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VOL. XXY-KO. 28. INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 23 1876 WHOLE NUMBER 1.340

LAND OF THE JENEID.

Farewell View of Naples. PRESENT ASPECTS OF THE CITY. yX513Y MARKETS C ABM EN LAZZARONI PUBLIC BUILDINGS MUSEUU ART W0EK3 THE VESUVIAN VOLCANO. Foreign Correspondence of the Sentinel. Naples, Jan. 15, 1S76. Naples is bo well known that I shall not attempt to give any lengthy description of it. The prospect from either the heights above the city, or from the My. is equally beautiful. I always thought that the peculiar form of the Bay of Naples made the tity an excellent sea port. But this is not tbe cse; there is great deal more or b9suty tbn of utility in the position of the city. Its facilities as a seaport are Rrxall and inconvenient. All the protection tor snipping is one small flock and a small harbor, formed by a mole or breakwater, built i-ut Into the sea. It never hs been, and perhaps never will be, a shipping point cf much important. However, it is a large and basycity, full of bosUe and active life. All Italian cities are noisy, when compared with those in England and America. The continual noise of mon calling out, with ioudeat vociferation, the articles they are offering for sale, a they pass along me street. -imBtimM it aerms as if they made up for .the ainallneas of their stock of goods by the .loudness of their bollowiog. I have seen in the variocs cities almost everything bawkd about the streets, in hand carts, baskets, etc , from a butcher shop to a dry goods store, but have never seen nnA obtrude himself into any no use where be was not wanted. I have often gone into the markets, (and tfcey are -very buv placesjjuss 10 near ne voiuo usy and see the earnestness of the various dealers. There will often be a great deal of noise, but seldom any malignity or angry feehne. You se men gesticulating to each other apparently in the moet excited manner, but it is all in good temper. Is is always understood that a man will ask more for his goods than he expects to receive, and so the real price has to be reacnoa dv considerable haggling between the buyer and the seller. I have been told ttat it bas become an Italian proverb, that only a fool or an American will pay the first price asked f -r anything to be bought or 6old. The ITALIAN CAB AN i certainly an original character. lie is keen and shrewd and generally good tempeieJ. Although all their cities literally a warm with them, and ot course the compe tition is keep, yet I bave never heard an angry word or teen an angry gesture among tbetn. Tbe cabinan'a abarp eye can single oat a stiacger la any large crowd, and if he can only get him Into bis carriage without any bargain being made, be bas secured a prlz that he always makes tbe very best use of, barziniz three or tour times tbe usual price. I have never bad any trouble.bowever.aftera bargain was once made, however difficult it had been to make It. Tbe government, in order to prevent Imposition, bas fixed regular rates which in all these cities are very low. Thus you can ride in a good carriage (for they are always good) to any part of the city for twenty cents. In Florence a handsome carriage, either open or covered, containing lour persons, can be had to any part of tbe city lor sixteen cents. Tbe carriages and harness are always kept perfectly neat and clean, without a speck of dirt on them. This is on aecount ot tbe extraordinary cleanliness of tbe streets. Mud i a thing almost unknown in these cities. The streets btioK ah flagged, like our Bidswalks, ills notdfli.ult to keep them clean. Men with large brooms and a small handcirfc are constantly sweeping up and carry ing away any dirt that may be found on the street, so that the walking is as good in the middle of tbe street as it Is upon the sidewalk. This pavement is admirable where the streets are level and there is no ice, bat where the streets are steep, as many in Naples, it is very hard work for the horses. Tcere are some . good horses here, but the majority of them . are poor scrubs and in tad condition. A large number of donkeys and small mules are used by the country pep!e to brir g (their produce into market. I saw no women drawing cart, as inUtrmauyand Switzsr land. Tbe ptxr little donkey", many of them not much larger than a Newfoundland dog, do all this work. You will often meet a, pile of brushwood moving along the street which, on looking at closely, you will üad has a donkey underneath it. The bar cess on many of these aalmals is a strange mixture ot oddity and style. Upon a rawboned horse or diminutive mule it will be Itaost covered with brass ornament. Tbe addle, large enongh for an animal three tiices its s z will be covered with brass nails and bave a large, swan-like beak projecting eight or ten inches forward. THB I.A7XAKOVI are standing subject with all letter writers froiciNaples. Their numbers, their pecu liar habits of mendicancy, dirt and independ cace, their practice of hunting for me upon each others' bead?. have ieen so often described, even in recent lectervtbat I expect among tbe first thing thai laLouid see would be this peculiar oharaceitatie of Naples. I was on tbe wharves, in tbe fisa market. I looked for tbeoa upon tbe steps of the public buildings ana La too rnurcne, but x did not nod them. J laund a Jew beegtra, as I rind in all Earopesn cities, but not the large class of street loaders so often described. In this matter, aa la many others, there has been a great etange