The New York Herald Newspaper, June 11, 1874, Page 3

——_—_—_———— ‘TOR RUSUIN SND | PRECRASEET ES Why the Grand Duke Nicholas Stole the Diamonds. An American Woman Involved in the Robbery. HER HISTORY IN PHILADELPHIA. The Daughter of a Clergyman as an Arch-Adventuress. PSFLADELPHU, June 10, 1874 Per Grand Duke Nicholas has arrested in reat for stealing his mother’s aiamonds. ie in ‘sald to have been dri to this ‘act through mee of fis tress.—Augsdurg goniine Release, i ‘The above, clipped from a German journal, simply corroborates a public scandal, which, for several Weeks past, bas in'either one form or an- hier appeared in all the representative news- Wapers of the United States. It ts now known ‘tat the woman referred to is an American, the @@acetations of whom were for a great many years confined to Philadelphia, and who, independent of the conspicuity given by her latest trick, bas oa history of . peculiar’ interest to al, To the burden of our latest Russian advices commu. Micates nothing in the least surprising, jor they chronicle an act so consistent with thls female's general character that even .the unusnal cireum- stances under which the theit-was committed rob Wolf much which would otherwise form the basis of ab extraordmary sensation. The female who, it is alleged, left Russia with ‘the previous stones bas figured in so many cities, ‘ander the guise, of such a multiplicity of names, that 1 am somewhat at a loss by which one of them Jcan best denote her, This being tne case 1 will begin with her family name; and in giving the out- . lines of her remarkable career will, as accurately ‘SU possidle, state the circumstances by means of ‘Which she gained ior herself the soubriquets which r gfe so numerous and puzzling to her biographers, | HER EARLY HISTORY. Her maiden name was Lizzie Ely, and she is the @aughter of a prominent ‘clergyman of the Presbyterion Church, and one of the com- pany of Northerneis who many years ago Migrated to Missourt. He there founaed Manion College, about which has been subsequently Duilt a very prosperous and thriving town. When ‘Mise Lizzie had attained the age of fifteen she was ment by her parents to a boarding school in West Virginia, where she remained quietly for about | one year. She was there considered a remarkably | intelligent creature, possessing a slight and dell. cately mouidead figure, but at the same time superb health, while her disposition, tastes and genéral accomplshinents gained for her favor and admuration, In the reutine duties atcendant upon her educational culture, she dis- piayed remarkahle, talent, acquiring as i! by intul- = what to cali ornare name only alter the severest = models 01 originality and skill, and th a wora erences gained her the nighest grade upon It was here tape she first displayed those marvelous ious faculties which have ever since diatin- gushed ber and which have recen: ven them- ‘selves to be suiliciently eubtie to lead astray even go bonorable a gentleman as Nicholas. ma AND CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE. ‘It was nere, algo, that ahe toox the Grat step in her bold adventurous career, toat in.e moment avi her from ber dearest severed her from parents and held her. up before her ac- epananent. 1m the most ‘t the same. and ai ry Dawe: It was brought pts det the above-named ac! Lizzie rocopiross “ae the eltmax of which the i oete girl dasned irom the room, vacated the premises, and met ner lover a short distance beyand, She eloped with and was bessbepe to him, bes the i Eales <i not pre. wo a happy one, As use cases, ney- rely passed when the two discovered mart hoy. te made & mistake. la were frequent, and subsequently when & separation was eer Biackford was found one fine morning Seca tia tas gies caves id associa | c fe! created jor ber, she fied the South, came eon and ao the name of Lizzie eae tok up ER RESIDENCE IN PHILADELP! ‘The great curse of this woman's ilie, ire the state- ments nade by ali who knew her aré worthy of q@edence, was her constant and habitual dissipa- and yet neither domestic trial nor indulgence wpon her part seemed to affect her graceful e or the attractions of her face. e summit of her ‘ambition was to appear constantly in pubic and hence there was no soctal event of the ‘wnich, in some way, she did not find ran occasion favorable for promensdi: ‘when si rine did not appear in the e@ughiares. The young widow “Lizzie Blackford” was as Courted by. and everywhere 1 accomplished, the mask sue wore ore dong, f, long time was taken for her dengerous and wicked clements a her ob cuaracter were compietely vetied and ob- cared by the pure, tender and ocent light of her Cag rere It was only after her Cea) had po Meee themselves in her power that the: her in her true role, and digco' and merciless she was. And yet she ae of one man i for pened De- Hety, a8 usual, took the bpiamwen part. THE ADVBNTURESS UNMAS! ‘There was a certain talented and well connected weene. entieman of this “A Who met and “loved it sight.?? ne eae as propused to her and ‘was accepted. Befo: day appointed for the marriage arrived, however, an Ud atop reached Bis ears and he w ret = tions. dete: reneed | noe woman, promptly instituted a suit seainet nim for = Of promixe and thus set to work to involve a ali his friends in blic | scan- an 4s the woman ‘ea @ compro- mise Was proposed she resigned the case upon condition -s the payment of pI Ad money. Ashbort time alter this s bad rumor was set afloat concerning her and a prominent lawyer of this city, and the wise of this tleman happening upon one occasion to find band in the woman’s company, assaulted a puctione = arene her “eo userces . jer dissi was rly kept 0) bar, as stated pelore, in howiee “ape area as | $oeu affect her Lay {am informed ‘upon sn tne beet Fennel that she was recognized ogcesions passing in very questionable com; and my informant further states that wh one she