The New York Herald Newspaper, May 19, 1873, Page 3

THE PCISO%4 MYSTERY. The Act Cor,mitted in the Family of an Old ,and Respected Citizen. Sein Servants Given Arsenic in the House of Judge Blatehford’s lather, nn ‘The Poisoner Still Unknown—The Story of the Butler—He is a Victim, and Not the Cul- prit—Two Lives Despaired of—Why ‘Was the Crime Kept a Secret?— Interviews with somo of the Parties Concerned. The real circumstances of the mysterious whole- Bale poisoning case, an account of which was given exclusively in the HERALD yesterday, were more fully developed yesterday. It now appears that the {acts are fully as bad as, and even worse, than at first reported. It is certain that six persons were poisoned, as Mrs, Mofit, of Twenty-eighth street, contessed on Saturday evening to the Heratp revorter, while the public owes a debt of gratitude to Mr. Jameson, of Twenty-ninth street, in exposing the affair, about which so much secrecy hasbeen maintained. It also appears most proba- ble that two of the six persons will die of the pol- soning. The Heraxp reporter searched the upper part of the city yesterday for a long time for informa- tion about the occurrence, but with very poor re. suits, At the police station in Thirtieth street, Near Sixth avenue, the sergeant at the desk said that the police had heard nothing of the case except what was published in the HERALD of the morning. He said the police could not take cognizance of the poisoning unless somebody made a complaint against the perpe- trator of the deed, whoever he or she may be, and that as long as a mother, such as Mrs. Momit, would not make a complaint against the poisoner of her own child, not much was to be looked for in any pther direction. A CLEW AT LAST. ‘The reporter at length learned from a doctor in the upper part of the city that he had seen the story in the HERALD about the poisoning, and that he when reading it had been struck with the simi- family of Judge Blatchford, of the United States District Court in this city. He had been struck with the fact when he was reading the HERALD ac- count. On this clew the reporter went to the house of Judge Blatchford, 12 West Twenty-second street, The door bell was answered by an oldish man, who g@aid the Judge was not in, When the reporter mentioned the word poison the old man said, very quickly :— “Oh, it’s not here; it’s in old Mr. Blatchford’s family at No. 6 East Fourteenth street.” “Then a poisoning case has happened there ?”’ queried the reporter, almost astonished at the light which was at last breaking on so much darkness. “Yes, yes, I believe something ot the kind has happened there,” answered the old man, who Beemed too frightened to say much; ‘but you had Setter see the Judge.” After some dexterous questioning the old man gradually mollified and had a pretty succinct story. He said he had been down at the house of Judge Biatchford’s father in the morning and had learned ome additional particulars about the poisoning. Only the servants were poisoned, and he did not know how many, but there were several of them. The cook was so badly poisoned that she was pro- nounced past recovery and would no doubt die. {t was also thought the little boy would die, but it was not so sure. He was a delicate boy. The cook was arather old woman. He said that the cook had left the house and was somewhere in Twelfth street with her own people. The poison, as he understood the case, was given in_meat and not in tea as Mrs. Moflit had reported. None of the famaily were affected by the poisoning. How it was that this curious distinction existed he did not know; but the servants were under the influence of a terror which they could not conceal. The eld man added, “lam aye 3 too much, and you had better see the people in Fourteenth street.” FOLLOWING IT UP. The reporter thereupon went to Fourteenth street, and rang the door bell. A young lady, with fair hair, opened the door, and to the question if Mr. Blatchford was in sai ee not. What do you want to see him out “My mission ts to learn some of the facts of the (poisoning-of the servants in this house,” said the Teporter to the young lady, who, it appears, was Miss Blatchford. “What do want to know for? What business is it of yours??? said she. “I came from the (alent and it seems to be Jogical that the poisoning of six persons should be @ matter of some importance to the public,” said the reporter. “I don’t see how it concerns you in the least,” gaid Miss Blatchford. “If you come some other ‘time you may see Mr. Blatchford.” “Could I not ascertain if the facts, as published ‘in the HERALD, were mainly correct?” “I don’t want to say anything about it,’ answered the young lady. “I don’t consider it ts anybody's ‘business but ours.” AN UNEXPECTED REINFORCEMENT. The reporter left discomfited and walked down the broad stone steps cogitating on the mystery which continued to surround this strange case. At the moment he espied in the distance the red shawis of the two old women who had come out of ‘the basement of No.6 East Fourteenth street. They were beckoning to him to come to them, and ‘he went up to them. “You want to know about the poisoning,” said one of them, “don’t you ?” “1 confess that’s what I want,” said the reporter. “Weil,” said one of them, ‘‘you see we don’t be- Jong to the house, but we just called into seea friend of ours, It was the first we had heard of the poisoning. It’s @ terrible case. Who did you gee When you went in’ “T saw a@ young lady with light hair.”” “Well, that’s Miss Blatchiord, but she won’t say bet aa said the old woman who first spoke. “They are vane ors mystery about it, The ‘Way of it was this, The ‘ig were eating dinner last Tuesday, and began to feel ill on Wednesday. When the doctor came in he said they were pol- soned, Then there was a great time about it, and the cook she left and is dying away from the piace. The little #y is very weak too; he aiways was. There is no doubt of it, they all got the arsenic in the meat. The doctor has got what meat there is left, and he’s going to examine it to-morrow and see whatis the matter with it. There are two girls in the house now who are in bed, and they Inay hot live. You see they have been in bed now Sor five days and they’re no better. Wr. Harris at- tends them and gives them hope, but he don’t be- Meve what he says, I think.” KO ONE SUSPECTED. PP ot oti been directed to any particular “@ Lord! I don’t know; I would'nt say that .anyhody did it, but they don’t seem to think it’s the butler, because he goes on working just th same and has charge of the food. If the = ‘pected him of course they wouldn’t allow him to -do shat. It’san awful thing, and the house seems to be.wursed.”” +The old lady seemed to have told all she knew. ‘The reporter leit her and went in search of Dr, Barris, of Thirty-fourth street. He was not in, and, it appears, was looking for the reporter. ter in