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The New York herald., 1872-08-30
THE sTAPLET0N YACHT CLUB.

Annual Race for the Citizcns'. CuP-A
Strong Breeze and . High Seattle
Nora and the Albert Win the Prizes.
The Staplcton Yacht Club held their third annual
regatta yesterday. The morning was dark and
gloomy dense, sombre masses Of violet clouds
mantled the sky, and not a solitary sun-ray
was able to pierce Its way towards the sur
face Of the earth. Shortly after nine A. N.
gentle showers began to scatter pellucid drops
upon the umbrellas and heads OF uovaOeury, and 1t
was feared that the days sport would be spoiled
for want OF wind. But shortly after noon fresh
breeze sprang up from the southwark and east
ward, and soon increased to such an extent that
the waters Of the Bay
CURLED AND FOAMED
before the bows and under the lee Of vessels beat
ing into port Even the verdant foliage upon
"sunny Staten Island" seemed sombre, and the
shores Of bright Bay Side looked drear, for dark
masses Of clouds overhung them. Although the
breeze was freshening not one OF the pretty wave
skimmers entered refused to draw into line, and
they presented very pretty appearance as they
took up their several positions.
The following were the entries:-
The New York herald., 1872-08-30
ARREST OF A TRAVELLING BANK OFFICER.

For several days past Colonel Whitley, Of the
United States Secret Service division, has been
waiting to capture George Kingsand, an ofdcer OF
one Of the Jersey City national banks, charged
with having stolen q large amount OF its
funds He received telegraph that the
accused had left France, where he had gone
for short visit. for this country, by the
steamer Vile de Paris, and accordingly stationed
two OF his detectives at Quarantine TO await her
arrival The vessel was boarded by the officers
yesterday afternoon as she was coming up the
Bay and Kingsand taken into custody. under q
warrant issued by Commissioners Romaine, of
Jersey City. His arrest was entirely unlocked for
by himself or his wife who accompanied him, and
during the fright caused by 1t he openly avowed
his guilt. His confession showed that he had
converted about $4,000 Of the banks money to
his own use, and had also allowed accounts
to be overdrawn to the extent OF several
thousand dollars. He covered up his frauds In so
adroit manner when he started for Europe that
he did not anticipate their discovery during the
brief stay he intended to make there They were
not suspected by the bank officers until few days
ago. when they heard something about his fast
style OF living, which caused them to make
investigation. Previous to that they held the most
unbounded faith In his integrity, aud esteemed him
account Of the good name borne by his father,
who Is a wealthy citizen OF Jersey City. Kingsand
will be brought eeioeA the United States Commits
The New York herald., 1872-08-30

According to time allowance the Albert only won
by two minutes, and IL Is highly probable she
would have been vanqushed had 1t not been for
the serious accident that befe the Edith last Sun
day, and In consequence OF which she was de-
cdedly out of trim rig and gear.
The first class slo0ps reached the goal as fol-
lOWs:-
The New York herald., 1872-08-30
A STRANGE ARREST.

The Captain of a Fishing Schooner
Locked Up for Plunderfng His ves-
sel-The Vessel Cut Adrift and q Rev
enue Cutter Sent After Her.
RocKLASD, Me-, August 20, 1872.
The captain and one OF the crew Of the fishing
schooner Evangeline, Of Gloucester, were arrested
last night for punderng the vessel Of rigging, &C,
and committed to the lookup. During the night
the Evangeline was cut adriit by the remainder OF
the crew, and the revenue cutter Mccullough, at
Portland, has been tele0raphed to go in pursuit Of
her.
The New York herald., 1872-08-30

