New York Clipper (Mar 1863)

37 In town RlSiiohStSin Manor •* Ho. 63 JourUenthitwt, l».0>« *Aj nSroe. wUoh li »iia to be qnlto dtov^p,. lie mnulo to bj; ^^oiSii'^SJi^'Sf'tteMontr.d Theatre^ a'w(!a«5Stwoweolui'engagement.et,the Netlonel Theetre, «!K[Stta"B»vel U eng^ea to eppew et •tThe.HeVr.iae»," «M «i»^iB J, Conner la ner agent - »SS NeUy Bltchlnm, the AaerioMi OMiletriM, ojn be en. throtShJemeaCtonner.theetrlod agent.., B»e, hie edTe^ ihJnlonutlnee wae heia at Ko. 6 Amjtyatreet, oh'the SSth, bj thfllLDobaoD. SeeadTertlBoment ^iephProotor'abeneat, onthea7th.»t the Qiatooirenvwaa -Swrn'ortaWy.tfenaed.-m?oy»tUrthan.w*wtlo^paled. A ^toafalr at the New Bowery, with manyiWorp^ttraotlone. SSTof Bcotland" ana 'Toung Amerioo," Mr; Prootor,. we SgM, might have ohoeen fJaiMt any other oharaetor fop-hto SmM {lutDBlchBlleu, and thereto no concealing the fiol that X letlnit dliappolnted many of hto moat ardent admlren: Shi that iSey evinced any eigne ot disapprobation, remembBr— Jl the aamo lime theplay went off eo very tome, that the audlenoe St reUeted when the onrlaln aroppea. The only joot)itlon Si Jath word aa faUl" With tfla eioepHon, ft seemed hard ii^k to raise an encore. Tme, Ur. Fiootor was callea before iSe oartaln, ana made a few remarks, bat It was evident tlut «£eiiodi" didn't sppreoUteBlohellea as given br that gentle- Biui. and there to no denying that their opinion to worth aome- mbb tfttr aU Fanny Herring's oostomes were leallr sptondid, rSdhar toting, the UtUe she had to do, of the moet fasotnsttoa ^Mcrlptlon, J. B. Stndtoy as Adrian da Uanprat, andS. W. Itiompson as Baradas, played their part* very oredlUbly; aUo. the Uuaes Denvll and Belgnolds. Between the flnt and seoond places, Ulss lonlsa Brown, plnmp as a partridge, and lively as a erlcket, danced a BcOtohipot, to talk Etenoby; and Jackson Eilnss, the skater, gave hto skating act The after pieces were T(iy slow, and without 0. L. Fox ft to next to'Impossible to get nil a good hearty, healthy tongh. As ths companyto at present, vtfSar they wfU experience up-hill work of it, .Were It not for nnny Herring, buslaess would soon become very shaky at the Old Bowery, when the head Fox to away, "vloh nobody can '^^le Fair One With the Qolden Locks" has ^een shorn of its uninteresting pohito, and the borlesqne to now still more enjoyable. Urs. Wood to now in the ninth week of her engage- aest. Her new song, "How Are Toa,Oreenbaoks}". knocks 'em higher then the giant Kotbing new at Bamum's, the dwaib and "What Is Itl" being, tinesg the chief curiosities there. One of the great sensation dramas to to occupy the Hew Bowery liatrds thto week. It to Dion Bonolcault's beanllf ol drama, en- titled "Paavrette, or Under the Snow." It to to be produced with new scenery, effeoto, eto.,'and the, whole extent of the alage «ill be throVn open for Uie "avalanohe of snow" scene. It will attract large audiences. "Sdgeworth Bess " .to sufficiently pleasing to continne before us for a short time longer. 'A bt man to dead. Thomas Jefferson BheUey, well known as coach driver for the V, B. Hotel, died suddedly in thto city on the nib Feb., of "suffocation, the result of excessive adipose deposit throughout the system," according to the verdict oi the coroner's inquest He was a native of Hartford, Conn., and was thirty-nine years of age. He weighed over fire hundred pounds at the time of hto death. At one time he was exhibited byBar- nmn as a great cnrloslhr. Hto remains were Interred in Qreen- wood Oemeteiy on the 1st Inst Max Harstiek's Italian Opera Oompanj, to open at tho Aoad- emr on the 4th Inst, comprises Madame Josephine Medari, Had. Ortatonti Brignoli, soprano; U'lls Henrietta Sulzer, con- titUoi Madame Ftocher, second; Slgs. IVancesco Uaizolenl and Anlonlo Mlnettl, tenors; Big. Bublo, second tenor; SIg. Fer- nando Bellini, baritone; Big. Eanulbal Blachl, basso; Big. D. ColetU, basso; Big. Uuller, second basso; J.'Muno,'condiiotor of «t:beitit. At Ihe Winter Garden, since the abdication of Mr. Edwin Booth, on account of the loas of his wife, the poputor end ver- ■ttUe artist, Mies Mary Provost, has been the refgnlng star. A fortunate thing, indeed, was it for the management, that the tody wai dlseogaaed, end willing to fill the breech at a moment's no- Uoe, nnheiaided; for it has undonbtedly ^ved them from heavy losses. On the arth, we constitntod ounelf one of the Provost Guard, and, on our round, stepped in . to see the lady at Hell Owynne, in the drama of tliat name. The house was ftiU, biit not crowded; the piece wss well oast, and we enjoyed the pep- foitnanoe better than anrwe.have wlbiessed for sems VeekK' Ttt character of the semtcrazed, wllfol, mlaohievous, but kind- hearted actress, to A dUBoult one to portray; bnt notwltbBtand- tog B hoarseneas, making artloutoUon difficult Mtos Provost did it ample justice, and pleased the people, who called the laiiy oat at the oloae of the second act, and oheered her very frequently during the ptoy. Miss Adah OUfton gave a high-toned, queen- like rendition of Franoto Btewart; and. Mr. L. Barret as Sake of Blohmond, Davldge as Sam Fepys, and Davenport as Elng Charles, gave excellent renditions of their respective cbarao- tan, paruoularly the former. A new and original drama, writ- tan expressly for Miss Provost to to be flnt performed this (Monday) evening. Those who have been favored with s resd- log of the meinaeoript speak of it In eulogy. It to entitled, '^uote d'Arvllle, or a Wlfe'sTriato." In the Usck. opera