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Happy New Year!—The Subscriber
Respectfully informs his friends and the public in gen
feral, that the old and celebrated Gilmore Bakery, at
No. 205 Greenwich street, is open as usual for his holiday
friends, where ho intends to carry on the baking busi
ness in ah its various branches, and will endeavor to re
tain its former reputation by a strict attention to busi
ness, in order to merit a share of public patronage.
Christmas and New Year’s Cakes of all varieties will be
gnade of the best material that the market affords.
■Plumb, Citron, Almond, and all the other cakes, both
plain and fancy, that are required for the Holidays, will
bo prepared and ornamented in the most approved
styles, by the best workmen in the city.
i . P. S.—Ladies will find it to their advantage to call and
examine our stock of cakes, before leaving their orders
felsewhere. All orders punctually attended to, and goods
to all parts of this city, Brooklyn, Williains
burgh, and Jersey City, free of charge. Remember, the
Jnumber is 205 Greenwich st., between Vesey and Fulton
fcts. JOHN DU GILMORE, successor to Jno. A, Currier.
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THIS WEEK’S
HEW YORK LEADER
. CONTAINS:
CHANDOS FULTON relates the story of “My
Bashful Friend,” a charming Christmas serial.
HARRY POMEROY relates “ Hew He Lost Fanny; A
Story Told On Christmas Eve.”j
$1 SLOKUM dilates upon “The Devil’s Christmas
Carol.”
K. G. SHEPHERD contributes a genial poem, “My
Christmas Gift,” '
SfHE CAPTAIN furnishes “A Christmas Eve Reverie.”
A PERILOUS ADVENTURE IN CHRISTMAS TIME
is a thrilling sketch.
JJISS VAUGHAN reviews the Holiday books in a
bright and piquant style.
MISS FERRIS rhymes “The Romance of the Ring.”
HESTER’S HISTORY is concluded.
AMUSEMENTS GOSSIP.
CAPTAIN’S POLITICAL GOSSIP.
ATTIC SALT-CELLAR.
Editorials.
Etc., etc., etc.
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~ REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES.
Tbo Primary Meetings to elect officers for
the clean Republican District Organizations
find delegates to the General Committee, have
been called, and we sincerely wish that the
result would be a merging of the rival “houses”
which have so long been a “ plague” to the Re
publican party. It is generally known, or ought
to be, that all or most of the late members of so
called “ Csnservative” associations and clubs
have been proposed and admitted as members
of the so-called “ Radical” district associations,
and will be eligible to vote at the primary elec
tion on signifying their desire so to do. The
throwing open of all doors, in this patriotic
manner, reflects great credit upon the Union
Republican Organizations throughout the city.
There is no real barrier existent any longer to
prevent a cordial re-integration of all who
support the administration of Gen. Grant and
subscribe to, the principles of the great
parly which elected him. If there be those
who would hold themselves aloof from the or
ganization, for personal or other reasons, we
may demur to their judgment but do not gain
say their right to remain outside of the en
rolled associations. They may be good Repub
licans still, and ready to do good service to our
cause without mixing in primaries or conven
tions. But if there be those who insist on
beeping up a rival and antagonistic organiza
tion for the mere object of distracting our
party councils, vje hesitate not to say that they
are setting a bad example and that no good
can ultimate from their fractious attitude. As
for the ridiculous talk of “ teking back
Beats”, etc., every sensible man knows that
“back seats” are for the weak and un
popular—not for the resolute and active men of
any political organization. There is no power
in any combination to keep back the claims of
good Republicans In the Republican party, and
we are content, on our part, that the field shall
bo fair for all good men, and that Radicals and
Conservatives shall run nock-and-neck in the
manly race for greater usefulness, greater
honor, and greater popularity in our re-united
ranks. Is this fair or not? Does it mean
either prescription or os.racism? We trust
that our primary caucuses and elections will
prove to all men that the Union Republican
Party is no more to be “ a house divided
against itself,” but “a city built upon a rock,
■hat cannot be undermined.”
EQUALIZING INCOME.
One of our dailies gives utterance to the fol
lowing lament touching tile raising of salaries.
Why complain? Do not- the victors own the
spoils? And what belt.r way to disburse and
disperse the money of tax-payors than through
the hands of public servants?
We don’t kro'.v when there . ill be an end to the busi
ness of “raising the salaried” of local olllcj-boldors.
The salaries oi that important; functionary, the “ Keeper
of the City Hall,” was esterday raised $3,750, the Board
of Councihnen bavin.; concur ed in the resolution pre
viously passed by the Ko trd of Aldermen to that effect.
The night belore last, at tuemectinz cf the Board of
Education, the salary of t’?e Superintendent of Build
ings was in_leased to $5,060 per annum, to date from
March 1, 1868. The MJagi eer’s salary was increased
from $3,000 to $4,000, ami the clerk’s salary from $5,000
to $6,000 per year. We all the.-e salaries will be
again raised next year, a J a ai i the year after. In ten
j-c>.<rs the Keeper oft! o City Hall will probably have
$16,000 per annum, and his broom-cick assistants SIOO a
week. The tax-pavers, m the meansima, can “mind
their own business.”
11l true Democracy there ought to be equali
ty, and the speediest way to equalize all things
(incomes included) is to pay large salaries to
the poor devils who get office, thereby deplet
ing the plethoric purses of our wealthy citi
zens. So says a Democratic acquaintance of
ours, who ought to kn » w ; for he was once poor
and got rich by holding office, and is now in
favor of giving other impecunious chaps what
he calls a “ sight.” He says there is no justice
in allowing Astor, Stewart, Vanderbilt and
other millionaires to monopolize large incomes,
and thinks the only way to “ equalize” is by
creating any number of city offices with sala
ries ranging from $3,000 per annum, upward.
He is preparing a calculation to show just how
many offices are necessary to'‘level up” the
incomes of ail his Democratic friends by de
creasing those of the “bloated bondholders.”
When completed it may be used as the basis of
a general ordenaoce of appointment by the
Common Council. “There’s a good time com
ing. boys!”
‘•Nor for Joseph/’—We are glad
to see that the Governor elect has declined the
escort of a military regiment to Albany, on
learning that it was proposed to saddle the ex
pense on our city treasury to the tune of five
or ten thousand dollars. There is no harm in
any volunteer organization enjoying a New
Year’s spree, providing its members are able
to pay their own bills without cost to their
families or the public : but the precedent of
escorting a civil magistrate to his seat by
armed soldiers, is not a good precedent, any
way, and we rejoice that Mayor Hoffman gave
it no countenance. If a governor’s inaugura
tion is to be “hedged about” by a regiment,
there is no reason why every assemblyman
elect should not be accompanied to the Capital
by the “Murphy Musketeers.” the “Finnegan
Fusiliers,” ■. • “ O’Gorlnan Guards,” or some
other patriotic organization of political
Strikers,
A California company proposes to
B;auufaeture silk directly from the bark and
fibres of young mulberry trees, dispensing with
the agency of siluworm and cocoons. The fine
silky filaments of the incur bark are to be spun
fcj machinery. Tins looks like an infringement
upon natural rights, in throwing tho worms
out of employrnoai,
gnik gispatejj.
