Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 16, 1872, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIB . UNE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, .1872. #——_——————_._r—_—'fi NEW YORK.. = Some Incidents of the Close of Mr. Seward’s Public Life. The Grave of (harlotts Temple.-Unknown Romances of Scomingly Common- place Lives, A Trip to New England. From Our Ouwn Correspondent. New Yoz, Oct. 12,1672, We have made a gellant fight against over- whelming odds, and have boen defranded of well- earned victory for the moment,—cheated, not routed or defeated! This appears to be the feel- ing among the Libersl Republican and Reform Democrats wherever I have been within the past three days. It is patent to everybody that we lost Pennsylvania, at least, through the most stupendous and barefaced frauds ever perpe- trated in the history of & nation ; that the feel- irg is rather one of righteons indignation than despondency and alarm for the safety of free institutions than fear for the result of the Pres- idential conflict. Itigalso evidentthatthe pack- ingandcolonizing—which cannot well be repeat- edatageneral election—carried Ohio against us; that the feeling of disconragement, which I ex- pacted to see prevail for weeks at least, is al- ready giving way before a resolute determina- tion to make one good, determined, and united effort to vindicate the right of the people to self-government next month; andthe signs of setive preparation for a renewal of the fight are seen on every side. I feel that we have no rea- son to despair, and certainly no right to lay down our arms, af the ountset of a fight so gal- lantly begun. BOME INGIDENTS OF THE OLOSE OF AR. EEWARD'S PUBLIC LIFE. “The news of the death of the Hon. William H. Seward, on Thuredsy, fell unespeotedly mpon the maes .of the commanity. It - was ‘kmown that he had been partially paralyzed for years, and thathe was gy-d\ufiy growing weaker in body, though as orous aseverin mind; and, at his age, and In his maimed and crippled condition, death was to be looked for ot any time. Nevertheless, no intimation of any serious attack of recent date had been received, sud the shock to the commu- nity was, therefore, he deoper. Abler pens than mine will, long ere this has reached you, have written lengthy obitnaries and eloguent ‘enlogies on the great statesman now lying dead 2t Auburn; for, in spite of the passions and the s:ejn&icas, the haireds and jealousies, of our- day;, he was a great statesman, and history will -inevitably accord him that place in the Temple of Fame. I will only esy, then, as one who—as you know—had pecw¥ar oppor- tunities for knowing him well, that I am eatis- fied that death was welcome to him, and had ‘been looked forward to rather as & pleasant re- Tief from cares, and dissppointments, and phys- ical sufferings, 28 a terror and & thing to be avoided. The loss of his wife and daughter @eeply afflicted him, and he never fully recov- red from those successive shocks, But the in- cidents connected with the death of President Tincoln, the attempted assassinstion of himself snd son, and the subsequent partisan inquiry into the circumstances on the part of Congress, affect- ed him far more deeply than all the other trials end sfflictions’ of his life. The fact that he, while Iying _almost at the point of death, from the blows dealt him by the wonld-be gesassin, ehould be summoned before a Committee of In- quiry, - to testify whether he had or had nota artin the preparation of the plot which took #he world his warmest and most trusting friend, and from which both heand his son Frederick escaped almost by miracle with their Tives, thongh both terribly and permanently injired, stirred up all the bitternces in Lis heart, and he mnever forgot'mor forgave what he' always -regarded 8s the most wanton, cowardly, brutal, and wilful insult which was or coul be _forced upon him. Many = time, in Mexico, I have heard him allude to the affair in the bitterest terms; and he in- sariably added: “But to think that my old - Eriends at Auburn, among whom I had spent my life, and who should have known every impulse of my heart, should have looked upon me as half 2 traitor because I stood at my postand up- #01d Johnson when he was assailed by _political guacks and charlatans, merely for_partisan pur- poses, was harder to bearthan all the yest. They, at least, showid heve known that my motives wwere pire, and given mo credit for honesty of purpose, while differing from me in matters of policy ; but they did not even do that ; they did not even do that.” ~ Travel became to him almost a necessity of his existence, and he could not be content to remain at home so long as it was osgible for him to continue it. When he left an Francisco for China, on hia trip around the world, he made an after-dinner speech at the house of Judge Hastings, and requested me to call at 7 o’clock next morning to reduce it to writing for publication. The dinner lasted un- til Iato into the night, snd I hardly expected to £ind him up 2t g0 early an hour next morning; nevertheless, I was on hand punctually, end found him sifting at the table, Await- ing my arrival fo commence. Heo then repeated the entire speech, sentence by eentence, and I wrote it down for publication. It appeared terbatim in the San Francisco €all, and, I think, in the Bulletin_as well—only de- tecting a single change, in the construction of one sentence, from thie exact langusge he had used at the banquet. - His memory was, indeed, wonderfal. When it was finished, he said, ““Bo eure and haye this published correctly, and send me & capy ab Shanghae; it is probably the lnst eech which I ehall ever meke in America, even ehomld T return alive, which is_only among the possibilities.” - He said this with an inexpres- sible sadness in his voice, and I felf that he looked wupon that little speech, put forth modestly under the guise of a chance after-dinner effort, as really a last farewell to his country and countrymen; subscquent pvents proved tome that he intended it assuch. 1 read it over to him when it was finished. Then tie gave me s kind message to my sick aud suf- fering wife, a letier of recommendation for my wd};a young Mexican lady who hed returned with his party from Mexico, and was then inm family,—kissed me and bade me sood-by. never £aw bim again. On his return from the tip around the world, he projected a tonr to the ex- treme morth of Europe,—Spitzbergen and the Arctic Ocean,—returning via Nor- way, Sweden, and St Petersburg; end it was his intention to start in June last; but his infirmities increased o Tapidly during the win- ter that he was reluctantly compelled to aban- don it, and notify his friends in San Francisco, who had been invited to accompany him, of tho fact. ‘A Mexican friend, who visited him, with his wife, in June or July, at his cosy litfle re- trest by the side of Owasco Lake, was warmly received aud most hospitebly entertained; bub €0 peinfully was he improssed with the evident fact of the rapidly-approaching end of the great statesman that he came away regretting that he had made the visit; and, at Lis suggestion, I de- ferred my own intended visit until it was too late. Three years ago this month, T sow Lim stand- ing in silence by the lonely mound, smrmounted with three rude crosses, which marked the spot whero, & few months before, the hali-crazy, in- fa‘uated - dresmer, Maximilian, self-styled Em- ror of Mexico, foll pierced by the bullets of gfshxa-foutefl Tepublican execiitioners; and a few days lstter, witnessed the cordial meetmfi between the great statesman of the North an that most remarksble man of our time, the Aztec Cromvwell, Benito Jaurez, at the gates of ‘he City of Mexico. Mrs. Jaurez,—one of ihe noblest of women and most devoted of wives and mothers,—who was present and grected the ex-Premier on that occasion, died more than & yeer ago;_the Gitizen-President, ho had so well deserved the title of Benemerito del Patria_and the admiration of mankind, died &0 suddenly, a few months since, that tho thril- Ting snnouncement was long discredited by the ontside world; and to-morrow his great coadju- tor, friend, 2nd co-worker