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ONDEMNED. in the San Fran- cisco Jail. Interview With the Critten- den Murderess. SHE LIVES AND LOOKS. nated Defence of free Love. BIBLICAL REFERENCES. Story of the Shooting from Her Own Lips. STRESS AND WIFE. Claims of the One vs. the Rights of the Giher—A Social Muddte, pes ard Fears of Laura SAN FRANCISCO, July 25, 1871. jown that street; you can’t muss it; 10 don’t look h like a first class hotel.” \d down Broadway I walked at half-past one this noon on my way to the County Jau. 1 had the 11's pessin my pocket, It was directea to the ir, and ran simply as follows: KELLY, Esq:— nit bearer to sec Mrs. Fair in cell. WHITE. e building did not in any respect resemble a ble abode as its tomblike cemented front hed up on my left hand. A granite stoop, with jtairs at either side running up to the great tron 1s in front, and, on ascending one of these, I ed in vain fora bell handie. An iron knocker about. breast high beside a barred peephole closed. A single kuock, which fell with a harsh Ad op the ear, brought a burly warden with an gray mustache to the peephole, and, apparently Bfled with his silent survey, the ponderous door SWUNG BACK GRATINGLY; ingle of keys, and the door was slammed to n. hat’s your business ?’? he pass was placed in his nand, and he motioned to ascend a flight of stone steps, to where an- Pr burly warden stood with a bunch of great pin hishands, J was standing in the vestibule ne prison. On either side were ofices, and, on unting to where the second jailer stood, an open ngle, with two tiers of cells on each of its ber sides, was visible, These latter were closed h strong wrought iron doors, and cach was fur- hed with a small trap door, through most of ch a face, with a melancholy, wistful expresston, half squeezed, as they were too small to admit he entire head being thrust through. There was hething terribly comtc in the expression of these Bs, that reminded one of the grotesque heads on Gothic cathedrals of the Middle Ages. NOTHING BUT THE FACE VISIBLE hat black iron frame. Anon the tace would be hdrawn, and then another and another wonld ear, showing in @ curious Way that there were ee hunian beings in each cell. The faces were as led as the races they represented. An unmis- able Israelite aired his Mosaic nasal organ ough one, while his small biack eyes danced und in a furtive way. It seemed as if those eyes all the observation, and then communicated the pelessness of their comic scrutiny to that resigned Hi pensive nose. A man of three letters an ancient man Would have named for thiet was written on physiognomy as pialn as the nose on his face. ther on were swarthy, revengeful, Spanish and Irish ruction-raising mugs, interspersed h the American bowle-knife and sneak-thief ele- at, while as appropriate background to this se of Californian civilization the PIGUREREADS OF TWO HEATHEN CHINER )ked out as if snifling fora free breeze from the Hscys of the Flowery Land. I was not ief long in ntemplation of this moral aviary with its cosmopo- p birds of prey, for the jailer at my side rattled his ys and shouted to some one. In response a Wo- nof some fifty years of age approached, with ¢ ponderous keys hanging on her brawny Jook- arm. Her hatr was grizzled and somewhat Hing, and her form was of that robust build hich bespeaks power in spite of age, while her fry face, with its small eyes and dogged expres- bn, told of a woman well titted for 4 DEALING ROUGHLY OR SMOOTHLY th the crime-besotted beings under her matronly jarge. “Mrs, Fair, I s’pose?’ she mumbled from between ir gums, “Ye haven't far to go, thin,’’ ljounting the gallery of the upper tter of the male ‘yd, Where we then were, sne Jed the way to the sf ceil door. “There’s my lady,” mumbled the old crone, with mething like a leer, and, suiting the action to the rd, she rapidly turned a Key in the great lock, ung the creaking door outward on its binges and thout auother word walked sullenly away. Thus alone I looked hesitatingly into the cell, and by le slanting light from the unglazed, iron-barred ngeon window my eyes fell for the first time on THE RECUMBENT FORM Laura D. Fair, A clear, sweet voice said, “Come sir,” and I forthwith entered the abode of the jon-convemned woman. “It ia not usual, sir,” sald Mrs. Fair, in a dignified Ine of injured conoullation, ‘for gentlemen to be mitted without frst having their cards sent up to ; but I presume they knew I was fit to reccive its, as agentieman has just left here. Might 1 your name??? . uring the delivery of this mild reproof, yrhicn gAtly dushed her cheek, I took occasion to ob- e this . HEROINE OF A GREAT CRIME. lé was lying on @ narrow bedstead of painted ) and was havited In @ barred Diack id gray silk dress, only visible at the bosom, and wened at the neck with @ brooch In jet and gold. er this was @ loose tartan dressing wrapper. and r the skirt of this Was thrown a black Waterproof Kk, Which concealed her feet, Her right nand s under her head, which rested on the snow- ite pillow, over which her thin curling sunset burn locks fell somewhat tossed. Tuey were ted in tae centre and unbraided, and ever and om as they strayed over ner broad, high forehead, Ree pushed gently back by a delicate. and. You coula not say she was be; ir figure, as well as it could be seen unde: vy wrapper, was rather SLENDER, THOUGH PERHAPS WELL SHArr e neck was jong and round, and as she ral elf for a Moment showed that it supported a 1 balanced head and sloped gracesully into the of her shoulders. Then the face. What was of the murderess in that? First your gaze met 4 A PAIR OF COLD, STEADY EYES lear dark blue. A trifle hard whe look that dwelt hom even while 9 smtie was on the lips, that med to be tond of dropping at the corners into ing between asneer and apout. The nose ty aquiline and sensitive as a war horse at ihe jaws were rounded, but not fleshy, ) in fine, from the rounded chin to the iorchead © was an expression more of well-hidcen, all itching intrigue and ruse and latent boldness in OF positive ‘ive badness, and nothing of Jat 1t is vuigarly supposed A MURDERESS SHOULD ALTRAR. as our interview progressed there peeped out time to time such an occasional shadow of ned thunder cloud as showed the lightnings not Madam,” I answered, and thereupon uded her @ card with my simple entity on At. You are from the East?’ and tue hard eyes took Yes, maaan tam fro adam, Tam from New York, and, naving much interested im your case, took the liberty of ing upon you. I confess to being somewhat con- ed at finding myself here without first having t my card, MY IGNORANCE oF E xcune me HE BTIQUETTE hghted up ana tt appeared for a moment boudolt scene between a court beau and @ NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1871 nee Delte m the days of Loufs Qnatorze, 80 Btilted and lavish were the courtesies interchanged. Sing pe witn a graceful wave of the hand to be seated, 1 occupied ONE OF THE TWO CHAIRS in the cell and for the first time looked around me. The cell was perhaps ten feet by twelve. There were a toilet table and a bureau, surmounted ne mirror, which, in addition to the bed and two chairs, formed the furniture of the apartment. Across the barred window was