Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 13, 1878, Page 11

% CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 13, I878—SIXTEEN PAGES, MILWAUKEE. The-Sentiment of the Cream OCity Is for Hard Money. The Causes to Which This Fact Is Attributed. A Budget of Local aud Personal News. The Work of the Milwaukee Lawyers. A Chapter on Art and the Artists. Political Intelligence. HONEST MONEY AND RUSINESS. From Our Uun Correspondent. AwwavEcE, Oct. 12.—There is po place which teels more acutely than Milwaukee does the necessity of an honest and settled financial system. The bigr dry-goods houses on Wiscon- «n street and East Water street—the places where men and women o 10 trade at retail, and which have a respectable wholesale custom from the interior—say that nothing is needed for their prosperity but an honest money system. There is not a trader or manufacturer in the <ity who is doing business on a substantial basis ut what will say the same tbing. Wild-cat operators,—if such aphrase can be brought down from the time when banks without capital were established in the Michigan woods,—such oper- ators in all kinds of pursuits are opposed to an honest, solid-morey basis for business. Black- Jegs want an inflated currency,—* good money and plenty of it,”’—for there never wasa time when protessionat gamblers so throve and waxed {3t and rich aswhen £oid was worth from 150 to 250 cents 9s compared to the currency dollar. But houcst business men want honest business finances. Milwaukee is a solvent city. The failures among busiess. men have been few and far apart. Much of this character bas been given to its business by the thrifty, conservative, economical, and sub- stantial German portion of the busi- ness and manuiacturing populatior They brought with them from the old country Jonest mones, honest habits, and honest prin- civles in bosiness. This example and practive bas reached throngh all the business and in- dustrial pupulation, and has produced a whole- gume public senument. In addition to this, Alexsnder Mitclell has been, since the founda- tions of Milwaakee were laid, rhe leader and in most cases the autocrat of its business usazes. From first to last he has dield by practice and examble to the closest prudence 1u financial and business affairs. In all the preat enterprises ao improvements in which he has Leen en- gaged there bas been no.dash, or glow, or showy parade. But in railroad enter- prises and in other improvements he bas counseled and aided projectors and builders 1o go_onlvso fast apd 0 farastne country would support the work. During the craziness of infiation he advised attto conservat- fsm in business aflairs, and practiced it himn- self. This, with the Gerwan character which has permeated the business and industrial pop- wation of Milwaukee, may beregarded together 85 the foundation causes of the generaily whole- some tone of sentiment on finascial and busi- ness questions. Milwaukee is 2 solid city. Itis mot us larpe 8s some, not s entervrising 25 some. I requires a microscope to discover 3 mng in jts oficial ‘management. It has but few of the characteristies of a first- oass citv—but few bankrupteies and noaoe of * magnificent dimeasions; no streets lined with 2laves of sin—those have to shriok fnto the rear of the highways of commerce; no splendid corners which are a snare and a device for the unwarv. But, instead, there are, as a general rule, ©: €1 who do businesson the square; bank: in whica deposits are safe; insurance compu which_pay when the man dies or when bi house burns up, as tbe case may be; politics as bongstas the times will allow, and_ a public seutiment and puclic practices generally which render the Police Derartment an inexpensive a0d unbusy affair. All this makes 2 sentimeot In favar of honest money and legitimate busi- ness, traced to two causes which none will dis- pute. - BENERAL AND PERSONAL NEWS. ‘Letters bave been received bere by friends of Capt. H. W. Howgate, of the Signal Service, in which he states that his * Weather-Cases,” as they are termed, are about completed as to the Plan, and & specimen case has been nearly scttled mpon as to its details, and will soon be fimshed for use. The weather-case is a set of meteorological instraments for indicating the weatger, similar to the signals at prominent points. These instruments are to be placed at - vost-offices and cross-roads, and are 60 simple that they can be managed by any person of or- dinary eare and intelligence. -The Rev. Dr. Hodge has assumed the pastor- ate of the Jeferson Street Bavtist Church, and preached his first sermon last Sabbath. Ilcis from Kalsmazoo, Mich., and succeeds Dr. Griffith, who is now in Trov, N. Y. This Society isamong the leading ones in the city, and iuo- dudes in its membership Gov. William E. Smith. Allen Johuson, J. F. Antisdel, Prof. M. P. Jewitt, and other prominen: citizens: The chureh has beeu recently renovated and frescoed, aud is mow an attractive place of Worship, . _Gen. Georze P. Delaplaine, who was a ‘pioneer gettler fn Milwaukee, and has long been a prominent resident in Madison, has been s the city for a few days past. Col. W. B. Slanghter has his new book, *“Reminiscences,” 10 press. St. Francis Semivary, the Catholic jostitation of learning near this city, has 230 students. James M. Waaline, of the late firm of Pierce & Whaling, is Superintendent of a silver mine in Nevada. The Hon. Duncan E. Cameron_has fully re- covered from his recent severe illness, and has Tesumed the active practice of his protession. The Eutre Nous Club is a literary institution ¥hich pumbers among its members J. [ D. !{r:swl and wite, Mrs. Thomas Forbes, Prof. {;‘:’;E:fl. aod several other musical and literary Tne following are the officers of the Milwau- (,l}:ss Club for the current year: President—C, Jerome Cary. n;‘;‘?{(‘flldcnt—nr. Lewis McKnight. Comdrding Secretary—George 1. lzountree. Lorreenonding Secretary—3aug. T. Riddell. Dressurer—W. T. Hanscn. WontgorE. C. Hopkins, A. L. Cary, H. m:fln’i‘&.‘; field Smith, Rufus Allen. A. Faviniows S84, Alicott, James A Bryden, I The following are the officers of the German g:;flf. eaevoleat Uniou, eiceted last Thurs- President—Anton Gmei Vice-Presi aelee. Fficd,icfi,“;ggm§nsL Yary's | Congreaation: Nicolaus Weiand; Trinity Caeorrsass chomana Verfarth; St Prapin ' Consrezation. Gerliara Massino; St Antonrs moongrezation, T, Ermst inger. ngregation, Martin Freis- Secretary—Peter Bellinghay YVice-Secretary—Bonaventas 1 un"::'fi: Committee—lzcob’ Maller snd Jacob .. The foflowing officers of Y c W the Y Men's ‘ch.!nhz_r of St. John’s Cathedral (c;fimfc) have »::;zecxmg‘_d: Director, the Rev. J. J. Keogh; ot fi honfas Finnezau; First Assistant, Yo yudon; Secoud Assistant, -J. J. Lynch: Cmug;“ James De Guenther: ’ [nstructor of Sl Cles, 3 I;.)I\langhi: Consultors, Ed Far- ell, J. C. , F. Hanipin, P.J, = tin Bray, Kictara ray, " L 9 SLurphy, Mar LAW POINTS. U\Th:d totslamount of the juggment fn the X ited States Court anainst the St. Paul Rail- 2y Company for unpaid taxes, interest, and ;);li} under the Internal Revenue law, is $31,- &In the bankrupt oroceedings of A. D. Seaman 8 Co. the credizors Lave accepted a composi- %;‘n of 20 cents on the dollar. The debts were o'l'he stock and furniture of S. Willand’s Ocean Iyster Tiiousc are being sold out at auction to- V. ¢ proprictor went into bankrupter; " then scttled for 50 cents on_ the dollar, and re’ “)':1! ‘og’:?f}f*. He couid’ not “make it work 1 g il s'n]df: sum agreed upon, and the stock aeorge Il Lawreoce has becn ointed fl::‘i]c‘nec in bankruptey of Dantel .\'e‘rxgm. once lhe{yo’ the Board of Trade, the builder of e ‘.