Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 30, 1874, Page 13

THE CHICAGO DATLY (RIBUNE: SUNDAY. AUGUST 30, 1874. 13 ] UNDER INVESTIGATION. Col. Mann Is Examining Charges Against Messrs. Hoyne and Glover. ‘What These Allegations Aro. Col. D. W. Mann, of Cairo, United Btates Bupervisor of Internal Rgvenue for this State, wrived in the city yesterdsy. It was early ramored that his business was to investigate sertain charges of violating the Revenus law which had been preferred by a Chicago party wainst United Btates Commissioner Philip A. Hoyne snd District-Attorney Glover. The truth- tulness of the rumor is substantiated, it appears, trom the following train of circumstances : Itis ‘mown that in July last MB. 701N WRENY, of N0. 200 STATE sTREET, mas arraigned before Commissioner Hoyne sharged with violating the Internal Revenue Jaw 2¥ failing to cancel the stamp upon & cigar-box from whicn the cigars had beon sold, and also Iniling to eancel the stamp mpon a tobacco pail from which the tobacco had been sold. 3Mr. Wrenn was excused from the penalty of thelaw he hzd violated, that being bis first offense, bat was roquired to pay the cost of the hearing, amounting to $20.50, Mr. Wrenn felt that he had been imposed on, 30d, after paying the costs, ADDRESSED TILE SECRETART OF ITTE TREASURY, at Wasiington, in reference to the ofiicial con- duct of Mesars. Hoyne and Glover. 1In a for dzys ho received the following reply : TLEASURY DEPARTMENT, 5 OFFICE OF INTZENAL REVENTUX, WASHINGTON, Aug, 6, 1574, Sm: Your letter of the 3lst ulf., addressed to the Homorabls Secretary of tho Treasury, relative to pros- ‘wentions for violations of the Internal Rovenue laws, bas been referred to this office, Yon state that United Staler Commissioner Hoyne 1nd District-Attorney Glover,of your city,have imposed ‘Desvy fines upon various parties for pretended viola- tions of tho Internal Revenuo laws, but you do not mention the Dames of any of tha parties from whom such fines have been ooliected. 1t you will furnish this office with the names of any partics who bave paid what are considered exorbitant “Anos or taxes, it will then be determined whether such officors bave reported such cascs to thia office, and hether tholr setion merits approval or not. You muy rest assured that any definito information niative o alleged offenses of this nature which you Ty ses fit to furnish will canss thorough investiga- Joa to be made, and will be properly appreciated. Bespectfully, Jak. AL RaY, . Deputy Commissioner. Jogx Woxxd, Esq., No.260 Btate m itroct, Chicsgo, Upon the recoivt of tho sbove lotter Mr. Wronn again addressed the Department, furnishc {zg names and numbers. To this the following reply was made : ToEssURT DEPARTIRNT, OF¥ICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE, © 1o FAsEXOTOX, Aug. 22, 1674, 5 : In response to your g, 15, you £re tntsmed b, W, Afun, of Calroy has this duy been equested 1o investigate the various preferred Byyon Government officials in Chicago, aud, upin receipt of hia roport the subject will have fur- ther eonsidarstion. Hespectfully, H. C. Roazns, Acting Commissioner. Jomrs Waxm, 360 Stato street, Chicago, Il Tho above lettors came into the hands of a TrUNE reporter early last evening, and, taking tbem 36 o starting point, he has made some in- westigations into the 2lleged misconduct of the officials in question, which cannot fail tointerest the public, as well a8 2id Col. Munnin his labors. From what could be gleaned from various sources ¥ apoars that for the last year and a half prose- cations for the technical violation of the Revenue lawhave been an everyday occurrencein this aty. 1t is estimated that not less than 500 sa- loon-keepars and tobacconista bave been ar- uigned before Commissioner Hoyme, dur- ing'this time, who have been deal: with ve much a8 Mr. Wrenn was—required to pay ** costs,’ moging from $17 to $25, bus through the kind- ness of the Commissioner, excused from auy ‘fine” under the law that it ia claimed they had vioiated. Sevaral of tho parties who have been eubjected to these costs were conversed with last evening. They were found TNANIMOUS IN CONDEMNING theaction of Commissioner Hoyne and Dist.-Atty Glover, ard in sauiling the motives. Several of the parties stated that they had been visited of their places of business time and again by #pics, and that when finalls summoned to appear befors these government dignitanes, they wera ‘promptly informed, without any hearing what- ‘ever, that they would be excused by paying the “costs.” To this some of the parties would ob~ Sect, when Judge Glover would politely inform them that to pay the * costs * was tho easiest way to get ont of their trouble ; that if they refused to poy them they would bo held to bail for from ©500 to $1,000 o answer 1 the United States Court. The parties, for the most part, being uublo to give the necessary bail, paid the * costa,™ and went their way rejoicing. I One man was curious to know where the costs went, while still another commended ossrs. Hoyne and Glover for their gencrosity in excusing parties from the penalties of tho law, but at the rame time questioned their suthornity and right to do anything of the Xind. Wo append A FEW NAxES of the many people who heve been prosecated for a violation of the Revenue Iaw, and who have excused from fine, but required to pay “evsta™ from £17 to £95 each. William Kel- ley, comer of Batler and Kossuth strcets; P. Hughes, West Mitchell street; Michael Dunn, corner of Wontworth avenue and Thirty-first street; Thomas Foloy, comer of North Clark 'and Chicago avenue; D. 0'Callaban, Kinzie stroet; D. McKillop and Michsel McCauloy, near the corner of Halsted snd Tlury-first streets; John Wrenn, 260 Stato strect; P. Cleary, corner Kinzie snd Hush streets; Antoni Brignadello, Van Buren, near Clark; 'H. Callaghan, nesr corper of Clark and Kinzie; James Leyden, Halsted, near Trwonty- socond; B. Darcy, Lake street, near Canal; . F. Donnelly, West Lake ; John Rysa, 1272 State strest; Thomss Murphy, Indisua svenue, be- + tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth streats. ANOTHER LITTLE TRANSACTION has come to the reporter's ear which it might be well for Col. Munn, in his official eapacity, to look into while investizating Mr. Hoyne's con- duct. Some time ago a man was arrested in this city charged with valusble goods, and ~thus dofranding the Government ont of its revenue. The gentle- man was promptly arraigned before Commis- sioner Hoyne, and the character of the evidence as_guch that he was remanded to prison to owait trial. Bail was refosed him, though he could have given auy amount for his appear- ance. s short time, however, it was arranged that the prisoner should a second timo be nshered into the presenco of Mr. Hoyne. This time, it is alleged, Mr. Hoyne's mind na- derwent a miraculous change. In the twinkling of an eyo the emugeler was dismissed and spolo- gized to. Itis related by the informant that }h prisoper's wife was in court at this tiwe, and that in the early part of the procecd- ings sbe was noticed to have rn dismond rivg in her possession, which Ebe had doubtless selected from the smugglod goods for a purpose. During tho trial this ring was transferred to other hands, snd, immedistely, the gnsnner was a¢ guiltleas 28 wo angel—ire the m‘fk Oll( Mr. Hoyne. . Munn bas big job on his hands, and it is tobe hoped that ho Wifl be found a willing worl ex. On the other hand, Mesars. Hoyne and Glover are persons of high character, and until these charges are proven the public will be inclined to discredit them, ascribing them to dissatisfaction falt 5t & rigid enforcement of the law. SALTAIRE. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribuna = &m: In your description of Saltaire in yester- day's TRIBUNE, you forgot to mention the reason f all the prosperity, and ‘the absence of pan- periem, illness, and crime in that boautiful village, Xow it is well known to the English people, and it has been stated by Sir Titus Salt himself over and over again, that the reeson of the difference botwoen his town sand other towns in that country is, that in Baltaire thero are no public houses, no saloons, and consequently no poor- bouses, 1o relief gociety, no policemen, anc no jail. Very respectfully, A PaxTox. Caicaco, Aug. 29, 1874, —_— WHAT A FALL WAS THERE ! Special Dispatch to The Chicaco Tribune. Torrpo, 0., Aug. 29.—To-dsy an sttempt was mado to elovate to its place the immense boiler~ iron tube,which is to form theinterior part of the lhnd_—pipe to the Water Works now in process of <qact_mn here. This subs is 228 feot in length, 5 feot in diameter, and weigha 60,000 pounds. Two Immense derricks, each 115 feet high, were pro- pared for the work, and this morning a arowd of three or four thousand people wens out $o view the performsnce. It was commenced nt °k, and the work pro very favcra- Iy wntil 11:25, when the pipewas in an almost Perpsndicnlar pogition, with Abs beme mear Wig 32 | by a Spanish firm in this city, saying that Jose smuggling” foundation jutended for it. At thia instaot one of the largo Looks in » pulley-block straightened ~ and the stand-pipe fell to the ground wih a loud crasty. breaking 1o two places. Thecrowd was pavic-strickeu for a moment, and rushed #ildly in every direction, but 28 no one Was bure, the scaro was of bot short duration. Tho wupper 128 feet of the pipe iy ruined, except for old iron. The rest seetns to be_ in a8 good condition 38 ever. losg will be betwoen 3,000 aud 24,000, fall npon tho contractor, John Cooper, of the Moant Vernon Machine Works, whose contract is for 11 cents per pound for _the iron stauding in its proper place. The accident will consider- ably delay the completiou of the works. CRIME. The Des Moines Trazedy. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Des Morvzs, Ia., Aug. 29.—There it 23 yet no clew to the murderer of Mrs. Ellen Barrett, aliag Mrs. Butler. The Coroner's investigation con- tinaed throughout to-dsy, but without develop- ing anything new. Dispatches have been re- ceived from Clearfield, Pa, by which "it is ascertained that she haa a hus- | band living there. Recent lotters from her husband found in his possession indicats that there oxisted tho warmest affection betwoen them, though it is certain that she became debauched and corrupted, and thus deserted a husband and child 8 years old. Bhe was finely edn- cated, and in her dress and mauner | displayed culture and intelligence. This is theo sixth mysterious murder n the last three yearsin thia city, to which there has been no discovery of the perpetrators of the crime, snd the papens are advocating the organization of a Vigilance Committee to clean ont sll the rook- ertes which 80 infest the city, and to which the origin of 8o much erime is traced. Fatal Bar-Room Affray. ‘WILKESBARRE, Pa., Aug. 20.—Ex-Chief of Po- lice Milligan, to-day, in a saloon in Pittston, fatally shot Michael Farrell, & seaman, who with anotber assaulted him, becsuse of tho action of Milligan when Chief of Police. FINANCIAL. The Xion. Rugh McCulloch on the Banking and Tariff Questions. Crxononts, 0., Aug. 29.—Monday papors in this city will contain an opon letver of ox- Secretary McCulloch on the subject of cur- | rency sud taxstion, which ho sends in lieu of coming and delivering sa address. Ho s repro- sented as favoring in his letter the withdrawal of legal-tenders and the granting of froe bank- ing. Hoargues that & coin basis caonot bo reached while legal-tenders are afloat. Ho favors & low tariff for revenue, and says tho coal aud iron of Pennsylvania and the wooden msnufsc- tures of tho East noed protection no longer. CHARGED WiTH ARSON. A man nemed John Goy wes arrested last midnight on tho charge of arson in sotting firo 1in a room in rear of the two-story frame build- ing No. 298 Samuel street. About #100 worth of clothing was burned. Gay had threatened to firo tho promiscs, and two witnesses are reads to testify to the fact. Heory Lucki owns the building. The fire occurred st 11 o'lock last might. THE WEATHER. ‘WasHrNoTox, D. C., Aug. 29.—Over the Tenn- essee, Ohio Valley, and per Lake Legions, winds shifting to west and north, cloariuy but partly cloudy westher, and followed by nisiug barometer and falling temperature. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. CHICAGO, Aug. 29. = g Direction an force of wind, & E H Waather, ¥ ir, Cioudy. Cloudy. . Cloudy. - Fuir, thermometer, 78. thermomater. 66. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. Caicaco, Aug. 30—1 & m. Rl 5| Bl 7 No, fresh...|] 61|S. E., fresn. 665, W., fresh.,: Calm. . BEzEERRwekRaRapIRy 66 tla... |, 59 N.W., gentlel... THE SPANISH-CUBAN DUEL. New Yonk, Aug. 20.—A tologram was received Ferier De Conto, tho editor of the Spanish aner, El Cronista, publisbed here, died on | Thursday from wounds recoived in his duel with Col. Rosado, of the Cubsn army. 6TILL LIVES. Lates.—The acting cditor of ZI Cronista haa a telogram, dated this morning, at Ronbaig, stating that Joso Ferrer Do Conto is recovering from the wounds reccived in his late duel. NE¥ YORK CITY EXPENDITURES. Nzw Yonx, Aug. 20.—Tho cost of the Govern- ment of thie city for tho year ending Auc. 1 was, in round numbers, $50,000,000. Tho debt, in the same time, was considerably incressod. OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, New Yogk, Aug. 29.—Arived—Steamer Stein- man, from Antwerp. — Voliaire’s Lawsnit. “é writer gives the following anecdote of Vol- e ‘When he bought of the President de Brosses the chatezu in which bo lived it was found that, in the messurement of the land, there was com- prised 2 strip belonging to a farmer named John Panissot, who went to Voltaire to claim bis prop- ertv. Tho latter would have listonod favorably to his demand if ho had not been warned that, right or wrong, many farmers surrounding his | new purchase wore prepared to bring a_similar request. Desiring to eut short what_he believed 10 be a pretense, Voltaire rejected tlie claim, and ‘was arraigned st the tribunul of Gox, where, de- fended by z lawyer doubtless botter than his canse, ho nonsuited the plaintiff aud vs pro- nounced the owner of the disputed Iand. But Panissot determined to appeal from an un- just sentence. As he wanted money for this Purposo o concaived the plan to apply to him Sgainst whom ho wos conducting the suit ; and accordingly went to Voltsire's residenocs, and xskughm interview,ywhx'ch t;e necorded. ** Ah, igvit anisgot 2 What brin, here?™ 2% L *‘My confidence in your uprightness; for I come to beg you to lend me mouey enough to prosecute my appesl to the Court of Dijon from the sentence pronounced at Gex.” * What, do you think that I shall consent. to furnish you with arms to fight me, with rods to chastige me ? " *¢Yes, Monsiear Voltzire, 3 sreat maa like you, whose works are full of generous senti- ments, will nnderstand my wnflgenu in him in this case,” ;;j')'ut, Danissot, you are attacking my prop- erty. **No, &ir, I am reclaiming my own. You doubt- less prefer justics to a emall bit of land which adds notbilig to your fortune, bt which lessens my property very much.” oltaite, surprised at o confidencs which hon- ored him, a8 well a3 at the firm language of the farmer, accoded to his request, and lent him 300 francs. The case, cartied to tribunal of Di- jon, was lost by Voltaire, who was obliged to graut to Panissot the land he claimed. When tho latter came to return the sum borrowed, Voi- 8t at i lnjultYy lost.” o whislizon —The Louisville Courier-Journal_wonders why Wisooosin tolerates s town called Packwau- kee. It is & pecaliar name, and the sdjoining townn mako considerable sport of it. The nd Joining towns sroWouwstoss, Wesauwegs, Ne- THE MUSIC OF THE DIl FUTURE. A Great Symphony of tke Twentieth Century. The Work of the Immortal Horrid= noise. An Elaborate Criticism in an Approved Style—X¥low Qur Children, in the Fourth Generation, will ¢Soften Rocks nud Hend the Knotted 0ak —Tlic Memory of Richard Wagmer and of Theouore Thomay, and of the New York Musical Critics of 'Ko=Dny. From the New York Ecening Tost. [Enterpriso 15 the eecret of successful jour- nalism. Wo foel that we cannot find suflicient praiso for our o#n_enterprise in securing, so far in advance, the proof-sleews of the following article to sppoar in the great masical journal of New Yoik, on the 1ith of Decembar, 1995. Newspapers couducted in the old stylo—always running in the samo rut—and devoted only to tho publication of facts and sensible comments are “stupid,” a8 everybody knows, or ought to know, in these progrossive times. What the pecplo waut is somothung new and fresh. We think that the ainexed criticism is very new and fresh. Itwould be unjust, however, to take the whole mead of praiso for securing this admirablo picto of art-life in the twentieth century en- tirely to ourselves, and to publish it wfthuut sckuowledging our obligations to that comely and volatile ghost, lise Katie King.