Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 19, 1876, Page 13

AMUSEMENTS. Miss Anderson’s Success and the Reasons of It, Her Juliet the Least Success- ful of Her Parts. New Attractions at fiaverly’s, the Adelphi, and McVicker's, Green-Room Notes Collected from Europe and America. Advent of the Kellogg Opera Troupe--- First Week's Prcgramme; A Multitude of Concerts-=-Local Miscel- Iany---Operatic Notes at Home and Abroad. THEE DRAMA. CHICAGO. MARY ANDERSON’S PROMISE. There is room for an honest difference of opinion in respect to Miss Anderson’s acting. Much depends upon whether she is judged by the sbsolute standard of ideal art, or with ref- erence to the achievements of others and to her own south and inexperience. The very uncven- npess which constitutes one of her chief defects! should bea warning to critics how they hastily form conclusions concerning her. There is & wide range between the worst passages of her Juiict and the best of her Evadne, and within the limits of oue play sheis often good and often bad. The serious question to be considered in a review of ber acting is: * Does she give prom- iset” We think the answer must be invariably, when an honest judgment is given, that she does. Her worst play contains some art that no actress fn America would be ashamed to acknowledge. She slmost failed in Juliet Fridsy night, but in the potion scene it would mot be unkind to compare her with Adelaide Neilson. Her performance, as a whole, it may be inierred from common report, was not inferior to that of Sara Jewett at New York,—was probably far superior in the last two acts. Yet Sara Jewett is consid- eredan actress. Miss Anderson, it should be remembered slso, is immeasurably superior in the eshibition of intense emotion to such artists 25 Miss Kate Claxton and Miss JefTreys-Lerwis. She is crude, but so is Clara Morris at times crude. She is occasionally hard and unreal, but sois Rose Eytinge. She has defects of utter- ance, but 5o hias Janauschek. 1if we have instituted comparisons of this na- tore, it is not with a purpose to assail any repu- tations, but to show that Miss Anderson can be viewed by the side of the leading actresses now on the American stage without injury to herself. The more she is viewed in this relation the better she appears. Her merits become con- spicuons. As compared with any of the ladies meutioned, excepting Miss Neilson, she is more richly endowed in_tie graces of person. She has a better voiee than auy of them. She is the antipodes of Rose Eytinge, feeling what sbe Inows not how to express, while that charming actress commonly expresses what she does not feel. Her art is less than that of Morris or Janauschek, but” her nature ismore. Of the otber persons mentioned, not one could stand a trial With her in a round of leadiug characters. There are not three actresses in America who an excel Miss Anderson in her own parts. Then wity should she be decried as unworthy aud possissed ot an ignoble ambition? Nothing but genius could bave placed her where slie is; and genius is not a thing to rail at. Let those who ery out ouher crudenessspecify when, avd where, and in what respe sbe is” crade. Then if she mends uot, aud if the criticism is correct, condemn her. Butlet her be treated With at least us wmuch ténderness as the * boy- tragedian ” was. Some who called him a genius think Miss Anderson ought to go into g stock company, where -she would be obliged to play everytimz, from Zady Macheth to Mr. Daly’ Aluied Jeenprew. But the boy, oh whereis ne? Tie advice is ot wholly wrong. MWe are not of those who underrate the importance of a thor- ough trainiug in a stock comypany. But the £piriu in whicl: the advice is given is hot kind. 1t iswith asort of pooh-pooll air,anda * very- dever-for-an-amateur tone of depreciation. The truth is, that Miss Anderson can turn out badly in a stock company Just as she cau clsewkere, if she s negligent or conceited; Lut taere is no reason wuy she should not turn out well in her present capacity it ehe perseveres and studies hard. She nasnot aptoess for comedy, and training in that de- partment of art would be useless. She has gealus only for tragedy—and ligh trazedy at twat. The circumstances in which she is placed are similar to those which marked the early career of Sarah Siddons. That eminent actress iad her training as a star,” traveling the circuit as regularly as could e, She had alsoa limited repertory, and did not begin with smali barts in order 6 learn how to play greater ones. She had her debut to make in London, us Miss Anderson bas hers to make in New York; but we do not read that the provinees in those days snecred at Mrs. Siddons until she cawe hack to them with a metropolitan reputa- tion. Miss Andersou caunot play tender parts; xcither could Mrs. Siddons. Juliet was as unat- tainable 1or her as it sevms to be for Miss An- derson. Yet she succeeded. So, we are confi- dent, will Miss Anderson succeed. Not with the success of Sarah Siddons,—to say that would audacity unparalleled,—but with a success that will give hera place in dramatic history. MARY ANDERSON AS JULIET. ‘The Juliet of Miss Auderson Friday night was the Jeast satisfactory of ber assumptions here, and yet it was full of promise. She missed ut- terly the spirit of zl-.e first three acts, wanting poise, precision, and self-absndonment. BShe seemed at times remarkably conscious of her own persobality, and vague in her general expression of the character. Tender- Dess she could fuintly express when her lover Wisnot by, but in his presence her fondness seemed to vanish as through some subtle Drocess ‘of evaporation, so that bis fire, which should have warmed her, merely dsied her up. She missed points which it was surprising that even a novive should have overlooked, as in the Interview with the Vurse when she first learned that Romeo was waiting for her at the Friar's cell. She heard the mews calmly, and went off the stage with a hurried and almost inarticulate gpeech, thus losing the very fine exit which might have becn hers, She was cool while the Nurse was tautalizing her, and in the cell at the marriage was not to Komeo ns loving as she should have been. Throughout the “ban- ished ™ scene she was. com;x)leudy at sea. She Was more horritled to hear that Jiomeo was ban- ished o suppose that he was dead. She xnissed aain the fine point offered bythe Nurse, when the latter proposed to seek out Jomeo and bring him to herat night. * Oh, find him ! she &aid with 1 tone that would have been appropri- ate for ¢ My pulse as thine doth temperately beat.” How he could bave siurred this line it 1s difficult. to conceive. But we abate not_one jot of what- has been saidin favor of Miss Anderson. She missed the first three acts, but she scized the fourth and fifth. - The girl bas, genius. She gave the potion scene powerfilly. Tacre was entire forgetfulness of sclf, 2nd a consequent triumph. Her picturing of the dreadful aw: ngin the tomb lacked no element of artisti completeness. So her drinking of the potion, er surrender toits ehilling inffucce, dnd liet deatl-like swoon, were nost admirably done. She had apparently reserved berself for this cli- max nnd}?.xd leaned too far o the other side. It was a mistake in ides, rather than u defect in Dpower of exccution. So the impersonation was Dot afailure. But it was very close toit. 1t Was 50 dangerously near that” it should bea ‘warnin, to 1Miss Anderson how she trifles “with Jufiet. She must put soul into the part. She must luve Romeo. She must be impatient with the lous Nurse. She must beas clear and limpid as the water of a Iountain brogk, but not _as cold. If she de- fers her warminz up until the middle of the 1hird act, the audience may not warm at all. Bhe began to act really well in the sceue with her father, when she was told of Paris’ Pretensions to her hand, and she improved throughoui the scenc with the Jriar, on ob- taining the potion; but_she did not recover her . sudience. Which had elipped away from her, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 19, 1876—SIXTEEN PAGES- : 13 until the potion scene was reacued. It was a narrow eseape. Let it be a warning to her. The supparting parts were better taken than in either of the preceding plays, but there was ouly one of them above the average of honest acting. This was the Mlercutio of Mr. Thorne, whicli was one of the most finished and delight- ful fmperronutions lately seen on the Chicaso stage. The effect of it was marred by the pig- gishness of a number of persons in the audi- ence, who had the ill-taste to summon the dead Alercutio back tor a round of applause. 