Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 7, 1879, Page 5

. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TULSDAY. JANUARY 7, IS79—TWELVE PAGES. left for Washington this efterncon. In an in- terview on tho subject of resumption, ho ex- preseed the optnfon that the Democratie party would now pgive resumption a fair trial, and would do nothing to prevent fis belng succeas- lly earried out. To referring to the nomina- tlon of & candidate for Governor, he said ho thought that the friends of Uov. Rishop would make a grave error should they canvass and fight for his renominations that, if the prople missfon, and the establishment of & permanent Board of Assessors. Party considerations in- duced tha Mayor to {ncorporate fn his nddress charges upon kome of our citizens, made for po- Ittical effect, that, fn the recent election in thia city, both for State and city officers, the em- l d have been tmoroperly influenced by the embployer, the poor man intiinidated by tharich, aud large sums of mouoy expouded to pay for the purchasc of votes. adherence to the novel, down to the closing reeno where Carfon is on his way to the goilio- tine, which forms a very atr.king ktnge pfcture. The principal fauit ‘of the pieco L3 that there is too much explanatory dinJogue fn lt. A judl- clous pruning In this respeet wiil Improve it vastly, and it wonld be well to cat the part of Stryver merctlesely down, Whenwecomeintothe thick of the action, too, there [t conalderable confuston. Tho trouble fs that Mr. Sage has endeavored to put in too much of the storv, aud, fn the attempt to be too falthful, he has onght to feel amply satisfled with baving an ausplcions opening. The people who were fn front reconized somn pretty old frisnds fn the thape of jests from time to time, but they were wolcomed back with a cordiality that knocks the prodigslson parsble Into tho abade. The fatted calf was there too, with perhaps just A suspicion of pads,—hut it was there. Mr. Rice's cast of “FEvangeline s a well-chasen one, embracing Lizzie Webster, Venie Clancy, llarry Hunter, and George H. STATE AFFAIRS. Gathering of Politicians in Large Numbers at Madison, Wis, leadquarters of the Three Lead- AI‘[USEMEN’i‘S. s, d; Mr. Bishe thelr atandard-bea come short of rendering clear the motives of | Fort, e. The icce will ram, [3 ing Lmnll.xln(es for Seng« ‘l’lf:;” ‘;nu;‘d ""‘m;;’ 'l"m""‘"m'h:. ‘;i'r‘m"‘,r‘,"'{r: :::l:llI‘I;L;rn{;:.np;r;&naiu.“Thnalrr::;:rlfln'nhaf!0 may“qn':v. il the ™ Fan Jaall Gflnfi'e‘md tor Lstablished. the Conventlon. Stionld there be a fight for the e Aol (Ll e A inthoup- | out of ' ft. one * may prophes aizo fneinsure | conslderable drawback to the effect soughit to bo conveynd. It fs a pity that the author should have ‘secn fit to resort to this contrivance, which has never been successtulin dramatic .representation., Emma Abbott anything on the strength of a first night, the extrayaganza will not he taken off for & num- Ler of weeks to come, Miss Mayhew and Mr. Kdmonds did *M'lfas " at Mr. llendennn"’rmnlm to a gootd-sized au- dlence. Gustavus Lesick, Charles LeClereq, H. nomination, the nominee would not receive the full support of the party. John (. recelved an invitatton from the Young Mcn's Democratic Club to attend their banguct on the 8th, John was yery much surprised to lcarn that the in- Understrappers Making a Big Noise In tho Scrabble for Small vited micats wers expeeted to contribute £3 nee 0 onern of A word a8 to the ncting, which %as last oven- | - ke N e e Places, gach oward thelr, own entoctalnment, Jfe be- | 4 Sumon » by tho Hess Enallh Opera Troupe [ Ink descrving of sincers braie, T leading P foce hav ubdenone. reat changes : somme of the rural Democratic editors arrived, | |88t evening at Hooley's Theatre served to in- :‘;;';('{;‘: 5{"8':’;‘;’3 o "f"‘":‘:]:v and ’hlls lmhcr; since it was hero last, and the final A Stronz Pull Necessary fo ot [ and were charged for admittance. As anfilua: | troduico Miss Emma AUbott for the firat time fn | Ye%ineti"bits'of neting we Luve aa st sean bim | fovo. foa succone Mr. e e e Yoorhices Back into the tratlon of the manner In which tho young Tam- | opera I this city, and attracted an excellent | do, Tho careleas, easy style of hin’attitude to- Bns dona here the best work of sthe entire piny, fnnngites assume to sule tho partrani place | sudlence. Who Miss Abbott la it would be | werd Darna; \ falfowed by & sudden pasion of | and one might wish that he had written the Scnate. {F.;,‘,‘.,,i‘.:“&.‘é‘l'"rfi.wfi’u:&fi“’é%'{. fi‘:fisfi’fi;fl':’: superfluous to ray, for aithongh she hassung | anger, and then despair,'as he slews bis face in | wnyle thing, - Barridz s tendeucy to the piano the mirror, were piven with truthful effect, s declsrationof fove to Luey, with the knowi- cdge that it wos unavailing, was delivered with real feeling and tender pathos; and ngain in tha scenes where ho Intervenes to save the hicre but one scason in concert, and that, too, under not very favorable aupices, and never before {n opera, sho is quite as well known hero as any operatic artist who has been accustomed #tvle of enunciation Ly the star and one or two of the company, the plece was well done. Le- Clercy made a declded hit as JfeSnayle). ‘The rrenery was superh), and the audience applanded “.' more liberatly than they did the biay. the list of apeakers, when it wonld seem that common courtcsy would asslgn him na first or sccond, A number of the young bloods of the Club proposed to fgnare the vencrable Uncle Dick aitogether, but thoss posscssed of mora Dispatohes from tho Capitals of Ohio, Vir- ginia, Tennesses, Oalifornia, and rna, i Novada. polltical wisdom ovorrulod. tha motion, and the | 10 €ome and o, scason after season, and 1t is [ fife of Dlarnay by the sacrifce .’)’;';g-"’f;": 4 Miliss ** will run until the 18th. ITnunint. : tovernor wil respond to the toast, * Our Goy- | doubtful whether any other artlet cancount | ot 3 Everham made au excolient Afanee i ernor." more numerous fricnds or zealons partleans in | and Mr. Pearson guve & careful personation of . Epeeinl Correepomdence nl' :, b5 7 .( WISCONSIN, % her cotaloguo than she. Apart from any | thoold Afr. Lorr. The Lucy of Miss Ame | NEW Yong, Jao. 8.—Therc's the deace to pay spectal Dispatch 1o The Tribune. INDIANA, aucstion of mustenl merlt, or of her rank as | Weaver was a vory creditable performance, and | At the Fifth Avenue Theatre, by way of secing Bpectal Dispateh to The Tridune. ¥r. Warxs, Ind,, Jan, 8.—The Gazette to-day prints an interview with the Hon. A, P. Edger- ton, an okl Demoeratic war-horse, who 18 gen- erally talked of In connectlon with the State Senatorship, Mr. Edeerton avows tho hardest kind of hard-money doctrincs, and says he fs not a candfiafe for the Senate. Hao states that he has recelved many letters on tha subject, and leaves the inference that ho can be had if wanted, An iInterview with BState Benator Bannghausen {s also printed. 1Ile takes uo palns to concenl his contemyt for Voorlices, and intimates that he will vota for any hard- mooey Democrat who may be named. His first cholec §s known to bo Edcerton. | Representative Fleming, of this county, Is amply fulfilled the reauirements of the trole, What might have been the strougest fetnale a:rr. in the play—.