New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-17

ser,y kspcS OF H. be reochetted over the horse 10
Tying leap, s. If he hsd sorrd wiree soe ooed no.
L-ip bu; 60. This WIS., hgh st There was Ga
uch t5ers zee between i: 81 TIE orcas.y ssta.ory
s1t ~ o-s e. tie Pas Ciyczs a. between seen; ssd
re .srpsc oreap asteroids Who Tevolve srolnd her
a. t,Wter SlsIk ard Duh N pa'uccs. Next IN
order % s. tie hoe was LED OFT Of The ring aud tue
sprI re-boaId placed on horizontal p,sse. Teen
b. gan somerset. throwing by tie whole troupe. Tee
clurc'l e tbb'y revolved Ore rose IS high as 1--we
successive well execu'ed somersets TIE house Which
contained some 200 sptc'a ore eebced wiz applause
After this the norchslsnt took tse stand HIS 6surs
YES superb, IS he drew hinself Up lor uaomen.
The1 Ia gan Lis gyrGtous. He rose 10 ak somerset.
ard tie spp suse vas great; ard te continued for
q nomeut i; grew grssteT. Rat tie Pa,i.sns, who
had rever seen sr,thing G. Tie kind. Immediately
became ccmpa,siive,y silent with wonder. A. shout
the twenty ffh somerset, ore cd gen''eri1 near
"a (cf course With are6.rbbcr CRED ont e1ctedly-
Monster c'est sssez lest sssoz! Though
euou ID Bat the circus. revolver did not think 30.
BE hep. on ircessanty until he had achieved about
seventy FIVE somessets, end STOPPED and walked swsy
as Il he cou'd DO mary The audience was mute
witt asc .sLment. Each uaa stared st bis neighbor
as If he bad seen something supernatural
In tie course Of the evening moreover,
tie sane marvellous chap mounted loose
swir s-rope, AID performed various feats; for in
stance, irsipgby ore foot, and being hurled lofily
through the ar. 1t is sublime ssd painter to
Us. "Ceniul's Flying Mercury is no: grsnder." And
it was ,ubime. But as the arts are al adIia; the
painter ignores music the musician painting, and the
scholar oil art ard the physical culture which perfecs
eenirs. ard 20 the spopee Of grace, courage, aud
original grandeur Of "she type Of undseaScd man
kind ranks as something apart from education. II
may Be well TO sd that the dying perfect Olym'
pisn in question, was Hiram Fratkin Of Cincinnati
ard lie wss Immediately sent for by the President 10
perform before the Court at fee given to embssss-
dors. We ssked Hiram Frapkho how be learned 10
Ide ard forth so much more atray or desperately
than the Parsians Well, you see, it's very erident
When leerred as 8 boy, there WAS nobody to keep
"me from breaking ms neck il cho'e, but here they
watch re spprentices' Plato could rot have said
II better. Ard il may be remarked that an American
suder ce keeps pace with such advances chaos aud
the dark and is surprised let an American cir
cus,ider OIL vau'ter, or Ayer do what lie please. a
sirele summelset was considered the ultimstum on
horreJafk. An American lad invented double turn
in the air, ard one night broke his neck; but il was
taba N o. a matter of course
In view Of the supremacy Of the American Circus
over games ancient or modern. Il is hardly neces-
ssry 10 say tia. the Broadway Thea.er-Circus Com
pany has clever fellows in their trade. From one
horse to four it makes no odds they tide each alike.
There are ,hcse among them who can execute the
fI al toir 4, torceridirg without saddle or bride,
which to Tie juvenies is splenddy exctiug as it re-
veals 10 esch boy his own possibilities. The bodest
riders las. light Master Frauk, L. Perry, aud
l.at a. best Eaton Store WHO is centsur ia his way
Then ii ofo'hers, perform pg uuser fifteen diherent
tesds, 200 numerous to mention. The Inevitable
clown is there to putty up the Otherwise tfagmsntay
ucrfo,p ance with hip Jokes. clown shows the good
less cf the mmortals. Under the fern OF har
leuuirty he enunciates the g'apdest truths in
morals and philosophy. He tel, US why the miller
oe KIDD through the window-because he cou not sec
through the boards be thinks Miss jenkins asks for q
bowl Of soup when che amply asks for hoop he
keeps pace with the resumption Of specie payments
ard works srce end government into his repositories
With the gorgeous rirg master, Beside thie BIZ bones
aIe made Of Indiarubbcr. Bu., with due difference
10 Den Stone, esq., the clown R. the Broadway who
is Intellectually superior TO the purely old fashioned
Gown, row that letters have multiplied, and
with an admiration for lis manly ard spiritual
art VIC must protest against h's Innovations on
tie O. 6. clown. That immenee institution ectn
'ilated lacoricsIy. Hence the blaze Of his glory
HeIcc bis distinction from the actor With lorg
steeches and fully ciarac eristc evolvemonts.
Herce the mcmorableness Of his sayings; for, as
ny Lord Bacon truly observeth, short sayings
TO a speaker are Ike short robes 20 foot-rscer-
they are necessary to the prize. But Me- Stone Is
rot laconic He Celebrates. He is ChOaty--or, in
other wods, he has too msIy gli'teriLg genersites
lie has, in Jet other words, embsrs3 do richease
This immtnlity of citation on The part Of The clown
probably docs DO 10 the rural districts, where the
theaer does not penetrate but recoe there are sew
ere if net more theaters in this city where wit fair
to middipg can be had without horses. Again: We
protest soenny sgsiost the treatment by the clown OF
hat august persoIsge, the rig master az exhibited
lust beoie the performance of the eIephsn AID the
reduction 20 Obedience Of tho cese1 ns ard tigers by
their keeper We remember the time when VIC
thought the ring master, who kept all the horses and
the riders and the clown in order, only second 10
what General Washington must have been. He-the
ring. master-seeued born to command. He was
dressed Ia mlitaire lie impersoneted modern cbiV-
airy. Ike toe Father of bis tWashinetoD'si County
lie he ring master never smiled stir less did he joks
stu eas. did spy play practical jokes upon him
Il was this native grandeur OF character that seemed
to us TO control Theoretically all around. This aud
the Whip With the twelve foot or thereabouts
lasb which be held in his hand. Now. the Innovations
which we object to land we do not wish to DO under
cod as being 3sanely conservative are, omtog toe
general too democratic treatment Of the honorable
ring meser By tie clown-Fiet: The srreptitiour
seizure Of the ring masters symbol aud mean OF al
,boiity. the Whip by the Gown. Second The tenn
moral agcen6ency Of the clown thereby over the ring
ester Lowering the latter IN public estimation, and
en;rL the rayerenoe for essenlla dIgntY T1ird: