New York Clipper (Mar 1878)

MAKCH ,30, 1878. THE isr:E3"w^ o Mnnd ^ enonnona eat, A pleaaant llf-rnrDride and trlnmph thrilled iii»—my 8e- '"ffMis departed. I cooed to IiUn and car o*" gaddenly the tamer's Tolce rang oat: l^ptsvltackTOiirhaiidl Qalck,qalckl Down, ^"l^leKed alond and sprens away in tenor. «>«b>tlBtt!'ICTled. •Hewaenotbartlii«mel' a<iiatb»—not Nero—no; bat Death, thatsavaee M«ar In the comer yonder, saw yon. and was to spring I I wouldn't haye had htm so C^uociaf^ pretty, plucky Uttle hand S TOun: no. saTo my own f «»iid Detoto I knew what he was going to do, he ..Jm the hsnd he had praised In bis own, and SlSd it again and again. ■'Srsnatched it away, and stood there panting, ..iilmed, glAd, sorry, all In a lireath. "S^ov'dare yoal' 1^cried, with crimson cheeks -aiS-hlngeyee. <How dare yoal •w-Why. whero'8 the harmr " he said, tossing Ms trlght hair with a Iree, gracef al motion, ^TjhMidlne closer to me. "Why eboaldn't I kiss Sfd^tf brave UtUe band? Old Death would "•j^hid It off, maybe, only for me I Tou'ro S^asgryforaUtUethbKC Uke that, am yon?* "voov could I he angry? Hy bisTe, bold, beautl- _ti.rm! He dazzled me. >othlng like him had '^i^^lted my dnJl lUe before. Alas. Maurice I ^Stt the Uon had rent my hand than you my i!Hg walked wltn me home along the qalet lanes, «i lold me glowing stories ot the tree and glori- I^UTce these strollers led. and I hung upon his '^ja like one entranced — enchanted. Might me at the show again, drawn thither as the ^^^Is drawn towards flame. Again I saw blm, !^!^g among his lions, the matchless symme- ^^ttil9 form displayed by the cloee-flttlng dress M«oR standing like some superb statae—grand n Ms airength and beauty. Orm as a rock, fear- SL as the mighty brutes he ruled: and again my l^t beat high with strange emotion; again I Mt the quick blood dye my cheek and Ore my Bgf'" my whole being thrilled beneath his JCJoe his emlle—a sobtle spell seemed on me, z^nn 'oal went forth to him and cried: 'There to none Uke thee—none I' It was not my hand, ut my 11P*> be kissed that nigbt, as we stood In Se eon moonllgnt etudows ot the trees. I stolo £ck to my room as I hod stolen away trom It, ^tly secietly; and as I watched his toll ^an disappearing down the road I knew that heart went with him. "So I followed my heart. tVhat Is life worth with- oat love' A casket rilled ot lis precious jewels— ^^Ir fruit rotten at the core I Love Is the UXe ot Hfe A rose without perfume—a bird without day without stmlleht—a night without r^r—even such Is Ufe without love! ■••Mu3t we part?' he whispered, with his arms riuped round me, and his Upe pressed to my ^Mk. 'Fart!' The word thrilled me with a sud- dtntertor. Part trom Hanrlcel Go back to the iai monotony of the life that was mine before M omel See him no more—no more feel those jMroms enfold ms? An aniniishot grief pos Mcd me at tho thought, and. dinging to him lUdty, I burst Into a passion ot tears. "I was Just seventeen, and I counted the last iline day»—the dayn that I had known Maurice— (oitli oil the rest. How, then, could I endure the Diaiight ot a weary life without him? u^fcsnnot lose yoal I cannot I' I cried, and vept forth my lovo and grleC upon his breast. 'He was very fond ot me—probably with one ot iboM passiDg Infatuations which were common to Bnch a man, but It seemed true loTe to me. 7 na too young, too Inexperienced, too fond to an lUxe the quality of his passion. One thing alono I gdpnlated tor—that I should be his wife. He jwigtied and frowned a little, and sold lightly ,0b. ot courser and so we went together to oar 'itts. "I was very happy. Maurice was so kind and lond, and I was so proud of my handsome, tamoos husband. Moreover, the wild life—so dlt- loent from all my former experiences—charmed me, and ttao lions sooned learned to know me and like me almost as well as I liked them, Mero, In mztlcalar, would fawn upon me like a great dog, ud before many months were over I could put Um through all his tricks. Then Maurice had me billed as 'Uona the Uon Queen.' and I went with him Into the great cage during his act. bav. lag lltst performed Mero. myself, alone. In an. other smaller one. . "One night—whon we were together in the den, lOd, the tent l>elng crowded, people pressed close ^oDd OS—Z heard a woman's voice, low and oicer. say: " •The girl; who la the girl?' "'Look at her t See I' responded another voice, IS Ilsy down at Nero's side, with one arm thrown orer his neck and my head pillowed on his mane (my place In our iinal tableau), 'She is tho Uon Slog's wife.' "'HlsiinftJ'' "The tone was one of mingled eoom and horror, ■Dd tmilled to my very soul. Instinctively I turned and looked at the speaker. A tall, fair voman, leaning forward from the crowd, with a white, stem face, and eyes ot angry tire Oxed full on mine. That moment a roar ot applause arose as Maurice, waving the lions bock and giving me Us band, bowed to the spectators and stepped Mm the den. louder than all tho noise that tmie seemed echoing In my heart: 'His wife f "Who was she that dared to question it? We had lieen married on the morning after our flight, and I bad sent the certificate to my parents, who was this woman who dared, question my being his wife? "Stillholding his hand, I washurrylng broath- leealy to the dreeslng-room. when he. glancing down at me. exclaimed: " 'How pale yoa are t What Is the matter? Were jou frightened, pet?' and, stooping suddenly, took my lace between bis huids and kissed me. "For the last time I Never again did tboee false lips touch mine—nevrr \galn, alas I My love I "Tor—like a tnry. like an Incarnate storm—she flnng herself between "^Maurice!'Bhecrled. 'I forbid yoa to touch that girl—/, your ItanftU mfe I' •••His lawtnl wife I O God. why did not the wonls klU me? I read their fatal truth too surely in her flashing eyes. In her towering rago and soom. Still more I read It In his death-white face, his quivering lips. lUs abject look of torror. " 'Is It true? Is it truer I walled, falling on my knees before blm. He turned away and hid his taeft while she sold sternly: •■ at Is the truth before Ood—U yoa have yet to leam it. I have been married to this man ten yeatsr "What followed I know not, save as I have been told. They say I ran frantic—perfectly crazed and wild. It may be ao—It was a. blow to break the heart and craze the brain—but I know nothing Ot It I remember only a long, long, dreary stupor— a stupor to which the sense of pain and sorrow eiueuttied dimly, and without twlng twdoratood. y heart ached, my soul was tortured; but my btaln could not answer why. Then came a rack- ing, phyvlcol pain, as little comprehended, and then at lost sense failed me altogether, and I sank away to pertect, dreamless rest. "Ontot that deep obUvlon I was summoned by a little walling cry—taint, yet oh, how thrilling I Veak.yet oU-powetfuIl It roused my heart—It drove the 'clouds back from my troubled brain; memory and consclotisness returned together— the memory ot all my wrongs, of all my anguish; ttie oonsclousneae ot a strange, deep, wondrous Joy. Maurice was false—my husband lost forever; oat In his stead the bliss of motherhood was mine. I clasped to my blighted breast my new-born child. "Poor little Injured Innocent! Wronged past all bslp a father's sin before Its flist breath was drawn. At that thought a corse welled np trom my heart against blm. I might have forgiven the roln ot my own young life—I could not pardon the •tain upon my child's. All the love of my being nuhed forth to protect and shield It—nothing re- nialned for Maurice but hatred and ecom. "Everybody pitied me and my baby, aliandoned to the mercies ot the world. I could never return to my home, disgraced and nameless. Baby and I hod only each other's love to live for now. When the circus season came round again my old man- agertook me on, and I heard bow he had helped me Id my slcknoes, and how he had discharged Uanrlca, who, finding himself on object of gen- eral execration and contempt, bad finally changed Us name and left the country. Bo I went back to my lions. Nero remembered me, and welcomed me back like an old friend. A change had come over my whole nature. I had grown colder, hard- er, and more reckless; better fitted. Indeed, to oope with the fierce brutes, who cowered and ooDched beneath my voice and eye with eurly. Iialf-rebeUlons eubmlsslon. Oh. but the excite- ment ot controlling them was glorious I It ear- ned ms out ot myself. It overmflstered a certain dangerous despair that sometimes ewept m a vUd nood over my soul and threatened to destroy my reason. Memories ot the past stung my heart: lealonsy ot that other woman maddened me; 1 shrank with loathing from a human faco— a human voice—and fied to my lions for shelter. Then, standing In their midst, commanding, threatening, praising, a strange, wild, vivid Joy «amo to my heart once more. A sense of power and triumph lutod mo above my woes. I watch- ed with fiashinc eyes the sinewy, powerful forma, oouchlDg, striding, gliding to and fro, with low. deep, muttering growls of sullen anger. I laugh- ed aloud for glee to see them cower before me. Sometimes our people gathered round the cage with looks ot actual terror, and the women shrank away as I passed by, and whispered to each other: •She Is crazed!' I cared not. What were they or their thoughts to me? I had my baby and my Uons—in cherishing tho first and conquering the Isst, 1 rose above myself and obove the world. "Never, they said, had woman dared as I dared. . It deemed as though I bore a charmed Ule. Crowds flocked to see me. And when, one night, 1 took my three-year-old baby- Into the den, and •eey Leo lay by Nero's side and flung bis tiny, dimpled arm around the monster's neck, our trl- Omph was complete. . ,„ "But the women no longer M>iispertd a»o is iMed:' they spoke It boldly, and eomo began to miumtir about the child, one day one ot tnem dared to say aloud: 'She Is not fit to care for It; It should bo token from her.' I heard the wonls. I mado no sound In answer, but I walked np to her oad toofad Mo kcr <m>— looked, as I might have looked Into a lion's, 6he gave a cry—ehe shrank »»aylnf6ar. Ha. ha. ha, hal Next day she left the company. Did iSe dread that I might loose brave Nero on her? ImiuHhave done so rather "MlethertonchmydarUngboyl .J?» O"^* not liaye t«sntJong after that-I oaimot Wl W long, my memory of the • time Is so con- JSyd. It5!