The New York Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1873, Page 7

: ‘ ‘ Gms. Lonije Mihlbach’s vierter Brief aus dem grofen Badeort. Besnch eines prenssischen Prinzen und Dichters, Raifer Wilhelm'’s WAbreife. ‘Prefta! Ploglider Wedel im Ausfegen des Ortes. Pringen, Herzoige und Suite folgen den getrinten Hauptern, / Adieu fir die Saifon! Ems, 31, Suli 1873, Giner der treueften und alljdhrtid) mwiederteh- renden Bejuder.von Ems ift der Pring Georg von Preufen, der Grofneffe des Kaifers. Er gehirt hier wie aud) in Berlin gu den populirften Prinjen der faiferlidjen Familie, und man fieht ihn hier au jedem Morgen und jedem Nadjmittag in ein- fadjem Civilangug, ohne jede Beglertung gang fret und ungeswungen unter dem Publitum fid) be- tegen, Hier und dort ftehen bleibend mm irgend einen Befannten gu begriiffen und heiter und ver- guiigtic) mit ihm gu plaudern, oder aud) mit einer feiner vielen Freundinnen und Verehreriunen auf- und abwandelnd in nie panfirendem Gefprid. Gs gibt wenig Menfdjen, welde ein fo aufer- ordentlidjes Talent der Converjation befiten, als ber Pring, und nod) weniger Menfdjen, die ein fo eminentes Gedidjtnif befiten, und dabei eine foldje Belefenheit nidjt bios in der dentfdjen, fon- Deru aud) in der frangofifdjen, englifdjen und Halienifdjen Literatur befien. Bon reldem Didjter aud) die Rede fei, der Prinz tennt ihn midt nur, fondern weif fofort und ohne BVefinnen deutfch, englifd), frangofifd), dic fchonften Stellen Aus ihren Werten anjufiihren. Gr ift ftets [hlagfertig, und weif feinem Geguer bei irgend tinem Disput mit lebendiger Beredtfamteit ent Pegen gu treten, ohne dabei jemals feinen gra cidfen Humor und jeine wolfwollende Freundlid)- eit aufgugeben. Mle dicfe liebenswiirdigen Bigen{dhaften haben ihn in Berlin gu einem Lieb Ling der Gefellfdjaft gemacht, nidjt blos der Hof- Hefellfdhaft, fondern in allen Kreijen der gebildeten Gefellidjaft. Der Pring und Didter. Der Pring Georg ift aber von allen preugifdyen Prinzen dev Cingige, welder die Feffeln der-Cti quette von fid) abgeftreift hat, nnd fid) nidt blof in ,courfibigen” Sreijen bewegt, fondein andy die Leute bon Geift und Talent als courjihig be- tradjtet, und Gefellidhaften befudt, in denen mehr Lente von Geift, Talent und Bildung als von del ihn umgeben. Das macht, der Pring Georg aft-fefber mehr als ein Pring, er ift cin Dichter, und mehrere feiner Dramen und Tragddien find feit einigen Sahren fogar dauernde ,, 3ugftiice” auf den deutiden Biihnen geworden. Bor allen Dingen die Cragidie ,Phidra,” die teineswegs tine Nadbilbung der Racine’jdhen Phidra, fon- dern ein gang felbftftindiges freies Dichtwert ift, tine Tragidie von der grofartigiten Wirtung, voll tiefer innerlidhfter Lcidenfdhaftlidjtcit, und tn der edelften Sprade, in vollflingenden, melodi- [chen Verfen gejdrieben. Es war in der Gejdhidhte anferer dramatijdjen Literatur ein grofes, weit tragendes Greignifz, als vor einigen Sahren dieje Eragddie Phadra von ,Conrad” (dem nom de plume de8 pringlidjen Autors) in Berlin zur WAuj- fihrung fam. Sum erjten Mal, dafi ein preugi idher Pring fic) anders als mit dem Schmerte m ger Hand bem Feinde entgegen ftellte, denn fiir 908 Erftlingsivert eines dramatijden Didjters ijt p08 Publitum immer cin Feind, gleidiel ob diefer Dichter ein Pring, oder vielmehr qrade erft sedt beshalb weil er cin Prin; ift. Es war ein intereffanter Theaterabend, fein Plats im gangen PHanfe unbefegt, alle Herven Krititer bis an die Hibne bewafinet mit Vorurtheilen gegen den pringlidjen Untor, und feft entidjloffen, fic) ,rnr parteilich” gu jeigen, das heift, nad) Kviften iber thu den Stab gu bredjen, wenn nur irgend dazit vie Gelegenheit gefunden rwerden torte ; in den profes und Heinen foniglidjen Logen der ganze Hof verfammelt, und auf allen Plagen ein theil- ‘nabhmsvolles, gefpanntes Bublitum. Wber der Pring Georg gewann feine erfte Slat, und die ,Bhadra” ging fieqreid) iiber die Berliner BViihne und hat-feitdem auf allen grofen deutfchen Biihnen fid) Veifall und Anerlennung ecrungen. Spiter ward ein anderes Werk von ihm: ,,Die Marquife von Brinvilliers” anfge- fiihrt, und wenn daffelbe nicht den allgemeinen Beifall gefunden, wie die ,,Phadra,” jo tragt dev fpride und unjympathifde Stoff daran die Sehuld, obwohl es den? Stiide nidjt an fpannen- ben Situationen fehit und in denjelben einjeine Scenen von hod) dramatijder Wirtung find. Der Pring-gehirt gu den bejouderen Lieblinger feines taiferlidjen Oheims und fehr oft jieht man die beiden Hohen Geftalten des Oheims und des Meffen Hier in Ems im Langen, unaufhaltjamen Auf und Abwandern nebeneinander, und immer folgt da8 Bade-Publifuin in ehrfurdhtsvoller Eut- fernung den beiden Herren und wird gar nicht airiide, fie gu beobadhten, jede Miene, jeden Blid genau fid) gu merfen, Mittags, an der table Dbéte, ift von Nidjts die Rede, ale mit went dex RKaifer heute auf der Promenade gefprodjen, mit -tvem Pring Georg fpagieven gegangen, find das ijt bas Hauptintercife der armen, gelangweilter Badegiifte. Das Leben unendlid Langweilig in Ems, Derm, ehrlich gefagt, es ift Hier. fonft wirklich) Amnendfich Langiveilig! Gar nichts ift gethan fitr bie Kurgifte, die melandolijeh, wenn cs idplechtes Wetter ift, dur) die pradjtvollen, verddeten, fonft fo belebten Spielfiile dahin fdjleidjen, und wenn 8 guted Wetter ift und fie alle die hohen Berge, welde Ems cinjeliesen, gu Fuh oder yu Eel oder git Wagen erflettert, und iiberall nur das Lahnthal und immer wieder das Lahuthal gejeher Haben, fic) troftlos fragen, ob fie die Tour wieder von Neuem anfangen jollen? Ee ift hier gar fein Heielidhaftlider Bereiniguungepuntt ; Jeder tebt Hier fil fidh ; e8 gibt feine Neumions, teine Bille, und der eingige Verfammlungspuntt if dev Play unter den Baumen, wo aud jede Faurilie allein fiit fich bleibt. lind mie wird das erft werden, wenn der Kai nS aE fer fort ft,” fewtgte geftern eine jcjin grvubte Dame auf deur Courplage neben mir. ,,.Ab{djeif= Tic!