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Fairmount. was crushed to atoms by a canal-boat running 
against it. No one was injured. 
—The single scull race between E. Losee, of the Atatlanta, 
and Roche of the Nautilus club took place September 15th, 
on the Harlem river course. Losee had the New York side, 
and Roche the Westchester side. They both got off pretty 
evenly, and it was very closely contested until turning the 
stake boat. Onthe home stretch, approaching McComb’s 
Dam, Losee spurted and forged ahead of Roche, which 
lead he maintained, and finally eame inthe winner, some 
150 yards ahead. Time, twenty-three minutes and thirty 
seconds, . 
—All the requirements in the articles of agreement between 
John Biglin, of this city, and George Brown, of Halifax, 
N. S., have been complied with, and Biglin has left for 
Nova Scotia. The race is to be five miles, for $1,000, to 
take place at Halifax next Saturday, the 20th inst. 
“-—The Palisade boat club of Yonkers, on the Hudson, has 
challenged the Vespers boat club to an eight-oared barge 
race. : 
—The following are the leading rules adopted to govern 
the regatta of the ‘‘National Amateur Oarsmen,” to be held 
at Philadelphia, October 7th. The expeses of the regatta 
have been guaranteed by the Philadelphia clubs, with an 
anditional donation of $200 to the prize fund. Clubs in all 
parts of the United States will be represented. The prizes 
to be awarded will consist of cups and money. 
First—No clubs but those which have subscribed to the rules of boat- 
racing, and the definition of an amateur oarsman adopted by the National 
Convention, and haye agreed to recognize the decision of the Judiciary 
Committee thereon, shall be entitled to compete. Entries of individuals 
will not be received. 
Third—Any club intending to compete for any of the prizes, must give 
due notice to the secretary of the regatta on or before the day appointed 
for closing the regatta. Entries shall close two weeks before the date of 
the regatta. In all eases of entries for four oared races, alist of not 
more than eight names, and in all cases of entries for four-oared and 
double-scull races, a list of not more than four names shall be sent to the 
secretary, and from those names the actual crew shall be selected. The 
names of the captain and secretary of each crew or club entering for any 
race, shall be sent, at the time of entrance, to the secretary. A copy of 
the entrance list shall be forwarded by the secretary, to the captain and 
secretary of each crew or club so duly entered. 
Highth—Entrance money for each boat shall be paid to the secretary at 
the time of entering, as folows: Four goars,7$15; pair oars, $10; double 
sculls, $10; single sculls, $5. 
Ninth—All races shall be mile and a half heats, straight away. 
Seventeenth—The laws of boat-racing, established by the National Con- 
vention of Amateur Oarsmen, shall be observed at this regatta, and the. 
definition of an amateur oarsman established by said convention shall 
goyern the qualifications of each competitor. 
We define an amateur oarsman to be one who does not enter into an 
open competition for either a stake, pnblic or admission money, or en- 
trance fee, or has not competed with or against a professional for any 
prize, or who has never taught, pursued, or assisted inthe pursuit of ath- 
letic exercises as a means of livelihood, or who has not been employed in 
or about boats or in manual labor on the water. 
—The following entries for the International Regatta at 
St. John, had been made up to our atest advices. We shall 
have a full report of the affair in our next issue : 
FIRST CLASS FOUR OARED RACE. 
**G, McCarthy’’—Longshore Club, Portland, Me., blue. 
“St. John ’—Paris crew, pink. 
‘‘Xiphias ’’—Indiantown crew, white. 
* John Goddard *—McLaren erew, red. 
FIRST CLASS SINGLE SCULL RACE. 
John A. Biglin--(no name). 
Alex Brayley—‘‘J. Clark, T. T.” 
George Lovett—‘t Robert Hewett.” 
Robert Fulton—“ A, C. Smith.” 
Doyle—‘‘ C. O’Harris.”” 
FOUR OARED INRIGGED RACE. 
Logan crew—‘‘ Crown Prince.” 
Lower Cove crew—‘‘ Dexter.” 
Morris Boys—‘t Neptune.” 
Pleasant Point crew—‘‘ Walter Brown.”* 
A. Harned--“* The Volunteer.”’ 
PAIR OARED RACE, 
“Robert Bustin ’’—John Loman and J, Till. 
‘‘ Dexter *’—Lower Cove pair. 
“Ben Lomond **—C. H. Wright and Robert Stackhouse. 
