair - and honorable on both
sides. "-•
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twenty-two minutes and fort3r-one seconds--
more than they took :over: the course a few
The Haryards won the right to choose the
shore, and of course chose the Middlesex sida
- The race Started at quartet past dye at the
• Word "geri'Aprotiounced by Mr: Blnikie, • the
stroke of 'iii, and the coach of the HarYard
four.
Oxford twieennswered no,' while :HarVard
'seemed more anxious to start, alt Mettle was
beginning to run out. 7 s
• The boat used by Harvard was the Ameri
can boat built by Elliot. •
—•--The distance rowed is a littleletis - thawfour
miles and three furlongs.
The day was fair but the tide unfavorable.
'Por the firtit mile of the race , Harvard was.
.jahead.bylirtde than a length'; 'rowing - forty
two strokes per minute to Oxford's thittp
Harvard's towing was:most brilliant, and
many believe that the racemight haye been
gained had the coXswain Made aa better effort
take OXfOtd's water.' -r :
As Hamirienanith Bridge was passed the ad.
vantage wasetillWith the Harvards; but it was
perceived that the pace at which they started
could not be SUStained.
• AS Harvard sank from forty-tire to forty,
and lower, Oxtord rose to forty strokes per
minute, and maintained it, without alteration
to the end. ; •
A little before Chiswick was reached (about
half-Wayi Oxford, by a splendid matneuvre, of
the co'sswahi, took Harvard's water, ;and all
of Mr. Buritham'S efforts to escape Oxford's
wash were in vain.
'As Chiswick Church watt passed Harvard
was visibly distressednial Mr.ilernhatn. began
throUing water over is stroke and Simmons,
on whom the labor and the sultriness told
heavily,
It was now perceived that the race was lest
by Harvard, r, one moreheroic effort was
made to gain Oxiord's side.
When the gun sounded the. Harvard crew.
after it moment's rest, drew up by the side of
the Oxford applauded their victors
by clappitig their.hands.: -The Oxonians aknowledged this by takbrit off their bath.
The gr'etitest enthustasni iva , Oxianifested,and
, front the Englishmen on the Unipire's boat and
tin. bend for the press--dhe only t*OaccoMpa
nring the race—there were cheers given for
Harvard.,
Having paid their re merits to • their oppo
nents,, the. Harvard crew embarked on • a
swanier.. The Oxford crew, which seemedbut
little fatigued,rowed back to Putney,attended
by the Mess steamer Sunflower, which an
nounced their victory to the crowded . shores
by raising '-time Oxford above the' Harvard
The Ovation they received was': prolonged
cheerpaigsingfrota 3lorthike to London,
it is believed that no crowd so immense ever
before gathered on the Thitrat. '
Among theflags many were American, and
two of the largest of these were waved by the
victorious crew.
On return the feeling between the adherents
of the two sides was very friendly, on account
of the extraordinary care taken by all that the
Harvards should have nothing to complain of.
There are various theories of the cause of
Harvard's failures. It is rumored that their
diet has been lately vegetarian, but it is not
true. Loring is criticised for not having
English coaching; Burnham for bad( steering,
but many good judges declare that the race
was almost arepetition of the race between the
English universities,
and Harvard-failed—be-j
-cause its style is that of Cambridge.
Among the Anierbans who witnessed the
race were Consuls Dudley and Morse, the
Hon. S. S. Cox, MessrS. 'Welker, Morgan,
Sturgis, and Wilkes. The American press was
largely represented, and a number of English
literal, men were present.
A good deal of money was lost by bets being .
taken when Oxford was behind. The largest
loss I heard of by an American was four hun
dred pounds.
An effort was made to foul Oxford. It will
be investigated. The irmdividual l Wits in dress
like a member bf a famous rowing club, and a
lad was in his boat. No one supposes it other
:than mm attempt to win a bet.
Tlie relatiVe crewsnre very kindly to-night;
they dine together at, 'Mr. Phillips' residence,
at Mortlake. To morrow the Harvard crew
willdine 'With Morgan Baker, and on Monday
both crews will be at the London Rowing Club
banquet.,
Immediately after that the Harvard will dis
perse. Mr. Simmons goes to Heidelberg- to
pupsue his studies. He has gained snuck ad-
Thiratiell for his beautiful rowing, as has Lo
ring for his science. Muria; Hughes visited
the emu's just Vlore, the race. 11 , has dined
with the Harvard crew.
Hall, the Oxford cokswain, who-looks like a,
boy of tn - elve years, receives much praise fbr
his tact. .
Worm:ill, editor of Ben's Ltle t attributes
much to Willan's finar years' experience of the
1:011Itie -With the Catithridge races.!
• Kelly, the coach, :reclines that lack of scien
tific rowing and bad Steering lost the race. On
the press boat there were only fifty person ,to
which the number was limited by the Thames
Conseri - ancy. Among those on it repreS(3ilt
iiig Anierivan journalti were Dicey, Clucleson,
Kirwan, Smalley, and one Wilkie Wass OP the
umpire's beat. • No qeestion was raised' before
the umpires, who were Galsten, Cantata of
the London Rowing Chth, for the 1 Harvard.
crew, and Chitty, for the Oxford creW llu&heS
being the referee.
