Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1873, Page 9

#="=="bly Harmonious an _* THE. CHURCH. - The ‘New Edifice of Grace M. E. . Bociety to Be Dedicated . - To-Days. - . <Facts About the Rebuilding of Dr. .Collyer's Unity._" 'Prdgrnmme of Servi;zes_ in the Churches To-Bay. @ Episcopal end Roman Cafliqliuj Calendar for the Week. . Tho vestry of the now Grace Methodist Church building, corner of North LaSalle-and -VWhito Btreats, will be dedicated to-day with appropriste ceremonies. The sermon this morning will be preached by Bishop Foster, of New York. At 8 o'clock this afternoon the Rev. Dr. Fowler will ofiiciate,” and_in ‘tho evening_ s Sunday-school .- jubiles will be held. i e This chureh was organized in 1847- with thirty thembers.- Its first pastor was the Rev. F. Haney, who was followed, successively, by’ Revs. J. F. DoVore, Zadock Hall, Boyd Lowe, J. W. Agard, Sias Bowly, Thomss Williams, 8. G. Lathrop, Henry Whipple, J. O. Stoughton, 0. H. Tiffany, A.J. Judkins, and the presont incumbent, Bov. M. M. Parkhurst, who ‘came to this charge from Boston in the sutnmn of 1870. ¢ A3 Tp to tho time of the fire, the society wor- shiped ‘st the cormer of Chicago avenue snd North LaSalle street, where, at the time of-the fire, they had'a building that cost $100,000: The ‘membership =b this time was 250, with a Sunday- school of about one thonsand scholars. Tho fire destroyed not only the building, but the residences: and business houses of every family in the "church except one. With such a sweeping destruction, it might bo supposod that all efforta to rebuild “would have boen unavail- ing, but such was not the case. On the follow- ing Sunday after tho firo, & religious servico was held on the rnins, the minister occupying a ‘spring-wagon for a pulpit, and the -congrogation . ..opening thie meeting with the well-known Lymn: 0, for thousand tongues to sing ~ . My sweet Redeemer's praise, - They then and thero determined to rebuild, and in s short time a temporary chepel was erscted on the old lot, which was dedicated, as may be remembered, 88 the first new church sfter the fire. Subsequently this lot-was sold to D. L. Moody, and the presentlot, which fronts 103 feat on LaSalle and 211 fcet on White street, Was purchased for $25,000, on which the pres- ent Grace Church edifice is erected. The work began - about & - year sgo, and has beon prosecated with vigor. ~ The vestry is now completed ; tho upper part will be finished during the season. .The vestry is claiméd to be the most conven- jent of its kind in the country. It hes a seating- capacity of 1,200, and, s & Bmdng—achool ‘room, contains rooms for the infant and Bible classes, eto., and has also 2 pastor's studio, church par- Jors, kitchen, and all the modern_conveniencos. Itis finished throughout in'solid black-walnut and butternut, and is heated by steam. “The upper room 'is 70x120 feet, and will be finished in walnut as the vesiry, having gal- lery on all sides. It will be of Gothic architec- ture, and will seat 1,500 persons. The entire expense, including lot and organ, will exceed £100,000. The congregation has been remarka~ zealous in the great work. Not only haye they kept together, but aro near- ooy again on ~ the North i and the average attendance now is equal to that befors, the fire. - Among the prominent members of this society, ‘who'haye had much to do in preparing tho vos- try fcr its present reediness for dedication, and who aro otherwise ective, are A. B. Scranton, Wm. D. Smith, J. B. Hobbs, 0. H, Horton, Wi, H. Bush, W. A, Elmendorf, and others. S UNITY CHUECH. The Unitarian body, which has just closed & guccessful and harmonions Convention in this city, has but four churches in Chicago, viz.: the Church of - thq _Mecsiah, commer of ichigan avénue and Twenty-fourth street; Unity Church, corner Dearborn and Whitney streets; the Third Church, corner of Monroo and Laflin streets ; and thie Fourth Church,corner of Indiana avenue and Thirtieth strest.. The first reaching of the denomination in tho city was in . 4899, by tho Bev. Dr. Hosmer, of Buffalo. The first church was organized with & dozen mem- bers in 1642. The first pastor was the Rev. ‘Rush R. Shippen, now Sedretary of the :Amen- can Unitarian Association inBoston. . The Third . Church wss organized in 1868, eince Which time, until recontly, it Lias been supplied by its only. astor, the Hev. Mr. Staples, who is now settled in Providence, R. I. Unity Churcl was organized in 1857 with thirty. | -members, and soon after called the Rov. Robert Collyer, in whoso charge this flourishing socicty’ e et up to the progent time, and is likely to be for along while to come. Their first house of worship was located on tha corner of Dear- born street and Chicago avenue, where they re- . --mained until 1867, when the corner-stone of the present building was laid. The edifice was ded- icated in Juno, -1869. The cont, including lot, was £210,000. During the raging of the firo, of- forts wero mede by the pastor and othara for sev- oral hours to save the magnificent structuro, but no arm could savo, and it, with all the homes of the congregation, Was burned. The logs of Dr. Collyer's society, in private property, by the firo, is put down at £4,500,000. % The first Sunday after the. fire religions sor- vices were held on the ruins, and the congrega-+ . _ tion resolved to keep together and rebuild. Word ' pame_from the Unitarians RBast that $50,000 ‘would be’ forthcoming, wnd from 'the -same Church in England that, if Dr. Collyer was yot nlive, thoy would grestly assigt, which they did, baving since given soveral hundred pounds to the pastor, and some £3,000 to the chuich. The rebuilding bogan & yoar ago last .- MLurch, and the lecture-room was ready and open- ed on the 5th of October, less than o year after the fire. During the interim the congregation worshiped in Aurray Chapel, corner of Indiana evenuo and Twenty-ninth gtrect, and in the New o England Congregational Church; in 3Ir. Dow's sarlors, and in tho Third Unitarian Chirch on - tho West Side, Tho lecturé-room, thongh as capacious as befors “the fire, is mot large enough for the congregation, most of . shom are back again 28 residents ot the North Bide, or .attendants at this church. Work I8 being pushed forward on the, upper Toom as . rapidly as possible, and it is expected that it will ** be ready to dedicate next October. It -will bo differently arranged, somewhat, from the old andience-room. The organ will be st the pnlgxb—end of tho building. The galle will extend on all gides, and on a uniform level The pulpit, as before, will bo in the east en but 28 feet forward from - fts"former position, and therefore more in the congregation. The pews will be solid black-wal- nut. flg'J‘la gallery will be finished in walnut and Norway pine, and the xoof with the ssme. The floor will 2scend from the pulpit back-to the en- Erance with a grade of two fect. Tho ceiling will * bo in sky-blue, and the walls in pale lilso. The eatrances and stairways are the samo as in the old edifice. The pastors study is located in tho upper floor, - with a Tear on- tranco, and-is ome of the xeatest and Imost airy and cheerful clorical studios in the city. " Itis already full of the choicest books, fany of. which axo rare and costly, and is graced by the presence of its regular occupant now, who “pays he will bs absoat no more during long win- ters, on lecture tours,—** No, never.” The ro- building of Unity, notwithstanding the old walls have been used, will cost, including the organ, £100,000. MINISTERIAL ABSOCTATIONE. The Presbyierial Ministerial. Association last week discussed atits meeting tho question of “Torm Bervice for the Eldership,”-on which there was & diversity of opinion Tespecting its constitutionality, but s vfi ganernl agreement that the constitntion should beso changed that choice could be given to tho churches between » life and a term service in the offico of Elder. ¢ Consolidation of the Boards * of tha Church is the subject before tho body to-morrow. 