New York Daily Herald from New York, New York • 8

THE LONG STRIKE. Beginning of the Sixth Week oflhe IleTolt. Particulars of the Procession Mm Meeting of at Turner Hall Yesterday, tings of the Upholsterera ji and Printers' Union. Ya-day tnaasorates the sixth week of tbe long strike. The IK posing demonstration which will by neon 111 thvgreat thoroughfares In tbe npper part toe city will beat show the spirit of the men and extent of their organized revolt.

Tbe darker aide of tbe picture will be hidden by the of and tbe sobs of tbe suffering and famished ones will bo smothered by tbe brazen notes ot mimic. One man In the Tombs accused of an attempt to kill, and another buried In a peaceful corner of Calvary Cemetery yesterday, are the popularly known victims of the strike. While Chamber lis Is regarded as an aggressor, Clery is believed to be a martyr, and the fate of these men adds a drop to tbe cups of tbe others and renders i breach more impassable, save by tho enforcement by custom of the law which constitutes eight hours a legal day of labor. Tbe worklngmen were very enthusiastic last Bight at the near approach ot tbe moment when they are to appear before the public and sbow their strength. Active preparations were being silently made In every part or the city to perfect such arernents as will give Mat to the demonstration render It Imposing, and but few meetings were held daring tbe day.

Below will be fonnd mil reports of these, with particulars In regard to tbe arrangement and route of tbe procession. The Parade To- Day. A meeting of delegates from various trades unions who will participate In tbe demonstration today was held yesterday afternoon In Teutonia Assembly Booms, No. 168 Third avenue, for the purpose of effeetirig more perfectly the arrangements for the turnout. The meeting was called for two o'clock, but at that hour not moro tnan half a dozen persons had assembled, and It was not until nearly four o'clock that a sufficient number had put In an appearance to admit of any business being transacted.

Mr. Myer occupied the chair and Mr. Zetach acted as Secretary. The Minutes of the previous meeting were read and adopted, arter which a motion was made to postnone the demonstration nntll Thursday next. The motion was not entertained.

A delegate from tbe woodworkers of Brooklyn stated that his companions, some 800 In number, would be on hand for the parade. A discussion here arose In relation to the proposed strike of the Ironworkers, of the delegates wanting ttfe parade postBned to accommodate theso, while others thought Ironworkers should lose the day for the sake showing their strength. The committee appointed at tho last meeting for the purpose of designating positions for the various organizations last night to arrange the programme. A first class row now ensued In relation to the painters, a man named tiiilet appearing On the floor, and denouncing the wholo affair as a lizzie and a political trick. Tho chair asked Mr.

Millet if he was an accredited representative of the painters, and on being informed tbat he was not, a cry of "put him out "put him out was raised. Glllet attempted to make an explanation, but the Chair choked him off, wherenpon some half do delegates started to leave, but were finally induced to remain by some of the more sensible members of the meeting. Mr. Olllut was called on fbr an explanation and made one. He asked how wo were to Judge of the past cxcept by the future (T) The meeting evidently could not see the point.

The speaker assured the meeting that the painters would not turn out to-dav, because they had nut been officially notified of the proposed parade. A delegate from the housesmltlis said his comdes would not participate in the parade as a dy, as they had been some three weeks on strike, and very tnauy of them would resume work this morning. The delegates from the bricklayers, the carpenters and one or two other societies reported that their organizations would not turn out to-day. Mr. liennls K.

Griffin was nominated and unanimously elected Crand Marshal for the parade. A motion was carried to elect live Deputy Marshals, whereupon the following were selected, afler Which the meeting adjourned Messrs. Itivers, Wise, Klchhald, Carmedy and flenhcts. The The upholsterers met yesterday st Colombian Pall. In Grand street, in quite strong force.

The layers," "curtain hangers" and mattress makers having been asked to join the Upholsterers' Union, were represented by delegates. They agreed te join In the procession of to-day, but guve no definite assent to the proposed affiliation. Tho union cxpects to appear on the streets to-day at leant five hundred strong. A society called tho Frcldlnkerbund was announced as having presented $20u to tho furniture makers of the league. A delegate from Providence stated that owing to the non-acqniescence of tbe employers of that city all the single men have left the place.

lie then urged that no person belonging to a New Tork union should be allowed to go to Providence to Work. About fifty additional members were received 4urlug yesterday's session. A committee was appointed to wait npon tbe Ibremeo who have not Joined the union, and request their immediate attention to the demands of tbe league. The Cigar Makrri. A mass meeting of thu cigar makers of New York vicinity wna held at Turner Hall, In Fourth yesterday afternoon.

About two thousand persons, male and femalo, were present and thronged the hall, the galleries and entrance to the The object of the meeting was the organisation of a trade union for the purpose of pressing (he adoption of the eight hour system and more particularly to obtnln an Increase of twenty nor cent on the rate now paid for manufacturing. The men In this trade are now paid at the average rate of $8 per thousand, and work as many hours aathey Choose. A large number of them lire Bohemians, and over five hundred of this nationality alone yesterday signed the roll of the union. The entire number Joining through the day Is variously estimated at from eight hundred to twelve hundred. A voluntary subscription for the expenses of organisation netted about thirty-five dollars.

The society as such will not Join in the demonstration to-day, bnt a largo number of Its members will undoubtedly stray into the ranka of the procession. A committee on organization was appointed and resolutions adopted to establish braucli unions In ft)) quarters of tliu city and suburbs. The Ccrvrri. A meeting called for nine o'clock A. was held In the afternoon of yesterday, at Htanton street, corner of Chrystle, by the members of the Carvers' Union.

Mr. Hammersmith occupied the chair and Theodore Michel acted us Hecretjiry. Twenty-seven new members were Initiated and favorable reports were received from a number of A resolution was oflered urging that earnest be tuken to induce the men who have resumed work for ten hours to leave tho shops and Join In the active work of the union. Adopted and A committee ordered to visit the shops referred to. On motion it was unanimously resolved to lake part in the demonstration of to day.

