The New York Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1876, Page 5

BLENDED LIGHT. The Newtonian Law of Gravitation Assailed, TYNDALL IMPUGNED. All Natural Forees Referred to Light and ‘ Magnetism. STARTLING DEDUCTIONS. Further Examples of General Pleasonton’s Discoveries. Im ene of its recent issues the Hunan detailed to Its readers a ver of experiments made by General Pleasonton with blended light upon plants, animals ‘and persons afflicted with various disorders. In that article attention was drawn to the fact that Ponza’s ox- periments, which have lately created so much stir, bad beep suggested at least eight yearsago to Dr. Kirkbride, of the lunatic asylum in Philadelpnia bearing his name. 1t would be worth knowing whether, and how far, Padre Secchi may be indebted to the rhiladelphian for the ideas which induced him to suggest the treatment ‘0f lunatics by light to Dr. Ponza of Turin. It may be interesting to the readers of the HzraLp to know that in 1871 General Pleasgqnton published a brief Monograph of twenty-four pages, giving an account of the various experiments made by him with blended light up to that time upon plants and animals, This Monograph was subsequently communicated to the Académie des Sciences at Paris, and the writer saw an account of the manner in which it was received by that body in the comptes rendus of the society. It ts not improbable that the monograph of General Pleasonton may have found its way into Italy, for the ‘writer bas proof that is did actually reach a much more unlikely region. A well known physician brought to Philadelphia a copy of aFrench pampbiet, which he Said had attracted much attention in Brazil. It turned Out to be a Iiteral translation ot General Pleasonton’s own monograph, to which the translator, with charac- teristio modesty and honesty, had attached bis own Bame, utterly ignoring both the experimenter and the writer, and leaving the reader under the impression thas the experiments had been conducted by himself in Paris. This special form of talent is, among us, termed ‘Smartness ; the French euphemistically call it adresse or finesse. It is reasonable to assume that a paper deemed sufficiently important to deserve the notice of the Aca- démie des Sciences dia actually reach Italy, and it ‘would be, as before stated, highly interesting te know whether the great astronomer Secchi was acquainted ‘with its contents previous to his suggestion to Ponza. The Heratp bas now to deal with General Pleason- fon’s theories, Not inthe way of criticism, for that they will undoubtedly receive from otners, but purety in the way of oxposition. These theories may, in a Bclentific point of view, be termed revolutionary. They are directiy connected with the experiments pre- viously enumerated in the Heravn, inasmuch as they were evolved in General Pleasonton’s endeavors to account for phenomena which he claimed could be ex- plained by none cof the received theories of mudorn selence. They are far-reaching, embracing all Whe forces and phenomena known to cosmic science. In many respects they are very startling, stepping as thoy do into that horizonless region where the line between material and moral forces 1s lost, Fortunately for the scientific investigator and the deep, original thinker, the present age, although sub Stantially conservative, is still open to conviction. Men like Darwin, Mill, Huxley, Tyndall, Strauss, and Rénan need but the courage of their convictions to .force the world to hear them. The ominous crash of bascicss systems toppling down affrights their advocates, and for a time war is waged against the ruthless \conoclasts who have dashed them to pieces, Butto- day we do not roast men alive for discarding our par- Weular doxy, nor do we socially ostracize thom. So the bold, original thinker has a fair chance, and the ansupported system or theory a short shrift. This re- sult has been mainly brought about by the wondrous strides of modern science—strides so swift and gigantic that they have immeasurably outstripped the highest and most daring flights of the human imagination. The men who treated Stephenson as a lunatic may still be numbered by the hundred. Morse, who avnihilated time and space, is barely cold in his grave. The face of Daguerre, who wedded the unerring floger of light toevery possible phase of reproductive art, is still re- membered in France. The list is long of those iilustri- dus men whose theories were at first received with scornful derision, but who now rauk as the prime beoe- factors of humanity. The ebild of to-day grows up familiar with inventions which on their first announce- ment afirighted the world out of its propricty. It is from the flint and steel of antagonistic theories that the spark of truth iselicited. Thus, howevernovel and revolutionary a theory may appear at first sight, still to-day it is pretty sure of a hearing. So General Pleas- onton comes before the world with theories which have at least the merit of striking originality, but which are hardly more startling than tho facts which have led him to adopt them. LIGHT 18 MATTER, The first conclusion adopted by General Pleasonton ts that light 1s matter. The vast Interval between this planet andtho sun must be filled with a material medium—ether or whatever it may be called, Light passing through this with a velocity of 180,000 miles per second must everywhere produce enormous fric, Won. Friction produces clectricity. It 1s this electric. ity and its correlative magnetism (discovered by Oersted to be its constant accompaniment when oppo- site electrical polarities are united) which form those tremendous forces of nature that produce in, on and about our planct those changes which meet us at every turn, When the Creator, after b: their respective positions the materi the planetary and stellar worlds, uttered the words, “Let thore be light,” Hecatled into bemg a power which became the ator of ail the physical forces which control and regulate the world. ‘The radiant reflection from every part of the photo- ephere of that great Juminary the sun (which in its magnitade was intended to ijllumine and vitalize all animated matter as well as to give form and con- sistency to whatever had been created), passing from every point thereof with a velocity of 186,000 miles per second, penctratiug through planctary and stellar spaces whose ethor, however subtle and attenuated, must have offered some resistance to the passage of this material light, producing with it everywhere in its passage an cnormous amount of friction and with it slectricity and magnetism. Electricity, by the janc- Mon of its opposite polarities, evolves heat and also im- parts to all substances that are capable of being in- vested with it magnetism, The sun, the planets, the Stars and all the bodies that stud the expanse of heaven tre doubtiess all magnets, to which magnetism was imparted when the Creator uttered heaven the pooewond gm eg els veg a a Bee wont is, then, Is the origin of all the pl forces of the universe. URAT DUE TO MAGNETISM. Thus far General Pieasonion on the gencral subject of hight. In connection with light Le considers heat as generated by it, and contends that terrostr:al heat can- not be directly derived from the sun. He argues that ihe tendency of heat is always to ascend into t the atmosphere when it js derived from combustion on by ogy = of the eat or from radiation within i. eo flame Of acandie ia vertically upward on every of the carth’s su when the nir ‘s stil, The heat 1s to depart necessarily from