hun; oes blanked J OW 100] up curtainwise, Naturally my first question wi to her treatment and how she bore it, “I am as well off a3 1 can be here,” she said. “I wished to be let return to the room I occupied before the verdict; they wou’t let me go there just for spite, 1 gaa You see you don’t understand things ere, sir. EVERYTHING HERE 18 POLITICS. ‘The Sherift is in some trouble about his renomina- tion. Ihe gets ic 16 will Sepene on whetuer m; triends or ‘the other side,’ as the Chief of Police calls it, have the mostinfuence. If my frieuds have then I will be moved, if he does not get the renomination he of course will not care how he weats me. “You spoke of the other side, What does that mean?” “Well, it is really @ tact that there are BUT TWO PALTINS HERE now—one a Fair party, the other a Crittenden party. You have read, of course, of the assault on this friend of mine, Mrs. Higbee—a most fendish thing, and all because she Was my friend, She was given notice that unless she gave me up ‘she would be sent asleep’ on the lth of July. She was as- saulted, sir, at night, on leaving my mother’s house on Kearney street byaman who nad concealed himseli In the passage, and now, although che wo- man was for soine time at the point of death, the papers say that itis all @ sham, and that she has not been hurt atall. Fancy that the authorities here wished to authorize two physicians to be sent to examine her, because, as the Ctuef of Police said, ‘tne other side’ should have ashow, Yh, 1t 1s too ridiculous!” “It would seem, then, that you were of the drst importance in the State ?? 3, Indeed, 16 would appear so.” This was said laughingly, and at its conclusion she URIRD NER PACK IN THE PILLOW H * Panes Ferdict im your case took a great many in the East ie surprise”? ‘This remark sent @ slight flush of angry shade over suuiling face, and in an instant she was all earnestness aud emp! As she continued to dilate on her wrongs she was really eloquent, and er volcd, alWays fully under her command, seemed more silvery than ever. AS she would lay down s8oine position or announce a shrewd guess there would be @ slignt closing of the hard, bright eyes till (hetr sharp glance seemed to cut its way to the heart of the mystery she was essaying to solve. “You say well, sir, It took you tu the East by surprise; hut. although it astonished a great many here too, the whole thing was plain to any one who Was as deep in the knowledge of the workings of ‘that trial as I was.” “To what do you attribute it, then? Many have thought that it was a sop to the tide of public pas- sion at the hour, and compare 1t with the action in the case ot the notorious MacFarland ?? “Ha, thatis a mistake, The public DID NOT WISH TO SEE ME HANGED. No, sir. 1t was ail settled and paid for beforehand. in the first place the papers were all bought up so that they would publish nothing, even at the trial, that woutd have been of service to me. They published Byrnes’ (the Attorney Generai’s) speech in full, but left out the most telling part of my counsei’s, The very Jury I believe to have been bought up. The bar were all against me, and the Judge is a candi- dave for re-election, and, of course, he was dead agamst me in all bis rulings. Why, the Pacific Ciub subserived $20,000 to hant me down, and engaged counsel to heip the Attorney General lest the poor man should weaken at his work. ‘This was what I had to fight. An ! it was a bitter struggle with the HANK OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ME.’? “Your defence must have cost you a great deal?” “Why, It has all but beggared me, That is another point on wuich I have been misrepresented—my wealth. It was only $40,000—ten feet of Savage stock at $4,000 a foot. Tne papers doubied it, They sald, too, that he (Mr. Crittenden, you know) had bonght it for me—another hbdel; tor the whole trans- action ld be traced at the broker’s who made the purchases.” ‘This first perzonal ALLUSION TO THE MAN SHE TAD SLAIN Was made without any emphasis or emotion other than that of mere explanation. “Sir,” she continued, “so deep is the feeling of corruption around me that many suggest doubts of my own counsels’ fidelity. They certainly misyed may points in my favo} “That would be a very uncomfortable doubt if you entertained 10.” “1 did not say that Ido. friends say.” hhey Say, I fear, a great deal more than is good for vou. “Weill, they are So kind to me. If it had not been for them 1 believe I should have been dead long ago, IT have some dear spirits who come here and read to me Vay after day, and minister to my every want.” “You have yourself a mine of strength of mind which hoias you up more, | fancy.” “Yes; my spirit nas NOT BEEN ALL BROK Yet I have suffered terribly; no on ll ever know how much, for in addition to all the torture of per- secution was My terrible sorrow that he was not here to defend me.” “you loved Mr, Crittenden?” ‘Ah! indeed I did, and he loved me, too. Why should 1 kill a man IJ loved like hua? His wife did not love hum; he did not love his wie. Why, did she not come to me in Virginia City aud beg of me to turn his affections to ner? I auswered tnat ° { COULD NOT MAKE HIM LOVE HER. : And yet she went on the stand and lied, to save net respectability, of course, After my return from Havana she came to me again, and asked me what brougnt me back here, just as if [ had not a rignt to come. Ianswered that Mr, Crittenden had sent for me. He toid me to say this, in the hope that she might be induced to take ont the divorce that he Was wishin; She was startled when I told her of Crinte: “Do you know,’ vuat you are said she, BOTH, GOING TO HELL?” ‘What do you mean?’ I said. ‘You are commit- tng adultery,’ she answered. I then told her that I knew she had not loved her husband when she mar- ried him. She admitted this, but said, ‘I love the father of my children now.’ ‘Then,’ said 1, ‘madam, Itis what some of my YOUR BIBLE TEACHES YOU that marriages are made tn Neaven, and yet you con- fess that when you swore at the altar that you loved that man you lied. Who do you call the adul- teress ‘chat which I am doting is no adultery; for I love Mr. Crittenden and he Joves me,’ I then pro- posed to give htm up if she could only just get one little line from him, telling me to go away. That Would show how much 1 loved tun, as [ would sacri- fice myself for his happiness if necessary. She could not get that Itne, sir, 1 then asked her if she would give him up on the same condition. Her an- swer was, ‘I would see him dead first.’ Then [ turned upon her ana told her the story from DON QUIXOTE ABOUT SANCHO 'PANZA (her authorities here got mixed, as will be seen in her confusion of the story of Solomon’s wisdom With the romance of Cervantes), where the two women, eactt Claiming to be the mother of a child, and wi he chiid is ordered to be cut im two, the true mother cries out, ‘Give it to her.’ Did not this, sir, show Who toved him most? She would not un- 5 Ad although she Knew he did not care for her.’ “Did Mr. Crittenden really want a divorce ?”” “Certainly. He would fave procured it iong be- fore had it not been for his monetary dificulttes. He dia not wish to LEAVE B18 CHILDREN BEGGARS. ‘That was all restrained him. I was annoyed for a long time by his frjends on this subject. I sald to them ail, if you get Mr. Crittenden’s written request for me to go away Ishail never be seen here again; but they Could not, and, more than he told ine bimsel! that if 1 ever should go away he would blow his brains out.” “If he desired so much to be divorced why did he send for tis family irom the Basty’? “He did not send for them. He wrote his wife Tepeaiedly NOT TO COME HOME, but she had received some money, & bequest, and came in spite of him. When! learned this I became very excited, and asked him if he was going to live with her. He said he was not. That he would take his meais with them for appearance sake, but that was all, To make sure I made him take a room in ine house with me, which was beside my own, so that I could see by the venulator whether he came home every night. He took the room, and 8o far all Was perfectly understood between us."’ THE TWO WATCHERS, “Do you think ne had no love for bis wife s"” “No, sir, Well, J remember here in San Francisco his wile aad 1 had rooms next each other 10 a hotel. Tdid tis to please him. Mr, Crittenden told ine that he never went near her, and this was true, for he had a room at the top of the house and I stayert up Lnere three whore nights watching if he should go there. Of course he could not come to my room, or she was watohing, twoo.”? “And thus both of you Jost your rest?” “Yes; and she laughed as beiore, and buried her face in the pillow. een aver that he did not want ber home.’’ “He did not (sharply), | told him now it distressed me, and le sald he would show me that he never went near his wife, except to preserve outward ap- pearances, So long as sac was his wife. 1 told him that the thought almost maddened me of his going down there and perhaps kissing bis wife, and then returning to me with THAT KISS UPON HIS LIPS, He said he would not Kiss her, and I was satisfied, He told me this in the morning, and that he would { go over to Oakland to meet them on the arrival of irain froin the Bast in the a(ternoon.’? Waal did you dor" I hardly Know. Ihave no distinct recollection. We were in the habit of breakfasting together, but although | went out alone 1 do not remember eating anything ‘hat day. I returned (o the house in the aiternooa, JADED OUT FROM WALKING, I know not where, and dragged myself veeert by | the ba . This the landlady of the house told in evide ‘About four o'clock | put on my hatand waterproof, and Was just about going out with’ the intention “of crossing to see the meeting between them, and whether he would kiss her or not. Just as I was dressed he came in, and, after attempting to take me by the hand, askea ine where L was going. I said | was going to dinner, This surprised him, as he knew six o'clock was our usual dinner hour, He again assured me ali would be right, and we parted friends. Now, 1 ask you, What cause had 1 (o kill thacman? NONE. («What fofowed afterwards only comes tome ta glimmers—a bit here and a bit there, like. Ihave no recollection of Going on the boat. It was dark, and I did not even see the meeting. I was standing near the aoor of the cabin when I was startled by the sound of her voice—tt 1s a peculiarly disagree- able one. She as close to me as you are. A dizziness came over me then, and I stretched out my hand which touched something cold and wet— the window oi the cabin, I think, it must have n. This, a3 to a person in my then state of mind, appeared to suggest to me, curtously, that I had no gloves on.” “What did you do then?” “IT put my hand m my pocket (this is my theory, for nothing Is distinct), a3 if to get my gloves, and f 1 act setae ~ Must THEN HAVE FELT THE PIsTor. Anything of what followed 1 cannot recall. Tre- member hearing one loud voice calling, of seeing a ‘sea of faces, and that 16 all,” The face of the woman was flushed during this thrilling recital, and as she reached the last word she let her head fall on the pillow and took a long, aeep breath, After a pause, I asked, What do you think of your prospects ?"” “Lam hopeful, My appeal will not be heard until after the elecnons. ere will then be new judges and my case will be sent over until January, and may not then be reached until March, so that I have along, weary time before me.” “The opinion, even among your bitterest enemies, appears be against carrying out the full sen- tence,” *‘Ab | (smiling bitterly). I HAVE NO FEAR OF BEING HANGED, At the worst a-woman always has means to take away her own life.”” “if your seatence were commuted ?”” “] should prefer to die. I have a covely little girl, sir. if I were in prison for five or six years it would be @ perpetual source of shame to her. She could not leave the country, for she would wish to be near me. Whereas if 1 were dead my mother could take her away and she wouid soon be able to forget e. THE GRAVE BURIES LOVE OFTEN along with the clay.” She seemed much affected while saying this, but rallied soon after to say that ner love seemed dying, too, for the man who had loved her so weli. Sue would not harm the hair of those who had a drop of his blood in-their yeins, but they were persecuting her so now that she was greatly changed. Sne Uhougaot it would be better for the worid tf she had been cleared on the trial, It would teach men that they could not play fast and loose, although ber action was THAT OF A MAD WOMAN. Mr, Crittenden was a strong-mindea man, and yet, While stating this, 1t Was declared at the trial that Mrs, Fair could “twist him round her finger.” “What absurdity! 1 hope, sir, that when you go Fast you will do what you can in letting people know what you have seen. Here they are bought up, PRESS, BAR AND ALI, and you cannot form @ just opinion, because you are not thoroughly informed.” Thus ended a remarkable interview with as _re- Margable & woman as ever had the terrible sentence of a iclon’s death upon the gallows passed upon her anda over whom its baletul shadow stiil hangs, THE EXPEDITION TO COREA. Views of Consal General Seward—Secretary Eish’s instractions te Minister Low. WASULNGTON, Ausust 6, 1871. The Navy Department does not expect to receive, until \he 15th inst., despatches from Corea concern- ing the second day’s Nght, and the Department of State also expects at tuat time an oficial communt- cation trom Minister Low. CONSUL GENERAL SEWARD'S VIEWS. The proposition for an expedition to Corea was first brought to the attention of the Department of State in April, 1868, by Consul General George F. Seward, at Shanghae. In his communication he said in bis opinion there was no sufilclent object attainable to render it advisable to use force, or even the show of force, to procure a commercial treaty with the Coreans, It might be considered, however, that the interests of our shipping require that at least a treaty providing for the kind treatment of shipwrecked people shouid be entered into; but if the Coreans were prepared to go to the extent of opening up their country to our merchants that op- portunity was not one which should be lost. The first object of a mission would be to procare tnfor- mation of the loss or destruction of the American schooner GeNeral Sherman, and, in cuse the reports of the wrongful treatment or the crew