—EDs. Evexiza Post.] What dwarfish mind, what incompotence, are shown in tho writings of the musical critics of the last century! We can but suule as we read long articles from musty old newspapers and ‘magsziues on the subject of music—wricten in au old-fogv_ style, praising and extolling to the very skies thore old forgotten nonentities—Bach, Beothoven, Meudelssohn, and Wagner. We wonder wlat these_oritics, and what those who thought that musical art had reached the cul- minating point 1n its history’ when Wagner ap- peared, would thivk aud say, could thoy hear a performavce in one of our concert-rooms or opera-houscs. Perbiaps they would be upable to apureciate our modern compositions. The de- volopmeut of tho human raco_during tbe last hundred yesrs or so has no doubt given us strongor nerves, but could they listen to one of our compositions with all tuo additions of the newly-invonted instrumonts, those old-fogy writers would indeed think their idess of tho “music of the futare,” 28 thoy were wont to stylo anything that was incomprehonsiblo to them, Woro very vague. We attended last evening the four hnndred and twenty-second performauce of Hornd- noise’s great symphony (opus §,121), and aftor thisnumber of hearings we ropeat our words, written some weeks ago, according to the emi- nent composer all the praise in_our power, find- ing only o little (ault with hum for the construc~ tion of tho fifueth movement. As our provions wiiting was merely a notico of the work. pre- forring to hoar it many times bofore entering upon sn extended criticism, we give below a de- tarled description to our readers in Now Yoik, snd also for tho bemefit of those of our sub- seribers in the moon who have been maable to visic us this scason, owing to the exorbitant rates, Wo are huppy toinform the Iatler that Horridnoise proposes treating them 1o a per- formanco of his last work, s soon os the large balloon necessary to cairy the enormous instru- ment (tho cornetethorwhistle) is fivished, Horridnoise takes for his idea in the work the combination of ** the obsclote™ with the density of the air just below the north star, combining the two with the superiority of man over tho iu- soct raco. We wee that the subject admits of great and broad treztment. and we aceord to the Eminent composer much praige, our only disap- ointment in the work being, as wo remarked oforo, in the fiftieth movemeut. . Tho firsi twenty-six movements. occapying five days and.cighty-three minutes in perform- auce, givo great ewdence of the composer’s cuis. From the opening chords (in 3 flat major) the mind is at onco directed towsids the 1dvent of that exquisito harmonic treatment of the theme that follows (in O minor), falling on ihie ear so evenly and gracefully that swoe regret that we have to part with it so soon. That the composer has used the great columbiad in the acoented parts of tho 31964 measures, we havo heard somo com- plaints, but so firm and square is the rhythm ithe object Leing to convey to the mind the tradusl proximity of the obsoleto to the vapory tther through which 1t is passing), that we ure utisfied that the ose of the instrument is allow- wle. in asmaller ball the effoct might bo duf- ferent, but in this great spartment, tho floor of vhich is 32 miles long, the object in the com- Dser's mind expluns itself. The progross from tte chord of the 24:91n the eighicenth move- 1ment to tho diminished chord of X flat major, is ots of tho finest effects wo so far find. The wail of the catomoter, distantly heard through the bewy thud that emanates from the rock and wod instruments, the magmificent roll of the tuts and the final reversion to ‘** the obsolete ” morement of tho firat treatment, Lrings us to thotwenty-veventh. From theuce to tho fifty- seventh we ure {0 Dropare for ten days of enjoy- mez. Ths grost hall is now filled to overflowing, presnting a scene such 38 would astonish tbat neary-forgotten composer, Wagner, whoso long- o8t work (we resd) requircd ouly 'three nights for it performasco. _liach person has brouglit food for ten days, and bere we ar, ready fortho thirty movemonts of this great work—muhic such es the world seems so have been made for. 1ow exquisite are the oponing bars—full and resplandent with rich instrumuontation! Hor- ridnoiss has taxed the poworsof hisliitle tand of 5,420 performers, but thoy are brave, Lave cou- fidencein their leader, and never show lick of genuins enthueiasm. Here we aro now in the great aoscendo passago of the thirty-seventh movement, with its magoificont instrumenta~ tion. This crescondo is intended to illustraie the clashing of forces that would prostrato man if Lis latent powers did not come to the rescus. We are listening to the wild, discordsnt stising from those sngry-mouthed brass tubes 40 feet in dismetor, blown by cugmes of §,000,000-horse power, whilo ail the time tho sound of the 3lacbang- awang—constantly increasing in volume— may bo ltard; now afar off; now faster sad fuster; now breaking the force of the brass s tuille; sgan silonced, but mow persistently ad- vanciog til the power £o stop it is broken, and tho crescendo increnses and our ears are filled with a prolonged noto from sll the wild instru- ments, procaiming trinmphsantiy that they have conquered. We do not wounder that the per- formers took a nap of half an hour after this effort. Ourown brain reeled from the effect of tho crash, and we joined with most of the audi- enco in a doss of valerian, kindly furnished by Horridnoise. ‘This, however, is but a hint of the effect pro- duced farther on in tho composition. From the thirty-seventh to the forty-fifth movement we ara treated toalittle thome for the great double- bass jewsharp, touchingly played by Herr Mas- humslayer, with o backgrouud of twenty-four steam-worked pyaldryvas for an accompaniment, tho_treatmeat of which is in s broad stylo, bor- dering on_ the latest form of a short-hand music writing, tho time of which is so0 quaint, and yet so mnovel and interest- ing, that it .is soothing to the norves, after the previons measures. Horridnoise must bave bad it inhis mind at this point to relieve his band 8 wellaa his audience, and must bo coogratulatea for his rarothought. The succeed- ing eleven movements bring us to the end of the ten days’ work. Itisin the- fiftieth movement that we feel obliged to find some fault, Of :ho,l termination of the wild barbaric march (in twen- ty-saven flats) 50 abruptly—Dby blowing up four mammoth bolors with nitro-glycerino—we can- not approve. It seems to us tha: gunpowder would have served much better. We lose much of the enjoyment of tho march as we suddenly, sad with no premonition, sre brought to amove- ment in B major (22:40 time), throagh theagony of nitro-glycerine. The sccompaniment of brick- bats is barsh, but Horridnoise informs us that the terminaion of the movement needs just thia kind of inetrumentation, and therefore wo sub- ‘mit, but must, nevertheless, protest. W adviso thobe of our readors who bLavespo heard the