National Republican., 1873-04-03
ADJUSTMENTS.
Tue C,rcu. aud nIcunEcr,,.

10 this town the circus Is he iOaistone. Other
places Of amusement arc only Nhe Iron fllngs.
The power Of such an attraction herewas well
illustrated yesterday by the grand opening Of
Adam Forcpaughs museum, menagerie and
SaSst, every eteebinV tbIns and eSeIN fowl sna
whatsoever creepcth upon the earth"-every-
thing, In fact, that Adam had the honor Of bap-
tis,ns With name N the garden n Eden,
tanning the beasts and birds, preceded By an eie-
phant 'shlps OF the desert" beautiful ponies
and comlcal mules, we were reminded Of the old
pictures In books Of Just such a procession leay-
Ing Noah's ark after the fountains OF the deep
and the windows Of heayen were stopped" In
fact Adam aud Noah undoubtedly had a strong
pTsIs59n tST SSSss and M korePagSh
In this aggregation i've large tents are used;
the irst for the museum, containing the "Sleep-
ing Beauty" Fisk, Mansfield and Stokes, the ST.
yer-bell chmers, the Slamese twlns the temper
ate and Incorporate family, musical cats, dogs
and apes; the Greek slave, venus, the dying
gladiator, splendid ayiary, an aquarium and
The second tent contains the nest eating auI
mails, such as the bears, the lions, tiger,
leopards, Jaguars, hyenas, panthers, wild cats.
}asna,,s y, II. se; Among las,s splendid sPec
would make good locomotive mead lights, and OF
the smaller animals the most valuable ones.
The third tent contains additional animals and
the birds, and among them the hay-eating AMI
mails, such as the dromedaries, cabia boras, yaks
gnus, Zebras, relndeers, sacred cattle, Glands,
gakelles, Llamas, alpaccas, 4c. tremendous
habitat OF the Nile, mOnstrOus rhlnOceTOs, cal
culated for anything but q lap-dOg occupies a
great cage In the second tent.
The fourth tent Ii devoted 10 living curiosities
and In the nfth equestrian exhibitions are seen, II
Is there that some OF the most tklllful and daring
riders, acrobats and Rymnasts perform their
wonderful feats. II Il there tnat Hawley and
Miaco perform their death-iefyng acts on the
nylng tTapeZe.
II Ia there that the beautiful and graceful
eguestrlennes, Mile Virginia and Miss L ina
Kenyon, delight audiences aud win eRoorss
nous as horsemen and athletes, perform in this
tent as well as the walhalla and Bensley
brothers. United the tents present grand and
Interesting spectacle,
Washington was distinguished success, Ills
aggregation was visited by Thousands day and
evening, and not alone by the % poiioi but by the
highest representatives Of the diplomatic aud
courtly circles OF society. In the evening the
occasion was made very interest anR by the pres
ence OF the worlds greatest Snowman, p. T. Bar
NUN.
Il was not allowed to go by without a speech.
Even circus Is nothing without that great
American Institutions speech.
Mr.. BARsUMs sPEEcH
ladies' and Gentlemen: ! have come all the
way from New York solely TO see Mr.. Fore
pangh's famous show, and have been amply re-
paid for so doing. II Is novel, varied and inter-
esnng, ana say without hesitation that this
In the country, not even by myself.
am surprised by Its yastness, and II seems
to me almost incredible that one man can man
age such an Immense concern. Such an estalj-
llshment cannot be supported by cheap prices
] warmly recommend Il to the public every
where. Mr.. forepaugh Is much younger man
than myself, and has not the great advantage of
once showing the "wOOly horse" and Joyce
neth," but he has talent, indOmltable energy
aud absolute integrity, These three things are
all that great Snowman needs.
AT the cOngluaIOa of the anRRfh NJ IA
and Mr.. fOrepaugh retired from the pavilion
arm In arm and amid the widest cheers.
We would be glad TO tell this morning OF the
side shows, OF the tents for the carriage and per.
forming horses, the cooking tent, the black
smiths tent, and OF a thousand Interesting things
Of the circus, which Mr.. X, 4. Dingees and Nj,
lawrence kindly pointed out. They can be seen
Then let US be to every beast patron and .
Zach @ sslls n, rs IaIe each has his aim as sura as
A lessons q be learned from them, and man
Some new light from the tapIr some impression
from the seal,
Tho Italian Opera.
The performance OF al Troyatore" this even
Ing Is an event OF high character In musical ar.
nails. 1t IA also an event peculiarly Interesting
to every true American, for IN American prima
donna, one Of the worlds greatest, and a lady
whose great personal beauty and great talent
her countrymen delight TO honor, will sing the
triumph arms and Of tTinmPh IN dITIS%.cI R5SSS oi
over England. We are proud OF the superiority
Of our sculptors and painters over the present
artists OF Italy and we are proud Of our clylll-
kAtlon, our learning and our eloquence over all
that is now displayed In Germany, or In all con.
tinental Europe. All things considered, beauty,
grace, style, manner, voice, power, acting and
American the equal rank Of Clara Louise KELLOGG
with any operatic singer Ia the world.
In doing this we by no means claim for her
perfection, but neither Luoca, Patti, Nilsson
nor even the almost divine Parepa- Rosa, are be,
yond honest and Intelligent criticism. All we
ask Americans To do Il to recognize American
talent and when y Is superior TO European
now notable opportunity for making a compar-
isOn. Audiences OF great intelligence and cnitl-
Walton will be assembled at Walls the balance
OF this week
Tho Theatre ComIaue.
The efforts OF the stage OF the Theatre
Comlque are this week unusually nne, and the
character OF the performance Is much entitled
10 praise. II Is true that there is much In It
ridiculous, but 1t Is meant to be so. Il amuses
and attracts, and that Is all the management
profess 10 do. We are not surprised 20 see the
theatre crowded night after night with respect
able people, for they are seeking reasonable and
rational enjoyment, and there they 1nd It.
Metropolitan Theatre.
The "feast OF novelties" at the Metropolitan
last night was quite up to the usual standard,
II Is somewhat dlnicult to adequately describe
the jlgs and spanish Dances the Antics OF 'llvely
mOkes," the "scenes In the police COURT the
operations Of the Sausage machine" or the
grand concluding performance Of the ''Can.can,8 y
Each and all called out rounds Of applause and
helped on the reputation OF the Metropolitan.
Odd RelIsWs' Hall.
This evening is the last one for seeing Para
disc Lost, or the grand dlOrimlc representation
OF the earliest and most Important scenes OF the
human race the garden Of Rden. 90 TO Odd