New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-11
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Especial Correspondence of the Republican
NEW YORK, August 5, 1872.
The races at Monmouth Park, Lon
BraBch, Saturday, attracted thither larg
! number of prominent citizens, turtles, ct,
The hurdle race was won by MiIesiar
beating the favOrite, Lochiel, by hea
only. The mile dash was won by PreaH
ness, and Mate captured the Ocean Hote
stakes. The racing was excellent, and tn
meeting may be fully considered a success
Mr.. Peter Cooley, of the REPUBLICAN
sailed for New Orleans yesterday, on tn
Emily-B. Souder, Captain Burdiok, Of tn
Merchants line. Mr.. Cooley has beer
spending some months at the North, il
search Of recreation and pleasure, and ha!
seen about all that was worth seeing. HI
was accompanied to the steamship by
number of personal friends to see him of
and wish him God speed, and we have &c
doubt that his return by sea, on the com
Portable Souder, in charge of her able and
entertaining officers, will prove one of the
most pleasurable portions of his tour.
A match race took place Saturday be-
tween the yachts Meteor and Bella, for a
purse of $1,000, and was won by the Meteor
in fine style.
An aurora borealis of unusual magni-
tude and splendOr was visible last evening.
The vividness of the lights was remarkably
brilliant, and the streets were full of peo-
pie watching the wonders of the sky.
Captain S. B. OultOn, of the ship Jo-
sephine Oulton, lately arrived here, cap
tured whale, that must have been little
under the weather" as we sailors say; but
as his account is quite interesting, l give it
in his own language:
We were in latitude 500 north, longitude
l4O west, on the fifteenth of June, bearing
west from Cape Clear, when we saw a
whale lying on the surface perfectly quiet
and evidently sick. Birds were playing
around it, and some had commenced picking
on it. There were two small holes in the
body picked by the birds. l launched the
boat, with harpOOps and lines, knives and
everything needed to capture it. made fast
to the whale, brought ship to under the lee
and rugged her tackles, gangway and cen
tire, and commenced cutting. sThere was no
struggle whatever The whale being too
far gone to struggle, we cut him up and
took him on board. We took out at least
1000 gallons Of oil, and threw away I'M
knowingly, at least three barrels of amber
girls, worth ounce fer ounce with gold. We
tried the Oil out, and saved the head and
fins, which are now on board. Che whale
was about seventy feet in length, the head
measuring twelve feet
A new play entitled "One Wife, from
the French of NJ. Dumas, and adapted by
Mr.. A. R. Cazuran, has been produced at
the Olympic Theatre in this city, by Lor-
raine Rogers, of the Varieties Theatre, New
Orleans, with Miss Charlotte Thompson as
the star. The piece has met with the most
severe and universal condemnation by the
press of the city. Not a paper but what
has in the most unquestionable terms de-
nounced it as being unfit for public repre-
sentatiOn, and so Immoral that no decent
woman could possibly see and hear it with
out being shocked. Nevertheless, it has
drawn crowded houses. The theatre has
been more than filed with respectable look |
ing audiences, and the actors and actresses |
literally applauded, Miss Thompson being |
called before the curtain at the end of each
act. As the play is to be done at the varie- |
ties Theatre the coming season by Miss
Thompson give you a plot of its action. |
1t will no doubt prove very interesting to |
your theatre patrons, and will inform them !
beforehand exactly what it is like, so that |
when played in New Orleans they may go |
and see it, or not, as they think proper.
The outline of the plot is that Mr. Van
dyke, who had married an heiress with |
four millions, devoted to him, is addicted |
to gallantries, and becomes infatuated |
with an INSCRIPTIONS Mrs. Hoffman who |
has almost ruined her husband, and seeks |
means for further extravaganza through |
the gifts of lovers. Mrs. Vandyke is in
formed of her husbands infdelity by Vic
tor, his Swiss lackey, for pecuniary con-
sideratiOn, and orders Rosy, her maid, to
follow him to YOnkers, where he proposed |
TO 60, under plea Of attending a sick aunt |
Hoffman at hotel and occupied the same
room with her during the night. Mrs. Van
zandt, the mother of Mrs. VandYke, calls
and is informed of the affair. She pooh
pOOhs it as a peccadillO practiced by nearly
all husbands, and endeavOrs to console her
daughter by pointing to the length Of Van
dykes pedigree, and his social eligi-
bility. Mrs. Yandyke continues to
love her husband, and. can not be con-
soled. Mr., De Winter, her lawyer, arrives,
and asserts that Mr.. Vandyke, claiming
control of his wife's property, has re-
quested two of the four millions for his i'm
mediate use. De Winter asks her sanction
to the delivery, and she accOrds it. De
Winter hands the necessary stock and bond
certificates to Vandyke, who arrives, and |
that worthy subsequently appears in pres
ence of his wife. She reproaches him and |
speaks of the sick aunt expedition. He |
pretends that he met Mrs. Hoffman for |
motive, which could not at the
be revealed. Mrs. Vandyke is 1
disposed to credulity, but can not clearly
understand how the heightened mOr1ve
could be furthered by passing the night in |
serts that the meeting was a solemn vigil. |
and that his boots had been Unremoved.
She jOyfully believes and embraces. Her
quests her to show the same cordiality as
usual to Mrs. Hoffman when she arrives. to
dinner. She promises and departs. Victor en-
ters and informs Vandyke that Rosy has
been following him. The latter hands Victor
money tor his information, and promises /
more for additional assistance. He orders
him to send Rosy. Victor retires, acknOWl-
eding himself as only lackey, and neces-
,arHy ION the make" Rosy arrives, and is
taxed with her trip to YOnkers That |
astute maiden is determined to keen the
secret of her mistress, and hoodwinks Van
1yke by pretending that she had gone to
ionkers to pass night with her lover.
She acknowledges her little failing with
and implOres Vandyke not to
expose her. The next scene opens upon