Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 27, 1872, Page 7

HHE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1872 ONE YEAR AGO. Sl Condition of A'ffairs in This City in October, 1871. The _“Fire-Proof Ticket*---Strike -of the Workingmen, Eighty Thousand Persons De- pendent Upon Charity. Curious Suggestions by Eastera Newspapers, Etc. 1t is interesting in the days of our present prosperity, o rapidly regained from the chaos whica the fire produced, to look back occasion- ally at the condition of affairs in our city a shorf twelvemonth ngo. The lesson is instructive, and should teach the faint-hearted that in the lexicon of age, as wellas of youth, there should be foundno such word as “fail.” It teaches that honest labor must produce its own full re~ ward, and that courage and determination in & right direction cannot but succeed. In reviewing the plans formed a year ago, onc can derive satisfaction from their good fruits gained, and observe calmly the erfors which Taay have crept into them to render the achieve-- ments a trifle less brilliant than they were ex- pected to be. Experience is ofien likened to the stern-light of a vessal, throwing its illa- minating rays only upon the path that has been traversed, but a glance irto the past of a year ago, remote, indeed, ot the rate we have been travelling, cannot but be in- teresting and instructive, in spitc of t adage, replete as that past is witls cmotion: which were of the Leenest charecter, and p sessing elemonts of nobility whose reawals can never work anything but gocd. A year ago almost includes the date of the fire, and as a complete resumo of the works ihat have been performed since that time has already been given, we do not propose in the present article to touch upon the incidents of that dread- fol time, but rather to compare tho present season with the corresponding few wweeks of last year, and leave to each reader the tusk of draw- ing his own conclusions. A year sgo & campnign, purelylocal in its character, but vitally interesting to the wosld, who were watching the stricken city with in- tense attention, was just opencd. The fate of the city, the well-being of the impoverisied people, was in the scale. The city demanded then, if at any time, an honest local govern- ment; then, if af any time, party interests were a secondery consideration, and the general good & primary necessity. The city’s credit Lad to bo maintained sbroad; men of honcsiy and in- tegrity wera needed. The raising of fands for necessary purposes, the reconstruction of the shattered municipal machinery, was imperativo ; and capable, as well as Lonest rulers, were to bo chosen. Inthis emergancy the people were to take their choice. Men who were never candi- dates for office before, who held themselves aloof from. the petty wranglings of local poli- tics, were called npon to befriend their fellowe, and devote to the genersl good such wisdom ang experience a8 had already elevated them above the fellows who Tan tha city. In this emergeney the Central Committces of the Republican and_ Democratic parties, acting in harmony with the general wish of the good citizens, decided to forego any Lostilities, and unite in the nomination of good men who could bo enpported by ell who had the cits's real in- terest, and mot their own individual pocket at heart. Tho two Committecs met on Oct. 26 and 217, end concluded their labors with the noming- tion of county and city officials in ¢ menoer which the vofa of the peopls a few weels later pronounced to be entirely sacisfactory. Expe- Tience has proved to them that the choice they then madeasa good one; that the oficers nom- inated to servo a0 mere party purposes, bub for the general good, have done all in their power to securs good -government, and that the city aflairs hve Dever been better or mora honestly administered than they have been by the gentlemen vwho were -elected on the * Fire-Proof Ticket.” The experiment was 5 trimmphant success, and the wisdom and gen- _evosity which ignored pariy, and looked at orth, was greeted hy.the waiching world with & round of x%':ulnnse; whose echoes have not ceased to soun 2 A vear ago the question of whether the city ghould be rebuilt hed been emphatically decided in the afirmative by the rapid rising of many eubstential structures.” The call for mechanica had nob es yet been answered, and a strike among the bricklayers and stonemasons fol- Jowed. The strike was confined only to indi- Jidual buildings, and wages rose from £3.50 to £4.50, withont any particuler delay in building or acrimony between employer and employee. A5 it was just beginning to_be understood throughout the city tbat building would be nehed forward through the winter, the mechan- Jts were satisfied with that figure, and worked on an average four deys out of the six. They had fot then thought of limiting their hours to eight, but were content to toil for ten hours ithogt o murmur. ) ‘A vear ago nearly 80,000 persons wero mainly dependent upon the generosity of the outside o for their maintenanca. Nobody supposed shen the relief barracks were occupying the site now kmown 28 Green's Garden, that the occo- pants of thess limited quarters would, within s T, be visiting the varions shows and exhibi- 75 hat huve, eince then been given upon the gpot where their virtuous couches were spread. Tt they hsve undoubtedly done so. Green's Garden wesnot even thought of, nor ¥ere ex- Hibitions, for that matter. Relief money was ing in from all quarters, and being distrib- pouring in nted day by day to the hungry andillclad un- fortunates who were driven to dependence. To- 3o these unfortunstes are _sgain earning their daily bread ; 8 summer of hard work and good ay hes given them a gurplus fund for the needs of the winter. ~The hired domestics on tho other hand who were exceptionably difficult to obtain & year ago, who were unusu- ally insolent & year g0, and wi:g appeared as a body to have been transformed into mendicants, pre again reduced to the ks of in- dustry, to the ifiteu comfort of the guffering respectabi _who wero so de. endent on ° their services. As the contri- gutiené continued to arrive, 2nd the scent of prey resched tho upturned nostrils of tho inde- e eogent kitchen-lady, tho advertising columng P TeE Trrpoxs show that more and more press- £ was the demand for feminine essistance, and Emaller by degrees and besutifully less the de- 2350 of ‘theso delicste crestures for domestio employment. From & few chort advertisements P for “ig good girl o do general house- wox'gthelist gwelled on Sundays to over & column of frentio assurances that if a young 1sdy _of thab elevated class would conde- gcend to draw her weekly wages on Sat- . urdsy at such = place, every opportunity for ocial enjoyment and recreation would be gladly B o hor, and no_avlkward questions 28 o character be considered necessary. But the frantic aSsUrances grew more and more frequent %ol iAprl, when the, Reliof Socioty © ehut down” on the unworthy, and the advertisers own ' e othr side of the fence. e O ago the condition of tho City Was not 23 huch euperior to the present as regsrds o ber of criminals it contsined. ‘Thero re five. murderers in jail swaiting trial. T wber o-day is grestor. Ono murderer 'frho then: ewaited trial has not yet met his doom. s ; sgo hundreds of anxious_friends <020 S e for missing persons. A long list . ere N furaished in the morning papers, but e A2 eftor the fire, inquiries continued t0 for e ot onls in the city, but from all parls o o world: Now thoee who were in the Pwd “of ihe. “fia‘ nnc:;l al“bonda desire - 48 their & was mu and genuine, bt e i ey o tonder” nauin: e anmeless Tyiends & crufty dovico on tho ert of & long suffering creditor, have not avail- P ccivas of the opportudity by sending ‘the sbove address.” Some, how many none 5 fave feiled