The New York Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1871, Page 5

SAINTLY SEDUCTION. Trial of a Libertine Presbyterian Minister in Georgia. ANOTHER CASE OF AFFINITIES Sun of a Young Girl and an Increase of Popu- lation—Seduction « Matter of Prayer—De- tails of the Trial and the Evidence— The Clerical Scoundrel Convicted, — ATLANTA, Sept, 30, 1871, Decatar is a small town in Georgia, situated a few miles from this city. When It was decided to make a railroad centre im this part of the Stave Decatur ‘was selected as the best point for the purpose, but ‘the pious and godly inhabitants thereof protested against centring railroads in their own, declaring that these “modern improvements” woula be ac companied by crowds of bad chai 8, and that sheir moral and upright community would bé ‘com verted into a pandemenium of evil spirits, The solemn protests of the Decaturites were heeded, and thus 1t happened that the city of Atlanta came into xtstence, : DECATUR EXCITED. Exhausted by the energy of their opposition to become a railroad centre, and satisiea with their victory, the people of Decatur resumed their wonted auiness, went to church regularly, attendea camp meetings punctually ana passed life generally like #0 many Rip Van Winkles. Except during the war, when they evacuated their premises en masse, after Piously the Yankees to perdition, they did not wake up thoroughly until a few weeks ago, when'it was made known that a reverend brother bad ialien ‘away, yielding to the wicked lusts of the ‘Sesh, THE CLERICAL WOLF. ‘The manner in which this alarming event oc- curred was made known in a trial held to-day. There resides in Decatur a saintly individual named Myram D, Wood, who held the position of pastor of the Presbyterian church of that town. Hc isa ‘gpood-1 ig person, with raven locks and a pair of which often shone with remarkable bril- Nancy when the Rev. Myram was filled” with reli- gious enthusiasm, He is aman of ability, is an elo- quent preacheg, and was, until his peccadillo was made pubijc, one of the most popular divines in Decatar. members 6f his church were numer- ‘ons and highly respectabie, and believed that their pastor was a mode: of purity. It must be here stated that the Rev. Myram is a married map, with three daughters, the gidest of whom 1s a girl of fourteen, just buddimg into womanhood. 4 BEAUTIFUL SHEEP IN THB FLOCK. Among the members of air. Wood’s church was Mrs. Thomas Holly Chivers and Miss Emma J. Chivers, the wife and daugnter of Dr. T. H. Chivers, @ literary gentleman of local repute, and at one time ® planter of wealth. He is said to have been a very crue] man to his family—so cruel, in fact, that on ne occasion he was treated wo airee ride on the Sharp edge of 9 rail for his brotal conduct. In 1857 he m to Decatur, and his wite and daughter at once joined the church of Dr, Wood, Miss Emma, Unuil a few months ago, was regarded as 4p upright, Virtuous girl She was, and atill is, decidedly pretty, with an excellent figure, swelling bust and meatly rounded ankles, Upon this young and in- Seresting creature Myram placed his lecherous eyes ‘and doomed her fora victim. Her parents naving been made poor by the war, the clergyman Benerously offered to educate her gratuitously, Her mother accepted the offer and smma became a pupil. She Was eager to learn, and, being intelligent and quick, she soon became proficient in the higher branches, such as Latin, algebra, mathematics, &c, Some days she recited her losgons at her tutor’s resideace. Uther days he Calied at her residence to hear her recite, So im- Plicit was the confidence placed in him that not a Uving soul imagined anything wrong. Quiteto the contrary porns praised him for his Kindness and attention the Ubivers family, and for this very Kindness would have willingly voted him ap extra ys AN ILLEGITIMATE INCREASE OF POPULATION. Time passed, During the latter part of lust year people began making remarks concerning miss Chivers, A remarkabie caange was observeu in her rsonal appearance, and One or two of the gossips hinted at the probability of her being In the condi- Yon wowen like to be who love their lords, Unbap- pily «Miss Chivers had no lord, and he charitably disposed maitained the opinion that she Was dropsical or something of the Kind, Her former friends Leld fast by her, (, on the whole, her rep- utation suffered very lille, She was stl regarded a ous Iruous girl, and the sceptical Were in- i wie? down. However, 9A the 3d_ of February last, all doubts Wert Sct Al rest, for of that day Miss Chivers gave birth to a bouncing baby. ‘You may imagine the excitement m the moral hte community of Decatur when this increase to their ulation was made Known. Euima was tie sub- ject of everybody's conversation. liardly a cuarilae le voice was heard in her behalf, She was poy a pirappalls condemned by the pious; all her onde and acquaintances cut her, and she was not long in learning that the way Of the transgressor is exceedingly hard, TELLING THE NAME OF THE FATHER, Surprise, excitement and indignation had scarcely Bubsided than the community set to Work speculat- ing On Wno could be the futher of the infant. Al- most every genileman in whose company the loving girl had been seen Within twelve montis was sus- cled beiore it began to be whispered that tue Rev. Myram was the most likely “dad.” Instantly a row took place among the members of the church, which waxed {ast und furious. Some velieved him gutity, and others asserted his mnocence in loud terms. Funally it was cecided by his iriends to sete Ue the matter by asking information of the girl her- rel Acommitiee of geullemen was accordingly appointed to cali upon ter. Up to this time Emu hud Kept lier lips Sealed as to who her sedacer was, It bemg surmised that she did not wish to make Known his name the committee determined to pul the question So that sie could, as the gentiemen be- lieved she would, declare the inuoceuce of Rev, Wood without exposing auy person. ‘ihey called at her mother’s residence and requested au interview, which was granted, “Miss Chivers,” sald the spokesman, bluntly, “rumors. are afloat allectung the fair name and Feputation of Our pastor. You alone can set them at rest, Will you candidly and honestly teil us if the Rey, Myram D. Wood is tne father of your oma?” The girl flushed in the face as the question was put. She faltered, stammered and hesitated to answer. At length she became composed, aud the answer came almost as bluntly as the question was ut : “Jam sorry to tell you,” she replied, “that Mr, ‘Wood 1s the father of my child.’” ‘The committee, thundersiruck by this announce- ment, retired from her presence, unable to decide ‘whether or not to believe her. ARREST OF WOOD—THE TRIAL. When the confession of Miss Chivers was made ulsiic the social row waxed waruier. Whole fami- fee refused to believe her, ‘they declared that she was a Wicked, brazen-faced creature, who bad de~ liberately slanderea their dearly beloved pastor. ‘Those who belicvea him a woll in sheep's clothing worked actively, and they got out a warrant for his arrest on a charge of seducuon, Monday last was the opentng day of the trial, but so dificult was It vo procure tnprejudived jurors that it was uot until esterday that twelve “good and true men” were found. These inciaded Such men as Colonel R. A. Alston and others wei known throughout the State, Colonel G. Peeples and Solicitor General Howell prosecuted