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(Notice.— For want or space, many questions received
remain unanswered for some time. Each query, if legiti
mate, will, in its turn, receive proper attention. We must
request our correspondents to write plainly and state their
wishes concisely, if they would receive concise answers.
Many notes that are received are so nearly illegible that
they tint! their wav at once to the waste-basket. T
Sailor Jack.—“l. What is the real
cause of tho bard times ? I have been told by a
number of well-informed people that the Republi
cans are the oause of it all, datinj from Lincoln’s
election to the present time. I say, no. My opin
ion is that tho dry is overrun in the Winter by
tramps from all parts of tan country,’* The real
causes of the hard times are tho settling down from
the inflated prices oi the war, the ruinous specula
tions into which the pLeetifulness of money caused
capitalists to rush, the return of a million men to
work who had been bearing arms, and the closing
up of many industries connected with furnishing
war materials. Each and all of these have had tbeir
effect on business, and have created the bad times
which have affected the country for the past four or
five years. When a nua goes on a groat drunk bo
suffers much boforaj ha recovers from the effects of
bis dissipation. When a nation has been on a grand
spree—like a big war—it too must suffer bafora it
returns to s.ood hoal h. Aitor England's great war
with Napoleon it suffered for years, as our country
is doing. Germany, notwithstanding the brilliance
and brevity of tt»e war with France, bas been suffer
ing severely from hard times for the past throe
years. No doubt there is always a great increase of
tramps in this city in tho Winter, but the tramps
havo not created the dullness which has been felt in
most branches of business the last few years. 2.
The castle of ban Jaan de Uilna,which was the last
foothold of tho Snaoiards in Mexico, was surrender
ed by them to tho jiatr'.ots in 1825. In 1833 Vera
Cruz was bombarded and taken by the French, and
in 1847 by the A ner.eatis nndsr General Sooit. He
landed at Vers Cruz on March 9th, with about 13,000
men, and with the flaet or Commodore Connor, in
vested the city a.ul its lortifications. Ho opened &
cannonade and bombardment upon it on Juno 13;h.
The attack conhnua I until tho 27th, when tho fort,
and town, wirh 5,000 prisoners, wore surrendered to
Soott, with 500 nieces oi artillery. It surrendered
to the allied Br t sb, French and Spaa sb squadron
in December, 1831, and was restored to Mexico In
1887. 3. Oa the out creak of t’ae civil war Captain
Raphael Semmes resigned the secretaryship of the
lighthouse board, at ’.Washington, took command of
the Confederate steamer Sumter, at Now Orleans,
ran the bloc-ka teat the month oi the Misbissippi.aud
iu Ju y, 1861 cap ured_ several American merchant
vessels in tho ■iv . Ho thou wo<it to Southampton,
England, where he was for soma tima closely watch
.ed by the U. 8. steamer Tuscarora. When be put to
eoa, the Tuscarora was detain ad twenty-four hours
by the British authorities, but she followed him. to
the Straits of Gibraltar, and so closely blockaded
him in tho port of Tangier, that ho his vessel
and returned to England. In August. 1865, lo ibok
command of tho Alabama. 4. The Badges worn by
the reserve corps ot the Army.x>f tire Potomac dur
ing the rebel i n wore as follows: tho First by a
disk, tho Second by a trefoil, tho Fifth by a Maltese
cross, the sixth a plain cross, the Eleventh a cres
cent, and the ‘i wolf th a*star. 5. Wo cannot say.
G. P. E. —Date your bills as follows :
1. Burton’s rhea ire, Monday, March 19tb, benefit ot
Mrs. Burton, “The Steward; or, Tho Deserted
Daughter,” sinking by Mrs. McCarthy, and ♦•Tne
Invincibtes,” 1851. 2. Monday, January 23d, “Our
Best Society” aud “Paris and London,” 1854. 3.
Tuesday, Sept. 23*b, “Poor Gentleman” and “For
tune’s Frolic,” 1852. 4. Wednesday, May 21st, “Heir
at Law,” “ Morning Cail,” and “School for Tigers,”
1851. 5. "Tbo Rivals,” balad by Mr. Holman, dance
by Miss Walters and Mr, Froderio, and “Wandering
Minstrel,” 1351. G. “ Wild Oats” and “Fire Eh ter,”
Wednesday, Feb. 18th, 1852. 7. “Education” and
•• Master’s Rival,” Tuesday, Doc. 10, 1850. 8. “ Cin
derella” and “Popping the Question,” Tuesday, Jan.
20,1852. 9. “Bluo Devils,” “Paul Pry.” and “The
J. J.’s,” Saturday, March 20, 1852. 10. “Maa of
Many Friends” and “John of Paris,” Wednesday,
Oct. 24, 1855. 11. “Beaux’s Stratagem” and act of
“Robert Macaive,” Fri lay, March 24tb, 1854. 12.
“Lancers.” “itying it On,” and “Wanted—One
Thousand Mi’JinerWednesday, March 8, 1854.
13. “School of Re orm,” address by J. Johnston,
duet, hornpip-, and farce of “Valet DeSbam,” Mon
day, May 5, 1851, for benefit of Actor’s Order of
Friendship. 14. “Begone Du:l Care” and “Maid or
tbeMountain,”Thursday, Oct. 23th, 1852. 15. ',Cap
ital Match,” ballad, “flappings and Table Movings,”
and “Secret,” Thursday, August 11th, 1853. 16.
“False Pretences'* and “Delicate Ground,” Thurs
day, Dae. 6th, 1355. 17. “Belle's Stratagem” and
“Happiest Day of My Lite,” Fridy, Fob. 12th, 1858.
18. Miss Cushman in “Fazio,” and “Irisn Broom-
Maker,” Monday, Sept 28th, 1857. 19. Miss Cush
man as Cardi-iai Wolsey t and farce of “ Your Lire’s
in Danger,” Thursday, Nov. 12tb, 1857. 20. “Maii
tana” and “ Rules of the House.” Tuesday, April
21st, 1857. 21. Benefit of J. W. Wallack, “A Winter's
Tale,” Monday, Aorii 13th, 1857. 22. “ Richard II..”
and “ Olockmaker’s Hat.” Saturday, May 9th, 1857.
23. Broadway Theatre, Madame Celeste in “Green
Bushes,” “La Bayadere,” and “French Spy,” Sat
urday, June 19th, 1852. Wo- have searched Alger’s
“Life of Forrest” and several other works of a like
nature, and can find no mention of Miss Cushman
over having played with Edwin Forrest in any char
acter in London.
J. D.—Laura D. Fair shot and killed .
A. P. Crittenden, on board tho ferry steamer El
Capitan, as he was going from San Francisco to
meet bis wife and family at Oakland, on Nov. 3, 1870.
She was 35 years of age at the time and had been the
wile of W. D. Fair, a lawyer of Yreka, who had oom- 1
mitted suicide in 1860. She appeared upon tho 1
stage at Sacramento, and afterward kept a boarding <
house in Virginia Oxly, Nevada. There her partner
undertook to run the National flag up on the houso, 1
and sho shot and wounded him. A. P. Crittenden <
was a nephew ot John J. Crittenden. He graduated
from West Point in 1835, and at tbo time of his 1
murder was fifty-fire-years of age. He bad a good j
reputation in California as an able lawyer. He de i
fended her on the trill and secured her acquittal. 1
She want to San Fyancisco and married one Snyder, I
from whom she obtained a divorce for his adultery.