‘_ewl_mfl House, and now a modest farmer o ;g!;g_shq County, peddiing milk around Sorings. Albert J. Laseh wants a di b lie Lgeon, iz i, a divorce from Caro- . T;-‘Hlny will be heard in the Probate Court the pplication of Samuel Field, who has discharged kS duties as executor of the wull of Harriet a0 the poor euicide, for a distribution 9 the estate according to the will, and for his &nal discharyre from the trust. The following copy.of an advertisement, pub- }lril:saox afig‘hm with alaw of this State, of the newspaj i miserable story: 7 prpers; tllnlis own; JHOM IT MaY CONCERY — SN o W e i A CONCERY T TARE, NoTich: make appilcation 1o th- Gosernor of Wis:onsin 10 Kraut @ pandou to my husband, Herbert C. Damon. Somvieted of the ciimeof forgery ut the May term.i 1877, of the Munfcipal Court, for the County of Mt Paukee, aud senieneed May 30, 1477, to the State Bealth ind physical debliity, - ey uPon falliag MES. RATTIE G. DAMON. Dan J. McCarty, Esq., ot Grand Rapids, Mich.,’ has not hada delightful experience in Milwau-! kee. He enjoyed life here for a few days, and, beiug short of cash, procured a Bank of Com- werve check, which be filled in for a small sum of money, sigoed with the name *Joseph D. Schlitz,”? aud attempted to vass it on a wary capitalist. The fraua was ciscovered,. and'the strauger in & strange place was arrested and arraypmued for forgery. He pleads not fuilty, as the name, though nearly like tbat of the well-known brewer, contats the middie supereromutory “0." - Besides, Joseph Scblitz, whose unme, if anybody’s, was imitated, has been dead somne years, haviog been lost in the Schiller disuster in 1875, The Law Sulletin is the nome of a new daily paper for attorners, to contain the court re- ports, a copy of all legal records, the decisions fl !;51!: Suvreme Court, and other matters of the kind. Augusta Voelker has commenced a sult for breuch of promise azuinst Frederick Wohl for $10,000 damages. ~A. G. Weissart, who brings the suit as her attorney, has also been appoint- ed by the Court her yguardian, as she is under age.” POPULAR SCIENCE SOCIETY. A Society that is rapidly growing in numbers and jufluence and is of real value to our people is that of Popular Science, which was recently orzanized, and already has a membership of 125, which is constantly increasing and is com- vosed of those of the best minds and culture in the city. Its originators have worked carnestly and intelligently in placing it upon proper foun- dations and mapping out its work. Lectures are given weekly by those who hava a thorough kuowledge of social, sanitary, physical, and general science, which are instructive in the Dighest degree, and tend to diffuse information of a beneficial character and to form an educated public opinion which will af- feet social order, local government, and the various public interests of the people and the city in a great and bencficial degree. The audi- ences which attend the Jectures and meetings are not laige, but are srowing, and no distant day, it is hoped, will see it a leading institution of the city, with a hal, library, muscum, and apparatus” which will be eflicient instrumeats in the progress of its work. xt Thursday evening Prof. G. W. Peckbam will commence before the Society a series of lectures on **The Functions of the Nervous Systewm.’ Probably the best and most instructive lecture yet deliv- ered was that by Dr. Wight, a few weeks ago, on the savitary administration of cities. . toc . ART MATTERS. Almini, the well-known Chicago’ fresco, artist, was in Milwaukee vesterday, with designs for one of the most costly and elezant mew residences in the city. The designs are in the Queen Anne style, and include frescoes for the drawing- room, library, and dining-hall. That of the library is peculiarly fine, with thistles and gow- ans, fndicating the nationality of the master of the mansion, and woven into a corner is an artistic, scholarly, and intellectual cobweb, in which the care of the studeut that his intercourse with his books and manuscripts shall be uninterruoted by busy household inter- ferences is fully and graphically illustrated. Mr. Almini found that the Milwaukee delega- tion to the Chicazo Exposition and races in- clnded unearly all bis acquaintances bere, and he xem)x:ned home, toreappear among us aguinnext week. One of the finest photozraphic portraits ever made in this city, completed recently, is that of a well-known Milwaukee business man, E. R. Persons, which he presented to his friend and '_’ucs&, Edward Powell, of Staffordshire, En- gland. Mrs. Hewitt, the_artist, has returned from 2 sketching visit to Walworth County, where she was the wuest of ex-Congressman John F. Pot- ter. She brings with her ascene in the burr- oak openings, and other sketches. Her unfin- ished picture of an array of ecclesiastical vest- ments presents the interior of the retiring-place of a cathedral, where the priest robes himself for the church service. There is a crucitix, an ancient black-letter book of worship, the bene- diction cope; the stole, and the chasuble, with their surroundings. The picture is still unfin- 1shed, but shows what it will be when completed. Mrs. Bewitt intended to return to Walworth County to prepare further sketches, but she found ber old pupils and ncw ones looking for the reopening of her art class, to which she fecls called upon to devote such attention as she can take away from her orders. She has nearly completed the portrait of a deceared child of a prominent merchant, which is remark- able as a likeness and a work of art. Mr. Conway will remove bis studio to the block cornerof East Water and Wisconsinstreets. His crayon portrait of Mrs. Adsit s approach- ing completion. Prof. Lydston’s sccond class of students in the principles of drawing will close next Mou- day evening. -ladies only, and they have displayed an ex- traordinary aptness in their lessons. Some of their street sketches, after but a’ few studies, are remarkable for lifelike delineation. Next Tucsday Frof. Lydston will Ieave for th sty where he has several engagements for his I ure and sketches, which e calls **Chalk-Tall He will lecture in Boston about ten days from now. Prof. L. has completed, for presentation to a lady friend, a stuay in still Iife, a water- lily preserved in a bowl of water. The plant is exquisitely drawn and colored from life. The letter ol acknowledgment trom the recivient is an equally beautiful and elogquent expression of thanks, which ought to be framea with the pict- ure. Mr, Verbrick has on his easel a picture to be called ** A Mau Overboard.” It is a representa- tion of a ship hove to, from which a mau has fallen; the bost is being lowered, and the alarm has made the ship alive with the crew and pas- sengers. Verbrick has commenced a porirait of William Jackson, the musician. A portrait of Albert Pike i1 his studio, made several years ago, del some interest from the recent visit of the distingrished poet, Mason, and ex-Rebel General, to this city. - Speaking of professional ariists, it may not, perhaps, be aenerally known, but such 1s the fact, that W. L. Metealf, a lead- ing business man of Milwaukee, is avb amateur artist of fine taste and more than ordinary skill. Some of his studies have received the praise of the best judges of art. < POLITICAL NEWS, ‘The nearer we get towards clection the less conservative and reasonable people ought to interest themselves in politics. We should go slow as the politicians and candidates go faster. ‘We should be the draz on the wheels, the brake on the train, the anchor for the shib. bd Itisacurse and a desceration on the Ameri- can name that the bummers; the rapscallions, the vrofessionals, and the coraer and gutter politicians should have more to say and more to do in making' the officers Who make the faws and saminister them thau have the honest citi- zens who will not go to caucuses at ail and who scidom vote. In the Gospel we are told, **Who wonld be first shall be _last,” or words to that effect. 