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- 1o CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER i, 187%. -~ »ENGLISH FORTRAITS: Thomas Carlyle---The Retirement of thie Rev. Jamos Hartineau, William Gifford Palgrave---A Convert Re-converted. Attorniey General Coleridge and Solicitor General Jessel. The Kew Lord Chancellor---Sir Roundcll Palmer as a Lawyer, a Church~ iman, and an Author. Frem Our Own Correspondent. Loxvoy, Nov. 7, 182 THOMAS CARLYLE. Mr. Thomas Carlyle.is more disgusted With his cotniry than ever. England is given UD: e asserts, to shoms and to monntebanks. Ho ® can scarcely contain himself in speaking of r.\'m Perliament and of the political chiefs. Ever in his sansr days, he was never an admirer of con- stitutional government, and it is scarcely 0o ouch to asy that he raves at it now. Germany slone proswents any promise. Carlylo pants for stern ralere,—for the weakest going to the wall. He may bo seen sometimes, walking in thePark, literally ehe, ¥ding tears over the imagined woes of this senti imentally-govorned land. His com- penion is nsuwlly Mr. Allingham, the poet, who holds an apjwintment in the Customs, and whko is nottoo neawh of an Irishmen for Mr. Car- I5le's tolerance. Towrards Americans, personally, Carlylo contitmes to manifest patienco. Ha tas been fear fully borad by them, and, if he has seen the narr:ptives some of their number 1§nw published, he must have beld decided opirions 25 to tho tast b of the transgressors, One would like to sce the: mecting between Mr. Carlyle and 1Mr. Emerson,.if tho iatter carries out his inten- tion of visitirgg Englend. Whon Mr. Emerson was here in 1528, I sxw them together repeated- Iy. Alr. Carlyie was tho first to introduce Emer- son to English readors; and, thongh the charac- ter of their ‘philosopby is so different, the friendship betwcen themhas mever, I believe, ‘beea interruptad. e TIE TREV. JAMES MARTINEAT. . The retiroment from the miniatry of the Rer. . James Msrtinea.n is 3 source of regret to all who Enow his writimgs or who have listened to his discourses. 'Tliere doos not exist on this conti- nent a religioms teacher of any sect who can comperoe witi:, him for deep spiritual insight and for exguisite command of “_s-:‘:atic expression. o one who h]: L!si‘shetfl hlm‘-a' L ever ffiat;fls experience, SpAr 2 3 hin Tace; his oagle o5 T his prophet look, mark kim ont froip the multitude of men; and the closest acqueintancoship confirms the early impres pion. In conversation with Jomes Idarth romu, everything mean or little falls’ awoy. D fen instinctively feel themselves in the presenc: 1 of 2 nsture which breathes only in the purest sir. He changes the moral and mentel atmos) jhere. I deeply deplore fo add that failing her Eth is the caasa of his resignation. I fear that he v pll not bave an opportunity now of visiting the Dnited States, where ho is 0 well Imown end so_fully sppreciated. He hopes to continue his ]pciures to jhe sindenis at the ‘Theological Col fege to which hs is attsched ; and whatevar leiswite he may have jve trust will ba Jevoted, if his 1 reakth allows, to the consolidation of his numerou 5 unpublished esseys into & solid work. Mr. Ma:tinean is 67 years old. Hid sis- ter, Harriet Masinean, Is three years older. She 10 longer writess for the press, but her interesé in passing affairsig vivid and ective. : A CO.NVERT RE-CONVERTED, Not many yerrs 8go, travellers in the East ‘brought some cerious accounts of the preaching of a fanatical monk,—an English 'S i niversity man who had hacame & Jesuit priest, and whose Fassionate appedls had ‘broken throngh the sto- idity of the 8, and bad amazed the passing European. This indefatigable son of the Churc of Bome is now & married man in London, with 4wo or three children, and is a contributor tothe Jesding reviews nod magazines, The transfor- mation of Fathwor Palgrave into Mr. William Gifford Palgreve, author of Essays on Eastern Questions,” and an_gcquisition to & dnwiilg- Toom party, is ome of the oddest I know. 3Mr. Palerave gives fourteen distinct species of ‘the Eastern Christien geuus, each distinct from, and each antagomstic to, the other, andof them all he writes with great severity. Ho ar- gues that, did nob the ometans in general, 2nd the ks more especielly, believo t the Fastern Christien population i8 the chosen field of Europesn intrigne,—the door always open for European interfarence ; and did they, and could ther. look on the Christians simply 8 subjects of the Empire, differing from themselves in form of belief only, devoted and loyal in all be- sides,—the Christians of the East wounld take Tunk among the most favored subjects of the Porte, from Constantinople to Bagdad. But Mr. Palgrave has wandered o far from his late faith that he says, in another essay, I find, or seem fo find, that Mabometaniem, the mesrest ap- Proech made by any set creed to what is called natural religion,’ heas parhaps, on the whole, less tendency than any system I am yetsce Qusinted with, to cramp end thwart the innato «excellence of humaxn nature.” THE ATTOENEY GENERAL, The news comes that tho Atforney General “has refnsed the postof Judge in the Divorco Court, and some people are eurprised. It is trme that Sir J. D. Coleridge, although 8 pleas- ant and an effcetive speaker, has not made much oy in the House of Commons; stitl, he would Eacrifice @ great deal in retiring to the Bench. One of the mokt eminent of English_counsel, who has fwice refused s Judgeship, eaid to me, the other day, tast he could not bring himself to Tonke tho change. As a counsel, he enjoyed tho society of his colieagues at the Ber. He had the best of opportunities for the delivery of stirring 2adrestes. His namo was in the people's Inonthe,zad howas ¢arninga largeincome. “Tobe =2 Jrdge,” be said, “isto belost. Youmare too highup, Nobody is_genuino with you. Thero 3s°no scopo for displsy, and you get a good “dcalless monoy.” This is all perfectly true as fares it gees t, fo the majority of men, 2. Judgeskip will always lhave advantages of its own. However, Sir J. D. Coleridgo would kavo ditte Toom for the cxerciss of his florid pow- -ers when on the Bench, ead I think tho Divorce Cout, of all places, it the ono tue most to be sbhorred. The details which day after day oro Dic.cod to tho Judge's seratiny ; the eviderce, which is so gross thet no journal thinks of re- porting it,—these mi congtitute a villainous employment for a decently-minded man, Bir J. D. Coleridga is, or certainly was, & High Chiurchman, and probably, like Mr. Glad- Tis outertaned. i his Je¥,conscientions objections to a_divorco; bub ke Las outlived those notions. Jeanwhile, as to his refucal of he Jndgeship, the Government can hardly re- {Gret i, for if the Attorney General goos on tho udicial Bench, the Solicitor Gereral becoracs Attorney General; and_the exchango, under fpresent circumstances, is held as considerably for the woree. Xr. Jesscl does not furnish en illustration of Afr. Diracli's ergument, that the Caucasien race supply the finest rulers of men. EIr. Jessel is o Jow in Tace andin roligion, but he is o distinet failare in Parliament, - Setting 1is face against all reform in the van, he &t onco cased the grest body of Liberel members, exhibited his_own unfitness for a re- n eponsible post. He is clever enough st the Tar; ‘but, in the ouse of Com- mores, he exciles most ettention by his want of polish, by his omission or impropor use of the letter “*h,” and by & genersl coarseness .of style. No friend of the Government cares to gec bim cppointed the chief low ofiicer of the Crovwn. ot & far more Imporiant man than either of the foregoing 18 ‘THE NEW