the evening he again went to the house an Fourteenth street, and a young rather good- Jooking Frepechman came to the door. He said Mr. Blatci)iord was at a dinner party with his wile and dsughter. He said the Heratp had done him great injustice in the morning; that he was the utler referred to, and that had ne not been an old and tried servant of the amily it might have gone hard with him; that he had no more idea of poisoning Lt hae J than of flying. The reporter explaiued to him that what was said in the article on Samday came {rom Mrs. Moffit. ‘The:butler said he had always been friendiy to MRS. MOFFIT’S LITTLE BOY. Rio them proceeded to tell the history of this mys- tertous poisoning more fully than it has thus far been told He eaid that on Sunday last the family ‘went out to dinner, as they were in the babit of doing on that day, and the servants dined alone. There were four women, himself, the boy Motlit Kl his own brotker at the table. The next morn- i he felt cramps in his stomach and was very sick, On gofng down stairs he met the cook, who ‘was also very oy! and the three girls and the boy were lying iu the frout basement amd all SUrerhi severély from cramps. They vomited treely, except-himself, and he was yery sick allday. In the aiternoon he saw his brother, who was work- Ing in Mr. Blatchford’s brother’s —_ house, and he’ was also sulfering. All, however, rew better on Tuesday. dinner corned Reor was, given 0 the’ servants, while the family had \something different altogether, which was not uso. Shortly after eating the ewrned beef ali the servants again got ill, himself included, and suffered ag.un with cramps much more severe than on Monday, A doctor was sent for, who pro- neunced the case. aller some examination, to be ersenical poisoning. He gaye emetics, which did, sone good in some ,cases. Two of the girls were, larity which existed between it and a poisoning case he had heard of a8 having happened in the” NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. 3 still confined to their beds, and he could not tell how dangerously ill they were. THE COOK WAS DANGEROUSLY ILL, as was the boy also. He himself was still suffering intensely, as was one of the giris, who was up. Nobody vad formed any idea of how the oisoning occurred, Of course there was crim hy noes where. The butcher had nol been arrested. Nobody had been arrested. An examination of precything, but the meat—four, bread, sugar. salt, etc.—h. been made, but no arsenic was discovered. The meat had been given by the docter to an analytical chemist, who was to ¢: ine it on Monday, and no doubt arsenic would be jound. He did not know of any investigation being made. He would not give the names or the servants who were poisoned; he was a.raid to do 80, did not want even togive his own name, and sho refer its not appearing. He supposed the Jamily not want the matter made pubiic because of TROUBLE AND DISGRACE. Dr. Harris had been asked net to say anything aboutit, The family were in a terrible state about tt Later the reporter again tried to see Mr, Blatch- ford, but aid not succeed, The mystery Is cleared up tos me extent. learned—whv commited the act. A Coroner's in- quest will probably reveal this. MARIZ TAGLIONI. ap aS Reminiscences of the, Great Dansecuse— How Queens of the Balict May Be Goo and Grow Oid—From ‘the Footlights to the Dancing School—A Back Glance of Thirty Years. To THE Eprror oF THE HERALD :— A telegraphic flash and we were told (lalsely) of Marie Taglioni’s death, “Is it possibler? “I thought she died long ago.” “A very great dan- seuse.” ‘Well, well; s0 they go, Who next?’ Such were the brief comments over the dinner table, and quickly the last bribery at Albany effaced all thought of, probably, the most exquisite dan- seuse that ever lived, Idid not marvel at this in- difference, for Taghoni is but a name in America, No veteran theatre-goer enthusiastically recalis the divine grace that made her dancing the very poetry of motion, yet it was an indiMerence that grated harshly updn one who knows her to be the best of women and who is proud to call her friend. And if I tay a pansy at her rhythmic feet it is to inspire in others respect for @ great artist, who 1s an honor to womanhood, ®fo you know | have heard that Taglieni is in London?” said a woman of society early in the Winter of 1871. “She used to be very intimate with Lady Morgan, at whose house I met her frequently, She was charming, and I shall renew the acq) ance.’ So to Bond street my friend wengpfor' , and from Mitchell, the Queen's, Kgellér, Who is aw courant ef every- thing, he last novel read by Victoria to the arrival le last artist, she obtained the necessary informé) A few evenings later I was invited to a dinner at this friend’s house. On entering the draw: ‘oom I recognized all but one of the guests. Ona low chair sat a refined-looking woman of sixty-five, dressed in black velvet and lace, whose dominant characteristic seemed to be unob- trusiveness, and who, in consequence, would at all times and in all places be unobserved unless by the rare few in search of ladies. “My dear,’’ whispered the hostess, “that is the great Tagiioni. Come, you must be presented;” and, leading me to the woman of whom I had read so much, I then and there made her acquaintance, I wasin a dazed frame of mind; for to associate age and gray hairs with a danseuse is so utterly incongruous as to appear impossible. Perpetual youth seems to be the prerogative of the heroines of the ballet. In the mind of an imaginative public to trip the light fantastic toe means to be always under thirty, al- ways lithe, always standing with one foot in the air, always wearing a serephic smile upon a yet more serapaic countenance. The eternal fitness of things forbids danseuses to be ever fat and forty. Youand the imaginative public induige in the delusion that they do not die after the prosaic manner of mortals who walk on their heels, but before age lays his tyrant hand upon them they perform their favorite pas in the most seductive manner, and then, with @ farewell wave of inviting arms, vanish ‘into thin air.” Fancy a dan- seuse with a headache, ora coin, Or gout, or ollve branches! Yet there I sat, talking with the great- est celebrity of the ballet, aged sixty-five and a grandmother! It was a shock to my nervous sys. tem for at Jeast ten minutes. It was another shock to see her in a long dress and an arm chair, instead of beholding her through an opera glass, arrayed in tulle and revolving around the idiotic man in tights, whose highest aspiration tn life is to spin on one leg like a teetotum. AtlastI regained my or- dinary composure, and, putting aside Terpsichorean dreams, was able to look at Madame Taglioni ra- tionally. Winning in manner, with the courtly air of a lady of the old school—a schoo! that we should do our best to revive—she at once excited respect and