The New York Herald Newspaper, November 18, 1875, Page 3

EDGAR ALLAN POE, Tardy Justice to the Memory of One of America’s Greatest Poets. inveiling and Dedication of the Monument in Westminster Chureh, Pleasant Letters from the Dead Poet’s Living Brothers. Dust and Mire Swept from the Name of the Author of “ The Raven.” ¢ POETICAL TRIBUTES TO HIS GENIUS, Ba.tmorx, Nov, 17, 1875, ‘The ceremonies attending the unveiling and dedica- tion of the monument in memory of the poet, Edgar | Allan Poe, in Westminster churchyard, took place this afvernoon, the exercises preliminary to the unveiling tak- ing place in the Western Female High School, in which building, adjoining the churchyard, the initial move- ment was taken in October, 1865, to devise some means best adapted to perpetuate the memory of one who has contributed so largely to American literature. The day was bright and in every respect propitious to a happy completion of the exercises. Before two o'clock, the hour of commencing, the vast hall of the school- house was crowded, many unable to obtain seats stand- ing in the aisies, The platform was occupied by in- vited guests, nearly all of whom were citizens of Balti. more, with the exception of Walt Whitman, who was the only poet present, Ataquarter past two o’clock the exercises commenced, with the singing of Verdi’s “Pilgrims? Chorus,” by the Phifarmonic Society, which ‘was rendered with fine effect, after which Professor William Eliott rose und delivered a historical sketch of the monument. THE READING OF LuTTKRS from poets, in reply to invitations to be present, by Miss Sarah S, Rice, then took place, as follows:-— WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. UMMINGTON, Mass. Sept. 18, 1875. Ireturn my thanks for the ‘obliging invitation con- tained in your letter of the 14th, For various reasous, however, among which 1s my advanced age, it ig not in my power to be present at the ceremonial of which you speak, and [have only to muke my best acknowledg- ments to those who have done me the honor to think me in connection with them. I am truly yours, iss 8. 8. Rice. WILLIAM C. YANT, OLIVKR WENDELL HOLMES. Sept. 18, 1875. Iregret that I cannot be present at the ceremony of piscine ‘ monument over the grave of your poct. our city has already honored valor and patriotism by the erection of stately columns, Republics are said to be ungrateful, perhaps because they have short mem- ories, forgottin Wrongs a8 quickly as benefits, but your city bas shown that it can remember and has taught us all the lesson of gratitude, No one, surcly, needs 4 mausoleum less than the et. OOS Tig omiaid abatl ba his’ pep ilé arte, Whieb eyes not yet created sbali o'er read And tongues to be, bis being shall rehearse, ‘When all the breuthers of this world are dead, Yet we would not leave bim without @ stone to mark the spot? where the hands that waked to ecstacy the living Igre were laid in the dust. He who can confer &n immdrtality which will outlast bronze and granite deserves this poor tribute, not so much for his sake as for ours, The hearts of all who reverence the inspira- tion of genius, who can look tenderly upon the infirmi- ties attending it too oiten, who can feel for its tmisfor- tunes, will sympathize with you as you gather around the resting place of all that was mortal of Edgar Allen Poe, avs raise the stone inscribed with one of the few names which will outlive the graven record rajsed to perpetuate its remembrance, tevye me, very truly vours, 0. W. HOLMES, JOHN 6. WHITTIER. AuesnuRG, 9th month, 21st, 1875. ‘The extraordinary genius of Edgar A. Poe 1s now ac- knowledged the world over, and the proposed tribute to his memory indicates a full appreciation of his rare intellectual gifts on the part of the city of his birth, As ter of principle I do not favor ostentatious e only way to express the appreciation which circum- stances in some measure may have denied to the living man. Tam not able to be present at the inauguration of the monument. Pray express my thanks to the ladies and gentiemen, for whom id letter speaks, for the in- vVitation, ackoowledging the kind terms in Which that Invitation was conveyed on thy part. Tam very truly ‘hy friend, JOHN G, WHITTLER, MARGARET J. PRESTON. Lexinerox, Va., Oct, 8, 1875, I thank you for the good opinion which led_you to propose the writing of a posta of Ey vart for the pros- pective inauguration of the Poe memorial. While it is not in my power to comply with the flattering request, ‘or to be present at the ceremonial, I tender to the com: mittee my thanks, nevertheless, for the honor con- ferred on me, There would seem to be a slight appro- priseanoes in the proposal made to me, inasmuch as my usbaud (Colonel Preston, of tho Virgima Military College) was a boyish friend of Poe’s when they went to school together in Richmond, who ased to siton the same bench with him, aud together with him pore over the same pages of Horace. To him as his earliest liter- ary critic—a bcy of fourteen—Poe was accustomed to bring his first verses, Even then, youth as he was, he was distinguished by many of the characteristics which marked his after life. With every good wish for the entire success of your Memorial services, and with renewed thanks to your committee for this mark of regard, believe me sincerely yours, MARGARET J. PRESTON. JON GODFREY SAxk. Buooxiyy, N. ¥., Oct. 10, 1875. Of all my letters received during a long confinement by sickness yours of the 16th ult. is the first | have at- tempted to answer. I thank you for the kind invitation to aspist at the Poe monument ceremonies. As I can- not hope to be presont on that occasion I avail myself of your friendly note to express my interest in the event and my admiration of the noble-learted meu and ‘women of Baltimore, who, by the erection of a beauti- tut and appropriate monument to the memory of Edgar ‘A. Poe, perform a patriotic office which was primarily and peculiarly the duty, as {t should have been tho pride, of the American Literati toward one whose origi- nal genius has done so much to adorn and distinguish American literature. Yours traly, JOHN GODFREY SAXE. JOSIAM GILBERT HOLLAND. New York, Oct. 11, 1875. Dear Mapamw—On the 15th of this month Lam to bo 4n Wilmington, Ohio, for a lecture; and on the evo of along Western trip I find myself 'so crowded with important duties that 1 cannot even write the letter L have in my heart. 1am very glad the genins of Poe is to be formally recognized’by ceremony and monument, ‘as it has bee long appreciated by untold thousands of people wherever the Engiish language is spoken. I am sorry I cannot be present at the inaugural ceremonies; but you will not miss me, Ishall only miss you and the loyal throng who will gather to bring the dead poet their honors, Thanking you kindly for your invitation 1am, yours truly, J. @ HOLLAND. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL, Camnnipar, Oct, 18, 187) Iregret very much that it will be quite impossible for me to be present at the very interesting ceremony of unveiling the monument to Poe. I need not assure you that I sympathize heartily with the sentiment Which led to its erection, I remain very truly J. ALFRED TENNYSON, FARINGPORD, FRESHWATER, LB OF WiGHT, Jan, 21, 1875, Thaye long been acquainted with Poe's works and am an admirer of them, Iam obliged to you for your expressions about myself and your promise of sending me the design for the poet’s monument, and beg you to believe me yours, very truly, A. TENNYSON. HENRY WADSWORTIC FELLOW. Camariv August 20,1875. | Dear Mavam—The only lines of Mr. Poe that I now recall as in any way appropriate to the purpose he mention are from a poem cntitied “For Annie.” They wre:— ‘The fever called living Is conquered at lust, But 1 dare say you will be able to find something bet- ter, In groat haste, yours truly, HENRY 'W. LONGFELLOW. * Letters were also read from Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Sarah Helen Whitman and L, D. Lewis, of Brooklyn. At the conclusion of the letters Mrs, Rice read the fol- owing | difficulty of choice, POEM BY WILLIAM WINTER, Cola is she pean bonor sing ‘And chill is gl c h, And pale the garland memory brings To grace the iron doors of dewih. Fame’s echoing thnnders, lo ‘The pomp of pride that decks the pall, The plaudits of the yncant crowd— . ‘Ono word of love is worth them all, With dows ofgrief our eyes are dim; Ab! let the tear of sorrow start, And honor, in ourselves and him, ‘The great and tonder human heart. Throngh many a night of want and woo His fronaied spirit wandered Wild— Till kind disaster laid nim low, And Heaven reeluimed its wayward child. Through mony a year his famo has grown, Lake midnight Vast, like starlight sweet, ‘TI now his yenius fils'a throne, And nations marvel at its feet. Ono meed ofjustice long delayed, One crowning grace bis virtnes AW! Lake, Chon grent and Injured s The love that eanetifion the wa RwEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. t while around the tomb we weep, ? Pre arartntes through, ith fame that cannot die, ‘wo. Novexsxn, 1875. ‘The chorus, ‘He watches over Israel,”’ from the oratorio of Elijah, was sung. Professor Elliott read a letter from G. W. Childs, of Philadelphia, regretting that he could not be present, Professor H. E. Shepherd then delivered an address ‘on the literary character of Edgar Allan Poe, After a solo by Miss Ella Gordon, W. F. Gill, of Boston, recited with fine effect the poem, “Tne Raven.” J. H. B. Latrobe, then read the follow- ing paper, giving personal KEMINISCENCES OF POR. Lapres axp GuwtLeMes—It has been announced that 1 am to give to this meeting ‘my personal recollections” of the great poet whose name bas attracted the crowd before me, The inference from such an announcement would be that my acquaintance was such as to enable me to describe him as one friend or close acquaintance has it in his power to describe another. You may be surprised, then, when I say that I never saw Edgar Allan Poo but once, and that our inter- view did not last an hour, Those, there- fore, who invited me to be Bee here to-day gave to my assent a scope which was not justified by what I said or by what it was in my power to do. Tho opportunity is afforded, however, of narrating the cir- cumstances that led to our brief Interview and of cor. recting misstatements in regard, ag it turned out, toa not unimportant event of his lile, In adding an ac- count of what occurred when we met I shall have ex- cused myseif for taking the liberty, under the cireum- stances, of appearing before you at all. A LITERARY CONTEST, About the year 1832 there was @ newspaper in Baltimore” called ‘he Saturday Visitor, an ephemeral publication, that aimed at amusing its readers with light literary productions rather than the news of the day. One of its efforts was to pro- cure original tales, and to this end it offered on this occasion two prizes, one for the best story and the other for the best short poem—$100 for the frst and $60 for the last. The judges appointed by the editor ot the Visitor were the late John P, Kennedy, Dr. James H, Miller, now deceased, and myself, and accord- ingly we met one pleasant afternoon in the back parlor of my house, in Mulberry street, and, seated around a table garnished with some old’ wine and some good | cigars, commenced our critical Jabors, As I happened then to be the youngest of the three, I was required to open the packages of prose and poetry respectively and read the contents, Alongside of me was a basket to hold what wo might reject. Iremember well that the first produc- tion taken from the top of the prose pile was in a woman’s hand, written very distinetly, as indeed were all the articles submitted, and so neatly that it seemed a pity pet to awara to it's prize, It was ruthlessly criticised, however, for it was ridiculously bad, namby- pamby in the extreme, full of sentiment and of the school then known as the Laura Matilda school. The first page wonld have consigned it to the basket as our critical guillotine beheaded it. Gallantry, however, caused it to be read through, whenig it went, along with the envelope containing the name of the writer, which, of course, remained unkuown, Thenext piece have no recollection of except that a dozen lines consigned it to the basket. I remember that the third, perhaps the fourth, production was recognized ag @ translation trom. tne French, with a terrific denouement. It was a poor translation, too; for falling into literary accuracy, the writer had, in many places, followed the French idioms The story was not without merit; but the Sir Fretful Plagiary of a translator described the charge of Sheri- dan in the Critic, of being like a bi who had stolen avother man’s child and clothed it in his own rags. Of the remaining productions [ have no recol- lection, Some were condemned after a few sentences had been read. Some were laid aside for reconsideration—not many. 'Thewe lagt fuiled to pass muster afterward, and the committee had about made up their minds that there was nothing before them to which they would award a prize when I noticed a small QUARTO BOUND BOOK that had until then accidentally escaped attention, pos- sibly because so unlike, externally, the bundles of manuscript that it was to compote with, Opening it, an envelope, with a motto corresponding with one in the book, appeared, and we found that our prose ex- amination was ‘still incomplete. Instead of the common cursive manuscript the writing was in Roman characters—an fmitation of printing. 1 remem that while reading the first page to myself, Mx, Kevnedy and the Doctor had filied their glasses and lit their cigars, and when I said that we seemed ut last to have a prospect of award- ing the prize they laughed as though they doubted it, and settled themselves in their comfortable chairs as { Degan to read. I had not proceeded far before my col- leagues became as much interested as myself, The first tale finished, I went to the second, then to the next, and did not stop until I had goue through the voluine, interrupted only by such exclamations as “Cupital!” “Excellent!” “How odd!” and the like from my companions. Thore was GENIUS [N BYERYTHING they listened to; there was uo uncertain grammar, no futile phraseology, no ill-placed punctuation, no worn- out truisins, no strong thought elaborated tuto weak- ness, Logic and imagination were combined in rare | congistency. Sometimes the writer created in nis | mind a world of his own and then described it—a world | so weird, so strange Fas down by the dio lake of Auber, In the misty lary Fur down by the dauk t: of Auber, In the ghoul-haunted