The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-11-20

From Our 0lon Correspondent
That Wicked Nigger Minstrel.

NEW YORK, Nov. 90, 1869.
That Wicked NigRer Minstrel.
There is no use denying it, the hearts OF some
negro mnstrels are as black as the cindered cork
they use to dehle their faces with Let me hope
that, by some faint possibility, this may not be the
case with regard to Mr.. Paine, one of the dusRy
brotherhood who hold forth in the hall Of the San
Francisco Minstrels. lie does not handle the bones
as well as Joe Murphy the great He does not attire
himself in sweeping trains, like the unequalled
Eugene or Leon; and his jokes, unlike Billy Brchs
do not brim so with the milk of human kindness
that the cream clings to the sides of the
cup. But he discourses pleasngly upon the
violin and is calculated for what Mr. Lngard would
call utility and butter. He has brought suit for
divorce against his wife, Mrs. Mary Paine, alleging
that he merely married her at the solicitation of his
friends and on her giving him written promise not
to molest him or live with him. She claims to be
supported by him on the ground that he has made
some hundreds of dollars by shooting match OF
pigeons and that he seceiving salary Of s2500 per
year. All me- what a wearing effect upon the brain
OF the recorder of them these unhappy connubaites
have! Let our sympathies, by all means, go with
the minstrel. II a burnt-cork artists wife makes
him unhappy at home, who can blame him for
drowning his mseries in the clOg-dance and pictur
ing himself happy future in the possession of the
champions belt.
A Pnntomimic Paradise.
Would Adam and Eve have been happier in Eden
had they conversed by means of the deaf and dumb
alphabet don't know; but the Eden which was
promised by deaf and dumb marriage ceremony
performed morning or two ago in st. AIMS Free
Church, Fifth avenue and Eighteenth street,
looked very promising indeed Not only were the
bride and bridegroom deaf mutes; all the grooms-
men and all the bridesmaids were deaf mutes also ;
all the guests deaf mutes, and the only people
present who did speak were the father and mother
OF the BRIDE the clergyman, and the few reporters
who witnessed the ceremony. This is the first
instance of pantomimic wedding being performed
between a fashionable couple, occupying a promi-
nent position in society. And the wedding Uds
fashionable The lutter and excitement were none
the less because none of the parties could audiby
express themselves, and the bride and groom were
saved that frghtful ordeal of verbally replying to
congratulations.
Stewards Uptown Dry Goods Store.
1t is not generally known that the ground upon
which Mr.. Stewards dry goods store, bounded by
Broadway and Fourth avenue and Tenth and Fifth
Streets is built s held in trust by the officers of the
Sailors Snug Harbor. Some time ago Mr. Stewart
obtained renewal of his old lease of the property,
and holds it at present for a term of twenty-one
years. The previous lease contained a clause to the
effect that the renewal should be granted upon de-
mand of the tenant, and that the rent should be
fixed according to the increased value of the pro-
perty, the appraisers to be chosen by both parties
The officers of the Sailors Snug Harbor have de.
cided that the rent of their Broadway acre should
only be $50 QUO annually, ana the lease mas Deen re-
newed on those teIms.
Real Poverty.
The reader of foreign papers is often struck with
startling instances of desttution ard actual starva
tion which are there recorded; but scarcely case
is worse than one which has come to light in tie
Fourth precinct of this city. Within wretched
room in Frankfort street. in which not article OF
furniture entire, lay drunken father, with an
infant six months old starving beside him on the
floor. The mother had been missing for q day
or two previously. The other children had been
wandering in the Streets not daring to come home
The babe, deprived of all sustenance was rapidly
wasting away. The father was in stupor from
| which it was doubtful whether he would ever re-
to live. Here is picture of destitution which
is not often surpassed let me venture to say in Lon
| don or in Paris 1t will do for companion picture
to of the fashionable wedding pictures which
| tho nawsnanars TEEN with AIr RAM