The New York Herald Newspaper, November 24, 1872, Page 5

BLACKMAILING BOGART. C. 8. Bogart, Alias Boyd, Alias Haw- kins, Boxed in the ‘Tombs. Extraordinary Operations of a Pseudo-Newspaper Man. Into Jersey—Made $10, a Dinner and a Bottle of Wine—He Dupes His Vietims to the Tune of $2,000 in Les Than Two Weeks—He Is Ar- rested and Committed for Trial, without Bail. )"Onarles 8. Bogart was arraigned before Judge Gogan, atthe Tombs Police Court; yesterday, on a harge of false pretegces and attempted blackmail, preferred by Mr. Thomas 8, Brown, General Man- ‘ager of the Pavonia Ferries, ‘About six o’clock on Friday evening a man called ut Mr. Brown’s office at the foot of Chambers street, and, introducing himself as. Mr. Boyd, re- + porter of the World, tola Mr. Brown that he had a ‘communication of serious importance to make. Mr. Boyd was asked into private room, where he dis- ‘tlosed, to the profound astonishment of (Mr. Brown, @ conspiracy which was calcu- 4ated to ruin him forever socially. In fact, -Boyd informed Mr. Brown that the paper he repre- spemted had in its possession affidavits signed by Mrs. Woodhull, Cornelius M. Meserole and others, @tating that he was in the habit of visiting certain *Rouses of ill-fame, which houses were specified, as well as the names of certain lewd women; algo’ that Cornelius M. Meserole stated in ‘his affidavit that he knew Mr. Brown very well, that he ‘khew him when he (Brown) was Superintendent of ‘the Fourth Avenue Railroad, and that he was in the habit of providing certain well-known prostitytes ‘witn horses for their carriages from the stables of the company. Mr. Brown was terribly excited; ‘he felt that he was innocent. He wished ‘to temporize, and, looking upon Mr. Boyd a# ® friend in need, he asked him to go as far as Delmonico’s with him, where aA could discuss = matter more freely over a of wine. Wi raonel met another particular and personal friend ‘Ramed Captain W. J. Wiley. Mr. Brown oore a ivate room. Wine was called for. Mr. was troduced to Captain Wiley and to Rufus F. , Andrews, The astounding revelations were then ‘told in detail, only tnis time more circumstantially and with more elaborate embellishment. Mr. Brown was seen to tremble with the ny of his emotions. Mr. Andrews cross-examine: . Boyd ‘with the oat oo @ lawyer, but Captain Wile: ‘was a8 good as Bame and would not it anything of it. He called his friend over into a corner, and, stroking his beard affectionately, “Brownie, there’s no use Foiting worried about this. I know it’s alla te. I know ne r men pretty yell. But thia fellow is a fraud of Qest Mr. Brown still felt nervous, went back # the table, where the conversation was renewed, and ‘where more wine was consumed. office, and Brown, whom he had found tobea truth and honor, he would have the whole at once, The three gentlemen remain ico’s, exchanging opiniens on this incident, and in about fifteen min- (ates Mr. Boyd return and then ensued @ piece of act worthy of elder Booth. He rushed to the table, threw some papers which he had in his hand on {t in a violent manner, and ex- in a loud voice and with eyes whose ete seared the very hearts of the lookers-on— “What do you men mean? I thought I was with Ki tlemen. I find fare have sent some one to Worts office to inquire concerning me and my fr ato! Then flouris) & $10 bill in his hand, he threw it in the face of Mr. Brown, saying :— “I wish to pay for anything that I have drank here this eve I-will let you know soon enough who and what Iam.” ‘The three gentlemen at once proceeded to quiet ‘Mr. Boyd; assured him and reassured him that they had sent no one to the World office, and weret. he would not be any further annoyed. Boyd down . Another bottle. of wine was and things went on smoothly again. . eee roduced s chee irawn on the jational Bank, for » hich hap} in strange night. This le it’s after banking hours. , Brown, you can let me have $100 to-night—I Ks have it about you—and you can give me Test in the morning.” ‘Then it was that the Captain felt sure of his prey, and quietly despa a & messenger for a Policeman. Officer Walsh, of the Third gassed came into ogg and Mr. Charles 8, Bogart, alias Boyd, went out with him. When they got to ‘the door the prisoner broke away and started on ® fall run dewn Ohambers street, and was only tured after a chase of about ten biocks. cyeting Sy he made his appearance at the Tombs Police Court, and Mr. Brown was there, ‘and also Mr. Boyd’s other boon companions of the previous evening. ‘The prisoner is about five feet ten inches high, slightly built; dressed in biack boats and a long coat, a black vest, and wore a handsome chain seal. His is a peculiar one— narrow, with high forehead, an air of general intel ice; hut his .whole expression betokening long years of dissipation and Keo debauchery. He ‘woald hardly be taken for a professional thief, but he does not exactly look like a.man to be trusted. After he was arraigned the examination was set @own at two o'clock in the afternoon. By that time some more of his victims of this swindier’s arrest and came to help prosecute him. ‘The back room, off the Court, where the examina- tions are held, was filled to its utmost, the com- pany consist mostly of Wall street brokers. yy were either there to make col its or were intereated in ‘pepple who wished to * thei ‘Asclstant District Attorney Sullivan, who sp- peared for the people, decided to take but one . Complaint, that of Mr. ‘Brown; but these are the . Bames of some of the. other vict -—Mr, J. M. so President of the Continent Bank, $260; Mr. G. L. Maxwell, of 250 West Twenty-third street, . nd in business ‘2s a broker at 26 New street, $250; Mr. G. 0. Seymour, of Greenville, N. J., $10. Tne other victims, to the number of eight or Rhine, were to give their names, as, after the case devel d, they, seemed to feel ashamed m4 ublic how they had been taken in . smi r. Judge Hogan committed Bogart for trial at the General Sessions, without bail. The prisoner Bogart is an old offender. About two years ago he was arrested for personation of + Getective and committed at the Tombs, and + gince he got out of that scrape he has been carry- on, a long series of .swindling operations simi- Jar.to the one described. In a many cases he , Fepresented himself as a reporter of the HEBALD, a@nd, according to authentic information, itis .as- Certained that within the last week he has ewindled different parties to the amount of $2,000, BD , had been « t let the “Virtaons Maxwell.” \ , Standing in the room while the examination was tin progress was a tall, well-dressed man, about forty-five years of age, with hair and whiskers lightly gray. He seemed considerably perturbed mind, and.had all the appearance ¢f a man who been thoroughly victimized. He watched the ettentively, and occasienally whis- to an of gentleman with white whiskers ‘amd mustache svho sat upen ~ chair beside him. ‘The gentieman who stood was G. L. Maxwell, a broker,.deing bnsiness on New street, who is said to \be @ brother of the Maxwell who is mixed up*>dn the Woodhull-Clafia-Blood scandal, Q@nd the interest he took ip the case May be guessed when it is noted he Was present at the hearing during aU the excite- ment which was raging om Wall street. Mr. Max- well was approached by areporter of a morning journal and courteously asked if he had been vic- mized by the prisoner. Mr.Maxwel! glanced for ® moment at his questioner, and then, in an agi- tated voice, asked :— “DO YOU BELONG TO THE HERALD?” “No,” said the reporter; “why do you ask!” Mr. Maxwell, (trembling itke a leat).--I don’t want to have anything to do with a BALD reporter. I don’t want to get into that paper in any way.” «Pausing). “You reporters are ail d—d dead beats gnyhow.”” At this uncalled-for insuit to the profession the reporter, who isa little man, raised ‘himself men- acingly and opened fire upon the djstinguished broker, having been previously joined by a com- Dut youare no gentieman to reply in such manner La ae MaxwsuL aa don’t know what a gentleman You were to see him. REPORTER—I not know one if you know that yon are not one. Your is'sufficient to let any one know your MaxXwRLI—You look like ashoemaker. Do you ‘want te take it up? J Rgrorrer—You look like a fool, and you are ‘A FOOL AND A LIAR TO BOOT. Is that taking it up? If Want any more come Cueeite thea tacmnens ¢ ee Be Mate MAXWELL, agitatedly, stretching ou: towards ee Soe ‘who Was taking testimony— Judge! Judge! Lg had better speak louder; he was clutched by the old gentie- asked to keep silent, but ne would not, and opened upon another reporter who was stand- Bas om the old country, are yon gentleman ressed, “an Taint ashamed of it,”” i First ReProrTER—I am native born, but I would not wipe my shoes with fed At this time a crowd had gathered around, in- el sentatives of the juding @ large number of press, hi gone @ little too far, Paw A ak, Bane r and the great Maxwell, to ai in nis horns, after some confused mutterings, relapsed into @moody silence. A few minutes after Brown, who was not present durin; said to the HERALD reporter, who taken'no part in the conversation, duce you to Mr. Maxwell. He will points,” the fracas, jad hitherto “Let me imtro- give you some HERALD REPORTRR—I don’t want to be intro- duced to Mr. Maxwell or hold any conversation with him. I want to talk to some gentiemen;. but if he has been victimized he ts at lil to talk here. MAXWELI—I am not a victim. t attempted to swindle me (hesitatingly). -He did not succeed. I him no money; Ican’t talk about this mat- ter; let mealone. ‘Maxwell, ‘on being joined by some friends, left the room again, ‘MUTTERING TO HIMSELP this time, however, about the time he had lost, Pacific Mail and rn. Immediat Northweste! tely after the broker left the HERALD reporter, bet diy courtesy of Mr. Finlay, the Warden of the ig was furnished access to the risoner and had a long conversation with him. e following is the part relating to Maxwell :— REPORTER—I don’t want you to say anything to criminate yourself, but I would like to ask you, Did you receive any money from Mr. Maxwell? He de- hhies havi iven you our BogaRtT—He did, and he had good reason to do 80. Igmin of a: secret relating to him which it is not mecessary to sufficient to extract $250 from Spi Domcncion ot ee secret, and I called upon Mr. ‘well for the first time last byes night at hi house, in Twenty-third street: I him J was news} Tan and what I had come for. tempt to blu® me first, but I mentioned two Tames, and then he weakened and said, ‘‘For God’s sake say git to-1 it. Come out and let us take # drink and talk the matter over.” We went out and had several drinks, and then he left me. did net go to bed that night, and next morning at six o’clock I went to his house again and rang the bell. I was ushered into Mr. Maxwell’s presence and told him ae ne would not let me have money I would go DOWN TOWN AND ISSUE AN BXTRA. He got up in a hurry, d: and came out upon the street with me. He said he had no money about him, but he would borrow some. He went to a livery stable and procured $150, and then he went to Park & Tillford’s and borrowed $100 more, making in all $250, whlch he handed over to me. i “ ell to contradict what I All the charges which I brought against the men who gave me money are true, and at the proper time they will be developed. If I had con- sulted-my own wishes the examination would have gone on this afternoon, but my counsel objected and Iyielded to him. I am not afraid of trial, for I believe I will be acquitted, but I think it a gross injustice to 'be committed without bail. As the time allotted for the conversation was up the reports leé, lost in amazement at the cool ity displayed the prisoner. 01 any more mi ) a8 he states his materials are ample. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. Lee & SHEPARD have in press ‘The Jubilee Singers and Their Campaign for Twenty Thousand Dollars,” by G. D, Pike, Remarkable developments are éxpected. THE PALL ‘MALL Gazerre reviews Rev. Dr. Prime’s “Around the World,” and says the reverend author has, like so many of his countrymen, a great passion for travel. It pronounces the book to be “readable and worth reading,” and, while it does not add much to-our knowledge, it is “brightly written.” Mr. DARWIN’s new book, “The Expression of the Emotions in Man snd Animals,” is carefully re- viewed in the 4tReneum. It has been-the author's purpose to secure studies of the facial expression from among tribes “untainted by civilization.” Hence he -has refused to have anything to do with the colored citizens of the United States, and he ignores the Yankees altogether, while he glances in @ kindly fashion at our native American Tetons, Grosventres, Moudons and Assiniboines. The book is com- pared with Sir C. Bell’s “Anatomy of Expression,” to which admirable book it 1s inferior in clearness and coherency, and to Lavater’s celebrated “‘Phy- siognomy,” which combines more blunders with more knowledge than any other work of the kind. THE PRINTERS OF EDINBURGH have struck for fifty- one hours’ work per week instead of fitty-four, and for an advance of wages to the extent of a half- penny a thousand. RoME Has A NEW DAILy Paper published in the English language. It is called the Datly News, and is conducted by an American, Mr. Daniels, brother of a former Minister Resident of the United States at Turin. THE LITERARY REMAINS, With a memoir of the late Miss Susan Ferrier, author of “Marriage,” “Dest ,”? &c., are being prepared for publication. Miss Ferrier died in 1854. Her correspondence em- braces letters from Sir Walter Scott, John G. Lock- hart and many other distinguished contempora- ries, while the “Commonplace Book” contains un- printed compositions of Scott, Campbell, Leyden, M. G. Lewis and other eminent poets, THE Athenwum pronounces Mr. W. Harrison Ains- worth’s last novel, ‘‘Boscopel,” to be “moral, loyal and most intolerably dull.’’ THE BOOK-MAKERS are already after the Boston fire sharply. ‘The Great Conflagration” is to form the subject of several books now in pressin Phila- delphia, New York and Boston itself. WHEN THE POET SHELLEY resided in Dublin, in 1812, he was an intensely active politician. Two pamphlets from his pen—an “Address to the Irish People” and “Proposals for an Association of Philanthropists’—were printed and copiously cir- culated. kt shows practical knowledge of human nature that he.senta large supply to no less than sixty public:houses. They are chieny remarkable for a passionate glow and force of expression, which, indeed, characterized all Shelley's writings. Sirk JOHN LUBBOCK AND MR. Grant Durr have left Constantimople to visit the Troad, and proceed overland to Smyrna, As the region includes many Temains whicb.are not Greek but pre-historic, .we may look forward to some new views on the.sub- ject. Joun E. Porrsr & Co,, of Philadelphia, have in prees and will seen publish a “Complete Bible En- cyclopedia,” edited by the Rev. William Blackwood, D.D. Itis tobe a dictionary of biblical, ecclesi- astical and histerical information from the earliest times, to the present day. A Nsw Novel, called ‘The Artist's Love,” by Mrs. Southworth, is soon to be published by the Petersans, of Philadeiphia. A TRANSLATION Of Wagner's “Beethoven” has panton who was included in Maxwell's jnauit. BerosTEa—1 don’t know your name or who you ‘been published by Benbam Brothers, of Indianapo- Ma. The translator is Mr. Albert 8. Parsons, 6 young American graduate of a German.wniversity YACHTING. Presentation of Prizes Won at the Bayonne Yacht Club Regatte. ‘The members of the Bayonne Yacht Club met last evening at the ofice of Commodore Beling,’ No. 16 ‘Exchange plage, in order to be present at the dis- tribution of prizes won at the annual regatta of the Bayonne Yecht Club. A large number of yachts- men were present, and Mr. C. C. Hough made the presen: address. The following prizes were awarded:—First class—Addie, W. ie Langley, Union Prize, & handsome milver si taining bottles @nd glasses; Captain worth, Flag OMmcess’ q inch bronze elock. Second class—Qui Vive, T. Clapbam, Union Prize, @ silver punch bowl; Mary, J. T. d, Flag Omeers’ Prize, shiver, punch bowl; Allan sil club ‘d Class—! teor, Mapor ‘allan C. Bush, Flag Officers’ Prive, silver Fea Zeenat, Ciny Prive, marine en. class—Co1 8 Ketchum, Union Prize, silver fee pitcher, "The members of the club passed a very pleasant hour together during the distribution of the prizes, and separated about seven o’cloek P.M , Isaac | EVACUATION DAY. How the Anniversary Is To Be Celebrated in the City To-Morrow—The Military Preparations and the Quaker Regiment That Is To Do Honor te the Occasion—How They Managed It All Eighty- Nine Years Ago—What Was and What Was Not —-——— THE REVIEW BY THE MAYOR. The eighty-ninth anniversary of the day when the “blarsted Britishers,” tothe tue of “‘Yankee Doodle,” left this city, never to return again in arms, will be celebrated to-morrow in right. glori- ous style, Im the good old days before the war, ‘when the mémorable events of the Revolution were held apparently in greater reverence than they seem to be in these degenerate times, Evacuation Day was always-paid honor to at each successive anniversary with all the pomp and glory that mill- tary paradesand firemen’s exhibitions could lend to it, and the tradespeople generally were wont to shut up their shops, don on their Sunday-go-to- meeting clothes, and throng Broadway to SER THE SIGHTS. During the late war the day was almost lost aight of amid the excitement and turmoil and trouble which nine out of every ten patriots were thrown into over the real business of actual war- fare. The fact wag that there was just as much reverence for the day in the hearts of the people as ever, but they had not the time to play soldier for the benefit of women and children who couldn't shoulder the musket for their hearths’ sake even if they wanted to, The home guards, too, after the war had beeu going on for a couple of years, were at @ very large discount. ‘Their clanking swords had lost all their terrors for the servant girls whose ‘“lovyers,” like Johnny of the song, had FOUGHT AND BLED for their country with swords that were actually made use of to kill other ferocious fellows; 80 the gorgeous uniforms and the great nodding plumes of the fierce hussars and the bearskins of the grenadiers, which once set the avenue in a frenzy of joy and excitement, became gradually and beautifully conspicuous by their absence. How- ever, as soon as the war had come to an end the old good feeling about the long gone by events of the years that tried our forefathers’ souls so sorely broke out afresh and a new ardor appeared to infuse itself into our HOME TROOPS OF THE LINE. Tne boys who had gone to the war and had been lucky enough to get back again without losing either of their under-pinnings, became as enthusi- astic as the most conservative stay-at-nome trooper to join in the military turnouts, and last year, as a consequence, the celebration was made as imposing, and was done as much honor to almost 2s was paid to it before the rebellion, This year the celebration, in a military point of view, will not beso extensive as usual—that is, the entire First Division will not turn out; still the day will be celebrated properly, and with all due regard to the memories which it recalis, It was the original intention of General Shaler to have a grand review of the First