THE FASHIONS EN ZISZAO.

Chignons.Silken Net*-The Aristocracy and

the Fallen Eegime.The Fashions at ILut-

Jays.Eugenie.Tartan Sacks.FringedTunics.Velvet Petticoats-Uft on

the Coast.Yachting.Scenesat OiaopA.

D1BFFB, Sept. 29, 1870.la my mat correspondence 1 explained to your read¬

er* how Pastilou nod from the capital and escapedUm. tofamous dortuulon now cast on tlio past empire..% government or national disgrace and surrender."fashion in safe. She has no more abdicated than

Mupoieon III., and though she dally com^8 m for a

good share of tlio opprobrium cant ou lils reign, shedefiantly maintains tUat every bit or clothes stillworn asserts its origin aud tier sway. She hasmet with some very unmistakable opposition in tliomatter or chtenons, however, lu order to spltoQueen ilortense, the topknots sli© wore on the verysummit or her head have anddcuiy come down witha wave and a ripple in long sllkeri nets much likegame pouches. Those nets are even gettlug lowerdown the back every day, while high heels arc de¬

cidedly flattening. There is a tendency, also, tonffect a Hbow or disrespcct to the general public,which is a sign or the period; but to a certaindegree this railing off can be Justified. Mare, thehero-god, never wore kid glovea, and Helloua neverwas seen in paulers. Basldes, who are ladles todress forf Not ror themselves, It Is evident; nor..lor the sake or reeling pretty." as some have pret¬tily said..mis theory has lost all Its plausibility anil has had

all Its prettiness taken oat or it since the "flower"or France left ror the war and left nothing butflowers grown to Heed behind. Can it be supposedthat Much high-toned girls as Frou Frou, ror in¬

stance, would dress ror old gentlemen who are noteveu fit ror the sedentary National Guard? Tobe rrank, I must add that these parties have sunkinto despondent hopelessness, the effect of onemouth's snubbing since they began their campaignin society.But 1 promised an account of my flight in the pur-

salt or fashion. It was twelve P. M. when I left theBU lAzare station. Four members on our staff hadreceived despatches from Fashion, as well as myself,consequently we all got up in the samo railway car,with four other gentlemen of the ex-arntocracys Itwas the very last passenger train that left Paris. Aicarful panic possessed the four aristocrats for thefirst small hours of the ulght, as the differentstation masters nad agreed on signals which no oneunderstood but themselves.a continual popping offor guns from distance to distance. Each reportcaused oiiu .or othor of our four com¬

panions to start up and grasp his nextnelgnbor.a most electrifying proceeding andtbey swore it was the lYuasians aiming at ourengine, for what reason never was demon¬strated. At about three the station masters leftoff, and as I lay with my eyes closed I listened tosome or the conversation exchanged between myfellow passengers. The aristocrats had all beenguests at some time or other of the Emperor andEmpress. notwithstanding which not one >f .thefour had a good word to say for the abolishedrialmt. "Those charade parties at Complegne,Fontalnebleau and Biarritz were the most prepo3-terous bores I ever went to," said one; "and thenetils fundis," put m a second, "were the mostlow-necked assemblies I have ever attended." Athird then spoke up:."The tableaux vivtints werespecimens of ttra grossest levity." "Yes " repliedthe fourth, "I remember your wife well, as lnxurlautAsia reclining in transparent drapery on a couchborne l)f bl&ck eunuchs.*'Any one would have thought, this a tlirnst, but the

husband replied quite unconcernedly that "it hadbecome quite the thing to show off all one s posses¬sions." I think I groaned, for the aide-de-camp rorHuasia srentiT shook my arm and said somethingabout the horrors of nightmare very feelingly liewas not sleepy htmseir, and when he thought I wascompletely roused he began to talk, fie informedme he was going to write the fashions from Has-ttngs where he was sure the tol.ets of the ex-Em-nrnsM would create a (treat sensation. He had ob¬served that the attire and dally habits of oppressedand exiled or fugitive sovereigns interested ladyreaders most intensely, lie landed If he could sendu telecram to Bt» Petersburg every day in whloh hedescribed the material, cut and shade of EugtftUe scostumes he would just hit public feeling onknob. 1 advised linn not to go to Hastings, ror 1 hadcertain intelligence that the ex-Empress Eegent had..hired" a house, or intended to, at Camden place,°The aide-de-camp lor England then joined In our

ran vernation and said lie should write nis futureX*s7romBertS. lie felt sure It was all going tobe Uerniau stvles.Flint not dove grays, spike pat¬terns done by hand and needle, vervisa riudn nicMblues marguerite bodices and alms pouches, Her-ther rivorles on the piano aud Charlotte brcad-and-hiitter attitudes (see Goethe). inlgnon oranireflowers and soon. The Engllsn aide-de-camp is averTl^wnatTve man. He will "do" Wllhelmshoheas ray friend the Russian will "do" Chlslehiirst; butwh« i« now ffolnir "to do" Versaillesr "Mark mywords," concluded the English member, "It is allover with Roman Catholicity and the supremacy ofSElsfashions." Thereupon he pulled his Scotchw owSfl eyes, and as' no one replied 1 may saythis headpiece proved to be an extinguisher.

I wad simply going to \ euies, a little place withwhich some of my pleasanteat associations wereconnected. Your readers may remember Yespetro smodel farm on the Norman coasts. It lies betweenFecamp and Dieppe; It is not marked on any mapi Ihave seen aud it is not easy of access without a goodchaise and pair on leaving the nearest station. ButI had received a very nielancnoly letter from EUane,mv poor friend Vespetro's wile, and as she andFashion have always been very intimate I concludedI should be bettor posted In our sovereign s move¬ments at Venles than elsewhere. Ellaue's letter hadprepiii ed me ror a very dull reception; all her guest,had abandoned her since Vespetro's departure Torthe army. Frou-Frou, the dowaeer Duchess Fernan-dina. and Edolio, all three In new fawn-colored tar¬tan sacks and fringed tunics over velvetnetUcoatsTso provoklugly elegant, all the darklngsand ltohams, aii the bantams and over-red curiosi¬ties of the farm had been sent to the society In aidof the wounded; all the men servants were amongthe moblois, all the female servants were In thefield? sho was left all alone with her thoughts andtho smell of her empty stables. Tne horses hadgone, too, for the cavalry regiments of the National<;nard: her little bay was her sole companion.