regard; respect because of her graceful womanliness, regard because of sympathetic tem- perament. Of medium height, slight in figure, she gave the impression of a healthy, well-preserved woman, whose lease of life would not expire for filteen or twenty years. Ifelt persuaded that La Tagliont could never have been beautiful either in face or figure; but I felt equally persuaded of the fascination and genius of her art. We all know that beauty has never been the strongest magnet in attracting either individuals or the public. It is an incomprehensible magnetism that holds us willing slaves at the feet oftriends or genius, with- out which Venus would lure but for a day, and Apollo sing to empty benches after one short season. La Taglioni’s face is round rather than oval, there are few wrinkles in the corners of her Pleasant, placid gray eyes, none at all on her smooth forehead. Her hair, worn in plaits at the side, and covered with black lace at the back of the head, is dark tron gray; her teeth are good, and the expression of her delicately shaped mouth denoted benevolence and amiability. Her voice is seft and low, and there was something pretty in her attempts to speak English with a gentleman who was enthusiastic in telling her how he adored her thirty years ago, when he was @ boy, and how wild he became over that famous pas de quatre— Taglioni, Cerito, Carlotta Grisi and Lucille Grahn— about which the operatic world will never cease to talk. . “You—air—very—goot,” replied La Taglioni, with the sweetest of smiles and French accent. I—nave— not— speak —Angiish— since— twenty-five —year— ven—I—was—here—bé—fore. Ah! mon Dieu, quel dommage que vous ne parlez pas Frany chére, dites ce monsieur que je suis désespert Monsieur was much more desperate than Madame at the impossibllity of living over again those palmy days of the ballet in the presence of his mature goddess, and retired to a corner where, in the ear of a youthful countryman, he relieved his pent up feelings in superlative English, “You think that man mad, perhaps,” said an elderly aristocrat, who never Was known to praise anything. “assure you that the art of dancing has lived and died with Taglioni. You can have no conception of the wonderful poetry that woman put into every motion of her vody, of the intellect visible in her feet. A ballet with Tagiioni in it was the subtiest of verse, There were meaning and feeling in everything she did. Never was there anything like if ‘before her day, never has there been anything like it since. T believe the world will never see her like again,” ‘You are right,” ehimed in a dowager. ‘“Danc- ing to-day is.a lost art. French saltation is a nui- Dancthe alee the epee of tours de force? cl Hout se! e! pate ntiment is nothing more than rue, true,’ echoed a venerable connoisseur, an ip the midst of that genuine hymn of praise La Tagiioni sat quietly conversing in French with a Meme thee Heat actress who also could re- tna time ia London. when she danced for the why had La Taglioni returned as an old wo- man to rhe seene of her tormer Dounueete " Ant itwas @ sad story. Years before she had retired toa villa on the Lake of Como, There she had lived peacefully; there lived her only daughter, to Whom, on ber marriage With a Russian prince, the mother gave halt her hardly-carned. fortune There she would have remained but 6 Franco-Prussian war, greater for the which deprived her of art of her income, and very nearly coor the death of her only son, a French ofiicer. Severely wounded andsent to Germany, he was followed by his devoted mother, and nursed back to lite. “And alter what was I ¢o do?” said La Taglions, when our acquaintance ripened into friendship: “7 still had money enough to live upon; and had been alone I showld have gone back to my villa, but there was my son. An officer in the army, you know, is without fortune. His salary is small; he must live like a gentieman. I had given my daugh- ter a dowry; it is right that my son showd he equally well previde: for, and so I have come here to teach dancing and repair the losses of the war.’ Such was La Saglioni’s unselfish, naive atory. At an age When gyogt mothers ure tenderly cared for py Onig one thing remains to be | grateful, loving children, she had come to a thor- oughly antipathetic clunate, among a people whose language she could neither sveak nor understand, “it is not tne same London, of course,” she con- tinued.” “It is sad, you Know, to realize the change. Then I was great; dow! am forgotten, My friends have passed away. I have issued cards} but the press, once so lavish oi praise, has said noting ol my arrival. Ido not know how to make eople acquainted with my purpose.” La Tag- ioni not heralded by the London press? No friend to tight her battles? It seemed incredible, yet it ‘was truc; and to one American, who told this story to an editor, the great danseuse owed the lauca- tory articles published soon aiter,and owing [0 which gra dames sought her for their recep- tious and their children, “How charming to take lessons of Mme. Tag- Noni? I thought, and menighinen went to her house in Upper Brook street, found her in the draw- ing room on the second story, conversing with her pianist, a Frenen woman. Kisamg me, sie said, “eh ma chére, 1 me the news.” “The news is,” lanswered, *‘that I want totake dancing lessons of you. 1 want La Tagiloni to teach me how to.cu¥ ts One of these days I snall be proud to say that I studied with you.” “Que vous étes bien aimabie,” replied the old lady, tappiug me gently with ‘the fan she always carried. “And moreover,” I added, “Il want to see your feet. I want to see how you use them.” A second tap of the fan and a quiet langh were her reply to my impertinences, and in a tew minutes later I stood before the teacher watching her pretty little feet going through the sinple movements of that rarest oj all thinys—a graceful courtesy. “Ah,” said she, when we sat down to rest, “{ don’t know what is the matter with people, but now-a-days they have oo manners. See how they salute one another. Nobedy bows; everybody nods, Children show norespect for age. 1think there shouid be a bow of delerence to mature years, but now, boys and giris nod to their grandparents; and, as tor the waiking, there is no such thing. People shuffle and hitch. The French have lost the art they once possessed, And when it comes to teaching danéing, ma chére! Well, well, Ihave patience, and if my pupils show a willing @ n Ide my possible; but the gaucheriec of some! It is incredible. { wonder where these children have lived and how their parents can en- dure such actions! The American young ladies please me most because they are very pretty and juick to learn. They are beraely more graceful than vhe French, and their reavineas in seizing ideag’ pleases ‘me. “But ladies and gentlemen of are, ayes Ar, drawing-room man- ers,” and La Taglion! went through the salutations rth prevalent. in society so inimitably as to 6 the planivy and mgselt laueh Nearly. 