Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 5, 1874, Page 4

-4 company: Miss Jeffroys-Lewls and Ldward Arnott. No loss than fiva L Wi opers i t: 3 ondon theatron aro rolying * Mont Blano " waa & *frast, a chilling troat,” at tho Haymarlkot, W..J, Floronoo fi ploco.by Alborry. Buftalo Bill haa be )| ¥ > aotiiey N o r‘l:‘ won playing at Wood's Mu. Howard's * Saratogn " as * Brighton " faa fail- uro. Itis natint as stale beor. Tho Chostnut Streot 'Whiontro, of Philadelphisy 1s raconatruoting to hold 2,400 people. Tom Taylor's * Clancarty " Is the only pleco which has survived the season In Londos. Bardou fa to invado Booth's noxt season with o Tw play, Mogars. Jarrott & Lalmor aro now in ondon, * Robert Duchanan hias writton a blauk vorre W“i‘od{! eatitled * Our Madeap Frinco,” Iough on Fred, Tl Woman Who Tdes " is the pleasing title of & now Fionch drama, It must be rather com- monplace in inoldont. Olivo Logan loaves Livorpool Thureday for gnw York, Misforlinen never como singly. ha hes soma Fronch playa. Mg, W. Whalloy will play no moro. He will bo Mius Wostorn's sgont, oud hia weary foob will try him more, . " Magglo Mitcell will atar next senson with & combiuntion. Hopo siuks sanin st the sue mouncoment that shio will noleat it Ratherino Togors, Mrs, D. P, Bowors, and girn. J, B. Booth are to astonish tho nativos of' a onto aud Virginia City noxt soason. Mrs, Rousley, *tho photograph actress," i not coming to this country, but Madgs Robort- non, slster of tho dramatist, Is to upposr horo shoitly. Alfred Ayres, of Now England, annonnces that ho will st voxt searon i & picco by Octava TFouille, which ke has adapted und rensmed 4 Tho Egotist.” Ho will play the leading purt. Tennyson’s '* Boadicoa” hns wanod into for- otfulness. Nothing romains of it but the hen- ocasyilables. Tom Laylor was to bave adapted it, but those ** Neroatan logionarios " were too muoh for bim, Olara Morris 18 to die In olegant convulnions, o Is Oroizsite, in “Iua Sphinz.” 'The miro- glyotrine siyls of Lor aotiug will nwko this s0ano somarkable, it in oiher rospeots i ls, b8 wo sulleipata, an imitation. The features al Narnum's Hl]lflodmmn in New York just now aro o euormous black hippopot- amus, and compesitivo Piiz coutosy Letween tho' amateur athieles of tha city. The sports thore soem to be dsngerons, as an_old elophint- Armmer nsmad ¥rauk Dooley has died from the &ffoots of a fall from the auumal, and & femalo oharintoer tun boon worfously injured by tho horses i prother obariot reartug upon hor, Tho Loulsvillo Couriar-Jowrnalsaye: * Sunday atterncon whilo * Lolo, the Fivng Falky,' wag orforming her durlng acrobatic feats ot the Voudland Garden she mot with a sorious acci- dont. In attempting to spring thyough n hoop & ray of sunlight sudidenly flushod in her eyes, dazzled hor for an_instant, and cauned her to imiss tho outntretehed arinn of hor husbund, who ‘hold tho hoop, aud #ho foll to the ground, ' For= tunately she was not eeriously nurt, but hor iu- Juries aro of such & charactor as to prevent her spponrauce for some time." A perty of young mon rocently hired emall, unusad thoatra ou ths Nanbourg St. Honore, gov & play for their own amusement, and acted it themsolves before a uslect and invitod party of thoir frionds. Noxt day dowr swouped the polica upon them loxpn}'mem of the poor tax. * Dut we had 10 recolpts,” eald onaof the amafeur diroctors, “as the ropresentation was & gratuite ous ono,” Tuat rather posed tho agent for a momeunt, * No matter,” L aried at langth, *“the tax must be paid, and if you bad no recelpts, you must hand over ten por cont of tho amount. ©of your expenos,” which tho unluoky youths wore accoidingly forced to do. It is fortunalo that other citien have enior~ prising newspapers, o what should we do for uows? The Cluginuuli Commercial comes to tho xoacue with tho following, which is oy, thongh iucorrect: ''Che past senson Las boen oue of tho most disastrons to thentrical ontorprizes over kuown, . Not half-n-dozon etablishod tho- otroa bave made o cent, and most of toem lost hanv'n'v. Among tho latter muy bo meutioned Booth's, Daly’s, tud Niblo's, New York McVick- er's, Allien's, aud Hoolev b, Chicago; De Dui's in Now Orlowno ; ol the Philadelphis housss ox- copt the Waluut, and sil tho Washingtou and Baltlnoro thontres. Those who ore ropotied to love come out ahead aro the Union Bqusre and ‘Wallaok’s, New York; the Boston Mureum, De Bar's in 5t. Louis, Gurduer's la Chicago, and the Walnut in Philudelphia. Booth's losses are put down at 240,000, Jarrebl & Lalmer’s at $60,000, sud Daly's st '$50,000 In New York laat season, 1,842 dramatic per- formances were given, One bundred snd twen- ty-oight plays wero produced—4l drumae, 32 tyagedies, 81 comadies, § “ socioty ” plays, 6 bur- losques, 3 upoctaclos, 2 pavtominies, aud2 com- edy dramos, Seven plays by Boucicuult recaived 9218 reprosentations ; 14 by Shakspearo, 99 3 by Goorge Fawcett Rowe, 933 8 by Bulwor, 741 3 by Dumas, 655 2 by W. 8. Gilbert, 63; 8 by Adolph Bolot, 57; 3 by Wilkie Collink, 1627 2 by Andrew J. Halliday, 61; 3 by Tobertuon, 453 3 by Henry J. Byron, 44; 8 Taylor, 25 1 by V. 8ardou, 23; 1 by Craven, 195 1 by Edmnud Falconer, 195 1 by Gaylor, 183 1 by Bird, 11; 2 by Shoridan, Knowles, 63 and 1 by Fayne, 0. ‘The'standard English comedios received 59 vop- roaentatious—Goldamith, 18; Yoote, 16; Shori- dsn, 153 aud Cobman, 11, Many plays obtaived “rups!’ “Led Astray” was performed 100 times. Ths * Black Crook,” 1203 * Humpty Dumpty Abroad,” 79; *‘Davy Ciackett,” 553 “Humpty Dumpty at Iloms,” 64 *“Uonoy,” 625 “Ttip Van Winkle,” 48; * Qonovs Crous,” 47; 4 Chovity,” 433 *'Notra Dams,” 385 *Now Magdalen,” 875 M. Alp\musv,” 405 “ Camitle," 23; * Fomme 'do Fou," 28; ' Fanchon,”" 28 “otowan,” 26; and *'Sehool,” 22, at Ema waiting for & now gttt MNMUSIC. Music is over. The lights are out. The doors ere locked sud the performars are goue. Htill- no8s will reign until Boptember. Mennwhile it will bo plessant to see wheve the performers have gone. Mr, I V. Flagler, tho organist of Plym- outh Congrogationsl Church, safled yester- day from Now York, in the steamer Biberis, fora two months' stay in Rurope, Mr. Emil Liebling is also on routo for Eurape. Ar. Robore Goldbeck loaves very shortly for Europo. Mr. 8, O. Pratt, tho planist, is one of tho atny- at-liomea this summer, and will devote his time to remodeling bis opera * Antonio," Mr, W. W. Whittemore, the tenchor of publio wchibols, Las loft for & tripdown tha St, Lawrence fov bin fienlth, His recont bensflt concert wo- cured for him but o giall sum, owing to the fact that at the 1ast wmoment Lo found that ko was compelled to ehnre the prolits with s second party, whioh wag both au outrage upon Lim as well us those of his frionds who purchesed tickots wololy to ald bim, Georgo I, Root is off in Towa holding musical gonvantions. 