New York Clipper (Apr 1863)

fffSSS'toMyen.. ^ L • '* to TBS PBOFBSSIOir. . _.n i> «he omit oroui of tbe dntuUo *nd shoir ija-Xhe 01"''° "JJ*i?/5!^d hM b«eii to mike thta d*- r^*rt'; ^u5nrSi7ifhete«bonta and bu^lnass of oaoh ptofossIon , nowBDsper, n Una or two of the move- ««"r ^?^n«dv??»X80 aioSuted with yon.,.oth.t they "'Z'^/it ftUuiy. or Monday, sttheUtaal. and tlw Itemj Mi!i7"lhat wesk'8 liane of the Ohppsb. which fQtnlBhed wUI »PP«" uuonghout thi oonntry early on Taosday i,fop««ded to»Bjn^ we oharae nothing for reoordlng the ""^ISfr^ro doln». ^e'"" *• oontlnaa the (topma aaa ""T hS oJSi ff^ tho benelltof the profeasion.^nd thereby ex- UoKDAT, April fl, 'ea: Viuier Honday, and the oloaa of the aoMon of Lent, wUoh • Jl^JftfiMinmrlBlilT kept w In foHner .yeara. Tho ^CwWno^STSU & bn.ln.s..,and mo.t of them fttiSde Sumey daring the forty diya and for^ nlghU which ifMoSe ItoLenton term. .Warm weatherwUl aooq be npon 5&t!£rrllTerwlll.JUWlftei|hoit to Hamlet, have to waU the Sj^^r^SKeTOia tiarejji the good^Sd tooh routo SSoSlu tothenrofeamonaL A Hotory of iome sort on the SSJISuii(ii'<*&e BDaalaalOTl woald aoon glTO aeneral bnal. ?2rr!tlri. and oreaU a aUU more liberal clronlaUonof oor TtderaIciii«noy;bnt the flDtjnonth of apring hae come and iS. and the promlies M Utfihly made of an "early move- SSiV" .Te not.b*«n fttlUlled. .-mghting Joe Hooker." the So of the radlcata, has done nothtoa at all alnoe he asamned ISimand of the army in Tlifllnla, and the people are gieato SiunDolntod in finding «o little aocompUshed, where so mnoh MomlBed. In theWeat, things have been better managed; Slhouih eren there mnoh dleappolnlment has been oeoaaloned tTtheoilnre of some of theexpeditlona flltad ont nnder snch «HaM aiuplcisf. A Tlotory tua the Ulsslaalppi, the Bappahan- ^ at Ohiurlestao, UobUe, anrwhere, in fact, wohid start ^^mthlngl but a &lluxe wonld throw ua back another year. Vt hare boon a long time preparing for Ylgorona moTementa, and wo sbonld eertunly be ready now to strike an effectlTe blow metJiere. Will it he done, or will tho entire spring bopennlt- ted to pass away wlthont any ciTort being made to redace the nbel alronghclds. In the meantime, oor theatres .and hallaof mliiltrelsT are doing flnelT, some of them being crowded every, Bight lUnoy seems to be plenty, and the people spend It betlrl A conple of months more, and the season will terminate. Ulnirtrelsy oontlnaes one of the. most popular soarcea of lauuementwehaTS. Bryant's Uinatrels thrfTS "all the year Mondi" fair weather orfoaL Wood's beaadfol ball is also well iSed every ovonlng, and^e tronoe engaged there give a very Tleadng entertainment Bpeafcing of minstrels, wa might here frnitFV that there is, after all, nottung new nnder the son, Mlii- itrelsy Is siipposid to have originated not many yean since, but la looking over an old work the other .day, we came to the co'n- dadOD that minstrelsy moat have been in vogue some centuries j(o, although wa do notflnd'thattheperformers "blacked iip,"as nhurtiels do at tho present da\. Their performanoea must have leeii very like the minatrel enteitalnmenta now given. John of fitlbbniy, a vriUr of the tae\flk eaitury, wl^waa himself a monk 'of CilnterourT, was, like the reat of his raethren, ardent and antrgeUo in bis declamations against mioatrela; because it was ihe boslnesa of themonks to muie their ^ay to the heart through the'piedlum of the senses; of this their akades are proofb; and TltanM the minsliolB in their, tdlet'ani fdittt, when entertatning igqroohipany, introdnced many traths, undeniable traths, at ihloh the monks wero offended, as they'smarted nnder the lash ofiha eatlilst: because, too, these performers were either on- iter the protection of some powerful ohief (as the HoU afterwards E). or by traveling from place to place, dlapersei their In- la atuoks en their antagonists fir and wide. In spite of aU pts, on the part of themonks and tholr adheranta, to pre- Tiuit or to oonnteraotlhelr effects. While the minatrela were the oaly dramailela, Itismost probable that their memories were ttored wlthmanypleees which were traditional, ami ooiuqiunily jjlorf: lAete uere mertly uiUrluda, which, tduon their piifomanca if 'tinging and ianeing, they inindueed; the same aa Jokes and cDunndruma aro now introduced between the singing In the firit ■aii cf a minstrel programme. The writer goes on to say that lue "mlnatrols were ftvquently exhibited in the inn yards of the Bttropolls: places which, from tholr surrounding oallarles, .MlIAJMS Wlta little trouble, oosverted tuo (olerabla.theatrea. 'IMmnstrels, among the abundance'of their quaUflcatlona, ihfused pharmacy, and prescribed as apotheoarlea: they vend- Vllbeir medicines at markets and flilrs, and were consequently Hie first mountebanks. In order to induce the people to awal- ioff their nostrums, they, after a verbose reoommendalion, bad' Hum presented by one of their tribe, who performed the Uerry inlrewl" Thus it will be seen that as early aa the twelfth oan- tdiy miostralsy was a fkvOrlta amusement of the people.' ThoT oag, danced, eatlrtsed pasting events, |oked between slnglilg ind dancing, pretty much in the same manner aa our mlutrels voir do.' The only difference seems to be, that the mlnateels of vM appeared in white faces, while our modem minstrels dn Ihdr (tees with burnt oork, etc Hlnatrelsy appears to Jiave Ma papular then, as it is now, and ever will be. Ulia Heron attracted large audiences daring the past week, and ' Im play of Edilh baa oreated a great sensation, as her OamUle did vhen first presented to a New York pnbllo somey ears ago. Several UambeiB of the company that supported Hiss Western, at the Hew Chestnut, Philadelphia, have been bronght on from that elty to laalst Ulaa Heron. AinoDg them, are Urs. Oeorge Jor- ilio.Ulss Mary Wells, and Ur. J. W. Lanergan. The various I firta are well sustained, and the play has been produced in moitUbora) manner. Itwlll beconnnued through the pres- 'tot week, and will, probably, oontlnue to fill the house for some toeyet . 