** Brothers’ Pride *’—Hugh and Charles McCormick. 
“Katy Did’—R. 8. Inch and D. McKellar. 
“‘Tsaac Craig ’’—Frank Nice and James Pollock. 
SINGLE SCULL RACE FOR PRIZES GIVEN BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 
GENERAL, AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 
“R. Dalton *—Hugh McCormick. 
“A. ©. Smith ’’—Robert Fulton. 
—The Oneida Boat Club, of Jersey City, held their fourth 
annual regatta September 13th. - The course was from 
Pleasant Valley dock to the dock of the Chemical works. 
The first race, single shells, was for the championship of 
the club and a gold medal. There were five entries, three 
of which came to the starting point. Henry took the lead 
and maintained it throughout, winning in fourteen minutes 
and twenty seconds. Schanck came in second. The sec- 
ond race was for the working-boat championship and club 
badge, over the same course. There were three entries, 
rowing with a strong tide. Ockerhausen won in twelve 
minutes and twenty-eight seconds; Gregory second, The 
third race was an eight-oared race between the heavy and 
light weights of the club. The start was good, the light 
weights in the barge Oneida, a new boat built by George 
Roahr, haying the outside. Within the first mile they took 
the Hudson’s water, and gradually increased the gap until, 
in passing the pier, at the finish, they were fully five 
lengths ahead, the time being: Oneida, eleven minutes 
_ and thirty seconds; Hudson, eleven minutes, fifty seconds. 
The regatta was in every way well conducted and satisfac- 
tory. OC. A. McCready, of the Athletic club of New York, 
and E. R. Pinkney, of the Harlem Rowing Association, 
acting as judges, and C. A. Peverelli, of the Aquatie Monthly, 
as referee Fully 1,000 persons witnessed the race, 
—The Athletic rowing club single scull shell raee for a 
gold badge, took place. September 13th. Distance one mile - 


The contestants were C. H. Cone and R. W. Rathbone, 
They started off well, but before going half the distance 
Cone fouled Rathbone, which was claimed and allowed. 
—The Portland Me., Yacht Club regatta takes place 
to-day. They start from the harbor and return, In the 
club they have twelve yachts, comprising four schooners, 
aggregate, o. m. 160 tons; and eight sloops, aggregate o. 
m, 120 tons. The club was orgauized in 1869, 
Stlilitary Flews. 
pot a 
The Militia, or more properly speaking, the National 
Guard of the various States, is an important auxilliary to the 
Army, and it has long been a matter of surprise, particu- 
larly since the close of the war, that some measures have 
not been taken by the several States to organize on a uni- 
form basis or a basis similar to that of Canada, their militia 
force. The late civil war truly showed the evil results of this 
neglect, and the time may come again when the United 
States will find its little army of some 30,000 men as inade- 
quate for the purpose as it was thirteen yearsago. The militia, 
as represented in many States prior to the war, was in 
in public estimation of little account beyond the annual 
play-soldier displays, and the so-termed “‘ training days” of 
the Eastern States only tended to place them in a still 
more ridiculous position before the public. The old time 
militiaman with his poppinjay-like uniform and gorgeous 
trappings, was really, in appearance, no subject for war it 
is true, but it was this very spirit and national pride, which 
afterwards in the real service made many good soldiers. 
The National Guard is to the country or its volunteer 


soldiery, what West Point is to the army, and for that, 
reason should be organized by the various States on one 
plan, as a school of instruction for citizen soldiers or 
volunteers, upon whom the country in time of war 
mainly depends. Why, the least knowledge of the drill, at 
the beginning of the war, placed men forward as leaders of 
the thousands of raw and entirely undisciplined roops, whot 
at that time flocked from the farm and workshop. The 
Seventh of New York, of course like many regiments of the 
National Guard, was before the war, looked upon as first- 
class ‘‘ play soldiers,’ and there are some people still who 
regard them in the same light. Yet be that as it may, the 
records show that from the ranks of this very regiment, 640 
officers were furnished to the volunteer and regular service 
during the war. Let-us then have a uniform militia law, 
and let Congress see that this land is never again so entirely 
unprepared for war, as it was in 1861. This alone can be 
accomplished in view of the expense and popular objection 
toa large standing army, by a good and somewhat capable 
militia system similar to that of Canada. The National 
Guard, as far as organized in many of the States, is superior 
in discipline to the volunteers of either England or Canada. 