line, Bryanto Mlhstreta are bnrlesquing "Old Fatty Beed and hto Old Folks." An original song, "We're Coming, Faddei Abram," written- expreasly lor Dan Bryant to ons of the features of this wsek. We near It said that NeU Bry- ant has salted tlO;000 In a houss In the upper part of the city. Whit Italian open manager has done thto much} Nell, my boy, •^onndyonr Al" 8U11 another death in the profeulon. On Tuesday, Feb. ItUu Miss Emma Taylor died rather suddenly in this city, of what Seemed to be a paralytio stroke. Hiss Emms Taylor was a ■totertotheoelebrsted lury Taylor -(Mrs. Ewen, now retired from the atage.) and was wdl known In thto oity-aad PhUadel* plila. In whisb latter olty, at the Anh, we believe it was, she be- came quite a bvorite. She performed the bart of Anne Chester,- inthe"CoUcen Bawn,"atNiblo's,' some time ago, and after- ward! Joined Laura Keene's company, pUylng the Prince, in "Blosdette."- We believe she last performed with Laura Keene's trtTSlllng company. In New Haven, on the 20th and 91st Inst. An accident or something of that Und, to said to have caused a' shook te her system, whloh resulted in her death. The funeral, which took place on the 2eth, was attended by a torse number of the.profeeiion, The remains were pieced in a vault atttohed to' 8k Mark's ejjuroh, comer of Seoond avenue and'Tenth street Tripesmlnculiui I Bamum's Fat Lady and the Belgian gen- inman of leviathan proportions eoUpsed-vby the Danolng Uoniter of the East Ton ought to behold (t; a huge "thing of -life," seen at the New Bowery theatre-every evening, dancing npon three legs. In ths words of the poet "It's great ifs much," and we may, in a prefix, add,"and more too." Thtonon- "dtscript Is under the oare of Tony Denier, the pantomime olown -of the New Bowery. . .] Speaking,of the New Boweiy, reminds nsthat Toay Denier etJcyed hto first 'fperqutolte," or -benefit at thto house, on the '2Tth ult, on which oooaslon a numerous body of hto friends and aamlrors, through Mr. Qeo. Bonlikoe—who delivered a very fine ■peeoh—presented bim with a medal, a silver medal too I Onlv wink, a real, genuine, bonafide—no nuke-believe-allvar—medal, and In such times ae theae are I We suggest that ptdsentations of thtokind be done in the greenroom until more "auspicious wnts," as the ceremonies bat inflict torture npoivthe audiences wltnoaslng them, remlndlna .them o^ the days I'wnen'.they aowiiiid the use of pennies, olve up tne praoUoe. gentlnoen;. it to becoming dangerous,'^ndU a^ympna suOh sllvstTpreaenta- tlois lake place, we expect to hSar of, a "street outrage.. com- mitted hpon the happy rieoe^veislanl^ eaported homowNrds Ay a phdahx of well-drilled "supes." Toijey, confessing hUnsev. a ' lon-Meech.meker, returned' hto:thaw for the priseln .panto- must Uk, which was groetedirlthgi^utapptouse. , ..<... Thoie wonderful perTormlng depnaqte at the Broadway Mcf nagetM,~No. eoo Broadway, in oennMtlpn with the tri(lnfd p.o-: tUos, monklee, and'mides, are vary 'atbaotlve, parilonurly to children. Papas and maniaa'shoald not fifl. to take thelx '.'llttto <was(tfee'." • — The--Howard Athenouih,-Boston.-hkd again fUl^'Uto the wdr-of the ontenrislng-Mr. Henry'Wlllard, tad 'Mll 'be ^uied by that gteDeman -on or about ihe 11th of ftif. Mr. Wyremilb Marshall's-term -expiring-oq May i, qtilte a Uvtiy competition has been golng on as to bto- s^icoessor, bht'Mr, Wil- -tud's-lndomltebleporseveranoe enabled Umtoseomo ttaeloase. Ur.WUlard had poasesslon of the Attaenhum some two years •go, and by his Indnalry, ingenuity,-tact and enterprise, com- manded universal respect sndmetwlUithe hesrttest enoonrsge- nest- That his success will be as great fbr the tnture aa in ue zasL-we' have not the slightest doubt "As will be tsen'by Kr, V. a card in another column; ho deslrss to secure Aigagkmehts with stars, and those intereetod will plteso "make • note on It" •as Captain OutUe would say. '3 -m*- The •Toodles',' had been norfonnod during thirtjr nighto ofihe »*W OIIIU .W UO. W.^ --^ ■ <ack. Sheppard was the.'opening pleos'on the sahie«vcAlatfi jui, FMnk Oraham, aotress.and danaeuse, as the (prfitty.).hMia<i ■teakei,.HsgInleyM'Blu8skin and Tanntnlll as Jonathan WUdl nOn.tho Uth ult'Btohard. the Third-'was put ohUtthe'Ne* Memphis Thoatre,:WltbF.'A.TthbehUl.ts BlchmoAdi and-tht '»rk-.eytd, interestlgg,UioUngillM..Tailnehill as the Prince df Wues, where the lady.baa.'snMBOTtunltr to exhibit her fine pro- portions to every advantage. X>n the lOth, at the tequest of many ladles, "The Jewess" wai produced. Mn. Frank Oraham PiBMhel HeadaTsl, the Jewess. 'lObSUitu' in arms not ad' ttedl" That'a hard on young married folks, . .>: - i- ':: ' iXhs Deflanbe Toaatre, Oaiio, in, hat not yst opened, and som- bre sllenoereate o'er the sosne, and soene»>too. -What'makes matters look sUU more blank to, that It Is not known at present Whan It win open; at tout so says "Elro.*? Part of the company want to Oolumbaa, where "bto.''was foiud to.be good. ' At the BtLooto Theatre, Miss Charlotte Thompson to i twink- ling u a star of the first magnitude. On the iUbJlto. Blailaw's drama,entitled;«Alloe,theI)toowned," was glvA, Mtos Char. lotto uAUoe. A new thrllllug sensational drama, InflvAaota, called igEdith and Zeldle," to fn active preparsttco, and - ia soon to be produced. ' It to of the spectaoolar order, we are Infoimed. .A party of Thespians recently got "snowad in'-'at Howland FUt Blerra ooonty, Oaliromto, and had to pitch their tent for the winter. The company conslste of Messrs. 