1t would be pleasant to say a good word for Mr. Norton’s Lomeo, if the thing were within the range of conscience. 3fr. Norton,. as a stranger fere, descrves the tendercst treatment, and we. can therefore say of him that he. ap- pears . to an _honest fientlem:m. well-instructed in stage-business and most de- sirous to plcase. Mrs. Steneall as the Nurse was apt and skiliful, but not the ideal of the part,—not bustling ‘enough, nor endowed with suflicient appreciation of her own_importance and the value of mystery as an addition to it, Mr. Rainford gave some of the £riar's specches Well, but he also was slow in warming up. Mr. Seymour's 4vothecary was finished and_consist- ent. Mr. Hotlo's Zeter was acceptable. Mr. Rowe's Tylalt was too villainous. Most of the flm'ncters not otherwise mentioned were atro- clous, Miss Anderson’s impersonations during the week may be summed up with the remark that they proceeded in a _descending seale, Evadne beiug the best, Larthenia the next best, and Ju- liet the least. “This result did not indicate an; substantial diminution of powers, or of criti estimate concerning her, but rather o sagacious arrangement of picces by the managers.” They knew in what play she could take the town. And she did take the town. Let any who doubt it compare the audiences of Monday and of Friday night. On the latter occasion there was an attendance that would have doue credit to the opers, both for character and for numbers, The tepetition of Kvadne last night showed that the good words spoken of her early in the week were well deserved., COL. WOOD’S MUSEUM. ‘“A Case for Divorce” is still running at the Museum, The following card will explain ftself: As the author of the play entitled ** A Case for - Divoice, " which s now béing produced at Wood's has arien, bededned. The main Incidentsof ** A Case for Divorce ™ have been taken from the French plays **Le Proces Veauradicux " and ** Coup de Canif, " and I do not claiw, as does Mr. Boncicault, that by such translution I dcquire any legal rigat To the French works. ~Mr. Boucicauit has notined me that I have no right to translate from the same source as he does, and, through his attorn vises that proceedings wiil be commenced dgainst me at 8nce. While be is atrendmg to my case, on the principle of whipptng the smaiiest man firss, e overlooks those parties who have adapted ** Life, ™ **Wanted a Divorce, ™ ** French Flats,” and sev- cral otlier plays which werc drawn {rom the same source. With the desire to set myself right with the Chicago pullic, to swhom I have tirst presented my play, {now state that ** A Case for Divorce * is not ** Forbidden Frait,” nor do 1 in any way take advantage of Mr. Boucicault. JaxES 0. EALER, SUNDAY LECTOURES. The Sunday Lecture Society’s course for 1876-7 begins one week from to-day with %A Plea for Chicerfuluess,™” by Mr. James T. Fields. ‘The programme thereafter is as follows: Dec. 3, Moses Coit Tyler, on “The Humorous Element in the American Revolution”; Dee. 10, Mrs. Leonowens, on “Brahmanism '3 Dec, 17, Will- fam Parsons, on “Michael Angelo”; Dec. 21, concert of Christmas carols and glees; Dee. 81, Prof. William G. Sumuer; Jan. 7, the Hon. John C. Covert, on **The Common People of France”; Jan. 14, the Hon. I. N. Stiles; Jan. 21, Fred Douglass, on “ Our National Capital s Jan. 25, Henry Vincent, on Richard Cobden™; Feb. 4, the Hon. David 4. Wells; Feb, 11, Joa- quin Miller, Alloat in Venice”; Feb, 18, the Hon. E. C. Bolles, *“An_Afternoou with the Microseope”; Feb. 25, E. P. Whipple, on “ A Century of Progress in'American Laterature7; March 25, the Hon. Charles Francis Adaws, Jr.. Henry Watterson, on “The Southern Ques- tion,” Bret Harte, and Carl Schurz have not yet fixed their dates. ~ The lectures will be given in McCormick Hall, at 3 p. m., at 10 cents admis- Eion. NOTES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. Hooley’s Minstrels close their season on Thursday, removing to Brooklyn. The theatre will open ou Monday week with the Pat Rooney Combination. The Kiralfys produce “ Around the World in Eighty Days” at the Adelphi this week. Arnold Kiralfy is one of the dancers, and a full baliet is promised. ‘Stuart Robson, with “Two Men of Sandy is to ve at Haverly’s Theatre this week. Messrs. Parsloe and Holmes, aud Misses Laura Don and Mary Myerswill be in the cast sup- porting him. - The play has beéen much altered since its first production. “The Great Divorce Case” will be produced at McVicker's Theatre Tuesday night, with Mr. Thorne in an important part. " The great suc- cess of this gentleman in the character of Aer cutio is among the best things we_have to re- cord this week. Other partsin “*The Great Di- vorce Case " will be taken by Messrs. Hotto, Rowe, and Rainford, and by Miss Tracy, Mrs. Stoneall, Mrs. Murdocl, and Miss Tanuer. THE OUTER WORLD. NEW YORK NOTES. ‘The Park Theatre was closed to the public Monday night. A plentiful lack of ready money was the cause. Preparations are now progressing at Booth’s Theatre for the production of Mr. Rowe’s new play called “Fifth Avenue.” Mr. McVicker is going to have a tremendous pers are on his side, and he is being handsomely advertised. The cast of “ The Two Orphans » at the Union Square was changed last week, Miss Jewett playing the blind.girl part in place of Miss Clexton, and Miss Maude Harrison playing Zen- rietle in place of Miss Jewett. Mrs. John Wood has accepted Mr. Bartley Campbell’s play, “The Virginian,” and will produce it at the St. James Tncatre, London, after the presentrun of “Three Millions of Money.” 1t is understood that Mr. Daly Lasa copy of ““The Virginian” for production at the Fuith Avenuc Theatre if'it is a success iu Loundon. Mr. Winter, of the New York Zribune, calls ¢ As You Like 1t” * the loveliest comedy of the English language.” It was to be produced at Daly’s Theatre lust night with the iollowing cust: dtvsalind, Miss Fauny Davenport: Orlando, Mr. Coghlan; Amicns, Mr. W. Castle; Jacques, Mr. Chirles Fisher; Touchstone, Ar. 'W. Dav: idge; Celia, Miss Jeffreys-Lewis; dudry, Miss yduey Cowell. The full cast of ** Miss Multon.” as underlined for production av the Union Square Theatre this week, is_us follows: lauricede La Tour, Mr. Jumes O'Nelll; Dr. Ostorn, Mr. J. H. Stoddart; “\. Lelin, Mr. Johu Parselie; Faui de La Tour, MMiss Mabel Leonard; Master Wapping, Mr. C. M. Collins; Miss Afulton, Miss Ciara Morris; Mathilde de La Tour, Miss Sara Jewett; Ara- Uelia Usborn, Mrs. Maria Wilkins; Jane de Tvur, Bijou Heron; Aitty, Miss Louise Sylves ter; Luuisc, Miss Helen Vincent. “King Lear” is in rapid preparation at Booth's, and_will be produced Dec. 2. _We give the principal features of the cast: Lear, Mr, Lowrence Barrett; Edgar, Mr. E. L. Daveupor® Duleoy Burgundij, Mr. Lewis I, Barrett; Luke of Cornicail, coree W. Wessels;_Die of Albangy, Mr. k. K. Collicr; Earl o Kent, Mr. Henry Langdon; Earl of Gloucester, Menry W ry Edmund, ¥red D. Warde; 0Old Man, W. W. Grabam; Physician, J. P. Clarke; The Fool, William Seymour; _Oswald, Frank Little; Goneril, Miss Gertrude Ketlogz; Ziegan, Miss Dora Goldthwaite; Cordelia, Miss Beatrice Straf- ford. The last named is from London. GENERAL AMERICAN NOTES. Tom Fitelh's play—* Old Titles’—ut the Cal- ifornia Theatre faled most dismally. E. D. Price, of Detroit, has sold his play “Angele ™ to Rose Eytinge, who will produce it at St. Louis. s “Rose-Marie,” a play adapted from the French by Mr. Fred Williams, was successfully produced at the Boston Museum last week. Maguire, of San Francisco, it is stated, is in * embarrassed circumstances, and the actors re- cently engaged by hitn are out of situations. The Soldene Company were to open at Bos- ton last night. Kate Claxton also appears there in_‘Conscience” this week. John Ravmond will be_at_Brooklyn, and Rose Eytinge at St. Louis for the first time. Mme, Jansuschek’srespparance as Lady Alac- beth in Boston called ogt un jmmense audience. The circumstance re to the Journal the memorable oceasion, eight years ago precisely, when 4,000 persons gatbered to sce Edwin Bouth play .facbeth to the Lady Mucleth of Janauschek. 