New York Clipper (Jan 1863)

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H E lAT " Y O B K O L I P P E H; 36* "f^^ OTW HiVB <»M5^. 0^ KN6W1EDQB. vTb iwialoMUit..Detn>'*>'Mloli.,lI»iohl8.f S"*""''/^!*! Proviaonct, B-.L, Joly.l. .r , »"^°!WlUoi!5lfooS»dlaii, Coliunbtia,0;, JwioiiTyM. ^^i^SS;, /ibfc X. Aymar.) eqaerttlfinno, CslI»o, Peru. pyr, pw>Prti>*«' 0' Boyntya mlnatrals, flroTmea, qipe ■ JiMLOborissS'/clrOTSinapBgM^ B.A..poil8, S^JI Mrs BeWca, dtnseuee, LoDdoD, Bog., F«b. % . ^iSfy" jTZ luMor, FitUbuigb, *»., Feb, 10. • ^ • „ . SSiuMSt of Bowloy'B mlDStroIs, diOTO«dat Otpe of Good Hop*; r^SiT w'xi.. ballot natter tnd putomlmlst, Ounp SoobuIi' ^^'fihlciini.Bept.18, , • ■ 'poefrwd ratbpr. Tlennn, —. rtncolle, J»mei, nuglolaa, —> «- ono of the Zonnve BliUiis, pUlongo.-. , , ^ _.„-. . ■^ftniser, Oromied ami 'S»n JiiAO Island, SritlBh «,Feb.S ■ • ■ gns. J. 3, _^ tod mux ??''S;tobT&. Bo reportad. vi^tiriave, Uons. J. J„ moBlolAii, fitonebim, Hon., Jose 80. vMdick.PoetandmaDte«r.01notiiiiatl, 0., Huoh & fSSTH^niy W., ttaaiurer, BoiloD, July 14.' "iStal. Uadamb, pop^ walker, H»T<ma, Deo. 11. sSSe. Mm, A, J., octiese, NeshTlUe. TMiD., J»ir. 19. SSonTaB,, sgont, Washington, D. 0., Jtmo 18., * Mm Jobn El|u Froventbal, nuelo compoier, Mlco, Uaici) —. ■ Bd«e Mn. J. B.. dttueuse. Mew York, Jui. — Hirt. AUWd, Mto'. Brighton, Utsa., Aug. 8. Hudenbnrgb, Mrs., aelresi, Boston, Nov. — j • 'autley, Duilel, 'Tatmon," Abeidnre, 'Wales, hOT. 26. Uta, O. H., DSglclnn, Mew York, Deo. 11. loenhonr, Bt^UulB, 5°'j;,8;Pi;J';,.j.,„vi. or. 30. ■ giin ftf. 'rnomiia. ncwr aim m»migpj, tt«u*uuuwi4, Jan, 2. LDRrlihe, Edvard W., manager, Albany, Mot. 24. l^Mly, Miss OeorglosA, daneaoie, New York, Deo. 10. ' ' wliiifa y Ulsa Ann, actress, Blackbom. Eng., OcL 16.. wonan. JofCrey, "vater boy," Ix>ndoD, Eng., Oot. 23. < UcCord, Alex., olios Slg. TUghmao, in battle, Bept. 1st, about Korton, Joseph, coiOnror, etc, Sawsbory, Eng., ADg. 30. Merrlflold, Jeny.actor, Bt. LonlB,Ang. 9. Unniiall, John, comedian, Edlnbnrgb, Scotland, Jan. 4. UelTlUe, OhsTlea, actor, London, Eng., Uarob 1. > UirUn, John, comedlsn and prompter, Btamfqtrd, Uncolnsblie, Eng.,AprU2. Hltchell, Uldioel, Jig lancer, Ooll/omU, Jan. 13. . , Morton, Timothy W., Ethlopean corned^. New Tork, Jan. 28. Mdiun, Sidney, composer, London, April T. (Hwyn'e, Issao Wayne, manager, PblladalphlA, Doe, 18. .Parry, Tbomos, author and ootor, Westminster, Eng,, Not. FUlUps, 1. B., stage manager, Baltimore, July U. Teny,'H. A., actor. Ban Franolsco, Col., Jon. —. Power, Finny, donsense, Liverpool, Eng., Jan, 3 0, Pnston, aeorae Bponcer, comedian, Uancheatcr, Eng., April 27. Btymond, MoTont, aolor and manager, London, Eng., Jan. 16. Bold, Blen, Tocallst, Now York, Feb. 20. Bebtason, J. H., comedian, HUwaokoo, Wlx., Jnne 7. Baynor, Jno., of Bonley's mlnltrole, drowned oft Oapc of Good Hope. Spectanter, John, Jnggler, BniUo, M, Y„ Mot, 1. Snft MUy Ann, theatre Baloon keeper, London, Oct. 16. Bonford. Mrs. B. B., Philadelphia, Not. IT; ShaUeiB, W., actor a- d sceno painter, Liverpool, Eng., Dee. 4. Binuners, lira. Ollror, ootiots, London, Eng., Mot. IT. Shepherd, Mis., equestrienne, London, Eng., Jun^ 22. Simmons, coatumor, London, Eng., Jan. 29. Bandera. Qeo. dadwallader. Infant drummer, Camp.Obserratloa, Jan. 22. Bcott,DanforthL.,panlomlmlBt anddoncer, klUed in battle at Plttabnrgb Landljig, April 18. Jbnllb, C. F„ manager and actor, killed at Plttsborgli Landing, April 22. . Bwansborongh, Urs. W. H., formerly Hiss Kate SIrby.danaonse, Boohester, Eng., Doo..4. Snslnl, IsabeUa ElncUey, Jtdy 8. Stlfour. Francis, anther, llenton, France, Feb. —. Tree, Uwto, (Mrs. Bradebaw,) nctreis, London, Eng., Feb. IT. TaraerTUalTln, minitrel. New York,Sopt 2T. Whitman, Frank, comedian, Beaton, Deo. 10. Wood, W. A., pantomlmlBt and dancer. BUtimore, Jnlf 31, I WatUss, Bamnel, ootor, Birmingham, Eng., Jane 27. ' White, Bev. Jos,, dramotio anthor, Isleof wight, Eng., MaNb 20., UosDAY, boo. 20, USX Here we are, at iho closing sceno of the drama of life of 1602; -at the death of tho old'yeorralmost at tbe birth of the new. fikee tbls tiiDo twelve months ago, many and sod have been the wanges among some of our proresslonal friends, wblle Joy and ' gUdncsa hnvo attended the movements of others. We have pre- pared a list of tho deaths which have oeourred in the profession "'dnrlng the year Jnst dosing; of the marriagoa, and otEer ' Joyoua events, let-ttie Oufpxb's record of the post speak for . itsdf. Tha year dpened gloomy, bat we are'glad to know that bnsinese boa exhibited a decided improvement since the begin- ' Ding of tbetUIoampaign; even iii tuqea of peace, seldom have we known a better seaaon than the idotog montba of the year '.'IBOl have ethlblted. Oar own pedpI^ M^m .to bave kept op an ' interest in the drtma,'for very few roti^gn" stars have visited us since the openlsa of the rebellion..' They feared the oonseqneboes 'of a profeaaloniil tonr In America while a civil war was raging; ibey predicted tho worat llsaaters for the oanse of the drama In this conhhy; rain and starvation wein in store for na; and these prognostications of evil so worked appn the BenislblUtlea of our people that a nnmboT of them loft for Eoxobe,-where they now ore. Bat wo