Itwas late when I reached Veules on the followingafternoon, and i found things at the farm exactly asviiunA 1 ad stated. Bho was dressed in a blackirronadlnc tunic and basque bodice with pagodaHleevcs over a floutivjed black poult petticoat, Heilingerie was exquisite fine muslin plaiting edgedwith Valenciennes. A medallion bracelot, a^ of purosold and another on a velvet round her neck,were her only ornaments. Eliane was verydelecte<l and spleen sh. She said she felt teayears older since she set the fashion of those lovelyIlamlet robes In honor of MWe. Nilssoti.pale greetigauze over white shimmering Mba, with waterlilies caimlitm Cowing folds, and Jewel drtg«n filesii'LHtiirm in and out of a grass and reod diadem.Your readers may remember this ball ores* lastwinter, faho said she was going to leave \ enles,and we consulted about the safest places. Altermuch useless surmising anil uncertainty Eliane atthe dinner table (served by her gardener's w'f*)denlv declared she had an Idea.a splendid idea;Vesuetra's yacht was in perfect order and doing no¬thing. under charge or an experienced pilot, at a pi-»'ecalled Mers, near Dieppe. Surely It was the ua.e*tplan to cruise about Norman coast®. .There * 'replenty of seamen out of work at Dieppe. J"he Ja -

should be supplied wltn provisions the ver.. nextday, and we should certainly f*ll in wi.nfashion atTrouvllle, Treport and Dieppe. ^ hen weshould hear the Prussians were coining thus tar *ewould cross to New Haven. I was trie dm to' .boyj'."Hurrah for the coasts i" and the next aPerneonsaw every shutter closed at the castle and ourselvesat Dloppe. And what a curious old tewn It is. withita MtAAD slantinu rools, gable wiudows; its grnu oldSaSSS wUlte cliff; 'its splendidantique Gothic Church of Ht. Jacques; itu old.frowning and crumbling St. RCmy;, its grassy beacu.unite a garden, all along the &eajide, and below thisiieiiubtfui. eveu waiking; iw Bray shingles,

alas no irrass on them at all. Kliano droveto Mers wlUi herlioy, white I went tc look at the

So this is whero tho rashiou ol Parts Had.Here Tat under a very alrltled edl-Sce built to Imitate the Exposition bnildin*

Hv J Park, a whole population ofSLmankind some listening to a very excellentTJSfiamwWmi''«*&, Hobarts arftoe Pournouri-l Many were reading a localTrie? 19 O'epiie; otliers ^re^akingtaUes' c7teje out lu chromatics lorboers. Isabella ¦*i«w from the Casino wasn'°r?^^tiru^ fhrougU some of the open panesmost beauuful. Througu

^ 8meii which is

wVirmmsun.K"Ssr&r. s&mbwssas asasswith the flap of MJ a |e!t 0ft AQd mereTouug.

did not devest a

wero bordered with black \e»vet, 5Z trllean UaW all shales, having Plume* departing fromthe left side to stick up auu curl at the back, therewas the new rotonds peiertne. slit up ^fi1'®waist aud riclil> irnnined with cr"Mcuta above doepmnae- also ^ vanatlon on ihe loose Jacket. TMK. now silt up in three ptadta oehind, each open-Sir tieioir elaborately worked round, these divisions

Wsqutnes over the paoler. 4£Ur ttcae

cnrwory remarks I willed oat and looked at thesurroundlugs or the Comno. Bathing machinesand wining boats as far an 1 could see,tin- National Guard being drWIed all alongttic beach, on gr.iss plot, and all aliningat tin unconscious clUTH, a bandbox fortified bastionwith cin^ pointing the way the Prussians onnnot

ixixttiiiiy come; a scnunel on the ramparts holdingits i lia-xi pot as It u were a tishlug-rod or umbrella;no mermaids at this hour, a panitme 1 hoped towatch the next day; and ou the landslde, racingthe sea, tlio town house and a mixture of pointedturrets, chimney stacks and a whole line or veryline hotels. Hut what was that black flock comingalong? Wero they pilgrims or was it a medievalprocession of saints» It was both. This companyor about forty women were nun* who bau nevercrossed the cloister porch for twenty years: they hadfle<r Irom a couvent in 1'arlfl, and though scarcelyable to bear oroad daylight had come to Dieppe outheir way to Britain. It was to me like alegend of the oldeu times, but reality wasstranger than Action. These nuns hadadapted disguises. They had quite forgotten, pooralruple-heaitetl slater-", that their long seclusion baddisguised them sufficiently. One wore a bonnet,borrowed from some kind soul m the Faubourg St.Germain; (mother had on :i green cap aud green eyeshade. All wuro ludicrously equipped, and still *orae» kly did their glance turn to meet the scoffer,so pure was the expres>lou of naive timidity onthose placid countenance* ! Whatever did they runaway for? Why did these ]u>or innocent womenleave their solid retreat 1 Well, readers, a tale hasbeen .spread all over Paris that the Prussians haveill-used women, and the nuns have believed all thestories told: .so, young and old (there were many oldnuns) rau away, with nothing but their bonds audwhat they have sworn to keep aa the ventala 4M theKoman tire.their virgin honor. Oh! Is thlmiie nine¬teenth century ? It cannot be. it Is 1670, that is all,

k\ OPUMV FO* ATIERICAM COflflEILCE.

I'MTBI HTITRS LKGATIOK, IBouota, feept. 1, 1S7U. (

To tub Editor or tub iikkald:.The existing war in Europe and the complications

which appear probable, if it should continue anylen/th of time, presents an opportunity for the('uiied States which should be taken advantage or.We need a development of our ocean steam naviga¬tion, aud tt appears to me that one of the courseswhere such a line could be laid down and profitablyoperated is on the north coast of Bontb America,either In connection with the Pacific Mall Companyat Colon (Aspinwall) or as an Independent line.Such line or lines could start rrom New York or

New Orleans aa home ports and touch at all the Im¬portant points from Colon to Lagnayra and return,and thus not only carry on the commerce directfrom each point to the United States, but secure thecoastwise business, passengers and mall service.A line might be marked out from New York to La-

guayra, Porto Cabello, Maracaibo, In Venezuela, andluo Hacha, Santa Martha or SavanUla, Carthagenato Colon (Aspinwall), in Colombia, thence returningover the name line to New York or from Colon toHavana, thence to New York, or from Now Orleansto Havana, thence to Colou, ihence by coast to La¬gnayra, aud returning on the same track.

1 am satisfied that eltuer of these lines conld bemade to pay and that they would soon largely la-crease the exports from the United Slates to Colom¬bia and Venezuela.Steamers lor this iervlce would require to be of

first class material and bnlld; but need nol be lavishin their furniture and equipments.The Colombian government is disposed to aid the

enterprise, and a line or steamers winch would callseml-monihly at their ports, taking charge or theircoast malls as well as of the correspondence withthe United States, would receive a subsidy of fromthirty to forty thousand dollars a year,The Colombian ports are Rio Uacha, Santa Martha

or SavanUla, Carthagena, the mouth of the riverSlntn and Colon.Coal is reported to be abnndant on the Sintu and

convenient to its mouth. The same report has beenmade as to IUo Hacha, but I fear the coal there isonly lignite, it may be tho same at sintu.The two English lines, Royal Mail and Went India

ana Pacific, from England to Colon, tonch at SantaMartha. There Is aiso a French line between St.Nazalre and Colon, touching at the same points.The uertnan line, from Bremen to Colon, to touch atSavanUla, w&ioh was announced lor the 17thof October, Is. or course, sealed up now. Fromthe port of SavanUla a railroad is nownnder construction to the town of Barranqullla, onthe Magdalena. This wUl at once send the wholetrade oi the Magdalena Valley to SavanUla insteador Santa Martha.The industries of Colombia are being developed

very actively, and ail its productions are increasing.Bark, hides, indigo aud coffee aud rubber are theprincipal exports to the United States. By openinga direct, regular and speedy intoroourse betweentho two couutrtcs there is uo doubt that many valu¬able exchanges could be made which now he idle.The Colombian Consul General in New York can

no doubt give you the figures of the present com¬merce.The Germans, who have hitherto done a very lartre

share of the exporting business or this country, arenow paralyzed uy the war, and tho rates of freightdeiuanucd by the existing steam lineB are so heavythat there Is no doubt that the products or this coun¬try can bo profitably taken to Now York and thencetransshipped to Europe at less rates thau are nowdemanded, .