symphony to go prepared for this part of it— either to take cotton-wool for the ears, or buy a strap that will secure them to their chairs, as the offoct producod is extraordinars. g From the fiftieth to the fifty-sixth movement occurs the great diminuendo paseage of the composition, the idea beiog to poruay the radual ginking from sight -of all that 18 ob- iecfionnb!e. Thero sze to /bo found some vory ne fugue passages for the patent pumpkin tabes, and the terminstion of this lends us to the -gixth, with the duo for two immenso flates —aoach played by twenty-four men. After anin- termission of four hoursjwe are given the finale, and wa sigh that we can so inadequately describe this wonderful piece of compositioa. ® The opening chord of the 15ith movement triumphantly proclsims the superiority of mind over matter, and bursts into a three-sided well- sl Maromsnis, Eowaskum, Mukwonago, vch Kaaksuns, Wequiock, obliam which also kwee lho:uq l: iufi n.an::: poised strain in §:403¢ time, with & running pas- us of oxtreme bsauty for the stesm-engine, mslody is now t‘hn thems for the finale, amd is worked up throogh = different keys, Sghiznine ] with great delicacy of modulation, ‘to the great climatio " point of tho symphony. 'Tue littls .band of musicians full well know what is expected of them, and one by ono divest themselves of su- pertiuons clothing. Each makes for hiumself a space to work in, while each one securely clamps himself to his seat. Horridnoise has taken the precantion to chain himself to lus stand (ko failod to fasten himself the first performance, and was in coneequence blown from lus position, +0 great was the crash), while the zudienco now sit breathless, easch holding the other down as best he may, ready for the graud effect to come. Obh! suades of departed mmusicians! Never dreamed ye in your wildest moments of enthn- sinam what at some fature day wonld bo heard Dy generations to come. Even yon, Wagner, whom a weak-minded peopls thought groater than all that had como or were to coma; even you, Liszt, who tickled the ears of thoso who admired the grand offects of instruments with our c: mbals, drums, and brass; even you, aye both of you together, wero as far from what Horridnoise gives us, 28 the wtill watersof & woodlund luke are from the roar of the great deop when lushed into_fury by the awful storm. All is now smooth ; the air 18 but just vibrat- ing with oue liztle note on s single violin. DBat listen! Horriduotse lifts his baton!! A wild note on the smackarce is hear! !l Then two!!!! Then two more!!!!! Then a rumbliog of the 326 bass-viols, follow- ed by a vhriek of 720 steam-whistles! ! 1111 Horniduvise casts his keen eves to the left of him. There stand those storn mon on whom Le knows he can depend. At & sign from him tweo- ty-four fusey aro lighted, audssilontly the stern, trustwortliy men glide away, The themo is now increasing in tempo. All eyes wre on the conductor. Suadenly a peal of thunder in 2:40 time is heard cracking ana splitting over our heads. Wilder pours the theme ubniil, with a long stroke of the baiwon, tho culminative poiut is reacaed in a chorus bursting forth from the whole band, fortissismissimo, while for a moment we are at a loss to know whollier we are ourselvos or fome ono olso; 19 tons of nitro-givceriue, 38 tons of 'gunpowder, 240 Columbiads, 740 steam-whistles, and the combined forces have produced a chord of thediminished 949th, which ibey hold twenty-eight mivutes. Horridnoiso | turbs fourteen somerasults, but his chain holds, and he clambers back to hig 8tand to receive tho thunders of applause that coms from tho andience after they themselvea recover. Tha band start sumultaneously from their seats, but they are securely held by the iron clamps. Weo in the sudience aro scut to the air, but aro provented from going fur by the notting ingen- i {onsly placed abuve us by a mechanical apparatus invented by the composer, and which ho spn when ho doems it nacessary for our safety. And 10 ends this immortsl work. We remain to congzratulste Horridnoise, who looks a litle faligued after his efforts, but who remarked as Lo wiped his noble brow that this was but child's play to what he intonded vetto produce. He nlso says he intends to buy the wiole State of New Jorsey, and couvert it into a summer-gar- den, & plan he resd of; which was once sdopted #omo hundred years ago, by & man pamed Thomas. Horridnoise thinks this Thomas must have boen a prugreesive sort of fellow. Wo trust Horridnoise may succeed in the good work he is doing, and predict for him, if he lives, sn honored name, and a lasting reputation. SOMETHING LIKE A FIEE. Barning of n Hemp-Wharf at St. Petersburg. From Cuasscil's Mugazine, “ Well, you sccm to bavo discharged iho ¢ Whole Daty of Man,” sccording to Joan Mar- ray,” remarks a St. Petersburg friend to whom I buvo been rotailing my experiences of the in- torior of Rusaia. Iy there anything loft to add to the list ?* * Nothing that I can think of, unless it bo big fire.” “* A Lig fire, ch ? Why, you'ro worsa than the rat that starved in the gratary. I'm sure there Lave beeu fires coongh this summer to give overy tourist in Rusxis one for himself.” Tlis statement, though rather **tall,” can hardiy bo sos dowrl 88 & Dositive exsggeration. Duting the last summer Russia hus boen outdo- ing herself in fires, in & way astonishinz even to tlioue who remember the great conflagrutions of 1862, All tho jouruals Lave been teeming with Bro after fire, toan extout which might lead & casual obaerver to coneiudo either that the Rus- siany are in the habit of reguling themselyes sunually with a patriotic rebearsal of the barning of Moucor, or thut tho entiro nation hasattained the condition of the Chiness in Charles Lamb's incomparable * Egsay on Roast Piz,” among whom the only known method of cookery was by burning the ontiro premuses. North, Soath, East, and West, the public 8¢ larga appears to have'boen amusing iteoll by malipg s bouiro of everything that coics to hand, wifile the insur- ance companies of every degrea aro reponting in ddst und ashes. Ono conld bardly open a news- paner without sesing snnounced, in a careless, off-hand summary of balf & dozen linos, as mattor of no moment, the destruction by fire of “fifty houses,” ** 113 Houscs,” an ontire street containing seversl pablic buildings.” Hitherto, however, I have remained, like Gideon’s flecce, dry amid abundsnee, not & eingle fira out of ali this multitnde having been obliging enongh to come in my way; but it is decreed that this de- lay shall bo atoned for by the spoctacle of & con- flagration worth all the rest put togather. One dreary Beptomber night, I had been sit- ting up late over the fifth volumo of Count Tolstor's ** War and I’eace,” perbaps tho best Russian_historical novel ever written. I was just midway through the Borodino chapter, and had so thoroughly enjoyed th life-like degerip- tion of the great battle, that it was little wonder if it hsunted me oven in slecp. Bat I could bardly have slept more than an hoar. whon I was roused by & clamor tha might have awakened a rural policeman, and, rushivg to the wizdow, found myself in the midst of & scone that almost realizod the visions of batcle upon which it hud broken. Alann-lights wore Loidted upon the twwer of the Fire Brigsde etation, which was next door tomo; Ismpa were flitting about the court-yard; the trampling of horses and the rumblo of wheels, mingled with tho hoarso shouting of many voices, came echiomng from be- low; and overboad, tho wholo sky was purplo with tho reflection of a fiorce rod glare that broke the dackness far awsy to the eastward. Thare could bo no doubt of it, 1 had got my wish at last. Idressed myself a8 if running it close ” for morning chapel at Oxford, and was down-stairs and ont of the honse in a twinkling. “#\Where is it 7" ask I of one of the Lolmeted figures in gray fricze who are rushing about in front of tho station. “Tootchkoff Bridge,” snswers tho man, and the next moment