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Whole No. 5093, THE DONKEY LITERATURE. Wisdom, Politics, Philosophy, Music, Non- sense, Kun, Fass, Feathers, Wit, Gammon, Humb Gossip, and Everything else, from the Sunday Press. [From the John Donkey, May 6.] Greav Times amona ‘rue Coprisu, ARisTocRacy— Arrivat or Louis Puiirpr in New York—rur Oysrerocracy 1x_A Hussup—Turgarenep Re- VOLUTION IN THE Unrrep States, AND DecuaRa- ‘TION OF A ReerBiic. “ A The respectable snobs and old fogies of Teponie cadom were thrown into a state of delicious flutter on Saturday, as the above Bleecker newsboys, (who are yery aristocratic, and generally wear tails to their shirts, as any body may see who takes a rear view of their what-do-ye-callums,) rumored it about that his ex-majesty Louis Philippe had ar- rived in the America, and was actually at that very moment in New York, accompanied by his family and suit, Tere was ago! What atime in pros- pectu for our democratic, king-hating, codfish ‘aris- tocracy! It was almost too good to be true. fe _ But certain it was, beyond all reasonable scepti- cism, that a fat,waddly man,with a peaked wig, like the gable end of an ‘old low Dutch house—a large umbrella, showing traces of aseyere rain, a fine- looking elderly lady, and a somewhat pretentious number of uttendants, had been seen to land from the steamer at Jersey City, and make his way with all convenient despatch to the ferry boat. Two of the attendants bore between them asmallish sized trunk, which was evanenty yey, heavy, and which they carried quite carefully—the gentleman with the gable end and the umbrella turning every now and then to take a glance at it over his shoulder. ‘This of course was the ex-king, the ex-queen, and the royal chest of treasure, which everybody knows Louis Phil Pps carried off with him’ from the Little Trianon, This is a sceptical world, we admit; yet here wae a case of circumstantial evi- dence which amounts, in the mind of any candid royalty-hunting snob, to proof positive. ‘It being, therefore, positively settled, that the waddly man with the umbrella was really and truly his ex-ma- Jesty, and nothing shorter,the duty of the first com- mercial city in the world toward the Napoleon of Pence, became clear and manifest. He must have a public reception. 5 ‘ That very fae a meeting was held in the lobby of the Opera House, and a committee, consisting of a retired barber, a wholesale. pork merchant, and a shy note smasher, was appointed to smell out his ex-majesty, and make the necessary prepara- tions. With the assistance of acabman_ and two ticket portera, the route of the distingnished ex- monarch, umbrella, and trunk, was ut length traced to a very aristocratic dollar-a-day hotel in Liberty street, which the royal fngitive had doubtless se- lected on account of the name of the street in which it was situated. Besides, the street was al- most as narrow and dirty as Paris, and the entire neighborhood smacked strongly of “la belle France,” at least so far as its outward aspect was concerned, f Upon being made acquainted with the object of their visit, the old gentleman replied, very affably, that he was not aware of ever having done any- thing to deserve such an honor; but the committee begged to be permitted the honor of insisting. The retired barber cut a flourish as if he were shaving an imaginary face with an unusually keen razor— the pork merchant said it was “prime,” and the whole thing was speedily agreed upon. Atan early hour on Monday morning, the grand procession was formed, the right resting on Liber- ty street, and the lett extending to the Home Jour- nal office, where sat Brigadier General Morris on an unimpeachable black charger, his glossy uni- form and bright buttons shining like a newly paint- ed sign ate benevelent face radiant with hap- piness. The General had been persuaded with great difficulty to assume, for this occasion only, the post of Grand Marshall of the day, having heretofore uniformly declined such marks of dis- tinction from his fellow citizens. General Pros- per M. Wetmore had also been induced, simply by considerations of public duty, to act as principal aid, and confusion distributor general. » At 12 o’elock exactly the procession formed in the followidg order:— Tho Tribune Hat, surmounted by The Crown of France, carried on a crimson cushion by King Mark Maguire, closely followed by Ex-King Louis Philippe. His Honor the Mayor, and the Members of the Common Council, followed by Col. Snow, ‘That Bottle of Whiskey Found under the Park South Gate Posts, Ina Horn! Hon. Frank Waddell, Bearing a copy of hit Maiden Speech At the Bar, Flogantly framed and glazed ! ! The Tall Son of York, Supported on either hand by a Fayorite Correspondent, and carrying Them Moose Horns ! (which have not arriv,) Followed by Frank with a tray, containiny A Private Smile. Horn’s Last! With a great many to boot. Tho Advertising Vat of the American Museum ! Very large and made to take in any number, With an original view of Tom Thumb's Cottage in the distance The Fifty Cent Subscribers to the Oyater Place Opera, ina Body! A Dray loaded with Mess Pork. ‘The Conneeticut Pie-Man. The great and good John Donkey, In a wheelbarrow and a brown study. ‘The Chovalier Gaillardet, Ina splendid Car, kindly loaned by Mr. Barry of the Park Theatre. Drawn by Four French Poodics, and followed by ‘The Sausage Man!! The N. Y. Historical Society, with arms reversed In Compliment to His Ex-Majesty. Horaco Greely, In @ Drab Blouso, mounted on a New Hobby. The Chiffoniers, Proceded by the Tri-colored Flag. Newaboys, Pigs and other citizens, ke. be ke. The procession marched up Broadway to Union square 5 round Union square to Fourteenth street ; down Fourteenth street to the residence of John Jones, Esq., the friend and acquaintance of His ex- Majesty; down Fourteenth street to the railroad house; where the company took a drink all round, while his ex-Maesty made all square. The march was then resumed, and continued through all the fashionable streets and places, the windows on both sides of the route being glazed with ladies, who waved their handkerchiefs, and shouted, in tolerable Fronch, “ Vive Is Grande Monareh |" Vive lo John Donkey!” aa these distin- guished characters passed. The omnibuses throughout the city were adorned with flags at half mast, and the drivers conscientiously received tin sixpencos throughout the day. At even- ing there was a grand conversazione at the splendid rooms of Mr, Jones, where His ex-Majesty, being very hungry, made acquaintance with several of the natives, and graciously permitted himself to be initiated into the graver and more momentous habits and customs of the American people, by the great and good John Don- key, who recited weveral hundred conundrums, from the pages of his unrivalled journal, The King laughed at firet immoderately, but soon yawned stupendously ; and, having been previously warned not to blow out the gas, sought his pillow at an early hour, and the Codtish Arixtocracy dixpersed in good order to the bo- soms of their respective fumilios. GGThe Identical Umbrella) worn by His ex-Majesty on this memorable occasion, may be seon for a few days, At this Office, (From the Sunday Courier, May 7.] Musicas..