The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-19
NEw-Y K1s M 8.
From our oVn Correspondent

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sudden death OF Henry j. Raymond became general
The grief was widespread and profound; LOT MI
Raymond was a man whose reputation aoie "on
for him from strangers feeling akin to that Oh per
sona friendship. He united to q very singular ue-
gree, the best qualities OF q politician, literary |
man. and a man Of fashion He was sort OF sociai
Winklereid, continually making way Tor liberty IN
some form or other. lie united the practica ana the
artistic nature to a rare extent, and the long
worldly wear and tear he had been exposed TO mad
not encased his heart with au tmpregnaOe crust
His affections were Just as genial, his prone
ness to conhde when claims to coincidence
were worth considering almost as touching,as In MS
first youth. He died like 80 many distinguished men |
in his line of life at the very moment When IL ever
he would be expected to enter upon tabe-land ofei-
sure and pleasure. He was man to appreciate those
blessed privileges, although 1t is probable that the
spirit that was in him to work would never nave |
allowed him to remain long inactive. His souortq~et
was the Little Villain" but the little that his enc
mics found villanous was so inter- ssued with great
virtues that friends and enemies alike-so far at
least as New York is concerned-have paid him the
tribute of unfegned mourning The circumstances
attending his death are notvery generally known HIS
family physician attributes it to appopeXy, Win
which he had long been mildly threatened. lie
never felt any apprehensions on the subject,
however, never took any preventive mea-
sures never relaxed for one moment the
vast labors which have made the New York Times
second to no newspaper in America One OF his sim
cerest mourners is his old friend and chief, Horace
Greeley, who probably thinks tenderly OF the time
when Mr.. Raymond worked for the Tribune for eight
dollars week, and did the work OF half dozen
men, The result of these labors was attack OF
brain fever, and the result Of the fever was that
Raymond returned to the office of the Tribune at
largely increased salary, thirty dollars per week,
which for days like those was more than respect
able There is man on the New York press
capable of exactly filling the place that Mr. Ray
mond has left vacant. Mr.. Greeley and Mr. Ben
nett are scarcely ever seen in society Manton
Marble has become recluse since his wfes death,
| and applied himself more than ever to the reading
| of Mill Sir William Hamilton, August Comte, Victor
Cousin, and the philosophical writers generally. Mr.
| Raymond was equally newspaper man and man
| of society," He lived in the one, moved in the other,
and had his being in both. The late Miles O'Reilly
| was the only journalist who approached him In this
| combination of brilliant qualities.
Philadelphias old friend and institution, Signor
Blitz sails for Europe to-day in the steamer Beona
Cruising along Broadway last eveningI met the gar
rulous possessor of Bobby and the birds, and he held
me by the buttonhole from o'clock until quarter
past ten He is the only veteran ventriloquist know
who is not bore he is sharp business man, good
friend an excellent companion, and so good magi-
clan that there are no less than thirteen bogus
Blitzes palming themselves Off as his nephews OF
sons and in some cases himself. Whenever the
Signor gives performance outside OF Philadelphia
he is sure to be arrested, the authorities possessing
q neat knack for getting hold OF the wrong man
One Of the bogus Blitzs has invariably preceded hin
nv few weeks or months, and the genuine Blitz il
called upon to pay the debts OF the bogus ones. Now
it is for some stage carpet! now lot some
upholstering now for gas fixtures. Fully half hi
time when out OF Philadelphia Is taken up In proving
that he is the original Blitz That once known
things become serene at once, for the Philadelphia
Blitz pays his way wherever he goes, and conse
ouently the newspaper proprietors and job printing
offices doat upon him. He opens here in New Yorl
next September.
We expect to have the Hanson cabs in operation
here by the first Of july Stock 10 the amount o
100000 has been already subscribed Since the com
pany was Incorporated. no effort has been spared
pushing the thing The capital is S250,OOO, divide
into 5000 shares of $50 each. BY the time anothe
week has passed. at least onehalf OF the $3.50 900 wi
have been subscribed for Most of the stock has bee
sold in ten, fifteen, and twenty shares, and almos
all the leading bankers and merchants such as Dur
! can Sherman g. Co., Brown Bros, Jay Cooke q Co
, j. Il w. Selgman & Co., Dabney, Morgan Co., ar
among the subscribers The intentions OF th
t company are to employ fifty cabs, with use OF tw
horses for each, to be employed twenty-five houi
= | out OF the twenty-four. Whatever a cabmen make
over 97 per day he is to be allowed to keep for hin
SELF That amount is required to be returned to III
!: company every day by each cabman. The rates ar
n for a distance not exceeding one mile, for q sing
passenger, 80 cents; for two persons, same distanc
40 cents; for all additional distances the same tern
of mile for one person, and 40 cents for two
good deal Of this programme is, Of course, lab
to change, as experience shall seem to demand. III
fares at any rate, will not be increased. II tn
are altered at all, they will be lowered. Let
D hope then that the carnival of cabmen Is almo
,- at an end, and that the epoch when Sl5 was n
too much for Jehu to ask for the use OF his carra
l. on a rainy evening will soon rank among the de-
- institutions The Decline Of the metropolitan Cab
Is commenced with the Introduction OF the cabrio
he wagonettes at Central Park; his Fall will be co
I'd summated with the success Of the Hanson.
hS ,d They say-mind, dont-that Schneider has "be
re- prevailed upon" to come to New York, and that
v will arrive here in the fall She is the only attrf
so tion think that could revive the old name, ope
III III bou6e That makes its last leap in New York
e night and any one can see the ghost In the cand
1t is wonder that the secret history OF opera 6ou
as in New York has not provided us with some n
"a ghosts for the French and the Fifth Avenue TIT
of tres have wed with one another In quloDes u
Ill ouarrels No one was very much surprised at
IL row between Carrier and Bourgon cthat' 9enddrf
u. ~ at the former house but that the gentle Auj
n whose voice was as tender an apricot and wh'
or personnel indicated temperament of romance
ss ioity-that he should prove belligerent was a 81
nr III disappointment. 1t was as bad as finding out u
or the good boy at school stole the fruit or cheateu
lth his lessons all the while.
es, Mrs William p. TOnnery (iee Annie Surri
70 | passed through this city yesterday on nor oil
raw tour She was married on Thursday, IN Washlhgt
ed to young man who holds some position IN tle ,
os- peon-General's Office At the Metropolitan, Wh
aTy she was stopping few people could have suspec
he | that the happy-lOokng bride had ever pas
through the bitterest agony which 1t Is given 10
. | human breast to endure.