|i^ght.and I was with my Uons. Old Death had been etrangoly ugly, even for Wm. *nd I had had to tone him toobey me. Buddenly, ■■hen I ordered to march, ho crouched, and »ttde as 11 about to spring, growling *epcoly. '•Arage took hold ot me: a "pinH?0»S"^!f Passed Into my breast, and made me, for the mo- 5en^ terrible. With aptalsedwhlp and never- altering eye I towered above the savage brut^ wadually his growling sank Into a whine, hU blood-red eye wavered and tell 'neath mine—he oawied upon bis belly to my feet. "A storm ol applAiue anne; I heard, but saw •"t—my eyes were on my lions—only at the xlu M my Ufe could I have removed them then. JK knew thai. Uaurloe knew that U> -voice would Shnerve.pediapedMtroy. me. AndTetheBpoke. Btiddenly the voice that I had not heard lor years 'Ul on my eaia. "Bravol Bnvol' It cried. I i'uted; a great fit ot trembling came apon me, I totgot my danger, turned to seek the eonnd. and *>s hurled, torn, bmlsed and- bleeding, to the (round. "nhe moment my eye was off him Death had 5«uiig, bat my good, tolthtnl Hero was too 4til<^ . tor him r.tfc- an avalanohe he flnng himself - bpon my wonld-be destxoysr, and In the terrific sombat which ensued someone contrived to open ^ cage and diag me oat-atonned, senaelcaaond badly SGntohedTbat otherwise not eertooaly btirt. . "Wonal eur I^eon—totmedy known as Maurice- happened to be one of the spectators, and assist- ed In separating and quieting the enraged ani- mals. Ab for me. I was carried to my bed and a doctor sent for. My Injuries were trifling, but the shock to my nerves had been severe—the shock of that strange and so unexpected return, "No one about tu recognized him. The manage- ment was changed, the tenting season over, the menagerie had gone Into Wlnter-qnarteis at an establishment In the city, where I also was re- tained to perform the Hons. Probably no one Im- mediately around us knew my story, but ot that I cannot be sore; certain it is that I spoke ot my aflhliB to none. So during the two weeks that I lay sick he filled my place. One afternoon he sought me In my room alone. " It had been told him that I was endangering the Ufe of my child,' he said. I sat stlU and sUent. Ood knows what wild storm was surging and rising In my soul. I kept etiU and mode no sign. 'And since yon have attained to such celeb- rity In yoar business.' he sneered, 'that your manager prefeiB you to far superior performers* (I knew It was ot himself he thought, and that he would -willingly bavo pushed me from my plaoel, •I am willing to relieve you of the child. It la hard for you to be encumlMred vrltb the charge of him. Lwlll take him entirely off your hands.' 1 was still silent. I oonld not have answered then, for my rage choked me. He misunderstood my seeming quiet—as fools will—and went too tar. The boy lay on my bed asleep, vrlth a shawl thrown over him. Is this the babeV he asked, and put out his hand to uncover him. Before he oonld stretch a linger I was on him. "It was as If Olory had made a spring—Olory was the lioness In the cage—my hands were at his throat—I gnashed my teeth with rage—I fell my eyes glare on him, " 'Good Ood!' he cried, and fell back against the wall In a kind of horror. "Next minute bo shook meoltand flung mo trom him, making his way to the door, I crouched down beside my child—he looked bock at me. Mad woman!' he cried, with the same hor- rified stare. "Mad woman l' "Then he was gone, and I caught my little Leo In my arras, and laughed out loud and long with joy and triumph. Ha, ha, ha. ha! Did he think to rob nuof my one treasure? No, no: that was not so easily done. Maurice might subdue the Uons. bat I—I coald subdue even Maurice I "Although not yet able to perform, I was begin- ning to get well, and went down every day to see my lions. I took my dnrling with me, for a fear was upon me. I couM not bear to let him out ot sight. One night on the drcaaing-room stairs wo encountered Maurice face to face. His foot was on the lowest stair, and he was ascending, as little Leo and I wero halfway down. I would have passed him by In silence, but be bad been drinking, and he etopped us. "Is that the child?' he sold In an Insolent, scornful tone, that sent tbo indignant blood ting- ling through all my frame. *A pretty boy—looks something like me, don't he? Kiss me, baby.' "He put up his face to the Uttle one, and I spoko not a single word. Rage, passion, shame—aU In a wild confusion—kept me silent. He dared to hold his false face up to my poor wronged baby for a kiss: and the child—whether from Instinct or swayed by some unaccountable Impulse, I know not—tho cbUd lifted up lis dimpled arm and clenched Its chubby fist, and struck him— Struck him on hi? wicked, sneering taco with all Its baby energy and power! "Tho rosebud lips wero compressed, tho soft eyes gleamed, a flush was on the lovely, flower-like face. "1 hate you!' Leo cried, with all tala Uttle heart for emphasis. 'Bad, ugly man, I hate you I' "Maurice's face grew white—Ilvld with rage. He raised his bond. OGod! he would have struck the child he should have knelt to! But I flung myself between, and threw the boy behind mo. " 'Do you dare, coward—do you dare to touch him!' I cried. But I never knew - that T bod threatened at his life until I saw him shrink away^ and caught tbo gleam of steel between my eyes and his, and realized that It was my own deeper ate hand that held it. '"A eurao on you and your brnt I' he cried. 'But you shall pay for this I' And so he . passed on. muttering. But the little one, excited beyond all control, and not at all afraid, called after him passionately, again and again: " 'Bad man I 1 hate you, I hate you I "I went back to my Hons. I went bock Iwforo I was reaUy fit for my task, bo anxious was I to leavo Uaurlce no excuse for staylnc; but though there was no longer anytblng for him to do, stui be re- mained, "This circumstance had the worst possible effect upon me. I tortured myself with vain enrteavors to ratnom the motlTes of ble conduct. I kept up a constant watch upon blm night and day. He In terfered even with my performances. If he were among tbo audience, the knowledge Irritated and annoyed me: It be were absent, I was consumed with anxieties about, my child. I had no longer the nerve to take Leo Into tho den. Tho conf u- alon and irritation ot my .mind told upon the animals, and they were restive and savage to a degree that mode ench a proceeding impossible. Often, in spite ot myself, and because of my own WTctcbodncas, I goaded tbo poor brutes to the very verge of fury—even the gentle Nero's tem- per grew fierce and sour—and many were tho prophecies uttered on all sides that I should cer- tainly come to my death In the deiL "That sot me thinking. Would not that please Maurice? Was it not what ho wlabcd tor? And then, what fate tor tbo child, loft In his powor, Sarhaps given to the tender mercies of his wire I :o. no; If o« must (Ue, better Aii life than mlnr for t>aby's sake I "1 had hod tho poloon by me tor years—bo hlm- eelf bad given it to me. It had been uaed on one ot the animals that was sick and useloas, and be sleep beside blm. But ite has stolen tilm away, that woman I and I cannot rest imtU I find where she bos laid him. She tried to Imprison me. too. hot I escaped her and came here—here, where it Is so safe, and where the Uons guard me. She nf ver can find me here I If she should try. Death. Tenor and Olory would defend their Queen." "Is U truer' I said In bewilderment to Doctor L. OS I passed ouL "Is it true—this strange, wUd. horrible story?" He shrugged his shoulders pleasantly. 'Who can teU? Lions have destroyed their trainera before now. and children died by jwlsou. Here are no savage beasts or mantrape. as you see; and. for the rest, what does Shakespeare say? 'These bodUcss creations ecstasy Is very cuimlng in.' How much of the tale Is truth and bow much maddened fancy, who can teU? Only (Ai> I know— the poor soul yon have talked with was once a LION Quzd." XWISaiEIT OHMS —ftlfK B SEBIES, 10. U. IN PHILADELPHIA NEARLY THIRTY YEARS AGO. Col. T. AllBton Brown favors us with the bUl re- produced on this occasion. It recalls the cloee of WUllam £, Burton's long managerial career In Philadelphia. His management of the Arch- etreet Theatre ended with the outgoing ot Febru- ary. 1850. and oa lessee he was succeeded by Edmon B. Cotmer. The theatre was built by a joint-stock company, and was opened by William B. Wood In 1828. It was about the seventh theatre built In that city, and its value was so sUght that there had been about eleven lessees ot It before Coimer grasped the reins. The blU below is not that ot the opening nlgbt under Coimer. who l>egan March laso. An Introductory address, written by a gentleman ot Philadelphia, was spoken by Mrs, Conner, and then toUowed "The School for Scandal," cast thus: Sir Peter Teazle... Mr. Tharer Rowley Mr. PhilUp Ctiarlefi Sarface.. Mr. Conner « r. Joseph Surlhce... .Mr. Bland CrKbtree Mr. Ibjf^rii SlrCUver Buitaee. .Mr. Jervla Carele« Mr. L«« Snake Mr. Pope Mitsefl Mr. Johiuon. The entertainments were closed with the force ot "The New Footman." Tbis paves the way tor Col. Brown's bill of two days' later date: COKNEB'3 THEATRE. Late Borton'ii, Arch street, above Sixth. Manager and Director Mr. E. S. Conner Melodramatic and Pnntomtinlc Inventor.. Mr. J. IL Amherst Mufllcal^llnxtor. Loaderuul Composer Mr. A- Jiunlcsan Prompter.. Mr. I. B. PhlUlpslTreosurer N. Edmonds Boxce, OOcente: second ana third tlein, 2Scents; pit, 123^ cents: colond inllcry, 123^ cents. Chlldxen carried In arms are not admitted. No ordera admitted. Checks not tiaos- ferable. Trip..' Mr. Hem^ SU'Hany Mr. Mcholls Lady Teazle Mia. Conner Mrs. Candonr.. .Un. Cramer Ladr SneerweU. Miss Ooidon Moiia Mhs Cramer XCBO?