woodland of Wier— ‘and witbal so fascinating, so onderfully graphic, that it seemed for the moment to have all the truth ola reality, There was an analysis of complicated facts; an unravelling of circumstantial evidence, that won the lawyer judg an amount of accurate scientific knowledge that charmed their accomplished colleague, @ pure classic diction that delighted all three. When the Teading, was completed there was a ortions of the tales were read again, und finally the committee selected “a MANUSCRIPT POUND IN A BOYTLE,”? One of the scenes was called ‘‘A Descent into the Maelstrom,” and this was at one time preferred, I cannot now recall the names of all the tales. Thero must have been six or eight. But all the circumstances of the selection ultimately made have beon so often since referred to in conversation that my memory has been kept fresh, and I see my fellow judges over their wine and cigars in their easy chairs—both genial, hearty men, in pleasant mood—as distinctly now as though I were describing an event of yesterday. AN OLD STORY DENIED, Having made the selection, Prize, not, as bus been said most unjustly and ill Daturedly, because the manuscript was legible, bat be- cause of the unquestionable genius and great originality of the writer, we were at liberty to open the envelope that identified him, and there we found in the note whose motto corresponded with that of the little volume, the name which 1 see you anticipate, of Edgar Allan Poe. The statement in Dr. Griswoid’s life, prefixed to the common edition of Poe’s works, that “it was unaui- mously decided by the committee that the prize should be given to the first genius who had written legibly— not another MS, was unfolded,” is absolutely untrue, THK PORTRY., Refreshed by this inost unexpected change in the character of the contributions, the commiuctee refilled their glasses and relit their cigars, and the reader be- gan upon the poetry. This, although better in the main thin the prose, was bad enongh, and when we had gone, more or less, thoroughly over the pile of “manuscript, two pieces only — were deemed worthy of consideration. The ttle of one was “The Coliseum,” the written printing of which told that tt was Poe's, ‘The title of the other I have forgotten, but upou opening the ac- companying envelope we found that the author was Mr, John H. Hewitt, still'living in Baltimore, and well known, I believe, in the musical world, both as a poct and composer. 1 am not prepared to say that the com- mittee not have been biased in awarding the $50 prize to Mr. Hewitt by the fact that they had already given the $100 prize to Mr. Poe. I recollect, however, that we agreed that under any circumstances the ex- cellence of Mr. Hewitt’s poem deserved a reward, and we gave the smaller prize to him with clear consciences. I believe that up to this time, not oné of the commit- tee had ever seeu Mr. Poe, and ‘it is my impression that 1 was the only one that had ever heard of him. When his name was read I remembered that on one occasion Mr, William Gwynn, & prominent member of the Bar of Baltimore, had shown me the very neat manuscript of a poem called ‘Al Aaraaf,”’ which he spoke of as in- dicative of a tendency to say thing, but the business of matter of tact life. Those of my hearers who are fami- liar with the poet’s works will recall it as onc of his earlier productions. Although Mr. Gwynn, besides being an admirable lawyer, was noted as the author of wise and witty epigrains ‘in, verse, “Al Aaraaf” was not in his vein, and What he said of the writer had not repared ine tor the productions before the committee. His name, Tum suro, was Botat the time a familiar one, and awarded the $100 A VISIT PROM POR, ‘The next number of the Saturday Visitor contained the “MS. Found in a Bottlo,”” and announced the author, My ofice, in these days, was in the building still occupied by the Mechanics’ Bank, and I was seated at my desk on the Monday following the publication of the tale, when a gentieman entered and introduced himself asthe writer, saying that he came to thank me, as one of the committee, for the award in his favor, Of this interview, the only one I ever had with Ur, Poo, my recollection ‘is very distinct indeed, aud it oe but a small effort of imagiuation to place him or me now, as plainly almost as I seo anyone of my avdience. He was, if anything, below the middie size, and yet could not described as a small man, His figure was remarkably good, and he carried himself erect and well, as one who had been trained to it, He was drossed in black and his frock coat was buttoned to the throat, where it metthe black stock, then almost uni- versally worn, Not @ particle of White was visible. Coat, Hat, boots and gloves had yery evidently seen | their best days, but so far as brushing and mending could go everything had been done, apparently, to make them presentable. On most men his clothes would have looked shabby and seedy, but there was some- thing about this man that prevented one from criticising his garments, and the details I have mentioned were only recalled afterward, THR IMPRESSION MADR, however, was that the award in Mr, Poo’s favor was Pot inopportune, Gentleman was written all over him, His manner was easy and quiet, and although he caine | to return thanks tor what he regarded ax deserving them, there was nothing ovsequious in what he sald or did, ‘His features larh unable to describe in detail, His fofenead was bigh and remarkable for the great development atthe temple, This was the character. istic of his head, which you noticed at once, and which 1 have never lorgotte: The expression of his face was grave, almost sud, except when he was engaged 1 con. versation, when it became animated and changeAble. His yoiwe, 1 remomber, was very pleasing in its tone | | behind him to last while our language his words and well modulated, almost myth! id taling, ‘taking nseah, we were weil chosen and unbesitati converged a while on ordinary topi: ind he informed me that Mr. Kennedy, my pot Hed ong the commit! on whom he had already called, had either given Promised to give him a letter to the Southern Literary Manager, which he hoped would procure him employ- ment, I asked whether he was then occupied with any literary labor, He replied that he was engaged in “VOYAGE TO THE MOON,”? and at once went into a somewhat learned disquisition upon the laws of gravity, the height of the earth’s atmosphere and the capacities of the balloons, warmmg in his speech as he proceeded. Presently, peeken in the first person, he began the voyage, after describing the preliminary arrangements, as you will find them set forth in one of his tales, called “The Adventure of One Hans Pfaal,”’ and, leaving the earth and becoming more and more animated, he described his sensations as he ascended higher and higher, until at last he reached the point in space where the moon’s attraction overcame that of the earth, when there was a sudden bouleversement of the car and a great con- among its tenants By this time the speaker had become s0 excited, spoke so rapidly, gesticulating much, that when the turn up- side down took place, and he clapped his hands and stamped with his foot’ by way of emphasis, I was car- ried along with him, and, for aught to the contrary that I now remember, may have fancied