0. 3. Lovell, A. Tarks, B. .Ovsrlln, J. Bsmelson, Slg. Layaro, 0. D. NlohoU, and Ues- dames Minnie and Caroline Chapman. Thto howl and flat place has a population of "Ave handred," and our theatrical friends ptoy three nlghto each week, to "overflowing bouses." Mtos Luollto Western's veraloD of "East Lynns" wu presented at the Hew Chestnut Phllsdelphla, on the 35th, to a orowded hoosa, many of the seate having been secured for some days in advance. Miss Western appeared as IiadyIaabel;'Mr. MoOnl- lough as -Mr. Carlisle; Mr. Lanergan as Sir Franoto Levtoon; Mr*. Oeorge Jordan as Barbara Hare; Miaa. Mary Welto as Mtos Oomy Oarusto; and the other oharaoters weredtotrilrated among the "fall. strength of the company." Miss Western had a cor.' 4tol welcome, and was called out several times during' 'the eve- ~'ng, ■■ In some parte of the drama. Miss Western to remarkably .taral.tn her representottonof Ladylaabsl, and the dlodng scene of her version of the plagr to superior to that of Miss Ma- tilda Heron's. The parting scene between BIr Franoto and Lady Isabel to.net equal to the same scene in Miss Heron's ptoyt> but altogsther, the novel to more closely followed in Mlsi W.'s adaptation than in Mlas Heron's. Borne portions of it are a littto ledfons, but taken asawboto, it to • ptoy well oalculated-to Slease, and enchain the attention of an audience.- Mrs. Oeorge ordan was not at home in the part of Barbara Hare, and She failed to create a favorable Impreasion; she to entirely too spare- for low-neck dresses, snd her appsarance in such attire operated to her dtosdvantoge.. H*r tinging of the beautUtal ballad, "Then You'll Bemember Me," after Miss Western had given It so eOsot^ Ively, was verr bed. Vtss Western Icoompanled herself on the guitar whUa singing, wfasreas: Mrs. Jordan took up ths gtiitar, bat did not perform on it neither was there any- acoompulmenti by the orchestra. Miss Mary Welto oreated a good deal of mer- riment by he,r quaint mannen aa Mtoa Corny; Mr. MoOnHough was an aocepteble Blr Archibald, and Collier performed the part of Bkhard Hare with much feelhig. Mr. Ltneroan's Blr Flanoto was not equal to that gentleman's sblUttos. Tna drama proved a success, and -will no doubt draw well whenever performed. Mtos Western performedfour nlghto at the Holliday, Baltimore, ^tweek. The Hernandez Bavel troupe dosed athree weeka' engage. ment at the Academy, Providence, B, I., on Feb. IL. Laat week they performed in New Haven. CompUmentariee had been dl the go in Ban .Fnnctoco. Mrs. BUrk had an excellent one on the 38th of January. During the recent vtolt of Miss Laura Eeene and company to New Haven, Mlas K. had the mtolbrtnne to lose a traveling bog containing some wardrobe and a manuscript ptoy. Now, who's got the bag, and what has become of the manusoript 7 CaUfomu to not a very safe place to vtolt just now; thst to, for show people. Preachers are said to be doing well there, and making a good living. A correspondent says that If we know of any heavy hien in that line, It might be well to send them ont tbere, for some of the theatres will be'to-let and they oan do a enng business in them. Colorado Territery was, at tost aocounto, more than supplied with actors; that to, the country will not support mors than one company theyear round; so says our correspondent "Corinthian Tom, Jr." He says:—"In winter, the business to good in Den- ver, bat in the summer, the actors takennte themselves wings, and fly to the moontains, and in the gulches and diggings, seek the miner and hto gold; by force of dronmstances turning them- selves into strollers. We are in the midst of a good theatrical sesson. Messrs. Langriihe tc Dougherty, of the Denver Theatre, have thus far been mostsueoessfiu; they have given us, besides the regular run of ptoys, the "Sea of Ice," "Jesate BrOwn,y "Oollsan Bawn," and the "Ootoroon^'( all of which have been brought out with a good deal of taste and fine scenery, rather more attention being paid to the latter than to the words of the author. Langrtohe says thst Hany Oosaln to coming out here to Join hto company. He to needed. If L. and D. would get a new Jurenile man, it would greatly enhance the vtloe of 'the com- pany. The National Theatre to doead.- rihto to the best com- panr that was ever got together Jn the west; better than com. panies that I have seen in some of the large Western dties; con slating as it did of Mads. Horia Irwin (iiaBslnfotth), Florence' Bell, Carrie Lynne, Mllea. Marietta and Bvdynn; Messrs. B. M* Irwin, H. B. Neumann, Thos. Tyrrell, Ohas. Irving, Oeo. Pardyi A. 0. Gooding, J. 0.'WbitoU, Horry CoUns,. J. Jack, Warren, Alexander, kc] The manager, Mr. G. W. Hurlson, did not keep bto engsgemento with hto people, making contraote -with them for a year, then wanting them to ptoy for half salaries (for no )artlctilar reasons vtolble, for the honae was paying expenses at east); because they woDid not consent to thto, he dosed. - The theaoewas then opened for the short seuon of two wsahs, by Lyon and Benson, and than.doaed/or lack of support, thus proving again the attar folly and nsdessnsst of peopto who are inaoqnalnled with Uie bustneas of """«g'''g theatres, to attempt iiethlna." .