New York Clipper (Apr 1856)

<•-( \ 8 NEW YORK CLtPPER. ' IwJulnbtijof IholonBOf OoT»nt-giirfl«n Th«*trf, • m'ioaUT, the 26th of Uiroh, 1^; the lut night ^ giMt Mtor, Bdiiwwd Keen, »ppe»r«a on the ita«ey«l« ' hMlth.for monthBjhad beenlo npldlr ;. ; ito pJ^TBioil eterglei become, io vlsIWy iMp*** ' " -ttioee Irtl-lndolged IrregBJiriUee, whloh;*" broken ■il am i aiitomlly tlgorouly bnt aban^ conrtltntlon, ■'' ttirt Me idtlng iria nnddred genemUT'••We, onuUs- £toi]r, eif. often pdnitali and oTen^U Inability to »p- . PMT At eil when snnonnoed, 'it^Vf no me^e a nre '■ ■ AMUrene*. The Uit effoTt>«'>n^. at tU worthy of Uj ' fonnet tUut, .wu effort^ euly part of the Winter, avlDg hit Othello biongbt for . wben the Importasce oT' thetet^tlme inc^UOBttlon wlth the riral talents of UatiiMay, in Ui^i ^ atlninlai to hli powers of l^j-iQdiB^Mnfflolenttb'nutalnhlni tbronglioat the tbtTf/i^- It waa onlrenally Idmltted, that nerer did Us^iuoa dliplay Itself more trlnmphantly. On this fceudon, however, he was tdrertlsed for the samefk- Torlte part, to the lago of bis ion,'Charles, who, haTlng. aerei before abled.with him on the liondoa bowrde, was vitml/ greeted on his entrte by a tolerably nnmtrona audience; bat when In the seoond soene the &ther en- ;t«ied,. aa Othello, followed by the son, as lago, the IiMie nng with reiterated acolamatlons. The father ',/(jo£iinti(fdboilngfora oonitderable tlnie,.wlibont pro- ' ''dtfoifig.'any diolnatlon in the enthoilastio and load ' elMtaiiiigwhlbh prevailed, when, aa If snddenly awak- ' ened fo a ie^^ of theolKansttnoe, he tamed, and tak- >' log Ms aon by the hand, led him a step or two forward, V : and, with a gnoeflil bow, and one of his most fissotna- ting and oharaoterlstlc smiles, presented him to the aa- di<noe.' The.w*tlng ofhkt>andIiBndkeroUefii,andthe . deobly^redonbleil ..plaodlta which ensued, eheoked, ' lot u unumally loiigpulod, every attempt made by them to - prooieed with their parte. There waa nothing ' dlstlngolshable In Eean's performance of the first' and .. ;. . Mcond acts, from his nsoal pertoolfloatlon df OtheUo, ''; ^owpt a more than ordlnaty feebleness In his volee, ao-' •{■'i- tioaand'ialt) whlob, aahei liad ijot many weeks prevl- ons btoktn dowa in the midst 6f tlie part, was Impnted ».: ; to a designed reservation, or perhaps the fear of too ,'; «uly ezbaosUng whetpbyalcol strength he might otber- ' -"'irlse be enabled to call np in order to sustain the third and latter aoter.when, however, heoame to that memor- . : Tt^le'apostrophe—"Now, forever, ftrewelll" ete:, the '^'Vliole.of.it waa breathed forth with all that melodloas .^'tielahoholy, so noted in hla brighter days, and so hap- pily described by the oittic, Hazlett, as " striking npon 'r^" tin .'heart and InugtnatloB like some divine mnslo," ' ^ ' bill/mingled wltb.a |!u greater degree of feeling than I - had ever before observed; In f^ot, so deeply alfeoting were his t^nssj that, as he hair tobbed uol tne last Une, . farewell I. O.thelio'e—ocoopatlon'er-gone 1". il re- ■"i', 'ipuked to a flrlend near me, ■■ Foor' fellow 11 fear that ti:' i'MMuolonineet of Othello's despairing moans being ap- fu-i pll^\e to himself penonally, hastonohedhla own feel- '^•'^ .ln((*-'t, I Beldom reaemlHr Sean's fhtling, in this pw- . ',>^';tioiilar point, io elloit leia than three hearty ronnda on tf^liuuj oooaslosi; bat on thit, they .were Inereassd in i>/!;ltQqiiM|'andr^nn^tlon. He remained abstraoted and .'