its source with a rapidity fibro to the intensity of the combustion. The force by which ts is effected is @ atthe same time from its being anapuers ite negat we gc hthen tage 4 y ir am lectricity, alwa: sRoclated with which’ 1s 116 post electricity. of heat, faterally or down. ig very inconsiderable, as 'is constantly mao- Mested in our Hyena yer the fire in tho grate em: very little heat below the bottom of the grate, and parts ot the room distant from the fire are very imperiectly eated by it, The sun, in tts daily course, being avove the earth, if 1} had aby calorific rays, could not send them 10 the earth below it, through a space of 92,000,000 miles, which, according to calculations of Poulet, hus a temperature of minus 142 hg of centigrade ther. mometer, AS an example, during the late war, at the siege of Fort Some in South Carolina, General Gilmore's heavy guns throw their enormous shells into the city of Charleston, jour and it miles distant Wye cas conten tie gud eee ese in ite cot which threw these sholls so great dntance, Fas totally inadequate disengaged’ in NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1876.--TRIPLE SHEET. conversion ot tne powder into these propelling greater distance from the muazzles of tho nirty feet. It ascended, instantly on leav- to the upper atmosphere, attracted by opposite electricity. Any one familiar with the fire of artillery must Rave observed simular effects re- garding the beat from the discharge. To illustrate this by an example, “Mount Wash- ington, in White Mountains, in New Hamp- shire, 18 im north latitude 44 deg, 16 min. 25 sec., and in west longitude from Greenwich 71 deg. 16 min. 26 sec. 1ts elevation above tidowater ts 6,293 feet, and im altitude itis the second highest mountain north- ward of the Guif of 60, the highest mountain thereof being Clingmans’ Peak, in the State of North Carolina, which is 6,707 feet above tidewater, The limit oft the growth of trees on the north side of Mount Washington is 4,150 feet above tidewater, Tue climate of Mount Washington corresponds with that ol tbs middle of Greenland, about 70 deg. of north lattiude 26 deg. further north than New Hampshire. It is arctic island, soto speak, in the ter zone, ou account of its great elevation, 1 condition of the atmospvere where the mercury does not rise above twenty-iour inches in the barometer, For peculiar interest, therefore, the Mount Washington (meteorological) station is not exceeded by any point within the Arctic circle.” 5 “It wason this mountain,” says the general, “that a party of scientific geutiomen passed the winter of 1870 and 1871, amid great privations aod suffering. for the purpose of investigating the physical conditions of the atmosphere and mountain at that great elevation. Observation shows that the climate of any country becomes colder in proportion to the height cf the land above the sea, Thus in tropical regious there may be wn arctic climate at an altitude of 12,000 or 15,000 feet.” ‘The room inhabited by these gentiemen wasin the southwest corner of the ratii depot, ubout twenty feet long, cleven feet wide and erght feet high. It was two ‘weil provected from the outer cold, was heated b; stoves, one an ordinary cook stove, the other a | eer fosrcon prized tor its marvellous heating power. eir journal reports as follows, viz. :— “February 4, 1871, temperature at seven o'ctock A. 5 as nine o’ciock PF. M., —40 degrees, Toom the temperature was 85 degrees, and sometimes 60 di Todo this the stoves wero Kept atared heat. Tho thermometer hangs five fort from stoves; the temperature ten feet from the stoves at the floor was 12 degrees; in other parts of the room the tem ure was 65 degrees; miduight, wind fully up to 100 miles per nour, and northwest.” “Fevruary 5, some of the gusts of wind 110 miles per hour; at three o'clock A. M., temperature in the Teom 60 degrees, barometer 22.810 inchos, attached aw 62 degrees, Yesterday, barometer 22.508 Inchea,”’ General Pleasonton tbus explains these phenom- ena:—‘Five feet from red hot stoves the ther- mometer marked 60 degrees; ten feet from the samo stoves on the flour the thermometer marked 12 degrees, being a loss of 48 degrees in a distance of five feet im length and two feet below the sources of heat Now, at that rate of radia- tion of heat, bow hot must the sun be to transmit any degree of heat 92,000,000 of miles through @ temperature of —142 de- grees of centigrade to this planct, and not merely to this earth in a column of heat of 8,000 miles in diame- ter to envelop it, but also to diffuse ita heat through an ellipsoid of ether, whose circumference would be the orbit of the earth around tho sun? But the actual loss of heat in its descent to the earth (if that could be possible, which it cannot be) per foot would be im- mensely more than is stated above, as the heat would have ty pass through space chilled to —142 degrees of centigrade instead of in aroom heated to 65 degroes of Fabrenbeit. Again, in this latitude of 40 degrees north, wo bave in our winters fails of snow which lie ont upon the ground sometimes tor weeks, with the sun being unable to make any impression upon it—and when the snow does begin to molt tt com- mences with the layer of snow. in contact with the earth, and not with that on the upper surface exposed tothe sun. Our farmers ail kuow that whon their fields in winter are covered with snow their growiug crops under it are kept warm, though no ray of the sun coutd reach them through the snow, and they anticipate therefrom a large yiold in the ensuing harvest. If tor- reatrial heat is derived directly from the sun how ts this fact expinined? A gentiewan im the Stule of Maine, daring tho early part of the last winter, whon the ground at his residenco was decply covered with snow im many places, made some experiments to ascer- tain the temperature of the carth under the snow. He found that the heat increased at the surface of the earth with the depth of the snow above it. Tho following is the account, viz. :— Experiments wero made in the winter of 1872-73, with a view to ascertain how far the soil is protected from cold by snow. For tour successive days iu win- ter, there being four inches in depth of snow on tho ground on a level, the average temperaturo, immedi- ately above the snow, was found to be 14 degrees of Fab- reuheit’s thermometer below zero; immediately be- neath thesnow in contact with the earth it was 10 degrees above zero, being an increase of 24 degree: tempera- tare, occasioned by a covering of the earth with four inches of snow; and under a drift of anew two feet deep the temperature was 27 degrees ubove zero, making an icreaso of temperature ut the earth's surince, under two feet of snow, 01 41 degrees of Fahrenheit over the temperature of the air just above the upper sur- fave of now. No one can pretend that these vari- ations of temperature wore derived from thg sun. General Pleasonion plains these phenomena as follows:—Tho radiation of heat trom the interior of the earth, positively electrified, meeting at the suriace of the earth with the snow in contact with it, negatively electrified, the conjunction of theso opposite esmstgeg of electricity evelves heat, melting the under layer of the snow, irrigating the ts under it with water moderately warm and keeping the earth from being fruzen, so that in the spring following, when the suow had digappeared, the piante wore ready to receive the stimulating influence of sunlight and the blue light or tue ky, o: which they had been deprived during the winter. AN ONSLAUGHT ON TYNDALL The General is a downright believer in bis own theo- ries. In maintaining them, therefore, he doves not hes- itate to set his lance in rest agaiast a0 doughty a scien- tile champion as Professor Tyndall, ‘Some of Tyn- dall’s theories and explanations really astound me,” said the General to the writer. *I could bardly have believed that ho would have blundered so palpably on matters susceptible of no such explanation as he gives them. For instance, writing on what he calls solar ra- diation, he says:— ‘Never did I saffer so much from solar heat as when descending from the corridor to the grand piateau of Mont Blanc on tho 13th of August, 1897. While I sunk up to the waist in che snow the sun darted its rays epon me with imtolerable fierceness. On entering into the shade of the 9 du Goutdé these impressions instantly changed, for the air was as cold as ice. It was not really much colder than the air traversed by tho solar rays. and I suffered, not from contact with warm air, but from the stroke of the sun’s rays, which reached me after passing through a medium as cold as ice.’ It is singular that to so learned and astute ascientist as Professor Tyndall it did not occur that if his sensa- tions, so distressing on this occasion, wero derived from the heat of the sun’s fierce rays, that he could not have walked through snow waist deep in such hicat without the snow becoming melted by the samo heat which oppressed him, and that he would have been swept away by the torrent of water thus produced by melting of the snow by this great heat ut it does appear that the snow was at all affected by 1, wi ye water was drawn out of the Pro‘essor in pro- fase perspiration, “My explanation would be this:—Tho heat from which tho Professor suffered came from his own boty, and was derived from electrical action of sunlight upon bis dark woollen clothes, warmed by the animal heat of his system. He was struggling through deep snow in an atmosphere of icy coldness. ‘The patural heat of his body, 98 degrees of tem- perature of Fahrenheit, was apg | increased by the muscular efforts he was making in his descent of the gincier. His woollen clothes had become positively electrified by the heat of his body. The strong sun- Vight of August having passed through the cold, dry el te? gay ce and the upper atmosphere of the earth, by its friction with them was negatively electrified, and failing upon bis warm bod, positively electrified, increased heat wa: and around his person, and his suferin fied. As soon as he left the sunlight induction, becal negaiively electrific peratare of his ings from heat cei THE SUN Was XO BEAT, The non-existence of heat in the sun the Gencral still farther attempts to prove as follows:— “There 1s no hoat in the moon, which proves that the moon has not mosphere, as it also proves that 1d clothes, volved in were intensi- clothes, by nd the iem- there 1s po heat in ua; for if there was an atmus- phere about the moou the sun’s light penctratin, 1 und producing fricticn by the contact with it would evolve eicetricity, which uniting with the opposite electricity of the moon’s atmosphere would produce | heat; but no such effect has been perceptivie with the most delicate instruments, Besides, if there was heat | tn the rays of the sunight, that heat would be reflected with that light from the moon's suriace to the earth, which we know is not the case, “Now, 1f the sun possessed heat, and could force it downward to the carth, which, according to our knowledge of the laws of ‘heat, 1s impossible, we could have no clouds in our atmoxphere, as from the absorb- ywor of gases of heat the clouis would be so ex- and attenuated by the absorbed heat that they er could be formed. “The san isa great magnet, aa are all the planets of the solar system, and It is by their magnetism and not by their weight of gravitation that their motionsiu their respective orbita are regulated by the greater magnet IsM Of the sua, NOw, as Magnetic attraction or repair sion varies Inversely 28 the squares of the distances, whieh relation has been heretofore attributed to Favitation, (tis not difficait to assign to magnetism, in ts attraction and repulsion, the forces which have heretotore kept and now keep our solar eystem in its various Mouions, nor need we hesitate to conceive that ail the motions of infinite systems, of suns and sturs, | of nebulw and cometary and metcorte matter, arc in | hike mannor regulated. The metovric matter which has fallen to the earth has been found when examined to be highly magnetic. “I{ the son isa magnet there js only sufficient heat generated in its interior by opposite electricities to cause 118 rotation on fis axis, and it cannot be an incandescent body, since magnetism is destroyed by heat. “Wherever there are differences of temperatare, there | ees A ded soon lowered and his suiter- | | the south of Ireland it encounters the mountains of Kerry. The highest of these 18 Magillieuddy’s Reeks, near Killarney. Now, the lowest stratam of this At- lantic wind w that which is most fully charged with vapor. When it encounters the base of the Kerry Mountains it is tilted up and flows bodily over them. Its joad of vapor le, 0 re, carried to a height, it expands on reaching the hei it 1s chilled in conse- quence of the expansion and comes down In 10Us showers of rain. rm tation of Killarney ; to this, ii the lakes owe thoir water supply. ‘Ihe cold crests of moun- tain also aid im the work of condensation.” General Pleasonton will pot accept this ¢: on of these phenomena, but gives his own tn the following terms :— “The tilting up of the masses of cloud on coming in contact with the face of the mountain ts the resuitant of the impact of two forces, one being that of the wind from the seutbwest with any given velocity from twenty miles per hour to that of eighty or one hundrea tiles per hour; the other the static force of the resist- ance of the mountain itself; the diagonal of these two forces is the tilting up of the cloud after impact, Now, these two groat masses of cloud aud mountain, oppo- sitely electrified, when they come together in contact, Produce great friction of their molecules, whien fric- ton evolves positive electricity trom the higher tem- perature of the southwest wind; this positive elee tricity thus evolved rushes into conjunction with the opposite clectricity of the ian ana Looming heat, which heat being absorbed by the air holding the water in suspension communicates:to it positive electricity, and the air so electrified is attracted by th electricity of the upper atmosphere, carrying 1 by expansion so coopminene De purticles of they can no longer contain globules of r they before beld in suspension, which latter thus roieased then begin, being attracted by the positive electricity of the oarth, to fall as rain oppositely eloctrified, and it is, therefore, these electricities thus excited with thi heat whieh is evolved by thoir conjunction and the rain charged with ammonia and carbonic acid gas which furnish the stimulants to the remarkable vegetation of Killarney, During the prevalence of these rain bearing clouds, driven across the Atlantic by the southweat winds upon the above mentioned mountains, tho sun mast be obsenrad by them, and hence thero can be radiations of solar heat to expand the air of the clouds after their impact with tue mountains, and they bave been tilted up 1m their further progress over the crests of the mountains.” Other snalogous theories of Professor Tyndall are treatea much in