The New York Herald Newspaper, February 14, 1852, Page 4

ag A SESS SSS SES SS SSS SSS SSS SS SSS EE C-SI SSS ES SS SS A TESS, NEW YORK HERALD. | 2AMES GORDON B Tr. PROPRIBTOR AMD BDITOB. @EVICE N. W. CORNER OF FULTON AND MAS®a0 ETS. THE DAILY HERALD, 3 cents per copy—OF per WeBELY, HBRALD,coery. Batur at copy, oF $3 per Shiper annum fo. ny port of end $8 ie ony | ‘the Continent, boi to ineiude Mee peient. i UONTARY CORRESPONDENCE, contsining fant news, solicited from amy quarter of the world; Fes will be libevaitypaid for. Gum Formew Gomme | PemDENYS ARE PARTICULARLY REQUESTED FO RAR ALL | HRS AD PACKAOKS ke TO U8, 1G NOTICE taken anORYMOUE CommUmCetonS | de not return those rejecied. } JOB Ls ated emecuted with meatners, theopness, | me el | SOV MKTISEMENTS Temewed every morwing. | TERMS, cash sn advance. eee NOs 430 | Wolume XVII................. AMUSEMENTS THIS BVENING. BROADWAY THEATSS, Broadway—Girciaton—Mn. | awe Mas. P. TBLO'S OP ERA—Us Fawivx Bow 0 SALTAMBAN® | BURTON'S THEATRE. Chambers tireet—-Exies Srnan Barm—Ewoeciek s Son, NATIONAL THEATRE, Chatham eireet+—War:ccn cr me Gisrn -Yawxex Jack. ABTOR PLACE GERMAN COMPANY—Tur Rorerns— Deon arp Vox, | | | ANERICAN EUSAUH-—Anvewe Penrommavone os | wee Arrei cos, avo Tus Borris Tus Byerine. BOWERY AMPHITHEATER, Powesy—Mccerreisn Pearonraxons. GHRISTY'S MINBTERLE, Mechanics’ Hail «73 Wrest- | wog—Rrmoriaw Minernecev. FELLOWS MINSTEAES, Followy Wericsl Hall, Mo. 414 Beposdway—Braiornaw MineTRELsY. DOUBLE SHEET. Wew York, Saturday, Feb, 14, 1852. Sammary of this Morning’s News. | The steamship Daniel Webster, from San Juan brings us fifteen daye later nows from California. | We publish it this morning. The meeting of the Legislature, the message of the retiring Governor, andthe inaugural of the Governor elect, are the most prominent topics of cur compilation. The | @iffioulty of obtaining accommodations at Vallejo | (the capital adopted by contract), had compelled the General Assembly to remove their quarters to Secramento. (Quite s rivalry existed among the Varioue democratic candidates for the United States | Senate, which was very natural, when we count in the mileage. The rains had been heavy in Califor- mia, and she weather rather bad for the miners. | Business comparatively dull ; but it will soon be brisk again. We refer our readers to the news in Yall, for farther particulars. The E) Dorade will be due at this port to morrow oy next day, with four orfive days’ later intelligence | from California, as the Golden Gate was to have | deft San Francisco on the 20th or 2let ult. She mado her iast ran to Panama in twelve days. We have received from Cincinnati another long | | | bad crossed the Parana, and was marching towards panice will be defeated. Nothing cf importance | Indictment of ti was done in the Assembly. ‘The inhabitants of the national capital have been ment that the Collins steamebip Baltic is to visit that city. The remarkable strength, swiftness, and beauty of the Baltic, cannot fail to recommend the line to which she belongs, to the favorable conside- ration of all Congreesmen and othere who may vieit her. The whige of Rhode Island met in convention on Thursday, and nominated Amoe D. Smith for Governor. They also nominated their candidates for other State officers, and appointed delegates to the National Convention. lt is estimated that property to the value of $250,000 has been destroyed by the breaking up of the ice in the Ohio river, below Louisville. Late aceounts give a melanchely account of the state of affaige in South America. Gen. Urquisa Buenoe Ayres with a powerful force; but the coun- | try along hie route had been laid waste and the towns destroyed by Rosae, whose army was en- camped near, and making every preparation to defend Buenos Apres. Weare sorry to hear that the German population of Mobile took eccasion to publicly ineult Chevalier Hulsemann, the Austrian Chargé, en his recent passage through that city, en route to Havana. | However unpopular a foreign representative may | ment of a corporation—that intangible, abstract make himself, our citizens should never so far forget helr ewn dignity and eelf-respect as to personally nsult him. The disgrace brought upon the whole | country by the proceedinge of a few lawless rioters against the Spanish Consul at New Orleans, should not have been so soon forgotten. While Kossuth is making speeches, and being led with every demonstration of delight, by the Cincinnatians, the Common Council of Louisville, only one hundred and fifty miles below Cincinnati, have rejected, for the fourth time, by a unanimous vote, ® resolution inviting the Magyar to that place. ‘The attendance at the meeting of the Holy Alli- ance ef Teetotatlers, last night, was scant, and the proceeds small. How they will buyout the grog shope, as one speaker proposed, is an additional problem. Accounts of several shipwrecks, accompanied by loss of life, together with many other items of in- tercet, will be found under the telegraphic head. Hungarian History—Letters of Distin- guished Hungarians. Three interesting Hungarian letters, extracted from the London jouraals, will be found in this | morning’s Heraup—one frem Bartholomew Sze- mere, late Minister of the Interior for the kingdom former Grand Jary, at the instigation of the Art thrown into considerable excitement by the anounce- | Union, in this city, in the shape of an indictment for libel, for some remarke made by tho Naw Yous HERALD, on the conduct of the association during the last year. Whether this anomalous and unique document wae drawn up by a member of the (rand Jury or some outside practitioner, we bave not yet ascertained; but it is sueh & monument of the Herald—Attempt to Muzzle the Press, ‘We publish, to day, a legal curiosity, presented by legal skill of the individual, that ho deserves exten- | i tive celebrity, and we think it would be worth while to offer a reward of twenty dollars to get his name, in order thatit might go down to the latest posts | rity, at the head orat the tail of tho illustrious names of Bacon, and Blackstone, and Coke, and Kent, and Story, and other great mon distinguished for their profound legal lere, critical scumen, and | lucid expositions of common and statute law. Wo understand that the present District Attorney dis claims the paternity of this wonderful paper, which might well graco rome future edition of D'Is- racli’e Curiositie: of Literature.” We believe that | tho counsel forthe Henan will briag the question | up before the Court of Sessions to-day, in the shape | of a motion to quash the indictment previous to its | being sent te the Historical Sosiety, when some rich disclosures may be expected as to the lottery management ofthe Art Union, and the mode of procuring and getting up the precious document ' | | i | | | Art Union against the | ocnvenient locality, and one better adapted for the health of the students. Such @ policy has just been put into execution by the Bible Sooiety, in Nassau street. This society has sold its property down town, hse removed to the upper part of the Movenznrs.