Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 16, 1878, Page 3

. fzbaswill be let loose upou the fnnocent peo- THE CIICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JUNE 16,; 1378—SIXTEEN PAGES. 3 MILWAUKEE. Hundred 3 for Ons Week. They Take & Trip of Obscrvation Over Three States. AR mpresent.-\tive Tramps and Drum- mers, They Ride and Eat Free. Tpe Hasons, the Homeopaths, and the So- oialists in the Oream City. T:e Rev. Thomas K. Beecher Before the ¥emale College. A FREE RIDE. From Our Qun Correspondent. Mrwacses, Wis,, June 15.—Next Monday mornine. at 8§ o'clock sharp, an excursion train Jeaves the St Paul depot for a trip through the States of Wisconsin, Minncsota, and Towsa,which nises {0 be exceedinzly.pleasant to all the participants. 1t bas been gotten up under the suspices of the Merchants’ Association, and the company will cousist of about 120 of our princi- pal business men,—merchants, baukers, manu- faeture! 2 judges, clerzymen, physl- cians. editors, and the leading representatives ofJmost every avocation, trade, or pursuit. The St. Paul Company, with fts customary promptncss and liberality whenever any great public necessity arises, has generously placed a frec special train at the service of the excur- sionists, provided it with a special time-table {bat will have the freedom of its lines for the sime being, and the train will be under the per- conal supervision of cither Mr. Merrill or Mr. pron * ggult from the start until it returns. The first nisbt will be spent in LaCrosse,where no doubt. 2banquet will be given by the citizens, at which 1he usual flow of soul (champagne) and feast of resson (the railrond, the telegraph, the tele- phone, the plonograph, ete., ete) will be fo- aulged i, The irom horse that takes pis drink in the morning out of the clear waters of the * Murmuring Michtezu Sea”” weiting his noon oats in the of the Wisconsin, and slaking bis thirst at night with the cooling beverace furnished by ke rolling Mississippi, or, more appropriately, according to the Indiun legend, the Father of Waters, is a good sort of animal to have around when one is in 2 burry, and the breed is supe- rior to Rerus or Goldswith Maid. (Text fora foech for George W. Allen, John Nazro, or George Godfrey.) LaCrosse is a live town, aud ‘hasproduced some notuble men,—who have made their mark already and have Ieft their foot- prints on the kands of time,—such as * Brick 7 Pomeroy, the wellknown journalist, and George Washington Peck, the famous humorist. Then there is the Postmaster, Charley Seymour, ex- editor and ex-President of the Editorial Asso- ciation, Who “can engineer a banquet, excursion, or dress-parade ot any sort better than any man west of the Allezhenies, and who will not allow these excursionists to devart until they bave Lad aJesson in hospitahity and good-fellowship that thev will never foreet and never be able to imitate. After a night’s debauch in LaCrosse the party will depart for St. Paul, where they will mmive on_Tuesduy meht, and the next day will be spent in that pleasant rod enterprising cif 0! course, the Minnezotians are wot going to sllow the’ double-distilled esseoce of Milwau- kec's intellizence and business capacity to stay adarand two nightsin their midst without treating them to a feast of some sort, avd they are 2o doubt even now prevaring the menu and mposing their litle spceches. I caution the £t Paul boys in advance not to enter the lists scainst the Milwaukeeans in o tonzue tourna- ment unfess they can keep their temper after ming out second best. Some of our chaps Live 2 habit of setting theirfimouths agoing and wilking off and letting them run on andon ke the vhonograph, only worse, for that stops with 1¢ stopping of the crank: but the others nsemble the drawing of water with the use of s eadless chain pump,—the water may become exhausted, but themotion continucs. And there issuch a variety of topics to discuss, and so many exponents of the different trades, and the Tepresentatives of such diversitied occupatious, all damorous to be heard, that it is no wonder thata banquet never ends. For instance, Mr. Georee W. Allen will launch out either upon 1h¢ importance of the leatherinterest, abusiness in which e is engaeed, or he will take ou about o eurreney question, concerning which he has #ome very crude and some very correct notiol George has an_eve onacertain seat in th Umted States Scunite, but he doesn’t know whether hecan set there the easiest on the strength of leather or by shouting himself boarse about ** Honest Money.” H. L. Palmer will magnily the importance of life insurance. J. A. Dutcherwill speak for the Sunday-schools, 10d Jim Jenkins will respond on behalf of the ladies. The average Milwaukeeae considers it a creat disgrace not to be able to make an im- promptu speech equal in power and eloguence to tbe best efforts of Clay and all the rest of the forcesic fathers, and tor such an irruption of pleof tiree States next week will be unprece- dented in the aupals of rhetorie. Mr. Cramer, of the Wisconsin, will tell all b ock anee- dotes about William _H. Seward, Silas Wrieht, W. L. Marcy, Mitlard Fillmore, Thurlow Weed, ad Horece Greeley, with whom he used to play marbles in bis youth and manage New Yorl wlities in nhis insture years. Dr. Kaine, of the Sentinei, will dilate upon the necessity of keepiuz oene of the Washburn family “out of politics in Minne- sts 88 much as he thinks it is a necessity in Wisconsin. John Nazro will expatiate upon the differcnce between selling bardware ut a fmall profic and drawing a good salary as Guilector of Customs, and John Plankinton will barangue the crowd upon the value of Jard- ol and sugar-cured hams as a permanent in- vestment. “The clerzy are to be there in force also, and will lend the charm of their eloguence 15 enliven the occasion. Nichols will do the raving, Rose will exhort 1then to temperance, td Ladd will remind them of the judgment leosts added) that is to come. Imagine the Sondition of a Minnesotian’s brain after all these orators bave had g rattle ot nim, jnclud- Ing Mallory, Godfrey, ficiton, Magor Black, “etal. They can £ay as ‘fhurio diG, *Sir, if you £pend word for word with me, 1 shalt make your it bankrupt.” But, if no accident happens,—and Gen. Merril) ahways looks out for that,—the ex- cursion promises to be one of the most enjoy~ able and successful that ever’ left the city. The weather s delightful, the country is Dow at its vest, and 21l the necessary adjuncts lave Leen forced into subordination for a gond time. The run will be over 700 miles, yoing and returnineg, and the landscape and scenery presented to, the eve of the excursiomsts wili be ‘as varied and Pleasiug as it is possible tosecure away from the Inountainous regrions of the couutry. For the first 360 mites from Milwaukee to Portage City e country is one of the fluest aericultural dis- tricts to be found in the West, with an endless Sariety of prairie, woodland, oak openings, cul- Uvated farms. flourishing villeges, and stretches of rurai beauty ndorned with crystal lakes, £parkling streams, groves of timber, and luxu- riant lields of growinz grain. At Portaze, on 1he Wisconsin River, the Inghest point of land intheState is reached, and the aspect of the country guddenly becomes more rugged snd Striking, the streuns runping westward towards the Mississippl. The train crosses the River st Kilbourn City, wheret a pseof the celebruted Dells is caught from the fine iron bridze that spans the stream & uudred feet above the roaring flood below, and e higch blefls aud rugged clifls of Saul ams, Juneay, aud Monroe Countics rise mrong contrast to rclicve the eye of e trav from the monotony of the Lat praiie ot Waukesha and Columbia. This is the region of the pine, and Ue pine delights in rock and crag, and ¥aterfall and barren bluffs. The train follows e banks of the picturesque Lemonyler for many a picasant mile, and then, dodging through the oaly tunvel on the route, just above the flourishing little_village of Sparta, it auerges into thecharming LaCrosse Valley,aud, efter a ride of_ thirty miles, the iron horse pulls upat the brink of the Mississippi, making: 200 iles in ten hours. From J.aCrosse to St. Paul 1he scenéry fs still more varied and interesting, an¢ the aéneral course of the road follows the rivergo closcly as to startly the visitor witlt sy quick surprises, Here Nature makes bold With her rough exterior, and seems disposed to Dt the worst outside. " At St Paol and Minneapolis the visitors will find 2 warm welcome from a class of busioess men that Lave no superior on the American cou- tivent tor eneryy, thrift, enterprise, and a lib- enal publie spirit. They will find much in these %0 cities to uterest and instruct them durimr heir two days’ sojouru—the recent terrible Qaaster that liapoencd in Minneapohs touching *keunly because it entailed such a serious loss upon ex-Gov. Washourn, of Wis- fonsin, who has__ receutly made the Blate s gifz of $70,000. Near by is the Falls of Minnchaba made immortal by Longfel- 0w's verse, aud is as beantifulas it is immortal. ter & rest pf two days here,.the party will set Business Men Lat Looze | their faces towards home, and, after a ¢ lato the lieart of Lown, Wi aross the Fathor 3¢ Waters at Prairic du Chien, and_arrive at home (a:_‘hnmm'w st by the way of Madison and h‘lL ;a:'\!fl'lh:x : |uun.l .ulltt hxs a siX-days’ jaunt that ! 