\adame Idfarye—was given Miss Annlo_ Grabam, who acted conscien- tiously, but who certainly Las not the phyelque - requisite to personsate tie vengelal virago of Bt. Antolne ns she Is drawn by Dick- eus, Mr. Walter Relly oplaved tha art of Darnay very well, but the obportunity or acting fn that role is somewhat limited, The sama may be sald of the Lefarge of Mr. Ed- wards. As alrcady sald, the play will be mnch fmproved by a liberal use of the praning knife, which doubtleas will be spplicd belure anuther Feprcsentation. A DISBANDED OPERA COMPANT, ‘The Tracy-Titus Opera Company has fallen to pleces. The *Bells of Corpeville™ are “like the old yenr out and tha pew year fu. Acrom- panying the ola year fu its journey away from the portals of the besuttful theatrie temple, Is Mr. Stephen Fiske. 1t has cver been the hablt of well-dixposed soung men to * ewear off ! all bad tendencies oo tho firat Jay of the year. And everybody I8 Jooking on with spproving smiles, while Mr. D. J1. Iiarkios, who 1s & kindly and bonorable weutlemun, literally ** swears ™ off Lis former partuer, tephen Fiskeused to” be buslness manager for Augustin Daly,—or, as ir- reverent members of the company were wont to call hita in thelr hutnorous moments, Disgustin' Daly., He was the menlal who did all Daly's dirty work. Ile was conched In a good school, and it {s not Lo be wondered at that Maptzoy, Wia., Jan. 0.—~Nearly all the mem- bers have arrived hore, with the throngs of ap- vlicants for places. According to present in- dleations, the candidates for the minor oflices are less numerous than herctofore, while it was supposed that the hard times wonld incrense the number of those wanting the small bounties which {ie Lemislature can bestow. It may be that the times are so ahmighty hiard those wanting places could uot raise the money 1o get here. Very uncxpeetedly, the fight on the Senator- ghip hos suddenly sunk out of sight fn the war over the Bpeakership of the Asscmbly. No such Uitter canvass for this office has cver been made, aud the contest has grown up withina n lyric artist, it I8 useless to deny that this alight little creature, so Intense fn her cf- fort and so smbitlous In her purpase, tnakes o personl appeal to her listeners, and arouses o degre®of sympathy and Individual interest that would even mako her successful without suc- cess. In this respcct she stands almost alone among her associates on the stoge, and to o certain degree disarms the most exacting of critics. Tho audience recognize @ plucky little woman, 8o frazlle as to scem incapable of in- taense or continuous labor, not only doing more work than ordinary artists of stronger phy- slque, but dofng it with such s determination, anil honesty, aud intelligence, that befare they liegin to queation how tho work s dous they find theinsclves under the spell of the sinper, " few daye. Col. D. M. Kelley, of Green | wiff'o fTot Springs, Atk 80 Tow that ho will | Decausc she ovinces qualities that are so pecu- ,'l;f': bel:‘ jl""m“" °r“'h°!d;“"' and barsb. :’:’ -hsuldu "{;‘ ":’,‘l‘l’ :3:5:" ;h',l";’:“:mf;‘: Bay, has been the most promiucnt | probably be nnable o boin bis acat during the | Jarly American and so pecullarly suggestive of | The immediate cause of the diseolution was the | learned under A28 o candidnte among the Repubifeans for | scsdon. This is scrious for Voorhees, and, al- | Wiat ovory artist should display. How far all | unexpectea retfrement of Catherine Lewls, the | mer boss. Fisko was the person who hung to together, his prospects nre pretty sually, so for | this is legitimate or accessory to art mignt bo | prima donna, who was suddenly called to | Daly's cost-tails 6o long as Daly retalned the the Bpeakership, and it s gencrally conceded hat hewlll e eleeted. But a few daysago o newspaper in Grant Conoty made a vigorous attack upon Col. Kelley, charging him with laving voted for tho Morgan L. Martin nad the Calkins clatms, at tho last scasion. ‘This article wos supposed to be Insplred by W, E, Carter, of Grant County, another candidate for the Speakership, and tho, newspapers In Col. Kel- les's Interest immediately opened war on questioned, but it noverthelcss must bo recog- nized beenuse it exists, ‘Tho role of Mignon s n most exacting test for Miss Abbott, because it {s sesfous throuih out, cven fn the Boudolr scene, which most artists fancy thay must rupresent aslow comedy, and becauso {4 18 thorouahly picturesque nid dramstic. ‘fUis very sceno shows how exacting tha role 1s for lier, because fn the luht humor and by-play of the situation shie mado her real success, thus showing thal she would be more at home It light, yivacious parts than in serious &8 this locality is concerncd. Fleming bas been pressed to resign, but refuses to do so. The memliers of the Lenislature have arrived frecly to-lay, and tho lolby s already Inlarge force, All the talk fs dlrccted toward the Sen- atorship, Tu gencral terms, {8 mav be said that Voorhees stock is less buoyant. Trwo memnbers of tho Scnate may not be lere, and Reese of Marshall, and Barnighausen of Allen, In the House, are claimed to ba agalust himi, but friends of both the latter sav they 1wl voto for the caucus candidate, and Voorlices s sure of management of bis theatre. Wiien the master fell lus siave was the first to turn upon him with a lot of trumped-up lawsuits, 1o succeeded 1oly as lesseo of the Fifth Avenae, and he came pretty near swamping the whole concern. He engaged nbout the queerest lot of fakirs you evir #8aw Lo support his stars, and ho omitted with mechanical regulnriy to pay their salaries. At one time Louls Barrett,—a brother of Law- renee,—who was playing a shorijengagement with fuifill & very pressing cngagement in an opera that {s by no meana of the comic order, But this was not the solo cause of the troutle, which lay principally in a lack of the funds necessary tocarry on an undcrtaking of this kind, As Mose Fiske says, It requires moncy to buy a shoe,” and {t ueeds a good desl of wouey to .manage an opera, There has been a continual strain upon the resources of the mansgement ever since the start, and it never sncceeded Carter, charging hun with having been the . LY work, Iuthe latter, her mnnnerisms become C v chiamplon of the so<alled Callaian monopoly i!;;,‘;::fiu"‘ifl‘,;};',{‘:"" i h,f]“i'lf“:,',:.',‘,l: n',’.‘d(e: more prominent and hier defects nssert them. | 1 Fettlng clear """“;‘ ot :,'“"_‘“l[“‘ A r.