1n potitics who Fould be first has got to work for it, shin for it, lie for it, steal for it,— any way to et it. These arc moralities,—quiet reflections on events. Now for facts. % The Democrats do not know who to nominste for Sherif. Wallschlager, a German Methodist, is put forward by one class, and he wants the office himself., He would also help the ticket with Deuster. for Congressman, who s a Catholic German. But it is thought by some hat too much Germau is not a goud‘ihmgx; and they want Jobn Bentles to run for Sherill, He was the member of Assembly from the Fifth Ward last winter, and is probably the ooly Democrat that can be electel again from that ward. Hence he cannot be spared, s the Dem- ocrats with enlarzed views say. to run for Sher- ifl. So the chances are that Wahlschlager will be the Demacratic candidate for- Sheruf, and Bentles for the Assembly on the South Side. John E. Eldred will be nominated by the Re- publicans for Sherifl. Thero is a revival of the movement to nominate Georze Lippert for that office by the Republicans, but iz will pan cut thing. i nc"l‘he office of Sheriff 1n this county, which was formerly worth Imlm 510‘,(&0 l)'()% 312,:(‘):” in I’:es,; now paid by o salary of $5,000a year. {1y ,511. isp:nom. sculudy that I W. Van Schaick; will be a candidate for re-clection as StateSen-, ator in the North District of this county. X Mavor D. G. Hooker will be the Dewmocrats ‘candidate. LA Edwin Hyde will be the Republican candidate and John Johnston . the Democratic candidate for State Senator in the Seveuth District, ini ‘ludine the Second, Third, Fourth, and Seveotly Wards of Milwaukee. o The Democrats are at sea ns to where to plat an Irishman on their county ticket. There.die: ‘2 pumber of that nationality who ought to have, a place: but they generally demand to be put.ou, the ticket for County Treasurer. The pre: jncumbent of that office, however, H. Everts, is a younz Americanizof peculiarly _excellent ' qualifieations; - he “has had toe oflice bor one terin, and he is strong ‘young men of all parties. They caunot throw him overboard. So they must make u place elsewhere for the Irishman, and it will ‘probabiy ba for Regfster of Deeds. It {s ul§o not. altogether improbable that the Démocrats will make the usual pernicious, inde- soribable;but always incvitable and efficient blunder which will give the Rkepublicans the op- ‘portunity. - By -4! curions mistake it was stated 1§ THE TRIBONE dispatches at the time tlfat ‘the - mective of Matt Caroeater's friends, ten days i-ugo;to invite bim to be the Republican . candidate for Congress in_this district, was held -at the private office of W. W. Coleman, of the “Herold:>: The meeting in question was ' held at théprivate room in the Plankinton House of James “Coleman. of Fond du Lac, Carpenter’s Washington_law-partner, who was in the city at thut time. W. W. Coleman has always been an anti-Carpenter man. Chairman Rankin, of the Democratic State Committee, and Cnairman Rublee, of the Re- publican State Comunittee, attended together the opening of the Vaudeville Theatre last evening, The Hon. E. C. Wall has been very generally Persun\led to accept the Democratic nomination for member of the Assembly from the First Ward, and he will probably accept if nominated. Mr. Wall represented the distriet at the last scssion, and refused to be a party to the Green- back coalition. He i8 a hard-money man all the time. Capt. W. V. Caswell will be the Republican candidate for member of the Assembly from the Sixth City District. The rumor that B. 3. Benjamin would be the Republican candidate in that district appears to have been a mistake. Tom O'Neil appears quite likely to be elected as an independent candidate for the Assembly in the South District of this county. The preliminary registry of voters held last Tuesday and Wednesdav shows but small re- sults. Not over 8,000 votes have becn remis- tered out_of the 20,000 votes iu the city. The Renistry Boards will meet aguin the 22d inst. to sit two days. No names cau be placed on the registry under auy pretext after that tine. LATER CREAM-CITY NEWS. Special Dispateh to The Tribunec. MiLwauREE, Oct.12.—The Democratic County Convention will be held the 19th iust., oneweek from to-day. The primary caucuses will be held nest week, Thursday. ‘The Republican County Convention -will be held Mouday, Oct. 21 . S. F. Frisby, the Republican candidate for Congress, was in Atilwaukec to-day, aud attend- ed the meeting of the Republican Committee this evening. He exoresses great confidence that he will be elected. The Hon. Charles H. Larkin, who was thrown from his buggy and badly injured a fortnighs ago while driving a pair of colts, is on the road to recovery, and is able to be about his house, but he still suffers greatly from his injuries. . The increased speculation in stocks in this city, whicn is growing to be alarze business, renders membership of the New York Stock Board a matter of interest. 8. AL McCord, of this city, has procured guch a membership, and now deals directly on the New York Stock Ex- change. 4. C. Reefe,' of the News, and his beantiful and amiable bride, the daughter of ex-Mayor ?Neil, arrived home to-day from their wedding our. 3 ‘I'he congregation of Temple Emanuel will vote one week from to-morrow on the auestion of the re-clection of Kabbi Moritz Spitz for another term. Considerable interest is taken in the question, as Rabbi Spitz is one of the ablest and most eloguent of the younger class of Jewish aivines in this country. Attendants at the Chicago races returned in large numbers to-day, brinxing their pool tickets with thew, depleted In purse, and anathematiz- ing their bad judement on the horses. Among the mortgages recorded to-day was one from Mattnew H. Carpenter and wite to the Northwestern Mutual Life-Insurance Company for $6,000 on his homestead on Jackson street, in this city. HUMOR ‘The pupils in this class have been - It is thought that a fashionable boarding- house furmshes the best Anti-Fat. Why not call a smart dog a clever man? We call.2 smart man a clever dog, you know. It has never been ascertained how much old Ocean measures round her gray and melancholy waste. The only safe way to bet on boat-races, or aay other Taces, isto" take the money and buy s farm.—Buffalo 3 Examipation in South American school. “Now, my boy, how is thecarth divided?’ «By earthquakes, sir.” Immediately after every hard wind, farmers come into town with choice lots ot fresh, hand- i picked apples.—Jome Sentinel. ‘The fuundation for the meanest man is laid when asmall boy turns the worm-hole inan apple for his companion to bite from. The *‘improved lamp-post” is padded at about the height thata fellow wants to rest his achtng brow, and is becoming very popular. Knotted damasses are scen among the lot of new roods—~Fashion item. 'This probably refers :.il; those clerks ‘who part their hair in the mid- e. ‘When Gen. ' Grant made an_appointment to meet the King of Siam, IL R. IL. wrote. & polite note saying, “Shall [ come fn uniform, or shall Icomeas Siam?” The Bostoa Post thinks that Chin Lan Pin’s credentials **look like a lot of cucumber vines after a second frost.” Does not a long queue cumber his head, also?