£A^ DRAHATIC NOVELTIES. USS BOURGKOIS DE POST*ABCT/* a new flve-oct oomed7. hy Tlctorlen SardoD, waa flm acted at the YaudeTllIe Theatre, Fails, March 2. A oorrapondent wrlies ae Xollows: ne pl&^CDDtaina two plc«««i, a comedy ud & drmiu, aod 01 tfaMe tb« Utter proved tlie more moceacfuL M. dArdou^B prologue, uInULy taiDlUcoDtAiiumore rufittban nyety. and lu anlnutloa in more scndied than uattual. PoDt-Aicy 0ocI«tT Is dlrtded Into three setA, each of which poraemes a camp of its own. The somewhat broken-dowo aoblense retahi the hlofa town as tbetr qnarta'; the rich boargMlsle floart»bea m the epeck-and-spao boiuea of the new town: and tb« worklny-clssspii oocopy the lower town. AC the moment wbcn the amain rlMs tlie denizens of the new town are In the aKCndant, and their leader, U. Trabot, the Vayor. Is aboot to become a candidate for a seat In the Chamber of Depotle* at the approaching elMttons. Poor Trabnt hlmwlf cares Ihile for lena- torlal or any other honors, but his wife Is a wo- man of ambition, and be Is a mere poppet In her hands. As Mayoress this lady reigns paiamoont at Pont-Aicr, and the showy toUets wblch Abe obtalos from Paris ecllpw those of anr pretended rival. But she Is thieatencd with a dgwii&]i_from this position of pre-eml- BASES ALL. Doora open at 61^; performance to commence at 7}£. %IR: E. S. CONNER Respectfully acknowledges the continued conntenance of the public and announces with pern^rt Hlncerltr that his exertions and Industry must speak bis ttaanka. Ue has en- caiKd an EFnCIE.NT ASD TALENTED COHfAST, ConidKtiofr or m:ui>- Old FaToritca and eaunlly able Sbanc* crs. On all occaslnos such Aoxillarles will be added as may tic ncccsijarv fur his desl^ and endeavom to please tbe Pa- trons of tbc'Dramn. MRS. B. 8. CONVER, Late Miss Cliarlotte Barnes, who liubeen received with such conlliil npprohatloo In all her visits to this city, will have tlie pleasure of o^piln uppearlni;. tyithnut attcmptioc. at the outset of bis career, any Innovation upon cstablbthed rulcf*. E. S. CONSER pleiljsefl himself that the strictest decorum shall be enrotted throGgbout tbe Tbeatre, while tbe Representations on the StAAe fhall be of a character HUly to satiiifr the upholdem of tbe Morality of Uie Dnma, and In this tnc respectabili- ty of tbe Ladles and Gentlemen of the Company vlll at- lord hlra every assistance. In compliance »1th the general wl5h, he box not made any altcmtion In the price of ad- miftuon to tlio PIT, belDR assured that the frequenters nf the ARCH for so many years will cbcernilly co-opemtc «1th him In preserving order as readily at tlic present prices as at higher rates. _ . \VEDN-ESDAT EVENING, MARCH 6, IfBO, will be acted Sir E. Lytlon's truly elcsnnt nlsy of THE LADY OF LYONS, OB LOVE AND PRIDE. Claude Melnotte. Mr. E. S. Conner Beanaeaot... Gla\is Descbapetles. Col. Dsmas. Gaspar Landlord Notary After tbe Pla; Deiiuoullns Mr. Phllllns Capt. (icrvals Fannin Capt. Duponc Manvers Pauline Mrs. Conner Mme. Deschapcllps. MLsR Gordon Marian Mis. Pbllllpii Widow Melnotte. Mrs. Cramer . Johason .Leonard ... Jervls ...Thiger .'. infogen; . NIcbolls MME. CLARENCE DE MERLIN WUI subtle poison—I cannot tell Its name—but It dealt death like a sharp, sudden blow. "How to elve itio him? That was the dimculty. Bnt it did not puzzle me very long. Maurico was a hard drinker—not when he was performlnR the lions— dun prudence kept him sober; but now, while he was idle, and the llerco brutes wero In my care, the restraint was off him, and he In- dulged his Infatuation freely. I resolved to mix the poison with some liquor In a glass, and leave it standing on my table. Wbatsocasy, then, as to decoy him to my room on some pretext, and. pre- tending kindness. Invite blm to drink with me? "No sooner thought than done. I mixed the fatal dose, mixed it with lemons, sugar—every- thing to make It tempting and avert susplolon. l?o one saw mo. Only Leo was with me In tho room, bnalod with bis toys and pictures. I placed It on the table so that anyone standing at the door must surely see it, and then I slipped away, bid- ding tbe child keep still until I returned, and went to Beok Maurico. "He was not 1^ the house. It was Sunday even- ing. Many of us had rooms In the circus build- ing: I tor one. I stood In the hall a moment, and listened to the Hons' low, monotonous roar- ing—darkness was settling down, and ihoy were growing restless and uneasy, as they always grew at night. "A curious little noise In my room—a gasping cry, the crash ot breaking glass. Frantic, I Hew to the door—rushed In. Uerclf ul Ood I my child my sotil's one Idol, lay stretched on the floor a corpse the glass that had held the poison shat- tered to pieces beside hlmi " "One I two I' The sound ot the clock striking two oroosed me. I rose up from my seat by the bed where my dead t>aby lay, and made ready. •For what?' For my revenge. For my revenge upon Uaurlco, In whose stead my child's lite had boon sacrlllced. ^, . "I think I was as calm as I am this minute, I cannot tell what I had been doing since I found my darling dead. I made no outcry—I told no one. 1 accepted that doom trom which was no appeal, and was glad to feel that life was done and over. The child's death was mine. I should lie down on hla Uttle crave and And an end of sotrow. Only, fliat—I had to revenge his murder. Certainly, his murder—by Maurice l We bad been happy until »e came—until he crnzod my brain and hamaaed my lite, and made his own death by my hand a stem necessity. Had he not tried to have the lions i«nd me on the very night of his return? And now the babe lay dead, through him, and It was my part to avenge blm. "I had a key to the menagerie door, where all the cages stood. I stolo In silently and lit tbe gas —butdlmly—and opened the lion's cage. Then I retreated to the dooragaln,ond called Nero softly. He came out from his cage Into the great room, the others following him. I closed the door be- tween us ere they reached it, and shot tbo bolt; then I crept awoy upstairs, leaving them roam- inir at>ont Inside, froo and terrible. "Maurice lay on his. bed In a deep sleep. I watched him, thinking of that sounder slumtwr that wropped my Uttle Leo. 'There wlU not be much to chooso between them soon,' I thouebt, and then I awoke him. " 'Maurice, the Hons are loose I' "Those terrible words, spoken ot hla very car, aroused the tamer In an instant. He sat up, look- ing Into my eyes, aU enmity forgotten la this dresdtiU and common danger. " -Bhodal' ho cried, colne bock to my old name in bis aglmtlon, 'are you sure of It?' "Hadmy baby been stUl alive, the utterance of that mime would hove aovod him. The name of our old sweet love I But baby was dead, and my errand here was.to avenge his murder. " 'I am almost sure," I answered. 'Rise and come down with me. You and I can control thom; If not, we can summon help.' . , -, "Ho roso. He was olready partly dressed. I noUced his bloodshot eye and shaking hnnd-he hod tieen drlnkmg and was not qtilie hlmacll-1 ""'Why do'ySu iook at me Uke that?' he asked '^^But I'only urged him to make haste, and at last we stood together by tho bolted door. He lUtened * ^°n^'are loooo Indeed,' be whispered, with whlto and quivering Ups. 'WO muflt caU lOr ^"'•For shame I' I sold sternly. 'Come In and command them bock to tho cogo,'and l opened ""■Reentered together; then, quick as thought, I poshed him forward Into the rooin and epijng badL. closing the door behind me. I shot the bolt (k^dtuned the key, andrnshedaway to myroom, bnt feU down at the very door, InTOnsible. "How long I toy I know not. Bhri^, poana, wild orlee ot frenzied horror rent the air, therooh nffeat. the clamor of wild voices-above aU, the deafening roorsot the fnrlons beasts, mdsorosms asofoneln mortal tear ond agony. I struggled S. mv feet- I staggered—etumbUng bUndly— Sr^Sh Se >io"0?SglSin crowd tha*mied the JSrairay Uke a Hock ot ahoop. none daring to od- toS. They made way to let me gaze upon my '?^ere it lay. The Uons, frightened by the noStaSl crowd, had retreated to their cBge-aU saroHeio. the execnUoner ot my revenge I "Ho Btoodihore. the savage, murderous brute I bnJm2fS« resting on the mangled form that SSl'S^^n mrSver. Dead. qjUw dead I O H^venl I maddened at the slghtl I eprang SS tteoinlSice imd ""^iSS SilS^Si SSS' iL^SS>tyf«»eriiou8 laws; his Sf^SrqS?erlng:2ihlnghlB ^^J'i^- He'<^diSl Spon his prey,wlthglowlngw- ^iiruke twin coals ol Are. CiBohl throiigh iMnlngortel sent a bnUet to hto brain I HHeS7SS>«5rby many wounds, bat mine was have laldmy head on t»hy» brwetand gone to 1 Bine a Favorite B.-\1lad. To conclude with the cheerful afterpiece ol FAMII.V JARS. Delph Mr. Rmnuslllencdlct Mr. Lee DlBEOij- FhUllps Dick -BrooT; Porcelain Tli.\ver|Erally ^.Mrn Monell Lldily LomoAn (In which character Klio will Introtluce tfio BODE Of "Norah McShane," and dance an IRISH JIO>...T MI"*MerriflcIU The Box-offlce \vill l>e open every day. from 10 o'clock In the momlnn until three In the aftcninon. „„.„ „„_ I'OSmVELy NO person admitted BEIIIKD THE SCENES. Tbe laat line -was o revival of a rl(;ld, unaltera- ble law of the original Cheainut-street Theatre, behind tbe scenes ot which no one was admitted but a member of the company. Another Inexora- ble law ot the Old Chestnut exacted ot Its members that. Instead ot carrying Its business outside tbe walls of tbe tbeatre at their tongues'-onds, they should leave It behind the sccnen. Ot those In the casts and In tho executive dc- portmonts, Edmon 8. Connor, a<lmlmbly pro- eerved for one who Is noarlng his seventieth year, stUl acts occasionally. It was but a tow weeks ago that be played Richelieu, wblch, by the way, ho acted for tho two hundred and slxty-fltib time on the night when be terminated alike his lessee- ship of tho Arch and his managerial career m Pblladolphlo, viz., July 31, 1851. I. B. Phillips, who wns prompter ot the Arch, and In that ca- padcy, as weU as stoce-mansEer, was especially well known for many years In Baltimore, Md., and Blchmond, Vo., died in the Monumental City in the Summer ot ISCa. His wife, who was one of the two Mra. FhUIlpses who were leading ladles In the South, mado hor lost oppoaranoe on the stage In 1867, In "Uobody's Daughter" ot Bamum's up- -JTCiiBi.'i'n' In ftttnfr ' • SSWI i N. 3. iHl l fift' l Bl i ii i In less. J. H. Amherst, who had como from England with Cooke's Circus about 1836, died In Philadelphia In 1830. Alexander Jamie- son, better known as "Sondy" Jamleson, and now an octogenorhui. stUl sits In the leader's chair In Ohio. Edward Thayer, who was the socond eldest person In tbo casts, died but a few years ago. Tho bUl records almost the lost season of Oeorge F. Jervls, who, bom In 17M, was Thayer's elder by four years. He was coimccted with the PhUadel- phlo atago for thirty years, and died In that city on March 25, 1851. Humphrey Bland, who as Joseph Surface on March 4,1830, probably mado hL4 first appearance In Philadelphia, died In this city In 1869, leaving a son who bos since Iiocn drowned, ond a wife who occasionally appears undor her maiden name. Like Blond. Mrs. Cra- mer cnme trom England. She died In Morrlsanlo, N. T. Her daughter, Fanny Cramer, who early In her career was widowed by tho death of tho assistant-treasurer of our Bmadwoy Theatre, Is otlli tH>tore tho public, plnyinfr under the name ot her second husband. Mr. Nleholls was a singer as well as an octor, and we do not know what has become of blm. Ben O. Bogeis Is still In harness. It was while he was at the Arch In tbo Spring ot I8G0 that bo met with tbe accident that laid him up for qulto a ?crIod. Nicholas Johnson, who did good work as hunderbolt when tho equestrian, drama ot "Mlko Mortln" was