4 re Inlerésulix igoriiays that 1 passed Wi liont. If it be some! ie she taught me the fA He tn which she was my parme end never lost her temper at my many ml takes? that atime we have waltzed to- LAGE she ag alle polish are ri to say that at sixty-five as most women are at thirty-five, k can say it, and am glad to say it, for I know few more satis(actory pleasures than association with the great when they are good, never tired of observing La Taglioni’s use of her arms. They: are long, out no one knows it. The clever danseuse never allowed them to. fal. Th were always 80 beauti- fully curved some appropriate action as toexcite constant admiration, Out of this de- fect grew renown. Thus can intellect defy physique; and one day when she went turough & tan-dance, comp by herself and set to the well Known air of Louis XIII.—a dance that consisted of nothing but walking, bowing and fanning—I un- derstood Why nothing Was apparent but consum- mate grace and refinement. Sitt one evening with La Taglioni in a box at the St. James’ theatre witnessing @ French per- formance of Sardou’s “Rabagas,” the danseuse exclaimed, with a sigh, “Ah, how sad it makes me to see the French ridiculing themselves, and how sad it makes me to think of the dancer's brief life, At forty she is passece, At forty she must retire. is it not heartrending, when at Yerty a wonran |s in her intellectual prime and can then do what she never before dreamed of? How different the fate of the actress! Why had I been an actress instead of a dancer I might now be on the stage, jor 1 could play old women and, ma chére, I would play them well. It ts a grief to me that my ballets cannot be perpet- uated, that the things I did camot be done by others; but who can id down shades, nuances, poses that depend upon inspiration? Well, it has all gone, andI am an old woman. I am ready to go when the good God calls me. Until then—I shall teach wn, deug, trois, quatre, un, deux, trois, quatre, and if all my pupils are as intelligent and sympa- thetic as — I shall have reason to rejoice.” ‘The day of farewell came at last, and, putting her arms around me, La Tagiioni said, “Ma chére, I am fond of your countrywomen, and if I were younger I would go with you to America, But it cannot be. I have passed the age when travelling agrees with the hnman constitution. I shall go to Italy, and, returning here next Winter, reap the harvest of the seed planted this season, Think of me a6 a friend, not ag a teacher, for I am more of ‘the former than the latter. Do not forget me, and write to me.” 1 have not torgotten La Taglioni; I have thought of heras a friend; If have not written until now, and now it 18 no letter addressea to her, but toa fae unknown to her—by whom she is unknown. t those who apeer lightly of this dear lady's pro- fession think of her geutle, sweet example, and ask if the danseuse may not be as true a woman as the best? The world would be the poorer for the loss ofa qocd daughter, an uncomplaining wile, a seif- sacrificing mother, a true iriend, and a great artist. La Tagiioni nobly wears her laurels and her crown of thorns, To-day she is reaping a golden harvest in London's most appreciative society. FREE LANGE. FEDERAL OFFICE AFFAIRS, Tables of Receipts—Imports and Exports for Four Months in 1871, 1872 and 1873— Interesting Statistics. At the Custom House during the past week the Outlook has been very slim, the business being ex- tremely dull, Although at this time of the year it is expected that the withdrawals are light, yet, comparatively speaking, the commerce of New York, even considering the stagnancy of trade, is steadily on the increase. ‘The receipts for customs for the four months ending April 30 were as follows:— 13 317 098, bret 14,095,994 13,948,990 $56,073,008 The foreign imports at this port during the same period were as follows :— January 1873. $37,803,601 38,850,517 48)440,621 87,179,426 exports from New York during the same time show for— : 1873. $20,050,550 2113 21,982,209 25,619,768 Totals... «+ $78,647,024 $70,485,976 $55,791,529 In New York about two-thirds of the imports are landed, while forty-six per cent of the exports are shipped hence from this port, exclusive of the specie. One hundred and fifteen million dollars’ worth of dry goods were imported during the past ten months, out of $350,000,000 total imports. These are startling figures for those who provide for the Flora McFlimsies, An act of Congress, approved March, 1873, to estabiish the Custom House value of the sovereign or pound sterling of Great Britain ana to fix the par of exchange, prevides that from on and aiter anuary 1, 1874, a pound sterling or sovereign shail be equal to four dollars and_ eighty- six cents and six and a half mills, by which merchandise must be appraised, and abolishing the existing standard—ffty-four pence to the doliar and $4 49 40-100 to the sover- eign, The authorities of the New York Custom House construed the law on its proper intent, to take effect next New Year's Day. The Collec.or at Baltimore, Md., however, put his own construction thereon, and compelled the importers to appraise values at the increased rate, Yesterday a circuler letter from Secretary Richardson, received by Col- lector Arthur, settled the matterin the proper manner, and according to the true intenion of Congress, by ordering the law to go into effect as provided, The amount of money overpatd by the merchants of Baltimore will, as @ matter of course, have to be refunded unless the govern- ment is desirous to go into litigation. AT THE POST OFFICE Mr. James continues his good work in despatching the mail matter as rapidly as possible. The new system of delivering the bags for stations A, C and E on the west side, via the New York Elevated Railway, is working with eminent satisfaction. The limited facilities for transporting the postal cards from the place of manufacture has delayed their more rapid sale. Orders for nearly one mil- lion of these timy pasteboards are on file at the Post Office, which are expected to be filled this week, The contemplated repairs on the “old church” are progressing, and new and much needed improvements will be made by Mr. W. G. Steinmetz, the government architect in charge, A CONFLAGRATION IN ILLINOIS, AURORA, May 18, 1873, A fire broke outin the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad car shops, in this city, about half- past one P, M. to-day, originating in the paint shop. Eight wooden buildings belonging to the railroad company, together with two dwellings on North Broadway, were destroyed, Most of the tools in the various shops were saved, Three Pullman cars, several passenger coaches and some unfin- ished work, together with a large quantity of lum- ber were destroyed, There were between three hundred and fity and tour