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6 THE COLLIERY DISASTER. Wales in Mourning Over Her Dead. Miners. DISTRESS AND ANGUISH. Scenes at the Mouth of the Pit. HOW THE MINE WAS WORKED. (From the Dublin Freemap’s Journal.} Newrorz, Wales, Sept. 12—Midnight, Wednesday morning was usbered in with bright eun- sbine, and there was no atmospheric depression euch as generally accompanies seriousexplosions when the men, to the number of 376, about sx o’clock, had their lamps handed to th locked, be- fore tting into the cage Before preceeding to the workings the lamps, as vsual at this pit, were again examined to see that they were locked, and thus the officials try to avoid baving & naked light exposed to the undoubtedly flery black vein seam. Nothing occurred out of the usual Youtine except that half an hour before the fatal explosion eighteen men signalled to the banksman to be drawn up, when they told him that they bad Fetusea to fil up somo tubs with rubbish, work ‘which they considered was not according to con- tract, To this slight occurrence these men ow lives, for before they had left the pit heap a rumbling sound was beard, black smoke issued from the shalt which they bad jast left, and with such force too that the pumping engine room floor upneaved, and the en- gineman was knocked down and became tnsensibie, The report was not loud enough, how- to be beard im the houses of the poor miners whose fate ts led. The men ‘wbo had so ‘ortunately escaped, howovor, carried the dread tidings to the whole borhood, and soon a terrible scene was enacted. It was noooday, but the black smoke issuing tr the first shaft threw over the peaceiul valley the shadow of death, Every Inbabitant ina mining Village, even the boy not out of bis teeus, knows that the biack smoke may be the Geath warrant of some ones who are near and dear to him, ANXIOUS HEARTS" RESPOND, Soon there were groups of auxious wives looking for husbands and weeping children, teartul lest @ father or a brother sould ve doomed in the Pit below. The force of the explosion had been terrible, and every one in direct communication with the working (one mile from the shaft) was Killed in ap instant, and some of those around the Abercarn shaft were mutilated. About forty yards from the bottom sixty borses @ wtabled, and they bout a hundred men wh ing at rightangles with the only ‘were working in some bi ‘Vern of the seam and 500 yards {rom thesbalt, t heard tne expiosion, and they managed to reach the Dotiom of the shaft where the gear had not been sul- Hcieutly damaged to prevent the car being used tor exit, Wild reached the top in Prevaiied on the pit ir were alternately jome with tear and bling to know what fate had in siore for them. Lo vain did would-be comforters hold out hope or try to admivister consolation to the women and children their und they confusion who bad come to scok those wno came nol trom uark and dismal rece ot the pie pe cries of anguish and ie despair were heartrending and many poor women had to be gemtly dragged and others carfied away from the scene. Meunwhile Mr. Pond, the resi- dent manage Mr. Grevor, Abercarn; Mr. Row- Ddotham, geuer manager of Ebbw Vale; Mr, Powell, Mr. Streeily, Mr. James Abersychan, Mr. Berreli, Pontypridd; Mr. Jones, South Wales Colliery mauager; und Mr. Cadman, colef inspector Of the Southwestern of England dtstrict; and Mr. Bain, bis deputy, and Mr. Patrick, took ihe manage- meut of oxploring parties. They found that the force of tho explosion had knocked down all the air- ‘ways, and they never succevded in gotting further than 400 yards irom the mouth of tue pit shait, ‘THE PITILESS FIRM. At six o’clock tuey iound that the pit was on fire and they ceased exploring. Shortiy Afterward tbe flames came veiching up ine jae ali within the pit was sealea, Measures e mive with the vi jus suggestions were Upeaat shaft, aud then it was known that th D a Pxtinyuisning the fire, Made, and at just, on the prop o: Mr. Patrick 0. Liewellyn, Aberaure, the embankment was cut and the caval water was let down Into th downcast shaft, through two filteen-inch pipes, throwing a volume of water down equal to avont twelve tous por minute. This was at one o’clock nd (he result was made maniiost by the dense vulumes of viack smoke covering the whole ot the vailey. it was not untiu midday that the water feached the arch of tne upcast shalt, und, of course, stopped the farther a of the smoke. When the flames were seen issuing irom the Abercam i jor the sixteen explorers 0 ente nt off in bot danger of secoud explosion. They succeeded in bringing elt near to the shalt, and they got out of pit in satety. alterdamp got very bad, and consequontiy no more attempts wore made to go down tne sat. The folliery is now being flooded to put out the fire, BDd this may occupy two Or three weeks. Mr. Wales, Government la-pector jor South Wales, came about midday, aud approved of the measures which bad been ado for extinguishing the fire Of fact comes directly home sufferers, as they may never o recognizing the ieatures who buve fallen victims to th pied miuing inspec! engineers as to the ‘Dest mode of dealing with this dreadiul calamity. THE CAUSE UNKNOWN. As to the cause of the expivsion DO one ventures en opinion, and when 1t is rememvered that no pow- dor Was aliowed aud no firing of shots, and locked lamps ‘Were used, it is difficult to bazard a conjectare, and Bs every trace of the whereabouts of the e: losioa has been obliterated, Orst by the exp! ieelf and next vy the fluodiug of the mii men, and two hunured, due at one o'clock, did not get dowa the pit and add to the awiul ‘eatastropne A lampman who was on duty at the time distinctly beard three shocks in succession. They were so powerful that mi * abook many of the houses in the village Everyone kuew what had taken place, and then for a long time there nothing to be heard but women Gry 10g tor bhi Jor their fatbers Directly aiter the explosion took place oxpioring par- ti tered the pit. Men came from ail part to Vol- tue work was hdd to be aban. | r, went down and for service, ry dangerous, and final doned, Henry Powell, how Drought up the body of bis son. The lad was @udiy ipjuried and died this morning, Anotver Pitman tells me that be was at work uotil last might @t the Aberoern trying to doall ne could, aud then went with Joseph Maxweil, one of the “over. mea,” down to Owmeorrn, ia whieh an explor- Ing party bad gone dow 8 it was connected ‘with Abercarn by means of a draught. Waile this Party was at work be saw flames durt irom out