The New York Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1878, Page 7

SANTA CLALS COMING All New York Wandering About in Fairy Land. THE SEARCH FOR Where the Fairy Godmothers of Gotham Go for the Good Things. GIFTS. TOYS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. Peey Articles in Wood, betzl, Leather and. Late---Kaick- ; Kuacks and Dress Goods. ———— ft may be a highly practical age, and this a coun- try of very hard realisms, but here is New York with its million of people wandering about in Fairyland. You may call it Christmas time, or the great festival of Santa Claus, or you may, with a cynical touch, say it is the time for giving presents that cost money you care about and for receiving presents that you don’t care about at all; but, all the same, it is the season when old and young go into Fairyland, Not because yon are old and crusty shall you be excused; not. because you are young and gushing shall you be denied, You and I know, and, without risk of betraying any secret, it may be said that Santa Claus does not come down the chimney. The very babies nowadays that hang up their stockings know it is all make be- lieve, but, nevertheless, they hang them up. They can tell you that Cinderella is only a mutated Aryan stin myth, but yet they cannot quite shake off the belief in a fairy godmother, ‘The primeval man stirs in us to that extent that though the mystery has be- come a myth to our heads, it has some wonderful hold on our hearts. Our hearts have a quick way of leaping back to the time when the mystery was rev- erenced, when the gifts from magic land were watched for in s hopeful spirit that cannot now be recreated even for the greater chances of life, and all take part In the rites of Santa Claus and lay their offerings on his altar in our homes to see if the light of his eyes cannot shine for a moment in our souls. THE HOLIDAY PILGRIMS, Up and down Broadway all day long and farinto the evenings for ten days to come the pilgrims to Fairyland will throng and overflow into Fourteenth street and roam up the avenues, secking their offer- ings. Good humored pilgrims, generous pilgrims, but very wide awake. During the rest of the year the houses that line the streets may be called stores among ourselves or palatial homes of business if we are describing them for the benefit of benighted country folk or foreigners, but now they are all shrines of Santa Claus. Of course you cannot get your offerings unless you have some equivalent in the nature of lucre to exchange for them, but that should not rob it of its charm, and it does not unless you give too much. A LESSON IN ECONOMY, They say that Americans abroad have made travel- ling ruinously expensive, becanse they always put too much in the ever open hands of hotel keepers and tradespeople and never asked for the change, but we have not observed that this is true of Americans at home. It may have been # positive pleasure to some people to pay too much, but it is nothing to the pleasure of thinking that we have the best of a bargain. Do not imagine that the reverent pagans who went down to Ephesus to buy ‘silver shrines for “Diana,” “whom all Asia and the world worshippeth,”” of the silveramith, Demetrius, or others of his craft, did not chaffer before closing their barguins. Thoso were not the days of competition, where over the doors could be seen the legend, “All goods marked in plain prices." And no doubt the church committees of the period chuckled for all their piety over their sacred treasures if they thought they were several drachmas ahead of Demetrius and his brethren. Inasmuch as their joy over a sharp trade did not interfere with their devotion to the chaste Diana, so the delight at our Christmas gifts being cheap but adds another thrill to the joy of giving; in fact, occasionally, it is the only thrill in the entire process. Mother and father, uncle and aunt and bosom friend, therefore, want to know where to go for their gifts in the first place, and next where they can get them cheapest. There are so many to be bonght. You begin with the toys for the children, but every step beyond that brings into wider fields for purchase through the ornamental, the fanciful and the useful until you find that they are only limited by the capacity to pay. INTO THE TOY WORLD. Let us begin at toys, where we began ourselves so Jong ago, for they are near the gates of Fairyland. less me, how they have cha this part of the mungic country, We used to be happy at ecing long strings of wooden dolls hanging in strings, anda tow drums and Noah's arks,and wooden soldiers and a reat hobby horse or two with a tin trampet here and there. Come with us into Schwarz's toy bazaar, at No, 769 Broadway, or into the home of the multi- farious Macy, at Fourteenth street and Sixth avenue; into the savelty wide-reaching Ehrich’s, on Eighth avenue and Twenty-fourth street: into the far-grasp- ing Jones’, at Nineteenth street, on the same avenue, or into the new home of Kinzey, at No, 241 Sixth ave- nue. DOLLS. Talk about dolls! Here are enough of them to fill all the seats at the Academy of Music and leave hardly y standing room beside. And if you think they would not make a thoronghly first class audience you are mistaken, You would think, perhaps, that you were lo king at people through the wrong end of an opera glass. but that is all—such pretty faces, such earcfully dressed hair, such perfect fitting robes, so exact in details and so rich in texture, that we feel sorry our great-grandmothers could not have seen them to know how short of ection their dolls were. Mr. Schwarz will se ‘on one of these lifelike things all the way from $6 to $25, and if you would like the trouble of ressing them he can let you have them from $2 50 to $14. Accommodating Macy, obliging Ehrich or Kinilly Kinsey will give you some dolls of this class cheaper, and will carry you just as high up as Behwarz, They will all show ‘you rag dolls, white dolls, black dolls, crying baby “dolls, walking dolls aud talking dolls, and if the children, yours or your neighbor's, are dear, destructive beings, you can buy, even at yreat A. Tt. Stewart & Co.'s, the flexible, double-jointed, indestructible dolls from $2 50 up- ward. Youcan get dolls «0 cheap that you would fel tempted to order a gross, or so dear that you would scarcely like to present one to every hundred children of your acquaintance, DOLL FURNITURE. But the doll ts only the grand centre whence ratiate a thousand cunning extravagances, There is the doll’s wardrobe that these foreseeing magicians have ready for Zou. with reserve bonnets and jupes and dresses; there are Saratoga trunks for dolls’ clothes. Then there are dolis’ houses, complete from attic to basement; doll stores in every line of busi- ness, (urniture sets in gilt at $1, Schwarz’s, and Little chamber sets in tia, three pieces, for twenty-five cents, with dolls’ scales for half a dollar, There ar doil sets for parlors, libraries, kitchens and bedroot toa aud dinner sets in china and metal. At Macy's you nay see whole iuteriors filled with doll company, aud