The New York herald., 1869-01-10

and Californian triuuphs and ne recitaa @cYcrAa an
tercstng anecdotes Of the days when NJ lnlmer
acted a. hts agent ana placaraod the Great Amer.
can fragefian W the rude cenixens ~ the Aaflp0s.
nas,ton nia an sna p.s.ns prgsi
treIy 70 the habits ol integrity. prasence and
my he instIted into hia WHEN boy ~ ever means
one OF the finest poker players IN the world.
"Poker''-as some OF our readers may knDw-is
cion Of whcs ssrous mls" amount y none, ~, ssve
been known to change hands. Mr.. buchanan si one
time had thrifty, speculative agent, who TOOK the
dian couldn't well AFFORD 10 dispense with this mans
services for 50 trinng matter, ~ he artfus lnocu-
game OF '.poEeru which Is SAID 10 b. extremely
captured all the money at nignt Mr. Buchanan
him during the day. In this manner Mr.. Buchanan
redressed wrong killed time ami introduced this
corners Of the civilized globe. There is lrsdtion
In the records OF the Protective Missionary unonr
Of san francisco that Christianity the electric tele
graph, Mexican Buchanan and draw poker" were
the hrst great civfzers OF the West.
The first Of the three great cardinal virtues is
faith, which Thomas had not. but Hczckiah hasa
faith that would eat up mountains faith which l.
beautiful In It's simplicity and strength The good
man MAJ 10 Horace who stood unmoved while
the pillars were topplng down around him
never presented a more sublime spectacle
than Bateman sitting for the pasi few
weeks alone amid the beautiful wilderness OF Pixies
opera House, with nothing to surround sustain
nun Dut faith IL was this ndomitable faith and rude
and multitude OF Others OF that class
Thus sturdy Cromwell pushed broad. .shouldered on;
Thus buriy Luther breasted Babylon;
And woodiimbed Mahomei catcsed The Prophet. crown
Unbending In his faith. Bateman has waited aud
To- La Percho,e', has come and conquered. and
once more all Is light and crowd and gladness about
HIM. Bateman believes even IN his ballet and the
minutes mole on their fair backs grow under hts glass
into mountain OF beauty. There few things
peasanter to witness than the sublime self-saisfac
ton with which he rather hardly HUNS "De orandtra
car est Espd1o" rs he pufis his cigar ON his way
hOmeward from ia Perichole."
We do not wish to be disenchanted OF the few ilu-
sions left to us IN life, and while spar OF hope
mains do not desire to ding away the fancy that
there may be still left to US some few theatrical
managers who can speak or write the English Ian
guage without at least brutal assault on our ten
der Lindley Murray instincts But we are fast feel
ing ourselves fOrsaken on the waters. Only the
other day, in an announcement which aspires to be
classic we are informed that we are to see B00th5
fourth grand revival OF Romeo and Juliet " Have
Romeo and Juliet been really revived three times by
Mr.: BoOthY Can we not believe that words, like
plants, have private feeling and that these in
nOcent verbs and adjectiyes which are thrown care
lessy on the world without any provision for their
support rebel In their souls against their slayers
Every theatre should have attached to 1t an extra
super who has passed an examination in ordinary
grammatic English. The selection OF the part OF
Romeo by Mr. Booth for his opening night excited
no little comment. as it is by all odds the least
artistic and effective or his representations The
Mr.. Booths own lips that Juliet is the best and
most charming Of Miss MS McvicSars u Mpersonaations
way to the courtesy OF the gentleman and Romeo Is
sacrificed to Juliet.
The young fellows about town have run mad on
the buriesqne beauties, and have forgotten their
families. religion and their politics. They
no longer 'sBOys In Blue" "BOys in Gray' or
white Boys, y but have all turned .Yellow Whigs.n
The taste OF the age happily adapts itself to the
materials Of which 1t is composed. Managers have
for some time striven to replace the dearth OF drama
tic talent by magnificent mise scene and to supply
the deficiency OF imagination by reality. Messrs.
Jarrett and Palmer have introduced at Tammany Han
beautiful trapezist Mile. Senyah, who has reached
the topmost height OF the realistic drama. frail
fold OF bunting in which stars anon CLEAN out and
and anon fade into some beautiful Obscurity alone
relieves the sernness Of reality and permits to be
nOurished the last faint notion OF modesty. We
have seen similar drapery decorate the tails OF fes
tive turkeys at thanksgiving feasts, the OF
roasted pigs at civic banquets and perform other de-
Ject1ng duties OF that kind, but have not seen 1t
degraded to delicate Office before. Still the
crowd was male, huge and coarse, glorious one to
struggle with in fire. The perfume was pernicious
and the language slightly pr0fane. perfect Niagara
OF humanity surged down some rather dangerous
stairs and this Niagara netted to Messrs Jarrett
Palmer, the managers Of 1.-THE first theatre in Ame-
rica," fifty cents piece, and Tammany, so far. Is
triumph, and Messrs. Jarrett Palmer rejoice.
There are around The Tammany several elements OF
success. 1t Is under the able direction Of Mr.. Gro
yer, whose genius blossomed in cellar. and who
subsequently took in the concert saloon university
very high degree. He has embroidered on his can
vas some gay and VIVID devices which catch the
eye or ear and relieve the place there. There is
rich restaurant also alongside.