—The Italian Opera, Astor Place, has at length mado a final “burst up,” the efforts of the prin- lipal members of the company to revivify it, to the con- trary notwithstanding. The concern began foolishly — it became a sort of serious joke to the subscribers, who had paid in advance ; it struggled against mixmanage- ment and ridicule, and finally expired, suffocated by excessive exclusivencss, We trust that the fate of this concern will act as atwarning to those who may be de- rirous hereafter of ostablishing a permanent Italian opera in this city, that they may avoid the error which proved futal to this enterprise. The public must be made of some,consideration—to depend for support on a sot of would-be aristocrats, i foollah and absurd, and the managing committee of this affair have rendered themselves thotlaughing stocks of the community by their ridiculous ay ied European customs, and dis- gusting attempts waline of distinction between } for the opera by great personal xacrifices, certain classes. We should be pleased to seo the names of this committee published, and as somo of the editors who have been victimized intend to hold them respon- sible for the debts of the extablishment, we are in great hopes that they will be made to pay smartly for their short experience in management. We trust that with the material now in the city, an- other company will be organized—a few selected from the Astbr Place company, with the addition of Bixcac- cianti, Pico, De Beguix, &c., would form # powerful troupe, capable of doing full Justice to ang opera, It is clear that musical taste in city is rather fastidi- ous; it is not satisfled with mediocre efforts, particu- larly in Italian opera, where the music is the sole at- traction, for with the million the business of the stage possessor not the slightest interest. We believe that with really excellent artistes, a proper degree of liber- ality, and at moderate prices, an enterprize of the kind could not fall, and we trust that wo shall speedily hear of measures having been taken to effect such an organ- ization, Musica Srrvices.—A suit was tried in the Marine Court last week, brought by Emelio Rossi Corsi, against Edward P. Fry, author of the opera of Leonora,” to re- cover compensation for Lbalianisieg! Abe opera, and rendering it presentable to the Italian stage. The defendant, however, atated that he had been taken in completely—-in the first place, he thought that the plaintiff had volunteered his services, and his labor had all been thrown away, as the Italian company had “ burated up,” and the opera could not now be produced. ‘The jury gave a verdict tor the plaintiff, but the amount has not been reported, ‘The West is a great mart for marriageable young lndies—they go out there for the ostensible purpose of becoming teachers, and they fulfl their mission by teaching the men how to love. A great many emigrated last year under the auspices of the daughter of a Boston clergeyman, and they are now mostly mothers. Four- teen more were at Buffalo last week, on their way to In- diana and Illinois, going out under the auspices of the American Society for the Promotion of Popular Education.” ‘They had better call it by its proper name, however—* for the promotion’ of connubial an- nexation.”” Mararmowiat Reronr.—é My dear,” said a wife to her husband, both of the * upper ten,” as they sat at dinner, “you ingular taste in liking roast mutton; it is a vulgar id “My dear, let me have my own way sometimes ; you hhaye & particular taste in tho way of dross.” ‘The husband had just given his check to Stewart for almost s cool thousand, the amount of the wife's pur- chases for a few months. [From the Sunday Times, May 7.] Heuu.—The Rey. Mr. Clapp, of New Orleans, deliver- ed a very learned and sensible discourse, by particular desire, on the question whether such a place as hell was known in the Scriptures as a place of everlasting tor- ment and punishment. The Rev. Mr. Campbell has also delivered a discourse equally eloquent, showing that there is such # place as hell quoted in the Scrip- tures, and taking the opposite doctrine to the one firmed by the Rev. Mr. Clapp. Of course, parties aro divided on the subject, both theories have their advocates, governed by such lights only as the Scrip- tures hold forth, and drawing inferences from what re- lates to punishments hereafter. The Rey. Mr. Clapp says thero is no sch word as hell in the Greek and Hebrew, as we understand the signification of the word as a place of ondless torture; and the Rev. Mr. Camp- bell says that the Jewish doctrine is, that the torments of hell are eternal—with this peculiarity, however, that there is a respite from suffering every seventh day. We do not find this in the Bible. ‘he word hell is fre- quently found in the English translation of the Bible, from Sheol; but Sheol is « pit, @ grave, or the * souls of the departed.” Probably we come nearer the de- finition of what is meant by the word hell, in the 12th chapter of the Book of Daniel, where the ge- neral resurrection is foretold—' When the multitude of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.) “Here is the extent of the punishment pre- dicted by the great prophet, No everlasting fires—no 3 tortures—no devils—no sea of molten lead and perpetu- al flames—no burning hell-fires ; but the wicked with the good, shall both arise at the ‘great day of resurrec- tion. While everlasting life is promised to the good, life is also not withheld from the wicked ; but the wi- thering punishment of sin is shame and everlasting contempt—and this Is the extent of punishment, se- vere as it, which is destined for the wicked. The con- trast of everlasting joy with everlasting contempt is stronger in its incentive to good actions than flames of hell and devils incarnate, for the punishment of “shame and everlasting contempt” is the most rational of the two, How are all the dead to be judged, if the wicked are to endure the pangs of hell-fire? A state of wick- edness—the grawing pangs of conscionce—ay be con- sidered as types of hell. ‘The word is figurative. It is, however, contended, that the pangs of hell should be presented to the wicked to deter him and others from crime ; and unless there is belief in some endless place of punishment, there will be no religion, no morality— that the fear of hell will check the commission of crime. If that fear has any influence on the human mind, how is it that sin and orime exist? We should not consi- der the Deity as a God of vengeance, but a God of love and mercy. We should fear to offend him, to go astray from his divine laws, more than being influenced by the fear of hell-fire. If we look up to him with the con- fidence of a guileless heart, love him as our Father, Creator, Saviour, Redeemer, King of the Universe, Ma- ker of heaven and earth, such faith in his goodness an justice will be consoling in all the hours of life, and no fears of hell can prevail against it. Tromas Cove.—Mr. Bryant pronounced a touching eulogy on this great American artist in the Church of the Niessinh on Thursday evening Inst. Mr. Cole, it will be remembered, dicd at Catskill last’ month, at the age of 46 years. As a landscape painter he held a dis- tinguished place, not only among the artists of this country, but of Europe, and in private life it might truly be said of him : * None knew him but to love him, Or named him but to praise,” It was fitting that the first poet of America should embalm in such a tribute the memory of one of her greatest painters. Iracian Orena.