-^'aoflbhlMevhtk oblniestliig on his breast, and Ui eyes |.'^i.flied on the giroiihd for many eedonda after every mar^ ^ . n^w 'of 'applaasehad snbtlded ; then raising his head ' fliom hla ohest,. es from a forgetftil slumber, he seemtd ^, .^partially aronsed Into a sense of Us sitaatlon with the ■ ^. Midiinoe and the neoassity of prooeeding; bnt, instead 1^'' "bl^iU'fbdden and infuriate alterilatidn—that towering ' I ' l^adoD whlob used to threaten the destroyer of his '', "peaoe with inei(Btlble and Immediate annihilation; he - timed dowly and feebly, tottered a few steps towards urv. Iago,>(who saetag hisdnklng state, approached him,) '' 'M ;'',4n|>''l^<^8l 9i> arm for anpport, and nnable to - ^ lelEe bim by the throat/hirntterad In dli^olnted aooents, cniy'atf^l^ \9 *i><>*B 44ti neat him—" Yillain—be— ' tiuii-^yon—prove''—then throwing himself npbn hie lon'^ neok. In a tilntand filtering voice, added, " Oh '. Go'dt I am dying t speak to then, Charles I" The hoaee, through Bomewhat prepared for a reanltof the kind, . ',did not antiolpatie such a deolded prostration of his fao- nltles, and kept np their applause for nearly a minute, I ... endeavoring to oheerhim bj[ showing every mark of ,.j'r!'i .iad[algenoe: at length, Oharles miide an attempt to es- '^]^'",iii/i}iSjt fiXti«x forward, when, hla. look and manner in- dioatlngtha most pitiable helplessness, it became evi- "i'']^V|ie49l>ld no longer stand alone, and the andlenoe with one aoqord rose and orled, " Take him olTI" where- ' nponl one oil the performers eame on firom the wing, and ^ ; pbo^ Keen, who was tiyliig to bow, was'' borne off; and . < oariled to a house la the vlolnlty for the night, ind the " neit day removed to hla own resldenoe at Blohmond, ^' where he lingered aboat sti weeks before he expired, r iVhta tahalnated the fltflil career of an aotor—take him fbr aUln all," we ne'er ahall look npon his Uks again t" E. H. PIERCE. BEN. MALLORY. Sm KoUmi tlanrlMi*. EENTUOKT SHARP SHOOTERS. iBjcisufBng of a oandle with a ball, I.flrtt hadenop- portanlty of sating near the'banka'of the Oreen river, notfiir from a large pigeon-roost, to whioh I had pre- vloosly made a vialt. I heard many, raporta of guns dor- lag the early part of a dark nightt and kiiowlag them to be Aoie of rifles, I went towaid^ the ipot to atoertain the oaue. On retching the pltoe, I wu welcomed by a dosen of tall stoat men. who told me they were exerol- sing for the pnrpeea of enabUsg them to thoot under night at the refleoted light from the eyee of a deer or wolf, by toroh-llght. A Are was Uuhig near, the smoke of which Toee oorllBg among the thick foliage of the trees. At a distance which rendered it scareely dlstio- gnlshtble, atoed a burning candle, ae if intended for an offering to the goddess of night, bnt which In reility was only fUty yards Crom the spot on which we all stood. One man was within t few ytids of It, to watoh the ef- feota of the shots, as well aa to light the bandit should it ohance to go .out, or to replace it shoald the shot oat It aoross. Eaeh mukaman shot In his torn; Borne nerer hit either the snuff or the candle, and were opngratula- ted wlth a lond langh; while othtrs actoally snnffed the candle wlthoat putting it oat, and ware recompented for their dexterity oy numerous hurrahs. One of them, who was partloalarlv expert, wis very fortunate, and enuffed the