in the cause of Con- reitutional Liberty, will follow him to the silent ¢ mb. Itis a glorious sutumn morning as I write this. Ilook out mpon the Bey of New and see otk The stately ehips go out Tothe haven under the hill ; with something of bitternces inmy heart, rapéat, the words of & great Amerioan poct, wwrit- ten & few years since, when a man iufinitely less In intellect and all that mekes true greatness passed awsy on the other gide of the ocean: Meantime, without the surly cannon waited, Tre sun rose overbead; Nothing in Natures aspect indicated That a great man was cead, and, along Broadway, listening to the hum of msany voices, and listlossly watching the stream of strange faces ting steadily. past, the ~ swelling -notes of the great organ in " Trinity Chuch attracted my attention, and I walked in to listen amoment to the music, and look ot the lurge and fashion- able audioncs gathered there for. worship, etc. I was a stranger, and did not send up my card, T was not invited to take a seat, and, soon tiring of standing, walked out into the old churchyard, which, to the eveslasting credit of this wealthiest of our religious corporations, is still left undisturbed in the heart of this great, hurrying, bustling, metropolitan city. T stoppe\i st Inst bafore & plain alab of sandstone, lying on the surface of-the ground, bearing the simple in- seription CHARLOTTE TEMPLE. Other name, or date, there is none ; but there is an oblong chamfer cutin the stone’; which once held a metallic &hts, on which was inscribed the real name and date of death of the unfortunate young and beautifnl woman, whose sad life and tragic death, nea.rlg & hundred years ago, form- ed the basis of the affecting story over which our fathers and mothers wept for many a year, and over which you, perchance, if well advancer in age to-day, may fiave shed unbidden “tears in “the days thet are ngone.” It is said that the plate was stolen soon after the slab was laid,— some thought bocauso of its value, it contain- ing. & portion of silver; others, because it was desired to a\:lppmss the fact of the real name of the wronged dead girl, 6n acconnt of the surviving relatives. ‘Whatever may have beon the motive, the secrot has perished, and only one in a hundred thousand of the read- ers of the present day may care to know that the novel was 1 truth ‘“founded on fact,” and that the unhappy heroine of that “ o'er true tale” really sleeps her last sleep within twenty-five feet of ~ the sidewalk on Broadway, in the old burying-ground at the ead of Wall street, past which, some of them, at. least, bave hurrie tbonghflesaly thonsands’ of times. And, for ell that, why shonld they care to know about the last resting- place of our heroine of romance ? Is there not about the eame amonnt of unwritten, unspoken romance in every life? Bolieve me, thera is. There are secrets as sad, and stories of guffer- ings perhaps only s little less deep, hidden in every grave,in every churchyard. 1t is only the exceptional cases which come fo the surface, and, passing into history, attract the sympathy of mankind. The deepest tmgedies, the saddest tales of suffering, an sorrow, _and disappointment, are never known, are seldom even suspacted, by those most familiar with the every-dey lives of the—to outward seeming— commonplace men and women who are the real ‘heroes and heroines thereof. IN NEW_ENGLAND. I meant in this to tell you something of what I enw and heard in aTecént trip through New England, on o flying visit to the “ Hub of the TUniverse ;" but I find my allotted space almost oxhausted, and, after all, there was not much to tell of. The country is looking very beantiful, even at this late season of the year. Iamnotsure but it is more beautifal than ab any other season. The srcubby woods of New England arenot imposing for their sizo and extent; but, clad in the rainbow-hues of autumn, flmfi are wonderfully beantiful to look upon, though the offect ja saddening on the whole., We, on the shores of the ‘Pacific, have 1o such seafon as the New England sutumn, and, as I have not looked upon such_a scene for more than thirty years, it had an in- terest - for me which I” could never im- part by 'de:cfi&t;an or otherwise, to my readers. By by, what has become of the mnch vaunted forests of New England ? I did not see & tree, inmy trip from New York to Boston, which would-vield a single fair-sizod eaw-log, 2nd all the little groves appeared to be just starting into existence. One friend pointed ontto me, with enthusiastic pride, a forty-acre patch of chepparal, and asked me triumphantly ‘what I thought of 1t. I told him that, if the Jand cost nothing, interest was nominal, and Isbor gratuitons, he ought to have a good fhing of it. _ His children might cut hoop-poles, and his grandchildren fish-poles, there. For the present, I would call it about o fair average ramrod-ranch; it might cut from 100 t0 195 average length ramrods to the acre. And he called it & forest!” The stony fields, cut up into little patches, like Xitchen garden-plats, and_carefully fenced with stone-walls; to keep in or keep out what I could not well imagine, look 0dd toa Californian, a0~ customed to the sight of whest-fields stretching to the horizon, and vineyardswhich empurple the whole hill-gides. Igawa few fine horses here and there, andone herd of five fine _sheep in Connecticut.” For- game, I saw two hawks in Central Massachusetts, and a live woodchuck— the last of his race, I think—noar Stamfo Conn.; 2nd — well, that was. about all I di see, except houses, business-men, and pale, con- sumptive-looking, bloodlees-lipped, eallow wom- en and children, whose colorless faces and slen- der limbs, go unlike those of ourowndarlings on the shores of the Pacific, were nob pleasant to look upon. Iam satiafied with this visit, and shall count thie dsys impatiently until I turn my face once more toward tho setting sun. For years, the readers of Tur TRIBUSE have done me the honor to read my letters on matters and things in the Golden State and the adjacent “Territories of the Pacific Slope of the Continent. I will now ask them to follow me into Bh‘mgfl lands and stranger ecenes. My next will be Written beneath the palm-groves of the Tropica. Adios ! ALTANONTE, ON HER TRACK. Crittenden’s Son Mcets Mrs. Fair, Fol= lows Her, and Declarcs That She Must Leave San Francisco. From the San Francisco Call, Oct. 9, After the edjournment of the Fourth District Court_Judge Tyler escorted Mrs. Fair to his office in Court Block, A Call reporter accompa~ nied them. Mrs, Fair, npon reaching the office, asked for a glags of water, remarking that she felt faint. ter drinking she sank heavily into achair. When she recovered herself she en- tered into conversation with the Call reporter. She informed him that she did not know how long she might remain in San Francisco, B8ying that she several lawsuits pending, and Te- marking, with & laugh, that she might never get away at 2ll. She then' left the office wita Judge Tyler. Immediatcly after MMrs. Fair en- tored the building James L. Crittenden, son of the late A. P. Crittenden, went inte the oftice of John B. Felton, and seating him- gelf began to read & law book. Those who were present eay that Mr. Crittenden appeered to be In a very-excited condition. Suddenly he darted out of the room into the hallway, and met Mrs. Fair and Judge Tyler coming down the stairs leading from the third story. Mr. Crittenden made & motion to move toward Mrs, Fair, but he was intercepted by Judge Tyler, who was heard to exclaim, “Don't shoot! Ican shoot aswell as you.” After o good many excited words, Judge Tyler hurriedly led Mrs. Fair down stairs. They had scarcely reached the street when Mr. Crittenden_sppeared, and was about to advance toward Mrs. Fair, when he was again intercepted by Mr. Tyler, who warned Lim not to advance, aying that Ars. Fair was in his company, and that he considered it his bounden duty to protect her. Mr. Tyler ap- eared to be as much excited a8 Crittenden, and ¥4 put his hand into his_pocket in an excited manner. Mrs. Fair_stood about ten feet from the combatants, and looked perfectly uncon- cerncd. She was engaged in gently nappgng her