Mr. A. Ofltr. was unanimously chosen to go as a from this union to Philadelphia, there to the eight-hour movement. The German Printers.

The Herman who about a week ago organized a union in aid of the labor reform movement and to effect certain reforms in their trade, another meeting at Coburger Hall, In Htanton yesterday, when Mr. Hermann Dauer presided. The Committee of Conference appointed at the previous meeting to confer with the Typogratfiical 1'ulon, No. 6, to ensure the co-operation of the Kngliah-apeaking branch of the trade, reported that action to that affect been The Committee of Seventeen, appointed to prepare a scale of prices, through Its chairman. Mr.

Atraeteel, submitted a report, which wa? adopted. Tie adopted new scale involres an Incieaae of of twenty per cent. Fifty fve. ta per thousand "ems'' will be demanded, Instead of forty -five cents, as Heretofore received, of work of those employed on the newspapers atoll comiuen.e at nve o'clock P. the distributed previously.

Corrections made by the editors are to be paid setting np English copy Rii trom English Cyaag while setting it into type? turn Iw." extra Extra oompenaaWao demanded for aetttog tip badlv written and H) manuscript. it stiaa riunlred that ah copj be written with mk ana Ct with the pencil. Farther tua: shall entiUed to voc ibjivu'iut Vv rtWtiml Apprentice to five additional v' A committee of ijine was appointed to print the new actio to preaent the same to the employers. "Plit committee was composed of Messrs. Abeudroth.

Korn, Well, Bucnhola, Lauer, Bchnrenzer Baecker. A despatch waa received from ftultlinore announced that the German printers tiit-re tad achieved the deolred reforms. The average wixen of the Oerman heretofore per week for thoae employed at night work on the uewnpapera by fifteen bourn' work In twentyfour, and about $14 lor thoae employed at day work I by ten houra per day. The Oenaaa The German journeymen bakera held a mtu meeting at the Barmonie Rooms, In Essex yesterday afternoon. About two hundred men were aaaembled, who were presided over by Peter Vlncenx, and action waa taken to reduce the hoare of labor from sixteen houra to twelve in twenty fonr, and to aboliah the system of furnlahlng grocers and milk venders with bread.

In order to do away with the percentage allowed to theae dealers, which amounts to fifteen per oent. It waa auo resolved that apprentices shad be bound for two years and a half, and a committee waa formed to notify the employers of the action taken and to call meetings in other sections of the city. It is estimated that there are about Are thousand German takers employed In this city, whose wages average from ten to fifteen dollars per week, with board. The Oenaaa Confectioners The Oerman confectioners, who a few days since i formed a union In aid of the labor reform movement, met at the WaliuUl, in Orchard street, yesterday afternoon, Mr. Charles Grimm presiding.

Action waa taken to reduce the hours of labor to eight hours for those employed In the factories, whose average wages are $13; to reduce the hours to ten from fifteen to sixteen hours for pastry cooks employed In the hotels, whose average wages are $12 with board, and to demand twenty per cent Increase for those employed by "piece work" In the factories, whose average wages amount to $12 per week without board. The union numbers at present about two hundred members. It Is estimated that about fifteen hundred Germans are employed in this trade in this city and vicinity. Tile Oenaaa Farriers. The German furriers (Mr.

Klampke presiding) met yesterday and formed a union to enforce an increase of wages and about one hundred and sixty signed the roll. Committees were appointed to prepare price lists for the different branches, as there is the ermine branch, the the mink branch, Ihe Astrakhan, the musk, It Is stated that until four or five years wages were about fifty to 100 per cent better than now, and that at nresent by ordinary work, at an average, hardly eight dollars per week can be earned at this trade. The New York Light Company. At a meeting of the employes of tho Now York Oas Light Company, held on Saturday evening, tho following resolutions or thanks were adopted Where oar position and the existing state of affairs demanded thai wo should requcirt a reduction of the hours of labor at the present rate of wagea; nnd whereas It at all times to the Intisrent of tho and employed that a comblnalion of views uud happy agreement of iMuea should be arrived at. looking, It to a proper recognition of labor and rights; therefore be It Resolved, That our heartfelt are dueapd are hereby tendered to Cornelius Everett, prenlilent, and CharloH 0.

Morton, superintendent and engineer, for thn manly and straightforward manner In which they rnot our request, uud for thn gentlemanly and honorable action taken by them intending home the police, knowing th.tt ni have always acted r.rdeilv they coulil. uudi huoIi clrcunmtancea, trust us without i ollce tut rfa.enoe. Resolved, Thut a copy of thuau re-olutlonn be aent to each gerit einan, (is our earnest expression. Hy order of THE UNION. TIE TOILERS Of THE HUB.

Vigorous Organisation for ft Strike of All the Sight Honra Demanded? A Fourth of July Parade. Boston, Jane 0, 1873. Tlic worklngmun of Boston have taken the preliminary steps towards following In tho wake of tho New Yorkers for a general eight-hour system. To secure union and strength they are engaged In tho formation of A THADRS ASSEMBLY, to comprise members of all tbo various trades unions In the city, of wlilcn there are believed to be nearly one hnndred. At a secret meeting, held last night, there were delegates present from twenty-two unions, representing the bookbinders, bakers, carpenters, coopers, curriers, machinists and blacksmiths, marble workers, painters, plasterers, printers, tailors, pressmen, tin platers, trunk makers, upholsterers, varulsliors, polishers and wood workers.

Besides the various trades unions represented there were representatives present from the HtTPRBIf F.CHAN ICAI. OKDKtl OP TF1K StK. The aim and design of that order were explained at length, and a copy of the constitution was left with the officers of the meeting for the benefit of all desirous of further Information. The order was established for the purpose of consolidating Into one body all mechanics and tradesmen, with a view of enabling them to consnlt ar act in concert on all matters pertaining to uielr common Interest. It Is a secret organisation, and the delegates present declared that for mechanics It was as much superior to Odd Fellowship or Freemasonry as the sun is superior to the moon.