5 The Methodist Ministerial Aesociation listened 10 the pastors’ reports of the various . churches, nd eppointed s committoo, consisting of Mossrs. Dr. Dandy, Dr. Thomas and Arthur Edwards, to Yoceive Bishop Harris on his arrival 'in the city, which is expected shorily. The subject of phurch music occupied the further gitention of the Association. : g COMPULSORY EDUCATION. Rev. Arthur Mitchell contributes an abloand Intéresting article this woek for thé Inferior, on_the subject “of Compulsory Education, in which he says: S S = Al the public sehools in the city, inclnding the une finished buildings, will afford seats for only 28,5 whils the total number of children between the ages § s0l 17 is not less than 70,000, OQur xrivate leating 25, 2 in this city for whom we have 0 _provision - whatsver, X Tho number- enrolled in our - publio - sch that i, the ‘number of those - occasionally” in - :attendance cent. in advance. of ' accom-'| is 1 ‘modations, - Chlg;ro should have to-day sdditional school accommodations for 15,000 children, and she should then pass a law compelling the sttendanos st school of thoso thoussnds now growing up in jgnor- ance, and, thmu&h the greed or shiftlessness of their paronts, fitting: themselves for. tho Bridewoll and the . scalfold. No good citizen will ,complain of -whatever additional taxation is° neceseary to put a common achiool education withintho reach of every child in this s iw compelling - “Belven of it 13 their childrens Bebatt - o e g . MISCELLANEOUS. * The Y. M. C. A. of the city propose to deposit money with the Postmaster, and have all letters that are dropped in unpaid, prepaid and Iabolled, that tho Association did this, and **please return stamp,” all of which is cortainly & very good work; preventing any delay of letters, and thore- by commending itself to the good graces of all good people, which the Association deservos. This ie the day designated for the annual col- lection_for the Presbyterian Board of Publica- tion. me’ing’ tho 1sst year over 150 colporteurs bave been employed. 7S S e L o, Drealsterian Chirrch ‘building, just completed at Alaywood at a cost of §7,000, will e dedicated next Thuraday. eveding. : Owing to the fact that the now St. Paul's Church will not_be completed in timo. for tho moeting of the General Convontion, the Univer- galists bave agreed to hold tho Convention at somo other city. 1t was expected to convene in Chicago. : . Tho Rev. F. L. Chapell, pastor of the Baptist Church at. Evanston,’ reports ‘that his church proposes {o erect a new edificp, and that $20,000 ara elready subscribed for thia purpose. The Rev. J. W. Osborne, formerly rector of the All Saints’ Church, Chicago, has been called tothe rectorship of ‘the All Saint’s Parish in Calvert County, Md. ‘It is understood thathe will accept. This church’ recontly lost its par- sonago by fire, but, though failing to reccive any insurance on & policy in its possession, atill con- tinues tho “ free-pew” system, ond iy otherwiso prospering. = SERVICES TO-DAY. PRESBYTENIAN, The Rov. Charles L. Thompson presches to-dsy at the Thirty-first Street Church, Tio ovening subject is *Living in the Present.” ‘ —The Rev, Spencer L. Finriey, of Prinéeton, N. J., will preach this morning and evening in the Jefferson Park Church, : —The Rey. Abbott E, Kittredge will preach to-day at the Third Church. The cvening subject i8 “The Christian’s Strength.” —Prof, F. W. Figk preaches this morning and even- ing in tho Chicago University. —The Rtev. . Dr. Patten, of the Northwestern Theo- logical Seminary, will preach this morning and even- iog in the Ninth Chureh. —The Rev. Jamea Maclaughlsn preaches this morn- 108 o o Fieat Soosch Chuch, Tho Rev. Willlam o, of.. ‘preaches in the 8. —Tho Rev Arthur Swazey presches this morningand evening in the Ashland Avenue Chureh, —Prof, Swing preaches {his morning st McVicker's, oP. ‘EPISCOPAL. 5 The Rov. Dr. Powers will preach to-lsy in St. Jobn’s Clurch. His evening discourse is for the young. The subject is *Joseph in the Housp of Potiphar.” —Bishop Whitehouse sdministers cos tion moruing at AU Ssia’ Chureh, The Bor. Heary G. Perry proaches in the evening. ¥ Rev, 1. O, Vianey wiil presch, as usual, at the Ohurch of tho Afonement, —The Rev. Charles E. Cheney preaches this morn- 1ng 2nd evening at Christ Church. ~The Rev. E. Sullivan preaches this morning ot Trinity Church on “ A Death-led Repentance,” and in the evening on “ The Soul Past Feeling. AETHODIST. s Dr. Thomas will N preach, this morning, at the First Church. In the evening, there will bea song sorvice and praiso meeting. —Tho Rev. . D, Sheppard will preach, this morn- ing and evening, at the Michigan Avenuo Church. ~The Eev. 3. 0. Peck vill preach, this morning and eventng, st Cantenary Church, - —The Rev, William F. Stowart will preach, this morning, in the Reuben Strest Church, —The Ber. T. C, Clendenning preaches, this after- noon, on *Future Punishment,” st the Grant Place Church, - —Te Rev. 8, MeChesney preaches a5 usual at Trin- ity Church, : . H iy BAPTIST, e B The Bov, Florencs McCarthy will preach to-day st tho Tnion Purk Church. Thosubjoct is What T Enow About the Baptists.” PR Tiov, N, F. Reviin will preach this marning st the Fifth Church, » 2 ThoBav. W. W, Everts will preach this moraing at the First Church, There will be a Gospel mecting in {he ovening. Everts this evening, in the Indiana Aveaue Chapel. CONGREGATIONAL, The Rev. C. D, Helmer will preach this morning and evenicg attho Union Park Church. —The Rev. L. T. Chamberlain will preach this morn- ing and evening in the Now Engloud Churcll, - —The Rov. E. P. Goodwin preaches this afternoon in the Sccond Baptist Church. St A Thayer. of Boston, snd Wi, H. Tho Rey. Geo, A. Thayer, of Boston,’ an ‘Baldwin, President of the Boston Young Men's Chris- tian Union, willupeak: this evening at the Fourth Church. The subject 1s * Lend a Helping Hand.” —Willism K, Baldia vill preach thls moming at tho Church of the Mecat = Z_The Rev. T. B. Forbush, of Cleveland, will preach in the Third. Church, corner of Monroo and Lanin streets, morning and evening. T % 4 UNIVERSALIST. X Dr, Forrester will preachs this morning and evening 8t tho Church of the Bedeomer. A —The Rev. J, W. Hanson will preach this morning in the Murray Obapel, - There will bo a Sundsy-school concert in tho evening. - o i The Christadelphians mect for worship this morn- ing in tho Lall at the corner of Lake aud Desplainca .streeta, Tho eubjoct is “Eternsl Torments a Cler- Ical Fiction, not Found in the Biblo.” 8 p —Knowles Shaw will presch this morning in tho Chirition Ghureh on * Binctification,” and in he evening on -* The Church,.and ita Preparatives.” In tho afternoon, Mr. Shaw will preach at Grow’s Hall. —Tho Rev. F. Richards preaches this morning 8t the English Evangelical Lutheran Church.. . . - —Elder Dr. B, and Mrs, AL §, Mansfield will presch this morning And evening in Mission No. 619 Lake streot, The morning subject is “Tearmot, for ¥ am with Thee,” and tho ovening one' * Time of Revard.” 