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New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
REGATTA ~ GOwANUs BAY.

The regular Fall regatta of the Nereid Boat
Club Of Brooklyn took place in GOwanus Bay on seur-
day Tho course extended from the dock In the bay to
the railroad dock Bay Ridge distance Of ga miles
The scu race for the challenge cup presented to
the CUb by {. J. Stewart was won by j. T. Earlo his
timc bepg IS minutes So seconds In tho pair-oared
sh race between the Thetis and Erao the former WAS
the winner The time Of the Thctis was IA minutes f
secnds The last contest between the two our-0ared
pi ~ Euora and PanOpc resulted in victory for the Eu
dora by nearly boats length in II inmates 80 seconds
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13

ITfh Arenue UoiCi-Gen. Rufus Ingalls,. Y. y ATTY;
Gov C. jenkins Of Georgia eNtiov FREDERICK Sn! IN ol
New.Harps,re col. w NJ GIs,enor oi 81 ,nI,~ .S ,as
Rev. IL Muir and the Rev u. PayaiI of SCOTLAND anu
Rignoll ihe aclor. -. BreroH Hmsf-f Is. Aness
Manager Montreal; Donald Mclnn's o Canada
and Manr l,obsoI ri sh Amy tbfmdrt Hofei-
g. BaLhmcea Russian Legation at Nas.in.t9n
Ast,T N a~-A A. H. Mnlctt oi Washington Windsor non
j. NJ Walker, President OF tie Chicago, Ruinngt3l aih
Quincy Kalr1a; COMPANY GTdnd C.HJdt ICtetlhe Hon
lanes CocIran me nber Executive Council Of Nova
Clofc,u,n HOieiBaIoa Won Cut ma oi Germany!
..G,Lscy Htt.t-GeI Joseph Roberts, L. = Army.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
THE WESTMINSTER COUNTY FAIR.

The trotting on the track of the Westchester
County Agricultural and Horticultural Society Saturday
attracted very large attendance Of spectators trot
By the 2iO class for purse OF soo hrst money @Ioo
ond a, oo third $50 resulted In favor OF j. Pinkeron's
-, George al the eight bests The race for three
vear-ods Tor Yureo Of $50 BY d. Cooks Aary
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
EVAN NORRIS WINS THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN
SCULLING.

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 12.-Ihe single-scull race
between Evan Morris and Henry Coulter, distance of
five miles fer $500 and the championship Of America,
Saturday, was by Morris In 80 minutes. He came
in ahead by about fifteen lengths. There were 1000
people present
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
A TEN-MILE RACE IN VIEW.

PorGHKEEPsIE, n Y, Sept ia race o
ten miles for $500 between the trottng horses Maggi
Mury and Ulster Maid both Of Newbursh is annonncc
to cone off on the track OF the Hudson River Dryiu
Park Oh sept. 70.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13

The frot for purse OF 4OO by the 20 class wGs won ny
H. whpple Lady White The tEot by me 2o Sss nJ
rsfv in three straight heats NoePrcsdcn wilson was
present on the Grand stand for some time during inc
afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
BASE RAIL,

The third game of the championship series,
between the Atlantic Club OF Brooklyn and the New
Haven nine took place the Union Grounds, In Brook
yo on Saturday. The Atantics went first 10 the bat.
The batting OF the Atancs was better than that OF the
N,wIiaNcns. who, however, won the game lhe follow
ing is the score by innings:
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
MARE MAKES FIFTY-sTX MILES IN FIVE AND
HALF HOURS.

FOREST, Canada. Sept. 11.-Mr. Halleck {
tls place to-day drove "A six-year-od mare from here
st,athroy and back distance ~ So miles in five al
"A half hours, and won bet Of $50
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
CvCEDNOOR CONpETTTOPC.

THE TEAM TO SHOOT HE CANADIAN RiFLEMEN-
CONTESTS FOR PRIZES.
The last competition for places on the Team
which is to a match with the Canadian rifemen
during the present month took place at Creecmoor on
Saturday The Team is 10 consist OF eight persons Sc
loctcd from the members Of the Amateur Rifle Club The
strong breeze which blew up the toward the hrlng
point greatly int"rfered with the shooting The follow
inc the the highest attaabe number beihg
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13

The regular monthly contest for the irish rcan
Rinr Cub cup took place immediately after The i,"l
Fi,M end farn match. The highest number or points
obtained &c, f. +. Men being the successful com
nnIIlOr.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
"A
LONG STEP
IN ADVANCE.