I desire to call the attention of the mgrchants ofthe United States to this country, and especially tosteam communication with it, and shall be happy toaid in any enterprise that may be set on foot lo thisend. Your obedient servant,

S. A. HURLBUT, Minister Resident.

ARMY INTELLIGENCE.The following named officers of the army arc

ordered to roport by letter to General McDowell,president of the Retiring Board, at New York, andwill hold themselves in readiness to appear lor ex¬amination wheu summoned:.Lieutenant ColonelJoseph A. Haskln, Captain William SUvey, FirstLieutenant Chandler P. Eakln, of the First artillery;First LlentenantB James R. Mulliken, unaligned;John Leonard, First artillery; Robert W. Burd,second Infantry; Second Lieutenant Moore, uu-assigned.The following will report for the same purpose to

Colonel Ruger, President or tho Retiring Board aiFort Leavenworth:.Lieutenant Colonel John W.Davidson, Tenth cavalry. Captains.Tlios. shea, Sev¬enteenth Infantry; L. Thompson, Second cavalry;Gilbert S. Carpenter, Fourteenth lnlanirv; MasonJackson, Eleventh Infantry; First Lieutenants.Da¬vid H. Carleton, Ninth lnrantry; Andrew Mahoney,Fourteenth lnrantry.The rollowlng will report for the same purpose to

General Ord, President of the Retiring Board at SanFranciaco:.First Lieutenants.Melville R. LoucKs,Second artillery: Joseph ii. Hays and J. M. Smith,nnasslgned; A. w. Preston, Eighth cavalry.At their own request the following officers have

been honorably discharged from tne service of theUnited States:.Captain S. P. Smith, Eighth cavalry;First Lieutenant John J. S. Homer, unassigned;Captain J. L. Proctor, unassigned, and First Lieu¬tenant A. B. Curtis, supernumerary.

ESCAPE FROM SING SING PRISON.Jotin Raymond alias Michael Curlcy, a convict,

who has for some time beeu employed as head cookin the incse room at the Sin? Slug Prison, sueceedcdIn making his escape Irom that Institution yesterdaymorning. It appears that Ourley, with two others,had been taken from their cells into the kitchen atabout four o'clock for the purpose of preparingbreakfast, and he having asked permission of hiskeener to go into an adjoining room for a mo¬ment was allowed to do so. Not more thanthree minutes bad elapsed when the keeper on call¬ing nlm ascertained that the fellow bad disappeared.The alarm bell was at once rung and a thoroughctarcli instituted, but the man was not found, it«u Hubsequcntiy discovered that ho had openedthe doors leading to the main yard by means of skel¬eton keva. C'urley was convicted of grand larcenyuiil about twelve months or liis eentcnce to*er ft.

A DESPERATE HOUSE THIEF.A suspicious looking stranger, who had been

no'tced loitering in tbe neighborhood of MottHaven, Westchester county, yesterday morning,having selected a favorable opportunity, drove offwith a horse and wagon owned by a lumber dealernamed Robinson, doing business In that placc. Thepolice cave chase and ultimately succeeded in catch¬ing tbe fellow, whom they escorted in a vehicle tothe lowa flail. While they were in theuct of alighting the lior»e thief startedon a brUk run in tbe direction of Met¬ros*, whither he was closely followed byortlcers Brown, Rice and Morrison. Seeing that hispursuers were gaining on hlin the fugitive rushedinto a hotue on Kills street, and, ascending to anupper apartment, flourisued a revolver, and threat¬ened to shoot the Orst man who attempted to takeltltii. Seeing that the ruIUan stood at bay tbeofficers, havlug catered an adjoining room, flred athim through a partition, while be in turn emptiedthe chambers of bis revolver, but, fortunately, with¬out doing any injury. Alter a fierce struggle tuedesperado was secured and locked up. it was sub¬sequently ascertained that a ball from the pistol ofone of his captois had wounded the prisoner in oneof his legs.

PUBLIC FEMALE EVENING SCHOOL.Tbe female school opened two weeks since by

Misa Anastaala B. Mahoney, as principal, under thedirection of the Hoard of Education, in the buildingof Grammar School No. 63, Seventy-ninth street,near Third avenue, has already proved a decidedsuccess. No less than a hnndred and thirty pupilshave been enrolled. There is room, however, forlive hundred scholars, and spcclal classes have beenformed for the instruction of domestic servants InHit elementary branches. This latter feature is quitea novel one, and must commend iwel/ to all who takeao interest in th» education of working people andtbe poorer clamM generally.

ART NOTES.OoaplPa Gallery.

Tnia gallery, ao long nnn ao well known for tbeexcellence and Importuned of Its collection, leave*bat ilttlo to be desired In Jta prevent acquisitions.Tbe proprietor has made a selection of foreignworlu, including several largo and prominent paint¬ings and a number of sinalles ones of various de¬grees of merit. He has shown considerable Judg¬ment as well as good taste In the selection of a num¬ber of cabinet pictures which, both lrom their sizeand price, are within the reach of very many loversof art, who have, perhaps, neither the spaoe, meansnor desire to form an extensive collection. Manv ofthese are little artistic gems, whose authorsare possibly alike unknown to fame andfortune, but whose Intrinsic merit is pa*tent to those who love beauty and art Torthemselves rather than for their patronage or appre¬ciation by the world at large. Works like these havea mission. They often do more In their quiet waytoward the cultivation and appreciation of art thanmany loltler works could ever hope to do in thegrandeur of their superiority for them any who Btandbefore them in their uncomprehendcd excellence asbefore an untranslated book of genius. Like prtaiuepic poems, great works of art, or those intended tobe such, are often left unappreciated, simply becausemost people have neither*the time uor patience tostudy them; while the little poems are read andenjoyed by any who love poetry and care enoughfor tbem to give a few moments to their perasal.This is a practical view of the subject It might not benseless to consider. Mr. Knoedler has wisely placedon exhibition likewise all those works which for¬merly were shown more especialy to a privilegedfew.thus rendering Ills collection more general andmore public than It has hitherto been.One of the most prominent among the larger

works isanETLAND SHEEP.ROSA BONHKUR.