1lre. O, X, Joknkon is in Boaton etill, and lot= tors from there intimate that sho will appoar in concort boforo returning, Mr. Flosenco Ziegteld romains in the city this lcm]);mor ot bis post in tho Obicago Musiousl ollege. . I{L Palmer will be st Dunkirlk, N. Y., this Bummor, H. 8, Perklus devotes the summar months to the "llguuunnNoxmld Nusical Institute at Lesven~ worth, Birs, Imogone Drown secms to have mado & flat foiluro In Loudon, Tho careful Seturday Presa says of hor: “Alte, Imogeno Orelli, an American lady, attemptod the part of Viotella in tho *Traviats,) und madesoliltle impieusion thut &ho was uot called upon to repeat 1t," Pauline Lucen sailed for Ewiono laat weol, filununfi, in Bwitzerland, Loing her destines on, Anus Louiso Onry spends the summor at hor bome n Brunswicit, Me, Mr. Witliam Levwls, the vialinlst, lenves short- Jy on a Western trip, to bo roady for the prairio- chicken_shooting. Mrs, Ingorsol), tho pinnist, goss to Columbus, Wis,, for hor sumumor vacation, TRE GILMOKE CONCENTS, With the week commenoing July 20 comes Gil- more to reliove the desrth which will exmt in wnusement circlos, und he comes with an entertainment ubove all othors best fitted for tho semtion, Graud Promenudo Concerts aro & novolty in Chiengo, and they should bo given in tlio Jobg eveniuygy of midsuniner, when peoplo dolight n musio and ool promoriades, Fartunately Chleago v pose mossed of the flnest aud Iargest oromenads in e United Statew, and atill more forsunuialy, Mlmore s to give his concerts within thul prom- eurde, which ianone other than tho greut Bxpo- aition building, The hall haa hoon “extensivoly yelltsed during the winter, sud will light up very aliantly aow, “m.. nu‘ymm will b given by the band of tha THE CHICAGO Twontv-norond New York Rogiment In full uni- form, asvintod Ly Mons, LoFelro, & flne porform- or on the vaxoplione, and by Arbuckly, tho cor- unl\lwlt, who {s well kuown hiore s an uusxostled artist, ¢ Tho programmo will be ebanged ench night, and bouh Arbincklo and Lot'obro will arpear In wolos, The building is sutliciontly spacious to necommiodato the wholo city, and tho price of lickets, oupectally tho seakon Licko's, haa bean placed oxceadingly low, so tuat 1o one can ¢om- plain of oxtravagant rates of pdminsion. Every ongonragement wiould bo oxtonded to the outer- priso of the manager who gives such a grand midsummer ontertalumort—in o wummer, too, whot ko niany of us boloug to tho *ceu't-get- aways,” TUNNER HALL. Tho following is tho progentmo for Turner all this ovenng ¢ 1, " Kamelto Mareh ™, .. . Zikol' 4, Overtwru—* il on {lio o Tonigor - 2, Potpourri—t A Wreath for Bacchis Meuzol 47 OVOrtUTe 10 © Masiniolo Mool v uvveysaeessss AUDOE King Mau- Relnoko Tuomas 6 Intratiotion fo 0fih nct of red s : 6, 80lo for \Flotow alatkn “Btruves oo Blrauss LINCOLN PANK, The following is tho programme for the Lin- colu Purk coucort Lhis aftoruoon 3 L FART 1, 1, “Prince Afhort Mareli 4 Kina Hunil Polka Overture to ** Naburo ", 4, Medley on Notlonal Ates.. B, Quartitte from * Rigoletlo 00 Waltsyons, 1, # Fackoltane: Teuplun Gullop Overturo 1o * Martiin 4, Funtasin on n Gern 6y 4 Elizaboth Porka” 0, “Favorile March* 3IUSICAT, PUBLICATIONH, ‘Wa have recolved trom dlowars, 8..Bratuard's Sony tho fotlowing music just issuod by this | house : ** Graud ‘rl\\mlllml Mareh,” by Adolpl Pferduer; ** Mutunl Friend Waltz," by G. C. Miller; * Chorin of the West Waltz,” by thesamo 3 “Littlo Darling,” noug aud chorus, b{ C. R Hodge 1, **The Dear!," waltz Lrilliaule, by ifor- mann Kiylor ; % Summer Showors,” pollia olo- ganto, by Adolph Prerdner; ' Humming-Bird Waltz," by Mattio Edwards ; *“ One Swoot fiss 3y Litts Bintor,” song_and chorus |£ T W, \\; ooter ; "ueugerfost Muiob," by H. E. Hon- nings. 'A‘Em Song Measenger for July has made its ap- pearance, and aithongh the wusical scason fs over, it is novertueless very sprightly,nowsy, aud voudiblo, If Mr, Fred. Root s not curoful ho will meke a good musical paper out of the )\Ictsim'xjuer,whlch is gometbing Chicago bas naver yet lind. 4 We lavo received from Mesars. Elmore & Co. a copy of Mr. 8. G.Pratt’s *Grand Polonaiso Balliauto,” for piano, which hns beon_ recontly published by Messrs, Wiite & Goulaud, of Bos- ton. Mr, Piatt’s Polonaise Lus boen frequontly performed hore, and is 8o well known that it would be suportfluous Lo speak of it in dutail. It is ono of tho author's bost comnpositions, Tho dodication is to Emil Liebling, the pinuist, THE CLOSE OF THE BMENGURFEST. Tho Cleveland correspondent of the Cincinnati @azette olosos Lis ncoount of tho Suengerfost o8 follows As o Snengorfest, as the form Is now understood, the ‘provent ocension has beeu nu humene success, “Thie desire to Dieur Lucca Wan-80 great a8 to_crowd the lmmenso hall, and, i my opiufon, hur preseuce savod the fostival from 'tinanclal hipwrock, As it i, thora will probubly bo 10, or at tho worvt u amall, dve flelt, 'To tho Bund his {a'sn ngreenbla the fust feat, bold in 1872 in 81, Louls, €0 large that 1o report was mide of 1t ut the Duud mcoling yestorday, I have it from tho beet of authoe ity that (e denclt’ on thst occuslon wae_over £52,000, To tho lovers of mumcalun opporad to beer festiVals, tho setion of thy Bund will bo hufled with gladuess, 1L was resolved heroaftor to_bold the fotivals ut In- torvala of threo years fustead of two, and to mnend the consiitution 50 s 1o adinis ladics 18’ well an wmen, thuy glving tho afalr o greator rospectability, and puting AliRLLLAT ot loast £0 tho oxcetkes now tudulyed {n, Tug fonis, 08 now conducted, aro not designed to promote iho nrt of music, but’ Gorman * gemusthlichkeit,” o non-atendancs on reliearsals aud coucerts des tho success ul production of any roally grest ‘ploco, which wouli do morg toward elovating tho depiorablo low mueical tasto of the American peo- plo s wholo ceutiry of blonlal snougerfests, 1t Was ulso rosolved thus 1 th futtire no eociety should +ouu u omndler delegation thon o (riplequartétte, snd ouly suen biugers us aliend the refiearsnls ¥hall bo per- mitted to participate in_ tho concerts, Theae are all Wiio RrTangoments, a8 alwo tho ona Which makes it obligntory upon tha Director of the festival to visit ovary eoctety thst Intenda to particlpala withln & year befora tho Teatival, Lorhaps tha abuses of the Suen~ wrfests aro sbout tobo sbullsiued, sud & better ora awis ugon us, W slisdl sce, THE COLOONX FEGTIVAT. ‘The filty-tirst Runual musical festival of the Cologna sociotios Look place Just month with the mosi favorablo repult, On the nvec day, Man- del's oratorio, **Samwson,” was given willi a choiuy of .Gi2 voices, among them 188 sopranos, 181 alios, $0 touors, knd 131 basses £ Lhe vrchos- tra numbored 192 piecos, ond the wholo was uu- der the ablo direction of Ferdinand Hillor. The musioof Samson was sung by Mr, Duner, of the Bevlin Opora; that of Micka by dMndeme ‘Amnlia Jonchim; of Lelita by Mndame Yeschln-Lout- ner, of Leipuie; of Manoah by Otto Schiepper, of 'Leipsic, and of Mavapha by Ilevachel, of Bordin, Lvory ouo id wall, espocially so Alud- ome Penchkn-Loutnor, who tiado o great sonsi tion in tho ama ‘Lot tho bright eeraphim,” The choruses were sumg with inneh RY& it and expiession, The **Urinmphliod,” by Bru- bam, conducted’ by himself, croated a great ex- citoment, and was received with vociferons ap- piause, The seoond day opened with Beetho- von's * Pastoral Symplony” sud Hiller's **1'all of Jeruealons.” Tho solos were sung by Madamo Yeschika-Loutver, Madamo Joachim, aund Herr Dunder aud Herr Seblepper. 'Ilio work wna roceived with cordial an;uuums, and the composer crowned with & wieath of laurels und literally ooverod with Hlowers by the ladioa of the chorus —the rudience shoutiig their approval and way- ing their handkerchiofs, It was on oxciting and puntifying scone. TINLE GREAT CONCERTS, Threo concorts revently givon in London do- Borve u passing notice, The firsr was at a mati- nco at St. Janies’ Hall, Tt was given by Medame Nilsson, who ssug Handol's ‘*Angels over Dright and falr” aud ** Let tho bright serapbim,” with Mr. llafluuld-‘ trumpat obliguto, whica was encored. esides theso the lndy sung some Swedish melodics, sud wes allied with Bignor Campanini in the duct bétween Elsa and Loken- grin Irom Wagner's opera, _Signor Campauinl also introduced what was to Enghsl eass nov- clty m a chuimlng romunza from Verdi's * Aida,” e sehemo wad compossd of a rather boiter hiud of musio than Is ordmanly found at fush- onable matinees, for Bpolir's Beptet in A minor was pluyed by Signor LI Culsi, pisno; Bignor Seudori, violin; Mr. Keppoll, fute; dir, Suell- ing, clarionet; Mr. Hundloy, horo; Mr. Iay- erait, buasoon ; and A, Alboerl, violonoello. biss Tiroby posforned