The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-10

,of the Londoners as far back as the 9th ultimo
that, growing up to nearly forty. they sent the
boat along at q rate that far outstripped the
steamer, and which impressed all who saw the
performance most favorably."
As they will hardly row over forty strokes a
minute In the race this afternoon it will be
seen that they must have been in excellent con-
dition even month ago, and that they will
probably back up to the starting line superbly.
ht to carry England's good name on their
backs. Our readers already know that they
'overmatch their opponents by nearly twenty
pounds man, and they will form some
idea of what stuff these twenty pounds ore
made of from the fact that five weeks ago, when
these four men first came together as crew.
they swung away off up the river and back, a
thirty mile stretch, just to get little used to
each other and have been doing very liberal
allowances Of work ever since. ALI four
are above the medium height, admirably
well built, fully grown and developed, and
three of them probably more experienced in
fast rowing, and fast rowing together, too, than
any other three gentlemen in any one club in
the world. @ e., a
@ OF the Atalantas our correspondent told us
last Saturday that :-"Here are Handy
andSmith, : two mere striplings, as COM
pared with Long and Stout, of London, whose
names, curiously enough, express to some extent
their physical proportions. Long is tall,
strongly built; Stout is broad and massive, and
wears his hair cropped close, like Roundhead.
Close and Gulston, though heavier men, are
not 80 much superior in point of physical pro-
portions to Doctor Withers or Theodore Van
Raden, though neither Of these shows the same
development in the muscle in the arm as the
Londoners." Hh.esat
i However carefully he might train, and
though his work were the perfection Of good
rowing, Tom Thumb would hardly expect to
outrow man like Heenan, though the latter
were the veriest lubber that ever went to sea.
And though, of course, no such discrepancy
exists in the contest for which we will look
for news about four o'clock to-day, still
we cannot bring ourselves to think
that the contestants are OF all matched, nor
does it look as if, had the men who went from
this side known of the enemy some months
ago what they know now, they ever would
have gone. If experience and general princi-
Piles go for anything, and no mishap comes to
either party, superior weight and power and
skill, sheavy battalions' and better boat,
will tell this afternoon as they almost always
have told; and if the light, wiry, daring men
who went from this side once get any lead, we
fear that 1t will be only early in the race and
very short lived. No one doubts that they
will do their best; but among those who be-
ieve their rivals best to be better than that,
we husband we sincerely wish the reverse
were true-allow ourselves to be counted.
The Louisiana Democracy and the Re-
! formers-Great Confusion.
There were two political State Conventions
in New Orleans on Saturday last, the results of
which indicate-frst, that the democratic party
down there is broken up; secondly, that
its elements are too badly demoralized to join
the reformers; and, thirdly, that the reformers
are in high state Of disgust and indignation
At the Democratic Convention the conference
report for joint-stock State ticket with the
reformers was rejected, lat to 1876, and then a
September looking to coalition with the re-
formers, who are the Greeley republicans
This motion produced tremendous excite
ment in the Convention, and for time the
clamor and confusion Of pandemonium pre-
vailed. At last, however, in spite of the seces-
sion of a considerable number of the dele
gates, a regular democratic ticket was nomi-
mated, and the Convention, as from the terrors
of bloody battle field, adjourned sine die.
Meantime the reformers in their Conven-
ton had been waiting in high expectation of
the adoption by the democrats of the proposed
ioint-stock ticket; but when these reformers
were appraised Of the action of the other party
they were fearfully excited, for they were
all on their feet at once, and their rage knew
no bounds. For the purpose Of cooling them
down the meeting was adjourned till the
evening; but on reassembling they were as hot
In their wrath as before. Finally, with rush,
and with yells and groans, the democratic State
Convention adjourned subject to another call,
1.-THE closing performance being speech from
the Chairman in favor of General Grant.
Verify, these unseemly tumultuous wranglings
and discord among the democracy and between
the democracy and the liberals of Louisiana,
in reference to q common ticket, foreshadow
p terrible commotion in the approaching DEM
Ocratic National Convention.
New Jersey Justice.
4 A great many jokes have been perpetrated
lat the expense of New Jersey, but the little
railroad State over the river can at least claim
more than mere waste paper A murderer
who INDUCES in his propensity within he,
borders is tolerably certain of making a close