torespond to these 1 red their names apid’ change of 2ve been left 0w min¥ such inqul ATETE nnos be learned. brs gr;?gcc:ikhhfl Jieon written, snd a foir pro- optbon of it road on tho gubject of rebuilding. §95as tho great {opic_of odpveeation among * Gs. Tho cheracter and cost of the buildings That were to go up, the material and general ghilo were § comunar thema Public imorove- ments of all kinds wero talked of. One gentle- 'o erection of iron houses 85 & mman suggosied e e oumental mmproe: ment on the shelterlessness of o g}'ntlaln number of sufferors. Tbe partition walls, he thought, might bo ~made in cestions, of four and six feet each. He thoght thoy would result ina gain of ground, conld re T ap n the cold. 4 weathor, conld bemo o Ddily improved, and would be far more fire- Proof than stone buildings. Tho only trouble Ras that ho failed to suggest where the money vas to come from. P o o York papers were still indulging in all sorts of little suggestions. One wondered why immediate steps weronot taken to rebuild {ho city in circular form, with the Court House in the cenire, and tho main streots radiating from it. The anthor of the suggestion ignore: the miles of besutifully paved streets which cost &0 many thousand dollars, and which survived the fire almost without injury. Another géntleman suggested the use of heat- ing apparatus on_the gas works principle. He advocated the laying down of supply pipes from some_given centre, and thought there was no Himo liko the thon present to put Lis suggestions into effect. Fifty blocks. he thought, could be heated in this way from one boiler, and he called upon tho cnergetic men who had made Chicago What it was, £6 fako hold of the thing and work it into shape. Bathe was a New Yorker, and his words nve beon treated with neglect. “All gorts of suzgestions were boing made and referred to the grandchildren of tho young men who were too busy in the gisnt work of rebuild- ing, for their consideration when they had leis- ure, with iustructions to report ‘when thoy thonght right and proper. A yeer has relieved many of us from fearful anxietics about missing friends, ebout pecuniary troubles, iow tho terrible winter was to be en- dured, whethor one's salary would be reduced, or whother ono would be compolled to seelc em- ployment elsowhere, whether the prico of coal Would rise as the price of meat, and meat in roportion to the avarice of the coal dealers. Bt it has relieved vs of ono anxiety, aud that is with regard to our insurance. Then we all thouglt wo might reslize a liitle money from {he exploded companies; now wo are satistied that we never shall. Advertisors wera nob g0 well off a year ago es they are to-duy. The limited press facilities of the daily papers were sorely oxemplified. Col- wmas and columns of advertisements had to be rofused because there was mot space enough Displey_advertisements wero nob ori time; all lizd to be uniform, =der to'g 2 fair chaxce. Gradu- as the pressure contin ed, more room was udo, and o double heet issucd for a while. Even this was barely suflicient to sccommodata {he ndvertising_pablic, snd print the news for which_the intelligent community so devoutly longed. Adve ¢ then as it i6 now, azd was tho marifesiation of tho doter- mination of the citizens to go forward with their work. ‘The advertising columns of the doily papers_ of o year 8go0 are in- tm‘stingp preading, and " the future histo- yian of the future metropolis of the world, which every good citizen believes Chicago to be, will pore over the files of THE Ca1cAGo TRImONE, £0d weave from thoso disjointed fragments of information a thrilling idyll of a mighty people Sghting suceessfully against fearful odds. The stmo columns to-day are interesting reading maiter, and a comparison of to-day's issue with that of the Sundey corresponding last yeer, showing the advance in tho typographical su- perioricy of the former over the latter: the in- formation conveyed in each; with searcely sny point of similarity except in the epirit of enter- priso and determination evineed in both, would be an interesting study. The futare historian has plenty of moterial here for o poem that would make even Homer open his blind eyes and fling oway his Tliad as unworthy a plece be- side the history of Chicago. With half odozen first-cless theatres, richly farnished, and thronged nightly with clegantly attired audiences, we wonder how we contrived to pass_away last winter, ¥hen the Globe Thea~ tre and its then meagro attractions, and the ‘minstrel hall in Rice & Jackson's bilding, con- stituted our only places of amusement. So rapidly have the various theatres replaced those that wero destroyed that the amuscment-loving public havo dropped into their old xeats just as i nothing hed happened, and as if when the cartain fell on Seturday, Oct. 7, 1871, it had not dropped fora twelvemonth, but merely for the forty-eight hours ususily elapsing beforo ‘the reopening of o placc of amusement after an ordinary Saturday nmight's performance. And now we really do wonder what wo did do on tliose long dreery winter evenings; what could bave filled in our time? It is true that Standard Hall filied & vecancy, and the Academy of Music hur- ried to completion, and mitigated the dreariness of the ecoson. Then camethe Star Lectura Course, under the manngement of the ‘notorinua Steiner; and lato in the season Charlotte Cushman electrificd us. But_there was £till en enormous hiatus to be bridged over, 2nd tho above-mentioned amusements only formed the piers. Each individual probsbly can furnish the superstructuro for himeelf. “Now thera is 20 much competition in catering to the public appetite for amusement, thet the difi- culty is to find & leisure avening. Tor the first fow wecks nobody wanted to patronize theatres. Herd work necessitated proportionate rest, and no time was allowed for amusement, ‘Tho brief abstinenco from recrea- tion, and the unflinching struggle to rebuild the city and its business, deserved the reward which it has achieved. The thentres areall rebuilt ‘but one, better than before, two new ones have been added to the list, and thoso who wore sack- cloth lest ‘winter did 8o thai to-dsy they may deck themselves as becomes them. A year agothe streets Were uncomfortable thoroughfares. To journey through the burnt district was o pennance. To visit the unburnt portion of tho South Division from the business centre of the West was a pilgrimage, to which the famous journeys of Meccs were pleasant walks. Thefo was mo sidewalk on Madison street. Thera were horrible brick heaps, dust heaps, heaps of charred lumber, hesps of sand, among which one was compelled to steer with great caution, Teams were navigating the samo channels, and when_teamsters and pedestrians ‘met in the streets, the advantage was not with the weyfarer. On the contrary, the wayfarer had an unpleassnt time of it The streets were in & chronic state of blockade this time last year. The lots were all vacant and the strects ol filled up. A year had ‘wrought o decided change for the better in this respect, at least. Shoe-leather and patience were the great- est sufferers, and both found themselves utterly unable to cope with the difficulties that beset them in s journey through tho burnt district. There is not & street in the city now that has not substantial sidewalk. Miles of stono foot- aths, and more miles of wooden sidewalks, ave been laid down—nearly 70 of them alto- gether. -There wero no attempts to close the saloons last yeer. The lager beer venders on tho North Side were a minonty. Clark street could bonst but one_or two_ealoons, and the quantity con- sumed in that dry and 'desolated “district in § weok would bave scarcely sufficed to supply 4 single establishment for last Sunday weck, scarcely for to-dey. Becr was as inaccessible 1ast October, in the burnt district, as