—Graphic. In the make-up of the modern small boy there is altozether too much whistle for the amount of boy. Itismost Lo much like using a two- quart funnel in a three-ounce vial. b With Edison’s new .machine vou causeea man a hundred miles away, but you canuot see with it the man owing you = litile bill—who dodges around the corner when he uotices you coming. The Bridgeport Standard, which is plainly skilled in navigating where there is little water, remarks'that it is a"strange but melaacholy fact that the less water there is 6n the bar the more scliooners go over it. A dying man in Burlington crawled out of his bed, dragged himsclf to the rocking-chair, pull- ed the tidy down, rolled 4t up and sat-down upon it, and died with a sweet smile of triumph lighting up his face,—Burdelte. When a man goes to Loard where the “com- forts of home ™ ‘are loudly guaranteed, it isn’t lonr before the same man may be feen crawling intoa restaurant and fiercely ordering, *Two dozen fried; quick there, waiter!” There are, it is said, many Irish families locat- ed and owuing property in the principal cities of China, some of them being those of wealthy merchants, others those of laborers (rom ships. A Chmamau_recentty remarked, **Lee Ilish must goee. Pooles issucs, by jables!” ———— TO THE LOST. Dearest, doat thou love me Aa in the days of yore, When I n:( young heart's trensnres Did wildly on thee poury The hopes that then [ cherisbed Grew brighter "neath thine eyes; But fairest flowers have perished "Nesth the light of Summer-skies. Weary years have flown, Love, Since yon ciasped me to your heart; But the die was cnst, my own Love, And we were doomed 1o part. Alas! alas] how madiy Our fond words ourning fell: With breaking hearts, how eadly Was breathed our last farewell. The night falls dim and dreary O'er the heart that caile for thee, And my spirit's wings are weary, Hovening o'er Death's' sullen es. Life'a glad waves have no masic, Nor it far depths hidden pearis, To lure them from tue shadawys Where Deatli’s weird Maelsfrom whirls, In the land that knowa no sorrow, Comea there ne'er o thonght of me? Are the hearts so hinked together Parted by Eternity? ™ Waus the love that thralled my epint But a star-reflecting wave, That has lost ite 2low and beanty When o'ersbadow’d by the grave? 4+ Those violets, ti.ost violets, ‘They breathe of love to me— A Jove that conquers hoary Time, To bless Eternity.” weet echoex from my waiting heart Appeal to comfort me: Our love bath conquered hoary Time, To bless Eternity. MaKouemiTE, e ——— : LORAINE. Some anclent limner painted Judas old, With rizzled aspect, aud with lips voipine, 66 lurked s sinile drazome. Were it mine To paint him, 1 should paint his harr like gold, With tender cyes of azure, just ks thine, That none might drenm the treach’ry they enfold, Or.of the danger Jurking in the kiss. | Yut, i 'knew that e‘en thy kias conld slay, Stilvould 1 kneel to thee, for death were bliss Watp lips like thine to kiss my Jife nway. # MrToy L. Saimie, bur 1 | IRELAND. The Port of Queenstown=-=A Place of Utter Ugliness. .Teflonsy of British Capitalists Towards Irish Enterprises. The Famous City of Cork—-Its Principal Streets and Buildings, The Bad Condition of Ireland Due, Not to Its People, but to Its Institutions, Special Correspondence of The Tribune. Qurenstow, lIreland, Sept. 30.—There is nothing in the City of Queenstown to charm the fancy or to attract prolonged attention. It has unothing of storic assuciation or, romautic in- terest. 1t isarude town, built on a still ruder hifl, and filled with ship-chandlers and drinking- shops, aid thronzed with ship-captains and sailors, street-begears and porters, and a host of other concomitants of a seaport town, It is situated on Great Island, and from the spacious harbor one may have a complete view of its long, frregular extent. ‘The only possible occa- sion when the city may be pronounced pict- uresque is when seen from the bay at night. Then its long lines of gaslights, and the dimmer illuminations of the windows of dwellings and shops, some high upon the hittand some lower near the water’s edge, twinkling fn the black bank of darkness which hangs over the town, give it the appearance of a miniature firma- ment. . From the bay at night, then, one may readily be persuaded that the town oresents a really at- tractive apoearance: but when the broad sun haogs high in the beavens, and the calm light of day drives away the bank of darkness, and quenches the sleepy, twinkltog lights of the night, and reveals the gray nillside, with its rough embankments and its ragzed buildings —its narrow streets and black chimneys,— squatty dwellings and its tall tenements, built without architectural symmetry or ornament,— the native ugliness of the place returns, and the strangers who land at its quays are thaokful if they have but a brier time to remain. It fs the place for the embarkation and devarkation of passeagers and [reizht for several lines of steamships, and has a magnificent harbor, and hence is a port of considerable importance to the island. Originally the place was called Cove; but in 1849 the Queen Ilanded here, and straightway the Town Commissioners, in honor of her Majesty, chauged the name to Queens- town. Whatever bonor may have been intend- ed by the act must have been con- siderably modified by the meanness of the town; but doubtless her Majesty overlooked the topograplucal and architectural defects of the place aud graciously accepted the will for the deed. The climate of the place, however, is salubri~ ous, and if one. does not like the city it takes bat a few minutes to transport himseil to some more agreeable locality in the vicinity. What- ever there may be unpleassnt about Queens- town is more than made up by its surroundings, which are lovely and iuviting. *“Ilive notin myself, but I am 2 portion of that around me; and to me hizh mountains are a feeling,” 1s a truth to us all. The hills and mountalns surrounding the bay, and the valleys ** stretching in pensive quiet- ness between,” the neat villages sieeping at the foot of the blufls, close to the water’s edge, the noble elms and native oaks which envelop them like a bower, the luxuriant shrubs and creeping vines which adorn the cottage grounds, the flowers and tne lawas, the viilas of the merchants and the gentry, and the ruins of ancient castles and abbeys— Those little places that have run Half up the hill beneath a blazing sun, And then eat down to rest, as if to ray. “T climb no further upwara, come what may, " combine to make a landscape of exquisite Toveliness on a summer’s day like this. The swect, balmy air, the sunshine, and the shim- wering waters of the bay, the rivalet bubbling through the sands on its hurried journey from the adjacent glens, complete a picture which the most insensate could not but admire. The drives through the lanes, and over the smootn, nard roads in the vicinity of the city in auy directlon, are_enjoyable enoush, and to she sea-tired eyes of voyagers exceedingly re- sreshing. The air is scented_with sweet suells and filled with dreamny sounds from the sylvan world around. A drive on an outside car to the City of Cork, twelye miles distant, is full of pleasure, and & continued panorama of rural beauty. The road runs along the banks of the River Lee, which all the way, duriox a licht tide, is a broad and beautiful stream, the chanuel of which has been excavated so as to be navizable for boats of the beavjest draught. On either baud the road is tined with heary stoue walls, covered with ivy, and overhung with branching trees. At short intervals the stately mansions of the wealthy inhabitants of the County Cork who have citner inherited their wealth, achieved it, or had it thrust upon them, are met with. The grounds are beautifully 1aid out, and_more lovely dwell- ing-placescould not be found. it is noticeable, here as elsewhere, that the wealthy people of this country live in the enjoyment of all the re- finements and comforts which mouney can pro- cure, while the poorer classes are stripped bare of even those common conveniences which make existence upon this earth tolerable. Hard, and cold, aund hopeless, indeed, is the lot of the poor, ground beneath the relentless feet of a political and soctal system which they have neither the courage nor strength to modify or opportunicy to destroy. The ugly bovel may be met with here'in this spot of Dlossums aud sunshine, as well as in the poorer and remote sections of Ire- land. Proud in lier sons aud rich in_her svil, Ireland stands n mendicant at the doorways of the mations of the world. .Travel- ers laugh nt her rags and tauters, deride her misfortunes, and scoff_at the com- plaints of her wretehed and suffering people. Whether for the more peucelnl pursuits of trade and commerce, or for the more ru are, Nature has been lavish io cifts which afford facilities for both, while er people. the salubrity of her ertility of her soil entitle her 0 take a position iu the foremost ranks of the world. Oue is struck with the natural facilitics of Ireland at every step, and oue finds one’s seli looking for the grand csuse of these unim- proved opportunities. Had any Amerlcan city ihe anchorage und immense facilities for ship- ping enjoyed by Queenstown, it would soon spring iuto 2 ¢ty of the firstmaemitude in the world, and, like New York, Boston, Baltimore, in the Unite 1States, and Liverpool and Glaszow ¢ L in Englnd and Scotld, would take the lead in ull maritime affairs. With all its advantazes, Queenstown Is this day a bar- baric town, exhibiting no adequate evidences of growth and prosperity, and with little of that viror and commercial activity which its natural advantages cotitle it to. Itis a mere_scaport where ships call for the purpose of taking on hoard such freight and passenrers as may hap- pen to be waiting embarkation and awxin put immediately to sea. Oue cause for this want of growth and vigor is attributed by the people here to the lack of capital. [tis sald that En- glish capitalist are extremely jealous of any progress in trade, commerce, or wanufactures which will compete with their-own investments. It is hard for an rish limited liability company 10 obtain auy sort of u charter from the English Parliament to do business. The same freedom of organization and of combination is not en- joyed here that is enjoyed by the enterprising business man of her Majesty’s dominions in Wales, or in England, or in Scotiand, or Canada. A great deal of trouble, and delay, and expense is experieaced oy the Irish capital- ist when be desires to_obtain a charter for the orgamzation of some important business enter- prise. ‘The fate of the poplin weavers of Dublin still lingers in the memory of the people. As soon as they became a powerful and wealthy corporation 5o as to control the markets of the world, they became the objeets of hostile Brit- ish legislation, and by Parhamentary enactment were prohibited from manulactuning and selling their _zoods at a“price which.would interfere with English thritt. Not many years_since, when the tide of emi- aration was flowing so steadily towards the United States, some Galway merchants organ- ized 2 company aud built some steamships to ply between that port and American. atics. Galway being the nearest point to the American coast, it was sbrewdly supposed that steam- ships could make trips from this port to tne United_States in less time than from any other. European port, and wou.d thus be able to carry the mails quicker than any other live, and to lana passeniZers at their destination in o shorter time than any¥ other. Railroad con- nectious between Galway and the western Lrish cities were established, and the journey to Liy- erpoot and the Continent was shortened by one ortwo days. The steamships were built aod the line put into operation witn every prospect of success. But here British jeslousv and ca- pidity steoped fo gna put an end to the whole scheme, and ruined those Irish capitalists who had embarked their money iu it. Disaster after disaster overtaok the vessels of this un- fortunate line, and to this day the belief is strongly imbedded in the minds of the people, who claim to have ample testimony of the fact, that the pilots were suborned by British 2old to run the ships upon the rocks. On account of its uumerous and unaccountable accidents, the line became so unpopular that the enterprise had to be abandoned, and the field left clear to Eugzlish enterprise. To this day there is not an Irish lineof steamers running to uny of the ports of the world, thangh the harbors of Ircland are both numer- ous and unsurpassed. The famous City of Cork, the Capitalof the South, is situated on the River Lee but twelve miles from Queenstown. rroch, or Corragi, the Irish name for Cork, like most Irish names of places, is strikingly descriotive, aud sigpilies a swamp. The city is situated on two marshy islanas, now connected with the mainland by massive stone bridzes. The River Lee, after passiug the town, widens into a beautiful bay, up and down which ships of the heaviest burden way sail to Queenstown. The banks are lined with oretty villazes and the handsome resi- dences of the wealthy. On the left bank of the fough { saw on a commanding eminence the beautiful dwelling built & number of years since by that famous Irish-Amer- ican, the lamented Thomas Francis Meagher, who rendered the North such valuable assist- auce during the recent Civil Waras a encral ofticer and_commander of the celebrated Irish Brigade. 1 saw, also, the rains of the ancient Dundaion Castle, near the Meagher estate, famous as the place from whence Wiliam Penn and his followers embarked for America. It wasat Cork that Penn becamea convert to Quakerism, during a visit to that city to look atter some of his father’s property, I was thrown into prison, with cighiteen of his fellow converts, but they were all' subsequently re- leased. and finally” sailed for America, and es- tablishied themselves in Penusylvania. The Citv of Cork has mow a vopulation of nearly 100,000 people. and is a plice of consid- erable business importance. 1t derives its com- mercial activity from its proximity to the seu, from its manuiactyres, and from local trade ot the rural populitionof thesurrounding country, It is o weil-built and handsome city, though its streets are yery irrezular aod conlusing tu the stranzer. The principal modern streets are in that portion of the town known as the [sland, and are broad and fine. The houses of Cork were originally packed closely tozetber, and the streets are very narrow and mean, especially in the north part ot the town, sowe of them being merely * A poor, narrow footpath o' a street, ‘Where twa wheelbarrows tremble when they meet. Great George street is the newest and most regular street in Cork, and when it reaches the limits of the city it is ‘known as the Western road. Mordyke street, running paraflel with it, was once a celebrated fasaionable promenade, but it is now given over to trades-people and shop-keepers. It is still a fine avenue, over- shadowed by tall elm:trees, whose spreading branciies overhead form a canopy of the sultest verdure aud beauty. The gas- lamps arc ' suspended over the centre .ot the sidewalk, among the branches of the trees, thus forminx picture at nixht. In St. Patrick street stands a bandsome statue of Futher Mathew, the great apostle of temperance, whose influence is still felt throughout Ireland and in the United States. The street is very wide, and s fn the form of a crescent, and is lined with fine stores and business bouses of varfous descriptions. ‘The buildings are irrezular in elevatios, and of such varied architecture that the beauty of the street is somewnac marred. Grand Parade is also a fine street, lined with quaint old shops and business houses. An equestrian statue of George 1L stood in a consplenous position in this street some years ago, but one night it