Fity, of the Harvard crew, made dekperate
eftbrts to alter the tide of WWl's, auitaithongh
the coxswaiu threw writer over his men and
roused them to fresh exertions every nihmte,
they gradeallyfell astern. Then, they ,put on
another spUrt; and rapidly dreW up to their
competitors, but it died out, and' Oxford' pre
served •- the lead, although •: , their r boric , was
nearly Overtarnetbby some ;parties whom the
ThiuneS police would have done }veil to look
after. , Tlie Oxonians ‘Nroli-hy' three ' boat; :
lengths, but with greet '
:TheAnierieanersiw-'
count: eltheniselves "as expeeted, and
such a udigaitieent race ,it 'may never' be my
lot to witness... I unfitted to ~tare that the
ii yard CreW Well• the t()SS, 114 Leek'., the
Micidli‘s - Side, : hitt bad steering refideridit
worse than useless.
• . Another - Accoupt. I•
They sped away quietly and swiftly, and,
theugh the English experts chinned that OX=
ford had by far.the better "form," the quic k daSh of:Harvard Was quite :equal'to rr ,for
were grace,liowever it may have been' for
power. Anti the poWer'did net mein bieklug
atiirst.''' In three lengths, however, Oxfpid
drew slightly—very slightkyahead, and away
they 'Went up the , river, the laser- i
yard oars going ft little faster than the Ox-
ford, and both as reg ular as clock-work:
they dwindled down the stretch towards
Hammersmith Bridge-Hiii plain sight from
Putney Bridge. Up, to that ,peint Harvard
had hail stretch analogous to her coarse, a :
bent!, , and the eci.:- . c,switin wa.s hiennibrithee
—so that it was Still anybody's: raee. Hut as
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• •. • Priestly ate in RUSSIA, ,
The Czar has published ariukase, abolishing
'the hereditary character of the Itiessian
pricedhood, which is now a taste, comprising
iOO,OOO families. The right to obtain ordina
[tion is now extended to all, while a priest's
son can betake. himself to ordinary life. It is
probable that the motive of this remarkable
I measure, which has almost escaped' attention
i in Western Europe, was to break up a power- ,
ful inweriutn in. noPerfo, but its effect will
probably be', to ilisisolve the ice -like rigidity
and coldness of the Russian eeeleeiasticalitys-;
teen. The new. priests will, be more like ordl
- nary human beings,-a - great gain. _
. Queer. fisfory.. . •
The 'Montgomery (Ala.) -.Meet-User declares
that all that. can be said of the battle of•Gettys
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burg is that General Lee failed to carry the
position of the Federal army —that "it was a
qicele of the invatling force, and although the
/elect of this cheek was, remotely, of exceed
ing advantage to the Washington Govern
ment, still, a purely physical sense, the bat;
tle was really, a drawn one." ."Subseeuently,"
it continues, "General Lee, after awaiting and
apparently courting 'attack for three days, re-.
• treated into Virginia. without the disorganize=
tion of a single. rigade:" -
California
.1r0n,., • • .
• Aref , n l PenY /MS 1)661 orga.ni zed in San Fran-,
eisco to work a deposit of native iron ore.
Heretoeere„ Celiforxtia, using .. a very large
iiniounr tit iron and eteel„bas , -mipterted these .
product...4frorn'this side of e ihe Continent or,
from Europe, except pefele torte that have
letelY been brought' frolie Oregon.' It is said
that valuable deposits exist in localities along
• a line of 300 miles in the Sierra Nevada, from
near the'eentre .to -the extreme neirthernend
of the chain.
J. Boss Brown's Opinions.. • •
The New York "tin asks : ,
Why in the world was Mr..T. Boss Browne
ever made Ministertii China? He is a clever
ish writer of hunicirous books, and if he made
the drawings . to 'illwitrate them; he also peg
eeese.s talents as a draughtsman' - ` but lie knows
little er nothing of pulic affairs ; has. never
eiVell evidence of e capacite-for public business,
and has nut that Value safe judgment trhich,
on the rare occasions when a Mieieter of China,
has anything to do, becomes 'especially requi
site.
i t now appears that he has been oppee
ing in China a treaty ivhich his own Govern
ment had negotiated in Washington, and
which the Senate had ratified. Such a donkey
ought to be brought home at the shortest no
tice; anti kept home.
~It is not safe to let him
go Abroad.
Bnterprlsing. Brahmins.
The ocean is the Rata pawnee of the Brah
•min, for, sailing on that "black water' to
-places beyond the seas; he loses •forever caste
and social position. Some half a dozen years
since, a Brahmin, reckless of the losses which
his daring entailed, set sail for England, and
returned to be sent to Coventry by his class.
'What cared he? He proposed to reverse the
facts in the old story about Mehemet. To the
Prophet the mountain would. not come; so
the ,Prophet prudently act out fertile mown- '
• tarn. The Mountain of caste looked frown
ingly on the Brahmin, but its shadow fell on
hint only . for half a dozen years, and, instead
of his yielding and doing penance ' numerous
converts have imitated his •prudent but unor
thodox example. -
Professional Secrets: .
An exchange says
It might be event° determine with exactness
the nature' of a privileged communication
mule to professional men: Thus doctors,
priests and lawyers are all matte the profes
sional tlepositaries of secrets. It seems neces
sary- for the very existence of society 'that
these classes should be not merely privileged
but bound in lacy, as they are in profes.sional
honor, to preserve their secrets inviolate.
l'epulerity, they are believed to be privileged;
hat a recent discussion before the .British
edi cal Association seems to establish the ex
traordinary fax.e that, according to.the Eng
lish law of evidence, a medical witess is not
incites not protected -and nriVilegedebut is
bound to divulge secrets which have become
known to him in aprofessional capacity. Why
should: such an invithous discrimination be
made in his regard when the relationship: ot'
solicitor or barrister and client, and of Trie_st
and penitent, are practically, if not theerete
vane, guarded by the most stringent privilege
atel. secrecy.