candle three.tlmaa oat of seven, wbllat all the other ehets either put out the candle, or out it im- mediately noder the light. A SENSIBLE HORSE. Wx do not think the reeordi of Inatlnpt ever oontain- ed it more extraordinary instance then that we are now about to relate, and for the tratb whereof many rtapao- table witnesses pledge themielvs. Some time alnoe, Mr. X. Lane.ofFtecoml, In Glcnotstenhlre, England, on his letorn home, turned his horse into a field in which It had been aeeattoned to graxe. A few days before this, It had been shod all fours, bat aoluiklly had bean pinch ed in the shoeing of one foot. In the morning, Hr. Lane mltaad the hone, and eaaaed an active scaroh to be made in the vlolnity, when the following singnlar dream sttnoo transpired. The. animal, aa may be tappostd, fetllgg lame, made his way oat of the Held, by onhang' ing the gate with his month, and went straight to the same farrier's shop, • distance of a mile and a half. The Curler had no sooner opened bis shed than the hone, which had evidantly been standing there some time, id- Ttnced to the for([e, and held np the tiling foot. The terrier instantly began to examine the hoof, discovered the iojury, took off the shoe, and replaced it more care- AiUy, on which the hone Immediately turned about, and set off at a marry pace for his well-known ptsture. While Mr. Lane's aerraate were on the search, they ehanoed to ptss by the forge, end on mentioning their BDppeied lots, the furrier replied, "Oh,.he his been here and shod, Mid gone home tgaln;" which, on their rttarnlng, they found to be the case. SIGNS OF THE WEATHER. * ' '^Mb oloads in the watt, at sunset, especially when thaf hMt k tlnt^of purple; portend flnei wither. The 'i t ^tteibt'ls that the air, when dry, reflraots more re& or ' heat-maUni rays; and as dry air it not perfectly tranitr: ■,{wi>iipiueit, they are again reflected in the horizon. A cop- P^or yellpw ninset generally foretelle rain; but as in- "i^hktton of wet weather approaching, nothing is more ' flilftiiln tlwn the Wo around the moon, whioh ispro- datj^by^the preolpltated water) end the larger the «li!b{i''the nearer the oloads,' and' oonaeqaentiy more Mtdy'to fili*;'^''•n ^« swaUowi fly high, fine Weather latobe csj^oted or oonttnaed; bat when they fly low and olose to the gronnd, rain Is almost surely approach- ., Ing. Tblt U explained as follows: Swallows pursae to j flies and guati, ud files and gnata delight In warm strata of|dr;:,«ndaa:wumaIr|S;]ighm;,,and .aaaally molster, than' cold air, when the warm Strata of one trfr are tilgb^ there le lets chance oi molstore .Vei jg thrown down ftom 'tien by the mixture of'. told tiiy but; 'when .the jrtirm , ' tnd uiQlat air it olose tbiihe ground it Ii aliaoit certain ^\that, as lha ooldair flows down into It, a depodtion of water will take place. THE POINTER. Odx engraving npresents the Englleh Pointer, the breed now generally met with. This dog is sprang from the Spanish pointer, bnt Is of a much lighter form, and much more rapid In his movement. He was obtained originally by a oross of the latter and the fox-honnd, and has tinco been recrosaed with the terrier. The English Pointer Is of a yarltty of elaes, being In this particular bred according to the taste of the sportsman. BEUAREABLE ABSTINENOE OF A DOG. Iw 1789, when preparations weremaUog at St. Paol's for the reception bfhlsMtJesty, a fhvorltebitoh follow- ed