Weber's brillianc rondo in I fiab, ond Lisat's * Rizoletto™ fantasia, Tho other artists who conuributed wore tho Swedish ladios’ quartotta—Mllle, Macvits and Signor Rots. ‘I'he socond concert was given by the pupils of the Roval Normal College. Thore was u blind orchiestia, with its blind conductors; & young voenligt, who, after only six mouths' tenching, gavo ** O miio Fornando,” from *La Favorita,” with tuato, exprossion, very fair oxecution, and raro quulity u aingors, faultless lutonntion ; a tm{ chiid, who with tect too short to rench the peduty, pluyed & ditlicult piano solo; and throo young girls who, standing 1 a row with upraised Tucen, uiter the tnunner of the blind, sang ** Lift Thine Eyes* better thuu ono hours it in mauny porforminges of © Elifuh.” I'he prograninoe of the (hird concert glven be- forn the Queen is worth quoting : Overlure— Tunnbaneer Quintetto—* Cosl Fun rat SMeaduuies Awviinu Patti an 1Vutier, Signor Aynesiy and Mr, Santley, Song— Ml of At Ar,” Stanley {accompuni I'homaa), Arin=—C “ ter) Hunndarf Ziko Wagner Hery Aria—¥Ali1 Non c.mxz':\’"‘ (1 Honnambula), .. Dellint Mlle, Mui e Bong—" My Own, My Guidiug Stor" (Robin Lood), G A, Macfarren Wi s Deat Ductto—"Ts Dove Pl Telro Lo Dianwns de s Conrounc), . Mexlumes Adelfnu Patlf it Quirteito Steadaines 7 Finale to third not Slesastnmies [5hens, A tior' Nicolind « . Tosslnt iere. Wer, Sranar pnsun sond ery Sighor M. Suntlen, with cleiia, il el dnk AFiu=Nou'Slinor (Lea HMugunota), . Meyerhear Slaaunie G rebelil-Lettint, Cavatiua—1 Birgota ™ (uamoito), ‘Stanor Agnerns Part-eonyt, by the cliolt—r 01 Al fhe Arty (iteat thine'of perfarmunce v. 8, Covutiua— La §1ia T tieia 1T Sipnor Nicolin, Valo-stiotte (Afredii). Midine Dyatto— 11 Fliutu Migioo “ Litrend wm “ God Bave thio fueen Condacter. MUSIOAL, NOTES, Tlhirae thousawd poreony altouded the bonefit of Lheodurs Thoms, 8t Contiul Park Guiden, Sant Thursday night, . Haragate, the violinlet, whom Birakosch once brouglit to this vountry, bng boon very mucooss~ ful at tho London Muaeal Unlon oonterts. Misa Clara Dords, “roprano, Welliam Feeson- don, tonor, and J.' T, Rudofphnun, bussa, are angiad for noxt sowun with Caille. Urso's troupe, Miss Violotin Colvlllo 1a expoctad In New Yorlk noxt mouth, aud will make h ' Ty y aud will make hor oporacic dobut in ioury Bonawitz, a muslcian of Philadelphis, and fatfior of J. IT, Donawitz, tho voumposor o “Tho ride of Mossusa," disd in that ity Jass weal, A portlon of the manuscript of Webar'n **Oboron ” hing for b fong time born minsing wt tho Tmperial Yibrary, St. Petersburg, from tho rest of thn composois scora, 1t s Just boon found fu & stray corner, and the valuablo doou- wons is again complote. Whilo the raparters of tsonty Parisian papors wer lintonlng withronon ear to Verdy's roqutoin, gomo Fronchmen outsido, who wantod to gou places, sproad o rumor that the Louvra was on firo, &ud wixteon of the reporiors instantly hastencd out to weo the sight. . This made six- teen stalls vacaut, which tho practical jokors appropriatod, Somoe discusslon hag taken place in the Pavls prpors as to whethor Rowkinl over bogan an opers ou tho subject of “ Faust,” Lo Menestrel says that the maator sketched the seenarinm, ndopting the prineipal wituations of ‘Goothe's Ppaem, but that tha matter went no furthar. A stall tickor at Hor Majesty's Oporn. for Nils- son’ st night 1n the operaof “The Falisman cont al the box-oflico three gninens, and iho speonlatons ran thelr stook up to sevon guineas, Whon London consonts to pry from $15_to 35 1n gold for nu orchiestra sens” to hear Nilswon, surely American opora-goors cannot complain of the & tanull, T'ho Princo of Wales was progent at o recont full dioss rehonrwal of Dalfe's **Palivmano” at Covent Garden, London. At the end of the re- heursnl lio sont for Mmo, Lalfo, tha widow of tho composr, and after exprossing tho gratiflea- tiou be had dortvad fromw the porformance, ag- coptad the dedication of the work, 1t {s nnuounced by o contemporayy that Mme. Adelinn Patti hus just signed & fresh obgage- mont for 8t. Petorabmig for noxt wintor. Sheis to ges 250,000¢v, for the wonsou. It i¢ notb ime robable, in the evout of Mr. Strakosch knu‘)ln;i hoItnlions for another yenr, that Mwme, Patl wilt opon the sensou for him prior to Ler depar~ turo for tho Russinn capital, Dacini's opera of *8affo,” papular hore ten or twelva years_ago with Gazzaviga in the prin- cipal purt, las boon rovived at Loghorn, with Carolino Ferni o the prima donba, On the oo- casion of her beueft, Bignora Fornl, beslde singing in the opera, appearcd as a violinist, and performed Haydu's '* Souvauir,” with quartette accompanimont, Somo monthy back the Municipality of Berge- mo oxhumod the body of Donizetti Lo transferit from the family tomb of tho Pezzolis to tho comotery. It was found that & portion of tho skull was missing, Tu fact, tho surgeon iutrnst- ed with the post mortem oxaminatlon had ro- moved it. On biy death it passed into the hands of lua naphew, who converted ¢ into monoy- box. o munleiplty bivo taken procoodings agatnst bim, sod he has handed ovor the rolle, ‘which will o doposiod.ia o' 8t. Mary Majo urch. Ono eritio—he of the Alhencum—ihinks that Balfe, iu ** The Lalisman,” “sied at o trans- Tormation of stylo s regards orchostration, vob his Mayorbeor and Wagnor cffccts are often crude and uncouth; thoro {8 much running about with tho wood and brass, but the effects 1o overlosded and oxaggorated. Whonover and whorovor Balfe rosorts to his natural man- nar, that is, doponds mainly on Lis {noxhausc- ble’ vein of melody with simplo accompani- men‘!luhho is himself, and in bis truest and beat mood. The Amerfean Regisler, Parls, snys: *'Spoak- ingrof tbenow Opora-1louso, it isstated tha somo experiments have beon successfully tried with a now plan for moving the stage-seenery by means of oloctricity! It iu #aid to accomplish ‘all the necossary transpositions with a promptitude and rornlarity that {3 wonderful, and that will enn- Dlo the director to do nway With a large propor- tion of tho personnol ihat s now employed bo- Lind tho scencs, 'Tho motor aud basis of tho syatem 18 8ald to be the eloctro-mugnotio machimo of an Ameriean iuventor, Prof. Ilughes, but the plan itsoll is ontirely uew, and hao nover beforo oon applied to stagd purposes.” CAN WE HAVE A PERFECT DRAMAY o the Editor of The Chicano T'vibune : Bin: It is but just and rensonable to belleve that wo aro progrossing in tho dramatio art ‘Cheve is no cause to bewail the declino of the go-called lepitimnto drama. And although, at times, we may appenr fo rotrograde,—~demoral- izing oloments cieoping in through the cupidity of manngers, the bad tasto of cortain portions of the public, or the mixlakon ambition of some actors,—stfll the march of improvement goey stoadily on, and tho good overbalances the evil, 2 in other things in life. Dut it is the duty of crities, and ail who heve tho drama at heart, and dosire its growth and improvemont, to constantly how both manngors and public what is the best: PEOPLEJIAVE TO BE EDUOATED. The proper steps pursued, the proper graduation employed, snd it is surprismg bow rendily they learn to appreciate the differcuco botween Capt. Jinksand Mendolssohn's Wouding March ; botween McClowkoy and Shalspearo, Look at tho victory achisved in the way of ‘mueteal education, during the past fow seasons, in New Yoik, by Thevdore Thonws. Peoplo who did not kuow Gounod from Auler are nor ablo to spoul: with a cortain amount of dis- orimination of the respective besuties of Mon- dolssohn, Beuthoven, Wagnor, aud tha rest; all through the adwirable tace and discipline dis- pluyed by Thomay, both s rogurds the mannge- ment of his orchostrs, and his mude of eatering to the publie. = Just the samo things cau be accomplishied