stlU live, slUI prosper, and at the present time are doing much better, in the way of amosements, than our trani- atlantlo ndghbois. We have ontllved the panic which at' one ttme threatened onr theatres; we have weathered the storm, and are now salUng along in^ooth waters. Uay the new year be as prosporoos as the old has been, bat above all may it ' witness tho end o( the bloody.and fitatrloldal war In whloh at present onr oonnlry Is engaged. Chilstmasweok opened bad—half of the week, bnt little was done, bat with OhrJstmss oome a great reaction, and every place , of amuaoment in .the dty was densely packed on Ohrlnmas night If anything, It dven Borpassed Thanksgiving night We might glvo 0 rough eetljnate of the number of persons in attend- SUM at each' place, bnt It would only be a' rough guess. We might even give the llgurea as xeeorded by oof fneods,- the .taeasareria—who onght to know to a dot "how mnoh is in"—but we should then have to make some slight allowanbe or "dls- eoiml" for the inaoeent vzaggerations of those enthnaloatlo gen- ' tiamen. -We shall not therefore, attempt even a rough estimate. Itls enoonh.to know that eaoh and every place was filled to its Bbnost. Evan the Uttlesldosbpws which sAnat down among us in the holidays were liberally patronised. The fiat nUn looked nnasuolly JoUy and good-nstuied over the receipts of the day; the fkt girl displayed her ot^ams with the best of feeling; and 0« aword^BwaUower, In his exctberant spirits, swallowed swords mongh to supply <JI the officers seen In onr streets on Christmas day. In the afternoon peiformances, the east side theatres did arach better than the Broadway eatabliahmonts; but at night It ^ns an'eveff thing. Mew Tear's day, probablv, will bring equally Mod returns. In maUog ydur calls, kind fnends, do not fdrgot . tt^t your day's Ubor la not completed without a coU f^t the thsa- Ite, the minstrel hoU, tho elrous, the panorama, the muslo hall, .do. 'While your hearts are gladdened by the smiles and oohJ .cratalatlani of thelovely creatures In oalloo vou m^y have vis- .wdon Mew Year's day, yoiLoao moke glad tne hearts of many ■' oalU|ig at oar voildUs'iiUces of amusement All honor tothe.oia year,'but three tlmbs th^ahd a tiger for eighteen Bandied and sixty-three. Now, then,'boys, one for the old 7Mr, aAddttodtoneforthenew. Hip. hip, humhl .They are playing The devil at Nlblo's. Hush I you oughtn't •0 soy devil, some guardian angel whispers. in our eats. Why Botl AnweanybettertbanonrmlnlstorlalfrlendBiWhopieaoh the devil an4 all his ongela to us o^ioea'weekt Aiewef "rn <- S.'v*''. Batwhat utt"meantereay'.'l■thattbe~dnmatlospee- . ' >^ of '•UephlaiophUes." or "Faust and UarBuetlte,"is the "mUon at »lhlo'^ for the hoUdays. Itwas produced on Von- ^^"TIKI'S'I>«<>>^>Uie dlMotlonef Ur. J.B.Boberts, ' 2. *i!^.99'^*'''BI>l>'<'oP^o'> first few nights It worked bad, very bad, showing the necessity «f many rehear. ■•i^ SQdi nieces. The company, with the ezeepUon of Ur. 'SSSW'"''MlMyalls, werenJwat thatthoatro, andneoeseerily, g|«to be broken la, so as to puU well together in hameos^ Twoor JMje nl^te aufiloed forths pnrpose, and then all vrerit merry as ta^SSf?''"On Ohrlatmas night, before onoofthelargest SS^JSJif ""rablod at Nlblo's, the plooe was presented In ^lanoia style; thepcrlbrmeiswere all "well up;"tbo machinery WMiaio i.wan.^P,.»u,a everything worked as Ur. Roberts had "ooreo to make It work. The audl4hco waa enthustosUc, "M applauflea together, and in the properpltoeB. Ur. Boborts's 2SS5 J?'^" yBPnlstophileB, node us lose sight of the nan, and gSS" deilll hhfiself. Bonio of the ortUcs objeot to Mr. •obertrt idea ♦f what the dovU should bo, or hoi ho SoSd 22rf.vTr..'7 » inUmat* aoqualntanoo with "old gMWh" ttan Mr. Roberfa has, bat wo donbl that thoir rSdlHon .. V delineation as that of Hr. Ht lylho doyll on pap«r. but, the,, «„ ttM iri-s-r-B ~'"-' —"tod knowledge oT suob Infomal busl' «,''?'"{• Boberta gives usamuoh bitferMephldtofflilleB than wie Who have preceded him in tho part. If we remotnber cor. r^i Fanst was bronght out at Laura Eeano's a few years oso S. ii!?,'!; pUyodHet)hl8tophll«a-bo has since pHSrad , *ith blDself^anA Is now otoiling for bis tronsgnsalons. fleorgo. jilayed the part in hU ftohlOMWslde woiufia, andlookod Uks Jordab, and nobody elao. AtMlblV^ 5oa don't see Ur. Boberts, but the "old boy." ' Ur, Shewell, as 'anst, does cleverly, whik'Ulas Anily Thom^ aa Uargaerite, bob uoeUent woll. The.ldonery and efTeots are msgmflcent, ahdrauilay la placed npon the stage In good style. It will be reputedantU.rurtbornollse. Thei7«fsf Sfnui, in lla notlea of the pdrformanee. says:—'■ifi. J. B. Boberts, U UophlstophlleB, gave a remarkably sbong and. Btiiliter interpretation to that potentate's charaowr. .Ho Is, beyond all doubt, tfubatrepraenta- 'fiutf the part mTidte had here." And so we. think. . . . Ulsa Batenian will .play the old year out, and the new year Is, at the Brooklyn Academy, this week,'belng ,«n bar return from the East Uesen. Wallack and Adams arc Btlll with ,th« young lady,'andcombida to make a most oapiial trio. ' Yon should have'seen the folks ti>Lig io at Bryants on Christmas night, while others-were eqndlybent.on,i^<>v<iu<.' Wehaveiseanman^.ajam, but this