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NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1873TRIPLE SHEET. CYPRUS IN FOURTEENTH STREET. General di Cesnola and Those Cyprian Antiquities. A Private Reception to the Press To-Morrow. The Collection To Be Thrown Open to the Public Next Monday. 4 Minute and Circumstantial Account of the Cesnola Collection. Statues, Statuettes, Busts, Heads, Glass- ware, Terra-Cottas, Jewels, Intaglios of Thirty Centuries Ago. The Buried Treasures of Eight Thousand Cyprian Tombs Revealed to the Nineteenth Century. General di Cesnola and the corps of assistants granted to him by the directors of the Metropolitan Museum of Art have been having an exceedingly busy time of it at the Douglas Mansion in West Four- teenth street, oppesite the unopenable theatre. It will be remembered that we referred to the Man- sion some months ago as the scene of the unpacking of the multitudinous cases centaining the won- derful archeological antiquities unearthed during the past few years by General di Cesnola, the United States Consul to Cyprus. Surely no treasures of any kind that ever arrived in any country were guarded more jealously from mortal eyes than these ef Cypras have been. The only wonder is that the directors of the Metropolitan Museum ef Art did net insist en having a phalanx of soldiers at the door of the Douglas Man- gion, and put the entire estabiishment under military rule. Every reporter who presumed to shew his visage at the gates or at the threshhold preper has been persistently denied, and only a remarkable union of sagacity and self-possession could have enabled any member ef a newspaper star te gain admission and make due use of the opportunity, It was thought at first that the Gen- eral would be able to arrange the antiquities and have them ready for punlic inspection in a lew weeks. Subsequent consideration proved that the work could net entirely be accomplished before next Autumn. The directors did a wise thing in inducing General di Cesnola to ebtain a further leave of absence from the duties of his Consulate and to pestpone his departure until August. WHAT IS DOING. General di Cesnola has been eceupying the north- west room on the second fleer of the mansien. This censtituted his headquarters, and opens into anum- ber of other apartments, the floors of which have been crewded with statuettes, busts, heads, vases, terra-cottas, Greek glass, enamelled ware and all the paraphernalia of which the Cypriete collection consists. Here he had his desks, books and memo- randa; hence he descended to the first Neor and the subterranean apartments to issue his commands and see that they were ebeyed to the letter. Very considerable has already been done. A number of cases have been made and fitted into several rooms the first and second feors, east wing. The doors of the front and back rooms on this wing have been removed, the small staircase has been taken down, the French windows leading into the conservatory are to be threwn permanently open, and the con- servatory itself has been stripped of it» fewers and foliage. Similar changes have been made throughout the wem wing, and the entire first floor has thus been transformed into one immense gallery, the various compartments ef which open put of each otner. The insides of the cases are lined with maroon-colored cloth, and every article in the eollection (and there are seme ten thousand in all) will be appropriately iabelied pre- viously to finding place in the catalogue. The wings of the Douglas Mansion are divided by a very spacious hall, from the rear of which a wide and handsome staircase ascends. We believe that it is General di Cesnola’s intention (if the preter- natural reticence of that silent gentleman justifies as im having any belief whatever en the subject) to arrange the larger statues in rows on each side of this entrance hall. Such a preeession would be im- posing, and we know of no other building ef the Kind in this city so admirably adapted for such @ purpose. At present much is chaotic, Cesncla and his assistants deing all the fork, and Mr. John Taylor Johnston, President ff the Metropolitan Museum, and the directors of that institution, bustling in and out with archmo- logical fervor, confirming the carte-blanche they have generously given to the General, and cordially reiterating that he nas only to say what he wants dit shall beso ordered. Meanwhile reporters tage and visitors imagine a vain thing. The front deor bell rings with the repeated caller, whe is loth to take a denial, and would like to insist on thread- (ng the most secret penetralia, Chests are being agnpacked in the very bowels of the Mansion, and their contents being taken up as tenderly and lifted with as much care as though Hood's plaintive advice in regard to the “one more unfortunate” were peculiarly applicable to them. But the moving spirit himself is inapproachable. Cesnoia is like aa invisible spider im the centre of an archwological web. You ask for him, and he is fot. Yousend up your card and are desolated with the information that he is too busy to see you. Or if you do, by some miracle, penetrate to his sanctum, you find yourself confrontea with a mar- ble and urbane reserve, imscrutable as the deepest antiquity ever dug out of Cyprus, and as full of hon-comimitalisia as the trogs buried alive for four thousand years beneath the stones of Troy, A GENERAL VIEW OF THE COLLECTIO! A sense of utter bewjiderment comes ever one who for the first time Views this wonderful collec- tion. In bronze tl are statuettes of Osiris, a haw n archaic equ rian figure, a woman (with Greek initials on tie pedestal), a Minerva and a Pomona. There are bracelets, ankiets, rings (ser- pentine and plain), armicts, hairpins, a witha Tior’s he mirrors aud 1 3, brooches aad buckles, the strigil for scraping tue skin at the bath, tweezers, pincers, lamps, model- ling instraments, vases, cups, tripods, inkstands (with remains of the ink), shields, spear heads, hattle-axes, javelins, arrow heads, and hooks and hails of brass. A fuller account ef the further en. We here simply handl lasaware will be fonnd marize the plates, plain or_ colored, cups that are ribbed and iridized; green and cylindrical, white pi transparent wine cups, belted with blue spets; shallow bowls of light green glass; wide-lipped bowl athed with spiral threads; bowls of dark blue ¢ iridized with emerald green and pur- ple. There are bottles of every conceivable size and shape, some ef which have, around the ex- terior, lines that divide the liquid contents Into four or eight equal portions, There are unguentaries with yellew spiral lines, and white lachrymatories with delicate incrustations. There are amphorae with yellow feather ornaments, and sticks like Sumoris bdions, heads, buttons, necklaces and be: ms and stones the archeological ran- sacker resented with intaglios of Minerva and Castor an nh in Rely? To tig ge on. her carbuncle; Merceary in re her, Mare iD pact et, heads in onyx and agate, and armorial Lege ME Greek legends in sapphire d amethyst. e rings are engraved with le- nds, the palm, the pd Hygeia and various tem- les. gs are drop) With grapes, mejens, eaves, hearts, brig meek gy id and pendants of amphore and tian figures. are pe- elegant in design, the tops being set with carbuncles with pearl borders, and tne drops iu the form of triple fir cones, exquisitely granulated with minute beads ef gold. There are earrings rep- resenting Venus an some in the shape of hoops, others like calves’ and others, again, finely granulated and termi: in wreathed fe- male heads, Emerald necklace! 