The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-13

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INCIDENT IN THE LIFE OF AN AkRICAN COMEDIAN.
Among the many vaitsr. 70 our city nom Al parts Of
our common country who have ps,sed the winter enjoy
csens ons Of the most distinguished the gentlsnaa
whose name place the head OF this article he has
spent N, n: time party g. the g. Louis Hoss and pssu
INDUCING In his favorite amusement Of shooting Oc
casonaly yielding to the desire Of his friends he has
rspres sn,ations Of some Of those characters in which,
on the stages OF both he achieved
SO much fAme and reputation Is comedian
Mr. for the last ten years has seldom besn seen
upon the board and be said to havs resolved his
business into that of amateur than profes-
sional actor. native Of the city Of New York,
he literally educated and originally intended
for the profession Of the a. com%sh a.. s,n ~
and engaged in mercantile sairs frst at Utica and a.
forwards at New York. Remarkably active and entsr-
prsipg, for time successful in business but
eventually becoming unfortunate . merchant, and
having boyhood been esteemed quick disoerper Of
ar Of Sh,ksnsre-hsvinr withai s family To support
and three to educate Mr. Hsckert In 1888 adopted
the stage hs profession and appeared at the Park
theatre in the character of Jus ice Woodcock In the
eca drama Of 'Love in VILLAGE" We need not 60 into
the particulars of his successful and eminent
He had mot long been On actor before he was aSas to
pay off al the debts he owed .. the termination Of his
mercantile life; and In the course OF few years he
quiied moderate Independence started his in the
busy world and since the demise Of his wife some ten
years ago. has gradually withdrawn from the stage
Ii may be amusing to the reader as Introductory TO-
and explanatory OF anecdote have yet to relate, to
know that M HAcketts father was younger brother IN
family of the old Norman nobility which settled in
Holland had been officer in the Life Guards of the
Princecf Orange, had resigned his commission and had
TO America for the benefit of his health. Here he
married and died within three years after his arrival
Mr.. Hackett's mother daughter OF Rev. Abraham
Keteltss, OF Jamaiea Long Island, Presbyterinn cler
gymaD, Of Huguenot descent, who was distinguished
during the Of the American revolution for his talents,
learning wealth, patriotism and pulpit eloqusnce, all
the wing cause and against the tories Of those days
that tried mems souls" Mr. keteltas af or the peace OF
i1ss was elected delegate to frame the OF
Mr.. Hackett is nearly related to OF the fsst and
best old Kpickerbocker familiesthe Boekmans, the L
That our excellent and distinguished friend prides him
self highly than he should any family dts
,iDcion which his by Inheritance appears salts
factory in an interesting incident which gathered
long ago FRI letter written by him to friend New
YORK. and that bave heard him relate and now take
jhe 5nsbity of putting for the first time into print
II shows that gifted counyman prizes American re-
pubcsnsm prouder birth right than hereditary Eu
While guest at . splendid enter tanment given him
years ago in England, whittier he had carried
number of letters of introduction from Of
most oistpg statesmen to various EDghth noble
and wealthy commoners in the course of CONVERSE
top, another guest retired merchant Of eminence,
perhaps somewhat enviOus of the attention shown to
hackett, while he himself notorious for the amb
ton Of hargpg upon the skirts Of the arsocracy thus
sBy the way, Mr. Haekett is what read lately in the
Court Journal respecting yourself, true-thst By the
death, recently at New Orleans, Of the Baron Of Hack
ettstown, Mr. Racket, the American comedian, sue
1T is true" replied Mr.. Hsctest 'th.t my cousin,
Baron Haciett has died lately, leaving no Issue and
that have become of my and genei aon the last
sWhy, then, do you not take up the tites'
'Becaufe, was the reply sit is nov merely an homo
rary Though originally derived from HAckett,
known as one OF the great Norman baroDs who shared
richly with William the First In the conquest Of Eng
land according to the roll At Bstte Abbey and the an
only Tect gnized by having through many centuries,
lastly and belonged to the pserage OF bgons
Hackett shared the msfortunes Of their kinsman
the unhappy Earl Of Desmond their forfeited estates
reverted to the Of England under which they had
been held in cape and the formidable caste of
thoee feudal bsrons, in Ireland, now only mound Of
earth Hence the little Is but the shadow Of departed
digni y, and which could oder no temptation to Q
rstive New Yorker and q republican to parade either
here or there, as an appendage to his name"
'Do yeu place no value then, upon the fact that you
are thus descended, tiiso pursued the EDglishnan.