their windows attract crowds because of the im- portant scenes from life in doll land there presented. PERFORMING DOLLS. Beyond these you van soar up into the mechanical region of moving and performing dolls. Here prices aretancy. You can see Madame de Pompadour at her toilet, or a sculptor at work upon hi statue, or acrobats or jugglers beguiling, the happy bours with gyrations—if you only wind them up off» enough, BOYS’ TOYS, When you come to the bors toys you feel at once how far old tines are lett behind, To be sure, upon the walls are hung, like trophies in a castle hail, i large cardboard shields with the outfit for a boy soldier, sailor or hunteman neatly ar- ranged npon it. ‘There is the soldier's kepi, ready to assist in ushering bim into the sham martial lire that boys will always fore; buthe can be an ad- dmival just as easy, with # fine cocked hat and a sword nd pistol, of # huntsinan with @ hort he ean on don the breastplate and helmet with waving jae of a culrassier if his fond parents are generous enotgh. At ordinary stores these outfits begin at $1 with cheap materiais, Schwarz commences at $2 50 for # soldier of the line and govs up to $14 for & little cuirassier, The toy soldicrs are in every grade and arm of the service aud cau be had in wood or metal and at overy price. Noah's urke contain all the latest and must of the ancient animals, wooden, nted and plain, si RNTIFIC TOYS, SOTES Otiteide of these Las you become filled with a certain awe of the boy. Mis toys rise into wonders, and every sefeuce yields the precocions little mon- stor some tribute. Will you not buy him this little steam gnging for $1, or thie machine shop with real jathes urned by & real engine, or this locomotive bis grin and his sword, his knapsack and his epaulets, | with every valye in place, that will run on a circular track heaven knows how long? He can have magic lanterns whose pictures he cannot break toys that you woulé uot like him to ask y plain, printing presses of newest models, steamboats with screw propellers, steam fire engines that will send a stream over the baby’s cradle, picture blocks and dissecting puzales of any of three or four hun- dred varieties, Eites, kuleidoscopes, telephones, tops and trick boxes that would have been impossible a hundred years ago. BOXES OF ‘TOOLS, Do you want a tool box for the boy? The quaint little “box, with a saw,a mallet and gimilet, of old times, which, however, was capable of achieving such cupital results when vigorously applied to parlor fur- niture or an elder sister's writing desk, would be sorry it ever was born it it could be placed beside the modern toot chest of the boy, It need not be fully described; it has enough possibilities to suggest that 4 parent would want to buy a lumber yard along with it, particularly if, as is likely, it includes a scroll saw. MOBY HORSES, AND #O FORTH. In this direction the boy is particularly favored. His norses and carriages are as varions und wonder- ful as his own wild fancy could desire. Rockiug horses and leaping horses, goat carriages and yeloc- ipedes of manifold designs await his most ardent desires ready to fulfil them. As to parlor gamex we cannot follow him through, them. For musical in- struments he has a legion of them—metallophones, xylophenes and other phones, drums, key trumpets, bugles, harps, zithers, whistles wud miniature pianos— enough to madden a whole neighborhood, YHE CHRISTMAS THEI No home where there ure youngsters will be com- plete without a Christmas tree, aud hence the charac- ter of its adornments becomes a serious matter. At all the fancy stores these ornaments are sold, rutes that place them within everybody’s reach, Ehrichs’, Macy's, Jones’and Kinzey’s the throngs that keep the hundreds of girl clerks busy trom morning till night supplying the demands in this direction are something incredible, Brilliant motallic refi glittering balls, little figures and lamp and holders are sold by tens of thousands, At Sc was noticed a new stand for the Christmas tre is placed in a socket that revolves while the mechan- ism in the box below plays a pretty tune, At the best stores was wlso seen @ Santa Claus that walks around the tree quite naturally, MORE MECHANICAL WOSDEIS, Pernaps the prettiest of the mechanical toys seen was the walking peacock, which, after advancing for ten paces, comes to a stop, fans out its tail of reul peacock feathers and turns its head aside with the “now-ndmire-me” motion of the vain bird himself. After a moment’s pause the tail is closed and droops gracefully, the head bends forward and the bird resumes its walk. A bull pup, a walking bear, a low- ing cow and a cow that can actually be milked are among the attractions of the stores already men- tion FOR CHILDREN OF LARGER GROWTH. “Once upon a time,” we are told in the fairy tales, “@ merchant went on a journey and promised to bring back for his three daughters whatever they wished. The eldest asked for diamonds, the second for pearls and the third, who was her father’s favor- ite, for a soaring, singing lark.” It is not very likel: that this list would be repeated nowadays, althoug! diamonds are always in favor; but in the olden time girls had a very limited choice, and if they did not take diamonds or pearls had to take to larks or something queer of the kind. Go into Stewart's and look around umong the fancy goods and retty wares there displayed for Christmas presents; ton into the Pulais Royal, at the corner of Four- teenth street and Broadway ; go through the mazes of Macy, Ehrich, Kinzey, Jones or Bloom—Bloom of the Bowery. It would be hard work to go through them all, and you would find the same goods, with occa- sional varieties of form and slightly different scales of prices in each. Here and there you meet a specialty, and if you want the choicest goods that is the place. FAIENCES. Vases of varying degrees ot beauty and price are in much demand, from the cheaper kids up through Dresden, Wedgewood and Japanese cloisonée. Of the latter Stewart has handsome pairs, beginning at $25 and ranging up to $300. Choice figures in china or bronze can be had within similarly wide apart ex- tremes of price, aud painted plaques of Limoges and Swiss ware are to be had at reasonable rates. Macy's has added a fine china room to its already large num- ber of porcelain and crockery departments. In glass ornaments pearly all the good stores are strong, some beautiful vases and cpergnes, in metal and glass and wood and glass, being specially attractive. KNICK-KNACKS. It is in the smuller kind of pretty pings that is to be found the greatest variety, and the cheapness is an unfailing marvel. Paris sent them out by the cargo, and our home manufacturers vie with the forcigners. It would be impossible to give a cata- logue of them. Articles of the toilet, mantel orns- ments; the little charms and trinkets that hang upon a chain or otherwise adorn the person, if one does not seek pure gold, can be had for very'little at any of the places mentioned, Reul jet jewelry, black yar- nets and Whitby jet can also be: had cheap. Ink: stands, Se ash receivers, and #0 forth, gilt, sil yered or bronzed, or in the fashionable old brass, range from a couple of dollars to $23. ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, Go to the Parisian Flower Company, at No. 28 East Fourteenth street, to see what murvely of imitations they have. Here are not only the ordinary flowers, copied to the life, but pretty wild flowers and ferns aud yeraniums that for a ‘lor vase have obvious advantages, In Stewart's there is a tine collection of these in pots that one might be tempted to water daily. Of course in all the millinery stores artificial flowers are to be found in abundance. Johnson Brothers, of Union square, are prominent in all per- taining to millinery. ‘WOOD AND LEATHER. Writing deaks, Japancse cabinets, work boxes, work baskets and articles in the Ja-se-po-ri ware are to be found in the widest varieties, e latter is # light and pretty material. It is made ot split rattan, cemented in rings together and is formed into vaseu, jolders, mirrors, frames and so forth, and specimens are obtainable at Stew- art’s from twenty cents to $6. Silk umbrellas, from $2 50 to $25, are very much sought for presente. Perhaps it is in the various articles of leather that the yreatest number of purchases are made. In- cluding, a8 it does, purses, portemonnaies, pocket- books, albums, bags, belts, boots, bottines, dressing cases, valises, nearly every shopper and present- hunter buys something in this line. Schwarz, Macy, Enrich, Stewart, Johnson, of Union square; Jones, ot Eighth avenue; the Palais Royal and Bloom in the Bowery have larger or smaller collections of these goods, In shoes and fancy slippers Lord & Taylor and Macy have good stocks. FANS AND CHATELAINES. Another resort of the present-buyer is the fan. Some of the newest und handsomest are broadly edged with ostrich down in white or pale pink or blue. The sticks are gilt or alternately of gilt and ivory, The fan is covered with daimasse or matelassé orboth, with designs painted on a portion of the silk. They range in price from $6 to #15, and are to be had’ at the Palais Royal, Sohheon's’ snd Mac}’s, At the first named place are sold chatelaine bags to match the matelassé fans. There also is shown a peacock tail fan, with tortoise shell sticks, for $80. It i very beautiful. One in white satin aud ivory, with a watchin the handle, is marked $40. ‘The variety of fans to be had is almost as great as in many of the other branches of holiday ware. One can only measure the volume of this fancy trade by looking in at Macy's, Ehrich’s, Kinzey’s or Schwarz's, IN DRY GOODS. While so large a proportion of the Christmas trade runs to mere fancy and tiness it is astonishing how much also is done in the useful, Hence it is that, although « great many of our dry foods «houses turn themselves — year; into zaars for goods somewhat foreign fo their lar trade, @ great many ve found that it paid better to set the inducements to the public in the shape of bargains in their Ln ond Hues. ‘Thus the great house of Lord & Taylor has added but little of what are called Christmas novel- ties to ite attractions, bnt it has set out its goods in a Christmas way. So it is with J. & C. Jonnston, of Broadway and Twenty-second sti ; Conkling & Co., of Broadway, above Twelfth street, and Kaugh- ran & Co., of No. 767 Broadway. OUT OF ONE, THRER, ‘There is an interesting history of these three houses whieh may be briefly told here. The brothers John- ston, having manfully madeythetr way in the world, took the store ut Ninth street and Broadway. By and by three of their clerks set up in business next door to them, and for a time there was close competition. Then the Johnstons, growing richer and more am- bitious, moved up to their present great abode, and Conkling, Kanghran & Chivvis remained flourish- ing. At’ length the latter firm found the could not agree in business, The house, di- vided against itself, did not, however. tall, but simply dissolved — partnership, two of the partners going up Broadway and the other remain- ing at the old stand. The Johnstons are out of the fight in that part of Broadway, but between Conkling and Kangbran the battle of prices still rages as between the Montagues and Capulets of old Verona. They do not bite their thumbs, but each tries to undersell the other, to the joy of the bargain hunters, and yet both prospering. Looking aside from this combat, so common in trade annals, here is the significant fact that three firms may alinost be said to bave grown out of one during the period of business depression. PRESENTS IN DRY Goobs. With the above firnis, who make their special at- tractions in dress goods, should be mentioned Le Boutilier & Brothers, of No. 48 East Fourteenth street and No, $47 Broadway, and Hearn, of No. 77: Broadway. Dress goods ranging from 4!¢ vents to §: a yard, silks from 75 cents to $4 and even highe in drees lengths from 85 cents up to $6, form nt Presents at may be fitly given to those to whom a less useful article would not be so welcome. These firms also make a strong point of lace goods, offering sets of duchess lace from $10 to 874, lace searfs from $6 to $60, and atd, & C. Johnston's are duinty little stars of Ince tor $1, to be worn on the bosom with a ribbon, like a locket; in point lace you can go from $20 to $150 for a set of col- at and cuffs, while in Russian lace you can buy a set for 75 cents. Boxes of handkerchiefs, contain- ing six, can bo had from 50 conts to $2, and silk handkerchiets from 20 cents to $3 each, FURS AND SHAWLS, In costly furs the selection of Lord & Taylor is rich, The fur lined cloaks aud dolmans so nineh in vogue wea at $04 and go up to $260, through every degree of fineness of fur. At Stewart's furs are also a fine feature of the holiday as well as the regular trade. A shawl which, thanks to wonderful machinery, ean be bought for @ very smali price, may also be made to represent any suin almost a human being would fancy, At Stewart's and Lord & Taylor’s you may cast eyes upon India shawls for which they a#k from $900 to $1,500—miracles of artistic design aud patient labor, Or. you may buy a Dethi cashmero from $180 to $300 or oa Deceah shawl which can be either $5 or $125. Then if you want to warm the hearts of your friends who are not too well off'in the world give them some underwear ox @ pair of te, NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15, You can get them cheap enongh, or youcan go up to | rfl Mission blankets from San Francisco, t $30 cach at Lord & Taylor's. It is to be feared that if you once yot under one of these on & cold winter's night you would not be anxious to yive it away. If you want to make presents of shirts, collars or cuifs there is Keep, of No. (23 Broadway, who will sell you halt a dozen shirts at an incredibly low price. FURNITURE. If you are at Macy’s or Lord & Taylor's and want to present your friedd with a writing desk or a fancy table or anything in that line, you can probably get it ax cheap as you desir ut Mucy’s, and of as fine material and workmanship as you choose