“ erwiderte die Andere energifd, Sd) fage Shuen, abfdeutich odd mug das wiffen, denu id wohne ja hier in Ems, Gott jer Dank aber night im Winter. Muf diefent Courplage hier, meine Liebe, fonnen Sie das Leben von Cis genau ftudiven. Diejer Courplag veviindert nrit jedem Monat wabhrend der Saijon jeine Phyfioqnomie, und es if mix immer gas amiijant gewejen das zu beobadjten. Da ift der evfte Monat der Shijou, der Mai, Wie ebe- bar und philifivis ijt da der Courplats, und weld’ cin Bublifum bewegt fic) da unter den Baumen! Ricine Beamte, teante Frauen mit getben Gefidh- tern und cingefallenen Wangen, wirtlide Krante; die Hiilfte der Tijche ift teer, und wo Leute an denfelben figen, trinten fie Deitch, fecyanen fehe ehv- bar drein, und find jehr ditrjtig getfeidet. Romunt der Suni; dev Anfang ift nod ein bisden ftill, aber gegen die Mitte de8 Dorwates wird e¢ {don beffers An foen Tifdjen wird’s lebendig, man fieht fdyon gepubste Frauen, elegante Herren, e8 wird jdon Gis gegeffen, und Abends Hirt man {chon hier und da einen Champagnerpfropfen tnallen, Aber dann im Juli, da ift eB hier auf demt Courplatse wie in einent Kaiferfaton,und die hichfte Gefellidhaft bewegt fid) hier unter den Baunen, Die Trager der ftolzeften Namen und die eleganteften Damen der hohen Gefellfdhaft figen an den Tifdjen, auf denen ouftende Biaumen- bouquets prangen, SuliyScenen, Im Monat Suli ift Ems veizend, poetifdj, efe- gant, piquant, und hat feine amiifante chronique scandaleuse, jeine iebeleien und Coquet- terien. Sede Dame legt fiir die beiden Rafer ihre fdhinfte innere und dufere Toilette an, und man fieht in diefem Donate hier nur Heitere Gefichter, ftrahlende Augen, forniges Cacheln, nur elegante Cavaliere, die fid) beetfern den jdinen Frauen den Hof yu maden. Dan unternimmt reizende Landpartieen, natiirlid) in den luftigften, duftigften Toiletten, immer dahin wobin man weif, daff der Raifer von Rufland oder der von Deutidland fic) begeben, Die Kaifer find ‘abgereift. Aber es Comumt der Anguft—bdie Kaijer find ab- gereift, und wie durd) einen Zauberfdjlag andert fic) dad Leben in Ems, denn Alles was zur ele- ganten Gejellichaft gehirt folgt dem Beijpiet der Kafer und reift ab. Bin Auguft fehen Sie auf dem Kurplak unter den Baumen nur Spiefbitr- ger, die lange Pfeifen raudjen, Bier trinfen und Karten fptelen, waihrend ihre einfad) und diirftig getleideten Frauen neben ihnen fisen, Striimpfe ftvicten oder ihre Kinder auf dem Sdjoofe halter. Im Monat September find auch diefe Gafte derfdrounden, und min figen auf dem Rurplab unter den VBiumen mv nodpdie qrofen Hotelbe- fiber von Ems ; fie raudjen thre Havana, trinten Champagner und erzihlen einander von den hodhften und hohen Gajten, die bet nen gewohut, und auf welde Weije fie ihnen fo viel Geld als miglid) abgenonmmen, md betheuern einander, dafy fie in gegenfeitigen Cinverjtindnif die Preife fiir das nidge Bahr nod) hiher hinanf wirbein wollen, denn die Fremden find in Ems dod) nur dazu da, dafR die qrofen Hotelbefitser fie ausjaugen und ait inen fo veid) werden, dag fic fid) in Frantfurt oder Cdl Patdfte bauen tinnen. Gs find fev ftolze, fehr hodhfahrende und iiber- miithige Herven, dieje VGefiter der grofen Hotels in Ems, und wer fie da fo ftol; und triumphirend int Monat Septemder auf dent Kurplas unter dent Baumen fieht, der follte meinen, c8feien Lauter Fiirften und regierende Herren, weldje da ihren Champagner trinten und ihre Havana rauden. Aber diefe grofen Herren bleiben nur fo lange, bis ihre Buchhalter die Recynaungen geordnet und die Rajfe itbergeben haben. Dann ziehen fie nad) den grofien Stidten, wo fie aud) ihre Hotels haben und fortfahren, ihre prattijden Studien an den Frembden zu madden. Sm Monat October frfleichen nur nod) die gelangweilten Emer, die nidjt reid) genug find, unt den Wintey anderswo yu verleben, miipiq und traurig auf dent Courplas umber, und es ift Alles fill, der Wind rafdelt ourd) die Bauute und wirft die gelben Blatter auf die Tijde, um weldje fonft die elegante Gejellfdjaft gefeffen, die gelbe Lahn triujelt ihre Heinen Wellen plitidernd an dag Ujer, und es Hingt im Wellengeplitider als hire man in weiter Ferne fingen: long, long ago! Und dann fommt der Sdynce und dedt Alles gu und Ems ift nidjts mehr als ein offenes Grab!“ — Das fchrich id) geftern, und eben fomme id von dem Courplag, und e& ift fdjon Wiles fo ein- getroffen, wie die gute Emferin e8 gefdildertt Der Kaijer ift geftern abgereift, und wie durd einen Zauberidjlag hat fid) gleid) heute die Scenerie geindert. Man fieht nur nod) Damen in Reijetleidern, die heute ihre teste Morgen- promenade maden, und mit riefengrofen Bou- | quets umberftoljiven, rweldje ifnen, der Sitte gemaf, von Freunden und Verehrern als dirften- der Ubfdiedsgrnf gefpendet werden. Die Hern mit umgejdnallten Geldtajden, und im grauen Reijecoftum, und gwijden den Kangen der Mufit, die aud) heute nadjlaijig und im gemafigten Tempo ihre Weifen dudelt, hort man iiberall nur die grofen Fragen evirtern: ,,wohin gehen Sie? Wann reijen Sie?” Sie finnen denfen, day aud) mic) diefe Frage lebhaft bejchiftigt, ud dafx id) Ourchans nicht die Ubjicht hege als qelangweilter Frembdling auf dem Courplats unter den Biumen zu wimmeln! Pein! Meine Todjter Hat mit mir andy dem Courplay den UAbjchiedsbefud gemadt, und wir haben unjere Ubfdtedsbonquets empfangen, und wenn man wns fragt: ,,want und wobhin reijen Sie 2” fo haben wir geantwortet: ,,wir reijen morgen friih, machen juerft dem Herzog. Ernjt von Coburg mid jeiner edlen Herzogin auf Sdhlof Kahlenberg bei Coburg einen Bejud), und. dann geor’e nad) Marienbad im lieben, fchinen Bshmerland. Leben Sie wohl! leben Sie wohl! und jeien Sie erslihit geqriift.” TeeT ire gowite Mahibed. THE GALE OFF NEWPORT. A Fierce Nor'wester Driving Vessels Ashore—Damage Sustained by Yachts— Proposed Departdre of the N.Y.