Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 23, 1873, Page 7

_— THIE CHICAGO DAILY ' e S RIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 93, 187s. 7 NEW YORK. ‘The Mania for Murder---Throat-Cut- ting Considersd Vulgarly Common Now. “ Hark Twain ” as a Leeturer and Autlor «=The Stupidity of Publishers Exemplified, The Rev. Dr. Bellows and the Black- - mailers---Club and Miscella- neous’ Gossip. From Our Own Correspondent. NEW Yoz, Feb. 19, 1673, The thousands of ruffians and desperadoes who disgrace and disturb tho city, no longer re- gard it as an honorable distinction, to kill a men incold blood. The thinghes grown tobeen- tirely too common. The discrimination now in tho Fourth and Sixth wards isto have been guiltless of bloodshed. If murder continued bero at the same rate it has been going on for three months past, murder will come to be reck- opsd 58 ono of the natural causes of death in New York. CONSCIENTIOUS ASSASSINIS. Nome of our citizens sre more violently op- | posed to miscellancous shootings and stabbings than the marderers in the Tombe, who, every time they see an.zccount of s fresh crime, fecl that their chances for the scaffold are greatly improved. Foster, Scannell, Stokes, King, and the rest, are unanimous in agreeing that their casos have been harshly judged on sccount of the present temper of tho public mind, unduly excited by the frequency of homicide. The cir- cumstances under which they violated law are, they allege, very different from the later in- stances. In other words, each nssacsin—to believe his story—was wholly or partially justi- fied, while all the other assasiins deserve to bave the mark of Caiu on their brow,—not to epesk of the mari of cane on their back. The City Prigon contaivs fo-day not far from forty murderers, and, if at least two-thirds of them bo uot hanged, thera ig certainly no use in keeping up a preforico of legal justice in this community. Never befors has thore been hero such & contagion of blood. The police reporters deem it a poor day when they do not lave st least three or four fatal rencontres to chronicle- The doom of Foster and the conviction of Stokes have had the very opposite effect from what was mnticipsted. Instcad of repressing, it sppears to have excited ‘the violent and revengeful passions of persons zordinarily amia- ble and law-abiding. What the effect of a few executions msy be, remains to be seen. That they will take place, scarcely admits of doubt. A great many who formerly laughed at the idea, now feel confident that twenty of the prisoners 1n the Tombs, including Stokes, will go to the gallows; that, uoless the death-penalty e car- ried out, thero will bo no gafety for the life of any citizea. BANUCEL L. CLEMENS. Being present, the other eveniag, at the rope- tition of *‘Mark Twain’s Sandwich Islands™ ab Bteinway Hall, it seemed that it must be s patisfaction to 8 _man to draw such im- menso audiences. Every squate foot of space was filled, which was all the more remarkable be- cauge lecturors, with very few exceptions, do not draw bere. It 18 extremely rare to see Steinway Hall evep half foll at ny lecture, and the crowd who went on two occasions to listen to “Twain " hiag, I mdexstng:% pever been quite equalled fhore. Eo has had invitations from all over the country to discourse om the Hawaiian Group: ‘but he has declined most of them, from excess of time and unwillingness to make money. He conid easily clear 10,000 = season lecturing wore hesominded; but his two babies at home— “whom, hie says, he does not love, but is frying to Jeam to respect—claim his undivided attention. Clemensis now occupied with his fourth book, #John Bull,” of which he has written nearly one-third. Those who have seen the MS. say it ill be indescribably funny. [He looks at the na- five Britons at such & variety of angles, and do- tects them in 50 many groteaque positions, that they onght to be able 0 lsugh at themselves as presented by #Twain.” [Here let me ‘mertion that a Russian journal, not long since, in spo ak- ing of Henri Taine, tho renowned French critic, confonnded him with ¢ Mark Twain,” and meu- tioned his *‘Iunocents Abrond” as in an entirely different vein from his other works, and likely to give him & high reputation as - one of the cleverest humorists of the con- tinent. If the RBussian journel had been printed in Ireland, the story weuld seem more Plausible, and yeb it is faid to be strictly true.] : PECULIAR LITERARY CAREER. Clemens’ literary career has been singular. Jtisnot verylong sinceho wasa Mississippi River pilot, with no more idea of writing than of spplying for the Professorship of ~dead Isuguagos at the_University of Jona. Later, he went to the Pacific Coast, and made alocal rep- utation as a contributor of humorous sketches’ .to tho San Francisco press. The firat thing thet sdvertised him bere was his ' Jumping Frog,” afterward bound_and issued, with other iketohes, in this_city, and finding only a limited sle. After a littlo while, he come Esst to embark on tho *Quaker City” with & crew of pious pilgrims,in search of classic snd theoloicas seente and atsociations. The result of the voyage, as is well known, was the nuo- cents Abroad,” which, on his' return, he pre- pired in such quanticy that nearly balf of tho I8, had to be omitted to get it within the pro- Portions even of a large subscription-book. * Anybody with the loast sense of humor wonld suppose that very few pagea of the “ Innocents ” could be read without finding & publisber. It swas not so, however. _Clemens offered Lis MS. {o's number of publishers Liero, in_Philadelphia and Doston, and none of them, strango to ssy, could find enough in it to warant their giving it to the world. He thought, 15it was professedly humorous, that tbe objec- tion to it lay in its capacity to make people lsugh, and asserted, in bis own justification, that some eich thing, seattered through a book of the kind, cughtnot to be_considered an insuperable ob- stacle to publication. Having gotten nearly through with the regular firms, be was induced totry a Hartford subscription‘house, and gent his copy accordingly to the American Publishing Compauy. Recognition of the merit of the work was very slow in that quarter. Several of -the leading stockholders could eeo nothing in it (vhat moldy old tomb-stones they must bave been, to be surel); but the principal man of the Company _car- tied ‘it home onme . might, and = made the remarkable discovery that tho book was deucedly droll. Congequently, the *“Inngcents,” copiously illustrated, appeared after & fow months, and set both sides of the Atlantic laugh- ing. TIthassold at the present timesomething * over150.00G copiee, and “ Roughing 1t " fully 100, 000, withia still pctive demand for both. The pub- lishers think the two volumes will have s joint sale of half a million at least, and they auticipato 2 very wide request for John Bull.” “Mark Twain” is, unquestionably, -the most popular writer and lectuser of the day. No one can depy, with all his extrayagence, superlative burlesquo, bad taste, and ‘sometimes positive coaraeness, that he has a genius for the comicel, d is eminently quslified to excite laughter. 