The New York Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1853, Page 4

ea NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GORDON BEEEMT?, | PRLOR % We CORNER OF FULTON AND NASEAU Oh mt. Book te a erase 3 AMUSBRENTS THIS EVENING. ras BOWHRY THRATRE, Bowery—Tus Bxsce Boezen— Warrs Siaves or Exciann. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadwey—* ane Gawriewin in a Pecuuiary Pas MEBLO’S, Sroadway—E: BURTON'S THEA —Teune ¢ornsee—P [AL THEATRE, Chatham etrest-—-Aftecnoom and Emere Tom's 4x LACKS THEATRE, Broadway—Paixe neon Paik Laby— Steam deur, AMERICAN MUSEUM—Afterncon and Bveniag-On- maav’s Dinan, aigpiced MADISON AVENUB—Afterncen and Evyeuing—f'nan- tr.1's CoLossar BirrorRo! 4 ISTY'S AMERIC. & OriAN MuLovime WOOD'S MINSTRELS, Wood's Musiwalgiiall 2444 Broad Bruoriax Minera , Chambers street-—THruxc It Ow ane Lorre. WAT! Brenias ° Ussast Cunuety’s Oana Treovra. BUCKLEY'S OPERA HOUSE, 530 Broadwar—Brexuer’s Brmorax Ovens Taours. BANVARD’S GEORAMA, 596 Broadway--Paxonsxa oF wun Bouy Lan. MOPE CHAPEL, 715 or Nrseen ACADEMY HAlt, y—Frarrensrei'e Fe xo- say—Svexrixe Max OPERA HOUSE, 472 Brosdwny | selves. care not a rush tov either of the politi- cal martyrs, it can betoken nothing but a wretched poverty of meaus ef defence on the \ part of the administration, and an equally wretched disregard of oficial dignity and pri- vate character, Tow long is this @ifing to last? How long | Is the country expevted to content itself with coarse repartee tp lieu of calm refutation, and personal abuse imstead of dignified vindication? De Marcy, Guthrie and Cushing fancy that the people will remain forever silent under so gross on alteyapt at delusion? Is there no means of trying the great question at issue on its own merits? -Let us say that we concede every po- sition assumed by the Cabinet organs; let us edwit for argument’s sake, that every assailant of the administration is, to borrow its own chaste language, a dishonorable man and a humbug; what then? Is the administration less false to the couniry because such as these happened to be the first to reveal its treachery? Is Marcy the less a traitor because one whom he calls a dishonorable maa fastens the treason on him? Would Guthrie be any more respect- able if it were proved that O’Conor and Bron- son had played false to their party some ycars in good earnest? Treason im the Seuth-The Richmond En- quirer Upholding the New Van Buren Dy- “nasty. A party must bave its sutlers and camp fol- lowers, as well as its soldiers—those who ad- rcadway—Day aud Er ening. . BHENISH GALLERY, BIGNOR BLITZ—Sruvvesant Ixevirete. CHINBTE ROOMS, 689 Sroadway—Penxam’s Grov Bxm- @ervon or Tus Svan Mite Mranon, LL’S GREAT NATIONAL PAINTING rox tHe FON RLS Sanow Oraw av FRE ANT Usi0N GALLERY, Broapwar. ——————————————————————————— Mew York, Wednesdty, Setober 26, 1853. ————————————— The News, The steamship Northern Light, from San Juan for his port, pat into Norfolk yesterday for coal and provisions. She brings Ban Francisco dates to the ‘Ist instant—a fortnight later—-about seven- hundred peesengers, and one and @ half million dollars in gold. The general news is said te be unimportant. ‘Bho San Francisco markets were dull, prices favoring buyers. We shall probably receive our files by mail tedoy. The steamship Texas, frem Vera Cruz, with Ban Francisco dates to the 30th ult., arrived below ew Orleans yesterday. "The stock market was pretty ective yesterday, and *prices advanced. Cotton sold to the extent of 4,711 shales, at about an eighth of acent per pound ad- ~wance on Saturday's rates. Breadstuffs had a down- “ward tendency. There was no material alteration in provisions. Freights were steady. A meeting of the free democracy was held last “evening to consider the report of the committee on nominations for the judiciary, and to pass judgment en the conduct of Judge Grier in the recent Wilkes- farre Slave Case, in Philadelphia. After some pala- ver the meeting decided to-reject the nominees, leav- img the party to vote for who they pleased. The eourse of Judge Grier was severely denounced. We have commercial intelligence from Pernambu- oto the 15th ult. Business generally was quite dull. There was an extreme scarcity of tonnage, and freights were likely to rule high in November, when ‘the export of new sugar was expected to commence. The stock of fiour was estimated at abont fourteen @housand barrels, of which half was Ameri:an. The examination of the parties charged, and the evidence of the witnesses, in the case of rape and murder on the personof Catharine Quigley, closed yesterday at Jamaica, L.I. The judgment o! the court will probably be given on Thursday. A full report will be found elsewhere. It is a remarkable care of circumstantial evidence. A letter received yesterday states that the ship Western World, ashore at Squan Beach, remained in the same position as when she struck, the heavy gale of Monday doing no serions injury. The ratification meeting of national democrats of this city will be held at Metropolitan Hall,oa Thurs- @ay, November 3. The Triennial Protestant Episcopal Convention held its seventeenth session yesterday. and will pro- bably adjourn to-dey. A report of the proceedings will be found in another column. Havana dates to the 22d inst. have been received at Charleston, but they contain nothing of import- ance. The arrival oi the new Captain General was @aily looked for. Freights continued high. A steamboiler in the Schroeder printworks at Smitbfield, R. I., exploded yesterday, killing twe lads and severely wounding the engineer, and damag- .ing property to the amount of $15,000. ‘Three men were killed, and six others badly in- jared, yesterday, in Boston, by the fa‘ling of the wall | 0’ a house. The