Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 25, 1874, Page 13

- THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE; SUNDAY, OCTCBER 25, 1874-"SIXTEEN PAGES. i3 ,HgnETRonLNVER DISASTER. Josion 0f {he Boiler of the Pro- peller Brooklyn. [ ses Lost, and Ten Per- Li gwelve ons Inj urcd. S z s e 1 i i P «t Tribune, Ocz. 23. :rh lB‘r’o’ZZIyn, Capt. Harvey Broyn, proneler sportation Company's lino, Sorberd sburg to Chicago, esploded evsay afteruon,about 20'clock: just Hightiog Islend, completely shat- Mie a1, ad causing tho death of tbir- iog the Tl B0 besides maiming and e peso® O . Ele sunk in about two omoR 8 C N a5 or 30 feet of § or 8 inches of her pilot-house water &S nt:: “ater, to which Do persons ing 0% % 124 were soon released by the Gang for 865 ¥4 Teicht others who woro ler O L5 cera picked up b fisbing frown 10980 T b six wero injured, rarla 08 OB i ity and taken to the and were BOB gt Marys Hospitals. issioe, B 0 Groseiand on Wednesday T Bt 1 ing at the mouth of the evening 5% T80 e, on mccount of u denso petroit B%er B until noon yestenlay, when Tog xBh P river. In possing Auberst- ghe 0d, of this city, who was pisce . e er, in order to tako pas- iy, but they refused to stop for agofor 8- 08% s forionately preserved i, w08 110 D00 s tha wounde of a mumber tolook 8ft€ 800 Cor™tho uu{orl.\mat‘n et!enmex;i the river &t a rato of gpee llea per bour, according to o e5een wn):gcapuin. Sceward, and sev- ent of ¢! \pi 0 pagsenent o C0;"on board the boat, The enlbasds 08 chors distanco aboad of the ex Cobt M0 " imo thoy enterod th river. oo O Teland. _The shock of the b= sead FENAE Lave tows eversbody i "Sod most of thoso on doc srom their o6 BR L ntless fiying missiles wero injared VF 045 the air and fel in 21l iy e o the deck, somo X of Ersing, ied themselves up- 38 quickly oo SR L though some wero ured, i o vessel was rapidly going i flg%‘{tr the only portion of the boat male 8100, G cell abovo the surface of tho ol et wes tho top of the pilothouse, i, i t two or three minutes after the B B e men wero clingiog for bl e tho bost bad sunk it was only & ot two ont of water. Tho wl.\o]: air(:\cn of eat distance around them was e et A Finds of dobri, copsisting of it reck, portions of s freigl e o etc, Tl nino men who clang (3 e o tho pilot-house remained (hiere until hakdy ths propeliee Cubs, which at oncs t, went to their assistance, Ppicke fli;‘“i:& brongbt them to this clty, with the fibn of the Steward and tho cabin-bOy. fi".’i\mmmm in yawl boats to look after e fetts. Thoy wera all more or less injured were except the Captaio, and wera taken to either the Marine or Harper Hospitalx PICKED GP. 3 = Pesides the pive bove mentioned, eight sihass were saved, apparently by a miracle. The frst engineer, m H. Stoddard, was asleep biis soom ‘peerly over the boiler. He was picked up flosting 1n the river in an insensible P niition, some fifteen miputes or moroe after the zocident, by the steamer Bob Hackett, which ‘s on its way from Ambersiburg to Windsor. Dr. D. 0. Farrand, uot_being abia to get upon tho i1)-fated Brooklyn, had taken passaze on the Tob Hzcketr, and when Stoddard was picked up b stiended to him, and found that he was very badly bruised on thie back, nd bad broken leg. Hemado him 83 comfortable 28 possible, aud when the bost arrivedat Detroit had him at coce conveyed to the Harper Hospital. The Sémbermaid, Mary Bowen, wss in the eabin ¥ the time of the explosion, and about ten or ffleen minates afterwards was picked up by s fishing yawl from one of the fisheries o the island. Frederick Valley, » deck- lund, was cleaning the deck a moment before the explosion and found himself swim- ung in the river a moment _ afterwards. Amos Nelson, & deck hand, bad sbout the same ex- perience as did Valley. John Mullane, 2 passon- g, of Gogen B, Wie., remembers notling the time the explosion occurred unil alter Be was on bosrd of a boat bouod for Detoit. He was picked up by & yawl after foating about in the water for about a quarter of anbour. These patties wera placed on bosrd tha sehooner Allianco and werc towed to this city bythe tug Hercales, Two deck hands, whoso Tames sre naknown, jo somo way eseaped from the wreck unkurt, and came up to Detroit in a vessel that anved at about 9 o'clock. THE WOUNDED. Nearly oll vho eeceped suffered injaries to a greater or less extent, and upon beibg brought bere wero taken to aome of tho hospitals. and ill be cared for at the expense of the Northern ki tstion Company, through their agent, E.J. Rodier. Dre, D. O. Farrand aud Foster uiended all the inj The following 18 s list of the wounded, with theirinjuries: ; Dsmel Byder, of Three-Mile Bay, N. Y., first mate, arm broken just above the wrist; at Aenne Hospital. n“‘“ Parker, wheelsman, suffering slightly xfe:,.%i shock of the explosion ; st Marine Fred Valley, lookont, brui i ok, 0 S mfered b Dok Rniiees a1 Xiauice Hompital. § Amos Nelson, deck hax i it o Jeg sod. contusion of Xnea, pt. Matt Boardman, of Chicago, a passenger, {oopound fracture of right arm. two fingers fzed and ampuiated in'serious condition ; ¢ Aboer Millen, gecond mate, slightly bruised ; tLis brotber's ho 5, Elightly bruisocs s e use, Capt. James AMiflon, o L wen, chambermaid, of Ogdensburg, {a sl s it ofuen In o buct & Jobr” Mullage, a . passenger, of Green Bay, T, Seutder dislocsted and injured in foot; at pi William H. Stoddard, first engi m H. Stod t engineer, severely l'w:qnc} injured in tha back, fi‘gmjmd, and e ‘{; from the shock ; in & eritical condi- Tridaty e enital porederick W. Stevons, passenger, of Now Faeh i rinter, lef: arm broken and sovers ik lh‘eug at Harper Hospital. Franilin, of Lodi, 0., injuries in the falling on deck by the ehock ; &t eyt passink o f tht Sy flg;;s comiog VP aled 5 'é:em' from ‘Atper Hoapital. Total, 11, BAVED AND UNINIUR “&nn a{f?.fim I » Tist of thoss saved, who rvey Brown, Master, ¥.P. Plunstend, stemard. Goorgo Necde, lookout. bers Gibbons, csbin-boy. Foahs i;&f?—mh names unknown, MISSTRG AXD STUPR! Mis. Peter Bapprs, 0SED LOST, and child, 4 Foidnisy d, 4 years old, of Prasenger, name unknmown, from %0 Frenchmen, , passengers, 'f;vexmgl from Ogdensburg to. e pa anknowy orley, first cook, Ogdensburs. s"‘“mhmk. name unknown, ehipped at Os- a“x:f"" Bomaing, wheelman, Cape Vincent, s lin Elinra, second engieer, Ogdons- . Michea) Hroo: ¢ Yike Hupgog: a2l -Ju':fi." Phillips, firemen. 3.y Aaderson, porter, Rensselser Falls, 1. THE CAPTAIN'S STATEMENT. h&‘fi,‘,‘“““ states that he was on deck a¢ the o " that_soveral mon were within ® dis- ot J,I"' feel from him. At the first ‘&bvlth Is explosion he eays it felt as though the g 12 BTUCK & rock. * He was thrown to o gy e partly stnoped. He jumped up as Wiy 22 could, a0d bogan to realiza the fact Byidly ::p uc:lmn. He saw. the boat sinking s’y the centre, and jutped into tho 1ige o tsaled_ou the cabia Loy, Atbert Gip- A cabin window. Ho also'assisted the aniel Ryder, who bad an arm broken with a fiving missile, to the top which place all on deck thmbcu.t was completely under five minutes. The %mlg the pilot-house, and u::ym:: byt procreabont &iftcou minuses, until reloasad % ol Cuba, when he came with them rhwa He subsequently started back Mergpe With the tug Oswego 10 look Rigy iy hfllums of the wrecked vessel, and zlso Yetoe kfflnld“ fnd any of the bodies of the on Gy Emy Qne who were supposed to bs L o, whish s o dund e b Yot 0 jalan Corairer Laving szt for to hold :'u burg, o 3 Utr“&anl;?’ | any inquest, ho determined to leave the body there. The Cavtain said tho Brooklyn was goingata rato of speed of about 10 miles an hour, which is not an unuseal speed for the boat, and that e was not racing. STATEMENT OF PASSENGERS. Our reporter had a conversation with Fred. W. Stevene, Riley Fraoklin, and John Mullane, rassengers of the boat. They sny that tho steamer Cuba was several hundred yards shead of tho boat, and both were going at_apparently the same speed. Two of the men heard Capt. Boardmsn, who was on the deck, say to Capt. Brown, of the Brcoklyn, that the Cuba would keop ahead, and Capt. Brown roplied: **She will read the name of our boat on our stern be- fore we reach Detroit.” WHAT 1S SAID OF THE BROOKLYX. ‘The Brooklyn is said to have becn one of the fastest boats on the line of the Northern Trans- portation Company, and cou'd make, when put to her topmost speed, from 13 to 15 miles per hour, 50 that 10 milea is & rather low &verage. Tho 'bost carried a Government steam-gausze and valve, and consequently could not possibly got & higher pressure than 50 pounds of steam, aud this amount she scldom carried. It is not defimtely known how much she carried at tho timo of tho explosion. The Captain and the Agent of tho line in this city state that the First Tugincer, Mr. Stoddard, is one of the most care- falof engineers, as was also Mr. Hilliard, tha Second Engineer, who was in chargo of the en- giue at the timo of the explosion. The theory of Jr. Rodier and the Captain as to the cause of the explosion is lowness of water in the boiler. AT THE WRECK. The Stoward, not being injured, concluded to romain at the sceno after being rescued from the pilot-houso, in ho}?en of obtaining some of his personal effects, He remained in g yawl for ashort time, and soon the hurricane det floated to tho surface of tho water, He got on board of it, a8 did also some of the fishermen, and they floated down with it for a couple of miles, when it was broken up. He secured his truuk, containing some of his clotbing. Boxes con- taining various kinds of merchandise were picked up by the fishermen and taken to the ehore, and portions of it floated sshora at Wyau- dotto, Trenton, and other places. The cxplo- sion seems to have carried away the whole of the boat's stern, and spread it apart in the con- tre, and, shortly sfter einking, the bow of the boat ewting around, headiog dowp- stream, sud, efier floating about three lengths of the boat, became ntationary. Lignts were placed on the wreck last evening. THE MISSING. Thero is little if any doubt that the list of missing above given is a correct one of thoso who met their deaths by tho_explosion. It is quite certain that the Socond Engineor and tho tro firomen went down with the boat. The fate of most all the others is doubtful to a small de- gree, but 1t is generally believed that if thoy had been among the ising” they would have been picised up in the yawls with'ths others who were found flosting among the debris. It was ru- mored yesterday aftcinoon that a woman with a child was eeen to svim towards the island and that sho reached it in safety, but s there wasno one found on the island by those who went down last evening with the tug Oswego, tho rumor is probably a fabrication. The body of & woman was geen tied to 8 stake at the 1sland by tho-s who went down on the sume tug, Lut they 1e- fused to bring it back until it bad been viewed by a Coroner and an inquest held. THE PROPELLEE DROOKLYN. The propeller Lrooklyn was built at Cleveiand in 1566, and was thereforo 8 years old. She was considered a first-class vessel, of good speed, and in 0no of Ler trivs has, it is stated, aver- aged between 10 and 12 miles per hour frot port 10 port. She was valued at 45,000, and wus in- sured for half that amount. She had on bosrd a full cargo of general merchandise, sixty tony of it being for tnis city, and the balance for Mil- waukeo and Chicago. A tuz and divers were sent down to the wreck this morning to secure such of the freight ss can betaken therefrom. THE LATEST. The tug S. S. Lyou, with a diver and diving apparatus on board praceeded to the scene of the wreck this morning, for tna purpose of taking out the safe and whatevor valuable prou- erty and merchandise could be secured. The agent, Ar, Rodier, and several porsons interest- ed in tho Company residing in this city, went on the tog. A telcgram has been receivea that tho body of & woman {rom the wreck has been seut to Detroit, and it was biought up on the steamer Dove. Tobert Welch, second Mate of the schooner Morse, was a passenger on board the Brook- isn, and was Eaved, escoping without any in- jurv. He etaies thnf he was standing on the deck very near the bow, and when tho cxplosion ocourred, tecing the myriads of flying museiles, he sprang at once by the gide of the anchor-stock, to seek the protection of it from the missiles - and escaped unhort, pieces of wood, iron, 2nd frag- ments of all descriptions alighting near him. Ho beard Capt. Matt Boardman, who was Iying on the deck, call for assistance, and helped him upon the pilot-honse, Ho did not remain there, but got upon tho anchor stock and stayed thero until be was taken off ina yawl. Ho remaiwed at the island unti] Iste at night, and was in one of the yawls picking up whatever they could find of value. He got, among other things, tho trank of Fred W. Stevens, of New Isven, and it was brought to this city Jast evening and left at the Compans’s warchouse. DEATH OF THE PIRET ENGINEER. Tho first engineer, Mr. Witliam H. Stoddsrd, died at Harper Hospital at 10 o'ciock this morn- ing frow the effects of the injuries he received. Coroner Rowley will Liold an inquest. Statement in Bebalf of the Owners of the Hoat. To the Editorof I'he Chicago Tribune : . Sm : The misstatements contained in the ed- itorial comments of Tuz TRIBUNE of to-day in reference to the blowing-up of the Northern ‘Transportation Company’s propeller Brooklyn, have attracted such general attention among steamboat-man, and more especially among the people connectod with the Line in this city, that o refutation of the same, and a fow facts stated in connection therewith, secm demanded. In the first place, the Brookiyn was not an #0ld boat,” with an ** old engine,” but a now boat, with & mew engine. The Brooklyn was built in Cleveland, O., in 1866, being eight years old at the time of the disaster ; and, at the cou- mencement of the season's business, was rated 41" (ot ** A 2"), according to the Inspector’s certifieste of the Diatrict of Cuyahoga. * Last fall and winter, while laying-up at Ogdensburg, she received s thorough overhauling, both machine- 1y and bost proper. Iu respect to ber seagoing qualities, she has never been considered other- wiso thap first-class. That fact has never been questioned. Her engino was a * Cuyshoga,” built especially for the Brooklyn, in 1866, and placed in ber as eoon as the boat' was feady to roceiveit. The Cuyahogs engines bave the repntation of being tho best marino engines made, and_any of them will outlast any boat in existence or ever built. In regard to the engino, Twould most _respectfully inquire what covnce- tion an *old engiue, or cven & Dew enginc, would bavo with the blowing-up_ of a boiler. The Brooklyn's boiler would stand a pressure of 125 pounds of steam, a8 the Boiler Tospector's certificato attests, bui was pro- vided with & Goverument blow-off, or *pop- valve® s they sre termed by epgineers, locked and sealed by a United States Inspector