73 THE ART OF BLACKMAILING. S 0One of the latest attempts to levy blackmail is reported to have been mado on the Rev. Dr. Hen:g“‘. Bollows. As the story_goes, he was called upon at his private residence by some _ one who wished to see him on jmportant and Privete business. Tho Doctor invited the per- £ into his study, when the lziter produced a rinted glip, claitning to_expose the Reverend enlemen’s multifarious iniquities to the world. e wes declared to be a gort of cleri- cal Giovanni ' Casanova, with tho adroit bypacrisy of Tartuffe. The Doctor, with rising ignation, asked what that meant. Tho reply ¥, that, upless ho paid §500 for tlie euppros: Elon of liat article, it would appear in the next fisus of paper eoptrolled by certain notorious en. It is bardly necessary to state that the Doc- 10r's name and character aro stainless, and that ;‘;Ymh attempt to extort money must be & sig- failare, 'Y‘na cler; n was thoroughly #20u5ed, and probably felt like striking out from ths thegjogical shoulder. Measurably suppress- ing his wrath, however, he informed the mes- Enger (s smooth-faced, innocent-looking man, ho might Lave been mistakien for sn_officer of the Young Men's Cbristion Union) that his cmployers would not dare 10 Drint the article, and that, if their agent did not Fddenly depart, ho would be violently ejected. + Boended the fatile effort to ‘blackmail Dr. Bellow, ropnted to bo one of many clorgrmen on whom similar experiments have been tried. {8ALMAGUNDI. Three vacancies occurred recently in the Centurs Club, ana, the fact becoming known, there wero 150 applicauts for the places, and, as theinevitablo result, 147 disappointed applicants. The effort to increnee the number of Centurions from 500 to 700 is poriodically put forward, end invariebly voted down. Three of our most prominent clubs haye de- termined that any man able toand refusing to pay bis debts shall not bo admitted asa membor, on the very justground thatsuch a person is 1ot a fit companion for gentlemen. The youug and prosperons Lotos has beon compelled to limit its membership to 800. the n;n:lber being now nearly, if not quite, com- plete. - ‘Tho conundrum in dramatic circles is, “When will Fechter's Lyceum open?” The correct answor, a8 Dundreary has it, is oneof those things that no fellah can find out. The circulation of the leading magazines in the metropolis is, respectively, thus: Harper's, Galazy, Scribner's, sud Atlantic. Harper's i8 nearly twice as large as tho Galazy, aud three times os large as the Atlantic. The absurd custom, borrowed from the French, of carring & crush bt undor the arm into the drawing-room at an evening party or reception, is universally pronounced vulgar fn tho extrome. Tho fashion” Lad its origin_in the opera-house; whero it is well cnough; but there is no more reason why a gentlemen should carry Lis hat under his arm- in & private house than that ho should go through crowdod ealoons with an over- shoo in each hand. A hotol-proprictor_hero givos, aa the result of &life-long oxperience, that' the men who sssume to feel insulted when politoly ssked to pay just _debt, aro almost always premed- itating &windlers. Honest men seldom take umbrage at requeats iuvolving plain matters of justice. . Sevoral gallants about townbava boen striving, this season, to bring colored dress cots with gold butions oncs more into vogue; but thewr effort is not likely to be crowned with succe Milwaukee & 8t. Panl stock is roported in Wali street to be almost the only stock which, during the entire twolve months, hasnot had an upward turn, or ovinced any activity. Such a thing Las not, it is said, boen’ known thers for twonty years. , ; Sothérn’s appesrance at Wallack's in some- thing elso’than Dundreary and Brother Sam is & grent relief to tho theatro-going public. Now, if delightful Joseph Jefferson would only ignoro -his bosts of admirers for a littlo while, sud give us_something beside his inimitable Rip Van Winkle! CorsToUS. REVIEW OF AMUSEMENTS. MUSIC. The opera did not proveso severe & drain upon the public pocket as to leavo nothing for the suceeeding entertainments, #ud the rosult has been that neither Thomas, Rubinstein, nor Booth close the week empty-handed. Siuce the depar- ture of the opera troupo the week has been com- pletely filled by Thomss and Rubinstein, the former taking fous nights and a matinee, aud the latter two nights and a matinee. The week hes been literally full of music, and the entertainments bavo been unexceptionslly plensant and profitable to music lovers. In these two troupes there aro mno man- sgers to quarrel together, no prima donnas to bo pitted against each other, no touors to lose their heads, or baritones to loso their voices. People knew beforehand what they were going to have, or, at loast, should bave kuown. They knew that they conld hear no better play- ing than Thomas' Orchestra would furnish, no better piano and violin execution than Rubin- gtein and Wienawskd, or, at lesst, they should have known it. Those who did notgo, losta groat deal of music. Those who did go, gained a great deal. Meanwhile it is sincerely to be hoped that the negotiations which are now in progress to combine tha two troupes, o that wo may bear somo of Rubinstein's grander works ‘with such an accompaniment as Thomay’ Orches- tra can give them, may be successful. fhero is s reasonable prospect that such an prrangement may be made, to take effect come time in March. Should it so eventuate, tho public, especielly the musical part of it, may look for some novelties they will never be likely to hear again, at least with the same surroundings. For the Thomas concerts, the public is indebted to the managers of the Star Lectore Course. It is doubtful whetber Mr. Thomss, even with his abound- ing faith in Chicago, wonld have felt dis posed to come Lere, after such an unprecedented operatic seaon, upon Lis own motion. The young asterisks, thorefore, who have taken upoa ‘thomsalves to entertain people, and who have, in the main, shown euch good eense in their method of entertaining, should be credited with the ploasure derived from the Thomas concoris, and, if they have mado a lot of money out of the arrangement, it serves them right. If, in & month from now, they should be able to present Thomas and Rubinsiein jointly, thoy will_still forther ingratiste themsolves into the good-will end gratitude of the coucert-going public. Meanwhile, neither Rubinstein nor Thomas have et fairly finished their seasons. THE LAST RUBINSTEIN CONCERT ill b given thia evening w4 ‘Aiken's—a concert spirituel, of which thoy may partake who can- ot conscientiously sit _down to the mors sub- stantial and worldly bill of fare which the Gor- mans present at thoir Sonnlay Abend's Unler- hallung. -The programme for this evening will De a8 follows : PADT L. 1. Fantasie, * Don Juan”. Antan Ribinstein. 2, Aria—Ob, Mio Fernando” (“ avorita ). Ronizettl 30lle Loudse Ormeny. ... Liszt 3. (2) Romance, * Beethoven™. Seethoven () Polonaise, No. 2. " Wieniawaki Henri Wieniawski, .. Mattel . Fantasie, “T1 Pirata™ fyEEe Henri Wieniawski, 8. Aria—¢ Cenerentol=". “Wlle Louise Ormeny. (Serensde—Pres de) '}A. Rubinstein 9. Ministurs Russeau. Anton Rubinstein. THE WAGNER CONCERT. The following is_the programme snnounced for thie - Wagner Fest Night,” which is to be givon next Thuradey exeniug, in tho Uniop Park Fongregationzl Chirch, by Mr. Theodore Thom- 2s and bis orchestra: I3 ART L Kaiser Marsch. Wagner Vorspiel Zu Lob Wagner Eine Faust Ouverturo. . Wagner PART 1L B iss Anna Mehlig, #Die Rose,” Songs, { }) wScliaf Ein,"f * : “Mr. George L. Osgood. . Vorspiel und Schlussatz, Tristan und Tsolde. .. Wagner FanT I Overture, Tanphmuser (B request) Ballet, “Rienzi ... Der Ritt der Walkue (fa A romantic intcrest is attached to nearly every one of the pieces nnnounced, Those that sre aiready famitinr havo won the ‘admirstion of all ‘musical people, and o_combinstion of 8o much grand music in one entertainment is an occasion ot to bo missed. Of * Der Rit der Walkuer- en,” which r. Thomas plays from MS. potes gent him gnor, tho following brict description will 2dd interest to its production: The Walkuren' or_ Valkyrias wero Odin's maidens, awful and besutiful beings who preeided over batiles ond mmshefl throngh fhe air morking with their spearpoints those who were ‘to bo slain. They also adminis- tered at the feasts of heroes in Walhalla, or tho alace of immortality, where the souls of heroes Ko olt who were slain in battle. *Eine Faust Ouverture” is written upon the suggestion of {he passage from Goothe, whichis thus trans- Tated by Bayard