was ojoipmer. An equally good bill is offered this week, As Iheysay at thepollaon eleo- :on day, go early and go often. Tb6 menogerlo is coming into notice. At first the attendance was nor very large, because thct'show was dumped down among us without apy previous "doclaration of Intentions." Ohilat- mas day crowds fiocked lit- to "see the elephants,',' to hear the lions roar, and to poke fun and candies at the eqductlve mon- keys; many of the children"wont to sei the monkeys more," and'^s Ur. Lenfs Uezagerle is Just tbe pUce to pike oblldt'en durfaia the holidays, we preaume there will be a large attend- ance during the coming week. After a "farlough" of several months duration, Urs. John Wood once more emerges from the bosom of her fkmllv, to toko a more aotlve port In the mimlo scones of life, and will appear at Laiva Eeene's Theatre, on Uonday evening, January 8. "Blon- dette.'! from which "great expectations" were formed, may be sold.to have "achieved a comparative foduro," for, 'after the first week or two, the houies were quite shy nnd forsaken. It is one of the worst pieces ever placed on the stage, always barring the —i ^ . -a... _ . . ■ j^nj, > havs excite- Just to think of it—four thousand persons In the New Bowery on Obrlstmas night Mo other tiiestrb in the city equalled it Several of tbam bad more money In, but not so many people, the dllference in the rates of admission, between ihoBoweiy and Broadway theatres giving the latter the best of it in counts Ingnp .the "equiv." '/bur tAotuiind'/ Oosh, what a splendid crowd that would be for Ward Beeches, Horace (Jreeley, or the Immacnlote. Train to tackle, at'28 cents a head, "and "SO ^ques- tions asked." But that glorious Bowery conatitaenOT preferred to hear and see Qoorge Boniface, Muoan, Brookes,' Ifrt; Jones, and the other Havorites of the Mew Bowery haUlveM, Did yon ever see so many people in a theatre? If not, look inonMeW Year's night, and observe this mammoth happy family. A good programme will be given. The "Invisible Hasband"-4he latest revival, or adaptation, or by whatever term these second-hand "new" pieces are known— has beefi visible at WoUaok's for several nights, of the present week, and will be sandwiched twice this week. We have not seen It, ohd will therefore say naught of it Ur. Bobt Eartwhowentto Norfolk,'Va.,toestsbUshame]odeon ther^,hasretunied to Mow York, and will appear this week at Ur. Butler's American Uuslo Hall, 444 Broadway. Aa we stated in onr last Ur. Hart was nnsnooessf al in his mission to "Old Vir- glnny," and like many of our generals, very wisely concluded to all bsok in order, without'setang his people Involved in any dif- fioulty. HebrooghtthemallBafeqrbodc,"wlthontloslngaman," as Oen. Burnslde said, except tbe members of his orohesna,whoin he transferred to Ur. Glenn, of the Norfolk Opera Honse, musl. alansbelng very scarce there. Ur. Bart speaks in the highest terms of the courtesy and Undness of Bam Olenn, who offered to assist him with anything he might require In his efTorts to estab- lish the Uelodeon, although'such a place would be'antagonlstio to his interests. We like to record such evidences of good feel- ingin the profiaaslon. There was a great gathering at the Old Bowery Theatre, both afternoon and evening, on Onrlstmos day, ^d the old phice looked an alive. Ur. Fox works bard to please his patrons, fre- quently appearing in three and four plecea in one evening. He produces a new drama this evening, called the "Bobbers of tbe Pyranees." Pantomimes ore also^ven. The new burleeque on "DInorah," pco^noed. by Wood's Uln> Btrols, last week, is all "Pen UolL" sure enough. ' It created the greateat mfnlment among the audience, the ladles eojoylng it even more than the men. Don't mlsnnderatand us; we don't say that the ladles like the piece better than they like the men; on the contrary, quite tbe reverse;' but, much asthe sterner sex relished the fun, the dlvlnitleB in crinoline And three story hats admired It more. The mualo is Well adapted to the dialogue, and the accessories, both before and after the fiict, are In hanno* ulcus koepisg with the whole. We tried to wedge ourselves In at Wood's, on Ohrlatmaa night, bnt tbe horoso was packed long before we got there, and there wasn't even a o^ianee to see over people's heads, supposing we had been of the proper altitude; the folks seemed to oe dosed well up, sideways first and then piled on top of oneanother. With tola pleasing tableau for a manager before our eyes, we didn't "go In."' "DInorah" win be repeated this week., Eeinp's Old Folks gave a sacred concert at Cooper Inatitate last night Deo. 28. Admittance ten cents, "to'defrayexpenaes;" The plate wonid have been handed round, in Ueu of (he entrance fee, but there's so many that ."can't see it" that these wise old folks concluded to strain a ipolnt, and have the usual doorkeeper, etcetera. Med, on the 11th of December, d, B. Ivors, better known as Signer Cordova, Professor Brealau, and Qarret O'MeD, the Irish magician. Be has baan performing around the suburba of Mew You for the past fifteen yoars, and, although he never attracted large audlefioes, he nevertheless managed to make a living. Be was a ship caulker by trade. Weareaorrytoheortbatheieavea