LORD CHANCELLOR. The clevation of Sir Roundell Palmer to the highest honor in his profeseion is a formal an- “nouncement that Mr. Gladstono bLes mo inten- “tion of attempting to reform the Church Estab- Jichment, or of secularizing the national educa- tion. Sir Roundell Palmer—now Lord Selborne —is nothing if not a Churchmen. Witk many wirtues, he 13 scorcely a robust politician, and & sincerely Radical administrator would prefer a dess ;e:{cct man, if he wero a better politician. “ord Selborno hae appeared in publia on three o four oceasions sinco arrivieg at his new dig- xity, and cach timo he hus used tho languago “which_this life_only w~hich the writers for ths Religious Tract Bociety put into the mouths of their model characters. A gravo, elderly man, of subdued £nd even melancholy appearance, blessed witha marvellons_command of lenguzge, and with & clear, musical voice, which 18 at time almost Zeminino in it special characteristics, Lord Belborne pleascs the serions classes, Tho soft~ nees of his voice is not, indeed, the only fem- inine characteristio about him, for his admirers allow that there is much that is womanly in his temper and character,—even his deep reverence for religion belonging rather to the woman than 10 the man. His success was surprising. There wag no one at the Chancery Dar who com- manded so larga a practice, and fabulous stories aro told of the amount og ml?is fe:e which had to be paid in order to_zectr TVices, and of hisptot.a.l income, Ihave heard £30,000 ‘pamed as within the limit. _Clients sppeared to 1abor ander the belief that their cases were more certain of success in Sir Roundell Palmer’s hands than in those of any other man, It was difficult for the ontsider, who strolled into one of the hot little courts in the neighborhood of Chancery Lane, whera the new Lord Chancellor mmo’i to understand altogether the cause of is remarkable d)flp\flmt 88 a counsel, He has s graceful and fluent style of spenking, but can Dardly bo called impresaive, and even becomes, in course of time, monotonous. He has, more- over, such & gnwa} of uttering words that he cen involve the simplest point of lawin a haze of langusge which will effectually conceal it from sll but the keenest of intellects. It is upon Tecord that,on one occasion, Sir Roundell, having Deen addressing s certain learned Jodge, with- out & pause, from 10 in the morning until 2 in {he afternoon, and being siill appurently as far from an end of his speaking as over, was inter- rupted by the Court with the words, “It would bea t assistance to us, Sir Roundell, if you would state what your point is.” Some peopls masy be inclined to think that the man who could T2t for four hours without enlightening his au- dience as to the special point at which he wished to errive, must of necessity be a man of inferior intellectual capacity. The contrary, howover, is the case. No man can be clearer or more con- cise than Sir Roundell Palmer when it is neces- sary to be soj; but the reader will understand that there are times when the ability of coun- sel to hide the real point of a case beneath volumes of words is of the highest value to Lis _clients. Not contented with his tremendous labors in Court, and with his_political work, Lord Sel- borne engaged in varions literary pursuits. One of the most earncst of living Churchmen, he has in many ways shown his devotion to the Church of England, and has mado many secrifices on her behelf. Xt is but a short time since he bought an estate in a plessant district in the South of England, for the purposo of erecting & residence for himself upon it; but, finding that a church was needed for the district in which the estato is situated, he proceeded to build ons be- foreheallowedasinglestone of his own housstobe reared. But it is in his literary work that he is ‘most popularly identified with the causc of reli- gion.” His “Book of Praisc” is widely known 26 8 valuable collection of hymuos. It is struse, indeed, to see such a work prepared under the care of such o man, and, among tho ‘ curiositics of litorature " with which posterity will interest iteelf, will bethe spectacle presented by the grest chancery barrister and the eminent mem- ber of Parliament carefully weighing the rival merits of hymns by Watts, and Wesley, and Top- Iady, apd comparing them with scrupulous ex- sctness. The traditions associated with the greet men of fovmer days, whose fame still clings to Lincoln’s Inn and Westminster, ore hardly, it has been observed, traditions which | Dond' &ny intimato connection with hymnology, We shall see how, as a Peer, ho bears- the frigid atmosphere of the Upper House. el e U8 SELECTIONS, BY DUFF PORTER. Just asmuch as a poople falls short of porfec- tion inits state, will it lack of truth in its be- liefs. —Blested is the heart from which all the sore- ness is drawn ont by the soft hand of a bsbe. —Pain is in some wise the artist of the world which creates us, fashions us, sculptures us, with the fino edge of & pitiless chisel. —Dreams are_ only the chaos of our thoughts, but ont of the world's chaos came living light and solid land. —Faith is always proving itself wiser than doubt. —No man can be sure_that a falsehood will prevent ovil or secure good. pirit which has no form has not yet come into being. —Everywhere in the dear Father's creation, the dominant tendencies are to good. —Giving is love in motion. —Genius unexerted isno more genius then & ‘bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks. —Out of the heart mellowed by grief grows the choiceat wheat or the ranicst tares. % —Hopo lives forever, but her clildren die one ¥ one. - —The world is neverso drowned but some Littlo ark swims on the waters' top with o treas- ury of new blossedness. i —Whatis now celled womanis an eminently ar- tificial thing, the resnlt of forced repression in some directions, unnatural stimulation in others —True femininity isnot weakness; it is a finer strength. When men recognize this,as thoy must, they will cease to eneer at it in woman, or to be ashamed of it in man. . —Strength and comfort come to desolate hearts just in_proportion as thoy are abls to forget ‘themselves and live for others. —What are Raphael's Madomna's but the shadow of & mother's love fixed in pormanent outline forever? p i —A solitary being seems like o very small unit in the universe, in the preseace of some vast, eternal mountain. —Afan in his emb o_stato is but an atom f-develops, snd whose destinies ate endless as they are grent. ~The stagnetism _or decline of & peoplo dates g‘om the desecration of ‘marriage a3 an institu- on. —The plebeian Jacob cheated and wrestled for bis blessing; but Abreham waited patiently un- til the evening, and the gods came and abode with him. —With time and patience the mulberry-leaf becomes satin, What difiiculty is thero at which aman should quail whep & poor worm can sc- complish s0 much from the lesf of & mulberry ? T low ensy tosee that the Divine caro is bere, tending the white flocks of flowers which pick out their pasturage among the clefts. —If that marvellons microcosm, man, with all the costly cargo of his faculties and powers, rere indeed a rich argosy, fitted out and freight- ed only for a shipwreck and destruction, who would tolerate the present from a hope of the future ? X —That which tempts men to commit so many ‘misdemennors and petty crimes is the fact that the probabilities are that they will get whatever good there may be in the commission of the Crime, and escape the penalty. —Germination includes the hatching of & me- teor and the tapping of a swallow’s bill breaking tho egg, and it leads forward the birth of an