The New York Herald Newspaper, November 4, 1875, Page 4

4 “LLL PANDORA, — Graphic Account of Her Voyage to the Arctic Regiozs. HER STAY AT DISCO. ———+ A Ball on Board—Love-Making Among the Esquimaux GREENLAND BEAUTIES. Disco, August 7, 1875, Alittle tand-locked bay, large enough for two or three ships to swing in, shut in on one side by lower- ing red cliffs, between whose tops may be seen the edge ofa glacier; on the other by a rocky slope, sur- moanted by a flagstaff without a i Lying in the bay are twomail schooners and a vessel with a long, Jow, dark Lull and slender masta, stepped back, that give her a raking, jaunty air as she lies reflected with ‘the tall clit in the clear, smooth water of the little ‘Day, Scattered over the rocky slope are ten or fifteen half wooden, half earthen houses, standing about in a loose, free and easy manner, quite independent of each other, as though despising the restraint of streets, to which they do not make the slightest pretension. The ‘Fakish looking vessel is the Pandora, the little bay is ‘that of Godbavn and the collection of houses scat- tered up the slope comprises the little town of Lievely, in North Greenland, usually known by tho name of Disco, DISCO. ‘The Danes, by the way, seem to bo ruinously extrav- gant in the way of nomenclature. One would almost think they had resolved that this country, so poor in dnhabitants, should at least be rich in names, Thus the sland on which the above mentioned town is situated is called Disco. The name of the Little harbor is God- hhavn, while the collection of fifteen or twenty houses which make up the village itself is called Lievely. They are evidently determined that no error shall be Committed in regard to it, and that there shail be no danger of the town being mistaken for (he harbor, A sunny, pleasant little spot tt is just now, during its few short weeks of summer, when the grass is peeping out timidly between the rocks, and the great round, smooth boulders oxchange their winter dress of snow for one of moss, deep green and soft; when tho melted snow comes —_ tumbling down the ravines in white, fleecy torrents, and the tall, rugged cliffs in the glow of the summer sun tarn @ warm, reddish purple, like a great red cartain drawn across to shelter the little bay from the biting northern blasts, Altogethor the little place has a warm and comfortabie look, very pleasant after the chilly winds and icy air ofthese northern seas, ‘Trees there are mone; of vegetation, properly speaking, there is none; only alittle grass and moss and an occasional wild flower that sheots up almost as soon as the snow dis- mppears, and smiles and waves its tiny head in the afternoon sun as gaily as do any of its sisters in the tropical air of the South, Tho world in general probably has a very exagger- ated notion of the size and importance of Disco or Lievely. One continually reads of it in Arctic books of travel. Arctic ships are always putting into it, or going put of it, or touching at it, or getting a fresh start from it, or having some other relation with it, and, in short, Disco plays so important a rdle in Arctic dis- covery that one very unreasonably, perhaps, gets an idea that it is a rich and thriving metropolis, with thronged streets and busy marts, where all the luxuries of the Arctic world, all the commodi of the Polar regions are to be found in unlimited quantities, Butit fs, in trath, just the kind of place I have described; so wild, so primitive, bearing so little resemblance to any- thing resembling civilization that it is difficult to bring oneself to bell it ts the Disco of which we hear so A DIBAPPOINTMENT. ‘The Danish Governor of the place, Mr. Elberg, called ‘on us soon after we dropped anchor, and from him we Jearned that the Alert and Discovery, the English Arc- tic exploring ships, had proceeded on their voyage north ten days previously and that the Valorous had sailed for England about the same time. It was with the Valorous we had expected to send home our first let- ters, and we were congiderably disappointed to hear of her departure, as our letters will now have to go by Denmark, by some Danish merchant ship, to be mailed at Copenhagen. We all went ashore in the course of the forenoon and returned the Governor's call. ‘We found him living in a neat little wooden house, pleasantly situated, overlooking the bay. He offered ‘us wine and cigars and introduced us to bis wife, who Is an Esquimaux woman and an old acquaintance of Captain Young—fifteen years ago one of the reigning belies of Disco. ‘The word Governor as applied in Greenland means, It should be understood, the head or manager of a trad- ing post. The Danes really pretend to little govern- mental authority over the Esquimaux, but wisely re- Strict themselves to the exercise of tufluence rather than of positive power, and as there are only eight or ten Danes in tie place, including the Governor’s own family, he would have had a@ limited field in which to exercise his authority. DANISH LIFE IN DISCO, The men who came out here from Denmark to take charge of these trading colonies seem to resign them- selves to passing their lives bere. They leave the world bebind them, and completely identity themselves with the interests of the Ite colouy around them. Some of in Greeniaud for twenty Fears, baviag only returned to Denmark once or twice during that time; and when aman has passed so much of bis life bere he would probably find that, even if he should go back to the world, it would have no place for him; he would only be a stranger in a strange land. Bome of them marry Esquimaux wives; others go back fo Denmark und induce a Danish girl to share their Jonely home, and sometimes a girl comes out alone to her future husband and gets married here The Assistant Governor, a young man who has been out in Greenland for two or three years, introduced us to his Intended bride, avery pretty young lady, who spoke Engheh remarkably well. She told us she hadcome out to pass a summer here, in order to see how she would like it before deciding to pass her life in such monotonous isolation, She did not inform us whether em have beon the prospect pleased her or not, and we did not care to | hazard the question in the presence of her lover. He Informed us, however, that she was going back to Den- mark this autumn, to return next summer, when they would be married. He seemed quite convinced that the would return. HOW THE WOMEN DRESS. We took a walk about the village. The people, young and old, men, women and children, all turned out to see us and greeted with pleasant smiles, many of them giving us @ morning,” which they pro- nounced very well The’ girls were all dressod up ia \heir best finery, and some of them, especially those who had Danish blood, were very pretty; only it was gather difficult at first to bring one’s self to believe \hoy were girls at all This is the country for Mrs. Bloomer. The women all wear breeches here, and would scout the idea of anything else as absurd, and grobably indecent, I should pity the, girl that Wied to introduce the fashion of ‘petticoats ‘a Greenland. A fashionable New York belle who should walk down Broadway in knee breeches, cap, boots