knew came “in her way’ she would ex all bie money by extra’ a oe trickery then close bis mouth la * ee whole story. may be, it ‘s wen known that: she kept tiger | a several parties a regular system’ oniackinad, }, and that she extorted from ‘one well known “individual in this oh pe ie 000, +The unhappiness of many fas! oot households can be airectly traced to her uence, and she appeared to relish to the railent Ree that intrigue which would bring the upon the greatest NEW YORE AND Panis. was @: her was aa Li) i company with s mem of Wie best known families in New York. It 1s said while in Paris she kept ap her PEE dissi- tion and bleckmalll nysven, though some- she moved for @ tong time among = Oe a familics, It avenged onvndea her and who Te herselr to aa! ae gees Ihave statea partic of this ri ce sit Her Version of the Robbery. [From Galignani’s Messenger.) A reporter of the Gawots has just interviewed, at the Grand Hotel, Paris, Mise Feenix Blackford, Qe heroine in the sffair of the robbery of diamonds by the Grand Duke Nicholas from his mother, ‘That journal says:— She is slight and gg nm ny A ae of i pretty, bu: é i family; her iw YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE Il, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET. It to w it i That a iow re, oe unfortanate officer was thrown prison, and Pa ee ete tg ee nmmitted by the | Grad Dae Nicholas, were you Li Trepot, Ministero: Police.” “With the diamonds #” YQ. BO; she Grand Js Ay i ie pag oe | and mentees Tapations ene Weare’ ere ine police were ble to convince themeeives that none Of them bad belon, to my mosher-in-iaw.”* Misa Feenix thas everything was re- conducted to the ise tee to her when she was the frontier, a was treated quite as a queen,” ahe sald, “4 had an escort. “Indeed!” “Yes, but only a small one—two gendarmes.”’. TUESDAY NIGHT'S STORM. Damage by Lightning and Hail. Severe as was the thunder storm o! Tuesday evening in this city where the rain poured in tor- rents for a short time, and where the electric fuid, | striking in some half dozen places, imjured several, persons, shattered. one house and played queer antics with the telegraph wires, ite violence was.| Sar more serious jn various parts of New Jersey, AMUSEMENTS. Booth’s Theatre. é ‘The character of Hamlet has furnished more food for speculation than perhaps any other creation of the great English dramatist. In the ptay the text is sometimes obscare, even to English readers. ‘The diMculties in the way of a foreigner who at- tempts to express, through the mediom of a strange tongue, the thoughts of the English poet are. therefore very great, and are in creased by @ prejudice which is ever ready to prociaim the attempt a failure, even before it has been tried. Notwithstanding these dtacouraging ctrcumatances, Signor Salvi under. | t0ok to present to an American audience an Italian ‘conception of Hamlet, and the manner in which 16 Was received showed that stage traditions may | sOmetimes be set aside by'an audience, The Hamlet of Signor Saivini differs somewhat from | the incomprehensible hero of the Eaglish drama. | man than the traditional personage with whom we are acquainted. Kut what he loses in misty pht- | losophy he gains tn clearly detined thought and | harmonious outune, In this italtan Hamlet the ; tenderness and refinements of the South have re- the speculation and moroseness of the | orth, and tO the lines Of the picture have been imparted @ grace and harmony not found in tne | rough sketch. The quality of tenderness with tist. He is less of a philosopher and more of a | | which this artist endows the characier of Hamiet | those iamihar with her career, | fashionable thor- | by: certain beaux of so- | sere it was accompanied by 4 ial] of mail in pellets xtraordinary size. Several accounts.rate the Siuiaronee in various localities as excooding | $$ 8een with Most distinctness in the scenes with the Ghost, and aiterwards with his mother, Both the | these passages received an interpretation ig a coly of ordinary hen’s eggs, and it can Swell’ | strongly marked by originality. Saivini’s concep- redited that when such missiles fell irom the | tion differs in many respects widely trom storm. cloud in any considerable entity, they; the conventional one which nas become fixed on Must Have caused extensive damage ps, tre windows and conden to some of the smaller ani: | telligent lyn dag and bears evidence of close study, Mals,; Throughout the destruction of | The finish of the perfect actor is seen in every line, windows, rt nie to gardens ana iruit orchards | and were the performance uoi relieved at frequent bi.) Hits reat an jeneral. i. tided to the vivid | intervals by spontaneous outburts of genuine pas- heavy fall of hall, the sion, it might be almost set down as pedantic, 10 \ Bese doe Gecouisaniats oY @totmfe gust of wind | close and. careful is the actors attention which tore up by the rootslarge treesand boarded 0 every iniiection ana every gesture. The rences. A Ef oband gl eim ip Pearl street, near the | acting throughout is good, and in some of tne house of Mr. Plerce, was thas prostrated, ; Scenes rand ana impressive. Signora Pia- ag Were Many other five trees in ‘aligabeth a avenue, | montimade a genuine success as Ophelia. Her Morris avenue and other streets. In Soutn street, | rendering of the mad acene displayed exquisite near Washington avenue, the house and stable of | judgment, and was so success{ul as to earn for her Mr. Cass -were severely injured. Mr. Ramsay’s several recalls, 8 mark of appreciation tendered to orchard suffered great damage. A two story house Signur Saivini several times during the perform- | in the First ward had its roof blown off, and many | ance. On Friday night Signor Salvini wit appear oyster boars in Newark Bay, were struck. pe Zt) | for the last time in his great rdleo! Othello. flaw and ‘suffered considerable joss in several. being