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• Rough on". Aldermen. •,
.Iprepos of the ducal muniticence. , -efehis-
Highness of Edinburgh, who made 'shabby
presents to the eolomsts of Victoria and New
South Wales and then chared them to the
imperial account, the New York Wore/ tells a
story showing how these things are managed'
in Kiel The l iil of Prusent e in his recent,
eprogrt-ss" through his dominions, went to
that city, and Was breakfasted. by the officers,
of the municipality, who-generously-placed the
cost to the popular account. But . the ,good
i)(ople of the city, though' acknowledging the
honor, "could not see this," so they refused to
pay, and required the- inngnificex4 .Aldermen
to settle the bill: The matter was, _finally _re- _
ferred'to the.3ll - ifistr.Y of the...lnterior, which
sided with the 'resents. The precetiontruight
be a useful one in the ease the _young
lisp prince: •
t - eeite.Eccentirie
Th 6 — Week/ 'says The eceelitrie
and captivating Princess 31 etternich, ''iii
has. *, invented. - more crazy 'toilets anti
(lone - • more /Limitable objects; than any,
°flier woman of l'ash)on iii Europe:'
comeenaterally by her oddity if not by lice
nevoleueee, Ilerfather, Count, Nagy-Saudeneri,
3laygar ineenate of forteme, was so addicted
to strange ale testonneling•.freaks of athletic'
fun, that his Bantu; Wasanade famous thereby
from . Bohemia - to"the Banat- He' thought
nothing ofriding'tit full ended down the most
rickety staircases and the steepest clitle:
mule his horse. jump - 'over a hollow-:
square of ba,yonets, trot' along the
,top.of
Ti castle wall, and bac elf Ti dining-table. In •
.short, 'lie *did both MS ." level!' awl his roll-.
ing beet'. tolehreak neck; and, of, course,"
never never succeeded aioing so. In testinionv
whereoe.his dutiful - daughteielnie•-ettst - caused
one of the best draughtsmen in Germany 'to
make up all album, every,page of which coin-.
inemorates one-of her sire's most frantic per.
formances. This albumeihe hits had bound in
they, neared the bridge it appeared plain, rom
the statements 'of all who could see them that
their coxswain named it, and steered • so
near the shore that the swell ''of Oxford
.stopped their way., Nevertheless, the Har
yards put, on steam, and even as they went
wider, the race was not irretrievable . But
from this, point the;Oxfords ; had every ad
vaniage; The river takes a sudden bend to
the south. The curve is short, and right in the
' jaws:of it lies the Ait,:noW covered • with the
Hood tide. The torturous nature of the stream
was in itself unfavorable, and here the -ox 7
fords put out all their strength. The Harvards
, seemed fully aware of the sudden disadvan
tage. 'They, too, labored with new energy;
shore it seemed that something suddenly rep
tarded the boat ; the Strokes Were heavier but
be --- vegifel - did - ribt respond - With atacritr Once
it broke away and came up to within a yard of
the Oxforib;, but it was a momentary speed,
The English boat gradually increased her
lead from one to two lengths, and the friendi
and backers of Alie Americans became,de 7
spondingly silent. ~ At Barnes Bridge the Ox
fords lied Oned another length. The music
of the umpire's boat. as heard. Another two
minutes and the goal was reached by the Ox
fords—twenty-five yards ahead. The time by
Benson's cronograph was 22.41 i. ,
MASS to GraintAzi.
PHILADELPHIA, SATU4DAY, AUGUST 28, 1869.
green morocco, and inscribed on the back
with a devout recognition of that Providence.
Which deigned to 'throw over the illustrious
Count gaudor the protection which, as we all
know, it has for ages extend to drunken per
sons and to fools.
The Independence Question , 4inexpeeted
A ,l l /4 4614 1 14 .
the N. SC...Trwiene hat;the follovringi
2tIONTREAL ,
, Aug. 25r-The cool rammer in
which the Government papers, and those
.wiich take thei,r - ,:lone Aora, GOvernment
papers - , 'greeted the Carketitatnigiuncetrt'ent4Lin
"aii-d-iiiilig
'nantly denied , that , there was the slightest
trace of feeling:_in_the_country-in-favor—of
independence, has ludicrously changed. We
have seen .how : the ..aldest portion. of the
Cantulittn; press has, if 'not- openly em=
braced the independen,Ce movement, at
least'. fallen, Of , : it-, all
within the very ; short space of live
inontba; .anil bow the discuskon, from - being
confined to a fetv,prints that might be counted
by the 'finger of one hand has 'enlarged and toj,
day employs', nearly the , entire :press of the
country; both Englislf - and 'French. 'One of
the most pronounced opponents of such a
state of things as the Independents desire,
the Torargo . Dafly Teleiirizi)l4 now: . cOmes out
with an article which the telegrams very
justly say "is creatin g :ebriaiderable comment
in politics The, not only:.
foresees independence, but . .gOes further and
Pophesies annexation to the- United States''
ere is the article: " • • • ;
We get so o:ol4lithEle iS_Nvortidesg. through
the Atlantic CableTiiithe shape of news, that
we often hesitatein drawing attention to what,
seems important, politically, when it comes
through that channel. ups morning we have
au item transcribed from the London Shaul
ard, to which. it is necessary that, we Should'
draw our readers' attention. It evidently - re
ferS to the subject Of Sir John , Ybifit's"iipeech
at, Quebec, wherein the Governor referred to
the question of a. separation of the Dominion
from the Mother Country. The London
...tandard, we might to inform our readers here,
;s not the old " Mrs. Harris" Journal it was a
few years ago. It is a, Tory organ, but is edited
with as much vigor .and ability as:
the London Times; and it speaks, by the:
card, for,t.he Most compact political Organiza-,
don in England. The sum of its utterances, if
carefully translated, will be found to be this:
"We of the Dominion areto be cast adrift." It
' is not pleasant reading; but from the moment .