1 e £ ey K, 5] vies e Kl ey took, aud glad when THE WEEK. she past week has been characterized chiefly by thic anuual session of the. Grand Lodge of the .\Xason!u Fraternity, and the annual meeting of the State Homeopathic Association. The Masonic meeting was more brief and less spirit- ed.n.mu such occasions usually are, as there wos neither ball nor bauquet gotten up to enliven the anniversary. The members attended strict- Iy to business, and nothing trauspired to inter- est any oue not counected with the Order. The session of the Homeopathists was much more numerously attended than the meeting of the Allopaths held herea few weeks ago, and if_the regulars do not lvok out these fconoclasts will be in a condition very soon to carry the day by a majority vote. Another uotable “feature of the oceasion was the prominence given to their lady vractitioners,— two of them, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Ford, being assigned to prominent parts on the daiiy pro- gramme of exercises. It is u recognition, not of weman’s rights, for tlat part of it nobody disputes, but of her ability to make herself use: ful as a physician that the members of the old school will do well to imitate, and the sooner .they do it the better it will be for them. The priest, the doctor, and gthe lawver are the three most couscrvative, least progressive, slowest pokes in the world, and are only pushed out of their old ruts by the foree of some sociul earthquake. They dread nothing so much as innovation, and a changeisto them but another name for the destruction of that which secms to them to be the most valuable. The priest cliugs tenaclously to the authority of thel nast, the doctor adhiercs to the established usages of “the profession,” and the lawyer clings to errors five Lundred years old because they are the well-preserved precedents of the books. Thesc three classes have forever stood in the way of the car of human vrogress, and have only stepped aside and et the pro- cession pass, when they were iu fmminent danger of being run over. To-morrow night thereis to be interesting services ut Plymouth Church, and curiosity will be gratified by the appearance of Thonias K. Beecher, who istopreachthe Bacealaureate ser- mon before the pupils of the Milwaukee Female Collere. There will bean finmense crowd of peaole present, for two reasons: (1) because the speuker is » Beecher, and (2) beeause of the popularity of the institution. 1t was througl the efforts, too, of Catherine . Beecher, who has recently dicd, that the institution was established, and that fact Jends an additicnal interest to the appearance hero of her brother on this occasion. SOCIALISM. Since Socialism and Communism have made so much talk and so many threats, it has been & matter of considerable curiosity, not unmixed with interest and alarm, to know what the atti- tude of the Cathotic Church of this country was to be towhrds these orgunizations. The subject was especlally of interest to the peovle of this city, whose municipal affairs are now solidly in the hands of the Catholics, including o mll]nrlly of the police force, with the Mayor, of the same versuasion, at the head. But _ since Cardinal McCloskey retwined from Rome, and bis emphatic declara~ tions in opuositivn to Socialism in all its forms, we are o longer in_the dark as to the position of the Chburch; and now one of the most influ- ential of the clertry of this city publishes the following suthoritative card: To the Editor of the Visconsin: Since the daily press of Milwaukee have made tho attitude of the Catholic clerzy of this country toward Socialism appear doubtful, permit me 1o state that the Cath- olic clercy of America are distinctly, absolutely, unconditionally, aud unalterably opposed 1o So- ciglism and Communism. and that no practical communicant of the Catholic Church belonga to, or favors in any way, the destructive theories of So- cialists and Communists. Tuoxas Fa The Catholic Church is now, as it ever has ‘been, a tremeundous tactor in-our civilization, and she cauvot hide her head in an emergency like the one that may soon confrout us. ut she will not shriuk from her responsibllity in any emergency involving the peace and good order of socléty, in which she has as great a stake as any of us, is to her credit, and Father Faguu is_entitied to public thaaks for his bold ang manly utterances upon this momentous question. At least he has the thanks of AL WEST POINT. Specches by Gens. Sheridan nnd Sherman. Carrespondence New York Herald. WesT PoiNt, June 18— . . . Gen. Phil Sheridan arose to make what was announced as the refrular address to the cadets. He was ap- plauded by the cadet battalion and all the spectators. He said: GESTLEMEN OF THE CLASS oF '78: It glves mo great pleasure to be the medium on this occasion of offering you the congratulutions of this assem- bly on the meritorfous munner in which you have passed your final examination. Ttis only necessary for mo to call to mind my recollections of the clues of 33, of which I was 2 member, to mingle with you in your joyous thoughts at belng relieved from the academic re- strains of this national echool. liut, my young friends, while the education of the cadet has ceased, the cducation of the faithfal and accom- lished otlicer is about to bugin. The fundamental Enu\vlcdge and traininz inculeated in this school i3 only ntended to prepare you for the highur nud moro munly duties of governing cnd directing others, and those of you who will most closely follow the high siandard of truth, justice, and honor, 50 conscientionsly taught here. will meet with the best professional success hereafter. You will first be called upon to deal with the private in the ranks, and your confidence in giving him dlrecnonsfi 1 bu etrenzthened by tho con- scioneness tnatgyou can never ask him to verform 2 wilitary duty which you have not performed oursclves, and if you are considerate and just, Yo wilt resoond. with an alacrity which will, en: able you to develop in him the highest type of the true goldicr. 