Taylor: The Ged that in my breast {s owned, Can deeply etir the inner sources; The God above my powcrs enthroned, ‘Ho cannot change external forces. So, by the burden of my days opprossed, boath is desired, and lifoa thing unblest. inee performance will also be given by Tlfi!::: s Tharsday, in_tho Michigan Avenus Baptist Churoh, when thie memorial Ghicago pro- gramme will be repeated. THE APOLLO CLUB ENTEBTAINMENT. The Apolio Club gives ita second enterfainment {o'its associeto members on Tuesday evening, the 25th ist., st Standard Hall. The progremmo 15 ome of the best over presented by any kindred Eociety in this country, and of s decidedly bigher order of musical excellenco than soy t 3 beea presented this winter by the singing eocie- ties of Boston, New York, or Philadelphia. The numbers for the Ciub embrace Stork’s dashing “Hupsear's Song;’ _Weber's impressive 4 Prayer Before the Dsttla:" Gade's ' Sorine’s Return,” Mangold's “The . Forest," two of the ~ most exquisite fonr- part songs ever conceived; Rubinstein tremendously effectivo ** Vinum Hungaricum 3 Stern's ** Soldiers’ Doparture ;* Hiller's “ Night Aong " for soprano and chorus ; s duo for con- tralto and baritone, ““I think of Thoo" by Nicolai; solo and chorus from Wagner's “‘Loben- grin ;” Spiedel's “ Spring Song” for saprano with "'cello accompaniment ; two_tenor_solos, Jensen's “ Will You Always Love Me?" and Marschner's /0, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast ;" and an andante by Liszt and scherzoby Chopin for piano. Thosowho remember the superb con- cort which the Club gave at itsfirst reception can Efuxmsflm That & raro trost ig in ‘store for them. The following communication i them. g explaing T the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Stn: Permit mo, through the valuablo medium of your columns, to suswer tho questions o frequently asked by persons who have been invited to become sssociato mombers of “The Apollo Musical Club:” What {s the Apolio Club? Who are ita members? And what work does it propose to_accomplish 7" The Apollo Musical Club™ is ah American_male chorus, Its nctive memtership comprises almost all the malo voices in the city, 'Its associate membership 8 almost exclusively composed of those who aro fond of good music snd are glad to en- couragolit. Its general objact s identical with that of all organizatious which ere working for tho advance- ment of music; but its primary cbject is to accom- plieh this by making its entertainments of 4 social Dature. Ita plan of organization ia similar to that of the * Apollo Club,” of Bostou, whose associato mem- bership is always Tull, witl u flle of 200 or 300 appli- cants coustantly awaiting a vacancy. Tlio concerts aro private, and are given to members and their friends only, each membership certificate admitting a gentie- man’ and two ludies. Tho fee for assoclate member- slip §8 $10 per annum, which catitlos tho member to admission to the entertzinments of one season, of ‘which from five to ten will be given. The programmes of the Club will ba made up from tho best class of cliorus music, interspersod with solo aud instrumental numbers, Following the musical programume, & is pro- posed to devote a short thne to social enjoyment, which will be made amore prominent festuro of these enter- taluments whon a_more suitable hall can be obtained than is uow to be had. The ofiicers of the club are: Geo. P. Upton, Presiient ; Wm. Sprague, Vice Presi deut; Frauk A, Bowen, Treasurer ; Charls C, Curtiss, Secretary : Warzen C. Coffin, Librarion ; Mesers, Fritz Toltz, Philo A, Otie, aud L. E. Cleveland, tho Musical Committee, Its copductor is Mr. A. W. Dohn. As it is quite fmpossible for the activo members :0° resch everyone whom the Club would be glad to welcome s &1 associate member, I beg to slate thut the associato lrjembcn are desired to invite their fricnds to join us, Very respectfully, Cuanis C. CoRTin, Sccretary Apollo Musical Clb, Ciresao, Feb, 22, 1673, TURNER HALL CONCERT. The following is the programmo of to-day's ‘Turner Hall concert : 1. March, Call of Mars™.... 2 Overture, “Lé Lac do Feca 5. Potpourr, * Night azd Slorning 4. Concert Overture (by request). :..E, Bach Auber Hamm tfmsnn 6. Landler, * Alpine Joy 7. . -Gungl 6. Waltzes, * Vienna Bonlon trauss 7. Potpourr, * Humaresquen " Riede 5. Overture, Frelschutz ™. 9. Quadrilic, “ Thalia™... TiIE cIxery The Cincinnati pepers aro busily sounding the asticipatory notes of -the greut jubileo, which comes off in that city in ay, under tho direc- tion of Theodore Thomas. The Executive Com- mitteo havo concluded cngagements with Mrs. Eamund Dextor (soprano), ias Aunis Louise Cary (contrzlto), Mr. Nelson Varloy (the Eng- lishtenor), and Mr. AL W. Whitnoy (tle Boston bs80), to take principal solo parts. Mrs. Dex- ter is & Cincinnatt lady, who graduated from the London Academy of Music, and is_a pupil of Garcia.. The Commercial esys: * Dlrs, Dex- tex's voico s the quality of pure soprano—that , we heard Ler produce a singing tone on er G, Tho voicois full and sweet in tone, Hoffmann quality which thrills and excites the hearor. 1t is this natural gift of a bezutiful voice, with a decided power 0f declamation, which gives this Iady ber influence in iho concert room.” iss Cary is 80 well knoirn, sho does not_need intro- duction. She will sing tlie solos in the Det- tingen *To Denm,” Gluck's ** Orpheus,” and Bee- thoven's Ninth Symphony. Mr. Whitney will sing the solos in the *Te Deum” and Sympho- ny, and the “O, Isis und Osiris,” from *The Nsgic Flute,” with full choral accompanimont. Theodore Thomas himself has writton a letter racontly, in which ho speaks in tho most glow- ing manher of the prospects of the festival. USICAL NOTES. _ The “Chanto de Triompho,” by Herr Brahms, is having great success in Vionna. 3rs, Georgiana Leach, an accomplished vocal- ist and a sister of Dret Harte, died recently in San Francisco. A daugliter of Sig. Arditi, the well-known conductor, i8 bout to make Ler debul in Paris. Gounod's “Les Deux Reines” has beon & terriblo failnre at the Thoatro Italien, Paris, an averngo of only 8200 boing teken at cach per- formance. At a recent intoresting sale_of. autographs in Farit, 55 francs wero given for a letter (one pago) of Chopin’s ; 80, for one of Herold's ; and 275 1or one, iu two languages, of Mozart's, Pierre Bernard, the littlo tenor that married Caroline Riching®, has Lad 3 dissstrous maus- gerial experience, and is now in tho meshes of the law, learning ‘s new way to pay old debts.” . A monument is about to be_erected at Zittan, in Saxony, to the composer Msrechner, who was Dorn theré in 1793, aud died in 1861 Ho was Dest known by his' two_operas, ““Tho Vampire,” 0d *The Tomplar and tho Jewesa.” The Chair ssys that a work which is oxpected to form a valuablo contribution to musical liter- ature is announced for jmmediate_publication by the firm of Firmin Didot, at Paris. It jsen- titled tho * History of Dramatic Music in France,” and is from the penof M. Gustave Chouquet. 