Bright, Gladstone K Co. resolved to remove
the troops, we were morally convinced that ,
the announcement nowmade by Lord Derby's
organ (,perikingfrenn a perfect knowledge of
the Interior and secret. policy of the Empire)
would be forthcoming. Sir John Young an
nounced the fact prematurely at ,Quebeci and
be has tried to modify his statements at .Hal-i
ifax. But,there it is,..ra fact, nevertheless, and,
we are adrift, Dominion and all. . • .
So mush effi
for the . English giers; now for
the French. Here is what L'Erenflibtt says:
It cannot be concealed that a certain nOeasi
ness tit`thils moment among our people, •
that a great uncertainty is manifedcd in pub
lie opinion. We knots- not; exactly where we
are going, to what precise
. goal the tide , Of
bearing us. We 'nisi trace of this
everywhere ; they have manifested themselves
even in the Speech pronounceol here - by Sir
john Yeting,irr the language useifon the same
occasion b Sir ,Narvisse Belleau. ,The man-,
Der in 'trill ch certain journals speak of the in
dependence of the country is not calculated to:
dissipate these doubts and allay • this uneasi
ncss. It scene:, however, that. this
question of independence has arisen prema
turely. The work, of federation is not con
cluded, while we are yet speaking of placing
the top-stone. But in America, if not in
Canada, events march 'rapidly. Profiting by
this species of disorder, all systems are -ha
zarded, all questiems discussed. ;Political eco
nomy has all at once become a science. whereof
everybody knOws the inmost secrets. EVery
body has his nostrum to cure the evils of the
present situation. Everybody knows how to
make manufactures flourish offihand; - where
to find capital; the English are shipped
home to Europe; more intimate com
mercial relations are knit pp again
with the United States, &c. No one
better than ourselves can more promptly re
cognize the difficulties of the situation, none
more fully sympathizes with the suffering la
boring classes; with commerce so sorely tried.
But we must take heed that we fall not into
illusions which:would entail deceptions more
cruel than thoSe under which we now lab Or.
It will not suffice, if we obtain, a change, to
place us at once at the zenith-of prosperity. ,
We must prepare for it and discuss its con
ditions.. Our destinies are in our own hands
it has been told us. That is one reason the
.more not to sell them too cheaply ; to guide
theta for ourselveS in a safe route. The men
whom public confidence hits placed at the
head of affairs feel, as well as we, the crisis
through which we are passing better than we
'can see their issue. It is for them to prepare
the end; they can have no interest in prolong
ing the crisis. With confidence We may de
pend upon their foresight and pohtical
sense. It is not ) however. any the less de
sirable that they should soon clear their policy
from the shadows in which circumstances
have involvedit;__let a declaration of , a pro
gramme fix the too vacillating riubheopituon,
,and give to the eflbrts of earnest thinkers a
common object. •
PRINCE ARTIIIIIR.
The Doininiiin Pirisic On , Ills Visit.
From the Halifax. Chronicle tantheutifetleratel of
• August 24j ' -
The contrast between the splendid reception
accorded to Prince Arthur, after scarce a
day's preparation, joined in as it was. by all
classes.kit the conniiimity, and. that. given to
the Governor-General by a small section of
our people after Weeks'of labor,Sheuld convoy
to the public men of the Dominion a lesson
they have long needed as to the real feelings
of the , people of OAS province during
our late 'political Struggles. Wronged
undoubtedly ;as no British: colonists
had been. wronged before, and wronged hi
part thrOugh the careles's indifference of Brit
ish statesmen to their interests and feelings,
tempted by the splendid prospect .of a future
of invigorated - commerce , and =rapid develop
ment 61 the country's internal wealth, offered
by'aff alliance with the United States,' they
yet preserved their loyalty; but only because
they refused toidentify at With . love for the
Dominion, - 6r - identify the pernia. nonce of our
preffent , .1 permanence:
of f British Co nil ectiOn. - Had:- they : - done
do : it is : doubtful whether single
spark of . loyalty would have remained in
the breast of an .anticonfederate. That this.
has itat been the case the country may well
rejoice,' for it is thus proved :that our people
do ,not act hastily,that they, are not tickle;
Idle, - to those ntelined to think them; tame,
the spirited refusal of the citizens of Halifax
to , cooperate in _welcoming the . Dominion
Governor'convey . truer iMpression.
to their . character. Personally Sir John
loaiiig would ' haver
.A
Veteran statesman, -man , of singular
who had wisely governed the cote- .
nieS%connuitted to his care, were it not that lie
came here . representing a State for which,.
although we - are Miembersi of it, we entertaht
the 'in ost profound- detestation; fla*Would•lia've
been welcomed as,was ,no : Governor before..
As it was,. thiit, his reception , was not utterly_!
marred *by the prese Mall Of aid mitt-eon. ;
federate , address -or k,rioti Off but-be tttri
bated to the ' goodsense and hesPitalitylofour
citizens, loco "were ovinhig :reader- un-,
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
comfortable the stay_ among us of 2 stranger
so distinguished as Sir John Young
' Prince Arthur came to us unidentified 'with
the neWState. To us he was the son of the
best and best loved woman who had. ever oc
cupied the English throne. He 'represented
to, us the 'England of our imaginations, which
it.wotlld take many rudeshocks to ;transform
into avEngland which would tyrannize .over
us by, coercing us to remain in, an injurious al-
Hance into which we were forced, and widch
we have fairly tested and found worse even
than:we had believed it. Such being the case,
all classes of our citizens joined in giving him
an enthusiastic greeting—a greeting ivhich
• ' at_bt
coiite present political martian.