of Boilers st 72, pourds pressuro. An engincer could not poesibly tamper with these valves. Moreover, it such a thing were poseible, he Would be leying himself hable to prosccution by the Govercment, both crimnally and otherwise. Tiae stacement contained 1n & morning paper, {hat she wrs carrving 100 pounds of steam, is absurd, 2s her vaive was set ot 73 pounds, end amount of steam generated abovo that fig- ure would release itself through the * pop.” This 100-ponnd stetement is also made by the same party—s deck-hand—who siates that Le saw the gaugo indicate 100 pounds 88 ho was passing below withs ghovel in his hand to assist the fircmen heave coal. This is all ridiculous, a8 nota poand of coal is burat by any of the boats of this lino; nor ever has beon,—tho firing all being done by W Capt. Horvey Brown, Mester of the Brooklyn, Las been in tho employ of the Northern Trans- portation_ Compavy for the past twenty-two years, end a more truelworthy, carefal, and efi- cient commander is unknown on the Lakes. The Jino hizs received nearly £90,000 from passenger- fares alone tha past season, which is about as good 1 recommend as the Northorn Transporta- tion Company can offer o the patrons of the line. Trasting yon will give this a place in your col- umuos, for the purpose of eorrecting, ip a mess- ure, the erroneous idess which must necessarily be 'convered by such an acticle as appeared in Tar TmiBUxe of to-day, I am, respectfully Tos Korth mJ""“rfa.::“éi"'m orthern mpARF. Cacaco, Oct. 24, 1574, L THE CORONCR'S INQUEST. Svecial Disyaich to The Chicage Tribune, Derrorr, Micn., Oct. 24.—The Coroner's Jury has been for two days investigsling the recent explosion of the propeller Brooklyn. ‘Ine testi- mony thus faris somewhat conflieting. Soms of the passengers have declared their beliof, from Fuadry indications, thas the ilisted bosk was racing with tho Caba, but a1l the officers of the boat testify that elie wus only going at her usual speed. FORE WEST INDIES. SAN DOMINGO. 8ax Dowxrxao, Oct. 11.—The Republic is quiet. President Gonzales has issued s decree author- izing the contraction of s foreign losn to the amouat of £8,000,000, aod has appointed Jose Manuel Glas agent to nogotiate it. | UWAYTT. Jacxer, Oct. 11.—Business isdull. Thecoffes crop is immense, but it comes slowly, the coun- try poople refusing to eell at the prevailing price, which is $10. Octavius Namesu hss been commissioned Pleuipotentiary to the Courts of Eoglaud, France, and Spain. The Republicis quiet. cuBA. HavaNA, Oct. 22.—The Diario says : There i3 no truth 1n the roports which have been circu- 1ated that Capt.-Gen. Concha will not enforce the decree of July 10, establishing a contribution of 5 per cont ou capital. The story has boen put in circalation for the purpose of raising the premi- um on gold, a8 well as to wjure tho credit of the Governmen:. Superior autbority never recedes, 10 matter what may be the nature of the oppo- gition which it meets. It has boen decided o enforco thie decree with the ntmost rigor in order to prevent a_paralszation of the Govern- ment, and to bring into the Treasury the amount impetatively demanded for the pereinptory naces- sities of tio campaign. Concha has accepted the accoun:s furnished by the taxpayers, butreserves the night, should it be found hereafter that their capital 18 greater thaan represented, to collect on surplus at tho rate of 5 per cent. ‘Concha, accompanied by hus chicf of staff, threo aids, and_ an escort of fity soldiers, has loft for the Sinco Villas district and the Trocha. e o GERTMIANY. THE VON ARNIM TRIAL. Benwry, Oct. 2L.—1Ivis expected that the pub- lic trial of von Arnim will begin early in Decem- ber. Bismarck will bo the principal witnoss for the prosecution. Loxpos, Oct. 24.—A dispatch from Berlin says that tho Judge who s intrusted with the proliminary inquiry into thoe caso of von Amim is expected on AMonday from Paris, where he has been collecting evi- dence. The taking of the testimony of the Prince Holenlohe, the German Ambassador aé Paris, and Prince Bismarck, only remains to comploto the prelimmary nquiries. Gt FRANCE. LEGITIMIST CALL POR CHAMTOED, Loxpox, Oct. 24.—A dispatch from Paris says tho Legitimists are urging tho Counc do Cham- bord to return to France. e RUSSIA. CONFLAGBATION AT TIFLIS. Sr. PETERSBURG, Oct. 24.—A dispatch from Tilis brings inteiligence of & fire ia the busincas portion of that city. At the timo the telegram was sont the theatrs had buven burned and upward of 100 stores, and the fire was still rag- ing. iRt e SPAIN. ABMY MATTERS. Maprip, Oct. 24:—The Republicans have com- pleted the work cf fortifying the line of the Ebro, and an active movement against the Carl- igts is expected to begin immediately. THE INDIAN: Operations Against IFostile Savazes. Four SLr, L T., Oct. 19, 1874. Col. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutani-General, Chizago, n: Lieat.-Col. Buell struck a small camp of hos- file Indians, on tho head-waters of the Salt Fork of the Red River, near tho Staked Plains, on the 9th of October, destroying it, and killing one Indian; and then continued the pursuit of the Indians up the river, destroying camps of fifteen lodges aud seventy-five lodges, and finally & camp of avout 400 Jodges,—drivivg tho Indians still farther west, on the edge of the Staked Pluios, when they turned north, to the head- waters of McClellan's Creek and North Fork. Licat.-Col. Duell is still in pursuit. A large smount of Tndian property was destcored, and a large number of ponies apandoned by the In- diaus. A smell party came in hero last night to ssk for terms for seven of the Comuanche Chiefs and their people. The terms will be given, ex- cept & surrender of arms, porsons, and properts. Lieut.-Col. Davidson moves out again. with his colump, on the moming of the 216t ; course due west. Forty days' rations for men and ani- mals have been sent Col. Buell. P. H. SHERIDAN, Lisutent-General. The Indian Campaign in Texas. BAx Axtosto, Tex., Oct. 24.—Col. Buel struck the hostile Indians on the 8th of October on the Salt Fork of Red River, and destroved 175 lodges, and is still in pursuit, dnving tbe Io- dians towards tho odge of the Staked Plaine. Col. Davidson moved from Fort Sill with a atrong column on the 21st, going West. THE WEATHER. WasmINaTON, Oct. 24.—For the Northwest and Upper Lakes, and thence to the Miasouri, falling barometer, high southerly winds, warm, cloudy weather, and occasional lizht rain. LOCAL ODSERVATIONE. Cmcaco, Oct. 24, 1874 lmmnm ang| forcs of wi M 81 18., gentlo..... Hour of eb-| 4 Weather, n. Cloudy. al- 60 | 82 [S., gentle... .l Fair. 2 E., tresh. [Fair, (0] 61 | 82 |E7, freab...... Fair. 900 p. m..[30.16] G1 | 82 i8., freabi...... Cloar. 1138 p. m..}20.17) 00 1 82 8., Ciear. Maximum thermometer, G3. Minimum thermometer. 59. GENERAL OBSERVATIONB. Cuicico, Oct, 35—1 8. m. Ramy Wind. Weather. Station, | Bar.{Thr Breckenr'ge Davenport..| Denver.. A CURIOSITY. Sparsorzro, IIL, Oct. 24.—The following communication was received a fuw days since by the Secretary of the Lincoln Monument Associ- ation : WasnINGTON, Oct. 21, 1874, To the Committee of the Lincoln H-onum, 3 jesse oblige one of Mr, Lincoln's best {friends by having ingcribed on_ hia monument in lirge letters, Mr. Lincoln's greatost words, wiich this friend heard him so emphatically repeat twice in his inaugural : 7 hiave no purpose, directly or indirectly, o mterfers with tho institution of slavery in tho States where it exists, Ibelieve I bave no lawful right to doso. Those who elected me did 8o with this full knowl- edge, and they piaced it in their platform, and I now reiterate those rentiments. March 4, 1851.