The suicide of Capt. Brandt, on the
(Ge'lrtiia stealler herdier, caused a shock
in the city, where lie was well and favor
ably known. ie0 was a true sailor, no
ble, generouels til I brave ; lie had riien to
his proitl plosition of commanlnitder of one
lis prould positiou (,f conmlllmillder of onic1
of the finest steaniships out of the port
of New Ylork. 'iThouisands of 4oullr (lermanl
fellow-citizenis who have visited Fader
laid within tihe past 211 years well recol
lect his frank, bronzed face, and lie was
almost the last man in the world that
one would have suspected of a design
lupol his own life. HIe evidently retained
his senses clear up to his lsnt mlonelnt;
but lie says in his l1rting letter that it
can not he helped. Several other soi
cidies Of llinlor note have occulrrdll , but
these two have cast a gloom over thel,
very hest circles in the city.
Our staff of life is enldagered. Just
thilk of an army of eight thousand ba
kers on a strike, less work and imore pay
or no bread. The bos.es at first deter
mined to resist, but, like Crocnett's coon,
they caine dlown at last, aid now we are
having our Viellna rolls, twist and hotue
iiade, just thie same as usual.
(ur imonister imullsical fe:stival has been
musically and financially a great success.
Just thinkl of 500 inlstrumlents and 171101
voices swelling in one grand tornado of
llalollnylly. Talk of music, there were
avalanchesit , mlolintainilS ild lurricanes of
it, that almost took you off your fiiet.
l)r. 1i)arlllloschi the Ialder and11 lrojel' jctlor,
is afioit the proiiulest Illie ill Yew York.