5 a and alter. nate with necklaces of gold Jinks and cornelian beads. Amulets, with La re encoantered in the form of @ therm of Pan, and made hollow to contain a small Fd Ae Mortuary ornaments, sacred spoons, statueites and medallions, brace- Jets, rings, spoons and daggers are found in silver, and cul P mirrors, shields, lances, tripeds and battle-axes in copper. The contributions in marble. alabaster and stone General | are not less interesting than others. One runs against seals and lamps, cylinders with various im- pressions, vases, lachrymatories, unguentaries, tripods and plates; vessels of the bread baker, heads of animals, Egyptian heads, veiled figure: heads of Cybele; women thrumming the harp an tambourine and holding the !otus, fans, fruit, flowers and children; Pan and his pipes, Hercwles, Roman Senators, Venus worshippers and wonder ful torsos. ‘The terra-cotta objects are very numerous, and are beth plam and colored, red and black. Venus and her attendants turnish repeated inspirations to the Cyprian artist. Among other articles in this line may be mentioned vases and votive offerings, lachrymatories, lamps, ormamented with warriors; cupids, dolphins, birds amd animals; feet with ahvoes im which are colored strings, toy herses, on i wheels; doukeys with water jara, lionesses and whelps; bulls, goats and tripods; heads of Pallas Athen¢, Asopus with a bag, dancing girs, grotesque figures and masks, men playing pipes, peunding in mortars and baking bread; chariots, with wartiors whose shields bear representations of tish, and wondrous archaie horsemen. The pottery is very wenderful. The kyathus, or wine measure, is there in all sizes, the handle con- taining @ notched scale, There, too, is the @nochoe (a jug. er piteher), red glazed and bear- tng designs in black. Other curious exhibitions of ancient pottery are found in the stamnes, which is @ wide jar for oil and wine, with handles like ears; the kantharos, which consists of a cup, or bowl, sometimes of white clay, with stundard an handles, and sometimes red-giazed, with circular designs in black within and without; the lekythos, & sort of cruet, some specimens of which have var- nished handles, wrought in scroll work, red black; the aryvallos, Jugs frequently ornamented with ropes and anchors; the hydwa, or water jar of avery remote period, centaining representa- tions of birds and trees; the kalpis, a later form of the hydria, covered with the most unique and bizarre designs; vatious archaic amphor@, some roughly painted in brewn with men and birds, and some red-glazed, with divinities designed in black ; the glazed kylix, er cup, with blue designs on & red ‘ound; and the krater, a large wine vessel, which a8 fluted handles and designs in red and blue, and wrich resembies the Italian ‘‘vase of the Campa- mia.” Among the miseellaneous articles not herein e@therwise specified are to be discovered terra-cotta lates, Nower-enamelied, of Persian origin; stone fions upon the Mihir or winged sun; yellow pottery of ghe period 500 B. C., with a ground of ash-color, painted red and brown, with geometric figures; jugs with treioil lps and stratners; vases with double handles, resting on feur lo@ painted in brown and red, with masks and birds; earthen bewls with turquoise-blue glaze ; Reman lamps and Egyptian scaravei; gl, sliver, Copper and bronze coins, Lusignian, Venetian, ‘Byzantin Judaean, Greek, Cyriote and ‘Ptolemaic, serve to reuder more complete the links gathered up by the numismiatic student, In stone, the statues ef Phoenicians, Assyrians and Kgyptians are most remarkable. In addition to objects in terra-cotta already specified, we might mention also the Phoonician heads of the same ma- terial, some with casques; immense Assyrian heads, with the beards in bags ; fre-worshippers and their sacrificial victims; vases there are, four leet high, splendidly colored red and black, and, though 3,000 years eld, as fresh as on their natal day; hun- dreds ef vases, large and small, many with spouts, tubes and haudies, and some covered with Phoeni- claa inscriptions; a singular Pbhonician proces- sion, which consists ef a horseman with water jars, @ chariot with musicians, two donkeys carrying baskets, and alady, a gentleman and a warrior; and terra-cetta houses, with heads at the windows and people at the doors. Some of the Greek vases are Assyrian in character, and represent chariots containing two men, one drivimg ana the other drawing a bow. But the statues will, perhaps, preve to the average mind more interesting than any other portion of the antiquities, and we shall proceed immediately to describe them, and then take up in turn the various departments until the list is concluded. The reader must bear in mind that very oiten where we speak of Individual ob- jects those objects are to be taken as types of an extensive class, amopg which couatless modifica- tions may exist. THE STATUES. The greater part of the statues, about one theu- Sand in number, found by General di Cesnola, were discovered among the débris of the Temple of Gol- gos. One-third of them are the size of lite, several are cyclopean in proportion, and many are heroic. Some degree of matilation is visible on many. It is these which General di Cesnola intends to range aleng the sides of the conservatory. This work has not, of course, yet been done, and will prob- ably be reserved for the last. In regard to the faces ef these wonderful statues it cannot but be owned thet they are in- tensely human, They are faces in which we rec- oguize the flesh and blood prototype immediately— faces which find their refleetion to-day in those which we see at the theatre, the hotel, the church, the lecture reom, on ’Change and in the street. There are statues of Venus, Hercules and Apollo, Venus is present in haif a dozen varieties. We find the Amathanta, er bearded Venus; the Aphro- dite ef the Greeks, the Astarte of the Phonicians, the Mylitta of the Babylenians, the Ishtar of the Assyrians and the Naha of the Chaldeans. One Wonderful statue represents the Colossus of Goi- gos, and is nearly thirty feet high, The neck bears an inscription, the beard is in four pertions ana encased and the head is aderned with an Assyrian cap. This statue is supposed to be nearly feur thousand years oid, and to represent a high iest of Ishtar. Another splendid statue is an heroic Hercules, the feet naked, the ms bare and muscular, the beard curled, @ head helmeted and the body wrapped in a loose garment. An enermous head o1 Hercules wears a helmet representing the head of a lion. This head belongs to the Phoenician type. Ameug the Egyptian types is a magnificient female figare bearing the lotus, The Greek types are numerous, We find among them life-size pictures ef the Mace: donian period, with laurel-bound heads and cyn bals In the left hand; enormous heads, with shell- like hair; figures of priests, with a bird in ene hand and a globe in the other; a female, called an auletris, playing en the double fute;’ exquisite statues Of children and youths, a sculptor with hi implements, the priests of Aphrodite and numer- ous bas-relieis, among the most