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PARIS, T uesday, Feb.l.—We nave scarcely
had time to recover from the shock of such in
cidents no those at Retain and Auteuil before
another murder has burst upon the town,with
a suddenness and of a ferocity of character
which have created almost a panic. The deed
seems to have taken place as it were just un
der the eyes of everybody ; and people are be
ginning to ask whether human life is really
safe anywhere in this so-called centre of
civilization—for the scene of this last outrage
is not a remote and dreary suburb of the East,
like Pantiu, nor a retired part of the environs,
like Auteuil ; but the very heart of the city,
and of its must recherche and best guarded and
regulated district, and ifia house which half
of fashionable Palle is in the habit of passing
by almost, every day in the course of its search
after pleasure and amusement. In an apart
ment, in short, of the Faubourg St. Honore,
not far froni the palace and gardens of the
Elysee-Bourbon, and in the midst of the
aristocratic hotels of foreign ministers and
other magnates, a crime of .the most frightful
passion and barbarity, worthy of a savage,
has been committed by one whet is designated
as a "domestic" servant. A domestic figs:
would be a fitter appellation, for a more un
tamed monster (unless, indeed, he be abso
;utely mad, which there seems at present no
reason to suppose) never existed than this wild
beast who crept into the service of an
unsuspecting household. This is why
timid people are really half out of their
wits with fear; and cryingsout that they can
never know'when they are Ware, for that any
cue Wily have teLathoubert (that is the new
name in the annals of crime), in the house
without ever suspecting it. There is, however,
no mystery about the case, which is horrible
chiefly for a display of passion and vindictive
ness, arising upon such Slight provocation
that none would have been upon their guard
against the consequences. A man servant in a
small and quiet family ,consisting only of a mas
ter, paralyzed and idiotic, and a mistress, has
merely been reproved, In a very mild way,
with having helped himself to wine. And
w hat does he dote revenge himself far this
indignity offered to him? Why, he arms him
self with a carving -knife, and going into the
bed-chamber of his mistress—who seems not
even to have suspected that she had' irritated
him by her reproof—nearly severs her head
from her body, in the presence of her impo
tent, bed-ridden, and,fortunately, it would ap
pear; almost insensible husband. Then, turn
ing round to seek other victims, he goes back
to the kitchen and attacks his only other fel- '
low servant, the female .cook, whu escapes
with difticulty with her life, after severe
wounds and a difficult struggle. This new fiend
is only finally disarmed and arrested by the
servant of the adjoining family, who at
last succeeded in wrenching the bloody knife
out of his murderous grasp. Do you wonder
at people saying, after this, that between pas
sion and avarice no one's life is safe in
this "centre of civilization"? The eriadnal
is said to avow his deed with the greatest cool
ness, and to stand for his defence upon his
" having been unjustly accused." So that if a
mistress of a family, however innocently, im
putes something wrongly to her servant she
is to be liable to have her head cut off! The
alternative, you Will admit, is rather alarming,
and shows that the pleasures of a sojourn in
this capital ot civilized life are not without
serious drawbacks.
The man who seems to be leading the
pleasantest life within his own dominions at
the present moment is the Emperor himself.
We seem never to hear anything about him
now—except, indeed, when we see him driv
ing towards the Bois, or the theatre, orsgoing
to the chaise, or learn that he is entertaining
his friends at dinner. But, politically speak
ing, his life has apparently become a perpetual
holiday. The Figaro told a good story
the other day apropos to this changed state of
things. After describing the diversity of the
Imperial amusements and recreations—but
what, it is asked, is the Prince Imperial doing
all this time ? Oh ! he's reading up " consti
tutionalism" with his tutor. And what does
his little Bighnese think of his new Studies?
Oh! he says constitutionalism Ss just the thing
for him ; for then " those Ministers won't be
aim ays bothering him F'
The gay season is now at its height in Paris,
and a long series of official balls and recep
tions is in prospect, scarcely leaving time or
place for private society or entertainments.
