New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-09
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
COLUMBIA BOAT RACES.
ONE RACE THAT WAS DECLARED OFF AND FOUR
EXCITING CONTESTS.

EXCITING CONTESTS.
The annual Spring regatta of the Columbia Col
lego Boat Club took place yesterday on the harlem
River. There were five races, all OF when except
the fourth were rOwed over mile, slraighI away
course, from MacCOmb's Dam Bridge to the Colum-
Hia bOat-house near Harlem Bridge. The fOnrth
race was over two mile course from High bridge
TO the Columbia boat-house A large crowd OF
ladies' and gentlemen filled the balconies and tower
OF tho boat-house and manifested great interest III
the contests. Many of the ladies wore the blue anu
,S stS S sSsse iOo oo sSf% the PRESIDENT
men '"' and ladies' followed . the races
Another launch bore number OF the Grass o. Toc
and a third another party of spectators Al thIeS
of the launches were gayly decked WIN hags anu
The first event was four-oared shell race S be-
tween lie School of Mines four: F. Brown, %,
bow L. Lynch, 'S3. No 2. W. f. Williams; 81, 10 o;
and A. u Il D9mT 80 so S 5o% Rosster S. No.
2. II. Montgomery S3. No. 8, ana b. l. LARK ark
son, 81, stroke The start was made at hail-past
II The lead was taken by the School OF Arts, nut
they were fouled during tine first quarter by thelr
opponents. The first mishap 70 the School OF Mines
was the breaking of their rudder Before reaching
tho half-me point there were several fouls ana
starts aud the School of Mines stroke shipped from
his seat. which had TO be a3andoned during the the
winning line several lengths ahead but the race
was declared off by the referee. The time was II
minutes and 30 seconds.
and C. F.. Manierc, with +. Benjamin us coXswaln,
rowed in one gig. aud j. Z. Spencer and W. A.
U. ID.
other. The ManieIc brothers got the lead soon alter
the start and steadily pulled away from their COM
pctItOrs. by the time the haif-nlle inc was
reached they were almost length ahead. from
ths point to the finish the gap was rapidly WldehGa
and they crossed the line winners. by SIX or elglt
lengths in minutes and p seconds.
Tie next race was for single sculiS with f. IRA
per, 80 and G. Vail, 81. CONTESTANTS Draper pued
in good form, but soon left behind by ms COM
petltor 1T the quarter. VHPS lead was about two
lengths and at the hall he had increased it to four
Draper spurted during the quarter run ana gained Il
little but dropped far behind during the last quar-
ter. Vail finished III s minutes and seconds ten
Tie class eight-oared shell race between the
Juniors and Seniors was the most exciting on ac-
count of the spirit of rivalry between the classes
1t was TOwed over two-mc course, the start beng
taken at High Bridge. The Junior eight conssted
of p. E. I ieman, bow; Il. COmbeS, L. ). Field T. a.
Moran, j. q. Montgomery, a. ID. lie D0uN, w. f.
Williams, ID. A. Carkson. stroke and Z. LIE D IM
lier cOXswain. The Freshmen eight were: w. ~
Eldridge, bow; e. E. Fitzgerald, f; ;. ,P4pkci >.
NJ. Banks, f. OctavlanO +; T.Lynch, J.A'B. COWleS
$. Rossiter stroke and r. BeaM;im G0HS% tbc
Junior crew were taken up on one OF the launches
AT the word go the Juniors took brisk stroke ana
darted ahead. The Freshmen eight r0Wcd IN excel
lent STYLE but not able to keep their dlstarce
behind from gradually growing greater. On reach;
ing the end of the first mile the juniors succeedSd
i'm getting full length i'll front. They were Loudly
cheered all the way by the members or the JUNIOR
class who on the launch following Inc
Juniors steadlly ncrease9 InG IcaG a anu n
utes and seconds. AS winners of this race the
Juniors received the large silver cup which is COM
peted for twice each year.