to pay tor at Lovd & Taylor's, Desks, easels, chairs and. tables in cherry wood stained to ‘imitate ebony and beauti- fully inlaid are among the new things. MILLINERY, In millinery trimmings and small fancy ba 48 Christmas novelties such houses ax of joods as wniell's, vay, near Eighth street; Johnson, of Union ill, of No, 321 Sixth avenue, and Keyes, of hth avenne, meet the demand tor variet and moderateness of prices, while Jones, of Eighth | avenne and Niveteenth street, makes an attractive | show in dry goods, fancy goods aud novelt: The | people have fonud the way to these places, and the busy scenes of buyers and sightseers presented in aul these establishments yesterday prove it. Those who want to be generous need have no doubt of being able to find the exact thing to suit their means. Don't be afraid of the Christmas fairyland. A UNIQUE EXPOSITION IN THE CHURCH OF THE PURITANS, A vory picturesque, original and entertaining fair was held during the past week in the Church of the Puritans, in 130th street, uear Fifth avenue, On en- tering the rooms occupied by the Sunday school the visitor seemed to lave suddenly emerged from the metropolis of Gotham to the heart of an old Dutch town. The eye rested upon the broad Dutch roofs, odd gables and congenial walls of Delft Haven, or New Amsterdam, Houses of rick and stone, many bearing the familiar inscrip~ -1, “To let,” met the spectator on every side. The tables arrauged in the little streets and alleyways, with fair dames in at- tendance, added an indescribable charm to the scene. All the little booths were tastefully arranged, and the ladies strictly attentive to their duties. Among other attractive teatures was exhibited an old time chimney corner, or fireplace, ornamented with Scrip- tural quotations, muskets and pi In a financial view the fair was a success, and the pustor, Rev. Ed- ward L, Clark, aided by a committee of gentlemen, rarind “ignele to make the fair pleasant and agreea- THE SOCIALISTS’ FAIR. The socialistic labor party's fair was opened last night in the Germania Assembly Rooms, ‘The room in which the fair is held is in the rear of the prem- ises, on the ground floor. Stands were arranged around the apartment, and the sweethearts, wives and sisters of the Boclalistic Society, arrayed in their best attire, presided at thirty different tables. The main object of the fair is to aid the Commu- niatic ut a portion of the proceeds is to be devoted to organizing purposes. The bulk of the visitors last night was composed for the most part of rman ith here and there a stray Englishman or Americ: Citizen H, Bartholomee is president of the Executive Comimittee, and Citizen Adam Glebe, secretary. ‘These parties claim that 500 valuable ar- ticles, valued in the aggregate at $5,000, have becn donated to the fair. ze fair will continue during the whole of this week. STATEN ISLAND'S SENSATION. For about a week past no little excitement has pre- vailéd in political circles on Staten Island, owing to an attempt to depose a certain Supervisor from his seut and appoint anew man in his stead. For some time past Captain William Corry, Supervisor from the town of Southfield and chairman of the Board, has been unable to attend to his duties through sickness, Three Justices of the Peace of the town of Southfield—Messrs, Kane, Doyle and Flanagan— signed a paper in which they stated that they were satisfied that the present incumbent was unable to act as supervisor, and that they had appointed Samuel RK. Brick to fill the vacancy thus created, From the evidence obtained upon investigation it appears that Judges Doyle and Kane first signed the paper and then, about nine o'clock one evening, it ‘was presented to Judge Flanagan to sign. He signed it under the impression that {t was merely a call for a town meeting, it having been, as alleged, so sented to him, Soon after signing it he covered that it was in reality the appointment of Mr. Brick to which he had placed his signature, and he immediately endeavored to erase his name. When about to draw a line throngh his signature the paper was snatched away and he never afterward was uble to gain possession of it. He then entered @ pro- test against the paper, in which he stated that he was induced to sign the appointment through misrepre- sentation, eer a4 the investig: committee are still in session the case was virtually settled on Friday by the Board of Supervisors meeting at the residence of Captain Corry. That gentleman answered for South- field, and in order to show that he was working with the Board he was placed upon several important committees. All the parties in the case are demo- crats. MURDEROUSLY ASSAULTED. While Clarence Delafield, engineer of the village of New Brighton, 8. L, was, on Friday evening, in- specting some repairs then in progress on the Manor toad two men approached, and one of them, Joseph Johnson, a contractor, became abusive and finally assaulted Mr. Delafield, who, although a man some fitty years of age, defended himself and succeeded in knocking his assailant down twice. John Johnson, a cousin of Joseph, then joined in the attack and the engineer was borne to the ground. While one of the men held him down, the other kicked him and struck him several blows on the head with a stone. ‘They finally deaisted in their attack and fled, owing to the approach of a stage, Mr. Deladeld managed to walk to the house of a Mr, Clark, which was near at hand. In ashort time the Johusons returned, and, joing to Mr. Clark's house, at once began @ search for heir victim. They gained adinittance to the house by bursting in a door, aud as only Mr. Clark's daugh- ters were at home no serious resistance was offered, ‘They did not succeed in finding Mr. Delafield, who had been concealed in the garret. In the meantime word had been sent to the police, who responded promptly: taking both men into custody, They were wrought before Justice of the Peace Langton ona charge of felonious assault, and that gentleman ad- mitted them both to bail. ‘Mr, Delafield is in the care of two physicians, and at last accounts was in quite a precarious condition On complaint of one of the members of Mr. Clark’ family warrrants were last night issued for the ar- rest of the Johnsons. MANHATT. BANK ROBBERY. Captain Byrnes appeared in Jefterson Market Police Court yesterday and asked Judge Morgan to remand John, alias “Red” Leary, and John, alias “Butch’’ McCarthy, whom he had arrested on the previous night and locked up in the Fifteenth precinct. The Judge asked him what charge was preferred against them or of what crime they were suspected. The Captain replied that he believed they were in somo way connected with the Manhattan Bank burglary and wanted them held to allow him to complete the in of evidence around them. His Honor assented, ud when two men were brought in later he re. manded them until this morning, when they will be accorded an examination. A ROBBER KING. [From the Pall Mall Gazette.) ‘The Hungarian papers aunonnce the death, in the prison of Szamos-Ujvar, of the celebrated bandit, Rosza