Though it has been affirmed that 'none were ever
known to depss the pride of ancestry excepting such
allowed here, replied Mr.. Hackett Ito observe that If
deeds Of ckvary done by ones ancestors many
and which gained TOR them ren0Wn aud vast estates
and main aimed their aristocrAtc rank through many
successive and remote ages may, ct this modern time,
found pretension 70 any hereditary honor suppose
may reasonably claim that of having des sended from
ancient and hone raee family" Bat, born was, and
proud to have been under republican insitutions
bave taught myself to regard the son Of the poorest
peasant, the most humble mechanic, my equal in
every respect Of birth and hold that the chief dis
t'nction among my fellow men to which I. any one
have tight to aspire Is that Of achieving just reputA
ton honest and Q we'll bred man, and to b
thy OF sssocating With educated men Of genius and
talent vhersver, throughout the world may chance to
"Ah ayr rejoised the. other, eas nation, you Anne
Iicans have CLAIM upon respect and when certain Of
your en- have here and az foreigners
distinctions have been taken the hand by Of
nobility, they have always been admitted, by courtesy
into the upper classes Of society. But M Hscket
gree derived fr of the Norman barons you might
claim BY right Of direct descent an equality with
The title OF Baron would Tend rather to degrade than
elevate ne, at hornel" replied Hackett.
"Indeed How sos" exclaimed the E glishman with
surprise.
Because, was the immediate response Tin my
try-the United States-I am admitted TO be genle-
society there whereas British baron is only the third
grade of your nobility and ranks, relatively, below
our gentleman whore essential qualification for that
his vccaton for OF Jour poets has truly said
honor and shame from no condition rise,
and quite irrespective OF the accidental posses
SIGN Of high birth. fortune or ancestry. la fact, .
gentleman in America is allowed social parity wi
nations President, the compeer Of your sovereign At
the same time, far manners may make gentleman,
have often remarked, and in candor repeat that
conceive OF better specimens Of courtesy
good breeding and hospitality than have noticed In my
intercourse with some Of your nobility and gentry"
One OF the party. 1t seems ventured TO commend Mr.
Hackete national pride republican principles and logical
ingenuity tut such eveing analogy between the
stutiopal representative Of the sovereign people of the
United States and The British peoples sovereign,
sv6 emily overdose Of democracy for aristocrahc
stomachs. At any rate the conversation dropped
rather abruptly at this particular point.
Personal Intelligence.
ARRIVALS.
From Charleston In steamship Martsn- Capt ghefed,
Capt Beattie; Mrs Bsgey Mrs 6toddard and child
Miller, VIM Caysn Abbott Palmer, " Hori stevens
W Castelar, G Br ady, PrAncis-and 81 IN Storage
From Savannah in steamship Florida-J Wells Weymis
Howard Mrs Stims three children and nurse; Miss
Stne, Mrs McAroy Mrs n Scott Rev d. Stiles w Wood
sw corsin. Easmsn, Fors,h. Reeves, Jack
sen A Jackson Mrs Howe, J Howe Jr Kent, DR. j
Merritt, r. Kent and nurse, Mrs Dsvin Tucker and
90 In steeraSe
DEPARTURES.
For Liverpool in the s,eamshp Atlantc-Mr and Mrs