Time al0wance-One minute to every loot IN
each ten miles.
The course arranged upon was: For first class
slOops, from stakebOat anchored OF the Stapleton
ferry house around the striped channel buoy in
Gedney's Channel; return around the spar buoy
just below Stapleton Landing and around the
stakebOat. For second class slOops, around the
monument; home around spar buoy and stake
boat.
The steamer Governor Fent0n accompanied the
competing yachts and aboard OF her were the
judges and starter.
At II :35 the steam whistle for the start
screeched out its discordant sound across the
ripping ebb tide, and anchors were slipped and
canvas filed to the freshening breeze The Eliza
beth sprung Off like greyhound Ioosened
from the leash directly the signal to start
given, but very shortly afterwards n flaw of wind
struck her and carried away her topmast, which
materially diminished her chances OF success. The
boats all started on the starbOard tack, with all
sail set, and the wind freshened considerably
the pretty craft sped through the Narrows. The
rain fell In slight showers, dampng their sails and
causing them to stand stiif as board. Then
THE WIND TRESHENED,
and the sea rose so high that the Cygnus first and
the Monte subsequently, retired 4 ON the contest,
which was left to those wave -cleavers which had
special capacity for carrying sail and breasting
bursting biows.
The time OF the first class slOops at their turning
point was as fOlOws:--
The New York herald., 1872-08-30

At this epoch very high sea was running, and
the competitors dipped their bowsprits beneath the
crests of the waves that came rolling In from the
broad Atlantic The run home was a very fine
one, and would doubtless have been gratifying to
the numbers who lined the shores CT Staten Island,
had not the rain clouds poured continuous tor
rent down upon their devoted heads.
The stakeboat was reached In the following
Order:-
The New York herald., 1872-08-30

According to time allowance the Nora beat the
Sappho 10 min. As Sec, and the Elizabeth IA min.
while the Elizabeth beat the SapphO min. as Sec
A supper was given at the club house soon after
the races were ended and the following guerdons
were awarded the victorious vessels:-
The hrst prize, the Citizens Cup, was won last
nualy the property OF the club. 1t Is a beautiful
silver goblet upheld by exquisitely chased figure
or an Egyptian maiden. The second class
prize is . new one, OF pure silver.
tankard OF Pompean shape, from the handle Of
which q dog n in the act Of lavtng his lips
The judges were Charles Phall, George H. Jacobs,
9. DrummOnd and J. +. Knox.
Despite the incemcncy OF the weather the ro<
gatta was decided success.
, 1872-04-11

MECHANICAL SKILL OF THE CHINESE
The most remarkable evidence of the
science and skill of the Chinese at this
early period is to be found in their sus-
pended bridges, the invention of which
is assigned to the Han dynasty. Accord
ing to the concurrent testimony Of all
their historical and geographical writers,
Sangleang, the commander Of the army
Kaou-tsoo, the first of the Hans, under
took and completed the formation of
roads through the mountainous province
of Shensi to the west of the capital.
Hitherto its lofty hills and deep valleys
had rendered communication difficult
and circuitous. With body of 100. 900
laborers he cut passages over the noun
tains, throwing the removed soil into
the valleys, and where this was not suf-
ficient to raise the road to the required
height he constructed bridges. which
rested on pillars or abutmepts. In
another place he conceived and accom-
plished the daring project Of suspending
bridge from one mountain to another
across q deep chasm. These bridges,
which are called by the Chinese very
appropriately, flying bridges, and repre-
sented to be numerous 1t the present
l., -. or.akSvxHo. -uo hsuh khak khnv
, 1872-04-11

MAKING RooM.-A woman who lived
in small snug cottage in a village, was
unfortunate enough to lose her husband
and set about preparing for the funeral
obsequies. A neighboring Mrs. Grundy
with her cloak and umbrella, called to
see things, to condole and to speculate.
On coming into the house she looked
around, raised her spectacles and hands
and said Why, Lor me how nicely
you are fixed up for the funeral !; well, 1
do declare. Lor Suz dear me! why, do
tell. You borried Mrs. Webster's cheers
ain't you? and Mrs. Stones vases on
the mantle piece-they look right smart
I declare; and there's q clock. too-why
where on earth did you get that, I want
to know?" "Oh no, my DEAR" with a
solemn groan, that's not clock-it's
my poor, dear, departed husband. I
stood it up in the corner to make
more ROOM
, 1872-04-11