since the pre sent governmeit came Into power. Sirlcgent ealotxry law have ben enacted noou this subject, very igreatlv abaticg this nuisance, so that vagab3nc, without any visible means of apporr, aid aieaicantp, both sacred and ocular, are fast disappearing. If tbe jH?esent beneficent government continues io.no wer the last dirty mendicant friar will ooa disappear and this miserable relic of lcz igM wia pau wr, let o nope, forever. What could be expected in this coun try from tbe idle, worthies?, lower strata of society, wneo suction example was set before ahem by their spiritual adTiaers, who mado the lie of a mendieanf, idle and worthless as U 1p, inert to rioaa ia tbe sight ot God Aids prt psratlon r heaven? A law has toaan pa&cd strictly prohibiting any man, ootonly ttom becoming a medicant friar, but bAoooiing a motkofay kind. All mooaatls Institutions, whether male or female, are jtbollsteti, and their property taken lor publ.ie use. Tie lew old men who are left are su.tdred to remain, but no new sections are allowed tob niadd to their nil nab?r, so tht tbey are fait pa,saiDg away. TIjih Jarge anient ot valuable p-oorty tbe government is Cing lor public oiIiC.rs, seminaries and public schools. A gxtddeil of It is offered 101" sale, and brings large prices. A fact strongTy indicating tbe waning power of the pop occurred a while 8go. The government, tavtng a surplus of this property in Home, offjit'd it at public sale, liefore the day of tbe sale Cime on, the pope Issued a denunciatory bull, making it sacrilege for any msi to offar any price for it, 'and jet la spite of the pope ana all the

power that he could wield, the property was sold 50. per cent, higher than It was ap

praised. N aples is rich In PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Although without any large cathedral, many of the churches are costly and beautiful. Like the churches In Rome, however, their ornamentation and wealth an In the interior of the building. It is difficult to es timate the wealth that is hoarded in some of these building, utterly useless, as it would seem, and without any beneficial object. We visited the ca'acornbs. Though not aa old as those in Rome, they are very interestlog, and have many frescoes throwing great light upon the early history of Christianity. But the place of the greatest Interest to me was the museum. This is a very large and attractive building and well adap'ed for the exhiblton of its wonderful collection of interesting obhets. The lower rooms are largely occupied by Its fine collection of statuary. I went over this and returned to It again and again with tbe most absorbing Interest. Tbe remarkably fine works from Herculaneum acd Pompeii, and the splendid group brought from the baths ol Caracall, in Rome; the Farnese Bull, the Flora and the others too numerous to mentlor, with the great collection of genuine old Roman crests are all lntecsely Interesting. I only glanced at the fine collection of painting, some ot which are of great merit. My attention was taken up by tbe old cities. I had formed an idea that I should see a great maaa of old, hall-burned up things, that could hardly be reoognizeJ. No such thing. You see an immense wealth of articles, many of them as perfect as they were tbe day they were made. The perishable articles, such as books (of which there ia a large number), and cloth, wood, etc, are either partially or wholly destroyed. But there is enough that is perfect to amply repay you for tbe time spent in tneir study and careful examina'lon. It is curious to observe how tbe aristocracy of all these Italian acd European cities are wedded to precedent and custom, in all driving out at one hour ot tbe day, and, usually, in tbe same lashionable place. Ia Rome it is tbe PiLC:an; in Florence it is the Cascinc; in Naples it la the Cnlara. Here, at about 4 o'clock In the afternoon, the fashion and wealth of Naples are to ba seen in all their glory. As our hotel was situated here, we had abundaut opportunity for seeing the throng of carriages, that sometimes almost blocked up the road.- This is like tbe other?, a beautiful drive, but its principal attraction Is tbat Ii U lashionable. We spent one day in visiting THE GREAT BURNING MOUNTAIN. Taking a carriage and a good three horse team, we started about 9 o'clock in tbe morning, our excellent hostess, Miss Phillips, having provided ns with an ample luncheon, (and, by the way, I wish to say to all my friends visiting Naples, that they will not find a more pleasant locality, a better and more comfortable house, or a more lady-like, kind hearted little woman than Miss Phillips, who tried during our entire stay to make our visit pleasant and comfortable.) The entire distance from Naples to Vesuvius is one continuous street of houses. It seems wonderful that Naples, when there is so much room in the world, will crowd around tbe foot of this month ot Topbet. We found beggisg In perfectior, here, indeed, almost reduced to a science. A maimed limb seemed to be considered a (Jod send, and was made the most of. This ia tbe great seat cf maccaroni manufacture. We saw it spun and twisted into every concsWable shape, and then hung out to dry in tbe sun. Our ladies saemed to think that tbey would get more than their peck of dirt If they cat much of this delectable Italian diso. We soon left the valley and began to ascend the mountain by a gocd road, .but ths ascent was so steep we lound the need of our three gcod horses. Very soon, leaving all signs of vegetation, we reached a