-o Mrs. Maria Irwin, formerly of the National-Theatre, Denver Oltr, has been meeting with success In Colorado, with her Parlor Entertalnmente (asstoled by her husband, 8. M. Irwin), playing to good houses three times a weak, giving Booteh, Irton, Dutoh, Frenob, English, and Yankee sonn and dances; scenes from Shakespeare, and ptoylngtw»peoplefkrces. Nextto Agnes Bob- ertion, she to said to be one of, the best dialect aotreases on the American stage. The question has repeatedly been asked—"What haslMCome of the great Yankee comedian, John P. Addamsf" But until now the queatloh has not been answered, many persons suppo- sing that ne was deed. We now learn, however,- that Manager J. .0. Myers, of ihe Academy of Mntio, Providenoe* B. L, totely recelvea a letter from hto old friend, Yankee Addams, -written at Apsley, Australto, Nov. B, 1661, where he to ptoylng. Bbould any of Mr. Addams retoUves or friends wish to hesr farther oonoem. ing hto movements, etc., they can gain every Information by ad. dressing Mr. J. 0. Myers. Addams wss alive and well at tost ac- counts, and it toprobable that he will return home during the year. The New Tremont Boston, to now In the foil tide of successful experiment The "Bavd Combination" will shortly dose their engagement, and they Will be followed by a flrst-dass, vaudeville compaiiy.' ' Business at the .Howard, Boston, with Moggie MltcheD, has. been tolerably good—not so good as her tost, engagement how- ever, - The people are becoming weary of "Fanchcn." A benefit to ine invalid actor, C. J. Bonlljioe, took' plaise at ihe National Theatre, Boston, on Wednesday evening, Feb. MOl The house 'was well filled by the friends of ''Poor Charley," so longaihvorite at this theaae. The following address, written by Wm. W. Pratt of the New. Tremont was spoken on the-occa- sion by the daughter of the benefidarie. Miss Marie Boniftce:— Eind, generous friends—you who have assembled her^ - Provug your friendship to one, to me most dear— From' the silent ohomber may hto well-known voice he heard, - Bearing you hto thanks, in plsln but truthfol words; That voice—which here slgntly'at your call Expressed the wish, desired to please you all- Through me now speohg, and tirom hto heart sincere, . Thanks you for thto Und remembronce here. The actor, in hto boors of hedth aad Joy, Finds friends in all—all "love the boy;'' Bat when adversl^ comes-rdork hours draw nigh— The sky o'ercast—Otoe friends then fly. Not so the publl»T-Iet bto wonte be known, : Bostonlons will roily to sUpport their own; Thto nigbt's'a proof—aroand me I tMhold : Trfte, oonatant friends, more predous far than gold. All such I now address—but words oannot convey- . The angutoh of our hearte in thto moit trying day. ' Could reason but retam to him through fate s decree, Hto heart would speak—but mine muat silent be. Again I thank yon, for mother, brothers, stotera dear. And for him, for whom now flows the silent tear. May sad affliction ne'er vldt those whose ikces fair and bright ' Have ahed such Itoppy gleams of Joy o'er many hearts to-iilgbt . Adah Isaacs Menken contlnaea to cany things by storm atihe Front Street BdtlmOre', whore oft>wded, jammed houses greet her almost nightly. One of oui oorrespondsnte, "F. B.", who has taken a run from 'Boston to the Monumental XHtr, thus makes honorable mention of ye lively Adsh: "WhstsBsllwe eay.of thto .eooentrio child of geniusr That she to'the hand-- somest woman on the American stage,' 'Bdtlmore' says yei, emi Jhstlcally, and to. readr to fight en Ite opinion, if neceasary; bnt presums'Baltimore'won't have a chance at present, ss we know of .no one who dlsputealt Tosay thatahe possesses'ge- nius of a very high order,.to not enoogh, and' doeant eiptesa it at oil. - Her impersonation to -net M maoh aedng as It to .tiliflm' Itoelf, We oonnot call It all art, fop. her vdoe, her mannu, her - subtle, intuitive peroeptlon and renderings, oannot be oompaaied or pmbodtod in art. Some tall back op genius, and ara equally at a loss to dSfine her. But one thing never was more certain Uian another, than to this—.^ifoA Jfoifeovhu miriofen Iter caUiM. She to capable of rcaehlngfkr above and beyond anything sne hos yet attained. Being possessed of almost imeqnalled personal charms, she has been content to make capital of them, and has not striven to devdop the fruitful genius she possesses for the higher orders of comedy and the droma. Her njierioin may be made to contain olmoat onything in ihe list, and yet her present pieces ore all well enough m their way; but they won't vwdr like. those calcOtotod to dtoplay ihe high htotrionio powers she pos- sesses." . . ..^ ■ J ' . We hove before as a programme of ths perfotmancet given at Mrs. Joue English's New Tremont Bosten. Itopenswith Mens. OBoriSkiontho wire; song by Albert Brohom; gymnaatio ooto, by Alex. Zantrotte, Slg. ArzetU, and Saul ilonetU; song, M. Zanonli'Bpantoh diifioe, Uoriette Bavel; ballad, Jamet Duniit, 'SalliJr'B hdmpM, E. Tdardi): Scotch song, Mies Agues Bother-' tond) Oomlo dance, Orinekl ohildron; tightrope, Alex.Zanftdtta avd <UMitte Bavd; buOd' duett H. Zataonl and M'lle. Plcolo; gyoablngs, PaUDotaetti and -Totang America; National aoilg, J. iDundl and-doalhg the fljMt part with a sodg by Mtosftatherland. iThs entertainment terminates with a pontemfme. It is a Ifght^ and agreeable bill, and the oharooter of the perfoimances to aaid to be muoh above ordinary eihibltloBS of that kind. The Hew A • ,--..,/.