it is to-day in Maine, and 2 saloon almost as hard to find ag amsn who did not beliovo in the magnificonca of tho New Chicago. Three policemen could have enforced the Sunday ordinances without difficulty from North avenie to Harrison strect, and from Canal street to tho lake. But every one was intent upon some other subject_just then; the police needed to look after the imag- inary desperadoes who had not all been hanged to lamp-posts ; their time was too fully occupied with restoring stolen property, and scrutinizing Delated travellers, for a thought of Sunday ordi- pances; the selection of good men for city offi- ces, and a thonsand other things were engross. ing public sttention, and the saloon question was postponed for a year. Tt must be frankly edmitted that the daily pa- pers a year 8go were not up to thoir present standard of excellonce. Excepting the adver- tisements, reading matter was scarce. But the Iatter made up for the defect, as was Tight it ehould, the advertisers being responsible for the comparatively. emall amount of space that could be devoted to news. But such news as there was atoned in its qnah? for the defect in quantity. The people did not complain; they apprecistod two facts: first, that ndver- tising was & peremptory necessity, and secondly, that the . newspspers then published wers equal to the average of metropolitan ppers thronghont the conntry. They were fully avare that the dailies of Chicego, When in their zenith, were second to mone_ throughcut the country, and their temporary eclipse was patiently borne with, like many other troubles incident to the i fire. They werestrong in'the beliof thata fow ‘months would restore’ them to their former ex- collence, and tho issue has more " than justified their expectations, e This comparison of the grosent with the past, neat in time, but ‘zemoto by what has been'ac- complished in the interval, might be indefinitely estended, There iz’ nothing in public affairs, and little, we hope, in private, but looks brighter on'Oct. 27, 187; then ‘it did’ on the same day'a yéar sgo, While there is doubtless something £0 regret, thero is much to rajoice at, and, when we are tempted to complain of what yet xemains tq be done, & glance from to-day over a year in tho past ought to encourage us to renowed exer- tions, end enable us to recognize in the calami- t5, ns Jayor Medill expressed it in his address to'the Board of Trade & blessing in diaruise. BOSTON. The Radical Club---First Meet- ing of the Season, Colonel T. W. Higginson Recounts the Sensations of His Trip to Europe. A Delightful and Instructive Talk. From Our Own Cerrespondent, Bostox, Oct. 21, 1872, The third }Monday of October ig the date of the first meeting of the Radical Club for this senson, and henceforth, until May, it will have regular meotings on third Mondays, and such special meetings as may be arranged for by the Committee of Arrangements,—n Committeo con~ sisting nominally of several members, but really of one,— ARS. JOIN T. SARGENT, who has been the efficient fostering and manag- ing agent of the'Club ‘since its organization. She determines the memberships, collects the dues, arranges the programmes of exercises, sends out the cards of admission, and, in most cases, provides the place of meeting, which is at JMr. Sargent's house, in Chestnut street, except when it is ot the Rev. Dr. Bartol's, three doors distant. Both houses have large double parlors, where from 100 to 150 people may be comfortably seated. The sccret of the main- tenance of this Club must be more in this fea- ture of hespitality, as I think, than in any other circumstance or condition. I have no doubt that it would quickly decline if the meetings were in o moro public place. But both Mr. and JMrs. Sargent take pleasure in making their house the headquarters of a distinguished lit- erary sot, and, two or three times & week during tho season, thero are pleacant meetings there, at which are present not only the lights of the Radical Club, but others whose names are scarcely lees distinguished in social =nd culti- vated circles. The continued prosperity of the TRadical Club is o sufficient tribute to the tact, address, and accomplishments of the lady who has so long been its organizing and executive Queen. The invitation-cards sent out Inst week an- nounced AX ESSAT BY MR. HIGGINSON. These cards have become a necessity, for the general public of all degrees, some time ago, pre- sumed to considered Mr. Sargent's house a kind of public hall, and crowded in on Club-days, very much to the discqmfort of those who right- Iy had this privilege, and to the annoyance of tho host and hostess. It had been bruited sbout, soveral days before the meoting, that Col- onel Higginson would discourse before the Clubof his summer's jaunt in Europe; and, among those who know how delightfully he can talk when he chooses, there was naturally an eager expectation of the occasion, The meeting being the first session of the season, there was an unusual interchange of congratu- Iation betweon those who rarely meet, exccpt at this Club. Most of THE BEGULAR ATTENDANTS ‘made their appearance,—Dr. A, Bronson Alcott, who, during the summer, has published & vol- ume, “ Concord Days,” which wlll make friends for him wherever known; Dr. Bartol, who, 1ast spring, published ¢ Radical Problems,” studded with grirliznt thoughts, which frequenters of the Ciub could remember hearing when they fell {reshly from his lips. ;_John Weiss, whose last ook, ** The American Religion,”altliough it does not jump with the popular creeds, is, noverthe- less, instinct with keen and poctic thought ; Julis Ward Howe, & gifted and heroic wo- man, but with an unfortunate tendency to bury truisms in_profundity of words; Ednah D. Cheney, & thoughtful writer, cspecially on subjects connected with Art; Frank Sanborn, & clever_journalist of the mdu{\flndent Lind, and an_industrious student of other subjects thén politics; Samuel Longfellow, brother of the Poet, and himself a poet s well as o Unitarian: minister, whose theology is & beautiful Theism ; Miss A. P. Peabody, devoted to educational ro- form, and particularly to the introduction of Frochel's Rindergarten eystem; Nora Perry, whose poetry is in all the monthlics, and Louise Chandler Monlton, poet, too, and story-writer, but whase best work is, perhaps, her letters on Titerature to the New York Tribune. D. A. Was- son, nsually present when in the city, ia now abroad. T. Henry Hunt, late of Montreal, but an scquisition_to the corps of scientific men in this city, and Mr. A, H. Louis, an English jour- palist, nuthor, and_traveller, were among the guests of the occasion, Mr. Higginson said he had no papers to read, Dbut would tell, in an informal way, some of the experiences and ensations of HIS EUROPEAN TBIP, For aconversational narrative, this was an ex- ceedingly happy and entortaining one, and parts of it were quite eloquent. I shall not, in the report I am going to make, give his language with verbatim accuracy, nor, indeed, all of hia points, bub rather the materjal of which they ‘were made. Doubtless, in good time, either ag locture or Aflantic essay, most of vqur readers ill get his story in his own clean-cut, polished, and idiomatic English. ‘Ho said he was the LAST MELIC OF A VANISHING TYPE of American society,—the clags who posiponed their European tour till middle-ago. =Farmerly it was customary for Americans to "f‘“’" the former part of lifein their own country, learning what they could, aud then to take & course of Europe. _ Now, it is the fashion_to take Europs first; and, on the whole, he was inclined to think the latter method the better one. Yet, in his own case, he was sure the postponement had en- hanced his enjoyment. Tfiexa is a great deal in learning the way to & thing, approaching it by stages, making as muchas possible