, 1872-11-10
The Motive for Their Last Vile SIa7der,
and Its Reaction upon Them.
The Baroness T0n Rhaden as a W0m-
an and an Artist.
How Cleopatra and Caesar Look in
Gerome's Picture.

ity, not SO destructive, but quite as malignant, a
as the Great Fire of last year. Woodruff and \
Clafain have positively threatened, since their :
last defeat in blackmailing enterprises, to remove
to your city and there prosecute their nefarious
calling. II
THESE FEMALE DRAGONS
have grown to be such nuisance that it was =
high time they we're abated and they really ap- ]
pear to have abated themselves by their last
shameful slander upon Henry Ward Beecher
and the wife OF one - his most valued friends.
Such torrent Of indignation as it has awakened
against them, both here and in Brooklyn, it is {
almost impossible to describe. Instead Of hurt ,
ing the pastor Of Plymouth Church, as they had
hoped to do, they have intrenched him more /,
firmly than ever in the affections Of his congre-
cation.
Most personB are at loss to account for this I
wanton attack upon the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. |
clergyman, and wonder that they should have l.
been foolish enough to make it. The fact Of his
high position and spotless fame prompted Wood
hull and C1afin to assail him; knowing th1 It
they could not select any one who could be
slandered with more profit to their paper hey
had, for several years, told outrageous alse-
hoods about businessmen, and had done *syery-
thing in their power to attrsct unenviahle atten-
ton and yet their Weekly had persisted. Even
the most venomous lies had been insu5 Icient to
save its repulsige life; consequently. with the
first number Of their new issue, they determined
to suniroh the fair fame Of the nar4 who stands
st the head Of the American pulpit. Confident
that, whatever they might say, he would not
stoop to deny statements from such
source, they invented the most monstrous
calumn7 they could conceive. They did not, |
for q moment, imagine they would be made
anenable to any other law than that against |
libel; and, when they were arrested, as they de- !
served to be- for issuing obscene publications, !
they Wero taken altogether aback. Deslrous Of
spreading their poison, they sent copies CT Their
vile sheet to every newspaper Office, and to- , l.
most every prominent citizen.
THE VILE BUT HARMLESS sLASDER-
Not single journal Of any sort da7 - or
weekly decent or indecent, has copied az. nart ~
Of the Islander, or made any further te fsrance p
thereto than Was necessary in speaki1 r. If tha
arraignment and commitment Of thosa 9ama1es
The best evidence that It., can ,,nb be ven Of the
is, that this infamous assault upW his life and
purity is denounced on all sides + n +ha farms It
deserves. The eenmonest and. c oarsest neon]e
h9 o11en nna dqs s u detrao o
and C!afn as is the cultivate a4g -afned nart
of the community: II thex bnrnies .wara 10 be
N Rpa4ce 10 Of END q do not
in their behalf. They hrr q overshot the marx
thistime. They have SIR ack themselves in atriv.
ing to stab lie reput ati on Of others, and thei,
Htuoa9 ~ very likely to prove fatal.
ANTECEr .&ETs OF TIE FIRM.
3 woodruff and -fafi1l hare spared no means
dnring their res ldence here, to accomplish noto
r;ety. They bave 1ectured; they have writer
paphlets thsy haze PRESIDED q q5ed ReG fprtRh
I'm conyeutions they have pretended to bt
bankers; shey have cont1ived to get themselve
elected Colone]s of colored regiments; the.
led led HacEmail lindiscriminately; they have adver
t;sed themselves in every indecorous manner
None OF their endesvors had secured to then
pecuniary success, and u extreme % desperation
This is very likely to be the end OF their tether
which no one will regret, aR it has been lonl
enough to hang them.
IN WALL STREET,
these so-called brokers have, for long while
been actively and systematically employed
leyying blackmail On the bankers anc mem ber
OF the Stock Board. There ls hardly M mouse 81
not been made. The men thereabout have IT
Trained heretofore from violent measures IN II II
spect to the odious firm, because it's memoe,
enraged now that they declare they will mob tn
Broad street Office if the detestable women
not eoon clear out
..r +s ESD OF oea1 '3TioSS Woodhni G12han and caa
Ss1s EH tRe il II MetrGgPos gPSRs;y ysna 'e:Zs
wish that you may be spared the lnhlet!on e1n.
est and most malignant women-f they can
cal called women-in this entire city; and many
thg things they are said to be constantly don
would degrade Messalina and shame taustlna
the worst DAYS Of Rome and Byzant1um
LUcCA NATURALLY.
There has been so much gossip about = nue &c
and her husband, the Baron Won Rhaden, tnat
discords without foundation. The Baron, as J
know, is an officer in the German army, y
served with distinction in the late war aga1i
France He vas s as eesff s6ot in a4t he he'd
reported among the slain. He was also snot
smother engagement through both legs, 80 Il
he is cripple for lfe and is certainly excu! a1
BE. therefore, for not running very nlmnly Al
Ills tuneful spouse. He will leave Berlin, nc
ever. early in December, and would nave
before had it not been necessary 70 Ieha hia n
the first Of the month, IN order 10 opta1u n4o r
sion from the Government. =
Lucca is extremely desirous Of seeing
husbands for she is one OF those e1traoroln' e9s Il
beings who can sing in Italian @ opera pei
this might be impossible; but, in slow and e St
Germany, the miracle is sem'-occas'0ns
In spite, by the by, Of what is asserted BY
Academy Of Music, the house is crowded ev
night that Lucca sings. Maletzek! am an sult UT
would stay away. L a manager could draw raw :
mense audiences with defective tenors, crae rae
baritones, and worn-out bassos. what Oh
petter bItea 81 sort7 The Nex York oep
goers are so whimsical that there 1s
depending upon them. Sometimes they rel
to 20 to the Academy when the perfofma1
are very good and then again, though tne
tertain1nent be extremely naeagre, they WILL
there in shoals.
ruccA 1YBICAILY.
Lucca's best role thus far is Leonord, IN :,
Fa7orita." Not only is Donizetti's music I'd
ed to her execution, but the pat ena1les a3.a 1t
display to the fullest advantage her talents
actress. As such, We have hardly had her e
On the iyric stage: Her Margher!ta Mon 80? IN, ",
sal applause and her reputation in ad1 this Ta1 Th1
wh;ch il fully as good, If not be
took US by surprise; and and her a rLe Leo