The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-26

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appeared and made In substance tn. following
LADIES AND GxrIzxES-The American Museum v~,,, !
U, sss 20 nsns ios week IN order TO s.ns
rehe arsas which have In active prog ess for nooh
NY own personal connsction With the Museum, its sol
avail myself the circumstance to expla why hat
prie,o,sh;p was ever interrupted Never did fee
1865. Three months later Yves 80 Co. svwemoe'
that !et certain Of nothing .'e emosrrasse
everything combination Of singular efforts and cir
cnmstances tempted me TO put implicit faith In cerla
papers which ultimately broke me down After ne srl,
I'VE years o. hard struggle to keep head above
py 70 announce that Ihave waded ashore Every clol
which have any knowledge been provided
rercs ater me troubles and urmols have expe
should feel no desire 70 engage In the excite
menus o. business; but man like myself less than afy
years OF sge, and enjoying robust health ia scarcely
nsa OF. s Sns ss
70 wear out than rust out" Besides II a man of active
Ss opt To- ss into mischief
necessity Of my nature, here once more in the Mu
r% = ana among those with whom have been 80 long
welcome and hence feel some claim TO your indulgence
while briefly allude to the means Of my deive
place that am somewhat indebted to the forbearance
OF generous creditors9 In the next place permit me 70
and exertions vastly aided my reecue When my day Of
.oirow came first paid or secured every debt owed OF
up all Of my property that remained towards nqudaing
my CLOCK debts lpaced it in the hands OF trustees
and receivers for the benefit of all the "clock,
creditors But, at the forced sales OF my Connecticut real
estate there was purchaser behind the Of whom
the world had little knowledge In the day OF my pros
including the lease of this Museum buildings lease then
hayipg about twenty-five years to rum and enhanced in
value to more than double its original worth sold the
Museum collection TO Messrs. Greenwood Butler sub
ect TO my wes separate interest the lease and she
has received more than eighty thousand dollars over
and above the paid TO the owners Of the
to prsa,e Of ssh apg this amo1n,
regard to and he savings nT Strictly belongs %e
Ing to my whsl were devoted o buying in ,por-
Purchasing o'clock notes. bearing my enos-. anne
The Christian name OF my wife is Charity may well
81 Su. S% a
nothing" But ladies' and gentlemen, while Charity thus
abored in my behalf, Faith and Hope were mot idle
have been anything bu. indolent during the last four
years Driven from pillar to post and annoyed beyond
description by all sorts Of legal claims and wri, WAS
Of clocks down by night My head was ever whlz,
zirg with dsocated coswhees and broken mainsprngs
and everything pressing on me like dead weight In
this state Of affairs felt that of use on this side
sS ns 70
furvey pulled the wires Of several exhibitions, among
which that Of Tom Thumb may be mentioned for exam:
spcculations in Great Britain Germany and Holland
These enterprises together with the net profits Of my
public lectures enabled me 70 remit large sums to CONT
dental agents for the purchase Of my obligations. In
this manner quietly extngushed little by little, every
There one other point on which wish to say few
words Many people have wondered that man con-
enbsrrase me nts ike mine and not few have declared
" short metre that "Barnum was fool can only re-
ply that never made pretensions to the sharpness OF
ker and hope shall 90 entirely lose
fdence In human nature as to consider every man Q
scamp by instinct, or rogue by necessity at better
says Lord Bacon and agree with him. Experience Ia
said to be hard schoolmaster but should be sorry
forth fruits Of some value needed the discipline that
s ss a isi has given E. me- and really feel
deed, may mention PEASANT that the very clock
factory which built in Bridgeport, for the purpose Of
bringing one hundred wokmen to that city, has been
purchased and quadruped in size by the Wheeler VIII
son Sewing Machine Company, and is now filed with in:
two thousand TO The population, and who are doing
great work in building up and Seautyog nss aSasshg
seems destined most important agen. towards my
recupeIaton In conclusion, beg 70 assure you
health and strength spared me will be to cater
for you and their healthy amusement and instruction
/ have established connections In Europe which will
enable me to produce here succession Of interesting
novelties inaccessible. Although sha be per-
sonay present much Of the tme and nope to meet many
Of my old acquantances as well as form many Ones
sure you will be glad to learn that have resecured
the services Of one OF the late and ne acvs
he modest gentleman, who would be the last to praise
himself allow to add that he one to whose success
the crowds that have often ned this building may we'll
bear testimony But than this he is the unobtrusve
much Of my present position Of selfoongratulation.
Mr. Greenwood will hereafter act as assistant mana
detail will simply say that the additions to the atrac-
tons Of the Museum will be constant and nu nervous:
Without alternating any portion Of our prssep, talented
cude moreover among it's additions, the names OF your
old favorites, Miss Emily Mestayer and Mr. G W. Clarke
The recess Of week will be devoted 10 the final re;
bearsals Of Mr. Dion Bourcicauit's popular moral
Scotch drama, "Jeanie Deans, or the Heart Of Md
Lothian" which will be produced with all the ap.
proprate music, new scenery. &C., Miss Mestayer and
MRS Pryor sustaining the characters recently repre-
sented BY Agnes Robertson and Laura Keene. Indeed
regime involves the engagement OF double dra
matte company in order that the OF the lecture
may be equally strong and interesting on each week
day afternoon and evening ] have abandoned er the
prese all idea of changing the locality OF the museum,
for various substantial reasors On Saturday afternoon
reopen this establishment with bill Of attractions which
trust will prove worthy OF universal admiration, and
calculated 10 the APPRECIATION Of n lovers Of chaste
and innocent recreaoDs Until that evenrl day, ladies'
and gentlemen, bid you oil an affectiopate adieu
The Opera fuyore at Washington has been fully de.
scIibed in the HERALD correspondence during the past
week. Since PATHS debut have heard Of no fights in
Congress. To night the company appears a Baltimore,
Pa, and Brgno in the "Purtani" The provincial cam
pain will terminate IN Philadelphia on the 6n April, ana
the artists will sing at the Academy on the 9th April
| 1t is positively stated that the Maretzek season Of
the Winter Garden will open on the 9th April. Fabbr
will sing the fist night probably in "Ernan" The new
tenor, Erran, will make his debut the night
Madame Gssser, who has had another triumph at the
Havana engaged with her husband in London and they
go pext month, after playing farewell engagement
with Maretzek Madame CASTER srecognzed here as one
Of the very hnest artists Of her school in the world.
The Of the city theatres for the week has not
been remarkably good The single novelty in the Broad
way houses was Mrs. Batemans "Evangeline," with
Miss Kate Bateman the heroine. The play and the
astone have been favoraby received but have created
no great sensaton. The Winter Garden semens has
received many encomums for the mounting Of the play,
which is superb.
c.-.h eornaxt az iia Philharmonic Society took