1tisthe soldier who makes usall, and 1t is the ofiicer with sound judzment who males the truc soldier. Yon will next have to den] with your comradee, You will find thom good, honorable, gencrous men, many of thewn searred by bullets in the defense of their country, others bronzed by scrvice in tne sana and chapparel of the plaine; and, as there is no boay of men in the world more ntellizent than the ofticers of the American army, any disiuclina- tion to perform your duty or 10 forco its per- formance on othera will ‘be detected with the zapidity of lightning and ect with tbat contempt which is 1ts just reward Temember that to be euccessfal you must know how toteach and take care of the #olcier; you must ‘e honorable, fair, and just to your brother officers, and when you progressively aitain rank, muke the Dest officer you can in each grade guined, and that will be tha £urest stepbivg-stone to success in your profession. In other words, make the best Lien- tenant, Captain, Major, and Colonel vou can, and then you will be best fitted for the selected rank of Genersl. The most satisfactory oflicer is the one who has the date of a pattle or that of some distin- guished service on s commission. Toaccomplishall this and to help you to enccess and an hunorable career, you will have the warm Welcome und the kindly s@sistance of your com- rades in the service; uod mow, asofiicers and equals, 1n the name of the General of the Army and all its officers 1 warmnly and sincerely wel- come you to tne bosow of our brotherkood. At the meeting of the Alumni, Gen. Sher- man’s remarks were made in reply to the toast, «“The President of the United States.” He spoke with remarkable vigor and feelivg, und paid a pointed and emphutic tribute to the of- fice, the abilities, aud the character of President Haves. e spoke of Mr. Haves as having come from Ohifo, and alluded to the chicf fucidents of his civil and military carcer. Reverting to the aritation and excitement growing out of the investization of the allezed Electoral frauds and the threatening possibility of an at- tempt to uvsettie the President’s title to his scat, Gen. Sherman’s language was strikingly significant. Mr. Hayes, be said, appeared to many to be a mild-mannered gentleman, and so he was; but the Generzl gave his listeners to understand that Mr. ~ Hayes was also sometbivg more. He said’ that if the time should come wheu De would oe required to defend his right to the place he oc- cupics he would be found to_ liave the requisite nerye aud determination; he knew bis right and dared to myintain it, and, what was more, the army, &worn to defend the constituted author- jties, would see to it that he was sustained in the cffort. The graduates of West Point, Gen. Sherman said, were bouud by their oaths to protect the Government in fact of which Presidcot Hayes was unquestionably the head. The President, though not a grad- uate, had been a gallant soldier, and n this connection some parts of the General’s remarks apparently tended to remind the oflicers present of the bond of sympathy that on that account might .influence their aetion as patriots sud gentlemen. The allusion had fts cffect, and every sentiment uttered by the fllustrious speaker regarding the duty of soldicrs in the possible contingency of a chal- Jenge of Mr. Hayes’ title was applauded from one end of the tabie to the other, by Generals and Lieutcnants, gray-beards and the younger gragnates alike. Among those thus gathered towecher were officers stationed in various re- mote sections of the Union, 15 wetl as those stationed in the principal cities of the East, West, and South. The temper of the United States army, if riehtly indicated by the conver- sation of these genticmen since the ainner this afternoon, is decidedly hostile to any interfes- cace with Mlr. Hayes. : PARIS. First Impressions of the Salon of 1878. The Salon d’Honneur---Vibert’s Apothe- osis of Monsieur Thiers. Oarolus Duran's Piotures—Dore's " Ecce Homo” and ' Moses"—Charpen- tier's “Inkermann.” A Few American Contributors--Picture-Sale at ke Hotel Dromot---Theairical Gossip. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Panis, May 27.—Opinions are, of course, di- vided concerning the merits and demerits of the 1878 Salon, which was opened to the geueral public on the 25th inst., three wecks Inter than in preceding years. There are many unbending lovers of the tempores acti who think art is degrenerating, and there are many more who are firmly convinced of the contrary. Speaking for myself, I must say I look upon the pres- cnt exhibition as bighly ereditable, and even a trifle above the average. ‘The rival display in the Champ de Mars would bave been quite suflicient excuse for a weaker show than usual. Some of the best-known contributors to past Salons have preferred to figure in the Interna- tional Exhibition, and othiers have divided their efforts between the Champ de Mars and the Champs Elysces. Notwithstanding all this, the number of pictures hung this year is CONSIDERABLY LARGER THAN IN 1877, and the quality no whit inferior. No less than 2330 ofl paintings and 1,657 water-color studics and drawings have been adwmitted by the Com- mittee. Besides tnese, there are 645 groups of sculpture, 347 engravings of medals, architect- ure, ete., 26 Hthographs, aud 56 models or plans of public buildings. In ail, 5,041 works of art. Last year, if Ido not mistake, the total num- ber fell shart of this by nearly 300. The 1878 Salon is pleasantly free from many of the weaknesses noticeable on former ocea- sions. I have seen less of those extraordinary pea-green and verdigris perpetrations than usual; the portraitists appear o have, in a great measure, overcome their vassion for famine backgrounds; there are ot so many “pot- boilers " and lastly, thanks to the influence of the powers that be, all battle-picces reproduc- ing scenes in the late war have been rigorously shut out, lest foreian visitorsshoutd be wounded. ‘We have consequently to regret the absence of a great favorite, M. de Neuville, the popular paioter of “The Last Cartridge.”” Acgainst this deciced loss, however, may be set the positive ndvantage of being spared the. ultra- patriotic inflictions of his countie imitators. 1 am sorry to miss Gerome at the Salon azain. He scems to be devoting himself altogether to his pupils and his scutpture. With these ¢xceptions, and those other unavoldable ones which have been made Ly death, most of the leading native and for- cizn artists who generally contribute are repre- sented. ‘The show in the great square room Kknown as the Satou Carre, or SALON D'HONNEUR, is this year rather unsatisfactory. Thisroom is, as g rule, reserved for some of the finest plet- ures,—curiously enough (perhaps not without intention) placed side by side with some of the poorest and most eceentrie. 1 have often shud- dered at the eruesome colors exhibited upon its much coveted walls, but I bave scldom left ft without finding a fire:\t deal to admire. The ridiculous element fs hls time vretty well represented by M. Vibert’s “ Apotheosis of Mousicur Thiers,”” but the reasons for_admiration are not strilingly evi- dent. M. Vibert's picture has been hung in ono of the best places; it is the fivst thing the eye meets on eotering the Salon Carre from the grond staircase, and, therelore, whatever its Worth may be, is the first work one passes judg- menton. That judgment is unfavorable. ~ The faults of the work are too glaring, and. T ndd, vulear, to be atoned for by its oci ool points. I quarrel with almost eversthing in the picture, beginning with its incongruous namne, and ending with its unpardonable color. You mever saw an odder jumble of the reslistic and the allegorie, of Food drawing and bad pninting. The name alone! Apothe- osis of Monsicur Thiers! Could ansthing be more absurb! In the name of cverything ar- tistic, why that ‘ Mounsicur,” or why this + Apothesis”? The little great man would turn in his coflin if be could Know what liber- ties are being taken with him. 'To return to 3. VIBERT'S PICTURE; in the centre you behold M. Thiers Iying dead upon 0 symbolical bed. the bnck snd lega of which are carved in imitation of a cock: what this bird {s meant to suzeest, I cannot even guess. It may be intended for the cock of Gaul; bt then, why should M. Thiers be Iying upon 14 Hesides, the cock isan Orleanist symbol, with no more right to respect than the Napo- leonic eagle or the tleur-de-lys of the Comte de Chambord. -No matter. M. Thiers is Iyine in state on his death-bed,—and oun a bedstea which certainly was not bis. The head (very like the orizinal) is pale and rigid. and the little tuft of white hair invariably nssociated with ft seems stunding on end with amazement. So wmuch for the realistic part of the picture. Now comes the allegoric: A female figure stands at either ena of the bed. The one ou the right is nude, aud, from the outsuretched wings and the arms rajsed exuitantly to Reaven, shoutd be Fame. On the left stands Frauce, represented as o mourning female in black, holding o tri-color flag,—the red, white, nud blue folds of which trail over the bed, forming an appro- priate covering to tne dead patriot. Below is a heap of immortelle wreaths; and on the left, in the background, you see the funeral procession winding slowly along toward the sad cypresses of Pere la Chaise,—which melts suddenly into an allegoric sky. 1o