ecrihworm and tho advent of Socrates. pride Swallowing Pennies. If a child swallows & penny should nob some urgative be given at once to ospel it? No. It 13 very raro that any harm comes in guch cases but there is moro danger when a_purgative i given than when not given. We havo hed occa- Fion to_observe this meny times, and no doubt others bave, Tho firet thought of most parents, after a child has swallowed some insoluble sub- stance, is to give physic. This stimulates the bowels, inducing contraction, which, in some in- stonces is daugerous, and g0 eoftens the fecal matter thet the penny is moro likely to be en- tangled or lodged in the folds of the intcetines, in whicl case grest dunger may result. It is far better {or the child to_eat freoly of such food a5 shell produco s largo fecal formation to earround tho insoluble substance, in which case tho danger is very slight. e once knew a child to swallow o key an inch and a half long, which passed through tho body in forty-eight hours Vithont herm. On tho other hand, we have Ynown o cherry stone to produce desth and gropo sceds to produco_sorious intestinal dis- Grders. Children should_carly bo tsught to uso coro and pracontion in what thoy tako into their stomachs. Still, tho accidental swallowing of insolubls subsiances, 1f not lerge, ehould never Icad o tho unwise prectice of trying to phiysic it away. The reason why there is little danger when no physic is used 16 because the thick Lin- ing membrane of tho bowels and the fecal mat~ teraround_the foreign body prevent entangle- ment, and bear it on till expolied.—Herald of Health. Atmospheric Influzences on Lunacye. A vory interesting paper on_the meteorologi- gal facts of insanity appesrs in connection with the recent annual report of the Brighton (Eng.) Lunatic Asylum, _According to thisreport, thero is very little difference to bo discovered in {)nfiema‘ fits between the average number for hose days on which the moon's changes oceur and for thedays composing -the restof the month, and what little diffcrence tlere is in favor of the dsyson which no such change occurs. An osamination, however, of moro than 200 accessions of fits showed that, with fiye ex- ceptions, they were preceded or accompanied by considerable alteration in atmospheric pressure or solar radiation, or both. The legitimato in- ference, thercfors, after all, is, that it is not tha ‘moon which directly aifects tho epileptic patients, but the chaoges of westher; and_that it is the coincidence which nob unfrequently occurs of & change of wenther with a change of moon which has 16d the popular mind into the notion of tho gmon affecting both the weather and the epilep- ics. THEOLOGIC THOUGHT. Sermons by the Rev. Horace Bushnell ==-Jiis Theory of the LAtonement, Sermons by the Rev. H. R. Haweis-- Views of an English Broad- Churchman. SERMONS ON LIVING SUBJECTS. By Homice . Busunert. New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. Chicago: W. B. Keen & Cooke. The venerable Dr. Bushnell, who has just completed his 70th year, has long been known as asource of almost poetic inspiratiom and of spiritual lifeto twogenerations. Solongago1849, he was tried ecclesiastically for heresies said to be uttered in & work on *God in Christ.” The re- sult was an acquittal of the intrepid thinker, and a deoper growth in the Church of “the spiritual liberty for which he battled. In 1851, he pub- lished *Christian Theology,” in which he re- asserted and reinforced his claim for emancipation of modern religious thought from the thraldom of mere dog- ma,—the coat of mail and balberd of antiquated scholastic warfare, and unfit for the freer movements of later controversy. In 1858, * Nature and the Supernatural” appeared, in which hia views were most aptly presented. Another well-known work is his treatise on ¢ The Vicarious Sacrifice,” which treats pecu- Jiarly of his theory of the Atonement, This lat- ter theory is repeated in the prosent volume, and gives an insight into Dr. Bushnell’s habits of thought. He views Christ as the Divine Father's image. If wowill but look straightly and purely therein, we may be_ changed into the same like- ness, the fourth sermon of this volume, he 5238 : But T seriously doubt whether the moro strictly proper matior of our Gospel is capable of any such thing. - For it lies in sentiment wholly, in what goes to ‘make impression by expression,—in_1ove, in purity in Divine beauty, in orrow, in sulfering well and wisely, Conceive what 3 person may impress, and do, snd b in thie phases-of o tragically great life, and how far of Weare from S0 much s imegining fhe possibility of ‘propositionizing thaman, Besides, what is Christ, in Tis person, but God's own formulization of Himsdlfs i.c,not the statement, but theimage of Himself? ‘Whiat less than very bold jrroverence, then, can it be {o substituto the revelation-form or faca of God Dy any so prosy thing os o formuls in words. And {he more evidently 15 ihis truo that oll that Christ was ond_did, is summed up in character and fesling, Perbaps we make up an account of Christ, or of what He has done, which is like this: God is just, and must bo; therefore He could not forgive sin with: out first satis{ying his justice by some expiation, or maling amends to His government by some exhibition equiralent to the cxecution of penalty; Ho therefore ok from itis Son and His suffering cioss what was justly due from us, and we uro released, or rather Justiflod. Is it, then, possible, T would ask for any human creaturs to read over this mortally dry record, this mere pils of bricks, and not miss something most dear, in hearing him tafk, and looking in his face, and going with him out into Gelheemane and up to Pilate's Dall of judgment? Again, he says: The thing we most want {s what we miss or lose out in toiling after theso cxpected vanities, namely, n Di- ~ine light in gouls, tho light of the knowledge of tho glory of God insuch power 5s to light up faccs. Come ‘What will of preaching, or come not what will Hot, the and law of Christion power goes with faces. 'Tho mex 1s nothing now, any more than it was ot the first, unless it is reincarnated and keps incarnate. It ‘must gt expresaion, not through tongues ud prope- sitional wisdom, ond the clatter of much argument, but_through llving persons, scenin ull {he phosos of the better life they lead, The real eermons are the great pure feelings, the generosities of holy sacri- fice, the patience, the abiding with Christ in His sor- Tows, the worship of hunility. By these cvery beat preacher will preach his best; by these every humblest, nost downtrodden béllever will ‘be tho best preacher. Into this ficld, then, one sndall, God bids us to com, and roceivo tho power from on high which comeon tho first disciples, and which comes on'all when the light of the knowledge of the glory of God shines in their foces and irradiates their persons, More briefly, gent:ine good living is the Gospel, and that ot because the man lives wall as for himsclf, but be- cauze hie Lices,—born into Life from above, The twenty sermons here given ns_are under the following topies : Mary, the Mother of Je- sus ; Loying God is Bui Letting God Love Us ; Feet and Wings; The Goapel of the Fall; Tho Completing of the Soul ; Tho Immediate Knowl- edgeof God; Religious Nature ond Religious Character ; The Property Right We Areto Get in Souls; The Dissolving of Doubts; Clrist Regencrafes Even tho Desires; A Single Trial Beiter Than Many; Self-Examination’ Exam- ined; How to Be a Christian in Trade; In and Vy Things Tamnors! Are Given Things Eternal ; God Organizing in tho Church s Etarnal So- coty; Routine Obeorvence Indispensablo; Our