It was once said that "That which Is beautiful Istrue; therefore that which Is true must be beautiful."Like all absolute assertions It says too much, yetlike them, too, it has much truth in It. A by nomeans Insignificant class object to Mile, Bonbeur'sworks on the ground of theur rude masculine forceand vigor. This objection, in Its turn, Is open totwo others. There is, or should be, no sex in art.All artists as such are really epicene In gender. Itis by no manner of means always women who wearpetticoats In art. In the second place the standardtor Judgment should rather be truth than any char¬acter or quality a work or art may lack or possess.There Is often a certain beauty in themere perfection of their kind in what seem thewidest objects. This transmits itself, with ihe trueartist, in his representations. A group of bhet-land sheep arc resting on a gentle declivity, stretch-ins outwards toward the sea. Even In tlielr un-comeliness there is a certain grotesque beauty.They are, perchance, neither graceful nor lovely inthe refinement of elegance as It Is ordinarily under¬stood; but there Is a beauty In tUe goodly excel¬lence of their kind, in their well conditioned shapeand homely, honest look, which one cannot but ap¬preciate. Mile. Bonheiir has long since discardedtbe good old woolly wool with which so many goodartists have rendered us so familiar, if uotulngmore, and wnlch so greatly delights very voung artistsand old women. Tnia, surely, is a great feliei. Thesesheep have a long, silky, straight wool, lined by thebreeze, and covering, while suggesting, the shapeand outline of form. However unfamiliar one maybe with tbe peculiar species represented, one feelsthat they are well represented. They have the ac¬tion of life. Alley stand out from the canvas as onelooks at them. They really breathe the chilly airblowing over the rugged heath. The slightest de¬tails show the power of genius. There is no neglectedpart. Throughout the work Is powerful, true andcomplete. No one, carefully studying the picture,surely can fall to recognize the great power of com¬prehension and the successful interpretation whichare the Indubitable signs of true talent and genius.

A SCENE IN BRITTANY.BOUOHTON.The painting represents a road. The sky warms

toward the horizon into the glow of sunset. Onesees afar out over the fields. Along the road arecoming two peasant girls, followed by a boy. Overon the roadside sits a man, pipe in hand, andwatches the women. There is something so freshand liouest, withal so homely, in the peasant girlsthat the rude beauty of their healthy womanhoodsanctifies their homeliness. One has a half coquet¬tish air as she turns to her companion, while she Isevldeutly not unconscious of the possibly admiringlounger by the roadside. There is a rude grace aridrustic simplicity in all the figures admirably wellgiven and interpreting the subject. The very move¬ment oi the walking figures, with that heavy treadpeculiar to the peasants with their heavy, ungainlysabots, is given.There Is a dreaminess and sentiment about the

color of this artist which greatly adds to tne charmof the freedom and grace of his excellent drawing,it Imparts a fueling and a beauty to any worn oranv subject and adds a charm which all can leeleven if they fail to understand.

A IIAMIKKDIEK. .ME1SRONIRR.This Is an excellent little painting, which must

please all those who admire the delicate finish and ex¬quisite refinement or this artist's wore. It Is a singlefigure, that of a halberdier leaning on his spear, outpossesses a varied Interest In character and carefulexecution.

A LA CAMPAGNE..ALFRED STEVENS.This is a charming flure of a lady resting a mo¬

ment, one may imagine, In her summer morning'swalk. Hhe stands gracefully and easily, iter luceturned toone side, against a background of shrub¬bery. The treatment Is free and broad, in someminor details one might almost say flat, but thegrace aud beauty of the figure are incontestable andwould redeem even a more vague and careless dis¬tance.TUB FISHERMAN'S WIFE, MEYER VON BREMEN.This is quite a deviation from this painter's gen¬

eral range or subjects, which lias hitherto embracedpretty much all the domestic scenes ana relations ofhumble Dutch life, one feels at first some surprisein regarding the pretty, sad subject of the presentwork; but one soon recognizes the delicate, parefeeling, the careful drawing aud the charmiug scu-tlment which, whatever be the subject, always dis¬tinguish this artist's work.

IIAYMAK1NO, KNAUR.it is not often one sees this painter's works for

sale, and one can hardly wonder at their Scarcity,when one regards the careful study and treatmentmauilest in their production. Two or three childrenare in tne hayfield, thoughtful and busy with theirseir-lmposed responsibility. They are all carefullydrawn and have much character; so well studied, infact, that one feels disposed to wonder somewhat atthe perspective, which makes either a large manvery far off or a very small man near. There is awarm, sympathetic glow over the whoie scene,which adds much to Its interest and feeling, and itmust be rcgirded on thewhole as a most pleasingwork.

O. AND A. ACIIEMBACn.By the former of these Is a scene of a "Mill by

Moonlight,'' which shows much leeling ana mas¬terly ar rangement. The mill, with the group ot oldbuildings to the left, is especially line. The moonrises over the meadows In the distance, seen througha light veil of evening mist. The contrast betweenthe strong loregrouud, with Its deep shadows andsharply defined outlines against the sky, and thedim, mis^y distance lalntly lit by the early eveninglight, is striking aud yet harmonious. The subjectgenerally is somewhat conventional and hackneyed,but its treatment fully atones for that. A cliff risingout of the wuves, which dash up and break againstits base, is by o. Acheubach.

SCHKKYER.Two excellent large works are by this artist. One

represents an old horse halfsheltered beneath an out¬stretched blanket from a driving storm. The actionand tbe feeling throughout is good. The other Is anArab, who has led Ills horse to a well aud is stand¬ing in his tern dignity beside the graceful animalas he drink <. The red sky of evening is seen be¬tween the boughs and foliage of the trees. Bothpictures are full of pleasing sentiment, bontlbonnois represented by a charming suggestive work.agroup of ladies. There la a couple of figures ofknights, by Zamacois.We are unable to give the consideration and notice

they deserve to a number of other meritoriousworks by well known painters us Toulmouche,Autruy, Glrardet, Arnoux, Bruu, Selgmic, Leroy,De Jonghe, all df which will most amply repay ob¬servation or careful study, and wnlch one docs notoften have an opportunity ol set-lug together audcomparing.

