The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-27
N II WV OR KI s M s.
Prom orr o,on Correspondent
NEW YORK, July 27, 1859.

Another one of them-the third within as
many months What has become of flial graft
tude; and is there such virtue in creation as
sororal love? / don't believe there Is. The
rate at which young women in and around New
York run off from their fathers houses, or 1oth
their fathers grooms, seems to contradict all
theories in favor of their retaining natural afec-
tion in their bosoms. few weeks ago
French girl vanished; then an English maiden
went under, never more to be heard of; finally,
an American virgin, hailing from Goshen,
Orange county, N. Y, has suddenly dis
appeared" and turned up unexpectedly almost
at the antipodes. Toward the beginning of June
Miss Amanda Clark, aged eighteen, left her
fathers home at that place and took the train
(Erie, of course) for this city. That was the
end of her, so far as her anxious relatives knew
They wrote, they telegraphed, they sent special
messengers, but not word or token designating
her whereabouts was returned. AT length they
advertised in the newspapers. That stroke hit.
A few days after a lady called at police head
quarters, and was shown into the lair of Super
intendent Kennedy. She found that functionary
chewing q piece of unleavened biscuit (Which
constitutes his daily lunch) and frowning over
an editorial about him in the Herald. In few
words she stated her case She had seen the day
previously in one of the Fourth avenue
cars a young lady precisely answering
to the description given of Miss Clark.
She carried black satchel, bore evidence of
fatigue and travel and, strange to say, was
accompanied by two young men in light clothes
and dark moustaches. The young men were
not positively low in appearance, but quite
cquivocal enough to stamp them as thrd-rate
stock actors. So they appeared to Superin-
tendent Kennedy's visitor, at least, who eyed
them with lynx-like and lady like curiosity. At
length the party left and entered hotel to-
gether, and the lady, treasuring up all she had
seen, went as soon as convenient to Mulberry
street. Meanwhile, as much as $4,000 had been
offered for the discovery of Miss Clarks wherea-
bouts and her safe return. This reward and the
clue which the lady had furnished spurred on
the detectives to do their utmost. The hOtel-a
fourth-rate one on Fourth avenue-was visited,
and ransacked from top to bottom, the
. landlord was bulied and the servants were
bribed. Nothing could be brought to light,
however, respecting Miss Clark and the two
equivocal-looking moustache-wearers. The de-
tectives, therefore, returned discounted. Here.
saith the narrative, Kennedy took the affair into
his own hands Cwhatever that may mean) and
pursued it with success. If So tbs pity Ken
nedy don't make a practice of taking into his
own hands cases that require artistic "work-
result OF the chiefs working up this case was,
telegraphic dispatches without stint, over the
cable, and thence over all the countries of
Europe. Such efforts were not to be without
their reward and those who have accompanied
thus far in the narrative will be glad to learn
that Miss Clark has been found in the city of
Cork Ireland, making preparations for a thea
trical debut. special messenger has been sent
out to fetch her home, and she will probably be
here by the first steamer that returns after the
arrival of her convoy in Europe.
In the telegraphic plethora which swells your
paper, your readers may possibly have caught
glimpse of some glimmerngs descriptive of
The Offices of the Erie Railroad Company,
situated inside the building known as the Grand
Opera House. at the corner of Twenty-third
street and Eighth avenue. / am persuaded that
the general public is in doubt when they enter
that building as to whether they will ultimately
discover themselves in the auditorium of the
opera house or the private sanctum of Fisk, Jr
Such mystifcation is very pardonable. I, for
one never go to the box-office of that place of
entertainment without asking for through rail-
way ticket; and were it to become necessary for
me to visit the Erie Office, think it more than
likely | should ask for two excursion
tickets at the end of the row, six seats
from the terminus. If / am to believe reports,
these Erie offices are magnifcently appointed.
The directors have dining-room to themselves,
and the employees one to themselves. | am not
certain whether Professor Blot does the cooking,
but if he does not, some chef de cuisine does, who
has French name and charges quite as much.
certain reporter informs the New York public
that the desk of every clerk might well become
the boudoir of villa but omits to say whether
the pen-wipers are of fancy designs or the PEN
handles of pearl. OF truth, however, general
report is right in attributing great deal OF solid
splendor and not mere show to the business
offices occupied by the directors of the Erie
Railway The safe alone cost $4,000, is seven
stories high, and would make quite comforta-
BILE little residence for a small family.
Good Law.
There is a law in New York which renders il
obligatory for every secondhand dealer to enter
in little book, prepared and kept for that es-
pecial purpose, an accurate account and descrip'
ton of every article purchased, the date of the
purchase, the price given, and description OF
the person from whom it was bought. failure
TO do this has prevented the detection OF very
adroit thief. About three months ago, Mr.
Kurtz, a Broadway artist, had valuable pic
ture stolen He unsuecessfully employed every
means to recover it, On Saturday, connOtsSem
in pictures was walking along Sixth avenue
when he observed, in the store of a secondhand
dealer named Moore, portrait so wei
executed that he Immediately stepped in ant
purchased it, for the sake OF its artistic excel
lence. On getting the picture home he recog
snized on the back of it the name of "Kurtz.
This reminded him Of the robbery, notice o
which he remembered to have seen in the news