Advantage in Being Tinite; Outside Saints; Free to Amusements, and Too Iree to Wank Them; Tho Military Discipline; The Corona- tion of the Lamb; and Our Relations to Christ in the Future Life, SERMONS. By the Rev, I, R, Hawzss, 3L A, New York; Holt & Williams, Chicago: Cobb, Andrews &Co These *thoughts for the times™ consist of ghort-hand reports of cxtempors ormons by Mr. Haweis, an Eoglish clorgymen of tho Establighed Chburch, and & Popu- Ior preachor of the ‘liberal views of what is kmown as the Broad Church. There aro in this volume fourtcen discourses concem% the followizg eight subjects: On the Libers Olergy; On the Idea and Scicnce of God; Christianity, Its Ethics and Character; The Es- gence and Doctrine of the Bible; The Articlesof Faith of tho Church; Worship and Preaching ; Life and Pleasuro; Bacrifico; end the Law of Progress. Theso aro old questions, bub Mr, Huwels brings to their clucidation a fresh spirit of untrammelled thinking, and the new light of ‘modern scientific and religions inquiry. How- ever far the Church of England may have pur- gued its policy of political persecution, it has uniformly beon tolerant of religious_differonces of opinion within its own borders. Of this free- dom, tho present volumo is en instanco. Mr. Haweis preeches with the unrestrained Jiberality of our own Beecher, whom ho sac- knowledges as in meny things his gunide. In his profaco, Mr. Haweis statea himself undor obliga- tione, for thoughts, theorics, illustrations, and facts) to Fronde; Herbert Spencer, Matthow ‘Arnold, Lecky, Emanuel Deutsch, Dr. Hessey, &nd Henry Ward Beecher. =t i “His first sermon defines his position, and gives tho key to the volume. We must, ho ays, if wo are to graceed with any safety, distinguish be- tween dogma and trath,—befween the wheat and the chaff of all ?nst forms of religion. Not that he quarrels with dogma, but with what he calls “fized dogma,"—not with theology, but with « potrifiad theology.” Among other dogmas which he combats is” that accepted at the time of the Roformation, that the Biblo is infallible. He saya: “We have passed into o very different ago, and, if wo valuo the Bible, we do not valueit for its infallibility, ‘because it is clearly seen to benot infallible; that is not the nature of its velue; that is not sn olemont in its inspiration.” Still, he adheres loyelly toits inspirstion. Furthor on, he says thint conventionsl sormons sro_exterminating religion, ond are driving educated and sciontific minds into opposition ; that, if the Church can- not utilize these, the best men of the age, the Church must go down. This age, like every other, is trying to stamp out the new forms of faith and knowledge ; 18 trying to gilence the men_ who ere riting up_and ehowing us the wonderful ways of God; is doing to them what was dono to Socrates, Galileo, Huss, Savonaiola, and even to Josus Chirist, who was rejected by His generation. Looking about for some steady guide through thoe shifting trnusitions and be- ‘wildering transformations of the day, ho clings to one principle : *“ The love of trust.” He is willing to.disregard the morbid horror of the day for nick-names and call himsolf & Rational- ist, if his definition of Rationaliem may bo al- Jowed him, It is, ha says, Teverence for all that isgoodandirueinthe Fnst,tbnnkiu.lncss forevery advancemont in knowledge, willing acceptance of all the new rovelations of science, and a belief in the infinite possibilities of the humsn soul ; in three words, Rationalism means infinite Sin- cerity, infinite Aspiration, infinite Paith. Nr. Haweid’ stylo is edmireblo, rising often to 8 high eloquence; and his thoughts ars evident- Iy enriched by thorough study of the works to Which we heve alladed, and by his own inspire- tions. Thobook may be commended as the most intelligent_expression of tho liboral theo- logie teaching of the day. — - Absinthe a Poison, The Journal of Applied Chemistry remarks that a French Commissionor has just mades report to the Pharmaceutical Society, in which, afier reviewing all the methods employed in the manufscture of absinthe, aud the great loss of life entailed by its use in France and the colo- nies,they recommend that this article be included undér thio lists of poisons, and that its sale be interdicted, oxcepting by phn«\'macfit:fi on pre- scription of & physician. They think its salo should be visited with heavy penalties, and that every effort should be madd to bresk uo the in- dulgence in sn_ article spossessing such poisonous properties. It is mot the sbe sinthe alone 'that proves so dangerous, but the inordinate consumption - of aleohol that accompanies it. Someinebriates have been known to take thirty glasees of absinthe every day, the greater part of which is absolute alco- hol, and thus the danger i8 largely increased. It is t1u8 practicallyshown that the pleasant flavor, of the ebsinthe induces garsons to consume twenty times as much alcohol s they wonld be likely todo if their drinking was confined to brandy or eau de vie. Absinthe was almost un- known, except 28 s medicinal agent, before the Algerian expedition, urder the reign of Louis Philippe. In Oran and Constantine, fever made sad havoe in the ranks of the army, and the doc- tors recommended the soldiers to mix ubsinthe, which is the bitter extract of wormwood, with their wine, as & preservative against miesmata, in licn of quinine, which was too costly to be generally distributed. During the whole of the campai the army drank this mixture, and also mixed sl sinthe with their braudy. The labit wes re- tained by the troops after their returntoFrance, and the liquor now known a8 sbeinthe first be- ~came & popular drink in Marseilles. Thence it advanced slowly throughout France, and has finally become the favorite drink of the counhl—i;, though its effects upon the health, and especially upon the brain, aro of the most deleterions character. In Cayenne, New Caledonis, and other French Colonies, its_consumption it v eat. There the colonistsdrink. 1tnnad\x]tem?:§ in excessive quantities. and the consumption has Deen a frightful incresse in the rates of mortali- ty. Asameans of sure and speedy snicido, ab- sinthe is scarcely excelled by strychnine. REVIEW OF AMUSEMENTS. THE DRAMA. The resppearance in Chicago of Miss Jane Coombs in a round of elegant comedy characters is an event caleulated to produce no slight com- motion among amusement patrons of the more critieal and exacting class, as it offers an enter- tainment of o kind lamentably rare nowadsys, 2and one which appeals directly to the tastes and longings of those who refuso to admit that the sensational, the spectacular, and the trashy are the only fields in which o manager mey hope to reap success. Chicago is Just now ripe for Jane Coombs—ripe for the superb old comedies, for the carefol and claborate manner in which Mr. MoVicker has been preparing to produce them, and for the splendid casts which have been culled from the cream of the company. Miss Coombs opens to-morrow night in Bheridan's -celebrated comedy of *‘School for Scandal,” appearing as Lady Te i rondition of which I is B0t foo muet {fi’ eé’; :gfi she stands alone on the American stago, Sug at least, is tho verdict of the Chicago public, and it ought to kmow. From the annexed dis~ tribution of characters it will be seen that the cast ia ono of remarkable strength : ~Miss Jane Coombg . Clara Stoneall Phigss MeAlister Roscoe ..C. B, Hawthorne " Moseley H. H. Wood ‘The piece, we are promised, will be produced with an attention to appropriste costumes, scenery, and appointments such as hes never before been bestowed upon it in Chicsgo. ACADEAY OF 2IUSIC. The