hundred freight cars, Mostly loaded, standing in the yard, all of which Were saved except eight cars loaded with lumber. The total loss is estimated at $260,000 and is fully covered by insurance, The ayigin of the fire is not definitely known, THE HERALD AND ITS ENTERPRISE. {From the Lynn (Mass.) Reporter.) THE NEW YORK HERALD. ‘The enterprise ana cnergy exhibited by the pro- prietor ofthis journal is truly wonderful, News from every part ef the globe is presented daily to its legions of readers with a@ promptncss which seeins almost impossible. The most trifing occur- rence is not overlooked, and the detalis of the most important events that take place in every nation are given with so mucu exactness that one may sit at home and become perfectly conversant with all that transpires in the outside world, In its business department it is equally progressive. It has recently published several enormous quintuple sheets, one of which contained 120 columns, eighty-three being devoted to advertisements, leaving thirty-ssven for news wnd editorials. In order to place beiore its readers daily accuunts of what is occurring at the Vienna Exposition the proprietors have engaged the services of 10ur correspondents—Edmund Yates, the English nov- elist; J. Russell Young, the weil-kKnown American journalist; Mr. Auerbach and Mrs. Mulbach, the two celebrated German writers, The full par- tieulars of the opening of the Exhibition were given by those celebrities the next day alter they took place, filling several columns of the HERALD, two of which were printed in the German lnnguage. The immense amount of labor and expense involved in procnriug the material for such a journal with the celerity thus demon- strated can scarcely be comprehended; but that it pays is apparent from the great circulation at- tained, For exampie, two hundred thousand copies of the edition containing the account above re- ferred to were sold, If any one is inclined to dowbe | the pluck, energy and perseverance of American journalists, let him take the HeRALD one week, and he wiil be convinced that there is at least one paper in the United States that cannot be sur- passed in {he world, é {From the Pottland (Oregon) Bulletin, May 3.) THE “BIG NEW YORK HERALD” AGAIN, Last evening's mail brought the New York HEr- ALD of April 20—another Sunday quintuple sheet of 120 columns, of which eighty-three are filled with advertisements, set solid and close, as compositors technically say, And this, too, when the cry is “Hard times!’ It proves two things very clearly— that the New York advertisers, business men of all degrees, are the keenest and cleverest of any in the land, and that they estimate the HERALD as the best advertising medium in that great and wealthy city. So it is. In the Old World the London Times has long been called “The Thunderer.” So might we call the Heratp “Lightning.” It i!- luminates, and its flashes are irresistible. And when Macaulay’s New Zealander shall sit on London Bridge and view the ruins of the mighty London of tc-day, as Marius sat amid the ruins of Carthage, it is an even thing that a New York HERALD re- porter will there interview him, and the earliest morning edition of that unrivalled newspaper will give the report of the interview in full to its mil- lions of patrons and ten times that number of readers the very next day. If ever the HERALD fails to give news there won't be any. (From the Dubuque (lowa) National Demokrat.] THE VIENNA EXPOSITION AND TIE HERALD. The New YoRK HeERa.p has already for a long time enjoyed a world-wide reputation for the ra- pidity, fullness and correctness of the reports which it procures, regardless of expense, from the most talented correspondents in all parts of the in- habited world. No journal in the world can even approach it, and everybody has already long formed the opinion that in the field of Journalism the vic- tories of the NEw YORK HERALD can never be sur- passed. And this opinion is also in as far a correct one that no other journal can even undertake to follow it; but the HERALD always advances and the HERALD of to-day always surpasses that of yesterday, or, in other words, one HERALD an only be surpassed by another. At the Vienna Exposition it has engaged as correspondents four of the most eminent writers: of the day—Edmund Yates, an Englishman; John Russell Young, an American, and Berthold Auer- bach und Louise Mihibach, who sent their reports by cable at a stupendous expense; the former in English and both of the latter in the German lan- guage. The Henatp of May 2 contained, besides the English reports from Vienna and the plan of the Exposition structure, not less than nine col- umns of reports, written and printed in German, from the pens of Auerbach, Mahibach and others, sent from Vienna the day before, in which the opening festivities were described in an attractive, fascinating style. And to this stupendous enter- prise owe it our readers that they, here in the Far West, over four thousand miles distant from Vienna, can read more of the Vienna Exposi- tion than perhaps nine-tenths of all the inhabi- tants of Germany at the same time. When we amore than twenty years ago occupied the humble position of compositor in the printing rooms of the New YORK. HERALD, we then already thought that that paper had reached the climax of journalistic glory; but the gigantic progress made since has filled us with astonishment and admiration. Truly, there is but one New York HERALD! In another part we print the address of Louise Muhlbach to the ladies of America and her general description of the opening festivities in Vienna, and think we have the approbation of our readers in devoting a large space to this fresh and attrac- tive subject. {From the Halifax Morning Chronicle, May 15.) THE NEW YORK HERALD AND THE VIENNA EXUIBI- ON, However prepossessed many people may be against the great newspaper of the States, it is im- possible not to admire the wonderful enterprise of its proprietor. Its greatest feat hitherto has been the Stanley-Livingstone expedition, which took the world by storm and exemplified the real greatness and power of the modern press; for what the British government did not do a newspaper corre- spondent, acting under instructions from his chief, did, and did well, proving, spite of flerce attacks anddenials, thathe had in very deed seen and taiked with the African explorer, Had the HERALD done nothing more in the way of novel ex- tension of press euterprise it must ever have had the honor of being the most advanced paper ol the age, but it did not stop there, Afver sending a special expedition right across the Atlantic into the very heart of an unknown continent, where diMeulties innumerable aud obstacles many op- posed the march of its representative, it turned its eyes to Cuba, where the long revolutionary fight against Spanish rule had been going on for