The New York Herald Newspaper, August 28, 1854, Page 1

ker ‘ WHOLE NO. 6577. NEWS BE TKRUEGKAPE Brow t+ Kast. FLOSS BY THE WALT ORUKO' ¥1R8-— DEP ARTUKE OF THE STEAMER UENKAAL 5 NOX. a 3 Borion, August 2%, 1864, Nothing @afinite as yet bax hoon ascertained im regard “to the amount of property (iestroved by the fre at Wul- sdobere’, Muine, but the Jor: ccnc0! be less than tive Isundred theveand dolle:s. Phe fice seetroyed forty-cor- *@p stoves, wtth noarly al their contents. twa banks, and +about seventy families hev> boon recdered housoiess. ‘The new steamer Gener) Knox left this port to-day for ‘Waldoboro’. State of ton Weaturr Sontaward. HOT WEATHEL At 0OLUMBIA, 8. 0. Ouse, August 26, 1864. ‘The weather is exccediugly lot, and the citizens are ‘dying tm all diccctions frm tie city. TERRINNE VAIN STORM AT PHILADRLPHIA. © Panspeirm, Angust 27, 1854. A furtows gust took place list ofeming in this clty, which was feiIo ved by copious rain, vivid lghtaing, aad eawfal clapw of thunder, Ainny trees were prostrated, “ ‘Dutme very sorions damage was done. A second s:vorzp occurred 11:i+ afvernoon, duriag which n@evera) boat were capsized on the river, but no porsoas ware drowns. The weatier now indicates the commencoment of a ~eogular moriibeast rain sturm BOONTIEUL RAIN AT BALTIMORE. KALTER, August 27, 1854. We hed « giorious rain ciorm bore this afternoon, of “two hours @acstion. It siill looks cloudy, and the pros pects are that wo shall have auoiber before long. ‘The Yellow Fever at Savannah. i CoLemmia, August 26, 1854. Our letters from Savanoah state that the yellow fever fe exceedingiy virslent there, and that it is confined to 0 cection «f the city, Markets. Provi August 26, 1854. ‘The cottom market for the weex has been dull, the pri- ore steady exxi unchavget. The woul market coatiaues very hereof pulled. The sale» auounted to 202 290 Iba. ‘Printing clothe are withwu: ssa and the supply hes aa pane ae dixdnished by the drought. Tue sales ieoes. Persupal invelligence. Gen. Willism S. Harney is at prevent in Washington. He has recsived a furlo gh, and iotends visiting tho theatre of war (n tho Kast, for the purpose of viewing ‘the operations and examiaing the military appliances of the armics engaged in tho conflict there. Ae 1: fully qualified te c-ticct a fund of information which will be learu that this indefaticable -oxplorer & tow days ago to embark from Now York in the at re for Califorais, with the view of landing at an Francisco and proceeding thence to the Sierra Nevada, to Gix sstrooomigally tue position of the pass which he discovered in that mountain daring bis “expedition of last winter The resvits of that experttion Bred pomp in this paper a» arawn up by the exptoroc , and great stress wus laid. upon the discovery of this pase, a8 being exoctient in itself, and norta of the and Tejon passes, und therefore more in the ine from 8° Loutsto sen Fransisco, and opening into the rich San Jouquin valley, near the souta- mines. Colove) Freaont judged that pass to be about latitude 87 ; but the importance which he attachos ites fo the central route to the Pacitic occan to go to it again to fix its position with a precisbon which the exbauxt-d condition of his panty and Teeovres did not aemit of whon he went through it. We ‘also learn that thie exvedition, like his two last ones, bas connection with tho government surveys, and receives survey appropriations — National Iniel- ul ' 8 E i & Hi & , the smuggler and patriot, whose ox rides of the St Lawrence and in the iatri- Thoveand !siands made him famous du: rebellicn in Conada, evme seventeen yeara ag, a oe OF His eccentricities, eulferod a the jail at Albany, now dils the iy Isis: eo i FE uit i tin keeper on i i i ue E age Fe Ea 7 i fF amount Sac happy, and “tem of ‘visiters, to whom he Pecounts ths roman- tie ‘of bis eventful caveer, and magniges the acbievemcate which have given him so mach notoriety. Be gives an amusing nccount of the manner in which Le Office, through the ins rumentality of . He went to Washington, without re- or credentials of any kiad, depending persons] character, Obtaining an in- Goveroor, he disclosed his wishes, or etreumfoeation, “I'm BIN Joha- rou know me by repu‘ation, as I do Sroware at I want the place on jo St, Lawrease. to me I eball be thankfal; if not, I do without it.” “{’vo heard all about know you perfectly well; you shall have And a line from the Goveraor t» Mr. Secre- did the basinoss at once. Ani if Governor Lawrence county, Rill Joha- —Buffato Advertiser, Aug. 28. ARRIVALS. Nicholas Hurel —itor. E, Tarnsworth, Do- Mallory, Florida, J. V, Plume, San isH»tton, Baton Rouge, La ; C. Huat, . Kennett, st Louis; Geo. Wait, Alba- entucty; Judge Duncan, Duncan F. Jeans; BF, butler, Arkansas; 8. B.Whip- if i é | i t t e i TH Re Hy FHF —Fion. Jobn Banenger, Kentucky; ; Rev. James Coilins, Mary Texas: A, fiansom, Kentucky; Joho ; Hon. J.T. MxDuflie, Hou. ‘Chas. ; L’ Leonard, J, Suarp, U.S. army. House. —T. ‘man, Boston, J. J. i J. M. Langley, HB Sturvevant, Now a, Masa; I P, Rudd, New York; toronto; M. Moore, Cumberland, Ohio; ; @. D. Brown, Mio. Place Hotel.