second week of Miss Charlotte Thomp- son’s engagement st the Academy has been s successful one inell respects. Inher rendition of Ogaritain “ The Sea of Ico”she has fully established herself in the opiniois of Chicago theatre-goers as un actress of much cultivation, together with natural histrionic eptEude, marke: individuality, o large amount of sympathetic forvor and sgnetic intensity, besides s rich tinge of comedy, as was shown in the ¢ Coming Man,” On Fridy night she also appeared to excellont advantage as Madeline in the drama of that name, In tho same picco Mr. Nobles de- veloped a capacity for eccentric comedy imper- sonstion such as surprised aod de- lighted those who ad admired the subdued force and exireme naturalness which characterized his heavier essumptions. A noster and more artistic bit of comedy scting is not often met with than he gave as Reny iu “Mad- cline,” in which he monopolized the honors, though inloss competent hands tho part has frequontly failed to attract any notice. g . J. A. Home, widely known as Lucille Woutern's regular suxiliary support, has been engaged s a member of the Academy company. Willism Horace Lingard, Alice Duning Lin- gard, and a complote comedy company of their own, open to-morrow night at the Academy of Musie for eight performances only, including the Wednesday and Saturdsy matinees. Mr. Lin- gard's new comedy, A Life's Dream,” which cnjoyed o successful run at the Olympic “theatro, New York, will bo given on Mon- co, Tuesday, aud Wednesday nights, aud at tho Wodnesday matinee, the cast induding the Lingards, Messrs. Edgar Bruce, Wi. F. Owen, Harry Hudson, Geo. Kyer, B. . Duning, and Misses Kliza Hudson and Jennie Weatly. Mr. Lingard also announces ten new character sketches never before given in Chicigo, begides & fow of his famous old sketches. 3 Tho Lydis Thompson Burlesqne Troupe b2gin an engagement at the Academy nex: weok. HOOLEY'S OFERA HOUSE will bo closed this wesk to admit of complete preparation for the new order of things to be inaugurated one week from to-morrow night. The theatro is then to be dedicated to modern comedy, with o company of estraordinary strength, if we may judgo of tho names already known in Chicego, and those who have achieved excellent reputations elsewhere. Messra. Jas. C. Pedget and John V. Blaisdell, two most de- serving, capablo, and_popular actors, are to bo esgociated with Alr. Hooley in the joint manage- mont of tho theatre, end their design is to convert it into the Chicago Fifth Avenue. The latest and best modern comedies will be pro- duced as soon a8 they are issued, and the new management givesassurance that, in clegance of costume and stage appointments, they will estab- lish a new era in this city. On Monday evening, Dec. 9, ono week _from to-morrow night, the re- opening takes placs, when Honry J. Byron's new comedy, *Partners for Life,” will be pro- duced, with amusical farce in which Miss Cline, who_comes recommended 8s one of the beat singing_soubreties in Americs, will mokio her bow. 'The list of Jadies cngaged for the new company i8 _ns follows: lMiss Rate Meok, from the New York and Baltimore the- etres; Miss Emma Cline, from the Grand Opera House, New York; DMiss Amelia Selden, from Booth's Theatre ; Mrs. Howard Rogers, well and favorebly known in_ Chicago ; Miss Marie Louise (Alrs. John Dillon), from the California theatre: s Emma Stows, from the Boston theatres ; Miss Osborne, from tho Cali- Yornia theatres; Miss Julia Somers, of Chicago ; Miss Sadio Mason, from the Tifth Avenue Theatro, New York; Miss Clara Richardson, from the Philadelphia theatres; Mrs. Henrietta de Mowbray, from the London theatres ; Misses ¥, Thomas, L. Gage, Webster, and Dawson. “Tho list of gentlemen is headed by John Dil- Ion, concerning whom no explanation is noces- gary ; Mr. H. A, Bront, from the Washington theatres; Mr, Hyndman Bamnoy and Mr. J. God- froy, from Daly's Fifth Avenuo Theatre ; Mr. H. A. Webber, from the Eastern theatres; Ar. Russell Soggo,—first A{spemnce in Chicego for three yoars ; Mr. J. W, Fox, from the Arch Strect, Theatre, Philadeiphia; Messrs. W. B Arnold and Charles Wilson, both vwell known in Chicago; end Messrs. H. A. Harrison, I. W. Mann, Chas. Samuels, Charles Anderson, Walter Eelley, Jas. 0. Padget, and John W. Blaisdell. AIREN'S THEATRE. Aiken's Avenue Theatro will be opened for the dramatic season of 1872-3 on next Saturday even- ing, Doo. 7, with Shakepears's tragedy of “Richard II1.” Lawrenco P, Barrett will be tho first star, and on the opening night will as- sume the character of Gloster, in which he has few equals, On the following Monday evening Mr. Barrett will appeer as Hamlel. The cast for “ Richard IIL.” be as follows: Ann Duchess of Yoris. RS, SCOTT-BIDDOXNS. To-morrow evening Mrs. Scott-S8iddons will appea &b the Michigon Avenue Baptist: Church -tho Academy Company. in the Btar Course, and will make her dedut as a reader in Chicago. It is ot surprising that such an important, dramstic and literary event should excite an interest unsurpassed by -any that has been shown since Miss Cushman’s readings last year. As might be expecto wheore such faultless beauty and the claims o great genius unite in one person, the desire to See and hear has aroused an enthusissm which zmounts almost to a furore, so that the sale of tickets has been unus large, and promises & brilliant and crowded sudience to witness her first attempts here ot dramatic resding. The ‘programms she has chosen with evident care, as 1t unites in its selection many of the dramatic Bcenes in which she has secured the highest de- gree of success, and the other gelections are well calculated to d.iscfluy the tenderness and pa~ &tlyola Whfl.l'lclh ;suflxe 'e.{thchaneferisfic of her style. e following is the programme for to- morrow night : G n Louis Falk, Bcenes from * Much Ado about Nothing,” Shakspeare L E‘he Death of Constance de Beverly;" Marn uTady Giave? Bleep-walking Scenes from “ Macbeth PADT SECOND. o “The May Queon”, Scenes from * Sch Ozgan Finale. ._On Tuesday night she gives her second read-~ ing in the West ide Course at the Union Park Congregational Church, and, 23 she appears but once on each._side of_the city, thosewho desire tohear her will bo wise to secura their seats in time. Gradually, ok susety, 3 Myen radually, but surely, Mr. Myers is adding to tho sttractigns of his elegat “Litlo tomplg of ministrelsy, until the list promises to reach magnificent _proportions. In addition to the Arlington, Cotton & Kembie Company, one of the most talented organizations we have ever had here, this weels programmeo embraces the first appearance/of Mackin & Wilson, who are pro- nounced the greatest living song and dance ar- tists ; and the continuance of the fine protean por- traitures of J. H. Milburn. In the first part are found new eentimental and comic ballads by , Surridge, Koyne, Arlington, and Cotton, With tho Grand Medley Chorus™ as the finale } vhile in the second partare tho new-comers, Mackin & Wilson, and Milburn; a duott by Tyr- rell and Lang; “/Tho Fellow that Looks Like Mo, by Arlington, Surridge, and Fostello; “ Tak- ing Revenge,” by Cotton, Kemble, and Arlington ; and last, aud best of all, “The Epizootic,” & glretch of remarkablo humor. Next week Billy Rico, tho favorito_comedian, and Master Clar- enco Burton, the child artist, aro to appear. . THE GLODE THEATRE has passed into the exclusive management of Coloucl Wood, who announces his infention to change the cheracter of the entertainmont for tho better as fast a8 possible, introducing new and strictly first-cless features. Thero is in Chicago o good opening for o superior, variety performance, but 