The Colfax chronicle. (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-07-07
lFfom Our Ops Correspondent. ]
Our New York Letter.
NEW. YORK, June 10, 1877.

Editor CHRONICLE
Pursuing the subject Of Ring cases
which continue to form, as last week
| the most important local object within
the range of. public, vision, l am calle'
upon to report an act Of bad faith OF
the part of the prosecution, which is il
every way unfortunate. Tweed's con
fession was given to the Attorney Gen
eral months age under what he claim
to have been a positive assurance tina
he should be called as Q witness by tn
city and then released. But whethe
this promise was absolute or not, it wa
certainly an acknowledged stipulation
that no use whatever should be mad,
of this confession unless the prisone
was set free. Such an agreement be
tween prosecutor and prisoner has beer
repeatedly. held, by the highest courts
in the land, to be one of the most 80
cred obligations. which can be entered
into; but in this case it has in reality
been shamefully violated. To be sure
the city's lawyers did not publish tn.
document, but they held it on various
pretexts or no pretexts, through weeks
and months, until their possession Of
it enabled them to get much better
settlement out of Sweeney than could
have been effected without it, mean,
while showing it to everyone implica-
ted by its contents, and drawing from
these persons what their defense would
be in case the matter should bA pressed
and now, having got all they want OF
it, the honorable counsel return the
papers to Tweed, with word that on the
whole they have decided that it is not
of sufficient value to warrant his re-
lease.
The brief period of rainy GOODNESS has
passed over, and hot sun is warming
the torpid swarm of summer sportsmen
to the livliest activity. Horse-raoing is
still in vigorous progress; the yacht
fleet, cleaned, reprinted and furnished
up for fresh pleasures and fresh con-
quests, daily skim the bay; the base
ballists have united their bats and laid
in their summer supply Of arnica and
the croquet players, joining in the
smile Of the clearing heavens, rush
eagerly upon the velvet lawn to raise
Jumps upon their own feet and heads of
their antagonists, in the heat of their
noble contest dissatisfied, even, with
the variety of sports which either by
origin or long use may fairly be called
American, our pleasure seekers, anima-
ted by the spirit which caused the i'm
portation of Polo one or two seasons
ago. have this year brought out the
English tennis" and archery. Both
these are ostensibly practised by the
Ladies' Outdoor Club, a fashionable
and strictly feminine association which
combines . minimum of athletic exer.
else, with a maximum of good eating,
handsome dressing and gossip.
The influence of the Steinway firm,
with its wealth, its public spirit and its
wide reputation, upon the progress and
culture of music in this country will
bear high estimate They have not
only done more for their peculiar art
than any other house, but to every de-
serving enterprise they give such hearty
and substantial support as in many
cases has assured an otherwise unat-
tainable success. To the absolute su-
periority of their instruments they have
just received the testimtny of that
queen Of pianists, Nine. Essipoff, all OIL
whose New York concerts were given
at Steinway Hall, and who used the
Steinway pianos at her every perform
ance in America. Her tribute to this
superiority is careful and discrimina-
ting, but is as hearty as that of Rubin
stein and Liszt. Liszt, by the way, |
ought by this time to have a profound |
respect for the musical mechanics of
Some time ago he CHANGED
to see In the warerooms of the Hanover
Germany agent for the Mason &
Hamlin Organ Company, q cabinet
organ which SO for surpassed anything
be had ever seen that he Immediately
gave his orders through his agent for a
similar instrument to be built in a par
ticular manner which he described.
This unsolicited order from the ackmow-
edged king of the musical world was
naturally felt to be something of an \
honor, when other makers would have
yiven their ears for the privilege of
presenting him with one of their instru-
nents. Great pains and care were
hnr AL