¥.C. Fleet for Martha’s Vineyard. Newrort, R. L, August 24, 1873, We have had quite a lively time here ail night, a3 after dark it commenced to blow a gale from the northwest and the wind still continues strong. Last night the schooner Anson, Captain Bells, from Elizabethport, with coal; the schooner Fulton, Cap- tain Ryan, from Providence for New York, and the scnoouer Nellie A. Ross, from Providence for New York, all went ashore near Castle Rock and are now inapretty bad fix, The Newport wreckers have contracted to get them off, During the race yesterday the schooner Eva carried away her jibboom, and last night in the gale she dragged her anchor and went aground on the eastern shore of the harbor, As the harbor is mud she will probably be got off without much damage. Nearly ail the yachts in the harbor dragged their anchors, and the Alarm fouled with @ coasting schooner, but eventually got clear with- out damage. Tne Vixen carried away her topmast head yentoria durt the race. It is understood now t] at the fleet will leave to-morrow for Martha's Vineyard, and if the efforts to raise fora Newport Gup should prove successiul the yachts will sail for it on their return. The schoager yacht Phantom, Wiliam Osgood, is in harbor and gaa Jomed tue feet | EM NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. S. Louise’MuhIbach’s Fourth Letter from the @re:%t Badeort. RAT a Visits of a Russiait,Prince and Poet. EMPEROR WILLIAM'S DEPARTURE. Presto! Immediate Change ‘in the Aspect of the Place. Princes, Dukes and Retainers Follow’the Imperial Personage. FAREWELL FOR THE SEASON. . Eas, July 3, 1873, One of the most faithful visitors, one who returns to Ems every season, is Prince George of Prussia, grand nephew to the Emperor. Here, as at Berlin, he is one of the most popular members of the’ tin- perial family. Prince George may be seen on the promenade, morning and evening, in plain dress, unattended, mixing freely and without reserve among the crowd. There he salutes an old ac- quaintance, here he chats gayly with a comparative stranger, or he paces the avenues at the side of one of his numerous admirers among the ladies, and the conversation never flags. There are probably few pérsons who possess more extraordinary powers of conversation than the Prince, and fewer still endowed with so faultless and retentive @ memory or who are so well read, not only in German, but in French, English and Italian litera- ture. Speaking of any poet, no matter which, the Prince is certain to know his Works and.able to quote therefrom. He is never at a loss for a word, and understands how to enter into an argument with convincing eloquence without losing a point in gracious wit or natural amiability. These quali- ties have caused him to be a general favorite, not only in Court circles, butin all spheres of Berlin society. if A POET-PRINCE. Prince George stands alone among the Prussian princes in another point. He has freed himself from the fetters of etiquette, he does not move exclusively in court circles, but he considers people of talent, genius and education as his equals in point of birth. He is often seen in society where he 1 not exclusively surrounded by titled per- sonages. This is perhaps @ natural consequence of the fact that Prince George himself is a poet; he has written several dramas and tragedies, which for some years have been regular playing pieces on the German stage, His tragedy of “Phedra” is by no meang an emulation of Racine, but consti- tutes @ thoroughly independent poem. It is a work of great power, fullof deep ant intense passion, written in a loity style and in melodious verse. In the history of German dramatic literature it was a grand event when “Phmdra,” by Conrad (the nom de plume of the princely author), under- ‘went the first representation on the Berhn stage. It was an innovation that a Prussian prince should meet the enemy otherwise than with the sword in hand; for, it must be remarked that the public is ever an enemy to the maiden production of an author, even if the author be a prince; or, per- haps, the public is more inimical because he is a prince, This first representation proved an ex- ceedingly interesting evening. Not a place was vacant in the house. All our critics had put in an appearance, armed to the teeth with prejudices against the prince-author, and determined to be impartial, yet not to spare him whenever the slightest occasion offered. Both the large and minor State boxes were occupied by the royal family, and the general circle was filled by an in- terested public. A FIRST VICTORY, But Prince George won the battle. ‘Phedra,” having gained the first victory on the Berlin stage, has since then been received with marked distinc- tion in nearly every German city. Shortly after- ward the Prince brought out another work, “The Marquise'de Brinvillers;” but its success has not been so universal as that accorded to ‘Phwxdra.” The fault rests with the hard and unsympathetic subject