remarkable which is a herdsman with cattle. All these statu are made from the hard, calcareous stone of Cyprus and by Cyprian artists. They extend over a very jong. period, those of archaic form from 709 to 500 . ©. those of an _ intermediate phase of art from 500 to B. C., and those of a style more thoroughly classic from 200 B, C, to the present era. Their fresh condition is miraculous. They seem to be new from the chisel, so periect are color and outline, Perhaps they are not ef extraordinary merit as sculptures, but many bave an extremely noble air and betray fine work. The Cypriote type of countenance is reproducea—the large eyes, high cheeks, straight hose, prejecting and rounded chin, small mouth and full lips, which distinguish the Cypriote of the present day. Sometimes the lips are colored red; Sometimes ‘he entire statue is so eolored, anda Wet spon: srings out the hue more clearly. Some of the inscriptions on the statues are believed to be in the itive Cypriote language, for their char- aeters are not Assyrian, or Phoenician or Greek. The type of the early statues 13 exceedingly stiff, the arms net being separated from the sides, In later forms the arms are separated. These pe- culiarities, together with the trimming of the beard, the curl] of the hair, the folding and pattern of the costume, the various emblems and devices and | the striking types of countenance, are volumes in store of the most absorbing interest, What we | have mentioned here will give but a poor idea of | them. The general public will have to wait until next August. Tkere are three faces which bear a striking resemblance to the First Napoleon, Brutus and Mayor Havemeyer, respectively. THE EARTHEN WARE. Among the earthen ware are small amphore, With flat handles, one side of the neck ornamented with a human face in basso-relieve; height eight inches; abbas ornamented with horizontal | and undulated lines and geometrical patterns; vases in the shape of a bowl, with checkers an concentric rings cressed by arrows, driv; large cantharii, painted both i outside with shields and arrows. These cantharil are seven inches in diameter; others are orna- mented with two Phoenician capitals, very valu- able for the history of art, They are six and three- quarter inches in diameter. Others, again, have ornaments imitating the shape of the four wings ofa windmill, There is a cantharus, with stripes and leaves; one with ornaments resemeling the indented square (quadratum incusum) of ancient Inedals; one with similar ernaments and foliage; one with conceniric rings; and @ small cantharus, with ornaments resembiing the in- dented square referred to above. A barrel has a Junnel-shaped neck. One is ornamearted with con- centric rings and squares and a third with colors admirably preserved, A large globular oenochoe or jug, one of the most curious (Phoenician vases found th Cyprus, repre- sents @ bearded Egyptian, either a priest or a king, advancing toward the right, wearing a pointed Nat, @ necklace and apron with square designs, In his right hand he bears a sceptre, sometimes, but be ey ed called the sceptre of cucupha. ih his left a bird. Befere him is a small tree. The height Of the oenochoe is nine inches, An oenochoe ot large size represents a helmeted warrior turning towards the left, and piercing a bull with his spear. The biood is lowing from the wound, and over the bull a bird is hovering, The field is strewn with rosettes and fictitious in- scriptions. The height is mine tches. An- other oemochoe represents @ large hawk, crowned with the pschent, and bear: ing a littie bird in its beak. Rosettes and a rows are inthe field. The height is eight and a half inches. Other oenochees represent an aquatic bird flying towards the right, a bird with outspread wings, @ goose with concentric rings crossing each others, three trees and four spears, triangles, arrows and signs resembling the indented square of ancient met Then there are oenochoes with conce tric rin, foliage, heads ornamented with neck- laces and ornaments of the earliest Orienta) sty) with black and red colors on a reddish clay. admirable precheus is ornamented with lozenge the high handle imitating the head of an animal. The height is ten inches. An interesting giobuiar gourd, thirteen inches kigh, is covered with geo- metrical patterns, A very peculiar gourd is ene ornamented with 4 small figure rising from the body, and apparently representing a godde: ‘There are patere and vases without number; flagens, with open work handles; a small cyathus, ornamented with a buli’s head and pierced with a hoie for suspension, and a small colander, with wide berders and two han- dies. Among articles of this order belonging to the ancient style of art are an oenochoe, with a spout like that of 4 watering pot and a twisted handle (@ shape very rarely (ound), ten inches ba high; a lekythus, in the hands on his breast; vases, bull-shaped and with eyes inlaid; oenoehoes of globular form, orna- mented with the masks of lions; cups, with deuble handles, and patere, ornamented with open work triangles. RED AND BLACK GLAZED WARE. These are ornamented with indented designs, ancient style. smene them are to be found ampkorm, globular and otherwise; lekythi, with three feet, and in the shape ef birds and animals; vases of various shapes, including the globular; oenoch with fat handles, and gourds, with double necks and twisted handles, RED WARE, WITH BLACK PAINTRD ORNAMENTS. Large and small cups, globular oenochoes, with concentric rings, and @epochoes of an extremely ancient style, ornamented wita small figures arising frem the body, and gourd-shaped vases without number constitute this variety of ware. UNGLAZED WARE, In this department the searcher will encounter wine amphore, vases of greatly contrasting shapes, in the shape of pears, covered with lozenges, and painted cups. Amo! the most re- markable ef is one in Greek style, black and purple, on yellow ground; a stag grazing anda bird with woman’s head and outspread wings, tlie oot missing. LAMPS. The collection of lamps is very fine. We have a Cupid on a goat, Pegasus, two figures before an altar, & panther’s skin, wreaths ofivy and birds, a graduated basin, variously stamped flowers and a girl kissing a young man, beneath them a caduceus of gray clay. TERRA-COTTA STATUERTTES, Among these are discernible two small figures with conical bases. One of these figures repre- sents @ pa pee on a double flute. The colors are black and red. A Cyprian Venus wears & movable earring, both hands resting under the bosom, the detalis being scratched with a graver. Another Oyprian Venus, crowned, wears a rich neck- lace, and leans against a slab, The feet are breken. The height ts seven and three-quarter inches. There is also @ small grotesque figure of achild. A group Tepreaenta a young man wearing a petasus and leading horses, the head of one of the horses being broken. A goddess, Kuratrophas, seated on a throne, carries a child ia her arms, The height is three ana a half inches, What remains o! statuette indicates a young weman with a diadem, wearing a brooch, necklace, and earrings, and carrying in her hand a patera raised to her of @ man with his breast. A bearded man carries @ ram on his shoulder, Three small figurea present us with @ young woman dressed in an ampechonium and two Venuses, with triple necklaces, pressing deves against