Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 28, 1872, Page 2

(5] THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE THUKSDAY, NOVEMBER 98 1872 VIENNA. The World’s Fair of 1873. An Exposiiion that Will Far Outstrip All Former Ones. Description of the Grounds and Buildings. The Main Hall, Rotunda, and Cross- Halls---Callective Exhibitions Art Gallery---Royal Pa- vitions. From Qur Ouwn Correspondent, VIENNa, Oct, 30, 1872, ‘Unevoidable circumstances aud obstacles have prevented me from givingyou the long-promised Qotailed description of tho Exposition buildings, as far as they are comploted, and of the project~ cd ones which ro et to go up before the day of opening. Judging from what has already been accomplished, it may be safely asserted that the coming Vienna World's Fair WILL FAR OUTSTRIP, ‘both in grandeur and vastness of enterprise, all that has ever been aftempted in this line. Bhould the carrying out of this gigantic under- taking be crowned with the success anticipated by its projectors and promoters, then indeed, will Austro-Hungary have achieved the greatest victory of modern times., Neither Londen mor Paris will then be able to retain ell the laurels gained in their efforts to promote the industry of theworld. A very lerge share of them will fall to the lot of Vionna and the Austrian people. Without the least desire to go into ecstacies over this great undertaking, I shall give youa few dataof what hss already been done, and what is expected to be done before tho 1st of May next; and, inputting this and that together, youmay judge for yourself whether I am not justifiod in calling the Vienna World's Fair the grandest elfart on the part of working mankind o promote its welfare by means of competition and emulation. Now to facts: To begin with: THE PRATER, ‘where the Exposition grounds are located, being & very extensive park on the shores of the Dantbe, is the most fitting plece imaginable for the purpose. Visitors by the hundred thousand may seek enjoyment in its shady graves, beauti- ful walks, plendid drives, and in the number- lees places of amusement of its * Wurstel Prater,” without any noticeable overcrowding or discomfort. The grounds.of the Exposition themselves are, save where the buildings stand, = eries of most beautiful groves and forests, 8o, when the eye of the visitor to the In- dustry Palace gets weary in looking at the works of man, he has just to_step out info one of the many littlo groves, and there enjoy the beantizs of Nature, and reinvigorate himeelf for another ‘walk through the Temple of Art and Industry. .- AS TO ACCESSIBILITY, neither Paris nor London did or could have such adventage. To ssy nothing of the thous- ands of hacks (fiakres) and cabs that will land their passengers at the great central entrance on “ Haupt Allee,” there will be, in the first place, the horse-car accommodstion. Tapping the oain line af the Prater Stern, the tramway will briug the visitor up to the main gateway on the ** Ausstellung Allee” (Exposition _ Avenue). “Another tramway will reach the Exposition grounds from tho southwest. The new Omni- tns Company has also obligated . it~ self to 'heve 700 new omnibuees ready by the 1st of May. Then both the Nord and Staatsbahu have already put down their rails, and will ran_their trains smack up to the very entrance of the Machine Hall. And even these are not yet all the means by which the visitor will be able to reach the Exposition grounds. Smell steamers will run trom the Beart of the city, down the canal. Now, grant- ing that even all'the above enumerated means should proveinsufficient to convey the massesto the fair-grounds, then, what then? What conld poor, forlorn stranger do_in reaching tte Pra- tershonld he be so unlucky as not to find an; room in either hack, cab, 'bus, car, or hnabg Why, then I would simply advise him to walk. In & pleasaut day, especially should he have his Iodgings anywhare in the Leopold stadt Land. strasse, or the inner city, & walk from eny of theso places to the Exposition grounds would not take him over twenty to thirty minutes, and balf of that he would do over a finely-maoadam- ized walk and under shady tzees, while his eyes could feast on the velvety lawh, and his ears revel in the music of the many military bands that will play along his route, at the yarious coffee-houses. el _ Ihave hadof late occasion to go out quite often to the Exposition grounds, and the more I looked at the work which was done there, within ‘the last fortnight, the more I was filled with ad- ‘miration for the genius that planned the MASTERPIECE OF MODERN ABCEITECTURE, the Rotunda of the Industry Palace. It is, in- deed, the one and only redeeming festure of the architecture of the Exposition buildings. These latter aro vast, and cover a great many acres (a ace about 28 large as would comprise Lake, outh Water, and Washington streets, from the Lake to the River). You enter the Main Hall of these buildings, ¥ou aro awestricken by the di- mensions ; but neither its exterior nor interior excites in afan.r heart the sdmiration which architectural chef dauvres are apt to do. You become &t once aware thut, in this case, the Tmain object aimed st was ufcfulness, and mot mero glittering and Aimsy show. The interior BrTangements remind you more of a e-business-doing wholesale house, that cares more for . the - orderly amangements of its shelres than the display of its show-windows. Let itnot, however, be in- forred from this that those who will come.here fo seek the msthetic will have to go away uneat- isfied. The contents of the Grand Rotunda, the Art Galleries, and the Hall of Amateurs will ‘x;nreb_fhxn replace the lack of architectural auty. 3 Mow I will give you some of the dimensions of the Exposition buildings ; and let not your read- ers erroneously suppose that these buildings, or any of them, are - MELE TEMPORARY STRUCTURES, 28 is usnally.the case at ordinary fairs. Thag sre all most subsiantially built of iron ani brick. Of course, I em spealing of the public buildings. Of the great pumber of private pavilions that are being put up, some are, of ;.oune, ‘built of vwood ; but these letter are but ew. THE MATY HALL of the Industry Palace, where all kinds of manu- factured goods, escept machinery, will be ex- YOEe\i, is about 3,000 feet long and 100 feet wide, n the centre of this long Hall is the Rotunda, 450 feet in diameter and 272 feet high to the top of the cupols,—so large high, indeed, that it could easily have contained the old Chicago Court-House with its bell-tower. The most difficult work on this Rotunda has been done during the last fortnight, and that was the drawing up of the lateral rafters—which weigh, each one of them, sbout 18 tons, and are 143 feet long—to the height of abont 80 fect. These rafters are to connect thé inner ring on which the cupola is to be built with the onter ring, that rests on 6 80-foot-high wronght-iron columns. The raising of this iron ring, that weighs 650 tons, simultancouely with ths placing of the 36 above-mentioned iron columns, was also one of the IOST INTERDSTING SIGHTS of mechanical and engineefinf skill displayed. 1 beliove in one of my former letters I described tho modus operand;, and so will ot now repent. Difficult as the raising of that ring, and the placing under it of the colamns in sections of 20 Teet high, havo been, they were but mere child'a play cowpared with the lifting of the lateral Tafters. -While ono end was to rest on the onter ving, 80 feet high, the other end had to be raised 150 feet to the inner ring. The inner xing was built upon & scaffolding that is over 100 feetin diameter, and about 300 feet high; 60,000 cubic feet of {imber and 100,000 pounds of Ecrews and nails have been used in putting it up, Two rafters had to be drawn up, by means of gl?;esyfl. at a t:‘;m:‘,J 80 as to bear an equal ure againg e inner and higher rin, that rested on the scaffolding. %}aw the 86 rafters are i riveted to both rl.’