myself the companion of his aerial journey. The climax of the tale was the reversal | hays mentioned. When he had finished bis description he apologized for his excita- bility, which he laughed at himself. The conversation then turned upon other subjects, and soon afterward he wok his leave, ANOTHBR VABRICATION, Inever saw him more, Dr. Griswold’s statement that Mr, Kennedy accompanied him (Poe) to a clothing store and purchased for him a respectable suit, with a change of linen, and sent lim toa bath, isa sheer fabrication, What I heard of him aguin and again, year after year, in common with all English speakinj people, more and more, it is unnecessary to say ; hear of him in terms of praise sometimes, sometimes in terms of censure, as we all have done, until now, that he has passed away, easing his fame lasts, I have grown to think of him only ag the author who gave to the world the Raven” and the ‘Bells, and many a gem besides of noble verse; who illustrated the power of the English tongue in prose compositions not less logical than imaginative, and I forget the above, whether with or without foundation, that ignorance, prejudice or envy has heaped upon his memory. Un- fortunate in the frst biography following his death, when the author, with a temper difficult to understand, actually seemed to enjoy his depreciation of the poet’s life, Edgar Allen Poe was SHEN BY A MALIGNANT BYE, and his story was told by an unkindly tongue, and the efforts since made by friends to do him justice are slowly succeeding in’ demonstrating that there was in him an amount of good which, in all fairness, should be set off against that which we must regret while we at- tempt to palliate. ‘To Poe there may. well be applied the verse of one of the most gifted of our poetesses, addressed to a great avery different sphere:— ‘The moss upon thy memory, no t Not while one note is rug. Of those diving immortal lays Milton and Shakespeare sung, dys till the gloom of night suspends ‘ow Anglo-Saxon tongue. IN THE CHURCRYARD, =~ When the paper was concluded the assemblage re- pairca to the churchyard and streets aqjacent, and Professor Elliott unveiled the monument, placing upon it a chaplet of evergreens, ‘The following dirgo, by Mra Eleaner Fullerton, adapted to the music of Barnby's “Sweet and Low,” was then sung:— Soft sé lofty sleep, softly sleep, Sleep in thy lowly bed’; Sleep, sleep in slumbers deep, Waked not by earthy tread, Over thy grave let the wild winds moan, Seog Under this fair memorial stone, Poet, thou slumberest well. All thy sorrows o'er, sleep forevermore, sleep! Fence and rest, peace and rest, O! weary woul. be thine, rest In earth's cool breast, Sheltered from storm and shine. Darkness no more obscures thy way. Out of the night eternal d Beams forth with power All thy sorrows o'er, Mr. Gill, of Boston, recite proceedings were ended. SKETCH OF THE POET'S LIFE. Edgar Allan Poc was born in Boston in 1809, or, as others believe, in Baltimore in 1813. His parcuts belonged to the stage; but, both dying when he was young, kind-hearted merchant of Richmond, Mr. John Allan, adopted the orphan boy and did mach for him. He took him to England and put him to school there at Stoke Newington. On returning to America Poe entered the University of Virginia It is not true, 3 vine. ep forevermore, sleep! “Annabel Lee,” and the as most of his biographers assert, with the exception of | Mr. RK, H. Stoddard, whose memoir of the poet 18 cor- rect and painstaking, that Poe, after leaving the university, started on a visionary mission to Europe to help the Grecks to- win their treedom; but he had a brother who did, Williami -Henry Leonard Poo. Kdgur, thirsting for military glory, was sent to West Point. He was as much a failure there as at the university, and was only a member of the Cadet corps for six months when he was court murtialled and discharged. Mr, Allan, who adopted him, bore many of his eccentric and ex- travagant habits with xtreme patience, until finally he was driven to give him up, After that Poe was lost sight of for a time, until he appeared in Baltimore writing fugitive pieces for the magazines. From the day be embraced a literary life in Baltimore until he died there, some twenty yeare later, his struggles and misfortunes make the most pitiable and harrowing history in the terary annals of America, Of undoubted geniusand with a Wonderful fertility of production, he could at least have lived a life of competence, and even luxury, by his pen alone, but he had some fatal flaw that frequently attends on genius, and ali the glory of bis achievements was darkened in the gloomy misery of the man. AS AN EDITOR. Poo was an indifferent editor. He lacked eatholicity of taste and sweetness of temper. He was dogmatic, impracticable. During his residence in Richmond he married his cousin, Virginia Clemm, who was as poor as himself, and whose chief qualifications for being his wile consisted in a sweet face, a gentle temper and un- limited love for him, The young couple flitted from Richinond to Baltimore, and soon after to Philadelphia and New York. ‘The longest of his fictions, ‘fhe Nar- rative ot Arthur Gordon Pym, of Nantucket,” was pub- lished im 1838. After this Poe and his wife went back to Philadelphia from New York, There he tapk the editorship of The Gentleman’s Magazine which was started by Burton, the actor. During his connection with this publication one of his finest stories, “The Fall of the House of Usher,’ appeared. It was in 1841 he became acquainted with Dr. Rufus Wilmot Griswold, who was afterward to become hig remorseless executor and biographer. Dr. Griswold succeeded him as the editor of Graham's Magazine- Griswold wrote of Poe in after years, ‘His manner, except during his fits of mtoxication, ‘was very quict and gentlemanly. He was usually dressed with sim- plicity and elegance and when once he sent for me to visit him during a period of fllness, caused by pro- tracted and anxious watching at the side of his sick wife, | was impressed by the singular neatness and the air of refinement in bis home, It was a small house in one of the pleasant and silent neighborhoods far trom the centre of the town, and though slightly and cheaply furnished, everything in it was so tastetul and so fitly disposed that {t seemed altogether suitable for a man of genius. For this and for most of the com- forts be enjoyed, in his brightest as in his darkest yeurs, he was chiefly indebted to his mother-in-law, who loved him with more than maternal devotion and constancy.” WHEN ‘THE RAVEN’ APPEARED. Poe came back to New York in the autumn of 1844, Since his previous residencd here his reputation bad largely increased, He became assistant editor to N. P. Willis in the conduct of the Mirror and remained with that periodical for some time. Subsequently he connected imself with the Broadway Journal, which was com- menced in 1845, and edited by Mr. Henry ©. Watson, a oung journalist from Philadelphia, and Mr. Charles F. riggs, author of “Harry Frauce’’ and other stories. immediately prior to this event the most celebrated of Poe's compositions, ‘The Raven,” appeared im | the February number of tho’ American Re- view. The sensation it created was great, and, though his name was not attached to it, those skilled in liierary matters detected him as the