—The history of the Opera in New York is & history of repeated experiments and repeated failures. dom, and repeated disasters are sure to disclose, by-and- by, the cause which bas produced them. The opera in New York appears to have arrived at that point; and the secrets of practical succoes are begioning to be developed. Jt is now in a tran- sition etate. The Two Italian Opera Troupes—The Last Night at Niblo’s. Last evening, there were two magnificent operae per- formed by the two rival troupes, and the execution by Doth wae besotiful, brilliant, grand. Notwithetanding the inclemency of the weather, the house at Astor Place was filled in every part with o splendid audience, the ma- jority being ladies dressed in the top of the fashion. Niblo’s also presented a well dressed, respectable audi- ence, but the house was not quite so well filied as at Astor Place, though the numbers in attendance were greater. At the latter, Maria di Rohan” was the performance, a lyric tragedy, which is a Gue acting drama, full of in- cident and of rapid action, while with respect to the music, it sparkles with “gems of purest ray serese,”” elmoct every scene presenting @ delicious melody. Madame Bosio. who performed the part of “ Maria,” wos perfect in her vecalization, and threw much expres- sion inte her ronge, while ber acting was the best we bad ever seen ber achieve in so deep a tragedy. She was compleiely triumpbent. Badiali, as the * Duke of Chev- reuse,” performed his ré/e with ® power, @ pathos, and an energy that we heve rarely witnessed, even in that great artist 5 te Bettini was not far behind him as the “Court ef Chslais; and Virginla Whiting, as “ Amarda,” acquitted herself very creditebly She has @ sweet voice, but not cf great volume or power, The laet aot wasa glorious piece of dramatic and murical deliniatien, and Bedial) loomed cut with tremendous ity, and will make money by the operation. Tue Iranian Orgra in New Yorx—Nreto’s It would be a sorry history, if t were nothing else. But experience texches wis Jt will soon be time, indeod it is time, to have a large opera house; and Mr. Niblo, it is sald, intends to rebuild and enlarge his presont theatre, so ag to hold tix or sevon thousand persone. Uf so, he should bo quick In hie move mente. About twenty-five yeare ago, at the old Park Madi M fleet. ear me Mle alee and’ hor :fethor | Mth... astor Place the grand musteal spectacle of Garcia, gave the fret impulse to operatic music | « Rebert the Devil,” serhaps the most popular opera oo the stage. was performed by @ very powerful corps. The mineic is of the mort noble dercription, alternately besuti- ful and sublime, which, with the interesting plot, the stroggle between victor and viee, and the Gna triumph of the former, and the terrible machinery, displaying the yawning of bell. renders thie opera highly attractive, eepectully when it is well brought out. and ths principal in New York, aad laid the foundations of a musical taste which has been gradually develom ing itself to the present day. After Malibran, however, our musical etare wore like visiting angels, “fow and far between.” Tho Montresor trowpe was itself. | one of those transient visits. But the introduction of This novel paper ie spread over an immense <ar- faco, filled with repetitions of names of individuals whom we believe to be very respectable members | of society, and whose characters we never avsailed in tho slightest degree. It was merely the manage- thing which is a sort of moral or immoral essence— that called forth our observations, and we nover thought of alluding to living, speaking men, having “*s local habitation ands name.” It is a cingular fact that the clause of the indictment which givee the language of the Heratp, alleged te be libel- lous, is merely an argument against the trath and common sense of their own bulletin, or advertise- ment, published under their own direction, violat- ing the pledge they had given the public, snd postponing the drawing sine «ic. They stated in their advertisement that it was necessary to make thie indefinite postponement on account “of tho Kossuth excitement,” and ‘‘a depression in com- eteamskips brought us into direct contact with Earope, aud etars of al] magnitudes—operatic and dramatic—came flocking to our shores, some singly, and come attended by their satellites, wale and female, and some in constellations, whole groupsatatime. The Italian Opera was introde- ced with Italian performers ; and from the apparent enthusiaem with which it was received, it was determined that the time had arrived for the establishment of an opera house in New York upon the Evropean plan. Thie bring: to ® brief and inetruetive recapitulation. Some eight years ago, accordingly, Palmo madoan experiment with the Italian Operaon a emall scale. It made some noise and somo flourish; but it failed. The brilliant discovery was thon made that the Ttalisn Oera was an exclusive thing, intended only for exclusive enjoyment, and only to be sup- ported by an exclusive joint stock association. mercial affairs.” The Henan, in reply, and on behalf of the victimised subscribers and the public, declared the pretence to be equally “false and im: | pudent’”’—that the Hungarian hubbub could have | had no such effect, and that the country was pros- | porous to a remarkable degree, particularly since i the California gold placers had boen discovered. | The free discussion of this postponement was the right of every man and every newspaper; and to | call the expreesion of an opinion upon it a libel, is an abuso of language, & misnomer, that confounds all distinction between falsehood and truth, right | and wrong. The character of no individual was | touched, but only the pablic management and the advertisements of a public institution, whichis a le- gitimate subject for fair and open debate, even under our present libel laws, and where the institu- tion is legal, constitutional, and compatible with the dictates of morality and religion. Andso,a number ef our wealthy capitalists and up town