.’,ga.m ? e 33%5 cult work was accompliched in about 14 days. The remaining work to be done is now £o put up the lantern on the top of the inner ring, and avother smaller Iuntern (glass cover) over the larger one, and the whole to be crowned on the outeide with a fac-simile of THE AUSTRIAN CROWN that is deposited in the Imperial Treasury. It will be 10 feet in dizmeter, and will have its Jamals Tepresented by glass of various colors, _each one of There an to be two galleries on the outside of the cupola which will be reached by an iron spiral stainase, whence, for miles, & most mag- nificent siglt is to be had of the surrounding Ahird gallery, at the height of 80 feot 1 is on the inside, whence a birds- oye view mayho had of the objects exposed with- in the Rotund, But, to retum to the Main Hall, we must not lose sight of the 32 that form Jof th HALLS h the ribs of the main structure, and, in fact, are pastof it, ouly with this differenco: that, until their inside circles reach the long hall which they croes, they are, to oll intents and purposes, eparate galleries. The length of ese crose-halls is 250 feet (takin out the width of tho Main Hall, through whic they cut until they moet thoir %is-a-vis,that is, the opposite cross-hsll), and 80 feet wide. Be. tween these cross-buiidings are %8 tourts, or open 8paces, left: each opé of these is 120 feet wide end abont 250 long. Inasmuch as the de- waand for covered epace has, in spite of the im- mensa ares thet has already been built over, far exceeded all expectations, the most of these courts will beroofed over, and thus may uaeil{ be turned into ndditional exhibiting rooms. question, however, the practicability of this plan, beczuso both ‘light and eir are admitted into the cross-gellories through' windows open- ing into these courta} &nd, should these latter be roofed over, then it conld be dore only 2t the cost of both air and light to the cross-halls, a8 well s to part of the Xiain Hall. All the above buildings I have just mentioned are under cover, with their floors " laid, and are now being decorated and made ready for the reception of the exhibiting articles, which, in the Main Hall, are to be arranged on shelves Tunning olong the sides and the centre, and, in the cross-halls, only on shelveson the walls, so that 100,000 people will ezsily move along and inspect the oxhigitcd goods withont &ny incon~ venience or discomfort. b THE NALL FOE MACHINERY is situnted about 125 yards in the rear of the Main Industry Hall. "Its length is 2,500 feet, and ite breadth about 175 feet.’ But, immense es this space ig, it has been found insufficient to meet the demand for spece. Thus, agricultural machinery has been excluded from it, and a second building, for ngricultural machines, is now being erected on the southenst end of tho one already completed. The spada between the Machine Hall and the Main Industry Palace which is about 400 feat wide, will be all studded over with buildings and pavilions for COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS. "The most noteworthy among thess Tatter will be the soparate building now being -pat up by the Eni{hsh for the eollective exhibition of ex- clusively English agricultural machinery. The TFrench, Germans, and Austrians will also have' their collective oxhibiting pavilions. Besides theee, 2 great many manuiscturers ere erecting buildings of their own, to fill them with goods of their own manufacturo. TORTICULTURE AND HORSES. Not far on the southeast side of the Agricultu- ral Hall is the Hall built for Horticulture. It is 430 feot long and eish:y feet wide, with a corre- sponding height. Tho building for th® exhibi- tion of Lorses is 800 fect long and 100 feet wide, and will be eoarranged and furnished with all the necessary accommodations that even Dexter ‘himeelf could not grumble at them. = THE ART GALLERY . . consists of a serios of buildings, substantially built of brick. Its length is 700 eet, by 130 wide. There_aro sixteen side and ono contre hall, all receiving their light from above. Neat the Art Hall is tho pavilion for the exposition of art by amateurs. ~ It consists of two large and six emaller halls, . In theee, none but amatenrs, who either own or are the collectors of objects of art, will bs permitted to exhibit; while, in the Arb Hall, none seve original works of paintings and ecbgravings will be taken in. Copies of all kinds are excluded. £ 4 BOYAL PAVILIONS. - ‘Thers is a space of about 600 fest long and 300 wide between the southeast end of the%nduatry Palace and the Art Gallery. This has been turned into two large basins filled with water. Between ihege baswns rises the Kiosk (a trae copy of one at Stamboul). of the Sultan. Here'go is ex- pected to “take his afternoon naps, or waich from it the passing Giaours, while sipping his coffee ' or smoking-his chibouk. 'he minaret and miniature palace of an Orien- tal Prince, built by the Viceroy of Egypt, is also nearly comploted.” It outstrips, bogflp éxtent and elegance, the Turkish dwelling-house bnily near it by the Turkish Government. Most of the elegance and costliness is being _concentrat- ed-and iavished ripon the Imperial Pavilion. It i about 200 feet long by 80 -wide, built solidly of brick, and swrounded by beantifal lawns, The centre will contain the reception saloons of the Emperor and Empress, snd the two wings those of the Archdukes and Archduchesses. A separate brick building, of about the size of the Imperial Pavilion, for the accommoda- tion ‘of the jury, is also about finished. On both sides of "the grand entrance into the grounds from the “‘Hauptallee,” there - are the buildings for the necommodation of the Post Office 2nd Tel ph, General Directors’ offices, “etc. - Between these two parallel-running brild ings is the laid-ont garden-plat, 1,400 feet lon, by 900 wide. Tro immensa basins, filled wi water and gold-fishes, angment the richness of the sceme.~ On both sides of thesa Iaid-out grounds are built v THE RESTAUBANTS, among which the American-English Restaurant merits capecial attention. It will deserve the gnh’anugs of both Americans and English if it e kept as well as its projectors promise by their lavish outlays on it. < Ono great festure will be covered walks, of which there willbe over 7,000 feet, so that, when you have once entered the grounds, you may walk al over the buildings without expos- ing yourself to the rain in case of inclement ‘weather." Now, having given you s short sketch of the buildings insids the Exposition grounds, I must Dot omit to mention the erection of i THE LARGE AQUARIUM, Just outeide, and on the northwest end of the fro\mds. Itistobe of rolid brick, and permanent. ta cost will be about $200,000, snd it will be Iarge enough to contain a little over 200,000 gal- lons of sea-water, that has to be brcn-gcll:_f by rail from the 20-hours' distant sesport of Trieste, at an expense-of £5,000. This watery palace will harbor within its crystal walls denizens of the deep from all countries and climes. THE CLASSIFICATION pay! of the articles and objects to be exposed is in keeping with the gigantic -proportions of the bnilpd.ings that are to contain them.. Thers are no less than 26 principal groups ; and, that your readers may have an adequate idea of this grand undertaking, it may not be smiss to enumerste them: * Wines and Metalurgy; 3, Agriculture in all its" branches, such as Horticulture, the cultlvation of the grape, ete.; 3, The Science of Chemistry; 4, Alimentary and articles of con- sumption; 5, Textile and all kinds of woven fobrics; 6, Leathers and India-rubber gooda; 7, The manufacture of metals; 8, Works and carvingsin wood; 9, Glass-manufacturing ; 10; Yankes notions and toys; 11, Tape-manufact turing ; 12, The graphic art and industrial de- sigos: 13, Machinery ; 14, Medical and other fine jnstruments; 15, Musical instraments; 16, Military art; 17, Marine ; 18, Civil engineer- ing, publicworks, and architecture; 19, Dwellings 51 ilo. ol slsseehs thetr Tntarice. Arsinze: ment and decoration; 20, Farmers’ and peasznts’ houses and their implements; 21, Domestioin- Qustry ; 22, Fine Arts as spplied to industry ; 23, Religious art ; 24, Objects of art of former epochs, exposed by ameateur collectors ; 25, Fine Atts ; 26, Education and instruction, s_howuxs also the schoolhouses of various countries, an the latest improvements in their furniture and means of instruction. Outside of this classification, there will be, during the progress of the main Lxposition, DDANCH OR TENPORARY FAIRS, each one respectable eaough to pass for an ordi- nary State Fair. Tho most noteworthy of these temfinmry