fltBt.brought out In PhUodel- phla, died In Lexington, Ky.. twenty years ago. He was o clrcus-periormer before he became on actor. Tbo Lee who acted Careless bos recently been traveling with George BIgnoId's "Henry V" Comblnotlon, and Is billed os SImcoe Lee, where SB In the olden time he was O. S. Lee. It is barely possible that tbo Monvers who ployed Copt. Du- pont was tho English vocalist of thot name, then "run to seed"—or It might, oa tho tomily was somewhat numerous, hove been a son ot his. It has always been a matter of doubt whether tbo operatic Manvers went bock to England, or re- mained here and died. All wo ore euro of is thnt alnglne Manvers has died In England with In tho post few years. Joseph A. Leonord, who ployed Glovls, le now In retirement, wo think. Mrs. E. 6. Conner was formerly Char- lotte Bnmes, and bos been deod nearly tour- teen ycora. She was tbe daughter ot John Barnes ot our Pork Thootro, and, beeldea being a dramatic author of repute, was a verse-writer of no little worth, among her poems being "Tbe Nlgbt ot Victoria's Coronation." J. T. ronnin, as tho bills always print his name, which Is not tbe woy be writes it, U still In socks, ond occa- sionally dons the buskin. Samuel E. Brown, who died In Boston nearly ten yeare ago, had been call-boy at the Wolnut-strcet Theotre. Mme. Clorcnco Do Merlin, who hod sung at our Brood- way Theatre, was known for but a brief period outside of tbe concert-room, and we cannot say what baa become of her. Mlaa Fonny Gordon also disappeared without leaving o trace behind. She hod como hero from England about 1845, and after oppearlng for several yeors at the^rk, Broadway and Bowery Theatres, went to Phila- delphia m 1850. Tbotclty seems to hove used her up U indeed It did not bury ber. Besides being a rnore thnn fair actress, she was a serviceable singer. The Snake of the otwnlng bill wasCborles Pope, who, hovlng returned from Australlo and "The King ot the Sandwich lelonde," was a week or two ago ploying InVlrBlnio City, Nov. Boeo Merrineld, niece of Herr Clino the rope-wnlker, has been In retirement mony ycare. Mrs. MoneU Is not at present In professional life. This mm- nietes our brief review ot tho performers -whose names oppeor In tho bill. Among those In the company, but not cast on either ot tbo nights re- viewed, wero Mr. Kellogg, from the Sotithom tbe- otrcs; and Miss Fanny Wheeler, who died in Can- odo about four years ago. LOSSES ES THE Kt;sso-Ti;nKJSH WAn.—pfflclol re- turns smte thnt tbe Russian losses In killed and wounded during tbe Into wor amounted to 89,301 offlcors ond men. Among these were ten generals killed ond eleven wounded. One Prince ot the imperial family and thirty-four members ot the higher nobUlty of Buasia fell on tho neld of bat- tle Of the wounded, 36,82t arc olready perfectly recovered, and 10,000 more wUl be able to leove tbe boapltals during the next tow weeks. The nroiwrUon ol kUled ond wounded to the total iuibers engaged was very 'afee'SJfoJ",?' six men who went Into oction being either In- lured or left dead on the neld of botUo. In the great actions of the late Franco-German wor tbe proporUon ot klUed and wounded to men en- saged wos very neorly the some, being on^slxth ^the battles of Worth and Splcheren, and one- eighth In the bottle of Mars-la-Tour. The returns also show that one out ot every eleven wounded men received into the Bnssian hospitals died from the effects ot the injuries re^^'f?- P-J^laiJ^" whole campaign only two men werepunlshed with dSSh:Tne fo?the irlmeof deeertlon.the other fnTrnbberv accompanied -with violence. On the S£^?iS^;iSSS?iS^mJs were glvaj Ui the form of deooreaons, promoUons, or awsrds of money, the ]^bU> Ooni". which BO long held and defend- ed the Sblpkaliss, receiving the greatest pro- portion. . _ . WE read In Tit Jaf<m Kail: '"me Japanese take st^^Tod nnaooouitable tondes. At one time rmaStor rabblu dominates the (!pnntry,and specnlatois pay exorbitant prices lor lop-eared or oSSer ugly yarletlee ot the rodent This is irao- oeeded byadangerons liking for large foreign ddSTtoUowed by a le«eromanUc attachment tor DiS which in Ito torn gives way to o more Bsthet- fclLte tor teo-roees, nrled by a taste lOr plsd- cuSSI. we'hear that dog-flghtlng Is ^e ~Md^ of the honr. and pnbUc exhUltlona of the eport are payi ng BpecnlMtona." THB OOFX ot the Bible which Uartln Lnther uMd daUy, and tho leaves ot which are covered with annomUons made with hie oto hand. Is now in the Brandenbttrg Museum, which gave tor It tAont ttSO. The Bible was prlntAdln Bssle In U09. Is bound In leathar, and is In good preaerra- tlonl' nenoe. Tbe yoong Baron rabrioe De St. Andre la aboot to many bb ooosln. Mile. Berengcre des OrmolMa. a lady of great wealth and beauty; and as be Is, so to speak, a Unk of onion between the nobility and booncolsle of the town, bis father having married a tanner^ daogfater. a coalition Is t»eing set on foot to secure his xvtam at the eomlna election. Moreover. BerenAere baa declared ber Intention of lliiog on Font-Arcyaa her place of residence, and lias binted tl&at she will beep opes boose and (dve any number of entertainments In the conne of the vear. Jlladame Trabnt, therefore, sees that her downfiin aa %ler of tkjiblon in the tittle tnwn most InevltAblv- accom- pany the nnlnn of the wealthy and charminir BerenKere with Fabrlce De Et. Andre. Tbe Mayoress at once forms ber plan. She must at any cost prevent the marriage, and, uklog into her ronlidence all ber petty satellites ofimrips, mischief-malcera, and idlers, she sets them on the watch to spy oat some opportnnlty of creating a rupture between the ybnne Bamn and bis fiancee. This little petti- coat war is complicated b.v an aodercurrent of electoral rivalries of no Intmat wbatsoever. All these secondary flgniea which flit aboot the stage daring tbe flnt two acts arc hastily and supetddally drawn, and. thoogh there Is wit here and there In the dialoeoe. It is not so abundant m» to relieve the monotony of the dummy characters. The plot only opens in tbe third act. snd from that moment M. BardOD may t>e said to dismiss all the sutisidiary persons of his prologue. Madame Trsbut, as I have mentioned. Is only awaiting an opportnnlty for throwing diiKord between Fabrics and Beiengere. when tho young man nffetii it to ber Id a manner so palpably absurd and nnn.iti)nil thnt I cannot nndrnvtand now any audlcne* wnnid allow ItMlf to be so easily Imposed upon bv a clums}- trick. A young wo- man arrives tnm Paris, and inscrlt>es her name in tlie hotel book aa Mareclle Aubry. $bc calls twice on the Baron De Sr. Andre. re<iuestlng a private Interview with him, which lie. in bis excessive prudery, declines to grant, because his vi!:ltnr has refused to leave tier name. Chance, however, wills thnt Marcelle and Fabrice should meet at the house of Mnilnmc Trabut. and that tlie former should hear his name uttered. 8be at once goes to blm to Implore hUn to grant the Inter- view she has reqneatod, teUlng bim ttiat her nblect In a.sk. ing it Is of tbe utmost gravity. The young man reflectii. and comes to a sinpilnr decision. Be telU her that there isabnllthat night at the Prefecture, that he must attend It. but that at ten o'clock bewlllBlipaway.andwIllgo to bis own—that is. his mother's—bouse, where be will wait to see her. And to avert all suspicion, what docs be dor lie bids her enter, not by the street door, but by Uie little gar- den gate at the back! So. then and there. un<icr the tery eves of his audience, M. Sardoa concocts the mysterv on which tlie whote Interest of hbl plot is to turn. Tho Erudent Fabrice afranxca this \'islt for an ndvnnceil our ot the night; prefers a secret entrance, and w lecta the very dsy when all PonL-Arcj- vlll be .isiir until morning. Now or never Madame 'rrnbut will And her desired opportunity. At the hour nnmod Mnrcello arrives as she had been dircctetl, snd pale and trem- ttllng. with tears In her eyes, explains tno object of her vult. Tiie late Baron De Sl Andre, whon* memory Is held In a veneration that amounts to worship bv bis .-«in and his widow, bod for some years before his death made freouont Jouracrs to Paris, whcie It seems lie met Mnrcello, an or- Khnn girl In poor clrciimtttances. but of good Ihmll.v. .ind Ighlv accomplished, lie seduced her unilor n promise of marriage, and It was only when she hnd given blrtli to a boy tliat be avowed bis impossibility to repair his fault, and confctsed that be had -already a wltl} and son. Tlie Rnmn had iMught for hbi mlstrcM the lnten>st In a .small shop, ■rlvln;; pronilsmrr notes In payment of the piirrharo tnnney. Dentil bid canied him olT before the l;ua i»r thive bills had t>eeD paid, and now tiie hnlder of It threatens to take legal proceedings against the Ban)ne>^-4 De St. An dre if the bsianco remaining due—30.nuo ftnncs —Is not settled forthwith. .Mnrcelte. like a ncilile honrtcd girl as she Is. feels what a terrible blow It would be to the RamnM widow If she is made aware of bis treason in this way. and she has therefore come to apply to the son to spare bis mother the grief of such a revcintlon. Fnbrlce at flrat tliinks tho story maybenn Invention and un ImiMw- ture. but when Marcelle shows him a scries of bis father's letters be can entertnin no further doubt os to Its truth. In a word, he given her the required sum In cxchnnge fur all the lelteis except one. which he leaves her as a memen- to of her seducer, and Marcelle leaves the Baroness' house aashe had entered it. by tho little garden gate, intending to take a train which leaves In twenty minutes forrari.s. Bat Modttmc Trabut Kis been well served by ber spies, and idie and the Mnvnr, her honband. wntli all tbe goft:ips of the toim. have left the ball at the rrefecturc In onler to trap poor .Marcelle In nn ambuscade. Tlic gendarmes are sum- moned, the girl is arrested on suspicionlofrnlibery. led back lato the room she had Just left, ber little hand bag Is searched, and In It are found the fin.ono rmnes In bniilc- notes ond the letter nf the dcceasMi RaronI Tlie Ma.vor goes so far as to begin them and then the reading of this letter. "Ma bien-nlmee Marcelle." he commences, and nt that instant Fabrice enters and endeavors to exculpate Marccllo. explaining Uint ithc Is a droiC«m.it:pr from PanM. and he had an Interview with lier myntcrlniisly In order to prepatts a inirprl«e for his bride In the slinpe of a new coa- tume. To the young man's stunefnctlon hU mother ap- pears In her turn to exclaim; "Wliiitl .vou write. tJicn. to n dressmaker as your l>eloved Marcelle?" Fabrico is thun- den-tnick. Eluicr he must nllonr the