dis- appeared, and was afterwards found imbedded in the mud in the bottom ®f the river. South Mall street runs at-right angles with the Grand Parude, and s one of the finest streets in the city, being oceunied mostly by professional men and leading merchants. - The Bank of Ireland, the Stamp-Office, and the County Ciub-tiouse are situated in this street: also the Commercial Buildiugs, the Protestant Hall, and the Cork Library. The middle of this strect was omce a river, and the south side formed. one side of a triancular island, the other two sides being formed by Cnarlotte Quay and Morrison Quay. Ons nar- row street not more than arod wide bears the name of Broad Lane. Old_Bridewell Laue, an alley wot miore than four feet wide, once con- tuined the corn market and the fish marki The Post-Office and the Assembly Rooms were not much better situated. The old theatre of the ity once stood in Dingle Lane, where Barry and Massop once delighted Irisn audiences. In the small and obscure streets of Cork there may be found as much poverty and degreda- tion aud wretchedness as amywhere else in Ireland, and but a few minutes’ walk is re- quired to bring one from the rewion of wealth to the locality of penury and want. There are comparatively few begours in Cork, but still they are numerous cuouzh td indicate the pressure of much poverty, and they are always on the wateh for strangers. “Tnere sre many tine buildingsin Cork, among which are the Custom-House, the Shandon Churcli, Queew’s Coudeze, the City Jail, the County Jail, the Rosal Cork Institute. the Cuthedral of St. Fionn Bar, St. Mary’s Church, ne Agricultural Model School, the Union Work-House, the Corn Exchange, the Athene- um, the District Lunatic Asylum, and several fine hotels, besides other “buildings of jm- portance. The Lough of Cork, situated southwest of the city, fs a slugaish, unpicturesque body.of water, concerning which Crofton Croker has written a fairy lewend to the effect that once upon a time long ago there was no lough there at all, but a fairy well covered by a stone. The superstition concerning the well was that, if the stone was not replaced every morning after the dwellers in the valiey had taken out their sup- ply for the day, the waters would spring forth aud inundate the land and drown all the inhab- itants. Greas care was therefore tuken ro keep the stone in its place. At length & young Princess visited the well, and, being rather care less and undisciplioed, like a1l people of royal blood, she forgot or neglected to repiace the stone over the mouth of the weil. The waters leaped forth and caused the destruction of the careless ehild, as well as of her father and all is lpvonlm § i The water consumed by the pepple ot Cork is obtained from three reservoirs, situated about 300 feet above the level of fhe city, with ca- pacity of 2,500,000 zalions, taken from the River Lee. Thesc water-works were coustructed ata cost of avout $350.000, and are sufficient to supply the pcoble with all the water they need. Ou the whole, Cork s a very interesting city to visit, and it has many repre- sentatives in’ Chicazo and other parts of the United States. Ispent a day wandering its winding thoroughfares and looking at its people nnd its buildinzs. It returns two mem- bers of Parliament. aud is governed by a Mayor, sixteen Aldermen, and forty-cizht Councillors. ‘The town was founded by the Daves tu the ninth century, and it is said the ancient walls around it were built by them, and that from this strong- hold they made frequent 1rruptions into the country,-plundering the ancient chieftains and devastating the Jand. The flity was in turn at- tacked by the mative Irjghe who attempted to drive the invaders from their fortresses., English succceded the Daves in possession of the place, but thev were no better fiked by the Irist than their flaxen-haired cnemies of the North. The McCarthys and the O’Muahonys were the ancient chieltains of the county. Thereis an old Jegend totaeeflect that during the visit of Cromwell to the place he caused the chureh bells to be cast into canvon. On being remonstrated with for this sucrilege, he face- tiously answered that, as a priest had juvented gunpowder, he thought it noc at all fuappro- priaie that the church bells should be cast into cannon.. Cromwell was not famous for his jests, and this is believed to be the best, joke ever per- petrated by this hilarious old cut-throat. Cork is probably s prosperous as otlier Irish cities of its class.” There 15 2 zood deal of pov- erty in some of the outlying precistts of the town, and the profits of Wic merchants, and bankers, and tradesmen is of that meagre,small, but uovarying kind which never atiows them to accumulate a vast fortune, or permits them to drop into ‘hopelese insolvency. Thére is a tranquillity and lcisurcly aspect about business hereuot only noticeable in Cork but throughout Ireland, quite in contrast with the feverish, neadlong impetuosity of Chicaze and other laree cities of the United States. Probably one American business man does as much nersous bard work in aday as_his brother ucross the water, in_a corresponding position, does in a week. The advantage, however, seems to he with the mau who does the least work. e Inoks strony, robust, healtby, and comfortable, and idnever in & harry or in a persoiration. He eats and sleeps well. hasa face with rounded outlines and a fair, fresh cowplexion. Tue deep Jines, the worn and hageard appearance of American faces is never secn here. Onthe \rnole,tne tranquillits and repose of things bere isquite refreshing to one accustomed to the confusion, excitement,and harassinent of dusi- ness life in America 1 have now spent more than sixty days iu Ireiand, and have endeavored, during that tune, by dilizent fnquiry and vbservation, Lo ascertain the true condition of things in this unbuppy country. There may be thuse who thini that a very pretiy \ these letters have exaemerated the truth, or that the facts have received some colorine. This is not the case. I say again, as L have said before, that it is impossible to exawgerate. ‘Tne truth defies description. It istrue that the condition ot Ireland today is better than it has beew for Years, but it is not what its fertile soil. its salu- brious climate, its vizorous population, and its uncxampled facilities entitle it to be. The Tault is not with tue neople, but with the insti tutions of the country. No oation on earth could thrive and become really prosperous with its revenues drawn from its coffers manth by month and year by vear, with its people bar- dened by the most unexampled taxation, with its tenantry impoverished by heavy rents, and living like aliens upon the sofl they cultivate, subject to the ?nriw and tyraony of landlords. In these letters'] have endeavored to poiat out some of the cvils from which the country is suf- fering with an impartil and an unspariog band. Irishmen bave no cause to be ashamed of their country, uor need they be™humi ed by its present condition. History bas vindicated their patriotism, and writien the story of their mar- tyrdom in letters of blood. Time will set all things rizht, and, sooner or later, the cternal principles of justice will prevail, and this Jand will rise triumphant from its woes to assume the place of honor among the nations of the earth to which it is properly entitled. _ Availing myself of the ample shioping facili- ties at Queenstown, I obtained a comfortable stateroom in the steamer Celtic, of the White Star Line, through the courtesy of James Scott & Co., by the use of the telerravh, some hours after the steamer bad left Liverpool, and turned my face wrain to ““the land of the frce and the home of the brave ™ witha feeling of absolute reliel. A sca-voyage is not such a dreary experience it be supposed, especially after the pangs soess have beeu overcome, and 4 re- turning appetite takes the place of mauseu. Among the pussengers were the Rt.