ENOUGH TO BRING THE DEAD 10 LIFE.
One day last week Chinaman named
All Och, who had been sick with typhoid
fever for two eeks past, suddenly to all
appearances, died. The company to
which he belonged sent q man to his
residence ON jackson street, and he on
his return received permit to make a
coffin for the dead man. He was to re-
ceive $35 for his trouble.
Some of the deceased mans friends,
however, not thinking he was really
dead, sent for a Chinese doctor. The
medical man soon came, and in accord
ance with the custom of his country,
heated an iron poker to a white heat and
burned the supposed dead man on the
forehead and eyebrows he also stabbed
him in various portions of his body
This had the effect of arousing the sick
man who had only been in traces.
F. Post.
, 1872-04-11

WINTER LIVING IN FLoRIDA.-We get
up in the morning and eat few orang-
es by way of preparing an appetite for
breakfast. Mrs. NJ. and L. take theirs
in their rooms. I take mine under the
trees. After breakfast, which usually
consists of about fifteen dishes, more or
less, oftener more, we 20 out for walk.
We usually begin under an orange tree !;
always end there. There are 10000 Of
the trees, which accounts for it. At din
ner We have oranges again. They con-.
stitute the sixth course, each course
having from one to thirty dishes. If
they are not on the table We ask for
them. We have never had to ask yet.
They are both cooked and uncooked.
skins on and off. After dinner we eat
oranges under the trees. / forgot all
about lunch. One day counted eigh-
teen dishes and two negroes; we had Or
anges, and had them again in the after-
noon.-Boston Journal.
, 1872-04-11

A QUEER CAsE.-Dr. H. Vogel, writ
ing from Germany to the Philadelphia
Photographer, relates queer case. A
photographer made pictures of two
brothers, who refused to take or pay for
them on the ground that they were not
hkenesses. The artist complained, but
the judge was of the same opinion as
the brothers, and decided that the pict-
ures were not ikenesses. Mr.. Photo
grapher then went home with his re-
jected pictures and placed them in his
show window, with the label, "The
murderers of Mrs. X" The brothers
then waited on the artist and alleged
that it was libel to expose their pict-
ures with such title, and, on his refus-
al to remove the placard, they entered
suit. 1t remains to be seen how tho
judge will decide in this new phrase Of
the affair.-Scientjic American.
, 1872-04-11

Many of our readers have doubtless
heard of the famous travelling-stone Of
Australia. Similar curiositi,s have re-
Gently been found in Nevada, which are
described as almost perfectly round, the
majority of them as large as a walnut.
and of irony nature. When distributed
about upon the floor, table, or other lev.
ell surface, within two or three feet Of
each other, they Immediately began
travelling toward a common centre, and
there huddled up in bunch like q lot
Of eggs in q nest. A single stone, re-
moved to the distance of three and q
half feet, being released, at once started
off. with wonderful and somewhat COM
ical celerity to join its fellows; taken
away four or five feet. it remained mo-
tionless. They are found in a region
that is comparatively level, and 1t is no-
thing but bare rock Scattered over
this barren region are little basins, from
a foot to rod in diameter, and it is In
these that the rolling stones are found.
They are from the size Of a pea to five
or six inches in diameter. The cause Of
these stones rolling together isdoubtless
to be found in the material Of which
they are composed, which appears to bs
loadstone or magnetic iron ore. Roll
ing stones gather no moss. ."-Sciert!fo
Americun.
, 1872-04-11