in tho dramatic world,” T'he present ovil of one-port sonsatioon] dramas, with their respective roprosentatives, bogan through the mictuken ambition ot actols,—-so-called uctors, ‘who bought plays, or hired the McCloskeys and NMaeders of ‘tho dey to grind them forth nn especial ouo, and sturtod out boforo thoy hnrdly Jnew biow to speak the Buglish lauguage, Bub even now the goneral public, without any espacinl opportunitios of acquiring an educated taste, has becomnenauseated, und turns from such plays with natural disgust. The largo eities Lave slroady become very poor Holds' for tho proEngnnun of this clagy of drawa. ho complete aud perfeot remedy LIES WETID THE MANAGERS § and, onco started, avery newspaper 1 theland will uid them, And'it noed not be o losing pecula- tion either. J. W, Wallack, Sr,, aud his son Lester, did not find it unprofitable. R, M. Tield and Lis predecossora have always made it piy at the Boston Museum, John H. Bolwyn, during his short regime of three seasons at Sol- wyn's Theatre, Boston, liad the fluest cowmpany ever ranemblod together,~certainly duriug tho past twelve yaurs,—and lpeuounlly way uot dis stisflod with tho rosult. Angustin Daly hns made himsolf one of the moat succousful aud Erusnernuu of mapagers 1 five vonsons. John IeCultongh has tho flnest stook compuny u s “yiar " Loatre in the country, at the Californin, Sau Francisco, and wa don't think Lo is losiug monoy by it. Manngers, of courss, wish fo make money, like avery othor busitness-mau; yet shoulda theatrical mannger have wome notural artistio tusto for tho dratng, elso it is a fleld in which HE OUANT NOT TO LAMOR. But, looking at it as a puroly business specnla~ tiou, u munager can gulde the taste of the publio, and, af the same timo, with propar tact and the right kind of advertising, make Lis house a pag- ing inatitution, Une of the principal evils, to begin with, is, thul there ere oo muny actors,—fully one-half of wliow oro wretehedly snd abominably poor, and have uttorly mistalien thair vacation, Theco Liaw beeu considerabla talk at timaes of & sclool for the oducation of aciors; but educated and discriminating managors can be tho tonchers, and thuir tuositos (he oollogos, A manuger, it ho knows his busluosy, should know good actors when ho sees them, Theu give them their line of charactor, and, if thoy display versatiity, enlarge their tleld of la- bor, and reward them nccordmgly, It 13 easy to understand how it doos not pay manafger tO Py 1 Ktar v RIDIGULOUSLY-EXORBITANT SALALY, even thongh he should be of such magnitude as £o fill the hiouso every niglt, becunse there fs o money in_the ongngoment to the muunger, 1ot quite right i rafuntug to befupased upor, or to lmv)m‘u upon the publle, & ho wouls lave to by iucreased charges, even though the public” thoyeby sometimcs loses a groat tront, Such a star ie Fochter, whom fow mun- ugory can altord to engago, atthougl he Ia tho gruatest gening wud ous of tho fow Hushod wnd Dbolinbiod uctors on the Amorleun boards Lo-day Tine it fsnot wo cusy to undorstand why it ja not an wall o puy fair sularlos to £0od gotors, X8 to roly wholly ou the uttructivoness of tho play or star, Llie verioat gamtn of the streets, who dolights DAILY TRIBUNE UNDAY, JULY 5, 1874 In molodrama, profors ‘¢ Ilictiard I to A coLORADD ADVENTURE. was in my lifo, when, on turning an * Aoross tho Continont,” whon lo e have tha choico, 8o it {u with throe-fonrths of tho com- munity. One oaslly goes from good jto beltor, and from bottor to best, An usthehlo tasto i3 not burd to oultivate. The prosod taste for the illiclt French drama was eutinly an ac- quired one. Tho love of the lybertsoniau plays wes ovon more eastly won, in su un- dotipted truth that the Freich aro tls mosi ar- tiato playwrights of the prosont dey. Dub we liavo yot playwrghts R W10 CAN GIVE U8 aooD PLAV without tho mortid growflwork of an _illiolt lovo, Reado, ~Laybr, Bouci- enult, Ttoborluon, - Qulbost, Alvory, of o progont-day drunmlx«l!, Iwve done wo, Tt even Uilbort, with u mintakeniden of sup- plying s now-apparontly-popular ¢emand, oy " Clnrity” tho wel-sworn Frenot thems, A portoes play is n play of pure oue aud Ligh sonimont, with crisp drisloguo and eapid aatlog, which rothes n wholeromo trich, ombotios & postio idonl, or portrays n nodlo pamion. The company to provont wich piecos should bo compusad of peoplo oneh of whom 18 especinlly adapted for some line of characters, sud who huve played & swlieione Jongth of imo togothor to wort: fn uninon, and form'e harreonions wholo, ‘Wo hitva plenty of such plays in o1r Mtorature; aud, of tno compantes fit to prosens thou, Daly's Fifh-Aveuue Company 8 one of thoe throo or four st presont in the country, In o “star” theatro, 1t s not 8 onsy to reach such perfocuion ; but gront reformation can bo olfeoted thore by the thiuning outof Icompotent actors, und tho ultor Ignoritg of cheap wonsa- tional stars with ouo-part dramns, Tho growth und pokm]m’l:\' of many such com- unios s Dady's sud Wailic's i Lo offoctod by B yory lttlo skill and care of managors, aud THE REWARD I8 BURL, and not go very slow, 'I'he growth of such thon- tres will ceue & larger number of good plays,— a domana always crontes n supply,—and only tn :Ihh‘ way can wo havo o perfoot dramatio litoras uye. ¥ Thero i no roason why Chieago should not bavo sich theatres, ag woll ay Now York, Boston, ond Saa Francisco,” It is cortainly Inrgo naud cosmopolitan ouough, and thera ought to be large enough clasy of eritical and art-loving poo- Plo to support such a theatre, 15 UNIO: RIS, The Moy Anglers in Its Lalkes and Streams, ‘When a small boy gazes Iuto tho dopths of a pellucid lake or a running stream with an ab- stractad and pensive air it moy bo o mistako to beliave that hie sonsibilitios are touched by tho bonutios of naturo ae thoy are oxhibited baforo Lim, for tho probabilities are that tho gracoloss young wrotch is caleulating with iblmman cool- nosss upon the possibilities of catching a string of bullheads, Enraptured mothors may bollove that he i struck with the poatsy of the scono, and way rofloct that tue lad is goutle and good, and will grow up to bo a great man like Mayor Colvin or Gon, Logan, bub thoso who watch him will be likely to sgo him gomo sncak- ing arouna next day with & tow-string snd a pin- hook and his pocket full of worms, and go for thoso ciiuby {o & savaga und unralouting manner. "Tig thus the artless and ingonuous youth diy- posc of hin ancestors, It scoms that thero s no sport that gives more doight to tho juvonile thau thatof tompting tho unsnupicions gudgoon ;lo u)»‘vn.llnw the dolicious grub which incloses his 00k, 3 “T'aw and knncklo-down, flying kito, or playing shinny may possces a dogice of Tascination, b for real solid enjoyment thero is nothing like wtting all day in o pair of wat pautaloona Lob- biug for bulthends or pereh. wforlunately for Chicagolady, the opportani- ties hioro for followiug this pastime are limited, The bank of tho lage Ju shelving, and #o gradual in the desoant that thore is no bank-fishing what- aver. Mothors who are in the hubit of counting their children at night look rathor disparagingly ob flshing from the pror, which is, indeed, quito dangoraus, and in fact, for tho mattor of that, thero aro no flsh oxcopt perch fo ba caught anyway, Thoro nre vory fow tish that run in th lalte that bite at the hook. The whitefish auvd Inke trout aro only caugbt with the seiue, sod the sturgeon and vike nto only to be found in the sodues and weeds at the outleta of the streams that run into the Iake. Im- medietoly around the city mothlog can bo caught bk porch and an _occasional sheopshend or catflsh that has strayod away from its native mud-bank, Tho predatory instincts of Chicago boys have therofore beon concantrated on