The New York Herald Newspaper, August 14, 1870, Page 8

om ty ve American A Leaf from the Book of an Impresario. Malibran, Bishop, Lind, Sontag, Grisi, Parodi, La Grange, Patti, Piccolomini, Kellogg. THE PAST AND PRESENT OF OPERA, ‘One of the most delicate exotics in the conserva- tory of art, and the rarest and most prized, also, is ‘the prima donna, which old Linnreus would proba- biy classify under the head of cantatrix vartabilts, or semina contraria, This species of lyric horticul- ture demands such unremitting care, attention and forbearance from the managerial gardener that few are willing or competent to undertake the superin- tendence of sucha tender, wayward charge. Yet ‘we are content to forget and forgive the imperions- ness, fckleness and thousand and one faults of the prima donna in veverence and admiration of the nobility and grandeur of her mission, Music is the Highest form of expression that man 1s capable of, and is ever pure aud elevated, No matter what the subject may be that it illn: s mu always en- novies it. Be itin the ¢ in the parior, before the footlights or at the concert, music n r loses ats claim to the title of the adryime art. Bat fis chief exponent is the human voice, with which no insirument ever designed by the skill of man can stand comparison. In factall other struments of music endeavor to imitate this won- derful organ supplied by nature and are subservient tol. And of the various kinds of voices the soprane stands pre-eminent. The tenor and bass have their charms, and the deep, sympathetic tones of the con- traito touch the heart; but the soprano alone eleciri- fies, enthuses, carries away in triumph heart, judg- ment and coid reasoning. In view of the approach- Ang visit of one who 1s a¢knowleaged the queen of songstresses at present, and who in two or three short seasons sprang {rom obscurity into tne full blaze of lyrical sovereignty, it will be Interesting for the readers of the HERALD to learn a few facts about her predecessors in this country. The life of a prima donna and the career of Italian opera in America abound mm st 2 vicissitudes and events. MALIBRAN. If we cannot claim America as the birthplace of Maria Felicia Gare better known by the name which a brief and li-starred unton conferred upon her—Mahbran—we can congratu ourselves on being the first to applaud and en: ge her in her earher steps towards the temple of £ At seven- teen years of ne walls of C House resouncded with the th most glorious Desdemona tx while her father appeared as the jealous Moor. She mace her first appearance in the fall of 1825 Of her Wondrous voice tt was said “to great texibts she adds a delicacy of expression we have never heard equalled 9 and ner lower tonca are asxoft and melodious as the upper notes of her Voice, nor is there any apparent effort or strain in producing that articulation by which every one of ‘them is distinctly hcard. When to these perfections ‘we add great feciing, we ihink we have said enough.” Her visit to the United States, notwith- standlug the deep-seated admiration and wild en- thusiasm of the public for her, was saddened by ber Jnckless marriage, W! Was the cause of much suf- Jering to her, and probably had no little share in Mmiting her life to the brief span of twenty-eight years. Her career was not one of undisturbed sov- Teignuty on the stage, for she had to enter the Hsts with Sontag, Grisi and other deathless art She was a remarkable linguist, for which s on one occasion the following naive expianation:— “1 was born at Pa’ my father was a Spaniard; therefore French and Spanish I learned as every ehild learns a langu: Early lwent to Engiand, and after residing there some years, where I studied our janguage closely, 1 went to the United Stat 3 remy English was kept up—not, 1 believe, im- proved. The Italian Opera House has been the cradie in which I was nursed, and German 1 have Acquired that | might grasp and enjoy its musical Wealth. There, that is the history of m, Jearned.’? Many great singers have warbled to de- Ihghited audiences within the past forty-tive years, bat none can ever remove from the minds of those who heard her, the memory of the voice of Maria Felicia Garc!a, A significant proof of the precarious life which Malian opera leads in this country may be seen in the fact that when Manuel Garcia, the father of Malibran and manager of the company, made up his accounts ai the end of the season he found limself exactly five dollars loser. If we take into account ‘that he was tenor and his daugiier prima donna aud the season was the most brilliant and arus- tically successful ever known in New York, we can form an idea of the desperate nature of an impre- Bario’s occupation. ANNA BISHOP. It is now over thirty-one years since a young aspirant after lyric honors ventured for the first ‘Ume to essay her powers in public, In company with guch artists as Grisi, Viardot Garcia, Perstant, Robini, Tamburint and Labiache. alberg and Dohler sat at the pianos, and bochsa, tie king of harpists, was there with his favorite instrument. Tt was his own benefit concert, and he determined to introduce the rising star, in whom he took @ great interest, on this occasion to the Public. Not even the noonday spiendor of the artists by whom she was surrounded could dim the lustre of Anna Bishop's talents, aud she Won the favor of the public at once. came to this country in 1847 and made a concert tour through the States. Asa balladist she won her way al ounce tnto the Javor of the American public, and turn tweive years later, after conc ‘the world, Was signalized by a hearty welcoie, show: Ang what a firm hold she had taken on the American Public. Probably no prinia donna ever lived before ‘Whose career was so full of romance and alventure @s that of Madame Bishop. As an exponent of Classical music of the wost severe and elevated Bebouls, she has wlways held r te stuye. ‘then she w the level of ihe sis ders With clnidiike venderness and grac: once more among Ws, new having four traveis over the worid a home ww compare with la grande repuolique. SPER? BOSIO, TEDESCO. In the summer of 1350 Sehor Marty brought to this country an Ialian opera troupe wich was provaoiy, iM Wie Dumber of great artists 1 Comprised, tne best ever heard here. Three prime donne, stetanone, Bosio aiid Tedesco; the wonderful tenors Betuini, tue nv jess famed baritoue aud basse, Bade a@ii and Marini, were in this extraordinary company. Jew York was taken by storm; but, as usual, ihe season Was a pecuniary Juss, gt Castle Garden being xed fanone Was an adioirable arust, toher undoubted value, being convulsions. These, able to appear bet seend, ivy she ve the manager had no prov: The clue! quatities of Ledesco’s voice were powe grandeur and largeness. Angelina bosio bv Feiguing favorite in New York aud had no superior Qs a true ariist. Bui eted, with three such prime donne im it, was a us Fesponsibility 10 any mau They led the lives which are popularly ascribed to felines of the Kilkeuny persuasion, and afier vuree months the Management found the alarming ceticit of $: hhis treasury. hus tne vest operatic comp: eoliected in the United States failed, at ti prices ever asked ior admission to suc! ‘cnteriainment. That tis was te y management there can be no question JENNYs LIND. Despite the crushing effect of a mana; hose creed was humbug, upd whor ‘Onjy as a new curiosity, the marvellous yotce of Jenny il, her thorough arusiic instincts and educatia 000 In ever lowest le of uit of bad doubt. n d ey worth as @ good, great woman, wade her a favorite in this country such as no prima donna ever Was belore or since. She has ‘ her fate countrywoman, Ohr comes here next month, The career of Je $n tus country is too well known to need recapitu- ‘Jation here. iicr greatest triumph was, we thir Over the manager Who Gia imore to injure her ar value than any other possible opposition tat could be brought toxeiner. THAYSA PARODL Jenny tind wason her triumphant tour whe Untied States ic wax duiieult for the Queens of the Lyric Stage and Their being so | rre- | zing around | smost place on | in ali her | company, as might be ex- | + | ageme opera under Lumley’s management ai foe io y the mania of er of Jenny Lind and Joye? Heth Inaugu- rated, the wnpresario got up an absurd | story about tae approaching — marriage of Paro and the Duke of Devonshire, which for the time entirely echpsed all the achievements of the Woolly Horse, Parodi was a genuine success. She needed no humbug to assist her. * The favorite pupil Of Pasta, who said to hg 'y child, God has en- dowed you with @ noble volo ali thal lean de. Go, my child, and my bicssing 4o with you. [ siall live 1@ behold you the first sing m the world.” Teresa Parodi Wax able to win her way anywhere. Armed by her great preceptress With the tiara, zone and g mantle and go! aud purpie of Semiramis, the wondrous cantatrive evoked the highest enthusiasm from the New York pubiic, CATHERINE HAYES, In the fall of 1s41 u rara Geis, an Irish prima donna, “Katie” Hayes, who bad been applauded, Fed, crowned and Honized 1a every capital m Furope, and who succeeded even in houses where Grisi and Jenny Lind were nightly heard, came to New Y reprocne, and was able to stand the test of the severest criticism. But the troupe that accompanied her was exccrable. ‘This was so apparent after the first few concerts that an arrangement was entered Into with the Royal Havana Opera tronp:, and tue great cantatrice was then assisted by artists worthy ofher. But bad management again triumphed and Une season closed to a heavy loss, HENRIETTA SONTAG. ‘The brightest name in the bright pages of lyric art ip Germany 18 that of Henrieia Sontag. Frou the hour that she carried the public of Leipsic by ad t rtrude Mara, Uhe star of the past cevtury leadly climate of Mexico hushed her angelic voice in death, Mile, Sontag, or Countess Rossi, jit no supertor, She came to Aievica, it ts true, mn the decline of her aruisue days, or rather at the birch of her second life before the lootlights, when she was sort, ven years of age, and aiter twenty years re- tuemeut from the stage. bul the glorious organ had lost tue of that magic that aroused the envy of Malibran, and which caused an eminent critic to speak thus:—‘In the miaguificent casket of yo: gems Which Sontag displayed every night before admirers we especially remarked the limpidit her chromatic gamuts and the brilliancy of her tritls, Whicn sparkied like rabies on a velvet ground, Each uote of those long-tcscending spirais stood out as if it had been struck isolatedly and attached itself to we following note by a delicate and imperceptibie Wread, ana all these marvels were accomplished with a perfect grace, never distlguring her counte- hance by the slightest sign of effort, Her charming figure; her tine, limpid, soft eyes; her elegant torm and her stature, springing and supple as the stem of a young poplar, puished the piciure and completed the enchantment.” Scarcely nad the last notes of Jenny Lind died away in Her Majesty’s theatre, London, than they were taken up and continued by an unexpected voice that had been hushed for twenty years. The extravagant habits of ier hus- band compelled Sontag to return vo the scenes of her eartier triumphs, and ber welcome back was enthusiasuc, The “tittle Napoleon” of the Amert. can silage, Ullman, persuaded her to visic this coun- ry, aid Blue Orsi appeared in coucert at Metropolt of the atl 4 (formerly Vripler) Hailin the fati of She 1ghb with her Pozzo! ritone; i Jullien, violinist; Alired Jaeil, pianist; Rovco, bitto basso, and Cari Eckert, conductor. Tne great emarxaole for the taste and rich ele. can gunce of her tollets. On arriving in this city her agent asked her whether she had brought any coa- from replied, “seven”? sald, 3 you are c rts un New York, obi ine by & diderent dress at each concert.’ Si {the idea, but consented, and created mach excitement ainong the ladies sié world by @ new ala. Sp fuentiy, her rendition of simple litie ballads was king English juaied. In New York, Puiladeiphia, Baltumore aud Washington ovation the order of the day. in many cases ‘orm ol torchtight pro- ons and grand sever At Washingion a | clever stroke of managerial diplomacy occurred | which may be called A DIAMOND EPISODE. Sontag wore at a concert given t of vlumonds presented her by the Emperor of Rus+ sia, consisting of earrings, bracele necklace, brooch, and edging for the skirtor her'robe. Just a8 sie Was going Ob Lhe stage, While admiring @ bou- nt her oy President Plevce, her agent, Mr. John Darcie, siyly loosened one of the L it~ montis on the dress, which, as he anticipated, teil off, and, roiling from the stage to the parquet. was picked up by one of te distiaguished persons sitiag ure, This was Senator Ba restored the gem (the manager had ius eye on him and was thanked by an autograph er from tie fair cantatrice. Tne recipient ot the er sost no time in CoMMuUNIcating its contents to every one of note in Washington; society was lost ta wonder and adiniration and crowded houses Boston was even grea ‘The clergy of * the »,”? and ihe towns within twenty or thirty miles hiisted in her behalf in this wise: Invitations ued by Manager Darcie for a full renearsal of concert days before iL took place, and were | strictly confined to the clergy. ‘The resuit was suc @ gatherg of black-coated and white-chokered gen- Ucnien aod their Wives as had never before been seen. The Reverend and Venerable Doctor Sharpe, the shining clerical light of Boston, rose and mude a feeling address io Soutag and p beautivuily md Bile, insert With the names of ali the Provestant clergy; @ Catho- € a AUperb set he doiug ihe same on behalf of his decomination, if course Sontag wroie a pretiy note of thanks lo autograph to each clet n, Who showed It to all | his congregation, and became’an adverusiig agent. | Phe result was marvellous, and though Darcie got | sonnal ed by the Bosion press for invoking | the ad of the clergy, the concerts were crowded and the enthusiasm complete. At the end of aA most brillant and pecuniariy ert season Sontag appeared the cn- 1a Kalian opera, wherein she shone