The New York Herald Newspaper, September 7, 1871, Page 4

4 BEETHOVEN. The German Centenary Cele- bration at Bonn. Performance of the Master Works of the Great Composer. BONN, August 28, 1871. alter a year's postponement, on account of the | war, the birthplace of Beethoven has celebrated the cemtenary of this great composer in & manzer which again proves how genuine 1s the German love of art. | During the four days allotted to the celebration the master works of the great musician have been per. formed in a style which will over bea bright recol- tection to the amateurs who braved the hea of midsummer to enjoy the rare artistic trest. Com- pared with such Colossal affairs as the Handel fes- ‘vals in London or the Boston Peace Jubilee the demonstration was not imposing from ite extent, but the company present included many celebrities in the musical world, and he verdlot as regards the performance was one of aliiost unantmons approval {rom perhaps the most oultured musical audience ever assembled im one piace. The arrangements were excellent and theentire programue was car- ried out with regutarity and cola. Last year the committee appointed to take the Matter in hand erected a commodious BEETHOVEN HALL in one of the few wide strects of Bonn, and caused | it to be constructed tn so substantial © manner that Wt w evicent they imtended it for a permanent concert room. It will seat perhaps as many as Steimway Hall, though it is by no means so hand- some a building. Indeed, to those who expected a really great national observance of the centenary of Germany's greatest composer it is rather a disap. Eee NEW YURK HERALD, THOKSVAY, SHPTHNBER 7, 1871.-TRIPLE SHEE, So een a RTT D thetr congratul ace public. ihe ‘vioitu fas In the orchestra | backs of their bows, and Joachim nad to endure as if he had been a candidate for the Prosid ‘the Untted States. | 1B THIRD CON afforded another pirective rogramme, to wit:— Ouverture, “Corlolanus:” Tidgieeher Gesaug; con- cert (E8-dur) for pianoforte; aria, “‘Ah.! Perfdo;” agp ‘aa ‘or choral syepbony. i e Ir) i, and added to Ak | ves Of that Of the day before | the excellent solo. of Madame Joachim, who gave the diMouit “Ah! Perfido” arta in @ style which proved periect artiste, ‘The lady is not § known out of many, Dut there sie ranks very ‘ high. There was at this concert the same large at- tendance and the same hearty enthusiasm which had characterized the others. The geuera! interest, especially of the more critical portion of the listeners, » Was centred in the Ninth srenpnens. @ production + Which bears to ‘3 orchestral compo- {uc same. relation which bis “Missa does to his vocal works, It is the most elaborate and dimcult specimen estral MusiO Oxisting, and 10 be closely ved. Even those judied tone epprectaied or cates familiar with it and periectly wil,ing to acknowle: , 1t8 immense enperiority are somewhat overcome by | 18 magmitude; and this was the caso with ag Eng | lish eritic and composer of repute, who declared he had come from England expressly to hear this one ' work; who mmpatiently endured the other pieces m | the 1 ch ce While anxiously walting for “The | Ninth; who weicomed Its opening chords with a countenance beaming with inefable joy, and who was wed ‘asleep before the symphony was half THR FOURTH CONCERT, This was @ Morning— not an aiternoon—matinée of chamber music, and was deemed by many to be the most elogant and recherche feature of the whole festival. The entrance tickets wero high, being two thulers each, and the performance was certa! a feast lovers of Beethoven:—1, String aartet (Op. 96); 2. “Adelaide,” sung by Herr Vogl; Sonata (for pianoforte aud violoncello), played by Charles Hallé ana Herr Grutamacher; 4, jongs, “Wonne «der Wermuth” and “Kennst Du das Land?’ 6, String quartet (Op. 59, No, 3), | Alter this exquisite Lule Concert the close of the whole affair was colebrated in true German styie by @ picnic, a steamboat taking the committce of the | festival, the artists and members of the chorus, the representatives of the re aud a guests a few miles up the Rhine, re, amid the | Tutns of ap old castle, the remainder of number of inyited | whe pointment than otherwise; but it should be rememe dered that the artistic Teuton, like John Gilpin, “tnoogh on pleasure bent, 1s of « frugal mind,” The hail is approached through a triumphal arch of simple derign, bearing on its front a suitable To THR tascription in German, and is provided with wide malleries and fitted up with comfortabie chairs, At the platform ena is a higher gallery, sup- porting the organ, which was used only during the performance of the mass in D, and the platform itself occupies about one-third of the hall, this large space being required for the 273 guished page for {ue day was spent in rural delights, lager heer, ine wine, speech-making and extemporaneous singing. PSYCHOLOGICAL PHSNOMENA. EDITOR OF THE HERALD: ‘Aware that your world-renowned columns—al- ‘ways exponent of the foremost advance of modern civilization—are ever open to exposition of the startling wonders, as of the more siow-going com- monplaces of the latter, I would, with all becoming humility, bespeak a small space upon their distin- @ announcement of the most chorus singers ana the 111 orchestral players Who | remarkable series of paycnological phenomena that took part in the celebration. The programmes, con- fined exclusively to Beethoven's works, were well has ever, perhaps, come to the notice of any one. {do not propose—as I should be hardly equal vo the Adapted to show the vast range of nis genius, aud | tasx_—to embrace in the present statement the entire were practically doubled by the daily rehearsals, sum of the said marvels; nor 13 it my purpose— which were nearly as good as the formal concerts | granted that I were able—to expatiate or philoso- themselves, ana to which the public were admitted phize on the subject; but simply to state the facts on the payment of @ small fee. ‘The /éte began on . i J as they are and can be substantiated by many of Friday, the 18th of August, with rehearsals, and £8t- | our citizens of the highest position and respecta- urday was also devoted to the same work, the first concert taking place Sunday afternoon and even- lng, beginning at six P. M. by sunlight and closing edout ten by gaslight. The pullding was crowded, au THE LADIES APPEARING IN FULL DRE?S, an4 presenting both on the platform and in the au- bility. The young lady who is the subject of this sketch is the daughter of a most estimable + ontleman, a well-to-do farmer of this county—Mr. J.ccer K. A, She ts in her seventeenth year, remarkably yretty, of graceful, though homely, manners, and excer disposition. Moreover, she has for nearly tbree | TROTTING AT FLEETWOOD PARK. | STATE TE | took a lead of ae Fisetwoop Park, Sept. 6.—Trotting match for $500, mile heats, best three in Ave, ‘t. Tremble named br. kh. Brown Rover, in 1083... ee soovee JL M, Bellenger named b. g. Hiram, to wagon.. 2 2 2 TIME, os Mile, Alt 2:44 ; Third heat.. iia oat First Heat.