letter to l>e r^ad or bemustadmlthlmselftobeitsnuthnr. Ifhechooses the former course, all is lost, and hisfither's spnUcMi n-putB- tlnn Ls stained forever, and his mother's bean will be broken I It will be knoirn that the late Boron had 0 mlstressl So be taduy takes the responsibility or nil upon bimscir. leta it bo uniletstood that Marcelle has been hb otvn mUtrcsa. and so bis marriage with Berengere appears hopelessly broken off. and .Moilame Tmbiit ond ber clique have gained tliclr obiecr. Setting aside all tlie improbable proceedings that liave led up to It. M. Sanlou has. In the luurth act, presented us with a masterpiece nf sensibility and genuine emotion, which Is so exquisitely touching aa almost to blind the spectator to tho prevloua shorteonilngs of tbe wnric Bmcliat. a comical type of a country attorney, a confirmed Iladlcal. who thinks a tan- ner a far better man than a Baron. Is Madame Do St- An; drv's brother, and be has gone to l*arls to make Inquiries nliout Miircelle. He receives none but good reports as to tho excellence of Maivelle's conduct. Her first fault bad been her laxL Broehnt returns to Pont-Arey with a pho- tograph of her little hoy. who la now three yearn old. Tlie Raranne feels an almost Inexplicable yenmlng towards this Infsnt. of wh ich sho imagines herself tbo grand- ^ftlS^SffinSlpJWiilWfini THE CUFPER PHIZES POR 1S78. Tlie Cfide of Roles* Below we give a communication trom the pr«el- dent and the secretary ot the International Base- boll Association, by which it will be seen that the proffer of prizes by The New Tobe Cli7FEB tor competition by the clubs of the International Association entering the lists for the pennant of 1876 has been duly accepted and acknowledged by the officials ot that organization: SEcaKTART'e Omcc ) ISTXBN-lTIOXiU. BaSEBAIX AJSOCI.tTIOK, % CoLtTurs. Ohio. Fel>. a. IKU ) FfLUtc QcEET, Yat; FBorRinoR .Sew York Ctirrm— Dear 5(r.-We defdiv to make the fonowing explanation as u, tbe cause of tbe fODure of tbe International Ba.«ebal1 A*«o- dailon to take action at itaotmvention. on tbe 20th lji.«L, in relation to the very liberal offer of prim made by you to the dabs and players of this Association for tbe ctmiing year. Tbe matter was talked over among the detegatca prerlona to the meeting of the conTentlon, and ttaei« was a uoanlmoua expteaslon of appreciation and thanks fnryour klndneas and liberality In making this offer, as well aa for tbe aid and comfort given our Association In tbe coarse pur- sued byTBECurrER, that reliable oigan. which hosalways been devoted to the tiest interests of onr national game, and annoondng their intention of having some ofBcial action in recognition of them by the cimv«ntiotL Tbe sesloo of tbe convention waa a prolonged one. and many of the deksmtes were in a bury to get tnrougfa the hnstnesa and depart on the evening train: coiueqneinly. at the close of the session, after the adoption of the Constltstlon and Flaying Rules and election of ofliceTS, everything was in a fltmy. and thU matter waa nnforttuiately overlooked, as were several others of less importance, we deplore this very much, as, while you may be assured of pur Intentions niuuier. tbe features and attitude of the child a resemblance to her dead lord. Then, with a stoicism that Is rare enough in otir aristocracy, she resolves that berson must repair the fbnlt of which she believes him inillty. lie must marry the woman who U the mother of Ills child! The excessive scrupulosity of tills Oetermlniitlon Is patent, bnt the scene Is constructed with such vivid p<i\ver that the author car- ries the house with blm as be likes, snd the effect Is mnr- veloua ATtaen tbe Haronne demands from Fabrice this atonement, yon cm imagine tlie ynnne man's horror and ainntemenL Them Is, 1 canfcss, an odor of Incest In the Knre liuixestlon thsr struck mo painfully, but M. Sardou^s dexterltv makes amends for all shortcomings, so full of heart and feeling are the words he nuts into tlie Rnmnne's mouth. It Ls one of the most toucliing slruntluns I Iinve ever seen on a f^agc. A delicious lore scene beti%'ccn Fati- rice and Bcrengere brings this foiirtli net to n cl(N<e. It Is tho item of the piece, and never lins M. Sanlou written a purer or more dcllgbtfbl page. Fabrice upiteab ui hl-i ll;incee not to doubt hL* nfiectinn for her. lii* liad nevt-r, bo dvclares. deceIvo<l hor In tlif>uKlit or deed. By one trord he could dissipate nil their mntunl sorrow and doubt, tioc he dares not utter it. **Dn not speak Itl" exclaims the trusting gir). as siie lays her hand on h's mouth to stop hla further utterance. Sho Is his, VI he is lien*i and her fltltli in blm lias never wavered. Tills Is a charming passage, and the whole act so striking that It mav prove sufficient to secure the success of the play. Tbelast act brings, as was tn be foreseen, tbe una- voidable explanation. Hmchnt, who has succcoded at length in discovering the tnitli tvlilch poor Kabricc had taken so much pains to conceal, mokes up hb mind to re- veal the terrible secret to hb sister, and Mednme De St Andre receives tbe appalling revelation with a gentle i^lab. bru.'thcs a tear fWim her eye with ber hnndkcrchlet, and pardons the faithless husband in gratitude for the noble son ha had given her. Tho denouement Is Indeed as com. ricte a refutation of the piece as need tie required. Although have doubts as to the nlllmate success of "Los Bourgeois De PoDt-Arev." the two splendid srenea In the fonrth act will certainly draw great nouses for a conslderabto time. It was interpreted by Mile. Dclaporte as the Raronnc, Mile, nnrtet as Herengere, Mile. Blanche Plcison os Marcelle, Mile. Celine Montaiand as Madame Trabut. Berton aa Fa- brice, Dclannoy aa Brochat, and Parade as the Mayor. "IiAlVD AHEAD," a new romontlo Irish drama by Oeorge Manviiie Fenn, was produced at the Theatre Royal, Hull, Eng., March 4. Tlie play opens among the Knocklanny Mountains, where n-e leam that Nlel Uurruw, Brian Men-. Terrv Risincy and othets nts sulTertngirom the persecutions or a detestable laodlotd, one Maurice Fitzgerald. At the commencement a powerfully dramatic Interest b excited. Fltzgcmld is ardently In love n-ith Honor Detancy. who b the betroilicd of Brian. Through the instrumentality of Lnnty Brcnnnn. nn nbnoxloas haUlff emplnyi^d b.v Flbgemld. Brian and othets have beeo'ordcml on their /Arms, and. In the con- fitslon con.sequent upon this. Flt74terald attempts to abdnct Honor Detancy. In thb scheme. Iiowever. be is thwarted bv Brian, and. making off. retunix iiliorUy with n tiotl.v or armed constabulary, and chnipes Brian with having robtjed him. The cnnstabulary essay to seise Brian; bnt be. t>eing supported by the peasantry, succeeds in escaping Into Morrow's cabin, the door of which, be- ing blown open by tho oOlcer In charge, a form, appar- ently that of Brbn. appears. Tills Is fortliwltli i^toppcil. and It b shortly discovered that tbe prisoner is Honor In disgube. and that Brian has escaped to the monntolns. Vpnn this tbe cnrtain tails, and in the second act we find ourselves In tbe BaJlyhlnch Track, after a bpse of three rears. It transpires that Brian, against whom a warrant Is inillln force, has tettuned ftom America, wbeie he hnd taken reflige and acquired a small fortaoe. IIo ituccccdw In gaining the affiUtance of Terry and tals wife, aod they help him to evade the vigilance or Flogerald. who, during bb absence, liasconstantly searched for him. and has also been endeavoring, bnt without avail, to eeniro tbe affections of nonor. FitigcfaJd b by this time bated by the whole tenantrv, who rr«nlve to h.ave him murdered In Glen Braddigb: but Honor, liavln;; heard of the plot, with n megnonlmitv hastens to warn him of bis apprnach- log tlaoger. Thmngb this interferrnce, and by the help of Brian, who accidentally appears nn the scene, tlie life of Fitsgerald Is spare<l. tve next Bnd tliat Fitzgerald displaja the grirssest Ingratitude by making Honor prison- er at bb bouse, where lie again endeavors to win lier h.ve. but without avail, and the eirl Is eventually rescued hy Terry Rooner. The baflled Fitzgerald, as a last resource, seeks to gain bb end by arresting Brian ' ' '~ and wishes in tbe matter, it waa certainly due you that soch an oflldal recognition ebooid have tieen made, and It b a reflection upon ns ttiat it was not; bnt wo sincerely hope that this acknowledgment, wblch we respectfully re- quest vou will make public wUl show to the public as well as yourself thnt we were not aod are not oiuDlndAil of yonr kindnem snd liberality. Trusting thnt the foregoing explanation will t>e sntlsfhc- tor>*. and again expreesing our regret at the necessity for it. We are, very rcspectAiily, your obedient servants, JxKSM W. WnrrJET, Prest. I. B. B. A J. A tViLLiAMIi. Sec I. B. B. A With this explanation by the officers ot tbe In- temotlonal, and tho cxpreaalon of our entire aat- laftLCtlon with tbe aamc, and thanks to these gen- tlemen for their courtesy In this matter, we now proceed to give o list of The PrlMS and the Roles of Play. TBE FIB-ST PBIZC will consist Of a honilBomo American ling, on which the words "Intcrnntlnnal Cbamplons" shall be suitably Inscribed; tbo flog will be of tbo value nf one hundred dollars, and shall bo owordod to the club winning tbo Internn- tlonnl ABSoclotion pennont ot 1878. ond It shall become the sole property ot such club, and shall not be open to further challenge. The other phizes will consist of a series ot nine gold bodges, suitably engraved and Inscrib ed, to be awarded to the nine Individual ployers of tho clut>s entering tbe lists In tbo Intemntlonol Association championship contests of 1R7B who sboll excel in fielding sloU as occupants of the nine positions In tho gtune, as follows: ^rst.—A gold bodge shall be given tho player ot such Intemotlonol cltibosobovc-nomed who shall excel OS calther In the series ot International championship contests. Stamd.—K gold bodge shall ho given to the ploy- crwhouballoxcelaa pitAer, Third.—K gold badge sboll be given to tho player who excels OS /irs(.5<unRan. jq>urM.—A gold bodge shall bo given to tbe playor who shall excel as second baicman. Fifth.—K gold bodge shall be given to tbo playor who shall o.Tcel as third baxmum. Sixth.—A. gold bodge sboll be given to tho ployer who shall excel as tkort-ttfp. &roi<A.—A gold badge shall be given to the player who shall excel as leftjitldrr. Bfflkth.—A gold badge shall be given to the playor who shall oxcel as centre-JUIder. ATnM.