the case, while Wood was defended by Kir George N. Lester. THE FIRST IMPROPER ACT. ‘The only witnesses were Miss Emma Chivers and her mother. The testimony of the latter was un- important, merely corroborating that of the former, which jastea for eight hours, Miss Chivers an- awered every. question with remarkable noncnal- ance, ease and fluency. She stated that after he had Deen teaching nersome time be began to compli- ment her on her personal beanty, fine Ogure, pretty ankies and other charms. She thought these com- iments rather unusual, coming from a Tinisver, But ashe wasa preacher and “beyond suspicion’ she did not velieve he meant anything wrong. She first respected, then esteemed, and finally loved him to alstraction. His first suggestive act was per- formed in 1867, She had been at his house reciting pne ¢vening, and he asked permission to accom- pany her home. On leaving the house the coupie entered @ lane, and as soon as they were there Wood weized her hand, kissed her, and proceeded to wke other privileges of a delicate nature, and to demand otters sul! more delicate. She was shocked and frightened, refused to grant his requesis and ran ome, On the following day he called at her honse, begged pardon and promised not to offend ner any more, She forgaye him and continued her studies With him as ft nothing liao happened. SEDUCTION A MAITER OF PRAYER, Before long, however, they got into that lane again, and once more made improper de- Monstrations. He declared that he loved her to mudness; that no other woman possessed bis heart but her. ie told her that sue was his natural afin- ity; that he once believed he loved his wife, but that ho bad found he was mistaken. ‘There was no con- jeulallty of tastes between them. He begged her to teld to bis passion, asserting that his Wile Was un- aul guitthis unde syneke be maui sees Rs bee oul rT! fived'atinit, EB e Would mari € mom shivers, Hmma replied that remarks Wore improper, and askea hug’ to conse ‘The licentious scoundrel hypocritically re- that it was not wrong, as he had given the Matter much thought and even prayed to Heaven about it, If he was wrong and criminal God would interfere and prevent the consummation of his de- ‘was not criminal there would not be His arguments moved this they were not sumMciently potent, and they parted—she on the brink of de- struction, fearing, yet fascinated; he to gloat over the prospect of a near realization of his designs, HER RUIN ACCOMPLISHED, For the purpose of ovtaining greater facilities for accom) nis base intention Wood had per- scoops! hivers to rent out her house and take acheaper building near his place of residence, so that their uniary circumstances might be im- proved. night,” sald Miss Chivers, before the crowaed , “as he Was returning from Atlantaon foot, about ten o'clock, he called by our bouse and that I recite my lesson to My mother, who wasin the room, fearing to distract our attention, meanwhile retired to the next room. Alter the lesson was finished Mr, Wood complaincd of headache and laid down on the bed. Soon alter he called me and asked me to come to him and rub his head, which I did. While doing this he told me to alt down on the bedside and not to weary myself standing. When I had obeyed he placed his arms around me and took other liberties, I prote: his conduct, saying that my me Fer warned me never to allow gentlemen to take suc! privil with me. He replied, ‘Your mother does not understand my case. I have made the mater subject of prayer; 1 mean you no harm.’ And he ‘hen consummated his designs and robbed me of py ities paaVing once Rr I surrendered my » Soul, e Ja Wy Toward. owes et MY Pulm o-oo IR SCAMP CONVICTED, The criminal intimacy between the pair con- tinued for many months, After saying she would never consent, and consenting, Miss Cnivers seems (0 have given the reverend rascal his own way ever after, until she knew that she was about to become mother. This morning Mrs, Chivers gave her tes- timony, corroborating her daughter’s statement; the learn counsel On both sides made eloquent speeches and the judge charged the jury learnediy and impartially. ‘The jury retired and in halt an hocr returned, when Colonel R, A. Alston, the fore- mab, read the verdict, ‘We find the prisouer guillty."? ae elect ins at Ronge gave notice ofa mo- mn for arrest of judgment and the gran' new trial, and Rev. Myram aoe: his appearance in court, le introduced no wit- nesses In his behalf, the defence relying on ‘the insuilictency of the evidedce”’ given for the prosecu- ticn, Itts to be sincerely hoped that he will not escape, but that he will be severely punished for his crime. IRELAND. The Rebel Premicr of Victorin—New Postal Arrangement Between Ireland and the United States—The Estates of the Late Mar- quis of Hertford in Litigation—Sir Richard Wallace and Sir Hamilton Seymour Claim- ants—Two Clergymen with One Pulpit. DUBLIN, Sept. 20, 1871. The adventto supreme power in a most impor- tant and flourishing British colony of an Irish rebel has been made the subject of much glorification by the national party in Ireland. Charles Gavan Duffy 4s Prime Minister of Victoria, the colony which bears the name of the British sovereign, This, unques- tionably, isa strange fact, and one which English statesmen will not fall to profit py. A great lesson, imdeed, may be learned from it; for it forces upon the consideration of our rulers the question:—How 19 1t that Irishmen, who are rebels to Britisn author ity When at home, becomo THE MOST LOYAL SUBJECTS when they go abroad? Everybody knows that Mr. Dufly was a rebel. He was one of the leaders of that brilliant but ill-fated band known as “the mei Of 48," but, unlike many of. ms comrades, a8 Smith O’Brien, Meagher, Martin and others, he was not what may be called an ‘‘extreme man’’—that is, he was for re- Pressing the grievances of which he complained more by constitutional agitation than by revolution, Yet he was made the victim of several prosecations, and was, Drobably, @greater object of aversion to the English govérument than any one of nis con- Jréres, He was A MAN OP SENSE AND PRUDENCE, and in his numerous writings appealed more to the head than to the heart, and endeavored to place the grievances or his country in a true light before the ofa ve bonds in $5,000 for public. The people began to repose confidence in him, and the government, or rather, I should say, Lord Clarendon, who was the Lord Lieutenant, thinking that he was likely to become @ dangerous enemy, resolved to crush him. Prosecution after prosecution was instituted against him; jury after jury was packed to convict him; a ship arrived in Dublin Bay to bear him off to that colony over which he now reigns supreme; but, fortunately, he was not destined to cross the sea 48 & CONVICTED FELON. Another fate awaited him. He was reserved to his country for many years afterwards. He served it as a public journalist and asa representative in Parliament. In tme, however, he emigrated to Australia, entered the Victoria Parliament, and, afver several yeara of eminent services rendered to that great depeudency of the British Crown, he is to- aoe its ee ite! q aa roma the national a a Ice ir. Du once & par ae Baba? bare 1s pow, one oF tne chief servants of that Queen inst Whose authority he ‘a8 once in revolt, ‘This fact may serve to convince ir. Gladstone and his colleagues that, ater ail, there 1s bomneshing in the State of HY ait which, 