aristocracy, euch as it is, with tho laudable motives of erecting a monument to their enterprise, and of placing themselves in the front circle of upper tendom, resolved to build an opera house. The Astor Place Opera House, on an ele- gant but emall scale, was accordingly erected, aud a list of two burdred and fifty subscribers procured for five yeare, as the basis of euccess and action. Under this ré,ime,the Italian Opera in Now York has Jed a pre various existence of ups and downs. But it hasbeen hampered with the suspicion of caste and pretensione, and the public have kept | sloof. Many of our wealthy citizens not included | in the favore:l list, wowld not put up with ite as- | sumptions, or imagined assumptions, of experiority. | The regular subscribers were respectable people— | highly reepectable, if they desire it—for como of | them figure p:ominently in the Book of Home Beauty; but, notwithstanding all thar, there wero, npeeoh—three or four columns in length—of Kossuth of Hungary; another from S. Vukovios, the late to the Ohio Hungarian Association. It is nearly a | Minister of Justice; and another from Count A ‘ | Ladislaus Tekeli, this last named being ad- seoapitulation of his New York and other speeches, | dressed to Lord Dudley Stuart. These letters and uot, therefore, ef partioular interest in this | are in reply to those heretofore published from quarter. Accompanying this speech is a note from | Prince Paul Esterhazy, and Counts Casimir and The next point in the indictment is that the Hunirn has charged tha misangeimenkswith « ol> | and are, hundreds and thousards of pereons in this | city, and out of this city, just as good, and just as ish and pester sree of money on outed | respectable, who would not and will not conzent to a Apna sacle paasnahee | be governed by a self-appointed fashionable cligar- pose, | 5 it; the institution iteelf. This is a simple matter of Obs ane ORDERLY geen on) aman ane, READ} Dr. Szpaczek, his physician, stating that the health | ofthe Magyar is improving. The newe frem Central America is interesting. | There had beon a terrible fire in San Juan de Nicara- | was, deetroying s third of the town. There had | alec beer another revolation in Nicaragua. When | will there be any stability in the Central and South American States? But little wae done in Congress yesterday. In the Senste, Mr. Brodhead, of Pa, opposed the proposition to establish a naval depot and yard in California. He contended that the measure was wholly unnecessary, and wa: against the system of giving out thiskind of werk to contractors, who are very assiduous in their endeavors to find out and bring before Congress the actual or pretended wante of the government. Mr. Gwin, of California, supported the bill, and further consideration was yostponed till Monday. In the House, the Judi- cisry Committee was instructed to send for persons | sud papere relative to a complaint against Judge | Watrous, of the U. S. District Court of Texas. | The Judge is charged with Galphinism,in having | yeoeived feer for practising law in cases similar to thove-which had been decided in his own court. If the charge is trac, the Judge can put in the plea of precedence. He was merely following the cxample «{ numerous high functionarice at Washington, whe, while drawing their salaries as national offi- eers, have been paid large amounts for successfully carrying on suits against the government. Notice was givenof a bill, some weeks ago, for the effeo- tas! suppreesion of Galphiniem. What has become of it? Our Wathington correspondent states that the Gardiner ceee has been postponed till the next term of court, and that Carlos ‘iardiner has not made his appearance, and is supposed to have for- Zeited hie bail. The putting off of this trial scems t indicate that the rumore relative to fraud were fot without foundation, but that suflicient proof of draudulency could not be obtained during the pre- sent seseion of the Supreme Court The temperance excitement is raging with great wercenese at Albany. The advocates of the pro- pero law are doing all in their power to effoct its pareage, while the opponente of the messure are bolding meetings, circulating remonstrances for signaturee, and sonding in protests. They declare that the enactment of such a law would be a direct violation of individual rights, guaranteed by the na- tionai constitution, and, if persisted in, they will curry the (uestion to the ballot-box. Ifthe present extraordinary state of excitement may be taken ag sn index of what is to come, riot and bloodshed will be the result ofthis movement. in connection with thie matter, we observe that Mr. Bockman nae given notice of @ bill for the abolishment of sbeliconse system, and allowing the Board of Super- figore 40 regulate the eale of liquor. It is pamored that the Joint Legislative Com- mitiwe of Investigation, relative to the canal lot- } | | | Gustave Batthyanyi, reflecting upon the character and management of the late Hungarian revolution. Szemere, Vukovics, and Tekeli, plead the consis- tency, the right, and the justice of the Hungarian caure. They set forth the reforms of the Hunga- tien Diet, and the innovations of the Court of Aus- trie, until its incitement under Jellachich of a revolt among the Croatians, when, asthe Hungarian letter writers say, steps were taken by their na- tional Diet for the deposition of the faithless King of Hungary, the Austrian Emperor. Little additional light, however, to that which was already before the world, is thrown upon the Hungarian revolution by these letters. Their interest lies in the fact that they are the testimony of the ministers of the late Hungarian revolutionary governmest, and we publish them in order to give the faires: possible hearing to the liberal side of | the question. It is @ great pity that the petty dissensions and personal jealousies of the leaders of | the late revolution should have resulted so disas- | trously to the people of Hungary ; for we apprehend that disaffection and divisions among the Hunge. rians themselves, more than any ether cause, led to their overthrow. It was this same spirit of division and discord among the feaders, that rendered the French revolution of 1848 a perfect nullity—and worse thana nullity. The same, also, may be said | of the badly managed revolutions in Germany and Italy, of the same year, if wo omit the republican experiment in Rome, which was undoubtedly crushed by Louis Napoleon. Indeed, this evil spirit of personal jealoasies and ambition came very | near swamping the American revolution