-Rev. J. B. Kerfoot, Bishop of Pittsburg; the Rt.-Rev. R. Clarkson, Bishoptof Ncbraska; the Rev. M MeNulty, of Paterson, N. J.; the Rev. Dr. Hall, of New York: Mr. Maurice Strakoscl, with a fresh importation of fiddlers: Mr. E. D. Bige- low, ex-Vice-President of the Board ot Trade of Baltimore; Mr. 8. Sweet, a banker of Dun- ville, N. Y., who regaled me with storics of tent- life in Palestioe in company with Dr. Patter- son, of Chicago, and with reminiscences of Egypt and the Nite. The winds were pro tious, the steamer was a fast sailer, and I arrived in Chicago from Queenstown in eleven day F. E. N. THE GAME OF CHESS All communtcat!ons for this department should be adressed o Taz TrRaN®. and Indorsod -+ Chess" y CHESS DIRECTOLRY. €Giroano Citkaa CLUB—No. 50 Dearborn stvect. Cuicaan Ciress AssootaTioN—Hansen & Welch's, No. 150 Dearboru street, opposite TrinoNe Buildin: Chess-players meet daily at the Tremont Houss (Ex- ghanue), Sherman House (Basemeat), and a¢ 425 Wess Madison'street. corner of Ellzabeth. " TO CORRESPOSNDENTS. ~Your sohition to Problem No. 147 {s defec- kes If giving cheek. E.R. H. an u A- X. Cunninghai.—The Ginbe has not put in an ap- pearaace for maay weeks. | Will you please s6e 1017 ENIGMA NO. 149. BY MK, JAVES Ma50: Bia Kinzat K foorth Tishop st Q third Bishop at ) fourth Puwnat K fourth Pawn at K 8 sixth Queen at K Yook at & } fourth Kook at Q B fitth Knightat K Kt seventh Rafne at Q B thint Pavwn ubJf thint Pawn at K 1 sceond Pawnut § B thira White to piay and mate fu three moves. BY 3B 9. LOYD. ELIZABETIL . 7. Black. D) & 7 I sy W i N § NN W DN N White. White to play and mate a three moves. SOLUTION TO PROBLEM NO. 147. Black. 82 2..Q taker Kt 3.2Q takes P mate 2.Ptolisch 3.1t or P mates accor'y| S, L Mysrsaud C. G. alvo cuntlate tn this variation G R 2P moves I J..Kttakes B 2..Any wove <t sulutton o Problem No. 147 recelved trom Myers and C. G.. city. To Problem No. M6— ¢lty; E. It. Hastings, Carroll, la_: Kt., Tur- SOLUTION TO ENIGMA NO. M7 White. Black. 1.Qt k7 2 RecwKes RttoK3 2..Q10Q7 2..QtoKR7 Correct solution to Enfrrm: . Il. Ovington. K. Barbe, a mer, [l To Enigma No. 1 147 recelved from G., clty: Kt., Tur- NOTES. President Adatr. of the Chess Assoclation. Is getting weary: ft i sald, with ** fioldin™ that champlonship trophy. Some of the sironi ones should show a Kindly disposition and at least olfer to relieve him for a time, ‘The prizes in the British Problem Assoctation Tour- od 38 follows: First prize. . L ypb: Dest two-move rotlcin, Me. 1. P. Ta) tffecmover, % autes; best four-mover, 3tr. C. Lallender. Capt. Mackenzic arrived fo New York. Wednesd: the zd fost, We were fed 1o expect that a grand rece tion wottly e tendered film ou_bix arrival. an honor le was certalulv entltled to: hut our New York exchianyes make no mentfon of sucitan occurre Masou, we tndenstand, will remain {n London for the present. Our Problem No. 140 will bie found a heauttfut Hrtic study, and % withal a curlosicy In*{ts way, havine beea composed. a3 the sGThor IDforins us, ** WILhoNt st uf board or men—belngs the only tlme I ever acteriped (o produce o problem 1o this war." He also teru It **a stmple Iittie aMfair.” We shold like to have the opla- fon of our solvers on thi pulnt. i THE LATE PRUBLEM TOURNEY. The Hartford Zimex of the 2tit uli. iy a commnnl- | cation from Mr. Shinkman. &0 the munazement of Tourney. and also showfazs upone case uf i rezulanty™ about which there can beio doube. _ A three-mover of Play ™ (Mr. Shinkmau’s), which took ortitnally publishied had two sotutfons. s **dortored ™ (by whom {t dues not nd the set allowed to compete with other sound sets, fustead of helnzz disqualified. ns should have been the case, Mr. Shinkman's étter Is too fengthy to be glven in detall. We give the following extrac 45 to Whe case fn point “=\Vhile [ d0 not appruve of the reckless manner tn which some of our columns have inade statements bascd more OF less upon rumors, nefthier Is the activn of the Munaginz Cominitiee—~which to my thinging lios not ‘heen o clear. open. oF pPrompt as 13 to be ex- peeted by such bodles—to he (ndorsed as entfrely gatis- factory. | One of the causes for complaiut ¥ that cur- rections of problems” were allowed after the origtual versions lad heen published. and ¢ 13of this thiat [ more particularly wish to speak. a4 sume of the artl- eles lately published fn connection with this touraa- ment have represented me 1u an Improper Iight, owinz to the fact 2 correction of ‘woe vroblem in_my set. *Falr Tluy,’ was published after the org(nal diad already appeared. . . . 1 sent my correction 1o the Times, ackinit t have it take the plice of the faully version previously sent., fgnirent of the_fact thel 1t lind ulreadif been Dublished (not recelvinz tlie 7ines at that time), upon lenrning whicl, 1 wrote several of my (rlends, * I'm out.* way surprised to receive a cacd from Losd telling mie | feut second! The facts brouzht to lent by the discus- ston and comments that tie tourney hay undergorte., which have lately come under my obaervation, Indicate slip-shod and underhanded mansgement, and liave lefc mebut one course Lo pursue, viz.. o decllve the prize awarded me, and have written Dr. Moore to that effect. 7 o not wish tbe Imputation of any comnplicity In this matter resting ucon me; while at the same tine [ malntan that the Judges® Geetsion n a tourney should be nccepted as final and acquiesced {n by everybody unless =tous irregularities are shown, as in” the present case. ir. Shinkman has taken an honorahle course n de- clinine the prize under these circumstanec: Now the question arises, Who was the party or partfes who de- Jiberately violated the rules of the taarney by aliowing 2 disquaiifed sei 1o be amended snd repain {n the 15t The Secretary, Mr. Mciim, must certaiuly be aware of i facis n s cadc, and i expianation from Bim Is norder. CAPT. MACKENZIE. On Saturday Jast Capt. M: Mr. Glstineau at his résidea had, 3nd 8 select company wers Inviied Lo distinguished Ameglca chamydon for the fst time pre- Yious fo his return’to the States. 1here were prexent for thivparpaso Drs. Jackson and Kehard, znd fessr. Bird, Bdden, It. Carke, Gublson, Dick. Dafes, Gum- 2l, G. W. Jones, Livermore, MacDonell, )lmnlll;. lasou, Massop, Murton, and Potter. After the repast, acterized by the hos:'s well-knowa gent cy3 of toast inz com- post-praadial au's reunions, for w th on was felt 't be exceptional, and ihereforc he bl exoday from _the dinige.room ald bot take place. The ll-l;x"‘ lndm g;‘f;" é:c::‘l M:;I the evening was genlally pro . Gastineau, who u.'edghfl Rucsts to m-m the heslth of Capt. Stackenzie, o reguest scceded to with Sreat enth and amicst a Oféplay of mmucl tuveful cnercy. weil-deserved compliment was acknuwlediced by its ob-. Ject with his usual modest brevity, and v:os furtherje- Aponied to by Sr. MacDonucll, wih semed as sraterul 107 the Lionor pald ts uld Zricnd as i¢ azcurdud'to alm- o made_up Tor the, Castain’s Want uf exo- cher Lealtns (oUOWeZ, VL2, thuse Of Mesirs. Bird and Mason fn their character of Parls compet(tors: Messrs. Mossop, Dully and Potter, as connected with the Chess Press: Mr. Gumpel, a8 the Inventor of Meonisco, thix beloz proposed by Mr.: Mason, who said that Mr. Goupel bad “*played the devil with chess.