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THE OVERTURNED SCOW.

ANOTHER VICTIM OF The EAST RIVER COL
LIsIoN-DEA1H OF MRS. RATH.
Mrs. Rath, the wife Of Michael Rath, whose three
chiIdren drowned Tuesday morning last In
the East River, Oft Sixletn street, died yesterday Of
pneum onia contracted Dv exposure that day. She
and husband with their three children lived on
board OF q scow employed to carry earth and cebrn
from the piers Of the Brooklyn Briogo TO Harlem.
Tho vas In charge OF Rath and was one OF iour
being lowed up the river by the tugboat Chief The
steamer Providence In passing tho came SO close
to tho In charge OF Rath that her paddle wheel
while mouon struck It's deck and turned
u completely over. How the bodies Of The children
were found after the occurrence and tho almost
miraculous escape OF Rath mis- wife detailed
In the HERALD az tho following dav Rath only savcd
his c by being an expert swimmer, and mas wife, ~
will be remembered, was taken out OF the water
through hole chopped In the upturned bottom OF
the scow The Iepgth oil time she remained IN the
water grief NJ the loss OF her cnidren ana tho ex
citemont OF such dreadful expcrlonce completely
prostrated tho unfortunate woman and necessisated
her removal New York Hospital, whore she
fingered until yesterday. This adduional bersavc-
ment was card indeed upon the husband, and the
poor man gave way completely WHOM 10 formed Of her
death No date has boon liked Tor the Inquest upon
the bodies OF the victims aud INTO the causes which
led to tae sad event
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NATIONAL ROWING REGATTA.

ARRIVAL IN NEWARK OF NEARLY ALL THR
NgERED CREws-A BUSY SUNDAY ON THE
The Longucu crew OF Moutfeai-Msssrs. +. Foster.
bow; A. L. Pei. X. Peli, William l. Gear and henry
J. Gear, subsIitute-2rrvsd In Newark yesterday
forenoon to row In the Jour cared races. All the
other entries for the four have likewise arrived
in Newark, except the Arlington crew Of Brooklyn.
tho Mutual OF Albany and tho Zephyr OF
Detroit These Will arrive to-day. Tho pair-oar
entries have all arrived except the Zephyr pair Of
Detroit OF senior single SOULS but four entries
are yet to arrivc-R. W. Rathbone, OF New York;
Frank 4. Holmes, OF PAwtucket, r. l.; Frank e.
Yates, OF Grand Haven. Mich, and A. NcLanerty, OF
Watkins, N Y. All these are confidently ex-
pec,cd to-day. I. O'Connor, OF the Neptune Club.
Of Philadelphia, and Lewis H. Jonss, OF Chicago.
are tho only junior scusers who have not
arrived. To-Day they will probably turn up Tue
double scuil entries ali on hand with the excep
ZION OF the crew Of The Quaker City Boa. C!sO: Of
oil the wsvefloy Boat Club. Nov YORK Oily. who bad
been entered as junior seull was ruled ont but has
the entries sure 70 show up are certain TO furnish
OF the Inject rowing ever Witnessed IN
However IL may have been 10 people generally, yes
terdsy was anything but = day OF rest for the IN
si."rnoon Inc SSsutui Pssss,s w,s alive With the
oarsmeu preparing them selves Tor the supreme EFFORTS
on tomorrow asd "Wednesday. large number Of
citizens gathered N groaps aleng the wessera banks
OF tho river ana watched the rowers skm past
In their delicate craft The for all il
mile and hat the starting point being
some two hundred iest below tne Midland Railway
bridge and tho winning post SIX or seven hundrsd
feet above the Erie ana Paterson Railway bridge
From this tt viii DO that all she
Will DO down stream, that tine
tims Is expoctei. Complaint 10 made W
the Committee OF Arrangements regarding ono ndt-
vidusl excepted the rule VI generous aid shown
by Ncwsrkers generally. This person owns land on
the front which the mmittee thought desirn
BILE a site Tor the grand stand. They called on him
less than twenty times get his accession Finally.
amer gwen believe That they could have
use OF the around ho backed out ana has put up
staud himself with view OF turning few dollars
into his aIrc ady pletnoric purse. Tho committee
erected their stand distances of ut eligible
point-in fact right opposite she winning post
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YOU by the hsshsst member Of SERIES and not BY the
number OF singse games At present the record
NOTES.