of your orange-peel and water before dovouring the in- most sweet of the orange. He did not mean a preparation of dates, of figures, but rather an education of the imagination. ¥ It is ploasant, after we have read all that an euthor has written, and appropriated all that we could discover about his chsracter, appearance, and ways, to meet him at lenjgth face to face. There 16 2 similar sensation in visiting Europe after the imggination hes been stimulated by long contemplation and long expectancy, A clever woman once aid to him that she was yet undecidod which was tlie most exhilarating and delightful: to stndy & great man's character through his works, and then supplement it with a personal scquuintance ; or tp bave that sudden and indelible revelation which comes with the first look into a face. He met and travelled in company with, for time, gnestimablo American clergyman, who waa conduoting through Eue rape .. ABEVY OF BRIGHT GIRLS ; and perhaps his responsibilities were not lessened by the circumstance that ono of them was his wife. The clergyman said he had en- deavored to make them thoughtful and studious _of the scenes they were enjoying; sometimes suggested reading & bit of history, or told an old legend; but it wasnouse. They were having such a good time, they were not learning any- thing. They were going over Europe for the sport of the thing, and being very much the same kind of good time, and getting just as much good, ag they vould havo and gt by rip 1o the White Mountains or Niagare Falls, © - ' The asgociation of Europe 'with the past was impressed upon him by the first fragment of a ruin seen from the steamer 'as they neared the Irish const. It was A X THE MUSE OF HISTORY Iying_in wait on the coust to recaive him ardianship. From that moment, hé eam which he did not ‘Temain 1ong enotigh to Dreak the spell'of. Thero is this advantage of & quick trip : that the hallucination of being in & remote antiquity is not destroyea. An English? men who is taken to an abboy in infancy, and who picnics in castles at will, has no conception of the effact of the first sight of & castle on an American:” To an Englishinan, theitbabitants of a castle are the family living in one end of it. To the imagination of an Americas,” il Foudalism p;puhlesit. ' Néthing was to'be compared with FIRST VISIT TO AN ADBEY. As he gpprosched it through'tho rank verdure, brifshitig' away” tho' ‘hywthorns, there wis a mo- mentary chilly T gn,—a feer that, after all, it ould dicsppoi But, when ho' stood int sido, entere:tp e cloisterscells, and sawW the wora stones, the groat yowstree filhng the gourt~ yard, tho immenso fire-place where the monks had cooked their feasts; the vast cellar, the Abbots chamber, all reading, for 8 moment, vanished in presencoof the thing, as all reading gops out of mind when you are in the author’s presence, i | dence of any* great Republican o i All was begun snew. The whole of ga Medimvalism seemed to be there. So th:erd‘,tfl FIRST VISIT TO A CASTLE seemed to bring him Into the_presence of Tvan- hoe. Froisaart was there. Everything wonder- ful and noble in chivalry had instant associa- tion with the place and with him. When le wemt into Comway Gase fle, and chmoed to the lofty place where only it had been eafe to have windows, it was like being on & Lorn of the moon, a frag. ment of a wandering star, so far removed did he seem to be from the life of the present time, The ivy-grown and embowered rnine of Ireland It is well to sce first, for one gets n whole im- E:fi“figOtX;def—h? Bpfi:o% the poet befors heis admire the i i and of ideality. enu}ma of architecture Quickly enough one is forced to begin __TO MAEE CHOICES of what he will scc, and what he will be content to lesve unseen. Ho had to make the choice one dey betweon Darwin and York M ster, and decided on the theory that the Mi stor would endure s while longer but Darwin might not. So, again, he had to choose between Tennyson and some picce of architectural art and went to meet Tennyson. 2 THE FULL GLORY OF THE CATHEDRAL ‘wag never revealed to him until he stood in that at Cologno; end he read a'short_extract from o Journal written on the epot, while the impres- sion was on him. He wrotg it there, becanse he felt that he must write or die; even if Lie wrote nothing more than one of Mother Goose's Melo- dies; writo something he must. At last he Inewa Cathedral. He could say, with Haw- thorne, it was his_only fulfilled ideal, but for that word ‘“only.” Then there was a bit of terse but benutiful description, ending with a reflection which, Mr. Higginson said, was indu- Dbiteble evidence of his New Englandism. ** What ‘wonderful strength it must have cost tho Re- formers to turn their backs on all this I Nothing that he saw of Art so haunted him ag THE WONDEREUL CARYED CREATURES at the top of Notro Damo. It wes hard to im- agine the Paris ho saw was tho Paris of ourread- ing. In spite of the fow blackened ruins, nothing in_ Paris seemed to bo conscious of the torrible tragedies which hed lately been enacted there, making tho world shudder,—nothing ex- copt those awful carved images of all strange crentures, silent, motionless, awful, all grasping tho railing and looking down over the city. How could any one feel safo ? In tho intoution and purpose of his trip, Hu- manity seemed to him a more desirablo objoct of study than Art. What surprised him, from the moment of landing in England, was, thut HE LOST IS NATIONALITY. He found he was among Englishmen still. After travelling across Lhe gog, iustend of finding a strange people, ie wns among just such people a8 hio Liad alway$ known. IIo never camo on tho track of that England which is so unlike America that it cen’t be known. It was not the England Emerson aud Hawthorne found. His Btay there was almost short enough to enable him to havo & theory, and, 5o far as it was formed, it explained thé phenomenon by suppos- ing that & change was coming over tho Euglish character. erican men and English men appear to be assimilating, The same was not true, or, atleast, not in the samo degree, of the other sex; ond of the men, it was truer of the Londoner than of other Englishmen. The conditions of jonrnal- ism, the hurry of the Underground “Rail- road, the competitions of business, are sharpen- ing the nervous gystem of the Londoners. At tho club, he-couldn't distinguish Englisimen {rom Americans. He was often mistaken for an Englishman, and himself mistake other Ameri- cans for Englishmen, and Englishmen for Ameri- cans, The fecling of kindness he exporienced was very pleasant, He was, on a few occasions, called to account far the exploits of his college scquaintanee, Bancroft Davis ; but he defended himself by declaring that Davis was never much in American public life, and got whatever diplo~ Tmatic treining be had in England. He encount- ercdnone of the traditional ungraciousness ar pugnacity, To be sure, a shadow would flit over the faco of some scquuintance when told that he was on the wrong side in the war, but it speedily vanished, and they could SHAKE HANDS ACROSS THE BLOODY CHASY. He was_introduced to a company at Oxford Univorsity ps an officer of the Confederate ser~ vice; but rhis young man who did it, when he learned the truth of the matter, said he did not desire to so introduco_him, a8 be himself sym- athized with the Union cause; but, having Peen fnformed, or misinformed, be. fiared of: fence might be taken if he iguored his services. Colonel Higginson told AN AMCSING INCIDENT of an interview withaSergeant of the Coldstream Guards, He met him in the Post Ofice of the town, and, desiring to visit & military garrison, mad somé inquiries of him, in the course o which it came out that he was_attached to the Guards, and the Colonel Eaid somo pleasant things about the historic schievements of that corps, After they guzed, le