room. Her 77 Lucia)? daughter of the Regiment. sts have bad such a brillant career and } Were so uulversaily betoved. She entered on the lyric siage just as Pasta made her bow for the last ume. She stood side by side with Malibran, and she tnrified the sou! of her hearers when Grisi was onthe wane and Jenny Lind was about to retire | from the operatic stage. But the deadly climate of | Mexico was too much for her, aud the world beard with regret of her death immediately after her sea- | Son in the United States, Her snare of the proceeds of her Jabors in this couatry exceeded $200,000. MARIETTA ALBONI, | the greatest contralio that ever the world heard, | came to this country and appeared tn concert and opera at the same ttine that Sontag made he: | Through singular bad management a rivairy was started between both compaiies, and they managed | to sing on the sa:ne might at dtffere: °s in the | same c: Yhe natural ple not being able to. patronize two such tne time, one had to suffer, and in this io- itwas Alboni. Kidiculous comps 8 to Which artist was super y Siulanty between @ high soprano deep coniraito, ‘the weakness of her support and the parsimony Of her management helped to make her season pecuntary failure, She playe tunes in op er isons were who has sung for half a ceatury and is yet ed f and, though | She was then in the deciine of fy ruisiic life grandeur of her voice and her udsnrpassed powers of aciing rematned. Sne was the compe Rachel as a lyric tragedienne, and sin days ber N i never been approa | in this: centur, er the great tudenis mingied wer pame with that | Thave fone for you | She was an artist sans peur et sans | | inusic wi i | , Who iminedtately | sented her with a | don the fy leat | tour. | it to N also ypented in oratorio, study nu tke “ewan wih, Aur. G. W, Morgan, the orgunist, PICCOLOMLNI. ‘This artiste, Whose great repuiation in talian op- era Was in soine measure caused by the fact of her bes 14 ‘ae ntece of a cardial, and aiso by skilful ad- vel ug, Came LO this city in bite fall of 1856, under Vilnann’s inanagement, and sang mn concert and op- era through the States, dhe made a succes Westime, most ul Walco Was owtng to Uilmann’s extraordinary tacucs, Some of his stratagems to keep up the Precelomi @ Fecjee mermaid and ie Woulicy hovse entirely in the shade. ADELINA PATI. In 1859 three prime donne, consisting of Gaz- zai Colson and Albertina—were at the Acadeny of Music, and affairs were Jookmg as bad as could be imagined; bankraptey and ruin stared the managemeat in the tace, uatl hep came in the person aud voice of & oupg aud beautiful girl—Adeuna Patti, She saved he season and resioved smiles and happiness to the managerial face and bosom, Her subsequent career iu Europe is weil Known, She is the idoi of every operatic public Where she appears, and the grand prize intue operaiic lottery which managers draw from each season, She revisits the Uuited States an the fall of 1871, CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG, Colson, Brignoli and otner arusis formed a combt- nation immeaiately be. the war in the South, and Went into te management oi Lie 4 omy Of Muste under the tite of Associated Artists’ Union. | PAT AR RUTTER. RTD The Nathan Marder—The European War—Pro- elamation of a Moderu Nebuchadnezzar. Prime Donne—The Obsequies of John Real ‘The Ocean Yacht Rave. We have recsived the following letter, written in & lady’s handwriting, proposing a sweeping change in the detective corps:— TO THE Epivox OF THE HERALD:— from the length of time in discovering the mur- derer of the lace Mr. Nathaa there is unmistakable bungling, and if I may be allowed to do so I would suggest the disuttssal of the whole force of “detec. tives’? employed thereon and the raising of a new force of men without ex ce aud with conscience to take their place. The right man would soon find himself in the right pines, and people would have the satisfaction of nowing that law was justice. It 1s evident they know, but for reasons best known to themselves keep quiet, They cannot m years wipe out the stain that will rest upon such knowledge concealed, und they must know thatif a poor man commits such a crime he would soon be pounced upon and dragged from among his family to pay the penalty, ‘There must be some sure means taken to sift that Greadfui murder. ‘Truly, it is a tree country if such things can pass, A LOVER OF JUSTICE. Another correspondent ventilates his ideas on the subject as follows: — Under their regime a young aspirant for lyric houors, Clara Louise Kellogg, made her debit as dik IM KIgOetiO. ‘ie Lesh, young voice, high uluvation aad earnest, symipauetic style, stamped her at oave with the broad seal of public approba- fn luvope & COUPLE OL SeAs0s REO gave her the endorsemeat of the eritical London public, At the receat Becthoven Iesttyal at th pire Rink she was the saivation of that i enterp: She 1s now abous to try her powers at oratorio, in Which there 18 10 reason to doubt she Will be as successful as slle has ever been In opera and concert, vOnT. While the war w: iy in ine South and Sher- man gad Grane were at “ihe beginning of the end”? Medort, a splendid lyric artist ou @ decisive vic- Tory over te public at te any of Music, Her Norta and Lady Macbeta were superb and she troduced “lone?! to the Now York public for the time. ‘To her succeeded Zucchi, auotier tine arust, but unferior to Ler predecessor, PAREPA ROSA came here under Rateman’s management, and sang jor & coupie of seasons I concert, She afierwaras: essayea italian opera, and isi seasuu betouk her- self to English opera. COLSON, who 1s, properly speaking, tue predcessor of the last Uhree artists, Was a iavorite ‘Lraviata, and also won high honors in the “Siciltan Vespers.” tn this latter opera she was accidenially wounded In the arin by tue tenor, Brignoll. CARLOTTA PATTI. Had it not been for the unhappy lamness, which 4s an insuperable bar to acting, Carlotia Patt: would have veen # bright star on tne lyric stage. As Ibis she 1s queen Of Lhe Concert room, Where her facility Jur Dinging of vocal fireworks wil leave her atways & subject of Wouder and admiration. Hee career in ine eet dlaics lust scusou Was singdlarly suc- cessful. CLARA PERL. This artist was born ut Vienna, in the year 1849, and at six yewrs Of age she commenced to study 4 the direcuon of the ceievtated maestro, e inclined at iirst lowards the piano, and Was Sent at Wn years Of axe to the Conservat Cologu ‘Three years laver she made a su acbut atac rtin that city and gave promise of piaust. Gut the atrector of erdimand Hiller, discovering her voice of rare power and exquisite Ambre resolved to prepare her for the Iyric stage. At seventeen years of age she made her Aébut at the Grand Opera House of the Dake of Darmstadt, at ikivrt, Bie ected Jor her debit the extremely dimcult réte of Pides in c puere,” aud mate a hiv w she afterwards before the Emperor Alexander of Rw and was signally suecessiul. She came here last sea son, and her pl citement in musteal circ AU y aprima donna who sang last seuson with Carlotta Pattiin the “Magic Flute” and gave an exceilent rendering of Marguerite, in Gouuod's “Maast, is a pupil of the imperial Conservatoire at Vienna. She studied und Madame Marches and received a thorough misical trataing for the opera stage. She made her dépat when niteen at ine Pheatre Lyrique, Pars, In “Les Dragons de Villars” as Kose kriquel, She next visited this country, aud after a short sea- son returned to Europe. She sang durimg the carni- vai Season With great success in Venice and otier ie3 mn Italy. She has a good, weli trained, sympa- voice and compicie mastery over some of We nenal Voice Caused much ex. tin Miost cilfficult ré/es In opera, THE COMING STAR, We have already spoken of the Sweaish Nightin- gale, Who ia to be the next attraction m the forego- ing aviary of art. We trust that the successful bird- catcher, Strakosch, wiil give us great cantatrice a To1vHR EpitoR OF THE HERALD:— + The stateinent of the uewsboy i the Nathan mur- der that be lad seen a man come us far as the stoop aud stop, hesitate fora moment, and then ascend to the top of the stoop and pick up @ paper, as if the man knew tiatit had lam there, seems strange as well as mysterious. Should the boy not have made @n error in his statement? I have w strong suspicion vo believe that the murder was done by a hireling of someone in whom Mr. Nathan was more than a little interesied, When we take in consideration that certain papers are missing, which looks suspicious, and perhaps would be of much importance could they be found. As for tne robbery o! the jewelry, I consider tat a8 Noting more than a cloak to cover up the more important object, aad to make itappear that it was done by some burglar or sneak thief, and to avoid every suspicion on the gauty parties. IMPARTIAL JUSTICE, From auother correspondent we have received two letters, one ridiculing the idea of officer Man- gam examining twice in the course of the night the door of every house on his beat, and the other de- fending the reputation of the Nathan family. We give the latver: — 13 IT RIGHT TO ROB THE NATHAN CHILDREN OF THEIR INHERVCANCE? New YORK, August 7, 1870, To THe Eprror OF THE HERALE Sorely there is not @ being so vile in this commu- ity as to harbor for one Imstant the thought of de- priving the Nathan children of their dead father’s wealth. And yet are there some who would deprive them of what they value far more than his weaith— theirdead jather’s good name, Have they not a right to that mheritance? Is not that right conceded tuali children? Have these people (I trust for the honor of humanity they are (ew ady to filch good names end fed that they are insuiting the me: dead by slandering one whom im his life he heid dear—ius own loved and loving sony’ A man, Whom i life ail men respected, in death whoso memory ai good men delight to honor, one who struggled throngn a laborious life for virtue and honor, Who sought und obtained the utle of a true gentleman, who practised justice, goodness ana trath, and Whose chiet fame rests on his wide and universal charity to strangers to his biood, 1s it natu- ral to suppo-e that, «charitable to his own ehil- dyen, he did not wish them to mbherit his own un- tarnished name? Js it just vo assume that a man of unblemished honor, spotiess reputauon and high in- telleciual attamments, should struggle only to amass wealth to leave his children, without any care or heed whether they inherit his good name or not? And what evidence 1s there that one of those chil- dren, Washington Nathan, has forfeited his title to iat portion of his just inheritance? Because he ame home at twelve o'clock, a few minutes after is brother. Because he was the last of two to bid his father good night?’ ~ Because there is a doubt as to who saw a door open or closedy Because there must always be somebody as a scapegoat, and he Is the available somebody? Or because some sensational 1ews- paper article asseried last week that probably there was first only an altercation, that it increased, that probably vile epithets were used, that it ended in threats, blows aud finally murder? Are the writers of these articies conversant with the manners and habits of good society, or do they speak from experi- ence when they assert as a natural thing vile ep- thets, threats, blows and murder between gentlemen? A fond father aad a respectful, loving son—vile ept- thets and threats on tue one hand and parricide on the other! Is there any lady or gentleman who ever had the honor or the pleasure of the late Mr. Nathan’s acquaintance who will come forward and say that they believe he was a man capable of using opportunity to appear ia “Mignon” and *fismiet, ” operas Which she has made successful by her gee talents. We may not jook for the same exciiement on the al of © on as Was when her prototype, n 8 Lind, came here—for humbug no longer dares to soll art with its foul tonch—but we can assure her a hearty, deep-lelt’ welcome, more to be prized tian ai) the bougut up enthusiasin of a thousand Joyce Heths, RiVsR BRIDGE. t ‘AS Progress of the Work—The New Yerk Pier. Adjoining Fulton ferry, on wie Brooklyn, side isa huge mass of masonry, surmougted py catch basins, derricks, engines, and all the evidences of some great work of engineering, which upon in- quiry proves to be the incipient stages of construc- tion for the East River Bridg tapld progress is being made; tn fact, the rapidity with which the work 18 being carried forward is astonishing. It should be said that the construction thus far has met with no obstacles. Generally, in gigan- ue undertakings requiring the use of steam aud suomerged workmen, together with mammoth appiratus of every description, is not plain eatling. Withthe East River Bridge, however, owing to the careful preparations of Mr. Roebling aud the intetligent skill of the workmen there has been no impediment. A giance al the suar- face structure shows tiat there are forty-eight aid upon the culsson in two ta, and tne stone, from Kingston, 1s a closely | crystallized and Laftexible.granite, cut in large blocks, three feet long. They are hotsied, moved iaterally, and placed 1a position by strongly braved derricks propelled by steam power. [tis a very siinple and a very admirable proc aud difers litte from the characicr of laying ordinary foundations save, per- in the durability of the impervious cement. ation is constantly coipg on and the bottom sson Is now tweniy-two feet below high dt! will be neces: to lower it twenty 8 nt about forty-two nolification of this Teet m0} feet. among oilers, “Sonnambuli Dsposed, the effect | depth to suit the character of (he soll. A secure may Judged, with an Amina weighing 00°} Foundation 1s alone needed. The excavated earth, | Pounds and the other voices dragged down beiow | aéprix and rock is borac to the eariit by large Iron | thelr resisters, A i voice, grand aiiiste und, “basing operating as elevators. Duriig. the physically, a grand woman, nt they have raised over 3,000 cuble yards of GIL re employed daily in In the fail of 1854 ervision of Mr. C. G.M with the ve ‘ape had so long r ney show any sigus