—Hon. DD. Davis, Mase.; two siators, Phil; A. M. Birdaly, Utica; Goraon, Philadelphia; Juda Mahoney and House.—on. L. D. Starkwoather, Mints- " J. P. Sanderson, North Carolins; Hon. Massachuxctta; Jago Mendoa, Sao Nayereville, Winola; b. B. Beanett, Jackson, Toronto; Hon. B. Corse, Iowa. ‘and Portsmouth, in the ship ‘outismp- Alen, 2 = : tEF ; i ri is, ‘ > if i ‘ F i i Miss Mrs in bark May Queen, at Boston—id From Rio’ Bey Whitioek, of New York. New Seaumary at Binghamion, Brvum> O.,— | Adarse ot Hon, Danicl 5. Dickinson, { OUR BINGHAMTON CORRESPONDENCE. ‘ Brvouamton, Ausust 24, 1854. | An Interesting ceremoay took place at this village this afternoon, on the occasion of layiag the corner stone of the new seminary now be- { ing erceted here, under the suspices of tre Sua- quebanna Conference of the Methodist Buiseo- pal church. The citizens of Bingbamtoa hav- ing been more liberal in their subscriptioas { than those of any ocher village in this valley, the Conference decided to locate the sominary j at this place, which. it is wei! known, from its centre] and eligible situation, possesses 6uperior | advantages for such an institution. The ground chosen for the site is on » beautiful command- ing eminence, nearly one mile west of the court house, several acres of land having been granted for the purpose by Samuol H. P. Hall, Esq., Inte State Senator from this diawriot. The view of the viilsge from this point. and the extensive prospeot of the valleys of the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers, above their junction, form a most oharm- ing landscape, and this, combined with the heolthivess of this region, tve faoilities of comipurication, and the social advantages en joyed here, must always attract to the new in- stitution a large number of pupils. The edifice will be of brick, and the principal building is four stories in height, 162 feet ia length, and G7 in width, It will accommodate five hundred students; and the whole iustitution is iotended to ocoupy three buildings, designed to acoom- modate one theusand. The exercises of this afternoon were held in a grove on the grounds, where a commodious stage and seats for the audience had been erect- ed. A large concourse of ladies and gentlemen were assembled. The Rev. Mr. Paddock, of the Methodist Hpiscopal Church, and one of the trustees, presided. Firet, a by mn was sung by the choir; then followed prayer by Rev. Mr. Stimson, of the Baptist Church; after which Hon. Danie! 8. Dickinson delivered the follow- ing eloquent address, which was listened to with dcep and marked attention. He said :— Wo have met here, my friends, pursuant to a venerated usuge, to lay with appropriate core- monies the corner stone of a matscial edits conse: rated to learning, avd to establish there by, upon more broad and durable fouadations, & stractare of which this is but typical, restiag for se urity upon an imperishable base of morality and religion, and ceatined to shed an endariag Lustre U:on succeediag generations. Tne conmer stone of the material edifice, in obedience to ancient cus tom, will ccntain a brief history of tae occasion, and of the cnrroa’ events of the day; te bs disia- ter ed, perchance, only by the influence of years, or the conflict of physical elements. Thit of the moral structure «il seal up the secret thoughts and motives of the bosom, to be revealed only on that uy when the hearts of all are laid opsnto view. When the material edifice shall totter to its fall, when its Jotty battlements shall rock before the chafing elements, and the granite, ui to its purpose, shall give up its charge—w en the plong1- snare shall have upturned its deepest foundstioa wtone, and its place shall no loager be known, the beauty of: the moral structure will rise abcve the desolation, taspiring hope, as docs tre bow which cheera us when the storm has gone to ite repose, Tho site selected for this seminary is beautifully appropriate, and sug opie of many intere: ctions—the con- luence of the Sasquehanue and Chenango:— ‘Thore is not in thia wide world rY $08 Aste oie te whos ten ‘These bright waters meet. Here was the loved home of another racer whose remains now slumber beneath our feet; here happ: eae! ground of the rathless red held y indispatable title deeds, for deeds of Here chaanted his savage tri- umpbs, and kindled hie ovuncil fires; and here, too, in the lan, of romantic eloquence, the “Indian lover woo'd his dusky mate.” He founded no in- stitutions of learning; he erected no temples dedi- cated to the worship of the liviog God; hia compe hostile tribes; bia ano he Force anbition sought only s sips aad ree aw sought only # alps and revenge; teachings were the uac of the bow and the battle- axe; he Icoked ont, as we do, upon the same proly expanse; he gazed upon the same blue heavens an beautecus earth; ho saw the same sua rise in the morning, snd trees blossom in the spring; bat he saw no popnious village, radiant with besuty and teeming with life, and nope, and joy; no temple ayes pointing towards heaven; no