^-v— Tremont to a gem of a plioe, and good hoases, thtis br, bave rt- warded ihe. maaagercesi who to no ndvloe in the art of catering for the peopto in the amusement line. In conseqnenoeiof the death of hto toother's wife, Ur. J, Wilkes Booth deferred' hto performanoes at the irch, Philadd- 8hU, Mr. Edwin Adami appeulng during the four tost nlghto of Newtek. Owing to the great storm which prevailed on Sunday, Feb. 33d, many letters whloh should have reached as on the 38d, did not come to hand until after oar paper had gone to'presK Thto will aeconnt to oorrespondenterorthe non-appsaranoe of their tavon. However, "it to an ill wind tnat blows nobody any good," for the non-receipt of many letters enabled us to oblige our.idvertistog patrous, the Olifpib of last week containing no leaa/fdan six cclomns of bonafide amusement sdverttoe- W. ruins of the Ad'tljlhl Theatpe,'Troy, N. Y., are to pass into the hands of the mason and carpenter on the 1st of Maioh. A correspondent lu Bt John, N. B., asks the very pertinent question, wont some one open the theatre there? He tnlnks there to a good opening. It has been dosed since lastfdl, bat Mr. Lanergan will possibly open It in Jane with a company from the BUtea. TUa Webb stotera ore at Haasan, N, V, Hits Uiggis Mitchell to to prodaoe -"Fanohon" at Brooklyn thto mouth, we believe. Yankee Bobhison to at the National, OlncUmati, where he to quite popnlar. ' Mlas Kate Rdgnolds, after one hundred and fifty suooesstve performances In Boston, takes a mach needed respite for a brief season. "Ida Lee," played for four nlghto week before lost at Wood's, Olndnnatl, to spoken of as one of the most pleasing of modern dramas. Mrs. OeoUe Bnah and Ur. OhOplin, appeared in the leading diaraotors in a new comedy entitled "StueRe" on the 33d nit Wool's, Cincinnati, Bnstoess at the various places of amusement at Washington, . C, has been moderatdy good daring the past week, notwlth- slanllng the indement weather. "Peep" says:—At Qrover's, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams have nightly drawn fOH houses. It being the fifth and last week of their engsgement every body appeared anxiona to enjoy a parting evening with them. On Tneaday,Sith alt, about TKP. M.,-a tall, slim figure, dressed in btook (not the ghost of Twenb'-seventh street), waa'-seen pasaing into the stage entnnoe, and In a few moments In a pri- ivotebox loomed up ths flgofeof "Old Abe." Heirasacoom- ponied by one or two Senators, but wos so oartoined in as to be seen but by few of the ondlenee. The performance consisted of the bsautlfal speotaautor drama of-the "Lakes of XiUamey," tai baghable faroeof the "Irish Tiger." Both Mr. and Mrs. WllUsms appeared in excellent splrite, and more than nsnally filled with humor, The-Preellent appeared to eitjoy the enter- ilnment beyond measure, not only giving his hearty approvd iy loud tonahter, but warm apptouae, The party remained dn^ fg the enctre performanoe, and at the conduslon, psrsonally ompUmented Barney and Mis. Winiams for the treat they had rendered. On the 3Tth alt, Mr. and Urs. Williams were the re- dpiente of a complimentary iMneflt tendered by Gov. Cortln, of Fenneylvanto, almoat the entire Senate and House of Bepresen- tetlves, Oenerato Helntzlemab, T. F. Meagher, Uartlndaie, Fre-. mcht and upwards of one handred others. The hoase was s perfect Jam, and the audience the moat ttshionable ever gathered at this theatre. The performance went off with entire saltoihc- tlcn, and the benefldaries received moet unboanded ovations of applause and boquete. Tbelr engagement closes this evening, having proved the greatest ever performed In thto city. Ur. 3. 8. Clarke gave "Toodles" on the SOth ult at the Wash- ington Theatre, but owing to the weather and very bod walking, the house was slim. Since then he has appeared in severd of hto popnlar obaiacteis, bnt business has not been brisk. On tbciSSth; "She Sloope te Conquer," was produced, with Clarke OS Tony Lumpkin, and Alice Gray as Mtos Hardcastle. Ur. Clarke appears nightly in three pieces. Aim has been filed is the U. S. District Court of Baltimore, under the natlond copy-right Uw, by H. Btookbrldge, counsel for Hiss Lndlle Weetexn, saolntt Oeorge Eunkd, Som Byon, and Koto Denln Byan, for an uOunotlon restraining the defend- onte from performing the'ptoy of "Eost Lynne," dramatized by 0. W. Toylenie, ana pnronased- by complainant, and also for dainages. The case to set down for a hearing on Wedneiday, March4. J XCMyeta'dramstla company intend teaching ihe people of Springfield, Maas., "Howto make Home Happy,''on March Sd. iMm thence they go to New Haven and Hartford, Ot. Utoa Enolly Thome to no thorn in the sloe of the people, for she gives -lleaaure instead of pain to hsr hearers. Charley Wilkinson to 0 be the rose to this thom untiltheendofher engsgement - Mr. 0. T. Bertram, of Sasqnehaims, with a smaU oompany, gave an entertainment at Brigbam HaU, BInghampton, N. Y., onFeb. 27, oonalstlDgof PoSdPlariiquo, singing, and dramatic performances, Douglass, or the Lost Heir, -'each cliaraoteT ap- propriately costamed," wss port first; recitation, statoaiy, ond aong, part second; and Box and Gox, Married and Settled, part third, Mr. Bertram does theOreolan Statues. The other arnato are the Mlssea. Jennie Brigham (young and totonted) Anna Stockwdl and Van Guyting; and Uesaiis. Henry EUmer, Homy A. Fink, Ohas. E. Voebnrg, J. B. Bonk,.ete.. .Ur. and'Mrs. Barney WlUlams havB brought their long and suooesstDl engsgement at Grover'a Theotre, woshlngtonTD. C, to a dose. Tbey gave their, lost performance there on the 2tth FeW.',and thto evdlii^, Uaieh So, they enter upon an engage- ment at the Holliday Street ITieatre, BdUmoie. iBomom's show shop In Boston was a Utile too much for the Athenians, ond they tot It slone. The lecture