4s it makes rebels of such méa 4s Duffy and Darcy McGee, gent Dot, perhaps, to be overlooked, Both these med, ap THEY CONTINUED IN IRELAND, would if all probability have been rebels yet; bat no sooner did they find tuemseives in those parts of the British empire in which there were equal laws for all classes than they Vecame the most loyal of British subjects. What does this prove? It proves that when justice is done to the Irish people they likewise will become loyal subjects, and in- stead of being & source of weakness to the govern- ment of England will be a tower of swength in the nour of need. MONEY ORDER SYSTSM. An arrangement has beeu entered Into between this country and the United States which cannot full to give satisfaction to the people of Lrelaud, and particularly to the lower classes. It will not only give them satisfaction, vot it will confer on them a great practical benefit. A money order system has eeu established between tue United Staves ‘and Ireland, and is AT PRESENT IN OPERATION, by which the Irish people in America can send money to their friends in this country with very little expense, Post Otlice orders can now come direct io Ireland trom America, and this js an ad- vantoge in the highest degree important to the poorer Classes Lere, wlio have hitherw been vic- umized to an exteat that is almost incredible. 1 am told that the imtroduction of tis sysvem is en- urely due TO THE EXERTIONS OF MR. MONSELL, the Postmaster General, and, if tuls be true, I hope it wili be remembered in his favor at the next elec- ton. STRANGE. It may surprise your readers to know thatin the Mayo county prison the Uatholic and Protestant clergymen make use of one pulpit, and in the county Antrim there are two claimants for one estate, Jonn MacHale, Archbishop of Tuam, fs making bis annual visitation of his diocese, animadverted In the strongest terms on the strange anomaly that one pulpit should be used tor the propagation of opposite doctrines. This circumstance, he said, was prompted by a wretched economy, or by a stil more wretched feeling, which he hoped would soon disappear. He appealed to the Board of Superin- tendence, who were REMARKABLE FOR A JUST ESTIMATE of what was due to all creeds and Classes, to remove tnis anomaly, which was a disgrace to religion and the country. THE HERTFORD ESTATES. ® The estates of the late Marquis of Hertford, watch are situated in county Antrim, are likely to be tne subject of ligation at the ensuing Assizes, The case, 1t 18 sald, will be second In Pee to the great ‘Tichborne trial, as the rent roil of the estate 1s very large, The litigants are Sir Hamilton Seymour, the nephew, and Sir Richard Wallace, the illegitimate son of the late Marguis. Richard Wallace, who re- ceived a baronetcy the other day from Mr. Glad- stone, 18 known all over Europe for nig magnificent philanthropy during the stege of Paris. For the ast few weeks an advertisement has appeared in the Belfust newspa- ers calling on the tenantry to pay their rents to ir Richard Wallace, Bart., and hisagent, Frederick Lucas Capron. The same advertisement stated that Mr. Capron would attend on the 1ith of September at Lisburn for the purpose of receiving tne rents. He attended, and w: visited during the day by several of the tenants; but It appears NO MONEY WAS PAID BY TRY, ag they came merely to make inquiries, Great un- easiness prevails among the tenants, as they do not know to whom they ought to pay their rents, and they are unwilling to give offence to elther party. A GRAB THIEF ARRESTED, A few minutes after the half-past one o’clock boat left the ferry at the foot of Cortlandt street for Jer- sey City yesterday morning @ rakish-looking fellow named Patrick Powers, belonging to the First ward, where he is known as “Mickey the Greek,” passed into the ferry, house and deposited the reguiar fare. He loitered round the ferrymaster'’s box, took a complete survey of the premises, and seeing nobody around but the ferrymaster, Captain Kissam, mede a@ rush for the box, rabbed a handful of stamps and disappeared luside the ferry bulld- ing. Mr. Kissam jumped out and blew hig whistle which attracted tie attention of ferrymaster Ben- son Rommel, officer Davis and bridgetender i homas Tobin. Ajtéer a search of the premises the thief was found with his coat of and feigning drunkenness near the hydrant, The money was ee dc Stet et from him, + pIAua ros en to the Twenty-sevenww precinct sialon held for trial. " | Bulhorities 19 tae world, MRS. MOULTON. The New American Prima Donna—Sketch of Her Life in ParieA Diva di Canto Before Her Debut. “Foils la Voit! Voitd ta Voix! eriea Kossini, running into his little parlor one evening, whore a couple of strangers from America were singing and thrumming his piano, “Viola la voix, que fai eherché!” and he bustled apont with Itglian vi- vacity, and with more than the usual Italian sincerity in his face, The singer was & woman, the voice a limpid mezzo soprano, that ran ‘with the freedom of @ brook over the pebbly noves of some Western song. ‘It is the voice,” he con- tinued, with animation, “that sings to me in my imagination wien I am composing.” It was no common gift which could elicit this ideal complt- ment fromi:he quaint old maestro; nor was it com- mon praise, True, the American woman, who was neither prima donna nor novice, was not unaccus- tomed to these iributes, “Voila la Voix’ had rang often enough im her ears in America. She had heard it from girlhood in every phrase. It had icaped hot from the throats of Matterers, but it had likewise come cool and honest from the wisest admirers in a multitudinous circle. Now that the dio dia mustot himself repeated it— that fecund and versatile genius whose potent art had swept the strings of the world—the singer binsned, through all the indierence of a lifetime, with womanly pride. Rossini, at least, knew a divinely-ordatned singer when he heard one; for, being divinely-ordained hinself, he possessed (he faculty of instantaneously recognizing beauty in whatever form of nature or art it clothed itseli, Whether Kossini’s endorsement helped to 1x Mrs, Charles Muvulton’s determination to appear in public We cannot say, put we Know that she was hever averse to the step from any purely conven- tional feelings of her own. ‘The artist's tem- perament and the artist's obligations, no less than the natural impulse to confer upon others what had been so lavishly bestowed upon hersell, led her to regard ®& measure of publicity as in some senso a duty. Nevertheless, up to the present time, in obedience to the wishes of numer- ous and influential friends, sue has kept her gilts within the circumscribed arena of private life, venturing only at long intervals beyond its Hits at the bidding of charity. Now that the aunounce- ment has been made that she 1s to step irom the ranks of society into the “garish, broad and peering day,” that Shelley has called “loud, light, sus- picious, full of eyes and ears,’’ bringing her gifts and her ari with her, there seems to be no indi cretion in telling the story of her life. Unquestion- ably hers was, even 1a childhood, what the French call une voix phenomenale, 1t attracted the atten- tion of sensitive cars, nefore it naa yet adapted it- self to the use of language, both py its characteristic quality, and by the evidence that it was tae mantfes- tation of a delicately organized singing nature, She came of clean-blooded, strong-wilied Puritan