the clouds that fill therest of the picture you make out the distant towers aund domes of Paris, lit up redly by the flames of the Commune; the forts of Issy, Vanves, and Mont Valerien are blazing away in a shadowy fashion on the extreme right: while in the topmost clonds ride the mhostly forms of tie warriors who fell at Reichshoffen. M. Thiers would be the first to exclaim, Oh! save us from our friends! if he could sce this odd vroduction. The ien of May 16 are well avenged. Near M. Vibert's picture hangs the immense 4 Gloria Mariwe Medicis.”” which has been paint- ed for a cellingin the Palace of the Luxemboury by CAROLUS DURAN. The compositiou is unsatisfactory, the color- ing indiflerent, and the treatment of the subject altogether not wortby of so tulented an artist. Fortunately, he bas a * Portrait of Mlle. de E—" in anotber part of the Salon to save his reputation with. M. Roll, the paiuter of “ The Inundation,” which took a prize wedal last vear, has a carefully-exccuted head of “Jules Simon " iu the Sulou Carre, close to M. Lerolle’s “Communion of the Apostles.” a conscientious work, which would be better if the tints employed were a trille less eadaverous, Our Savior is represented in the act of breaking the bread. Peter, James. and “ that other dis- ciple whom Jesus loved,” arc ou their kuees in aititudes of expectant adoration, and the rest of the twelve sit or stand in groups at the sup- per-table. There arca counleof **Judiths,” of course, in the same room, besidesa **Sam- son and Delilab,” and a *‘Hercules choosing between Vice and Virtue,”—noune of which need detain me _escept one of the Juditns, 8 splendid study of a Jewish woman, almost per- fectly beautiful. M. Detaille’s “‘Napoleen in Egypt” is one of the few war-pieces in the e hibition this vear. Bonaparte is scen surround- cd by a brilliant stafl, recciving the submission of a group of Mumecluke prisoners. French soldiers mingle with the strange Eastern forms and faces. The camels and spears of the coo- quered Orientalg, in the backeround, complete a most cffective picture. Every figure is exe- cated with 3 minuteness worthy of Mcissonnier himself. One criticism must “be nade, how- ever. The Bonaparte is unlike all the portraits of the General that have been bauded down to us._ Another fine picture 1o the Salou Carre is M. Benjamin Constant’s **Thirst: Prisoners fn Moraeco,’—a striking roproduction of u scene in the desert. A mounted Bedouin reins in his tiers Arab steed, while a gang of miseradle chatned prisoners fling themselves prostrateion the zround to lick up the water of a shiLow stream that trickles through the ywhite burning sand. Bebind you see auother: Bedouin syuat- ting grimly on”his baunches with a mawchiack. GUSTAVE DORE F has two pictures in the Salon this year,—a laree “Ecce IJomo.” and an immense * Mozes before Pharvb,"—ncither of which will add much to his_reputation as a painter. [ -prefer the coloring. of the “Ecce Homo ;. but the © Moses,” in spite of some bad drawing and outrageous coloring, is, of the two, tua more intercsting. As usual, there is wonderful imagination shown in the general concention, and” the grouping of the figures is extraor- dinary. The last of the seven plazues has been sent Lo chastise the Exyptians. XMoscs stands in the foreground, upon the steps of Pharaol’s palace, poiuting toa sea of blood that tosses its red waves at his feet. Above is Pharaoh, the centre of a throng of courtiers, still defiaut even after the death of, his first-born. A crowd of terrified women and children cumber the steps, “and implore the cruel monarch to rid them of the Hebrew. Dore has drawn one, on the left, in an attituae that reminds you of the Sphinx,— that strauge, merciless being, half-lion, half- woman, so constantly represented in Egyptian monuments. M. 1 Jacques Henner, has contributed two remarkably fine pictures,—a * Magdalene * and 2 Dead Christ,"—of which the first is the better. Mary is kneeling humbly upon the fioor: of u eloomy cell. Her fair head, with its masses of zolden hair. is slightly uplifted aud averted,’ and her hands are clasped before her in prayer. The upper part of the body, which is nude, §s in stroug relief. The knoes arc covered by the folds of some blue drapery. 1 much prefer this to M. Henner’s head of John. | . the Baptist in last year's Salon. In the same | room is unother striking thourh rather re-y pulsive picture, eutitled ** A Scenc at Pallet,, near Dieppe? (by M. Georzes Haquette), rep-- resenting a humble interior and two tishermen quarreling. © A sturdy rufliau israising a pewter: pot to strike the defenseless head of an old: man, whom he clutches and holds down by the, hair. A womun stays his murderous hand,. while, at a little distance, a terrified child hides .| his head in his sister’s apron. i, GEORGE UEALY, of Boston, has covtrivuted two pfetures,—a. portrait of Mlle. L—, aud one of Gen. Grant. Were it not for the subject of the Iatter, L should pass it over in silence, for nothing could well be worse. A8 a portrait, it is miserable; 45 4 picture, it 1s not much hiher thau a good siwnbonrd. The exccution fs coarse, the *yos- fnie* awkward, and the costume, if true to the model, is as poor an advertiscment as any ailor could wish to have. The General is painted standing, dressed in a black suit of clothes. Ouearm s thrust clumsily into the waistcoat; the other hangs stiflly at his side, A few more signboards, and Mr. Healy will be in afalv way to lose ail the laurels he bas man- aged someliow to win over here. Tt is a relief to turn from this to M. Mafg- nau’s capital pleture of * Louls IX. Comforting the Leper.” St. Louis, sttired in o long blue mantle, and bare-headed, i3 stooving forward to touch & wretched . leper, whose nakea body crouches abjcul?' upon u 10y stone seat strewn with straw. Behind the King are two of his followers, Their looks betrsy some amaze- ment, and not a litle fear. "It is clear they don’t fecl quite comfortable in the neighbor- hood of the unfortunate creature whom their Royal master is trying to consols; but they are 100 polite, being French, tu take to their beels. This is undoubtediv one of the best things ju the Salon. M. Benjamin Coustant’s large painting of ** A Harem: Moroceo,” is also very fine. It s a reproduction of luxurious Kusiern fnte- rior, with besutirul odalisques, dark and fair, lyiugupon rich cushions in voluptuous pos- tures,. listening to the barbsrous music of two or three hideous bluck shuves. M. Constant has painted the ceptoul figure of the favorite witha master hand. Ilis imitation of the rich car- pets and drapery is no less admirable. The wencral effect is Tather marred by the futrodue- tion of 1 great green gallery runnfog round the top of the harem; buy, a5 truth oblized M. Constant to introtluce 1t, it would not be fair to make serious objection. Over 2 doorwsy close b7 is a small painting from the brush of N. CIARPENTIER, i The Return from Inkermann,”"—aremf{niscence of the Auglo-French campnign in the Crimea, whicl: has a more than comuion interest. The battle has not quite ceased raging. On the dis~ tant hills the white putls of smoke tell where thie cannon ure stil at their deadly work; but the vietory, so dearly paid for. has been won. A troop of red-coated British grenadiers approach, bearing a wounded Geueral from the field. In the ‘middle distance is o French regiment winding slowly down a declive; and the fore- ground is filled by a group of French soldicrs—amoucst them o Turco—curious- Iy watching the brotbers-in-arms, assage of their gallant e cxecation i3 most minutely finished, audzthe saft background of il and platn shows ! M. Charpentier could puint landseape well if he chose. A little fur- ther on, m Room No. 8, Mr. John W. Duns- wmore, of Ohio, a promising pupil of M. Cotiture, ¢xbibits a small enre picture, entitled, **Rev- eric.” A fady is plaving o guitar in oo anclent ball. The light streams throagh **Storied windows, rickly dight,” upos her half-averted face: :nd she scems to be dreaning of days past, or days to come,—of anything but thedays present. “Another youog Amerlean, Mr. . Reynolds Bloomer, of New York, who contributed two pretty landscapes last year, has sent & small pieture of a quict seenc at Cernay la Ville, near Paris, with rocks, and meadow, and a tiny watertull tumbling over stones between. e cealls it ** A Cascade.” It is not ambitious, but it is a very faithful re- production of a bitof very characteristic French scenery. Mr. Bloomer, like bis French models, seems to have a strange fondness for gray skics and sad tones. Talways feel that, in half the Trench landscapes, a ray of suulizht is want- ing to make them perfect. English painters, perhaps, go to the other extreme. Thereis o happy medium, doubtless, 1P IT COULD BE FOUND. 