division, but it was afterwards deemed best that THE GLORIOUS SEVENTH should alone parade and be reviewed by the Mayor and all the unfortunate individuals now wrapped up in the term “Common Council,” and who are to bid their official bye-bye to the City Hall next month. The reason for not ordering out any other regiment than the Seventh is this:—The crack regiment irom Philadelphia, the First Pennsylva- nia, commanded by Colonel Latta, is to pay the city a visit to-morrow. Naturally, being a crack corps, they should have a crack escort. If a di- vision parade were to take place it would be difi- cult to make two bites of the celebration cherry— havea le at one time for the benefit of the ylvanians and at another time during the for the New Yorkers alone. Then again, every- ly, in the ay at any rate, are ANXIOUS TO SEB THE FOREIGNERS and cheer them along their champagne, or rather cam] way, while they rei in the city, exposed to all the dread ills that warlike maneuvres are heir to in times of . For this reason more than any other it was decided in the long run that the Seventh should escort the visitors, particularly as the latter had done all the nost honors some time ago when the Seventh went to Phila- delphia and came near being destroyed by a iaker. sun and the mixed condition of the ing water in the neighborhood of the Continental. The Philadelphians will arrive early to-morrow morning, and f° directly to the Grand Central, where they will “quarter” for the . ‘The Seventh are to take them in hand through Beaver to Broad, through Broad to Wall, Sevent ‘A ‘Wall to Broadway and up Broadway to the "8 armory, where THE REAL “ of the visitors will begin. It is said that the Seventh have made extensive preparations for the occasion, and if anybody has any doubt on the subject he need only be informed that the pro- e for the evening, after the trouble is over, simply that the Seventh escort the Philadel- — ‘to their hotel. Now, from the armory to the tel good is but a stone sized military step it is true—but for all that the wisdom of the pr ie is apparent. This much bn be said, however, come what will: the guests of the Seventh will be ‘treated right royally, and while in town will be taken in hand by the citizens and the military ina bs atk will not leave any unpleasant memories HOW IT WAS DONE IN “AULD LANG SYNE.” There is a great diversity of opinion as to the exact waythe first evacuation parade was carried out, and as to what the Britishers did when leavin; of the Battery. Asit may be of interest not on! to the patriots of the present day, but to those long- memoried fellows who, if are to be believed in everytl must have been lively youths in 1783 to know the “truth of history” concerning the event, a brief description of the evacuation ceremonies may not be out of Bee Ear! the morni a to the truthful Jameses of that period) der the Gene- Bowerie took up their position. In the meantime the cit ith busy steps, to yng the thorot res, eager to see the de- irture of their country’s and to a in the joyous excitement of the occasion. About ten o’clock an American guard relieved the British ard at the City Prison, and the latter joined a de- hment of British then on parade on Broadway, which wheeled into platoons and marched down Broadway to the Battery, where they embarked in boats and went on board their aa then 1} at anchor in the North River. At tirely deserted ‘thett various poste, the American rel ir varior e American troops moved down the Bowery and TOOK POSSESSION OF THE CITY. ‘This being done, General Knox, with a number of citizens on horse! rode up to the Bowery to receive General Was! and Governor Geol Clinton, who, with their suites, made their public entry into the city on horseback, followed by the Lieutenant Governor and Senators, four abreast, General Knox and the officers of the army joined in eight abreast, followed i 8 citizens mounted eight abreast, and the Speaker of the Assembly and citizens on foot four abreast. The cavalcade a. down tl the city to the Battery, which Lieutenant Glean had been previousl despatched to raise the American stand: upon thestaff there erected ; ‘‘but,”’ says one of the truth tellers, “when the procession entered the British ensign was seen ati belay pe the breeze,” the enemy prior to their departure having unriven the halyard and slushed the staff, which they had also deprived of its cleets. ‘ scene,” says & Tevolucionsryavriter. «was one of intense interest. The Engl vessels mov! down the bay were spreadii their canvas to the wind, and it was juite desirable that they should have the gratifica- on of seeing the American standard waving over the.city before leaving the harbor.” Several per- sons endeavored to CLIMB THE STAFF, but in vain, and there qoeee to be no alterna- tive but to cut the pole down and erect another in its stead; but this,.it was readily seen, would take too much time, and, in the dilei @ sailor ten- dered his services, and, clasping pole, com- menced the ascent with a.small eh in his teeth, 4 which the American flag was attached. Reach- ing a certain nelghc. after great exertion, he be- gen tofalter. iting his eyes about,” says one @f the truthful Sasa espied a ladder near the Bow! Green, which, at his request, was brought and placed againat’ the staff, to which, a ler one being si , was at last en- abled, by the assistance thus afforded, to reach the top.” Tearing down THE EMBLEM OF LOYALTY he rove the balyards aud descended very much ex- Leen a A da by the loud acclamations of the moult! when amid the thunder of artillery and the huzzas of © thousands. the Stars and Stripes were ted to the tree top in the sight of the departing enemy, the band at thesame time striking up “‘Yankee Doodle.’ To the sailor was given & more substantial token of approbation than mere aj use, those present, from the Com- mander-in-Ohief to the ¢ oltizen, cheerfully contributing to a coliection for his benefit, JUST AS NOWADAYS. Thie interesting scene being over, the Com- mander-in-chief and other general officers sat down to a public dinner given oY the Governor at Francis’ Tavern, at the corner of Wall and Nasgau Sr enene ot most respeetable in the ‘THR WIND-UP. iblic festivities of the day closed by a bril- The Mant Oi Greworks im the evening, and the citizen to resi in the thought that the last remnant of royalty had ielt their shores, and that it, to use the words of an old chronicler, hr | Sees out before them but the enjoyment of all the heaven- Dorn Privileges vo w & free people were en- A GOOD STORY SPOILED. But first, here it may be remarked, that in Feb- Tuary, 1831, one in Van Dyke came out in a letter concerning the achievements of certain mili- heroes of the Revolution, and in that letter he follows conce! the evacuation by the slushed, and a sailor boy tried three times and got up about three feet, when he slipped down, when some rson got a handsaw, hatchet, hammer, gimbiet and nails; one sawed lengths across the board, one split the cleats, and some bored, until they had plenty of them. ‘The boy then tied the halyards around his waist, filled his outside jacket pockets full of ihe cleats, then megan to nail them on from the ground, on the Fant and left of the staff. As he ascended he nailed the cleats on, then he reeved the halyards, and when THR FLAG WAS UNFURLED & salute of thirteen Cae) was given.” He then adds, “it took us nearly an hour before we could hoist the standard. ‘hile we were preparing to hoist it the river was covered with shippin; it lay at anchor in the’ North River, The smi at the same time lay on their oars, sterns to shore. If Lieutenant Giean says & ladder was used then he was.not there at all. As for hauling down the h flag, there was nome to hau! down. They it perfect silence while we were hoisting the ra and rowed off after we had fired the salute.” So it would seem that we good patriots of the present day who revere our Revolutionary history with such devotion have been all along deceiv- ing ourselves with the patriotic idea that the Brit- ishers had not only greased THAT POOR FLAGSTAFF, but had also nailéd the hated Union Jack to the top, and yet the staff was really not greased, nor ‘was there any Union Jack to be pulled down by the gallant Yankee tar. Still, we know that there was @ flagstaff near the Battery on the 26th November, 1788, and that the Stare and Stripes were hoisted on it, and that the Americans had the satisfaction of. knowing that tie departing red-coats witnessed the patriotic operation. If that of itsel! is not sufl- clent reason to make New York people in 1872 feel Dertionlanly hie: on the 25th of November, then the people in New York ought never to have had an “ Evacuation Day” to celebrate, The Veterans of 1812. The few remaining survivors of the war of 1812 of New York and its vicinity will mect at St. Paul's Church, opposite the HERALD office, at 9:30 to-mor- row, and will tnence take the Seventh avenue cars up to the armory of the Sixth regiment, at Forty- fifth street and Broadway, where an escort of 100 men will be furnished them, who will accompany them to the old block fort at 110th street, near Sev- enth avenue, in the Park, where a hickory pole has lately been erected’by the Park Commissioners, from which the Stars and Stripes will be flung to the breeze. Subsequently orations will be le by Rev. Mathew Hale, of Brooklyn, and probably by General Dix, the Governor-elect, who is also an 1812 hero. A salute of thirteen guns, for that number of States which existed in 1812, willbe fired from Seventh avenue from a nine- tothe cannon to be loaned by the Commissary enerdl of the National Guard, under the superin- tendence of Mr. Gould Warner, an adopted son of the veterans, The old men will then return to the armory of the Sixth regiment, where a.banquet will be ten- dered them. The occasion promises to be a very interesting one. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. Madame Nilsson-Rouzaud has determined to make another tour turough the United States. Mr. Leonard Grover’s opera company went to pieces in St. Louis last week. It is said that some of his artists were compelled to walk to Cincinnati after his failure. At the recent examination for admission to the singing clasees of the Conservatory of Paris fifty- four young men and ninety-seven young women appeared. Of these only eleven of the former and sixteen of the latter were accepted. i Last week Mr. Forrest supplemented the Shak- spearean representations at Booth’s and the Fifth Avenue Theatres by readings from “Hamlet” and “Othello,” and on Monday evening Mrs. Scott- Siddons 1s to give “costume recitals” at Steinway Hall. San Francisco is happy in musical and dramatic entertainments. Mrs. F.S. Chanfrauis playing in “The Elopement” at the California Theatre and the Fabbri-Muller Opera Company have just completed an engagement of six weeks in German opera, clos- ing with “Lucia di Lammermoor.” Verdi, as well as Offenbach, contemplates a visit to this country, to lead in the presentation of his own operas. Itis becoming quite common for com- posers to superintend the production of their works, and among other announcements of this kind we hear that Gounod will himself direct his new opera, ‘Poliuto,”’ at the Scala, Milan. No sooner is one attempt at Sunday evening con- certs given up in this city than another is made. There is to be no concert either at Wallack’s or at the Grand Opera House this evening, but in place of them one is announced at the Bowery and one, at the Terrace Garden Theatre. Next Sunday the concerts at the Grand Opera House will be resumed, ‘and then we shall have one on the east side, one on the west side and one up town. In spite of his age and the loss of much of his power Mario is still a favorite. His work has been enormous, as will be seen from a calculation re- cently made, by which it appears. that he has ap- peared on the stage in 935 performances:—In operas by Donizetti, 225 times; Meyerbeer, 170; Rossini, 143; Verdi, 122; Bellini, 82; Gounod, 70; Mozart, 68; Flotow, 30; Cimarosa, 12; Auber, 12; Costa, 5; Halevy, 4; Ricci, 1; Mercadante, 1. Chicago is just now the city of misfortunes for theatrical companies. Even old favorites fail to draw paying houses, partly because the people are poor and partly from the fact that the theatres are at @ distance from the habitable parts of the town. The project for a new opera house has been aban- doned, and the Chicago papers say it is to be a thing of the future, which will come with the ne- cessity—that is, when people want it and have time to go to it. The new dramatic feature of the week will be the production of ‘Leo and Lotos’’ at Niblo’s and “Round the Clock” at the Grand Opera House. It is not probable that the former theatre can be got ready for the representation of the piece on Mon- day evening, owing to the work necessary in pre- .Paring a spectacle in the short time allowed for completing the house and putting the piece