From this date every garment
offered for sale by us will bear upon
it a printed statement as to the mate
rial of which it is made, and a guar
antee of the workmanship.
Every buyer will thus know just
what goods are shown, and this, with
our rigid one-price system, will make
error OF misunderstanding impossible
In absolute fairness and plain deal
ing, as in all other points, we are de-
termined to continue to lead the
Clothing Trade of the Metropolis.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13

Immediately this competition the third contest
FOR lie tut, F.old and Farm badge was had Tie
match was open to all comers the distance bcing 200
wards Tic badge war by W Robertson with score
Of "a oct Of possible 50. The following ar, the best
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
PROMINENT ARRIVALS.

Sept TO- rain from 80 p 6:i5 amount Of water
80 incb. 400 Ill.
Distance Travelled by the wind during the week 26s miles
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
HOME NEWS.

THERMOMETER, YESTERDAY, AT HUDNUrs IN
BROADWAY
Ia n. 62'. Noon 81. 30 NJ 6s' Midnight 03
nigncst during lhe NAV, CS. Lowest Do.
Average, 62is Sans day, 1874. 7O'e'
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
Special Notice

We offer at retail asrgJAL Of SILVER ARTICLES,
In cases Wedding and other presens st eREATI
REDUCED PRICES line embraces arees rangn0
in value from five to MY dollars.
They are selected from Wholesale stock not being
ADAPTED TO that branch trade emnently
able for presentation. THE GORHAM COMPANY,
No. Bondst
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13

CENTRAL PARK METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
Cheapest Advertising in the World.
kE,I.LOGG'S
Great Newspaper Lists.
CHICAGO LIST.

SO SO PER LrSR.
IN the West and North. West.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13

SErr. H. 1873
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13

HABITUAL or TEMPORARY COsTIyENEss may
gotten Of aud vita great source Of serious disease
permanently removed, BY using Juilciousy Lr JAMES
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
ST. LOUIS LIST.

81 50 PER LINE.
In the Wes. aid South. WeeA
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13

GENTLrMEN's HATs-Fall style for 1875-are
ready for inspection and sale . EsrFSsshKD.
Manufacturer llS Nassau ST.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13

ROBERT BONNER
ba. written ma "I haze D,LLEYs GALvASIC HORSE
S,vH for bruises and ind 1t 10 be an excellent art
is thing Tor 'iails ai' ScI1tchrt
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13

DR.. LYON's ToOTH TABLETS
Give the mosteomplete satisfaction.
New-York tribune., 1875-09-13
Blue Stocking. tn st Louis Saturday By score Of

tAnnourcemeDsI
DANDRUFF-BURNErr's COCAINE removes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-14
The States Folly.

The fact that tramp> are nightly fill
ing the .lails and police stations in our
larger towns and are being supported
at the public expense merely to keep
them nom committing crime. i calling
attention sharply to the iuadequacy of
our laws for the punishment and ref
ormation of all classes of minor offend
erS. All through the long. hard winter
just closed. the iailS III IT. Adams. Bur
linyton. Rutland, Montpelier. and very
likely elsewhere i'll the state. have
afforded homes of Incidence and schools
of crime to Il considerable number of
able bodied men who were delinquent
on fines or in default of bail. or re-
fused to testify where they got liquors.
or were guilty of some other mi>dc-
mcanor. and now the State iS rs badly
troubled as he lri>hmau who caught Il
catamount and called on the bvStand-
rrs To help him let the plagucy thing
80"
The Free Press. after citing some
very convincing facts from the Chitten-
den county jail. puts III Il strong plea
for one oI more warehouses;. This is,
without doubt. the true remedy. Gov.
Stewart recommended ii and Gov. Peck
has urged ii upon the legislature. Last
fall the subject came under the eXami
nation of a joint special committee. of
which Senator Clarke of this county
was chairman, and The result was the
passage of bill 10y the Senate for the
establishment of one workhouse for the
State. but it failed to pass the House
and such measures always will fail un-
., Il. Il, Il
the Importance of the subject and made
familiar with the waste. i'll an econOmi-
cal point of view. of our present system,
and its utter failure to repIeSs crime or
reform offenders. For this season we
are glad that the newspapers are giving
their attention to the barbarism of the
ancient policy that the State outgrcw
long ago. and We are confident that the
more they examine it the worse il will
appear. ST. IibdHs Messenger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-14
Shipwreck on the California Coast.