wide spread scene of desolation acd ruin; all around us was blackened lava, ia some places like cinders from an immense furnace. Then we could see where the terrible river of fire bad held on its irresistible way, overwhelming everything In its course. Tbe immense lurrows upon tbe surface showed where tbe waves bad sluggishly hardened as tbey flowed, to be again covered by some future eruption. Atter an hours hard pulling we reached the observatory, which we concluded should be tbe end of our Journey. We could have engaged four men to each person, at a cost of forty dollars apiece, to carry us up to look over tne edge of the crater, Jast as you look into the iop of a big chimney when tbe smoke is coming out, you see the smoke a little sooner, tbat is all. And yet many people think It pays to ray tbat they have been up there, I ein only say tbat we didn't. Tbe view from this point ia very fine, Indeed not often equaled. The bay. crescent shaped and beautlful.with vessels ot all fcinds, from the small coasting sloops to tbe large loreign steamer, passing and re passing ea iner upon its smooth surface. The city, its sbowy buildings, sitting like a queeti . verlooklng it, and tbe islands of Capua and Ischla, standing like two senti nels out In tbe sea, all formed a picture such as perhaps we shall never see again. The contrast between the place where we stood, DieaK, rugged ana desolate, and the smiling towns and vlliazes, with their teeming nopu latioc; the fields still rich and green, the lemon and oiaoge trees bending with fruit, and the city and bay already referred to gives a panorama that has to te seen before ita singular oeauty ana striking contrasts can be fully appreciated. After descending the mountain we visited tbe old. burled civ of Herculaneum. It seemed strange to go down into a deep mine to visit a city, go far down, and under another busy, noisy town, tbat for a thousand years waa utterly unconscious of a precious collection of admira ble works of art tbat would cast into shade anything tbey could produce lay right under oeacn tnem. e went down witn our torebe, and saw tbe great theater aud other building?, which I can not describe. S. F. S. A FRIGHTFUL DEATH. TEI 9 BADFC. FAT8 OF A lOCOMOTIVB EN GINEER. IOCI3VILLE, Feb. 20. As hcrrlble a death probably as It is possible for a man to suffer, occurred at Lagrange, Kentucky, at 11 o'clock Saturday nigh'. The victim was John Finnegau, an engineer on tbe Short Line nilroad, wfiom the company considered one of its bet men. At th9 time Finnegan was on a mignt train. Tne axel broken and p-tcip tat 6.1 th'j erg ne and cars down a fclfght fmLsakmeut. rinnegan wsi lv some means caught ft by tbe machir.ory and held so trut bis comp tnions could tot eärct his roloatx. T?o streams of hot water poured in upon bis fce and borly from a broken boiler. No rOüefcould be extande J tbe sufferer, and a tor the most horrible sg)ny he became unconscious and s'jon died. The skin from Ms lace and body pealed off before bis own eye. When a physician from LouisvlL'e arrived, Finnegau was dying with bis tongus almost dr.paing off from the effects of the fcot water which had forced itself Into bis mouth.

ANTIQUE AMERICA.

The First City Founded in of Civilization America. ST. AUGUSTINE'S PAST AND PRESENT. RELICS O THE MAILED CAVALIERS FROM THE VINK-CL4D HILLS OF SPAIN A CITY LS THB LAND OF FLOWERS TEAT IS NOT UNLIKE A CEMETERY. Special Correspondence of the Sentinel. St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 14. St. August ine has now obtained, for this side uf the Atlantic, an age of very respectable antiquity. Three hundred and ten years have now passed over the walls of this venerable city. One can look back to 15G3 and picture to the mind the galleons of Spain anchored off its barbor, see tbe intrepid Menendez, da 1 in mail, preceded by the standards of Spain and followed by bis faithful warriors, taking possession of the city In the tame ot his sovereign. The waves roll over tbe same shores es they did then, tbe green marshes and oyster-clad banks present the same appearance to our eyes as tbey did to theirs. Tbe St. Augustine of tbe present and tte St. Augustine of the past are in striking contrast. One sees to-day a town less in population than hundreds ot places of but few months existence, dilapidated in appearance, with tbe stillness of desolation overhanging 1 its streets unenlivened except by visitors or curiosity seekers, and at midday it might be supposed to have sunk under tbe enchanter's wand into an almost eternal sleep. And yet, about tbe old city there clings a host ot historic associations tbat throw around it a charm which few can fail to feel. ' We must not forgtt that here, for the first time, isolated within the shadows of tbe primeval forest, tbe civilization of the old world made Its abiding place, that this, now so insignificant place, was the key to our glorious republic, and as such, is deserving of our reverence. Some twelve .years after Columbus first Baw land in tbe new world, a veteran cavalier of Spair, Juan Ponce de Leon, raised sail and set out on bis wondrous voyage of discoveries. Ha first saw tbe coast on Easter Sunday, in 1512, which day the Spaniards call Pasqua Florida, and because the country spread before bim was radiant with flowers he called it Florida, lie landed at the present site of St. August ia e It wa in 1565 ibat Menendez founded tbe first city in tbe country. Since that period it hai bad an eventful history. On entering the city from the west, after