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is more widely-known or generally used than
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ease.
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proper remedies.
Moth, Freckles, and other discolorations, are also re
moved from the face, without injury to the texture or
color of the skin.
MOLES AND WARTS.
These unsightly prominences are also permanently re
moved by the Doctor, without pain.
All communications at his office are free of charge.
People living at a distance, and wishing particulars,
should address (enclosing stamp), Dr. B. C. PERRY,
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N. Y., where information respecting the treatment of the
hair will be freely given from 1 to 3 P. M.
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ceived nothing since, wili please address immediately
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The worst diseases known to the human race spring
from causes so small as to almost defy detection. The
volumes of scientific lore that fill the tables and shelves
of the medical fraternity only go to prove and elaborate
these facts.
Thon guard yourselves while you may. The smallest
Simple on the skin is a tell-tale and indicator of disease.
1 -'.I an .d die away from the surface of the body,
but it will reach the vitals, perhaps, at last, and death be
the result and final close.
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Photographs of cures sent free by applying to the office.
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for the State. Price 25 cents per box.
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A. H. DUPLEE,
No. 537 BROADWAY.
Wool on the Lungs.—We have
before us a letter from a gentleman in Maasa
chueotts, enclosing a small quantity of wool
enough to cover the surface of a penny—
which was thrown off the lungs of his
brother. The specimen in question has the
appearance of being fine lamb’s wool, and not
very short either. There is in fact no kind of
doubt that it is genuine wool, and the letter,
which we give entire, bespeaks for itself can
dor and honesty:
“Monson, Mass., Jam 12, 1866.
Da. M. C. O’Toole, No. 85 Third avenue, N. Y.
Dear Sir I received yours of the 10th, re
questing me to send you some of the wool
vhich my brother threw off his lungs, and I
accordingly enclose the specimen which I had
the curiosity to save. There might have
been a great deal mpre saved if I had
thought, of it in time. The most of it was so
short that we did not think it worth while to
save it. My brother was emplyed in a woolen
factory for a period of about eight years, up to
April last, but has not worked any since. Dur
ing the last year of his service, he was engaged
in shearing cloth, which caused a great deal
of wool to fly, and it was impossible to breathe,
I think, without swallowing a quantity of it.
Ho did not throw throw up anv of it until he
commenced taking vour medicines, an event
which now frequently happens after a severe
coughing spell. Respectfully yours,
James B. McCobmiok.”
There is something for the doctors to think
about, and write about. How many of them,
we wonder, will disclaim any knowledge of in
stances of this kind ? How many of them will
now cry, oh, that is nothing new! the inhal
ing of any fine substance, whether of wool,
iron, copper or even dust, would be likely to
disorder the lungs ? Their name is legion, we
venture to say. And yet, if our memory serves
us correctly, the general tendency of their
teachings from timo immemorial has been
that consumption is an hereditary complaint
almost wholly—a sort of sin which is “ visited
upon your children, and your children even
unto the third and fourth generations.” Now
and then a case of consumption may have been
attributed to malformation of the chest, or
long neglected inflammation, hut hereditary is
the worst—that is in the vocabulary the learned
doctors recognize, and is the teaching of the
faculty. When mechanics and laboring men
shall have learned that consumption is as often
produced by inhaling the filings of the metals
they work, as by other causes, and is not alto
gether hereditary, or the result of neglected
colds, they will seek some simple preventative
and avoid alike the disease, and doctor’s bills.
In the meantime wo advise such of our readers
as are troubled with hacking coughs not to
trifle with them, under the impression that they
are mere colds, but to go at once to Dr.
O’Toole, or some other physician, who makes
the treatment of consumption a specialty, and
ascertain if dust or filings of some kind have
not obtained a lodgment on their lungs. A
supply of Dr. O’Toole’s medicines might be
the means of saving you from a lingering and
hopeless disease.
Ex-TRAiTORS.-Gen. Weitzel, himself
a southern man by birth, knows well how to deal
with ex-rebels and their sympathizers. He
answers a protest of “ American merchants ”
in Matamoras, by charging them with having
offered aid to the Confederates in arms and
other necessaries of war, during the rebellion.
Gen. W. is perfectly right, for there were no
more pestilential and double-faced traitors ex
tant than some of those Matamoras traders, who
have all got rich out of a nefarious traffic of
northern goods for southern cotton.
The amount of labor performed by
Dr. Von Eisenbebg at his office, No. 816 Broad
way, is truly surprising, and would hardly be
credited by anyone unless he had visited that
institution, where, go when you will, it is found
to be occupied by those w ar. have some affliction
of the Eyes or Ear, aR patiently waiting “their
turn” to receive tins •oicntific attention of the
Doctor. Such a man la invaluable in any coin
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SEW YORK, FEBRUARY U, 1866.
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The New Type on which the Dis-
PATCH is printed, is from the United Stales Type Foundry of
James Conner’s Sons.
CANADIAN RECIPROCITY.
Our Canadian neighbors seem disposed to
11 reciprocate” in more ways than one. They
have an idea of taking their Yankee cousins
“ under the shed,” as Albany third-house mem
bers say, and ‘‘lobbying” their “little bill”
through Congress in approved Democratic
fashion. It appears that Hon. Ferguson Blair,
the new Canadian premier , lately made a speech,
and was questioned pretty bluntly by some Ca
nadian “members” as to how he intended to
“ put through” the Reciprocity measure. The
dialogue ran about as follows:
Dr. Clark (interrupting the speaker).—Will you sanc
tion the payment of any amount of money for purchasing
the VOTES of Members of Congress, for reciprocity, before
such expenditure has been resolved upon by Parliament ?
Mr. Blair.—Certainly not.
Dr. Clark.—lt has been rumored that the cause of Mr.
Brown [late Canadian Premier] disagreeing with the Gov
ernment was his objection to voting secret service money un
til the sanction of Parliament was first obtained.
Mr. Blair.—There is no foundation for the rumor
Mr. Clark.—Well, there is no use in blinking the fact,
that there will be a large amount of money spent by the
Commissioners. I want to know if you will sanction its
payment before the House of Assembly votes that it shall
be paid ?
Mr. Blair.—Of course, I shall not.
Mr. Mcßae.—Have you any objection to state what
terms have been proposed to the United States Govern
ment for the renewal of the treaty, and whether there is
a probability of their being accepted ?
Mr. Blair.—That is a thing I cannot speak of.
Mr. Mcßae.—Well, the secret is known to more than
twenty people in this county, and has been speculated upon
in the market here.
Such is the substance of the colloquy, which
took place between Mr. Blair and his “posted”
friend. It certainly reveals a loose sort of par
liamentary morality, when the question of ad
vancing money for bribery is deliberately dis
cussed in public. Whether the “ Canadian
Commissioners now in Washington” have really
come over the border with their carpet-bags
full of Bank of England notes, is an interesting
question for Herald correspondents. If Jeff.
Thompson’s Canadian subsidies for the Daily
Vioi/’o wore ao poorly UaooJ Ljr Domiott'o
“übiquitous” familiars, it ought certainly to
be a trifling thing to follow up the above trail
by good Herald hounds. But, perhaps, our
“ leading daily” is in the “ secret,” and “ won’t
tell.” What says the Tribune, then, to stirring
up this charge of “ corrupting Congress.”
The cause of the hostility of British
journalists to the Union during the late rebel
lion has been pretty well ventilated, and their
“ bonds” of sympathy with the South are shown
not to have been altogether sentimental.