should prove correct, indemnity or satisfaction therefor, “Oa the other hana," he added, “there is something due from us to the Coreans. We should assure them of our appreciation of their Kindness to the wrecked crew of the Surprise in 1866; and, disposed as we are not only to assert our dignity, but as well our intent to deal justly, we cannot be Indifferent to the propriety of offering to Corea an explana- tlon of our views and conduct in regard to the recent expedition of an armed force for the purpose of exhuming and holding for Transom the remains of one or more sovereigns of that country, In which one of our citizens has been charged as‘a'leader. It 13 sauistactory to Know that we have only to ask from Corea proof that sue has dealt as honorably with us in the Sherman case as we have with her in the latier matier, The settlement of the Sherman affair and a commercial treaty may, it Seems to me, be obtained without great aifficult, but a considerable show of force would pri bably be needed to secure a general treaty. * * But, of course, I contempiate only the display of force, not its use, and not even Intimations that itmay be used, I know well there should be no irregular action, and that it will be time enough for the United States to determine on the exercise of force when peaceful efforts shail have been hhausted and all the circumstances broadly con- sidered.” Other suggestions were made by Consul Seward, and he says that Admiral Rowan had himself pro- posed to him that authority and instructions in their joint names to prosecute the mission should be appued for, SECRETARY FISH TO SECRETARY ROBESO: On une 4th of April, 1970, Secretary Fi wrote & letter to Secretary Robeson, in the conclusion of ‘This departunent is prepared to instruct the Minister of the Unived States at Pekia to open negotiations with the govern- ment of Corea for the conclusion of such a treaty (to regu- Tate the treatment of shipwrecked seamen). it is thought to the diplomatic representative of ingtead of the Admiral of the tieet, becanse ong between China and Corea are’ such aa eto first obtain the good will, and sibly the good oflices, of the Chinese government. * * 4 department asks that {1 auctions may be given to ‘Admiral Rodgers to place himself in communication with Sir. Low soon after bis arrival in Chinese waters, and agree with him upon a time when be shall transport thai geutie- man to Corea, It is Loped that the expedition will be sufli- cently (ormidable to make an 1apressien upon the native autoorities, and that Admiral Rodgers wil accompany it in pervon, Mr. Low will be instructed to counsel and advise With him with the utmost frankness and confidence tiations, Should, unhappily, any c during this mission, ft is Department will mstruct Adoura advise with Mr. Low, and to ieave with this department the Tesponsibility of war or peace. SECR‘ TARY FISH'S INSTRUCTIONS TO MINISTER LOW, ‘The letter of Secretary Fisi to Minister Low, dated April 20, 1870, 18 a8 follows:— Stu—It has been decided authorize negotiations to be bad with the authorities of Corea, for tae purpose of secur- ing a treaty for the protection of shtpwrecked mariners, and to entrust the conduct of the expedition to you. Snouid tue opportunity seem fa for obtatning commeretai advan- tages in Corea, the proposed treaty should include provision to that effect; but the President principally aims in this mis- sion to secure pro‘ection aud good treatment to such seams of the United States as may unhappily be wrecked upon those shores. The enclosed copier of the treaties concluded with Japan at Kava Gana in 1854, and at Yeddo in 1898, will serve to point out the kind of protection which yon will seek to secure as well as the commercial articles which {t may be desirable to enter into. These copies, together with the _ copie Consul General Seward, which ate fully what you are to ende is known of the Shores or internal waters of Corea or of opie who in habit that © to carry out these in- structions you wil endeavor to gather ail the information on these subjects that can be obtained at Pekin. Some politival connection exista between China and Corea, which may make it advisabie tor you to secure in advance the good will, anit porsto|y the good offices, of the Pekin Y will, of course le miral Rodgers will rec a Veen forwarded to you in my N place nt your disp Before leaving mmodation upon the ‘yoo this mission, Pp eto support che dignity of this government intain euuire frankness and ‘preserve with Admiral Kodgers, conferring freely wita bin in every stave of tue negotiations. In arfan,ing the tite for carrying out these instructions it is also desirable, if possible, to secure the presence and co- operation of Consul Gene eward, who has great expe. rience 1 Oriental chara‘ ho’ bi ady of this question. Admiral Rodgers bi ke that him in cage he returns to China betore you go. dhere that you wili be able to comply wiih there tnaiructions before next year, in which cuse Mr. Seward Will probably be at his post. Iv’ will alro be necessary in making your arrangements to consult the conyenience of ‘Admiral Rodgers, ahd to deter to his superior knowledge of the best nenson for navigating these waters. ‘The department relies upon you, in fulfilling these instrac- tions, to exercise prudence and discretion to wainvain ormly the right of the United States to have their seamen pro- cannot be avoided ways the harino- #e government. You will keep an account of your necessary expenses in carrying out these instructions, and draw upon Messrs, Bar frothers & Co., of London, for the amount{thus expend- ed, aud fornish the necessary vouchers theretor, HAMILTON FISH. ‘The above are believed to be the only general tn- Stractions on Ue subject Since the date of April 20, 1870. BX-SECRETARY SEWARD FOR PRESIDENT. New York, Augast 4, 1871. To THE Epivor oF THE HERALD :— Wii you permit a daily reader of the HERALD to suggest, through your columns, a candidate for the republican nomination of 1872, of whose claims the THE WESTFIELD EXPLOSION. Testtmony of Professor Thurston at the Official Investigation—A Cerrection. STEVENS INSTITUTE OF ern} HOBOKEN, N. J., August, 6, 1871, To THe Eprror oF THe HEraLp;— In the report of the oficiat investigation of the Weetfleld disaster I am, by printers’ errors, seriously misrepresented. In my testimony I stated in effect as the result of an examination made without an- Uctpating being calied in the case and with but limited thme at my disposal, that the probable cause of the disaster was the “grooving” or ‘furrowing” of the sheet of iron thrown off against the side of the boat, by an oxidizing action which was local- ized and accelerated by the changes of form of the botler, due, probably, to continuafohany es of temper ature; that the iron seemed of fair quality, bul badly Welded at the rolling will; that the present System Of inspection could not, so far as I could see, letect this particular case of injury, and that for this one Class of injuries the only remedy seemed to be to compel by law the throwing out Of boilers of this kind after they had been In use a certain length of time—to be determined by experience aad obser- vution—whether apparently sound or not, as