of erlor’ stage, With her came the golden void Bleven eagtaes are upon | and six are used in pumping We sivaim power 1s thus enormous. As the caisson goes down the masonry will be built, stratum on stratum, until the who! ts complete, and then the interior, the ¢ will be filled with concrete. carried on the excavations aud boulders, which are broke and the Wa naked soil at the bed c ; Seemed to have her, She was te | will take two years to finish the Brooklyn pier. Tn original Adalgisi 1t occurred in this | # Short tine, before @ month expires, construction y. Belilut w: for Pasta, and selected | will beg non the New York pi The ground has | an old artist f f AU 1i8 first reb i | already been purchased, he terminus on vs ta, being a of strong dramatic instinct, | tsiand will be at the foot of Roosevelt street. saw the folly of a Woman of maturity being jealous Za bi | ofan Adalgisa old | expostulated with HC and homeher than her: he manager who had see jor the role, Grist was then in witciingly beautttul girl iylug, “Here h a’ seduce Pollto ideal of an Adaigisa who c Norma. lwaut her, fw ch her the part Is it any wonder that Grist peceived her inspiration | Of “Norma’’ from its original represeatative, and 10 the end excelled ui? was writ- | ten for Gris. ft ton at Her Ma- | jesty’s was given wich ti quartet c | Rabin, Tambarint and Lar When v a company ve i aspecitic cout large sum tora season In A superstitious, Her friends 1 hoe in some form ol Jewelry about her. Sue lived a inrnished house on Fourtecnth strect, oppo- ard again y twilh Hack: ed and very isi Was very site Sicinway Hail servant having dite of scarlet fever, Grist came out on the step: looked at ihe number, saw that it as an odd oue, and in one | honr removed to -the Metropolitan Hotel, Miss Coutt n unsought admirer of Mario, came ov 0 America in the same mer aud returned with them, much to Grist’s horror. All Ure business of the troupe was trausacied by Grisi_ personally, for | Mario was notoriously lazy and tindoler The | Academy of Music was opened for tie firsi time by Mario aiid Grisi; bit then, a® now. the incnvus of deadicad stockholders was too much for the wan- agement, and poor Huckett had no reason vo con- gratulute hunself on the result. ANNA, COUNTESS DEL, arrived in the Spring of 1865, unde: it. He also brought over Mirate, the best | tenove robusto ever heard here, but, not being appre- Clated, he leit In disgust in a lew wee! oon after Uilmann soid out bis ej he Lag troupe to Paine, the le Academy of Music. Lagrange Was a bri urtisve, With a splendid soprano voice, superb execn tive ability and-great dramatic talent; she was the origing | Leouora in “Trovatore” in this country, Vi vali beng Azucena. Nantler Didiee subse ly arrived, a eplaced Vestvall, creating ¢. Sation by making the part, as it should Wb gypsy. Didvee. a tne contralto, on return to Jandon, achieved great success ab Covent Garden, et knew her without | § ARRIVAL OF P.SSENG WEEK. BURING THE The total number of passengers who arrived here during tie past week from loreign ports were as follows: Europa, Ban brancisco. Shape. Europa... Wilitaun Sarali Crowell. . John's, P. R. Rachel aud Amelia. Montevideo Ceres. : “Sautiago. Neilte.. Croix Aux Cayes..,. ‘Total... SUPREME COURT—SHAMBERS, Before Judge Barnard, Patrick McDonald, the alleged tcket swindler, and Jerome Bradley, charged with haying in his possession stolen United States bonds, and who were admitted to bail last week 000 each, ap- peared yesterday morning and he necessary in 3 filed t bouds, | pocket who was vile epithets and threats’ is there any lady or gentleman acquainted with Mr. Washington Nathan Who, from his or her knowledge of him, will state to the public that she or he believe him guilty of having been disrespectiul to nis father or having murdered him? Because there may or may not arise an unfortunate concatenation of circumstances 4s there sufficient shadow of a reason, moral or legal, to take from one of Mr. Nathan’s children a name that he ook pride in making —beloved, honored and respected—and that he would take de- Nght (could his dead lips but speak to teil us) in leaving them as their dearest heirloom’ - Is it not the deepest insult to the dead to suppose for a mo- meut that he reared sv unnatural a son—so debased aman asa parricide is pronounced by the world? Have sensaiionaitsty journalists and credulous peo- ple reflected that in disinheriting Washington Nathan of his father’s good name—a name that, in virtue of being his son and of having forfeited by nothing, he has a rigntto inberit—they disgrace through hin his brothers and sisters, and are virtu- ally robbing the Nathan children of their inheritance? FLE: Another communication on the same subject is as follows: To THE EpiTOR or THE HERALD:— In your sarcastic editorial on the Nathan murder this morning you say, “the blood of tie victim which was daubed and dashed and besprinkled on the wall Where the dying man in his awful agony of terror and death struggiing nad been throttied and desper- ately pressed aud held against it, might not, we are told, have left one little stala or spot upon the cloth- ing of the ussassin.’’ I confess I see nothing strange inthis for the following reason:—I believe that the lirst blow of the “dog’’ laid nim senseless and the second blow, delivered lumediately after, killed Mr. Nathan without staming the assassin’s clothes in the least. I do not believe that for the purpose of “making sure’ the assassin kept on iniicting wounds onthe murdered man, but I believe the assassin Knew that the biow of the dog’ had done its work aud that he inflicted the other wounds afterwards for the very purpose of making It appear that there had peen # bioody struggle, and his clothes must have been stained. It seems to me ke could easily have done tnis way, 2nd most likely did. W. #. PHILLIPS, A resident of Wilmington, Del., complains that the Mayor of that city gave a permit to fire guns in honor of the Prussian victory, and desires to know the HERaLD’s opinion of such conduct, though he thinks the HERALD does side with the Prussians, An uncharitable mocker commends to the _Empe- ror of the French the poe reflection of the pick- git in sicaling a cheap handker- When I think of what I am, Compared to what 1 was, I fear I’ve thrown inyself away Without sufficient cause. A German citizen, who boasts of having given the single negative vote at the meeting of Germans in Steinway Hail on the proposition to support the Prussian cause in the war, writes a long letter, from which we make tie following extracts:—+ New YorK, August 9, 1870, Aoi ie Pros-lans, the capture of Paris, the cession of Alsace and Lorraine to Prus- sia —for Which all ihe Germans ery out here with a vengeance—in short, the utter humiliation of the nation which three times already has shaken olf the yoke of Its oppressors and twice proclaimed herself ‘a republic—would be the worst calamity that could befall the nations of Surope in regard to their future liberation trom despotic rule. ‘To-day the people that ve to the world a