and a geutleman’s shooting jacket, with a cigar 4a her mouth, would not be more utterly lost in the | eyes of society than would be a Dinco young lady who should appear walking about over the rocky slopes in @ fashionabie ‘bat, ribbons, long skirts and crinoline. “Oh, the shameless hussy,” “The brazen-faced thing,” ‘would be the verdict of every Disco woman, and Disco society would know her no more, The Disco costume appears very funny until you got sccustomed to it, but rather pretty nevertheless. Imagine a pretty girl—and three or four of the Disco girls are very pretty—with her hair done up in a kind of topknot on the top of the head with a red ribbon, a loose fitting jacket made of any kind of light, thin stuf and of any color, trimmed with a fur collar and made to put on just like Bsbirt, but renching only to the waist; a pair of seal pkin breeches, with the hairy side out, reaching nearly to the knoe and confined there with » garter; a pur of high boots. meeting the bottom of the trousers, the NEW YUKK HRALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. feet and ankles of red leather, the tops of white linen, starched and ironed, and with a little roll of fur around the tops, and the darkest, demurest eves and the sun- niest brown complexion ever painted by the sunshine and the sea breezes and the ocean spray—and you have a faint idea of a Disco girl You should see them tripping about in their = little red boots, with their little short steps scarcely seeming to touch the ground, go soft is their tread, or springing over the rocks like young antelopes, to know how charming a girl may be in breeches, And they have the daintiest little feet and hands, too— feet and hands that would make the prettiest New York girl burst with envy ifshe saw them; so finely shaped, s0 small, 80 delicate and yet so strong, A BALL ON BOARD, Ani they ean dance, too, like sylphs. It is thecus- | | tom im Disco to give @ ball to every ship that comes here, and the Pandora, of course, could not form any exception to the rule, It proved to be a very great success, ‘The ball room, it is true, was rather small for forty or fifty people to dance in, being only twelve feet by fifteen, it was also, perhaps, a little dark, bemg lighted | by only one small window, and as it was broad daylight at ten o'clock in the evening, it was not thought worth while to bring in candles, In fact there was no place to put candles, as the ceiling was burely six feet high, so that most of us had to be very careful not to bump our heads, and the room jammed full of people, except a little space in the middle, four or five feet square, where the dancing was done. It was, in fact, the car- penter’s shop, which had been cleaned out and trans- formed for the occasten, although tbe following legend inseribed over the door in chalk would seem to indicate that its natural and normal state was that of a ball room or concert hall:— Qannnen rece eect ee Pet ETE IELLL EE EE ‘An inscription which our learned and erudite doctor, after much stady and agreat expenditure of time and labor, at last deciphered to mean, ‘Music hall door open at cight o'clock,” which, m fact, proved to be the only record of the Alert and Discovery found here. Twill not deny that ,this hall was, perhaps,'a little warm and close when twenty of our blue jackets and the whole population of the village had crowded into it, and that a little more room might bave been desirable, But then there were no petticoats, no crinoline, no long trains to be trampled upon—a woman took up no more room thana man, and that made a vast deal of difference, You have no conception of the small space youcan dance in when you have no petticoats to deal with, I found that three feet square was oceans of room to waltz in, while for a polkal was quite lost in so much superfluous space. Alter a while, however, we found it so oppressively hot that we decided to adjourn to the open air. It was now eleven o'clock, The sun had just set, but there was a pleasant twilight, which would last all night and which was just right fordanc- ing. The Pandora was lying asleep in the little bay, jooking like a mere logship beneath the towering cliffs that rose above, threaténing to full and crush her like an eggshell beneath their tremendous masses. ‘The dancing was commenced outside with renewed enthusiasm, and Iam ready to avouch that I never enjoyed adance more in my life. Officers and blue- jackets, we all mixed together on equal term: and went through waltzes, polkas and cotil- lon with a vigor and good will only to be acquired by forty daysat sea, The girls were not ac- quainted with all the forms of cottllon which we, in the exuberance of our imagination, adopted for the oc- casion, but they were very quick to learn, and got through the most complicated figures very readily. My partner was a demure little beauty, with dark, slightly almond-shaped eyes, a skin as brown as the nut-brown maid herself, the reddest, ripest lips and the daintiest little feet that ever were seen. A greater pleasure even than ‘encircling her slender waist or gazing into her dark eyes, or floating with her on the rhythmic motion of the dance, was to watch her little red-booted feet as they skimmed over*the ground like the wings of a sea bird over tho waves—a pleasure quite lost when you dance with a girl who wears petti- coats, And then what ahand she had! So small, 0 delicate, so soft and brown, it dropped m mine as lightly as the falling of an autumn leaf The motion | of dancing had causea her boots to settle down, leav- ingabit of the leg exposed between them and the breeches just aboye the knee, which, contrasting with | the white starched linen tops of the boots, appeared as brown asa walnut. This exposing of a little of the leg } above the boot tops isa bit of coquetry with the Disco girls by which they probably indemnify themselves for not wearing low-necked dresses. But a girl who jhould expose her bust as a lady does in a ball dress would be booted out of the village. Her queer Little topknot, plauted perpendicularly on the top of her head and tied up with a red ribbon, just reached | to my mouth; so that I must have looked, when waltz- ing with her, as though I had an enormous imperial, with a girl suspended to it by @ red ribbon. Young girls, by the tie this topknot up with a red ribbon, married women with a blue, widows with black, while those who are neither maid, wife nor widow are re- stricted to green or to a simple handkerchief tied around the head. THE QUESTION “POPPED” IN ESQUIMAUX. I could not talk much with her; butI had been study- | ing Eequimaux with Joe, and could say a good many things, though, as is always the case, not the things I most wanted to say. I opened the conversation during one of the pauses in the dance by uttering the following easy little word which I had learned from Joe for the occasion :—‘‘Audlarhatigiumangilyarmarmaamerica?” I asked, in as carelessly natural a voice as I could as- sume. She looked at me in doubt. Peters, and she appeared to be about half | Esquimaux, half Danian, Her father, the pilot of the little harbor, was by far the richest and most influential man of all the Esquimaux