3 Itisnotabad joko—that of tho printer who set up Cist's poem, * Farowoll to Mario,” * Hail King of Torrors!" _Of course, it never occurred to tho typographical imagination (hat Mario was #King of Tenora.” Nothing but the enormous age of Mario could have justified the jest. Misfortunes, they say, never come singly. The Stwiss Times says that recently, during s erformance at tho Scsla Theatre, Milan, & allat girl was _nearly burned to doath, & mio~ diste felland broke her log, 8 supernumerary fell dead, and oue of the musicians became rav- ing mad. The Leipsic correspondent of the Musical Standard speaks highly of the performances of 3 Jouse Russian pianist, Mlle, Alexandra Sograff y namo, & pupil of Nicolas Rubinstein, the eminent Director of the Moscow Couservatoire, and brother to the celebrated pianist and com- poser of that name. At Odessa tho Italian Opera-House was burnt down on the 16th inst. Nothing could be saved. The wardrobe of tho artists; music, aud instru- ments belonging to the orchostra, were all con- sumed. ““Norma” was the lsst' performsuce, tho heroino being roprescnted by Madame Sav- ertel, who bas enchanted the public with her singing and octing for the last six months, The Musical Standard informs us that a fow admirors of the brillian talents posscssed by Mme. Clara Schumann, bavo purchased an an- uity for that lady of a thoussnd thalors, in or- dor that she may in futuro not be obliged to_ox- tend her concert tours beyond limits_compatible with & duo rogard for Lor beath, Desiden thi, gubscriptions Lave been sot on foot_among ad- Imirors of the music of the deceascd compoaor Robert Schumann, for the parpose of educating his children. The Afusical Standard refers to_another pupil of Mendelasohin's who hes rejoined his master in the Elysian Fields, the composer Emil Btein- kubler, who died 8 fow woeks ago in Borlin, By birth s Gormap, but for years ind years & Zosident in Lallie, Steinkubler has from timo to nies, overtures, trios, quartets, bisnoforto picces, bellads, etc., some of which have been Vory populer in France and Germany. An exchange gays “Mme. Patti will make her rentreeat tho Royal Italisn Opora the second Tabkin April. Mr. Gyo hos concluded a new Sogagoment for two’ years with the popnlar prima donna, wheraby ho i to receivo £200 per Dight, with the privilege of choosing hor own Togertory.” me. Pattiwill not singin this Tonntry. theroforo, next season, In her stead, Soworas, Nilason will sppear af the Academy of ‘Music next September, with a full Jtalian opera company—after makiog a tour through the Norih and West. According to M. Btrakosch, ‘Adelina Patti has signed a contract by which shois to appear in the United States during the season comtnencing with the fall of 1874 PAREPA IN EGYIT. 2 The New York Arcadian prints the following interasting lotter from Carl Ross : Carno, Jan. 11, 1878.— have received from time to tim in this outlandish place, the very welcome Arca- Gian, When 11eft the States no_such paper existed, £ud T sm rominded at this great distance, and in_ this Hlow place, how rapidiy you Americans get np newspa- ‘pera, and In fact eversthing else. Iam not sure who $io editor ts, but 1 think recognize several gifted and friendly pens. Thereceipt of the Arcadian and other American papers has kopt me posted in relation to the e Iyric drama permanentl Btotes. It i3 true that there is no men- fion ‘made in the revlew of the yars operd ‘sosson with which your bumble servact S connccted, but of that I do mot complain, What Torite to complain of jswhatI found in Number 14 of your paver. & ststement that there §s a rumor in aud at the same timo has o ringing, vibrating fimo contributed to tho musical library sympho-_ the States that Madsme Rosa failod here, and this I want to contradict emphatically. Madame Rosa has Dbeen even moro successful thin her friends pre- dicted, Sho wss received from the first with tho greatest entbusiasm, and whenever she sings, the Vicaroy, who very seldom comes to the theatre, is sure to bo present, Madame Ross has upto this time sung in .* Puritani,” *Norma,” “ The Huguenots,” sud” “ Trovatore,” and is to appear to-night in ** Ruy Blaen T s to under- w reached you, except that it is the colnage of some in- ferested party who fears that Madame will return to America with frosh honors. The same article inti- mates that* Madame Ross . succesded better in -tho United States than anywhereelse. This may be true fnancially, but not ariistically. She succeeded botter in Americd becauso there W Wero Our_own managers, and put our own mopey into the enterprise, contident that the American pSople would 'sustain any scheme undertaken, liberally, 2nd in a_straightforward man- ner, in the [oterest of art, Dut artistically, I cannot agree with you. The saiarics paid nt St, Petorsburg, Cairo, London, and Paris, are much in advance of those'obtainedin America. Madsme Rosa sung in ZLondon, whero sho arrivad about the middle of the Iast season, and ber euccess was most emphatic, It was 80 marked that she had immediate offers from St Pe- ternburg, Paris, and Csiro, and only sceeptod the latter ‘placo bocause her physician sssured ber that the mild climate would bo beneficial after the oxcessive work of the American campaigns, I bog of you therefore, fo contradict the foolish rumor, and to bellevo me when T aay that I conaider the judgments of an American sudience more severo than those of Enropesn audi- ences, I will go further, and say that if an artst is accepted in the States, ho noed not fear to go anywhere eleo; £nd, on the contrary,. Liab many artists who bave got o great position in Europe, would not be tol- erated in America, Respectfully, Cany Ross THE DRAMA, Mr. Edwin Booth has succeeded in drawing full houses, although coming immediately after a sosson of opera prosperous almost beyond precedent, and making a specialty of & play leas attractive to the public than any otherin his list. We have spoken somewhat at length inregard to QGrecian and Romsn plays, and their hold on modern audionces. The points of sympathy are not numerous. Human nature is the samo inall 2ges, but the revelations are better appreciated whon made through media familiar to the spec- tator. Itis hard to get at the kernel of charac- ter under the husk. of antiquity, unless we have the truest of intorpreters. Payne's “Brutus” is not a good play in the present ac- ceptation of the term. Itlhas not sufliciont eleva~ tion of character or dialogme to ba called Shaks- pearcan, it bas not thoeleganco of thoplaywrights of one hundred years azo, and not sufficient in- cidont or liveliness to satisfy tho requiremonts of the strictly modern drama.’ Within limits it exacts of all tho subordinate actors the same dignity of character and elevation of speech re- quired of tho principal actor. They aro all sup- posed to be noble Romans, living at a time when tobo s Roman was greater thana king; when there was a sovority of manner and a gravity pf carsiage nover surpassed in faturo periods of social bistory. It is difficult for the ordinary actor wear, don the toga and the buskins, and, in tho twinkling of an_ eye, transfor himself to thoso remote times and peculiar surronndings without taking along something of his native airand individualities. It is mot strange, therefore, that, on the first night of the prosentation of 4 Brutus,” the actors should have seemed 18 ill at ease as tho wife of & shoddy contractor who appears for the first time in full dress at & grand reception. As 1f from & consciousness that things were going wrong, and needed mond- ing, Mr. Booth secmed to lose his self-poiso, end to be endeavoring to make up by enengy and strenuousness of acting that which was elsowhere lacking. When simulating tho fool, nothing could have been more thoroughly admirable, or true to nature, than tho exprossion of his face, his_gestures, and Lis movements. But in his lucid intervels thero was a superfluity of gesture and of movement, in him most unusual, and elightly uncomforta- bla to the more inteliigent of his ‘auditory. As tho play progressed hotoso to its loftiest moods, and euded with a power, passion, oud fidety to Lis great ideal that won him the usual enthusi- astic opplause. Nesrly all signs of friction dis- appeared with gucceoding represontations, 3Ir. Booth recovered his aplomb, and bis assistants seomed, ina slight mossuro, torecoverfrom their etrangeness, ‘The sets, slightly criticised in Tuesday's TRIRUNE, werd changed and improved, although n fow trivial sconic anachron- jsms were discoverable until. the last. Nothing, howover. scemed capsble of making the lines of tho play fit deftly the Lips of tho gubordinates. They lacked smoothness for merely declsmutory purposes. Mr. O'Neil ‘mouths too much, and Mr. Lanagan too