a limlly in depressed olroumsta^cM. Jackson Haines, the great skater, arrived here but week firom Boston, and will appear on the ice, at the Union Park, Brook- lyn, this dav, 29th Dea, and Tnesday, SOIh. Thoae who have seen Mr. Haines on wheel skates, on .the public stage, wUl now have an opportunity to see him on the ice, on which he will have a fine ohance to dlapbyhls abilities as a skater. Ur. Hainea has engagements for various parks,, lasting tbroogh the winter. He is to appear at Buffalo, on the 8th of January, thence to Rochester, Cleveland, Detroit, eto: - Shirley H. Frances agentfor Cabas, will be In Mew-Torkon the 8th. of January, to make arrannments, we presume, for Cuba's coming performances at the Wintef Qarden. Adah Isaacs Menken is atlll in the olty, enjoying her ottum emiisnHate, Uory E. Neafle, daughter of J. A. J. Neafle, waa married, in this city, on the 24th December, to Oharles H. Andrews, of Mew- York. W. C. Wemyss has a varied eoUootlon of "photos" of eminent aotoiB and actresses; also, play books. If yon want soms, look at his advertisement in these oohimns. Edwin Booth, under Stuart's management appeared before a Brooklyn audience on Tuesday evening, the 2Sd Dec., for the first time, in "Blohellea," asalBted bv Urs, Julia Barrow, Prior, Daly, ahd la dAutante, in the person joi Uiss Nina Foster. Booth was greeted by a honse about two-thirds full, and enthnsiastl- cally applauded in the 4th' aot besides being coUcd out twice; bat we heard plenty of comments'on his rendition of the char- acter. In comparison to that of Forrest whloh ware not compli- mentary to Booth. A Miss Lavihla Warren last w«ek sent us an Invllatioh to visit her at the St. Nloholas BOtel, where she was holding a levee pre-i poratoiy to visiting Europe—an Invitation we of course accepted. Ulsa Warren is a young Uassaohusetts lady, 21 years of age, weighs 29 podnds, and measures 32 Inobes in height Her sym- metry of &rm is remarkable, and her unassuming and ladylike deportment especially noticeable. Her voice Is musloaL and she converses well; In fact she is a ministhre voung lady of fashion, both in dress and manner, and wUl no donbt find great fkvor with the curious of the arlstccraoy of. England and Ftanoe. Her parents, it is said, are ot 'ordinaiydtmenslohs: but with their daughter. Nature seems to have taken It into her head to get up a LiUlputlanby way of novelty, and the old dome succeeded ad- mirably. We "drapped" In at Backley's, at Palace Qarden, on IMday night last, and found a very good attendance present In the Am enjoyment of the musical treat these eicellentartlsts were afford- ing them. We have always regarded the Buckleys as belnx at the very top of their profosaioo, as regards their minstrel skQl, andunoqnuled In their rendition of burlesque opera. .We no- ticed that Bishop Buckley has rather increased in .weight dnce we last aaw him, and it seems to have Improved his voice. On the contrary, George has less power , than before, eapedally in upper notes, but he stUl sings as sweetly as ever in MUo-wee pas- sages. Oo ue bones or banjo he has few eqnals. and helseicel. lent in burlesqueiopera. In Bishop Buoklev the tronpeposseases one of the. best Pompeys that has appeared in negiv onaraeter. Bislaughlsworthafortone; Inttc^neislnlooki, words, and actions, the veritable Southern dorkiei, and no mistake. The handsome Ftsd Buokley handles his violin with the tastA and 'ex> eoutlon of a 'Vieulempe or a Slvorl, thi models Be used lb' have before him some years since. Dave Beed is a new addition to the troupe; and'a decided acqulaltlon, as are several of the others, amrag whom is Palmer. But hi the talented vooaUst and actress, lUss Julia Gould, the company possess a-decided advantage over aU'tho others. BerrenaiUonof'Luoretla is're- ally exoellont not only for her capital ooting, bnt for tho'able Several old bvorltes are bach again at the American Uuslo HaU this week. -AmongJthom arc Bob: Bart, Tony Pastor, and Lew Blmmons, all gcod'ortlsts in their rospooUve Jlnes. J. 0. Wal. lace, of tho Oonterbniy, London, is also announoed fbrthlaweelr. Bo is of tho Irish comedion persuasion, and will moke his first appearance bore in'elght years; you undorstondt Mo? Wdl thon, to-night wiU bo his first appearanceforctghtTears.. How's that? 'What snarls a feller will get into occaalonaUv. ' That puis us in mind of a snarl we got Into last .week, in speaking of the two Lewises, one with jrood'rUinstrelB, and tb« other 'Wltb Hooloy's. We got their nunes so nixed up, that we doubt If either man could tel) whether he was this one or that one. Theso Lewises' don't wont to Ife mixed up with each other; and that's what makes it so bad, although theybpth.seem.to,|)e aiever sort of performers.. 