—A gold badge shall bs given to the player who shall excel as right-JieUUr. Eoch ot tho obove prizes will be mode of the finest gold, suitably engraved for oacb rioeltlon, ond Inscribed with the wlimer's name. The nine prizes will be of the aggregate value of one hun- dred ond fifty doUors. The new badges will be owordcd on the bosls of tho best overogo ot percentage of chances to put players out accepted from such chances offered. Thus, If a fielder In any poattlon puts out olght plnyors out ot ton chancos offered htm. and an- other but seven, the former wins the prlzo. In cose ot a Ue In euch avcmite of chnnces accepted, then tho best batting record of average of baae- blts aboil decide. In estimating chances offorod to put players out, scorers under this code ot rules should In- clude only fair and legitimate chances, such as chances for catches on fair or foul bolls; chances tor throwing out playorsby bolls thrown on tho ny only, emu within the legitimate roach of the fielder: ond chances for putting out ployers. In running bases, given by bolls thrown to baso- players on the fly and within their legltlmato reach; asolso chonces for runnmg players out between bases. In estimating imd charging errors to fielders, the scoror should include In the list of such errors only dropped fly-bolls And dropped foul-bound balls: widely thrown balls: bolls thrown to boso-players on the bound: bolls over- thrown to fielders or bose-playcrs; and bolls ploln- ly "muffed:" also passed bolls by catchers and overpltche<l balls by pitchers; but no error shall he recorded under this oodo whon a fielder falls to hold a bord-blt line boll on the fly, or to hold hord-blt ground ball on the bound, or a swiftly thrown ball bounding from the ground, or when a catcher talis to hold a ny-t>all which comos to blm sharply from tho tkot in tho case of a "fly- tip." or he falls to stop a ball pitched to him low ond out of his toir reoch. In estimating osslBtahce In putting players out —which of oourso counts as chances—no credit for jjaistarvf "fiftU ^ ^ ^^^ ° i "■SiV" * THE nmiAlTAPOUS CIaVB. Oar oorreapondeiu at the p«n«i«v capital sends us the following, under dale ot Karch al: "Tbe splendid weather of the past week or two hoe glTen a lively Impetus to l>aseball matters In this d^, and the headquarters of the I. B. B. C, at 38 South Illinois etic et, presided over' by HessiB. Clapp and Julian, are in much retinest by those who take an Interest in the national game. A neatly tttted-np parlor, on the tables of which the various newspapers devoted to national sports may be tonnd, as well as the facilities for a qnlet game of chess or chequers. Is a happy accessory. The memtwrs ot the nine have orrtv^, with the exception of Xelson, Croft, Holon and HcOormlck, who are due tbo preeent -week. An officer of the dub, on being asked who he thought woald be the last to arrive, replied: 'Nolan, of course:' but when Edward does get In he vrlU be found to be In prime condition. He recently wrote to Secretary John thot both he and McCormlck have practiced dally throughout the wmter, which Indicates that fine work may t>e expected from both ot theee players the present season. The boys—those who are here—expand their mnsdeia each morning at the T. U. C. A. Oymnaalum, and spend three houts each afternoon at the park in oontinuons practice. Oaptoln Clapp has an- nounced the following to be the hotting order of tbe nine tor the season: Quest, Nelson. Clapp, Sboter, Wllli&mson, Nolan, McKclvcy, C^ft, Fimt —though ho has not yet fully determined whether Williamson or Warner will play third. The one showing up best In general practice will bo se- lected. Theslzeand weight of thenew nine aver- oge some Inchee ond many pounds over last year's nine. Williamson Is the heaviest and youngest of tho lot. Extensive Improvements to the park were commenced this week. The grand stand will be a model of beauty and convenience. The club is on a solid financial foundation, and It la pre- dicted that the coming season wlU be vety suc- cessful, culminating in a surplus ot filthy lucro for tbe stockholders and the capture ot the' cbomplonsblp peimont. The club will be rep- resented at the April meeting ot the League by Its president, Mr. W. B. Feitlt. The fol- lowing oro tbe speclitl rules governing the club for tbe sonsnn of 1878:1. The excessive use of Intoilcoting drinks Is positively prohibited, and total abstinence earnestly recommended, l. smok- ing not allowed on the day of playmg a game ot boll between the hour ot 1 P. M. ond the dose ot tho gome. 3. Players will abstain trom the use of profane longuoge, both on the field and In their dressing - room, and conduct themselves in a gontlemanly monner. i. All players will report to the monogors of the headquarters each day nt 10 o'clock, unless previously excused. Any violation ot these rules will subject tbe offender to a fine of not less than $10 or more than $50, or expulsion trom tho club, at the option ot the boord ot directors," THE aAME OF CHESS: no.—Ibanlsfor'na ft xr'f ' ^ aii ^St si'. HnnBrmma.- Job:i OaaAnc—And to ytm fbr Qlaanw nai J. O. Ascsn. BoDtreaL—Teiin'orJaa.T7 March IS, hence the —»"'^ neiMt. Ibaok yva tar the compUsa wSMfBaa.tooJa^-. Cauroaxus.—It does not apnear ttiat Pnb. Na 1,071 can be done in leas than 4 movesTKa 1,0)4 la a pnnd feather In Hr. FafMnson'a cap. FXiaK Wood.— Plaaae examine next annnr. i r. B. O'Bmoim—We give your moves tai Na I.071:that others may compare. l..Kt X K BP.BtoCdL While baa DOW3second moves—If 2..Bto Q3 4-, KtoblsS; and mate Ui 2-not sooDer: II3..0X RQ X Q; and mate la Z: andiri..Rx R, Qto K Kt X -)■; ST.PX 4; M>d3.-B, tirB, mates Send the Moa. of the 4 or S yoa moat villi. "Faa WasT."—Very interaitlnc; aesd ths ^" ' " meana AM-joar poaltlaa. Yoor S-mowa "Miileontal" we send to HerrMejor.- F. EooENi Bacvzixon.-Thaiik you for thaattenUoD: will tty and get Insertion fbr It next wsek. Caft McKxaxn's new Cbea Faikn an aowoficnak lOI B. Kth SI., near DnloD aqoare.. JtTST as wa WA!(nD.—Bia 4th vletoiT In the Intemfc tlonal Tooroey has (kllen to -ns'^—makhig tbe ioace two and twa Knlsnam Bfo. I,ffg. mm Ue CUtttnmd Felee. BT WM. A. SBIU ^ 1 athlaBS, QR«. atQKtZ, 1 givs 1 QKS. QS. 41 alQB eui qB& THE AMATEITR ASSOCIATION DISSOIiVED. Tho following letter from the president of the lote Amateur Association fully explains Itself: New York, Maivb 2U. WIS. FnrroR or tbe Clttprr.- iVar.vtr: At tbe adloomed meeting of tlie Kntlonal Association of Amateur Bnaeball rtayem, held thb day. It was UQ motion dissolved. It Is resfs'ctmlly requested that publication be made of the tre:ii.urer*s report as given t>eloa-. In order that it may lie knnmi that the Association Is ftx-e fmm debt, nnd that Its otflcers are not chargenblo with any mnnex-s In tbeir hands. TREASUBER'S KEPORT. Dr., 1877. March 12.—To balance at last report $1.69 To cash received for the year. 16.(D—tl7.G9 Ct., IR77. March 14.—By sash for rent n>om at Cooper Union $7.W 187a March 2a—By cash to M. J. DUlon, postage and stationery 7.M By cash for printing notices annual meeting 2.00 By cub to balance 6»-$I7.6B M. J. Dillon. E.v-tTeasurer. Any Information In regard thereto vlll be gladly fur- nbhcd by tho treasurer, whose residence is Kew Rochelle, N. Y. Youra, etc. JOB-V G. U. Utebs. Tbe ache B. B. Ci.irB ot Now Tork hove reor- ganized for the season ot 1878 with the following ployers: Hurry Curtis, o.: Edwanl Eont, p.; tvil- llom Cloko. Istb-: Oeorge Bchanck, 2d b.: John Fltschon, s. s.; William Sodller, 3d b.; Thomas Small, 1. f.; John BIchardson, c. f.: James Dough- erty, r. f. This Is the third year of the club's cxlat- once. All communications should bo addreeaed to Harry Curtla, 152 Bleecker street, New York. fulled, for Brian, , : hut Is ngnin acting the part of another person's corpse, b borne away in a comn. only, however, to rise auain at a critical moment, when, Honor lieliur In danger at tbe bonds of Fitzgerald, he leaps tmm bit hidinc-rlnce. and. with tJie assl^incc of the supposed mourners, effects ber rescue. In the fourth act the loverw are. after numer- ous dangers nnd diffleultles. on the point of emleratiog, when Brian and Morrow are arrested; but fortiinnt'^'.x-. through tho InstrumentHlity of Father Fheiim. wlio has Gecurert their pardon, they are released, and thus permitted to fl«-« "Land AheotL" "THE: HOOP OF GOLD" is the title of a new tlrama from the pen of Mor- timer Murdoch, which was brought out at the Pa- vilion Theotre, London, March 2. Tbe hoop olladed to la, of course, a ring—the pledge of af- fection and cottstucT-wldeb a certain Richard Wrench has placed on " " " " ~ ber father's a has placed on the linger of Ruth Bnlllon, who has Incurred ber father's ajuer by marrying against bb will and without bb consent. Tilt married life of poor Rutb tnraa out to Iw a very wretched one. For Richard Wrench Iklla Into evU eoaTte«.and hb weaknesses are taken advantage of by a vUllan named Welsher Bamm, who chrrlahea a guilty pas- sion for Ruth, and wha to fbrthar hb own base designs, like another lago, prompts aadfocteis tbejealomyoithe husband, making It appear that that husband has a rival u the person of the good Doctor Baitland, who baa been called in to attend on tbe infOnt child of the in-mated eoople. Oettahi It la that Both has to en- counter soma very bitter tilaU. In one scene, sir- ing m avoy realistic view of that tkmotis establishment In tbe Wcsmilnater road, which b known as "Astley's," we find ber with ber baby amtcmplaUng self-deamictloiL Here ihe la met by the villain of the story. (Tom whose cintcbes ehe b leacned by old Sammy Wltherwlck, a Qsith- ftdandhooestaervantotberfkther. Then, makiiig ber way to the Thames Embankment, she la varsaed by her retent- teas and enraged and Jealoashnsbana. Hebonthejonmey ny declines to aceompaoy .. not the man to be banlked, and so he lltit takes blababy and tfaimn it Into the river, and thai attempts to consign hla "better hair* to a slmllariy damp and nneomfortahl* leatlng-ptaoe. Weneedbaidlysaythatoomebodylaatband topufl'offacaat.toiDOootthepaiaiiet.aDaiotakeabcsder to tho i e acu eoftbs in&nt, and that ''Old Bammy" cmc tamaopm the nkk of time to Me that no harm comes tohbpio'acee- Later In the acUon we find Both retiinilng to ha wher's home and asking, and, by the belporueads, so- curing that father's fo ift ii em as. Bat Richard wrench spolb theneoBciUatlon by laddenly tamlngap to aeeoae bla wUie of marital InSdellty, and the resolt Is that tbe "itfem po- rlCDt" ones mots sptEma her, and thmata bo- non nls door. Hapltlcaher.bat bnow reiolvsd nam tofbrdva ber. And now Both la decoyed to tbe botiaeof Weliber Hmnm, who tnuadnes he tiaa an acannplloe in a diarp lit- tle Indtvidaal kscnra as Xannion Boott Crone, allaa