Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 2, 1873, Page 7

TIE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1387s. 7 ?AUL MORPHY. The Chess-Champion of the World. An Interview with Bim---Ifs €arcer and Characiers 1f Peul Morphy, 36 Rue Dauphine, New Or- Jeans, is not forgotten, it has xfot been his fault. If he is, it ehall not be mine. For fifteen yoars hehss lived a lifo of obetinate obscurity. Ho has scarcely sppeared in public. o hins avoided Lis friends, until they have, with less than a dozen exceptions, disappeared into acquaint~ ances. His name, oven, is never seen in the “annusl city-directories. Two publications of his oath hava pleased him moro than all of his ex- loits. o 1t was not deemed worth o New York newspa- item when Paul Morphy seiled for Europe, although ho had won 97 out of 100 games of chesa against the strongost players in the United States. The Southern youth went unheralded end unnoticed, save by the few ferewells of his fricnds, and fiying rumors (unimown to Paul. Morphy, Gentloman,) of unlimited amounta staked by a fow audacions sporting men on the continuance of bis success sbroad. But, when it was demonstrated that everyone must -go down before him; that the .best cheas talent of the 01d World avoided him after the tirst meeting ; that his superiority left no breath in & competitor, and not one series of games wes finishod; that, whoover sat against themystericus object of our then boyish admira- tion, his victory wes inevitable,—then it was plain toall on this side of the water that genius ‘’has no favorite habitat. How marvelous wero his after games, when in the very willfulness of power, he began those hitherto-unheard-of tonrnaments, single-handod against two, blindfold sgainst three, then blind- fold against whele clubs, in London, in Birming- bam, in Edioburgh, in Paris, sgsinst the most renowned and accomplished talent of the Old World! Ho had one companion, and one nation's victory was more thin complote, when, at the final protracted tournament, the men of traditional power yielded not only the first place to Morphy, of Louisiana, but tho sac- ond to Paulsen, of Towa. Then, oven those who knew nothing of chess felt somchow that a great victory had been won, in a field whence competition had hitherto thrank, and the enthusiasm with which the young Morphy was returned to his Now Orléans home was a long time in subsiding. : PAUL MORPHY AT NOXE. - Thirty-six Bue Dauphine is a simple, two- story, brick structure, flanked by storehouses. TThe court into which the little stroet-door opens, paved with broad, moss-embroidered flag- Btones, is perfumed with a fine fragrance from parterres of flower-beds, over- -hung by orange-trees and magnolins. A fight of low stairs leads up to the dwelling-rooms. I had neverseen Paul Morphy, butI knew him the moment he stood quictly before me, simply dressed, slight, emooth and melancholy-faced, with & head and brow overhanging with their ovwn weight. So fall 'of dignity, 5o empty of self-conscioneness, was his presence, that I was almost prepared byit for the quick answer he made o that he was but an amstour, and was averse to notoriety. But the passion of the Creole eyos overspoke the tutored voico at a re- mark I'made about the contrast between what he said and what he had done. My imperfect French added to the embarrassment of the mo- mont, and his thin self-control gave way to one of those sudden paroxyems of passion to which 1 bave since lenrned he is constantly subject. Happily, the coming of his mother soon divested - him of the strange suspicior that I thought him . chant ; and two sisters : Mrs, Syprandt, at present | to be & professional gamblor; and, afterwards, through 3ons. C.-A. Maurian, ‘an intimato friend, and the best pablic player to-dsy in New Orleans, all of these misunderstandings wore removed. Iehall long hold in plessant re- membrance that, brilliant circle, among whom were Morphy, Maurian, James A’Connell, E. A. Halsey, P. pames of note among all chess-circles. CITLDHOOD AND TYOUTH. - ‘Paul Morphy comes from s chess-family. His father, Alonzo Morphy, Judge of the Suprems Court of Louisiana, was a chess-player of great reputation; and his uncle, Ernest Morphy, long was the strongest player in the South. His mother is better known as a composer of_ music, under her maiden name of -Le Carpentier. He was born in New Orloans, and will be 86 years old on the 22d day of June. He hes one brother, Edward, a successful cotton mer- in Paris, and Helens, at home, unmarried. Both his parents are Roman Catholics. He does not observe the duties of ‘any church. It must be remembered that New Orleans, at the time of which I speak, gave to the gamo of chess the only public prominence it received in this country. It was exclusively the game of Morpby's childhood, and, when he was but G years of age, his skill was the wonder of the . family-scquaintance. At 10, he had a local rep- utstion which gained frequent publio mention. His parents tried to wean him from so absorb- ing 2 passion; but, whed the miniature board which accompanied him to his, meala was taken. away, hewould be found, after being missed for. hours, perched in the outhouse, » rude disgram sketched on the waste-paper, with chipsformen, studying ott some new combination. His play ot this time was characterized by a recklessness only- brilliant because successful.- He would throw away his pawns for nothing, the sooner to bring his * artillery,” as he called it,.into the " field. And though, in after years, he abandonod | such perilous gonerosity, yet ho was always - making some -startling sacrifice, which, in the -end, showed almost preternatural insight into * the Iair where lay success. At the age of 13, he beat in two straight games the famous Hun- : garian, Loswenthal. Afterward, he was sent fo Spring-Hill College, near Mobile, and soon be- came, by & long distance, the foremost student in the school. He took the degree of A. B., and followed it with that of M. A. In this course, he manifested & peculiar and slmost sbsorbing taste for tho exact sciences. He gradu- sted in 1854, at the age of 17. At this time, he was the victim of & con- stant bodily pain and depression of mind, which have followed him through life, and from which e hss nover been released, save ut moments of intense mental ection. -Habitually nervous and Irritable, he could scarcely control himself in the moments immediately preceding his chees-' engagements, but, during thé hours of the com- bat, he was tranquil and unimpressiblo. - CONQUEROR OF THE CHESS-WORLD. Immediately after college, he foundod the- New Orleans Chess-Club, of which he soon be- came Preeidont and master-spirit. His wonder- ful play, in the scattered intervals of time which be gave to the game, made him the always un- willing (he is the most modest man I have ever soen) subject of sattention from more distant localities ; and, three years after, we find him in New York and the North, where, out of 100 games withtheveteransof this country, helost butthree. At the nge of 23, his reputation smong chess- sircles here was established. He was strongly solicited to go to Europe; and, a year after, be- £20 his brilliant career there. Theresult iswell known. After meeting all in regular tourney, be introdncod the celebrated blindfold games, which looked like taking libertics with fortune. - But, in chess, brain can be one’s, only foriune. And though, in these games, every mesns was taten to baffle him,—unusual openings, odd dis- poeitions of the pieces, uncommon developments . of & gamo which never repeats itself, problems - elaborated in the study,—yet he met all with an - sccnracy and quickness of play which astonished all beholders. Amusing were some of the speedy vouts which followed these outre plots. It was Btrong, and Durant LaPonte,— | discovored that no ono could’ puzzle him. I played blindfold as if ho saw. In quickness, in caro, In far-sighted groping of his picces, and ix resiatlessattack, his blindfold games against eight ab once sro evory way oqual to his