“::fi';"h:" E’;{';:('l‘:“ ':'“_.;l:ea?,::u' ,:2:‘ :: for publishing the Supreme-Court Reports, | membera wero present, and o smmber. of | Ecivea more cmphatically, because they are ex- culbiss, Fle success: Lbey.goilered dntog | Lstadelpi z tbie manager for his salary, and was told that he would have to wait unti] Wednesday, which was “the pay~lay of the theatre.”” “DBut,” sald the actor, *I've got to play in Philadelphia next week. It {s customars in cases like this to poy salaries at the cluse of the week." “The h—It it {31 replied Btephen, ** Well, 1 don't do it, nuyhow, But I'iljteli you what I will do—1"ll loan you §3 to get outof town with" Darrett took it, and that's all he ever saw of hils salary. Well, the scason closed, and the Gllseys be- ganto look around for a responsille tenant. Mr. MeVicker came very near takiog the house, but wouldn't _quite pay the rental asked. At Inst, Messra. Tarkins and Fiske concluded toput. up tho monoy, and at it they went, Harkins was to have full control of tlie stage, and Fiske was to run the business department. ‘They were to draw £100 aplece cach weck as their salaries, and the busincss was to be balanced up fortnightly. ‘They opened with Mary Anderson, who was followed by Modjeska. "“Then came Booth, aud then Jefferson. ‘The business paid fairly with Miss Anderson, and the management got out cven on Modjeska. But Booth lost money, and Jefferson s Josiug still more. "Trouble began some time ngo. Flske sald hls partner was nut producing the piays in attractive whage, and Harkins declarcd thaf Fiske wasuot only incompetent in bia management, but was %0 surly and impolite to everyhody that ho drove custam away and irritated newepaper men o that they would do no favors for the housc. Harkins was right. Ionce heard Flake so exas- perate B well-known writer that the latter ex- s brict career was very falr, and the members of the troupe had sullicient prie fu the matter to help {t along. 1hey did so, suine by occasional advances, and all luf waiting patientty for ro- sulte, It waos up-hilt work, howeser, with a prima donna who did not make n singlo ** hie ™ in any city In which she appeared. 'Tiils was at- tributablé porhaps leas to want of talent—she was quite a favorite sinzer in England—than to tho state of ber health, which should have pre- vented her from engaging with the mm{mn_v In the first place. The management would prob- ably liave been able to worry thelr way into suc- cess could thoy have secured Emily Melville for the scason, but that needed money, and there was no money at tho back of the coucern, It was tho Intention to proceed frum here to Miiwankee, Grand Rapids, and other pointe, and then go Bouth. The scheme, however, bns been effectually knocked in the head. It only remalns to state the disposition of tho several ortists connccted with the campany, Laura Jogco goes to join Stetson's ** Evangeling™ party at Hoston on the 18th, Eugeno Clark, the tenor, returns to New York to pursue his teaching and his clinrch engagements. Tony Rioff also goes to Now York, whera he has church aifairs to attend to. Mose Fiske romaing in Chicazo, whera lio upens at the .\lctmpolunn on the 13th fn the old Euglish drawma, * Suow- bird," ‘Cotherine Lewis will have ler hands full " with domestic cares for a time. Harpre Peakes {s ncgotlating with Iiess, and will probably, i the[v'mmu to terms, become again ono of the Eugilsh Opera Cowpany. It is to ve hoped ne will. B .l IIAVERLY'S TIIEATRE. Bronson Iloward’s comedy of *Ilurricanes? Introduced the New York P'ark Theatre Compa- ny last evening ot Haverly's, where they met aggerated by the intensity of her dramatic cffurts,—an intensity which is eyidently tho re- sult of ber own _consclousness that sho must make a strong cffort. IMence there Is never any repose §n her performaoce. It is all inteuse, and so fntenea at ilmes ns to be pajoful. It produces the fecling that everything is forced. 'he artist {s on the rack ail the'time, and keeps the auditor there also. And yet there are moments of surprising power and tender bits of patlios, and never any lack of Intelligence, In fact, her conception of the part was not onlv marked by Inteltigence but by originality, " a8 1 scveral instanves sie departed from the conyentional atyle, andespeclally in the Boudolr seene displayed a better ideaof the sltuntion and the part than atmost any artist who has cver played fc here, Musieally, Miss Abbott Is in opera what she s Inconcert—s vocalist with 8 uot very agreeable voice, and with mang merits and demcrits, vet possessing a facile and fluent exccution, o delleacy and sympathy in expression, & surorising command of her re- sources, and & faculty of sluging diroctly to '| every oue of tor audience, that will always gaja” for hcr many admirers. The mmmz:l % Knows't thon the Land ' was sune with g taste and much delicacy,~nlmost too rauch in that tedivusly Jong-sustained note,~but ot so well an tho *Bwallow Song® with Lotario, the little cadenza to which was very brilliantly glven,and ths in turn wos not sa well sunz as the s (iypay Song” 1n the Mirror scene, which was heartily and cothusinstically encored and was well deserved. It was sung not only with charming spint but with real artistic elegance, tloslug with a briliiant dlaplay "ol *techniaue, Her pronounced suvcess in this wholo scene rrives promisc that we moy oxpect somo very excellant work from her In more vivaclous ports, And yct, 08 we jntinated ot firt, she charmed her” audlenco and wade a decided leading men of that party. Archibald Johnsen, of Montgomery, was Chalrman, Fees and sal- aries and Intercst were the sublecla consldered, Informat talk on the Scuatorship was to thu effect that ho bargains or arrangements would be made with efther party, but the Nationala would stand alone, ’J'luzry clafin the pawer to oreanize the Scoate, with Ward, of Vermilllon, B8 Sceretary. which hava cost tho Btate 847,000 within the past few yeare, Terctofore the contests for tha Hpeakership have been courteous and frienaly, the defeated candidate always accepting the re- sult In good part and being recoguized as the Jeader of the Houso in the appolutment to the Chairmanship of the Judiclary Committes; but this war 18 one of such uncommon rivalry that it is doubtful If this arranzement can be made. Senator Howe has headquarters at the Tark Hotol, Matt I, Carpenter has also rooms en- gaged there, and both candidates have quarters for their retainers at the Vilas'House, Keyes has rooms {n tho clty for his friends, but has olso rooms at the hotols for his supporters from pbrond. The Ropublican caucts for the nomi- natlon of Assembly officers will be held to-move row (Tucsday) evening, Fpecial Dispalch to The Tribune. Maprson, Wis., Jen. 6.—Members of the T.egislature ara arriving by cvery traln, but it 18 too carly to mscertain definitely thelr vicws as 1o tho Benatorship, Keyes' fricnds are the mos! uumerons as well as earnest, Very few Car- penter men are here yet. Tho headquarters of Keyes, Carpenter, and ITowe have been ostab- lished at the Park Hotel Ono of Seantor lowe'a friends was heard to say that he doubt- d the poliey of trying to bregk Keves! streng fxy ivl nuX ;}:nrreuzzv to (hd“dmfil‘ ‘ilr‘b\l&k‘t‘ agnlnst him as published {n tho Chicago Zimes of Baturday, as in the samo paper last summer there were charges of even n_more serlous na- ture brought agalnat Seoator Iuwa In connee- tion with the (ndian Ring. [t will Do well It TENNESSEE, #inectal Dieateh (o The Tribune. NasnviLLeg, Tenn., Jap, 6,.