Other things are now coming to light, which
prove that the Soutiierners are not the only
parties that have subsidized the British press.
The London Daily Telegraph, from the time
the French expedition to Mexico was first
spoken of up to the present hour, has given its
columns to the defense of Napoleon and Maxi
milian, through thick and thin. The fact has
just been made public that his French imperial
majesty is a shareholder in that concern, which
accounts for the Telegraph’s unselfish laudation
of the expedition to crush out a Republic on this
continent. Our British neighbors do not occu
py a very enviable position in the eyes of the
world. It appears that any adventurer that ha
command of ready cash, can readily secu
advocates in the English press.
Honor and Reward for Rebels.—
Two assertions are current ss facts in the news
papers jnst now. One is that the present wife
of the Italian minister, who before her marriage
was a Southern sympathizer, in Natchez, and
had her property destroyed by military posses
sion, is now to be paid, or has been paid, SSO
- indemnity. The other story is that our
minister to Greece, just appointed, is one Mr.
Smith, who, at the breaking out of the Rebel
lion, was a “ captain in the United State service,
and graduate of West Point,” and who threw up
his commission in order to marry a “ Southern
young lady” who refused to keep her engage
ment with an “ enemy of her country” and a
“a wearer of the U. S. uniform.” Now, if such
as the above are “facts,” and if traitors and
cowards are to become the pets of the govern
ment, our brave Northern soldiers must have
been on the “ wrong side” during the late war.
Don’t it look so ?
Expenses vs. Pay.—The Tribune is
calling on “ men and brethren ” not to increase
the salaries of poor clerks under government.
Would the Tribune be good enough to say how
the rent or boarding-bills of clerks are to be
paid ? The Tribune asserts that “ Prices are
tending downward.” Will it prove this, in re
gard to house-rent and marketing in New York 1
The fact is this great outcry against a just re
muneration of government or municipal em
ployees is merely “ begging the question ” of
economy. When a mean fellow seeks to “re
trench,” he usually begins by “ cutting down
wages.” But the true “ Political Economy ” is
that which remunerates fully the laborer, and
demands an equivalent in labor. Cut off your
sinecures, dispense with your ornamental offi
cials, but don’t starve the men who do all the
work.
We continually read of the indis
position of the freedmen to go to work, and it
is only occasionally that we meet with an ob
scure passage in a Southern paper stating, that
there is a different disposition shown. In a re
cent number of the Macon Messenger, there is
a statement that “ two thirds of the negroes in
Georgia are willing to hire out, but as a gen
eral thing they are opposed to working for their
former masters.” The negroes wish to swap
plantations, as that gives them a clear proof
that they have secured their freedom.
The Difference. —Prior to the elec
tion in last October there was no city which
did less for its sodiers than Newark, and there
was no place north of Mason <fc Dixon’s line in
which men wearing the Union uniform were so
liable to insult at the hands of officials. At the
October election, however, a Union city gov
ernment was chosen by a spanking majority.
One of the results of that election already is the
appointment of thirty veterans on the police
force by the Common Council. Newark has de
termined to take care of her returned heroes,
a course worthy of imitation by more import
ant cities.
Another “Claim” for Damage.—
The wife of the notorious rebel robber and mur
derer Mosby, has applied to the Treasury for
“indemnification” in the value of tobacco,
“ the property of her husband,” destroyed by
our army on its entrance to Richmond. Pres
ently, we shall have the wife or mistress of
Quantrell, the guerrilla assassin, putting in a
“claim” for some lost plunder of that scoun
drel. It is said that Quantrell is applying for a
pardon which will “re-instate- uim.
will Senator Lane, of Kansas, have to say about
that?
General of our Armies.—The bill to
create the grade of General in the United
States Army has been reported by the Military
Committee of the House of Representatives.
The pay is to be one hundred and thirty dollars
a month more than that of Lieutenant-General.
Good for O’Gorman.—The Corpora
tion Counsel, in reply to a resolution of inquiry,
has communicated his opinion to the Common
Council, that the Eighth Avenue Railroad Com
pany have no legal right to charge more than
five cents fare for one passenger. This is fus
tice against Law.
NEW ? . YORK?' DISPATCH
ANOTHER ■■YANCEY,"
Mr. T. Yancey, of Mississippi, says that “ not
one Southern man or woman in the whole
South recognizes the negro as & freedman, but
as stolen property, forced by the bayonets of
the damnable U. S. Government.” Mr. Yancey
is as deficient in sense as he is in grammar ; or
else his friends, the Southerners, are greater
Rars than he is. We have two lettcre, received
this week, from citizens of Yancey’s own section,
from which we make the following extracts.
One says: “I need not assure you that I do
most cheerfully accept the situation, and shall,
with penitence for the past, hereafter do all in
my power for the peace and prosperity of our
common country." The other says : “ I am a
citizen now of the United States, and shall do
my best to make good the change, to enable all
to be benefited by the result now upon us. I
will do my best to bring good out of the sur
rounding chaos.” These sentiments are uttered
by Southern gentlemen who held high military
positions in the late “ confederacy.” We have
every reason to give implicit credit to their
assurranoes ; and we place them, as two to one,
against “T. Yancey,” who was, doubtless, a
skulker or “ home-guard” during the rebellion.
The truth of this entire matter is that “South
ern feeling” of the Yancey stamp is confined to a
small portion of the Southern people ; but that
small portion is an aggressive, domineering
class—just the villians who precipitated the
Rebellion, and just the cowards who are en
couuraged by our Goveanment’s lenient course,
and the active sympathy of Northern Copper
heads. The masses of the South are belied by
such men; but the masses dare not express
themselves honestly. The “bully,” with his
bowie-knife and revolver, is expounding
“ Southern feeling” now, just as before the war.
We shall never have peace and quiet till those
fellows are whipped into good behavior. It is
the only way to rescue the “ true South” from
their despotic intimidation. Every scoundrel
like Yancey should be banished from the coun
try, and kept away till the States are “recon
structed."
The Seventh Regiment.—This favor
ite New York City organization may be truly
called a “representative” military body. It
supplied for service during the war three major
generals, nineteen brigadier-generals, thirty-’
two colonels, forty-seven lieutenant-colonels,
thirty-six majors, two hundred and fourteen
captains, one hundred and eighty-four lieuten
ants, seven surgeons, eighteen adjutants, and
one chaplan; in all five hundred and forty-nine,
or an officer for less than two men throughout.
West Point could do no more, and West Point
has graduated no braver nor truer soldiers.
New York may justly be proud of her “ gallant
seventh.”
An Industrial Exposition in New
York City. —The project of having a Grand
Exhibition in New York city of the articles des
tilled for th® JPuaw® Bxpvnitivix of 1007 1« (Ila
cussed quite actively. Mr. Derby, the U. S.
Agent, has laid the matter before the Govern
ment at Washington, and the Commissioner at
Paris. The question now is, “ Shall we have
another Crystal Palace ?”
The teetotalers and liquor-dealers
of Massachusetts are having a big fight just at
present. The teetotalers want to enforce the
Maine liquor law, while the liquor-dealers claim
that the State law is invalid, and that the deal
er who takes out a U. 8. revenue license is en
title to protection. Both parties have employed
several eminent lawyers, and there is every
prospect of an ihteresting fight.
An unexpected misfortune has befal
len Henry A. Wise, the great Virginia rebel.