Rous- seau and Voltaire is in deadly Straggle with the one that produced Luther and Kepler, Schiller, Goethe. Ought not this republic of forty millions of free men speak a word to bring them to their senses? Is she not indebted especially to France for her assistance 'n her own struggle for freedom and independence just a hundred years ago? Think of this, Americans; it would be so easy for you now to show at leasi your sympathy with your faith{nl friend of a hundred years ago, for just“ now France is aMicted and needs it sorely, single word of sympathy migbtdo wonders, Let évery true citizen of this republic, may he be American, of Freuch, of English, of Irish, of Polish, of Italian, of Spanish or of German origin, send word quickly to the misled French people io this effect. Freachmev, compel to iguomtuious fight the mur- derer of your own and the Roman republic, the would-be assassin of that of Mexico; if he don t dis- appear deliver him to the haugman. tion of the republic would merely create a spiteiul, scornful laughter in the ranks of the German hosts, But your deciuration, people of France, accompa- nied by the overthrow Of all his vile overtures would command the respect even of the most loyal sub- jects of King Witham, the grapeshov prince of 1348, And to the Germans: ‘The iree people of ths great republic, and especially your German brethren, ex- pect of every Germun soldier ia arms that not an- chief, viz other shot be fired ata Frenchman after France has declared herself a repubiic and disowns the rule of the last usurper. And shame, eternal shame, to the German nation in arms, when she delivers her guns and accoutrements back to the stronghoids® and lock-ups of her tyrants, before she has full guarantee that not one tnch of the soil of France, as it was in 1848, be severed from her; for the dismemberment of France meas a Europe in arms for the next century. And iet no German soldier go to his home without his arms before full security is given that at least a liberal constitution is given to ali Germany. People of the United States, we imptore you, do notiet the opportunity pass by agaiu immediatay ask of all true citizens of your help aud your voice in order to bring to thelr senses our German brethren who pow act lke so many loyal subjects of King William, The following extraordinary document is sent to us as having been read before an association in Buf. falo a few evenings since: ee Edwin Lee, Major General, Presidené of the Jater- national Brotherhood of the Sons of Liberty, to the people of all Feces. languages, creeds, classes and tions, greeting:— eo SOLDIERS or Liperty—With and by the consent and advice of the knights, commanders, delegates and fathers of the Supreme Council of the Intern tional Republican Brotherhood, | have to an- Bounee to you Mut in our opinion the beginning of the end has come, the long expected morning is about to dawn on our efforts in behalf of the rights of man and universal freed We live ia eveniful times. The “kings” and 3% of the Old World are being weighed in the balance, and vengeance will turn che scale, Stand to your arms along the fron- vers of tyranny the blood of your siaughtered friends and brothers, the patriots of the Vid Word cry to Heaven for judgment. The grand jury of the nations has returned a verdict of “Guilty?” against men-monsters, the decree has gone forih, mouarchy. has had is day and shali cease to be. ‘fhe beils of time are tolling its funeral knell, Let the nauons despatch the hydra demon called royalty. Let the pemte resume thei ancient and inherent rights, fhere 1s no King” but God, no lord but one, Pre- pare, so that when the auspicious our has come we may, WAth. one Consent, inangurate the rem of Jehovah by proctaimiag the universal brotherhood of man—by instituting & universal federal republic, founded on the basis of the present constitution of the United States of America, Brethren of our luternational Union we preach universal peace ; put our enemies are beiore us, our foes are in the citadel; the Amalekites are stil in the land; the Anakims must be expellea. To regain our righis, to secure tranquillity, we must be ready Jor war. Letus place ourselves in a position to profit by events. ie interests of the present and of future generations are tn our hands. Let us prove ourselves equal to so important a trust. Ke active, be prompt, be prudent. Let the four conti- nents of the earth clasp hands. ‘Their interests are one; all ‘‘revolutionists’? are brothers. Yon are therefore exhorted. and commanded to cordially and affectionately give hand or Tmendship = and of love to every race, nation or people who love liberiy and dare to be tree. Nor should you be content with this, You should revive liberty Where lt 18 dormant and inv gorate her where she is weak, being aiways ready to offer up your lives as a sacrifice ior the good of your fellow men. This ts our duty—shall it not be done? Forgetful of self let us seek the weifare of others and prefer their interests to our own. Tt has been asked, ‘Are the nations, led by the sons of liberty, to rise stinultaneousiv as one man (at one and the same time), or shall they strike for their liberties at different umes?” <A reply to this query would be outside our province. The Interna- tional Brotherhood and thei omMcers will, under the guidance of Providence, prove themselves worthy of their high vocation when the destined hour shall come, In the meantime our means must be concen- trated, 80 that they may be applied in the most practicai and effectual manner, according to the light that 1s mous. The present hour js ours; the fature isin the hands of our King, the Sovereign Ruler of the universe, Let us each and alt act our part well, The Omnipotent will direct all things tor the be: Women of the earth, noble sisters of liberty, under the new order of things your rights of equality with m wiil be recognised. A fair fleld will be open to your talents; the monopolies hetd hitherto vy the sterner sex in monarchical countries will be abol- ished, ‘The riguts and dates of life need assimil tion, We ask your influence in the good cause of erty. infuse Its prinucipies into the hearts of your husbanas, children, fathers and lovers; then shall suture generations rise up and call you biessed. Pos- terity will hear of your noble deeds, and Providence will bless your eiforts. People of liberty and of peace, the present isa season for activily—be up and doing! Form new circles, initiate new members, go on Working and to work, until all mankind is numbered in our ranks, Promote peace and good will among all men; con- trol your sympathies; work for the future: we owe a debt to posterity, Steadily pursue your godlike ca ree day performing something good for the cause of hu- man liberty; each in his sphere doing whatsoever he findeth to do with all his might. If each min does his duty the day is not far distant when we shail go Promote unity All men are brothers; Jet us EDWIN LEE. forth conquering and to conquer. love. harmony, peat teat them as 81 eR PAINS Influence of Governor Wi Tr—Senaton