1t is reported, from St. Louis that Miss Anna Dickinson had large audiences and much ap- plause during her last week’s engagement. Toe Teepublican ssys: *Miss Dickinson hos not yet felt what it i3 to act. She must feel the spelt of self-aunihilation on the stage as she formerly felt the power of her personality on the plat- Ane¢um, | think it only jastico to the public and, myself that my position, in the controversy which’ fight with the ticket speculators. The newspa- | form, and then she will produce legitimat dramatic effects. She is npwnmnn argw:un:;s sngflllldaal nmutnl‘resourccs, aud can reduce her- 0 the mental requirements of thy ¢ scene if she works to this end. O L° iR Mrs. Fanny KembUle is described 23 a small and graceful lady, apparently about 60 years old. "Ste has bright eyes, gray hair, aud a bewu. tiful complesion.” Her mauners to enthusiastic strangers are extremely stately, almost tragic, She wears white dresses, and sott white lace draperies arranged artistically about her band- some head. ‘The Boston Globe of the 14th says: M Joseph Proctor, the well-known Assian s gedian, made his first arpennmuc upon the lec- ture platform last evening at the Tremont, Tem- ple in the Redpath Lyceum Course, As might giexéxlpe:tui‘it‘he lccn;x‘-ie;gmzed a favorable fim- sion und fmpress; andience wi opinion of his fitness for the lyuel!m.”lms gt Mr. Williim Carleton, of the Arch Streef Theatre, Philadelplia, has made an adrmmfiol: of Mn.r;':\l'-'s novel, “Japhet in Search of a Father,” in five acts, for Messrs. Cheevers and Kennedy, better known as the * Buffalo Boys.” They will appear as ZTimothy and’ Japhet, and Ir. Caricton as Metchior the Gypsy. The Times :firg é.lé\:mtt‘n prov.lluéc their dr.‘ximn before the ¢! potisms of Europe, an ve Lhis no country a chance to develop. # i One of the most remarkable facts in the records of the dramatic profession was accom- plished Saturday week by Mr. W. H. Crompton, at the Pittsburg Opera House. Just before matince in the afteraoon Mr. Sothern was seized with a severe attack of the *Pittsburg grip,” and was rendered unfit to perform. Mr. Cromp- ton was called upon to take his place, and he made such a successful Dundreary in the after- noon and evening that, very few persons in the audience discovered the differcnée untit after the performances. . Stuart Robson and John T. Raymond were at Boston hst.' week; Janauschek at Providence and other New Enzland cities; John E. Owens at Brooklyn; G.F. Rowe, supported by May Hovward, at Washington; Kate Claxton at To- ronto: Miunic Palmer at Buffalo; Anna Dickin- son at Cleveland; theiSalsbury Troubadours at Toledo and elsewhere; Mr. Joseph Murphy at New Orleans; Adelaide Neilson sud Katie Put. nam at Pittsburg; the Florences at Indiznapo- lis; Genevieve Rogers ot Louisville; Mrs. Bow- ers In cities on tife line of the New York Cen- tral Raifroad; Augusts Dargon and Sothern at Cincinmati; ¥.'S. Chanfrau at St. Louis; John Dillon in Iows citics. [ [ George Rignold has returned from Anstralia most unexpectedly. + His experience of menis, managers, and suilicnces in Sydney has beey), it would seem, rather peculiar. - He says that Ahe houses, as a rule, do not compare favorably with- the theatres of this country, being smalier and fur less handsomely decorated. They are gen- erally situated in the midst of what might be called “low neighborhoods,” being surrounded with saloons and beer-cellars, all of o decidedly low type, which arc owned by the tlieatre and rented ont. The audiences are not of _the class which we zre accustomed to see, and do not be- gin to have the high standard of dramaticart which exists here. ~ Mr. Rignold’s return is the result of the bad business management on the rmt of Mr. Burtlett, who went” from bere to ook after that part of the expedition. It was anticipated whén he left that George D. Chaplin would go to Melbourne with Messrs.Thorne and Bartlett and Miss \‘aum]; and produce Henry V. in that city. 3r. Rignolds engagement fn Sya- ney was financially a suecess. TFOREIGN NOTES. Ballande’s proposed third Theatre Francais— the Odeon being the sccond—has fafled. “Titania,” 2 new play upon a Russian sub- ject by Sardou and Nus, is in rehearsal at the Porte St. Martin, in Paris. Mr. George Petit has just read to the actors at the Cluny Theatre, in Paris, 8 drama in five acts, the provisional title of which is the “Homme de Paille.” The new picce called *Three Millions of Money,” fouuded upon the * Trente Millions de Gladiateur,” and just now produced at the St. James Theatre in London, is not accounted suc- cesstul. Boucicault has applied for an injunction to prevent the production of ** The Shaughraun 1 London. hatterton wanted to revive the piece with Mr. J. C. Williamson in the part of Conn. 'The latter, however, retused to proceed ‘Wwithout the consent of Boucicdult. The London Academy says: “*Clancarty,’ when you have got over its dull first act, which prepares you with perhaps superiluous display of iaborior the cvents that are to follow, set- tles cown iuto one of the best of the semichis- torical plays our stage has recently seen,” Miss Pateman’s acting is much admired, The acrid TWestminster Papers refer thus tos theatrical manager: “As to the Queen’s, where Mr. Pnelps is_ now performing, it is an- nounced that Mr.’ Colinan, the manager, is bankrupt. Either he has lost his money over “Henry V.," which is not a sign of the popularity of Shukspeare, or he had nonc when he openud the theatre, which shows under what auspices and with what reverence Shakspeare is pro- duced.” At the Theatre Cluny a new melodrama called “The Drame de” Carteret” has been given, which is nothing more or less than o Teanslation of the plafi cailed “ Henry Dunbur,” adapted from Miss Braddon’s novel of that nawe, which was originally produced at Wal- lack’s Theatre, with the lamented James Wal- Inck 0s the hero, o part which he used to play superbly. None of the Parisian eritics have as et detected the foreign origin of the picee, and certain defects in the construction thereof puz- zle them mmensely. The management of the Crystal Palace (London) apnounces that, in consequence of the very great success attending the first series of Dickens’ plays, arrangements have been made with Mr. Charles Wynham for a sceoud series, commencing on Tudsday, Nov. 7, and to be continued on Thursdays and Tues- days, Nov. 9, 21, 23, 28, 30, and Dec. 5, and will cousist of dramatized versions of Charles Dick- ¢ns’ novels, those plays being selected which are deemed best suited for dramatic per- formance. “ Pickwick,” adapted by Jawmes Al- Bery; ** Cricket on the Hearth,” adapted by Al- bert Smith; ¢ Oliver Twist ;' Great Expecta- tions,” adapted by W. S. Gilbert; * Chrstmas Carol ?; “OUld Curiosity Shop,” adapted by Andrew Halliday. MUSIC. AT HOME. THE OPERA. The only musical event of interest thls seek +will be the season of Exglish opera by the Kel- logg troupe. Miss Kellogg and the leadiug ar- tists of her troupe—Mre. Seguin, Mr. Maas, Mr. Carleton, Mr. Conly, and Mr. Peakes—are 50 well known here that they will nced no intro- duction to commend them to the good will of opera-goers. They have summercd and win- tered with us, and the mere announcement that they