3 —Dr. Barbour preaches this morning and evening to {ho Adventists in Afken's Thestre, The subject is 44 Evidences that tho Doy of the Lord is at Haud.” Th Curiatians mest in Sremner Hall, No. 314 Carpenter strect ternoon. . ek Dot preaches tals morning fn Advent Chriatisn Chapel on % Tho Sccond Desth, " and: thls evening on ¢ Tho Lifo to Come.” S5 Thio Tov, A X, Slioewaker preaches this morning at the Church of God on “Draised Reed,” hd this ovening on “ The Mistakes of Life " ." . "The Friends’ mesting will bs Lield this fnorning in the preyer-meoting room, Mothodist Church Block. '—The Rev. James Harrison will preach this morning and evening at the Oliureh of tho Pllgrims. - —Ttie Bev. . D. Noblo will preach this afternoon in Plymouth Church to the Swedenborgian congregstion, on “ Study in Religion.” B —Warren Chase, of St. Louis, will spesk to the First Soctety o Siritualnts thls morming and evening at No. 99 Randolph et —The Rev. N. D. Guilck will preach this morning and ovening at the Amorican Reformed Church, WEEK. CALENDAR FOR THE . _EPISCOPAL, " = ey A= SO ceonso. May 4—Third Sunday after Esster; Patronage of Bt. Jose, 8 g " “Hay 5—St. Pius V., P. C. :r:';/ 6—st. John b]filmnthgxbun Gate, & May 7—8t, Stanislavs, B, M, v HZ;y/ 8—Apparition ‘15 St. m«:hnél,ohcmn ngel, May 9—St. Gregory Vazianzen, B, 0. D. y.:gw-sriu?mmnm, B. G.; 88, Gordian snd E s . ELSEWHERE. _3tr. Bpurgeon’s church in London now mumbers £47 members, : A Buffalo cl Intely delivared 8 sermon in easy worda of one syllable. TThe Presbyterians will soon commence the' erection of a now church edifico in Salt Lake City. , - On the western coast of Africa are found over 100 orgenized churches, and some 15,000 converts, A Roman Catholic Cathedral is to be erected at Hart- ford, Conn., at a cost of $500,000. g ‘The colored Methodists of Washington are building one of tho finest churches in that city at & cost of . B * Tt Iatost religions notion fn Tondon 1s tho forin- ing of a ¢ Christian Evidence " soclety, for the pur- ‘pose of meeting doubts among tho educated classes,” The Rev. J. D. Fultan, of Boston, 18 about to rosign =8 pastor of the Tremont Temple Baptist Church, and go to the Hanson Place Church, in Brooklyn. Over 100,000 conversions have been reported in the religions papers of the. country within the last four ‘months, : Thoe Rev. William Brice, of Baltim ‘Professorship to which he has bocn elscted, in the United Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Xenis, Ohio. A Boston paper styles the Rov. 2. DeWitt Talmage n clerion Slpwa £nd 3 rhetorical miouDtebAAK, who piave Jow comedy in the pulpit and calls it presching. Fhe Aurora Congregational Assaciation recently de- clined to license as s preacher Mr. AL R, Peck because ho s & Freemnson and refused to withdraw from that fraternity. . : The fivs hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Huss will occur on the 6th of July. A proposition has been starfed among the Moravians to bonor it ith suitsblo ceremonies of celebration. ~ . Winslow W. Senver, former rector of Christs. on‘?f‘r'm, ot Lopsdale, Rhode Island, has ronounced tho Eplsc Church and a sslary of $3,000 to becomo a Metho: - ‘Spesking of ‘Mra, Hooker’s svowal ‘beliaf tha Christian Eraeass: “ With Wards theolo- g¥, Mrs, Stowe's Epjscopalianiizm, Edward’s pre-ex- §atenco theory, and Mrs. Hooker’s' Univermalism, tho Dbones of old Lyman Beccher must rattle in their cof- a7, 4 ” Deacon-Henry C. Hall, of fte Tabernacle Church, Now York, ia déad, It was through his agency, main” 1y, that” sticntion” was aroused "in this country to the religious condition of Spain, and that vigorous effarts hiava lately been put forth to extend vital Ghristisnity in that country, At a Ministerial Assoclation in Dayton, ORio, 1§ was accepts the ~ —Dr. Miichell will preach this morning, and Dr. | ] Tecontly stated that whilo the aversge attendsnce on Sunday st the Protestant churehes in that city was 17,600, thare were 0,500 visits to. the saloons ; and that whilo $75,000 were annually given to sustain .the churches, including benevolent -fands, $175,000 - were spent for liguar, exclusive of what was imeupporting paupers and prosscuting crim! . The New York East Conference of Methodists, at their recent meoting in Harlem, admitted a large class of the brethren into * full connection.” One of the disciplinary questions asked of tho class was © Will you endeavor not to speak too long or tod load 27 Tho Baptists of * Baltimors have & woman. by the- name of Mary Dodge, who is devoting her time and means to church extension. Recently ground was Droken for anew Baptist church, and Sister Dodge 1aid the firet brick. Ghe dealgns to ses thie capstone put on with rejolcing, whother others nesist her or not fn its crection. , i The Committee of Old_Oatholics in berg haa faaued a clecular o tho O1d. Catholls . xegard to (ho ection of a Bishop or Bishops, - The principal points mado aro that the Bishop to bo elected should ba only & missionary Bishop, or one to porform such churchly scrvices as the Vatican Bishops refuse and pricsts can- ‘not perform, + ot : . Atthelate anniversary of Spiritualism in Philadel- phin, it was stated o8 an tem of their faith, that per- s0ns in the spirit-world havo organized bands, associ-. Uons) and assemblies, for tho construction of e wholo social fabric on this planet, That presont church or- gasizations aua political natitutions are to pasa awss, sud a new and {mproved order of things is soon to b ‘bronght in. o g Theususl method of admitting members to church- fellowship has been 80 far modified by the Congrega- tional Soclety st Salisbury, England, as to put w the candidates themselves tho rasponslbility of déciding onthe character of their religious feelings, after the pastor has oxpounded to them the true nature of per- Bonal Christianity. 5 'ho conflict between the Popo and_the éivil Govern- ment still.goes on in Sritzerland and in Balo, Gene: and even in the Catholic Canton of Tessin. Tho ci power refuses to acknowledge the supremacy of the Fopo in tho appointment of Church ofiiciais, Tho Goueva Council has withheld throo months’,sa from all of the Roman Catholic clergy who have read ‘without permission from tho State tho Pope's nomins- tion of Mermillod as Bishop of Geneva, E —_— e EARLY DAYS OF THACKERAY.- - From the Nation. . Admirers of Thackeray may be referred to the 1ast' Edinburgh Keview for a welcome notice of a writer who, for a favorite, is peraonally not well ‘known to his readers—unless, indced, conaider- ing him as revealed in his own pages, wo aro to call him & writer whose mind and heart aro sin- gularly well known. Bat the reviewer is sble to tell some things sbout ' the per- sonal history of his snbject of' which most of us -have been igngrant, and ‘about which there has been less information than misinformation. It has, for instance, been a current and commonly accopted story that - Thackeray, becoming heir to s fortune, dissi- pated it by extravagant oxpenditure, and that his sketches of swindlers, harpers, gamesters, and other disroputable characters, we owe to his personal knowledge of such people, and his experience a8 their victim and their enforced associate. It would appear, however, that there bas been much popular ignoranco in regard to this assumed crop of wild oats, and that it has very little more foundation than the fact that ho 'was undeniably careless and desultory in his lifo and studies while at tho University, which ho left without having taken his dogres. © His fortune and position in gociety,” ssys the ro- viewer, “scom to permit him to indulge hi tastes and live as a gentleman atJarge. . . .- It must be confessed that,at Clmhridgo, ‘Thacke- Tray gave no signs of distinguished ability. He was chiefly known for bis inexhaustible drollery, his love of repartoe, and for his humorous com~ mand of the pencil.” DBut the fortuno which in & manner justified the careclessness of his c duct he lost, not . because he squandered it in riotous living, but, 88 we are now told, because » few months after attaining his majority ho con- tracted a "alue%ing partnership” which placed his property in the hands of a man who turned out to bo insolvent. Plonty of impradence he no doubtshowed in this transaction ; but 8o far from wasting his substance amid the vice and folly which his writings depict in g0 livels & manner, he lost his fortune before he had time to enjoy it in any way. Ho was born in Calcutta in 1611, his father being Richmond Thackersy, gentle- -man in the civil service of the East India Com- pany. Richmond Thackoray was the son of Will- 1am Makepeace Thackeray, also at one time a civil servant, aud aftorwards & Member of Councily who sat at the board with Warren. Hastings. Thackeray’s great-grandfather is here- said to have .boen at one time Master of Harrow and afterwards an Archdeacon. This statement of the novelist’s descent, if correct, will necessitate alterations in most of the bookia of reference. Allibone, for instance, makes the grandfather to have been & Richard Thackeray, Jtector of Had- loy, Middlesox. As-tho reviewer is oxpressly engagod in correcting what ho styles tho orrono- ous accounts of Thackeray’s birth and sucastry, wo may with probability rogard his own account’ as_ correck, In 1818, his fathor baving died at tho early- age of 80, the boy was sent home to be pat at school, and tho vessol aboard which twere he and his eer- vant touched at Baint Helens, wWhero Thacke- ray eaw Napoleon, whom ko looked n¢ with much inferest, the colored gontloman having informed his ‘chargo that thio ex-Emperor ato “three sheop every day, and as many.children s ho conldget. ¢ Tho joke figured years after- “wards in one of Thackeray's sketchies,” as in- “deed did a countless number of other incidents that occurred to him, his novels being at once so full of faithfal observation and ‘so sub- 1 jective. In1828 he went to Cambridge, Whero o bad for contomporaries Tennyson, ionck- ton. Milnes, Carlyle's John Sterling, the Ballor who figures in the “Nootes Ambrosianw,” if we are not mistaken, and others more*or. less known to famo, limsclf perhaps destined to "the longest immortality of them all. Weimar .