the ‘Averoarn pit, and dense volumes of smoke came from oat the ventilators. ha Owmearn, be, voyetber with nis pelied to retreat; but the Ir to clear the pit wore very prompt. At the time ‘the pit’s mouth was crowded with an cager, weeping crowd, The sight of the first corpse being brought up @aused an immense amount vf weeplug, and baa it Ot Deen for the exertions of the p ew Uhat the atmost disorder would have pro- OuRIOsITY 01 TMPATEY? from Ebbw or from Bech train that bas arri ot bas crowds see rand to doors and sorrowed in p see some of the o Dasvand and three of her sone, while auotber folormed me that Go less than thirieen meo living im her house were dend. Ali day long the Rev. Mr. Jenkins, curate of Ebbw, and other ciereymen about amovg the vercaved, aud i Wem spitisual consviation, Mr. bave closea their It was my lot to te. Qerers, Ove woman hus lost nor ption om fade in this district e y vad. Mon who formerly Hiy-two sbiliings & wee! ly making pine, so th 8 tunity in prosperous limos have exhausted the lite tie store they bad patby, Gentlemen who are weil Acquainted with fawilies of the men who bi Blarve oF at once go to tl at Risca tere waa 1g Of, #0 thai the death of some 147 oh AS this calamity im likely to pense ere the bovies will be recov. ered is indescribable. Ia the streets of Abercarn gevorsi persons contributed smaii sums of money Xo members of a pustily formed committee, a tow pounds being How absolutely required in order to Feueve immediate necessiiies During ihe day Mr. aaa inspector of Mines, has been on we bas aise bi to the Gre raging, theow oat ocoa der auy service they, might ve cali form, bet there whe po eed of them, 10 per. tor NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1878.—WITH | those who are in the pit are either crashed to ¢eath with the falling, or burned up ia tue all consuming ‘THE MINE’S WORKINGS. The colliery in which the explosion ocourred is charmingly situate, some ten miles to the north ot Newport (Mov.), in the Ebbw Vale. Approached from tho south there are scarcely any sigus of a busy colliery village, giving employment, directly und indireetly, to pearly 1,000 peopie, It lies bve- tween two well wooded mountains—the Cwmeara on the east and the Myoyddisiwyn op the west—which rise almost perpeuuiculariy to about one thousand feet. At the foot of the Cwmcarao, ai adjoining the Abercarn colliery, Owmecara colliery rans t nmeuthshire cane, and around the pi sual medley of coke ov: rubbish, forming miniatu and to the west the Ebbw river flows at ase of the Mynyddisiwyn, The Avercarn Cotery is the largest o! the pits owned by the Ebbw Vale Com- any, and it hasan output o! 1,000 tons of coal per about six buodred men and boys et them. other collieries, fourteen 1a to all, lie up the Ebbw Vale and iu the vailey, just Their ord The Mynyadistwyp. over the top of two million tons. output ef coals Ebbw Company from accidents, and the officinis con: present case no human foresight ovuld Vented the catastrophe. The company ¢ y in 1859, after it had proved ds trom the time thut the fer working in 1863, struck the nine-\eet black ve m1, whicu proved fatal on Wednesday to 265 of their employés. be pit was worked on the pillar and stall system, and tt 1s only four montus since that ine company completed a downcast air shaft into the Cwmcarn at a cost of £60,000, which has increased the from 90,000 volume ol fresh air through the worki! cubic feet to 160,000 cubic Cwmearo shaft 13 driven to a dept 268 y: then a arift was made of about 1,000 yards in length, to communicate with tne ola workings. The men go down the snait at Abercarn, ana th rido in an engine for about a mile in a i Girection, where they get into the black and this eam is 10 commupication with the Cwmcarn air ebatt, which lies about « mile straight south, It wae in this seam that the explosion is supposed to huve occurred. I'he men were, therefore, about a mile off both the Cwmcarn shaft and the Abercaro shaft, and not one man 1s lett to tell the horrible tale, POISONED, NUT DKOWNED, WHY SO FEW OF THE PASSENGERS ON THE PRINCESS ALICE WERK BAVED, [From the London Whitenall Reviow.] We submit that the error—wilful or accidental, whichever it may havo beea—of the captains of the two vessels was not the causa causans of the death of the majority of this muititude. It is simply incredi- bie that out of some eight bundred people who were suddenly submerged nota dozen shoulda bi aved their lives by swimming, and it is equally remarkable that of those few none were actually under water a secoud. There must be, unless we are prepared to enunciate new canons of logic, a connection between cause and effect, and im thig case it is more than evident that a very large number of persons able to swim succumbed. The Diame, therefore, rests not only with the Princess Alice and the By well Castle, but with those who have rendered the waters of the crowded ibames avso- lutely deadiy. in plain English, and 1 is impossible to be too positive with the fact staring us 10 tbe face, the six hundred and oad Poisoned. The sh aischarged into ing 1uto sewag tain Webb himself, if pluced under such conditions, could not save bis life. Atthe momeut of the col- lision there was actually being turned inio the Thames, in ciowe proximity to the scene of suffering, a colossal mass of fer- menting sewuge, biack Erebus, effervescent with the vilest gases, aad, 0 the chemists tell us, potent as prussic acid, Who can doubt, alter this, the real reason of the awful mortality? @ priori argu- ment 1s tnd incontrovertible, and it is vorilied amply by the pecee ot experience. What, wo would ask, could have readered ihe task of identii- cation 80 supremely difficuls? What chemical force could have changed in about half an hour # bright olive dress to a dark brown, and what caused ibe almost immediate decom position of bealthy bodies? ‘The answer to these querivs ig obvious, It was the same horrible compound which deprived these poor souls of what chance they would otherwise b had, One of tho we note, description of brief exp. rience under water, imagined that the biackness and disgusting unpurity of the stream was to be attrib- uteu to the smoke irom the Princess Alice. He w: not aware, of course, of the cesspool into which bad been precipitated, seconds more of subm him heipiet A very superficial examination, how- ever, oi Barking Creek, witn its two ominous col- umus of sewage, and of the quality of the water just beiow, would suffice to prove the accuracy of our contention that tue true cause