The first ball of the new Prefect, M. Chevreau,
at the Hotel de Ville, was attended by about
four thousand people, among whom I observed
a great number of the "most devoted friends''•
of poor Baron liansiimann, who nevertheless
seemed to enjoy themselves just as much, and
eat the ices of the new Prefect with quite the
same satisfaction as those of the old !
At the Tuileries, where the first ball took
place on Wednesday last, the Emperor was
looking remarkably well, and like a man quite
easy at once in his mind and his shoulders. The
Empress was all smiles to M. 011ivier, and
kept the Marquise de Talhouet, who used not
to go to Court at all before her husband was a
" constitutional" minister—by her side the
greatest part of the evening. M. norther was
those, but, it was observed, always gave M.
011ivier a wide berth,when they happened to
come across each other. Iles Majesty wore
what was explained to me by female interpre
tation to be a " dress of the palest green, over
which was a tunic of white tulle /ante with
gold, andhedged with zhibelline," altogether a
most original, becoming and picturesque cos
tume as far as male eyes could judge.
The D uc de Broglie,one of the oldest remain
ing Constitutional statesinen of France, from'
the times of the First Empire till the fall of
the Government of Louis Philippe, died last
week, at the advanced ago of 85 yean4. Ha,
was long the colleague in
,otlioe of Casimir
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17,4870:
Perrier, niers and Guizet, and achieved a
high political reputation, as an (warn: and a
writer. Socially, he was perhaps best known
as having married the only daughter of
lYlme. de Stal. His son, the Prince Albert
de Broglie, is one of the most able and elegant
writers of the French language in the present
day, both as a historian and a philosophical
essayist.
PARIS, Friday, Feb. 4, 1870.—Rumors of
dissensions in the new Cabinet and of
changes of Ministers will reach you ; but I
believe all such suppositions to be, for the
present at least, wholly unfounded. They
arise, no doubt, from tho'cireumstancea under
which M. 011ivier took office, and from the
somewhat peculiar position he occupies in the
Chanilwr as a constitutional minister. Ac
cording to the rule in such cases,
be ought, of course, to have a majority
at his back of precisely his own
way of thinking, and this, by general Se
knowledgement; be certainly has not. His
Ministry and advent to power are the off.
4 priug, in the main, of the celebrated Interpol
lotion of the 116. But it is well-known that a
considerable portion of that body were acting
upon compulsion and the external pressure of
public opinion, rather than upon their own
free will and convictions, when they affixed
their names to that protest against personal
government; and were by no means either pre
pared or willing to make the immense leap at
once into full parliamentary government,
which has been since forced upon them.
Hence' the schism which took place among
them ; some'cordially welcoming the (Myles
Ministry as the natural result of the action
they had taken in July last; others accepting,
the same ministry only grudgingly and from
apprehension of having to put up with some
thing worse in case of their combining with
the pure Imperialists of the Right and extreme
Right to render it impossible. They ac
cepted M. 011ivier and, the change of system
because both were imposed upon them by the
country ; but their hearts were really still with
the old imperial regime which had given them
their seats in the Legislature. Now the pre
cariousness of M. 011ivier's position consists in
tins : that the above-mentioned secretly dis
contented lot might, at any moment,by watch
ing their opportunity and going over to the
imperialist Opposition, leave M . 011ivier in a
minority. And the only reason why they do
not take this action at once is, that they both
are aware themselves that though they
might thus show o majority in the Chamber,
that majority would not really represent the
opinion of the country ; and, also, that the
Emperor himself is so conscious of this, that
he would not dare, in the present state of pub
lic feeling, to form a Ministry out of their
ranks. Of course, the natural solution for
this difficulty would be an appeal to the COlll2-
try by fresh elections. But there comes the
rub. I believe that all parties, including the
country, itself, are more or less apprehensive
of trying this decisive step, because they
find it very difficult to calculate the result be
. forehand with any certainty. Of course, the
new elections would have to be free from
government influence, official candidates and
all the administrative machinery by which im
perialism so long continued to make " uni
versal suffrage" a mere humbug and slave of
its own purposes; and, although, with such
liberty, there is little doubt but that imperialist
candidates would go to the wall. M. 011ivier
and his colleagues do not feel
quite the same degree of confidence in
their own success. The agitation of free uni
versal electiona held in France at this moment
would be so, great that there is'no i saying how
far the popular igapulse might go. One thing
is quite certain: The result of the elections
would be a large increase in the liberal ele
ment of the Chamber. What M. Olhvierasks
himself is : Would it be too large? That is,
is there danger that any large number of
ultras might step in between the fierce con
flict which would be sure to ensue on the
part of constitutionalists and imperialists ?