—~The Ion, Henry P, Fowlkes, newly-clectert Speaker of the Houso of Representatives, and 85 years old, graduated at Prioceton College in 1803, studied law ot Cumberland Unlversity, ind has been practiclng law seven years, ‘| Hon, John R. Neal, Bpeaker of tho Senato, fs 48 years old, served as nmember of tho Leatsloture scveral times. The messaga of Gov. Porter will probably be trans- mitted to both Iouses to-morrow. IHe will rceommend- the firty-ccnt proposition if re- newed by tho creditors. NasaviLie, Teon., Jon. 6.—The Forty-first General Assembly of Tennessce organized to- day by the clection of Jobn R. Neat, of Ruea County, Bpeaker of tho Senate, and I P, Fowlkes, of Willlamson, 8poaker of tho House. Inthe case of Teuncsscs vs. J. W. Davls, nyalv, (lict, of jurisdiction between thc {s‘i‘nfi: i"‘x‘zfi@l?&?ornfi L‘aé‘:u, for -the- purpuse.of Lnving n decision of tho question Ly the Su- prema Court of the Unlted States, Judze Baxter eald he and Judac Trigg would certily toa dife ference of oplafon, which was done, RUis Rkl e icitE, NEBRASKA. opuinr success, with @ cordial welcome, aud Kept | flahmed, enthusiastically Ar, Keyea’ cainpaign thus far has been car- e 0. o - . ' e claime: , enthuatastically # ried on With the utmost fairness, having ro- Lincory, Neb., Jan. 0.—~The fifteenth sesslon |~ Taking the performance ns 8 whole, whilo ft | the audienca in a2 roar of merrl +1f you'll come out from that den of yours, of thy Nehraska Legisinture will couvene to- morrow, Doth housea have n workin® Repub- Ilcan mojority. The conteat for the Speakership 18 quite spleited, C, 1L Mathewson, W, T.Beott, M. I1. 8csslons, and 8. (. Owens are condldates, with the chances favoring Mathewson, It (s proposed to eclect all the officers in eaiteus to- morrow morning, Qoy. Garber wilt submit his was 1ot ut all pretentious, it was very. leasinig, and it weut off smoothly, Miss” Montague ehows fmprovement sll the time and steadv advancement every time she upoears licre, She hos n very vlessiug presence and remarkable case of manner, ahd hee voleo has gained in richness and roundncss. 1t is o very musieal volce, uf very plensant quality,and, altuough her execution s unfinished in its details, she d—n vou, I'll bust your crust.” But Steohen fiemiy declived to have Lia crust fnterfered with, and 'the scribbler departed mut- tering something about the respectise merits of the pen and sword &s weapons of warfare. Well, a week of Lwo ago, Fiske was lald up with the gout, and Harkins had to take the relus. o found the busioess in a chiaotic condition, the books confused, and everything at odds and ends. ment from tho beginning to the end of the pleca, * Hurricanes " wasorigiually brought out {n this city, where it obtained o most favor- able verdict from the public, aud there appenrs t have been no waterful changes made in its copstruction while it was passing the ondesl of a New York examination. It may be charac- terlzed s s rollicking farce of ‘the * ik fralned from personal warfare on rival candi- dates. On the other hand, the fricnds of the other candldates have songht to help thelr cholce by breaking him down with charges that have been brouwht pgalnst him time without number, and os often disproved. Keyes' frionds are full of covfldence, snd 1t would” scem with reason, as his opponents concede him the lead with 27 votes on the firet ballot, and, while the; . V' e verthelessa manages it with . facility " It oveurred to him to put in au expert to cxam- claim more, yet with that number he would | inesssce on \Vednesduy, and Gov. Nancoand | neverth oo ty | Domino® order, somewhat broad in treatment, o tho new Stateofiicers wiil be sworn fn on ‘Thurs- | ond cousiderable eifect, a8 wns sbown $ fne nffuirs, and this led Lo some atartling dis- Dreen Hiowo s iyt can baniiy bacog: | 95+ fn the “Polaces” “for whieh she | Dub unquestionably full of fuo. The “four | 1i5res™ iy was discovered that Fiske had de- strong men are presented by James Lewls, J. E. Whiting, Fraok Sanger, and (eorge Stoddart, while the weak women have their representatives In Anoie Btoddart, Loulse Allen, Helen Sedewick, aud Marie Chester. The part of the younir widow, Mrs. McNumara, 13 as- sumed by Miss Bydney Cowell. These names will sufliclently [ndicate the strength of the company and the excellenco of the performauce. Mr, ‘James Lewis, who played originally the part of Alfred ltallerum. now takes that of Gen. Jartridge Uam{)fim‘ and wo curlnllll{ think the chanzo was & jud!cious oue, 08 tho last-named character affords tim free plav for his peculiar 'f"ll ::! humor, The plece will by repeated to- night. hiad an cutbusinstic encore, Mrs. Beguln waa fn tlne volee,~]just as fine as ever,—and {u heraction Just as sprightly and vivaclous. Unfortunately an audience has but one chauca to express ita sutigfaction with her sfuzing,~lo the Uavotte,—~ and it improved it with an emphasis that testi- fled to the strong liold this excellent artist has upon the publie favor. Mr. Castle, deapita all the reports that he has lost his voice, sang with much of his old-tiine swectne: d epirit, ana nlways with good taste, For hila principal song in the (sst act he also got a bearty eacore, The new busso, Mr. Ryse, Is an czecllent actor, and has a deep, rich, abd resonant bass, but, ke most of the heavy bassos, s fuclined to siug very much out of tune, Bo far as Mr. Warrgn ia concerned, musleally, thero i very littlo to say, as his volcu fs altogether unmusical, and ho scems to hnve rather limited ideas of the re- auirements of the Iyric stage. ‘Tha chorus, thoueh amall, is by nu means bad, and the orches! though “very heterogencous in fts make-up, got through (ts work withuut befng verlv offensive, Tuis evening *Fra Diavolo" will be glven, posited $1,100 which belonged to the tirm to his own private account ot the bauk: that he bad pald 8 gas-bill contracted befors the tinn was formed ont of the funds of Fiske & Harkins; that ho had pald many private debts, Including $175 rent of hus house, $31 for elears, §24 to tne Lotos Club, €65 for u sutt of clothes, and 3200 for o persunal bl to IWitkes' Spirit,~all out of the flrm's canly, ‘Fhot make [Darking mad,—and when he's mad he's 8 bad maw, It m: em lacredible that such little eccentriclties as these should rousc his fre, but they did, he fre-on had en- tered bis rot 0 to speak, and he went for that heathien Chi-—that s to say, Fiske. e ap- phied to Judge Donobue for an fujunction re- straining Flske from further meddliue with the business of the theatre, add prayed that o Receiver might be appolnted at onee. In the meantinie, e 18 runulng matters, aud there is likely to be rencwed prosperity In the Fiftn Avenue, % Last night, in conversation with me, Afr. Harkius_sald he should abendon the star sys- tem, and go to productug frst-class plavs with o stock cumpany, With that end In view, he 1a strenuthenlng [‘llc company by judiclous addi- tions of high-grade artiats.” 