—The horses had @ good send off, but before they got around the turn Hiram broke up | and Rover led two lengths to the quarter pole, in forty seconds. Hiram broke again and fell of further. Rover was three lengths ahead at the hait- Mile pole, in 1:20, Hiram broke again on the back- stretch and Rover beat him home two lengths, in 24234, Second Heat.—Rover was then the favorite at three to one, He took the lead as soon as the word was given, and opened a gap of four lefgths to the quarter pole in thirty-eight seconds and a half. Hiram closed up on the lower turn, but broke and fell back again to his previous position, Voming up the back- stretch Hiram broke up several times and Rover jougea home @ winner by half a dozea lengths, in Third Heat.—'rhe horses had a good start, but a goon broke up and lost so much ground or Hover ied eight leoginy co tno quarier pole, 1h diy weal cen ‘about the same distance to the lengths, nals q 184, and won easlly by eight COND: TROT. BANE Day.—Match $400, mile beats, best three in five, in harness. M. W. Olcott named ch, g. James.. P. W. Fleming named & 13 Honest ' Quarter, Hag. . 1:23 First Heat, to one. The horses had a ver, James broke iy soon afterwaras and Honest Tom fo ur lengths. This advantage, how- ever, he soon lost by @ break, which was s0 bad that Ins chances atterwards were cntirely out. James passed the quarter pole in forty-five seconds, four lengths ahead; the half-mile pole in 1:28, fiteen lengths 1n front, and came homé a winuer by nearly a arsiance in 2 ie Second Heat.—James took the lead with the word, was never headed, and won the heat by four lengths. He was two lengtns in front at the ae pole, in ste and a,half seconds; four lengths ahead at the half-mile pole, in 1:27, and came easily along to the finish. Honest Tom trotted very litle during the heat, as he was on a run early the whole of the way. The time of the heat was 2:56. ‘nird Heat.—This heat was @ counterpart of the others, James took the lead at the start and kept it to the end, winning the heat and race by two lengths, in 2:53, a Closing of the Entries for the Fall Meeting at Eleetwood Park. A large number of gentlemen interested in, the trotting turf assembled last evening at the Hoffman House to learn the names of the horses, that were entered for the various purses given by the proprietors of the Fleetwood Park. The entry box was opened at nine o'clock and the entries read by the President of the association, Mr. Vau Cortlandt. Tne numoer of horses for each purse 1s not so large as it has been on several occasions; but itis quite large enough for safety. The purse for horses that have not trot- ted faster than 2:25 has but three entries, the same ag that free for all; but the purse for horses that have never beaten 2:34 has twelve, ani the 2:28 hag eleven, while all the others are well filled. The fol- Aitorlum a sight which in New York is onty to be | years been a member of the Presbyterian communion witnessed at the concerts of te Church Music As: sociation. The task of conducting this notabie musical per- formance was entrusted to Ferdinand Hiller, of Qo- here, Ata very early age ene exhibited appearances of remarkable intellectual precocity, albelt with her increasing years there did not seem to follow the looked-for corresponding large development of her logne, a conductor who 18 considered perhaps the | mental faculties, and at the present time her talcnts foremost of the old school in Germany. There are those who prefer Wagner, with his marvellous mag- netic Influence over an orchestra, or Liszt, with his flery impetuosity; but these two men belong to the advanced school and do not scem to take much In- terest in concerts where their own works are not performed, Certain it is that they did not take enough interest in this Beetlioven festival to honor it with their presence. Hilier, who is @ plump, comfortabie-looking indt- vidual, Was assisted by Wasieiewski, & favorite rest- dent conductor of Bonn, and a thin, nervous, dark. and acquirements are rather of a mediocre stamp. Although her education has not been exactly neg- lected, yet it embraces but the simpiest branches of ordinary American scholarship. For the past eight months she has been subject, at Irregular intervals, to singular spelis, partaking at first of the unmistakable Baiure of epilepsy, taen subsiding quietly into tne auomatous condition denominated trance. And herewith are connected the extraordinary features of lier case, Ihave often read and heard of cases in some points analogous to Unis one, but Dever of one so wonderiul nor so near athome. The former have always purported to | ave occurred away off at distances and under cits cumstances alike adverse to investigation, aud f daired man of the physical type which is popularly | Nave usually regarded such stories as mere ro- supposed to appertain to geniuses. They both con- Aacted well, but there was an earnestness about 'iiler—a genuine absorption in nis work—which his | DI second in command aid not seein vo possess, Great care had been taken in the selection of solos, the list including Nedame Oto-Alvsieben, 4 prima donna from the Royal Opera of Dresden; Madame Jvachim, the contralto, and wife of the great violinist; Herr Vogl, the favorite tenor of Manich, @ singer who has pre-erved his vocal powers well, despite his struggles with the un- «rateful music of Wagner, and Herr Adolphe Schulze, of Hamburg, who is tall, bearded like o pard, wears spéctacies, and sings better than any basso to-Cay in America, ‘There were two solo violinists, Louts Straus, of London, and the peeriess Joachim. Charies Hallé came from London to play om a Broadwood piano, Franz Weber from Cologne to add the few organ accompaniments, and herr Gratzmacher from Dresden to contribute a solo on : ‘he violoncello, Behind these soloists was the wagnificent phalanx of orchestral playe who represented nearly every city of North Germany, and toe superb body of vocalists, most of whoin ualied irom Bonn, Cologne, Covientz, Dusseldorf and other towns along the Rhine. A bust of beethoven. haif baried im laurel Wreaths, occupied a prominent position at the front of the organ gallery, but otherwire the nail was with- ‘ut decorations, Not s0 with the streets of the ‘My. Tle iuhabitanis nad taken pains to fing eut from their windows the German colors, almost | avery house displaying the somewhat lugubrions fag of “fateriand.” (At the sieambout whart the | russian eagle Was Alsplaged, with @ large variety | of bunting, so that all travellers passing up oF | down the Rhine could eestly tell that something un- | usual Was going on at Konn, The music reliers had | fievoted thelr shop windows exclusively io Bee- thoveu, whose features, in every varicty of photo- graph, Lithograph, steel engraving, medallion, bust and siatuette, must have become thorougnly famil- | lar to everybody ia the place. The bronze statue thedra! hat been adorned with ever. | greens, and around three sive? of it were ranged tall Masts, bearing streamers and bauners. TUB FIRST CONCER!. To revert to the opening concert. It was in every | fay