teeth with the handle of her parasol during the sltercation. At this juncture, Mr. J. F. Cowd- ery grasped thearm of Mrs, Fair, and they walked up Clay street, aud turned down Kearny street. . Tyler, observing that MMrs. Fair bad been taken away, walked up to the corner of Clay and Kearny sireets, accompanied by Mr. Crittenden and the Call reporter. When the comer had been reached, Mrs. Fair and Mr. Cowdery were opposite the New York Bakery, and Mr. Crittenden went hurriedlyinto Calvert's drug store, and left there two books which he bad been carrying. He then walked with Mr. iglfler and the reporter until they came up o 1frs. Fair. DMr. Tyler again remonstrated with Mr. Crittenden, but the latter vowed that he would find_out where Mrs, Fair lived, and that she must leave the city. Mr. Tyler, Ars. Fair and Mr. Cowdery then hailed a street car an entered it, followed by Mr. Crittenden and the reporter. When the car had gone about_one block from tho plece at which the party hied en- tered, Mr. Tsler and Mrs. Fair made their exit, upon’ ascertaining that Mr. Crittenden had fol- Jowed them, M. Crittenden also stepped from the car, and the Call reporter did likewise. Mrs. Tair and Mr. Tyler then entered tho building No, 410 Kearny stréct, and Mr. Crittenden hurried to the entrance. Upon being ogain warned by Mr. Tyler, he refrained from entering. He then went across the strest and waited for about half an hour, watching the building, After waiting somo time, Mr. Crittenden went awsy, In 5 conversation with the Call reporter, Mr. Crittenden said that he was determined to find out tho residence of Mrs, Fair, and that she must leave town. Failure of the Righ Church Movement in America. The Church Weckly, which has lately given up the ghost, was tne recognized organ of the Hrzgh ‘Churcl party in the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York. The Express eays: ¢ The Weeily was either five hundred years ahead of THE GRAVE OF CEARLOTTE TEMPLE. 4 FnatSuynday sfternoop, a8 I Wes saunierios | e Ol ¢ o Wunded 7onis ebizd 1t B matters ecclesiastical and ecclesiological, wo never could tell which ; and we doubt whether any of ita renders conld tell. In sentiment and tone it was almost as Romen as eny Roman CGatholic could be, and yet it professed to hold on to the thirty-nine articles and the Book of Common Prayer, with s tenacity that showed at e)&e bottom earnest Protestent convictions. The attom| Ulmrcg, in this country, mpon & foundation made up of such incongrueus material as that, was a bold one ; but, at the start, it had a pow- erful support—yet, with all that, tho ‘demiso of the Weekly must be accepted as proof that it has failed. ¢ High ’ churchmen are probably as high as ever—perhaps a little higher—bat thoy are npt going the lengths to whigh the gentle- men who wrote for the Church Weekly wonld beckon them. And that we take to be the phi- los%pl.:y of the obituary we are now called to re- cord.” SEWARD. ¥ncidents of His Last Hours, Auburn, N, ¥, (Oct. ), Gorrespondence of the New ‘ork Sun. Mr. Beward went out riding on Saturday last, ‘but experienced some uncomfortable symptoms tow: evening. He engaged in conversation with the members of his femily in his lil;;lflr!y until 9 o’clock, when he was taken with & chi accompanied with violent conghing. He was ab onco put to bed, and Dr. Theodore Dimon, his favorite physician, wes summoned. The doctor promptly responded to the summons and pre- geribed for him. He thought the patient’s con- dition not at all serious, and especially so since a similar attack last spring gielflell readily to ordinary remedies. Mr. Soward, however, passed & restless night, with some fever and delirinm. The next day si:llndsy) he rose at the usual honr, and read the ily papers. Hesatup all day, but _remained in doors. He paesed a comfortable night, with no occurrence of the attack. On Mondsy morn- ing he_ breakfasted quite leertily. It being a Tainy day he remained at home, and worked all day revising the manuscript of his forthcoming volume of travels aronnd the world. He spent the evening in his usunl manner, playing whist with members of *the family. At 10 o'clock he retired with another chill and paroxysm of coughing, and Dr. Dimon was agein. summoned. During the night he was extremely restless and nervous, so much so that at 2 o’clock he befiged for exercize, and was got up and walked about the house. This gave him relief, and ha fell asleep, resting quietly until 9 o'clock in the morning, when he awoke very much refreshed, and took his usual breakfast. : At 10:80 o'clock Tuesday, he ordered his car- ringe_for & drive, and when asked where ha Would go, said, Up to Dr. Hawley’s.” He had recently heard rumors that the Rev. Dr., Hawley had resigned the pastoral charge of the First Presbyterien Church of this city, on account of some isunderstanding with the church authoritios, and “felt greatly troubled about it. The ersonal relations hetween Mr. Seward and Dr. Hawley bave been most intimate and 1 dli for many years, aud he now rose from his sicl couch to call and b2 his respects to and expross his sympathy with the able pastor. On reaching the parsonage Dr. Hawley was absent, and Mr. Seward expressed to Mrs. Hn\\'le%tha intereat and sympathy for her husband that prompted the vieit. Mras. Hawley acknowledged the com- gl.imenb, and said her husband would call on Mr. Seward 2t any time that would be convenient to “Tell him to come auy time,” said the feeble statosman: “1am always at home tohim. I shall probably be onmy back to-morrow "—al- Inding to a probable and anticipated return of the tertian ague—*‘but I don't want to see any doctor but him.” ‘With this interview, the Governor drove away smiling. He returncd home st balf past12, and worked on his book the remainderof the day. In the evening ho sat in Lis study until 10, 2and then rotired and passed a Testless night. 0On Wodneedsy morning he rose at 10, and after 5 light breakfast of coffes and fruit resumed his literary labors. The Rev. Dr. Hawley called during the day, and gave him a full explana- tion of the reasons that impelled him to resign his pastorate, and at the same time expressed 5 beliof that tho matter wonld be satisfactorily mrranged; &8 he had been requested to with- draw lus _resignation. Ar. Soward ex- ‘pressed _himsel greatly pleased _at this, and _after o friendly chat Dr. Hawloy withdrew. In the afternoon the Gov- ernor took a ehort drive, aud on his return ate & light dinner. In tho evening he eat i his study until 10 o'clock, and witnessed the %uu 0of & Greeley procession by the house. He then re- tired, but not to sleep. His nervousness and restlesemess seemed to increase with every day. This night he found it impossible to sleep, and finally, Jong after midnight, his son, General W. H. Sotward, Jr., obtained thie New York ppers of tho previons dsy, and read them to to allay his nervousness. Under this influence he finally fell asteep about 5 o'clock, though ex- tremely feverish and troubled in his rest. . At half-pust 10 yosterday morning Dr. Dimon called and found the dsstinguish atriot still in bed and asleep, though suffering from s very high fever, with his pulse_ 2t one hundred and ten. There was no remission of the febrile movement. His sleep was very broken and dis- turbed. Ho finally woke at 11, when the doctor esked him how he felt. The Governor replied: “sDoctor, my breathing is obstructed, and I am harrassed with flatulency. If I cannot get re- lief from this condition, I fear this attack will prove fatal.” ‘This was the first intimation he had given of any apprehension regarding his condition. Tho doctor assured him_that he would try to relieve him. He had had & similar attack last Bpnn'fi, which had yielded readily under ordinary medi- cal treatment, but now the prostration of the atient, growing out of his partially palsied con- Bfiion, tosethor with the 1apid and severe na- fure of the attack, which had begun &s 8 mere tortian ague, increasing to s deily sttack, and finlly assumiing the form of & remittant fever, caused the docfor to apprehend a fatal -result, though he was then far from anticipating o crisis in less than = week or more. Iu the course