are comingis sufficient warrant for pre- dicting a most enjoyable scason of opera, and one which may stand in very sharp contrast with the Italian season which has recently closed here. In addition to the old favorites, there are some new candidates for- the popular favor, in- cluding Miss Fannie Manetti and Mme. Julie Rosenwald, sopranas; Mlle. Chioni, mezzo-so- prano;and Mr. C. H. Turner, tenor. Mr. Beb- rens retains his old place at the baton. The season embraces two weeks, with three evening performances aud onc matinee cnch week, this arrangement allowing Miss Kellogg to siug at each performance. It only remains to announce the operas forithe first week, which will be as fol- lows: On Monday evening, * Faust,” with the following cast: .MMiss Kellogg 2Mrs, Seguin Mr. Maas .3r. Peakes Wagner. R On Wednesday evening, ... iss Kellogy me, Kosenwald 3irs. Seguin Miss Luncaster LMr. Mgas JIr. Conly “3ir. Peakes % -Ar. Turer On Friday evening, *‘ Bohemian Girl Arline.... .Miss Kellogz Mrs. Seguin r. Maas Mr. Tarner M. Conly 3ir. Seguin Devilshoof.....cnu.. CONCERT: During the past week there have been several minor concerts of interest. On Tuesday even- ing & splendid testimonial cnncert was given to Mss. Babeock,organist,of the Ada Street Method- ist Church. On Thursday evening, Mr. Muel- ler, the organist, who as been absent from the city o long pursuing his studies at Stutteart, made his reappearance in a coocert at the First Methodist Church, assisted by Miss Lizzie Hoyne and Miss Marie Mueller, the programme being chiefly devoted to the organ, and compris~ ing such severe numbers as & xusw;g]h tg Bach, Schumann’s fugoe on the letters B, A. C. H., Merlkel’s second sonata, and a sonata In inor of Mr. Mue’l‘hr’s 0‘\"‘!‘1’ comy sil!ot;x:\. TIJDe concert was a very successful ome, and Mr. Mueller's plaviag,” both in technique and scholarly finish,” shows that we have among ~ us a finely-trained musician and | S conscientious worker, ‘who will prove a very decided acquisition to our home talent. We need just such musicians as Mr, Mueller. It is also due to Miss Hoyne and Miss Marie Muel- ler to say that their singing reflects the very Lizhest "credit upon their teacher, Miss Helene Mueller, sister of Mr. Mueller. On Frigay even- inga vurly lurge audience was in attendance at Plymouth Chirch upon the occasion of the tes- timonial concert to Miss Lizzie Foresman, the contralto of the church choir, The large at- tendance was a vc:{v band. om> compliment, to ber popularity, aud the mocrst manner of her appearance| upon the prozramme was equally creditable to her goud tastc, and in striking coni- trast with most singers, who are uc.ustomed to take the lidn’s/share ubon such an occasion. Concerts of this kind, in_the nature of testimo- nials, are no¥ open to the usual laws of criti- ed the audience that he understood his duty to be to produce masterpieces, without reference to nationality, and was applauded. The death is annonnced of Mme. Annette Ni<' colo-Tsouard, the daughter of the composer of ‘ Joconde.” This Jady, who was in her 62d year, was herself a composer of ability. Miss Kate Field has been singing, with marked success, at the Westminster ~Aquarium, Lon- don. She guve Spanish songs, and delighted her hcnaers by hier humor, dash, and delicacy of ex- ecution. Emily Soldenc’s English Opera Bouffe Com- any will appear at the Boston Globe Theatre, Nov.20. Among the artists engaged are the celebrated English tenor, Q who will make his first country. Mr. Knight Aston, appearauce in this “ The Flying Dutchman ** of Richard Waaner was produced for_the frst time iu this count at the Philadelphia Academy of Musiclast weok, under the management of “Alfred Jocl and Mr. Carlberg, the latter of whom was the condu.to cism, and the most We can do, therefore, | It Was sung in Italian; Mme. Eugene Pappenc s %o record a fair degres of sue | Ui represcntinr Sewta and Herr Bium cess and an enjoyable concert to those | Fanderdecken. The performance was judged present. Miss Foresman had the assistance of Mrs. E. 0. Seymour, Mr. Charles Smith, and Mr. Frank Bowen, all members of the choir, and Mrs. Dainty, the reader, whose sclections, al- though very long, were quite enthusiastically received. The beneficiary met with a very cor- dial reception, and has reason to congratulate herself upon having securcd a much larger au- Wwith some severity by the eritics. Mme. Essipoff, the Russian pianist now in this »country, is not quite 25 years old, and the wife of Leschetizsky, Director of the Piano in tha St. Petersburg Conservatory. She_has the bishest European reputation, and, like Von Bulow and Rubinstein, plays from memory ali the works ot her repertoire,~some 200. Her specialty; if she dience than is customary upon aceasions of this | can be said to have one, i8 Chopin, but " she is sort. She flue_uatural abilities in quality, volume, and power of voice, whicl, under proper cultivation, will yet secure her 2 very prominent place as an alto in our musical cireles. With the disposition and detcrmination to recognize and correct some faults, she will_yet acemplish re- sults that will richly reward Yer fricnds for the hopes they entertaiv. On Saturday evening the first,_soiree of the Musical College was given at the First Methodist Church, of which we may say somethmg herenfter. It is enongh to say now that it Was very successful, and was a very pleasing testimonial to the efficiency and success of the tultion afforded by this excellent and well-Enowyinstitution. MRS, CUMMINGS' BENEFIT. The following correspondence explains itself: Cuicaco, Sept. 27.—Jfrs. . L. Cummingi— DeaR Mavax: The undersigned, in recognition of your valuable services in founding the Tenchers’ League und Northwestern Conservatory of Music inofir ity, and the grutuitous aid you have given to numerous charitable entertainments by the con- | 1 tribution of your faleut, desirc,. as a partial ex- pression of our appreciation of your entérprise, perhaps unsurpassed In the breadth of her interpretative powers. there will be Frendh p the same master. Cavaille Coll is to build a and scope Boston’s musical spirit seems to run low,—or s it that Mr. Dwight's spirits are low i—for the Journat o Music says that, “ With all our proud traditions, our rich memories of sym- phony and oratorio for the past thirty, Yyears, there still is not sufficicnt _patronage for concerts of the highest kiud of instrumental muse to enable an orchestrn to play together often enough or keeg become of our ¢ forty together long enough to uite worthy’ of the musical reputation thens.’”” Music will be one of the grand attractions of the Paris Exnibition of 157. A magnificent concert-hall will be erected, and there will be orchestral music, operatic music, and ances of oratorio. England is t6 provide u com- yle:,fi performauce of one of Handel’s oratorios, sending Sir Michael Costa a5 conductor. Germany will erform- a full band, chorus, and soloists, with urnish German specimens of Hundel, and formances of works_by abliity, and guccess, to tender you this testimonial | large oriran in the coucert-room, whith 1 exe und 4 complimentury benefit from o public read- ing, ot such time and place us you may desjgnate. Soliciting and awaiting your favoruble reply, we are respectfully, Charles B. Holwes, J. A. Hunter, S. H. Kerfoot, W. F. Coolosugh, ¥, E. Hinckley, John'T, Lester, W. R. Page, 1. F. Eames, David Swing, Nelson Ludington, Storey & Camp, W. W. Kimball, A.D. Anguera, W. A Root, Willlam Lewis, Juiius Bauer, Charles E. Cheney, Robert Collser, Edward Su'livan, D. D. John B. Mayo, Hotchkin & Palmer, C.'Follanshee, ected to excel the great instruments of Boston, eeds, Liverpool, and the one in Albert Hall in Loundon. The exact dates of the birth and death of Au- ber have been at length ascertained. The baj 0. J. B}l,xmel. tismal record on the Tegister at Cacn gives :l'; date of birth 20th of A name which is {nseribed on ti Pere-la-Chaise Danicl-Francrois-Esprit: Auber. He died on the 12th of May, 1571 (ot the 4th of June, 1870, as it has been given), and his remains er, werc concvaled, in the dugs of the Commane, g_lltle. Bluett & Co., in the erypt of the Trinity Church until the 15th of July, 1871, when they were interred tempo- anuary, 1782, and the monument for I BavBobortien, & ‘Charles Hoinas, rarily o the’ Cemetery Montmartre. The cere- Emery A. Storrs, D. C. Carter, monial of reinterment and the inauguration of o Feirsar, Femecbayos, the monument in Pere-la-Chaise will take place J. M. Marsh, A. Kedn, toward the end of this month. G 1. McComnell, Wilam & Stewart, ——————— A Moses, g er. Honrs Greencbanm, J. Oxden Bivagt, THE GRAVE ON THE BEACH. A, A" McDonald, B. Palmer Mackey, Simeon Farwell, Harvey D. Colvin, Charles Gossage, 0. H. Tiffany. George F. Hoetler, Trexoxt House, CricaGo, Sept. 20.