gale of Monday was very severe along our seacoast. Our readers are referred to the shipping news for disasters to vessels, &c. We learn from Washington that General Twiggs has been ordered to proceed at once into the Chero- kee nation, to suppress the troubles among the Indians in that quarter. The amount of treasury warrants entered on the books of the department on the 24th instant, is furnished by our special cor- respondent. Several changes in the revenue service are announced. As the steamship Florida, at this port, reports seeing the British mail steamship Conway going into Savannah on Saturday last, the despatch published in the cvening papers of yesterday, stating that she put into Cherleston in distress on the 24th instant, ig doubtless incorrect. The steamship Niagara ie due at Halifax, with Jater news from Europe. A Gioan from the Cabinet. Whether or no the ‘Junies” letter in Union, which w another columa, be from the pen of Mr. y. it bears hoth in- and exiry of proceeding the republish ix only writer it to tothe form of defe lds we sho Mr. rougly There is thro of view anda shabbvitess of the leader of tie spoils Mat ever, there would be Perhap we injustice in giving these honorable oHeagues nence it the palm ofpolitieai jobbery. W proceeds, it affords hotha fir means by which the ad mini fend itself, and a very toler: private views and designs. Viewed as a whole, it med up as a personal atia son and O'Conor. Ax such every heady that it must be quite conclusive a the Cabinet. Among a thousand late Collector and the District Attorney cused the administration of free soil and treeson- able tendencies. The culprit, put on his de- wlence, replies that Bronson and O'Conor have ex mmitted all sorts of political crimes. Where- anpo.” the public, sitting as jury, is expected to enter at once a verdict of acquittal. This is the hea d and front, the sum total, of the “Ju- nius” letter. What effect it may have among the few who regard the present controversy as a private a, Tair between Bronson and ©’Conor «n one side and the Cabinet on the other. we annot ray, By. upon those who, jiky our- necsoever it ople of the on hopes to de- e inkling of their be briedy gam. on Mes brane ; nade war on Virginia that the Enguirer should here to it for spoils, and those who fight its bat- tles from patriotism. Every good has its opposite evil. For charity, there is avarice ; for philanthropy, a stolid indifference to human suffering ; for friendship, there is selfishness ; for fidelity, there is treachery ; for patriotism, there is treason ; for patriots, there are traitors. Unfortunately, for the good of mankind, these qualities are so mingled in the breasts of men as to render it, dt times, difficult to say which predominates. Up to a few days ago, the Richmond En- quirer—one of the oldest. if not the wisest, and most incorruptible journals of” the South— saw in the course of the Cabinet and its obscure organ, the Washington Union, everything to excite alarm among the friends of the constitu- tion in that region of the Republic. That paper was among the first to diseever in the move- ments of the Cabinet a gredual and certain transfer of power from the hands of the national democracy to those of the Van Burens of this State and their abolition end free soil asso- ciates. It sounded the alarm; it uttered a quiet warning to General Pierce ; it remon- strated : it avowed that the Southern democra- ey could not live if divorced from the national spirit of the North and foreed into union with the Van Burens and Garrisons of New York. The Enquirer waeright. It obeyed the first prompiings of patriotiem, and uttered the truth to General Pieree and the country. Its senti- ments recommended it to popular favor ; it had the good fortune to be condemned by the Wash- ington Union, and thus te secure the sanction of patriotic men North and South. We have liitle to say about the conductors of the last-named journal. There is much to relieve them from severe criticism in the cir- cumstances in which they are placed. There is such a thing as taking a man to be good by implication : we may be willing, some times, to forget even his glaring vices, or the abject im- becility of his intellect. Nor can we hold a slave to a close moral accountability. He has a task to perform—a service to render ; but he has no interest in his work. and little responsi- bility in its execution. In this view we can overlook the zeal of the Union for its abolition associates, and even proneunce that journal quite blameless But this will hardly answer for the Richmond Enguirer, though we can scarcely doubt that a motive scarcely less yenal than that which sways the official organ, has caused the Laguirer to stultify itself, to swallow its words, and to pour out upon the Cabinet a stream of sickly landation, prolonged Does any man in the South be- lieve that withont some powerful motive, some venal cause, the Enguirer could be brought to such a disgusting exhibition of inconsistency, such pitiful selfabnegation ?—that it could be made, like the ensnared viper, to turn its adder fangs upon the unoffending demo- cracy of Virginia ?—to exert its feeble power to bring the ancient dominion into the meshes of Van Burenism once more?