The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-31
The Ninth Regiment.

Not only the street boys, the business people,
he shopkeepers, and the various passers-by of
vulgar mould pause in order to do honor to
Colonel Fisk's flushed followers, but fashion
also attired herself in her best and prettest, and
greeted the 9th Regiment with her most BEAM
i ng smiles. Along Fifth avenue honors which
hitherto had been the exclusive boast of the 7th
Regiment were paid it, anAthe air was not only
rent with the cheers of the asttude, but white
and palpitating also with &C futter of feminine
oeket-handkerchiefs.
The Nathan Murder.
To cay that the murder of Mr. Nathan Is for
gotten would be to exaggerate the public indif-
ference under which the crime is lost sight of.
Our life is too crowded. at this point of time and
space, to allow of our brooding over one
event, only, however ftly the event may be cal
culated to rivet attention for the time. Occa-
sionally one of the newspapers contains brief
reference to the ''dog" its owner,
but the popular interest is dead
and can be brought to life again only by
the arrest of the murderer.
Frankfort street
is in some particulars, one of the most remarka-
BILE streets of New York George Augustus Sala
THAT name never seems 10 be written right un-
css all the six sylables are ruug in) ought to
have mentioned it in his series of articles enti-
tied 'sThe Streets of the World 1t is a small
narrow street which, at its beginning, separates
Frenchs Hotel from the Sun building, and runs
in An easterly direction. nest of weekly
newspapers have their Offices there, and one or
two dailies there do their printing. 1t leads to
mysterious localities where cheap hotels, vulgar
tayerns, and houses of the lowest in-repute
abound. By day it is infested with children
who scream the flthiest language that human
hearts bred among filthiness can imagine. At
night, strange as it seems, the street is CON-
paratively deserted. The street-walker has dis
appeared the rufiian only occasionally looms
into sight, and the tavern-keepers sit peacefully
at their doors. By daylight only the place seems
dangerous and vile. Then there is always
something going on. Scarcely week goes by
that some brawl does not render its sidewalks
impossible with the bummers, harridans, and
prematurely- old young children who swarm in
the dark places further down.
rir. Greeley nv Minister.
Mr., Horace Greeley has been mentioned as
Minister to the Court of st. James. If the posi-
ton were only offered to him, and he would
only accept, what spectacle for the two hemi-
spheres that gentleman would present! lie is
already notorious for the exquisite urbanity and
courtliness of his manner and his consummate
taste in dress. Upon one occasion-a good
MANY wears ago-a friend of his encountered
him walking down Piccadily in London. The
friend stared at him as though he had been an
apparition and for O considerable time could
not make up his mind that it really was Greeley
that he saw, the metamorphosis was so astound-
ing and complete. Beau Brummel or Count
dOrsay in rags and dirt could not have presented
a more unexpected phenomenon than Mr.. Gree
lev did in the wondrous array-wondrous at least
for him-that he wore on that occasion. There
were four extraordinary things about this cos
tune. One was that Mr. Greeley did not wear
a white hat; another was that he did not wear a
white coat: third was that his pants were as
long as his legs, and did not reveal the bare legs
above his hose; and the fourth was that he wore
gloves. Yea, this man wore gloves-but that of
course was many years before the articles "What
| Know about Farming" were ever contem-
plated. Seeing these extraordinary indications,
the friend really thought that Greeley had gone
mad.
"Greeley, is that you 2" he at last exclaimed,
in the extremity of bewlderment.
Mr.. Greeley looked, and gave glance which
not even photography could hope to express,
for il would have put the sun out of counte-
nance, and caused the very instrument to shake.
But q costume of that elaborate nature was re-
vanished on the home passage, and it was never
resurrected more. Hence, there are those who
swear that Mr. Greeley's costume arises from an
affectation Of singularity, and that he is not
above the weakness of loving to be con-
spicuous.
Amusements.
Mr. Walter Montgomery has been debating
with Jewett and Palmer the question whether a
''grand Shakspearian combination" consisting,
for instance, of himself, Mr.. Davenport and Mr..
Barrett in the play of Julius Caesar would
attract. Mr.. Montgomery might have had much
more of reputation in this country had he
taken pains to keep the United States press
posted as to his movements. For the last three
and-a-half years he has starring in Australia,
and three-and- a-half years are quite enough to
render any one forgotten whose claims are not
absolutely first-class.
1t has often been wondered why Mr.. Edwin
Booth does not take trip TO England and per-
NIT the Londoners to see what he is like. The
reason is extremely simple. Some years ago
when Mr.. Booth had much less less of a reputa
ton on the other side than he now has he am
bitiously went thither, burning with desire tc
take London by storm and show LondonerS
what he could do. He found the managers
there very cold. They looked with very per
ceptible distrust upon the young tragedian, ant
would only give him a chance 10 appear upor
his paying them so much money down. To this
the glorious eyed Edwin very much objected
Their conduct riled him, and he sware in hi.
heart that they should never look upon his face
dramatically speaking, again. He dislikes the
English; he has never forgiven them not receiy
ing him; and in all probability he will never g
TO England to act. Who is the more hurt b,
This conduct, the English or Mr.. Booth