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THE AC)DEMV OP FIXE ARTS.
Tho last exhibition of the Academy of Fine
Arts In this city was of such a character as to
greatly disappoint all admirers of that which
the Academy was founded to cultivate, and
called forth at the time'euch adverse criticism
as we hope has enlightened the directors of
the Institution. We do not know what
changes they purpose making, but we know
that radical changes are needed. The day
has gone by when a large number of inferior
paintings will excite enthusiasm. Something
more Is needed in a collection than the
number of works. Something more is
needed to attract the critical than "Por
traits of a Gentleman," or representations
of "Death on a Tale llorse." We need en
terprise in art as well as in all other pro
vinces, and unless it is Improved the people
demand a change in the connoisseurs .who
claim to minister to their tastes. We are
not sufficiently familiar with the details of
the Academy management to know where the
evil lies, but we only see the evil, and ask for
the remedy. We want a good exhibition of
fine arts this winter. We do not want to wait
until next spring, and if the directors set
about the collection with energy, they can
f urnish us with what we need, and give an
Impetus to art much needed in our city! ,t
Edmund D. Lewis. We understand that
Mr. Edmund D. Lewis is about painting one
of his large landscape scenes, the original of
which he studied during his summer tour.
There is no one among our young artists who
can equal Mr. Lewis in his delineation of
nature. Although without extended experi
ence in his profession, he has achieved a wide
spread reputation, and one which Is destined
to become national. The best sign of the popu
larity of our artist is found in the number
who praisejand closely examine his works on
exhibition, and with that as our criterion, mT.
Lewis stands foremost of all the risinr
artists of Philadelphia. His last large work,
"The Fishers of the Susquehanna," was a
chef cTovvre.
It was among the spring collection at the
Academy, and attracted universal attention.
The gorgeous coloring, the rich tints of
autumnal foliage, and the admirable perfec
tion of that work, merit high encomium. Mr.
Lewis was a pupil, and is now a' friendly
rival, of Paul Weber; and, like his preceptor,
he excels in the minute delinatlon of the
foreground. Every leaf is clear and natural ;
there is none of that "muddiness" in his
foliaee which is so common. lie possesses that
within him that will make him, without doubt,
a great artist ; and with his energy, we can pro
phesy great things for him in the future.
We understand that Mr. Joseph fi. Beale,
late Professor of Drawing at the Central
High School, has accepted a Government
appointment, and Is about to travel abroad to
make a draft of certain fortifications and
sites which are needed in official circles.
Music in the Metropolis. The heat of the
summer and the reports of cholera did not drive
all the musicians from New York; on the con
trary, many of them have done their best to en.
tertain the forced dwellers of the hot city. In
addition to various musical festivals of German
societies and Sunday evening concerts of various
degrees of excellence, Mr. Theodore Thomas,
with an efficient orchestra of about thirty good
performers, has given one hundred open-air
concerts at Terrace Garden. The programmes
Included music of all kinds, from waltzes and
galops, which suit well the tinkling of beer
glasses and the smoke of cigars, to. operatic airs
and oveiturcs, and even symphonies. Twice
each week was a whole division of the concert
given up to music of the highest order, and as
an index of the growing love for good music in
New York, it is to be noted that on those even
ings the attendance was always large, and tho
most complete attention given. The audience
was not wholly or even principally German, but
these concerts were the resort of all young men
jot musical feeling, and often of families who
were kept in town. Several symphonies of
Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn were played, aa
well as movements and overtures by Wagner,
Liszt, Cuerubini, and Mendelssohn. Besides
these, there were evenings set apart for special
composers, and we had Mendelssohn and Mozart
nights. Mr. Thomas, we hope, made much pecu
niary profit from these concerts; he at least has
the satisfaction of feeling that he has done
much for the improvement of musical taste.
The Central l'ark concerts on Saturday after
noons have usually been good, and have often
given music of much excellence. They were,
of course, always thronged.
The slowness with which the New York
Academy of Music Is being rebuilt will probaoly
disarrange and retard the Italian Opt'ra this
winter. The chances of the opera-house being
ready for January are very small.
There lately died, in Paris, an artist namid
Louia Lebrcton, well known for many years
past as a draughtsman aud painter of marine
subjects, a branch of art in which he greatly
excelled. Lebreton was formerly a surgeon in
the French navy; but his powers a a draughts
man having attracted the notice of the Minister
of Marine, be was selected to go with the expe
dition to the South Pole under Dumont d't'r
vllle, in 1837, in the capacity of artist. Subse
quently ha uccompaniel the expedition to
Madagascar, in a similar capacity; but of late
years he devoted himself chiefly to working on
the illustrated papers.