—to strike down the only true friends the South ever had in the North. and again to entrust their cause to those who never failed to betray them? It was pre- cisely the influence that turned out Mr. Bronson that turned in the editor of the Engvirer; the same power that sustains Jobn Van Buren and condemns Daniel S. Dickinson; that upholds Jobn Cochrane and maligns Charles O’Conor; that patrouizes abolitionists and frowns upon the national demecracy. If the life of the editor of the Enquirer depended upon his power to vindicate bimself before the democracy of Vir- | ginia. we should count upor his ion certain. as his fate would he ad nauseum, on as he Enqui- rer should remember that it is one thing to abandon a good cavse, and guile another to | adopt a bad ene. In refusi one incurs no jyst censur its enemies is quite a different inatter. the democracy of Virginia think again to coa- lesce with the Van Burens of York? Is it necessary to re-enact the ecene fight over again the co 1850. ia order to con of that Stete that those that their the same time sustaiaed them! Burens. and Cochranes. and thems, and Kings, and Ga great compromise of [85¢? Did they sustain the democracy of the Old Dominion and that sublime struggle for the integrity of the consti- tution whieh ended in the signal overthrow of the agitators of every strife? ‘Where then was the Richmond Lnguirer? Where was the national democrsey? W.ere are they now? Have they changed? Wave they abandoned their ancient faith? Have they ceased to detend the South? Have they but evlistia promise struggle of patriotic voters friends pre not yed them % vat iuce ine t o recently those that at Did the Litterest enemfes are Van aceail them and sustain she free soilers of Now York? The Enquirer, a fortnight ago, was their friend; a fortnight is enong. to effect great changes, when the markets are brisk and means are abundant. It then maintained a national position: it is now fouod denouncing its recent associates. In this, at least, it proves its c.aim age? Will nobody try to defend the Cabinet | g tozerve the State | fF amonyy | Does | of 1648, and to wat | Fowlers, and Ra- | ons urge on the | protégé: the former are in the market to buy, the latter a'wayste:cell; the frst contracts with a knave, the second with fools. At least it would seem so; for, who Tut an idiot wou!d think of Luying a knave on any terms ?—and who but a rogue would take ina fool by selling what he has not and never had? The Richmond Enguircr has power to spealt | for the South on!y when it sustains the South. | ‘The national democracy of the North it was who fought through the Fugitive law; who see in slavery an element of national wealth and na- tional strength; who look to its early extension into Mexico and Cuba; who would defeat the machinations of England and France by carry- ing it to those points where it can be most suc- cesefully and profitably employed; who would oppose the schemes of European despots for its abolition, open projects for its practical fortifi- eation within and without our présent territo- rial limits. It is with them not a question about multiplying the number of slaves on this continent, but about the manner of their et- ployment. Free soilism and abolitionism never freed.a negro; never removeda burden from the human family; never lightened the task of a fellow-being. Do the South prefer the latter to the former? Does the Richmond Enquirer speak its séntiments and represent its opinions when it assails the national democracy of New York, and pleads for a coalition with sectionists and agitators? There was a time when the French mistion could not buy up the sterling democracy of the Old Dominion, and that time isnow. There was a time when the Richmond Enquirer was held at higher rates thm at pre- sent; when a paltry office and the fortunes of an obscure citizen were not suffieient to turn its columns upon the friends of the Union, and to lead its editor into communion with renegades and traitors. There was a time when treason was dangerous; but that time has passed. The Richmond Enquirer is powerless for evil. Its sudden conversion, like that of the frec soilers of the North, is the signal of its infamy and not of its strength. What it gains in intrigue, it loses in character. It receives the smiles of the Cabinet and of the free soil dependants, and the jeers and frowns of the people. It has se- cured the spoils and lost its own self-respect and the respect of its cotemporaries, the plaudits of abolitionists, and the contempt of patriots and honest men. There is.a spot of the blackest treason in the South. Look at the Richmond Enquirer, in its day of dotage, aiding and supporting the re- establishment of the free soil Van Buren dynas- ty in the North. Uncle Tom’s Cabin at the National—The Abolitionist Organs of the Administration. It is impossible not to admire the persever- ance and skill with which the Van Burenites are playing their treasonable game. Not a single opportunity of making a proselyte or punishing an enemy escapes them. While at Washington Marcy and Guthrie are endeavor- ing to put down honest patriotism by proscrip- tion and severity, their agents here are no less active in propagating the principles which form the ground work of their party. The Post and the Daily Times are untiring in their abolition labors. The one teems with harrowing stories | about runaway slaves, cruelly punished by un- feeling masters, who would not submit to be robbed; and finds a spare corner for a few well- turned compliments to Mr. Marcy's address. The other—more wily—seeks fresher material. and dilates upon the moral of the success of “Unele Tom's Cabin” at the National; s the opportunity afforded by the same issue to bespatter the administration with praise. Both adore Mrs. Stowe, support Marcy, and abuse the | Herarp. There is, perbaps, nothing in their | course which calls for particular notice; more especially when we remember that they have | all along been understood to speak the senti- | ments of the abolition party in this State. and | that the younger of the two, started by promi- nent members of that party, and deriving its chief support from them, is now well known to have supplanted its less adroit and more ‘damaging