capsized and ther crews escaping drowning only by strenuous. exertions and at imminent risks of their lives. A house at Malineiile, was :Strniok by elect eotriclty, it ie | orman, & woman, ranior tho Central. Beat a depot. was ot Garden, ana. the periopmance of last evening, and the paride ¢ operators bad to abandon their Snetranien es et Leer! the paar eer | | mirably adapted to the wants of a beat-stricken also struc! rg, Ovonnor, wile of the ticket | pubiicin the aog days, The concert Part of the AB bi Bats ig om ragh maeragerterss Dares | programme was admirable, although the orches= inner street, wane set ve me oy Ugprolng bak the | tra was not jarge in numbers. The “Freischata” | e was soon extingat + In Wea! man; street. jomps | were broken by the hatl. Near Morri | i pls beer rat AM caliber lye Bitola ‘Od Terrace Garden Concert, Mr. Adolph Neuendorf has opened a very prom- town the Ball was of surprising size and violence, | So that im the village of Ironia, all windows on the the attractive were features in this all cro) jured, Trees were stripped of | wer ait and and rollnges, Fields aud foreeas toner: | Watkenstem and a rier tee cay one ride aad amma pret s | | otted roars of laughter, 1ollowed the firat part of of rich reward for the labors of the agricultural the concert, and was succeeded by one of those | Champagne like lyric trines Batayial the name of | he aster the house of Mr. Lea, at Willis and | | ar and Heynoli and Mesara.’ larten took part, and which ex- qberotnoan which ean only be g Siero t0 O1- | Twenty- fenbac' rrace en on Monday, Wednesaay, aang down one wh aly oy tag Toon Friday and Synday evenings is one of tne mos ng room where ¥ je, teanhog 00" the enjoyable places in the city to spend an hour or ae round tue supper tabi two, as in Vienna, Berlin or Leipsic. and passing ous through nthe kitcnen with- see byte any person. fe ssaic the mienie of Mnasical and Dramatic Notes. . Van Dusen was struck, and one out of a num- ber’ oF horses wen. kill fod’ leaving’ To-night is the principal concert of the week at ‘the others un- the residence President of the Central Park Garden. | } Darmed. The jigntning struel of Stewart, On ait that Nilsson and Campanini come to this | the knocked ont of his hand, Mr, Stewart mi seeeped jury. A colt 8 neighbor strack an intly killed. ‘Se also bereft of their branches, but no turther 10s of lie 1s reported. IG ISLAND. Long Istana atso f ‘elt with terrible fury bs) Bee ad damage fo she growing eropm at Flashing Mf. | damage 6 Brow! (0) ir. Te | Higgins’ dweill! im Cedar street was ‘data ed to the value of by lightning. At Rockaway the | house and barn.ot utcningon were struck and | two valuable horses kilied. Mr. Charles Wi was stunned In Jamaica, where also several trees | and buildings were strack. | TERRIBLE TORNADO IN, ILLINOIS. The Town of Tampico’ Swept Away— Several Persons Injured. [Spectal despatch to the Chicago Times.] MENDOTA, UL, June 7, 1874, The town of Tampico, containing about 100 houses and 700 inhabitants, in Whiteside county, | | thirty-seven miles trom this place, was visited by | & tornado Isst night, and almost entirely de- | stroyed. Superintendent Ledyard, of the Chicago, Burltngton and Quincy Railroad, hearing of the disaster, immediately despatched a train from | Mendota, under the charge of Train Master Henry, | tothe relief of the people. Drs. Cook and Ed- | theatre, San Francisco, Previous to her depart- waras, of Mendota, volunteered their services and | gre she will perform several times in the Atlantic accompanied the train to Tampico. Through the | States, beginning at Newark on the 20th of this | Kindness of Mr. Henry your correspondent | montn. was permitted to go with them. Ow- | 4 remarkable performance will be given at | band give. @ concert’ of considerable attractions every Sunday at Jones’ Wuod. ‘The lease of Centrai Park Garden expires next verted into dwellings. We hope not. A magnificent operatic quartet to import to this country for German opera would be maliinger, | Brandt, Niemann and Betz, from Berlin. “Tae Ringofthe Nibeuagen,” by Wainer, in fall | piano score 1orm (four books), will be imported | here in @ week or two by one of our leading muai- | cal teachers. zB benefit will be tendered to Mr. John P. Smfvh, the’ | ‘Theatre. A most enjoyable bill has been prepared | for the occasion. ! | Ghestra, Mme. Essipof, Von Bitow, Stolz, Krauss, Tietyens, Albani and, of course, Patti. We leave | Miss Bessie Darling, the young Virginia lady Theatre tn this city with considerable éclat, has been engaged as™a star actress at tne California ing to the bes rn : Beteed be tty | Booth’s, on Friday afternoon, on the occasion of a | particulars red oi ex- | temt of the disaster.” Great anxlety was | benefit tendered to Mr. Charles Eytinge by his frienas, in anticipation of nis advent upon the American stage. Mr. Eytinge is already favorably known to the public as a reader. felt in this regard. The special train rescued Tam- | pico about two P. M. The following are the par- ticulars, as far as could be learned:—The tornado came from the west and did not leave’ build: earch, dissolved. It was about forty rods wide | and half a mile long. The storm ‘trai the wee | ofthe metropolis, The performance will derive , at ten ‘momen bd mags OO dye aoe a additional interest from the fact that Misa Clara | bed momen: tan Morris will appear for the last time vetore her de dreamin; beh eT Gee ee cane St ae | parture for Euvope to study the celebrated poison- It commenced raining gentiv | companied by severe thunder ae U pein # | tng scene in the “Sphinx,” in which ahe will appear then, all at once, a the fearful Sosumrees ft Wea tere Sana | na mt fee im their dwi while others, wore Noried under |THE REMOVAL OF THE ARHORY cOn- the ruins oft The scene was awful MISSION, ett ti and ‘ae Sof houses filled the atr. “a soon spent ite fory, but the few moments it ielamed sufficed to destroy many pleasant homes id rendered two-thirds of the people houseless. Quite's number were severely burt, several dan- Letters of the Commissioners and Their Counsel to the Governor. gerousiy. 