fastlutioos copeecrated to science; he heard no shcill Whistle of the locomotive; he received no Tocsepges from his brethron at a distance, by lightning’s mysterious agency; he heard not busy hum of industry, nor was his indolent :epose broken by the hammer of the arti- gap. He locked upon these same grand bills, clad in eve:lasting verdure and barnished with the same mellow sunanine. He asored those smiling valleys so redolent of beauty. He gazed upon the surpass- ing loveliness of these same rivers with their velvet shores, their dense and deep fringed foliage wind- jog their silvery ways to their ocean home, as the carents of human life roll onward to tne ocean of eternity; and from the darkness of his soul, radely murmured of a Foe Spirit which gave tuem motion. He livee and died a stranger to the great trntbe which civilizstion and Christianity incnl sato; ard his race haa faded from among us like the foot- inte of a traveller in the desert. No authentic Fistor 'y will reco d his mysterious and profitleas ex- i-tence, nor tell of his melancholy extermination; but all will rest in dresmy speculation, and the fit- fol shadows of tradition—the judgments of a bene- ficent Providence upon ignoran’e and barb.rism— conveying @ striking and fearfal admonition to those who neglect or misapply the | ossings whi:h are before them in bounte aus profusion, Pease to ashes of the red man— A stoic of the woods, a man without a tear. ‘The seminary here founded is destined to become, in the process of time, a great and celebrated insti- tution of learning—great in its capacity to farnish for, and to im, art usefal know! to num- bers; great in the moral inflaence it ia ined to society; great in the num- eet the for her votories ; great in causing virtue encouraged and rewarded, and vice to shrink ites atmosphere like outlawed ‘guilt; bat greater still in qaenching that inordiaate deatre for material and pomp, and circumstance, which “freczes the genial current of the soul,” which has become the bane of civilization, and realized the poetic sentiment, that— ts x Sopa Its gather in from the North end the gonth "the Reet ant the West, to drink at the foun- tain of knowledge there opened, ead wil go out refreshed and invigorated by ¢ hts 60. pious we)l springs, to the oe cation wherever civilization has travel: here in will the nild of a = are in tholr?ophere of totion, ite the divine tajanstion to “ Seco cecneee ome withont prope facilities and beep Learping is @ joniona nee reve, 0d mo vival ty glare ib tho adcrcgcs oF eMfogtions = MORNING EDITION—MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1854. ehe claims to monopolize. Sxo bids ber trae adm 178 weloome to bei treasures, «bich se the wisdom Se eee tnt Sones Of eres nies repro 3Dg Oke wighty ex hangeof tought ia s vast store house ot the world’s intell-cta.l emporiam. Hare tbe dis ensee ber leswons of justice, goodness, and truth over perversion’ faleebood, apd disorder: ae teaches | ow tu subdue aad Terti/ize the desolate and Wos-te places iv ou mo al existence, and cloths them with pereupial vordore ad besuty—now to rewa'd the iceuls of toe heart by a timely ui d virraous fra- itcr—bo~ to obasten and subdue «it irrational de ee sey baok eye bosom the gusbing tides t and feel sod vharge an exvetence otherwise aud blasted with wtoril- ity, to ove teeming with the choicest frut's ~how ‘to render the duties and cares of lite agreeable, aad the bave’s ing productive —how to eadure wetlth witbout ar pide, ana how to robe the cot of ty witn happiness. The good ivflo€eces which will flvw from this seming” of learning will reab all and oor tions. In p-rformiag ite good offices to ths young, it will cherr and gigcden the blesk aad wintry ex: istence of extreme age, und beguile its solitary dour, as it sees this gualight reflected at its eveutag. Iso ii! nerve toe heart of mamnood to vitueus re solves, ava Ktuop Ite moral 1m’ zea8 Upua soe tone And ferling of society, It will reacue geacrous, confiding, impuieive youth from the snaree bidcen bereath induigence, and s'imulars hia glowing bsart to emmate the: great and govd in the :arsuit of knowled ze aud the performaace of honorable deeds. {t wi beckon, as with a mother’s le hand, litue children within ite portals, that dastite atl-crkus may twine aronod the pane morality which will there be inculcated. Its pniloqoay, satel abd moral, will teaca the nature of the laws «hich govern miod and matter, make plain the Veiue Of reason acd revelatiun, and serve to un- meek apd @; from respectanle eociety the charlatsn with his bese iapositions amd impicus mammeries, who is quite ton suco-safally ply tog bia nefarioas trade upoa credulity and igao- yance,and thus lop off from our so-ial system a ere exorescence which threatens to corrode e Vitale, This institation will stand an endariog monument |, of the lineral and eolygntened spirit by which tt was founded. It will bear witness to a just sense of in- tellectuel cultivation ard inprovemert, amidst the engrossing caies of business. Those who com tributed to ite erection and endowment qill be hatl- ed as bevefactors of their kiod, fur thoy will have opene the temple gates of knuwledge to the g- In what pleasing contrast stand institut(ms of learning with the palaces aud bastiles, the to rors and casties, the }rivons and msoscleums of otner chmes!