1 must leave Mr. F. Bridgman’s two pictures for uotice later, as ove of them at least needs more than a casual mention. Mr. Thomas Hov™ enden, an Irish-American artist, contributes a small “Portrait of my fricod, L. 3. D. L., a gentleman in a darkecreen shooting-cout, standing out upon a dirty lizht-green back- ground,—not a very happy eifort. The portrai of Judic sent fn by M. Aime Perret is as unhl the bright-eved diva of the Varietes as it well could be. She is depicted in_black walking costume, decollettee. A bird-of-Paradise adorns ber hat, and a lzce colleretie sets of the white- uess of her foir, full throat. Cabanel, Bour- guereau, aud Bonnat all contribute portraits, of which I cannot speak at present. Poor Charles Daubigny is represented by Inndscapes; Rmile Breton has a tine * Janunry after a Buttle,” and a * Paysaz all these, aud of the sculpture, water-colors, 1cs in the Salon, I shall probably be ¥ something in my next. A very important SALE OF PICTUREZS toolk place at the Hotel Drouot last week, when the Laurent-Richard collection, containing many of thie best-known French master-pieces, was brought to the hammer. Very high prices were realized In several instances. “Courbet’s ** Ruis- seau du Puits Noir® fetched 13,100fr., and his “Chateau &’ Ornans™ 7,000(r. Delacroix’s “Combat du Gisour ev du Pacha” knocked down for the respectable sum of 20,000fr. His *“Mise au Tombcau’ went, 10r9,500 fr., and his ** Christ en Croix? for §,500 fr, A ‘t Sainte Famille ' of Diaz realized 14,100 fr., and two other works by the same master went for 5,900 fr. and 7,400 fr, respect- ively. Jules Du{m:‘s fine_picture, Les Lan- de: fetehed 11,200 fr.; Fromentin’s * Chasse au Faucon,” 384,100 fr. A “ Vanneur™ by Millet was sold for 16,605 fr., while bis_ ¢ Soir” was kuocked down at 15,500 fr. Troyon's © Berzer ramenant son troupesu’ reached 17,600 fr.: and, after . two of Theodore Rous- scaw’s pictures—* Bards de 1'Oise™ and “ Coucher Gu soleil apres un orage ”—had to- petber fetehed the goodly price of 89,000 fr., a single paintivg by the smme master found a buyer at the extravagant price of 46,500 fr. The namne of this work was * Le Gidre." Everything is remarkablv dull at THE THEATRES, In spite of the Exhibition. The managers had taken no pains to provide good programmes for their visitors, Somehashed up revivals of old successes, and others merely went on serving the poor picces they were playing already. The result of this short-Sehted policy has soon made itsel? evident, aud it would not be astouishing if three-quarters of the tneatres fu Paris closed thelr doors in a month, althourh the town is fuil to overflowing with straugers. The Troca- dero concerts are noy positively announced to bewin on the 6th! of Juune. M. Colonne will comluct the . fine band, which fs, in the mai thg. same as that we, have heard at the Chilelet this spring. Several new concerts are now. £oing on in Paris. Arban - has opeued his seasors at the Garden of the Tuil eries, which is now brillfantly lluminated with the electric lieht every evening. -Olivier Metra is conducting at the Skaling Concerts mn the Rue Blanche; and the Bessclicon Concerts, be- hind the Palais de I'[ndustrie, have been doing 2 thriving business for a mouth past. It scems we are 1o have some more of the scini-relizious cotertainments with which Fetber Hvacinth favorad us last sprd He will bc:‘]g{n a serfes of lectures In the early days of June, at the Trocadero. 5 Harry ST. MICHEL. ——m— Jefr Davis and Jubal Early. - The Memphis (Tenn.) Appeal prints copies of a number of letters of regret received from prominent ex-Confederates who bad been in- vited to attend the unveiling of the monument to the Confederate dead in that city on the 5th fust. Among them is one from Jefferson Davis, who wrote: ‘*Accep: my congratulations on the completion of the laudable effort to raise o monument at -Memphis to those who died that the South wizht live. Thoush far away from the ceremony of unveiling thut monument, my heart’s warmest affections will be with those who are stsuding about it to do honor to the heroes we can uever for " Jubal A. Early thus expressed him: “It is mot of his life and the lives of of that war no man can foresee. frec institutions will be finatly and forever de- stry - straight forward with the count in accordance commit and avcept frauds, forgeries, Jjuries, inconsistent with the present and oblfzations resting on us tv opay becoming respect and honor 1o the heroic virtues of the inen whio fell while fizhting with us for avil and constitutional liberty; but, on ‘the contrary, if the time shall ever arrive when ‘we shall prove reereaunt to the memories of our dead comrades, then we will forfeit all claims to respect for ourselves aud all tizle to-be trusted in the performance of other dutics. 1f ever, from the muxins of a mistaken poticy or tue seduct{ons of political prefermeut, the men of thepresent dey shall become ashamed of the principles and the causes for whick the Con- federate armies fouzht snd the nien you now honor died, the women of the South will vrove more faithful guardians of the fame and glory of aur deud heroes, and will teach thelr children ito vindicate the principles, cherishthe memories, Tisp the names, and {mitate the virtues of those whe {zll in.the defénse of all they held most dear.” ———t—— ~ THE CUSTER MASSACRE. Maj. Reno Accused of Cowardice—An Inves- tigation Prohable. Wasnnoroy, D. C., June 12.—The House Committee on Military Affairs decided to-day to report fayorably to the Housca resolution di- recting aninvestigationintothe Custer maseacre. Mr. Bragg will present a resolution for a sub- committee to sit in recess aud send {or persons and papers. braced In a letter addressed by Frederick Whit- taker, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., to Mr. Corlett, representing Wyoming Territory, and by him turned over to the Committee on Military Aflnirs, on whom it seems to have made a very decided impression. “The basis of this action i3 ewm- Whittaker’s letter is as follows: MouNT VERXO: May 18, 1878.—The Zion. M. IV, " ~DEan Stz Having been calied on to prepare the biozravhy of the lnte Brevet Maj.-Gen. Geora great amount of evidence, S. A, n ? came into my hands terding to prove crifice bf immediate com- mand at the batlle of the Little Diz Ilorn was use- less, and owing to the cowardice of his subordin- ates. 1desire. therefore, 1o ask your atiention, and that of Congress throus " ordering an official investiZution by z commmittee of our nonorable body into the conduct of the United States troops engaged in the battle of the Little Biz Horn, fouzht June 25, 1876, otherwise known as the Caster masaacre, in which Licut, -Col. Cus- ter, Seventh United States Cavalry, perished, with five companies of the Seventh Cavalry, at the hands of the Indians. The reasons on which I found my request are a follows: First—Information coming to me from particl- pants in the battle. written and oral, s to tne ef- fect that gross cowardice was displayed therein by Maj. Marcus A. Reno, Seventh United States Cav- alry, second in commund that day; aud that,owing to siich cowardice, the orders of Lieut.-Col. Cus- ter, commanding ofiicer to aaid Iteno, to execute 8 certain attack were not obeyed. That the failure of this movement, owing to his cowardice and disobedience, caused the de- feat of the United States forces ou the day in question; and that, had Custer's orders peen obeyetl, the troope would probably have defeated the Indians. ‘That after Ma). Reno's cowardly flicht, he was joined Ly Capt, F. W. Boutcen, Seventn United States Cavalry, with reiuforcemenis which were placed under his order, and that he remained idle with his force while his superior officer was rignt- fng against the whole force of the Indians, ihe battle being within his kunowledge, - the sound of firiug audlvle from his position, and his forces out of immedlate danger from the encmy. ‘Tnat the consequence of this second oxhibition of cowardice and incompetency wiis tho massacrc of Lieut.