—The reign of Benedetti and Rossi only lasted trois jours. They could not raiso the wind among the subscribers—thoy had already bled too freely —no the season cannot be finished, and the opera house will be let to the Havaua troupe, the French company, or to any respectable applicant. We regret this very much, not alone from our own admiration of that apecies of entertainment, but from the disappointment which will be felt among the true lovers of Italian music. Thero was, it is true, too much exclusiveness in the opening of the new house—too little reliance upon general support; but then the committee of ma- nagement and of building have been exceedingly lib ral in their outlays, and have exhibited a true regard ‘They have not been sustained—for certainly the subscription for the reason was exceedingly small. A different system hereafter—low salaries und honest agents—will carry the opera through. [From the Sunday Atlas, May 7.} Mason Gexenat Scort.—It is expected that this gallant and successful soldier will reach this city in a few days, probably by the 15th inst. That he will be received with enthusiasm, and with joy, and pride, by his grateful countrymen, is an Aastumed post ulate which no one will geinsay. As a soldier, deeply learn- edin «“ 2, war's vast art;”* ana succensful chieftain, he may be ranked with the noblent captains that have ever led armies on to bat- tle, to conquest, and glory; and. for the noble deeds he achieve xico, ho is ontitled to rank with the Marlboroughs, and Ruperts, Eugenes, and Fredericks, of by-gone martial story. From his landing at Vera Cruz, till he entered the gates of the capital of the Mex- iean republic, his carcor was moteor-like—one eternal blaze of military glory. Goneral Scott returns homo, at the call of the Presi- dent of the United States. ‘The call was made oppor- tunely for the veteran soldier; for it places him on his native soil, at a time when he, probably, mont desire him to take care of hit own affairs, ay a candidate for the Presidency. Nobody doubts, wo fancy. that he means to be a candidate for the succes- sion, if he can obtain a nomination. Will the whigs nominate him? That remains to be seen. He has a atrong array of friends among them; and they will not willingly surrender his pretensions, They may, however, be rwindled again, ax they were in the year $39. In that yoar, a Scott party was organized in this city, It commenced with a smail capital, having, at that timo, but little else to depend upon’ than the almost obsolete atory of their hero's achievements in. the war of 1812, and the still less available capital that hin achicvements in diplomacy, with Sir John Harvey. touching the north-eastern boundary question, afford- ed. ‘The chief originators of this Scott party, were Mr. Edward Curtis and Mr. Ogden Hoffman. “Mr, Charles King originally took a very active part in the matter ; but as the party, such as it was. commenced its organi- sation in the Herald office, that gentleman chose to keep himself in the rear, and in his own office of the New York American. At the opening of the Harrisburgh convention, the Scott men could, probably, rally a majority of votes ; but, as Mr. Clay's friends became very savage and im- patient, and as it was well known that. of all men on earth, Mr. Clay deprecated General Scott's pretensions, & compromise was effected, and it was agreed that he should be abandoned, and that Gen. Harrison should have the nomination. What took place. everybody ix apprised of. Gen. Harrison was nominated—Mr. Clay was disappointed, mortified, and chagrined, though ho endeavored to keep « good face on the matier. Had it not been for Scott,” said he, “1 had had the nomi- nation.” And, “had it not been for Clay," said Scott, “Thad had the sweet voices of the convention !!! Both have beon very uncomfortable in their political feel- ings, ever since, he Scott party, in the yenr 1830, possessed a balance of power In the Harrisburgh convention ; and, if it had not yielded to © compromise, it might have con- trolled it. If General Scott had many friends then, he ought to have many more now. His achievements’ in Mexico entitle him to an accession of personal and po- litical strongth, The same active and untiring spirits that labored in his behalf, in 1830-40, yet Ii nd are wide awake, Mr, Ogden Hoffman has committed him. self to General Taylor; but Mr. Edward Curtis, the litical Metternich of the country, still adheres to Boot, as do most of his 1839-40 associat We shall #oon soe what the Scott people will do. Im the mean- time, lot us be patient. A tailor advertises Lamartine coats, Louis Philippe wigs would be a Fre speculation for peruguiers—the more especially, if they announced imported ones; a8 each purchasor might hope to obtain the one the of the Bourbons” left behind him, [From the Sunday News, May 7.) ‘Tuy Faicuny, o¥ tHe Orxna.—As predicted by very many of the present denizens of our fashionable city, the opera has failed, aud the great aud magnificent building which but a few months since was opened for the express purpose of presenting to the lovers of mu- sic representations of Italian operas, is now a dark and deserted hall, The treasury of the select few was found by the searchers after fifty cent subscriptions, and the advocates of the Opera House corps, empty, barren—copperless Here, then, we have a beautiful specimen of the soundness and stability, the liberality and intelligence of an “amateur aristocracy.” ‘Tis folly, indeed, to assert that a majority of the wolf-styled nabobs were firm supporters of the opera; their actions have proved to the contrary, ex- poop! also, their want of love for an amusement harm- jess and entertaining. If fashion ix to force its way into every undertaking that commands dollars and applause, under the pre- sent bon ton dynasty, empty benches will, for years to come, exhibit themselves to all the drop-curtains, rata aud gas lights of the countless theatrical edifices of the Union, An extract of fashion, or a particle of se- lect humbug, is now-a-days like laudanum or ether, destructive to the life of any one object or being, if indulged in to any great extent. Fashious, too, as they are now represented in the musical retreats of our city, much resemble remnant collections of things that exist only in imagination, but not in reality; and many of those who are foremost to introduce these ex- travagant displays, think more of their fashionable re- putation than of the folly of such needless invest- ments. Fashion has ruined the opera, condemned the sweet voice of Truffl to a long imprisonment. and de- prived the real appreciators of good music and good acting the pleasure of listening to, or witnossing such enlivening displays. In this great city we are quite sure there exists a class of youthful admirers and paying friends of the Opera; and though they do not feel at liberty, and for want of means are not able, to pay in advance # sub- scription to the same, yet this class of the populace are invariably present on the production of any opera worthy of the notice and patronage of the people, thus contributing to the funds of the institution or estab- lishment in as great a degree as those who subscribe by the season ; therefore, is it not reasonable to suppose that if all the patrons of the opera were taxed ante it the box office, 7. ¢., receive their tickets on the payment of the sum specified in the bills of the day, the opera would succeed far better than it has done? The very fuct that a large sum was subscribed for the support of the opera induced the parties concerned to spend it extravagantly, which has resulted in no material bene- fit to themselves or the public, Unfortunately, the city of New York is beset with a race of imaginary fashionables, (for they are so decmed in the Knickerbocker world,) who dictate to the sober and reflecting portion of the people whenever oppor- tunities occur. To such the musical public is indebted for “ the failure of tho opera.” Tue Worst Ism.