NOTES.
The Hornell Club have, a. body. been engaged -
play next year They arc to divide their time pc
tweon the Two villages Of Horneilsviiie ana oA'"'
they are 10 be supported By capitalists OF both places
The second meeting viii be nsld this evening at NO.
26s avenue A. this city, by representatives Of the
clubs proposing 10 form tie Metropolitan Baseball
Association 1t IL rumored that OF the features OF
the new orSanIzation will DO play ing Tor sver Dali
The contest 10 begin ~ soou ~ ell the prshmnaries
shall have been arranged.
The games 70 be played to-day are as follows:-
Tecumseh vs.. Utica, AZ LONDON, Canada, one OF inc
series for tho OF the lptsrnationai Asso
cation; Rochester lot the Internationally w. Boston
(of the Lsaeuej al Rochssior. New Haven vs. Hoiyoke
Eckiord Of Tho series tor the Quaker Guy Champion
snip. At philadelphia Amay w. Astor, at sixth ave
burg at the Union GROUND, Brooklyn, Il. D., aud
Jersey CITY Bro~ns VI. Stars OF Grssnve also part
OF Jersey CITY. This 10 game In ihe series Tor the
State championship apd the Taylor prize pcnnant,
aud Is TO be played on the Centennial Ground
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The playing during the past week mas changed the
figures OF the clubs coDtesting Tor the championship
without materially affecting the race for tue cham
pionship pennani. As then, so now, the Bostons
lead OIL Tho Cnicngos are secon!. The Cincin-
natis are third but only one game behind the chi
Cages Tne ProvdeIce Ciub IS now only TOUR games
behind the CLicsgos wniie they, IN turn, are mole
tuan that number behind tho Bostoup. There are
only SIX clubs IN the League nor do they desire 10
maze u very much larror The utmost limit 10
when they likely 10 extend " Is SO NJ to have
club. East four West OF tho Allegheny Noun
tains. Chicago, 81. Louis (whcre the Indianapolis
Cub now hail fronl, Cincinnati and Milwaukee hll
up the Western complement. Boston and Prvvldencc
tho only two at present. in the East The Bun 10
club, II rumored, will JON as number three Nun
Der iour Is likely to hail IRON either this CITY or
Brooklyn. Without including games OF which no ac-
count mas come TO hand, tho following table gives
detailed statement OF the progress OF the League
championship Till this date:-
LEAGCE DETAIL TABLE
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SWIMMING CHALLENGE.

ATLANTIC CRY, N. j., August IL, 1873.
To raE Eouos or rns HKsALD:-
beg TO say III the HkRALD that am open TO swim
any man IN America for from $50 TO $500 and the
championship, ths race TO come OF gu saturday,
August -; start from staksboat tour or ave miles
nj sea and swim IN 10 stak sboat OF inner buoy
in tho inlet at Atlantic Cty, n. J. IL is a course
where boin parties will be on equal iooting In case
this challenge " not accepted VIII swim any man or
men ovor 81 ground Tor tue cha mpionship of
America, regardless OF money, anu " neither OF tho
ABOVE propositions arc accepted shall swim the
course alone, and claim the titie OF cham
pion swimmer. THOMAS COYLE
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GAxxs xor INCLUDED IN ANY rAsLE.


Before tho champion 81 OF the International
Association commenced, u committee, appointed for
tho purpose arranged the games 10 lie played from
time time. To do so correctly they msnt'osed the
day and place for clubs to piny This constituted
the championship series. Some Of these games were
prevented on ths dry designated by unsvoldaole
but the constitution and playing rules Of The
organization provide that, required they must DO
played on before tho end Of this champi ashp season
Tho follow ng list shows what games were thus inter-
fsroa with. II, howevor, any OF them has been
played off, the Information TO that eject has not come
hand They are as follows:-Mauchester W.. Hor-
nell, al Manchester, April %; Manchester va Hor-
nell At Manchester, April q; Worcester va Hornell,
~ Worcester. April 80; Springfield vs.. Tecumseh, at
Spriugdsid, May 8; Lowell va star, at Lowell May
30; Worcester W.. Lowell a. Worcester June 22 Star
va Rochester, at SyracuBa June 90 hornci vs.. Star.
at Horneisviiie, July Is; Buffalo VS.. Worcester, at
Buffalo, July 70; Star va Manchester, At syria
cuse, July 20; 1ecumseh VI. Springheld at London,
Canada, July ~, ana Rochester, vs. Utica, at Roches
TER. August 10, and Same vs. Same, August H. To
between Uuca and Buffalo, nj Utica, May 4; Bunalo
VS.. Star, At Buffalo, July II, and Utica Aanches-
ter, ~ Utica, July %
The schedule games yet 10 be played, IN their rcgu-
lar order, are as fo ows :-fecumseh va Utica, ut
London Canada, August TO- Springfield vs. Worcester,
don, Canada, August ~; Lowell VS. Worcester, at
Lowell, August II Buffalo vs. Uica NJ Buffalo,
August Fl; rochester Va Worcester at Manchester,
August 49, Lowell vs. Springfield, nc Lowell, August
rs: Buffalo vs. Utica Al Buffalo, August rs, Mancbes.
ter Springfield, at Manchester August ~ Hornsll
vs. Utica, At Hornssvilie, August 81; Worcester va
Spripgdcld at Worcester, August 28, and Horaeii
Utics, NJ Horneilsvile. August 2S.
Tho following table gives results In condensed
FORM for ready reference out does not tell from what
club won It's games or what club won gaines
from other. 10, however, SO comprehensive to
the general reader that Ii Is here given. VI course IL
does not and ipcods games which were inter-
tered with, or, played aterward, oil which infor
nation has been received. IL 10 us fol.ows:-
INTERNATIONAL CONDENSED
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CRUEL TO HIS WIFE.