NEW YORK, DECEJIBEB 27, 1868.
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ROAD COMMUNICATION WITH BROOKLYN.
The importance of pedestrian inter-com
munication between the cities of New York and
Brooklyn cannot be overrated. There is no
good reason why a-half million of people should
each pay twenty-four cents a week, or twelve
dollars per annum, making an aggregate of six
millions of dollars yearly, for the privilege of
crossing a ferry to take cars which ought to
start from this side. If the six millions of dol
lars were disbursed in a great manufacturing
business which, by its manufactures, gave em
ployment to thousands of workmen, support
ing their families, there might be excuse for
continuing the tribute ; but,'beyond the pay for
repairs and running of boats, there is little dif
fusion of the money into popular channels, and
the sooner we can dispense with such a ferry
tax the better for both communities,
But the utility of our Brooklyn bridge as a
succedaneum, is yet mooted by many who ad
mit the necessity of greater facilities for passage
between the cities. As the projected bridge over
Fulton Ferry is to spring from some point
near to and on a level with our City Hall Park,
and allow a space sufficiently arched to permit
the passage below of a first-class ship’s top
mast, and then find secure lodgment on the
Brooklyn side at a point as high as Sands
street, it is asserted that the swing and sway
of a structure so elevated must make it a dizzy
and dangerous pass-way at anytime, under the
weight of teams, and perhaps impassable to
pedestrians during violent weather. It is con
tended, therefore, that sueh a viaduct could
not replace the safe and commodious ferry
boats, and will only be used in still weather
and by a fraction of the numbers who daily
cross from city to city. On the other hand,
the advocates of a tunnel below the East River
are reminded of the subterrene and sub-aqueous
depths to which such a channel must be bored,
and tho loss of time and physical exertion to
be consumed in descending and ascending on
either side, before striking the tunnel level.
The objections to both bridge and tunnel are
manifold and plausible; aud, while we recog
nize the necessity of some speedy means of in
tercommunication, we confess to considerable
doubt as to the success of either of the above
modes as a substitute for our present transpor
tation by water. It may be that the expendi
ture of six or ten millions of dollars for a bridge,
may realize all that our pontine speculators
hope for; and we shall be glad to see the work
accomplished; but, for all that, we recur, with
more faith than ever, to the more enlarged
policy heretoforejadvocated in the Dispatch,
which embraces not one bridge, but several,
not a mere serial span-way, but a permanent
series of viaducts, that shall practically unite
New York city with Brooklyn, and make of tho
two cities a commercial entrepot more imposing
and capacious than any in the world. Wo al
lude to the plan originally suggested in these
columns, and more recently made the text
of a very able argument in the Report of our
State Engineer—a plan which, in substance,
proposes the construction of a chain of sec
tional docks between Wallabout bayjand Hurl
gate, with causeways, water-gates, and short
bridges extending from shore to shore, and
the filling up of a great portion of the disused
river in order to erect warehouses, grain-ele
vators and other necessities of commerce. The
immediate effect of such a disposition of what
is really surplus water, would be the deepening
of the channel between Wallabut, (now becom
ing shallower year by year) and a correspond
ing elevation of the water on Hurlgate, thus
obviating the difficulties of Sound navigating
and preparing the way for making the Harlem
river navigable from North to East Rivers.
The Sound might be thus separated, from the
Narrows by a double ship canal, running
through the sectional docks, with cause
ways and warehouses on’ either side; and
all that space of water now lying be
tween Roosevelt street Ferry and Williams
burgh might be constructed jinto a permanent
neck of masonry, docks and bridges uniting
New York and Brooklyn, through which would
flow the great jugular stream of incessant tra
vel and traffic by a dozen viaducts; while ves
sels entering by the sound might pass through
the docks and canals to the narrows, and nice
versa, depositing and receiving their freights
without interfering with the daily traffic. And
when such a net-work of dockage was construct
ed, far-seeing capitalists might speculate as to
the probability of erecting a grand sea wall on
Buttermilk Channel, and dawn beyond Green
wood, making a magnificent warehouse front
from Brooklyn; while still further, on the
march of progress, they might discern the
utility of excavating a great ship canal behind
Brooklyn, to unite the Sound with the Nar
rows, by creating a new arm of the sea, securing
to the combined cites a commercial water front
extending from tho Battery through Butter
milk Channel, and by the way of Brooklyn to
the Sound, and thence to the North River. Wo
say such possibilities are in nature, and might
be made facts, .instead of day-dreams, through
enlightened enterprise and wisely-invested
capital. Whether the present season of huge
national indebtedness, and corresponding finan
cial embarrassment, can admit even of sugges
tions concerning a work so vast as that we
have outlined, is for men of large resources
and ambition to determine; but our own im
pression is, that should such an enterprise ever
bo accomplished, it will be found to pay, per
haps, better than either bridges or tunnels.
Meantime, however, if our generation is
at least, “in its own conceit,” and if we can
have no other relief, at present, than a bridge
over Fulton ferry, by all means let us begin
with tho bridge.
The Indiana Kuklux.—The New
Albany malefactors who constitute themselves
judge and jury, break into jails, and hang ac
cused men without trial, are arraying them
selves against both law and public. Under a
printed proclamation addressed “to the Peo
ple of the United States,” under the caption
of “ Headquarters Southern Indiana Vigilance
Committee,” these ruffians proclaim their de
termination to defy authority, and “ warn,” by
name, some dozen or more persons whom they
accuse of a design to retaliate for the murders
of Anderson and the Renos. The way to deal
with such violators of law and justice as these
Indiana “ Vigilants” is to employ the military
arm of government, as against the Kuldux and
other outlawed organizations, hunting them to
their coverts and arresting them at sight. No
good ever came from any secret- conspiracy,
under the pretense oi “Vigilance.” Such
cabals usually cover personal hatred, and give
opportunity for the wreaking of private venge
ance. The express robbers and other banditti
of Western States are as easily discovered by
law-officers as by “Regulators,” and if tae law
officers are not strong enoiigh to capture, or
law tribunals sufficiently pure to convict, tho
Federal government and its military are always
at the disposal of a fearless and impartial State
executive.
Congressional News. —We learn,
from an item copied into tho World from the
Richmond Examiner, that Hon. John Morris"
sey Democratic representative in Congress
from New York, has made up a cock-fighting
match of three mains, to como off at a race
track near tins city, on ths Bth of January
next. As that day is the anniversary of Gen.
Andrew Jackson’s b rth, we can appreciate the
delicate compliment of a cock-fight m celebra
tion of it.
NEW YORK DISPATCH.
AN AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE.