stock, inheriting the picked virtues of three or four generations, and bringing to her own a new heritage of dark beauty, and a Southern temperament, ar- dent, vivacious, tatuitive. About her early home in Rochester lingers yet @ host of pleasant traditions of childish beauty and intelligence, all of which, divested of the glow of personal friendship, attest Ue one important fact that her musical taleat, by its largencss and excellence, forced itself into re- cognition at an unusually early period. It was, however, as is always the case with every divinely equipped artist, the normal and harmonious de velopment of arichly organized nature, and not the phenomenal obtrusion of one faculty at the ex- pense of all others, The most noticeable incident in the early career of Mrs, Moulton, iliustrative of her rapid growth into the possession of that queenly power of voice which later has led 0 many subjects in loving submission occurred when she was fourteen and was living with her mother in Cambridge. She sang ‘Casta Diva” and “Ernani involami” at a charity concert. ‘The intelligence of that venerable town was assem- bied, and a more critical audience could not have been drummed wu» in New Sng- jJand by the charitable efforts of a score of towns. It was prepared to smile lenientiy on ube benevolent warblers; allowing, Jet us believe, the motive of the volunteers to redeem, aud even glorify, thelr efforts. That it was mainly unevent- Jul and tediously proper, as are all charity concerts in Cambridge and elsewhere, is easily surmised, from the fact that nothing of it has been preserved to us by tradition, but the effect produced by this one singer, then Miss Lillie Greenough, who was freshly back from the not over careful training of an Italian singing master in Boston, It seems that the indul- gent and somnolent assemblage were suddenly awakeved from benevolent inditiercnce to eager as- tonishment by Relliat’s strains, poured upon them with the eflicacy of youth aud beanty. One and all said, in some sort, What Rossini was to put into authoritative phrase;— “Vola la vol The young singer here betrayed her secret of in- toqicating entrainement She sung as one having aushority. The difficnities of the Italian music melted, in her mouth, to fuency. Self-possessea, with ‘full-throated ease,’ she unconsciously ex- hibited the innate superiority of the born artiste, With such powers exacting recognition, tt is not strange that her Sapseangnt education and trataing leaned strong!y in the direction of art. Her own tastes and strong will must bave giveu them that bias, even nad she not been happily surrounded by liberal and cultivated relations and fricnds, So when she was nearly seveuteen she weut to Germany with her mother, wno took up Ler residence in Dresden, with the avowed purpose of affording her daugater the gets Seat sf% thotners ae boat Whatever may “havo badii thé other's desiro vo preserve thi Seclusion of privacy, hs Eien depots a4 enough penetrated any barriers that may have been efepie and found its way to the ears of tue King of aXony. ee oe : It was during her residence here that she met, at the house oi the director of the Dresden Gallery, with the once famous singer Mme. Schrieder Devrient, then sixty years old, who evinced much Interest in her studies, and earnestly counselled her to give her life to an art fur which the Great Master had evidently created her. From Dresden she wet to Paris and began a preliminary course of French and Italian. The atmosphere of the French captial, however, oppressed the Ameriean girl at that time, and she was soon after sent to London and placed under the imstruction of Garcia—of Mlustrious family, and then at the head of the many vocal teachers in the North, “You know nothing of singing,’’ said this techno- Jogist, when she had sung hilin her frst song. “true,” answered La Voix, “or I should not have come to you.” The first step in discipline was to interdict the opera, ‘for,’? said he, “your powers of imitation are so active that you tnsensibly catcn the charac- teristics of all the singers you hear, 1tis better to develop your owa.”? ‘Mrs. Mouiton’s voice at this time may he said to have been fully de ed, and its capabillues were of the most promising character. On visting ftaly yitit a partly Of Americaps they encountered i jorence the celebrated singing master Romani rcia had already written to Lim of his pupil, and the veteran was ‘expecting her anxlousiy, ‘tas one of the most beantifal voices Tever heard,” he exclatined, when she had sung for him. ‘You shall, go on tie lyric stage, ond be the first singer of the age. Lcan teach you nothing bat pronuuciation.” But he did teach her; and it happened that, at the same time, Piccolomint, Who had Jost her voice, and Was trying to recover it by the atd of art, was study. ing with him. It was his practice to place she once coquettish little “Zeriina’’ petind the screen during Miss Greenough’s lessons, saying, ‘You shall listen well, and remember.” From Italy Mss Greenough revurned to France, Where she received additional lessons trom Mme. Viardot, the half sister of Garcia, one of the most, thorough artistes inher line that the age has pro- auced. These lessous vook the form of opera re- hearsals, the singer learning entire roles and exe- cuting them at Viardot’s house, asif for the lyric stage. Indeed the character of the studies and the Intuence of Mme, Viardot were such as to force the Res to the fe of @ professional life, aad here is reason to beileve that the persistent and Not unskiilul endeavors of the shrewd teacher and adviser had thelr effect upon her, At all events, no stone was left unturaed in the efforts to get Miss Greenough to accept a European engagement, and when she returned to America it was avow with the intention of consulting her iriends as to the ad- Visablilty of a step which seemed all but inevitable, The family was opposed to i, As is usual in such cases, the opposition did not take the form of vaild reasons, but it was none the less operative in being only loving prejudices. She remained @ year in America with her fmienda, ong: ing very [ittle, bat stadyimg quietly. mother and daughter then returned 5 Paris, and in the early suinmer the latter was matfied to Mr. Charles Moulton. Tne. festivities incident to this step tnrew her tnto the gayest and most fllus- tious circies of the French metropolis, When the winter set in Mrs. Moulton joined the skating par- ties then so fashtonabie, and her grace and dexterity attracted the atrention of Bugente, the Empress, who sent for her. The Trieoaenly which sprang. | between these women was a close and long ak Presented at Court the American shone with # bril- ancy peculiar to her countrywomen, ana became at Once the favorite of a select coterie about Her jesty. it soon became known fn Conrt circles that Mrs, Moulton was & vocalist, and it was arranged that she should sing tn high mass at the chapel of the Tufleries. In the musical citcle where tits event was dlsacttssed were Gounod, the Duc de Morny and the venerable composer, Auber. We can perceive in what estimation our countrywoman was hela when sik. promagil LP 934 TBeBoale heh Spay Benes Mek, fe ea} did, and the consequent rehearsal of it laid tne foundation of that warm friendship between tho composer and the singer that lasted until his death, Not long after a musical soiree was given iu the Emperor's own apartments, and Mrs, Moulton, theg