of Disko, and we were after- ward very glad to see the young ladyin her owa home. It wasa fine, large residence, built partly of wood, partly of earth, consisting of one spacious room, fifteen feet square, lighted by a large glass window which filled up nearly one whole side, and a smaller and less pretentious chamber, It was warmed by a | stove, and on the side opposite the window was a kind of wooden stage or platform, raised two feet above the ground, running quite across the room, on which was arranged coverlets, blankets and furs, Here it was the young Indy slept, with brothers and sisters all together, —_—ihiggledy piggledy, like a! nest of young squirrels, ‘There were four or five guns hung on racks on the ceiling, a few religious prints around the walls, to- gether with cooking utensils and all the fine clothes of | the family, We bad ample opportunity to examine the whole of the young lady’s wardrobe, which we could easily distinguish, by its superior fineness, from that of her younger brothers and sisters, behind which it seemed to be bashfully tryieg to hide itself. Her father had dogs and kyutes and an wmiuk or large boat, be- sides men employed in hunting and fishing for him, He also had some gold pieces stowed away in a rag, among which I saw some American half eagles. (How many Americans can boast of as much?) Miss Peters | was, therefore, a very great heiress, and this, to- gether with her great beauty, a fact of which she was as perfectly well aware as any other pretty girl would | be, made her somewhat proud and disdainful, and dis- posed to queen it over the rest of the girls. \ ‘TROMP’S FLAME. But Tromp was so desperately in love that he found even this grave defect of character charming, and defended her hotly. 1 have said that we all, officers and men, mixed together on terms of perfect equality during the ball. But, in spite of the fact that we were all dressed just alike, she early detected the difference, and refused to dance with anybody but officers, “Tromp” encouraged her in making this odious distigction, and, at last, with ubtle and malicious cunning which I cannot too strongly reprebend, persuaded her to push her ex- clusiveness to the extent of dancing with nobody but himself, Fortunately for the peace of the Pandora's ward room, Miss Peters had three or foar dangerous rivals, who, if less wealthy, were far less proud and haughty, and if less beautiful, were far sweeter and more charming. For my own part, I early concluded that I preferred the sweet and gentle pride of beauty to the proud and scornful, and inwardly decided that Miss Peters was a spoiled, ill-natured, disagreeable young lady, and wished “Tromp” joy of her, with all my beart, Her pride and arrogance may have been augmented by the circumstance that her uncle played the violin, and was the musician of the ball. It was he that directed the festivities, and, in truth, he did it very well, playing a waltz, or a polka, or a reel as we in turn demanded them, although he spoke only a word or two of English, which he bad picked up, probably, from an occasional English whaler, or a still rarer Arctic ex- ploring ship. It must not be supposed, however, that “Tromp” was the only one who was susceptible to the charms of these fair ones, Our navigating officer appeared to me | to be just as badly smitten, and devoted himself to a young lady with a very high topknot with an assidulty | which, I am afraid, would have rendered some fuit English lady highly indignant could ghe but have soen him, When thé dance was over he went walking about the village with her on his arm, smiling down upon her in a way which must have stirred her little | heart up to its very depths; carrying on a conversation with signs, nods and winks, and from time to time making what, to a perfectly unprejudiced spectator, seemed to be idiotic gesticulations, intended, probably, as passing remarks about the weather. THE LADISS MODELS OF DECORUM. It should not be forgotten with regard to these girls that they are all very well behaved. ‘They allowed the men noteven a kiss nora squeeze of the hand and knew as well how to maintain their dignity and keop | people ata proper distance as do any othor young | ladies, They are all good Christians and church-going people, belonging, as do all the Esquimaux of Greenland, | to some form of the Lutheran faith to which they have been converted by the mild and beneficent influence of the kindly Danes, They have a neat little wooden church, where they have religious services every Sun- day, and a pastor, who goes the rounds of adistrict | and appears regularly among them about once a | month, and they lead a quiet, innocent, virtuous, | and, to all appearances, a happy Mfo in their little icebound world, The summer is probably the most lonesome time for them, as nearly all the men are away then on the hunting and fishing grounds. We | only saw five or six about the village, and they took no | part in the festivities, se that the girls look for ships touching here—a very rare occurrence—as the great event of the summer. At length, about twelye o'clock, we saw the signal | to come off flying from the Pandora’s masthead, and, after one more waltz, we took .an affectionate leave of our fair friends, thanking them, as well as we could, for the pleasant evening they had given us, They ac- companied us down to the waterside—some of us managing to steal a kiss on the way—and then scrambled into the jollyboat while the | girls stood on the shore im a group | watching us with half smiling, half saddened faces, ‘As we pushed off they set up a kind of half laughing, half tearful cry, which followed us far out into the bay, and came to us over the widening water softened into saddened strain as sweet and musical as the sighing ofan Aolian harp. It wasso sad withal that the dogs of the village, which had likewise followed us down to the water’s edge to see us off, joined in with a mourn- “Nuliaginga?” I continued gravely. She evi- dently regarded it as a somowhat abrupt way of | opening the conversation, but she grasped the | situation instantly and smiled, kissed her hand to | me, and with a merry smile replied, “Ukhar- | luguangutit,”” which would be equivalent in English to | “You aust ask pa, please.” But her “pa”? was away fishing a distance of three or four days’ march; and as | the Pandora steamed out of the little bay an hour after | that match was untimely broken off. But the greatest | \ | amusement was to watch “Tromp.” The poet has sung that {t is the nature of man to drink. I think it is the nature of a Dutchman to waltz He | seomed to throw his whole soul into it, | and went flying over the ground with | an evident enjoyment, a grace, smoothness, wariness of motion that did one’s soul good to see, and which | are only acquired by people of his nation. He told me | afterward that never, even with the most beautiful and | | refined European lady, had he enjoyed a dance so | much, and that he had never seen one that ever ap | proached this Disko girl as a waitzer. “Why, she does dance go lightly as a feather,” he said; “you feel as though che would escape you from your fingers and | fly away very quick. It is like