1n o week his pro- grawme will be dotiuitely lald out, and he will be ready to wude i for wll he's worth, The Orst play brought out will be an adapation from tlio Germun of * Ductor Klauss," for which Mz, Harkius has bought the solc Awcrican right from Ad Neueodurfl. prictor of the German Theatre, Mr. Ifarl will himsclf assunie o leading character, Ever, butly wishics blin_ sl kinds of sucecss with hils new venlure. Nnb(u]t‘ undcrstauds the the- atrical business better than hoe does, and nobudy {3 more deservinie of ruccess, In tvcay way, | hope the New Year will be abappy and profitablo eldered pmong tho posstbilitics. ‘Thie organization ot the Lealslaturs will have ‘20 be complcted befora the rave tor the Senator- #hip can be considered ns having fairly begun, The Indications are to-night that Kelley wiil zeceive nearly the unanimous noiniuation for the Bpeakerahip, Mr. Carter's fricnuds disclaim the n¢wspaper attacks on Kelley, and at a late hour it is thouuht that most of tho causes of hitterness have been removed, The ficht for the Chief Clerkship of the Asseinbiy between Jobn E. Eldred, of Milwaukee, and” Dora C. Lamb, of Foad du lac, {8 warm and close, Ackerly Townseud, of Mifwaukee, will receiven -Benate posttion. Cham Ingersull, of Beloit, {8 betog warmly pushed for Scrgeant-at-Arms of the Scnate, against L. J. Brayton, of Marquetto, The contest over the S8peakiership and minor oflices has inomentarity eclipsed the Sonatorial question, which 1s, however, warmly discitased by the politiclans. * AMatt Carpenter returncd to Washiuirton last Baturda; is glven out by ils friends that nie ia to drzue to-tnorrow fo thiy Bapreme Court & caso [nvolving £400,000, sad 1hat Le is to receive a fee of 810,000 If succcas. ful, Howill return home after tho argument, aud Is expeeted to ho gurmlmlly on the groun Jicre next week, Ed Sanderson, of Milwaukee, arrived thia evening, ond opened Carpenter headquarters, 1o s sceking Introductions and acquaintanceship with members, liaving figured but lttle before In politics, nis personal ncquaintance s not large, and he d ot move o8 grmcefully hero aa hie docs on the bear side of ahe Milwaukea wheat market. Hlorace Rublee s recognized as in charge of Tlowe's campatgn. He expresscs unbounded conlldence {n the result, 1l suys that Carpen- ter will bave no strength beyond ten votes oute side of Mliwaukee, sud that Lowe 18 not galu- CALIFORNTA, BaN Faaxcisco, Jan. 6.—~The Committes of the Coustitutional Convention appointed to fovestigate the charges agalust C. O'Donuell, Workingmen's deleeute from Ban Fraudsco, have reported in_favor of his expulsion from the Couventlon. The revort will by made the speelal order for Thursday next. 2 NEVADA. 8ax Fraxcisco, Jan, f,—The Nevads Legis- Iature convened to-day and elfected o perma- nent orgaulzation by clecting tho Republican caucits notniuces in hoth tlouses, President pro tent, of tho Benate, W. R, King, of Lyou County: 8peaker ot tho Houso, t. A/ Gastun, of Btorecy County, VIRGINTA, RicusonD, Va., Jan, 6.—The Benate adopted a resolution suthorizing the Governor fo re- quest representatives of forelzn bondholders to niect thq Assembly on the 22 fnst. for a cons feronce regarding 8 plan for the settlement of tho Btate debt. QGENERAL MENTION. Tho usunl varicty entertalnment s provided thisweek at the Academy of Music, which con- tlnues to enjoy a Hberal share of patronage. At Hamlin’s ‘tleatrs Mlss Fanny Herring opeued an cngagement In o plece of the “French 8py ! order, culled * Tha Red Hand,” In which sho engages tn sume broadsword exer- clscs and other Amazonian feats, The Metropolitan ‘Theatrs is devoted this week to varicty business, the star befngr My E, A, Booth in some new ** sapectaltics.”” Mr. Jon Allen has been engugzed by Messrs, Wurster & Walker, the lesscos, to attend’ to the peneral management of the house, uud lie entered upon Wia dutics yesterduy. To the Edifor of The Tribune, CHicado, Jan, 0,—1t has been lofi to you to do- cldeabet, 8, bet F.tont thers wero 167 bodies Lurned in the Brooklyn Theatre fire, K. bet thero were over 200 people burned. Now, who wae right? Whot was the correct number? By answer- MVICKER'S THEATRE. It is not often that the first presentation of n vlay by n local author succeeda In attracting so largo an sudicoce as that which asserbled last evening to witness tho production of Mr, Will F. Boge's drama, * Destiny.”” 7The anthor has reason to congrutulato bitnsclf on the appreci- ative lieariug his work rocelved from an intelll- pent and attentive pattering, and on the hoarty demonstrations of spproval which attested their pleasure at the performance. * Destiny "’ {s an adaptation of Dickens' * Tale of ‘I'wo Citles,” ——— MISSOURT. Br, Louts, Jan. 6.—The Missourl Legislature will convene at Jefferson Clty ou Wednesday, Tho clty is rapldly Blling up with members and {ricnds of the Senutorial arpirants, and the con- I(:.;l: Jco:‘ both the stort and lonyg teru will begiu ————— LAKE ITEMS, 5 0 Svecial Dispaich to The Tribune. ¢ {*’x‘mufi'n wes Jé,‘:?,{,“iim"n"u lsmapsglng b |y avins, Jan. B.~Lant nieht the propel- | and, considering the diffeultics to b overcome | 1 the Above you'will oblige sevural of your sead- | [UUT, S St ~vigor, 'I'io report toleeraplied from Jaucaville, | ler Denera areived from west-shiore ports and | In orranging the bigbly dramatie material | = gy _The number of bodies officially res rfl“"""l'l')‘;';'f "-nl,fi it ..::‘,T‘::.’,,":,',f,’,,':":‘fs! that the Rock l:uumy delegation are a unit _fur | forced s passsge up thoriver to the (oodrich | fumnisted by the novel, Mr Bage has | parted by the Coroner was 76, ‘The New Yord B B crtas mianaor HsBAXOVtD 39T Wi Carpenter, I8 pronounced unfounded. Tuat | aock, Early this mornlng the propeifer Uconto | schieved o very falr success, He | Zritune published what was clalmed to be “an IIIU s 1o members of his company upon Nitle county has ong Seuator and three Assembly- anen. ~ Probably two out of the fourare for Carpenter, ‘The aeath of Senntor-glect Phiilips, of Jefferson County, deprives Keyesof an active, hard-working friend, but duea not affect the - yute. There were pincty Republicans in the Leglslature, requiring forty-six to nominate. ‘I'nere are now but elghty-ulne, requirlng forty- five to nominate, 'The Republican members lieretofora reported absolutely currect llst™ of the names of the neople burued to death in the Brooklyn fire, ‘The number was 271, Tho accuracy of that list has never, s0 far us we can learn, been questioned. We should say B, has the best of it, as there were 157 bodles burned, but there were ot over 200, bas brought to the task an Intelligone diserimination lu the selection of the moass tell- fug cplsodes, sud, on the whole, bos given us a pretty faithinl reproduction of the spirit of the story. It will not Le needful to recount the Jeading_features of a work with which every- body is famillar, k¢t may be sufiiclent to lodl- cate briefly how the playwricht has accom- arrived from. Ludington, The propeliers Me- vomonee and Truesdell, which remained here duringg tho cold spell, left for Ludineton last wight, The stcamships Minoeapolls and Aina- zon ure still at Grand Huven, lea-bound. ————— THE PENNSYLVANIA MINERS, PorrsviLLe, Jun. 8.—Tho embloyes of the Philadelphia & Readiug Coal and Iron Company cots of naper, across the tup of which were printed these words: ¢ Compliments of Mr, Augustin Duly, to-—." Mr. Fiske, follow= fng. tn thy wake of his cmplover, had some shuilar note-paper made, aud ooee, o his otticial l‘fl!)