fairs will be the Cattle Show, showing the horses, oxen, sheep, hogs, dogs, live game, poultry, and fishes of various countries. Then “the Dairy Fair, exhibiting the milk and cheese roducts of the world; the Horticultural 'air, and many others, too numerous to mention here. From "time to time, there will be inter~ national races of trotting and_running horses. Regatta clubs from all the chief cities of Eurg have promised their attendance, to row for the championship on the waters of the blue Danube, that majestically flows only a few minutes’ walk from the Exposition grounds. To show you how widespread smong European manufacturers is the interest felt in the coming Vienna Exposition, I will mention to you that FROM GERMANY ALONE 53 manufacturcrs of steam-engines and boilers, 25 manufacturers of transmission inery, 68in metal and stone cutting, 17 in wood-carv- ing, 78 in looms and weaving, 60 of paper and printing machinery, 60 in brewing and distilling, 55 of sewing machines, 125 of agricaliural machinery, 2 of glass, 50 of hemp, 42 of loco- motives, 42 of air-engines, and 39 wagon, man- ufacturers have already thus far entered their manufactured goods for competition. Now you may_calculato on what, after France, Englanc the United States, and the rest of the civilizet and semi-civilized world shall have added their share to the list, will bo the proportions of this greatest of all World's Fairs. GyULA. —— e Triss Nilsson’s Ppoperty in Peorin. From the Peoria (Ill.) Transcript, The other day wo published among the trans- fers of reu] estato filed in the Recorder’s offica of this county a quit-claim deed #or proparty on the east bluff, given by Semuel Tart 5 Chanl:tn{im. Nilsson Rouzand, Bome spaculation was in- dulged in by parties who read the report of the txwa‘lurband ‘wondered why the deed, supposed to have been made two years ago, was but just recorded, and why it was only & quit-claim deed. The explanation is this: en Nilsson was hers two years ago, she puxchased the property in question from Mz, .[‘m'fi and Mr. L. Keyon wrote-the déed and handed it to Mr. Jarrett, Nilsson's agent, supposing he knew , that it would -~ be wise to have it recorded. Mr. Jarrett did mot tinderstand this, however, and gave the deed to Miss Nilsson without having it recorded. She ?fi:'\ft eafely n.wzy mrmwcliex uflectsi[:ug went Lurope on & tour, Not long ago Mr. Keyo finding that tho deed had Aok Beon recorded, ad fearing it would be lostin the lady's rambling, wroto to Mr. Jerrett at New York. Mr. Jarrott, aporised of the mistake he had made, wroto to Nilsson and received answer that.the deed was either in St. Petersburg, Moscot, Paris, or Lon- donasnpd she could not” tell which, as she had goods in each of ‘thete places. So Mr. Jarrett %);tfilnured at%?:tclé\l:]m déed from Tart, ti!:x order W 8 title to the property, in case the origi- nal deed should beoms Toss. Tiis cors at 2ok the question whether the Nilsson purchase was 8 bona fide transaction or not. PHILADELPHIA ASSASSINS. Exposure of the Pennsylvanii Whise ‘key Ring, Philadelphia (Nov. 24) Correspondence of the New Fork: un, ; Hugh Norrow, or, nshe is more familliarl, imewn; Hugh Mara, the would-be assassin Gf Reyenue Dtective Brooks in 1869, and of Al- derman McMullen & fow montha ago, was eh- tenced yesterday to nearly seven yenrs impris- onment and to pay & fine of 1,000 and the tost of prosecution. As the man is pioy, and has the seeds of connumption roted in him, this sentence practically emounte 19 a life’simprison= meut. Every since his pardon by Governor Goary, it has been hoped that Morrow would make & frank confession, telling all he knew sbout the Whiskey ‘Ring that hired him to as- sassinate Mr. Brooks, He did meko a partial confession, but he shielded nearly all of those ‘who should heve been exposed. ‘When Morrow shot McMullen, tho general Opinion was that it was but one act in the Whis- key Ring drama, and that the quartrel over a bouquet wes but s trifling incident of the shoot- ing of the Fourth Ward Alderman. Morrow has boen & person of bad character all his life. He £2id to & reporter two months ago: “Tho Moysmerising Hose Company has ruined moro young men than any other organization in the conutry. Iwas ruined by associating with its members, and when I go down I will pull the suthors of my ruin with me.” He has kept his word, but he would have sub- served the ends of justice better if he had told who were the inner circle of this Whiskey Ring, whose creature he was. Tho Ring has been dreading disclosures ever since Mr. Brooks re- covered from his wounds, for the members well knew that, that official would probe to. the bot- tom the whole plot. ' He has done g0, but re- fuses to disclose all the facts not contained in Morrow’s confession, printed below. The. rea- - sons he giveg Ave, that there are some threads of the story yet to be wovén, and, until they are, the publication. of the facts he has would do ‘more harm than good. : i This Ring fwo circles. The inner one was composed of distillers and whiskey dealers, and prominent politicians who alternately spec- ulated in whiskoy, and tried to influence Con-~ gress in regulating the. taxes, and the Depart- ment in appointing. men who would be their ‘tools, Thoy could neither csjole mor bribe Brooks, 8o they planned an asssult upon him which wonld " either terminate his life or confine him to his bed for months. They had ss- their outer circle the Mc- Mullen-Smith-Lister-Ahern Ring, to whom entrusted tho plans they had formed, the; nndy looked to them to carry them out. This lat- ter Ring was the outer circle, all sworn to se- crecy, and all thoroughly acquainted with the desperadoes of the oily. They in turn lired Morrow, Dougherty, Hamilton, and MoLaughlin. All were mem! of the Moyamensing Hose. Morrow and MoLaughlin were cab drivers. Hamilton had no visible -means of nupgort, ana Dovgherty was a carponter by trade, but counld find more plessure in lounging around the hose- house and picking up what he could st fires. Morrow tells in his confession what they were expected to do and what they did, snd_how it resulte ‘They were arfested and tried, and Morrow, McLaughlin, and Dung!‘mrttiwsru each sentenced to seven years each in the Eastern Penitentiary. ilton got clear on & techni- cality. McLaughlin died in prison of consump- tion. The other two stayed in prisonuntil those who hired them knew that under_the statute of limitation they were safe, if perchance their se- cret was made public, and then they had them par- doned by Governor Geary. The attempted shoot- ing of MoMullen was the next act in the drama, Mars undoubtedly did it because 2McMullen had not paid him for the Brooks job. The next act s tho assassination of Doughorty, who had since his pardon tried tolead an honest life. Ho know the dreaded secret and he could not be trusted with it. Bo he was enticed into & ‘brawl and literally cut open. Morrow could not bo got at, for he Was in prison, and this circum- stance alone saved him from the fate of his confederate. Three years ago, however, thers was another .scene in the drama. Peter Manning, s policeman under Mayor Fox, was sheltered at Ninth and Chestmut, where Mc- Muller and his gang congregate. He became ossessed of the secret of theplot to murder E.moks. He bad »_dispute with Smith Lister, and threatened to disclose the secret. The next night he was shot, and the man who did the deed helped to carry him to a house of ill-fame, The man died two weeks afterward. The facts of the shooting were kept dark by the gang. All that the reporters could learn was that a man had been shot. No inquest was held, and the sssassination died ont of .the public mind until Morrow revived it. Ho swears that+Smith did it, and that the pistol was given him (Morrow) to kill Brooks: = MORROW'S CONFESSION. But let me give gcu Morrow’s own story un- der oath, attested before the Mayor: ] hod been on a drank with and was-at his house sobering up, when Bob Hamilton came to me and asked if I would like to make a stake. Irepliedthat I would, He then took me to James Hsgan, and he told meo that I could make S50 and two barrels of whis- key if I would nassist Hamilton in beating Brooks, the whiskey detective. "I expected it Piggy Devino,’ | would be & troublesome job, and would