'Ur. Bimnel Emoiy, a comedian ftom England, made his first .appearance here, last week, at Bamom's unsenm: but be did ihlne forth v^th any degree of brilllanoy, and his efforts fell Wlbom upon the ears of the MUtutt of the'leotoro room." <Ei may dp better, however, wheii he shall have become ao- 4u(nted with our peculiarities, and the onstoms of the oonntiy. , EDiUsh performers are bogtnuing to oast a wiattol eye to the noid eziiaiiBe of territory that. goea to make np the western iwld; but, so fkr, none of those that have rooently arrived here, 'iimeihlbltod any extraordinary dievemeas. Oneofthelateatar- rlyils is a Ur. W.H. OcUings, who Is annonnoed as firom "the Len- WQudprinoipalprovlDbial theatres." Hehasnotvethadanop- lOTtgnity to show us what he oan do In the heavy line, or sailor nd oharactefparts. He is np for chortor, but it seems rather too weln the season for him to procure a permanent engagement, Jul now. It la probable that the i^ext season will vritness the Wnat'of a largo number of professionals from the other side, 'w Ihe suocoss ationdUig our theatres the present.season, not. .vHhtlandingthowar, wllTbe a aoQclont indnoement for many <a Mtor to cross tho Atlantic, and tarry with ua awhile In a fn^lonal way. j. The two Thumbs, Ur. Tom and Mrs, Tom, held levees here jMweek, but their^presence did not oreato that Intoteat whioh 'uelr managing manned ontlolpatod. Ur.'Croctor closed along engagement at the Old Bowery on the wilnit He motwlth a very llboral share of publlo patronage dnnng his stay here, andean doubtless oomo again with profit. w-O.L. Fox, whb has not performed during lb. Proctor's en- IMomont, will mako his re-apsearanoe thla evening, April etiu ' ' wiiltok la to give ns aoaetliing sew on Tnosday evening, April ™^ It Is a comedy, entitled "Uy Noble Bon-in-law," and it to produced with new scenery, costumes, eto., and "amostpow- Mu cast," aa tho announcement card advisos vs. Otdoomodlea UTi b(an the attractions, as usnolj at this house, and thev have uawn very fair andlenooa. The novelty of ar luio comedy will (ivptbly eall together a large assemblage on the Tth. . luretzek's opera troupe achieved fresh triumphs last weok, vtltlsnowoonoeded that Uax haa certainly given ns some- good at last On the eth, the opera of "lone, or tho last of Pompeii," MU be given for the first time In America. — ■ ■ favorite In la on ,the A^-T ...>•, w uluiMuot, ui iHiiuuuHua wiw uio uuiiBuuA bUSlnOSS. ■ttWves anile an attractlcli for the new entoiprlso: ^J°wlos J. HeartwoU; lato leading man at the Bcohester and '"™>io IhtalreSi appears at the Old Bowetr this (Uonday) eve- .Wtf. April8lh. * , : . ^ ,u,J|[<>toihlmes are popnUr, Olthor in town or country, when 0*"y gotten up audmanaged> and when the comic or down's "wages la In proper hands. Wo make these remarks by way of ■uiMaotDg to managers, Tony Donler, olownbd«cmlopanto- SWUtt, whose reputation in Ibis city and elsewhere Is "till" "fkls idvertlsemohtrin the<^ columns. JVi and where to say It. Drop fa some evenlntf, von't drop ont Ull tho curtain drops do J^11 be apt to drop a word In fovor of the (erf( JTpn d'onf .'■eB^ and our word fown, and Uten — drop a word In fkvor of the performanoet evett take a drop of soihething else before you raach Mr. J. ,B. Clarke was to have eatorsd upon' anwigagament at this h'ouM on Honday. eth Inst, but the saeeita. attohdlng Hiss M'estem's Impersonation of the erring and' reptotant wlA, Induoed ihe agent'of the lady to buy off Ur. Oltrie for a short time, Rotwllhalanilng the ftot that Ulss" Western has had to battle with a set of scribblen who set themssKM np as 1A« critics of the metropolis, she haa succeeded in 'attracting aUdlenoea which have surprised those very orltlos, ahd that too^ In ono of the worit'seasons of the year, tho aeaaon 'of Lent, inoludlng Passion Week, when tbe opera, eto/, were obliged to defer their performances. Ulss Western will ropoat East unne dtirlng the feastor holidays. * ' . "Jeema tbe Poet" is on again this week, at Bryants, Dan Bi7ant assuming the part of Fnnny Jim. "The reason why he- comesdown here, beoanse, they'say, he's fond of beer." A very useful man in this troupe or minstrels is'Mr. Orlffln; he Is good in the choruses, and equally good in varlons apodal aots, many of which have originated vrim him. Botlnesa continues exhilarating at this halL Ootisobalk throatons to give ns a concert on the Tth, at Inlng Hall Among those engaged to aupport Oottohy, are Urs. Marie Abbot, Ules H. I,. Soarics, Ulis <A. L Qoftdall, Ur. 8. 0. Camp- bell, O. W. Warren, F. Bergner, a. B. Cromwell, and W. P. Prier. Wood's Ulnstrels anncance' a great variety for Easter week. 