The Governor-General will now be able to
answe.r—inquirica-froni—thn—Britislr-Orovertr
zuent as to the result of the conciliation policy
of the Dominion Governntent. He will be
able to feel that the anti-confederates are no ;
disloyal as they are rfpresented to be ; tha';
they are in a vast majority in the . Province.:
and, mine and mare 'important still, that they_
decline evenyet to identify British colTection
with the Union. Facts like these should no
longer be concealed, It is the dutY of Sir. John
Young, who is entrusted to a certain extent
with the guardianship of British America ; to
bring theta honie-to theimperial Ministry.
Meanwhile we trust, that neither political
party will attempt to make politica) capital
out of this recepnon of the Prince, and that
lie and his companions may not be bored with
politics during their stay. •
Aeelonnts from Bosyon Pimwtoire'm.-39nr-
tering - 8.
The.iitearner Germania, Cant.' Kier,: from
New York Aug. 3 for Ratuburg, before re
pertedwrecked; bad on board sdveral *ell
knovezi' Boston parties as passengers. Letters
:froth them received in Boston on Thursday
state that the steamer had a pleasant run from
NeW,Xork Until Saturday, 5y M., August. 7,
when she ran ashore during a thick tog,,in
Fresh Water Cove, about 6 or 7 miles , distant.
from Cape Race. She went oh at the foot of
a Muffin rocks, supposed to be 6011.50 to 200
feet high. and apparently (as seen from
the Wrecked steamer) almost perpendi
enlar.,:, The rock-bound snore. was
seen a few secondi before the steamer .Struck,
and the engines, were immediately reversed, ,
but her headway could not be stopped in sea-
Soli to prevent the disaster. She did net
Strike very heavily at first, however, which
thq iSproved by another, viz.: that many of,
the passengers (including ladies) were not ,
aroused from their morning slumbers. Those:
who were up and dressed rushed, below and
spread the unpleasant intelligence,' so that all
m hoard were:minion deck, quite a number in
their night habiliine nts,but excellent order pre
vailed.' The steamer backed oft, but while this
was"being accomplished, she seemed tdswing
around to her port side, and upon a sharp
rock, and when the sea lifted her, she came:
down with a heavy crash;terrifying,of course,
all unaccustomed to such scenes. A large hole
was stove hi tile steamer's bottoms, when she
commenced to sink quite , rapidly. The
ollicerS remained perfectly cool ; and, fully re,_:
'alizingthe situation, attempted to • run her'ht
shore again, hut did not succeed in gotting in
so near the bluffs as v! hen she first struck: The
boats were got out , without delayas the
steamerstruck about o'clock, and at about
6 some 4 the paSsengers were leaVing in the
boals, Cele of ::containing _ the
Boston passengers and others, twenty-three sn
number, was steered fora time in a westerly
direction, a compas having been saved, to
gether with a bottle or two of water and a
quantity of bread. It was . proposed by
one to steer to New York." The absurdity
of this idea was apparentto the majority, who
ruled The sufferings were great for hours, as
they Were exposed, half clad, to heavy fogs
and rain from 6 A. M. until 2 P. M. when
they succeeded in effecting a landing through
the breakers, which ; were heard dis
tinctly roaring all the time, and, found
thethselves in Biscay Bay, some nine.
miles from where the steamer sunk. 'The lady
'passengers were very sea-sick on, board the
little life-boat, and were naturally very weak
on getting ashore. A tire was built upon the
beach., ah expecting to remain there through
the tedious hears of the coining night, but for
tune smiled upon them, and twosmall houses
were goon discovered, whose inmates laudly
rendered what assistance they could in:
getting the sufferers food and ary clothing
On niesday morning, the party walked
over a very rough road or path, a distance
of about four miles, to Trepassy Bay, where
they were welcomed on board a French frig
age, and arrived at St. Johns, Newfoundland
the same evening at 8 o'clock. They lost al
*their baggage. Steamer 'Chnbria haS since
taken all hands to Europe 'as before stated.
The rescued passengers seem 'to think the ter
rors of a lee shore hard to describe, particu
larly when the fog is dense • and the • rocky
cliff are. almost directly overhead.—Boston
Post.
The Maryland papers have the following
items in relation to the drought. -The Hagers
town Herald says:
in the vicinity of Sharpsburg, in this county,
there has been a protracted, drought, whilst
here and in other parts of the county the
weather has been quite seasonable until within
the last two weeks. But now the drought has
reached us, accompanied with a• heat which
is almost Unbearable, and corn, potatoes, grass
and vegetables are suffering severely:front its
Meets. if it continues another week the corn
crop must fall below a half an average, and
the other crops be reduced accordingly.
