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Full text: 44 THE DIARY OF ADOLPHUS GAETZ including the lame, halt and the blind, may have been seen steering towards the wharves. At nearly 7 O'clock every thing was in readiness, pop goes the signal gun and off went the Gigs, each man rowing as hard as he could; the great multitude assembled however were doomed to disappointment; the oarsmen had scarcely made twenty strokes when one of the boats be- came disabled and was obliged to return, the other boat proceeded leisurely on her course to the winning point, having run the distance required the purse was handed over to them, there being no other claimants. As this in reality was no race at all, in consequence of the disabled boat having to return, the prize was much smaller than it otherwise would have been. The purse contained 10 dollars; it would have contained 40 dollars had the mis- hap not taken place. Saturday, 28th,—Had a Sale at my Auction Room of Militia Muskets and accoutrements; sold by order of the Quarter Master General of Militia. This is the last of the Militia. September, 1858 Thursday, 2d,—Our long talked of Regatta came off to day but was not so successful an affair as was expected to be. With the first class sail Boats there was difficulty; three started, but in consequence of the density of the fog, two of them could not find the pivot boat, the boat which came in first expected to get the prize, this was of course refused. The Methodists had a refreshment Bazaar to realize money for Church purposes. The Bazaar was held in the Temperance Hall and was all day thronged. In the evening a Regatta Ball came off; tickets of admission were seven shillings and six pence each, and turned out to be a very jovial affair. Thursd. 16ih,—The races which were not run on the 2d. Inst. in con- sequence of the fog, were to come off to day, but on account of the wind blowing half a gale the row boats could not venture, consequently only the sail boats ran. The following were the successful boats: Annie Laurie" 1st prize £8 owned by Chas. Hewitt. "Kitty Clyde" 2nd. do. £6 Benjn. McLaughlin A Portuguese Cove Boat 3rd. do. £4 unknown. A fourth boat, name not known 4th. do. £2 unknown The brig "Clara", Henry Heckman, master, from Rotterdam bound to Boston put in here in a Leaky condition; the crew are worn out from pump- ing; in all probability she will have to discharge her cargo in order to under- go repairs. Died at Bridgewater this evening 8 O'clock, Mrs. Emma A. Drum, wife of the Revd. T. H. Drum, and daughter of John Heckman, Esq. of this town aged 28 years.