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THE MISSING PASSENGERS OF L'AxERIQUB

Mrs. ana Miss Revoir, OF 81. Louis, an old lady
named Saloner and small boy named Provost,
who sailed from New York for Havre in April last
in the French steamer L'Amerique and at the
time OF the disaster were taken on board the
British schooner Mramichi Captain wiltrie.
when, only few day SINCE snem a,,ad t me
France on saturday in the Lafayette Grave appre-
hensions had been entertained regarding their
fate The boys parents who were on L'Amertque,
were landed In France by another vessel and
have been greatly distressed regarding the fate or
their son. The party took the first steamer for
their original destination, evidently only partially
discouraged by their long cruise around tho
North Atlantic.
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YACHTING.
The Columbia Yacht Club Regatta

The Columbia Yacht Club Regatta
To-Day.
The seventh annual regatta of the Columbia
Yacht Club Will be sailed to-day over their regular
course. The Regatta Committee Messrs. Robert
Wilson. Jacob Van Orden, Henry Andruss Stephen
Johnston and Theunis Spear, have issued the fol-
lowing programme
The yachts will start from an anchorage or the
club house, foot OF Fifty-seventh street, and shall
be anchored at least 100 teet apart. Cabin sloops
in advance. Open s0ops to the southwark, in
their respective classes.
The course Tor CABIN, first and second class
yachts will be from the stakebOat anchored Off the
club house to and around 4 srakeboat anchored OFF
Mount st. Vincent turning the same from east to
west. For third class yachts, from stakeboat
anchored OF the club house to and around stake
boat anchored of Spuyten Duyvil, turning the
same IRON east to west. Race to terminate by
passing home stakebOat of club house to the east
ward. Yachts will be in position promptly at nine
"A. NJ. Yachts will fly the club signal at the peak.
The signal for starting will be as 10llows:-At
hal-past nine O'Clock, first gun to get in line; Sec
ond gun, get ready; third gun, for first class to
start; fourth gun, for the remainder to start.
The following yachts have entered for the
IN
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At the time OF the start there was very little
wind, only light breeze from the south. with
heavy ram. The yachts fetched In towards Howth,
and then the wind died OF to a dead calm, which
lasted for fully four hours and consequently
scarcely any progress was made. About five
O'CLOCK on SATURDAY morning the yachts were or
Carngford, ana fresh breeze came on from the
east. AT daybreak 1t was found that the Mabel
led by about three miles, the Speranza and Vera
being close together astern. About half-past eight
they stood in Tor Mullarton, point in under the
mountains OF Mourne, and about this time the
wind went round to the northeast. After two or
three taoks under the land here the yachts stood
or fore the Calf OF Man. The wind at this time
was fresheDing very much; indeed, so much
that the Vera was soon lost sight Of and 1t was
conjectured that she must have taken refuge in
Carllnglord Lough; and even on The Mabel 1t was
as much as she could do to carry jib-headed
topsail to wlndward. From Muarton Point to
the Calf Of Man Is a distance Of thrty-five miles,
and the fresh northeast breeze carried all the way
to within about ten miles OF the Cali. 1t then fell
or and again came on RAINY and thick. AT seven
O'Clock on. Saturday evening Langness Point was
made, and shortly afterwards those on board the
Mabel saw the Speranza coming up through the
fog. Both vessels At this lime were carrying their
splnakers on the oowsprit. AT this time the wind
changed TO dead ahead, and both vessels hurried
down their spinakers. The Mabel was the FIRST to
get the sail in, and, unfortunately the Speranza,
in getting hers in, carried away her topmast.
The yachts were then abreast OF Langness the
Mabel leading by fully two miles. Alter a dead
beat up, the Mabel rounded the mark-bo on the
Queen Victoria Pier, Douglas Bay. at six minutes
past nine on Saturday evening, the Sperapza ar
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Mutuals VS.. Hartford.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD /.

TO TIE EDTTUK OF THE HEKALD:-
Referring to your report OF the base bail game
played in Brooklyn Saturday. June Q, between the
Mutuals, OF New York. and the Hartford Club ana
published In your issue OF the following day.
desire, with your permission, to correct a state
ment whicl, to say the least, was entirely I'M
called for. quote -'Some one suggested Mr.. Fer
guson's name, but the players having wholesome
dread, &C., &c. &C., did not press him to accept
the position.n On the contrary, Mr.. Pike (Cap-
tainj and myself did urge Mr.. Ferguson to accept
the position OF umpire, and we did not cease
doing so until he positively declined wish TO
make this statement as public az the above quo
tation has been made BY your issue OF that day.
q. B. HUBBELL.
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CONVENTIONS AND ELECTIONS THIS YEAR.