'What a beantlf ol appearance the anilltoriom of the ball occaplod by these ^leriormen nightly presenla, the ladles turning ont In larg6 numben in their new spring attire, and - giving a most enohanting look to tho cosy little plooe'. Easter week, U the weather permits, will witness a.grand assemblage of the belles and beaux of the Emipire CHty. , A meeting is to take plaoe at tho Academy of Unslo, on the ITth inst,tbis prqa)eds of which are for the relief of Ireland. Uador Oeneral UcOlellan will be present, and Archbishop Hnghes will deliver an addrasy. Admission, DO cents. "There aro many "Ideas" In this world. For Instance, that redoubtable sport, Sam Blip, was frequsnlly telling the people around him what hit "ideas" were. In the same manner. Lord Dnndreary expaUaies on "ideas." though it Is not very easy to' perceive what they are exactly. Bearing all this in recolleotlan, wapalda special visit to the "New Ides," locatodon the spot where John BtMgham and the elder Wallack did their mana- gerial "spiriting'' in times aene by; and we mnstaay that we oame away with a huge heap of eatlslictlon. The place certainly carries out Its name, In the eniertalnments offered there, so ftr aa their novel comoinatton Is concerned.. Ulhstrelsy, ballet, vocalization, gymnastics, snd ever so many other things make np the programme. First, we find Ur. Onstavus Oeaiy, the prlmo tonore, in the song "Night; Love, Is OreeploB." Then c<tees the tksdnating Helenh, a perfect Hebe of Ihe ballot; qoloUy snoceeded by Ulss Alllnson, in a sweet ballad. The. Uelviues, or as they are oalledln the bills, the Australian Family, next show off, and fairly astonish the folks in front by Qieir ex- traordlnarjr doln^ While gazing on these worthies, it was a doubt vrith' us whether they had bones, or bones that like fine steel, could be bent or tumod any way. Allogethm, the "New Idea," in what itnlghtlv glveeto the public. Is an IngtltnUon that merits, as wa are glad to see It haa met, niider the olrcum- stances, a high degree of suceeas, and Ithe ladles patronise It largely. Let aa hope to see)t long where it Is, ana to repeat our recent visit, with the same amount of gratlfli^on we have already experienced. The PutebsI— If you desire the acquaintance of these ladles and gentlemen, go to W. 0. Wemyss, of 675 Broadway, who has them photographed, so lalthfally, that yon'wenV ptartatthe' recogniUon. The men who get out a good show bUl, are aittsta-ln the most comprehensive sense of tbe word; and such men, wlthont the leaet eqoIvocatlOD, are Olanr fe BeQley'(succ«e8ors to John E. Bacon,) of 13 and li Bpruce street As the oonntryman In the force says, we oan take onr "davey" on the fact The American Theatre, familiarly known as "444," alUl fioar- Ishes Immensely, and Is emphatically a people's resort, where,' being regaled with fun and irolli of all' sorts, poor mortals can' tnah courage take for ye labora of the morrow. Among the con- atellatlcn of stars now there, are (ladlis first always, at least, so we were taught when and where we were dragged an) the modest and lady.like Bhulize elsters, who ore accompilthed dancers and vocalists, andLlizle Is some In the-flkrcea nightly produced. Ulss Francea Le Boy la also one of them, both In song end declamation. Then we have BUllle Flora, AugnstaWalbyTUdlle. Loulae, Udlle. Bertha, Uary Blake (no relation to Andy) and an extensive «r|))de(aUee under the direction of Uona. BrllUint, who astonish an, natives and foreigners, by tbtlr terpsicborean displays. Of the masonllne gender, Tony Pastor la encored all the time. 0. E. Collins Is more oomlo than Old Comedy himself, T. L. Donnelly gives correct and amnslng delineations of Irish character, and the same may be said of Obarler 'White, in negro ahBraoton,aa everybody knows who knows anything. Thenearo comedians, J. Wambold, B. Hart, O. Warren, T. O, Biggs, Charley Qardner, and Uaster Tommy, lend enohantment to the sceaea, and getpaldbacikln theprofoaaion's best cnrreacy—well-merited applause. Fred 'Von Olhor puts the excellent orchestra throagh lis fkolngs with tbe skill of a Julian, and—now we are puzzled. Bow, in the name of 8t. Nick, does Uons. La Thome layout saoh a programme, and how does he crowd so much fUn Into four hours, Indudlng encores, In his captdtr as ataoo maaagerT We pause for a reply. Again, we bdong to Uie mind your own' business scolety, but at tnesame time enouldllke toknowwhero the Boas Butler puts all the "chink" he nDtkes playing 4447 Wehavehaard'UiAh»tooeiee»h*Wanjtr«etJ»TiT»lyarte«'. *'An rl^t. my covey." Barnum's Dog'Show is announced to come qff on the 37tb. 38th, a»th, and 80lh of April, and 1st and 3d of Hay: when "lark- era" of vartctis kinds will be on hand, to compete for the prizes, amounting in all to 93200. In ihe Interval, Ifaten for plenty of "bowwowlng." ^ We hear that it Is In oontemplatlon to get np s.beneftt for poor old Pajmo, who may be said to be the fhther of Italian Opera In New TOrk. For some time paal, he has been In a depreseed condition, and It is hoped, that.fiy the means Indioated, lie may be rendered comfortable. He certainly deserves any benefit that may be offered him. Uore of . Well, 'we wHl not say what preoisely, for fear of offending eats over poUte. But what we nuU have said will be infarred :ttom the name ofthe novelty ptoduoed at the New Bowery, on tho eth Inst That la "Batanli, or the Spirit of Beaa^,"and