New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-24
CITY ITEMS

| American Snowman as ne loves 70 near himSei
esl4d who furnishes more amusement for quarter OIL
dolar than any other man in America, if, we are
bspnv 10 announce, himsef again. He has diSpoaed Of
The Iss Of thoee yillsnous cock notes, reeotabsbed
Lis credit upon cash basis and once more Gomez
forward 10 cater for the public amusement at the
American Museum. To-day, between the acts OF tne
play, Mr. Banum will appear upon bis own stage, 10
his own costly character Of the Yankee Clockmaser,
for which he qualified himself, with the most reckless
disregard of expense, and will " give brief history
of his adventures as q cockmaker showing how the
COCK ran down, and how ii was wound up shadowing
forth in the came the future Of the Museum" Of
course. Barnum's benefit will be bumper. Next
week the Museum will be closed for renovation and
repsirs and the week after will reopen under the
popular P. T. B. once more.
BowKRY THEATRR-MRs. john c. HEESAs.-Thi
lady who has been of Late tbs subject of more news
paper speculation than commonly as to thu lot OF IN
protected women has been playing an engagement this
week at the Bowery Theater where her appearance
has created an unusua and not unatteriDg aensltion
Though at present captivating the nation as an actress
that is but one Of many vacations Mrs. Heenan has fol-
lowed Her life has'bsen Of exciting adventure, II
we may believe a biography of her now in course o
publication in city paper. She has been at various
times dancer, hunter singer an editor, and an &C
trees but il she possesses talent more prominently
developed than the rest it is perhaps cspsbity for
captivaton, marriage and divorce. Starting in life
with the maiden cognomen Of Campbell abe has since,
nv various marriages, acquired the names McA--,
Knears, Menken, and HeeDau. She speaks French,
Spanish, and English can ride, hunt, shoot, dance,
sing ard act has been taken prisoner by Indiana has
learned the art of war from General Harvey, while the
Benicis Boy has put her up to the manly ar. of sede
fense and the tactics Of the ring, previous to which in
sruction she used to settle her little affairs in off
hand, smiable way with the genuine horsewhip as we
learn from the geographic sketch aforementioned.
She was once elected or appointed to, or in some
vay achieved the honorable title of Captain in
Western militia company, and in her starring engage
ments in PEORIA and other metropolitan cities OF the
great West, she has generally been advertised as
"Captain Adah Isaacs Menken." Since her alliance
with the juvenile Of Benica, the military prefix has
been discarded Ma. Heensn is also poetess and her
illusions have appeared in shese columns-she mating
of poeteEs to prize fghtes is something perhaps
little out of the common order, and must, we suppose
be put into the inermiuable list Of the "Eccentrcites
of Genius"
We need say 10 more of the former career Of the
lady who challenges present consideration to show
the reader that her life has been most interesting
one-our more immediate business ia with her powers
as an actress in which capacity she ia at present win
ming new aurels, and delighting the pscunary sens
biities of the manager of the Old Bowery Theater
She appeared at this house Monday night last, in
the nelo drama of "The French Spy" in which play
she personated three characters, all Of them, IN
fortunately, dumb. We do not consider this 3 very
malicious selection for opening performance for Mrs
Heenan has pleasant voice, and could have used it
with much effect on that occasion. Since that time the
pays she has chosen have mostly been Of the variety
Technically known as PIotean pieces, or those in
which, BY a change of costume, and manner, one per-
son enacts several parts These have given her op
pOrtunity 70 show her Thespian Abilities and to prove
her powers
Mrs. Heenan ia an actress Of versatility. She at
tempts characters demanding qualifications most oppo-
rite to each other and does them all scceptably. In
the more dashg and sPnghy parts abe sometimes rises
to sn unexpected pitch of excellence. Her voice Is
good being musical and under good control, and her
varied accomplishments enable her to undertake aud
accomplish more than ia usually done by actresses per-
forming the same line of business. Altogether, she
has every reason to be pleased and satisfied with the
impres sion she has made on her audiences which is
most agreeable one.
In appearances Mrs. Heenan ia a snowy, handsome
woman, being tall and graceful with face not easily
forgotten Her eyes very dark, her hair glossy
and extraordinarily uxuriant, and she dresses ID in
style peculiar to hersel, and which adds still more to
Der striking appearance.
The engagement of Mrs Heenan Will doubtless
prove fortunate one to herself ard the treasury.
SUEDAY-ScHoOLs AND CRIaE.-A meeting ia an
nounced fer tomorrow evening in the Reformed Dutch
Church, corner of Twenty-rst street and Ffhavenue,
to consider the best means of the extension of Sunday
schools. It is under the auspices of the New-York
sunday-School Union, and specially designed to pro-
mote the objects Of the American Sunday-Schoo Union,
to which it s auxiliary At similar meeting in Lon
don not long since Lord shaftesbury stated as the
result of personal investigation that Of all the adult
male criminals in that city, not trO w hundred had
entered upon course of crime having led an honest
life up the age of twenty and, further, that al
most all who enter into a of crime enter II be
tween the ages of eight and sixteen" number Of
eminent speakers will address the meeting.
FORMATION OF FRENCH REPUBILcAS CLUB
In pursuance of notice published in the French Re-
publican newspaper, LEpoqre, large number Of
prominent French citizens met last Thursday, at the
Republican Headquarters, No. 6lS Broadway, for the
purpose of forming French Republican Club. After
the election of officers the President opened the meet
ing with few preliminary remarks. series of reso-
lutons were then read which, after recapituhiing
the harmony existing between the platform of the
Republican party and the great principles of liberty,
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