Year: 1878

eft st the Grand Opera House, San Fran

 cisco, on the evening of the 18th inst. or

 the occasion of his leaving the state for tn,

 east, and delivered t-e following touching farewell address;

 | Farewell! That word Is the keynote O,

 the touching and beautiful poem which m,

 old friend, Dan OConnell, has done me

 the honor to read to you this evening

 Farewell' Not always . sad and solemn

 word, for it is fraughs with many a pleas.

 ant and tender recollection, and carries

 with 1t Tn its greeting sound the wish of

 happiness 10 come. To me tonight i,

 sweeps back over the past twelve years of

 my life, and copjures up the memory of

 many joyous days. Fer, living amongst you as have done for . long and treasured time, it would indeed be strange if had

 not many happy remembrances te cherish

 many moments of the most intense pleas-

 ure to look back upon and enjoy. Nv life,

 without being particularly eventful. has

 nevertheless full of change, both of places

 and of people, and have seen much of the

 inc worlds surface and of the worlds ways.

 But for the past twelve years San Francisco

 has been my home, and now that the hour

 has come in which I have to tear myself

 away from city and people that love so

 we'll. 1 feel how bitter seperation from scenes

 with which we have been long associated may

 become, and how hard is the struggle we

 have tn endure in the fulfillment of the des.

 tiny which shapes our ends." Not sim

 ply as an actor taking leave of his audi ence do appear before you at this moment.

 but ss a man bidding adieu to long known a n I little for myself, for you all know me we'll my failings and my better part; but let me have tho personal qualification of ex- pressing to you that I can honestly look back without reproach or regret upon my experience amongst you, and think with pleasurabie pride that, regardless even of my own interests, have, from feeling of attachment, fingered long Tn San Francisco; :; and when she has called upon me, in the sphere in which have moved, to ald any good cause, have never shrunk from the fuifillment of what deemed to be my duty! An active and busy life in your midst, life, like that of all of us, not without its sacrifices, is the best proof of this, and the grand assemblage which see before me tonight, an assemblage con- posed. as l know II to be, of those who wish me well, is the best, and to me, the most touching evidence of how yen have appreciated my endeavors, and of how nobly you have reciprecated the kindly feelings which have ever filled my heart toward you. l go at last from amongst you. leave the dear old Golden Gate. the sylvan shades of Tamalpais, the grand old mountains which love so we'll, to seek for other scenes and another home! l go, perhaps never to return. The paths of life are not always those of our choice, and we know not whither our future steps may lead. But if l go, carry with me heart overfiowing with love for this state and this community, | and among the sweetest memories of the 1 coming time will be those which are asso | ciated with my San Francisco home. To say that this parting Is to me without | deep and abiding sadness, would be to utter i what l do not feel; but the parting would l indeed be the more bitter, the regret the | more touching and painful did I really feel | that l were leaving you forever. The gen. erous friends, the kindly hearts which leave behind will act to me as magnet of attraction to call mc once more to their side, and shall, as I go from amongst you. look forward with hope to my return. To all who are within the sound of my voice tonight I say: Think of me as kindly as I shall think of you, and you will have pleasant and gentle

 thoughts such as no change of scene or of can destroy would could express my thanks to each one n the audience to whom I have been in. iebted for friendly acts, and for kind and cheering words. That cannot be; but you will know that such kindness has ever been appreciated by me, and that it's worth can never be measured by my words. For the success of the nights entertainment some pccial thanks are due, not alone to my brother and sister artists, who are ever ready O lend helping hand. and whose generos- , ty to me can never cease to respect and emember, but also to my friend, MT. Ken let.y, for the princely manner in which he , las placed this theater and its resources at , ny disposal. Without his aid this compli- { nent could not have been paid me, and I I appreciate wi,h all my soul his generous md kindly feeling. To my friends Ina Charles Stoddsrd and Danial I Cornell, who have come from the still T 'rivacy of their lives into this busy scene to s endor this welcome tribute of effection. I | V eed only say "Ged bless yeur. They V now mo we'll enough to know how much | | s mean, and those three words express enough 9 them. And now, I have only to say to Il that one brief word, "Fsrewell.n trust l nth all the warmth of my heart that do V ot utter it for the last time; but in some D ot very distant period may be permitted \ 3 renew the friendships have formed here. D nd to experience again that heartiness of [ oui, that generous and wholesome kindness. y Inch have given so keen an enjoyment to y " sojourn among you. Once more, fare s' ell. God bless you all. II