author, For this unique poem he received the sum of $10! Ataiator periud Poe, ina paper entitled “The Philosophy of Composition,” explained how it was written, and seemed disposed to destroy the strange fascination that haunted the public mind in regard to the author, He explained in effect that it was a mere mechauical work, and owed nothing to inspiration or feeling. But no one ever accepted the explanation, WHERE’ “THE RAVEN’? WAS WRITTEN, Tho house where Poe wrote ‘The Raven’ stands on a rocky and commanding eminence a few hundred feet from the intersection of Eighty-fourth street and the St. Nicholas Boulevard, formerly the Bloomingdale road, Itis a plain, old-fashioned double frame dwell- ing, two stories high, with eight windows on each side and one at either gable, It has a pointed roof flanked by two tall brick chimneys. Old and weather beaten iC arrests the attention of the passerby in a neighbor- hood where most of the houses are of modern coustruc- tion and of clean appearance, No date can be found for the erection of this remarkuble dwelling, which almost a hundred years back gave shelter to Washington and his ollicors.. Mrs. Mary Brennan, who hved there for forty-seven years, knew {t as’ baving @ reputation for antiquity When she first went into it, Tt was to this lady that Poe, in the carly part of tho spring of 1844, applied tor lodgings during the season, At that ume the houses were few and fur between, while the prime- val forest covered much of the land around, and the beauty of the scenery was anmarred by rock blasting and sireot cutting, Poe brought his wile, Virginia, and his mother-in-law, Mra, Maria Cletam, to board with him, and Mrs, Brennan relates an incident that hap- pened the night of Poo’s arrival, which was well calou- luted to make her remember the man, Poo and his family occuped the room on the upper floor, Ina room dowb sturs Mrs, Brennan sat op waiting for ber husband to come home. In the meantime the house attacked by burglars, In alarm she rushed up to the apartment of her new visitor for assistance. Poe rallied promptly at the call, ana rushing out on the stairway,-stationed himself at a window overlooking a Jow, sloping roof, by which it was thought the burglars would ascend. The dogs, however, proved more than a match for them, and they took to flight soon after being discovered; but Poe was disappointed. He was enthu- siastic for the attack, and was armed with a poker and ap old sword, resolved to meet the foe with a stern re- sistance, | He was accustomed to relate this adventure with a good deal of relish, Poe, wife and mother-in- law were devotedly attached. They lived together in the one goom up stairs during the day, At night the mother-in-law retired to asmail chamber down stairs, Mrs Clemm was accustomed to address him affection- ately as “Eddie,” the wife as “Darling,” and he called the latter “Diddy.” Mrs. Poe was of delicate build and complexion, She burst a blood vessel at one time, but while able to walk about it was always necessary to carry her up stairs. To Poe this was labor of love. They hed no Visitors and they took their meals all alone in their room, His landlady remembers Poe as a shy, solitary, taciturn person, fond of rambling alone through tha’ woods or of sitting on a favorite stump of a tree down near tho bank of the Hudson River. There she has often ob- served him gesticulating wildly and loudly soliloquiz- ing. She concluded he was eccentric, but yet very quiet and gentlemanly in his manners. He Was palo and delicately featured, and wore a small mustache, which he had a habit of nervously twirling. THR ROOM OF THE RAVEN ‘The room he occupied had two windows in front, fac- ing the river, and two at the back, facing the woods When not seated by the river’s edge he would place himself at one of the front windows, and, with his wife by his side, watch for hours the dying glorics of the summer evening skies. At this time he was contribut- ing to several magazines, but the outlook of bis for- | tunes was of the dreariest possible cast. He could af- ford to pay for his board, but for little eise. Yet he worked hard, and the floor his only chamber was constantly littered with pap d books. Here it was he slowly brought forth the' finished draft of “The Raven,” The room is little altered since the time Poe occupied it, gIt has a wooden mantelpiece, painted black and mosf elaborately carved. Poo’s name may be found cut in dine letters on one side of it His writing table stood by one of the front windows, and when seated before it he could look down on the ever- rolling Hudson and over at the dark outline of the Palisades. The landseape between the house and the river Was most picturesque in those days. The woods were still standing and thé winding lanes had not yet been tortured into straight lines of streets, It was a suitable dwelling for a poet, and though not far from the city’s busy hum the sense of solitude and remot hess was as great as if it were in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, Between writing in his room and sitting by the river Poe spent most of the summer and | autumn of 1844. In the winter of that year be finished “The Raven,” and in the following summer returned to Mrs. Brennan’s again, His’ second stay in Bloomingdale was brief. After two months of the early summer he went back to New York, aud the only thing his former landlady recollects hearing of him subsequently was an escapade of the kind which was so unhappy a characteristic of bis life. While in Bloomingdale, however, he carried himself with ex- emplary correctness, ‘the chamber where Poe com- posed his greatest poem 1s not the one the fancy con- Jures up in the reading. Silk purple curtains, a bust } i} ; of Pallas and a cushioned seat of ‘velvet violet lining with the lampligit gloating o’er’? would look out of place in the dingy room with the low ceiling where Poe imagined his “Raven.” There was no room for the ‘pallid bust of Pallas’ above the chamber door, and silk purple curtains on the wreiched little windows would be entirely inappropriate. CLOSING YRARS OF MIS LIFE. In January, 1846, the Broadway Journal ceased to exist. Poe devoted himself to writing a series of arti- cles for the Lady’s Book, a Philadelphia magazine. One of them, “The Murders of the Rue Morgue,” was in | Poe's most sensational vein. His wife, Virginia, died in January, 1848, and her remains were interred in a cemetery at Fordham. In the same year he brought outa work called “Eureka: a Prose Poem.” He also | rosumed his connection with the Southern Literar: ‘Messenger. In 1849 that wonderful piece of verbal mei- od: he Bells,” appeared in Sartain’s Magazine. When he first sent it to the editor it consisted of only eighteen lines; a few months later he furnished another copy, altered and enlarged, and finally he sent the poem as itis now printed. The stanzas, ‘For Anne” and “Annabel Lee,” were afterward published in the, Mes- senger. Going to Richmond in the summer of this year be fell in with some boon companions, and his ‘health suffered = much. Finally he reached Richmond, renewea acquaintance with a lady he had known in’ his youth, and became engaged to her. He had two things to do before they were inar- ried. One was to go to Philadelphia and write a pre- face for a volume of poetry; the