1t will be remembered that a few days ago Mayor sites to property will not be less than | tavemeyer removed the Commissioners of Ar- The inp J are the Lag shoe Of those seri mories, and, as the Governor’s approval is neces- he Maen bs bruised ; > lly sary to give the action of the Mayor effect, the let- ‘broken and hay hurt avout the a bead, ter of removal was transmitted tp Governor Dix. entertained of her sot heals te badly bruised; Mrs. Pearsall, bi iinred; ¢ jates, severely poteree her ehoulder suffer. | ranville Conner, badly hurt ‘The Governor has taken no positive steps in the matter, but it is well understood in political circles that he does not coincide with Mayor Havemeyer | in removing this Vommission; and, as the Gover- nor has pigeon-holed the Mayor's letter, the Com- missioners are still in office. The following let- ters—one from the Commissioners and the other trom their counsel, Judge Dittennoeter, will ex- plain themselves :— hay end Jane 8, 1874. rege ome a bad contusion; Gi Gate head; ry young Mr. Pearsall, severely ‘There were @ number of miraculous escapes. To look atthe rains and then imagine how the 4 with their lives is truly wonderful. aes was coruple ely demolished, and wife and six children buried under the | 70 His Excellency Jonn A. Di: raine or carried far from thetr ‘dwelling by the force | ,,518 Under slaw (napa i Moproved by Your Bxcel. | of the storm. | srs, Gates was 1ound some fifty feet | t"sreotarmories ang aris rooms’ for tne. orgnuiantone. | aves, on picking» inimselt Cue rom the ruins | Seca casaarana’s waonal quart, Gar ste ia 01 ion. callenc: of his ‘iwreing, found a meee alone, trantic with eet spornta joarnals. iT th e mayor a Banat’ wet ene, toy tng} 4 m doe mR A | Mission and Your igcolloney'y approval of his oftort. mediate, search fo is wife and tle ones. | wayor for this deton is that fe Goon tot approve of we m. Hear. ing some one groan, he hastened in that reat et es, Excellency deems the subject worthy of in- hare te oly Been bas pen a9 Ning too badly | Se Seok iauneeinene” reapecttully ask permission | tt ad returtied t0 10k Tor. te. little ones, fe have the honor to be Feet, Bepgpensy's abetient Shae hy she lighsning, he found two of them upon servant, SURRIDAN SHOOK’ & mattress, the remains of their bed, at some dis- CHARLES COWAN, tance frem’ the house. The other two he found Sonatas missioners. one tad eae ee e dwelling and the resi The following was received from the counsel era oo but bad ba aaa of the Commissioners on Armories and Drill Perea my tai ts ojpareban Rooms:— New Yor! Jane 1874, To His Excellency Jons A. Dix, Govern or § Sim—With your leave, | beg to address ‘you on toad ib Jectanatter of Mayor Havemeyer’s communicatt: nonene to es that he had gor thee the Com: ft Armories ottice. his nena ac foto, othe puerite 9 so oa ite ih rd no reason aud ting the execut Hayot remo 9, Commas Fre oof their Gatien sok sole] Jaw appro nul & law of the ‘our Aldermen attem Mayor's we aya Crees haat ae rg b aayor ate. ¥ na or A e aE il | Be ge i Gi Fu creas ‘Cowansy) to the Commission. BR ae eee LZ the English speaking stage, but it is marked by in- | iw. Phebe | 18ing season of summer entertainments at Terrace | | consisting of concert, comedy and opera, was ad- | “Rigoletto,” and at overture by Kallt- | northerly sides of buildings lost all the g) The | Patt of the entertainment. A comedy m wheat i the upper hor oft Morris CeUNty, waa he one act. “Du bist disse, Louise,” a very | beaten cota and ruined, poultry wére killed ma junny German sketch, which ‘mignt be better termed a peep into a lady’s boudotr, in | uncil, He was at the time country rext season under the Strakosch direction. | | Soenauicaae rngb enresoher ‘tna held” was Mr. Downfng and his excellent Niuth Regiment year, ana rumor has it that it will be then con- | ‘Thia afternoon snd evening a complimentary | popular manager of Mrs, Conway’s--Brookiyn | who made her début last March at the Lyceum | The programme | 7] Rhody” was known OBITUARY. John Carter Brewn, of Rhedo Island. John Carter Brown, senior member of the house of Brown & Ives, died yesterday morning, in the seventy-seventh year of his age, at bia rest- dence, Providence, Rhode Island, His illness at first was regarded as serious, and ultimately de- veloped into pneumonia, waich proved fatal Mr. Brown was one of Rhode Islands most esteemed ana ted citinens, He descended irom ances- | tors fefe among the earliest settlers of Provideh®, R. L, and who, in ail generations, have | been leaders in its affairs, He was possessed of large wealth and has used it only for elevated and worthy ends. He has long been associated with Many Of the greatest enterprises of American busi- | nese and also wish our most important institu: | | tions of benevolence and learning, and Nas passed | alone life amidst three generations of Rhode {sland community without a single blemish upon | goes down tothe grave at nearly tourscore years | of age, with the honor and regret of all who have | known bim. We base the following estimate of | | the honored deceased from the forthcoming article | im the Providence Journal. Mr. Brown was the second son of the late Hon. Nicholas Brown, the distinguished benefactor of Brown Universivy. He received nis education at | the University ia Providence, und graduated in tne class Of 1816, having among Dis classmates Mr. Robert Ives and the Right Rev. Bishop Smith, of | | Kentucky. Soon aiter leaving college he entered | upon the pursuits of business in connection with the house of Brown & Ives, and in this house became @ partner in 1852, On the death of his father, in 1641, he inherited a large estate, and be- came more fully