on the stage. The representation of “Leo and Lotos” will not be long delayed, however, and in the meantime the new piece at the Grand Opera House will have been seen by all who are anxious to wit- ness performances on “‘first nights.” Of,the latter piece one of the merits claimed for it is that it will even make an actor laugh. A correspondent from Cincinnati writes us of the strange freaks of a young lady in that city remark- able for her beauty, her accomplishments and her ‘taste in dress, which are strange only because her father 18 @ man of wealth and social distinction, This is the story :— She has conceived, it appears, a passion for the stage, but, instead "of preparing herseif by hard study for & début in private, as other pageatrack figures young ladies have done before her, now in the mouths of all the scandai- the city and suburbs in a most eae pesttlony havin, jared as @ com yous 1 Macaul privilege of appearing ae one ot the oman » It was granted, and at a rehearsal luring the day she was present. In the evening the yor lady eared, and in the first act, facing ihe lanwe audience, to nine-teniths of whom ing lady made licati forthe y. application to her was familiar, she betrayed very jittle nervousness, and, indeed, had ail the confidence of one whose si se ex- jours, Cyenaes umbered months instead o! nm her fingers diamonds shone, and her face was 60 mar! ct from those,of her associ- ate supernumeraries in its beauty and intelligence that even the few people in the house who knew her not were led to comment upon the singularity tater Soo ab ota ae A, corner 0! and dress circle we: very few moments after pon there in the fire of a hundred opera uses pointing cine EI them, w restive, wi she, the Se ee ‘tention, seemed to care Hot a whit for it, On Tuesday morning the subject was the talk of the town, and in the evening the house was packed long before the curtain rose, The youpg Jady, however, did not appear. NEW YORK HEKALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 44, 1872—QUADRUPLE SHEET. OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AT VIENNA, The Public Meeting at Called by the Board of Education. A Movement to Have Our School System Fully Explained at the World’s Fair—Models, Maps, Photographs, &c., To Be Sent. What the National Commissioner of Education Is Doing. At two o’clock yesterday a large number of gen- tlemen interested im educational matters, by in- vitation of the Commissioner of Education, Hooper ©. Van Vorst, assembled at the hall of the Depart- ment of Public Instruction, for the purpose of “‘con- sidering the best method of properly representing the educational system of our city at the Vienna Exposition. Among the gentlemen present were :— Alexander 8, Webb; Professors John C. Draper, Huntsman, Morales, Spencer and Docharty, of the New York College; Judge Larremore; Judge Coates ; the officials of the New York and, Brooklyn Boards of Education; Professor Joy, of Columbia College; Professor Scott, of the New York College; Oswald Ottendorfer; President Hunter, of the Normal College, and others. Judge Van Vorst was called to the chair and Lawrence D. Kernan was appointed secretary. Judge VAN VorsT stated that, having been ap- pointed to the charge of Group No. 26, at the Vienna Exposition, he had called this meeting. The group referred to is intended to fully represent our edu- cational system at Vienna, anda great desire has been shown on the part of the Director General of the Exposition and the Austrian authorities to have the New York system properly represented there. He reviewed the action already taken by the Board of Education of the city to forward groups. “What they want on the other side,” said Mr. Van Vorst, ‘are facts and statistics as to our system, that they may take advantage of any suggestions presented by our exhibition of books,” &c. By invitation of the Chair, General T. B. VAN Bonen, the United States Commisst oner, addressed the meeting, advocating the necessity of getting Congress to make an appropriation tor the proper representation of America at the great Fair. With two assistant clerks he had been engaged for four months in the interest of the movement. He de- seribed very minutely the character and dimen sions of the buildings and the advantages likely to | accrue to American inventors by sending their productions to Austria. All the authorities in Austria who had conferred with him had shown @ desire to have the laws amended to give full protection to inventors. A treaty is now in progress with this object in view. In letters received the Director General urges especially that we should have a good representation of our school system, and es- eciall; ® model school building, sbow- fg the improvements, ventilation, accom- modations, &c. He stated that he desired the educational interests to raise a fund to send @ school house, about one-third the size of those in use, to the Exposition, 28 a smail model pare ped Leen cy ae expat i Rie mented 's enough to put the seats in, and practt- oa men pers to explain the model. The space de- ren 0 the United States, he said, was 300 fect by feet. General Wess, President of the New York Col- lege, stated that he thought statistical results were what was most needed, and for his college he- could only promise this kind of information, with Mlustrative charts giving a perfect picture of the course pursued. He suggested the appointment of & committee, one of whom shall not be an ex) to preyent us sending anything there that not be fully understood. He put this last suggestion in the form of a resolution, to which President Hunter, of the Normal College, spoke, advocating the full illustration of the general routine of the school hours, including the marching in the morn- ing, the recesses and the marching out at night. He approved Commissioner Van Buren’s sugges- tion—a model achool house, fally equipped, which he believed could be obtained at an expense to the city of less than thirty thousand dollars. rofessor Scott, of the New York College, felt that the statistical mode of illustrating was not enough. To strike the South German mind we should not only have a school house, but a class of children, A model would show the building, butit would fail to ooeyey apn impression of our school houses and the routine pursued, unless there were children present. While we could not plant a model school with children there, we can show @ model school house, as e as possible, with class