the perch—which is bad for the perch—uatil recont-+ Iy, whon by the kind action of the Bonrd of Pub- 113 Worka tue streatua thak catire through UNION PARK Lava alea beon thrown opeu Lo thae ardent anglar, Mitherto envy bns rankled fu the breast of the West 8ide lad, An oxcursion to the lake was too much oven for bia adventurous spirit to uuder- takie, and be has been obliged to listen to the tales his cousin, who lives in the Souwh Divlalon, Jias told him of the whoppers ko lind caught, aud romainod in silont angtish 8 prey to Litior reflections and deforred hope, In this atate of dejoction he bus prowled sround Uuian Park, and has bad the unspeakable misery of sesing fish swimming sbout without the privilego of catehing them. ‘The only consolation was that they were awful smail, Iinnlly one day SPLOKLED MALONEY, Ao named by n companion with an artistle oy, while suzing from a 1ustie bridge, saw a mon- stor bullhend, us much as 4 inches loug, gracafully moandar up ta tho banic and gobblaa chutnk of bread which had been ecorned by tho over-fod duoks that inhabit the little lakes and atrenms, sud gallvaut around in such a pie- turesquo mavner. Young Malonoy's imaging- tion toolk tire st this sight, and he cammuaicated to & boon companion the tartlmg tale that he had seon a dlusgeon 7 foat long, To tula trifling incident i dus the privilega tho boys now onjoy. The eldar Malonov_porsosics that magin power called influanco, and e has bronghe it to bour with such tavor that the bu?‘a ate givan frea parmisaion ta catel oll the whalos poskble in those walers, with ouly the admonitory in- {Iu\cliul\, whial doos not “troubla them in the onst, 10 . KEEP OFI THE ORAGE. Yestorday ntternoon when the sun was at ite hottest, theve wara parcied an tho bavks asma- thing like 250 boys, engagod in the exbilarating sport, bosidor thoeo that had-boen taken home by tha judiclons guardian of tha place, one with 2 hook throngh hig thumb, another who had un- wittingly st down on a elwiler articla, aud & third who hed made u dive over one of tho bridizes, to his own discomfiture aud the disguat of thiose undorneath. A CAREFUL CANVASS OF TIE ITUATION disclosad the faot that thora hnd beed cnught al- together thiree minnte bullbends and soveral cart-loads of minnowa. It wee nat *‘a gaod day for fish'n,” one of tho bova snid, but, judged by the appearauce of _things, it Was n_firstrate day for wadlog, he fotarasting youngaters ware exhibiting their lank legs without scruple, and secmed (o take ospeaial plagsure in getting é“ut a8 near deap watar ad they could “withoul falling in, The display in houks, lincs, aud poles reflectod ramarkable credit on tho ingenuity of the agsemblad Waltonisne, ‘Tho method of mnking o fishi-hook out of o pin is ane of the thinge that an American boy lonrns at an early age. e also learns ut wboue the sama time haw to construct itinto o shapo thas will confor the most anguish whon it i unt dowu upon, ‘I'ha boys in Chicago are no oxcaption. WITH & COTEON BTRING, pin-hiook, s stone for a siuker, wad o olub for a fisli-polo, thoy hotray nn imdopandenco of char- wotor sud @ raaditiess to moet emergencies that rofiests eredit on themsolves and thoir parents, and promisod grost things for the endurance of tho Jopublie. If thely ingonulty is excessive in enything it {8 in ocuitihng up o fsh to cateh anothor with. This would seom like buso ingratitude, but, a8 the flsh do not seom to know whon they are par- taking of tholr own fry, pothups the boyafara e vsinting tholr contidancs ta much attar all, Tho fishing in the Union Dark wators Lins ONE ADVANTAGE which very fow stronms offor. ‘Chera is scnrcoly auy chance for & bay ta drawa, Thisis uot pe- ouliar to this place; howavar, for a bay might flsh with oqual sufely in the buok-yard at the ypaternal mansion, and ho would probubly got oy tnny bites, but roally tha gres ploawime is in drbllivg around in the cooling wator, Looking at It [u this way, the privilege givon to the boys {s praigaworthy. An ablution, it it daoes onl extond to the f’nlpu, in bettar than uo swim, which dolight the boys do not enjoy in this city., Thero ia water anough, but no puco to butho, Water, water everywhors, but not n placo to swim, If the Citv Fathers wonld like to bostow » substantlel gife on tho nsiug gouora- pon, they cowld nat da bettor than to incloss an ares in the Unlon Park i ut other slnces, and fitl it up with water evory night. l’«rhuvu it could bo arrangod so children of w Inrgor growih could uwe it ut times, Thero ls nlauty ot water. Tho expenss would bs trifling, Wiy ot ? As for the Ushing st Union Parlr, 1t auy ambitious auglor has boen gottlug reudy his taokle aud lus balt for o duy’s oxoltemont [n tho turbid wators ut this rowort, ho may put themn carofully away, and go down on Houth Water atreet, Duy a pioklod mnakorel, oat It, und ‘f” t0 liad and dresm that hie has beon to the flshing- banka and dngfiad forth any amount of moustoss trom the vasty doep, Tama dwellor in towns and g} lover of thom. To mo, meaninglees aro the rhapsodien of thoss who delight in (ho majestlo soll- tade of mnature, and the wild glorl- ous frosdom of the untrodden dosort. Contral Park, and that portion of Now York ying withln o milo of it, wasalwayswild onouga aud varied euough for my tasto; tha Jersoy City or Staton Inland forrios woro marine enough formo, Asfor tales of adventure from the froutior, I only shudderod ut them, and held the whole raco of gold-miners, alove all, insome- thing like torror. Yat it was fatod thut I should JECOME A GULD-DIGUER, by proxy gt auy rato, aud & most succossful one, t00, aud this 18 how it camo to pass, 1t ls not 8o wany yoars back wwnce my wife's brother died in Colorado. Hoe had always beoun wild gort of fellow, s only for a life awmong wminorsy, yot wo liked him much, for hohad many good qualition, Ho was fujured by tho fulliug of somo rock ; and the nearest doctor—they bnd ono not more than sixty milos away—said that, although ho miglt lnger & good whilo, even nionths, porhiapy, ho must dla from tho aaidont. Ho Dick got a comrade, who wne going Eaat- ward, to sond me & telogram ns soon ns he got whero telographs oxisted, detalling what had liapponed, und boggiug mo to go to bim, I need searcoly say how iictla this was to my tastes, but wo did not_hositate s moment ; wo liked poor Diok, aud 1 thought it vory probable that ho wus lyligon a bod of pain without a frioud, and without & dollar. My wifo was naturally oves more olicitous about hin thun mysolf. Tho trip Westward has boon told too often to noed eny doscription from mo: I journoyed through what seomod almost intermivable spuce, and at Iast reached that gathoring of ( then) meun unbitations, called Douvor. (I was there agam lagt year, and found it slightly ctiangod.) 