There it now on view in the studio of Mr.
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nne imported painting by I. Hatnel. This pic-
lure, which is of tho German school, and has
but lately arrived in this country, has for Its
subject the "Sale of Indulgences," and the scene
is laid In the time of the Reformation, portraits
of some ot tho leading spirits of that movement
being included in tho composition. The centre
of the picture is occupied by an ecclesiastic,
who, somewhat after the manner of an auction
eer, flourishes aloft one of the precious docu
ments. At his feet kneels a beautiful girl, robed
in bright tissues. The crowd gathered around
displays a great variety of character, all drawn
and painted with remarkable vigor. There are
glimpses in the background of quaint old ar
chitecture, and the atmospheric effects of day
light over tho whole scene are rendered with
great felicity.
A very valuable collection of ancient draw
ings has lately been ndded to the Gallery of
Florence. Many of them were collected at great
trouble and expense ty the Florentine sculptor
Santarelli, who has presented them to the nation
on condition that they are to be placed perma
nently in the Uflizzi Gallery, and this has been
done.
The well-known Italian paiuter Ademollo is
engaged on pictures of episodes in the late cam
paign in Lombardy. Victor Emanuel accorded
to this artist the privilege of accompanying the
army during the campaign, so that fidelity, at
least, may be looked for in the future battle
pieces from his pencil.
Mr. S. P. Avery has reopened his art gal
lery on Broadway. Among the new attrac
tions in it are a painting by Vanderlip, and G.
A. Bonghton's "Wayside Devotion" the latter
of which figured on the walls of the Royal
Academy last season, and was very highly
spoken of by English critics.
Mr. V. Nehlig, of New York, has now in
his studio several genre pictures of great merit
some of them finished, and others yet in
hand. It will be remembered that nearly all
the pictures and art brica-brac of Mr. Nehlig's
studio were destroyed by fire about a year ago,
but the walls, which presented somewhat the
appearance of a museum or armory before the
fire, have been restored to something like their
former appearance. Among other pictures now
to be seen tn this studio is one of the battle
of Gettysburg, a spirited composition of the
same grouping and general treatment as the
large painting of the same subj ect lost at the
time of the fire.
Mr. Jerome Thompson lately finished a large
landscape. The scene lies amid the mountains
of Vermont, the point of view being from a
summit near Mansfield mountain, the peak of
which towers up on the left of the composi
tion. Beyond, the eye is carried over a sea of
mountain tops to where the sun, which has
just risen over the horizon, lights up the dis
tant line of Lake Champlaln. Ths mists,
which are curling away up the mountain
slopes, are rendered with excellent atmo
spheric effect, and the bold rocks of the fore
ground and middle distance are drawn and
painted with great- fidelity to nature. This
f icture ought to be on view in some one of
the public galleries, the artist's studio being
too limited in space to afford an advanta
geous view of it.
Neither literary nor artistic piracy seems to
find favor in London. A well-known picture by
Sir Edwin Laudseer is the one called "A Piper
and a Pair of Nut-Crackers," represented by a
couple of squirrels and a bull-finch. This pic
ture was lately pirated in some way, it appears,
by a photographer named Bennett, and another
person, aud the delinquents, on the application
of Mr. Graves, the printseller, who has a copy
right on the picture, were brought before a
magistrate, and mulcted in a penalty, with
costs, the charges against them being for four
several acts of piracy.
LITERARY NOTES.
The Paris correspondent of the Nation tells
the following story of the editor of the Revue
dts Deux Mondes:
All who can afford to do so are buvinf? bits of
ground outside the city walls of the new city in
win tn tney now una menisetvcs living, ana are
building thereupon some sort of rural habita
t'on,t!njore or less pretentious, according to their
means. Among otners iqus anxious to secure a
quiet retreat lrom tne dust and racket of the
capital, is M. Buloz, the able 'original' who has
so long held the post of chief editor in the well
known heme des Deux Mondes.