The order was established In the United States In IRAQ; Is already WIDESPREAD AMD RAPIDLY INOREA8INO In nnmbors, and It was claimed that It rules Now York city to-day, the goneral union existing among all trades In regard to the eight hour movement being due to Its tiuluence. The speakers evidently appeared to think ihat the "Supreme Mechanical Order of the Hun" would largely obviate tho necessity of a trades assembly if the worklngmen would only join In force. A delegate lrom the marble workers stated that at the meeting ou Friday evening a proposition was made to HTltlKB ON MONDAY FOR KIQIIT flOCRS, but. that he opposed it, desiring a postponement until the feelings of other trades unions could be learned. A number of delegates from other trades promptly uud decidedly pledged the support of their unions for whatever trades should Initiate the eight hour movement, it appeared to be the general feeling that such a movement hud got to como soon, and that whatever trade started it deserved and should receive sympathy, and, if needed, the substantial, material aid or all other trades.

The delegate from the marble workers said they wero I'KKI'AKKD TO STRIKE AT ANY TIMB, having already several hundred names an their roll, and the moment a strike was begun they would receive large accessions; In fact all but two or threo marble workers would Join heart uud hand in a detnaud for "eight hours a day." He further stated that with the encouragement ho had recelvod from othor trades, he should issue a rail for a mooting of the marble workers in the first part of the week. In accordance with an invitation of a committee appointed at the recent Fane till Hall meeting of the workingmen. to consider the expediency of celebrating the coming Fourth of July by a procession or the various trades unions and laborers' organizations, delegates met with them at Kaynor's Hall, 47 Hanover streot, last night. SKVENTKKN OROANIZATfONR WERE REPRESENTED, including six of tho coopers. Mr.

S. K. Kamsdlll presided, and Messrs. C. A.

Crane and W. W. Arm strong were secretaries. Upwards of an hour was consumed In discussion as to whether the EightHour League was entitled to be represented, Ira Stewart being present as a delegate. After two or threo votes had been taken It was finally decided to admit him.

it was stated b.v the that the delegates present had given as a rough estimate i.hoo men as the number who would probably parade from their unions, and tiiero were many not represented. It was voted to huve a parade of tho trades unions and laborers' organizations on the coining Fourth of July, and committee of seven, consisting of Messrs. James McCarty, Thomas Jsmes, Stephen Donncgun, David Fitzferald, Ira Stewart, James t'otleo and fieorge W. lOcke, were chosen to consider and report on a plan of procession aud the probable expense, the same to be reported to tho Funeull Hull committee and by them luid before the delegates from the various unions at an adjoumod meeting next Saturday evening. A PRINTER8' STRIKE.

Hitkalo, N. June 0, 1872. The Printers' Union of this city has inaugurated a movement for an Increase of wages, to take effect from tho 17th Inst. The other trades unions aro arranging conservative plans for an lucrcaso of or enforcement of the Fight-hour law. ASSAULTING AN OFFICER.

Last night Officer Gavin, or the Twenty-second precinct, while patrolling Eleventh avenue, dlscavcred a crowd of young men acting in a disorderly manner. He arrested the ringleader, Thomas Ksyric, and while conveying him to tho station house he assaulted him and attempted to take his club from him. The officer succeeded in loosing Kayne's hand from his club and dealt him ft blow on the head with It which felled him to the pavement. The officer succeeded lu getting him to the station house in Forty-seventh where he was attended by a police surgeon. His wounds were of so serious a nature that raptain Kiilalea ordered his removal to the Iteceptiou Hukjritfti la an ambulance.

THE DITERIATI09AL BOAT BACE. The American Style of Bowing Compared with the English? The Af lentil end London on the Thamee? The Vow Boat for Our Boye? Final Arrangements for Baee. LONDON, May 26, Public opinion, which has heretofore been pronounced against the American style of rowing, is gradually veering round to another tack, and there are not wanting those who are beginning to think that in this, as in other matters, things are not always what they seem. The regular, and Indeed, automatic style of the Atalanta four has always had admirers; but It la only now? a fortnight before the event? that the notion is creeping up that, after all, their smart, quick stroke may, for a light crew in a light boat, prove more effective than it seems to an English eye. There Is nothing to complain of in the way of training the care exercised In this respect by Dr.

Withers has been sufficient to Insure the maintenance of the crew at the proper standard. The London, as I have said, perhaps too often, are rougher, bat apparently more powerful. To put it I strongly, the Atalantas in a light boat will sklin the water; the London will plough It or forge through It with all tbe dash, vigor, immense physical power ana great skill that belong to them. If these do not prove sufficient to defeat tbe Atalantas, then tbe sooner we alter our rowing work to the American style the bettor. TTIS NBW BOAT.

BUfen, the boat ballder, has promised that the outrlgged lour which he is building for the Atalantas shall be one of the lightest boats ever launched on the Thames. Her timbers will be of flr, as dry as a bone; her skin of white pine her fittings of willow. While adopting the general style of New Tork boats Blffen thinks be will be able to Improve upon It. TUB TWO CRRW8 MBBT OB THB RfVHR. When I saw the crew out last night they were doing thirty-eight strokes to the mlnate and throwing a greuter degree of dash and vigor Into the stroke than I have seen before.

The boat, too, though over largo for them, showed more life than hitherto. London did thlrty-sl strokes. They happened to be pulling up the river, coached from a small screw launch, kindly lent them by Lord Londesborough, who has a suburban house at Putney. when the Atalantas were returning to their boathouso. Seeing thlH the Americans on the north side of the river Just surged along a few strokes upwards, as If to try a short spurt with the London on the south side.

Of this the London by no means approved and drew up at onoe. Still the little that was Bhown leads one to the belief that the Atalantas will dash off with the lead and will hold it for at least half a mile, when It Is possible that the heavier mettle of the London will begin to tell. PINAL AHRANOBMBNT FOB THB BACB. Tho two crews met together by arrangement on Thursday evening last to determine the arrangements or the match. Latterly, lu consequence of the disputes that formerly arose, when there were two umpires or Judges and ono referee, the services of umplros have been altogether dispensed with, and all matters of dispute that might arise left to one sole arbitrator.