Such things, have been known to
happen in France before now ; and the un
certainty of it makes not only the two parties
inside the Chamber, but the Emperor and
even the country itself outside, shrink from
the experiment, at all events for the present.
Thus, you see, ihereiaa sort.. at general-eon
fnsion all round on account of the exigencies
of the situation, which can only be cleared up
and reeularise, as it is called, by a measure
which none are as yet quite willing to have
recourse to. The ,natural course for
M. 011ivier w pursue is to holti
his present ground ' until the change
of system bas bad time to consolidate itself
and get into working order, and until a new
and liberal electoral - law has been passed, and
the agitation incident to the late events of all
kinds has calmed down. He may thee pro
ceed to new elections with safety; and I see
no reason why he should not succeed in carry
ing out this programme
One of the first acts of the new ministry was
the dismissal of Baron Haussmann, the Pre
feet of the Seine, and the head of all the Pre
fects of France. 11. 011ivier was greatly ap
plauded at the time for having "struck high"
at once. But the liberal journals, even the
most moderate, such as the Dibals and others,
have never ceased since to demand that ex
amples should be made in other quarters as
well as in Paris, and that some measure of re
tributive just;ce should be meted out to those
Prefects in the Provinces who so scandalously
allowed zeal to outrun discretion at the last
elections. There is, no doubt that the personal
feelings of the Emperor were the great olbs i ta,
do to this demand of satisfaction on the part
of the public. These Prefects 'had no doubt
carried out the• Emperor's policy, only " too
well," and now be was called upon to standby
and see them sacrificed for so doing. The
case was heard and the Emperor "stood up"
long for his friends as, indeed, his worst ad-
Tersaries must allow he always does. As
usual, the matter has ended, like all the rest,
in. a compromise. Instead of a sweeping
expurgation of all the offending parties; the
broom has been applied only ; to those who
made themselves conspicuously obnoxious to
public opinion. Some seven or eight
Piefeets . liairO ` been seiit ti the right-
About altogether, and ethers removed treat'
the districts where they had Made themselves
obnoxious ; one of the worst offenders has
been. " promoted" to Ajacolo;whioh, tea true
Preuolunau is about equal to bauisikuieut to a
OUR WHOLE COUNTRY.
penal settlement. The measure of punishment
ban satisfied no one, as is sure to happen in
cases where some deny its Justice altogether,
and others are inclined to go to extremes. The
moderate portion of the public, however,"ac
cept what has been done as a now acknowl
edgement of the principle of freedom of elec
tion, and as a warning against its infringe
ment on future occasions. Altogether, I
think, may conclude these political details
by saying that the new Ministry is maintain
ing its ground and steadily gaining the con
fidence of the country.
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EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
Victor litiffo Ittevived...Dereonetvation at
the Porte tit. Martin Theatre.