'What we. want to sty U. this—W, H. Lewis, with Hooley's Uihsfai^, Is the singer, and ls.iw<, there. ' - takenfoif sr. LMs, of Wood'sUlnstrels., On the fore, to bo mistaken other hand.'U. Lewis, of -T tO' l)e'<i|nis«onstraed' -'(•; , , ol's, Is ths dancer, and don't wish Lewis, the alsglitv Of BooU;^, If wehav-nt got it right this tline,vra11 mttelt aUrlghtneit yy. ... /Tnen-B Callfonila, .ot Hope Chapel, goes out with the old on Wednesday evening, the otcaslonbelagacomplimebtary benefit to Ur. TyftOh Lot aU returned OaUfomlans make ai Buocessfbl wind-up of ihspanotamo. .' ' - ; You- that want to sea fiie war, without incurring any of lis daiuors,drop in atMihlCs Oodcort Baloon, on Thursday and rtiitj aming$ of this week, and Wednesday,'Thursday, and Haturaay, afternoons. < Goodwin b Wllder's "Polymorama of thd War Isanlnatrncttve exhibition, and gives us a chance to see how batUea are lost and won, in a qditt manner; leostwlBe, in a amet manner, by viewing this >polymoruna, we can see many:of IS horror^ ofwar, and the devastations whloh war inflicts upon the land. , • \ . • ~ , ^'^j^*^^'^'" '^"^'" thasDlty last week. She'kp- pears id Ebnira this evening. Wo acknowledge thereoelpt of a very pretty carte dediite of Uils lady. : • TheBaval Troupe, with the great UorsotU, eto., wUl ahortly, give some of their great pantomimes at the Mew Bowery. Ua^ zettl's great performance of Jocko wlU be given. They wlU tem- mence on or atxiut the 12th Jan; Ur. and Uiss Bichtnga are to be In Mew York id Febimary, and bring onttheir great piece, "Batanells," at Mlblo's. It Is probable that tho great spectacle of' "Uagnolia," Just closed in Boston, win.be brought , out at Mtblo's, in tus city.- By an moans, let-ns see "Uagnolia," and Judge whether Boston's enthusiasm was genuine or not . Ur. 'Whitney has advertised an evening -with the orators and poets, for the benoflt of the soldiers'of the Pennsylvania Belief Association. It wUl take place Dec, 30, itt Irving Biiu. Barney Williams and wife , had large honses; at the Winter Garden, last week. Ttiey offer big attractions for the New Year holidays. The residents of Washlngton> Q. 0,, have been well supplied with omussmenta for the holidays. Onr old'Pittsburgh corres- pondent "Adelphl,^'Jiowln Waahlnglon, thus wriUs of tho the- atres thereunder dais of Deo. 24:—Faisini Quzfif—"Amerry Cbrlstmu" to ysu, and to aU my old frlcnds,'among the thou- sands who weeUy ore alike edified ond amused by perusing the weU.flUed eolnmns of the rakish Utile OurvBS The gay, festive, and foBhionable city of Washla^n, is'wen stocked with amusements for the Cbristmss weak, and the patrons of our the- atres, mvio halls, etc., lite in aqaandurwhion to choose among the numefouB entertainments presented for their consideration by-"energetic and isde&tlgable manigera," with "amiable treasurers" and "urbane aifd attentite uighore" slipped in. Bualsess is good, though "crowded honses" seldom greet the visual organs of ye proprietor. Appearances indicate that things win fiourlsh like a green boy tne -during the holiday wesL Those renowned ar({]fa, Peter Blohlngs and hid daughter Caroling, are In their fifth week at Fold's theatre. Balfe's msg- nlfieent operatla apeotscle, "Batonella, or the Bplrlt'of Beauty," has been the card during the week, in connection with the grand Apotheosis to Washington, and the allegorical tableau, in whloh Uiss Blohlngs austaina the obaraoterof the Goddess of Liberty, and Ur. Blohlngs gives his llfe-lUco penohatlon of the "Father of His Cotmtry." The engagement of those fine artiala has been a very succesraul one. They hare, been weU supported by the stock-the company a( Ford's being flrst-dsss. On Obrlstatas dftemoon wlU be piodused Planche'a fkiry extravaganza, "Beauty and the Beast," as an entertainment for the "Uttle folks"—new aceneir has been pointed for tho piece "by Ur. 0. S. Getz. The Washbigton theatre re-opened-on Uonday eve- ning, after a short closure, with Ur. Frank Drew as theattrae* Hon. The )>01 preisentod was "Bip'Van Winkle," dramatised from Irving's legend of.that name, and the i extravaganza of "Mazeppa, or the Daiamed Slooking-Borse," Ur. Drew sustain- ing the principal oharaetar in eaoh. Same bUl last night and la up for this evening. Both evenings he dreui good honsos—/mnx- ly speaking (that's onel)' Ur. D. u a very promising actor, and bids fair to rank, ere long, among the first of our comedians. W. H. Hamblln and Urs. G. Uoeder (Fanny Fitz- Farren) are members of the new company "Pauvrette, or Under the Snow," a speotade, from tho pen of Dion Bondcault hdds the boarda at-Orover's. EoteDenln eiacla the part of Pauvrette. ......In condusion, allow me to ogala wlah yon a "Uerry (SalMt- masand aBappyNewXcar." Uay the gaUant Uttis oraft meet with every proqMTlty, and be always as heavily Uden vritb pre- cious freight OS it has been heretofore; as it baa safdy ridden over the troubled waters of the past while so many of its con- temporaries have been engulphed, may it also weather the storms of the ftitnre successfnily, and ever »«'"*■«'■ the proud name it baa honestly won; of iMlng the "only live sporting and theatrical Journal in America," QUr. Thos. Wemyss is now prompter at Ford's Theatre, Wash- ington.- A very smooth and srtlrtio lithograph of Uiss Sate Belgnolds, of the Iluseum, Boston, aUuded to in this department a week or two since, has Just been issued by J. H. Bufford, of Boston. Wo received a copy a few days, since. It Is from a photogrqih by Black, which, we believe, was pabted, and enlblted at the Uuseum some time shice. The picture before db is plain, and, therefore, not quite so life-like es we presume the colored photograph must be. It is, however, a clear and distinct picture, and a capital likeness. We- cannot describe it betterthan by tronsferlng to oar cohmms the foUovlng lines in reference to It, whldi appeared ia tbe Btalm Fott-- "Aalds are thrown Her robe and sceptio; the tunefnl Uugh Is huabod, - Nor from her gentle eye fiashes the shaft of power.