years, and determined that, at any price, the real state of matters in that beautiful but blood-stained island should be ascertained and published to the world. Accordingly, it sent Boyd Henderson, but he did not answer the expectations ef him entertained by his employer, and it became necessary to select a man well qualified for a task which had proved both deli- cate and dangerous. O'Kelly started for Cuba, pen- etrated the lines of the insurgents and telegraphed the result of his mission as he went. Untortu- nately for him—though not so unluckily for his paper—he Was arrested by the Spanish authorities, and isat this moment a close prisoner with no mild doom hanging over him. Being a British sub- ject, although in the employ of an American jour- nal, the Imperial authorities have interiered and the Captain of the “Plover” has demanded his re- lease, promising to take him to Jamaica and guar- anteeing that he shall not again enter Cuba, At latest advices this action had been fruitiess, and O'Kelly is stillin the hands of the Dons, who, of course, bear no favor to the New YorK HERALD, not unnaturally, seeing that leader after leader has appeared in that paper condemnatory of the policy of Spain towards Cuba, Having thus gained two great triumphs of jour- nalism, it was resolved to achieve a third, and this was done 80 successfully as to win the applause of many who had refused their admiration to the Livingstone and Cuban expeditions. The Vienna Exhibition attracted much attention, being the most splendid and perfect of all the World’s Fairs. An immense German population is spread not throughout New York alone, but througheut the States of the Union, and it was captivated by the brilliant genius of the HERALD, which appeared the other morning with pages of special despatches privted jp the dear Deutsche Svrache, Im thia the, HERALD has far surpassed every newspaper. It has not merely secured German correspondents, but has selected them from among the chiefest stars of the German literati, The names of Auer- bach and Louisa Mtthibach are as well known in Germany and wherever German is spoken as the names of Geerge Eliot and Thackeray are to Anglo- Saxons, And thus we sce a daily newspaper with two of the leading writers of a great country on its staf, No wonder that the enthusiasm of the Teu- tons was boundiess, and that praises more numer- ous than ever were showered by the lager lovers on the energetic journal; no wonder that the sale of the paper was close on two hun- dred thousand copies, and yet failed to satisfy the demand, Carrying out in full its idea, tbe HERALD has not only presented Its English-speak- ing readers with a translation of Auerbach’s and Miilhbach’s accounts, but has obtained, per cable, extracts from the various German papers that have spoken of the Exhibition, thus illustrating the feel- ing in Europe on this subject. But while thus remembering and providing for the interests of the German element of tne popula- tion, the proprietor has not forgotten the other classes of the community, and, through the cele- brated novelist, Edmund Yates, gives an account ofthe show from an English point of view, while through John Russell Young it offers an American estimate of the Exhibition. Be it understood, too, that in order to give the utmost freshness to these long reports they are, every one of them, telegraphed irom the Austrian capital to New York, Assuredly one is justified in admiring such genuine energy, such undoubted enterprise, and it is only fair to award the meed of praise when it has been so wellwon, The New YORK HERALD, so far as promptitude and action are concerned, has placed itself far ahead of ali its fellows, ahd in this Exhibition correspondence maintains the distinction it acquired by its cele- brated Stanley expedition, It would bé Interesting to enter on ® study of figures in connection with those enterprises, but it is doubtful whether some of the amounts would be credited by many who are accustomed to the old plan of doing things ‘on the cheap.” The HERALD disbelleves in this system and lavishes its fands lib- erally. Truly, its returns are enor mous, A GYPSY'S DEATH. Cold Spring Excited Over the Death and Hasty Burial of a Gypsy Girl— An Exhumation and Post-Mortem Ex- amination Discloses the Fact that She Had Been Brutally Violated. POUGHKFEPSIF, May 18, 1873, There is a painful mystery surrounding the death and burial of a gypsy girl near Cold Spring. Putnam county, and the investigation which is progressing, should act as a warning to the members of these rov- Ing bands not to disregard all law and decency in the matter of caring for the members of their tmbe when misfortune overtakes them. On the day in question two wagons, containing three young men, one old woman, one young girl and two children, all supposed to be gipsies arrived in the little country place known as McKeel’s Corners, not far from Cold Spring. As soon as the wagons stopped one of the young men hastened to Dr. Griffin's residence and pressed him to come quickly to one of the wagons, The Doctor dia so, and there found the young girl in a dying condition. She was beautiful in appearance, but her attire was of the most scanty kind. She had nothing on but a chemise and an old dress. Near her was a box of pills, Dr. Griffin thought she acted as though she had been drugged, when he demanded to know of the other occupants of the wagon what they had been giving her. One of them replied that Dr. Schlosson, of Bedford, West- chester county, had prescribed the pills for the girl; that she had been complaining for several days, but that she had not been very sick till the day previous. Dr. Griffin asked the poor girl if she would like to have some water, but she made no audible reply ; he then, in order to test her strength, held the water towards her and asked her to raise her head, but she could not. He then raised her head and poured a littie water in her mouth, but she did not swallow any. The Doctor then hurried into @ house near by to get other aid, but when he came back the young girl was dead. At five o’clock in the afternoon of the same day her body was handed over to the Overseer of the Poor and she was at once buried in an old burial ground near by, without prayer or priest or any service whatever. and within the sound of the bells of five churches, Her wandering companions took their departure immediately after, unques- tioned and seemingly uncared for. Not a soul knew who the unfortunate girl was nor where she came from, nor the names o! any of her inhuman companions. As soon as the above facts became noised abroad the better class of eople in the vicinity felt that a great wrong had en perpetrated; that a mystery surrounded the whole affair which it was their duty, if ppmitla to dispel in order that justice might ensue, it had been given out, too, that Dr. Griffin upon seeing the girl