minglo concentrated efforts. At last, hebeat Staunton, the chess‘potentalc of the Aother-Country, twicein consnltation games; and thet vetersn was afterward too sick to meet his rival even in friendly encounter. At Paris, whither he 1m- mediately proceeded, Harrwitz, though playing an obrolete gambit, with every variation of which o was familiar, but which no one else over had heard of, was compelled, by illness, af- ter four straight defeats, to resign the contin- uance of the ecries. Buch play was enongh to make any one eick. Loewenthal was agein de- feated. Andersson end Mongredian went through tho form of encountor and capitulation, beforo Dhis speedy departure for Englend and the Con- tinent. -At this time, Mr. Staunton, the noxt distinrnished player in Europo, said of Morphy, *‘He must in future givooddsto overy opponent, or play single-handed against severnl in consul- tation.” Sobegan the ¢ consnltation gamo,” of which be lost litorelly none, and in which it was demonstrated that he could give immense odds. =u i BTILE OF FLAY. A The character of Morphy's play was uniform, whether conduoting half-a-dozen games simulta~ neously, withont sight of tha board, against tho strongest players that could be procured, or whether playing alona; he was ever bold, dash- ing, brilliant, correct. By fhe lattor word, I mean that "ho found elways the forcible move, without referencs to the depth of thought he might expect in his antagonist. Ho played as if his antagonist was another Morphy; and it was not afterward found thet any skillful play sgainst him could have won. “There is but onewayto do a thing,” he olten said., While his own move was immedinte upon his adver- sary, Le awaited tho reply without impatience or loss of his thought. His instantaneous move- ments acd violations of pracedent created some- times & sort of haze or hallucination, under which his competitor could not do justice to himself. "His. friends recount many singular anecdotes of -this fact. Ho scemed absolutely tireless, and played onco eight games without intermission, with tho most distinguished players of London in succession, and won them all. While ho would often sacri- Zice pieco after piece, even when encountering players that were nover trifled with, that his coup might present a more striking tablean, yet he soemed incapable of giving any advantage in the course of the game to evon an inferior aniago~ nist; and punishod all mistakes with the surly quicknoss of nature. - Ho is cssentially a player of the imagination; and that ho cannot talk in- telligently of his method is proof that itiss part of his nature. His only weaknoss wos his boshfulness., His first games with great players were invariably his poorcst. Ho distrusted” his genius until he realizod its omnipotence. This was noticeable in his earlior amsteur games 'in this country. His first encounters with Psulsen, who wounld have carried away alone the Esstern honors to his Towan home, had he not been the companion of Morphy, were not successful, Afterwards, in the tournaments abroad, this mauraise honle scems to have been to a dogreo overcome ; still, here, his eatly play ‘was often unequal, and sometimes commonplace, comparatively. It presonted sudden and strong contrasts with fteclf, and, though successful, sometimes disappointed. In‘the first great games with Harrwitz, the Fronch champion, that expert's involved and obscureplay, abounding in a half-obsolete opening and novel positions, made all the early games defests. In fine, Morphy's strength, temporatily overshadowed, was always developed by his compotitor.. Ho quickly learned the ground onwhick his adversary loved tofight, and met him invariably there,—surpassing pro- fundity with a decpor depth, and eclipsing bold- ess with & cooler daring. 5 '~ BETIREMENT FROM TIE FIELD. But Morphy returned to be disgusted with ‘chess. He has never played in public sinco. Heis sick as with surfeit of tho very namo. At the time X rct him, ho could think with pa- tienco and ploasure of cvorything save chess. With his abdication, Capt. McKenzie, of New York, ramains the best player.in the United Btates. - Morphy, upon his return, renounced at once all his chess-connections, and, under flattering anspices, with sanguine faithin his success on the part of all who knew him, and - theorists who did not, he- began the study of thelawin the New Orleans Law-School. What is tho result? He has turned ont no lawyer,—not eyen a com- miesion . merchant! nothing. « Once in » while, the solitary athlete can be in- duced to show that his power is only in sbey- ance. I sawhimat private seance, just before I left, beat simultaneously, in 28{ hours, six- teen of the most accomplished amatours in New Orleans, His strength. has ‘nover been fally tested, and will probably never be fully do- velaped. s Paul Morphy is poor. Unlike s Yankeo, h finds it impossible to live -on his talent. - Op- ' portunities there aro in sbundance,—rich offers for public exhibitions of Limself as delicate &s those grasped at by men who would pretend to more honor. He steadfastly refuses them. He was morbidly sensitive to misjudgment, lest, he ‘e taken for one who *travels on his muecle,” and, on all his journeys, defroyed his- own ex- penses, and always playod in the presence only of -golect compenies, to which no money could gain access. There scoms to me to be a certain sttraction in this fine delicacy, which one would. encounter not elsewhere among us than in the Dalf-foreign society of New Orloans, amid which Mr. Morphy was rearcd. It is dearer to him than wealth or renown, or the stiange gift by “which he must get his daily bread or go without it. . Somo thero aro who do not live by bread slone. CmanLEs J. WOODBURY. P s oA PENCILINGS. 1n the midnfght’s mystical ailence, looking back to'the ears that have flo 3 ve fown, 1 sit, fdlly turning the pages of a ife that's aimless and Tono; z The Pact {8 o well-written story,—s Tomance of pleas- 7 aro and cere,— A ma}zg creative of mem'ries,—a vision delazive as 'o..m-musii plesing and sunay, fas cut on the desrt of e, A hallow'd home-picture arises, untouch'd by the shad- f ot s And, in thess -fancy-fram"d moments, T mingle with those who have gone Afar to the miracle mfimky that Meth just east of the dawn, % ABI Twould that thie days fombd fn memlry might me re; as of yo And o e Hogeilumd moments, could chlld- hood's sweet blessings live o'er,— Oonld!ed:gfiungddnlg‘eumdngl ‘of hands that are now still and col And list fo the echo of voices that xing 'yond. the gate- wags of gold. 84l in the mystical midnight, lodking back tothe yoars that have flown, T, dadly turning thopages of s e ever aimless a2 vl e The Past is & well-written story,—tho Present an un- finlshed page,— The Future a leaf that Is spotless, awaltiog the c’lings of age. 5 2 OwEN M. Wrzsoy, Ju. Cm10460, Feb. 25, 1873, —_— Ruskin. Mr. John Ruskin, who is nothing if nob origi- nal, writes to the Pall Mall Gazette to explain how he got his fortune: ¢*My father and his partners entered into what your carrespondent mellifiuously styles ‘s mutually beneficent part- nership' with certain laborers in Spain. The laborers produced from the earth annnally a cer- tain number' of bottles of wine. These pro- ductions were gold by my father and his part- ners, who kept nine-tenths, or thereabouts, of the price themselves, and gave nqn-wnth, or thereabouts, to the laborers. In which state of Inutual benoficence my father and his partners naturally became rich, and the lsborers a8 paturally remained poor. - Then my father gave all his money tome (who never did-a stroke of - work in my life worth my salt, not to mention my dinner).” . At the He isr at present doing. ANUSEMENTS. ™ THE DRAMA. Mr. Booth has appezrod in five plays cf his extended list, and it has been diffcalt to seo which had the best hold on tue public. Whether ke pleyed tho severo Brufus, tho inexorable Jew, the rollicking Don Cesar, the sentimental Claude, or the fool Bertuccio, tho audiences were of about tho same size, and, with some triviat oxceptions, equally