A newspaper has just been started in his old
Congressional District I It is called The True
Southerner, and is said to be conducted by
negro enterprise and intelligence. According
to its own showing, “The True Southerner is
the only paper published in the Ist Congres
sional District of Virginia, comprising nineteen
counties, and including Williamsburgh, York
town, and Hampton.” Poor Wise I We deeply
spmpathize with him in this last indignity.
England is bound to have a finger
in every National difficulty. The Laird Broth
ers, we perceive, have just sent out a powerful
screw steam ram to Chili ; and the same firm,
we are told, have another of these water mon
sters about ready to sail for the same destina
tion. Spain may as well give up her contest in
South America if England is going to supply
her adversary with a navy. This is a further
specimen of British neutrality.
The Pacific Railroad is progress
ing. A few days since the Secretary of the
Treasury issued $640,000 Government Bonds to
the company—the first 40 miles of the road hav
ing been finished west oi Omaha. This great
undertaking will be completed by 1870, if we
don’t have a financial breakdown or any other
unforeseen drawback that shall retard our en
terprize or interfere with the National indus
try-
The Vexed Question in Congress
seems to be as to whether the Rebel States are
in or out of the Union. However this may be,
as a legal question, it is quite clear that a very
large nnmber of Southerners openly repudiate
the authority of our laws, and treat the flag of
our country as the ensign of a hated foreign
power. It would be a good thing for all con
cerned to get these fellows out of the Union, by
any process.
Major General Daniel E. Sickles, as
Commander of the Department of South Caro
lina, takes the rebel bull right by the horns.
He tells the Chivalry that their local laws must
be applicable alike to all the inhabitants.
Whites and blacks are to be treated alike—hav
ing equal rights and responsibilities before the
law. It is a bitter pill to the ex-slaveowners.
But there is no escape. They have to gulp it
down.
Louis Napoleon appears to be hav
ing a hard time with his “Life of Julius Ceasar.”
It appears that after having got the second
volume ready for the press, the Imperial author
concluded to overhaul his work, and the
changes and alterations he is making, wc are
now told, will delay the work for a considerable
time. Wonder if events in the New World, dur
ing the past year, have upset any of his theories
of government I
Who Owns the Bible House?—lt
was shown in the Surrogate’s Court, during the
past week, that the only property held or owned
by the American and Foreign Bible Society was
its office furniture, stock of Bibles and stereo
type plates—worth altogether only about $2,500!
The Fenians are to have a “ grand
rally round the green flag” to-morrow night, at
Cooper Institute. If you want to see a big
crowd of belligerent Hibernians in council, look
in. P. S—Englishmen are advised not to get
mixed up with this crowd.
Franklin Pierce and James Buchan
an have recently joined the church, according
to the Herald. It is of no use. Nothing short
of a hot brimstone bath will ever penetrate the
gizzards of these iron-clad sinners.
A Good Idea. —The Commissioners
of Charities and Correction are about establish
ing a morgue— on the Paris plan—at Bellevue.
Such an institution has long been needed here.
During the last six mon the, ovox
l-u * minion or dollars had been collected as
fines, penalties and forfeitures from parties
who ventured on the experiment of evading the
United States Revenue Laws. These people
have doubtless concluded that this is too ex
pensive a luxury to be indulged in more than
once.
A man lately paid SSOO in gold for
a mink fur cloak in Canada, and the custom
house officers at Burlington seized it and sold
it at auction, and the fellow bought it over again
for $650.
“An American is only an English
man rather more sharpened,” says Sir Morton
Peto, who has been able, during his Western
tour, to boo the point.
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The Carnival Season*
The various German carnival societies held their
usual sessions at their various headquarters last Sun
day evening, all of which were characterized with the
customary “ outlandish” proceedings, the details of
which always being very similar, and as we have
heretofore given the particulars of several such events,
we will content ourself this week with merely making
the above announcement, giving the space which
would thus be occupied to a brief account of what
happened at
THE ARION BAL MASQUE.
The Grand Arion Masquerade Ball on Thursday
evening last, at the Academy of Music, stands, de
cidedly, as the greatest Terpsichorcan event of the
season thus far. At eight o’clock the doors were
opened, and the cordon of carriages commenced to set
down their gay and eager faces and freights, and at
about nine o’clock the floor presented a very pleasing
and animated appearance. Gay, costly, and glittering
costumes predominated over those of a more sombre
character in the motley throng, and from the hour
last named until midnight, the crowd was steadily
augmented until the space allotted to each quadrille
was less than than eight square feet. All the boxes,
lobbies, and passages of the house, were filled with
ladies and gentlemen, mostly without masks, and in
costumes that were strikingly rich, brilliant, and
tasteful. The music was all that could be desired by
the most exacting. We should judge that there were
nearly two hundred performers in the two bands, each
of which seemed to work in friendly rivalry, and it is
hard to tell which carried off the palm for excellence.
The following is the programme, and it will be seen
that the selections are fine; some of them being the
grandest of the German school, the works of Strauss
largely predominating:
Ouvcrture, Robert le DiableMeyerbeer
Fackel tanzMeyerbeer
Walz, Dio ereten CurenStrauss
Quadrille, Carnival. Strauss
Gallop, Echoßergmann
Lancers, Souveniry. Rietzel
Schottische, AutomaisSpindler
Walz, LebenspulseLanner
Quadrille, Fashion Strauss
Polka, Blumenleseßietzel
Gallop, NondescriL...Faust
Lancers, Arionßietzel
Polka Redowa, EstelleVoss
Walz, Morning Flowers Strauss
Quadrille, OlympStrauss
Gallop, Victoriaßietzel
Schottische, Arionßergmann
Lancers, Carnival 1866Rietzel
W T alz, Immer hei terenS trauss
Polka, Albumßietzel
Quadrille, Reunionßietzel
Polka Redowa, SassafrassStrauss
Gallop, Wa terfallßietzel
The dancing was kept up with great spirit until day
light. A more motley assemblage was never crowded
into the vast ball-room than on that occasion, nor a
set of people who were more gay and hilarious, with
out descending to vulgarity or tumult. The pleasures
of the night were enhanced through exhibitions of
gymnastic skill, which were surprising to witness
outside of a circus; and by exhibitions on the roof of
a representation of a Third avenue railroad car, which
were very funny and grotesque. A procession was
formed at about eleven o’clock, and the Grand Car
nival March then took place. The marchers were in
two divisions—the one representing War, and the
other Peace. The War division was led by Captains
Hunt and Blau, and prominent in It were representa
tions of Mars and Bellona—Mars being represented
by Lieutenant-Colonel Brestel, Bellona by somebody
not kno am.
General Grant, In a triumphal car, surrounded by
Generals Sherman, Sheridan, Butler and staff, (Grant
being repesented by Mr. Ely, Sheridan by Mr. Rein
hardt, Butler by Mr. Filius; the staff represented by
Messrs. Giesson, Wohigemuth, Adams, Major Kloin
schmidt and Chr. Frerichs).
So well was General Grant represented, and such,
by the aid of a false nose made of wax, was the strong
resemblance of Mr. Ely to the hero, that thousands
supposed that the latter was present, and one gentle
man, who did not go early enough to see the pro
cession, and thus get a cue to the matter, who had
recently aniea nt*tn the General, paid his respects to
the counterfeit, supposing that the saviour of the
Union was before him; nor was he undeceived for
some hours. Many craved an introduction, and the
usual hand-shaking was had until Mr. Ely’s right
hand was beet-red, and compliments on his patriotism
were lavishly given by the people who were “ sold,”
and who, when they discovered the “sell,” “got
even ” by sellihg others in the same way.