Is the equivalent in England, of the French "Le Dlable Anoreux" Aooordlng to the programme, II Is^ soirit- stirrlng aSUr—replete with strange tranaformatlons, brilliant effeots, and ever so much bealde tnlsfiinds speolal-favor la the minds of the theatre's regular AoMtuo. The oast too is a remarkably .full one, and the drama altogether such aa most tax the entire resources of the management We regret that we cannot speak of the novelty aa of a thing that we have seen. Incur next,however,we may be able to say morenpon the subject ' ' DRAIHATIO. Sacramento, the capital of the Qolden State, haa been very lively Ihla winter, owing partially to the Legluatnre being In session, and to tbe poncentratlcn of nearly all the "sports" all parte of the State to that locality. A oorrespondent, whose letter is dated Uaroh Sd, soya:—'.•They all expect to reap a golden harvest and I here lake the liberty of remarking that they are not madh disappointed. They all seem to hare plenty of money; and asmostof them ware dead broke, when they arrived here, the natural oondusibn Is, that they have made their "stake" here, Every kind of ganilng Is allowed here, and oondaoted In the most open manner, althcagh there is a stringent law In re- gard to games; it is never enforced in this city, nowever We have two thoatres In fUU blast,—the UetroiMlltan la leased to UcEean Buohantn, enpportod bv Charles Pope^ Walter K. Le- man, Vienna, Orlfflth, Presoolt, Blvere, Wilson, Ulss Virginia aaohanan, Un. Saunders, Ura. Charles PopOt and Urs. Band. i, and Urs. Charles Pope are decided favorites with the theatre goershere, asara Urs. Bauaden and Miss Virginia Buohantn, urs. Pope made an Immoaaobitaa Faaohoa, orthe Oriohet; It had a ran of six nights to crowded houses, Uade Tom's Oabln had to bo repeated lour times, Ura. Pope appearing as Tcpsoy, and Ur. Pope as Unolo Tom Ulss SaUle B. Ooodrioh made her i/iui as- Jalla, In tho Huuchback, to a large and fisbleaable. audience; her saooess was complete, aad tbe ramor Is, that she has .been offered a very large sum to appear at Blasulro's Opera Eoyse, San Fr^olsbo, which offer has Dsea aocepled .The Baoramento Thdidre hae b^en opened by Ur. Frank Bboads, aa a Udodeon. He Is doing a thriving business, the instltntlon being a regolitf mint to him. His company'.woaU oompare favorably with any troapo In the Union. They oonslit of tho following array of tdeuti—Lew Battler, Ned Buokloy.'Tom La Count, Johnny Edwards, Ethiopian performers; Charley Bhodes, baAjo played, (best on this coast;) Johnny Tners, burlotqas dancer; Tommy Oreoly, Johnny Bowe, Jig dancers: Berlin, Welch, Btude- man, and laelbut not least, that Inimitable 'Toong Jim Orow,' Moated Frank: ilao, the following femdo mlnitrds: Ada De Tere! Fanny Btophens, Ella Uarteli, Louisa Pauline, Emma'Nor- ton, Ulnnle end Lizzie Flllmora, Ida May, Uieses Jrssle and Anna Page. In aU, as good a company. as oould bs got together anywhere." ' ihe New Uemphla Theatre stiU flourishes, and the Iisl week in hloroh was devoted to the performance of Vlogltlmtto plays," such as EamloVElntl Lear, and tho Stranger, with Q. B. Kaiuea, U. Lawler, ahdF, X..Tannehlll In ihe-pruoipal diaractars, all und^r ,the adiairablo snpcrvlalon ojt.!Brother. Uaginly. i.J. A. BIgnalgo made bis fliil appearance on the Slth 'ult, aa Solomon, in tbe Stranger. "Uedea''was,in rehearsal. Tho Weloh EdWards Oombinatlon Troupe closed at Ullwaakee on the 34th ult, with a benefit to Mrs.' W. E. . Borne of tbtm re- mained In town, hpi^ever, until the llBth, to appear fbr Urs. Bos- coe Craig's ben. ' One of the radical editors InWaahlngton Is extremely vexed because the name of Oen. Uodellan was Introduced In a aong The 'Varieties, New Orleans, has done moderate business only. On benefit nights, the houses have 'beeif weU Iliad. Urs. aiad- staas had a large audience on the cooaston of her benefit on thei 13tb ult, and on Ihe 181b,'en the oecaslon of a compllmeaitary tdstlmonlal to BIr. Vlning' Bowers, there wis a renlar Jam. The programme offered was "Everybody's Mend," and the "Carpenter Of Bouen," in both of which Ur. Bowers appeared. The benefit was a great success, the honse being the largest of the season. After tlie4rst piece was over, Ur. Bowers was called before the onrtoln, and'made tbefollowtag remarks:—"Ladles and gentlemen-tly dear, kind, warm-beerttd and generous f rienda: Permit ne to return yon my sineere thanks for the nn- intermptedklndneaa and friendship you havA for yean extended to me la this, yonr cl^. This evening I shall aeverfbrget while life Is in my bodn, Uy fickle profession may, at times, call me away from yon; bat yon aeverbave been and never wlB be for- gotten by me. Coald I exercise my choice, I 'woald never leave TOu, From the firet year I appeared before yon (in'IS) nntU now, you have ovor encoartgod me with your imllea end appro- bation; and, believe me, lam tmly gratsfol to you. To the press of New Orleans I owe my thanks for the' Und, Indulgent manner In whIoh they have always spoken of me, and overlooked my manyfkulta. To the few more intimate frtoada who have so generously presentod me with th'ls token of their regard, I de- sire to thank and assure thom It 'shall never leave me. Once more, I assure you, my feelings towards yea are of the Undipt and wannest description. Hoping you'Will continue to enjoy the evening's eatenainment, permit me to bid yon, for the pres- ent, adlenl'' During the evening, a goU-heided c|>ne was pro- sealed to Ur; Bowers, and the.orchestra serenaded the beaefldarie the same evening, at his reildenae. Ur. L. Baker Is stage man- Ser for the company. The seaaon'fs'drawlng rapidly to a close, e approach of not and sulbr weather giving indication of an early closing movement, and the dispersion of Oie "player folk." The reappearance of'Adah'Iatacs Menken In Cincinnati, has set all the people Uenksn mad. At Plko's Opera Honse, follow- ing in the wake of aaother Canltleitaly-shsped Ryren, Isabella Oabas, comes the Venus de Uedlols of the American eontlneht, and who can be surprised at the/urorv shs created? 