n When one asks for q loaf, it is
better to- receive crust, perhaps, than
q stone. American commerce, demand
ing that entire freedom which alone can
revive its prosperity, is to be offered
such poor comprises as the monorolists
find themselves compelled to grant it.
The subcommittee on Commerce in the
Senate-Messrs. Kellogg, Corbett and
Vickers-have agreed to report bill
making four imperfect concessions, as
follows: Materials for the construction
of steamships are to be free of duty;
also, ship supplies and coal; American
vessels which have been registered in
foreign countries viii be allowed to reg
lister in America, within two years;
steamships of foreign build, of more
than one thousand tons register, will be
entitled to American register, the gov
ernment reserving the right to use them
in case of war, paying for them an ap-
praised value. If the third provision.
as to the registering of American vessels
driven to foreign Gags during the war.
had been made seven years ago. it would
have been Of some service in saving the
prestige of American commerce. The
one thousand tons limit will deliver our
foreign commerce from its bondage, but
the monopolists still demand their trib-
ute from the coas ing trade. This bill
will, of course, be stoutly contested.
, 1872-04-11

LIVING WITHOUT EArrNa.-The Spring
field Republican publishes the following
remarkable case: "The subject is Katie
Donovan. a girl twenty-one years ofage.
residing in Springfield. She was en-
ployed in the first part Of 1869 in the
rag and cotton waste concern Of VIM. s.
Arms, and just three years ago last
Wednesday met an accident there which
has Influenced her whole life since.
Another girl gave her push. in sport,
and she fell upon q barrel, striking upon
her night side, and the other girl falling
upon her. She did not think at the
, 1872-04-11

A WINE BATH.-An American travel
er desiring, while in Paris, to take a
bath, his physician recommended wine
bath. In the employ of the establish
ment was a colored man whom he had
known in America, and of whom he in
quired how they could afford to give a
wine bath for seventy-five cents.
"Why, massa. said the negro, 'that
wine has been in the bath room one
week, and you are the thirty-eighth per-
son that has bathed in H."
"Well, I suppose they throw it away
when they are done with it,
"Oh! no, massa; they send it down
stairs for the poor people, who hathe in
it for twenty-five cents"
"And then what do they do with it?''
"Bottle it up and send it to America,
where they sell it for French wine"
, 1872-04-11

q Three soap manufacturers from
New York, Philadelphia and Cincinnati
were before the Ways and Means Com
mittee yesterday. urging repeal of the
duty on soda-ash. If the gentlemen
had read the Tribune carefully they
would have seen that any alteration OF
the tariff, save to repeal the duty on tea,
would injure the business of the country,
and they should be sufficiently patri-
otic to quietly submit to present evils
rather than fly to those they know not
of. The duty on soda-ash prevents
them from competing with English
makers in the markets of the West In
dies, Mexico and South America. But
to repeal the duty on soda-ash would be
destructive of the country's interests.
The gentlemen should cease to cast long
ing eyes southwark. Their plain duty,
as American manufacturers, is simply to
charge their domestic customers double
prices for their soap, and SO everybody
will be protected and. happy. But
all efforts to manufacture soda-ash in
this country, they say, have failed.
Here appears special beauty of the
protective principle. Necessity is the
mother of invention. Let our soap
makers be patient. In time some Amer
can citizen will discover a new material
for making soap, and we shall have the
whole thing in our own hands. If you
take off the duty and use English ma
terial there will be no necessity and
hence no invention.
, 1872-04-11
golitifal.