identified with the business inter- | ests of the community, bringing to the manage- | ment of the hereditary house to which he belonged the fruits of careful training and of matured | | yuagment, and assisting, both by ms capital | and his mercantile sagacity, in maintaining for ic the higb churacter which had been secured to it by its founder in an earlier generation. But, not- witastanding his position as a partner in a large mercantile manufacturing house his tastes for | active business were never strong or controlling. | 4 He did not like the daily reatraints which 1tim- | | poses and he had litte relish ior the cree which it involves, He was iond = of observing = the = manners = and mine ling in the society of distant cities and of foreign countries. He travelled much im | all parts of the United States and resided in them | at different times for several years. He also | early began to tae an interest jn collecting rare and curious vooks, a pursuit on which in later | | life he bestowed great attention and care and in | | the prosecution of which he made large expendi. tures, In 1428 he was chosen @ trustee, and in 1842 a fellow of Browo University, and he nas ever since been connected with the management of its | affairs. He has bestowed upongthe Untversity many Munificent giits of digerent kinds, and was o.ten appealed to in benall of atruggiing academies and colieges in ocher parts of the country, and espe- eially 1M the new States of the West, and not un- froquentiy gave them a generous aid. tk ing benevolent institutions in Rhode Island Mr. Brown has also extended tuat liberal tLe ) @gement and asaistauce which were to ex- pee trom bis cuaracter and his pozition a8 hd | zen of the State of Rhode Island. Of the But | Hospital for tne Insaue, an institution eek | owes ite ag to a bequest from his father’s will, he was one of the original corporators and was at tne time of his death the President of its corpora tion. In like manger of the Rhode Isiand Hospital, | first projected eleven years ago he was one of the earliest and most llveral contributors for ite foundation, aud be nas since made several | Warge donations to the funds which have been for the enlargement of its g:ounds. He never took % in tue direction of public { aqaire, either of state of the country. He, how- ever, at an early y pel or lites conceived abhor. rence ‘ the institution of domestic slavery and began to cheriah a strong aversion to the inau- ence which it was exertit aes only upon national legislation, but on whole | course mations! affairs. When the question arose | | if the Territory of Kacsas was to settled by | emigrants from the slave-hokting or from the free States Me was actively enlisted in the work of Rrerente the ascendancy of slavery in its bor- was one ol the early members of the | New England eagranh Ald Society and accepted | the office of President of that. somety, which he bela for @ year or more. At a time when the Kansas struggle waa at ite height, the large con- tribytions whico he promoting its object responded, The musical celebrities now in order for this | évery appeal in benalt of hte tile country. He | country are Lisst, Strauss and me Vienna or- | hia character ds 8 merchant or a man. He now | 3 WEST POINT. at which the confiding, tne looked and gaped wonderingly. the wonder was greater even Then Nicholas Brown and Thomas Boynton Ives composed the firm. Teapeeenappeen wets enete: The General Dulness of latively silent men, Bee: s pec the Se mn to th With “(6a yust BodPaamest of Of Rhode Isianders ran back no father then John Brown, and their knowledge eof in re- | spect to his relation to the firm was neither ex- | treme nor exact, nent mun throu; captors of the Gas; the Providence Rives | 1772; and he was v ublte-spirived. He laid t | corner stone in Providence of the Rn i it Aj | changed irom Warren, ta 1710. ie eye Mortar and Siege Batterv money freely for public bape bl he H ved” taciturn about his 13 Drills. haps like his ancestors, certainly like his When he a his son Nicholas aati i verity. eparted Brown Wicceeded. him in uavociation with Thomas | Boynton Ives, There is littie more that can be said of these members of the ancient firm. “They ursued the ancient icy of their honge and rday imap! effect upos They made that nouse Peal ier than ever before. Ne Teh ae. epictol é | They were conservative, cautious In their opera: | NOtel people here, and their expectations of « rusia Ses Simoes srerroeHy sie ye AiR et al | of visitors from the city were not altogether disep~ Doedy was intensely ignorant of them. y sa pointed. However, it seems after all that the crowday notiting, and a etperstition prevailed and con- | - az | tinves thar their emplovés were all sworn to be | We had OM Tuesday were only transients, afd to~ secret, Like old John Brown inay ‘were benevo- | day the post bas been left as dreary and deserte@ jent. Nicholas Brown endowed the Rhode isiand | by civilians, male and female, as it was ten day® University at Providence, and its name was | changed in his honor to Brown University, | 880, when rain and clouds were supposed to bet | Mr. ives also contributed for the benefit of the | the real obetacies which prevented the arrival of | University, and one oO! its older dutldings was | the thousand apd one summer visitors who were Wesr Porwr, June 10, 1874 The hot weather which broke in upon ue day be~ ag To the | established lor ite endowment aud support, and | | next mempers of the firm were the gentieman now deceased, John Carter Brown, and Kobert H. Ives. These men Rape W preserve the jamiitar traite ot their firm. } treme, and in their manner was evidence that | they elt more blessed than other peonle to being of the firm of Brown & | They on several occasions were pressea out of | their traditional disregard jor gossipers, and made | to sign themselves with @ stiited action ag “sole | partners” of