of the a of the, hunareds ot people was sewage poiwon. For years the Metropolitan Hoard of Works uave beon suflered to evade the common law, and to claim au immunity, grated to no other riverain town, from the Just penalty which ought to accrue for the ofvac luting the ri ‘ PARIS FASHIONS, in. his BIBBONS, THEIR COLORS AND HOW THEY ARE WORN—PARIS AND HEB EXPENSIVE SHOW. Parts, Sept. 4, 1878. While ladies in America, at Berlin and in London are wondering what the ribbons will look like next season they are being profusely used for the trim- ming of lovely costumes for the Empress of Aus- tria, They are flashes of gold and silver tissue edged with satin, or they are satin edged with gold and silver, Some are velvet, with a brocade border; others are wide roversibies, the twe faces showing @ deep and a light shade of the same culor; but the newest are surab ribbons, a twilled silk, that neither crumples nor creases, and lies down soltly over the knees when it is made up in bunches, With these a quantity of Louffeltes ure used. They are rosettes strung inaline and made of crimped silk fein with bows of silk braid in the cenire, The prettiest brandebourgs are made of them, the hand- somest boing goid colored for biuo anu ruby velvot bussar jackets, All the full dress skirts are trained and turned back irom the woderskirt, whioh Hes fat in Iront, Delicate huos line ihe facings of these turned back trains, Long, square waistcoats, square cut bodices, peaks, jaciugs, and gimp collars with culls to match are the chief points, Many of the rich passe. menteries are lined with colored satin, which throws up the jotricate cordwork and gives it the aspect of antique stone carving. THR DARK SHADES. Dark shades are mahvgany, chestnut, mordoré brenge bay, deep vermilion, garoet, ruby, burnea crust and rotten peach. The light shades are ciel, weak bisouit and all the palo telt suades, feit hats being already woru for tulldress. A bird of paradise ) UnGer, and Det on, a tuit of white os- mot siyle. Next io ribbons, ihe ao- e the tips of Oue’s shoes, Nothing in lor- could stop tne: Dythened poinis upsil Kot so long that they curied 4: irun. We have uot owme to an elephantine truuk yet, but the a ta poulaine being ed by who walk up down the boule- Varda to set off the fasbious and who are happily called sleurs du bitume. Leung shoe tips aud pointed are the order aud they remind one of the Avamites’ finger bails, ‘These nulls are curiosities of the Expo- siuiop, Twelve aud @ hail incues is the prescribed measurement fora gentiewan’s periect claws, Great preparatious ure being wade for the the distribution of awards, which (66 will take pince very shortly And Ou Whieh 1,650, 0001. are to be spout, Exhibitors wall r heir medais in ‘alaiv ae Jindustrie, now being dovorated with flitiogs, trophies, &o, Cost OF THE sHuW. igaro, WHO bas & spite againet the man: ofall the Chaup de Mars coueerns, revenis that (he Lxpo- siti0n oF 1575 Will Lave cost forty-aiue millions aud & few odd thousand fraues, [rom which ¢iguteen millions being deducted for receipts and admipsions # vill of from thirty millious to thirty-one millious wili be lett to pay. France 1 certaiuly rieh enough to pay f glory, but for ail that the nation Bb: of the foe cuair, their dresses vot measuring o ‘ound the wid- est cireumierence, UL the cavalier bat shape, turned Up oO one side is Widening Visibly and the Pamela rim, 00 inervy abie sap protruuing 10 the same propor: hair ciotu i® the jaucy for wavy ven: jt mixes delighttully with satin. Soit and uuintrudiog is this novelty, whether bright of pal but there is no camel's in it, being Woven of th fleece of the Thiber 4 when bot of plain merino, ploawaak but misnomers make tnt AN edifcini erection nv one would have looked at in ope of the most uninterosting position 19 @ motailic giaut of piled up tubes buat could reach, i not discontinued at the root, right into thesky. lt ts called a “Hosanuan.” Another suc Coss, Of Account of its Dame, Is ® monument of suuce- aua, called aa “ODdeli Then there aro stove jues Joining ono inthe other to jorm a Goibie de- figu, and the construction ried a “Cbapel.’’ ry vody Is del ed wit | with ao ipirie aud out of Admitied that the success of position depends greatly on ihe munne whieh aridity is made attractive, Parisians excel im hia; one exbibitor, having notping to deal io but hobvatis, has made @ lanuscape with feproducing tue l'rocadero Palace, the cascades, Where is the Trocadero not to ve nied 10 earings on shell, on clasps nclosed Guder crystal lor pa The prettiest article the crystal globe bolaing quantity of snow: AnowWer ie Wore pootical— disco, Sake are se) 1a motion, Mt holds artificial Mk wreath to an adm: 'b paper amented io one corner wiih real grasses, berbs and wild fi The pow pocket wkata, itis quite tight excessively light Tue dial dies open and revs black bollow, NEW IDEAS, Very different are the hollows concealed by flowers 1p the folds of the Rosavelie fchu, Mile, Rosabelle is @ diva from the ltulian opera, aud ber way of drap- luce fchu over ber bosom is unlike any- thing yet dove in that way, Toe neck is bare and so 1s one sboulder, but the other op the front are fichu. Mile, ly bis oper at Trouville, She was tbe { the Marquise de Polly, avd the bouquecitres of Paris huog the bonored artist’s box with roses, It Was « charity performance fer the founding of a soup Kitenen, and the receipts exseeded the most sanguine expectations of eversanguine baronesses, princesses and duchesses, A GREEN SATIN UNDERSKIRT. A beautiful toilet worn ou this ocoasion was a grecn tin underskirt, with a brocade habit in la 4 garanc it was all plisée, bosom bet of the habit apd tl was a deep crosscut of gurance sutiv, The lac lingerie were musiin and Valencienues, I'he bat was @ cavalier felt, with yreen velvet bow io fromt and very large bird on the back. EUROPEAN STAGE GOSSIP. MARI D’IDA’—OPERA FOR HAVANA, CUBA—MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Panis, Sept. 11, 1878, 1 have only time te send you a brief letter to-day, aud it will be confined entirely to theatrical news, as 1 find my note book filled with a number of items of this character, which threaten to become stale by keeping over to my regular post day. First Jet me speak of the great success of the week hore—the new comedy, “Lo Mari d’Idw?—producea at the Vaudeville without any preliminary puffing, and which is, nevertnel one of the best pieces of the kind which bas bees brought out on the stage within my recollection, Most of your readers wil! recollect M, Ernest Feydau’s novei of ‘Fanny,’ a translation of witch bad such currency some years ago in the United stares. There is a certain analogy between that story and the plot of the new piece. 