-Coj. Custer and five companies of the Seventh United States Cavalry. Second—~The proof of thes¢ facts lies in the evi- dence of persons in the serviee of tho United States Government, chiefly in the army. and no power short of Congreas can compel their attend- ance snd protect them from unnoyance and perse- cation if they openly testify 1o the cowardice ex- hiblted on the above vceasion. Third—The ouly official record of the battle now extant is the report writien by Maj. Keno, avove numed, and Is, in the mnin, false und livelous to the memory of the late Lient.-Col. Custer, in that it represents the defeat of the United Stutes forces on thut occason as uwing to the division by Custer against the capacity of whereas the de- feat was renlly owing o the coward- ico, ond disobedience of _ #aid Reno and to the wilful neglect of enfd Reno and Capt. Bouteen to join battle with the Fndians In sup- port of théir commanding ofifcer when thes ‘might have done it, sud it ws thelr plain duty 8o i force, —all écrious churg: said Custer as am olicer; to do. Fourth—The welfare of the United States army demands that in case of 3 massacre of & large party of troops. under circutstances covered with 8us- icion, it should be nmninll{' estaplished where the lame belonss, to the end that the service may not dezeriorate by the retention of cowards. Fifih—Justicc_to un officer of the previonsly unstained record of tLient.-Col. Custer demands that the accusation ander which his memory now rosts, in the only official account of the baitle of the Little Big Horn now extant, should be proved or disproved. I have thus_civen vou, as briefly a3l can, my reasons for nsking this investigation, end the fact Yam confident of heing able to prove. My wit- nosse will be all the living ofiicers of the Seventh United States Cavalry who were resent at the vartlo of Jnne including Maj. Keno and Capt. Bouteen,~myself to prove statements of uu_oflicer since deccased. made to me a few daye before his death, —F. T. Girard. Indian in- terpreter to the United Ststes lorces; Dr. Porter, of Bismarck, D. T., contract surzeon at the vuttle in question; Licut. Corland, Sixth Infsutry; Sorgt. Godman, now of the $igual Service, and others whose names I canfind in time for the Com- mittee's session, should the same be ordered. Trusting, dear eir, that this letter may result in an investigation which shali decide the whole truth avbout the battle of the 25th of June, 1876, andthe purgation of the service, I am your ovedient serv- ant, FREDERICK WUITTAKER. THE PRESIDENTIAL COUNT. A Lotter from Senator Hill-No Bargnin Madeo by Southern Democrats. Disvatck to New York Times, Avucusts, Ga., June 18.—Senator Hill has _written to the Chronicle a letter upon the foves- thration. He says: *I think acorrect knowl- edgo of the inner history of the famous Presi- dential count would add much to a correct un- derstanding of the wisdom and necessity of that investigation. of February, 1877, four Democrats, nble and excellent gentlemen, three from the West and one from the East, made very earncst specches In the ecaucus of the I2th in favor of using every means the rules would permit to prevent the cowplelion of the count by the 4th of March. [ made the first speech against this policy. that Iwrote out my remarks afterward and preserved them.” In this address he compared the tumultuous scenes in the caucus of Feb. 12, 1877, Convention sixteen years ago, and counseled moderation, arguing He said: Ccnjoins upen us the duty of muking the count, and we bave all_taken an oath to support the Constitution. that oath, except by causes we can neither avert nor control. In the sccond place, we have passed at this very session the Jaw which created this Electoral Commission. That law pledges us to complete the count, and we passed it in_order to complete the count peaceably and by the pre- seribed time. nelther the Senate nor the Executive will con- cur in such repeal practiced by other: 1y us in the violation or disrezard of that law. Bue suppose we resist this result and declare Tilden President by o resolution of this House, without completing the count as required by the Coustitution; mies will have possession of the Government and will profess great williugness to abide by the : shall be charmed with havinz precipi a revolution by refusing to obey either the It was so kindly recelved with the sccues in the secession against dilatory motio ~¢In the tirst place, the Constitntion We cannot be absolved from We cannot repeal that law, for No wrongs and deceptions —indeéd nothing—can justi- what then! Our ene- We uted Coustitution und the law. Constitution or our own law, both of which re- quire us to complete the count. “This result will e charged to have been oroucht sbout by & Democratic House controlied by ex-Confed- erates. Civil war will be inevitable. The end ¢. 1 believe our T can_see no course left us but to g0 with the Constitutionand laws,undtrust tothein: telligence and virtue of the American people in time to visit proper retribation on those who and per- in order to accept the oflices and defeat If the course I suggest be adopted, the Republican party will Lold the Presidency for four years longer. But they will continuein power sotely by frauds com- mitted by and aceepted ouly by themselves, ‘Those frauds will surely come to light; they cannot be concealed. We will bring them to the light. If we fail in our duty thev will bring themselves to the lght. Tn'the lieht of those frauas, when expressed, the people wilk beable to sce what passiou and war and false- hood have hitherto prevented them rom sce- inz—that the Kepublican pasty \as neyer any- thine but a sectional, uncoustitutivoal, aud revolutionary party.” In nis letter to-day Mr. FHl, after thus pointing to his policy and prediction, lays down three points: “ First—It is ridicu- to charze the Democrats with a revolutionary purpose now to oust Mr. Hages, when they 80 cmphati- cally refased then ‘to adopt even dilatory pro- cee«%im:s, under the rules, to prevent lis inaug- the popular will. uration. Second—Those who refused to coun- tenauce any irregular or doubtful measures then, in order to preserve the peace of the duties | country, stood oledzed to *brinz to lizht’ the frauds afterward, to the end that the cuilty might be punished by exposure, and such dungerous wrougs be prevented in the tuture. Third—In _the lebt of this caucus action on the 12th of February, how absurd beeowes the charge that this policy was adopted f2 pursuance of a bargain between Southern Democrats and Mr. Hases' friends. The alleged bargain was made two weeks after this caucus resoiution was adopted. I never heard of this so-called bargain until [ saw a no- tice of it in the papers aiter the adjournment of Congress. I have always believed, and stilt believe, that this action of this Democratic caucus saved our constitutional system from final subversion, by preventing a pretense for the re- newal of civil war by Grant and his followers; but our ownwork will not be complete, and our duty will not bedous until we bring to the gaze of a blusting world the basest frauds ever per- petrated in history, and perpetrated for no pur- pose but to enable the Republican party o hold the offices of the Government against the will of the people. No man acquainted with the scenes of the Presidential count, and with the motives of those who submitted to wrong rather than hazard the public peace, will ever charge the Democratic party with revolution.” MAX. Hia Little Trouble with Miss Smedley. New York Sun, June 14. Mr. George C. Moses, Miss Smedley’s lawyer, was found at his office, No. 137 Broadway. it said: **The truth is that Mr. Strakosch's con- duct has been grossly wrong and hnproper throughont hiswhole coursc with Miss Smedley. His violation of his plighted fuith and his scan- dalous conduct have driven the poor girl nearly wild. Formonths she lay so sick that her life was despaired of, 'and we all thougit she would die. She came of highly