of 1776. To this cause is attributable the treason of Bene- dict Arnold, and the intrigues to place General Gates at the head of the army. A spirit of rivalry, personal enmity, and bitter discontent, is therefore no proof against the justice of any of the late libe- | ral movementsin Europe. It is only.tobe regretted | that thie evil spirit could not be cast out. But it is especially deplorable that these personal dissensions and animositics among the leading Hungarians, should not only have resulted in the downfall of their country, but should purenc them into their exile in Asia, follow them on board the United States ship sent-for their release, and break out into open disputes and wrangling among them in England and the United States. It is | strange that these exbibitione should take place, | while yet the Englisi and Amorican people are rivalling cach other in honors to the Hungarian exiles; but the modest impudence of Kossuth and hig | particular clique, in assuming that he held upon his shoulders the whole weight and burden of tho late | revolution, and is ontitied to all the glory of the | great deeds accomplished, and to none of the respon- | sibility of the overwhelming roverses which followod, | is not the least remarkable feature of this remarka- | ble chapter of history. Tho moral which we are coin- pelled to deduce from all these fasts, is this--that | there was not, and is not, that spirit of unity, con- | cord, fi y, and concession, among the loading | Hungarians, essential to secure the independence of | the country. foro they appeal against the inter- Befo | vention of Kussia, let tiem correct the mutiaous | spirit among thomeelves. Where there is no con- cord there can be no Jibei Inirenat NAL Copyrignt -—An inter. national copyright treaty has been effected between | England and France, for preserving the works of | authors ri % in those Lwo countries, from piracy. We regard this step with considerable satisfaction, | and hope soon to seca treaty of a similar character entered into between the United States, England, | and /rance. As a matter of justice to tho authorsand | publishora of cach country, and for the encourage- | ment of our national literature, an international | copyright treaty should be mado, or reciprocal laws | m4 It i D 7 Yr 1, tings, will submit all the facts and testimony col- passed. it is, no doubt, a vory profitable busi- | s : nese for publishers to obtain and publish | deoted, without giving an expression of opinion s# yaiuayle works without having paid any- to whether freud bar been practised. This is pro- thing for the copyright; but the evils re- | eisely what it wanted. Give (he plain facts to the Legislatare, and if the (wo uerser do not act upon them ine proper manner, the poopte will at the wext election. The committes, it is expooted, will woport to day The State Senate was yesterday engaged in dis- wassing the merit of the apyiio poration «f two diffsront lines of steamships to ply fons for the incor- see the city, beyond Union Ryu: he tr i : i their influence to hear upon the government to P iuare, whore the sir iS | thy warehouses on the dock, and was still rleing, but not lieltude of @ mot! Ki be Nwoen thieport and Galway, lroland. A resoia- Hod ree ete copyright law, or to obtain | fovis welaan the ea ace 60 expensive as it ia 2 Fapidh a coere Led = A rable chan 0 ho the baby was Mike——hersel for bar hestasd i id ng that the Logislature haa ? ty for the eétablichment of an international | in the business part of New York. Probably a | the weather, 9 te, aor my revalis, | piled that ome people thought it war like ¢ con Was passed declaring e 3 _ | Copyright between thie countryandothere. What | gnancial operation of this kind could ps 4 “ Degree < saree case Jrorne ‘ to dint phy eas | power (8 rent specs! chartere, and from thie it ie | hue bevome of the Copyright Club, aod thelr exer: pt eeaeg re m= Ihe tne Cold tana? ay ee ye aaae that it. was inferred th St tbe epricatons of the Galway com- sulting from such a system are, as we have shown, two-fold, and it may be addod, that frequontly the doctrines im d by foreign literature are un- suitable and pernicious. Under the present system, | & xotod slur reete upon the American poople, that whilst they are the greatest readers in the world, yot their authors, although possessed of great and Various taionts, are ill remunerated, aud discoar. aged. Ne one can contend that thia state of things ought to continue, and we urge upon the literary talent of the country the propristy of their bringing tone to procure an international copyright law fact, which was obvious to every one who read the newspapers, and could not be denied by any of the managers themselves. But in addition to thie | statement, the truth and accuracy of which are ur- doubted, we said little or nothing about their pub- lishing of a ridiculous production, ‘or the last two years, called the “Art Union Bulletin,” showing how they spent money uselessly, in publishing works without merit, and then abusing the artists in their own columns. In this there would have been no libel, if we had eaid it; but as we did not, we say it now, and we are ready to prove it, if ever we should be called upon te prove anything eo no:eri- ous to the world. On these grounds we think there is sufficient cause for quashing an indictment which cannot hold water, and which is contrary to the law of libel, and subversive of the right of the press and dence of any clique in society, whether they are tabooed in Wa'l strect. or emigrate to California, or continue to flourish up town, on a small acalo, | or ona large ecale. Consequently, the fret essay | at the Astor Place Opera Houge broke down, and | the second, rnd the third, and each succeeding | effort down to the late reduction cf prices to the do- | mocraticlevel of fiftycents. Sanquirico broke down; | Fry brokedown; Maretzek broke down; not so much | because of bad managemen: on their part—not for want of go:d siayers and cho've music—not be- | onuse the Opera has been unpopular—but because of the suspicion that pretenders and yarvenues ruled | the roast, and, lik» s packed jury, sat in judgment upon the performances and upon the audience. Now & new sysiem has been adopted. It ha been decrecd that oxs'u-iveism ehal! be turned out, and tha’ the public shall come in. it kas been found out that the five years’ subscriptions on the | the public to discuss a subject of s public nature, | European plan wil! not do. And the Astor place and which was handled in our columns without any | establishment, submitting to tho pressure of the reference to the charactor of individuals. | But there is a stronger point infavor of quashing | timer, has come down to the popalar level of fity the monster. It is the utter, unequivocal illegality ofthe Art Union itself. It is a lottery—an atro. cious and barefaced lottery—contrary to morality, contrary to the constitution, and contrary to the laws of this State, as will be seen by reference to the legal argument subjoined to the indictment, in- serted elsewhere in our columns. On that ground, therefore, we rost our case against this indictment. ‘The management who charge us with libel, were ex- gaged in an unlawful act; ard instead of being per” mitted to go before the Grand Jury to indict us for libel in having refuted their absurd reasons for | postponing the distribution of the prizes, they ought to havo been indicted themselves, if the Grand Jury | had common sense or common decency. A more impudent and atrocious proceeding was never be- | cents, open to all alike. Bat the struggle with the Niblo house, upon thie plan, cannot last long. One | or the other must be defeated, or there must | bea compromise. The contest betwoen the rival | houses must, of necessity, be temporary. We | doubt, in fact, whether either house will save anything, however succesefal, through the seacon. The time has come for the establishment of a new opera house, on a scale commensurate will our population, and the astonishing growth of the city, and its suburbs, and the equally astonishing proeperity of the whele country. We want an opera house that will hold from five to six thousand people, equally cpen to the whole public, at fifty conte aticket. Thore must be no ox- clusive eote—no little clusters of would-be superior people, rich upon the profits of salt fish, sitting in | management of this institution, is the fact that itig execution, like the goods, chattele, whoels, and | other illegal implements seized by the police in any of the lottery offices of the city. We hope Mr. | the property of the College down town, and with a | Froon.--The effest of tho mild woathor and the portion of the proceeds of the sale build a new college at a choaper rate in the upper rogione of which woud put some thourande of dollars into the treapory of the College, bevides secyring » mere Bites he fore perpetrated in this city, or any other city in | the country. Astothe conduct and managemont of the Art Union for the last few years, we have hardly bogun the investigation; but we shall soon commence,and | then we shall make exposures that will astonish the public. During the last ton years they have re- ccived between $300,000 and ¢ 100,000; and yet there never has been any specific statement given to the public as to how that money was expended, what pro- judgment over the performances, and lording it in | Supreme disgust over their less inflated, but | equally respectable, members of the audience. Nothing of that sort will de. An opera houre, holding from five to eight thousand people, and con- ducted upon the popular platform of republican equality, at fifty cents a ticket, would pay. We have the musical taste, we have the population, | and the means ; and the success of Jenny Lind, portion of it was applied to the advancement of art, and even of the present opera troupes, will bring to and what to printing and otherwise, withthe names a pentinig’s fies ae , Los Sa = and epec fic account of the various parties. Aad dur- ead Ms Griti, Sonteg, Marlo, and el bean ing the last two years there has been no detailed | be ch peteed In ® Yee Chews a8 had. “ bop tik account published at all, showing what disposition distinguished leaders of the ballet. There will be has beon made of the enormous sum of $150,000 re- | HO ‘Wank: GE Hi gers) cx EBIIGY cunonry-the ese ccived during that period. The truth is, according | Want ie now sn opera wes blab — — to their own showing, and the disclosures made by byes da epee be Se a ns some of the managors themselver,they have been pro- popularity of Italian musio ie sail ceeding for some time past on the credit system—bor- | . ‘We want i ATES opera ROMA. 15 WHT DGS: Lev rowing money beforo the ealo of tickets, and paying | ‘8 *cees# will depend upon a price of adm | interest for those loans, mush in the same way ag | corresponding with, ornot exceeding, the eatablith- the dry goods speculators managed their business | silt ie ee eee during the yoars 1835, 1836 and 1837, when they created cost of a musical over a dramatic troup, Were sllsmashed and went to picoos, by a credit tures best be met by. anv inoreased capacity of wie system that drove itself into the ground. | house. Tho time has come forthe erection in Now parte well performed, as they were lact night. Bieffanone as Alice electrified the audience, and re- | peatedly called forth not only the warmest piaudite, but | cries of ' Bravo!’ Her volee-eo soft, so rich, so full, #9 tender, and so sympathelic—now touched the heart ‘with ite melting tones, and now roused it by its powerf: energy. Her rendering of scene thizd of the third wus exquisite beyond description The song “Nei levcisr ja Normandia,” (‘When Normandy’s vaiee I fied,”) waa never pethaps more deliciously sung. In the trio im the fifth scene, between Alice, Robert, and Bertram, she was very effective; and Marivi and Salvi, who suvg it with ber, were scarcely jess so. This gem ealled forth vehement applause. All through, Marini was admirable. The meliow quality of bis deep tones is of the most superior description. Salvi ‘was unequal; when he warmed into an effort occa sionally, he wer brilliant. Bertuoca, as {sabella, did as welloe ehe could be expected to, witha voice that has long tince given way. The chorus was very good. Al- together, this opera was performed with great ability, fod gave great satisfaction to the aadlencs The troupe that has closed Niblo’s three weeke at Boston, and, suppose, BO) i towne, five weeks cf the eight (the period for which the agreement was made) having now elapsed. One thing ie now rettled, sud that is, that the Italian Opera bas been mort succesefu! in this city, at the uniform charge of fifty cents for «ijraission, and Niblo deserves great credit for establishiog the fact. Meeting of the Holy Alllanceof Tetotallers, A public meeting, in counection with the Fifth Ward Temperance Alliance. was held last evening. The plat- form war decorated with imitations of rose bowers, and the preceedings were enlivened by several pieces sung by Miss Reynaldson. The attendance wasscanty. said that he