This has not worked very well either. Naturally enough, the Atalantas wished to have someone independent of the referee to represent them on the official steamer. It was therefore conceded by tho London, at their request, that each crew shall he represented by an umpire or Judge, and that a referee shall stand as filial arbitrator. Possibly Mr. Waterburv may stand for the Atalantas and Mr.

II. II. Playiord for the London. TUB HBFBKBB will not be chosert until Thursday next. The Rev.

II. Klttley, an Oxford man. and a very good oarsman. was suggested by the London. Mr.

Chilty, barrister, who stood for some years referee In tho University matches, was also mentioned. Mr. T. Hughes, M. was named by I)r.

Withers, as being a neutral known to both parties. There could be no objection to Mr. Klsley except that, being a clergyman, he may not prove a very practical man If any difficulty should arise as to fouling, Ac. Mr. Ohllty would probably decline to stand.

Mr. Hughes i was never a thorough oarsman, and may be deficient In the technicalities. The lion. O. Oenman, banister, President of the Cambridge University Boat Club, would be an excellent referee, but 1 do not hear that his name was mentioned.

TAKINO ANOTHKB BOAT'S WATKR. Next to this the Americans thought there might he a variation in rule 10 of the of boat racing, which provides that any boat taking another boat's water must hold to that throughout or be held liable for any foul that might occur il It returns to Its own line. The Atalantas did not sec any great risk of foul If a boat could afford to zig-zag out of one line into Hnothernnd thought, the rule might be dispensed with, bnt the point was not pressed. KKI.AT1NU TO THK RACE It was determined that the race shall start at the report of a gun Instead of at the word "go," as Is the Kngllsh custom. Pour river steamers will accompany the race? two for the friends of the crews, oue for the umpire and party and one for the representatives of the press.

The following are the J'RKSKNT WEIOHTH. Lnnffon. Si Urn. Atnfantn. St.

CI iso (bow) .11 8 K. Kut It li .10 1 t. 1'. 11 10 I A. Handy 10 1 S.

A 12 2 S. J. Van linden 11 0 W. stout 13 R. Wlther? (stroke).

11 BETT1NO. Por the sake of making lieitlng there have been offers to lay 7 to 4 on London or take 3 to l. The race Is fixed for half-past four on the afternoon of Monday, Juno 10. The American Style of Rowing Criticised? A Word or Two About the The London Crew Not Altogether a Satisfactory One to Their Friends. tho London Standard, May The Atalanta crew have now been long enough with us on the tideway to give some Idea of tholr style and cliauces but owing to the uncertainty of their time of practice, which Is known only to a select few, fhe usual cloBe observation that Is practicable with tho University crews is wanting with them.

It scemg a matter of no moment to them whether the tide be ebb or flood, high or low; they paddle away calmly from the raft, and return in the same unassuming manner, as If they had only been out for a gentle breather Instead of a hard row In practice. One of the greatest accomplishments of some rowers Is to disguise tho amount of work thoy do, so that when seen from a distance they always present the appearance of paddling. Tills Is tho casc with tho Atalanta men, so that unless accompanying in a boat alongside it Is difficult to tell whether they are working hard or not. Still their style Is certainly not one that would give an idea of ustng much power. In the matter of boats they have boen most unfortunate.

Tho one they brought over with them got full of water on the voyage and was much warped the otlior, by the same man? Roahr, Now York? was unluckily packed in the samo way, and she suffered even more than her predecessor. The last ono was built of white pine, and has tho thinnest skin we ever remember seeing in a four; in fact, too thin to keep her shape for more than one race, ill consequent or these two boats being unfit young Hlflen was Instructed to build another, and he experts to have one of white pine ready for them before the end of the week. 8hd will weigh with riggers on something under ninety pounns: she will not be ou the moulds of tho other two. but a little higher and (latter, and, from the experience the builder has had In his profession, she will assuredly lie a good cralt. As wo have only once before Been American oarsmen on the Thames? the Harvard crew- It In not surprising that the public should continually gauge the style and capabilities of the Atalantas by them.

They were a large and powerful set of men, who during their short sojourn at Putney improved wonderfully in stile, and, being unsnspli iotui of one man (Harry Kelley). adopted many valuable hints from him and profited thervby but their system of dietary waB as extraordinary bh It was unfitted for the task they had In hand. Fruit, cold water, milk and rice are all very well in tnelr way, and at the proper season but wo should no more tlilnk of training a Derby favorite on vetches and carrots than a man on fruit and milk lor a four mile ra' though It might be August. 1 he Ataliiuta men, however, have not come over hero with any prejudices against our food or even ourselves. They fraternize readily with any oarsmen, are not loth to discuss rowing and everything belonging to It, and.

In fact, submit to be Interviewed with a grace tliat at once obliterates the unpleasant memories of Cs-sar Aiignum, that sable attendant of Harvard In whose brain all queries had to In; dissected before forwarded to the crew. The Harvard men were tall and sinewy; the Atalanta men are sinewy, bnt short; lioth have the same weather-beaten, bronzed countenances, and both rowed In nearly the sainc style when tliey first came over, only that Harvard rowed much Blower, In a boat that weighed 100 pounds at the least; but by tho time of the race Harvard had acquired a very even pendulum style of stroke, without dash, but with great regularity. The Atalautas row a steady stroke, but tho foiward motion of their bodies Is ho much quicker than the iiack ward? that Is to say, they row the exact reverse of wnat good rowing In considered to very slow on the feather and qnlck through the water. The result is that they hurry forward, ana when rowing slow they liaug, when rowing fast they drop the oar In. Tbe blades are rowed through evenly enough, but the finish Is not well marked, and the bodies double up over the oars.

They xiip a very little in their seats, swing but the boat dues not uiyo Uu) idea Of travelling fcwt. 8 till, there are many of the rtvarhi Je men who uj that all this la paddling that they 1 do? that they can row 41 easily and go well with it. All we can naj la answer to tola to, that unless they 1 practise a reasonable distance at thla paoe they will and it very difficult to row It all the way on the loth. The London crew are not pleasing all their frlenda; they would be worth putting in a case If they did; but they are rowing nndenlably fast, and it Is generally the crew that goes fastest to the end first. Their style eotlectfvely It not to our fancy.