waltzing with « butter. | fly.” ; pe Love ar stow, | | The truth is that “Tromp” had fallen desperately in | love with his partner, From the moment he discovered | | | her he refused to dance with any other girl and so | monopoljzed her that nobody else had the ghost of a chance. She was in fact the acknowledged belle of Disko, and the prettiest the litte in the boots girl | aly | it Her little red boots showed some very pretty | | needlework, done in different colored thread by her place, well knew own dainty fingers, the white starched and ironed | linen boot tops, embroidered with some kind of open | work, resembling that sort of thing you continually seo | civilized ladies working upon, but which always mys- | teriously disappears just when it is ready to be worn | and is henceforth lost tothe vision of man. Above | this was a roll of white for, then a band of brown flosh | and blood, thenared garter fastened with a buckle, | then a pair of sealskin breeches, of a soft mouse color, | above which, puffed owt around the waist, was a red | chemise, covered by a sort of sloeve waistcoat of a light | yellow, made all of a piece fitting close around the | throat and loosely over the bust; then a whito {tur collar, out of which rose @ soft rounded throat and chin, a pair of pouting lips, a little, slightly turned op, saucy nose, and such eyes— it was no wonder the sasceptible “Tromp” fell in love at first sight. So large and brown and soft, and they cast upon him, now and then, such a timid, half tender, half saucy glance that it was enough to drive a hard- ened old bachelor mad, let alone a young and entnusi- astic adorer of the sex, like ‘Tromp.’ And how di- Vinely she danced! It was a pure delight to watch her little feet, flitting over the ground like butterflies, or humming birds, on rose buds, or anything else that 15 delicate, and sweet, and delightful," It was not dancing, at all, it was flying, it was floating through the | air on a wove of rhythm, without even so much | a8 touching the ernund, Her nama wae Darwa | gracefal farewell, and added one more kindly souvenir | toour memories of Disco. | | nue Hotel yesterday afternoon. | pM. The best artistic talent in the city have volun- | teored their services for the occasion, Tho attractions of the matinée are the first act of Tom Taylor's comedy-drama of the ful howl, and made up a sorrowful chant that sounded strangely wild and weird in the dim mysterious twi- light of the Arctic summer night, It was a pretty and The dear girls—we will never see them again, but we will not soon forget their happy mirth and pleasant smiling faces that scems to make the dreary desolation around them blossom with roses, THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD. An adjourned meeting of the unsecured creditors of the Missouri Pacific Railroad was held at the Fitth Ave- A letter from General Clinton B. Fisk, Treasurer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, was read, in which he stated that it was im- possible for him to be present. His promised answers to the interrogatories propounded at the previous meot- ing were therefore deferred. Mr. F, J. Bowman, At- | torney for the city and county of St. Louis, stated that at tho time the company Were advertising for gale $1,854,000 of bonds for seventy-five cents on the dollar they did not have any bonds in their possession to dis- pose of, and the advertisement was merely a blind to deceive tho creditors. The bankrupt proceedings no- ticed in these columns yesterday have terminated by the action of Judge Treat, of the United States Circuit Court, at 8t. Louis, who appointed as receivers Messrs, Thomas J. Buckley, of New York, and Oliver Garrigon | and John H. Beach, of St. Louis. Another meeting will be held to-day at the company’s office. CATHOLIC ORPHAN ASYLUM. ‘The annual benefit of the New York Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum takes place this afternoon and evening at the Academy of Music. The theatrical managers of the city have combined to make it a great success, There will be a matinée performance at one o'clock P. M. and an evening performance at half-past seven “Overland Route;? a mediey song by Miss Jennie | Hughes, “Led Astray’’ and ‘The Mighty Dollar.” The performance will conclude with selections by the West chester Catholic Protectory baud. The evening perform- ance col es Barnett's popular three-nct comedy, “The Seri ‘ami'y;” a varied musical programme; “The Maid of Munster,” by Bayley; Cotton & Reed's Minstrels, ‘the Invade Studio,” the Young Apollo Club and he Big 4” The charity is indebted to the generosity of Menera, Lester Wailack, Joseph Hart. or and other i | managers for the ¢ ft in its bebalt, | Th b ) ort the man- | agers of this most excell stitution by its presence | on the oceasion, and those unable to sit down to this musical and dramatic feast will certaiuly show their appreciation of the Institution by contribating liberally toward its junds, DIPHTHERIA AND SCARLET FEVER. | Dr. Youlin, of the Hudson County Board of Health at | Jersey City, reports that the ravages of diphtheria in | districts imperfectly drained and ventilaved continus | unabated, There is also an alarming increase of scarlet | fever, ‘The record shows @ large number of deaths from consumotion, THE DELANCEY STREET TRAGEDY. 4 DUEL AT THREE PACES AND BOTH CONTEST- ANTS KILLED, The residence of Davis Jeregloy, the real victim of the terrible tragedy which occurred on Tuesday after- noon at No. 106 Delancey street, was No. 19 Essex Street. At this house was learned the story which will be found below. Mrs, Heimann, whe resides at the house mentioned, related what she knew of the affair in broken English, several times stopping in the course of her narrative overcome by sorrow at the thought of the loss of her benefactor, She was surrounded in ber neatly arranged apartments by four children, the oldest of which could not have been over seven years of age, and she seemed to dwell particularly upon the good qualities of the man whose death she mourned. It appears from her testimony that Jereslov came to this country from Warsaw, Poland, about two years ago, with a few hundred dollars, and soon after became acquainted with Joseph Goldman, who bad at that time been in New York fouror five years, and who was @ native of a town about four miles from Warsaw, Jere- slov took a fancy to Goldman, who was entirely without capital, and proposed that the two should embark in a manufacturing jewelry business, Goldman to solicit orders and Jeresloy do the inside work. Goldman eagerly accepted the offer, and together they hired of Mra Marks a room at No. 66 Kast Broadway. They prospered in- their business, which increased quite Tupidly, aud before a year was ended they found it necessary to secure the services of six workmen, Goldman had entire charge of the mone- tary department of the firm and spent the earnings almost as fast as they were made, except what Jereslov used for his expenses, while the’ latter was under the belief that the firm had a cornfortable bulance in the bank, About three months ago another emigrant, a friend ofJereslov’s, named Jochiein, arrived in New York with $1,000 in