of the conversation that ensned on the nature of the malady, Mr. Beward said to the doctor: o “ Your situation in prescribing for me is like that of & government administration. Theroare always several courees of proceedings open upon every case and condition; but you, like an ad- ‘ministration, ara obliged to sclect only one for action. Then everybody can criticiso aud condemn your eelected ‘course, but are not obliged to show or proye that any other course would have beenany better or more successful” The Governor spoke this with & cleer, strong voice, in 2 pleasant tone, and with a smilir countenance, though evidently impressed with the idea that his fate rested with the practitioner at his bedside. The doctor administered efficient doses of quinine and muriate of ammonia, preceded by a mild bilious laxative. He also provided &medi- cinal vaporizer to relieve the breathing of the pnfient,pbnc this was not used. At this morn- ing's visit the doctor oxpressed to the mem- ‘bers of the family his apprehensions of a fatal termination of the attack, but refrained from sging anything on the fubject to the pa- tient. He remained at the bedside $ill 12 o'clock, when the Governor appeared easier and more uiet, and the doctor withdrew. Mr. Seward 51&1: ordered breakfast, which was served to him 3 little before 1 o'clock. It consisted of a cup of coffee and some chicken broth. Of these e barely tasted, and then sont them away. ' A fow moments later ho was again seized with violent conghing and difficulty in breathing, and begged to b raised up in_his bed. was done, when General Seward ran off in haste for the physician. Bcarcely had the son left the house when the patient asked ta be removed from his bed to the lounge in his _study. These two rooms, the bedroom end study, an addition on the north gide of the house. The study com- 1mands & view across the lawn to the street. The bedroom is back of thestudy. It was alwaysthe Governor's favorite room. ~ His nttendants and the members of thé family hurried to gratify his ‘wish, and he was put_upon the lounge in the outer. room, in the midst of his books snd sur- rounded with thescenes familiarto hiseyes amid his daily toil. The doctor reached the house at 134 o'clock, and found him propped up_on pillows on the lounge in the study, suffering from grent diffi- cn!tg of breathing, caused by & sudden over- whel gcatmlml effusion into the lungs. It began withtho right lung, and soon inyolved the left also. It was then evident that the patient wee dying. The propriety of having profes- sional counsel was discussed ab this time by his son, William H. Seward, Jr., and Dr, Dimont. It wias sgreed thab counsel shonld bo snmmoned, if the Governor would consent, but Mr. Beward hod always been averso to having auyof his physical ailings made & subject of unusual at- tention or comment. It wasonly at this mo- ment thab his situation was such as to afford his family and physician sufficient warrant for in- sisting with him that he shonld consent to have counsel. Unhz&:pily the pulmonary effusion oc- curred too suddenly and unexpectedly to give any opportunity to cerry out this intention. %m Dbreathing was painfully obstructed and labor- jous, coming With a rattling noise that be- tokened the effort it cost to obtainit. It wes accompsnied with profuse expectoration and mucous discharges from the Jungs, The Doctor ordered stimulants, and rum was given, but the patignt coipplained (at if oppressed bis stom- to build up a party within the Episcopal | ach. He could take nothing internally, but meorely gasped and begged for breath. He wes raised higher and higher from time to time, and propped up with pillows and_bolsters, in obedi-. enco with his request that ho-might breathe easier, until ho was nearly in s itting posture. The family snd houschold servants at his especial request, were now summoned to his sence, as it was evident to all as well as to elf that he was dying. In a few minuteshe was surronnded by familiar but sad and stream- ing faces of relatives and dependents. His son —the only one at home—General W. H. Sewar Jr., and his wife and two children, occapie prominent positions at the head of the conch of death. Miss Risley-Seward, tho adopted daugh- ter of the ggms statesman, stood weeping mear by. Mrs, Worden, a sister of the dying man's deceased wife, stood by his side holding one of his emacisted hands. Mrs. Lugy Bostwiok, o widowed sister of Mrs. William H. Seward, Jr., snd her two children, were also of the number. Miss Cora Richardson, a confidential member of the household, Mrs. Milos Perry, anexr rolative, and Mr. Anthony Gattmeann, the Goyernor's Private_ Becretary, -were also in the room. Besides these, there were present all the ‘household servants, including Harriet Bogart, & venerable colored woman, who has been in the employ of the family npward of forty years, and who was one of the most sincere and heart- broken mourners at that scene of death, Dr. Dimon, who has been Governor Seward’s perao- nal medical attendant and most trusted friend for a quarter of & century, remained with the goup, mingling his tears with those of the chil- en and dependents, as he strove by every ap- pliance of science and skill to assuage the pains of the sufferer, and smooth and goften the pillow °'5'E‘§%;-mhm d the fast sinking or ! or!" gasped the fas! man 6 he smé led for breath, udflgg::; pil- Jows were brought to raise him. il do,” he whispered, 25 he was placed in an almost upright position. Then, glancing around upon the weeping company, & smile of satisfaction stole over his face as he recognized one and sn- other whose presence was & pleasure to him. His head then fell back upon the pillow for a moment, and he seemed meditating between his long and Isbored recpination. Finally, st five ‘minutes before three, he again signified a desire to be aised a little bigher, which being done, he smiled his satisfaction, at the same time say- ing, “This is freer,” evidently meaning that the position enabled him to breathe eesier. Then he motioned one after another of the by- standers to approach and embraced each of them in turn, and gave them an affectionate kiss of farewell. Even Harriet Bogart was not forgot- ten or overlooked in this parting. For each he had & kindly word of leave-taking, personal and appropriato to the individusl, but t00 Eacred in its natore for the public ear. ~When he had finished this painful task,and while the room was filled with the heart-broken sobs of those who were witnessing the departure of a dear and valued friend, his head sank back upon his_pil- low, his eyes closed, he drew a few moro lon and heavy broaths that seemed like sighs, an then without a Etruggle or amoan his life went outand William H. Seward was no more, AN HOUR WITH MR. FROUDE. XEnteresting Conversation with the Great Historian«-Eis Views of Eng= land and America. From the New York Sun, Oct. 12. Yesterdny a Sun reporter called _on James An- thony Froude, the great English historian. “Come in,” & clear, Tinging voice said, a8 the reporter knocked at the door. The roporter en- tered. He found himself in one of the pleas- antest rooms of the Brevoort House. The win- dow was open, and the fresh, bracing air was streaming in. Inan arm-chair sat 2 man who was evidently engn ing his comfort. He was smoking & delicious cigar. He rose, and_with a bright smilo took the reporter’s hand. He was Froude. The colebrated lustorian isa tall, well-bnilt man, with an_exceedingly good-natured, Ellleanmt faco, a month thatseems aver to emile, fine brown eyes, large and bright, aud thoughtful; high forehead, and hfi:‘ ich whiskers, a lo Dundreary._It is an English face, end unusually pleasant.. When Froude becomes animated his eyes sparkle, his large mouth is drawn into a winning smile—the whole face fair- ly beams_with good-nature. Io his dress Mr. 