other was to go to Fordham and fetch Mrs, Clemm to the wedding. He | started from Richmond October 3, 1849, reached Balti- more safely, but there he relapsed into ‘his old habits in the course of a very brief stay, agd less than a week | after he had bid his thtended goodby for a temporary separation he was lying cold in death in a Baltimore hospital, the doctor of which at the time gave the thrilling particulars of his death in yesterday’s HERALD. | Poe was buried in the cemetery of Westminster church, | Baltimore,”and there, twenty-six years after the end of his strange, excited life, a monutent was yesterday erected over his grave, THE IRVING MONUMEN MEETING OF Laniges’ COMMITTEE—-A NA- TIONAL APPEAL TO BE MADE. About 100 ladies, who are well known in New York social circles, have formed an association for the purpose ot raising a fund to erect a fitting monu- ment in commemoration of America’s representative poet and author, Washington Irving. Mrs. B. H. Van Auken, of No, 421 Fifth avenuo, 1s Prosident; Mrs. Waite, Secretary, and Mr. Charles L. Tiffany Treasurer of the society. It was first intended to limit the sub- scription list to Westchester and Kings counties, but upon mature consideration it was thought better to receive donations from all parts of the country, so that a monument worthy of the great writer whose memory it is intended to perpetuate might be erected. Tho first contract with the artist, Mr. J. Wilson McDonald, was for a colossal bust of the poet, to be mounted on a pedestal, orna- mented with idealistic figures from his works, The bust was to be in bronze, and cost $15,000 when fin- ished. The clay model for this work is rcady for cast- ing in plaster, and when bronzed it will be sent for ex- hibition next year to the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, It was finally resolved to change this plan and to make arrangements with the sculptor tor a fall length statue which, when completed, will be placed in Central Park at an expense of $26,000. The following named gentiemen are members of the hon- orary committee:—Governor Tilden, Peter Cooper, Charles O’Conor, Algernon 8. Sullivan, William Cutien Bryant, H. W. Longfellow, Thurlow Weed, Wendell Phil- lips, Whitelaw Reid, Major General Hancock, Major J. M. Bundy, 8. L. M. Bariow and a number of others, ‘THY, LADIES? COMMITTER met yesterday afternoon, at No. 421 Fifth avenue, the President in the chair, Among those present were Mrs. Dr. McDonald, Mrs. Waite (secretary), Mrs, = bons, Mrs, General Merrell, Mrs. W. E. Dodge, Mrs. C. K. Garrison, Mrs, Wilson, Mrs. L. M. Bates and a con- siderable number of other ladies. A few gentlemen were present for the purpose of consulting with the Executivo Committee, The sculptor, Mr. J. Wilson McDonald was called in to assist by his advice, The following resolution was adopted : Resolved, That notice of the organization of this associa- tion be published in the principal newspapers throughout the Union, and subscriptions be solicited from all persons de- sirous of subscribing to the erection of amonument to the memory of Washington Lrving. | It was also resolved that the sum of $6,000 be raised between now and the second week in January next, in order to enable the association to complete their ar- rangements with Mr. McDonald and pay him that amount in hand, go that the old contract for a bust may be annulled and’a new one entered into for a full length | statue. ¢ Mrs, Waite had confidenee in being able to raise among her friends the sum of $3,000 for the work, and believed that she could give a portion of this money at the next meeting, The President and other ladies | present were liberal in their donations, and equally #anguine as to the specdy success of this laudable un- dertaking. The meeting adjourned until the second week in January next, | A SAD SUICIDE. i A WELL KNOWN NEWARK ALDERMAN PUTS A BULLET THROUGH HIS BRAIN. | ‘The people of the city of Newark, N. J., were shocked | yesterday forenoon by the announcement that Mr. | John C. Johnson, a wealthy and most highly esteemed | citizen of Newark and a leading member of the Newark Common Council, had put an end to his life. The facts | appear to be as follows:—In addition to boing Vico Prosident of the Mechanics and Manufacturers’ Bank of New York city, ® Director of the People’s Bank and other New York institutions, Mr. Johnson was also President ot the Newark Toa Tray Company. Lately this institution became seriously embarrassed in its | | finances, causing Mr. Johnson great (though, as his friends insist, knowing his personal uneasiness, On Tuesday evening when the hour for retiring camo at his home, No. 123 Clinton avenue, Mr. Johnson bade his grown up son and daughter an affectionate “good night” and sought repose. Mrs. Johnson states that he slept comfortably during the night, About four o'clock yesterday morning he arose gently, 0 quietly as not to disturb his wife, and, after procuring a re- volver, passed into the bathroom, Presently came tho sharp report of the pistol, causing Mrs, Johnson to start from her sleep aud repair to the bathroom. There she witnessed, vency, needless) A SHOCKING staur. On the floor of the room lay her husband in his night clothes, gasping. The unfortunate gentleman had sont ® bullet into his brain, He lived but a few seconds after the appearance of his borror-stricken wife Mr. Johnson was about fifty-four years of age, of fino physique and was universally regarded as one of the calmest and coolest headed men in Newark, “SLIGHT FIRE, A fire broke out yestorday evening at half-past soven o'clock onthe thie third floor of No, 642 Washington street, caused by a child upsetting a lamp, and thus setting fire to some cotton batting, The floor was oc THE PANDORA'S VOYAGE, | poerabt ie 3+ Admiral MeClintock’s Opinion of Cap- tain Young’s Achievement. STRAIT NAVIGABLE. | —_.+_—_ The World Spared a Year of} Doubt and Anxiety, PEEL PortsmoutH, England, Nov. 3, 1875. James Gorpon Breyverr, Esq. Dear Sm—You call for my ideas upon the subject of Allen Young's recent voyage | into Peel Strait, and you call for it as being yourself deeply interested in Arctic explora- tion and in all matters relating to the prac- tieability of the Northwest Passage. I can have no sort of hesitation in complying with your wish. THE GREAT ICE BARRIER. Young was with me in the Fox when we attempted to pass down Peel Strait in August, 1858, We were stopped by fixed ice after a run down it of only twenty-five miles. With- out wasting time in waiting there we attempted to pass through Bellot Strait, and although we succeeded in this, yet our farther progress was stopped by fixed ice across its western outlet. You will remem- ber that my object was to reach King William's Island. From my position, at this western outlet of Bellot Strait, I could see that all to the north, as far as the horizon, was covered with unbroken ice, while all to the south was water, with the exception of | the belt of fixed ice, some three or four miles | wide, Which so effectually barred my way. PEEL STRAIT SOMETIMES NAVIGABLE. | Subsequent sledging exploration to the | Great Fish River and all round King | William's Island convinced me that we actually saw in that narrow barrier of ice | the only impediment to our progress to and beyond King William's Island, It