The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-23

from Our Oton Correspondent.

From Our 0tOn Correspondent
New YORK, August 90, 1869
Late on Saturday night reporters, wringing the
perspiration out of their pocket-handkerchiefs
were running breathlessly around offering to the
various Sunday newspapers special accounts of
the whereabouts and intentions of one Lawrence
Graham, principal witness against William
Varley, better known as
"Reddy the Blacksmith"
1t had been feared that this gentleman was
either spirited away from his home in Hudson
City, in consequence of Reddy's arrival here
from San Francisco in charge of detectives, or
that he had succumbed to a brbe of $4,000 and
voluntarily vamosed. These rumors the reporters
above referred to contradict at the expenditure
of perspiraton and at the moderate charge of
five dollars for the information The trial of this
celebrated bail-forfeiter is to take place to-day
week, when it is to be presumed justice will be
administered without fear of or favor to the
gathering of roughs that will surely be in at
tendance.
A New Medium
has come out, of whom may say more if the
private SednCe, which ! contemplate negotat
ing for, is satisfactory. My expectations are
moderate. All stipulate for is, to have hot
Goals laid on my head without burning me, and
to be waited through space near the ceiling
Task. If these trining demands are complied with
/ shall prepare a circumstantal account of it for
THE EVENING TELEGRAPH. The name of this
medium is De Witt c. Hough. He is seventeen
years old, comes from Hartford, Conn, and
gives SednCeS in connection with Mr.. Harry
Bastian. They are said to be much more Won
derful than the Davenport brothers, and the
remarkableness of the rope-tying feats was in
creased by cotton bandages being sewed to
their shirt-sleeves. few cynics, however,
affect to despise this popularity of the exhibit
ton and describe it as very sew-sew. The
Mercury Enthusiastically describes the
media as "a pug-nosed Eighth ward lad, and a
cadaverous youth whose portrait would make
an excellent frontispece for a tombstone,
chaperoned by an antique virgin of angular de-
velopments." Think of that for a trst-cass
description!
The Theatres
are beginning to pick up in attractions AT
Niblos, the cast in FOr1noSd will include Miss
Kate Newton, Miss Ada Harland, and Mr..
Mckee Rankin. The plot turns upon the wiles
and the ''wictims" of first-class cyprian of the
syle of ''Aronyma" and ''Skittles," who is alter
aatey worthless and repentant. Her name is
I Formosa and the brilliant wretchedness of her
career is contrasted with the voet-like purity of
=. Nelly" who is a released convicts daughter,
and who ultimately marries the hero. Major
Jorum" and Compton Kerr the gentlemanly
villains of the piece, have poetic justice done
them the only sort of justice villains are sure of
meeting with nowadays. Do not let us decry
too much the footlight fashion of Furnishing
dramatic wickedness. 1t illustrates that the
tendency of human nature is to approve of vir-
tue and to disapprove of vice. The one touch
of nature which make all the galleries kin, is
when the gentlemanly rutlian of the sensation
drama is brought to bay-Botany Bay-or sent
off to prison amid tumultuous applause.
The agents of
CarlOtta Patti
are skilfully laying pipe preparatory to her arri-
val in this country. That event will probably
take place on September II. As a concert singer
of the very first rank she is Madame Parepas
only rival: and since her lameness will forever
prevent her appearing to advantage in opera it
is to be hoped that even that adipose artist will
not grudge-her success. Miss Nette Sterling,
who between two and three years ago sang in
Philadelphia at the Coker concerts and was Sc
greatly admired, is expected to shortly arrive in
this city from Italy, where she has been study.
ing. When she arrives testimonial concert
will be arranged both as a compliment and q
benefit to her.
The citizen and Round Table of last week re
marks that
''The Blondes,
after receiving a great deal of abuse in Philade
phia, and, as matter of course attracting
great deal of attention, have gone to Buffalo,
The Philadelphians are virtuously indignant al
the attenuated dresses of the ladies, and iercely
angry because the finest pair of legs did no
accompany the troupe" l was under the i'm
preston, by-the-by, that the blondes had no
yet made their appearance before the Quakers
If so, is not this criticism of the Citizens some
what premature?
Personal.
Miss Lisa Weber is in town, with that saucy
flow of the 'over-soul' in her eyes, the best o
which is that it is so delightfully."- wicked.
Mr.. Flageolet, one of the four grotesquC
dancers who constituted the celebrated ''Clo
doche" troupe, has just died ut Bellevue Hos
pital, another sad illustration of the improvi
dence of people in his profession. Although h
received the excellent salary of 500 per week
he was without penny and had it not beer
for Messrs. Jarrett ~ Palmer, who contributes
$75 towards his interment at Cypress Hill h
would have been inferred in the Potter's Field
What he did with his money it is not for me t.
say. Perhaps he bestowed it upon the poor
/ hope so. ALI BABI.
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