—The American civil war has, since its close, developed 
perhaps more romance than any other war of modern times. 
The peculiar character of the conflict was unprecedented, 
and under the circumstances it would have been strange if 
any amount of incidents and romance did not arise there- 
from. A story from the South is to the effect that Mrs. 
Buckner, wife of General Buckner, the Confederate Gen- 
eral, has recently had returned to her a large amount of 
property which, when the war broke out, she had conveyed 
to her brother. At the time Gerferal Buckner joined the 
Confederate service, and before his wife joined him, she 
conveyed the property to her brother under a deed of trust. 
The young man afterwards married, became a father, and 
entered the Union service. The question now was, what 
would become of the property; for in case the brother 
should die, or be killed in the service, without making a 
will reconveying the property to his sister, his child 
would inherit the estate. It appears, however, on the eve 
of the battle of Sharpsburg, her brother made a_ will of 
this character, and in that battle the poor fellow was killed. 
General Burnside, who commanded the corps in which 
Mrs. Buckner’s brother served, knew of this will, and kept 
the secret; and after the war informed General Buckner, 
and the latter, by his aid, was enabled to recover the will, 
and proofs being obtained, Mrs. Buckner’s title was fully 
established, the fortune saved and turned over to its original 
owner. 
—The noise and bustle about those Alabama claims will, 
thank Heaven, soon subside, now that the hard cash has at 
last been deposited in our strong box. Fifteen and a half 
millions dollars dont seem so much in these times of big 
$figures, yet 15,500,000 in gold would be no light weight to 
carry around loose in one’s pocket. It took, however, but 
a few minutes for the State officials at Washington to fix 
this matter finally. We opine, however, there will be no 
end of red tape before it gets into the hands of the owners 
of the vessels destroyed by that great Confedérate cruiser, 
the Alabama. 
—The late civil war rather made us forget all other Ameri- 
can wars as far as anniversary cejebrations go. Revolution- 
ary anniversary celebrations, as well as the more recent Mexi- 
can war, have of late years become less, and the memories of 
our late war and the many battles thereof are kept alive 
only by army, corps. and regimental reunions, and these 
too, we think, in time will pass from public view and new 
events, war-like or otherwise, will take their places. Re- 
cently, however, after many years of neglect, a disposition 
has been shown to look after the fortune (no reference to 
the large (?) Government pension) of the few survivors of 
the Mexican war of 1846. Many prominent officers of the 
army and navy, among them Generals McClellan, Hooker, 
Cadwallader, Burnet, and Sweeney, and Rear Admirals 
Boggs and Stringham, took the matter in hand, and on 
Monday, September 15, in New York city, celebrated the 
capture of Mexico in grand style, by a military display and 
grand reception of the veterans, etc. The whole matter 
was pleasing in its inception, and the result will tend 
doubtless to revive memories of our former struggles with 
Mexico, as well as awaken new interest in affairs along the 
Rio Grande. Who knows but that this resurrection of the 
memories of a war almost forgotten among the younger 
generations, may not result ina renewal of the contest. 
The United States could do a little satisfactory business in 
the direction of Mexico. A little skirmish in one part might 
aid in settling some of the weekly revolutions in that direc- 
tion. 


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SPARKLES FROM Saratoea. By Sophia Sparkle. 
York : American News Co. 
This book is emphatically just what its title claims—Sparkles—and it is 
full to the overflowing of ‘overtrue tales,” or sketches of life at the 
watering places. Every one, itis pre-supposed, is aware that every per- 
son who visits the Springs goes there for other purposes than to drink 
the waters. 
Our merry friend, Sophia Spankle, in her racy, truthful sketches of 
Saratoga, lifts the veil, and allows us to ‘peep behind the curtain” of 
this enchanted life. She speaks of Saratoga, and most graphically does 
she tell us of what the bubble and foam of this aristocratic (?) society is, 
in a measure, composed. 
At our sitting down to review this highly interesting and valuable mir- 
ror of life at the Springs, we proposed to give some quotations from the 
same for the benefit of those who have not seen the book; but we fee 
that instead of doing this, we should recommend every lady of good 
sense who has a great desire to go to the Springs, to read this book be- 
fore she starts, anc if she goes, put it in her ‘“‘Saratoga trunk,” as one of 
the indispensable and necessary articles belonging to the same. 