1t will be remembered that M. Feydau conceived the singular idea of infusing jealousy, not into the beart of the husband of a fickle dame, but tnto that of the lover, who ended by finding in the division of ber affections & terribie punishment for bis fauit, The same idea differently, but more humorously, worked out, and presented with a consummate appreciation not only Of the requirements of the stage, but of the growing moral tendencies of French audiences, renders the piece powerlully attractive to all who feel an inierei in the reformation and real progress of the stage. THE HAVANA OPERA TROUPE. Signor Muzio returned to Paris yesterday from Milan alter completing his arrangements for the ap- proaching opera season in Havana, The theatre which bas beep engaged for the campaign ia the Teatro de ta Paz (formerly the Peyret Theatre). It bas been purchased by the creditors of the former proprietor, who gave his name to the batiding. The ated in Cuba the new propric- this happy Th of ce,’? and, to inaugurate ii worthily, commissioned Signor Muzio to epguge for nim the best opera troupe tuat could be secured in fhe following isa list of the artists whom t! been fortunate enough to obtain, tor it should be remembered that the season was rather far uavanced when he received bis instructions:- 1. Signora Alice Urban, first dramatic soprano of the lwliens, Paris; the Scala, San Carlo, Madrid; St. Petersburg und Moscow opera house: ‘ai . Signorina Eleva Varesl, frat tig! joprano of Her Mojesty’s Theutre, London, and of the Lisbon, Cairo and Madrid opera houses, 3. Signorinw Lebra Droz, soprano of the Theatre dal Verme, Mulan, and of the Venice aod Genoa opera houses, 4. Sigporina Beliva Pascalis, mezzo-soprano of the Warsaw Theatre and of the Scala, San Carlo, and Fe- lice opera hous: 6. Sigaorina Luisa Orment, contralto, who sang in the United Stas im the Rubenstein concerts and afterward io the firat theatres of Italy, 6. Signor Aramburo, who {8 satd to have the tinest tenor revusto voice of any living singer, and who is 80 favorably known to the audiences of the Ital: Vovent Garden, La Scala, San Vario, and of ‘St. Pecersdurg Opera House, 7. Signor Luigi Udiow, a tenor de grazia, bad greut success 10 Milan, Venice aod Genoa. 8 Signor Luigi Van: repertoire, of wuom we bear @ most excellent account. 9. Signor Massimo Cippiani, one of the finest bari- tones in Italy. M. Muzio bad to pay a jarge indem- pity to the director of the Turin Theatre (where he was engaged) to secure bts services, 10. Signor Augusto Bouvestre, a baritone of high reputation, who bas sung tn ail the principal op houses of Italy ana of the Con’ be Siguor Giovaun! Maffei, « basso profundo, \dy well and favorably knowa to the Havana au- diencos. 12. Signor Fermino Migiiara, another basso, with a powerful and admirable voice. In addition to these Signor Muzio takes out with bim scene painters, costumers, a stage manager, an or- chestra‘and chorus, The troupe will sail lor Havana on tue Sth of October in the transatlantic steumsnip ‘St. Leureot, ho bas MISCELLANXOUS. Nillson left Parts last night for England, where she js about to make tour. She bas mad Operatic enga, tg, the managers being unwilling to give her her terms, which I are 6,000!, a wight, Her husband bas jo from the United States, Jt t# suid that bor loss America irom the depreciating of property and ot! cuuses will not fail far short of $100,000, ‘Adelina Patti alter concluding Ler engagements in England goes to Berlin for four nights, tor which she ig to reovive $10,000, Every scat bas been engaged two mouths 1p advance, und 1 aid propositions have been made to ten nights at th goes to Brussels and 1 spe isto receive jor ail hi night, itis rumored that sbe%nd to part company. scudier has, it te said, been obliged to abandon the management of the Ltaliens and Todatre Lyrique. Capout is in treaty jor the former aud was to have signed the contract to-day. Gounod’s “Polyeucto? will positively be bro out at the Grand Opera House in Ocwver, Gye hus bought copyright of it tor England, but has bad to pay a heavy sam jor it. Ulimao has engaged Mile, Thalberg for the winter. oe will probably appear at the Grand Opera in Zerit Laura Harris has Just passed through Pari¢ tor St. Potersburg, where she i eugaged tor the wi ’ After singing there she comes vack tojoin Utim whom she has engaged Le: 1 for opera and concerts He n agreement for America, early in Uciover, 1 whom the Ministre des brewking het engagement at made a briltiaut aévut at Bri 5 Nicolo Rubeostein, tae brother ot Antoine, made his appearance for the first time in Paria at toe Ri sian concert the other day, aud made a most favor- able impression, GILMORR’S BAND, The following 18 wo extract from a letter which I have just received from Mr, Gilmore, aated Leipsic, Septemver 9:— As the tHenatp bas kindly noticed our progress I need cess iu Germany has b a We have just eouutudes a» fast night fad ae immense and a je wudivnes. Germany and its entire p dus Wt the head of wii military ownd a xampie to their own “eapell will drop you 3 lave 4 Loid us w " From Bremen MAY SULLIVAN'S TROUBLES, Patrick McCarthy, of No, 22 West streot, was ar- raigned vetore Judge Murray, at the Tombs, yester- day on & charge of seuuotion, preferred by May Sulli- van, of No. 11 Woes street, and was neidin $10,000 bail lor examination, McUarthy, who been acquainted with Miss Suihvan for some tme previous, asked ber to marry him, about two montns ago, | is said, avd they went togetwer to Father Cur- Tau, pasior or St, Andrew's Komac Duane street, tor tout pury ¥ tw unite the coupie Decauret ned. Patrick and the wor repeatouly sout for bim and had interviews with him relative to matrimony, but on hearing of lin now ongagement She determined on appeal- ing to the couris, A warrant was issued by Jucge Marray on Saturday ana placed in the wands of Roundsman Fow-ett, whe found Mev aged tu putting down the carpet io the hi lected jor bis bride, His examin: pected to testit, GERMAN HOKTICULTURALISTS, The German citizens of Newark gathered by thou- sands at Voigt’s Usion Park yesterday to inspect the third anoual exhibition of the German Horticultural Society, The exhibitors are almost exclusively mar- ket gardeners, with small gardens, who raise ¥ bies jor we New York ana Newark mark do & business amounting to nearly § 000 annually. (hey