Its master np the ^k stairs of the dome; here, all at once, it waa mlsilng, and calling and whittling were to nepnrpcee. Nine weeka after this, scmejglaslen w^re it wbft, and heard amongst the tlmben, .wUch support the dome, a fUnt noise; thinking it might be lome nnfortonate being, they tied a rope round a hoy, and let him down near, to -tiie pltoe whence the sound came.. At the bottom he found ndcg lying on its aide, the skeleton of another dog, and an old shoe.hialf eaten. The humanity of the boy led him to rescne the animal from Its miserable tltuatlon, and It was aeooidingly drawn np. tiaoh emaolated, tnd sctrcely able ib'stand, the workmen plaoed It la tiie porqh of the oharoh, to die or. live, aa might happen. This was about ten o'clock In the morning; some timb after, the dog wts seen endeavoring to cross thestreat at the top of Lad« gate Hill, but lit weakness wos so great, that ansup- ported by a wall, he could not acoompliah It. The ap- pearance of the dog again excited the compassion of a boy, who earried It over. By the aid of the houses he wts enabled to get to Fleet Market, and over two or three narrow oroadDgs In Its way to Holborn Bridge, and atMut eight o'clock In the tvening It reached its master's house, in Bed Lion street, Holborn, and laid Itaelf down on the steps, baring been ten houn in Its Journey from SI. Paul's. The dog was so mach altered, the eyes being sunk in the head ts'te be soiuotly dla eernlble, that the master wpald hot encourage his old 'fkitiifal- oompinlon, who* when lost, wu supposed to weigh twenty poonds,/ and- now only weighed three pounds fourteen onneea; the first Indication it gave of knowing Ita mister wu by wagging Its ttU, irhen he mentioned the name of Phlllis; for a long time It wu unabletoeat or-drlnk, and It wu kept alive by the sustenance It rilcelired Uroin-lts'mlstressi whbttstd to feed It wf& a teispdon; at length It reeovered. Shenld lt''beaiinl{ h^w did, this aidnil live near nine teeks without food? This was not'the case.' She was la whelp when lost, and, doubtless ate her offiipring; the remilus of another dog, killed by a similar fUl, were likewise found, that, most probably, were oohverted by the surrlver to the meet argent of all natnrtl putpeaes; and when this treat wu done, the shoe sacceedtd, which wuaiffloat half devoured. What famine and a then- sand aoddenta ooald-not do, wu effected t short time after by the wheels of a ootoh, which uufbrtanately went over her, and ended the mortal 'dtyt of poor Phiilii. rr IS HARD TO REGAIN REPUTATION. "Toeknoir yoa'ct • titi; Fati" "Iki»wI Um Ifm, •st Bj foUy nl wlaktdnui fullr I're Mia; Tit BO ODI irlll tnat bm to work ot to. lonx, Ana iri attj hue, I mut itwl oi noit itirr*. IT 70S • good wort to th« eaptein wUI.iroiM, Tkat I ntf • trip to Amtilot ltk«, T«a ihiU ftnA FU b« hooHt,/»r oA |A« fM ««a<it, Hor dlipM* the fr«*n til* oftht o«mb tikli." Kind DtuIaaeoMnti, tad poor Pat ijrMtlr'd; Th* weid of ftilet Donali wu tptly bellOT'd. Intp'd ftoia' Ua gnlll tod era'p'd ttoa Ui ahuae^ In • Btw vatld pool (»t hoptd to tun a atw Biaw. B* wuktBd to tlie o»v, to tki uptatn •bfdloit, . Io plMM h* wu MTor wlthoat ts OBptdiuit. H* woik'd and hi nuis, momlag-witch ot Bldslfht, And rtt ot tki ONW wu the Ufi and d«ll|titi . ■roaSeaBb (itBiitBotaUtUiiiuplelou '. TliatlBt'i Biw-riandhoautj might bifMtltloaj) , ' ;IiUM^t«ip«Otlatlhipl*dperUavoid, ' ABd i^Bli'd thBt