leaving the depot of tbe ht. John's railroad, one passes beneath the foliage of the rpieading oaks and tbe pride cf India tree?, with the never absent moss hanging in long skeins from the branches. Emerging from this arc'away the tourist coon arrives at tbe "Plaza de la Constitucion," and is then in the heart of tbe most antiqie city ia America. Passing alcng the streets one tees old houses, walls of stone with arches and stair cases of tbe same materia, wooden balconies overhanging the btreets, and the gardens between the houses are fenced on the side of tbe street with high walls of stone. Looking over these walls you see branches of the pomegranite, and of the orange tree, Jus', pnttirg out Its fragrant bloom, and the teeming bough of tbe lemon, with here and there the stately stalk of a bananna. Occasionally you pass tbe ruins of a once palatial residence. Men are seen in tbe streets with swarthy complexion and forlegn physiognomy, and you hear them speak a strange language; these are THE REMAINS OF THE OLD SPANISH SETTLERS, and the dialect they speak Is tbat of tbe island of Minorca. Most of the old Spanish residences were constructed of ccqulna Btone, a conglomeration of small sheets, quarried on Anastasia island, opposite the city of St. Augustine. The principal building of great interest to visitors is Fort Marion, called in ancient times San Juan, overlooking tbe Matanzas river. It was first commenced in 1620, and, through the labor oft1 e conscript Indians, it was finished in 175G. It occupies an acre of ground, and has accommodatitns lor 1,000 men and mounts 100 guns. The fort is, in fact, a perfect castle, built after tbe style ot those in tha middle sees ot Europe. It bas tbe moa which was flooded from ths St. Sebastian river; there are tbe inner and outer barriers, the barbicon, the drawbridge and all the appliances of such fortifications. Its strength and efficiency has been well tested in olden times", and, although besieged numerous time?, it bas never been taken. Over tbe main entrance to the fort is a tablet with the Spanish coat of arms in bold relief. Passing through an archway we enter tbe square, surrounding which are tbe rooms, cells, etc. We were shown into the ancient prisons of the fort dungeocs, one of which was dimly lighted by a grated window, and another entirely without light. By means of a torch we were shown the nearly obliterated inscription on tbe walls made by prisoners long ago. In another corner of ths fort we were shown the secret cells, which were only discovered a tew years since in cocs?quence of the earth sinking over a narrow apartment between them. These cells are deep under ground and vaulted overhead, and vlthout windows. In one there were found s torturing rack, in another human bones. In making repairs at the tort, leading from their cell, wot found a dismal dungeon in which were found two Iron cages suspended from the wall; one bad partially fallen down from rust and decav, and hurain bones lay scat tered on tne noor. The other remained as It wa, iu which were a pile of human bones. Tbe latter cage bas teen s?nt to Smithsonian Institute. Tbe fort remains now as it was in 1756, with ths exception of ice wa:er Dat'ery, wnua was reconstructed by the government in 18a2. Tbe FROWNING BATTLEMENTS AND SEPULCHRAL VAULTS will long stand after we shall be numbered with that long past, of which It is Itself a me morial; of its legends connected with the dark chambers and prison vaults, tbe chains, the Instruments of torture, tbe skeletons walled In its closed and hidden recesses. There are, at present, confined in the fort some seventy Indians, ot different tribes. Tbe "City Gate," an ancient relic of the city, is s' ill standing. It is the onlv relic of tbe supposed town wall, that surrounded tbe ci.y, taai remain?, it is a picturesque and Imposing structure. The ornamented, lufty tower, the loop hol-s aud sentry boxes are w-11 preserved. Fronting tne entire bsy front of tbe city is a sea-waif, a mile in lengfh. built of coquicra stoue, with a topping of gnmte lt3. Tbe original wall wa: built by tbe Spaniards in 16W. 'Ihe present wall was built by the frovemment, in 1S40, at an expense of 1103,000. It is tbe graud promenade, and it truly affords a dellgoitul, as well as romantic promenade on a moonlight eveninz, when tbe quiet Is only broken by the roar of the ocean furf, In lull view of the old light bouse, built mora than a century ago. A new light house bas been recently erected here by tbe government. The old Catholic cathedral, with its quaint Moorish bei fry,

it tbimes of four bells In separate niches, and its clock, forming a cross, and its antique interior, is one of tbe most Interesting objects in St. AuKustine. Tbe oldest of tbe bells is dated 1682. On tbe bay is found one of the finest boatirg courses in the United States. Beating lis a favorite amossment here, more especially on moonlight evenings. The sail by day across tfce bay to Anastasia Island or to North Beach, where beautiful shells may be gathered on the beach, is grand. Tbe improvements in St. Augustine year slier yearrra making sad havoc with the ancient structure, and it will not be many years betce when ourcentennarian will outstrip some of the younger cities of the state in development, if its healthful climate and natural char its will tend to make a favor