littlo, if an error in the latter dircction is poszible. Mrs. Allen wes o handsomo Roman matron, and Mrs. Myers & prolg Toman maid, but they had the somo lingnal difiiculties as tho others. Boyond furnishing to the sceno their graceful, womanly prosence, thoy added little to tho oxcellence of the performance. But there was no halt in reci- fation, nor breach anywhers in action, to mar tho genoral smoothnéss. On Friday night, and st yeitordsy's matinco, * The Merchantof Venico™ wis played, with Mr. Booth as Shylock, and Mr. BcVicker 'na Launcelot Gobbo. The sup- port was better than in “Brutua. slthough in many respects imperfect. There is probably 1o character in which Mr. Booth renders Lim- golf moro thoronghly pleasing than in that of the ‘hard-hearted, penurious, strong-charactered Jow, “who will have merely justice and his bond. The programine for the coming weak bas been pre- arranged in & manner'to suit, a8 far as possible, the popular taste. The * Lady of Lyons,” to be ivon to-morrow snd Tuesday ovening, will call out all the young ladies and gentlemen of the city who are given to sentiment. On Wednes- day night, and thereafter during the weck, Mr. Booth® will play Bertuccio in_tha “Iool's Tevonge,” nearly all of tho company sustaining subordinato parts. The role assumed by Mr. O'Neil will be that of Serajino dell’ Aquila, » dangerous part for him, as he is likely to err in the direction of too much senti- ment. “Richelieu” will not bo resched until noxt week. * Hamlot" is in active preparation. Whon produced it will be with great claboration of costume and scenery. ACADEMY OF MTSIC. Comparstively fow people haye patronized the Acadomy during the past week. The induco- ments to sttend have been AMius Aunie Firmin and Mr. John Jack, who are msking their first starring tour. The lady aud gentlomsn have made whatever reputation they possess on tho ~ Pocific . slops, which region bas sont esstward _ some creditablo sctore, wlho have _scquired fame aod fortune in the largor spher of the world. Miss Firminisa 1ady of agreeabls appearance, gracefal in action, and not destitute cf & reasonable degreo of bis- trionic ability. Mr. Jack isa gontlemsn of impos- ing pbysical nppesrance, who understsnds his trade, and has a certain impressiveness of man- ner and dignity of action that will always esve Lim from absolute failure in whatever he may undertake, Their appearance only leads us to renew our frequent Jamentation at the too rapid ‘multiplication of stellar lights upon the _stage, and the decay of stock companies whick is nota~ ‘ble and most Misa Firmin and Br. Jack have sufficient talont to become substantial apd legitimate attractions to & good resident company at a first-claas theatre, but not enongh to warrant the bidding for the public favor upon_their mero strength of their own abilitics. The support rendered by the com- paog of the ‘Academy was unequal, and bas al- ready been criticised in our columns. On Thurs- day afternoon tho con;guiu of the Frincpa) theatres in the cityplayed for the benofit of Miss Flora Newtontoa large andience. The per- ‘formance was sccoptablo, and onlymarred by a slight confretemps, for which no ono as re- sponsible excopt the gm-liaa interested. This eek, r. Spencer Prtchardunow plss, * Coun- torfeit,” bo acted, with pew scenery end complicated mechanical effects, all of which will allow the excellent stage-mechanica of the Acadomy an opportunity further to display thoir skill. Tho plsy will be continaod during the week, tho whole company psrticipat- ing, and on Friday ovening the suthorof the picfo vl hata s grand complimentary benofit. Next week will bo par excellence a season of ben- efits, On Monday ovening Misa Aunio Waito. y7ho has rendered the thestro good service, will 2ok tho Tavor of the public. On Tacaday 6ven: ing Mr. Ed, Marblo and Miss Kate Wilson will take a joiut bonefit, and havo chosen the senss- tional picce **Under the Gealight ™ for their special attraction. Other novelties sro offerd for the same evening by artists who have con- tributed their gervicos. The other beneficiarics .of the week will be Mesars. Horne, Webster, and Muir. HOOLEY'S OPENA-HOUSE. i The course of comedy bss mot run With entire smoothness during.the past week at 3Ir. Hooley's. _The bill for the first three nights in- cluded “The Serions Family,” and * Barney the Baron,” in both of which Mr. John Dillon was the contral figure. On Wednesday evening & slight_illness on the part of Mr. Dillon, and & disturbance of the equenimity of & certain gen- tleman of tbe menagemoat, caused & cessation of the labors of the chief comedian, which were not renewed during the week. The place of Mr. Dillon, in “ Everybody's Friend,” which wa3 an- nounced for the concluding evenings, was sup- to drop his woods, of cvery-day" plied by Mr. Soggs with & certain degree of sc- coptance. The play of the coming wee will be the original comedy of “ Falso Shame,” by Alx. Trank Marshall, which ~has been acted st he Fifth Avenue Theatre successfally, The cast will include all the atrength of the company, 2. Dillon excepted. The séenery and other ac- cessories of tho picss have heen prepared with great care and st coneiderable expeusc. Thare seems to be no reason why it should not bave s long and successful ran. - . MYEDS' OPEBA TOUSE. The minstrels have met with somo inconveni- ence during the past week, but have succeeded in holding their 0wn B0 far a8 regards businesa. Mr. Arlington has been missed from the stage, having beon dotawned by illness. Ho has o far recovered that he will make his mppeai- ance ajain this weok, with no abate- ment of his customary mirth and vigor: A sufficient numbor of novelties will be offercd to please thous desirous of s change, and the old favorites, so far as presonted, will be ren- dered attractive by now facesand orizinal dresses. The principal piece of the week will be tho bur- lesque of * Robort Make-Airs," for which new and handsome ecenery hos been peinted, and which kas reccived various other ingenious ad- ditions from the inexhaustiblo playwright of tho company. The programme will be found to be asgood ns {hoso, which hate gone before it, whick is sufficient praige. _To-morrow night's performance.will be for tho benefit of Ben Cot- ton, than whom there are fow people in the minstrel business with s lrger circlo of friends. GENERAL GOSSIP. Charles Reade bas bogun a suit against the London Adzertiser for o libellous criticism of omo of his plays, laying his damages at £1,000. A tragedy of Shakspeare has been peformed for the first timo prlig A Spanish. u{age. Ay Madrid, ** Hamlet” has beon brought outins Spanish version by Don Carlos Coello. It is roported that Mr. Daly will transfer the Fifth Avenue Theatre, Now York, to Union Square, after the 1st of Aay, when Messrs. Shook & Palmer bid farewell fo tho cares of management. ¥ Mr. W. J. Florence has recoived a letter from & gentleman personelly cognizent of the circam- stances attending tho case of contcience of o young man who roturned money taken from his employer after sceing tho ** Ticket-of-Lenve Man"at Birmingham. The youth ws the son of tho vicar of Stratford-on-Avon, and was edu- cated in the eame schoolroom where Shakspeara learned little Latin and lees Greek. _The other ovening, in Cincinnati, while one sister was reproaching the other in ““Whoue Wifo," ssying: Somotimes I think you hate me, fo0; when I look for sisterly sympathy, my sister gives me but hatred and scorn; 'trill driva me mad "—A crazy woman_in tho sudionce rose up and cried : ** Bally for you, my girll- You're right, 1 had sister_ do thie seme thing by me. Yes, your head's level, my girl! You just give ittoher! Iknow Low it is myself.” : The Sacramento Union says: Sam Chapman has perfected an invention designed to_produce a . handsome ecenic effect on the stage of a theatro—that of = full-rigged ship_appeariug, advancing, and