A criminal intlmsoy existed between her and Crit- 1
tendon for several years, and she threatened to 1
commit suicide if bo left ber. His family joining
him from tho East, he determined to receive them,
wherein in a fit of jealousy ehe murdered him. Hot ■
trial commenced in April, 1871. and lasted several ,
weeks, resulting in conviction of murder in tho first
degree, and eentenob of execution to take pace on 1
July 28, 1871. She obtained a now trial, however, <
and on it was acquitted on the ploa of insanity. J
S. O. G. AND Others.—Our answer to ’
“G. W. E." in last week's paper was incorrect. His *
question was as follows: “ A and B are playing crib- j
bage. A plays a king, B a five, making two points (
for fifteen. A p ays a five, making two points for a ,
pair. B plays a three, which is ago tor A. B thou 1
plays a lour, making a run of three. B again plays ]
a three and claims another run of throe, and one tor
last play.” Which wo answered, “ B’s claim is cor- 1
rect.” We do not see how we could have mad© such I
a blunder. B makes but one sequence. The first .
three playod covering both fives and disconnecting
thorn from tho four and the last three played. i
Dock Rat.—The legal holidays in this i
State are: 1. Nev Year’s Day; 2. Washington’s Birth- ■
day; 3. Decoration Day; 4. Independence Day; 5.
Thanksgiving Day; 6. Election Day; and 7. Christ- 1
mas Day. Legal holidays are not governed or af- ’
footed by Custom-House practices, and the gentle
man who made the statement referred to was ©h- J
tirely wrong. The reason why the President issues ;
a proclamation regarding Thanksgiving Day is bo
cause it is a movable and the object is to
get the respective Governors or States to arrange it s
to be on the same day all over the Union.
J. H. — 1110 ohildren of Queen Victoria
living—sho never having lost one—are: 1. The
Princess Victoria, Crown Princess of Germany (37); 1
2. The Prince of Wales (36); 3. The Ih’incess Alice of i
Hesse-Darmstadt (34); 4. Prince Alfred, Duke of i
Edinburg (33); 5. Princess Helena of Schleswig-Hol
stein (31X); 6, Princess Louise, Marchioness of J
Lome (30); 7. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
(27%); 8. Prince Leopold (24%) and. 9, the Princess '
Beatrice, born April 14, 185 T (20 years, 7 months). ’
W. W. T.—“W. VV. T. bets E. H. O’
R. that McClellan would not have 10,000 votes major- 1
Ity for Governor of New Jersey, please decide who
wins.” W. W. T. does. The official vote at tho
recent State e ectioa in New Jersey was given by the 1
State Canvassers at Trenton on Tuesday last as foU ,
lows: McC.eilon (iem.) 97,837, Nowell (Rep.) 85,094,
Hoxie (Greenbacs) 5,058, Bingham (Prohibition)
1438; McClellai.’a plurality over Newell, 12,748;
McClellan's majority over ail, 6,210.
Charley Hoboken.—“ W&3 Gen. Geo.
B. McClellan relieved, or did he resign his commis
eiyn from tbo service of the U. 8.?” He was re
lieved from active duty after the battieof Antietam,
and resign© I his co amission in the army on thj
day of the Preside.itia k election, Nov. 8, 1864, took
up his residence in this city, and afterward went to
Europe, returning in 1868, when he took up bis
residence near Orange, N. J., and engaged in prac
tice as an engineer. . *
Theatre. —The task you sot us is alto
gethor too difficult a one, and would occupy more of
our time than we cau justly allot to it. We will en
deavor in every instance to give you original caste
of plays, or interesting information connected with
them, bat to keep or furnish a record of every
trivial Change in a cast occasioned by sickness or
any other cause, would be an utter impossibility. It
iz only an original ©r remarkable cast that is worth
leeping record oi.
Wobbibd.—To relieve night sweats dis
solve fifteen grains of sulphate of quinine in half an
ounce of essence oi tanzy, a quarter of an ounce of
alcohol, a qua: ter of an ounce of water, and thirty
drops of muriatic aci I. Dose; a teaspoonful twioc
during the day aud one at bedtime. In connection
\Fith this remedy, cold sage tea is recommended to
lx) used froely as a drink. The above dosa is fox an
jtfcdulK ’ For a child, a little lees may be used,
I'T.-L in our opimva iu£ flrat L
■Vraa legal, and in marrying a tint# the hus
bigamy, and cau be hold and pun-
x 9r asino. 2. The character pf ZfioA oocars
*Qur Manuallrtoa<L> ' '
P. S.—ln cutting for deal in euohro
the cards rank as in whist, the aoo being low, king
high, and quean, jack, tea, etc., in order. The low
est card, or aca is entitled to the deal, and a tea
spot taxi's precedence of a jack. This is according
to the American Hoyle, but there ara so many dif
ferent ru.es adopted by euchre players, that it is
always best to have an understanding before cutting,
t H. G.—By applying to Mr. Gsorge
' Kollock, Snperintondent of Outdoor Poor, and in
lorming him oi your desire he will procure an or
> phan child for you without any trouble. We would
• advise you to select a healthy child, between two and
’ three years old. Mr. Kollock will be found at tne
• oflice of tiie Commissioners of Charities aud Cor-
I rection, Elevouth street aad Taird avenue.
H. P.—The steamer San Francisco,
1 which had withstood a heavy ga e, was foundered at
' soa on January 5, 1851. Tho rescuing vessels were
; the Antarctic, Three Bells, and bark Kilby, Of 700
• persons on board, 247 had been washed overboard
before assistance arrived.
Reber Los Aibes. —We do not see how
we could answer your question without making per
sonal inquiries. As you do not wish that done, it
will be impossible for ns to give the information you
seek. By c i ling at tho Dispatoh office your letter
will be returned.
H. O. —We know of no denomination
connected with the Episcopalian one proper that
prohibits marriage among its clergy. The Ritual
ists or High Church priests may retrain from it,
but they are goaoially looked upon as Dissenters.
E. M. C. —A wholesale liquor dealer
oelling to a customer five gallons to bt> stored at his ;
place aud takau by the purchaser in small quanti
ties, would t o infringing upon the liquor laws and
subjecting himself to prosecution.
B. M.—We would gladly give you the
inlormat on this week did our space permit, but as
it occupied three full columns of the Diopatoh wo
must defer the task of condensation and publica
tion until our next issue.
G. P. E.—We cannot undertake to
tell you the best amateur actor or actress in the
city, opinions varying on tbo subject. John H.
Bird is certainly one of tho best of amateur actors.
Ninth Ward.—Can any of our read
era furnish information as to the time the City Hall
wiki torn down, and Graco Cburch, which formerly
stood in the vicinity of Trinity Church.
B. B. —This correspondent desires to
know the whereabouts of Dr. Newton, the layer-on
of hands who some years ago practiced In this city.
Cau any of our readers inform him ?
G. M. S.—You cannot get a divorce in
this State for abandonment; but by applying to a
ma-istrato you can havo your husband arrested and
compelled to support you.
J. H. S.—As good a work as wo know
of on the art of mixing drinks is that of Jerry
Thomas. On application to him ho will tell you
how to obtain it.
T. H. S.—Yes, there is a weekly paper
called, the 2Yeu> York Day Book. It is published by
Van Eyrie & Co., at No. 6b Beekman street.
B. R. —Thomassen, of infernal machine
notor.ety, did commit suicide immediately after the
explosion at Bremerhaven.
Cosby Shades.—Mr. Dion Bouaicault
was bora iu Dublin, Ireland, Dec. 26, 1822.
Enquirer. —Wo have never heard of
the party iu question.
A Patron.—Seo answer to W. W. T.
CONTENTS OP DTSIDE PAGES.
OV I> £> A. GJ- El :
CONTINUATION OF “FOR THE OLD LOVE’3 HAKE.”
A ROMANCE O'? HISTORY.
THE DOUBLE LESSON.
•HE STINGING TRiSE.
H'J WANTED SIIORTOAKE.
A RO JN HO M ARRTAGB.
188 BELFRY OF TOURNAY.
A LOVB STORY.