The men Individually are all scullers; one been on the shelf for some time, one has had but little wo-k the last year and none this, one lit hever off the river, and from rowing stroke to all kinds of crews and In various species of craft I has acquired a characteristic strto jfcU rowed titter his own or another's, make homogeneity out of such heterogeneous materials by the hiiii pie process of self-adjustment is beyond even the powers of our heat I amateurs, and we are (dad to near that they will be coached thoroughly and their obscured talents revealed. This raoe will be looked upon as much as an exposition of speed as or style, and It Is en the latter aeeoant that we would fain see good form as well as pace. It to abI surd to- suppose, aa many unfortunately do, 1 that there are different ways of good rowing, and that becauae watermen not cultivate style and row In the finished way some of eur best amateurs do, that form goes for nothiug. This, however, in negative arguing, for If watermen were coached? i. if they would stand being coached properly? there Is no reason to donbt that they would profit as much by It as amateurs do.

The reason why watermen row in all styles and shapes of body is that thay do not begin to row till their muscles are set by the occupation of their daily trade, and if they acquire a fault in beginning to teach themselves this fanlt becomes alterwards part of the man's characteristic style. We may take admirable lessons from the way In whioh their work is done but except In sculling, where almost i always their form to good, their shape of body onght rather to be avoided. We have heard so much of watermen's rowing lately by their Thames and Tyne and and OsnidlsB matches that some of onr crack amateurs have been paying unnj anal attention to them, and the sliding seats that I the London men have in nse is the latest i adoption from the professionals. In sculling boats, where the sculler represents homogeneity in himself, where one leg cannot slide without the other, the sliding seat, properly worked, is a very useful Innovation. The principle, or coarse, holds good as well in a four, eight or twelve as it does In a skiff, but the of getting onanlmlty In the sliding la its practical objection, and It Is one that will always be found a groat impediment to Its general use.

With a fouroar there are two difficulties to contend with? keening steady and sliding at the same moment. Sitting on a movable Beat must to a certain extent have a tendency to counteract equilibrium. Sliding seats with crews will always be a matter of practice. They are dangerous things for tyros, and men who uho them should insist upon sonic one superintending, to see that the work and the slide are done by each man together. The London crew have been doing a good deal of work and are In very fatr trim.

They generally take one good row In the dav, and then either a paddle in the four or Individual work In Qulston docs the steering, but as he has been not nnfrequently on the river daring the last four years he could almost steer with his eyes shut. THE IATIOHAL AMATEUR REGATTA. Arrangements taw the Fertlvftl of Oars on the Schuylkill. The Regatta Committee of the Schuylkill Navy, Philadelphia, have made the following arrangements for the coming festival of oars on the Schuylkill On Thursday, Jnne 13, the first day. the four-oar shells, double nculi shells and gunwale burges will be rowed, while the four-oar gig, single shell aud Salr-our shell races will bo rowed on tue second ay, June 14.

On account of the great number of entries lor the four-oar shell race. It will be necessary, in order to avoid fouls and insure fairness to all, to row this race In two trial heats and a anal heat. The following time table has been agreed upon, subject, however, to changes in the hours in case any races are not pulled by reason of withdrawals THCT1WDAT, JTNR 13. 8 P. IL? Four-oar shells, first trial heat.

4 P. Four-oar shells, second trial heat. 6 P. Double scull shells. P.

Four-oar shells, Una! heat. 7 P. M. barges. FRIDAY, JI NK 14.

8 P. M. Four-oar gigs. 4 Single shells. 6 V.

M. Fair-oar shells. All of the races, with the exception of the single shell race, will be started (Tom anchored stakeboats al Columbia bridge and will be rowed around stakeboats placed lust below the Falls bridge and return, distance three miles. The single shell race, which is for five miles, will be started from the Falls bridge, to row around stakehoats anchored just above the Junction railroad bridge and return. An umpire, lodge, starter and timekeeper have been selected, but the names will not be announced until It Is ascertained whether the gentlemen chosen will serve.

The Couper Club, or Savannah. and the Nassau Club, of New lork, have arrived, aud are practicing dally on the river. The Coupers, who are tho guests of the Vesper Club, intend rowing in tho four-oar shell and four-oar gig races. For the latter they have brought with them a cypress canoe, hollowed out or a single log, and said to be very fast. This is the first boat ol the kind that has ever been seen In Philadelphia, aud It of course excites a great deal of attention among boating men.

Tliey have also a paper four-oar stitHl. The Nassaus have been taken in charge by the Undine Club, and have brought with them a four-oar and a pair-oar shell. On Thuisday last both the Nassau and the Coupers rowed in the four-oar shells, and, although their styles of rowing are verv different, both crews drive their boats well, and will no doubt give good accounts of themselves in the race. AQUATIC NOTES. The Princeton crew rowed to Trenton, distance ten miles, on Saturday last.

They were cordially received by the boating gentlemen of that city, who admired their stjle of pulling. The College boys have entered for the regatta on the Hchnylkill and Intend doing their best for victory. The Grammcrcy Boat Club, on Saturday last, challenged the Nassaus to row a four-oared shell race the latter part of the month. No doubt the Nassaus will accommodate them. The Jamaica Boat Club, of Jamaica Plain.

was reorganized at the commencement of last season, and a new house built, with an active membership of sixty-five. They have a new Blaikio cedar shell this season, giving them an outfit of four single shells, lour lap-strokes, one four-oared shell, and about a dozen other boats of various kinds. Tholr first race of the vear took place May 81, on Jamaica Pond, and they intend following It tip with spirit, which races will be open to other clubs. The annexed Is a summary of the opening Jamaica Boat Ci.ub, Friday, May 31, First For slnRle-scuil lapstreuks; distance, threequarters of a mtle; prizes, silver goblets for tlrat and second. W.