also con- vinced me that Franklin’s ships passed down Peel Strait, thus proving that seasons do oceur when it is navigable. A PASSAGE FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN. And now to sum up. We know of one year (Franklin's) when Peel Strait was | navigable; of another year (McClintock’s) when it was not navigable and of a third year (Allen Young’s) when it was partially navigable. In my opinion, this strait, to- gether with its southern continuation, is | probably navigable once in four or five years, | and if a steamer could then make her way | through it before the close of the month of | August she would be able to complete the | passage from the one ocean to the other be- | tore the navigable season was over. | Here let me refer you to my narrative of | the voyage of the Fox (later editions, pages 265-7) for my own opinions, as they were written down at the time— WHAT CAPTAIN YOUNG ACCOMPLISHED. Young's attempt to accomplish the North- west Passage was as bold and skilful a one as was ever made, He persevered, not only atter all hope seemed extinguished, but until further perseverance would have | and | rendered his retreat here, at the most | critical moment of his voyage, I consider that exercised the soundest judgment and discre- tion in effecting his escape. Had’ his at- tempt been successful he would not only have accomplished the Northwest Passage, but would also have achieved another object impossible ; which he had in view—namely, that of | searching the shores of King William’s | Island, at the only season when they are | free from snow, for further relics of Sir John | Franklin's expedition, which perished there | in 1848, THE OBJECTS REALIZED. But, although bafiled in the main objects of his voyage, other important and useful work remained for him to do, and well he has done it, He has brought us intelligence of our Arctic expedition of very great interest. By it wo) know that they had surmounted all the diM- | culties of Baffin’s Bay navigation, had crossed the dreaded Melville Bay with hardly a check, | and that as early as July 26 they were within | 100 miles of Smith Sound, where their work of exploration was to begin, and that they were favored with an unusually good season, THE WORLD SPARED A YEAR OF DOUBT. But for Allen Young, in the Pandora, this | good news could nqt have reached us for | another year at the least. The country has been spared a year's doubts and misgivings, and I trust that Mr. Young has received from official quarters an acknowledgment com- mensurate with the great public service he has thus rendered at so much personal haz- ard and cost, I remain, dear sir, faithfully yours, L. McCLINTOCK. CAPTAIN ALLEN YOUNG ON THE DIFFICULTIES | WHICH BESET THE PANDORA. To tae Eprror or tus Loxpon Times ;— to-day? It is well known that the learned Professor has given great attention to the universal tidal action, and es- pecially to the tidal wave in the Arctic seas; and there is no one living whose opinions are more valued. not think, however, that it was a tidal barrier which arrested the Pandora on her late voyage, but an accu- muiation of ico—the result of an exceptional season— | e of strong northwest | and the extraordinary preva! winds which drove tho Felar pack through Me- Chntock Channel, tmpinging | coast and blocking the southern part of Franklia | Straits, and thus prevented the last winter's ice in those Straits from breaking up. These northwest winds | would be as much in favor of cleartng the way for the | government expedition going north from Saffin's Sea as | they were against my prospect of procesemg south from Barrow Straits, and I trust that Captain Nares bas this season reached avery high latitude without meet- ing any tidal ice barrier in that direction, There is no evidence to prove by which route the | Frebus avd Terror reached the point at which they wore finally beset, and in the absence of such proof I consider that, without detracting from the discoveries of that great navigator, Sir John Franklin, the Pandora may fairly claim to be the first ship ever known to havo navigated through Peel Straits to lat, 72.8, at tho entrance of Franklin Channel, and thus to have added one more step inthe right direction, I yet hope to make another attempt, and, even again failing, | shall still hope on that some future navigator more fortunate than myself may prove the Northwest Passage to ve open for at least a short season in most years, I was on my late voyage fully alive to the great risk to which Professor Haughton alludes, of entering the cupiod by Edward Dovie and bis Jamaily, Damage, $10. pack which we met. Rutwe found it auite impossible | prayer was by the Rev, A. W. Hazen, who he } | Sin—Will you allow me to make the follow:zg re- | Omoors Boyle and Boyd arrested the three men, whot marks upon Professor Haughton’s letter in the Times of | Lao | it on the Boothian | to do so, and wherever we attempted !t an impenetr® bie line of ice, without the slightest lane of water, pred sented itself to our view. And I quite agree with hun, that it would have been a very faise man@uvre to have allowed our ship to be beset in such a position, and thus to have probably ended our voyage in a disaster, 1am, sir, your very obedient servant, ALLEN YOUNG, Commander Arctic ship Pandora, No. 1 St. James street, 8. W., Nov. 4 A GENEROUS GIFT. A WIDOW HONORING THB MEMORY OF HEB HUSBAND—A COMMUNITY BENEFITED—ONK HUDBED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO IMPROVE THe MIND—PBESENTATION OF A LIBRARY. Mippuetows, Nov. 17, 1875. The previous stir in this community was caused byt the inauguration of the Rev. Dr. Foss as President of | the Wesleyan College, That past, the people looked for~ | ward to the dedication and opening of the Russell Library, an institution donated to the city by thd generosity of Mrs. Frances A. Russell, widow of eee Russell, who was at one time a highly prosperous merchant, having connections direct with the Celestial land anterior to the days of steam, telegraph and rail- roads. THE RICH WIDOW, Among the many wealthy residents of this quaint olf city—and Rip Van Winkle records the one occupying front rank—is Mra, Frances A. Russell. She has passed the age allotted to man on the earth; but as the declar- ation only mentions man, and the donor of Middle~ town’s pride is a lady, the only wish expressed relativ: to her ip the community is that she may live to sea years added even to a century of existence. YOUTHPUL LOVE IN WINTRY 4GB. Far away is the (ime when Samuel Russell led big beloved Frances to the altar, Their early love was not without romance, incidents from which would make respectable book. The father and children have been gathered into the silent land, and only a fe grandchildren remain to inherit the vast wealth oh the Russell family. In the Russell home, stately mansion corner of Washington and Hig! streets, the venerable lady resides, and amon, the treasured articles of that house is the liken of the late Mr. Russell, whose memory it is tne inten- tion of the generous lady to perpetuate in the gift of the noble library. Her memory is green with thi pleasures of early life and every spot is hallowed her about with the sweet long ago to the lady, whose ele- vated taste and widespread generosity have made her general favorite. ‘THE