are doimg a large work ip egricultural purposes in the country, LITERATURE. SCIENTIFIC MEMOIRS, Dr. Jobn W. Draper’s long expected volume of sci- entific memoirs bas at last been published by Harper & Brothers, Dr. Dray is well known, hus devoved pearly balf a century to the experimeutal inveatiga- tion of scientific topics, the results of which hav been published in various journals, and among the actions of learned sociaties they have been ly distemivated in European languages, and many of the couciusions they havo presented have been admitted toto the accepted body of scientific knowledge 1tisthese scattered memoirs that havo been collected into the limits of one imposing volume. There has been considerable weeding outand condensing, and the prosent book includes only such a8 are connected with the effects of radiations or of radiant energy. Among many other subjects treated of in these pa; the reader will find an investiga- tion of the temperature at which bodies become red hot, the nature of tbe ligut they emi at different de- grees and the connection between their condition as to vibration and heat, It 1s shown that ignited solids yield a spectrum that is continuous, not inter- rupted, Dr, Draper showed that the fixed lines might be photograpned, doubled their number, and found other aew ones at the red end of the spectrum, The facts thus discovered he applied iu an investiga- tion of the nature of flame and the condition of the sun’s suriace, He showed that under certain circum- Biances rays antugonize each other in their chemical effect, and that the diffraction spoctrum has a yrent Advantage over the prismatic, which is necossurily distorted, The pages offered 10 this volume represent avery large amount of work. ‘Sometimes,” says the author, ‘it costs many days to determine a fuct tbat oan be stated in a line. Such a publication, therefore,” he continuos, ‘assumes the character of an autobiography, since it is utiaily a daily narra- tive of the occupation of its author.” Ip his preface Dr. Draper gives a little sketch of his career, which will probably be as new to our readers as it has Proved interesting to us:— In early lite 1 bad felt a strong desire to devote my- sel! to the experimental siuuy of nature; and, hap. pening to see @ gluse containing some camphor, por- tions of which bad been cuused to conuense iu very Dewuti(ul crystals on the liluminatea side, 1 was in- duced to read everytning | couid obtain respecting the chemicul and mechanical influences of 1ygnt, ad- heston und capillary attraction. ixperiments 1 soon made 1 connection with these topics are described in these memoirs, Some of them I used in « tuesis jor the degree of Ductor oj Meuicine tu ihe University ot Peapsyivanis, My thoughts were thus directed physiological studies anu 1 publisved papers on topics in the American Journales Medical Science. favoravle impression they made Caused me to be pointed, in 1886, Professor of Chemisiry and Physiol gy in Hampden sidney College, Virginia, an appoint. ment Which enabled me to convert experimental iu- vestigation, thus far only an amusement, into the ap propriate occupation of my life, al of the memoirs contained tn this volume mposed at that time. 1'o them I was indebte without any appication on my part, tor an appoint ment to the Professorship of Chemistry aod Physiol- ogy in the University of New York, Soon alterward 1 published a work on the forces that produce the organization of plants. ‘Ibe Jectures on physiology 1 gave at that time 1 improved from yoar to year, and at length published them as a treatise on human phys- iology. It was very favorably received by the medical profession. Among new experiments and explorations on phys- iological subjests contained 10 that book may be Mentioned the selecting action of membranes, cause, of the coagulation of blood, theory of tbe circulation xplanation of the flow of sap, enuo: thin filme, measure of the force of Spiration of hshes, action o! the organic of the lungs, allotropism of Irving sya- ; oo the action of tue skin, functions of nervo vesicles and their electrical analo- gies, function of the sympathetic nerve, explavation ol certain parts of the auditory apparatus, particu- larly of the cochlea and semi-circular canals; the theory of vision, the tueory of muscular contraction, From the study of tndividasl man it is but a step to the consideration of him in his social relation, aud thia, accordingly, bad been done in the second part of my work on physiology, But the subject being too extensive to be dealt with satisiactorily in that mai ner | published the matertals that I had collected in a separate book, under tue title of “A History of the In- teilectual Development of Kurupe.” The object of this was mainly to point out that the intellectual pro- gress of nations proceeds in the same course as the intellectual development of the mdtvidual; that the movement of botn 1s not fortuitous, but under the dominion of law; that the siages ot personal develop- paralleled by the stages of social develup- ment, and, indeed, as palwoutology has proved, by the evolution of ali animated nature; that tue! ry ascent of maa through Well-narked epochs tro e most barbarous to the most highly civilized condition, Inted jnio many iangusges; in editions of 1t were issued, Po! About this ume circumstances led me to deliver betore tho New York Historical Society a course of leevures on Atorican topics, considered from ao similar point of view. These were enlarged and pub- liahed under the title of “!bouguts on the Civil Policy ol America,” This, hke the preceding, wua exten- ly translated anu circulated. ibe train of invesu- 1 pad tvas entered me to a far ‘History of the Ameri- 1 War,” wolen bad just then closed, To this, I was incited by the earnest request of been chief actors in the events, and woo very effectively aided me I had the fnestimable advantage of enjoying the friendship of wany whose names have now become {ilus- trious in connection with those times. ‘The Sec- retary of War gave me access to the public docu- mvnts oo both sides, and to him I was indevied for incidents and the course of nationai policy, nerals who had commanded tn greut battles and d information which a manner most noe was given mo in spocial cases by persons eminent in milltary and civil life. It is often said thatthe uistory of auy Very great social event can- pot be correctly written by a coutemporanevus author, and that we must wait until passions have subsided and interests ceased for a uarrative ofthe truth. Bat