- Nor comafadoms the peaaefd bsow—nor gems. Nor ornaments the-richly , waiing hair- Banded so Ughily round the fair, pure head. Undecked the alendor throat but oy the chain— Tbxi envied little chain.that lies so dose, - And marks whence gently fiow^ the vir^ breast Balf hid—yet In her careless reverie, . Half seen beneath the light held gossamer That Ughtly swells and ulla wi^ the warm pulse Of her sweet life." Uiss Charlotte Thompson -will finish her engagement at the Pittsburgh Theatre, this week. FMm Pittsburgh aho goes to Cincinnati, where she opens at the National Theatre on ue 8th of January; she will begin her engagement at the LouisvlUe Theatreontbe.lOth of January. , Ulsa Ida Gray's benefit at the .Uetrraolitan, Bodiester, N. Y., took place on the 24th Deo., and Ulis Raohd Noah's on the 26th. Tho first benefit In Uemphis, Tenta.; of Ur.' B. B. Usoinley, took place on the 20th Doc. Tngedy and comedy haye formed the attrallons at the Near Uemphls Theatre of late. Wo presume afiiir buslnesris doing—nothing more. The .Provost Marshal had ordered the immeoiate dosing of an drinking saloons in the dty and suburbs. What I Btop the boys firom taking their peppermint? Perishihe thought It can't be done. Item Nashville we^ear good reports. A correspondent writes that business is splendid, that they "have had no stars, and don't intend to bave any. We ore. glad the Cufpzb gets down this way once more." So' are -we/ and we shall lie pleased to hear of Its re-appearance amonic all onr "wayward sbterB." We have several bills of the Moshnlle Theatre before us. & B. §iufDdd is manager; Claude 0. Hamilton, stage-manager; B. Ti Imons, treasurer; J. A. Piitenely,leader of onihestra. On the ITIhof December, the traoeidy of Blohard m. was performed; with the foUowlng osst, which, wa presumo, indndes the full strength ^f the company:—Biobord, Duke/bf Gloster, Ur. Claude BomUlon; King Boniy the Sixth, BIr. W. U. Foster; Prince of Wales, Uiss ConstanUne; Duke of York, Uoster Blobard; Duke of BuoUngham, Ur. T. Badollffe; Doke - of Norfolk, Mr^NT. Brown; Tressd, Ur. Williams; Lord Uayor, Mr. Barry Everett Lord Stanley, Mr. J. B. Allen; Cstesby, BIr. E. Wight; Earl of Richmond, Mr, W. M, Foster; Oxford, Ur. Smith; Bsdcllffe, Mr. Thomas; Blonnt Uiss Xizslo Uayling; Lady Anne, Uis. Bottle Bernard; Queen > Elizabeth, Urs. J. B. Allen; Dnobess of York, Urs. Aimle Bcanlan. Trices remain at 28 and 80 cents. Uiss Fanny B. Price and Ur. D. Honohett commence an en- gagement of throe weeke,' at Boobaster, Deo. 29th. ' 'W. W. Pratt, agent for Urs. W. B. Engliah's Bavel Company, 'thus writes:—"The Bavols, since my last have visited Ogdena- burg, N. Y.; Xingaton, BellevlBe^aid Ooburg, 0. W.; phvMng to food business. They wiU op«n wllh Uanager Harry Linden, at 'oronto, on Monday, 29th Dec, and prodaoe many of the larger puitomlmes, •UaAilm,' 'Bed-Gnome,' *'7ol au Tenf ko., io. While at BellevlUo, I was snrprl^ed 'to tuA in ihe proprietor of the neat littio theatre there, the-Athtaeum, a retired dramatib equestrian-of celebrity, whosb-whereabouts is no doubt nn- known to most of onr professIonoLbrethren, U^. -Lewdler, the 'Mazeppa,' 'Locbnivar,' &0., of otter days, celebrated at tbe old Tremont Boston, under the Creswlok b Field management^ He ■niB In the opinion of crlHos the best dramatic eqneatrlan of his time. - Yonr readers noidonbt will be delighted to hear that he stUl lives, aUhough several reports'of his death have adready been publlahed. . After the eMagement of the Bavels at Toronto, we oommenoa our return tou^ 'homeward bound.'" -; - - - .At the Uetropditon, Boohestdr, on Friday evening, 24th Dec, U{ssIUahdMoui,>o promising young aotreas,took a benefit She-was assisted by .her Uster, Uiss Tlotorla Noab, and her mother, Urs. W. G. Noah, who personated Bden UcGregor, In the drama of "Bob Boy." - Urs. Noah la a cdebrated actress, and has not appeared on the atage eioept at intervals for yean. She was greeted with a fine houie. ''BobBoy,"."Axmodeus," and "The Little Bebel," composed the blU of the evenlb'g. . With regard to our notice of Ur, Chaplin's dramatization of "Lea Ulswables," recently produced at the Pittsbnrgh Theatre, we have reoelved-tbe following note from Mr. 0., and in Jnstide to that gentleman, we glteltpubUclty;— - / : PiriBBUBaH, Pa., Dec 28th. Dun OUPFZB—Iwritethls.ln reply to a notice I saw In'your last of my dramatization of "Leo Mlserabler." In the first place, no. new piece'Win drinr hero without It has a Now York reputation. In the seeond place, the piece had no fair show, fUr thp . business of the theatre would only allow of oiMiebarMton the day lt<was performed; and what made the ploce drag was the waits betweon tho acts. I admit that ^the piece was a Uttle too long, ao I out it the aeoond night when it went off weU, and tho theatre was out by fifleen mtnnlbsof sleven. Tbe piece can now be played eodlyln two hobrs and a half, and stlU embrace the whole plot