1t must be superior in order to succeed. The Globo Theatre is well situ- ated for such line of managoment, and Colonel Wood is tho man o improve the opportunity, A programme which promises well is announced for this weok, beginning to-morrow night. It includes o burnt cork sketch, * Don’t Go, Tom- my,” by Messrs. Leo, Guion, and McDowell ; serlo-comic songs by Miss Ida Carlisle characteristio dance Dy Misses Katie Wil son and Emms Ellengor; the phenomenal child artiste, SinIm, inher protean changes; the operetta of +The Ring and the Keeper,” b Miss Lelia Ellis and H. . Ellis, with solos an duetts; tile Remmelsberg Sistérs in & new pas de deuz; Charley Howard in the Ethiopian sketch of *0ld Feto's Birthday:" to conclade with the farce of * Poor Pillicoddy,” by Sappho and H. W. Ellis. There will be matinee per- formances on Wednesdsy and Saturday. - NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE. Tho Pracger Family givo s musical entertain- ment this evening at Nixon's Amphitheatre, per- forming Offenbach’s operetta of **Litzschen and Fritzachen,” besides o number of their own pe- Culiar novelties. A nore “home epmedy. wiitten by Ol new ome comedy,” written 8 icago lady, who desires £o ba Hameless unid hor farg 25 o playwright shall find her_out, was produced at the Academy of Music on Friday evening, in the presende of an audience moderate in mum- ters. The comedy is entitled “ The Coming Man; or Women Fifty Years Hence,” and, s ita name imports, it _travels in advance of the fo- femalo suffrage movement, being little more or less than o brosd saliro _theroon. = The gronnd ss been tronched upon befors in the Spirit of 76, the ¢ Century Plant,” etc., but in neither of ‘thosa is the subject matter €o roughly han- dled, and 80 savagoly ridiculed. The textand tho situdtions contain s euficient emount of brosd bumor to render tho story extremely funny ; indeed, it amounts to a roaring farce rother than s comedy. Trested 08 suchi, and pruneddown to ono, or, poseibly, two néls at most, with the “Men's Rights Convention” wholly omitted, and a more refinedmovement of the piot, the “’Coming Man” could not fail to become popular as an afterpiece. The authoress was fortunate in securing 0 excellent a cast as that afforded by Miss Charlotte Thompson and In tho faco of the diffi- culty of preserving a sobro demesnor in £ome of the ridiculous situstions, it was guite creditable that the actors succeeded s well, A ‘* MAGNIFICENT OVATION.” The practico of menipulsting spplause, the meaton which tho Cisars of tho stage grow groat, is a moro common one than the general public are awaro, and is applied inall the varions grades of arl. During the recent parformancs of & spectacular drama at one of our Chicago thea- tres, o gentleman who had concaived s decided preference for one of the chief terpsichorean astists, by way of demonstrating the sinoerity of his rogard, dotormincd to prepare o pleasant surprise {0r the Indy. By the judicious distri- bution of ten-cent fractionals among the gallery ods, who were instructed to institute s terrifio Clapping of hands at tho close of the dsnce by o the lady in question, = _*magnificent ovation” was _orgsnized. The claquers were to reccive _their ‘“cue” from one of their number who had been thoroughly posted, but by some misunderstanding the signal ‘Wes givon at the wrong time, and to the dismay of tho gentleman by whose liberality the_encore was secured, another dancer, of no_possible in- torest to him, got the whole benefit of it, and bowed and smiled and thought of demanding an increase of salary forthwith, while she for whom the lavish expenditure had been made, came and wwent withont receiving even the ordinary expres- sion of approval. He never told her of it, but tho atory leaked out, being too good to keep. GENERAL GOBSIP. The death is announced, of consumption, a Manchester, of Mr. James O'Sullivan, tho well- kmown Irish netor. Aiss Amy Stauley, lato of the Royelty and Alfred Thestres, London, will shorily visib ‘America with buriesque troupe. They have o girl at the Liverpool Cirous who hangs by ber foot from s trapozo, and holds, by & strap in her month, an able-bodied man weigh- ing 175 pounds, Tn “Teo and Lotos,” the new spectaclo to be produced at Niblo’s Theatre, there are nem'la ono thonsand separate dresges or costumes, an gome of these are of the finest materials, silks and satins, Agoene representing Harry Hill's sporting ‘house is introduced in ‘Round the Clock” af the Grand Opers Houss, Barncy Aaron and Dooney Harris having been engsged todo & sparring act, Whilst the Lingard Troupe were performing 1n Baltimore last week, & despatch was received, announcing that a decéased relative in England, had left o fortune of £500,000 to Mrs. Alico Dunning Lingerd. Miss Jane Rignold, who will be remembered a5 the talented and attractive “leading lady” of the Wyndham Comedy Company, isto play the rincipal roles in a round of Shaltespearian en- gertninmenm thronghout the United States. Tast week Mr. Forrest supplemented the Shekspearesn representations at Booth’s and the Fifth Avenue Theatres by readings from “Hamlet” and “Othello,” and on Monday even- hgllgfl. Scott-Siddons 18 to give “costume re- cifels” at Steinway Hall Will Wiggins, the best comedian on the Bt. Touis stage, aud for nearly six years the chief attraction of DeBar's company, died, last week, of small-pcx, at the age of 27 years. He leayes & wife and children almost entirely mnprovided for. A benefit is to be given them. Tho French censorship shows itself less com- plaisant than at first for © Heloise et Abelard.” A notico has been pasted up 1n the green-rom asking actors not to pronounce any phrase or meke any gestures which might be considered as offensive to religion or its ministers. At the opening of the Park Thentre, in 1798, opers, as at present understood, was entirely un- knowd in Brooklyn. ‘Tho nearest spprosch to it was found in the * Beggars' Opera™ of Gay, the “Duenna " of Sheridan, and Bickerstafl’s “Love in & Village,” and in the farces of Dibdin, 0O'Keeffe, und Prince Hoare, where an occasio song was introduced, or, at the most, a duet. A faw evenings ago, Mra, Scott Biddons read at Troy, N. Y., according to previous announce- ment, for the benefit of the Boston sufferers. But neither the csuse nor the zeader seored her a large audience,—it was exceedingly small, deed. "After the performence, s gentleman asked her for her autograph, when she_wrote as fql]n:v! : “ Mary F. Scott Siddons read here to- night for the bénefit of the sufferers by the fire oston, 13th November, 1872, © £ Alns for the rarity Of Obristian chary Under the sun.” The justice of the Providence Herald'scritique on a Tecent performance will be recognized by those who saw the play in this city : * The pop- ular drama of the day, entitled ‘ Berths, the S_ewmg:hlnchme Girl,’ ‘was performed at Har- rington's Opers House last evening, with Miss Ada Harlsnd in the title role. The playis a stupendous monument of human genius, and the actors struggled with it as successfully as mere mortals could. The sewing-machines in- trodaced fiper{ormad their parts with a correct- ness and fidelity to nature rarely surpassed, and the curtains went down amidst the applause of the andience.” STAGE CLOTHES AT AUCTIOS. The thestrical wardrobe of the late Walter Montgomery, the eminent actor, who committed suicide, was put up at anction in London. Thers was a good attendance at the sale, but mainly of dealers. A full costume for Hamlet sold for 28s, and one for Othello only brought 40s. The first dress in Julius Cesar, including breastplate, helmet, and plume, was knocked down for £3, while the merino shirt, toga, and_ under-shirt of Coriolanus wers bought at 10s. Very handsome dresses for Romeo and Charles Surface met pur- chasers at 863 each, and a Macbeth costume, comprising “thres surcoats, spangled ganat- lets, neck-piece, huudapiece, and crimson cloth- robe witl jewelled bosses,” was sold for £s, The costume Claude Afelnoite wears when personating the Prince was bought for 44s. A handsome dress for the part of Louis XT. could find no higher offer than 81s, at which it was sold. Mr. Montgomery's “Actor’s travelling case,” and his portmantea: which still bore. the labels ‘Melbourne ” an ‘¥ Sacramento,” were knocked down for aguines. Some miscellaneous lots, comprising swords, dr.