thisia not se, Sore depends on the impartiality of the writer than on the deadening lapse of be. ry will always had the best opportuaiy of the privilege of t auce of those wno have personal conspicuous in No one can consider tho intellectual development of Europe without contemplating the forces that have breught this continent to ite present social condi- Uon—forces that have oever Ceased to be in aclive Opposition, Under tue title of atory of the Con- fiet of Religion and Scicace’’ I eudeavored de- woribe their’ warfare. This book has passed throagh It & great many editions jn America aud’Eu; has been translated into Freneb, Spanish, p, Italian, Polish and Servian, it huds readers iv Eastera Europe, and o: 1 thus look back on the ovjects that have vecupiead my attention I recognize huw they bave been intercon- nected, each preparing tue Way for its succersor. It 18 not true that fur every person the course ol tito 18 along the line of least resistance, avd that in this the mo’ ot of humanity is like the movoment of ma- vernal bodies. Wo can only wish for Dr. Draper's new work “the success of ite prodecessors, aud we aro quite sure that it will meet this among all people who are inter. ested In scientific progress, “PARIS ORIGINALS,” “Paris Originals’ is a voluwe dealing with chat ters most of whom are peculiar to the gay capital. The book is written by A. Eginont Hake and illus traved with eichings by Lévn Richeton, Let us glance through the pages and seo what these originals aro, tm the first pinco there is the chifonnier, Tue chiffon. nier i@ Bot uukoown to New York undor the | eu. phonious name ot “ragpicker.” This business of rag- picking, or picking generally, rags not being tne only things taken from the is reduced to & seronce im Pari: troly = said that what falls from the oo st @ main and the Chausséo d’Antio is served a under some now disguise in the Chausede nd in the Rue houffetard, The poor o @ precarious livelihood by this m , the birelings of rag princes, who send them, ior &@ more pittance, 10 search of reiuse, Some of th however, unite thems into independert clube and divide the procveds gathered from the contents Of their Aoties. Their aver: par seldom exceed a franc a day, and with such’s scanty menos of sub- sistence their mode of life is miserable in the ox- treme. A large number of them oiten tive in one is room and sleop on tiled floors, with nothing but their rags for covering and their bag for & pillow. = The restaurants patronized exclasively by them, Six sous is a fair price for a chiffonnier to pay for bis dinner and hail of that for bis broakiast. There used to bo a cahoulot where din- ner Was advertised for one sou. The “guest” paid his money in advance and thon took his piace at @ huge caldron, with a jork ohaiwed to ite side. It was his privilege to plunge the fork and take out what he could catch, There is an interesting cuapter on some of the Latin Quateriste, A motley company, fia badauds, all are to be found in that famous or inia- quarter, that Bohemian Babel! The Salon de and the Caté dea Martyrs are to be found there, The Oalé des Martyrs is one of the pot ple aces Of Paris, frequented by al At this caté life rarcly begins tll atter midaay, aud it is but an overture to the evening rovois, o MOASUFO Of the man is taken aovording to the depth of bis draugnts and the length of his boats, SUPPLEMENT, A chapter 13 Gevoted to the chevaliers d’industric, of whom Mandana Is one of the chiefs, This man ourns his liviug by ferreting out people's secrets and threatening to expose them. He devotes bis energies to convalescents, whom, in their weak condition, tall ready prey, He cukivates the acquaintance of medi- cal men and nurses; entertains thew well, aad cau- tiously extracts family secrets, which are his stock in trade, There is a great deal moro that is interesting in this volame, but the subjects have not been ex- bausted or done justice to. There is still room tor an- other work on Paris originals. “Roxy, “Roxy”? (Charles Scribner’s Sons), by Edward Eggleston, deals with the uncultivated inhabi- tants of the wild West. Mr, Eggiesion bas been particularly ‘happy in bis delineations of Western character, not of the Brot Harte type, but such as farmers and others who are iound io Prosperous villages, Western manuers and customs Fe acurately and graphically described. Thoatory opens with the description of a barbecue ana later on acountry hoe-down, There 18 a good, though short chapter devoted to # revival. Mr. Eggloaton prova- bly bas had plenty of experience In this matter, nat ing been Methodist preacher himsell, He begins the chapter:—**ihere was a revival ia town, Do you know what that means? In a country village, whei most of the time there is a stagnation even in gossip, where a wedding of any sort is a capital ovent, whe uneral is ofani and where evon a birth isa matter of common talk, it is—all moral usnects of the case aside—a great thi to have a hurricane of excitement sweep over tho still waters of the little pool. Every one of the 1,500 peopleia the little town knew that there was a revival going on; evory one of them carried in bis bead each day a list of those who bad been to the mourn- ora’ bench tho night before and of those who were con- verted, and everybody knew who had shouted or ‘taken on? in any way at the meotings, Forlorn groups of young mon, who looked as though the day of judgment bad surely come, stood upon tho street corners and discussed the fact that Bill Worke bad ‘gone forward? the eveuing before. some thought he wouldn’t bold out long. Butthe morning alter old Tom Walters ‘got religion’ the town was con- Vuised witb excitement.” It will be seon by th: quotation that Mr. Exgiestoa bas gotten religious slung down to 4 fine point, Roxy herselt ts @ cugetully drawo character, with more strength tian firmuess. Of course tt tsa love story; whut novel would dare notto be? Its loves are homely, but they ure honest, If the Revue des Deuz Mondes puts “Roxy” toto Freneb, as it oni alreauy done some of Mr, Eggleston's novels, we think it will have some trouble to rightly interpret some of the Westornisms. The attractions of “Roxy” are enbanced by the fino illustrations of Wulter Suirlaw, the painter. Mr. Shirlaw painted all bis pictures on Ganvas first before putting them on wood. “THE OTHER HOUSE.” “The Other House,” by Mary R. Higham (A. i. F. Randolph & Co.), is much better than the general run of good’ books. It is good without being “goody,” u diatinction not often enough made, It deals with evory-day life in a country viliage. The Deroines are the physician’s daughters, ana the boro is the new doctor, whom they begin by nating, but who finally wins the heart of the flower of tue flock. The story 1s told in simple, straigntiorward language, and is easy in stylo and pure in purpose, LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. /*The Student's Ecclesiatical History,” o! Harpor’s “Student's Sories,’’ is an admirable volume, aud one which, though from tho peo of a Protestant, conteins Dutlittle to which any unbiassed Catholic historian can take exception. 