—* Harry,” enquired our friend Jim, addressing a friend, the other day, “ Harry, which do you consider the worst of the numerous isms now pre- valent ?” \ Abolitionism *” replied his friend, enquiringly. “ Socialism 2"? «No. « Nativism 2”? “No, no." “Then I must give it up,” replied he. “ Expound.”? “Why, Rheumatism—I’ve gotit in every bone in my body, and it ia worse than all the others combined,” ré- plied the wag. Wuar tr Costs.—Some iden of the expense of law which the poople have to pay for the city fathers, may be gleaned from the fact that, including the verdict gained by James T, Brady, Esq., against the city, as stated in our last paper, that gentleman receives, for bugs! Vive la Republique! ery the armed thousands below: F la Republique! ory the government on the balcony, and so the Republic is proclaimed. The French Republic that has slept for forty-four year: she is there, the resurrection, the easter day of tre a dom. Vive la Republique! “And far away to the east and west, to north and south, writes the black telegraph on the blue sky of February, the magic words La Republique! and in twenty-four hours the ery sounds along the coasts of the Mediterranean, and the Pyrenees, and from the At- lantic and the shores of the Rhine comes back the echo, Vive la Republique!” A Ficut amMona tHe Sport: Men.—That large and influential class of men about town, known as the sporting genta, have been in a state of excitement, in consequence of a sharp, short, but very brilliant battle, between two of the greatest fighting men of the crowd, which came off on ‘Thursday evening. at the oyster sa. loon, on the corner of Park Place and Broadway. The combatants were Yankee Sullivan and Thomas Hyer. ‘The immediate cause of the fight appears to have been some piece of bluster, on the part of Yankee, “that he could fight any man that could be found anywhere. and lick the man too.” ‘This sweeping challenge was taken up by Hier, who began to divest himself of his cont, and, while thus engaged, Yankee made a blow which took effect upon Hyer's chin. As soon as his amma were disengaged from his garment, he made a desperate lunge at Yankee, with his right hand, which took effect upon the nasal organ, and would have re- duced the:braggart’s perpendicular to a horizontal po- sition, had not Hyer stepped in, and catching his foe with his left arm, had his head in that peculiar position which is termed in chancery. In this fix, Yankee had to take it until his opponent chose to listen to the brag- gart’s call for quarter, When he was dropped, his eyes both closed, and his frontispiece so altered that it could not be recognised by his best friends from a silver tea- pot. Of course, things cannot stay in this unsettled state any longer than it is necessary for Yankee to re- cover, when, we presumo, a regular ‘rough-and-tumble fight will be got up, to test which is the better man. Gen, Scott's true character has not been rightly re- presonted or understood. He wears his heart upon his sleeve. ‘The loye of truth ix so strong within him that it forces its way out, when in other men of more tact or cunning it would be kept within bounds, not be al- lowed to show itself but on proper occasions—when something was to be gained. So with his vanity. Scott is a vain man; and here again the love of truth that is in him shows itself, giving to the light his own weaknesses, All men are vain or egotistical, but the majority haye the art to keep a check upon their vanity and egotism, and to do it the better they decry thelr existence in others. ‘To show that we have not a particular vice ourselves, wo should abuse its existence in those that are known to have or that show it. Gen. Scott has sustained the fire in his front better than the fire in his rear—he has fought his country’s | enemies better than he has fought his own. Yet ho will escape the latter with both honor and glory. ‘The man is evidently too honest to be put down by any combination of villany, aided by perjury, or other vile things. The Mirror is gravely of opinion that that mantle of Powers has not fallen upon Mr. Collins’ shoulders. We opine that it may haye fallen upon ‘em, but it was worn out by the newspapers long before it reached the last of the paddies and the first of vocalists. Tho Astor Place Opera House has nded its notes, musical and pecuniary : it isin debt to every newspaper in the city !, Oh, quite a fashionable affair, very! It kept up its character to the last—price $9 to us. Davy Cnocxetr axp Dappy Rice.—When Davy Crockett made the tour of the States some few years ago, he met Jim Crow Rice, then a little past the meri- dian of his fame, and beeame so enamored of him that he took him to his bosom in the shape of a huge brooch about a foot in length, upon which was the figure of a popular colored personage: doing just so.’ It was so large that it looked more like a shield than a brenst- pin, Ofcourse Davy's fame and his remarkable ap- two years’ services rendered the corporation, something over twenty-seven thousand dollars! The Comptrol- ler’s report shows that, during the past. year, sixty-one thousand nine hundred dollars have been paid’ from the city treasury for lawyers’ fecs and lawyers’ costs, including the amount paid to Mr. Brady. Think of this, ye tax-paying workie: {From the Sunday Mercury, May 7.| WHERE ARE THE MODEL ARTISTS GONE ? BY JAMES STILLMAN, ‘Where are the model artists gone ? ‘Those nice tableaux vivants Of beautiful young ladies, sans Both petticoats and pants, Who, scorning fashion’s shifts and whims, Did nightly crowds delight By showing up their handsome limba ‘At fifty conts a sight. Where are the model artists gone ? Decency, seized with furor, Got wrathy suddenly, and on Set policeman and juror; And, lo! right off, to vile duross Went Haidee, Eve and Venus: The motive we perhaps may guess— But let that rest between us. Where are the model artists gone? Our big-bugs said Ttwould hurt us Such lovely forms to gaze upon— Youth would not loug be virt’us And kind of them it was, indeed, Though scandal loves to babble, ‘Thus generously to take heed Of th’ morals of the ‘ rabble.’ Why are the model artists gone? Ay, that’s a curious question; Surinises { will leave alone— 1 but ask for facts to rest on; For haply, if our thoughts we'd show, ‘Tho’ correct as is the Bible. The greater is the truth, you know, ‘The greater is the libel. Why are the model artists gone? ‘There are left, alas! behind, ‘The weeds of vice more fully grown, Yet no one seems to mind. Vice walks unblushing! As brazen ax the devil, Yet no rebuff the demon meets, Or hindrance to her revel! Why are the model artists gone? They're no worse, | have a notion, Than dancing girls, who oft have shown The ‘ poetry of motion!” Yet age has witnessed their displays, Tho’ none could be completer, And virtuous virgins sat to gaze Without an alter'd feature. Why are the model artists gone? Why marked for reprobation. While gambling hells are left alone, And rooms for assignation, Where naughty husbands sometimes go, And sometimes naughty spouses? ‘True, Gotham’s magnates never show Their faces in such houses, Why are the model artists gone? They were not saints precisely, And they who as spectators went May not have acted wisely; Yet justice should impartial be To all and each condition, And keep her reputation free From censure and suspicion. The Tribune boasts of its able and vigilant eorps of European correspondents, ‘e shall not attempt to deny their energy. One of them, who writes from Lon- don, evidently has an excellent pair of scissors, and & mind disposed to go off at half cock. Previous to the late chartixt demonstration, he was quite sure that England was on the eve of a revolution; he had exelu- sive information on the subject; he dropped the scix- xora, and relied upon himself.’ His ingratitude to hia deat friend has been justly punished, How like a ve- ritable and disappointed ass he writes of the 150,000 special constables of London, “ They made,” says he, ‘a formidable appearance on paper, but in case of any disturbance, they would have beem mere straws !"° T! italics and the ‘exclamation point are his, The flip- pant donkey! he docs not see that the mere fact of such a boy of citizens arming themselves, and swear- ing and turning out to “ maintain tho institutions of their country against an insulting threat of revolu- tionary violence,” was one of the greatest moral vic- tories on record. It did more to crush the energies of tho * physical @rce chartists,” than any military dis- play could have done. Nothing has occurred in the history of England that shows the stability of its insti- tutions greater than this. It is now insured agains revolution of violence for the next quarter of 4 con- tury, at least, But a great moral revolution must and will go on. Another of its pet corrospondents—its star social reform—is so intensely intellectual, and xo profoundly rofound, that we have a difficulty in understanding her, and when we do understand hor, we find the pud- ding not worth the eating. But its third, newest, and last correspondent! Oh, isn’t he un oiseau? He writes in German, and isa close imitator of that French exclamation point, Jules Janin He writes as if in perpetual admiration of himself, Every sentence ends with an exclamation, as every act of a melo drama ends with a grand tableau and the hit hi's! of the pit. If he should continue to write our streets, “<pleturesque" letters. to the Tribune, its readers must o draw get wp an oxtra quantity of breath, for he will Upon their admiration ‘as to take away any or’ stock of that article. We do not admire the tory style. Behold a specimen of the finest fustian in the market! “Ours is the Tuileries, ours the Palais Royal, ours all nd the telegraph that governs the departments! Lot Louis Philippe go, the old sinner can harm us no dgrger, But away to the Deputies’ Chamber, where in I haste they are seeking to make a new King—to put the crown on the head of a child, and once more cheat the people out of their victory! ‘To the Deputies’ Chamber, and send these schemors packing! As we enter, Dupin is proclaiming Louia Philippe the Second Ha! ‘Down with alt Louis Philippes! Charge again nt them-—fire at the tricksters! How they eeamper with their boy-king, leaping through doors and windows— they run, and the monarchy goos with them, “And now a provisional government, the first found the best stop not long to efkoose! If they do not act as we desire, we will have others: Lamartine, Arago, Ledru Rollin, and a fow more. And now quick to the Hotel de Ville, the Tuileries of the people. No long deliberations—quick to the work—no monarchy! no new constitutional cheating—no representative hum- earance attracted a great deal of attention inevery city he visited-—always accompanied by Rico and the mi. niature crow. Rice himself was at this time somewhat eccentric as to dress; wherever he could stick a gold eagle in the form ofa button, it was thar. In fact, he appeared to be gold buttons from the collar of his coat to the toe of his boots. ‘The arrival of these two eccen- tric and illustrious personages made some sort of a sen- sation in the good city of Boston—such sensation, indeed, as to reach Mr, Barry, who was the manager of the Tremont Theatre. A polite invitation was instant- ly despatched to the hero of the day, requesting him to visit that extablishment for the benefit of its treasury. To this invitation the following brief answer was sent : To Thomas Barry. Esq.. ‘Tremont Theatre : Dear Sir—Mr. James Crow Rice is the only person authorized to make any thentricat engagements for me during my tour through these United States. Yours eternally, Davip Croexerr. Barry instantly waited upon Rice to know the mean- ing of the ‘joke.’ ; Lookeo yah,’ said Rico, II tell yor it's no joke — The fac is that my fried the Colonel ix dam fond of me, and he don’t care about visiting the theatre unless I'm playing ; and—and [don’t care a dam about playing, do yer see, unless I haye half the house—half the house. ‘Them’s our terms.’ After a little more negotiation, and Barry finding ‘there was no help for it,’ Rice (and Davy Crockett) were engaged—the former to dance Jim Crow, the lat- ter to appear in front of the house with that breastpin. ‘The combined powers drew one thousand dollars, of which Rice pocketed one-half. Of course, Crockett not touch a cent of it; the joke was got up for the be- nefit of his friend Jim Crow. [From the Sunday Despatch, May 7.] Gen. Taylor hay written one more letter. not changed his position. He is willing to be any bo- dy’s candidate, or every body's cadidate, and is de- termined to be some body's candidate, at all events. Whoever else runs for the Presidency, he takes a hand, and in this game, he expects his war bugle will prove a winning trump, Greeley has written his annual lecture to the young men who are going to vote for the first time. He telly them that one party has the most of all the decency, all the morality, all the intelligence and all the reli- gion; while the other is dirty, vicious, ignorant, and infidel, And this is “honest Horace Greeley !” * Honest Iago, aye, honest!” Tne Axnivensanies.—This week numbers of excel- lent people from all part of the Union, with delegates, perhaps, from California, Upper and Lower, Oregon, and, {t may be, from that marvellous region of the An- thropophagi, where men’s “ Heads do grow between their shoulders,”? will meet in this city, for the purpose of pushing for- ward certain moral and religious enterprizes, whieh they have very near to heart. Among them ‘may be mentioned— The conversion of some three or four hundred mil- lions of #o called heathens to Christianity. The emancipation of some three or four millions of blacks from a so called slavery, which requires « mode- rate amount of labor, as a requital for bread, shelter and clothing, attendance in sickness and protection in He has 0. ‘Theso two movements make large draughts on the sympathies and the purses of the people. The first sends annually hundreds of thousands of dollars abroad. The second excites animosity between the two sections of the republic—tasks the agen equal- ly of the North and the South—keeps in a continual twitter certain old tabbies of both sex, and uses up a good deal of hard cash. Meanwhile, in our own midst, men recognised as the political equals of the richest and the most learned, want labor, and bread and knowledge—knowledge which shall teach them how to live and fit them to die. ‘The proselytists sent to Ceylon are wanted as inis- sionaries in the Five Points. The Hook calls aloud for the succor we dispatch to the Hindoos, It is @ strange world this, we live in. these anniversaries in our next. A New Cuvnen.