[ Purls I Neb. 31 Correspondence Daily fiews.l
The revival last night of. M. Victor Hugo's
Lucrece Borgia at the Porte St. Martin, where
it was first played exactly thirty-seven years
ago, was the occasion of a childish political
demonstration which made it impossible to
appreciate the merits of the actors who braved
the recollections of old playgoers by taking
the parts originally filled by Mlle. Georges,
Frederick Lemaitre and Lockroy.
hi. Rochefort, who was in a state
box with the Hugos, Gill, the cari
caturist. and Mine. George Sand, was enthu
siastically applauded. So far , there was no
harm, as long as the applause did not interfere
with the performance. But in another con
spicuous box was M. Paul de Cassagnac, the
" Mameluke" of the Empire, as he delights to
style himself. His presence made the ma
jority of the audience forget good mariners
and fair play. As soon as Cas4agnac was
pointed out, several people began to sing his
name to the revolutionary air of " Les Lam
pions." He put up his opera glass to
his eyes, and looked on the people who
insulted him with a defiant air, Which'-soon
brought them recruits. According to the
calculations of , several papers as many
as five hundred ultimately joined in the
chorus, and all the reports say that the piece
was for the most part played in dumb show.
The name of Caesagnac was sometimes varied
by that of Canrobert, , with the addition of
"Rrran"—the expletive attributed to the Mar
shal commanding the Army of Paris, but
which he denies having used—signifying
that be would be delighted to try the
improved artillery upon the people. M. Paul
de Cassag,nac is, of course, highly delighted
at the prominence given to his name. Like
the man in the farce, he "likes to
be parsecuted." He proclaims in the Pays
that be will ever regard as the happiest
day of his life the " day when he alone repre
sented his Sovereign and the Empress." En
larging on the theme, he says : My name
was a flag, an escutcheon ; I the, free volun
teer, the Mameluke, stood alone proudly
amidst the bawling crowd." It was no sur
prise to him. He wont to the theatre "pre
cisely because he knew he would be hooted."
Mine. George Sand, who, though she has
been sometimes on friendly terms with Napo
leon 111., now writes in the Rappel—" Your
friends are niv friends ;" dedicates to her
" grand friend, - ' Victor Hugo, an article can
taming her impression on the revival of Lit- ,1
erfce Borgia_ She thinks it his greatest wont.
The three superb situations—the mother
insulted in the presence of her son; the
sea poisoned by his mother; and
the mother punished and killed by her son—
constitute in her eyes a " magnificent trilogy."
And she pays alincet unconsciously a great
tribute to the genius of Victor Hugo when
she recalls the fact that Lucrece Borgia
was written in agreat hurry, to be revenged
on the censorship which had stopped "Le
Lors Amur," after a first representation, and
that it was brought out on February 2, 1833,
only two months after its predecessor was
stilled by authority. Mme. Sand is, I think,
quite justified in saying that M. Melingue is
a better representative of Alphonse d'Este than
31. Hugo ever had before. But her praises of
the other actors, who invite painful compa
risons with their foregoers, must be put down
to the score of necessary courtesies between
dramatic atithora and the existing generation
of histrionic performers.
THE CECITMENICAL COUNCIL.
Extraordinary Scene at the Vatslean...ln.
fallibility and He Opponents..-Fenian.
lam Contienmed...Rome and Russia...
The question of Adjournment.
In its correspondence from Rome of the 28th
of January, the LiberU gives au account of a
violent scene which had taken place between
the Pope and the Syrian Patriarch of Babylon,
and which has caused a great sensation here.
It appears that on the occasion of a discussion
of the second schema which treats specially of
the prerogatives of the Bishops, the Patriarch
delivered a speech in reply to those of several
• of the lllraniontane Prelates whose views were
entirely opposed to the liberties of the,
Oriental Churches, and which the Patriarch
before he left for Rome had taken a solemn
..eatb-todefend,--10. this -speech —he reminded"
the members of the Council of the obligation
he lied assumed, but said: "As to . you, my
Lords, (Messeigneurs,) you can do .as you
please, but we Orientals reserve all our rights,
which, moreover, have been recognized by the
Council of Florence." The Pope, irritated,
sent for the Patriarch, and the venerable
prelate immediately repaired to the
Vatican, where he was introduced •to
his Holiness by M. Valerga, "the
Patriarch of Jerusalem. . 1 give
the account of the scene which followed in
the words of the correspondent of the Liberti.
The Pontiff was very pale, and appeared
greatly agitated. A paper lay before him ; it
MIA an act by which the Patriarch renounced
all his rights and exchanged his privileges far
the han&uffs of the prelates of the Latin rite.