till fHiBd wu to honor ititot'd. WhiB OB* d*7i whllB Pitiiok thi lUp'i'diok wu wiihlB(, lad with biokot dnw Mn-wiiir ap for mm iplaihlai; BtiyiBf too maoh ob thi hold of hU, foot,' - And i**«hIo( ind biodlnf hll wholi bod; to't, Ihi ihip giTi B tfif—Fitriok'i bilBBOi wti loit, *And biBinir tod h'l baoki) to old Dnj toit. " Htn OTtibOifd! out with t top* I" vu th* - Wli*n DibbU IB Ptt, mld th* wbtm, out hU •)■«. Ottok th* •pklponi,'* tou'd Dianla," hi'i audi ae * il|r! AadiodlrUi«aithlmb*ranhligi«ittr*J ' :TaittlT*acBlutWt<liMM»ii'ilnTatBl r , Oeht thitl*fhowh*.'*tottthlieMM«k*iailal I U I aw net, 1 wisIdn'tbiUiT* bov M t*ek UI 6alr look hov th* tlifiwlBi twar itO A tfti »MftM / " yi . BEN MALLORY, •,. Of Bthioplan Kinttrel InmCr i t Bai>/i'uiK UiLLORT, better' known In and otft'bf the profession as Ben.Halloiy, whose portitlt weannez, wu bom in the city of New Tork, about the ytf 1829, Ben received a good edacatlon at a popalar Inttltntlon in Bridgeport, Oonn., bat his.fondness for,muto, and sports and pastimes, soon began to develope Itsdf—hli love of dancing WM enccnragedby his parents, «nd ha soon became a proficient In the art.- On'one occasion, Joe Uiles and a eompainy of Ethiopian Ulnstrels from Gotham announced an exhibition near Ben's realdenoe, and the mianager, hearing so much aald about " LltUe Ben," determined to give him t trial. After much penrnaalon, Ben contented to appear, providing it wu "kept ehy." The night came, and our he^o aubmitted to the " corking operation" with the beit possible'grace —this done, be "went on," and. It is trafBcIeht io aay, made "at hit" This settled the question—ha deter- mined to leave school, and Jnat as the "old fdlks tt home" had received a letter f^m the pedagogue, advi- elng them to keep a look out for their eon, Ben had stow- ed himself away in the steamboat Nimrod, bonndforthe Empire Olty. The eteward ofthe boat "spotted" Be^^ and after giving hlm'a feed, promlgedhlm a freei pisstg|, in consideration of his dancing a jig—no sooner uld- than done ; the "Jig wunp,"andBenfal£lndepehdent/ having thna worked his own passage. Soon after reach' ing New Tork, he net the late Lake* West, end thiy kept company for a short time. Lake doing the whfit- ling, while Ben gave the JIgt. In tbis way Ben at- tracted the notice of San Johnson, who was then play- ing at the Bowery Amphitheatre—and became , one of his company. A new band was soon after fdmed,'coa< slsting of S. S. Stndford; Sam Jobaton; the 'GreAi Uonnttln Boy; Thos. Flute, known aa the lamented ThoB. F. Briggs; and. Ben Uallory. They perfonnei together for a ehort time, when our hero apprenticed himself to a Circus rider, attached to Seth Howe's Ooni. pany, and went to Pentaoola. He aoon left the pitcos) however, and commenced the riding of race horses, but this not proving sufficiently remunerative, he engsgel with Welsh, Uann k Belavan, to do gronnd .and loltj tumbUng. In conaeqaence of the sickly nature of tha coanty through which they travelled, Ben concluded to start for " Tork" again, and the sum total of hie iapllaly on reaching this city, was twenty-fire cents. " Thhgi' began to look dubious," but, fortunately, one eftemooa, as he was.uunteringap Broadway, be met Ur.E.P Christy, and made bold to uk for a cbancai l[r.''0. nplied that hie company was full, bnt told him to cell' bn'the morrow, and be would see what he ooul^ do fot hluL He called, and at