The Chicago inter- ocean has made careful table
OF political events to occur this year, which will be
found below. 1t includes all the conventions
called up to this date. The Independents OF In
diana. Illinois and Kansas held conventions on the
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A handsome gold medal, with the nag of the club
enameled on the god, value $50, Will be given as
prize IN each class.
The steamer Fort Lee will accompany the yachts
round the course, and will call at Morton street at
nine A. NJ. and Fifry-sevenrh street at ten A. NJ.
sharp for passengers.
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Governors will be elected In these States; in the
others minor State officers
The annual election in Ohio will take place usual
on this day Ii the constitution Is rejected,
tIf the new constitution Is ratified.
A Lieutenant Governor as provided by the new
constitution, will be elected for the first time in Penn
svlv -
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A NEW IMPORT.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.l
Among the importations entered at the Custom
House at this Port yesterday was on invoice Of
holy water from the grotto Of Notre Dame,
Lourdes, France,
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Yacht Race from Kingstown to Doug
las, Isle of Man.

From the Liverpool Post, May 26l
1t was blowing SO hard from the southeast on
Friday afternoon that at haltpast three 1t was
very doubtful indeed whether the yachts could
start on the intended race from Kingstown to
Douglas For various reasons the committee were
anxious to alter the course to Holyhead, but uIt-
mately it was decided to adhere to .he original in
tention Of finishing the race at Douglas. The fol-
lowing yachts had entered:-The Speranza, Vera,
Mabel, Britannia, Kimeny and Stephanos. or
these, at four O'Clock, only two-the Mabel and
Speranza-were ready for or At five O'CLOCK
however, the following three started:-
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THE GUN TRIAL
commenced to-day, was interrupted by
wind and postponed till tomorrow.
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FORTHCOMING CONVENTIONS.

The above are all the state conventions that have
been called so far. The list will be revised from
time TO time.
FORTHCOMING STATE ELECTIONS.
b1T
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-30
A NEW PARTY PRoPHEsIEs.

Mr.. Washington Mclean, the
editor of the. Cincinnati Enquir-
er, the paper money Democrat
organ of the West, refused to at
tend the Manhattan reunion in
New York, and says that there
will be new Democratic party
in the West, with demand for
an increasing amount of curren-
cy as the chief plank in its plat
form, and which will refuse an
utilization with the bondhoIders,
as he calls Messrs. Belmont,
Schell, and other bullion men.
1--WE in the West" says Mr.. Nc
Lean, ''are for more money, more
currency. We own lands, not
bonds. Increased currency in
creases the value Of our lands. It
does uot help bonds, for a. ten
thousand dollar bond is always
ten thousand dollar bond; but
ten thousand dollar farm may be
made sell for fifteen thousand dol
lars" There are good many
Republicans in the West, and in
the East, too, who hold the same
opinions that Mr.. Mclean claims
for his Democratic constituency.
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The Cardinal Archbishop Of Borde-
aux is at Rome. He is the third French
Cardinal at present in the Eternal City.
Tennyson has written historical ira
gedy, the scene being laid in England
at the time of Queen Boadicea. 1t is
said to be intended for oduction at
Drury Lane.
Edmond About says Of the late NJ.
Beule, that he was "a distinguished ar
ch8ologist,a vigorous writer, prejudice
cd historian, and as uuucky politician
as ever lived
An English chemist, officially employ
ed to detect authorizations, reported
forty faulty samples out Of hundred
and seventy. Arrowroot was mixed
with starch, coffee with chickory, milk,
with water, mustard with flour tumeric,
vinegar with sulphuric acid and oil Of
yitriol.
The Island of Bermuda is reported to
be having very dry season, and its veg
etable crop viii not be moro than half
the average. Many of the early veg
etables which reach American markets
are from Bermuda.
The Boston Flower Mission, establish
ed four or five years ago, has begun
work in the hospitals, prisons, de-, for
the season, places having been dcsigna-
ted where contributions are to be sent
every Monday and Thursday, the 1ow-
ers TO be distributed by young ladies.
According to the Wilmington Ga
zette, there is a woman living In Pen.
cader Hundred, New Castle county,
Del, who has been married twenty
four years, and who last week gave
birth to her twenty-third child, which
makes her record one child per year
since her marriage
at Davenport, Ia, recently, a boy
five years old found a cup Of whlskytho
contents Of which he drank, and short
ly after died in great cgony. The
child's birthday had been celebrated
the previous evening, and the whisky
had been left over with other remains
Of the festivities.
A luokless undergraduate on being
examined for his degree, and failing in
every subject upon which. he was tri-
ed, complained that he had not been
questioned on the things he knew. The
examienr tore off about an inch of paper
and pushing it toward him desired him
to write upon it all he knew
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-30
STATE NEWS.