SCENE IN THE TROPICS, N. BUSII.This work, the production of a gentleman whohas

passed some tnuu in California and returned heresome mouths since, Li at present on exhibition atCabiU's Art Gallery, No. Broadway. We haveseeu works by.Mr. Busli which we regarded as betterthan this. There Is one alOlculty which meets thecritic at the outset In studying a painting like thepresent. It Is the disadvantage under which thepainter labors iu the delineation of such a scene.Even were one to copy nature with tlic fidelity andexcellence of a Church, such nature in such sceneswould almost seem to transgress the limit of the real.Their representation would only awaken a smile ofIncredulity. Nothing is better known than the ec¬centricity of nature. Mr. Rush presents a sceneIn all the gorgeousacss of tropical effects ofatmosphere aim foliage. He lias been mostlavish in his employment of the elementsof the splendid and t'je gorgeous. He hasneglected nothing which could heighten the offecthe seems to have wished to produce. Form Andcolor alike have contributed to that end. Overheada sky, glowing with its eveutng spicndor of red andgold, stretches far away. Beneath is spread out ascene it would seem impossible to have existed out¬side the imagination of the painter. Bright greentrees are festooned with slender and graceful vines;brilliant plauts Hit up their gorgeous flowers andshapely leaves; a river, with banks of golden sandand varl-colored foliage, mirrors on It* surlace thesunlit sky. A pcriect calm, us ol oppressive beauty,pervades the scene. Home gay-plumaged birdseither fly through the air or rest on tne boughs ofthe curved trees. In the u<e of his brilliant colorand luxuriant tropical effects Mr. liu«n shews muchcare and precision, mid tli.it he was really luterented Id bu wort* in a ctoraagrmtic whlO' is

certain to insure success in the mart nrdiiAry artInt.Many parts of tbe painting are wrought out with aminuteness winch attest* the closeness of tbe paint¬er's application an<t labor, and abow that he moathave been thoroughly la earnest.

Tbe Norman Fund.The graph to artists of /his city and Boston are

preparing Tor exhibition a collection of sketches anddrawtain by members or their cralt, which areafterwards to be disposed of by means of a lottery,for tbe benellt of the family of a brother artist re¬cently deceased, Mr. William Newman. Mr. New¬man was formerly one of the stair of the LondonIMiu-h, but for tbe last ten years has resided In thiscountry, contrlouting largely to the publications oftbe Harper Brothers and Frank Leslie. In the col¬lection, now in course of preparation, uearlyseventy artists will be represented, more than halfof whom have already handed in their pictures tothe committee.Committee.F. Hellew, ofl ce of Punchinello, 83

Nassau street; J. H. Howard, Frank Leslie's. Pearlstreet; 11. Leuton, Yonkers: A. Lumley, SomervilloArt BullMlng, Fifth avenue: II. L. Stephens, oflicoof fvnchtntilo, 83 Nassau street.ArtUlt (*>iitrir>i/tin<j.F. Heard, H. Beard, Becker,

Beech. Bellow, lierghaus, Bdlings, Bolls, Hush, Bis-bee, Bouwell, Bow land, Carey, Ohapm, Chapman,Carroll, Barley, Day, Davis, Davenport. Dixon,Einslle, Ktmlnirer, Fay. Froher, Freuzeny, Forbes,Flsk, Frudricks, Fenn, Fox, Howes, Hyde, Howard,Hogan, homer, Haric.v, Iloppm, llernck, Hooper,Jewett, Jump, Katsli, Lnsk, Lumley, Nast, Parsons,Perkins, Bheinhardc, Reynolds, Kamson, SChell,Stephens, Shanley, Shugg, 'lliwalies, Thompson,Taylor, WaUeo, A. Waad, N. Wand, White, Wortli,Whitney, Warren.

A Fii NCH CHARITABLE FAIR.

The preliminary meeting of ladies to organize afair In aid or tbe wounded of the French army hasbeen called to meet at the residence of M. Lamon-tague, No. 50 West Fifteenth street, on Tuesdaynext, at tiro o'clock P. M. The conrnittee in theirappeal entreat all ladies, American as well as

foreign, to co-operate with them in the noble effortsof mercy, and gracefully acknowledge their heart¬felt gratitude for tho cordial sympathy felt for themovement throughout the "groat republic" andCanada. From 41! sections gifts or great aggre¬gate value have already reached the committee,and tbe fair promises to be one 01 the finest anamost attractive ever beld in the city. The ravages ofwar are alluded to aud tbe approaching inclementseason, and these are held np as urgeut reasons lorthe charitable assistance of all peoples who havetime, mou ;y or efforts to devote to the good work.The President is Madame Victor Place, wife or tbeConsul Central de France. The Vice I'residentsMile. A. G. BlassHres, so West Fifteenth street;Mine. Ggden Doreinus, 70 Union place; Mme.Ames Van Wart. 107 Fifth avenue, and tbe secre-tarv is Mine. U. Monrollle, 20 West. Twelfth street.The ladles who are to preside at the tables are

Mesdamcs Victor Place. Ogdeu Doreinus, Ames VanWart, A. (,'harret, E. Jehl, Cli. Lassulle, Bouillon,Lai;are, Simon, Piccaut, Bigot, Mile. Leolere, Mile.Aubert and Mile. Blassieres. The Iwllowing are theladles appointed to receive donations:.MesdamesJumcl, Perry, ujspiuasse, d'Comeau, O. Reynaud,d'llervilly and Ruiz. The names of the Americanladies interested in lhe movement were published inthe Uebald of Saturday, the 8th Inst.

BOARD OF HEALTH.

Serrct Nfmlon.liem-ptl AlcDovrell, Comman¬der ol' the biuicrn Department to beScorched.Ever since the Board or Health received the scath¬

ing letter from General Irwin McDowell, command¬ing the Deportment of the East, the rooms of theHealth Department have been crowded dally byCommissioners. Secret and almost dolly sessionshave been nad, w 1th a view of securing the publica¬tion in the press of a review of McDowell's letter.The venerable president of the Board, at the last"open" meeting, endeavored to respond by a writ¬ten answer, which tell stillborn upon the Board.This was on Tuesday last, one or two papers gavea synopsis of the president's speech, but it was notdeemed sufficient, and yesterday, as a <Urnter resort,a special meeting wan held In the private room ofthe colonel of the Seventh regiment, who also fillsthe position of secretary of the Board of Health.To speak plainly, at that meeting were pre¬sent Commissioners Cecearjnl, Gross, Manierre,Bosworth, Henry Smith and others, and Dr. Morris,the Cltv Sanitary Inspector. Other officials werealso in attendance, but they were not recognized.Finally, after much criticism, emeudatlon, Ac., thedralt of an answer to McDowell was adopted, and attho next meeting of the Board it will be publiclygiven to the pre-s. Some of the Commissioners de¬clare that it will completely silence Mr. Irwin Mc¬Dowell, Commander of the Department of the East,but this can only be ascertained after its publicationon Tuesday next.

Till: TEl!Rt> A\E\IE EXPLOSION.

Death of Joseph (tickettn.The Perils of Liquid(Inn.Siiiiiiwtcd Incendiarism.

Coroner Keenan has under Investigation the caseof Joseph Rlcketts, who died in Beilevue Hospitalfrom the effects of burns received at his dlnlugsaloon and boarding house No. 1,118 Thirdavenue, on the evemng of the 3d lnstwwhich was fully reported in the Herald atthe time. At tho time named a terrificexplosion of a can containing liquid gas occurred onthe premises of Rlcketts, burning him fearfullyabout the head and lace and badly shattering thehouse. Rlcketts was conveyed to the hospital andnever afterwards was able to leave his bed. From apartial Investigation made soon after the occurrencestrong suspicions were entertained that thetire and explosion were the work ofdesign on the part of Rlcketts, lor thopurpose of obtaining the Insurance money onthe place, or for some other motive not clearly de¬veloped. No doubt, however, facts may be elicitedduring the progress of the case tending to clear udthe mysterious affair. The remains of deceased,who was only twenty years or age, will l>e deliveredover to his relatives alter being viewed by the Coro¬ner's jury. it is probable that the inquisition willnot be held for several days.

