New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-10

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ness betg absolniely charming from IL. Iatensiiy.
Ia western payer wo rad 10 daJ Tho following
Characteristic notice of Haohefs debut.
"Rnohrla debut took place Last evening gross nett
ai1 iLosssla d0lIsfs.'
What peerio bfeyiy For ID. gfn,iac alton VI the
sgurniiyc endsnces Of cur We.crn ootenporsfy, and
TINT Of ,hosc Interested Ia the pocunisry A~poct Of
i ~ IL general No may rscntion thnt the e innate
Of Apns,asn and - rome Of the keene.tcyed Of her
| ooupttyvomen in New York, BE- not exaggerated by
uilijp Ran fancy the Adricn,e robes aioHe tsu OF
which though similar 10 those In which he aPpesTsin
the character in Paris were purchased new ior Nd
Rachels visit to this country are worth 5000 or
81 600 robe.
The RACHEL DIAMONDS
We know were valued by General Lloyd, the Judge OF
precious stones at The London Exhibition, and one OF
The tes. lapidists in Europe, at ssi3soo This daz
zpg array blending Asiatic sPlendor Nth European
elegance throws when she enters as Adrenne, such
luser over the stage that you almost fancy you see
OIL Of the heroines clad in precious stones, who are
pictured around the Court Of Solomon But TAR De-
yond the Jewels that geam round crowns and courts
are thos diamonds Of Raches for they are every one
homage Offered TO genius and the admiration OF them
is ssnetfed by identify ing the spendor OF the stones
without with the splendor Of the intellect within NO
uossbe greater proof be afforded o. the electricity
which Rachel personality exercises upon the mind than
the fact that her roy oil sets Of diamonds AMI Oh bf-
unts are with all thArpower Of splendor, not powerful
enough to detraet from attention so much concea'
,ra,ed upon tie lights and shadows OF he. coune-
nance that the attractions OF her ornaments oaiy
strike Us as aterihought. Still was 1t full OF strange
interest TO US as We looked that pearl and diamond
bracelet those brooehrubieS and earrings OF diamond,
AID the pearls which she on her urban IN the Sec
end act Of AdrienDe to think that they were esened
TO her by one of the most ssintei women who ever
besued the earth, the widow Of Louis Philippe, the
pious snG good Queen Amelis. In the ne9hooTnood
around Clermont she may now be seen going about
with one OF two Sisters of Charity doug goo' oy
stealth and she passes mar may be seen 10 turn
and send after her that hottest Of blessings the prayer
of tho poor Ii speaks the no5est answer to the lying
| canards which small ours ba after Rachel like all
Others who are great that she has retained through
life the love and regard of this model Queen hat she
il enc of the few friends with whom in her exile she
corresponds and that Rsches last act before leavlf
England was to visit her fallen mistress to whom in
ter sorrow she pays deeper homage than IA her
royal hour.
Agaiu the little spsrk king bandeau Of diamonds which
she wore on her lead in the same acts not repets
with tenfod attractions when it carries the virtue OF
being the Gift of the City of Marseies whose busl'
nes,.like citizens with the enthusiasm which belongs
to the cultivated merchant, left their ledgers and
counting houses TO do homageior time to true genus
and presented to her this garland of admiration, when
az the ginf people higher even than the gut OIL the
| Queen Tie two bracelets in diamonds ana iuoies
which she wears in the same act were preseh'ed 10
ler on the stage OF the Theatre Francois at ST. 20
tsrsbmg BY tie Russian people, who not sausuea WIN
paving munifcenty for intellectual value received,
cave her this additional mark OF their appreciation Oh
her perius Others OF her ornaments In the second
act, a diamond pin representing the French eagle,
diamond ring and remark able bracelet, were pre-
sented by the present Emperor OF the French, VINO
tboueb she has never coIed mIerial favor, has tho
same admiration OF Raches genius that bis uncle had
of Tamss. In the third act we at recognized 10
the col or o pe ars and The bracelet serpent enaueed IN
black ans set with diamords the presents Of England
Queer. Victoria generous sympathy with gen a. and
womsnly love of find delicate EXPIRE on IL side Ia
bracelet. where with fascinating simplicity the Queen
of one empire recognizes the sisterhOod OF the
Queen of another ard all Of difference in their
positon is elicitously harmonzed in the simple In
| soripton: Victoria Il Rachel" The diamond ear
rings ere present from the Queen of Saxouy and the
| collier LOuis Ky in diamond on velvet, and the two
corresponding bracelets, presents from Me King OF
Prussia on the occasion of her performing at Pots
| DAM AL these she wears III TIE third at, beside
the bouquet Je cosage and the two epauetes present
ed TO Ler BY the late Emperor Nicholas on her INST per-
formaLce ia an imperial residence at Czatohna. la
the fourth act We saw Eer wear rubs ornament,
which we think was presented to her on her beaeht
night in the St. Petersburg Theater by his gentle
Empress. while the wonderful collier turquoise which
She wore III bracelet, was, as is known 70 many, a
present made TO Ter by the Grand Duchess Helena OF
Russia. after a soiree dramatique in her palace.
Tbese are we think, the most celebrated OF the bril-
liant trophies of her genius. But she has received
from cities, FROM princes and from private individu-
ais of the bghest and nobest minds in every country,
| many other such beauteous embems Of admiration.
There can be no filter embems; there has always
been to US harmony bet Seen the material beauty Of
these gering stones and the spiritual beauty OF wo'
man, when the soul shines through her.
PRICES.
Upon the subject of prices we feel that comment
from us would be hardly fair. We give credit to
Monsieur Folk and bis advisers for being able to feel
the public pulse better than we can, who are not IN
position to tell all its small and often complicated
beatings. The prices are not beyond those charged
in every other country she has visited, but OF course
berg DESTROYS that not Of our readers should miss
an opportunity of seeing genius anu art in their highest
fo.m, We should wish TO see them liked as low as
copsc erations for the toll Of mind and person Mne'
Rachel undeTgoes, and the expense al which sue mas
been to visit the American people ia a way oeoom-
ing her position, will permit. For the rest no sum-
where i, can be afforded, is too much for witnessing
persouaton OF such classic beauty and inspired pas