Sign that paper," said Pius IX. to him in a
tone of command. The Patriarch, all in a
treinble„respectfully asked for explanations.
His Holiness gave them to hirn,and presented
a pen to him. ' I cannot sign an act of this
kind," replied the Patriarch. The Pope was
then seized with one of those violent fits of
passion which are frequent with him. He
struck his hand on the table, broke the pen
\Oita' he held in it, and declared to the Patri
arch that he should not leave without signing.
It was a sort of trap. The Patriarch agitated
to the last degree, endeavored to tranquilize
his Holiness, and spoke to him of the oath he
had taken before leaving his diocese,
and of
the impossibility of his breaking it. All was
useless. Pius IX only exhibited more irri-
tatioa, pretended that the oath was a nullity,
and again ordered the Patriarch to sign.
Finally, after an hour's unceasing struggle,
and after . His Holiness had broken three pens
on his desk, the Patriarch, more dead than
alive, submitted, and was permitted to
leave the Pontifical Cabinet. A few
minutes afterwards he complained with
tears in hia eyes to his colleagues, of the un
becoming treatment to which the Pope had
just subjected him." " Was over much a scene
enacted, adds the correspondent. Yon will
see, if this state of things continues, that Plus
IX. will order the Bishops of the Left to vote
infallibility with the Right, and that in ease
of hesitation he will shut them up in the
Castle of. fiaint Angelo Babylon," If our
American Bishops attempt to confirm by their
votes such despotism as this, they .will meet
with anything but a welcome reception when
they return to their diocese.'
Inialtildlity and its Opponents. -
A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazetto,
writing from Reetue' under d',de of Jan. 31,
811.V:4 :
" Yesterday Ins holiness Pius IX:. caused to
FRANCE.
be returned to their Eminences Cardinals
Rauseher and achwareenherg the addresses
against his persona! infallibility, bearing the
signatures of BishoptCwho are spiritual pas
tors over eighty millions of Catholics, which
bad been forwarded to him as the oommon
father of the Catholic oprntnunity. The act is
something more than grave; it is, Ithink, de
eisive. The Pope might have given an angry,'
and intemperate, and even an unbecoming re
ply ; but to take the respectful expression of
opinion on a matter especially organic to the
faith from one hundred and thirty, if not
more, Bishops in this ill-mannered
and indecent manner, as if it were an expres
sion of impertinent and, presumptuous inter
ference, is a piece of Papal self-inflation that
has no precedent. The addresses were sent
hack without comment or communication,
just as one might fling out of the window an
insolent begging letter. I suppose now there
will be an end to the fond notion with which
some have been comforting themselves, that
there was a change in the direction of milder
counsels and less extreme resolutions. This
contemptuous rejection of representations
from prelates who are quite the first in hier
archical rank is rendered all the more marked
that it was not a deed of momentary impulse.
The addresses were returned by the Pontiff af
ter several days' reflection. The matter of
importance to observe is that this act on
his part is a distinct declaration that the whole
notion of compromise has been,
as I always
thought, a mere feint. If there_ bad been any
real thought of seeking some half term which
could have been accepted—what such a term
could be it Is not easy to see—if any such
thought bad been seriously entertained by
men uncomfortably affected with apprehension
at the situation, the Pope never would have
been urged to take so offensive a step as he
has done. It must remove the film that has
been hanging Over some eyes, and dispel, I
should hope, any anticipation that thestruggle
will not have to be fought out to the bitter
end. The Bishops, therefore, bad better gird
up their loins, for the Jesuits—and they are
the Pope—Will not spare them aught."
Condemnation of Fen'anima.