preeumed there lay the questions—Why were ajl these meetings held, and why did people congregate Ue be to talk and act upon the subject of temperance? It indicated in the public mind @ need that t! hould be remedied, ond that it P within the compass of the power of the public, there really an evil to be remedied? Ir they looked over the state of things existing in the community, and saw the wretchedness, poverty and crime which were the re- sults of eome evil, they would perceive the correctness cf the impression. and wouldjfeel the necessity of efforte being made. The object of these gatherinzs was to take an account of the evils which existed; aud they traced them to the cause of the traffic in intoxicating d:inks; and the removal of that traffic in all its forme and in all ite shapes£from the community,was their object. They did not inquire the emount of restrictions that might be imposed. Could these evils be eradicated? The conviction had settled down on the minds of men that netbing less than the infliction of penalties could accomplish their removal ey had labored a long time. One gentleman in that assembly had labored for forty years © persuade men to abandon intoxi- cating liquors; and there were many others who hed labored for a long period, and had been engaged in bringing moral influences to bear upem the minds 0; men, ede Me to think and act for their welfare. Much good, however, had been done; but they had come to the joint where moral russion stopped They must call in other influences to bear on the consciences of men, and stronger measures must be used than had hitherto been rerorted to to put away thiscurre. They cams toge- ther for the purpose of devising means to put a stop to the rum traffic; and they could be satisfied with nothing lect than a lew Renee the sale of intoxicatin, Orinke, Was it right toaek for the prohibition of this traffic’ It was right, because it was the results of the traffic that they wished to remov, sotbing that could be said in favor of any feature of the system cf intoxicating drinks. It was also an evil ink Fe:upiary sense, anda cost to the nation of not lese than fifty to one hundred millions of dol'ars; and in addition to the direct expenditure, there was an indirect loss sustained in consequence of the trafiic, and in the use of articles eubject to texation. Let them look atthe consequences of the traffic; let them look at the number Of families diseevered by intoxivating drink, and its evil efiecte upon wives and children, What filled the com munity with discord and rowdyism? It was intoxicating drink. Let them look at the places in this metrepolir where intcxzicating Uiquor was sold. There were moral evile connected with intemperance, for it was the parent Crime had considerably de- creased under the Maine law. The greater part of the criminals in jails bad been drunkerds. It had been said that they ought pot to rob men of their property; but did that oe Justify the wronge infiloted on society at large, and was it wrong to seek the removal of the evils on that ac- count / The interests of the whole community demanded their removal. It would be an actual eaving of expense to buy out the rum rellere; the cost would be saved in lesa than s year. Fifty thousaud persone died annually, directly by their indulgence in thore fashionable salocas. An objection had also been urged that cold water killed more persons than rum; if that were true, it would cer- tainly be a strong objection, The Indians lived many ears upon cold water; they, in effect, carried out the jainelaw. The number of deaths from cholera told strongly ageinst the liquor system. It had been said that the law could only be carried out by means of biood- ebed. The rom sellers had conjured upa spectre. Who was going to make ariot? The friends of temperance loved the law, and meant to keep it, and the people would not rest until they had obtafaed the Maine law. (Applause.) The only streams that would flow, weuld be thore from the rumcasks. ( ht Mr. Donar said that there were 6,000 places in this city having licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors. The friends of temperance felt it high time to count their numbers, and they had determined to puta stop to the trefiic, and theretore to array themeelve: The movement bad been kept apart from politics. labor of persuasion had all been in vain; men could be influenced by moral considerations, The rum sellers trembled. just before the last election, at what had been done. Mem were beginning to locse sight of party con- tiderationr, and were demanding the prohibition of the trafic, Physicians and chemists had proved that alco- ho} wae poiton. Let them, then, prohibit its eal Had they not aright to ask this? Mr. Jonx Hawains next addressed the meeting. He said that the men with the white cost (Greeley) had said that he wasarace horee. (Laughter.) He ran no race vith any one—he had labored many years to convince men that intoxicating Mquors did them no more benefit than opium. When ruin was going on, peri rhould make up thelr minds to act in relf-defance, fe had @ family to defend, and he bad su‘fered from in- toxicativg drinks, as thousands were suffering and uo- able to help themselves, Reformed drunkards Inid themrelves on to be attacked by gentlemen; but after the drankard had been dug outof the gutter, he was as good ae anybody. The object of the temperance of crimes of all khnde, from such lew. (Applause) Posterity woula be shocked their it such pestilen- tial'plscea ts grog shepria the elty of New York. reseed by one or two other epeak- the attend- Clty Intelligence. fr. Vacewtine’s Day.—'fo-day is the festival of St. Valentine, the origin of which many antiquarians have endeavored to unravel; but their labors have hitherto been in vain, Whatever may be the origin, it is the day when, from time immemorial, it has been the oustom to send amatory minsives, when youthful lovers have a most mysterious affection tor hearts and darts, wings, and rings, cupids and altars, and no end of nameless emblems, surrounded with lace edged papers aud borders of flowers, in all kinds of uanatural colors, which bang temptingly in the windows and greatly bewilder the tenees cf both youth and maiden, while they gaze. These epistles Of love ond adoration will be figing about today, in every direction. They are of every porsible price, from the smell sum of two end three cente up to @ hundred dollars, and even more. Prom every appearance, this feotivul sacred to love and virtue, Wil be celobrated this year with unusual activity, Crry Hart Crock —We observe that the City Hall clo k, which haa been undergoing repairs for dest ‘week, is again ia operation. ‘fhe new dial plates are cer- teinly @ great improvemen: on the former dials. and show in the night time to the greatest advantage. The plates, consisting of solid sheets of glass, are about seven feet in = end irom an inca to on inch ends balf in thickness. Tar Wratnrn.