a SWiking success, though the selcctions—the “Missa ~olennts” and (he Fifih Symphony—were such a3 to make the succeeding concerts an anti-clinfaxs or Beethoven las never written anything grander | (aan tiese two works, and certainly he could never | wishea for them a more effective tendering. The chorus sang so Well that it received even warmer | praise than the seioists, who were rather thrown | pio the snade by the magnificent precision with which the good meu of Miuneland, their buxom | aud pretty daughters took up the diferent | pats of one Of (he Inca’ diMeuit voca! compusitions “ver Written, Most of the audience were provided with the music and followed the performance losely, never betraying the sligutest weariness. { But the appreciation awarded (o ine symphony was | even grea Every note seemed familiar, and the ) well Known phrases were welcomed with bods aad | stalies of recognition as ii tes were indeed vid | riends. while at the closet arose & deafent roar of applause. Hiller was called out weversl | Times to receive the acciamations of bis delignied | admirers. Be was himself equaliy pleased with the | poviormauce, and he complimented the musicians | aignly by telling them thai in his long career asa | musica ¢ nductor he had never beard such periect | orohertral playing a that ue had jist had the honor | 9 condact, THR SECOND CONCERT. ! After the general prol, or public rehearsal, the | aext merpiug, most of the disunguished musical eleb ilies in town dined at one of the leading wotels and then strotied i the gardens | werlooking the Rhine. Belore six o'clock, sowever, (they were ail ln thelr paces a the Bucthoven Hali, prepared to listen atreniively o the folowing FORMAL uverture, “Leg. . 3; Marsch Mba chor ans den “iwuinen von Atoen;” concert fur die violine; phantasie tir mnurorte, chor and orchester, sinfonw eretca, x conducted all save (he and third 10re, Aule nur Recond vers, The “Leonvra’’ overture, so jambitar to music lovers in New Youk, as weil as in all other parts of the civilized world, was given with fil The vim and dash arising from periect jamilarity wita he work; but whether the perlormance was really inferior to that of the fret day, or whether (he aoveity of the affair was already somewhal faded, 1 cannot tell, yet certain it is that a tendancy lowards riticism now began to manifest iteeif. The renders of the march and chorus from the “Rutms of athens” seemed very adimiravie to ordinary ears wut there wae much duno shaking of heads among the wiseacres, ‘he pianoforte ‘a, charming — taste gave rise to some There however, no digerence of opinion as to the third'piece on the programine, the yiolln concerto, played in inimit- yle by Joachim, who ‘ ay Slats the fret of violinists of Europe, & vrland Vieuxtemps proud pre-eminence, able all (he alone disputing with nin th Joachim is such & favorite ib Germauy that he ry badly to fail iu delighting a Of course, be cannot play ly; yet I was rife disappointed in regard \o is breadth of tone, His manipulation, though, t# riect, and his style tree from ftrickety of every kind. He played the very jong and very ditewt concerto entirely from memory, and at its sion received one of those nos} Ovations whieh are usually given only to success!ul prime donne, Men would have to play v' German audience, | whatever of | September 4, 167 mances. But here is a case direcily within my own ken, and of sach manifest trutnfulness that it 13 impossible to either ignore it or ery it down as hum- “The Spelis come upon the young lady without any premonitory symptoms whatever, save tbat some- | times she experiences a fulness of the head, occa- | lowing are the entries in the various purses to be contended for:— PURSE No. 1—$1,000, for horses that never trotted Detter than three minutes; $690 to the tirst, $250 to the second and $150 to tho third horse, HL J. Doremus entered 8. g. J0e G, N. Ferguson enterea b. Bright Fyes. Alex. Snyder entered b. g. Westchester. ‘M. Roden entered b. g. Castle Boy. B. F. Cowan entered g. g. Ed Raton. 8. J. Whitney entered bik. g. Comus. Purse No. 2—$2,500, for horses that have never trotted better than 2:: $1,500 to the first, $600 to the second and $400 to the third norse. D. Mace entered ch. g. Judge Fullerton. John Murphy entered b. g. J. J. praclen Thomas 8. Carpenter entered bik. & Thomas Jef- rson, PURSE No. 3—$1,500, for horses that have never trotted better than 2:34; $900 to the first, $400 to the second and $200 to the third horse, D, Mace entered blk. m, a. W. E. Weeks entered bik. g. Kight Bells. K, Johuson entered b. m. Lota. Joha Rogers entered vik. m. Ellen Tree. D. Tallman entered br. m. Brown Kitty. c. L, Bachus entered b. m, Lady Bachus. G. P. Carpenter entered b. m. Hartford Beile. J. Dagrey entered b, m. Fanny Lambert. James McKee entered b. m. Young Thorne. H. Howe entered bik. m. Belle Morrill. sionally amouuting to slight headache; otherwise they are quite sudden, and unattended by any | peculiar physical phenomena. For instance, she will Le down on the bed aud apparently subside into | a genie doze; in afew moments she will begin to murmur—somewhat Incoherentuy at first—bvut pres | ently, 1n a flow of language beautiful indeed, she | Will sustain on her part a most animated and bril- Mant conversation Wilh persons known to ve ata Great distance and whom she has never seen—some of whom, probably, she has never heard of. From the style and connection alone can it be ae- termined who these personages are, and, after a few minutes, it ls never dificult to recognize them. Singuiarly enough, for the most part she seems to aifect persons of eminence in the political world. Thus she bas several times ‘interviewed the Sul- tan of Turkey, It being impossible for the by-standers | to mistuke Who It was to Whom she was speaking. Local circnmstances and conditions the most ex- act; personal matters in detail, so zed by those wuo have seen and heard; affairs of govern- ment, especially in connection with the recent | troubles between the Porteand the Knhedive; modest allusions to the Seral and its in:nates; the situation, | shrubbery, baths, ocoupation, & of certain | palaces and kiosks ou the Bosphorus and Golden | orp; tne conduct of government officials (you | never conceived, sir, of anytlung to equal itj—all | come within the scope of her most beautiful and | eloquent rhapsody im presence of the Sultan, toge- | ther with innumerable allnsions to litte paren- | thetical trifles—ali together, apparentiy, wouid leave | Ho possible doubt as to her actual presence in spirit (it sack a a _— be) with the Suitan, ihe | Strangest part of it all is that, on ordinary occa- | | slous—at all times save when these Pythiau iuspira- tions are upon her—she appears ‘not to take a particic of interest in any of these things, and be- , Yona the mere existence of the Sultan of Turkey | she cannot ossibly nave any knowledge | him or his surroundings. she | comes to berself always with a long-drawn sigh | of apparently supreme relief. And, indeed, during the entire weird interview there 18 an expression