Citrix r> I’A.CiKI:
MASONIO INTELLIGENCE: G. L. ot IrMan'J; “Well
Baid, ‘They all do ic;’ ” Appeal; To SacreLvtei of
Lodges; Iha Universality in Masonry; Manhattan
L>dge; A. AX Rite; Good Thoughts; A Magnificent
Jewel; A Lodge of Sorrow; Profession and Practice;
A Connection Between tho Templars and Freemasons
of the City of York; Comnaandery News; Eb«‘.
era Stir Netos; Questions and Answers; Apples in
Masonry; Bang Up; God la Nature; Watches and Dla
mondi; Anniversaries; Continental Lodge; Thanks
giving; Labor Exchange.
A LETTER NEVER SENT.
A FIGHT WITH THE WAVES.
A WOMAN’S SHRIEK.
MIZPAH
PLEASANT WHIMS.
THE DETROIT SOLOMON.
NO VACANCIES.
THE ARMLESS ARTIST.
INTERESTING MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
® LI VBXTH
TAKING TOLL.
ME ADIE’S VISIT.
A FOOR FELLOW.
OARVING HIS NAME.
WITCHCRAFT.
MERRY TRIFLES.
CURE OF DIPHTHERIA.
IN THE MMES.
A VANISHED ILLUSION.
OUR WEEKLY GOSSIP.
ONE OF MY LETTERS,
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
NEW TORK, DECEMBER 2, 1877.
The NEW YORK DISPATCH
has a larger circulation than any
other Sunday Newspaper pub
lished in the United States.
BY A DISCREDITABLE TBICK.
The adverse report of the Committee of Com
merce on the President’s appointees to tho New
York Custom House was secured in a very dis
creditable way—in away unworthy of a Senator
who claims to bo something more than a mere
tricky politician. The committee was called to
gether at a time when it was impossible for any
offthe four Democratic members to bo present,
and in their absence Senator Conkling brought
up the New York Custom House appointments,
and when tho question of an adverse or favora
ble report was put, Senators Conkling, Spencer
and Patterson voted for tho adverse report, and
Senators Burnside and McMillan for reporting
tho appointments favorably. Thus, by a vote
of three out ot tho nine members of the Com
mittee, Senator Conkling succeeded in getting 1
a report adverse to tho President’s appointees.
This may boa victory for the Senator, but it
will bo one barren of fruits. The Senate will
not bo likely to sustain a report which was
gained by a trick, nor will Republicans greatly
admire a Republican Senator who by such petty '
means succeeds in his endeavor to thwart the
President. In trying to humiliate tho Presi
dent Senator Conkling has not commended
himself to tho admiration of his countrymen by <
hia dignified bearing toward the President, by
his courtesy toward his fellow members ot tho
Committee of Commerce, or by his fair-dealing
to tho Senate. Ha wiU flud his trick to humil
iate the President recoil ou himself, and small
as his following now is in the Senate he will see
it rapidly grow less—ho will be left with only
the Spencers, and Conovers, and Pattersons—
with whom Senator Hamlin said it was a dis
grace to sit in tbo Senate—as his backers. We
have not the slightest doubt but that when tho
Now York Custom House appointments are con
sidered iu Executive Session by the Senate they
will all be confirmed.
In Senator Conkling’s anger over tbo removal
of his especial friends, Republicans of this State
sympathize but little. They remember that
but a short time since no Republican could
hold a Federal office in this State who did not
shout for Conkling. They remember that some
of tho very best Federal officials were removed
because they were opposed to gratifying the
Senator’s ambition for the Presidency. They
remember that in 1874 the friends of Roscoo
Conkling did not work heartily for tbo election
of John A. Dix as Governor, because his elec
tion would havo made him a prominent candi
date for tbo Presidential nomination iu 1876.
They remember that when Senator Conkling
got control of too Federal offices in this State
tho Republicans had a steady majority of over
twenty thousand, and that for the past four
years there has been as steady a majority
against them. They know that Conkling has
done his utmost to drive from tho Republican
party every man likely to prove his rival, and
has treated with insolent contempt all Repub
licans who failed to humble themselves before
him. Ho has done nothing to aid the Repub
lican party of the State in any of its recent
struggles. During the Presidential election he
made but one speech, and that was more favor
able to Mr. Tilden than to Mr. Hayes. Though
he dictated the nominees in the last campaign,
he never made one speech in their behalf dur
ing the canvass. Roscoe Conkling is a selfish
and atrogant politician, and tho mass ot Now
York Republicans will be gratified to see him
firing th? tup of gall which he has prepared for
tho President’s lips.
THE ARISTOCRATIC PERJURERS.
■ Wo venture to express tho hope that our
criminal authorities will not fail to bring speed-
NEW YORK DISPATCH, DECEMBER 2, 1877.
0 ily to. Justice tho rest ot tho aristocratic per
il jurerti who are under bail for tho crimes by
a which they havo fleeced the policy-holders in
: life-insurance companies. Those fallows de
-9 servo tbo most exemplary punishment, for they
■ perpetrated their misdeeds under the cloak of so
> called social respectability. They prayed louder
■ than anybody else in church, they lived in brown
-1 stone houses, dressed in broadcloth, feasted
I upon tho most expensive edibles, and thus led
. unsophisticated people to believe that they
wore tho very reverse of what they really were,
, namely, the most contemptible, infamous and
‘ dangerous thieves—by far worse than tho
5 starving wretch that steals a loaf of bread or a
1 purse, and who forthat offense is “railroaded”
to tho penitentiary or to the State prison. Tho
aristocratic perjurers deserve no mercy what
t over, and it seems to us that to grant them un
j usual privileges, even after their conviction, is
not only impolitic but a flagrant injustice to less
[ important offenders. Who allows the latter to
i avoid trial on tho pica that their nervous sys
tems h ivo been prostrated by the conviction of
one of their accomplices? Lot even-handed
• justice prevail, and tho most vital interests of
tho community will bo more effectively pro
tected.
, DISLOYAL COMBINATION.
A committee appointed by tho Anti-Tam
many Democracy to “investigate any alleged
acts of infidelity in the late election charged to
havo boon committed by our members,” has
presented a whitewashing report. The com
mittee says that it made a thorough and com
plete examination of all charges of infidelity
brought to its notice, and has come to the con
clusion that, while tho evidence elicited by us
shows that there were individual instances of
disloyalty on the part of some of tho members
of this organization, there were other causes,
etc. And yet further down in the report the
committee says: “In the Fourth and Fifth
Senatorial Districts our organization was gross
ly mismanaged, and in a few Assembly Districts
shamefully betrayed.” Wo should say it was
“shamefully betrayed,” and the mea who wore
candidates on tho county ticket wore actually
swindled out of every dollar they gave for elec
tion expenses.
In several down-town districts, both on the
east and west sides of the city, the Tammany
county ticket was run out of the Anti-Tam
many boxes all day, and that with the full
knowledge of the men inebargsof tbo organiza
tion in the districts. Had the Anti-Tammany
Democrats been faithful to their pledges there
is not tho slightest doubt but that Mr. Jacob
Hess would bare been elected Register by a
handsome majority, and there is a great proba
bility that tho entire county ticket would have
boon successful. But what can bo expected
when the members of the old Tammany Bing—
or, if not members, mon that were its tools—
are placed in charge of Assembly Districts?
Can the leaders of the Anti-Tammany Democra
cy expect faithfulness from mon who, if justice
were done to them, would bo serving tbe State
in Sing Sing instead cf taking part in managing
a political canvass ?
If the Anti-Tammauy Democrats hope to be
successful in making future combinations tboy
must expel the men who “shamefully be
trayed” them in the late canvass. They must
show that they mean to bo in earnest when
they make a combination with Republicans, or
they will find all future efforts to form combina
tions against Tammany futile. Republicans
will not consent to give three-quarters of tho
vote aad the greater part of the campaign
funds to a combination which shall prove so ut
terly untrustworthy as that of last Fall. When
Republicans make a combination they are true
to those with whom they combine. They will
not bo satisfied with less loyalty on the part of
those with whom they combine.