James Holden, ased twsnty.seven, OF No e7e Tenth
avenue, iar wages at weiss beer brewery o.
Tue west sue but spssds hts ssrsngs liquor. whcs
Intoxicated he abuses his WIFE she him arragnss
In tho fnty-ssventh Street Court yesterday Tor
tally beating ner las, Sunday and knocking issss
sibe TO the ,or with a blow IRON his c,eocbcd ast
On The am VI July last, while shs pregnant, he
kicked her The result was tbe birth o y dead Guild.
Although there were two children living he neiibef
supported them nor the mother she went 10 hts en-
pioyer and told him OF HodeDs cruelty Holden
heard OF I, and beat her. He held Ia deiauh vi
5000.
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A single scul boat race for $500 a side, between
wil,am Barry, OF Jersey City, and John Euford, OF
Newark, took place tho Passaic River yesterday.
The course three miles straight away
IRON plank road bridge to stake.
boat anchored on Dawson's wharf Tho race
was annou need TO take place tour o'clock but 10
CONSEQUENCES OF delay u was SIX O'Clock before
the start made. At that hour fully three thou
sand persons gathered along tho course Euford
took the nj the start and IN ATTAINED through.
the wnos race, coming IN several boat lengths
anead oil his opponent. Time, IS minutes.
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FOUND DEAD ON HER KNEES.

Al half past seven yesterday morning a domestic
named Mary. about or,y years OF age, aud employed
at haiaran's restaurant, No. q Beekman street, was
found dead kneciipg beside her bed. The supposed
cause Of death was heart disease. Coroner Elingcr,
on being notified, viewed the remains aud gave .
permit Tor thoir removal the Morgue. The inquest
wi be held to-day. The deceased had been King
al Mataran's only week, having been hired from
Henderson's Nassau street agency. her full name
was not Known to any the premises
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ROUGHo SEVERELY HANDLED.

An excursion party from New York landed q
Gienwood yesterday, and some roughs among the
party started a fight about as quick as they got
ashore. several OF them made q rush for rhornc's
Hotel, took possession Of the bar, robbed the tii
stole several decaptcrs OF liquor and commenced
a battle with glasses, during which Mr. Tborne was
roughly handled. bayman went. to Mr.. Thornc's
Bssistaucc and by the vigorous use OF club drove
the ders from tho house Two oil the roughs
badly beaten that they had TO DO carried 70
4 huui
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snow max. which has known no o.al.n.u. and NO