— For several days back there has been a decided change in the state of ths atmosphere, The light touch of spring which we experienced in the bee ing of the week, has been succeeded by a considerable degree of cold, while a bitter. piercing, and boisterous wind, from # northerly direotion, has been prevailing for the last two days. On Thursday evening and yesterday worning, the cloudy sky gave every indication of an ap- preaching now storm, which really commenced early yesterday afternoon, and covtinued, though mot very heavy, up to aboat pine o'clock, Traver 1x Broapway —We are Informed from a relis- ble source that the number of carriages and carts which passed up and down Broadway on Thursday last, from seven o'clock in the morning until six im the afternoon, smounted to seven thousard one hundred and fifty. —The dedication of the First Associate Presbyterian church, corner of South First and Bighth streets, Williamaburg, will teks place to-day, when the fellowing ministers from New York will ofiviste Dr Krebs in the morning. et half-past ten; Re ‘Thompson in the afternoon, at three, and Rev Blair in the evening, ut baif past seven o'clock. Tue cate Faran Acctoent on THe Hantem Rsinoap.— ‘The inquisition relative to the caure of the death of Lan- caster M. Odell, who waa killed on last Monday after- noon, on the Harlem Railroad, the horses attached tothe ear which he was driving, having taken frigh: in conse- quence ofa stage running against them while crossing the track fmmediately in front of the car, whereby he ‘was thrown from the platform and killed, took place yes- terday before the Coroner, and from the evidence duced the jury rendered a verdict of accidental death. It was supposed, previously to this inquisition, that the accident was caused by tbe carelessness of the driver of the stage,anda man named James Gallegher was ar- rested, butas noone could identify him, be was dis- charged. A Crip Burnep ro DeatH. —An inquest wes held at Ne. 106 Cherry street, upon tue body of Henrietta Spack- child two years of age. who wae 20 severely m Thureday afternoon, that it died yesterday morning. The child, it appears, had been left alone in & room by its mother, and managed to get to the door jeading into an adjoining room, where there was an open fire, and while pleying about the grate its clothes came in contact withthe fire and it was son enveloped in flamer. Its screams brought i's mother to the epot; but ey too late to render it any perm.oent as- ence. Snockin@ Accipenr in New Broroxrp.—On Monday iast, Mr. Hiram Whittemore who wes gunning pear“ Ilick’s Meeting House,’ seven miles distant from the city of New Bedford, in company with three others was accidently shot inthe back by Mr, Norton, one of the party, whose gun exploded by the striking of the lock sgainstalimb. The whole obarge entered the left side of the spine, fracturing tbe epinal process, aud Jodging in the cavity of the abdomen producing psralyeis of the lower extremities, The gun was loaded with abot. At seven o'clock, on Tuesday morning, Mr. Whittemore was alive, with but faint hopes of his recovery. Court Catendar for This Day. Bcenemy Covurt.—Speciai Term.—Two specis! Terme will be held—the metion caiendar before Judge Edwards; the other wiil be held by Judge Mitchell Common Piras,—Part 1—-Same as yesterday. Part 2— Nor, 104, 170, 2:2, 21334, 214, 216, 220, 927, 234, 22¢, 228, 250, 282," 224,'230. Spanish Steamer General Concha. The undersigned, present on the first trial trip made by the Bpanish Steamer General Concha, being eslled upon, into a committee to report tho said 3 hinery, &c. After being o! George Stesre, the was appointed Chairme; m the repors of sald ‘as follo’ re , Ee, Seoretary. 0, iv wWae Unanimously re- ¢ Opinion of this Commiitee, that the ral Concha, on this, her first trial trip, hae 01 and J G. Merrit Committe ‘manner beyond enguine expects armest admirers of water, eoalon board, making 215g 1 ions per 1d of 16 miles per hour, in reugh en. Pease and Murphy, the con- t, are justly entitled to gros! Kill and judgment, combined with their e, in building and fitting out thie rat loft this pork under she Spanish fs Samuel Stecden, £sq. the come Pease snd Murphy, for the but Hallenbeck snd Thayer, ship nd Smith, painter tistic a, the engines 5. Resolved, That wo congratulate the gentlewanly own ere of the above named boat, Don Jose Cancia y Reventor & Co.. in their having the first steamer eailiug from the States under the Spsnish flag. 6. That our thspke are herety tendered unto the Captain and officers of the boat, for their k adn ane bospitalit ing th snp. it ‘aight, David Tappen, Thomas Far- Spanish Vice Goneul, and Joeeph 8. op HORGE STEERS, Chairman. ULAR TOASTS. ho Queen of Spain, Leebstla IL.— ting between Spain anc oer.) Consu!.—The Presi- fa nll ever and people as now, rid Tappe: owner of the steam American fiegs that twine into ver to parated. 4th. By Di ols y 108.—Poase & Murphy, the enterprising and gentlem: actors of the steamir Generai Concha—May they esful hereafter in all their undertakings, and give as satisfaction, asI now dealings Poare—Tho singe of our respective nati aoe, may shed mises bo sun red eirite, Byas eat . By a Spanish guest —May the good feelings existing between Spain and the United States continue tormsens The magnanimous snd goner Queen Isabella II, in pardoning and liberatix, icon prisoners in the late Cuban expedition, is that reciprocity of feeling which should oharact: in which we live. es Murphy.—The master mechanice sane of the ace contre in the Western hemiseherse: ne eenuey Thomas Farron.—The jewel of Spai of Cuba. 9h, By William Bromley, Ero.—Spai Anerioan mechanics, when united, torm a thing of hte. i iostad By J. 8. Ridgway.—The ladies—ever in remen- ith, By J. G, Morrits.