room moral do^e falled'to combine the first and lost fkmllles of Bcelon, and the showman ins foioed to give it up. niere is only one New York, and we are so aocustemed to humbugs of sD sorts here, that we naturally take to Bamnm's "piona pnformanoee." The "Sea of Ice" flowed in at Pike's Opera Hoose, dndnnati, last week; bnt the people did not flow in with it very llvdy. Lsst week, two start dtemated at the Holliday, Baltimore, vto: Ur. Haokett on the 30th and SSth, and Mtos Ladlle Western on the other evenings, Mr. and Mrs, WUllams are there this week. Ihe wife of Edwin Sooth, whose decease we recorded in oar last disd in Dorcheater, Mass., and not in Philadelphia. She -was well-known as Maiy Devlin. BhewasaiuttveofTroy, and, it to said, appeared on the stage when shs waa bat 15 years old. She retired team the atage about one year befbre her marriage to Mr. Booth. It -was not thought that she was so dangerously in untU towards the last She failed suddenly, and died as If she were going into a tieep. Her tge was 33 years, nine montha and four days. A letter from Boston gives some detoito of ths ihneral, eto. It saya t—"Blr. Booth left New York for this place In company with hto devoted friend, the poet Stoddard, on Saturday morning, 2tot Feb., at eight o'dock. In the hope of finUngUrs. Booth no worse than the tdegrsphic dispatdies had led them to expect; ahe died, however, at a quarter past eight the same inoming, fifteen mln-utes - after they hod left Not until he was seated In the coach provided to carry him to Boa- toni did Vtt. Booth learn of the terrible blow that had fallen upon him, and let me add, unexpected as it was, thst he bore it like a man, with silent fortitude and courage, Pains vrere taken to avoid pnblidty in the funeral ceremonfes, only the retottves and the few friends whom Mr. Booth desired, being present. She was buried on Tuesday, three carriages leoving Dorchester with the hearse, and three mote from Boston, the whole meet- ing ot Mount Aabum ot about 1 o'dock. Mrs. Booth, Edwin's mothsr, arrived ftom Philoddphlo on Monday forenoon; and later in-the day, lito brother, J. Wilkes Booth, and hto brotber- 'in-bw, Clark, the oomedlon. These, with several doae friends, who hod been with Urs. Booth during her illness, made up the Doiohestor portion. Mrs. B, O. Howe and one of her daughters. Dr. Portons, the poet and hto wife, and o few others, repre- sented Boston. The 'only 'professlond'person present waa Warren, the oomedlon. The' services were performed by the Bev. Dr. Himtlngton, on ^tocopol clergyman, in the ohapd of Mount Auburn, after whloh ihe oody was depceited in the re- ceiving tomb." J. 'vnikea Booth will open at the Arch, Phltoddphia, on ihe 3d of March. He waa to have appeared there laat week, but owing to the deceoae of hto brother's wrlfe, hto appesranoewu deferred. Adoh Isaacs Menken continues to meet with her usual success in Baltimore, where' she to playing under Manager Ennkd's management at the Front-street We understand 'that she will revive her great piece of "Mazeppa" thto weak. Thto to one of her moat extraotolnaiy performances, and as she has Mr. and proved oa profltobto os had been ontldpsted. Bad waatbw orpi rated against them last week, again. .Mr. Eddy has -been re«i gaged nr six nlghto more, the bills Inform OS. Beneflto were the order at ihe new Bareka Thea<i«, San Amb Cisco, at last acconnts. Mr. Forrest met with another suoeeas in hto rendltlra d "Hamlet", tostweek,'at the New Ohettnut Philaddphla.' TUi week he appears ss Luoton Junius Bmtns, in the fragedy ol "Bmtas, or TheFallof Tarqnln." It to te be prodooedwith new scenery, dresses, and appblntmento. Ur. Forrest's dia- matlojp owers oontlnne as freih u ever, and hto popaliui^ls Mr, and Mrs. E. L. Davenport are giving readtogs In the "K«W Endond States." UoEeon Buctaanan to represented as doing fairly at Ssoiamen* to, with reduced prioeeof adnlasloat the theatre wos well at- tended at each performance. Ibespeotodeof the "Enohantieas" bad been brought ont at the Uetropolltan, Bon Ftanotooo, with Mr*. Perry as msUa, and Ur, Leach as Bamlo. Mrs. Hojne vras performing here too. The BtonchI Opera Tronpe, who had been oir to Uarysvllle for « week, were to open at the Metropolitan the flnt week in Februp sry. Thto troops mast be pretty wan snng ont by thto time. At the National, Boston, the " Pesp o' Ooy" was produced on the2£th Feb. They vary the performances here with negro mlnatretoy. A good drsmatlo company might do well for a ooaple of weeks in Norwich, Conn. Bo soys a oorrespondent M that plaoe. Laura Eeene's oompany enoceed Ur. and Urs. WilUuna at Qrover's Theatre, Washington, D. O., thto weak. Ansohute begins bis seoond season in Fhlladslpbla, on the 4th Inst FoUowlng in the wake of ths Belgian Olant at th^ Hationsi; Oiaolnnatl, cams Yankee Boblnaon, and on the lust two evenings^ according to our correspondent "Stanwood," he drew (he torgeat honses of the leascn. How it has been sinoe, we have not learned. Urs. Williams to work against thto week, it may be heoesaaiy to reproduce her trump cards. In "Uazeppa," it "" l^red, Ulas Menken does the riding buuni In "Mazeppa," it wlllberemem- riding buuness in person; she bos no one to ride for her, as most "Mateppa's" have, bnt pertorma the entire rob of "Mazeppa," imasslsted in the fearfal riding bnsineaa. During her former engsgement in Bdtlmore, Miss Menken ran "Maieppa" for severd weeka, odd 'desed hep per- formanoea while she was still crowding tho