the same manner. Should the Gen- eral’s strictures come under his notice, it will be m- Wwresting to hear him in reply, As the General is about to give his theories to the World in the shape of a comprenensive moudgraph, 1 is unvecessary in this articie to do more than to indicate them. He combats the idea that compression of the atmo- sphere produces heat, and that condensation (whieh, he says, is merely anothor form of expression tor the same thing) produces culd, He thar argues :— “If cold condeuses why does it not condense the alrim the upper atmosphere, where the greatest cold pre- vails, aud the wir is very dry, rarefied and attenuated? According to the theory of condensation by cold the uir should be very much more dense at gront eleva- tions above the carth than it is at the suriace of the ocean, but the reverse is known to be (he case, The higher in the atmosphere a balloon inflated with hydrogen gas ascends tuo more the gas becomes ex- panded by the rarefaction of the atmosphere, which shows that the cold.of the upper atmosphere cannot condense the gas In opposition to the expansive influence of the raretied atmosphere at great elevations, Ico water poured into a grass tumbler 1u tho beat uf »“ nmer causes a deposit of drops of water on the outs: @f ‘ie tumbler resembling dew, which is the result of « eo yunction of opposite electricities, the glass aud the wr within and around it beng warm and positively electrified, while the ice water is negatively clectritied. ‘Their conjune- tion evolves heat, which is absorbed by the molecules of air, holding m suspension the humidity of the at- mosphere; titese mo.ecules, #0 heated, ascend immed!- ately with inconcervable rapidity into the upper at mosphere, attracted by its opposite negative elec- tneity, while the globules of water thus wiles from their suspension m the air on the outside of the glass, being now negatively electrified, are attracted by the vitreous or positive electricity of the glass tumbler and are dcposited on it”? x In confirmation of this theory he alleges the following cts — BLUE GLASS PRODUCES HEAT, “On tho 31st day of March, A. D., 1 I visited m; farm to give directions to apply heat to start the growt! of the vines in my grapery at the commencement of the season, The weather was very cold, patches of ice and snow lay in places on tho fields, whieh the sun, shining with great brillancy through a remarkably clear Suncogtiers, was unable to éolten or melt, No semblance of cloud or vapor was anywhere visible. In the open air, protected from sunlight, the thermome- ter (Fahrenheit's) marked 34 degrees, 2 di above the freezing point of water. On entering the grapery, m which there had been no artificial heat from fuel of any kind for the space of nearly a year, my son and myself were astonished at the great hoat that there was within it On examining the thermometer which hung on ono of the m:ddle posts of the grapery, completely sheltered irom the hpi Soe j-about four feet frow the floor, we were amazed to fi hat it marked 110 degrees of Fahrenhoit. Here wasan increase of 76 degrees of temperature over that of the outside air, and produced by a fi'm of glass notex- ceeding 0 teenth of an inch in thickness, “TL have bad many occasions to observe since that date that daring the passage of strong sanity blue and plain glass of the grapery 1 per through the day within the oar varied from 100 to 115 degrees, while that wi wd according to the sea- sons of the y 1¢ same times of the day would range from 32 degrees upward to 60 degrees or 65 do- Teen, ® “During the winter of 1871 and 1873, which, in this city, was «very cold and rigorous one, two ladies of my ‘family, residing on the northern side ef Spruce street, cust of Broad street, in this city, who, at ny suggestion, had caused blue glass to be placed 1m one of ng, associated with piain glass, informed me that they had observed that when the sun shone through those associated glasses in window the temperature of the room, ugh winter, was so much increased that on Leow dl they had been obliged during sunlight to dispeu tirely with the fire which, ordinarily, they kept in their room, or, when the fire was suffered to remain, they found it necessary to lower the upper sashes of their windows, which were without the blue giass, in order to moderate the oppressive beat.” IMPORTANT TO THK POOR, Apropos of the General's experiment scientist remarked ‘that the discovery of this extra- ordinary influence was destined to produce tho most important and beneficial results on the comfort and happiness of man@ind throughout the civilized world; that fuel was everywhere recognized as ono of the most indispensable elements of sucial and domestic economy; that it is, particularly in Kurope, very pensive rom its scarcity, which is becoming greater every year Ww: its annual consumption, and tn the northern parts of Europe turs, skins of animals and |. the down of aquatic birus are extensively worn, some- dimes with two or three satts at once of clothing, in order to preserve the animal heat of the body, owing to the greai costliness of iuel and the severity of tho German cold. . “That even in England apprehensions are being ex- pressed of rn exhaustion of their coal mines in the not distant future. ww since this wonderful discovery of the intluence of the blue light of the sky tn developing animal aud vegetable life, which ts largely due to the d by the passage of sun- and plain giasses, [ am of the upinion that during sunsbine, for many hours in tho day, by meansof blue and colorless glass arranged together in doors and windows exposed to the sun, sufficient heat can be evolved to enable families and work people in factories to dispense with a large proportion of the fuel that hase @ have heretofore been | obhged to use. Let us say that one-half of the tet heretofore required can be saved by thas utilizing sun- light, and you will begin to comprehend how vast will be the benoit derived to mankind tu the economy of fuel alone by this discovery of General Pleasouten,’? The conclusions of the German scientist, although savoring of enthusiasm, do not seem to be ili founded. At any rate, this 1s a matter weil deserving of ex- tended experiment. Should the deduetions Jasti- fled, the magnitude of the discovery need not be in- sisted upon. CLOTHING DEALER VICTIMIZED. Mr. G. W. Bronson, a Brooklyn clothier, who docs Dusiness on Fulton strect, sent his errand boy to the Broadway, Thursday evening, with a suit of clothes for that gentleman. When the lad arrived near the house be was met by a men who claimed to be Mr. Stoops He thereupon gave the bundle to the man and returned to the store. Mr. Stoops calied-on Mr. Brouson last | evening to sce why his clothes had not been sent home, when the fact wae developed that Mr. Bronson had been made the victim of « sharper. DWELLING HOUSE BURNED. A two story fra:ne dwelling house on tne Fresh Kill road, Roosville, owved by Mr. Henry Barker and oceu- pied by a colored family, took fire from a defective fue on Thursday evening, aud was entirely destroyed, Loss $1,000; fully covered by surance. AMERICA'S LITERARY CAPITAL (From the Washington Chronicle.) America, by establishing a university at Washing- ton, cau combine in one locality the influences which in England are divided between hor universities and ber captial. The union would be auspicious, for tt would bring together such a society of scholarly men and artists au would give the Republic of letters what ft has hever yet had in tho hiswry of the