The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-11-04
Paris Correspondence Of the N. Y. Times.
More about Morphy.

city up to white heat. On Monday last
he played against AVID beat blindfolded,
eight Of the best players of Paris at one
timel The Cafe de Ia Regence, at which
this'extraordinary feat oceurred, has two
large rooms on the ground floor. In
the iTst room, which is full of marble
tables, we're seated the eight adversaries
Of Mr.. MOrphy. In the second room,
in which are two billiard tables, was
seated the single player. A large por-
ton Of this room, including the billiard
tables, was shut off from the crowd by
cord, and behind the tables, in q large
armchair, sat Mr.. Morphy, with his
back nearly directly to the crowd Tive
gentlemen, reporting for the Press, kept
the game, and two other gentlemen,
Messrs. TOurnOud and ArnouB de Ri
Were, cried out the moves, or rather
carried them from one room to the 9th
er. The adversarics of Mr.. Morphy
we're Messrs Baucher, Bierwith, Baruo-
mann, LeQuesne, (tho distinguished
sculptor) Potter, Preti, and Scguin.-
They were all either old or middle-0ged
men, and superior players, while Mr..
Morphy is but twenty years Of age.
The boards Of the eight players we're
nun bered l 2, 3, ETC., 10 the order in
which have given the names of the
gentlemen, At 125 o'clock the game
commenced, Mr.. Morphy playing first
and calling out the same move forall the
eight boards, X P2. (The games were
conducted in French, Mr.. Morphy speak
ing French perfectly) At Z o'clock
No. Z was beaten with an unlocked for
check-mate. Soon after s o'clock No.
6 abandoned the game as hopeless, and
half an hour later NJ Lequesne, No. 5,
played for and gained draw game
Nos, ], , and 3 were soon after beat
en-, At 10 o'clock No. made the blind
player accept draw game, but it was
lO4 o'clock before NJ. Seguin, No 8, a
very old gentleman, who contended
with great desperation, was beaten
Thus he beat six, while two, who acted
on the defensive and only sought draw
game, effected their purpose, but draw
game, under such circumstances, ought
to be considered equivalent to a beat.
During the entire game, which lasted
just ten hours, Mr.. Morphy sat with his
knees and eyes against The bare wall,
never once rising OF looking toward the
audience, nor even taking a particle of
drink or other refreshment His only
movements were those of crossing his
legs from side to side, and occasionally
humping tune with his fingers on the
arms of the tuutcWL lie cried out his
moves without turning his head.--
Against l, 2, 3, and and Z, who were
not up to the standard of the other
three players, he frequently made his
move instantaneously after receiving
theirs. He was calm throughout, and
never made a mistake, nor did he call a
move twice. 1t must be recollected,
moreover, that Morphy played against
the ield"-in other words, that around
each of the eight boards there was a
large collection Of excellent chcss-play
ers, who gave their advice freely, and
who had eight times longer to study
their play in than the single player
He played certainly against fifty men,
and they never ceased for moment
making supposed moves and studying
the game thoroughly during the long
intervals that peCessarily fell to each.
And yet MOrphy, who was out Of sight
of these eight boards, saw the game
palmer on each than those who sur
rounded them / could scarcely have
believed the thing possible if l had not
seen it.
At the end of the game there was a
shout from the three hundred throats
present, which made one believe that be
was back again in old Tammany HALL
The fact is there was a considerable
number of Englishmen and Americans
present, (amOng the latter was Profess
sOr Morse, who took a deep interest in
this extraordinary game,) but much the
larger number were French. Morphy
did not seem at all fatigued, and ap-
peared so modest that the frenzy and
admiration of the French knew no
bounds. He was shaken by the hand
and cOmplimented till he hung his head
in confusion. One gray haired old
man, an octogenarian chess playerstrok-
ed his hair with his hands, as he would
child of his own, and showored him
with terms of endearmont. Morphy has
no beard yet, and looks more like a
school boy than a. worlds champion
He escaped from the excited crowd as
soon as possible, and left, with some
friends, to get something to eat. 1t is
not necessary to point out to chess-play-
trs the immensity of the intellectual
feat; every one will admit that it borders
upon the miraculous, and as was remark
ed by one of his antagonists, Nj. Le-
quesne, such a mind never did exist, and
perhaps, never will again
Yesterday the match between Harr-
WITT and Morphy was resumed at 3
O'Clock in the afternoon; but in this in
stance the players were seated alone up
stairs, and three boards were kept down
stairs on which the progress Of the game
was marked out for the benefit Of the
large crowd in attendance Att O'Clock
the game was MISUNDERSTANDING that
M HarrWitz has picked up a little since
his four successive defeats Of last week.
The game between them now stands,
HarrWitz two, Morphy four, one drawn.
The winner Of the hrst seven games is
the victorious party This afternoon
they are to play tho eighth game. a
large amount of money is staked on