P. A. Brewer 6m. 34seo. Roland King 7m.

8sec. J. L. Diuimock Time not taken. Rkoond For pair-oared working boats; distance, three-quarters of a mile; prizes, silver goblets to first crew.

Aurora? I). C. Bacon and H. 0. Balch 7m.

33sec. Eleouora? O. W. Wlnslow and Jos. Curtis.

7m. 40sec. Third For single-scull shells distance, throe-quarters of a mile prizes, silver goblets for first and second. George H. Balch ton.

41sec. W. P. A. Brewer flsec.

H. C. Ernst The club counts on Mr. Balch making good time the present season, as he won the race with Mr. Applcton, the champion of the Union Club of Boston, last summer, and he is now In good condition.

The officers of the Jamaica arc President, Austin O. Oorhatn: Treasurer and Secretary, Frank W. Remolds: Directors, Oeorge A. Comlns, H. Balch, William Minot, third.

A MIDNIGHT BUIOiDE. A. Fatal heap from a Williamsburg ryboat? A Crippled fireman the Victim of Mental Disquietude. At a quarter past twelve A. M.

yesterday morning, when the Commodore Barney was on her trip across the Roosevelt street ferry, between New York and Williamsburg, a young man was observed to leave the ladles' cabin and proceed to the front part of the boat, llo removed his coat and hat, and, laying his cane beside them, suddenly stepped over the chain and Jumped overboard. An alarm was at once raised by the few startled spectators of the desperate act, and the boat was stopped. The waters, however, had already closed over the unfortunate man, and no voice of distress from their depths arose upon the midnight air. The hat, coat and cane of the missing passenger were taken by one of the employes on the boat, and on reaching Williamsburg were transferred to a police oftloor, who subsequently took them to the Fourth street station house. Here the pockets of the eoat were examined bv the sergeant in charge and papers foiind, which fully placed the Identity of tho midnight snlctdo.

His name was Henry Kabie, twenty-five years of age, and his residence 191 Broadway, Williamsburg. The papers referred to above were two letters, one to his wife and another to his mother, written on Batnrdav, and breathing an affectionate farewell, and at the same time expressing his resolution to put an end to an existence which had Itecome unendurable. The sentiments In the letters are peculiarly pathetic, and show that even while delibe rating over hia aulddai purpose the thought of parting with his wife and mother waa most distressing. DsOCiiefl was a member of the old Volunteer Fire Department, and had a few years ago sustained an accfdent while going to a fire, which resulted In the loss of his leg. lie leaves a wife and cimo.

TUu baa not been recovered. WEST POINT. Sunlight and Shadow and the Effect Upon the Fashionables. The Soaaon up and the Gloom Disappearing. rContinnatlon of the Engineering, Mineralogy and Geology of Deliver anoe Near at Hand.

THE SECRETARY OF WAR AT REST West Point, June 8, 1872. The rain clouds that have been hovering about the mountains hereabouts lor the past few days, and occasionally breaking over the valleys In a way that has made summer resort life so far ntterly unendurable, have at last disappeared, and In their stead we have a clear bine sky and a sweet, balmy air, worth travelling a hundred miles and over to get a good breath of. Up to this forenoon, indeed, It had been the general expectation that West Point was doomed to paas the month of Juno this year in darkness and sadness, for it seemed that the more the cadets prayed for good weather? and they do pray sometimes? the harder the rain came down, day alter day, and fiercer blew the chilly winds from the mountain tops; and when the rain storms lulled the drizzles set in, and wben the drizzles died out the sky shrouded itself In deeper gloom than ever, as if to threaten direr evils stilL But it is all over now, and the sun has at last won the light, and, as if to MAKB CP FOB LOST TIME, he has already given ns since noon such a touch of bis wrath at being so kept in the background that even the fever and ague patients who come up here to And a cure have thrown aside their wrappings and become actually merry, and the pretty girls of a marriageable age, who wouldn't marry if they got a chance or a fortune, you know, and who somehow And greater delight in the glitter of a brass button and the dulness of a gray ooat than they do In ordinary broadcloth, are out at last in their airiest attire. But this is not all. Gloom, it is true, had oeen universal before, and the great corridors of Cozzens' Hotel had resounded enly to the tramp, tramp of the idle waiters by day, and the still less Idle watchmen at early eve, when watchmen are not supposed to be Indispensable to general happiness; and all on account of the rains that persisted In falling, and the clouds that threatened to fall likewise, and which, by threatening, kept everybody in as crutiating suspense as if they had deluged the country miles around.

The victory of old Sol over his enemies has changed all this, and even as I write I can hear tho hubbub of many strango voices down stairs and TUB BUSTLE AND CONFUSION Incident upon new arrivals the Incessant callings for the porters, and the struggling of the mildly profane fellows on the stairways as they pant under loads of Saratogas heavily laden with Flora McFllmsey alone can tell what. To be candid and use a big modern word at the Same time, there has been a transmogrification all round. The season can, therefore, be considered as having actually opened in downright earnest, and nobody or nothing is to be thanked Tor It but the suddenly hot weather that has hustled people out of the cities, and of course the attractions and quiet rest West Point offers to all who come and are heavily laden with the cares of metropolitan life, and who comc when the mountains are not buried In angry clonds, but when the waters of the river wav down at their base glisten like diamonds under the rays of the sun, and all nature proclaims "a truce to storm and tempest." Although the execrable weather of the past week was sutllclent to keep the fashionables who are already here within doors, In heavy clothes and only their own pouting to keep them company, and to prevent others from coming who would otherwise have come long ago, It has not been potent enongh to even disturb the regular jog along way of the examinations prescribed In general orders fully a week ago by the Grand Mogul In shoulder straps who rules the academic roost. To be sure the usual outdoor exercises have not been gone through with as frequently as they would have been had the weather been fine, for cadet uniforms are not, and they are right glad theyaro not, water proof: yet the exercises, exclusive of the examinations, nave been quite abundant enough to satisiy the most inveterate in the corps. It would certainly be a fine thing If the examinations could be postponed by the weather the same as a dress parade, a squadron or a battalion drill, for then indeed would TUB DEVOTEES OF "BONBDOM" down among the "Immortals" pray for the sun to shine not and heaven to shed tears plentifully, not only that the earth might be refreshed, but that days and weeks spent In Idleness since January last might be retrieved by hard study, and the fate of the cusses be pushed aside triumphantly.