ploased with what was done for thoir pleasure. The plays of the last week bavo been ““The Lady of Lyons” and * The REVIEW Foors Revengo,” which are dismetrically opposite in their charactor and mode of ftreatment. Tho one he played on Mondey and Tuesday eovenings, and at yesterday’s ‘matinee, to audiences ccmposed largely of tho material to which such mattor is attractive—the young mon and the budding maidens of the city. The play has fow attrac- tions to intellectual peoplo; in tho first place, be- causo it is 80 common, aad, in the second place, bocause of what Tennyson so correctly etigma- tized ns tho * dandy pathos " of tho suthor, 80 common in his earlier works. Mr. Booth, of course, rerd the lines admirably, and acted with his usual graco and clegance, but it was casy to seo that his heart was not in his imporsonation, Bosides, his drosses, elthough scrupulously exact, and suited to the period, were not becom- ing to the faco or figure of tho man. We have often spoken of the support rendered by McVicker's compeny to Mr. ,Booth in torms that are deemed measured and -just. Thoy are not stronjs in the higher walks of the drzma. Farly in the scason, when tho plays presented were of tho light society cheracter, thoir weaknoss wes not so apparent. They had placesassigned them which thoy filled with credit to thomselves, and a considerablo degrec of satisfaction to tho public, Sinco that time it has been different, and thoy have been weighed saccording to their morits, The programme for tho coming weck is ‘“Richelidu” for the first threo nights, * Macheth ” for Fridey and Satur- day evenings, and * Much Ado About Nothing " for Saturday afternoon, A ACADEMY OF MUSIC. 7 Btanlcy, the Herald's scarcher after Livings- tone, lectures at the Academy of Musio -this evening. . 5 The onsuing week at the Acadomyis to be mainly devoted to bencfit' performances—i. e.; performances which rdsult to tho pocuniary ad- vantage of the beneficiares, provided the ro- celpts are sufficiont to leave them a margin. Theyare designed to call-out the attendance of the friends and admirors of the actor Interosted, who are expeoted to testify their friendship and admiration by a liberal invostment in' tickets. The engagoment of each” of the principal mem- bers of a theatrical company nusually includes _among its provisions an agreement for a - bensfit ‘—pgenerally, #*third clear,” by which is meant that the actor receives one-third of the net pro~ ceeds of the performsace after all expenses are paid. It often happens that little or nothing remains to divide, but as the overplus, beit Iargo or small, is ‘‘all clear” to the actor, heis commonly very - willing to take his chances. With this general information as to-benoiits, the Academy patrons will bo prepared to take. their choice from smong the following list of strong attractions: 4 On Mondsy evening Miss Annic Waite appeals to her popularity byan_exceedingly fine bill, “The Three Guardsmen,” with herself as Anne of Austria, and Mr. W.H. Leake, n talented actor, as Philip D' Arlagnan, acd the remaining characters by the company. . g Taesdny evening Miss Katio Wilson, the charm- ing soubretto, and Mr.. Edward Marble, the comedian, take a joint benefit, producing, for the firat timo in four years, the popular drama, 4 Under the Gaslight,” in which occurs the start~ ling railway effect. Miss Mary Graham, Miss Callie Curtis, the skater, James Hirsh, Mastor Eugone, and soveral othor professionals, will appear in their specialties. 2 Wedneeday matinee Miss Eato Flotcher takes her benefit, when * Uncle Tom's Cabin™ will be given, with the full strength of the regu- lar company, besides a number of volunteer pro- fessionals in the plantation eccne. : Wednesday evening Messrs. J. A. Herne and John Webster join their fortunes in-a benefit, ving “City Temptations” and “ Handy Andy." ‘hey alsp announce for this occasion the first appearance of ‘‘one of tho most beautifal and gifted'young lady amateur singers of the aity.” Thursday evening tho sttaches of the theatre not otherwise arranged for aro to take posses- sion. * Unole Tom's Cabin” will be repeated, for the-only time, in the evening. ** Friday evening should find the house packed, for no loss popular, and genial, and courtcous a gentloman than M. Jobn' Muir, the treasurer, will be *‘at home™ to his hostsof friends. Boucicault’s celebrated military drama, ¢ Jessie Brown; or, The Relicf of Lucknow,” will be roduced, with Mies Nellio Boyd as Jessis rown, x : On. Saturday sfterncon and evening, Mr. W. E. Sutler's romantic_drama, ¢ The Robbers of the Pyrences,” will bo presented the first time in Chicago.’ : The drumming match between AMr. James Car- roll, a member. of tho Acsdemy orchestrs, and champion Nevins, will take place some evening this week. £ Mr. Loesch announces for his excellent or- chestra the following cloico selections: - 4. é».mop—-- Eve%‘ i 5. Stradells Quadrilles, THOOLEY'S OPERA-HOUSE. @ That most boautiful comedy, * Falso Shame,” which hzs been go fincly produced inall raspects, . has drawn oxcellent houses during tho week, and, in the belicf that there still rémain many ‘people who wish to see it, the play will be retained for thin weak. 1t is good cnongh fo run. & month. Mr: Dillon, having rti.'t\mu:i Arom %u ‘n!.m,q'rdt gje‘;“i: noy, will appear cach ovening s Quiclfidge? T sapital comodicttn, A Ths Silent Protcetor.” O Monday next, Bartloy Campbell's woll- remombered play of ““Peril; or, Lovo at Long Branch,” will be produced, 'involving the first appearance of Miss Philli Glover, Sidnoy owell, and Mr. J. W. Norris. R GLODE THEATRE. __ °' 3 Mr. Harry Linden, the everfiapn!u comedien, who noeds 1o introduction to the good gracas of the Chicago people, has tocoptod an engagement” at the Globe Theatro, and will appear this week in one'of his most famous roles, that of ool in The Hiddon Hand,” supported by the Globe compeny. + MYERS' OPERA-HOUSE. o Another bill of ronring novelties is -provided for this week at AMyers' Opera-House. " Follow- ing tho first part, always full of good things, Master Claronco Burton appears in his songs and dences, after which, & Yocal quartette- by Megars. Tyrrell, Surridgo, Lang, ond Kayno; then the Abyssinian dwarf Tumz‘v in his uniquo performances ; Mackin and lson in new specialtics; “Skotches from Nature,” by Rice, Burridgo, and Eayne; and_tho fino burlesque, “ Robert Make-Airs,” with its pesutiful scenic and stago effects. DIr. Alyers announces as in active preparation, ** Hamlet, Prince of Bridge- port,” and * Julius Bneezer.” i v!rflmb lectures in th To-morrow night, -, Beecher lectures in the, Michigan Aflm‘fio Baptist Church on * Compul- 80! ducation,” this being the great lecture which has provoked so much newspaper comment and criticism when delivered, a fow weeks ago, in Now York. Itisneedless to say that the nt- most ca) Mie{ of tho church will be taxed to ec- commodate the crowd that will press in to see and heer the man who for 50 long a time has occupied the foremost position before the Ameri- caa public as palpit orator and lecturer. The galo of tickets has been somothing unprecedent- ed, and renders it oxtremely problematical whother thoso who do not secura their tickots in advanco will be able to get into the houss at all. On Tuesdsy 2 who “ post " his re - Iy lutg‘?'emdny, will return to fill his engage- Dent in the South Bide Star Courso, where he Will delivar, for the first_time in this city, . his Jecture on +*Btrect Life in Europe,” which con- taing the results of his travels and observa- tions abroad, end is 8 keen criticism and, severe satiro npon tho ¢ paper” governments of the ‘continenf. The great aundience v’r'lnch gathered to heer his lecture on Froudo,” last week, on the West Side, will andoubtedly be- repeated on Tuesday night. GESERAL GOSSTP. ° 3 Lydia Thompeon and her blondes aborbed $35,000 of New Orleans money during ber recent sojourn in thal P er considered the “Lady of Tyons” hisbost e e Tant Days of Pompeli his best novel MTle, Jancuschek plays i the principal tawas of N:wdfilngh:\d in April, upder