= The investigation by the Kansas
legislature Of the charges against the
United States Senators from that state
has exposed fearful mass Of corrup-
ton. Senators Pomeroy and Caldwell
are pronounced by the investigating
committee to have been guilty of the
grossest practices to promote their own
elections. The evidence is direct that
they paid money to members of the leg
islature, and that they promised Offices
without stint to the lobbyists whose in
iuence they desired. The committee
find. from Cladwell's own admission,
after his election in 1871, that the Office
cost him about sixty thousand dollars in
money. Many other prominent men
are found to have given or received
bribes, and to have used improper in
fuence upon the legislature; among
them are ex-Congressman Sidney Clarke,
who was q candidate for Senator against
Caldwell; Mr.. Thomas Carney; Mr.. W.
NJ. Reynolds. the editor of the Law
renee journal; MI. Perry Fuller, who
has been heard of before in similar op-
erations, and lobbyist named Mellow
ell. There is evidence also showing that
the railroads and other speculations
were assessed for the corruption fund.
1t is in testimony that the Kansas Pa
ci6c Railroad Company offered to pay
Senator Caldwell $4,000 for his ex-
penses in the election in consideration
Of his friendship in Congress. The
Kansas legislature will present the case
to the United States Senate. and ask its
consideration Of the testimony against
Pomeroy and Caldwell. The exposures
are SO startling that the Senate should
take prompt measures in the matter.
, 1872-04-11

A PAINTERS M1sTAKE.-A good story
is told of how a rising artist lately lost
his reputation through lobster. He
painted the seaside, and placed on tho
beach various common objects of the
seaside-shells, urchins, crabs, and n
lobster. But, alas, he painted the lob
ster large, OBSERVATIONS, and--redl
Whereupon it was suggested by his
critics that it was necessary to paint
near by the geyser which alone could
have boiled it. The poor fellow has
never recovered. Washington Chronicle.
, 1872-04-11


THE Fur TRADE.-Since the acquisi-
ton of Alaska, San Francisco's fur trade
has assumed large proportions, and is
growing largereve The .mporta-
ton of raw furs into that city was 50,
600 900. The most of these were, soon
after their arrival, exported. One
steamer--The Alexander-alone brought
sixty-two thousand sealskins, worth
about $SOO,OO0. Sealskins are as vet
the principal importations from that
territory. Previous to the purchase of
Alaska the city had scarcely any trade
in furs all that were obtained IN that
territory being sent from Sitka, by way
of Siberia, to Europe. Now, however
the tables have SO turned that not only
is it made the emporium of all the furs
of Alaska. but it is being rapidly made
that of the furs of Siberia as we'll. The
distance by sea and land from that
country to the markets of the eastern
states and of Europe is passed over in a
much shorter time by this route than by
any other. The Siberian furs are said
to be much finer than auy yet brought
from the territory of Alaska. The prin-
ciple kinds introduced into our market
for local consumption, and for export
are sables, ermines, fox, sea otter, land
otter, mink, beaver, &cc. The sable
skin product has much declined, and is
declining every year.-Neo Hauen Reg
ister.
, 1872-04-11

cannot be traversed without alarm. One
still existing in Shensi stretches four
hundred feet from mountain to noun
tain, over a chasm five hundred feet.
Most Of these flying bridges are SO wide
that four horsemen can ride on them
abreast, and balustrades are placed on
each side to protect travellers. It is by
no means improbable (as NJ. Panther
suggests) that as the missionaries to
China made known the fact more than a
century and half ago. the Chinese had
suspended bridges and that many of
them were made of iron. the hint may
have been taken from these for similar
constructions by European engineers
Scientific Press.
, 1872-04-11

to-day. and still less. the farther bnck
we trace him in his primitive days? Not
even that is accidental but a natural law
that monkeys could maintain On exist
ence in the midst of wild human be-
ings."
, 1872-04-11

WHAT MAKES MEN.-It is not the best
things-that is, the things which we call
best-that make men; it is not the
pleasant things it is not the calm e1-
periences of life; it is life's rugged ex-
periences, its tempests its trials. The
discipline of life is here good and there
evil, here trouble and there joy, here
rudeness and there smoothness, one
working with the other: and the alterna-
tions of the one and the other which me-
cessitate adaptations constitute that part
of education which makes man o man,
in distinction from an animal, which
has no education. The successful man
invariably bears the mark of the strug-
giles which he has had to undergo on
his brow.
, 1872-04-11

The Philadelphia Press is trying to
reconcile the Republican factions.
While it condemns the Senatorial ring
for ostracising Senators Schurz. Trum-
bull and Sumner, it thinks that the
..euemies of General Grant are just as
much 10 .ps eopdenaed," (" The best
, 1872-04-11