ord- nance 18 laid aside by army and navy after a specl- fied number of rounds, I stated that boiler explo- sions have no mysterious or supernatural causes— are Nor special providences or so-called ‘acts of God;’ that, if carefully sought, their causes can almost invariably be discovered, and are atways found to be perfectly siznple and natural. By direction of the Coroner I shail make an ex. tended and complete investigation of this case, and hope to be able to report with confidence and cer- tauaty in regard to it. R. H, THURSTON, Ti A Fortunate Family. Mr. Leopold Ratterstin, living at 220 William street, yesterday called at the Coroners’ oftice and identified a willow basket, containing a vest and two towels, which had been found on the wreck of the ill-fated ferryvoat Westfield after the explosion And tuken to the Bightecnth street precinct station house. Mr, Ratterstin stated that his wite, four children and himself started out for a sail to Slaten Isiand and stood on the stern of the Westfield at the time of the explosion. With inuch difitcuity they all reached the bridge in safety, but in the terrible ex- citement and confusion that prevailed the basket was dropped and left behind. Mr. Ratterstin recovered his property by seeing a notice of tt published in the HERALD. AID FOR THE SUFFERERS. A Pronipt Response. New York, August 5, 1S71L. Yo THw Epiror oF THE HERAL: Madame Loutse Lichtmay has the honor to propose that a committee be constituted to give a represen- tation of German opera for the relief of the victims of the terrible calamity of last Sunday. Madame Lichtmay offers gratuitously the services of herself and of her entire company, and will be at the dis- posal of the committee any day they please after the ‘14th of the present month. if you think this proposition worthy to be taken into consideration ple: be Kind enough to give this letier the publicity of your columns, aud oblige A. DE GARAY, Manager Louise Lichtmay Grand German Opera. The Clinton Deawatic Association ‘The spirit of emulation in the good work of charity is spreading. On Saturday the members of the cele- brated amateur dramatic company, the Clinton Dramatic Association, determined upon giving an exhibition of thetr talents to the Brooklyn people at the Academy of Music, during the present week, 11 aid of the tund for the relief of the families of the victims of the lat plosion. A number of popular professionals have volunteered to assist in making ihe programme an entertaining onc, and success will, no doubt, crown their commendable efor OPIMONS OF THE PLOPLE. Honer to the Brave. New York, August 3, 1871. To TH Eptror OF THE HERALD:— Asnearly every one of the brave men who as- sisted in the rescuing of the passengers of the tl- fated Westfield, on Sunday last, has received credit for his services from the press, I wish to mendon one of the bravest, who has been entirely forgotten, ‘This one 1s Oficer John F. Murphy, of the Twenty- Seventh Police station, who was on the Bauery in citizen’s clothes at the time of tneexploston. While the brave boatmen Quigiey and Collins were rescu- ing the passengers from the water Oficer Murphy Was the first person te ascend into the wreck und assist the poor unforcanates who were struggling in the ruins. He has since been In charge of a surgeon on account of injuries recetved and exhaastion pro- duceu by his labors on that day. I hope you will give this space in your columns, in justice to a brave olticer, A PASSENGER, Auother Victim. New York, August 4, 1871, To Tne Error oF THR HERALD:— Ibeheve it to be my duty to inform you, as the pioneer of the daily papers, that among those whose injury by the late Westfleld exploston has not yet been reported was Mr. Lyon Wolf, one of the sur- vivors of the ill-fated steamer,Austria, burned Sep- tember 13, 1858. He started out last Sunday to visit a friend of bis Staten Island. At the time of the explosion he stood on the rear part of the steamer for the purpose of finding a companion among we incoming passengers. At once the crash came, and with it the fying particles, the escaping steam, the horrible screams oi thé unforcunates, and to avoid being burned or: scalded he jumped from the upper deck tothe lower, aud by the jump he broke the ankie of his left foot. He took immediately a car- riage and drove home. He ts now as lis brother's resideace, 325 East Nineteenth street. Under treat- ment of Drs. Kammerer and Popp he 1s doing well under the circumstances, and his numerous friends will undoubtedly be glad to see him again able to enter upon his usual avocations. BEKNILARD WOLF. Government Safety Valves. To THe Epiror OF THR HERALD It seems to be settled by the opinions of the ex- perts who have examined the boiler of the Westileld that it was exploded by the pressure of the steam, notwithstanding the “safety valve,” so called, Which the government had placed upon it, at the expense of tne owners, and locked up, 89 as to pre- vent the possibility of tampering therewith by engi- neer or owner, intended to limit sald pressure much below tue capacity of said boiler. Had not the eugi- ueers and owners a right to rety on such a prot tion thns placed beyond thetr control’ If not, what Was the meaning of the farce? Bat it ts well knowa that these and all fn common use are miscalied satiety valves; there 18 no safety in then, It Was asserted by an association of English engineers oniy last year that tne genius of the world had not yet produced a safety valve. Yet the govergment could, by searching the records of its own Patent Omice, have discovered that a trae safety valve has been invented—one that wiil open just in proportion t@ the pressure until wide open, and which, baying only half the area of the one on the Westfield, if used on said bowler and kept in order would have made gatd explosion to possible under the circumstances otherwise exis ing—one that would have done the duty set It to do, viz., have prevented the accumulation of tne pres- sure above the desired amount, Ought they not to use such a valve? iD. r Why the Boiler Burst and How They Are Tested. New YorK, Aagust 2, 1871. To rae Error or THB HeRaLy;— I have seeu aconsiderable number of statements in the New York daily press in regard to the sad accident that happened on Sunday, the 30th of July. Ihave read the different opinions of men m regard to it~ Some have passed one opmion and some an- other. They may be rigut or may be wrong; and 1, as@ humbic individual and a boiler maker of nine- teen years’ standing, say there isa system of what we call ordering iron for @ doner, We order #0 many inches to go around a circumference, and we order it so close that there is no shearing, Any man that bas ever seen tron roved in a roiling mill comes ous trom the rollers in & They then shear off ue edges ch of tb aS possible, 80 as t make the size required. Consequently the edges this tron are not properly welded, It is bad enougi as it 1s, but then we have to punch holes into it near the edges, Winen lakes away nearly half the strengih ofthe iron. Generatiy he punch does not punch the hole out as it snould, it being worn away, as | have oftentimes seen ft, tu the form of a taper pin, which any one Knows wold burst the iron from