™ The Iast toast” was that of °* The- Visltors,” counted Fith the “nam: of Dr. Jackson, who. in, the course of o very effcctive speéch, ailuded o the rolace he had dertved from chess during the pro- KTess of o tedious and paioful filness which he bad cndured {n India. He weat 30 far a3 1o attribute to the same some share [0 his recovary, as it was_mainly by the ald of his chess-hoard nnd. cliess Looks that he was Able to bear the long and weary hours of sullex{nz as be lay in bed toxtlog from one side to the other. We have to mentlon. In. conclusion, that Capt. Mackenzle left Fogland on Wednesday Jast, o “with dim the golden opinions ana best wishes of all witn whom he fad come fnto contact Hemay be assured that his friends over here—and their number has heen largely augmented during his short stay—will at all_times feet* agreat nterest in his future career. We may be per- mitted to hope that souner or later—the former for chotce, most decidedly~our. dedarted visitor wi re- turn 1o take up hls permanent residence amongst s, We certainly grudzc our transatiantlc cousina the rood fortant of Vel céprescnted by one of the tnest ches- players of the duv: and anyway, they, mast aduwit They did not ralse him.—LAnd and Wazer: CHESS IN LONDON One of tén simuitaneous **blindfold” games plaad recently by Mr. Zukertort at the Old "Change Chess Club, Londun. HANPE'S OPRNING. ! Black—Mr. W. 2 L.PWEY 20 KttaQ B3 ‘Ptakes P oz 10K luQ.‘fi‘q 16 Fuakel Ke IS RoB4 1 Btous E ht 5 ch takes 1 ch (2) tBSeh + And mates next move. (a) A fine termination. and all the more remarkable as it forms only une ftem In the wplendid feal of cons duetlug “tea games stmultageusly wichout sight o urd or men. CHESS IN PARIS. Played In the tournament o the 22d of June. 3 6ILOCO r1aNO. White~Sr. Bird. Black~M. Roseathal. [T POk 4 0 KitoQB3 o €EPcadar BS LE ] 5 RE g to Kt 3 (b) <P takes it und wins. (a) Mr. Bird's varlation of the Gluoco, and Is given in nisnew buok, **The Chess Opeulny.™ 4 (b) This strone_Rook. copylng Samson of old, drags down the piliars of tuc enewmy's house, and dies's tlo- rfous death amongst the rufns.— Wesmiinster Papers. THE AGAPHUNE. What a Hoosier Inventor Has Done Townrd Simplifying the Teleplone — A Sound- Gatherer Operated Withont Electric Car- rents—The Crude Machine Tested. Correspondence New York Herald. 8r. Omenr, Decatur Co., Ind., Oct. 1.—There is a rustic Edison here who cherishes the belief * that he has invented sn improvement on the telepione, and greatly simplified the workings of that wonderful instrument. He has one of his instruments in use here—onz of very crude shape, it must be admitted. He is experiment- - iog with it all the time, to the wonderment and delight of his neignbors, but its success malnty hinges upon the question whether it is an origi- nal invention which does mot iafriuze upovn Edison’s patents. Isrucl Jewett—for that is the pame of the inventor here—calls his machine the agaphone, by which ngme _he means to con- vey the idea that it is a found-gathering instru- ment. Edison calls his the telephone, or simply a sound-bearer. Yet the object of bothis the same~namely, to converse by the voice while the speakers are atlong distances apart. St. Omer is a little couutry village, five or six . miles from the railroad, just onthe line be- tween Devatur and Shelby Counties, Ind.,—a little cluster of houses and a single church, with a country store, o blacksmith shop, and a. drug-store representing its sole evidences of business,—a very ‘‘one-horse” coyntry town in Indiang, in_ fact, with ail thas tné hame implies. The drug-store is where our inventor lives, for he keeps it. with the Post-Office, and- here hie spends his spare time—aud most of it. is spare, for the trade in physic aad letters is very meagre indeed—in making fnventions. Here the azaphone was born, ana here the ouly one yet made is in operation. At a distance of 110 rods, or say one-third of a mile, stands the. anly zovd, substantial bujlding in St. Omer. It isa rather handsome brick house of modern style, and is the residence of the ckler Jeweit, o tather of the inventor. The agaphone connects: the drug-store with tne paternal residence. ‘The princival claim of Mr. Jewett is that his appiiance is simpler, doing away with the electric current alfovether, and that, instead of fosing sound in its transmission, it gathers, or ‘Tholds ratber, all that it receives, mving the tone of voice with as much distinctness at a long- distance as at a short oue, though on this latter point 1t has not bad the test of experience, the Jonizost line to which it has been applied ' hav- inir been only a tritle over a mile. “Fhe construction of the instrument is appar- catly very simple indeed. - A cubical box, say of fiveinches. has a thin sheet of metal oo its back, while the front is open. The snin sheet of metal is the diapbragm of the Instrument, and to it is fastened a small brass wire nolarger than a grandmother’s knitting-needle, waich transmits the souud-curreot, and this is all that can be scen, thouch the inventor claims that at each end of this wire he has a sound-coliector, which, however, be deciines to explain, as also the natare of the metal which forms the dia- phrazwm. The latter, however, is vpen for in- spection, and, tuouzh painted biack onone side, the other bears a close resmblsoce to a sheet of tin or platinum. An elderly ludy, the mother of the inventor, is “at home at the other end of the agaphone, and the cunversation is carried oo with her, the speaier in the druz-store standing two or three Tevt from the box or- mouthpiece, and address- ing her at that distance in an ordinary conver- sational tome. Mr. Jewett, father of the jo- Ventor, opens the conversation by rapping o the box. Presently an answer comes back, Vhat do you weng 2 s that you, Melindy?? Arswer—“Yes.” , “\Won't you count ten for 1 wentleman who is here ‘Answer, in rather indistisct tones, but still easily enough recoznized, *Oae, two, three, fuar, five, six, seven, eight, ning, ten— there, will that do?" «\What was that she gaid last?” the fnvesti- gator inquires. Answer—* She said, * Will that do? You sce she hasn’ta tooth in her head aud can’t taik plain.” ‘The tone was as loud as though the speaker were In the sama room, but the dilliculty was in the enunciatio Perhaps it was the toothlces misforiune of Meclinda that caused it, thouch more Jikely the fauls was fu the diapnragm beng thick. i tD:.I"hc elder Jc“]'elt‘ taps s.;_':gnb?ll.h h!{s l:n"e a Joud tap, scarcely distinguishable ten feetaway, on the pwoodt:u donr-fralne of the Post-Office depurtment of the store. A moment alier tho iry comes from the agaphone, ** What's hat 77 t4b, T was just tappine aainst the door- frame oere. -Can’t you pluy us u piece on the organ?"” The instrument he referred to, he explaived, was a small cabinet organ situated on the vppo- gite side of the room and behind the mouth- piece of the avaplionc. Soon atter the notes of the old tuue ** China® were beard, full, rich, and soncrous, accompanying her yoice, aud cun- tinued through two verses. Melinda can evi- dently sing better than shecan talk. 3 “After it had been conciuded I asked, Do you henr everything goiuz on over beret? “ Yes, 1 hear everything you say,” was the reply. K T What is this?’ opening my watch and plac- ing it In the bux. =1 near a watch ticking,” was thé soswer that came promptly. There was quite i loog’conversation kept up in this way, but enough has beco given to shuw the qualsi of the agaphone. 1ts inventorsu.s tiat ne attempted to ubtain the use of the tele- ph-wires at the oearest railroad depot, but was refused. Tle betieves that their rexson for domng this is becavse tne Westeru Unton ‘fele- graph Company control Edison’s Inveation, amd do wot desire to have other imventors uso their wires for experiments witn what hess pleased to belleve will do away Witk wbeore they control. e ————e The Ditference. New Yurk Ezuress. What is the difference besween a man givg a lizht-baired wiel o a boat, aud e b norof D. K.t 15 bloated bordhatd, snd 1he utbier is 1 Loated bioLdeLo! heg- e