An account of the famous song of “I Wish I Was in Dixie,” will be found elsewhere. Dan Emmett was born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, October 29, 1815, where he died, June 28, 1904. FRANK BROWER, the junior member of the first minstrel company, made his first appearance at Dick Myers’ Museum in Philadelphia, doing a song and dance, about 1838; subsequently he joined John Robinson’s Circus, and later Raymond & Waring’s Circus. After the separation of the original minstrel company in London in 1844, Mr. Brower traveled with Cook’s Circus in England; and in the Spring of 1844, with Pelham, Sweeney and Emmett, they gave their old performance, opening in Dublin, Ireland, April 22, 1844, and playing engagements in Cork, Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh, after which he returned to America and played with some of the principal minstrel and circus organizations. In 1851 he revisited England, appearing as clown with Welch’s Circus. February 28, 1856, he opened at Sanford’s Minstrels in Philadelphia. His last engagement in minstrelsy was with Tunnison’s Minstrels in Philadelphia, November 2, 1867; and his last appearance on the stage was in the same city, November 22, 1867, at the Walnut Street Theatre, in “The Lottery of Love.” Mr. Brower’s “Happy Uncle Tom” was as perfect a piece of acting, it has been said, that has ever been seen on any stage. He was original to a degree, and never stooped to vulgarity in any form. Frank Brower was born in Baltimore, Md., November 20, 1823; he died in Philadelphia, June 4, 1874. THE BUCKLEY SERENADERS. JAMES BUCKLEY, the father of R. Bishop, G. Swayne and Fred Buckley was the organizer of the justly famous Buckley Serenaders; they were originally known as the Congo Melodists; subsequently upon playing an extended engagement in New Orleans, they adopted the title of “New Orleans Serenaders”; later using the name they were ever after known by. Mr. Buckley was leader at Harrington’s Museum in Boston in 1840. In 1843 he organized the Congo Melodists in Boston, and gave their first performance at the Tremont Theatre; in October they were playing the Tabernacle, the present site of the Howard Athenaeum. Their first New York appearance was in 1845; the following year they went to England, where they remained about two years. For family reasons each of the four Buckleys adopted different names on this trip, and retained them for a time after their return to the United States in 1848; James Buckley was known as James Burke. Their metropolitan reappearance was made at the Society Library Rooms, corner Broadway and Leonard Street; they played here as early as January 3, 1849.