Prince Carnival was represented in the person of
Mr. Alexander Elbers, who appeared in a new cos
tume of a most splendid and costly pattern. The
Prince made a splendid appearance, and was one of
the finest impersonations of the night. The house
was brilliantly illuminated by extra jets of gas, and
the decorations were superb, indeed gorgeous, a
prominent and beautiful feature of which was
a beautiful boquet of natural flowers depending from
the dome, and on a level with the second tier, which
weighed eighty-five pounds. One among the best
sustained characters of the night was a pretty Quak
eress, who, strangely enough, was seen dancing a
round dance with a monk with cowl, beads, cross,
scourge and aIL The committee room was vii ited by
hundreds of invited guests, and the collation was in
excellent taste, and tasted excellently. Here cham
paigne and Rhine wine flowed most profusely from
nine o’clock until day light. The police arrangements
under Captain Cameron and Sergeant Vosburgh, were
all that could be desired, and those officials eminent
ly deserve the thanks of the Society, and its guests
for their services. Nothing occurred which dis
turbed the harmony of the occasion except that Mr.
Jesse Vanderpool, of the District Attorney’s of
fice felt two attempts made by a person upon
his diamond pin. Mr. Vanderpool, who had
drawn indictments against hundreds of rogues,
and knows half of the thieves in town, instantly
stripped off the mask of the individual who had
shown such a small regard for wewnt and teum, and
discovered under it the face of a well-known “knuck.”
Leaving his lady in charge of a, friend, .Mr. Vander
pool took the fellow by the napem the neck and by a
somewhat loose part of his pantaloons, and thus gen
tly escorted him to the outer door, where Mr. Van
derpool made him well acquainted, dorsally, with the
handiwork of his bootmaker.
We return thanks to the committees for courtesies
lavishly bestowed upon us and those with us, and we
look forward wish pleasure, over the gap of a long
year, to the next of these delightful reunions.
The twenty-seventh annual reunion of the
Last Monday evening the fancy dress ball of the
THEATRICAL MECHANICAL UNION
took place at Irving Hall, and to say that it was a very
brilliant affair is but dealing out the “simple meed of
praise” which is their due.
The hall on this occasion was very tastefully adorned
with flags, festoons and flowers, which gave it a very
pleasing effect when associated with the brilliant cos
tumes and bright eyes of the ladies, and the pictur
esque and gallant presence of the gentleman, habited
as they were in every imaginable costume of the
“peoples of the world.” Shaksperean characters,
however, greatly predominated.
Over and in front of the platform, a massive eagle
and a wreath, bearing the Initial letters of the associa
tion—“ T. M. A.”—each formed of bright jets, were
suspended, the bannerial devices of the theatres ap
pearing on either side. The panels of the galleries
were adorned with shields, on which were inscribed
the names of the theatres represented: the Academy
of Music, Niblo’s, Wallack’s, the Olympic, Park Thea
tre (Brooklyn), the New Bowery, Old Bowery, Bar
num’s Museum, the Broadway Theatre, the New
York Circus, &c.
This organization, composed of the artizans en
gaged on the various stages of the theatres in this
city and Brooklyn, was formed four years since, and
its respectability and numbers were amply exhibited
in this festive reunion.
The ball opened at about nine o’clock, and contin
ued until a late hour in the morning, and was in ev
ery way a perfect and complete success.
The annual ball of
EMPIRE CITY LODGE, F. AND A. M.,
took place on the following night at the same place,
and was a truly fraternal affair, replete with good feel
ing and merriment. On the night following,
THE SORIAL CLUB
gave their annual hop also at this hall. It was very
enjoyable, and well attended. Immediately following
this, came the ball of the
BRENNAN COTERIE,
which was certainly a very select and elite, affair. This
was the tenth reunion of this coterie, and, if possible,
exceeded all heretofore given by the club. The at
tendance was quite large, and the toilettes and ap
pearance of the ladies were such as to reflect the high
est credit upon all concerned. Among the prominent
guests present were noticeable Mayor Hoffrnan,
Comptroller Brennan, Supervisor Tweed, Richard
O’Gorman, General McMahon, Justice Dowling, Cap
tain Jordan, Mr. John Pyne, and others. The officers
of the coterie are as follows: President, Justice Dow
ling; Secretary, William McGrath; Treasurer, Charles
H. Hall. After this, followed the ball of
PALESTINE LODGE, F. AND A. M.,
which our Masonic editor assures us was a very pleas
ant reunion, including all that.is graceful, agreeable,
and enjoyable in its “cycle.’* Everything was, no
doubt, on the “square.”
AT ALKER’S ASSEMBLY ROOMS
five balls took place during the week, each and all
possessing some one or more features of a peculiar
and interesting character.
THE WAITERS’ PROTECTIVE UNION,
was, perhaps, the most numerously attended, as it is
currently stated that at least two thousand persons
were present, thus resulting in a very acceptable
“financial influx” for the sick and wounded members
of the association. A very handsome banner of the
association was exhibited at the upper end of the hall.
The association at present numbers over eleven hun
dred members, with the following officers: William
McDermott, President; Thomas H. Melville, Vice-
President; Samuel O. Johnson, Recording Secretary;
John Tighe, Financial Secretary; Bernard McLaugh
lin, Corresponding Secretary; Richard Ganley, Treas
urer.
AT JONES’S ASSEMBLE ROOMS,
five affairs were also given, viz.: The Willett Social
Club, Jay Social Club, Hibernia Pleasure Association,
Young Men’s Friendship Club, and the Neptune Asso
ciation, all of which were of a very social and interest
ing character; the two, if any, exceeding the others in
this respect, being that of the last-named and the Wil
lett; but there was but little in the way of excellence
to chose between them, which is saying much.
AT EVERETT ROOMS
we have but two balls to speak of—the ball of Pyra
mid Lodge, F. and A. M., and the lone Yacht Club—
the latter being “exceedingly effective,” as one of the
guests present casually remarked—the Masonic affair
being as all such events are, good in the real, home
like sense.
AT BROOKES’ ASSEMBLY ROOMS
there was also two balls given, the first by the Young
Knickerbocker Club, which was all that could be de
sired; the second, Merry Pleasure Club, being “a
little more bu," me
utmost.
AT GERMANIA ASSEMBLY ROOMS
three masquerades and one civic ball took place,
place—the masquerades being the annual terpsichor
ean reunions of several German singing societies, who
thus celebrate the carnival season, but a detailed
description being a little too much for the present
crowded state of our columns, we are reluctantly
compelled to pass them by with merely the ordinary
notice—very good.
THE JOLLY CROWS’ SOCIAL CLUB
(rather a singular name, by-the-by) gave their annual
hop at the hall in West Fourteenth street on the eve
of the Bth inst., and although the night proved so
very unfavorable, the affair was well attended and
well enjoyed, the same of which may be said of the
ball of the
WYOMING LODGE, F. AND A. M„
which took place at Westchester, N. Y., on the even
ing of Wednesday. Mr. Baldwin, Master of the lodge,
rendered himself very agreeable, and took great pains
with his guests. We are sorry that our space will not
allow us to say more about this ball, with the excep
tion that the hall looked splendid with the decorations
and regalias of the lodge.
BROOKLYN FIRE DEPARTMENT,
which came off at the Brooklyn Academy of Music,
proved to be the most extensive affair given in our
sister city, this season.
