The New York Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1879, Page 5

WINTER IPE TN PAU. Our American Colony at the Foot | of the Pyrenees, ITS INTERESTS AND AMUSEMENTS. How Our American Sportsmen Go Over tne Country. SOMETIMES OVER THEIR HORSES’ HEADS. ——_-—* Thomas Burgess, W. P. Donglas, Daniel Tor- rance and Other Famous Riders, GEN. GRANT AT THE MEET AND FINISH. Pav, Dec. 12, 1878, Pau, so far as the weather is concerned, is not to be trusted. This morning there was a burst of sun- shine, and a walk to the environs was inviting. The snow had fallen during the night—just enough to be tantalizing, not enough for enjoyment and too much for comfort, which is about the wi a generally find snow in this latitude, But the sun gave promise of open fields, with possibilities for the hounds in the way of finding afox. Then Pau mis- behaved itself in a weather way so badly when Gen- eral Grant came that all who cared for the good name of the old town of Heury of Navarrq rejoiced in the aun. But ‘the rejoicing was temporary, for almost before the morning shadows had thrown themselves over the peaks black, heavy clouds came up from the sea, The snow came in feathery flakes and a strong wind blew it against your window pane, and soon the mountains were hidden under a fleecy canopy, and the green hillsides became brown and gray, and the sparkling waters of the Gave were confused and blended with the falling snow. There was no refuge but what one would find at home on a bleak December day—a fire, a cigar and a novel, or the writing of letters. As you looked down on the terrace an occasional phantom glided along, and you knew by the stride—the lung- ing, tramping stride—that some of our English friends were off for a jaunt through the valley, eager for the air and caring nothing for the snow or the rain, But capricious is Pau! For as you study the the storm—and there are few forms of natural beauty better worth studying—you look out over the hills and pale -rifts of light appear, and the black clouds become pearl, and roll and melt and break and became blue Then you know that the sun asserts its power, for the skies come out clear and bright, the snow vanishes and the sunshine pours over the valley, and the Pyrenesan summits once more mass themselves against the horizon, brighter and more radiant because of the snow that has fallen and the sun that has come to irradiate the snow. FOX HUNTING. What you have of winter here comes in whiffs and gusts, and while an hour ago the day seemed doomed to correspondence now there is a possibility that the hounds will meet. I take counsel on this subject from a Swiss serving man who answers my bell and has humble functions in the hotel, and who has so much intelligence that I think he must be an eminent Swiss citizen in disguise studying the institutions of the country, or, perhaps. a member of the International Society warring upon Kings. My Swiss friend informs nie that the hounds will meet even as reported; that there is no doubt about it now; as he had private information from one of the attendants at the hunt. Ho says there is no trouble sbout finding a fox, because they always carry one along in abag. He thinks it adroll busi- ness carrying a fox.in a bag, and thon galloping over ditches to find it, when it was so easy to keep it in the bag. But these Englishmen are so droll, and the townspeople have voted 10,000 francs to help find the fox when he escapes out of the bag. The ques- tion of sport does not enter into his mind, and I halt believe that the only reason Fran¢ois can find for hunting is that the English milords may show their Jet uniforms, which must be a badge of rank at home. HUNTING IN THE PYRENEES. It is well understood that English civilization is imperfect without hounds. So when the English invaded Pau and planted a colony the hounds were a necessary sequence. The country is favorable for hunting; there are pleasant stretches across the valley, with ditches and fences. I suppose there are foxes enough, if huntsmcn really wanted to find them in cover as they do in England, but this would be subject to many inconveniences. In England hunting is a national amusement, and all classes accept it, and for generations hunting men have roamed over the shires and found the foxes where they could. They were always at home. But in France it is a foreign amusement, and is well enough around Pau, where the people understand it, and the keen Bearnaise accepts it because it keeps Englishmen and Americans in Pau and brings him money. But if a hunting party were roam over the country as in the shires the peasants would be apt to regard it as an invasion, and the gen- tlemen in pink and scarlet as Communists or Span- iards come to ravage their fields, The hunt, there- fore, is always a bag hunt. Anhali hour before the time a fox is carried in a bag over a route laid down by the Master of the Houuds and set free at a given point. This gives the fox time to hide or to make for Spain or return to Pau if so minded, Jt evables the Master of the Hounds to select a route that will be convenient to the hunters and to the farmers, who are sensitive about having growing fields ridden over, He can make the hunt fong’one or ashort one, as he pleases, also a matter to bo considered in days when the weather is capricious. Evén when there is frost on the ground, unless the frost is hard and binding, which does not often happen at Pau, a fair hunt may be assured. PAC AS AN ENGLISH COLONY. «Pau isso much an English colony that fox-hunt- ing has become an instt ition, Our beloved cousins wander over the world aud seek out congenial places— air and scenery andsca, They bring their comforts with them, and you mark the site of au English camping ground as readily as the site of a camp on one of our prairies, Tea, pale ale, Tauchnitz's translations, Cheshire cheese, bacon, hounds and horses—with some corner where you can worsnip according to the Established Churet, ‘The shop- men adapt themeclves to their invaders, As you wander about Pau, and look in at the windows, you fice all kinds of traps baited with English “novel. ties.” A blazing handbill tells you that the last London paper has arrived with Beaconsfield’s speech and a full report of the latest “mystery.” Signs tell you that “English is spoken" within, although the quality of English is not specified, Woollen goods abound, the Pau shopmen believing that Eng. lish comfort demands a large amount