Eeottie. Sooctle,htjwever, tnmacattobe a "sheepIn woiradoth- lng,t* and most cdedaxally doea he tarn the tabba on hla laaeaDy employer- It woold be sapertnooato say that mattoa ate oat light In tbeand; that villus hmg nifer. ing—dndaltarewaid, and thatvDIalny meets with Ua ds- batsmon Is put out on three strikes; but credit shall be given to a fielder for on asslslanco in every instant^) where he throws a boll accurately and on tbo fiy to n boso-ployer to put a bose-run- nor out, It the said runner esc&pe being put out through the error ot tbe bnse-ployer In tolling to bold the ball. Credit for assistance also shall be given tbe fielder who In trying to make a difficult catch of a fly-boll thereby onobles onothcr holder to hold It on tho fly. In the case of fuiy player being decided out for Obstructing a fielder, or for stopping a batted boll, tho credit for tho asslstonco on the out shall be given to Ihe fielder who was obstructed, or to tbo fielder who would hovo been likely to hove caught or stopped tbe batted boll stopped by tbo boso- runnor. In the case of a batsman put out on a foul strike, tho credit for assistance, or a put-out, or tmih shall bo given to the noldor or fleldors who would hovo fairly hod tbe opporiunlty to accept the chnnco offered hod tbe boll not been foully struck. No flelder shall be credited under this code with an accepted chance to put a ployer out who, In bl8 ollort to do so, shall resort to any low trickery, such as biding the boll, otc. Tho object In view In owordlng the prizoa is to reword o play- er tor fair and manly play, as woll as tor his field- ing skill. No club whose season's record shall be marred by any disreputable <x>nduct on the port of Its ployers, or which sboll not, at the close ot tbe championship season, bo a memtier of the Inter- national Association In good standing, shall t>e the recipient of any of the above prizee. Any special point of play not covered by the alMve code of rules shall bo decided by THE Ci-ip- PEB. ^ THE ALASKA CI.UB. We recently received n postal card, signed by Wm. Bice as secretary or the Alaska Club ot this city, giving tho nomee of the players soloctod to play In tbolr nino. Thla atatcment was seen by the proprietors of tho Capltollne OroundB, who announced their intention of refusing tbe use of their grounds to any club to which on expelled player belonged. This postal card, wblch wo hove in our iwascsslon, wo thought wos official, or wo should not hove noticed It. From tbe ap- pended communication we are glod to leom that the Alaska Club has no Intention ot putting ex- pelled players In their team: NEW Toag. March 18, "TS. Mr. Pramx QcKBSf.—i>!or .sir.- Will you oblige ns by allowing OS to state that the communication by W. Rice, having Al Nichols to pby 3d base, b wholly untruet In tbe flrst place, tV. Rice Is In Savannah, Go-, in business, and has given up baseliall entirely, having no connection In tlie least with the Alaska Club for '78, and we have t>een trying since that card was pnblbhed to find the author, but so far we have flilled. In Justice to Mr. Nichols we woold say that we have not asked him nor has be'asked to play, and we are Ignorant of how tlie report started. The only object the peison had was to iidure us. In regard to the pro- prietors of tbe Capltollne Cmnnds not allowing expelled member:! of the League and International to play on their grounds, we think tiiey have been a little hasty In regard to us. as we have not been to see them relative to thb sea- son's play. Tbey have alwa>-s heca glad to have us pby there, and ttaev sliould have waited to see who would pby l>eforo eKprcsslng tliemselvcs as fiir as we are concerned. Youre resp'y, l>. Rici;. T. W. Ralktos. P. S.—As goon oa the weather permits we shall open for the season. _ THE PROVIDEirCE CIjUB. Mimager Douglas of the Providence Club Is losing DO time in gottlog hla team Into working order by field practice. On March 20 be had them out on the Dennis boll-grounds at Provi- dence, and, placing Allison and Nichols to cotcb and pitch for the professionals, he loaned the services ot Brown and Coroy to catch and pitch for the Brown UiUverslty players, who took port in tbe gome. Tbe contest was witnessed by o lorge crowd ot spectators, ond tbe new professloztol team mado a very successful debut before their Providence patrons, winning the gome very easi- ly, OS will be seen by the appended score: JOHN HIOOINS AND WILLIAM ELLIOTT WCre On Starch 8 matchod to row trom Putney to Uonloke. on the Thames, June 3, for £200 a side and the championship ot England cbollcngo cup prcscnc- od by tho proprietors ot The XewcaslU CJironicIe. On the Tth Inst. Elliott was also matchod with Henry Thomas, to row over tho somo couxso, for £100 a side. May 0, and on the Iltb a meeting wmi to hove been held for the purpose ot orronglDg a match for £200 a sido, botweon blm and Thomas Blockmon, tho somo to bo decided sLx weeks or so after the Hlgglns-Elllott raco, without regard to the result ot the championship event. It will be seen trom this thot the position occupied by Elli- ott, in the motter of engagements made or in prospoctivo, much resembles that in which Ed. Honlon now oppeats on this side of the Atlantic. A coacaiu3<xCATiON sent by "Enquirer," a reel- dent ot this city, to the English sporting papers, asking whether oarsmen disqualified as amateuiB by tbe National Association here, or who may bave itftorwartls rowed with or ogalnst such dis- qualified oarsmen tor a prize, would be eligible to row at Henley or other amateur regattas, has been answered negatively In the journals publish- ing the conununlcaUon—at least, the editorial opinion is that such entries would be rejected by th« atowarrta, ^pjwlno tjaabg-^ While to play andglvsmatsln four morea- Problena Ho, UtUt. "XtOHNe nsa" BT J. o. Ascagn, a BiJiCK. WinTE. Co\DrnO!«s.—To place a Queen, either White or Black, on a certain (and thesamelsqnaie; and annonnnw mate In two moves, for.the color aMuming the Queea ' '•' ' •*-' Game No. Ilere'A a specimen we have fbr some ttane been li for—one of Mies Maxy Rudgs's victories ever Mr. giving 6 KL— ireit'r Pnperi. CE.VraE a AM BIT. tyhite. E. Thorold. L.PtoK 4 2. ~ ' 3. 4. i. S. 7. .P-Q4 .KKt-B3 .Klt-B4 .P-^B3 .(>7erKt3 .QB-Kt3 .Castles. QB Black, Miss Rudge- PtoK4 KPX P K B-B4 P-Q 3 r-St BS KtS '4- .6B-R4 9Kt:-B3 ^RXP QR-Ktaq ll-.ttR-Kaq OB-KS 12..P-KS I>-q4 13..KBXP KKt-Kata) i4..r-qB4 qB-B4 15..f}BxKKtKBxB and wtna a game in which tbo aold to have had no specbl chance to win all (a) Reinarkably cautious; would bays been Ji ^Thlte, B. Thorold. I«..K BxKt+ l7..KKt-Q4 18..K Ktx B(a; I9..P-K KtS 20. .Q-homs 3I..K-Q Ktsq 2I..K^Rsn a..QJt-K B3 BIsek, XKB ■K Ktt X KSt X BP ' .B-Kt4 + 0-KB4 : Outlea Q-KS KB-K$ (a) Remarkably cautious; would bays been . taking Rook, but evidently niefeis feeling <|tilte (0> Beema n m swary; the hoaUle Blobopik aa Ids br too powerfiit. 18. accotmt ofB to Kt 4 ■)-. R to Kt 3 would I aa po«ad.ba- ba iiialsM, on BnillMiit ClKmelet. The only partly of a lOMcaaatve six won by Mr. Thocold. (Play tii move* aa above.) E. Thorold. Miss Rudgr. s.. Q2dPXP e..QtoRt3 0-KB3 7..QB-RtS g-KKt3 H..CaaUes, Q R P X r i- E. Tbomid, «..KX KtP I0..P-KS 11..KPX P 12. .9 X KtPfd) QKttoBS QB-K3 d B X B (e> "5"-?lf»' White anBoaaceB mate in ume nuncA (c) Rivhing Into the trap. (d) A brllllut eoup; winning, m wo bellvre* iMliwt th* t>eiit ptay. Tbe Bitpect ofthe board U moRt renunmble. GHEf^UERS. To Cotre s pondentii E. KciLT. Kingston.—Attended ta J. OaixaGHaB, Allentown.—Received, and will t>e tx- amlnc^ PLTin, AnstlD,—Ttrar method of stating posltlona la see- rcct. Will examine. J. LaBADla, Chatham.—1. TTianha. Z. "No rsat fbr the wicked.'* Mr. Kelly b alter you. LUTHXB Bbadlit, Dayton.—We bave oompUed with yonrwish- A. C Htnrm, Hamilton* Novice. Kewailt; CFIcfa lug,coboorg: andN. C. Jatikioii, Cbttbam.-Oo lUal examtnadon.' J. C BraiOK. fleheoeetady.-^Amaet. T. M. BKDD, WashlnstoiL-Favcr received. A CHALLnoi.—EontiB Curm.—Mar Bfr: I PaovlDENCk. a. 1B.FO.A. E. Iligham, r. f... I 2 0 0 0 York, I. r. 112 10 Murnan, Istb.. 1 3 7 0 1 Illno>i.e.f. 2 2 0 0 0 C^rey, a a I Z 0 I I Hague. 3d b.... 0 1 I 1 I Kweaay. 2d b... 0 0 0 4 1 AlllMD, C 0 0 B I Z Nichols, p 110 3 1 ^Totals 7 II IS 11 7 Fluvldeiice....... RKOWN U-MV'r. R. 1RPO.A. K. CV>rey, p I 1 2 1 0 Hrown, c 1 1 2 1 2 Nlckefson,lstb. 0 18 0 1 Ladd. 2db 0 0 3 2 I BatteTW'th,3d b 0 I O S i Crocker, I. f.... 0 0 0 0 0 Richmond, c. f. 0 0 1 0 0 Winslow, a.H... 0 0 z 0 z Watertoan, r. f. 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 3 4 IS S 7 0 3 3 X 0 0-7 town Univcndtv 0 0 0 0 0 S—2 Riina earned—Providence, 2; Brown, (L First base by er- rus—ProvldeDce, 3; Bnnni,4. Umplie, Mr. Buillsgame. Time, Ih. A noteworthy feature ot the game was a line catch by Corey trom a hard-hit line ball. Nichols pitched with telUng effect, and AlUson caught in his best sqrle. Ulcketson and Butterworth led lo fielding on the other side. New ASSOCIATION.—Onr oorreepondent at Wor- cester, Mass., wrote as follows on March 18: "A meeting was held at the Bay State House on the evening ot Karch 18, when an association com- posed of the better class of citizens here was formed, fony-slz shares being pledged, which will no doubt Increase to eighty previous to April 1, aa the Interest has taken a firm hold upon the lovers of the national game. This Is one ot the beet situated cities In the East for traveimg clubs, being on a direct line trom Bprlnglleld east to Lowell, Lynn and New Bedtotd, and liovlng a population ot 33,000. We have received oommn- nleatlons from the Hew Bedfords, who dealre to Slay here April 23. and the Homell nine, to play ereApiUao or Hay i. WewlU place a Btrong nine In the Held, and will enter the New Zogland Assoclatkm. As yet we have not completed our nine, .pitcher and short-etop, and two good, reliable mentor these positions can get a good engngement. U. J. Flaherty, who managed tbe Irvlngs here for the past two seasons, wlUbe tbe manager ot the new tunb, which will be known as the Wotoeater Baseball Association, and Uiey Intend opening the season here on Fast-day, April 12, with tbe BiowB UnlvetBlty nine ot Ftoyldeace. K.I." tho line Is tlrawn by our English verdlot could with reason be hoped for. Thr oomuittee having charge ot the arrange- ments for the open-yacht regatta in New Tork Boy met Uarch 19, and docldod that entries there- for should be received by ony member of thet:om- mlttee up to the doy ot tho regatta, and thot the measurement will bo on the woter-llvo for all square-stem yachts, imd one-half the overhang for counter-stem yachts. BOB Baqnall and JOHN HAWDON are matched to row from the Mitualon House to Scotswood Sus- pension Bridge, on the Tyne, Eng., April It, for £43 o side. On the following day William Wln- shlp ond James Qollon ore to row over the same couise in open boats for a like stoke. John Hawdon vanquished John B. Hymes In a race of about two miloe, ettalghtawoy, on tho Tyne, for Jt43 a eldo, March S. Ue won easily by two lengths. In 25m. 2Qs- The water was not In good condition. THE NABRAOANBEns ot Providence are out In a challenge to the Pawtucket Club to row three mllos, with a tum, In sli-oared shells, for the championship ot Rhode Island and a four-oared shell. A NEW 8L0OP TACHT named Pat Booney, In compliment to the popular Irish comic singer, will be launched at Baltimore, Ud., on March 30. ELLIS F- WARD advertises a slngle^cuU shell and a worUng-boot, both nearly new, for sale. See cord. OJCBTNET bos launched bis shell on Coynga Lake, and takes a breother dolly. h coualBB^fo other dmmcfau for $fiO & tlda and 'jS^ THE mm. OliOVES AT OIXBIORE^S. The liMt of thewrles of boxloff nod athlHic entcrtKln- mrntH ctvi^n ftt GUmore^a GArdeo. prior to that «*tAblitiItS iiioDt belnKf^lven over Tor a warton to oar nicnd.H of tlie witcUu.