2 Miss Margaret Stokes is republishing with Messrs. Bell & Son the “Essay on Earty Christian Architec- ture in Ireland,’ which she profixed to Lord Duora- von’s “Notes on Irish Architecture.” Houghton, Osgood & Co. publish a translation of that tenderly written French work, “Lhe Life of Mme. de Ia Rochefoucauld, Founder of the Society 1 Nagureth.” “The Banker‘’s Directory of the United tates and Canada’ gives the complete list of national banks, State banks, savings banks and otver jaformation valuable to business men. It is published by Rand, McNally & Co., oi Chicago. “& Concise History of Music, from the Commence- ‘nent of the Christian Kra tothe Present Time,’’ by H. G. Bonavia Hunt, of Oxford, is published by Charles Scribuer’s Sons. 1 is a valuable addition to the music student’s liorary. “Francesea of Rimini,” by A, H. 3,, bas received remarkably good notices for an anonymous poem. t. B. Peterson & Bros. announce Henry Greville’s ”? translated by Miss Helen Stanley, The Rev. Nicholus Bjerring, of the Greek Ru: 2 Chapel, will issue next month tho first number of a quarterly periodical entitied the Oriental Church Maga- zine, The purpose of the Oriental Church Magazine is to promote iriendiy feelings toward other Christian denominations, to aequaint its readers with the spir- {tual progress ofthe Russian Empire, the late geo- graphical discoveries in Asia and to further the oo! mercial relations of the United States and Russia, Mr, Bjerrimg wishes it distinctly understood that the mission of the Oriental Church Magasine embraces no proselytizivg purpose, nor will it enter the arona Of aggressive sectarian polemics. It will conscien- tiously seek to maintaio and extend a spirit of Ubris- tian love and good will among all denominations, The siterary reputation of this gentieman and po- sition as pastor of tne Greek Russian Chapel, ap- pointed by the Russian government, are assuranc of bis diness tor the caitorship of such a magazin The O’Coonoeil centenary bas given birth to an “elaborate volume entitied “The O'Connell Centenary Reoord,’’ published by the authority of the O’Counell Centenary Committee, Professor James W. Kava augh, of Dubiin, is tbe author of this interesting vol- ume, in which may be jound everything of interest copuected with the life of the famous Irish patriot, The book, which is seat us through Hickey & Co., of this city, i# elaborately gotteo up. It has jor a frontispiece an admirabie photograph of the O'Connell monument There are also full page portraks of the Lord Mayor of Dubiin, who was president of the National Centenary Com- mittee; a number of Roman Catholic clorgymen, map of the city of Dublin, the Irish Parhament House, and mauy other pictures that greatly eunance the value of the volume. Not only every son of Ireland, but every man who has tno love of liberty in bis soul, wili want to own this momorial of the great Irie, emancipat hich reflects :oflaite credit upon the author, publisher and the society irom which it NEW BOOKS RECEIVED. A Concise History of Music from the Commenceme sent Time. Kor the ~ B. Mus. ©! ers Sons, rrr ucue de rinlande; Notico Statistique, par Kt. gnatias, Virecte: ‘Burean des Wetein Imprines wax de rt of the Unt sd States Relat Tueiudt the Coinage Acts. Washington, 1 a the the Govern- Bdward i to Le From Cassell, Petter & Ga pin, day Hour A it, Higtinm By Mra Sarah bi by Anson D. F, with Specimens of the Gyps: Balted, with pr Gray Wall Puvlisned istory of the Gypsies Lanuage. By Walter sim troduction and nutes, aud # disquisition on present and future of uypsydom, By Ja James Miller, pubs New York, ‘the Chicken Market aud Other Fairy Tal Morley, Professor ot Knylish Literature in U leue, ns. Cassell, Post puolishers, Contributions to Natural Elstor rs on Othor Subjects. By James Simson, Jani publis! New York. Now Yorn. publish. A History of the Growth of the Steam Engl Rovert Mt Tunraon, A. M0, &. D. Appleton Uo. ork, ookery, Hand Book ot the National Train- Vuonery (Buuth Kensington, Loudon), to dod the pringipins of uietin health aud disease, K. Chamber of by pub. +, the iw , By alexun: Borter & A Birds of tue drawings from nature Lucian Bonaparte, Directory of the United Sti « it of banks and bank aiso the Inwyers, Juiy, 1878 Rand, just he daside Life of a Great City, ny MeNally & Co, publi A Tour of St, Leute; Storm,” members of Publishing By J, A. Dacus, Ph. D., and James W. Buel the St. Louis press. Published by the Western Company, St. Louis, ¢ isy Colonel Henry B, Qarrington, U- a rik Monet, sy Colonel pica & Oar puniakers, Fuitideiphis <utt's Maxazine (or Oct ober. publishers Phulnactpbie Philngelphia. ‘the Board ot Lund and ieDecember i. 1877. From tho Meteorological Caarteot ihe Nori Pacitlc Ocean, from eoro ) Hs 7 the Equstorta Latiiude 45 doxroes Nort, und from the Ainei Tonat to the, 18th, Meridian; wiving 4 Wi mas. Mog, Kain, Squall: the Air o T. B. Peterson & ron office: Commodore i, fH. Hydrographer. omy States Navy, \Iydrographer, Washington, A History of oman Literature from the Earliest Pertod to the Dewth of Marcus Aarelius, ty Charles Thomas Cruttwell, M. A. With chronolosical tables. &c., for the use of students, Churles Scribner's Sons, publishers, New From the Foundation York. f the City to I By W- Lune, oiroteeor raity of Hefdelberu, ‘ith = map. Cherles Scribner's Sons, publishers, New York, Scientific Memoirs, being Experimental Contributions tou Kugwiedge of Radiant Kuergy. By John William Draper, DLL. D Harper & Brothers. publishe lilustrated fHistory of Ancient Literatu: ‘lontal and Cina By Joun D. Quuckeubor. Me Moe Harper & Brot Lf aS ‘Iragedy of Hamles, ten Be Witt mJ. Rolo, Ar Python, r & Brothers, publishers, A novel. By >berwood Bonner. Har- per & Broshers: publisher en arper’s Hait-Hour The Romance of » Back ntrcee, By FW. Kobingon. Classical Period. By Bus Si{ves ol the Irish Martyrs and Cont By M ves of the Irish Martyrs an fessors. les O'Kelly, B.A. LL.O. With additions, fucluding-@ Hise tory