%gers! &c., bronght fair prices. There were il_nuf-s in gall, and the sum reslized was about . A STAGE-STRUCE DAMSEL. This story is told of o Cincinnati girl of re- marksblo besaty snd sccomplhshments, and whose father is & man of wealth and social dis- tinction : She hag conceived, it appears, & passion for the stage, but, instead of preparing herself by hard study forn debut in private; 18 other stage-struck young Indles have done befors her, she figures now in tho mouths of all the scandal-mongers of the city and suburbe ina most unpleasant position, bavicg ap- peared na & common “ super” st Wood's Theatre. She did this on lost Monday evening. The play wes 4 Julius Cresar,” with Lawrenco Barzett as the slerin the role of Caitia Cassivs. Tho young lady made ap- plication {0 Manager Macauley for the privilege of appearing as ono of the Roman populace. It was granted, and ot o rehearsal during the day sho was present. In the evening the young lady appezred, and in the first act, facing the large audience, to nine-tenths of whom her face was familiar, sho_betrayed very little nervousness, and, indeed, Lud all the com- fidenco of ome ‘'whoso stago experience numbered months instesd of howrs, Upon her fingers diamonds shome, and her face was 8o markedly distinct from those of her nssociato supernumeraries in its beauty and_intelligence that even the few peoplain tho house who knew her not were led to comment upon the singularity of the cir- cumstance of her appesrance. Opers glasses from every nook and corner of the parquet and dress-circla were brought into free play in o very few moments after her appearance, and 5 busy hum of whispered conversation run through the sudience. Interest in the play cessed temporarily, and tho super- numersries looked abashed, and were put out of all appearance by the scrutinizZing glances that were be- stowed upon them, Standing thero in the fire of & Dhundred opers glasses pointing directly at. them, they = = A CONCERT [l bo given at & Aarr's Charch on the 15th of , under the auspices of the organi Mr. Frant’ Roehner, in whish Aes. ncéfui, nfis:é Macarthy, and Mcssrs. Schultzo, Bower, and Woodsield will assist. To shall kive the pro- gramme and fuller detailshereafter. > THE 6ERMANIA TAYD gises it regular Sanday Coucart this afternoon, at Orpheus Hall, with the following programme : 1. North German Unlon March. 2] Feat-Overtare..... ........ 3, Waltz—¢ Carnival Afossenger™. 4 Grand Potponrri...... 5. Solo for two Clarineis erformed by M 6. Bell Polka... 7. Overturo—t I Tomplario 8. Lo Reveil du Lion 9. Boa Boa Quadrillo, TURNER HALL. The programme for the Tarner Hall concert, this afternoon, ia as follows : ‘ 2, ueen of ades (Pique Dame.) 3. Polka Derest Tovpnee o 4 Potpourri—* Tio Foolish Iusician . 5. Orerture to * Wm, Teli 7, 6. Waltz—“orgen Blatter 7. Souvenir do Spa, solo for Violoncelio (Performed by Herr Eichheim. 8. Sclections from the “ Sicilian Vespers ™. 9. Qaadrille—* Carl Maria”,. MUSICAL LITERA’ Thero is bub littlo to write about in musical literature. Ar. Psul Becker, the planist, one of the best musicionsin Chicago, end whosa name is associated with our earlicst history, hes justpublished through the house of Messrs. Chandler & Curtis, an Andante for piano, in which a very taking thome is worked up in 8 phonic form, and this without being very cult. Itisa pieco which everystudent should have. Strauss, the composer of waltz music, is sbont to appear in a literary character, His ** Remin- iscances of Americs ” will shortlybo published at Proguo. Americs, in_the survey of Herr Strauss, consiats of the Boston Coliseum, ihe New York Academy of Music, and the Clarendon Hotel; and tho Americans, from this point of view, must baa people whose highest Teach of enjoyment has been found in the “ Beautifal Blie Danobe” and the “Pizzicato Polka.” It will be corious to seo what roflections on our nationsl life and menners will come from this lively little master of the dence measures. Trom an exhanstive acconnt of Weber in the Henestrelle, by tho pen of M. Barbadelle, it would seem that musical composers derive their iration, Jike poets, in & great dogree from tha sights and sounds of mature, its varied hues and phenomens, Weber kept melodies long floatin in his brain before he throw them into form, an some incident would_suddenly suggest to him a vehiclo for the introduction of such matter into the machinery of an opera. Thus his Cheur do riro” in # Der Freischuetz” was suggested by a number of old women croning s litany; tha | idea of the “Gorge aux loups”" came to him in a thick fog when crossing from Dresden to Pil~ nitz; and at the baths of Lincke he, strange to sey, conceived the march in “ Oberon,” from sceing the hotel sorvants on a wet day piling up the chairs and benches in the garden. MUSICAL KOTES. Linda” was given in New Yorkk on the 25th ult. with Miss Kellogg in the title role. Among the stage goseip of the hour it is whis- pered that iisa Fanny Devenport will soon make er appearance in the concert room. faltered and grew restive, whilo she, tho object of ail this attention, seemed fo cere not a whit for it, On Tuesday morning tho subject was the talk of the fown, gad n tho ovening tho Louso was packed long beford tho curlala rose, The yousg lady, however, did nob music. The music of the past week has been limited to three concerts, one complimentary to Signor Farini, which hardly merits the dignity of a general reviow, as it was but a ripple which has left a blank, and two by the Adelside Phillipps troupe, which were pleasant little affairs, and were particularly noticeable for the generous attendance on each occasion, which was & hand- some tribute to our American contralto’s popu- larity. As regards the general effect of the concerts, the sudden substitution of Mr. Mac- donald, the tenor, for Signor Ferranti, the buffo baritone, was an unfortunate one. The former is but o mediocre singer, whils the latter, although his repertoire is limited, always strains outan sudionce, even on the coldest night, with his warmth, his hilarity, and his rollicksome manner. From this rather meagre bill of fare, we now tum to s week which is to be filled with music of tho highest class, performed by two of the greatest artists in the world, Anton Rubinstein, the Sclavonian pian- iet, and Henri Wioniawski, the Polish violiniat, whose compositions have -been the common stock of all the violin virtuosi who have ever been here. Bince the death of Tausig, the Berlin pianist, who at the time of hia dea was under contract to come to Amaerics with Theodore Thomas, there are but three pisnists who can lay claim ' to thetitle “great,"—Franz Liszt, Hans_von Balow, and Rubinstein, and musicians will probably always quarrel over the mestion which of the three holds the prece- lence. Rubinstein does not come to us & stranger. His namois_as familiar as Liszi’s in tho world of music. He is_everywhers recog- nized by musicians 28 & great genius, tone-poet, and teacher, and his fame has preceded him many years, both in playing and com- positions. His advent in this country will mark an_ era in music =8 distinot a3 those of Jenny Lind in vocalhnnd Theodore Thomas_in orchesira] musi fe represents o high sphere of musical intelligence, and his concert tour in this country will tend fo elovate and dignify the public taste. Every person who ploya tho piano should stfend these concerts, not with the expectation of being Rubinsteins, for genius is & Heine gift, rarely bestowed. Bub the magnetic power of such a pleyer cannot but impart some of its spirit to a conscientions mu- gician. The general public should also greet this great master of the piano, and this true and faithtul Tepresentative of art, with that royal Welcome which is slwoys duo to genius. Leb him feel and know that there is a genuine spirit of musical hospitality in Chicago, and this will bo more scceptsble to hi an all tho applause or wreathes, which are of little consequence to him ar to sny one who has given ‘himself up entirely to music, and has the divine power to interpret it rightly. 