The decorations were of the most extensive and
costly kind, and, as arranged, produced the most tell
ing and brilliant effect, every effort being evidently
made to rival “ our” Firemen’s Ball, to which end it
must be admitted a very fair show was made. Much
to our regret our space will not permit us to enter
into any detailed account as it was our intention to do,
suffice it to say that the house was well crowded
that is any recommendation), the music was excel
lent, as we may rest assured, for it was by Dodworth;
the dancing was very spirited and enjoyable, and the
supper just what might have been expected. The
dancing was under the superintendence of the follow
ing floor managers :
Joseph Reeves, chairman ; Peter H. Taws, A. M.
Underhill, J. W. Underhill, Edwin Hillyer, R. A. Will
iams, Edwin Underhill, Isaac G. Leggett, Robert
Malcolm, Wm. Brown, C. H. Macdonald, C. S. Lang
don.
While the general order of the affair and the com
fort of those present was attended to by the following :
Police Committee, (badge, red) G. H. Hayward,
chairman ; Robert R. Story, Wm. H. Furey, John C.
Roach, H. D. Polhemus, Israel. D. Velsor, D. S. Simp
son, Wm. A. Fowler, Wm. S. Searing, J. Pryor Rorke,
L. R. Greene, Wm. S. Wright.
And the other Committees were as follows :
Supper Committee, (badge, red, white and blue)
Jos. B. St John, Joseph B. Leggett, Felix Campbell.
Reception Committee, (badge, blue) Wm. Burrell,
John Cashow, Alex Muir.
In a word it was a most decided success in every re
spect.
Balls of the Present Weeh»
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Feb. 15. Liederkranz Bal Masque.
IRVING HALL.
Feb. 12. Warren Association.
Feb. 13. High Daddy Hop.
Feb. 14. Lindsey Blues.
Feb. 15. Arcana Lodge, F. and A. M.
Feb. 16. Columbian Commandery, K. T.
ALKER’S ASSEMBLY ROOMS.
Feb. 12. Teutonia.
Fob. 13. Schutzen Corps.
Feb. 14. Park Lodge, F. and A. M.
Feb. 15. Seventy-ninth Regiment, N. Y. 8. N. G.
Feb. 16. Pioneer Clay Club.
JONES’ ASSEMBLY ROOMS.
Feb. 12. Enterprise Social Club.
Feb. 13. Cricket Pleasure Club.
Feb. 14. City Club.
Feb. 15. La Esperanza Association.
Feb. 16. Nine-Pin, Costume and Civic Ball.
GERMANIA ASSEMBLY ROOMS.
Feb. 12. Aphonia Masque.
Feb. 13. Independent Butchers’ Co. Masque/ade.
Feb. 14. Beethoven Singing Society Masquerade.
Feb. 15. Hawkins' Zouaves.
EVERETT ROOMS.
Feb. 13. Merry Hawks.
Feb. 14. Westcott Express Association.
Feb. 15. H. U. B. R. A. Club.
BROOKES' ASSEMBLY ROOMS.
Feb. 12. Private Parly.
Feb. 13. Merry Ten Social Club.
MILLEMAN’S ASSEMBLY ROOMS.
Feb. 12. Milleman Guard.
Feb. 12. Menkler Guard.
By the above, it will be seen that there is quite a
number of very interesting affairs to come off this
week, but for the reason above stated, we cannot par
ticularize, simply referring our readers to the general
notice here given and our advertising columns, where
the proper notices of each and all of import will be
found, with the necessary particulars, each and all
of which shall be attended to in order. And while on
this matter of advertisements, we would call the at
tention of the ball going community to a notice in
that department addressed to
LADIES WHO ATTEND BALLS,
which will be found interesting to them, particularly
now that the ball season is at its bight and the opera
in “fullblast.”
THE LEIDERKRANZ BAL MASQUE,
from what we can learn of it, proves that it will be the
very best aff air of this kind thisseason. But we shall
reserve ourselves for this event until our next.
PIONEER CLAY CLUB,
will take place this season at Alker's Assembly Booms,
next Friday evening, the 16th inst. Quite a large
number of prominent guests are to be present, and a
glorious time is anticipated.
CARDS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED
from a number this week, among which are the Lind
sey Blues, with a beautiful photographic order of
dancing; the National Telegraphic Union, the Thomas
J. Jourdan Association, the New England Social Oinb,
the High Daddy Hop, the Anchor Social Social Club,,
the Eighth Regiment Reception, the Cricket Pleasure
Club, the American Nine Pin Social Club, the Protec
tor Association, the Seventy-ninth Regiment (High
landers) Annual Ball, and several others, which shall
be noticed in due time.
Terpsichorean fioeslp.
THE WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION.
The reception of the ladies of the White House on
the afternoon of the 2d inst., was well attended by a
very select company, says the Washington Star : The
• great majority of the callers were ladies, most of
I wivom were friends or acquaintances of the ladies of
the Executive Mansion. Mrs. Patterson and Mrs.
I Stover received their friends in the Blue Room, the
, Hon. B. B. French officiating in making the presenta
tions. The East Room and the Conservatory were
open to the guests, and the rooms and halls were
filled with the delightful fragrance of rare flowers.
Among the more noted visitors we may mention
Hon. E. P. Blair and Mrs. Admiral Lee, Senator
Grimes and Mrs. Grimes, Hon. G. R. Riddle and Mrs.
Riddle, Benor Eustorjia Salgar, Columbian Minister,
Mrs. Senator J. H. Lane, Hon. 11. T. Blow and Mrs.
Blow, Gen. C. B. Stork, Secretary and Mrs. McCul
loch, Mrs. Gen. L. H. Pelouze and Miss J. Doolittle,
Hon. J. H. Farquhar and Mrs. Farquhar, General
Fiske, Hon. E. B. French and Mrs. French, General
C. McKeever and Mrs. McKaav®’ 1 . Baron Wottcrateat,
Swedish Minister; the Misses Rives, Secretary Har
lan, Mrs. and Miss Harlan, Mrs. Gen. T. M. Vincent,
Mrs. Gen. B. F. Butler and Miss Blanche Butler, Gen.
C. C. Augur and Mrs. Augur.
THE LIVERPOOL CALEDONIAN BALL.
This great event to the residents of Liverpool took
place at the Town Hall on the Ist inst. This ball
which is given for charitable purposes was under the
patronage of his Worship the Mayor of Liverpool, the
Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, the Earl and Coun
tess of Sciton, the Duchess of Roxburgh, the Countess
of Derby, Lord Stanley, and a large number of other
ladies and gentlemen occupying positions of influence.
In this instance it was determined that the proceeds
of the festivity should b appropriated in aid of the
funds of that excellent institution the Caledonian Free
Schools, Oldham street, and it is satisfactory to be
able to state that the attendance was sufficiently nu
merous to justify the expectation that those funds will
be materially benefited.
DANCING EXCOMMUNICATED.
The Presbyterian mentions, with apparent approval,
a statement that the Roman Catholic archbishop of
Baltimore has preached a vehement denunciation of
certain dances used in fashionable circles, and refus
ing both absolution and the sacrament to any who in
dulge in them.
TOILETS OF THE CALIFORNIA PIONEERS’ BALL.
A San Francisco correspondent takes off the immor
tal Jenkins in describing this ball in the following
jocular manner. “ The gentlemen wore the orthodox
costume for such occasions, and the ladies were dress
ed the best they know. N. B.—Most of the ladies
were pretty, and some of them absolutely beautiful.
Four out of every five ladies present were pretty.