which it treats, yet there is no lack of sen- sation and many scenes of high dramatic effect. The Prince is among the special favorites of his uncle, the kmperor. Both uncle and nephew, alike in height and stature, are seen walking side by side on the promenade, followed at a respectful distance by an ever anxious public, eager to im- print its memory with every movement of the imperial visitors. At the fable d'hote the pivot of conversation is, “To whom has the Emperor spoxen to-day on the public promenade?” or, “Who accompanied Prince George this morning ?”” These are the main topics which lead to an ani- mated conversation among the otherwise bored guests. FRIGHTFULLY DULL. To be honest, everyone confesses that it is really frightfally dull here. Nothing is done: to. attract strangers. When the weather is unpropitious there are absolutely no resources beyond the deserted sa- loons, and where gambling in former years created animated scenes, a fit of melancholy steals over you; while when the sum shines we climb, ride over, walk through the beautiful valley of tne Lahn; but there is nothing beyond the Lahn Val- ley, and the task being accomplished, there is the question whether you must go through the same again. To say the least this is dull work. Noone at Ems seems to care for a social life. There are neither balls nor concerts.. The only spot where People assemble is on the “square,” and even there each party keeps aloof from another, WORSE AFTER THE IMPERIAL ABREISE, “And how much worse will it be when the Em- peror has gone,” said in my immediate neighborhood one of the ‘ladies who had evidently come to Ems to show off a number of elegant dresses. The lady expressed the words with a deep sigh, and was promptiy answered by an energetic friend, “Oh, simply abominapte!” “I,” continued the lady, “ought to ,know, as I live at Ems; however, thank Goa, not during the winter! On this Curplatz you can study life, my dear. The physiognomy of the place changes with every month, and during the season nothing amuses me more than to watch these changes.” ‘The lady then went on to narrate her expert- noe. and saidi—“The Aray month af the season, namely WO all took Very veherable and respectable; the “Curptatz” i», * Med with people belonging to the civti service, om ‘clals and ladies, Who, to judge from their sallow co, "P!¢xtons and sunken cheeks, appear really to. "° i poor health, One halfof the tables is enapty, * 8d the other half & occupied by people who drin. mle; they are of respectable appearance, but are pu ied dressed, Then comes the month of June; the b °” ginning is very quiet, and only towards the middle of the month tt begins to be animated. Elegantly dressed ladies sad handsome cavaliers may then be seen; immense quantities of ice cream are con- sumed and now and then the popping of cham- pagne corks may be heard. But tm July the “Cur- * plata” assumes the appearance of an imperial saloon. JULY SCENKS AT EMS. The oréme de ta créme way be seen beneath these trees--the proudest names and the most elegant toilets, the choicest bouquets; and all that is distributed aronnd these avenues, During that month Ems is not without its “chronique scandaleuse”—not without love-making, aud there is no lack Of Mirtation, The'tadies vie imexhibiting ravishing toilets in honor of the two Emperors. Infact, during the month of July you see nothing but gay {aces, brilliant eyes and sunny smiles, while there is-no lack of gallant attention en: the pert of the gentlemen, who arrange charuing little parties. Picnics are spiritedly entered into; ali look fresh and airy, and the excursions are gen- erally made in the direction where it is known the Emperor of Russia-or Germany is Kkely to be found. Bie EXIT GRANDEUR WITH ROYAL®Y, But then we enter upom the month of August; the Emperors have departed, and, as if by magic, life in Ems assumes another form, All that be- longs or thinks it belongs to what is termed “good society” follows the example of the Em- perors. The “Bourgeois”—good, honest citizens— are then seen. They smoke out of long pipes, drink beer and play at cards, while their modestiy- dreased wives keep them company, side by side, occupied either in knitting stookings or in nursing and fondling children, In the month of September these also disap- pear, and the only remaining denizens of the place are the hotel proprietors, who congregate here, smoking costly Havanas and drinking champagne. They recount to each other the number of high and mighty guests who stayed in their hostelries. and the manner in which they succeeded to make money out of ihe strangers. On these occasions they compare notes and come to resolutions that @ necessity compels them the next seasdn again to screw up their charges, HOTEL PROPRIETORS AT EMS. have a notion that visitors are bound to leave as much -money behind them as will sufMfice in the shortest possible time to allow them to-retire irom business, after which they live at Frankfort or Cologne and enjoy the luxuries of palaces, They are exceedingly lofty and proud in bearing, these hotel proprietors of Ems. They can even be inso- lent if you were to give them sufficient occasion, In September they replace the Prince’s, and emu- late them ina fashion in so faras Havana cigars and champagne admit of it. In October the bored and dall-looking inhabitants, who have not the means to pass the Winter elsewhere, are lead- ing @ languid and wasting life—all creep about as if in quest of @ grave; the wind rustles through’ the trees and gathers yellow leaves on the tables around