the ‘management of Alr, Towell. clcault I engaged in writing an American com- cdetor Boothin Thesire. The name of the original’ “author is not - AtIydia Thompson's benefit in Cincinnati ehe wa3 “ence, Tt was in a provincial theatre,—1I csented with 3 beautifal gilver choplet, the gift JEe newoboys of that cits. e ittal The authorities of Milan baving prohibited the pro- guction of Govean's new comedy under o itk of 443 ms t," the author NOw proposes to Tho Bedoemer.” Beopet St Sothern will soon start on trip through tho Western cllton, Wiaying o+ D3vIA GATEIck s piochde romorres 03 & Dundreary” as an of-night. plece. Ho 5 ear gaged to eppear at the Acsdemy of Music, in this city “Daddy 0'Dowd,” an Irish comsdy, written by Boucicaulf, neversl yowrs since, but hover played, Will bo Lrought out far the” first timc at Booth’s on tha night of St. Patrick's Day. Boucicault himself will take the lesding part. Charlotte Cushman, his had o«(n‘.urnhndm"nn Soutt- ern starring tour on accol n furmed bome, " Other laya havo becn ahu"mfl’;?, ose in which ehe was Appear, an 'Wrence = Telt put in a tho leading ntaz. . B The Lord Chamberlain i in troubls agaln b drawn bis veto npon the performatte af tha piy of “Jack Sheppard,”on condition that the play ehall ibglgvuruud “\?‘l’rhu.w ;flmu of ungld Loadon.” The ndon pross wishes £o know tho ressons Btrange cousse of nction. : B ta Recently, st Dooth's Theatrs, W, J, Fl playd the part of Sob rieriy Tor the 1.060th Hiae ‘Among tho funny things whichare told of the * Ticket: gf-Tero Mom,” wo hear tiat clorimaen commend 1t s cttor than » sermon, cnd bankers and merchants for it to 8 burglar-proof safe. el ik .__Prussian domination is not et welcome in Schleswiy Holsteln. Daring the performance of s pieca ,._,nfj ©Tho Rocruit,” rcently, at Haderaleben, immense en- tlnstasm was created by the Eppesranco on the stagoot snotor wearing (he Danlsb o de. A policemaa who was present hisscd 1o no purpose, but the higher au- thorities suppressed the patriotic drams tho Hext. day, John Forstor used to claim that Lord Lytton owod the uccess of “Tho Lady of Lyoma® {Gnhsm, and, when asked to expiain, suid that when the play waa xead t0 a circle of friends (Lstton never produced a .y without placing it_firat beforo the censorsbip of s friends, and John Forster was one of his sincerest! he fell aslecp during the reading of the fourth act, an that annoyed his Lordship fo such a ce that he rewrote it entiraly. *Consequently " remarked Fors. ter, *“I ought to have the credit of ils success.” Lord Lylton langhed boartily, and. admitted that tho altera- tion in the fonrth act hel; mal ly to_achieve the ‘popularity which it gained all over the world. They tell a good story in Lawrence of a professional gontleman, and wife, who bear the very higheat repata- tion for severe propricty, Last Ssturday night the gentleman told his wife ho was going out on businees and might not be back Hll ate, ¢ You are not going to tlie ¢ Black Crook,’ are you?” eho asked. @ *Black Crook!? what do’you take mofor?” ho indignantly exclaimed, # Ob, well,” said she, #1 was only Joking, T'm going out to do somo shopping. Don't be alarmed i€ 1°am not in when you return.” The mext that iy couplo gaw of each other was at tho aforesaid 4 Black Crook,” whero some destiny seated them mide by aide, vo ek astometament. An Indianapolis paper is ery well pleased with Miss cEvn (4 proiese 00 adopicd daughies of Meltean Buckznan), who has been playing in the *Sea of Ice,” * East Lyane,” ete,, but, concerning-her support, the opinion is expreased that shio could mot well have gob together a worno lot of sticks, . and roarers the estimable gentlemen who_have needlesaly fnsinlted twonoble professions, and done their native ability groz injustice by splitting open socka and buskivs in- stead of mounting u saw and buck; and redueing cord- wood to a convenient siza and' length, Campbell, the heavy villain, s the worst in the business, Hislegs show the fearfal muscle of the jail-bird, while his volco has the tremendous power of & Crog-cut saw eking its remonstrance sgainst the filo, " At the &g of 65 Mme, Marle Taglioni, probably the reatest danseueo that ever LI returas to. London or the purposo of giving g lessons, _Losing much of her property by the lte Freach war, an (lesirous of giving ber 803, who i French offer, s a 8 03 she gave her dsughter on marryin Xind-hearted Slme, Taglion! chosriully goes t0 Work) after yoars of peaceful seclusion on the banks of the Como. In perfect health, activeas many o woman of 40, with an_ excoodingly ‘pretty foot, the great ox- danscuse goes through modorn dances with & grace an- known to the drawing-room. -+ Ah! I dont know where themanners are nowadays," she exclaims, with ssigh. % Nobody knows how to bow, But the Amori- can young lndied -plesso mo the best,” sho ndds. “ Thiey have great facllity in loarning, and aro nstural- 1y graceful.” Ono of the prettlest of the beautifal allegorical plo- representing the scasons in the transformation #cens of “Roughing It,” st the Grand Opera-House, i that of Sp 13 in part formod by seven lovely on a rustic tzidge, beneath which a children roc! bnbbli.nf‘ brook {s running, and near which,ona Mary Campbell, for their beauty and ruddy health, Ths Stewart chil- dren are 7 years old, and the Campbells8. The fond ‘mothers are quite young women, and are of the super- numerary corps of the theatre. The littla ones are great favorites with the members of the dramatic company, Mrs; John Wood and others of the ladies taking the greatest interest in their welfars, and desig- natiog them by pet names, althongh by thelr romarka- ble resemblanca to csch offier. they are dificult fo dis- Davenport reads it: “Hang out our banners!—On the outer wall the cry ia still ticy come!” The critics who urge that this reading is correct think the or- reading, “Hang out our banners on the outer walll” The ery is, still they come,” is very fiat and void of mesning. A grest many people listen tos play with: out critically noticing any such differences a8 this and et are guick cnough in noting what they consider de- fects. We remember that just after Jan3uscheck’s su- perb impersonation of Lady Mocteth hers last win- , & person who heard her, spoke of her with great contempt 83 compared with' Mrs, D. P, Bowers, and asserted that “she had better go learn English.” # Why,” continued he, ¢ don’t you think she actualiy said “art thou afeard?” when she was blowing uj Bachoth.” \WeXkopt as strmight a foco os possible while we told him that the German tragedienne hod boen misled . in the matter by Shakspeare, whom she had innocently accepted aa suthority. Our critie de- ‘parted with a strong conviction, wo think, that it was with 8 03 Artemus Ward said of Chaueer “He hsd talent, but he conldn’t spell”—Every Even- (n&,u Wilmington, Del. muel Lover's first and “ only appearance " is thus parrated fn * Bianche's Eecolections :» Finally ho ried the stago— it is 0 great Siceeas of Pawar 1n Bl chatadiess : but Prctiotanis first appoarance was his last, A most vexations but supremely ridiculous accident deatroyed his confidenco ond damaged him fatally in forget where,— and, 1 believe, in_ his own dramn of % Rory O'More,” Ho had to make his entrance through n cottage door. 1n the centre of the stage, which had a_small bir of Pe o unluckily tripped, and fell on 0 amuscment of the - Recovering himsalf from bis confusion, and chesred by the general :ap- plsuse with which o good-patured sudleace gen- eroualy endeaorod fo drown the - pocollection of bl misadventt e proceeded with the 3 Somrae, i Tone Tpeoe taan i might Fave.dose under more favorable ciroumstances, and, at the con- clusion of the scen, having to makehia exit through the same door, as maliclous fate would havo it, csught his foot sguin In the same bar, and_was_precipitated out of tho cotiago exacily as ho had boen Into it. This waa too much fex the sudience; the houso was con- valsed with laughter, and I am not quite suro {hat poar Lover summoned up courage to faco it sgain. At all