Creamer a Visitor—Has went Re Miasion ¢—The Catastrophe at Jerry’s Rup. Wurre Sciravr Srrixas, ‘REBNBRIER County, W. va. August 10, 1870, Just how or when West Virginia became admitted to the sisterhood of States is to most people as dubious a question ag ever was that of the Schleswig-Hoistein, but to citizens of the Old Dominion proper it has an undyiny interest. Hitherto a poverty of political influence has led them to look after their more immediate concerns, until now, enriching apace, the neve . quiry arises as to when, where and w the issue to be presented which may finally ena ble the Supreme Court to forever settle the dige pute. I leave it to the legal fraternity to specu- late upon the result, and only surmise said Old Deminion would rather part with all the rest than this delightful, ever-verdant amphitheatre away up here among the mountain tops. Nature made it the fairest gem in the Virginia coro 2nd around it cluster many years of family and political assoe ciations, carrying us back to the time before railroads, when the rich planters and influential citizens from all over the South journeyed hither with their families io carriages, accompanied by their favorite negro domestics, and tarried the Season through, The war made this a bivonaa alternately for each of the contending a ies, bué Peace bringswith it itsformer prestige, though time may be required to fally restore the vb: dings and adornments which were once the pride of theix owner: ‘This season a larger number of visitors have already arrived than at any time since the wars The cottages are nearly all occupied, und during the day the lawns and parlors and at night the ball- rooms are thronged with “beauty and chivalry.’# T have observed since here many of the noted per~ sonages of the South, including Davis and Toombs, and everywhere the best fee! g, hot only among themselves, but toward the Northerm visitors. I mention Toombs because in particular he seems to realize the situation and hearti ly to make the best of it. Whatever he has been he ig thoroughly the man of the present, znd mixes up, laughs and _ telis eb stories, even. though an old associate may come im for an occasional hit. Walker, the present Gov« ernor of Virginia, is also here, with his e-timable lady. The Governor, who is a well kuown New Yorker, has become firmly identified with the State of his adoption and appears to possess the confidence of all. His course has been marked by great prudence, and it is safe to say he has done more to restore Virginia to her position in the Union than any man in the country. He was not an office-seeker, but a Northern man of conserva- tive notions, who at an early period during the war settled in Virginia to make the State his home. His great capacity and attractive address as well as circumstances early marked him as the man for the occasion, and he was elected by the Virginia ere ata time when probaily no one, else could have succeeded. ‘He has friends. and many too, who look forward to his election thig winter to the United States Senate, and circum- stances designate him fora still higier office im the federal government, but to every suggestion of the kind made him his manner is a rebuke and diffusing happiness, inspiring contidence, every | his answer is that his State has interests which demand his attention; that he only desirea their advancement, and when she shili have re+ sumed her old position in the the Union he will return to his business. This week the conserva- tive committee of the Virginia Legislature pub- lished an address to the people in which the ground If that proclamation don’t bring the French ana | is taken that although the conservative organiza- Prussians to terms, and make the Amalekites and the Anakims shake in their shoes, then strong language has lost its power and there is no more virtue in bombast, Turning now to the more pleasant theme of music and art we give tne following no! BROOKLYN, August 9, 1870, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERAL In your article of yesterday, in which you predict the almost certain success of that truly great. prima donna, Mile. Christine Nilsson, you inenuon many of the incomparable artistes who have met with the enthusiastic reception ever given to rcal talent in the United States, Unintentionally, mM sure, you have omitted the name of one wiv has great claims to notice—Miss Louisa Pyne—whose success was certainiy not the least among those you have named. You will nut wonder at my jealousy for the fame im the New World of her who has so thoroughly established a European reputation when I sign myself ker nie BLANCHE GALTON On the subject of the funeral obseqmes of John Real, a correspondent asks:— nor of the American flag if mur- e Wrapped therein and gioritied? it ts a pity that Geueral Haipine is dead, or & would have had a chance for writing a second poem on the flaunting lie. This New York mob rule is just as bad and stilt worse than African slavery, the ma- jority of the Southern aristocrats havmg been at least gentlemen. Another correspondent condemns the system of employing grand roundsmen two watch patrolmen and report them if they happen to rest for a few minutes, and says that ine effect of the sysiem 18 to His declara- | drive good meu out of the force in order that places may be supplied hy rowdies, THE GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL. Rapid Appreaching Completion of the Vast Hotel EdificeA Glance at the Work as it Progresses—tt is to be Opened on the 25th Instant. The Grand Central Hotel, on Broadway, between Amity and Bleecker streets, is now rapidly ap- proaching compietion, and will be opened about the 26th inst. It 1s now over two years since the work of constructing this immense hotel edifice was first begun, and now, that some intelligible idea of its size can be gathered from its linmense internal and external proportions, its unity of plan and still com- plexity of details, without involving any confusion, the enterprise as @ whole may be noted one of the most Importunt ever projected in the metropolis. The building is nothing bat A CITY WALLED IN BY MARBLE and sheltered with a Mansard roof, where the pur- pose is living in elegance and dwelling in luxury. it 1s distinctively a modern hotel, and about the only one that has been constructed with all the new appliances for comfort, all the inventions that look to safety, despatch and neatness. Accommo- dations will exist in the Grand Central for FIFTEEN HUNERED GUESTS, ana these accommodations are slimlar to those found in every brown stone front in the city. T hotel is, therefore, simply an agglomeration of pri- vate houses, connected by long, wide and lofiy hal: The idea is to have all the provisions, necessities and luxuries accessibie in a large city collected in the same structure, and still allow a family to enjoy a seclusion or privacy according to its tastes. Say that a suite is engaged. It consists of a su- perbly furnished parlor, carpeted in Axminster or Brussels, hung with laces and damasks, embel- lished with gilt and