~—his ** Pumpernickel "—camo . next, and_those visits to Baris, where his mother, a second time married end now Mrs.” Carmichiel Smyth, was reeiding, which in a manner made him’ frdo to that city, and of which he basmade such ploas- ant Tecords gustatory and other, At about_this time' ho lost his fortune, and found' himself withont mezns and_without o profession, and, to ndd to his difficulties, not without & leanin; towards s profossion which he was to try, an from \leiS: he was to recede of necossity. Ho was called to the bar, indeed, but paint- ing was his chosen pursuil. As.it turned out, litorature was_to bo Lis occupation, and for this he had tho admirable training—perhaps Dot 80 admirablo nowadays—of & sevon-years’ apprenticeship to tho press, and to that part of tho press which mado tho most cxacting require- ments in the matter of literary skill. ‘But we are giving too much of tlie articlo, which shonld itself be rend. Wo may bo permitted to express s hope that s euggestion which 1t makes may be complicd with, .and that the great writer's * accomplished daughter, who hss ehown bg:mr m’ifingfl that ‘somo al lenst of his gifts have descended to her by in- heritance, should undertake a task no one else can falfill with g0 natursl 2nd delicate a feeling of her father's’ gonius,”and should .write his_ biography. . That would indead bo 8 ¥czk of a thousand. . A Secret Bencfactor, Bome one in London has for goveral years | In n few days afterward boen doin; d by stoalth on a scale of exiraor- ity magiitade,. The modus oporandi bas been for an elderly man, presumably not the donor, to enter a bank and ask for the eubacrip- tion book of a charitable socloty. It is pre- sented to him. He writes down P. Q. W., or ‘whatever the initials may be, hands a benknote for & huge amount across the counter, and takes his gapm:e. An ides is now prevalent that this splendid benefactor is one of the heirs of aMr. E-mtou, who died about seven years eince, lesving some 915,000,000 A-year ago a notico'appeared in the Builder newepaper, tothe effect that a gantleman wes ready and willing to ive benefactions excoeding those of the i Pesbody, conld he hit upon some parfectly eatisfactory plan for the so doing ; but he was conscions that to give charity in - manner which should really do good was most difficalt, He asked for ,mfignlfinnn. Pending o satisfac- tory hint, it may be presumed that he spends his superfluous income a8 described. Three ‘wecks 86 £50,000 ware thus bestowed in great, sums by donors giving threo initisla. No donbt they came from the szme person. Was charity, wh will not et the left hand know what the right does, ever done before on 8o grand &, scale ? * gl S b ri i Death from Self-Vaccination. A Persons who prefer torun therisk of perform- ing surgical operations upon themselves rathor than incur the expense of employing a-doctor, ghould take warning from the feto of & young man named Herron, who recently died near Ham- urg, Tows, {rom the offects of a bungling at- tompt to vaccinate himself, He had procured some virus from the arm of hia sister, who had been vaccinated by o regular physician several days previously, and placed it in sn ngly mede in his own arm for its reception. To pre- yeut tho matfer from i‘luumg out he took a piece of damp newspaperand bound it upon the wound, the -arm began to get and exceedingly painful; but tho symptoma wore not_thoso of cow-pox. - A doctor’ baving been fitially sent for, mede an_ examination of the wound, -and found that mortification'had set in. Amputation of the limb was subsequently performed. The shock, however, proved too eat for tho strongth of the young man, and eath occurred shortly aft . THEDRAMA. -~ - : Tho past weok in Chicago has been the dnllest’ of 'tho amusement§eason.’ What with bad weath- er and 5 uniformly moderate quality of attrac- tions at all the theatres, tho attendance hasbeen very light'us a rule. With a single exception,— that of John Dillon's benefit'at Hooley's on Fri- day night,—there has not been a crowded, houso | during tho week. Tho satiety” rosulting from things past, and the eXpectancy<from things to ‘come, together with the fact that it was moving- week for all menkind, his kept peoplo at home. This wook, however, We' aro to have tho other extremo’ in' respoct ” of - attractions,” of -patronago’ also, it may b -presamoed. At ‘each ' and every omo' of - tho , thea- tres ‘entertainments of extraordinary intorest ato announced, snd if smusement-soekars hopo to seo overything of intorast, this week, -thoy | will, in some cases, be compelled to resort to tho practico of actors, and * appesr in two pieces.” At least twenty different programmes aré to bo given, embracing nearly every known epecies of legitimate attraction, and all, a8 we have edid, of uncommon interest; It is & noteworthy fact that og-| two entirely new plays are to be produced for the first timo on any stage, so that the-contest Between the dramatic and masical rivals prom- ises to be guite spirited: At - TOOLEY'S OPERA HOUSE a now play, entitled * Risks,” by tho popular snd successful anthidfl Bartley Campboll, is to bo presented, involving tho first appearance of ‘Miss Mollie Maeder, Miss' Alice Sherwood, and Mr. John Gaston. Mr. Hooloy seems bent upon secaring for ‘his company all the good actors who canbe induced to sccept engagements. His- organization is now ‘some-, thing quite unprecedonted in Chicago in point of numerical atrength, and ho is enabled to do what is rarely within the resources of any thentro—present different pieces with entirely different casts of characters, so that by the time the public has grown ' familiar with one set, another takes its place. * The change is 5o groat as to amount almost to a succession of * stars,” for cortainly not a fow members of Mr. Hooley's company are far moro degerving of that rank than are many of the trashy performers who call themselves ‘‘stars.” Tho latest of BMr. Campbell's productions has been written ex- pressly for this theatre; and, under his immediato supervision, it will, of course, bo put upon_ tho stage with all tho ele- 06 and care for which Hooloy's has become amous. As & matter of interest, wo append & ‘brief outline of the story of “ Risks:" Tho plot of the play is. quite Roberisonian in ita simplicity, It hinges on the clandestine marriage of Paul Varney, an aristocratic young swell, to Bella Newton, o poor farmer’s dsughter., . Paul is dopendent on the purse of his Aunt Mubel, whom he fears to offend, lest tho, 1n & fit of pigue, should disinherit him, ‘His passion for Bella, whom he met whilo sha ‘was at boarding-school, makes him forget bLoth caste and prudence, and o fecret union 18 arranged. This takes place’ in tho country, where Varney, in company with s number of {friends, in epending the summer. Shorily - after his marrisge Paul starts for e city to the nows to Lis aunt, and if possible secure her forgive- mess ; but before doing 8o receives a kitor from his Littls niece, in which s calls herself his “little wife.” Thia epistle ho tears up for the purpose of lighting his cigar, and careleasly casts tho unburned portion on the floor at the feet