It has been for some time a matter of dis
pute in Ireland whether the Pope's recent
condemnation - of secret societies was intended
to include the Fenian Brotherhood. The fol
lowing decree, dated Rome, Jan. 12, - sets the
question at rest:,
As it may be doubted by many whether the
Society of Fenian is included and denounced
among the societies condemned in the Pond
ticial Constitutions, our most Holy Father,
Pins IX., having first taken the opinions
of the eminent Cardinals, the In
quisitors-General appointed to guard against
heretical perversity in the universal Christian
Republiii, lest the hearts of the faithful, par
ticularly.the simple, should be perverted to
the imminent danger of their souls, and ad
hering to the decrees of the congregation of
the General Inquisition issued in like circum
stances, especially the • decree of July 5,1865,
has decreed and declared that the American
or Irish society called Fenian is comprised
among the societies forbidden and con
demned in the Constitutions of the Su
preme Pontiff • and in particular by
that lately issued by his Holiness, dated Oct.
29, 1869, beginning of•Apostoliee Sedis", in
paragraph 4 of which are declared, liable to
sentence of excommunication, to be removed
only by the Pope, "There sects called Free
masons, Carbonari, or any other kinds of
sects which either openly or privately plot
against the Church or legitimately constituted
authorities, together with those who in any
way favor the same, as also their secret heads
or leaders, so long as they shall not have clq ,
flounced them.' He Lag, therefore, com
manded this answer to be given to 'certain
Bishops who have asked the question. •
D. ANGELO ARGENT!,
Notary of the Holy Roman Inquisition.
•
THE NAPOLEON DYNAETT.
Opinions of the French Bishops.
" The French Bishops," says a Roman cor
respondent, "have one, and all ceased to at
tend the Tuesday receptions at the French
embassy. The reasons for this defection • arc
twofold—the first being the half-nndre.s.s of
theladies, and the second the light manner in
which the staff of the einbay speaks of the
dogma of infallibility. The French bishops
are now seen only in Rowan saloons, and
chiefly in those of Prince Dla iuii. Generally
they exprem, in private. little confidence in
.the continuance of the Bonaparte dynasty."
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN NEVI YORK
A Jealous Husband shouts his Wife..-
Arrest el. the Murderer.
The Tribune says :
'ln the Spring of 1861, Thomas Sheridan,. a
well-to-do pickle manufacturer enlisted in
the Seventy-ninth Regiment and went to the
war. He left behind him in this city his wife
Margaret and four children. He served well
with that gallant regiment,' and participated
in all the engagements in which it took part.
.1 11 11cle SP.thlg 9f18.04, 94 the PxPi.ratiori.of.tbe
tern" of service of the regiment, Sheridan re
turned with it to this city.
On reaching home, he was received rather
coldly by his wife, and subsequently learned
that during his absence she had been crimi
nally intimate with other men, and to one of
whom she bore a child. Enraged at this state
of affairs, Sheridan again enlisted, and served
in the army until the close of the war. He re
turned home in the summer of 1865, and found
that his wife continued her dissolute course.
In his absence, by the death of a relative,
she had fallen heir to a farm near Yonkers,
and some other property, amounting to about
520,000. The woman professed to be sorry for
her past course, and it was agreed between
them to move to the farm and to forget the
past. In a few months the wife became as bad
as before, and Sheridan left her and went
West. He returned a few weeks ago
and boarded with his sister 'at No. 404 First
avenue, corner of Twenty-fourth street. The
children were living with their mother, who
had in the meantime sold the farm, and was
living'in the premises N 0.517 West Forty-first
street, occupying two rooms, very plainly fur
nished. Sheridan found that his wge was
living with one Michael Powers, a earthman,
aud,to whom she bore another child. This led
to quarrels between them whenever Sheridan
called, ann he says that on more than one oc
casion Powers had tareateued him with vio
ence.
Last evening Sheridan called on an ac
quaintance named James Healey, proprietor
of a saloon at Twenty-sixth street and Ninth
avenue, and took tea with him. Just before
leaving be borrowed from Healey . a five
barreled revolver, without saying for what
purpose he wished it. He then went to the
residence of his wife, and found her and
Powers in the front room of the suite occu
pied by them. On entering, his wife demanded
to know what business he ' had there,
and told him he had better go home;
he was not wanted there. Harsh words
passed between them, and the
woman picked up a missile Of' some descrip
tion from behind the stove to throw at him.