We have always looked with favor upon
every effort to increase the efficiency of our
merchant marine by the establishment of train,
ing schools for boys who desire to become able
seamen. Our “Chamber of Commerce” and
shipping merchants generally, could do much
toward creating a first-class body of American
sailors, if they would only devote a portion of
their princely means to the encouragement of
national schools. The purchase of a score or
more of old vessels, of various tonnage, as
school-ships, to be stationed in the harbor or
on and off tho coast, would relievo our Board
of Charities and Corrections of a deal of re"
sponsibility and expense, and open up wide
and permanent ways of usefulness to orphan
and neglected boys. It is strange that New
York should have not a single school-ship,
while Boston has two, and the endowment of
each educational asylums is discussed in Eng
land as a government measure. The good effects
of nautical training and discipline on youth have
been demonstrated by the examples of patriot
ism and thorough seamanship con'nbuteil to
our late war for the Union from the Naval
Academy at Norfolk, Ya., and by that efficient
private auxiliary, the New York Nautical
School, No. 92 Madison street, which, out of
its six thousand proteges of the last seventeen
years, gave two thousand officers to our na
tional ships and gunboats. We are constantly
hearing of mutinies and disagreements on
board our merchant ships, arising from the in
congruous character of the crews, that are
gathered from all parts of the world. Why
should we not nave a body of American seamen
properly instructed and disciplined, and always
reliable, whether for peaceful or warlike ser
vice? Our Chamber of Commerce ought to
take the matter in hand.
“Raiding” at the Capitol.—We
hear that a lively boring. for “ ilo ” is just now
going on down at Washington with the aid of
expert Artesian “ suckers ” from New York
city. Several custom-house places have lately
been vacated, and there is a struggle between
“conservatives ” and “radicals” to get pos
session of them, in exchange for votes in the
Assembly for U. S. Senator. The supply of
patronage in New York city on the radical side
is said to bo running very low, and a good deal
of legislative stock will “sell short” unless
contractors come up to time. We have heard of
an assemblyman who was promised one or
two positions in the tax-office, and now finds
that he cannot got the goods delivered; in
consequence of which he is fractious. If
Smythe could be confirmed as “minister ” and
a “radical” nominated for the “collector
ship ” on certain conditions, there would be no
difficulty in making the “cat jump” in our
New York Legislature. Hence the “ lobby ”in
attendance at the National Capitol, and only
dispersed for the holidays; after which we
shall probably learn more concerning the “raid
on Washington.” It may be surmised how
ever, that Gen. Grant’s “ apple tree ” is not
yet “ shook.”
The Way They Do It.—When Car
dinal Richelieu was able to consign any one
who offended him to the Bastile, on a simple
order of arrest, the life and liberty of a French
man were not of much account. We have a
good many small copyists of Richelieu in New
York city—follows who,
dressed in a little brief authority,
Play such fantasiic tricks before high Heaven
As make the angels weep.
And there is no room for doubt that, if the
power of such petty despots could second their
will on every occasion, we should hear of a
good many more cases of arbitrary imprison
ment, such as was inflicted upon Mr. Bowles,
editor of the Springfield Republican, who was
summarily arrested on suit of Mr. Fisk, of
Erie Railroad notoriety, and under order of the
distinguished Judge McCunn, executed by the
equally distinguished Sheriff, Jimmy O’Brien,
incarcerated in Ludlow street Jail for a night,
his lodging fees being nineteen dollars and
fifty cents. Ludlow street Jail must be a
model “ sponging house,” and as for the dis
tinguished Judge McCunn and Sheriff O’Briem
let our great American metropolis rejoice
that neither of them aB yet possesses the power
of Richelieu.
No More Public Plunder.—Gen.
Grant has been speaking his mind in regard to
various schemes of public plunder now on the
lobby-carpet at Washington. In a late con
versation, he emphatically recorded his inten
tion to oppose all measures calculated to in
crease the public debt through gifts and subsi
dies to railroads and other enterprises pro.
jected on private capital. We commend the
principle as a sound one ; but there may be
cases, nevertheless, where a wise dispensation
of national aid and encouragement would real
ly tend to lighten the burdens of taxation in
stead of making them more onerous. Such,
for instance, would be a discreet encourage
ment of our mail steamers, and of siich works
of internal improvement as invite and remun
erate the investment of labor and energy in
developing the uncultivated regions of our great
country. By all means, let the schemes of
mere lobbyists and plundering contractors be
frowned upon; but let us not forget that a
great nation like ours possesses powers and
resources, which, under the direction of true
statesmanship, may be safely employed for the
“ greatest good of the greatest number.”
Clerk of the Assembly.—We were
mistaken last week in naming ex-Clerk Fuller
Caldwell as a candidate for Clerk of the As
sembly this Winter. He is not in the race.
The candidates, so far as we learn, are mainly
from the interior of the State, with the excep
tion of Coi. George Van Brunt, of this city,
who is warmly urged by his friends. Mr. Un
derhill, who has had long experience in the
clerical duties of legislative bodies, is backed
by a large list of members of the late Consti
tutional Convention, of which ho was one of
the officers. Ed. F. Underhill, the well known
stenographer, who reported the proceedings of
the Convention, and as he has reported for the
State Senate during several years, is also a
candidate for Clerk of the Assembly for the
next year. Mr. S. R. Harlow, the very popular
biographer of several Legislatures, has hosts
of friends, and will be a strong claimant for the
position. It is understood that most of the
candidates are friendly to the nomination of
Gov. Fenton as U. S. Senator. ,
Judge F, J. Fithian.—Ex-Judge
Freeman J. Fithian, President of the Union
Republican General Committee, baa been ap
pointed by Gov. Fenton to fill the position of
Judgemthe Superior Court made vacant by
the death of Judge Robertson. Judge Fithian
was the Republican candidate for Judge of the
Supreme Court, and his appointment is com
mended by all part.es as one “eminently fit to
be made.” The unexpired term extends to
January, 1870, and will be filled by election m
November, 1869. The incumbency of Judge
Fithian will probably suggest a proper depos
itory of authority to make certain appointments
(under act of the Legislature) to local offices
now vested with the Controller or other offi
cials. .
The Late Judge Robertson.—The
decease of Judge A. L. Robertson, of the Superior
Court, removes from the bench and from so_
ciety a learned jurist and genial gentleman.
With the experience of maturity he cherished
a youthful heart, and was popular alike with
his juniors and seniors. “I want tho boys to
, have a show as Weil as the men,” ho remarked,
jn his whole-souled way, when during the late
Constitutional Convention he advocated the ex
tension of the elective franchise to young men
of eighteen ; and to tho last he retained that
buoyancy of spirit which sympathizes with
the changing humor of life, m spite of greybeard
Time. There are many dignified and able
wearers of the ermine in our midst who may
be well content to leave behind them as clear a
judicial record and kindly a social memory
as Judge Anthony L. Robertson.
The Pea Jacket excitement con
tinues. Baldwin loads the town, however, and
is now selling for sl2 a fine Chinchilla Jacket
worth at least sls. Il’s uo use. Baldwin the
Clothier cannot be ovortbken—it’s a break
neck business to try to roach his low prices,
aud stylish garments. Can’t be did.l
The Train on Time.—The band will
play, “Lol the conquering, etc.” George Fran
cis Train has arrived. Deputations of Fenians
and other patriots have welcomed him and
apostrophized him. George comes in time for
the lecture season; in time for Congress; in
time for the new administration; in time to
confer with Mr. Greeley, or some other friend
of Ireland, and expectant successor of Reverdy
Johnson as Minister to St. James. Why not
nominate George Francis for the post ? Here
is a chance for the Sun to make a new diplo
matic sensation. What a rebuke to the per
secutors of Civis Americanus the appointment
of “G. F. T.” would be 1 What a triumph and
a glory for the Revolution editresses 1 They
would be represented—the World would be
represented—the Sun would be represented—
all our Stars would be represented. Let there
be a Cooper Institute meeting called at once,
hnd let the Amesican Eagle be present. We
go for Civis Americanus sum !