their bosoms. ‘The statuette of a weman (the bust broken) bears in her right hand an obiong object, dentilated on ene side. Both her arms are ornamented with bracelets, and the two ends of @ long bandlet ap- pears under her mantle. This statuette is twelve and one-half inches in height, The head of a hel- meted and bearded warrier has the khair and poimted beard curled, the eyes and upper uy being painted black. This is a Rg PP a specimen of archaic workmanship, the Museum ef the Louvre possessing ne Cyprian terra cotta of this style, A small head of the same kind 1s still more careiully executed. The helmet is formed with rings of mail; the eyeorows and beard are painted black, A head of Venus wears rich earrings and a turban, ornamented in front with @ knob imitating a precious stone. Anether head of the same Kind wears a diadem ornamented with seven knobs, and an acorn is attacned to the necklace. In one bust of Venus the arms are indicated merely by stumps, A mask of Venus has wavy hair, and the diadem is ornamented with eight acorns. Ot varl- ous bull’s heads several are painted and fixed on conical bases, GREEK TERRA-COTTA FIGURES Seme very curious specimens are found among the Greek terra-cottas. We have the statuette of @ woman wearing bracelets and pressing three apples against her breast; a head of a goddess wearing @ diadem and earrings, which consist of medallions, with triangular appendages, and a double necklace; a fine head of a veiled woman, the nese and earrings injured; a statuette ef a seated muse playing On a lyre, the apper part of which is broken; @ young woman suckling a child, ‘whose head is covered with a cap; @ child, prob- ably a Cupid, lying down and carrying on his left arm what looks like a large alabastron; a small head of a Cyprian Venus, veiled and wearing a dia- dem, ornamented with rosettes; a small veiled head ef a woman belonging to the earliest Egyptian period, & most admirable and valuable specimen of Greek art, and a miscellaneous collection of statu- ettes of actors, dogs, children, wemen and gro- tesquerie of various kinds. TERRA COTTA FIGURES OF THE PERIOD OF DECLINE. ‘This department is not 80 extensive as some of the others, Among the more interesting speci- mens are a statuette ef anaked child seated; another seated child, dressed in a tunic, holding an apple in his leit hamd and a bird in the other— height ten inches; a similar figure, the boy resting his left hand on his knee; numerous female heads and votive feet; heads of veiled women with neck- laces and earings; the head of a goddess with the hair curled in the shape of a diadem, and the bust of a young man dressed in a tunic, and wear- ing a radiated diadem. ENAMELLED WARE AND PORCELAIN. Numerous little Egyptian Agures and amulets in Diue and yellow porcelain are found here; to- gether with bowls of white Fayence, with papyrus lea! ornaments; busts of Egyptian women, green ground, with black hair; a funeral statuette of Osiris, and hieroglyphics, green porcelaia; an en- amelléd vase, green ground, with black inlaid or- naments of the Egyptian style. This last-men- tioned ornament is the largest specimen known of this ware, the height being nine and a half inches. GLASSWARF. The most beautiiul specimens of the entire cel- lection are ‘ound in the glassware, the Greek vases among Which are peculiarly interesting. We find opaque amphorw, biue, yellow and green; opaque hydriw, blue, yellow, white and green, a form very rarely met with; opaque alabastrons, blue, yellow and white, with transparent white handles; annulated amphorw, shaped like the bedy of a bee, of green glass with brewn mouths, the handles of blue torquoise; transparent amphore, with opaque light blue handles, in a periect state ol preservation; large fagons, pear-shaped, with long necks covered with green and blue irides- cence; cups with ornaments, in relief, of foliage, and inscribed with Greek toasts; large bottles with fat Muted handles and iadented circlets; smaller vases, with similar handles and of amber-celered glass; Cd lekythei, with fat handles, some shaped like pears and with the handles crinkled; beautiful blue flagons, apple-shaped, encircled with white spiral lines in relief; Beare flagons, apple- shaped, exquisitely iridized with green and dark blue tints; pear-shaped fagons, with dazzling iridescence ; ribbed flagons, shaped like a water- melon, with fanuel-shaped necks, and countless pater@ and cups of all shapes, colors and modes of ornamentation. some are very light drinki glasses, with ribbed bodies; some are vases, wit compressed sides; some are bowls, encircled with raised lines; some are funnel-shaped; some have their bases ornamented with small dots in relief; some vases taper toward the top; some bear in- cised circles, and some glow like vitrified rainbows with a dazzling, metallic-like iridescence. Some of the large transparent pater, in an admirable state of preservation, are twelve inches in diameter, There are also short sticks for stirring liquids, screw-Shaped, with rings. These were all found in the necropolis of Idalium, CHALK STONE. No archrologist can complain that the chalk stone statuettes are not very valuable and inter- esting. Among the more prominent examples be- longs the statuette of an Egyptian king, wearing the pschent, the hair ornamented with two aspics, the left hand closed and resting on the breast, the right hand holding what is evidently a weapon, the let leg stepping forward. | The feet are broken, the nose and chin are slightly injured and there are traces efred paint. This figure is of a very remete antiquity, is very carefully executed and is of the highest importance for the study of archwol- ogy. We merely invite attention to the more prominent members of the chalk-stone grou} When we mention @ beautiful child’s head, with a thick tuft of hair behind the right ear, the hair and mouth painted red, belonging to the Greek style of the best pe- riod; a goddess, with the head of a rat, seated on @ throne and dressed in a long tunic, exceedingly inte: jing to one enamored of the study of the Cyprian mytholegy; the body of a deve, with the bust of Pan, playing on the flute, an artistic sculpture of the ancient style. (This strange metamorphosis of Pan, by-the-by, is unknown to antiquaries.) A large archaic head of Apollo, the curled hair encircled by a bandelette resemblin the samous bronze of Herculaneum; an archaic heat of a bearded man with @ laurel wreath, the hair and beard curly, found at Pyla; a colossal head of & Mian, witha long beard aad wearing a wreath of laurel; @ female head crowned with @ Wreath of laurel of the finest Greek style; the head of @ Greek girl, eres of the time of Alex- ander the Great; the headof a young maa, with wreath of laurel, eyes, lips and hair painted red, in a spiendid state of preservation; a beautiful fe- male head, with wreath of foliage and curled hair; two heads, one of a boy wearing a petasua and the other of a girl wearing a cap; an archaic bust of Apollo, the hair curled, the d m ornamented with seven rosettes; of @ godd wearing the Egyptian calantica, rich earrii a necklace, with a bulla, and an archaic female it with the hair hidden under a sakkos and ear- rings in the shape of rosettes. Besides these there are sphinxes holding basins, vase handles, endinj in rams’ heads; doves billing, votive eyes and fee and busts