of his wife, - Afler his departure she finds the paper, opens it aid Teads those words, X am just dyingfo ses you. Your lLittle wife, Hester.” now that sho has been deceived and that the marriage was made a_secret one only for the pur- posoof her ruin, she resolves to Icave her home for- cver. Thereupon'she inditcs a letter to her grand- father and blind mother, telling them ‘of her o and is sbout to quit tlio house when the entrance of her grandfather forcea her to find Tefoge. The sceno of the next actis on Washington Heights, where Paul Varney ia entertaining s party.of {riends at his sunt's villa, After a great deal of innocent love-making, Bella entars, nocompaniod by an old fdend, whom Eho chanced to meet in the city, named Luke' Loring, and in the grounds encounters’ Hester Kendall, who, Dy the way, has a design upon Paul's heart, and who, on discov Della’s secret, informa sho i the author of the lettar, and that aho i3 Paul's wife. Almoat frantic with grief and despair, Bella rushes off and in u subtoquient act atfempt feif-deatrution’ oy E by’ lesping into River. From this she {8 rescued by Luke, snd this closes the fourth sct, with = o besutifal th mnorun!c view of Now York by.gas-light. In the tact, Delln s induced toreturn to her home, and there meeots Paul, who in turn believes she has de- serted him for Loring. A stormy scens follows, and thon_comes on_ ‘expianation and n bLappy fa: ‘Throngh the warp and woof of all this runs a ‘vein % comedy, supplied by Mr, Dillon, who, in the character of a lifo-insurance sgent, inslats on taking a risk on everybody, while light and shado is given to the whola by the Jovd atfair betwecn Mayberry and Katie Carter. ‘The assignment of charactors in the playis as {follows : g Paul Varnoy. A correspondent, who signs himself “One of her many admirers,” desires to suggest, through these w{ynmna', that Mr. Hooloy “give tho beau-~ tifol and accomplished actress, Miss Phillis Glover, s complimentary bonefit.” .He is_sure it * would be a groat success.” Undoubtedly. z AUADEMY OF MUSIO. [ The regular dramatic oszon at the Academy of Music closes this wook by tho production of & now comedy, callod * The 0dd Trick, ™ &n adap- tation of ono of the merriest and Frenchiest of comodies, “‘La Reveillon,” by the colebrated authors, ' Halevy and - Meilhae, ' The *0dd Trick " version 18 by Mr. J. H. Connelly, form- erly well known in connection with the proes of Chicago, but more recently ‘of New York and Boston, where he has met with success as a con- Btructor of plays, among them * Clairvoyance,” 4 Fast Family,”’ #Love in Pars,” Fanny Lear,” ete. In “0dd Trick” it is said that the adapter has been remarkably suc- ceesful in preserving the spirit an expression of the racy original, the thoronghly French fan of which has been reproduced without excision. From the judgment of those who have geon the M8S.'we are lod to_expect somothing wonder- fully humorous and.neat. The argument of “0dd Trick” is, briefly, this: i Gallinipper, 8 rotired merchiant, having defied the revenne laws. and mortally insulted the Colloctor, is sentenced to oight days in the connty jail. He is allowed o brief parole, during which o' visit his family. 'Ho meets an old friend named Parker, who invites him to attend an entertainment to ba given by Zermantof,” a Bussion Prince whereat several Indies of the grand ballet arq to be _present. Galtinipperacoopts, preferring dinner to dangeon, but allows Fanny, his wife, to suppose that be has gons to prison. After his departure sho recoives, by appointment, n visit at her house from Alfred, hex former botrothéd, who, having perfected his: musical education in Russi, returns a8 leader of the Prince’s orchestra. Thelr interview is broken in upon by Zer- williger, the newly-clacted Warden of the fall, - who comes o canduct, Gallinipper thither, He has hever soen G., and Anding Alfred in the company of Mre. G., Fippotés bl to be tho mat, end marches him off 10 er, es on. Tho second sct finds Gallinipper, Terwillé=- , Parker, and the Indics of tho balle g o e Prince’s hospitality. -The prisoner and jailor, who have been introduced o each other under assumed Dames, pass tha ovening together, and the whole party having. become slightly uprosrious, the act closes with can-can by all handa, The mext dsy Gallint .goes to the jail 0 givo himaclt up, but s regsrded as un {mposter, ind roughly turned out by s turnkey, whose incbristed violence s checked by the arrival of . Terwilliger. Alfredhassent for a Iawyer to help him out, and, baving effected a change of clothing with the legal ad- viser, Gallintpper questions Afred a8 to, the circum- stznces attending his {ncarceration, snd, of course, of his clandestine visit to hls wife. His sus ‘picions cf her Adelity ara sot at reat by Parker, who pretends the whole affair to have been a practical joke, Gallinipper sccopts thia tioors, and good-nataredly seta the whole thing down as a vory “odd trick.” * Desiring to presont the comedy in the most effective manner, Mam‘fyxer Gardiner hes engaged for the occasion Mr. John K. Mortimer, an ex- ¢ellent actor, who is woll and favorably romem- bered in_Chicago. The cast of *0dd Trick” in appended ; : : Various of our leading citizens haye united in tendering to Mr. Gardiner o grand complimen- farybonefit. Wa understand that next Saturday night has been” set :g:nrt for tho occasion.. -In view.af the great popularity of the beneficiary 83 & manager and a gentleman, it must-prove to be an immensely successful affeir. 5t plans for tho reconstruction of . Four different plans for the reconstruc mm.moxfiwhm been submitted by ' Presse, has just had to ingert an apolo; different architects. The plans drawn by Mr. ‘Wallace Hume have been accepted by Mr. Gar- diner. Among the alterationaand improvements will be the ergction of another tier, the widening of the proscenium and. atago, and the abolish- ment of. the eample-room -at the right of.the main entrance, thereby giving extra and inde- pendent exits from the galleries. Iron .chairs are to be placed in tho orchestra and balcony cir- cles, whilo large arm chairs, similar in thaps.and stylo to those in Crosby's Opera-House beforo the fire, will bo used in the orchestra or parquette. Something unparalleled is to be done in the way decoration and ornamentation.. The total cost of the improvements- will reach £33, 000. MIr. Gardiner prefers not to go into detai at present, as ho_wishes to surprise the public when the thoatro shall bo finished and ready for Te-opening. MYERS' OPERA HOUSE, ', . : having beon sbandoned by tho minstrels for. their _proviscial tour, is fo bs occupied by the Kitty Blauchard Burlesque Combination, headed by Miss Kitty Blanchard, and including Miss Guesie Raymond, Miss Kato Archor, Miss Katy Wilson, Miss Ada Gilman, Mins Carrio McHenry, Mesers. Marble, Langdon, Littlo, Wade, McKoe, Klcin, and others. The houso iill remain closed to-morrow night in order to admit of necessary preparations for the production, on Tuesday evenirg, of the * spectacular, burlesque, Bhak- spearean extravaganza " entitled * Bad Dickey,” 8 travesty of ¢ Richard YIL" -Itis to bo pro- duced with enttrely new scenery, and an elabo-- rate musical programme is announced. The or- chestra will. bo under the leadership of Mr. Georgo Loesch, and will be excellent, of cpurse. NIXON'S AMPHITHEATRE . is to bo oceupied this week by ono of the most extraordinary porformers of . legerdemain in ox- istence—Prof. Vanck, who. comes with indorse- ‘ments and recommendations such as conld only be obtained by an artist of vast remown. For soveral years past ho Las traveled in Asia, and Das achieved his present distinction by bis great Buccess in the land of jugglers. -Ho holds, by sppointment of tho Bultan of Turkoy, tho greas ver medal for art ond science, besides a Jarge collection of rare and unique. testimonials from o score or go of Oriental potontates. . His repertoire is entirely new, and his programme congists of . feats oxclusively practiced by himself. Tho entertainment begins with brilliant ropresentations of electrical aad optical