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The Millionaire Negro-Singer. Among the celebrities of New-York is E.P. Christy, the negro minstrel, who, having made a princely fortune out of burnt cork and Ethiopian melodies now lives the life of a wealthy and fashionable New-Yorker. He recently made a great dash in the streets, with a magnificent sleigh, which attracted unusual attention, from its splendor and the beauty of the prancing stud of snow-white homes to which it was attached, In the Summer he drives out in an elegant carriage, behind two splendid bays, with a flue large coach-dog running under the carriage. He is quite a connoisseur in horseflesh and, in driving out, alternates between his bay and white horses. In his promenade he is accompanied by a largo bull-terrier, a splendid specimen of the canine race. His wealth is prodigious, and, as he has been economical and laborious While earning it, he feels authorized to spend it freely. may be frequently men in the dress circle of the Italian Opera, and is always the observed of all observers.

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