'ronde displayed the utmost simplicity. He Wore a suit of gray, very much like a Scotch plaid. In his manner the historian is unaffected and modest. Ar. Froude (after having in a_courteous tone invited the reporter to be seated). Does my ci- gar annoy you, sir? S , Roporter. ©Oh, not! I don’t mind it inthe egst. Mr. Froude. Perhaps the window annoys, ‘perhaps you would prafer to have it shut? Reporter. No, thanks; I like it ag itis. Pray, how do yon like this country ? MMr. Froude (:penkinsin pure though very Dbroad English). I find it very pleasant, I sssure you. Dear me, this ia the most polite, the most civil pm;ill;in the_world, Ido declare! Ihave seen nothing like it. 3 Reporter. In_what respect do you think Americans 80 polite ? i = Mr. Froudo (Lis genial smile lighting up his naturally cheerful face). Dear me, everybody treats you with so much kindness, 80 much con- sideration! It's actually lying on a bed of roses! [Fo puffed his cigar] > ¥ Rfigorter. ‘And what do you think of New or] Mr. Fronde. It's charming. What struck me first—something that looked to me different from any Enropean city I have ever visited—waa tho absence of all dirt, of all poverty. Iwas in the poorer strests yesterday neas the river, and oxpected to ses scenes similar to those in many arts of London. But even poverty looks cent. It seoms to me as if misery keaps up & respectable appearance before the world in freo country. o - Reporter. How long did it take you to write your history of England? Ar. Froude. I was. at it twenty years. The writing did not take me so much $ime as tha col- lection of the facts. I had to travel over the oater partof Europe to get all my material. o are from Vienna? I bave been to Vienna. Ilike it as woll as any city I have ever been in. The peaple are so charmingly gracious, 8o polite, and still so simple, g0 old-fashioned. I like this old-fashioned simplicity. Reporter. Do_ygn ahdA:e the belief that fng- Iand has seen o6t {s ? 2 Mr. TFroude his pleasant, cheery voice). No. I think il 28 great a future before it as it hag had & great past. Icannot see that our people now haveé less ener&y, less vigor, less en- terprise, less pluck, than they ever had. Look at India. I think it is a remarkable thing to see an empire of 150,000,000 held in peace by 60,000 goldiers. & Reporter. And the navy ? Are the strictures of the English journals on the administration of the nsyy Dot justified ? Z > Mr. Froude. Oh, dear,no. I bave a son in the navy, and have taken 2 considerable interest in the English navy. I think it never has been in as powerful a condition 28 it isnow. No, you will not see a real battle of Dorking, at least nat a8 long a8 yon and I live. 3 Reporter. 1t is true, the English flag waves in every corner of the globe? : Mr. Fronde (with his winning smile). Yes. England and America are marching side by side int%xs van of civilization. What a tremendous ower America will be in time! As for England, Piinic & country loses ite strength whon ité men; when its manhood is sapped. Now, in Paris what do ;au see? When I was there—you have heen in Paris, of course—I gaw the young officers of thearmy, Lieutenants, Capteins, Colo- nels, and others doing nothing ali dsy—lolfing in the cafes and in the billiard rooms, and dang] efter women. 4 Reporter, Are the English Guardsmen—the oung military ewells that you sec in Rotten Fow- ot very much like these French officers ? NMr. Froude. Yes, I presume they are, but there are but few of them. They are not the English army. The English officr -has ‘some- thing else to do besides playing billiards and waving hie handkerchicf to pretty Isdies.- These young aristocrats have done some noble work in time of war. -Yon remember what those 500 or 600 cov: en did in _the Crimean war? How noble, and how brave they were! Reporter. Are the Englizh nobility » superior class of people ? 3 Mr. Froude. They are no better and no worse then anybody else. The only differcnce is that thoy were bred to indolence, and are versed in the art of doing nothing. Reporter. Their incomes are generally very large 2 hir. Froude. Yes, but not so large'as those of many of your ‘merchents and railrond men. Men like the Duke of ‘Sutherland, the Marquis of Bate, and others, enjoy nominal incomes which are very large, £rom £300,000—that is from §1,- 500,000—a year upward. But these incomes are merely nominal. ~ Theyere like the incomes of GermanfPrinces, who have to spend the greater ‘part of their revenues inthe maintenance of their ‘vast estates, in their rotinue, andsoon. Deduct these necessary expenses from the incomes of our English Dukes and Merquiscs snd you will find them to be less than those of eny of your ‘merchant princes. I presume thet none of them spend in the mere luxuries and necessaries’ of lifo more than $100,000 » year. There are men in this country, I understand. who spend much more than that, TReporter. Are tho -incomes of the English merchant princes generally as largo as thoge of tho qoplity 2 4 ngortar. How do you like American cook- in| -aceord St. Petersburg and - Mr. Froude. Oh, yes’; their net incomes are Iarge. Look t Mr! Brassay, the contractor. He left £7,000,000—that is neazly $40,000,000. We authors have to content ourselves .with smaller fortunes, You say - that Dickens made an enormous amount ef money. So he did; but, after all, Dickens left only $30,000 and his nov- els. Ipresume during his lifetime he enjoyed. an income of from £8,000 to £9,000. Thatis & good deal for an author, but it is very little when Compared to the Proffs of groat contractors, railroad men, and m¢ Bo- - ERELs Reporter. What d0 you think of our American ‘historians 2 Mr, Froude. Prescottand Motley? I haveread them both with much pleasure. Perescott is not 80 fine as Motley—as Tennyson enys: “Itis as ‘moonlight is to sunlight.” I value Mr. Motley 28 one of my pleasantest acquaintanwces. He is charming—not only & grest bistorian, but an ac- com‘?fiahed society man, Of courise his best work was wWritten before he devoted elf so much to soclety. I see from the mewspapers that he has been a guest of Bismarck. He hag told me & good deal about Bismarck. Ttheywent to the same college-in y. By the bye, ‘have yon ever met Bret Harto? Reparter. No. " Mr. Froude. I have taken a great inferest in him, for I think he is & man of gonius. Ho has. ‘made mistakes lately in publishing som of his tales; butit remains yet to be seen whether he the expectations of his admirers. He was taken up by society when he was in London, bub 1 did not have the’ pleasure of meeting him.: I should very much like to see him. I will some- time, Idare say.- It is_astonishing how many ;orks of mtrinsic merit this country has pro- uced. Reporter. You wera very bitterly attacked on account of your criticisms upon Mary Stuart 2 Mr. Froude. Yes, I was roundly abused, but you know we soon get accustomed to (smiling). The skin gets thick. I always tell my critics that if I were to review my own t‘;“k‘:ll should leave much less of them than ey do. Roporter. What gava you the idea of writing the history of England 7 Mr. Froude. Ob, I had nothing to do, and-a man must do something. Besides, I enjoy lit- erary work. The beauty of it is, you can sit_in your room and work, and you are’ not compelled to run about from one place to another, like men in the pursuit of business. You have read Ma-~ caulay? Macsulay had a great many advantages 25 an historisn. Yo was born and bred & poli- tician, and was surrounded, as it were, by an atmosphere of history. Reporter. Will England ever become a Re- public? Mr, Froude (laughing). Ever is a long word. I suppose as everything that is now is bound to ‘pass away, 8o the English Monarchy will in time '8 way to another form of government. When? thet is another question. Qur Govern- ‘ments are very like. The people in America as well as in England are the source of power. The people govern: * Parlisment “will and can do nothing against their will, for Parliament is but an expression of the people. The Queen her- self can_do nothing without Parliament. We !);ava thesame rights in England that you have ere. Reporter. Will the prerogatives of the nobility not be sbelished in time? 4 Mr. Froude. There is not the slightest ll-will on the part of fiw_gaople againgt the nobility. It would be impossible to get up any mass meet- ing for aboli %uae House of Hords,—X mean any meetings that would amount to anything, I think the condition of the working classes has been very, very much ameliorized in the Iast twenfy years. The greatest amount of suffering oW 18 inflicted by the ebb and flow of lo. Reporter. And the frades unions, are they doing much good ? Mr. Froude. Very much, indeed. I have taken a great interest in them, and, ag, you see; the men iow get anything they demand. Reporter. Still, the House of Commons is & very aristocratic body, is it not ? Mr. Froude. Yes; but the workingmen of England do not want to get into Parliament. They want better, vm%es and leas hours of work, and they are‘getting these. No, the monarchy ‘has not much to fear from the working claeses as they are now disposed. The Queen is.the 1most poj sovereign we have had since the time of Queen Elizabeth. 