'Tho place whoro Dick lay was, [ found, about 100 anlos from Deuver ; and £ found, awo, tust the beat, 1€ ot tho ouly, way Lo gat thare, wason norsoback; aud now THE REAT HORRORS of my journoy began. Liraveled by myrelf,orif,by by cliauce, L Lnd compauions forufew niiles, these wore g0 rougn, wild, aud uncoutl, that I was hu-rm{‘gh\u 1o be rid of thom ; sud tho samne ‘when the monatouy of the mouataly traglk was brokon by desconding toams, or puttios of Lorse- won ; thelr presouco frigutenod me a great deal moro than their ubsouce, you £ csnnot rocall a siuglo fustance of oven mideness o their puit; but I was scared generally, I ling, of course, taken caro to ascortaln, before startiug on my lonoly ride, thut thero was no fenr ol ludiany, who Lind all, it seemed, tempozarily left tho distriot § 80 0no great cuuso of fear wag ro- moved. Briolly, theu, { renctiod Inauguration Town, g0 callod_bocause of the day wuon tho fiesttent was pltehad taere, and found it a miser- ablo pluce. A dozen log-hits, five of them beug suloous, und about forty touts, formod the *ciLy,” 28 it not uufroquontly stylad itself, Iu o wrotched room attbu buck of tho Inrgest galoon, [ found poor Diok, in o snd stuco, He was vory plid ,to sos mo, but it was plain he was not long for tine world; b kuow this woll onough, and talked of Lis doath as calmly s though o had besu spenk- ing of sume oue elss, Ou one pont L was quite surprised—so far from ucediug any help in money-mutters, he was really » rich man, and handed e doposit notes amouuiing to somo thounnuds of dolizis, and mude over to mo tho gold nud veluablos which wors lying to hisorodit ub tho * Bonlt" WEyerything was done in o mout informal way; but & comjpioto answer to sif my doutbts aud quorios was givon by saying, that such was * Muors' Law ;¥ and anyhow, L iud tho proceeds of the gold duly bLaudsd to ue the dey aftor Diek's death, When the poor follow was gono I had nothing to detain me ut fnunguration lown, and so lefc at, as L bad approachod it, on horsoback. I coud Iitvo had compauy, a8 the landlord of tlio saloon told mo there was an ** outtic " starting for Don~ veron tbo noxt morniug; and takiug it for rantod that 1 should embrace the u‘nmrmniw, 0 introduced soveral of tho “‘boys " to we at ouco ; but such & WILD, DESPERATE-LOOKING 8ET I novor saw, aud would noc have Lraveled with for tme worid, Very groatly to my Lout's astonishmout, I called for my horso, and rode off ot mudday, moro norvous on tho scoro of ‘my possivle componions ihian of auy roadsldo enomios, 1got on very woll tust day, and slept at s houso whero I had stopped on my upward fourney, Tho citizon who dwelt thero seemed f5ted Lo koo mo, altor the spathietic fushion of tuose Weateiu people, but scemed nstonishied too, 1 thoughe, and whou L was gotug awsy, be, in Liy rudo way, complmentod me on my coutaga; e enid I hed moro grit in me than any down-gaster ho had “ever soou. '*In fuct boss, tbere’s muoy a Wostorn man would be skeary st 'riding alono through this locatity, now tho Utes is back so thick, aud Ho nasty a8 they are, too; but,” Le wont on, “*you hive the real grit, I can see,” I rodo ofl cowplotely staggoren by his spocch; and I doubt il any man in the world wus over so utterly cowed by & complimout on his courage. I ro- solved to ide very slowly, sud sllow the wild “outtit” from Inavguration to ovortnke me; bub one cau't control one's fato, had not riddon Lalf & dozeu milos, be- foro I snw wiuding up a bill, to the brow of whuch I tud just clumbed, &t lenst A BCORE OF INDIANE, Thoy wore, luckily, it letit a couple of miles from e, sud #o thero was eyery opportunity for me to avord them. 1 did not liko tha idox of riding directly buclk, 80 detormined to_tako sdvantage of b ravio whiol 1 prallol to the roud I was pursuing, and whieh latter was littlo botter than a raviuo 1tsolf, enpocially us, from my elovated position, 1 théught L could woo where It ‘issuod juto the plain bolow. I hesitated no fonger, but turned into the ravive, onud was glad to iud tracesof aroad and of tiayelors thers ; 80, judging one way way usod nbout a8 much as the vther, I jugged “ehoorfully on, Ieaw nolouse at whichto get my middny menl, but L did not mind thut, s, from " tho rate av which I had voen descending, I reckoned Ishould soon strike tho plain. I dismounted by tho sido of o listle spring, and with my flasl, and womo orackers aud eardines, man- vged protty woll. I had juse lghiod my oigar, aud was lying under the shelter ot & nolitary treo, when, suddenly, a mounted figure come over & Uttlo stony ridge just Douwd mo, 1 started up, and ho Buarted buok, A more suspleious-looking churacter it would be ditlicult to imagine, Hoe was a tall man, wearing u folt or leattsern hst, squeszed into no shage ab ail; his biuek hair bad probably not boon cut for a twelvemonth ; be wad clad in buekskin from neck to aukle ; & bulfalo-robocovered his saddle, by the sive of which buug an oiguteen-shot To- penting ritlo; on cach bip ho carried a larke ro- voivor ; sud Bstraight kuifo in » lesthorn shoatl bung in lis bolt. At tho sight of me, ho ro- coiwed, an [ huve mnid, and Lal? drow ono of hiy ravolvors § but seowg that I was wlono, snd quite in his power, bo camo slowly on, keoplug, however, his oye o mu all the while, 2 1 THOUGHT CONCILIATION BLST, 8o anld; ¥ Good-momng.” * Uuud-evomng," ho roplied; es everrbody ont thero would Luva roplied, whatover the time of duy. “ \ill you have a drop of brandy?" I asked, by a sudden tmpalse, 1{e grimly smilod ageont, 2id drunk, pronouticiug it * good ;" then ho said 1 Where''s your hoss, stranger #" 1 looked round, aud, to'iny dismay, snw thut my steed had vanished—'*had vawoosed," tho stisugor said; then continued: * I thought gsvy o hows In the gully over thero, and whon 1 wee you, 1 “thought itmght be yourn, Hero; “come this wuy." Lucramblod over the ruzgod slopo aftor huin 3 but the horse wus nowhere susight, T'hostrang= or pointed to whore he bud scen it, aud then, by wigus totally untutolligible b we, ' we tracked it for some bulf & mile, until we tound it in o por- tect maze of rocku sud gullies, I thanked him vory bieurtily, nul mudo su offer of reward ; but with tho sumo apathy which hud marked bis conyassution all through, bo declined it, sud bidding mo *good-duy," rode slowly off, first hayiug conducted ms Luok to the travl, I foltowed tho roud for a loug timo, until I be- gan to grow unecasy st the time which elupsod betore 1 struclk the Pmn. 1 could no longer vee the buso of the hills, und although I believed I kuow the exaot direction 1 ouglit to toliow, 1 at last bogan to conceive the posuibility of AUY IAVING LOST MY WAY, To get Luok Lo my origiual road before nightfall was impracticabso, and I pushed denperatoly on, uutil nothing but the higlieat poaks of the tremendous mountaiug bos hind me wore tinged by the retting sun. In & vory short time tuiy died xway, ond the valloys and ravinos bolow boewme oro douse and gloomy avory minute, Al {his Limo L saw no living thing, save that twico & nonutain wolf oronsed my road a fow seoro yards aload of ime. o make matiors woise, I found thac my horse was newrly ex- hsusted, and could ounly limp pulufully along the rougu track, was growing mose out of heart with my situstion thau 1 ever unglo, I found thut X lhad come upon a iargo ok’ of lovol ground, aud that, not 100 vards whond, stood & shunuy, from which a light feobly glenmed, My jaded horso prioked up lils oara and stumbled Lriwkly along, and In another mlnute I was knosking at the rude door, 1t was thtown opon by a uunm-louklnlg fellow, In an old blue army cloak, aud who held, although he ,m-muy concontod it, n pistol fn-big right hand. Tho mtorior, u8 I could soo, was of the most un- vibmg character—scarcely an articlo of furnl« ture, aund lighted by a lamp which, void of glzun, tlured on the window-lodgo, 1 told my cano, and, mullenly bidding mo turn my horwe [uto the corral by tho side of tho Louso, and then onter, he moved away, Whou I had socurod my steed tn tho inclosire, aud the door of tho shanty awnng behind me, I was almout sorry 1 lind notcLodon tosloap with the wolvos in tho mountaln gulites, DMy host way BILENT AND BULLEY, showing vory plunly bls intontion not to tallc presontly, Lowover, ho sald: *Guess yuu'li \want suppor, Thiord's walor in that pail ; tore's whisky 1n that bottle; thoro's beof in that logker. You can't inve nothiog olso," T said, which was purtly true, that T was too tired Lo oat. I cortainly coutd not hnve caten or drank in his dirty hovol, or of such uumviting foud, ospeotally with 80 forbiddivg a rufiian for my compaulon, Wlyon you'll want togo to sleop,” lie sald roughly, and kicked s bundle apart, disclosing a coupla of bulfslo robos, with two rude plilows, 4 'l{mm youne, To to