of wool, National vanity is flattered by the names of the stores, one establishment near oar hotel, given to pioves and hosiery, being named “Tye Vrince of Wales.” While these comforts are spread out by She shopmen the coloniat must bring his amuse- ments and his religion, If the colonist is a Catholic Pau will be especially attractive. It seems, so far ew Lean learn, that the Virgin has a fancy for coming down to the Pyrenees, Her last appearance was at Lourdes, only forty minutes off. But I find that the Church has many traditions of such appear- ances at various points in this glorious moun- tain range. There are no amusements in France except sitting at a café, playing dominoes and talking politics, Then the English- man is @ home-loving, gregarions being. Ho cannot snjoy his dinner unless he can have a friendto whom be can talk about it; how he enjoyed it, how he finds bis digestion, and how strange it) is that no one can took # mutton chop on this side of the Channel}, and NEW althongh this is the land of the vine sll wine is beastly compared with what you drink in England. RIVALBIRS AMONG COLONIES. So you have racing in Pau, and lawn tennis and | riding with hounds, Pigeon shooting has fluttered ever to Nice, which is more flashy place than Pau. Your true Englishman is so fond of taking sides that the colonists have rivalries, A Nice colonist will tell you that Pau is av old-fashioned bundram place frequentul by old women and Puseyites, aud half-pay officers, where people play crib- bage, and smoke pipes, and go to bed at nine o'clock, and read throngh the debates in the Times, and never retire without bathing their feet in nuustard and water. The Pan colonist will tell you |; that Nico is a caddish hole, that most of the residents have been blackballed at their club for cheating at cards and had to leave home, that the oniy amuse- ment is gambling and that no person who was any one at home or valued his good name would be seen in such a place—that it is the Cremorne Garden of Furope, all frivolity and dissipation. The fact that there is a Pau hunt—that real hounds come here and run after real foxes—-gives Pau a prestige, for hunting is tho, amusement of the English gentleman, of the t, 1 “John Bull who believes in Church and Queen. It has its literature and its laws and its autiquity, without which in England nothing can be respectable, Aman who can ride well to hounds is something like the person of bad name who always touched his hat when he passed a church, and who, according to Dr. Johnson, was surely @ man of good principles, When Kinglake sums up all the damnatory points in the career of Louis Napo- leon he sees a redeeming point in tho fact that he rode fairly to hounds. I suppose nothing illustrat the passion more than the trait which Fielding as- cribes to Squire Western, who, when in hot pursuit of his daughter, contd not resist the cry of the pass- ing honnds, but joined in tho hunt and came in at the death. ‘THE PAU HUNT. ‘The Pau hunt is ander the mastership of the Earl of Howth. This gentleman comes to Pau for reasons of health, and has taken the mastership, to the great satisfaction of all the residents. Lord Howth has presented two packs of honnds to the hunt, and gives great attention to all the details of the meeting. The presence in Pau of so distinguished a nobleman, famous for his intelligent interest in manly sports, has added greatly to the valuo of the hunt. There are several Americans who have given their adhesion to the hunt, and who are giving America an enviable fame as a country of hard and good ‘horsemen. Thomas Burgess, of Boston, is here and is celebrated among the hunters as a brave, bold rider. Mr. Burgess thinks of taking a hunting scat in Leicestershire next winter. Daniel Torrance, of New York, is always seen in scarlet, and generally among the first at the death, Dr. Parks, of Boston, is among the enthusiastic lovers of the hunt. ‘The Doctor was the companion of General Grant on his day’s ride to see the hounds. William P. Douglas, so well known in New York as one of the most fearless and enthusiastic of sports- men--first in every movement to advance manly sports, has been staying here afew days. Although Mr. Douglas is not a member of the hunt, he has been out with the hounds at every mect. One day he managed to have two falls in a single run, and was fortunate enough to be-in at the death. He leaves Pau for a short, visit to Leicestershire, when he will, we hope, have some good sport in the shires. PAU AS A HUNTING COUNTRY. What makes Pau dificult as a hunting place is that it is, to use am English phrase, a “blind country.” The agricultural necessities are so various and min- ute that no one can tell when he takes to the fields where or when he may strike a ditch. There are in- numerable obstacles, severe obstacles tor the hun- ter—a great deal of bank jumping. The cheraux de pays are skilled in this, and they frequently have in. cidents of an amusing, but, I am glad to say, not as yet of a serious kind, Sometimes a half-dozen rider- less horses will be seen careering on their own hook. ‘The best horses for Lwnting, and especially for such & country as Pau, are the Irish hunters, as there is bank hunting in Ireland ay here. The coming of General Grant to Pau was weicomed by the hunt, and a meet was arranged to da him nonor. A good deal had been heard of the Gencral’s horsemanship and people wore..curious to sep show he would follow the hounds, A Severe tréet prevented the meeting and the Genera! missed what would have been the most brilliant turnout of .the season. He attended one hunt, however—the bne that took place the day of his arrival, and after witnessing the start rodearound to the finish. As thé route had been made by a bag, there was no trouble §n being in at the death. The General had never taken part in a hunt—had, I be- lieve, never seen one. In his carlier days hunting was not the fashion at home. Hoe was amused and interested. One of his friends asked him how he would like @ ride across the coun- try. “Well,” he said, “I would not care to jump all those ditches and fences, but I suppose if I was in the hunt I could not resist the temptation. When I was younger I used to go out of my way for the pur- pose of finding a bit of a wall or fence, merely for the pleasure of jumping it. Ido not know how it would be now, crossing the country. I suppose I would go with the rest.” He was interested in the intelligence