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The New York herald., 1879-08-11
Champion Swimmers.

As swimmer Captain Webb, the Eng
lish champion, is no doubt the wonder OF
the world. Captain Boyton's endurance
and pluck are remarkable, but he gets
through the water by artificial means and
not by the use of his own limbs alone.
The race that is to take place between the
Englishman and the American will be q
most interesting one, and will test the ques-
ton whether a stout, expert swimmer can
last as long and make as good speed in an
ordinary bathing suit as one who
moves by mechanical appliances. Captain
Webb has already accomplished some
wonderful teats in Europe, that of
crossing the English Channel being the
most astonishing, but his long swim from
Sandy Hook to Manhattan Beach, which he
is to attempt on Wednesday next, will no
doubt try his powers of endurance more
than anything he has yet accomplished in
the water. Captain Boyton describes the
ieat as the hardest he ever undertook, and
the story Of his experience is not en-
couraging to one who trusts himself
in the waves without the slightest
protection or aid except such as nature
has given him. Still, Captain Webb speaks
of his proposed swim in light, fearless
manner, and does not seem TO dread the
teeth OF the sharks who were beaten off by
Boyton's paddles. Indeed, his feeling APP
pears to be one of satisfaction that the
nasty jelly fish, which stung him in the
British Channel are not to be met with in
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natatorial wonders will probably take place
at Newport. and will attract a very large
number OF spectators.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11
General Grant in China.

We publish this morning an exceedingly
interesting letter from Tientsin. Our COR
respondent describes therein one of the
most noteworthy of the many interviews
which General Grant has had with princes
and potentates. Occidental and Oriental,
since he commenced his journey around
the world. Li-Hung Chang, the guardian of
the sacred person of the Emperor, the sup
pressor OF the famous Tapping rebellion,
led by fanatic who declared Jesus Christ
to be his elder brother, is evidently re-
joiced to meet his brother general. "Gen-
eral Grant and l." said the Viceroy, shave
suppressed the two greatest rebel!ions
in history" And Li-IIung Chang finds
other condolences in their careers. "How
funny it is," he remarked, 'that l
should be named Ii, and the Gen
erals opponent should be callod Lee;"
and Lii is evidently very sincere in his
admiration of his American guest, land
looked to it himself that all possible honors
should be shown to him. The letter of our
correspondent gives us pleasant accounts
of the banquets and fetes and speeches,
and a graphic personal description of the
Viceroy who rules in Tientsin and has been
made the warder of the imperial throne.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11
More Escaped Convicts.

The dangerous classes Of New York may
be fairly considered as the boldest on this
continent. They commit crimes with rech-
less daring seldom shown in other cities,
and when ''pal' is in trouble they stop
at nothing to render him aid and comfort.
'Red" Leary was nearly rescued by his
comrades at jefferson Market, and finally
made his escape from Ludlow Street
Jail by their assistance. Such jim
stances are unhappily too frequent, and
their recurrence shows the degree, OF
contempt entertained by our criminals for
the law and its officers. Yesterday boat
containing two convicts as oarsmen and a
keeper was patrolling the river off Black
wells Island. Suddenly another boat con-
tanning several men approached, when the
patrol boat was seized and upset. Leaving
the keeper to founder in the water tho
attacking party picked up the two convicts
and coolly rowed away. The rescue took
place in plain sight OF the prisons, yet no
effort seems to have been made to pursue the
convicts. In view of this occurrence it is
clear that the system OF employing convlcts
needs changing. 10 use prisoners as oars
men simply to save the muscles OF keepers
is only to hold out inducements for rescue.
What would be thought of the harbor
police using convict oarsmen? Yet this is
what the Blackwell's Island guards do.
Under the system now in vogue the Island is
a very insecure place to hold convicted
criminals, for scarcely week passes with
out an escape or rescue. The Commis-
sioners in charge OF our county prisons owe
it to themselves to adopt such measures as
will preclude the possibility of convicts
escaping, else our penal laws will have no
terrors for those falling under their ban.
AS it is two more criminals arc at large to
prey upon the community at the slight cost
of wetting keepers jacket. Truly fine
example tor the convicts still under lock
and kew
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

The great wealth of our natural resources
even did not suffice to prevent suffering
which was caused by the derangem ent Of
industry resulting from laws which offer
special inducements to particular branches.
No nation poorer than the United States
can afford the experiment we have made
in this direction, and if Germany
should adopt distinctively protective
tariff the first result would probably be
to compel very large migration of her
people to this country to escape burdens
too heavy to be endured. Our own people
have, after prolonged stagnation of indus
try and great suffering, discovered the true
remedy for that.glut OF home markets and
in favored OF protected
branches Of industry which is one of the
results of protection. There la, been for
the last three years notable removal from
the cities and manufacturing centres
to the land, which is restoration
of the disturbed equilibrium between agri-
culture and manufactures This is one OF
the chief causes of the return of better times
upon which we are now congratulating our
selves But European nations have no
such remedy at hand they lack the great
areas OF cheap lands which are such bless
ing and safeguard to our people. After all,
the real difficulty Of old countries like Eng
land and Germany is that they are over
nonu1ata1
The New York herald., 1879-08-11
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