I am Tnnning at full spood -to- wards the scone of action. Thore isno' need to ingnire further; st the mentiou of the Tootch- Koff Bridge, I comprehend at once the whole ex- tent of tho catastrophe. The bridge in quostion crosses the Lesser Neva about half-way along tho enstern shore of the jsland on which tho Vasili-Ostroff suburb is bilt ; and close to it, on the farther side of the river, lies an enormous hemp-whart, containing four or five warehouses, 2od usually covered with piles of loose bales, in addition to the quantity stored within. Sucha magazine of fuel, onca fired, would make o blazo to startle nll Petersburz; and, 1ndced, the whole neighborhood is siready in commotion. Heads are thrusting themsolves out of windows ; voices calling to” each other; balf-dressed figures running abous the streots ; and moro than once, a8 I fiy along, a fire-enzine comes thundering past at fall gallop, the brazen helmets of its men glancing rediy in the fitful light, At longth, se I turn tho corner of the strest leading to tho Tootchkofl Bridge, the wholo scene burats upoa me st once. The entire front of the hemp-wharfis one shoet of dancing flsme, which, tosaed by the ris- jug wind, swoops forward ever aud anon as if 'to ovorlesp the very river itsolf, casting omt s heat which, even scross the whole breadth of the stream, is well-nigh unendurable. Beneath the deepening glare, the river Acems to Tun blood; the faces ¢ tho crowd, looking wan ond ghastly benoath tho inferual lustre, appear and yanish like phan- toms; while, in the distant background, tho tall, lance-like tower of the great church of the citadel looms out through the rolling smoke like * threstening giant. Of the storo-house in Which the firs began nothing is loft but & hoap of glowiog ombons, around which the flamas rising from the looge homp lap and surge like 8 whirlpool. A second warehouse is just bursting into & blaze, and tho engines are warking with might and msin to ssve it, the Jong black line of the water-jet standing out sgainst the flaming background like & bar siniater drawn athwart sOmo gOrgoOTS €5~ cutcheon. Bat allis in vain. The hemp within ia already alight. The smoke deepens—thick- ons—reddens suddeniy—snd up through theroof leaps & great spout of firo, with & long, rojoicing roar, accompanied by » sharp snspping like the Toport of a firawark. - Tho raters orack aad hiss in the blaze; the “chirr”™ of broken glass is heard from the upper windows ; and right and Teft the fiery claws clutch at the adjainiug tim- bers, till all is one broad flame, above and below. ‘Wilder and wilder grows the tumult. Engine after engine comes rattling up, goes thundering re ihe bridge into sudden darimess, and comes ons sgain in the full glars of the fire,—the faeos of the man, snd the very buttons on thelr uniforms, stasding cus 89 eloar s i ttider » mi- T croscope. What with tho stifling hest, the fierce intensity of movement, and the desfoaiog un- roar, my battle-vigions are more than realized. Every featuro of the panorams—tke hoarse words of command, the incessant play of the engines, the helmeted figures running sod scrambling under the red glare, the crash of falling timvers, the masses of men looming shadow-like throuzh the rotling amoke—ie in grim barmouy with the idea. Itis the escalads of Badajoz over again! As yet tho great warehouse in the centre of the wharf nas escaped unscathed, though en-. vironed on overy sida by a perfect wall of fiamo; but it has evidently not, long to live now. Flakes of burning Lemp fail npon it Like rain, and a long jot of fire fiom the nearest of tho blazing buildings keeps darting viciously out at it, in stroke aftar stroke, like the armof a boxer. One blow, swifter and fiercer than the reat, 5t length gots well home; the dark mass is suddenly lic up from within, sparks and pieces of wood fly in all directions, and in a fow sec- onds the wholo building is in flames. And now the destraction bas reached its height. From the head of tho bridge to the fartnest store- house, the whole wharf is one great roar- ing blazo, the floating sparks of which shoot athwart the black eky ovorhcad like tho flory rain of Dante's ** Inferno;” and. in its ghastiy splendor, the wholo length of the qray, the dark woods that claster along the farther shore, and even the golden domes of tho chiurches far away beyond the Great Neva, stand out in a weird, unecarihly picturesqueness. At this moment—how or whence 0o man can tell—a fearful whisper ruas through the erowd that there aro men shut up in the groat ware- house—probably stupefied oy the smoke, and uuable to get out. The rumor speedily reches tho firemen, and tho bare suggestion is enongh to stimulute thom to redoubled exertion. Half a dozen stalwart volunteers, with their clothea steoped in water to keep off the flames, dash into the glowing mass, flinging svido the half- consumed timbers with the strength of giants; out the stifling heat soon overpowers even them —they stagger, scorched and gasping, out of tho furnace, and sink exbausted on the ground. Ono man actually plauts a Iadder againat the burning building, and mounts it with a hose-pips undor 18 arm, in tho hogo of giving 1t a surer aim. For one moment Ib is secn outlined azainst tha flaming background like a statue of bronze—aad then so ill-simed jet from onme of the otier engines strikes the brave fellow full on the body, and sweeps him liko & feather into tho very boart of the fire ! Not a trace of him was ever scen@blgnin; and his_yery nume is most probibly uoknown., Why should it not be ? ke was neither grandee nor General— “ Only an houest man Doing his duty - and human life, like human labor, is cheap in Russia, Aud #o, through the long night, the fire roars sud rages; and, whon the day dawns npon it at last, there is but little left for the destroyer to feed on. Blowly aud sullenly his rage dies away to hoarse growls and gaspings, and the silecce of utter desolation now siuks upon that great wil- derness of rain. Whila the fire raged, the indescribable magnifi- canco of the spectacle mado one balf torget its horror, and tha ruin whichit entailed ; but in the gray of carly morning, when the oproar and ox- citewent are over, it is & dresry and bideous eight. Over the whole place broods s guilty silonce, an_air of bopelesincss and lifo- lessness, a blank unsecing stare from the gaping windows, which makes ono feel liko the swccomplica of some mysterious crime. The great warchouse, where tho fire didits_worst, is sutied from roof to basement! omly a few Dblackened bearos, like the ribs cf a skeleion, bridge the spaco between the smouldering walls. Overhead, the clear uby is blotted wth creepicg sinoke ; whils the ground 18 covored far and wide with hulf-consumed bales, mounds of singed henp, massos of iron platiug bent and twisted in every direction, charred planks and smoke- blackaned rafters floating in pools of water ; and aronnd the chaos stand groups of curious spec- tators, not noisy or excited, but wita a cool, sci- cutific appreciation which seems to say, “ We have saen the like often beforo, but it is always worth seeing agzin.” It meods litd imagination to transform the wholo sceue into 3 great battle-ticld ; the blaci- ened ruins of the contested ontrenchment stand- ing grimly up in froni—tho charred bales and broken plaoking strewing the grourd like heaps of slain, amid which the strips of szarier cloth show like trickling streams of blood—while the holmeted firomen who toil amid the chaos might well pass for tho fow survivors of the conquerng army rayiog the last honors to their fallen broth- ren. And that nothing may be wanting to com- plete the tragedz, amid the ihickness of the ruin lies a strangc, formless heap, oozing out 2 thick, white, nausoous smoke,—s kind of unctuous, piteby cinder, from which the most cane-liard- cued veterans of the fire-brigade avert their eyes in horror. Thero are five men missing this morning from the gaug of the Toutchiofl Wharf, and this