of earnest anxiety, almost of distress, on her features, | a3 though in a hurry to bed through, yet obliged to j abide the Inficuon. The spel! usualiy lasts trom | three-quarters of au hour to an hour and a halt; and | after it leaves her #fe secins entirely unconscious | that anything at all extraordinary in her regard has occurred, and invariably she is hungry. | At other times—though His Paynim Majesty seems | to be decidedly her Savoriie—she will suddeuly | divert from biim to Prince sismarck or the Katser | Wiheim, often in eloquent and pathetic deprecation | of furtuer harptliation to “poor France,” aud with | such natural tone and gesticulation a3 well nigh to impress the by-standers that those high personages are really present, while the beautiful simplicity and courtly purity of her language and address astound d bewilder those who have aiways known her jor | apiain aud retiring maideniv creature who could scarcely trust herself (o the onuuciation of the sun- | 1 reply to that announcement Mr. Hall ends us the | plest independent proposition in the overpowering presence of her father aud “cousin Will.’ ALEC. Neak HexTex'’s Lopes, Finvanna county, Va., HE OW CHESTER MURDERER, { Buckhout'» Chaures Fading Away- Medical Commission Keport Him s New Hope Revived in His Favor. ! As the respite of_fifteen days granied in the case of Buckhout, the” Westchester county murderer, rapidiy draws to # close the chances against the condemned man being executed on the 15th inst, de- crcase 1 4 corresponding degree. Durmg an | interview Which the prisover's counsel had wiin Goveruor Hoffman at Stug Sing on Tuesday even- | lng Mt transpired that the commission de (unatico ‘Sneuirendo recently appointed vo teat the mental condition of the accused had each one re ported in faver of his entire sanity. This, | of course, dispels any hope which the inends | of the Wretched crummal indulged as to further | exeentuve interference, It 1s now rumored, how- | | ever, that Buckhout’s counsel has discoverod that one of the jurors who convicted the murderer is | over sixty years of age, aud, taking (he ground tut this circtumsiauce vitiates the verdict, ix leaving no | effort untried to obialn a stay of proceedings by | Virtue of & writ Of error. Lt i# aiso understood that a letter written by the wife of the prisoner to her | sister shortly before the tragedy, and in which she | alludes to the mental derangement of Bucklont, | was placed ip the bands of the Goveraor on ti | evening named, Vespite all tuis, public sentiment is almost # ubll in regard to the moral aud Jegal | responsivity of Buckhout for his atrocious crime. | ROBBERY IN HOBOKEN, On Tuesday evening @ house in Bioowfield «treet, | between Kighth and Ninth streets, was eniered by thieves and robbed of articles vained at £150. The olice authorities are hunting up the thieves. tt is Pn at ah of these oMcials to imagine that keeping ta robbery Ike Ubis aids them in any way im | ing the thieves, When a robber pinnders a house it certainly places him im greater danger when the robvery is published In the papers. { five, in harness, good aay & | racing, Kassett & Mar entered br. g. Bismarck. J. J, Bowen entered 4, g. Joe Hooker, Purse No, 4—$2,000, for horses that have never trotted better than 2:28; $1,300 to the first, $500 to the second and $249 to the third horse. J, L, Doty entered br. m. Lady Augusta. James Rafius entered b. g, Dresden, Joon Lovett entered b. g. Young #runo. M. Rodin entered br. g. James H. Coleman. B, Mace entered w. g. Mcdoc. Carpenter entered s. m. Susie, G. P. Carpenter entered b. m. Lady Ross, John Murphy entered b. g. Charley Greeue. M. Carroll entered b, g. ben Starr. J. 4. Bowen entered g. m. Sea F Samuel McLaughlin entered b, m. Mary. PURSE No. 5—$1,00, for horses that have never trotted better than 2:50; $00 to the first horse, $250 to the second and $150 to the third, G, M. Ferguson entered b, m. Bright Eyes, John Lovett entered b. g. Heathen Chinuce. D. Pfifer entered b. m. Louisa Moore. M. Rodin entered b. g. Cast v. ‘arpenter entered b. m. May Bea, g. Jack Poor. M. Goodin entered g. g. Sate. |. J. Bowen entered bi Pursz No, 6—$1,500, for horses that have pever trotted beiter than 2:85; $900 Lo the first horse, $400 to the second and $200 to the third, H. J. Doremns entered 8, g. Joe. D. Dunley entered g. g. Thoraas Jefferson. Alexander Snyder entered b. g, Westchester, R. Johnson entered b. m. Lotta. Lew. Morris entered b. m. Nettie Morris. Bassett & Mar entered br. g. Bismarck. Alden Goldsmith entered b. g. Bodine. PURSE NO. 7—$4,500, free for all horses; $2,500 to the first horse, $900 to the second, $660 to the third and $460 to the fourth, D. Mace entered br. g. George Palmer. M. Rodin entered b. g. Henry, B. Daniels entered b, m. American Giri, Purs& No. 8—$2,000, for horses that have never trotted better than 2 $509 to the second, and $200 to the third. B. Mace entered 8, g. Climax. Joho H. Whitson entered cn. g. Clarence, Mr. pegonge entered s. g. Fleetwood, R. Johnson entered b, m. Lotta, D. Taliman entered br. s. Daniel Boone, D. Piiler entered g. g. Loitery. 3. Dantels entered b, m- Topsy. HORSE NOTES. On We 224 ult, the TurJ, Field and Farm stated that Mr. Smith, of Harttoru, would match his stal- lion Thomas Jefferson against Mr. Hall's stallion Jay Gould (formerly Judge Brigham), tor from $1,000 to $10,000, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, m. following :— I shail be happy to accommodate Mr, Smith, and match my stallion Jay Gould (formerly Ju Inet Thomas Jefferson, baad} seit eat three rack, at Prospect Park «ui the months oF October for BUOEOn Fide, onehalt forrelt, Smith ts vriling t will make it a stake for a'i stal- 10,000 entrance, balf forfeit. GEORG C. HALL, CANNY CALEDONIANS. Tue Games To-Day at Jones’ Wood. Tne Caleaomian Club will hold thelr Mfteenih annual games at Jones’ Wood to-day, aud have prepared a programme for the occasion especially good, and embracing all the usual Scottien games and pastimes, The sports will open with an old- fasnioned Scotch reel, after which wil be the “putting the heavy stone,’ then jumping, leaping, broadsword dance, tossing the caber, hitch and kick, vauliing with the poie, walk- Ing match, sack race, Highland Ping, bagpipe play- ing, game of quous, &c., Kc. A silver cup prize, valued at $30°, presented by the Anchor steamsinp Line, for the loug race, will be contested for, the cup to be won two years in succession by the members of any one club before itis owned. James Fleming, the celebrated Scotch athlete, will participate ip the games. DOVER'S DELIGHT. sey Military On An Eccampment Fro! Newark’s crack regiment, the bandsomel, wniformed, well drilied Second, commanded by Colonel Wiliam = Allen, started = Jrom that cily yesterday moming on & special train, amid the plaudits of and the huzzas of enthustastic friends, for Dover, beyond Morristown, and went ito en- campment at Camp Randolph. The troops first marched through the town to the delight of the Doverites and Morns rastics, who nad gathered im strong force to see the soldiers in thelr braveries Of cross belts, bayonets and shinin: shakoa. The camp 16 jaid ontin the streets calle Ranaolph, Runyon, Plumb and Allen, On Friday Serene para and review will take place in pre- sence of Governor Randolph and the multary dignitaiers of the State, $1,300 to the first horse, | the populace | MPERANCE CONVENTION. The Anti-Dramshop Party in Conclave— Frightal Pictare of Pelitical Parties—A State Ticket Nomiuated—Opposttion to the Local Prohibition Law. Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1871. The State Convention of the anti-dramshop party was held here to-day. The Convention was called to order oy Simeon Brownell, of Washington, Chatr- man of the Executive Commitiee, on whuse motion ©. C. Leigh, of New York, was made President of the Convention. On taking the chalr Mr. Letom made @ speech, Pprophesying that if drunkenness increased tho next decade as rapidly ag ts has.in the past decade in a quarter of a century republican institutions would be overthrown. Political action of both political parties was now controlled by the dramshop. If this thing continues the péople will seek refuge by calling for some imyerial master or king to save them. ‘Hé had no hope either of the democ- raty or the republicans, He» had been one of the fathers of the republican party, but was obliged to confess that the management of that party, espectaily in his section of the State, was left toas greata set of scalawags and villains as ever cursed any party. Leaders of the republican party there were bought and sold by the Tammany ring the same as beefsteaks and chops in the market. The enly'hope for the temperance cause, he said, was in separate political action, relying on Provi- “Sta. Brownell, Of Washington; Dr, te D. Srowe Oswego, and J, H, Harter gre Thodel vied PaRSG dents, and G. H. Wheeler, of Onondaga, secretary. ‘The cemetary organization was then made per- mani EY Anemones committee of seven, of which Gerrit 8 Was chairman, was appointed, The same cominitted Was autuorized to report a State ticke It reported the following, which the Convention adopted, name! Secretary of Siaie—C, ©. Leigh, of New York. Comptrolier—Gardiner Howland, of Rensselaer. State Treasurer—simeon Brownell, of Washing- tou. Altorney General—Edward Crumney, of Dutchess, Canal Commissioner=Joun B, Edwards, of Oa- "sale Engineer and surveyor—C, J, Mills, of Fule Inspector of State Privons—W. Marks, of Ontario. Rev. A. 30, from the Business Committee, reported: tue declaration of principles of the anti- dramshop party. lt decidedly opposes, amon; Others, that form of law eltitled local prohi- binon, which allows the majority of voters | of town or county to legalize and estapish dramshops, believing _ the State has no right to legatize 4 crime or endow any num- ver of her citizems with the right to make that which 1s morally wrong ie fut. Minorities have their rights, and one of their brights is to be saved irom these criminal, pauper and lunatic manufactaring establishments, Efforts are vo be made’ to start a paper in the in- terests of the Ye A motion to change the name to national temper- — party a on the wbie, The Convention 6 ‘call nas been issued fora joint meeting of the we Peprntee on Volitical ‘Action, ap- inted by the State Temperuiice Society, the Grand ot ‘Templars and the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance of Eastern New York, to be held at the new Temperance Hote! in this city, Tuesday evening, Septemver 29. Committees trom other State temperance organizations will be re ceived, and all friends of local pronibition are itn- ue tu be present and participate in the discus, ns. LIFE ON THE WATER. On the Explosions of Steam Boilers, Collisions, Shipwrecks, &c. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— The writer—if space can be found for it—would like to tell a little story in explanation of his situa. tion ag to what has fallen on the topics he has indi- dicated in the title. An honest backswoods Jersey- man had caught a load of wild pigeons in nis nets and brought them for sale to Chatham square. When the time came in the afternoon to start for home again he bad a few bunches left, and so offered them to the poor people passing by. But they sald they did not care for his stale pigeons, and would not even 80 much as take a smell of them, He therefore began to throw them overboard, The policeman checked him and made him pick them up again. ‘Well,’ said he to the city’s guardian, “what on earth shall I do to make the people take them?” “Pretend you are asleep," sald the honest Patrick, “and you will soof find they will all fy away.” He did 50 aud they were all stolen a twinkling, Now the moral. For years past I have been on- deavoring to give away to all the world things I knew were good, aua among others @ method of saving vessels on lee coasts or wallowing in the trough of waves at sea. I proposed it as a problem first to Professor Pearce, and he sald, ‘Try it.” Again, to Captatn Maury, while he was in charge of the Washington Observatory, and he sald the same—“Try it” But { knew all the time that it would work, I then made a model and offered it to a commission of pretended experts which met m the city of New York some three or four years ago. But the chair- man proved to be such a thorough ignoramus that witharew the model. Jn fuct, he had not the least idea of what sends a ship to windward while on a reach. After this [ took the model to the Salem meeting of the American Association, at Salem, the year before last; but i was crowded out, and Professor Henry advised me it would be best to bring the model on to Washington. This I have not done. im fact, I} cannot spend my life in tagg ng alter an old model, Ihave shown 1¢ 10 Captain W. W. Story, Secretary of the Board of Underwriters in Wall street, of this city, and he said he had no donbt of its successful operation ina gale, especially 1f manila cables should ve used. Now allow me to repeat once more for all to she world my proposition, Jt is hoped that through tne Kew YorK WERALD it-will vel reach even the utter- most of the wide, or rather the round, earih, ‘wherever ships at sea are liabie to wreck from gales. Now, supposing the ship to be on alee coast, with ho assurance that an anchor wita a cable paid out from toe hawse hole near the stern will hold, wnat mnst the captain do? ‘The first thing is to bend on two manila cabies, if he has them: if not, try the chains to one anchor ring and cast it overboard, with one cable through | a hawse hole about one-third the siup’s length from | the stern, and the other from a like hawse hoie one- | | third of the distance from the stern. The ship will then be held a$ by a sort of bridie. Now ease off the forward cable from the iorward | capstan, and haul om on the alter cable by the alter capstan. The resuit may be to lay the vessel off some four or five points from the wind's eye. The cifect will then be to shoot the vessel up to windward, on the same principle that ferries are made sometimes tn rapid rivers py a | veasel with an anchor up