which we have seen the elegant company congregated in July. The “Lahn” tosses its tiny waves, seemingly echoing sounds far away of long ago, long ago! Then comes the snow, to cover up the picture, which by that time has as- sumed the gppearance of a living grave. THE PINALE, This narrative 1 wrote down yesterday, and on returning this morning from the Cursaal I have been able to verify the correctness of the state- ment furnished by the good lady. Ems ts exactly as she described it. The Emperor took his depart- ure yesterday, and the scene has changed as if by magic. The ladies are scen in travelling costumes, taking the last morning walk, and for the last time show the giant bouquets presented, according to custom, a8 @ farewell offering. The gentlemen in business suits, with courier bags over their shoulders, are leisurely strolling up and down. ‘The very musicians are fagged and seem to play negligently. Nothing is heard but monotonous questions :— . “When do you leave?” “Where are you going to from here ?”” Well, I confess this is a question which oc- cupies likewise my thoughts, as I cannot stay here HAYDEN'S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. How the Work Progresses—Ascent of the Highest Peak in Colorado, The following is an extract from a private letter, dated August 9, giving some Interesting details of the operations of the United States Geological Sur- vey under Dr. Hayddn, for which the last Congress Appropriated the sum of $100,000, Tne writer Bays :— We have visited the highest peaks in Colorado, The Mountain of the Holy Cros is the highest of hem all, the altitude being 14,350 feet above the vel of the sea, This mountain is #0 called trom h 7 immense ravines crossing at right angies , Wed with aay snoy, Presenuny to the pear: 4 white cross w tw. nny miles, vasshecghey Hoe aay Eros? pestnere division ‘ yr ber line on the norri side cpouunped asain, On the following morning the Professor encoa utere™, single handed, a very large grizzly bear, batet the’ rack of his rife Bruin beat an unceremomecd reir “st down the preetpitous clits of the mountafi. The’ /ollewing day, the party having reached the.sammit Of the peak, they here encountered another grizzly With her cub, but they, too, went Without stana’@g upon the order of their The Proiesso¥ formally named the peak * aay Peak” in ner of our new acquaintances ‘he crest of ts mountain ip many places is so narrow \that it is dimicult to walk upon it, and ‘at no point is 16 more than twonty loot wide, As’we returned to the main eamp we found the bear w&icd Profes- sor Gardver had shotat, safely foatime On a.cake of ice over a lake, and on reaching the opposite shore he spread himself upon @ snow bank, tree trons fur- vuer molestation, Proiessor Gardner, in charge of the topographtea! division, is im high spirits: at the great success which ha® attended the operations of the survey this season. Professor Jagkson, in charge of the photograph? 7 which Mr. Homans, the Actuary of this company, ronounced “@ reiorny ¥-eAtiT weeded in the pract A letler Was also pre. ice of Lie Inanrance. ry 88! from aa influential policy-hoider m- the Company, addressed to the Board, and strenuow protesting inst this action of Mr. liomaas, ax tending to build up other companies at the ex. pense of the one he was paid to serve, ana de manding the application of a remedy for Wiat was characterized as @ great injury to the policy holders. ‘Tue second advertisement aud tle above letter were referred to the committee-appoinicd by the Board, Letters were also received from nearly ali the feneral agents of the company, strongly condemn- ng the course of the actuary, aad complaining oF itasan injury vo the company and to their Dist ness. The committee proceeded to investigate the Snojects committed to it, it appeared that us August, 1364, Mr. Homans had addressed a formal “pplication to the Board requesting permission te einploy his leisure as mathematical counsel Jor other Life Insurance companies. On the 17th of August in that dé ar the Board considered hia re~ quest and denied the permission sought, tt also appeared that under date of May 2, 1865, apparcatly forgetting his previous abusion to “tolaure,"” he had, when urging an increase ot his salary, writtem that his “duties mvolved au amount of labor, research, experience, and responaibility not ex: ceeded by those of the second ofiver of any com- pany, Marine, Fire, or Life, in the country.” Bus Dotwithstanding the refusal by the Board to per- mit him toemploy his “leisure” in the service ob other companies, and his subsequent descripiem of the nature of his duties as so engrossing as te eore pe ne leisure, if they were properly per- formed, it was ascertained, and when pressed by the committee, sdmitted’ by Mr. Honruns, thas while ip the pay and presumably in th clusive service of this panpens. he had da Consurting Actuary lor pay for the foliowing com- panies: Universal Life Insurance Company. Washington Life Insurance Company. Widows’ and Orphans’ Benefit Lite Insurance: Company. ex- teal division of the survey, has just completed a pencrainls view from Long's to Pike's Peak, and’ ¢ has made many other fine pictures of the moun~ tains, canyons and lakes of Colarado, and 1s a8 en thusiastic as ever im his Work, Professor Coulter, in charge of the’ botanical di- vision, has made a large and interesting collection Of strange plants, and Professor Cope, paleontolo- ist, has secured a& fine collection of fossils, both large and small, ane) many of them of entirely new Species. In fact, insects, fossils