Preston county has refused to grant
liquor license.
Charlestown is to have its streets
lighted with gasoline lamps.
John Robinson lost a tiger worth $500
while exhibiting at Parkersburg
j. w. Williamson has been appointed
Postmaster at Willow Grove, jackson
county.
Messrs. Davis and Steele, of jackson
county, have been granted patent on a
tobacco press.
j. Arthur Bell, Of Wheeling, has been
appointed Cadet tothe National Acad-
envy at Annapolis.
Guyandotto boasts of Of four psirs 0
twin babies during 1873. Something
wrong down there.
Point Pleasant is trying to get up
centennial III memory of Comstock. Let
the town council appropriate,
Nancy Craig, of Jackson county, aged
sixty five years, was thrown from horse
on the 18th inst, and was killed.
A hen in Lewisburg lays three eggs
every day, Sundays included. As an
egg machine she is decided success.
John Foster, who resides near New
Richmond, Summers county, accidental
~ shot himself last week while loading
his rife.
The Wheeling Standard says: More
Bibles are wanted in the back counties
Of this State. The Superintendent of
the West Virginia Bible Society says that
ten per cent. of the families visited are
entirely without
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Caleb Cushing has gotten into
trouble again, Caleb is a rash, i'm
palsive man. He is always getting
into trouble from lack of proper
discretion. A cable dispatch from
Madrid, by way of London says {:
LONDON, May 29.-Several Mad
rid newspapers accuse Cushing,
the American minister, of being
present at a banquet given by the
opposition deputies, including
Figueras and Castelar,. The ed
tors suggest that Cushing must be
ignorant Of European diplomatic
usages as well as the significance
ofcertain names.
The point of Ministerial courtesy
limited at in the above, consists in
the fact that CASTELAR, and Figueras,
who gave the banquet, are The
leaders of the party opposed to the
present ministry.
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PENNSYLVANIA.
DEATH or A RAILROAD PREsI-
DENT.

DEATH OF A RAILROAD PKLSI-
DENT.
PHILADELPHIA, May 28.-
John Edgar Thompson, President
Of the Pennsylvania railroad,
died last night after a protracted
illness, at his residence, in this
city
PHILADELPHIA, May %. The
death of John Edgar Thompson
created a sensation, though from
the nature of his illness such re
suit was feared by his friends. The
doors OF the Pennsylvania rail
road Office are dfaped with mour
ming a meeting of the board Of
directors is called for to morrow
afternoon to take action. The uni
versal expectation here is that
Thomas a. Scott will be sele cted
to fill the vacancy.
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A WELL CONVEYING Sc
100000.
Steamer Ashore.

New YORK, May 28-The will
of Henry r Rutgers, of New York,
admitted to probate yesterday dis
poses of property valued at alb out
two million dollars. in real estate
and securities, to his widow and
six children,
A dispatch received here states
that the steamer Enterprise, from
Providence to New York, is ashore
near Fishers Island, opposite
Stonington, with the sea breaking
over her. She is valued at S25, 900
and has cargo worth $1,000. The
Coast Wrecking Company sent a
tug to her assistance.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-30
THE GOODBYE HOSPITALITY