* Gentle- men, we all know it was that selfish and cunning ras- ‘cal. oward, who wrote that vile proclamation. {n viols- fion of tha Constituton, and persuaded Linooln to sign —— RECEIVER APPOINTED. Drs Morses, Ia., Oct. 24.—The United States Circuit Court has appoivted Gon. N. B, Baker Receiver of the Burlington & Southweatern Rail- Tozd in behalf of the bondholders, todemand and receive possession of that road from a Receiver appointed by & Stato Court in the interest of E. B, Ward. Gen. Baker will go on AMonday to ex- ecute the ordor of the Court. ke o AT CATHCLIC BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION. Bavtaone, Md., Oct. 24.—Tn the Convention of the Irish Catholic Benevolent Society, to-day, resolutions were adopted that ths cluldren of membera of tho State Union, needing the pro- tection of the General Union, be placed in the Catbolic protectorato of cuch dioceso, and cared for as wards of the Union ; that is not advisable now to encourago Irish immigration to this country ; that Oathohic schools be promoted ; thas lyosums be established by each local society of the Tnion, and that the Sth day of December bo recognized as the national hohday of the TUnion. Mavor Keily, of Richmoud, was uoani- mously re-olected President, and sn Executive Committce and a Committes on Immigration The Convention adjoarned e ointeed. N third Mouday to meet in Rocheater, N. ¥., onthe of October, 1875. CRIME., The Mifford Bank Robbery, Bostox, Oct. 24.—A Iad, while hunting yester- day in the wooda at Leominster, found a tin box containing envelopes, each marked with the amount it contained, and which bad been depos- ited in the Milford Dank. One envelope is marked $£7,000 of Cincinnati bonds. Near the trunk were overhauls, s jacket, a dark lantern, and 8 wavk. The Joliet Incendiaries. Special Disvatch to The Chicago I'ibuns. Jouart, Oct. 24.—Willia Murray, alias Murphy, ono of tho boys arrested last eveniog for arson, made a full confession this morning, implicatiog Fred Hill, who was arrosted st tho same time, and Wm. Johnson, who is still at large, and supposed to be in Bloomington, and bimsolf, in tho recent attempts at incendiarism in this city, Hill was brought before Justice Hendricks this afternoon for examination. The coutt-room was packed with oxcited spectatora. James Fisnders, Esq., appoared for the State, and the Hon. Henry Spapp for the defendsnt. A chango of venuo was taken to Justico Yatrick, Who granted & continuanco until the 81st inst., holding the accused in €250 bail, in detault of which the prisoner was romanded to Jail, Alach diasatisfaction is expressed by the citizens gen- erally, who are cognizant of the alleged facts in tho caso, at 'Squire Patrick's action in tho malter, especislly at tho meagre awmount 1n the bail. In justice to himself, Mr. Patrick states that Hill was bronght before him without » warrant. No evidence was taken, and both attornevs agreed on a continuzuce. Warrants are cut for Hill on another charge of arson and for larceny. Thero seems to be but little doubt of Lis guilt, all the circumstantial evidence, a8 well as his accomplice's confesgion, clearly point- ingto bim (Hill) as tho originator of the lato incendiary fires here. Within the last four mouths Joilet has loat in property destroyed by fires over £200.000. Most of those fires were the Work of incendiarics, and the feeling among the citizens is very bitter and decided. One thous- sand dollars reward for the conviction of an in- condiary has boon & standiug offer for some time. Attempt to Rob o Railroad Train. LeavesworTi, Ks., Oct. 24.—A daring at- tempt was made to-night, at Cameron Station, Mo., to rob the eastern-bound express train of the Chicazo, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. Tho pasongers and train men Were At supper, when six robbers boarded the train. Four jumped into the baggage csr, and two mounted the engine. They ran the train two miles north, but, failing in their attempt to break open tho expross company's safe, abandoned the tram, and tled to the woods. Nicholson, the baggage-master, who waa in the car when the robbers entered, was threatened with a revolver. When the robbers decamped, he run the train bac to Camieron. Nothing lost. CASUALTIES. Snd Result of a Chance Shot. Menvms, Tenn., Oct. 24.—A distressing scci- dent occurred in Panola County, Miss., last ‘Weodnesday, which cast s gloom over the entire county. A party of four young men were hunt- ing deer in the T'allabatchie Bottoms and became separated. One of them, Ben Mitchell, while pursuing a path through a cancbrake, observed & cane shaking shesd of him, and, thinking it was caused by deer, fired the contents of & double-barreled shot-gun, loaded with buck- shot, in that direction. Hearing scresms, he rushed to tho spot and found Thomas L. Mosley, one of his companions, lying dead, shot through tho head ; David White, another, shot in the head and mortally wounded, and a third one, S. W. Johnsop, severely wounded. All the par- ties wera respectably connectod, and the deplora- ble accident hias prought mourning and sorrow to many homes. Steamship Collision. New Yomg, Oct. 24.—The White Star Line steamship Adriatic, while going down the bay thia afternoon, came incollision with the Cunard steamship Parthia. The Adnatic had her pori- side stove in abaft the maiu rigging, and an- chored at Staten Island for ropairs. The Par- thia proceeded to sea, baving sustained no dam- age. CANADIAN ITEMS. OtTawa, Ont., Oct. 24.—A dispatch from the Tmperial Colonial Minister saya it has been de- cided that certificates of naturalization granted in the United Kingdom do not confer mpon an alien any nght or privilege in the British Colo- nies. Drazil declines to enter into reciprocal trading relations with Can: —_— AN OPIUM-EATER. Lo Octr 2¢.—Tho Committee of the School Board has privately iuvestigated the charge of drunkenness sgatnst Prof. Anderson, of thie High School, and ascertained that ho was under the influence of opium, not hquor. Pt S Ll INSURANCE IRREGULARITIES. Bostoy, Oct. 24.—Some members of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of this city, huvo appealed to the Insnrance Commissioner to examino into the condition of the Company, claiming that irrogularitics oxist. —_— THE ECLIPSE. New Yorr, Oct. 24.—A slight fog prevailed at the beginning of the moon eclipse, but gradually lifted, and, a3 the moon became totally obscured, tho sky grew clear. The fog was quite heavy at Philadelphia and Washingzon. —_— Women as Decorative Artists. 