and mineral speci- mens have been collected in large quantities, Dr. eat Oa is now making @ general geological survey of the entire fleld over whieh his different divisions have been working, and, aided by Cap- tain James Stevenson, bis principal assistant, he hopes to complete his operations in the field by the 1st of October and be ready by that time vo return to Washington, where his -scientitic corps ‘wilt work ap their field notes im time for the Doctor to make his report to Congress early in January. Official Despatehes About the Surveying Party—The Range ot the Three Tetous. WasHINGTON, August 24, 1873. It ie stated in oMcial despatches concerning Hayden's geological survey of the Territcries thas the surveying party, starting (rom Ogden, Utah, surveyed. a route to Port Hall, and there made the necessary preparations for a pack train up the un- known region of the Upper Snake Valley. The range of the Three Tetoms. was carefully : mapped. Immense masses: of snow and® Jakes of ice-were found on its sides and abundant signs of modern glacial action. At certain seasons of the year, usually in Augmst and Sep- tember, the air is filled toa great height with grass- hoppers flying in every direction, They sometimes rise to the height of several tnousand feet. As: they passed over this Teton range they became chilled, and dropped in the snow and ice tn vast numbers, and gradually meited the snow, so that myriads ot little holes which they had.formed gave to the surface # peculiar roughness, It was due to this fact that Messrs. Stevenson and Longiord were able to cling to the almost vertical icy sides of the peak and complete the ascent. They founa the elevation to be 13,858 feet above the sea, thus entithng it to rank among the monarch peaks of the continent, Yet at the summit of this peak there were indications that human beings had made the ascent at some period in the pust. On the tops of the Grand Teton and jor 300 feet below are great quantities of granite blocks.or slabs of different sizes, These blocks had been placed on end, forming @ breastwork of about three feet high, enclosing a circular space six or seven feet in diameter, and while on the surrounding rocks there is not a particle of dust or sand, yet the bottom of this enclosure is covered with a bed of minute particles of granite, not larger than the grains of common sand, which must have been worn off by the elements from the vertical blocks until it 18 nearly a foot in depth. There was every po ae ge that these granite slabs had been P laced in their present position. by the Indians as @ protection from the wind many centuries ago. “Who Pays,” Indeed? To THE EpiTOR OF THE HERALD : Mr, Elizur Wright, a consultin, ton, under the caption, ‘Who Pays lists in the controversy Mr. Sheppard Homans is endeavoring to keep alive against the Mutual Life Insurance Company, and reiterates the charge that Mr. Homans became disconnected from the com- pany by reason of his refusal to audit ceréaim ac- counts he could not approve. It is now time that this question should be settled upon its merits, and the following facts of long record will attord the public the means of doing it:— 1, The account which Mr. Hom: refused to au- dit was presented to the Board November 17, 1869, Mr. Homans continued Actuary ef the company until the 18th day of January, 1871, fourteen months atter, ee refusal for which, he alleges, he was re- moved. On the latter date, naving resigned his position as Actuary, he was epee Consulting Actuary at half his previous salary, and continued to hold that position until his resignation thereof under the following circaumstances:—On the 16th day of October, 1872, the Board unanimously abolished the oftice of Consulting carer to take effect on the 8ist day of December, and Mr. Homans was imme- diately nformed thereof. On the 4th of December, 1872, the intervening time having been largely spent by him in fruitless endeavors by letter and personal interviews with membersgof the Board to obtain a reconsideration of its acuion, Mr. Homans, coinci- dently with the first meeting of the representatives of companies, held at bis private ofice, to op; the reduction of rates then in contemplation by the Trustees, sent in his resignation. le omitted to draw his salary for the firgt iour days of December, until last March, when, on his writien application, the omission was rectified by this company. It will thus be seen that Mr. Homans was. con- | tinued ag Actuary or Consulting Actuary for three | ears aiter the occurrence which he alleges was | he cause of his removal, and that pis-ceusure of the President and trustees was only made public after his pay was stopped, and after he had openly \Y National Life Insurance’ Company-of the United States, Standard Lite Insurance Company. ‘quitable Life Assurance Society of the Unite® 8. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. New York Lite'Imsurance Company. Home life Insurance Company of Brooklyn, and tor some of these companies he was employed” on @ regular anuual salary, \ For but one of these companies: Mad the Board’ ever granted Mr. Homans permissioa to-act. If these facty donot prove duplicity, insubordt nation and unfaithfulness I do not understand the meant of the words Mr, Homans’ assertion” that he was “unfaithful to the company never! ie on @ par for veracity with the calumnies whict make up the greater part of his card, The President of the company alse: addresse® # Jetter to’ the committee charging, im substan that the sezvice of other companies above allude to was secret, in known and wilfal defiance of tae express setion of the Board, which had years’ be. lore refused Mr. Homans permission so to ace’ when soNcited by him, and tnjurious to “the inter ests of the vompany ; that Mr. Homans was idle ané inattentive to his duties, devoted to pleasure an& seltish pursnite and speculations; that hie syn thies were-actixely with those who had aleontly bor gun to harass and annoy the company; that: he’ Was deticicut in skill, learning and tact, disingenu ous and uoreliatNe, Mr. Winston gave many speci- ications, and concluded his lester as follow: “It may be asked, If all these grievan: existed so long, why are we now fur theffi apprised oi them.’ Unbappily, my want of conte dence in the Actuary tor 80me time past has been no secret, Efforta to harinonize increasing diff culties have been repeatedly made. Reluctapee to injure the pecuniary and protessional prospects of an associate, unless under the overpowertng pressure of a senge of duty, has been constantly ‘operative to preventexposure. Self-respect, hag 0 other reason, has led me to refrain (rom pri ely visiting our trustees, te instil my ows views into their minds, and to undermine thets coutidence tn one with whom | was olficiully com ~ neeted, “So personal considerations, or anything less potential than peril to the interests aud prosperity of this company, would have led me to (ake the unwelcome measure of writing saus of a (ellow ofiicer, These and kindred reasous have led me to refrain trem ofMicial action will moved thereto by my positive convictions of duty. “To conclusion I have to say thas it is my detib- erate judgment that Mr. Homans’ tnterests aud feelings are alienated trom the company and tne present management to such an extent as to make 1b impossible that he shouid again work ta harmony with either, Very respectiuily your obedter vant, F, 3. WINSTON, Presid The committee had this matter in charge for about thirty days. They met on Saturday, January 14, 1871, .adjourned to ‘Tuesday January Li, anu ow Wednesday, January 18, when the Board met, Mr, Homans, by advice of the committee, sent tn his resignation, . ‘Willing to extend every consideration to Mr, Homans which could, with propriety, be shown io view of his long connection with the company, a temporary arrangement Was made to the end that he might be enavied to build up a pew business ior himeelf, and his professional reputation might not be irretrievably damaged. He was appointed con- Pears | actuary during the pleasure of the Board @t half his previous salary. No service having been required of him ta that capacity, aud there being no prospect of his services being ever again re- quired, be was dropped as above stated. Mr. Homans now depends jor proiessienal em- pluyment on the good will of companies, some ot which are active competitors of the Mutual Life, and one at leastactively hostile. He kas made common cause With the enemies of the institution. which took him, a mere lad, into its service, ele- vated him by successive degrees to a position ot high trust, remuneration aud honor, but which, although iorced toremove him by reason o1 Ris own misconduct, still treated him with a degree of consideration and liberality bis subsequent acte prove to have been ill bestowed. Mr. Klizur Wright rushes rashly to his defence, and by the reiteration. ol & Charge a8 false as it is base, compels the reve- lation of a history which otherwise might have re- mained hidden under the cover of a general denial Mr. Wright asks, “who pays’’ ior the publications of facts necessary to disabuse tue Phong ic mind of Mr. Homans’ groundless slanders ? His “cara” and Mr. Wright’s letter are ‘‘going through the leading newspapers from one end of the country to the other.’? The question arises, “who pays’? for these? Does any intelligent person suppose that Mr. Homans and Mr. Wright pay this expense from their own pockets? I repeat Mr. Wright's» caption—who pays’ Respectiully, JOHN rife Secretary. New YorRK, August 21, 18° The Weekly Herald. Contains ail the news. Only $2»per year) ‘The only Weekly Newspaper in Av Pablished every Thursday morntog, Contains the most reliable raports ot rica. | enlisted in the service of companies united in ac. : ° asin (regis oe tive opposition to the Mutual Life. AGRICULTURE, No! My daughter and myself nad bid “goodby"’ So much ae his eri that he Noo omenyen, SPORTING, fusiny audit a false account. It was a — to the Curplatz; we have received our farewell pire atterthouga’, ‘and ig without a shadow of ‘ARTS, - | truth. bene bouquets, and to the questions referred to. we re- THR UNAUDITED accounT. ‘GOsstP, ply:—‘‘We leave to-morrow, and after paying a Sy Fert Ais oe meaty pectin wake ae ee ee ~VASHIONS, amon; office! K — short visit to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and his posemorten auvidends. The executive omeers MARKETA, contended that Mr. Homans’ me’ of calculating —— noble Duchess, at Castle Kahlenberg, we intend to | contended that tt vrong iu principle avd contrary CATTLE, goto Marcenbad, in lovely Bohemia, Farewell, | to the (hielo o1 the compan, i and by thee aireo- Horse, tion # ment of the credits so calculated was press farewell.” LOUISE MUHLBACH. | Suspended, pending examination of the question, FINANCIALS a by Peete sed Cp ocinieeed the penne DRY Goopa, WH. accounts contained only such payments for post Brent . AT CAUSED Mis DEATHS. mortem dividends as were not suspended under RELTOIOUS, the ralii opted. — This was the objection and the only objection &C.. aoe The Mysterious Fate of