expressed the opinion that she had been drugged, and that increased tne desire for a thorough investigation. All the reports coming to the notice of Coroner Butlock, of Cold Spring, that oMicial took hold of the case at once and ordered tho body to be ex- humed, and the order was carried into effect. Dr. Murdock, of Cold spring, was them instructed by the Coroner to make a post mortem examination of the remains, which he did ninety-six hours alter death. A coroner's jury was next empannelled and the inquest was commenced at the Cold Spring Hotel on Saturday: The first witness to testify was Dr. Griffin, evidence was in the main cor- roborative of the above, and then Dr. Murdock was called. He testified to having made the post- mortem ex ‘ination the day previous. He testi- fied that the body was only slightly discolored, and that there was a red fush over a part of it, mainly upon the sides and arms, and some discoloration over the back, and there was one bruise upon the back near the lower end of the spinal column, which was probably produced after death. There were marks of violence upon the genital organs and the external labia were very much swollen. There were other marks of violence which the doctor de- talled, showing that the person of ate Ws girl had been violated. The body otherw{ge was in g00d condition, flesh firm, no Wa aly ion, no ap- pearance of previous sickness, stomach healthy, externally and internally. There was a slight clot near the heart, but the doctor did not think that would have alone caused death, nor did he think the violation of the person as presented would have directly caused death, though it might have indirectly hastened her demise. He testified further, that he had the stomach and intestines in a sealed jar, but as yet had not made aminute examination of them. The doctor was closely questioned by the jurors on different points, and his evidence: was closely listened to, He stated that there was no doubt in his mind but that the gul’s perice had been brutally violated, It was decided not to give the case tothe jury till Dr. Murdock examined the stomach and intestines, One of the jurors inquired of the docter if he thought the girl had been chloroformed, He re- pled thatshe might have been, but that there would probably no traces oi it nee so long after death. If the jury decide that the girl came to her death by foul means, riders will at once scour the country for the balance of the gypsy band. # is thought that when they left McKeel’s Cor- ners they started jor the interior towns of Dutchess county. They had horses, wagons and goods. If they had parted with just enough of the property to lave given the girl a human burial, public opin- jon would not now be so strong against them. As the case now stands, there is enough evidence to show that a heinous crime has been committed, and the whole party should be arrested forthwith, | let the verdict of the Coronor’s jury be what it will. THE EIGHTH WARD TRAGEDY, Jackson, the Suspected Murderer, Still At Large. The bloody tragedy in the Eighth ward, which came to light on Saturday morning, was yesterday the all-absorbing topic of conversation in the dis- trict in which it occurred. The colored citizens of the ward are greatly excited over the supposed murder, and the opinion is pretty freely expressed among them that Jackson is the man who is ac- countable tor the death of the untortunate Woman, Jackson has for some years been a neted character in the ward, and is weil Known to the police. He is @ man of more than six feet high, of very dark complexion, with very thick lips, and his whole appearance 18 so remarkable that he cannot hope to escape the vigorous search which has been instituted for nim. It ts scarcely probable that Jackson is still in the city, as he was last seen in ‘Thirty-frst street early on Saturday morning, and as it was supposed that he drew some mone which he had deposited in the Dime Savings Ban he has likely got away. The police are upon his track, and have discovered where his relatives live and what his real name 1s, as “Jackson” is an alias, but they wish to keep those points secret until they have secured their man. PROVIDENCE, R. 1, May 18, 1873. Thomas Congdon, of this State, first mate of the ‘ch 31, while was lying in the harbor of Rangoon, - vive TT THE EXODUS TO EUROPE. An Unusually Large Number of Tourists Leaving Yesterday—The Noted Persons Who Left—Reasons for the Increas- ing Travel to Europe. The Summer exodus to Europe has fairly set in, and from present appearances it promises to be the largest one in many years. Every outgoing steamer carrics away its full quota of cabin passen- gers, and the choice berths on all the leading lines have been engaged far into the season, There are Many reasons why wealthy Americans should pre- fer to spend their money on the grand tour this season, and not throw it away at the so-called fashionable watering places, The absurdly ex- travagant prices which hotel keepers choose te charge at the Summer resorts are beginning to be looked upon as nothing short of extortion, and the fathers of families are discovering that it is much cheaper to take their wives and daughters to Europe than spend three or four months at Long Branch, Saratoga or Newport, Another reason for the growing inclination o! Americans to spend portions of the year abroad is found in the fact that there is a rapidly increasing affection being displayed for rank and ttle. The Wealthy merchant, who amasses a jortune in New York or Boston, in all probability has ambitious and marriageable daughters, who think that their father’s wealth should purchase for them a nobie marriage and a position in European society, and with this end in view they look down upon their own countrymen and bestow their hands and for- tunes upon some beggarly German*baron or Polish count, who may trequently have not’ she second shirt in their possession or money enough to buy & toothcomb, ‘ ‘There is another class who help to swell the tide of emigration. These are the students of art and science and medicine, who in the cities of the Old World find paintings, monuments and colleges, of which this country, rich as it 1s in natural gifts, can furnish no equals. These are the persons wha reflect most credit upon their country, As a general rule they are unlike the typical American upon his travels, who talks loudly, drinks deeply and gam- bles unceasingly in the Luropean capitais. These latter persons are, however, rapidly disappearing. ‘They are beginning to tind that swagger will not eee for impo. ce, Or bluster for breeding, and n @ few yeu the class which supplied M. Sardou for his exaggerated portraits in Uncle Sam wil have completely passed away. ‘To persons of moderate means who go to Europe, bent upon instruction aud enjoyment, no trip can be more delighiful, For $1,000 they can make the tour of England, visit