©mwjwiUuw.
Letter from New Orleans.
New Orleans, December 18th, 1868.
To the Editor of the New York Dispatch:
After the result of your city charter election, the
Times, of this city, gave the Mayor-Elect a big puff
in the way of an editorial, claiming him to be one of
them, because he onco lived here and served out his
legal apprenticeship in the office of the once mag
nificent Soule. This Times was started during the
war as a loyal Union paper, with the money of loyal
men, and continued to support the Government until
one W. H. C. King, by some means, got hold of the
concern, when it became a miserable sheet, abusing
the loyal people of the country, uttering its 1 fulmina
tions against our loyal Congress, until at last, out-
Heroding Herod, it became one of the most rabid
rebel sheets in the South. At the present time it is
under the editorial charge of Alexander Walker and
Mark F. Bigney, two as notorious rebel sympathizers
as can be found in the South, who boast that they
are unreconstructed, and intend to remain so until
the rebel Democracy obtain the power to rule the
country, when they expect to be rewarded for their
faithful adherence to the “lost cause.’’ The Cres
cent is under the management of J. O. Nixon, who
obtained tho money to' purchase the stock and ma
terial by which it is carried on, from tho now de-’
funct and bankrupt First National Bank, an institu
tion that was started in this city in the year 1864 by
one Graham and others. Mr. Nixon (or Colonel, as
he is sometimes called), upon a note of his, indorsed
by a personal friend for the sum of $35,000 or
$40,000, obtained a discount from the bank; and at
the time this bank failed, in 1867, the sum of $35,000
remained due and unpaid, for which a judgment
was rendered during the present week in favor of
Charles Case, receiver, &c., against Nixon and his
friend, Alfred Kearney, in the United States District
Court. What the avails of that judgment may be
no one can tell; but what I do know is, that the
poor, loyal ijnion depositors of this First National
Bank of New Orleans have had, thus far, to pay Jor
the operations of such men as Nixon, Hayes, Beau?
regard and Herron, who used the money oi that bank
with an exceedingly liberal hand, leaving nb avail
able assets behind to meat their liabilities. The
ring, as usual, got the plunder, and the poor out
siders were the victims.
There are a great many people of the North at the
present time who, no doubt, believe that, since the
result of the late election, the people of the South
have become entirely satisfied, and are accepting the
situation by submitting to the laws for the pro lec
tion of life and property; but in order that they may
know that this is not the case, permit mo to give you
some items to the contrary, from whioh they may
see that reconstruction 1$ by no means “un fait ac
compli.” Read the following letter from a committee
of citizens of Williamspoint, in the parish of Pointe
Coupee, in this State:
Williamspoint, Pointe Coupee, La., 1
December Ist, 1868. J
“Mr. C. Kohn, New Orleans, La.:
“Dear Sir: The citizens at large have had a meet
ing for the purpose of considering the condition ot
the labor of the country. We, therefore, as a com
mittee of three, have been appointed to notify you
rhat you are about to rent your land, known as the
White Place, situated on Bayou Latanache, to parties
who are obnoxious to the community at large, viz.:
Tounoir & Co. We, therefore, as a committee ap
pointed for the purpose, as above mentioned, request
that the land iu question should not be so rented.
We find from sad experience that it is bad policy to
rent land to the colored people where there are no
white persons on the place. It is, therefore, the wish
of the community that no land should ba so rented.
You will, therefore, take due notice, and govern
yourself accordingly.
“ Yours with respect,
“F. M. Yoist,
“ H. W. Coyle,
“James Dennis.’*
The only reasons urged by these worthy (?) citizens
against the renting of the land referred to, was, that
the parties to whom it was to be rented were colored
people.
Bo great was the indignation of Judge Durell, of
the United States District Court, for this District, at
the audacity of this production, that he read the let
ter in open court, on the morning of the 15th inst.,
and directed the District Attorney to inquire into
the matter, and if it proved to be genuine, that the
parties whose names were subscribed, to it should be
indicted under the provisions of the civil rights bill.
Whether anything will be done by the Grand Jury of
that court, constituted in the manner stated in my
previous letter, is very doubtful. In relation to this
extraditionary action and production on the part of
these unreconstructed citizens of Pointe Coupee
Parish, the Times approves and justifies it, while the
Picayune and Republican condemn and denounce it.
Is it any wonder that there has been so much
fraud and corruption on the part oi the United States
Government officials, where nine-tenths of tho posi
tions are held by enemies of the Government, who
would rather see it ruined and go to destruction,
than to have it prosperous and successful ? Since the
time that Andrew Johnson established his “my
policy’’ system, the most successful aspirants for of
fice under him, have been the most bitter enemies
and opponents of the Republican party, the most of
whom, in this State, are defaulters and bankrupts,
and if they had their deserts would be serving the
Government in one of its prisons. Loyal Union men,
honest and deserving, have been ostracised and dis
placed from positions which they filled with ability
and integrity, to make room for disqualified rebels
and registered enemies, who have lived upon the pa
tronage of a Government which they hated and de
spised. One of the reasons why loyalty is at such a
discount in this State, was the displacement of Baird,
Sheridan and Mower for such miserable popinjays
as Hancock, Buchanan and Rousseau. Apropos of
Rousseau, it is said that he has bought a plantation
at Belle Isle pear the Atchafalaya river, where he in
tends to profit by the compensated services of those
rebel democratic friends the “ Innocents ” and
others whom he so faithfully assisted in their efforts
to carry this State for “ Seymour and Blair.’’
I understand that in the Parish of St. Bernard, be
low this city, two very fine plantations have been
purchased by some New York capitalists, upon which
they intend the raising of the sugar cane and the
production of sugar and molasses, which this year
has proved a profitable speculation for all who have
embarked in the business.
The cotton crop of this year has been a success
and has paid handsomely to all the cultivators of
that staple. Predictions are made, that the next
voar will be a more successful one than the past in
sugar and cotton in this State, and this may be so,
provided the laboring interest, that is to say, the
negroes are treated with kindness and honesty.
These poor, industrious people have been most
cruelly and shamefully abused and cheated, by the
most of the so-called chivalry of this State, and tor
that reason, tor a year or two past, have refused te
contract with such unworthy employers, who, finding
that honesty is the best policy, are beginning to
adopt that’ system of tair dealing with their em
ployees, thus securing their confidence and continu
ance of their service for another season.
The levees of the Mississippi river are to be put in
repair to prevent an inundation or overflow for the
next year, aud strenuous efforts are being made to
this end by the raising of money npon what are
called “ Levee Bonds,” by the “ Board of Le
vee Commissioners, ” among whom are such
men as Senator John Lynch, a planter, and General
A. L. Lee, of tho parish of St. Bernard, who are now
said to be in your city, negotiating a loan upon the
“ Levee Bonds,” to be used, it is said, in defraying
the expanses of repairing levees, &c. How these
gentlemen may succeed in their undertaking of rais
ing monies as I have said, is not for me to say; but it
certain that, unless tho levees are put in repair, great
will be the damage, and terrible the consequences, it
there should be an overflow and inundation. This
would be far worse in its devastation and destruction,
and more dreadful to the people of this State, than
the army worm.