of the Penal Laws, by Key, Richard Brouuan, A. M. Sheehy. publisher, New York. mn Nostraua’s Melectic Engineering Magezine tor an Ei . plucott & Co., publishers, FINE ARTS, JOTIINGS HERS*AND THERE, ‘The Stewart Memorial Chureb at Garden City wit, be fluisned in two years. [he outside is neariy com~- pleted, and the steeple is up. Situated where itis it hus ap imposing aspect. Among the latest arriv: from abroad of artists who intend to take studios tn this city are William Walton, a papii of Carolus Duran, and George Eweil, who bas been studying in Rome. Wilitam 4, Cuase will occupy Bradford’s old studie in the Teath streot building. Among the loaved pictures on cxbibition atthe Givbons Art Gallery for the veoeft of the orphans mude by the yellow fever are « small Troyon, an excellent Detaille and a delicate little Knaus, Apphcations for udmission to the ciasses of the approaching season of the Art Students’ League are coming iu rapidly. Julian Rix, of San Francisco, is painting Mount Ranier. It ts stated that none of the St. Louis pictures will be sold at auction this year. Foster, an English artist, has been sketching ip Colorado, He bas secured many scenes io the Pass and near Pike’s Peak. F. 8. Church bas excellent, broadly treated and vory artistic full page druwiog, ‘A Fisherman’s But u jea,’? in Harpers’ Weekly tor the 211 A new feature ia tne Datly Graphic rect ree production oO! political and other cartoons and draw. lng made With crayon on eggsbell paper. ‘They are ry effective. * lu the Richmond Dispatch an artist o jpondent writes from Polling, in Bavaria, the little village near Munich where American students congregate, ana to which allusion Was made in these coluwos last weok, We learn irom the letter that tue students at Polling determived to give William M. Chase, the new Protessor of Painting at the Art Students’ League of this clily ,a send-off before bis departure to He bad been to Munich for a few aays and on drawn by two oxen on which was rs, In the oil provided, ing of a bay Wi an improvised throne decorated with flo wagon wore seventeen American artiais, agit was evening, with lvateros; a lurge caricature of the artist to be received und an American flag, On hig arrival Mr, Chast was seated on the throue, driven in state to thi ‘nace at Polling and given ag which the speeches and beer Arts opoued on Monday, the 9in 1 antique school by daylignt bi om thatday, The evening Classes will open on th 4} prox. and the hile school on the 7tb. The study of artanatomy will begin about November 1. The professor of drawing and paint- ing is Christian Schussele, and the assistant professor and cbief demonstrator o! avatomy is Thomas Eakins, tho woll kuown artist, W. W. Keon, M. D., 1p tne istic anatomy. Theabatomlost oongee ‘he study in i charge of the chief demonstrator of anatomy, perintends, under the direction of the prolessor of he dissecting, casting and drawiug. y are provided fur thelile whe go to the dissecting reom after they pave Maished their regular work io the ating room, ‘A prominent Paris picture dealer lately sald, speek. ing of the American genre pictures in the Exhibition, that such works, ifsent abroad oa sale, would com- mand ea market. Though itis not gener ely known, the works of Thomas Eakios and of o jew other Amoricang have been for years sold in Paris, ART IN THE OCTOBER MAGAZINES, There are several noticeable woodcuts in Mr, Brownell’s article on the art schools of New York, ta the Uctober number of Scribner's Monthly, The ene graving of Miss Mary E, Cook's still life stuay in ol] is masterly, as is Yuengling’s readition of F. 3, Charch’s admirable ‘The Vision,” a composition class study, W. J. Harper's bold and effective one hour sketch is well reproduced, and Francis La- throp’s, Walter Shiriaw’s and Jennie Brewnscombe’s views in the diflerent schools are excellent—notice. ably Lathrop’s ‘‘Antiquo Class, Academy of Desig: bis ‘Portrait Class at the Cooper Union,” and Shiriaw’s “Lite Class for Mon,” at the Art Students’ League. There’ is some sterlia, work in the eugraving of the reprodactions of drawings irom casts, aad in that of Migs Manchester's very pleasing “Character Head.” Walter Shirtaw’s iliustration to the mor tostal- ment of **Koxy’’ is a really charming little picture on aved by J. P. Davis, audition of Carolu: Of bis sister-in-law, 3 whicn heads tue story, Levee,” by A. C. Kedwood, i excolient in starthogly real im light and shade and full Character. Asa hint to painters of American © material? F. EK Heine- mann bas exoelloatiy engraved tue drawing. Mr. Bishop’s iustration to nis story, “Mies Calderon's German,’’ ts very croditabie to bim, H. P, Waicou’s jaragter sketches among the Brio-u-Brac are note in the nee good. tn Harper's Magasine to article ow “A Nuw Kugian thocats, ‘Ihe Feis’” pleasing work in All “Adoni.” Abbey has dot his “Yo Bell Mao,” and iu bis “Foxkeeper in a The portrait of Bonry M Stauley is a fine ‘plece of work. J, 0. Davidson's jlustrations to article “The Multitadinous Seas,” in Appleton's Journal tor the same mooth, are many of tuem very picturesque, “fHE ART INTEKCHANGE. We have received the first namver of The Art Interchange, @ fortnightly household journal, pubs lished uoder the auspices and to further the alms of the Society of Decorative Art, ana edited by Arthus BT ‘Tho Orst page is eur: ted by a neal decorative beading, and the opeaing article expiains the ‘Modes and Methods of Work’’ of the Society of Decorative Art Under the hena of “fhe Olsea Room” instruction im crewel work is given, Other departments are ‘The Drawing Room,” “The Mora- pe cau wever subsist on art aloue; it is god 4 do. For this reason current intorest will recoive their i 0 will bave al ui Cesuol aiariy to art. The journal is of a conveuiens size, supervisor: Tative Art are Mesdam Joseph 4. Choate, Wiilial fam S, Howitt, J. W. P ©, Powter aud T, M. Wheeler, Mr. William ©, Primo, e, General di Ceandla and FOREIGN ANT NOTES, Mr. Hormuzd Rassam was to leave Eaglana on the cavations bave beon 8 sence, by his nephew. A vew picture of Gabriel Max on exhil 8 Venus and Tannoduser, when tho latter, ty’s charms, 1 about to set out on his ‘The Dresden exhibition te to have shown noth. poctable mediocrity of jug beyond a r ‘ ‘be first exhibition of the Scotitsh Sootety of Water Color Paimters will open iu October, 1m Glasgow. Amateurs Wil be gind to learn that the 4 wil suory 6 Lhe paviicaiion of the inieresting ries of papers on ‘The Private Ool- ” ‘Tue piovares at Horovy Cassie, ) Yorkshire seat, will be Gras de.