The following Americans were registered ut the
Paris Office of the HERALD on Saturday, August .,
1870
Abbott. d. f., New York. Hotel do PAthenee
Adams. David. New York. Hotel de Saint Peters
bourg.
Alice, j. b.. Brooklyn. Hotel dc Saint Petersburg
Allen. Edgar s.. and family. New York. Cont-
mental Hotel.
Baker Mrs. A. D.. New York. Hotel Dominica.
Barrett Mrs. Fannie. New York, Grand Hotel
hardwood, J. W., Philadelphia, Hotel dc Londres
ct New York.
Billings. ). H.. Connecticut. Grand Hotel.
Bornemann. w. Charleston Grand Hotel.
Boteler, J. W.. Washington, ID. c.. Hotel Chatham.
Boteisr, II. NJ, Washington, d. c.. Hotel Chatham.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

HARTFORD, Conn.,. August 10. 1870.
The United States steamers Mayhower and stand
ish to New Haven Friday morning. AMI
Lieutenant Commander Folger. Leutenants Miller
and Payne. accompanied by sixty cadets from the
Naval Academy, visited the Winchester aud
cartridge works. They spent Saturday forenoon ut
Colts armory. Hartford. inspecting new
chinery. and especially the model Of
new Gatling gun. In the afternoon they
visited the Springfield armory and arseual. return
ing to New Haven IN the evening. On Monday they
will visit the Union Metallic Cartridge Compauys
works at Bridgeport. The vessels will leave New Ha-
ven Monday ut two Il. NJ. for Newport The officers
and cadets made very favorable impression wher-
ever they went.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

The WEATHER.-Ihe barometer continues
high throughout all the districts east of the Mis-
sissppi Valley. II is highest over the central
valleys. In the Northwest the pressure
began to fall early yesterday morning,
aud toward night the eastern margin
of well marked depression advanced
eastward from Montana and Dakota. Very lit
tie rain fell except ON the Gulf coast and in the
Northwest; the quantity in either district was
small. The weather was clear in nearly all
sections of the country except the North
west, where cloudiness is increasing aud
the South Atlantic, where IL was
partly cloudy. The temperature rose decidedly
in the Northwest and over the upper lakes. re-
manned nearly stationary in the central valleys,
Middle Atlantic and New England States and
fell slightly elsewhere The approaching de
preston is likely to pass over the lake regions
toward the St. Lawrence Valley and will affect
our district but slightly. The weather over the
British Islands is becoming unsettled again.
The wind is backing round to the northeast,
indicating the approach of another dis
turbancc. The weather in New York and
its vicinity to day Will be cool and far. To-
morrow it will be warmer and fair, possibly fol-
lowed by increasing cloudincss.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

If THE MoRMoNs do not take good care they
will find themselves between an upper and u
neither milestone. Arrayed as they are against
the laws OF God, the country and of humanity,
the recent action of Secretary Evarts will be
warmly commended The creed is becoming
more and more hateful every day.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

vor to the streets that already suggest the
Republic or commemorate facts unpleasant
to the Bonaparte fancy. With what gusto
1T would efface the Rue Quatre Septembre,
and how soon it would twist Louis lie Grand
into Louis le Petit Instead of that, we
may expect soon to hear of Rue Vive les
Zoulous and Rue des Assegais, &c. When
the Count of Paris comes in with Henry
VS. white flag under one arm and Louis
Philippes old umbrella under the other,
then all the high favored old royalist names
will come again. fine sounding syllables,
fragrant, and suggestive of the poetical sto-
ries and places. 1t is a great pity that
nomenclature SO really poetical as that of
the streets of Paris should be so rudely
broken up and deranged by this crowd of
municipal whitewashers. But what can
you do? When or where was there ever a
city that did not have fools for Aldermen?
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

The TwENTY-NrSE LIVES saved by Gilbert
Long constitute a record that deserves some
thing more than mere newspaper item. If the
young fellow belonged in the higher ranks of
society romantic people would call him hero
and marry him to an hciress.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

IT Is GRATIFYING to learn from the medical
authorities that the record of the Quarantine De-
partnent is unusually favorable for this season
Of the year.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

PRETTY LITTLE CHILD, five years old. clad
in an old mans linen duster-that was all
carried to the jefferson Market Police Court,
and committed to public institution; her
mother drunkard and her father u miner in
Colorado-such is the outline of one of the life
dramas of the metropolis. Why didn't the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
know something about it
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