ite winter for time to come. J. M. D. SOMETHING OF A STORM. AN EXAGGERATED KENTUCKY ZEPHYR. TERRIFIC STORM IN TAYLOR COUNTY, KEN TUCKY SEVERAL LIVES LOST AND GREAT DAMAGE DONE TO PROPERTY. The Lebanon (Ky.) Standard, of the 16th Inst., says: Last Sunday aftarcoin, about 3 o'clock, the southern portion of Taylor county was visited by a tornado of extraordinary violence, which occasioned an amount of damage and suffering almost incalculable. . Fall details of the losses are yet wanting, but those already received are of the gravest character. The fury cf tbe atorm was almost nuexampled, and the uncommon force ot tbe wind Is at tested by a number ot incidents. Along the central track ot tbe tornado there ia a dre d ful scene ot ruin and ddsolation. Fencing, trees, dwellings, out-houses nothing Beemed able to stand before the fierce ana cruel wrath of tbe hurricane. The full extent of the disaster la not jet ascertained. We bear ot (he storm passing some two or three miles north of Greensbarg and directly through tbe little village of Summersvllle, but without doing any serious damage um.il past the latter place. ' THE PATH OF ITS FIERCEST FURY seems to bave extended from Summersville entirely through Taylor county and Into the western part of Casey and southeastern portion of Marion. At some points Its track was a quarter of a mile in width, while at others ita breadth did not exceed a hundred feet. About three and a half miles northwest of Greeosburg a negro woman and her child were caught out in . a strip of woods during tte storm, which at - this point was not very violent. A falling limb killed the child and broke the arm ot the motber. Tbe tornado passed within sight of Campbellsville without doing any damage in tbe town beyond breaking- a few windows From Campbellsville ont the Columbia turnpike for some lour miles the destruction was very great. All tbe houses on the farm of Mrs. Robinson, (widow of Tboms Robinson, deceased), near Campbellsville, were blown down, except the dwelling, slo all but tbe first story ofthat was blown away. A negro woman who lived on this farm was fatally injured, a piece ol timber tearing anay her scalp, and another breaking an arm and entering her side. The buildings on tbe farm of Matbew Hubbard, in tbe same neighborhood, were demolished. On the farm of Frank Turner, on Meadow Creek, all tbe buildings were torn to pieces, except tbe dwelling, AND THIS WAS . UNROOFED, TORN . FROM -US PLACE, turned round, and much damaged. The saw and grist mill of Mr. Milton O. Robinson was nearly a total wreck. Mr. Robinson's dwelling was much damaged, and the out-bouses on tbe farm torn to pieces. Mr. Robinson himself was caught in the yard by tbe storm. He seized hold of a large white cak tree and embraced it with the energy of desperation; it was broken off just atova bis head and the upper part whirled away; but he still c'ung to what was left and escaped unhurt About half a mile from Mr. Robinson's three young men were caught out in a field and clung desperately tu some small saplings, while tbe wind beat them against tbe ground, one ot tbem having nearly all the skia worn from the palm of his hands. From the neighborhood of Campbellsville the storm went in the direction of Mannsville, its track beioe some 300 yards wide. Seventy-five men were out on the Columbia pike Monday clearing away tbe fallen timber so as to permit tbe passage of vehicles. Over Mrs. Robinson's Urm large numbers of RAILS WERK SEEN WHIRLING ABOUT In the air at tbe height of 200 feet, beating against one another with great force, and tailing to the ground in fragments. John Skene, living at Meadow Creek, secreted himself In an excavation used as a milkbouse during tbe storm, and thereby escapee injury. At the residence of Mr. iODert Pordy, brother of Presly S. Purdy, of this county, on the headwaters of Robinson's creek, near tee Casey county line, tbe storm was very violent. Tbe houss was blown nearly all to pieces. Mrs. Purdy was badly it jured by a fence rail, which broae open the door and fctruck her about the knee. Mr. Purdy, who was quite sick at tbe time, was not injured. A rail was driven tbrougb tbe Bide ot the house, and a log was forced lu endwise. Mr.Pordj's clothing was blown and scattered a distance ol three quarters o! a mile. Mr. P. S. Purdy, who was there on a visit to bis brother, lost his hat, but lecovered . it nearly a mile away. The house ot Messrs Darmotty, Downs, snd Good, of this county, and o: Perry beiden, of Casey, were blown down; also Wm. McCain's barn. Tbe bridge on the pike In tbe same neighborhood was destroyed. Mrs. Earl's barn, In Casey county, was also blown down. Tbe hailstones are said to have been as large aa a man's fist. One gentleman collected a dezsn which weighed fourteen ounces. One weighed six ounces. Tbe storm and hall lasted but a short time; one observer says not more than three minutes. A novelty in aamonierea is one which is almost a square of black velvet, with a silk po:ket at the back; the velvet about the pocket is outlined by a flat chalnwork of silver, while two rows of the same chainwork laid on black velvet serve to stispeod it from the waist. In tte center of tbe bag is a mmogram; thtso can be bunched in f-ilver, witb proiiga at the back to attach them as rtqu.red. Cuirasses, with Sictvts contrasting with the bodice acd matching tho skirt, are most worn, but sleeves made of two materials are the newest. For mourning and regligee wear, sleeves are cut long and very narrow, but for demi-toilet they rarely reach below the elbow; for these an improved style of finish is to turn them up with lace, and often a flower or bow of rib boa Is added to the bend of the arm.