When I wrote my last letter the graduates had been taken hold of in the engineering branch of their Btudles, and four or five sections had been disposed of for good or bad. Since then the examination In engineering has been completed, as well as that in mineralogy and geology. In giving the subjects on which each cadet was examined in geology, It should not bo taken for granted that a "tray of specimens" is In every instance the same kind of a tray or the same kind of specimens. In fact almost cach cadet who was given a tray had to deal with entirely different specimens of geological subjects than his fellows. The waiters at the hotels, you know, often have "trays of specimens," and they are not by any means always the same, and there is no reason, therefore, why the geological branch of the graduates' ratio studiolsni should be less susceptible of variety, particularly as In the present case it deals equally with hards and soits.

The subject which Beemed to be tho most Intelligently understood was the "law or distribution of gold," although I believe the cadets have not, during the past year, been compelled to study any history of "Black Friday" as a reliable authority. If the worthy philosopher of Chappaqna had been present I doubt not but that he would have gone Into ecstacles over tho way one of the cadets enthusiastically took up the subject of "Agricultural Geology." At a certain stage of the elucidation of the subject, however, Horace might have been troubled a little and been made painfully ponslve over his theories of deep ploughing, sol think it is just as well, after all, that he was not on hand ou the occasion. The following are the last two sections examined In engineering and the sections of the entire class In mineralogy and geology, and the subjects each cadet was examined on KNOINKKRINO? FIFTH SECTION. 1. nanna? Approach and parallel, by (lying sap.

2. Allen, Niagara suspension bridge. 8. Rogers, A. Projections and true dimensions of voussolrs of grained arch.

4. Vauoan's first method of fortification. fi. Worden? Strains on a rectangular beam, fastened at one extremity, supported at the other by a vertical wall, and acted on by a weight at middle point. Brown, G.

L. Three classes of field works. 7. Wygant? Direct defilement of permanent works. 8.

Wetmore? Military dispositions at battle of Blenheim. 9. James? rian and section through axis of embrasure of a field work. SlXTn BBOTION. Reap? Plan and profile or an opening in the gorge of a work closed by a traverse.

Miller? Horizontal full centre arch. Jones? Analysis and construction of the demi line. Sutherly? Same of the covered way. Davenport? Battle of Kama. Hall? Campaign of 1809.

I Military mining. Low? Conducting the retreat of an army. MINKRALOOT? F1BST SECTION. Blrnie? Tray of speolmens. Carr? Iaw or distribution of gold.

Briggs? Agricultural geology. Moore? Tray of specimens. Parkhurst? 1 Tray of specimens. Wallace? Three ages of nature. Griffith? Tray of specimens.

SECOND BBOTION. Oilman? Paleontology. Lyon? Tray of specimens. Baker? Crystalography. Wood? Last three ages of nature.

Abbott? Carboniferous Age. Pond? Tray of specimens. Henely? Tray or specimens. THIRD SBOTTON? MINERALOGY AND OBOLOOT. Van orsdale--1 Tray of specimens.

Varnum? Four ages of nature. Rnhlen? Agricultural geology. Norrls? Tray or speolmens. Hlblett? Three ages of nature. Walker, 0.

B. Tray or specimens. Woodbury? Tray of specimens. fourth sbction. Jamar? Paleontology.

liOw? Tray of specimens. Henely? Coal formation. Van orsdale? Tray of specimens. Mrown? Crystalography. Tra? Of SPeclmOMK Wetmore Tray or specimens.

rum aacnoir. Hatfleld? Classification of rocks. Words a Tray of specimens. agencies la producing geological Henry Tray of specimens. Theory or origin and distribution Of gold.

Watts? Tray of West? Theory of drift. SIXTH MOTION. Nichols? Tray of Allen, Artesian wells. Wilkinson? Tray of specimens. Hoy Temperature of the earth.

Rogers, A. Tra? of specimens. Dougherty? Tray of specimens. sxvknth aacrioir. Goodwin? Tray or specimens.

Patty Attooaphe rio agonalM td gntaOB geological agencies'" Allen, L. Tray of specimens. Dayennort-pTraT of of the gtooe. Ogle? Paleontology. biohth morrow.

Hall? Structure of stratified rocks. Reap? Plan and profile of an tn gauge of a work closed by a traverse. Jones Tray of specimens. utterly? Tray of specimens. James? Volcanic action.

Wy grant Tray of specimens. Landon? Physical properties of minerals. what is TO SB. The examination In ordnance and gunnery was begun late this afternoon, and win, It is expected, be completed by Monday noon. Bvery (Art being made to have the class relieved by the IKlt Inst, at the very least.

The grand bafl wBL therefore, take place on the isth on Use post and the dinner of the Alumni, composed of all the graduates of the Academy who belong to the aasoctatton, will be hUd this year In the grand saloon of Ooszens' Hotel, situated a mile below poet, the only one, by the way, In the neighborhood, tMartde the river at least, which has really first oiass accommodations. UINIRiL BIUNAT BHTOSLMk The Secretary of War, General Belknap. Is still here enjoying blmself quietly. He Intends, It Is said, te remain until the examinations are aft an, end, and that he will be invited to deliver the address to. the graduates.

General Grant, I understand, will be present at the Alumni dinner. CENTRAL PARK. -S-e The Park yesterday was thronged with lta nsoal Sabbath-day crowds of visitors. The burning bod indeed seemed Intolerable In the city, and, fMrly baked to within an Inch of his life between the hot! walls of the houses, the citizen eagerly harried olfl to wander among the trees and atataes and over the brilliantly verdant grass, and to catch refrestw ing glimpses of the cool lakelets that every and there pleasantly enliven the landscape. And well Indeed was lie rewarded for his Jour-n ney.