hoie to hole. Then, again, if the holes don’t match each other the ng of tiveters, in place of ream- ing them, drive in ® steel taper pin near the already bad edge of the tron. Any botler maker Knows titat tt Rasa teadency to barst the tron from hole to hole. There 8 also a system of botler in- spection which I do not think ts right, I have seea the inspectors O@ steamboats and at factories. They will come there with a hydraulic pump, pul it on to the boiler, aud call four or ive men to pump. Those men keep pumping until the taspector telis them to stop. e will say she has been pumped up to forty or fisty pounds to the square inch. Well, it has stood the test; but does the inspector take off the man-hole plate entire press seems singularly oblivious? William M. Seward would command every vote that, un- der any circumstances, could be secured for the republican aoe All and the best that General William T. Sherman has urged in Fanport ot the renomination of Grant applies with Yentold force in the case of Seward. Under the former nom- inee the party might be spilt to pieces; under the, Aptter Ite success Would be certain, De and go inside the boiler and examine the braces and stays? | have never seen one of them goin except the lamemied Mr. Renwick, Lhave seen him puson luis overalls, take @ hammer and sound every brave In the boiler, exanime the rivets in every seam; but is ti so now? We have got inspectors that are above putting On overalls; they wilt stand in the fireroom whtle the pressure ts golng on, then they/will take { Welt cane and tap the boiler and say_¥ the enal- heer that ts a first class boiler. The one-half of hold office through poittical influence, te 1 ‘would say that every inspector should have a competent, first class bolier maker aiong with him to examine the boiler while he 18 testing It certainly shows on the face of it the man that butids the boiler is the man that knows where its weak points are, JOHN Meni DE, 100 avenue B, New York, Boiler Maker. To tHe Borror or Tae HERALD: The loss of Iie by boiler explosions induces me to propose a plan to the government by Which life and property may be preserved trom this awful catam- ity. As lopg as the business is left to scientific theorists nothing? effectual will ever be accom. Diished to puta stop tothe destruction of life a property by this circumstance. Being engag many years in a chemical business, in which J had to use cylinders highly saturated by alr, has taught me that no precaution but strength will resist a tigh pressure of alr or steam for @ length of ume. L therefore propose to nave the botler made im the form of a cytinder, to be securely pound with tron bands; the boiler will then resist any pressure of steam tuat can be brought upon it, and no damage can be done by explosion more than & blow or leak between the iron belts, I further propose that the botler plates shoul! not be less than half-inch in thickness, and if possible one inch, I know this would take a fracuion from the profits of steam com- Panies because more coal would be burned, but should not for @ moment be consiaered with the preservation of life and property. By adopting this plan there can be no blowing up of the steain- ers or universal loss of life of which we read every day, not only in this country but in all industrial countries, MATTHEW CALLAGHAN, New York, August 3, 1871. What Results from Lnvestigations. To THe Epiror ov THe HEAL Ts there a reader of the HERALD so verdant as to think that the verdict of the Coroner's jury or the finding of the Board of United States Inspectors will result in the punishment of those responsible for the awful slaughter of last Sunday? Sutil farther, 1s there one who imagines that the end of these “in- vestigations,” “trials,"’ or whatever they may be calied, will result in any really preventive measures? Itany one desires light on tnese points let nim run his eye over a file of the Hgrap for twenty years, make @ note of the chief stea uboat expio- Bions—that 1s, tnose blown up watch have killed enough to make them more than a day’s sensauion, ch an exataination will sho gations by “Inspectors” and proceedings by coroners and their juries are almost exact duplicates of each other, sarring the names of the witnesses you might as well republisn tue first investigation of a steamboat explosion which appeared 1a your paper. Look over the last act passed by Congress for the “better protection of the lives of passengers In ves- seis propelled in whole or tn part by steam” —an act us long as one of Ned Bantline’s romances, Is there & solitary provision which would prevent such a butchery as that of the Westticid? Not one, Yet in England and France they have laws, not half the length of this, which long experience has shown to be very efficient, The outsider veraantly asks why cannot we do the same? lie forgets that our wonderful “cuteness and enterprise” distinguish us irom the rest of mankind. He forgets that on the other side of the water the framing of these preventive laws 18 put into the hands of tie best trained engineers—men With a thorough professions education, to which 18 added great practical ex- perience. [use the term engineer, Mr. Kditor, in its proper sense. | do not mean such men as guide our steainboat legislation—men whose knowledge (?) of engineering is sucked in through the end of a@ “starting-bar;’? antiquated steain- boat captatns, who, with a pound of to- bacco in each cheek, decide, off-hand, the most Kuotty questions relating to the construction ot en. gines and boilers; advise the public to keep cool things will right themselves one of these days—no doubt after many Westfi horrors. One does not expect wisdom out of the mouths of babes and sucklings; ueither Can an accurate knowledge of the precautions wisdom dictates in the use of steain be expecied from @ bevy of men whose Wea of botler making begins and ends wiih the application of “soit patches’? on the outside of a bolier and horse dung on the inside. FeSTINA that these mves LEN A Good Suggestion. New York, August 3, 1371, To THE Epiv0R OF THE HERALD:— The late steamboat catastrophe has suggested an idea to me I wonder has not been adopted before. Should all steamboats be compelled by law to carry ® stcam alarm whistle placed on the upper deck by the inspector which would give the alarm should the pressure rise aboye the rate allowed by law, this would give all on board warning there was danger and prevent reckless engineers from endangering the lives of the passengers. 