—with the Pyramids of Exypt, one of the wonde:s of the world! Chey stand us etupendoas monuments of human folls aod ambision—thoy tell of the cppreseion, tyranny, and fraud of tne few, over the igno ance aud slavich superstition of the wapy. In their sublime ad @raniear they testify to heeven of the robbery and wroug and oat rage in which they were es‘abtished. Bat w ereisthe reo. rd of the labor which toiled and groaced in their erection—of the biood and tears in which the heartless stones were cemented by order of t1e no Jess heartless tyrants who rede over tte unlettered mastes; of the abject wretch-dacss, tha shivoriag Want and harger, and starving desti-ution of wo men wud childien, that the mud ambition of acme ded peqgar called a king, migit be grati- ied,and bis iofsmous memory perpetuated! But they ali age togetner—the op ressor and tho Oj preared, e ruse Be peas bearts that bied uner a silent sense of wrong shalt bleed no mort; but in the day of fiowl retribution, thousands cf mothers stall cry ont agsinst t.eir op- Pressora as these by whom they were bereaved of their p ing; and thousands of chil+ren will raise their Hiule hands in testimony oe them, for having biotted from their bright heavens the ra- diance of their birth star, Thouga tne monuments of their ambition and injustice yet stand, they are suggestive only of the sorrow with whieh thelr founders affliited their kind, and tell as that no lips ever whispered a blessing on their names—that DO prayer was ever offered to the tirone of of an infinite God in their benalf, but that they went down to judgment cussed by the widows’ tears aud the orphacs’ wav). Bat the monameut here founded shell tell in after times of refloement, equality aad re Negara Cran & generous, and an enlighenca People. No blood shall stain the purity of its de tign—n0 ipvol labor shall in its erec tion—no tears of 0; fait dowa-ugon its foundation » enuporiess rem anal lie cown vpon y straw; bat every ip which flows from it shall be and ro- di widely around it happiness and joy—br! ry jnees to many hearts, and light- ing up many comestic heart:s. Education is the moves the moral world. Tht is yet a wide field of labor for the friends of trath an learning. atd they are admonished by every considerat on. which fos fofineoce humaa action never to abate their energies until ig noraice, Bh geome womb of ills,” the parent of every vice every crime, shall be driven be- yona bal ys of society—until every homeless outcast be reclaimed; aati} every erring soal shall have shining around it the ligat of moral truth. There ie no human form 89 debssed but through suitable influences it may be rescued from its degradation, and taught to look upward for on- joyment. We sould “ deal gently wit" the erring,” remembering that he is a man aaia brother. [he gentile hand !eads the elephant by a hair. Kindness May yet change the current of his earthly deatiny, for he is not yet lost for ever. There {5 po grave on earth’s broad chart But has somo bird to cheer it; And hope sings on in every heart, Althongh we may not hear it. After Mr. Dickinson’s addreas, another hymn was sung by the choir. ; Evwarp Tomuprins, Esq., of the Broome county bar, was then introduced to the audience, and in an eloquent and appropriate speech, showed the importance of education to the interests of society, aud the advancement of religion. The necessity of such an inatitution as the proposed seminary, he demonstrated by a statement of the number of children in the territory covered wy the Susquehanna Conference (a population of 140,000), bs oir the counties of Broome, Tioga, part of Chenango and Delaware, and the nortbern counties of Pennsylvania. Whea we found by the gmsus, that in this territory no less than 2,318 adults, male and female, caunot read or write, we bad less cause for exultation than was usual for the iatellectual euperiority of our people. The despotic kingdom of Prus- sia, governed by the iron will of one man, but ihe Ane Learn "Somat hy lave ns is particular. Com "4 presen with former times, he observed that centuries ago, the three universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Salamanca, in , Contained more stu- dents than were to be found in all the colleges ff pe a States. But it Pabed hy nition great progress was making in this country fm science 0d literature ; and if Sir Isaac Newton were now to viait this village, ho would find in the tele; |, the rail , the steam engine and the it schools, causes for won- der and delight. Mr. T 3 was followed & speoch from Rev. Dr. Janus, one of the Bi of the Methodist Episcopal Charch. He ¢ much on the im © of female education, and the elevation of our standard of studies for woman. He arged for the adaption of education to the ‘wante and the sphere of each, and with refer- ence to