Our own experience of the Springs bears testimony to the usefulness 
of this work. How hard it is indeed to be a “fashionable ” woman ? It 
would seem that our superannuated belles of six seasons must have learned 
wisdom by this time, but not so. Sophia says: ‘‘six years ago, the 
Widow Dash was a belle of the beau monde of Fifth Avenue, and having 
gently laid away her “‘ old Latitude and Longitude,” she is still doing Sar- 
atoga with her six trunks, and is one of the vainest of the vain in this 
great Vanity Fair. Chapter VI is devoted to the Widow Dash, and this 
same Widow has many followers. The ‘Saratoga Droop” and 
“Kangaroo Hop” and ‘‘Old Bachelors,” as well as many other habitues 
of Saratoga, are simple “lame ducks,’’ and under the luminous and 
scorching rays of Sophia Sparkles’ pen, will be known hereafter as a 
class whom it will do not the least harm in the world not to have an in- 
troduction to, if they should visit the Springs. 
We hope to hear from Sophia Sparkle again. 
good in her first attempt at stirring the “Foam.” 
PouicE RECORDS AND RECOLLECTIONS ; OR Boston By Day- 
LIGHT AND GasLignt. By Edward H. Savage. Boston: Jackson, 
Dale & Co. J. F. Riday, Subscription Manager, 147 Tremont street. 
This is by no means a sensational story of events, as some might be 
led to suppose from the title, but a sober, chronological history of the 
principal events occurring in Boston from the time of 1630 down to the 
later period of 1873. The work is evidently written with the utmost 
truthfulness in all things, from its beginning to its end. The opportuni- 
ties of Mr. Savage for seeing things just as they were, either by “ day- 
light ”’ or ‘ gaslight,’’ were such as but few men have during their whole 
lives. Weare quite sure such opportunities never should be had by a 
great many men who, from some cause or other, wear the police uni- 
form, and carry the police ‘‘locust.”" We do not mean the good police- 
men. Ohno. Mr. Savage may be truly styled the type of what our po- 
licemen should be in all instances—high-minded, honorable men—whose 
reyerence of truth-telling and morality should be synonymous with the 
word ‘“policeman.”? What should the word ‘ policeman ’’ signify ? 
Guardian of the people, defender of the innocent, a man of integrity, high 
principle and honor. We are very sorry that we do not find on all the 
“beats? just this standard of a man. 
Mr. Savage's work will be found very valuable as a work of reference, 
ag it goes back two hundred and forty years, and during this time many 
strange events took place, all of which are faithfully transcribed. 
DiaEstion AND Dysprpsta. By Dr. Trall. New York. 
S: R. Wells. 
Dr. Trall says, in his introduction, ‘‘ We are a nation of dyspeptics.”* 
Who can wonder at the assertion of this fact; how do we eat, drink, and 
sleep, without great abuse of our physical nature?) Eat we do not, mod- 
erately, taking time to masticate, in the most thorough manner, our food. 
We throw the various edibles before us down, like corn into a hopper; 
pork, beans, bread, meat, pickles, mustard, and—well, that will do for the 
food department of any laboring man’s dinner. Now, the drinking pro 
cess is very much like this; cider, water, ale, tea, or coffee, if not brandy 
or wine, make a portion of almost every common laborer’s dinner. This 
he gets through in say, not one-half to an hour’s time, as he should, but in 
about fifteen minutes at the longest. 
Do you wonder that man has the dyspepsia ? If you do, wedo not. We 
should expect it as a natural consequence, or that he had an ‘‘India- 
rubber stomach.” 
One thing, as the Dr. says, 1s very true. 
rest its dyspeptie tendency, or die out.” 
Reader, get this book and readit. It tells you all about this distressing 
malady. How to get it, and how toget rid of it, if you have it. Go and 
buy this valuable treatise of life and its greatest blessing—health of body 
—and by following the precepts laid down in its pages, you cannot fail of 
having peace of mind. 
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The Bazaar Book of Health is a series of semi-medical essays, in which 
much useful information is given in unscientific, plain, matter-of-fact 
phraseology. New York: Harper & Bro. We can say of this book, al- 
most any one can read it with profit, and many useful suggestions are 
given, with illustrative facts, to prove that man has other duties to per- 
form in this world than simply to eat and drink. Man is intellectual and 
accountable, and though grovelling in his tastes, nevertheless he is an 
accountable being. 
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