noticed that the Sergeant appeared desirops to spesk with him again, and gave him &n opportunity. He wants ed ta havo Colonel Higgineon understand that e wes not s fair specimen of the Guards. He wes not enlisted in the regiment, but transferred toit, and, #aid he, “I give you my word of honor I am the shortest mgn 1n the rogjment.” The anxiety of the Sergeant that the character of the regiment should mot suffer through him was of the essence of nobloness. His state- ment was true, and the fact that he forgot to montion was, tig his exceptional transfer toe the regiment was a special mark of honor for ex- traordinery services. ulUn the whole, he could agree with Hawthorne 8t ENGLISHMEN ere honest, kindly, conscientious people, less vivacions thau Americans, but have & certain siimplicity end steadiness to be respected. An Engligh crowd is unlike our own, but the differ- ence is not tp our sdvantage. The English crowd is moro stupid, and_good-natured, and easior to manage. He found the travelling man- ners of the people better than has been repree sented, and thought them quite as sogipl 98 Americans. Here, again, he thinks @ changeis manifest, and that :Fhe Englishman ia less ex- clusive than formerly. With Tespect to the “higher walks” of so- ciety,— _ . - THE NOBILITY, OR ARISTOCRACY.— it was his fortune to have small opportunity for close observation of their habits, compared with that some of our countrymen sppesr by their revelations to have had. ~When ha went to Lon- don, his first walk was to Carleton House’ Ter- race. Ho thought that would give him some idea of the magnificence of Royalty, and per- haps the scent of Prince Regents might han, round it still. He found it, and read on a boa attaclied to the premises this interesting notic ‘“For gale or to let for a term of yea Apply to —— ——, Auctioneer." He won- dered whether Buckingham Palace would not be disposed’ of ° before he could view it. Although sll Americans desire the es- tablishment of “a Republic ip England, they wish it postponed until after their nest trip. Tho aristocracy docs not appear so,_prominent a part of the wocial system es is supposed. "Tho distinguished member of the nobility whom it was most difiicult to find was Jeemes. Yellow= plush also was found with some difticulty. "The fact is, this class is diseppesring. There are, howaver, a fow footmen left, : TIE EQUIPAGES are a notable feature of aristacratic display. He used to think the display on the Avenue at Nev- port was the finest thing in the world ; but, 8f~ tor ho came home,' it looked shabby. As_this ‘was a confidential talk, he would venture to say Do had the some feeling on going sgaiu to the Boston Athenmum. There was very little to indicate, to eye or ear, the oxistence of + THE MONABCHY. ‘When he got Lhome, the was quickly reminded that our Chief Magistrate is & President. Some' people there supported the Monarchy because it avoided our vituperative election-contests. This argument had no weight with- him until he'got home. There is abundance of frank criticism of the Monarchy, ® Doubtless - this sentimental Monarchy is fast going,* bat* th 4 ovement or. pressire.. The forde isspenton intermediate questions. ‘A woman state as he thought. She'snid the Thtone was fit for & woman. How sny man can sustain himaelf on it, now remains to be seen, The same ladg |. e would'not'have a Republic without & privileg class a3 the conservators of culture and refine-: ment. ' The Colonel forcibly statdd his opinion that dgoud_ manners end_intellectual growth are not dependént upon #ny privileged tlass. . The great advanfage of England is 178 Wo: it y and especiglly i this true of Loadon. It stag- gors an American auther to see ‘Lot immensoly superior arg the facilitiés of the London author. We yun great risks in airing our heads before we know, what ia'ih the British Museum. ~Still, he never felt it’ was well to be far ‘out of America, or to ety aiway from it long.' But London incgleulable resourees in certain ions.” the clubs, for gxmile, it is man can be foind who cAn answer your quastion in gny departient of learning., Owing to thid cancantration of resources, a man in England can da_mare, and better work than in Amer- ica, He satténded a mesting of the Anthro- geological Society. The society was small. Its great weight and authority dopends on the mas- terly way in which it is marshaled and handled. thie situation truly, | almost always uneseap| o s little ovi- | HC, talent. | Robert Prlerly. | Melter Moss. o & came to the conclusion that probably he wasn't o great man of science, but was put In the place because of his supreme skill and- tact. At the conclusion of the meeting, he asked who the young man was, and was told it was SIR JOHX LUBBOCK. He is o Director of the Bank of Englaud, and Member of Parlizment, reprosenting the B: of En-thnd, and consequently compelled to bear a large share in its most exacting and im- gortn:t business; maneges a large mercantile usiness on his own account; and has already written several lesrned and laborious works. Thore i8 no city in America where & man could do such an amount and variety of work. In conclusion, the Colonel 8aid he remained clear in the conviction that certain traditions and theories ARE INEERITED 7O US, and among these that of preserving form as an art in literature. There ia 1o hesitation to pay proper tribute to what_Americans have accom- lished in literature. Itis not pretended that “England has, or has had lately, the peers of Emerson and Hawthorne in their own walks. Maywe not feel a glow of pride when we bave such tributes to our American art; when, forin- stance, it is known that.a man like Tyndsll has cnm;nittefl to memory all the poems of Emer- son This interesting talk, which was given with & spirit of deliciousness I have not caught, was Tollowed by A CONVERSATION, partly specnlativo, as to therelations of England end America, in which the ashes of old fires wero raked over somewhat unpleasantly; but I have cousidered it more profitable to report Colonel Higginson with reasonable fullness than to save spaco for what came after. HusBUD. AMUSEMENT REVIEW. THE DRAMA. In the goldon ago of Chicago, when conflegra~ tions were matters of casual intercst, and the reel estate within tho city wasnot all Leld in paswn for the splendid buildings that conceal it, four theatres so far transconded our needs that sovernl of them came within the category of lux- uries. Now seven dramatic tomples, so-styled, with groater or less claims to legitimacy, call in ‘unison npon our citizens to come and be amused. The responso to this comprehensive invitation is thus far not liberal in its charactor, unless upon special occasions. Beforo the fire, our dillefanles read the distribution of characters in delicately- sconted folios, popular es advertising media, and intercsting ss dopositorics Of vVen- erable witticisms, reproduced from the jestbooké of the last century. The era of perfumed programmea have returned. The perfumo has the old pungency, and the wit the gntique savor. The boy who dispenses the glasses, ironically called * achromatic,” through which you see, darkly, the actors upon the stage like trees walking, deftly thrusts one under your nose as you enter the beautiful auditorinum. The poet says: The smell of violets hidden in the green Poured back into my empty soul and framo The times when I remember to have been Joyful and free from blame. It is something like this with the program- mes. Althongh it is a great stretch of the im- agination to suppose that any one in Chicago ever could have been entirely ¢ free from blame,” the reminiscences excited are not un- pleasant. What if the odor is a strange combi- nation of printers’ ink, sassafras, and asatcetids, and you feel quite glad to see prominently on the principal page the name of the druggist who imparted