The half of hospitality lies in
the speeding of parting guests.
Lavish welcomes are easily
enough bestowed, but the hospif-
able thoughtmust be very genuine
indeed, which dares to leave the
guest as free and welcome to 60 as
to come We all suffer, now and
then, from undue urging to stay
when we prefer to go, and nearly
every one of us is himself sinner
i'll this regard, 100. No sooner
does the guest Intimate wish to
terminate his visit than we fly in
the face Of his desire, and urge
him to stay longer. We some
times do this, too, (do we not?) as
a matter of duty, when, in our
hearts, we care very little wheth-
er the guest goes or stays. We
feel ourselves bound to show our
appreciation of our friends visit
by asking that he prolong il.
Now, true hospitality ought to
learn its lesson better than this.
Our efforts should be from first
to last to make our friends visit
thoroughly pleasant and agreeable
to him. 1t is the desire to do
this which pro npts us to offer
him the most comfortable chair
and to set our best viands, if he
break bread with us! 1t is that
he may enjoy his stay that we
talk only upon agreeable topics.
In short, from the time he crosses
our threshold until he rises to
leave we courteously endeavor to
make the moments slip by as
pleasantly as possible. But the
moment he asks for his hat our
courtesy fails us. Hitherto we
have studied to anticipate and to
crafty every wish. Now that he
wishes to go, however, we en-
deavor to thWart ais pleasure. We
selfishly try to turn him from his
purpose to ours. We wish him
to stay, while he wishes to go.
Courtesy would prompt us TO give
his wish precedence to our own,
but, as rule, we ask him to sac
riiice his own to our pleasure.
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the Capital of w. Va. at such time
and place as they in their discre
ton may determine:
Mr.. Gallaher, who we believe is
Secretary Of the Democratic State
Executive Committee, went for
the Charlestonites with WILL
Among other things, he said she
wanted to remove the Capital and
locate it at place where wild cat
schemes Of peculation cannot be
perpetrated upon the treasury and
where the Public Printer can
not steal with impunity." He
charged that the original removal
of the capital from Wheeling was
the result Of a corrupt political bar
gain, and that its retention there
is due to the same influence.
The Convention adjourned sub
| ject to the call Of the Executive
! Committee.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-30
MAKING ROADS.

Two rules are to be observed in
repair Of roads. One is to make
them oval in form, with no ditch
es beside them, and the other is to
use sand where practicable in
mending clay roads, and clay for
sandy roads. If these two rules
had been carefully observed in
the mending of our roads, they
would have been in much better
condition. When they are once
constructed in this manner, spades
and shovels are Of little service as
tools to repair with. A good
tWo-hcrse scraper and one man
will repair more roads in a day
than twenty men can with spades,
and do it better. 1t appears as
though ourroad managers are of
the Kind that never learn any
thing.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-30
GOSSIP.

Arrivals at NeWpOrt-One buoy.
A gushing Mi3s-The Mississippi.
The weather reminds US of Chill.
The tobacco chewer's music
spit-tune.
A Nashville ghost is colored
gen'lm'n.
The Queen and the Gar are very
sociable.
Gasking-namc Of a gas company
president.
The Khedive Of Egypt wants to
be Sultan.
Petroleum pumping is no longer
profitable.
estate Quackery" is Kanuck for
Rutlerism.
Norristown thieves steal police
mans clubs.
Benzine and common clay wilt
clean mable.
Connecticut smokers cremate
shOrt-siXes.
The coopers' strike in New York
continues
A. II. Stephens weighs seventy
two pounds.
Castor oil is an excellent. thing
to soften leather.
Louisiana is on the gu vive for
Noah and his Ark.
Female book agents die young.
Thank Heaven.)
Weston should gel ifad and re-
fuse 70 try il again.
Immigration to New York has
fallen of One-third.
Englishman, too, are jawing
about the Geneva award.
Not to be "poohed" at--the pro-
posed Poe Monument.
1t goes against the grain of a
granger to read a cereal.
Cincinnati's industrial exhibit
tons have all been successes.
An Illinois child has three arms.
They will call it Briareus
A fashionable barber in New
York is shaving by steam.
Bonner has given Princeton Col
lege a handsome boat house.
The Geological Garden in Phila-
delphia is a gratifying success.
The Sultan of Turkey has pas
sion for blue China. Cracked.
A Chester county hen has given
birth to an egg Is inches round.
Tradesmen won't tako the notes
of the Milwaukee Musical Society.
Octave Feuillet employs a poo
die TO hold his book open. Currect.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-30