The ratio of the Colfax party (of which our distin
guished fellow-citizen, Lieut. Governor Bross, was a
member,) was two out of every five. I always kept
run of these things. While upon this department of
the subject, I may as well tarry a moment and fur
nish you with descriptions of some of the most no
ticeable costumes. Mrs. W. M. was attired in an ele
gant pate de foie gras, made expressly for her, and
was greatly admired. Miss S. had her hair done up.
She was the center of attraction for the gentlemen,
and the envy of all ladies. Miss G. W. was tastefully
dressed in a tout ensemble, and was greeted with deaf
ening applause wherever she went. Mrs. C. N. was
superbly arrayed in white kid gloves. Her modest
and engaging manner accorded well with the unpre
tending simplicity of her costume, and caused her to
be regarded with absorbing interest by every one.
The charming Miss M. M. B. appeared in a thrilling
waterfall, whose exceeding grace and volume com
pelled the homage of pioneers and emigrants alike.
How beautiful she was I The queenly Mrs. L. B. was
attractively attired in her new and beautiful false
teeth, and the bonjour effect they naturally produced
was lightened by her enchanting and well sustained
smile. The manner of this lady is charmingly pen
sive and melancholy, and her troops of admirers de
sired no greater happiness than to get on the scent of
her sozodont sweetened sighs, and track her through
the sinuous course among the gay and restless mul
titude. Miss. R. P., with that repugnance to ostenta
tion in dress, which is so peculiar to her, was attired
in a simple white lace collar, fastened with a neat
pearl button solitaire. The contrast between the
sparkling vivacity of her natural optic and the stead
fast attentiveness of her placid glaps eye was the sub
ject of general and enthusiastic remarks. The radi
ant and sylphlike Mrs. T., late of your State, wore
hoops. She showed to good advantage, and created
a sensation wherever she appeared. Miss C. L. E.
had her nose elegantly enameled, and the easy grace
with which she blew it from time to time marked her
as a cultivated and accomplished woman of the world;
its exquisitely modulated tone excited the admiration
of all who had the happiness to hear it, etc., etc.”
WHY FRENCH WIVES ATTEND FRENCH BALLS.
The Gazette de Estrangers in speaking of a bal
masque about to be given by one of the demi monde
says, that upwards of twenty married ladies, moving
in the highest circles of Paris, are known to have
asked for invitations to the fete, being desirous of
studying under masks the arts by which
dames acquire so much influence over, and extract so
much money from, the jeunesse doree of the Imperial
Court. The respectable portion of the French press
denounce and deplore the social degradation which
this indicates. They point out that if women of birth
and position thus force themselvca into the company
of public courtesans, the latter may fairly claim in re
turn admission into the salons of their guests, and
may seat themselves amongst the wives and sisters of
those Princes and Counts who are not ashamed to
take part in open court in the disreputable squabbles
of Hebrew horse dealers and Anglo-French prosti
tutes.
Tjx Palgravo’o recent woili Oil Am
bia, there is an amusing story of a man who
complained to the Amir’s son that one of his
neighbors had smoked. “How do you know
it?” asked the Amir. “I smell it,” said the
man. “Then you entered your neighbor’s pri
vate apartment ?” “No,” was the reply, “I just
put my nose in.” That is just what the man
said who drc n ’ ’.he $30,000 prize in the lottery
last week v-’-- > received the cash in gold, at
Joseph Bat - .. 11 Wall street, by “just put-
ting his nc . .;is office.
The li; i inhabited place on the
globe is tl P • ■■■■ eise of Ancomarco, in Peru,
which is .• ■• .y Z.COO feet (upward of three
miles) ah .
Wic ’ : ;■> : :g strikes a person, it
does 'jol . * i lance to see the flash ; so
don’t be.; .i i ,i .. . Fni-ag you can see.
mid
We last week published a paragraph
in this department which stated that “a plucky
and pretty waiter girl, at a hotel in Syracuse,
broke a plate over the head of one of the board
ers who insulted her.” We have received the
following spicy letter from the plucky young
female in relation to the matter, under date of
Syracuse, February 6th: “Allow me. to thank
you for the compliment paid me in your issue of
the 4th inst.; and Bridget says I must correct
you in saying that I broke a plate over the vag
abond’s head, for she says he has no head—
that it’s nothing but a tumor or sort of vain
exoresence, filled with self-conceit; and instead
of a plate, it was the molasses pitcher, which
filled his hairy appendage with ‘sweetness long
drawn out.’ He has left the hotel and city, too
—for the public good. Should you feel disposed
to make these few corrections, you will confer a
favor upon one who will never take mildly an
insult from anyone.”
An English paper says that rob
beries have lately been of frequent occurrence
in the Courts of Chancery. Not long ago, a
short-hand reporter had his coat stolen before
his eyes, while taking a judgment of the Lord
Chancellor. He could not leave off writing for
fear of losing a sentence, and couid not make a
disturbance for fear of committal for contempt.
At another time a reporter had a small parcel,
containing valuables, abstracted from his coat
pocket while taking a judgment of the Lords
Justices. .
During an entertainment given by
Tom Thumb and party at Castle Hall, Taunton,
England, little Miss Warren had a narrow es
cape. She appeared on the stage to take her
part in the proceedings, when her dress came
in contact with the footlights and became in
stantly on fire. Mr. Woollett, chemist, seeing
what had occurred, immediately jumped on the
platform, caught the little his arms, and
succeeded in extinguishing the fire before she
sustained any injury.
Mr. Garrett Davis recently made
one of big rumbling speeches in the Senate in
which, among other things, he stated that
amalgamation in Kentucky was a criminal of
fense, punishable by severe penalties. Mr.
Trumbull brought down the galleries and Mr.
Davis by expressing sincere regret that the
chivalry of the noble State of Kentucky could
only be restrained in their strange propensity
to marry ladies of color by such severe meas
ures.
The oyster-eaters of Paris are in
distress. The price now asked is so exorbitant
that gastronomers have resolved to abstain for
a while, and no less than eight hundred and
thirty baskets, filling seventeen trucks, sent up
by the Western railway to meet the consump
tion of tho Christmas week, waited in -rain fox
purchasers.
The Salt Lake Vidette says that
“ funny freaks occur in Utah.” A short time
since a Mormon was frozen between two wives.
He was engaged in hauling wood between the
respective cabins of his first and second wives.”
A Frenchman, on coming to Ame
rica and finding himsell utterly unobserved,
no official asking for his passport, no policeman
dogging his steps, no Mayor demanding his
business, felt sad and lonely, and exclaimed
that ho was taken “no more notice of than if
he was a little dog.”
Cholera having almost entirely dis
appeared without leaving in Parisian hearts a
fear of return, small-pox comes to play a fearful
role, and an important man is he in Paris who
keeps a young heifer in a condition to draw
from her pure vaccine matter, every one sur
rounding the door of this ingenious vaccinator.
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of
Baltimore has announced that hereafter, mem
bers of his church who indulge in certain dan
ces, popular in fashionable circles, are to be re
fused absolution and the sacramEnt. Dancing
masters will please make a note.
The London Times says, at the pres
ent rate of reduction the English National debt
will be extinguished in about 400 years ; under
these circumstances, it is doubtful which will
be extinguished first: the nation or the debt 1
Washtnoton City has eleven hun
dred liquor shops. Ninety-nine out of every
hundred of these places dispense slow poison to
the thirsty crowd that patronize their bars.