—70 the IHon. Henry Greenebaum, Prof. David Swing, the Tte.: Tobert Gollyer. Bishop G, B, Cheney, Dy, £ Sullizan, 1. ‘C. Fotlansice, . Paimer Mackey, and ofhers: " GENTLENEN: Your kind favor isat hund in which sou tender me a_complimentary beneilt from & public rending, 1tis with feclingy o profoundest. gratitude and appreciation that 1 accept your kind solicitation, which will serve somewint to brighten the tedium often experienced in trying to benefit others. will name Nov. 508 the tiuieand Plymouth Church as the place for the occasion. Subscribing myself, yours sincerely, SNIE L. Cux¥INos. LOCAL MISCELLANY. The Becthoven Soclety will give its second re- unjon next Fridny evening at the First Method- ist Churcli. s Mr. Newell, the Secretary of the Apollo Club, is mow at the East, sccuring the solo talent for the forthcoming concerts of the Apollo Club. We understand that Miss Danziger and Mr. Sherwood, the pianist, who is now creating a turore in New York, lave alrcady been engaged. Prof. Fuchs will give a_series of concerts shortly with his puplls, in each of which he in- tends to represent a certain form of musical composition, the first introducing the Ganon and Fugue, With such other compositions as will interest stadents of the pianoforte. The Turner-Hall programme for this after- noon_ indudes Clander's - *“Turner March?; overture to Suppe’s “Die Schone Galathe; Lumbye’s *Visiuns in a Dream”; Conradi’s July 8, 1806, potpourri®; Stasny's fantasie ou the * Kutsctiike Polka®; solo for two clari- nots (Labitaky), o bo given by Mesers. Wiesen- bach and Zeuch’; overture to * William Tell '3 XKeln Bela’s ““ Rhine Wultz”’; and Bilse’s quad- rille, *Merry Wives of Windsor.” Tt is a matter for general congratulation that there is_ o movement among our leading Ger- man and American citizens to organize o first- cluss orchestra, under the general title of “/Fhe Philharmonic Society of Chicago,” with the view of giving symphony concerts this winter. ‘The movemnent has already made such headway that. a mecting will shortly be held to take imi- mediate action. Such an orchestra is so sadly needed here that our musical people ought to enter beartily into the project. Mr., Castle has been singing in “Elijah” at oue of the New York Oratorie Society concerts. Watson’s Art Journal of his work: “The exquisite tenor music was allotted to Mr. Wilt- iam Castle, who, with evident carnestuess, saug with much sweetness and beauty the well-known air, ‘If with all your hearts,” and ‘Then shall the righteous.’ “Inthis, and otber parts of the orator,o 1alling to his share, be succeeded in raising some ol the least striking passages into importance, if not by his power of vuice, by his expressive reading.’” Mr. Emil Liebling has annouunced a series of three piano-torte recitals, to be given at Reed’s TumuKz of Music, on the afternoons of Dec. 8 15, and 22." Amang_other numbers which will be played_are Bacu’s Fantasie and Fugue io G minor; Weber’s Sonata, op. 39; Bacl’s Third inglish Suite; Beethoven's Nonats, op. 31, No. 2; Schumann’s Fantasie Pieces, op. 12 and Krels- lerian, 1, 2, and 5; Bach's Preluve and Fugue m A mittor; Scarlafti's Sonata in G minor; Chopiu’s Concerto in ¥ minur; Reiuecle’s Con- certo in F sharp minor; sud List’s * Hexam- eron.” fo the last three numbers Mr. Liebling will heve the assistunce of Mr. Ledochowsky. The following extract from a private letter, dated London, Nov. 4, gives some iuteresting particulars concerning Carl Rosa’s company: Last night Rosa zave ** Fidelio” for tne first time. 'Diie opers was well given, und was a gond pecformunce taroughout. Iue sudience was very critical, and evidently expected failure, the opera Leing thorouguly identisied with Witiens and tue Lrury Lane Company. At first the uudience was cold, but before Lhe ¢nd of tne first act became quite enthusastic. Torriani did the _part well, in fuct surprised everyonc, und Mr. Fuckard, the critics sy, sung Florestune better than it has' ever been sung in Drury Lane. **'U'he Dutchman ™ has and trials too beun such un iminense suecess (the house packed every nizat) that it will be given four times nest weelk. *rauline® will probably be given two weeks from next Yuesdsy. Miss Percy Douglas, who left this city in May last to pursue her musical studies under the instruction of Sig. Alvites, of New York, ap- pears to have made a very remarkable prog- ress, that is 1il 0 realize the brilliaut autici pations of ber Triends at that toue. Miss Douglas saug at Chickering Hall last weekn a duet with S,g. Ferranti, and created so favor- able an impression s t0 securc an invitation to appear in the cuncerts to be given by Mme. Essipofl, the great Russian planiste, and is also under ‘cugagement to sing in Baltimore in o 1ew days. Sig. Albites has projected a concert in thid city later in the season, at which Miss | . Douglas will appear with some of the best talent in thc country. ABROAD. JUSICAL NOTES. A committee has been formed to raise a mon- ument to Thalberg.. A school of music is about to be established at Dusseldorf. Herr Brahms has accepted the di- rectorship. J. S. Svendsen has lately completed a second symphony, which has been pertormed in Chris- tianis. The work will be looked for with in- terest. The early appearance in America of Mile. The- resa Jakowbawiteh, & plano-forte player, who, like Mme. Essipoff, is a native of Russia, is an- nounced. A brief season of Italian op with_Signor Mazzolent as the chief ax.zmfl%r:: is likel Enn be given at the New York Academy of Musicin December. ¥ ‘Wagner’s music has been tamultuously hissed at the Winter Circus, fn Paris, not from autipa- thy to his compositions, but from batred of the Germans. The director ot the concerts remind- Reeled in merry dance. Weird Aatumn’s hund is on fair Sunimer lnid, And Plessure’s realms are now a sadder scene, Her grand equipages. Beside her paluces, whose great, grim walls rear 'Galnst the wkies, and mark fall well her desolate . Cazcaco, Nov: 17, 1876. Came Summer in the rosy trail of Xfan, —a fair, Yoluptuous girl, yet without taint of guile, With violets and rich magnolias in her hair, And breath all redolent of orange and ambrosial groves, A very Queen from some far Tropic fsle; ‘And bade sweet Pleasure wake and dance away Adown the glistening beach, where laughs and royes The ses, and with the lambent waters play. Alas! fell witchery lures where tempters lie in ait. ‘Thus !nteddPlnnflm Neptune's bosom ne'er had sse res Such flarama: it were she for a Sea-King's mate. Then wfl%llw sued, and with device of love. Ah, ‘mai “She wavered but to yield and nestle in his breast. Quick o'er his realms he then proclaimed her neen, And !m}hd(mm hills and grottoes evers knight and nain Ab, waking dream! Yon wobd lies erimsoned as the reddencd morn, Dripping with blood epilled from the dying year, Whose chill, dank Lreath steals through tie dead- ened corn, Gulls, weaving apectre-meshes in the misty air, With White wings cleave the surf and hover nesr. Old Ocean leaps snd sniffs the wind with sallen roar, Crouches sgal, lashes and licks the sands abont s lair, And growls I some wild jargon to the shore. Dense