Among the enterprises now on foot in connection
with the commercial interests of this city, are two
that are very important, viz: The New Orleans and
Ship Island Ship Canal Company, of which George F.
Brodt is the President and Manager; and the other,
the Lake Borgue Ship Canal Company, of which one
Dr. J. O. Noyes is the manager. The first is a project
to run a ship canal through this city and the swamps
east of what is called the Metarie Ridge, a distance of
< twenty-miles to the Rigolets, a channel or a strait be
tween Lako Pontchartrain and Lake Borgue, and
thence to Ship Island; the second is to start at a
poiut SUUQ seven miles pQlow ibis city t aud jo be cut
a distance of two miles to a bayou or river running
into Lake Borgue. These ship canals, when com
pleted, are intended to shorten the distance of navi
gation from the Gulf of Mexico to this city, some 150
miles, and around the bars at the mouth of the Mis
sissippi river, which has been so long an obstruction
and injury to the commerce of New Orleans.
As usual, large grants of land are asked and ex
pected from the General Government in aid of these
projects; and if it can be satisfactorily proved that it
will be less expensive to the Government to have a ship
canal in the method proposed by the projectors, than
to spend millions of dollars, as has been, and is being
done, every year, to deepen the bar at the river, then
let Congress examine the merits of both, and see
which is the most feasible and most advantageous,
and render such assistance as is necessary to the
completion of the work.
The grain elevator established in this city by a Mr.
Higby, of Illinois, for the purpose of shipping grain
from steamboats to sea-going vessels, has proved
quite successful, and large quantities of cereals are
sent here as a more favorable point for trans-ship'
ment at less expense than is done by sending it by
rail to the Atlantic ports. Great expectations are
expressed by the merchants of this city in relation
to this enterprise. Should it continue as well as it
has done during the past six months, other Western
capitalists are intending to embark in the same busi
ness. ,
The weather for the past few days has been de
lightful, sunny, mild and sprightly ; fires and over
coats are dispensed with, and no suffering on the part
of the poor. Would that you were here to enjoy the
pleasant climate of the sunny South. Plenty of
oranges, pine apples and bananas fresh from the
trees, afford delicious food for all classes.
In my next I shall have somewhat to say of the
railroads in and running from the city, and their
conditions, and of the bankruptcy ring, as well as
other interesting items. X.
MUSICAL.
“La Chanson de Fontunio,” the
most recently produced petite opera of Offenbach by
the Bateman company, has met with very brilliant
and deserved success. z Pike’s Opera House has been
crowded nightly and the delicious little work, in con
junction with the more pretentious “ Bavards,” has
been received with warm demonstrations of delight
and perennial applause. Of plot the opera has but
little, but the situations are pleasing and the music
light and delicious and from first to last the interest
does not flag over the dialogue, which sparkles, or
over the musical gems which flash and glitter. The
principal character is sustained by M’lle Irma, which
is that of young man who is clerk to an old notary,
Fortunio, (M. Erancis) whose young wife (M’lle Lam
bele) is very pretty and with whom the young clerk
is desperately, but modestly, in love. There is also
another clerk of the notary (M. Leduc) who is in love
with the cook and who is not averse to aiding his
young companion in making love to his master’s
wife (all Platonic, of course) and plotting in a small
way to effect that object, by. sending the old notary
on a wild goose chase for the purpose of saving the
valuable archives of the notary’s office from a jpre
tended fire; which gives the young clerk a chance
for an uninterrupted interview with his lady-love.
The Chanson of Fortunio is a little song that he used
to sing in his earlier days and with which he used to
make his amatory conquests. This song is found in
the old man’s absence and the head clerk and all the
juniors, five or six in number, transcribe it and sing
ic. It is in this, Fortunio’som amorous strain, that
the young clerk chaunts his love to Jbriwnio’f wife.
The great fault with the little opera is that the cur
tain falls before the spectator is made aware
whether the clerk succeeds with his mistress
or not: but the inference is rather strong
that Fortunio is fortunate enough to be on
the eve of being leomewhat cornuted. A ludicrous
feature of the piece is the fact that the young man is
so modest in his love-making, and in singing the
love song, that the lady does not know that.she is the
object of his passion until her jealous old husband
makes her aware of the fact, and then it is that a rose,
taken from the casement—placed by the young man
—and another thrown toward him, both acts done by
the lady, gives him hope. Mlle. Irma did the shy,
modest, loving boy admirably, and sang the music
very sweetly, indeed. M. Leduc, one of the best low
comedians on the stage, kept the house in roars of
laughter by his drolleries; and M. Francis, in his lit
tle part, was entitled to much praise. Mlle. Lam
bele looked very sweetly, and sang with taste and
spirit. This pl jasant little opera can keep the stage
for a long time.
Mlle. Tostee, we regret to say, has met with an
accident, which will keep her from the stage for
a few nights. The ever-welcome Mlle. Irma, how
ever, came to the rescue of the manager, and did
the dashing role of Roland,, in “ Les Bavards,” to
frequent and long-continued applause. In every
thing that this accomplished artiste appears she is
excellent, and her singing in this opera has added
a leaf to her well and gracefully won laurels. “La
Chanson de Fortunio ” and “ Les Bavards ” will
keep the bills during the week, and, probably, until
we have “La Perichole” (the “ch” pronounced like
“k,” if you please), which is announced as being in
active preparation. We have omitted to slate that
Mlle. Rosa and a corps de ballet, the former the best
danseuse in America, nightly appear at this theatre.
Of the Theatre Francais we have only to record
that “ Genevieve de Brabant” has kept the boards
since our last, with the exceptions of on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings, when it was given at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music with brilliant success;
for to the City of Churches it was a very decided
treat. On Thursday evening the Fran?ais was made
the scene of its first ball, of which we cannot write
for the reason that we were not there. Jenkins, how
ever, has served up the affair in some of the dailies,
and to them we must refer the inquiring reader for
the “ ravishing” particulars.
The present week will probably be the last one of
“ Genevieve” for the present, though it is still very
popular, more especially in its extremo comic phases
where M. Gabel is irresistably droll, and, as Pitou,
brings down the house nightly, and evokes shouts of
laughter. An opera comique is underlined, that of
“L’CEil Creve,” by Herve, as announced in our last.
This work is highly spoken of by those who have
heard the score, and it is said to be admirably fitted
to the talents of the members of Mr. Grau’s troupe.
We may here remark, without the slightest wish of
being considered as volunteering advice, that this
company has all the elements of success in the pro
duction of the comique, and we shall not be at all sur
prised if that specialty receives great attention from
the Impressario. There are numberless works by
different composers, which fall within the designa
tion referred to, that possess great merit, are full of
humor, fairly gemmed with music and which, though
somewhat old to Paris and some other Continental
cities, are new to the American people, except that
they have heard, now and then, selected scraps from
them in the concert room or in orchestral perform
ances. That success would follow the production of
such we have no doubt whatever, and we are pleased
to see that Mr. Grau is about trying an experiment
with the production of one of them.