-’l\'ll\'. wrote & letter to Barrymore upon ous of his piitited blanks. The uotevontained a peremotory vomimand from Daly, through bis manager, and was couched in Barrymoro NEW YORK. for Howe are sticking Suvectal Dispatch to The Tridune, o b d ask of setting them fn drantic ' 7 ! very insulting languaze. ' Now, _ :!zzml‘l‘l:;dtrgh:? (:I:u‘I"I'.Jllll"l ll‘x‘n{rle. :;nl‘é:n:- at the Beechwood Colllery, who struck lust {‘;r;fd '1!3: :ctl,:n begins “ut tho polnt where thh:: Ylum(: -:‘": t:._“l.::‘tc:“l“‘:h. phummla[ m-):u"n u“ Pr‘:’u‘il‘guml:‘m’nium‘ "‘“i"‘im.‘xfi.‘,’?fli #ha, will bo licro to-morrow and assume charce | week for wages, weeo pald to-day, Itis under- | £y ifanette Is discovercd fn tno upper room catrical openings ba-ntcht la “the motsopolis. riuur:u R-dnl:l:mh L R T «of Senator Howe's cauvass, Seuator lowe will | srood bero that urders bave been received to | " Btrakosch led off at Buoth's, E. E. Rico was a | ¥ of Defarpe's house fn Paris. Tho curtaln rises upon o strect scene, In the forcground of which Is the winc-shop, formiog what 18 tech- nically called a triple sct. Old Jorry and Lucy are iuntroduced, and tho story of her father's Jouz fmprisonment and his relcaso is told lu a brict conversatfon, The father and daughtor meet, and tle curtain falls upon an effectivo tableau showing thu restoratlon to consciousuess of the old mau. The wext scene discloscs Stryver’s office fu London, and utroduces us to Yydney Carton, wha becomes the central fgare fo the play. luasomewbat vrolonged couversatiou, tbu fact of Larnay’s rclease at tho trial i told, snd then Durnay comes upon the scene. Mr, Learock, who was the Syduey Carfon, found s opportunity bere todoa very effectivo bit of actiug, for which be obtalued spontancous call before the curtaln, Next we ure brought to the homo of Luey sud ber fstber, aud here the story of the document found by Defurye ln the Bastile is revealed by Carlon. A lapas ol six years occurs, sod we tind Duruay_sud Lucy scttled fo their snug Londoa Lome. The *echoluy footsteps ! of tho Revolu- tlon break 1o upon their havpiucss,and Darsay’s for bimself, ‘{his, whea ready for malllog, cou- talned the folldwing message: * Compliments of 3lr. Maurice Durrywore todr. Btephien Flake, Piegse tell your master to go ta beil.”” 1t 13 sald that when Stenhen showed Daly the note, the *old msn’' roared with laughter, Hut the busiuess-manaper idn't cateh tho joke, and never furgave the sctor, Alonday night, Mr. Waliack brought out “At Last,” himsell sopearing m the vast, together with Etlie Germon, Charles Coghlan, lose Cughlan, snd & fals support. The story of “ At Last® s oue of that kind which sturis off witn what looks like luterest, but ends us ilit as the solo of Lonz Jubu Wentwortn's boot. A wan vamed focky has fed from England uuders charee ol jorgery. e fs devotedly uttached to bis wite, who, huwever, hus susvccted him of following the slicred track ol Heory Ward Bevchier, una has tbwrelors been diverced frum him. The husbund is usder au gasumcd name, aud starts @ report that he buas kicked the bucket. ..The furgery was reallv committed by Auatin Graudoy, but Lhag s 8 mystery until the Twat act. This Graudty is & wemoer of the tirm on which the foruery was wade, ‘Fho seulor purtuer, John Garand, is huuttng for . Ziuacby, whu, in bls various misfortuncs, is baving what the parrob described as o 4 ——of @ time'! Gramdy (alls in fove with Hozbyg'adivorved wite, Jtuaby has a fuerview with ber fn which abis not be here tll late in the session, probably im- mediately on the ave of the csucus to nominuto a Benstor, There was & rumor that the Ropub- licun _taucus to nomivate a Senator would bu held Thursday of this week, for thie purpose of forcing the tight, but that proposition has been definitely abandoned. ‘The corrlidors of the Park Ilotel ara crowded to-night with members of thy Legislature and candidates for tho mluor oftices of tho Lugisia- ture, ‘The scveral caudidates for United States Benator have headquarters ab the Park, The candidates for Legislative oftices are uumerous, For President pro teu. of the Scuate thers ure Beuators Price, Welch, aud Treat. Charles E. Eross, of Madiso, bos 110 oppusition for Chiel Clerk, For Bergeant-at-Arms, Chan Ingersoll, of Belolt, aud L. J, Brayton, of )lnn“uelm W. 8. Reynolds, of "Geneva Lake, {s likely to be Asststant Chief Clerk, and Mr, Amsley, Bookkveper, Tho contest for Speakers #bip fu the Asseibly is very anfmated between W. E. Carter, of Grant, aud . 3. Kelloy, of Brown, Taero sre somv clgbt candidates for Cbict Clerk of tho Assembly, bromiucut among whom are John E. Eldred, of Milwaukes, L. B. Hills, of Madisou, and Willlam Foizo, of Rich- land, Bergeant-at-Arms lvs between M. Kulght, of Pepin, -and John Cover, of Girsat, Gov. Brith's inessage will be delivercd by him 4o person on Thursday. ®oud secoud at the Lyccun, Katte Miyhew fol- lowed at the Btandard, and Frank Mayo slid under the wire neck sud peck ot Niblo's, At Looth's, of course, theru was (ho bl pest and nost cxclusive Jam. The hands somo suditorfum was perfectty packed, and the old favorites of Mux’s compuny wero received withh applausc, which sometimes broke into chicers. The LIl was * Aida,” sud {ncluded both Ketloge and Cary. Roth ladles were In fine volce, and the opera went off swmoothly, Tho walts wers at timesjtedious, aud 1t was ucarly twculy minutes sfter 11 when the curtain finally el Cul, Mspleson has not ppareutly. € the e public appetite, oud Sax I8 chuckling as he chinks bis ducats, Tne scason i Lo last two weeks. At Niblos, Fravk Mayo appeared for the first time fo 8 number of years iz bis rother niusty play, “Dayy Crockett"; but bo was greeted with & large sudience, wlo reveled in peanuts and cothusasm, There (s litle to bo sald about thae perfurmance, excepting that the parts wero very well cast, the scenery fresh and elaborate, close tho colllesy. This will throw 800 men and Loya out of work. The menat tho Brooksi mines, who struck Thursday last for back wagvs, reconaidered the mutter, and roturned to worl LAKE IMPROVEMENT, CrLevELAND, O., Jan, 6.—A speclal meoting of th toard of Trads was held to-day tore- celve the report of George U1, Ely, delegats to tho reeent Lake Improvement Conventlonat St Toul, Mr. Ely was uppoluted a_delegate to the Genersl Comuittes to mvet ut Washlugton st a tuture date. o m—t s NEW BOSTON GOVERNMENT. Speciul Disvatch 8o Tha Tribune. BostoN, Jau. G.—The Democratie City Gov- eruwent camo in to-day, and, if the wessagy of Mayor Privee is any guarautee, s season of rigid cconomy is already begun. ‘The Mayor opposes the bulldlog of & new Court-liouse at anex- pensa of $1,500,000, pud adsocates & reduction lo tha street, health, and Janp expenscs, although be admits that we sweep wors lu Boston than elsewhere, aud @t our strects are kept in bet- ter coudition than those of other citics, oud that the city is better and moro | destivy impels bl Lo Puris o liberato Gabello; | and success sésureds Mr. Muyo is to g2t $1,500a | ehows toat ber .