shown by the horses, who before leaping a fenee would look over and see what was beyond. I think the General would have imitated Squire Western and followed the ery had he been well mounted, As it was he rode to the finish. The finish was an easy one, as the fox, when freed from his bag, instead of making tracks for the Pyrenees, as it would have been wise for him to have done, quictly slipped into a hole and waited for the hounds to drag him out. I suppose the animal had become disheartened with his bag treatment, and, not knowing the country, preferred to meet his fate in the flelds rather than incur one equally as terribly in the hills, A MEET ON A FROSCY DAY. Tam afraid I have not seen a hunt at its best, even in Pau, but the mecting at Morles was worth seeing. The hour for the hunt was noon, but afterward changed to one o'clock, so a8 to allow the sup full play upon the frosty ground, In the moruing, as I walked around the castle, the ground was hard and resonant, I took counsel with wy Swiss mentor, “Would thoro be a-hunt or not?” I found that my friend had great confidence in Lord Howth, and if his Lordship had fixed on a hunt, it was pretty sure to come off, ‘hen he had private information. It is due to my Swiss’ friend ‘to say that his ideas of fox Jmnting were hazy, apd that he believed that most Englishmen carried foxes with them as part of their retinue, and that all that his Lordship had to do, in an emergency, was to hand a fox out of his saddle- bags and throw it among the hounds. At noon we started for the meet. It was very cold, and a keen wind came down from the Pyrenees, On our way out tion always was, “Would thero be a hunt: vo was quite large, but not so large as it would have been had the ground been free from frost, The colony, American and English, was well repre- sented, and it seemed as if the meet was composed of Saxons, ae all spoke English, A carriage, containing four French army officers, was among the first to come; but the officers took no part, ‘The meet was about four miles from Pan, under an avenue of over- hanging trees, forming a Gothic arch over our heads, There were carriages, coupés—groups constantly arriving and forming—ladies in riding habit, with their full, clear, bonny English faces reddening in the cold, keen air; gentlemen of the hunt in scarlet, and gentlomen guests of the hunt in brown Meiton. The question whethor the hounds will go ix debated in cheery fasiion us we walk up and down the road and look out over the low, rough flelds, tipped with tutts of snow. The air is clear, as you can note by following the honeycomb ridges of the mountains and tracing the varying forms of the rocks, Now the excitement increases as we hear the baying of the dogs, and ina few momenta two scarlet decked huntsmen come riding, surrounded by the hounds. One of the huntsmen rides ahead to lead the way and another remains in the rear to watch for stragling hounds and sec that no Towser or Ponto goes off on a little fox catching of sheep stealing expedition of his own, The hounds are eager for the start and snitt every token of animal life, an uneasy, restless, moving mass, held under complete control by the huntsman, who addresses them in a @talect of his own, which I coult not understand. But it was effective, and as he was always addressing them 1 suppose he found it necessary to preserve discipline. OFF AND AWax, Loed Howth rides up in a canter, wearing a scarlet coat, and everybody seems pleased to welcome his frank, open Cave. His lordship looks at the sky and YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY the ground anxiously, and is uot sure whether it will be worth while making the run, Then, leaping over a ditch into a ploughed ficld, he is followed by the hounds and two or three of the huntsimen, who ride about and study the ground in # deprecating way, while the dogs run hither and thither, sniffiug at every twig and stone, eager to be away, and the huntsman always calling and commanding, just as ifhe were John Kelly addressing a Tammany con- vention, In the meantime gather on the road and watch the sky aud ground. Some of our party are well mounted, and their horses, trained to the chase, are impatient for the horn, Do you remem- ber how poor Whyte-Melville, who broke his neck the other day in a hunting field, describes a good hunter A head like a snake and a skin like a mouse; An eye like a woman’s—bright, gentle and brown; With loins and aback that would carry a house, ‘And quarters to lift him smack over a town. Where the country is deepest, Ixive you my word, "Lis a pride and’a pleasure to put him along; | O'er fallow and pasture he sweeps like a bird, Aud there's nothing too high, nor too wide, nor too strong. . We do not wait long, for in a fow minutes Lord Howth returns, riding rapidly over the field, crosses the road and enters another field. Ina moment the hounds are after him, the scent is found, and with tails in air, noses on the ground, every nerve at- tuned, panting, straining, eager, the whole pack is away. Huntsmen brace themselves in their saddles and are off. Over @ ditch into a rough field. The hounds straining and eager--every one pressing to the front. Over a hedge cov- ered by shrubbery. The hounds dart as it were like arrows out of a how and the horsemen after. gate, but the most of them go plunging straight after the hounds, His Lordship well to the front. One horse misses his footing, throws his rider and makes down the road for his stable, having no inter- ext in the hounds. Happily the rider—a lady—is not injured. The horse is canght and she returns to the chase. Now let our friends get to the front as well ax they can—the front is a half mile away, the hounds in full cry. Hunting is like human life and has a great deal of human nature in it. Some tumble, some fall in a ditch, some are thrown—tho hunt keeps on, for the race must be run and the goal must be won, and if we full or are passed it is destiny. IN FULL cRy, Away over field and slope, over ground torn by the plough, over ditches, over pasture lands where homely cattle are feeding and wondering what means this rnde invasion: past cottages, all the household assembled, the men wearing their blue Basque bon- mething like what you see worn in Scotland, traversing stony highways; again over ditches, into a morass, in which we plunge and flounder ard rush ont as best we can. How keen the air and how much better this joyous communion with