a ST. JOHNSEI'RY Roy on BOARD.
san Francisco papers have been re
ceivcd containing accounts of the wreck
of the steamer Ventura, on the coast
less than II DAYS sail below the city.
Ira \. Hutchinson. of Columbus. Ohio.
the eldest son of MIS-. Joseph Hutchin-
son of this place. was Il passenger on
this boat. going down int" one of the
lower counties. From letter to his
mother. we are permitted to make some
extracts. 1t will Ice remembered that
Mr.. II. is an invalid
"While sitting in the Captains room
after dinner. about : o'clock. the ship
struck heavily on a rock. OF course
there was great excitement and confu-
sion women screaming and CRYING.
some with children in their arms men
praying and cursug. There was no
panic. and as a whole. think the
women acted better than the men.
can truly say that at no time did lose
my composure. OF presence of mind
but rds frightened. and for few
minutes had no hope of being saved.
knew my strength would soon disap-
pear in the struggles among the rocks
and the cold dark water. and that
must have perfect command over all my
powers and keep myself III Il condition
to he able to avail myself of any Incl.
dent or accident that might possibl,
Iurn up i'll my favor. ! knew if tn,
ship sunk OF went to pieces soon. i
would he impossible to more than ge
off the women and children. Between
the passengers and part of the ship
men. twho were apparently great,
alalmed) all the life preservers wer
taken possession of. \ friend. who ha,
been forward came back. and not unit
he remarked We'll Ira. guess we wi
have to take to water. and it don't loo
as if our chances were worth much. iii
! seem to realize our peril. 1t was the
that felt frightened. us | knew that i
my condition. | could not long hold GU
in the water. In 4 moment | knew IN
face must have been as white az thi
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-14
Don't Go to California this Year. "

The Rutland HerdId is permitted to
make the following extract from a let
ter written by gentleman of san Jose.
Cal =
All newspaper accounts from this
place are warmly colOred. Advise all
your friends, who are moderately well
fixed. to keep away from California this
wear. The winter has been dry and
pleasant. but colder than usual. so that
grain and grass are almost failure
We have had so much cold. dry wind
that the moisture is all taken out of the
ground. On the 9th of April we had a
cold rain. which turned to snow. the
first and only snow which fell in this
valley this wear. The mountains on
each side were white. being the third
time such circumstance occurred dur
ing the winter. The night was cold.
and many kinds of fruits were frozen
on the trees. Almonds, apricOts and
several kinds of early fruits were quite
large. and were frozen so much as to
kill them. Many late kinds of fruits
are much injured. The strawberry crop
will he very light. The first crop ought
to he plenty III the market and very
cheap but are not. This is going to
be very hard year. Everything to
live will he very high. Advise every
one to put off coming this year. and if
most of them should do so. there would
! be more than could make ii comfortable
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-14
A Close Chase.

Sheriff Dwinell recently got Il rcqui-
sitinn from Gov. Peck with permission
of the Governor of the State of New
York to arrest Albert Meacham. who
broke Jail in lIydcpark. in IS72.
and who has since resided in the En-
pire State. The Sheriff repaired thith-
cr. found his man and got him as far
toward his jail rs the red school house
on Laport road in Morristown when
Meacham was allowed to enter Il water
closet there on request. While there
two gentlemen came along and con-
versed with Archie for awhile. After Il
little Meacham was called. and respond
ded. He was soon called again. when
one of the gentlemen said he had just
come out and had gone around the
school house. \ glance at the adjacent
field showed Meacham on IL run for the
woods as if for his life. The officer ere
ated Il posse of the two men who had
been talking with him. and the chase
commenced, which was pretty evenly
maintained, though the gap was being
shortened somewhat. Meacham proba-
bly, fearing recapture, shed his breecheS
without stopping. and thus relieved.
reached the woods. and up to this hour
has successfully eluded his pursuers.
He had relieved himself of his boots
before starting on the race and is now
wandering breecheSless and bootless in
the wilds of Joe's Pond. unless some
kind friend has given shelter. which is
thought quite likely -NersdeoIer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-14
Steamship Disaster.
The Schiller Wrecked off the English
Coast
OVER 300 OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW
LOST.