Powers also rose from his chair, as Sheridan
believed with the intention of attacking him.
Sheridan at once produced the pistol,' aimed
at his wife, and fired, The ball entered at the
chin and passed out behind the right ear. A
.second shot entered the right cheek, and pass
ingupward, is supposed .to have lodged in the
brain. The woman fell backward, and died
almost without a struggle. • • '
Powers, Who had at first stood almost para
lyzed,' then seized Sheridan,and after a despe
rate , struggle, disarmed him, The noise 01'014
fpflitoLoalled to the scene the other (wastes of
F. L. n=IUMN• PA;
P4lols . Tfifter4QPitt,: ; :',.' . .:
the house. One of them - was sent by Powilrft .
in (wester a polioeman. Patrolman Halliday
soon resnonded to the call and, took Sheridan
to the West Thirty-ilfth Street Polies SWAM%
where lie was locked up to await the action of
the Coroner.
Sheridan is a very intelligent Man, and dos*
versed freely about the affalr. He said heft*
Justified in what he had done, and only re;
gretted that he bad not also killed Powers.
whom he characterized as a low ruffian and
bully, The woman was a native of Ireland;
aged 31 years. She was married to Shark
dan sixteen years ago, when only 15 yeara
of age, and up to the time of his en
listing in 1861, they hail lived happily
together. Apparently she bad squandered
tno most of the property left her by her
relative, as the house in which she was living
with Powers is a mean-looking wooden Mea l
ment, in a low neighborhood, and their apart
ments were, as has been stated, meanly fur
nished. Sheridan and his wife were never di
vareed. He states that he has on many mica.
sions endeavored to induce her to abandon her
evil practices and to live happily with him foe
the sake of their children, but of late she has
repulsed his overtures, as he believed, allies
instigation of Powers.
awsnum.
Esfahan Opera at the Aeede
—The Marriage of Figaro' was repeated by
the Parepa,Rosa Company at the -Adaderny
of Music last evening in the presence of, an
immense crowd. The performance was, in
all respects, first-rate, and the utmost annual-
RAM was manifeeted by the audience.
Madame Rosa, Wm Horse° and Mrs. Seguin
sang the delicious music of their parts with
charming grace and spirit, and Mr. Campbell,
despite his recent indisposition, acquitted
himself handsomely. The chorus was g- ood;
as usual, and the orchestra, under the direc
tion of Mr. Carl Rosa, played superbly, _We
hope the management will conclude to pre
sent this opera on Saturday evening. The de
mand for seats yesterday was much, greater
than the supply, and many persons whci flee
sired to attend were unable to do so. If the
opera is repeated there will be another
crowded house, and the company will close.
the brief season in a blaze 7 of glory. TWO
evening Mr. William Castle will have a Ikeue r
lit in if Trovatore. A large attendance is al
ready assured. Der Froschutz will be given
to-morrow night, and for Saturday afternoon
Min'tha is announced.
The Parlor Coneerte. •
—We have received the following com
munication:
RaILADELPHIA ' - Feb. 16, 1870. — Messrs.
Editprs Cannot forbear public expression
of the pleasure derived by me from attendance
at the fourth Parlor Concert given in Nata
torium Hall on Saturday evening list. Ow
musical circles cannot be fully inforined of the
quality of these entertainments, or the abilitY
and energy of the accomplished, lady who
directs them would soon be rewarded - by a
larger room for them. Leaving details to musi
cal critics, I would mention as particularly
pleasing, the Capriccio of Mendelsiohn, as
given by the 'lien_ ,o and the Violoncello solo
of Goltermann by Mr. Hennig. The Beethoven
Quartette charmed all even more than before';
but why not place such a composition; 'which
compels the closest attention, at an early
stage in the programme, when the mind, is
better prepared to follow its delightful intricar
cies? In-fact, two hours ands quarter is too
long for any concert, especially if eithet
tirely instrumental or vocal__; and we would
take this elirt•tunity ofchwpgitivtilloglimrti
kit hilon io the general &Aro 0 her audietiCiiii
for one or two songs in each of the future con-
certs. Particularly is this important where se
many are only beginners in the hearing and ap
preciation of classical music, Mr. Guhlentann
played the violin solo of his master, David,
with even more than his usual delicacy and
fine feeling—and while this performance
showed him as master of his own power, the
whole concert gave ample evidence of hI
ability to lead, not only a quartette, but an
orchestra. P.
