New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-12

dictum Of trading eonnoisseurs imperious mode, and
more mperiOus newspaper critics 70 t.l.c..1
He died in harness, kept his business faculties
clear to near the end and, 40 late ~ Saturday was
prOftaby consulted regarding the interests of the
house where be lay dead aud poor ss Lazarus "a
hours after. ..'f t.
The funeral of Rossini which was to have been
celebrated yesterday, is deferred TIL tomorrow, to
give time for the arrival Of various honorary dclega
tons from Italy. He too though poverty stricken
wretch by the side of Rothschild in his agony. died
possessed Of handsome fortune, partly acquired by
his first wife, La Colbrand, famous prlma donna In
her day. who sang in his operas for whom in part no
composed operas, whom he married, and who died,
after not altogether happy married hfe, in 1s45,
when lie straiehtway gave his name to the present
Madame Rossn nee Olympic Pelissier. The hfe
usufruct of his fortune is mainly left To this last
named person. The prime? PAL goes, in the long run,
TO found prizes and other institutions here and in
italy, for the furtherance Of ReOdous musical com
position. He ordered by win that he should DO
buried In Pars and not in Italy where his country
men and the Government would pay him stately
funeral hOnOrs. He is said to have left O con-
siderable mass OF musical compositions, with
which his seeming utter leisure were more oc-
cupied since his last great operate triumph
than was supposed even by his intimate acquant-
ances although he prudently refused to himself
to undertake by anew grand opera TO rnn IN com
petition with his William Tell and risk the shaking
II his fixed reputation by dangerous comparisons,
and 30 the fine gour-apdse 20 which he was notori-
ouIy and ostentatiously addicted OF late years
oppears per contra TO have been no newiy-devel-
oped quality In letter 10 the COlbrand before his
marriage where no is telling her, IN lively critico-
witty style. of the young success of his Barber OF
Seville, he suddenly intermediates tho following;
But will have quite other interest than music,
for yOu, dear Angelica is the discovery have Just
made of a new salad, Of which hasten to send you
the recipe: Take oil Of Provence English mustard,
French vinegar little lemon. pepper and salt; beat
and mix together; then add somo truftles-tIat
you must first cut mp fine. These trufies give the
saucc n kind Of minbls ft to plunge gourmand
into ecstasy The Cardinal Secretary of State, whose
acquaintance hsyo lately made, Oh the strength of
this invention, has given me his Apostolic benedic-
ton But TO return TO my Barber"
An Italian gentleman who dincd with him month
ago assured me there was no such macearoni this
side the Alps and hardly in Naples itself he alto
at Rossnis table. Several OF his excellent recipes
are become common airs from lis Operas-ther
origin AZ little known to tho ungrateful mouths Of
the vulgar. Here is one Of his views" The truf-
le, said Count Gaeinberg to mo one day, Is the
Mozart Of mushrooms and indeed can think of no
other point of comparison with Don Juan than the
truiile; both have This in common. that the exqni
site relish for them grows with habit" Ii il apt
enough TO note here that his apprecations of other
composers when he did not give way 10 his spirit Of
malicious humor were not generally unfair or even
ungenerous BerliO2 TO 10 sure. he was severe upOn
when he remarked after hearing part Of one OF
that masters scientifically harmonious compositions
" Mon Dieu! how badly he would compose if he only
understood music,1 But Rossns very nature
necessarily hostile IN aud panied by the Berliozes
and Wagners.
Patti cried when she heard Of his death and Nilsson
used TO drive out TO Passy 10 get daily news OF the
diving maestro. | am told there has been pretty
quarrel between the two az 10 who shall sing
at the church tomorrow expressive Of their and the
publics sorrow at their old friends demise. When. at
the outset of his final illness Auber told that
some alarm was felt for the issue he said: yes ID
will 20 hardly with him. Rossn is too old 10 struggle
against tho disease Auber born eight years
before Ro-sni But the Frenchman is little given to
the table and bed and is as lively as an abstemous
old cricket could desire 10 be.
Berger born in 1870. was moved two days ago. at
his urgent instance his country seat at Augervlle
He hos borne the journey better than could have
been expected, but his death at any moment would
take no one himself rs little as the rest Of u.s. by
surprise. Lamartne. Of the same birthyear as Ber-
ryer is reported TO be in better health just for the
present than late rumOr has attributed 20 him.
Mazzni is reported lying sore i'll at Lugano; he
has remained in life for the past year two only by
mere force Of will TO close tie doleful record: the
Execuioner the Guillotine master Of Paris is said
to be dying This is like the Egyptian symbol Of the
venomons serpent with his tail in his mouth: mort d
la port-desth 10 death
CLBA.