MASTER OP MUSIC.

An Entrancing Scene in a Florentine Hall. VON BULOW. HOW THE GREAT INTERPRETER APPEARED TO AN AMERICAM IN. FLORENCE FIVE YEARS AGO. V. A. Root contributed the following corcerning Von Bulow to the Chicago InterOcean: In the winter of 1871 tbe writer, of this was in Florence. The weather was not unlike that we have been having the pi4-1 two months, with the difference tbat tbe roses did not seem to mind tbe weather, but bloomed on out of doors until Christmas, as if It were cool June in Amrlea. The afte rclapto a sea vry ige had been a severs cold, and all sightseeing bad to be Sotp)ned until a less bronchial season, ne day a friend sppsrsd upon tbe scene of our desolation, witn bands full of bllletti, and, demand"! attention, with an or Jtion to this effect: "Now, don't sit h vednphfrs with little pills and piwdtrs; come and ber some music. Don'i drass op; it is nothing very psr IjuJar, only nice." So exborte, we consented, anf after finding a e a4 , sealed ouelves and were driven to a m si unpretending edifice. We alighted, and I hr attempted to py tbe cabman. lowed him two francs; I nanded him five, and WAITED PATIENTLY FOR THB CHANGE- 1 He mounte J the box, bowed, and pleasantly remarked "Grazla, Signora," drove off, and I entered the hall disgusted. The, room was small for a concert hall, but wonderfully comfortable for a room ia Florence, for It contaiaed a a stove with some fire in it. "Who., are we going to, hear?" agked one. "Well, Von Bulow is the' attraction to some, but the art'st who plays the violoncello has turned tbe heads and hearts of tbe impressible Italians, one and all." Looking about the hall we discover a small audience conp'S9d of a mlxtore ot English, Am ricar s, aud a tew Italians, tie truth being tbat Gtrman music never yet called cut much enthusiasm from either Frenchman r r Italian. Bat here comrs the violoncello, b rje in corsciots pride bv the ar 's and we are delighted witn his skill, and the r )- manzathathe siMy rscltes in the smoothest Intonations. Not a note escapes as, not a sbads of feeling or exprasslon, and ti own handsorxe figuraand eipnssive face are no d6tr.ment to the er semble. He finished, . CALLI5Q FORTH RAPICROUS APPLAUSE, and then a few moments chatter et sued, in which the private bi story of tbe ar .Is. Is discussed, and also tbe remarkable infatuation of sundry weak feminine hear s in his behalf. Hush I here is Von Bulow. What a contrast. Slender and p'ain, his hair thrown back from a magnificent lorehead, and an Immerse moustache quite out of pr portion to tbe s'z9 of tbe man. He takes very little notice of h's audience, but takes pcsssss'oo of tbe p'aco, and in an instant dingy ball, audience and artists have vanished, and the piano trembles as the p sstan of music seiz s it, and it yielos- without r s stance to . the hand of tbe mas'er until the Ins'rjment begii s to glow and cold submr8s':oii beglrs to feel, and tbe exterior mechanician disclos s a concealed heart that ihrols and palsaks to be free, to grasp the rower and return h'n vehemence with intftsliVfcS overwhelming. Bat a window is e pen, and ttodrsp ry lifts with an unseen p )wer'ol band, and we look out lar above; a lane's jap 3 tbat we know of, but do not see, lies far b low. Heavy clouds roll vp toward the zenith with fl sties of lurid light. Now tbey prt, and we catch a glimpse of a portal, glowing and glorified. It seerrs to opsn, and a faint strain of heavenly music is jcs". beginning to be heard when, with a or sb, the clouds roll athwart the p rtal, and window and VISION VANISH AS VON BULOW RETIRES, and we slowly become conscious that we have been listening to one of the greatest pianists of our day. Now comes the handsome Italian who pleya us back to