PRIVATE LETTERS received in Stockholm
give some interesting details of Professor Nor
denslSj0ld's life in the Arctic seas. We give in
another column translations thereof from the
Nya Dayligt Allehdnda, of Stockholm.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

1sMAIL PAcHA is thinking of taking up his
residence in Naples. He will be able to enjoy
his two wagon loads of treasure there much
better than in Rhodes
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

The PORTE HAS PROMISED to appoint COM
missioners to negotiate about the Greek boun-
dary. So long the army at Constantinope
remains dissatisfied Turkey will be open to
reasonable arguments
The New York herald., 1879-08-11
ADJUSTMENTS TONIGHT.
II RIPPLE S III e e II.
NEW YORK. MONDAY. AUGUST Il. 1879

The probabilities are that The tceauer in Ne,c
York and lis ricinity today trW be cool and fair.
Tomorrow IL ,ciA be ,carn,er and fair, possibly
Joiiored by Increasing ctoudiness.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

OCEAN GROVE on the Jersey coast appears to
be a more popular religious summer resort than
ever before. Between the facilities for bathing
and praying it is decidedly comfortable step
ping stone to paradise.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

CoNEY ISLAND VISITORS yesterday enjoyed
themselves more than on any other day of the
season. There was enough ozone in the at
mosphere to fill every ones measure of health
TO the brim.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

THERE Has BEEN large gathering of Amer
lean tourists in Paris during the summer. In
fortunately they will only bring home trunks
full of good clothes and brains fun of bad
u,..1.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

The ROMANCE of the Patent Office is clouded
with long line of failures. Some of the results
of Yankee ingenuity are as comical as they are
nea
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

The CONSIDERATION of the Bishop of Hartford
yesterday, with its imposing ceremonials,
another of the miestones which the Roman
Catholic Church delights to plant in its tri-
umphal march.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

The REPORT that two thousand persons
perishcd in the great fire ut Serajevo is in all
probability unfounded. The houses in Bosnia
are usually storied, and there is no difficulty
about jumping out OF the windows.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11
Bet.ey sonapar.e'. Suppressed Letters.

betsey bohap"rte's suppressed Letters.
In to-days HERALD will be found the let
ters written by Nine. Bonaparte which
have been omitted from the life of that re-
markable lady recently published by the
Scribners. The letters in question were
suppressed at the request of the Bonaparte
family in Baltimore, and while they are
characteristic of Betsey Patterson it is not
surprising that there should have
been desire to keep them secret.
The sentiments they express appear
singular in these days, and the
mixture of selfishness, conceit, misplaced
pride and worldliness they betray are by
no means pleasant to contemplate. Never
theless, Elizabeth Patterson was q person
not to be weighed and judged by ordinary
rules and one cannot help regarding her
peculiarities with the sort of indulgence
that is accorded to spoiled child or even
to person known to be afflicted with some
special form of monomania.
The suppressed letters relate exclusively
to the marriage Of her son with Miss Will
Jams, the daughter of substantial Balti-
intended marriage when first conveyed to
her was evidently severe blow to the
most dearly cherished schemes and ambi-
tions of her life. Her irst outbreak, in
which she declares that a marriage between
"the son of Prince Jerome Bonaparte" and
beneath the former that it could never OBJ
tain her consent, is savage but not hope
less, for she believes that the marriage has
only to be postponed year to convince the
son of the Prince of his folly. The letter
sets forth more fully her hopes for this
son, and gives evidence Of her own worldly
mindedness. She cannot pardon the mean
ness OF marrying unsuitably, and then her
sons proposed bride is not rich enough.
II she had half million that could be
taken away from her family and made to
enable her son to live in Italy il might do
a little better; but a paltry sixs thousand
dollars q year in Baltimore was not
to be thought Of Then again,
fortunes in Baltimore are very pre-
carious. particularly these in the stocks,
and family of children are great incon-
venience." Yet, after other letters, In which
her own ambition, beauty, intellect and
sense are urged as aggnvating the offence
of the misalliance, Betsey Patterson comes
down to practical work, and, as the mar
riage is inevitable, suggests to her father
the prudence of making the best possible
terms for the son of the Prince
by securing the reversion of his brides
property and to ''take tire advice of good
lawyer as to the suficiency of the papers.
With remarkable fairness and liberality she
avows ut the same time that the wife shall
never have dollar of her mother-in-law's
money. 1t would be singular if the grand
son of this ambitious lady should one day
be q ruler in France after all.
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

The STEAMBOAT RUNNERS yesterday earned
letter of credit. They repressed their noisy
manner, frightened no old ladies and permitted
people to pass peaceably upon the boats Of their
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

PARsoN TALMAGE discharged his rhetorical
mitraillense at Brighton, England, yesterday.
His text was ''rhe Bible" which he character
istically described as ''double-barrelcd." The
dominic would make excellent fireworks
The New York herald., 1879-08-11

The NEGRO EXODUS to ''the promised land"
of Kansas still continues 1t is observable how
eyer, that the people behind it want money,
money. money, and look to New York to supply
the cash
The New York herald., 1879-08-11
YORK HERALD
BROADWAY AND ANN STREET.

JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
PRIEToR.
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without discrimination; also directing the
issue Of 5000. 100000 United States notes
to be paid out as congress shall hereafter
direct; also authorizing the issue and
circulation of $50,000,000 of fractional
currency.
By Mr.. Gillette, to reduce the salaries
wages, fees and compensations paid by the
United States.
By Mr., Price, making the trade dollars
legal tender.
By Mr.. Dunnell, to repeal the pre-emp-
ton laws; also to establish foreign mail
steamship service.
BY Mr.. Whitaker, to prohibit contract
for servile labor.
by MIR. Anderson, for the relief of all
other citizens for whom special bills were
not introduced to day, and preventing fur.
ther introduction of bills.
by Mr.. Valentine, for branch mint at
Omaha.
BY Dir. Brents, for the admission of the
state of Washington into the Union.
All the states and territories being called
and bills to the number of 1885 having
been introduced, the house took recess.
The evening session is to be devoted tc
debate on the legislative bill.
There were but five members present
when the house reassembled. The house
immediately went into committee of tn,
whole, MIR. Blackburn in the chair on thu
legislative appropriation bill. Speeches
were made by Messrs. Browne. New, Eros
and Denster
The committee rose and the house ad
iourned.
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, April 22-Seeretary
Sherman has ordered the revenue steamer
Rush, to take on board a sufficient supply
for FIVE mouths cruise, to leave San
Francisco not later than May 18th, and to
proceed to the waters of Alaska, for the
purpose of enforcing the provisions of law
and for the protection Of the interests of
the government on the Seal Islands and
on the Sea Otter hunting grounds, and of
Alaska generally.
The senate committee Oh public lands,
after full examination of the charges
made against Horace Austin Mune, late
third auditor of the treasury, by reason of
which his confirmation as register of the
Fargo Dakota land Office was recently sus-
pended, agreed to-day to report back his
nomination with the recommendation that
it be finally confirmed.
The cabinet, to-day discussed the Indian
troubles and the seal fishing interests Of
| Alaska.
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OHIO.

CINCINNATI, April 22.-Accounts have
been received of terrible cutting affray
which occurred at Yellow Bud, twelve
miles from Chillicothe, Ohio, Sunday
night A man named Murphy upon being
ordered to keep quiet by Hart, keeper Of
a saloon where he was creating a disturb.
ance, drew q knite and stabbed Hart in
the breast and arms nine times. One Bar
low, attempting to interfere received cut
across the abdomen. The wounds Of both
men are pronounced fatal.
Frederick Burker's dwelling and George
Stephens brewery, Shelbyville, Ind
burned at late hour last night. Loss
$1,000; insurance $1,000 in the Royal.
LANCASTER, Ohio, April % The resi-
dence of Joseph Merger burned this NOR
ming. The family, except an eight yeal
old girl who burned to death, escaped BY
jumping from the second story. Merger
who Is freight conductor, was just leavinl
the depot with his train when told that hi
house was burning, but he believed hi
duty was to the company and staid by tn
train
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NEW YORK

New YORK. April 2l.-At meeting of
the Wabash railway directors to-day,
Messrs. Garrison, Post, Billing and Bliss
resigned, and jay Gould. Russell, Lage,
Jas. Lawler, Welsh and Jas. f. Joy were
elected to fill the vacancies. This, it is
said, gives Gould the control of the direc-
tors, and 1000 shares of stock are looked
up to receive it.
General John A. Dix died tonight at
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Last Nights Dispatches.
XLvICONGRESS.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April 21.-Senator Bay
ard having noticed the remark of Senator
Blaine about the distribution of the army
Senator Blaine asked the Senator to quote
his words.
Senator Bayard said he would do so but
would first have to send for the Congress
siOndI Record.
Senator Blaine remarked what he said
was this: THAT not q Senator of the
other side of the chamber had ever seen sol
diers at the polls"
Senator Bayard replied that if the Sen.
ator preferred to limit bis remarks to the
actual vision of Senators he had nothing
to say.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.

CHARLESTON, s. c.. April 22-In the
United States circuit court to-day, Judge
Bond instructed the jury to find for de-
PENDANTS in the Barnwell county election
conspiracy cases, on the ground of defect
In the information. The verdict of not
guilty was according rendered. On motion
of the district attorney all the political
cases were continued until the November
term. The court then adjourned till May
10th when the chief justice is expected tc
hear important civil cases.