ot con- geiit. The next dsy I went to a liquor store on Race street, above Third; eaw Several persons there, 2ad concluded I wonld help in the job. “Brooks at thab time boarded st the Mer- chants’ Hotel, on Fourth street. Hamilton snd I lay around the hotel all one day, snd came near getting into a bad scrape, for we followed ome of the boarders, much of the build snd ap- pearance of Brooks, and just_as we were about tolick him discovered onr mistake. After try- ing it another day I began to think it was no use getting into the work house for other peoplo, g0 I dropped it and would have nothing more to do with it. “To or three doys after this (it was about 1 ollock in the moming) I waa sifting on Devitt's steps with Tom-MoGonigle, when Douglerty, Johnny Ahern, and Bob Smith Lister came along on the other side of the way. Doughe; crossed over and called Tom-to one side, an broached to him the subject of Brooks’ aasault. Tom refused to have anything to do with it, and they went awsy mad. The next day Dought erty told me what they wanted, and asked me to oin him and another in it. Irefused, and said Was & witness in a case af, Harrisburg (though I was not). I was at that time working at night. i Bhortly after this, at a time when I was half fallof whiskey, I consented again to aid in the asssult on Brooks. The headquarters of the gang was atthe ‘ Malta, on Sonth Fourth street, near Harmony Court, and when my services ‘were secured t! Bf threw out & big fellow (I for- get his name) belonging to the- Fairmount En- ?ne Company. I now remember his name— “So Jimmy Dougherty, Billg Kane, and I started out to hunt Brooks. They had black- jacks. ‘Ihad mothing. We were on foot, &nd Tor two or three days diligently searching; but conld not find him, " At last the news came that Brooks had.gone to Andy Craig's, on Front street. Bmith Lister brought fie news, and went down with us. Lister went into Craig's, came out again, and said Brooks had gone to Frank Adame’. We started with Lister for Adams’. Lister told me to stand on the corner of Water and Walnat. Lister went_up Water streef, followed closoly by Dougherty and Kane. T watched Listor. ~Saw him go into Adams’ and come out ngain. He came down to me and said, ‘Goonup; heisin there.” (I think he told me he spoke to Brooks.) 1 then joined the others, and while waiting out- side for Brooks we discussed the improbability of Eane's escape if an asssult was made, for K:IT had a very sore heeland conld scarcely Wall, 3 8o we concluded it was not safe to mske the attack. Presently Brooks came out, and looking us squarely in" the face, passed on. and up into Front strest, where we followed, hoping & better chance would offer, but it did not. Frank said afterward he would have given each of usa good suit of clothes if wo had beaten Brooksthen. Our employers hooted at us and abused us roundly for not.-doing our work. I told them Kane was lame end could not run, They then told us to get a hack, and we engaged Neil McLaughlin because his horses ere fast: - ““For two or three days we wWentin the hack from 8 to 9 o'clock in the morning until 3 or 4 in the afternoon, but did not see anything of Brooks. Finally one day we got Bight of our man gm'.n into ggm‘m:min‘: store, on Front streef. en he came out we were scattered. I saw him goup Apple Tree alley, but when wo Tollowed ho had suddenty disappesred 2 “ An-evening or two after this, while standin ab Ninth and” Chestndt streets, waiting unt Lister should faake ag arrangement o get Brooka t0_go down to Darhy tn a pretence of soizing & distiliery, Ahtrn came running with the information that Brooks was at Upham's drtig stéte on Eighth strect. It was early in the ©ovening before Dougherty and I went to work, for we both worked at night then. . Dongherty,. Kane, and myeelf, with Lister, went down Ninth to Sansom; ‘stopped at Sansom until the rest of the party cameup, Lister offered me s Derringer gmtol, but I would mot take it. _We started lown Sansom (after telling the hacliman where to stand for us) and up Eighth 8troet to' Up- hans, and fonnd Brooks there. We waited for him, Kane dnd ¥ an the corner of the alley be- low the .stors, Ahern, Lister, and the rest of them at Chestnut street; one of chgmi his name ill not now give, because he is lying v low, and the worrying over the_case hash: much to do with it, 1 believe. When Brooks came out, in %flsaing s ho looked straight abus and put his hand as though he would draw & pistol, and we let him pass_on. ~ For this failure e agaiu got abused, and I told them I had xo- pistol, and I was not going to take any chances of getting shot, Lister. then #aid he wun!fl"fur- me with a pistol. One of ““the gang,” (he 15 0% vk eAih this thing bad gone {ar nough, and if pistols were to be used he would have nothing more (o do with it. The next day Lis- ter gave Dougherty a pistol, and he gave it to me. lI’L{'hit;1 8ame pe:ann, nowt ;xctk said: (ughey, don't you uge that.” . & Tropliod *no, looking toward McMullen, when he said tome ina low voics, ‘ Bhoot the son of s —. Whatdo you care whether you Lill himor not,’ I merely nodded all right, and kept the pistol. “Tyo or three days more we travelled over the cityin search of Brooks, without success. I think it was about this time Eane left us, went into the Hospital, snd Bob Hamilton took Kane's place. . By appointment we met Smith Lister at & liquor store on Walnut street, kept by a man (Jow) named Banur, but usnally waited outside while he (Lister) went in. And one ni%ht we stayed off from work (Dn&fhmy aud 1), and watched Brooks’ house until very late, but did not see him. Finally we were told if we wanted to do the job things were all fixed, and that this was . our last chance. We were then informed—this Wwas on Sun- dsy night—that Brooks was to be at J ngn Keenan’s store to-morrow (Monday) noon. All right, we went early and were knoclking around there, drinking whiskey, &c. Hamilton went'into a barber's shop and was being shaved when Brooks appesred. Iranin and got Bob out of the chair. We followed Brooks into the stors, When there, talking to the boy in charge of tho store, I nodded to Hamilton and Dough-. erty to mako the attack, but neither of them would stir. Isaw they were weakening, a8 wo call it, and T was ashamed to faco those fellows » third time withont doing something: o I went to within two steps of my man, and instead of utting a ball though Lia head, I shot him un- sel the shoulder blade—the least vital part. As soon as I shot, Hamilton ran away, but as Brooks turned, Dougherty threw o bootjack, which struck him on the hesd. e ‘We then escaped, and in fifteen minutes wereat Eighth and Fitzwater. Soon after we got snother hack, and went to the races. Finding they were_postponed, we returned and I thin the méxtday Sam Carson csme along, and told Dourgherty and I we were accused of shooting Brooks, and that warrants were out for our ar- Tost. e then went to Eighth and Shippen, and ot McGoniglo to Eee the ‘¢ Squire,” and gcll him they were after us. He sent word back that we were ‘d——d fools,’ and that we must ‘go to work. I'stayed there until 10 o'clock that night; then went to Eleventh and Chestnut, where I worked, and stayed there one hour, when Ileft and returned to Eighth and Shippen. Abont 12 o'clock McMullen and Lister came to see us, and discussed the ques- tion ‘where we should hide. We stayed there all that night, and the next day until Iilid.uigl\t‘i “when McMullen took us to his own honse, and put us in the third story front room, where wo staid for about two weeks, and were waited upon by his niece, who kept house for him, he peing s widower.- While there McMullen often came to see us, and in answer to ouf inquiries’ * If Brooks was dead yet ?* he would reply, * No, I wish the son of 3 — was.’ I once remarked, ¢Ididu't want him to die,” When McMullen veplied, ¢ If he dies you will get clear; if he lives you will get into the work- ‘house.” From McMullen’s we wero taken again to Eighth and Shippen one midnight, and the next §IcMullan came and took us to Ninth below Bonth, where Smith Lister was waiting with a Dearborn wagon; we jumped in, and wera taken fo West. Philadelphis dopot, where we met the train from ¥Washington, and went sboard with Johnny Abern for New York. McMullen was there toseaus off, : ‘¢ Arriving in New York, we went to_the St. Nicholas ; there took & hack to_the Prescott Houss; here Ahern registered Dougherty as ¢James Jones,” me o5 ‘Honry Stratton,” and himself ag ‘John Purnell.” After this Ahern left us and returned at moon with a barouche, accompanied by & man named Johnny Murray ; we were ordered into the barouche and taken to Coney Island. Here we met MchEhhn in com- any, .in fact in the custody of ‘ Bottles,’ for Kmfmgmm had beon sent away to Troy and had returned to Philadelphia, where Bob Smith Lis- ter recaptured him and sent him to Coney Islaad, and ¢Bottles’ to take care of him. Afier stay- ing at Coney Island some time we sent. ‘Bottles' to New York for news. He Toturned in a wagon with Lister, who took Neil McLaughlin away with him, and or- dored usto follow to the city. In the city we ‘went to Johnny Murray’s, and all stopped in one room, but ate our meals out, and it was on our second day there when, on going out to our meals, we wers captured. *'We were to_ have gotten 8200 apiece for the sssault on Brooks. I received £5, and that from McMullen,. “ Huan MORBOW. “ Cily of. Philadelphia, ss.—Hugh Morrow, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose &nd say that the foregoing statement made and signed by him, consisting of eleven pages (in- clnding this), is true and correct ; that the same vas made voluntarily, without ‘sny promises, thx;’en;sm:r inducements being held out to him, o own free will and accord. * Huom Monnow. ¢ Bworn and subscribed this 25th September, 1872, before [Ssnl] ¢ War, 8. BroxeLy, Mayor of Philadelphis.” “(ity of Philadelphia, Personally ap- peared Hugh Morrow, who, being duly sworn according to Inw, doth deposo and say: That after his arrest for his assault on James Brooks, his defence. and that of his companion, Dough- erty, was taken charge of by Alderman McMul- len; that they were defended by Colonel Wm. B. Mann and Lewis C. Cassiday, E4q., who were employed by McMullen; that deponent never ’mm’d or paid them ; that McMullen inform- ed that he had paid them $500 each and ex- %:lninad to them the whole case; he also said that the defence would be an alibi, which he and others would prove, and that he would find the witnesses to_make it out; he also eaid that they had ‘fixed’ McLaughlin, and that he would *go back’ on the statement he had made to the Mayor. Officer Kelly was an important witnoss, having seen Dougherty and I gat out of the hack after the shcoting occurred. ullen told me they had got hum sway. The agree- ment with Kelly was that they were to pay him ;jfll}].l year's salary to absent himself from the ‘* In February, 1865, there was a great coal-oil fire at the corner of Ninth and Washington streets, when about one huundred houses and seven people were burned. It was reported that de;onent ‘was the incendiary, but the man who did it was Theodore McGirb, and he was em- ployed to do it by Alderman McMullen. De- onent believes that these facts are known to ‘orrence McCusker, Captain of Fire Patrol, to Alderman Devitt, to_William Thomvson, Frank Morgan, Alexander J. Dismond, Jobn McGirr, and others in the neigborhood. The Union TLesgue Houso was set on firo. The job was put up by * the crowd,” and ‘‘ DMysterious Jimmy was the man who did the work. Deponent can, furnish the names of witnesses if necessary. “ Pater Mannox was killed at the corner of Ninth and Chestnut. The man who shot him 'was Robert Lister Smith. The same pistol that shot him shot Brooks. When Smi ave de- ponent _the pistol for that purpase, he ssid, “That is the ssme pistol that shot Mannox. Smith was lging at length on Ninth street, with his head and arm round the comer of Chostnut, firing his revolver. He also shot William Roulett in the leg the same night, wWho is now a member of the Fire Patrol. Mannox was taken by Mc- Mullen, Smith, and Carson to a house of ill-fame in Acorn alley, where Dr. Gilbert was called in to attend him. After about a week Dr. Neal was also called in. They wanted to’ ampufate his leg, but he wonld not consent. He was taken gm there to St. Mary's Hospital, where he ied. ‘¢ The Saving Fund, corner of Chestnut and Trelfth street, was robbed in 1868, The work _was done by Mysterious Jimmy, Big Frank, Nelly Burnatt, and John Casoy (whe is now de: i.{ Tho *8tuff’ was taken to the homse of Ned McGee, who is now in the Penitentiary. The bonds and papers: thfl{c\m!d not make use of were returned through Detective Taggart. The partios who did the work were immeginte associates of Alderman Mc)ullen, 2 . 2 * Hugn Morrow. | ‘‘Sworn and subséribed this 25th 011! October, 1873, before Jessr 8. Boxshrz, Alermanss Now let mé tell you whet use was made of this confessidd. The Dewspaper men learned that it hid been made, but all efforts to got info the ?nsan with Morrow failed. The District At orney vehemently denied admission to any re- orter. Was it bacauss Morrow had ‘sworn that oth Wm. B. Mann and_Leywis O, Cassiday, who had previously defended him, had been guilty of subornation of perjury? No one else would give a permit, and tho reporters could merely see Morrow 28 he stood in_the criminals’ dock, without the reach of anybody but his lawyers and the court officials. Yot this confession was held in terror over theé heads of Mciullen and th:jang until after the November election. The resalt was Hariranft came near carrying the Fourth Ward, asually good for 3,000 Domacratio majority, and Grant did carry it. McMuallen and. his party dared not work for the candidate of his party. Bucher Swope, United States Dis- trict Attorney for Western Pennsylvania, was brought on loro to defend Morrow, Ho did WD Way—2 Wa) at was gratifying alone to the Ropubliosn lesdars whg had = Morrow's document in their pockets, The trial did take place, and Morrow Was con- victed. A ghow wasmade by his counsel for & new triel, but he was well aware that the effort would not succeed. Nor did he want it, Mor-~ xow's confession made Grant votes, so Morrow could now go and rot in prison. £ More than this, Swope gave out through the Bulletin, yesterdsy, whathe claimedas Morrow's confession. 1t was nothing but an abortion—all names of persons seriously implicated were ex- cluded, and it wes written ina style that the hirers of assassins could be satisfied with, I have got & bona fide copy of the document which 1 have now laid before your readers. FIRE-RELIEF. Letter from the Mayor of Chiczgo to o Gentleman in Boston. _Frem the Boston Advertiser, Nov. 25. The following letter was addressed to a gen- tleman in Boston by the Hon. Joseph Medill, Mayor -of Chicago, in response to inquiries on the subject referred : Mayor’s OFFICE, Cricaao, Nov, 20, 1872, DEas 8m: I havo your favor of the 18th inst., ssking several questions touching matters grow- ing out of the Chicago fire, which I en- deavor to answer seriatim. “You wish to have my judgment upon the proposition to authorize the City of Boston to make loans of municipal credit to parties whose buildings were destroyed by fire, under the light of the experience of this city." I do not feel at liberty to express an opinion as to what the Cityof Boston shonld do in the })remises, but I have no hesitation in saying that should deem it unwise for the City of Chicago to loan its credit for the Eurposu stated. Tge city could not afford to make a gift of its credit to those who lost buildings by fire, for that ‘would be equivalent to confiscating & large por- tion of the property of those not burned out for the benefit of those that were. Nor would it be proper for the municipal government to mort- guge the property of the citizens for the enrich- ment of real estate owners whose structures were destroyed or dsmaged by fire. In alarge majority of cases the beneficiaries would be per- 8ons possessing vastly more means than those whose property was ~encumbered for their pecuniary gain. And then why should such municipal relief be restricted to the owners of buildings and not also extended to the tenant whose sto of goods were destroyed? The latter have lost moro than the former, and are certainly less able to bear it, for the latter have still their ground (together with large in- surance) unharmed by fire ; and tho ground of & city is known to be worth as much as the build- ings thereon and all