The Central Park Wlnter Garden management
are giving a continuous carnival during the holidays,
and the beautiful Christmas decorations will keep
their places as long as the series of performances
continue. There will be a grand Sunday Concert
this afternoon at three o’clock, by a full orchestra,
and the Schoaffer Tyrolean Society of vocalists and
other entertainments. The ordinary performances
embrace the above features, and also a Christmas
Bazaar for the sale of presents, open during the whole
day from 10 A. M.; Mlle Zanfretta dances the tight
rope; Theodore Zanfretta goes through with his sur
prising gymnastic and pantomimic performances,
and performs his trained dogs that have become
celebrated; Master George appears on the flying
trapeze and swinging bars, and makes his famous
Niagara leap; Mr. Charles Parker performs as clown,
and gives a stilt act; the Delavante Brothers appear;
Gus. Williams sings comic songs, and a grand auto
matic theatre displays aoout a thousand perform
ers who go through with their feats without {fatigue,
and with exactitude, and never object to an en
core. Certainly here are attractions enough.
Mb. Theodore Thomas’ Sunday evening concerts
(the fifth of which will be given to-night) are as popu
lar now as when Mr. Thomas commenced and carried
through his former admirable series. To touch the
minds and hearts of the masses of the people by the
most refined and elegant entertainments has been
his aim, and gradually the more severely classic
works of the great wiaesiros have been introduced
with success. The effort is a praiseworthy one m all
points of view, and more especially when we con
sider the excellence of the musicians whom Mr.
Thomas has engaged, and the vocal talent that he
has placed before the public. Mad. Gazzaniga, M’lle
Bonconi and Herr Ferdinand von Inten are still en
gaged, and will appear this evening.
The Mendelssohn Obchestbal Union will give
their first grand Tuesday conceit this evening, at
Irving Hall, under the direction of Messrs. H. B #
Dodworth and E. Mollenhauer, who will alternately
direct an orchestra composed of sixty performers, alj
of acknowledged skill. The following solo artists
“will assist: Master Raphael Dp Solla, the infant
tenor; (by permission of Bryant Brothers), Mr. Ed
ward Mollenhauer, the violinist; Harry Sanderson,
the pianist; H. B. Lasserve, accompanyist, Morris
accompanyist
Mad. Parepa Rosa has returned from her very ex
tended tour, and after a little much needed relax
ation from labor, will again delight thousands upon
by appearing iu the concert joo«h When
she left us we could only regret that we were to lose
her, even*though temporarily, and now that she has
returned, she will be warmly and enthusiastically
welcomed back. Her first appearance will be on
Friday evening, January Bth, at Steinway Hall. Mr.
Lovy, the great concert soloist, has alsa returned,
and will appear in conjunction with Mad. Parepa.
The San Fbanoisco Minstbels have hit upon a
treasure-mine in thefr side-splitting Ethiopian opera
of “Bone Squash Diablo.” The closing scene,
“Pandemonium” is of itself an attraction sufficient
to crowd the house nightly. Birch, Wanabold, Ber
nard and Backus were never more jolly and rollick
ing than now, when the holidays make every one
good-natured; but “the quartette” are only a por
tion of the attractions. If you wish to enjoy an
evening of pleasure, unmarred by anything low or
vulgar, go and see the San Franciscans.
At Tony Pastob’s Opera House, the fun and mer
riment are at holiday height. Although the house
has been crowded nightly for the past week, the in
exhaustible Tony has brought out a new and greater
attraction. This week the original drama of New
York life, entitled “Broadway and the Bowery,”
with Tony Pastor as Broadway, and G. W. Thompson
as Bowcry, will present itself as a candidate for public
favor and patronage. One need not be a “prophet
or the son of a prophet,” to safely predict for it a
more than ordinary success. The minor attractions
are as brilliant as ever. Johnny Thompson as Little
Nell, and the female comique, Miss Amy De Brent,
deserve and receive encores nightly.
Bbyants’ Minstbels have one of the handsomest
and most convenient halls in the city, in Fourteenth
street, adjoining the Academy of Music, and the en
tertainment they offer is among ihe most pleasing
given in this city. The burlesque of “ 111-true-bad
doer ” is full of fun and good music, and the entire
entertainment is highly enjoyable.
Kelly & Leon’s Minstbels, No. 720 Broadway,
offer for this week a bill of inimitable attractions,
among which are “Gin Nevieve de Graw,” with
Leon’s imitations of Rose-Bell. This troupe of
minstrels can boast among its members many of the
best comedians and vocalists in the profession, and
the entertainment they offer is always of a high order
of excellence.
The great banjo match between Charles E. Dob
son, of this city, and Charles T. Plumer, of Brooklyn,
so long looked forward to with interest by those who
love “ to pick upon de ole banjo,” comes off at Cooper
Institute to-morrow evening. The stakes are SI,OOO
and the “championship of the world,” while the
contestants, it is needless to say, are considered the
two players most worthy to contend for those laurels.
In addition to the principal attraction, several of the
most distinguished banjoists and musical artists in
the city will appear. A new banjo, valued at SIOO,
has been presented, and will be competed for by any
or all who wish to contend. The referee for the
grand match is Mr. N. W. Gould; judges, Messrs. E.
Burke and F. Stopel.
DRAMATIC.
At Niblo’s Theatbe, the manage
agement having settled its railroad difficulties with
Mr. Daly, “ After Dark” has been continuously given
since our last, and has been received, with favor,
more especially since the holidays have set in. How
long it is to be retained upon the stage we have not
been authentically informed, but suppose that after
the present week it will make way for something new.
It is rumored that the JLydia Thompson troupe is to
come to this house—something that we have a right
to hold in doubt for various reasons, which we do not
care to state in full at {-present; one of which, how
ever, is that in our judgment such a course would be
injudicious on the part of management and troupe.
A house that has been accustomed to recruit from
abroad will not, we think, place its reliance upon ac
climated talent, except now and then in an isolated
case, such as the engagement of Mr. Forrest. As
matters now stand, “ After Dark” will be given until
further notice. A new and beautiful feature at this
theatre has been the unrolling of a new act drop,
painted by that excellent artist, Mr. Richard Mar
ston. It was first displayed on Monday evening last,
and was received with loud demonstrations of admi
ration, that the work well deserved, It represents
the Goddess of Liberty surrounded by all the liberal
arts and sciences. The design is happily conceived
and very artistically executed, the coloring being es
pecially noteworthy, by reason of the depth com
bined with brilliancy which it presents, while gaudi
ness is entirely avoided. Mr. Marston may be con
gratulated on his having added to the many suc
cesses that he has heretofore achieved.
