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fie in its majestic cal raness,.and forward to the Atlantic in
its stormy strength. No wonder they charge so much for
transit over:the Panama Railroad I It is said that as many
he men beings died in the course of its construction, while
working on it, as there are sleepers beneath its rails between
Panama and Aspinwall. Arriving at Aspinwall, I em-
barked on the " Northern Light," and in a few days I
landed at New York, steaming past Cuba and the Bahama
Islands on my way. It was my intention to procure a
theatre and perform in New York immediately, but no
house being vacant, I proceeded at once to Boston, and
securing the Academy of Music there—by the way, one of
the most commodious and most comfortable theatres I have
seen—gave my performance of magic every night for a
month, and then produced " Rob Roy," in a style which
seemed to astonish the natives of New England. Leaving
Boston I paid a flying visit to New Bedford, the home of
the American whale-fishers ; a pretty town of which it may
be truly said that the houses are built of whalebone on
foundations of blubber, cemented with sperm oil. Here I
played at a theatre which is not a theatre ; in other words,
it is a theatre which the New Bedferdites will not call a
theatre. They call it Liberty Hall, though to all intents
and purposes it is a playhouse; but as Liberty Hall they
patronize it.

From New Bedford, I returned to New York, and was
fortunate enough to secure possession for three weeks of
the Winter Garden, the most eligible and one of the most
commodious theatres in the metropolis of the United States.
You will observe that it is called a " garden," not a theatre,
but as they cull within its walls many of the choicest
flowers of British dramatic literature, the name may net be
so inappropriate. My three weeks at the Winter Garden
was even more of a success than any of my previous suc-
cesses since leaving England. It was a "sensation," as
they term it here, which astonished even sensational New
York. Every night before the curtain rose, a board had to
be put out in front, with the words painted on it--" Stan-
ding room only ;" and every night more money was pre-
sented at the doors than my money-takers could take, every
inch of seat-room being already occupied. lam using no
exaggeration but simply stating that which the reports in
all the journals of New York will confirm when I say that,
since the Winter Garden has been built, no such season of
three weeks has been known within its walls.
My desire waste continue in New York, but I had no op.
portunity for doing so. The theatre had been pre-engaged
by Mr. Barney Williams, and at the expiration of my three
weeks I had to vacate. 'lt was very much against the grain
to do so. The tide was with me, and I wished to take it that
it might flow on to fortune. My wish was impotent; there
was no other theatre to which I could or would go, and
therefore I left New York, resolving to return to it again,
and re-appear at the Winter Garden with more wealth of
magic than I have displayed there already. I regretted
leaving for another reason, that being the expected arrival
of the Prince of Wales. I knew how great a reception he
would get from the American people ; I knew that, as the
son of Queen Victoria, he would be received with acclaim
and greeted with enthusiasm ; I knew that it would be an
inspiriting sight to a Scotchman to see the Lord of the Isles,
Baron Renfrew, entertained by the citizens of democratic
New York, and therefore I wished to remain and witness it;
but fate willed it otherwise, and I had to leave for Phila-
delphia, from which city I now write to you. Here, how-
ever, I have had a chance of seeinghis Royal,Highness, and
knowing how interested every one at home must be in the
progress of the heir apparent through these Transatlantic
lands, I am induced to believe that a few hastily-written
lines from one who is on the spot, reporting how the Prince
has been received, may be as useful to you as they may
prove interesting to your readers. At the same time, I
send you cuttings from various American papers, informing
you of more than I have time to write. Possibly the papers
themselves may not fall in your way, and therefore the ex-
tracts I enclose may be of service.
It has been very curious to notice the interest that has
been taken in all the movements of the Prince ever since
he landed en American soil. Even while in Canada, and be-
fore then, when in New Brunswick and Prince Edward's
Island, his daily doings were chronicled in the New York
Herald in the most amusing away. What time he rose,
what he had for breakfast, what sort of pen he wrote with,
which way he brushed his hair, what was the pattern of
his cravat, and what the size of his pocket handkerchief,
how many cigars he smoked, and how many young ladies he
looked at, were all matters of sufficient importance to the