science, pronounced to novel and besutiful beyond description. Then follows the great mastarpiece of the wizard's art, * Decapi- tation,” said to be the greatest sensation of the day. .6 manner of the operation as performed by Vanek alono, is thus described: . . A gentleman consents to have his head taken off,— the Profeasor agrees todo it, Certain preliminary pre- cautions are taken, and due applicstions made Deces- sary to ensure a successful operation, when, all being completed, the head of the paticnt ia taken off with a ord; itis then placed insuch a position, and handed zround for inspection, 80 n5 to be seen by the sudlence; when afterwards, st the expiration of seven minutes, {he head is replaced on the body, the neces- sary remedles used, and life restored. Part third is made up of what is called the “ Optical Cyclorame,” o serics of besutiful views coulagtodAb Vnnok‘ in his travels arcund the world. Achange of programme is announced for each nignt. o L FOREPAUGH'S GREAT SHOW. - The bare announcement of the fact that Adam Foropaugh's great show is to visit Chicago is sufficient to create a flutter of pleasant anticipa- tion, for the very name of Forepaughis a guar- teo of somothing cxtraordinary. To B greater extant, perhaps, than any other man in tho show business, Forepaugh has achieved the reputation of exhibiting sll that he advertises, and his fair dealing with his patrons is one of tho chief elements of hissuccess, This year hois out in stronger force than ever before, with his great _ugfiegmon of museum, menagerie, and circus, He spreads in five monster tents 218,558 square feet of canvas,sufficient to cover twenty ordinary traveling shows, His collection of ani- mals has been largely sugmented during tha past year, and he now claims to have the great- est show In existence, The establishment will rench Chicago on the 12th inst., showing for four days at the corner of Madison and Elizabeth streets, and for two deye, on the 16th and 17th, at the commer of State and Twenty-second streets. » . GENERAL GOSHTP. Mr, John Brougham is confined to his bed by en attack of rheumatic gout. 3 Rose Eytingo, the wife of ‘George H. Batler, iy 7D 18 to resumo tho stagor _ Miss Amy Sedgewick has announced the inten- tion of retiring from the stago; - Mies Carlotta Leclereq has reappeared at the Boston Globo Theatro, reappearing as_Galalea. An exchange wisely observes that a theatrical manager is known by the company he keeps. Harry Beckett, now traveling with the Lydia. Thompson troupe,is to be tho low comedian of Wallack's Theatro next season. Prof. De Houne, 5 one-legged soldier, recently {ell while performing upon a tight-rope, aud was | sovesely injured. Mr: Daly has.a new play in proparation, at tho Fifth Avenuo Theatre, called *Magdelen.” Its origin is not ststed. - ; p There were threo thousand four hundred péo-" plo in the Now York Grand Opera Hous' on th lélghl‘.!: a{v']i‘ed.ntal'a fust appearance in “Monte It is reported that Lord Lytton hos left behind o play, as well 28 2 novel. Tho drams s in fivo acts, and is entitled *The Captive,” Mr.-and Mrs. Barney Williarh have filled en- gomonts at Birmingham and at Dublin, follow- ug their engagement at Liverpool. 1 Tho 234 was commomorated in Philadelphia by the production of * A Winter's Tale,” at tho Wal- nat, with Madam Jsnauschek as Dermione. - * Probably the most recent Americaniam is that constiucted by an Ilinois peper, which says :lmt Edwin Booth will tragediate™ in & certain s ? . Charlotte Cushman has built hereelf a now house at Nowport, R. L, whoro, she and her {rienq, Mies Emily Stebbins, the sculptress, will rest during the summer. s A Philadolphia critic says s smart thing sbout Buffalo Bill and his Texan fricnd. He remarks that, having no Bioux to scalp now, they are smusing. themselves by scalping the mnse of - tragedy. Bomebody romarks that Benjamin Franklin won distinction as the original Poor Richard, though be could not have been ‘])3)' any means 50 ?o%x; 8 Richard. as McKean Buchanan used o be, There is o great rivalry between Dan Rieo and Ole Bull for tho championship,'and 81,000 = side, as farewellista. Colfax will clisllenge tho victor. M. Sonvin, & theatrical writer in the rParie or an insinnation made by him that Mlle. Sarsh Bern- bardt, of the Theaire Francais, was a Prussian bybirth. : + MNr. . L. Bateman i to%ome to New York next season, st o head of » dramatio company, snd will present three of tho plays of Mr. Wi —*Charles the- First,” *Modes in Corinth,” and “Eugene Aram.””. - Morlacchi has left the Buffalo Bill party, and 1a now dancing in_*Humpty Dumpty,” &t {he Olympic, New York. Tho Herald says sho is the onf;n truly groat. dansouse who has appearéd gince tho days of Fanny Ellsler. 5 Bardon is trying to have tho.veto on *Uncle Sam” withdrawn,. He arguos that, as the Amor- . is offered lo of tho legendary Hobrew crossing from Kamschatka into Alaska by means of a riin- bow spanning Behring’s Straitsis not portrayed on tho stage. S The _little boy saved from the.wreck of the Atlantic was not saved for nothing. Glary waits him. Also money. Together with & giraffe,a fat woman, - elephants, and_other curiosities, ha tho proud privilege of traveling with Mr. Barnum. ‘It is delightfully gratify.ag to know that tho terms proposed by Mr. B.in- cludo $20,000, and the right to seil his photo- graph. Moncare D. Conway tells this etoryin one-of, his London letters to- the Cincinnati Commer- cial: ‘Lot me conclude my letter with.the fol- Iowing little conversation which I overheard at tho Adelphia Theatro afew evenings ago. Tho &Xny was ‘ Jack Cado.’ First stranger, remark- g npon one of the earlier thefts of the -hero, 8ays, ‘He's a fair candidate for Newgats.” Sec- ond stranger g2y, ‘ If ho wont to America he'd bo a fair candidate for Congresa.’ Fact.” _How Miss Jane Ccombs must have improved sinco her laat appearance in Chicago to have de- served the following from the Cincinnati En- quirer, rospecting hor performance of the part of Juliet : . ' The general expectation was moro than fulfilled. . In the balcony scens, the nurse scene, and, in fact, in all the earlier scones of the play, the rich .mmsical reading of Miss Coombs rached not only.every ear, but every heart in the immense audience. But it was when the stronger passages of the tragedy wore on that Miss Coombs roso peer of the actresses whoso names have become traditional among play-goers—Siddons, Kemble, Cushman.” __During the production of the * Passion Play ” in Madrid, the only actor who'got & really heerty ronnd of spplause was Pontius Pilale, dfter a vigorous ~denunciation of- the _bloodthirsty bigotry of the Jews, which he had strenuously struggled to resist ; and he got it partly becaue, just as he had delivered his_ outburst” very eof- fectivoly, the curtain fell, finishing the scene, and partly becauso “Mary Magdalene, in -inter- ceding with him for Chrisf's life, had just pro- nounced him a Spaniard. ‘0, thou who wert ‘born in Spain, that flowery soil of the -pure and radiant sun! thou who o8 thou art valiant art good, u:tfinnfie since thon wast born a Span- iard, worthy, noble, and strong,” &c.. As' Pilalg was the onfy Spaniard in the play, it was natural enongh that a Spanish sudienco should reward his Christian conduct by an exceptional round of applause * : Kate Field, after having seen *‘ The Scouta of the Prairie,” wrote thus to the New York Zrib- une: “To behold Nature in all ita naked' sim- plicity upon the stage is evidently the mission of realism, and as Ned Buntline hos begun with the Prairie there is no reason why some other aspir- ing Preraphuelite should Dot drametize the Credit ‘Mobilier scandal or the Custom-Houso frauds, securing 28 nctora the original heroes, who would make quite 28 much money a5 at the private performance. Afr. Colfax would make more, and could then retire on a handsome com- petency. The numwber of roputations killed would. comj ate for the sbsence of Pawmae Indians an temperance lectures and rhapsodies on ¢ God's beverzge,” Ned Buntline would find a dangerous rivalin fhe ex-Vice-President; whoy after the