of. the stoir. It is the only one yet dramatized that does embrace the fire books. -. I oaly write this in Jdstloe to my- self, and have stated tho plain dots to you, and trust you wiU give plaoetoltifyouseeXt > Yoil>s, O.D. Ohiplim. Ulas Oharlotie Thompson contlaues the star at the Pittsburgh Theatre, and so fkr has met with soocess. - A oomspondent says ahe is hdd In high esteem there. - : Yankee Boblnson performed at dicrer's The»tN> Wtablsgtos, O,0.,>stirwb"... to stngs/ln the doelt ki^w a Bank," witt snnuner thei -Zavl up I travagant show piece, years of age) has ' Puck. She also" dunning eiTect At Wood's; Olnclnn«tl,.tho Plotences are oUvlnir tknir nxi.i rbundofeharactersto-orowdodhonaS. " •' AttheNotlonal,.01nclnnoU,theyaren1aTlna thnir a>n«v uiy In Buohj)i(!ce« as. "Midi of Sw2ta'''^.wiJMVT;: 'ave,"and"Unde Tom," . " "oods, "Wizard of tho Mr. MUes'aliorte'"Minnehaha" was aavorHoea ia mnMr tm iherafot thoBalUmore Uuseum, on the^'/fS.^ ^ John E. Owons Is in the second week of bis euSSlSnlS »h« HoUldayatroetTheatre,Baltlipore,and coiJlSS?t?^Mw u2 search for "that bar! of apple boss." "'^^^ J^???''5*^"' Mdrinc, ec6en'trio comedian, was announced ' the m Dm ■'»* HetropoUton, Eochesto. m •a?ho UBual Edwin Forrest houses" grootod tho great traiedlan last week at tho Boston Thcotre. Mr; P.-conduaos bis enusel • ment there on Pridoy evening,. Jan, 2d. «Jr7?w"* company ore at the Walnut Phllodd- J? ""JET opening on Dec 20;'and succeeding Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Davenport who dosed on the 2Tth. Wp hope Mr. SSfV^'l.'"'* *> peltUhlyas he did on a former visit to n51\!2!?''Jfc'''"?.*'»«'"»0Pl« there'fcilod to sppredato the good qualities of lilmself and those who accompanlcfl him. .t,^£r'i**"*^?".''i"™''*e*B»'*'>«B6st6nMuseum, thegreat - J?!2J2fe? <!aUed "MsgnoUa"has been withdrawn, and one of S;'5?^J?i"''^*!?H' «'>«U»'> "Crossing the Quloksands," takes Its place tUs week. John WUkos Booth wfll show'at tho Museum, ' ™ ^l^^* "OroMlUB the Qnlcksonds." we wjsh to glvs a single inaUnce of the devices resorted to by iiL j*?""^™^'?"!'"' *° dBMlre its readers, and to draw SILt?.^"*^?^?/??'"'''*''*"''"'™- ThefoUowinaletterwe received on the 20th Dec, and wo gIvo-lt pubUdty, (raltting, for- !5Sf'hS" "J™""" ■'^0 scarcely beUeve that the proorletoTS of the paper in question ore privy to such deceptlong OS the person dismissed from pur employ, add now in thofr pay, is practising upon them and their readera. Here is the leUcrT- _ . , Doc. 28, 1802. 9''^Sr"!??*',.I''*7"'» "nof", so I'U just give yon a history of a Uttle transaction in which'yon are aUgbUy inter- ested. Some two weeks ago, I received a note from a certain onneoted wlth-a Bundaypaper of M. Y,, requesting moto write a letter now and tten. Mey had been informc^byoosr. tain'doctor'that I did write sometimes under the cognomen of " '■ —," ond they would be moat happy to hear fWm the aforesaid" :——•" I djd not toko any notice of the letter, althou«h it contained some few blue and white envdopes, al- ready dlreoted—OS I never go back on old fMends, and I bad coni eluded th at whe n I did write, it would be for tho good, oldj stannohCLiPFEB, and not for people mean enough to eteol. the breezes from that same Cup. Now, here's where the laugh comas In. Lost wieek, br the first of this, I picked up the afon- sdd Bundaypaper, and what should I seo but a letter from Washington and signed by my nm it plume Now, Frank, I know thpre is no one but your humble servant that writes uhdes that cog., jod I'm d—d (hard word) if I wrote it It was done to make you, my bey, think that I bad deserted the good ship. Now, F^uik, I have not written a Une for a long ttme, and when I do again, you may rest assured it win be for yon. - „ Yours, '- we presumo If this sort of deception and fraud has been prac- tised in one instance; ithas been in niany. It speaks for itself, and teUs a black tde against the party togagad in tbe firand. • UdUe. Gdettl and Uons. 'Velarde are at thb Holiday Street Theatre, Baltimore. There is some tslk of their shortly appear. isg at Ford's Theatre, Washington. Ur. CouldoekwlU remain another wedi at the Howard Athe- nsnm, Beston,-«nd wlU be foUowed on the 8th of Jan. by Ibggie MltoheU.' Another theatrical esisbllshment Is shortly to be opened in Boston. Urs. W. B. English has leased Allston HaU for tail yean, and the necessary alterations are now being made. Ur. and Un. B. L. Daveiiport are to give poetio and dramatlo readings, in Uuslcal Fund BaU. Phlladdpbla, Jan. 2d. . Of thing theatilcd and otherwise in California, wa must ntaa- fiBarily be very brief, and the communications from onr corres- ondents and triends.wiU have to suffer. They wiU pardon the herty taken. At Uoguire's Ootn Bouse, the Bisnehls had, during the week ending Nov. 29, been running opera, assisted by Gregg, GroBsl, and others. On the off nights, Billy Birch, Ben Cotton, and Tommy Peel, with other minstrela, were well patronized, and the "vaadevinalns,". to which ihe Uandeville slsten had been added, and of which Harry Conrtalne was direc- tor, were also favorably looked fii)Oh.