—We have to record an important movement in the religious world—the establishment of & new and independent religious organization.— Whether this be the beginning of a revolution in theo- logy, time alone can determine ‘There is a growing class of persons, who with an ear. nest feeling of piety, are not able to subscribe to any of the creeds and dogmas of existing churches, They are not even sure that they will hold, to-morrow, to the opinions they entertain to-day. They demand, therefore, freedom, and aspire to progress in religious knowledge, Such pereons will not bind themselves wn by a confession of faith, yet they feel the neces- sity of social worship. ‘They would adore God in com- pany, and haye mutual aid in studying his provi- dence. A number of such porsons have engaged the Colise um, in Broadway, as a place of worship, and invited the Rev. T. L. Harris to become their leader and teacher, in humanitarian religion. Mr. Harris is a young clergyman of singular eloquence, great earnest- ness, and a large humanity. He has been connected with the Universalist denomination, but when the cords were drawn too tightly for his independence, he broke loose, and boldly severed himself from all ham- ering organisations, The New Humanitarian Chureh been fortunate in securing such a preacher. What do these people believe? They have no writ- ten creed; but we may say, generally, that they be- Neve in God, and a future existence. T believe in revelation, particularly the divine revelation of God in his works, and in all other revelations corresponding with this, They look upon the material as the shell of the spiritual, and hope for an eternity of progress to- ward infinite perfection, As to what may be their views in regard to the Trinity, the atonement, grace, free will, election, regeneration, future misery, &e., we are not exactly informed. Those who have any curio- sity on these points must attend the afternoon services at the Coliseum, But more of Mr. Nug@enr, the correspondent of the New York Herald, who has been in “durance vile” for a month past, for furnishing the Herald with the Mexican treaty, has been discharged from the custody of the Sergeant- at-Arms. The whole proceeding of the Senate, in reference to this matter, has been a ridiculous display of power, without the most remote probability of public benefit, or preventing a similar course of proceeding, when a like ogcasion may make it desirable on the a of any press in the country. We weuld hope that it, Nugent might put in his claim for damages, but fact that it would only cost the country a vast of money to pay the members for discussing the matter, while he would not be likely to obtain repara- tion.—Charlesion Courier, Moy 9. State of the Austrian Empire. (From the London Chronicle, April 16. The accounts which we receive trom Vienna throw seanty light upon the actual posture of affairs in the Austrian Empire. We are inelined to hope the best from the men who compose the present administration, and we can hardly doubt that they are fully alive to the extremely critical situation in which the Imperial throne, and the whole fabric upon which it rests, are still placed. The removal from office of the unpopular princes of the blood, who could hardly be expected to exchange at once the notions of government entertained by soldiers and gentlemen of the old school, for views of an opposite complexion ; and the advances which Count Hartig has been commissioned to make to insurgent Lombardy, improbable as it seems that those advances will lead to any satisfactory result, tend to confirm these anticipations. The Bohe- mians have been gratified by the appointment of a young captain-general, with two popular noblemen. for his counsellors ; the law relating to the press has received a further relaxation ; trial by jury is to be introduced, and the courts of law are to be thrown open to the public. All this is well, as far as it goes. To allay irritation, to give way where concession is imperatively needed, to avoid every risk of a concussion, to ascertain the strength and weakness of their own position, and to bring the huge vessel, by slow degrees, to obey her helm, and breast the waves amongst which she is rol- ling—such as we may suppose to be the immediate plan and purpose of the Austrian cabinet. Right enough, no doubt. But we look for still higher aims, and a more comprehensive policy, from the men under whose superintendence Austria has entered upon the stage of transition, through which she must pass from the old system to the new—a passage beset with dangers and involved in uncer- tainties. A rumor was abroad, a day.or two ago, that the Hungarians had proclaimed the union dissolved, and elected the Archduke Stephen as their King. In these stirring days we have learnt to give rumor no more credit than she deserves, and we left the story to time and the electric telegraph to stamp it as authentic, or to withdraw. it from circulation. We felt that the absolute truth or falsehood of the tale was, after all, of less importance than it seemed tobe. Were it true, a clear-headed, determined statesman might yet undo what had been done, and conyert matter of fact into matter of history; were it false, a lingering adherence to the tradi- tions of the Metternich school might turn it, with- in no long time, into a truth, For Austria is now in the very crisis of a struggle to which, except in one or two instances, we in western Europe are almost strangers—the war waged on the one side by the tendency to combine and centralize for ad- ministrative purpoges, on the other by the ineradi- cable instincts of blood and race. “With us the strife has generally been between unequal forces, and the weakest has gone to the wall. But the battle ground on which the contest has been again and again renewed, in the sight of Europe and un- der the auspices of Kings and diplomats, lies with- in the Austrian territories. Races, unlike each other in the primary features which distinguish nation from nation, form the chequered mosaic on which Austria has raised her throne. Aliens by origin, they have acquired no affinity by associa- tion. It has been remarked, that the’ great nobles, who possess estates in two or more of these coun- tries, have invariably confined their interests and sympathies to one, remaining accordmg_ to circumstances, Gallicians, Bohemians, or Hun- garians, but rarely, if ever, exercising their political privileges beyond the limits of the province to which they especially attached themselves. The Imperial Government, on its part, neglecting the means adopted, with more or less success, by Prussia in the Grand Duchy of Posen, and by Denmark in Sleswic, has taken no pane to promote the amalgamation of the races, but has contented herself’ with drawing around them the iron network of a rigorous unbending ad- ministrative system, which pressed heavily on each without uniting all into a whole. Perhaps, had