1t is to be ro- gretted that we have no orohestzs here at pres- ent, by which we oro deprived of hearing his concertos ; but his reperfoire for the week is fall of choice music from Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Bach, Liszt, Handel, Scarlatti, Mendels- sohm, Mozart, Webez, snd Schubert,—a feast of music not often set before the invited guest. The numbers sct down for Wieniawskiy, the vio~ linist, zre also very inviting and attractive, and cover & higher range of music than any violinist has ever given before; and it ia_fortunate that, on this occasion, they ave in tho hands of an artist whoso rank emong the virtuosi indicates that ho has the ability to handle such fi_-fiah works. The vocslists of the froupe are o, Lonise Liebhert, s ballad singer, and Mlle. Tonise Ormeny, & contrelto. We append the ‘programmes for the first two concerts : TFIRST CONCERT, 2 8 ust Henri 17 & Aria, % Angels ever bright and fai”,......Handel i, Louise Licbhart, B PART 9. «....Chopin { . Polonaise. . }‘ s PARTI, 8. Atia Anton Rubinstein, 1, {fs Euduion o, Fugute. 3.8.Bach a. Nocturna.. b. BECOND CONCERT. b, Fantagie Chromatique. 2. Ara,., 4. Aria, “Boftly Sighs,"—Frieschuetz. MUle, Louise Licbhart, PART I trella; German 'Waltz; Intermission ; March of Anton Rubinstein, Philistines, Araiti Wieniawsld . Aposthumus work of Beathoven’s—a Rondo in B flat for piano ond_orchestra—wss given & few weeks since at the Crystal Palace, Londor with great success. It was found in an unfinishi state, and completed by Czerny. ‘There is & prospect that the Luces troupe will g to Hayana for an opera seaon at tho Tacon eatre during January and Fobruary. It is related of Rubinstein that ho once re- turned a present made to him bya King, because tho latter played cards during & musical enter- tainment. I cennot accept your offering,"” said Rubinstein, * since your Msjesty did not hoat themusic.” The King sent an apologyl Miss Sara W. Barton, an American girl, now studying music in Floreneo, is to be prima donna of opera in Warsaw, Poland, the coming winter. Medame Nilsson-Ronzand has determined to ‘make another tour thronghont the United States. Vordi, s woll a3 Offenbach, contemplatesa visit to this country, to lead in the presentation of his own operas. Ole Bull began his Southern professional tour with ooncerts at Rickmond, Va., on the 19th and 20th ult. Dan Godfrey has_written another waliz end called it the ‘‘Jubilee,” in remembrance of his recent Boston experience. Santley, the English baritone, and 8. . cmpb:fl’ the Ametican, are said tohave hada gmml abroad, which resulted in & lesa The new tenor of the Berlin Opers, Herr Schott, is an officer in the Wartemburg army. In order to falfl his engagement he ob~ tained leave of absence from his military supe- riors, and he will shortly be relieved of all for- ther military duties, having alresdy sent in his resignation. ‘We read that Miss Carlotta Pattiis a capital hand at eunchre. Rubinstein never looks athiseudlence, though not unaware that_hundreds of young ladies aro anxious to see his eyes. Some of them have even taken the trouble to ascertain in advance how he would sit &% the piano, and secured seata accordingly. Carl Wilhelm, the composer of the ¢ Wacht am Rhein,” has recoived the Order of the Crown of Prussis, third class. It is stated, says tho Ausical Sfand: that Wagner inbe‘n%s %8 biing astions nga.insabrgévaml German newspapers for libels. Mme. Sigismund Thzlberg has, through the medium of M. Bovy-Lysberg, & citizen of Geneva, presented the Municipal Council of that city with a marble bust of her late husband, the colebrated pianist, in remembrance of hig ‘birth, which took place in Geneva in 1811. Ambroise Thomes’ Hamlet hus boen shelved at the Opera House, Vionns, in favor of Verdi's Aida, which is to be brought forward without delay. Miss Nil roperty in Peoria, Ill,, two years ago, the dcng for which has only just been recorded. ] ears that Mr. Jarrett neglacted to do this atthe time of the purchase, and, as an illustration of the un- certainties of a wandering life, it may be men- tionod that when the lady was asked for the popgs slio Teplied thet it mightbo “eitherin t. Petersburg, oscow, Paris, or London.” The Figaro has_the following skit n the character of Verdi's music: M. X. had become deaf by dogrecs, 60 deaf thet Le could not hear the sound of a pistol fired close to his ear. His Doctor was in despair; when at last a brilliant iden occurred to him. He called uponkhis patient 55 usnal, and appointed a mesting at 8 o'clock thot evening on the Boulevard des Italions. Theo patient was punctual snd the Doctor took him to the italian Opers, taking care to place bimin astall near the big_drum. The opera wes 11 Trovatore,” Toward the fourth act, the invalid manifested ptoms_of considerabla surprise ; the terrific noige of Verdi’s music had unstopped hig cars, *‘Doctor!” ho exclaime ¢ Doctor, you have savedme! I hear again, hear!” The Doctor did not stir. “I fell you,” Topeated M. X., shouting in the Doctar’s ecr; “ 1 Ccan hear porfectly,—pray spesk to me.” The Doctor eppeared unmoved. His client Was cured but he had become deaf himself. Theodore Thomas commenced his Boston seas son (gix concerts) on the 20th ult. In addition to his regular soloists, Miss Mehlig appears with eon purchased some Lohengrin is in rehearaal at Milan, . . Palzadilhe, composer of the popular ¢ Man. dolinata,” is to direct the production of Gou- nod’a méw opers, “Les Deux Reines,” at the Ttaliens, in Paris. A quarteite, composed of Miss Clementine Lasor, BMiss Louise Finch, Chatles G. Bush, and Tr. William C. Baird, have been giving concerta recently, in varions towns and cities, with cons siderable success. Lucea has had a mud-dredge in New York hare bor named for Ler. Such is fame. Patent [edicines, A recent German work gives the result cf the suthor's enalysis of some of the most widel{- Imown patent medicines of the present time. Tt appears that tho famous Morrison pills, 3 grains each, consist of aloe, cream of tartar, an Colocynth ; another kindof pills containg the same ingredients, beside gamboge. Holloway's pills, sbout equally famous, are composed of &los, myrrh, and gefiron. Brandroth's pills ghowed resin of podophylium, thickened juice of poke-berries, saffron, cloves, oil of peppormint, :Qil of Horee-Chestnuts,” by Genevoix, of Paris, is not at all the oil of the horse-chestnut, but another non-drying oil, altered by the heat 80 that it has acquired a darker calor, & pungeny cdor, and a aorid taste, v