world—a real capital whero the highest social standing and pecuniary rewards would be assigned to those dis- Unguished for tntelicctual achievemonts, For the Irivolities and dissipations of courts, which make up so large a portion of the social life of other capitals, would be substituted the national enjoyments of @ are opposite electricities—one electricity being always associated with what ia cailed heat while the opposite electricity accompanies cold, These terms of heat and | cold are mere expressions of relative differences in va- | ried tomperatures, without regard to the intensity of | either condition." | From these statements it will ba seen that General Pieasonton is at issue with Newton on the theory of gravitation, and further contends that the sum ts not | polaris sth q proces at wcll tion that | the photosphere of the sun con ic gases at Mposatmraaly high temper: holding that | the existence of magnetism is al itely incompatible with any such condition, General Piewsonton quarrels with Tyndall, too, te article on gs pe Condensers, ts fessor suys:—“imagine a soutawest sereteg eee Atianwie toward Trelaud, qa : society refined vy the amenities of literature aud wrt. Owing to the magnificent plan of Washington the University, im ite surroundings, would tm seme meas- ure resemble Ruskin’s charming picture of what he would desire Oxiord to be, “that ot y the English | people will indeed so tar recognize what educatior Means as to Surround this aniversity with the love! park in England, twenty miles square; tbat they will Jorvid im that environment every uncleni ecbapical and vulgar trade and manuiacture as any man would forbid them jn his own gardea; that they will abol: build and nest of every base iy vice misery as they wi ‘Cast out a devil; that the streams of the Isis and Cherwell will be kept pure and quiet among thetr fields trees, and thas withm this park every English wild Hower that ean bloom im lowland will be suflered to grow in laxuriance, and every living crea- ture that beunts wood and stream know that it nas happy refuge.” From this, m fact, arises the luxu- | residence of Mr. Stoops, in Paimetto street, near | PIGEON SHOOTING. MONTHLY REUNION OF THE LONG ISLAND CLUB— THE CUP WON BY MR. LEVI BADIN. | The monthly competition of the members of tho Long Island Shooting Club for tne Cup took place yesterday at their grounds, near Jamaica, Always an interesting reunion, it was doubly so upon this occasion, although the form of the shooters was somewhat in- ferior to their usual showing. Twenty members took part in the contest, and the prize ultimately fell to Mr. Levi Radin, who has before had it in his possession. | The conditions under which the Cup is shot for are:— Seven birds each, 25 yards mse, 80 yards boundary, ‘1g 02 shot, and club rules to govern, with the excep- tion that the last winner is penalized two yards. Dr. Wynn being that gentleman, he stcod at 27 yards The birds as a lot were quite good, many of them being fast and with strength sufficient to reach the boundary line after being hit very hurd. The co! tants failing to knock 0 their Pigeons almost invariably shot bebind them, and so often was the ae at fault in this particular it pro- yoked considerable criticism. Neither of the shooters Made a ciean score, and but two killed six each, these being Mr. Radin and Mr. H. L. Van Wyck. In shvot- img of the tio both mea were very nervous and did iy. SUMMARY. Grovuxns ov tHe Loxo Isaxp Snootixc Cuvs, Jamaica, L. L, April 28, 1876—tiaR0x SuootsNxG. Day,” seven biras each, 25 yards rise (last winner up 27 to govern, Killed. 112110 1-6 1121011 1-6) OL1-2 11 OS 11111 0+ 111011 0-5 101110 1-5 100.1% 1 1-4 Wynn (37 yards). 110100 1-4 Patterson 0101210 It Wost o10101 1-4 Harris. 1000211 14 Kdwards: 0001 0-1 1-3 Henderso: 01 1*0*0 1 OS Bridgeman 010001 13 Hartshorn, 000000 -t Hanee. 11% 0 Hughes. oe o10e8 Gildersleeve 0 11.0 Hemming. 1*0 140 Woodward. 010 Killed. Radin. 14,1117 Van Wycic... 00 10-5 Roteree, M Time of’ shooting, two hours. ® Fell dead out of bounds. THE RIFLE, SHOOTING AT MORSEMERE, YONKERS, YESTER- DAY—THE SCORE. The first annua! spring meeting of the Yonkers Riflo Association began yesterday, and was a very successiul affair, Early in December this association fitted up tents and butts, and since then have maintained daily practice und regular weekly competitions. Their matches have been open to all comers, and four team matches have been held thus far. The range is limited to 600 yards, ro that accuracy and safety from accident are certain. Tho weather yesterday was In all respocts | favorable. There was a gray sky and scarcely any wind, and the range was tn excellent condition. THE RANGE. Eight targets and butts were in operation, and, with Colonel Ellis as officer of the day, success was almost assured. All tho matches were open to all comers, under the directions of the Range Commitiee and tho rules and regulations of the Yonkers Rifle Association being strictly enforced. No practice was permitted. Colonel Gildersiceve was present mercly 8 @ spectator, in company with many other gontic- men, The shooting began at eloven o'clock A, M., the tirst match being that of the ‘-man target,” for which thore were twenty-six entries; the second was the short range match with sixty entries, the Carten match, tour targetsand sixteen entries, The event of the a4 wasthe team match, the only one that was concluded, The others will continue to-day, being open to all comers. Tho rain which began to fall at three o'clock interrupted the others. The targets used in the team match were the Carton, eleven inch bull’seye, insiae the usual Creodmoor twenty-two ineh bull's eye, and shots upon. the former counted six against ve upon those on the Creedmoor or larger bull’s oye. ‘The following 1s the score on bull's eye:— YONKERS SENIOR THAM. Cai 5, Charles Dusenbury, Jr., 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 6, 50 0 6: 8, 6, 3, 5, 5, 5,4, 6, 5....... 104 98 A 'H'Jocoiyn, 8, 6, 8, 6, 8, 4, 4, 5, 6,6, BO 48, 6) 8,6 Si deee ese 029 LM. Batiatd, 4,'6, '6, "4,5, 6, 4, 6, 6, 6, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 5, '5, 4, '6.....00.. iol Captain D, Smyth, 5, 4, 6,3, 6, 5, 5,5, 4, 3, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 6, 5, 6.. ; 4 Major F, Shomeard, 6, 8, 6, 6, 5, 5, 0, 5, 5, 5, 6, 5, 6, 4, 5, 3, 5, 89 44 9% 97 98 ” 93 “Wo C) % 6, 4 90 . 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, B.r..0. a ie 90 8. G. Porry, 4, 8, 4, 6.6, 6, 6,6, 4, 6, 6, 6, GH 4 BABE Bronce cence ys 101 Grand tota@ls.......0seesseeeee This was considered good shooting, men ure prond of their victory, which was not al- lowed without a dispate, TROTTER AGAINST BICYCLE. There was a fair attendance yesterday afternoon at Deertoot Park, as considerable curiosity had arisen to witness the five mile match between Stanton, the champion bicyclirt, and the trottiag horse White Cloud, The match was to have taken place at three P, M. sharp, but as it bad at that time just commenced to rain they waited a half hour, Then, finding no change for the better, they decided to start, Stanton was advised not to go, as tho track was getting heavy, but ho did not think the rain would affect the sandy | soil, A portion of the track about seven feet trom the pole bad been roliod for bis use, aud it was agreed that the trotting horse should have the pole and Stanton 264 yards start, im consideration of his taking the outside track. It was raining heavily when the horse and the man ruped. Stanton took up a position on the