2 I!a%qrtex. But how if Epgland should have an arbitrary and hendsh'au‘{; ruler ? Mr. Froude. That wonld be vm& gerions. I don’t know what we should do then. Stil, T believe the English will always be a free peo- lo. Inregard fo the Princo of Wales, I tgink e will be quietly crovned King of England. He has had the reputstion of being a scapegrace, but I thinkheisa fenflem.m and will know how to fill his place, I do not_think it likely that. England will have a headstrong raler. The reigning family sre not likely to produce a genius Who would endanger the liberties of the people, They are people of sound common Bense, but that is all. . lfilljepgrtax. ‘What do you think of the American 08?7 . X 3 Mr. Froude. They are very well educated and very Ep;‘xet_ty. I think theylook very much like :he glish ladies. I can Bee scarcely any dif- erence. g Mr. Fronde. I-find that this is an_admirably managed hotel—constructed just like a nice. English hotel. The simplest and the most elab- orate dishes are well served. T heard that you had a great ‘deal of trouble with your servants in this conntry. Icansesure yowit would be im- posible, all the world over, to find servants who are more polite, more sttentive, quicker and more gkilfal than those in this hotel. If thisis & specimen of the American hotels, then they are admirable, Reporter (rising to leave). I am glad your first mnpressions of the country are 80 favora= o, Mr. Froude. O, yes. ‘Tl tell you what struck me yesterdsy very favorably. thought I was in & military city. Twenty thousand nfen in arms, New York must have a powerful army. 1 aftorward learned thst it was but the ordinary pand:é _It‘;mblthoughtlm got into an ens camped city. Rgpnmr. I am obliged to you, Mr. Fronde. Mr, Froude (grasping hishand warmly). Good morning. —_——— NOYES’ FAIR CAPTIVE. A Russian Princess Joins the Oneida ‘Community~-Her Expulsion from St. Petersburg and Berlin--Aristocratic Russian Girls Urged to ¥ollow ¥ier Example==The Previous Career of the Convert. On the morning of the 5th of July lastthe circles of the highest aristocracy of St. Peters- buriweretbrown into the preatest excitement by the ramor that the President of the Metre< ordersnot to allow- herto stop in Ber that he would accompany her to Ham or Bremen, ag she might prefer, and not leave her until she had embarked on board a vessel for the United States. ™ - . ol Vainly did she remonstrate, and, seeing that the oflicer was inexorable, she finally said that _ehe_ould gowith him to.Bremen.. On. the evening of the mext day they regched that city, and alighted at the Hotel du Nord, whers their arrival excited no little surprise. -Now, what was at the bottom of all these mysterious and . rigorous proceedings on the part of the Russian and German authorities toward the young and charming Princess? _Was this beautiful woman, whose Junonian form, whose dreamy, .almond-shaped eyes, whose transparent complexion, regular features and amall hands and feet made her one of the fair- est creatures on & dangerous political conspirator? Not at - 8he had simply be- come & convert to the doctrines of free-love, and, after studying the subject for a long time, and reading tho books and pamphlets that have appeared in regard to the so-called.,Oneida ommunity in the United States, she had 0&8!:8& & correspondence with the President of that community, and his arguments had made 80 powerful an impression upon her mind that she resolved to }ffin that commaunity, and bid forevermore farewell to her native comntry. Bho had done still more. Having been for four years in the Ymperial Female Beminary at Mos- cow, ehe had made the acquaintance of at least 500 or 600 young ladies belongingato the first families of Russis. To these friends of hers she addresed a secret lithographed circular, in which she at length explained the motives and causes that had indnced her to embrace the faith of the Oneida Community, and she had earnest- 1y urged them to join her, ninting to them the joys and blessings of 'the Hife_that awaited her in the United States, in thobrightest colors, sho had urged them to_ imitate her example politan Police had ordered a lady belonging to the ancient Russian nobility, and noted not only for her extraordinary beauty, but also for her eminent talent as & lyric aud dramatic poet, to leave Russia without delay, and that the Em- eror Alexander YI., had ordered her estates to L] Ir]:onflaca ed. ’ At i 'pon inquiry the report proved to be well- grounded. The object of these vigorons meas- ures on the part of the Russian Government, it was found, was none other than the Princess Alexandrewa Troubescheneff, nee Stratoneros- koff, At 11 o’clock on the preceding night two agents of the police of 8t. Patersburg had de- ‘manded admittance to the splendid palace of the Princess on the Newski Prospect, and, upon en- tering the hallway, had ordered the affrighted servants to tell their mistress that she must rise from her bed and Grive with them immediately to the Central Police Office. Vainly did ‘the Princess, after she had been awakened and dressed herself, inguire “of the two &:’]s-‘w agents about the cauges that had led to this extraordinary proceeding. They . re- fused to give her eny satisfaction, and took her in & carriage to the Central Police Office, and conducted her to the private room of Count Tol- stoy, tho President of Police. Thelatter exhib- ited to the Princess_a lithographed letter, and asked her if she had written it. = _The lady looked at it, and then, clenching her lips, replied in the afirmative. The President took a paper from the table, and briefly informed her that she was forever exiled from the ‘empire; that her estates had eon confiscated, and that she would be at once transported o the German frontier. 7 ‘The Princess turned very pale, but l‘BS’-“E';d he"d self-possession in';a minute or &wo. 8 Baid : “*Inasmuch as I was going to leave of my Wil ussia forever, and seek a new home in the New World, you might have saved yourself the trouble of t insidions and cowardiy measure. As & matter of course, nothing remains for me but to obey. Allow ma only toreturn to m; puhm,]nnd ;.z :;l:;yw;x me 'what X have need of for my long y- e ttarnoon of the following dsy, tho Princess Troubescheneff, accompanied by 3 femme de chambre and s Russion datective, ar- Tived at the railroad station of Stallerpoehnen, on the frontier of Pruseis. The Qoteuuv@ po- litely took leave ollli:;r there, and sle continued jour rlin. : = B bang that city pew troubles woro in store for the unfortunate Princess. A superior police oflicer &) roached her assoon s the train_ thundered into the depot of the North- egstery Beilwey, and informed her that bebad and she had even offered to send them money for the purpose of flecing from Russia to the TUnited States for the above mentioned purpose. A St. Petersburg correspondent_of tha Baltis Gazelts, to whom e are indebted for the fore- going particulars, says, in regard to this litho- graphed letter of the Princess: 1t is truly an atrocious production. It says that the laws of matrimony are execrable, and gives extracts from s revolting circular purport- Ing to have been issued by ona Noyes, who calls himself President of the Oneida Community in the State of New York, United States of Ameri- ca.” Some of thess circnlars fell into the hands of the Russian police. - They wera submitted to the Emperor Alexander the Second, who ordered the arrest and expulsion.of the Princess Troube- schenef?, on the