nature than cot- toned away in the close nursery of civilization, every faculty alive and bracing and the spirit ot emulation in every breast! Who shall be first? Which of us will jump the most fences? Who shall carry off the brush? How like the great hunt in which we are all engaged, and which we call exist- ence! And what wins in the world wins in the hunting ficld—nerve, coolness, resolution, hon- est, steady riding to the goal, turning neither to the nets, 5 Some look about for an easy pince, a gap ora | 5, 1879--QUADRUPLE SHEET. AMUSEMEN TS. the Pat Miss Henvialia Markstein will show her STEINWAY HALL CONCERT—SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NEW YORE. ‘Those who were not present at Steinway Hall last night missed a rave musical treat, though despite adverse elements there was a cultured and thronged attendance to hear the third symphony concert of the above society. A more delightful pro- gramme could not have been arranged, and it was evident that the gifted influence of Dr, Leopold Damrosch had not been } exerted in vain, It was plain, however, that the ab- sence of Mr. Thomas was not particularly missed, as the orchestration was equal to anything that has been heard in this time-honored place of musical entertainment. It was to be regretted that Herr Wilhelmj was, through illness, pre- vented from appearing, but his place was | well supplied in the presence of Mr, Franz Rummel, whose marvellous performance asa pianist created quite axensation, His interpretation of Ed- ward Grieg’s concerto for a pianoforte, with orchestra, op. 16 (A minor), including three movements, elic- ited rapturous applause. Beyond question Mr. Rum- mel is one of the finest artists visiting — this country that have interpreted — the — works of the great composers. His touch, expression and technique fairly took the house by storm. His recall was the signal for uproarious applause. A y agreeable feature of the concert was the appear- of Miss Anna Drasdil, who was in excellent She sang an aria trom “Xerxes,” one of Han- del's ‘most tuneful compositions, the result of her effort being a most liberal approbation from a tical assemblage. Her rentrée was unani- mously demanded from ail parts of the house, and in | Tespouse to the hearty demonstrations she sang “The Prayer,” by Ferdinand Hiller. Subsequently she red “La Captive,” not unknown to concert | go with artistic finish, her tine lower register revealing the beauties of the melody in magnificent form. Miss Drasdil made a great sttecess last night, and it is to be hoped that her appearance in oratorio is not far distant. But, ot course, the feature of the concert was the per- formance by the orchestra of Frauz Schubert's unfinished symphony in B minor, ‘This mag composition entranced the critical andie no exaggeration to say that Dr. Damrosch convey: as far as lay in his power through his orchestra, the views of the great composer, Nothing more artis- | tic has been heard in Steinway Hall for many | a day. It would, indeed, be idle to criticise | | a performance of such ‘sterling merit. ‘The | members of the orchestra did their work nd, with one or two exceptions, no room was Robert Schumann's symphony in 2) brought the concert to a close, all the ‘Movements being executed with precision, Indeed, | the Symphony Society of New York ought to be rarely have the walls of ore delighttul interpreta- *« than last night. | Steinway Hall rang with tions of’ the great compos: MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES, “cinderella” and the thoroughbred Kentucky horses are still the attractions at the Aquarium. ‘The Lyceum Theatre will be opened to-morrow evening by Rice's Original Evangeline Company. Mme. Teresa Carreno and Signor Tagliapietra re- turned from their Western concert trip yesterday. At Niblo’s Garden to-morrow night Mr. Frank Mayo will make his rentrée in his celebrated character of Davy Crockett. 5 A honse always crowded, a refined entertainment anda frequent change of programme, are the rule at Tony Pastor's Theatre. The intense cold of the last two or three days right nor to the left, but following the path of duty wherever it leads, whether into smooth ways or rough fields or over yenturesome walls, A SHORT HUNT. Well, we ride three-quarters of an hour, perhaps an hour, and the cry ahead tells us that the hunt is over. Reynard did not tuke to the hills when bis chance was given him, but sought a covert, aw’y from the cold, perhaps, not dreaming that his freedom was really hig doom, and the hounds have found him, And all that remains of poor Rey- nard is his brush, which Lord Howth pre- sents to the English lady who was in at the death, and we all straggle home. The hunt has not becn a long one, but, considering that we expected none at all, everybody feels an agreeable disapvoint- ment and we come back into the town feeling that the day has not been altogether an idle one. PAU AS A WINTER HOME, ‘The advantages of Pau, as far as I can sum them ‘up, are the air and the scenery, You are in the centre of » beautifnl region, and if your eye craves beauty here it will always be satisfied. To men of science there is an endless field of sfudy in the geology of the Pyrenees. Inyalids are within an easy range of fa- mous baths and springs. You can run down to Biarritz in three hours and bathe in the sea. If you like walking, the roads are fine and there is unvary- ing interest in the scenery, the manners and customs of the people. If you are adventurous you may climb Baiaturs and see one side the sunny plains of France, on the other the stripped and desolate hills of Arragon, If you are devout and believe in manifestations of holy presences on earth you are within an hour of the most famous sanctuary in the world, even the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes. In winter the weather is, as agen- eral thing, dry, and the sun is sure to be about some part of the day, Medical men speak highly of Pau, but that evidence you must take with all caution, as medical men speak highly of every place T have ever known, except the Jersey flats, Still there is a good deal of sound evidence in favor of Pau. The soil is gravelly and absorbs rain. The air is influenced by the Pyrenees, by the sea breezes, by the odors of the pine forests that cover the Landes. Itis a dry air, and you are told that for weeks the leaves are mo- tionless, so still is the atmosphere. RESIDENTS IN PAU. In the way of society