1 do not propose to argue tho vexed guestion f political economy concernivg _the dogrea to which luxury is justified by 1its distribution of capital among “laborers, bat, it scems very cloar that there can beno reason to deplore the free or oven lavish expenditures of the wealthy for objects which are not in themselvos por- nicions. It has been ono particularly gratifying incident of the passion for decoration in this country [England] that it has beon tho meaus of opening to women beantiful aud congonial em- ployments. Miss Jekyl, who was one of the first to take up this kind of work, attracted the attention of Mr. Leighton, Madame Bodichon, and other art- ists by ber highly-artistic embroidery, and hag since extendsd her work to repousse or orna- mental brass-work—cspecially _sconces—and many other things. She hos, I hear, acquired not only distiuction but wealth by her skill, some specimens of which are exhibited in the Interetional Exhibition at South Keosing- ton this year. Thers also may be seen the work of other ladiea wio havo followed in her footateps, some of the finest being by a Miss Leslic, 3 relativo of the celebrated artist of that mame. Indeed, there bas now been established in Sloane streot a school for embroidery, which has succeeded in teacling and giving employment toa pumber of gentlewomen who have been re- duced in circumstauces. Miss Philott, whose paintings heve often graced the walls of exhi- bitions, and have gained the teress of Mr. Ruskin, hzs of lato boen paintiog beantiful fSigures’ and flowers on plaques, which, when the colors are burned in by M:inton, make orna- ments that are eagorly sought for. ~ A Miss Cole- man hss also gained great emincnce for this kind of work. Miss Levin, the young_daughter of s well-known artist, has displayed much skill in desiguing and painting pots, plates, eic., With Greek or Pompeiidn figures. AMany of theso 1adies havebegun by undertaking such work a8 this for personal friends, but nave pretiy gen- erally found that the circle oi those who desire such things is very large, and thet their art is Leld in increasing esteom among cultivated people. It is even probabla that the old pian which our great-grandmothers had of learning cembroidery will be revived in more important forms, and, with the painting of chioa, be taught as something more than the accomplish- ment it was once thought.—Afoncure D. Con~ way in Harper's alagazine for November. —e Fat Fishing. A few days gince s shoal of porpoiges Tan in- £ido the dyko at Provincetown, Mass., and an ex- citing scens of caruage followed. A local jour- nal says: *We hear of a man gettiog into the bloody waters, seizing s wmall porpoiso and Lift- ing him alive into his boat. The men became 80 excited that they waded waist-dee in tho water, and two or thres were ubserved seated astride tho nimble besuties enjoying & wet and novel ride. The massacre was general, and but féw fish sacapsd death.” THE NEW YORK PRESS. Gossip About Journalism in Gotham. The Kew Paper, the Republie—Who Iis Backers Are—The Editorial Stail. The Herald, Sun, Tribune, and Times. Correapondence of The Chicago Tribune. New Yomx, Oct, 19, 1874, Tswo weeks' existence of a mew day pager in this fast age and city ought, I presume, to en- able » correspondent to judge fairly and state critically what such sn enterprise mesns and what are its prospects. In the arrangement and quality of goneral news THE REPUBLIC ia quite fair ; in financial and business matter, it slmost promises excellence; but its editorial pago is B0 weak that the pungent Barcasms I beard upon it are almost deserved. It was spoken of by one as ‘**the Botany-Bay of the Times,” snd by another as *the pale ghost of a spite,"—meaning the dislike felt to- wards Mr. Jennings. In any event, 1t may be safely asserted that the Republic will never lead or assail, however well it may defend and explain. About itabacking there are mis- conceptions which are worth correction. The idea provails quite widely that the new enter- prise has, in effect, been eatablishod by tho friends of Grant and the denizens of THE CUSTOM-HOUSE. This is an error. The latter, much as they dis- like the ** cock-me-hat-at-you ” airs of lMr. Jen- nings, are by for too much afraid of the Times to go into open revolt. The project from which the Republic has blossomed undoubtedly grow ot of personal dislike of the Times and its editorial management. But, when the ques- tion became practical, thcse who disliked most secmed to have risked the least. Again, too, the present Collector, Gen. Arthur, is not unfriendly to the Times. He is in close sympathy with Gov. Morgan, and hie aspirations for & re-elec- tion to the United States Senate yand sois Mr. Jones, the bueiness manager of the Times. Mr. Naval Surveyor Cornoll has grumbled a good deal; but then this has been s bad year for Cornell, who has not been ablo to convince hia party that the value he ets on himself is the market-rate. As for Lafiin, the Naval Officer, he i3 too shrawd and kindly (to himself at least) to msk anything. Tom Murphy, You know, is not Collector any longer, and is by 0 means disposed, with 1o return, 1o risk singe- inz Lis fingers and_purse-strings again, ns he did in the case of the abortive Standard and Jobin Kussell Yousg. The Custom-House, then, bos done nothing; and, as for THE WHEITE-BOUSE, if the project has had soytbing but the cold shoulder from that quarter, it would be marvel- ous. The President bas transferred to jonroal- ists and jonrnalism, as = profession, the dislike he once felt to law and lawyers. As he has shown his ability to ovarcomo the latter by hav- ing scarcely anybody but lawyers about him, in or out of his Cabiuet (of course excopt Boss Shephord and ‘‘cronies” of that class), I suppose, if we are cursed by a third ferm, that ho will conquer thia last prejudice, and male bis next Cabinet entirely og.\ journal- ists. He might go fartherana fare worse. Bat it may safely be asserted that the White House bhas not promised the new enterprise any special ad- vantage. Its Washington correspondent witl not be allowed to cool his beels in the ante-chamber of that dismal dwelling. Ho may obtain news, and valuable items, too, in & party sense, from such wacy old managers as Postmaster Edmunds, of Washington, and hus ilk, on the score of rep- resentiog a strictly party paper, and among Con- Srcs!men he will be welcomed, but the Presi- ont and staff have no room in their caleula- tions,—least of all those who are on their owvn sido. If the Republic is a thick-and-thin sup- porter of the Washington Boes, it may ‘perbaps get s little more cordial treatment: but even then they would much rather have a purchasable critic for an ally than a sincere friend. It pays better to oppose and slander than to be leal and faithful,—uoless you choose to be subservient also. As to who are THE REAL DACEERS of the Republic, various stories are afloat. Sena- tor Jones, of Nevads, i3 eaid to be in for abont €100,000. Willism E. Copelend, who is the financial editor, represents the Ne- vads Benator's interest or promise of an inter- eet, I know not which. Mr. Norvell, tbe editor- n-chief, and two or three others of tha stal, have sofe money in the concern without dou but it is not & larzo sum. Thero is good reason to believe that the largost amount of the capital embarked comes from the vaults of ceriain BANKING AND DEOKERING FIRMS who are heavily involved in_governmont opera- tions, aud understand how politics can be made profitable in business directions. The Republic i declared to be, by the knowing ones on Broad and Wall streets, the organ of tho Seligman branch of the new Syndicate, and of such houses as Drexel, Morgan & Co., Fisk & Haich, the Pa- cific Mail Steamsaip Company, and somo other ‘of tho larger operators at the National Capitol and Treasary. We shall see what wo shall see on that score. THE STAFF. M. Norvell may surprise every one in his di- rection ; bus the general judgment of the pro- i that he has been, and still is, in all probability, an excellent and clear-headed writer of 5 money-article, but that he really koows little or nothing about the daily interior concerns of & great newspaper. Ho is also said to_bo too old for such an effort. Every one joins in declaring Dim to be & gentleman of high and honorablo porsonal character, of kindly disposition, and the Tairest intentions. The managing editor, Mr. Williams, 18 withont doubt a good administrative oficer. 