This gentleman lately employed a man of the
law, resident in the neighborhood of Paris, to
negotiate tor him the purchase of an estate
contiguous to one possested by the latter. The
title-deedj of the estate was drawn up accord
ingly, and brought by the notary in question to
M ltnlnwfnr flirmntnrp. "Whnt. it tho mnnnlnf
Ot this paragraph, referring, apparently, to cer
tain claims or 'subjections' affecting tho estate?"
inquired the erudite wearer ot the well-worn
dressing gown, smoking cap, and slippers, so
wen Known to tne literary woriu 01 fans, as ne
held the document in close proximity to his
nose, and peered into its pages 'through his
heavy tortoise-shell-rimmed spectacles. "I
mutt have this land free ol everything of the
kind; for what satisfaction should I have in it
it somebody else had it in 'subjection V "
"All that Is mere legal tecunicaiity," returned
the notary; "the words have no value what
soever." "In that ease," returned M. Buloz, whose wits
are usuaiiv in ine seveuin neaven oi critical
and metaphysical erudition, and are therefore
not seldom imposed upon in regard to the affairs
ol the outer world, "I may as well sign it, aud
have the thing naishad."
And, so saying, he dipped his pen in the
ink and appended his signature, ornamented
with one of ihe elaborate parajes frenchmen
aie so fond ol at the end of the deed.
The potentate ot the dingy olnces ot the
Rue St. Bcnoit lost no time in building a
villa on the ground of which he had become
the owner; lajing out his gardens with more
tafate tnan was expected, ana taxing special
pride in widening a portion of a little stream
that ran through his ground, so as to make a
"little lake" in the middle of the lawn be
fore his parlor windows. But he had no
sconer made bis lake, and purchased half a
dozen weeping willows - to plant about its
border?, than the stream which should have
fed it became suddenly dry a phenomenon all
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downfall of rain that has .been afllicttng us
tor the last four months.
In this emergency tho new ptpprielaire bud
recourse to his legal friend, now becoaie his
nearest neighbor.
"What can be the reason that my stream of
water has suddenly dried up?" inqu're-d M.
Buloz, addressing the notary.
"Evidently some one has intercepted the
water." returned that nersnnnirn. "inn h.
bought the ground, but you have not bought
the spring which supplies the water."
"But I purchased the ground as I found It,"
returned M, Buloz, '"and there was water at
that time; thcretore I have a righttothe water."
"That is what the law must decide," retorted
the notary. "The spring which supplies vour
stream is in mv ground; and if jou will consult
your copy of the deed of sale, you will find it
distinctly stated that the use of th water pro
ceeding lrom that spring is made subject to tho
pajmept by you of a yearly rental of 600
francs." yj
Thoroughly indignant at seeing himself the
victim of such a trick, and on the part of the
very agent whom he had employed to ensure
the acquisition of his new property without en
cumbrance of any kind, M. Buloz brought a
sut against his treacherous counsellor to com
pel a restitution of the water ot which hu found
liimgcH deprived. In the first trial of the affair
the verdict was given against him; but. nothing
daunted, be at once carried the suit into a
higher COIirt. and has lust had thn RntiafaMlnn
ot seeing himself, through the verdict just given
by the latter, victorious over tho wiles of the
rascal who had so impudently endeavored to
overreach a client The notary has been sen
tenced to pay the nominal damages claimed by
the editor Ot the Bevw. to dnf'mv thn rnf nf
tho suit, and to retrain, for the rest of his days,
mm in me person oi nis luture neirj, trom any
further interference with the usual course of
the contested water.
The Round Table concludes an extended
criticism on Bayard Taylor's last poem, "The
Picture of St. John," in which it speaks rather
unenthusiastically of the work, with the follow
ing judgment:
The great lack of the poem seems td us to
consist in a story or legend. There is not enough
of interest in Jhe subject-matter. Indeed, so
far as the narrative goes, what there is of it is
but poorly told. Mr. Tavlor is ccrtainlv hut. nn
indillerent constructive Doet. His versca urn
pretty often beautiful and the o-Ptinml iHoo la
Eleasark, but therels a lack of tresh and simple
IMory. He has the art of making long poems;
but a long poem must turn upon a story to pos
sess the truest charm. "Hip Pictnra nr sit
John " has few demerits of. measure, expression
or stylo. It is evidently a studied etfort. and
will be deservedly nraised for Its nniatio nm.