A COUNTERFEITER IN LIMBO.One ol (inriiey'N Oang Arrested by Colonel

Whitley.Charles Dailoy, proprietor of the Empire Garden,

corner of Broadway and AmKy street, was arrestedlast evening by Colonel Whitley and several of hisaids, at 137 Crosby street, on a charge oi shovingcouuterlelt money. Dalley is one of tho Gurneygang, and was entrapped into selling one of ColonelWhitley's detectives $3,ooo in counterfeit two dol¬lar notes. Dalley Is also the person who escapedfrom one of the secret service detectives lastspring, when a gang of confederates werecalled by htm to the rescue and the officer narrowlyescaped with hts life. The arrest took place atabout eight o'clock P. M., and the Colonel had soarranged mattprs that the detectives surprised himsitting on the side of his bed giving candy to his"girl," who was lying sick. He attempted no re¬sistance, but quietly kissed her goadby and leftwith the officers, who Immediately conveyed him totiie Ludlow street Jail, where Gurney has beenboarillug for some time.

PRESERVED FRUITS FOR THE WAS.LIVERPOOL, Oct. 4. 1870.

To the Editor ok tub Herald:.The refreshing nature and invigorating Influence

of all fruits preserved in their own juices has causeda very large demand for them from the Continent,for tho use of the sick and wounded soldiers of thowar, and our markets arc completely cleared of pre¬served pineapples, pcaclies and Buch like fruits.One order alone is seeking execution as this is beingwritten for some 60,000 cases, but not a single tlu isobtainable at anything like ordinary Dnces, and aquantity could not be obtained lor love or money.The facility with which these conserves can be dis¬tributed, and their adaptability for either bread orbiscuit at any hour, night or day, makes inem apriceless boon alike to the weak and the strong, andthere would seem to be in thein (tr not too late inthe season) *he basis or a very large packing tradefor the iniit preservers of ihe United States, wherethese luscious fruiu exist in such unlimited quanti¬ties and arc procurable at so limited a cost.

ALEXANDER S. MACRAE, Produce Agent.

ASTRONOMICAL.The t.rniid Auroral illnplay of October 14.[From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican, Oct. is.)

star gazers iasi evening were gratified by one ofthe must brilliant displays or aurora boreaiis whichhave been witnessed in this latitude tor in.my veurs.Tiie exhibition commenced shortly after twilight andreached its height about nine o'clock. At this hourthe appearance of the heavens was most grand andbeauuiul. The northern sky was completely over¬spread with streamers of light, whose Kaleidoscopicchanges furnished, every moment, new occasion Toradmiration, while shimmering stieamers ot lightwere constantly appearing and disappearing all overthe liori/A>n. A uutlceaoie feature of the display wasthe peculiar red Unite, which the superstitious luformer times were wont t j regard as the forerunnerof war and pestilence. Altogether the exhibitionwas one which those who were fortunate enough tosee will loug remember, while the luckless Indivi¬duals who spent the evening indoors, all uncon*scions or It, will bitterly bewail their misfortune asthey listen to the reports ot their more fortunatoneighbors. The display attracted large numbersof spectators iu this city, and seems to have beeuquite general ail over New England. Boston, Wor¬cester, Norwich and other cities report the admira¬tion it excited among their citi/.ens. while at NewHaven the red light wan mistaken for a conflagra¬tion, and the fire department waa called oat.

OBXTUMeet Kef. CkariM Fr»w»l« BDlll«rgw»i

Archblnliop ot Quehoe.A telegram from Quebec announces ttie death

on Friday night, of dropey of Uie heart, of the MontReverend Charles Francois Balllargeon, I). 1>.. Hf-teenth Bishop and third Archbishop ot Quebec.He was born In 1798, and was consequent^seventy-two years or age at the time of £cease. He entered the prletfbood more taa°r°r'*years ago, and for many years before hlB elevatlto the Archbishopric was coadjutor bishop amiIp^formed all the more arduous duties^of the akMUjcese. His predecessor lived to an advanced age andwas quite feeble in his law year*. In mind, as we»as body, in consequence of which MonselgneurBaillargeon's 'labors were Increased from yeto year. The Archdiocese of Q"*0*®the districts of Queuec, of bcance, of.won'of Kamouraska and a part of ?^^J'' ^y.'lniverHily,tains ion churches. ¦*) mission chapels. 1 university.16 colleges, convents. 4 hospitals au(14 asyi m .

There are also in tUe diocese six rellg ous order jThe Archbishop directed the lauois oieccleslastiOH and aft4 clergymeu. ttna tl^entire Catholic population of the dioou-enumbered 365.000 souls- lhe positions whichne occupied. and to the labors of whic h he'levoteaHimself conscientiously, were numerous,the superintendence or Uie temporal. and bpiruuataffairs of his see, and the seif-facriflclng Hironeevinced was caught in some way by the inost hum-ble or his cures, and many ot them smothered theirfeelings of his alscontout at petty annoyances anuprivations that they might not add to the burden ofthe good, devoted Arcnblshop.Home two months ago, wmle on a pastoral rtslt,he was seized with a sudden Ulness, and 'indelicate health till he sank suddenly on Prtdaynight, as above announced. The news ofhisdeatttwas received with profound {wrr°w throuohoiIrcb-archdtocese. His body now lien In state in the ArchEpiscopal chapel at Quebec, where ^ will rfiuaiatill Tuesday next, when tno obsequlea *)}' {**.place. All the Canadian bishops, It is announce,will be present.

A STOCKJOBUnt) OPEEIT10H.

IIow Tliey Do It.High Contraction Partiesto a Wall .Street Scheme.Fraudulent Issueor Parkersbur« Ilailroud Stuck and theMotives Therefor.About the 1st of Augnst last It was made pub to

that there had been an over issue of the stock of theParkersburg branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Hall-road to the extent of $2,000,000. One Mr. L. Craw¬ford, who had been the treasurer, it was alleged,had forged the signature of the president, WilliamW. Vauwinkle. This fraudulent stock had beenhypothecated as collateral security ror some $600,000or $700,000. The mouey was raised upon the stockchiefly in Baltimore and New York. Crawford, Itappeared, had none or the money, had led a quietlife and had no means of disposing of it. ills beingassigned the responsible position was rather remark¬able, not having average intelligence. This branch1Parkersburg) of the Baltimore aud Ohio Railroad waavery desirable to the latter, aud also to the NorthernCentral and Pennsylvania Central, because It cut theconnection of the Baltimore and Ohio. The de¬preciation of the Parkersburg stock was a greatobject to those who tavored the Baltimore and OhioRailroad, because it kept off her competitors fromlaying out much or venturing much for the pur¬chase or it, and whether such a man was selectedfor the purpose of botng made a victim of, so thatthe stock should go down. Is not known, but thatresult was directly accomplished. Enough hastransnlred to show that some three parties ofhlgb

vanc^°moneyhui'onTheY^uud^t'nt|8tock^eiup^oy^IS* "iSgo""Bihm^Snfwerelmpjoyed^m iU 3 nine. To each was assigned a