their contents. Thenagain an exceedingly difficalt guestion_would arise as to the apportionment of the bonds to be loaned. ‘The proportion of insurance to loss would have to be taken into account to escertain the amount of aid each gemon should receive. It might be found that the insurance covered 80 great a por- tion of the actusl loss.in -a great majority of cases that assistance was.reslly not needed. Real estatp in the Boston' “burnt district” is 80 exceedingly valusble that a mort- ago of one-quarter one-third, or -one-half fia worth will furnish abundant means-for cov- ering it with excellent structures, and capitalists in all the moneyed centres would gledly make Joans to the owners on such superb security, at the lowest market rates for money. The Chi- cago fire of thirtecn months ago swept over 600 scres of the business parts of the city, and 1,800 acres of the residence portinns,—mdudmg the spaces occupied by stroets and alleys. ~You hiave witnessed what a year has done toward re- storing the edifices then destroyed. More than half of that 600 acres is now covered by massive and beautiful business blocks, many of them covering an ares of an acre each. * Every dollar of the money required to rear the thousand new blocks you saw was procared by individual effort. Not » penny of municipal or State aid was giv- en. The aggregate insurance realized was prob- ably not 25 per centum of the value of the buildings destroyed, and does not represent 15 per. cen of the cost of the new structures, which are much finer than those burned down. The remainder of the money was procured in ;m from the ealo of of other rcal estate, in part rom the sale of stocks and bonds, and moneyed capital, unconsumed by the fire, and in large gu—b from mortgages, loans upon "’ the lots and uildings erected thereon. And 2s to the 10,000 dwellings.already erected in the burnt district, th%y, 00, have boen conatructed by the credi and efforts of the separate owners. Our municipal Government would be apitiable plight if it were buried under a mortgago ropre- sented by the tens of millions of bonds it would have required to rebuild the “burnt district.” But thanks to the restrictions and prohibitions of our wise and excellent Constitution, we were saved from the tompiation to which your City Governmont seems expnsed. The matter of municipal aid was discussed here after our firo; and, many persons denounced our_ State Constitution for forbidding the issue of relief bonds to the losers bythe fire. But a better opinion now prevails; and it is generally per- coived that we have escaped & calamity to our ci hardly less in magnitude than the e itself. Monstrous abuses, favoritisms and corruptions would have own out of such loan or ecredit. me men would have secured more than *their proportion of bonds, and others less.- The se- curity furnished by many would have proved deficient in amount, and bad at law. Endless litigation wonld have grown out of these trans- actions ; and the gencral tax-payer. would, in tho end, haje suffered immense loss. Oity bonds issued in such profusion could not have been sold on such good terms, as private parties ean obtain money on the basis of their own real estate. The whole thing would have beena blunder and a source of regret for a generation to come. I shallnot stop here to consider the communist aspects and consequences of such & precedent, and where it might lead to in destroy- ing, the rights of private property. ou ask for my views ‘‘a@ to the benefits de- rived from the remission of duties on materials {for rebuilding, where thero is a large destruc- tion by fire, s at Portland, Chicago, or Boston.” So far as this city is concerned, we have derived but little benefit therefrom. Lumber was ex- cepted from the bill through the strenuous op- position” of the members from Michigan, who inaisted upon exacting the pound of flesh from our burned-out poople, ''Thay 8o Wrotight upon the fears and the selfishness of tho high tariff members from the othor States that lumber had to be stricken from the list of rebatable articles. The sudden xiso in the price of iron in England, caused !—zg the successful conspiracy of the Brit~ ish coal-dealers to double the price of that com- modity, has precluded the importation of iron ~for bullding purposes, ~excepb in very limited quantities.” Our builders have de- rived more benefit from remission of daty on French plate glass than on_anything, and per- haps everything else in_the list embraced in the act. With the ideas and Lnowledge we have of the enterpriss and pluck of Boatonians, and the enormous wealth and resources of credit at their command, wo ghall bo surprised and dissppoint; ed if theydo not, without municipal aid and within & calendar. year, cover the patch of burned-over ground with structures far superior to those destroyed, and with_streets less narrow and tortuous than those which used to perplex and !;o]\;udte‘x; eople from this country who ‘ went Eas espectfully yours, 5 2 th yJOsEPn MepILL.” The Covington Postmastcre __The following letter in reference to. the Cov- ington Post Office is made public by the Cincin- nati Commercial : -CUTIVE MANSION, WasHINGTON CITY, Sept. 4, 1872 } My Dear Mz, EastoN: I have just received your letter inclosing your resignation as special agent in charge of the Covington Post Office, with the reagons therofor. 1beg you to sus- pend action in the matter for the present. I re- gret very much that my father should attempt to "interfera in your menagement of tha office. I shall write to kim at once to desist and send me his resignation, ss I am_satisfied o will never again g‘fi eogpatenb to discharge the duties of the office. Very truly your ma]xJ:d. Bk — END OF A FOREIGN TRAGEDY. A Play with Ainerican Actors—A Love Story and -ite . Result—Attempted Murder and Suicide—The Trial— Banishment the Penalty of Assassis uation. G Zurich, Suwitzerland (Oet. 24), Correspondencs n ~Ncll(t;Yrtrk TTmens ; A tragedy, in which American nani¢d find & pninfn.!fy’ rominent place, has just ended in.a manner Which thrédtens to turn the whole into a farce, and proves anew that ‘Complaintd about the, inaflicicmc{’of justice in our day are not limited td the United States; The from the following terriblé alamityi A wealth widow from the State of New York went wi her oldest daughter, Nelly, to Europe, for the sake of completing fer education, as she said; in the hope of catching arich and noble hus- band for -her, as .enemiesand envious friends ‘were d.ispvse& to suspect. - The two Isdies' went from this city, whera the wealthi of the mother and the beauty of the dsughter had not been put under a bmshelhbnt tuily displayed and duly admired, to & neighboring village called Flun- teno. Among the many young men who Lnew The- trial arose [ how to ap;:recmte Mies Nelly's natural and finan- cial attractions, & clever young Pole, Bigismund Glattstern, soon made himself remarked by the assiduity of hisdevotions, and, it must be added, by the eccentricity of his conduct. He was only 19 years old, but had fl:ends spent two years as astudent of medicine in Vienna, and 'had re- cently come to Zurich, toattend lectures thersin the pleasant aociafltfl of the fifty or sixty lady pupils who nearly the roomsof their favo- rite University. It seems that the gallantry of his nation shone brilliantly in the young” Adonis, and that the fervor of his race—he isa Jew—lent sdditional charms to his attentions. For Miss Nelly soon left no doubt on the minds of his friends that she preferred the pale, ro- mantio Pole o all other irers. For & time all went on well ; the young couple exchanged vows, gazed at the Alps and the stars, and built countléss castles in the air. - Not so the mother. ‘Whether she objected to the absence of - wealth or to the race of her flaflibfier‘s lover does not sppear clearly, but when-her two other daugh- tors, Eliza and May, reached her from home, she moved with her whole family back to Zurich, and took rooms in one of the best hotels there. At the same time she peremptorily pro- hibited any further intercourde, directly or by letter, with the young student of medicine, but, when these measures shared the common fate of all such threats, she yislded at last so faras $o promise that, if M. Glattstern shonld abstain for