is ail that is left of them! Turning away in disgus?, I suddeniy come face to faco mith ths Russisn acqusintance mentioned at tha opening of my atory, who is surveing the dismal sceno ith tho air of a connoisseur. *Woll," remaris ho with a quiet smile (ne is 5 man who would make a_joke upon anrthing), *t one advantago of all this is, that after such a destruction of hemp it will be simply irapossible for men of moderata wmeans to bang themselves for some time to come!" S0 goes tho march of everts. A catastrophe unparalleled within the memory of man, the destruction of $£3,000,000 worth of proverty, half a dozen men killed by the cruelest of all deathe—and all this is summed up in ten or twelve careless lines of print aud the passing jest of a dilettanto! Bat the counter-observa- tion of an old firemsn who is working near us sends me away somevwhat comforted. “ Poor fellows!” mutters the veteran, cross- jng himself, as he looks askanco at the shupeless mass into which five Lviug men have boon melted down, *‘thore’s littls euongh lefs of them now, bot @God will know them when they come to Him.” e A SOCIAL REFORMER’S LEGACY. The Romantic History of Fanny Wright's Southern Estate. From the Memphis Ledger. Away back ia tho year 1779, Fanny Wright (d'Arusmont), & social reformer, was born Dundee, Scotland. She was lofe 8o crphan at an ocarly age, and was indoctrinated by ber guardian with ideas founded ou the philosophy of the Fronch materialists. On becoming of ago sho traveled in the United States from 1918 to 1820. Soon afterward she published ber * Views on Society and Manners in America™ and * Fow Days in Athens,” which latter work was s de- Tonse of Epicuroanism. Iu 1824 she returned to ‘Americs in compsny with ber sister Camilla and others, who accompsnied the Marquis de Lafay- oite on hus visit of triumph. In 1825 she came to Memphis, and purchused or obtained a rant of 2,400 scres of laud, known s the Kashoba tract, pear Germastown, some 14 miles from this city. Upon this tract she establizhed a colony of emencipated elaves, and endesvored to elevate their social condition and solve the groat problem of tho equality of races. Becoming soon afterward a public Jecturer, she estsblisbed Franny Wrigkt Societies,” with a view to the destruction of slavery and the reformation of society on a free-lova basis. Tho Neshoba tract Miss Wright conveyed to Marquis do Lafayotte in trust for the purpose of erecting & home for free children of color. Thia was impracticable under the 1ows cf Tennesseo, sud the Marquis reconyoyed the property to Miss Wright, who sent the negroes to Hayti. In 1829 she and hor sister Camilla went to Europe, and in 1831 were tho guesta of Latasotto at Puria, by whom they were rogarded as aimost members of his family. Camilla died, and in 1838 Fauny married Count d'Arusmont, whose idess of philosophy resem- Dbled hor own. Both came to America, and visit- ed the Nesboba tract often, The moral philozo- hers quarreled and separated, sad sho filed s Bill for divorcs at Ralergh, the old county seat of Sbelby County. The divorce was afterwards transferred to tho Cincinnati conrts, and a di- vorce was finallygranted. Fanny Wright at this time was nearly 6 feet in beight, and robust ; hair dark zuburn, worn in ringlets ; genorally Wore s man's hat. and when talking with s stran- gor usually drew out & uote-book and seribblod Bway aa (0 the manners snd customs of the country. Sheresided in Cincinnati until the timo of her death, in 1852, 5 When she and d'Arusmont came to Memphis, they bad with them a child ramed Francis Sylve Phycapel d'Arusmont, of whase parentage noth- jngis defnitely known: and to thiy gici Faony Wright willed the Neshoba tract. _In 1860 Dr. Eugene de Laquiry came to Covington, Ky., {rom France, accompanied by his wife and three children, Juliet, Clolilde and Marguerite, and booght the Neshoba tract for 330,000, taking an abeoluto deed. He found on tho tract valuzblo mineral eprings, and propozed to build = hotel and convert tho place into a summer resort, sod cat ous the timber for & branch track to the Momphis & Charleston Railroad. Charles Patton was engaged 38 ;mmuunden: of the eatate, a & fixed snnual salary and some per- quisites. Soon after h)1:§ ont this plan, Dr. de Laqutry sent his wife and two daughters back { whole framowork of his ecxcited nerves = | oven pace with the eccontric movewments of the to France, promising soon to rejoin them with the ‘est child, Afarguerite, wbo he retained Covington, where he osned property to the amount of 850,000 Since then Mme. de Laqutry hss pever heard of her husband or child, Mar- querite, although ehe bas_repeatodly writ- all partse of the United Btates ana ten to information; snd siranger Europs for om;‘. 5 % after that st Covington or Memphis, be baving left Covington with the child in 1861, and abont the same timo Mlle. Fisnces Sylve Phycapel d’Arusmont also dissopeared from the history. Iu 1365 Charles Pattoun, who remained on the Neshobs tract, filed an sttach- meut in the Chsncery Court of Memphis, settling up claims againa: ihe property and claiming damages sgainst Dr. de Laqutry for violstion of the coutract, and finally geuiog julgmeut for 230,000 The tract was sold at chaucery sale to Nelson Speer for 321,000 In 3arch, 1871, Ame. do Laqutry, through her attorney, filed her petition in tte Chucery Court agrinst Pation and Speor, allexing that Fatton's claim to the Neshoba tract was false and fraudu- lent; reciting the facts concerning her husband above narrated ; stating that he has been unheard of for ten years, and that he has been 1n forcign land wich her children atmost destituts, althoush she and they have interests in valuablo property in the United States at Covington, and tha Ne- shobs tract, which proverty belongs to her aud her two sarviving children; and claiming judg- ment against Patton and Speer. This suit was compromised, and s decice obtained, setting asido tho_sale to Speer, giving 500 acres of tho tract to Juhs snd Clotilde de Laqutry, the | Doctor's surviving chudren, and turning over the remainder to Patton for his clum. The day before tho decroe was entered, Mlle. Frances Sylve Phycapel do Arus- mont makes Ler appearauce, after au abaence of over ten years, aua files hor bill in tho First | Chancery Court of-Memphis, in which she alleges that Dr.'de Laqutry is_dead (but does not giate when or where he died); that tne lost cluld, Marguenite de Laqutry, i8 alive_(but does not state where tho child is) ; that Dr. Eogene da Laqutry purchased the shoba tract from her in 1860, but had never paid her for the property, although tue consideration waa stated in_the deed from ber to him, ho having violated his agrecment. Therefore she asks that the Chancery Court ket aide the_decreo selling tho land for Pattoo's claim or alleged debt, and that she be restored to the possession of the entire tract of 2,400 acres, worth now $50,000. Theso several s are mow pending iu the First Chancory Court, and prescut a complication of facts most wonderful. ‘The questions unsolved are : Where did Dr. do Laquiry go when he disappesred in 18617 Whora has e been for ton years? Where did he die, and where is the missing daughter of Jadams do Laqutry, Marguenta? All theso mysteries will no doubt he solved duriag the progress of this extraordinary caze—s caso un- paralleled in the annals of American history, 20d a slory more romantic and mysterious than any told in the * Arabian Nights. “MY FIRST SALMON.” Thuriow Weed’s Capture of a Salmon When u 5oy, To_the Editor of the New York I'ribune : Siz: Mr. Daweon, of the Albany Ecening Journal, who, accompanied by Collector Arthur, a0 equally eothusinstic sngler, bas just returned from 3 salmon fishing excursion upon a Novs Scotia river ligh up in tho northern Ilat- itudes, ia _giving the readers of that journal lotters which enablo them to share imaginativo- ly in the toils and the rewards of a most inter- osting oxpedition. Mr. Dawson’s reputation for