and amusements you can form your own conclusions from what I have written. ‘The hunt is an institution. An effort is making to have polo, for Tread in the club last evening a sum- mons and an invitation to polo, races in a short time—racimg al@ stoeplechasing. Lawn tennis is au old custom already, ‘There are books and circulating libraries, and there is always as a sort of framework about you the queer, old- fashioned town, in which you see blended traits of Spanish, French and Biseryan hfe, ‘There is a casino, where concerts are given, and I um told the concerts are well worth hearing. ‘There is a theatre, in which you have opera and comedy. There is an art society, which promises an exhibition soon, Other nationalities como ere as weil ay English and American, Her Royal Highness — the Princess of Schleswig-Holstein lives here since smarck took that duchy. Here also lives the wife of Marshal St. Arnaud, who commanded the French army in the Crimea; also the Duchess of Montebello, of the family of Marshal Lannes. His Royal High- ness the Count de Bari, a member of the Neapolitan Bourbon family upset by GaribaMi, makes his home iu Pan, waiting, like Don Uarlos, for the revolution to end and kings to come to their own, ‘There are se: oral Russian, Polish, Brazilian and Portuguese fam Les and many from Spain and Belgium, The English, however, have the lead, and 1 presume America comes next. Tam told that Mrs. Lincoln, widow of Abrahain Lincoln, lives here, but T could find no | trace of her, It true, she lives in absolute seclusion, | Among the Americans who may bo called old resi dents in Pau I observe Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs, Mr. and Mrs. Connolly, W. Cruger, Mr. and Mrs. | Evaus, Major Hutton and family, Mr. and Mrs. | W. oH. Kane, Miss Nina King, Mr. and Mrs. A. Post, Mr. and Mrs, J, A. Post, Mrs. Robins and family, Mr, and Mrs. de Saulles, Dr. and Mrs, Parks, Among those who are hore for | the seasdn or who are passing through I note the following:—General and Mrs. Grant, W. P. Douglas, | | Henry Belknap, C. EB. Foster, W, HM. Hesson, 4, G. | Hebri, J. B.A, Bronillat, Mr, aud Mes. Cadiz, Mrs. Massey and family, George Bisel, Mr. and Mre, Bid- dle, Mr. and Mrs. William Smith Brown, Mrs. Beli- ard, Dr. and Mrs, Clopton, Mts, J. L, Edmonds, Miss Kerrtet Foster, Mrs. E. L. Harding, J, B. Lippincott, James E. Lyon, Colonel John MeMurray, b. J, Mulli- gan, Mr. and Mrs. E. Nolan, Mr. and Mrs. James Neil- son Potter, Mr. and Mrs, G. Peabody Wetmore, Mr. and Mrs, John Peabody, Mrs. Rowland, Mrs, W. A. Sackett, Mr. and Mrs, Daniel Torrance and Miss Tor- | rance, W. K. Thorn, Miss Thayer, Mr. and Mrs, Willard, Mr. and Mrs, Wentworth, Miss J, A. Waiker, Thomas Burgees and G. Sherman, Jr, SERIOUS ACCIDENT, Frederick Pfeiffer, aged twenty-eight, residing at the corner of Cedar and Washington streets, a tire- | man on the New York Elevated Railroad, was Jonking out of the window of his engine, yesterday, when | his head came in contact with the iron railing at the Fifty-ninth street and Third avenue station. He was removed (o the Roorevelt Hospital, There are to be | caused a considerable shrinkage in the audiences that attended many of the theatres. The minstrels under the management of Jerry P, Thomas, at his opera house, on Broadway, are giving a series of good Ethiopian performances, ‘Tom Thumb and the little people have done a fair business during the past week at the Masonic Tem- ple. The General has seldom looked better. Horrigan and Hart have withdrawn “Christmas Joys and Sorrows" from the boards of the Theatre Comique to make place for fresh attractions. “Babes in the Wood,” now being performed at the Park Theatre, will probably be followed by “Robinson Crusoe.” A new feature at this theatre is that chil- dren are admitted at half price. Mr. Joe Jefferson will continue to play “Rip Van Winkle” at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, unless the re- _cent legal complications result in the closing of the house, It is suid, however, that this is not probable. The Criterion Comedy Company, under the man- ayement of Mr. ¥.F. Mackay, played in Rochester Jast night. “The Oddities,” by Mr. Stanley McKenna, will shartly be produced in New York by this com- pany. “The Banker's Daughter,” at the Union Square ‘Theatre, enters on its thirty-ninth performance to- morrow night, It has thus far been one of the most popular and satisfactory plays that has been pro duced at this theatre. “Her Majesty's Ship Pinafore,” the new comic opera by Arthur Sullivan, is to be rendered this week at the Broad Street Theatre, Philadelphia, by a company especially selected by Messrs, Ford & Zim- merman, the managers of the theatre. At the Globe Theatr» “Only a Farmer's Daughter” has been withdrawn, to make way for what is de- scribed as an original whimsicality, entitled “Mis- chief,” in which Misses Bertha and Ida Fay will ap- pear, It will be produced to-morrow night. At the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, a new play is to be produced on Monday night, for the first time on any stage. It is announced as a drama from the French of Emile Gaboriau, and ‘is entitled “Within an Inch of His Life.” The name of the translator or adupter is not given. | parbarian” at the Olympic Theatre, will next woek introduce the Count Joannes, when the public will doubtless be treated to another series of ridiculous demonstrations similar to those which disgraced his jormer appearance at the Lyceum. Mr. Herman Linde begins his season of Shakes- pearian impersonations at Steinway Hall, on Wednes- day night. Mr. Linde has won the most flattering encominms from the critics in all the cities in which he has appeared. His rendition of “Macbeth,” on Wednesday, will be awaited with great interest. Mr. Dion Boucicault, as Conn, the Shaugbraun, has again met with extraordinary success at the Grand Opera Honse. He has drawn some of the largest houses of the season. ‘The engagement lasts sev- | eral weeks longer, for which he receives from Messrs, Poole & Dounelly the handsome sum ot $24,000, Mr. Ben Macauley, as Unele Dan'l, has met a fair success at the Broadway Theatre. The play, how- has entered upon its last nights. On the 13th W. D, Dalziel’s adaptation of “Les Fouchambault”’ will be produced, with the Lingards and a special cast, The play is said to have been much improved. After an unusually long and snecessful run “Almost a Life’? was withdrawn from the