THE EASTERN WAR.
That tbe Turks should now ascribe tho sur
render ot Kars to the treachery of one of thoir
commanding officers is by no moans surprising,
but few sensible people will attach any credence
to it in view of the enormous difficulties in the
pith of such troaoheiy, and tho most incredible
feature of this startling Turkish story is what
it relates about the co-operation of the treach
erous general, with two hundred of his troops,
with tho assaulting column of tho Russians.
The Turks hate tho Russims so intensely that
ne general of theirs could prevail upon them
to fight with their enemies against their own
struggling countrymen.
Absurd also is the story from Plevna, boast
ing of a signal victory of the Turks, under
Osman Pasha, over tho Russians and Rouma
nians, who hold positions strong enough to
defy assault made upon them. Why, Mo
hemet Ali Pasha, who was to relievo Plevna,
declares his present force to bo utterly inade
quate to that end ; a panic has broken out at
Sofia, and Chevkat Pasha is to be court-mar
tialed.
How hardly pressed the Turks are is evident
from the hostile tone which the Greeks and
Servians have suddenly assumed toward them,
and for which Lord Derby’s stereotyped declar
ation that Russia shall not be permitted to oc
cupy Constantinople will afford them very little
consolation. How is England, under the pres
ent circumstances, to prevent such an event ?
She is physically unable to intimidate Russia,
and the latter will laugh her throats to scorn.
We repeat it: if the Czar is bent upon occupy
ing Constantinople, he is now iu a condition to
carry his purpose into execution. His troops
are everywhere victorious, and, during the
Winter months, tho British fleets will be una
ble to do him much, if any, harm. With the
exception of England, all tho Great Powers of
Europe witness the struggle between tho Cross
and tbo Crescent with folded arms. At one
time tho Cabinet of St. James had an opportu
nity to strike effective blows for Turkey; but it
missed the golden opportunity, and now it can
do nothing.
THE FRENCH. CRISIS.
It may bo true, as is assorted hr tho Faris
correspondent of tho London Times, that Mar
shal MacMahon’s stubborn refusal to yield to
the will ot tho French people, and to appoint a
cabinet in harmony with the views of tho Cham
ber, is solely duo to tbe efforts of the DI tramon
tane loaders to keep tho government in thoir
clutches, with a view to the crisis that is cer
tain to set in at the Vatican at no distant day;
but wo rather think that the key to MacMahon’s
obstinacy is his pig-headed belief that a soldier
of his fame should not give way to the demands
of a great nation. He virtually looks upon him
self as an autocrat; ho thinks that, personally,
ho is immensely popular with tbe French peo
ple, and that bis discomfiture at the recent
elections was brought about solely by the per
fidious misrepresentations and falsehoods of
his Republican adversaries. Who but a man of
the most absurd vanity would havo dared to
play a military role, after the humiliating de
feats he suffered In 1870 ? His callousness ac
counts for the alacrity with which he consented
to succeed M. Thiers asPresideni of tbe French
Republic, by which ho burdened himself with a
political task for which ho is utterly unquali
fied. Ho is no doubt not inaccessible to Ultra
montane influences, but his whole career shows
that self-pride carried to excess, is the princi
pal motive of his actions. Let France say what
she pleases, Marshal MacMahon must preserve
his “dignity” under all circumstances. And
yet his conduct is undignified in the extreme.
Every now and then the grave dangers to which
his follies may expose him seem to dawn upon
him feebly. Thon he assumes a slightly con
ciliatory attitude toward tho Republicans. But,
when the leaders inform him calmly what de
mands they will have to make, he flies into a
passion, and becomes more intractable than
ever. Such haa been the political spectacle
presented at the French capital during the
whole of last week. The Republicans have un
questionably the better ot MacMahon, and it
becomes every day more evident how right
Gambotta was in predicting that, after tho
elections, nothing would remain for MacMahon
but to submit, or to resign.
A RIDICULOUsIiuGBEAR.
Not a few Democratic newspapers are visibly
alarmed af the alleged project of a number of
prominent Republican leaders, headed by Sena
tor Coniding, of New York, to renominate General
Grant for a third Presidential term in 1880.
Tboso Domooyftfc MQteDtf to ISQQYT
- also that General Grant is now in Europe in
y tho interest of tbe money powers of tho United
a States, and that our groat financiers will sup
i- port tbe third term movement contemplated by
y Senator Conkling and his followers.
>- Tho whole story, it seems to us, is nothing
r but a preposterous bugbear. While we have
- great doubts that Grant would accept a nomina
-1 tian for a third term, we believe that such a
1 movement, which would be a flagrant violation
y of all political traditions of the United States,
, would be buried under a storm of indignant
1 and contemptuous protests from all sections of
o the country. Beside, we are not quite sure
i whether Senator Conkling will not, long before
” the Presidential campaign of 1880 opens, re-
> ceivo such a rebuke from his own State
- as to seriously impair bis influence in the na-
- tional councils of tho Republican party. He is
3 just now as proud and arrogant as ever, but we
a believe that the success which he has tempo-'
> rarily achieved in tho United States Senate will
- bo decidedly short-lived. As regards the al
f loged connection between Grant and the Amer
-1 ican (i money-bags/’ it is one of those foolish
f outgoings which find no believers but in the
- most ignorant.
1 A Silly Charge.—The charge against
} Captain Foley, of the Tenth Precinct, that he
1 failed to execute a warrant issued by Justice
OtterDourg against a harridan keeping a disor
derly house on Forsyth street, was found to bo
r utterly groundless at the trial of the accued on
Friday, it having turned out that the above
' mentioned justice left it at the discretion of
Captain Foley to serve the warrant. Captain
1 Foley proved by trustworthy evidence that the
1 woman in question was not the real owner of
’ the disorderly house, and that he had loft noth
-1 ing undone in order to catch tho proprietor.
The numerous bitt-ar enemies of Captain Foley
1 had boastfully predicted that this charge could
1 be fully substantiated, and that tho inevitable
result of the trial would be his dismissal from
tho force. If the other charges against Captain
Foley rest on no better grounds, his adversa
ries might just as well shut up. We wonder
only that Justice Otterbourg took no earlier
occasion to establish Captain Foley’s innocence,
and why tho Superintendent of Police enter
tained the charge when he might so easily have
satisfied himself of its utter baselessness.
While wo are certainly in favor of the prompt
punishment of police captains, no less than
patrolmen, for violations of thoir duty, we sub
mit that to let the captains rest for weeks under
groundless accusations is not only calculated
to lessen the confidence of the public in them,
but also to impair thoir efficiency as officers.
We trust that Captnin Foley will not allow him
self to bo deterred by tbe perfidious machina
tions of unscrupulous adversaries from waging
a pitiless warfare upon the male and female
scoundrels with whom bis precinct is infested.
Tub Fbenoh Exposition.—The Senate
has passed tho House Bill appropriating the
sum oi ono hundred and sixty thousand dollars
for the proper representation of American art,
industry, and commorce-at next year’s Paris
Exposition. Wo do not bolievo that the people
of tho United States will look very favorably
upon this appropriation bill. Beside many other
objectionable features, it provides for the ap
pointment of twenty American Commissioners
to superintend tho various branches of tho
American department of tho Exposition, at a
salary of fifteen hundred dollars each. It is a
difficult task tosoloot persons properly qualified
for suoh a position, and we are afraid that tho
Commissioners, as tho American Commission
ers at the Vienna Exposition ot 1873, will be
mostly gentlemen who desire to havo a good
time in Paris and on tho European Continent,
and who will pay very little attention to the
performance of thoir official duties. The Ameri
can people, in 1873, were disgusted at the ex
hibition of incapacity and servility which many
of the American Commissioners made of them
selves at the Vienna Exposition, and a repeti
tion of such exhibitions would excite general
indignation.