the stream, by which the current has been made to operate upon the keel, on the same principle that wind operates upon tie sails when the keel holds the ship irom falling of on a jee way. ‘The principle is thus seen to be indisputable, but seataring men do not care to take jnstiuetions from @ lendgman, nor do protessionais of any craft ud- mire much to find green hands assuming to he teachers. They reply:—‘‘Thou wert altogether hora | In sip, if they are righteous overmuch and dost thou ‘veach us;? and thous even an apostle was \ cast out of the synagogue. But this should not be forever 60. If it must I hope some one may sveak this invention or seize it tig and say that ali the world knew it beiore, For it is a pity tbat women and children who go down to the sca in ships should be lost in such large numbers when it 19 | never necessary to lose any. For 1ealiy, with pru- | dentand scientide officers and well-bied men, the ; Way across the ocean ie much safer than the rail- ‘Way on the land across the Continent. No rannin, | Off the irack, no trees to blow across if, aitues or boulders on the rails, i | Necessity for a collision or explosion, or It | take place there need be no danger of a loss of Jif ; A8 to these latter propositions Iam ready to p! ) Une assertion by as simple means as the foregoing. | But 1 fancy the professionals will throw themselves across By path, as ] have shown in the foregotng, even if 1 offer to bestow the means upon the ; World gratis. I conclude, therefore, to hold \ back the means of rendering boilers sale ‘and also of discharging force in botlers | without danger, until some company Of good citl- vens shall offer a reward or give some guaranty that the discoverer shall haye the honor and some pro- fit, 100, of the discoveries. For the simple thinking man who gives away his time and labor to the world for nothing 1s a visionary or an idiot. In- deed, the Bible saya—"'Throw not your pearls to | swine or they will turn and rend you,” and thus endeth the present lesson, 1 might tell anotner little story here with more spirit in it than that first told, but must reserve it for some other time, because ‘several base ball clubs are clamoring for the room this articie may cocapy, a few thousand more or less to be blown up or crnshed being & Small mater in comparison with th reat t that Bul Sykes scored ten inning whe Jim Bikes: scored nine, Base ball journals will please notice “gurike,” but let the people “hear” of something beside bats and balla, CLINTON ROOSEVELT. Tne Texas INDIANS,—-The Dallas Herald of Au- nst 26 reports that the Indians who, with hostile ntent, leit thetr reservation on the northern fron- ter when thetr Wo chiefs, Santana and ut? Tree, were arrested by General Sherman's order, have re- turned, and express a great desire to keop the peace hereafter, They are held in check by & fea | that the chiefs! lives ave in dauger. The chiefs have * veep sent to the Texas State Penitentiaty for life. Exhibition aud Contest at the Free Swimming Bath—Old and Young Ladies Competing tor PrineeAu Array of Beauties Unaderned— Fun, Health and Hecrontion—Preseatation te the Lady Huperintendent. ‘The free bathing house at the foot of Fifth street, Fast River, was yesterday afternoon the scene of very pleasant reunion of frequenters of the place, all of whom are friends of the inatructress In swim- ming, Miss Kate Bennett, The young ladies who Participated in the exhibition were all remarkable a8 favored children of nature, for each of them pos- seaged some charming feature which was pleasant tolook upon, Notwithstanding all that THE ART OF “FIXING” lends to rhe attractions of the fairer sex, those of them who are healthy and fond of exercisé appear, or, at least, did appear yesterday, to better advan- tage in the simple robes of the swimmer than in more elaborate toilets. So many visitors and Iriends of the fair contestants attended the display that it was with the greatest aimonity standing room was to be had, even the roof of the shed sur- rounding the bath being crowded with persons. I¢ wae first strictly prohibited to allow geatiemen THR SACRED PRECINCTS, but members of the press, with talismanto effect, bad their application granted, and were thus favored in being Witnesses. With great anxiety the | opening race was awaited, and all eyes around the bath eagerly scanned the three ladies, who were standing on the ladder leading to the bath ready for the signal to Start, when uno signal was given the three iorms plunged tuto the water, and with terri- bie effort made for the opposite side of the bath, a distance of elghty fect, each eagerly striving for the lead and with flerce anxiety watching her sistera, Then three more started, and after these another ‘three, until in less than half an hour thirteen races had been swam and won, amid the cheers and plaudits of the lookers-on. Then came A GRAND PLUNGE by about fifty ladies, all getting into the water ina scramble and as best they could, and making the arena ring with their merry voices and pleasant laughter. Thus ended the formal races; and now allthe girls, veteran Mumimas and maiden aunts donned their regalia, which conalsted of jackets and Ppantaloons, some of One color and some of another, and took partin the carnival, which at this time Was excessively merry. THE GRAND FEATURE OF THR DAY came of next. It was the presentation to Miss Kate Bennett of a haudsome gold watch and chain | and two splendid gold rings, The ceremony of presentation took place on the roof of the shed and caused the greatest iuterest among the crowd. The yaa Watch Was presented to Miss Bennett by Misa illite Lederer, a stad 2 child, who in doing so made ; @ very neat 8, eech. Then Miss Clara Bacuarach, a | lovely girl about twelye years old, with anotner | neat little speech, Rarnee gold chain, ‘hen Miss Dora Stem and Miss Bertha Emden, two hand- | | 1 some children, each gave a gold ring, after which MISS BENNETT RETURNED THANKS in a few well chosen words. The company waa then invited to partake of some reireshments, alter which Mra, Stein made some complimentary re- marks upon the care and attention shown by Miss | Bennett tothe children during the season, When this was all over Miss Kate Bennett, Miss Kate Grant, of the Charles. street bath, and another lady gave au exhibition of their SKILL AS SWIMMERS which was really fine. Miss. Benueit Jumped into | the bath from the roof of the shed, and being then Joined by the other ladies, went through a series of | Movements with @ grace, courage and skull that charmed everybody present. ‘The following named ladies were the WINNERS OF THE RACES. at the opening:—Dirs. Lederer, Mrs. Emden, Mrs, Libenheim, Mra, Leopold, Mra, Stem, Mra, Cohen, Mrs, Kein, Miss Kei, Miss Lillie Lederer, Miss Dora Stein, Miss Bertha Emden, Miss Kittle McCormack and Mrs. Meisenhilder. Th erage time m waking | the goal was eleven seconds; the best time made was nine seconas. The youngest lady who enterea the contests was only nine years of age; the ellest | perhaps was THE MOTHRR OF NINE CHILDREN. There were in all about 150 ladies in bathing suits, presenting achoice variety of every style of form. figure ‘and beauty. “At an early stage of the proceedin; Joun A. Whalen, "Superintendent of the Fifth street ana the Charles street baths, came upon the scene, and with unnecessary exercise of authority, to a great extent MARKED THE PLEASURE of the occasion to many spectators, whom he ejected. An exlubition of this sort, gotten up by the mothers of children who had been all summer el ing the benefits of the bath, and intended solely to show their appreciation of an estimable lady, who recenuy with great danger to herself saved the life of a drowning child, could possibly hurt nobody, and so it was generally felt by those ; Present, AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Meeting of Fruit Growers in Richmond, Va.