events, ho_speodily. abandoned histrionics, -and I nover knew him to alindo intho sHghtest mazner to his dlshuxtcnln‘f coup d'essat In them, nor, of course, ;ulflt:rumen oned by me orany of tho few who card it,” . -Music. . The week which has just closed was marked by fewer concerts than usual, but they wore of & high order. The week openod with the second recoption of the Apollo Musical Club to its as- sociate members, on Tuosday evening, at Stan- dard Hall, on which occasion the ball was crowded to overflowing with ono of the most elegant and critical audiences ever assombled in Chicago. The singer or singers who can pass the ordeal of such audiences may well congratu- Inte themselves. The Apolld Club concerts are now the rage in musical circles, and, recognizing the situation, the Club is determined to make its future concerts even more attractive than those in the past. On Thursday afternoon the Thomas Orchestrarepeated the programme which it played at its first concert inthis city, with tho addition of Liszt's “Preludes” and one or two piano numbers ‘from Chopin and Schumann by Miss Mehlig. In the evening it closed its season with » Wagner programme, which sttracted an excel~ lent house and produced a very decided impres- sion. ‘' Thomss, as the Wagner.propagandist, may congratulate himsclf upon having made Somo converts for his master, who in furn may well congratulate himeelf that his music finds. such masterly interpreters as this orchestra.. ‘The orchestra left for Madison Fridsy morning, andwill be in Milwaukes this week, after which thoy go to New York to resume their ony soirces. As one of the thousand episodes in which a concert-manager may become involved, the following isto tho point: When the orchestra v28 in Jackson, Mich,, Tecontly, Mr. Gosche, the manager, as usual, took out a license for the performances, peid {of i, and, by way of caution, took a receipt. On the night of the first per- formance, the doorkeeper had tha following notice served npon him: w 7] Capt. George W. Sternsin: : 4 - BrR: In virtue of the suthority given to us by tte Common Council of the City of Jac the licenss of the Theodore Thomas Orchestra Troupe is hercby re- yoked, unless arrangements can be mad for eigaieen tickets for the Common Council of the city. ; GromGr A. Fostzn, Uhawrman, BEsIAMIN POBTIR, J. D, Browx. The would-be Aldormanic deadheads, howerver, met with a decided Tebuff from Father Gosche,. who_triumphantly produced his license and the receipt, and this petty attempt at’ musical black- mail foll through. - 1¢ i3 safo to say that Thomss. will steer clear of Jackson, h., in his THOMAS' ASD RUBLNSTELN- The . musical outlook shows nothi portance until the middle’ of March, when Rabinstein will come here-in connection with tho Thomns Orchestra, snd give thres and per- iaps four concerts, commencing March 17. The of im-’| orogrammes heve not yet becn definitely out- Jlined, but we are sure to have s Liszt, Schu- manu, Beethoven, and Mendelssoln, and Rubin- stein's own concerto No. 4, and there is 8 prospect that Rabinstein may tako tho orchestra for one. ecveming and lend his Ocean Sfmahnny, two movements of which have already been given here. The occasion will be ono of nni importance, and wiil un- doubtedly create a perfect furore among con- cort-goers and musicians, - - QRATGRIO SOCIETT. The second lecture and concort of the Oratorio Society will bo given in the Union Park Con- gregational Church, Thursday evening of this week. The Hov. Dr. Kittredgo will deliver a new -lecture on ‘‘Bacred husic and its Relations to Religious Worship.” The_Socicty, under the direction of Mr. Butterfigld, will be sazisted by Mrs. 0. L. Fox and Mra. Carrington, soloists, and Mr. at the organ. CHARITABLE - ENTEBTATUMENT. An entertainmert will bo given this week, tho sdvertisement of which will bo found elsawhere, at Grow's Opera-House, corner of ison stroct and Bishop-court for tho benefit of the Foundlinga® Home, on which occasion the fol- lowing programme will be performed: PART L 1. Overture, by orchesira,, 2. Comed5—'That Favorite Cherry Treo "—by Ama- bleaux—Puck and the Fairies: Puck, Msud Rice; Titania; Miss Fannie Slocum; Oberon, Mr. Lines. - Fairies—The iisses Atkins, Crandall, Her- bert, Buell, aud Somers, 4. Tabledux—\idsummer Night's Dream. Act L, Scene TIL. - 5. Tableaux—* FarewelL"” 6, The Ghost Sceno from Hamlet, by Amateurs, 7. Select reading by tho Rey, C. D. elmer. 8. Mrs, Jarley's Wax Works, by Amatcurs, TATR ., 9. Instrumental, by orchestra, 10, Tablesux—Gipsey Scene—trom I1 Trovatare, 11. Tableaux—The meeting of Queen Elizabeth and Mary, Queen of Scotts, 12 Piano solo by Mand Rice. 18, Tableaux—* A Dream of Pleasure.” 14. Tableauz—* 8ir Felix, Ask Mamma.” 15. A new rendition of Sir Walter Bcott’s poem, “The Lady of the Lake.” TURSER HALL. ‘The programme at Turner Hall to-day is as follows : 1. March—“King John " ... 2. Qverture to # Piquo Dame 7. S, Potpourrd, “L'Africaine ", 4. Overtaro fo “ Lingal's Can . &, Transcription of “ Agathe ™. Aria from “ Lodolska 7. Waltz—" Parox; - THE GERMANIA CONCERT. The programme for the Germanix concert this sfternoon is as follows: 1. Herwarth March, 2. Overture to ** Elvira '3, Waltz—* Nobleman's Da 4. Potpourri—11 Trovatoro ”.. 5. Violin solo—*La Melancolia Jir. De Clerque. 6. Bobolink Polka. % 1. Overture—* The Devi is Loose ™. 8. La Belle Amazo! 9. Taylor Quadrille. THE OPERATIO WAR between Maretzek and Jarrett, which was com- menced in Chicago, mow rages in New York. Thus far Marotzek has the best o2 it. He inter- views well. Jarrett and Cohn (the Iatter being the responsible man) interview badly, but this is owing to tho fact that Jarrett is prapmxhllg L3 statoment. There ig & rumor also thaf Alax -Strakosch is at work in a falmination, aa he was Iugged into the controversy by Maretzek. Wo prefer to hear - sides " befors we ex- press ao opinion. At the esme time we venture to say _that mot - one-hal has vet been told, and if Jarrett pans out well Italian operatic management in this country will get o fearfal showing-up. Meanwhilo, to keep our roaders posted, we extract the follow- ing from the New York Arcadian (Maretzek- Kellogg organ) : Mr. Max Maretzek has at last told the story of his Istest operatio troubles ; in & communication with a Chicago paper, he very plumply the system of ‘agencles, introduced hers by Mr. Henry Jar- rett, and attributcs much of his perplexity the past season to the jealousy, interference, and general mis- that system, From chief-making” sttendant on Mr. Jar- this official statement we gather that rott drew a perc from Mme, Lucca, for geting her the enggoment wiih Maretzek snd also drow s regular sum from Mr, Aaretzak for having secured Mme. Lucca fo him: that it is s ways understood in these cases by the artist that the gent drawing thia amount shall see that sho is pro; Iy noticed in the press, and that Mr. Jarrett’s an: to havo Mme, Lucca written up in the New York pa- pers was such o o operate detrimentally againat Miss Kellogg, who hsd no sgent, and really resulted in his endeavoring o write her down, which ‘was in ance with the system, for, if the agent sgrees to write up those who psy him handsomely, it follows that he ‘be very apt to write those down who donot pay him atall, Mr. Marotzek might have extended bis revelations with benofit to the musical art in this country. Why did-he mot give us_the names of the papers which Mr, Jarrett used in his business? Why did he not give us the names of the other members of’ the opera-troupe who- wers on the sgent's salary list, that we might compare the press notices of their perform- nce with those of the members who were not? Why did ho ziot tell us how Mr, Jarrett, when he discovered that it was impossiblo to manipulate the prees in sccordance with his plans, turned upon thosa obnox- jous writers and accused them of being s “ring” formed to crush Ame. Luccs, and succoeded in -im- g that hallow lie upon ono or two proprietors of ournals, who were only 100 glad ta avail themselves of influence to get Mme, Lucca to their houses? and hov, when