living at her chateau, at Pecit Val, was sent for post haste. It was at this concert, after the most tri- umphant success, that the Emperor presented het ‘With a gold medai, suitably inserived, @ dupiicate of which was deposited in the Imperial Museum, and the Empress, not to be outdone in gratuita Tollowed it @ itew days after by present of a magnificent bracelet of ruvies and dia- monus, The success of Mrs. Moulton on these occa- sions was tn itself remarkabie, Without the forti- tude which @ public experience lends the pro- fessional singer she was required to appear before some of the most exacting and most noted musical That she passed through NEW YORK HEKALD, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1871—TRKIPLE SHEET. the ordeal with tne easy grace of a goddess specially refitted for it there seems to be ao doabt. <r Auber, for wnom Mrs. Moulton conceived & most leund veneration, offered to compose an opera her. Alas! the grave prevented the fulfilment of that popes, At Cannes she made the acquaint- ayy be! jenny Lind-Goldschuiidt at a breakfast given yy Lady Holland. Lang! too, @ warm friendship Sp up. They met frequently afterwards and san “Yours is an weey agent | voice,’? Mme. hmidt, “and the world shovid Gol not be deprived of it. I admire it,” she sald to Auber, “more than any voice I ever heard.”” During the great Paris Exposition she met Liszt. The party a mad of Mi de accompaniments for her; fit ballad, composed by Prince Gustave of Sweden, which she had learned from Mr. Hablicht in New York. Its effect was magical. Praise sell from ali pence. Vieuxtemps, e it violinist, said to ry poibaye this: jam, permit me to bring r to re gin, ve TOU to be tne Chiy pesto ie Birt io PP HRS ae metnod for the voice.” Even the Sppsectaion of thi ‘acute persons on the operatic was equally direct. Mrs. Moulton on one occasion taken a gifted acquaintance in whom she was inte- rested to Bagier, the director of the Italian opera, in hope of securing for ber an engagement. They both sang for him on the aay. “Madame,” he said to Mrs. Moulton, when the trial was over, “you shall have an engagement at any time you desire 1.7? £qually removed from the moonsning style of the modern sentimental school and the bouncing vigor of the lyric artists of the past, Mrs. Moullon’s vo- calisin Is at once Impressive, chaste and prilant in its simplest as im its most transcendent efforts, ‘With @ faullless intonation, an earnest retlnement of style li phrasing and vocalizing, perfected by a loving and long study of the purest methods under the best masters, her aimost fauitiess voice— virginal, flexible and equable—caresses the ear without assaulting the sense. In the best of Mozart’s and Gounod’s arias {t throbs with the sin- eerity and inteusity of the composer; ta Kossini’s strains it Is (ue exhalation of song with a Southern languor, sensuous and subtile, init. In the elaborate and difficult foriture of Meyerbeer it revels with the volubillty and ease of the American mocktn; bird, For purity of intonation, exquisite delicacy ot huances and the rare power of conveying by phrases or single notes the most spiritual shade of meaning, we unhesitatingly accord to tt the superiority which Rossini so well epitomized in a sentence, “She has a conception of music,’ sald one of the Paris journals after she had sung at a charity con- cert, “at once profound and exalted. It seemed to us that we heard Arditl’s ‘Il Bacio’ for the first time, go many are the new shades thal tne singer revealed to us.” “She has the briliiancy of Patti and the sweetness of Nilsson,” said Sir Michael Costa, when he heard her at a musical party in London. Jt will be remembered tha; shortly after the Dra- matic Fund Co.icert Mrs, Moulton returned to Paris. She remained there all through the devascating im- vernecine war, and was present at the last dinner given at St. Cloud, on the 11th of July. Various ag at paragraphs from time to time told of her self-sacrifices and devotion to the suilering soldiers during that eventful struggle, phe returns to this country with the determina- tion to enter, for a brief period, the professional field. She isin the prime of her womanhood, and possesses a socicty prestige enjoyed by few, if any, professional siugers. She leaves behind her an un- exampied series of social triumphs, and enters the arena of art with an experience and taste matured by familiar friendships with the best masters in Europe, The first of the Moulton concerts will be given at Stemway Hall on the evening of October 16, and the management have taken every precaution to secure for these entertainments the assisiance of vocal and Instrumental talent of the highest order. And it leaves the success of Mrs. Moulton in the bands of her countrymen, feeling satisfied that the cultivated taste of the Americans will applaud the endeavor to present, in the most unexceptionable and recherche form, the talents of one of the most gifted and Worvby of America’s singers, LITERARY CHIf-CHAT. A SPANISH "NOTES AND QUERIES” has been estab- lished at Madrid, under the titlé of “E) Averigua- dor; Correspondencia entre Curiosos, Literatos Antiquarios, &c.” THE NEw LECTIONARY, or Book of Lessons for the Service of the Church of England, recently author- ized, will go into use on the first Sunday in Advent, December 8. OVER SEVEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 18 the sum required for popular education in England the cur- Trentyear. This large Parliamentary grant was made with scarcely any ‘iscussion, whereas the Moaest sum of £30,000 aske jor the same purpose thirty years ago used to be vigorously fought, and Was almost enough to turn @ ministry out of power. The worla moves, and even British conservatives are learning that it 1s cheaper to educate people than to punish them. Proressor GEORGE W, GREENE, grandson of Major General Nathaniel Greene, of the Revolutionary War, whose life be has just finished in three volumes, has been appointed Professor of History in Cornell University. A recognition of emincat historical attainments which was wel! deserved. THE FOLLOWING sketch of the American book trade seventy-flve years ago, appeared in the Gen- Ueman's Magazine for 1798:— The greatest booksellers are in New York, Phila- deiphia and Baltimore, Northward of New York there 13 None of any consequence, nor any in Boston of note; or squthWard of Bailimore, not even 10 Charleston, the liveliest city iu Ameri ‘Wad lrish-pripted books have ia everything a preference throughout the country, and the sale of thelr books, those ou law in parucular, is extremely reat. It appears that the'demand for foreign books but amconsideravie, Germsa books are in some degree an exception, for they fall in places innapives by the Dutch, bat principally books of devoilon and school books. Tuey have but very few books but of devotion. he men of learniug are a3 scarce among tuem also, When a Dutchman is not at prayer he 1s elther at work or sleeping. Although many well educated persons here pea: French, yet the number of those who read French books 18 Comparatively small. The common people, in the proporuon of twenty to one, still prefer old English affairs, and dwell with pleas: ure on What they term their bnglish ancestors; speak only the English tongue; heartily curse French machtuations and politics, and continue still to read and admire old English books Mrs, STOWE’S LATEST NOVEL, ‘My Wife and J,” now appearing