it to the unoffending paper, that you may be warned, and purchase your millefleura elsewhera? You grasp it, sniff at if, and are epasmodically happy. The city, a8 it was af old, rises up before the imagination in all its beauty. You shake hands, so to spesk, with the dead past across the flery chasm. Scented pro- grammes camo_in again with Mr. Hooley and the *‘Three Hunchbacks.” Mr. McVicker fol- lowed, and we darc eay that at next Saturday’s matinees not an odorless programme will be offered to the patrons of any theajre in the city. The critic does not object to scented programmes. They are & barmless rose-water tribute to dramatic art, and can doubtless be rendered as fragrant as the goles that blow off the spicy shores of Arsby tho Blest. Nor is any great danger to be apprehended from o superfiuity of theatres, Hedged round this season by the peripatetic difficulties of the burnt district, some of them may show more empt{ seats then are agreeable to thrifty managers, but other seasons are com- ing. Fdwards is still with us, whose every effort in the direction of population is like a new genesis, and alargo percentago of the increase must be amused. The rural devotee of the drama is not the most intelligent suditor, it is true, but his dollar note is gs crisp, snd Fepre- sents as much realty as that of the blase admirer of tho stage, Itisof littlo consequence that he invarisbly laughs in the wrong place, applauds impertinently, and guys the actors from the gal- lery, so long 28 ha conceals the chairs from he view of the management. Mr. Boucicault says that formerly life was mcre’quiet than it ia now, and people went to the theatre ta be excit- ed, 'clovated, instructed; people live more ' fovered lives mow, and thoy go to the theatre simply for abstraction, and to pe amused. He has constructed his plays on this theors, andhas allowed nothing in them that would excite vio- lent emotion, or {ax the intellect, Our theatres during the past week hava boen managed on the plan of the prolific playwright, At two places of amusement we have had pantomime, af another burlesquo, whilo nono hsye pttempted enything more ambitious than soclaty plays or the emo- tiongl drama, Tho weather has continued fine, but the attendance, as has been intimated, has been light, with the exceptions specified below. M'VICKER'S THEATRE. & “Saratoga” has been played during tha week to audiences of fair size and average intelli- gence. The 2eting has shewn all the excellence that comes from many, répetitions, and has not been permitted to become carcless and slovenly. 5t the' last: To-morrow night will witness the, return of Maggie Mitchell to the Loards of Chi- eago: * Although tho company of the theatre is, abovo the averago in, sbility, and versatility, the, public will agres that the change to “‘stars™ Las not been made o moment too sqcn. Miss | Miteholl is an actress of fecognized merit, who, Plays toa wide constituency of admirers, and’ appedls always to the gentlest and "noblest feels ings of the humean heart. “She has ndver achieved greatness, but has met with eminent suceess in hek, proféssion. * Tho .fihg of the, weak vill be *Jano Eyre,” which will Do prcsented with the followin distribution of characters. AIEEX'S THEATRE. Mrs, Opfes closed hor engagement af Mx. Aiken's theatre last evoning, 5 large sudienca being present. Tho business of the week has not been uniformly escellont, but it bas com- - parod favorably with $hat dona ab tho’ other thi- atres of thacify, Tho bill until Friday conisted of Offenbacly’s fizstopers, *The Donnz of a Night,” and a Jight farcical operetia to piece out the entertaiument. The work of Offenbach's is 50 entertaining that wa &lmost wonder at its baving lmn so long per- dw. The lheroine is 3 sprightly and original character, thui broadens ab the tho last into the most decided burlesque, and is well suited to Mrs. Oates’ style of singing and aoting. Her acting Tetains all of its liveliness, and her singing is much improved. _With care- ful study, the little Iady may yet make her tpark in English-operas of tho lighter kind, Tho com- paby includes much, oxcellent matorial, but is not even in quality throughout,” Mr. Crane is onuble & an actor, and, Mr. Howson acts Dreiv sings Tonsona- ight ot displeasing os a singer. well, and sings f:fixly; 3r. - Lly well within thio Jimits of his voics, and the other,people have more or Jess vocal and mime- ALl of the Company. Show fam inrity with the vocg), score and the genera] bus . ness, but their relitions to, the orchestra are qqeasionallv suscéptible Gf improvemient, As a whole Mrs, Oatcs end partyare deserys ing of their popularity, and were nevex maore worthy "of ann{P(; than this ‘mensop, The #Tickat-of-Leave-Man” will ba given at the theatro this weelk, and wil] iuérofuce to the pib- o Mx. Aiken's ndy campany i2 the following cast. Grean Jones.. Huwstiay James Dalto Moy Edwa Mrs, Vrilloughiby. Emily" :._zvrggnn New and handscmg scenry, I nery, Lag been painted 2 Will 'B§ continued on the ig o8t of the week, - There 1 ‘ACADEHX orl aMUsIC. rocess of { insect world kndwn 0 naturaiiobe o O which is a godsend to the disaiples of Darwin. A portion of some lower organism scparatos i}.w, the ission,” itself from the parent animalcule, and forms an |, o1 independent individusl, new &nd complate, Tho presiding officer Was a young man, but his skill waa amirable. Colonel Higginson said he ‘“East Lynne” has been under; of fiagion, and the new produg ing the process 188 boen_on ima. | 8 5 .10, Q | o ballad concert, troupe, with which he | places in thia State, liko Elgin, Rockford, Au- . Yora, Oktaws, Johet, and others, with pro- | tleman of excellent musical taste and abilities, L the stage of the Acsdemy for s week, Weare not able to say that, viewed from all points, £715 botter or whme i e oly, bal it is different. ~The change is _sup- posed to have been made in the inter- eats of good taste and good morals, but such efforts, however praiseworthy, are of question- sble value. We all know that a recent version of ‘*Article 47" partially failed because of too great an infusion of morality. Few people care to see that which has an individaality of its own denaturalized, even in the cause of virtue. Mrs. -F. S. Chanfrau, & graceful and accomplished lady, and a good actress, assumed the part of the heroine, She is abducted from her husband’s house while in & fainting fit, and returns to it ten years afterwards, sweet-faced and lovely, in bacomé:’f gray hair, and a dove-colored alpaca. The children are represented, in the earlier scenes, as of tender years, but when, adolescent, are impersonated by two young ladies of the company. This is & pleasant innovation, and allows of some good acting on the part of Misses Wilson and Nelson who assume the later paris. An old school teacher is introduced, called Professor Dill, a character very well taken by Mr. Padget. Mrs. Carhart has a better oppor- tupity for character acting in the modified ver- gion, and appears to better advantage as a ven- erable female humanitarian. As to the central figure we cannot think it improved. Persous sho ere constitutionally fond of the emotional drsnia, prefor it with its pure unsdulterated sensationalism. They like its vigorous emotion, and its intense sion. They do not care to Dave their scenic immorality sugar-coated. Phe rendering of the dual character, Lady Isabel and Madame Mullon is, sweet, tender, womanly, and Bympathetic, but we miss from Mrs. Chanfran’s acting the rough vigor, and the more than femi- nine energy of Lucille Western, which seem in playslike ** East Lynne,” tohave amelodramatic approprinteness. Her acting is too natural for a Btyle of drama which lacks naturalness as its prevailing element. The dialogue of the piece 18 too often stilted, and although it is thereby ‘made in kosping with