snow fake which has known no dsaismsnt and NO
way like those breakers that rolled In Rockaway
Beach yesterday These breakers .'ieague long"
II GU IKE and full toned aud ryIhmc us decd be,
but they tawny AZ the tawniest as ever
the yellow Tioer rolled by immortal Rome
me recent rains or something has stirred up
all the unlovsy qualities OF the waters, and they
burst the beach turbulens, muddy and uninvit-
about them, ior the spprsciaiivs people who know
most about these things plunged into them BY The
hearts content and deubtIsss ass 70 the great sd-
vantage OF their bodieS There were Vsnuses, TOO,
among thsm-goddesses Of opu!snt iatness not quite
endowed with the supply Of voluptuous grxces
OF that other Aphrodite Of whose per-
sona charm. myth and story are accustomed
some mischancs there was something wrong about
the water the day glorious, and the breeze ex-
cept some unfavorsd gales that had winged ther way
III SAVIOR, however, TO have Barren Island come 'be
twixt the wind and your nobility Tor the wainres
steamers chiefly but luckily, IRON the direction OF
the breeze, did no. greatly trouble the beach.
THE EXCURSION STEAMERS.
Thither the people tnroDgsd By thousands. Tho In
AUX Of excursionisls ny all methods OF trayeI can
vast excursion steamers, Grand Republic and Colum
bia, made their regular trIps. 1 he Americas also
ss Is Aas s aa ran nGI
and; the Marion from Jersey City, and the Twilight
the twenty-five cent boat from New York, also
carried large numbers OF excursi0ntsts supple.
msDIing the NUMBER carried by the boats by the sx
cursionists who went down by Train aud the wonder
that all the favored parts OF the beach should
be black with people. In such crowds IL matter
that there sh0ad he selections OF places OF
resort and that people should TALL into congenal
quarters In this iolks OF nicer preteDsions than
lhelr fellows found their way 10 tho New York
Pavilion, when 10 consecrated 10 quiet family enjoy
mcnts, and upon which the best american citizens
Of the Ninth ward have always been accustomed 10
look fevoraby.
PLEASURES or TaK BEACH.
But as rule tho visitors distributed their iavors
along the beach with indiscriminate imparuahty
Sometimes, however, their tavors were rather IN the
OF special provocation to righ wrath on
the part OF the caterers whom they patronzed When
q economic family opens Its BASKETS spreads It's
iare upon your tables, demands the kind offices OF
your waters and doesn't even drink any OF your
lager. you are indeed the mildest hammered oil men
II you tail TO be irate But these and many other
troubles the accommodating botel aud restaurant
keeper mad 10 endure, for the sovereign people were
out Tor holiday and there might be no curtailment
OF their enjoy All the musements Of tue beach
were freely patr0niZed ouring the day, and both on
the beach and Iransitu there was nothing 10 mar
the good order whicn Is, ss rule cnarac.oristc OF
New YORK excursionists.
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SCOTT 4 cos SALE.
10 TIE EpIroR or rux HRaALp.-

To TIE EDITOR or HERALp:-
The article In Saturdays nKRALp In regard TO the
sale OF tho assets OF tho lac OF j. T. Scott Co
10 calculated to do the present 1rm an injury n not
explained. dissolution OF tho la.c firm TOOK place
July 1874, and u was agreed by the partners TO soil
the uncoected claims that anal settle ent be-
tween the partners oil the Iate nrai could be made
and THIS was the reason OF the sale on saturday.
J. 4. SCOTT CO.
new YoRk. August Is. 1875
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YACHTING NOTE.

Yesterday the schooner Rambler, N.Y.Y.C., Vice
Commodore Thomas, from Newport, aud the soop
Kate s, L.I.Yc., both passed the HERALD telegraph
station at wbitsstous bound west
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LACROSSE.

The Now York ana Kayenswoed Lacrosse clubs
Will play practice game the grounds OF the staten
Island Cricket Club NJ Camp Washington, 5. L., this
afternoon A large Rtteudance Is expected
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That was delightful conccn which mado Venus
first from the "ul flushed wave, and swipburne
rather bettored II ~hen no added, sand Imperial, her
foot The sea" Bot In those dim days OF mytho.
log cal interest," the loan used 70 bs a. wnus 40
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MANHATTAN BEACH.

Perhaps The most enjoyable Sunday OF the whole
season at Coney Island was yesterday The weather
could hardly have been better II It were made 10 or
der, and tho immense crowds that poured down 10
the beach by all The various avenues OF COM
munication attested the popular appreciation
In which this great watering place Is
held Along Manhattan Beach, between three
and five In the afternoon, the sands were back
with people passing 10 and fro. Manager Burnap OF
the hotel said The multitude great, even on
Saturday afternoon, as TO overrun their accommoda-
lion aud the officers and hoip OF the concern
had TO vacae their eating and lodging quar-
ters 10 give place 10 the excess Of VISITORS.
This hotel Will be enlarged 10 double Its present ex-
Iensve proportions this winter so that may be rem
TO double the number II Is now capable OF receiving.
Grafullas band struck four O'Clock and the cleo
trio lights were lit at seven.
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BUSINESS TROUBLES.