their future destinies in the active scenes of life. Each of the addresses on this occasion was marked with liberality and an absence of seo- tarian feeling; and of remark that the first otis he are attached to = Episcopal chureb, we been placed on the Methodist Conference, After eantoer byw by THE DRAMA IV WEW YORK. THE ERECTION OF TWO NEW THRATRES. | Full Account of the New York Metro- politan Theatre. Description of the @pora Heme, Foarterath Street, THEATRICAL AND MUSICAL GOSSIP, The history of the rise and progress of the drama im the city of New York would make a most inte- resting volume. In no part of tre civilized world bas the dramatic profeasion received more cons! i- eration, eupport and enooungement, tan on this came inland of Machattan. Qur audiences are geae- reas, but just, and no artist coasiders his reputation gained until his efforts have received their sanction and approval. Although there were several places where theatri cal entertainments were given previous to the Revo- Totion, yet the existence of the legitimate drama €ates from when the Park theat:e was erected. For pearly halfasectury the Park was reeoguized as the leading theatre of the United States, monopoliz ing al) the “etars,” and, in ooasequeuce, attracted the best andiences, Here Edmund Kean, George Frederik Cooke,” Cooper, the elder Vandenboff, Charlotte Cushman, Mrs. Wood, Fanny Kemble, Charles Kemble, Elen Tree, Macready, and a host of lesser lights, performed the actor's office “ to hold the mirror up to nature, and chow the very age and body o the time, his form and pressure.” Hore we had such stock actors as Wheatley and Joha Fisher. Maoy of these names, so dear to the remembrance of ancient theatre-goe's, have beoa missed from the rel of the living—others have retired. The theatre itself is a thing of the past. No one theatre can now claim the position held by the Park, because, where there is 80 much excel- ence, it would be hard to award the palm of supe- riority. Each manager caters for the taste of his andience, and the success of Messrs. Bacton aad Wallack has given a severe blow to the star system. While the number of theatres has increased, the stock companies have improved, the actors are better paid, popular prejadices against them are melting away, and the members of the theatrical profession are fast moving toward the position in soctety to which they are fairly entitied. The favor with which th-y are regarded by the public has had a good effect, and the recklessness, improvi- dence and dissipation of which a portion of the Profession was once guilty, aud by which the stage was disgraced in public estimation, are things of the past. Bince the destraction of the Park, the Broadway theatre, Wallack’s theatre, and the Astor Place Opera House have been erectod. Tho last namod house proved to bo an unlucky affsir, for reasons very well known to the public. Tue Broadway theatre was opened ia eighteen hundred forty. seven, and since that time has boen the “star” theatre of the city, alth:ugh a very large portion of theublio favor Barton’s and Wallack’s, where the money which, under the star system, would go into the pocket of one person, ia distributed in heavy salazies, paid to first-rate actors. The last two sea: sons bave been singularly profitable to the managers, ‘ne'the next bids fair to bo atill more brilliaat. A firet class wivatre tne bee erectud ee Mosaflar ss. near Bond street, and a new opera house on Four: teenth street. No pains or exoense have been apared to make the New York theatre worthy of its second title, “the Metropolitan;” and the new opera house will bea splendid affair. The amount of capital invested in thoatres in New York is enormous, and may be reckoned in round bumbers, as follows:— Broadway theatre. Opera Hovee (Fourteenth street). New York theatre. Burton’s theatre Bowory theatre. Niblo’e Garden. Wallack’s theatre. National theatre... . Total. , ‘This includes the value of the land whereon the theatres are built, and ia 2° low estimate. The Broadway is very valaable, on account of its extensive front on the principal averte of the city. The rents of some of these houses are enormous. The Opera House rents for thirty thousand dollars per year, and the proprietors of the New York theatre pay a ground rent of aixteen thousand dollars per year. These figures will serve to show how theatrical ; amosements are managed and patronized in New } York. Our houses and our stosk companies are not exceeded by those of any other city in the world, With this brief review we pass to the descriptions given by the Hzrap geporters of the new houses now in. progress pidly approximating com- pletion.. THE METROPOLITAN NEW YORK THEA- GRE. ITS LOCATION, DIMENSIONS, DECORATIONS, BTC. Everybody remembers the destruction by fice o¢ one of the most splendid buildings in the United States—-the Metropolitan Hall and Lafarge Hotel— situated in Broadway, opposite Bond street. The affair was justly considered a public calamity at the time, aa the Hall was the best in the United States; and every New Yorker was proud