trout-fishing was woll establishad, bat this was his first visit to rivers in which the salmon “most do congregata.” Gon. Artnur, [ believe, bad been a fisher of salmon on former oc- casions. I cannot orr, I think, in soyiog that Mr. Dawson's vivid and glowing description of tho capture of his *iirst salmon” s _quite worthy of a place 1n the colnmns of the Tribune: “The slight twitch I felt as the fly stipped from tho month of the fish operated like tho sound of a trompet. Every nervo tingled, and the blood leaped through my veins 88 if every drop was an electric baitery. In a very few mo- monts, however, I was myself again. I had marked the spot where the fish had risen, had gathered up my line for another cast, bad drop- ped the fiy, like & snowilake, jusc where I desir- od it torest,when, like o flash, the same enormous head appeared, the sume opeu juws revealod them- solvos, 8 swirland s loap anda strike followed, and my first salmon was hooked with a thud, which told mo as pizinly a8 if the operation had transpired within tho range of my vision, that if Ilosthimit would be my own faalt. When thus assured, there was excitoment but no flurrs. My nerves thrilled, and every mascle assumed the teusion of well-tempered stocl, vut I realized the ful! sublimity of the occasion, and 8 sort of .najostic calmuess took the pluce of the stupid inaction” which followed tho first appurition. My untested rod bent under the pressure in & graceful curve; my reel clicked out x livelier melody than ever _emanated from harp or hautboy 88 the stonished fish mado his tirst dash; tho tensioned line emitted moliun music a5 it stretched and stilfencd under too strain to which it was subjected, and for fif- ty minutes there was such giving and taking, wucn sulking and rushing, such Jeaping 2nd tear- ing, such hoviug and fearing, a8 would have ‘in- jected lifo into the ribs of dzeth,’ mado an an- chorite dance in very ccstesy, and caused uy true angler to beliove that his heart was o kottle-dram, evory minew a jewsharp, and ths full band of muaic. And dunng all this time my canoe rendered eilicient servico in keeping strugglivg fish. * Hold him hosd up, if possible,’ was the counsel given me, snd *make him work for every inch of line.! Whether, therefore, he took 50 yards ora foot, I tried to make lum pull for it, and then t0 regain whatever was taken as Bo0n as possible. Tho result was sn incessant clicking of the recl, either in paying out or in taking in, with an occasiopal flurry and leap which could have been no mors pre- veuted than the onrushing of a loco- motive. Auy attompt to have suddenly chocked him by making adequate resisiance, would have made leader, line, or rod a wreck in an_instent. All that it was propor or safe to do was to give to cach just the amount of strain and pressareit conld bear with safety—not an_ounce more nor an onuece legs; and I believe that 1 measured the pressuro 60 exactly that the strain npon my rod did not vary half an ounce from the first to tho last of tho strugele. “Toward the close of the fight, when it was evident that the *jig was up,’ and I felt mysell master of tho situation, Itook my stand at projecting point in the river, whers the water was shallow and where the most favorable op- portunity possible was sfforded the gaffer togive the strogzling fish the final death thrust, and so end the batile. It was skillfally done. The first pinoge of the gaff brought Lim to the green- sward, and thero lay out before mo, in all his silver beauty and magnificent proportions, my first salmon. He weighed 30 pounds, plump, measured noarly 4 fect n length, wae killed in 50 minutes, and afforded me more_pleasure than any evout since—well, say since Leo sur- rendered. It insaid that when the good old Dr. Potbune landed his first salmon, ‘ bo caressed it 88 fondly a8 ho ever caressed his first born.’ I could only stand over mino in spocchless ad- miration and deh‘ght—p&n;u:g with fatigue, trembling in very ecatasy, exclaiming with good old Sir Izask: ‘As Dr. Botoler said of Strawberries, # Doubtless God could havomade o | better berry, but doubtloas God nover did; ' " and s0, if I mny judge, God never did make & more caim, quiet, iunocent rocreation tban aagling. “+/Fhis victory was & surfeit for the morning. With other fish in full view, ready to give mo s repetition of the grand sport I had already ex- periencod, I made no other cast, and rotired per- foctly contented. The besutifal fish was laid down lovingly in tho bottom of the canoe and borne in triumph to camp. whore fish and fisher were given such Learty welcome amid such bila- ricus enthusizsm a8 was befitting *the cause and the gecasion.” “ In the afternoon of the same day I killed a 23-pound ssimon_in the same pool in twenty minutes—haviog, I was sorry to learn on getting back to camp, monopolized the luck of the day, no other member of the party Baviog had so mach 4 & rise.” % I bad po thonght of adding s word to the foregoing, bnt 1t has reminded me of the killing of my * first walmon,” an sccount of which, thouzn it will bo but a tame affair after readiog Mr. Dawson’s thrilliug extract, may be found to ‘possces somo historical interest. n the springof 1810, with two other boys, I | waa walking of s pleasant evening 1 the vicia- ity of the Onondaga Croek, & mile and 2 half sonth of the preseut City of Syracuse, then = tangled swamp, inhabited mainly by frogs, water-snskes, and owls. Upon the creek stood Wood's mill, below which for seeral rods were rifts. Our attention and surpriss were excited vy secing bright lights moving, a8 we supposed, 0] ng the bauks of the creek. Om ap- prosching, _however, We discovered On- Phdaga Tndians with pine-kmot torches and clubs, killing salmon, whosa fins aod backs srero scen as they wer ssconding tho creck in shallow water over the rifts. The Indians good naturedly lent ns clubs and gavo us the benefit of their tocches, natil each had capiurod a salmon, with which we dsparted for our homes in Jubilant spirits. Most of the inhabitanta of Sy- acuse will find it bard to beliove that salmon were ever taken southof thascily. Andyot wach i the fact, for which my friend, Philo D. AMickles, recently deceased, would have voached, 28 ho waa onaeof mycompanicns on that oc~ a family, and trusted to s singular degree con- sidering how short time sho had been in their employ (two days), dissppeared with $100 or 2500 wortn of_clocbing snd jewelry. With the good taste and good judymout whiel thieves sl ways disglay, she slccted thereal and loft tho imitation ornaments in every instanco bus thad of two pns, which sho ovidently believed to £ diammonds. but which wero in reality ouly - Paria” ginss. Finding thia out, sho rorurned them to the young lady whoso propesty they were, with an impertinest noto, in which she coolly in- formed ber that she liad no use for ** unitatjon . diamonds. Tho writing afforded no clue o ber whereabouts. aud ahio is still at large with jow~ elry and clothing enough for a very banlsome bridal outtit. BRAZIL. The Ecbellion of the Melizious Fas natics of Leonernof. Rio Janerro (July ) Cyrrespandence of the Newo York Her ui The revolt of the Mucksrs in Rio Grande do Sul is giving serious troupie to the authoriti and hitherto the soldiery Lave come off cous; erably second best in all the encounters with them, about 100 soldiers having already been killed and wonnded. Included awong this num- ber is Col. Genmino de Sampaio, tho oficer in charge of the forces operstng sgainst the reb- els. Theso fanatics are ulmost all Germans of thecolony of San Leopoldo, situated among the timbered lands in the north of the province, As I mentioned in a provious letter, they believe that Christ bas resurrected in the body of tho woman Jacopina, wife of the prophet Msnrer ; that Judas bas also ravived in the person of one of the disciples of the new scct, and that this traitor of Christian belief was really actuated by the most nobls motives, hiy sceming betreyal of Christ beinz with the intent to bring about the fullillmeat of tho Scriptures and establiah his’ own divine descent. Up to the beginniog of the last month the Muclers, though showing themselves possessed of a turbulont and fauacical wpinit, and being popularly sccused of various crimes and oifeuses against persons and property, had uot serivusly compromised taemselves with tbe public wn- thorities. The only public notice taken of them was when, after o mors than usual fanatical dis- play of riotous conduct last vear, tho suthorities arrested the chiefs aud bound thom over ¢ keep the peace. 