'One of the locals In speaking of the Jam on heropeulng'nlghttdlsnathat "(vlnollnevledwtchthestemersexlsgalnihg'theintailor, and boldly ventured Into tbfc vast tbronswlth their gsllanls. deter- mined to seetheUenken, St tbe risk of wrecking all that en- olrcled their fiilr foins. The crash was teMble, and feathers, boanets aad gay robes, that eatered with such a pleating and lively air, emerged at the inner entrance, presenting a doll, life- less, ehai>ele8s man, and had not the oountenanoe of the wearer sparkled with triamph at the rictoiy she ebtaUied, (me would not have known-that the once' lov4 of a bonnet contained a living representative; but they 'were all Ucnken mad. Th6 interior of the theatre presented i msgblBcent spectacle; it was a vast sea of heads, moving and nndiuatlng, like the waves of a' gentle ocean. The boxes wero girt aronndby a large crowd, who. were unable to obtain seats, aad upon every coantenance we 'coald read that eager ourioalty and ferrid excitement, which nothing could allay but a gUmpto cf the famona wom^ who had oreated each an exdtoment." When the Menken appeared In the rioh and dozzUng dress of Caoslmer, ehont after niout went up to the very dome, and such a welcome has not been Imown In the memory of the oldest Inhabitant of Forkopolls. The crowd didn't care the teas of a ntckd about any part of the play, except when she was on the stage^they were nothing «bie but Ueaken. mad. "Uazeppa" basbeenglveneveiyevoiung, with new and beantUalsoenery, gorgeous coetomes,mllltary accoutrements, iha- chlnery, properties and appointments—In astvleof msgnlfieence' auperior to all tbe Uazeppaa ever pat oh the stage. It will pro- bably be the oaly piece played daring the engagement. The re- oelpa of the first night, a correspondent Infoims as, were 18331 Pike's Opera Eonss Is the mcstbeaatlfd and extensive theatre In the whole State, and far handsomer in appearance than the New York Academy of Uuslo. Ftom Pike's, tUs "beauUfol star" thinks of going to Louisville, to appear at FuUer'a TheAtre, in a week or two hence. Blake & Hayes'ToledoOperaHouse opens onUonday,the 13tb. There is a chance for performers. Un. John Wood made her first appearance at th6 Waahlngton Theatre on Uanday,.Mar«h80, to a crowded and appreciative audience, notwithstanding the severitynf tbe weather, and the season of Lent The oapltd of the nation is "Wood wild," and the chances appear to be good for a biUlisnt mgtgement for the lady. . At Orover's nieatre, Washington, D. 0.; things are thriving, and the following la a liat of the company now then:—Leading man, E. H. Briner; first old man, Benjamin J, Bc«en; low come- dian. Hairy Clifford; aeoond old maa, E.'B, WlUlams; walking gent J. E. 'WhiUng; heavy biz., W. Hi Bokee, and E. S. Farr, W, Barron, J. Dalley, A. Kennedy, N. Oolllar, &o,: old women, Urs. Q. 0. Oermon; chambermalds,'Sophie01mber; walldog ladles, Fanny Byan and Addle Anderson; Ulsses A. Uonk,X Uonh, Mood Lee, U. Uonk, Ac The Wallack ti Sivenport Combina- tion dosed their engagement on the 8d Inst. IIlss Susan Benin began on thedtb. On the eth, Ulss Annettolnoe begins an en- gagement At the Union Theatre, Leavenworth, Kansas, they have a fine company, and, we are informed, are doing a magnificent buainesB, crowded homes every night being tbe rule. On the 24th ult, Ur. and Un. H. F. Stone opened there, and ma^e quite a hit Ur. and Un.F. J. Wildman are great ftvoritos, as ate Uossn. j^les A. Fullor, the gentlemanly and eompetont ooaitaetug JMtandtravelllng dlnotor of B, 0. Whtalet's "areat Interna. ?^XIlraus and Model Anna," leaves town early this woek;to 'KVethewayfortheehdw. ' ' ' 'tir' new driona of Jessie UoLaaeWd the stage all last week Si*?'* Keone's, diawlng onl; mbdeiato houses.' It was with- !S™*non the 4th, to make room fe* anew Irish drama, to be , .SJSfnted for the first time itaU tvtnlng: April eib. Jessie is a piece, bat tho public lUlod to. see it ' . . •' - '/^^ t^WNXaellle Wealerik - abtert ttpob her third Week at the (■nateroardsnlhla evening, oonUnolng ber tkiy atbetiAk ^ ??P>U>ae« ol Lady Isabel u4 lUdui* la Bilt~I4wie. pies, he of the Waiblngton OAnmlde, condemns very severely what he otils the bid taste of tntrodaobig tbe name of snob a man u UcOlellan In a pabUo performance, eta. The real oanae 'btollknoo, however, was the hearty applause which followed the tointtoh of Oen. UoOIellan's name: there's where the shoe .MhShM: these tadloals cannot stand ue soand of a name whioh 'urilla 'the hearts of all loyal poOple. Tne OhmMt man Heetsk'to have been dlsgnitod with the itoas of pspnlarltr with whioh the men mention of the name of UoClellan la received; 46 hb oobes