The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1858-11-06


GAN UH
gent xtoi ~
gises, under d.te lof Septams
III acconntso at PAuL MoRPHrA
AMONG the hsss-66ampioDs. of
AT'heastodnding performances
Morphys have brought the exs
chessspiafing world Of this cits
heat. On Monday last he played against
beat, blindfolded, eight Of the best playefk
Paris al one time The Cafe de IA Reagetl
1t which this extraordinary feat occurred, 4
two lArge rooms on The ground floor. 10 h
first room, 5whichtis full 81 marble tables, Il
seated the eight adversaries of MIR. MoTS
IN The second room, III which are two biiT 4
tables, was seated tie single player. A E7ge
portion Of this room, including the billsYrd-
tables, was shut bf from the crowd by aAebrd
and behind The tables III i large arIn.chAf sal
Alrs Morphy, with his back nearly dirt I'll
The crowd.T Two gentlemen, feportingE the
:press,s kept the game. andtwo other ia hen
Messrs. Il tol1rnoud and Ar,ous Id RiYiEE Cried
0it the moves; Of rather carried them III one
|rovm3 to the other. The adversarieb bf Mr.,
MnfIhy were Messfs Baaeher. BierWs3. Bar.
nemnpn, I.equesiies the distinguished ptor.
Potter, Preti, and Segnin. They JET all
either old Of iniddIe.aged men, aaeEgyAsupsAA&iior
players, while Nj Morphy Is but fSwentyaAame
years Of age The boards Of the eight pla MI
we're numbered i . !. No., ii the order ii
which, have given the names Of the gentlemen.
AT l2J1h o'clock the game commenced, Nr.
Morrshy playing first, aud calling out the same
move l0r Dill the eight boards, K P2. tIhe
games were conducted Id French, MI. Morphy
speaking French perfectly At7 o'clock M
Z was beaten with au nn-looked.for check-meSE
Soon after 8 O'Clock No. 6 abandoned the gaifne
as hopeless, andaasatf an hour later MIR. L,e-
quesne, No. ., M blssS ID for md gained q draw.
game. Nos. II. Z, and 3, %Sere snon after bea.
ten. AT 10 o'clock No. 4 made the blind
player accept q draw.game, but it was 1011as
o'clock before M. Seguin, No, 8,a very old
gentleman who commended with great despera-
ti0n, was beaten. Thus be beatsix, while two,
who acted on tie defensive and only sought a
d%raw-gane, effected their purpose, but adraw-
game. under such circumstances, ought TO- be
considered equivalent to q beat.
During the entire game, which lasted just
ten honrs.Mr. Morpby sat with his kness and
eyes against the bare wall, never once rising or
looking toward the audience, nor even taking q
particle Of drink or other refieshlnent. lis
only movements were those Of crossing his legs
from side to side, and occasionally humping a
time with his fingers on the arms 3 the tanteusl,
He cried out his moves without turning his
head, Against !, z, 3, and 6 and 4, who were
not up to the standard Of the other three play
ers, he frequently made his move Instantaneous
" after receiving theirs. He was calm through
out, and never made d mistake, nor did be call
"a move twice. 1t must be Eeeolleefed, more
oyer. that MorPhy played against the feld
u other words, that around each Of The eight
boards there was q large collection Of excellent
chess.players, who gave their advice freely and
whu had eight times longer to study their play
u than the single player. He playsd certainly
against fifty men, aud they never ceased for d
moment making supposed moves and Studying
their game most thoroughly during the long in
teryals that necessarily fell into each board.
And yet Morphy who was out of sight Of these
eight boards, saw the game palmer on each
than those who surrounded them! / could
scarcely have believed the thing possible if /
had not seen it. At the end uf the game, there
was a siiput from the three hundred Threats pres
ent, which made one believe he was back again
in old Tammany Hail! The fact is, there vas
q considerable number Of Englishtneu and Anne.
rlcans present., lamong the latter was Professor
Morse, who took a deep interest IN this extra
ordinary ggames) but much the larger number
were French, Morphy did pot seem at all
fatigued, and appeared so modest, thai the fren-
~ afd admiration of the FRENCH knew no
bounds. He was shaken by the baud aud com
pllmented tll he hung down his. head III con.
fusion. Que grey-haIred old man, m uctopena-
riat c~hess-player, siroked his hair with his
hands, as be would q child of his own. and
showered him with terms ofe~udearment. Nor
ply has no heard yet. and looks more like a
sehoni4bey than a worlds champion. He es.
capped from the excited crowd as soon as pessi.
BILE, and lett with some friends, TO get splnethiup
to eat. 1t is not necessary to point n,t to
chess-playeFs the immensely Of the intellectual
feat; every enc will admit that ii borders mon
thesSshlraculons, and. as was remarked by one
Of MS antagonists. NJ. Leqaesne. such a mind
niger did exist, and perhaps, never will again.
Y esferday The match between Harrwitz and
WAS resumed at 3 o'clok III the after
noon; but N this INSTANCE the players were
seated alone mp stairs. and three boards we're
Kept down stairs. Cd which the progress Of the
was marked out Cor the benefit az The
crowd IN attendance. AT I o'clock the
was drawn, -aa-slowing that Mr.,
has picked up a little. since his four
defeats Of last week. The game be-
tween them now stands Harrwitz two. Morphy
four, one drawn. The winner Of The first seven
games 4 the victorious party, This afternoon
they are 70 play the eighth game. a large.
amount OF money II staked on this game, for
ne friends q Mf. Harrwilz are not waiting il
'eack-bone,a while Mr.. Norphy has friends
with him from New Orleans, who. are CAPABLE
Wiling 70 back him III millions if the oe,
easion offers. 80
MoauMnNr TO WASHINGTON IN PHr1ApK1-
Philadelphia Bulletin states that
measures are 10 progress which will, in all
probability, result in the contamination Of The
nuch talked Of project Of erecting q NOM.
,s 10 Washington Square, to Washington.
The Bulletin says
Inc proposed monument is to consist of q