— Distinguished tesies to the Delegaton— South Carol; and Ma actts Sake Hands—Magoalificent Dispiny of Fruita aud i Address by Marshal F RICHMOND, Sept. 6, 1871. The American Pomological Soclety, m conjunction | with the Virginia Pomotogical and Horucultural Society, held the first meeting of the thirteenth an- nual session of the former at the Exchange AN ENIGMA. A Maryland Negro Paz zles the Doctors, He Declares that Fire Has No Ef- fect Upon His Flesh. He Eats Melted Lead, Handles with Bare Hands Red-Hot Iron and Does any Number of Stunning Things. The Doctors Witness Mis Exhibition and Pro« nounce Him Fireproof. A Full D:scription of the Man and, Ris Performances with Fire. FasTon, Talbot Co., Bid., Angust, 1871, ‘The magician may, surrounded with the thousand appliances, botn mechanicai and chemtoal, neces- sary to the successful oyeration of that calling, per- form feats that startle the beholder, and seem to the uninitiated as controverting well estabiished phitlo- sophical laws, cod, to rfection have they Grbught tole} win thst Thels doing? feats of tegen le are in many instances truly wonderful; but, after you have looked in amazement at the tricks of # sleignt-of-nand performer, you leave his presence— in fact, you know, white wondering at their execa- tion, that they are the fruits of education, and cam be explained upon natural principles. It is my intention, however, to detall in the follow- ing lines an instance, recently coming under my own observation, where most wouderful perform. ances have taken place that seem to entirely set at defiance well established natural laws, and furnish the most FRUITFUL SOURCK FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. Instances where the exhibition and performer have been stripped of all the drapery of magical ‘appliances and education, and where the principles of legerdemain do not furnish a practical solution o¢ the feats accomplished. Business recently called me to the eastern shore of Maryland, to the point from which we write, the county seat of Talbot county. While there { heard from several gentlemen of prominence the story of ® negro blacksmith, who lived in an adjoining county, upon whom fire had no effect whatever. ‘The story was so incredible that I gave it little heed, although it came from most reliable sources, ant was related to me vy gentlemen of the highest standing in the community for honor and integrity. A day or two after | first heard of THIS REMARKABLE NEGRO, Mr. T. R. Robson, editor ofthe Easton Siar, called at my room,-and stated that the negro was in town, and thatthe physicians were going to make an ex- amination of him at the office of Dr. P. Stack, aud Invited me to witness the operations, which I very gladly did, Mr. Robson and myself went at once to Dr. Stack’s Office, where were assembled Drs. Anderson, Goldsborough and Comegys, of Easton; Mi. J, A. Jounson, editor of the Journal at Easton; Mr. A. A. Pancoult, and Mr. John C. Henry, all promiment citizens of Talbot county. A brisk fire of anthracite co.1 was burning ina common coal stove, and an fron shovel was placed iu the stove and heated toa white hort. When atk ‘was ready the negro Sperry off his boots and placet the hot shovel upoa the soles of his feet and kept it there until the shovel became black. His feet were then examined by the paysician, but NO BURNS COULD BR FOUND, and all declared that no evidences of a neatee be sre tee having come in contact with them Waa visiole, ‘Tue shovel was again heated red hot, taken from the stove and hauded to him, He ran out his tongue as faras le could, aud laid ihe heated snovel upon it, leking the iron until it became cooled, Tue pay- siclan examined the tongue, but found nothing te indicate that he had suiered im the least rom tho heated iron. A large handfal of common squirrel shot, procurca from a store near Dr. Stack’s office, was next placed in an ion receptacle and heated until meitea, The negro then took the dish, POURED THE MEATKD LEAD INTO THE PALM OF HIS HAND, and then putit into bis mouth, allowing it to run alk around bis teeth and gums, He repeated the opera ou several times, each time keepmg the melied Jead in his Mouth until solidified, Aiter each opera- Uon the physicians exauined hum careiully, bus could find nothiog upon bis flesh to indicate that he had been Inthe least adected by the heated sub- stancehe had been handing. Alter the perforui- unces with the lead he deliberately put lus hand ito the stove, 1g which was @ very liot fire, took there- from # handful of hot coals. and passed them about the room to the gentlemen present, keeping them im his band some time. Not the silghtest evidence of a burn Was visible upon his hand aiter ne threw tae coals back into the stove. The exhibition was regarded by all who witnessed it a8 most remarkable, for there Was no opportumty Hotel here to-day. Twenty-six States were | fF THE PRACTICE OF CHICANERY, represented by over three hundred dele- | Every gentieman present was there for the pur- gates. Alter the transaction of some ; pose of deiecting, If possibie, any trick—if trick routine business the society were escorted to | the Capitol building, where they were formally re- | ceived by the Governor and other digniaries of the | State. They were then taken to tne Hall of the | House of Delegates, where Mayor Keelly, of this | city, welcomed the members from every section of the Union in a patriotic, spirited aad telling ad- dress, which was warmly applauded, an enthuse astic member proposing, at its close, that South | Carolina and Massachusetts should shake hans, in token of @ restored and harmonized country. ‘This was done py the representatives of both the States named coming to the front and indulging tn & hearty shake amid the wildest applause. The display of fruits at the Assembly Rooms on | Eighth street is said to be the finest and most maz- niticent ever witnessed on the Continent, and it is the first time in the nistory of the country that fruit— luscious, periect and untouched—from the shores of the Pacific and Atlantic have been on exibition in large quantities at the same piace. The most magnificent speciinens of pears, apples and he ing come trom Caliornia, lowa, Nebraska, Michigan, Kansas and