a whole year from secing his beloved, and should in the meantime secure anindependent position, she would then no longer object to their marfiege. To facilitate this plan she left the city once more and established herself with her family in Gersan, s lovely village on the banks of the beautiful lake. of Lucerne. _But once more her purpods was dofested. "Tho ardent lover found his waj to the place; be won the heart of sweot May, who was_only 12 years old, and pitying the cruel fate of her sistor, consent- ed to act as messenger, and new vOws were ex- changed between the lovers, and new plans were formed for & speedy union. Boon, however, the secret intarviews were discovered, the mother was justly indignant at being thus deceived, and the student was forced to return to Zurich. ‘What happeued during the next few weeks does not appear very clearly. It only seems that the charms of Miss Nelly attracted more and more admirérs, and that her geatle heart was unsblo to treaf them all with-the craelty- which her betrothed would have desired: She- was fond of sdmiration, and what pretty girl is not, and, . without for ‘one moment to?acmy; what was due to herself and to her devoted mother, she did not discourage too severely the ardent glances and tender appeals of the young men who visited the family. Among those who. ‘showed their admiration most openly and point- edly were two brothers Comfort, also from ' New York, and & young student by the hame of Bird, and 'with- these three sdmirers and her Bister, Eliza, she was' one fine day in: August walking in the country, when the terrible catas- trophe occurred. SR A 3 1t appears from the évidencé ini the trial which has just been concluded (Oct. 18), that the younger sister, walking with—Mr: Bird and the elder Comfort, kes some distance in advance, till Miss- Nelly and-the_younger Comfort, who accompanied her, entirely lost sight of the trio, Just then the unlucky Pole suddenly appeared in the path, confronting the’ couple, ‘and “de~ manding s private interview with his Iady-love. Mr. Comfort objected in civil, though firm terms; ‘but the unfortunste girl; moved-by a tender Ter | gard for the young man, or, perhaps, wishing to avoid .a ecene, consented. Her companion, therenpon, discreetly left the two, and went in the direction in which the other membara of the” party had ‘disappeared. “With a heavy heart, and’ many misgivings in_his ‘mind, he.- sues his_solitary way, when suddenly, about twenty minutes after he had left the lovers, two shots are heard. He bastens back, full of vague apprehensions, and, to his horror, finds the young lady lying on’ thie “ground and_bleeding ‘profusely, and by her side the student, also wel- tering in 'his blood. Overcome either by the fearful sight, or, as, was insinuated during the trial, by a profound respect for the revolyerin Mr. Glattstern’s hands, he does not venture near the two victims, but runs toward some peasants who are working in the fields, and asks them for help. When they approach to raise the two suf- ferers, the Pole ton A (Htvetbe lady water; you may still save her!” They bring her water, and then place wet handkerchiefs over the man's eyes, a8 he complains that they hurt him fearfully, Finally they carry - him-to the hospital in town and the poor girl'to her moth- er’s house. A distinguished surgeon, Prof. Rose, is immediately summoned from Zurich, and his dingnosis results in the discovery that & ball has entered her face below the right eye, but cannot bo found, and has probably been spit out with the blood. Lhe left half of the face, the tongue, and the left arm have been- ¥mlyz ; the- for- mer slightly, the Iatter completely. e Pole ismore seriously wounded; the ball has en- tered the head, just above the esr, and his mind alfected. He attempts repestedly to tesr of his bandages, and declares he wishes to die. Besides acknowledging that he s well as the 1ady have been wounded by his_revolver, he Tefuses to give any evidence. Miss Nelly, on the contrary, is ready to afford all the informa- tion she ioaflesuas. Bhe declared that Mr. Glattstern had offered to shoot himself; that she had ‘attempted to take the revolyver from him, and that, 1n the- effort, the-pistol had gone off, wounding her in the face. This enthusiastic devotion, unfortunstely, did not 1ast."A few days later she gave a very dif- ferent version of the affair, and declared with special emphasis that, much as she loved her irer, 8he was by no means willing to die for him or with him. en this became Lnown to the nnfortunate youth, he also became commu-~ nicative, and deposed before the examining Magistrate in substance thus : “"On the 4th of August I received s letter from home, in which my father reproached me on acconnt of some emall debts T had contracted. This made me sad and angry at the same time, In this mood I went, over to Gersan. ~There I found Nelly walking and_chatting with other young men—and yet ehe had solemnly promised me not to ses any of her admirers, oxcopt in the presence of her mother, while I was away. I ‘was sorry to find out how weak she was, but I felt that she could never be faithful to me. I had often thlmghe of suicide, and these thoughts- once more filled my mind. 1 went up toNelly, drew her nside, and said: ‘It is all over; we shall nover be happy with each other. I cannot bear it any longer; 1 am going todie.” Nellyre- lied: You know I have sworn to die if you but—can't yon bear it 7 I ssid: *No, Nelly ; my mind is fixed ; but You, Nelly, you can live. “You are not as passionate as I am; you will soon forget me and be happy.’ Then she said : ¢ If I am to be hnppg{ you must live. You know, if you die, I must_die, t00.” ‘ Then,’ Icried, ‘ you will join me in death, with your own free-will 2’ Nelly answered: ¢You know I am not afraid to die ; I never thought I shounld die in this way ; but if you die here, I can do it too, Giveme your pistol, and you shall see that T have courage.” *No,’ said I, * if you must die, Twill kill you.’ . Wo kept on talkings I begged her, again and again, to live, that I mght die alone. At last I shot her, and then I ablot’:nyaa!t. Unfortunately, I did not kill my- self. ‘ Vory unfortunate, indeed, for the wretched man 8 blind for life; the right eye is completel Goatroyed, snd the 161t ayo ia at least prralyzed. The ball i8 still in his head, probably behind the Tight eye, but causes him no pain. The young lady is nearly recovered. Sigismund Glattstern appeared a few days ago before the Court under the charge of murder. The Btate Attorney denied Miss Nelly’s willingness to die with her Iover, but admitted extenuating circumstances, and 'demsnded only two years' imprison- ment, banishment from Switzerland, and * the costs. . The defence pleaded thaot the accused was partially insane at the time of the shooting, and that the young lady bad consented to die with him. The sentence, based upon * almost total irresponsibility * of the ac- cused at the moment ofihunflsg, eonlsmned im for “attempting to kill,” under e g circumstances, to ten years' banishment and the costs. The audience, very numerous, and wrought up to a high pitch of excitement, spplauded the verdict gmp usly ; the unfortunate lover left the Court a free man, culations were rife as to the manner in which Misa Nolly would endeavor-to-console him for his lost eye-gight. & — THE LONDON FIRE: Floating Fire Engines on the Thames.. On the dsy whén Boston was burning down & great fire was consuming the largest and whaf was gupposed to be the mou&_thoml:ghly_fire— proof !gnilding in London. This was the gigan- tio City Flour Mills, in prar Thames street, nesr Blackfriars’ Bridge. A London paper thus describes this building and it destruction : “From its extraordinary height it towered above all the other wharves and m'ldinis in the neighborhood, and it had no less than 400, win- dows in and around it; There were seven storied to it, esch of them being divided into warehou= ges and mnchlneronmsfl and the guantity of grain that was ‘continually Kept in it was extremely large. It had a river frontage sixty-five feet in Jength, and one of like size in Upper Thames street, and between the Iatter street and the river fimtuga waa & distance of 250 feet, all oc- cupied by the mill. There was also a long creek at