Standard Theatre yesterday evening, and will be succeeded to-morrow by lies; or, the Moantain Waif,”’ Bret Harte's idyllic play of the Sierras, Miss Katie Mayhew will take the title role, It is said that the cast will be a | strong one. “Mt Last,” * now boing performed at Wallack's, com- prises an unusually strong cast, among whom aro Messrs. Lester Wallack, C. Cogblan, W. F. Floyd, Charles Rockwell, J. W. Shannon, Miss Rose Cogh- lan, Miss Effie Germon and Miss Stella Boniface. | ‘Yhe seenie illustrations are very beautitul and the play runs with great smoothness. ‘The series of chamber concerts by the New York Philharmonic Club, will open at Chickering Hall on Tuesday next, The managers have adopted a novel pian of selling a subscription at $8, which entitles the subseriber to twenty tickets to the concerts. ‘The soloists at the first concert are Miss Anna Draedil and Mrs, William G, Morgan, pianiste. The San Francisco Minstrels always manage to get as many people into their pretty little theatre as it can comfortably hold. The performances of Bireh and Backus are among the most amusing of their kind, and the songs of Wambold and other members of the company, both sentimental and comic, arc the best of their kind in the country. hre Familie,” with Miss Helene Kihse, the new and sprightly soubrette in the leading r6/e, has been | quite a sticcess at the Germania ‘Theatre during the | peek, and had to be withdrawn to make room for other novelties. To-morrow and Tuesday even- | ing will be prodaced the stetiing comedy “Er Muss Auf's Land.” On Wednesday evening, for the benefit of Mr. Conricd, stage manager and regisseur, and dur. ing the balance of the week the new comedy of eund Fritz” will be performed, The cast for this piay embraces the full strength of the company. A programme of unusual miorit will be presented | at the Grand Opera House to-night. Mule. Ima de Murska will be the central figure of « brilliant sur- rounding; Signor Ferranti, the renowned buffo Mr. W. L. Fleming, having finished “Ingomar the | | almost singer, will make bis first appearance since his return | from Europe; Levy will endeavor to win his share of | ability asa pianist, aud Gilmore's Band will intro- duce some new and also familiar selections. The success of these concerts ix due to the fact that the best available talent, and plenty of it, is presented to the public at popular prices. Those who love beauti- ful music, rendered in the most artistic manner, should go to the Grand Opera House to-night. ‘The operatic concert of the Nautilus Boat Club, which is announced to take place at Steinway Hall, on Tuesday evening, will be the grandest affair of the kind that has occurred in this city for many years. It is rarely the case that such an array of dis- tinguished artists are heard in one concert as are represented by the names of Professor Neuendorff, the leader of the Philharmonic Society; Edonard Remenyi, Mile, Tima de Murska, Franz Rumumell, Miss Sallie Reber, Arbuckle, Mlle, Selvi, 8. B. Mills, Christian Fritsch, W. F. Mills, Enrico Campobello and Professors John Hills, Dulcken and Charles E. Pratt, together with a grand orchestra, The pro- gramme embraces selections from the music of Hun- gary, Germany, Italy, France, England, Ireland, Scotland and America, and it will be a treat to hear these gems performed by such a galaxy of talent. ‘The grand Italian opera, under the direction of Max Strakosch, opens to-morrow night at Booth’s The- atre, when “Aida” will be produced, and Miss Clara Louise Kellogg, Miss Aunie Louise Cary, Mr. Charles Adams, Signor Pantaleoni, Mr. George Conly and Mr. Gottschalk will appear, together witli a grand or- chestra und chorus of 100 artists, ‘Che ballet will be led by the Minzelli Sisters, Much curiosity exists in musical circles to hear once more the two favorites whose names haye been so long identified with the operatic enterprises of Mr. Strakosch, ‘The advent of Mile. Litta, the new prima donna, is also anticipated with not a little curiosity, owing to the fine reputation she has brought with her from Europe, and more recently from the Western cities. She will make her début on Tuesday in Lucia, Mle. Giulia Marco, the new American prima donna, is one of the very few among the Americans who have received a musical education in Ituly and scored # success, She is a native of Baltimore, where, as Miss Julia Parker, the daughter of Joseph Parker, a come- dian of high repute, she made her début at the ea age of four years, with Forrest, as thé Duke of York, subsequently holding a high position in the theatre until she left for Italy for the purpose of cultivating her natural musical ability. Atter a course of study under the best masters she made her aébut in Multa, at the Theatre Manoe), whero Parepa and Albani also made their first appei and accomplished their first successes, achieved such a suceess that she engaged for the season, after which she went to Naples, where she studied with the distinguished maestro, de Bas- sini, and his no less distinguished wife, Mine. Gabusi. Under their direction she sang at the Sam Carlos Opera House, Naples, the maestri, the public and the press awarding her the highest honors. After re- maining abroad four years she returned to America and was immediately secured by Max Strakosch for his coming opera season at Booth’s Theatre, where she will make her début in “Traviata” on the 1th of January. THE DRAWING ROOM THRATRE. A DARK SEANCE WITHOUT ACTORS-——-TIIE LAST ACT IN MISS MINNIE CUMMINGS THEATRICAL FIASco, Yesterday morning the HEnarn’s advertising col- umns contained a brief but glowing announcement of the “grand reopening” of Miss Minnie Cummings’ Drawing Room Theatre, with the new Freuch opéra Douffe company. The attractions were to be “un- rivalled.” There were to be ‘no more disappoint- ments” and ‘no more injunctions.” Altogether the laconic and suggestive advertisement of the man- ageress was bright with good promise; but the promise of this specious pronunciamento proved the be all and the end all of the whole affair. The hour announced for the opening of the performance came, and with it @ small number of would-be patrons. These, however, got no further than the box office, where the cheerful information awaited them that the company had not put in an Sybesrance and that no performance would take place, It was found upon investigation that on Friday afternoon the manager of the French Opera Com- pany, in a stormy