London, the mighty mart of commerce and wealth; do Paris, which, though shorn @f the beauties of the meridian splendor to which it attained in the days of the Empire, is still dear to every American heart; cross the Alps into Healy, muse upon the glories of Venice, imspect the living beauties of Venice, and stand in Rome, that wonderful city, which, teeming with histori- cal associations, grand old relics of antiquity, is, take it allin all, the most sacred spot in Chris- tendom. THEY OAN RETURN THROUGH GERMANY by way of the castled Rhine, visit its renowned seats of learning and its famous battle grounds, and return to their own country in less than three Months with minds enlarged and expanded by travel, wit a more appreciative consideration for the merits of other countries which they formerly despised, and 1! their affection for their own land is increased by absence, they will still perce:ve that there is much in the olden countries to ad- mire and a few things to be ashamed of, ‘The great attraction this year 1s, of course, the Vienna Exposition. Notwitustanding the disgrace- ful vccurrences in connection with the American Commissionérs, when the exhibits ave got into oper Shape the United states will not make the least creditable show among the nations. There are many departments of industry in which Amer- ican exhibitors are sure to carry off the highest prizes, and the list of exhibitors und their inends who propose to visit the Exnibition will be very large. As the next World’s Fair wiil be held in Philadelphia, many are going to take lessons at Vienna, with the determination that, no matter how great is the display, the Centennial Anniver- sary of American Independence, and the events attending it, will mark with becoming splendor the grandest epoch in the history of the modern world, The scene around the wharves from which the European steamships took their departure on Satur- day was very animated. Most of the steamships leit at an early hour in the day, and the stir and bustle to get everything im readiness as the hour of Starting came was very great. The Whute Star line sent out no vessel, not having one in port to send, and in consequence there was a great rush to the Washiogton, of the French line, and the fel of Brooklyn, 6! the Inman line, both of which had almost every cabin taken. The Weser, of the Bremen line, was also crowded, among its pas- sengers being Miss Anna Melilig, the ceiebrated singer, and Dr. G. Gottlieb, the newly elected Ger- man bbi of the Tempie Emmanuel, who fs re- turning to Manchester, England, to make final arrangements hoy gay A to taking up his per- manent residence in this country. Around THE BREMEN DOCKS IN HOBOKEN. The picture on the departure of a steamer is always a peculiarly lively one. The Germans are very affectionate on parting with friends, and always make it a point to be present to see themof, Last Saturday was no exception to the rule. The docks were alive with ladies in bright colors. The ship was gaily decorated with fags and bunting. Lager flowed in barrels, bands played, and when the neble vessel steamed slowly away irom her moorings handkerchiefs waved and _ tears flowed, many people ah to New York With sad hearts at the indefinite absence of loved ones. The Weser, in addition to the unusually large number of cabin pas- sengers which it teok away, carried about. one hundred aml sixty steerage passengers. The Anchor line sent out two steamers, the Anglia and the Assyria. Both the vessels had their ull quota of passengers, The Canada, of the National line, carried away from our shores the Lauri family, whose contortions delighted the audiences at the Olympic Theatre in the early portion of tue year, and Mme. Patteri, whose legs and dancing Were among the greatest attractions of Leo and Lotos, The Canada had a goodly number of steer: assengers on board, the line veing much favored. y people who usually travel in this way. The City of Brooklyn had about one hundred and fifty steer- age passengers. In consequence of the White Star ane not sailing, the Canada carried the Irish a ea a A CHURCH SCANDAL. A Chicago Reporter Ordered to Leave a Church by the Pastor—a Strange Dialogue from the Pulpit—The Minis- ter’s Victory Over the Man of Current Literature. CHICAGO, TL., May 18, 1873, A most exciting and highly dramatic scene oce curred at Trinity Episcopal church in this city to- day. The Sunday 7/mes published one of its series of “Walks Among the Churches,’ in which it criticised Rev, Edward Sullivan, pastor, and ex- posed several members of his congregation. A Times reporter went to the morning service to re- port the sermon of Mr. Sullivan. Belore he began to preach the following dialogue occurred, both pastor and reporter speaking in tones audible to the entire congregation :— REcToR—Before I begin to preach I desire to ask if the gentleman who sits before me taking notes Tepresents the Times ? EPORTER—I do, sir. Recror—Then | request you to desist from re- porting my sermon. RervorteR—I cannot conscientiously comply with your request; Ihave a duty to perform and must attend to it. The rector then stated to the congregation that he had not read the article, but from the scurrilous nature of the series of its kind which preceded it he presumed it was an indecent attack on the con- regation, and, therefore, he took this course. He hen began his sermon, Again the reporter commenced taking notes, The rector again ceased preaching, and, address- ing the reporter, said, ‘I meant for you to desist."” EPORTER—I cannot do so, Whilé I am here I shail continue to perform my duty, and | will only leave here when I am compelled to do so, Rector—Then | insist upon your withdrawal. RePorteR—If you insist upon it I must leave, And so the reporter took his things and leit. The clergyman, however, assured the reporter that he Wad no individual feeiing against him, but only spoke to him in his official capacity as representa- tive of the Times. The affair creates much excitement, and the clergyman’s lack of dignity is severely commented upon, and the Times enjoys the sensation, while those who are the subjects of the Ties’ criticisms are neers knowing that everybody will now read the article, and that their faults will be known to thousands who would not have noticed them otherwise. LAYING THE OORNER STONE OF A CONVENT, Hartrurp, Conn., May 18, 1873, The corner stone of the Convent of St. Joseph and the chapel which is to be the Procathedral oF the Catholics of this diocese, was laid with impos. ing ceremonies, by Bishop McFarland, this after. noon, The various Catholic societies of the city ‘arched in procession to the grounds, with ban- ners and music, About ten thousand people wit- nessed the ceremonies- The future grand cathedral of the diocese is to be built on grounds be fetes the convent and chapel, @ very desirable situation on Farmington avenue.