The Fbenoh Chajibsb.—The recent
debates in the French Chamber have proved
excited and stormy in tbe extreme. Tho Bona
partists especially seemed to be perfectly be
side themselves. Paul de Cassagnao, of the
Pays, was so uoisy and obstreperous that the
President of tho Chamber had to call him twice
formally to order, which brought tho bully to
his senses; for a third call would havo subjected
him to suspension and to a deprivation of hia
salary for three months. Robert Mitchell,
another furious Bonapartlst, had the impu
dence to accuse Gambetta of having furnished
valuable information to the official organs ot
the German Government, whereupon numbers
of members sprang to their feat, and called
Mitchell an infamous liar. Gambetta himself
refuted the charge in calm and dignified terms,
whereupon the Bonapartists roared out to him:
“You instigated tho crimes of the Commune.”
“And you,” rejoined Gambetta. “disgraced
France at Sedan and at Metz 1” The represent
atives of the French nation should boar in mind
that such scones in ths Chamber are not calcu
lated to impress tho world very favorably with
their character.
Thb New Police Oommcr toneb.—
Mayor Ely has not yet appointed a., .Police
Commissioner in tho place of Commissioner
Erhardt, whose time has expired. We hope
that there is no truth in tho reports that the
Mayor has at length given way to tho impor
tunities of John Kelly, and that he will appoint
a Tammany Demoorat. Nor, wo trust, will
Mayor Ely gratify the leaders of the small Ot
tondorfor party by conferring the appointment
upon ono of their number. After making such
a poor show at the polls, those gentlemen had
better keep, at least for a time, out of public
view. They have now an unduly large number
of office-holders that ware taken from their
ranks, by far more than they are entitled to, in
proportion to their numerical weakness. Mayor
Ely snould maintain the present equilibrium
in tho Police Board, and not confer the third
place in it upon a Tammany Hall or Ottcndorfer
man.
What the Low Tolls Haye Done.—
Tbe low tolls is fast bringing back the trade to
our canais. In 1876, from the opening of canal
navigation to the Ist of December, the canals
carried 27.604,338 bushels of grain. During the
same period in 1877 they carried 48,425,968.
And tbe increase in lumber, shingles, etc., was
more than one-third. The greatest increase,
however, was in lard and pork. In 1876 there
were 40,562 barrels of lard and 20 barrels of
pork shipped on the canal boats. In 1877 there
were 9,742,550 barrels of lard and 35,907 of pork.
Though tbe receipts for tolls were not as great
as in 1876, tbe entire work of tho canal was be
tween one-third and one-half greater. We can
afford to keep down the canal tolls when tbe
business increases with such rapid strides.
Germany and the Vatican. —We credit
the report telegraphed from Barlin that Prince
Bismarck has signified his willingness to come
to a better understanding with the Vatican in
the event of a change in the Papacy. Tbe
truth is that tho struggle between the Catholic
subjects of Germany and their government has
seriously crippled the latter ever since the year
1873. IfXnore amicable relations should be ar
rived at by the contending parties, it would be
extremely advantageous lor both sides. That
a basis for an amicable arrangement can easily
bo found is equally certain. Prinoa Bismarck
has often shown that ho knows when it is time
to yield. To do so on this occasion would cer
tainly save him a world of trouble aud worri
ment.
Patterson as Thad. Stbvbns.—lt is
ludicrous to see Senator Patterson trying to
play the part of Thaddeus Stevens, and speak
ing of the President as “ that man ” and “ the
man at tho other end of the avenue.” The in
dicted Senator forgets that Stevens bad the
House of Representatives, by a large majority,
at his bacK, and that he had the brains to lead
f them, while ho (Patterson) has nothing at his
■ back but a policeman ready to snatch him as
I soon as the court gives permisson, and if he
. were to bestow his brains as a gift on an idiot
t the idiot would not ha menbglj ejyqeh-(J, ■<
n Criminal Racing. —Some of tho street
1 railroad tracks are relatively little nsod by tho
- companies owning them, and, in consequence,
y unscrupulous retail grocers and milkmen fre
quently drive at a furious rato on tbo rails,
? thereby endangering tho lives of persons on
-8 deavoring to cross the streets. A number of
- serious accidents have recently been caused by
i such reckless driving. Numerous instances of
i such criminal racing taka place every day on
, tho track of tho one-horse oar lino passing up
t and down the New Bowery to the ferry, to which
f wo herewith call tho attention of the authori
s ties.
A Bad Example.—Tha bad example
, sot by tho savings-banks robbers of New York
. has found numerous imitatois in the Western
, States. Thieving bank cashiers and bank pros
, idonts there rob thoir depositors with tbe most
_• brazen impudence ; but they are now in oon-
I stornation, because tho grand juries are in
. dieting them in a very lively manner, and be
cause in Indiana an especially thrifty member
, of the thieving fraternity has been sentenced
, to the penitentiary for the term of fifteen
years—a very healthy dose for savings-banks
robbers.
Italy Against Tubkey.—Now that the
Turkish Sultan is in dire distress, even tho Ital
ian government is using very strong language
’ against him, and threatening to send a fleet to
tho Bosphorus for tho purpose of rescuing a
few Italian vessels wrongfully seized by tho
Turks. Considering tho fact that a complete
understanding prevails between tho [govern
ments ot Germany and Italy in regard to tho
Eastern question, the action of the cabinet of
Romo is decidedly significant.
Stop It.—Plymouth church is again
before tbe public with a fresh social scandal
that has taken place in its midst. Would not
that large congregation do well at length to
wash its dirty linen in private, and not to annoy
and sicken tho public any more by its social
scandals? If its leaders really have the cause
of public morality at heart, they ought to put a
summary stop to these disgusting exhibitions
and revelations.
MB. MoOLUSKrS TBAMP.
He was a tramp of tho first water—muddy
water. Ho was long, lean and gaunt, and bore
a resemblance to a half dressed pair of animated
tongs. He passed through a town not a hundred
miles from Naw York, and ho was hungrier than
a pancake-turner in Summer. As ho passed
along the country road he spied a fat, good-na
tured looking gentleman standing in front ot a
residence. The residence was a cosy-looking
ono, aud ba thought it would boa good place in
which to fire iu a meal.
He asked for work, and tho good-natured gen
tleman—Mr. MoOlusky by name—pointed to a
pile of wood, and asked him how long it would
take him to out it, and how much he would
charge per day.
He was a man of few words, and he answered:
“Throe days and two dollars.
He was engaged.
Ho wrought and ate. For three days ho
wrought and ate, and when that time expired
Che wood-pile hadn’t got a pound thinner, and
neither had the tramp.
Ho could eat more than a buzz-saw with sixty
teeth. He made the table at every meal look as
if the cook bad gonoout before dinner time.
Ho stayed three weeks, and then walked up to
the captain's office to settle.
When Mr. MoClusky presented him withe bill
of $33 50 for board, gave him the balance in
pennies, and then set the dog on him, that gen
tleman of leisure took a solemn oath that ho
would never do aught in the way of work again
if ho never wore a pair of patent leather boots
or a white vest.
SMALL CHANGE.
It was expected that Mr. W-ilhstm Crook
would receive his monthly salary on Thanks
giving eve, tmd he did. Ho stopped on the
way homo from the store in several “inns,” and
at McCarty’s they had a raffle. Every time that
Mr. Crook would throw very high, somebody
would throw a little higher. At last he won a
nice twenty-five pontidor, and then he had to
treat the orowd. After that it was easy enough
for him to win, and he won sixteen. Ho treated
after winning each. When ho arrived at Home
he had a turkey that looked as if it had been
lost in the woods for a month during fattening '
time. He had just thirty-five cents in his
clothes, and on Thursday ho had to raise his
bandages to pass in the beans, while the little
dog was borrowing tooth-picks of his fellow- i
countrymen to get tbo turkey bones out of his
teeth.