altercation with Miss Cummings, denounced that enterprising lady in terms that sa- vored of strength more than of godliness as a fraud, and emphatically refused to allow the com- pany to appear, claiming that the performance had not been adequately advertised. He was as good as his word, and not a member of the company appeared last night upon the stage of the Drawing Room ‘Theatre, which, thus far, has proved but a sorry draw. But even had the managerial French Barkis beeu “willin’,” a performance would have been out of the question, for a soulless gas corporation on Friday obdurately turned a deaf ear to Miss Cum- gs’ New Year promises, which it claimed were king in the “new leat" flavor, most to be desired ler the circumstances at this time, and sternly declined to be trifled with in 1879 as it hid been tricked in "78. Miss Cummings, it seems, had been over pro: in her, consumption of the iliuminating ma having burned it day and night for want of any othe heating facilites for the house, and although th balance due the corporation was but $21, she to have been unable to raise this modest sum. gas was consequently shut off in the summ: ner customary in such exigencies, and as Miss Cum- mings herself was announced as sick last night, it is dificult to understand her purpose in’ order- the theatre. opened for a dark séance, lunless, indeed, “she hoped to successfully ented Heller the in the Hen ft) nt of non-payment of rent by magician, only in part explains the coil in wh is involved; for, as will be seen from the facts above stated, aside from this matter of the rent, the gas Dill, a comparatively insignificant amount, had not been paid. The whole diticulty probably lies in the ill advised ambition of Miss Cummings fo figure as a dramatic celebrity. She is not the first amateur actress who has essayed to rise from the bottom to the top of the ladder at one step, and she has met with a tall, the severity of which is in proportion to the excess of her temerity, beyond her fellow adventurers. It is not likely that she’ will at present find another Fortunatns like Mr. Louis Parme to pay her rent and expenses for two weeks; and, should she do so, it is not probable that the interest of the public in any similar enterprise upou her part will be extrava- gant. The future fate of the beautiful little theatre that ie associated with Miss Cummings’ fiasco is, it is understood, ot undetermined. It is rumored, however, that M. ») Gosehi, the veteran man- ager of the Theodore Thomas orchestra and now the manager of the. n terion Comedy Company will lease the:theatre to present this organizati which has been playing with unexceptional suc cess in “Our Boy! * in the provincial cities, in a new play by Mr. Stanley McKenna, THEATRICAL TROUBLES. THE SPECTACULAR PLAY “BADA"—DUAL INJUNC- TION PROCEEDINGS. tie Supreme Court a suit has been com- meonced by Andrew J. Back, William E, Bien and Jane Deverna against Jokn A, Mack, ben, sou Sherwood and William E. Deverna for au in- junction, restraining the defendants from interfering with proposed presentation at the Bowery Theatre of the spectacular drama “Baba.” Mr. Back alleges in his afidavit that he and the other plaintiffs are part- ners, and have already spent about $2,000 in preparing to put the play on the stage. In Mareh, 18 . E. De- verna aud J. D, Marson originally copyrighted the Jn play, the latter being the author, and shortly | afterward another copyright — was issued — to the defendants. The jntif in Dee last obtained from the original copyrighters the _privi of producing “Baba in’ this | city for six weeks, and subse ly, as further alleged, Back, on behalf of the plaintiffs, obtained from W. E. Deverna the right also to play the piece for six weeks, he being one of the parties in both copyrights. Messrs, Mack & Sherwood now threaten | to enjoin the plaintiffs from producing the play and to hold the injunction back until eyght o'clock to- morrow evening, at which time the play is under. lined for presentation at the Bowery Theatre. After reading over the papers Judge Donohue granted an injunction restraining th ndants from inte ing with the production of the play before or on to- morrow night. ANNA E. DICKINSON'S AIMS, To Tur Eprror or tik Hera So many people want to know what Anna Dickin son purposes doing, and so many unauthorized and contradictory reports have n put in circulation, that I must bey space in your paper to give a general answer, and to do it over my own name, That IL have not been at work for the last year is solely the consequence of ill health. I propose (in answer to innumerable requests) to talk about tie platform and the stage from the platform, and, later iu the season, to do what | ean upou the «tage in @ now piece of ny own writing, and in an engegement already made. May Ladd that 1 hope my old triends will be half as glad. to seo me as I shall be to mect them, and that IT wish one and all a hay pe New Year? ANNA ky bickl. NSUN, PMILADELPHIA, Jan. 2, 1879, | sleep which knows no waking. 5 “A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY. A Husband Murders His W While She Sleeps. CUTS HIS OWN THROAT. Sad Scenes in the Little Attle- boro Household. CAUSE: OF THE BLOODSHED, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) ATTLERONO, Mass., Jan. 4, 1879, Atone o'clock this morning the people residing near the centre of this town were startled by shrieks and cries of murder uttered by afemale. ‘This wo- man proved to be the mother of one Gardner C. Ting: ley, a jeweller, who lived with his wife and three chik dren, aged respectively eight, six and three yeurs. The first persons who rushed into the street at the sound of the alarm were told by Mrs, ‘Tingley that her son had arisen in the night, while she was absent, grasped arazor and assaulted his wife in a most brutal ang fiendish manner, ‘Che poor woman had been rudely awakened trom a quiet sleep only to be sent into that When the horror- stricken neighbors reached the house a ghastly picture met their gaze. Mrs. Tingley lay on her bed, 4 corpse, surrounded by pools of warm blood. Her throat hed been eut. The carotid arteries were severed, and the wall, several feet distant, was splashed with blood which had spurted from the throat, To add to the horror the little child by her #ide was sprinkled with its moth- er’s blood and was screaming and cuddling up to the lifeless body. ‘There was no evidence that the poor woman had suffered much