ally. the Tribune, in tle af fections and confidence of William H. Sew- ard. Neither the consistency with which | they osseil our national institutions, nor the | fact of their alliance with the present cabinet, | are matters of any novelty or moment. We | only allude to them incidentally, lest any of our Southern readers should fancy that the administration has no friends in this city. | We cannot, however, dismiss without a word | of comment the instrament which the Times is now using to revive the abolition mania, and consequently to curry favor for Margy and the Cabinet. It is nothing less than “ Uncle Tom’s | | and its tastes—Italian opera. Cabin” ina new shape ; the dramatie version which has been produced at the National. Of | this performance, which we shi | racterize by stating that it co poison of the novel. with trash to suit the depraved tastes of ¢ boys,” ail the | uiditional * short the Times gave an elaborate pull at its , first appearance. Following up the charge in its yesterday's issue, it thus comments | _ It strack pleasantly on many ears when lately we , heard that the great ideas of brotherhood, equality. | and religious responsibility in “ Uacle Tom's Cabin,” were preached to the Bowery | he stage. | | It was the more pleasant, wi vere assured | that the mass ef the andieuce were sueh as could by | no inducement be beguiled intoe church or religious | mectiz that they were the proletaires of a great e wandering. maranding hoy, the profes- { ‘owdy, the “ tlash man,” and even the out j cust Pariah of cur society—the prostitate. | Whatever difference of opinion might be as to the ) correctness of the facts stated vat work, it was | gcod to know that euch an audience, with tearfal | | eyes and ¢ ie eers, acknowledged the grand sentiments of hawani ved init; thet the homeles y wept to bear from Eva of her love: | fer the poor black ebild, “Just because she had na T, or home ;”" that solemn thoughts ad even triumphant words of reli- I be nttered in the Bower; mn er, Of MOL! | ot { m of 1h a not | Will not stop here to poiat owt the analo- | gy betwee nage of the Times and the | rant we hive been used to kgar from the lips of | | Garrison: ad Greeley; or speentate on the course which that journal may be expeeted to pursue when experience shall have rendered it as hatd- ened and as reckless as they. hove are trifles in comparison with the reorganization of ihe abolition faction ¢wongh the agency*of *“Uacle Tom's Cabin” in the theatre. That event, we | have reason to know, is now confidently expect- ed by the Seward and Van Buren party. The stage is exjected to achieve what the pulpit and the stump, occupied by fianatice and dema- gogues, have failed to accomplish, from the eburch, the lecture room, and the eoun- cil chamber, W. JI. Seward and his party have iaken refuge in the pit of the National; it is | | he la Driven to fraternity with Marcy and his Cabinet aseo- ciates. They have exhibited a singular facility in.getting rid of friends and in bnying up eno- mies; who will sey that the Engnirer has not heen equally suecossinl? There is this differ- there, among the young, the sneducated, and the inexperienced, that they are sowing the seeds of fature treason and disunion. Decked ont with the fictitions charms of brilliant act- ing. gendy scenery, gas light, and the nsual ) complishmen | best days the Italian opera depended entirely | domiciliated in Paris. sentiments expressed in ‘ Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” are now being imbibed by the lowest, and poss!- bly, the most dangerous class in our popalation, 80 tong as the process of absorption continues Seward and his party are content ; they will leave their agenta to do their work; satisfied that if they can, through the instrumentality of the National Theatre and the Daily Times, convert a few boys into traitors, their time has not been lost. Despite the indignation which such unprin- cipled conduct cannot fail to arouse in every honest mind, a careful glance at the past his- tory of the work in question is almost sure to engender a feeling of contempt and security. “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” has had euch a run as never book had before. Millions upon millions have been gold ; translations upon translations have appeared—as many as twenty in one language; editions upon editions have been printed and disposed of; and, last of all, a dozen dramatic adaptations have been played in many ofgthe European capitals, Here, by the influence of governments hostile to republican influence; there, by the protection and favor of a titled aristocracy, jealous ofdemocratic institutions; elsewhere by the intrinsic interest of the tale, it has acquired an unbounded and fabulous popularity. And, yet, what has it effected ? Do we find—in any European country—a state of things, a policy. even @ single measure, that can be clearly traced to the effect of * Uncle Tom?’ Or, looking nearer home, do we find that the million odd copies which have been scattered through the United States have added a single particle of strength to the abolition or free soil parties? Instead of this, is it not no- torious that since the establishment of the Buf- falo platform the abolitionist and free soil par- ties were never so weak as they were during the last Presidential canvass? It is a fact fall- ing within’ almost every one’s knowledge, that had the present administration refused to appoint free soilers to office, the party would have died in a few mouths, and that its present resurrection is wholly dye to the manifestation of free soil ten- dencies on the part of Marcy and the cabinet. This does not look as though “Uncle Tom’ had froved as powerful an ally for the abolitionists as people fancied. In plain truth, we take its moral effect to have been absolutely nill. It disgusted a few friends of the Union, and drew tears from a vast number of ladies, but practi- cal consequences it has had none. It neither damaged slavery nor made treason respecta- | ble. Taking this view of the novel we do not anticipate that any very extensive mischief will be done by the play. There will be some no doubt, but it is questionable whether this will not be counterbalanced by the good it will achieve in unmasking the designs of insidious traitors in our midst. The Italian Opera Project—The Difficulty. When we see difficulties surround an opera company, such as the one now performing at Niblo’s—composed of first-class artists, directed with consummate skill, by our most experienced and popular leader, Max Maretzek, and occu- pying a location so central that the bulk of opera-goers live at {ts very door—we may well entertain serious apprehensions that the new building being erected in Fourteenth strect, far away from the hotels, could hardly, under any circumstances, and with any aggregation of talent, prove a profitable speculation. Not so much on this account, however, as on bigher grounds, we think the scheme deserves at this conjuncture to be carefully examined. When a city like New York -attains the im- portance and civilization of a metropolis, when it becomes the guide and example to other cities, it would seem that its public amusements shoukl become a matter of consideration, in order to direct them in such a channel as will exeri the most salutary influence over the great masses. Leaving aside the sports of the ring. which | belong only to a certain portion of the popula- tion ; the turf, which also interests but a few; we find that all amusements offered to the pub- lie partake. more or less, of the character of | theatrical entertainments ; the drama, the bal- | let. and the opera. | Now, it is a singular fact that the social lead- ers of this country, neglectfng the drama of their own language, have chosen principally to direct their ambition to a species of entertain- ment utterly foreign to its habits, its character, Yet, hitherto, all operatic enterprises have failed; and it is proved hy the table recently given in the Hurawp | that the present speculation at Niblo’s cannot | be a lucrative one, although composed of first | class artists. Yet, in the face ol all this, it is now contemplated to raise, at an enormous ex- | pense, a monumental edifice exclusively for i Italian opera. Without knowing anything of | plans, prospects, or management, we unhesi- | tatingly say that, asa speeulation, this enter- prise must and will utterly fail ; fail, not from want of merit in the artists, or defect in the management, but simply from want of a public. | Nor imust it be imagined that New York isan exception to other capitals ; on the contrary, the success of Italian opera in all the countries into which it has been transplanted, has only | heon achieved in those where an idle,luxurious, | and over refined aristocracy make, for want of | ihe loils of life. the study of the arts and uc a serious occupation. Lialian opers flourishes most in Russia, where it is exclusively monopolized by the court. In Syain, and in the Brazils it subsists by the same causes, In Vienna the large subsidies from the | imperial government alone maintain it in con | junction with the German opera, which is far. | the most popular. in Paris, Italian opera failed the very moment political revolutions disorganized the higher ranks—for even in its | on that class, indeed before the season opened, almost hll the boxes were let to the fashionable ani noble families ofthe Fauhourg St. Germain, to the rorps diplomatigue, or to the Russians The class consisting of profesional men, merchants, &c., the bour- xcoise of Paris, never reckoned Les Italiens as emonget their theatres, and did not enter its walls more than once a year. In London it has been seen that, though the Queen’s Theatre was said to he monopolized by | iived at the Pres: perfiuity. But when the Queen, followed of Christian Associa: course by the aristocracy, took to patronizing Govent Garden, the other opera failed, proving clearly that opera is the exclusive pastime of the higher and idle class, which, for want ofa better occupation, is educated to know foreign languages and music, both vocal and instru- mental, almost as wellas the artists to whom they listen. In Belgium, and Switzerfand there is no Italian opera, and in all countries where there is a middle class possessing ideas, intellect, and freedom of thought, it will be found that that people will prefer their own national theatres, where the drama appeals to the heart and in- tellect, and not to the senses, and where, if they listen to music, it is married to immortal verse in their own language. It is, therefore, clearly proved that Italian opera, out of Italy, depends, in all countries, on the patronage of an exclusive aristocratic class. We will not enter here into a discussion as to whether such a class exists here, but at once admit what cannot be denied, that, however others may be disposed to designate it, there is aclass calling itself the aristocracy of New York. Now. the aristocracy of other countries, when it wants‘an exclusive thing, patronizes it efficiently and even generously. Unfortu- nately, the class which aims here at being the privileged class, is not distinguished for its liberality. To this class Maretzek appealed at the Astor Place Opera House. He hoped that vanity would inspire liberality. But it is not in the froth of the liquor that is found its spirit or its strength ; the New York aristocracy will not pay for its pleasures. On the contrary