the respectable press would bave nothi to dowith him, he bought up an obsolete art Journal to do his black, once a week. All thess things might as well be told sooner or later. THE CINCLNNATI FESTIVAL is full of promise. The latest bulletin from headquarters gives the following information: The concerts will bo given in the central hall of tho Exposition buildings, which will seab about 15,000 people. The concerts, insteed of commencing at 8 o'clock in the evening, will be- gin at half-past 7, and between tho parts of the grammes, there is to boa recess of an Bt promenading and refreshments. Tho orchiestra will consist of 103 pieces, 50 of which are Thomas’ rogular orchostrs, and 58 musicians carefully chosen by Ar. Thomas himself in vari- ous cities. The soloists now engagzed are: Mrs. Emma B. Dexter, soprano; Miss An: nie Louise Cary, alto; Ar. Nelson Varley, tenor; Mr. J. F. Rudoiphscn, baritone; snd 3ir. 3. W. Whitney, boaso. Instead of any performaucea of sociotics competing for _prizes, there will appear.on ono afternoona choras of 1,000 children from the public schools. Mr. Thomss himsolf has written & letter con- gratuiatory upon the brilliant® prospects of the occasion. Ho says it will be & great ovent in America to hear the beat works of great masters rendered in an artistic way. He compliments tho societios which have joined in this enter- prise, and urges them to_become o familiar with the music that they will not-be obliged to dopend upon their books. ¥ BTRAROSCH, with Marlo, Carlotta Patti, Cary. Carreno, and Saurret is confining himself to the provinces. His route for the next two weeks ia as follows: March 1, Kalamazoo; 84, Ann Arbor; 4th, De- troit; bth, London, Canada; 6th, ton, Canads; Tth, Lockport, N. Y.; 10th. opous & new opora-house at Erio, Pa.; 11th, Erie;12th, Toronto; 14th and 15th, ot Montreal. CHUNCH-SINGERS. g The New York Arcadian has the following sharp hit upon & vocalist well known here : This business of high salaries to church-singers, how- ever, ia somstimes ovosdone, and at tho present time, when, especially in the Episcopal churches, the power 15 vested in men who-are Dot even members of the chureh, but who simply hape moncy, the abuse of the opportinity for favoritim is simply diegusting to cul- tivated musicians, In this connectionit is proper to refer to the ftem that has been gotng the rounds of th papers lately about s provincial individual “by Tho mame of Brown,” who sings in 4 Chriat™ and %8t Bartholomow's " Churches of this city, 204 who ivides her valuable talents between the two eac Bunday. This Mrs, Brown's “friends” poy her $4,000 8 year, although she has s mediocre voice, a Taulty style, Is o poar reader, often haa to ask the alto for the right noto fo, start ‘on, and moreover sings dreadfully out of tune | Tbelleso in rewardipg merit, but, loand behold! Dere s a seeming proof that * meFit ™ 15 the last quality e ewacded. Friends are the frst requisite; Ari- imtg of true talent and classical training bavo to siani anide, and make way for *3adame Four Thousand,” Whilg neophytes gape and wonder, if they erer can Toarn to sing 23 badly o8 sho does, even for 80 fat o salary, Iseverely doprecate such a stupid kind of ‘Wastaful iberality, becsuse it haa a sirong tendency to Tower the standacd of art, tnd to relieve tho only sub- stantlal nceutive tostudy. God knows that bad sing- ers are plenty ehough, a5 it {s, without offering pre- ‘minms for their multiplication. NEW MusIC. We are indebted to Messrs. Thoodore J. El- more & Co. for the following new music just ublished by_Lee & Walker, of Philsdelphia. o tist, it will be seon, embraces an sdmirable selection: Valso Caprico, Fomrth Barcarole, Marche a1a Turque, and Melody in F, by Ru- binstein ; Transcription of * Mignon,” by Charles Lysberg ; “Thine Image,” “Thon'rt Restin) on the Pillow,” and * Deep in My Heart, a Bird- ling Dwells,” by Franz Abt; “The King and 1™ mg the “Yeoman's Wedding SBong,” two of Sant- ley's songs, tho latter by Prince Poniatowky ; and, * I 'Thoaght to Be Your Bride,” by Jacques Blumenthal. p HUSICAL NOTES. z Verd! gives 200 franca toward a monument to Napo- leon IIL 8¢ Milan, . . From Vieona we learn that the long, expected 2p- pearznoe of Verdi's opera “Aida® ia postponed’ where ho i to sinodie. von Bulow is st Bruasels, Concerts condacted by Vieux Haos sppear at the Popular temps, The “Don Carlosof Verdi, was recently repro- ‘| havebeen a sented for the frat time at Naples, with immenso applanse. The maestro was called for not less than thirty-eight times in the course of tho evering. His Iust opera, “ Aida,” {5 to be perfarmed at the San Cario during the Caruival holidaya. Horr Goldmark has written an_opers on the subject of the Queen of Sheba’s visit to Bolomon, AMr. J. E. Perkin, the American basso, is now filling » four monibs' cnggement 33 primo bazso, I Genos, Iialy, at the Theatro Carlo Felice, Th bueiness manager of the Rubinsteln eoncerts Teprescnts that, ao far from being s financial failure, their trip through the United States has netted a profit of over $30,000. 2r. Gye will open Covent Garden swith Ttalian opera on Tuoetay, Aprii 1, and Mr, Mapleson will commence his sesson ot Drury Lane on the 15th of the same A substantial tribute to tho telents of Mme, Cara Schumann has made by a number of her ad- mirers in Germany, in the form of an annuity of 1,000 Tho Gosette 3fusicale sums up Offenbach’s new opera, “ Les Braconniers ™ (tho Poachers), as followa : “The piece amuses; the music amnses; the actors amuse,—what more ia wanted at the Varfeties 17 Aile. Albani is studying the of Opbelis in M, Ambrolso Thonsas’ * amlet Pt e divaction of er, a view to singing during the approaching seasen. i Lenam In the Fiftecnth District Gourt in San Francis Feb, T, William 3L Siates was granted a docreo o’ i vorce from tat ] i) Jorie from Agatha States, ho prima dosos o the The Church Music Association, of New York city, ;:;en’i.g pmdn{fl! Spohr's l‘;kut Judgmxflt." with 5, Imogene Brown, Mrs, Hershay, AT, and Afr. "Remmertz in the solos, i seee Madame Arabells Goddard will ceaso eliogether to appear as planoforto playes aftes sho has completed her Australtan, Californian, and Americen tour. Sho leaves England early in March, At Venice s fiato-player, M. Aloyslo, exhibited & new model for aviolin.” The strings are made of metal, and pass entirely sronnd the drum. The sound 1z sa1d to have four times the soRority of an ordinacy Scguin’s English Opera-troupe, with the charming Tose Herno s Zelds Sogrin, 1s plasing farongh, th Now Euglsnd cities. Thoy played “Alaritama”™ st Hartford, Conn., on Sstardsy night Iast, On Feb. 13 and 14 the Gesangverein of Virginia sang #Der Freischutz " in Richmond, Mile, Pauline Cauisza was Agatha, and the local jonrnals are united in extolling her merits as a songstress and an actress, Tho Musical World, London, ssys: “The American 1m; o, Mr, Daly, has signed for a now opera bouffo with Offenbach, _Schneider snd Theress_are engaged for the wotk, which will bo produced at New York during the sezson of 1973-4." Gounod has written a “Bewara” song to Longfel- Iow's words published by Nvello, s 40, that Ve Two wers Maying ” s sombre, yet beautiful and not difficult, ranging well for & mezzo-soprano, baritane, or alto, from o below to £ natural on firstline.” Nilsson, the golden-mouthed, who sang & flock of filden cagles ato her troarurétsap during bes tour ugh the conntry, at n recent evening party in St. Petersburg, * bronght down the house™ by a per- formanco on the banjo presented her by a-New Yorker. A muslo-master may properly beat time, but that does not give him thd privilege of beating his scholars, A Wieconsia stuging-master his been ar- rested for flogging one of his youn, upls, who Eoi St guliis of ‘krors elier of e 6r f tume. Proliably ho thonght that tho best Way of making hex ably. 