'He pgraduated as s police-report- or; was a ZTimes warcorresponden, in which capacity a former maasging editor enid ho made inora * beats” at less expense than any other man they employed. Ho has been exchange, news, city, and telegraph_editor of the Times, and appeard, physically at lesst, to bave drive and energy enough in him to aimost make the impossiblo possible. Tho_troubls seems to be, that no one charges 3ir. Willams with anything more than a journeyman's knowl- edge of good writing when he aticmpts it bim- gelf, or has tho same eubmitted to him. Bat ho kmows nows, and how to get it; and that, probably, is of tho most cousequenco. There will be one prevailing bond of noton in the new oftice, and that is a thorough dielike of Jennnings, and @ vigorous determination to beat the Zimes." With the rost of the stafl thers scoms nothing moro promising. Mr. Sedley is a smooth critic and good writer of flowivg English. Mr. Shep- herd i8 a fair inditer of heavy pobtical articles. Copeland is a shrewd, clevor business wriler, who can see through s financial mill-stone and catch tho sanbeam on the other side as quickly 85 any one else. Their Washington man, Vight, is one of tho most active and trastworthy there; and, when Copeland is in the Capital, the twain ought to sweep the Row. B OTILER BUMORS. Beforo it started, aniden prevailed that Mr. Bennett would lend it eomo valuable 2id in tao use of the Herald's news-collccting miacbinery, he being populurly wupposed to dislike tho Times, and to have, at the sametime, o desiro to breal up the Associated Press. All the aid the new enterprise has got the shape of 50 faris in ome pleagant edtorisl irony in the way of reforence. All the other papers have practically ignoredits existence, except those supplied by tBa American Prass Asscciation. The Kepullic, however, shows very fair advertising patronage, and claims s daily salo st present of 12,000 coples. LS ho otter journals hore are improving ina business-way, though other business is not.re- viving very rapidly. | THE HERALD ' is dning, as usnal, the larzest business. Those familiar with its inside management doclare it liaa now the stzongest corps employed it hes had for many years. Ex-Mayor Hall is Bennett's legal adviser, and inspires many of its articles, though, contrary to the professional gossip atloat, he does not write himself. Chamberlain, the Leencst political writer the TWorld ever bad, ia ome of the chief ~membors of ' Beppett's stafl. Dr. Wallace, the Nestor of the office, writes how and when he leases, Deopetc basa great regard for Wal- Bce‘ Tt is said that, when Beouett pere put “young Jim " into the offico 8 & boy to learn the ropes, he was rather put unon an snubbed by all the leading men except Wallace. ‘Hudson didn't like ** the cub,” a8 ho waa called, and Ben- nett don't like managing Jehn Russell Young and Dr. Hosmer aro slso on hand. The Inttar writes most of the semi-playfal, humorous articles, which of iate have made & marked fea- | tere of the Herald's editorial page. Then there are Connery, Stociiton, and o half-dozen others. 1t 18 suxd of the Herald that its gross income last ear was over 81,600,000, of which $700.000 was nei profit. ) THE SUN ia the most flourishing concern, next to the Her- ald, though Beunett threatens to attempt the smashing process by running tho Herald as a 3- cent daily, and thus outshining the Sun. That paper is understood to have declared quite re- cently a dividend of about 66 per cent. Mr. Dans 18 now the principal stockholder. Mr. England and 2 Mr. Hamilton own most of the balance. There are a few shares in other hands, but not many. The Sun has & corps failof esprit. Mr, Dana, howoever, indulges old asso- ciations in keeping about him some meo whom he might do without to advantage, n hamor- ing their foibles, or siding them when sick, as in the case of Cummings, one of the corps, now irr Florids at the expenss of the Sun, or, a3 has been told in the Ledger by Dr. Wood, the night editor, in bis own case. Fitz-Henry Warren, the On-to-Richmond writer of the Tribune,—a cry which cost Mr. Dana his relations with that journal,—is another of the Sun's barpacles. He writes tho most stilted and fostiest of rhetoric, but it always goes in, no matter whose articles are left ont. Fora man Jike Dana, who writes such stroug, simplo English, bis admiration for Warren's trash is astounding. . But this matter of good-fellowship ©n the part of the Sun editor is conntertalanced Dby the equal bitterness with which he retains his dislikes.” The fight n{;linut Gartield is an illuz- tration. Behind it all lies some fancied slight or another put upon Dana when acting as Assistant Secretary of War. . THE TRIBUNE holds its own, except in tbat editorial breadth ana capacicy which would best befit its sounding claim of being * the leading paper in America.” Ibave recently found out what the idea is in putting up the enormous pilo ot rather funereal- looking brick and stone which composes the shell of the new Tribune office. Its architect has a hobby I am told, and that is * monumental architecture.” Looking at this building, there can be no doubt of it. It is the funeral pila of Horace Greeley. We all trust it may not prove #o of the Tribune he founded. The,ecnticiam generally made on Mr. TReid's management is, that the Tribune grows strooger in every department but the editorial page, and that there sharp criticism seems worth more than judgment, and pungency of more weight than exactness and power. This 18 tho judgment of thoss who agree with Mr. Reid's Views far more than I do. It is claimed by those who know that the Tribune has more than held its own during the hard times. If 80, it has been an eminent success. TIE TDMEZS does not secm at all appalled at the competition that is proposed by the new paper. It Lus re- cently incressed its editorial forcaquito strongly. Noal Brooks, Edward King (author of theScribner papers entitled **The New South ™), John Reid, and others, are the recent acquisitions. I find a general balief that the Times will improve under the competition, and come to the Bepublican front faster and more than ever. There seems to be nothing new eaid about the World. The probabilityis, that there is absolutely nothing to ray. Of the rest,—the evening press,— thereis as little. The Graphic hascreated quitea little discussion among the fraternity by suggest- ing that a 10-cent daily would eucceed bstter than one at 3 cents, like the Republic. There is & good deal to be said, but 1 have mercy on the reader and forbid. b LISZT AND CHOPIH. A Chapter of Reminiscences. Traralated from the Prench for the New York Times. Time was when piano-playing was regarded as a Lind of religion. When old Field was on his death-bed, his friends did not know what clergy- man to send for, to prepare him for the sciemn momont. : «s Are you a Papist or s Calvinist ? ™ they asked. “T am a forte-pianist,” was the answer of the dying man. Among the high prieats of the new worship, tho two most celebrated were, without doubt, Liszt aod Chopin. Liszt has been much ridi- cated for his great pretensions, his excessive pride, his grandiose charlatanism, his bearing, akin to that of thehero of & romance, and lus