The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-09
NEW YORKISMS.
Vfom Our Ol0n Correspondent.
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"V" "" Ot0n Correspondent
NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 1869.
hardly think hat the staireases and corridors
OF Fifth Avenue Hotel have ever been more
crowded than they were on Saturday afternoon
when General and Mrs. Grant held an informal
reception. Both of them worked hard In their
quiet way. II is no light thing to make calls
all morning, receive them all afternoon, and
attend dinuer and a reception in the evening,
TO say nothing of two or three theatres throw
IN any time between ten and twelve at night.
Yet this is the routine transacted by General
Grant almost every day and night of his life
The staircases and corridors at the Fifth Avenue
are of unusual width, but their standing-room
capacity was tested on Saturday TO the full.
Among the celebrated men who "crushed" their
way up might be seen the leoniue face of Farra-
gut cheek by iUwl with the full moun features
OF Horace Greeley.
Birgfeld-the amable Adolph-formerly the
pet of the Philadelphia public, If to be univer1
sally recognized with appreciation gives a claim
to that title, has lately come to grief For the
past year and a half, in fact ever since the
establishment of opera boufe in the midst of US,
Birgield has been New Yorker; and like Mr..
BatemaD, and other tender transplanted flowers
of tropic growth, has experienced the rgors Of
such position. Bateman was lately up
upon CboriS'e Of his troupe and Birgfeld,
wisely reversing matters, has just appeared as
plaintiff in similar case against a Mr.. Francis
Tholer, who not long ago was dismissed from the
troupe. Tholer, concerning himself misusel,
thereupon repaired to the box office, and impro-
vised an assault upon the unsuspicous Birgfed
with such celerity that the victim was deprived
of some of his teeth and all of his senses almost
before ne recognized his assailant. In just6.
cation of himself Tholer said that Blrgfeld was
heartless man-0 Ipgratitude! is not thy
name Tholer?-and that as for himself he was
tired and sick of the Americans, aud wanted to
get back to 10 belle Paris. Justice DoWing ad-
vised him that he had unfortunately not chosen
the most sensible method of putting that desire
into execution, sentenced him to pay fine of
fifty dollars, and ordered him to be locked up
one week 1t is expected when he comes out
he will be a solo singer of another tune.
An interesting and salutary scene took place
on Saturday morning in the Court of General
Sessions. Arson has been a prevalent crime
for the last few months and a case which has
been standing over since November of last year
was finally settled at 2 o'clock on Saturday
afternoon. The criminals were youth named
Joseph Roll and young man several years
his senior, named Frederick Baden. When
the trial had first come up Roll had pleaded
guilty in the third degree, and Baden, thinking
TO throw all the blame upon the actual perpe-
traitor of the deed, had in his ignorance, con-
fessed that he had given him the money to pur-
chase the Oil which he knew was going to be
used for incendiary purposes. The crime was
committed for the sake of securing $1,000 in
surance on propertyworth barely more than $500.
Recorder Hackett pronounced ou each of the
offenders the heaviest sentence the law per-
mitted him 10 lnfict; viz, ten years hard labor
in the State Prison.
The Waverley Theatre is the name.given 10 the
pretty little minstrel opera house that has re.
Gently been deserted by Kelly Leon. l
recognize no names of any account except those
of Owen Marlowe (whose aspiring blood 1 am
grieved to see sink into the grOund), Mr.. Pars-
loe, and Setty Rigl. Lydia Thompson has one
editorial per day in the Hera about her halr
and "Websters Unabridged" is indebted to
Jarrett & Palmer for the coming OF new
adjective, "Niblonian," suggestive of the lar
cenious splendors of the Forty ThieueS.
ALI BABA.