\-uxpuhmduw.wlth the Circen- Hoectal Dispatch to The Trivune, Departiuents “ory to bo weluced, wnd | Hveat of Darsiay, the Interveotion. of -Vancli, S0 Ule B o Hiseaiend T fog sesurance 1AL 1L LS 10 Do preacuied Lo lier CoLrusys, Jan, 6.—Jobn (. Thompson, Ber- | forrard, He recommends (b esbolition of the | the vame played Oy Curton, his sublin sacrifice S LHO INtHEE Lber® BitBRaNO/08 NS future busband, The curtain falls upou the Eeant-at-Anms of too Jouse of Representatives, fur the womab Le Joved, sre ol given whb steict | g2line? which we Lave recelved of late, Biso | oo ond mt itetas obe do 2082 Guz tuz 19 Nurwal Ecliovl, the revisiun of tue Police Com- . Qranvity, Inthenext act Granddy AQizcovers Jlorby's Klentity, and nas him srrested, where- upan tho senlor member of the firm declares that he knows his partner fs the gulilty onc. Mra, Joxly goes back on the mew, love, and takes her firat busband back to hef shnndant boorum, That setties {t, ana the sudience scnots for home, Mr. Wallack, of conrse, plays Join Garland, and does the zomly-;zmd businese, fust as Qe did In ** Diplomacy."” He has the same abnor- mal stiffnessof the spinal column, the same vast plethora of shirt-front sud shoaider-pads, and almost the same lanzuage. The charseter s a part of parents! guanlian angel with all the genarative force squeezed out of ft. It fita Lester tika 8 brand-new kid glove, Mr. Cogh- lan Is the Rozly, and docs some very clever acting. As a persecuted and virtnous victim of circumstances, Mr. Coghlan has no equal. character I8 & sort of Jean Jen in stora clothes, - gnd for Coghlan 1t is ‘“the cheese.”” Effle Uermon does sn oxtrane- ous part, of @ wilow In search of & tuaband, ‘and Mies Coghlan sssumes the ciiracter of the errant wife. 8ome of tho acencs are well constructed, ana they ¢ take.” But the plav itself was not meant ‘for winter wear, It would ba better appreciated fn sum- mer, because it's thin. ‘The Union Bquare is getting the cream of the hutiness. The audiences are uniformly large, and happinoss dwelis bencath the raofs of Mr. Palmer and Mr. Howard, Bat Mr. Palmer real- zes how ‘‘oneartin things is? §n the fotore, anid {a not to becaught napoing. And,althouzn the probabllities are that the ' Banker's Daugh- ter " will coutinue to receive rallers for monthe to come, & new play has siready been I rehears- al for two weeks. " It s from tha pen of a Ban Kranclsco writer named Gunther, and is sald 10 be remarkably strong In all fts details. The rame gentleman lLias recently sold _another play to the management of Wallack's Theatre. The new pieco at the Union Square Is cast to the full atrength of the enmrany, and the actors all tell me they are satistied with their parts. Thisisa good sign. And, by the way, [ ruppose sou know that Palrer, the man who ahot the policeman In the Metrnpolitan Hotel last week, is & relative of Mr. Paimer, of the Unfon Bquare. Well, he is, He's a holf-brother. Some months ago he was emplored as ticket-seller in the box-office of that theatre, but had to be bounced. Hislriends sav he Is crazy, But I reckon It's the same kind of Tunacy that trouvled him there. lle's just a constitutionally and irretrievably nely litle cuss, and that’s ali, * L., R, Bhewell Is in town, I eaw him the other day, and be was looking much better than Lever knew him to look before. e bizalosts gond deal of his superfluons meat, and covse- quently dou't Jook as it he was {ikely to burst, the wavhe used to. Bhewell hasn’t been acting thus far this season, but, for all that, he's done a beap of work, fie hoa been in Blamarck, D. T.,and comes back with a large fund of Infor- mation upon the toplic, ** What I know about getting divoreed and marrsing right over agsin.’? Mr. Snewell’s present beiter ball &l ruppose it would be stickine closer to facts if 1 sakil two-thirds, instead of hslt) was Olivia Rand. The two were members of the Busion ‘Fhieatre company for & number of seasuns, and there learnud the “ two rouls with but s single thouenit ™ husiness, In addition to the Iabori- ouadutles 1 hare described, Mr. chewell has adapted several plava during his exile. He read ane of them to Mr. Palmer, of the Union Bausre, the other doy, and it is hoved that the maunager will be able to resume his duties by next week, Shewall 1 the adspter whose brain first graopled with *The Exlles,” and I rather think “TheExiles " zot the worst of the Lussle. Boucicauit’s busincss at the Grand Opers- House has nlready began to tumble a little, ‘Tuesday night’shouse wasn't 60 heavy as Mon- dnr by a considerably lone chalk, snd whiic it will undoubtedly plck up again to-nfght, the revival fsn't likely to last. Four tliousand dollars a week {s biz money, the first thiog you know, and it takes n pretty ‘lenv: pitronage to cover {t. Ads Dyas is entirely charmiug as Claire Ffolliat, 1n " *Boucey’s" play, and Kate {lirard 14 also winning wolden opinjons In the character of Arte U'Aeil. Ben )lwlnlur, who used to _be ver happy n bis rendering of Father lan, is torough some eccontricity on the part of the manage- ment cast for Corry Kinchela, U you can im- agine tlat character in the hands of = man who is'nt lcast twice the ‘‘heft” of Cobb, of the Sherman House, and whose smile s es full of innocene as o baby's,—why, then, you can tell how Maginley looks n.'lmum. Therest of the support Is very queet, At Henderson's, ‘* Almost a Life* expires this week. Katlo Mavhew will play * M'lixe" Monday night, supported by s snap compauy. Btetson will also leave us_Suturday night with his Evaugeline ™ and “ Babes in the Wood ! party. Mc lias dous a blz business and several members of his company have mude good impressions. This week, In * Babea in the Wood,” little. Eugenla Paul falrly sus- talned m{ 1t week's asaertfon that sho had wgtufl’! In her. Slie played oue of the cnildren, and right preitily she did it, too. Mr. Locke slso lnproved. ~ Nelly Larkelle's redundout figgure hus cnught the eye of the tnen who go to sce il ii'ssafe to bring thelr familics to the show, The consequence of thelr recounoltering in that most of them are still undecided, and come azaln. At the Purk, Colville is still pack- fng the hanse, The engacemenit. does not end yet owhile. The plans of the man- agement bave been changed a trifle, and fnstend of Barrett they are polog to glve us Owens_in the “Cricket on the fearth,” ns soon ss Colville goes awav. Barrett will be lu Brooklyn that week, ¢ Claxton tukes the road with “A Double Marriage " next week, and Itiee * succeeds her with s Evangetlne.” Strnkosch's operacombination will slingr ** Afda " at us from the stuge of Booth's at the same time. At the Broasdway, Barney Macauley still roes on to uniformly fair bu s with “A Mesgenger from Jarvis Bection.”