“ Mother,” said little Tommy Beales,
“there’s a hole ia the now sugar bowh” “My '
graoioua I what will pa say ? He paid ten dol
lars for that bowl.” And then she began to in
vestigate. “Why, Tommy, there isn’t any
bole in it,” remarked she, as she turned red,
white and blue. “ How could yer git ther sti- '
gar in if there wasn't ?” asked little Tommy. !
Then he began to laugh, but before he had '
got through the first stanza, his attention was
called to more serious matters, and the potato- ,
masher kept his little panties from coming off
just thirteen times by tho clock. :
“ I’ve been buying a champagne lamp, ” ■
said Mrs. Williams to her husband, “ and it’s \
tho best in tbe store.” ,
“A champagne lamp, I guess you must be ,
mistaken. Champagne won’t burn. I guess
you mean oaxnphone.”
“I guess I know what I’m talking about,”
said Mrs. W., as she took off the wrapper. “If '
c-h-a-m-p-i-o-n don’t spell champagne, Td like
to know what does,” and Mrs. Williams elevated
ber nose as if her acquaintance with Webster
and Walker and Johnson was a life-long one.
Mr. Dobson, of Williamsburg, wanted
to be accommodating, and when tbo little boy
asked hitn to purchase a package of ferry tick
ets, bis heart of hearts cottoned to tho urchin,
and he took the money. He bought tho tickets 1
at the gate, and in throwing them over the fence J
they struck a picket and went down through a
grating. Mr. Dobson had to go out aud pay the
boy a quarter, and now when he is asked to buy 1
a pack his nose goes up to the part in his hair,
and his whole face looks us if he had been eat
ing persimmons.
The main object of his life was to be
come a reporter. He obtained a position on a
daily newspaper. Then ho began to improve
upon our old friend Noah Webster, and could
sling more colons, semi-colons, commas, pe
riods, exclamation points, &c., into an article
than tbe youngest man on the staff. He would
go off at half-cock, and tbe editor was nearly
murdered eighteen times through his enter
prise. Now he’s chasing a Jolin-plaue around
a board in a wood-butehery.
Monday was Evacuation Day, and yet
we didn’t see any men roaming around
with feathers in their hats, keeping time
to the music of the wooden whistle and
sheepekin fiddle. How times have changed
since we wore boys I A few years hence it will
be impossible to find a drunken man on St..
Patrick’s Day, or a politician with a big head on
election day. Verily I wo are progressing back
ward.
A besident of Bangor has received a
note, enclosing $1 50 from a man with a tender
conscience, as pay for a pair of chickens worth
seventy-five cents, which he stole when a boy,
fifteen ago. This reminds us that when
we were young we once stole a kiss from a Mur
ray Hill maiden, and if sho wants it back, sho
can have it by calling at our office. We mean
to bo honest if we never lay up a cent.
I’ll p-kk weeks behind next Tuesday,
Christmas will be in our bouse, and we will
then be cursing the man who first stretched a
piece of sheepskin across a band-box and called
it a drum ; tho one who fixed up a piece of tin
■ leader and calked it a fish-horn; and the man
who knocked tho end out of the old year and
called the first day of tbo succeeding ono Now
Year’s day.
An/"ex change calls satan a grate fellow
and. another says he’s a base-burner. Wo take
up the strain, send tho echo back again and ro- |
**- .work that he’s a mau-’cater,
; Now look hero I Wo’ro stood this kind o:
i business long enough, and have fas ten ad s
patent spring gun on our office door, and w<
. have it rigged so that when anybody enters
with a joko, like the above, it goes off. We have
. given warning and wont be hold responsible for
’ accidents in the future. We have made special
■ arrangements with the undertaker on the next
• block.
Aa tho old year passes away how can we
bettor occupy' our time than by looking over
our past lives and determining to do better in
the future ? How much happier we would be
if we would all decide to lead a better lite here
after. What a responsibility to assume, that ol
refusing to adopt a Christian life, and getting
our dusters stuffed for Winter wear.
“ Thebe is some dispute as to whom is
the author of ‘Our Baby.” Is there? Well, if
we were that critic we’d be ashamed to own it.
Any man who has a wife like that, bad ought
to have manliness enough to ba ashamed to ad
mit it. We know who is tho author of our
baby.
Since school Ims bogun, tho bottom
steps of tho family ladder scratch their heads
reflectively over a momentous problem, and
when they arrive home, tho fine-tooth comb is
taken down from its Summer resting-place, and
does duty over the cranium of tho brats.
If there are times when a man wishes
ho was in jail, it is whan he is in the wilds of
Africa and a lion after him, or when his mother
in-law calls down to spend tho holidays. We’d
rather lion-jail than have either overtake us in
this vale of tears.
“ Dad wants a quarter pound of pow
der, pound er shot, and or box er caps done up
in brown paper. Mam’s going tor have a sur
prise party to-night, and tho minister’s comin’,“
is what an urchin surprised a dealer with a fow
days ago.
The Drench papers are exercised over
the fact that Garabetta spends $20,000 a year.
That's nothing. Wo give our clerk that every
year to spend tor ferry-tickets, and half tho
time ho walks across, too.
Baby turkeys now wear crape in their
button-holes and on their loft wings, and tbo
District Attorneys will have their bands full for
the next year in prosecuting tho perpetrators of
murders most fowl.
Thanksgiving Day has passed and
gone, and wo need trouble ourselves no more
about tbo annual turkey. Wo now settle down
to tbo pursuit of every-day life. “Bridget,
pass tho biscuit.”
“ ’Twas always thus, from childhood's
hours,
I’ve seen my fondest hopes decay;
I never had a piec3 ol bread
But when I droppad it it was sure to fall on tbo
butterod side."
Wdd ci guwmmt
MUSICAJU.
Eagle Theathe. —Mr. Horatio Saker
was a great improvement on Mr. Marshall as King
Gramercie, and his xeat of studying the pari and
playing it within twenty-four hours, was a ramark
able one. Ho made up well, sang and danced effec
tively, and in his acting gave prominence to points
that in the bands of a loss accomplished actor, would
nover be noticed. Ha has greatly iucreasod his
popularity by his acting in “Piff-Paff,” and will now
have opportunities of still further distinguishing
himself. Miss Lydia Thompson was in excellent
iorm during the weak, and alike In her acting,
singing and dancing charmed everyone; and Wil
lie Edouin made the most comical Cherub that over
went unwinged. Al! the others of tho cast, includ
ing the Misses Ella Chapman, Emily Duncan, Alice
Burville, Alice Atherton, Lina Morville, and Marion
E.moro, were seen at their best, and the piece went
right merrily, the Thanksgiving week attendance
having been much the best of the season. “Piff-
Paff"will, therefore, be repeated ©very evening of
this week and at a morning performance on Satur
day, and we can promise those who love a lively,
spirited burlesque portormance, that taey will get it
at the Eagle during tho stay of Miss Thompson’s
company. In obedience to general request, •‘Rob
inson Orusoo" will be revived for one week, com
mencing on Monday, December 10th. A grand
Christmas burlesque pantomime is also in active
preparation.