eolitude sinks pail-like on the beach; The shudows of the leaden clonds 8it o'er the sands, Like ghostly shapes athwart a descrt reach. Athousand gloomy epitaphs crowd in the mind,— Unscemly too, for here no granite vault, no marble stands; E No cortege with its sombre hearse moves by; no sloping mound, No willow-bough, lends cadence tothe wind, Nor aught that semblance gives to burial-ground. One grave, far from the last repose of men, 1s here,—a grave unknown to tue heart. The roiming waves that wander here and go again; The birds that come and sing awhile; the flowers that bloom, And leave Jike Love's ideals, when they depart, A lingering sadness, deep and undefined, Are emblems g A gay world made, yet left unwept behind. Revelry's wonted sounds die in the low wind's cries, And splendor tracks no more these ways where best befitting this strange tomn ‘ashion drove Here Pleasure buried les, grave. No pageant save the breakers® measured snrge, Nogsorrowing mourner cames with welling tear, Nor'requiems sung, save Antumn's and the Ocesn's mingled dirge \ Cumicago, Nov. 17 DE La BaNTA. el S ey MY SHIP RETURNED. My ship has come from o'er the sen— y bonay ship, so0 fair. so white; It came this morning, when the dawn Was chasing Lack the shades of night. 1 thought 'twas lost in some far sea— 1 e'en for it had censed to weep; ‘When 10! behold ! it came again To me from o'er the trackless deep. 1t holds some precious gifts for me: Yet gitts I've lived so Jony without, T do not care to hold them fast, Now they are mine oeyond all doubt: T've grown g0 used to cipey ands— So many years I reached In vain, Far o'er the dreary trucks of Life, For things I never could attain. And though my ship has come from ses, And freghted i3 with treasures fine, Tt 6 too Iate in life for me To thrill with joy that they are mine, So weury have I grown at Inat With weary watching, hopes, and fears, 1 cannot even welcome back My ship that has been gone for years. T sent it out when life was awest; Fricnds stood beside me on the sands: Dear ones. I snid, with taec I'll sharc "The gifts it brings from other lands. Algs! wow, when I stand alone, And care not what my fate my be, With noxe to share, nor joy nor pain, Behold { my ship comes buck from sea. : Farrn WaLtox. it HMUSIC IS POWER. 0 wearisome pilgrim! cast of thy burden, And bow in- submission thy whole soui to the sonnds Now swelling'and filling the welkin with echoes, In regions enchanted, where Music abounds. Go cease all thy sighs, and never more languish O'er the die that Is cast for mortals to bear: While sounds from the Hesvens bid you dispel them, Go bredthe a response, and ne'er more despair. ‘Waken, thou lone one! thy soul is not dead yet, 1f thou canst be stirred when chentinzs inspire, ‘Which soften the passions, and c'en sway the savage A legacy is left thee in Orpheus’ sweet lyre. NNIE L. CUMMINGS. it i The Importance of One Vote. Cotumbus (0.) Correspondence Cincinnats Times, If any one Has sutfered by reason of the doubt as to how certain States bave gone, it bas been the colored men here. Poor {ellows, they have baunted the pews centres from early mormng until midnight, bunery for news. Even a hiut of good mews set thewn wild with joy, and a possibility of evil drawn fheir faces down Wonderful length. Last night the following conversation occurred in frout of the American Hotel, between two stalwart colored men, who for the sakeof the story can be called and Smith. ones Jones—1Well, son, what's Je news to-night. Smith—De bulletin board say Mister Huyes is lected by one vote. Jones—By jes’ one vote! Good Lord—good Lord, what a mighty lucky thing ais boy voted, o A e i yes would have got NEW YORK GOSSIP. The Pool-Buyers on the Anx- ious Seat. Diamonds Bought Beecause Hayes Was Elected. How a Rich Lawyer's Will Has Been Attacked. A Siren’s Wiles Destroying a Phy- sician’s Family. An Ex-Chicago Banker Sent to Sing Sing. Capers of a New Don Juan---The Easi- poff Revelations. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. New Yorx, Nog 16.—0f all the utterly dis- consolate men in the world, those fellows in this city whose money is tied up in the pools sold on the election results are the most mis- erable. Those who bet on the Republican side vill not give up, while those on the Democratic side who imagine they are winners are unable to secure their winnings. It is estimated that there is an aggregate of $2,500,000 held in the pool-boxes, of which John Morrissey holds $1,250,000. The feelings of those who have made investments in the pools may be imagined ‘when a report was bulletined and extensively eir- culated last Saturday night that one of the pool- sellers had absconded that day with over a half- million dollars of pool money. All day Sunday inquiries were made among the pool-sellérs s to the trath of the story, and not until Sunday’s papers definitely contradicted the ramor did the excitement finaify subside. DOMESTIC SIDE OF THE BETTING QUESTION. Itis related of a Republican politician who has wagered heavily in favor of Hoyes and ‘Wheeler that he lamented on the morning alter the election that he had lost. To cousole his wife, who looked daggers at him as he confessed bis folly, he said: *‘Now. my dear, I had in- tended if I had won to expend it all in buying you 2 magnificent pair of dismond solitaires, the yery thing you know you've set your heart upon.” She Coult not smile’ even With this. eEpiaRAIon, Dt woman-like, bore the tnward pain without an out- ward marmar. The next night the husband came iome fo 0 happy mood, exclaimingas he entered the house, 18 ail _nzhr, my dear; Hayes is clected—the latest retarns make it omc a pure thing: and 1 have won my Dbet.” The wife smiled this time, but said nothing. She read the Zimes in the morning with great glee, and her husband ineisted that it was all true. The next Saturday the wite quietly proceeded to Titlany's and selected a pair of soli- 1aires worth $500. Still she said nothing, bat on the next (last) Monday evening her husband and herself were to join o theatre party to sec the **Shaunghrann,** when she surprised her other half by wearing the diamonds. llc asked her where she obtained themw, and when she explained that she bought them at Tidany’s upon the strength of bis statement that he had ‘won on Hayes, he wasin- clined to retort, **But my money is tied up in one of those infernal pools, and it moy be months be- fore I can get it out, and perhaps never.” Bnt he did nothing of the kind. He informed her that the next time she bought suything of that ort she niad better do it with cash in hand—she might make 5 bester barzain—that's all! HOW HE PLATED CHICAGO ON HIS VICTDL. Doy before yesterday a man calling himself Jacob Gibbs Conrad was sentenced to four years imprisonment in the State Prison for swind- ling. This man has every avpearance of one who Las seen better days and has enjoyed an intelli- fent and refined society. Yet he isan adroit and practicgd swindler, and the story of his victim, the TRev. John A. Edmonds, of the Asbury Methodist Charch, Washington Square, i intereiting: Cou- rad came to him #s a resident of Chicago, a mem- ber of the Wabash Avenue Church, and stated that he bad formeriy been & prosperons banker of that city, worth atone time $170,000. He had invested heavily in real estate since the fire. and lost all his Droperty by sales m forcclosare of mortgage. He boasted of having given the Wa- Dash Avenue Church $10,000 in the days of his prosperity, and in fact talked so glibly of Chicago ZAlethodists that Mr. Edmonds, who is ‘an innocent soul, firmiy believed in him. ‘He lvaned him some money and allowed him to remain 25 8 guest at his house. One day he began to inquire for his over- coat, and it was missing. He notified the police, and” they found it ut a pawn-shop, und on further investigation 1t appeured that Conrad had pawned it. He was arrested, and confessed his gnilt. The police soon ascertained that he had pluyed Chicago upon other