Michael Lynch in Newark, N. J. Yesterday morning, between five and six 0’clock, Francis McGinnis, a Newark grocer, doing business there on the corner of Lafayette and Monroe streets, discovered lying in his yard, in the midst of @ large pool of blood, a man in his employ named Michael Lynch. He was unconsctous, or very nearly so, and bled copiously from the ears and from an ugly cut on each leg. A medical gen- tieman of the neighbor was at once summoned, and on examination it was found that Lynch’s skull was fractured and his legs, as stated, severely cut;, but how he came by his injuries, whether trom accident or design, could not be determined. The man’s wounds were dressed, and acme hours later he was removed to St. Michael's Hospital, Dr. O'Gorman, chief of the Medical Board there, examined the injured man and gave it as his opinion that the wounds were caused by a fall and that Lynch could scareely recover, Oficer Horus notified the author- i at Police Meadquarters, and detectives were ordered to investigate the matter. From what they jearued Where Lyneh was found if appears that he nad been drinking over night in company with five or six boon companions, At twelve o'clock he was geen in their compeay and not afterwards, until found as described, uring a brief pertod of con- sciousness Lynch said that He BAD DERN BITTEN several times, but by whom he did not gay, As. he was found With only bis pants and shirt on it is certain that he went up to his yoom aiter leaving his companions, It is said by some parties that he came down again im response {0 @ call and that a scuttle was heard, but by whom could not be ascertained. From the McGinnises it Was jearued that Lynch was in the habit of getting tight, and when sick void- ing the contents of his stomach into the yard. made by Mr. Homans to the correctness of the com- pany’s accounts, and it was the statement for the quarter ending November, 1869, which he declined to audit, and for that reason only. t ‘The question at issue relative to such account was urely @ technical one. it involved no benefit or Rope Of benefit to any officer of the coinpany, and |* to charge that such account was a iraud upon policy holders is wild and wicked: Moreover, Mr. Homans did not hesitate to ap- pend the customary audit to five subsequent ac- counts which contained the identical items objected to, entered in precisely the same manner; and the annual statement of the company, which includes the quarterly Eg ee was unaudited, 3 the following certificate :— hig pa DECEMBER 31, 1969. Lhave carefully examined thé foregoing state- nt, aud find the same correct. Li SHEPPARD HOMANS, Actuary. It may be added that the principle contended for the executive Officers Was sustained by the counsel of the company, by actuarial experts and by the Board of Trustees. REAL CAUSE OF MR. HOMANS’ REMOVAL. 3. In December, 1870, more than a year after the incident relative to auditing the account, an ad- vertisement was wey ubdlished tn the news- papers by the. St. Louls Mutual Life insurance Company, containing a letter of endorsement trom Mr. Homans, in which the following passage oc- © rom the high rate of interest to be derived from first class investments tm the West, the ad- vantages offered by their local companies, if well managed, are very great, $o much so that l have myseil taken out a policy of $10,000 in the St. Louis Mutual. SHEPPARD HOMANS, Actuary.” At this time, after fifteen years of service, the only policy held by Mr. Homans on his life in the Mutual Life was a survivorship annuity of $500. On the 2ist o: December, 1870, the President, after considering the effect such an endorsement ‘Their theory 18 that he was in the act of doing this when he fell out headforemost. This lacks color of truth, however, a8 no vomit was found in the yard under the windew, The names of his six compan- fons were taken down by the police, and should Lyneh die, as seemed yesterday inovitabie, an in- quest will of course be ordered. The police deemed it unnecessary to arrest Lynch’s companions, DEATH OF AN ACTOR. PRILADELPMIA, Pa., August 24, 1873. Benjamin Young, an actor, well known as a do- lineator of negro qharacte! ‘tdealarly in the role of Uncie fom. Med hore saudoute q might have upon the insurance business of this company generally, called the attention of tne Committee on Finance to the letter referred to, and the same was, after discussion, referred to the Board fr action. At a regular meeting of the Board, on the same day, & committee, consisting of Messrs. Oliver H. | Palmer, Richard Patrick, Samuel D. Babcock, Alex- ander fH. Rice and Jonn Wadsworth, was appoiuted to communicate with Mr. 3 exactine mnto ‘she facts and report thereon to the Board. Ata meeting: of the Finagce Committee, held Also THE BEST STORY PAPER, Libera? arrangements to clubs of ten or twenty or more subsceipens, | Addrew. NEW YORK. SERALD, __New York City tarch Becomes WOLCOT?'S CATARRE Pint bottles $1. pablic und ANNIHILAT private nuisances ‘R cures Uatarrh. A.—Kearney’s Extract Buchu Cures more diseases of bladder and kidneys, gravel, diabetes fernale weakoesses, dyspepsia and nervousdebility thar alLother reuedies Coinuined. Depot 104 Duane sigect. A.—Ruptared Persons Don’t Wear the dangerous wire springs filthy sponge pada or horrible metal trusses. BLAST TRUSS, 683 Broadway, hoids rupture comfort: hiand day, oll ewred, A.—Heraid Branch Oifice, Brooklyn corner of Fulton avenue and Boerum street. Open trom s A.M. toy P.M. ‘On Sunday trom $to9 P.M. 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