once became a member of Mr. Ohriaty'B troupe, and nltlmately became o great favodtr, When Mr. C. left for California, Ben' tbonght thersTril gold enough for him In New York, and made a shoit engagement with a Cirons Company, after fulUiloi which, he returned to New Tork, and wu engaged foi George Christy &: Wood's Ulnstrels, at 444 Broadwaj, when he nmalned antll theb Hall 'waa destroyed b; fire. He next travelled with Christy's UInBtrelB,'(tlioagk Kr. 0. wae not In the company blmselO who had retamel fhn Otilfomla, bat finaUy the party disbanded, and Ba returned to New Tork, when, In connection with Ut £. H. Pleroe, he became proprietor of that popoiar place of naort, 474 Bnadwty, next door to the soene of hli early trlnmpha, where he will at ell time* he happy t« " nfreah the inner man" of those who may favor hla with a call EARL B. PIERCE. ' EiHioFUN Uqibtbeut hu been the means of Intto duotngto the pobllo many a bright genius, and tnooi the net, the snljeot ot this sketch. Our readers wU readily recognise, by the subjoined engraving, the ori- ginal and famoos "Pompy" of the "Christy lOnttrels," who, by his witty and humoroiia inylngs, " was wont A keep the bouse in a roar," and dispel the blues from tl who patronised "Heohanlos' Hall," Mr. Pierce, es ii Ethiopean Delineator, hae few, if any equals in his peca liar line—moreover, he le an onoommonly uaefnl^ptnli a company of Mlnstnls, performing, as he does, npoi almoet every inttrument used la a Band, and with ikUl As a tamborlnlat, however, he is " up head," and wu proficient when he first became attached to Mr. E,F Christy's Ulnstnls, in 1848. Ur. F, remained with thl opmpany until Mr. 0, retired from the business, with fli exoeptisn of a few months, when he was advised to " t^ it on bit own hook." He opened the Olympic Tkeatn wltha company ityled " Pierce's Minstrels," bnt, tlirong some unforeseen olronmstancea, the snbjeot of otu sketc made money "oat of pocket," and thought it bfstt "olose the building," which he at once did ; andont men linked hie fortunes with Ur. E, P. Ohrirty> tronpi visiting Oalifomia with the company, On jfr, p. n tiring, Pompy traveled with the remaining ou^baric the Band. After the blsbandlng of thls ooapa&y, Ur,I returned to New Tork, and was engaged to petfbiin w(!l " George Christy and Woode Minstrels," at. 44d; Brclld way, wherehelsnowtobeaeen. After the pjlrfgrmi le ooncladed, he may be found dlepenstng" the "Water of the Cooling Spring," at his place, 474 Brtoadwi; With " Pierce and Mallory" for ieanuters, we think tb " Joidon will bi B luj toad to tninL" - ANECDOTE OF A DOG. A oucTLXMAs, residing In the neighborhood of Black heath, had a favorite dog,^ho-wai his o6|ipta^)t eonpai Ion. He wu an old buhNor.'tnd his slitit raided w|t him. Before leavlag lila dlolng-room, he wu intl habitoflocklng np his wine, and than thfewlthe banc of keys .on the floor, which was taken np ly the dog. wk followed his mtster, with the keys in hls month', to Joi his sister in tlie drawlag-room. Thie pttotlce wu fcl lowed.tlll the old gentleman'a death, Ue dog then a| peered miserable, and In order to let hlii follow his d custom^ the wine wu looked up u nenu, and' th* k9 tlirown on ^e floor. Butjielther tbeii, or at any sat seqaeilt tlme«iiroa)dthedog be Indnoe^ to take (hem oi It was ImpoMlble for this poor, enlma/to show his lot forhls deoeued matter in a more muled tad IpifectM mtuer.