but with a bitter artlds desoanolng the_theatr«, Ihe tatur.Mi the people who aaaUled In this Uo01( ' sttttlon. ' nMdrkmall6i_ tiaTetl^t^rgiiluS Sellait ds^on- r Kr, £ T> ttelsoD, la now riiewiil. hadkn'Oh '/iipinew'plhi Irimitlllbl lah, Ihe Foi onldp<to.w^"r — week, but, like many oUiar good^performerTthBy ftllad to" at-' the OonldcKie'wert'too ottds_it lhe_ NaHoiii^ Olnclimatl,' lag the week, -, -■' . Anew opera, called' '"Theluih'bfl^ytoV'and'a new ioAiilU etta, entitled "Blind Man's Dan«htor," wen anncnnoed torS 6lh Inst, at the Boston Museum. In the former, Ulss n»i.iM |S Brahliiaswould'appearastheB<)ae,'audln Ihe latter, aa'oEnS' line, with the soag of "Uother, dear," whioh the la hoiad'-'fS' glviag with great effect. In the comedietta, also, Ur. P, lags would "do" UaJor Wilson,. - "'"^ Ur. Baalel E. Bandmann, the yonng Oerman tngadUn.' cK^' peered twice at the New Oheetnnt-abreet Theatre, PhOad^hla:'- last week, April 1st aad 4Uir on both oecastons atsamhirlh» UlaaHdena. "Observe the prices," Dress 01icle40.cantB'; Par- qnettOcenls;'Iady an'dgant,paitaet,7Sceals; two ladles and gent, tl; sew gallery, .35 cona. Thafs a good Idea abont the ladles, Jan't Jt ? Becaaae, if a fallow was to take in half a dozen at that nto, he could get in with the whole for "nix." ' We shall go then next tlmd we have a bevy of country cousins to show the sights to, proridlng^we oan saddls some other feller with the i^. We abafl wait, however, till the Inauganlperiormances of that new ttaeatn Uanager A. A. Addis Is bnllding, are given, whldi will be about October 1st A new thettre at Leavenworth! OoodI Let the drama prosper, snd bleeding Kansas rejoice. Xhe dramatic season it Elialer's Atheneom, Columbus, dhlo, doses on tho 11th inst The manager is highly gntifled with the success he haa met with, and is gralefu to tne citizens of Oolnmbus for their patronage. The company after donng htee, J[0 to the Aoademy of Unslo, Cleveland, and open on April ISIh, or the spring and summer season, under the some manage- ment—that of John A. EUder, Jr. The "Uerry month of Uay"isllkdy.t.obflng some meny folks along with it, to the |Ioward Atbeneum,' Boeton, whioh it Is sop- poaea will be opened nesr the Uth pnrimo, under the manage- ment of Ur.UenryWlllard.' Theaotod-Ugbts, both fixed and wandering, an invited to twinkle or shine men resplendently on the oecaslon. Ur. Uagnlre, of the Open House, San 'Frandsco, has "re- tired" tho mlnatrels, and engaged a mgalardramaUo oompany forhlstheatn. The Octoroon was the first piece prodnoed the new company. Amangtliepeopleenga(edanMlasesS<qphle Edwin, Lulu Sweet, Hindtley^ongliaa; }fis.<ForbeB; Uesais. Frank Uayo, D. 0. Asdarao^, Wm. mny, 0. B. Thom% Jr., aad Wm. O'Neill. ■ ' .' • It seems ttiat a new theatre in Boetm 'bas been dedded on, andlhatltwUlbelojpenedlnthefBlL Interior in dimendons to the Boeton Theatn,|lt will yet be sufBdently-large for a "craah" on a "atar" night Partleulan as to lofattoto. names of projectors,' &0., will transpire when the men go to won^ not before. In last week's Ourm, anarnd^ appOiedtoachlngthere- cant engagement of Ulss Uenken, at ,th» Aoht Street Theatra, UdUmon. In that artlals, doubt was expressed as to the cor- rcctness of the ntum of the noelpto of the hovee' on the last night of Ulss Uenken's performonoes, and sllnslon mads to a doctor's bill for attending Ulas Uenken's horse. - We have re- cdved a reply to that artlde, and we give It entire. As then Is a question of veradty between tbe two ootrespondents, we pre- sume Ules Uenken 'will give us her venion of the sfflilr, and If the artlde complained of-ls not comet, let her say so at once; if it is, let her oorroborate what has been statedby ourconespohd- ent Hen Is tho nply to the artlde mentioned. BiLTDioas, April 8d, 1863. Ed. Cuftee:— In yonr issue of April itb, appean a eorivs- pondenoe from Baltimore, which Is so nplote wllh nnjust atato- mente, thati take it upon myself to subiplt the truth. 'Hie writer etatea ttiat on the oooaslon of Ulss Uenken's (Uowell ben* eflt, (Uaroh SSd,) the house was crowded to iU utmost capaolty, and that hundreds wen tamed away; fOrlher, he sajs, "Judg-' ingflramthecrawdedho4so,tbe'recelpte of the night should have reached seven hundred dollan or upwards; bat when' Ihe bouse was coanted, only three hundred doUan and forty oenls were forthcoming," and thon, wllh malicious impudence, be adu whore the surplus could have gone tot IshtU answerbim: On Ihe night in question Ihe house was aaythlng but crowded, aa many retpeetable penons can bear testlmonyi many things tended to make the house sUm rtthor, tnd 'Ulss Uenken herself labored under many before nnknowndUBoultles; andthepret- enoe of attractive opposition, all combined to nuke tho houee fkr from good. The receipts of.ihe house on this night wen truthfully retarnod, as I shall prove to yen. The management has nothing to do, whatever, wllb conatlDgthe recdplsof tho night; on the ocntraiy, they an always counted by on agei^t of Ihe stookhdden, and whose daty It la to make a Just addf truth- ful return tothateorporaUon, and to doduct thdrper'centage from the grots recdpts. This agont counted all tho money tbtt passed lato the treaaunr's hands'on the sight in queatloiuuid nportod the full amount to be three hundred dolltn aad fflrty- oente. Further, the capacity ofthe FlontStreetThoitre.'"at presont