respectabie parentage, sud her character and condnet are in every way ubassaflable. Her relatives and friends iu Chicago, where she tirst met Mr. Strakosh, are of the utmost respecta- bitity, Her sister, Aliss Mattic Smedley, lives in Saginaw, Mich., where she is in some sort of dressmaking or importing business. She has been cognizant of all these facts, and will bea witness. Aiss Smedley’s physician n Chicago will testity to her physical and mental condi- tion at the time.of her abandontnent by Stra- koseh. What makes tlic latter’s case worse *is his marrying this Long {stand lads, Miss Neil- son, who is @ Christian, just after his refusal to fultlll his promise of marriage to Miss Smedley because she is one.” “Ilave you any letters bearing out the allezed promise of marriage” “T do not care tospeak of that at oresent. We bave letters of Mr. Strakosch’s, and what they are he will seeou the triul.” From snother source it was learned that Miss Smedley depends more on her own oath and on corroborative testimony than on the letters of the defendant. Most of the commiunications from the latter are written in a very wuarded manner. At times, when the writer waxed warm aud atfectionate, he would frequently run his pen through certaib phrases. Mr. Charles Wehle, of 260 Broadway, lieen retained as Mr. Strukosch’s law, said yestorday that the whole aflair w. mailing plot “of the blackest dve,” us tnex would be able to prove to the satisfaction of the Court. The whole case was founded on ver- jury and fraud so plain and manifest that twelve honest men could not hesitate in pro- nouncing judgment upon it. **‘This youngx lady comes to Mr. Strakosch at his “hotel in Chicago; comes to him,—inind,—he doesn’t #o to her. She tells him that she s poor; that she wants o musical education, but cannot afford to pay for it, and step by step enlists his sympathies in ber behalf. If hér voice is good, und he can bring her out un- der favorable auspices, it will be thousands of dollars in his pocket. He tells her that if sie wants to study under the best téackers she will bave to come to New York. She comes, gets bim to introduce her toa respectable boarding- house, to furnish her with iustruments, to lend ber moucy to pay her bills, just as he has done toother ladies, in the hope that she would develop into o zreat artiste, and be the means of his making thousand of dollurs. After months of tuition. her teachers’ report that she is unfit for the staze, und she returns home. -+ She has no money to pay her traveling expenses and other bills. ~ At her solicitation, Mr. Strakosch’s purse i3 agein, open for her necds. When he ugain visits Chicago she calls o hitm with ner old story. Sheis poor. Sheis struggling to obtain u livin: He gives ber a checl for §50, at the same time telling her that hie 13 now wmarried and has a wife and fuml and cannot continue these charitable vances. Then follows a scemce. She charaes him with all sorts of thiugs of which he bas never been guilty, and ends by bring- ing__this_suit, She arrests him publicly in New York, just before his departure for- Europe, in order to humiliate._biw, as much ds possibi¢, and _ set public opinion, if vossible, against him. From all my knowledge of the tacts, and my long and totinate acquaintanceof Mr. Strakosch,—I have been his lawyer for the last ten years, Dlackmailing suit was never started. ~This talk about the house at Thirteenth street is false to the bottom. Mr. Strakosch assures we sol- cinnly that beyond the facts iu rezurd to her musical education, there isnotoneword of truth in the whole complaint.” > Mr. Strakosch was found in his drawing-room iv Fourteenth street. He was attired in easy, nogligent undress, and apparently resting hini- self after the exciting incidents of the day. He grasped the reporter’s band warmly, and mo- tioned bim to a chai “ My dear sir,” he said, “1 know your er- rand. * This is a very painful affair. Iean give you my word of honor that, from bezinning to ‘ead, toere 1s not one partile of truth in'the charges that miszuided young person has brought azainst me.” Drawing uearer his chair, he laid one hand on his visitor's knees, and continued: * When Miss Sinedley first came to e 1 was at the Girand Pacitic Hotel in Chicago. She said that +she thought® her voice wasa good one, and that, althoush u perfect stranger to me, she had taken the Hbcrl{ of. ling ou me to esk me if, in my opinion, she would be justified in secking a musical education. [ told her that she would have Lo submit to some monthg’ training before this could be dedinitely ascertained. She asked me where she could get such traning, and I told her in New York. I was interestod in the girl, and thought possibly I mizut bring her out 'zs T bad many others, and make her u siie- cess. I recommended her to # highly respecta. ble boarding-house, that of Madame Lamballe, on Tenth street. 1 hired teachers for her, in- cluding Madame Maretzek, who is o relative of mine. and otbers.” ¢ All this without any ulterfor views, Mr. ,‘vflay, 1 Strakoscht “Without the slightest, my dear sir. am doing it constantly. I hsve a youl this moment fropr® Loulsville stu competent teachers, just as_ Miss Smedley wus. T am surrounded on il sides by perils of this kind. For sughtI know,anyoncof adozen ladies that T have titted for the stage, and who have not been quite successful, may turn around on me in the same ungratetul and untruthral manoer.” ** But to continue,” he said. “I made Miss Smedley frequent ndvances to pay her bills and defray the expenses of her education, because L thouzht I would zet an adequate retarn in case she became qualiffed for the staze. After four mouths of teaching Mme. Aaretzek aud ner other tutors mformed me that she made no progress, and would not be likely to. Shc ac- cordingly returned to Chicazo.” + How about the other charge?” « All false, mny dear sir; not a word of trnth jnit. Irespected Miss Smedlcy until her con- Qucet opened my eves to Ler real Intentiuns.” “Has she got any of your letters, Mr. Stra- kosch 7 Al he exclaimed, bring down the flat of his hand upon the reporter’s kiee, “that's ex- ¥ what I want to find out. If she has, you can depend upon it tust they contain nothing compromising me la the slightest detree. was most particular about my conduct when in her company. When I took her to' the theatre or went driving 1 usually took a third party along. No, [ do uot think she ean prove say- thing fu that direction. A3 for my 1 defy anybods to find anything indicative of love or :ffuetion in them.” ‘fhe reporter parted with Mr. Strakosch on the stairs. ‘The latter wrun his hand fervent- Iy. I don’t kuow,” he added musingly; #F suppose I might have husbed the thing up by paying a couple of thousand dollars and’ sub- mitting to be blackmaited. [ hope 1t will be for 1 think it will. Good-Uy.” rnished tront parlor of a boarding-house, s few doors cast of Fourth ave- aue, the reporter found Miss Mary Clementine Smedley. She is about the wedium height, has 2 pretty, willowy fizure, with oval face, auburn bair, and long, tremulous eyelashes. = She wore a tasteful cosiume of some light, fasiion- able stull,—a sort of durk browe, with hich-cut corsuge,—and a handsome zold chain and loetiet about ler neck. Ensconced in a dark hizh- backed chair, whose color contrasted favorably witn her dress, her graceful attitude, modest mauner, and unassuming demeanor augured ill for the talented defendant. She told her story in a celm, quiet, 2nd - impressive man- mer, which wil be lkelr to pruve vx- tremely effective with u jury. She sald: « Mr. Strakosel’s statement concerning our first meeting is correct- I wish he bad been a3 truthful in regard to what followed. T wished 1o educate my voice, but I did not wish to leave tters, can assure you that a bigzer Chicazo, and it was only at his urzeat and re- . peated solicitations shat I should come to New York that I left Chicazo. During his subse- quent visit to that city he visiced me frequently, and it was perfectly understoud between himself and my relatives end Iriends that he should marry me. 4 fis friends say that the first advance came from vou, and that you tried to entrap him iato an offer of marriage!” “ Why, how coule I do thati” the fair sposk- er contibued, her voice trembling