Many years ago the poet Cow
per, addressing the press, said:
BY thee religion, liberty and laws
Exert their influence and advance their
cause.
BY thee worse plaques than Pharaoh
land befell.
Diffused, make earth the vestibule of
hell.
Thou fountain at which drink the good
and wise,
Thou ever ubbling font of endless lies.
AS the journals is to be one or the
other agency described by the poet
"a fountain OF good or q fountain
of evil--a bane or q blessing-pro-
pitious or pestifierous towards all
the highest and noblest interests
of mankind, accordingly as its
conductors appreciate their respon.
sibilities, the standard of attain
ment or duty proposed TO il cannot
be too exalted. TO discharge full
ly the duties of public journalist
would be to elevate the vocation
to the loftiest symptoms Of human
dignity and usefulness. Remarks
a cotemporary, "he should have
q mind filled with q great variety
Of human learning, and ready
command of its stores. He should
have head clear, cool, and saga
cious; heart warm and beneyo-
lent; a nice sense of justice; an in
flexible regard for truth; honesty
that no temptation should corrupt
intrepidity that no danger could
intimidate; and independence SUI
perior to every consideration of
mere interest, enmity, or friend
ship. He should have a temper
ament so happily mingled that
while he is easily kindled at pub
lie error or injustice, his indigna-
ton should never transgress the
bounds of judgement, but, in its
strongest expression, show that
smoothness and amenity which
the language of choler always
lacks. He should, in short, be
such q man as a contemporary
writer described that sturdy DEM
ocrat, old Andrew Fletcher as Sal
toun to be, "a gentleman, steady
in his principles, of nice honor,
abundance of learning, brave as
the sword he wears and bold as a
lion, sure friend and irreconcila
BILE enemy, who would lose his
life readily to serve his country,
and would not do a base thing to
save it,"
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CURRENT TOPICS

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CURRENT TOPICS
A bogus Mrs. Ann Eliza Young
is featuring down South.
An eleven-year-old mother Of
diego was recently bereft Of her
seven weeks old infant.
The Canadian Government de-
riyes thirty per cent Of its entire
revenue from the liquor trade.
A Kentucky dentist pulls teeth
without pain to the operator and
with very little to bystanders.
Placards on the st. Louis street
cars declare that "This car can't
wait for ladies to kiss good-by.,'
Oleomargarine politics will new
er go down with the people spread
it never so thin.
A Washington grocer introduce
ed a sheriffto a Congressman last
week. Grocer was after his back
pay.
The Governor Of Maine has
been stopping in New York for a
week without catching the Cabi-
net rumortism.
The National Woman's Suf-
frage Association have asserted
their rights by electing Mrs.
Wright their president for the en-
suing year.
The st. Adams Messenger nom
mates Asahel Peck, Of Jericho, for
Goveror of Vermont, and win
take measures" to elect him.
Eastern modistes are said to be
captivated with the aQiUette of Ar
iona girls, who wear ivory-han-
died pistols on their chatelaines.
While there is a scarcity of ice
in Boston there is so much at Que
bee that it has smashed up their
shipping to theextent of 50, 6O0,O goo.
Returns from local registrars in
England show that nearly 100
children have been named Roger
Tichbcrne. Fraud must flourish
there
The Richmond Enquirer believes
that there should be grand Cen
tennial celebration, and that Phil
adelphia is the proper place for it.
English ladies are shaking their
handkerchiefs at Alexis Ameri-
can bellies can avenge themselves
by demanding another Geneva
Conference.
The prominent pioUs women of
Boston are described by Noah Per-
ry as "given to Iankiness, slinki-
ness, and an irOned doWn-in-the
back expression"
In ST. Louis everybody is con-
siderate, and therefore daily pa
per remarks: 1.-TWO gentlemen
and lady left for the penitentiary
last week."
Ohio's new constition cost the
State 100000. The Cincinnati
Enquirer offers il to its readers,
however, for the small sum of five
cents.
New York has used twelve and
a half million postal cards during
the last year, or more than twice
as many as any other city during
same period.
A mysterious Pennsylvania cou-
PIE clasped hands across q grave
at midnight recently in a lonely
cemetery while an unknown min
lister married them
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McNgAHON'S AS sEMBLY
Bismarck Again HI.

LONDON, May ga Times spe
cis,l says the Assembly will reopen
without a i,.nassage from MacNIa-
hon or any announcement Of the
ministerial policy,
A News special says Prince Bis
marck is again i'll at Varzin.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-05-30

The Cumberland Daily Meas
compliments Hon. III. G.. Davis
speech on the West Virginia war
claims and says: "Senator Da-
Wis has done himself credit in his
earnest advocacy Of the claims in
question, and we wish, as a matter
of justice, that the government
may assume the payment of these
claims, and believe that some day
it Will.n