prions,''Is not as large as one woald imagine. It never waa 1700, and tho beat honse Ulss Uenken ev6r dnw, did not greatly exceed half that anonnt 'Whether to atlributo this cor- respondent's folmlnatlons to Ignofaaoe or malice^ It Is hard M sayi I should say.nolther, separately, and to both colleetlvolr. I|ow fbr the hone aBdr: The bUl«r WO, said to have been paid to aveterlaaiy, was never ptosontedto UIssU*aktaalaU,and no ohorge was ever made a^tlnal her In any other manoer, although she baff add she would wUllndy give fifty doUan per nlgbVtm the hone should be oukd, nUtrttian lose the grand ocW which he gave to horpertonnanoea. Thshonewaa geaer- onily. loaned to hsr by ihe nianagepisat, net only dorbg her- lasTeBaaaenient bnt ihiough a format one in the early part of the MuonT^Svorybody who ever visited this thealia know how mndhUlja Uenken's snoocsa depended on' her ]iois«, and that ha mslhoiirand aecrot.of her suoocaii ahariag all tho applanta of oTan^eiioes. Tho bill for this htfri&'shiil repotted to have paid. - It la not so. Bb» never saw the bflLW knew lis amottti auStarahe had left this theatn. 3hnliia wM pressaM«o^ ihilMs^BlaiOOBmiaeiiig.oa tlM lllti'tHt«.eMwhl«a-:MiMtaii plause. The audience was not large on elthir occasion. Sandman has appeared nnder somewhat disadvantageous air/ comstances; for, during his two flnt performonoes, ue nights were nnfivoreble—a hard, drenching rain falling on theflnt evening, and a storm still more severe marked wo-llast dayoC- the weok, on which he appeared for the second time; In f^^^M,;^ to those draw-backs, there was Oennan opera at the Aoadsihy oA bothnlghtei Uatwook, bolng the dosoof Lent ols^MtfiM' oaahisthlm. On the sight of his fint appearance la<9Uladt^ phlo, Ur.'Forrest occupied a box, and by his hearty HULfk»> 2nont applause, showed his appreciation of 'Ihe pe» ' " ' [e also threw a bouquet to the young Qerman. Ur. 1 , shodd not be dlioouraged beoanse bis audiences have nofrtaal large, for some of the firet sters In the profession have ttUSGfi bring crowded houses dpriag the season of Lent UrVSttfr mann has ovetoome maay dlffloalUcs in presenting hiniself "M tbe EagUsh'Stage, and epeaUng a language wfaleb, a t " " So, he woa a stranger to. Hels yodn^Tuidwillreqii apt hloisdf to American andlances, and to thb American sbMw Eels enUUedtomnch tiiedlt^for-whot'he has alreadyaoocnW': pllahed. He wlB appear agahi on the BIh and Uth Inst Ite new piece, Nsrclsse, haa been placed npon the stage supetblr. for which liberality Ur. 'Wheattey Is deserving oF&di mSSl, ■ Ur. BandmsTiii' was oaUsd ont setsrd- tlme£7u te<Mlv»'4he' eta» Satulatlons of his friends. Usd. Ponisl, Urs. Allsn, and Iff. cOultODgh also deserve espedd mantion. IBr. 'Saadmamli periormsnces will dose on the llCh Inst According to present arrangement, John Owen finlsIutUf i«n« gogementatthe Howard, Boston, this we«k, and sh6wf'M<Wr< Dimple, In the comedy of "Leap Tear." The Foster Tnnpe oonHnned'their entettalnments at tta Front Street Theatre, Baltimore, Jaqt.week. Lltlte Julia OlalM' tine has become qnll$a fkvorito with the BalUmcreana. Tbe Florences are still doing a very lUe Cosiness at WoodliL OlnolnnstL Then Is. a good ded' of competition Inthal ettr. Just now, andeaeh managar'U doing his best to'i£«rlt piOB* favor and patroaago, Ur. Edwin Adams win coDunenoe an engagement at the Arab. PhlladdpUa, on the 13th inst',<piodaotng thenswpjay-writtea by the late Judge Conrad for Ur. Forrest and- recently ptn^ chased by Ur. Adsps, Ur. Adams is quite a bvorite in lb* Quaker City, and as he is now about to venture alone, his abai> ties'atad popularity'Will be'pat to the test' When he last pa»> formed a regnlar engagement at this h(mse, lt'Was wllh lhs'^ Bateman combination. Next week he vrlll play la oimodtlon to , Ulaa Bateman; who appesin at' the New Ohestnat Ther^ wfIL, be lively times In Fhlladdphls;'now thit the' season of Xutlr over. .. .,'.'■ ■ . :i i.'t r.i The Hemandez-Bavd Tnnpe continue at the Boston I^ieatavw i with OaOetti. ZipfrigtU, and olhen np In the popnifr epttmatlbB. ' Jane English's'"Combination Oompany" an glvliu the Bm*'' toalan'a a second edition of the "Qolden Egg"—theioimer 'hiiul Ing been Idd by Wyzeman Usnhall'a peop£ , .. ^ Ur. Jicob Buiow Is busy in organizing a compaiiy fbrBir. Uanboll, to appear In Boston. Comedy Is toibe themusemoK tnted, and tbe ooacem is to be a "comhlnallba^" ° Ur. aad Urs. Barney Williams an to give four perfotmanesi at the Academy of Uuslc, Brooklyn, uls week, ocap ' '— Apriieth. These'favorito artists conUnne to meet with I no matter where they appear. Iheir great popularity Is Ibi means, occadoaally, of creating Jedous fadings on the part «f other performeis, who get "dead-head" sorlbbleis'to attempt I* black-mall the Wllllamses. They have a Oemlan Theatre cat In Davenport, lowaj aiifl' <a the 30ih ult was performed "Town and Country,''an ppsalio piece In five acts. Jacob Sttosser leads the orchattia at tuaa> man Theatre. ..'