thesentiment, it has a ten- dency to offend in simply colloguial scenes. As Archibald Carlyle, and Sir Francis Levison, Mr. Maynard and Mr. Webster were unhappily placed, and made to appear more Stff and stagy than is their wont. A round of Eleasanb plays will be given this week, Until the Wednesday in matinee we are. to have ‘“Dors,” which Mrs. Chanfraw's better qualities will _be displayed; on TFriday night and Saturdey afternoon * Christie Johnstone,” aud on Saturday evening “King Rene’s Daugh- ter "and “A Sheepin Wolt's Clothing,”in both of which pieces Mrs. Chunfrau will be seen, and a one act comedy played for the especial benefit of Miss Alexander. JIYERS’ OPERA HOUSE. The performances of minstrel tronpes are not such as to call for widely varied criticism. The business has o _cortain unavoidable sameness when mentioned, althaugh_ it has s pleasing va- riety upon the stege, The little minstrel theatre on Monroe street is one of the most agreeable laces of publioc zesort in the city, - both becauss of the _ di- verting character of the entertainment offered thero, and the beuty of the building. The com- pany is now thoroughly organized by Mesers. Arlington, Cotton & Kemble, and is in_excellent working order. The quartetto is drilled with care, and the programme of the concert is nnex- ceptionable and highly amusing. The olio in- cludes & wide variety of comic pieces, many of them entirely new, and all of them having novel features, This week the programme will be changed throughout. The concert will include several ney ballads, and the olio will close with the laughable burlesque *John Sheppard and Joseph Blueskin,” which will be given with new dresses, scenery, music and stage effecis,- A mg\td:f season of burlesque will scon be inaug- urate musia., The musicel record of the week presents very 1ittlé of interest, being comprised mainly in two concerts which did come off, and two or three which didn’t. Mfr. Knopfel's concert, on Tues- day evening, was but thinly attended, and, from & mausical point of view, gave litile toremember, Mr. Knopfel, however, is none the less deserv- ing of oredit for an earnest, honest determina- tion to give a concert of & high order, and that he did not succeed in some particulars is owing more to the petty jealousies of some of the singers, rather than to his own shortcomings, Mr. Knopfel, however, is undsunted in his de- termination to continue his concerts, and later in the seaspn will give another, the material for which, we presume, will bé more carefully se- lected. The miscellaneous concert given on Friday evoning by several well-known singers, at the Leavitt Street Congregational Charch, complimentary to Afr. Coffin, the organist of the church, was 8 well-deserved testimonial to an excellent, E:inmnking player and singer. The concerts which did not come off wers those an- nounced for Thursday evening and Saturdsy afternqon and evening by the Varian Troupe, st Contral Hall. The canse was the fact that there was o sale at the box-office ; the result was o choice company of small creditors. It is & consolation that the concerts would have added but little to the musical intorest of the season, and can therefore be spared without re- gret. The present week will not bo burden- dome in its demands upon the concert-going public, Tho main feature of interest is the Bar- nsbee concerts, which occur on Monday end Thursday evenings at tha Union Park Cungreg;— tional Church, The {roupa comprises Mrs. H. M, Smith, the Boston soprano, Miss Clark, contralto, Mr, Fessenden, tenor, Mr. Barnabze, basso, and Mr, Arbuckle, the cornet soloist. ‘These artists are all well known to conzert-goers, having, with the exception of Misa Clark, ap- peared hers on several occagions, and we shall not go far out of the way in asserting thay their concerts will be, very enjoyable in & popular sense. . The Qormania Maennerchor will give its second gveaing concert this “evning at Orphens Hall, cornier of Lake and Pooris streets. These gath- erings, which ard both social ard mausical in character, e of- & very Sleumt nature, and in the prouant excited condition of esthetics and Gominetlichkeit therq will undoubtedly be s large attendance, he ‘second o7 Mr Fall's organ recitals will bo given this afternoon at the Third Unitarian Chureh, corner of Moazoe and Laflin streets, commencing at half-past 3 o'clock. As will bs seen by the 'gr ramme, which is annexed, Mrs. 0. L. Fox, the favorite soprano, who has been absent in Boston for two or three years, hss re- tined to the oity, 8nd, as_this is her frst ap- pearance, there will undoubtedly be a large as- semblage of ber o]ld admirers to hear her. The, following is the programme : # 1, Toceata and Fugue..... .. 2, %I know that my Redeemerliveth,” Mrs. 0. L, Fox, {n. Cradla Song ........ 3+ b, March Funebre 4, “Faith and Hope.”, rs. 5. Selections from “ La Fille 6. “1fy Nannie's Ak, 7. Overture to #Oberon.’ Tha first Matinee Musicale of s_sories to be given at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, 938 Indiana_avenue, corner of Twantleth streef, under tha auspices of Mr. Goldbeck, will take placa on Menday afternocn, Oct. 28, commenc- ing at 3 o'clock, with the following programmo y .- PART I, 1. Duo-piano, ¥Hommage a Handsl”, as6rs, Ledochowski and Gol 2, Somate Pathetiqu 3, Song, “Liebeswoun R me(i_‘soé.i;xn. 4, Piano, e leuses i Intchman) ! A, Tedochonsia, e . TART I 8, Invitation to the Dance. . 3ir. Gold] Tebe 6. Song, “Ia Fioraja .. +...Bevignanl 7, Blano, Eighth Palonaise, AT, Led Ir. 8, Dnio-piano, ““Eake Mahopac e Todochowail zhd The yegular Turner Hajl concert oceurs as ngnal this afternoon at 3a'clock, with the fol- lowing programme ; 1. “Front” Marchi. 2. Overture to W¥elra¥, 3, Waltzo=ttArtists’ Life" 4, Tigl—“The Evening Bells”.. 5, “Young America Polka”—Sol G.' “Bellons War Pictures? 7, Fantasiq. from “The High Aips 8, Ovexéaxo to “Der. Frieschuetz”, 9, Polpourr from “Fra Diavalo”. o lnl!.e—', “Flowers of the Danube’ AIr. Silas G. Pratt, the pianist, has orgsnized roposes to capture the provinces this winter. },iis Pplan is to, give one concert a week in leading . musical fimesfi?.‘!fis up of choice popular selections. 2 organizing his troupe he has chosen singers with rara good taste. Mr. C, H. Brittan, a gen- will be the tenor. Miss Haskell, a rising young singor, whois rgpidly making a high reputation, the soprang, and Mrs. Johuson, of the Grace Chureh Choir, who,has for years been a favorite m, #his_ city, the contralto, Mr. Pratt hitself supplying the piano numbers. We can assure tonote. The October number of the Song Mes~ senger, published by Root & Cady, has reached us. The leading editorizl paper is a very excel- lent Jesson on the manner of studying Beet- hoven. The miscellaneous matter 1s well selected, embracing both. musical informatio: gentiment, and humor, and the reserve of music: intelligence is yery fyll. The music published in this number 18 & song, * Whisgering of the Pine,” by S. W. Straubs; - The Sparkling Billow,” for piano, by A. E. Wimmerstedt; and & song by H. Millard, called * The By and By."" Brainard's Musical World for October, pub~ lished in Cleveland, has come out in an entire new dress, and looks very lizndsomely. The contents embrace an excellent variety of miscels lany, some pointed_editorials, and & thorough review of mausical doings in this country and elsewhere, The music in this number, how- ever, is of the cheapest possible description. Why will the publishers of musical magazines £ill their pages with trash when good music is so ensily attainable? Our own publishers are'not free from the same fanlt. There is room for great improvement in this respect in Chicago as well as Cleveland. Professor Ritter, of New York, will issue his second volume of the ¢ History'of Music” this winter. It includes, smong other subjects, lec- tures