aboriginal manner of the Sandwich Islanders; could wear a smile. Here iga wide field for the American drama.. Who will embrace it 2 " A vorsion, in threo acts, of Bhakspeare's **Much Ado About Nothing,” has been produced at the Holborn Theatro, in London, and has af- forded Mr. Creswick an opportunity of doubling tho part of Benedick with that of Dogberry. Tho ZEraremarks : “ Of the two characters assumed by Mr. Creswick—Benedick and Dogberry—wo must express & decided preferonce for the first- named, although only the hypercritical could dis- cover a fenlt in the econd. But, a9 Bemedick, Mr. Creswick seemed to hold his andienco epell- bound, and heads were bent forward and necks were out-stretched, and ears were more than at- tentive, in order that not a sentonce nor & word of the' witty dialogne 5o significantly uttered might b lost. In the role of Dogberry, Mr. Cres- wick's efforts were productive of much merri- ment, the scene in which the garralons old watch- man expresges his anxiety to be written down as &1 288 affording unbounded delight to all whose good fortune it was to be present.” Gould, the author of “The Tragedian”—an interesting and cloyer memorial<of the Elder Booth—says that, in Hamlel's soliloquy on suicide, the great actor used to read, “ With & bare bodkin' who wouid' fardels béar.”. The chango of text was bad, but it was understood to be justified by reference to-the fact that *bodkin,” in some parts of England, denotes s padded yoke, fitted to the nape of the meck, and used ‘for_béaring, burdens. The tendency to torture Shakspoare’s words, 60 aa to gotstrange, subtle, far-fetched meenings out: of them, is nothing less than nuisance. .The following note from Mr. ‘Edwin Booth appoars in a Day- ton, . OLio, paper—referring to this *bodkia” point : DaxTox, Ohio, April 23, 1873, Dran Sm: 3y fother did not alwags render the passage as Alr. Gould gives it in the book you referred to. 1t was one of his * conceits.” There s no dou Towever, of the correctness of his siafement in rega 10 the pc ‘ded bodkin used aa the milkman's yoke. I've heard my father froquently describe it as being carried Ly porters, &c., in some paris of England during. his boyhood, "I refer to the bodkin merely a5 3 small dag- ger. Truly yours, EpwiN Boorx. Hhere zre some singular paragraphs from tho will of the late Wnllaimnoul:;aflgl::!y}hfi actor : 1 give and bequeath to John Forsyth.the sap- phire ring, and ono ruby, and ono dismond ring, given to mo on board tho Galates by his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.”” "“I ive and bequeath to his Boyal Highness the uke of Edinburgh the waich-chain manufac- tured for mo by Mr. Crisp, jeweler, Melbourne, tho same which Lhave already offered to his Royal Highness at Sydney, in the Colony .of. New-South Wales, but which .he declared he would not deprivemeof.” . . . " With respect to certain sums of money, owing to mo by some of my friends whom I bhavo at times obliged, I wish tho Baid John Forsyth' snd William Drako to insert advertisements in the .Times newspaper for about aweek, reminding them politely of my desire and request for (if - convenient) payment of the same, It may that some few friends of mine may’desire somo icans themselveq applauded the play, nono of their countrymen regident in . France could take offense at it. Paris talks of o theatfo to hold 20,000 people and realize 80,000 francs at each representation, an jncome which would allow the engagement of “stars” for the whole company, even to the Weopea.” 4o Miss Neflson's readings in Bt, Lonis wers im- monesly successful. One of the critics says that she ““is a8 effective and great as a reader a3 she is an actrens, and affords a better study,. as the Iamour of tho stege is absent, and the mothod .35, aa it wers, laid bare.” Among his attractions this season, Barnum is to have a woman who, standing Tpom s high stool, holds the end of & Gtout stick between hor teeth, while a gymnast (the lady'a husband) per- forms various gymnastic feats upon tho,other end of the stick.” - - . The London Observer, epeaking of & popular actress, soys: ‘She has gone to Americs, the Ilucky country that steals all our favorites.” To this the Detroit Tribune rejoins: **To think that we" should pay four dollars a_ticketto Bee ‘Ehuse folks, and then be accused of steal- ing. Franlein Clara Zeigler, the cclobrated German tragedienno, has been offered an engagement of | 100 pertormances, beginning next September, in the United States, by Impresario Ziegler having s life engagement with the Royal Theatre in Munich, is trying now o get the royal permit of leave of absence. 3 R Mr. Leopold Lewis, who made_the ‘verslon of -Erckmann-Chatrian’s “‘Bells ¥ that was_played at tho London Lyceum. with Mr. Irvingss Afa- flias, has dramatized Suc’s * Wandering Jow,” and it was produced st the mlfiifi Theatre, London, on April 12. 7The Orchestra_laments that through the play opens with & scene in the Arctic regions, the Little memorial of me. If'so, let thom give the markot price of the valuables, and the proceeds ‘may be added to and form pizt of my personal eatate.” Y i music. _ s The prominent event in local musical affairs this week will be the opera season of- the .Jar-. rett-Maretzek {or vico versa) troupe. The two impresarios have settled all their grievances, “and poace and quietness reign behind tho scencs.” ‘The season opans with “Faust” to-morrow evon- ing, to bo followed by “Martha” for Kellogg, ¢ Mignon” for Luccs and Kellogg, and “Don Giovanni.” “The matines annéuncement for Baturdiy has not yot boen made. Tho aaly changes. which - have beecn msde in the organization’ ‘of the trompe sincs its -last appearanco here is the substi- tution of the [Havana fenor Verat (of the Tamberlik Troupe) for Abrugnedo, which, of course, will be grateful, as any change must be for the better. The President and his daughter, sa the guosts of-the Mayor, will be in attondsnce on Monday evening, - - OPERA BOUFVE. . * The Oates Troupe commence & season of their performances of opora bouffo and opers comique at Aiken's Thestre, on Mondsy evening. Theo repertoire for the weck i as follows : Mon- dsy evening, * Grand Duchess ;” Tuesdsy even- ing and Wednesday matines, Planche’s musical = comedy, ‘“The Flower Girl‘:of Paris;” Wednesdsy ‘evening, ‘Les Ba- vards,” one of Offenbach’s operas never before iven here; Thursday,” “Prima Donna of a Night,” preceded by the farce of “ An Alarming Bacrifice;” _Friday, Buckstone's mnsical drama, *Thoe Child of the Begunent ;7. Baturday mati- nee, ‘““Les Bavards,” eovening, * Fortunio.” ‘Tl;fow;;t for “The Grand Duchesa " will be as" o] : The Grand Duchess The, Tarner Hall programme to-day is as fol- 2. Overture to * Luriine 8. Prolude from * II Giuramen! 4. Potpourrl, “ Past and Present 5. Balo for Sxxophont 3 s Clty. % Con; £ et e 10; Quadsille, “ The Black C “.; THE GERMANTA CO: s The prograwme of the Germania Concert this afternoon 13 as follows : 7 . 1. March, “ Eemembrance of Prague”, 2. Concert Overture... 8, “ Nocturnal Butterfly " waltz, Btrauss’ war-dances, and when it camo to | 4. Potpourrd, # Masleal Challenge' 5. Aria from % Gemma di Vergy . & Cella Solo, Romnanesca ™ 7. Lestocque Overture 8. Finalo to * Bohernjan Military o - NEW XUSICAT, SOCIETY. . - “ A new musical sncioty has been organized at tho University of. Chicago, -under tho namo of ‘Tho University Choras,” with-Dr. George F. Root as President. There will bo rehearsals of the_oratorio of ““Eli.” overy Tuesday ovening during themonth of May. Vienstemps ia visitiag Troc & : emps i visiting ‘Prof. Ella,.ir London, ind playing ab tho Suebat Djo A B Lo E0% . At Milan, the'lsta Lord Lytton's “ Zanoni” has been mado_the subject of an opera, ‘* Viols Pisani,” by E- Perolli.