/r-T Ur. S. S. Brown had a benefit at the Norfolk i Opera Hotse ddC the Slst nit, bnt owing to his late unfortunate accident, )ie wi» prevented oom appearing In person. The programme wv 9*' ••Uerohant of Venice," Harry Ootslh as Shylock, and Ufa* Iuy> Ultdiell as Portia; Highland Fllng,l>y Uaater Bamnle Bopt,m\ pnilll of Prot Eeadersoa; "When this Orael War Is Over,"/* Whlttaker; and thri "Loan of a Lover." Ur. and Un. F. B. Conway were running "Peep o' Day*' kit week at Uetropolltan Hall, Indianapolis, Ind., to very fur bnsir. nee'a, sofflcltnt to warrant the'continuation of ttio piece "evesr' evening until tarther notice." On the Slst alt-, an origtoal ffft^ Icgne, adapted to the timee, written by Wallace nuaMr,oC> Boato n. w»s. s>olwalijr MraJ.'B. Conway,. ',. •.. Died, at Bowland Flat, Stem Ooontr, CaL, on ihe'33dnf F«^' roory, Ur. Alonzo Parks, better known as (Siapmonj He.waaa son of Ura. 01 Chapman, and a native of New. York d^. Ba, went to California m IBSl, and performed there as a low oomA- dian. He died suddenly, tnei palsy.> Be wu aged 81 ysalt,' 'When he died, dghteen men worked, nearly all day ptepanog • gnve. The snow was thirteen feet deep, and a luge apace had, to be cleared off before the ground could be reached.' In th*' evening a snow-storm came on and filled np theexoavatloii; Wl that thirty or forty persons were occupied until noon of the MBl. day, breaking the trail and completing the gnve, where tba, yonng man, cat flown In the eirly summer of Ufe, found "atM° and a ebroad In the beaatlfal snow." '■' Ur. Forrest brings hia performances to Ji dose at theNev Chestont Stnet Theatre, Philadelphia, on ,lhe 10th Inst Last week be appeared In his great playa of JodcUMe wd the Oladl-.' ator, and this evening, April eui, ho produces lit Indian plecs^- entitled Uetamora. i A short time alnoe, a somewhat bawdy Iheatrietl perfannaaM was glveh In Nevada, CaL Ihe manager came oat to apologlaek saying that he dways '.-adkpted his perfonnancet to the ohaiie- tarof hlsaudleaoel" Heavy on the audience. A second Dtnld performed at the Walnut Stnet Theatre, IliS* oddpUo, Ital week; bis name it is Setohell; and wbile tbe Ohoy. man Danld was doing tragedy at the Chestnut our own Dsnlsl was smushlB'the haitlua of the Walnut with hIa oomlcaliUeatB low comedy; although not rewarded with Urge houses, t)iiit«- who d<d iWllness bis performanoea enjoyed a rich treat In' iha- way of humor. He clceed his brisf enguie^tht on Ihe 4tb, ahS' lBfoltowodthtoweekbyUr.J.S.CI«ker,, . .. ' 'What next? J. B. Olarkvther'tofa^^, now performing at the Wafaitt; Phlliddphls, is uhderllnsd to appear shorOy. aa Jack Bhsppud, the BlghwaymaiL Batarday eveaUg, April 4Ui, ms terribly stormy, and ihs lh*>, aires and halls In the prlndpd cities wen great suffenn by.tV We had the eqnlnoofldln Uaroh, bat this April socdollgtt knocked it sU to pieces. ' Bnow,haIl,'nIp, and furious blaUi. pnvalted. deteirlnapeople fMm.venturing out of doon. Itthat storm is a stemvrinteramln. . . . _ lb. Oeorge H. atUBIhs had What our eorrespondsnt ''Oast> nlons" cdls a "monster benefit" at the St Louis IlieatT^ cn.Cba 1st last Several pieces were performed, and Mr. Q. hW t he 1 stttaseeof manyprofessIondfrleaOs. '_'' ; Ulss Julia Dily haa bean fulfllUog an engagement at St Zouss nUvins "Our Amde American Oouato," "Bohemian Qlri/" 'Uw "Fool of the Family I". Last week, 'Vohn of Psris" waa pf«r duced with the dover Jolla, Ben De Bar, andjo. Uurphy, ta lb* prineipalcharaoters. The Forrest Dramatio AstoolaUon, St Louis, hu beeB 'iM»; Sanlzed—the list of offloen now standing as follows:—PiealdeaV;. . P. Johnson; Vice Preddent^^'B. >.Uarrla; Beentary, J. d, deteirlngpeopie fMm.venbulng out of doon. I a sample of "gentle eipring," we piefer to fall bodk otf- Clancy; Treisurer|W;W. Eoy. Performenwen to'oomttAtaetr In about three week), and severd pieces were In the oAtne of hearsaL ' - . . . • ''. JIKORO niNBTBHlLBT. Blteb, Cotton, and the bdanoeof the mlnstrds recently par^ forming at Uagulre's Opets Honae, San Ftandseo, ba're.opnMaf ded their entertainments, and given plaoe to a dramatle ponpti; ny. Itlsaald that on theoccadon of BlByBlroh'sbenefUkM dsht hundred '.dollar house greeted bimu "Thafs nlco," |||. Frank Srowtr says in Happy lAcle Tc. ... _ . . . Tern Pnndergtst of Uooloy's Ulnstrels, bad a well-timed 5resented to bim'on toe 1st Inst., on the occasion of his bev 'he offering Is a splendid gdd watoh. Bpeedias followed, at the dote of the porfomlance, the compiny and anujfit otheis adjourned to a resteuront, where all naoOsbad a *'Bipdn^bdI^d^rt,l•ftPlill««•lP'»'«>'»'* *Sf^*S^'^SSfc' tv'sUinalrds, who; wo believe, are In New Fork State.;.TU^ Paine Is said to afford a prat deal of pleasure. .; .. . .ji^ Oimcrcss & DUey's Mlnslnls nrive the bnrl»s<ra» ofK* Tear Calls, at their ball In Philadelphia, .tola, week.,'. Fnnr Utsoo's sbtsnce Is aerimslT fdt at this hpo^ . Hs was obs « the prlildpd atlnbUons ofthe oonoern.' ; '^ ' Fnd. Bunt's new band of Campbell .Ulnstrels. an mnalo In Smith ADlxon's HaU,OindnnnlI. S^Wbaven a bmlesque on UMojija, « a wrt of td»-rtr^lg^eg p4rformaaoM at Pike's Open House. „»u» - "Tii a* lain some Very dever Ident, and to give a good •''SJ„*J,'i55i hunt np the lovers of minstrelsy, and.amuse tteja wiuljiw qnecr uid quaint doings of his troupe, a* ho#eIl *nowi|,;^iiw^ HornftHewoomb'B MInsttels are rtn in weundentandtheprppriotot* on tnaklog Ibd' amfigmnw™ • *'Th5fl£TBfi^ M|nst«i:i*oa*i, with eifM^^ff^Jl^ dosed at bn Francisco on the Bih ult, and appeiiM » .BMpr "'g!,'?;;;]f5^£!S's mto,tAlswertat;£-Ui4j.a*^^^ nlghte. oommonoUiB V^^ t»>-, J^^J^^^^^Mt . orSstUl With them. They dnw Ifnttnae hot^svown^ „ Ihel* "brtsohes scans." scoorouig » ZtZmw tondie* thsddlsaty M wte deMoato motfUp. woiding w^tlMaM* /