'The farewell performances of Madsme Pauline Lucca : will commenco at the Academy of Music, in New York, on Friday, the 28th inst,, instead of Monday, the 24th, 8 previously announced. Tho sesson will consist of twelve nights, and Aladame Lucea will appear in sev- &ral new roles, such aa “ Norm,” * Lucrezia Borgia,” and Agatha, in ¢ Der Froyschutz.” The authority of Prof. Godetaki, of Bt. Potersburg, 1 given for the ext: stalement that the Rus- sian authorities in Poland havo prohibited the con- templated ereclion of & monument to Chopin in his nativa Warsaw, on the ground that it might become an. ‘ccasion for s political manifestation. The Musical Gazetls of Milan publishes a curious article on the cannon considered 28 an_ instrument of music, {rom which it sppears that the st to originats o ides, wos one Guiseppe Sark, an Italian, who com- poteda To Doum st 8. Pelersburg, ia 1768, 1o cele- o tho caphuze of Fort Oleakow by PotemEin. ¢ Souattersble vensation wan crcatad st anton ipzig by » young Norwegian , Erikn Lie, Trn Do anrtubed that ihe oy o aily ao SAafont: who, in clectrifying the sudlence st tho Leipzig Gewandhaus concerts, merely indulgedin s whim. Bha ‘has now returned to Norway to be marrisd. Mr. William Castle, the American tenor, sppeared st the London Orystal Palace concerts, on the January, when be sang the ncena, * Ob *is a Glorious Bight,” Trom Weber's _“ Oberon,” and Aolique's song, “When the Moon,” One of bis criticas say thé former proved too much for his dramatic , but that in the latier he secured sympathy from his hearers, Thelate Mr. Balfe left & MS. opers called “The Enights of the Leopard,” the libretto by Mr. A. Matthe s0n, based on Sir Walter Scott's romance, Madame-Nils eon Rouzeand ha sy ian adaptation at Her Majestys during the forthooming season. The Acore was: lefl uncompleted by Afr, Balfe, but Sir Michael Costa has kindly odited 1t aud 3dded a faale, at the request of e widow, - The anniversary of Mozart's birth was celebrated at the Paris Grand Hotel Concerts of 3L Dante, by the exhumation of the German composer’s music to a bal- let, Loy Petta Ricas,” produiced i Pars in 1778, with M Noverre's namo. 'M. Wilder ferreted ont of the opers-house archives the score, fourteen pioces of which aroproved to_be by Mozart, then 22 sears of age, Amq the numbers, the everturs (fargo con sordini), n_allegro gavotte, and o melody, No. § are quite Mozartian. One of his youthfal overtures, writ- ten at the oge of 14, was included in the scheme. “Roberto il Diavolo” was produced st the Scala, Milan, on tho 12thult. What it must have cost tho ‘management to get up, 1o one bt the ement knows. - Three ladies nccepted in succession the part of Alice, snd not one, s to colds, coughs, rheum- at{sm, nouralgis, and #o on, could appear; and & fourth 1ady, Signora Krauss, bad to be en; Tt is an il wind _that blows nobody good,” the proverb tells us, and the indisposition of her throe fair aisters in art afforded Signora Erauss a fine opportunity, of which she fully availed herself. Story has just completed his amall statue of Boetho- ven. The power, simplicity, snd grandeur of this lit- tle statno are remarkable, The great composer stands dressed in o simple dressing.gown, has bis arma folded, and is in decp meditation, If is 8o simple, 80 natural! The lines of the drapery, the poseof the ‘body, the expression of the head and the face, the calz: folding of the arms, are each and all full of ‘can« centration and artistic fecling. Tho wholo conception makes you see that the great composer ia Hetening to that within which is much more profound, much richer than all his poor ears lost of earthl; hearing. The life-sized bust of Beethoven, whic Story modeled last spring, is going into marble. Never did our great sculptor do & mora masterly piecs of work than face and head. The fond or study s 8 maak from life, which he owpa, The faco i8 tin- gling with vitality, There is deafness in the expres- sion, but an inner life is also disclosed. Tho features, e snifovi ocpresse ot notbiag barsfitiog. 8 18 81 3 0t nof X ‘The lion mane of Mamm the noble brow, and gives elevation to the solemn agitation of tho face, There is not a spot on the face that isnot full of the cunningest modeling; and the deep tragedy of {feeling the it deaf artist suffered seems to course like = troubled torrent over the surface of the marbls, You feel awed as you look at it.—Letter from Rome, DEAD. Dead—dend! Now only soulless clay 1 Though the years be many or fow, " ;'hou ‘l';xl; not care; e g there, . Wrapped in that dreamiess slumber, through The night of an eternal day. 4 Remember mo when far from thee 1" Words written in light mood ; indesd, In that old time, The common rhiyme Awoke our laughter: now, I resd, Through tears fast-falling, Far ffom thee.” T eoreving Al it day* y '8, y Whod God shall seo My need of thee, And lesd me throngh the darkened way To where thou waltest st the end. Caicaco, Feb. 21, 1873, Mrmnx EIBTLAND, * HUMOR. How to get along well—Dig it deep. —The most useful thing in the long run— Breath. —Lynching matinees in Nevada are called 4 performances by the stringed band.” —Some young ladies must be given to dreamy (hw' tions, they build such castles in the air. —A young widow down in Kennebec, 3e., ro- marked ot the lugu{n& “‘I h‘a'pg c{-;rn“ :lxcu“ my no crying, buttho fact is, wa) Toakss my Boss blesd." LSRR —8) ninf Tom Moore's taste for biography and the number of memoirs he had composed, Rogers one day cynically observad, * Why; it 18 not eafe to die while Moore's alive !” - —There i3 s mewszpaper down East which celobrated Washington's birthday by declaring “its svm issuo t0 be a daily illustration of the little-hatchet-and-cherry-tree storys™ —A Danbury boy made a very handsome enow-man, about 7 feet hi!;h, on Saturday, and robed it ¥ith his mother’s 360 Paisley ahawl. He is saddest when ho sita. % —A mothor’s sweet hope found s cartridge, the other day, and rubbed it on the stove to see if it WS g 'As his mother now knits left-handed mittens, the cartridge is generally supposed to 0od one. —Itis that s Hindoo Widow Remarrying Association has been formed in Bombay. this conntry nearly every widow you meet has o little association of that sort of her own, —That was a shrewd remark of the late Preai- dentE. *I like blue-stockings,” he eaid, “‘pro- Fided the skirts are long enongh'to cover them.” He wonld have women educated, but keep them feminine at the same time. 7 —Thistouching tributeto tho Iate Mr. Grafton, of Griffin, Ga., is from the Register of that place “He was's fine man in all respeéta; ho way ing us eoven dollars on tLat last gamao of soven- up, but we will throw that in toward his head- stono.” : < ~—LINIS ON T2 1058 OF A CLEBOTAAN'S POBTMASTEAT. po: “I pity your grief.” £2 2 em s oy Ferssonat i “Ipity tho thief.” —1The latest patent has been taken out by a railroad restaurxtenr. It is for a patent. uve?yzi- blo gutta-percha beafstesk, which can be fricd and served up four times a day fora year, before it requires renewal. —*' Wife, '1?0 you know that I.have goi the pneumonia ”* _‘ New monis, indeed! Such ex- travagance! You're the spend-thriftiest man Tever did see, to go and lay out monoy for su:cl'xh trash, when I nced o new bonnét so much.” —AQuaker, walking near London, on = rosd leading to that city, met a youth who asked his way, thus wordlngfxip question: *This is not the road to London, is 1t 2 Friend,” was the stern reply, ** I understand thee not. Thou first 311&& me & lie, and then askest me a ques~ on.” —* Now, young people,” said a professor ot natural history to his class, *now, then, ns ta hens. A hen has the capacity of laying just 600 eggs and no more ; and_she finishes the jobin just about five years. Now, what is to be done with her after that ? * Cut off her head and sell her for a spring chicken!” exclaimed sn urchin whose fatber dealt in poultry. . Georgia colored lycoum discussed. ths questi h is_the most usefal, paper or gunpowder?” The debate was closed by a dis- putant, who spoke as follows: * Mr, Preeident— 'Sposo dar was & bar at do door, and you was to godar and shake de paper at him, you'd see ~what de bar would do. “But jess shoot a csnnon at him and see wot comes. I calls for ds ques- tion.” The President forthwith decided in favor of powder. i s % ? _—One of the Ohio papers telis about a hrave Iittle boy out there who found & broken rail on the railrond , and_perceiving the peril in which the train would be placed if it should come dashing past without warning, sat out on the fence for five long hours, in tho bitter win- ter cold, in ordor that ho might carry the first news of the accident to his father, wha is local agfim of u paper published in the neighboring village. o F —Westarn women think that peopls are grow- ing over-fussy now-a-days. Ifa man-dies, and two or three of strychnive, or.