on the serious opers, the comic opera, and instrumental music to the present day, with s critical resume of the whole field of musical lit- erature, and a catalogne of the best works that have been written on the subject in the princi~ pal European languages. e Dexter Smith, of Boston, is writing a work, which is nearly ready for the press, called *Tha Songs and Song-Writers of America.” The London Choir is ?nblish.ing a translation’ of Robert Schumann’s ** Childhood, Youth, and Student Life.” Why do not some of the Ameri= can masical publications do the same thing ? ur {riends in the country thet they can expect some excellent comm;r.v this winter from this combination,_ , +In the Way of musical literature, there is little VAUDEVILLE' AND PANTOMIME. The patronage givento the Globe Theatrs, when it first began tho vandeville business, it still retains. With the classesof pecple to whom it directly appeals ifs popularity eons tinues unabated. It still keeps its ballet, ‘which may be numbered among the best in the country employed at variety theatres. Misa Betty Remmelsburg and the coryphees appear in the grand military divertissement, * Les Filles du Regmument,” last week presented, and in the “ Garnival of Venice,” which is snnounced ss new and _exceptionally entertsining. Miss Jennie Gilmer, who perhaps surpesses any vocalist who has hitherto appeared im Mesers, Wood 2nd Sinn’s Company, wilk remain and continme to gi ballads, which always find admirers. Guion, Collier, Richmond, McSorley, Nelson, and Gard- ner will divide the comedy business, and bear off whatever honors can be echieved in their special lines of charscter. Family matinees be given, as usual, on:Wednesdsy snd Saturday afternoons, HOOLEY'S OPERA EOUSE. The business of the opening week 2t Mr. Hooley’s new theatre has been uniformly good, ‘The house was crowded on Monday night, and succeeding evenings have witnessed scarcely any diminution in numbers. The Abbott Panto= ‘mime Company, with_the Kiralfy Troupe, form a very strong combination, and the enter~ tainment during the past week has beem unique and satiractivo, The attendance haa not been entirely owing to the excellence of tha performance, for the place is handsome, and many are nhifleummg toseeif. As fo the pan~ tomime, not much can be eaid that cannot be said of all pantomimes. The tricks and trans- formations have bean the stock in trade of all pantomimes for centuries. New divertissements can only be introduced in the way of specialties foreign to the main argument, such a8 singing, dancing, and various feats of skill. The dances of the Riralfys are unique, rather than beautifal, although théy partake of both qualities. Tha ‘ballet 1s accustomed to mutusl action, is hand- somely dressed, and effective. _The *Cat Duet™ is not much in a voeal point of view, but it is sbsurdly amusing. The Tyrolean music, the playing upon rocks, and various other peculiarities introduced, have, most of them, themarit of novelty, and contzibe ute to a satisfactory result. Mr. Hooley- haa every reason to congratulate himself upon the success of his inangural week.- The bill will rae main unchanged as regards important particu~ lars during the coming week. NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE. There has been a highly successful week of pantomime at Nixow's Amphitheatre. This could hardly have been otherwise-with Maffitt aa the clown, Bartholsomew as the pantaloon, anda company 5o well trained, and 80 long accustomed to acting together. “Flick and Flock,” whick proved to be s spoechless play of infinite diver= sion, has been withdrawn, and its place will be m%zphed by ‘“Jack and Jill” a piece no better, perheps, but better known. The Bams performers will play the egame inevitabla parts. New costumes, new scenes, and some anustal business is promised, among which wa may enumerate the St. Felix Troupe, Willia _Cobb and his,trained animels, Prof. Rogers and ‘his pupils, the Garnells Children, and acrobatia and juggling feats. A ROMANCE OF NEWPORT. T walked by moonlight on the shora Where Newport’s ramparts® riso; Tho Dolly Varden dress she wore, And she bad lovoly eges, - But stay : T haven’t mentioned yet . That ““sho” was some one that I met, Ter hair was yellow as the gold, Her cheek was liko the rose, And poetry can ne'er unfold The graces of her nose— The Muse adutits it with a shrug, Bhe has no simile for “ pug.” 1 met her, s Isaid before, Where Newport's rampartst rise; We met by moonlight on_the shorc— "T'was night, 35 yow'll surmise, Becguse you in o general way Don’t meet with mobnlight much by day. Bhe didn’t spesk. We never apake. e ne'er shall speak again. N, smile not ! this is not a joke— T étate the fact with pain. Wed ne'er been introduced, and 5o ‘There was an end of it, y0u know. "Tis ever 50, sud such islife, As overy one allows, And I was walking with my wife, And she ws with her spouse 2 Hler spouse tho butcher, Who—the thief— ‘Asks fifty cents a pound for beef. And T can but observe once more, Where Newport’s rampartst rise, T strolled by moonlight on the shore, And met my butcher's eyes; AndT thought then—T think s still—m T had ot paid my butcher's bill, * I never saw any ramparts at Newpart, but it sounds Deautiful. 1 See Iast note, 3 Vido note to first verse. —_— A Movel Surgical Operation. A correspondent, writing from Rome to a Lons don_puper, ssye: “Tho other mofning, an - Baglishran, with a florid face and white whiske ers, was Teturning to Rome on his horse, aftel taldng a ride in the neighborhood of the Ports Ria. In crossing the Via Felice, the horss, un- Tortunately, stumbled and fell. The animalrose unhurt, buk the genflemun had dislocated his knee by the fall. Several persons ran to his as. sistance and cerried him t0 a honse. The faces of tha bystanders were full of alarm and pity, while that of the brave Englishman remained unmoved; his cheeks were as fresh and his looke as’calm as before the accident. A soon as thej had seated him in an arm-chair he began to feel his knee cerefully. *Shall wo send for a doctor they asked. ‘Oh, no. Istherea carpenterneay here?” heasked. *Yes, there is one closs by.' ¢Be 80 kind 23 to help me to go to him.' Hal{ Jaughing, half inclined to think he was insane, twa young men took him to the joiners onco " more seated, he asked for & sheet and rolled it round .his leg. Then, aftes once more feeling the knee-joint, he putitin # scraw-vice and, told the joiner to tighten it pru- dently. At first with some hesitation, and afs terward encouraged by the composure and the, anthoritative manner of the foreigner, the man; did as he was told, 2nd tightened the screw slow. ly, while the patient made the most singular grimaces, till at last he called out *Enough!* and tossing a crown to the carpenter, got on hit horse and galloped away, leaving the bystanders convulsed with laughter at this singular chirum gical operation.” A —_— “The Standards Taken by Napoleon 1. The French newspaper Uniters has remarked that as the trophies of the wars of Napoleon X, are not to be seen at the Invalides, they hawe probably been restored to the Germavs. In Teply to this tho Paris correspondent of tht \Independence Belge writes that on the night of, ‘the 30th of March, 1814, the 1,500 or 1,600 banw ners which then hung under tho dome of tho Invalides were taken down and formed into & pile in. the court-yard. The banners, with their lances, surmounted by Russian, Prussian, and Austrian eagles, werg Bet on fire, and pon them ere thrown othen trophies, such:as the sword and regal insigni of Fredorick the Great. The ashes of this pile were soon swept up and_thrown iuto the Seine. Next day, when, attor the entry of she allies, 3 Russian officer came to see the bapners, General Darmaud showed him the placo where they had been, and told him.they had keen burned on ths ‘provious night.