The Frederick Examiner of Wednesday
evening says:
The drought still continues, althen,gb at the
time of penning this the prospect for a rain
was good. The supply of water in the reser
voir is rapidly diminishing. The hydrants are
now shut at one o'clock in the afternoon, and
turned on between five and six o'clock in the
morning. A feeling of uneasiness is manifest
ing
itSelf atuong our citiiens.in consequence
of the continued dry, weather. Should the
water in the reservoir give out a great deal of
inconvenience will be experienced. Many of
the wells were filled up when the water-works
were built, and the springs, but feW in num
ber, would he very inconvenient to a. great
majority of -our , citizens should they hate to
be resorted - to. The waterin Carron ,cre'elc
also very IoW, and would hardly be fit for use
in case the hydrant Water gives out
As an, indication,:or the.,severity .of_. the
drought, We , will Mention' the fact- that the
well of Mr: Henry. Fraley ; living in West Pat
rick street; has gone entirely dry; the flrsttime
it has been known to go dry:for thirty : years.
understand that a niunber of springs
and wells in the country have gone dry, and
some of them haye never been known to fail
before. There were several fine showers laSt
week in different parts of the country, but it
still remains'yery dry in this locality,and tears
are entertained of a failure of the corn and po-'
tato crops.
The Annapolis Gozettc says:
'The drought in Antic, Arundel county is
still protracted, much to the ;dismay of our.
farmers and' the: destruction tit their cropS.
The roil& are still Very - dusty, in' consequence
of which the traveling is very unpleasant.,
From what has 'already been experienced the
prospect for the corn crop is very-gloomy:
TLo Cumberland Cfritimi Says : : :
IveryfietiY,noirWants rain., What is to be
done rtlencriillY, cainj; Meetings are .quite
successful iu opening'. iilt "the, wiudon:4 of.
heaven," [Mt , this tune It' )vork.
Loss THE siegatalauL
THE DRY TIME.
Suffering lb Maryland.
circus would cove along NYE! s head feel quite
T et continued drought Which has so long
been afflicting us is now being felt in canal
operations, and unless we shall 80011 be visited
„by-a:good shower of rain thtire is every probe
bility that navigation will almost reatte. The,
water.iiithe river is quite km, and some of
the levels on the canals are very - shallow. ' -
The Frostburg reservoir lilts given out, and
the citizens of-that place are resorting to Wells
for their supply: of water.
TL Cambridge _Herald says:
From all sections of Dorchester county we
have sad news about the corn crop. In man
aces - ell - hope -- ofzecuriteu_Luil..i- Erupt. •
abandoned. Even were rain to come now it
would better 'flatten but little. The lower
blades - andTin -- matty - cases, the — tos* -- arth — e. --
plants,- we are told, are dried up. , There
will be few cabbages and , searcely any tur•-;
The Centreville Observer says
Crops in Queen .6,nne's county are now suf.'
feting from quite a long dsought. Coro is the'
chief sufferer, the blades being twisted up at,
such a rate that it is feared they will never
straighten again. In consequence the crop of,
corn this year will fall far short of an average,
yield. Corn being our chief crop, much. em•-. I
barrassutent,-it is feared, will result from the,
drought. Flowever let us hope, for the best.
Obituary.
By telegram of the 27th.'we learn the death'
of Henry, baron .Leys, - a Belgian painter of.
high distinction. ._This master of the German.
realistic Sehool wq.s born at Ant werp, in 1815,
exposed for therfirst time in . 1833, and bask
been since that date an industrious prOducer. ,
of pictures remarkable for an imitation, or.
affectation, of the mediteval character. The
civic buildings of AntWerp aredecorafed with
his strange and realistic illustrations of the na
tional history, some of which were 'removed
to the Paris Exposition of 1867, where Baron
Leys was • represented by a large group of
striking and inimitab!e' compositions. Most
of the works of
.this 'artist would be taken at
first sight for well-prey, ervdd paintings of the -
middle-ages. In 1845 M. Lays entered`
the Royal Academy of Belgium, and received
his eommandry of the' order of Leopold of
Belgium in 1851. The marked indiViduality,
of Lays has had an efiect.upon the style of a
number of modern artists, of whom his pupil
Tissot most nearly reproduces the studious
archaism of .Leys,, while Alma-Tadema has
distinguished himself by carrying his master's
fashion of archwolo&dcal study into the scenes
of Egyptian and Roman history. The pride
of Antwerp in her most,conspicuons painter
is intense, and the. occasion of his death will
be the signal of ee?emonies as pronounced as'
those with which he was
_fact/ on returning ,
from a visit to Paris iii 18.55, on which occasion
be received a veritable trinkupli.
Street Preaching..
To the' Editor of the Evening Bulletin—ilk _EAR
The'rePorti headed "Street Preacher Ar
restedi7 in 3Conday'S BU LLETI N; doeS me great
injustice by prodUcing.upon the public mind
an imPressiOn that 1. had disturhed the public
peace and the Worship of a congregation.
The facts are as follows:
ByPerthiSsiOn of the Conithissioner of Mar
kets, and under the promise of protection from
the 2klayor, I have for some time past been in
the practice of addressing the wayfaring , pubi
lie, in the Market-honses; on the subject of
"Temperance." On Sunday last I was about
to commence my remarks when a police. offi
cer forbade me to proceed, on the ground that
he bad been instructed by his superior officer
to prevent a temperance meeting from being
held there, and declined giving any other rea
son for his action.
Belying upon the assurances Of Stippert
which 1 had received from the Mayor, I
essayed' to speak, and was tirrestet I.
Before the :alderman. the °nicer pointedly'
denied that any breach of the peace had been
committed, and again pleaded his "instruc
thins" as the only reason for making the arrest.
1 was filially held for a t'nrtJJler hearing apon
the charge of "obstructinc , public highway.'
Not one, word was said a tt "interrupting a
congregation tittring worship," nor of a complaint
to that etre:t having ever been made!
I have every reason to believe that no such
complaint was ever made by the authorities of
St. Peter's Church, and Can ofily inter that it
is the - after-thought'of an officer who, by his
obedience to the behests of the whisky intitt
enee' of the neighborhOod, has been betrayed
into a gross abuse of authority, and now seeks
to raise a prejudice against me,behind which he
hopes to shelter himself from the consequences
of his misconduct.