The Longshoreman’s United Pro
tective Association, No. 2, of this city, has in
vested $45,000 in the Bonds of the Irish Repub
lic. O’Mahony has got the cash. These fel
lows are Fenians to the core.
The largest tree in the world is in
Africa, where several negro families reside in
side the trunk.
Carl Schurz on Reconstruction.—
[Extract from a Lecture delivered in Brooklyn on Mon
day night last.] * * * Justice demanded that the
friends of the Union had the first claim upon it and its
late enemies the last. Honor demanded the payment of
the national debt. In calling upon the negroes to aid the
Union we obligated ourselves to remunerate them by giv
ing them their freedom. It would be the meanest kind
of repudiation not to redeem that pledge. He declared
that if, after calling upon the negro to aid us on the field
of battle, and to risk his life under the full promise that
he and his race should be forever free, and if the rebel
States were admitted without fair stipulations which
bound them to respect the liberty of the negro in every
respect, then it would be the most unnatural, the most
treacherous and the most dastardly act ever committed
by any nation in the history of the world. He was of the
opinion that if Mr. Lincoln, whom he knew' intimately,
was alive ho would rather permit himself to be burned at
the stake than not do justice to the black soldier.
The Way the Democrats Attack
Thad. Stevens.— We find this item in the World:
Charles Lamb used to relate with great glee that his
theological investigations were exhausted in -
scheme for equalizing. nnniahn»<»»4 «u<yawitn. inis no
pruposea io do oy Having a special hell tor Scotchmen, m
which the brimstone should be left out, thereby consigning
them in a double sense to the “ old scratch.’’ Some chap
out West has, however. Improved upon Lamb’s conceit,
and narrates the following story somewhat at the expense
of Thad. Stevens, of Pennsylvania: He says he dreamed
that he once made a visit to inferno, and whii
conversation wnn tiie proprietor an imp announced that
the Pennsylvania Radical was at the door seeking admit
tance. Old Nick promptly and emphatically refused him
entrance upon the ground that he would be continually
disturbing the peace and order of the place. The imp
soon returned, saying that Thad, insisted on coming in,
declaring that he had no other place to go to. After
considerable anxious reflection Old Nick’s face suddenly
brightened as with a new idea, and he exclaimed: “I’ve
got it! Tell the Janitor to give him six bushels of brim
stone and a box of matches and let him go and start a
little hell of his own. I can’t have him here.”
The Union Executive Committee
held a meeting"at head quarters, corner of Broadway and
23d street, on Monday evening last. An organization for
the year was effected by the election of Owen W. Bren
nan, as Chairman: Hugh Gardner, Vice President;
Chas. H. Hall, and H. H. Huelat, Secretaries. The
following members were selected as a Fnance Commit
tee : Wm. R. Stewart, James Kelly, Abram Wakeman,
Charles S. Spencer, A. J. Williamson, Sinclair Tousey,
and Thomas Murphy. The Committee meets every
month on the Monday evenings preceding the first
Thursday.
The Copperheads of New Hamp
shire have just been in counsel, and have resolved, that
they will support Andrew Johnson in all his efforts to
secure to the South representation in Congress and all
their rights under the Constitution. The only rights a
large majority of these Southern people are entitled to
under the Constitution is the halter. Neither they nor
their Copperhead friends at the North really want meted
out to them their just Constitutional rights. Their idea
of the Constitutional rights'of Southern rebels, is the
right to tyrannize over the loyal black men who took up
arms to defend the Government they tried to destroy.
Don’t want any Office.—Our Albany
correspondent in his letter of last week, mentioned Sin
clair Tousey, of the American News Company, as a candi
date for Police Commissioner. Mr. Tousey desires us to
state that he is “not a candidate for that or any other
office.” The Presidency of the American News Company
not only satisfies Mr. Tousey’s ambition, but absorbs all
the time he cares to devote to public or private business #
The Democrats of Connecticut have
had a State Convention at Hartford, where they nomi
nated Hon. Jaiues E. English, for Governor; E. L. Hyde,
for Lieut.-Governor; Jesse Olney, for Secretary of State;
Hernan H. Barbour, for Treasurer; T. H. C. Kingsbury,
for ComntroUer; and roaolved to cupport the re-construc
tion policy of President Johnson.
William E. Dodge has made a very
strong case before the Committee on Elections of the
House of Representatives as to his election in the Bth
District. The Hon. James Brooks is getting quite ner
vona a fetter from a reliable source assures us that
Dodge will be admitted.
Chauncey M. Depew, ex-Secretary
of State, has settled down in this city as a banker and
broker. The Democratic papers, we perceive, honor Mr.
Depew with a large amount of gratuitous advertising, the
result of which has been to give him a first class busi
ness from the start. He ought to publish a card of
thanks for the service rendered.
The Board of Aldermen have de
cided that Wm. L. Ely is the rightfully elected Aiderman
from the Eighth District. This puts a final extinguisher
on the hopes of Ex-Aid. McKnight, who set up a claim
that he was elected instead of Ely, by the sovereigns of
the Oriental District.
Naval Officer of New York.—We
hear from Washington that Mr. Odell is not likely topass
the ordeal of the United States Senate. His friends
abandon all hope of his confirmation.
A Big Thing.—The Rebel Legisla
ture of Virginia has passed a series of resolutions en
dorsing the policy of Andrew Johnson!
The President has nominated Gen.
Cateneau to the United States Senate as Minister to the
Republic of Dominica.
The Clipper announces John Mor
rissav as a candidate for Go??thiz xt?.
Sunday Edition.’ Feb. 11.
MUSICAL.
Maretzek has given us a very highly
enjoyable week of Italian Opera commencing on Mon
day with “ Puritani,” in which Miss Kellogg made a
decided success as Elvira. She sang with great
sweetness and fidelity to the music and acted with
unusual energy. Bellini and Antonucchi sang unusu
ally well throughout, and in the great duet in a man
ner that drew down the house in a storm of applause.
Signor Irfre did not come up to our expectations ; ho
lacked power for his role. The orchestra was very
fine indeed and the opera went off with brilliancy.
On luesday evening “L’Africanne ” was again sung.
It is surprising to witness the evidences of the
which this opera has taken of the public, who never
appear to become weary of Its melodies and flock to
see it with, apparently, -Jjne same zest as when it wag
freshly placed before them. On Wednesday evening
the ever welcome “ Faust ” was given to a brilliant
and fashionable house. We need not say a word of
this opera—of which, we have so often written—nor
of Miss Kellogg and Sig. Antonucchi who have the
greatest labor in its interpretation, which labor is per
formed with great finish and artistic brilliancy. On
Thursday, Brooklyn had another taste of “L'Afri
caine,” and that opera was given again on Friday at
our Academy, where the magnificent decorations of
the Bal Masque of the Arion Society, still remained*
as they did atao at the “ Crispino ” Matinee yesterday.
A very strong bill is presented for the present week.
On Monday evening “Martha,” on Tuesday and
Wednesday “Don Sebastiano,” on Thursday night
“ Crispino ” will be sung in Brooklyn, on
Friday “ Fra Diavolo ” will be given at our
Academy, and on Saturday “Poliuto” will be
sung, with Mad. Zucchi as Paolina for the last
time this season. Her part in the great duet is one of
the very finest pieces of vocalization that we have
witnessed for a long time, one of its great features
being the strong dramatic expression and fervor that
she throws into it. The ball at the close of the season
is being looked forward to with eagerness, and already
the question of costumes is under active considera
tion and agitation by the ladies. It will doubtless ba
a great event, and will stand in rivalry with the Arion
and Liederkranz affairs, the former of which went off
with eclat on Thursday evening last, and a notice of
which will be found in our ball column.