incrousing in size. The ship, a8 she is_in‘onded to appesr on tho stage, will, when firat seen, bo about cight feet long, but, by an .ingenioua machinism, opersted Ly fivo nien, she will incresse in_length to forty feet a5 she sdvances, her hull will rise proportionately from the water, her spars grow lofty, and the sails bo proporly sot—in fact, the effect will be exactly the same as that of a vessel sailing into pore from a distance. She will have a full deck, atchways, etc., and be, to all intents and pur- posas, = real ship. * w23 A Now York correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazelte tins epeats of 3 rising actress : « Alize,” the new play, has taken the town, and everybody is on the gui rite to see it. The most im- portat perdonage in the piece is Misu Clara Morris, 4 Weatern lady, who catne Lero unheralded two years ago, and was engaged by Mr. Daly beforo sho appeared at any metropolitan theatro, Daly evidently knew what he wus aboat, though some peopls thonglt he didn’t, and several of the old managers shook their heads ot tho thouglt of Lis cngegement of a provincal woman. She aftracted attentlon st the stact, bas been stoadily gaining in popularity ever since the evening when slio first. trod the boards of the old Fifth Av- enue Theatro. I heve hesrd oldand shrewd critics and theatre-goers of half s century entbusisstic in admiration- of Miss Borris, and since her ap- pearance in “ Alixe,” 3 week ago, they go fairly into raptures about her. She has a genius for acting, and he has the good sense not to be spoiled by praise. She studlies hard and works hard. She performs her part well, and there 8 not & word or gesturo in the wrong place or out of time. Sho can make all the women and half the men in_the audience cry, or, st all events, can moisten their eyelids and #ll their throats with lampe as large s Kichmond oysters, I ‘predict great famio for her in tho lino she ks chosen, and that, too, before very long. Mr. Bellew, in the course of his reading in New Vork a few evenings £go, took occasion to Tefuto some statoments ot Mr. Froude in regard to the litorature of Ireland. In the course of Dis remarks, tho gontleman said: Why, next to Shakspeare, every literary man and every dramatic artist will givo the place of honor to an Irieliman—Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Is not b the author of the_two greatest comediea of the last two centuries, * The Rivals ” and ** The School for Bean- Qi7" And whero was ho born but in dear old dirty sud much-beloved Dublin 7 Who, again_(the lecturer added), waa Oliver Goldsmith ? Did not be write “Sho Stoops'to Conquer,” which had o run of 400 nights at Drury Lane Theatre when originally produced, snd Was tuwice played by royal command before the King and Court 7 So great is the vitality of that famous comedy that only the year before last it was Teproduced by Mrs. John Wood at St James' Theatre, in London, and ran uninterruptedly, if T remember a_.ght, {or nearly throe bundred nights, T shall never forget tho beauty and completeness of ‘that performance, and my delight with the rendering of the part of lr. Hurdcaatle, undertaken ond sdmira- bly executed by one of your own favorite actors, Mr, Mark Smith, And who ¥as Goldsmith? Was ho not born and bied in the County of Longford, Ireland? Then, sgain, bow about Congreve and Farquahar? Are fot theirs historical names as dramatists? And were not they Irislunen? What sball I say of sucha coustellation of minor lghts as O'Keefe, Murpby, Tichard Lalor Shefl, and Maturin? The preaent geu= eration han seen Cork produce Jamen Sheridan Knowles, Waterford produce Skeil, Dublin Dion Ioucicault, aud Last, but not least, Limerick Gerald Gritlin, A[R. BYRON'S NEW PLAY. Of Mr. Byron'anew play, “Old Soldiers,” the Pall Mall Gazelle sava: In bis new comic drama of “ 01 Soldiers," produced 2t the Strand Theatre, r, Byron hus equipped him- self with an effective part, which, however, is s close following of characters he has essayed on former oc- caions of liy own previding. Br. Lionel Levere 18 5 young gentleman of fortune, leading a retired Lifo in & Zottage ipon the Devonshiro coast. He ia the son of & general oflicer who, dying upon the battle-field, has bequesthed his orpban child to_the care of one Cas- sidy, bis soldier-servant, an Irish corporal. And tho oung Lionel stands much in nieed of the guardianship Sf the'faithtul Cassidy, for ho is represented to the au- Qience as timid, weak, constitutionally indolent, and, indeod, but half-witted, although be has the gift of ut- Sering humberleas facelioun and satirical remarks upon all kKinds of topics. Two of his Devonshire neighbors, %old soldiers "—Captain McTacish snd Mre. Major 2loss—diAcovering his wealth, have marked him dovm as s likely son-in-law; for each bas a Iut irrisgeable daughter, mamed respectively Kate McZTavish and BMary 3oss, Betwcen these veteran parents s scvere conflict ensmes, . Mr. Leeret, tho cause of thestrife, is most indiferent as to its result. He is not anxious to ‘marry at all, but since that izsue haa been desnitely Qecided, without his being consulted {n the matter, ho {s cantent to take to wife Kate or Mary; accordingly a8 chancomay direct. Indeed, hoappesrs tobe rather 2n spprover of the old proposition that marriages should be arranged by the State, the brides, like the Curo of souls, bo in_thie gift of the Lord Chancellor or ‘omo similar functiopary of the Government. In the ‘et inatance, Captain MeTavish triumphs, and wrings from the reluctant Lereret sn engagement €0 ra, Major Moss, howover, is 8 deter- mined combatant, who docs not know when ahe is DBesten nor what 1t s (o despair of ultimate success. She hias sccared an fmportant ally in the persan of one Major Fang, third “old goldier,” who had aspired to et affections in times long peat, and who ia able to make many . disagreeablo revelations concerning tho Private history of McTavish, who, it seems, has been in Tarly lifo blackleg and something worse.' But theso Siaclonures are found less efficacions than had been ez- pected by the Hfoss faction, Thelr first effect is only Jo siir some latent chisalric feeling in tke bosom of 3t Lexeret, who exerta himself to declare that ho can- ot forego Ais engagement on such grounds, nor visit Upon Eate the sins of her father, But presently, y90bg gentleman named Gordon Lockhart sppeirs Tpon the scene, and ssserts an earlier clsim Ubon the afections of Miss McTavish. And then the fathful Cassidy, ~who distrusts the designs of the McTarishes, interferes in the ntereat of aary Moss, and resorta o' the old expedieat of do- s’ master as suddenly ruined by the dis- Honesty of an sgent, and Gordon Lockhart us the Inmeritor of 8 large ‘fortune. Captain McTatishis faitagut to stage precedent, and implicitly believea the Hetiona of the Irish servant, H terminates tho en- ement between 3r. Leteretand Hate, who specdily B e in the arms of her constant lover Luckhart D Soor man after sll, but affectionate, soung, and Dandsome. Mr. Leveret thus becomes the prey of Srs. Hiajor Moss, who promptly ocurea him for her daugh- {at 3fary, 'When Cassidy's frauds are exposed It is 100 Toto for MfcTarish to interfere, and he is much discon- Fepted. “Ho is rewarded, howaver,with an sppoiatment &"a ‘tropical colony where rum' is plentiful, and hia early misdeeda will probably escape inquiry, 'And the 15y terminates with an_intimation that the elderly Fovars, Major Fang snd Mra. Moss, msy forthwith follow the examyle of the younger couplea and becomo man snd wife. —_— Herearaa fow of the distinguished English converts from Protestantism to the Roman Catholic Church within the lest fow years: Dr. Manning, Archbishop of Westminster ; the Mar- quis of Bute; the Earls of Oxford, Kings- Porough, Denbigh, Duonven, Granard, Pem- proke, Buchan; Miss Gladstane, sister of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstono; Miss