, 1862-01-22

Inc IH1lQFeA III the ~ O0Qs
The lecture Of Chas. Browne, better known
as tt tArte;nas Ward at Bryan Hall, last even
ing, before the Young Mems Association, was
attended by 4 large audience, in fact one Of
the largest Of the present lecture season, hay
ing been estimated as high as fifteen hundred.
Af. Brown is young man, possibly twenty
seven or twenty eight years Of age, Of medium
height, forid complexion and general per-
soDal appearance that cannot be said to be
handsome, and anything but comical. He
speaks rather indiEtinctly, confines himself
closelg h, f,iS .a4nuscrint and narar arni1as 4a4
his most side=61ftting Jokes. We're it not for
the words Which issue from Lis mouth, one
would naturally take him for minister from
the solemn ind ministerial expression Of his
countcuance.
The style employed in the widely circulated
and, generally popular sketches of Artemas
Ward, the Snowman, could not Of course be
reproduced on the platform, as much Of the
hunor contained in these productions depends
for effect upon the 1inguial peculiarities Of his
words, hence the subject chosen by Mr..
Brown was Mnstzated By series Of quaint,
quizzical and fancifQl anecdotes and squibs
having the fun contained in them sandwiched
between the sentences sr contained in the sub
ject-natter. It would be folly to endeayor to
sketch the effort Of the lecturer, without de-
voting more time and space to it than is at
our command, but one OF two sample bricks
will convey to the reader a fair idea Of what
Artemas calls his "paper house:'
The subject Of the II Children in the Wood''
was only alluded 10 as a kind Of interlude or
thread upon which to string his jokes, "A Euc=
cession Of wlieh, h,-each one more funny and
lauEhable than the one preceding it-formed
Alter paying bis d4or,s to fagt- yo6faae
men, and giving the general adVfee not to
chcck them in anY 1audable forward more
Mcclellan was ready ''hc alluded to iithustr=- iithustrt=
Gus examples of the past and sprtseaa16a
age. The forte of Nj. Russell, M tha
London -1a.aes, lie Saia, WAS 10 lie, Wh6n It
| would befar better for him to:stand !updght.
| Bcnja1nin Frankh lin waaa ta1cnted man, but he
bad not the talent for ~ army contractor,
many ttfdl things, but he had not the fer
| vor Of Imagination that Won1d have made him
| good Washington Correspondent Of New
| York daily paper. The speaker Lit off the af-
1alr Of Bal kun by repeating joke he had
| He said be had been eFedibly informed
TINT TINT disastrous defeat had been occasiohed:
By, the appearance ut critical moment Of an
individual upon the battle field with the infor-
| nation that there we're three vacancies In the
| New York Custom House. This iaaugurated
the stampede, resulting in the defeat OF our
| arMB.
After speaking Of the drama and poetry
cl'aracterizing the producers Of the latter as
terrible fighters In the region Of thought-{A
Home Guards) Mr. Browne pissed to the sub
| jcct Of the war. "John Bull" said the speak
Er-and here be paused as though in deep
| thought, and added, with Irresistible .hnmor,
soto soct, g trust have mentioned the name
Of John Bull with proper respect t.'-.tJohn
! now stuffed his ears NTH Southern cotton and
capnot hear the clank Of the Southern
slave. Let me add-can hear mary clank! =
bpt tFe bare men. money, energy md, can
vention. -ssheze)is a:good deal Of taiE 'aE;ont
the suferings Of the Goddess Of. Liberty,
A1athasdasolate state D. hcrrcalm, butshe Is as
t Sse44s ss$se fatsaa sses ass,> >youn& 3adJ nt ny
ssEllashi q gnhd ma aua the
British Lion, the Latter indteS1aaa safaa1 haa
crossed the ocean twice already to Hhio this
9auIec nation, and on both occasions has re-
turned hoHe with his taii severa1 inches short
er than when he started. The next time be
VIII 60 hence without any taif ct all-and bis
tai, unlike the tales in the ledger, cannot be
In alluding to the Children Of the Wood, ~
the speaker said that the peculiar merit of his
lecture, If 1t might lay claim to any merit, was
The fact that it had to do with 50 many. sub
}eets that had nothing whatever to DO with it.
sion, lie said the particular children he alluded
TO Wcfe good children, well brought up, and
90 far as he knew, entirely respectable. As he
mad said SO little Of them On the present occs.
sion, his hearers might consider that be would
aAude to them in the future, and hence they
| would be continued