after the fatal gash had been made; her countenance wore a serene look, and were it not for the terrible surroundings it would be difficult to think she had died any other than a peaceful natural death. THE MURDERER CUTS HIS OWN THROAT. Not far from the blood bespattered bed, upon the floor, lay the murderer, also covered with blood and apparently struggling in the agonies of death, It was evident at a hasty glance that after killing his wife he had drawn the blood stained weapon across his own throat, making a wide gash and a deep in- cision into the trachea, but failing to reach the caro- tid arteries. He breathed with difficulty, the blood aud air rushing from his wounds, He had also hacked his arms in several _ places in attempts to reach the arteries, and had drawn his weapon a number of times across his abdomen, making bad wounds, from all of which the blood was flowing. Physicians were quickly summoned , Medical Examiner Bronson was notified. ‘The wounds of Tingley were stanched, but the loss of blood was so great that but slight hopes of his recovery wera entertained. As the morning advanced crowds of ex- cited villagers poured in from all points, and the house was soon surrounded by a dense throng of people. ‘The police took charge of the premises and kept the people back, so that the doctors had plenty of chance to apply their skill to the wretched man, CAUSE OF THE TRAGED Speculation was lively among the neighbors as to the cause of the tragedy. L.M. Stanley, who was one of the first to arrive, found a trustee writ dated August. On the back was written the following :— is is what caused my denth, ©. TL rett Capron and G. M. Horton pressing m: G. 0. TINGLEY It was well understood that Tingley was in strait. ened circumstances. He was out of employment. Although his family enjoyed the ordinary comforts of people in his station in life there is little doubt that he was rendered insane by his embarrassments, and it is a fact that insanity has been noticed in other members of his family. He once had s brother in the Taunton Insane Asylum who had lost his reason also through domestic troubles. It is also known that his wife would, if she had been allowed to live, ina short time have presented him with an addition to his little family, and it is surmised that the pros pect of an increase of his expenses during the hard times may have worked on the mind of Tingley and added to his madness. To her prompt flight to give the alarm the old lady attributes the saving of her life. It is considered strange that the maniac did not kill the child, but doubtless the screams of the women in the street for help compelled him to hasten inatters and try to kill himself before he could be prevented. TINGLEY'S RECENT MOVEMENTS. Yesterday Tingley took the train, and with his tle boy went to North Attleboro, and from there went for his mother, who lives at Wrentham. He was then apparently cheerful and happy. He spent last evening at a neighbor's, and it is said in most of his conversation he dwelt upon his being poor, with- out work, with his wife sick and three children to look ont for, and that he had just had his wages trustecd, allof which seemed to have a depressing effect upon him, He returned home, however, apparently cheerful, Charles A. Pond was the first man who entered the house with the murderer's mother. He states that he saw the wife lying upon the floor, with her throat cut and her head toward the door, dead, ‘The murderer tay at right angles, with his head on his wife's body and a razor in his left hand. Blood was flowing from his wound, and it was thought that he was dead, A three-year-old child was upon the bed cry- ing. She was upon her hands and knees bending over and looking at her parents. Pond first picked up the child. It was unhurt. He gave it to the neighbors, who carried it away, In afew min- utes the murderer opened his eyes. Seeing Pond ha clutched the razor defiantly, kicked the door and at tempted to cut himself. The razor was taken from him. STATEMENT OF DR. BRONSON NELSON, Medical Examiner Bronson Nelson, who was promptly summoned by the officer, makes the fol- owing statement:—When I arrived I was told that everything was just as the neighbors had found it, with the exception of the removal of the razor and adifferent position taken by the murderer. Mra Tingley was lying face downward upon the floor, with nothing on but her chemise. Tingley, who, at approached, warded me off by a motion'of his arm, luy upon his back, with his shoulders resting upon the upper part of the body of his wife. Tealled help and placed him upon a bed, Examined his wife aud found a ghastly cut in her throat which had stopped bleeding and which must have caused her death al. most instantly. Her body was still warm, There was a cut five inches in length upon the left side ot ‘Tingley’s throat, which had laid open the windpipe, but had not touched the jugular vein orarteries, There was also a cut abont two inches long on the right sido, but the latter was not serious, The cut in the windpipe caused him to breathe through the mouth dustead of his nostrils until I sewed it ap. Unless in- flamnation sete in he may live. He had also made sev- eral cuts upon his abdomen with the razor, which he must have done previous to cutting his throat, because after that he was too weak to do so, He was not drunk when he committed the deed, and whether he was crazy or not is an open question. He appeared to be sano enough when talking to me, [asked him if he cut his wife's throat, and he unswered “Yes,” and also said that he was sorry for it. When I got there hi# child, about three years old, was out on the piazza, crying. Another, about six years of age, was up stairs asleep. Tingley is a native of Cumberland, 8.1, Some of the neighbors say he was a hard drinker and that his family had to be taken care of frequently by the neighbors. An inquest will be held to-morrow, and robably also an autopsy will be made on the body of irs. Tingley. A SALOON ROBBED. Lawrence Dowling, a tinsmith, who says he resides at No. 81 Norfolk street, was arraigned before Judgo Kilbreth, at the Essex Market Police Court, yester- day, charged with having on New Year's night forei- Diy ‘entered the saloon at No. 197 Delancey street, kept by William ©. Vesling, and carried off the day's receipts from the money drawer. He admitted his guilt when arrested by Detective Johnson, Tho magistrate committed him in default of §:,