with sup- pressed emotion. **Mr. Strakosch was con- stantly worrying me to marry him. Why, ha got down on his knees and bezzed me to nave him. He said to my sister ia Chicago: * Would to God that my affairs were such that Ieould marry Clementine now, without walting Thez came his meau subterfuge about my senz a Chsistian and his belng & Jew. He didn't thiuk of that when he mar- rtecd his other wife. Ahb, sir, it is asad thing for & woman after she kas ncceg:cfl a man and forgiven him, and dons all that I buve, for him 10 cast ber off in this manuer. I sorry for mm; God knows, but look how he has treated me.” Mr. Strakosch had taken passuge tor Liver- ool for himselt, wife, and one man-servant and maid-servunt at the time of the arrest. He will seil in the Germnanic on Saturday. * "STOCKWELL. A Voluntary Bankrupt with Liabilitles Ag= gregnting $1,250,000. New York World, June 13. Alden B. Stockwell, ex-President of the Pa-, cific Mail Steamship Company, the Panams Railroad, and three sewing-machine companies,! and ouce a “King™ in Wall street speculation,’ has heen adjudicated a bankrupt on his own P on, with Ifabilities estimated at $1,250,000. Tne schedule of debts filed is not complete. More than three-fourths of the total tndebtedness is sccured by the hynothecation of the stock of the Howe Sewing-Machine Company (Limited), of Loudou; the Howe Sewing-Machine Company, of Brideeport, Conu., aud the Indiana Manufacturing Com- pany. The greater part of Mr. Stuckwell’s reat estate has been mortzaged, and in almost every case for nore than its market value. Among the New York creditors are several Wall-street baukers to whom balances onstuck speculations are due, while among the Lendon creditors, whose ¢laims amount to $4U5,691, are soma gentlemen intimatcly conne with' the ¥ gtish turf. Commodore. Stockwell, as he use to be called in the flush of his success, und be- fore hie got to be **that red-headed mau from Ouiv,” uppears to have madé many real-estate purchases. Although he bas been b roin Europe some eight months, it is not generaliy known that he has resumed his connection witn Wall street. At the Windser IHotel last evening some of the brokers discassed Mr. Stockweli’s step. One rominent broker remarked, *1think there is ife in the old boy vet.” Ayotker Wall street man, who spent two vews i Europe wheu Stockwell was there, said that he never could understand why he (Mr. Stockwell) ever cume back to this country, It was sencrally under- stood that when he left the United States, in 1574, he had stitl money at bis command. Tha rumor was circulated that he bad even becvine & promivent owner of race-horses. In faet, prior to the 2000 of 1376 he was reported to owa a large share in the winoing stable,—Lord Dupplin’s. This was subsequently densed on the best auulmrltar. although therc e little douby that he & have an in- terest in horses, and that, while ot first his turl speculations proved satisfactory, a run of ill- luck led him to abandon them. {le made u tour of the fashionable waterine-plices un the Co tincnt, and eventually settled in Pans, ke upa fine bouse. 1le anpared on the Bou where his course was mu v.ith hi joned bolduess. Ilis mame was qu where, aud even the smatl [ry of the Py inquired daily. #Que fait ce bra¥ During the stay of the hroku: this relation he nstonished the natives by b random uud reckless shots, und futroluc much to their discomfiture, the American fon of selling down'the market. This was re- srarded as an unwholesome iunuvation. T one Of those venturesonse bear ruds, about teen months azo, the Commodore was heavily “ehort of Turks.” A very heavy fall oveurredd, ana be was reputed to have secured u paying har Hi time until tockwell 27 s st friend then lost sizht of nim for some zht months azo, when he met him here face to face. He learned, as he says, that Mr. Stociewell hud lost the greater part ol hig Svinnings nbroad. _Still, tor the Just six month: e had been speculating ou a small seale fn Wail strect. e has had accounts with three or four firms, with none of whom he was associated in Liis * flush * times, o ho 1OW do not up on the Jist of his creditors. Heds revorted to have pinued bis faith to a declining warket, s after having faced a_determined and persis advance, has been obliged to cover at a heavy 0s5. Still there was no premouition that he was about to become o baukrupt. Thuse who kmow him well say that there was no chauge in his up- pearance. unless it were a less scrupulous at- tention to his dress. Inthe old days he was fuulticssly attired. On the ih of .\»[-.\v hia magnificent residence and lot at No. 23 Madi- son avenue, corner of Thirty-ninth street, to- gether with Tweed’s old stables, which he had bought, was sold in foreclosure, It was understood at the time that Stock- well contemplated returning to Eurove. Mr. 4 bought in the H. H. Bazter, the mortgazee, L property, which stood i the name of Novris B, Stockwell. Even the horses and furniture were sacrificed, most of them selling for a merc sonm. Mr. Baxter is a secured creditor of Alden P. Stockwell to the amount of $150,000. Sinco the sale Mr. Stockwell has not Leen seen so frequently in Wall strcet, aithough his friends say that he is still in town. Ita is reported by a gentleman who had a few inomen's’ conversation with hi last Monday week to have looked very care worn, Yesterday Register Allen granted the petition in bankruntey, and called o mesting of creditors for July 16 to elect an Assizuee. The total linbilities fuot up 31/ ‘m,'nf which $1,661,191 have been declared and 3564,~ 191 ured. The nominal assets amount 10 $1,400.000, the ereater part haviug been trans- ferred to socure creditors. R —— HUMOR. How to keep a fisk: fresh—Don’t catch him. Never conflde 2 secret to your relatives; blood will tell. Farmers have learned that it takes the best of 8011 to rafse a mortguze. A man looking for o drink late at night asked the police for & bar-pilot. Edison Eas not invented anythingsince break- fast. The doctor has been called in.—Boston Tost. Strawberrs-shorteake pever blows np. Still, if peapie are afraid to use Minnesota flonr., they can cat rubber belting with their strawberries. Before & man deliberately mekes up his mind to be raseal,he shonld examine hims«1f closely to ascertain if he ain’t better constituted fora {ool.—Josh Billings. e, The doctor and ‘3 nervone men Will never hnve two creeds: For the former nceds hia patients, And tie latjer patience needa, Undue indnigence in_strawberries!izive peo- ple the bydrophobia. (This appalling Pro- mulzated with o view to bringing strawberrics down to four rents a quart.) ¢ What. e fare to Putnam 3™ am, Mass., or Patnam, Conn. {7 atisthe fares? Azent—"$5 to am, Mass.. sud 85 to Putnam, . Coun.” « Well, bedad, 'l take the chespest.” Tt is annoving to an evonomical vounx man, who leaves half a cizar an the porch when he makes # Sunday-atternvon call, to come out and find the fool family-dox has staken it for 2 ologna, 20 goue and made himseif torri bty sick on it. b + Quppose,' said an fowa fawyer to 2 witness hie was tryine to badeer reces g S should zell you that I could orinz a dozen wen of yaur towu to this court-room who woulld say théy would not belfeve 7ou ou oath,iwhat wonld you say P’ Aud ealinly the witness wadereoly; - “] would say vou Hed.” A wentle smile diffusnd itself sl over the court-roow, and the unruitizd witness stepped dowa. - To some piugent remarks of 2'profeseional brother, 2 Western lawyer beran his reply as’ follows: - “May it please' thy Ceurt: Resting ou the couch of republican equality 15 I do, coverad with the blanket of constitutional pan- oply as I am, 1 _protected by the mois of American liberty as T T2el myself to be, Eidespise buzzing of the professional : fnsect who az sat down, and defv hfs futfle 'attempts o Agent Pat Put- Par— jus 3 peactrate, with his puny sting, the isterstices of my impervious covering.'” g Something Freih. Ceok:sk, Lansutution. t Anything new or fresa this morning?” & roporter nsked jn 3 ratirozd office. Yes,” replied-the.lone occupant of the apartment. * 2t o What is ;t3" cueried the reposter, whipping out his note-book. Said tha raflroad mam, edging towazd the door, * That paiot you are leaning azainst.” m,Suda are the foads m newspaper man must er.