Ex-Lieutenant-Governor Fisk, of
Kentucky, who is said to have been in
search of party for the last ten years.
has finally found one by declaring in
favo- of the re election of President
Grant.
, 1872-04-11

thing for all concerned" it adds, would
be for both of these angry factions to
subside. The duty of nominating as
we'll as of electing President belongs
to the people,
, 1872-04-11

The Cincinnati Courier one of
the leading German organs Of Ohio.
last Wednesday announced that it Will
support the liberal reform movement.
, 1872-04-11
MAILS.

The Seattle Mails arrive and depart as fol-
lows:
Oregon, California and Atlantic States, rid.
Olympia. Tacoma and Steilacoom Arrive Mon
days and Thursdays, O'Clock, A. M. Depart
Tuesdays and Fridays. 10 P. NJ. Close P. N.
yictoris. via Ports Madison, Gamble. Ludlow
and Townsend. Tuesdays and Fridays. 10 p. N.
Depart Mondays. Is A. NJ; Thursdays. Is
An. Close 6 A. N. and P
whatcom, ria Mukelteo. Snohomish, Tulalip.
Coupeville. Covelsnd. Utsalady, Laconncr. FL
dzlso and samish Arrive, Wednesdays. 8 p. N.
Depart, Mondays. A. N. Close 8 80 AN.
Franklin. ria White River and Slaughter
Arrives. Wednesdays. P. n. Departs. Tues
days. IA. n. Closes 30, Az.
Snoqualinie. ria. Block River and Squak Ar
rives. Wednesdays, 8 Pm. Departs, Tuesdays.
AK. Closes s 80 A. u.
Port Orchard, via. Port Blakely: Arrives.
Tuesdays. II 4. n. Departs. Mondays. II 4. N.
Closes 10 IS.
JANIS No xAuGur. JOHN LEAaY.
McNAUGHT 4 LEARY.
A t t or eys at La w,
Seattle, W. 7.
Will practice in Supreme and District Courts
Of Warrington Territory.
, 1872-04-11

time that she was hurt much, but felt
some inward pain, and since that time
she has been bedridden, and the trouble
which manifested itself at the outset
has been constantly increasing.
''At first she was fed with about her.
usual food, but this proved so repulsive
to her stomach. that it was gradually re =
duced.-- both in quantity and quality,
until she subsisted wholly on jellies.
''Since last July she has subsisted-
such is the extraordinary claim-upon
water alone, and very little of that.
''She is blaek-eyed and black-haired
girl with comely features and fair CON-
plexion. She is not emancipated, as
would be supposed after such e1traor-
dinary abstinence from food, but her
countenance has a peculiarly transparent
almost corpse-like appearance. She is
able to turn little in bed, but her
strength is very gradually waning"
, 1872-04-11
McNAUCHT & lEARY,
SEATTLE, w. T.

McNAUO61 4 IEAkY,
SEATTLE, W. T.
Real Estate and Tax Agents,
REAL ESTATE bought and sold.
LOANS negotiated.
CLAIMS collected.
FOR SALE.
LOTS IN CITY OF SEATTLE, i'm
proved and unimproved.
Also, LANDS in King. Kitsap, Sno-
homish and Island Counties.
Tracts at HOLMES HARBOR, CA
MANO ISLAND, MUKILTEO, PORT
TOWNSEND. PORT DISCOVERY,
NISQUALLY, etc. etc.
Also. several Bottom Land FARMS.
under cultivation, on the White, Black,
Cedar, and Duwamish Rivers.
AGENTs-For Remington and Osgood,
New York Benjamin Flint, San Jose,
California, etc. etc.
sdCNAUGHT & LEARY.
JAMES HcSAueHr,
JOHN LEAnY,
Seattle. W. T. Aug. 2s, 1871. 15h.