Vleteness. But its author will, s'ill lineer
among the middle luminaries of the literary
firmament, for it is in vain to look for a ninni.
among the highest upon the merits of sketches,
no-els, or poems which are truly great neither
ui Dlot nor execution. Tim mnit;n,im..
works of Mr. Taylor aie all pleasant, but there
Is rot one that as a literary vpnture can be
called so successful as even the little Idvl
'Snow-Bound.'"
Mrs. Elizabeth Akers, better known, perhaps,
under her nomlde plume of "Florence Percy,"
author of "Rock Me to Sleep, Mother," has
written nothing sweeter than the following
stanzas, which we find in her recently pub
lished volume, and which just suit the season
of fading leaves:
WHE THE LEAVES ARE T0RNINO BROWN.
Never is my heart so gay
In the budding month of May,
Never docs it beat a tune
Half so sweet in bloomy Juue;
Never knows such happiness
As on such a day as this,
Wheu October dons her crown.
And the leaves are turning brown.
Brpathe, sweet children, soft regrets
For the vanished violets;
Suig, you lovers, the delights
Or the golden summer nights;
Never in the summer hours
On my way such radiance ebowers
As from heaven falls softly down
When the leaves are tinning brown.
Braid your girdles, fresh and gay,
Children, in the bloom of May;
Twist jour chaph ts lu young June,
Maidens, they will fade full soon;
Twine ripe roses, July-red,
Lovers, lor the dear one's head;
I will weave my richer crown
When the leaves are turning brown!
An interesting account, by M. J. Amigues,
of the explorations of the Palace of tbo Caesar?,
has appeared in some late numbers of Le Moni
leur. The site of this palace had been buried In
the Middle Ages under a part of the Farnese
Gardens, themselves lately a heap of ruins. The
Farnese property came by descent into the pos
session of the ex-Kiug of Naples, by whom
these gardens were sold some years ago to ihe
Emperor Napoleon. The Emperor entrusted the
work of exploration to the Chevalier Pietro
Rosajand excavationsjwere commenced towards
the end of 1861, with these objects to ascertain
the primitive configuration of the soil of the
Palatine, the public or private buildings relating
to the period of the Ciesars, aud the more an
cient monuments that formed their substruc
ture, or that bad been restored by the Osura.
Sig. Rosa first discovered many indications that
proved the top of the Palatine to have been
double, like that of the Capiloline, though he
has not yet laid bare the whole ot the intention
Hum. This discovery explained many hitherto
obscure passages of ancient writers, and was a
valuable guide to further progress. Tho con
structions on the Palatine are divided into two
groups the cedes publico; or imperatoria (the
public official residence of the emperors), and
the various private residences built to connect
with it by Tiberius, Caligula, and other empe
rors. Nearly the whole of the palace proper
has been excavated, so much, at least, as is not
covered by the buildings of the Villa Mills.
The following paragraph referring to the
enlistment of blacks in the Revolution, is from
advanced sheets of "Bancroft's History of the
United States," Vol. IX:-
"As enlistments failed, Washington ured
Congress to complete the continental battalions
of all the States except South Carolina and
Georgia by drafts from their militi; Congress,
though not till the end of February, adopted
the advice, limiting the service to niue mouths.
The execution of the measure was unequal, lor
it depended on the good-will of the several
States; but the scattered villaees paraded their
militia for the di aft with sufficient regularity
to save the army from dissolution. Varnuin, a
brigadier of Rhode Island, proposed the eman
cipation of slaves in that State, on condition ot
their enlisting in the army for the war. The
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referred to Cooke, the Governor of the Stat.',
""-M'i-u. rvcry BOie-oodied slave in Rhode
Isnnid received by law liberty to enlist In the
army lor the war. On passing muster lie be
came free and entitle to all tho wages and en
couragements given by Connrecs to a-iv soldier,
ine mate made some compensation ' to their
masters."
Mr. Charles Lanman. of Gporiretnwn r. c.
has brought to the light, from their conceal
ment In a number of o'd trunks in New London,
Conn., a mass of correspondence which he calls
"The Shaw Papers." Nathaniel O. Shaw, Jr.,
was an active and wealthy merchant ot Connec
ticut before and during tho war of the Revolu
tion, and was for a long time tho general agent
In that State of the Continental Congres for all
sorts of military and naval business. The let
ters extend over a period of seventeen years -17C5-82-and
are, in part, those written by Shaw
himself, and In part those addressed to him by
a great variety of men Washington. Horatio
Gates, Benedict Arnold, Robert Morris, John
Hancock, and many others. Though most of
them, probably, relate to details of business,
they can hardly fail to be of some historical
value, and doubtless will bo printed.