cash, and he was permitted, upon his own requ to become a partner in the business, The spendtbrift Goldman made away with Jochlein’s $1,000 very soon, and the latterd iscovering this, made ‘the fact known to Jereslov, who, upon becoming aware of Goldman’s true character, refused to have anytnii more to do with him, and insisted upon his withdraw: from the firm, Goi tried by earnest ap, made tly in the pt nce of Mrs. Heim to in- duce Jeresloy to alter his decision, urging that he was entirely without money, and probably could not obtain a situation anywhere, Jereslov, who was a very kind- hearted man, was undecided for a week or £0, but 5 finally made up his mind that the partner ship must be dissolved, and so expressed himself to Goldman, and the dissolution took place about nine weeks ago, Joreslov, by sellin, everything he had that he could spare,'and oy har work, managed to scrape together enough to pay back to Jochlein the $1,000 which he had invested in the business, and Jochlein soon after returned to the old country, Last Tuesday afternoon Goldman presented himself at Jeresiov’s rooms, in Essex street, and asked of Mrs, Heimann if his former partner was at home, and seemed very nervous and anxious about something. Jereslov Was not in the honse, and so Mrs. Heimann informed Goldman, asking him at the same time what made him appear so excited. He made some reply which Mrs, Relmann did not remember, and then returned to No. 106 De- Jancey street, where he had sh the night before with a friend, as told in yesterda, Hgravp, and from there sent a little boy to Jeresiov’s workshop, in East Broadway, to tell bin that somebody had arrived from Warsaw and had some information regarding his wife and three children, tor whom he had written to come to this country, and who are now on the way here, Jeresloy at once repaired to the place designated, and found Goldman in a room on the top floor, alone, After this nothing positive can as yet be found out; but itis evident that Goldman handed Jeresioy a pistol, and warned the latter to prepare himself for a combat, The result was published in yesterday's Hixrap, Goldman was shot twice, and was killed on the spot, while Jeresloy received one bullet over the right temple, and died shortly after bis arrival at the Beilevue Hospital. Jereslov was much respected by all acquainted with him, but it was difficult to ascertain much about Goldman, He seemed to have been a very quiet, uncommunicative man, for the people with whom. he lived, at No, 100 Hoster street, did not know even where his place of business was. He is believed to have Jett a wife and one child, living in Germany. Coroner Croker has the case in charge and has im- panelled a jury, who viewed the body of Joreslov at the Morgue yesterday. Goldman’s body will be removed there to-day. The inquest will be held next week. THE LATE DR. MORROGH. SOLEMN REQUIEM MASS FOR THE REPOSE OF HIS SOUL. The sad news brought by the cable last week that Rey, William Plowden Morrogh, D. D., had died on October 25, at Albano, near Rome, caused great sorrow among a large circle of friends, especially among those of the parish of the Immaculate Conception in East Four- teenth street, He was a gentlemun of great intellectual abilities, but above these a gentle, most affuble bearmg towurd all with whom he came in contact. Attached to him were very many of poor and rich alike, Yesterday a grand requiem mass was sung in honor of the dead priest's memory at the Church of the Im- maculate Conception, over which he held the pastorate for more than fourteen years. Among the clergy present were Vicar General Quinn, Revs. A. J. Donnelly, Thomas Farrell, Edward O'Reilly, Felix Farrelly, John Dramgoole, P, McGovern, Thomas Killeen, P. Malone, G. Murphy, P. McGuire, John Hughes and J. Colton. ‘The last five were onco assist- | ante to Rev. Dr, Morrogh. Over a hundred other priests joined in the recitation of the office for the dead and in the celebration of mass. Vicar General Preston paid a most earneat tribute of praise to the zeal and untiring energy of the deceased, appealing to the outward mon- pipes leit by him of the labor expended for the glory o GENERAL KILPATRICK’S LECTURE. A locture will be delivered on Friday evening next, by General Judson Kilpatrick, at the Cooper Institute, The subject of the discourse will be “The Irish Soldier in the War of the Rebellion.” The proceeds of the entertainment will go toward beneilting the Institu- tion of Mercy, at the corner of Houston aad Mulberry streets, THE FIRE COMMISSIONERS. Ata meeting of the Fire Commissioners held yester- day—the first in two weeks—proposals were received for repairing and adding another story to the engine house in Fulton street, near Church. "Bhe lowest bid was $6,727. Bids were also received for painting 1,000 telegraph poles, the lowest being $1,650. THE STEAMER HEIMDAHL News has been received in this city from Stockholm, in Sweden, that the Swedish steamer Heimdahl will leaye that port about the Ist of next month, bringing’a large cargo of goods to Philadelphia for the Centennial Exposition. The Heimdahl is about 2,500 tons burden ‘and of the same peculiar type of construction as the Swedish steamer Bjfrost, which visitea this some time back. The agent of the Swedish government for the Centennial is Mr. Julian Dantelt, now residing in Philas delphia, This promises to be about the first instalment of goods for the Exposition received in this country. ‘FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Last evening Charles Gallaher, of No. 25 Avenue ©, aged forty-five, a laborer, while walking with his son, Andrew, on the track of the Weehawken branch of the Erie Railway, between Second and Third streets, in Hoboken, was struck by engine No. 226, Isaac H. Stansberry, engineer, and fatally injured. He was at- tended py Dr. Nast, but his injuries were of such a severe character that he soon died, and his body was removed to the Hoboken morgue. He leaves a widow and six children, the youngest three weeks old. When the accident happened the deceased was about leaving the track and stepping on to a plank leading to his brother’s house, which is only accessible by the rail- road track on account of the swamp in the neighbor- hood. The son states that the engineer of the loco- ‘| motive never blew his whistle. ROBBERY IN PATERSON. In the early part of Tuesday night the now dry goods store of E, L. Hewgon, in Washington street, Paterson, was burgiariously entered, and fine goods to the amount of $1,500 stolen. The thieves gained an en- trance through the rear window. The fact that the Place had been robbed was almost immediately ascer- tained by the police, but no trace of the thieves was dis- covered. A FUNERAL CORTEGE DISPERSED. On Tuesday afternoon Frederick Eiche, a boy of tender years, was run over by a hose carriage en route toafire in Newark and instantly killed, the wheels crushing in his skull, Yesterday the body was being taken in a hearse to the cemetery for interment, Just as the hearse reached the junction of Green street and Railroad avenue @ train came thundering along, and the locomotive caught the hearse and smashed it badly, hurling the driver to the