New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-25

sor,e eet<ssa FROM ne s""o''s Va"
-.o.aeted small theater for the pupils
sAs vent TO the classes oil mo Consef Vs""ei
- ,hs,oe 70 the Gymnsse where she had IN
-~.,.s,,ent for three years q, 1900 france year.
yIsre she tool again the name Of Rachel, and made
A., aehut in piece written for her, in which, notwth'
x.,a;n, full attendance of lsraeGtes in the ohesp
=. rs nj The house and apassDg recognition OF her
..,o;.nO talent by Frederic Souie and Jules Jann,
~ h.d but Indifferent The play was with
S,.vp after a few nights, and abe was Obliged to III
.o,ueotsnt parts in the vand>yies and Light come
Dies. which were the specially OF the Gymnase.
To be thus kept in the third fourth rank, oa Of al
,anh in fine must have been the gall OF bitterness 70
NJ future "oueen" not only "of tragedy" but queen
- ,hs Theatre Franz ais The 18th Of June, 1855, she
made her first appearance this lsst named Stage az
camille in the Horaces. Her talent wss instantly ac
kncvledged and warmly praised by Jues Jshh ana
~ther critics. But the town was out OF town, ana
q, The frs, few nights of her engagement che played
A. almost empty houses or rather to empty boxes for
sha chosen people came in jealous aid Of her 10 the
M ana galleries The third night the receipts were
hot s6o and on the fourteenth night amounted only 10
1l25, that was the beginning of September but the
9Th night after, in the same psr she brought si%'
and again in the same part on the 9Th OF OCTOBER
- ,225 10 the house. The last time she appeared on
shat stage was in March, 1855. The SUN OF receipts
attained for this theater by her sctns, from 1888 TO
1885, amounts TO 1894 23 rancs But during TINS Pc
nod IL ia 70 be remembered she played ofener else
where than at the Theaer Francois. During the
yearly vacation accorded to her by her contract of
engagement she was capable of extraordinary fatigue
Shsrply spuned by the love of gain, she gave no less
man "a performances in less than 90 days during her
scuee in the Summer of 1879, at 81 different towns
To maAe such an expedition possible, she had large
6gence which held if it did not accommodate, herself
and all her roupe-kngs and queens and ancient heroes
and modern lords and ladies' with their crowns robes
ssepters etc.. were all contained in and piled and
hhched upon this diligence. 1t was carried by rail
when railroad served, and drawn by horses when
Steam was lacking, the true motive force residing IN
she passionate will of the great actress.
Grasping 10 excess she s said to have been in
money matters, she certainly not avarcious as she
has been represented. To all the members Of her own
family she generous in the extreme and excepting
passing gusts Of passion to be attributed TO her eX
sessivey temperament rather than TO any bad
ness Of heart there is 10 doubt that she per-
formed faithfully and lovingly all the duties of daughter
sster and mother. Fast she rose in fortune she
drew her family after her. Though she is said to have
accumulated by her professional labors more than
francs she thought less of herself than Of her
two sons.
II would not be worth while here to repeat any
Semaiks upon Rachels acting; for saying anything
new on that point, it is impossible. On the French
stage she has successor-whch that the
s'sssic DRAMA the tragedies of Cornle and Racine are
Rey to disappear with her. There is who can
pose as an ancient Greek or Roman dame
saatuesquely as she. In modern live, painting drama
here are, no doubt, her equals in Paris to-day and
Bstor in the expression Of every passion but hate, s
her superior.
But, considering her origin aud early association,
Hacheps life of the stage is perhrps remarkable
Than any of her performances before the footights
While she was yet girl, almost child, she
seived and courted in the truly best society Of
Paris; and never either then before titled danes and
high church dgnitares later in presence of roy
ally, did she appear otherwise than in her natural
place, modest graceful dignity never iOrsook her,
was there any of the nervous agitation which en-
barrassed, and sometimes almost cOnvused her at a
" first performance throughout her long theatrical
career. Among her feDowactors, she was often impe
nous and unreasonable yet of them could quarrel
with her her face unless she chose. She had not
r,anv real friends but whenever she chose the witch
egy Of her attractions was irresistible. Although her
education was defective, aud her literary tastes but
little cultivated by study, her letters are often admra-
bly, turned and her conversation wGs charming to men
Of judgment well as to men Of wit. This was due
not only TO her own quckness and bancy Of repartee,
but TO a singular business, wisdom and breadth Of
understanding which she knew how to exhibit.
AThe fatal malady of which she died contracted
n this country during hervsit to Boston in the Autumn
Of 1855. 1t was greatly aggravated at Philadelphia,
where she played a single night in cold theatre, the
performance being followed by q violent pneumonia
attack. Her last appearance on the stage was at
Charleston, s. c., where she played Adricnne LecOa-
sreur. lady in the audience, on that occasion, wrote
che next day 10 friend in this city, that Rachel would
pever act again. prophecy but too exactly fulfilled.
She died tenacious adherent of the Jewish religion,
though 1t has often been reported that she had been
bApsised into the Roman Catholic Church. A rabbi
from Toulon attended her death bed and she ws 10 be
buried in the Hebrew Cemetery at Paris.
FIELD MARSHAL RADETzKY.
Au.r. IN. Ere" h The L Wsn Ts
Wellington, and placing him similar national Pc
Sesta pay the highest tribute to the departed sol
der that EDglishmen can pay to foreigner Townte
Che life Of the late Field Marshal would be no less
task than 10 write a history Of Europe for the last
seventy years. The present sketch must necessarily
only be an outline, with the figure OF Radctzky in the
Jbvegroupd.
Rsdetzky entered the Austrian Army as Cornet in
the I'd Cuirassiers, under Gen. Caramella, az far
back 1884. lie was gazetted lieutenant in l7S7,
but his active military career did not commence till
l7eS. Austria was at war with Turkey and Lieut..
Radetxky rst distinguished himself at the siege of
Belgrade which was entered by the Austrians on the
9Th Of October-the faubourgs having been taken by
storm on the 3Oth Of September l7S.
Europe was on the eve of great events. The
French Revolution Of 1889 broke out which led 10
that great conflict in Europe, the scene of 80 much
Ssoodshed and glory, upon which the curtain fell at
In D.l.a