of boys, young men and girls. SEWER! A large propertion ef the jewelry was found in the tombs of Idalium. There ate to ve found among these selections gold diadems, with tian stamps (two figures holding a lotus bran and a scarabeus set in gold; dindems stam! with paim leaves, dots, open rings a myrtie leaves; necklaces of gold and jl polished stones, ornaments from a gold diadem found in @ tomb at Dali, the central medallion Eh niger | the goddess Fortuna; necklace me ge fine garnets representing the head of jana; cameos representing heads of Medusa, engraved stones; cernelians, with the bust of Asculaptas: helmeted heads in crystal, children’s finger ri with inscriptions; © gold finger rings, with paste uncut emeralds; others with garnets and cornelians representing eagles, gilt bronze finger rings, with engraved heads of very u«nelent style; Phoenician scara- bet! {mn chalcedony, representing lions; Assy- rian seals and cylinders ; earrings, with glass pear! aad golden heads of bacchanalian wemon rings of extremely ancient style, with heads of an- telopes, cornelians and & green paste; others with swans, cornelians and pastes; small gold figures, representing naked clildren with their erms croased over their breasts; openwork earrings, crescent-shaped, representing i pecking bar: ries from trees; in the shape of knote, wreaths and Oupids, with pearis set in gold ro- settes; Masks and vases in glass paste and cu- ns, ‘and bracelets of silver and alabaster ‘amphors. CONCLUSION. The western wing of the house will be devoted to 4 loan collection, consisting for the most Pd of valuable pottery, bronzes and pictures, these we shall be obliged to return on another merely saying at present that these contributions have been kindly made by Messrs. W. 0. Prime, 3, P. Avery, E. Mathews, M. Howland, 8. L. M, Bar- low, Robert Gordon, Robert Hoe, Jr., Walter Brown, A. G. Mongand, Alexander Stewart, M. K. Jesu) L, Tuckerman and others. Too much honor cannot bly be yielded to Mr. John Taylor Johnston, dent of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who had the say and courage to purchase the Cyprian antiquities included in the east wing. This gentleman may, indeed, be said to share the prestige won by General di Cesnola. Much of the method and celerity with which the arrangements have been carried out is a!so due to Mr. W. ©, Prime, Mr. F. W. Rhinelander, Mr. Theodore Weston, Mr. Russell Sturgis, Mr. William J, Hoppin, Mr. Robert Hoe, Jr., and Mr. Henry G. Marouand, Uniess the trus- tees change their minds a private reception will be tendered to the press to-morrow, and such of the antiquities a8 have been made ready (a small Proportion of the whole) be thrown open to the public next Monday. We believe General di Ces- nola returns next August to the duties of his Con- sulate, with an eye to future excavations, A CRAVEN CHEAT. An English Lady Victimized by a Broad- way Swindler—He Makes Love First and Then Makes Tracks with Her Money—Her Destitution—What She Thinks of America. An English lady of education resolved to quit the effete atmosphere of Britain and seek in this New World an agreeable abode where she might enjoy her moderate income and add to her slender an- nuity by teaching music in St. Louis, She arrived in New York on Sunday evening by the Inman steamer Washington, and became so rapidly ac- quainted with metropolitan society that she came to the HERALD office yesterday morning to relate how she had placed her confidence and money in the hands of a Broadway villain, who, it is need- less to say, has stolen both. Mrs. B, (she requests that her name be withheld) is London born, and a sprightly, dark-eyed, intelligent widow, believing too much in men, particularly in their protesta- tions of civility and disinterested kindness. She had heard in London that in America you must be OFF-HAND WITH EVERY BODY; that our democratic institutions had produced a general atmosphere of benevolence, such that a mere claim of friendship on the part of a total stranger was only indicative of a sense of social duty. It is not surprising, therefore, that when she landed and drove to the Revere House, ac- companied by a travelling friend, Miss Wood, an English maiden lady, now in her last half century, that she became victimized the following evening by a low thief named Brown, who hung about the hotel. Mrs, B. was drinking tea with Miss Wood on Monday evening, when a dark-complexionea man introduced himself at_the table and professed to take an interest in the English ladies, Yielding to what they considered “the trae American style,” they chatted with him, and he finally asked THE ACCOMPLISHED WIDOW if she would accompany him to Niblo’s, She re- fused. He persisted with considerable zeal. She again declined. At last she consented, and they went, ana aiterwards took supper in a public res- taurant, the situation of which she does not now remember, Mra, B. says:— “He made violent love to me and pretended to wish to marry me; but his entreaties did not make the faintest impression. His kindness inspired me with confidence, however, and, being alone, I did not repel nis attentions. You know what it is to be alone in a@ foreign land, without a friend or acquaintance. He swore that wherever I went there he should go, and that my happiness was his only object in life. These declarations amused me, because the man was ignorant, and said he was an actor and a gymnast, and neither his manners nor his conversation indicated that he was other than A VERY COMMON AND VULGAR PERSON |?! “What became of Miss Wood?” “Oh, she was going to Philadelphia yesterda; morning. She had been very kind to me, and ha acted the matron on board the Wasiington. Alter breakfast I went out to get my draft cashed at Fargo’s. It was for the sum of £30 sterling. As Iwas leaving the hotel the man Brown followed and joined me and said he would go with me. As Ihad every confidence in him I did not object. I (ye the money all right (over one hundred and iifty dollars), and asked him to put it in his pocket, because I had NOT THE LEAST SUSPICION of his good intentions. When we arrived opposite Gould’s restaurant he said he wished to inquire for some letters at the Post Office in Nassau Street, and said I would like to have him and make inquiries forme. According to his invitation I remaimed outside on the sidewalk in front of Gould's, He went ior the letters, and has hever returned.” “So you are left destitute “Entirely so. Ihave not enough money to buy a loat of bread with. He toek almost my last penny, 1 do not know what in the world todo, I cannot pay my hotel bill, and they do not trust strangers at the Revere House. 1 must accept aid from what- ever source it comes. If I had money I would go back to England immediately.” “You are tired of this country ?”” “Yes; at least one hundred men have insulted me in the street in the last two days. Thieves and vagabonds seem to be everywhere.” Mrs. B. has the appearance and demeanor of a peries lady, and deserves the attention and aid of he community, as she is now in a state of com- lete destitution. She may be found at the Revere louse. THE BROOKLYN ORPHAN ASYLUM. Celebration of the Forticth Anniversary. The Orphan Asylum Society, of Brooklyn, held their annual meeting yesterday afternoon at the institution, on Brooklyn and Atlantic avenues, and last evening celebrated their fortieth anniversary. ‘The building was thrown open to the public, and there were a large number of visitors present, The guests were entertained with singing and recitations by the little ones, and refresh- ments were provided at the usual rates, The Corresponding Secretary submitted an interesting report. He says in referring to their last anniversary, when they had just taken possession of the new building, congratulations and good wishes, some of which took a very mate- rial form, were the order of the afternoon and evening. The managers, though weary in body, were light of heart and entered upon the new year of this work with fresh courage and renewed Zeal, strengthened and made hopeful by the warm sym- pathy of their friends and patrons. At this date there are 234 children sheltered within the home our asylum has made for them. The waole num- ber received during the year has been 186, and 113 have been discharged, 102 taken by friends, and eight have been provided with good homes. Three have been adopted into highly reputable families, semi-annual communication ts endeavored to be maintained with all the indentured chil- dren, and from many of them we receive words of gratetul love, which richly repays the care given them while with us. Five of our little ones have been | peal into the Good Shepherd’s told—four from diseases peculiar to young children, and one, a boy of ten years, from a sad accident, which for many weeks threw a deep gloom over our way. Mr, Chittenden was thanked for assuming the mortgage of $75,000 and for his contribution of $1,000 toward the support of the institution. The entire cost of the asylum buildings, grading, fenc- oe fi ing has been $199,499 30, The house is furnished for the accommodation of 250 children, and all bills of Cua description against the so- ciety are paid, with the exception of an assessment for sewer of about $5,600, toward which $2,600 are edged. PiSeveral clergymen who were present made in- teresting addresses upen the work ef caring for the little friendiess ones and the necessity of every one taking an interest in the institution and doing what ben! could to support it. The following officers were elected for the en- suing year:— First Directress, Mrs. J. B. Hutchinson; Seeond Directress, Mrs, A. H. Dana; Treasurer, Mrs. Jonn ‘W. Masen ; Recording Secretary, Mrs. k. 7. Wood; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs, Charles Fincke. Executive Committee—Mesdames Demas Barnes, L, 5. Burnham, 8. B, Chittenden, B. W. Delamater, Charles Fincke, L. M. Kollock, KE. B. Litchtield, John 4. Merritt, John W, Mason, A. L. Merwin, Asa Parker, R. W. Ropes, Charles F. Rhodes, Joseph Spinney, J. Schooley, E. D. White, J. F. Whitney, John S, Ward, E. T. Wood, with the first and second directresses er-oficto. Board of Advisors—S. B. Chittenden, A. H. Dana, B, W. Delamater, James W. Elwell, donn Halsey, Jonn B. a em E. B, Litchfeld, John W. Mason, organ. Physicians—J. W. attending physicia: street, consulting ph, NEVADA GAMBLERS EXTERMINATING ONE ANOTHER, je, 188 Schermerhorn strect, Fleet Spier, 162 Montague clan. Vrraria Crry, Nev., May 20, 1873. A shooting affray growing out of a game of cards occurred in a saloon in Lida Valley, Lander county, on the 12th inet, in the course of which a desperado named George Childs shot and killed two innocent bystanders named John Duffee and bas = Scott, and was himself kUled instantly by an own bystander, ART MATTERS. Somerville Art Gallory—Importa: ef Pictures To-Night. To-night and to-morrow night are to be occupied, at the Somerville Art Gallery, Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street, in the public disposal of 170 modern of] paintings in the possession of Messrs, W. K. {O’Brien & Brothers, We are aware that 4n auctioneer’s wit, tact and humor are sometimes employed to sugar the artistic pill which the docile Public is expected to swallew, aud we are there- fore peculiarly glad that the pending occasion is one in whicn the exercise of these gifts will not be necessary for any such purpose. For, although some of the paintings are infelicitous in theme and not so successtul in expression as could be wished, a large proportion are from accomplished artists, and tell usin an in- teresting manner something valuable about na- ture. Among those which are to be sold to-night is an exceedingly unpretending little work by Edouard Larue, which has probably attracted much less attention than is its desert. It is en- titled “Twilight on tne Seine.” The dark masses of foliage are shone upon with a grave, quiet and solemn light, and the arched space of the heavens is indicated with considerable trath. But we greatly fear this is not considered one of the “atar’’ pictures of the exhibition, though we could easily mention more than one of these that are inferior to i¢ in sentiment and delicacy. Mr. W. Beard’s “Delectable Mountains,’ which shows this artist in one of his more refined ana tual m is affectionately and heaith- fully ‘ted, is excellent in composition, pure and forcible. As in literature (take the case of Erck- mann-Obatrian, for instance), so in art we occa- sionally meet with specimens of Siamese twinshi among the most pleasant of whicn are Van Hoorde and Van Severdonck. “Landscape and Uattie” (No, 56) is by these artists, and consists of a group ot sheep and cows grazing in an open space be- neath trees. The follage and the vegetation have pecific character, and the scene is infused with that life which relates to us the gradual and unre- mitting processes of nature. But still the picture is more eloquent a8 @ representation of facts in see than a3 an expression of thoughts in the artis David Col’s “Wine Tasters,” ts full of that quaint unction and geniality that are juatly admired in so many of this artiat’s works, A wine dealer and one of his customers are testing the quality of a certain vintage. The racy importunity of the dealer and the wary reticence ef the purchaser are finely ren- deréd, Sapidity has seldom been better expressed. Among other mentionabie examples to be sold to- night are “The ON L. Lambert, once the prop- erty of Napoleon fil.; “The Armenian Mother,” Charles Brun; ‘The Old Tinker,” Franz Beinke ; ‘A Kiss, Mother,” B, Fraustadt; “Riches and Pov- erty,” Charles Veriat; “Visit of the Toy Dealer,” L. Tannert; “Landscape and Cattle, Far! Morning,” Ho. Bispham; ‘The New Doll,’ Joseph Aufray; ‘Feeding the Goat,’ Von Seben, and “Giving the Countersign,” Julian Scott. Among paintings which are not indicated in the catalogue, but which will be sold either to-night or to-morrow, are “The Flemish Pirates,” by Karel Ooms, of Antwerp; a picture after Gerard Dow, representing ® woman selling fisb, and one by David Col, entitled, we believe, “Do You Remem- ber?” and showing an old couple watching with affectionate interest @ young man and woman making love. Wasit not Solomon who said that the way of a man with a maid was one of the three things that were too wonderful for him? This little gem by Col is @ piquant illustration of the fact. Karel Oom’s ‘Flemish Pirates” has already been described in these columns. It is intensely dramatic, full of character and rugged power, re- markable for the vigor and picturesquesness of its grouping, and gives expression to an uncommon thrilling theme, To-morrow evening’s sale is even stronger than to-night’s. Dommerson has a “Coast Scene,’ forcibly rendering the wild disorder of the waves as they are beaten back from a rocky shore. De Buel’s “Shepherd and Flock” is so thoroughly ex- cellent as to justify the conviction that, had he not prematurely died, he would have done better things in even @ better manner. In “Evening Alter a Storm in Brittany,” by Gustave Brio: streak of red and yellow light edges the mountains in the background. This streak is bordered b; high banks of lurid clouds, through a rift in whic! break some blended reminiscences of fair weather. The picture is prolific of shadow—the damp shadow and bracing. coolness of a passed of storm. William Hart’s “September Snow” is one of the richest and most audacious weddings of color that have ever left even his easel. It belongs among the most successful of the man; daring matrimonies of the palette which his brusl has brought about, Some extremely character- istic paintings by Kuwasseg Jills, and a very bril- lant combination of moonlight and market-light, rather Van Schendelous, by Rosierse, are conven- tional subjects unconventionally treated. Eugene Verboeckhoven’s ‘Stable, Sheep, Interior,” is Marvellously beautiful, wonderful alike for the incomparable fidelity with which every spicula of hay is rendered, and for the truthfulness with which specific character and individuality are given to the sheep. We have the gloomy and saturnine wether, the amiable ewe, the hungry ram and the drowsy first-born cuddled by its mother—a specimen of ovine portraiture scarcely equalled in this country. Then there are one or two refined little gems by Meyer von Bremen; Coomans’ “Pompeiian Girl,” sweet and spiritual, yet flavored with sensuousness; “Childhood,”’ freshly breathing from the hand of Bouguerean, and David Col’s “Tne Neighbors,” in wnich a less poetic Maud Muller than Whittier teils of seems on the point of yielding to the rustic who, pipe in hand, makes love to her across the fence, TROTTING AT DEERFOOT PARK. fens tatccgicialiaees In the face of a threatening southeast storm and a most disagreeable, cold atmosphere prevailing at the time of leaving the city for Deerfoot Park yesterday afternoon, there was a very good attendance. The sport offered by the “ive” managers of that institution was two trot- ting races, the first for horses that had never beaten 2:40 and the other for horses that had never been inside of three minutes. The first trot had six entries and five starters, These were Dan Mace’s brown mare Alice Brown, ‘W. Thomas’ bay gelaing Slippery Dick, Dr. Hearn’s ‘ay mare Butterfly, L. 8. Sammis’ sorrel gelding randy and John Spian’s brown mare Molly Barker. J, A. Munday’s gray gelding, the other entry, did not pat in an appearance. Dan Mace’s mare was favorite at evens against the fleld previous to the start, and alterwards at any edds required. Dan won in three straight heats. The second event was a fanny affair, and much enjoyed by the spectators. Nine entries were made for it, and seven came to score, These were Geerge Maton foes mare Met Mae Dan Mace’s black stallion Young Fillinghdm, Mike Roger’s sorrel mare Red Rose, I. Denton’s brown gelding Unex- ected, G. Hopkin's bay mare Jennie C., John EB. larvis’ gray gelding Blue Dick, and J. H. Phillip’s sorrel gelding Lew. Dan Mace’s horse was the fa- vorite, Village Maid the second choice and the other horses sold in the field, At the word to get away Village Maid leit the crowd, and, keeping in front under a pull, won the heat easily, distancing allin the race except Dan Mace’s Fillingnam; and Dan sata, when he pulled up in front of the stand, that he thought the mare could just as well as not have distanced him. Two more heats were trotted, however, Village Maid winning easy. Rain set in alter the first heat, and continued un- tilthe sport was over, dampening the spirits of the spectators and spoiling many a Spring over- coat and shiny hat. ae lowing are the summaries of the two events :— Deerroot Park, L. I.—Trotting.—May 21. Purse $200, for horses that have never beaten 2:40; mile heats; best three in five, in harness. D, Mace’s ch, m. Alice Brown. 111 W. Thomas’ b. g. Slippery Dick....... 22 3 Dr. Hearn’s g. m. Butterfly... 532 John Splan’s br. m, Molly Barker. B44 L, 8. Sammis’ s. g. Brandy... 45 J. A. Munday’s g. g. Avalanche, TIME, First heat.. Second neat. Third heat.. es SamME Day—Purse $100 for horses that have never beaten three minutes, mile heats, best three in tive, in harness, G. Wright's g. m. Village Maid.... D. Mace’s bik. s. Young Tillingham. I, Donovan's br. g. Bogus Charley. J. Denton’s br. g. Unexpected. H. Plillip’s 8. g. Lew Blue Dick... E, Jarvi: . Hopkins’ Jennie C. John Martin’ Modoc. dd Rose. M. Rodgers’ s. m. TIME. Quarter, Half. First heat. - 42 2: Second hei 45 ‘Third heat. oe 44 1:27 52 In our ho! yesterday of the performance of Mr. Bonner’s mare Pocahontas the figures made a when it should have been 1:04 for the half ie. THE DRUMMOND MINE DISASTER The following communications, with the amounts of subscription named in them for the benefit of the sufferers by the Drummond colliery explosion ee Scotia, have been received at the HbRALD TEN DOLLARS FOR THE VICTIMS. To THE Epiror OF TAR HERALD:— ner nae enicloged $101n aid of the miners’ — referred to in yesterday's paper. Yours respec’ fully, : eee G. A. Le FIVE DOLLARS FROM PENNSYLVANIA. LANoasTER, Pa., May 19, 1873. To THE EpiTor OF THE HERALD :— DEAR SiR—Enclosed please find all I can Spare, which please piace to account fPprummond mine sufferers, 1 would bs 5-4 to give more, but have not got it to spare. ease accept this from @ dauy reader of the best newspaper 1D = oy ag THE NEGRO MURDERER. Interview with Jackson in His Cell at Bellevue Hospital—No Doubt as to His Reoovery— Gloomy, Silent and Stubborn, He Refuses to Say Anything But “No’—-He Knows Nothing of Brown, the Man Who Informed the Police of His Hiding Place—His Mysteri- ous Companion in Crime. A STRANGE COINCIDENT. The interest in the case of Jackson, the negro who murdered his mistress, Caroline McDermott, and was arrested by the police on Monday, is still unabated. The excitement regarding the man who is mentioned in connection with the case by Jackson has increased, and many and strange are the opinions as to who this man is. There are not wanting colored people who favor the idea that Brown, the man who informed Captain McCullough of the whereabouts of Jackson, is the identical Individual that induced the murderer to cut his throat, The general opinion, however, is that this mysterious person whom Jackson wishes to identify with the tragedy is a mere chimera of his disordered fancy, and that he mentioned him to distract attentien trom himself. The police have a8 yet falled to find this “whitedlack man,” whom Jackson declares. induced him to cut his throat, and their opinion is that there is no such person ashe speaks of, as he (Jackson) was not a man to allow any one to come between him and his women. The detectives take great pride in the capture of Jacksen, as it proves the theory they started regarding the blood in the outhouse. They maintain that the blood found in the outhouse was that of the murderer, who attempted suicide after he discovered that he had killed tne woman, and that his body was carried away by his friends and buried Lf he was dead, and if not it was concealed in some house adjacent to the scene of the tragedy. The proprietor