Never was the Park more beantlful thaw It Is now. The trees are again clad In their nun-, mer foliage, and the meadows, spangled dandelions, are fragrant with the fresh scent of early spring. Nuture everywhere looks genlalJ kindly, loving, and radiantly smiles peace anj goodwill to all her creatures and wearied, oveN worked men, such as arc most of ns, who here ln? this great olty do battle for oar dally bread, may. profitably while away an hoar or two amid soothing Influences; Indeed, It may be doubted) whether the sermons to be read In such haants of sylvan loveliness do not bring about a better bath frame of feeling than the dry commonplaoe ofl the pulpit. It Is in tho latter part or the afternoon? sav front four to six? that the at tendance of promenaders most numerous.

A stroll upon the Mall is then in-, deed a treat. Perhaps at times the crowd is lost a. little too thick; but it Is so good-natured and happy, and well-dressed, and saunters along at such pleasantly idle pace, that you And it impossible to be annoyed, even though you are now and then) lightly jostled by some careless wayfarer. The! sweet, pure air, the bright sunshine, breaking playfully through the shadowing trees, the "neraldlmelodies" of the birds, the mernr laughter of chil-; dren and the exquisite charm or the Bcenery that meets yoar gaze on every side? these woo you into1 good humor and force you to be happy and to rejoice in the bloom aud freshness of the gladsome springtide. un Sundays, however, the list of amusements ah the Park is somewhat short.

No music, no basal ball, no swings? nothing to do but to promenade; and feed tho swans and ducks aud pay a visit to) the menagerie. And, ol course, the animals are thai grand "stand by" of all youthful visitors. None of them (of the animals, of course,) not even the mosb Intelligent of the monkeys, have apparently the faintest conception of the sacred character of the day, and they go through their favorite routine; round of existence Just as though there were no such things as churchbelto and Sunday schools. Tho owls, perhaps, seem In a Sabbath frame of mind, but then they always have the same solemn air, though they followed out the advice of certain: good people who recommend ob to ever bear In mind that each moment may be our lastWith this exception tho specimens or natural history are as delightful and amusing creatureB to visit on Sunday as on a wcelc day, and you have the charming sense of emerging! into society where catechisms and sermons ar? ignored without personally incurring any moral1 guilt, and of enjoying all the delights of Sabbath breaking without the fear of having to pay high for the luxury at some futnre date. Human beings of tender age naturally, therefore, haunt the cages the aviaries with a singular persistence, and they1 probably learn more of zoology by personal observation on Sunday than during all the rest of tho week.

There are perhaps scarcely se many ennlpages in the Park on Sunday as usual, bat there wero enough yesterday to make the drives a pleasant) lounging place. Now aud then, indeed, you might even see something very like a mild race, but respect for public opinion seemed to compel owners' of fast horseflesh, as a general thing, to keep dowoj to a reasonable pace. FATAL AFFBAY IH A BABBOOM. Concussion of the Brain the Cause Death. On Friday last William Freeman, a conductor oa the Eighth Avenue Railroad, then living at Eighth avenue, and Richard Smith, a driver on same road, both being off duty at the time, involved in a quarrel in the rnmshop of Grinnon.

on the southwest corner of Eighth avenue! and Fiftieth street, where they had been drinking) to excess. During the disturbance Freeman, as all leged, struck Smith two or three times on the, head with an iron hook, inflicting severe wounds,) from which the blood flowed copiously. Greatly, enraged at what had been done, Smltn! struck Freeman a blow in the face with his fist, whoi In falling backwards struck his head against the1 edge of a box, thus instantly reducing him to sensibility. Those present not believing Frcemam to be much injured thought he was only sleeping) off the efltcts of the liquor, and allowed him to lie on the floor without offering to render him any asBistance. At last, finding that Freeman was breathing stertorously and did not retnrn to consciousness, he was taken home and a physician called to attend him, but without being able to render any1 permanent relief.

The Injured man lingered tift two o'clock on Saturday afternoon and expired. Sinlth, the assailant, was subsequently arrestedby the Twenty-second precinct police and detained, to await tho result of an Investigation before Coro-. ner llerrman. Dr. John Beach yesterday made a post-mortem examination on the body and found no fractnre of the skull nor compression, but death resulted from! concussion of the brain.

It Is not claimed, even by the friends of the oeased, that In Btriking deceased Mr. Smith had any intent to take his life. Coroner llerrman will hold an Inquest In the case' to-day. Mr. Freeman was slxty-fonr years of age and native of this country.

"8UFFEB THE LITTLB CHILDREN." Children's Day In the Methodist of Newark. In accordance with a resolution passed by tho late aeneral Conference of the Methodist yesterday was set apart in the Newark churches of that denomination as "children's day," and services held peculiarly Interesting to the little folks, and. it Is to be hoped, instructive as well as Ing both to them and children of riper years. At St. Paul's church, In the afternoon, an immense throng) of people gathered to listen to addresses by two of the newly ordained bishops? I)rs.

Andrews and. Foster? and take part in tho other ex-, erclses. With floral aid the sanctuary was" transformed into a perfect Eden of cxotlo beauty. Lovely roses in profusion and alL sorts of other choice flowers were arranged, with exquisite taste. In his address Bishop drews urged the beneficence of the Sunday school' as an adjunct of the Christian educational He regarded Sunday schools as of great lmpovtnnce1 in the work of educating the youth of the but eliminated no new Ideas on the subject.

At tho Inlversallst church there was held a Sabi bath school anniversary. This church also waw profusely decorated with flowers. Canary song-i sters were also hung around in cages, and Joined with the children and the choir in singing pieans oO praise to Jehovah. Rev. Dr.

Bruce preached. i At St. Patrick's cathedral the Corpus Christy celebration, postponed on account or the bail weather, was resumed and completed. Threir, hundred girls and 200 boys marched In procession through the church. Alter the singing of Rev.

Father Doane addressed the children thai duty of obedience. TUGBOAT DI8A8TE1L Bukfao, h. Jnne 9, ma. A tugboat capsized In Niagara River last Ira Hansom, of Grand Island, was drowned, as waf also a man named Spilth, of Tauawands,.