strange musical theories; notwitbstanaing, the suporiority of the artist has caused all the weak- pesses of the man to be forgotton. Liszt has, indecd, been the lion of the piano. Alltho great artists, Chopin_excepted, whom We have Questioned o the subject. have made the same roply: *Oh! Liszt 18 master of us all!” There havo been men possessed of & purer, more perfect, and mors sympathetic talent, but mot one who |has.had, in the same degree, the _electricity, the musical magnetism, which lkindles and car- ries away. Liszt would sometimes play indiffer- ently when his thoughts were far away, or when he was not in tho mood, or overexcited, but when he would piay, when he concentrated all It powars to strike a great blow, and baving his musical poem in_bis head, in hisheart, in his fogers, and in his nerves, he hurled 1t like thuo- der among the thrilled aud bewildered audience, he attained effects which Do one except perbaps Paganini ever produced. Schumann said of him, partiy in sdmiration, partly in irony: * He i dazzling as lightning, be roars like thunder, and leaves bebind him a strong odor of sulphur.” During many years wo frequently heard Liszt and Chopin, but never enjoyed their talent so, thoroughly as during the summer of 184—. It was in tho Chatean of b——, near a spot called *'The Black Valley.” The mistress of the chatean, a woman calcbrated both for her genius and accomplishments, but still more be- Toved than admited by all who kocw the rare goodness of her hear bed at that time for her suest Chopin, whom sho hed positively wrested from the grasp of death. Sho watched over him with mazernal care, and it is surely to her solici- tude that we ars indebted for the last composi- tions of that pure end refined genius. Thero +was that yesr at the chateau s reunion of artisty such as one rarely meets. Thbero was Linzt with a star of the Parisian_world, s noblo lady, as in- felligont as shic was haadsomo, who was at that time Arzbells, and who has since, under another name, held quite a promimnent position in literature. There was Panline V—j the divine songstress, and her husband,— Pauline V—, who to this dsy rerains tbe ideal expression and incomparable maestria of hor talent; Eugene D—-, the celo- brated romaatic puinter, the poet among colorists; B—, tho great actor, and sever: other celebrities; beaides these ' were the chil- dren of the hostess,—a son and daughter,—both charming persons: s nephew and s mDieco of Ders, and some friands from the neighboring town with their wives; all young, enthusiastic, and frank. Theso made up tho colony of the chateau. There wes comfort snd porfect freedom. There wero guns and dogs for those who liked hunting, boats and fishing-neta for those who proforrod_fishing, and s besutiful garden to Yolkin. Every one did as ho pleased. Liszt and Chopin composed ; Pauline V— stadied berroloin * Le Prophote ;" the mistress of the bouse busicd herself with a novel or a drama, endsoon. At 6 o'clock we all assembled for dinner, and did_not Ym until 2 or 3 o'clock in the momning. I shall not sttempt to deecribo all the impromptu amusements which made the time soem 0 short. [ intend speaking of music only, and especially of the two rival pianists. Chopin seldom played. He would only touch the pisno when he was suro of perfection. Nothing in the world could bave induced him to lay moderately well only. It was the roverse with Liszt ; ho always played. whather well or badly. One evening 1 tho month of Bay, bo- twesn 11 and 12 o'clock, the company was gath- erea in the parlor. Tuo largo windows wero open, it wes & fine moonlight night, the nightin- gales wero singing, and the wr wos redolent with the fragrance of roges acd mignonette, Liszt was playing & noctarne of Chopin, 2nd, 28 usual, was Lembellishing it in his peculiar style, snd sdding to it trills, tremolcs, and organ-poits. Sovorsl times Chopin betrayed signs of imps- tieneo. At length, not beiug abie to remain quict any longer, be walised to the piano, aad gaid to Liszt, in his phlegmatic Engliah way : “*I bog yon, my dear Luszt, if you domo the honor to play my composition, play what 18 written, or else favor me with something else. Chopin is the only one who has the right to chanze Chopin.” . “Well, then, play yourself,” aald Liszt, leaving the piono, somowbat piqued. “Willingly,” eoswered Chopin. At that moment the lamp was extinguished by an insect which had been atiracted by ita radi- ance. Some one wished to relight it +No,” eried Chopin ; *‘on the contrary, put out all the candles. The moonlightsuffices me.” Then he played, He played s whole hour. ‘ro describe it would be imposgible. There are emo- tions one experiences, but cannot describe. Tho nightingales were silent, and listened; tke flow- ers drank, liko 3 heavenly dew, the celestial sounds. Tho sudienco in mate ecstasy was breathless; and when the wizard was gilent all eyes were wet with tears, snd Liszt's wetter than any. He preased Chopin to his bosom, ex- clsiming : _ +Qb, friend, you were right! The works of such a gentus aa yoursalf are sacred; it is prof- aostion to touch them. You are a real poet. I am but & mountebank.” “How absurd!” quickly retorted Chopin. **We have each of us our style, and that is all about it. - You kmow very wefl :l'mh 10 one in the world can interpret Weber and Beethoven as }éu':hdn, Como, play me Beethoven’s adayio in ifiofl’i‘l’l for; butdoit serionsly, asyou can iszt rendered the adagio, and tbrew into tl: work his whole soul lnmll, Then the IZI;LD.- tion of the audience was of altogether a different. Datare; thera were tears and sobs, but 0o long- erthose soft tears which Chopin had cansed to flow, but the “cruel tears” of which Otholio speskis. The melody of the sccond artist did not find its way slo sly into tho heart of the list~ ener; it was thrust into it like & dagger. It was not an elegy; it was a drama. - Yet Chobin thought that ovening that ho had eclipsed Liszt aad boasted of his achievement, saying: * How vezed howaa I Liszt heard of this, and took his revenge onlyas an intellizent artist, like hlwgefi. «lwnh%l have dzc:lue. This is the highly original plan he carried 1pto executi five days afterward : Honifousion The company was assembled at the same hour, thatis to say, toward midnight. Liszt asked Chopin to play. After cousiderable persuasion the latter yielded. Liszt requested that ths lamps should bo_oxtingnished and the curtaina drawp, in order that they might be in total dark- mess. It was an artist's caprice, and was acced- ed fo. As Chopin was atepping to the pisno, Liszt whispered rapidly a few words in his car, and took his seat. Chopin, who was far from un- derstanding his friend's intentions, auistly threw himself into the nearest arm-chair. Then Liszt played the same pieces Chopin had execut- ed on that memorable evening of which I have niready spoken. He imitated Chopin's styls with such fidelity that it would have been im- xlaaslhla for any one not to have been mistaken. Everybody was deceived; all experienced the sawo raptures, the same emotions. Woen the ecutasy was at it height, Liszt struck a match and lighted a candle which tood on the piano. A ery of nstonishment broka forth. What! Itis you?" As you see.” * Wo all thought it was Chopin.” _* What do you say to this ?" asked Liszt of his Tiv “I say as they all do; I thought i Cuopin” ’ P E & “C!guu _aau.; eaid Lile:, rising, “that Liszt can e Chopin when he pleases ; but coald i boLit?t " R RS Chogin t was & challengo ; but Chopin would not, or dared not, accept it. ' Liszt =4 revenged. 