Virginia, the latter State produciag the largest. pear, though that from Valilornia 19 the most symmetrical and beautirul. ‘The meeting here occasions a good deai or excite- | ment and bustle, and the frequency of these national associations in Richmond is a source of not only great pleasure to the citizens but they resuit Iu voth , imuncdiate and permanent benefit to the city. At three he members of the combined asao- cCiations again assembled at the Exchange Hotel, where the annual address was delivered by Marshal P. Wilder, President of the American Pomological Society. When this was concluded the members were conveyed in carriages to Rocketts, where they embarked on board the steamer Palisade and soon they were ploughing the James ou an excur- sion to Dutch Gap returning at eight P. M. To- night the Assembly rooms are orilliantly Mlu- minated and thronged by an immense crowd view: ing the beautiful display of fruits and fowers, than rhaps which nothing more magnificent has ever mn witnessed. On Friday evening a grand banquet will be given the members of these two associations by the clue zens of Richmond. Matrimonial Twenty-one Years of Age. Al Jefferson Market yesterday a young man, aged | twenty-one years, named John Kelly (not the curty- headed John), alias Christie, alias Wilson, allas De- | vere, Who states that he is a theatrical performer, chieay Mm connection with travelling variety minstrel | troupes, was arraigned on a charge of biganiy, John, it appears, on the 8th of May took unto himself a wife who had been christened Margeret, and | who at the time of the marriage lived at No. 16 Van Nest place, jn the capacity of servant. Protessional engagements took Kelly to Philadeiphia, aud his br companied him. A week or tWO after Jon, having obtained Hom her some $200 which she had saved, avandoned her. He returne New York and tn @ snort time made the aoquar ance Of another servant gil, named Kilen O'Connor whom he Jed to the hymeneal altar on the 17th of July, 1870, ‘A few days ago the two women accidentally met and each was LOOKING FOR A YOUNG SCAM? of a husband named Join Kelly. The two young | woman resolved to consign the gay fleceiver, Sacre } the minstrel boy, to Sing Sing. When arraigned | he confessed bis — guilt, and was locket up to answer, When being taken | to Court he observed to Sergeaut McComb, who arrested him, that he was caught at last and could not have expected to ran much longer. It ts believed that the fellow has a wile or two in almost ever: city m the Umted States, It was his custom to Joo! ir | for some young servant girl in each city he visited ; and marry her, and after { whatever money she might have leave her, rocuring poss | own observation, | hot dumping without winking; 80 | water. | | shen interrogated him as to | tongs were not handy, and that he nev Vhere Was—and Done could have had the least inte- rest in alding or abetting the negro in his perform- auces, Whatever solution may be had of this mat- ver, there can be no doubt but that this negro handles fire 1n the manner set forth above, without ; the use Of any mechanical or chemical appliances whatever, for le has been SUBJEOIED TO THE SRVEREST TESTS possible, noi only at the tlme specified by ine, but at several other times and piaces, and in the presence of sume of the first men in the Siaie of Maryland, In addition to thé case clted, which came under I will state that In April last, walle the Judges of this judicial circuit were holding court at ntov, Caroline county—the county in which this man lives-—Jud Wickes and Stump, accompanied by Sherif Richardson, went to we DiacKsmlib shop of this negro, which 1s situaied about six miles from Denton, on the farm of W. P. Kichardsou. ‘The Sherif made known to him the object of thetr visit, wuen, In the language of the Judges, “he performed T UNDING FE. MOST AATO! ATS, such a8 handing red-hot iron with his bare hands, forging it mto shape without the use of tongs, put- ting it upon his tongue, &c., &c.” At a later period be Was Visited at his sho} ¥ Dr. C._E. Tarr, editor of the Denton Journal; J. Marton Emerson, editor of the Denton American Union; dames B, Steele, ‘f H. Kemp, Clerk of the Court; R. J. samp late State Comptrolier of the Treasury; Colonel R. Carter and vr. P. 0. Cherbonier. ‘These geutlemen came upon him wholly unawares, and when re- quested by them to perform some of the seats he has Decome 60 famous for in vius locality, he immer diately went through with THE SAME WONDERFUL PEREORMANCES J have mentioned, Ihave conversed with a great number of people Who Lave seen him, gentlemen of education end tutegrity, all of whom declare that Huey Se eek belleve that fire has the least eflect upom ii leon. Aiier he had concluded his performances in Dr. Stack’s oifice I sought an opportunity to converse with him. Tfound him very ignorant, not able to read or write, and in all respects AN UNADULTERATED NEGRO. His name is Natuan Uoker and ne is about #) eight years of age. He was born in the town of iMlusborough, Caroline county, Md., and was tne siave of Henry 1. Sellers of thet place, by whom he Was sold to Bishoy ott Inrelation to his ability to handle fire, and how he first becume aware of it, Le said:—Bose, When I was about thirteen years oid, oid Massa Emary Direc me outto a lawyer Whuse name was Purnell. He treated me badly, and did not give me enough to eat, 1 snied around the kitchen one day, and when the cook left {shot in, aypped my hand into the iced Song) pulled out ter ald, not. DUE I could cat the r a The boiling water did pot burn ws vas 1 often has often got the hot fat satis sop at poffee whel 19 boil and it does: Snitso muctt pain as it oes to drink & glass of col Lalways likes it ju: ae ei Nears ab. ti had upon his flesh, and asked him when flaudiea thent with, his Kanda ithe did not suffer more than when he took them inwardly, to which he replied, ‘No, Boss, I often take my iron out the jorge with my hand when red hot,’’ BUT IT DON'T BURN. Since I was a iitie boy 1 have never been afraid to handle fire.” He then stated that often when by himself he would pick up red hot iron be wings discomfort or it. eke felt Tha more harm, he sald, nl re than ston uate ene great number of instances be- side those mentioned, and give the names of a large number of gentlemen of high stanuing who got my dinner dat way. of the boiling water | nave witnessed the wonderin! doings of this un- tutorea African; but 1 do not deem it necessary, aw what I have stated can be more than authenticated hy almost any prominent man living in its locaiil: lam thoroughly convinced, trom personal observ tion, that FIRE HAS NO RFFROT WHATEVER UPON WIS FLESH. and L am sustained tn that beliet by the nnited je me of all gevilemen who have seen him, mecluding @ large number of physicians. This man should be seen and examined by our sctentific men, and the causes and effects of nus remarkable performances duly ingestigate 1s certain that bis power to handie fire does e. a remarkable degree, and that, too, without thi Of auytiing save Whal ater has Yestowoe,