1in June, however, their mectings were attend- ed with circumstances whica alarmed the colo- nists, threats being medo agsinst the soceders and the enomies of the trus church, which, it was procluimed, was to do justice for itself and avenge the causo of God upon His enemies. The authoritics, however, did now pay muach attention to tho accounts for- warded to them from the colony, and they avakened only to the true character of tho persecuting and murderous epirit of thes2 mad fanatics when (June 25) the house of onc of the seceders was fired, and its inmates, women and cluldren, shot down &ud Jeft to cocsu:na in ths flamea. On receint ¢f this nows the President of the province sent the Chief of Polico thither with about 200 men end two picces of artillery, 10 captare all implicated in tho attack aud o bring them to Porta Alsgre, Whon tha Chiof arrived at the colony Lo found that tho male Muckers had gathered at_tho prophet’s house, sitnated in a mounteinous district of the colony, and diflicalt of accass. The place was well choson. Padre Eterno, or Leonerhot, as tho colonists now call it, isanan- cient plantation, 1n s valley surrounded by hcavi- Iy timbezed bills, accessible only by two bash roads passing through defiles. Inside ars some girty familics settled, almost all fol- lowers of Maurer, and sround them ore Jarge plantations of sugar-cave and grain, with wido pas:ures, covered with cattlo and horses. Debind it extead vast foresty, in which dwell Indians, by whoso progenitors two total maossacres of all the slaves of the plantatioa wera in past years effected. Aaarer's honse, the centro of the defeuse, isa strong gzone oue, sdapted to bo effectively held by a garrison, and surrounded by works making the approach didi- cult. Hero the Muckors had their Loadquartors, and the men were aewisted by boys. and eveu women, who had been trained to shuot with pre~ ciston, many of tho women putting a carbing bail into a playing-card at 100 rards distance. Col. Sampaio detarmined to attack the Mack- ers’ position, and advanced by ouo of the rouds, dragging two caunon. Not a nign of Lifo was seen, when suddenly, sfier tbey had well en- tered the defile. balls raiued on his force on 2% sides, sud, after *aain attempt to charge upon his unseen enc i through the matte:l wood, Col. Sampaio 4% blized to retreat with tho loss of tive killed and thircy-five wounded, saving his cannon with difGculty. ‘Lhis defest of tho troops was followed at oncs by the burning of thirteon houses aud the mur- der of all their inmates by the Juckors, aud the spreading of an inconceivable panic throaghout the populons settlement of Sao Lcopoldo. Troops wers ordered up from all quarters of the province, ational guards_called out, and & guo- boat was, with much ditficulty, xot up to Sao Leopoldo. With a force of 600 men aud several csnnon Col. Sampaio made another aiiomps a for days 280, aud, after a sharp fight, in which the Muckers lost nivo meu, four women, and two children, and the troops six killed and ovex thirty wounded, succeedod in takiug Maurer's bhouse, which waa first sbandoned by the garri- son, who escapod to tho woods ; but two nights later the Guvernment force was surprised by the Muciers, who killed or wounded thirty-cne, Col. Sampaio limself dyiog of a wound recwved on the occasion. The maiter is thus eerious. Although 600 to 800 troops and nacionsl guards are employed against them, and the Sao Leopoldo colonists have 4,000 mon 1n arms to defend the settlo- ‘ment, the Muckers continue to pounce upon and burn the outlying farms, killingall they find, and maintaimng the utmost terror in a large re- gionof populous country. The Muckers are all well armed and traived, their precision of shiooting being shown by the foct that all the wounded and Killed were shot through tho body, and they have some kind of sbell or nade with which they fire the houses from & distance. A Monster Kite. ovel Method for Crossini the Sound. Bridgeport, Conn. (Any. 93), Dispatch te the New York Heruld, The eporting_fraternity will learn with pleas, ure of the rcadaptation of Den” Dranklin's old ides of the kite for purposes of locomozion, or rother natation. It was doomed perfectly foas- ible in a small way 100 years ago, whon the grest philosopher of his age was exporimenting with! natural appliances which hzve since rev- olutionized the worla, and now Mr. W. W. Har- rall, a_merchant in high standing in thia ey, brings it to public notice again, and priposcs, few days hence, to cross Long Island Soand ta Smithtown Bay, a distance of over 20 miles, in & boat. For this purposo hie has caused to be con- structed a kita 10 fect high by 8 feot widn, which he intends zo put to nse in drawing him across. The kite 18 probably the largest éver made. A trial of its power @as recently Lod in Fairtleld, when it was put up to a beight of 300 feet, re- quired a threc-stranded hempen cord to hold, and & tail 100 feet long tobalance it. Its appear- ance nenr the Somside Park Base Ball Ground caused discouragement among tho boys, who thonght they knew all abost kitiog. Mr. Iar- rall is confident of success, and belioves he can make the journey in four hours, He will ru- quire the wind to uorth of north-norihwe: bloswing fresh, and is now waiting propar o~ phenc conditions to mako the start. Tha boat will bo open sud without mast, sail, or oars. The departure will draw a crowd. Seaside Park, which has a bold shoro fasing the Sound and directly opposite the point of dou- tination, will ba chosen a3 tho startirex point. Curiogity is alive to witness this novei scana and Chanyed Color. From the Dutuque Telegraph, This morning & youug lady tocs a little child who is afilicted with tho whooping-cough to the gas-house, that the lit:le ope mignt bave the beneit of the escaping gas from the purifiera. Dr. Alfon placed the youug lady and tho cl at tha lower end of the parifier, sad, when bLe removed tho top, aud the gas arising froma the lime came in coutact with the younz lady's faco, Lior wkin commenced turaing yeilow, and finnlly assumed & dark hne. As the saae offect bLas never been produced bofore, the Doctor thinks that the young lady must be in the habit of using some of the many chemical preparations now in vogae for keepiug the comploxicn clear, and the action of the gaa upon those chemicala effected the resnlt here given. The lady made every effort to remove tho dark color with soap aod water, but without avail. She had to ecome through the city looking like & dark mulatto. et e e L Wives Older than Their Husbaunds, Ladics of & certain aze may take ccurage fron {he fact that, in England, ot all ovents, it is Lo coming quite the fasnion for men to marry women older than themeelves. Thus the prill- iant wife of the Lriliiant Secretary of India, th Marquis of Salisbury, is several years bia senior, and now the Earl of Pembroke, the grostest #cateh” in England, who is 24, is to bs married to Lady Gortrude Taltos, who is 34. Lord P broke is the son of the late well-koown Rarbert, and inherited vast ectates of casion, Nsw Yok, Aug. 23, 1874. —_ - A Pastidious Thiels New York Later, A curious circamstance oocurred the other day, which shows Low fastidicun city thleves we get~ ting to b, & girl taken without refersncs into Dbocle and father, Ho is the great owner in and aroand Dublin, and £100,000 & yoar. Lord P Lady Harbert of Les, whog author, joined the ; her busband’s desth.