backstretch 264 yards from the Judgo’s stand, and when the horse was given the word Sta.ou was signalled to go by the dropping of a flag The rain was falling fast, making the track heavy, Bejore they had gone a half mile it was apparent (bat Stanton had no chatce, In two laps the horse gained bn hye oy nd on the fifth | lap was a quarter of a . al. ie kept improving ithe 1:28 his lead and finally mile and ten yards) The following 18 the timo of © First lay Tl mal thus | Starsen rode his fifty-eight inch machine, He attrib- uted his defeat entirely to the condition of the pround. he also offered to make same horse, over o same distance and course, v: good day rac The tirst heat of the sweepstake mile beats, 3 in between H. id, Colonel and Neilie was trot throug! and awarded to Hardroad for trotting, as the others ran noarly the whole distance, Tne other heats wero postponed until Monday next, Peps iets Alacer ranean, BASE BALL NOTES. There will be played on the Prospect Park grounds this afternoon some ten or twelve games. Next Monday the Mutuals play the New Havens on tne Union grounds. The following day they play their first match of the season with the Athlotics. The Arlingtons, of this city, will start on an extended tour through the Eastern States carly in June, Later ob in the scason they will visit Philadelphia and oiher | Pennsylvania towns, where they have games arranged with first class clubs know whether the Park Commigsioners intend to allow them a place im Central Park to amuso themselves at | their favorite pastime, Tho season has already | opened, and, a8 yot, no has been designated by the Commissioners where the youths can indulge ia the sport. Tho lad? devotees of croquet are also desirous of hearing trom the Commissioners regarding a piace where they can practise their javorite pastime, FRACTURED HIS SKULL. Michael Foley, aged aight years, living at No. 86 Oak stroot, while at in bis 1d yesterday, fell from faves and ireewured bsebelg | To) f AR | yards), 80 yards boundary, 1} ox shot, and club rules | quite | camo | on the ground, Billy McMahon was driving the quad- | ‘The amateur bail tossers of this city are anxious to | BARNEY WILLIAMS. The Last of Une of the Mcst Popular Trish Comedians, | IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL CRREMONIES, | The Sermon, the Music and the | Attendance. rs | The funeral of tho late Mr. Barney Wilhams—a name | that will long linger im the minds of many—took place yesterday in St, Stephen’s church, attended by all the iments that popularity, (riendsaip end grief could suggest, A more imposing ceremonial, a more demor- | strative and heartfelt exhibition of the finer feelings of | mankind which the loss of something good and | generous in its nature occasionally awakens, has seldom arked the final disposition of the remains of aman | than that which ushered to the grave all that was | mortal of the famous Irish comedian, It may not have | been his genius that appealed to the multitude in the charch yesterday, which was thronged to the doors and away beyond them by sympathizing friends; it may | not, indeed, have been any of those peculiar qualities of greatnoss in which the people are wont to stand in awe that altracted the rich und the poor to the last | sad rites which were so impressive, yet a more glorious and affectionate tribute—that tribute which good —heartedness, . nobility of soul and liberality can alone create—bas rarely veen wit- nessed in the city of New York. His end bad come, and with it tho recollection of all that was good to con- template—a young and friendless artist tigbting the battle of life with ardor and determination, struggling through @ forest of thorns and briars, and finuily emerging into the clear highway of prosperity and fame, leaving no stain behind—a eredit to his profes- sion and an honor to his home. It fs not surprising, therefore, that the obsequies of such a man should call forth so decided an expression of regret as that which occurred at St. Stephon’s, and in years to come it will be cited as an event remarkable for its solemnity, and, more than all, for the widespread feeling of appreci- ation with which it was surrounded, From an early hour the spacious church, especially the galleries, was crowded to its. utmost Hnuits, and although it was announced that the ceremonies would not commence until eleven o'clock thero was scarcely standing room fully bali an hour before that time. The assemblage had many component parts, for the lamented deceased was a welcomed friend in every quarter. Every profession was, indeed, fittingly rep- | resented, and it 18 no exaggeration to say that no artist ever borne to his last home from this city had sur- rounding his remains such an intellectual, large and rogretiul body belonging to the theatrical profession asthat presont yesterday. Names would, indeed, be all-tmed, ‘All the prominent artists in New York and its vicin- ity were in attendance, and the notification posted in the greenrooms of the theatres of the city requesting the presence of the various companies was impheitly and lovingly coniplied with, ere was also in the church those renowned in arts and sciences, represen- tative soldiers, lawyers and men ef high standing in the world, but not the least conspicuous feature of the Vast congregation was the surging mass of the poor, to | from Hoss: whom Barney Wiliiams was over a bounteous friend. The ushers did their duty nobly. There was no coniu- sion, and, great as was the pressure from the outside, the process of keating the urgent, though decoro: | respectable throng, was carried out with signal success. All seemed to recognize the sadness of the occasion, ana with bedtting submission accepted that which seemed best, ‘Io the efforts of Mr. George Hoey the ADMIRARLE ARRANGEMENTS were mainly due. That young genticman was ably assisted in his arduous duti by Mr, Collier, of Booth’s Theatre; Mr. Burroughs, of the Union Square ‘Theatre; Mr. Holland, of Wauack’s Theatre; Mr. Drew, of the Fifth Avenue Theatee; Mr. Langley, of the P Theatre; Mr. Seymour Fitch, of the Wallack Club; Mr. Bates aud Mr, Hail. Nothing could be more edifying or mournfully suggestive of the sad and solemn task | about to be periormed than that which presented ttaclf prior to the arrival of the cortége—the immense throng, wrapt in silence; the beautiful altar, with its appropriate drapery and surrowudings, and the floral display in the vicinity of the catafalque. And sucn a display! Words would fail to convey an idea of this sincero and tender tribute, A more exquisite exhibi+ tion of floral taste bas, perhaps, never been seen at any funeral m New York. Worked ito alt the many emblems expressive of appreciation, — frendsnip, love and syrrow, the sweet scented flowers sent forth a fragrance softening the oppreasiveness of the crowded church and eliciting the silent admiration of the great throng. The scene was, in- deed, well calculated to enlist attention, aad belore the remains arrived the eyes of the multitude were riveted on the benutiful, though sigmifeant, display, At the head of the catatalquo was placed an artistically con- structed floral cushion, surmounted by a crown of tho whiest flowers. The inseripiion vn the cushion in violets was “Darling Husoand.”’ Atthe foot was a cross formed o! oak leaves, tive anda half feot high, over Which was fluug a wreath of white roses, bearing in vioiets the words, ‘My Papa.” This was the design of Mr, W. J. Florence as an appropriate token from the devoted littie daughter of the deceased. The other tributes were tn equal harmony, and included tasteful contributions Irom representatives of the theatrical rofession in this city and elsewhere, and many well Known ettizens. THE FUNERAL CORTEGR, It was fully twenty minutes past eleven o'clock when tho iuneral coriége entered the church, Perhaps two thousand persons vad visited the late residence of Mr. Williams daring the morning. On every nand could be heard expressivns of gratitude and regret. The # and avmirers of the great comedian tovk a jast t the remains, aad the sceve was affecting in the | oxtreme, Mr, W. J. Florence, who nad charge of the funeral arrangements, baviug gently led the wife and mother away at lust, kissed the forehead o his de- parted fr and the cotfin was sealed forever, The carriages In attendance conveyed the mourners to the church, and os the cortcge moved up the centro aisle the entiro assemblage roso to their feet. On the lid of the coflin lay an evony cracifix, the | figure of the Saviour being in silver. The organ pealed | forth a solemn dirge, and the scene was very im- | pressive. Following ihe coftin came the pullvearers— | General Fremont, Judge Jobn R. Srady;-Mr. Juhn H Mr, Stephen J. Meany, of the Montreal Sun; | ‘aré; Mr. Hagh Hastings, Mr. | H. J, Montague, Dr, Orlando Thomp- | gon and Mr. J.D. Murphy, of Philadelphia, Following | these came the fauity and relatives ot the deceased, and many a tear was shed asthe mournful party took their seats in the vicinity of the altar, THB CEREMONIES were carried out with all the grandeur and solemnity characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church, Just as the last strains of the fuueral dirge died away the pro- cession issued [rom the Mie? 'he oiliciating cleryy- man was the Rev. Henry McDowell, Rev. Father Prati, deacon, and the Father McCauley, sub-deacon, aud Kev, Father Gost ing a8 Master of ceremunics, In the vieimity of the aliar were ‘he Right Rev, Bishop Longlilin, of Brookiyn; Rev. Dr. McGlynn, Rev. Fa- ther Antonio, K.v, Father MeDonneil, Rev. Father Drumgoold and other clergymen, The solemn requiein * high mass was commenced at about halt-past eleven | ‘elock. Nothing could be moro imposing than the | ceremony that ensued. It wna, indeed, sugges- | tive irom beginning to end, and none present could | tail to be tmnpressed with the surroundings, Tho cottin | festooned with smilax, aud at its head stood a can- | delabrum with seven candies burning. THE MUSIC. | The musical ceremonies of the Catholic Church, in a | musical point of view, are always tere: are especially so When such & work as th of Mozart is selected, The musical phen's church yesterday were impret est degree, The choir was composed | tet of voices, With a well selected choras, Th | were Mile. Anns Rosotti, Mme. Gilbert, voprani; Mite, — Meunier, Mile, Romagis, contraiti,; Messrs. Troecker | rs. Teile and Riedel, bass, ‘Ave Maria’’ toward } & Brougham, | | \ | of the mass, When the body was brought into the | | church the organist, Mr. Danforth, 1 | Fundbre,’? trom a piano sonata of procession of pallbearers, weeping 11 Telativos of the deceased passed up the ais! tones of the music of Chopin seemed to fill choreh, was evidently imbued spirit of the occasion, fur never before nave we heard this lovely tone m interpreted with more feeling d expression. Then came randest of ail re- ms, # Work ‘so grand tha n fiction has been | Sressed ito service to enhance Ite artistic valuo, Fio- | Won writers have written oxtensively op this work, j | Every one has read about the Mephistopheiean stranger | who calied upon composer and ordered the work to be written, Pour Constance Weber, a wife worthy | of Sozart, shared with her husband the feeling that Ubis was 10 be his own requiem, Whenever this work is given, and especially as it a stg neon yesterday, | with an orgunist well versed in imiricacies of the 1 king of imstraments = and ot doing jus- tice to a noble work, and a choir worthy of the most bewutituiy charch in New York, the performance is of auusoal musical interest, ozart's requiem will stand forever asa work of sur- paseimg merit. Ite novle proportions, hke.those of the | Apoilo Belvedere or the Vowus di Medici iu a stater art, | will ever appeal to the best wathetic tastes of the pub- | he. There are other requicms, excellent ones wo, but — by side | how cwarfed do (hey ime when placed #1 with that of Mozart, Nothing cao ve ov ramatie | cally effective than tho ‘Dies Ira’? of Chr 3 Verdt | has written musical numbers in his requiem which are ems, WF far As wi concerned; Ambroise Thomas, President of the Conservatoire of has written a Fequiem such as an eminéat musician of bis standing mighs be supposed to write; the most dra- | the entreaties of friends, was m matic of Italian composers, has written a Other composers have made a particular point in w: ov this subject. Yet the requiem mass of Mozart remain as the chef-d'auvre of musical works writtes this subject wien all others will be forgotten. Al the offertory Mins Kosett! sang the “Indammatas,' ‘8 ‘“Stabat Mater.’ The lady displayed ‘the qualities of a Uirst class artiste. The chorus assist her nobly. Ono of the most pleasing features of the musical services was the superb rendering of Luzzi’s “Ave Maria” by Mra. Ciark, at ono timo a leading singer m 3t Stephe chor, Wh the mass wad over, and the priest: he altar to sprinkle the coffim with holy water and ¢ last solema rites of the Li} Catholic Church over the remains of the Cr dae 4 the scene was of the most impressive kind “Judicare’’ of Roxst, the — of a requiem mass, eu by the cho! ‘hroughout the organist, Mr, forth, displayed all the qual of an accomplished organist and @ thorough music The singers were When the ceremonies incidental to the solemn Mass had terminated ths v. Father Mcvowoll de- scended the steps of the altar and delivered a brief = cloquent and pathetic address, He said it wag his p rt gentleman, in the course of his remarks, paid a hear felt tribute to the memory of Mr, Williams. He alk Juded to the fact that he bad attended bim mipistert ally in his dying days and spoke of tho religious aspires tons which had previously marked ms life. He drew & wholesome iosson from th aod said ho greater tribute could be paid him than be} presence of such a concourse of people, The lesson death, be said, was forcibly illustrated in this instance, and he urged the congregation to take the legson to | heart, Tho revereua gentleman then roviewed ine most pathetic manner the memorable life of Mr, Williams, and cited many instances illustrative of his energy, talents, noble heartedness and charity. Above j all he dwelt earnestly on tho liberality of Mr, Wille jams, Whose kindness to the poor wouid ever make the momory of the great comedian green in their bearta. When visiting poor cabins on the rocks at the upper end of the city, many and many a time was he asked the question, “Father, how is Mr, Williams?” The reverend preacher paid a warm tribute to the theate Tical profession, holding that it contained among ite number (bose whose generosity and nobility of chatage ter could not be excelled. The position of Mr, Williams, be said, had been one of honor and respect, and nome koow him but to love him. 1p the most feeling terms the reverend geutleman referred to the devotion of the deceased to lus aged mother throughout his life, aad aiso.to the happy domestic relations which had marked his career, Asason, abusband and a father he had well fulfitied bis mission on earth, and that he