she tried it, the task would have been too much for her. Such, at any rate, is the fact. Durin the thirty odd years of peace which have elapse since the treaty of Vienna, and under the stress of the arbitrary territorial arrangements which have subsisted during that period, the integral unity of the Empire has been weakened rather than in- vigorated, and was never, perhaps, in a more pre- carious state than immediately before the breaking out of the late revolution. The question is, how should the difficulty be met? ‘Towards which point of the compass ought Austrian statesmanship to shape its course ? Practically, so far as_ regards the great and fertile country which constitutes the bulle of the empire, this question isas good as answered. Hungary. at least, will not be content without a bona, i dependence. Absolute autonomy, or a ‘divor from the wedlock which has subsisted since th crown was placed on the brows of Joseph I. alternative on which she takes her stand—; teanative boldly and broadly insisted upon, in the stormy debates of which the Presburg Chambers were the theatre before the tidings of the French revolution had reached its doors. ‘* We must and will have a responsible minister! Not at a dis- ; not at Vienna; but here, in this room, in that chair; or, by God, the Emperor shall wear the crown estate no longer!” So spoke Kos- suth, on the 9th of March, whilst Prince Metter- still sat dreaming of the deluge which four days after was roaring in his ears.. And responsi ble government they have got. It is a prize, the r tention of which must always depend far more on the vigilance, independence, and political capacity of the people themselves, than upon any legal guar- antee; and the Hungarians are as likely to’ keep it as any nation in Europe. The control of their own budget, and the largest powers of regulating their domestic concerns (alwags having regard to. the condition and internal legislation of the rest of the group of States with which they consent to re- main in union,) follow of course. Bohemia and the hereditary States must have their Parliaments too. Even Croatia,hitherto a ied of Hunga- ry, has demanded one for herself, and, we are told, has obtained it. And the gentry of Gallicia, emu- lating their fellow-countrymen in Prussian Poland, have preferred a similar request. | _We are very far from overlooking the practical difficulties which stand in the way of the estab- lishment of a working government on the federal principle. Half a dozen pisinene, sitting in as many States, the material interests of which are not wholly identical, will, doubtless, not be very easy to keep in order. A cool head and a light and steady hand will he require, who shall undertake, with such a team, to thread the crowded thorough- fare of European politics. But, in the first place, the thing seems unavoidable; and, in the second, there is ground for anticipating, that under the in. fluence of time and judicious mana, nt, ma of the impediments which will arise at starting, may eventually disappear. As the people acquire confidence in their government, the rivalries and jealousies, which will at first'clog, the proceed- ings of the central executive, will, it may be hoped, die away. The machine will run more smoothly. Scope will be given to the action of that principle of centralization which, within due limits, and with proper safeguards against its abuse, we, and all other civilized nations, find to be indispensably necessary for enabling ‘our go- vernments to fulfil their duties towards the cor plex bodies with which they have to deal. We are, therefore, willing to hope that the shock which Austria has experienced from the de- thronement of the great statesn who was her virtual sovereign, from the uprooting of her tradi- tionary policy, and from the overthrow of that ad- ministrative system, which, such as it was, held her empire together, will not prove too violent to preclude the possibility of a speedy recovery. may yet see her reaping the benefit of salutary and necessary reforms, growing in strength and wealth, developing her latent resources, and playing a more prominent and usefuljpart in the affairs of Bure than she has ever done before. On the other hand, we may see the representative of the line of Haps- burg lay aside the imperial diadem for the areh- duke’s hat and plume, and deseend from the throne his ancestors filled in the great council-hall of kings, to take his place on a lower tier, among the crowd of minor potentates—the crowned aris- tocracy of Europe. We may see Hungary unre- presented now, save by a monarch who took rank by a foreign title and mixed in European poli- tics, not as her constitutional king, but as the head of a mighty house and. sovereign of an alien State, rise to claim for herself a separate seat and an in- dependent voice in the assembly. But we do not think it for her interest to do so; and we venture to recommend her to sit still and content herself with securing the substance of constitutional govern- ment, which it is now in her power to do. _ Denmark. A letter received in this city by a mereantile house, dated Bremen, April 11, says: ‘It is confi- dently expected that the existing difficulties be- tween Denmark and Schleswig will be an arranged, through the mediation of England. the same time the board of trade at Copenhagen wave given the assurance that private property at fea, even in case of war, would be respected. We Hamburg w; Charleston occupied by Danish troops.”— Mercury, May 3 Russia, ‘The Berlin papers of the 6th contain the follow- ing paragraph:—** During the siege of Santern, the Cireassi Je au unexpected sally at night and third of the Russian army, including rals and 150 oflicers. Schamyl fought . Poland. The Breslawer Zeitung contains also news from Warsaw up to the Ist 1 ‘The Emperor has made numerous and important concessions to the Jewish inhabitants of the kingdom of Poland, hoping there- by to detach them from the national cause. , Switzerland, A decree was issued on April 6, by the president and executive couneil of the Federal Directors, whereby they prohibit in the cantons the formation of any armed or organized corps. By a circular they also convoke the Diet for April 13. Italy. We learn that the basis on which the federative organization of Italy is proposed to be cohstituted by the sovereigns who now co-operate with the King of Sardinia, when the present: war shall be brought toa conclusion, is as follows :— The peninsula will be divided into six grent States—1, Naples ; 2, Sicily; 3, Pontifical States ; 4, the kingdom of Etruria, comprehending the present Grand Duchy of Tuscany and some of the smaller duchies 35, the Lombardo-Venetian States; 6, Sar- ia. The population of these States will be as ‘ollows :—Naples, 6,500,000 ; Sicily, 2 tifical States, 3,000,000; Etruri bardo-Venetian, 4,800,000 ; Sardinia, 4,700,000. A line of fortresses will defend these States upon the Alps, upon the Plain, and on the Appenines, A Diet will be held at Rome, under the presiden- cy of the Pope, for the solution of great federal ques- tions, in which each of these States will be repre- sented by the same number of deputies. An Anglo-Republican View of the European Revolutions. (From the London Telegraph, April 12.) t The agitation that pervades Europe does no spring solely from a desire of political change. Let us not deceive ourselves. The cause