The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-20
0 B I II U A r Y.
MOass Yaio Hoach.

Moses Yale Beach, formerly proprietor of the
New YORK sun died OF paralysis, at his resi-.
oence IN Waling ord Conn.,, yesterday morn
ing, at the age OF sixty-eighL years. Mr. Beach
wa, born IN Wallng'Ord Conn on January 7,
1900. In early yhooi he eXuIb ted unusual
skull 10 mechanIcs, and while attending sch Nol
or dong "cbores" he Was constantly whiting
out models Of machines, or making curious
contrlvances of wool. When tourJeon years of
age he was apprentced TO a Cabinet-nakp 10
Har ford, and by d,Igence 10 performing extra
tasks he was able to purchase h 8 tree.
dom in his eighteenth year. Alter being
employed as journeyman IN Northampton
Mass, short time, he went into business for
b mselt, and it was not long before his cabinet
work was reOuted to be the best IN the country
Yet his business Aas Unsuccessful and he re-
moved to Sprlngh"lJ, Wb re he reelected other
interests TO experiment with guDpo 9der engine
Tor proDellin9 balloons N u succeeding with
this invention, he next attempted to open steam
navigation on the Connecticut river, between
Hartford and Springfield, and would have done
If the state OF his affairs bad not oblIe ed him
to cease operations before his steamer was c ,m-
pie ed. Otaers by adopting his plan gained m lch
credit, in taking steamer over En- ield Fails, a
feat that had been looked on as im-
possible. Soon after yards Mr. Beach in
vented rag cutting machine when has
come 10 be generally used by paper
mills yet be received no pecuuiary benefit from
hls machine, because he DELAYED taking out a
patent fol it. He next removed to Ulster co1nty,
N. Y, where he became interested in an exten
sIve paper null, and though anna sing a large
property in SIX years, he lost it all during the
next seventh. THIS was the last of his re verses
where he bought an interest in the Sun
newspaper, and IN short tue became Its aole
propr etor. Tue wealth which he has since
acquired has made him prominent IN banking
and other financial operations. President Po K
sent him 10 Mexico during the Mexican War to
arrange treaty OF peace. The negotiations,
though salts ac!ory, were broken off by ia sc
report, in which it was announced that Santa
Anna had sunlhilatpd General Taylor's army.
MIR. beach had recently lie lred from business,
and up 10 the iipe of his dea.h resided in his
native toWn.-N Y. Tribune. ..H .
Emanuel Loutze.
Emanuel Leutze, the painter, who died in
Wa hn elon, ID; u, yes erday, was born in
Gmund Wuremberg May "a, 1876 HIS parents,
soon after his birth EN- gra ed to this country
ana settled in Pnlladelphla. His youth was
passed III that clty, and there be received his
hrst lessons 10 art a. he practsed dra wing by
the bedside oil his ok iatber to ''pass away" the
time, He soon brcaOe skllliul and an enthusl-
astic student, occupying his time principally in
an adept. Alter he had achieved s,gual
InOIan in the midst OF a wild landscape
LOOKING toward the setting sun, which gained
HIM much praise among the artists and art
critics, he rapidly rose in his business and in
l84l went abroad, becoming pupil of the cele-
brated Lesslng. Two OF his works in Eur )pe,
Columbus before the Co lncil of Salamanca"
and "Colupbus in Cha ns," we're considered
great successes, as vas also columbus before
the Queen,n 6nished in l843 In I845 after
studyiuP IN Venice and Rome, he was married,
and took up bis re .idence in Dusseldorf He
atro rWard devoted himself to historical subjects
pronuc'ng many wellkDo En and M uch admired
pictures, among the most cele brated of which
IN this country are Washington Crossing the
Delaware" Washington at Monmouth,n and
"SeTgt ant Ja>pei." In 1859, after being absent
eIehtt en- years. he returned 10 the United States,
where he has since resided.