A new seneation drama, Parisiansin London,
is about to be played at the Porte St. Martin,
with novel and starting effects, a la Bouclcault.
One of the scenes will renresent. it it said, thn
I Haymarket at night, with the good old dance
orbir ltoger de Coverley, which Is Just about as
native to that locality at present as morality is
to the novels of the younger Dumas. To add to
the truthfulness of the scene, a number of street
celebrities have been engaged, as beggars,
tumblers, and colored Ethiopians of English
and burnt-cork descent. II the drama sueceeds,
as; it will without doubt, some smart English
dramatist will perhaps give his couutrymen Lon
doners in Paris, with a view of the Jardin
Mabilie aud its mixed company dancing an old
court minuet.
Proffcssor Agassiz has lately written a letter
to Mr. Henry Bergh, of New York, President of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, in answer to a letter from that gentle
man requesting him to lecture, some time dur
ing the coming fall or winter, on the turtle.
He excuses himself from lecturing, his life
being absorbed with other duties, but sympa
thizes with Mr. Bergh in his endeavor to ame
lioiate the condition of the turtle, who suffers,
Le says, legal decisions to the contrary not
withstanding, In having his fins pierced, and in
being turned upside down.
The friends of the late James Sheridan
have erected a monument over his remains tn
Glasgow, in which city he was a teacher of elo
cution when he wrote his earliest plays. It is
built of fine durable sandstone, surmounted by
a sarcophagus of grey Aberdeen granite, and
among its ornaments are medallion heads of
"William Tell" and "Emma,'' "Virginius" and
"Virginia," "Master Walter" and "Julia,r and
"Caius Gracchus" and his mother "Cornelia.'
The only inscription on the monument is the
full name of the preacher-dramatist, and the
t ates of his birlh and death.
Mr. Robert Buchanan contributes a "Lon
don Lyric" to the last number of the Argosy.
the theme of which is the influence of a young
country maiden in the city. Here is bis open
ing stanza:
"Bell from the North has journeyed hither,
She brings the scent of heather with her.
To show in what sweet glens she grew,
Where'er she trips, in any weather,
She steps as if she rrod ou heather,
And leaves a sense like dropping dew."
Mr. Charles F. Browne's letters in Punch
are considered successful in England, which is
a great deal more than they are here. The first
ot the series was so poor that we doubt whether
any American comic journal would have pub
lished it. The second was rather better, but not
up to the mark of Artemut Ward. Mr. Browne
has taken Egyptian Hall, in London, and is
about to give his lectures in it.
A burlesque on Scott's poem of the Lady
of the Lake was lately produced in London,
with the addition to its original title of Plaid
in a New Tartan. It is said to have been very
successful, partly owing to the fact that nearly
all the characters were played by women, or
ladies, if the reader insists upon having our
absurd American synonym.
M. Leon Gozlan died reoantly iu Pans,
within a lew days of completing his sixtieth
year. Beginning his literary career nearly forty
years ago as a journalist, be worked his way
elowly to fame and fortune, writing novels' and
plays, the maiority of which were successful in
their day.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes is the next
novelist who is to succeed Mr. Charles Reade in
the AVantic Monthly, for which he is now writ
ing a serial story, to be published during
the coming year. Its title is "The Guardian
Angel."
Another American humorist, Mr. D. R.
Locke, better known as "Petroleum V. Nasby,"
has collected a Volume of bis papers, that
are nothing if not political, whijh is soon
to be published in Boston by Messrs. Lee &
Sheppard.
Mr. Charles II. Dana ha? revised his "House
hold Book of Poetry," of which Messrs. Apple
ton & Co. are about to issue a new illustrated
edition, with emendations and corrections of the
text, which has hitherto been faulty.
Mr. F. A. Teall is at work upon a " Diction
ary ot Pioper Names," which is expected to be
a masterpiece oi erudition. So says a para
praphM, who omits, however, to state by whom
these "gTeat especlations" are Indulged.
A reprint is announced in England of the '
original Kilmarnock edition of Burns' poems.
The edl'ion will be limited to si hundred
copies, ot which between four and five hun
dred copies have already been aubscribed for.
Dr. J. G. Holland has in the press a new
edition of "Bitter Sweet," printed on large
paper, with some seventy or eighty illustrations,
and a portrait of himself.