2&ClaonedUof' the.1 de. tivesThT^uy other

we«SK; York banks ^responding withthe Kiims raised up in the securities the day alterthev were oaereil These deposits were changediviini <i'iv to dav and transferred to Chicago, andthence to Fredericksburg, and ^.^1UTnesedew«lvC^wercrtnen dfscUarged and a frcsh relay

pwrt inuie1lnvwSltlon and some

Uirou«t»U8omeiIa^ncy!^a^ocrs were Mcna'/wSL owed the dlBtrtbutton among the three, and theresult lias been that sooner than suffer the exposurelife narttes implicated made one settlement upon asmall claim upm, the surrender or the paperswhich had been, however, previo^ly photographed.Yi'sLcrdiLY it was curready reported tout largemini henut tlio balaucc upon the issue of lalse stocK,waa'^otllia ut ciflflitv cents oq tlie dollar, tbe paitien

cxpMure u> WHICH a wlwmal

.KSSWWSSUlM .». BOlely tothe new mode of handling the detectlves-maslngthem uerform the service without disclosing to tberu

aim or oSect? so that they were not In a positionto have their virtue assailed by counter propositions

rrN.hlieigahwytranspired to give any clue to thenarties nor do even the detectives engaged in tlioV,,.,w its results. Mr. Kceue went into thematter upon a contingent fee, and, It la said, hasrealized some $70,000 lrom the settlement.

THE NATIONAL GAME.'Ihe Athletirs of Brooklyn Defeated by the

,Mars.The Amateur Championship.

The Athletics of Brooklyn were defeated by theStars at the Capitollne grounds yesterday m a

sharply contested game, the score standing at itsclose plx against two. As a concomitant of Itssharpness the game was correspondingly short anddecisive, and will, doubtless, dispel all yearningambition on the part or the Athletics "arter tnat'ere" amateur championship until next season atleast.Previons to the commencement or the game some

doubt was felt as to the good condition or the Stars,In consequence of the luct that they were short ortwo of their best players, Oummlngs and "Mort"nosers: but their substitutes proved themselves tobe worthy the places of "the absent ones," and, bydint of earnest work, the "twinklera" added stillgreater brilliancy to their already glittering re nuta¬tion.The following is the score:.

STABS. ATULETIOB.Player'. O.H.\D.TIi.pn.A Playr,. O.U.lB.TB.PO.A

Rogers, p.... 1 8 0 0 1 2 WlsiUng, c. f. 4 0 u 0 0 0Itickn, c 4 1 0 0 1(1 0 1'roctor, 3d b. 3 0 110 2Dullard. n. a, 6 0 0 0 2 I Noonan, 1. f. 4 0 0 0 1 0Clvne, 1Mb., t 2 112 1 Booth, 2d b*. 4 0 0 0 4 0Juhnion, c. f. 8 0 8 3 10 litmd, a. *.... 2 0 0 1 0 3Bt'iiveni,2db. 4 0 0 0 3 1 Kcnuett,l»t b. 8 0 0 0 18 IWorth, 1. f... 2 0 4 4 4 0 Price,o 2 1119 1Packer, lit b. 8 0 0 0 4 0 Richardson,p 8 0 0 0 0 8Brady, r. f... 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ireland, r. (.. 2 1 1 1 0 0

Totals 27 1 8 8 27 5 To'.«l8 27 2 3 7 27 10INNINGS.

Clubt. ltf. id. 3a. 4<A. Gt/i. M,. 7th. 8'A. 9th.8tan 8 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0-6Athletic* 002000 00 0-2

Kly batli caught.Start, 13; Athletic*. 3.Umpire.L. rikfi, of the Atlantic Cliii).Time ol game.Oue hour and three mluutea.

Katie Hull Notes.Tne coming week will be a lively one among the

ball lossers provided tho weather remains pleasant.To-morrow the Atiantlcs and Athletics of Phila¬

delphia play at the Capitollne grounds; on Tuesdaytho Mutuals and Athletics of Philadelphia play at

the Union grounds, and on Wednesday the Vale Col¬lege nine will play the Mutuals on the Uniongrounds and the Atiantlcs on the Capitollne.The last announcement is rather peculiar, but It

Is In accordance wlili notices issued from the Unionand Capitollne.On Thursday. November 10, the State Association

will meet at Albany.

A PUGILISTIC POLICE CAPTAIN.

Captain McDerniort, or the Eighth precinct, yester¬day morning walked tin to the Jeirerson MarketPolice Court and stuted that "if he conld llnd the.snoozcr' of a reporter who had written an article foran evening paper In reference to a panel house robberythat occurred at 60 West. Houston street on Tnurs-

day night he would pull his nose off.'' Ho after¬wards appeared before Justice Cox and was severelyreprimanded for allowing the complainant to leavethe city, and informed that In the futureIf he allowed complainants in panel house robberiesto compound felonies and leave the city Instead ofdetaining them to prosecute i.'ie prisoners the Courtwould entertain no more complaints from hlui orhis oftlcers, and he was privileged to take them toany other police court he saw 0t to.At this the Captain became greatly enraged and

Insulting, and otfered to t>ei the Judge $100 to tlvethat tnere wjs not a panel house lu the Eighthward. The Judge declined to take the bet.

ARREST OF A SMU66LEB.Another Capture by Colonel Whitley.

Samuel McCulley, a smuggler, was arrested lastevening, at about seven o'clock, at the corner ofBroadway and Eighth hi reef, by one of ColonelWhitley's detectives, naving 1,000 Havana cigars inhis possession on which no duty had been paid. Howas taken to .100 Mulberry street and will bo ex¬amined bj the commissioner on Monday. .

SOUTH FIFTH AVENUE.

On* of the City's Bookeriea Bused- Sunshineand Air to Oet a Chanoe in the Eighth

Ward.The Widening of Lauren*Street.What Haa Been Done

and What Will Be Done.