- AMrs, Florence Enox has been' opgaged to sing in Plymonth Church,” Brooklyn, ‘at a ralary of $2,500, por annum. Sha'is a Micbigan lady. Thoy are. constructing s great beer-garden in Berlin, in_which thero will .be & concert hall capnblo of holding 2,200 peoplo. - At the Vienna Exhibition there will be exhibit- ed o machine for stercographing musical com- positions as the, fingers of the pienist 8y over the keys. . The Dusseldor? Liedortafel are géttiog up a formance ‘of Mendelssohn’s *St. Paul,” il- ustrated with tableaux vivants. Rumor speaks of the early appearance of a colored opera troupe in New York City. They sive ths * Doctor of Alcantara,” and other Eng- ish schools. &V Signor Armburo, the. operatic tenr who ro- cently mado his debut st Ediiiburgh, under tha direction of Mr. Mapleson, achieved & great suc- cess. Heis oniy 24 A grest liking for Bach_has' suddenly sprung up i London, where the Matthrous Pession was performed dufing Holy Weakk foar times i tho Rapal Albert Hall, sud oncein 8. ¥aal's Catho- An_English translation of “The Life of Moscheles,” tho composerand pianist, with so- loctions from his disries and correspondence, by his wife, will ehortly be issued in London. “The irrepressiblo and circumnavigatory Mad- aro Anna Bishop will commence auother sing- ing tour of the world in Msy, going first to Cali- fornis, thence o China and Australia, and ro- turning by England. Annje Lonise Cary, the_singss, was:born in Portland, Mo., and so the Port] lors (proud of their nightingale) got the young lady to confess to hierbirthday, which was April 1, and hon- ored it with 8 public concert, at which sho sang like a lark at Heaven's gato. Bembers_of the Handol and Hardn Society are. enthusisstic over the performance of tha Thomas Orchestra, and declzre that tliey have never sang with such an accompaniment before —which is perfectly true. 'They are anxious ta secure ita services for their next trionnial fos- tival (iay, 1874). B The Leipsioc Gewandhaus concerts havo closed the cycle of- their performances by exccuting Boethovon's Ninth ]m%mny (Choral) in their twentieth programme. “During the season the subscriers have had seven of the symplioniea of Beothoven, three of Schumaun, two of Schu- bert, two of Mozart, one of Mendelssohn, and _ong of Herr Raff. The elevation resched by the popular musical tastein London must nmot be judged by the -names of the ‘* celebrated ™ airs included in the “.yell-known Bhsllsbala quadrilles, by Kiko.” They are advertised by & music publishor of tha English capifal, aa -followa: - Shallabala, Chickaboo, Pequillo, Clink-a-Clink-Can, Cariolo, Ching-a-Rang-Chavg, snd Wagga-Wagga.” 1o comparison to theso, “ Molly Datling,* * Down in a Cozl Mino,” and’ kinded melodios becoma bearable to the most sensitive taste. There was s great row in La Scals (Milan) Opera-House this month at the seveuth ropro- sentation of Wagner's * Lohengrin.” :The su- dience was divided between. the believers and opponents of the musicof the fature, and, a8 e opera procoeded, there arose s perfoct hur- ricane of hiesing, howling, screaming, and ‘whistling broke out instantly, while hundreds of stentorian throats cried, * Dasta, basta-g-a-a-a- ahl11™ *Giuil ripario " (Enough, enough. Down with the curtain.) The storm was of ‘brief duration, and resulted in the opera coming to an abrupt close. The Wagnerites wero com- pletely routed, snd their cause must slumber for some years in Milan. B An unusually loud piece, ealled ** La Rosiero &Ici,” has been lately produccd in Pans,in which Aflle. Judic, the great actress, has been figuring. In tho character of & dairyminid, sho betakes herself to the stylo of the whilom di: Therees. She sings s military song with trum- pet accompaniment and imitationa of the sound of horses' hoofs ; then a rustic ballad with tho singingof turtle doves. A drinking song follows, in which the effects of intoxication upon a fe- male are shown ; and finally this charming lady receives a treble encoro of o _ditty about the de- light of * riding on a donkey,” with a braying ac- companiment. : Tho Unila Nazionalé of Naples gives an ac- comnt of agrand demonstration in houor of Verdi, which took place last Saturdsy after the performance of ¢ Aida" at tho San Carlo Theatre. A vast crowd collected on the Piazza San Ferdi- nando, whera a carriage was in waiting for the maestro. Immediately on his appearanco loud cheers were raised, and a number of -young men insistod on unharnessing the horses and drawing the vebicle themselves. This was done in spite ‘of the strenuous resistance of the composer. T'wo files of carrisges with torches arranged them- selves behind the carriage of Verdi, who was escorted in that way to the Hotel Crocelle, where he Jodged. Hero a band of music playod the fa- mous march of ** Aida.” The music was listen- ed toin mli;iiam silence, but at the conclosion of tho piece loud shouts of ‘- Fuori il maesiro I" arose. Verdi had to presen{ himeclf thrée times on the balcony to acknowledge tho acclamaticns of his admirérs., The march was then played & socond time, and after a final ¢ Viva!” the crowd separated at abont half past 1 in the morning. The Unifa remarks that the'demon- stration was made by the flower of the'aristoc- racy and by professors and artiste of 2ll kinds. THAT CHURCH SCENE. ) The indignation of the editor of the Indianap- olis Senfinel, on Wo«lnnud‘wnrfl_ini, Was eX- pressed in vigorous terms, bocause tho, chapel Bceno in Faust” was left out on Tuesday might, aftér he had written a vivid doscription of it for his poper, . Ho denouncod Mr. Maretzek a8 o Tl robber, and affectod greatTigo. It has been ascertained that tho entire criticism on “Faust,” published in the Senlinel, was copied verbatim et literatim from tne Beston Globe. BShowmen file their puffs, sud occasionally catch an aspiring journalist on the hip.—Louisvills Commercial. - . Incremation. The Rev. Cliarles Voysey, an cminont English clergymap, comes out strongly in &_leiter to tha London Indez in favor of tho newplan. Ho pro- poses_that when death has ensued the body should bo chemically destroyed, and “then,” ha says, ‘‘it ehould be placed in soma recep{ule containing thoso powerfal agents kuown te chem- ical science, which would mgly annibilate the ontivard form, and practically destroy it.” Thera ‘would necessarily some deposit, which one might call'“ashes’ of fho dead; and these | misit be foverently gatherad acd placed ina dispos beautiful urn or vaso, to be of accord- ing to the wishes of the survivors, - They might easily be deposited in consecrated places, niches in the walls of churches, or in mortuzry cispels designed for thelr roception. TLt, t00, might be accompanied by a roligions service : 50 that tho religious element ig left’ untouched "by any revolutionary osal.’ The advantaze of all this to people of highly wrought feelinzs would be immense. I can imsagine the peaceful calm which would steal over the mind when ona could take roverently, inty one's hands the sacred um . sad gay, ¢This holds all that remains of fmy be- loved” No horror of darkvaults and damp graves, with their seething corruption. . "No pre- cious body being eaten piecemeal by wormsa of the earth, or melting mnfllm.. lodthsoma stresm. The form is changad ; the substance really remaining after chemical burning is not in the least dag:‘e‘ suggestive of the past or the foture. The ly is- saved thereby from every ossible dishonor, purified frcm every- decay. fla words can_describe the relief wmgx such a process would bring to many and many an afllict- ed soul. On the gound of health to the com- munity, it would slso be most 'ealutary. We_ little know, .in England - at. least, what miechief . is browing for 1ms in our _seething cemeteries. They are getting fuller and fuller, at therate of I inol! not how ‘many hundred corpees a day, the later onés being nearer and nearer the surface. " Many ara within four feet of the turf, and that isnotenougk: to pre- vent the escape of ¢he most foul and pestilential gases. I know of ome old cemetery which in now occupied by & cooperage, and which js con- stantly wot with “stagnant water. "All around it typhus fever is porpetually raging. The'danger would not be 80 great if the bodies were buried “without a coffin: * The-earth would soomer dis- 'mn{ifltui;;i L_émthna ifé thc]:amiemxiei i nursed & "2 hao: -f0] the | decay bemng delayed.” L —What'sin a name ? Bar-Jo3 d barge ba hia Life. nah never gwnod