Stanley, giater of the Dean of Westminater ; and the Bev. . H. Wilberforcs, brother of the present Bithop of Winchester, We ate told that thero o 200 Roman Catholic priests who wera at ono time clergsmen of the Church of d. BOSTON. Literary Sugar-Sifters---Boston Di- vided in Opinion upon Emily Faithfull, A CGreat Reception--A Hero Instead of a Heroine. A New Version of HMary and Her Liitle Lamb--4 New Light in the “ Alantic.” A Sentimental Wail, and a Story in Another Key---Kettle-Droms. From Our Own Correspondént. Bostox, Feb. 19, 1573, Someof the feminine correspondents, who seem to wield a literary sugar-sifier, whercin the honest spice of criticism is entirely left out, talk about 1SS PAITHFULL'S FIEST LECTURE in Boston a3 a great success, Lsee. This 18 very complimentary to Miss Faithfall, but it is only compliment. The facts, and the immediate re- ports in the firet-class newspapers of the next day, complotely contradict this fattering: tale. Her first lecture was a failure. People went, expecting to hear something about the special work of her life, and they got, instead, a rambling account of the motable people she had met in England. There were pretty much all the great names, but nothing new about them. Evidently we have all of us got a far clearer ides of some of these notabilities from Justin McCarthy's vivid Galazy sketches than Miss Faithfull pre- sented. The Adtertiser was specially sharp in its criticism upon her after this first lecture; but tho criticism lost in dignity and value when it quoted from a London correspondent that the ‘English people, or rather the Londonors, would be greatly amused if the Americans made very much acconnt of Miss Faithfull, as she was by no mesns of first-cless importance with fhem ! This quotation, which, in eum and substance, conveyed the ides that Mirs Faithfoll had no so- cial prestige, had something so petty and sbsurd in it, 08 applied to s practical reformer, that the use of it entirely dostroyed the effect of the oth- erwiss candid estimate of the lecture’s merits as alectura. In my last last letter, I simply spoke of Miss Faithfull’s advent here, and the recep- tions, etc., which were on {ho tapis. Ifer pleasant saspect in private, the pleasant accounts of her elsewhere, all moved in her favor, and the wave of expectstion ran high. But the first ap- pearance in public dissppointed, asT bave stated. Then the sharpwords in the Advertiser, comiag g0 directly, added to the prejudices of the thoughtless many, who wanted fo catch at any peg to hang their dissppointed hopes upon ; and &0 two parties wero formed, and the Hub was divided in its mind. In the meantime, those Who kept their FAITH IN THE FAITHFUL were very busy sending ont invitations for re- coptions. Bt tholittle fiend of cold and fever, which is always lying in wait in Boston esst winds, had been still busy with the Faithfall, and, up to' Saturday, bronchisl congestion had made a victim of tho new-comer, and the con- fomplated receptions a feilure. iut, on Satur- day ' afterncon, at 2 O'clock, as thero was 70 withdrawsl of ihe eppointed lecture, Teemont Tomple showed a goodly audience, aod, 3t the hoar named, Miss Faithfall appeared, aud, on, this socond occasion, spite of the labored Soice, owing to her recent indisposition, most of tho projudicod wero conquered snd came away applauding. This time they got what they wanted,—a talk about her work, and her views and experiences of women. The subject- mattor wa intesosting, end {he manner of pro- genting it simple, aud unpretending, and pleas- ing. Butwhat ehallbe said of the taste that prompted, the reading of the English press testi- monisls a8 an introduction to- this lecture,— testimonials of thn sdvertising kind, which we read in the Leralding of any coming entertainer or entertainment. Only, in these testimonials of Misa Faithfull we_get a frequent glimpse of rogalty,— by the_Queen's gracions approval,” eta. The whole thing savored of the seneational trampet-blowing which goes before an unknown now-comer. We are usod enough to it in the newspapers, but to hear these PERSONAL POWDER PUFFS read off in s businoss-like manner to 8 waiting sudience, while the eubject of them sits front- ing us, ia quite a new thing. Perbaps this ia the London wayof conducting lecturea and lecturors to success. Perhaps the savage onslaught in the Adzertiser, which denied to the lady somuch of prestige and favor in her own country, put her on the defensive, and mado it seom & neces- sity to her that she should show her credentials. But, however it may be, it struck, at the begin- ning, & note of discord, and it is grestly in Miss Faithfull's avor to asy that, in spito of this, the conquered. Not the least incongruous part of it all was, that the reader of these credentials shonld be William Lloyd Garrison! How tho gentloman felt when he found that his office aa Introducleurinvolved that of public trum- peter 2150, does not transpire, Up to this time, tho receptions, ss I have before mentioned, were given up on neconut of the state of Miss Faithfull's health. Her appearance on Saturday afternoon roused expectations, and s Sunday evening recoptiop, which bad been_ planned, be- gan to look possible. And in this connection You will sec, o, mild and moral Chicago ! that radical Boston Has wandercd so_far out of the straight end narrow path of tho Puritans, that & 4 Sunday evoning meeting " does not necessari- | 1y mean now a pious parish gathering, as it once d. Onthe strongth of this now hope, the hostess of the occasion did not rescind her invi- tations, but wisely allowed the mattor to drift, with the promise from Misa Faithfull that Jghe would do ker best to be present. Aud so the Sunday evening came, Dbitterly cold, and most awfully enshwindi; but, notwitlistand- ing, & company whose numbers went into the hundreds, increased and multiplied as the evening decpened. all to meet the heroine of the Victoria Press. But the heroine did not come. The little fiend of cold and fever carried the day, and, before 10 o'clock, we knew that we shonld not pay our devoir at that shrine. But, luckily, there was another shrive. If the hero- ine did not come, A mERO DID. And, if the anzious little hostees felt before that she was assisting at a variation of tho play of “ Hamlet " with the part of Hamlet left out, she was soon reassured. Weo didn's have Misa Faithfull, the Queon of the labor movement, but we had THE KING; &nd, of couree, the feminine portion of the com- pany resigned themeelves with very suspicious amiability to the loss of the former. Women, I think, are born hero-worshippers andlion-lovers, for they seem never 60 happy 88 when bowing before such a shrine, and making one of sucha following. On this occasion, the hero waa that King of the Lions, Wendell Phillips, who ex- erciaes so much fascination upon his own sex that thoy can scarcely afford to criticise their sisters in their hero-worship. And yot, and yet, it was fanny to sce the following on this even- ing, bacause 1 suppose there wero s0 may of the followers, *All we like sheep,” wickedly quoted one of the feminines, as she passed me bent on this very following. ¢ Why not sa lambs? 