the western side of it, from which might be Iaden. The fire was discovered by & city policeman on duty in- Queen Victoris stree shortly before 7 o'clock in the morning. He no= ticed sn unusual glare in & part of the third floor abutting on Thames street, and he aroused the watchman. The constable ran immediately to .the chief station of the Mtropolitan Fire Brigade in Watling street, and raised an alarm. Information of the fire Was also given at the Fire Brigade barracks in Boss court, Thames street, and a large number of men were at once sent to the mills. Two engines, one apower- steamer, were got out at Watling street, and in less than five minutes were on the - way to the fire in charge of Captain Shaw and .a&_ body of ten or twelve firemen. On arriving they found the genter portion of the third floor, in which the firo had origine- ated, in flames, and they then telegraphed to all the other stations of the metropolis for asaiste ance. Orders were also given for the floatin engines moored at Southwark Bridge, Millw: Rotherhithe, and Millbank to be brought to the spot. These instructions were speedily obeyed, and very soon thirty engines and upwards of 200 firem under the direction of the four Buperintendents, were in attendance resdy for work. The floats also appeared in due time and ot &3 near to the burning premises sa the con- g.iti\'m of the tide at the time would allow. A capital sapply of water was obtained, but the fire, in spite of every effort that the ekill of the firemen enabled them to make, spread graduaudy throughont the entire upper part of the build- ing. ke foors one by ono gave way with a tre- mendons throwing “the entire weight of the contents on those benesth, and it is now said that the two lower floors, which are untouched, are bending 8o much with the ressure that itis imggamhla they ean long eep up. Although, being daylight, no re- flection of the fiames were visible, yot a5 the fire became Jmiown the bridges and all the streets in the neighborhood were densely crowded. On the river also the floating, engines wero sur- rounded with ekiffs and other small craft, all filled with spectators. The land engines played from every conceivable ‘point around the build- ing. Firemen stood on the roofs of high prem- ises abutting upon the 3 thence man- aged to pour into the spertures of the building tons upon tonsof water. Very little impression seemed, however, to be made, for the fite, which began at 7_o'clock in the morning, -is still burning, and is likely to continue in that state for s dsy or two, owing to the immense bulk of the smouldering -contents, thongh all danger is oyer. The roof fell "early in the dsy. The damage to adjacent buildings is inconsiderable, snd arises moatly from_water. When darkness s6t iu the reflection of the fire was visible for some distance, and the immense shell of the building, -with its numerous win- dows, e lit up by the flames raging within it. A large body of firemen were told of to play Tpon the rains all night lungifmd they contin~ uedat_work this morning. Messrs. Hadloy are insured, though not to any-great extant, in the Commercial Union, the North British and M cantile, Royal, and other offices, and their losa will be heavy. STEAMBOAT DISASTER. ' "Burning of the Steamer . I, Shreve, at Chester, Ill.—Explosion of 'Chirty Kegs of Powder. Chester I, (Nov. 25), Dupa-t‘c—h to the St. Louis Demo- erat - The. Henry M. Bhreve, loaded for Memphis and way points, left St. Lonis on Fridsy even- ing, Nov. 22, but proceeded only as far as Jeffer- son Barracks, and ' there, in consequence of low water, aid up till Saturday, at 6 o'clock, when -she again sfarted on her journey southward, and reached Chester betwean 8 and 4 o’clock on Saturday afterncon, and, after putting off. her freight for this place, dropped down to the dump of the :Tllinois and -Missouri Coal' Company to take on & supply of fuel for the down trip, which ehe had nearly completed batween 6 and 7 o'clock p. m., when the alarm of fire was iven, which, from all accounts, originated in o carpenter shop on board and ié supposed, to have have occurred from the sparks from the Busie Silver, Iaying immediately below the Bhreve, either from the torchlight or chimney, it i8 nob known which, and in less time thsn 1t requires fo write if, the whole boat wasina sheet of flame, and hurriedly licked up by the furious elements, and after there was no ‘more of the boat to consume, the thirty-two and one- half kegs of powder stowed away in_the hold ex- ploded with a crash, the sound of which was dis- tinctly heard seven miles away, completely wip- ing ont all that was left of the Henry M. Shreve, and the charred and plackened remains sunk ouf of sight in ten feot of water, with but here and there a fragment of the wreck leftin view. Ab the time of the explosion nearly every house along the river front' would have taken fire but by the timely and determined effort on the part of our citizens. No damsge whatever occurred. There were thirty cabin and between fifty and sixty other passengers on board at the time of the fire, aside from the officers and crew, who were all saved, together with the baggage of the passengers, and it was.done by the forethought and exertions of Mike Banagan, the porter, that the passengers saved their fm, ge, he ne- i ut $100 of lecting his own welfare—losing Bl Bis effects, The carpentor, Phillip H. Delany, also lost his all, about $1,000, and his hands and face terribly barned by endeavoring £o save the boat at the outset of the fire. The-Shreve had on board 500 barrels of flour, which was badly damaged, if not a total loss. Ninety-one sacks of oats, no doubt a total loss. Two horses burned with it, and 250 tons of mix- ed freight, » great portion of which is an eatire loss. that was saved from the office was the bills of lading and money. The books and. all else were consumed, the fire being 80 quick and the heat so intense that it was impossible to save anything. The p{sfl:enggm on board barely escaped with their lives. 7 The Wm. H. Brown, a coal barge, was being loaded with coal for the Southern Hotel, at St. Lonis, and having on board 203 tons of cosl at the time of the fire, was burned and sunk. The passengers, both cabin and deck, took aseage on the George C. Wolf, and this morn- ing proceeded on their way down the river, no doubt glad that their fate was no worse. Diamonds in the Dust-Pan. . The Vallejo (Cal.) Independent of Nov. 13 re- lates this ijnciSAnt: A fow dsys ago s lady in this city received 8 consignment of dismonds from & friend of hers, a near relation, who had toiled over mountain'and plain, snd met the Apache Indian in his native wilds, all in order to et some dismonds and present them to a lady. ero were eight dismonds in all, and they shons _ in the rough witha dnzzlu%gh rilliancy which was delightful to behold. When she receivod the stones she was engaged in household duties, a8 _every well-regulated housewife is, or oughi to be, oceasionally during the day. ‘Upon re- ceiving the plu:]mfe sholaid down s dust-pan, which she was holding in her hand, on & chair- and proceeded to examine the brillisnt produc, tions of Arizons. While engaged in this man- ner there came a tremendous ring at the door- bell, and no less & personage than one of the olitical lights of Mare Island was announced. 8! course, the presence of so eminent a person- age, who'has the power tomake or unmake Congresemen, had " the effect of putting this lady, who claims no exemption from the delicate timidity of her gex, intos terrible futter, and in the hurry and excitement she threw the dia- monds into the dust-pan and laid some papers, which ehe had just swept off the carpet, careful- lyaway on the_ mantlepiece. After the politi- cian had called and 1s¥t, the lady returned to her neglected dust-pan, and pitched many dol~ lars’ worth of diamonds nobody, not even’ her- self, knows where. The whole household has been actively engaged in asearch for the dis- carded diamonds, but 80 far the hunt has been unavailing. —The town of Grand Chute, Wis., is the- vietim of & $30,000 bond swindle. The *Wolf River Branch Plank Road Company” secured the town's bonds, and sold them, and the rozd Was never built. ~Suit againat the town, brought by tha band-holders, is in progress,