- The Amphlea Club.
On last Saturday evening the Amphiott
Club, an organization that devotes two- even
ings of each week to music, gave.their first
Promenade Concert in the, Foyer of the
Academy of Music. The concert was well
attended, and the well-selected programme
was thoroughly enjoyed. Among the mem
bers of the Amphion there are some gentle-
men of decided merit, as vocalists, and the
choruses were strong aild well sung. " Where
would I be" and " The Mill Wheel" were
favored with encores. To the latter,sung per
fectly by the Junger Ilannerchor, tolerable
justice was done. In that chorus particularly,
as well as iu Mendelssobn's " Vintage Song,"
we noticed that there had been a lack of re
hearsal by all the singers that appeared on the
stage. Choruses, to be sung well, ought to be
thoroughly rehearsed by every singer, and we
feel sure, were the Amphion Club to permit
only such members to sing as had attended
each rehearsal, the concerts would prove, as
far as the vocal part of the programmes is con
-cerned, as -enjoyable as those given by other
singing societies, not, oven excepting the
Junger Mannerchor.
English Ainatetir Opera:
—Sullivan's pretty operetta, The Contraban
was presented at the Amateurs' Drawing
Room last night, by the company that has ap
pearettupon the same stage several times al
ready this season. The light anti pleasing
Music was given in a very creditable manner
by all the participants, the high honors, of
course, being carried or by Mad. Josephine
Sehimpf and Mr. George Bishop. In a per
formance of this kind, we do not look for any
thing approaching perfection, and we are
ready to pardon any faults of vocalism, or de
ficiencies in the acting. But the entertain
ment possessed a great deal of merit, and was
a sensible improvement upon those that have
preceded it.
Tiedeautnia , s ofueert.
Mr. Fred Tiedemann's second concert for
the benefit of the German Hospital, will be
given this evening at the German Theatre,
Franklin and Coates streets. Mr. Tiedemann
will be assisted by Mrs. Remington Fairlamb,
Mr. Max Tiedemann, Mr. Emil Gnats!, Mr.
Joseph Jacob, Mr. J. F. Himinelsbach, Mr.
L. Braehet, Mr. E. Wolsieffer, and the Har
mony Musical Society. A fine programme
has been prepared for the occasion.
Hiss Faustian Hasse Hodges. ,
It is the intention of Miss Faustina Efasse .
Hodges to take up her residence in Philadel
phia. Miss Hodges' name is not strange:4o •
us—both from the wide-spread influence her
distinguished father had gained in the nausiaill
world, and also from her own compesdtiona,
both vocal and instrumental, which have boon
some years before the public. Her sour .t
" Dreams," with others less marked ' , lump
gained her favorable notice both **ugh
and Americap Reviews. Miss H lam
:
made the Piano-forte and the ' .volee er par;
titular studies, and is most careful inlaying*
good foundation in instrumental music and la
bringing . out the voice. Her talent for 'the
organ is inherited, and-we could, wish she bad
a good field for work and progress in church
tausic. She is particularly able to teach ,bOys
and to instruct a school in the 'rudirnerdb gof
sound 'church music.
" Sir," sidd, a veteran disciple of Twat
,
inauy, in a recent grog,-atop discussion.,
would have you know that I have voted tkele
twenty-seven years, and always the regular
Democratic ticket t". " The 1— you haver
was the contemptuous response; " well; . IPre
voted - that'.serne ticket twenty•seven tinsel
nt one elaction.'! The otd togy knocked tupdat
•is t.r. et.%
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