the firm of brown & Ives. But for hode Islanders Brown & lves was indefinite, not- | witnstanding. They applied the firm name to ail | the members of the fai | Warougn marriage. The way that the business of Rhode Island has | been appropriated and iought over by the appro- | priators is now become a matter of Amer- ian Ut ornen & Ives were | the height their celebrity when fae sera dened’ into competition with them. | Then they let i by the board” some of Cite quaint business habits and entered more earnest! | than beiore into mapuiacturing. They enlar and improved their mills, but they ati tent i ie, even up w the present, large tracts of land in | some of the best rts of the city. Certainly | their, ways were to out.” Sepater Sprague, whose commer- cial rivalry witn Brown & - Ives was also supplemented by pagiitical emulaticn, tricd once in 1869 to unveil their motives beiore the | United States Senate. His tecling against his | rivals was poured out in the beat ean he ever made, but one that had no effect. depouncea everybody associated with Brown & ives, and | | tried to show how that firm bad been “shamed” | | Into interest In the industries of the people of | | Rhode island. His virades created much feeling in | Rhode Island, and excited interest throughout the ‘ country, AS the alfair was fully ventilated at the | time of its occurrence there is noneed to dwell | | wpon It here. de Quitry. The death ts announced of the Counteas de Quitry, aunt of the President of the French Re- | public, at her hotel on the Boulevard dea In- | valides, Paris. | Countes: \ | Officers Elected ond Committess Ap- j pointed By the WMirecters—Reperts of the Executive Committee amd the Engincer—Work To Be Resamed. There was & meeting of the Directors of the New York Bridge Company held yesterday afternoon. City Judge Mccue in the chair. There were pre- ent, Messis, James 5. 'T. Strananan, J. P, Robinson, | Isaac Van Andep, H. H. Wheeler, John H, Prentice, W. ©. Kingsley, Henry ©. Murphy, Henry W. Slocum, Alderman Vance, Mayor Hunter, Comp. troller Schroeder and Auditor Schaurmann. The Inspectors of Election repurted the names of the Girectors élected in Jane, which have been pub: lished heretofore. Mr. Jeremiak P. Bobinsoa was re-elected President of the Board; Mr. 0. B. Quin- | tard, Treasurer; Mr. J, H. Prentice, Secretary. i Messrs. Murphy, Strananan, Kingsiey, Vance and ‘neir pride in their name was cx- | Ives, | vs and even the relatives | ¢ outside world “past nding | Mewitt, were elected as the members of the Execu. named “ope College,” tn honor of bis wile. Tne wont to be here cosily @xed for the summer early, | 2 June, The hotel on the post has, it ia amy aot @ goodly number of guests, bus they are neariy | friende of the cadets who are to graduate next week or of the cadets of the second class wha are to go om furlough in July; papas and mammam | apd sisters and sweethearts who want to be prea-, ent when their darlings are made officers of the: army, and papas and mamas, too, who believe it the correct thing to be on hand in time to see thetre farloughed pets safe out of the post limits to theirt own hemes before they can drop into the big cities: | and. be tempted to stay sway frou the family fre- | side a few days, just to see the elephants that the | t@ be seen in latge cities, Ine previons letter gave it as my opinion that, taking West Point im | June as an indicator of summer resort successes or failures in the two months which follow, the season et all the summer resorts, with one or tw ' exceptions, will be this summer, a8 co! | with seasons past, an excessively dull one, 1 took | @ride down to Cozzens’ to-day, and instead of Onding there the usual June crowds it required somewhat of a detective search about the Dianne aud grounds to discover anything like | a | came across but tew visitors—possibly a d al | told—and the carriages that used to be always ene gaged when one was anxious to teke & ride were standing idly by, with nothing to do and no callers. The hotel was never in better order, and its natural surroundings are so attractive shat it really @ wonder that the old time guests can | away so late; but the panic of pay homme t last, | dare say, has compelled many of twice before they take @ leap aoe the. Sonn - with the expenses of hotel life staring them Jace, Summer hotel proprietors, a8 @ ale; Ba | to live on hope for the first month of sot Be roast } and it may be that the piiseorn Bs ‘est will brighten by July at as I have rie previous letters, however, the prospect \ eee ny here ta a degree tuat wan pever tnown te- ore. , THE LAW ONCE Lang wa eipisved oa voaay, thanks t to ae ori wae 0 comp jay, thai Cotone! Reilly, the instractor, berate god ea, shough 1 was, it was very } and nothing was slurred over. After mine Jast. an 4 tion in law of the first class, ee eng 8] | the examination in Spanish of taken up, at the pretense | this afferacon, four ont of the five | whioh the class is divided bad been a it 1s takem into consideration that the only receives three Joonons a week: Powrd | months and paat. the knowledge of the. | display by the cadets was Cre ges = traction ip i} i ing. peepee eye inst foreign lan- i mM most of our goleaen emounls | Beconth dita Shey hs Sent we ich ofk—a chin peter nee that the student ‘should Enow. | Enough about the conjt jon of a verD or two | favorat impress people who know nothing 6! | the jar language they hear him | OD, and by thus mystifying them to lead them to believe that the study of it ia perfection itself. It | from: te not eo here with the Spanish, judgi Jere Besened ace mais, pe caviGh Gee, | tive Commitiee. Messrs, Comptroniers Frederick | What L¥aw and heard of the. examtnati returns. were. ¢: ® part of the | Schroeder and Andrew.H. Green,and. Husson H..