ground and shooting the coffin from the hearse to the sidewalk. The coffin was picked up, hor ag: 4 injured, but the driver of the hearse was severely, though not fatall: hurt. The cause of the accident was a gross and wilted nogligence of duty by both the railroad and efty authori- thes in not having the tracks guarded im some way at the street crossings. FIRE IN NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. Throe two story frame buildings, Nos, 66, 68 and 70 Schureman street, owned by V. M. W. Suydam, wero burned last night. The fire was caused by sparks from abonfirc, Insured for $5,000 in the Citizens’ Insurance Company, of Newark, N.'J,; the German-American, of New York and Jersey City, and the Fire Jompany of Jersey City. Logs about the same No. 68 was occupied by Suydam & Nevins, whose lows is between $4,000 and $6,000, Insured for $3,000 in the German-American, of New York, and another comvauy. not aacortained, THE LANGMAID TRAGEDY. How the Press Became the Successful Detective. ARREST OF LA PAGE. Pemunoxe, N. H., Nov. 2, 1875. ‘The brutal murder of the schoolgirl, Josie Langmaid, together with the tragical facts and incidents which have since been developed, combine to form a narrative of shocking crimes that surpass everything in the line of romance and fiction ever produced, The sad fate of young Josie—outraged, murdered and mutilated, aa she was passing through a lonely picce of woods on her way to school—is stil! painfully fresh in the public mind, and the horriple details need hardly be referred to agama. BB ‘was ono of those terrible affairs which sent a thrill of horror and sadness throughout the whole country and caused an involuntary and universal desire for speedy vengeance to fall upon the flendish perpetrator, Through providential and accidental circumstances, and in spite of the presence and obstruction of so-called detectives, the real murderer has probably, been apprehended, indicted by the Grand Jury, and is now awaiting the form ofa trial previous to yielding up his life on a New Hampshire scaffold, Joseph La Pago, the Frenchman arrested nine or ten days af- ter the terrible crime, is undoubtedly guilty of not only the brutal murder of Josie Langmaid, but also of the killing of Miss Ball, the St, Albans (Vt.) school teacher who was outraged and butchered in a simi- lar manner a year or more ago, HOW LA PAGE CAME TO BE SUSPECTED AND ARRESTED, To show how utterly useless the so-called detectives have been in this, as in most cases, it is only necessary to tell the story of how the Frenchman, La Page, hap- pened to be suspected and arrested, Shortly before the murder Mr. Fowler, Chairman of the Pembroke Board of Selectmen, hired a stranger to help bim run a thresh- ing machine, One evening while this strange workman ‘was at supper, Mr. Fowler’s daughter, a companion of Jozio Langmaid, entered the room. Subsequently, after supper, the stranger asked a son of Mr. Fowler who the young lady was, and was told that it was his sister, He then’ questioned him about the road she took going and coming from school, and the boy freely told him. A day or two afterward wheh a boy in the neighborhood was going to school over this road he saw what he supposed to be one of his mates concealed in the bushes and innocently supposed he was there for the purpose of scaring him. It turned out, however, to be this strange workman of Mr. Fowler, and the inference is that he was lying in wait for Miss Fowler, ON THE DAY OF THE MURDER, which was almost immediately after this, Miss Fowler, just before entering the woods on her way to school, waited for Josie Langmaid to come along. After waiting for some time a neighbor came along with a carriage, and, concluding that Josie had gone ahead, she accepted an invitation to ride, and thus, probably, saved her life. It was not ten minutes after, probably, that Josie met her murderer, and when the mutilated body was discovered the conversation with the strange workman was recailed by the Fowler boy. Suspicion was of course directed against him, but all efforts to discover his whereabouts were in vain. The skilful Boston detectives, as they are called, looked around everywhere—tt is to be presumed—but they could find nothing of this strange workman. At length in their industry and wisdom they got after other parties, and scouted as ridiculous the connection of Mr. Fowler’s man with the crime, THR PRESS THE REAL DETECTIVE, APTER ALL. While all this was going at Suncook and Pembroke Mr. W.N. Abell, with whom Miss Ball—the lady mur- dered in St. Albans—boarded, read in the Boston Herald an account of the murder of Miss Langmaid near Sun- cook, Knowing that Joseph La Page, who lived in his neighborhood at the time of the murder of Miss Ball, and who was arrested and afterward acquitted of the charge, had removed last spring to Suncook, ho thought the fact of sufficient importance to communi- cate to the authorities of this town. At this time the so-called detectives had exhausted themselves in look- ing after the as Frenchman who was employed by Mr. Fowler. Tho letter from St. Albans, however, not only told them that his name was Joseph La Pago, but also indicated that they would find him with his chil- dren, who were working in the Suncook factory. They went there with Mr. Fowler, and the suspected man was found at once and fully identified by Mr. Fowler as the Frenchman who bad worked for him. Of courso he was taken into custody, and the result has been, as already stated, his indictment by the Grand Jury and commitment for trial early in January. ‘THE CASH AGAINST THR PRISONER. Now that La Pago is safely in custody and where he can be identified af pleasure, the direct and circumstan- tual evidence begins to accumulate. It does not come through any efforts of the so-called detectives, but is the result of a united determination on the part of the community to have the case thoroughly investigated. It turns out that the accused can give no account of himself at the time of the murder; his coat and vest are stained with blood and the shirt which he wore can- not be found. A knife and two razors—one bloody— were found in the house, and the son says they belong to his futher. The stick with which the girl was killed was secn in La Page’s possession a tew days betore the murder, and on that very Lae i and a few moments be- fore the crime was discovered, he was seen in the im- mediate vicinity with an axe on his shoulder. ATTEMPTED OUTRAGKS ON OTHER GILLS. The brutal fend has been identified by several girls in the vicinity as the man who has chased them in the wooded roads and very much frightened them, and by one or two sportsmen who saw him chasinga Miss Watson, who was much flushed and excited at tie time; iso by @ lady and her daughter as having way- laid them in the woods with a heavy club in bis bands, the timely meeting of another man, they believe, hay- ing saved them from assault, and perhaps murder, A TERRIBLE STORY FROM IIS WIPER. + La Pago’s own wife, since his arre@t, has stated that once he outraged and nearly murdered her sister while they were living in Canada, and he was obliged to come to the States to escape arrest. She also asserts that