rooms, books, &c., and also statistical facts as to the New York schools, Superintendent KIppLE felt we should present models and plans of school houses, showing inter- nal arrangements and seers, with our course of study in every grade fully explained, and, if possible, any fruits of the instruction, and he cheerfully supported the proposition of President Webb, to have a committee appointed to see that nothing incomprehensible be presented. Mr. WEBB withdrew his mot and Professor Joy, of Columbia College, moved the appointment of a committee to co-operate with Judge Van Vorst and Commissioner Van Buren to thoroughly systematize it. He moved the names of anumber of gentlemen as a sub-committee, who ‘were selected from the representatives of the edu. cational interests in all parts of the country. ‘This called tohis feet Commissioner Woop, who understood the object of the meeting to be of a local character, and he was opposed to the selec- tion of | abot on the committee from distant parts of the country, whose system of instruction ‘was entirely diferent from ours, What we want to show the system of public schools, crowned with the model school and the College of New York. He urged the taking of stereoscopic class rooms and scholars as appoint a committee of five, includ! @ non- expert, as a committee, and also appoint President Hunter, of the Normal College, and Lawrence D. Kernan, to proceed to Vienna and explain the system. Professor Joy heal Tie Ma ah haf his motion, and Mr. Wood’s was adopted unanimously. Pro- feasor Joy’s resolution vas. then put and carried, The CHAIR announced that he would appoint the committee of five on Monday next, The following is the committee referred to by Professor Joy’s resolution. They are advisory to Commussioner Van Vorst, who will select his execu- tive committee from them :— ree Alden, LL. D., State Normal School, Albany, B. 4. Apgar, State Superintendent New Jersey. Frederick A. P. Barnard, D. D., LL. D., President Co- lumbia College, New Yor! Henry Barnard, LL. D., Hartford, Conn. Newton Bateman, State Superintendent, Illinols. “ Ww. 5 ammuaed jommissioner Public Schools, Provi- jence, 4, H: Binford, Richmond, Va. jHeni Bolander, Superintendent of Schools, San Fran- el jal. J. W. Bulkley, Superintendent of Schools, Brooklyn, (Norman Calkins, Assistant Superintendent, New York “'D. H. Cochran, LL.D., Polytechnic Institution, Brook- Crosby, D. D., Chancellor New York Uni- ¢ Doty, Superintendent of Schools, Detroit, Mich. John Batou; Jr. United States Commissioner of ed wea Mon, Washington. D.C. ude etenels LL.D, Superintendent of Public Instruc- jomas Gallaudet, D. D., New York. Hancock, Superintendent of Schools, Cincinnati, yh W. F. Harris, Superintendent, 8t. Louis, Mo. ‘Thos. ¥, Harrison, Assistant Superintendent, New York ity. Hw. Harvey, State Commissioner, Ohio. Thomas Hunter, President of Normal College, New York. ‘Warren Johnson, Superintendent of Sch. , Maine. qihenty idle, Superintendent of Schools, New York wallen Morton, Ph. D., President Stevens Institute, Ho. en, NJ. ‘M. A. Newell, State Superintendent, Maryland. B. G. Northrup, Secretary of Board of Lauestion, Con- nectieut J. * aos Peet, Principal Deaf and Dumb Asylum, New Wa. F. Phelps, Principal of Normal College, Winona, xichn, D. Philbrick, Superintendent of Schools, New ey hohe Potter, D. D., President Union College, Schenece J. H.R . Poagekeane ee — D., President Vassar College, Andrew J. Rickoff, Superintendent of Schools, Cleve. W. H. Rumner pn. rintendent, Virginia. David B, Scott AM, College New George B. Sears, Superintendent of Schools, Newark, ek Straznicky, Superintendent Astor Library, New yagiard Smyth, Pradent Board of Education. New | 5, Spomtord, Congressional Library, Waghington, John Swett, Deputy Superintendent, San_ Francisco, Oy ae Superintendent of Institate for the neben ie Weaver, Superintendent Public Instruction, So agape 8. Webb, LL, Dy President College of New wre D. White, President Cornell University, Ithaca, a White, Editor of the National Teacher, Columbus, pe jh White, Secretary of Board of Education, Mas- 1 E. J, Whitlock, President of Board of Education, Brook- yn. J. P. Wick Bi \- air jickersham, Superintendent of Schools, Penn: rt, | Jnstin Winsor, Superintendent of Public Library, Bos ton, Mase, The meeting adjourned after the above proceed- What is Being Done at Washington and Elsewhere. Acircular to educators and others directly in- terested in the proper representation at the Vienna Exposition of our public school system and other means of creatl 1 diffusing intelli- gence is now being prepared by the Bureau of Edu- cation, Commissioner Eaton has, in pursuance of the plan adopted by a conference of educators held here on the 13th inst,, undertaken the super- vision of the movement. The duty promises to be one of not only an interesting but herculean character. It has received the sanction of the leading superintendents and official educators, and the President will ask either in the annual or a special messawe for a sum sufficient to insure the proper representation of this country at Vienna, The amount generally decmed neces- Sary is $500,000, which will be supplemented by ap- Propriations from the several states for the purpose of representing themselves directly by agents, in- formation and illustration of products and institutions. The Austro-Hungarian authorities, notably Count Andrassy among them, are strenu- ous in urging upon us the necessity and advantage of a full presentation of'our school system. Baron Schwarz-Senborn the President Manager of th Exppsition, has taken especial pains to call our at- tention to this feature of their proposed Fair. He has written to Hon. John Jay, to Katon and to the United ates Commissioner, General T. B. Van Buren. je aim of this part of the Exposition can be seen by the fotlowing ex- tract from tire official programme, all of which that relates to the subject will be published in tae Bu- reau’s circular, Jn order to carry out our share of this programme Commissiover Eaton addresses the State Superin- tendents and those of cities and larger towns, ask- ing that they endeavor to furnish the following arts showing number of schools, grades, studies pils and teachers, average attendance by sex. teachers, school aecommodanions and Cost of tuition, total cost, expenditures, school 1: local Seconl— spec nd so as to fairly illustrate each: class und krade of drawing, writing and, composition also. series of questions