| By erp ae ee Oe: ; an. of (ts organization, and through all. the | Wheeler were chosen. az the Finance Committee, | guike can with rome | Biter stages of he. str le, and during the civil | gui ean any degree of success— war, ne joes without stint, to | | A communication was received from Mr. William | seems ‘be to ore theoretical ag antag Ri 8 te serve a8 & director 1et | = aa posettie ogee stick Ag oy al has ever since manifested interest in’ the | tuaneing them tor the honor conferred upon him. | uate abou owing. | freedmen and tn tue soldiers ol the Repubite, But ee ean ey Exeouttve Committee, | f0.. od Pe NE agg a) Poe 4 | of the objects Dossessing public interest to which | "ead She sadjol port s— such advantage. ee cadets Mr. Brown hes directed his attenuion by far To rae Bosrp Cg tne ROTORS 2— really @ brilligot one ctacaapenamadatan wast opens morican ‘horn for | Rotate, gain nay gts igo reaaation 6, Span into aagiiah. sa | le a | d i forty years rosecuted this | the ‘erection of the conjugations and Dat the: and more P i tS with a zeal and ‘and sUberaitty which nave made leading occu) ar Xa one of the highest enjormense, tha accumulated | by his own Lstettioa Re Tadaniant aay ‘ail_ the | publications which are now extant in aoy language | | relating to the early history of tne Continent of | tae and ening ita the Polen arapatets e ical _pamp! of 1800. Th familar witn | similar collec:ions hy this and countries have pronounced it be 4 complete in its own special ge ae rany other in the world.” It was nis vo secure every Work relating to eitner orth oF Soush ‘ras pate Smallest a6 well as the largest, which was published rs on me, world be- tween the Arst voyage of Columbus and the ciose 16 f the eighteenth century, The couection contains nearly ail the bibliographical gems which are | standing in its way through the town. It seeme of the afternoon’s performance offers an admirable _ most pignly a ae is particalarly comprehen- | to have been an immense whirlwind, ‘striking the | selection and will present a numver | pore tre ell ng leer il cigeeee a town ‘and destroying it, then. saing from re. of the most prominent dramatic artista scarce! less #0-in materiais ‘or ustory of the States and nations to which the colonization gave rise, or tor iNustrating the aboriginal races which | | faded away berore its progress. The works which it comprises ie all of the earliest editions | and in the lsnguages i which they were | writeep, and the part of them have been substantial and clerantiy bound under his own direction. ith bibiio~ A catalogue been printed for private r volumes. The a tt contains is 5,627, each title, if of instances, representing two or more volumes, The first (i embracing — the 1403 ° r ates from containg = 30% les; the secona, period between ator and 1700, contains 1,162 and the third jor that between 1701 and 1800 con- ‘tains 4,173 titles, Important additions for each of these periods, numbering in. all about 600 tities, | Nave also been made mnce the catalogue was com- | nee and prinied. To have made a collection ake this of ay and costly books from so - @ diversity of sources, which is Ge show how the several gp of New | World were discevered and opled, conquered | and settled by emgrants ‘rom th rine ¢ Old is of.ateelf a most ponprars and useful service to historical | ernie: it riglitly secures for its possessor & dis plaw among the famous historical | | Goilections of toy world, This Caper ners eed always been ay oat to scholars and ai Se annotations hi tribution in jour parts number of tit ® large num! who were sti the subjects to waien | it relates. Emuineu} men other States, and, even from Europe, have visited Providence on or to consult Ron ene) they could find nowhere rown’s library. Mr. Brown’s ough formal and reserved to strangers, | were at ail times those of @ courteous ahd high: } gentieman ‘of the elder generation. | His et were unusually simple, and his spirit that of genuine modesty, with- out selieeking, or any element of arro- gance. frm ‘convictions, but he was cimape canesel® of dissent on the part of others. In his ai life he was especially averse to anything like tation or display. Thor always accustomed to the use of wealth cared nothing for kind of luxurious indulgence. In times of Derpienly or alarm, either in gunie { or in private he was accustomed exhibit a firmnesa and nerve which Dever shrank from any sncritice that Se demanded, either oi person or of property, over every other qualit ee ie ever anwtaste, whether in the transactions o! yn or seantt the intercourse that chede nt xe or bias pry? ca pecans jo tae en basis of almost atimied ‘confidence. a Histery of the Mouse. ef Brown d ives. Exactly when the cymmercial house of Brown & Iven was founded is known to few beside the members of the firm. The mind of the ordinary Rnode islander te not too inquisitive or acquisitive ; and Brown & Ives’ policy of sphinx-like reserve, in small things as weil as great, would have dalied the edge of the ‘eenest imanirer’s appetite. Brown” & ives are old, very old, as age 18 coniidered im this country. The original membérs of the firm Decan business away back in ial times when “Litcle “The Province of Rhode Island and the ice Plantation,” and even now the books of Brown & Ives bear that legend. study some Work | alge than in Mr, manners, th be | During sll time the members of we arm have yond vo sia a : borne themselves as sirict, reserved and cautious men, Who Were “sufficient unt themselves.” ‘Truly, theirs has been “a sileat power.” From the beginning the Browns and the Ives were marvels of siience or of senventiousness, Their basiness was theirs alone—not every- poay could know | it, he | winter monthe, the Pt of the last two or Seaes winnie off of fine weather 2 possible. be & \igorous prosecntion of {Be masonry [ Lt aE if i vn ii : & be a 00d j commencement ot were pou the Now 'fork amenstgs In-every way aatiasctory. The, etady” of faim sninenceme! q irempecuaily desirable, iu view of cotapleting the