Booth’s Theathe.—Mi'. Joseph Jeffer
son closed his engagement and season last night,
and the present week will bo made merry by the
presence of Mlle. Aimee and her always welcome
French opora bouffe company, including the talent
ed favorites, Milos. Daparc, Vandamme, Gherzi,
Gueymarc, Jolly and Desiree, and MM. Mollard,
Cos tel, Duplan, Mezieres, Legros, Davalis, Jouard,
Salvater, Haymo, Girard and others. The arrange
ments for the week are as follows: “Monday even
ing and Saturday matinee, Lococq’s “La Maijo
laine;” Tuesday and Saturday evenings, Lecocq s
“Les Cent Vierges;” Wednesday evening, Lecocq’s
“LaFille de Madame Angot;" Thursday evening,
Lecocq’s “Giroile-Girofla;" and Friday evening,
Offenbach’s “ Barba Bleue.” M. Almeras will again
direct his fine orchestra, and Mr. Charles Darcy will
be stage manager.
Steinway Halt,—Symphony Matinee
Conokbts. —Dr. Damrosch’s series of superb sym
phony concerts now being given, on Saturday morn
ings, at Steinway Hall, have been received with great
favor by musical people, and in the seven which
formed tho series several of the most beautiful and
classical of compositions were given by an orahestra
which boa been surpassed only in numbers here but
never in general excellence. At the seventh concert,
yesterday,, the attendance was large and very fash
ionable, and the fine work of Dr. Damrosch, his or
chestra and vocalist, met with an amount of appre
ciation suggestive of fine musical taste on the part
of the hearers. The grand orchestra gave a superb
rendering of Cherubini’s overture, “Anakreon,” W.
A. Mozart’a “Symphony in G Minor," and Beetho
ven's overture (No. 3) “ Leonore." Tho string or
chestra delighted by a performance of an loelandish
melody and a Norwegian meiody, both new and very
pleasing, and both by Mr. J. S. Svendon. and
Liszt’s paraphrase on “Dies Ira),” known as “ Danse
Macabre," was given by the combined orchestra,
with Mr. Bernard Boekelmann at the piano. The
vocalist of the occasion was Miss Lucy Horner,
whose selections were the “Una Voce poco fa," from
“Il Barbiere," and two German songs by Schubert.
Dr. Damrosch will, on next Saturday, commence a
second series of symphony matinees, consisting of
six, to be given on tho following dates: December
Bth, 15th, 22 d, 29ih, and January sth and 12th.
Bryant’s Opera House. —The attend
ance at Bryant's during Thanksgiving week was
very gratifying, and the entertainment was iarmo:e
than worthy of it. In the first part, Mr. C. R. Clin
ton sang “ Longing for the Loved Onos," Mr. J.
Rapier, “ Only a Sweet Little Letter," and Mr. G.
W. Hanly, “I’ve No Mather Now," each of which
was heartily applauded, while roars of laughter fol
lowed Dave Read’s singing of the “Hen Conven
tion" and Hughey Dougherty’s warbling of “Sweet
Evelina,” the part closing with a humorous scone
representing “A Trip to Europe." This was fal
lowed by Mackin and Wilson in some neat song and
dance business; Hughey Dougherty orated and vo
calized; Little Mac and Billy Bryant showed the
discomforts of “A Second-Class hotel;’’ and Sanford
and Wilson, assisted by Little Mac, Billy Bryant
and C. B. gave a laughable sketch, called
“The Hester Street Band." Mr. Arthur Beat then
played some of his choicest cornet solos, tor each
one of which ho received the most vigorous applause.
Mr. Bent belongs to a family of cornet players, each
member of which ranks high in his profession. He
is a most accomplished musician, has a fine, artistic
method,, and is always happy in his selections. Tho
bill concluded with the tremendously funny bur
lesque of “The Mashed Tragedian," in which
Hughey Dougherty, Little Mac, Cool White, Billy
Bryant, O. Wilson, Justin Robinson, and others ap
peared. This will be the last week of tho. season, as
the company next week start out gu. a traveling
tour. Matinee on Saturday.
Ban Francisco Minstrels.—Mr. D. S.
Wambold, who had, to tho regret of every one,
been for several days severely indisposed, gava
proof last week of his entire recovery by singing
as sweetly and effectively as he ever did in his life,
and everyone who heard him can realize how much
he pleased. Mr. J. G. Bussell, the baritone of the
company, was also in splendid voice, and had to
answer a double encore. This gentleman is one of
the most finished artists in his profession, and his
superior vocalism is in itself worth going a very
long way to eojoy. Birch and Bachus, as “The
Funny Babies," maintained the fun splendidly, and
a new sketch, called “ Rapid Transit," proved quite
worthy of a place in the bill of even so fine a com*-
pany. This week the programme will bo new in its
entirety, embracing beautiful ballads, fine orches
tration, entertaining female impersonations, elo
quent oratory, side-splitting burlesques, broadly
humorous farces, artistic songs and dances, and
p everything that goes to make a minstrel
~ ‘ Gjeut delUtbtful, Matins* on
of | Scottish Concert at Tbenor Hall.—
a j The sixth annual concert of the Caledonian Mutos!
ro Life Assurance Society, will be given on next Wed
.• 3 nesday evening at Trenor’s New Hall, Broadway and
ro Thirty-second street, and from tho programme
, r which we have perused, will certilnly be a fine one.
j The selections comprise many of the most beautiful
perns of Scottish minstrelsy and poetry, and they
will be treated by artists of acknowledged and un
doubted ability, among them being Pro'essor Law,
e Mr. Forrest, Mr. Malcolm Taylor, Mr. Robert Porit
.r land, Mr. Miller, Mr. Miers, Mr. George Dickie, Mr.
n Al Turner, Miss Bruce, and Mrs. George Dickie. In
(0 cidental to the concert, Mr. John Watson, President,
will deliver a brief address explaining the condition
of and showing tbo benefits to bo derived from ths
Caledonian Mutual Life Assurance Society.
S
DRAMATIC.
; 3 Fifth Avenue Thbatbb.—Miss Mary
..j, Anderson last week improved considerably he?
standing with Now York admirers of acting. She
appeared on Monday evening as tho heroine of
Richard Lalor Shiel’s play, “ Evadno.” This work
l- was originally prodaood iu 1819. nod Its auiUor do
it signed its cost to include Chari os Kemble, Charles
Young, W. H. Macready and Miss O’Neil—an oliflost
a unexampled qnartotte. It is adu l, heavy play, con
g taining some very beautiful poetic passage j, and
several extremely dramatic situations, but one that
nothing but splendid acting could ever attain even
s a passing degfee of favor for. The acting at the
d Fifth Avenue Theatre was far from splendid. It
was not even ?.ood, save in the cases of Miss Ander
son, Mr. Studley and Mr. Middleton. L’atwZneher-
J self doos not appear until the second act, and hero
f Miss Anderson gave her admirers reason to fear
- that she had attemptod a task much too heavy for
d her. Though her enunciation was boautifu-ly dis*
s tiuct, bor readings correct and scholarly, and hei
posing more graceful than iu either Pauline oj
Juliet, there was a lack of what is technically stagf
business about her acting that detracted from iti
? effect, and Ift her impersonation somewhat coo>
- leas. From this up, she gradually improved, uui;l
w in the last scene whore Evad.'ie lectures tie king,
v and seeks preservation at the statue of her father,
she suddenly rose to a hi.ght of impressive grandeur
that thoroughly convinces us tho lady has in het
1 the elements of a great actress, which it only
• wants a better school of training than she has
y evidently yet been subjected to, and the ox
o porionce, which only time can bring, to dovelope.