did nos live to see bis good ideas still further carried toward completion was the work of an all-secing Providence, As illustrative ef bis good-heartedness he invariably said to the audience, feeling he had done something to please, ‘%God yrant Ul you may go to bed with the men Bopey heart you have given to me.” The aadress. was replete with iicidents of the charitable foeling of tho deceased, of bis manliness and selt-sacriteing dis- position, his care of she peedy, his love of home and lamily aud of bis attention to religion, He asked the congregation to sympathize with the family in their joss, and requested prayers ior the happy repose of the soul of tho deceased. During the delivery of the ade dress many eyes were bathed in tears. The reverend gentieman then read the service of the dead, which was excceuingly impressive, and the pro- cession of mourners was formed. THK LAST TRIBUTE, When the last notes of tho funeral march sounded through the aisles of the charch and the body of the popular actor was carned out to the i nergy Twenty. eighth street, popular excitement among the ten thou sand people congregated outside became intensa Every hat was doffed, and there were many tear-lades eyes when the rosewood casket was carried out The wail of the lust funeral march was ringing through the church; each painted window quivered as the aeop pedal notes groaned forth their lament for the di actor. Outside was 2 formidable array of policemen, First came down the steps of the Shure the distine ‘guished pallbearers. Then, in deep mourning, the family and the friends of the deceased, By the frends mean those who wore admitted as family triends, Tre friends of Barnoy Williams might be counted vy the thousand. The hearse and other car- ringes rolled away; yet the crowd of people remained, ‘There was a reason for it. Down the steps came actors and actresses, managers and singers, whos mes have long since been enshrined among tho celebrities of, the dramatic and musical profession. The long Iine of carriages that followed the hearse down Broadway, en route for Greenwood Cemetery, tos tited to the worth of tho man who has loft Benind him arepntation as an actor anda gentleman which will not soon be forgotton. When the last sod jell on Barney Williams’ grave yesterday many an eye was dimmed, and many a fervent “God bless feng went up from (hose present, BROOKLYN CHARTER TINKERING. indignation is expressed in democratic official circlea of Brooklyn in reference to the attempt to pass tho Higgins charter bill. m the Legislature, as it legisiates out of office all democratic” heads of dopartmonts, and gives the appointing power of the Commissioners of Police and Exciso, City Works, Fire afd Health to the republican Mayor and Common Council. It is far more sweeping in its purtiaan provisions than even the Ogden bill, which was alleged to bave been defeated through corrupt means. The democrats say, however, that even shou! the Senate pass Higgins’ bill, the Governor could not, with any due regard to consistency, attach his signa- tare to it, inasmuch as the commission appointed to devise and report upon a general plan of government for cities have been granted an extension of time in which to repgrt. THE WEEHAWKEN MODOOS. Another stern example of justice toward the gang of rufllans known asthe “Weehawken Modocs” was wit nessed yesterday. Margaret Schneider, a companion the scoundrels, was arrested by Constable Donohue, Frederick Krollpfeifer, the keeper of tho disreputable Louse in which she resided, came to her assistance and both made a furious attack on the officer. The later, however, succeeded in placing them under arrost and they were tried ana convicted. Judge Hoffman sene tencod Margarot to nine months and Frederick to twa, years in the State Prison. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of four members of the gang who are now at large. . JUVENILE ROBBERS. ’ A gang of young thieves that infest Hudson streety Jersey City, made a bold attack about one o'clock yese terday morning on Tbomas Canningham, captain of @ canal bout, Ho was somewhat intoxicuted aad the young rascals knocked bim down and were proceeding to rob him when Officer Boyle appeared on the scene and arrested ono of the gang named John Hackett. The othors eacaped. Hackett committed for trial. A PAIR OF LOVERS DIE TOGETHER IN A UTAH MINING CAMP. A special despatch to the Salt Lake Herald from American Fork gives tho particulars of a double tragedy. The despatch says:—'Mrs. Fannie Pollock. the unwilling victim of tho tragedy, has resided here fos more than a year. Her husband isa miner and works in Bingham canyon, Theirs was a casg of domestic ins felteity, and it is said that during her residence here her husband has not visited he Mra. Pollock had an inti. maté friend namod George Snell, who worked in Tintig, Snell had beon making love to Mrs. Pollock, desirmg. her to obtain a divorce from her husband, and marry This she persistently refused to do. Om Saturda: 0 learned that Snell was about to pay her visit, and, hot caring to meet bim at her house, she took her three little chidren and some bedclothes and went to the residonce of William Weston, which is some distance out of town, near Allen's mill, where. she remained all night. Snell arrived hero by the Utah Southers train Sunday morning, and learning that Mra. Pollock was at Woston's repaired thither. Ho met Mra Pollock, with whom he conversed for a tew minutes, and then requested her to walk wil ho desired to talk with her privately. Sne saying to Mrs, Weston that she Was afraid to go wil hun, but finally cungonted and the two loft the house together. They had gone but a few reds when shots were heard and a couplo of boys ran to Weston’ telling that Snell had shot Mre. Pollock. When the Much | scene was reached Snell was dying and the woman lying about six fect from him mortalhy wounded. 81 Was shot throug the left breast and expired in about ten minutes. Mrs. Pollock stated that daring the walk Snel! had again seriously pressed his suit for her hand, -but sho bad firmly refused to comply; he also wanted her to return to her home with bim, which she declined to do, and was about to go back to Weston's when be drew a pistol and fired shots at her, one bullet gotng throagh and breaking her right arm, an- other entering the back and coming out above the right breast, and the third going tn at the back and lodging in the . He then shot himself, and pointing 1o the wound tn his left breast said, “1 am shot,” and fell to the ground. Mrs. Pollock lt ‘in greas egony until nearly midnight, when she died A TEXAS HEROINE. {From the Houston (Texas) Age.) There was @ batch of convicts from some interie? county seat awaiting the departure of the Great North- ern cars to convey them on their melancholy journey to the prison walls of the Ponitentiary at Huntsville, Among.the rougn, unshaven and crime-steepod physi+ ognomies that scowled from bencath greasy and tae tered slouched hats, amid the clacking of their fetters and chains, was the rather handsome face of a young | Man, whose opea features betokened no traces of the branded felon. Near him stood—a strange companion cromd—a lait young year, whose jong hw that bad mot yet felt the werbt of time, and countenance was a living pl of inuocence irlish bewuty. . Upon Taquicy it was ascertained that the young mal had Lage ars 5 rene Cee eee | under the prescribea w after wae of egal ‘ey and tal wit he oy and uw irue tion of hws yourwtul mi hi ee to bharo his on to permit cniranen \