theatre. It is thought thai Ur. Wood 'will be able to open bto new the- atre in Louisville some time dnring Ihe present month. The theatre at Duton, Ohio, keeps on -with a iialr Share of btisineas. On the »ld Fob,, there was some little trouble on aiccount of the non-appeoronce of the low comedian, Ur, Frank Ftayne. who was to ml the place of Ur.,Bnrt he and hto wife havmtf left The^rlidpd attraction now, to Miss Mary Howard. Ura. E. A. Weaver mode her re-appoarance last week, being the first for a number of years. On the 31th, a benefit to the Sol- diers' Aid Society was given, on whloh occasion "Fanohon" was again performed. Ura. Flske's benefit took place on the 2Slh. Ur. Adams did moderatdy -wall the few nigbte he appeared ot the Arob, Phtladdphto, laat week. On the Mth, detplto the in- clement weather, the theatre waa about tbree-fourtha fUB. He tflAk a benefit on the 37lh, and dosed on the 381b. ' .The engagement of Ur. Daniel E. Bandmann, the deman tra- gedian, At the New Oheatnat Philaddphla, -will commenM Ui atlont throe weeks; he will open in Bhylook, and afterwards topdear in the new tragedy, "Naretoe," written expreasly for him. ' The Otovelandeis are waiting the return of Ur. Eltoleriand his oOmbany, but we boUeve thto will i^ot be until the beginntog of April. Tb9 company will be wdl received on their retain from CoMmbns. ... , ■ • j, UoBonongh hat been ptoylng Us gr^tspeoiade of the "Seven Btotei«"ton>lepdld bnsidess,^ the P|lfibargb TbeatM. Itto pMhouriced the greatest aa^c^as of that,^^tIe under the pres; entmonagoment Ur. Eddy and Ulss Eate Denln oontlnaed thdr engigement at the Wolnnt Pbltoddphto, last wsek. The bnstoess has not At the.Norfolk,'7a., Opera House, they are giving a'varttty of plays. On the aiet Feb., "Fazio" was given: Fazio, Ur. B. B. Irowne; BUnca,Miss MaryUltcheU; Aldabelto, Urs.F.Drew; Bortolo, E. W. Goasln. Dnring the psat weekBob Boy was pre- sented. It wss well put on the stage, and wen ptoyed;' tndlhc'J oudiance appeored mneb pleased with it Mrs. F. WilUams'to- ■oon to re-appiar. Ur. Fred. Hunt of the Cincinnati press, to at present engigaS on a dramatlzatton of WllUeOoUlna's "NeName." ItuS^ba produced at Pike's Opera House. Oinehmatl. The "substltato game" was idoyed for the third Ume, on tlM 36th, by Grau, at the Boston Acodemy. First dtoappolntmentrOf course, was Brignoli; aacond^ Ulto Uorend; and third, Utoa Kellogg; an suffering from hoarseness. Oar correspondent*-, Boiton," says—"This sort of thing don't wo A well, however, > at least when it to not known till the hour of opening. On the - 36th, La Travlota was aubstitated for the Child of the BeglmanC -' • It was raining hard, and that, combined with the change, m«^« : rather a poor houae." Mr. Uordaunt tote of the Flttoburgh Theatre, has been en* ' gaged by J. 0. Myers, for hto comoany at the Academy, Provl- denee, B. L Hepossed through New York on the 3Tth, on. hia' way to Providence. Ura. F. Graham's benefit at the -New Uemphto theatre, on t the ISth nit, colled ont as Urge on audience as ever aasemUad ' there. After the curtain fell on the fliat pleoe, Mr. Bfaglnlay ^ stepped forwaid and presented Mrs. Graham wlu o purse oon- '> talnlng $160, and a fine gold watch and chain; the totter, probe- '; bly; as a hint that the Uemphlsions intend to keep her In their .' city. On the Mth; Mr. Somes appeared as Blohara m. The "'Variety Theatre" to now in operatian in Syroonse, H. under the management of Geo. F. UcDondd. It to devoted to - song, dance, (krce, and a little of everything. The BohuUra Sl»> .1 tare are there. The prices range from 16 np to SO cento. irXIGBOMUBTRBUiBT. Bam Sbaipley's Iron Olads "still go ^n.l»^^^lllJ on"wlthoiic • obstmctlon. They finished their coarse with Joy at the Himio ,' Eall, Toroato, Canada, on the 38th Feb,, and were to open In Lockjort N. Y., Monday and Tuesday; Erie. Pa., WedUMday— ond Thursday; and tben appear in Olevelond fournlghla. Dor- Ing their sojourn in Otnodo thsytookin so much speoto thsi somebody suggested the very appropriate name of Silver Otada. ' There to conslderobto secesh sentiment ot Toronto, and Band- - vd's Union sentlmente were not appieototed mnch by the preas, ,r althoBflh everything else met witk their hearty approval, pai* ■ ticularly the wittlotoms of Bharpley and Cool Bargees, pnv J nounoed "inimlteble," Now, some bands would pbyto th» - prnJudlcesofthe people, but hare we find one of the very best ' organizations ever coueoted to together, never miminj ^ diuioe to "pop in a little 'on" for Llttto Mac. and our brave boys of the Union army. "Buch condnot as those," vide Billy O'Nell, te deserving of "honorabto mention," if it does not cany off the price. , Uooage^a of minstrel organlzatlona have righto as wall aa other > people; th6ugh some performers appear to hove quite a different opinion. There appeared in the odverttolng- department of list week's Oupfsd, and It to lepeoted in thto issue, a card firam. the ' manager of Dnprez & Green'a New Orleans and MetPopoUton - Ulnatrels, which hod reference to the bieoUng of on engage-, mentbyonb of the. former members of that wdl-known band. . Now, it to time that Ihe public should tske some oogntoanoe ct viotottons.'of agreement between manager and man. W han m»n— - ageis do not act up to the very letter of the compact extoUng b^ - tween them and their employees,' the btter -are- sure to moke a public outcry, and. gain for theinadves that sympothy whloh is dwtys sure to be monUbtted towards Ihe wronged sod