The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-07-14
TnE PECULIARIrIES OF nEYERBEgR.

TIE singular circumstances Of tns great wealth
| which MeN erbeer ID always possesS9 I, AMI tn
which be was born, says Paris letter, r'n tered
| DIS exist nee an anomaly In the world nf At.
| lie was losscs,, d Of an income Of E2JOO0 vet
h'Cd ms though his fortune had cunsis Ell of the
modest income OF n moder tely successful com
beer has ltyed upon the highwtys-in the 6rst-
class carnage Of railway traiu orin the second.
ryte sutinr-foom Of q ir,t-ciAss hotel OF an ono
Of the great cities OF Europe
In October lHsf, he was persuaded to hire an
apartment % himself, and chose one Of the m ,st
unlrtHndug and cheapest 20 he found. There
ne liNtd the lite Of Bencdictino monk or a Jour
leymaD copyist-fising at SIX in the morning o
Work, hurtyug 10 the nearest restaurant fir his
ucals, car ely allowing himself the time neces-
sary for rest, never asking for anv indu geuce
hey Und piano aud a few sheets Of muse paper
closing his door against all visitors, and never 20
brilliant festivals
At surset only did he venture ahrold-,o tho
optIH, OF TO any 'hluun, where any performance
OF mus was gong on. One OF his friends vas
recently calculating IN jocOsc way the number
Of leagues MeyCrbe,r hid trayel.d in search of
various lennTs, sopiauOs, or haritones for n,
more cufrtC' performance OF his variDus opsrrs
and iu the calCulut on be was assisted by the 5 a.
poser himself, who uughiugly declared thaf In
the ar of che ir,t perfIrmaucs Of chs prI85g,o.
hc bad tun over more than half Of The htpb roads
OF Europe before he could make np his mind az
10 the cuoiee ut tenor. Friscuini had bccu dis
covered by him plying nc on, Of the pr1yil,al
theatres Ut lta y, and Meyerberr had enie tvoreI
OIea.
Three times was the journey performed from
Padua To Paris in pursuit. of t6is pearl hry,nd
lrCei and when from the third ATTEMPT be re-
tuned unsucyCssiul, be Was selzcd with an attack
81 10 rvuus fever, whic nearly carried him pT
II ia ttar,d thar the same excitement in tb,, ner-
iCrt rg"t be dttcano cai isCd, IN gr, at measure
the distus" with which he was so suddenly M.
tucked to take the fatal turn which rendered ali
medical aid hopeless. IL continued O. W ,rlS yith
the same ardOr to the very la,t. On ths Ftlty
prec' aug bis death he never lef, his desk
turing the whole dav and wheu Perrin, the
director OF tue Operi, pad ulm a visit, tn , e Of
lepfuach than gWtltudc at the excessive labor he
was undergoing Tor his sakr Meye erbeer r tisrd
his head IN his work ana sud, in a fdn5
voice - Oh my dear friend, fear am goiug
to be NJ"
1t was only then that, upon inquiry, Perrin
ascelta ned that The composer had nauu az work
ever since six O'Clock 10 the morning, an had
tyst nothing dutii the whole dt,. Ii was
thuuth lat be was suffering from not Ing more
than serious iuin ness, owing u hls long uellyc.;
brt he ntyer raj i after that iiue AMI gradually
u sktc on; hut his m.nd, intl zen 'c, and
viii we've rs powerful as ever His greatest PIE.
occul alton during his illness WIS the fclr lrss
the rumur OF the danger In winch he was wing
SHOULD get abroad into he vwsp ~. rs and OC.uDy
the puh ic mtud concerning him.
He literally fell asleep IN death, for It WAS
solely 'he length OF time he had baeu rcpo,1g
which first alarmed the alteu lauts who, On 40.
preaching tue bedside, discovered tua, ho n ,d
already hTOath,d hi, last without a sigh wi.h-
Oui word, without u Si0gle token ot evidence
that the end bat arrived. Hts life at B,rln,
whore he inhabited one Of the most prinagy
mansions Of the City, WAS Just as simple rs
that followed when travelling. Wmo his wife
and family ucCuplel the ttte rooms If the man-
sion, receiving company AID giving enter
ialnmens, be was satisfied 70 remain in one
OF the small apartments of the upper story,
whore, brtR,Cn his piano aud bis music desk, he
spent his whole time, payine no visits an re-
teiyirg none the Old servant, VIII hai lived
with m all bis life, being the Ouly person ad-
mitJed to bis sanCum and Oftea he b Is been
known to spend period of six week, or two
months AZ Il time In Berlin, all th5 world occu-
pied with the success Of his operas, without the
secret of hIs presence IN the place beigQ known
even 10 the most intimate trieuds of the fam ly.
His will is deposited with the family solicitor
at Berlin. The only paper found in he lodging
he occupied at tue time IF his death was a small
envelope sealed with black. aud bearing the in
scrptOn, "TO the person who will OJcn this
paper conIai ing my last intentions" Within
was found Il long strip of coarse brown paper ON
which we're hastily ribbed the following drec-
lions :-"After NV death | wish to remain four
days stretched upon my bed, with my face un-
covered that fifty thai, rs may be given TO the
men employed 10 watch me; tnaf my corpse may
he tTaI spurted 10 Berlin without any previous
funeral ceremony in Paris. | begueath two hun
dfCd thalerS 10 the person who will consent to
become my executor in the matter OF the above
mentioned clause" one of his daughters found
the paper in the pocket OF his waistcOat, where,
to all appearance, it had been carried for some
possibility OF dying suddenly, and at a distance
from his kinlrtd