he has aamped to ravish his own daughter since he came to Suncoo! oe HIS PROBABLE QOXNKOTION WITH THE ST. ALBANS MUR- DER. La Page was arrested for the murder of Henrietta Ball, the St, Albans school teacher, but was discharged for wantof eviderce, Subsequently others were ac- cused and arrested, and only a few months ago there was so mach gossip concerning the probable connection of a son of ex-Governor Smith with the cryme that he de- manded a fuil legal investigation, the result, of course, being an honorable acquittal. ‘he evidence that La Page was really the murderer seems nowto be very positive. At the time it must have been committed he said he was working with oe but his sons now deny that story, He of leaving “town at the time, but his wife said that it would strengthen suspicion against him if he left, and he followed her advice and remained at home, Near the body of the Ball girl was found a face mask, tho strings being tied in what is known as a Fronch Knot. Over the body of Josie aid a couple of twigs were tied in the same way. hen La Page assaulted his wife’s sister he wore aface mask like tho one found near the remains of Miss Ball, ‘AN INTERESTING AND TERRIBLE COINCIDENCE. A most startling and tragic reminiscence is called uy by this brutal murder of Josie Langmaid. e editor of a paper published in Bennington, Vt., who at the time spoken of was a resident of Pembroke. Speaking of the late horror, he says, it is but a repeti- tion of one quite as horrible, which was perpetrated on almost the same spot about forty-three years ago, the victim then being a young married lady by the name of Cochrane, and the perpetrator of the crime a young man who was Na thee in Cochrane’s family by the name of Prescott. The affair at thestime created, if anything, more excitement than the Lang- maid horror, The parties lived m a farm house some way from the little village of Suncook. It was in the summer of the year, and the young man Prescott, about nineteen years de) who was out in the flela mowing, came back to the house—the husband being away in town—and told the woman, a blooming young female of about twenty-five, thatho had come across some very fine berries, and if she would bring out a il they could “pick mesa” She went out with im, and while engaged in picking the berries a fiend- ish desire seized him, and he approached her with im- proper proposals, She struck at him with her pail, and told him that she should tell her husband of his designs on his return, and he would have him ar- rested. The young man, not over bright, sat aown ' as he as ae ony Peony ee sayin, suppose pat in jai for it and 1 don't Know but what {Pd as soon be hung as go to jaill’”? He then got upfand, seizing a huge clab, he beat the woman upen the head, and then, after ravishing her per he dragged her life- less form into the bushes and fled. The corpse of the ‘woman was found after a long search, and in due course of time the young man was arrested and con- fessed the crime, Mr. Armstrong’s uncle was then the Sheriff of Hopkinton, and kept the Hopkinton Jail, re- part of the building with his wifo and only young woss. the wife of a sea captain by ty Robert Chase, the young wife being th mother of two children, one a girl about a year and a half old, and 4 little son of only two days. “The popu- lace was go excited over the murder that it was re- solved to lynch young Prescott, there being no longer any doubt of his guilt, as he had confessed the crime, On the night that tho lynching was to be carried out the Sherif and his wilt were away out of town and the young mother was loft alone with tho keys in that largo jail. The attack ‘was made by the infuriated populace, but the frail jailor had everything securely barricaded, and they could not gain their object. But in consequence of the excitement and fright of the attempt at lynching, the young mother was thrown into convulsions and died that night in the most intense agony. The baby lived and grew io tobeaman, The little girl died in about six weeks after her mother, and the grave was then opened and the child laid by its mother’s,side, A STRANGE FATALITY, In conrse of time the law took its course, and young Prescott was executed by the Sheriff and thé Pembroke It is told by part of the tragedy was terminated, The husband of P| more Railroad; E. the Sheriff's danghter, who was away spn doring the trial and imprisonment of the culprit aud its attendapt fatal had now landed, and hurried home to meet his wife and expected children. He stopped on the way, and in looking over a peper in the hotel saw for rst f the P the first time an account of embroke murder, the attempt at lynching, the birth of his child and the sad death of his wife and young daugh' He remained a widower for four or ive years and then married again, resolving that his sec- ond wife should not be left alone while he was away 80 much. So on bi xt voyage he took her with him in his ship, and the ip was run down by a larger vessel and all on board were drowned. The boy that was bora in the jailwas named Robert Green Chase, and grew up, being educated for the Episcopal clergy, and sottled iu Philadelphia, He married and had one daughter, About ten years ago Mr. Chase and his wife, accom- panied by their little daughter, while at a watering place went out for a day’s' boating, against the wishes of the little girl, who begged of them not to go; astorm arose, the boat capsized and the little girl alone was rescued. She is now hving in Philadelphia. , Here is material for a story, and an ilustration of the adage that “truth is stranger than fiction,’? THE ROCHESTER MURDER CASE APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF ERROR IN THE CASE OF JOHN CLARK DENIED—THE EXECUTION OW FRIDAY. Motion was made by Counsellor P. Keady, yesterday, before Judge Barnard, holding court in Brooklyn, om behalf of William F, Howe, for an opportunity to be heard on an application for a writ of error and stay of Proceedings in the case of The People vs. John Clark, tried and convicted in Rochester, N. Y., for murder He was sentenced on July 2 to be hanged for the murder of Policeman John Trevor. The execution is to take place on November 5, Justice Barnard was busy and unable to hear the motion, go the case was brought be- fore Justice Gilbert, of the Supreme Court. The jus- tico took the application, which was based chiefly on the point that in the trial of the condemned mam testimony was admitted connecting him with a fatal shooting affray, which took place ten years ago. The prisoner was tried for murder on that occasion and acquitted. The counsel said he was very anaious to obtain the decision of His Honor upon the motion, as it was proposed to send it by the night mail to Roch- ester. About three o'clock Justice Gilbert rendered the following decision: Having considered the exceptions as well as I could in the short time I have had to do with it, I find no error, The evi- dence in respect to other offences while incompetent to prove the commission of the erame charged in the indictment was competent to show the intent with which the pistol was fi and the motive of the prisoner to commit the crime char; against him, the