bed, then,” 1t was of no use betraying any fear, and ho swan ovidently giving up his bod to mo, 8o I lay down, and in & short timo was dozing, whon I way aronscd by hosring the trond of & borso, aud thon tho door opsued, Ihalf rose from my bod, sud, to my surprise, saw outor tho man whom I had met at midday on the mountaia, He rocognized mo too, but ssid notluug distict. ** Welt, how 18 it, Joo ? " waid the other man, with u very sorious, if not anxious, ook, ** Bad,” sald my Irieud, or ** Joo,”—very bad. It's nl corraot,” ¥ “Aud aro thoy—ars tho boya '—began tho other. *Yos," sald Jun‘ filliog up the pause; “'thoy mean coming, ‘Thoy wmay como to-morrow— porhaps to-uight. We shall have to vamoose.” Loy convorsod in undortones, a8 thoy wat on their rudo ytools by the low woud-fire, chewlng or smogiug, and oceasionally drinking from a whisay-buttlo; their discourso sected vor) Feavo amd disguloting, and ftom & word 0 tyo ¥ caught, and from tueir glances, I favcied thoy ware often reforsing 1o me. At last, in npite of myrolf, L fell nsteep, sud, tirod as I'was, might Liave slumberod titl morning, buw A TRELNDOUS CRAYI awoke mo, aud, rising, L uaw thut the door bad boow burat opew, aud that the shonty was filling with strangers all armed,whie Joe and hi cotnrade lad drawn auddouly to my side of tho room, Onthe mstant, hail a dozon mon Bur- rounded thot, and tool their iroarmy, » Hallo 1" exolutmad oue of tho notwv-comars, 28 he caught sight of me, “whoisthis? Are thete threo in the gang * All oyos holufi upon me, although I did not quito understand thosituntion, I explained brielly :\'hu I was; and tho account soomoed matisface ory, “‘Now, Jos Biakely, and you, Phil Marll, I rockou you know why we have come " said the man who soomed spokesman, * Guoss wo do,” said Joo, In his usual apa- thetio tone, “ You expected & visit,” continued the man, “ Yo have hoard all your biagging mgn the Vigilantes '— ** Nover uaid #o,” interruptod Joo. 1 was winazed at thess words, Hora was ¥ in the prodonce of Lho promptaost, MOST-TERRIBLE TRIDONAL of modern timos, and I divined only too olearly their orrand, 'ho Vigilautos, or Vigilanco Com- mittos, s moy be kuows, 14 5 solf-constituted body, which, in the remote parts of the United Btates, sprivgs lnto spontaucous existonco to romedy in a rongh fashion the wonstrous defects of the provaloatly imperfect courts of justico. Acling without, snd, in fact, in deflynce of, law, theuo committeos, though doing things roughly, hoip malerially to maie life endurablo for wefls disposoed aitizens. Without tho senso of juetice which thesa vigilant and self-constitutod "bodies oxorcino, tho groat Western wildortesses, with their sparsely sottled population, and fecblo ju- dicial adminiutration, wonld not be tolorable. 1 soon understeod the purport of the visit, s addreased to my host.' '* You'vo buen a terror to this hore noighborhood,” continued tho spokes- man; “you've stole horsea and cattle for more than two yoars past, and triod to put it all on the Indiabs, You hiavo murdered men; and this bhere travelor would nover bave sson daylight agaiu il we hadn's come in. You gob tho Jew from Santa Fo iuto your shanty, aud robved aud lalled him," *No, Captain!" burst out Joo; **I bar that. I don't deuy the hosses,uor the cattle ; and I may bev killed & wan of two; 8o mny bev Phil; but 1 naver killed the Jew, oor killed & man in my own shauty; and this bere travelor should have ouo his way a safo man,” Then turumg to ma, foknia: ™ ou dou't boilove I monat kibing of you, strangor 2" “1douat!” I aald very emphatically, for T meant it. + Wolf, thero'a enough agin you withoat that,” said the spokeswman; * though we know you ain't so bad rs Phil. You've been warnoed to go, time after timo." '"Cnntnln," arguod Joe ; 4+ No, YOU AIN'T, YOU BET," s0id tho Capinin, with & meaning smile, which ran rosponsively tbrough hia baud’ “ no, you siw'l, Your time has come ; but you shall huve 8 falr trial from the Vigilantos here assem- Dblod; and what thoir judgment iy you must abide by." Iu an instant, a sort of formality was given to the assemby, the Captain and suother being the centre of a wemicirele, while opponite to them wore the two prisoners, guarded by four men, 1 pupposo thers must have been movoutoon or aighteen of the Vigilantos altogothor. With & rapdity that almost stunued mo, tlfe trial begun and concluded, The vrisonors offorod no partic- ular defouse 3 they keeraud_conscious of ity in- utility, -and the “ovidenco™ agaiust thom was chiotly acensation,—buv It sullicod. Whon the Captuin ssked tho verdict, thore wau & unaoifious reply of * Guilty;" and bo sddressed _the ecutprit thus: ** Buy—Joo DBlakoy and Phil Marll, you hov heard the ovi- donce in this honorable Commitieo of Vigi- lantes, and the verdict of gullty, Wo thorefuro intend to stig youup, aud We monn to clear the country of ull thisves, rightaway. Youhave ton minutes sllowed you to loave Rny messago you wish.” e apathy of the two mon was oxtraordlary ; Thil ouly scowlod envagely at tho eposkor whilo Joa abmolutoly turnad to his noarest guard, and asked him for o ‘‘chew;" and tho suard, pulling o caso of tobacto from his reast, banded it to Joo, who bLroke a pioce off and began masticating it with apparent relish, Just then 1 caught bLis oyo, and I thought It was fixed on mo with such a hopoloss yet apponling look, that 1 coutd hesi- tate uo longer. With an euergy which surprived myuelf, 1 broke out {uto an - APPEAL ¥OR THE LIVES of the condomuad, explained how I had been re- ceivod by thewm, aud given the bost ihey Lad, and Low Joo bad Lelpod mo to find my hiorse 1 the day. “I will bo secnrity," I coneluded, * thay thoy leave the noighborhood, I bear lol- toru from good houses in Now York to sevoral persons {u this vivinity, somo of whom muy be Inows to you, sud which will prove [ can bour out my offer.” I drow my lotters from my povkot, und rond the addrossoas * Capt. Hirat anks; Maj, Jullus Blumpor ; Bhorift Gallopy ; Ool. Vanwoort; Capt. Iimpus"— wohyt's wo," wafd s roughelooking man, “Qlvo it hero," 1lo wasn't much after my ides of a Captain; but, a8 it could do no burm, 1 guve him the lot~ tor, klo roud it, sud handod it to the Captain, or loador of the buud, srho rond it utio, Wen; (har's all guar onough,” sald the lat- tor; *“but tho Vigilantes out horo don's vally Now Yorkers, and dow's work according to Now York laws,” ¢ Nor thoy don't want no Now York money," #aid a voice from thoe rear, ‘Au sssonting murmur indorsed this sontimont, and L folt things wore looking vory black for my hosts, They were avidoutly of the same opin- iou, for Jou smiled wndly and saids It ain't ofno uso, Bqumire; wo'ro Just as much obliged, though, I wounidn't eay no_ moro, or you'll mauvoe got luto trouble yoursolt, Ir things is roudy, {'m ready,” ho contiuuod, surnlug to tho lender, *Woll, we skan't keop you Jos Blukey," respondad the latter; young ol n-cuming back ; TUEY HAVE BERN OUQOBING A TREE." With horror, I oxolsimed: * [ pover dreamt of el culd-blooded work as thisl Look hoere, Cap- tuin, the only ronssn I don'e offer mouoy 18, bu~ cause 1 beliove L should do more harni than good by it; but, if you hung these maon, you will vond mo uwny with the feoling that I lisve thoir blood ou my head, for they expeoted your visit, and 1 heliove that, but for my prosouce, thoy would have made thoi esoupe to-might, it yoi won't listen to anything elvo, you wight think of that." 1 way plensod to goco that my words mado somle improssion, for instead of answetlug nio io lus calw, oruel stylo, the Cuptaln turned to ils gaog, sud w 10w but osruost disousslon took vlwe, At lawb ho twned round, sud, lu s very alting lon ar 1o o that fin stern voloop quits different ho " b oken, salds nhluh had pravicusly Ilear mo, stronger! Tho Vigilanlos nrs -orl?" for your position, and respeot your foollu's ; but thia {a thoir decision, and I warn you that if you quontion it by & single word, you iwill ruln tho men you most sosa o holp. ' Jos Blakoy—You are considored by this Lonorably gaurt as the boat of tha two, but youaro very bad tor all that. Yourlife is l![vln!riv on conditlog that you bov cleared out from hore in &ix lours, and are not found withi n_fundrod milon of hore avar aflar. Of courgs wo give you timo to o tho Journey.