1 have travelled a good deal tiroughout the United States, and have ire- quently noticed the gauge ten and twelve pounds above tne rate allowed by the certificate and have Mentioned It to the engineer and capiain, and gen- erally recerved the answer, ‘There was no dange! the boticrs would hold thirty pounds above the raie allowed.” ‘This Was on the Mississippi, however. I think by adopung some method of this kind many accidenis would be avoided. JS. Sed Talk to the Lawyers. New YORK, August 3, 1871. To rus Eprror or Tas HERALD:— Among ali the no doubt well meant propositions you have received so far relating to the sad Westield catastrophe, 140 not believe you received one offer. ing some compensation to the bereaved relatives and friends of those unfortunate victims who met thetr death by plainly no other cause but that of a greedy company, Wio tried to make a defective boiler last as long as it would hold together. Now, what I want to Kuow 1s, if all those suffering, di- rectly and indirectiy, from the explosion of said boiler could not bring {na suit for heavy damages against this company, Which, if forced to pay, would also be a warning to all other companies using such defective Doliers a8 caused the speedy end of So many human beings? In answering this you would, P have no doubt, oblige a great many of your admiring readers. A KEADER OF THE HERALD. Correcting a Witness, New York, August 4, 1871. To THe Eprtork OF THE HERALD: I noticed in your valuable pacer of this morning that oue of the witnesses in the Westfield catas- trophe in explaining the way in which an explo- sion might occur says, it might be from over pres- sure or from lack of water in the boiler, but he did not believe in the theory that low water generated gas; but steam alone Could cause the explosion; No gas, electricity or any combination of materials could produce it. » Now, sir, does he not Know that he can have no ex- Plosion With steam aloaer There can be oursting bat ho explosion with steam, Water, We constituents of Wiich are Lwo gases, oxygen and hydrogen water Wil not burn, steam wil! not burn, but separate the ‘water Into gases and the hydrogen 1s combustible, and oxygeil a supporter of combustion, and by 1g- nition there can be an explosion, and this is what J call explosion. By over pressure by steam is bursting. By boiling the water you make steam, by ating steam you can make gas torch you can burn tv; tuen ces. SCIENTIFIC 5. 2 P. S.—Iam not upholding the engmeer; on the contrary, 1 think tam unequal to the task, not culpable. 8. 6 look out for consequ B. Protected by Mercury. To THe Epiror oF THB HeRaLp:— From the experience of engineers, as given in your columns since the late explosion, I find that steam gauges are noLto be depended on, Their in- tricate mauufacture makes them Liable at apy mo- ment to be disarranged and thus useless, aud as a boiler 13 only as strong as Its Weakest part, so a gauge set ax most boilers are, generally, under a certain pressure, When called on to slow a greater one, are liavie 0 be wrong. 1 would suggest on iow pressure boilers, where the pressure is not over fifty pounds, the passing of a law making tt imperative to use the old-fashioned mercury gauge, which was made as follows:—A bipe bent ia the form of a letter U, one end of Which connects with the boiler, the pipe being proportionately filled with mereury (quicksilver), The pressure of the steam would force the mereury down uni the weight of the mer- cury would find its level with the pressure of steam, A giass tabe msertea in the other end of the pipe would sow the pressure by the height of the mer- cary. It 18 certain, also, When the pressure exceeded the mit the pipe could be arranged so that the extra pressure Would biow the mercury ont of the pipe and allow the steam to escape, and thus draw attention to the fact. I woula also suggest that no passenger steamboat be allowed to carry over thirty pounds pressure on boilers used in such boats, and with such @ gauge @ certain amoant of protection Would be guaranteed, CG. GO something to be Remembered. To THe EpiTor or THE HERBAL ‘The terribie accident that happened in one of our slips last Sunday is one that 1s too horetole in its details to dwell upon, but serves a8 a Lesson to re- mind us of other shortcomings of our oMicials. 1 refer more pafticularly to, the life-saving apparatus that stould be at all the frequenied piers on our water front. They are not new or novel, having Deen used and iound valuable in, Europe, Some three orfonr yearsago the Metrapoiitan Board ot Heaith, under the pressure of puditc opinion, com- menced to place these articles in some of oar most prominent places. ‘Those that are in use have been Instrumental 1 saving many lives that Would other- wise have pee \ Why hawe they neglected to complete the Work? Is there so muci corruption in that body thar it takes all the surplus moucy to pay for desks, Carpets, freseoing and general repairs, so that Qhere is none leit to supply the means whereby many human lives may he saved’ I, in swith almost all other bitizens, bold that of one feliow-being 1s worth more than all the suxuries and pickings in the city, aud that ofclals In charge are criminally responsible for lives lost (nrough their negieot. Lhope that your valuable Columns Wil Aid fa urging them to full A thelr duties, OBSERVEL 7 NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN. Second Bxhibition of Paintings and Sculptare. To-day we conclude our notice of the second sum- mer exhibition of the Academy of Design, and we venture to express @ hope that tt may never be our unpleasant duty to condemn so strongly any coliec- Uon of works that may be brought together by the aciton of tne Academicians, whose true interest les in discouraging paltry art, It is at once a wrong to the publtc aud to the young artist to admit careless or defective work into the Academy, becanse the taste Of the visitors ts vitlated and the students are tauglit to feel that close attention to study 1s not ne- Cessary to success, The result on the education of the stadent must be most pernicious, and no doubt many of the sad failures which CAST A SHADE OF MELANCHOLY over the exhibition are due to the false Ideas engen- dered by the facility which attended that important event th the aruist’s tife—the exnibition of nis frat work, We want the Academy to come back to first principles, and to try trathfully and hopefully ror the advancement of pure and simple art. It ia unworthy of a society of artists to manage what ought to be a temple of art on the strictly comme cial principles that regulate the “running” of » peep show, where the object 1s simply to make money. An art academy ought to be essentially A SCHOOL OF TASTER, where none but works having some merit should be allo . Failing im this condition the difference between the peep show and the academy becomes one of degree, and not of kind. The loss of dignity thns imeurred 18 certainly not com- pensated by the gain of a few thousand dollars. It is very questionable whether in the long run the present policy of the Academicians be not a great mistake from even the monetary point of i As We can con nothing more unlikely than thata person of taste should voluntartly sub- Ject minseif to THE TRYING ORDEAL OF A SECOND VISIT to our Academy exhibitions, [f1t be useless to urge! upon the directors the interest of art there remains only an appeal to their commerbial instincts to pre- serve us from the infliction of another exnivition of such failures, To-day we shall notice a few more of the pictures newly added to the collection, and then revert to some of those which, forming part of the first summer exhibition, have not yet been noticed. We suall commence with No. 194. A pretty moon- light scene, which affords evidence of feeling, but 18 too dark; the moonbeams fail to lighten the inky darkness 0/ the clouds FLOATING ACROSS TIE FACE OF THE MOON. The cloud drawing