considering themselves as a part of the show and attraction, they seemed to think that the manager rather owed them a compensation for their satins and superciliousness. From the mo * ment the opera ceased to be a fashionable amusement, the aristocracy ceased to go— proving that taste and appreciation had never actuated them. Italian opera is not more in the spirit of the American nation than it is in that of any of the countries into which it has been trans- planted. Whatever is good and beautiful in modern Italian music, will be seized upon by our eager, quick witted, and deep feeling peo- ple; but the attempt to transplant bodily into our fresh and vigorous soil the moral and social exotics of European aristocracy, must al- ways be a failure. It is no stigma to say that Italian opera can never be popular in America. It does not im- pugn either the intellect or the refinement of its people; but it is a matter of great impor- tance to speculators and subscribers, and to the community at large—because whilst raising an edifice to a chimera, the noble dramatic art, the art appreciated by the people, profossed by the people of America, will be left in neglect and degradation, as it is now, for want of help counsel, and opportunity. Breeklyn Young Men’s tion. Rey. Mr, Storrs, of Brooklys, delivered am addyens loss evening before thia society, iu the Pierpont street Ke. formed Dutch Church, (Rev, Dr. Bethune’s.) Frou y statement made by the Secretary, it appears that thoy association was organized in Siptember last, an’ now numbers over three hundret members. They have on- gaged commodious rooms, corner of Court and Joralemon. streets, and are making effort» 1o found a library, in aid of which project they solicit seb criptions, Rey. R S. STORRS commence: his remarks with a brief history of the scotely from its origin, ‘The present occa+ tien was one of apgglial interest, as the primary meeting of @ new associa@ion, They had met ta recegnize the existence of an maf@fusion which was to exert @ great in+ fluence, if its views were adequately carried out, upom the young men of Bwoskl)n. 1 was exclusively a young men’s association, established for the moral advancemeng of that class, amd designed to prepare and fortify theng for the active duties of life. In 1! its aims it should be rvaded by a spirit of man aimity and ef generous Kevotion te truth. The objec aspired to were high and ennobling, i m should, in con-' formity, be manly The end and p of its formation ever held in view, and that purpose would only be accomplished when every oung man Within the sphere of its influence became & thn nanda colaborer. It recognized mo secular feel- ing—all that was required was « belief in Christ, and & sympathy with the purposes of it organization. It was acommon field, in which members of all sects could unite and co-operate for the attainwent of an objest>dear to them{all. He believed that every hristian denomination could learn something of each «ther, and such associa. tions as this tended to form a stian democracy. Thig mingling of sects would, if its purpose was carried out, result in harmony, aw the tones of an organ, thot produced from different pi; ulted im ene compl and harmonious strain. good which such an assooi- ation must accomplish must be «pparent to every mind. Here young men whose tastes’ eve similar would find ai opportunity of meeting for soc’, converse and moral im- provement; apd here they migh* mutually impart their experiences in the Christian lite. It som encourage the unwavering to ally themselve. on the side of virtue, and when he considered the temptations of @ great city, to which young men were peculia:ly exposed; when he re- Semaine that talent and repectability areemployed to decorate the path of vice, be ‘vit that such an organ- ization as the present had been long needed. The youth of the community required ©oms preserving influence against the gaiety and licentios+ness of city life, and the allurements of society; aud this want would be supplied. Here would centre holy and cou*ervative influences, and within the bounds of this asso!» ‘ion its members would find congenial companionship,»v breathe a pure moralat- mosphere. He considered its fo: ..ationasa highly import- anteyent in the history of th ity; and felt that the best wishes of t gious community were with the originators of the movenent. At the conclusion of Mr. Storr’» address, a subscription was taben up for the benefit of the association, and the assembly dispersed. City Intelligence. BRONSON DMMONSCRATIONS. Notice has been given that a meeting of the members| of the bar and the merchanisof the'city of New York wil] be held at the Law Institute library rooms, in the City Hall, this afternoon, at three o’clock, for the purpose off adopting preliminary measures for tendering Judge Bron- son a dinner, or otherwise manifesting appropriate ex pressions of regret at his removai from office, and testify: ing esteem for his character as a public officer and a pri: vate citizen. In addition to the foregoing, we learn that the mer. chants, irrespective of party predileotions, contemplatd holding » meeting in the Merchants’ Exchange, at fout o’elock to-morrow afternoon, for the purpose of giving ex, pression to their views concerning the removal of Col lector Bronson. Tur WeaTner.