of it, and of the fact that it was designed and built by one of onr archi- tects, J. M. Trimble, Esq. Every one sald, “ What a fine place it would be for a theatre!” and Mr. Le- farge being of the same opinion, commissisned Mc. Trimble to draw the plans fora hotel in front of the lot, and a theatre in the rear, giving the theatre, however, as much front on Broadway as world be necessary for all practical purposes. Mr. Trimble immediately entered upon the task; and in a very short time he bad, with his accustomed vigor, plunged heart and soul into the construction of the twenty-third place of amusement bullt ander his direction in the United States. The result of his labors will be seen by the pub- Vo on the 18th of September, when the house will be opened under the management of Messrs. Wil- lard & Etynge, who have purchased the property from Mr. Lafarge. The theatre will positively ‘| Open on the day , and it is now occupied ‘the house in every part, and tho result of hia examination is a8 follows:— The managers of the new theatre having THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. neers towarda the parquette; the depth from the line of | one,the inclination being eaffoient to give the whe the curtain to the reer wall is 86 feet, The boight | lower floor vf the house thy air ofa vast enleem from parquette to dome is 67 feet, anda live drawn | crowned by the spectour and elegant Klers above around the front of the box s will measure 166 feet. | The private boxes are also nearer tothe a‘age thes The narqdette ie 65 fect in depth from the seze to | im any other thentre in the city, four of tham bung the bex fronts, The proscenium is 25 fret w.de. | om alevel with it, Mr. Trimble cet mate: that Sour ‘There sre four saloons facing Broadway,each 25 | thousand persons cat find seat: in the theatre witty fect wide and 150 feet deop. These Aigares will | @¢ uncom’ortable crowding, ard there 6 raom Bive some iden of the extent of the hous , whi.b is | eoough in the lobbies for one thousand or éftam undoubtedly the largest theatre—the new O»era | buodred more. House, perhaps, excepted—in the United States. ‘The wanagers have adopted the ome price aywtem, Tre comfort of tbe wudienoe and th» preservation | —Aifty cents to all parta of the house—and on thes of the line of oeauty, se:m tohavs beoa ‘airly ee | first might they give « legitimate piece, to be plaped.s cored in the arrangement of the suditoriam. It ie | by s company led by Mr. Edward Eddy 2.24 Miss Julie. . fitted with a parquette and three tiers of boxes, avd | Dean, an Italian opera, and a»: ba/let dive-tlecment, 80 capitaily as tbe archi:ect finished his work, that. | in which the R: usseta will lead. This is every thing dope on the stage cam be seea from ; *metbing before anbeard of in the history of the every ceat in the house, Should Mr. Trimble have | *tege, and of course it will require very large housse succeeded In this, it will be a great sriumph—as it | to defray the expenses of tte triple artraction } bub has never set been aciieved at any theatre in the | We have no doubt that if the managers keep thele United 8 ates, promises to the public—and they show a determina- The parquette and first tior will aeat 1,200 per | ton to do 60 at present—they will’ be supported, fons, Tbe benches in the first tier do aot come | We have thus given a pev-and ink sketoh: of the down ficsh to the parquette rail, but a space suff. | Bew theatre ; but ax ocular demonstration ts becter cient for ove bundred and fifty chairs in front of the | than any description, we would recommend a viett Grese-cirle 1s retalced. These chats will be of the | #0 the house to all’ those interested im theatrically, finest quality, and covered with brocateli*. There However au fait they may be in the dotails of ty are threo entrances to the parquet‘o—one through | Stage, we think that they will find something new the centre of the boxes, and two near the prosoo | 80d interesting here. The stage manager, Mo nium. One of there entrances communicates with | Harry Etynge, ts: indefatigable in his isbors, and Mercer street, and thus there ieno danger of a crowd | the results of them will soon be plaved before the iv case of fie, as the audience cau dopart in diffe: | Public for its decision. rent directions. THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, The main entrance to the parquette and first tier | DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW OPERA HOUSE IN FOUR is from Brosdway, and is 100 fect deep by 25 feet | TEENTH 8TREET AND: IeViNG FLAGS—IMPROV wider ‘This fine hall runs through to Mercer atreot, | M2NTS ON THR Stace 160 feet, The floor is even with the sidewalk on The pana Opera House on East Fourteenth streeb Broadwsy, andt us there are no steps over which and bving place, within two blocks of Broadwag, the stranger might stumble. The lobby for the first | anq Union place, ts repldly advancicg towards com tier ie codl and spacious. The, pros enium eontaing pletion, and on " phoreday last one of our reporters twelve private boxes, which are