ground of the following ukase muue;ls the Czar Alexander the Second, in the year 1823 “The Imperial Government haa the right to perpetually oxile from all the Russiss persons ‘who try to subvert the fundamental laws of so- ciety. ~ The decree of expulsion involves the con- fiscation of the estates of the expelled -person. émpam‘x'l clemency alone can revoke such & ecree,’ The Princess Tronbescheneff was born in 1838, and i8 now in her 34th year, althongh she looks much younger. She was a daughter of General Btratonevoskoff, who was mortally wounded at the battle of Inkermann. Already at an early sge she displsyed extraordinary talents, and, in accordance with the nsages of the Russian aris- tocracy, ehe was most carefully educated. Dur- ing the four years which she passed at the Im- perial Female Seminary at Moscow, she became ficient in several foreign languages, and, at he age of 20, she published a volume of poefry, which was ' favorably received by ] critics and the public generally. is_ success induced ber to write s few novels, which met with the same reception. In 1861 she married the young Prince Troubeschenef in the presence of nearly all -the members of the Enyerm Court, the wedding ceremonies being performed at St. Tsaac’s Cathedral, in St. Petersburg. The next two years she passed with her husband in Paris, whore her_beauty and _sccomplishments ‘were genrally admired, and where she wrote for the Gymnase Theatre a short plsy which was greatly applanded. Unfortunately the Prince Troubescheneff was an inveterate gambler, and having one night lost nearly all his whole fortune at the Cerole Imperial, where he played baccarat at very high stakes, he committed ‘suicide at an early hour the following morning, in a thicket of the Bois de Boulogze. The untimely end of her husband filled the young Countess, who ‘been devotedly at- Zached to him, with the most profound melen- choly, and ever since she was noted for her ec- centric freaks, Ehe returned to Russiz and buried herself for several years in her small- chatesn on the shores of Lake Onega, admit- ting few or no visitors. Her relatives tried to prevail on her to refurn to St. Petersburg, hop- ing that the gay life of the Russian capital would divert her tronbled mind. She stead- 1astly turned a deaf ear fo theirsolicitations, un-~ til she was one day visited at her lonesome re- treat by Home, the celebrated Spiritualist. ‘What occurred between her and Home never became accurately known. Suffice it fo say that she went back with him to St. Petersburg, where she henceforth led & gay life, strangely.con- trasting with the lonely years she had passed on Lake Onega. 5 APPALLING ACCIDENT. Fall of a Four-Story Building in Lou- isvilles==Five Persons Killed. From the Louisyille Courier~Journal, Oct, 12. Last night our city was shocked with a most terrible calamity in the falling of & large build- ing, which crushed in three smaller business houses and buried eight persons under the heap of walls and shattered timbers. The brick work on the new four-story building belonging tothe estate of W. F. Pettit, at No.106 Market street, between Third and Fourth, was com: pleted yesterdsy nooon, by John Hehl, the con- tractor. About 7 o'clock last night the massive structure, which is 18) feet in length, from some unknown canse, suddenly gre wayin the centre, and about half of the buil t;ns came down with a terriblo crash, the central portion of each wall falling ontward, and crushing down the rear portions of the adjoining buildings on either side. The building on the east was occupied by Heming & Heming, boot and shoe merchants, and the rear part of the house was smashed te pieces and the stock of goods very badly dam- sged. The adjoining building on the west was J. C. Webb's book and stationery store, with Webb & Breeding's printing. offica sbove. Al- mogt the entire E‘r:nhng office was crushed into the cellar, only the front portion of the store be- ing left stmdmg. djoining Webb's house was Henry Noite's me; t tailoring establishment, the rear por- tion of which was crushed to the earth, burying under the ruins Mr, Noite and his entire family, consisting of his wife and five children, besides a journeyman tailor named Louis Johns, killing five of the number and severely wounding the other three. As soon as the bricks and timbers had ceased falling, hundreds of people ran toward the place from very direction, and_s crowd soon gathered at the place. Nothing of the wreck was distinguishable on acconnt of & dense clond of dust which arose from the piles of brick and mortar, and enveloped the entire_place for several minntes. When the dust finally begsn to clear awsy, some person with lantern in hand broke through the front door into Nolte's \ ing store adjoinkg, where they were sattended by Drs. Henry Onndorf and n. The first found was naned Emile Nolte, 5 bright and pretty little fellow \of about four years. The next one was named Eddie, about 9 years. and tko other was named Julins, about 18 “years of sg0. Tho physiciangmads buta ca sl e inetion, and found that Emile was on! e bruised braised about the head and faco; Eddi right foot spraine: ightl; _upon the head and chin; Julius had s very large and ugly gash cut on the calf of his el leg, but o " other injury worthy of note was discovered. The boys wera m.a! shocked and frightened. A “stimulant was ministered o each one, and soon they wers quiet and easy. Boon sfter littls Emile was bronght in and cared for, he opened his eyes and for his memma. He was consoled with the false assurance that his memms was all right, and wonld be there directly,- and:the little_fellow waited patiently for her coming. - Poor little orphan! his waiting for that one most dear ta him will last through a1l the days of his life, and he will find hor at st only beyond the grave, ta ‘Which her body will b consigned to-day- - ‘The men continued vi&o,xpualy at work m;‘;:‘:i and was ‘hour, when one by one they found the mang] remains of therest of the family. They had crnshed throngh the floor of the dining-voom . {nk the coliars " The firgt of tho desd taken out 'was the mother, and goon afterward her litile in= {ant, only eighteen months old, named Otto; and next her little daughter, about sixyears o was AL en. 18 . erson was the father, bfléhwhfl. searching for im, the crushed and matilated body of & jour- ' 16 tailor, in the employ .of: Nolte, was discovered and taken from debris, and soon afterward the body of Mr. Nolte was dragged éimm the ruins in s horribly mutilated condi: ion. - = o= L An examination of the bodies by the Corane was pustgoned until § o'clock this morning, a description of the manner in which they wers| ‘mangled can not now be . given, except that the heads of each of the victims were horribly arush- ed, and the bones of both bodies and li were broken in many places. They were found in the cellar immediately under the dining-room, covered with brick and timbers wl wers piled upon them to & depth of. several feet. It scemed that the three boys which “wers saved were seated at the time of the accident on a cushioned settee in one corner of the dining~ room, and that the rest were sitting near the centre of the room. = Mrs, Nolte was found with several case-kmives clasped in her right hand, and was evidently in tho act of setting the table for smpger, when in . an instant the Esrgwu crushed to death. The falling of the_building lasted ‘half- s-minute, and caused a ferrible jar and roar- ing thaf startled the people in their = for several squares around,. and caused them to dash into the street as if they feared an earthquake, some standing looking about them, frightened and bewildered, while others ran in search of the cause of their fright. M. 0. H. Doern, the hatter, whose store ad~ Joins that of Hemming & Hemming, was sitting with his family in the dwelling portion of his house, in the rear of the store, and when he first heard the noise his--first thonght . 