great American public to be transmitted for their delectation
along hundreds of miles of telegraph wire to the office of
the New York Herald. The enterprise of that journal in
all matters relative to the Prince of Wales has been most
surprising. As an illustration of it take the following story
which I believe is entirely true and well known to the press
of New York. The Prince was about to visit Niagara Falls,
and all the New York papers were alike anxious to give an
early report of his visit, descriptive of how he liked the
Falls, how the Falls looked when irradiated by the presence
of royalty, how fast the water rushed on that particular
day, how the Prince enjoyed himself, whether he was wetted
with the spray, whether he whistled the air of Henry Rus-
sell's " Mighty Niagara," or recited to his Grace of New-
castle the verses of Charles Mackay, and other such edi-
fying and mighty informative information. The Times
wanted to be first in its report, so did the Tribune, but the
Herald, with its elephantine might, determined that none
of ites contemporaries should make so much capital of the
Prince as it intended to do itself. Mr. House was at Nia-
gara ready to report proceedings to Mr. James Gordon Ben-
nett, the proprietor of the Herald at New York. The
Prince had not arrived, and there was a chance of the Times
or Tribune getting possession of the wires before the
Herald. In his perplexity, Mr. House flashed along a mes-
sage to Mr. Bennett, asking him what he was to do in
order to keep the wires open. "Telegraph me the Book of
Genesis" was the response. That was done. Still the report
of the Prince was not ready. " What am I to do now ?"
asked Mr. House. " Telegraph the Book of Revelation all
the way through," replied Mr. Bennett; and the clerks
turned to the end of the Bible, and telegraphed accord-
ingly. In the office of the Net& York Herald are the two
Books of Holy Writ as this telegraphed. The first time, I
suppose, that ever a chapter of the Scriptures was sent along
a wire. The telegraphing of the Book of Genesis alone
cost, I believe, 700 dollars.
From this you may judge of the excitement the Prince of
Wales has caused, and the importance which Americans
attach to his visit. No such chronicler has Prince or
Potentate had before since the world began. Xenophon has
done much to immortalize Cyrus, Johnson lives in the
pages of Boswell, and the Prince of Wales, Albert Edward,
is for ever photographed by Jenkins.
No more cordial greeting could her Majesty's son have
experienced had he gone amongst the most aristocratic of
people. Had he visited this country in his princelyposition
instead of simply as Baron Renfrew, he would have been re-
ceived with more show, but, certainly, with not more cor-
diality nor more respectful esteem. Understanding the de-
mocratic character of the population, he has fraternized
amongst them with the utmost bonhemme, preserving
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geniality of deportment without sacrifice to dignity. While
on the prairies, he lived in a cottage, led the life of ayserp sports-
man, man, and laid aside the Prince entirely.
cigar with the engineer. At Washington, he played
ece of the
ten-
pins in a ladies' school with Miss
janeput a cigar
Alleghenies, he took his place on the engine and
President, and on arrivine hero in Philadelphia,played
and at
in his mouth, rambled out in the evening,
to some Germ .
ten-pins again in a ten-pin alley belonging
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pve.r hTehooerule disbea
part of e industrial
There has been a great desire on the gsmookedhisthp
-age. How many thousands of
caught entering his cam
his trip through the States would
hands he has shook during
e but the figures must pile up pretty tall,
Puzzle 141 e to Suess,
My son, John Henry, took
classes hereto
rrince stheit:deerienhiderawia
a 'Yankee would say.a fancy
as
the hand of him who may, some day, be his king,
New York, who betted 10 dollars 'with
and the
of a barman at a public-house called "The
story current rinhimcelwyhegrnei
every
one round the bar that, on the day of the Prince's arrival,
Generals," in.
he would go out on Broadway in his shirt sleeves, stop his
Royal Highness in his carriage, and shake hands with hire.
He did so and won his bet, while the Prince received the
owed the
loudest hurrah for his good nature. With the people gene-
rally, his affability of manner has procured him
troops:of
friends ; and amongst the ladies he has thousands of fair
admirers. At the hotels where he stays sweet •scented
coloured envelopes are daily delivered I'n bushel beikets
and there has been a great deal said
about the probability
of his sel • ectmg an American lady for the future queen
Consort of England. Nothing would better please
Jonathan, democratic though
he be in all his professed
tastes.—Yours, very truly,

JOIN HENRY ANDERSON,
Wizard of the North.

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