OVER 300 OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW
LOST.
The spell of immunity from disaster
which has favored the ocean Steamship
companies since the terrible series of
disasters III 1913. was broken Friday
night 10y the wreck of the fine new
steamship Schiller. of the Eagle line.
gu the Scilly islands near the British
coast and the drowning of 81 of the
3S5 persons on board of her From the
brief and rather unsatisfactory dis
patches which have been received. it
appears that the Schiller had been
shrouded i'll Il dense fog for four DAYS.
which prevented observations. At
o'clock on the evening of the 9TH the
sails were taken i'll. the engines put on
half speed and the fog bells used. Meth
Ell of the Sicily lights were to be seen.
nor WAS the Bishops rock fog bell
heard, although, as it after ward proved.
the steamship WAS less than half Il mile
from them. Capt. Thomas, who had
not gone to bed for four nights. WAS
still i'll charge. when, at 10 o'clock.
without Il moments warning of the
danger, the steamer struck plump on
the Retarriere lodges. barely Il third of
mile inside of Bishops rock. and but
little more than half mile out of her
course, careened and soon sank. carry
ing nearly all on board down with
her.
As usual on such occasions. a terrible
panic seized alike passengers and crew.
and each one was left to save himself
as hest he could. There WAS IA violent
sea, the tide was rising, and the dark
ness WAS intense. Most of the male
passengers were awake. and there WAS
/ the usual rush for the boats, but nearly
all the boats had been crushed or stove
in when the vessel struck. \ number
of the crew succeeded in detachng one
of the remaining boats, and rowed off
cOwardly refusing aid and leaving the
helpless women and children behind
/ Two other boats were also filled with
men, some passengers, some of the crew.
/ The captain endcavOred to have them
get out and give the women the first
chance. but they refused He then
fired his revolver over their heads to
drive them out, and then fired at them.
but without effect. a few moments
later, the ship was washed with her
brOadside to the SEA. and all on board
these boats met the fate they SO richly
deserved, perishing i'll the sea. Three
other boats We're then got away. but
one of them, lifeboat, was so badly
injured that she sunk. and IL of the
people on board of her were rescued 10y
the other boats.
i During the next two hours, six can
non shots were fired, when the powder
became dampened. Distress signals.
rockets and blue lights were also fired
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-14
A Newspaper Libel Suit.

The noted libel suit of Willis Phelps
VS.. Samuel BOwles of the Springfield
Republican. was concluded the 9TH.
The suit was for S2OO.O0O damages for
maligning Mr.. Phelps. and was tried
before Judge Endicott of the Supreme
Court. who acted both as justice and
jury as permitted by recent law.
Learned counsel were secured on both
sides. The Judge ruled that il part of
the libel was proved true. but the de
fedant must subStantiatc the whole of
his charges III order To obtain il verdict.
He set aside the claim of privilege AZ
inapplicahle to the articles published
in the Republican. and stated there
must he Il decision for the plaintiff.
The question then arises in regard to
the amount of damages. which must he
according to what the plaintiff seems
entitled to receive He had found that
the plaintiff WAS Il party to the corrupt
ing influences connected with securing
legislation in which he WAS Interested.
and carrying elections which affected
his interests. and the question to decide
was how much should Il man receive
who had done this. In considering that
question. he had come to the conclusion
that Judgment should be entered for the
PLAINTIFF. and that the damages should
he placed at 500" This amount i
onc-twrnticth of one per cent. of what
the plaintiff claimed. The Republican
thinks the formal verdict should have
gone with the moral verdict. which was
clearly in it> favor: and intends to
carry the ease t" the supreme bench on
exceptions.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-14
Old tt.

If Lexington and Concord first ere
sisted" British tyranny. Ethan Allen
first assaulted it at Ticonderoga, and
has good claim to be considered the
first hero of the Revolution to the pOpu-
Lar mind. His influence and personal
power collected the conspirat"rS and
gave the little band who were able to
cross the lake. that May morning. the
daring courage which delivered into
then hands Il powerful fortress. The
recent efforts To divide the honors of
the day between Allen and Benedict
Arnold are not justified by the COM
pleteSt review of the evidence. The
capture of the fort happened on the
very day of the assembling of the first
/ Continental Congress. which Allen as
sociated with the Great Jehovah" a.
authority for demanding its surrender.
Allen. although rather atheistical in his
philosophical works. admitted the Deity
to some share in the great exploit of his
life. but not to the full credit. for it is
related that when the preacher in the
old meeting house ut Bennington war
giving the gloIy to the God of Battle.
! ut some length III his long PRAYER on
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-14
Death of Judge Daniel Kellogg.