of the saloon at the corner of Hous- ton street and South Fifth avenue, where Jackson was found, is very reticent, refusing to answer any questions regarding bim, who brought him there, who fed him, or at what time he came. The hang- efs-on at the place are a@o very suspicious of any one who asks any questions regarding their colored brother, and persistently refuse to give any information regarding him, although most of them know him personally. Failing to glean any in‘ormation regarding the murderer, in his own country—soto speak—the reporter went to Bellevue Hospital, where he was received by the genial Warden Brennan. Mr. Brennan, whose face continually reflects a smile, sald he would be happy to afford the HERALD man every opportunity in his power to see the prisoner, and impart any information that he was possessed of. With Dr. Brooks, who has charge of Jack- son, the reporter had a conversation regarding the prisoner’s condition, The Doctor said that Jackson’s Wound was not at all serious in itself, but that it mignt have a detrimental effect on his lungs, as there is danger in cases where the wind- pipe has been severed of pneumonia or infamma- ion of the lungs, The cut on Jackson's throat ia an utly one, but does not look as bad as it did when he was arrested, the blood having been washed offand the wound bandaged and drawn together. ‘The cut begins on the right side imme- diately under the fier and extends towards the left side a little over the median line. It 1s a superficial cut, and very little stress was laid on the razor or it would have done its work more effectually. One of the thyroid arteries is severed, and a si incision made in the windpipe. Jackson’s breat ing is more easy than it was yesterday, he being compelled, by aa arrangement of bandages con- trived by Dr. Brooks, to keep his head inclined forward, thus closing the cut and enabling him to breathe by the normal method. His cut, although not serious, is very inconvenient, as he is unable to expectorate, he having partly lost the power over the muscles of deglutition. © Strange to say, this loss of power does not work both ways, for yesterday the patient was enabied to swallow @ comfortable meal of beefsteak and potatoes. The, doctor ordered him some beef tea, but as he did not like it he drank but little, and the beefsteak and potatoes were about all he ate during the day. At about three o'clock the reporter, with the Warden's permission, descended in company with Dr. Brooks to the cell in which Jackson is confined. It is on the ground foor of the hospital building, and the window fronts towards Twenty-sixth street. Directly opposite, ina similar cell, McDer- mott, the man who murdered his wife on Easter Saturday and thea tried to dash his brains out, ia confined. McDermott has been in the hospital since May 5, and has so far recovered that he will be sent to the Tombs in about ten days. + A VERY STRANGE COINCIDENCE. A coincidence as strange as it is remarkable is the fact that the name of Jackson’s fellow hospitat prisoner is the same as that of the woman he mur- dered on Friday night. Jackson does not know this, and it is probable when he is intormed it will worry him, as negroes as a class are very super- stitious, and his uncultivated mind may resolve the coincidence into an omen of the greatest evil. WHAT JACKSON SAYS, When the reporter entered the cell Jackson was lying with his face to the wall asleep, but at the sound of the reporter’s voice he awoke and ganced around the room in an excited manner. fis eyes finally rested on the reporter with an anxious inquisitiveness, and after satisfying him- selfthat he did not know the stranger he waa about to turn again, when the question “How are you to-day, Jackson ?? which had awakened him, elicited an answer. He said, “Bout the same,” and then again relapsed into silence. “Jackson, have you snything 69 Say about Brown, the man who told Captain McCollough where you were hid ?’ said the reporter, “No,” said Jackson, rather sharply. “Was he not the man whom you sald used te visit your mistress and who told you, as you say, to commit suicide?” This question also elicited a negative response; but before answering Jackson looked very intently at his questioner. “How did you get to the house on South Fifth eromas aid who brought you there—do you now “No! I don't remember being brought there, and don’t know any one who saw me there until the Captain came.” The reporter asked Jackson some questions re- garding Caroline McDermott, but he would not Speak a word, not even yes or no, and, seeing that it was useless to qnestion him further, the topio ‘was changed by the inquiry, “Jackson, have you heard from any of your friends in Poughkeepsie since Friday, or do’ you know if any of them are in town?” An interest expressed itself in his face at this question and his absent manner forsook him. He said, “No, [havn't heard from them, and 1 don’t know whether they are in town or not; they will be, 1 think, when they know I am arrested.” jackson told the reporter that before the murder he was in business for himself and was doing well, that he had worked as waiter and servant for many years, that he was born in New York and was twenty-eight years of age. An officer from the Eighth precinct station house has been detailed to watch him, and he will be kept under police surveillance night and day until he is fit to be removed to the City Prison. AN ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENON. crmteanetigeatsinelainn Patonocug, L. L, May 20, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— A singular solar phenomenon was yesterday Witnessed in this place which seems worthy of record. At mid-day, just before twelve o’clock, the sky was clear, except some few scattering clouds, | but not enough to, im the least, obscure it. A dense circle was observed to surround the sun. External of this circle was a clear, brilliant atmos- piers. Within it the sun was intensely bright ut appearing as if its rays were concentra within a given space, and shone through an opaque substance, which formed @ dense but translucent sphere around it. The circle was distinct and perfect, ee an te 80 for about fifteen minutes, when it broke on the western side and disappeared. Can youexplain it ? sradually disappear LIZABETH OAKES SMITH, Scientists on the Subject. Professor R. Ogden Deremus, of the New York College, was vistted by our reporter. He had not seen the phenomenon, but declared that such an appearance of the sun was not unusnal, and, whether by day or night, was owing to some eon- dition of the earth’s atmosphere. ‘The Professor of Astronomy at the New York College said that there was nothing strange about: such @ phenomenon; that he had often witnessed such, and finally, that, being in his class-room dur- ing the day on which it was reported to have oc- curred, he had not observed it. ‘The reporter then proceeded to the Central Park Observatory. Professor Daniel Draper, in charge of the Meteorlogical Department, had observed the henomenon, hut assigned eleven o'clock aa the our of its We ag He said that it was mere! @ halo, formed by two light clouds inthe earth’s atmosphere, and that the mock suns—often seen in Winter—were produced by the same causes, only that, in that Instance, the clouds were massea of snow, He said that thore was nothing unusual ip the phenomenon,