The Uncas Ribbon Company, of Norwich, Conn.,
whose selling agency is at No. lot Grand street. have
suspended and made assignment at Norwich
Russell Murray, Of the creditors in this city, has
attached their property here for two claims amount
ing to 000 but portion Of the property attached
is held for advances by wilmerding. Hoguet & Co.
The company was organized July 20, 1875. John A.
Secor, president with capital Of $4,000 invested in
real estate and machinery which is owned mainly by
New York parties. Nearly all their purchases were
made in this city and Patterson. their agent here
being Mr. W. II. X. Higgins Their liabilities, which
amount to $45ooo, mainly he'd in the two cities
just mentioned. The assets consist of machinery
nominay valued at $4,000 real estate mortgsged for
$4,000. in equity and open accounts.
Charles G. Chamberlain and Andrew L. Chamber
lain, composing the firm Of G. G. Il A. J.. Chamber
lain manufacturers Of patent paper boxes for lawyers
at No. 56 Reade street, made assignment yesterday
for the benefit of their creditors to Calvin G. Wool
worth, preferences being given to their employees.
The firm have been in business here since February
1873 and recently opened trade with Australia.
L. +. Smith holds chattel mortgage for 81 800
money advanced. Their liabilities will not exceed
$4,000.
An assignment was filed yesterday by Morris Levy
to Leopold Rothschih. ono creditor being preferred
to the extent OF $3.50.
Calhoun Wood. son Of Congressman Fernando
Wood. made application yesterday to Register Little
for his discharge from bankruptcy. Strong oppos-
tion was made by the creditors, and ten days were
allowed in which to file specifications Of their objec-
tions
Henry Haviand, druggist, No. % John street. to
Joseph 7. Tubby, fled yesterday in the Court
Common Pleas. He states his liabilities at SAT 766 ~.
his nominal assets $3j,364 76 and his real assets at
s2s495 "a Judge Larremore directed the assignee to
. file bond in the sum Of $4,000.
In thr matter of the assignment of Charles Knox to
Charles y. Abbott provisional bond yesterday
filed in the Court of Common Pleas for $40 600 by
James ID. Bird the surety.
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ASSESSMENTS.

The Commissioner of Public Works has transmitted
the following assessment lists to the Board Of As
demonstrating in Eleventh avenue from Fifty
ninth to Sixty street. $14 26 SO; in Fourth
avenue (west side) between l23d and 125th streets
$2O9 Sc; in Seventy street, between tho
Boulevard and Eleventh avenue. s1,791 %; sewer in
104th street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues,
1921 IS; regulating and grading seventy-cighth
street, between the Boulevard aud Ninth avenue,
$19OGs %; sewer in Greenwich street. between Hons
ton and Clarkson streets, $565 10; basin in Sixty
seventh street, between Madison and Fourth avenues,
to East River with alterations and improvements to
existing sewers S456 666 so; fencing Fifty seventh
street. between Fifth and Sixth avenues 50 32 sewer
in East Broadway Chatham square. between Oliver
and Catharine Streets $604 IS regulating Eighth
avenue, between 125th street and the Harlem River.
$780, 400 55 in Tenth avenue between seventy
seventh and Eghty-frst streets, with branches in
Sevcnty-sevcnth Seventyeighth, Seventy ninth and
Eighticth streets, S34.765 30; paving Seventy yffth
street, between Fourth aud Madison avenues,
$1.919 81 fencing Seventy fourth street between
Fourth and Madison avenues. $1O6 IA; fencing
on Eghty-hfth street. between First avenue and
nue. and Eighty-sixth street. southwest
of avenue A. $11S 10; tagging in Thiryfourth street,
$50 9G: sewer in Goerck street. between Houston and
Third streets. S507 "a; tagging Madison avenue.
from Fiftysixth TO Fifty-sevcnth streets, 1881 29
tagging Eightyifth street, between First and
avenue A. $465 -; paving Sixty fifth street, from
First 10 Third avenue, $5,131 81.
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THE FAIRVIEW BURGLARY.

Ex-senator leon Abbott and ex-Judge William r.
Hoffman. counsel for Burns. Ladue and Purcell the
men convicted of tho Fairview masked burglary
made application In tho Court of General Sessions,
Jersey city. yesterday, before Judge Garrettson for
new trial three separate and distinct grounds
VIZ, that the verdict is against the weight Of evil
dence; that new testimony has been discovered and
that the learned Judge erred in his charge. senator
Albeit offered the aiidavis of Patrolman Michael
Doyle. of Jersey City. and Richard II. Tutte, con-
ductor the night train on the Northern Railroad.
Doyle makes affidavit 10 the fact that he three
around the Eric Depot the night of the oath OF
August. but that he could net identify the prisoners
~ the parties. Conductor Tu;tles aiiavit reci,cs
that six men went to Fairview the 1910 A. vi.
train August ~, and that he could not identity
either uf the prisoners ~ ol the party.
Tho motion was argued by Me~srs. Albeit and
Hoffman and opposed by Prosecuting Attorney
Mctll Judge G1rvttson viii render his decision on
Monday.