lies deeper. In England as in France, in France as in Germany, in Germany as in every other country where political convulsion has aroused the maases, a sentiment burns in the popular mind, which seeks a change of government merely as a means toanend. It is folly in the bureaucrats, and in those who pretend to be the instructors and leaders of the people, to imagine that a simple desire of innovation has led to the great moral upheaving of which we are the daily witnesses. It 1s not from any hatred to monarchy, as monarchy, from any dislike of abstract aristocracy, from ‘any love of change for the sake of change, or from any destruc- tiveness alleged to be natural to the people, that the political excitement of our day has taken its form, and communiaated its pressure upon us. The revolution of 1848 is strictly ond eminently a social revolution. Let our public men be warned. It is no longer safe for them to deny, to qualify, or to Pea with this mighty fact. _ The people of Europe, and an increasing num- ber of the people of England, dislike monarchies and aristoeracies, and support democracy, for the ae reason, paramount with those who suffer, that under these ancient governments of the few, the many have become degraded and miserable. They have been morally stigmatized as unfit to rule themselves. ‘They have been physically. de- | pressed. ‘They have been weighed down, pressed down, sunk down. They do not eat bread like their fathers. Although they may have no desire to divide the rich man’s Inxuries, the ve a very strong, a very natural, and an [bea & creasing desire to share with the rest of God’s creatures the necessaries of existence. The bureaucracy, after having fixed burdens upon their backs from which nothing but revolution can release them, have driven them into a slough of despond—to sink or not—to live or to die—as chance may de- termine. Hence the idea which pervades the mass- in all countries, that democracy may lift them from the mire, and give them, in ‘addition to the great Baht of thinking and speaking, the still more essentia’ 2 The hungry right of living and ne belly is the most furious and invincible of demo- erats. Let not our government and aristocracy, and our well-fed members of the upper strata of the middle classes, forget in their pride of victory this weighty truth. The “political history of hun- ger” would form the key to all the revolutions of the world, past, present, and to come; and he who would write that great book as it ought to be written, would derive from the present uneasy and alarming state of Great Britain,some most pregnant illustra- tions of the danger of trifling withthe stomachs of the péople, and of ering a system by which the wealth of a few individuals is ‘greatly augmented, while the numbers and the poverty eth poor are augmented ina still more rapid ratio. No doubt the problem to be solved is one of excessive diffi- culty; but, difficult, or the reverse, we must not wonder if those who suffer should be somewhat clamorous for a solution, even although our politi- cal, social, and moral knowledge may not enable us to discover it, ‘The tory Morning Chronicle, in its impression of Monday, states that it “has a re- ligion which teaches it that the end of man’s being, and the completion of his happiness, are not to be looked for, in this world ;”—a fact which may be quite true in th nse in which a comfortable man would have the people believe it; but which is not at all incompatible with the truth, that if one man be happy in this world, in so far_ as food, clothes, and shelter can contribute to his happiness, two men can be happy—and if two, then two thousand ; if two thousa 4 two millions, if two millions, then all mankind. Perfect happiness no man aspires to; but Christianity is not a religion of toryism and exclusiveness, but of peace, equali- ty, liberty, and fraternity. It is ademocratic faith. The Chronicle may aflect to believe that the men who are anxious to make this earth somewhat more similar to heavan than the wars of monarchs and the exclusiveness of aristocrats have made it, have no hope of any future heaven ; but it has yet to learn the fact, that the great social revolution of our time is essentially a religions and a Christian revolution. It will not do for the upholders of the present sys- tem to raise the cry of atheism against those who have more ectlier idene than they have of the des- tiny of man in this world | The ery is worn out; and those against whom it is directed will treat it, not with anger and scorn, but with sorrow and pity. Those who, with the ‘Morning Chronicle, consi- der thut ‘their conceptions are fulfilled—their ine stincts satistied, if earth is made a:place where good men may win heaven ”—must open their minds some day or other to the truth that ‘good men” cannot be found in hungry. men who offer their willing hands to work, and find none to employ or feed the It is the problem of our day to trans- form these men, who are unfortunately the mass of the laboring classes, into the. good and well-fed men, who shall have the serenity of mind necessa- ry to enable them to cultivate their moral nature and to fit themselves for heaven, H This serenity never can exist inthe minds of those who are suffering from hunger, and who see their wives and children pining for food in a world of plenty. By the system of rendering men mise- rable, we not only deprive them of the compara- tive heaven that this world might be made, if men. loved each other; but we bratalize the heart of millions, sink them into degradation and vice, and unfit them for that superlative heaven, which is not held out to us as the compensation for misery, but as the reward of well doing. Were heaven pn for misery and starvation, what come of crowned, and mitred, and coro- ist What would become of even this mplacent and comfortable writer in the Chront- ? But the doctrine so zealously inculeated to ach contentment to the poor and the humble, in order that the rich may have more than a fair share of the blessings of this world, will not in fa- ture receive such implicit credence from the masses of mankind, as has hitherto been given to it. | The new revolution will uproot it. nphatically we assert and re-assert it. The revolution of 1348 ts both a social and a religious movement. Christian- ity will give it strength; and, though ill-advised men, like our physical force chartists, may bring discredit upon. the cause, the universality of the impulse throughout Europe should war our states- men no longer to impede its final and peaceful triumph by their blundering coercion, or their equally blundering attempts at legislation on the old system. It must and will succeed; for, its foundations are laid in the universal heart of hu- manity. Man’s intelligence and man’s faith—his knowledge of earth and nae of heaven—ralike impel the thinking and peaceful democracy of mo dern Europe to make trial of a new system, which cannot, by any possibility, be worse than the old. Hyproruonta—The Philadelphia Bulletin gives the following advice in case of a bite, as a sure means of effecting cure; “As soon as the wound has been made, cup the lacerated parts, Im case physician is’ at hand or inability to procure of cups, an ordinary tumbler can be used as a sub- stitute by exhausting the air in the glass with of lighted paper. The cupping process cannot fail tg draw the virus from the system,