The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29

scenes ind Incidents the Brooklyn avy
Yard Yesterday-The English and Anne rican
victors at Rest-Mr. Ashbury's Future
Movements.
At halfpast eight yesterday morning the Cam
bria weighed anchor of Clifton and stood up the
bay for her objective point-the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. Early Ia the morning. hundreds who take the
early boats for New York, made 1t point to SO time
their arrangements that they could inspect the Cam
bra and Dauntess to their hearts content. Hence
Tor hours before and after breakfast the shores along
Staten Island were lined with spectators AS
THE CAMBRIA MADE UP THE BAY,
with southeast wind blowing moderately she was
cheered, tugs and steamers dipped their coors,
ladies saluted with their handkerchieis, and it is
feared, with their expressive lips. Commodore Ash
bury, flying the cOlors OF the Royal Harwich Club
paced the deck and returned the courtesies re-
ceved on his way up the harbor by dipping
Of colors and other manifestations OF reciprocity.
When the Cambria arrived about the Fulton ferry
the numerous throngs Of morning passengers on
board the boats all Ogled the victorious craft and
criticised her appearance, many condemning her
want of beauty in her head boom, and others pro-
claiming that even at sight she was
A vERITABLE CLIPPER.
Passing up the East river the Cambria was lowed
up to the Navy Yard, opposite the dry dock, and
was soon warped into the wharf, where she was
secured by hawsers at nine A. NJ The news soon
spreak that the English yacht was at the yard.
Naval officers, blue jackets, ladies' civilians, the
youthful builders Of the English tongue owing
fealty to the Brooklyn press; young men
who knew nothing about yachting; young
men who knew next to nothing about the
same subject, and, as usual, those who
knew all, began a precpitate Invasion of the
schooner's deck Mr. Ashbury seemed willing, and
this was all that was necessary: but the sailors
strongly hinted that to seeing the Cambria was
the delightful companionshp OF
SPLICING THE MAIN BRACE.v
Some OF the crew, shipped on the other side had
heard of the American style OF gaining admission to
the bar, AMI the jolly ars thought that they might
draw up their pleadiRgs without long tutorshin
under Blackstone and Kent They heard that All
they had to do simply to signify, and having siq
nified the significance OF the demand would at once
he ruled admissible. This however was "tort ,,
as they soon saw, and the seamen soon relaxed
their efforts, and concluded that such a thing as
"spicing the main brace" was very uncommon
evolution among American landsmen. The seamen
on board the Cambria, however, would talk and
freely discuss the late contest They all agreed that
it was very close contest and they were all glad
that the Danntess made the close that she did.
Some laffa.
LANDsMEN,
who had evidently spent the largest portion of their
lives in hoeing corn, boarded the Cambria to talk
over models ana navigation down to nautical
astronomy. They cemented themselves to the tars
by the natural adhesion supposed fasten the scion
OF agriculture to the son of Neptune. Our friends
1nom the potato hills found comfortable chairs
2mong the loose spars and ropes ENDS forward On
the forecastle; and Jack sat down nat on the deck
and the cOlioquy proceeded. JACK would lash seve-
raj extremely rigid sentences together on the perls
of race. give long discourse on icebergs
and whales. after which the other side would dive
tnto theliquid depths OF seamanship.
''You say you took the northern passagew
"Of course we did; we took the right coursey
''We. tho Dauntless would have beaten you If she
hadn't lost two hours. "
"And we would have beaten her more II we hadn't
0ve days of calEns.n
"But the Dauntless had calmsr
';Sppposing shedid9"
''Why. then, OF course the Dauntess would have
Won. wouldn't sheS There's the Gulf Stream.n
"Why, you seem to th!pkn said Jack, THAT 1t
PAS all wrong for the Qaunsss to lose and for ~ "