4 Sometimes thers were impromptu comediss or dramas. There was a pretty theatre, and & large sssortment of costumes, Wo wera only given the subject of tho play, and the order of the scenes. The performers wero lo improvize the dialogne. Liszt andjChopin constitoted the orchestra—one seated at the piano st the right, the other at an instrument at the left, and both concealed by draperies. They were to follow the performance, and improvise preludes in keeping with the sction of the pisy. Here, again, I am obliged to scknowledge my incom- petency to reproduce what 1 heard. The two artigts, gifted witn wonderful memories, and familiar with all the Italian, German, and French operas, grasped with marvolous promptitade the themes suited to the situations, and deyeloped them with so much spirit and such an ardent de- sire of superiority over each other that the actors, who themseives wers doing wonders, were constrained to cry out, * Enough! enough} why wasto such beauties 7" ‘The roble amuse- ments were invariably foliowed by a superb and Jjoyous supper. A volume could readily be filled with recollec- tions of thet summer season ; but, not to tire tho reader, I will concludo with an artist’s fan- taisie, of which few examples will be found, at least with similar circamstances : At the foot of the garden was an open piece of ground, which overlooked tho entire ** Black Valley.” Tt had been neatly paved; they had placed upon it a table and_somo stona benchea, with rustic sofas and chairs, and tho place wzs surrounded by strong iron balusters, in order that, when children were at play, there might ts no dsager of falling into the ravine bslow. Thia spot was famons for ite echo, which reseated 3. spoken word three or four times with absoluta correctness. The children often smused them- selves with what they called *-making the echo tali.” Oue evening somebody had the idea to Lave the piano tasen there, in order to havo tis forest repeat £ome romantic music. The sugges- tion was imzed:ately adopted, and the gueats c2 the houso tovk the magumificent Erard their shoulders, and proceeded to the spot. Tt was a fine ovening, not buthed in moonlight, but bright with stars. The air was calm. The piano was tuned, and apened in the direction of the valley, and Liszt was tha first to strike ocl with his’ tremondous touch, the edmirabic “}unters' Chorus,” from * Euryantbe. A¢ may be supposed, he stopped afier every phrase. to wait for the echo's answer. After tho fire¢ pauso we were all_cnthusissm, we hearkened to 2 new, su immense, aa ideal poesy. Tho musi- cal phirass was too long to bo ropected cleatly by ihe first and econd echos, but the third and fourth rendered is faultlessly. Liszt was in- spired, and continued bastening alittie the time. What shall I say? Each phrase awakened most ardent curiosity and brasthless atteution. The last but one, especially when the chorus in unison falls on 2 terrible D flat, rolled through the woods of tho Black Valloy with 3 sinister sound, but the final phrase, whero it 80 proudly takes'np the koy of E flat, anaounced the victory of the human will over tho obstacles of nature. After the fanfare so well suited to the occasion. Chopin took Liszt's place, and made the ccho aiternately sing and cry. Hewas at that time composing his impromptu, Opus 66, it T am not mistakeo, and he played for the first time tho sublime theme in D flat, which13in the middle of the composition. Chopin was en- raptared with this diaphanous, Eolian muaic. He prolonged much moro then Lisze hia couversa- fion with tho Bpirits of the valley; thero wes carried on between them and him a strange dia- logua full of whispers and murmurs, and re- sembling an incantation scene. The mistress of the chatoru was obliged to tear him from tho pisno; fever fastened upon bim. Then Psuline V— sang that _soft aod simple romsnco from - “La Moli- para,” “Nel cor pia non mi sento.” The air Was admirably selected, for each phrase con- sisted of but two notes, and the acho repeated iz from beginning to end ith delightfal precision. The nieco of tho hostess interpreted, mith aclear and fresh voico, a popular mir, which mes with gwu success, and which tbe echo seemed o well upon with particular pleasure. Tt was 2 o'clock in the morning when we heard from the garden shouts of laughter, and saw through the troes tho glimmer of & atrange light. It was a surprise. The friends of the house nad prepared in a buge silver basin a gigantic brew of punch. They triumphantly placed it, all faming, on the marblo table. ‘The generous beverago was received with & joyous * hurrah!" and the echo repeated * hurrah! burrsh! hur- rah!" while the blue flames threw a fantsstical light upon the scepe. We drank the punch, par- took of the supper, and eang in chorus a fac: gratefal farewell to the echo. Dawn waa already visible on the horizon wien we parted, exhanated by the diferont _emotions wo Lad experienced, but happy, and bearing with us recollections never to be effacea. A Madman’s Freati. Paris Correspondence of the New York Times. ‘When Artemus Ward was iu Utica Le saya that 2 man smashed one of his_finest wax_figures be- cause he would not have Judas Iscariot exhubit- ed in that town. ‘The incident is recailed by one that happened at the exposition yesterdsy. In tne Department of Costumes there is & Jupanese warrior in full uniform seated upon a siuffed horso, ‘The costume is real, haviog been in use, and the wax head taken from ife. A young and very well-dressed man had been walking about looking st historical canes and the dreasiug- owns of Voltaire, 40 studying with preat at- tention the costumes of the time of Henri IV. Suddenly his eyes fell upun theJapanese warrior and in an instant his faco underwenta cuange. o began to abuse the guardians, azd to ask if they bad no sense of shame, no feslings of loyal~ t3, no reverence for the history of their country, no patriouism in_their Datures. As @ CTO¥ began to gather, the young man spruog upoa the wairior, _seized him by the throat, and dragged him to the ground, waere he emashed the wex head with his cane. Ar- rested at once, he gave his namo as Norber: ce Afolon,—his real name, by the by,—but said that he was no other than Heori V., the legitimate King of France, come to visit hus bon tille de Paris in disguice. He was greatly ontraged to Bee himself represented 1n a public expogition by such a fright{ul msnikin. At the station his Srat words were that ho was_very hungry. A soup, & roast, and & glass of wine were set bo- fore him. **Eat,” said a Sergent ** it will do you good.” “Ab! you think it will do me good, eh ?* sud before any one could etop him he ran out,, chaged by several policemen, but was not caught until headed off by aother policeman upon tho Pont de Ia Concorde. It is presamed that want of food was the causes of this young man's fren~ 2y, and be s now being provided for at the maison de sanle, where ho talks constantly about that frightful statas of Henri V. A Southern Oatrage. Called upon to quell a nogro riot, an Alabama Sheriff overtook s darkey lad ridiog on amula and carrying the mal batween Livingston and Demopolis. He deteined toe boy long enongh to preven hia carrying ahead the news of tte official's approach. Immnediately the United States Marshal telegraphed to the credulons At- torney-General that & meil-train had peen atop~ ped and saarched by 100 armed mea,