'was that the front of the new bullding was fall ing, and he started to run ont at the rear door of his house, when he felt the shock of ths fall- ing house, and eaw the wall of his own house be- fm to give way. He ran back, removing hix lamily in time {0 save them from the danger of falling brick which came down through azent a the upper portion of the wall. "Had’ it not been for the gxaathst? of brick which -fell against and supported the wall of the room in which the family were sitting, .it would have fallen. probably, with disaster to several people. _ Mr.J. Andrewarths is the architect of ted building, and it was being erected af: 2 new and populat design. Tho building, whi is 185 feet in length, was s four-story front of feet in length, the remainder being s three-stc extension of 95 feet. At the rear end of fourth story an iron girder, which was borne two strong iron pillars, ran through the buildic aud, supported the walght of the upper por” of the house. The 'hnilding, when comple: was intended for occupation by Meéssra. Wram- pelmeir, Keigker & Co., 88 a wholesale furni- ture store. . 2 & ‘What caused the building to fall is as yet un- known, and will only be sscertained by & proper ecientific investigation. “The air was quite stall, and en ‘quiet reigned throughout thi city at the time of the accident. The founds tion is Iaid npon sandy earth, but to even sur mise a probability of its having sunk down an¢ thus ceused the calamity wonld be_to assert the : lisbility of every large house in the city o & similar disaster, if it is true, 88 We are that the city is bnilt npon s similar foundation, ‘The damage done o the building is estimated at from $18,000 to 320,000, and that of the other houses at $10,000. Thedamage dome to the pro- prietors of the various stores in loss of st atc., could not be estimated last night, bat reach several thousand dollars. MOB LAW. Two Supposed HEorsesThieves Shot. - and Killed by a Ilob. From the Kangas City (Yo.) News, Oct. 12, From Aullville, Lafayette Caunty, Mo., comes tho news of another bloody tragedy and of the ' citizens taking the law in ‘their own hands snd ‘meting out the justice they feared would not bs found in the courts. Horse-thieves-have been committing depredations in that section for some time, and seemed to all escape the punish- ment they 8o richly deserved. So juent wers these robberies and g0 boldly executed that- the citizens determined to bring some of them to justice. Thuredsy last, two_supposed horse- thieves, David Dontkett and Benjamin Wilson, were arrested and brought to Aullville. They* waived an examination, and were Teleased an ‘bonds to sppear st the next term of court. Quite & number of farmers from the surrcund- ing country had been noticed in town during the day, teking a deep interest in the case of the twe thieves, and when the latter were relessed these men made mutterings of dissatisfaction, but ne¢ disturbance of eny kind_occarred, or po intima tion was had of the dark and bloodg tragedy.e. soon fo be_enacted, until about 5 o'clock in thi evening, when a' band of ‘armed and mounted men, to the number of abont ffty, with long, gleaming rifies, and looks of detérmination, slowly marched into the village, perfect order Dbeing maintained, and surrounded a small frama house where Douthett and Wilson were known tobe. They then commenced firing into the honse through doors and windows, and a scena of the wildest excitement commenced. The yells of the victims, the shouts of the mob, the rat- tling of small armd, and the running to and fro of excited and dismayed citizens, all added ta the wild scene of horror; but at last the work was done, and the mob filed out of town. Daniel Douthett was killed almost instantly, being literally torn to pieces with the rifle balls. Benjamin Wilson was pierced in about twenty different places, but lived until about 12 o'clock Thursdsy night. - The father of Douthett was = also taken in charge by the mob, but the County . ‘Ahttnmey succeeded in getting him away from em. # v ‘The mob was composed for the Junm park of farmers in the meighborhod of Lexington and Aullville, and among the number were seve en very gray baired men. No attempt was make at concealment, and the attorney-above men- tioned eays he recognized every ons of the party store, while others u;firoached the place from the rear by Congress alley, and began to make a reconnoissance of the ruins, Here was a scene that was truly terrible. _Four brick houses, which but & few moments before were standing uietly side by side, were now lying crushed to the et ahesp of ruins, inextricable and in- describable. =% ‘But there was but little time to. survey or comment upon the scene. From beneath the ile which had smashod down the house of Mr. Nolte thero came the agonizing, balf-stifled cry of & child, which was hid from view by the heavy timbers, and soon a shout was raised by the party, and caught up by the thousands of people on the street, that Nolte and his family were ‘buried under the rnins. A number of lanterns and candles were quickly brought, and a crowd of daring men rushed to the blach to rescro the littlo safferer, fosling as. sured that he slone of all the family waa saved from s horrible desth. The fire-alarm was gounded, and the firemen csme quickly to the assistance of the few workmen who had under- taken thetask of removing theToof and tim- bers, piece by piece, from the buried family. The men to work under great difficultics, and it was fuily half an hour before the child from d‘jvhom the screams were heard could be foun Finally, some heavy timbers were removed, and the boy was found in a half-gitting, half- reclining sttitude, with his limbs weighted down on all sides, bub his body relieved” from the resgure of the debris. When he was taken rom the wreck and found to be alive, and with only a few afifiht bruises, the men raised a shout of joy and again went _vigorously to work in searchof the rest, succeeding, after another half hour's work, in finding two_other boys, both of whom were alive and thonfht to be only slightly hurt, but severely shocked. As each of the boys was dm%ged from the horrible place the crowd raised a Joud ghout, and the faces of all began Lo brighten with the vain hope that, providentially, the remainder of the family might also ba found alive. 3 The boys Were taken iuto Mr. Richter's cloth- [ T P R S 88 acquaintances. The excitement over the affair is intense. Both victims were well kmown in the county, their families reside ihere, the ¢ have many friends, and it is feared more bl shed will be the result of the rash acts already committed. The mob sent s messige to Lex- ington with instructions for -the le not to telograph the affair abroad, and the citizens of the county have been trying as moch a3 possibs . to hide the disgrace thrustupon them, 2 . Muscular Expressions In an admirable chapter on therelations of the: mind to the body, Professor Maudsley ssyas.! Those who would degrade tho body in. order, 28 they imngine, to exalt the mind, should.consider more deeply than they do the importance of our ‘muscalar expression of feeling. The manifold shades and kinds of expression. which the lips present, their gibes, gambols, and flaches of ‘merriment; the quick Janguagé of & quivering nostril; the varied waves and ripples of emo- tion which play on the human counterhnce, with the g&m of passion that diafignreit--all which we take such pains to embody in art, are simply effects of muscalar ection.” When the eye is turned upward in rapt devotion, in the ecstacy of supplication, it is for the eame reason as it is rolled apward in fainting, in sleep, in the agony of death; it is an involuntary act of the obliqua muscles when the straight muscles cese to act on the eyeball. =We perceive, then, in: the study of muscular action, the reason w]:y man looks up to hesven in prayer, and why he has placed there the power “whence cometh his help.” A simple property of the body, as Sir Charles Bell observes—the fact that the éye in supplication takes what is its natural position when not acted onby the will—has influenced our conceptions of heaven, onr religious observances, snd the habite ual expression of our highest feelnga —General Leon Febres Cordero, who died in the City of Merida on the 7th mit., was one of {hota Ton who made themselves. fifubizions 1a the war which led to the indsmdenci aof Sonitk America.