At Wallaok’s Theatbe the return to a more le
gitimate standard of performances, in the rendering
of which the full strength of the company has been
necessarily brought into view, has been hailed with
demonstrations of great gratification by the patrons
of the house. Mr. Lester Wallack has been nightly
received with a warmth which reminded us of old
times, and in the auditorium we have seen many
faces which sent our recollection pack, in connection
with the drama, many years when we were all young
er than we are now. The excellence of Mr. Wallack’s
company is preeminent, and he is able to produce
anything in the shape of comedy or serio-comedy in
a style superior to anything of the kind of the pres
ent day done elsewhere, and to rival, if not throw in
to the shade the memorable features of the “Old
Park,” to which our venerable citizens are yet refer
ring with exalted praise and emphatically expressed
enthusiasm. We are pleased to see one theatre in
New York devoted to the species of performances
that is now being given at this house, and we have
no doubt but that the response of the public will be
so ample and generous as to induce the manage
ment to continue it. The bill for the present week
will be as follows: On Monday evening, “Money,”
Bulwer’s great comedy, will be given, with Miss
Eytinge as Clara, and Mr. Lester Wallack as Evelyn,
and the rest of the, cast most admirable; on Tuesday,
“ Two can Play at that Game,” and the “Follies of a
Night;” on Wednesday “Money” will be repeated;
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday old favorites will
be given but we are not advised as to what they will
be. “ Much Ado About Nothing ”is still underlined,
and though it will, doubtless, be eagerly received
stil such bills as have been recently given can very
satisfactorily be made to postpone its speedy produc
tion-
At the Olympic Theatbe, “ Humpty Dumpty” is
still the trump card, and, in its altered form, is more
attractive than ever. We are sorry to see that the
management has been doing a very foolish thing,
and one that has already led them into difficulty.
They have placed the celebrated railroad scene on the
stage, in one of the acts of “ Humpty Dumpty,”
against the remonstrances of Mr. Daly, who invented
railroads and locomotives. To this invasion of his
rights, that gentleman, of course, took exceptions,
and, failing to get justice on the spot from the man
agement, has appealed to the law to restrain any
further infringement of his rights: relying upon the
recent decision of the U. 8. Court in the case of Mr.
Palmer, of Niblo’s. The management rely upon the
opinion of their counsel, Messrs. Charles O’Conor,
James T. Brady, William Fullerton, and ex-Judge
Hilton (engaged by permission of Mr. A. T. Stewart),
who agree that the scene is not an infringement of
that of Mr. Daly, for the reason that the latter has his
hero placed by force upon the track, and in the pan
tomime Humpty Dumpty is supposed to get drunk
and fall upon the track. They all agree, how
ever, that the injunction should be respected.
Mr. Tayleure, however, is stubborn, and really pi—
that is, Cincinnati headed in the matter, and* de
clares that there is no power in the United States
Courts to stop the representation, and if the authori
ties should march a regiment of armed marines into
the theeatre, he would continue to give the scene—
first charging all the marines the usual price of ad
mission, and personally take the consequences. Con
sequently, the railroad scene, and its harrowing con
comitants, will be given until further notice. Any
one who sees this scene wiff think, as we do, that
the train of cars is a very small matter—indeed, much
too small—to make so much trouble about.
P. S.—Since writing the above, we have learned
that the trouble has been settled by a compromise;
Mr. Tayleure stipulating that Humpty Dumpty shall
be run over by the locomotive, grasp it with his face
upward (a tender behind, of course, will follow), and
be dragged off the stage: Mr. Da y stipulating to re
ceive SSO a night as his royalty. This is all right and
proper, for
Let dogs delight, &c.
At the Wobbell Sisters’ New Yobe Theatre,
“ Barbe-Bleue” in English has run its course for the
present, after having been received with some favor
by full houses but not very critical AU
experience has shown that it is very difficult to trans
late from the French into English burlesques and
works of a burlesque character, and equally difficult
has it been found to reverse such a labor: for much
necessarily depends upon the texture of the points
made by the author, and the works of that character
when performed in the tongue in which they were
written,- require from an audience, born to that
tongue, a quick and keen appreciation of. the lan
guage, its synonyms and its alliterative character,
and without which, or without either one of these,
the actor cannot effectively make his points. Hence
it is that literal, or nearly literal, translations of
French burlesques generally lack zest, point and
sparkle, and the music is generally relied upon for
success as a matter of actual necessity. This remark
applies with force to the translations of “ La Belle
Helene,” and “Barbe-Bleue;” neither of which could
have kept the stage for two nights, had the libretto
alone been depended upon for success. On the con
trary the double entendre and jeu de mots of the lan
guage of either, would make an acceptable petite
comedy in the original, without the aid of music.
Mi*. Tissington did all that he could with the music
in view of the materials at his command, and the sis
toys UaiQ displayed a good'deal of and
Sunday Edition. Dec, 27
to those features the last named work is indebted f«
its brief success. “ Barbe-Bleue” with one act of “Ls
Belle Helene” will be given until the new bur
lesque of the “Field of the Cloth of Gold” has been
made ready for production.
At Wood’s Theatre, the week that has just passed
saw the last of “ Ixion” as a night attraction. It. has
had a very extended series of representations, and it
may be said to be one of the leading elements which
have led to the establishment of this house, on a
firm basis, as the most prominent burlesque theatre
of our city. The favorite “ Ixion” will bo succeeded
by “Ernani; or, The Horn.of a Dilemma”—a bur
lesque upon the incidents of Verdi’s melodious opera
of “Ernani”—m which all the notabilities of the
company have been cast, the latter embracing the
names of Misses Lydia Thompson, Lisa Weber, Ada
Harland, Mary Wells, Kate Logan, and Miss Morti
mer, and Messrs. Beckett, Mestayer, Hill (his first
appearance in this country), and Mr. Daly and Mr.
Barnes. The music has been selected and arranged
by Mr. Connolly; the new scenery is by Mr. Grain,
and Mr. de Forrest has created the properties. On
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons
the usual performances will be given, to consist of
“ The Giant of Palestine” and “ My Neighbor’s Wife”
—both highly amusing. On Wednesday we suppose
that “ Ixion” will be given at the matinee. It is an
nounced for that of Saturday.
At the Broadway Theatre, the “Emerald Ring”
has come fully up to of the manage
ment as to attractiveness and popularity, and it will
be performed throughout the holidays, and probably
for a very long time thereafter. The following letter
by Mr. Brougham, the author of the drama, is a high
compliment to Mr. and Mrs. Williams; the more so,
for the reason that managers oftener receive grum
bles than they do compliments from the authors
whose works they put upon the stage :
Manhattan dnuß, Dec. 17th, 1868.
My Dear} Mrs. Williams :—I saw the “ Emerald
Ring” last night. You have given it a magnificent
setting, and it was gratifying to me to remark that
the crowded houses emphatically expressed the sama
opinion.
Your share in so favorably presenting the piece be
fore the New York public compels my best thanks,
accomplished as it has been, with taste, judgment
and liberality. With regard to my own part in the
affair, the best lean conscientiously claim for it, is
the entire originality of the story, my intentions
being to illustrate that beautiful characteristic which
is the principal element in Irish nature—the
depth and earnestness of their domestic affections.
That I have partially succeeded in the endeavor, I
think I may venture to believe, and that yourself and
Mrs. Williams have infinitely surpassed my expecta
tions by the truth, spirit and naturalness of yonr im
personations is an assured fact, which I take the
greatest possible pleasure in acknowledging.
Wishing a continuance of your well deserved suc
cess Faithfully yours.
