The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-06-04
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From Otv O,sn C0rresDondent
NEW YoRK, jane 4, 1870.

ton WOulu say. mas Deen Iakon lioin buS CidulO
and the soothing syrup, and introduced to the
wondering world of journalists. The prodigious
child is thirty-four months old, aud it plays the
violin Startling as this fact may be, am con-
scious that the surprise will lessen when / add
that the father is engaged in the orchestra at
the Grand Opera House. Having lived and
breathed in the atmosphere of sensation for so
many months, it is not remarkable that the
parent should have transmitted a portion Of
that element to his child. The name of the
father is Speght. Ditto child The child is
masculine, and first commenced using the bow
at the advanced age of tweuty-six months.
Ever since the hour when that instrument
was first placed in his hand he has
evinced a marked dissatisfaction with
all his old childish sports. His building blocks
have lost their charm, and his rattle and tin
trumpet are presented to him in vain. AT
length his father, pereeiving how strongly his
genius was bent in one direction, procured him
a bow and violin for his own exclusive use, and
gave him constant instruction. Heaven has
smiled upon these humble endeavors, and the
child now performs, in a simpliied adaptation
some of the most celebrated strains from Often
bach, as well as others of pure, nfantile, and
DIR. Watts-ish nature. lie is to appear at a
public concert on the Sth of June, aud gave his
second private exhibition yesterday afternoon.
terrors of childhoods early years, would it be
too much to predict for him the career of an
Ole Bull? l don't believe Ole Bull ever played
'Shoo Fly" when he was only two years and
ten months old. l might add that an effort is
being made to secure Master Speght for the
Beethoven Jubilee. 1t is proposed for him to
lead out Parepa and accompany her in an
English ballad.
The Princess nIontez.
don't know under what pretense the ladies
and gentlemen who attended Stcinway Hall on
Wednesday night persuaded themselves they
were helping forward a good cause. Quite
number of them were present, however, and
they evidently labored under that 1elusion.
The attraction was Princess Editha Gilbert
Montez, who claimed to be the daughter of Lola
Montez and the King of the Belgians In GER
tain private circles this claim has elected an
indignant protest from attaches who know
how singularly blameess the King of the Bel
gians was in private life. Has not the Princess
made slight mistake at starting? 1t was with
King Louis | of Bavaria that Lola Montez held
such intimate relations, and the Princess would
probably have shown better know
ledge of her family history had she
attributed her paternity there She
is q fne-looking girl of about twenty-one or
twenty-five, with a vigorous animal nature and
passionate black eyes. She was attired with
heterogeneous magnifcence in yellow silk and
black and white lace. She was introduced by
Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Her 'lecture"
was a very curious composition. 1t had all the
incoherency of George Francis Train, and all
the headlong irreeyancy of nine women-lec-
turers out of ten. The theme was ostensibly
'sThe Equality of Women and the Wrongs of
Lola Montez" but the most incongruous re-
marks were made on numerous matters that had
nothing whatever to do with the subject After
the enunciatlon of few sentences, she COM
menced strutting about the stage in the most
extraordinary and eccentric manner. This pro-
duced from a faint-lookiDg old man protest to
the effect that he wished she would have done
with that and come to the business in hand.
Whereupon the princess" professed to have
spotted him out, and accused him of having MUIR
dered her mother at Flushing. This of course,
produced sensation, but the old gentleman
succeeding in persuading the people that there
was no blood on his hands, but that he was
nothing but chance dropper-n like one OF
themselves, tranquility was restored and the
'lecture" proceeded. People in this city who
knew Lola Montez very well assert that she
never had daughter, and that Princess Editha's
claims are spurious. Still, the young lady was
introduced by Mrs Stanton and that lady ought
to have too much prudence ''at her time of life,
to compromise her reputation by bringing before
an audience of respectable people one the merit
ofwhose claim to their patronage she could dis
cover with a little trouble.
Two New Papers.
Two new papers are to lend variety to the
pattern of journalistic life in this city. One OF
these is called At Home and Abroad is pub
lished by Isaac w. Half, and is to contain nc
continued stories. The other is got up By
Beadle. that exquisite caterer in fictitious ltera
ture. Well, this is a story-reading world, and
hope the two papers will succeed. For the
first few weeks new story-paper is perfect
godsend to the teotilLetoniStes of Gotham. They
rush from the bursting desks Of editors where
their manuscript is well known from being Sc
often refused, and furbish up all their old mate
rial for acceptance in new quarter.
''FernandI."
sensation is incpient with respect to Fer
ndadi. ''Fernandi" is of course the name of tn
heroine who is saved by noble lady from tn
meshes of a gambling-hell. Afterwards "Fer
nandi" is loved by a former lover of the nobl
lady's, who thereupon seeks revenge by inform
ing thatlover, after his marriage with Fernando,
of 'Fernandi's" previous ignominy. The situa
tions are said to be powerful" the tableau
''thrilling," and the detouenent affecting il
the extreme" So much for sensation. Olive
Goldsmith and the legitimate are nowhere i
these degenerate days. The GOod-ndttred Ma
has drawn the poorest houses of the season.
ALI BABA.
RURAL FELICITY IN IRELAND. Sometime