the op- ^ pressed; but some employees entirely Ignoiis the bot that saon i oompaottofor the benefitof ths manager aa wdl as fbrtbeAH' selves, ^e know of, many Iniitenoes where perfotmers bkva; signed contraote to perform forooertoln length of thna^ sta-i stated salary, payable weekly; and we have known those same : portlesto break theto ensagemento within a few weeks, and so-i cept employment with' other managers, the Indacement being ■ few dollars higher- salary per week. What confidence oan cmr ' manager have in such peopto? If they break their engagemeimy once, they will do it again; and ndther theto word nor bond to>> worth a copper. Who can trust them? Tbn tuu remain for a . Ume, bnt ps they are likely to bfte at the nist bdt thrown to them, they can never tie depended npon. They think nothtna of niimlng a manager into expense in billing them, and adrertidnf them; they oare nothing for the disappolntmsnte they cause to the public, nor for the mortification their coodoct enteito apoa the manager, who has - lo bear the nndeserved oeasnte of the people. The few extra dcUars they are bought with, to anall- silffldant' reosjon, in theto opinion, for breaking their engsge- ment to injure managen, ond humbug tbepuEUo. USnogeta hovetheremedy in their own hands, if they will but exercise it; - and that remedy is, to refhee to engage or have anything to do -with a performer'who breaks bto engagement vrlthont proper oaose.' In the portlcalar ease In point, we know thot Messia. Dupiez ft Green are honest and energetto bntineBt men, kind and indolgent to those In their employ, and the last men In their business to comploin without cause. The Trojans, ior severd weeks past Imve hod a perfect flood ofmlostidsy. BsmBhsrpIey.Duprexfc Green B«aUeya,aeoisa Christy, end Bumeey, hove been among them and, aa a general thing, were greeted with crowded houaes. Troy must be a per- fect gold mine, or rather Shlnplaster mine, ss well as a Mecca to the nebdoaa "profeaoh." Morris Brothers, Pell and Trowbridge's Ulnstieto, of Boston, to we ore informed by their gentlemanly tieaaurer, Lonto A. Zwider, Bind who should know if he dont't hare tOund the. veittobto horn of plenty In "The Maglo Horn." 'Who says, "in 0 horn?" None of your "lip", yonng man; you'd better cork up before you get your horn damaged. "Horns roond," an& drink to the conuaued ancceaa of "Ihe Magic Horn." Two'amall,bnt brilliant stars, have recently been discovered- In the AiMoan horizon, named little Tommy and Willie, tbre* and four yeors of ago retpecUvety. They are add to be great little' ones in ell that pertains to the Ethiopian professioii.. Those seeking attractions should apply at onoe to Ur. John Jerome, os directed to hto advertisement elsewhere. An epiatle flrom Ihe Corinthians infoims us that 0. P. Maddea. recentlyasked for through the Cuffzb, to at Corinth (Miss,) Mudo Hall, with a company, of whloh hs is stage manager, play-' Ing to "big biz," Bywator and Scott are the managers ;Jlia' Bcolt tresanier; Oeo. Madden,bonea; DIok Collins, tamboilne;: Bub Shad, 'vtohntot; HogbUorton, interlooutor and baUadtot; ' Charley Ned, generd fanslnets; Oeo Bleto, second violin; Porter, violoocdlo; Stiaigbter, comet; and Uaddeu'a mad—no, trained I dog Banoho. Oeo F. wodd have sent a programme, bnt thsyr have no typeetieker there. Poorfellows. Bam Bharpley, with hto fleet of monilois, storm Erie, Pa., cm. the 4th and Stb, and then rendezvous st Oleraland, O. A good negro singer and dancer to wsnted by Uessis. Dolaar and Stewart to go to Norfolk, Ta. See their adveititemenfc .,: Duprez k Green's Opera I^onpe and Brass Band, in oonjiao> Hon with ths smallest of the small men, Com. Footo and OoL Small, have been doing an immense bnemess at Montreal, 0. &, where gold and silver to plenty. The managers have been tottn- nato in atrlUng Montreal at a time when no other amnsemsnt^Ia bdnff offered, and it rejoices nt toleam of thdr sacoesa:' .Tber steytheie all thto week. Uessrs. Dupret b Green -wintaflrst- oloss end man. A flist-rato ohonce for o good man, i Don't ton to note their inatrucUons in their sdverttoement herein.: Messrs. Hart t: Simmons, with their tdenled troiqieof Etht- opian dellneatora, etd,, arc and hove been doing an Immeflas bnalnesB in Ohio ond Pennsylnda, so we ore Informed by thdr lelloble bnstoeiB agent OoL T. AUttone Brown. Oa the'SOth and: 31st nit, they were ot Jamestown, ot Meadvifle. on the 33d, 3Sd, and 3<th, and d Warren, the birthplace of Lew Blmmont, on the. 36th and 20th, where the excitement was tremendous, the traas-. nrer having to atop telling iioketo before the performanoe cois- menoed. On the Stth and 3Sth ihey wereatYoung(tomi,an«. for the present month their route to ss follows:—Wsiren on iha 3d, Balem 3d, AUIanoe ith, OantonBth, Haaalllon Nb.and Tlb,i Wooster »h, Londonville lOth... Mansfldd lllb, Monnt Veram • 13th, Newark Uth, and Zaneavllle; Uth and ISth. Saoh a ronto, oheod, speaks'volnmea for the ebergy of their agaot and gbd wa*. are to record sndiancceas for Ueaais. HartABtounona In Ihla. "compbdl'B Jlinatpds, uniler ihe managMsent of oy ddr friend, M. C. Camplldl, are now Ptojing>» ,f'»>«? Jfi'SSE Unseam. Oamnbdl has surronndei-%ia«I' l^t nomas in fte profoedon,st)otM Booker, Ned Davto,5.,H. Clifford, 0*>. OnjJ^-''-^}o^«»'^- Bddr. i- WadJoe, io. .Thb BdtlBjre J'^tPCT^lfftSS!? A Ni. 1, ond soys they 'tVe the best ^i'^^.S^S? that ho^ appeired In thatdly ^ mw year* Budwo^ Fop ConUnnatlon ot TheatiiosI Bsoerd, See psgea BTl aad ns,.