—During the present month the avers temperature of the weather has been moderate in thq middle of the day, although, as a matter of course, a: this season of the year, there have been considerabl: falls in the mercury during the night. The lowest poin} resched was on the night of the 24th inst., wh tigrty-six degrees. The highest point of the the was on the afternoon of the 22d inst., when the mercu had risen to seventy-one degrees. On Sunday,night la: the lowest point of the thermometer was forty-two, anq on Monday night thirty-six. Last aight, at 8 o'clock, thy thermometer registered forty degrees, but it was probabl: lower than this at midnight. The quantity of rain th: fell'on Monday, the 24th inst., was one inch and a halfj ‘The prevailing wind on Monday was from the north; terday from the southwest and west. It is an instructive etl eet of inquiry to compare tl} weather, in particular dates of the current year, wit! that in the same dates of preceding years; and’ by refer ring back to memorandums on the subject, we find thal the present weather averages xeveral degrees lower tha the weather at the same time las: year. Thas, om Mor day night, the thermometer, as mentioned above, was thirty-six: on the same date last year it was at fort one—a difference of five degrees. In like manner, 0| Tuesday, at 3P. M., the thermometer showed forty fi degrees; and on the same day in 1852, it was at fifty-six. a difference of eleven degrees. These dates prove that th Tue Hetcnmson Faasnty gave their opening concert last evening, and it certainly was about the funniest affair we have witnessed for many a day. It was hard ‘to say whether the greater amount of moral courage was dis- played in the selection of the song or in their execution, Both evinced the virtue in a very extraordinary degree. The former were, almost without exception, dull, prosy, and uninteresting; the latter—we should be at a loss to describe it in mere adjectives—it was just the sott of thing one hears at evening parties, where nobody is ex- pected to listen, ard the vocal performance is merely intended as a cover to the conversations en | present season is much cooler than that of last year. de-a-tee, There was a song about “leaving our Yars CornKr—To rs Frurvns axp ALCMRP2The frien and alumni of Yale Coliege, now resident ip New Yor and its vicinity, will meet at lf past seven o'clock thi (Wednerday) evening, in order to wevise th of co-operating with the graduates and friends of the co| lege in other places ia an e raise for the gene purpose of education at that institution an endowment q $150,c00. The claims of the college on the alumni ad all friends of learning and education will be presented and addresses made by several gentlemen, The meetin will be held in the lecfure room of the Rev. Dr. Cheever] ch, Union Mecmanics’ Ivstreme —At a regular meetin, Board of Birectore, held at the Institute Rooms mountain home,” which we understood to be an expression of regret (in which we cordially join,) on the part of the vocalists at that untoward event. Item, a song about cold ‘ watter,” by which phrase the singer probably meant the beverage of teetotallers; this elicited the most phrenzied applause from a stout gentleman with a bald hexd, in the front benches, whom we beg to pre- ent to the Temperance Society as an individual worthy of special favor, for his disinterested devotion to the cause. One brother wished he “had the wirgs of a dove,” and we are sorry he hadn't; another went through all the agonies of drowning, bnt was saved by a Newfoundland dog in the last verse. All three deplored the “ancient ages, when men and women rode in stages,” and joined in a highly exhilarating chorus about slavery, on a theme from “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”? We had intended to observe that these, and other songs which were given; would have been better singers had possessed a little more volee, and sung rat! oftener in tune. On reference, however,to the book sold at the door, we find that these trifles may safely remaia unnoticed; the Hutchinsons being in the first plac net Hand. They numbered thirty’six muskets, at lantfopists, and only incidentally ringers. It i mavéled past our office in very excellent order.’ province to cri e performers in the former capac a ge fant ds apne Cy ~ name unknown, wi and we will therefore simply observe that, to our notions, | {hat he wea inser ‘ba infiyenee of iiguae os takin & consistent exercise of philanthropy wuld require th | he was seen to go towards the dock by @ private wat curtailment of a verse or two from each of the songs, in | Man named !atvi ng at No, 68 James streq ich it is so clearly shown that virtue is com:iendable, | Who g 7 ell and vice deserving , Bromip man pling made it It app with h @ best me Institute at the Cryst] Charles H. Delava €. Tracy, J. K. Fisher, John Tagl f james Davis, Heary H. Hoope . Gilbert Vale. Jumes Prentice, and Thom The Hanlon Light Guard, Captal Michael Crane, accompanied by Dodworth’s Tata pa ceeded to the Pridham House. Morrisania, on theit hr annual target excursion yesterday. ‘They numbered fift rank and file nteed prises were dis the best marksmen The Protection Guard, Capt , from Yonkers to Flushing, attonded by the Yonkers Co] of the First ward, w) , but after falling in the water, tl rise any more. The officer procured a means of whish hi the pi e t the above was a German emigrant, wl ived in th ARKIVAL or Sov , from Savann n, from Charleston, ved yesterday. The pursers will accept our thanks for their favors, TH Lave Sewer Accipent. laborers ing, the 15th inst., fright, caving in of = sewer in whid he was at work in Madison st ect, near Pike, died yes day at the New York Hospital of the injuries he reveiv inquest w id upon the body this morning. formecly lived in Rivington street, tur Hepsox River Ramnoan. =Moi orning the body of a 4 was fouad on the Ha ver Railroad, supposed to have been killed by t » blood was perceived for some distance on track, The Coroner was notified of the affair, Rey Over avy Kitty —A’ corman, named Alexan’ Mustend, was accidentally run over by his own cart yq terday, in Hleventh street, noar First avenue, owini his horse having become unmanggeable. He was tal up an¢ crved for by officers Kichen and Edwards, of tl Seventeenth district, but the poor sufferer die’ in abo fifteen minutes. His body way taken to his late reside by the o aud the coroner notified. The ¢ left a wife and three children. ArienT Seicink.