—~Phil Merll, we kuow yor are & murdoror, aud & tronchorous ono— YOU DIK] These s tho sauteuce.—Boys! string np Phil Marll.—If you like to 8os justico dono fn thos Wostorn Jmnu. slravger, como out with usj l} not, goad-bya.” 4 I'turnod doathly slck, a8 the procsssion lefl tho sbanty, Joa and 1 bulufi its only acoupanta, One man, howovor, turned back, aud said: ** O, Squire! youmust_oxonss my neiloct; but I aut Capt. Hitpus, and 1 live at Tlireo Crook Tar over yonder. My wife and the young ladios will be glnd to seo you; and if you will stop a month with us, we sball be all the mora pleased, T will ‘Introduco you to all our bost citizons, snd I'll :‘l’mwa'x: they will bo Lappy to have you among om, L utnmmored ont & faw words, and he hnrricd off, to bo proscnt at the catnstropho, We saw no moro” of thomj but, ufter a fow min- utos of almost agonizing silonco, wo hoard s band of horsemwon ride past the cably, and could even bear thoir vgicea and laughtor. T looked almost timldly ‘at Joo, who heavod a Loavy eigh, and, broaking silonco for the first timo sifco Lid repriova, said: *TIEL'VE DONE WITIL PHILE Thore was worse mon in the room thar him, whon tha Vigilantos was hora; though I dow’t dony, "Squire, that wo hisv been hiard wrotobos.” o pausod, snif taking & montul rotrospoct of tho wratehed portion of his Lifo, then, very suds donly cuangiug hia toue, snid: ** Now, 'Squire, I must go, and that right away. Iknow whera they'va hung Phil: I shall out down, snd losve some monoy with old I’adve tt'rancivce to have Lim buried, and il that; but before I go, I have something importaut to oy to yor." Do you require"—— 1 began, putting my hand into miy breast-pockot, for 1 thought ha wished to borrow mouey: but ho waved his hond and said: *No; quite differont, 1 havo plonty of stsmps, snd 1f I badn't got to cloar ott now, shottld soon bo the richost man in thess diggings. You suvoa my lifs, strauger, and hevn't made no fuss about {t; and I foel it, You came down from the mountains by this long {:ulnh at the baok, I supposo?” I asuonted. b Thought 8o, ho continued. **Well, straugor, about Lialf & milo up that gulol, a_smallar gulch runs off—you'll know it, beoauso it's the first on tho loft you come to—that gulch contains tho richost load of gold In Colorado, and ith & fortin for A man in s single sonson, 1 oan't touch it now, but T boy got the claim, and I horeby give you over thal clatm, Work ltt and YOU'NE A MTLLIONAME." I strove to thauk him, aud to olfor him the pro- coous, or half; but he siloncod me, and said he didn’ want to hoar auy more of tho placo. Yo stop in hiore, Bquire,” bo anid, * while I g0 and do what 1'vs gat to do far Pul. 80 he want, and I sat aloue in the shanty until dawn, when ho returned, looking ss cold and impassivo as ovor. 1le mountod bis horse—the Vigilantes bad left, one for him, and my own, out of sovoral—and rode away, and I nover saw ot heard of him again—unless Joe Bakor, from Cols orado, who was shot at a saloon in Novads, wat my Irlend, a8 sows of my mining oquaimtaucos declarad to be tho cade. I bad miniog acquaintances, andI followod the counnol given me, and worked tno gulch, whioh, by the bye, I proposad to call Anuabeli Laurontina Gulel, after my oldest daughtor but whick the people about, and oven tho Qounty Burveyor, would osll Ugly B Gulch, ». or who DBarney wad, I had not the lesst I[dea. But af Blakoy avorrod it was tho * richost lead in Colos 1ado"; I took many thousand dolias from it that summer, sud then sold it to a company for many_thousnud dollers more. It fs exhausted vaw, but its origluai purchasers were enriched. No amount of gold, however, would tompt ms to roaldo in & country where Vigilautes, with theix Lynch Iw, are & permanent instilution, and whera I used, at twiligut, to funcy I saw tho phantom of the ill-favored Plul Marll lurkin, among the shadows and boles at the fuat of th ruvine,—Chanmbers' Journal, —_— JOHN BROWN. Dac, 2, 1859, The Law with iron stroke Fell on hia head, Aiud the stara sentoncs broxe) Hung—untit dead 1% Doomed to the felou's desity Tho bangman’s rops,— Wit then? Fajled sugbt of ful2f O leart, or hopa 7 Nay, by the God be svrved, T wrong of right, s glant oul wan tsrved Wilh martyr's mignt, Oalm aa dresming sage Whie fhiniorse woRdeciag pags o Itislarys wondering "Tie sacord Keph. . Woris of rare conrags fell,— sfarvels of might,— 4nd the prisoncd boro's call Bhined with the light ] Anit when, In grand arra; i marahagud Bost " J 4 day, Vheeled into line ¢ Visgiuls's boast, And aword and bayonst Gleanied in the Aun, The world shall not forged 2 . “Thio brave dued douy | § ©ns conquoror fu that hour Carnands alone liug with strange powas: s to tarons | ® O high and royal march To takn thy crown, TNeath tl o'er-smiling arch Which Heaven beut down, Gal To light thy martyr-uath, And cheer thy voul, Wit mun's aut-brexking westh Lout Hesven's control, And ihe recordlng pon In rock engraved ¢ Pt day one died Sor men By men enslaved, © mytery of love For human loss, 8o like to that above ‘Which crowned the Cross The record which of old Hix bistory kept EHuth the long ugen told How “Jeuus wept.” Bo wept our hero's hea inmaei 80 0l % 80 lives hiu nan, Aud gionified | upart,— Prov. E, P, WeETOIL Trogodics in Parise A donble suicide was committod ou June 12 ab No. 43 Rue Bellefond. A wuo and woman had takeu & chamber there for s fow days, tho fore mor representing himuelf og 5 commercial trave olor, and eaying that Lis wife. acoompaniad him on Lis journoys, Aftor they had remided thora about three or four days, maline themseclves very agrecable with tho people in the hiouse, tho fuet wus noticod that they bad not been seon for twonty-four hours, and, a8 the amell of burning charcoal orcaped from their room, the landiurd hud the door opeuod. Tho gnlr wero found ly.ug on the bed dressod, with ouly thelr bootd off, aud quite doud. They had draggedshe grata from “l(l"mm' sud putit in the middle of tho room and lighted a tire init, On sn investig- tion ths woman wes discovered to be Mme, Lio- monuior, af No. 49 Rue Montmorenoy, and the iole-dn-Temylo, wan M. Bouofet, No, 43 Tuo both married to end their Galignani reports that % murdor was elso coms mitted” on tho eamo day, at abouv 240, uf on onting-houso, No. 7" Tuo Oujas, under singular clrcumstances, A young mun, nsimed Houri Touviot, agod 2J, ewployed a8 w shop-boy in the Louse of a shirtmiker, camo to dine, and nfter biy ropast, vn teing askod to pay, doclared that ho bad uo monoy. The sorvant-girl, Murie Cossrd, thoroes upon told him that ho should not leave withoud dfn‘-uhnmmg his dobt, Theroupon ho siatted up and struok the woman with a triangular knifo s violont blow betwoon tho brossts, und killed Lio¢ on tho spot. 110 tiion bools to flight, but wad nrsned and arrosted. On boiug tukon beforo 4 omminssury of Polics, he daolatod that Lo had only satistied a desire ho fels to it} somobody. On’ bolug brought i:to the prosenco of the corpso of hiu vigtim, he said that he kuow nothe ing of Lier, and that he Lad acted ouly uuder & monomania, Thomap, who s tall aud reds bhaired, with a very wild expression of countos 11A09, Way cowinitted for tru Iaretzek lisw sbandoned lyrio enterprisey ln)flhg‘ul‘ln‘:o brick wakiug, aest Litle satate on Etaton dulay .