Very respectfully yruto,
WEN:rz.
Phila., Aug. :16, 1819. ' ' ' •' '
.~~ItiI~iEBIE,'V 18.
—At the Walnut Street Theatre; this eve
ning, Mr. and 3lrs. Harry Watkins will ap
pear in a romantic drama entitled The Pioneer
Patriot: •The performauce will commence
with the , farce An Unprotected Female. The
Walnut has in rehearsal the dramas Kathleen
Murourneen; Norah O'Neil, and Colleen Baton.
—On Monday evening next the Arch Street
Theatre will introduce to the public the Lydia
'ompson I:lurk:Nue troupe in Sinbad the
~ailo•. This bprlesque will he produced in a
very handtionie manner, . . •
—CarncrOss Dixey?:7 Opera House is now
open for the season, with a trill company, con
taining all the old favorites. A tirst-rate bill
~l ill be •
hproduced this and every evening.
—A correspondent writes to us as follows of •
the Meudelssolin Society: "As the musical
season approaches the various Societies are
marshalling their forces, awl preparing for au !
active ,campaign. Among these, the Men
delssohn
Society, Which bits been in acti v e
and Vigorous operation for a - number of years,;
baii been entirely re-organized;, new laws
have been adopted, anti an entire new board
of directors Of active musicians' elected, The
' active list comitrises a large number of first
rate practical singers, The Society is really an.
advanced school of instruction; , ,;with
supluiwit available talent to pm- ;
du c0.,t . 16 best. , compesitions. In this.'.
~`iielity, f iei:Sons Of liinited means, lint already
ss •
poessing *nue inusleid knoWlege,' eau have •
the advantage of.ifirsi-Platis,practice..: This,.
,and o:loietios of the kind, deserve the sup
port.offthe public. The rellek intinontie upon
• churCli, and school niusitis not easily esti
mated, and new:that iwe'Are,t6 have a systoin
of musical training in the public sellouts, let
the• public sec that these props of the system
• are strengthened:
Mr. Jean 'Louis has been reelected iumtiicil
director 'of the Mendelssidm, awl as director
of music in the 'public schools. A thorough and
liberal support of this Society cannot fail to
render it a splendid: auxiliary in the must
1111-
portant work of laying , the foundation for a
good publie sell* musical training:
Pharnitteekitical 4' ihrUnit
•
.
'Eaitor of the Bulletin.--Sin: Out - of thaw
hundred and sixty-three, retail drug stores In
the city- of.. IThilinteildkia; one hundred and
forty-tour ,OL.thein are situatea,on- the corners
ci tho streetso-Can routell'Ane why it is so;'.
Lly'e really doli't:,tolow'. lint it striluis
that One hundred and fOrty 7 rotki Ltrngg4s are
914 0081 to one gross;sird • ;
L;;rE'fligliSTON.
PktOX TIME CEO
~~t`t,~'wrt~~ ~w~i~r~~
liarvards were oar-come.
'—Ernest Itermi reCibirply strai6, bf
There are 22 Anieritart titildents af#,
trniyersity of _Prance. , • ,
Gottschalk tickets coninxind $2 1 5 pretotiOn'
in liralff. ' • •
The - Minty of the I , .iniiiress of Attlfria.
fadingaway. She now looks 01(16- than:die'
i
really s.
,
---The Growl Duchess Helenaj.of Russia, iio
said to be Me best.looking.gyrin
ttrope - . --
Humboklit'a faithful old ser'v'ant' is
Ombohlt-treatedllitn - more - likerierid - than,
a menial, andqeft him most of hisproperty.
The Harrtrd's colors were' Istigenta
Might not the mesult have been different,' , lad
Harvard changed its sculles ?
--The Harvawd.'s principals were well
enough. It N 1711.9 the sick-seconds tha4f bothered
=The Ilarvards.did.wonderfully ups to their
fourth mile, but, they couldnot keep st/up quite
fur-long enough.
—The Oxfords came iu amid t thunders-- - o
applause. The Harvards--well, just'ai little-
—A
,San Francisco paper advertisetothat
picture gallery has on exhibition "Cherries"
and "Strawberries," by .Miss Cranberry.'
—Le-po-tai, the Celebrated Chinese physiJ;
clan of California, has Home 700 patients and '1
an income of $7,000 per week. •
• .
—Elizabeth, New Jersey, has 'a,. ! colored
organization called " The Rising. Sun. - Morris
Association of the Lily ofthe West.'
—The widow of Heinrich Heine, the -eel- •
ebrated German poet, has 'recently married a
French Captain of dragoons. , • ,
,
—James Buchanan ,has been fined. s.l‘forr
stoning a Democratic procession, in ii,an•Fran-,
ClBO.
—Bishop 'Simpson's health - has - been 804'4
ously impaired by..his intense labors in nibl-
L--The Cincinnati (Thrirnicle thinks Forrest
of Fort Pillow notoriety would be . the, Sena
torial candidate of the Tennessee Democracy : : -
if there were no disabilities in the'way.
The score of an Unpublished; oratorio
Pelix Mendelssohn Barthelmy,the great corn-
poser, has been discovered at Leipzig.
said to be equal to his best productions.
~„ .
—When Garibaldi took Palernio,''a. voting_
girl fought by his side and killed several royal
soldiers. She now .keeps a boarding-hoicks
there and has grown exceedingly fat.