Sandor, known in Hungary as the “robber King.” He was born at Szejedin in 1813, aud both his father and grandfather were robbers by protes- sion. His achievements, however, soon eclipsed those of his famfly, and he waa admired as much as he was feared. The reckless courage with which he attacked the police, and even military escorts, on the high road in broad daylight, his generosity toward the poor and bis gallantry toward women made him & sort of national hero, Some thirty years ago few people of the wealthier classes ventured to travel in Hungary without baying him tribute. His bands were well armed and organized, and the surginy legények (poor fellow), as the bandits were cailed in those days, found sympathizers and accom- lices among the peasantry, He was first imprisoned 11 1836, Dut escaped in the following year by the as- sistanve of his mistress, a peasant woman named Kati, whose husband he hud killed by blowing his brains out with a pistol. During the reyolu- tion of 1844 Rosas Sandor was pardoned by Kossuth, and he then organized a free corps which did good setvice against the govern- ment troops. After the suppression of the rising Sandor resumed hia former career, He did not again fall into the hands of the authorities until 1866, when he was betrayed by one of his companions, whorn he shot as the soldiers were advancing to capture him. After « trial which lasted three years Sandor was sentenced to be hanged, but the sentence was com- muted to imprisonment for life. He remained cight ears iu the fortress ot Kufstein, and was thou set at liberty in virtue of a general anmesty. But he soon resumed his old purstits. In 1868 he attucked, with some of his companions, # railway train at Felegyhaza, The goverument sent a body of troops, ‘under Count Gedeon Raday, to capture him, and four ears later ho was again brought before the criminal ribunal, together with a nw r of his accomplices, amoug whom were several magistrates and high civic functionaries, He was again sentenced to death, and the sentence was again commuted to tinprison- ment for life. rion to which Lo was then sent 4s the one in which he died, 1878.--QUADRUPLE SHEE T--WItll SUPPLEMENT. TERRIBLE DEATHBED SCENE. THE FATE OF A GIKL IN NEWARK—SHE DIES CURSING 4 NEGRO WHOM SHE CHARGES WITH HER RUIN, In a room oceupied by Mrs. Jennie Malvin, a colored luundrywoman, at No. 70 Mechanic yesterday morning about one o'clock an intensely dramatic scene was enacted, There were three per- | sons in the room at the tine—Mrs, Malvin, col- | ord; a colored man, nained Dickson Gardner, aud | a white woman, The latter was on her deathbed, | within an hour of her final dissolution, She had been eimpioyed as a domestic in 4 boarding | TWO MEN HANGED. A Horrible Murder Growing Out of Negro Superstition. SCAFFOLD = ELOQUENCE, . secant tienen The Culprits Assert Their Tunorence, and house on Park place, one of the fashionable streets of Newark, where Gardner also was employed. He is a coul black Virginia negro, and, as is alleged, betrayed the white girlover a year ago. ‘Two wevks ago she gave birth to a child while stopping at a friend's house in Fair street. On Monday night, while still in 4 feeble condition, she was removed to Mrs, Maiyin the object being to get her away from prying ey ‘That night it rained furiously, and the rem though only a few blocks distant, told h on the unfortunate mother, who gradually wank, until it was manifest on Friday that death was ereeping on her slowly but surely. That evening she sent for a priest, one of the clergymen attached to St. John's, in Mulberry street. Ho came and gave her the last consolations of her religion. 4 About ten o'clock the same night, a» Aunty Malvin states, Gardner entered the place and sat by the sick woman's bedside, At first she seemed pleased at his resence, but soon changed her looks and tone and an to talk angrily at him, Midnight passed and she scemed to revive. She stared fercely at Gardner, and after a long look and a long pause finally burst out at him after this fashion :— A DREADFUL ANATHEMA, “Yon devil! the curse of God on you! You're the one that brought me to this—to shimme, to ruin, {0 | degradation and to death, How «do you ever expect to be pardoned ? How cau you dare sit there and look me in the face, you black devil incarnate ? Oh, my poor mother and father in Heaven, what must ye think of me At this point the distracted creature sprang up in the bed, caught the startled negro by the throat, and | with eyes snapping and voice quivering with anger shrieked the terrible words: iw devil! now I've got you, and fll drag you down with me—down, down, down to the perdition you've sent me to! May the God that’s in heaven shut you out and let you go where you belong—to hell! You devil, may the curse of God forever rest upon you!” ‘The wretched woman sank back exhausted by her great exertion, d Gardner fled from the house. Soon after she was a corpse. JUSTICE ENTERS LATE, County Physician Hewlett held a post mortem ex- amination, and found death to have resulted from natural causes, superinduced by exposure and over exertion, The woman's only living relative, a brother in Newark, will take care of the funeral. Gardner, who is @ married man, could not be found yesterday by the authorities, aud his wife and chil- Gren are stopping with Policeman Dickerson, a colored man, A warrant has been issued for Gard- ner’s arrest. f a UNFORTUNATE LOUISA BLENDER. PURTHER DETAILS ABOUT HER LODGMENT IN THE INSANE ASYLUM AT NEWARK—SAVED FROM SUICIDE-—A VISIT TO THE ASYLUM. In order to fully clear up the mystery surrounding the incarceration of Mrs. Louisa Blender—a woman declared by several county officials to be perfectly sane—in the Essex County (N. J.) Insane Asylum last Wednesday night, a HERatp reporter yesterday after- noon visited the asylum, which is located on Camden street, on the outskirts of Newark. STATEMENT OF WARDEN LEONARD. Major Leonard, the Warden of the asylum, made the following statement:—It was true that the woman was brought there on Wednesday night, about half- past ten o’clock, by a special officer named John Voss, in whose house, at No. 226 Camden street, the Blenders lived. He had no papers, but said that he had found the woman about to destroy her child and herself. She was about jumping in the canal, ‘The unfortunate woman was then in a high state of excitement, and had every appearance of being insane. She talked or rather jabbered like a wild woman, first in German and then in broken English. They were having one of their periodical entertainments at the asylum for the amusement of the inmates that night, and Drs. Whittingham and Sultphen, members of the Board of Freeholders and of the Lunacy Com- mission, happened to be present. Their attention was called to the case, and, in the name of humanity, they saw fit to overstep the technical bounds of the law, and ordered that she be admitted. She was then taken to the bathroom and cleaned. Tho next day the papers, found in possession of her husband, were taken charge of by the Warden, and Mrs. Blonder ix now there