yictims, and was in fact a frand of the first class. He isnow likely to spend four yeam at Sing Sing. A RICH LAWYER'S WILL. There is & controversy pending in the courts concerning the construction of the will of the late John H. Power. ‘T'his gentleman was one 1 the oldest and best-known Inwyers of the city, and had a practice which was worth $50,000 per anoum. Yet he moved along o quictly that outside of the profession be was seldom heard of. Mr. Power was noted for his sbarpness and legal acumen in drawing wills, and in his practice had acquired a familiarity with the defects of ordina: ¥illa toan uncaminon deeres. . Protably smang all the lawyers of thus city there was not onz of whom it could have been expected that his own will wonld huve defled a flaw, e has been dead a little over a year, and now his widow petitions the Coatt to decide the meaning of the will as to certain _beguests, The Roman Catholic in- stitutions of city are interested in the g cave, and consequently the subject hasa wider interest thun the will of an ordinar; testator. Mr. Power provided in his will that, af- ter certain bequests should be made, the bal- ance of his estate, which amounts to about $300, - 000, shall be divided in three parts, one to the widow, one to a nephew, and one to the Roman Catholic cnurches, schools, hospitals, and asylums, to be designated by the widow ~and his exe ecators. One of the exccutors has since died, and the widow declines to name the institutions, so thut the other is powerless. There are minor isaues involved in the construction of the will, bat the moral of it atl is that rich men designing to di- vite their property after deuth had better hand over the deeds to ;Ee beneficiaries beforehand. HOW A SIREN’S WILES DESTROTED A FAMILY. Some months ago a young physician in this city In his watks (for e could not yet afford a carriage) noticed a handsome woman nearly cvery fair day, who invaribly stared at him in o monner that surprised him, as well 8s causing lim anpoyance. He frapkly informed his wife of the circam- stance, and was inchined to treat the whole affalr asa joke. Oac day, shortly after he had left his ollicé. u Disirict Telograph messenger placed in bis hands a note. ke thotsht it was from one of his pa- tients, though he did not recoynize the name. It wes o request to call immediately at a honse in West Twenty-third street, near Fifth avenne. He etarted at once for the place, and, on arriving tacre, inquired for Mrs. W—, whosc name was siven in_ the note, and was further sarprised on feihs ushered into. the preeence of the woman whoai he had noticed on- the strcet. _His astonish- ment was increased, however, by her coolly informing him' that she ex- hausted every expedient to make him speak to her, and now she had sommoned ‘him to her presence to tell him that she had been smitten with his personai charms, and desired. his acquaintance. Then she told him, 1n reply to his objections to this gume, thut she knew ail about hiw. that he was a macried man, etc., bat she loved him, and desired him to love her in return. His vanity was flattered, aud the thought tlushed across his mind thut he could Eave some amusement out of this adventure. Fatal decisfon! From the moment e tolerated this un- lawful love he became this woman's_ victim. compelled him to meet ber almost daily, to accept resents from her haud, to partake of suppers, with her, and treat her with warked attention. At first he told his wife everything, butos the affair pro- d he feared to teli hermore, and at lnst his wife heard derogatory reports of her hosband from others %o often tnat she taxed him with 1n- fidelity, aud alt his eforts at explapation and as- surances of faltlrulness were in vain. The injured wite retarned to her home, and now the physician is little better than a wreck, though with fata) in- fatuation he clings 1o the woman who has ruined him. THE STORY OF GOV. TILDEN’S FLAME. Oneof !.\h: morning papers has given currency to a story that Gov. Tilden has 2t last been smit- ten with the charms of & yeung lady, add that the affair promises to resuit in a wedding. The lady referred to is Miss Leila Morse, danghter of toe Prof. Morse, but her intimates deny all bellef in the truth of the statement. Miss Morse has resided with her mother for more than a year past, in n private coarding-honse on the corner of Irving placeand Twenticth strect, opposite Gra- mercy Park. Gor. Tilden's residenice 18 close by, und the acquaintance between them has been of the most casual character. ‘I'he Governor knew tue lady’s father in_ his lifetime, and probubly met Ber as u wee littlezicl many years ago. 1f be has formed such an stiachment for ber 29 to justify an offer of marriuge, the courtship has been on o par with his-other cold-blooded chemes of persoual forse is & lady a%gmndizement. Miss of medmm Leight, foir complexion, bloe eyes, and blonue kair. Her figare 13 rather petite, and she {3 somewhat noted among ner friends for a certaln jauntiness of dress which marks her 232 woman of taste. She is intcllizent and vivactous, and i tke opinion of people wo know them bota. in case of a match, ** tue gray mare " would be the better he Tt i3 rather an amasipg circumstance that in ke same house wherem Xars. Morse and ) -him; bot he was ‘of this dity, ex dacehter reslde, thercis n remarked jus ¢ o Tilazn soutd be lectes. T moder caos” o M1 think of me for the firat lady of the White House, Ah! there is many a alip twixt cup and lip. THE WILES OF MRS. POTIPHAR REPEATED. ‘There is & young man and his name is Joseph. His other name is Kuchenback, which is neither elegant nor cuphonions, Joseph is 60 years old, ahusband of asecond wife and father of 3 numerous family. In this Tespect be differed from the original Joseph, but in another respect he resembles him. 1In a word, he was beguiled and tempted, and, although yonng Joseph was innocent, he had strength cnoagh to resist Ais Mrs, Potiphar; but when old Josepl was tempted be vielded, and Mrs. Fotiphar was happy. Her other name is Dulong, aud she is o French- young widow whe woman. Joscph left— his own abode snd took up his residence with the other, and, as a change of climats was necesss for his health, he Femoved 1o beth, o 9 There he Introduced Dulong as his wife, and cven insured his life for ber benellt. After six_months he tired of her,—did this Joseph,—and leit her. Then her French blood rose up and cried for ven- weance, and she had him arrested for desertion, When the case was_called, aud the Justice had heard the facts of the unlawful cohabitation, he suggested marriage as a repuration: but Joseph stopped him by exclaiming, **My God, Judze, would you have me marry a woman who has ke- duced mer That sounded nicely for an already married man, and now Joseph {5 lingering in jail awaiting trial for a stronger chrge arising ont of Lis abandonwment of his lawful wite and children, — another monument of masculine depravity. A NEW EDITION OF “‘DON JUAN.” Jacob'Schleifer is a miller in this city, about 25 years of age, good-looking, smart in his voca- tion, and evidently a favorite with the women, About ten days ago he was arrested and taken before Justice Otto upon a charge of seduction preferred by a buxom-looking German gir! named Christina Klemens. She was fna delicate situation, and offered to withdraw the charge if Jacob would marry her. He declined. ond gove Dail to answer to_the charge to-day. The follow- ing Monday another girl appeared ‘at the Jndg: oflice to make s similar charge sgainst Schleifer Her name was Barbara Ernestberg, whose bewltch ing manners and pretty face so_captivated th Judge that he bezun to think Schlcife a hero if becould win the affection of such a deaced good-looking girl. However, he aent for the fellow, and explained to him the gravity of the #rtustion, and as Barbara was likely to require the services of 1 physician ana nurse in a few dass, he urged him to’ cepair the wrong done by murrying the girl at once. ~ Jucob began fo see it in the same light, and consented. The Judge sent for the girl. and the twain were speedily made one flesh. What will become of the uther case when it is called to~ duy for trial no one knows; but if Jacoo is wise he will confess his fault and fake his chances of for~ giveness. ALMOST A TRAGEDY. Some time ago the parents of ayoung man re- siding in a brown-stone wansion on a fashiorable thoroughfare discovered that he was engaged in an intrigue with 2 woman of doubtful reputa- tion. She had led him on step by step, uatil he was completely in herpower. The result wasan incessant demand for money, and a life of reckless debauchery which could have no other end than the cternal rufn of the youth. Mis father is & wealthy merchant, and had the utmost conidence In the son until these diucoveries were forced upon nal to the emergency: After a 8 son, it wos aureed between Iatter should start ut once for Europe, and he was furmished with means, and & passuge-ticket by one of the stesmers which left Iast Satarday. He ia now on the briny deep en route for Liverpool. Fearing that the woman would tind sume way to commusi- cate with him if she remained here, the services of a private detective were called into requisition. 1t swas found that the woman was smart_and cctive, and had discovered by some means the wherea~ bouts of her former victim. While measures wers conference with them that the being concocted to get her out of town, she _unex- pectedis apneared ut che fatbers nouse, and eck. ng an interview, suddenly broke ont in a tragical tone, ‘*Yon have robbed me of the presence of tae 1man ¥ love, and 1 am resolved to_ die; but before [ e Iam going to kill Jou right here iz yor own house.” She then drew a _pistol, but by sheer good lnck it _parsally caught in some of her dress apparel, and before she could falrly loosen it. the father, and 2 ¥isitor who chauced from the back parlarto hear the threst, pounced upon her and took away the pistol. An slarm way sentont, and 3 _policeman xoon arrived. A com- promise’ was eff¢cted by which the woman con- sented to go to Nova Scutig, where she formerly resided, and thus the matter stands, ‘THE CAREER OF A FRENCI BALLET-DANCER. The gossips who know all about the private foibles of actors and actresses are cntertalning each other just now with an account of the reer of “a French bullet-dancer, whe came to this country several years 2go under the anspices of the late Mr. Eateman, She had a beantifcl face and figure, and the Foung men of the city who are given to that sort of thing went wild after her. It was not long before her admirers began to show their re;ard in o substan- tial way. Among the rest 1vas n Wall street brok named King, who was ¥0 cnamored of the beunti- ful dancer “that he sousht her acquaiutance, sod, forgelting his wife and children, squandeced thonsands of dollars upon her. Stawly but surely she wound her colls around him so tightly that he could not escape, and fnally he drew $16,000 from is firm and eloped to Frence with the girl. AslJong 2s the money lasted she was true to him, bat, in French fashion, when the money way gone ene changed loverS. A year pused, und she found herself friendless in Paris. but by pawn- ing ber jewels and veiling some ornaments she scraped fozether money enongh to return to this city. Her beauty of face has 1aded, but her iznre is still entrancing to old roues and_dissolute young men. She was for a while connected with onc of the ball flagrant that her discharge was ordered. Now she Is in Philadelphin acting in a second-class varfer show. As her history is well kmown, she will probably avoid this city in future, and wend her way westward. AN UNPRECEDENTEDLY LONG WAIT. If there Is anything which the average Brook- 1yn girl enjoys next to a rehash of the Beecher- Tilton scandal, it is the Brooklyn Philharmonic concert. An extraordinary popular, or rather fashionable, farore has been éreated during the last two years about these concerts, and the rage to go hus Increased, unti! the Brooklyn mitls consider themselves alighted if the season passes without giving them a chance to be presentat one ar more of the concerts. On Monday last it was announced that the ale of reserved seats would commence at the Academy of Music on Tuesday moming at 0 o'clock. It is incredible, but before noon on Monday the line began to form, and by night over forty persons were in waiting. Xost of them were hired pnhmmes'i and toe agree- ment was that they should wait all and hold the places until the morning. This was done by over thirty Individu- als, ana on Tuesday they were relieved by the principals, who paid them roundly for their dili- ggence. One boy sold his placs for $20, and on- other for $25. "Asno single purchaser is allowed to buy over six seats, the privilege of an ear] chojce is deemed a special advantage. Probably there is a germ of speculation beneath all tais per- sistency, and the outsiders will have a chance to buy soine of the reserved seats before the first coz- cert ot a heavy premium upon the firat cost. A COLONY OF REPORTERS WAITING FOR TWEEL. At the quarantine station, Staten Island, there are about a dozen reporters connected with the different morning and cyening journals who have been anxiously awaiting for the last three weeks the arrival of Boss Tweed. They enjoyed it in the beginning, but now they don't think it so funny. Their daily routine 18 somewhat Irksome, and notat all rosy. After remaining on the alert until after mid- nizht, lest the long-expected vessel .should be sizhted while they slept, they smafch o few hours of so-called rest, but are compelled to rise 23 early 28 6 0'clock In order to accompany the doctor mpon his morning visit to vessels arrived during the night. Learning nothing of the Frank- lin, they retarn sshore and s the day in alternato- Iy visiting the telegraph officq. ang occastonally Bosrding n vessel 0 get mers of the . err pected frigate. Their amusements range from fishing off the docks carde and quoit-playing, but, in spite of the effort tokeepem- ployed, the time drugs drearily upon their hinds, and a more disgusted lot of ‘good fellows have sel+ dom congregated together. Thoy are all heartily sick of walting, and one of them recently proposed that a request should be sent to all the City charch- es for prayers for the early arrival of Tweed. B THE GREAT ZSSIPOFP. It ever a Woman was advertised In advance of her appearance, it was Anna Essipoff. All sorts of fulsome things were said of her, and the pub- licled to expect that she was the concentrated es- sence of a1l that was grand and artistic in Rabin- stein, Thalberg, Liszt, sud Gottschalk boiled down. Well, she came, she saw, and prooably it is trne she conquered. The lady is s plump bru- mette of medium height; she has an agreeable and intelligent face, with bright and sparkling eyes. . Undoubtedly she knows how to use them, and will cause many a mascaline heartto futter ere she been herc many weeks. Upon her first might she was srrayed in_spotiess white, ber mven tresses tied up In white ribvon, which depended in lonz streamers. Her appearance at the piezo s very gracefal, and sie seews to pisy like oze born 10it.. Of her playing it may be sald that it Is ac- ceptalle, A certain halo has beenthrown around her by the critles, but after tis has worn off they will find her 4 true artist, but by no means auperior 10 others who have preceded her. Bracrr, —_————— Speculation. New Orleuns Dulletin, They were two peanut venders, and when they met_they set their baskets down and shuok hands silently. Then ome said: “Ows the trode, Bill. wid yer now?’ Hawful,” the dried~upold man replied. “ Yer sec the Eastern question and the pivotal business in Louisiana is crusbing usdown Itells .{gn Ifear the market is a going up, and so Ilaid in a stock for_ the winter. I've invested 40 cents asa speck- erlation, and if we don’t have war in Turkey I'm a rulned msn.” troupes here, but ber misconduct was so