™ He will quit next week, though, and will be replaced by the Lingards fn *Les Fourchnmbault,” It is pretty generally known that J, K. Em- met's dates through New York State for three or four weeks past have been canceled, Severa] cannes have been assigned Lo this conditlon of affairs, First, he was “gick.” ‘Then Mrs. Em- met was 1), anil Joseph hiad to stay with her in New York. That's the way it waa given out, but there wasn’t very much truth in it It wus Emmet who was sick. Aud he was troubled with the sume old compiaint—in a horn, Amone the companies that have “come fu’ Iately are Rose s partv, which strunded in - Penns) They were W have opened In neinnatt Inst Monday night, dosn Hurt's ieago ! company wan wrecked iu Plttebure, omd Frank Hart, the maunger, skipped for New York. Frank la what s rometimes cutled ¢ google- eved,” hut he can sce straight canugl to find the rallway-station g an emergency. It 16 this calmnesa in thnes of cxeitement and danger which makeso theatrieal wanager truly creat, ——even {1 he is cross-cyed, Len Grover threw up the apouge, aleo, * Bridzeport, Conn. Ho took a vomblnation to Boston, a couple of weels agu, with that de- lectable youtlt, Len Jr,, at the head of it, I went East on the satne bout, and thero was tho dovil to puy uli the way. Several memnbers of the company were firedout of the bar-rooin by the ofticers of the stcamer, and thoss other wembers Wile occupled ane of the stafe- ToOmE a lively racket all nizht, On train from the boat to Boston young Len sud the two ladice who werg with hlm rode in the varlor-car, Sub- sequent investigation showed me Len, Sr., in ong of the ondingry cars with tho lady who accompanied him, unn{. wasp’t ful © Well, they played In Hoston to bad business, and then took the road, without paying salarles. That's o kind of way they have, Dildgeport seitlon 'ew. The other night Len, 8r., took out & onemnlzhit snap to Newark, * The veceints were 1,400, hut when the company went next da for their money the old man didn't have a rod, When remoustrated with bo 18 said to have re- marked: *Dearold fel, sll's faro in love and wur.” Tho actor thought sv, too. Juhn Stetsou has secured the (ilobe Theatro, Buston, agalnet the livelicet kivd of opposition, He poya 815,000 a year for it, the stockholders walvlog thelr rights to certain’ scate, That was what made it a loslug spsculation bLetore. Amoui tbose who tried to outbid Stetson were Henderson, Rce, Abbey, Kata Claxton, Hav- erty, aud Colville. Hut ‘they couldn't do ft. Clara Belden, once Johu Ellsler’s lemnn‘? la- dy, having bevome divorced frum her bhusband and made all other preparutions to follow the stazo for a living, has enxaged with Btrakosch 0 play Komeo and kiodred arts to Miss Nefi- sou's opposites neat scason. BStrakosch must be crazy, Does ho for & woment supposs that Adelaide would hug an jwliation wan? Not much, sis won's. 8k (sn't that sort of an_ace treas, Bhe goes In for reulism, every time. But verbups Max inesus to staud Schwab in tho wings, 1o catch her when she gues off, Max ls too loug-beaded to slip up on a lttle thing like hat. Iruvnier. e —— Some lare Hooks. New York Tviduwe. About thirty volumes which belonged to the ihrary of Charles Dickens Will be received this week ' at Charles Scriboer's Bons, K ook bears @ printed label, “From the library of Charles Dickens, Gudablll Placg, June, 1870, which was allized 8 sbort time ‘ufter the novel- int's deaib, sud vach vne has bis bbok-plate with crest, Muny of the books were prescutations frum the "authors, juciuding Lelgh [lunt’s *Poetieal Works," Inscribed *To Charles Dick+ «us (rom bis constaut ediirer awle.obiiged felend, Leleb Huout 'y Macaulov's Lays of Au- cient Rome'; Bobn's * Blography aud Bibho- Diapby of Shakspeare,'’—u privately printed and sare book, us Bokin intinstes in "bld wuto- Uavie sileie b adide Db Lasat 1oasithe ‘bibliographicsl. merlt of beto P Halleck’s ‘CAlnwleic” Castie,”? money V5 and fnacesisible” for Probably the most interesting volumes fa the collection are the fdentical coples ai * Nicholss Nickleby at. the Yorkabire Behool,” and * Mrd, iamp,”’ as condensed by Dickens himself for his readings, ‘’I'he *Nicholas Nicklehy " con- tains numerons exclsfons, alterations, and addis tions, all fn Dickens’ bandwriting, © urs her slfo coples of the original editlons of Thack. eray's ' Vanity Fair,”! “Bamuel Titmarsh." pei ot S THURMAN. The 011 Gentleman Iiard to Manage, Boectal Dirsateh to The Triduse, Wasminaron, “Pendenals,” and D. C. Jan. 6.—Senator Thar- mao Is determined to disregard the connsels of all his political friends, and to disovey the or- ders of his managers. o states that under no circamstances will he permit his pame toba ured as a candidate for Gavernor of Ohto. - ™ Wasnixgrox, D. O., Jan. 8.—Benatar Thur- man this afternoon prepared a letter addressed to the Calumbus Ohlo Banquet Committee, say- ing it will not be in his power to mttend the Democratic colebration on the 8th {nstant, nsho is beginuing to recovar from a severe cold, and cannot bat recognize the fast that it would bo imprudent for hi im o such extremely cold weather to make the trip. 1is offers a few re- flections upon the toast, * The Jackson Uemoc- racy,’ the thenie uoon which he was appointed to speak, and conflnes himsclf sololy to that subjfect, Corresnondence Cincinnatd Enquirer, Wasmsarox, D. C., Jan. 3.—A very interests ing featura of the little tussle which took place between Blaine and Thurman before the hollday adjournment was the effect which tho discussion lad on Mr. Bayard. To him the speech of Blalne amounted to bat little,—it was a mouse- trup, o fact,—too apparent-to catch any well- regulated mind, and he was shocked, pained; Rrieved, that his aged, his almost decrcoft triend, should bave tumbled Into it. With his heart bowed down with grief he suffered him- solf to be led away from the Senate Cpamber by three reliable Scoators, one from Indiana, ons frum the great State of Now Jersey, and one from “Arxinsaw?’; tho quartct ‘backed by Hicester Clymer, from the Keystonc Btate, When these A power Chevalier, huw Mr, five disintereste patriots assembled o a autet of whisky with tearful Thurinan's remarks about *the Democratig room with them, the explained belore cyes, property and intelligonce ruling the country ' would be rung ngalnst bim by the opposition to thut extent that he could not be thought of as s Presideatial candidate, *“1Vhy,itis a daogerous issue to tnvite," suid be, “for in our Gavern. ment numbers must rule; {t is the priociple of the Government, Inlaw ft Is not the number ol witnesses, but character, which weighs, but in politics it is numbers. The fathers made the Govornment upon this basis, and wo must ndhere to their {dea If we would live. who would invite a contest with the poor d bevauss they are poor mesns to stir up & tronble which tnay not be so Ob, Thurmau made a fatal mis- - easily quieted. The man is an fucendiary, take, and has ruined himself,” ‘The next moraing 1 called ou Senator Thur- man at his home, aud found him engared witn that delightful, lylng old fraud W As _soon as 1 was seated Mr, Thorman Ward. ssid to Ward: Cyl. Bam “ How was my speech neceleed? T felt that I lLind to reply to Blalne then, and not Jet his charges go out to the country unanswered.” 4 Oh," sald Ward, "cvetl;{bod)' s delighted with what yoa sald. Baya told mo that he could not hiave done betier, and that he would not dot an { or cross a t." When Ward went out I told the Judge {fust what Bayard had sald. 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