acco’ to law. Her child was taken charge of by John Voss. WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY. Drs. Whittingham and Smith were found at the asylum by the reporter. The former was very indig- nant at the assertions made by Messra, Robotham, Lehman and Poinier to the effect that the woman was perfectly when physicians had certified to the contrary. He would #ay that if the woman was not insane then there were no insane persons in the lace. Ax for the story thi . Leonard, the matron, fat told the ‘examiners,"’ that Mra. Blender was sane, the Doctor denounced tt as a falsehood. What had been done would be done again under similar circumstances. It was in the interest of common hu- manity, and, as it turns out, in avcordance with the law. rs, Blender would be kept in the asylum until she was pronounced fit to be discharged or suitable persons turned up to take charge of her. Dr. Smith said he was glad the Heratp had shown such a desire to set the truth before the public, ‘MMS, BLENDER VISITED, The reporter was next escorted by Major Leonard to the woman's ward, where, among a gronp of in- sane females, Mrs. Blender was found. Although slovenly dressed ina cheap calico wrapper, and her hair cut short and unkenpt, beg still retains traces of oks. her former prepossessing When first spoken to she rocked herself incessantly and talked with great yolubility in broken English. After a while she calmed down, — spoke softly and wrote her name and address readily in the reportee's note book, using the German style of caligraphy. She had now regained her clear- ness of mental vision, and ly of pure womanly gentleness, soft, sweet and winning. Altogether her conduct and conversation were that of & woman undoubtedly. disordered mentally. It is believed that with good treatmunt, nutritious food and proper rest she will be fully restored to her normal state of mind, A “FORTY-NINER'S” WILL. There was filed in the Queens county Surrogate’s office, at Jamaica, Long Island, on Friday, the will of Joseph E. Lawrence, who died in Flushing some three months ago. Mr. Lawrence was prominent as a “Forty-niner,”’ and the Golden Era, of San Francisco, was his creation, Prentice, Mulford and Bret Harte worked as reporters on the ra when Mr, Lawrence was its editor. The will is dated Sau Francisco, July K. Fitch, of San Francisco, is devises all his property, both real and personal, to Hannah ‘I. Lawrence, of Ba: side, Lor the San Island. It consists of five acres of land on runo road, four miles from the city of San 4 pices of property in the city; one-half in the Golden Era, and onehalf interest in the California Magazine and Mountainerr. BUSINESS TROUBLES, Goorge H. Wolff & Co., dry goods jobbers, of Cin- cinnati, and formerly in Worth street, this city, have made an assignment to William G, Williams, of Cin- cinnati. Their liabilities are reported at $100,000, William J, Rotirbeck, importer of chemical ap- paratua, made an assignment yesterday without pref- ercnces to Julius Goldman LAUGHED HERSELF TO DEATH. {From the Providence Journal, Dec. 14.) One of the most extraordinary deaths that ever was chronicled fn this city occurred yesterday, and is to- day the talk of the town. The cirenmstances are as follows :—Mr. Joshua Walker is a respectable colored man, residing on Filmore street, and married a short time since a young woman of excellent char- acter and who was not quite twenty years of age, Joshua proved a worthy husband, al- wal looking after the Honxehold comforts. Day before yesterday he purchased some fresh pork which he intended to salt down for the coming cold weather, Yesterday he went to the eaptoare for the purpose of obtaining salt with which to make brine for the pickling, and took from «jar what he presumed was the required article, thereafter pro- Hope for Future Bliss, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Basrnor, McDade County, Texas, Dee. 14, 1878, This remote Iocatity has been to-day the scene of intense popular excitement consequent upon the public legal execution of Smith Jackson and Pryor Jones, both colored, for the munder of Jobn Black, also. colored, December 23, 1876. The prisoners were indicted, with Thomas Robinson, Sol Ridge, Henry Owens, William Peterson, Steve Robinson, Burrill Jackson, Sam Squirrelhunter and George Veal, the latter of whom turned State’s evidence, Their several trials resulted in the conviction of the two men who to-day paid the penalty of their crime, and Burrill Jackson. The three were sentenced to be hanged to-day, On the Ist of this month Governor Hubbard commuted the sentenee of Burrill Jackson to imprisonment for lite, doubts having been thrown upon the correctness of the verdict by which he was pronounced guilty. THE EXECUTION. A brief interview with the prisoners was held in their cel! yesterday. Burrill Jackson rejoices at his commutation to life imprisonment and believes he will be ultimately pardoned. Smith Jackson and Pryor Jones gladly availed themselves of the opportunity to talk. The gist of their remarks was a repetition of what they said at the time the Judge passed sentence on them, ‘They insisted that Sam Squirrelhunter and Sol Ridge, the quasi preachers, were to blame for the murder, At twenty minutes past one this afternoon the prisoners were brought from the cell where they had been holding religions services with Parsons Friday Mathews and John Winn, both col- ored, they having been chosen latterly in place of the Episcopal minister, as more fitting to shout and pray according to negro custom. In the rotunda of the jail the prisoners were given an opportunity to speak, READY TO GO AND SURE OF GLORY, They said to the Uxracp reporter that they were prepared to die, and believed they would go straight to glory. They hoped their faith would be a warning to all young men, many of whom were around them, and asked them to let whiskey alone; it begat trouble. When questioned as to the cause of their lynching Black they both averred that the voudou doctor and Sol Ridge instigated it. Their remarks were voluminous and tantological, all tending to ex- culpate themselves, though they protested they were willing to die. They insisted that Burrdl Jackson was innocent. . THE PROCESSION TO DEATH. Sheriff Jenkins, with a posse of forty men, formed aline and marched the prisoners to the scaffold, 1u0 yards from tho jail, in the court house yard. They ascended the scaffold with steady tread, imitating the notorious Bill Longley by having cigars in their months. They made brief addrosses to the crowd from the scaffold, t gist of which was that they hoped their fate’ wonld be a warning and expressing their certainty of fry, to heaven and closing, “Farewell world! fare- well, friends!” The death warrant was then read, during which Smith Jackson, holding to his rope, uttered mingled prayers and song. At the conclusion of th ing of the warrant the minister read achapter from the Bible, and lined out an old hymn, the prisoners joining in the singing lustily. They then the olficera “Goodby.” SWINGING DEAD, ‘The ropes and black