Hon. Daniel Kellogg died at his resi-
depce i'm Brattleboro. Monday evening,
after il short illness. He was ~ years
old last March. Judge Kellogg was il
prominent man in Vermont for more
than fifty Years. He early took lead
ing rank as Il lawyer, served MANY
terms in both branches of the General
Assembly. and WAS active and Infilen-
nal in the conventions of his party.
In IS27 he was Il member and secretary
of the Seventh Council of CenSorS.
From IS29 to ISL he held the office of
L. ;. District Attorney. In lSl} he WAS
President of the Constitutional Con
vention. In IS4:}. also, he was elected
il Judge of the supreme Court. In
1913 he was reelected to the supreme
bench. and by five successive elections
he held the office until lS5O. In lSo3
he WAS the candidate of the Democrats
for L. :. Senator. and WAS the leading
candidate in the halloting; but parties
were mixed that year III Vermont. and
after 30 balIotsthc observation-disclosures
without elccting IL /. :. Senator. The
Democratic vote in Joint Assembly WAS
thrown for Judge Kellogg. the Wing
vote for Judge Collamrr, and the Free
Soil vote vas divided between Oscar l..
Shafter and Lawrence BrIincrd. Judge
Kellogg WAS an early and Staunch Re
publican. and WAS one of the PTcSldtm
tial electors, who cast the vote of Yer
mont for Abraham Lincoln in 1864. His
last public service was in the State
Senate in IS67. He was IL hr"thcr-in-
law of Judge Adds. Judge Kellogg
was Il man of pare and high character;
of urbanc and even courtly manners
of tue dignity Il thorough gentleman
of the old school ALIAS that it should
he old and had the esteem and respect
of all who knew him. Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-14

The generous offer al S:}.tnO reward.
10y DR.. John Branch. for the apprch,.n-
sion of the murderer of Miss BAN. and
his deposit of tine amount in govern
ment bonds at the FIRST National Bank
the offer to remain good until the first
of January next. ought to give a fresh
impetus to the eudclNor> of citizens
and detectives to search ont ''cvcrN
man. every thing and every cilrum-
stance" connected with that horrible
and my stclious affair. Put with that
the towns offer. it makes Il reward of
$1,000. which is the largest ever offered
in Vermont for the detection of Il Grim
inal. DIR. Branch nlltI> no reward Tor
conviction. of the villain who assaulted
him Il wear ago. for he i confident that
his eye Is on the man; hut that clrcum-
stance has. without doubt. led him tn
feel. even more intensely than other cit
liens. the insecurity of life unless pun
ishment can lie made more certain. and
should his present offer he the means of
bringing to light and justice the per
petIator Of the outrage on the east hill.
he will be entitled to the utmost graft
tude of this community. st 1ibcns
Messenger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-05-14
Public Opinion.

If | believed Gen. Grant could he re
elected. and the choice were between
him and II democrat 81 Il republican of
weak backbone and doubtful principles
| would support Grant. Personally. |
~rc 40 danger OF Inconvenience III three
ur four terms. - Senator sargent.
The republican party could send int"
the South no representative kccmcl in
>dgaciiv. or more strongly cntrcnched
in the confidence of the northern pco-
pie. For accurately aSccrtaining the
dI itt of sentiment in sections and states
it i generally conceded that there are
few politicians III the country superior
to him. We look to c-Pre>idcnt
Wilson for an accurate dclineation of
the south as it is. - Boston Herald.
We have seen for ourselves. have
mixed with and conver>cd with all
sliade> and kinds of people South. -
negroes. whites. officials. tN-rchcl>. mil
irary and civil. nom-parti>an> and hot
partiSun,. republicans and white
lcdgucIS. and for weeks have examined
into the whole status OF the South. civ il.
political aud financial. and our note
book and memory fully corrobnIatr all
that Nh. Kelley 81 ANY other intelligent
and tair-miudrd man has or must SAY.
i'll truth. of the South and lis present
position. 1t i time this humhug and
folly of coerciug Il now loyal people
ceased. Providence Star.