- Sam Wells's benefit on the 26th, woe a hamper At the UetropoUton, Tom Taylor's Slay of "BetrlbuUon" had thken the plo'eo of "horaeology,*^ . [essra. J. B. Booth, X. Thayer, 0; B. Thome, Jr., Franks, and Urs. Hayne, sUning forth in the leading cboroeters Only two bits" for a:day's-fun,-were eumdent inducements for large numbers to congregate on Bimday afternoons and ev*^ nlngs, at Tbe Willows, where eur correspondent. Sherry Cor-' byn,doeatheoaterlnRto public satlstScUcn...AtODoert's Udodeon, JoB Unrphy and the WorreU slsten, supported by any number of "steis of ihe Faoifio," were having Uvely ttmesla. ...Tommy Pad Wis to take a'beneflt on Dec 1st Bnobanan wasdolng the tragic at Sacramento, at redncedprioes. Ihe Orrin Family, and other circus people, were off for Eos An- gelos.... .'.Bella Union bas again got BIscseciaatIi Backus^ Ooes, Smith, Taylor, and-Conletor, had taken ship for OhinaL ... .The Ldghtons were In the Interior, l^e very sncoeasfol engagement of Ur. and Uiss Blohlngs, at- Fora's Theatre, Washington, D. C, wiU terminate this week. A . complimentary testimonial is to be offenlS Uiss B, on Wednesr day evening, Deo. 31st Attached to it are the names of many membera of the Benato and House'of RepresentoUves, togeihst - with those of several Influenttol dtlzena. From what we hear; , the testimonial is llkdy to eventuate in much iUtt and splendor. The "Naiad Queen" was produced at the Arch, Philadelphia, onthe22d, and conUnned through the week. Oneof onroor' reapondenta soys "some of the scenery is very handsome, but the play was glveh with more effect on a former oocatlon. Bar- ton HiU, OS Rupert seems to be out of his dement end 'sppeor*. somewhotawkward. Urs. Drew, as the'Qaeen, nukes npspIeD<- dldly." At the dinner given by Un. OUeb Smith, on Ohnstmii day, the sick and wounded soldlen of the Btsnton Hospital, Woshmg- ton, Uiss Caroline Blohlngs sang tbe "filar Snongled Bannsf,^' "Our Union Bight or Wrong," eta, to the delight knd enjoyment of aU present It was an affecting, thoogh at the aame time a most agreeable scene. Senator Lane, General Famswortb, and the Bev. Dr. Channlng addressed the soldlen, who seemed to forget thetrpainsand troublesin the ploasures of the moment The whole oSdr dosed with three hearty cheen for onr American ' songstress, Miss Caroline' Blohlngs, the Bev. gentleman hlmsdf proposinglt ■ ■ ' ' - . J.Wilkes BoMh,who succeeded-Miggle Mltdiell'at the Bt Louis Theatre, on the 22d of Deoember, opened in bis great, oharooter of Uohaid in. "Seneca'.'thus spesks of him:-■■This younger Booth is toihe.foU as great afkvonte here as his brother Edwin, and we think with snidy snd experience he will yet eqnd his tother. Certainly, tekug his youth into account he has no equal on the Amoricon stage. Bis phytiqu and sxprfes^ Bive-'fiice are both better than those of his father, and he evi- dently has the ambition necessary to carry him to any height ia his profession. To-night (23d Deo.) he does "Homlet'Twitli Ben DoBor os the Gravedlgger. Hiss UotUda Beron wlU foUow Booth; and ths eeiat ofhereorUer efforts here will .insure her - faUbonses,.lf nothing else." '.. , - ' UlBs AUoe Plodde Uonn -wlU probably commenbe s aeries of nerformonoes inEbnirs, M. Y., on the 99lh of December. Mr. Price hod a b'eneflt at the Wohiut Phlladslphia, on thi a4th, and was td have left for Boston on the 2T,tb. . Ur. Blohlngs and his daughter Caroline suectsd Ur. J. B; CUrke, at the Ardi Street PbUadelphlo. Ur. Clarke brings hU briUlont engagement to a dose on Uie 8d of Jantiaiy, ondth^ BlchlnriSoonunenceontbeOUi.' . „ - UrTarau'a opera troops wiU dose ths year1882 wlUi on pftar' nocn porforinance .at the Academy of Uuslo, Philadelphia, on their way from Washington to New York, ■■LaTravW'wfllbe presented. ■ \ OiaODBBS. The "BrcoUyD Arena," a newpUce of pubUo osmaement lo- cated on Baymond atreet near DeKalbAveniie, -wis opened for the fimt time on Uonday evonlng,T)eo. 22. and the pewpnnancts on the occasion were audi as to afford pleasuN todl present and very creditable, indeed, to aU parties conoemod, eonsldeij . ing it was the fint night of a new place The Arensla intend^ SB apermuent place for equestrlon ond ocrobotlo perrcrinnncg, - and^ boenlaunohodnpon-tbe >«» «'P"''"" Ur.OalTin Witty (the owner of alargeUrewstableln BrooUjn). at a oostof over IWLOOO, It Is built entfrely of timber; is 1» - feet by 80, and 80 feet to the roof. Tbe diameter of Ihe.ringiJ 48 feel. Book of thlsjs the Mage, whleh is to be fnUy eqalM«d for theatrical purposes. When tho drama Is 1?'oP"*' la so arranged aa to be coAverted into a porquat ,t^,^V»t^* feature of the building ia tbe great facUlllcs afforded for onpia egressfromtheplaoelncaseofnnaUrmof fire. 5.th"S?ii the stage are tliree doom, cbrreapondlng in b1*»W''^ '£?'*," front aJfordlng abundance of ajcone for escape, ./bo Arwawos orowded-to excess on Obristmns afternoon ond •»«f{;f{,Sa that too, by on oxcoodlngly roopooloblo oudlencj '"^fS'S their gratification with tho exceflent. periorm«n«>"^WSL? them, by long continued »nd hearhrappbiaw. tho proprietor, bur determined thaf tho <^^^^J^J^. shall bo providedwttb.s pormonenfpUM,ofwusementoe- .votodto' this obje (nibuilding, ap atrangaa in ou «n,«°''K,,nfl"the'iibrtf* adapted for £e natronsge of fomlUof .M'^J ^'^SlM^ tIdlSu. ~uld vij4 the iie".^*»lS^5tS*oT^S8B and the immediate riolnlty of «h»»W>j^^^