" —Victor lingo's next novel will be I .‘Ninetik- -
three." The scene be, laid in , Paris, dur-
ing the reign of terror, arid the book
abound in scatiold.secues:
• .
--Henri Rochefort is said to have , gambled
away his - whole fortune. The subscription list.. , :',
of the. Lanterne has dwindled doNim .to .about ,
thirty' thousand. . • . . " •
.
, —,Two of the members of the Turkish Cabi--
net, it is, said, intend to become Christians. ItT
is thought, in Constantinople, that'the Sultan
will not remOve them in consequence.
—The ex-Hine; of Spain, Don Francis do. ,
Assisis,gpends,his time, in Paris, in, making_
toys foi Isialiella's children. He is a very
skillfutwood-turner. •
—The French working-classes andthe tax
payers generally, in France will .delighted .
to hear that. Eugenie will take with her to
the East eight million francs,in cash,aspoeket--
—The Passaic riverOn New4ersey, LOS tiOt
been So dry as now in tweidyyears. 'Children
are playing in the river -bed ; above the , fallsy
exploring - the curious crevices of the rocky
—The Ledger has the following, this morn,
ing, in its description of a recent wedding,:
"Miss. Mansell was married to and
she Wore a -. heavy low-necked white satin.
Valenciennes veil and. diamond ear-drops",:
—The noble offer made to. the Turkish: GO
vermnent by MisS Burdett Coutts to repair
the works for the supPlp- of water to Jeru•
salem, at her own cost, has been declined: The
Turkish government, however,have proiniSed,
to undertake the work. " .
, .
—Montreal has ii - frec , bath, which a - , 'beat t
paper calls - a "wretched, suicidal-1061ring
place," so rocky thatit is a miritelethat anYor
.the hatherS come out of the pool -without at, V,
least a dislocated ankle;, whiled' as-for diving,.
ten chanceS to !PM but you craCk.your skull?
—A fire at Etienne, in France, recently, de—
stroyed the• famous -house where Napoleon,
stopped previous to the•battle that
,was fought
near that city. The cif.} of Brienne has re-:
solved to, purchaselhotfotand erect astatue ot"
the Great Emperor on it.,
—The Ledger, this morning, gives an, ite—
count' of a - mostt_eliLtraosslinary_accidont......lr_.. t ; l / 4 .
says : "About six okdock last evening. Lirzie
Keser, 17 rears of age, wait-set iolisly - ifrihiviied
.by. the exPlOsion,of a_ coal oil Jamp,. at ..N0.,-11.2
Jefferson street."
—Ferdinand .Freiligrath the Painangitiet,
whom the Nene Wiener Preie r i r ise thed.tp,
make its managing editdr, has wisely deelinitel
that offer, Mr. Freiligrath is.a.fht; old. gentl64 ! .
man, rather lazy. fond of. aqood:glass of I.*e4:
and not possessed of any Journalistic
VIICe,
--A Russian filmier reeentl,y anplieitto a,St..
Petersburg publisher for Work as a! translator,..
and was found to be tivirought,y
English, Spanish, _French awL tiVrrinait, mat'
an elegant translator. :He had beeoate
liar with these by sfntlying a little eye - ry ( lay ! '
after his labors in the field.
-J young .man in NewbnryporL
prepared for his weddin,, ,, -,•Which wtei ti, .hug=e
takeniplace•on Sunday 'by purehaAng '
barrel of beer for his &fends.. The' renfoo
'less Statfrleonstable, hOwever; 6ei.i.ed:the•beetr,
and the young man. actually reliused toltave. •
the wedding performed unleSs he. conic', hthf> • ,'
the '.1,116 lady in. the eiee is-cons- '-
quently experiencing the palm og-h.ope:oe
. .
—The— Detroit fire Frew (Dieni&tatio)
deems it alreAdy settled. that fib party . eausne
cited hi the next Presidential electiOnWitheat
inset-U.4lm upon its banner universal Muttestyc
and probably universal sulli - age, a tariff: for
purposes of reveatto and. lantrlitoieOtiOn.,''m
speedy return to spepie,pay.monts,iand a moist.
dlv, ri On est, faith fill an d, ecOnomical whola
istratien oP the E4OVernment, to the end,' that
taXes , mayhe largely :diniintshed:
;=.4e.OntlY 10 1, 14!3.01. 6f ':F44 4 ,,thih'441140*4 , 1-._.
have
sought twist:ince from, the 'St. Geort.Wa SO
ciety, with the view of , :znaking Ashur -way
home to England again; WhorOpOn' the
Montreal Gazette reinarkS, that :for.ll.*oo
months past the resources of the society And
the time of its officer; have ''been .%e.`yerk, , b;"
taxed in Assisting iiiintigrants #otyiitrtl to
Ontario, and it canna - he expeeted that., the '.„.
same operations will . be pa rfornied
—The Dui: irt AleotPenlifer W - 00c*4eif
the Corkes . r.oziclimo q-e'Perak
guilty of a niost conteinptihle . aofor,the'4okir-.
pose of g rat ifyi p iii.4lel ads 44rit:' ofrei-ei*e
toward his sister4o-ittl,vopt4;ttetni
Spain. The Duke ,:it says, bon ht. at,. t 4 et,t
high price a ninnber of, )etteriJ ,Writtaii:l*-0116
Queen to one othef fornaer thVeriteit aka.tkap
when their relatiOnW'cite* . of a most iiatSptpto
nature. The:ie' rettOrii: he has 0an.401 to. be re. ,
prOtitteeit in large'ntnilberti by teioaktkor a Phi:
tograhic proeextq putt to be. Olatribute4;
over
&teed, a great scandal.'
a