The last event was contest between the Uni
yersity four and picked crew manning an eight
S2rCS fAe e Ea NG 6 SnS T. S24 SdSIke
$50, bow G. A. Taylor 81; J; A. B. COwes, 1885,
A. I B. Lee DouS, ' 81; VI. T. Williams, '81
c. Edison (of the Henley crew. stroke;
aud G. Boutllier. coxswaln. There was goQd start
During the first quarter tht picked crew got a de-
cided lead which was increased TO full length be-
fore reaching the half-mile post. The lead was
Increased steadily, and the picked crew won easily
by two lengths. The time of the winning crew
was minutes and second. The regatta closed at
about half-past o'clock
HOW ILLEGAL VOTERS GOT THEIR PAPERS.
The Wallace Committee continued its session
yesterday in Postmaster Jamess private room:
Senators Wallace, Blair and Mcdonald were present
in the morning, but in the afternoon Senator wal
lace was absent John /. Davenport occupied
seat near Senator Blair, and consulted with him
frequently during the day. 80
committee of three appointed by the Andrew Jack
son Democratic Association OF the ANIth Assembly
District which attended Judge Barnards Court at
night and ansW cred for seventy-tive or eighty
applicants for naturalization as the names were
called by the Judge. The committee became wit
nesses for the whole number. There were about
fifty other men present as committees from other
districts, and they performed similar services when
the names of men who lived i'll their districts were
called. No Oaths were administered Some of the
naturalization certificates which were thus OBJ
q
association, which got them from the ward commit
tee. He had himself distributed many but at this
late day could give nopartlcuars as to who RECEIVED
them. Patrick Hefiernan and Hubert McNevens
were on the committee with him the latter Is now
employed in the SurrOgates office. hermann Kroil
said that he came from Germany to this country in
1866, and voted in 1868 paper was brought TO
his house by two men, who afterward accompanied
him to the polls They did not charge 4b him M any,
kind. neither did he go to court John Hyland
said he got a paper from Patrick Roach one night
i'll the street. He paid nothing for 1t, neither did
lie go to any court, sign anything or make any OATH
James A. Early testified that Ill 1865 he was EN-
ployed as u clerk i'll the Superior Court, and was
engaged most of the time Ill making out ccrtlti-
Gates. He ascertained that men were employed to
appear III Court, to pcTsOnate unnaturaZed persons
and tu get papers out in their names. While he
was employed as a clerk in the Office, he had con-
versqti0n with Judge McCunn about the nat
uralizatiOn business. The Judge remarked to him
that 1T was an outrage that Judges had to what
lie did" In 1869. when word was received III New
York that the Lawrence Committee was coming to
investigate the frauds, all the clerks IN the oihce
were put to work to fill i'll the name of James NJ
Sweeney, clerk Of the Court TO all the applications
This was done to make the papers appear correct.
Mr. Davenport then put in about 400 applications
for naturalization papers, to which were attached
declarations of intention. These papers were all
defective. In some instances the declaration OF
intention hadtbeG made only few months before
the granting of the final papers, instead OIL TWO
wears as required by the law.
The committee adjourned to the call Oh the
CHAR.
ALLAN CAMPBELLS TERN OF OFFICE.
Some uncertainty being felt as TO when Commits
simrr Cmnpbclls term of office expired, Mayor
Cooper on Friday gave the following explanation:
It has been suggested that IT Is by no means Ger
pire on the LIST day of May, 1879, nor that an ap-
pOintmcnt i'll his place may not he made by the
Board TO consist Of the Mayor, President of the
Board of Aldermen and President Of the Board of
Police, if the proposed legislation is passed. The
argument i'll support of this claim may be outlined
as follows:
{" By the Charter of 1873, Mr. Van Mort was to con-
tiluc in office until the expiration of his term,
which was OH December 29. 1870 but lie resigned
March |, 1873. General FitZ John Porter was ap
pointed for Mr. Van Norris uncXpired term, that is,
Campbell was appointed: The term Of office of the