applied to studies in the several grades, such ag are used in written examination, This income per part of the exposition to be accompanied. by charts, dia- grams, models, maps, and all her articles used objec~ tively in teaching, with a stutement of the peculiarities, ro and con, of system employed. Third—To secure from leading ies a model of best school building, equipped tor us lz0 profiles, eleva- tious ground plapk we. of other buildings, accompanied! by statistics ‘as to’ size, cost, material, method of con~ struction, it special; modes of ventilation, heating, &t., with gymnastic and school turniture, illustrating work- ings. General VAN Buren Buren, United States Commis sioner at Vienna, stated here at the conference that the city of New York willplace upon the ground @ working model of aschool building, with its several classes, furnished and arranged, in which that city will gather all she can offer the world in relation to her public schools, General Eaton ex- plains in his forthcoming circular ail the necessary details, and asks further that all matters furnishes shail be in duplicate, for the purpose of founding National Education Museum and Library at th Capital. It is expected there will be considerable emulation among the larger cities to present & complete representation at Vienna of their schoola. In addition to the public schools, the Commis- sioner will endeavor to secure the co-operation of all other institutions, associations or individuals, engaged in the work of education and instruction as detined and limited by the extract from tie pro- gramme above given. From the responses already received he feels assured that with liberal assistance from Congress we may and certainly will present a striking array of the educational means by which our youth are aided to become intelligent citizens. Mr. Spofford, Librarian of Congress, will probably undertake the work of getting the statistics, &c., of our libraries fairly presented. Dr. Toner, ol this city, has already undertaken the same work for the medical societies, &c. Com- missioner Eaton will have tne id of alll the bureaus, that like the Coast Survey, Hydro- graphic, Army Engineers, &c., have been en- gaged in work falling within the range of the third ivision of “Group No, 26,” in fairly presentin the results of these labors. Professor Henry, 0! the Smithsonian, has promised all the assistance he can give in gathering and presenting the statis- tics, &c., of the scientific associations of the country. ° THE TEMPEST OF FLAME. Important Scientific Report to the Chief Signal Officer on the Boston Fire. Evidences of a Fire Tornado Dur- ing the Conflagration. WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 1872. The following oMicial report of the Signal Service observer stationed at Boston, relative to the anemometrical and other observations taken by himself during the fire, will be found of great in- terest and highly mstructive. They clearly show that the fire was attended with phenomena dis- tinctly cyclonic :— Boston, Mass., Nov. 13, 1872. ‘Tue Curer SIGNAL OFFICER OF THE ARMY, Waslie ington, D. C.:- GENERAL—In reply to your telegraphic despatch, received this morning, directing me to make a fall Teport of the meteoric phenomena attending tha recent great fire, I would respectfully say that the wind at this station during the progress of the fre varied from north-northwest to north, with @ velocity of from five to nine miles per hour, weather being clear, cool and pleasant. Om approaching the fire on the north or wind- ward side, as close as the heat would allow, the indraught of air through the burning street# assumed the character of a brisk wind, probably sixteen or eighteen miles per hour, while the heat: ‘Was so intense as te cause smoke, steam, &c., to be carried up in spirals to a great elevation. On the south or lee side the induced currents of air were very strong, probably thirty or thirty-five miles per hour, carrying the fire bodily to wind- ward. This state ofaffairs appears to be the re- verse of the Chicigo tire, where the strength of the wind was sufficient to overcome the induced cur- rents and the fre burned to leeward. It appears as ifthe high wind permitted the indraught to rise at @ considerable angle after reaching the fire, leaving a large space of highly rarified air in itq front, inducing stronger currents to flowin, which, meeting the indraught, gave the spiral or whirl- wind form to the ascending current, During the fire a flock ot ducks passed at a great height overhead, and the light reflected from their plumage made them appear as fire balls passing rapidly through the air. Many who saw them called them meteors, and likened them to the balls of fire said to have been seen in the Northwest during the great fires in that region. As an exam. ple of the great heat diffused, I would state that daring the night I exposed a thermometer in tha observatory to the full glare of the fire, when ig rose nearly five degrees, although placed upwards of two thousand feet trom the burning district and dead to windward of it. No other phenomena oc- curred, the barometer rising slightly and the weather remained unchanged. I have the honor to be, General, very respect- faly, your obedient servant, H. E. COLB, Observer, Signal Service, U. 8. A. Pmrtoisncadt ys .acetch ees TERRIBLE WITRO-GLYOERINE EXPLOSION. A Telegraph Operator ® Torpeda Agent Blown Literally to Atoms—Th@ Earth Excayated by the Shock=—Des« truction of the Nitro-Glycerine Worksa Prrrssuna, Pa., Nov. 23, 1872, This morning a terrible explosion occurred at the: nitro-glycerine works of Roberts & Co., at Strut Grass, on the Allegheny Valley Railroad, in the instant death of H. F. Wolf, @ telegrap! operator, and D. V. Wright, torpedo agent Roberts & Co. The explosion was fearful, shaking the earth in the neighborhood like an earthquake, and hurling stones and pieces of timber in all di< rections. The works were shattered as if they hat been a target for artillery exercise. The eT ye h. excavat uadern where the m wes focused, Not @ piece of fesh bigger of flesh. They were actuall and nota of fleshan ine: long could be discovered. On the hillside a wate! Lrg pn toDr. Wright was found battered up an A horse standing a short distance from the scen: Was struck with a large piece ofcordwood and knocked down, but strange to got up unhaort. ‘The cause of the disaster is not known, and the amount of damage to property cannot just pow v¢ ascertained,