earth as we Bit aud wait, but almost in dread, tbe return of Von Buiow. Tbr;e times he playdd, and caused hall and people, eerth acd sea to vanish befora oor souls; then we depart from tbe room, now growing dusky, and in the twilight crjss tbe Ponta Santa cprita to old Florence and every-day life, fo-day, afar from tbe art, the rotuan', and antiqai y ot Ficrence, in the cl y or the New Wrrid, stands the tr.lst Von Bulow, and we pause in tbe bustle of our new lite to beer him. Will it seem tbe same to us? In place ot tne small, dli py room, a lare, well lighted hall, filled with earnest, attentive listener. We look at tbe faces, and tbey look mora eager and r stless than tbe faces we wot of In that ancieLt city. Hen is tbe artist. He bows, and, wonder of wonder! Hacs Von Bulow, tne "interpreter of the muic of the hereafter," is going to make aipre b, 90 Impregnated has be become witn this air ot tbe land of the free. I need only repeat the substance of what he said. HIS COUNTRYMEN IN AMERICA bad suggested that the per pie would better sppreciate his concer;a did Jie but give them a little popular music He there offt red a little prelude In the mrre popular style. Then be turaed to the p'ano, and the Mar seillaise sang out like a bugle call. Never, I thir&, did one hesr it so playad, and ty a Gtrman. Tbe irxp, obtnlieut to tbe call, came flscklng, and you saw tbe flash of bay onets and gUam 01 scarlet, as tbey pressed through tbe Arc de 'Irlumpb, anu France was once men the martial, the trave, the victorious. Tbe effect was elec rlcal, and, like the swilt dpartura of that suitle fluid, was gone as tne graver notes ot Beethoven' "Sonata Pthetique" swelled tbrougb the rxm. Ia listening, one could feel the grief and weariness of the silent b y, Ludwig Beethoven. Misunderstood and blamed, he was still atout-kearted until the merited raise displaced the blame. His sonata is not sorrowful or despairing, only "pathetique." As he plays, we wander back in our thoughts to the artist before us, and feel that there la a at range, subtle difference between this concert and tbe other, rhtra we left ear.h and stepped into tbe borderland of eternity with Wagner's prophetic soundings, but here tbe ar.iat speaks to us inobtly through Beetboveu'a a rear, solemr, human heart, that will throb through all time. At a eoner pas-ae we rjar a motber einging to Ler chad Now it is A LOVER LEAVIN J HIS MISTRFS3. Now the raturr, and now tbe soiema chords sound on the ear like the beat of tbe wavts of eternity on the shores of time. Bat did not Von Bulow p'ay from Chopin, L'szt and Rubinstein? Verily,Tie did, but tbe keynote to tbe hour was the ep'rit of BeethovtD. and tbe feeling tbrougb tue music was intensely hnman. touchlnor on thn nn ntnt with iia joys and griefs and Its earnest looking

upward snd onward. Von Bulow as Changed, but it is tbe magnetic- change of place and psc p'e. He looks mere at bis au" dience than he did. He sxmi to know tt a these mercurial terxp rameats, that he can. melt to tears, fill wi;h yearnings :or heaven, or lespire with heerts of warriois by his rasglc firg?r, are not an audience that will be stolidly quiet when he does cot hold them f psll-boud. So he looks at thrm once In a while, and touches one er two warning no'ei belcr3 be commences. Then, too, his welcome haa made the roan's bet rt glad, and though he does cot show gr. at elation, yet a mora genial glow 1 on (he quiet face, aud he is evident'v satisfied. Otherwise be is tb same Hans Von Bulow tbat we herrl in Florence. And should we felt In the dingy room and bear bim there tox months hence, the same qu!et would pervade the atmotphere, acd tne artist would be quiet, seif-coutained and all unconscious cf us. CRIMINAL, COINCIDENCES.