reached from the visited the house, end’ examined it in every part lobbies by private staircases. ‘These staircases al80 | athe statement that work had been suspended em communicate with separate outlets. Tae lower pri- the house is without foundation; in fact, nearly all vate box floor is even with that of the orchestra, aad the carpenters’ work is done, and the parade in ready: serves as an entran. e to the parquette and to chairs for the seats. The decvtatiban of the boxes ase which will be placed on each side of the orchestra. rapidly progressing towards completion; those og The private boxes are 40 arranged that one may see the second and third ties have been finished, and the something of the play fromtuem (a great nove.ty massive proscenium will soon be resigned by tid in private box seats), audtheyare not sprung out carpenters and pass into the hauds of the arte beyond the line of tne other boxes, The “‘stook scenery for s'x operaa” is painted, the From the lobby of tho first tior two grand immense amphiti eatre is finished, and the scale stalreases ead to the second and third | nave boen cushioned ready for thelr ocoupantm tiers. A view of the honse from either of those tiers Tho beantifal decorations of the dome have beem isa charming sight. They will each seat fiftsen finished, the atage arrangements are quite completa, hundred persons, and they are surrounded by spy | ang although there is considerable work yet to be ¢lous lobbies. The main asloon opens from the | dono in the lobbies avd retiing rooms on the maim. second tier and fronts oa Broadway. To ensure the | frone (irving place side.) we seo no reason why the stability of the houge it was thoaght necessary to | ponge should not be ready by the middle of Oeter close in the lowor tier, and it is divided from the ber, or even ea:l'er if it was mecessary. lobby by a partition piorced with spacious entrances: The following is belioved to be » correct histoap Above the first tler the house is supported by lignt | ana desc: iption of this eatablishment, in many res pillars, supporting clear arches. Thia throws tho pects the finest building of the kind in the Uaited, corridors open and gives a ligh’, cool, airy, choerfal States, and containing improvements as yot wm and elogant ensemble tothe house. The elevation | yiown in the opera houses of London and Pearly of the seats in the second and third tiers is sufficient Its fate will decide the vexed question of whether: to ensure every person in the audience a clear view | 4. not the New York public will support @ fireb of the stage,and yet not so abrupt as to make it class opera house. Nothing seems to have been appear etecp and uncomfortable. The arrange | omitted in the endeavor to give the house this die ment of this part of the houso cannot be too | tinction, sed highly commended; it is one of the builder's On tke 10th of June, 1852, James Phalen and his chef d'auvres. Too seats in the parquette and annoelate: incorporal boxes are wide ani comfortable. Tne seateand | ayq avatar aes of py pangs 5 pear bucks of the benches are covered with velvet plash, | tronsand dollars, under the namo and style of “ Tha and cushioned. New York Academy of Music.” The capital steole The dome is forty-five fect in diameter, aud anp- was afterwards increased to the sum of three ham Ported by a balustrade, ‘The house is well vent | area thousand dollar. Mosars. James Phalea, Joh AND ¥YRONT OF THB lated in every part. Pa: W. C. H. Waddell, Cortiand Palmer, Reaches: e yne, W. C. ‘a A U Sint geamailing etvla_of the tions will be | mehers, Thomas E. Davis, and Ubaries A. Deva, white, or French gray and gold. The hygut-purers having ns appointed commissioners, ts pleas supporting the arches are enwreathed, and gilded upon the wreaths and caps. The box fronts will be divided into panels, and in each panels besatifil oil painting will be placed. These decorations have already been finished, and will be put ap during this week. The circle of the dome is divided into eight segments. The painting is an allegorical tepresen- tation of a tribute to tho muses of Tragedy, Comedy, Dancing, and Music, The figures and fresco work above are executed in the highest style of art. The froscerium is’ fifty fect in height, and from tho upper private box cornices a clear and beauti- tyfal arch springs across the stage ; this arct: will be elaborately painted, and the privats box fronts will be decorated with carved work, ornamented with figares in bas relief, and finfahed in white and gold. The chairs in the private boxes will be covered with brocatelic, and the front draped with white and gold damask and lace curtains, ‘The front of the house will be lighted by chande- liers, and by tripod lights pendant from the box fronts. There will be 174 lights around ths front of the second tier. In other parts of the house forty-five chandeliers will be placed, eight barners ineach. These have been designed from anew pattern expressly for this house. The house will be heated throughout by steam pipes, the boiler for the generaticn of the steam being