in series In the Christian Union, gives her views of the woman question, By and by it will appear in book form. Rey. JOBN S. BOWSON, author of the last part of that vividly interesting biography, Conybeare &How- son's “Life of St. Paul,’ is about to visit the United States. If ne can preach half ag graphically as he writes, he must be worth hearing. Mn. CHARLES BRADLAUGH, tne leader of the British radical. republicans, is @ free-thinker tn religion, and has published 4 commentary on the Pentateuch. LIEUTENANT KENNAN, Whose “Tent Life tn sibe- Tla’’ Was # saccess AMong American books Of travel of the last year, has in the press of Putnam's @ new book of ‘Travels in the Caucasus.” Beart aND HOME having interviewed Joagain Miller, says of him:—"Mr. Miller speaks with a cart ‘ous simplieity and an ‘unsophisticated, ehiki-Hke tone, that seems curions and incongruous im aman who is not, unacquainted with the world, Mr. Miller’s boots are now a8 famous as Mr. Greeley’s old white coat once was. But the boots are disappointing to most people. They are not fierce stogies, but sleek boots of the finest sort. If we had to maintain the character of an American in the best London circles by wearing our boots on tne outside of our panta- loons, we should sélect just such a pair as Joaquin Miller wears.”” A Hanp-BOOK OF AMERICAN LITERATURE 13 1D preparation by Mr. F. i. Underwood, of Boston. AUANADIAN REVIEW, devoted to legal aclence, has peen started at Montreal under the ttle of “La Revue Critique de Légisiation ¢t de Jurisprudence de Oanadu.” Mr, WILLIAM F. ‘PooLr, late librarian of the Boston Athenwum, and now of the Cincinnati Public Library, has-just issued a complete catalogue ofthe latter collection in a large and handsome octave volume, Tus GReaT Success of the popular edition of Carlyle’s writings Will, doubtl ess, stimulate English publishers to produce readable editions of nearly ali the modern writers at a cheaprate. The old rule of selling 4 small edition of a book at a Migh price will give way to large editions at ‘a low price, Joaquin MILLER fas @ prose article in tne Over- land Monthiv for October entitled “On and Avout the Ayon.”? It is @marrative of his personal obser- vations at Shakspeare's birthplace. A New Epition of Willtam Cullen Bryant's poems, If the favorite new style ot border kuown ag the “red ge edition, will soon be issued from Ap- pleton’s préss. 9) = Mr, James MILLER will issue this fall a new iNustrated gift-book, under tne title of “A Century of Queens,’? CHARLES G, Lavann has found himself obliged to write to the athenceum from Baden-Baden, to deny that he fas any connection with the new comic ‘Weekly entitled Hans Breitinan, and published in London. PROFESSOR GoLDWIN Suitm has undertaken to edit @ new literary magazine, to be publisned in Canada, .80 saya the Canada Bookselier. MR, JOMN FosTBR writes that the report that he is about to publish a "% of Charles Dickens is erru- SEWARD’S CAREE His Birthplace, Family and Reminis- cences of His Early Life. WILLIAM AS A PRECOCIOUS BOY. His Education, Law Studies and Start in Politics. FLORIDA, ORANGE Co., N. Y., Oct. 6, 1871, Among the many pleasant villages tnat are so thickly interspersed amid the green pastures and beside the peaceful waters in Orange connty 1s the unassuming and hospitable little village of Florida, distant five miles from Goshen, on the Pine Island branch of the Erie Ratiroad. ‘The village coutains about sixty dwellings, three churches, the S. 8 Seward Seminary (of which Wm. H. Seward ts presi- dent), an academy, five stores and an excellent hotel for summer boarders. A short distance from the depot on the main street, In the heart of the village, is a litte, low, one story, gambrel roof wooden house, fronting the street, with two small windows each side, a narrow door, and in each end is @ like number of windows above and below, Overhanging this structure ts an immense butionwood wee, In this build- ing seventy years ago on the 16th of last May, was born Willam H. Seward, Samuel 8, Seward, his father, marriea Mary Jennings, the daughter of John J, Jennings, of Goshen, and in 1795 removed from New Jersey to Florida and entered into the mercantile iness, besides practising bis profession as a physician. In 1804 he was elected to the State Legislature, an in 1815 was appointed County Judge of Orange county, which office he held for seventeen years, unvil 1833, when, in consequence of ill health, he resigned, On his being appointed Judge he retired from other business, only managing his own estate, which had at that time become very large. In 1833 he visited Europe for a few months for his health, taking William with him, during the recess of the State Senate, of which William was then a memper, In 1845 he established the 5. S, Seward Seminary in Florida, by donating appropriate buildings for the same and an endowment of $20, (00, the annual income of whici is for tne purpose of keeping the same in repair, &c, Tne female department of this institution 16 now under tho competent charge of Mrs, G. W. Seward, the wife of a gon of the dovor, In 1849 8, S. Seward died, leaving an estate worth about $400,000, leaving his son William and his friend Major Greer, of Goshen, executors of his estate, EX-SECORETARY SEWARD’S NURSE. Seventy years ago slavery existea in New York State, and Dr. 8. 8. Seward was then the owner ofa dozen or more negro siaves, His children’s nurse, “Aunt Cloe,” as she was familiarly called, took care of William, as she had of his elder brother, “Aunt Cloe” is pow upwards of ninety-five years of age, and resides near the oid homestead in a respectanle cottage given her by the will of 8, 8, Seward, and she is well cared for in every way. William H, Seward was one of five children and the second child of his parents, and of his three brothers one is dead and two are still living tn the village of Florida, Edward P. 1s the senior of Wil- Mam by about two and one-half years, and is in good health, and is now the owner of the ‘old home- stead,’? which is described above, He very closely resembles his brother William in features and gen- eral demeanor, but how different their lives! Edward ts an unassuming, kind and good neighbor, and a respected member of the Presbyterian Charch in Florida, These two brothers have always becn devotedly and affectionately attached to each other. WILLIAM A PRECOCIOUS CHILD. During the first few years of life the tastes and habits of these two brothers wero observed not to dif- fer. They were both taught for some time by tneir father; but as soon as William was able to read nis father saw a growing thirst for knowledge. Wil- ham one day ran away from home and went to school—a very strange act for a boy. He became tacl- turn and studious, and, although at times he joined heartily in some oi the boyish sports of his fellows, he would soon seem wearled and would qutetly withdraw, and could be found goon afver busy with some usefui book or in deep thought. When about twelve years of age, while returning near hua!) from a pasture on bis father’s farm, driving home the cows, he was reading a book as he walked, giving an occasionul lovk us his charge, A party of boys saw him ang commenced throwing pebbles at nim while hé fead. Resolving not to reak of his ieading he turned his back towards hem and walked backwards, still roading, until he should get past them. Jn a short ume he acciden- tally diverged from the path, and, missing