A PENNSYLVANIA PARALLEL. A REMARKABLE SCANDAL STRANGE CRIMINAL C0IXCIDENCE9 FATHER AND SON SHOT FOR SIMILAR OFFENSES THE SEQUEL. Tbe Johnstown (Pa ) Tribune tells the following stracge Etory of criminal ceinddencte: Oa the 12.h of February, 1SC4, twelre years ago last Saturday, Jonstown was thrown into a fever of excitement by the report tbat Joseph Moore ' had shot an! killed Jordan Marbourg. Moore was a shoemaker and Marbourg a merchst, toth doing business and residing in this city. Tney were both married men, and possessed warm friends In tbe community. Tbe cause of tte killing of Marbourg was hh alleged criminal intercourse with tbe wife of Mcore. The case, however, Is familiar to our people, and is now only referred to to introduce one of tbe characters in this remarkable caae of ssandal which we are about to relate. Moore was speedily tried and convic:ed of murdtr in the second degree, tut was pardoned betöre be waa taken to tbe penitentiary, and be and hla wile united together and went Wes; or, thcrtly arter they left this place, they mat la the West, and . . 1 LIVED TOGETHER A3 MAN AND WIFE.. Marbcurg's fsmily removsd to Schellsbarg, Bedford county, where seme of the members ofityet reside. In Sshellsburg, William Marbourg, Oue of tbe sons of Jordan Mar bourg, wbo had been killed in this city, became the companion of a young man b tbe cama ot Jacob Schell Hoke, who eventually removed to Atchison, Ka. Young II "ke embarked in buuinetH tbeie. Success attended bis effort, and he soon became one of the prominent business men of that place. Whn be was at tbe top pinnacle of mercantile success, Marbourg, tbe former Johnstown boy, arrived there 1 through the inducements ot Hoke, and tbrougb his influence embarked in bnsiness and was successful. Hoke met and married a jourtg lady, the papers we have received from Kansas City say, wbo was "noted lor her beauty and Intelligence." Sue was taken to his home, "which was beautiful with every thing which taste and refinement could contribute." And, according to tbe Kansas Times, "their bouse became tbe circle of many admirers, and a resort of the most fashionable portion of the young metropolis of Kansas." Marbourg, of course, was the bosom companion and "mutual friend" ot the family. In tbe ourse of even's, and AFTER A CHILD HAD COMB to make the home,more attractive, .there came whispers of an undue intimacy between Mrs. Hoke and Marbourg. Society caught the faint rumors and eagerly enlarged upon teem, nntil the throng which had et joved tbe hospitalities of tbe cottage came no more. At last these suspicions reached Hoke's ears and became verified. Marbr-ure, however, refused to "humble himself," or wish be was cast into tbe big tunnel at Galla' zin, or boped that "be bad never been bore," or said that U.wa all owing to bis "true inwardness, " and Hoke shot bim. Hoke was arrested, and. the shot not proving serious, be wa fined ?l. Mrs. Hoke then hastened away to Brooklyn, New York, the city where the Rr. Henry Ward Beecher, Theodore Tiltor, Elizabeth It, Tilton. Victoria C. WooJbull and other remarkable people most do corgregate. Hoke at once se out to gf.t possesion of his daugh'er. There followed a search which took in the Etet em cities and Canada, and a series of movements on her part, in which she was asMsted by Marb)urg and her mother. One day, bowever, Hoke saw hiawi'e at a window of a house In Brooklyn. He at once proceeded to sei a writ to obtain possession ot the child, and succeeded. During tie trial, the mother REGAINED POSSESSION OF THE IDOL over which there wai to much contention and K was secreted. It is alleged by the Kansas City papers that Hoke would have won the suit, but for stratagem on tbe part ot hia wife. The fury was out fourteen hours and returned a verdict for the defend ant. Then Hoke oflered no objections and bis wife obtained a divorce. By th s time Hoke's fortune had vanished, and his busi ness was destroyed. He bad used bis earnings in bis endeavors to obtain Lis child, and bring to fustics the man wbo had ruined bis borne and rot-bed him of bis happiness. After Mrs. Hoke got her divorce. wLich was In tho fall of 1S74. the scandal was lost sight of. Hoke went to Kansas City, wbere be la to-day engaged in business, snd where, according to tbe Kau nas City Times, be is gaining friends by bis baaring and conduct. The climax cf this story remains to be teld. On tbe 21st day ot January, 1876, Mrs. Amny A. Hoke an dWm M. Marbourg were married In Angola, New York, and have sinca returned to Atchison to make it their home. Thus terminates a case in which a former Johnstown boy takea no second part, which bas robbed one man of his happiness, and which, no matter what may be the turn of events heraatter, must forever cast a shadow on Marbourg and his wue. The inhabitants of Dadham, Mass., are excited over the recent unearthing of an his toric dungeon or tomb in that city. A number of common Indian mounds are near the town, and opposite them, some two hundred feet from the Charles river, come workmen ran across a piece ot rock, a kind of tula, about three feet in diameter. Rolling this away, a regular archway was discovered, leading Into ib6 hillside. Tbem-mthr.t the arch was ot Roman shape, some two fret high by three broad. Tbe walls and lioora were evenly and carelally built of unknown tone, cemented with a species of mnj plaster, t o lime or cement being found ia the whole structure. Tho passage way widene-i until, alter some feet of leneth, it expi-.uded into a wide cllsome ten feet In ditmcter. One wall ol tt is was artificial, tbe back of natural rock, and the other sido artificial, but ot irregular shape. The cell was some five feet hlh, aud carefully floored throughout. The Norsemen, Puritans and Indians are severally credited With having built tbe tomb. The discjvery is to be investigated.