caps were adjusted, their limbs pinioned, and at twenty minutes past two the spring was touched, the drop fell, and Smith Jack- son and Pryor Jones were hanging beneath the gal- lows. Both necks were broken, At the end of tive minutes Jones, and of fifteen minutes Jackson, were pronounced dead, They hung thirty minutes, und he bodies were turned over to their relatives for in; terment. There was a visible effect on the vast crowd of darkies in attendance, many shonting and sing asatacamp meeting. Squirredhunter has escap THE CRIIE—A YOODOU. ‘The murder to-day punished was one peculiar in some respects to negro character. A son of Henry Owens disappeared, and hix friends, in. consultation on the matter, were induced to send for Sam Squirrelhunter, @ professor of voodouism, to pratice his incantations in his bebalf. After many nonsensical proceedings thia mixcteant de- cited that John Black had murdered the chiid and had thrown the mangled corpse into # well. He could not definitely state where the well wes situ- ated, but said that could be easily ascertained by future operations. For this Pa the whole party disguised themselves and went to the home of Black, Salling the ipecting and innocent man from his house they put @ rope around his neck, the other end of which was made fast to the “horn” (pommel) of the saddle, ridden by one of them. Together with ee and dragging, Black was conveyed about @ mile into the woods, Reaching a locality favorable for the hellish deed about to be enacted, the party halted, Black being almost lifeless. The rope was disconnected from the saddle and the end thrown over a limb. was then told to tell where the lost child was se- creted. He protested his innocence; said he knew nothing about the boy and that they all knew it. The voodou chief, Sam Squirrelhunter, said Black was “lyin’ bout dat, caze he hed perfec knowledge whar de chile wuz, caze he (Sam) had bin tole so by de coffee grouns.”” TORTURED TO DEATH. At the word of command all hands took hold of the suspended end of the rope, and, with a steady pull, raised Black some distance from the groun He hung thus for several seconds, when his execution- ers let) him down. As soon as he was resuscitated sufficiently to be able to he was again told to divulge the where- abouts of the murdered negro boy. He faintly, but persistently said that he was inno- cent, bousing his torturers to give him a chance to prove his innocence. With a demonatcal yell the murderers once more rope, and pulling Black up some three or four feet from the ground left him hanging. Subsequently the missing boy came home, saying that he had been stolen by a stockman, and that the murdered man, John Black, had uothing to do with his abduction, Squirreihunter, the yoodou chief, escaped from prison and is a fugitive. MOLLY MAGUIRES RESPITED. GOVERNOR HARTRANET POSTPONFS THE EXECU- TION OF M'DONNELL AND SHARP, IN VIEW OF NEW EVID) (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Manutspuna, Pa., Dec. 14, 1878. James McDonnell and Charles Sharp, Molly Ma- quires, were respited to-day until the 1th of Jan- wary by Governor Hartranft, who had issued warrants for their execution at Mauch Chunk on the 18th inst. At the last meeting of the Board of Pardons an application for the commutation of McDounell’s death sentence to imprisoument for life was ad- versely considered, and subsequently writs of error in his and Sharp's case wore refused by the Supreme Court. Sharp's counsel had meanwhile made an appeal to Judge Dreh who sentenced both culprits, and he prepared a communication which was forwarded to the Governor, stating that f the after discovered evidence in favor of Sharp had wen before the Court in the mead form at the ar- gument for a new trial he would have continued the case to afford the defendant an opportunity to sub- mit the testimony, and if the case was in his control he would do so now. The only fs. he says, is tor an appeal to the Governor for a respite, so that Sharp can bring his case again before the Board of Pardons, MeDonnell and Sharp were convicted of the murder of George K. Smith in 1863, and both owe the verdict to the testimony of self-confessed murderers, Who swore that the ac- etsed had confessed their connection with the crime. Ths new testimony conflicts materially with that on which a verdict of murder in the first ceeded to the cellar to use it on the meat. His wife, Kosa, being about her household duties, did not notice what the husband was about, but when she came down from the chambers made the discovery almost immediately that Joshua had taken a quantity of granulated sugar to salt the pork. She did not rave and get mad, but possibly had she taken that turn she would not now be lying cold in death. In- stead she set out to a hearty laugh, going to the spot where her husband was. Her laughter con- tinued for some time, there being not the least comsa- thot She laughed and langhed and laughed, her presumed merrinent yetting more boisterous each moment, Finally the husband became alarmed and sent out for assistance, and soon his landlord, Deacon Honry rd, arrived, witnessing in afew minutes the poor woman's departure, it is hoped, for the bet- ter land. She had positively laughed herself to death, The husband's horror at this extraordinary result of his innocent mistake can be better imagined than described. He was warmly attached to lis young wife, aud it is pat in drawing the veil over this terrible scene, to say that thoy were Voth exceetingly worthy persons that the hasband has the sym- pathy of scores of people in this bis hour of trouble, degree was bused in the Sharp case, As the men aro under sentence of death for the same crime Governor Hartranft has respited both. The probabilities are that slaty will go to prison for life, and McDonnell be hanged. HOPE FOR KEHOE, [By TELEGRAPH To THR HERALD, ] Hanntsptno, Pa., Dec, 14, 1878. 8, A. Garrett, counsel for Jack Kehoe, is here to. night, and expresses a strong belief that the sentence of his client will be commuted to imprisonment for life. To use his own language, “Kehoe is worth half a dozen dead men yet." ‘Che order adopted at the last meeting of the Board of Pardons was to the effect that if the proposed new testimony was doomed sufficient to warrant another meeting would eld to consider the advisability of reopening the case, Kehoo's counsel lias received tologeams froth Attor- ney General Lear sud Lieutenant Governor Latte favorable to @ meeting in the case, and appears con- 7 Aident that a majority will decide to have it betore the Isth, the day fixed for the execution, Meaxrs. Leae and Latta ate the members of the Beard who voted to commute Kehoe’s death sentence on September 2, Should a reopening of the case be decided op the death warrant will be withdrawn, COLD BLOODED MURDER. A HALF-BREED INDIAN SHOT IN VERMONT BY 4 STATE PRISON GRADUATE. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Mowrpetier, Dec, 14, 1878, A horrible murder has just come to light iv the town of Worcester, about nine miles from here, For some six months past William Mureommock, aged about thirty, a half-breed Indian, and his wife, an American, about twenty years old, very prepos- sessing in appearance and having a good education, have resided near Worcester, The man earned a livelihood by making baskets and peddling smal) wares about the neighborhood 1 the wife looked after household duties, oftentimes assisting im tho basket work. Last Wednesday Murcommock and his wife visitel the house of Chester Carr and partook of the fumily dinner, While there Carr's cousin, Royal Carr, came in, and he and Mureommock started into the woods hunting, each carrying a gun. Nothing was seen afterward of Mur- commoge! but on Thursday, from actions of Royal Carr, it was suspected by Mrs, Murcommock that her husband had been murdered. A search was made, and late Friday night Murcommock's body was found in the woods, about one mile from Chester Carr's, with a charge of shot in the shoulder and four bul- lets in the head and body. ‘The corpse when found was covered with brush and bushes, This discovery led the authorities to an investigation, which bas re- sulted in Royal Carr's arrest tor the murder, A strony chain’ of circumstantial evidence seems to afford proof of his guilt. CARR'S BAD CHARACTER. ‘The murdered wan was a sou of Dr. Murcommock, an Indian doctor at Putnam, Conn, The prisoner has a bad record, having ed nine out of a ten yeurs’ sentence for complicity in another murder. On Monday a tull investigation will take place. The prisoner strongly denies his guilt, He saya he left Murcommock ‘on Wednesday afternoon in the woods alive, and denies having seen him since until he looked upon his dead body here to-day, ‘The cause of the murder is supposed to have been # wish to supplant the Indian in the affections of his wife. It is reported that it will be shown that Carr has, by his own admissions previous to his arrest, furnished proofs of his guilt, JUDGE LYNCH AGAIN, NEGROES TAKEN FROM PRISON AND KILLED BY A MOB, JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 14, 1878. One night about 4 month since a mill at Mount Carrie, Columbia county, was set on fire by four nev groes. The superintendent of the mill, living near by, saw the flames and &xtinguished them before much damage was done. While the superintendent waa absent from his house the negroes entered, beat his wife severely and compelled her to show them where her husband's money was. They ob- tained $200. The men were arrested the next day, confessed the crime and were committed to jail in Lake City. About a week since the jail was burned aud the men were renioved to the Court House. Thix morning, at three o'clock, some thirty or forty disguised men overpowered the guard, took the prisoners out into the street in front of the Baptist Church, shot two of them dead and mortally injured the third. ‘The other escaped and has since given himself up to the authorities. TEN YEARS FOR MURDER. FreMinctoy, N. J., Dec. 14, 1878, » ‘The jury in the Peterson murder trial have ren- dered a verdict of “guilty of manslaughter,” upom the ground of provocation—viz., the adulterous con- duct of his wife with Nixon. He has been sentenced to ten years in the State Prison, NEGROES CONVICTED. RFOLK, Va., Dec. 14, 1878, At Winton, Hartford county, N.C., on the t2th ist., Samuel Jacob and Elbert Gotling, colored, were tried in the Inferior Court for assault and battery with intent to kill Marcus Williams, colored, for voting for J. J. Yeates, the democratic candidate for Congress. The prisoners were found guilty and sen- tenced to six years in the State Penitentiary. SARALOGA BANKS. THE FIRST NATIONAL ASKS FOR A RECEIVER— THE COMMERCIAL WILL PROBABLY RESUMB BUSINESS, Sanatoaa, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1878. Everything is quiet here to-day, and business men are trying to get along until banking facilities are again to be had. The directors of the Commercial National Bank held a meeting this morning and carefully examined their assets and liabilities, and are satisfied that the bank is entirely solvent. They are making tions which they believe wilh enable them to resume at an early day. ‘The directors of the First National Bank have re- quested the Comptroller of the Currency to appoint a receiver. BUSINESS ON THE CANALS. ““Aunasy, N. ¥., Dec. 14, 1878, ‘The following comparative statement of the busi+ ness on the canals for the season just closed is ob- tained at the Auditor Tonnage for 1878 Tounuge for 1877 Inerease . Tolls for 187 Tolls ior 1877 seeee s+ eee $112,091 70 WESTERN EXPRESS RATES. Crncrxnatt, Dec. 14, 1878, It is officially announced that on January 1 the Baltimore and Ohio express rates to and from New York, Boston, Philadelphia and other points reached by that company will be the same as those recently made by the other companies, “SANTA CRUZ. THE ISLAND AGAIN QUIET—GOOD PROSPECTS OF ‘TRADE. Sr. Tuomas, Dec. 5, 1878. Everything continues quiet at Santa Cras. The Dauish man-of-war is now at West End, but is ex» pected back in St. Thomas soon. Several cargoes of lumber are general cargo already arrived. yenerally are being put. in order for next year’s crop, which will be y, and promises to be # good one, GUILTY OF MANSL The jury in the Peterson murder case at Fleming- ton, N,J., entered court yesterday morning, after being out all night, and rendered a verdiet of man- slaughter, The Chiet Justice then sentenced Peters son to ten years’ imprisonment at hard labor in the State Prison at Trenton. Increase... DR. BRADFORD'S CASE. ‘The latest move in behalf of Dr. Orlando E. Brad- ford, who was convicted of causing the death of Vicky Conners by malpractice, was made yesterday by his counsel, Mr, William F. Howe, who secured from Judge Donohue, of the Supreme Court, a writ of errorto carry the case on appeal to the General Term of the Supreme Court. This step will have the effect of causing the case to be argued at the Jan- wary session of the Court, DESTROYED BY FIRE. ‘The clogant residence of James Steadman, at Pas- saic City, N. J., together with all its furniture, includ. ing many fine pictures, statuary, rare books and weological collections, was totally destroyed by fire eurly yesterday morning. A visitor, Mr. Shulting, awoke about three o'clock to find the house enveloped in flames. He quickly aroused the family, the whole interior being already dense with smoke and the fire very nearly cutting off all chance of escape, There Was only time to seize the four children and the mother, who fainted at once through fright, before the whole building was envelopod in flames. Not an article of clothing or furniture was saved the night clothing worn by the adults and t blankets in which the children were wrapped. Mr, Steadinan is in business in this oh e Loss is heavy and the insurance light, but $2,500, It is sup- posed that the fire was caused by # defective fue, ENGINES IN COLLISION, Engine No. 20 of the Metropolitan Elevated Railway in unhitehing cars and backing up at Fifty-cighth os Myc hang 4 Ron — another engine hat was on the track damaged it cou- siderably, No one was injured,