the bridge tat crossed the stream, he tell Into the water, [ts elder brother drew him from the stream io a state of unconsciousness, but he wis not seriously in- jurea. ‘The maependence, industry and persover- ‘ance illustrated by this incilent have been character ist.c of him during Nis entire Ife. HIS. KDUCATION, It was resolved upon that William shonid have an education, @nd at the age of nine years he was sent to Farmers’ all Academy, 1n Goshen, @ schoot of high standing at that time. “The records of the “Classical Society” Of Goshen and of the “Goshen Ciao” stil] exist, showing that at that early age of he he was an active member of each, the consiitu- Uon and minutes of proceedings belng mostiy tn his handwriting. ‘The princtpal exercises of these two societies were deciamauion debates and compost- tion—in nearly all of which it Is noticed that he took part. He pursued his studies at the academy after- wards established in Florida (which ts stlil stands ing) until 1816, when he entered Unton College at Schenectady, THis favorite stucties at this ine were rhetoric, moral philosophy and the ancieut Classics. «= He = Would) «rise at four in the morning and prepare ali his lessons of the day, | and at night, while other students were getung | ready the exercises o! the next morning, he devoted his time to general reading and literary compost uons, for class declamation or debates In society meetings. In 1819 he withdrew from college tor apout a year, passing six months of that ume as a teacher im the Southern States. ile returned in 1520 And continued his studies, One of the college socic- ties—the Adelphic—or wuich he was a member was {to appoint three commencement orators. Afier sharp contest he was chosen. Tne subject of his crauon om this occasion was ‘The Integrity of tne American Union.” It was regarded as an able effort, and he ‘graduated among the most distin- guisned of his class. HIS LAW STUDIES. Soon after taking his degree at Union Colicge he entered the office of John Anthon, a prominent lawyer in New York city, as astudcut at law. He there pursued the same habitg of industry, early rising and fattnfal application to nis professional studies, thorougisy masiered every elementary book Lik w, at Tato his hands and made written an ‘its contents, He completed his law. studies with John Duer, afterwards Judge of the Supertor Court of New York, and Ogaen Ho afierwards Attorney Geueral, bot of them at that time prominent lawyers at Gosten, and 1822, was admitted to the var. For six months PH] to bis admisson he had been sociated §=with Ogden Hommas | in the practice of the law at ne At that timé Goshen was far ahead of what it ts now Jn a business point of view. The population of wat town in 18)0. was 5854, being nearly six hundred persons more than in 1825, when it contained only a population of 3,022, In 1986 the population was only 8,393, but portions of the town had been taken off th forming the towns of BHamptouburg, in 1830, anu Chesier, 1b 1845, in January, 1823, William Hf. Seward removed to AuvurD, Cayge county, aad formed @ connection with Elijah Miller, a distinguished member of the bar and first judge of Cayuga county, and was very wealthy and Was about vo retire from his profession. At that time Auburn was a wing western Village, butwas not so large as Goshen. Ip 1825 It con- tained only 2,982 inbabitants; bat In 18% al gon. tained the Auburn Academy, tne Theological Sem: nary, Lhe State Prison and was the county seat, and contained a bank anu several newspapers were pub- lished there, ‘This was also before the Erie Canal was built, after which time it rapidly grew, HIS MARRIAGE AND ADVENT IN PODITICR. Tn 1824 Mr. Seward married the youngest daughter of Judge Miller, became the colonel of a miitta regiment, and soon distinguished lumself with sach men as John C, Spencer, Josiaa A. Spencer and Albert vy Timoy at that ime the leading member of the bar the West His first publicauion of a @ political character was in 1824, In Octover of that year he drew up the address of the Whig Convention of Cayuga county to the Peopie, In It he exposed the machtuéry and design of the “All ency” and it6 intrigues to prevent the clection of John Pe endl to the Presidency and to eicct Martin Van Buren. On the ion. of July, 18: fe gy on an ergery TAY Wa ie Missouri aoa and Peat: Yi) hina then elicited threate of nullification at the South, in Hye orenion he took the same position on sever portan political qnestions which te has endeavored to uring hia entire public life. In 1828 he was Called upon to preside over a con- ee fy Uriog, e se, yeune maa of Ne’ xork in favor 0} of . ALAM tne Preskleney. He fie fatie ead Che atid lasonls arty tendercd bim a nomination as membor of Jongress, whicn he declined. He was nominated in by the game party asa candidate for the State 5 and was elected for four years py a majorit; of 2,000 votes, although Francia Granger? wa defeated for Governor on the same ticket by 5,000 Mr. Ward took his seat in the State TY, 1831, This was his tirst election sone! ical oifice and the commencement of a long political life devovgs to the service of lis country; and his course ha®since vecome an important part of the history of the United States and of tue worid. the Plagues o Egypt and the Children of Mammon. ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, August 27, 1571. To rHe Eprror oF tHe HERALD:— Upon my return to Egypt, after a brief leave of abe sence in Europe I find that I have veen subjected to pretty lively newspaper fire, commencing in the New York Independent, taken up by the sun and Tribune, and culminating in the HERALD. The state- Ment in the HERALD 1380 curiously and completely erroneous that I muat request permission to “rise and explain.” ‘The Mr, David Strang who criticised me and iny friends in the /ndependent is not a mls. sionary, He is billous book pedler, nating all created things except himself, and works for the American mission here for a stated salary, hike any other chiid of Mammon, He 1 aMicted wiih an itch for writing, and corresponds with all the second and third rate newspapers which will give place to his produc tions, As he usually slanters somebody he is rarely refused a place by the grade of journals with which he aMiliates, He ob ects to my personal appearance, wuich I cannot change, and to my personal iriends, whom [ will not change, even to soothe this surly Puritan, He atleges that I advocated ms ot ‘naturatized” citizens against the Khedive, which isa falschood. Inever advocated a claim a;ainst the Egyptian government in any way, shape or manner; but if L had [ should have made po distinc- tion between naturalized aud native bora citizens. Mv objecis that I have friends who are, oc who look like, Jews. Ihave read the New Testament to bet- ter purpose thin Mr, Strang, aud there are Ro such docirines in the book which ne 1s sent here tv dis- setminate Among tie sLussuinans, Emboidenca by the commotion which thig self created doctor of divinity has raised about my eara, comes & Mr. Evangelides in the congenial columns of the New York Sui, signing himsell “Late Vice. Consul of the Unitert States,” 1 propose to make short work ol Mr. rvangelides, That young gentle- Taan came to 1.0, applying for the position of Vieo Consul General in Alexandria, A briet examina- ton satistied me that the young man was fitted neither by tutellect nor education for such a post, bat J permitted