^ and ttpancleH, Umk plaot MAreh 10. Th« bvaHlcl- ar\-. Itllly Edwanln. man Id b«it«r luck tbao on UiQ occajilnn or bbt pTCTluun beoeAt at the Hame houw. It beloir estlmat- »1 that cooKldembly over ibre« tbousand fpcctatoxn wcn> pmi«nt. amoDff tliem a dcnea or so of Udleii, tooklDK iitnnf:eiy oat of place Ln guch a nlherlnfc AUhnittcri the cmwd oMcmbled early and boxtn were plenty, there wu coiwUlerabte delay in coiDnMmclnfr procecd- ln:pi. paitJy due to tJiu cu>t»niary dlalocllnMlOQ of all to be amonff the flna lo face ine pcoplCp ami partJ/ bccAUhe a namber hedtated or datiy rrfuMd to piit up their handii nntcart tliey were rectimpetued for their wrvlcen. Finally, when tne crowd began to manlfeKt Impatience In a nobty manner. Uncle BUl Toree. who wtut M. O., monogod tueeta pair. Ed. Touhey and John Ciintreli, mho opened tJieiUjow after a lively fojihlon and RO<>d-humoredly, and were followed by John P. Connelly and Henry Newbauer (powerful men. but sot pOMeiUted cHT too much Pklll), Ed. luRerty aod Johnny Naylor. John Stack and Jake Edier. Judd Stanford and Georcv WIIhod (darkiett, who made a rldlculoualy fUnny eet-to), Jue Ooa and Prof. Miller (the Tetetan of the nn« auowIdk to niperlor advantage). Joe DennLnc aod JohnCajih. Pat^ Sheppard and Artnur Chambers (prime). Ed. Mc(jnnctie7 and Qos llrnley, Jock Oallactier and Pclc M^lnnliw, and tbe wind- up between Edwanla aod Hairy lllcken. The meet between the lAift-meDtloDCd ooaple bad bc«n looked forward to eagerly; but, tbouffb exciting. It waa not by any meana of the deitperate cbaructer anticipated. Tbey faced each other In hall a dono brief roimda, during which corapara- tlTely few Kood hltawere delivered, and llteralty no dam- aee dune to either contMtant. Both went to work earn- estly ennogh to imlt anvbody. lllcken. an la bla cunu/m. dolDK bin milling on tbe retremt, and Edwanla fbllow- Ine nim nn and letting fly when he saw a chance, but uAuallv getting lightly countered, and rvpeatcdly m\n- Ing vlcloufl r&ht-hanUeO pnlTeruein. Whenerer ther diu exchange Mown* clinch almovt alwmyii followed, aaJ, afUr Nome Aecondn of Ineffective fibbing, tbey were told to "break.*' when Harry generally sooghtnLi comer, thua ab- ruptly Unlnhlng the roond befora they had mlly got to work. Klcken received nome apptauM for a neat one-two _ _ _ , ?^*fi ^fi^f^h7 I wlirpayoDObairofMr. Labadle'a aiwoata or I will ptay at Toronto, each to pay hb own i.^ Edwabd Ksut, KlngatoD. Ontariok RISCLT or THI IilBlDIS-DrSB OOW plsyed, A of wblch Mr. Lsbadls won 12; Mr. Dykes 7, snd 24 were drswn. Tbe nempsper sxtlcls (flroni wblcn we qaole) sdds tba following: "At tbe cIom of the foity-thlid csiDft Mr. Dykes retired, and b« mtut bsvs bwn mil M—nil In i out off ffsmcfl to hsve won. Mr. Lsbadle Is tbere&ife ^otltlcd to th* chsmplonnblp. Mr. MsUoDrllle wss omplr* for Mr. Lsbadle, Mr. Nell for Mr. Orkea, and Hr. McCOD acted aarefleivo." Nons BT A CoMTnTSCTOit.—EnnOB Cupm.—In gsms No. 91, Vol. IS, I wonld play thus al While's Ittb move: Black. l7..ISto]7 IS.. 2 7 19..17 21 30..II 29(D) 21..10 17 While. BtoWtay 18 14 90 2S 19 U 9 2 3 « (a) as to % followKl by 2 (WI0tol7. WliltewtoL Black. S..27tain a..17 22 .U ^to S.jlran U is Draw Wblco. JBtoS 17 « 29 a . SCSA-ITP., railiUan IS (c) Z> to 19, Black win*. Bee A O. r.. endmms Na C Chatham, OnL, Manh li, 1878. N. C. Jacmuom. Game Ho. J, Vol. HA. ReeenUy plajed at New naVen, between Ma " ■ Clair. andBLCb LTaiM Black, Mr. Tatn. I..11 to IS 3.. 8 11 3.. 4 [Commonleated by Mr. a A. Atklna.1 '■CB088.'L White. Mr. 8l.dalr, IS to II 18 IS 4.. 9 S.. 5 S..IS 7.. 18 8.. 10 9..II 10.. 14 II.. 7 12.. 10 13.. S 14.. 3 M..18 IS.. 12 17..19 IS.. 16 19. .a> 14 14 18(»> 23 (C) 19 18 IS 10 17 10 19 23 IS BOD a> 21 a 23 II 8 IS IS IS U 7 * 8 U u » IV a t 10 i» II r s B 13 16 IB- a Drawn. Tbe move ra) 28 to 23 la the "trunk" move for a dfsw. gtveo la TarlatloD L Bee Andenua (b) 6 to 9 alio dtawn U to IS In vmriatlon IS. (e) Till! leaves Andetson. II lolS lamven brSlaelalrta a draw. (d) With comet plaj on both .Idea, It appewi alivdr drawn to ua. SoIatloB or Position So. 03, Vol. OsJ _ BT R. B. AS.«OU>. Black. White. I Black. White. l..I4toI7 22toU N..UtoIl UloU 2..10 U 29 22 S.. I a a 34 S.. e 10 13 • |«..B U, Blacki SoIatloB ot EBlgna* Bo. Bl, Vol. _ SI"- O. aCTBEIUOIt. Blaek. White. | Black. Whita. - 1..4to8 l8to23 4u. StSlI f MTlB 2..90 23 29 22 ls..U UL Blaekl' S..14 17 21 14 r as. iwln& vhlch he planted on the head when Billy had blm backed ■ - ■ .... .,1^ - • . . „ood poi orEdwanlflwervgiTeo In tbe fifth mond, wblch ended wltb a hlmto f(«t out of Some fairly good pooebea In favor up nmlivt the ropen, and which enabi Olincully lumOaoraely. " ' ' ' orEdwanlflwervgiTeo , cIlGch and break, HIckeo at the time harlnfc BUly tlithtly alHmt the neck, and "kicklne" ajeaJoat tbe order to let bla advaotane nlip. Both men were now thornurhly on their mettle, aod, when time waa called for tbe iilxth rotud and wind -up, tbey weot for each other with a nwh: an excbani^e brouebt tliem toitvtber, and they Mnuqclw acrow the ata^, bittliu: away at half distance rapidly, but without dnioe nodceablB execotlon—a clinch, stiugcle for the (all, and down they went, with Ednnla on top, where he renmlned onneceMnrlly lonff. Of couiw. aa BUIy'a IMcDds embraced nearly the entire ainembbige, there waa itTcat cbeerlOK at thbi (arorable condUMliia. Taken altontlier, Edwmrda had tho b«tl«f ot tbe meetlnt^ bat be bUed to petltann aa well .with Uurr si eltlieT bis mendfl or blmwU expected. Cbarley Murphy and an imknown Vennonter appeared In two verr Inter- eatlns honu at eoUar-and-elbow wnauinc. eacn •ecar- iDg s lUl alter a proluDced oooiest. Tbe ipectatoiv would bsve been pleaaed to tee tbceo r*xj cTcnly-matehcd men Ikce each other anln, but the bard work already dootf decided tbe peifoimen to fbrcKO tbe "rabber." 3. M. I^- lln alto spoitid bla lUuiv, clad In ahowy tlgbta, and demon- a&ated uieeaae and nca wltb which bcAvy dofaaeanbe awnpg—by aom e people. _ _^ Tni McCABTHT an ToMHT OB0EU bad ajoint benefit at Beethoven Hall, BoMcn, Maaa., en Monday evcninc; Maicbia. nerewaaalklrasetulanee,anda]|w«npleaaed with the return reeelved Cor tbelr money. Tboaewfaoboxed were Btave Taylerand BDly Chandler, Fataj Watlack and Mike Bbav, Pat Union and Bn(fa rSnoi. Bieve TbTlor and Pat DoDOvao, F. Dilaoon aod Don Old, tbe Drobao BrotheiB. Darby Donoboe and Tom Klnc BlUy Pnaer and Patay O^Baim, Jim Crowley aod^Tomm^ llnMian, J ^m^ Gallaaba' and John Connollr, James baaleT mna riau Ooldinnlla, J. Tlvelonand JobimvMackjBUlreeelyeaitf Ted Timony, and McCarthy and Droban, tbe tm namcti eoople wlndlav op with blackened glOTta. Johnny Drobu awnuK ehiba. ana Jamea MeLst tghlm and mebaelBjlai^ JtdMkbllnaod P. Hugh rrnrwriiatlort In fnllai aiarillHiB ftahlonT H. Brock waa M. C- PBaaa ScsonsLsajtD Job Pnunra attonpted to debt wlthirtovtstt Scblckllnc'a Hall,Chiflnnatl,P..Msitawl but, alKr they bad been at It Ova roonda, tbe tauf te K lrof tbe place, who bad not baisalned (or siealfl^t, called In tbe polioa and pot an end to It. u^*'^t'il woo int blood iDd ATM knociAmn, snd bad Itw mer IiiDd liter tlie tint roond. Tbeprlnclpalathiealentoflnlab It ataomefbton time and place. JOBVVT Onor, after a aqloom of aome monthalnthe MnunBsnUl CItr, bn retonied to tlis msttepolli, sod U Tf"'*|r about Cor an ovpovtonlty to in i iiiloik Id tbeoaObe- and-eAebaaloeaB.biwhich be, wlIb"HaRT" aapaitner, became ao weD known to Bgbtb-wadaB 7<an Bfa Paist HO(u> an PBor. Wooes ai« frhhn bcala» at tba Athletic Cnilenlimi, San frandaea. OaL Tbey wen tobavegtvensnablbtt'dnatriaa'BHafl, Mank^ ~ Woods was to Bfar wKb Oeofie Maxwell tbe Clnbk BolaUon or Enlgms Ho. SS, Vol. Ma .Black. White. \ Blact Wbit* ■ 1..11 to is 20 to II 3..19ta24 2B to 10 »•■ » » I 10 [4. .2 3 21, BUCkwU EnlgmB Ifo. 1, Vol. M. BV J. J. poBimpo or bt. norm. Hlaek men 00 1,9.13, and Ul Black klBfonT. Wblts men on S. 20. 21,23, and 3L Wtalta klnc on C Black to moTO and win. Poaltlon No. 1, Vol. M. BT H. D. VrMAJI. Dedicated to B. D. Vatea BLACK. „ WUWfi. Blaek to mon and win. ITbsaoIotlon wUI be isscrred tU nmberBoUea.] Tbb HiBi.Bii Atslbtu Ci«B bald tbelr annaal i March S, at wblch BatUketoiy tvpocti bom aOdalawBra leeelxd. That of tbe dolxaptaloilHnred that doitat ttao pastyear als^-oaa flnt ptinaod 8ftr-twa oltaar—* nad been woo br memben. Itww4ecldcd,c ' ef oomecf (hain«mbam,tafl>nDaeblldrBi<a CD Wednaadaya aod Batodaya, fir faliabmki and to ttmHJ B ai tba manactaic board to msl menta allowlnc ooo-mcmbcn the oae of tbe 0i aaxadehaii& TI liii II MiHi H lalilliiBi ni^iliiil. 3. B. BIblet: vlaejrakleiit, C W. Bortco; neoiabig mo- Mail; UiB r. B. W. MolaoD; enddn. R. ■oRia: flitf llanenant, T. H. AniaBnu: aeeoadUBtanaa^KXltott: tmatcea. J. B. Arnold, t^B. aaajlt, X. B. tmtm, & a - - P. Boahawand W. IL KAob. Oom-rasons Rnn.—fba t oek « i a»lioB «»sii «i>ids> tbe tloMitf the raid on Barney Ooodwta^WoiaT third anet. Manh pleaded (oUty In the Omtt flf Beaalona, tbM dCT, oo tbe 20tta. and woe llaad, JobB betant smlded m tlSL and Wm. JohnaiB, John Pluk Dam, Paertck Barker, WIDlom Oaw and r Niiiii , Pal O^Bltb IntlO aaeh. nv TOBK Anuno Club.— Tbe e dnblartlw oaaaoa will taka i' So'elodt P. M.,eaBdi«tB>erI_, — and CDS mlle-walfe-, aU b a iidhi o; e mra i w s L. XBtniMs tosroaadaema. EotrloBwUI diBiAfUl^i Va. & WblbBote, as awfrr^r. a BmMa. Joins CJBiB, tbe vetenn and o AI|.Eafland ertck ejcr, died M awb tst I