Miss Zelda Harrison’s concert at Irving Hall on
Saturday night, two weeks ago, should have been no
ticed in our last issue, but was not, through accident.
We do not propose to say anything of the assisting
artists, except that Messrs. Castle, Campbell, and Se
guin, were unusually good, Mr. Sanderson brilliant,
and Mr. Prume excellent. The latter astonished the
audience in two morceaux ; oylq from the “Dumb Girt
of Portici” and the other Paganini’s “Di tanti Pal
piti,” and literally drew forth thunders of applause
by his rendering of the “Carnival de Venise,” which
he gave on his recall. Miss Harrison passed the ordeal
of critical judgment with groat eclat, and was taken
into public favor as soon as she had given the audi
ence “Alas, those Chimes,” from “Maritana,” which
tested her voice and method. In all her subsequent
pieces she was warmly received and we believe in
every instance was recalled, although she appeared in
five of them, as laid down in the programme, which waft
unusually long. This was a high compliment, or ReriMi
of compliments, ana aia not emanate from the par
tiality of friends. Her debut may therefore be pro
nounced as among the great vocal successes of tnv
season, and the lovers of music may congratulate
themselves on the accession to the concert-room of a
rioh and pure contralto voice, correct in method and
full in volume. We advise this young lady to repeat
the entertainment.
The Poznanski Brothers’ concert at Irving Hall*
on Saturday night last, may be set down as a success
of a somewhat qualified character; for the concert
going people had so recently heard Prume on the vio
lin, and Mills and Wehli on the piano, that the two
brothers appeared somewhat under a cloudy disad
vantage from the contrasts which were drawn between
the former and the latter. This pianist is certainly a
fine artist, and the violinist shows that he has been
educated in a good school.
These gentlemen will give a second concert at Irving
Hall, on next Saturday evening, when they will ba
assisted by Miss Zelda Harrison, the fine contralto,
Mr. Castle, the tenor, and Signor Fossati, basso, and
an orchestra under the baton of Carl Anschutz.
Undoubtedly the largest choir in the country is
the new one in the Church of the Redemption in this
city, in East Fourteenth street, opposite the Academy
of Music. The church is free, and all attchdants are
sure of a good seat. This choir numbers between 50
and 60 boys, ladies and men, divided between the
-chancel, (when the boys sit,) and the up-stairs organ
loft, (which is occupied by the adult portion.) The
duets are sung antiphonally, and half of the choir
taking alternate verses, and joining together on the
last. The effect is indescribably beautiful and im
pressive, and is superior musically to any boy choir
ever started in this city. We understand that the
material composing this monster choir was supplied
from Mr. Jerome Hopkins’ Orpheon Free Schools, at
a few weeks’ notice, this making the thirtieth church
now, whose choir hail from these free music schools
wholly or in part.
Fifth Avenue Opera House.—Mr. George Chris
ty, ever alive to the “needs of the public,” stands
ready to grasp any and every thing that can be turned
into innocent ridicule for their amusement, and has,
therefore, prepared a burlesque of the roaring order,
entitled the “ Bal Masque De Arion,” with which ha
promises to delight his patrons this week, together
with the “Troubadours,” the “Bass Quartette,’*
“ Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming,” “ Scenes in
an Apple Orchard,” “Happy Contrabands,” “Con
flagration Scene—Wako up, Mose,” and the favorite
ballard Dreamer,” as sung by Mr. Frank
Leslie, all ending with the usual Walk Around, *U.
S. Grant.”
Bryants’ Minstbls.—The habitues of this establish
ment will no doubt be delighted with the announce
ment that Mr. Dan. Bryant will, this week, appear in
his laughable character of “ Hunkee Doree,” in the fa
mous burlespue of the “ Live Ingin,” over which the
sides of so many thousands have ached with laughter.
Little Mac will appear as the Monkey, in which char
acter (shall we call it ?) he has made a great hit. “La
Sonnambular,” Amina (with Rondo Finale) and “ How
are you, Greenbacks,” with the usual ete’s, making
up the remainder of the bill.
San Francisco Minstrels.—The “four fat poets’*
of this minstrel hall—Birch, Wambold, Bernard, and
Backus—are still playing all sorts of devastations with
people’s stays and buttons, by means of the excruci
ating efforts made by them in their various lines of
business. But, no matter how high the tailor’s bill
may prove to those who enjoy the lau#h, Av«rybody
»ud a crowded hall is the result every
night. This week, a somewhat changed programme
is announced, in which the “ four fat poets” sustain
the leading roles, assisted by the various other mem
bers in their other acts, songs, and dances.
Tunx XAOAViv'o urtRA nuuw., —u energy and tact,
backed-up by liberality and enterprise, entitle a man te
undoubted success, Mr. Tony Pastor in the present
management of his pretty little hall of amusement,
deserves it. His versatility of resources appear actu
ally inexhaustable, while his daring (in a managerial
sense) is admirable, as is evidenced in the fact that
finding it would not do to make a negro minstrel hall
or concert room of his establishment, he at once pro
ceeds to unite the two of the first order in one, with
now the addition of a first-class dramatic troupe, and
thus throwing down the “gage of defiance,” boldly
enters the field of competition with his two monstef
rivals the New and Old Bowery, and we are pleased ta
announce the fact that the experiment is a success, as
will be seen by the announcement that this week ho
will produce another new sensation drama entitled
“Lite in Mexico; or, the Patriot’s Daughter,” which
will be played together with an unusual number of
other novelties.
At Wallack’s Theatre the “King
of the Commons” has introduced us to J. W. Wal
lack, as King James V., another part which is fitted
to take rank with his best impersonations, and which
has offered another evidence of the great versatility
of this careful actor. We confess that the play as a
whole was never a favorite with us, and yet it hag
some strong situations and the language is unexcep
tionable. Mr. Fisher does an outlaw—the name w<
forget—very acceptably ; Mr. Mark Smith is excel
lent as Laird Small; Mr. Young very good as Mungot
and the same may be said of Mr. Ringold, as Mai*
colm Young. Miss Henriques was excellent as
line. This young lady is making fine progress in her
profession. “The Rivals” and “Henry Dunbar”
have also been given. The bill for the present week,
as far as we are informed is as follows : On Monday
evening, “Henry Dunbar,” and on Tuesday, th®
“ Iron Mask,” for the benefit of J. W. Wallack, who
will appear as the Mask. This is one of the greatest
parts of Mr. Wallack in conception and delineation,
and ranks with the best things of the modern stage,
and we sincerely hope that the benefit will be ft
bumper.
The Winter Garden will continue “ Richelieu,’*
with Mr. Booth in the title role until further notice,
except that on Wednesday evening that capital and
careful actor, Mr. John Dyott, will take a benefit,
when he will appear in the drama of “ Rob Roy.’*
On the afternoon of that day Mr. Booth will appear aa
Richelieu. The manner in which this great drama i?
put upon the stage is a perfect triumph of dramatic
art and a marvel in the matters of taste and judg
ment. The costumes have been, it is said, imported
from France, and are correct even to the minutest de
tail. We regret that we have not the space to go into
a critical analysis of Mr. Booth's manner of doing th#
part, but let it suffice when we say that we deem it te
be his greatest impersonation; and the production of
the play, as it is given at this house, marks aa