him to remain about the ofiice as a sort ol copying clerk until he could obtain employment elsewhere, He returned my indulgence by stealmg despatches from my oficial books, for wich crime he was incarcerated in the common Arab jail, frou, whence he was released at the intercession of hid father’s friends upon volunturily writing and sii ing the following confession of Nits guilt aud promis- ing to !ead In future an honest tie. To Mr. T. U. Cone, @ lawyer of No, 20 Nassau street, New York, aud to General Mott, Eeyptng army, I refer tor the exact correctness of all the facts 1 have stated in connection with this convicted thief:— ATIROIED OOPY OF A. 0. EVANGELIDES! PRBELON, ALEXANDRIA, Auguat 17, 1870. Whereas the Agent and Cousul ral of the ' United States has made ollicially 4 charge the right to choose between a trial b; court or to make this volint whereas I am wiliing to admit the facts charced ‘against me, though denying auy intentioual theft, 1, without any fear of Dunishment or hope of reward, make the {ullowing volua- tary confession :— ‘That on the ith day of Auguat, 1870, I went into Mr. TC. Cone's room and informed him that Mr, Butler had sent a despatch to th ai Foreiga oilice conceraing aifairs in whict Mr. Cone was interested. 1 also told Mr. Cone that if he wanted I could give him a copy of the despatch, and Mr. Cone declined the offering at ouce. 1 expected a reward from Mr. Cone. vioron ‘Bantuows Vice Conmuk Witnesses} Micien Tawity Dragoman. 1 certify that the above is airie and correct copy of the Ortginal, ‘led in thie Consulate General, excepting only where I have Jeft out names of partes unconnected eae aifair, GEO, H. BUTE! oa much for Mr. Strang aud his friend, Mr. Evan- elldes. « Finally, for the story in the HERALD, commencing with an claborute denunciation of the Khedive for soulething or other ue never did, aud Winding up by deliberately stating that the American Vonsul Gen- eral mauled and mained Mr. Strang at # ratway station with a stick, The Kiedive can defend bim- sell, aud certainly his liberality and profuse hos- pitality to Americans might protect him trom abuse in American papers, even li he were not the wise, peaceiul and progressive Prince the worid regards jum. The statement about myseit is wuata hasty and intemperate person would call a “ie,” and which even J, more moderate, may characteriza as striklugly inaccurate. | never lifted my voice, mach less my hand, to Mr. Strang. | have never even scen blm since he ciccted limseli ceusorof my official and private conduct, and | would no more lnink of beating Lun than | Would uny other of that scabby fraternity, Who can ouly attract the notice ol thelr natural superiors by traducing them, ‘The Tribune has faiihtuily copied every slander current about me, without regard t saurce. Perhaps the Young man from Oto will step aside from the edi tortal desk & moment now and leave it to Mr Greeley’s sense of fairness to decide whether the Tribune ougnt not to retract the last falsehood, Ithank you for your courtesy, and trust your Cairo correspondent iil Bus, caretully silt in- jurious rumors hereafier before he gives them out to your miluon readers. 1 remain, with respect, yours, GEO. Hg BUTLER, SWORN ON in a Tegulariy coi confessi THE COMING CHOLERA. Inieresting Account of tho Holy City 0} Menchid—Viety as an Agent of Pestileace. To Tug Epiror or tas HenaLp:— Sin—You have reported tnat the far-famed Per sian province of Khorasson and the holy city o/ Meschid are now strangely stricken with famiae, pestilence, cholera and war. ‘This is Of far more Amnportance than a& mere item of news; for, ae regards cholera, Meschid 1s one of the places most dangerous to Kurope—tar more so than even Mecca, ‘This comes from the fuct that huge pligrimages take place to Meschid every year, from Lindostan tp the south to the Black and Crspian seas-aud the very borders of Kussia and Turkey in the west, For eight months tn the year all the roads to and from Meschid are thronged with pilgrims, Nearly sixty thousand come up from (ndta, bringing the cholera with them; a3 mauy more from the central and southern provinces of Persia, and twice as many irom Turkey in Asta, Georgla, Armenia, Circassia, Kourdistan, Asia Minor aud all the borders of the Biack and Caspian seas, and these carry the peau lence back Witu them towards Europe. Meschid Contains the maguificent mausoleums of Iman Reza, Haroun al Rasehid, aud of All, the suc cessor of Moliammed, Several times every day, ta the pilgrin season, dense troops of soiled and jaded pilgrims pass through the city gates mto the great sqaures, which are usually crowded with people [rom ali parts of the bast; with Aighans, Aravs, Koords, Turks, Osbegs ; with pligrims from all the provinces of Persie ; With priests, merchants, peasants, and dervisues witnout number, both from he borders of the Black and Caspian seas, aud from the Persian Gulf. Every great bmg: of cholera nas reached Meschi!, abd has been forwarded west, throagh tae great cities of ieheran wad iabus, to Kussia aud Turkey ia Burope. ‘The great Hurdwar cholera ot lsz7 reached =Meschid in 1828-29, and was forwarded op to Kussta im 18d%-0, That of i844 was carried by pilgrims to Meschid in November, 1845, and was sent West to Teheran in June, 1846, and to Kussid im 1846 and 184%, The great pandeiic of 1849 was tu Megchid in 1850 and 1951; that of 1867 was there 1n 1860; thatof 1869 is how raging there, aad from ¥ fr volun Of iD+ {ection will surely be sent up info R Meschid t3 considered 80 holy that no person of any sect called Mohammedan has ever dared to tire @ hostile shot against it. But the Meschidees make quatimt excars! Against ‘Torkomans ‘and SCuluhs, Sid dred nau rund’ede. and” thousangs of them off Into slavery. Meschid ts always crowaed With hundreds and thousands of these vicums. TI ® justifiabic revenge, now carry Affguans are now only takr but they will be lucky If cholera back with them, and musery in the end than they ha’ hereditary enemies. FATAL RAILROAD ACOIDENT, Gentlemen Declining te Become Witaesacs< They Retuse to Give Tholr Names. Coroner Herrman yesterday held an inqnest at the City Hallin the case of Charles vonder-Miessea, @ German lad, seventeen years of age, Who was crushed to death last Sunday evening by being rap over gorner of Hudson and Weat Tenth streets, by car No. 97 of the Eighth Avenue Railroad Company. Deceased nad been riding ou the front platform of car, but whether he stepped or fell Of none of the with nor tne driver seemed to know. After the accent two weil dressed individuals, appa- rently gentemen, retused to give their nates and addi ‘as witnesses lest they should be sndjeoted: to some trouble in ve or case of death, Ay appearing before the Coroner in oung man, sald Dave been a riend deceas in the car atthe time of the accident, made his pe, and has nov since mado his appearance, On the evidence presented the jury returned @ verdicts of accidental death, ceased, who had been bat four months in the couvtry, was employed at the corner of Thirty-sixth street aud Tenth avenue, ANOTHER CAR-CRUSHING CASE, Joseph Korn, twenty-eight years of age and & native of Poland, was admitted to the Centre street Hospital on Tuesday last, suffering from a com- ture of the left leg, caused yaa a: been Zan, one by Car No, 19 of the Crose- town Raltroad Company. Ap inquest will be heta by Coroner Y: was ted fo ae. ‘oung. adout hospital from 131 ivest Broadwaye ¥