nondelivery was powerful, yet sweet, she was
r more dignified and womanly than she had yet
been seen, and her action was more suggestive erf
0 nature than of art. She was called at the close of
r each act, in whicn she appeared, and had a perfect
f ovation at the close. Mr. J. B. Studley’s Ludrvico
was next to Miss Anderson’s Evadne, the feature of
j the representation, The part is ono much akin to
that of lago, and the crafty, plotting, fiendish mon
ster could certainly not have been placed in abler
a hands taaa than those of Mr. Studley. Mr. Ebon
> Plympton did not at 211 satisfy us as Colonna, Ho
was too impetuous, ant at timis modulated his
, voice badly, trad Mr. Charles Norris was altogether
out of place as Vicentio. Mr. George Middleton as
the King, was dignified and earnest, and showed
Q himself a care u . conscientious actor. Tho part is
a thankless one, bat he did not seem to think so do
ing it, os he did, tho fullest possible justice. Miss
Lizz e Rich was acoaptab.e as Olivia, but none ol
the others call for no Hex
On Tuursday evening Miss Anderson was seen for
the first time here as Meg Merri'.ies, in “Guy Man
nerlng," a character always to be associated with
Misi Charlotte Oiahmao, and in a lessor degras
*ith Mrs. D. W. Waller. Miss Anderson’s idea is
7 evidently based on that of the former, and has com
-1 parativoly little claim to originality. She has little
idea of the art of making up, but she exhibits very
great powers of expressive passion, intermingled
at times with tenderness. Her singing o>£ the lul
-1 laby was very sweetly and tenderly done, and bor
1 death scene was thrilling and powerful to a degree
r but few modern actreises are capable of. It is evi
’ dent from this that th) lady’s fvrte is tragedy. Tho
b piece was prettily mounted, and the music was
given in its entirety, tho chorus being furnished by
Pyke’s Glee Singers. Miss Nina Varlan was a sweet
and capable Lucy Bertram, Miss Lizzie Rich a pleas
ing Julia Mannering, Mrs. Eldridge an excellent
Mrs. McCandlish, and Miss Blanche Galton a charm
ing Gipsy, XiT. J, B. Studley played D&ndie Dinmoni
very well, though his “Doric" would not bear disser
tation, and Mr. Tom Whiffin still further asserted hi#
versatility by a remarkably clever impersonation ot
Dominie Sampson. Mr. Tom Bar tie man, as Gabriel*.
also merited a large share of the praise; but Mr.
Norris’ Henry Bertram was tho reverse of good.
This week Miss Anderson wilt appear in two
strongly contrasted characters, viz.: as Pliritenui,
in “Ingomar," and the withered crone, Meg Merri*
lies, iu “Guy Mannenng, thus demonstrating won
derful versatility, particularly for one so young.
Park Theatre.—“ Tho Hornet's Nest”
was played on every evening of the past weelq
and those who relish keen, sparkling wit inter*
proted in masterly style, enjoyed it without stint.
The piece is a bright, cheery one, full of quaint sug
gestions, and particularly rich in telling dialogue.
There is nothing exciting about it, and it is alto
gether too pure, innocent and entirely free from in
decent suggestions to please some of our critla
friends, who can only perceive wit in grossness—
hence their lack of enthusiasm over it. It served,
however, to give Mr. Sothern a brief raspite from
tho much heavier work he has been doing lately,
and to show him as not only a great character crea
tor, but one of the most thoroughly refined light
comedy interpreters our stage has known. On to
morrow and during the present week he will be
seen as the Immortal Lord Dundreary, in< “Our
American Cousin," a character which is entirely his
own. and for which he owes not even a suggestion
to the plagiaristic dramatist, Tom Taylor. There
was a time when so great was Mr. Sothern’s pops- .
larity in Dundreary, and so persistent were the pub
lic in keeping him in it, that envious defamers as
persed him as a one-part actor; but how thoroughly
ho bas given them the lie is apparent iu his subse
quent creations of David Garrick, Brother Sam, Col,
Luke White, Charley Chuckles, De Lacy Fitzaltamont,
and Sydney Spoonbill, The public, however, wlh al
ways prefer his Lord Dundreary, and this week they
are going to have it, and his inane lordship will this.
time be more than ever welcome, as at the Park
Theatre ha will have surroundings in the form of
strong support, tasteful mounting and tho general
adjuncts of a well-conducted theatre, not, al ways la
the past accorded him. Mr. Sothern’s performances
in this role will be limited to twelve, us “ Brother
Sam" contemplates putting in an early appearance.
Matinee performance of “ Our American Cousin" oa
Saturday,
New Pabk Theatbh, Beooklyn.—•
I
Tho New York Park Theatre success, “ Baby," was
served up for the delectation of Colonel Sinn’s pa
trons last week, and met with their hearty approval.
It was neatly and carefully put upon the stage, and.
its general representation was very satisfactory.
Mr. C. B. WeLs as Willie St. Paul showed his pos
session of much genuine comedy power, and played,
with very nice effect. His only fault was a slight
tendency to exaggeration in his lactal expression,
bat this is a fault he can easily rid himself of. He
- has many admirers, and promises to quickly attain
i a position of prominence lu bis profession. Mr. H.
> B. Phillips fitted tho part of Mr. Howard St. Paul,
. Baby’s father, as if it had been written for him, and
Mr. J, Z. Little was excellently suited as Oliver Mag
nus. Mr. G. B, Edeson was scarcely second to. the ■.
i original (Mr. W. J. Lemoyne) as Tracy Coach, and
• higher praise no comedian could desire, and Mr<
• Frank Little as Young Atkins played very nicely.
; Miss Mario Prescott made a very charming Mar\
) Grafton, Mrs. Prior was sufficiently and naturally
• garrulous as Mrs. St. Paul, and the Misses Affle Wea.,
ver, Henrietta Vaders and Eliza Long were each good.
as Mrs. Magnus, Mme. Aurelia and Susan respectively.
> There was no lack, of laughter, patticularly <in- thi
second act, and the rollicking three-acx farce, de-
; cidedly pleased the Brooklynites. An extra matinee
I was given on Thursday (Thanksgiving Day), when >
i Frank Nelson’s drama of “Lottie Lee" was played
i by the regular company-
. During this week the eminent American character
1 actor, Mr. F. 8. Chacfrau, will bo seen in his great
• impersonations. of. Kit- in “Kit, tho-Airkau-
2 s.is Traveler," and Salem Scudder iu “ The Octoroon.
j Matinees on Wednesday and Saturday.
Theatbe. Comique. —Messrs. Haxrigani
1 and Hart last week were seen in in their Irish drama*
r of “ Darby and.Lanty," and also iu the now comical
eketch caled “The Lion Tamer/* in each of which.
i they were as usual highly amusing. Fred Lovanr
’ tine performed a ready wonderfully table act, which,
gave rise to much astonishment and surprise. Frank.
, and Eva Benuott were immensely funny in theta
sketch, of “Kitchen Domestics," Cnrry and. Hatt
3 were good as horizontal baa performers, Charles.DL'
j amend, a particularly clsver dancer, singer and,
harpist, made a )h it, Conway and Kerrigan danced
i and piped, Dan Sully wza seen in Irish specialties,
e, and Eugene Blitz gave a ventriloquist entertainment.
0 For thia week we are promised a new sketch by Mr.
f Harrigan, called “Matrimonial Ads,” in which, be
j side the author, Tony Hart, G. W. H. Griffin, Ed
f Burt, M. Bradley, and the Misses Annie Mack and
e Nellie Jones will appear, and Burnand’s burlesque
1 of “Biack-Eyed Sue ” will be played, with Mr. Har«
a rigan as Datne Hatley, Mr. Hart as Susan, and Mr.
Goodwin as Cobain Crasstree. The new people will
3 be Mile. Vensssia, tighl rope dancer; Robert Nickle,'
j. prestidigitateur; Fields and.Hoey, musicians; the
>. FontainWeaus, in songs and dances; Misa Jenny
y Engle, eerio-comic, Fostelle, female impersonator;
d Anna Irish, vocalist; the Coopers, song and dance
1 men, and Albert Geyer, aerhbat, the great Levantine
I. rAtnftininct Matinees on Wednesday