—The land in which we live, (enteral Pianies ston, Relief for Kossut! The undersigned, committe fee] towards them, in my late them. oth, By W. J. —Now united in arti- ore, in ie the island copitalicte and Companions, ppointed for the purpose. ‘Attention of the public to Komile- uth to our shores—tay we now able shores? In several © scoompanied bi ir A oxists ® degreo o ) we equally Ismen sion for these noblo ies; and itution and dietr 4 blueh movement was self-protection, That day # men had been buried who had killed himeelf by his labore in bebalf of the ciuse. They had Fenroned and argued till they were tired, and like the fabie of the old man and the boy in the apple tres, they hed determined to fling no more mud_ but to take upftones. (Laughter) Inthe State of Matoe moral suasion had also beem found useless, and now they bad obteined Jegal suasion Legel sursion was ured, when locking up the drunkard; but the moment they talked about locking up the rum seller, oh ' tha: Was un-oon-sti tutional (Langhter) What were the reeulte of In that State, not a single death 0 ence. bi But the great and the potent objostion to the York of the largest, most magnificent, the cheapset, and moet popular opera house in the world. Seizing | & lottery, and is thorefore contrary to tho laws and | aise Mes ee ee sntlen ied ? baste eh institutions of this State and the principles of upon the expedient of so reconstructing his presont | morality, and ought to be indicted itself, instoad of | establishment as to accommodate several thousand | being permitted to bring an indictment for an ima | pee eel pe Pose an eaeyee ee i | ginary offence, against others. | urthor—by the | this improvement into practical effec We mat | violation of tho lottery laws of this State, the | now advanco or fall back. Thoro is no standing | whole property ofthe Art Union, valued at $50,000, | still. The cheap opera is popular. Make reom | in houses and farniture, is confiscated; and it is | forthe people, om | the duty of the District Attorney to bring a process Scavne to Carivonsia-Among the emigrants to Cali- immediately to have the confiscation carried into | formla who lately left Charleston in the steamship Isabel for Havana, were fifty-five slaves belonging to the passen- gers, She took, on her previous trip, thirty-nine for the | | seme destination, and the number on her next trip, it is | | snid, will be still further increased, if the accounts from | the mines continue as favorable as they have been rev si — cently, £ AND ITs Dueriny.—We por | Blant will do his duty without affcotion fear, favor, or | ita Cor , Political Intelligences ccive that an application is about to be made to the kha! ts ow, von V ed fg el —There ls # move- beet - of nt ment in Tennessee, having for ite object the nomination Legislature to alter the charter of Colambia Col | of Gen, Gideon J. Pillow, for the Vice- Presidens Joge. The best alteration to make would be to sell | recent heavy rains is already observable on the dosk and pier, The water rose rapidly during the night; and thie morring portions of the dock and pier were inund At noon, the water war on the ground floor of sever Naval Intell 8. brig r Porton ° mw Cowbia sficn ( | do Ht land and in many other towne. ee Brog, let them fill their bottles before they | went. anecdotes in ‘was observed amo: Cocarion an officer and found nothing, had bi like the ‘old man” (laughter) for it woe @ keg of ruw, eccurred during this winter. Le bad writven ‘The lew nad broken vp every prog shop in the State, and what a pity! (Laughter) The speech of Gov. Habbard spoke Volumes in fayer of the law, although he had been Opposed toit. There were no drunkards in the State of Maine, and the jelis were nearly all empty. The master of the sime-house was actually in want of hands. It was } amuring to ree how the law werked; they would have & jog of iiquor concealed in the leg of 4 plano, (Laagh- ter) The jaw wes not eracted in» hurry, brought before the Lepirlature for six years, by Neil | Dow. Gov. Dana vetoed the bill, and they laid nim on the shelf to dry, and before he got oflice again he would become @ ieee (Laughter.) He was heid in con- tempt by the working classes. Coy. Hubbard, a shrewd joned by exposure resulting from intemper- | ut was | py i » 10 say not coming impniees of generosity and & D3 | Hons military and civil chief of our ome xe met with similar disaster, and after th | 88 well a8 country for livorty, und foun fame situation as these meat worthy and euter | mon, eign Isnd euch as ty Een a aaah has ours, what wou eartivsely left thom, nnrolicved to all the polenant hysioal suffering ct euch destitucons We wen. low-citizens, our msm snd women of modcrare of opulent rasze, for the honor o1 tue country Nt id nob our ‘ory Dow write of those who suculd have to find some honorable cuployment, however lato oever ean of-r anything of th nder &® moss soocpiable service Many no uneo: ance, fo ‘ fad who, when prope: by individual liversiing! to 1! gent dosy of national hospitality, To this of “intervention” surely no ono can object; and. hlove obeg thas it may bs made promptly, ae well as gene. , al fellow, etudied over the bill for sometime. “Ab!? said | m oppored to the bill; but what am I to | le would not dare to veto it, with the ghost | of Dane in sight. “If you sign it? sald one, “you | Will break down ovr part Whot a t at pea-rt-y wae! (Laughter. “pon't be said another; “if it become a law, they can nover enforce it. Give ‘em » law whioh they can't en. / ferce, and it will break down their might’ Ie signed it, and it became a law. (Applause) Neil Dow was « taper and currier, « trade hated by the rumsellers; and be certainly tanned sll the ram out of the hide. (Laughter.) In lees than three months after the p: sage of the law nota single grog ahop existe! in Port. It they went to Maine, ter, aus The speaker related one or two able manner, as to che secresy which the drunkards in that State. Oo one ving searched a surpested house tention atiracted to the ‘outinued Irogbser,) Tle western part of the Sate Tork bee declare? thy. abe ehopeact be cars | thin 9 continuation of Ch | fs. Ralifou . | de r ‘Any one ef the undersigned will be hi grivulicnr for this purpcas, or they may te'avacd ee weet roadway, over Gonin’s Store; rte” T LIBBY, No. Ht Mrosaw ,, » BAND PORD, 110 Cham'y C Oil. 7. CROMWELL, 68 Wall ttre ADMONDS, City Hall, February, 18 The Datehman of this week WHI con uarloy Clowline’ The Rmpress. ot the ‘Tho Bandit Chit” a bowutitul complete; several Humoreus Mketen’ ‘lee, Pootry, Crumbs, &o, &o. A ther, and B, Hallock, Ana ovzcore Onts Tr—This popular weekly of to-morrow, wonty-eix olumay e cheapest Kind of &e t & br 2 Nesonu etrec: OMmee of Company, Charte Pany continues fone, as usual. bi Cc. coh eet Ratlroat 8. O., February 7, 1852, — D ecstve and torward Koods, free vt gong They algo doliver rode at theie Jovan ta 0 the eon yin Anauate, wae and addional