Evening star., 1876-09-06

Aoo eecono oay OF the professional races
on me schuylkil river lYesterjsy1 was not
very Interesting. The FIRST hest ~as 20 have
sken place At 10 O'Clock bet uaao I.utnar ~
fltlsbUrg. AM Higgins. Of London mt
Higgins Withdrew aud Luther pulled over
the course alone, as stated Ia yeSierdAy's
The irst sinsle-scuu trial heat or IN. aav
was started - $50 p. m. h~tw-en Ellis Ward,
OF Cornwal, aud A BrSyley, of 81.
The Second single. scuIl trial heat came
next. between i. Hsnlon, of rorooto. Fred
Pittsburg. As they passed ths Island Han
Ion led PlsiSted q length, Luther b-ing fsSt.
hsnlon pullei past the line easily In 2t:s4s
fislsted came Ia soo1t = doHea lengths be-
hind, and Luther was last.
Tue next on the programme was the nrst
Trial beat Of pair oars bet seen two Thames
boats Higgins and Spencer IN Que. Green
and Thomas In the other TIE latter let
their opponents throughout, winning the
The second pair. oar trial heat was between
Josh and Gil Ward aud Paul kner and Regain.
OF Boston, Maxwell and PlRiSted having
withdFaHn. The boats were level ss they
passed ne island. The Wart bTo.hers lei By
nearly length soon. hut Faulkner and
Regan turned nrSt and hal "A gAaf lead As
they neared Peters Island the Warts were
runnlug IN tne wash OF The other boat, aud
the distance between them Increased uDtIl
the nnish. Faulkner aud Regan psssed the
line an A;2s aud the Ward brothers in 3O.4ax
TIE PRIZE FIGHT TRAarpy- r.so,.s
Testimony of a Jersey ShCrt AT the coronerB q
inquest over Welker,s body the Sheriff OF
salem county, New Jersey, was n Witness
His testimony IN somewhat unique He
said: "A messenger came To my house on
Thursday morning and told me That priZs
hght was tout tO take place at Perinsville; I;
hitched my horse ana drtC for tue place !;
saw lot OF meB there, near TO a large tree;
notined lot OF Jorseymeu that they might
be wanted, and then plscet myself on a
large stool and looked at them Tor a little
while; aud tEen. says I, 'Gentlemeu, by the
authority vested in ne by the state Of New
Jersey as sheriff OF the county OF salem, L
command yol. prize fighters, % git out OF
herei they said, oh, my and pull down
your vest which didn't do. Toe most OF
them though ran away; / Afterwards went
10 the wharf and locked the CreedmOor cut
ter, but they came down and took her away;
forbid them doing it. but they didn't seem
70 care what said, they struck me with q
piece OF bologna sausage on the nose, and
rred porter bottle at my head, saw no
csnteleups or wetermelons In the air, I at
tempted the arrest of one man, but he got
away from me; he was the fellow that car
ried the belts and sponges; no one was shot
on my side, but one man had a bullet go
through the leg OF his psnties; leaned up
with bullets; 1 fired two shots at them"
THEsUNKKS WRECKS or WALL srRrEr.
The New York correspondent OF the Phila-
delphia Ledger writes uoder date OF Septem.
ber 4th as follows: Almost every day the
auction sales Of gentlemen'S private estaD-
lishments are bringing mp TO the surface the
sunken wrecks Of Wall street. One OF these,
which comes OF tomorrow, Is OF an espe-
cislly noteworthy character. / refer 10 call
the high-bred, fast trotting road, saddle and
family horses, together with the elegant car :
riages, road wagons, fne harness, stable Z
lures, &c, The property OF Daniel Drew, ESQ q,
which according 10 the ad rtisement) must
positively be sold regardless OF cost or value
and without restriction, by order OF the as
sltnees" Mr. Drew says he bore the loss OF
all his fortune without q psng, "untll they
came and took away my horses, and then L
began 20 feel nothing else left In the world
worth living for" The old gentlem an, 1 Z
may as well be said here, is in much bette 7
health than he has been for some time past
and though still very feeble he Is gaining
strength every day. In the course OF a day
or two he hopes 10 be able 20 20 down 20 ses
bis lifelong friend, Commodore Vanderbilt
There are several other shDwy establish
ments % be disposed OF by the same process
In the course or the current month. luclud-
ing some pbastons and fast horses that have
heretofore been at home at Newport aud
Saratoga, the former owners OF which have
gone down IN the whirlpool OF Wall street
speculatlons. II Is an old story, however,
with only new illustrations