St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-01
Our Radix Letter.
NJ

WHAT WE DID ABOUT IT'-BACK TO
HIS DUNGEON MIR. TwEEDs "HoME
SWEET OME"-MARRIAGE OF HIS SIC
CEsSoR-ALL ABOUT ADJUSTMENTS
BOOTH. BANGS. BAHIA AND BOUCICAULT
Miss DAVENPORT AND MISS NORRIS
LECTURES SACRED AND PROFANE
rHILADELrHIA's DEPARTED GLORY.
NEW YORK. Nov. -, 1876.
To the Editor Of the CaIcti0n,dn
Twelve months ago. lacking only Il
week or two. the readers of morning
papers in the city of New York were
startled at the black inquiry staring at
them from ont their columns "Where'>
Tweed p About noon on Thursday
last the same sensational type was call
ed into requiSition to announce to our
gal. If the end of the Boss tourists
journey did not excite the interest
which its beginning aroused, it is not
by any means on account of its lesser
Importance, but simply because our
general eNcitability has been worn
callous and threadhare 10y the election
return infections of the past few weeks
Every thing connected with his arrival
and transfer from United States To mlI-
nicipal custody WAS effected in the most
orderly and quiet manner possible. The
prisoners appearance has not been i'm
proved 10y his wanderngs and the hard
ships which he is reported to have suf
harcheadcd as deckhand on the YES
sci which conveyed him from Cuba.
He is thinner and paler. and has aged
very much in this one wear. He still
wears the proverbial diamond studs,
but otherwise his appearance is decid
eddy Scedy, us unlike that of the pam
pcred deSpot of Tammany as could well
he. His only recorded remark on en-
teIiug the Jail WAS We'll, | thought |
should have to come back here" The
millions that Tweed stole, even if he
could keep them, would he meagre
compensation for the subsequent prose
cution of his relentless Fate
How much of Il moral can be drawn
from the circumstance | am not prepar-
ed To state: but the fact remains that
just us the ex-ruler of the city comes
back to it in chains, his successor in
power receives the softer bonds of we'd
lock from the hands of Cardinal Me-
Closkey. The natural Inference is that
Mr.. John Kelly, being more happy than
Mr.. Tweed must have been more vir-
tuouS, and | rather think that is the
fact. At all events, little has ever been
said against his personal honesty.
Miscellaneous current news worthy
of chronicling is extremely scaice. The
little fun we got Out of watching for the
Franklin is no longer available, and
there is hardly anything to help us kill
time while waiting for the decision of
election bets-of which John Morrissey
holds over million dollars that he has
coolly loaned at four per cent. just to
keep it from rusting in his pockets till
wanted-eXcept the theatres, the great
Martinez breach-of-promise suit, which
is dragging its slow and somewhat uu-
savory lengths through the courts, and
the near prospect of Thanksgiving. OF
the latter, more anon.
The week has been Il rare one i'm the
amusement world. First and foremost
is the continuation of Madame ESspotf7s
magnificent series of concerts, the furOre
over which has grown steadily from her
first appearance. Her success, assured
from her opening performance, is now
achieved, aud her rank settled as in al
most every respect the greatest pianist
who has ever visited this country. She
has fairly carried New York by storm
crowded houses, floral offerings and
Iaptuous applause testifying to the COM
pleteness of her triumphs. Hell season
here is about half completed, and at its
close she will depart on tour of de-
light to the music lovers of other Amer
lean cities.
Next in interest comes the return to
New York of Edwin Booth, who under
the management of his father in-law,
Mr.. McVicker, has opened at the Lyceum
Theatre for Il ten weeks season, begin
ming with Hamlet" i'll which he was en-
Enthusiastically welcomed. AT the Fifth
Avenue also, Shakespeare reigns, the
comedy farce of Life" having been re-
moved in the height of its success to
make way for Il gorgeous revival of
GAS You Like It," with Miss Fanny
Davenport as ROsalind, and our recent
English acquisition Mr.. Coghlan us
Orlando. This performance, beside be-
ing very strong dramatically, is worthy