While New York U rapidly accumulating wealthand fast becoming the centre of commercial enter¬prise of both hemispheres, It la gratifying to note thechange* going on In the aspect of different portion*of the city. Narrow thoroughfares throuirh which:vehicles laden with merchandise jostled andsqueea d for passage are now being made broader,the dens on which the genial sunshine nevershone and where congregated swarms or humandrones are being razed to the ground, "ranofcea"ana rookeries are being demolished and the pure airnow permeates the space heretofore polluted by un¬wholesome and nauseous odors. Within two or threeyears the progress made In this summary and oom-munUaOle undertaking, la aurprialng, and then aremany placcs throughout the metropolis markednot long since as ita standing disgrace which,are now Its pride and W 10cannot be denied that mere are vast

rooting out the inhabitants of a locality who lookupon their stagnant pools aa lakes of ***heaps of 111th as undulating hills, all the while thin -

lng that squalor is a natural accompaniment to viceand degradation, and regard their miserable uestaas castle*, to which they fondly cling with affection,well remembering the "good times" spent there.The widening of Laurens street, as ludewi 01

many oth ers, has been attended with beueflclalresults. Twenty-Ilvo leet, though not a great ex¬

pansion, 1b still something; but the demolition ofits dilapidated wooden and brick shanties amithe substitution of substantial dwelling* merlinpublic commendation. Laurens street andsore of its adjoinl ig localities are not at allunfamiliar to those wont to read the police recordain tue dally papers. It has ere this llgnred promi¬nently as the scene of many a nightly brawl, ormany a stab in the dark, of many a nldeous cry, ofmany a scuttle, and the clear, quick, warning rapof the policeman's baton, and the rapid strides ofthe offlcers to tne ground, only to find the cnlprlOgone down through an alley where even Jus-ti. nauseti and the keen eye oi toe pur-

ESS »»

'morning." Lights stole through "huttere at itfl honr*

jgfe.&»»>.* ,*r^approached. The locality was infested with per¬sons of doubtful character, who lounyed_by_da»lin/1 rfthhnd at nifTht* OflCQ QllKtlt tll6 nCK8»y W»trways that led to the wore rtcke^ ttep£

BtrAflt. narts of which, however, were at all timesreswsctSbief Shrivelled and worn out ballet gjrWanaothers nail their garrets and conciiblnes tVeirhovels. Men whose Incomes were nothing and expendlturea the same lived there, noboay knows how.PBut the days i>t its wretchedness are gone. Prom

Canal to Amity street the dens of infaui.v andhave been battered down, and new and to wn)9cases beautiful houses have been erecteu instead,

akeietoi"

of a few of the former houses re-Ss:;.«It Jenifer surroundings. The sl/ns on a few of thoold dwelling bouses are HtUlto be^ am nt^ t

diveBt Hut amontf the most significant and

«w®asniftnjliDff . wayfarer went through the sameiJfr?.reS8 as a toblc cloth alter being washed and dried.ThasalSofthe property took.placetoftmi wince that time the work of demolition, wiuening and rebuilding has been carried on with,,,t. rontdiiv The will run tufouKiito WiuSlng'on wuare and will bS,fl51"^*^^%;rs3s»sr or Tuiuo'Tvsslias the matter In charge, and nothing IsKnared to push forward the undertaking. lu ordertocomu e e ihe thoroughfare and make it couuuu-ons with Filth avenue? that portion or fourthstreeTwhlcii Intersects the end of Laurens street isheina out through to the square, and there will end

commendable operations or tne Department ofPublic Works oniv, however, to be taken up bj the

^iap"meha3°beenetrectedkfbr the improvement of'Washington square. As South Fifth avenue willlead to the great avenue Itself, graceful lines, on areverse curacross Washington square are nowbelnir niadu to complete that object. 1 lie sameuracefuTcurve will he made from Sullivan street toKifth avenue and Thompson street will debouchfnto the centre of the square, so thatL tnnntton between these streets will beefleS while the park itself will be conildcr-ahiv tonroved. Tne curved roads through theKMirvrcwiUrtiii on either side of the fountain, whbe?hl!'int«rmpliiate suace will be adorned witn preenplots, which in season will be covered with tuff andtiowers. Over a hundred men were at wolk inW'lHiiinstou square yesterday, and have been sinceMondM^laat^and before long old I**ens.Thomnson and Sullivan streets will have an <lutletat their northern extremities whlchthelr

^XmS?ScUve!etivtion aone its work: thus has another dkrkl/«t«Lined st)ot ol our city been washed away, atu Uieday iSayTot be far distant when south Fifth aicnuetwill be worthy of the name.

FATAL BLASTING ACC.DEN18*

Shocking G'asunlty at Morrletanla.A ManBlown to Piece*.

While a section foreman named James Mtrptiywas engaged blasting rocks on tbe Spuyten |uy viland Port Morris Kallroad at Morrlsanla, Westclestcrcounty, yesterday morning, a premature explosion,or powder took place. which resulted in tbe urfortu-nate man nelng literally rent asunder. It afrearothat the deceased after a hole had been drilledundertook to rre off a small quantity of p«wde£tamped with sand in order to produce a tissfre atthe bottom for the purpose of rendering a blastmoreeffective, and while in the act of tamping tkis anexplosion occurred which hurled Mnrpny nearlyfifty feet into the air. on falling to tbe croond itwas ascertained that tils breast was almost com¬pletely torn away and a portion of his intestines, adwas also one of his hands, the mutilated parti) hav¬ing been blown a distance of about 100 feetlfnnathe spot. Scarcely a thread ol clothing-was left on thebody, which presented a truly shocking appenranee.Deceased was about lorty years of age. Cqrouerliathgate held an inquest on the remains.John (Jasson. a workman on tbe above mentioned

railroad, while blasting near Spuyten Duyill onFriday afternoon, was instantly killed throucfi theunexpected explosion of a blast. After the fu® hadbeen ignited ami the usual time allowed for thebluBt to go off, deceased approached, believing thatthe luse had mUkcd, when the charge exploded klll-lnff him on tl\e spot.

WESTCHESTER NEWS ITiTl*.

The republicans of the Tenth Congressional dis¬trict met In conveni ion at Sing Slnir yesterday and:nominated John VVandle, of Rockland county aatneir candidate for Congress from that district.Yesterday morning a Are broke out In a three

story frame building us?d aa a chair factory, in Ger-hardt street, Melrose, which in a short time totallyconsumed tlie entire structure, together with itscontents. The premises were owned by JohnEckeufelder. who estimates his loss at onwhich there was an insurance of $1,600.Last Friday morning while Jaines 1). Thompson, a

resident of Yonkers, was proceeding to Albany outhe Hudson River iUtlroaa, he found on arriving atPeeksklll station that his valise, containing ciothlugand valuables, had oeen stolen. On be In if informedby a fellow passenger that *a woman had let thetrain at Mng Sing, taking with her a vaiiso similarto the missing one, h<- obtained a brief descriptionol the female, and «n returning: by the next trainfouud her at tha station with the property C herpossession. The delinquent was brought toTYon¬kers, when, on being taken before Juaiicc Doiahue,she gave her nune as Bridget Coleman. Shf washeld to bail In u.>sum of $1,000, to await the *ctlouof tnc Grand Jury.

A POLICE FORCE FOB SUMM.T.Io accordance with the provisions of aeliartcr

granted by the last Legislature of New Jersey, thetown of Summit, N. J., has just organized a policeforce, consisting of six gentlemen who reside la theplace, but who are quite well known in this city andelsewhere. They are Messrs. (ins J. Tbebant, C. I>.Fredericks, John II. Allen, James c. Pitta'D. W.Day and John P. Kckel. This charming Jerneyrurailty has now reached the summit of ita am¬bition.a pope of gentlemen peeler*.