The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-04-14
An Assignment by :. m. Bryaut & &c

Messrs. j. III. Bryant & Co., sumac deal
ers, have conveyed to Hon. A. NJ. Kelley In
trust all their property, consisting OF rea
estate and mills In Richmond, coal-mines
In Chesterfield. mills In Petersburg, land
In North Carolina and Nottoway, Va. per-
sonal property, including stock on hand
and machinery, &C., &C., TO secure cred
! itors.
The trustee is clothed with authority to
operate the mills IL in his judgment he
deems 1t best.
The misfortune OF Bryant & Co. was
brought about by failures in the North.
Their property here Is large, their business
Is valuable one, and they are confident they
can pay every dollar they owe. They have
long been among the foremost OF our en-
terprising people, and enjoyed the conf
dence OF the community, which confidence
!. not at all impaired by their present em-
barrassment.
Both members OF the firm (Messrs. Bry-
ant and OBrien) are young, active. and
able businessmen, and will yet achieve
success. All they want Is a little time.
Meanwhile their business Will not be sus-
pended, but will go on under Mr.. Keiley's
administration.
MOZART HALL LAST NIGHT.-The success
in all respects OF the entertainment given
under the auspices OF the MoZert Assocla-
ton iby the Guernsey-Listeman Combina-
ton last evening must have been rs graft
flying TO the music committee as il was
pleasing TO the large and brilliant audience
which crowded every available space in
Mozart Hall. The entertainment was fin
ished in every respect. Even as regards
the seating Of so large an assemblage, there
was, strange to say, not single duplica-
ton OF numbers or one unpleasant occur
reEce.
The impersonations from literature by
Miss Guernsey, which were interspersed
at intervals with the charming music by
the seXtette and the contralto, Miss Barnes,
were highly interesting, and gave evidence
OF very superior and versatile declamatory
powers possessed by this lady. She has
remarkable voice, capable OF great variety
OF eXpressons-irom deep masculine ut
terances to the softest female tones, and
again changing with ease to the familiar
and irresistably funny childish prattle.
Her facial expressions are, too, at all times
i'm keeping with the sudden and marked
transitions OF tone. Intense in all the pie
tures she portrays, it can doubtless with
truth be said Miss Guernsey is born ac-
tress. She was enCOred on each stated re-
cital, and il was the generous eXactions by
the audience in this regard from her and
the artists who furnished the musical por-
tion OF the programme that made the en-
tertainment, which would have been other
wise uneXccptionable, rather long drawn
out and tiresome.
The numbers by the seXtettc, while
beautifully rendered and almost beyond
criticism, were not such rs to distinguish
them, as upon some former occasions here.
Mr.. Listeman is n finished vioin-Sooist.
His playing is full of life, and his tone
Possesses purity and sweetness. His rem
dition OF the very difficult " Hungarian
Fantastic" by Ernst, was tasteful, chaste,
and wonderful in execution; yet by COM
parison with that OF " ihelmi, one must
confess il was tame.
Mr.. Edward Hendl. one Of the original
"Boston Quintette," who Is deseryedly a
great favorite i'm Richmond. has reached Z
perfection in flute-playing rarely TO he
found. The composition "Il Nento," re-
markable in itself for its descriptive truth,
was made still more astonishing by the
Wonderful manner i'm which this gentleman
rendered it. He was, Of course, raptu-
rously encored. Indeed, almost all the
numbers on the programme received re-
clll.
The vocalist OF the company, Miss Marie
Evelyn Barnes, possesses contralto voice
OF decided power and promise. As yet.
however, it is rather uneven. Some Of her
low tones are very rich and true. She has
high notes that are sweet, and yet i'm her
middle register she is at intervals faulty.
She was well received, and, judging from
the number Of recalls, gave great satisiac-
ton. The violoncelo obligato by AleXan-
der Heind was pleasing performance.
and the - Visions in n Dream" with either
obligato, by the company, was fitting
conclusion OF a charming entertainment.