black walnut cornices, wrougut with Gothic devices, decorated in frescoes, medal- lions and chaste ornamentation, and provided with sumptuous upholstery, which is devoid of any harsh extravagance, EVERY PRIVATE PARLOR has a mantel glass and a pier glass, and the stone fittings are of the purest unblemished Vermont mar- bie. The bedrooms ana closets connecting are like- wise furnished in black walnut sets, with the latest spring mattresses, and the gas, waier and bathing Tuciities are faultiess. This is but a general state- ment of the character of the average of the 400 suits ofrooms, But special apartments, furnished more sumpiuously, are to be reserved for state occasions. THE GROUND FLOOR of all hotels is always a fine feature, With the Grand Central it is tnuswaliy rich and full im all its ap- polntments. The large Exchange, with nghd futed Corinthian columns, is tiled m alternate blocks of white and black marble, the pendant chandeliers are of an exquisite pattern, large, with nume- rous’ burners, and wrought with curious and blending designs, Vhe bar, news stand, telegraph offices and business counters are all without pre- cendent in hotel construction, All told the hote: complete Is @ valuable acquisition to the metropolis. it is expected that Mile. Nillson, the Swedish Nightingale, who will arrive in this city durmg the second week in September, will occupy the elegant apartments on Broadway, which are scarcely ex- celled anywhere, Mr. H. L. Powers, the proprietor, is giving his per- sonal supervision to the details night apd day, aud it 1s designed to render the opening a feature im the city’s history. A hotel costing $2,000,000 is not built every day in this country i their | tion was intended to be but temporary yet its ob- jects have not been fally attained, and that it is premature to disorganize and resolve into the democratic and republican elements. ‘This view of the case scems to be fully admitted by the Richmond Enquirer, which now, as in former times, leads on the democracy ; 80 that with the Dispatch and Whig 1 expect the suggestion of the committee will be accepted and that Virginia will continue to work for its substantial interests regardless of par y. Tat your Senator, Thomas J. Creamer, here @ night since at a little supper, at which were pres- ent several of the leading citizens of the South. New York, with its 80,000 democratic majority, is not without its admiration at the South, and [ was pleased to observe the frank, outspoken— though they might in times gone by have been ‘somewhat unwholesome—words in which the Senator laid bare the political situation of the country and recommended that which was to be pursued by the South in order to regain its former position of influence. New light seemea to break in upon his suggestion, which | doubt uot will exhibit itself in the futare. As the Senator said to me, sotto voce, they at the: South require the organizing mind of a Peter Bismarck Sweeny to set them right. The telegraph has given you before this the in- telligence of the terrible disaster at Jevry’s Run, about four and a haif miles east of this place. Not one escaped death or wounds, and the wonder is thata person survived the catastrople. The plunge was perpendicular, and both the wood and iron works of the car were shattered to atoms. The railroad’s ascent at the place of the accident is about three hundred feet to the mile, and while one engine draws the train another pushes from behind. At the precise point the road takes a short turn, and to my mind the acci- dent was caused by the slacking up of the for- ward engine while the one behind continued om and pushed the car off the track down, down into the frghtful ab, A general gloom pervades around as though some horrible spectre had ap- peared at a wedding feast. WATERING PLACE NOZES. Among the simmer visitors at the Pavillon at Nyack, on the Hudson, are the following,gentiewen, with their Jamities:—Mr, Tucker, Mr. William ‘Thompson and Mr. Choate, of New Yo: Mr. We Gregory, of Jersey City; Mr. William Spence, Mr. V. Snedeker and Mr. Mead, of Brooklyu. Minister de Garcia, of the Argentine Repubitc, and his wile, Sen: Eduarda M, de Garcia, the talented authoress, are spending the summer al Luke Osca- wana, near Peekskul. “Jennie June,” with her family, is at Richfield Springs. Lady Franklin has gone to Lenox, Mass., to visit Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, She wiil go thence to Newport. Rev. Dr. Chapin is spending the summer at Pigeom Cove, Cape Ann. Mrs. Jennic ificks, “Sophie Sparkle,” 1s spends ing a few Weeks at Saratoga. At Cornwall, on the Hudson, we notice Mrs. H. G, Williams, Mrs. Leeds, Mr. H. J. Davidson, Mr. George H. Hoppock, Mrs. Edwin Smith, Megsrs. Cronin, C. C. Jackson, of the United States Navy; Cornwaller, Suiomoa, Pool and Welter, with their Tamihes, and Mr. Gd. F. Choate. There have been several hops during the summer, and one occurring on Friday evening, the 29th ultimo, was a very en- Joyable affair, Among the visitors at Newport are:—Miss J. Butier and Miss Butler, Mr. and Mrs, H. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. D. Sickles, Mr. and Mrs, M. Bell, Mr. J. H. Morse and family, Mr. and Mrs, R. H. McCurdy, of 10 East Fourteenth street; Mr. and Mrs. Wiillam Newman, Mr. John V. L. Prayn and family, of Albany; Mr. Frederick W. Rhinelander and farmlty, of 12 West Twenty-eighth street; Mr. Ciarles H. Russell and family, of 417 Fifth avenue; Mr. Paran. Stevens, C. Hayes ‘dnd wile, A. Mitchell, 0. Bostl- nett, J. Freeman, J. Grayhurst, P. Schofield, We Campbell, S. Quackenbush, A. V. Meyer, ‘T. Lilite. Ne Cutler, W. Chapin, J. Mahen, D. Hirsch, Miss Hirsch, K, Fayles and wife, Miss Henderson, W. Davideom and R. Colt, ‘The steady rush of visitors to Watkins Glen, N. Y., continues, On Thursday of last week the excursion party under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic, from weneva, over Seneca Like, bums bered over 000, and on that day the number of visit- ors at the Gien was about 700, The next greas steamboat party 18 set down for the 17th inst., whem the Seneca Castle Cornet Band will make their an- uual trip and be accompanied, as heretofore, by @ host of iriends. During the past week the large huinber of men of note from nearly ali the cities of the Un‘on ant the Canadas precludes the idea of mentioning narnes, for ‘their number ts !egion.?? We hear the following news from Long Branch:— Mr. and Mrs. ‘Theodore Moss will remain snore cothgsre Csoen Gente until October 1. Mr. and Mrs, J. Becker, of New York, are among the perma- nent guesis at the Oontinental, Mr. J.T. MeCalilh and his turnouts have departed for Saratoga. Jay Gould has not been down to see us in sive days. Colonel Fisk is here every might, and practices horseback riding on the cross towa avenues. Jennie Weyinau, of New York, is one of the most beautiful young ladies at the Branch. Mr. Neary Harley and wife will remain at the Continental netil the close of the season, Count de Tarrene and bride will remain at the West End ote) uni ihe house Closes for tae seazon.