RUSSELL LIBRARY COMPANY. . To give shape and form to the desires of Mrs, Rus-| sell the Russell Library Company was inaugurated b; incorporation by the State Legistatare in May last, Samuel Russell, Joseph W. Alsop, Jr., M. D., Henry @. Hubbard, Melvin B. Copeland, ‘Henry D.'A. Ward,| Robert G. Pike, O. Vincent Coffin, John M. Van Vleck, Richard L, De’ Zeng, Ernest Deming, Rey. Frederic Gardiner, the Mayor of Middletown, the Town Clerk o Middletown, tho President of the Wesleyan Universit of Middletown, the Dean of the Berkeley Divinity o Middletown and the Minister of the First Kcclesiasti Society of Middletown, are the incorporators. ‘THE SHAPE OF THE OHARITY. On Court street, just above Main, stood the Epi pal church, an edifice formerly used by those whi serve the Universal Father by way of that Churel | new editice having been erectod on Main street for th Episcopalians, Mrs, Rusgell purchased the old churel and grounds for $15,000. Having become possessed of the property the lady expended $25,000 in alterations, remodelling and beautilying, and the structure no’ presents a substantial and beautiful appearance. 1 order to make the gift one worthy of her generosity, she has donated $40,000 to perpetuate it, has expende already $6,000 for books, and calculates to expend al- together in her gift $100,000, This gift surpass that of Orange Judd to the Wesleyan University, ani commends itself to the generous thought of all, inas+ mach as the design of the lady is to war against ignors ance by giving all dwellers in the city she loves so good opportunity to become acquainted with the writ ings of the best authors in the world. THE CENTRE OF ATTRACTION : is a large and good likeness of the husband of the deceased, and the noble gift shows clearly how sha reveres his memory. Like all other great and nobld deeds, of course there are a number of citizens wha desire cheap fame by being assoviated with the goo work. ‘They may be pardoned for thetr vanity, but the youth of Middletown will accord praise to whom it belongs, and when, in future years, they look on tha fine likeness of Mr. Russell and tread the floor of tha noble library they will be taught that love is not dimmed by age when the heart is rightly attuned, ‘THE OPENING took place this afternoon, The attendance was larga and composed of the élite of the city. The openit rayed for the divine blessing on the generous deed. The presen- tation address on behalf of Mrs. F. A. Russell was by ‘the Rey. W. Mitchell, and in it was set forth the rea~ sons which had induced the donor to present the in- stitution to the city of Middletown. ‘he seoupmnnee on behalfof the Russell Library Company was by th President, R. G. Pike, Ksq. OTHER ADDRESSES, | The following gentlemen aired their oratorical jowers on the occasion:—His Honor ©. C, Hubbardy ayor of Middletown; Rev. Dr. Foss, President of tha Wesleyan University; the Dean of Berkeley Divinitys School, Rev, Dr. Cummings, late President of the Wesleyan University; the Hon, Benjamin Douglass, famous for the manufacture ot pumps and his advocacy: of temperance, and Hon, 0. V. Coflin, ex-Mayor of tha city. CLOSING SCKNES, The prayer and benediction were by the Right Rev. Risbop Williams. After that the building was open for inspection, and a large crowd passed through it, aed expressions of thaakfulness for the generous gift of Mrs, Russell were plentiful, ‘ "DIPHTHERIA. ALARMING PREVALENCE OF THROAT DISEASE INt NEWBURG AND ITS NEIGHBORHOOD~A NUM~ BER OF FATAL CASES. Port Jervis, Nov. 17, 1875. ‘The throat disease which raged so fatally in this vle cinity a fow weeks since has broken out again hereabout and in other parts of the county. Two cases in the family of James Rose, a farmer living one mile from this place, have proved fatal, and three other cases are reported in that neighborhood which are considered’ hopeless, Three members of the family of William Rice, im Mamakating, have died within two days, and Mr, Rice is dangerously sick with ik A. tauily named Jackson, five in number, have all dicdt within the past week. At Honesville, a small, village three miles west of here, several cases are re~ ported, one fatal, At Lackawanna, Pa., the disease! uppeared in three diferent tamilies; but as yet wi deaths Wave occurred. The disease ts raging violent): in Newburg. Two children of G. Fagderick Wiltsie, of, that city, have died, and Mr. Wiltsie’s life is despaired of, he being just. alive lagt might. A niece of Mr, Wiitsie,’ daughter of W. H. Téfylor, has also died. At Vail’s Gate there are several cases, noon of which have as yet proved fatal. The health au thorities of Newburg have taken the matter in hand, | and it is thought that the spread of the fatal epidemia: will be checked. EMIGRANT SWINDLERS CAPTURED. THREE NOTORIOUS RAILROAD CONFIDENCE MEN} CAUGHT. IN JERSEY CITY. : Yesterday morning Captain McKaig, of the Firsts precinct in Jersey City, received a telegram, sent vt Conductor Burrage, of the emigrant train from thi West, that there were three notorious gamblers on hist train going to New York. The telegram was sent ee Trenton, and when the train arrived at Jersey Cit gave their names as George W. Loomis of Philadelphia y Augustug Ford, of York, aod Theodore Lewis, 0 Dacotah’ When taken to the First precinet statio they were searched and the articles foand on them re-| vealed thoir true character, over brown paper to give them the appearance of com-| plete rolls, bogus steamship tickets, bogus moneys checks, packs of cards, notes and drafts, were found 1m) yrotusion, Loomis had a iarge six-barrelled revolver. Ford bad a smaller one. The prisoners were take! fore Justice Keese, Conductor Burrage testified) that ho knew the prisoners to be no=) torious swindlers, = and that defrauded an en dividual, Christian Onlsen, a native. of Denmark, took, the stand and said he waa on his way back to Denmaris from Lincolm, Nebraska. The prisoner Lewis, be said, . had got on the train and had entered into a conversa-| tion with him; had said he was going to Liverpool,) and exacted a promise that the witness would go th way, too, The witness then detailed how Lewi brought him to a boarding house in New York; bow Lewis threw dice with Loomis and lost, and then pro~ duced a check tor $209, on which he borrowed $90 from, witness, and finaily disappeared. ‘Tbe examination, whs adjourned till this morning, when witnesses will be produced to prove that the prisoners swmdled one party out of $1,700 on the Pennsylvania Railroad, SIDEWALK ENCUMBRANCES, Superintendent Douglass yesterday morning passed through Fighth avenue with a oumber of carts gather+ ing tn billboards and ompty boxes left on the sidewalkt’ 10 disregard of the city ordinance, In a few ‘nstan he seized also ceriaiu articles of merchandise ex) for salo, This ovcurred at the store of Fianigan & Coy No, 629, where tree carts were freighted with ae quilts, comforters, &c., which the Superinven found displayed outside the store. These were sent warehouse, where the owner ean obtay TF paying the oxpense of removal and storage, In most cases the owners of the stores wore warned before the arrival of the raiders, Superintendent Douglass declares his intention to do his best to exe cute the law, and will continue to remove all goods h¢ Packages of money rolled) finds exposed illegally ie