—Dela Croez, a Russian, 60 years age boarding at 210 William stroot, attempted mick yesterday soorning by cutting huis throat with a knit Je was iaken to he New York Hospital, where it thought he will recover. The act was committed, it Pears, in consequence of a disy ute he had with his you wife Personal Intelligence. J. Knickerbocker, Jr i Atchinson, Kentu Delafield, ‘New Harn Pelham, Havana; Hoi Seymore, Baltimore; ph ‘astus Dresmore, r PH. Brown, V H, Martin, U. 8 ohn H. Longstreth, hil tt House yeaterdey. Colonel Steptoo, U.S. A.; Hon. Juin M Botts, ¥: jor Chase, U.'S."A.; Captain James West, ; H. P. Brewster, London; F. J. Haines, US. A; 'y Johnson, Baltimore; George Haningtun, Wash arrived yesterday at the Astor House, J.C, Goover, Marsland; Dr. Thorne, Virginia; W. A. Pratt, Virginia! Judge Wellard, Toronto; Colonel Booker, Bostcn; Hon. A. 8. Roberts, Pittsburgh; General Aza, Flo: rid jor Hepkias, Boston, arrived yesterday at the St. Hotel. i roy Ji H’ MeKay Paulding, Virging. of Toronto, C. W.; Hon, J. A. Pst Bancroft, ‘Boston, and W. were among the arrivals yes way. ; is at the Clitord rv Neal, Beq , Tauiaton, Mas terday at the Cooper It Captain Thomas laine, House. The Sion. Carroll Spence, U. 8. Minister to Constanti ple, will probably very soon take passage in the U. steamer Saranac, at Norfolk, and sail thence direct for Itis post. Hon. J. Pp. Kennedy and Washington Irving are still :o journing near Charlestown, Va. Hon. Jevi 8. Chatfield is in Pailadelphia on business, it in said, connected with the Atlantic and Vavific Rail 8, United States District Court. Before Judge Betts. er The Court annonneed that in conse; uence want of accommodation, the petty jurors were dischan or the term, Court Calendar —This Day. “crammm Covrt—General Teroi.—Nos, 25, 40, 41, 42, 49, 50, 63, 58, 3, 4, 56. vPREME Covrt—Cirouit —Nos. 319, 384, 386 to 391 clurive, 393 to 309 inclusive, Gmrgep Stare Dasreuct Courr.—Nos, 18, 22, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70. SupsxioR Covurt—(Two aaa ap 1,175, 354, 298, 342, 199, 322, 231, 844, 405, 5, 471, 472, 474, 475 483, 484, 483, 486, 488, 489, 490, iii cud ARRIVALS. rom Charleston, in the steamship Marion—W J CL Mist EP Boon, Miso ME Boon, Masters Wand Boo servant, Mre JH Frisby and child, L Bowie, W Ayres, son and child; Mrs Capt Morrison and’ children, J 1 Miss MS Weed, Miss Lucey Weed, JT ucker, Master MeNeil, W Schotie d—aud jon. 408, 3 255, 416, ae, . From Savannah, in the steamship Florida—W; ye BW Hampton, T'M-Neloon, U Tompking, dae Tivo iady ny Seer dren, 4 Wiraheates end 2 in th rom Liverpool, in slip Roger lady, Mrs Headiten, 1” S0S*t Stewact—Me ae tee DEPARTURES. or Norfolk, &c, in steamehip Roanoke-—D A Sn Langileld, WS Wyatt, 8 Bttolliday. John Parents it Knox, Hatter, N H Old, Rev M Cheevers, Mrs Doug! Shannon, H furgey ‘ and lads. Miss 8 0 Dearly, Etonis, J Tonie, T Huger, | the lngeription witch you w if, 3 8 Brander ord teay, aserg tnd two sous, Coo A | for gencefalnese and durability « dy, , and ly ly, thers that hay ret iss Mrs M Allen, G © Ti «Pr t Oy dg iterate an hae apie fennett, A & F +» Mrs] this is to b obtain thom, Linin—) in the steerage. Be P Coroners’ Inquests. SY Frat Misraxe.—Coroner Wilhelm held an inquest ves- terdoy at SL Crystie street upon the body of a male child sufictent to ot ‘The Removal the oristocracy, and insuficient for so large a | population, another opera could not exist at | | the same time. The Covent Garden opera ruined all concerned in it, yet the company | and appurtenances, orchestra, &e., were all | perfect, for the class for whom this second opera house was said to be a necessity were satisfied | with one or two visits, and could not under- | take to patronize it every night. Though not | parsimonious, the middle class has a more just appreciation of the value of money, and is not accustomed, like the higher, to lavish , Jarge sums on what, according ‘o their educa enge between the Cabiney and their Richmond | attractions of a poyular theatre, the tgeasonable | tion and babite, is after all nothing but » su- | Jeon ordered to that hospital in bia stead, oave no atfect with the imitable hats, to who Vabbeth Hirsh, who died from the effects of an eof lavdanum administered by mistake on Mon ‘The physician, who had been in attendance, ‘of Jaudanum for the mother and syrup of ru: © infant, with proper directions. On the same rvont girl was called to pour out some of the child, when, through ignorance, she poured which was administered, and death en- ev. The jury rendered a verdict of seath of lau ta ministered by mistake Naval Intelligence, 1a, ORDERED, Deracen, & sed Midshipman W. W. Low, ordered'to the steamer Princeton as Actin; Master, Pasved Midshipman William R. Mercer, ordoved to the receiving ship at Philadelphia. Boatawain Joseph Lev is‘ordored tothe steamer Princeton. Passed Midship man Wateon Smith, ordered to the steamer Fulton. Passed Asvistant Surgeon Jeffery, detached from the Naval Hispital at Vensacola, and has three month« leave Pemcd Assistant Surgeon William #, Bishop, his so much wh and © bers and \ up pictues taken in evdl f + aad in all sorte of w Fine Arts.—The Plambe National Gal the upper corner of Broadway and Murray streot, 19 to ite attractions Mr. Batlor’a di types in dy whioh siculd be seom by all who appreciate truth beauty. Meade, Brothers’ Celebrated —AThis atyle of reotype, first eum hi warranted an perntang