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of tour principal books is injurod, not a word is
erased from ourbooksorpapors, evtry line and word
perfectly legible; our Jewelry and warobei cia bo
cleaned. We weio uoab'e to remove this Safe and
open it until Tuesday, the 10th, a period of mora
than five dayt after the fire. The heat around it
was ot tno most intonse charaoter, as its exterior
distinctly shows, the iron being brfdly warped and
sprung. 1 be bra s kuobs and ornamental plates oa
the doors woro entirely melted off. The heatolosely
resembled that of a lurnace, for the iron mas at a
white heat. We would add, that a Safe which will
preserve its contents in such a fire proves its supe
riority, and is thoroughly Fire proof.
Respectiully vours,
GERRI3H fc PEARSON.
Portland Maine, July 13.' 1836.
Messrs Ih-rrinq, Fairel t Sherman, No. 261 flroatt.
way, N. Y:
Oent.emeii : 1 tie large fire which ooourred July
4 entirely destroyed our exte.isive stove manufao
tor ; alto our otlice,whion wa in a separate woodoa
bni'.ding, two stories in height. The safe, one of
your Herring's Patent Champion, was in the second
slot y; it tell to the ground We not it out during
the fire by rceans of ohains. It tots rsd hot. We
bad it cot open on Saturday. The books and papers
contained in it were all prosorved. Yours tru y,
K. P. RICHABDSON & CO
Portland, Maine July 10, 1966.
Messrs. Ikrring, Farrel 4" Sherman, No. 251 Broad
way, Ntu York :
Gentlemen : This occe beautiful city has beea
the tcene of the most terrible conflagra
tion ever known in the history of fires ou
this continent. Filteen bundred buildings were
destroyed, covering an area of more tban two
hundred acres, reaching a mile and one half In
longib, by an average of a half mile in width. The
building in which we bad the office of th I'ortland
Mutual Fire Insurance Company was entirely con
sumed. We had a large number of books and papers;
these, with other valuables, were a.l looked up la
one of your large size "Fire-Proof bafes." Wo dug
it out ot the ruins on Saturday, where it remained
three days and a half. Alter cutting it open, to our
great surprise and gratification, the contents were
preserved in excellent condition ; the covers of tho
books were drawn by the steam of the fire-proof
composition. Every line and word in our books and
papers are peri cotly legible ; not a It at ot our books or
a paper shows the marks of fire. When wo take Into
consideration the magnitude of this fire, the ter
rific heat to which your safo was subjected, no water
having been thrown on the rulna or on the fire
proves jour safe to be perfectly fire-proof. The'
ordeal through which sales have passed In this
severe test, many having been completely burned
up, arrant us in saying that too muctt praise oan
not be bestowed on "tho Herring," as every one of
your make preserved its contents.
Respectfully yours, ED W ABO SHAW,
Tieasurerol P. M.F. Insurance Company.
Portland, July 16, 1866.
Messrs. Herring, Farrel t Sherman, No. 251 Broad'
way, N. Y.!
Gentlemen: Tho devastating fire which took
place in our city on tho afternoon of July 4, on par
alleled In extent and number of buildings destroyed
by any fire that ever took place In this country,
entirely consumed out large sugar-house and office.
We oie using one ot your Irrge size folding-door
talcs. It was in the third story of onr offioe; whea
the floor gave way it fell Into the cellar on a heap
of burning sugar, where it remained until Thurs
day, when we removed it and bad it cut open ; it
contained our general books, va'uable papers, insu
rance policies, a record of our Government bonds.
Two thousand dollars in bank bills, and so mo
currency. All cf them wore proserved in excellent
t rder- not a mark of fire on them. Kvery line is
peifectly legible. The covers of tho books wero
drawn by the steam trom the fireproof filling; they
can be lebound ; the leaves are perfect. This safe
was subject to a very severe tet. We are very muoh
pleased with the result. It has proved itself per
fectly fire proof, aud too muoh praise cannot bo
an aided to a safe which stood the rest so ws I.
Betspectfuliy yours,
J B. BBOWN & BOSS.
MANUFACTURED 0NLT M
far EL, mnm & co
No. GQO CHESNUT St.,
PHILADELPHIA
HERRING FARREL & SHERMAN,
No. 31 BBOADWAV, Corner Murray St.,
NEWYOEK.: in
HERRING & CO., CHICAGO.