JOHN BROUGHAM.
Barney Williams, Esq., Broadway Theatre.
At the Bowery Theatre the life and adventures
of Jack Sheppard, with the fitting finale of the “ Ty
burn Tree,” will form a staple attraction for the en
suing week. The Butler Ballet Troupe, with Bob,
the inimitable, as Sammy Box, will appear in the
comic baliet of “The Magic Flute.” The house has
been crowded during the past week, and people must
turn out early if they wish to secure seats. The
present bill is one of the best as well as most sensa
tional that the Bowery managers have given the
“ east-side ” public for a long time.
New York Circus.—The new Christmas panto
mime of “Blue Beard, ala Turque-Francaiae,” is
drawing immensely at the New York Circus, iu
Fourteenth street, and matinees are announced for
every day during the coming week, at all of which
the pantomime’will be played, in connection with a
carefully selected programme of equestrian and ac
robatic scenes in the circle. “Blue Board, a la
Turque-Francaise,” has been brought out in hand
some style, and is running over with mirth-provok
ing absurdities of the most effective description, in
termixed with a spice of ballet, a touch of opera
bouffe, some very brilliant pageantry, and no end of
the conventional tricks and transformations which
appear to be essential to the composition of a Christ
mas pantomime. While “Blue Beard” is the most
novel feature of the entertainment now being given
at the Circus, it should be borne in mind that the
pantomime forms but a small portion of the entire
performances given every afternoon and night, as
the display of horsemanship and gymnastic feats is of
the most varied and attractive character, introducing
a very large company of the most celebrated riders
and athletes in the world. Indeed, the remarkable
variety of the attraction offered at this popular and
.fashionable resort is one of its most noted character
istics.
Brooklyn Atheneum.—Signor Blitz, the magician,
wizard, ventriloquist, and everything else that is won
derful, has opened a series of entertainments at the
Brooklyn Athenaeum. Every afternoon and evening
during the present week, he will continue to astonish
and delight those who may'visit his “ Palace of Won
ders.” The programme will be varied with every
entertainment, and many new feats of manual dexteri
ty will be introduced at each performance.
The Opening of Tammany, the new mammoth
palace of amusement, in Fourteenth street, is an
nounced for next Wednesday evening, the 23d inst.,
which event will doubtless mark a new epoch in
metropolitan amusements. Beneath one roof thero
will be a grand theatre for the presentation of light
and elegant plays, and superb ballet performances,
and the highest order of gymnastic entertainments.
The orchestra will be astonishingly full and effect
ive, and will introduce novelties of a peculiar and
pleasing character. In another part of the spacious
and elegant premises will be given novel entertain
ments of a highly diversified character, such as prom
enade concerts, panoramas, dissolving views, refresh
ment rooms, reading room, etc. Indeed, there will
be everything at all necessary to constitute a com
plete evening’s amusement, and if managed as wo
believe it will be, we predict for Tammany a great
success.
W gall
What, though the old year dies !
The New Year comes
With ruddier cheeks and brighter eyes,
To happier homes.
The old year dies royally. Though his hours ars
numbered, he bates no jot of his regal dignity nor
waives a tittle of his kingly prerogative, but holds his
sceptre with unrelaxing grasp even to the close. Un
like the “sons of earth,” his last days are his best.
For him no sighs and tears to mar the glory of his
departure, but he goes to his final repose amid mirth
and festivity.
Well, good bye, old friend—for on the whole, you
have been a friend to us and ours. Some days of
your reign have been prosy and dull, but the niyhts
have been ever jolly and rollicking. Men “worship'
the rising, not the setting sun,” and we bend our
knees to your successor. Still your dear old counte
nance shall remain ever fresh in our memory,
wreathed with bright recollections, and crowned
with laurels unfading.
Ere we meet our readers again, the New Year wiM
have made his best bow, and taken his position on
the floor. His feet, though inexperienced, will fly
swiftly and merrily through the mazes of the dance.
Let us welcome him witn hearty greetings, even as
we do when we point to the festivities of his birth
night and other good timas to come.
For the present week they as follows:
APOLLO HALL.
Deo. 28—First Regiment N. G. S. N. Y.
“ 29—Hoboken Turtle Club.
“ 30—Joan Morrissey Coterie.
BROOKES’ ASSEMBLY ROOMS
Dec. 28—Ed. Cammeyer Association.
“ 2J —Thomas O’Neil Musketeers.
“ 30—Brookes’ Assembly.
“ 31—New York Engineers.
GOTHIC HALL, (BROOKLYN).
Dec. 28—Washington Engine Co., No. 1.
“ 29—Fountain Hose Co., No. 5.
“ 30—Coopers' Union.
“ 31—F. A. S. Cluo.
MILITARY HALL.
Dec. 28—S. Jones Hop.
“ 29—Neptune 8. C.
“ 30—Crystal B. 0.
“ 31—New York D. A.
CARDS OF INVITATION.
We take pleasure 'in acknowledging the following
cards of invitation to balls, soirees, &c., received
since our last isoue:
The First Regiment N. G. (Hawkins’ Zouaves),
grand promenade concert, at Apolio Hall, corner of
iwenty-eighth street and Broadway, Munday even
ing, Dec. 28th. Major-0 en. W. S. Hancock, com
mander of the Deoartment, and many other officers
of the regular army are expected to be present.
New York Masquerade Club, second annual ball, at
Apollo Hall, Tuesday evening, Jan. sth.
Hugh O’Br.eu Association, annual invitation hop,
at Brookes’ Assembly Rooms, Monday evening, Jan.
11th.
Diamond Social Club, fifth annual ball, at Brookes*
Assembly Rooms, Tuesday evening, Jan. 12th.
Hiram Lodge, No. 17, F. and A. M., annuad ball, at
Cooper’s Hah, Jersey City, Tuesday evening, Jan,
12th.
Mount Neboh Lodge, No. 257, F. and A. M., seven
teenth annual soiree, at Apollo Hail, Tuesday even*
ing, Jan. 19th.
Hoboken lurtle Club, annual reunion, at Apollo
Hall, Tuesday evening, Dec. 29ch.
Post Wadsworth Relief Fund, socond annual ball,
at City Assembly Rooms, Brooklyn, Tuesday even
ing, Jan. 19th.
The annual carnival ball in aid of the America*
Dramatic Fund, at the Academy- of Music, January
11th, 1869.
ihe Private*Coachmen’s B. C. Society ball, at Ir>
ving Hall, Wednesday evening, January 6th.
The pressure upon our columns precludes mort
than the briefest mention of the
BALLS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE,
but they have been, so far as we have had opportu*
nity to observe, of the most agreeable character, full
of fun and frolic, sparkle aad gayety. First among
these pleasant events of the week, we notice the an*
nual reception of Alpha Chapter oi the
X SISTERS OF THE EASTERN STAR,
which took place on las'. Monday night at the Apoll®
Hull. The attendance was large and fashionable, and
the music, furnished under tae direction of Wallace,
was, ot course, aii that could bo warned. The ladies
under whose‘au p'-ces this elegant reunion was con
ducted are to bo coucratulated v.poa the success of
their weil-uirected efforts.