ts also wanting in firmness, and the artist has made no serious effort to produce the cloud forms. The tone of the whole picture is too black, but otherwise the work 1s not bad, No, 148 1s @ natural looking picture of a tittle boy asleep in bed, with lis toy boat carefully gathered close to his bosom, as if he were busy even tn sleep sailing his litte ship on some neighboring stream, The pose of the sleeping child 1s easy and natural, and the form pretty well drawn; bat the coior, though strong and vigorous, 1s fresh, whue the modelling of THE FLESH IS DECIDEDLY HARD. Among the more pretentious works Mr. J. Lany’s ‘Jeputha’s Daughter” occuples a prominent place. Notwithstanding the immense aitference whictr exists ta matters of execution we contess that the first impression created in our itnds, seeing Mr. Lany’s painting, was that we had seen it before, or atleast some other picture that had sugges it. Nor nad we long to walt before the remembrance ot Herbert’s “Moses Coming Down trom the Mount’? came back to us forcibly. However, the resem- biance 18 confined to the fact that the treacment Suggests an tintiation; in any other respect it ts not mucn like. The figures are weakly drawn, and THE GOLDEN SAFFRON LIGHT that bathes Herbert's picture in a sca of unearthly giory is but poorly represented by the scattering fiakes of pink red clouds which Mr. Lany bas tatro- duced into his work, ‘We shali now turn back tothe more pleasant task of saying 4 few approving words of one or two un- pretentious works that exhibit traces of real power and arustic feeling, albeit not fully developed. The humblest and the best of these ts the study of a head, hid away among # mass of pretentious giided frames, and HIDING ITS MODEST HEAD for very shame of (8 rich but wortniless surround- Ings. ‘The artist, who 1s some poor student hard at work away in Munich, cails bis painting “A Study of an Italian Page,” probably anxious wo make be- lieve tnat he tg able to adord the luxury of a page; but we shall pardou him the innocent imposition in view of the excellence of his work, The head ts welt drawn and rich, bat subdued, tn color,,with & total absence of the olfensive rawness aud freshness of tints that are so prevalent among modern painters. The great superiority of the old masters is due tp great part to tuis very DEPTH AND RICHNESS OF COLOR, which the moderns seem to have lost. Mr, Watts, @ rising young artist in London, alone of all the English school seems to have rediscovered the secret, and combining with tius color knowleage an exquisiteness of feeliag and depth of thought, pro- mises to take his place at the head of the nghiat school of sentimental painters. The painter after “Italian page,” has also caught the power of pro» ducing rich fat tints, but there is just visibiea want of torce in his color; stlli he has produced depth and richness of tone UNUSUAL IN MODERN ART. its stndy of an Italian page ws beyond comparison the best head in the Academy. Of quite a diferent class of art 1s the next we shall select for notice. No 247 is a “scene in Venice,” a pretty architectural study of a quatnt old canal bridge and castera Jooking palace with lis facade on the canal, Beyond we have glimpses of the deep biue Italian sky. Out of these somewhat meagre matertals the artist has contrived to make an excel lent cavinet picture by his EXQUISITE ARRANGEMENT OF LIGHT and color on the old bridge and house. No, 262, ‘St. Lucta,” is a study of an Italian boy playing a fiddle. ‘The pose 13 easy and nataral, but the modelling of the figure 18 somewhat flat and wanting ia force. ‘The drawug of the lower part of the figure 18 aiso very weak. ‘ihe colors are cool and well harmo- nized, producing A SUSDUED TONE, which 13 1n excellent Keeping with the general ex- pression of the figure, Altogether it is a painung jar avove the average Academy pictures, We turn now to the considerauon of what ougnt tobe the higher branch of art—the sculpture. This departinent of art odering tess scope for claptrap wan paumting, Which afords the trickster so many DEVICES TO COVER UP BAD WORE or want of knowledge, has always aemanded from those engaged in its pursuit a figher technical knowledge than the average painter possesses. In entering a Scuipture gallery we therefore expect to find eviGence of Knowledge and skull, as well as of power and feeling. Those who go to the Academy of Design with any of these expectations will be sadly disapporated, Examples of the highest art are entirely absent, and most of th hall we say works ?—are so far below crivicism that THE INDIGNANT CRITIC SURATHRS HIS PRN and retires mm disgust. We cannot war with such adversaries. From this wholesale condemnation we in justice except some marble medallions, by Mr. Caiveriy, Which are very good, weil modelled and well carved—the only works that deserve looking at. Surely, this part of the Academy can be tinproved, And We tnsist that the “httle indiscretions” and general abominations of tyros in art shall pe rigidly excluded, There are at present on exhibition sketches [0 plaster that would DISGRACE A TOMBSTONE ESTABLISHMENT. In taking ieave of the Acadeiny of Design for @ season we Veuture (o express @ hope that the errors of the present exhibition may not be repeated. Tt ls at all times an unpleasant daty tor the press to have to wrile harshly or severely of a corporation com- posed of esumabie individu: but duty to the gen- eral public is above all other considerations, Tp. our present articles we have contined ourselves to gene- ral condemnations, in order to avoid unnecessarily hurting the Leelings of exhibitors, but we give FAIR WARNING that if grosaly incompetent men will Insist on thrust- ing works devold of al merit on public attention we shall deal with them im future in po forbearing spitit. Our object ts to carry aloft the standard of high art and plant it on the highest pinnacle of the american Continent—a high) and a guide for our people. If the Academy of Desygn ts willing to co- opera’e with us, So much the better; tf Mot, the Academy as well as the incompetents will be made to feel the power Of the Independant press. FUNERAL OF A JOURNALIST. ‘The funeral of Mr. Thomas J. Murphy took place At two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from St. Fran Hospital, Jersey City. The remains were interred in Calvary Cemetery. The deceased geutieman was twenty-stx years of age and Was a native ot Tulla- more, Kings county, Ireland, He arrived An. this country tm the spring of 1807 and be- came conpected with the New York HeRanp as reporter in Trenton, J., Where he con- tinned Ul about @ year ago. His Gealth began to fail about that time, and be lapsed Anto consamp- ton, whieh @t last carried hin o! He walked lo to the hospital on Friday, received, the consolauon of bis religion from & Catholic pyiest, and at noon the folowing day bis career in tats world wag at an end, As jouraaliat he was indeiatigabie; as a com- panion he was agreeable, fail of humor, never gressive, but always sympatnetic. He was notin the conventional sense a aan of the world. He never knew the shrewdness that 18 indispensable to a progressive man, but he comported muasell Wi achildiige slmplicity inthe social circle