in a vault under Mercer street. No fire will be allowed in the theatre —a most excellent plan. The box office, manager's office, &c., are in the Broadway front. The floors of the halls, lobbies, &c., will be covered with Canton matting. Contiguous to the lobbies there will be ample saloons and retiring rooms, well fitted With all the mocern conveniences. When the auditor is once in the bonse, be will find that he has been made so comfortable that he will have no desire to leave for a moment _until the performance is over. This has come to be an important foatare in our theatres, and tho luxwnrics we now enjoyiag were altogether unknown in the “palay days,” when fat men were agonized by being obliged to sit ona bench six inches in width. The managers of the New York theatre have paid particular attention to the ventilation of their houze, as they intend that it shall be kept oren throughout the year. The se cond and third tiers have been unanimously pro nounced the coolest, lightest and pleasantest places of the sort in the city of New York, and that is the whole country, theatrically speaking. for building the now Opers House were commenced. Two years previous to this time, Mr. Phalen haf purobased the Iend on Fourteenth street aud Irving place, for the sum of sixty-five thcusand dollars, aad he conyeyed the land to the company for the same sum. According to the plan adopted by the stook. holders and directors, the manager, whoever he mag be, will have to pay three hundred dollars « night: for the use of the building, while each stockholder (two huadred and fifty in all,) is entided to a free seat. The choice of scats among these privileged. individuals is to be decided by lot, and the tokete will be transferable ; co that the manager will tau be deprived of the best places in the house, and the public, by whom the enterprise mast be supported, of an equal chance with the stockholders, The New York Academy of Music will be used ea, casionally for concerts, balls, public meetings, am@ eatrical performances. oe hovee will probably be ovened ia October, uncer the management of Mr. Max Maretzek, fog the production of grand opera. The yearly renteg is thirty thousand dollars. The buileing has bem eighteen months in process of erection, and the work throughpnt is of the most solid and darable nature. The first view of the exterior of the new Opera Honse will not prepossess the artistic eye in ite favor. The building is of brick, and the style of architecture is composite—the Roman of the eix- teenth century predominating. The fronton place is marred by an uasightly projection, int: to serve as a shelter for carriages. The building is of two exterior stories in height, having an exten. of 204 feet on Fourteenth street, and 122) on Irving: place, while its height from the level ot the sidewallz, is 794 feet. Four plilastres, with Corinthiag capk - tals, at the wings, and six of s smaller size in the centre, support the main cornice and parapet. ‘The mouldings, ornaments ahd capitals are of cast irom, On Fourteenth street there is a balcony seventy. four feet in length and three fect in width, giv. ing to the suditors an opportunity to enjoy the freels air, although it is not sufficiently extensive to give accommodations for many promenaders. This hal- copy will be illuminated by a row of exterior lights. Thirteen windows, cach twenty-five fect in height, and surmounted by Roman arch, open on the ‘ront balcony, and four of the same dimensizas ow the side facing Irving place. There are, alto, four: ‘The dimensions we have given above. The | niches for statues emblematical of the character of fall pigeon issixty foct in width—en im | the biliding. The of the main front are mense spread of canvass, and very much larger than | formed by the bat do not extend more any other in the city. The act drop—e very clever piece of work, painted by J. E. Hayes, of Boston— is alrescy finished. The scenery, under the pencils of Hayes, Boulct and assistants, is rapidly approxi- mating completion. The ornamental decorations, by Guidecini, Dorego and others, will be finished during the coming week. The benches in the par. quette and boxes sre nearly all cushioned and covered. Tre decorators are putting the finishing touches upon the dome and-ceiling decorations, and the house might easily be finished to open # week before the sppointed time. ‘The mage is not materially diferent from wonal model. The wings are thirty fect wide and twonty feet in beight. In order to fill up the gest width the wings are wider than usual, and the stage fe furnisben with double tormentors. All the space behind the scence le reserved for the carpen- tera and others who werk the stage. Sea ean carpenter's galleries sre suspended above the steqe. Tho green room, music room, and sll the dresing rooms, are under the stage. There is ten feet space between this mbterranean floor and the stage, and emple opportunity is afforded for the working of traps, eto. The stage entrance is on Mercer strect, “tte view of he bopey tom the tage laa rery ke i ry Ba BEE nn FF: i