1t would sound better,” J responde ¢ If I did, I should put it in this way: And everywhere that Wendell went The lambs were sure o go,” was the quick response. And o with the Eing to follow, and no end of other delightfal guests, the evening was' a success, 6YoR though Mies Faithtall was not present. But, to chango thesubject and set not to 1eave the society of lions entirely, doea Chicago know what & promising posuibility of the species wo have in the youug Norwegisn with the un- pronouncesble name, Hjalmsr Hjorth Boyesen, Wwho has Leen WRITING FQB THE ATLASTIO s good deal lately? -The young maa ia sbout thireo-anid-twenty yeur3 of age, and, threo years ag0, did mot know the English Inngusge,—so one of his friends told me. Yrhen wo read rnch an little poem 83 Thoralt and Syinon,” wo feol doubtfal of thia report; tub ome thing is Y axre, i, ovon if tho learning o the language should turn ont to be & lttle more credible miracle 88 to time, we can safely assure our- selves that we have' got & poot amongstus. It eoms that the young Hjalmar Hjorth came oyer to this country to learn to be & Swedenborgisn minister here. Established for that purpose, i the Bwedenborgian College, some very wise Professor in that institution made the discovery tuat the new pupil's mind was of. literary ins stead of a theological turn, and waa candid enongh to advise a corresponding change in the direction of hislife. So, happily, We get in re~ sult, “Thorolf end Synnon,” and, a3 er re- sult, a novel, or romance, which 14 to come out next year in the Atlantic. . "And spenking of THE ATLANTIC AND NEXT YEAR suggests the change which will have taken placa by that time; the removal of the publishor# from the famous Tremont street cormer ta’ Franklin street, at present standing in ruins in the burnt district. At that time, zlso, the retail portion of the business will be given up. Thix change of locality is & change from the thing: that we love," which is met with regret by literary idlers and workers who bave found the groat store on Tremont street such & pleasant! &L convenient meeting-place &nd refugo. Whero else could there be such an suthor's room, overlooking the Common, a8 it does, and facing - Park street ? Where alse would it seem nat 2nd geemly to moet tha Wedding-Journeyer an all the rest of the editors and authors, but ix thats building, going_up aud down that long! flight of staira to tho various little sanctums, where in winter open grate-fires of blazing ses~ coal greet you upon entrance? So many people’ who have made the Atlantic {amous have up and down those stairs, have sat before those little soa-con! fires, have looked ont of thosa windows upon the Common, that o other gtairs, no other sanctums, will ‘ever hava the same charm. Well, after this little wail of sentiment, I]m;uk T ought to toneh soother nwwm closing,—s key which is suggestec er CoASE the ol habitass, - il L For, as I speak, I clearly trace X Fomanty balf forgotten face, and this faco is that of GATL MAMILTON, which waa once so familiar in those rooms. A 1 recall her, I always thiuk of the fierce littler fight she 'made, in her “Battle of tha ‘Books,” against_ber quondam friend, James T, Field, whore, if my readers will remember, she accused that gentleman of all manner of un< fair dealings with her. As the other sids of the story, Mr. Fiold's side, was never told by thd gentloman himself, we 'have no sides to take in the matter, and eo nobody’s bones will be broker if Xrepeat a very witty application of s famoud couplet from * Tho Lady of the Lake™ to thid fomons fight, which did result, we must also rex ‘member, n & half-victory for Gail. Hero is the couplef They tur; they strain ; down, down they go,— Tha Gael above, Fitz Janiea below, The victory to which I allude was that of an award of & cersain portion of money by the ar~ bitrators who settled the affair. It looked to good many as though tho fiery httle Gael Lad ‘made some arbitrary ruling herself in the mattery and, though her claimmight be fair enough, thak it was yet tho honors of war which she got. Buf with that we have little to do at this moment., The attitude of submission o the part of Mr. Field to this fiery little scold gives us the situs~ tion which wo want to make the humor of thix application complete. 'Y‘u turn from the book-makers and the llons, lef mo say a good word about the ENGLISI EETTLE-DRUM, or 5 o'clock tea, which is making a simple diver~ sion of entertainment just now, and taking the place of the lunch-parties which were fast gzow— ing into elaborate dinners with the altendsuf expenses. The 5 o'clock is not arbitrary; indead, with late dinners, it wonld b often o of placo; but it is slipped, in thews casos,. into the hours of 7 and 8, or aven 9, and thus, 28 the simple fashion of gathering one's friends. together, it is hoped it will be succeasful. ALL that is needed is a corner table, 2 butler’s tray, with piles of plates, piles of thirty-cont bread delicately spuuhn.h.\vmgn of beef perhaps, &0 o basket of cakio,with 8 plessant hostess sorve hor guests as they stand or sit at theis pleasuro about the room. If this simplicit Till remain with us as it is, and not grow sa our simplicities_do, into elaborate feastings an festivities, we shiall have occasion to congratu: Iate ourseives on a new advent of plexsure an profit. GARETR. | —_—— A LEGEND OF DELHL ~ The Grent Mogul, called Baber, Tn solemn court #at e, ‘Beneath the State umbrella, Dozing Liesat, With courtiers round him. On daisand mat. This monareh g0 despotic Invoked the drowsy god By putfing fames narcotle, “Till all begsn to nod. Opium-f: Day-dreaming dull, They all sat s-nodding around the Mogul. 1t chanced, while they were buakiag In this sublime repose, A Hindoo fly came buzzing Abont the royal nose: “Would you not dle, Catch me the fly I” Remarked the Mogul to His Vizier nigh. Just then, soft alumber comiog, ‘His Highness ceased to speak ; Again the fly came humuni And fastened on hia chet Never was ceen Ssucler mien Shown by an fusect on Feature nerene. Up rose the Vizier, yavning. And dabbed aloft his fist ; #Xow, by the Proplet's camel, 25 loyal aim F're missed | Oh, what & mull { Woe on my skull ! T've missed the blue-bottle And it the Mogul 17 The Great Mogal wont kesling ‘Almost upon his side, And colored up with feeling, Till, nearly waking wide, Slowly he spake: Wheo I'm awake Bome gentleman’s head fra His shoulders I'l take,” Ae3in the spell narcotic Gpon the monarch sank. For sentencs so despotic The Vizler's self to thank,— iCause the old guy Kl would the iy. When plain was the ordes To “catch ” it to try 1 —Pittaburgh Chironicle. T ANNIVERSARIES. ‘The golden hours that blesa the hpplest life While bers below, Aro not so many that we can £ford To let them go as the swift-revolving years Thelr mem'ry bringz, And marks another annivers’ry brought On Time's fleet wings, There’s something sweet n viewing pleasares sty t U re Tho Eappy Rours, and live them o'er And not let’ fall i’ Into disus the honored custom given, S LT point the years adown the course of ‘Along Life’s ways. e “Twrill make us better men and women, t00, To cherish thus The mem’ry of tho kappy dase and houra. i m ‘come to us, st ‘many years ay blak, Soinany yeardiago sy, When such or such'n thing transptred. For lovs Can never dio. And let us strive, in pasaing down Lifes way, Something to do ; To 8l rame lifo beside our own with foy, - And gladncsa too To strew awoet flowers, and bring s golden Light ok Tommefautberts .o o ‘o give & kindly word, a band 3 Jake this pRERat our part, o —_——— 10 “SISTER MARY ALOYSIUS.” 1 Ahink of thee; T think of thee! Tho glory of ihy soul-flled eyea Bolh day und night come Lack to me, ‘0 charm 1oy thoug] y0nd the skies, I grieved that ever clotstered walls Should hide a face, a form, 50 falr; New my #ad beart that wish Fecalls,— T often Jong that I wers there, Thy truth, thy purity and wort ‘Sweet */Irizh Diamond, " Are more than could be bors of earth, Or born In some all-ballawed hour. " Oh! thou’rt the guiding-ctar that leads 0y ooy e prarte Lo e TAyer it Y S Tt ven, 1 Lauid with dreaso of taoe. With thea doth faithful Mem'ry dvels, Tho' parted by the bounding taain ; X caa but weep a fond farewell,— “Tm off 10 busy life again > Dasr. From the Church Almanac 1 there appears to be 2,700 &hfi’-’:fi‘ 144 priesta and deaccns connected with the Protest- ant Episcopnl Chaurch in the Unised States. It furthe: appears that of this number of priests a2 dencons 431, or about ene-aisth of the whols withoat parishes. Of the nurbe) about 43 are doctors ig divinity, 22 3 1