-half a g:nnd of arsenic, or An ounce or 50 of antimony found in his stomach, his poor wife has o go off to prison, and go throngh s trial, and see her name in the nowspapers, and bo scquitted, and noglect her sewing until she_ has nat a thing fit to wear. > > —A Pittsburgh lawvor and doctor who bhave rooms in tho same building frequently indunlge in a game of enchre in - the evening. Tast Bun- dany the disciple of Blackstone stuck his' head within the 3. D. door, and_said, ¢ Doc, come in and havo a gamo of euchre.” '[ho other re- plied, “1 never "phyad euchre on Sunday yet, and I'll be -— If I over will.” The lawyer was sorry he had hurt the doctor's laeling:, go he seid, spologetically, “‘I'm sorry, Doc, but what do you eay to seven-up ?” The other folt molli- flnd{ and followad his friexd, saying: “Idon't care if I do take & hand at auction pitch.” ° A pious old Iady lay for a long timo'{ll withs complication of desperate diseases, and prayers on her behalf were requested in the Wednesday evening prayer-meeting of her chucch. Itwas egain and sgain stated that she wus verylow, and toward tho Iast that she wos only kept alivo by eating tho tenderest squabs, delicataly broil- ed. Bhe required about three o day, and all tha Iv&\mg pigoons in the neighborhiood soemed ikely to bo immolated on the altar of her pre- carious existenca. - One evening after tho usual solemn request had been mads, followed Dy the usual statement in regard to the poor ladr's diet, a plain-spoken descon arose and Baid: ¢ Brethren, we have long been importuning tho Lord to restore our sister to health, but it don't seem to be ill, so I moye that we illlzl;ermit these prayers and give tha squabs a W' —The *Drawer,” in Harper’s for March, is almost wholly clarical in its wit this month. One of the exceptions is this phyeiological -hu-~ mor £ 3 AL B e s 8 o cheru g?lphml; %5 on &-lady's sleave-buttons, .« How besuti- 4“What a pity,” replied the 4 that you poets aze not always &a g you praise 2o heartily® A “Ah1™ answered 8—, “ really think ‘we might be, it we were physically ‘constructed in the eame way —all head and wings 17 z ‘There are many whohold in blessed merhory the sainted Dr. Cannon, Professor of Pestoral ‘Theology and Church Hisf in the Theological Seminary of the Resformed Dutich Church. : He waa indéed a gentlemen of tho olden time, pre- garving even to the last the costume of a hun- dred years ago. He held the relation of o ‘brother in affection to Dominie Comfort, of: the Presbyterian church of Kingston, N. J.: On one occasion he beard AMr. Comfort preach,' and at dinner remarked : e 4 Brother Comfort, I overheard an old Iady saging, this morning, the dominie's sermon was very comfort: ing,’ . To which the rald Comfort responded: “0nly s natural consequence, my good brother, But, pray, who ever heard ¢f comfort coming from 4 Cannon’s mouth 2" 4 The following camo under ths writer’s owa notice: iz - The subjsct of this anecdote has gone the way of the fathers. We wero going to a preaching which the good man wes anxious to sustain. On the way he ond th minjster got talking on religion. Baid the minister : 4 Mr, Thomas, L am afraid that very few of us-uy sufficient attention to spiritual matters.” ‘Tha reply, given with genuine seriousness by the old was: man, was: “That's 8 {: dominfe; there aln't none of us that sttenda os wo'd dught to £0 the solar system.” Biehop Vail, of Kansas, tells s little" tale that illustrates forcibly the frce-snd-easy way of lifo of the frontiersman, and the scant ceremony with which his fucoral services are conducted: #1n one littls grave-yard whero I Lappezed to te alking,” aid the Bishop, “ thor wero twenty-seven graves, and my informant, who discharged the cfica of undertaker, told ms that the occupacts of twenty. sixof them were killed in 2ffrays, o, as he pithily: ez- pressed it, died and wers buried with their boots on.” Thie tweniy-seventh grave wan that of a child, -, Here is 8 story of a church colloction fn a Iady, mischicvousls, M{l a5 Lheso. Clluvruhl little Meothodist church in the Pines in New Jereey : . : . The mintater g=ve notico that, as it would soon be fimo for the city gentry to come out with their fami- lice, t was mecensary to bavo tho church clesned o2 whitewashed, and for that e & coilsction wouid befaken up. Tho stoward was directed to L3 tha plate, zud the poople wero enjoined to give lifcrzliy. Tt wanin theold time of the muitffarions ba: and the huge copper Tha ates-rd -bzd passed the plate, and returnsd with the collection. ‘This the preacher countod, and found to be eoventeen centa, _ After citing the stals example of Alexander tha coppersmith, be said : My friends, wocan't cleanand whitewash_this meeting-house for seventeen cents. Brother, you will pass the plato round agsin.” It hap- that a New York gontleman wes present, miica in the character of the Arst swallow of summer, and De deposited s five-dollar bank-bill in the plate. 7Een the plate was returned it contalued, besides ths bill, six moro of the big cents. Not noticing the cents, tke mintater took up tho D, looked at the denominalicn, and was astonished ; then rubbed the paper to test ita quality, then beld it up to the light, scemingly dbi- ous of its character. Then ke spoke: 44 Brethren, we've got_enough this time to clean znd phitowash o meeting-bouso—lat {4 thia 'era:did st 1 e the felinx of that New York gentlo- man? Dot thea it 13 good goapel o suller a wes oing. - A FRAGMENT. The Joy-destroying King, the dresdful Night, e meamainn ot o ot ees He held tkc wan, white Day. With deathfal might He pressed her Lips to his, and felt them freeze. Ho laaghed. Ths ttrander leaped from bill to And echoed to 0ld Gcean’s fartbest shore. Beneath his irop bznd there ran s thrill; Her fair limba abook and trembled, and then o'ex ‘Her pallid face there coursed slow, bitter ‘ears. ‘With greedy, thirsting lips he drank them dry. *Then, abuddering it ‘ever-growing fear, Ehe ‘her fainting head and gave a cry : b1 Lova; ob 1 Light, behoid me whero I dfe t» Low from {lo distance came an answering ecund, ‘And spectral Iances plerced the zemith black. Faat rose the shimmering hosts and gathered round, ‘And, charging swiftly with reaistless wreck Of vengeance, fell upon tho swfal Night, 'And tore the fair Day {rom his grasp of might, ‘And watched beside her white, Ball-lifeless frame, T4l toward the mountains in hot hazte the Sux, Her Love, ber Bridegroom, the All-Glorious, came, With avant-guards of shadows dim and dux, With cloudy banners deepening into xed, And rushing, gold-clsd hosta in ordes spread, Then in his mall of light be forward sprang, And bent above his fair bride as ehe lay, All white upon the mountains, In his arms ‘He eager clasped her, and warm kisces pressed ©On her faint eyelide and ber pallid breas: ; Till ‘neath that fervent rain the timid D'y Unclosed her sweet eyes, and the smile of Life Replaced the memory cf that vanished strife. Then rose the peans of the Sun’s plad Loet ; For joy all Nature shouted—ses acd sky, ‘Rocks, woods, and mountains, lifted up thoir volcs And fyuted : “ ing aload, aloud rejoice, For Night in v-n?:uhed, and the reseued Day, « With her bright Lord, the Bun, o’er Earth holls sway.* —Hra, Greenough tn the Independent. —The American Missionary Association, whota fleld of labor comprises the Southern Biat bas now in operation seven colicgea and u: versities, containing 1,83 students. In a tion it has tweniy graded hizh ecidols, wi 6,330 scholars. e