act of fring and tho fatal consequences thereof haviig beon established by other evidence. (Whart. C, pp. a1, 640) admissible wishin the Abb. The evidence showed that they were expectation of death and without hope of recovery. ‘The ante-mortem declar: rule Isid down in Perr; The motion for a stay upon a writ of error must therefore be denied. ALLEGED MURDER IN JERSEY. The police of Newark yesterday received informa tion that one Mary Gaudley murdered her husband, Michael Gaudley, at a place called Grif Mills, three miles from Freehold, on Monday night, the result of a drunken quarrel, Mary has been arrested and com- mitted to jail The couple were worth over $4,000, and were childless. CENTENNIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, PLANS TO SHELTER AND FEED CENTENNIAL VISITORS. A “Centennial Lodging House Agoncy” has been formed in Philadelphia, with the approval ot the Cen- tennial Board of Finance, with the object of providing beforehand accommodations for visitors to the Exhibi- tion next year. The plan of this “agency” 1s thus stated in {ts prospectus:— ‘The plan of tho agency ts to first contract with a large number of householders and boarding house proprietors in various parts of <he city who would be willing to ae- cept a fair remuneration for superior accommodations to be given to strangers, payment to be made by means ofaticket or coupon providing for an entire day's ao- commodation—which day is to consist of a full break- fast in the American style, tea or supper also of the character usually supplied in first class American fam- ilies, and bedroom neatly furnished with linen, &, scrupulously clean, The tickets or coupons to be cashed on presentation at the central office of the agency, and at the same time provision to be made for the redemption of any whole or fractional part of tickets unused by the visitor, Dinner is not provided as a necessity under this ar- rangement, as it is presumed that the ordinary midday meal would be taken by the visitor in the vicinity of oF in the Centennial buildings. ‘These coupons or tickets will be placed on sale in all the larger cities and towns in this country, at the rail- road offices where excursion tickets are issued leadi to Philadelphia, and also in Europe. On all the prin pal trains approaching the oy reliable agents will be Placed by the agency, who will ascertain what passem- gers have these accommodation tickets, and will fur- nish each holder of such ticket a card assigning to him oper quartors, as well as big eget minute directions be which these temporary homes in the city can be reached by street car or otherwise. By this means @ visitor can secure, before leaving home, his accommoda- tions during his sojourn in Fhiladelpbta, have a guaran- tee that he will be comfortably provided for at a defined and reasonable charge, and be directed at once to his lodgings on arriving at his destination, He can also direct bts baggage to be sent at once to his lodgings, instead of being obliged to leave it at the depot while he is seeking for accommodations, If @ housekeeper has two spare rooms in his dwelling, and can comi{ortabl provide bfeakfast and tea for two persons, he rogister his name and residence with the agency, who will assign to those quarters two persons who have urchased “accommodation tickets;”’ these tickets will te received by the housekeeper in payment for @ccom- modating his guests, and on presentation at the office of the agency will be promptly redeemed in cash. When these guests are gone the mate will be notified, and others sent to take their places. By this sunple plan all vacant rooms can‘ be utilized, hundreds of thousands of visitors can be made comfortable and freed from all care or fear of extortion or imposition; house- keepers will be reasonably certain of having the rooms they are willing to devote to visitors always occupied, and | assured of receiving the remuneration to which they are entitled without trouble or de The card which the agent on the train gives the strangor is his letter of introduction, Arrangements will also made for providing accommodations for those who may wish to make a more extended stay in the city than will be required for an o' visit to the Exhibition, or who propose to remain dur- ing the entire time of its continuance. This will be especially available for exhibitors and others con- nected with the International Exhibition. This plan has received the indorsement of the Committee on Boarding Accommodations for Visitors of the Centen- nial Commission, after careful Investigation, and this indorsement has been Lege by the Centennial Board of Finance. The detailed plans of the agency have been submitted to President Gowen, of the Phila delphia and Reading Railroad Company; to Prea- {dent Hinckley, of the Philadelphia,’ Wilming- ton and Baltimore Railroad Company; to President Comly, of the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and to Vice President Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and by all these gentlemen they have been pronounced commendable and feasible. {thas also received the indorsement of Mayor Stokley, A liberal capital has been provided to put the plan into operation. The Board of Manage- ment is composed of the following:—KElhs Clark, Gen- eral Agent North Pennsylvania Railroad; H. F. Konney, Superintendent Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltt- . M. Jenkins, of Cook, Son & Jenkins, ‘Tourists and Excursion Manggers; Charles E, Pugh, General Agent Pennsylvania Railroad; W. F. Allen, Editor Official Railway Guide, At the present time a large force of canvassers are at work ascertaining the amount of vacant accommoda tions in all parts of the city and explaining the details of the plan of operations to the householders and board- ing nose keopers, ‘ho following is tho blank used. It might be copied with advantage in towns and villages near Philadel; where persons could be accommodated :— Notes on house visited——_—-———18¥ Number and street, Wi Name,—. Nationality, Private house or regalar boarding place, ——————— If private house, how many in family?——Adult, —— Children, —Employ ment of head of family,_———— ——--How Centennial Grounds can be reached by street cars, icin | Location of rooms on floor, and full de- No. | Floor. nevtghion SOL enlace and a coms and water closets, No, ——--Location, can be used. Parlor or sitting room privileges, preference as to nationality or re- ligion of gu low many can be accommodated ?. Tolgint Lodging and board, Will take gentlemen, ladies and children ?- Views as to price—Lodging, $———Lodging and board, $——Remarks, 2 ‘Agent, FIREMEN AT THE CENTENNIAL The fire underwriters of New York held a meeting yesterday at No. 166 Broadway, in reference to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Mr. D. B. Kooler presided, and Mr. James Yoreance acted as secretary, A committee of seven was appointed to co-operate with othor committees of insurance underwriters, to consider best to promote the interests of the Centennialand @the companies properly represented at it. The appointment of the committee was left to the officers of th eoting. Their appointment will be mado oublie in a Cow days,