Bridge a ak Bik gt ay ota the vetien Hoe eee sercon for changing ta eatimae, | {He,itet claam, Das It wae & ago carowad | heretofore made, of the cost of the bridge, untess it be } back ito third which, im thes | euch increase as may result trom delays for want of | Opinion of good neees im the army, was funds wo properly prosecute the ork to completion, | im iteelf @ great Common sense,: | | The entire amount of money expended up to May 1, one would think, would compel the teaching: ipelugiig $4.2.000 paid New York tor land, but left unest- | of this to that class winch is aboat to be i By Teauest of its Comptroller, has bee 153 825 | merged in ‘a5 Otanetac: tad arenk $ | of utils amount SO7L478 88 was paid for. a 49,908 for | Be Hod gress mae Material on hand’ and $9,40),768 9 for bridge construc. | iyo of whom will, by the very nature of | ton. | For the amount of work done during i sent to poste where the knowledge. id t+ | and Jor its prese ition. the commie a roe oh ths | Mexico tor instance. in’ oar Mexican these Feport of tue Chiet nginecr, Mr. W. now. | officers who spoxe Spanish had good 00d reason to cone, | Pike fuanctal eonidition of the company Is fully set | SFaiwiate themselves ’that ay ad the: | forth im the annual report of the Here whose state. longue, ‘nd our relations with Cabe and Bouts: ments are also presented, viz. :— ; American Republics should make its. study here: \ ‘Treasurer's statement of receipt S eupemaicaten an ‘object ot of ‘he first importance, And us Bome= frou the commencement of the work 1874. how, ‘for been z B, Detatied statement of receipts ‘turing “y ae year, amount studiea here at mort irom what persons and sources | all, and only last youn tha of abolishing: re C. Detailed statement of expenditure: du tast | the study altogether was dragred fore | year, showing to whom sud for what purposes rat | | wiih had te good sense to put ‘te oor down frany: | neasteneral ecatement ot of the receipts and expenditures. ' | an ae gvereiming hey be a eeanooesa Witane: or ihe Bony. & 1 STRANABAN, Ex.ommissioner, | (08+ injury to the service. “What the motives of q ts opponents are! am at a joss to understand ;: ‘The receipts amonnted to $4,812,283, ve total | but the rebuke Congress gave them so lately lam H bes Saeraee Were $4,284,158, The balance inclined to believe will have @ lasting effect.: | apap Herea' the senseless few who have tried their he i ein ee Report of Engineer Roebling was utmost to wipe it out wilt have soqoso wort to read ahi demoliea some! ise leas uselul to the edace- | Sa ee seutdorte eck sini ca S28 eerie Oto || Soe eae Saige Wsaey centre 2, be com Compan :— stant Water, jas UENTLEWiN—Sinoe the last follow! Sener iG wieigeen| came. 2: nr 5 0) eet ve Ir. Four thousand, han ‘cunt ‘There was @ drill last t hight after dark | yards ol masonty “have been laid wocutres | mortars om the siege battery that drew togettiers and derricks are all. Ty cro’ ra. On the west work at once, This to cemetery grounds., ‘The New York tower mass of somer 6,206 cuble yards of masoary having been ear the water's. ast. Sey te ds ready to Foaume work at once. This and elicited: ho man re The abel tea rh rier et is ein ra cu comme work, work. ¢ on hand tor all ‘Ol tbe masonry that is with all menced for a year ai not intertere with work tf tho brid should be complet ‘at least six months in seven ot as in ‘New. York. togive time for the erection of Ton and cable machinery, which will be erected on its Bosides, the New York anchorage er, ete ated ty ry ighelte position, the work UL a it wil mma hd i, be irene or winter,as the more “expo! ns wot ‘During thes wit ir @ large working model has been made ot onthe Foot e, And suspender cables required for the prosecution of the cable making. nBY, oason of the long interruption of ‘whe occurre: a, 9 Jae jarge number of the best and most ex- pines workmen have <a been lost to the iontave apeny. h etaoar™ ex Nevertheless, it no serious dient wil: be encountered in resu! ‘work. congo ef be gy Ne York Brags Compa: ir New Yo © ny. The report the Bxecucive Committee was airected | to Teautne Work at once on bed New York and Brooklyn wwers ce the an- chorage. It was resolved that acai: be made for ‘ment of the tenth installment of the Capital Rion of the Bridge Company, payable on the 25th inst, ‘The Board adjourned subject to the call of the President of the Company. TBOUBLESOME STRIKERS. Am Incipient Rict in Street. At five o'clock last evening a party of strikers attacked several plasterers who were at work in the new building No. 241 Kast Seventy-A(tn street, and threatened to make things very lively for the | non strikers i! they did not leave off work. Mr. George Englehart, the owneryot the buftding, inter- fered and was instantly assauited py Jeremiah Murphy, of NO. 925 East Seventy-fiith street. OMicer Crornte, of the mounted squad, ¢1 mdeavored to arrest Murphy, but was set upon by several of ed turbulent spirits, who pounded him severely. Seventy-fth since, wont co orornie' dainanc and aooeetied 0 oe, i) My = Jonn hn Shields, od uD ib the station house weet ing ig the meant business and would soon be 00 for them the strikers hastily Teed and in the course.o! haif am hour the hood wore its naval cuiet aspect, re whieh | 1B i i i i ion | below ai j pone iF? just as they were at the height of tne mountain., Tue effect was beautiful, the rooks and trees De! lit Up Jor an instant so that even the. waving of ti green fol could be distinctly deacried from the battery. drill was followed by | Which consisted of rockets and eopiont bom! ind ee ec down " the plain jowered down upon a ' of ire of earjous colors, : | The examination of thé stadents of the third’ Spanish , POLICE TRIALS, Complaints againat “itaty policemen were ex , amined into yesterday by President Gardner in the, court room at the Oentral Office. Patrolman Morris, of the Second precinct, who ie but six.